By Cliff Williams Staff Writer
Elmore County cracks down on school security
By CLIFF WILLIAMS News Editor
School threats have been an ongoing issue across the nation, and Elmore County is cracking down on security and individuals.
In just the last 10 days, multiple threats have landed students in juvenile detention across Elmore County.
“We actually had three individuals that were in detention due to threats on social media,” Elmore County Schools super-
There is other information we can’t disclose now but I don’t think it’s beneficial to Mr. Wilson.”
intendent Richard Dennis said.
On Sunday, Sept. 8 a threat towards Millbrook area schools was posted on social media. Within 45 minutes of discovering the post, authorities
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cases exactly that.
WHS working to curb classroom distractions
Members of the Wetumpka Chamber of Commerce attend the chamber’s “A Taste of Our Home Town” luncheon.
By CLIFF WILLIAMS News Editor
Wetumpka High School is fully following the Elmore County Board of Education policy on cell phones. It hasn’t gone as far as
By Jake Arthur Chief Videographer
Stanhope Elmore and Tallassee high schools with the Yondr pouches but is hoping students will use pouches near classroom doors to store phones during class. Wetumpka
military base is a beacon of strength.
“We’ve been looking for a way to connect with our military,” The Kelly executive director Jennifer Eifert said.
life. The exhibit, which was on display at Air University, calls its home the country’s second largest library.
County schools looking for ways to increase funding
The Alabama Association of Secondary School Principals
Bases around the country are known for their fortitude and their defense ability. But living on base isn’t just about being a part of the military. A new partnership between Maxwell Air Force Base and The Kelly Fitzpatrick Center for the Arts show-
“We have so many in the area that are connected to the military it made sense to try and work on something together.”
“The only library larger is the Library of Congress,” Eifert said. “Why not try to do something on base in that environment?”
Holtville’s Futral Alabama principal of the year
(AASSP) named Holtville High School principal Kyle Futral the 2022 Alabama High School Principal of the Year. The High School Principal of the Year award was presented to Futral on Friday, Jan. 28 during a schoolwide assembly at Holtville High School. Elmore County Superintendent Richard Dennis was in attendance for the presentation.
During visits to The Kelly, Maxwell’s leadership met and got to know Eifert and all The Kelly has to offer. From there, the idea of an annual art exhibit on base came to
Coming from a military family herself, Eifert understands the challenges of maintaining a normal life
SUBMITTED TPI The Kelly Fitzpatrick Center for the Arts has partnered with Maxwell Air Force Base and the Air College Library for an annual art show at the library.
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The Elmore County Board of Education passed its $166.5 million fiscal year 2025 budget, an increase of 3.7%.
“Kyle Futral is an exceptional principal and is very proactive and innovative in his thinking and approaches to managing his school,” Dennis said, As principal of Holtville High School, Futral has transformed the school culture from that of a school struggling with low morale, achievement and attendance to a school that strives for excellence. By collaborating with staff, many of the school’s issues were identified and addressed. Futral’s leadership style of listening, encouraging, supporting, organizing and challenging the staff and students, caused the school culture to shift in a positive direction. The school experienced a 62 percent decrease in discipline referrals, 50 percent decrease in chronic absenteeism, 7 percent increase in the graduation rate, 33 percent increase in CCR rate and a 20 percent increase in ACT proficiency in the last five years. See PRINCIPAL, Page A3
The school system is facing a 22% loss of federal funding mainly surrounding the expiration of COVID-19 pandemic funding. But is also not seeing enough federal monies to cover the costs of programs such as special education.
“There are all these federal mandates,” Elmore County Schools chief schools finance officer Jason Mann said. “Many of them are underfunded.” The IDEA program with special education is seeing its federal allocations cut $151,228 to a total of $2.7 million.
Wilson was released on a $6,000 bond 90 minutes after turning himself in according to the Elmore County Jail website.
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tim and the perpetrator knew each other.”
is the first homicide in Wetumpka in over three years. The last homicide in the city took place in 2018.
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Elmore County Schools chief school financial officer Jason Mann gives one of two fiscal year 2025 budget presentations to the Elmore County Board of Education.
Obituaries
WADE JOSHUA DAVIS
Wade Joshua Davis, born in Jasper, AL, and raised in Millbrook, AL, passed away on August 27, 2024.
He is proceeded in death by his father, Freddie Hugh Davis
ANDREW JEFFERSON MIZZELL
Andrew Jefferson Mizzell, a resident of Wetumpka, Alabama passed away Saturday, September 7, 2024 at the age of 89.
The family will receive friends Thursday, September 12, 2024 at 10:30 with the graveside service at
Police Reports
WETUMPKA POLICE DEPARTMENT SEPT. 10
• Jerimiah Williams, 18, of Wetumpka, was arrested for cruelty to animals.
• John Auen, 20, of Wetumpka, was arrested for cruelty to animals.
• Steaven Hunter, 31, of Montgomery, was sentenced to 30 days in jail by the municipal judge.
• Demetrius Scott, 41,
Jr and his mother, Sharon Kay Barner.
Wade is survived by his three siblings, J David Black (Holley), Karen Black (Zach) and Taylor Pomerleau (Billy); his niece, Gwynevere Nunnally; and nephew, Connor McDonald.
11:00 a.m. at Carolina Cemetery with Bro. Ralph Calloway officiating. Gassett Funeral Home of Wetumpka directing.
Mr. Mizzell is preceded in death by his parents Clifton & Ida Mizzell; siblings Gloria Mizzell, Ethellene Fletcher, Ozella Dryer, Lonnie Grogan; and
of Wetumpka, was sentenced to 90 days in jail by the municipal judge.
• Justin Hall, 36, of Wetumpka, was sentenced to 90 days in jail by the municipal judge.
• Cruelty to animals was reported on South Main Street.
SEPT. 9
• Samantha Hunter, 28, of Wetumpka, was arrested for obstructing government operations, sec -
Wade meant more to his family and friends than he understood. He impacted everyone he met. Memorial service to be announced at a later date.
his daughter Jacqueline Cotney. He is survived by his brothers Herman Mizzell, Jackson Mizzell; children Ann Mizzell, Timothy Mizzell (Sandra), Sharon Brugh (Warren), Sandy Stanley (Craig), Andy Mizzell (Sheila); cherished companion Kathy Green; and her son Jim Green
(Heather); a host of grandchildren & great-grandchildren.
Pallbearers will be Warren Brugh, Craig Stanley, Michael Lashley, Gene Compton, Michael Shane Compton, and Jeff Mizzell. Family and friends will gather and the graveside the day of service.
ond degree possession of marijuana and possession of drug paraphernalia.
SEPT. 8
• Carol Patel, 30, of Tallassee, was arrested for driving under the influence.
SEPT. 7
• Bennie Robertson Jr., 51, of Montgomery, was arrested for driving under the influence.
• Stephen Brasher, 33, of Wetumpka, was arrest -
ed for failure to appear.
• Brent Waid, 45, of Eclectic, was arrested for driving under the influence.
SEPT. 6
• Jamel Johnson, 32, of Tallassee, was arrested for three counts of failure to appear
SEPT. 5
• Unlawful breaking and entering was reported on U.S. Highway 231.
Juvenile arrested for firing gun into home
By CLIFF WILLIAMS News Editor
An argument and gunshots led to the arrest of a Millbrook juvenile for shooting into an occupied dwelling.
Millbrook police chief P.K. Johsnon said police officers responded to Tanglewood Court on Sept. 7 after reports of multiple gunshots. There, officers located spent shell casings, but no one was reported injured.
“Officers were advised that multiple individuals were present at a residence near a cul-de-sac,” Johnson said.
A homeowner approached the officers saying he heard multiple gunshots and later told the officers he believed his home had been shot while he was inside.
“His residence had damage consistent with a projectile entering a
window of the residence,” Johnson said. “Upon closer inspection, it appeared that a round entered the front of the victim’s residence, traveled through a bedroom and exited the rear of the home.”
Officers found an abandoned gun nearby and took it into evidence.
“Apparently there was a group of young people congregating at a residence and a verbal altercation ensued,”Johnson said. “It apparently escalated to threats being exchanged and firearms came into play. There were multiple shots fired.”
Johnson said his department has arrested a 17-year-old, charging him as an adult with discharging a firearm into an occupied dwelling. He was taken to the Elmore County Jail. He said because of the defendant’s age he couldn’t release more information about
the defendant.
Johnson said a few things concerned him about the incident, especially with it being in a heavily populated area.
“We are fortunate that no one was injured or killed as a result of this,” Johnson said. “I am disturbed by the fact that no one on the scene that was contacted by law enforcement saw or heard anything.”
Johnson said he has instructed his officers to step up patrols in the area and in the areas of individuals believed to have been nearby at the time of the incident.
“We will be intentional in enforcing any traffic or criminal violations observed,” Johnson said. “It is very simple. We will not tolerate the occurrence of senseless violent acts in our city, particularly violence involving the use of guns.”
Two Wetumpka residents arrested for animal cruelty after killing possum
By CLIFF WILLIAMS News Editor
Witnesses found a scene they couldn’t believe behind the Wetumpka City Administration Building on Tuesday evening.
The incident resulted in John Auen, 20, and Jeremiah Williams, 18, both of Wetumpka, being charged with animal cruelty.
“They beat a possum to death with a golf
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club,” Wetumpka police chief Ed Reeves said. It occurred in the lower parking lot that is used as one of the entrances to Gold Star Park.
Reeves said he has
investigated many strange things in his law enforcement career but not this.
“I’ve never seen this before,” Reeves said.
According to A-Z Animals.com, possums are nocturnal marsupials that can agilely navigate tall trees. Sometimes they venture into human areas and can be heard at night on a roof. They are omnivores eating almost anything they can find such as insects,
eggs, fruits and flowers. It is well-adapted for chewing and digesting tough plant matter that many other species cannot consume. They only act aggressively when they feel threatened. Some of their defensive behaviors include playing dead, growling, bearing teeth or secreting a bad odor. When they aren’t hunting, possums spend most of their time grooming or sleeping.
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Nolin among elite company
t’s not often small schools and school systems
IRecently Tallassee City Schools superintendent Dr. Brock Nolin was named a finalist for the School Superintendents of Alabama superintendent of the year for 2025 award.
It’s a recognition Nolin should be commended for.
He and eight others were selected by their peers during the nomination process to be finalists. Just by being named the finalist from District 4 puts ahead of superintendents from Auburn, Opelika and Lee County — even Elmore County Schools superintendent Richard Dennis. They are systems with far more students and funding.
It hasn’t been easy. Nolin came into the job just before the COVID-19 pandemic shut everything down. But he still navigated Tallassee City Schools through it. Before the pandemic he helped set in motion along with the Tallassee City Council the financing for the new Tallassee High School. Even though its new, the Class of 1974 was able to see itself walking down the halls of the old during a tour of the new school.
Even with all the accomplishments, Nolin gave credit to his team.
“I was very fortunate and still fortunate to have a great central office staff and great administrators,” Nolin said. “I couldn’t have done it without them.”
We are confident he will represent Tallassee well next month as he faces competition from school systems such as Piedmont City Schools and Houston County Schools.
Good luck Dr. Nolin.
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Soaking up a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity
Aonce-in-a-lifetime opportunity doesn’t come around every day. Or does it? I seemed to have found myself in a lot of those situations over the course of the last few months. It all started when my husband and I embarked on a road trip for the ages earlier this year. We saw places I could’ve only dreamed about: the Pro Football Hall of Fame, the Louisville Slugger Museum, even Niagara Falls was on our itinerary.
But the whole trip itself was a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, and I found equal joy in the littlest moments, like stopping in Buffalo, New York, just for some wings, or taking a walk in Cleveland to see the world’s biggest rubber stamp. Yes, that is a thing. Fast forward a few months, and I found myself in another unbelievable opportunity
LIZI GWIN Managing Editor
— seeing one of my favorite childhood bands in a club with a capacity of 6,000. Weezer is a band that changed my life. I was one of those kind of alternative kids in middle school and high school, and Weezer was one of those alternative rock bands of the 1990s that always really spoke to me. Along with the likes of Green Day, Nirvana and Blink 182, Weezer’s music shaped a lot of my childhood. Seeing them live in concert was truly an experience. Seeing them with my brother, who feels the same connection with the band as I do, made it that
much better.
But seeing Weezer wasn’t the only once-in-a-lifetime experience I had. Much like the smaller moments on our road trip, I tried to soak in every moment of the short visit I had home.
See, I don’t get many chances to return home anymore.
Busy with a family of my own now, I don’t get a chance to make my escape for a long weekend quite like I used to.
So even the little moments like spending time with my niece and nephew or visiting with an old friend seem like the best possible moments.
It’s important to take advantage of every day, every little moment. Soak every one of them up.
Lizi Arbogast Gwin is the managing editor of Tallapoosa Publishers Inc.
‘Hot
Time in the Old Town Tonight’
Around the turn of the 20th century, one of the most popular ragtime songs in America was a tune by Theodore Metz and Joe Hayden, “There’ll Be A Hot Time in the Old Town Tonight”.
The song may be best remembered as the only song the Hooterville VFW Band knew how to play – albeit badly – on GREEN ACRES and PETTICOAT JUNCTION. It was briefly known as the fight song for two Big Ten colleges: the University of Wisconsin (where it is still performed at football games) and the University of Michigan. Now that we are about a third of the way into football season, which is also the season for marching bands, it is worth pointing out just how much work goes into the making of a band for public consumption. Recently, someone at the college said to me, “y’all should be able to have at least a hundred band members on the field by the first game, right?” in reference to the $16,000 band scholarships Faulkner University is now giving. The new scholarship program really didn’t get going until this past summer, when high school seniors had already decided where they planned to go to school. So, for better or worse, we won’t see the results of the recruitment until next year. The greater point is, people who have never played an instrument just don’t realize that it isn’t as easy as press -
ing buttons on a horn to make songs come out. You don’t just beat randomly on a drum and it be accurate, or even pleasant!
For those out of touch with what is expected of marching bands, there’s a whole lot they have to do – top priority is performing at pep rallies and football games during the fall, and occasionally they also participate in parades and other public performances. After a few weeks of football go by, high school bands from our area meet up from other school bands across the Southeast at marching band competitions. There, the bands are judged on the quality of musical arrangements and show concepts, the maneuvering of the feet, drill design, musical effect (pitch, rhythm, attacks and releases, intonation, dynamics, and tone, among other things), and the overall execution of the program. This is where many outside the band business do not understand the Catch 22: in order for a band to win contests, they have to perfect a single show. So, for most of the season, the band performs a variation of that same show for the Friday night or Saturday afternoon football crowd. As people who were in the band
from the beginning through the 1980s think to themselves, “a, ha – when I was in the band, we performed a different show every week!”
Yes, but times have changed. The students could still learn a different show every week, but it’s doubtful they could win contests because the contests are based around how much movement and how much “flash and dash” the band has. So a band has to decide: are we a Friday night show band, a competition band, or a hybrid of both? I would say that many of our area bands are hybrids. There are a few straight-out competition bands around, with some even ignoring Friday night football altogether (which defeats one of the main purposes of a marching band, but I digress). There are other bands in the River Region who perform a different show every week –but they do not participate in the marching band contests because they are a ‘show band’ and not a ‘corps style band’. Another major point would be how many schools have marginalized the band altogether by playing videos on a scoreboard during the game – but that’s another topic for another day.
Please go out and support your local football team and cheerleaders, and know that the band will also be seeing you on those hot times in the old town every Friday night.
Michael Bird is a music teacher at Faulkner University in Montgomery.
MICHAEL BIRD Columnist
Former ADOC officer to serve more than 6 years in federal prison
A federal judge has sentenced a former Staton Correctional Facility corrections of ficer to 75 months in federal prison.
During a plea hearing in federal court in May, Henry Guice, Jr., 46, admitted he possessed methamphetamine with the intent to distribute. Three bags of the drug were found after an Alabama Department of Corrections K9 detected
Coosada council gives business exclusive deal on gas station
By CLIFF WILLIAMS News Editor
The Chevron on Highway 14 between Elmore and Millbrook has been annexed by the Town of Coosada.
The property owners petitioned the town be annexed into Coosada on one condition.
“Mr. Patel has agreed to annex into the Town of Coosada if we give him a five-year non-compete agreement that no other gas stations or service stations could come into Coosada,” Mayor Jim Houston told the Coosada Town Council. “I don’t see another service station coming here in five years.”
The Chevron property is privately owned. Patel presented the council with an agreement letter that prevents any gas station from being constructed without giving Patel a chance to buy it out.
“We can do things for economic development and that is what I see this as,” Houston said.
Councilmembers said they wanted to see more things such as a grocery store or produce stand come to town rather than traveling to neighboring Millbrook to shop.
Other municipalities such as Alexander City have sold property owned by the municipality with similar restrictions on neighboring property.
The Coosada agreement restricts the development of gas stations on private property even if it meets current zoning requirements.
After the meeting Houston said the town would do more research on the matter and possibly revisit the issue in a future council meeting.
IN OTHER ACTION THE COOSADA TOWN COUNCIL:
• Approved minutes of the Aug. 27 meeting.
• Approved purchase of iWorQ software to track building permits.
• Increased business permit fees by 50%, but not the issuance fees. The last time fees were changed was more than 10 years ago.
• Learned the town will be reimbursed for lightning damage to sewer pumps.
Millbrook annexation of Chapman Road property now complete
By CLIFF WILLIAMS News Editor
It has taken multiple meetings and four separate annexations but a parcel of property on Chapman Road is now completely in Millbrook city limits.
The property was previously in unincorporated Elmore County and includes a home but parts of it in the police jurisdictions of Coosada and Millbrook.
The annexation means the corporate limits of Millbrook and Coosada now meet on the eastern side of the parcel.
The council amended an ordinance governing door-to-door sales. The only hours peddlers without appointments can knock on doors is between 10 a.m. and 7 p.m. They must also get the appropriate licenses through city hall.
IN OTHER ACTION THE MILLBROOK CITY COUNCIL:
• Approved minutes of the Aug. 27 meeting.
• Increased the budget for the cultural arts and special events department by $15,000.
• Authorized retrofits for vehicles for the parks and recreation department.
• Granted four public assembly permits for Village Green Park.
• Authorized the parade route for the Stanhope Elmore High School homecoming parade beginning at 2 p.m. Oct. 4.
The next meeting of the Millbrook City Council is scheduled for 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 24.
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while living on base. She thought an art exhibit would be the perfect fit.
“Art is a universal language,” Eifert said.
the drug in Guice’s vehicle at Staton as he worked inside the prison. Guice was summoned to his car and two more bags of methamphetamine were found on his person.
At the plea hearing, Guice said he conspired with Brad
As the idea of a show started to come together, Eifert reached out to the artists affiliated with The Kelly and the military base recruited its soldier artists.
Much like art showcased at other notable libraries, including the Library of Congress, the art displayed
Elliot Gordon, 48, an inmate at Staton in June 2023. Gordon has a February 2025 trial scheduled in federal court. Guice will have to serve all 75 months of the sentence as there is no parole in the federal system. GUICE
‘Not your grandmother’s cooking’ School meal program recognized for ‘scratch’ cooking
By CLIFF WILLIAMS News Editor
Proper nutrition is important for students to perform to their best ability and achieve success.
Public school lunches are subsidized by the USDA, which is how breakfast and lunch are affordable for families with students.
But the reimbursement program has restrictions, such as no fried foods. The program makes cafeteria staff get creative in making something students will enjoy but will still meet the nutrition guidelines. The USDA is currently trying to reduce the amount of sodium and sugar in school meals.
“It’s one of the reasons the USDA encourages more scratch cooking,” Elmore County Schools child nutrition program director Cacyce Davis said. “Honestly, it’s the only way to reduce the amount of those items in your meals and still get a good quality product. It’s mostly from scratch cooking but it’s not your grandmother’s cooking.”
The efforts of the Elmore County Schools CNP program haven’t gone unnoticed. The USDA and Healthy Meals Incentives have recognized the program for its “scratch” cooking and using local farm products in meals.
“We have been working to implement more scratch cooking in the eight years I have been here,” Davis said.
To be recognized, the Elmore Coun-
ty Schools CNP had to apply. But the program didn’t just do the bare minimum on the application. The application required three scratch recipes utilized by the program in the last 12 months.
“We submitted eight,” Davis said. “We had a few more we thought about submitting. We have a good number that we have put into operation during the last year.”
The program has more than 20 scratch cooking recipes.
“These are not frozen pans of lasagna or pizza we just put in the oven,” Davis said.
Some of the meals using scratch recipes are months in the making and are aided by the programs centralized warehouse and freezer space.
“A good majority of what we are preparing and serving to our students are items we use a recipe for with multiple ingredients and preparing it ourselves,” Davis said.
Canned beans are frowned upon because of the high sodium content. Instead the warehouse receives fresh product that is then slightly prepared and distributed among the system’s 15 schools.
“We have a couple of farmers who bring us peas,” Davis said. “In the past we were at the mercy of serving them at the time they are grown and received.”
The program gets hydroponically grown lettuce from a farmer in Auburn.
A Lowndes County farmer brings collard greens to the warehouse every five weeks.
“Those are included on the menu with our beef tips,” Davis said. “They are very popular in the schools and was one of the recipes we submitted.”
Several years ago, the program took turkeys from the USDA program and had a local vendor smoke them. It is still done but now the program uses the smoker in the system’s mobile food trailer “The Hotspot” to do the smoking.
“We get the turkeys in cases of four,” Davis said. “When we smoke them, we can add so much flavor to them without adding sodium or sugar. We then freeze them and warm them up at Thanksgiving. They are very popular meals.”
Davis and others from the program will travel to Las Vegas next month for The Healthy Meals Summit hosted by the USDA and Healthy Meals Incentives. The will join programs from Hale County Schools, Haleyville City Schools and Marshall County Schools in Alabama who are being recognized for nutrition education. All will have a chance to interact with CNP programs from across the country.
“They will have some dynamic speakers and educational sessions,” Davis said. “It is an opportunity for these innovative districts to share what they are doing. It is a great chance to learn from one another.”
Wetumpka council passes $20 million budget
By CLIFF WILLIAMS News Editor
Wetumpka city leaders feel things are headed in the right direction.
The Wetumpka City council passed a budget at its Monday meeting with $18 million in expenditures and almost $20 million in revenues for fiscal year 2025.
“We should be in good shape,” Wetumpka Mayor Jerry Willis said. “We were conservative on increasing revenues.”
Fiscal year 2025 will see the full year effect of Publix.
“We don’t know what those numbers will be just yet,” Willis said.
The mayor said there are no major expenditures in the budget.
“All of our capital projects
at Maxwell is in cases behind glass.
“It was a small space behind glass,” Eifert said. “It was the perfect place for this show and to work on how to continue it in the future. It is all so fitting.”
The show was themed around the military.
are planned out,” Willis said. “We did that a couple of years ago and know what the revenue stream is for them. In many cases it is basically cash.”
The council heard from hotdog cart vendor Don Moore. He said he has all of the appropriate state licenses and health permits and Wetumpka has an ordinance on mobile food units.
“The city will not issue me a business license,” Moore said.
Moore told the council he has visited the building permit office three times since last summer to no avail.
Willis said vendors such as Chick-fil-A have gotten licenses and the city is working on something for food trucks.
“We are not against you,”
Willis said. “We have to protect the brick and mortar businesses who have made significant investments. We want to create an area for this.”
Don Sawyer s son Coe thanked city officials for attending his father’s funeral. He reminded the council of the Artwalk his father started and it returns to downtown Wetumpka on Oct. 26.
“The city needs to get behind it and make it flourish,” Sawyer said.
IN OTHER ACTION THE WETUMPKA CITY COUNCIL:
• Approved the minutes of the Sept. 3 meeting.
• Approved the installation of lights on downtown trees for the holiday season.
• Amended the zoning for a 5.92 acre parcel from business to residential.
“One of our artists had painted a flag with the Marine symbol,” Eifert said. “She wrote about it and said her inspiration was a friend of hers who served in the Marines. One of the other artists figured they served with them. It was a very neat experience.”
The partnership between The Kelly and the base has grown over the years. Several of the servicemembers and commanders have visited Wetumpka to see the center s art and exhibits. Some have participated in children’s programs.
• Approved a restaurant retail liquor license for Yamato Japanese Steakhouse.
• Approved a lease for Xerox copy machines for the library and fire department.
• Gave permission for Wetumpka High School Robotics to host the Indian Trail Green Power Race Feb. 8, 2025 at the Wetumpka Sports Complex.
• Gave Elmore County Public Schools Hippy Program permission to hold the fall Hippy family group meeting at the Farmer’s Market on Oct. 17.
• Gave permission to Trinity Episcopal Church to host Blessing of the Animals at the Farmer’s Market on Oct. 6. The next meeting of the Wetumpka City Council is scheduled for 6 p.m. Oct. 7.
Eifert said plans are underway to grow the partnership and hold future exhibitions on base.
“We are thinking it will be an annual thing,” Eifert said. “We are looking at doing it again next year and tossing around ideas of a theme for the show.”
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Elmore County Child Nutrition Program mobile kitchen manager Calli Wright prepares pork ribs for the program Hot Spot food trailer smoker. It is also used to smoke turkeys that will be available for the upcoming Thanksgiving meal at Elmore County Schools.
Federal monies from the pandemic were spent on replacing 85% of the HVAC systems in the system’s elementary schools as well as purchasing school supplies for students in grades kindergarten through eighth grade.
“If we want to continue that, we will have to find other funding,” Mann said.
The COVID funding also provided extra aides in kindergarten and first-grade classrooms as well as multiple avenues for professional development.
“We will have to look at less expensive options going for-
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High School principal
Kyle Futral was at Holtville High School and Elmore County HIgh School before coming
ward,” Mann said. The system will look at opportunities to train on-site versus going to conferences where the expense increases due to travel. The COVID monies must be spent by the end of September and Mann has a plan for the little that is remaining.
“We will spend the remaining $100,000 to prepay for as many summer literacy camp teachers as we can through a company,” Mann said. The plan will allow the company to hire Elmore County teachers in the summer to administer the camps and classes.
An issue for state funding arises in transportation as bus costs increase. Until the
to Elmore County Board of Education’s largest school.
“We have tried lots of things with cell phones over the years,” Futral said. “The rule has always been that cell phones were not allowed
COVID-19 pandemic, state funding covered almost all the costs and maintenance of buses at about $7,500 per year. The funding hasn’t increased but bus costs alone have more than doubled in the same time frame.
Elmore County is about two years away from having to make major bus purchases, but the system is already exploring options.
“If the state doesn’t do something here, we will have to come up with a lot of local funds,” Mann said. “The program needs to either provide more funding or allow the buses to be used longer.”
The state’s program allows the buses to be used for only 10 years before being replaced. Mann suggested extending the
out during instructional time unless explicitly given permission by a teacher.”
Futral said over the years inconsistencies in enforcement has become an issue mainly due to all the required documentation that went with it.
service life of buses to 12 or 14 years while still maintaining the $7,500 per year funding, which would allow the system to borrow against the revenue stream to purchase buses in the future. It is the same method buses have been purchased with for more than 20 years.
The system is about three years from having just a $50 million bond on its debt scheduled. It was taken out in 2019 and has allowed most of the recent rounds of construction projects across the county. Funding from the Elmore County Commission was used to fund the quality of life projects. It saved the school system from maintenance costs on grass fields for years to come.
Much of the system’s reve-
when Stanhope Elmore implemented the pouches. It allows students to carry their phones but they are locked in a pouch until the end of the school day.
nue is dedicated to payroll and benefits at 66% of the system’s budget. Funding for most of the payroll comes from the state and is matched with 10 mils of property tax collected for education in Elmore County.
Overall inflation has struck and costs have gone up. New high schools in Holtville and Eclectic, along with a performing arts center in Wetumpka are in the plans, but with no new funding, status quo and portable classrooms are the only likely solution going forward.
“We can’t depend on the state or federal government to give us funding anymore,” Mann said. “We have to look at advancing our local funding similar to other systems across the state.”
dents enter a classroom.
“The students put their phones in them like they would calculators,” Futral said. “They can retrieve them as they leave the classroom.”
classes. Teachers can also allow their use on a case-by-case basis.
“I think some teachers were just kind of giving up the fight because it was such a process,” Futral said. “I felt like throughout our school, some teachers were frustrated and wanted to enforce it. We feel like this new way is pretty black and white.”
The board of education needed to change the county’s code of conduct
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were speaking with a 12-year-old student who commented on the post that she would join in a threat. The following day, with the help of the Alabama Law Enforcement Agency’s Fusion Center, authorities found
“They were finding they wanted some more immediate consequences for students who didn’t have them locked out,” Futral said.
The amended policy requires less documentation. Futral used the revision to aid his teachers in freeing Wetumpka classrooms from cell phone distractions. They didn’t want to go to the expense of the pouches so instead there are pouches hanging near doors after stu-
the location of the original post and found that another 12-year-old was responsible for the original post.
Dennis said the Fusion Center allowed authorities to track the post through IP addresses and find the computer it was made from.
On Monday, Sept. 9 an Elmore County High School student made a threat during school hours and forced the campus into a temporary lockdown until the student was secured according to Dennis. On Friday, Sept. 6 a Wetumpka High School student was detained after making verbal threats within the school.
“(Administrators) secured the situation, and they never went into a lockdown situation,” Dennis said. “That individual was detained as well.”
Dennis said threats made via computer require much more help initially from law enforcement, whereas verbal threats are often dealt with direct intervention of the student on campus.
Futral said he understands some students will keep phones hidden in book bags and such.
“The policy makes it easier that if a teacher or administrator sees a phone in a classroom setting, disciplinary measures will soon be taken,” Futral said. “It makes it easier for the teacher to manage their classroom.”
Wetumpka students are still allowed to use their phones between
County Board of Education accepted a bid to improve the security measures of the front entrance to Wetumpka Elementary School.
“Security for our perimeters is improving with every project,” Dennis said.
In the last two weeks, a ballgame between Tallassee and Elmore County High School was suspended. The response was immediate. County schools purchased metal detectors and they were in use within a week of the threat in Eclectic.
Entrances to events were altered to allow more and better searches of people and their belongings. Tallassee City Schools along with county schools reinforced its policy of clear bags for school events including football games.
Dennis said the school system uses Remind to communicate information with parents and more.
School has been in session for just over a month and Futral said the time has allowed everyone to become more familiar with the modifications to cell phone use and the policy
“For some there was not a clear understanding,” Futral said. “Now everyone is on the same page and has a very clear understanding of it. It’s early but I think it’s going to lead to a better learning environment, students understanding what is being taught, better grades and better test scores.”
a cell phone ban during the school day on its campus. Principal Ewell Fuller said discipline issues have gone down as a result.
Wetumpka High School principal Kyle Futral said parents have access to similar tools the school systems use to keep track of what children are doing online because parents don’t expect their children to be involved in such activities.
“It is like no one really expects their kids to be doing those sorts of things on their phone,” Futral said. “There needs to be some oversight and monitoring.”
Recently, Futural and other administrators at Wetumpka shared tips with parents to monitor online activity of students. One of the services is Bark.
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“Once the threats are cleared, we move from lockdown to a lesser form of it,” Dennis said. “With our security procedures now, the perimeter doors are always locked to the outside.”
Such methods require visitors to enter the school through one entrance and only after they have been run through the system’s Raptor system. It provides a quick background check of visitors.
School security is being improved with almost every construction project.
The new Tallassee High School was built in such a way those from outside can’t see inside. It makes it tougher for would be shooters to fire a gun from the outside into the school. Elmore County Schools has been working to secure its schools. Most recently the Elmore
“It is important to us to share information in a timely manner and would like to be certain that all our stakeholders are receiving the information shared,” Dennis said. “We are sometimes unable to immediately share communications, but we share it as soon as possible so parents are informed.”
Dennis said the system will only share information after its been verified and won’t share rumors.
“That is when panic gets started,” Dennis said. “The world of social media is filled with so many rumors in these sorts of situations.”
Dennis said the systems IT department has systems in place to filter and tag posts, messages and other information that is threatening when it is made from networks owned by the school system. It depends on law enforcement, parents and others to help make them aware when the posts occur off school grounds.
Four years ago Stanhope Elmore instituted
“ Bark monitors texts, social media, apps and more for potential dangers,” According to Bark’s website. “Even the photos and videos your child saves. If something concerning is found, we let you know ASAP.”
The app also provides parents with 24/7 GPS tracking of the device it’s loaded on. It also allows parents to set limits and parameters for use of other apps such as YouTube.
“As parents we need to know what our children are doing online,” Futral said.
It’s all aimed at keeping students safe — from the monitoring to the security at schools and events. Dennis said it should be taken seriously and that all threats will be dealt with seriously.
“These are not jokes,” Dennis said. “These are not trivial matters. If students or anyone else is found to be doing something to interrupt the school day through threats or harm, they will be dealt with immediately and harshly. It may mean some students also face consequences in the court system.”
Yes and no
Greetings from the corner of Bridge and Bridge. We are drying out after some much needed rain as I write. I don’t know about you, but sometimes I wish God would nourish the earth with a little more consistency. Drought or flood seems to be the way, unfortunately. Jesus’ best-known sermon is the Sermon on the Mount. In this address, Jesus speaks to the disciples and a large crowd. The sermon begins with what has become known as the beatitudes; a series of blessing statements. It proceeds to unpack many of the teachings of covenant relationship with God.
Matthew records one of those teaching statements this way.
“Let your yes mean yes and
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your no mean no. Anything more than this comes from the evil one.”(Matthew 5:38 CEB) Jesus explains what the term concise means. James repeats the teaching in the closing of his letter to the twelve tribes of Israel. “Most important, my brothers and sisters, never make a solemn pledge – neither by heaven nor earth, nor by anything else. Instead, speak with a simple “Yes” or “No”, or else you may fall under judgment.”(James 5:12 CEB) James fleshes out the teaching of Jesus. I remember the first time I held each of our daughters. In that moment of myriad thought and emotion, I made each of them a promise. Speaking strictly daddy to daughter, I promised
that I would never tell them no without a reason. I have kept that promise.
What I meant by it is simple. I am a firm believer in saying yes if at all possible. I wanted my children to know that I do not need them to conform to any expectation I have for them. I want to empower them to figure out who God made them to be for themselves. As such, if they ask for something that may or not fit my expectation, my desire is to say yes above all else.
The flipside of that desire means that the occasional no means just that. I did not want to water down my children’s understanding of the word no with my own garbage. They could expect to hear no infrequently, but that did not mean
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they would never hear it from me. I do not share this out of any desire to be lifted up as a model parent. I assure you that, in may ways, I am not. I lift it up because the word of God led me to take this approach to the life of faith. I wanted to try and teach that to my children.
Events of the past weeks have reminded me that, in many ways, our culture and society has forgotten the wisdom behind letting our yes be yes and our no be no. Headlines of every variety have captured this foolishness. We as a people have forgotten what yes and no mean.
Don’t get me wrong. I am in no way suggesting that the solution to mass shootings, threats of violence, and general expres-
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sions of hatred can be eliminated by a return to yes or no conversations. I am saying that the overall tone of life in the earthly kingdom for all would change for the better if we committed ourselves to yesses meaning yes and nos meaning no. Whenever we witness or hear of activity or speech empowering others, we should say, “Yes!” If ever we encounter someone promoting violence or spewing hatred, our response should be “No.” The best means of navigating the turbulent waters of the earthly kingdom is to know what these two words mean according to God’s definition. God says “Yes” to everything that builds up and “No” to anything that tears down.
Rev. Jonathan Yarboro is the Pastor of First Presbyterian Church, Wetumpka.
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stirs up strife,
Wetumpka volleyball gaining momentum
By SAMUEL HIGGS Sports Reporter
After falling into a drought, Wetumpka volleyball responded by taking home all three sets in the team’s second matchup against Benjamin Russell, giving the Indians some extra momentum for the rest of the season.
“They’re actually learning how to cope with their losses, actually push forward and then use it as fuel,” Wetumpka coach J.J. Kidd said. “So today, that was their main focus. They did a lot better job at staying more composed, communicating, and then on top of that, we didn’t make as many hitting errors.”
The Indians were in the driver’s seat for almost the entirety of the night, where they constantly found gaps in the Wildcats defense. However, the Wildcats’ size around the net did present Wetumpka with some problems. Kidd knew that with the opponent being
WETUMPKA FACES UNKNOWN IN REHOBETH
By SAMUEL HIGGS Sports Reporter
REHOBETH (2-1)
AT WETUMPKA (1-3)
THE PLAYERS
WETUMPKA: QB Tyler
Johnson completed 34 of 70 passes for 436 yards, 2 TDs and 2 INTs. …LB
Logan Gaare leads the team with 33 total tackles. … DB Kleby Walker leads the team with 3 sacks and has 1 fumble recovery.
FOUR DOWNS
Last week, Wetumpka lost to Pike Road,17-12 ; Rehobeth had a bye week.
Rehobeth and Wetumpka have never met in a game before.
Both teams are winless in Class 6A, Region 2 play.
Wetumpka’s offense is averaging just 15.5 points per game this season.
NEXT UP: Wetumpka at Eufaula; Rehobeth at Cot -
tonwood.
BULLOCK COUNTY (2-2) AT TALLASSEE (1-2-1) THE PLAYERS
TALLASSEE: QB Trent Morris threw 2 TDs against BTW Tuskegee. …WR Jordan King caught both touchdowns. … RB Tiny Green ran for 1 TD against BTW Tuskegee.
FOUR DOWNS
Last week, Tallassee lost to BTW Tuskegee, 26-21; Bullock County beat Munford, 14-0. This is Tallassee’s first home game of the season. Bullock County is averaging just 10.5 points per game this season.
Tallassee beat Bullock County, 56-6, the last time they met in 2013; Tallassee holds a 5-0-1 series lead.
NEXT UP: Both teams have a bye week next week.
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ELMORE COUNTY (3-0-1) AT BEAUREGARD (3-1)
THE PLAYERS
ELMORE COUNTY: RB Tyler Payton has 28 carries for 289 yards and 3 TDs. … QB/DL Caleb Spivey has completed 5 of his 9 passes for 31 yards; added 17 yards and 2 TDs on the ground; leads the team with 3 sacks. …DL Luke Reinert has 18 total tackles and 10 tackles for loss.
BEAUREGARD: QB Cub Jones had completed 36 of 66 passes for 704 yards and 8 TDs. …WR Jermyan Fitch has 9 catches for 211 yards and 5 TDs. …LB Caleb Piner has 37 total tackles, averaging over 12 a game.
FOUR DOWNS
Last week, Elmore County beat Holtville, 28-9; Beauregard beat Sylacauga,
Wetumpka’s Tyler Johnson (10) passes the football against Russell County. Johnson ended the night with one passing touchdown in the loss.
Elmore County faces tough Beauregard team on the road
By SAMUEL HIGGS Sports Reporter
Elmore County is off to an impressive start to the 2024 season, sitting at 3-0 heading into the team’s matchup against Beauregard.
However, the Hornets are not going to make it easy for the Panthers as they head into enemy territory for their second road game of the year. Coming off a homecoming win over Holtville, Elmore County knows it has to come out strong to continue the win streak.
“Being on the road against a good team, just not getting too high emotionally or too low emotionally early,” Elmore County coach Kyle Caldwell said. “Getting in the rhythm of the game early, so we can just stay focused on our task ahead.”
Beauregard comes into the Class 5A Region 4 matchup on a win streak of its own. After falling to Wetumpka to start the season, the Hornets have
put up three straight wins over Anniston, Marbury and Sylacauga. But Elmore County is one of the toughest opponents the team has faced this early into the season.
“We’re definitely going to have to play our best game of the year,” Caldwell said. “A four-quarter game, not just the second half. We got to take advantage of any opportunities we may get with turnovers or special teams, or just any kind of situations that we might get. We got to take advantage of it because it’s going to take 48 minutes to beat them because they’re a really good team.”
The Hornets come in with a decent amount of size across their fronts, which has resulted in such an impressive passing game. Quarterback Cub Jones has thrown for more than 700 yards and eight touchdowns through four games with Aundray Vann being his top target down the field. The
By SAMUEL HIGGS Sports Reporter
Stanhope Elmore added a tick in the win column defeating Park Crossing last Friday due in large part to the success they had on the ground with standout running back Arthur McQueen. In total, the Mustangs rushed for 476 yards against the Thunderbirds, with McQueen accounting for 227 yards and three touchdowns on his own. The game put him over the 800-yard rushing mark through just four games as he is averaging 210 yards per
game. “That performance is just consistent with what he does week to week,” Stanhope coach Hunter Adams said. “Arthur is a tremendous running back. He’s a Division I running back. He’s a
horse. If you told him, ‘Arthur, you’ve got to carry it 45 times for us
a
he’d just smile and take every one of them and run as hard as he can.” Although his rushing total shows how much of an impact player he is for Stanhope Elmore,
SAMUEL HIGGS | TPI Wetumpka’s Hannah Kate Burdett (4) spikes the ball against Benjamin Russell.
Elmore’s Arthur McQueen (4) rushed for more
200 yards and three touchdown against Park Crossing last
day.
at Loachapoka, 7 p.m.
Rehobeth at Wetumpka, 7 p.m.
Valiant Cross at Edgewood Academy, 7 p.m. SATURDAY, SEPT. 21
VOLLEYBALL 4 Holtville, Stanhope Elmore, Elmore County, Wetumpka at Elmore County Block Party, TBD
MONDAY, SEPT. 23 HIGH SCHOOL VOLLEYBALL
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Panthers are going to lean on their front to disrupt the sophomore quarterback from continuing his success down the field while keeping their rushing attack with Kajaden Holloway in check.
“They’re a really big, big team up front,” Caldwell said. “On both sides of the ball, they want to control the lot of scrimmage, so that’s gonna be a challenge for us, just like it
4 Edgewood Academy at Bessemer Academy, 5 p.m.
4 Tallassee at Booker T. Washington Tuskegee, 4:30 p.m.
TUESDAY, SEPT. 24
SCHOOL VOLLEYBALL
4 Montgomery Academy at Stanhope Elmore, 6 p.m.
4 Elmore County at Valley, 5:30 p.m.
4 Lakeside School at Edgewood Academy, 5 p.m.
4 Tallassee at Wetumpka, 5:30 p.m.
4 Billingsley at Holtville, 6:30 p.m. 4 Wetumpka at Elmore County, 5:30 p.m.
has been in the past couple years. They’ve been a lot bigger, imposing team than we have just size-wise. So that’ll be a big, big challenge for us. They’re really big and really strong up front.”
On the offensive side, Elmore County will look to control the line of scrimmage from their side of things. The team has been dominant on the ground, resulting in over 800 yards rushing and 12 touchdowns through four games. Sophomore Tyler Payton currently leads the charge with
366 yards and four touchdowns but also has Eli Thames and Parker Hobbs behind him to help. Both teams will look to extend their win streak one more game, especially with the implication of it being a region matchup. The fronts of both teams will try to set the tone of the game to add another tick to the win column.
“The offensive line and the defensive line, they’re going to have to play their best game for us to be victorious on Friday,” Caldwell said.
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MCQUEEN
his contribution also comes in other ways. McQueen garners so much attention from opposing defenses that it opens the door for first-year quarterback Zac Holcombe and receiver Jamari Coleman to make their mark on the game.
Holcombe and Coleman each crossed 100 rushing yards against Park Crossing on Friday as well, each averaging over 14 yards per carry.
“When teams have to focus on Arthur, it opens things up for the other guys,” Adams said. “Our wide receiver, Jamari Coleman, had two carries for 132 yards Friday night because the defense
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42-10.
Elmore County beat Beauregard, 27-7, last season and holds a 10-8 series lead.
Elmore County’s defense has allowed just 9.25 points per game this season. Both teams are unde -
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stacked the box, and we were able to get him on the perimeter because they were so key on Arthur. Jamari is a great football player, Arthur’s presence just creates opportunity for the other guys.”
McQueen is only carrying his success from last year into the 2024 season, approaching his 2023 stat line already. The goal for the standout back is to finish the season with more than 2,000 rushing yards in his senior year, but it is not his play on the field that deserves all the praise.
“He’s consistent in the way that he works every day and goes about his business,” Adams said.
“He’s a very high character kid, he’s a very selfless kid, Arthur’s never going to praise Arthur. He’s going to thank his offensive
feated in 5A Region 4 games. NEXT UP: Elmore County has a bye week; Beauregard hosts Andalusia.
VALIANT CROSS (0-3) AT EDGEWOOD ACADEMY (1-1) THE PLAYERS
EDGEWOOD ACADEMY: QB Brock Whitt has completed 3 of 9 passes for 53 yards, 1 TD
undersized he had to practice ways around it.
“With us being a smaller hitting team, I try to train them how to use the block as much as possible,” Kidd said. “They’re doing it, It’s finally like they’re pushing in the right direction. If we can actually start getting them to actually learn how to see the entire block, going high hands or going in between the block, we’ll get a lot more points than we usually do.”
lineman for doing their job, and he’s going to run hard every time he touches the football.”
Stanhope heads into this Friday on a bye, giving the team ample amount of time to recover before they face off against Smith Station in Week 5. However, McQueen will continue to be a standout back for the team going forward as they look to add another win to their record before four straight 6A Region 2 matchups to carry out the season.
“He took the reins, became a go-to guy, became a bell cow back,” Adams said. “He worked extremely hard all offseason to improve his body composition and his long speed. He just works hard to make himself and the team better every single day.”
in the first game; has rushed for 163 yards, 1 TD. … RB Parker Shaw has 12 carries for 80 yards, 1 TD in the first game. … LB Cooper Freeman has recorded 10 tackles against Hooper.
FOUR DOWNS
Last week, Edgewood lost to Chambers, 37-7; Valiant Cross lost to
The biggest takeaway from the game was how Wetumpka finished compared to what it had experienced in the past. The past two games against Beaureguard and Stanhope Elmore found the Indians susceptible to not being able to close out that final set, something Kidd did not see against Benjamin Russell.
“We learned how to finish,” Kidd said. “If we have the lead at the end, we have to finish it out. If we take two sets now, we have to close that third one. We cannot allow them to get any more momentum to push back.”
The Indians are about to face
Banks, 52-28. Edgewood and Valiant Cross have never met in a game before.
Edgewood has already had two bye weeks this season. Valiant Cross has been outscored, 127-70, this year. NEXT UP: Edgewood Academy at Lowndes; Valiant Cross at Southern Academy.
a tough stretch of games to end the season. The team will participate in its third tournament of the season against Saint James, Opp and New Brockton.
In the team’s first tournament to kick off the season they dropped two of their three games, but responded in the next tournament taking away three of their five matches.
Wetumpka learned some valuable lessons in both of their matches against Benjamin Russel that will help the team come October once they begin a bulk of their area play and gear up for the state playoffs.
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Default having been made in the payment of the indebtedness secured by that certain mortgage executed by Larry Fletcher and Pamela J. Fletcher to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for Amerisave Mortgage Corporation, dated November 30, 2010 said mortgage recordof Probate of Elmore County, Alabama, in Book 2011, Page 3494 . Said mortgage was subsequently sold, assigned and transferred to Bank of America, N.A. Under and by virtue of the power of sale contained in said mortgage, the undersigned, Bank of America, N.A., will sell at public outcry to the highest bidder for cash, in front of the main entrance of the Courthouse in Elmore County, Alabama on September 26, 2024, during the legal hours of sale, all of its right, title, and interest in and to the following describe real estate situated in Elmore County, Alabama, to-wit: LOT 32, ACCORDING TO THE PLAT OF MAPLE CREST AT EMERALD MOUNTAIN PHASE II, AS RECORDED IN THE OFFICE OF THE JUDGE OF PROBATE OF ELMORE COUNTY, ALABAMA, IN PLAT BOOK 13, AT PAGE 30 & 31. Property Street Address for Informational Purposes: 128 Maple Crest Court Wetumpka AL 36093 Said property will be sold “AS IS”. NO REPRESENTATION OR WARRANTY, EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED, IS MADE AS TO THE TITLE OF SAID PROPERTY. Said property is subject to but not limited to: any outstanding ad valorem taxes - including taxes which are a lien but not yet due and payable, federal tax liens any matters which might be disclosed by an accurate survey and inspection of the property, any assessments liens, encumbrances, zoning ordinances, restrictions, covenants, and matters of record set out above. Said property will be sold subject to the right of redemption of all parties entitled thereto. The highest bidder must tender the total amount of 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 the rights and programs as a part of the foreclosure process. This sale will be made for the purpose of paying the same and all expenses of this sale, as provided in said Mortgage and by Alabama law. This sale is subject to postponement or cancellation. **This is an attempt to collect a debt and any information obtained may be used for that purpose.** Bank of America, N.A., Mortgagee or Transferee Jonathan Smothers, Esq ALAW One Independence Plaza, Suite 416 Birmingham, AL 35209 Attorney for Mortgagee/ Transferee 23-005360
Wetumpka Herald: Aug. 28, Sept. 4, 11 and 18, 2024 23-005360 PUBLIC NOTICE
ADVERTISEMENT FOR COMPLETION LEGAL NOTICE
In accordance with Chapter 1, Title 39, Code of Alabama, 1975, as amended, notice is hereby given that Alexander Sealcoating & Striping, Inc., Contractor, has completed the Demolition and Clearance Of Unsafe Structures For The City of Wetumpka, AL All persons having any claim for labor, materials, or otherwise in connection with this project should immediately notify The City of Wetumpka Development Services Department, Dion Powers Wetumpka Herald: Sept. 18, 25 and Oct. 2, 2024 COMPLETION
PUBLIC NOTICE MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE SALE
Default having been made in the payment of the indebtedness secured by that certain mortgage executed by Margaret Hall an unmarried woman, originally in favor of Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for TJC Mortgage, Inc., on January 3, 2014, said mortgage recordof Probate of Elmore County, Alabama, in RLPY Book 2014 and Page 869; the undersigned PennyMac Loan Services, LLC, as Mortgagee/Transferee, under and by virtue of the power of sale contained in said mortgage, will sell at public outcry to the highest bidder for cash, in front of the main entrance of the Courthouse at Wetumpka, Elmore County, Alabama, on October 10, 2024, during the legal hours of sale, all of its rights, title, and interest in and to the following described real estate, situated in Elmore County, Alabama, to-wit: Lot No. 50 of the Kingswood Subdivision as shown by plat made by Ralph H. Hays, recorded in the OfElmore County, Alabama, in Plat Book 7, Page 37.. Property street address for informational purposes: 3740 Martha Lane , Millbrook, AL 36054. THIS PROPERTY WILL BE SOLD ON AN “AS IS, WHERE IS” BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTY OR RECOURSE, EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED AS TO TITLE, USE AND/OR ENJOYMENT AND WILL BE SOLD SUBJECT TO THE RIGHT OF REDEMPTION OF ALL PARTIES ENTITLED THERETO. 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. This sale is made for the purpose of paying the indebtedness secured by said mortgage, as well as the expenses of foreclosure. The successful bidder must tender a non-refundable deposit of Five Thousand Dollars ($5,000.00) to Tiffany & Bosco, P.A. at the time and place of the sale. The balance of the purchase price plus any deed recording costs and transfer taxes must be paid next business day at the Law at the address indicated below. Tiffany & Bosco, P.A. reserves the right to award the bid to the next highest bidder should the highest bidder fail to timely tender the total amount due. The Mortgagee/Transferee reserves the right to bid for and purchase the real estate and to credit its purchase price against the expenses of sale and the indebtedness secured by the real estate. This sale is subject to postponement or cancellation. PennyMac Loan Services, LLC, (“Transferee”) Tiffany & Bosco, P.A., 2501 20th Place South, Suite 300, Homewood, AL 35223 www.tblaw.com TB File Number: 24-07067-PM-AL
Wetumpka Herald: Sept. 4, 11 and 18, 2024 24-01447
PUBLIC NOTICE
In accordance with Chapter 1, Title 39, Code of Alabama, 1975, as amended, notice is hereby given that Florida Detention Systems, Inc. , Contractor, has completed the Contract for construction of Repair/ Replace Sliding Gate, DCM Project Number: 2023383 at Tutwiler Sewing Plant at Wetumpka Complex, 222 Tarwater Drive, Wetumpka, AL 36092 for the State of Alabama and the County of Elmore County, Wetumpka, Owners, and havement of said Contract. All persons having any claim for labor, materials, or otherwise in connection with this project should immediately notify JMR+H Architecture
Florida Detention Systems, Inc. 720 SE 31st Street, Melrose, Fl 32666
Wetumpka Herald: Sept. 4, 11, 18 and 25, 2024 COMPLETION
PUBLIC NOTICE IN THE PROBATE COURT OF ELMORE COUNTY, ALABAMA IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF DAVID E. DYKES, DECEASED NOTICE TO CREDITORS OF ESTATE
Letters Testamentary on the Estate of said decedent having been granted to CHERYL DYKES RATCLIFF as Personal Representative on the 29thday of August, 2024, by the Honorable JOHN THORNTON, Judge of Probate of said County in said State, notice is hereby given that all persons having claims against said Estate are required to present same within the time allowed by law or the same will be barred.
CHERYL DYKES RATCLIFF
PERSONAL REPRESENTA-
TIVE OF THE ESTATE OF DA-
VID E. DYKES, DECEASED.
Name and Address of Attorney: Regina B. Edwards, Esq.
The Law Firm of Edwards & Edwards, P.C. 109 E. Bridge Street Wetumpka, AL 36092
Wetumpka Herald: Sept. 11, 18 and 25, 2024 EST/DYKES, D.
PUBLIC NOTICE MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE SALE
Default having been made in the payment of the indebtedness secured by that certain mortgage executed by Stacey Bell to United States of America acting through the Rural Housing Service or Successor agency, United States Department of Agriculture, dated November 30, 2006 said mortgage recordof Probate of Elmore County, Alabama, in Book 2007, Page 2462 . Said mortgage was subsequently sold, assigned and transferred to United States Secretary of Agriculture. Under and by virtue of the power of sale contained in said mortgage, the undersigned, United States Secretary of Agriculture, will sell at public outcry to the highest bidder for cash, in front of the main entrance of the Courthouse in Elmore County, Alabama on October 1, 2024, during the legal hours of sale, all of its right, title, and interest in and to the following describe real estate situated in Elmore County, Alabama, to-wit: LOT 7, ACCORDING TO THE PLAT OF FOXWOOD SUBDIVISION, PHASE III, AS THE SAME IS RECORDED IN OF PROBATE OF ELMORE COUNTY, ALABAMA, IN PLAT BOOK 11, AT PAGE 91. Property Street Address for Informational Purposes: 120 FOXWOOD COURT, DEATSVILLE, AL 36022 Said property will be sold “AS IS”. NO REPRESENTATION OR WARRANTY, EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED, IS MADE AS TO THE TITLE OF SAID PROPERTY. Said property is subject to but not limited to: any outstanding ad valorem taxes - including taxes which are a lien but not yet due and payable, federal tax liens any matters which might be disclosed by an accurate survey and inspection of the property, any assessments liens, encumbrances, zoning ordinances, restrictions, covenants, and matters of record set out above. Said property will be sold subject to the right of redemption of all parties entitled thereto. The highest bidder must tender the total amount of 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 the rights and programs as a part of the foreclosure process. This sale will be made for the purpose of paying the same and all expenses of this sale, as provided in said Mortgage and by Alabama law. This sale is subject to postponement or cancellation. **This is an attempt to collect a debt and any information obtained may be used for that purpose.** United States Secretary of Agriculture, Mortgagee or Transferee
ALAW 420 North 20th Street, Suite 2249 Birmingham, AL 35203 Attorney for Mortgagee/Transferee 24-029869
Wetumpka Herald: Sept. 4, 11 and 18, 2024 24-029869 PUBLIC NOTICE IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF ELMORE COUNTY, ALABAMA BOULDER BROOK, LLC, PLAINTIFF, V. A TRACT OF LAND, DEFENDANT. Case No.: CV-2024-900155.00 ORDER OF NOTICE BY PUBLICATION
in the Circuit Court of Elmore County, Alabama, on or about June 3, 2024, averring that theunknown to the Plaintiff which-
Lot 37, Block 210, (being the 21037), according to the corrected Replat of Grandview Pines Plat No. 16, as said Plat appears of record in the Ofin Plat Book 9, at Page 7 (“Lot 37, Block 210 of Grandview-ber, 2024.
CV-2024-900155.00
PUBLIC NOTICE NOTICE OF MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE SALE STATE OF ALABAMA COUNTY OF ELMORE Default having been made of the terms of the
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on an “as-is” basis without any representation, warranty or recourse against the abovenamed or the undersigned. The successful bidder must present 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. The sale will be conducted subsale is not prohibited under the U.S. Bankruptcy Code and (2) of the status of the loan with the holder of the Mortgage. NEWREZ LLC D/B/A SHELLPOINT MORTGAGE SERVICING as holder of said mortgage McCalla Raymer Leibert Pierce, LLC 505 20th Street North, Suite 1775 Birmingham, AL 35203 (205) 216-4238 FT21@mccalla.com File No. 24-05789AL
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Wetumpka Herald: Sept. 4, 11 and 18, 2024 24-05789AL
PUBLIC NOTICE MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE SALE
Default having been made in the payment of the indebtedness secured by that certain mortgage executed by Chelsea Davis, an unmarried woman, originally in favor of Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc. as nominee for Fairway Independent Mortgage Corporation, on September 23, 2020, said mortgage recordedbate of Elmore County, Ala-
-ing, LLC, as Mortgagee/Transferee, under and by virtue of the power of sale contained in said mortgage, will sell at public outcry to the highest bidder for cash, in front of the main entrance of the Courthouse at We-during the legal hours of sale, all of its rights, title, and interest in and to the following described real estate, situated in Elmore County, Alabama, to-wit: Com-
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Alabama law gives some persons who have an interest in property the right to redeem the property under certain circumexist 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. This sale is made for the purpose of paying the indebtedness secured by said mortgage, as well as the expenses of foreclosure. The successful bidder must tender a non-refundable deposit of Five Thousand Dollars
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Sealed bids for the 2024PW10 WESG Lift Station & Sewage Transmission Main CMGM230101 will be received by the Elmore County Commission located at 100 East Commerce Street, Ste. 200, Wetumpka, AL 36092, until Wednesday, September 25, 2024, at 2:00 PM local time at which time the Bids received will be publicly opened and read aloud. Enclose bids in a sealed envelope. The bids must be marked with the word “BID” on the outside of the bid package along with Bid Proposal for Inquiry 2024-PW10, the bid date, name of the work, name of bidder, and the Alabama General Contractor’s License Number. The Project includes the following Work: Installation of a new lift station, including wet well, submersible pumps, backup pump, vertical grinder assembly, electrical, SCADA along with approx. 19,000 LF of 12” Force Main and related appurtenances. Information for the Project can be found at the following designated website: www. gmcnetwork.com/bids.
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q allowed by law, to present the same to the Court or the same will be barred. BARBARA BAGGETT CLARK PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE OF THE ESTATE OF ELIZABETH M. BAGGETT, DECEASED
Attorney of Record for Personal Representative: KELLY LEE
ATTORNEY AT LAW 164 WEST 5TH STREET PRATTVILLE, ALABAMA 36067 334-358-0685 kellylee@kellyleelaw.com
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Elmore County, Alabama. Said parcel subject to an Easement for access and utilities along the the East line more particularly described as follows: Commence at the NW corner of the
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the bid to the next highest bidder should the highest bidder fail to timely tender the total amount due. The Mortgagee/ Transferee reserves the right to bid for and purchase the real estate and to credit its purchase price against the expenses of sale and the indebtedness secured by the real estate. This sale is subject to postponement -
24-01458 PUBLIC NOTICE IN THE PROBATE COURT OF ELMORE COUNTY, ALABAMA IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF DEBRA AUSTIN, DECEASED CASE NO: 2024-250 NOTICE TO CREDITORS OF ESTATE
Letters Testamentary in the Estate of DEBRA AUSTIN, deceased, having been granted to MICHAEL LEE AUSTIN on September 11, 2024 by John Thornton, Judge of Probate of Elmore County, Alabama, notice is hereby given that all persons and parties having claims against said estate are required, within the time allowed by law, to present the same to the Court or the same will be barred.
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PUBLIC NOTICE NOTICE OF MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE SALE
Default having been made in the payment of the indebtedness secured by that certain Mortgage executed by Nathan G. Miller and Nicole Miller, husband and wife, to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc. (“MERS”), (solely as nominee for Lender, Cadence Bank, N.A., and Lender’s successors and assigns), dated the 13th day of March, 2014, which Mortgage was recorded in the of Elmore County, Alabama,
having been transferred and assigned by Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc. (“MERS”), (solely as nominee for Lender, Cadence Bank, N.A., and Lender’s successors and assigns) to Alabama Housing Finance Authority by virtue of that certain Assignment of Mortgage dated November
undersigned Alabama Housing Finance Authority as Assignee of said Mortgage will, under and by virtue of the power of sale contained in said Mortgage, sell at auction to the highest bidder for cash before the main entrance of the Elmore County Courthouse in the City of Wetumpka, Alabama during the legal hours of sale on October 23, 2024, the real property described in said Mortgage, which said description is hereby referred to and made a part hereof, said property being situated in Elmore County, Alabama, to-wit:
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Alabama law gives some persons who have an interest in property the right to redeem the property under certain circumexist 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.
pose of realizing the mortgage debt, together with all expenses of the sale, including a reasonable attorney’s fee.
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Bidding Documents is Goodwyn Mills Cawood, LLC, 1906 E. Three Notch Street, Andalusia, AL 36421, Attn: Patsy Stinson or email patsy.stinson@ gmcnetwork.com. Prospective Bidders may examine the Bidding Documents at the Friday between the hours of 8:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. and may obtain copies of the Bidding Documents from the Issuing Copies of the Bidding Documents may be obtained from the indicated above, upon payment of $20.00 for a one-time administrative fee for digital access/ each printed set. Said cost represents the cost of printing, reproduction, handling, and distribution, therefore no refund will be granted. Checks for Bidding Documents shall be payable to “GMC.” Partial sets of Bidding Documents will not be available Owner nor Engineer will be responsible for full or partial sets of Bidding Documents, including Addenda if any, obtained from sources other than the IsBid security shall be furnished in accordance with the Instructions to Bidders. This project is being funded by SRF Project No: CS011095-01 and will require DBE documentation from the low, responsive, responsible bidder no later than 10 days after the bid opening. The project is being supported, in whole or in part, by federal award number SLFRP2635 awarded to the State of Alabama by the U. S. Department of the Treasury and federal award number SLFRP2164 awarded to Elmore County Alabama. All participants must comply with all federal requirements applicable to the Loan (including those imposed by the 2014 Appropriations Act and related SRF Policy Guidelines) which the Participant understands includes, among other, requirements that all of the iron and steel products used in the Project are to be produced in the United States (“American Iron and Steel Requirement”).
Wetumpka Herald: Sept. 11, 18 and 25, 2024 EST/BAGGETT, E. PUBLIC NOTICE IN THE PROBATE COURT OF ELMORE COUNTY, ALABAMA IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF CHARLES KENNETH BANKS, DECEASED CASE NO: 2024-238 NOTICE TO CREDITORS OF ESTATE Letters Testamentary in the Estate of CHARLES KENNETH BANKS, deceased, having been granted to CHARLES KENNETH BANKS, JR. on August 28, 2024 by D. JASON BRITT, Special Judge of Probate of Elmore County, Alabama, notice is hereby given that all persons and parties having claims against said estate are required, within the time allowed by law, to present the same to the Court or the same will be barred.
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MICHAEL LEE AUSTIN PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE OF THE ESTATE OF DEBRA AUSTIN, DECEASED
Attorney of Record for Personal Representative: RONALD COOPER ATTORNEY AT LAW 937 OPELIKA ROAD AUBURN, ALABAMA 36830 334-444-7889
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NOTICE OF APPLICATION TO UPDATE SHORELINE MANAGEMENT PLAN ACCEPTED FOR FILING, SOLICITING COMMENTS, MOTIONS TO INTERVENE,
copies of the application directlyby writing to the Secretary of the
PUBLIC NOTICE IN THE PROBATE COURT OF ELMORE COUNTY, ALABAMA IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF MARY LOIS HALL, DECEASED CASE NO: 2024-195 NOTICE TO CREDITORS OF ESTATE
Letters Testamentary in the Estate of MARY LOIS HALL, deceased, having been granted to TAMMY ROBERTS on September 5, 2024 by John Thornton, Judge of Probate of Elmore County, Alabama, notice is hereby given that all persons and parties having claims against said estate are required, within the time allowed by law, to present the same to the Court or the same will be barred.
The Owner reserves the right to waive any informalities, or to reject any or all bids, and to award the contract to the lowest, responsive, and responsible bidder. All bidders shall submit, upon request, a list of projects “successfully completed” in the last 2 years, having the same scope of work and approximate in this project. All bidders must comply with requirements of the Contractor’s Licensing Law of the State of Alabama and be which the proposal is submitted. Each bidder must deposit with his bid, security in the amount, form and subject to the conditions provided in the Instructions to Bidders. All Bidders bidding in amounts exceeding that established by the State Licensing Board for General Contractors must be licensed under the provisions of Title 34, Chapter 8, Code of Alabama, 1975, and must show evidence of license before bidding or bid will not be received or considered by the Engineer; the Bidder shall show such evidence by clearly displaying the license number on the outside of the envelope in which the Proposal is delivered. No bidder may withdraw his bid within 60 days after the opening thereof. Owner: Elmore County Commission
By: Bart Mercer Title: Chairman
Wetumpka Herald: Sept. 4, 11 aand 18, 2024 CMGM230101
CHARLES KENNETH BANKS, JR. PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE OF THE ESTATE OF CHARLES KENNETH BANKS, DECEASED Attorney of Record for Personal Representative: REGINA EDWARDS THE LAW FIRM OF EDWARDS & EDWARDS, P.C. 109 EAST BRIDGE STREET WETUMPKA, ALABAMA 36092 334-514-1011 Wetumpka Herald: Sept. 4, 11 and 18, 2024 EST/BANKS, C. PUBLIC NOTICE IN THE PROBATE COURT OF ELMORE COUNTY, ALABAMA IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF DOROTHY B. BUTLER, DECEASED CASE NO: 2024-212 NOTICE TO CREDITORS OF ESTATE Letters Testamentary in the Estate of DOROTHY B. BUTLER, deceased, having been granted to REBECCA B. FRANK on August 28, 2024 by John Thornton, Judge of Probate of Elmore County, Alabama, notice is hereby given that all persons and parties having claims against said estate are required, within the time allowed by law, to present the same to the Court or the same will be barred. REBECCA B. FRANK PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE OF THE ESTATE OF DOROTHY B. BUTLER, DECEASED Attorney of Record for Personal Representative: RICHARDSON B. McKENZIE III OF COUNSEL GILPIN GIVHAN, PC LAKEVIEW CENTER, SUITE 300 2660 EASTCHASE LANE MONTGOMERY, ALABAMA 36117 PO DRAWER 4540 MONTGOMERY, ALABAMA 36103-4540 334-244-1111 Wetumpka Herald: Sept. 4, 11 and 18, 2024 EST/BUTLER, D. PUBLIC NOTICE IN THE PROBATE COURT OF ELMORE COUNTY, ALABAMA IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF RUSSELL W. COLQUITT, DECEASED CASE NO: 2024-226 NOTICE TO CREDITORS OF ESTATE Letters of Administration with Will Annexed over the Estate of RUSSELL W. COLQUITT, deceased, having been granted to LAURA REAVES on the 9th day of September, 2024 by John Thornton, Judge of Probate of Elmore County, Alabama, notice is hereby given that all persons and parties having claims against said estate are required, within the time allowed by law, to present the same to the Court or the same will be barred.
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TAMMY ROBERTS PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE OF THE ESTATE OF MARY LOIS HALL, DECEASED Attorney of Record for Personal Representative: JOSEPH K. BAMBURG ATTORNEY AT LAW 4031 US HWY 231 WETUMPKA, ALABAMA 36093 334-478-3196 Wetumpka Herald: Sept. 11, 18 and 25, 2024 EST/HALL, M.
PUBLIC NOTICE IN THE PROBATE COURT OF ELMORE COUNTY, ALABAMA IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF ELIZABETH M. BAGGETT, DECEASED CASE NO: 2024-243 NOTICE TO CREDITORS OF ESTATE
Letters Testamentary in the Estate of ELIZABETH M. BAGGETT, deceased, having been granted to BARBARA BAGGETT CLARK on September 3, 2024 by John Thornton, Judge of Probate of Elmore County, Alabama, notice is hereby given that all persons and parties having claims against said estate are required, within the time
LAURA REAVES ADMINISTRATOR OF THE ESTATE OF RUSSELL W. COLQUITT, DECEASED Name and Address of Attorney for Administrator: KYLE C. SHIRLEY MCDOWELL, FAULK & SHIRLEY, LLC 145 WEST MAIN STREET PRATTVILLE, ALABAMA 36067 334-365-5924 Wetumpka Herald: Sept. 18, 25, and Oct. 2, 2024 EST/COLQUITT, R. PUBLIC NOTICE IN THE PROBATE COURT OF ELMORE COUNTY ALABAMA IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF JAMES ALVIN HUNGERFORD, DECEASED CASE NO. 2024-253 NOTICE TO CREDITORS OF ESTATE Letters Testamentary on the
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ing been granted to BRENDA HUNGERFORD CALLOWAY as Personal Representative on the 6th day of September
2024, by the Honorable JOHN THORNTON, Judge of Probate of said County in said State, notice is hereby given that all persons having claims against said Estate are required to present same within the time allowed by law or the same will be barred.
BRENDA HUNGERFORD CALLOWAY PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE OF THE ESTATE OF JAMES ALVIN HUNGERFORD, DECEASED.
Name and Address of Attorney:
Regina B. Edwards, Esq.
The Law Firm of Edwards & Edwards, P.C. 109 E. Bridge Street
Wetumpka, AL 36092
Wetumpka Herald: Sept. 11, 18 and 25, 2024 EST/HUNGERFORD, J. PUBLIC NOTICE
IN THE PROBATE COURT OF ELMORE COUNTY, ALABAMA IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF NORMAN FRANKLIN JACKSON, DECEASED CASE NO: 2024-237 NOTICE TO CREDITORS OF ESTATE
Letters of Administration over the Estate of NORMAN FRANKLIN JACKSON, deceased, having been granted to RALEY L. WIGGINS on August 29, 2024 by John Thornton, Judge of Probate of Elmore County, Alabama, notice is hereby given that all persons and parties having claims against said estate are required, within the time allowed by law, to present the same to the Court or the same will be barred.
RALEY L. WIGGINS ADMINISTRATOR OF THE ESTATE OF NORMAN FRANKLIN JACKSON, DECEASED
Name and Address of Adminis-
trator: RALEY L. WIGGINS CAPELL & HOWARD PO BOX 2069
MONTGOMERY, ALABAMA 36102 150 SOUTH PERRY STREET
MONTGOMERY, ALABAMA
36104 334-241-8029
Raley.Wiggins@chlaw.com
Wetumpka Herald: Sept 11, 18 and 25, 2024
EST/JACKSON N. PUBLIC NOTICE IN THE PROBATE COURT OF ELMORE COUNTY, ALABAMA IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF CARROLL MINCEY, DECEASED CASE NO: 2024-247 NOTICE TO CREDITORS OF ESTATE
Letters Testamentary in the Estate of CARROLL MINCEY, deceased, having been granted to LINDA RAY MINCEY on September 6, 2024 by John Thornton, Judge of Probate of Elmore County, Alabama, notice is hereby given that all persons and parties having claims against said estate are required, within the time allowed by law, to present the same to the Court or the same will be barred.
LINDA RAY MINCEY PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE OF THE ESTATE OF CARROLL MINCEY, DECEASED
Attorney of Record for Personal Representative: JOHN B. BRADLEY VOGEL LAW FIRM, LLC 41 CAMBRIDGE COURT WETUMPKA, ALABAMA 36093 334-409-0088
Wetumpka Herald: Sept. 11, 18 and 25, 2024 EST/MINCEY, C. PUBLIC NOTICE IN THE PROBATE COURT OF ELMORE COUNTY, ALABAMA IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF DAN ELLIS MOORER, JR., DECEASED CASE NO: 2024-214 NOTICE TO CREDITORS OF ESTATE
Letters of Administration over the Estate of DAN ELLIS MOORER, JR., deceased, having been granted to DANIELLE ELIZABETH MOORER on September 6, 2024 by John Thornton, Judge of Probate of Elmore County, Alabama, notice is hereby given that all persons and parties having claims against said estate are required, within the time allowed by law, to present the same to the Court or the same will be barred.
DANIELLE ELIZABETH MOORER ADMINISTRATOR OF THE ESTATE OF DAN ELLIS MOORER, JR., DECEASED
Name and Address of Attorney: Reid G. Tolar Attorney at Law 250 Winton M. Blount Loop Montgomery, Alabama 36117 334-303-2258 reid@reidtolarlaw.com
Wetumpka Herald: Sept. 11, 18 and 25, 2024 EST/MOORER D. PUBLIC NOTICE IN THE PROBATE COURT OF ELMORE COUNTY, ALABAMA IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF EVA JANE MORGAN, DECEASED CASE NO: 2024-211 NOTICE TO CREDITORS OF ESTATE
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Letters of Administration over the Estate of EVA JANE MORGAN, deceased, having been granted to JAMES B. KING on September 5, 2024 by John Thornton, Judge of Probate of Elmore County, Alabama, notice is hereby given that all persons and parties having claims against said estate are required, within the time allowed by law, to present the same to the Court or the same will be barred.
JAMES B. KING ADMINISTRATOR OF THE ESTATE OF EVA JANE MORGAN, DECEASED
Name and Address of Attorney for Administrator: JOSEPH K. BAMBURG ATTORNEY AT LAW 4031 US HWY 231 WETUMPKA, ALABAMA 36093 334-478-3196
Wetumpka Herald: Sept. 11, 18 and 25, 2024 EST/MORGAN, E. PUBLIC NOTICE IN THE PROBATE COURT OE ELMORE COUNTY, ALABAMA IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF SHIRLEY T. RAINES, CASE NO: 2024-252 DECEASED NOTICE TO CREDITORS OF ESTATE
Letters Testamentary in the Estate of SHIRLEY T. RAINES, deceased, having been granted to MICHAEL EDWIN RAINES on September 6, 2024 by John Thornton, Judge of Probate of Elmore County, Alabama, notice is hereby given that all persons and parties having claims against said estate are required, within the time allowed by law, to present the same to the Court or the same will be barred.
MICHAEL EDWIN RAINES PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE OF THE ESTATE OF SHIRLEY T. RAINES, DECEASED
Attorney of Record for Personal Representative: REID G. TOLAR ATTORNEY AT LAW 250 WINTON M. BLOUNT LOOP MONTGOMERY, ALABAMA 36117 334-303-2258 reid@reidtolarlaw.com
Wetumpka Herald: Sept. 11, 18 and 25, 2024 EST/RAINES S. PUBLIC NOTICE IN THE PROBATE COURT OF ELMORE COUNTY, ALABAMA IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF CHARLES EARL RYSER, DECEASED CASE NO: 2024-233 NOTICE TO CREDITORS OF ESTATE
Letters Testamentary in the Estate of CHARLES EARL RYSER, deceased, having been granted to JOYCE PATTERSON RYSER on August 27, 2024 by John Thornton, Judge of Probate of Elmore County, Alabama, notice is hereby given that all persons and parties having claims against said estate are required, within the time allowed by law, to present the same to the Court or the same will be barred.
JOYCE PATTERSON RYSER PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE OF THE ESTATE OF CHARLES EARL RYSER, DECEASED Attorney of Record for Personal Representative: REGINA EDWARDS THE LAW FIRM OF EDWARDS & EDWARDS, P.C. 109 EAST BRIDGE STREET WETUMPKA, ALABAMA 36092 334-514-1011 Wetumpka Herald: Sept. 4, 11 and 18, 2024 EST/RYSER, C. PUBLIC NOTICE IN THE PROBATE COURT OF ELMORE COUNTY, ALABAMA IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF MILTON SEWELL, DECEASED CASE NO. 2024-196 NOTICE TO CREDITORS OF ESTATE
Letters Testamentary on the Estate of said decedent having been granted to MARTHA ANN SEWELL WARREN as Executor on the 30th day of August, 2024, by the Honorable JOHN THORNTON, Judge of Probate of said County in said State, notice is hereby given that all persons having claims against said Estate are required to present same within the time allowed by law or the same will be barred.
MARTHA ANN SEWELL WARREN EXECUTOR OF THE ESTATE OF MILTON SEWELL, DECEASED. Name and Address of Attorney: Regina B. Edwards, Esq. The Law Firm of Edwards & Edwards, P.C. 109 E. Bridge Street Wetumpka, AL 36092
Wetumpka Herald: Sept. 11, 18 and 25, 2024
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IN THE PROBATE COURT OF ELMORE COUNTY, ALABAMA IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF JAMES HUBERT WINDHAM, DECEASED CASE NO: 2024-235 NOTICE TO CREDITORS OF ESTATE
Letters Testamentary in the Estate of JAMES HUBERT WINDHAM, deceased, having
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g been granted to JULIA ANN WINDHAM on August 28, 2024 by John Thornton, Judge of Probate of Elmore County, Alabama, notice is hereby given that all persons and parties having claims against said estate are required, within the time allowed by law, to present the same to the Court or the same will be barred.
JULIA ANN WINDHAM
PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE OF THE ESTATE OF JAMES HUBERT WINDHAM, DECEASED
Attorney of Record for
Personal Representative: ROBERT J. MORRIS
ATTORNEY AT LAW 10365 HOLTVILLE ROAD
DEATSVILLE, ALABAMA 36022
334-569-1820
Wetumpka Herald: Sept. 4, 11 and 18, 2024 EST/WINDHAM, J.
PUBLIC NOTICE IN THE PROBATE COURT OF ELMORE COUNTY, ALABAMA IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF TIMOTHY WOOD, DECEASED CASE NO: 2024-254 NOTICE TO CREDITORS OF ESTATE
Letters of Administration over the Estate of TIMOTHY WOOD, deceased, having been granted to ED PARISH, JR. on September 9, 2024 by John Thornton, Judge of Probate of Elmore County, Alabama, notice is hereby given that all persons and parties having claims against said estate are required, within the time allowed by law, to present the same to the Court or the same will be barred.
ED PARISH, JR. ADMINISTRATOR OF THE ESTATE OF TIMOTHY WOOD, DECEASED
Name and Address of Administrator: ED PARISH, JR. THE PARISH LAW FIRM PO BOX 52 MONTGOMERY, ALABAMA 36101-0052 323 ADAMS AVE MONTGOMERY, ALABAMA 36104 334-263-0003
Wetumpka Herald: Sept.18, 25 and Oct. 2, 2024 EST/WOOD, T.
PUBLIC NOTICE STATE OF ALABAMA JUVENILE COURT ELMORE COUNTY CASE NO. JU-2022-000244.06 IN THE MATTER OF THE ADOPTION OF PAISLEE JUNE CARROLL, A MINOR, BY KENNETH EUGENE DAVIS, JR. AND ANNA LEIGH RIGSBY DAVIS.
NOTICE TO MICHAEL SCOTT CARROLL
Please take notice that a petition for adoption in the abovesaid Court by the Petitioner(s) named above in said Court in the County of Elmore, Alabama. Please be advised that if you intend to contest this adop-
Probate Court. DONE this the 11th day of SepAttorney for Petitioner(s): (Name and Address) Samuel J. McLure, Esq.
Wetumpka Herald: JU-2022-000244.06
PUBLIC NOTICE PUBLIC NOTICE OF MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE SALE
Default having been made in the payment of the indebtedness secured by that certain Mortgage executed by Glenn A. Dunn in favor of First Community Bank of Central Alabama, on January 2, 2019, said mortgage recorded January 7, 2019, in the of Elmore County, Alabama, and, pursuant to the laws of the State of Alabama, the undersigned First Community Bank of Central Alabama, under and by virtue of the power of sale provision and other terms contained in said Mortgage, elects to declare the entire indebtedness secured by said Mortgage due and payable, and will sell at public outcry to the highest bidder, for cash, in front of the main entrance of the Courthouse of Elmore County, Alabama, at 100 E Commerce Street, Wetumpka, Alabama 36092, during the legal hours of sale on October 7, 2024, all of its right, title, and interest in and to the following described real estate, situated in Elmore County, Alabama, to-wit: DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS:
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g gages, special assessments, easements, restrictions, and reservations appearing of re-
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Hope Federal Credit Union Transferee Robert J. Wermuth/jmm Padgett Law Group 4245 Balmoral Drive SW, Suite 101 Huntsville, AL 35801 Wetumpka Herald: Sept. 4, 11 and 18, 2024
FC/JOHNSON PUBLIC NOTICE THE STATE OF ALABAMA ELMORE COUNTY NOTICE OF SHERIFF’S SALE By virtue of an execution on a judgment issued out of the Circuit Court of Elmore County, Alabama in Case No.: CV2018-900449.00 on or about August 8, 2023 for a
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25, 1993. with this mortgage on a 1994 Fleetwood, Model: Broadmore, Serial # GAFLR07A30666BM, which is presently located on this property. The property is located in Elmore County at 14.70 acres +/- located on Balm Road, Wetumpka, Alabama 36092. Said foreclosure sale and conveyance incident thereto are subject to the legal rights of any existing federal tax liens, mortgages, special assessments, easements, restrictions, and reservations appearing of record.
Alabama law gives some persons who have an interest in property the right to redeem the property under certain circumexist that help persons avoid or
An attorney should be consulted to help you understand these rights and programs as a part of sale is made for the purpose of paying the indebtedness secured by said Mortgage, as well
Alabama law gives some persons who have an interest in property the right to redeem the property under certain circumexist 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. This sale is made for the purpose of paying the indebtedness secured by said Mortgage, as well as the expenses of foreclosure. The successful bidder must tender a nonrefundable deposit of One Thousand Dollars made payable to Memory MemAccount at the time and place of the sale. The balance of the purchase price must be paid in of Memory Memory & Causby, below. First Community Bank of Central Alabama reserves the right to award the bid to the next highest bidder should the highest bidder fail to timely tender the total amount due. First Community Bank of Central Alabama reserves the right to bid for and purchase the real estate and to credit its purchase price against the expenses of sale and the indebtedness secured by the real estate. The sale is subject to postponement or cancellation. Address: Memory McDonough Street, Montgomery, Alabama 36104.
First Community Bank of Central Alabama Montgomery, Alabama 36103 smemory@memorylegal.com
FC/DUNN
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PUBLIC NOTICE OF MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE SALE
Default having been made in the payment of the indebtedness secured by that certain Mortgage executed by Tanya Renee Hooks in favor of First Community Bank of Central Alabama, on May 6, 2021, said mortgage recorded May 7, 2021, in the of Elmore County, Alabama,
and, pursuant to the laws of the State of Alabama, the undersigned First Community Bank of Central Alabama, under and by virtue of the power of sale provision and other terms contained in said Mortgage, elects to declare the entire indebtedness secured by said Mortgage due and payable, and will sell at public outcry to the highest bidder, for cash, in front of the main entrance of the Courthouse of Elmore County, Alabama, at 100 E Commerce Street, Wethe legal hours of sale on September 30, 2024, all of its right, title, and interest in and to the following described real estate, situated in Elmore County, Alabama, to-wit:
2, as the same appears of re-
Said foreclosure sale and conveyance incident thereto are subject to the legal rights of any existing federal tax liens, mort-
The successful bidder must tender a nonrefundable deposit of One Thousand Dollars made payable to Memory MemAccount at the time and place purchase price must be paid in of Memory Memory & Causby, of Central Alabama reserves the right to award the bid to the next highest bidder should the highest bidder fail to timely tenCommunity Bank of Central Alabama reserves the right to bid for and purchase the real estate and to credit its purchase price against the expenses of sale and the indebtedness secured is subject to postponement or McDonough Street, Montgom-
First Community Bank of Central Alabama
Wetumpka Herald: FC/HOOKS
PUBLIC NOTICE NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE
Default having been made in the payment of the indebtedness secured by that certain mortgage dated April 14, 2023, executed by David D. Johnson Jr., a single man, to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., solely as nominee for Hope Federal Credit Union, which mortgage was recorded on April 19, 2023, in RLPY Book 2023, Page 15918, of the mortthe Judge of Probate of Elmore County, Alabama, and which mortgage was duly transferred and assigned to Hope Federal Credit Union, notice is hereby given that pursuant to law and the power of sale contained in said mortgage, the undersigned will sell at public outcry, to the highest bidder for cash, in front of the Main entrance to the Elmore County Courthouse at Wetumpka, Alabama, during the legal hours of sale on October 9, 2024, the following described real estate, situated in Elmore County, Alabama, to-wit: Lot 2, of the South Millbrook Subdivision as shown by Plat made by P.J. Jennings, Registered Land Surveyor of December 15, 1969, which said the Judge of Probate of Elmore County, Alabama, in Plat Book 4, at Page 82. This sale is made for the purpose of paying the indebtedness secured by said mortgage as well as expenses of foreclosure. This property will be sold on an “as is, where is” basis, subject to any easements, encumbrances, and exceptions those contained in the records
Probate of the County where the above-described property is situated. This property will be sold without warranty or recourse, expressed or implied as to condition, title, use and/or enjoyment and will be sold subject to the right of redemption of all parties entitled thereto. 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. The successful bidder must tender full funds at the conclusion of the sale in the form of a or endorsed to Padgett Law Group. No personal checks will be accepted. To this end you outbid the lender and any other not be accepted. Amounts received in excess of the winning bid will be refunded. Padgett Law Group reserves the right to award the bid to the next highest bidders should the highest bidder fail to timely tender the total amount due.
for the herein described parcel of land; thence leaving said North Rights-of-Way S 12 deg 13’01” E 20.60’ to an iron pin located on the edge of pavement of Old Front Street; thence along said edge of pavement the following two (2) courses:
(45’) of Montgomery-Tallassee Highway; thence along said East Rights-of-Way N 49 deg 46’33” W 42.29’ to a chip in the concrete; thence leaving said East Rights-of-Way N 83 deg 04’17” E 135.61’ to the point of beginning. Containing 0.07 acres, more or less. Property located at 511 Gene Street, Elmore County, Alabama. This conveyance is made subject to any and all encumbrances, covenants, restrictions, reservations, easements, mortgages, setback lines, mineral and mining rights of record, municipal zoning ordinances, rights of way and any and all other matters of record whatsoever affecting title to said property and/or affecting the subject property in any way whatsoever now or hereafter becoming applicable, as well as any and all taxes or assessments due against said property. The Draftsman of this document acts as scrivener only. No title search has been made nor title opinion rendered. Purchasers are solely and exclusively responsible for the same and solely and exclusively responsible for the affect of the absence of any such search and/or opinion. Said property will be sold “as is” and subject to all matters of record and all matters which would be revealed by a visible inspection of the premises, as well as applicable real estate records. Title searches and ver-er, including legal descriptions, are at all times the sole and exclusive responsibility of the Purchaser. There are no warranties as to the title of the subject property, express or implied, at any time pursuant to this sale. Bill Franklin, Sheriff Elmore County, Alabama Wetumpka Herald: Sept. 4, 11 and 18, 2024
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NO WEATHER ISSUES FOR HOMECOMING PARADE
Getting a head start
By CLIFF WILLIAMS News Editor
All it took was a quick note to Elmore County High School students. Now there are a record number of students serving as aides in the classrooms of Eclectic Elementary School.
In previous years between four and five high school students made the short journey to aid in kindergarten classrooms.
“I sent out a Remind message that said, ‘Hey, if you're interested in aiding at the elementary school, let me know,’” ECHS instructional coach Julie Powell said. “The response was crazy, more than I ever thought.”
More than 20 ECHS students are part of the program, but being an aide at the elementary school is quite different than at the high school.
“It's not a free period, like when they aide at the high school,” Powell said. “They work closely with a teacher at the elementary school. This time almost all of them are in kindergarten classes.” Powell said many students at ECHS are interested in teaching careers. Some are part of Future Teachers of Alabama. It gives students an opportunity to figure out
High school aides learn ropes of teaching in Eclectic Elementary School
if teaching is for them, and many aides from the past have come from this organization.
“In the past they wanted to go and assist a favorite elementary teacher,” Powell said. With the amount of interest, Powell wanted to see if the program could do some -
thing more substantial. This year, a total of 14 students are helping in the kindergarten classrooms. The numbers work well on the block schedule as it means a high school student is in a kindergarten class daily.
“It really allows the high school students a chance to see what the classroom is
like,” Powell said. “They get to experience almost all aspects of teaching this way. It also encourages the elementary students to do well in school and builds relationships between everyone.”
The elementary school aide program has been there for several years.
“This is the first time
we've had a more structured program,” Powell said.
She knew some of the students would be interested but some surprised her.
Powell had no idea junior Hayden Griffith was interested. Griffith didn’t know about the program either until Powell’s message seeking aides. Griffith had already been working with young children in the nursery at church. She was beginning to wonder about a career in teaching.
“I sort of realized I want to be a teacher,” Griffith said. “I figured going to aid at the elementary school would give me a good chance to just see what things are like as a teacher and just try to put myself in that setting to figure it out.”
Griffith likes observing the teachers whether they are in front of the class or preparing lessons for their students.
“It just gives me sort of an inside look to what it's gonna be like to be teachers,” she said.
It’s still early but Griffith sees herself in early education, teaching at an elementary school someday.
“This has actually probably solidified it a little more,” Griffith said. “It is making me realize I really do want to be a teacher.”
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Elmore County High School student Ansley Caudle, left, poses with Eclectic Elementary School teacher Jessica Kelley. Caudle is an aide in Kelley’s classroom this year and is joined by 19 other high school students working in the elementary school.
PHOTOS BY CLIFF WILLIAMS TPI Hurricane Francine may have brought rains to the area but it didn’t dampen the spirit in Eclectic. Elmore County High School modified a few of its homecoming activities. The parade marched off from the school as it always does, just a few minutes early to avoid some rain. The Maroon Machine Marching Band stepped off behind the school’s color guard to march up town. They were followed by seniors on the football team, the Eclectic Middle School football team and members of the homecoming court. Some lining the streets of Eclectic for the parade were lucky enough to get a piece or two of candy. Fire trucks and ambulances from the Eclectic Fire Department finished out the parade.