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Holiday deadlines for 2026: Sumter County Record Journal will be closed for Thanksgiving Nov. 23-27. We have to submit the paper early due to the printing company being closed for the holidays. Deadline for the Thanksgiving edition is Friday morning, Nov. 20. Santa Letters are due first Friday in December, Dec. 4. Ads for the Santa Letter edition are due Dec. 11. Both Christmas and New Year’s deadlines are Friday, Dec. 18. We have to submit both papers early due to the printing company being closed for the holidays. Sumter County Record Journal will be closed Dec. 21-Jan. 3 for the holidays.
ADVERTISEMENT FOR BIDS
Sumter County Park
FOR SUMTER COUNTY, ALABAMA
Project No.
LWCF# 24-LW-1096; GMC: LMGM260007
Sealed bids for the Land and Water Conservation Funds No. 24-LW-1096, Sumter County Park, will be received until November 19, 2026, at 10:00 AM, central standard time, at Commission Annex at 104 Hospital Drive, Livingston, AL 35470 and at said time bids will be publicly opened and read aloud. The Work of the project includes, but is not limited to
Entry drive roadway construction & improvements, basketball court and goals, and underground electrical and lighting for basketball courts.
The Issuing Office for the Bidding Documents is Goodwyn Mills Cawood, LLC, located at 2660 EastChase Lane, Suite 200 Montgomery, Alabama 36117, Attn: John Bricken, Ph: (334) 271-3200 or email: john.bricken@gmcnetwork.com. Prospective Bidders may examine the Bidding Documents at the Issuing Office Monday through Friday between the hours of 8:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m. CST.
Copies of the Bidding Documents may be obtained from the Issuing Office, during the hours indicated above, upon payment of a non-refundable fee of $10.00 for digital access/file sharing access. [Said cost represents the cost of printing, reproduction, handling and distribution therefore, no refund will be issued.] Checks for Bidding Documents shall be payable to “Goodwyn Mills Cawood, LLC.” Partial sets of Bidding Documents will not be available from the Issuing Office. Neither Owner nor Engineer will be responsible for full or partial sets of Bidding Documents, including Addenda if any, obtained from sources other than the Issuing Office.
Bids must be submitted on forms furnished by the Issuing Office or copies thereof. All bidders bidding in amounts exceeding that established by the State Licensing Board for General Contractors must be licensed under the Provision of Title 34, Chapter 8, Code of Alabama, 1975, as amended, and must show such evidence of license before bidding or bid will not be received or considered by Issuing Office or Owner; The bidder shall show such evidence by clearly displaying their current license number on the outside of the sealed envelope in which the proposal is delivered; Bidder must also include their current
license number on the Proposal Form. Each bidder must deposit, with its bid, security in the amount of, form of and subject to the conditions provided in the Information for Bidders. No bid may be withdrawn after the scheduled closing time for receipt of bids for a period of thirty (30) days.
Sumter County Commission reserves the right to reject any and all bids and to waive any informality or irregularity in the bids received.
SUMTER COUNTY COMMISSION
TO ADVERTISE:
October 29, 2026
November 5, 2026
November 12, 2026
NOTICE OF MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE SALE
STATE OF ALABAMA
COUNTY OF SUMTER
Default having been made of the terms of the loan documents secured by that certain mortgage executed by Dora Tucker, An unmarried Woman, to CitiFinancial Corporation, LLC dated January 31, 2006; said mortgage being recorded on February 2, 2006 in Deed Book 291, Page 286 in the Office of the Judge of Probate of Sumter County, Alabama. Said Mortgage was last sold, assigned and transferred to BRAVO Residential Funding Trust 2023-RPL1 by assignment recorded in Deed Book 343, Page 52 in the Office of the Judge of Probate of Sumter County, Alabama.
The undersigned, BRAVO Residential Funding Trust 2023-RPL1, under and by virtue of the power of sale contained in said mortgage, will sell at public outcry to the highest bidder for cash before the main entrance of the Court House in Sumter County, Alabama during the legal hours of sale (between 11am and 4pm), on December 8, 2026 the following property, situated in Sumter County, Alabama, to-wit:
LOT NUMBER 1 OF THE L.L. DELAINE SUBDIVISION, A MAP OR PLAT OF SAID SUBDIVISION BEING RECORDED IN MAP BOOK 7 AT PAGE 76 IN THE PROBATE OFFICE OF SUMTER COUNTY, ALABAMA.
Said property is commonly known as 605 Delaine Rd, Cuba, AL 36907.
Should a conflict arise between the property address and the legal description, the legal description will control.
Said property will be sold subject to any outstanding ad valorem taxes (including taxes which are a lien, but not yet due and payable), the right of redemption of any taxing authority, all outstanding liens for public utilities which constitute liens upon the property, any matters which might be disclosed by an accurate survey and inspection of the property, any assessments, liens, encumbrances, easements, rights-of-way, zoning ordinances, restrictions, special assessments, covenants, the statutory right of redemption pursuant to Alabama law, and any matters of record including, but not limited to, those superior to said Mortgage first set out above. Said property will be sold on an “as-is” basis without any representation, warranty or recourse against the above-named or the undersigned. Bidders must perform their own due diligence. The successful bidder must present certified funds in the amount of the winning bid at the time and place of sale.
Alabama law gives some persons who have an interest in property the right to redeem the property under certain circumstances. Programs may also exist that help persons avoid or delay the foreclosure process. An attorney should be consulted to help you understand these rights and programs as a part of the foreclosure process.
ATTENTION ALL PROSPECTIVE BIDDERS: On March 1, 2026, the data collection and reporting requirements under the U.S. Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) new Anti-Money Laundering Rule (the “Rule”), found at 89 FR 70258, went into effect. The Rule applies to certain residential real estate sale transactions (including nonjudicial foreclosures) where the transfer is to a legal entity or trust, and which includes cash purchases, private financing or financing provided by an institution not subject to a federal Anti-Money Laundering or Suspicion Activity Report requirement. As part of this Rule, purchasers and sellers are required to provide additional information and documentation about themselves, their legal entities, and the source of funds used in the reportable transaction, if applicable.* The collection of this information and documentation is required to comply with the Rule’s federal reporting requirements, if applicable. This notice is provided for informational purposes only and does not constitute legal advice. You are encouraged to consult with your own independent legal counsel if you have questions about how the FinCEN Anti-Money Laundering Rule affects your transaction and whether your transaction is reportable.
- The Rule is the subject of ongoing litigation in several jurisdictions. We suggest that you seek your own legal counsel if you have questions about the status of the Rule and its applicability to your sale, if any.
The sale will be conducted subject (1) to confirmation that the sale is not prohibited under the U.S. Bankruptcy Code, (2) to final confirmation and audit of the status of the loan with the holder of the Mortgage, and (3) to confirmation that the successful bidder has timely provided all information required for reporting under the Rule, 89 FR 70258, if applicable.
BRAVO RESIDENTIAL
FUNDING TRUST 2023-RPL1
as holder of said mortgage
McCalla Raymer Leibert Pierce, LLP
505 20th Street N, Suite 1775
Birmingham, AL 35203
Telephone: (205) 216-4238
FT21@mccalla.com
File No. 26-08768AL
www.foreclosurehotline.net
The Sumter County Record Journal
10/29/2026, 11/05/2026, 11/12/2026
SECTION 00020
ADVERTISEMENT FOR BIDS
Separate sealed bids for the construction of Town of Geiger Road Resurfacing Project CDBG Project No. SM-CM-PF-24-020 will be received @ Sentell Engineering Inc., 639 Black Bears Way, Tuscaloosa, AL 35401 until 10 o’clock A.M. , C.D.S.T. November 13 , 2026, and then at said office publicly opened and read aloud.
The Notice to Bidders, Form of Bid, Form of Contract, Plans, Specifications, and Forms of Bid Bond, Performance and Payment Bond, and other Contract Documents are open to public inspection at the office of SENTELL ENGINEERING, INC., 639 Black Bears Way, Tuscaloosa, Alabama. Copies may be obtained by calling Tuscaloosa Blueprint at (205) 752-9825 and request the plans and upon a payment of Sixty Five Dollars ($65.00). All checks shall be made payable to Tuscaloosa Blueprint. No refunds will be given for plans.
Each bidder must deposit with his bid, security in the amount, form, and subject to the conditions provided in the Notice to Bidders.
The successful bidder will be required to furnish in satisfactory form, within ten (10) days of Notice of Award to Contract:
(a) A Performance Bond for one hundred percent (100%) of the total amount of the contract price.
(b) A Payment Bond for one hundred percent (100%) of the total amount of the contract price.
(c) Adequate Public Liability and Workmen’s Compensation Insurance.
The attention of all bidders is called to the provisions of State Law governing “General Contractors” as set forth in Chapter Eight of Title Thirty Four of the 1975 code of Alabama as amended.
All BIDDERS must comply with the requirement of the Contractor’s Licensing Law of the State of Alabama and be certified for the type of work for which a proposal is submitted. The submission of the BIDDER’s current State of Alabama License number will be required before his/her BID will be received or considered and shall be written on the outside of the envelope in which Bid is submitted.
All Bids must be plainly marked on the outside of the envelope:
BID FOR: Town of Geiger Resurfacing Project
Project No. SM-CM-PF-24-020
Opening at Sentell Engineering, Inc., 639 Black Bears Way, Tuscaloosa, AL 35401
November 13, 2026 at 10:00 A.M.
Attention to Bidders is particularly called to the requirements as to conditions of employment to be observed and minimum wages to be paid under the contract, Section 3, Segregated Facility, Section 109 & E.O. 11246.
No Bidder may withdraw his bid within 60 days after the actual date of the opening thereof.
The owner reserves the right to waive any informalities or to reject any and all bids.
Town of Geiger, Alabama
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IN THE PROBATE COURT OF SUMTER COUNTY, ALABAMA
CASE NO.: 2026-25
IN THE MATTER OF THE LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT OF RUTH ELAINE WOOD,
Deceased.
NOTICE TO: Kimberly Brown and Michael L. Brown
Take notice that a petition to probate the Last Will and Testament of Ruth Elaine Wood, deceased, has been filed by Norma J. Wood, and November 17th, 2026, at 9:00 o’clock a.m. is set as the date for hearing said Petition.
DONE this the 28th day of September, 2026.
Willie Pearl Rice
Probate Judge
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Notice of Completion
In accordance with Section 39-2-1 as amended by H275 Code of Alabama, 997, notice is hereby given that Gillespie Construction, LLC,1212 Studdard Road Jasper, AL 35503, Contractor, has completed Project Nos. LRSI-6025(250), Sumter County, and has made request for final statement of said contract. All claims should be filed at Gillespie Construction, LLC during this period.
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STATE OF ALABAMA
PROCLAMATION
BY THE GOVERNOR
WHEREAS the Alabama Legislature at its 2026 Regular Session enacted Act No. 2026-341 (SB271), Act No. 2026-378 (HB380), Act No. 2026-379 (HB511), and Act No. 2026-424 (SB5), proposing amendments to the Constitution of Alabama of 2022;
WHEREAS, in conformity with Section 284 of the Constitution of Alabama of 2022, as amended, the Legislature has ordered an election by the qualified electors of the state upon such proposed amendments; and
WHEREAS notice of this election, together with the proposed amendments, is required by law to be given by proclamation of the Governor, which shall be published once a week for at least four successive weeks immediately preceding the day appointed for the election;
NOW, THEREFORE, I, Kay Ivey, as Governor of the State of Alabama, do hereby give notice, direct, and proclaim that on Tuesday, November 3, 2026, an election will be held in the State of Alabama in the manner and form provided by law upon the following proposed amendments to the Constitution of 2022 of the State of Alabama:
AMENDMENT PROPOSED BY ACT NO. 2026-341
PART I.
Section 127 of the Constitution of Alabama of 2022, is amended to read as follows:
“Section 127
(a) In case of the governor’s removal from office, death or resignation If a vacancy occurs in the office of the governor, the lieutenant governor shall become governor.
(b) If both a vacancy occurs in the office of the governor and the office of the lieutenant governor be removed from office, die or resign more than sixty60 days prior to the next general election, at which any state officers are to be elected, a governor and lieutenant governor shall be elected at such election for the unexpired term., and in the event of a vacancy in the office, caused by the removal from office, death or resignation of the governor and lieutenant governor, pending During such vacancy and until their successors shall be elected and qualified, the office of governor shall be held and administered by either the president pro tem.tempore of the senate, speaker of the house of representatives, attorney-general, state auditor, secretary of state, or state treasurer in the order herein named.
(c) In case of the impeachment of the governor, his or her absence from the state for more than twenty days, unsoundness of mind, or other disability or incapacity to serve, the power and authority of the office shall, until the governor is acquitted, returns to the state, or is restored to his mind, or relieved from other disabilityno longer incapacitated, shall devolve in the order herein named,described in subsection (b) upon the lieutenant governor, president pro tem.tempore of the senate, speaker of the house of representatives, attorney-general, state auditor, secretary of state, and state treasurer. If any of these officers be are under any of the disabilities herein specified, the office of the governor shall be administered in the order named by such of these officers as may be are free from such disability.
(d) If the governor shall be is absent from the state over twenty days, the secretary of state shall notify the lieutenant governor, who shall enter upon the duties of governor; if both the governor and lieutenant governor shall be are absent from the state over twenty days, the secretary of state shall notify the president pro tem.tempore of the senate, who shall enter upon the duties of governor, and so on, in case of such absence, he or she shall notify each of the other officers named in their the order of succession herein provided, who shall discharge the duties of the office until the governor or other officer entitled to administer the office in succession to the governor returns.
(e) If the governor-elect fail or refuse from any cause to qualify, the lieutenant governor-elect shall qualify and exercise the duties of governor until the governor-elect qualifies.; and in the event both If both the governor-elect and the lieutenant governor-elect from any cause for any reason fail to qualify, the president pro tem. tempore of the senate, the speaker of the house of representatives, the attorney-general, state auditor, secretary of state, and state treasurer, shall, in like manner, in the order named, administer the office until the governor-elect or lieutenant governor-elect qualifies.
(f) If a vacancy occurs in the office of the lieutenant governor more than 60 days before the next general election at which any state officers are to be elected, a lieutenant governor shall be elected at such general election for the unexpired term.”
PART II.
The following provision is added to the Constitution of Alabama of 2022 to read as follows:
Notwithstanding any other provision of the constitution:
(1) The Lieutenant Governor and officers of both houses of the Legislature shall be paid an amount set by joint resolution; and
(2) Any expenditure of funds appropriated for use by members of the Legislature for travel shall be approved by an officer of the Legislature elected from the full membership of the respective chamber.
AMENDMENT PROPOSED BY ACT NO. 26-378
(a) Whenever two or more contiguous county boards of education deem it advisable to consolidate the administration of their respective county school systems under one remaining controlling multi-county board of education, each county board of education shall adopt and record within the minutes of each board an agreement providing for the consolidation. A formal resolution adopted by all members of the agreeing boards shall detail and provide for the payment of their respective indebtedness, specify how the consolidation will take place, identify how the remaining controlling multi-county board of education will operate, provide for the roles and duties of the resulting multi-county board members, and designate the time frame during which the consolidation will be implemented. Subject to subsection (c), the consolidation shall be finalized as designated in the formal resolution.
(b) Before a consolidation may occur, the State Board of Education shall conduct an impact study on the potential effects of the proposed consolidation, including, but not limited to, the impact on students, families, educational quality, educational programs, staff, facilities, transportation and operations, finances and taxes, community identity, and governance. At least 30 calendar days before adopting the formal resolution finalizing the consolidation, the State Board of Education shall post a copy of the impact study on the public website of the State Department of Education.
(c)(1) If, within 30 days after the adoption of the formal resolution, 25 percent of the qualified electors residing within the boundaries of any of the school systems proposing consolidation submit a protest, in writing, to any of the affected county boards of education, the consolidation may not occur unless the consolidation is approved by a majority of the qualified electors residing in each county or counties wherein all affected county school systems are located who vote in a referendum election as provided in this subsection.
(2) The consolidation shall become operative only if approved by a majority of the qualified electors who reside within the combined territory of the affected county school systems who vote in a referendum election to be held on the date of the next regularly scheduled general election. The order setting the election shall be entered by the judge of probate of each affected county within one month after the expiration of the 30-day time period provided in subdivision (1). Notice of the election shall be given by the judge of probate of each county, and the election shall be held, conducted, and the results canvassed in the manner as other county elections. The ballots shall have printed at the top a statement of the purpose of the referendum election and directly underneath, in plain type and on different lines, the words, “For Consolidation,” and “Against Consolidation.” If a majority of the qualified electors voting in the combined territory of the affected county school systems vote to approve the consolidation, the consolidation shall be finalized as designated in the formal resolution.
(d) The consolidation shall not operate to relieve any board of education, or other governing body, of liability for obligations previously incurred, or to impair rights existing before the consolidation. The agreement and formal resolution shall be binding on the combining county boards of education. If a consolidation occurs, the remaining controlling multi-county board of education shall have the right to compel the execution of contractual obligations made to any of the boards before the consolidation.
(e) The State Board of Education shall adopt rules as necessary to provide for the implementation of this section.
(f) The Legislature, by general or local law, may enact legislation to implement approved board consolidations pursuant to this section.
AMENDMENT PROPOSED BY ACT NO. 2026-379
(a) Each local board of education shall adopt a policy requiring each public K-12 school under its jurisdiction, at the beginning of each school day, to conduct The Pledge of Allegiance to the United States flag and give all students the opportunity to voluntarily recite The Pledge of Allegiance to the United States flag.
(b) Each local board of education shall adopt a policy requiring each public K-12 school under its jurisdiction to allow a prayer to be conducted, provided that:
(1) The prayer must be initiated by and led by a student; and
(2) No student may be required to participate in a prayer.
(c) Any policy adopted by a local board of education pursuant to this section shall ensure that students have the right to opt out of participation in the Pledge of Allegiance or the prayer based on their own beliefs.
(d) Violations of this section may be reported to the local superintendent of education. The local superintendent of education shall review the violation.
AMENDMENT PROPOSED BY ACT NO. 2026-424
(a) Each local board of education shall adopt a policy requiring each public K-12 school under its jurisdiction to broadcast The Star-Spangled Banner during school hours, at least once per week.
(b)(1) A local board of education shall select for broadcast, pursuant to subsection (a), any recording of the first stanza of The Star-Spangled Banner that is archived within the Library of Congress and available on the Library of Congress website.
(2) A local board of education, alternatively, may adopt a policy allowing, during school hours, for the performance of the first stanza of The Star-Spangled Banner from original sheet music, archived within the Library of Congress and available on its website, by a school-sanctioned band program, choral program, vocal group, or vocalist.
FURTHER, I proclaim and direct that this proclamation shall be published once a week for the four successive weeks immediately preceding Tuesday, November 3, 2026, in every county as required by law.
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