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Community Calendar

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Finance committee discusses budget

By CARMEN RODGERS Staff Writer

As October approaches, the Tallassee Finance Committee met to discuss the upcoming fiscal budget on Thursday, Aug. 24. During this meeting, council members looked at various ways to slim the budget and discussed ways to increase city revenue.

The idea of raising rental fees for certain city

properties, such as The Guest House and The House of Seven Gables was discussed. Kami Scarborough oversees property management at The House of Seven Gables and The Guest House.

“She (Scarborough) has come up with projected changes in some of the prices that we charge,” said Councilman Bill Godwin.

After thoroughly analyzing the market, Scarborough created a competitive price proposal for both

properties. The proposal for the House of Seven Gables includes a $200 increase in rental fees.

Councilman Stough initially questioned this rate increase.

“When you go $200 above $600, that’s a lot of money for one day’s rent,” he said.

Councilwoman Heather Johnson pointed out that rental fees for a facility comparable to the House of See BUDGET • Page 7

Tallassee Cares donation drive draws heavy support

Elmore Baptist Association knits with a mission

By CARMEN RODGERS Staff Writer

The people of Tallassee rose to the occasion Thursday, Aug. 25 and made the Tallassee Cares donation drive successful.

The holding room at the Recreation Center was lined with boxes of much needed supplies that will be sent to Louisiana flood victims. City officials were on hand to carry donated items inside so that those who gave did not have to step out of their car.

The event was set to begin at 7 a.m. and end at 11 a.m. However, the people of Tallassee could not wait to help others.

“People started showing up at 6:30 this morning,” said Rick Golden, Director of the Tallassee Recreation Center.

See DONATIONS • Page 3

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The greens at City Hall were full of movie goers Saturday as the Tallassee Chamber of Commerce held the seventh annual Movie Under the Stars. Kung Fu Panda 3 was this year’s feature presentation.

Chamber hosts Movie Under the Stars

By CARMEN RODGERS Staff Writer

The Tallassee Chamber of Commerce held the annual Movie Under the Stars on the greens of City Hall Saturday evening.

The crowd began to build just before dark. Children enjoyed games, such as the dumpling drop and hula-hoops. Many children spent the twilight hours racing up and down the greens while their parents

set out blankets and chairs as nightfall approached.

Once the sun set, the crowd enjoyed Kung Fu Panda 3 on the massive big screen. Alabama Power was on hand offering up delicious popcorn, snow cones and other refreshments to keep the crowd cool.

Lower humidity offered a comfortable See MOVIE • Page 7

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Della Neighbors and the Elmore Baptist Association are on a mission to keep the world warm, one knitted hat at a time. The group meets on the second and fourth Tuesday of each month. The group consists of women who offer their time crocheting, knitting and sewing to create items for those who are in need of warmth.

Neighbors joined the Tallassee Senior Center not long after her husband, James Neighbors, passed in 2006.

Through the senior center, Neighbors connected with the Elmore Baptist Association seven years ago and she has been knitting for a cause since that time.

Neighbors was born in Red Hill and has lived in Tallassee since 1947. She once worked in the Mount Vernon Mill See MISSION • Page 3

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Area Calendar ONGOING EVENTS

Please contact the Tallassee Recreation Department if you are interested in a self-defense class 283-4726. Class would consist of situational awareness, prevention, recognition of criminal behavior and some physical defense. This is NOT a mixed martial class. Class would meet one-week night approximately two hours and Saturday approx. eight hours.

YOUTH WRESTLING: Register for youth wrestling at the Tallassee Recreation Center. Participants ages 6-13 with four weight classes. Register in August and begin practice in October. The season runs until February.

YOUTH SOCCER: Register for youth Soccer for ages 4-14 for boys and girls. Registration at the Tallassee Recreation Center fee is $45 per child and season runs from October to November. Games are usually played on Monday and Thursday nights. We usually have approximately 150 participants, which make up 8-10 teams.

COMMUNITY HOSPITAL :This year Tallassee Elementary School is adopting the Community Hospital ER. TES would like to thank them for helping take care of the community during emergencies. TES will accept donations (water, snacks, cards etc.) until Sept. 9, 2016.

SEPTEMBER 6

Board of Education Budget Hearing Meeting will be September 6 at 1 p.m. at the BOE Central Office 308 King Street Tallassee, AL

SEPTEMBER 8

Tallassee Chamber of Commerce presents the Downtown Chamber Social. From 4 p.m. until 7 p.m. come and network with local business and learn about the benefits of being a Chamber member. There will be good food and good fun while supporting your local retail businesses in downtown Tallassee. Start on S. Ann Avenue and visit businesses to get some food and refreshments and see what products and services downtown Tallassee has to offer. This event is for Chamber members and non-members. Meander to all the marked business from S. Ann Ave, Barnett Blvd, Sistruck Street and end at James Street behind the Chamber office where we will have hotdogs, music and information regarding The Tallassee Chamber of Commerce.

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program that assists qualified individuals in finding and keeping a job. Potential students should be able and willing to work and are unemployed or underemployed. Classes will meet on Monday and Tuesday evenings from 6:30 until 8 p.m., for eight consecutive weeks. Meetings are held in the ACTS Building. No charge to the student. There are no age requirements.

SEPTEMBER 13

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Community Hospital Foundation’s annual Golf Tournament will be held at Wynlakes. Registration will begin at 9 a.m. The entry deadline is Sept. 27. Contact Mike Wells at 256-749-0464 or Kathy Monroe at Kmonroe @chal.org or by phone at 334-283-3757.

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New shelter challenge, events coming soon

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RODNEY GRIFFITH Lake Martin Properties Serving Lake Martin, Tallassee and the Surrounding Area

e have gleaned that a new shelter challenge has begun and our chance to win big money for our pets if we finish in first place in Alabama! The best way for us to win is to leap out in first place today and stay there.

Please go to www.shelterchallenge.com where you will be able to vote every day from work, home, school, smart phone, etc. Once there the easiest way to find us is to type in our zip of 36092 or Wetumpka.

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Thanks everyone for taking literally just a minute of your time every day to help us win big for our animals!

Since the coming weekend is the Labor Day holiday the shelter

HUMANE SOCIETY OF ELMORE COUNTY NEWS will be closed Monday, Sept. 5 to observe the holiday. We hope everyone has a safe and fun holiday!

The Predator’s Riding Club (PRC) is hosting the first ever ‘Camping fer Critters’ to benefit our shelter on Sept. 10-11 which is coming up fast!

Camping fer Critters is a two-day motorcycle rally that will take place at the Reeltown Lion’s Cub Rodeo Grounds at 19700 Highway 49 S, Notasulga, AL 36866.

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Camping fer Critters will quickly be followed by our 11th Annual Bark in the Park at Fort Toulouse in Wetumpka on Sunday, Sept. 18 from 1-5 p.m! There will be plenty of vendors and activities for humane and dog alike so we hope you have your calendar marked. If you have a pet in need of a microchip then come on out so the veterinarians from Tuskegee can chip your pet for $25 and that will cover the registration with 24 Petwatch as well.

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because it’s so cold up there.

The Elmore Baptist Association mission has grown over time and today they depend heavily on donations to continue the efforts. However, there are times when Neighbors will reach into her own pocket to continue these projects.

“We go the second Tuesday of every month and I take my caps,” she said. “If they have collected any yarn they give it to me. I buy some myself.”

“It gives me something to do and it’s relaxing.”

While Neighbors has been knitting for the Elmore Baptist Association for seven years, she has been knitting for much longer.

“It’s been a long time. I’m 88 years old.”

Neighbors says she enjoys trying new knitting designs and is excited every time she has the opportunity to do just that.

“If I see a new pattern that I haven’t used, I just have to see how it will turn out,” she said.

With so much enthusiasm, Neighbors plans to crochet even more caps for the mission and she is thinking of teaching others how to knit and crochet.

If you would like more information on the Elmore Baptist Association mission, call 334-567-7321.

and this helped spark her interest in knitting.

“I worked in the mill 36 and half years,” she said.

“After I married I bought a book for $10, teaching how to knit and crochet. Well, I’d bring home some of the course yarn from the mill and I would sit down and make out a pattern. If it didn’t work out, I’d pull it out until it did,” she said.

Since that time her interest in the hobby has continually developed.

“I love to knit and crochet,” she said. “I have made baby clothes, doilies and all sorts of things. I love to see how it turns out and then I give it away.”

According to Neighbors, she has knitted well near a thousand hats for the mission.

“I knitted these in one week,” she said, pointing at a batch of freshly knitted, brightly colored caps.

“I can make one in a couple of hours,” she said. “I could do it in my sleep.”

These caps and other knitted items may end up in far away destinations. For two years the group made knitted hats and other items for service members who were stationed on vessels docked in the Mobile Bay. “We make dresses out of pillow cases to send to girls overseas.” Last year, a lot of them went to Maine

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and box the donated items. Rodgers said he also helped out when Hurricane Katrina hit the region in 2005.

“This is what it is all about,” he said. “Helping those in need.”

With so much support and so many donations, coordinators of this event had to reach out for assistance delivering the collected items.

“We weren’t sure if we would need a pickup truck or a box truck,” McLeod said.

Thankfully, AES has agreed to make this special delivery to Louisiana.

While many of the requested items were donated Thursday, The United Way has made a few special requests.

“They have requested Borax and plastic containers,” McLeod said. “The Tide Truck is there washing clothes but they need something to put them in after they

Not only did people show up early, they came with loads of needed items.

“It’s been a steady flow of people,” said Golden. “We’re going to take inventory when we get ready to ship it, but I would say at least 50 people have stopped by to give.”

Some people donated water, canned goods, cleaning supplies and much more, while others, such as Sandra Patterson, gave monetary donations.

The United Way is coordinating the donation drive and AES has offered to deliver these supplies to Hammond, Louisiana.

Tallassee’s Police Department, Fire Department, members of the Board of Education and many more came out to support the donation drive.

Police Chief Jimmy Rodgers, gave his time Thursday to help unload

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Sarah Hill was on hand Thursday to help collect and box donations during the Tallassee Cares donation drive held Thursday at the Recreation Center on Gilmer Avenue. AES will now deliver these items directly to the United Way in Hammond, Louisiana to help flood victims.

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McLeod said there is also a need for more baby supplies, such as diapers, formula, bottles and baby wipes.

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Random reflections regarding the Rio Summer Olympics

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n times past, this space has cited previous Summer Olympic Games at different points in time—before, during, after—depending on what the subject was. There were usually certain events within the two-and-half-week quadrennial—some sports-related, some socio-political or nationalistic—that merited followup.

It helps if you’re an Olympics buff, of course, but there have been times over the decades that the behavior of some of the athletes or some of the protests have tarnished the events and/or the reputations of the protestors. It’s idealistic to think that national pride doesn’t figure into the competitions, but it’s always gratifying to see participants behave like (traditional) good sports.

This time around, I decided to wait on any comments until the Rio Olympics had been completed, due to the inordinate amount of negative publicity ahead of the event. Security concerns, sewage in outdoor water sports venues, the Zika menace, and other controversies portended an ominous occasion.

However, to quote more than one TV commentator after the closing ceremony, “They pulled it off.” There were some logistic hiccups as well as some boorish behavior by some of the athletes, including a few Americans—soccer player Hope Solo mouthed off after her team lost, and swimmer Ryan Lochte and some of his minions engaged in frat boy antics.

Solo and Lochte are already, er, celebrities, and are now paying the price for their misbehavior (but watch for a cameo by Lochte, who seems to be a bit of a dimbulb, in the upcoming flick ‘Bill and Ted’s Underwater Adventure’).

A disproportionate-butexpected amount of attention was focused on mega-recordsetters Michael Phelps and Usain Bolt, and rightfully so.

Those two athletes now need to be cited in the lofty position occupied by legends such as Messrs. Ali, Jordan, etc.

That said, it seemed like a lot of the perhaps-unexpected and/or human interest stories that came out of Rio involved female athletes:

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By Willie G. Moseley …New stars were crowned in swimming events, and a minor brouhaha ensued regarding athletes that had used performance-enhancing drugs (PEDs) and had been reinstated (in swimming as well as track, from more than one nation).

However, in some respects it was heartening to hear athletes themselves referring to competitors as “drug cheats” even if it was past tense. As much work as those kids put in for stereotypically a number of years, the clean athletes’ proprietary attitude isn’t out of line. …And as somewhat of a harbinger about drugs in Olympic swimming, a very good documentary called ‘The Last Gold’ was telecast shortly before the Rio Games.

It chronicled the swimming events of the 1976 Montreal Olympics, in which PED-

engorged East German females swept all of the medals except the very last race, a relay won by the U.S. team. Former athletes from both teams were interviewed. …Another allusion to all the long hours Olympic athletes put into their training came from a female gymnast who noted that she’d missed proms and Friday night football games because she’d been in the gym. Her observation didn’t come across as a complaint, but might have been just a bit wistful. …In a very unusual but appropriate move, the U.S. women’s 4 X 100 track team was allowed a second qualification attempt after having been fouled in a semi-final heat. They actually had to run by themselves to establish a time, which qualified them for the final, which they won.

However, the greatest women’s 4 X 100 of all time is still the 1988 final (in Seoul, South Korea), in which American anchor Evelyn Ashford ran down both the East German and Soviet runners to win the gold.

…Kudos for the “refugee team” concept. …In the Women’s 5000 meter event, two runners, Abbey D’Agostino of the U.S. and Nikki Hamblin of New Zealand, got tripped up and went sprawling on the track.

Injured and out of contention, they nevertheless helped each other to their feet and hobbled to the finish line together. It was an obviously memorable moment, and seemed to exemplify the all-too-often-elusive Olympic spirit.

Ultimately, the Rio Olympics had some decent moments, but as is usually the case, most of the winners, with the exception of Messrs. Phelps and Bolt, will probably be forgotten by the general public within a matter of weeks. One would expect to hear something like “Katie Ledecky?

Who’s she?” before Halloween.

And that doesn’t seem right.

Willie Moseley is the news editor emeritus of the Tribune and his column appears in the paper each Wednesday.

Letters to the Editor

Even most dedicated in GOP can't support Trump Dear Editor, I am a registered Republican voter and have voted straight Republican tickets since 1972 including each presidential election. However, this Republican presidential candidate has given me great pause.

I believe a person is not what others say that person is, and not what that person thinks he is, but a person is what he actually says and does. Prior to this election cycle I paid no attention to Donald Trump because we had nothing in common – not values, not beliefs, not socioeconomics, not politics, not living in same regions of our country.

I have drawn my opinion of Mr. Trump solely based on my observations (and not the “liberal” media) of him during the election process. I have heard and seen him mock a disabled reporter, argue that a United States incumbent senator is not a war hero because he was captured, demean a Blue Star family because of their support for his opponent, state Mexican immigrants are criminals and rapists, ban an entire people from entering the U.S. solely because of their religious belief and continue to show a lack of knowledge of world affairs.

Mr. Trump’s positions lack specifics, are powerfully incoherent and constantly evolving. I doubt his temperament and judgment. I have concluded he meets the clinical definition of a narcissistic personality.

As a Christian, I cannot determine many, if any, Christian values in Mr. Trump’s character traits.

Weighing my observations of Mr. Trump during this election cycle, I still have little in common with him.

I have concluded that I cannot vote for this Republican nominee for President.

Sometimes you must pick the best of what you know are bad choices.

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The difference between service stations, gas stations

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ho can forget the service stations of yesteryear? They were what they said they were, service stations.

Almost all of the owners were born and raised right here in our hometown. The mill paid off on Thursday night and Friday so mill hands went around and paid their bills, this included the service stations. They ran a tab until you got paid.

Service stations not only sold gas and oil but other things that you might need. Most batteries had post on top of the battery. If the battery cable got damaged you would need a battery cable end that went on the post.

Nowadays, batteries have side posts, I for one don’t like them. A person could buy those terminal ends at any service station but you don’t see them in service stations anymore.

Another thing that you won’t see is radiator stop leak. It used to come in a little tube of powder like material that was poured

The Coffee Breaker

By Ronald Brantley into the radiator to stop leaks instead of buying a radiator. Another thing that isn’t seen that much anymore is a pay phone.

These phones were installed for the convenience of the customer.

Most of the stores had a light outside and over the phone. Twenty-four hours a day you could drive by and chances were there would be someone using the pay phone. They slowly disappeared as people started buying the bag phones at first then the phones with pull-out antennas then small cell phones that you didn’t have to pay roaming fees on. Remember those roaming fees? Now, I don’t know where there is a single pay phone. Most service stations didn’t sell tires but a lot of them fixed flats. I don’t know why but it seemed like cars had more flats than

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they do now. Another thing we don’t see in service stations are those steering wheel knobs.

You could go into any service station and there would be at least fifty knobs to pick from with pictures of bathing beauties to bird dogs on them.

Cars have power steering now so the sale of knobs stopped. We don’t even ask for a quart of oil anymore. I’ll look around the next time I get gas and see if they still sell oil.

I know they don’t put it in for you or add water, clean your windshield.

You can check your own tires by inserting two quarters in the air machine and check the tires if you hurry. If the time on the machine runs out it takes two more quarters to get it started again. And water, I don’t know how they handle water, I never have asked.

I can even remember when they sold imitation white sidewalls. People would buy black-wall tires then put those imitation white sidewalls on.

Especially if you rode recap tires but recaps are another story all together. I won’t get into the twenty-nine cents per gallon gas. I will always remember when people would pull up to the gas pumps, ask for five dollars’ worth of gas and say make that half regular and half high test gas.

There are so many things I still remember that we don’t see anymore. The steering wheel covers, seat covers from Western Auto, extra tires on the outside instead of a donut hidden underneath the car. All these things are gone but the memories are still sweet. A man told me he had a full service gas station here at home but I haven’t been by to check it out yet. I want me one of those steering wheel knobs.

Brantley is a lifetime Tallassee resident and regular columnist for The Tribune. He can be reached at Rbrantley1@ elmore.rr.com

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Inside the Statehouse

By Steve Flowers

Labor Day is tribute to American worker

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ith Labor Day approaching it signifies that the long hot summer will soon be coming to an end. It seems that the summers are getting hotter and hotter. I was born and raised in south Alabama so I was accustomed to long hot summers. I remember when there was no air conditioning in houses or cars. It was hot, but seems hotter today. I think we have gotten softer.

It also seems that we do not have the spring or fall seasons anymore. All of a sudden one day in mid May it is 86 degrees and it never goes below that through mid September, or maybe even October. We have about five months out of the year where the temperature is mostly in the 90s.

This Monday is Labor Day. It usually does not cool off much, but we Alabamians seem to think that Labor Day marks the unofficial end of summer. I guess it is because it also usually marks the beginning of college football season. For those of us who are political junkies Labor Day also marks the beginning of the political season.

In past political years most campaigns for the November general election kicked off on Labor Day. This year is a biggie because 2016 is a presidential year. This year will bring to life one of the nastiest presidential races in memory. Both candidates already have unfavorable ratings of over 50 percent.

That means that whoever is elected, the majority of the people in the country will hate their president.

In bygone days, every major candidate for statewide office would be in northwest Alabama this Monday. There is an event held in the northwest corner of Alabama known as the Terry Family Reunion. It is the largest family reunion in Alabama. Serious Alabama politicians know about this annual event that has been going on for many years. Not everyone who attends this family reunion has Terry family roots, but a good many do.

It has become a must-do event for aspiring statewide and definitely local candidates.

Every candidate for sheriff, probate judge, legislature or constable will be at the Terry Reunion, which is held in the corner of Lawrence County. It is an event for all politicians but especially for those from the Quad Cities of Sheffield, Florence, Tuscumbia, and Muscle Shoals and also for politicians from the counties of Colbert, Lauderdale, Franklin, Lawrence, and Morgan. In the past you can be assured that every statewide candidate for lieutenant. governor, Supreme Court and every other constitutional office would be there.

The Terry Family Reunion will have everything to eat, especially good barbeque.

There will be political speeches and lots of one-on-one campaigning. Although there will be Labor Day barbecues from one end of the state to the other, none will be as political as the Terry Family Reunion just south of Tuscumbia and just north of Moulton and Russellville.

Labor Day is also a day to salute the American worker. We salute and honor our working men and women. As we salute and honor our Alabama workers, it should be noted that Alabama has historically been one of the most unionized states in the South.

Even with the upcoming presidential election on the horizon, I do not see how the last one third of this political year could be nearly as exciting or eventful as the first two thirds of the year have been in Alabama politics. The Mike Hubbard conviction, the Roy Moore removal from the bench, and the sensational salacious Robert Bentley saga are fodder for another book.

The legislature does not appear overly interested in moving forward with impeachment proceedings against ole Bentley. It is common knowledge that the feds are interested in and investigating his affair.

Therefore, their poking their nose into his business would be like getting the cart ahead of the horse. It would also amount to the pot calling the kettle black. It would be hard to explain or defend voting for a man indicted for 23 counts of felony ethics law transgressions as your leader/speaker and then voting to impeach a poor old 74-year-old retired doctor, who has not stolen a dime and does not even take a salary as governor. It would give a new meaning to the word hypocrisy.

Happy Labor Day! Steve Flowers is Alabama’s leading political columnist. His weekly column appears in over 60 Alabama newspapers. He served 16 years in the state legislature. Steve may be reached at www.steveflowers.us.

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Roling's death shows importance of building relationships

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ome people are born with giant personalities. Gregarious and giving, they love surrounding themselves with people so they can have conversations and form common bonds.

Jim Roling, who passed away last week at the age of 73, was unforgettable in this category: he literally knew everyone, it seemed, and never met a stranger. And he had a big, booming voice to accompany that outgoing character.

He was a Trojan through and through, beginning his radio career at WTBF-AM 970 as an announcer and sportscaster while still in high school. Upon graduation from what was then known as Troy High in 1961, he joined WTBF full time and expanded his role into sales.

Back then, “The Morning Show” was already established as must-hear programming in Pike County and the surrounding area; Pappy Tolbert, Jess Jordan, and Joe Gilchrist had been around since the station signed on in the late 1940s, joined soon after by Asa Dudley. This original crew is remembered for doing many inventive things over the airwaves, but two stand out: the naming of Lake Lagoona on the Troy University campus, a joke that stuck; and the Apollo 11 launch in 1969, where the only broadcasting media present on the platform were NBC, CBS, ABC, and …

WTBF. Jim left Troy in 1968 and took a job as a sales manager for a radio station in

paths with Jim: members of the civic clubs in which he heartily participated; the men who would sit around at McDonald’s, drinking cofBy Michael fee and solving the world’s problems; members of the Bird Troy University faculty and administration; the mayor South Carolina. He eventuof Troy; and employees of ally worked his way up to WTBF, past and present. station manager. In 1979, he Jim would have been right at was lured back to his homehome, with so many convertown not only to sell, but sations to be had! to take over “The Morning Yes, Jim Roling repreShow,” over which he would sented Troy well, especially preside for the next several when he was named the decades.

Alabama Broadcasters In 1986, Jim became Association “Broadcaster of part-owner of the Troy the Year” in 1998, the year Broadcasting Corporation, WTBF-FM 94.7 made it big; along with Joe Gilchrist and or when he was inducted Asa Dudley. WTBF-AM into the ABA Hall of Fame 970 was a major player in a few years later. But for those days, even in the face all of that praise surroundof increasing competition ing his mighty announcer’s from radio stations from the pipes, I will remember key Montgomery and Dothan character-building experimarkets encroaching upon ences, such as the time he their listenership in Pike angrily pinned me against County. WTBF was innothe wall of the radio stavating, still, thanks to the tion. He had been driving hard work of program direcin the worst rainstorm he’d tor Dave “Doc” Kirby, who ever seen in his life, he said, joined the staff in 1974 and and tuned in at 10:30 p.m. is there to this day. to the station he owned to Doc is also a United hear some 20-year-old colMethodist minister, and prolege student yukking it up vided a moving, meaningful between records not even eulogy at Jim’s funeral on talking about the weather.

Saturday. Filled with heart He flew into the station, and and humor, it could not have while pointing his finger, been a better tribute to Jim’s said, “the only person who life and career. Someday, I thinks you’re funny is you! hope he publishes it someStop laughing at your own where or reads it over the jokes!” radio: it was perfect.

There was nothing hilariThe memorial service ous about nearly losing a job was held out in the country I’d coveted my whole life. at Mount Hilliard Methodist You see, Jim Roling was Church, and was packed a dream maker for many of to capacity with a wide us. Jim Roling owned the array of folks who crossed candy store in which many

Bird’s Eye View

of us wanna-be disc jockeys got to play. And if he didn’t like a particular record, it didn’t matter if it was number-one on the charts: the boss said not to play it.

These were lessons I needed to learn, and that rainy night was one of those times.

I also remember happier occasions, such as when my wife and I were dining at The Pines restaurant in Troy, and Jim spotted us. When we asked for our check, the server said that Mr. Roling had paid for our meal.

There was the time our family was camping at Fort Toulouse one Thanksgiving, and across the park I heard that unmistakable voice booming. Dr. Angie and Mr. Jim were there, and when I walked over to his trailer, he invited our whole family to eat and drink with them.

And of course, he regaled us with some great stories while we enjoyed one another’s company.

He worked his last shift on Election Night, reported the results of the municipal races, and signed off. The next morning, he was gone.

I am grateful for having known Jim Roling, not only for giving me a chance to work in radio, but for demonstrating the importance of building relationships and community. It’s a skill for which he was particularly suited, and one we will miss the most.

Michael Bird is an announcer for WACQ-AM 580 and FM 101.1 and is a band director for Tallassee City Schools.

We need more pets and fewer politicians

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olitical season is the most wonderful time of the year,” said no one ever.

I’ve gotten to where I don’t even want to turn on my television. Whether it’s the terrorism or criminal activity at home or abroad or the chaos, corruption and Kardashian-like atmosphere of the presidential campaign, it’s just too much to bear, and I don’t want to see it.

Make no mistake about it; I’m not naïve. I know what’s going on in the world, but I don’t feel the need to be inundated by it 24/7.

I don’t bury my head in the sand. I do, however, choose to spend my time more wisely. I pray. I work.

I write. I read. I garden. I cook. I clean. I crochet. I also spend the bulk of each day with my critters.

“I love a dog. He does nothing for political reasons,” said cowboy, humorist, and American icon Will Rogers Ruby, my three year old chocolate lab is “wonder-

JODY FULLER Guest Columnist

fully spoiled” according to my veterinarian, and rightfully so. She is quite simply the best dog ever and most people know that, whether they want to admit it or not.

A couple of years ago, Ruby and I were at the drive-thru at Chick-Fil-A and the young lady at the window looked into my vehicle with excitement.

“Oh my gosh! You’re friends with my mother on Facebook,” she said.

I confidently sucked in air through my nose like Barney Fife, but before I could exhale, she said “Because I recognize your dog.” My ego was quickly deflated, and that’s ok.

Ruby is no politician.

She loves unconditionally and literally wants to be at my side through thick and through thin. All she wants

to do is make me happy. In fairness to politicians, it’s not always their job to make you happy. It’s wonderful if they can, but they also have to look at the greater good, which may or may not be what you want. Ruby on the other hand only wants to please me.

All I have to do is feed her, house her, pet her, and throw the ball for her a thousand times a day. Each night, when we first get in the bed, she lays at my side but rests her head on my chest. In other words, she is wonderfully spoiled, as am I. Abbey, my cat, comes to bed at her discretion but does so in stride with us more times than not. She’s a really good cat.

Abbey is much more like a politician. There are times she is just the sweetest thing in the world for all the right reasons; however, there are other times when she just shows up when she wants something. You know, like the politician who conveniently starts going back

to church during election season.

With all the bedlam around the globe, it’s important for us to keep our eyes open and our ears to the ground, but it’s also important to focus on the good things in our lives. There is so much good in this world, but all too often, it seems to get trumped by all the negativity. God has blessed us with this big, beautiful world. We, too, are wonderfully spoiled, but we always find ways to mess things up.

Perhaps we just need more pets and fewer politicians. I don’t know. I have a ball to throw.

For the record, I don’t really crochet, at least not yet.

Jody Fuller is a comic, speaker, writer and soldier with three tours of duty in Iraq. He is also a lifetime stutterer. He can be reached at jody@jodyfuller.com. For more information, please visit www.jodyfuller.com.

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Inside the Statehouse

By Steve Flowers

Labor Day is tribute to American worker

W

ith Labor Day approaching it signifies that the long hot summer will soon be coming to an end. It seems that the summers are getting hotter and hotter. I was born and raised in south Alabama so I was accustomed to long hot summers. I remember when there was no air conditioning in houses or cars. It was hot, but seems hotter today. I think we have gotten softer.

It also seems that we do not have the spring or fall seasons anymore. All of a sudden one day in mid May it is 86 degrees and it never goes below that through mid September, or maybe even October. We have about five months out of the year where the temperature is mostly in the 90s.

This Monday is Labor Day. It usually does not cool off much, but we Alabamians seem to think that Labor Day marks the unofficial end of summer. I guess it is because it also usually marks the beginning of college football season. For those of us who are political junkies Labor Day also marks the beginning of the political season.

In past political years most campaigns for the November general election kicked off on Labor Day. This year is a biggie because 2016 is a presidential year. This year will bring to life one of the nastiest presidential races in memory. Both candidates already have unfavorable ratings of over 50 percent.

That means that whoever is elected, the majority of the people in the country will hate their president.

In bygone days, every major candidate for statewide office would be in northwest Alabama this Monday. There is an event held in the northwest corner of Alabama known as the Terry Family Reunion. It is the largest family reunion in Alabama. Serious Alabama politicians know about this annual event that has been going on for many years. Not everyone who attends this family reunion has Terry family roots, but a good many do.

It has become a must-do event for aspiring statewide and definitely local candidates.

Every candidate for sheriff, probate judge, legislature or constable will be at the Terry Reunion, which is held in the corner of Lawrence County. It is an event for all politicians but especially for those from the Quad Cities of Sheffield, Florence, Tuscumbia, and Muscle Shoals and also for politicians from the counties of Colbert, Lauderdale, Franklin, Lawrence, and Morgan. In the past you can be assured that every statewide candidate for lieutenant. governor, Supreme Court and every other constitutional office would be there.

The Terry Family Reunion will have everything to eat, especially good barbeque.

There will be political speeches and lots of one-on-one campaigning. Although there will be Labor Day barbecues from one end of the state to the other, none will be as political as the Terry Family Reunion just south of Tuscumbia and just north of Moulton and Russellville.

Labor Day is also a day to salute the American worker. We salute and honor our working men and women. As we salute and honor our Alabama workers, it should be noted that Alabama has historically been one of the most unionized states in the South.

Even with the upcoming presidential election on the horizon, I do not see how the last one third of this political year could be nearly as exciting or eventful as the first two thirds of the year have been in Alabama politics. The Mike Hubbard conviction, the Roy Moore removal from the bench, and the sensational salacious Robert Bentley saga are fodder for another book.

The legislature does not appear overly interested in moving forward with impeachment proceedings against ole Bentley. It is common knowledge that the feds are interested in and investigating his affair.

Therefore, their poking their nose into his business would be like getting the cart ahead of the horse. It would also amount to the pot calling the kettle black. It would be hard to explain or defend voting for a man indicted for 23 counts of felony ethics law transgressions as your leader/speaker and then voting to impeach a poor old 74-year-old retired doctor, who has not stolen a dime and does not even take a salary as governor. It would give a new meaning to the word hypocrisy.

Happy Labor Day! Steve Flowers is Alabama’s leading political columnist. His weekly column appears in over 60 Alabama newspapers. He served 16 years in the state legislature. Steve may be reached at www.steveflowers.us.

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August 31, 2016 • Page 5

Roling's death shows importance of building relationships

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ome people are born with giant personalities. Gregarious and giving, they love surrounding themselves with people so they can have conversations and form common bonds.

Jim Roling, who passed away last week at the age of 73, was unforgettable in this category: he literally knew everyone, it seemed, and never met a stranger. And he had a big, booming voice to accompany that outgoing character.

He was a Trojan through and through, beginning his radio career at WTBF-AM 970 as an announcer and sportscaster while still in high school. Upon graduation from what was then known as Troy High in 1961, he joined WTBF full time and expanded his role into sales.

Back then, “The Morning Show” was already established as must-hear programming in Pike County and the surrounding area; Pappy Tolbert, Jess Jordan, and Joe Gilchrist had been around since the station signed on in the late 1940s, joined soon after by Asa Dudley. This original crew is remembered for doing many inventive things over the airwaves, but two stand out: the naming of Lake Lagoona on the Troy University campus, a joke that stuck; and the Apollo 11 launch in 1969, where the only broadcasting media present on the platform were NBC, CBS, ABC, and …

WTBF. Jim left Troy in 1968 and took a job as a sales manager for a radio station in

paths with Jim: members of the civic clubs in which he heartily participated; the men who would sit around at McDonald’s, drinking cofBy Michael fee and solving the world’s problems; members of the Bird Troy University faculty and administration; the mayor South Carolina. He eventuof Troy; and employees of ally worked his way up to WTBF, past and present. station manager. In 1979, he Jim would have been right at was lured back to his homehome, with so many convertown not only to sell, but sations to be had! to take over “The Morning Yes, Jim Roling repreShow,” over which he would sented Troy well, especially preside for the next several when he was named the decades.

Alabama Broadcasters In 1986, Jim became Association “Broadcaster of part-owner of the Troy the Year” in 1998, the year Broadcasting Corporation, WTBF-FM 94.7 made it big; along with Joe Gilchrist and or when he was inducted Asa Dudley. WTBF-AM into the ABA Hall of Fame 970 was a major player in a few years later. But for those days, even in the face all of that praise surroundof increasing competition ing his mighty announcer’s from radio stations from the pipes, I will remember key Montgomery and Dothan character-building experimarkets encroaching upon ences, such as the time he their listenership in Pike angrily pinned me against County. WTBF was innothe wall of the radio stavating, still, thanks to the tion. He had been driving hard work of program direcin the worst rainstorm he’d tor Dave “Doc” Kirby, who ever seen in his life, he said, joined the staff in 1974 and and tuned in at 10:30 p.m. is there to this day. to the station he owned to Doc is also a United hear some 20-year-old colMethodist minister, and prolege student yukking it up vided a moving, meaningful between records not even eulogy at Jim’s funeral on talking about the weather.

Saturday. Filled with heart He flew into the station, and and humor, it could not have while pointing his finger, been a better tribute to Jim’s said, “the only person who life and career. Someday, I thinks you’re funny is you! hope he publishes it someStop laughing at your own where or reads it over the jokes!” radio: it was perfect.

There was nothing hilariThe memorial service ous about nearly losing a job was held out in the country I’d coveted my whole life. at Mount Hilliard Methodist You see, Jim Roling was Church, and was packed a dream maker for many of to capacity with a wide us. Jim Roling owned the array of folks who crossed candy store in which many

Bird’s Eye View

of us wanna-be disc jockeys got to play. And if he didn’t like a particular record, it didn’t matter if it was number-one on the charts: the boss said not to play it.

These were lessons I needed to learn, and that rainy night was one of those times.

I also remember happier occasions, such as when my wife and I were dining at The Pines restaurant in Troy, and Jim spotted us. When we asked for our check, the server said that Mr. Roling had paid for our meal.

There was the time our family was camping at Fort Toulouse one Thanksgiving, and across the park I heard that unmistakable voice booming. Dr. Angie and Mr. Jim were there, and when I walked over to his trailer, he invited our whole family to eat and drink with them.

And of course, he regaled us with some great stories while we enjoyed one another’s company.

He worked his last shift on Election Night, reported the results of the municipal races, and signed off. The next morning, he was gone.

I am grateful for having known Jim Roling, not only for giving me a chance to work in radio, but for demonstrating the importance of building relationships and community. It’s a skill for which he was particularly suited, and one we will miss the most.

Michael Bird is an announcer for WACQ-AM 580 and FM 101.1 and is a band director for Tallassee City Schools.

We need more pets and fewer politicians

“P

olitical season is the most wonderful time of the year,” said no one ever.

I’ve gotten to where I don’t even want to turn on my television. Whether it’s the terrorism or criminal activity at home or abroad or the chaos, corruption and Kardashian-like atmosphere of the presidential campaign, it’s just too much to bear, and I don’t want to see it.

Make no mistake about it; I’m not naïve. I know what’s going on in the world, but I don’t feel the need to be inundated by it 24/7.

I don’t bury my head in the sand. I do, however, choose to spend my time more wisely. I pray. I work.

I write. I read. I garden. I cook. I clean. I crochet. I also spend the bulk of each day with my critters.

“I love a dog. He does nothing for political reasons,” said cowboy, humorist, and American icon Will Rogers Ruby, my three year old chocolate lab is “wonder-

JODY FULLER Guest Columnist

fully spoiled” according to my veterinarian, and rightfully so. She is quite simply the best dog ever and most people know that, whether they want to admit it or not.

A couple of years ago, Ruby and I were at the drive-thru at Chick-Fil-A and the young lady at the window looked into my vehicle with excitement.

“Oh my gosh! You’re friends with my mother on Facebook,” she said.

I confidently sucked in air through my nose like Barney Fife, but before I could exhale, she said “Because I recognize your dog.” My ego was quickly deflated, and that’s ok.

Ruby is no politician.

She loves unconditionally and literally wants to be at my side through thick and through thin. All she wants

to do is make me happy. In fairness to politicians, it’s not always their job to make you happy. It’s wonderful if they can, but they also have to look at the greater good, which may or may not be what you want. Ruby on the other hand only wants to please me.

All I have to do is feed her, house her, pet her, and throw the ball for her a thousand times a day. Each night, when we first get in the bed, she lays at my side but rests her head on my chest. In other words, she is wonderfully spoiled, as am I. Abbey, my cat, comes to bed at her discretion but does so in stride with us more times than not. She’s a really good cat.

Abbey is much more like a politician. There are times she is just the sweetest thing in the world for all the right reasons; however, there are other times when she just shows up when she wants something. You know, like the politician who conveniently starts going back

to church during election season.

With all the bedlam around the globe, it’s important for us to keep our eyes open and our ears to the ground, but it’s also important to focus on the good things in our lives. There is so much good in this world, but all too often, it seems to get trumped by all the negativity. God has blessed us with this big, beautiful world. We, too, are wonderfully spoiled, but we always find ways to mess things up.

Perhaps we just need more pets and fewer politicians. I don’t know. I have a ball to throw.

For the record, I don’t really crochet, at least not yet.

Jody Fuller is a comic, speaker, writer and soldier with three tours of duty in Iraq. He is also a lifetime stutterer. He can be reached at jody@jodyfuller.com. For more information, please visit www.jodyfuller.com.

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Carrying on school traditions Mayor Bobby Payne gives city employees a cold Coca-Cola on a hot Wednesday morning as the crew paints fresh Tiger Paws leading from Tallassee High School to J.E HOT O’Brien Stadium in preparation for Friday’s game against WS Neal. These paw prints receive a fresh coat of paint every year before the first home game.

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LOCAL NEWS THAT’S REALLY LOCAL. Really.

2015 Wetumpka Herald Offensive Player of the Year: Nathan Rourke.

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Seven Gables would be much higher in Auburn, Montgomery and the Lake Martin area.

Godwin further assured the council that Scarborough has the best interest of the city in mind with these proposed rate increases.

“She doesn’t get paid unless she rents them,” he said. “She has assured us that these rates are competitive.”

Scarborough also

created a projected price proposal that would include rate changes at both the House of Seven Gables and the Guest House in 2017. Godwin suggested tabling the projected price changes that would be scheduled for 2017 and take up the immediate proposal request for the House of Seven Gables during the Sept. 12 City Council Meeting.

The Finance Committee

also announced that department heads will be asked to only request items that are absolutely necessary. There will be no room in the upcoming budget for anything that is not unequivocally essential to operations.

Because Tallassee’s Police Department does need to replace some of the outdated vehicles in the fleet, the Finance Committee did address the use of operational

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licenses to issue any marriage Judge Ensley refuses Oƛice.

County Probate from the Elmore

Supreme A day after Alabama Moore Roy Court Chief Justice order for all issued an executive state to stop the probate judges in marriage licenses, issuing same-sex Probate Judge Elmore County issuing any John Enslen stopped marriage licenses.

on the Moore’s order comesdistrict state heels of different punch holes in the courts trying to v. Hodges landmark Obergefell for same-sex case, which allowed marriages. ordered On Wednesday Moore by decision that “until further Court, the the Alabama Supreme the Alabama existing orders of

Wesley charged with having sex with a student

By KEVIN TAYLOR Copy Editor

A Marbury High School teacher wasand arrested Thursday count charged with one of a school employee act engaging in a sexual with a student, according

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to Millbrook Police Chief P.K. Johnson.

Brian J. Wesley, 30, of Millbrook was Wesley arrested in the circuit Elmore County in clerk’s office Thursday Wetumpka. as a Wesley is listed at social studies teacher Marbury High, according to the school’s website.

Holtville students excel in

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Holtville A group of seven is Middle School students additionhoping to raise an school al $15,000 for their designing a after collectively app. new smartphone Just before the Thanksgiving break sixthCheyanne Barrett’s grade students began an working on developing Verizon app to enter in the

Verizon app challenge

Their idea was an the top was award-winner. It entries in app among 1,200 the school a the state to earn well as new $5,000 grant as of the stuYou.” tablets for each “We have a goal-tracker, dents who participated. to function “I was on my way games, a holiday Mrs. saving and to offer tips for school when I got issues I was almost avoiding money Barrett’s email. it,” team the holibefore and after in tears when I read said. a jingle days. We also haveHMS stumember Hope Nelson is in Now their app idea national for the app,” said “We the dent Brooke Carrico. kid and contention to win 2 look See HOLTVILLE • Page made the app to adult-friendly.”

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years, but now It has been nine of Richard Wayne family members peace.

Adams can be at Sheriff Bill Franklin Elmore County of forensic in said the state department his office earlier sciences contacted identify Adams, the week to positively body and skeletal whose decomposed near Possum Trot remains were found community Road in the Deatsville Feb. 25, 2009.

Adams’ remains At the time when yards from 40 were found about Jordan, forensic the banks of Lake identify the sciences could not remains. skull was Franklin said Adams’University and State sent to Louisiana of North Texas. later to the University and put into the DNA was retrieved Index System.

Combined DNA and were able “They got a hit the remains,” to positively identify then contacted his Franklin said. “We relatives.”

Verbena the Adams was from County, 2 community in Chilton See REMAINS • Page

Enslen

for Elmore County, can be placed on the ballot as an independent in the upcoming March 1 primary.

Harrison, who was previously disqualified as a Republican candidate due to missing a certificate of administration from the Alabama State Department of Education, sent a letter of intent to Enslen Jan. 4 indicating he would run as an independent candidate, the petition alleges.

In his petition, Enslen seeks the answers to four basic questions: Whether Harrison can appear on any subsequent ballot for an election after being disqual-

Nashville meets Eclectic

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ARWOOD ARWOOD

A small restaurant restaurant opened opened in Eclectic Eclectic this week week run by a family with a vision farming family local food into into a loca to turn local local of farm to table movement of dining.

For now, Farm Farm Boyz Eatery Eate Eate lunch, breakfast breakfast and serves lunch, primarily as operates as and a bakery and café from a.m.-2 6:30 a.m.-2 p.m. Monday Monday through Friday.

But if the plans of Whitehill Farm Boyz’ owner, Kevin Kevin it would Whitehill, pan out it what he eventually serve, what farm to table table dinners called, farm dinners.

Located in the corner corner sho shop just down from Trustmark Trustmark Kowaliga Road Road in Bank on Kowaliga Eclectic, Farm Farm downtown Eclectic, Boyz operates operates as a working working kitchen and and a base of of operations for projects Whitehill mind for the commuhas in mind nity.

His restaurant restaurant is focused focused goods. mostly on baked goods. tries to use Whitehill said he tries

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Good Hope Baptist Church brought Gospel and Art to The Warehouse. The event was held Jan. 17 and brought for fun for children of all ages. The Warehouse is known for hosting community-oriented events

THE HEART OF THE COMMUNITY

The Warehouse in Eclectic finds ways to be a staple in the community

By CARMEN RODGERS Staff Writer

For years, The Warehouse in downtown Eclectic has been used to bring people together. The facility was once a cotton warehouse where farmers would bring their bounty to be sold. However, it was more than that. At the cotton warehouse people would come together to trade products and goods.

Today, The Warehouse is once again bringing people together, in more ways than one.

Not only does The Warehouse bring hearts together in marriage, it has become the heart of the community.

“Our marriage to the community has been the best union,” said Aubrey Hornsby, who owns and

We live, work and play right here. We know what’s important to Elmore County. Rely on us.

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a.m., he bell rings at 7:30 than when the tardy don’t said.

Redland drivers “For instance, the until 6:20 (a.m.),” kids then start picking up if you go to Redland, any amount on the Mullino said. “So, Redland School. If you To a 10-year-old, like a long time, but to seem you go (straight) eighth and up, then … they school bus may Public Schools Transportation are in seventh and go to the middle school and Elmore County Mullino, said evaluating are picked up and Coordinator, Ray capacity of every bus is a high school.” sure bus routes and the is a growing process to make Redland community home constant and ongoing and has buses committed school and back students community, he said, students arrive at Elementary School at the only for Redland under safely. are checked out longest routes are and after those buses Mullino said the may be on See BUS • Page 2 though the drivers must have two hours, even as 6 a.m. Drivers no later the road as early respective schools the students at their

Elmore County Public Schools Transportation Department constantly monitors transportation routes and the numbers of students that ride the buses and make any adjustments that may need to be made.

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Should Harrison be required to present an independent-candidate petition, the petition would have to contain not less that 625 valid signatures of registered See COURTS Page 2

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operates The Warehouse in downtown Eclectic.

The Warehouse often hosts events specifically for the community. In October The Warehouse hosted the Auburn/Alabama Dance for the children of the town. Many of the local churches of all denominations use the facility for community gatherings.

“I think there’s a tradition of The Warehouse partnering with local churches for several years now,” Hornsby said. “Its cross is at the center of town. We love to work with the local churches.”

When the town of Eclectic decided to adopt a strategic plan last year, the goal was to envision the town 30 years into the future. In the developed plan The Warehouse is the center of town.

Aubrey Hornsby is no stranger to the entertainment business. He spent many years in Nashville, which is the hub of the country music industry.

Today, Hornsby hopes to bring a little bit of Nashville right here to Eclectic.

Hornsby said he hopes the newly formed group will offer a creative outlet for women that will allow various perspectives to shine through.

“I’d like it to be uplifting, but you have to tell the truth and not every bit of the truth is uplifting,” he said. “Sometimes you have to sing the blues.”

Currently, the group hopes to meet on a regular basis at the Warehouse on Main Street in Eclectic.

“I want to inspire an ongoing women songwriters night. We call it Songs of Love and Life,” Hornsby said.

The group is in its beginning stages and Hornsby is searching for a professional female performer that will offer knowledge and experience to the amateurs See SINGERS • Page 2

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The tour is part of the DRIVE A Alabama campaign.

Beyer said he and the Davis coll laborated together to highlight the p positive things the counties have done through the Alabama Transportation t Rehabilitation and Improvement R P Program.

“This was to show some of our l legislators some of our needs,” he said. “Just to drive home the point to them we are doing everything we can t w with our resources, but we really are i need of some more road and bridge in

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funding. We want to take what we’ve done good in ATRIP and leverage some of that money on routes that are eligible for federal funds … which is in our case about 75 percent of our paved road system.”

Beyer said only about 200 miles of Elmore County’s 800-mile system is eligible for federal aid money to them.

“We’ve got a problem in Elmore County where we are doing anywhere from on an annual basis of 10 to 15 miles of road work and our problem is in the 200 mile range,” he said.

“We’re not really making too big a dent in it. As soon as we do 10 to 15 miles a year, we have 10 to 15 miles that fall in that same condition, so we’re not really making that much headway on it.”

Beyer said there are 800 miles of paved roadways in the county in addition to the 200 miles of dirt roadways.

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Recently, James Rece and Ric Rickey Jones Martin, Wanda Jones decided to in Tallassee Tallas be proactive and surrounding have for formed the areas. They Tallassee Neighborhood Watch Group.

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Probate Prob ate judge judg seeks clarification from Circuit Court on eligibility of independent candidates Probate Court Court Judge John Enslen, in his official official capacity capacity as the the Chief Elections Officer of Elmore County, has petitioned petitioned the Circuit Circuit Co Court of Elmore County County for an emerg emergency declaration declaratio n judgment and fin finding on whether Andre’ L. Harrison, Harris current superintende su perintendent nt of ed superintendent education

Remains originally discovered near Possum Trot Road on students began working Barrett’s sixth-grade was the top app among 1,200 It break, Cheyanne Innovative App Challenge. tablets for each of the students Just before the Thanksgiving to enter in the Verizon well as new developing an app a $5,000 grant as earning the school entries in the state who participated.

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THURSDAY • JANUARY 28, 2016

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that Alabama Supreme Court a ministerial probate judges have marriage any duty not to issue the Alabama to license contrary Amendment Sanctity of Marriage Marriage Protection or the Alabama force and effect.”

Act remain in full probate judges With that, some order, but not have ignored Moore’s 2 See MARRIAGE • Page

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Senator Clyde Chambliss and Representative Mike Holmes listen to Elmore County Engineer Richie Beyer brief the two during the Autauga and Elmore counties road tour. The tour was part of the DRIVE Alabama campaign.

City celebrates MLK

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Tallassee Police Department a promotion promotion held ceremony cerem Wednesday honor members members wh have advancedto to higher ranks. who Ch Ch Chris Owenby and Benny Merritt Merritt commander. were promoted to commander . Owenby Owenb is mander of investigations now cominvestigat investig at iss commander and Merritt commander of pat patrols. pa t Wright and Mitchell and Alex Hood Hoo were Hoo ed d from patrol promotpatrol officer officer to Sergeant.

The he ceremony ceremony took p place in front police lice headquarter headquarters he adquarterss of w where members the e Tallassee Tallassee Police Police Department, along ng with with friends D and family ored d the men. honThe ceremonial ceremonial eve even event n was the of it’s t’s kind kind of the the Tallas Tallassee Policefirst Mitchell Wright, Alex Hood, Chis of promotion See PROMOTION PROM given Wednesday Owenby and Benny Merritt Carmen Rodgers / The • Page 2 Station.

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It’s a celebration will begin with march at 10 across the country a all a.m. Jan. 18 so we decided to start at First that is set here in the city of Tallassee United Methodist Church in Tallassee would come that we and span about one mile down Blalock, city together,” said Charles end at 48 Log Gilmer Parkway and also master council member and Circle. of ceremonies Mayor Bobby MLK Day for the event. speak and councilPayne is slated to This will be member Charles about the seventh

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With a chop to the throat, a gouge in the eyes and a knee in the groin to a “body-opponent bag,” played one Golden dismethod would-be attacker. to incapacitate any Registration is now open classes that are scheduled for the to meet for an See DEFENSE • Page 2

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evening for outdoor fun.

“The weather was picture perfect”, said Michone Roye, Chamber Director. “We could not have asked for better weather during August.”

This is the 7th annual Movie Under the Stars. Originally the event was held during Spring and coincided with Tallassee’s Team Up to Clean Up event.

This all changed a few years ago when the event was moved back to August to coincide with the back to school season.

This year’s event drew a crowd of more than 125 people.

“It’s difficult to get an exact count, but I believe there were between 125 and 150 people there,” Roye said.

With such a large turnout, there is no doubt that this year’s Movie Under the Stars was a success.

“In my opinion, the night went off without a hitch,” she said.

This comes after inclement weather forced last year’s Movie Under the Stars indoors.

Last year the big screen was set inside the gymnasium at the elementary school. Even with the unexpected change in location, last year’s event was also a huge success.

Roye explains that none of this would be possible without the many sponsors who have come forward to donate their time, energy and effort to bring Movie Under the Stars to fruition.

“I would like to give a special thanks to Advanced Disposal and Stones Throw Landfill, Alabama Power, and the City of Tallassee,” she said. “The many chamber member sponsors and to all the people who came out. Everyone did a great job keeping the area nice and clean.

It’s because of the participation that we can continue to put these events on.”

Next year’s Movie Under the Stars is already in the works.

If you would like to sponsor next year’s Movie Under the Stars or for information about the Chamber of Commerce you may call 334-283-5151.

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Furthermore the idea of raising water fees was addressed during the Finance Committee Meeting. Water fees in the City of Tallassee have not seen an increase in 7 years and everyone in attendance agreed the increase would be well overdue.

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Reports are generated and shared with parents during parent conferences and home visits. This data is also shared withe the Policy Council and the Board of Directors. The Spring Assessment scores indicated that the following percentage of children met or exceeded the widely held expectations in these domains: Social Emotional . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79.6% Physical . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87.8% Language . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .85.2% Cognitive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .88.6% Literacy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98.6% Math . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81.3% FINANCIAL REPORT The CAC/CTC Head Start Program received a budget of $3,494,561.00 from the Administration of Children and Families for the operation of the program for the 2015-2016 program year. We received $46,838.00 for professional development, $135,000.00 from the Alabama Department of Early Childhood Education, and $6,500.00 from United Way. Our non-federal share (in-kind) was $873,640.00.

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Personnel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $2,023.468.00 Fringe . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$361,309.00 Travel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$29,454.00 Supplies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$61,509.00 Contractual . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$13,008.00 Other . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$514,824.00 Indirect Cost . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $444,151.00 AUDIT AND FEDERAL REVIEW Our last annual financial audit was completed with no findings. The monitoring review revealed no deficiencies in the area of Environmental Health and Safety and Comprehensive Services and School Readiness. The CLASS scores in the three areas were as follows: Emotional Support – 5.3807 Classroom Organization – 5.3788 Instruction Support – 1.7955 We would like to extend our gratitude to the Board of Directors, Policy Council, Parents, Partners, Staff and Regional Office who assist us in providing quality services to the children and families we serve. We appreciate the Library that will be coming soon to our V. Robinson Center.

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ccasionally, someone will ask me how many times I’ve been in the hospital. For a little fun, I often reply, “Oh, I’ve lost count, but probably thousands of times.” They usually look at me like I’m either crazy or just plain lying. Then I explain that I’ve been there as a minister, not as a patient. Jean’s recent stay in the hospital caused me to reminisce about some of those hospital experiences.

Some people love to show off their battle wounds and scars, even when they shouldn’t! With 30 years of pastoral experience, I’ve seen it all – whether I wanted to or not! One older gentleman showed me a pill bottle that he had filled with gall stones – his gall stones. The doctor had given them to him as a souvenir. I rammed my hands in my

pockets in fear that he might pour them out. I sure was glad the doctor didn’t give him his gall bladder!

I approached an open hospital room door of a church member once, only to see her standing inside with her back to the door. She wore one of those “tie in the back” hospital gowns, only it was not tied. I ducked back quickly into the hallway, hoping they had not seen me. I heard her daughter say, “Mama, someone was at the door and I think it was your pastor.” Her mama said, “Well, if it was he just saw my....” Well, never mind, you get the picture. I came back later for an awkward visit.

Neither of us mentioned that I had been by earlier.

One church where I served had a number of retired pastors in the congregation. A cou-

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ple of them liked to visit the hospitals with me. I enjoyed their company but one of them, whom we will call Bro. Jones, liked to compare notes with the patients. I suppose he thought he was comforting them but sometimes he was anything but comforting. He told one patient that his twin brother had the exact same thing he had and had died from it!

Once he went with me to visit a lady, who was scheduled to have a hysterectomy. I thought Bro. Jones and I had discussed the nature of her surgery but evidently something got lost in

translation. Right before we prayed and they wheeled her down to surgery, Bro. Jones patted her on the hand and said, “Now sister, don’t you worry about a thing. You are going to be fine because God is going to take care of you. I know, because I’ve had this same surgery three times and it is a piece of cake!” Mrs. Jones didn’t say a word and I quickly said, “Let’s pray.” I stammered and stuttered as I searched for something to say after that. I said amen, grabbed Bro. Jones by the hand, and practically ran out of the room dragging him with me. I wanted to laugh but at the same time crawl under the bed. In the hall, I asked, “Bro. Jones, do you not know what surgery she is having?”

He said, “She’s having kidney stones removed, isn’t she?” I answered, “No!” When I told

him what she was having, he turned red and said, “I’m going back in there and tell her that I’ve never had that one.” I said, “No you’re not! I’m pretty sure she knows that without you telling her.”

There’s an old children’s song that says, “O be careful little mouth what you say.”

Solomon once said, “Do not be rash with your mouth.”

Sometimes silence really is golden.

Dr. Bill King writes a weekly column that appears in several newspapers across Alabama. He is a director of missions in Opelika/Auburn, published author, singer/songwriter, musician, published author, and performs Christian humor as Billy Bob Bohannon (www.brobillybob.com).

You may contact him at bkpreach@ yahoo.com.

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Tallassee Church of Christ

Announces our new minister, Charlie Boddy. Sunday School begins at 10 a.m. worship service begins at 11 a.m. Sunday evening service begins at 5 p.m. Wednesday night services begin at 6 p.m. Visitor’s welcome at all services 334-283-5437 209 Gilmer Ave.

Episcopal Church of the Epiphany

On Sept. 4 at 10:30 a.m. Father Wells Warren will celebrate the Holy Eucharist, with coffee hour to follow. For more information, visit the church website: http://epiphanytallassee.org/

St. Vincent de Paul

OUR LIFE’S JOURNEY is a service of St. Vincent de Paul Church and airs weekly from 8:00-8:30 a.m. on 580 WACQ and FM 101.1 in Tallassee. Listen Live on www. wacqradio.com or the TuneIn app on your smartphone.

The pastor of St. Vincent de Paul is Monsignor Charles Troncale.

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St John All Nations Pentecostal Foundation Church

Members of St. John All Nations Pentecostal Church cordially invite all Churches to magnify the Lord with us during our Annual Joint Sunday School and Missionary Service. Sept. 4 at 9:30 a.m. Subject is Noah and the Ark, study text: Gen 6:5, 8-22 and Missionary Service at 11:30 a.m. Guest Speaker Overseer Lessie Parker. The New Beginning Full Gospel All Nations Pentecostal Church, Notasulga, AL. We pray you will be available to attend.

Elam Baptist

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Elam Baptist Church winds down after a busy summer season. The summer began with VBS “Submerged” in June. Father’s Day was celebrated with a family covered dish meal following the morning worship service. The children enjoyed a “Back to School Fun Day” with water slide, games, activities, snack food and watermelon the end of July. The “Blessing of the Back Packs” was observed to encourage the children as they return to school activities for the next year. A gospel singing featuring Mark Lanier Quartet was well attended by members and the community and enjoyed by everyone. A nice finger food fellowship followed. The ladies special study group completed “Battle Plan for Prayer” led by Julie Bridgman. The sunny senior adults have enjoyed breakfast the second Monday of each month and also visited “Peach Park” in Clanton in July.

The event was enjoyed and well attended. As summer is over and fall is in the air, the new church year begins Sept.

1 for 2016-2017. Elam pastor and members look forward to the new church year and reaching others for Jesus Christ in outreach, Bible study, fellowship and activities.

The Elam Baptist Church Sanctuary Choir rehearses each Wednesday at 6 p.m. with director, Kevin Lanier. Leading praise & worship during the morning service is Melanie Garner, Amy Hughes, Connor Teague, Gracie Teague and Cici Clark along with Kevin Lanier. Everyone is welcome and has a special invitation to join us at Elam for all worship, events and fellowship. You will be blessed. Hope to see you in CH RCH. What is missing in CH RCH? U are!

So, make it complete and be in CHURCH.

Sunday, Sept.25, join us for our Fall Community Celebration. There will be inflatables, games, a train, pony rides, food and much more.

Our regular Sunday services are Sunday school 9:15 a.m., morning worship 10:30 a.m and all Sunday evening activities are at 6 p.m. Our Wednesday night activities are at 6:30 p.m.

Lake Pointe Baptist

Super Sunday evenings, revival-themed services at Lake Pointe Baptist Church, 8352 Highway 50, Dadeville, Alabama, the last two Sunday evenings of August and the first two Sunday evenings of September. That’s Aug. 21 and Aug. 28, then Sept. 4 and Sept. 11, beginning at 6:30 p.m. each evening. Special guest speaker is Dr. Ray Cummings, pastor of Golden Acres Baptist Church in Phenix City, Alabama. Everyone is invited and encouraged to come hear the exciting challenge from God’s Word. For answers to your questions, call the church at 256.373.3293 and leave your message or email pastor@ lakepointebaptist.com East Tallassee United Methodist Church The “River’s Edge Flea Market” is open every Saturday from 6 a.m. to 2 p.m. All vendors are welcome: new items, old items, crafts, youth groups, ball teams, baked goods, produce and food. The flea market is sponsored by the East Tallassee UMC and is located across from City Hall.

We will offer various priced booths. To reserve a space call Joan Wood at 334-312-4913. All proceeds raised by ETUMC will be used for church-sponsored programs.

Area Churches AME ZION Mt. Zion Chapel AME Zion 2340 Crenshaw Rd., Wetumpka 567-4413 Rogers Chapel AME Zion 709 W. Bridge St., Wetumpka 567-8144 Jackson Chapel AME Zion 4885 Coosada Rd., Coosada Jones Chapel AME Zion 2414 Ingram Rd. (Co. Rd. 3), Elmore ABUNDANT LIFE Abundant Life Church 9301 U.S. Hwy 231., Wetumpka 567-9143 ASSEMBLY OF GOD Agape Tabernacle Assembly of God 1076 Kowaliga Rd., Eclectic 541-2006 Bethel Worship Center 11117 U.S. Hwy 231., Wetumpka 5675754 Crossroads Assembly of God 2534 AL Hwy 14., Millbrook 285-5545 First Assembly of God 3511 Shirley Ln., Millbrook New Home Assembly of God 5620 Caesarville Rd., Wetumpka 5692825 BAPTIST Abraham Baptist Church Millbrook Antioch Baptist Church 1115 Antioch Rd., Titus 567-2917 Beulah Baptist Church 2350 Grier Rd., Wetumpka 514-2881 Blue Ridge Baptist 4471 Jasmine Hill Rd., Wetumpka 567-

4325 Brookwood Baptist Grandview Rd., Millbrook Calvary Baptist 504 W. Osceola St., Wetumpka 567-4729 Central Baptist 3545 W. Central Rd., Wetumpka 541-2556 Coosada Baptist 20 Kennedy Ave., Coosada Deatsville Baptist 184 Church St., Deatsville Eclectic Baptist Church 203 Claud Rd., Eclectic 541-4444 Faith Baptist 64 Chapel Rd., Wetumpka 567-4417 First Baptist Church 205 W. Bridge St., Wetumpka 567-5191 First Baptist of Elmore Hwy. 14 Co. Rd. 74, Elmore Galilee Baptist 95 Old Georgia Rd., Wetumpka 567-4178 Good Hope Baptist 1766 S. Fleahop Rd., Eclectic Goodship Baptist Hwy. 143, Millbrook Grace Baptist Old Montgomery Hwy., Wetumpka 567-3255 Grandview Pines Baptist Deatsville Hwy., Deatsville Green Ridge Baptist 288 Turner Rd., Wetumpka 567-2486 Harvest Baptist 2990 Main St., Millbrook Hillside Baptist 405 Old Montgomery Hwy., Wetumpka Holtville Riverside Baptist

7121 Holtville Rd., Wetumpka 514-5922 Lake Elam Baptist 4060 Gober Rd., Millbrook Liberty Hill Baptist 61 Crenshaw Rd., Wetumpka 567-8750 Lighthouse Baptist 2281 Main St., Millbrook Living Water Baptist 1745 Grass Farm Rd. (Co. Rd. 80), Weoka Millbrook Baptist Millbrook 285-4731 Mitts Chapel Baptist 935 Cold Springs Rd., Deatsville 5691952 Mt. Hebron West Baptist 150 Mt. Hebron Rd., Elmore 567-4441 Mountain View Baptist 1025 Rifle Range Rd., Wetumpka 5674458 New Harmony Baptist 3094 New Harmony Rd., Marbury 3121878 New Home Baptist 1605 New Home Rd., Titus 567-0923 New Hope Baptist 6191 Lightwood Rd., Deatsville 569-1267 New Lily Green Baptist 6504 Deatsville Hwy., Deatsville New Nazareth Baptist Hwy. 143, Deatsville Pleasant Hill Baptist Pleasant Hill Rd., Eclectic 541-3460 Prospect Baptist Prospect Rd., Eclectic 567-5837 Redland Baptist 1266 Dozier Rd., Wetumpka 567-8649

Refuge Baptist Church 3098 Red Hill Road Tallassee 334-857-2638 Rehoberth Baptist 8110 Rifle Range Rd., Tallassee 567-9801 Rushenville Baptist 10098 Georgia Rd., Eclectic 541-2418 Saint James Baptist 1005 Nobles Rd., Wetumpka 567-6209 Saint James Baptist 101 Gantt Rd., Deatsville 569-3006 Santuck Baptist 7250 Central Plank Rd., Wetumpka 567-2364 Seman Baptist Seman, Alabama Shoal Creek Baptist 13214 Holtville Rd., Deatsville 569-2482 Springfield Baptist Hwy. 7, Millbrook Thelma Baptist 810 Weoka Rd., Wetumpka 567-3665 Titus Baptist 6930 Titus Rd., Wetumpka 334-531-2120 Tunnell Chapel Baptist 210 Central Plank Rd., Wetumpka 567-2589 Victory Baptist 5481 Main St., Millbrook Wadsworth Baptist 2780 Hwy. 143, Deatsville 569-2851 BAPTIST - MISSIONARY Atkins Hill 565 Atkins Rd., Wetumpka 567-1141

Cathmagby Baptist 3074 Mitchell Creek Rd., Wetumpka 567-4787 First Missionary Baptist at Guilfield 412 Company St., Wetumpka 567-7455 Goodhope 1389 Willow Springs Rd. Wetumpka 567-7133 Lebanon 17877 U.S. Hwy. 231, Titus 514-1097 Mount Canaan 1125 Weoka Rd., Wetumpka 567-2141 Mount Pisgah 16621 U.S. Hwy. 231, Titus 567-3668 Mt. Zion 371 AL Hwy. 14, Elmore, 567-2613 Mt. Zion #3 1813 Luke Paschal Rd., Eclectic New Home 5130 Elmore Rd., Wetumpka 567-5966 Second Missionary 760 N. Bridge St., Wetumpka 567-8601 Spring Chapel Jasmine Hill Rd., Wetumpka 567-6493 Sweetwater 163 Michael Lane, Wetumpka 334-5389415 Tabernacle Baptist 1020 W. Tallassee St., Wetumpka 5670620 BAPTIST - PRIMITIVE Bethel Old School 4625 Jackson Rd. (C.R. 103), Wetumpka Providence 4850 Chana Creek Rd., Wetumpka

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Wetumpka high School’s class of 1956 gathers for a reunion photo 60 years after graduating high school together.

WHS Class of 1956 holds 60th anniversary reunion STAFF REPORT TPI Staff

Wetumpka High School’s Class of 1956 held its 60th graduation anniversary reunion on Aug.13, 2016. Those attending were Warren Aaron, Tom Adair, Lola Womble, Peggy Murchison, Billy Brown, Homer Burkett, Max and Peggy Bush, Sylvia and Chick McConnell, Frank Colquitt, Sara Park, Pat and Phyllis Dunn, David Goolsby, Carolyn and Johnny McQuaig, Nancy Holdbrooks, Sue and Sam Cooper, DeVaughn Johnston, Barbara Dreyer, J. T. and Bernadette Montgomery, Sylvia Grant, Martha Simmons, Don and Marie Prater, Bobbi Smith, Dorothy Spivey, Sara Anne and Dick Pepper, Sarah Shaw, Felice

Dissmeyer, and Barbara and Hilton Knight. Special guests were Alicia Aaron Blevins, Terry and Peggy Nobles, Frank Griswold, Judith McCune, John Ed Mathison, and Larry Shaver of Grants Pass, Oregon.

The celebration began with a brunch at 10 a.m. at The Depot Player’s Theater. Classmates enjoyed a tour of the Chamber of Commerce Building with Gerry Purcell, the new executive director, hosting and guiding them through the recently renovated block in downtown Wetumpka. Next they went to the City Administration Building to tour the Kelley Fitzpatrick Memorial Art Gallery and the Crater Exhibit. Hostess there was Janice Graham Whorton where classmates found her

presentation of Wetumpka’s Crater most interesting.

The memorial service was “We Remember …” a presentation prepared by Carolyn Heisler McQuaig. There was a page for each of the 28 deceased classmates that played across the TV screen all day. Sylvia Moon Grant, class reporter, gave a report before lunch remembering two class officers, Rosemary Lyle Tanner and Jack Venable, and included other dear friends.

Ending the day’s activities was a delicious lunch catered by White Wings and David Craig Music playing 50’s songs.

Everyone enjoyed reminiscing and reconnecting with friends saying this was one of the best reunions yet. Plans are to have

The Elmore County Commission will host a rededication ceremony of the 9-11 Memorial on Monday, Sept. 12 in observance of Patriot Day. This year marks 15 years since Sept. 11, 2001. The ceremony, will remember the events of Sept. 11, 2001, mourn the lives lost that day, and honor the service members deployed to protect us.

The Commission has been accepting names of Elmore County service members deployed on behalf of our country since Sept. 11, 2001. The original 9-11 Memorial was dedicated in June 2005.

The Commission renewed efforts in 2011 to request additional names through July 31st of this year. An additional 230 names have been added to one of the two new granite memorials erected earlier this year. The Commission has also allotted plenty of space on the memorial to add additional names in the future.

The Commission would like to extend an invitation to the ceremony to all Elmore County service members deployed since Sept. 11, 2001.

The Commission recognizes the importance of continuing to memorialize the service and sacrifice of the citizens of Elmore County who have protected our freedom.

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Tigers move to 2-0, take thriller over W.S. Neal

By TIM HORTON TPI Staff

The Tallassee Tigers played a quality team in W.S. Neal Friday at Tallassee in Tallassee’s home opener.

The game was a tough physical game just as Coach Mike Battles predicted it would be, but the Tigers won a thriller 26-21.

The Tigers took the opening kickoff and started a drive at their own 37-yard line. Junior quarterback Casey Baynes and backfield mate sophomore Markevious Mathews worked behind a solid offensive line that began an all night war with the Blue Eagles defensive line. The Tigers marched 67 yards in 15 plays consuming most of the first quarter. Baynes powered off the left side behind Caleb Stewart, Keno Morris and Ethan Pugh and fought his way to the 1 yard line before the Blue Eagles could wrestle him down. It was of no use to W.S. Neal though as Baynes lined up in the “box” and walked into the end zone on the next play as his road-graders cleared the defense out. Senior Nicholas Talley made the point after and the Tigers led 7-0 with 4 minutes left in the quarter.

W.S. Neal began their own march with their first possession and fought the Tiger defense for every yard until they gained a first and goal at the Tigers 4-yard line. The defense resisted boldly and pushed them back but Blue Eagle quarterback Jacobey Hawthorne began a sweep to the right on 3rd and goal from the 6.

Suddenly he tossed to his speedy running back Marvin Maddox who was on his way reversing the ball to the left and trotted in for the score. With the point after the game was tied at seven all with 9:13 left in the first half.

The teams traded punches offensively the rest of the second quarter until W.S. Neal fumbled at their own 4-yard line. Eryn Cochran-Gill picked up the ball and ran into the end zone. The point after was good and Tallassee led 14-7 which was the score at the half.

It had been a battle through the first half but both teams showed what they were made of in the second half. W.S. Neal began the second half scoring with a flash of lightening when running back Marvin Maddox broke loose on an 83-yard dash down the sideline to paydirt. Jake Baker broke through to block the point after and Tallassee led 14-13 with 5:28 left in the third quarter.

W.S. Neal tried an on-side kick but the Tigers were ready as Logan Goodman covered the ball at the Tigers own 46-yard line. Tallassee then had some lightning of its own. Baynes needed just one play as he dropped back behind the protection of his offensive line and found Jacob Burton 30 yards down field having beaten his defender. Baynes hit Burton in a dead run perfectly

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Tallassee’s Jamarcus Miller, 23, looks for running room in Friday’s 26-21 win over W.S. Neal. With the win the Tigers are now 2-0.

laying the ball over the out-stretched hands of the hopeless defender. Burton hauled the ball in and out raced his man to the end zone bringing a roar from the crowd.

The point after was blocked and Tallassee led 20-13 with 5:13 left in the quarter.

It was getting time to separate the men from the boys in the fourth quarter. W. S. Neal partially blocked a punt deep in the Tigers end and began a 20-yard drive to the end zone as quarterback Hawthorne crossed up the Tigers on a four yard bootleg and trotted in for the score. The Blue Eagles then pulled some trickery as they jumped up and ran the ball in for the 2-point conversion and W.S. Neal now led for the first time 21-20.

Twice Tallassee couldn’t move the ball as they tried to fight back. With 6:01 left Baynes attempted to hit his receiver Maddox in the right flat but Maddox slipped down and the ball fell into Marvin Maddox’s hands who was now playing defensive back.

The Tigers finally forced a punt and took over at their own 20 with 1:17 left. A roughing-the-passer

penalty on 1st down moved the ball down to the 35.

Baynes next hit senior Jamarcus Miller for 13 yards followed by hitting Cochran-Gill for another 27 yards and the Tigers were at the W.S. Neal 21-yard line with 17 seconds left.

With 17 seconds remaining, Baynes dropped back to throw but saw noone open. He never hesitated as he pulled the ball under his arm and took off with no intention of letting his team down. He raced for the corner as his receivers helped block down the field and Baynes slipped in for the game winner with 5 seconds remaining. The Tiger sideline jumped into the air as Baynes scored the go-ahead touchdown.

Battles said, “We practice a two-minute drill every day, but never, I mean never have these kids nailed it like they did tonight. They drove 70 yards with 1:32 left in the game and had NO timeouts left. We overcame a quality 4A team in W.S.Neal who is extremely well coached. They had quality kids and played hard clean football.”

Southside Middle wins season opener at Holtville STAFF REPORT TPI Staff

The Southside Middle School Tigers traveled to Deatsville to open the 2016 football season against Holtville. Although the Tigers got off to a slow start, big plays and a solid running game proved to be the difference in the win.

After winning the toss, Southside took the ball and stalled offensively, turning the ball over on downs. The Bulldogs took over and, with a combination of short passes and attacking the edges on the ground, were able to punch the first score of the game in. The Tigers defense stiffened and turned the Bulldogs two-point conversion away. Trailing 6-0, Tae Collins took the ensuing kickoff and scampered up the middle through traffic, breaking it to the outside near the Bulldog 40, and then outrunning the final would-be tacklers. The 62-yard burst tied the game at 6 and the two-point conversion was good as Jalyn Daniels sliced in over the right side. Both teams stalled offensively and the half ended with the Tigers leading 8-6.

The Bulldogs took the lead in the third quarter as they continued to attack the outside of the Southside defense. Using various misdirection plays out of the Wing T formation, the home team hit paydirt late in the period to regain the lead at 12-8. The Southside defense rose up once again and thwarted the two-point conversion to keep the deficit at four. Both teams traded possessions to close out the quarter.

With just 32 seconds gone by in the final stanza, the Tigers regained the lead for good. Out of the shotgun formation, Reyes put his slot receiver, Tae Collins, in motion and 60 yards later the jet sweep resulted in six for the visitors from Tallassee. Reyes powered his way in for the two-point conversion and the Tigers led 16-12 with just over seven minutes remaining in the quarter. The Southside defense found its stride as it quickly halted the ensuing Bulldog drive and took over on downs. The Tigers turned to some old fashioned ground and pound as Daniels and Reyes took turns running into the heart of the defense behind a steady offensive line with Reyes powering ahead for a five-yard touchdown run.

Jacob Dantro took the jet sweep handoff and scampered around the right end to push the lead to 24-12.

The Bulldogs turned to the air in an attempt to score quickly but the SMS defensive front pressured the quarterback relentlessly. The Tigers closed the door when Zavion Carr broke through the line and hit the Bulldog signal caller just as he was throwing, causing an errant pass. A defensive lineman’s dream, Trace Meek got his paws on the errant throw for the interception. The Tigers ran the clock out to secure the 24-12 victory.

Offensively, the Tigers were lead by Collins with 3 carries for 78 yards, Daniels with 8 carries for 62 yards and Reyes with 3 carries for 15 yards. Reyes was 3-6 in the air for 20 yards with Will Smith hauling in 2 passes for 12 yards and Jacquez Hoffman with one catch for 8 yards. Defensively, SMS was lead by Carr with 6 tackles (1 sack), Sergio Diego with 5 tackles (1sack), Will Brooks with 3 tackles (1 sack), Smith with 3 tackles, Mason Bell with 3 tackles, and Meek with 4 tackles (1 fumble recovery and interception).

Southside travels to Elmore County on Sept. 6 with game time at 5:30.

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Tallassee’s varsity volleyball team is off to good start with a 3-0 victory over Valley in the first game of the season. The girls will take on Beauregard Tuesday evening and the first game of area play will be Sept.1 inside the THS gymnasium against Dadeville.

Tallassee’s volleyball team sweeps season opener

By CARMEN RODGERS Staff Writerv

The Tallassee varsity volleyball team is off to good start with a 3-0 victory over Valley in the first game of the season. The Tigers traveled to Valley to deliver the sweeping victory. Head Coach, Katie Hayley, believes her team is headed in the right direction.

“It was a good start to the season,” she said. “It gave us a look at things we need to work on.”

Both the varsity and the junior varsity team made the season opener look easy.

“The JV and varsity won against Valley,” she said.

“Both of them beat Valley in straight sets.”

The girls then faced Stanhope Elmore and Park Crossing in a trimatch on Monday in the THS gymnasium. In the match, Tallassee beat Stanhope Elmore 2-0 and lost to Park Crossing 0-2. This brings the Tigers season record to 2-1.

According to Hayley, the Tigers beat themselves

in the match against Park Crossing.

“I always say, as a coach, the team that passes and serves the best is going to win,” she said. “We just missed too many serves against Park Crossing and we also had too many hitting errors,” Hayley said.

Despite the loss to Park Crosiing, Hayley says her team is only improving as time goes on and she expects this trend to continue.

“All the girls are playing well,” Hayley said. “As a varsity team we are looking better than we did at the end of last season.”

Hayley believes this team will be in full stride by the middle of the season and ready to take on any competition.

“I tell my girls all the time that I would put them against any team in the state,” she said. “We are looking forward to what’s ahead of us.”

The girls will take on Beauregard Tuesday evening and the first area play game will be Sept. 1 at home against Dadeville.

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Reeltown falls to rival Tigers THS set to host Handley

By CATHY HIGGINS Sports Editor

By TIM HORTON TPI Staff

When the dust settled at the end of the 2016 Battle of Highway 49 Thursday night, Dadeville had claimed victory on its home field over Reeltown by a score of 48-21. Dadeville starting quarterback Margarius Buchanan ran for 147 yards, passed for 106 yards and scored three touchdowns to lead the Tigers over the Rebels.

The Tigers staked their claim early in the game as defensive back Qua Tucker intercepted the ball as Reeltown attemped to convert on fourth down from their own 37-yard line. Tucker returned the ball for touchdown with 9:17 left in the first quarter for a score of 6-0. With Alex Sims’ kick for the extra point good, that brought Dadeville’s lead to 7-0.

Reeltown soon put their own points on the scoreboard when running back Makeveon Hughley scored a touchdown from the goal line with 7:51 remaining in the first quarter for a score of 7-6.

With the kick for the extra point good, the Rebels tied the score 7-7.

The score remained tied up through the first half of the second quarter. Then Tigers’ starting quarterback Margarius Buchanan moved the ball from the five yard line for a touchdown with 6:01 left in the second quarter, bringing the score to 13-7.

Before the first half was over the Tigers increased their lead when Buchanan scored another touchdown with 1:10 left in the second quarter for a score of 19-7. Buchanan also made a successful two-point conversion, widening Dadeville’s lead to 21-7 with 1:10 left in the first half.

The Tigers maintained their momentum in the third quarter. With 2:49 left, Dadeville’s Buchanan passed the ball to running back Tykeem Holley at the 22-yard line. From there Holley rushed for a touchdown, bringing the score to 27-7 with 2:32 left in the third quarter. The Tigers’ kick for the extra point was good for a score of 28-7.

Buchanan widened Dadeville’s lead before the quarter was over by rushing 22 yards for a touchdown, bringing the score to 34-7 with 1:11 left in the third quarter. With the Tigers’ kick for the extra point good, the score moved to 35-7.

The Tigers continued to roar in the fourth quarter as running back JaMichael Moss scored a touchdown

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Cole Flurry looks for running room in Thursday’s game with rival Dadeville.

with 10:31 left in the game for a score of 41-7.

The Rebels continued to fight as Reeltown fullback Cole Flurry scored a touchdown with 7:02 left in the game for a score of 41-13. Flurry’s two-point conversion was good, narrowing the gap a little and bringing the score to 41-15.

However, Dadeville was determined to widen the gulf as running back Moss scored a touchdown from the goal line with 4:14 left in the fourth quarter for a score of 47-15. Alex Sims’ kick for the extra point was good, bringing the score to 48-15.

Reeltown made one last effort as wide receiver Cameron Faison rushed 24 yards to score a touchdown for the Rebels. This brought the score to 48-21 with 1:54 left in the game, which stood as the final score of the game.

Dadeville head football coach Richard White said he was proud of his team, especially for winning a rivalry game at home.

“It feels good,” he said. “Anytime you win a rivalry game it’s special. I’m proud of my kids. Overall I was pleased with our fight.”

Dadeville’s win brings the Tigers to 1-1 as they host Munford next Friday at Tiger Stadium. It’s a game White is already thinking about.

“We’ve got a tough week next week so we’ve got to have a great week of practice,” White said.

The coach plans to clean up some things he saw during Thursday’s game, especially with younger players.

Still seeking their first win of the season, Reeltown heads to Woodland next Friday to face the Bobcats.

Tallassee is coming off its most recent dramatic win over W.S. Neal 26-21, knowing that the season is still young.

Unofficial game stats have quarterback Casey Baynes rushing 11 times for 76 yards and two TDs including the game winner with seven seconds remaining. Baynes completed 11 of 17 attempted passes for 179 yards and one TD and one INT. Markevious Mathews rushed the pigskin 14 times for 45 net yards.

Leading receivers Friday night were Kalvin Levvett with three catches for 33 yards, Jamarcus Miller with three catches for 45 yards and Jacob Burton also hauling in three catches for 73 yards and a big TD. Defensively Jake Baker, Nicholas Talley, Logan Goodman, Ethan Pugh and Eryn Cochran-Gill all played strong up front with Cochran-Gill picking up a fumble and scoring.

Coach Battles said Monday after practice “The Handley High School Tigers are an outstanding football team all the

way around. They try to be well balanced on offense and they are going to play physical on defense.

They are a very well coached team”.

He expressed some concern saying “It’s going to be a great challenge for us to overcome them Friday Night. We have to move the ball on offense and keep their offense off the field or we will be in trouble. Their QB is a really good player who runs their offense really well. Hopefully the momentum and confidence we gained from last Friday night’s come from-behind victory will help us as we play Handley”.

When the players gathered at the end of practice Monday, Coach Battles cautioned his kids about being focused and improving as he pointed out to his troops, “We didn’t have a single 1 st down in the second half Friday night until our final drive. We have to play better than that this week”.

The Handley High Tigers dropped their season opener at home last Friday night to Callaway HS from Georgia 42-28.

Game time at Tallassee Friday night is 7 p.m.

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