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WEDNESDAY • APRIL 10, 2019
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VOL. 121, NO. 15
Coosapalooza returns on Saturday Coosapalooza will take place along the banks of the Coosa River on Saturday.
By CLIFF WILLIAMS Staff Writer
Main Street Wetumpka is hosting the second annual Coosapalooza Brewfest along the Coosa River on Saturday to raise funds for its mission of revitalizing downtown. Main Street Wetumpka executive director Jenny Stubbs already has a project in mind — the Alleyway, which started last year with a mural. “We need funds more than ever,” she said. “We
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try to do things to bring people to downtown. We want to even it out. We want to put in seating and a music space and put in greenery. We want to make it inviting and encourage people to come to downtown and the alley. Highlight the historic mural timeline to learn about our community.” Stubbs said the brewfest will feature tastings of crafted beers. “We are going to have about 40 craft breweries from the Southeast represented,” Stubbs said. “If See COOSAPALOOZA • Page A2
Mother, daughter indicted in death of 2-month-old By CLIFF WILLIAMS Staff Writer
A mother and daughter were arrested Friday after an Elmore County grand jury indicted them on charges of manslaughter and criminally negligent homicide in the death of a 2-month-old last October. Tracey Goldman, 50, and Addison Morgan, Goldman 20, were released on $40,000 bond. “The indictments are based on information from an autopsy report from the Alabama State Department of Forensics,” Morgan Elmore County Sheriff’s Department Capt. C.B. Ogden said. Ogden said the infant died in a home daycare in the Redland community.
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he Wetumpka Police Department building, which was destroyed by a tornado in January, was demolished last week. The police officers are currently working out of the city’s administration building until a new location can be found. The old police station was a former hospital on the west side of the Coosa River. Wetumpka Mayor Jerry Willis said the city had $3 million to $3.5 million in insured losses, including the police station and five police vehicles.
‘How can we do better?’
Jackson fulfilling dream at Millbrook Middle School
Gill cared for others, touched many lives
Editor’s Note: This is part of a series of profiles about principals in the Elmore County School System. By RON COLQUITT For The Herald As a child, Ayena Jackson lined up her dolls and pretended they were her students and she was their teacher. Nowadays, as principal of Millbrook Middle School, she has more than 1,200 real students to work with. Jackson, 41, said she was inspired by her first cousin and mentor, Dorothy Lacey, to become a teacher, which eventually led to her promotion in 2013 as principal of Millbrook Middle, which teaches students from fifth to See JACKSON • Page A3
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Millbrook Middle School principal Ayena Jackson speaks to a couple of the more than 1,200 of her students.
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