Cold weather means it's hunting season in
Alabama. For Holtville native Paige Ray, it
means so much more.
"Hunting gives me life," she says.
Ray was diagnosed with degenerative disc
disease at a young age. Aer multiple back
surgeries and permanent nerve damage
throughout her extremities, she is forced to
walk with a cane.
"I've been permanently disabled since 1997.
ere are some days that my husband has to
carry me from room to room," Ray says.
But on her good days, she is in the woods,
waiting for her next deer.
Ray is one of many hunters who use Alabama
Power's Jordan Dam Physically Disabled
Hunting Area. e recreation site on Alabama
Highway 111 in Holtville includes multiple
green fields and shooting houses maintained
by Alabama Power's Shoreline Management
and Environmental Affairs, and Southern
Company Hydro Services.
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