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County honors former EMA director By AMALIA KORTRIGHT Staff Writer

Emotions were high as the Elmore County Commission recognized outgoing Emergency Management Agency Director Eric Jones for his service to the public during its work

session on Aug. 13. Jones resigned from the county’s EMA effective Aug. 10 to take a job as the Alabama EMA Program Coordinator, according to commission chairman Troy Stubbs. “We were very excited for Eric, for his family, and the opportunity that he’s

worked diligently to achieve at this point in his career,” Stubbs said. “We’re also very sad to see him leave. We recognize the many contributions that he has made to Elmore County.” During Jones’ 14-year term as county EMA Director, Stubbs said he applied for and administered nearly $5.5 million

worth of grants on behalf of the county, managed and administered over $13.5 million of aid distribution when disaster struck the county on several occasions and established the Elmore County Emergency Operations Center. During the work session, the county See DIRECTOR • Page A3

THS Alumni Night set for Aug. 25

Steps to the Cure 5K Walk to feature the Gene Machine

By CARMEN RODGERS Staff Writer

The Women in Network’s Steps to the Cure 5K Walk will take place in downtown Notasulga this Saturday. The fourth annual 5K benefit walk will begin at Notasulga Town Hall, 76 West Main Street, and will run from 6:30-8 a.m. This event is aimed at raising cancer awareness while bringing community members together for a morning of outdoor fun. This year there will be a special guest at the 5K Walk, Auburn University’s Gene Machine. The Gene Machine is a 15-passenger bus that serves as a mobile recruitment and enrollment station. It allows Auburn University’s research team to step outside the laboratory and meet members of the community. Team members drive a bright pink converted shuttle bus, known as the Gene Machine, around the state for educational sessions, community events and study enrollment appointments. The team enrolls those affected by cancer and their family members to examine cancer genetic mutations. See 5K • Page A2

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Coach Bruce Dean and Cooper Crain share a fist bump Thursday morning as the Tallassee Elementary School student heads back to the classroom for the 2018-19 school year.

Another year Children return as area schools back in session By CARMEN RODGERS Staff Writer

he summer vacations have ended and alarms clocks across the city were set for early hours as students headed back to school Aug. 9, a day for which the principals, teachers, and staff at all Tallassee Elementary, Southside Middle and Tallassee High School have been

preparing for weeks. Buses started dropping off students at 7 a.m. promptly. Students were dressed in their best with smiles from ear to ear as they entered their classrooms. For many, this was a time to reunite with friends whom they have not seen since school ended in May. At the high school, principal Matt Coker said the first day went smoothly. Before lunch, See SCHOOLS • Page A2

With the new school year on the minds of a lot of people, the Tallassee High School Alumni Association is holding alumni night at 1220 Café on Saturday, August 25. The event is a fundraiser for the organization’s scholarship fund. The alumni association is a 501(c)3 organization and awards scholarships each year to two deserving THS seniors. Like most nonprofit organizations, the group relies heavily on charitable donations and fundraisers to operate. Organizers of this event say for a small amount of money, guest can enjoy a great meal while supporting a worthy cause. “Tickets to dinner are $20 each and include chicken piccata, a twice-baked potato, vegetable medley, dinner roll and a side salad,” said THS alumni and event coordinator, Suzannah Wilson. “Guests are encouraged to dine in and learn more about the alumni association but meals can also be carried out.” This event is open to the public and all THS alumni. There will also be games with prizes during the fundraiser with all proceeds going to the organization’s scholarship fund. See ALUMNI • Page A2

Grace Coker, a senior at Tallassee High School, has been honored as a Teen Spotlight in Potential Magazine for excelling in her talent and leadership.

Tallassee student spotlighted in Potential magazine By CARMEN RODGERS Staff Writer

Tallassee High School has continually formed outstanding students who are well known for their scholastic and extracurricular talents. That tradition continues with Grace Coker, a senior at THS that been honored in an article called “Teen Spotlight” in Potential magazine for “excelling in her talent and leadership.” Coker is an accomplished young lady with strong time-management skills. It takes dedication and a lot of

organization to keep with such a hectic schedule. She was elected student body president at THS for the 2018-2019 school year, a position that requires the votes of students in 9th-12th grade. She is a section leader of the THS choir, and is also a member of the Divas Show Choir and the concert band. She has been a majorette in the Pride of Tallassee marching band for two years. When asked to share her favorite thing about Tallassee High School, Grace replied, “I have to cheat and name

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Obituaries Mr. Joseph Delano “Del” Callan Mr. Joseph Delano “Del” Callan, a resident of Tallassee, Alabama, passed away Wednesday, August 08, 2018, at the age of 84. Funeral services will be Sunday, August 12, 2018 at 2:00 p.m. from Jeffcoat Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Jay Woodall officiating. Burial will follow in Rose Hill Cemetery, Jeffcoat Funeral Home directing. Mr. Callan is survived by his children, Karen and Calvin Cox, Michael Callan, Bruce and Jamie Callan, Sherry and Pete Stubbs, Nancy and Gene Wallace, and Gerald Stubbs; grandchildren, David, Cory and GW Stubbs, sixteen other grandchildren and numerous great and great, great grandchildren. He is preceded in death by his wives, Bettie Callan and Sarah Callan Applecamp; father, Joe Floyd Callan; mother, Nancy Moncrief Taylor; sister, Jean Smith and his brother, Douglas Callan. Flowers will be accepted or memorial donations may be made to American Cancer Society @www.cancer.org. The family will receive friends Sunday, August 12, 2018 from 1:00 p.m. until service time at Jeffcoat Funeral Home. Jeffcoat Funeral Home Directing Tallassee, Alabama

Mrs. Mary Alice Short Rowe Mrs. Mary Alice Short Rowe, a resident of Montgomery, Alabama, formerly of Tallassee, Alabama, passed away Tuesday, August 7, 2018, at the age of 89. Funeral services will be held Saturday, August 11, 2018, at 11:00 a.m. at Jeffcoat Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Steve Rogers officiating. Burial will follow in Rose Hill Cemetery, Jeffcoat Funeral Home directing. Mrs. Rowe is survived by her many nieces, nephews, great nieces and great nephews who loved her dearly. She is preceded in death by her husband, Ted Rowe; parents, Sophia and John Parker Short; her brothers and sisters, Carrie Bridgman, Jewel Morgan, John Short, Garfield Short, Bolden Short, Etta Kelly, Nola Hall, Flora Belle Short and Dorothy Rawlinson. Flowers will be accepted or memorial donations may be made to American Cancer Society @www. cancer.org; American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals @www.aspca.org or The Salvation Army @ www.salvationarmy.org The family will receive friends Saturday, August 11, 2018 from 10:00 a.m. until service time at Jeffcoat Funeral Home. Jeffcoat Funeral Home Directing Tallassee, Alabama

David “Willie” Oren Williams David “Willie” Oren Williams passed away peacefully at his home on August 9, 2018. David is preceded in death by his mother, Nellie Alene Ragsdale, his father, Eldridge Williams, his sister, Elaine Cato and his brother, Danny Cato. He is survived by his loving wife of 6 years, Joyce Williams. He leaves behind two sons: David “DJ” Williams (Dawn) and Lee Williams (Amanda). Three grandchildren: Austin and Dalton Williams and Abbi Williams. Siblings: Reba Williams Fulmer (Larry), Iva Williams Hamm (Buddy), Renda Williams Skinner (Daniel), Rebecca Williams Alexander (Ray), Jerry Lane Cato (Pamela), Vicky Williams Hall (Kim) and multiple nieces and nephews. David served 18 years in the Navy and received multiple ribbons and awards for his service to our country. He always had a way of keeping you laughing and enjoyed spending time with his family. A Military Service honoring David will be held on Thursday, August 16, 2018 at 2:00 p.m. at Rock Springs Baptist Church, 375 Rigsby Road, Tallassee, AL 36078.

Mr. Harold Edison Golden Mr. Harold Edison Golden, 87, of Tallassee, passed away August 11, 2018. He was born July 18, 1931. A memorial service will be held on Thursday, August 16, at 11 a.m. at Linville Memorial Funeral Home with Rev. Steve Scarborough officiating, Linville Memorial Funeral Home directing. He was an incredible father and an even better husband. Mom was the love of his life, and he was totally dedicated to her. Harold was always happy to help people; his family was important to him, and fishing was always his passion. He met Mom and fell instantly in love. He worked for Orthopedic Service Company in Montgomery for 52 years and he never lost pleasure in his work. He helped so many people through his career and it gave him much satisfaction to serve this role in life. The last years have been medically difficult but he continued to be kind to everyone. He never lost his love for his family. He was especially proud of his friends and relatives and frequently talked about his life growing up on the farm in Josie, Alabama. He is survived by his loving wife, Webbie Golden; daughter, Deborah Golden Sexton; son, Dennis Golden (Pam); brother, Stanley Golden (Genelle); grandchildren, Pat Long (Pam), Kelly Booker (Jeremy) and Clint Shumway; great grandchildren, Marilyn Basile, Grayson Booker, Jack Shumway and Nathan Shumway; and a host of nieces and nephews. Harold is preceded in death by his loving son, Donald Lester Golden; grandson, Michael Shayne Golden; parents, Arthur and Mattie Golden; brothers, Murray Golden and Sylvester Golden; and sisters, Grace Ingram and Lecy Hutto. Online condolences at www.linvillememorial.com. Linville Memorial Funeral Home Eclectic, Alabama

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“In addition to dinner, charity bingo starts at 5 p.m. and people can play all night, until the prizes are gone, for a $10 donation to the alumni association.” Advanced tickets are available for this event and can be purchased from THS alumni association members Suzannah Solomon Wilson, Lacey Brewer, Kim Clayton, Don and Anne Bryant, Tammy Knapp, Sharae Denmark and can also be purchased at 1220 Café and WACQ. Call 334-238-8172 for more information.

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two things. My favorite thing is that my daddy is the principal of THS, and we have had the opportunity to be together every day for the past three years. Good Lord willing, he will present me with my diploma next May.” There is a local saying, “No one does homecoming like Tallassee,” and for the most part, it’s true. The school celebrates not only the senior class, but the class from 20 years prior comes to the school and the town for a weeklong celebration. “Homecoming week is my other favorite thing about THS,” she said. “The whole town shuts down; we have a huge bonfire, two pep rallies and a parade.” Matt Coker admires “Grace’s confidence and willingness to go for it, whether that be taking a part in a musical or twirling in front of large crowds at football games.” Potential magazine is a multimedia resource for parents of college-bound teenagers. In each issue, high achieving students in the 7th-12th grade are featured and entered to win the $500 “Reach Your Potential” scholarship awarded in January and May. Teens are recommended by their school or community leaders for excelling in one or more of the following areas: academics, business, leadership, philanthropy, overcoming adversity, citizenship and community service, athletics and the arts. Potential magazine’s advisory board chooses teens to feature in each issue and selects the scholarship winner in May from each of the finalists. “We love spotlighting teens in Alabama and gaining great advice from their parents,” said Pam Mashburn, publisher of Potential magazine. Teens who are selected participate in an interview and photo shoot along with their parents for a spotlight feature in the magazine and website. Nomination forms can be found on www.potentialmagazine.com

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Coker met with nearly every student on campus. “It went great,” he said. “We have had a great morning. We met with all of our seniors. We always meet with our senior class first. Then we call in the ninth-11th grade girls and meet with them as a group. Then we call in the ninth-11th grade boys and meet with them as a group.” These meetings allow the principal to see each and every student on the first day of school. During this meeting, several topics are addressed. “We get to see every student face to face on the first day,” Coker said. “We talk to them about expectations. We talk about academics, behavior, respect, pride in the school and all the things they need to be reminded of.” Now that the new school is officially underway, Coker says he is thankful to have students and parents who support Tallassee High School. “I appreciate all the parents and all the support that they have given us,” he said. “Now it’s time to settle in and get used to that routine again.”

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Commission approves Talisi Cove plat funds to improve the roadway leading into the subdivision to meet county standards. Beyer said Alabama Power is now permitted to begin construction on roads and streets inside the subdivision and advertise lots in the subdivision for sale. Over the past few days, Beyer said the commission has received lots of feedback from the community. He said many of the complaints they have received do not relate to the county’s subdivision regulations. “Most of them deal with items related to traffic on the lake, environmental concerns related to the lake. Those are all

By AMALIA KORTRIGHT Staff Writer

The Elmore County Commission voted to approve the plat located northeast of Eclectic of the Talisi Cove subdivision during a regularly scheduled work session and meeting Aug. 13. According to Elmore County Engineer Richie Beyer, the 54-lot plat was proposed by the developer, Alabama Power, in late May or early June. The commission also voted in favor of a memorandum of understanding that would provide Alabama Power with the

items that actually the developer would be in a position to handle through their process,” Beyer said. One member of the audience, who identified himself as a longtime Realtor, said he and other residents near the subdivision were not aware the commission would be voting on the issue until the day before. The Realtor said he and other residents were interested in voicing their opinions and working out a compromise. “As a Realtor of 49 years, a builder and a developer, compromise is what’s necessary. We’re not trying to stop this,

but there needs to be some compromise on this plan, because it will kill our slough,” he said. In other business, the commission heard a presentation from Family Sunshine Center Family Services Executive Director Tay Knight, approved an emergency preparedness grant for MidSouth RC&D, ratified the appointment of David Rogers as Tallassee’s representative to the county’s EMS Board and approved budgetary amendments to allow the sheriff to provide two resource officers to Elmore County Public Schools.

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commission named the operations center’s conference and training room in his honor. Stubbs recalled Jones’ efforts in organizing volunteers and cleaning up debris when tornados devastated parts of Elmore County in 2011. “During that time, Eric administered, and organized and led all of those 5,700 registered volunteers,” Stubbs said. “At that time the county removed, with the assistance of the volunteers and Eric’s leadership, 3.2 million cubic feet of debris, which would equate to covering 72 football fields.” Elmore County Sheriff Bill Franklin said he couldn’t say what quality he most admired in Jones, but he appreciated his leadership skills. “A lot of times, people will come out because they’re in charge of a particular division of whatever and just start barking orders at everybody about what they need to do. Eric never was like that,” Franklin said. “Eric would come out, and he’d take part in whatever duties that needed to be performed and just work as a regular guy.” Both Millbrook Mayor Al Kelley and Tallassee Mayor Johnny Hammock thanked Jones on behalf of their cities and wished him well working with the state EMA. “I’ve only been mayor less than two years in Tallassee, and we had a dangerous situation earlier this year where a chlorine tank ruptured into an employee’s face,” Hammock said. “When I got out of the hospital to make sure he was okay and got back to city hall, Eric was there with my fire department and police department. He had already coordinated the hazmat team to come out of Trussville to sweep the area and make sure it was safe for

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Former Elmore County EMA Director Eric Jones, center left, was honored by the county commission after he accepted a position as the state EMA program coordinator.

us to re-enter.” Elmore County Engineer Richie Beyer, who is said to have worked closely with Jones over the years, said he will miss working with him. Beyer remembered, during the 2011 tornado outbreak, how the storms missed both his and Jones’ houses. “We were spared for a reason. Neither one of us understood it at the time, but the people in this county are better off for it,” Beyer said. “From the bottom of my heart, I appreciate what you’ve done for this county, for me. I look forward to seeing you grow at the

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from the county and his staff members have “moved mountains.” Lastly, Jones thanked his family, who he said has supported him and sacrificed for him throughout his career. “This is my personal cell phone. This is the first time in 14 years I ain’t got but one phone on my hip. Normally I’ve had three. They’ve had to compete with those other two,” Jones said. “I knew what I was signing on for, but they didn’t. I could not have asked for a better, more supportive family than what I have, and I love you from the bottom of my heart.”

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The Ventures: Still rocking in their 60th year

ore than 20 years ago, I was discussing the history of popular music with a business associate who was a couple of years younger than me. He had played in a relatively-popular band in north Alabama during the early ‘70s. They were what was called a “show band” in such times, and usually played clubs or fraternity parties. He and I were in agreement that the Beatles’ appearance on the “Ed Sullivan Show” was the revelatory event for what musical aspirations we developed, and we also agreed that our respective efforts had been nurtured by an influential band known as the Ventures. “When the Beatles came along, I thought they were good, but they weren’t the Ventures,” he’d said. His memorable observation was probably shared by many teenage aspiring musicians across the nation. Founded in the Pacific Northwest in 1958 by guitarists Don Wilson and Bob Bogle, the Ventures have occupied a unique national niche in

popular music for decades, as they specialize in crafting unique instrumental versions of popular hits as well as movie and television themes. “We’d glom onto any trend,” Wilson said of his band’s history in a mid-‘90s interview. The Ventures charted in 1960 with a version of “Walk, Don’t Run,” (their first national release) during the middle of popular music’s “teen idol” days. The song peaked at #2 on the Billboard chart and #3 on the Cashbox chart. Many boomer males probably recall the early ‘60s “surf music” as the first genre to which they related as a would-be player. Surf music was guitar-based and primarily instrumental, which made it an obvious opportunity for the Ventures. And the band did indeed garner surf music hits. Their cover of “Mr. Moto,” originally released by a surf band called the Bel-Airs, was a bigger hit than the Bel-Airs’ version. Moreover, the Ventures released an updated version of their at-the-time signature song as “Walk, Don’t Run ‘64,” and

WILLIE MOSELEY Columnist it, too, was a smash hit (#8 in Billboard, #9 in Cashbox). The unique same-band, samesong’s top ten hit status would ultimately become a trivia question decades later on Casey Kasem’s American Top 40 radio program. The ‘60s were indeed the golden decade for the Ventures. The band’s classic lineup consisted of guitarist Nokie Edwards, drummer Mel Taylor, Bogle (usually on bass) and Wilson. The three-stringed instrument players would often switch roles in the studio or onstage if one player’s guitar style worked better for a particular song (another validation of a pro musical ensemble). The band was particularly popular in Japan (the second largest music market in the world), where they reportedly sold twice as many albums as

the Beatles. So it wasn’t surprising that a 1965 album, The Ventures On Stage, featured concert material from Japan on one side. Thereon, Mel Taylor got the show off to a rousing start with what is arguably the best version of the iconic drumcentric song “Wipeout” ever recorded. Taylor’s performance is all the more amazing considering his minimal drum kit. The band also put out a series of instructional albums, and astoundingly, those releases actually made the record charts. The Ventures’ late ‘60s version of the theme from the original “Hawaii Five-O” television would ultimately supplant “Walk, Don’t Run” as their signature song. Over the decades, minimal personnel changes happened to the band, even as guitar-based instrumental music fell out of favor in the U.S. marketplace. The band remains wildly popular in Japan. In its 60 years of existence, the Ventures have sold over 100 million albums worldwide.

Except for Don Wilson, the classic lineup of the Ventures is deceased. Wilson’s retired but reportedly records with the band when appropriate, which means the presentday Ventures have no classic lineup members. That said, the, er, franchise has some impressive members, including Mel Taylor’s son Leon on drums (for over 20 years), and longtime ancillary guitarist Bob “The Fifth Venture” Spalding. Bob’s son, Ian, and bassist Luke Griffin round out the roster. They’ve just released a new album titled “Here We Go Again.” The evolution of some iconic rock bands to no-original-members status is on the increase, but the Ventures’ music is still melodic and professionally presented. Their website proclaims the band to be “the best selling instrumental rock band in music history.” It shows. Willie Moseley is the news editor emeritus for The Tribune. His column appears here each Wednesday.

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The Democrats’ rhetoric is just as dangerous as Trump’s

his week a New York man, Carlos Bayon, was arrested after leaving threatening messages for House Majority Whip Steve Scalise, R-La., and Conference Chairman Cathy McMorris Rodgers, R-Wash., promising to go after their families and “feed them lead.” When police raided his home, they found 200 rounds of ammunition as well receipts for an assault rifle and handgun and books with titles such as “How to create a foolproof new identity,” “Middle Eastern Terrorist Bomb Designs” and “Silent But Deadly,” instructions for making homemade silencers. This is the same Steve Scalise who barely survived an assassination attempt last year when James Hodgkinson, a Bernie Sanders campaign volunteer, fired at least 70 rounds in his attack on Republicans practicing on an Alexandria, Va., field for the annual Congressional Baseball Game. Scalise was shot in the hip, spent weeks in the ICU, and had to undergo multiple surgeries. It’s worth keeping these incidents in mind as we listen to the rising chorus of warnings that the president’s irresponsible attacks on the media will result in violence. CNN White House correspondent Jim Acosta recently tweeted, “I’m very worried that the hostility whipped up by Trump and some in conservative media will result in somebody getting hurt.” And New York Times columnist Bret Stephens warned, “We are approaching a day when blood on the newsroom floor will be blood on the president’s hands.”

MARC THIESSEN Columnist Let’s pray something so awful never comes to pass. But by that standard, the blood on the Alexandria field was blood on the Democrats’ hands. Before shooting Scalise, Hodgkinson joined Facebook groups such as “Join the Resistance Worldwide,” “Terminate the Republican Party,” and “The Road To Hell Is Paved With Republicans.” He posted that “Trump is a Traitor” and “Republicans are the Taliban of the USA.” Where did he get the idea to compare Republicans to terrorists? Well, just to give one example: During the 2016 campaign, Clinton compared Republicans to al-Qaeda and the Taliban, declaring “Now, extreme views on women, we expect that from some of the terrorist groups, we expect that from people who don’t want to live in the modern world, but it’s a little hard to take from Republicans.” And Bayon, the man who threatened Scalise and McMorris Rogers, was reportedly driven to rage over Trump’s border policies. Many Americans were outraged by the horrific policy of family separation, but it is inexcusably irresponsible for those such as Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., to compare Trump’s policies with those of Nazi Germany and the detention centers along the U.S.-Mexico border to Hitler’s concentration camps.

It isn’t difficult to imagine how an unbalanced mind could be influenced by overheated rhetoric by people in positions of authority. Let’s be clear: No individual, Democrat or Republican, is responsible for the violent actions of a deranged person. But we are all collectively responsible for creating the climate of hatred that is permeating our politics today. Those who call Republicans Nazis and terrorists, and call Trump supporters “deplorables” who “didn’t like black people getting rights” are just as guilty of feeding this climate of hate as those who call journalists the “enemy of the people.” Here’s an idea: If we are really concerned that the state of our political discourse is going to get someone killed, then maybe people on both sides should cut it out. I’ve been outspoken in my criticism of those on the right who engage in divisive rhetoric. It would be nice if voices on the left would do the same on their side. Journalists are not “the enemy of the people,” and don’t deserve to be called such. But while they express understandable outrage over being labeled enemies, they should also be doing a better job of calling out Democrats who compare Republicans to our actual enemies. Because demonizing our fellow Americans is not only wrong and dangerous when Republicans are the ones doing the demonizing. Marc A. Thiessen’s column is provided by The Washington Post News Service & Syndicate. Follow him on Twitter @ marcthiessen.

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Brett Kavanaugh to SCOTUS assures Trump legacy

he appointment of a United States Supreme Court Justice is one of the most profound legacies that a U. S. President can achieve. The opportunity that President Donald Trump was given to appoint Neil Gorsuch to the high tribunal last year will be a monumental achievement of the Trump administration. The chance to name a second Supreme Court appointment will be a colossal legacy for the Trump presidency. The appointment of two seats on the Supreme Court has given Trump an indelible place in U.S. presidential history. The leftist detractors of the Trump presidency are moaning. However, the conservative base of American politics has got to be rejoicing with hallelujahs. The quiet, conservative Americans who voted for Trump probably never realized how impactful their vote for Trump was in November 2016. For within less than two years after casting a vote they will have placed America on a more stable conservative path for not only the rest of their lives, but possibly for the next generation. President Trump’s appointment and subsequent confirmation of Neil Gorsuch to replace the deceased Antonin Scalia was a profound choice. However, his selection of Brett Kavanaugh to replace the retiring jurist Anthony Kennedy is equally brilliant. If Trump does nothing else during his tenure in the White House, if you are a conservative American, Trump’s presidency has been a rousing overwhelming success. When the last votes were counted in November 2016, and it became obvious that Donald Trump had defeated Hillary Clinton, conservative Americans were exuberant. Many had turned out to vote for one reason. The possibility of naming a conservative to the Supreme Court was their primary reason for voting for Trump. The naming of two within two years was beyond their wildest dreams. With the conclusion of the eight-year reign of the liberal Obama era and Trump’s defeat of Clinton, President Obama made one last simple, profound statement, “Elections have consequences.” That epitaph has become prophetic. The court had been drifting leftward out to sea with the two extremely liberal Obama appointees, Elena Kagan and Sonia Sotomayor coming on board. However, the Supreme Court Ship of State has taken a turn to the right under the helm of Captain Trump. Brett Kavanaugh is an excellent selection. He has impeccable credentials. He is only 53 years old, which means that he will be a sensible mainstream conservative voice of the court for probably three decades. Kavanaugh’s resume reads like a profile of someone born to be a U.S. Supreme Court Justice. Like most Supreme Court members, he graduated from a prestigious Ivy League Law school. He is a product of Yale undergraduate and Yale Law School. Kavanaugh was the favorite for the appointment from the beginning. He was always on the top of Trump’s short list and the choice of the Republican legal establishment in Washington. He is a former law clerk of the retiring Justice Anthony Kennedy. Although Kennedy had been appointed by Republican Ronald Reagan, he was considered the one moderate on the court. There are four bona fide liberal justices and four stalwart conservatives. Kennedy was the swing vote in the middle. Trump’s appointment of Kavanaugh will replace a swing vote on the nine-member court with a staunch conservative. Kavanaugh served in George W. Bush’s administration and has been a distinguished jurist in the Court of Appeals for the DC Circuit for over a decade and has written over 300 opinions. Therefore, his record as a jurist has been thoroughly reviewed and scrutinized. He is looked upon as a top legal scholar and strict constitutional adherent with a record of following judicial precedence. Kavanaugh will be confirmed along pretty much the same partisan lines as Gorsuch. Trump is blessed with a Republican majority Senate. Leader Mitch McConnell will put the confirmation hearings on a fast track and have Kavanaugh approved by the end of October, prior to the midterm elections. The Republicans have a thin 51 to 49 majority. All 51 Republican Senators appear to be on board for confirmation. Our Senator Richard Shelby has given a big thumbs up to Kavanaugh. In addition to the 51 Republicans, Kavanaugh is expected to pick up four Democratic Senate votes of moderate Democrats from red states. The big question is how does our new accidental anomaly, Democratic Senator Doug Jones vote. He is considered a longshot to win in 2020. However, a yes vote on confirmation could give him a glimmer of hope. A no vote would guarantee his not being elected to a full term. See you next week. Steve Flowers is Alabama’s leading political columnist. His weekly column appears in more than 60 Alabama newspapers. He served 16 years in the state legislature. Steve may be reached at www.steveflowers.us

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More things we did to pass the time I

n a recent article, I wrote about the many things we did for enjoyment and to pass the time. Well, this was just a fraction because readers, customers in the shop and people I have run into have told me of other things. When catching fireflies and putting them in a jar to make a lantern, be sure to punch holes in the top. Or catch a June bug and tie sewing thread to its leg and he will fly around in circles. A favorite thing to do on a summer afternoon when the sky is full of white fluffy clouds is to lie down on a hillside with some friends and pick out different images in the clouds. If you have never tried this you should. You will find elephants, trains, airplanes and people. It is a lot of fun if you pick the right afternoon. Around town, under a shade tree, on a front porch, almost anywhere, a checkerboard could be found. I can’t remember any checkers, but coke bottle stoppers worked fine. At night we would be looking at stars. We would try to find the big dipper, North star, little dipper, evening star and occasionally a shooting star would skip across the sky like skipping rocks across a pond. We did a lot of this, also looking for the man in the moon. If there were any rings around the moon we would count them. If there were two or three that would be how many days until it rained. The older boys in our group

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were our mentors, always showing and teaching us new things. Older boys felt a responsibility to the younger ones and we in return passed our knowledge on to those younger than us. Let’s not forget stepping on a crack; there were two ways to play this game. Start out by trying not to step on any cracks but if you did you then have to step on all the cracks in the sidewalk or wherever you are walking. If you broke the rules then look out, you had bad luck. Remember this isn’t the only way to be punished with bad luck. If a black cat passed in front of your path, that is a call for terrible luck and some people would turn around and go back the way they came. Others were not worried; they just reached in their pocket and pulled out a rabbit’s foot. This would ward off evil spirits of all kinds and worlds of people carried a number of good luck charms. I have carried a buckeye ball for years and years. I am not superstitious, I am just careful (cross your fingers.) So far everything I’ve mentioned is free and you don’t have to spend money or leave home to enjoy them. A group of us boys pitched in our pennies

and the older boys pitched in nickels and dimes, we bought a second-hand mold that made lead soldiers. We set out on a scavenger hunt for lead, battery caps, plumbers lead, and weights for car tires. Mostly we went in twos scrounging in trash dumps, back alleys, garages and junkyards. Late in the afternoon, we met at my house, mainly because we had a wood-burning stove, to melt our day’s catch of scrap lead. We used a special smelting spoon that came with the mold we had traded for. We made soldier after soldier until we used up all the lead and after the soldiers cooled we divided them up. We had many hours of fun on rainy days playing with these lead soldiers. In my mind, I can picture them perfectly. I didn’t save a single soldier and I don’t know what happened to the mold. I am sure that somewhere some boy that is now a greatgranddaddy can look into an old trunk or drawer and pull out a lead soldier. There were lots of molds and soldiers in those days. I haven’t mentioned dodgeball, baseball, jacks, pickup sticks, and other games. We even pushed a car tire just for the fun of it. Think back with me and remember how much fun it was.

Ronald Brantley is a regular columnist for The Tribune. His column appears here each Wednesday. He can be reached by email at Rbrantley1@elmore. rr.com

The attack of the bridge buzzards S

ome people call them turkey vultures. Others may identify them as black vultures. Whenever I see one, however, I call them by their Southern name – buzzards. If you have been observing the Alabama Power crew members working on Thurlow Dam as you cross Fitzpatrick Bridge, you’ve probably noticed the buzzards; I mean vultures, roosting below the bridge. One morning as I was driving to work, one of these birds flew up from the side of the bridge and its wingspan was bigger than my vehicle. I was looking right at this creature. It scared me to death – which may be the point. Vultures have a decidedly morbid reputation. They fly around in a circle pattern, searching for dead and decaying animals to devour. In movies and cartoons, they are often portrayed as ugly, menacing death-eaters waiting for something, or someone, to croak so they can swoop in. In reality, however, vultures are very helpful. After being scared by the ElmoreTallapoosa county line flock, I did a little research on them. The only birds bigger than vultures are eagles and condors.

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A vulture has a 70-inch wingspan, which can be pretty intimidating if one flies close to you. Vultures have excellent vision and turkey vultures have a keen sense of smell, which helps them find carrion not only on roadways but even in the deepest wooded areas. In fact, a turkey vulture can smell a dead creature up to a mile away. These birds are often referred to as nature’s cleanup crew, feasting on what others have left behind. What is most fascinating about vultures is that their digestive system is able to withstand the nastiest, grossest, foulest, most bacteriafilled remnants of a former living being and convert it into droppings, which are, for lack of a better word, sanitizer. While turkey vultures are bigger and non-threatening to humans, the black vulture is a bit more aggressive in its quest for carrion. Black vultures follow their turkey brethren around and may, through sheer numbers, intimidate or even

attack turkey vultures that have already identified prey. These scavengers will eat just about anything, from rotting vegetables to the eggs (or young) of another mammal. Their corrosive stomach acid makes it all go down a little easier. After they have devoured all the things we would never want, they regurgitate it into the mouths of their babies. I can’t help but wonder what these hissing predators look like as they loom over the Alabama Power workers at the dam. It has to be a bit unsettling even though the buzzards pose no real threat to humans. Over the weekend, I was working in my yard cutting the grass. The buzzards began their daily routine, at around 9 a.m., circling in the air. Their shadows seemed to grow larger and I could only imagine I was being marked for death. And then I remembered one key fact – the only thing a vulture won’t eat is another vulture. I can only hope that this bird didn’t look too appetizing to them. Michael Bird is choral director and assistant band director for Tallassee City Schools. His column appears here each Wednesday.

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Teachers’ luncheon big hit among educators By CARMEN RODGERS Staff Writer

You have probably heard of Christmas in July, well it was Christmas in August for many area teachers Saturday during the 9th annual Teachers’ Luncheon at Beulah Baptist Church. Thanks to all the generous donations and a lot of hard work, those teachers are starting the year off right. A total of 79 teachers were showered with gifts and supplies. In all, 149 were in attendance for this year’s luncheon, which grows each year. Volunteers from Beulah Baptist began planning this event last year and their hard work and dedication paid off. The group raised over $10,000 worth in door prizes to deliver to teachers. These donations came from a

long list of sponsors from around the area. “This year, you’re looking at between $13,000 and $14,000,” said event facilitator, Dorothy Carnes. Just prior to the luncheon, table hostesses created an eclectic display of uniquely decorated tabletops for this year’s event. Some included a holiday theme, such as Christmas and Easter; one table was themed “The Cat in The Hat” and another was decorated like an enchanted garden. There was also a lemonade table and a watermelon table. “Each table hostess came up with their own theme, their own decorations, their own dishes. I’m always amazed at their ideas and creativity,” said Carnes. “We’re so blessed.” These table hostesses

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Tallapoosa County School Superintendent Joe Windle had a good time at the ninth annual Teachers’ Luncheon.

enjoy decorating these tables and most were already looking forward to next year’s luncheon before this year’s luncheon had ended. After lunch, Trisa Sims, delivered a speech explain the importance of teachers in her life. Sims graduated from Reeltown High School and later Troy University. She currently lives in Tallassee

and works for U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs. After Sims heartfelt and upbeat speech, Carnes along with her friend, Faye Orton, began naming door prize winners. There were enough door prizes for each teacher to receive multiple door prizes. Following door prizes, members of Beulah Baptist’s youth

PUBLIC NOTICE - PUBLIC HEARING CITY HALL COURTROOM TUESDAY, AUGUST 28, 2018 5:30 p.m. central daylight time/CDT The Tallassee City Council will conduct a public hearing on Tuesday, August 28, 2018 at 5:30 P. M. CDT in the Courtroom at City Hall located at 3 Freeman Avenue, Tallassee, AL. The purpose of this hearing is to discuss and consider for approval the Tallassee City Schools and others’ request for the vacation of a portion of Mark (Preer) Street, King Street, and Public Alley Rights-Of-Way more fully described as follows: Beginning at the concrete monument marking the SW corner of 523, Block 46, of Tallassee Mills’ West Tallassee Subdivision, Plat #1, as recorded in Plat Book 3, Page 126, in the Office of the Judge of Probate of Elmore County, Alabama. Said concrete monument located at the intersection of the North Right of Way of Barnett Boulevard (ROW Varies), and the East Right of Way of Mark Street (A.K.A. Preer Street - ROW Varies). thence along the North Right of Way of said Barnett Boulevard, North 77 deg 17 min 58 sec West, a distance of 67.60 feet to the SE corner of Lot 532, Block 47, of said Plat, and on the West Right of Way of said Mark Street; thence leaving said North Right of Way of Barnett Boulevard, along said West Right of Way of Mark Street, North 13 deg 43 min 51 sec East a distance of 339.57 feet to the NE corner of said Lot 532; thence along said Right of Way of said Street, North 12 deg 17 min 44 East, 97.67 feet to a point; thence along said Right of Way of said street, along a curve to the right said curve having a radius of 67.50 feet and a chord of North 43 deg 44 min 11 sec East, a distance of 71.04 feet to a 3/4” pipe marking the SW corner of Lot 531 of said Plat; thence along said Right of Way of said street, North 72 deg 17 min 04 sec East a distance of 82.71 feet to a point; thence leaving said Right of Way of said street, South 17 deg 42 min 56 sec East, a distance of 44.94 feet to a point on the East Right of Way of said Mark Street. Said Point also located on the North Line of Lot 493 Block 42, of said Plat; thence along said East Right of Way of said street the following three courses: 1) South 72 deg 39 min 06 sec West, 84.90 feet to a point; 2) along a curve to the left, said curve having a radius of 24.40 feet, and a chord of South 42 deg 38 min 55 sec West, 24.5 feet to a point; 3) South 12 deg 17 min 49 sec West, 98.08 feet to the SW corner of said Lot 493. Said Point also located on the North Right of Way of King Street (ROW Varies); thence leaving said Right of Way of said Mark Street, along said Right of Way of King Street, South 77 deg 07 min 30 sec East a distance of 83.80 feet to a point; thence leaving said North Right of Way of said King Street, South 12 deg 52 min 16 sec West, 69.31 feet to a point on the South Right of Way of said King Street; thence along said South Right of Way of said King Street, North 77 deg 07 min 44 sec West, 68.76 feet to a concrete monument marking the NW corner of Lot 522, Block 46, of said Plat, and located on the East Right of Way of Mark Street (ROW Varies); thence leaving said Right of Way of King Street, along said Right of Way of Mark Street, South 12 deg 14 min 20 sec West, a distance of 143.25 feet to a concrete monument marking the SW corner of said Lot 522, and located on the North Right of Way of a Public Alley (ROW Varies); thence leaving said Right of Way of said Mark Street, along said North Right of Way of Public Alley, South 77 deg 59 min 10 sec East a distance of 276.66 feet to a point; thence leaving said North Right of Way of said Public Alley, South 12 deg 15 min 22 sec West, a distance of 14.10 feet to a point on the South Right of Way of said Public Alley; thence along said South Right of Way of said Alley, the following four (4) courses: 1) North 77 deg 44 min 38 sec West, 35.98 feet to a 1/2” pipe marking the NW corner of Lot 526; 2) North 78 deg 20 min 21 sec West, 69.15 feet to a 1/2” rebar marking the NW corner of Lot 525; 3) North 77 deg 50 min 06 sec West, 72.16 feet to a 1/2” pipe marking the NW corner of Lot 524; 4) North 77 deg 44 min 36 sec West, 99.67 feet to a concrete monument marking the NW corner of Lot 523, on the East Right of Way of said Mark Street; thence leaving said Right of Way of said Public Alley, along said East Right of Way of Mark Street, South 12 deg 20 min 38 sec West a distance of 113.01 feet to the Point of Beginning. ___________________________ JOHNNY HAMMOCK, Mayor

group began bringing in bags filled with requested items. “Our star of the day is the Beulah Baptist Youth Group. They have done a super job so far and we are fixing to really work them,” said Carnes. The teens hauled in printers, cases of bottled water, paper towels, sporting goods, brooms, mops, reams of paper, coolers, mugs and so much more. While this benefit luncheon does a great deal to benefit teachers in the community, it is a labor of love for Carnes who is already looking forward to next year’s luncheon. Each year Carnes sets out to supply as many teachers as possible with the needed supplies to begin the school year. She goes door-to-door, from one business to the next, asking for donations

for teachers. She reaches out to businesses as far away as Georgia to bring the annual luncheon to fruition. “It’s what we do. All summer we ask for gifts and we ask for donations,” she said. While this luncheon benefits teachers from several school including Tallassee, Dadeville, Eclectic, it was originally created for the teachers in the Reeltown community. “Thank you, Beulah Baptist Church, Dottie Carnes and her event facilitators for providing Christmas in August to some local educators and staff,” said RES librarian, Tonja Henderson. “ For the 9th year in a row, they have provided much needed school related gifts, food, fellowship and entertainment for a packed room of 80 plus invited guests.”

Photos of local fallen Vietnam soldiers sought By AMALIA KORTRIGHT Staff Writer

A woman is seeking the community’s help in finding the photographs of five Elmore County men who where were killed in action while serving in the Vietnam, as part of a national initiative. Maui resident Janna Hoehn said she has spent the past decade gathering photos of all United States soldiers who were listed as missing or killed in action. Once photos are submitted, she said they are posted online at the virtual Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund “Wall of Faces,” and will be put on display at the Education Center, which will be built adjacent to the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington, D.C. Out of the 23 fallen soldiers from Elmore County, Hoehn said she is looking for the photos of Richard Clark of Tallassee, Abraham Powell of Wetumpka, Harry M. Wadsworth of Millbrook, Dale K. Wilson of Tallassee and Albert Davis of Prattville. Hopefully, she said family and friends who still live in the area will be able to help. “I’m just hoping that someone will recognize their names and reach out to me,” Hoehn said. “That’s not just a name, that’s a person. That’s somebody’s loved one.” While she is not entirely sure how she obtained photos of each of the other 18 soldiers, she said she likely received them from relatives. For the project, Hoehn said she has worked from state to state and has completed gathering photos from 21 states. She said she started on Alabama two months ago, and has already completed six counties. Hoehn said the Vietnam War took place when she was in high school, and ended around the time she graduated. Two of her cousins, one of which died as the result of the lasting effects of Agent Orange, served in the war. At the time, Hoehn said she saw a great deal of opposition to the war and the ill treatment of many returning soldiers. “Vietnam was an extremely unpopular war. There were lots of protests. When they came home, they were not honored as heroes. They were drafted. They had no choice. They were just doing what they were told,” Hoehn said. “I just want to make sure that the fallen are not forgotten. They deserve to be honored and remembered.” Anyone in possession of photos of Clark, Powell, Wadsworth or Wilson is encouraged to send them to Hoehn at neverforgotten2014@gmail.com. For more information about the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Education Center, visit Vvmf.org/thewall. Hoehn also said any Elmore County residents who wish to help can do so by doing research at local libraries for obituaries or local high schools to look through old yearbooks.

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Pistol shooting classes offered locally By CARMEN RODGERS Staff Writer

Gun owners in the area will soon have the opportunity to attend an upcoming NRA basic pistol shooting class and earn NRA pistol certification. The class will be held at the Kowaliga Fire Department on Aug. 25 from 9 a.m. until 5 p.m. with Jodie McGirt, a certified NRA safety instructor, teaching this course. This course consists of a broad list of topics including essential gun safety rules, the basics of ammunition, the fundamentals of pistol shooting, the different shooting positions, the most common shooting errors, proper gun cleaning and maintenance and how to maintain skills. During the course, students will be introduced to various

types of pistols and which is best suited for each individual. “We will go over every aspect of pistol shooting,” said McGirt. This event is open to everyone, of all skill levels. “It does not matter if you are just getting acquainted with a pistol or if you use one every day. The course introduces the student to the knowledge, skills, and attitude necessary for owning and using a pistol safely,” said McGirt. The classroom portion of the course will be held at KFD. Following the classroom course, students will take an exam. Once the testing is complete, the group will then head over to Lake Martin Machine Gun where they will receive further hands-on pistol safety lessons. “It includes both classroom and range instruction

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When Jodie McGirt, a certified NRA range safety officer, isn’t teaching gun safety courses, she stays busy with the women’s shooting league, A Girl and A Gun, which is now available to women in the area. A basic pistol shooting class will be held Aug. 25 from 8 a.m. until 5 p.m. with McGirt.

in an air-conditioned classroom and covered outdoor range.” When McGirt isn’t teaching NRA safety classes, she oversees A Girl and A Gun, a women-only shooting league that is new to this area. This women-

only gun league is designed to familiarize and empower female gun owners. Those interested in the upcoming pistolshooting course should register at www. nrainstructors.org soon because space is limited.

Scouts to hold drive-thru BBQ By CARMEN RODGERS Staff Writer

Are in you the mood for some barbecue but too busy to fire up the grill? If so, you may want to make a pit stop at the upcoming Tallassee Boy Scout’s drive-thru BBQ fundraiser, which is set for Aug.25 at Tallassee’s Fun Fort from 10 a.m. until 1 p.m. Pre-orders are accepted until Aug. 22. This fundraiser assists with funding the troop’s long list of yearly activities. “This is our main fundraiser for the Boy Scouts,” said troop mom, Dora Bankster. “It pays for our charter fee each year for each scout and leader. It helps pay some toward summer and winter camp. It also pays for the merit badge patches that the scouts earn as well as their rank patches and it pays for the Eagle Scout box when we have a scout

reach Eagle.” This event goes a long way toward funding the scouts. Proceeds from this event will be split three-ways between the younger and older scouts. “Scout profit from the BBQ sale is split between our Cub Scout pack, Boy Scout troop, and Venture Crew.” While the funds from the drive-thru BBQ will help fund winter and summer camps for the troops, the scouts camp year around. “We camp once a month so the boys can work on leadership skills and any physical requirements that they may need for ranks such as hikes, camping at different elevations or temperatures.” The Boy Scouts have been a staple of the Tallassee community since 1939 and in that time they have taken on numerous service projects. They have built and

installed benches, bird, bat, and owl boxes and helped repair a bridge in the Coon Creek Nature Area. The troops recently built birdhouses to fundraise and buy band instruments for Johnny Carr School. They have collected first aid supplies for Samaritan’s Purse, and fundraised, purchased and installed a flagpole at First United Methodist Church. “Boy Scouts also have community service requirements in order to gain each new rank.” The troops are also very active in the community participating in Earth Day and other civic cleanup events. They often hold food drives for ACTS, the Association of Christian in Tallassee for Service. The scouts help with community Veterans’ Day and Memorial Day’s Presentation of Colors and they also

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onfident of your obedience, I write to you, knowing that you will do even more than I say. At the same time, prepare a guest room for me, for I am hoping that through your prayers I will be graciously given to you.” (Philemon 21-22) Paul had just asked his friend Philemon to do a counter-cultural thing--to take back his runaway slave Onesimus. He not only asked him to take him back without punishing or killing him, he asked his friend to forgive his disobedience and to receive him back as a brother in Christ. This little letter is a jewel, a masterful demonstration of how Christians persuade instead of demand cooperation from one another. The verses I selected for today’s meditation convey three important reminders about our life in Christ. Look at Paul’s words:

“Confident of your obedience,” and remember that we should have confidence in each other to do the right thing. Even though Paul had asked a hard thing, he told his old friend that he trusted him to do what he should. There’s no shortage of doubt and suspicion in the world around us, and plenty of justification for those cautious attitudes. Broken promises and unkept commitments may jade our outlook on life and the people around us. It’s tempting to bring that same mindset into the church. But in the body of Christ, there should be a higher level of honesty, reliability and trust. We who love and serve the same Lord should be able to trust each other. We’re supposed to tell the truth and keep our word. Truly, not all church members are genuinely converted and we are all still flawed and imperfect. But optimistic confidence,

MIKE MCELROY East Tallassee Church of Christ not skeptical distrust, should characterize our interactions. Then think about this phrase: “knowing that you will do even more than I say.” Here’s the spirit of loving, joyful obedience. Paul knew his friend, and knew that his heart would go beyond letterof-the-law compliance. Do you take advantage of opportunities to serve, obey God and show his love with free and willing joy, or do you have a contract-like mentality that is looking for the very least you can do and get by? It may be okay to make deals like that in the marketplace. You may have to fulfill some contractual obligations in a very precise way.

But we shouldn’t be like that in our relationship with God. Will we repay the Lord’s gracious generosity and kindness toward us with grudging, bare-minimum obedience? And then here’s a reminder that God’s grace works through means, in this case, prayer. “I am hoping that through your prayers, I will be graciously given to you.” Paul knew it would be a gift of grace if the Lord allowed him to get out of prison and travel back to Colosse to see his friend again. But he also knew that Philemon’s prayers somehow influenced God to grant that grace to him. We should remember this too, and not just about answered prayer. God’s grace is mediated through various channels--the proclamation of the gospel or a beautiful song. We may see God’s grace in a friend’s comforting words or a stranger’s kind actions. Our own

prayers may be the very means God uses to bless someone dear to us. When we cultivate a strong dependence on God and confess that to him in regular, fervent prayer, we are far more likely to see his grace at work in our lives, even in unpleasant or difficult matters. It’s not always easy to live with hope and joy. But we can learn to trust instead of always being suspicious. We can serve without thinking about doing the very least we can. And when we are careful to look, we can see God’s grace coming through the people and circumstances around us. These attitudes make it easier to have a calm, pleasant optimism about life. I want that. Don’t you? Mike McElroy is pastor at East Tallassee Church of Christ and a regular faith columnist for The Tribune.

Church Briefs Episcopal Church of the Epiphany

On Aug. 18 from 9-11 a.m. Epiphany will host “Beans & Rice.” The Beans & Rice ministry takes place the third Saturday of every month. At that time, the Parish Hall is open to those in need of food, who may choose their preferred items from the selection available. On Aug. 19 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 Catholic Church

St. Vincent de Paul Catholic Church is holding mass at Lake Martin every Saturday at 6 p.m. at the Church in the Pines in Kowaliga. For more information, please call the church at 334283- 2169. “Our Life’s Journey” is an outreach of St. Vincent de Paul Catholic Church in Tallassee, Fr. Mateusz Rudzik, Pastor; and Knights of Columbus Council 15093, Andy Lacey, Grand Knight. It airs on WACQ-

AM 580 and FM 101.1 each Sunday from 8-8:30 a.m. Listen online at www.wacqradio.com or on your smartphone using the TuneIn app. Aug. 19 - Sacrament of Reconciliation (Carucci/Driscoll/ Dean) Aug. 26 - Sacrament of Holy Orders Pt. 1 (Carucci/Driscoll/ Dean) Sept. 2 - Sacrament of Holy Orders Pt. 2 (Carucci/Driscoll/ Dean) Sept. 9 - Sacrament of Marriage Pt. 1 (Carucci/Driscoll/ Dean)

Salem Macon Baptist Church

Everyone is invited to come and hear Mr. John Geiger, Headmaster Emeritus of Eastwood Christian School, on Aug. 19 in our 10:30 a.m. worship service. Diagnosed with ALS in 2017, Geiger has devoted the remainder of his life to testify about historic truth about life and death, about resurrection, about how to live by faith even when life is difficult. You do not want to miss this opportunity to hear of the faithfulness of God during

trying times. The Forever Young Seniors will meet Aug. 28 at 6:30 p.m. in Fellowship Hall. Pete Perkins and Heaven’s Express will present our program. Please bring a covered dish and someone with you.

Wall Street AME Zion Church

You are cordially invited to join us for our services.

Living Water Worship Center

Revival nights will be held on the last Sunday of each month beginning at 6 p.m. at 45 Main St. in downtown Eclectic.

East Tallassee United Methodist Church

The “River’s Edge Flea Market” is open every Saturday from 6 a.m. - 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 United Methodist Church and is located across from City Hall. We will offer various priced booths. To reserve

a space call Joan Wood at 334312-4913. All proceeds raised by ETUMC will be used for church-sponsored programs.

worship. For more info call the church office 283-2221, MondayThursday, 8-4 pm, or visit our website carrvillebaptist.com.

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Word of Life Baptist Church

If you are looking for a church to worship and praise the Lord come join us at 293 N. Wesson Street in Tallassee. Our services are at 10 a.m. Sunday School; 11 a.m. morning worship service; 6 p.m. evening service. Also join us at 7 p.m. Wednesday for our prayer and fellowship service. If any questions call 334-283-2366.

Word of Life is a church plant of Carrville Baptist Church and is located in the old church building at 501 Sims Ave. Regular Sunday services times are: Sunday school begins at 9 a.m. and morning worship at 10 a.m. The pastor is Ronald L. Williams. If you would like more information you can contact Bro. Ronald Williams at 334-283-1010.

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Rock Springs Baptist Church We welcome any and all guests to join us.

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. Visitors welcome at all services. Call us at 334-283-5437 or drop by 209 Gilmer Ave.

First Baptist Church Reeltown

We have worship services at 8:30 and 11 a.m. on Sundays. Between those services, we have Sunday school at 9:45 a.m. with a class ready to welcome you. Sunday night service begins at 6 p.m. Wednesday night services begin at 6:30 p.m. with Bible study classes for all ages.

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Sunday Services are: 9:15 a.m. Sunday school; 10:30 a.m. morning worship; 5 p.m. discipleship and 6:15 p.m. evening

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64 Log Circle Providence Primitive Baptist Church 4850 Chana Creek Road Refuge Baptist Church 3098 Red Hill Road River Road 239 Lower Tuskegee Road Riverside Heights Hispanic Mission 495 Little Road Rock Springs 375 Rigsby Road Rock Springs Baptist Church 2810 Rock Springs Drive Tallassee First 1279 Friendship Road Tallaweka Baptist Church 1419 Gilmer Avenue Westside Baptist Church 1825 Gilmer Avenue CATHOLIC St Vincent De Paul Parish

620 Gilmer Avenue CHRISTIAN/OTHER Apostolic Church of Jesus Christ 1072 Muskogee Trail East Tallassee Church of Christ 501 Central Boulevard Light of Jesus Outreach Ministries 140 Gin Street Macedonia Christian Church 2685 Macedonia Road Mount Olive Congregational Christian Church NACCC 492 Kent Road Oak Heights Church of Christ 74 Manning Circle Tallassee Church of Christ 209 Gilmer Avenue Wind Rain & Fire Ministries International 1201 Gilmer Avenue Vessel Church

84632 Tallassee Highway, Eclectic, AL 36024 God’s Church, Campfire Ministries 209 Barnett Bouelvard Tallassee, AL 36078 The Lord Our Righteousness Center, Inc. 4566 Claud Road Eclectic, AL 36024 Tallassee First Assembly of God 185 Friendship Road, Tallassee, AL 36078

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Tallassee brings youthful squad into 2018 By CALEB TURRENTINE Sports Writer

The Tallassee Tigers have plenty of experience coming back on their cross country squad but the age of the players do not show that. The oldest runner on the boys team this season is a freshman. “They have been with us since the seventh grade so they know what they’re doing,” Tallassee coach Danny Worley said. “They’re just excited to see how they fare at the

varsity level this year.” Worley said the team had great attendance during the summer but those workouts can become a bit monotonous. As students returned to classes, the sense of excitement around the upcoming season built. And even with the young squad, there is plenty to look forward for the Tigers. Leading the way for the boys side will be freshman Woodrow Dean. He made it to the state meet last season as an

eighth grader and finished 44th in Class 4A. He set a personal record in the meet, running the 5K in 17 minutes and 52 seconds. This season, Tallassee jumps up to Class 5A but Dean is already setting his sights on new records. Only 13 runners in Class 5A finished in under 17 minutes at last season’s state championship and that is where Dean wants to be at the end of the season. “He’ll definitely be back at state,” Worley said. “He’s

worked extremely hard and I wouldn’t be surprised at all to see him run it in under 17 (minutes).” Dean will be joined by fellow classmates John Burnham, Baxlee Burton, Clay Johnson and Caleb Mason as the runners in the scoring positions for Tallassee. The team is made up of seven freshmen and three seventh graders. Tallassee also has two girls that run cross country. Senior Catherine Crawford is back

for her senior season and will look to return to the state meet for the first time since her freshman year. She is joined by junior Lindan Oliver. “We try to get them to improve every day,” Worley said. “It’s all individual goals but it is still a team concept in the end.” Worley is entering his 10th season as the coach of the cross-country teams. The Tigers will start its season Aug. 23 with a meet at Smiths Station.

Keke Hughley returns with a vengeance

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Embracing the Friday night lights

ver the last decade, I have attended more than 100 high school football playoff games. I could not tell you when my first one was or when my last one will be, but I can tell you the ones I will remember forever. I have seen 60-point blowouts at the AISA level and I have seen triple overtime thrillers at the Class 6A level. I have seen players who are on to the National Football League and I have seen players who never want to touch a football again. For me, my love of the lights started early on. I remember throwing the ball around, as kids do, underneath the concrete stands for the first three quarters of a game then running to the fence to see what the fans were cheering about as the clock ticked down. When I was in middle school, I remember getting that first taste of a true high school rivalry. My future high school defeated the hated rivals on a cool October night to clinch the school’s second (and most recent) region championship. Two years later, I was a freshman and got to see my school defeat that same rival by 41 points, starting a streak of five consecutive wins over the school not to be named. As a high school student, I was the one charting out every scenario to figure out how my school would win a tiebreaker and make it to the playoffs for just one more game. It was worth it during my sophomore year because somehow, my school made it into the playoffs with a 3-7 record after winning the five-way tiebreaker for the region’s final playoff spot. Of course, my school spirit could not be waivered by losses. During my senior season, I painted up for every game – that’s right, I was one of those kids – and we never had a down moment in the student section. The game that stands out the most may be our pregame excitement (and paint job) before losing a game by 55 points. The team played in only two playoff games during my high school years but I did not love it any less. It may have made me angrier at the time but the memories are only good. I began working the sidelines of Friday night games the fall after I graduated from high school. I’ve seen the coaches and players up close and I’ve heard the noise of the crowds at ground level. I’ve seen the football stars, the botched calls, the shaky kickers, the angry coaches and even the “all in good fun” band battles. It does not matter who your school is, there is nothing like a Friday night on a football field under the lights. It should be a time everyone involved will never forget. And that time is now. Welcome to football season.

During the second quarter of Reeltown’s rivalry game with Horseshoe Bend last season, the Rebels set up in typical fashion, tossing the ball back to Keke Hughley for a jet sweep play. Hughley grabbed the ball and took off running, and it looked like just another Reeltown football play. But then the unthinkable happened. Hughley missed a beat, slipped and went down with his knee popped out of place. After a few days of evaluation, it was determined Hughley had torn his ACL in addition to other less serious tears and would be out for the remainder of the season. “It was pretty difficult to sit out the rest of the season because I just missed the sport,” Hughley said. “It was eating me up just to watch.” All in one fell swoop, Hughley’s outlook for the season dramatically changed and Reeltown’s game plan for the 2017 year also took a drastic turn. “There was a shock there because he was a huge part of our offense and really one whole scheme for our offense was set up for him,” Reeltown coach Matt Johnson said. “A lot of time had been put into that. They overcame that, and throughout the season, we continued to grow from it. There was a shock period there for our guys, though.”

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Reeltown’s Keke Hughley, left, is returning with a vengeance this season after suffering an ACL tear during the fourth game of the season last year.

That shock is now over, as Hughley, who was projected to be the Rebels’ starting point guard but also missed the basketball season due to the injury, is back and better than ever. “I think he’s a different player,” Johnson said. “You see that right now. He’s a whole lot bigger than he was last year. He’s about 15 pounds heavier than he was last year, and that’s all muscle. He’s always been strong but now he’s more powerful. He may have missed a step in his speed but his explosiveness is still the same.” Hughley immediately

underwent surgery for the ACL tear then spent months rehabbing his leg. “I had to do leg lifts, ankle weights and stuff like that,” Hughley said. “Probably the bending part was the hardest — trying to recover back to be able to bend my knee — but I had a strong recovery.” In addition to the physical challenges of rehabilitation, it also took a toll on his psyche. “It was tough on him to start with because that was something that was new for him,” Johnson said. “He’s a great athlete who’s been in great shape physically, so it

Wetumpka QB out with season-ending injury Coach confirms ACL tear for JD Martin By CALEB TURRENTINE Sports Writer

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tested him mentally but he overcame it and I was proud of him for that. You blow out an ACL with that much strength that he has, that’s a significant injury. He worked his tail off.” But now he’s returned, Hughley will once again be a significant part of the Rebels’ squad, likely playing on both offense and defense as well as special teams. The results of this year’s Iron Man competition — which tests the Rebels against each other in a series of competitions, including weight lifting, agility, attendance and more — See HUGHLEY • Page B2

Wetumpka quarterback JD Martin will miss the entire season after suffering an ACL tear.

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Wetumpka quarterback JD Martin will miss the entire 2018 football season due to a torn ACL, according to head coach Tim Perry. The senior received the news Monday night. “It was obviously worse than we expected,” Perry said Tuesday. “Our hearts go out to him because he’s such an outstanding young man and he has worked extremely hard to develop into the type of player that he is.” Martin entered the season as the state’s top athlete recruit.

He has had multiple offers from Division I colleges, including Ole Miss, Tennessee and Kentucky. Martin has played basketball and track for the high school as well but his timetable for a return is unclear at this point. The senior was sitting out of the first week of fall football practice while awaiting the test results. “Got my results back from the MRI I have a torn ACL,” Martin wrote in a Facebook post on Monday. “I never got so emotional in my life! Especially See MARTIN • Page B2

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Fisheries aims for bigger fish with bass stockings By DAVID RAINER Department of Conservation and Natural Resources

One thing you will never find is a bass angler who is happy with catching mediumsized fish. It is always bigger is better. That has been the strategy for the Alabama Wildlife and Freshwater Fisheries (WFF) Division for decades. One method to achieve a larger bass is to introduce different genetic traits into the population. That was what occurred recently when Lake Jordan received its final stocking of Florida bass fingerlings. The WFF’s Fisheries Section took the bulk of the Florida bass production from the Marion and Eastaboga hatcheries and stocked the fingerlings into Lake Jordan, a Coosa River impoundment. “This is the third year where we have undertaken a concentrated stocking of Florida bass in Jordan,” said Fisheries Chief Nick Nichols. “Those stockings took place in the Bouldin impoundment. Those three years of stockings at Jordan is just a continuation of a stocking strategy that has gone on since the early 1990s.” That strategy is to stock as many bass as the hatcheries can produce in a given time frame into a single area of a single reservoir. “The goal of that is not to increase the number of largemouth bass in the lake,” Nichols said. “It’s simply an effort to introduce Florida bass genetic material into that lake’s native bass population. We’ve been doing this in reservoirs since the 1990s. “We first attempted this at Lake Guntersville. We stocked Florida bass in two or three distinct locations in the lake. Guntersville had what we consider a true northern bass population. It’s on the Tennessee River above the shoals. Even though we stocked fewer fish at Guntersville during that time, the stocking of Florida bass on top of the native northern bass was actually more effective. We were introducing a different set of genes into that population.” The result was the stocking efforts shifted the Guntersville bass from a pure northern bass to an integrated population with Florida bass traits. Later studies indicated that about 30 percent of the Guntersville bass population’s genetic material came from the introduced Florida bass. “This showed that the stocking was successful, and

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The Florida bass fingerlings were stocked into the Bouldin impoundment of Lake Jordan.

it had some performance enhancement on the fishery,” Nichols said. Fisheries biologists introduce Florida bass into a population in areas where that subspecies will thrive, mainly the warmer waters of the South and Southwest. Florida bass traits enhance performance, which means larger numbers of trophy bass are being caught with a larger average size. “Florida bass are known to live a little longer, and they have the genetic propensity to grow to a larger size,” Nichols said. “They don’t necessarily grow faster, but they do seem to live longer, which allows them to grow to a larger size. However, what has been observed in situations where Florida bass have been stocked on top of northern bass is you get, at least temporarily, a populationwide hybrid vigor. Hybrid vigor is when you cross two closely related species and the offspring outperform the parents. We saw some of that in Guntersville. They’re seeing the same thing at Chickamauga in Tennessee. “The downside is that once you’ve introduced that new genetic material into the population and you’ve gotten that initial hybridization response, you really can’t recreate that result again. In other words, you can’t go in with another Florida bass stocking and expect to get the same response you did with the initial stocking.” Nichols said several years ago the Mobile River basin received several Florida bass stockings, but the results were noticeably muted compared to Guntersville. “It gets more complicated,”

he said. “As we learn more about the genetics of the native bass in Alabama, it’s become very apparent that the native bass in the Mobile basin naturally have a lot of the same genetic material as Florida bass. They aren’t necessarily Florida bass, but they share a lot of the same genome. We haven’t seen the same responses in the Mobile basin that we saw at Guntersville.” Farther up the Coosa River, WFF had significant success with Florida bass stockings at Lay Lake several years ago. “We were able to shift the population at Lay Lake to nearly a 50-percent Florida bass population,” Nichols said. Florida bass introductions have been conducted at lakes throughout Alabama, including Wheeler, Lewis Smith, Martin, Logan Martin, Demopolis and Aliceville. “We’ve had mixed results,” Nichols said. “In some of those places, we’ve been back to reevaluate the population post-stocking to see if there have been shifts in the allele (genetic) frequencies. Even cases where we have seen shifts, we haven’t seen the performance boost we saw at Guntersville. It’s not the dramatic difference that a lot of people think. Depending on the selective pressures in a body of water, you may not even see a response.” In the Lake Jordan stocking effort, a total of about 900,000 Florida bass fingerlings were released in the three-year period. However, Nichols said that’s not a huge introduction in the grand scheme of bass reproduction. “That actually works out to less than 100 fish per acre that

Martin me missing my senior year of friday (sic) night lights. I’m sorry it had to end in such bad news!” Former teammate Kavosiey Smoke, who is now playing football at the University of Kentucky, reached out to Martin after hearing the news Monday. “I told him to just keep your head up and pray about it,” Smoke said. “Don’t let it keep you down. Don’t worry about anything else, just focus on recovering and you’ll be back.” During his junior season, Martin finished with 2,038 rushing yards to go along with 23 rushing touchdowns. He added another 1,367 yards and 13 touchdowns through the air. Martin’s play led the Indians to the 6A state championship game for the first time in school history. “Even though JD is a very important part of our team, this is just an opportunity for other young men on our team to now step up and we have no doubt that’s going to happen,” Perry said. Wetumpka was ranked second in Class 6A in the preseason football poll

we stocked,” he said. “What we have a hard time explaining to folks is the stocking is on top of the natural reproduction from the native fish that has already taken place. That natural reproduction can be 10 to 20 times the number of fish released in the stocking. “If we were stocking 50 Florida bass on top of natural reproduction, which could exceed 2,000 native bass fingerlings per acre per year, only a small percentage of those fingerlings, both the Florida bass and native fish, survive that first summer and recruit into the population. We don’t expect a large percentage of the 300,000 fingerlings we stocked at Jordan to survive. We hope a small percentage will spawn with native fish and get results a few years down the road.” Nichols said, for the last four to five years, that annual production of Florida bass fingerlings at the hatcheries at Marion and Eastaboga has been between 300,000400,000. The hatcheries also produce striped bass, hybrid bass and walleye fingerlings. Even if the hatcheries were able to significantly boost Florida bass production, Nichols said it still would have little impact on the large reservoirs. “It’s a numbers game,” he said. “Say we bumped up hatchery production and were able to crank out 1 or 2 million Florida bass fingerlings, and we took the entire production and stocked them in Guntersville. Guntersville is a 70,000-acre reservoir. That works out to stocking less than 30 fish per acre. “If you go to any of our reservoirs, you’ve got natural

bass reproduction taking place every year where the natural reproduction is probably between 2,000 and 3,000 fingerlings per acre. When you’re stocking 30 fingerlings on top of that, it’s not going to have that much of an impact. Because we have already introduced significant Florida bass genetics into the population, adding a few more is not even going to be measurable.” A couple of years ago, Guntersville bass anglers and homeowners were afraid the bass fishery was in dire straits because of a reduction in the number of quality bass that were being caught. Nichols said that is just part of the cyclical nature of any large body of water. “Everything hinges on recruitment, and that’s not just for bass, but largemouth bass is a poster child,” he said. “Each year, bass are going to spawn and produce millions of fry and eventually hundreds of thousands of fingerlings. If most of those fingerlings survived, the lake would quickly become overpopulated with bass. Only a small percentage recruit into the population for a variety of reasons. “Guntersville is a great bass reservoir. The habitat is great. It’s almost the perfect largemouth bass reservoir. But what happened on Guntersville is we had these great year-classes with very high recruitment that occurred around 2008. Once those fish recruit into a population, they’re going to grow and be caught by anglers. So for several years we had this boom up there because we had those super-strong year-classes. That’s when everybody was super happy. Big tournaments were coming to the lake, and everybody was catching bass.” Then that cyclical nature of reservoirs kicked in, and those fish spawned during the super year-classes started to die out or were caught. Those anglers and homeowners used to the fantastic fishing imagined the worst and called for more fish stockings. “People had the perception that the lake was collapsing,” Nichols said. “But it wasn’t collapsing. It was just going back to normal. As we have discussed over the past couple of years, we told everybody the lake was going to recover. “And we’ve just recently had another bump in the Guntersville bass fishing. It’s not because of stocking; it’s because we’ve had a couple of strong year-classes that are just coming into the fishery.”

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Reeltown’s Keke Hughley, right, will be one of the Rebels’ top running backs this season.

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JD Martin helped the Wetumpka Indians to the Class 6A state championship game for the first time in school history last year.

by the Alabama Sports Writers Association. The injury to Martin will surely be a cause of concern but Perry still believes his team is ready to handle it. “There is a cast of very good players around him and it was due to

the collective efforts that we were able to have the kind of season we had (in 2017),” Perry said. “We expect the same this year. We have an outstanding group of young men and a talented team.” Junior Tyquan Rawls has been taking snaps

at quarterback during the team’s first week of practice and is expected to be the starting quarterback during the season opener. The Indians will begin their season Aug. 24 with a home game against Fairhope.

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hadn’t been made official yet, but Johnson alluded Hughley might be the repeat winner in 2018. “He’s a very strong kid,” Johnson said. “All three phases of the game, he’s included in it because of his speed and knowing the game. His football IQ is very high.” And Hughley has high expectations not only for himself but for the Rebels as a whole. “I’m just trying not to think about the possibility (of reinjury),” Hughley said. “I’m just excited to be back, and we’re looking to win a state championship this year.”

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Only two weeks until our first ever Alabama News Network Putts Fore Paws Golf Tournament at the Emerald Mountain Golf Club in Wetumpka on Thursday, Aug. 23 from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. This is the first of what we hope will be a recurring annual event so hope to start off big! Entry fee is $300 per four-person scramble and the team fee includes green fees, golf carts, door prizes and more! Registration will begin at 6:30 a.m. with a shotgun start at 8 a.m. For more information or to become an event (team or hole or general) sponsor, call 334-270-2834. Many thanks to Montgomery Subaru, Greenville Foot Care and Harriott II Riverboat for coming on board as sponsors

already! To register, submit and fill out the online registration form and all teams must be registered prior to Aug. 23. We will also be out at Emerald Mountain with a few of our pets and sure hope to see a lot of teams enjoying a morning of golf while also supporting our shelter and the hard work of the Montgomery CW. Our 13th Annual Bark in the Park at Fort Toulouse, Wetumpka on Sunday, Sept 16, from 1 to 5 p.m. There will be plenty of fun for human and dog alike with vendors, food, children’s games and more. The microchip clinic will be open from 1:30 to 3:30 p.m., so if you have a pet in need of a microchip then come on out so the Tuskegee Veterinarians can chip your pet for $25. While at Bark in the Park

get your pet’s photo taken by a professional pet photographer (hint, hint, Christmas Card season is right around the corner); perhaps get your pet’s toenails trimmed at one of our area Pet Groomer booth’s; stop by our “Pet Picasso” table to let your dog paint its very own ‘paw’ painting; check out the Puppet Show; search out hidden shelter painted rocks during Bark in the Park and exchange them for a delectable cupcake; visit all of our great Vendors; get something yummy to eat at Grumpy Dog’s or Venice Gelato; and make sure to purchase one of our colorful Heather Navy Bark in the Park 2018 T-Shirts for sale for $15. These are just a small sampling of everything that will be going on at Bark in the Park so make sure to join us for a great afternoon in the park with fellow pet lovers.

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