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ACPD makes drug bust Officers seize marijuana, Loratab, Xanax and handgun By CLIFF WILLIAMS Staff Writer

An ordinary traffic stop early Sunday morning turned into a drug bust for the Alexander City Police Department. “An officer was conducting normal stationary radar,” ACPD Capt. Fred Roth said. “He noticed a car pass with a noise ordinance violation and conducted a traffic stop.” Training paid off for the officer who was waiting for the driver’s information to come back from dispatch after making the stop on North Central Avenue. “He (officer) had his windows down like he is supposed to at a stop paying attention,” Roth said. “He heard a door open and close.” Roth explained the officer waited for back up to arrive and conducted a K-9 search where drugs and a handgun were found. See BUST • Page 3

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The Strand Sessions concert series is wrapping up its yearly run with the fifth and final concert Thursday. The Lake Martin Young Professionals present the series and are happy with this year’s performances. “We’re excited to welcome Bailey Ingle to Strand Park to close out Strand Sessions,” Alexander City Chamber of Commerce Vice President of Business Development Jacob Meacham said in a press release. Ingle is a Hoover, Alabama, native who shot to fame singing with Keith Urban as a teen. Ingle will perform from 6-9 p.m. “She puts the finishing touches on another successful season of live music in downtown Alex City,” Meacham said. “We’ve had

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Students and parents, top, were not only able to pick up schedules for the school year, but could purchase lockers and Google Chromebooks as well. Above, ACMS teachers stand ready to hand out class schedules for students.

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Alexander City students heading into the seventh grade were welcomed to the Alexander City Middle School campus Tuesday morning for orientation, giving them a better feel for their new school facility and to be ready for the first day of school in one week. The morning began with a welcome speech from principal Tracie Blakely and assistant principal Shannon Benefield. “We talked about the things that are different here from Radney, and how this is a transition school from elementary to secondary education,” Blakely said. “As they transition, we reminded them there are some greater freedoms here, but there are also consequences. Mr. Benefield talked about the dress code here and the changes to the student handbook. We will be covering this same sort of things this afternoon with the eighth-graders.” Following Blakely and Benefield’s remarks, parents and students were able to pick up schedules, as well as pay for lockers and Google Chromebooks. If there was an issue with schedules, these could be See ORIENTATION • Page 11

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Yes there will be a “D” next to his name on the ballot in November as a candidate for Alabama State House of Representatives House District 81. But Jeremy Jeffcoat, a radio and television executive, explained at a recent Tallapoosa County Democrat Party meeting, he is campaigning on the issues, not party lines. “We win with the issues,” Jeffcoat said. “We win with mutual respect. It is not about party.” Jeffcoat believes voters are seeking a change. But they are not necessarily buying into the extremism of the political parties of today’s environment. He says just look as incumbents across the spectrum who are not getting reelected. “It is not about party,” he said. “This appetite for change is not a Republican thing See JEFFCOAT • Page 3

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Obituaries Earl F. Brown 1940 - 2018 Funeral Service for Earl F. Brown, 78, of Equality, Alabama, will be Thursday, August 2, 2018 at 11:00 a.m. at the Chapel of Radney Funeral Home. Bro. James Camp and Bro. Paul Hickman will officiate. Burial will follow in the Rehobeth United Methodist Church Cemetery. The family will receive friends on Wednesday, August 1, 2018 from 5:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. at Radney Funeral Home. Mr. Brown passed away on Monday, July 30, 2018 at Grandview Medical Center. He was born on May 19, 1940 in Equality, Alabama to William R. Brown and Dolly Shaw Brown. He loved his family dearly. He was a Retired Alabama Conservation Enforcement Officer after 34 years of service. He enjoyed hunting (especially turkey hunting), fishing, frog gigging, gardening,

Rev. Jerry Lamar Dennis 1943 - 2018 Rev. Jerry Lamar Dennis, 75, passed away on Thursday, July 26, 2018 at Russell Medical. He was born on July 9, 1943 in Coosa County, Alabama to Era Moseley Butler and Jerry Dennis. He served as a minister for several years in Tallapoosa and Coosa County. Rev. Dennis also sang with the Proclaimers Quartet. He enjoyed wood working. He is survived by his daughter, Tonya Dennis of Opelika; sons, Dr. J. Michael Dennis (Lana) of IN, and David Dennis

Ms. Audrey Heard September 18, 1958 – July 27, 2018 Ms. Audrey Heard, 59, of Dadeville died Friday, July 27, 2018 at her residence. Funeral services will be held at Pine Grove Baptist Church, Dadeville on Thursday, August 2, 2018 at 1:00 p.m. (CST) with Heard Rev. G. H. Pulliam officiating. Interment

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traveling (especially to Alaska). He enjoyed helping Wayne doing mechanic work at the shop. He had a love for his dogs and helping others. He is survived by his wife, Melinda F. Brown; sons, Ronald E. (Donna) Brown, Wayne (Rita) Brown, and Darrin E. (Ann Marie) Brown; step son, David B. (Debbie) Miller; step daughter, Emily K. Jacobs; brother, Edward E. (Mary) Brown; sisters, Elea (Howard) Peppers, Nell Flournoy, and Marie (Wayne) Woodfin; nine grandchildren, and thirteen great grandchildren. He was preceded in death by his parents; sisters, Maydelle Autry and Adelle Reddish; and his brother, William R. Brown Jr. Memorial messages may be sent to the family at www.radneyfuneralhome.com. Radney Funeral Home is in charge of the arrangements. (Shelley) of Jacksons Gap; grandchildren, Hannah Dennis (fianc« John Little), Bradley Dennis, Eva Dennis, Clark Dennis, Georgia Bell Dennis, and John Gamble Dennis. He is also survived by five siblings. A memorial service will be held at a later date. Memorial donations may be sent to the Tallapoosa Baptist Association, 13103 US Hwy 280, Jacksons Gap, AL 36861. Memorial messages may be sent to the family at www.radneyfuneralhome.com. Radney Funeral Home is in charge of the arrangements.

will be in the church cemetery. The remains will lie in state at the church from 12:00 noon (CST) until the funeral hour. Public viewing will be at Vines Funeral Home, Wednesday, August 1, 2018 from 12:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. (CST). Ms. Heard is survived by one daughter: Danielle Heard, Dadeville; seven brothers: Melvin Canady, Munich Germany, Harvery (Dorothy) Canady, Milford Jr. (Myrtis) Canady, Timothy (Jodi) Canady, Frankie Jones and Fredrick Moss all of Dadeville and Edward Russell, Opelika; four sisters: Clarice Davis, Marie (Rev. Mac Auther)

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Jeffcoat or a Democrat thing. This appetite for change is not exclusive to one party or the other.” Jeffcoat understands his position of reaching across the aisle for support will upset some voters and hopes many will support his efforts to reach others. “If we step out there, we can win,” he said. “It gives us a chance to do some things. Talk to your friends, talk to moderate Republicans, talk to conservative Republicans, talk to everyone. All they can do is tell you no. They can’t eat you.” Jeffcoat wants his supporters to be respectful and to look beyond being blue or red. “Stay off the partisan rhetoric,” Jeffcoat said. “Talk about solutions, talk about ideas. Make a positive argument for change because none of the partisan stuff helps a mother or father get a better job in Alexander City to support their family.” Partisan politics help no one, according to Jeffcoat. “None of that stuff we argue about helps a teenager in Dadeville get a better education, get a scholarship to be the first in their family to go to college,” Jeffcoat explained. “None of that stuff helps a single mother in Rockford with two kids get daycare so that she can go work and help her family. None of that helps an elderly couple in New Site who have to make a decision between food and medicine.” Jeffcoat believes his upbringing can help in Montgomery as his life experiences are like many in the state today. He was raised by a single mother. His father died of an opioid overdose. He cared for his disabled sister. He experienced losses in the “Great Recession.” But he came through it all.

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some really good crowds welcome the artists and bands that have taken the stage this spring and summer.” The concert series has been part of an ongoing effort by the Young Professionals to highlight and support local businesses, many of whom are sponsoring the event. “This is the third year that we have done the Strand Sessions,” Meacham said. “Five months of free live music wouldn’t be possible without the generous support of the businesses that sponsor Strand Sessions and make it possible.” He stated that the individual and business sponsors enabled expanding the program by an additional month. The free evening concerts have proven to be a draw from around the Lake Martin area. “The crowds have been pretty consistent across each year,” Meacham said. “We usually see a couple hundred at each performance.” Meacham expected to see a large crowd on Aug. 2. The July 5 crowd was smaller than

normal falling just after the holiday. “I think people are back in town for school now and they won’t be wiped out from 4th of July,” he said. Attendees are encouraged to enjoy food and drinks. Alcohol is allowed and businesses in the Arts & Entertainment district provide carry out options to enjoy on the green. “For any event in the district, people are allowed to purchase any type of food or beverage and walk around to enjoy the event,” Meacham said. The special event permit for the Strand Sessions also makes it legal to bring your own food and beverages, but the Young Professionals encourage people to support their local businesses while enjoying the event. “I think more people enjoy the convenience of walking across the street and having options available,” Meacham said. “I think it has been good financially for the food businesses in the area. All in all, we’re very happy with the

continued from page 1 “I had been successful up to that point,” Jeffcoat said. “I found rock bottom.” Jeffcoat explained going through tough times including moving several times to a cheaper place to save money, being unemployed and underemployed. Since 2011, he and his wife Stacey have being climbing upward. “Through all that difficulty, came determination to do things differently,” Jeffcoat explained. “As my faith life improved, my personal life improved. My professional life began to improve.” He believes those life experiences are valuable. Jeffcoat agrees Alabama has some tough decisions to make in regards to prisons and sentencing reforms. “We have to do something there,” he said. “We can’t leave prisons at 140 percent capacity. We can’t throw away an entire generation of people on non-violent drug offenses. We have been doing that too long.” And “everything is about economic development.” “Everybody wants to know where the better jobs are,” Jeffcoat said. “How do we get that here?” Rural broadband access is crucial to Jeffcoat. “We have a lot of rural areas here in Tallapoosa, Coosa and Chilton counties in this district,” he said. “You cannot effectively run a business without broadband access. You cannot effectively teach a student without broadband access. Broadband is something we have to do.” Infrastructure is crucial to economic development as well for Jeffcoat as it creates jobs and saves residents money. “We get a ‘D’ from the Society of Civil Engineers,” Jeffcoat said. “That is

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The Talismen perform at Strand Sessions in July. way the events have turned since April 5 with singer Jack out.” Stearns. May featured Daniel With the year wrapping up Raine and Taylor Hunnicut. Meacham is looking forward Country star Kyle Wilson to Strand Sessions in 2019. appeared with Big Sexy & The “We always love to grow the Twins in June and last month number of people coming to The Talismen performed. this free music event,” he said. “We try to bring a diverse The series has presented sound to the Strand Sessions,” five performances on the Meacham said. “Everyone first Thursday of each month really enjoys it.”

unacceptable. Twenty percent of our bridges in this state are obsolete. We have to fix that.” The Alabama Infrastructure Alliance has a plan through fuel taxes – that is how you fund infrastructure according to Jeffcoat. “They have a plan to prepare us for matching federal dollars later. The problem with old infrastructure is it creates wear and tear on vehicles, wear and tear on tires, worse fuel efficiency. If we don’t get to fixing that we don’t get to work on economic development.” Education, especially vocational training and education funding are issues for economic development. The lottery is Jeffcoat’s suggestion. He says 75 percent are now in favor of it. “We just have to get it on the ballot,” he said. “It has been 20 years (since was last on the ballot). I intend to fight for it everyday until we have it. The funding alone is not the only fix. We are one of six states in this country that don’t have the lottery. Four of those six are in the bottom 10 of education. Only one is in the top 20. I believe in numbers. Numbers are cold. Numbers are honest. Numbers don’t lie. It is a starting point. Funding can go a long way. “Our neighbors have the lottery. They are beating us in education and we are buying tickets there also.” The funds from the lottery could correct a problem of unlevel funding for education across the state. “A kid in New Site or Rockford deserves the same access to education as a kid in Hoover or Mountain Brook,” Jeffcoat said. “The funding has to be equitable across systems. Let’s work on rural educational funding.” The funding from an

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educational lottery could also be used to create something similar to the HOPE scholarship in Georgia and the Tennessee Promise. The Tennessee Promise allows for two years of community college for free for a trade, vocational training or academics. “In 2015 Tennessee (Promise) had 4,000 more students (in the program) than they expected,” Jeffcoat said. “And it came in $2 million under budget. When talking about workforce development, that is a workforce development program on steroids. Everything is economic development.” Access to healthcare is crucial to residents and Jeffcoat believes Medicaid expansion is as well. It can provide coverage for those in the gap that often go untreated and when they do seek treatment, providers are often stuck with the bill.

“Our hospitals don’t get paid a dime from those people,” Jeffcoat said. “You wonder why our hospitals struggle. There is a reason why our hospitals favor Medicaid expansion. Because they might get paid for the work they do.” The other reason for Medicaid expansion is job creation. “As many as 30,000 healthcare jobs could be created through Medicaid expansion in the state,” Jeffcoat said. “Everything is economic development.” Jeffcoat is facing Republican nominee Ed Oliver in the November general election. In an effort to help the public learn more about them, they have agreed to a town hall forum, “Access to the Issues,” hosted by the Lake Martin Young Professionals at 5:30 p.m. Aug. 16 at Valley National Bank in Alexander City.

“They had opened the door to toss drugs and a gun,” Roth said. Officers found a number of pills including Loratab and Xanax, 14.7 grams of marijuana, a digital scale, cigarillos and a .38 revolver. Police arrested Trevin Ladwuan Butler, 28, of Alpine for drug trafficking, possession of marijuana, possession of a controlled substance and possession of a pistol by a violent felon. Kelson Matrez Chatman, 29, of Weaver was arrested for drug trafficking, possession of marijuana, possession of a controlled substance and drug paraphernalia. Tyree Chesterion Robinson, 22, of Talladega was arrested for drug trafficking, possession of marijuana, possession of a controlled substance and drug paraphernalia. The suspects were still in the Tallapoosa County Jail Tuesday afternoon. Butler is being held on a $55,000 bond. Chatman is being held on a $45,000 bond and Robinson is being held on $46,000 bond. Roth said officers are trained to spot things when they pull someone over even for the simplest things. “You have to pay attention to everything,” Roth said. “They could be trying to hide something or could be related to safety issues.” The case is also being investigated by the Tallapoosa County Narcotics Task Force.

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he United States is in a precarious place. Whether you consider yourself liberal or conservative, it is impossible to deny the American public has become more and more polarized over the past few years. Democrats are doing all they can to find dirt on the President, while Republicans are constantly decrying the left as selling the country out to foreign interests. People who once could discuss matters in a relatively calm and levelheaded manner are now fighting each other, virtually unwilling to listen to anything the other side has to say. Whatever happened to civil discourse? Rather than understanding the issue at hand, laying out the ideas each side may have for solving the situation and then finding a common ground that not only fixes the problem but is agreeable to everyone, both sides of the aisle are digging in, believing it’s “our way or the highway” and that the opposition is completely and unequivocally wrong on every count, even if they do have something reasonable to say. It is understandable that we all have differing opinions, and there is nothing wrong with that. There will always be opposing viewpoints on virtually every topic, and that is fine. However, being so obstinate and refusing to make deals, find compromises or even listen to the other side is not the way to make progress in this country. As Jedi Master Yoda once said, “Anger, fear, aggression; the dark side of the Force are they. If once you start down the dark path, forever it will dominate your destiny, consume you it will.” Being angry with each other just because someone has a differing opinion only leads to greater divisiveness, and the deeper that chasm is dug, the harder it is to fill in. So, rather than being hot-headed and getting into arguments that may end up devolving into shouting matches with someone who holds a different opinion than you, talk it out calmly. Be civil in your conversations and avoid using harsh language. Listening leads to understanding, and understanding can help lead to a better outcome for all. Even if it turns out your viewpoint was the “more correct” one, you just might learn something from the other side along the way.

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urrently, congressmen/women win reelection at a 98 percent rate. The communist politburo does not have that high of a reelection percentage. Maybe we have more in common with the Russians than Washington CNN reporters think. It is hard to get beat as an incumbent congressman. Martha Roby tried but even though she was the most vulnerable Republican incumbent congressperson in the country, she shellacked a former Montgomery mayor, one term congressman, and doggone good country oneon-one politician Bobby Bright. She beat him like a rented mule, 68-32. Two years ago, she blatantly said she was not going to vote for the Republican nominee, Donald Trump, for President. Trump and the Republican Party are very popular in the 2nd Congressional District. It is one of the most conservative and GOP based districts in the nation. Currently, Trump’s approval rating among GOP voters in the second district is 90 percent. Well, young Ms. Roby became an instant pariah in her district. She would have lost overwhelmingly had the 2016 GOP primary not just been over. There was an unprecedented, record breaking, number of write in votes against her in the November 2016 General Election. It was assumed that whoever ran against her in this year’s GOP Primary would beat her. She was scorned and mocked in her district and even uninvited to GOP events. Indeed, four viable men ran against her in the GOP Primary. She outspent them fourto-one and still only got 39 percent to Bright’s 27 percent. She pulled it out in the runoff for two reasons. Donald Trump endorsed her, which was manna from heaven. Trump is very popular in Southeast Alabama and the reason

STEVE FLOWERS Columnist she was in the doghouse anyway was because she said she was not going to vote for Trump. If Trump forgave her, then folks in Andalusia figured they would too. However, the big reason she won was because of the incumbency rule mentioned earlier. Washington special interest money stays with incumbents. The Washington money stuck with her like glue. She outspent Bright 9-to-1. It is impossible to overcome that kind of financial advantage. She learned her lesson. Bet you won’t see her involved in somebody else’s race again. It was an arrogant and unnecessary faux pas. First of all, nobody cares who a three term, backbench congressperson is going to vote for as president. Folks in a Republican district assume that you are going to vote for a fellow Republican. The Agriculture race ended about as expected in the runoff. Rick Pate led Gerald Dial 40-to-30 in the first primary. Pate beat Dial 57-to-43 in the runoff. Pate is a lifetime farmer and longtime Farmers Federation leader. The Alfa endorsement was critical in this race. They loyally supported him. Pate won even in the metropolitan counties. Alabamians inexplicably have a way of picking the farmer in this race. The turnout in the GOP runoff was abysmal. It was around 12 percent statewide. However, in counties where there were local races, it was between 25-35 percent. All politics is local. Walker Country had 25 percent turnout because they had a tough sheriff race. Marion had three local runoff races and voted at 28 percent. Marshall County had two

local candidates running statewide, Will Ainsworth and Steve Marshall. They voted 19 percent. In Alabama political history, Barbour County has been known as the Home of Governors, and indeed, six Alabama governors have called Barbour County home. In the 80s and 90s Cullman County claimed two governors, Guy Hunt and Jim Folsom, Jr. Of course, little Jim’s daddy, Big Jim, was governor in the 1940s and 50s. That gave Cullman County three governors. Tuscaloosa has had three governors. They should rightfully claim Lurleen Wallace, who was born and raised in Northport. Only a few years ago, Tuscaloosa had a unique advantage of claiming the Governor Robert Bentley and Alabama’s senior Senator and most powerful politico, Richard Shelby, at the same time. However, the results of the Republican Primary have propelled Marshall County into the limelight. Beginning with the next quadrennium, Marshall County will more than likely lay claim to both Lt. Governor Will Ainsworth and Attorney General Steve Marshall. For generations the legendary Beat 14 in Elmore County was the bellweather box in the state for predicting the governor’s race and mirroring the results statewide. In recent years their clairvoyance has diminished. There is a new rival to Beat 14 in Elmore County. Patsburg in Crenshaw County has been getting it right for a while now. In the July 17 runoff, Patsburg got every race correct. As Patsburg goes, so goes the state. See you next week. 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.

T.C. Coley represents District 1, including half of Coley Creek, the Andrew Jackson subdivision, the southern part of Indian Hill, North Central Avenue, part of Pearson’s T.C. Coley Chapel Road, the Northside community and portion of Spring Hill community. His phone number is 256-212-9316. His address is 2316 North Central Avenue, Kellyton.

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John McKelvey represents District 3, which includes Jackson’s Gap, Hackneyville, New Site and Daviston. John McKelvey McKelvey currently serves as chairman. His phone number is 256-794-4405. His address is 1285 Freeman Road, Dadeville.

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AUBURN CLUB: Auburn Basketball Coach Bruce Pearl will be at the annual meeting of the Lake Martin Auburn Club at Willow Point Country Club, Thursday, August 2 from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. It is $40 a person. Sponsorships are available at $500 and includes four tickets and a special meet and greet with Coach Pearl. Food and beverages will be provided and a cash bar will be available. To sign up just go to www. lakemartinauburclub.com and pay online. WORK GROUP MEETING: The Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) and the Tallapoosa County Conservation District is holding the 2018 local working group meeting for the fiscal year 2019 Environmental Quality Incentive Program August 2 at 4:30 p.m. at the NRCS office at 1995 Cherokee Road in Alexander City. Local working groups are to provide recommendations on local natural resource priorities and criteria for the USDA conservation activities and programs. For more information call 256-329-3084.

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CONFERENCE: The Mt. Vernon Theatre in Tallassee is hosting the LIFT Ministries Women’s Conference “Restoration” August 3-4. Tajuan McCarty will be the special guest speaker and there will be worship, fellowship and communing together in the name of Jesus. Tickets are currently available at liftministriesal.com/shop for $50 each and include seats for the two-day event, a T-shirt, notebook, movie, night of worship, light breakfast, refreshments and a catered lunch. Friday, doors open at 5:30 p.m. with the event beginning at 6 p.m. and movie following at 8 p.m. Saturday, doors open at 9 a.m. with coffee and donuts provided, the event will be from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. with a worship rally to follow. Vendors may also purchase a ticket online for $70, which includes a general admission ticket as well as the vendor fee. Vendors may have tables set up for both days until the end of the night of worship. For more information, contact LiftMinistriesal@gmail.com

Saturday, August 4

BACK TO SCHOOL EXPO: GAP Fellowship Church is coordinating the 18th Annual Back to School Expo Saturday, August 4 from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. at the Betty Carol Graham Technology Center. There will be free school supplies, free back packs, pizza and drinks. All students K-12 are welcome. Teachers will receive a free resource gift. KIDS WORKSHOP: Home Depot in Alexander City is hosting a kid’s workshop Saturday, August 4 from 9 a.m. to noon. Children who participate will receive supplies. Hot dogs, chips and drinks will be provided. PRAYER WALK: The Alexander City Area Ministerial Association is inviting everyone to participate in a Prayer Walk for Schools Saturday, August 4 from 9 a.m. to noon at any of the five public schools in Alexander City. Individuals, families and groups can come to pray and walk as long or as short a time as you choose.

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CHURCH SINGING: Old Providence Baptist Church in Hackneyville is hosting an all day singing starting at 10:30 a.m. with

guest singers Kingsland Quartet from Arab. CHURCH HOMECOMING: Friendship Missionary Baptist Church is hosting homecoming Sunday, August 5 at 2 p.m. Guest speaker will be Rev. Stanford Benson, pastor of First Baptist Church Rockford. Rev. Roosevelt Gregory is pastor of Friendship Missionary. PASTORAL APPRECIATION: Elam #2 Missionary Baptist Church in Kellyton is holding the 23rd pastoral appreciation service honoring Rev. and Sister Autry Powell Jr. August 5 at 11 a.m. Guest pastor is Rev. Eddie L. Hunter of Miracle Missionary Baptist Church. CHURCH ANNIVERSARY: The Wall Street AME Zion Church is celebrating 138 years of ministry Sunday, August 5 at 2:30 p.m. The guest minister is Rev. George E. McKain. Pastor of Wall Street AME Zion Church is Rev. Meana Strickland. Dinner will be served after the program. CHURCH HOMECOMING: Calvary Baptist Church in Dadeville is hosting homecoming services Sunday, August 6 from 10:30 a.m. to noon. “Hopes Journey” will bring the message in song during the morning service. Lunch will follow the service. Johnny Pritchard is pastor of Calvary Baptist Church and Dennis Floyd is the music minister.

gospel music conducted by Equality native Chuck Bradley. Admission is free and there will be a concession stand available. The church is located at 281 Highway 259 in Equality.

Sunday, August 12

CHURCH HOMECOMING: Sardis United Methodist Church is holding its 181st Homecoming Service Sunday, August 12 from 10 a.m. to noon. Lunch will follow.

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CHURCH REVIVAL: New Adka Missionary Baptist Church is hosting its annual revival services August 20-22 at 7 p.m. nightly. The guest minister is Rev. Anthony Shealey of Mt. Zion Missionary Baptist Church in Loachapoka. The pastor of New Adka Missionary Baptist is Edward Milner.

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CHURCH REVIVAL: Friendship Missionary Baptist Church is hosting revival services August 6 -8 at 7 p.m. The guest speaker is Rev. James Whetstone of Leander Baptist Church in Daviston. Rev. Roosevelt Gregory is pastor of Friendship Missionary.

Tuesday, August 7

USHER MEETING: The Early Rose District Usher meeting will be Tuesday, August 7 at 5 p.m. at the Early Rose District Center.

Thursday, August 9

CHICK-fil-A FUNDRAISER: The Alexander City Meals on Wheels is hosting a Chick-fil-A fundraiser August 9. Meals are pre-ordered and cost $6. They include a Chick-fil-A sandwich, chips and cookie. The meals can be delivered or picked up at the Trinity Campus of First United Methodist Church. Call in orders to 256-329-7382 by noon Monday, August 6.

Saturday, August 11

GOSPEL SINGING: The Mt. Vernon Theatre in Tallassee is hosting a Gospel Homecoming at 7 p.m. GOSPEL SINGING: The Equality United Methodist Church is hosting its annual gospel singing Saturday, August 11 at 6 p.m. The Godin Family will present their down-home country

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Saturday, September 1

CHRISTMAS ON THE GROUNDS: Equality United Methodist Church is hosting Christmas on the Grounds and more Saturday, Sept. 1 from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. There will be Christmas crafts, other arts and crafts, food and activities for children.

Monday, August 6

SEXUAL TRAFFICKING SEMINAR: United Methodist Women of Red Ridge United Methodist Church are sponsoring a seminar on sexual trafficking on Monday, August 6 at noon in the church sanctuary. Maryhelen Kirkpatrick will speak about the organization, The Wellhouse, which exists to honor God by rescuing and providing opportunities for restoration to female victims of human trafficking who have been sexually exploited. Red Ridge is located at 8091 County Road 34, corner of 49 & 34, Dadeville, 256-825-9820 redridgeumc. org. Vicky Cater is pastor. The public is invited.

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Sunday, September 9

CHURCH HOMECOMING: Equality United Methodist Church is hosting a homecoming celebration Sunday, September 9 at 10 a.m. with music by the Mike Lowery Trio and Rev. Leroy Shaw bringing the message. The church is located on Highway 259 in Equality.

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HORIZONS UNLIMITED: Dolores Hydock will be presenting “Fools for Love: Fads and Fancies of Regency England” to Horizons Unlimited Monday, September 10 at 1:30 p.m. at the Alexander City Board of Education. Registration starts at 1 p.m. and membership is $20 a person or $30 per couple for each semester.

Monday, September 17

HORIZONS UNLIMITED: Susan Webb will be presenting “Noah Webster, America’s Forgotten Founding Father: More than the Dictionary” to Horizons Unlimited Monday, September 17 at 1:30 p.m. at the Alexander City Board of Education. Registration starts at 1 p.m. and membership is $20 a person or $30 per couple for each semester.

Monday, September 24

HORIZONS UNLIMITED: Ruth Cook will be presenting “North Across the River: A Civil War Trail of Tears” to Horizons Unlimited Monday, September 24 at 1:30 p.m. at the Alexander City Board of Education. Registration starts at 1 p.m. and membership is $20 a person or $30 per couple for each semester.

Monday, October 1

HORIZONS UNLIMITED: Terry Robbins will be presenting “George Jones: The Crown Prince of Country Music” to Horizons Unlimited Monday, October 1 at 1:30 p.m. at the Alexander City Board of Education. Registration starts at 1 p.m. and membership is $20 a person or $30 per couple for each semester.

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uly just seemed to whiz by, but what a good month for celebrations. Johnny Moses had his knee scoped, and feeling no pain, returned quickly to work again. Happy Birthday Aug. 2 to Irma Traylor of Equality. I will be remembering the lovely late Queen Mother born Aug. 4th 1900. She passed in Feb 2002. Good wishes to Libby Rogers of Goodwater Aug. 6. Johnny and Janice Moses welcomed a beautiful greatgrandson, their first. The parents are Bailey Hutchison and John Cardwell of Dadeville. This precious baby arrived weighing 7lb. 3ozs. and 19 ” long is named Jonathan Kash. Jackie Dean took her grandson to Washington, D.C. for a visit to see the important sites, and the White House. We always miss her when

ROSIE MORGAN Columnist she’s away. Fire department volunteers are selling Boston Butts for $30 and racks of ribs for $20 as a fund raiser for the firehouses. They can be collected at the Old Fire-House Saturday, Sept. 1 between 8 a.m. and noon, just in time for Labor Day. Oh no, some say that’s the end of summer. You must order your meat by Aug. 21. To purchase a ticket, please call Jackie Dean at 256329-9300. The United Methodist Church of Equality, on Hwy. 259, is having “Christmas on-the-grounds and More,” so mark your calendar for Sept. 1 to get an early start on Christmas arts and

crafts. There will also be food, a playground, face painting and great fellowship. The fun lasts all day from 9 a.m. – 5 p.m. Pat Hipp, a fairly new resident of Equality has taken the bull by the horns on this fundraiser day. Proceeds go towards a new roof for a needy local resident. This is “First Saturday” so Highway 9 will be lined up with yard sales of all kinds, including at Nixburg House. You can get a $6 lunch, hamburger or hot dog, chips, drink and dessert from the volunteers at the old Equality Fire-House in downtown Equality on Main Street. Sincere congratulations as Danny and Andrea Hanson celebrate the education achievements of their daughter and super Equality girl Taylor Nicole Hanson. Taylor is a beautiful young lady who graduated from Auburn

University Montgomery with a nursing degree in May 2018, Cum Laude and a member of the The National Society of Leadership and Success. She was a student athlete and a member of Sigma Theta Tau. Whew, I know mom and pop couldn’t be prouder. All of us locally are also proud of Taylor and all the hard work required for what she has achieved in school. Way to be No. 1 in our hearts Taylor. The Chit-Chatters met on Thursday at G’s Kountry Kitchen for our luncheon and chatting meeting. Those ladies meeting were: Pat Hipp, Yvonne Myers, Sue Pemberton-Best, Janie Moses, Rachel Fuller, Linda Sietz and Rosie Morgan. We enjoyed our lunch meeting where the service and food was very good. I always seem to take the wrong turn when we meet at G’s. Luckily

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ifty years ago this week, something pretty amazing happened. I’d like to give credit to composer-arranger Mike Hammonds for calling my attention to an article posted by Jon S. Randal and his reflections on the subject. Earlier in 1968, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. had been killed outside his hotel room in Memphis. Los Angeles school teacher Harriet Glickman was, like so many, shocked at the culture of violence at that time, particularly in the civil rights struggle of the era. She recalled, “every day I would see, or read, about black children trying to get into school and seeing crowds of white people standing around spitting at them or yelling at them ... and the beatings and the dogs and the hosings and the courage of so many people in that time. And I just thought, maybe I’ll do something. And I realized that Peanuts was the most beloved comic strip in the country.” Eleven days after Dr. King’s death, Mrs. Glickman wrote a letter to cartoonist Charles Schulz, creator and artist of the “Peanuts” comic strip. Her letter read: “Dear Mr. Schulz, since the death of

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my birthday, Tony East of Equality invited us to join the party and he was kind enough to drive. At Fantails, we met with Charles and Linda Cooper, their son, Steve who also had a July Birthday, his brother Malcolm coming from Birmingham, and their baby sister Cathy and spouses. All the Cooper children and of course Mr. Charles had birthdays within the week, plus me and our waitress sang “Happy Birthday.” Cathy brought a fabulous chocolate cake with strawberries on top, and we all enjoyed that. Stay cool, and until next week, keep smiling. Rosie Morgan is a community columnist for The Outlook. She is a resident of Nixburg and writes about the events and people of the Equality and Nixburg areas.

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this time it was a good mistake as I met up with Sheila Copeland. Such a lovely and friendly person, we worked together when the Alabama Street Caf« was open for business, now “J. R’s.” What a great food evening Ron and I had last Friday at Fantails in Millbrook. There was a super array of food on the buffet. It was a gathering for Charles Cooper’s birthday which was the following day (July 28) and others were honored as well. You may recall that Cooper has been working in the meat department for umpteen years at the Piggly Wiggly in Alex City. I met his wife Linda when I had invited the Red Hat Chapter that she was in for lunch at my house. I think that was May 2001. I have known Mr. Charles Cooper at The Pig for many years since. As this was also close to

MICHAEL BIRD Columnist Martin Luther King, I’ve been asking myself what I can do to help change those conditions in our society which led to the assassination and which contribute to the vast sea of misunderstanding, hate, fear and violence.” Glickman, educator and mother of three, did not expect a reply from the famous cartoonist. He could have ignored her completely and the world would have never known. Schulz did, however, respond: “Dear Mrs. Glickman, you will be pleased to know that I have taken the first step in doing something about presenting a Negro child in the comic strip during the week of July 29. I have drawn an episode which I think will please you.” And the character of Franklin Armstrong was born on July 31, 1968. In his first week as a Peanuts character, he meets Charlie Brown and friends at the beach and tells them that his father is serving in Vietnam. Linus even says, “I am very glad to know you.” By week’s end, Charlie Brown asks his new friend to spend the

night at his house. There wasn’t universal acclaim for Schulz’s brave decision. One Southern newspaper editor wrote to United Features Syndicate, Schulz’s employer: “I don’t mind you having a black character, but please don’t show them in school together.” Schulz’s bosses at the Syndicate were unhappy when some newspapers threatened to drop the strip over its bold new content. Schulz didn’t care; when his bosses, in turn, tried to threaten his employment, he said, “let’s put it this way: either you print it just the way I draw it or I quit. How’s that?” What today may seem like a tiny gesture had a huge cultural impact. Because of Glickman’s letter to the most distributed cartoonist of the day, Charles Schulz, there may not have ever been an integrated “Peanuts.” And though some may have seen Franklin’s role as patronizing, condescending or completely out of place, his role in newspaper history is worth noting, and we recall that it happened 50 years ago today. Michael Bird contributes “Bird’s Eye View” weekly to the Tallassee Tribune. He is a choral director at Tallassee High School.

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Police Reports Alexander City Police Department July 30

• Robin Michael Harris,42, of Alexander City was arrested for failure to appear. • Theft was reported in Alexander City. • Domestic violence was reported on Old Kellyton Road. • Domestic violence was reported on 13th Avenue.

July 29

• Willie Lamar Tolbert, 36, of Alexander City was arrested for disorderly conduct. • Trevin Ladwuan Butler, 28, of Alpine was arrested for drug trafficking, possession of marijuana, possession of a controlled substance and possession of a pistol by a violent felon. • Kelson Matrez Chatman, 29, of Weaver was arrested for drug trafficking, possession of marijuana, possession of a controlled substance and drug paraphernalia. • Tyree Chesterion Robison, 22, of Talladega was arrested for drug trafficking, possession of marijuana, possession of a controlled substance and drug paraphernalia. • Disorderly conduct was reported on South Road Court. • Domestic violence and interference with a domestic

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Public Meetings violence emergency call was reported on 13th Avenue. • Unlawful breaking and entering a vehicle was reported on Elkahatchee Road. • Unlawful breaking and entering a vehicle was reported on Dadeville Road. • Burglary was reported on O Street. • Criminal trespass was reported in Alexander City. • Drug trafficking and possession of marijuana was reported on Central Avenue.

• Jimia Deshea Simmons, 21, of Goodwater was arrested for failure to appear. • Omar Leonardo Barahona, 22, of Alexander City was arrested for possession of marijuana. • Harassment was reported on 9th Avenue. • Menacing was reported on B Street. • A dog bite was reported in Alexander City. • Shoplifting was reported in Alexander City.

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• Tyson Drake McClellan, 18, of Alexander City was arrested for possession of marijuana, driving under the influence alcohol under age, drug paraphernalia and fleeing or attempting to elude law enforcement. • Felicia Antoinette Goggans, 44, of Alexander City was arrested for public intoxication. • Leaving the scene of an accident was reported on Main Street. • A dog bite was reported in Alexander City. • Possession of marijuana and driving under the influence of alcohol under the age of 21 was reported in Alexander City.

July 27

• Sonya Letitia Davis, 49, of Camp Hill was arrested for failure to appear.

• A resident of South Pine Oak in Jacksons Gap filed a report for theft.

July 29

• A resident of Pleasant View Drive in Colorado Springs, Colorado filed a report for a dog bite. • A business on Highway 50 in Notasulga filed a report for criminal mischief.

July 27

• Tamika Oneal of East South Street in Dadeville was arrested on an outstanding warrant for probation violation. • A resident of County Road 34 in Dadeville filed a report for theft. • A resident of Highway 147 North in Dadeville filed a report for theft.

• Alexander City Board of Education meets on the third Tuesday of each month. Meetings are held in the board office at 375 Lee St. or local school at 5 p.m. • Alexander City Council meets on the first and third Mondays of each month. Meetings are held in the courtroom at the old city hall at 5:30 p.m. • Camp Hill Town Council meets the first and third Mondays of each month. Meetings are held in town hall at 6 p.m. • Community Action Agency of Chambers, Tallapoosa, Coosa will holds its regular board of directors meetings every other month at the Central Office in Dadeville. • Coosa County Board of Education holds called meetings at least once a month. • Coosa County Commission meets on the second and fourth Tuesday of each month. Meetings are held in the Coosa County Courthouse in Rockford at 9:30 a.m. on the second Tuesday and at 6:30 p.m. on the fourth Tuesday. • Coosa County Industrial Development Board will hold its regu-

larly scheduled meeting the third Tuesday of each month at 7 p.m. in the Commissioners’ Board Room in the courthouse in Rockford. • Dadeville City Council meets on the second and fourth Tuesday of each month at 6 p.m. with a pre-meeting at 5:30 p.m. in city hall. • Daviston City Council meets the third Monday of every month at 6:30 p.m. at the Daviston Fire Department. • Goldville Town Council meets the second Monday of each month at 5:30 p.m. at the town hall. • Goodwater City Council meets on the second Tuesday of each month. Meetings are held at the Caldwell Center at 6:30 p.m. • Jackson’s Gap Town Council meets the second Tuesday of each month. Meetings are held in town hall at 6:30 p.m. • Kellyton Town Council meets on the first Tuesday of the month at 6:30 p.m. at the community center in Kellyton. • New Site City Council meets the first and third Monday of the month at 5 p.m. in the Conference Room in the Town Hall. • Ray Water Authority

meets on the second Tuesday of every month at 6 p.m. at the Ray Water Authority Office. All customers are invited to attend. • Rockford Town Council meets the second Tuesday of each month. Meetings are held in town hall at 7 p.m. • Tallapoosa County Board of Education meets on the second Monday of each month. Meetings are held in the new central office at 679 East Columbus Street, Dadeville, AL 36853. • Tallapoosa County Commission meets the second Monday of the month at 9 a.m. in the courthouse in Dadeville, with a pre-meeting also open to the public 30 minutes before each regular session. • Tallapoosa County 911 Board will meet on the second Wednesday of each month at 5 p.m. in the 911 Administrative office at 240 West Columbus Street, Dadeville. Call 825-8490 for more information. • Walnut Hill Water Authority meets the third Monday of each month at 6:30 p.m. The public is invited. Call 825-9841 to inquire about the agenda.

LIZI ARBOGAST SPORTS EDITOR (256) 234-4281 X228 lizi.arbogast@alexcityoutlook.com

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ON A NEW TRACK

O-line could make or break Auburn season

he Auburn Tigers are set to hit the practice field Friday, making feverish preparation for the upcoming 2018 college football season. The Tigers have a returning quarterback in Jarrett Stidham who is frequently appearing on national player of the year watch lists. They also return a ferocious defense that many believe touts the best front seven in the SEC. Auburn has a lot of confidence in a lot of positions, but one critical area is a bit of a mystery (at least to the fans) and that’s the offensive line. Quite a few articles have already been written throughout the summer detailing this rather concerning enigma. It’s the one thing AU’s critics and apologists all seem to agree on. The high level of play — or the lack thereof — of the Tiger offensive line will determine the ultimate success or failure of the 2018 season. While I certainly understand nothing is etched in stone, I feel very comfortable in saying redshirt juniors Prince Tega Wanogho Jr, Mike Horton and Marquel Harrell will all start on the offensive line. Wanogho will anchor the line at left tackle and Harrell will line up next to him at left guard. Both guys got a lot of valuable experience last season each playing in 12 games and making 13 starts between them. Unfortunately, they also both struggled at times with technique and confidence. That’s normal and hopefully the maturation process is well underway. Horton is the other guy to-go ahead to pencil in as a starter. The question revolves around what position he will play. Horton made seven starts at left guard in 2017. If Auburn had its druthers, I have no doubt he would line up as the starting right guard, but it might not be that simple. That’s because the center position, which some might argue is the most important, is shaky at best. Redshirt junior Kaleb Kim has played sparingly as a backup his first two seasons on the Plains and suffered an injury in the spring that limited his action. The other possibility to captain the line is promising redshirt freshman Nick Brahms. He also suffered an injury — slightly more serious — during the spring that significantly limited his action. Kim has gotten a clean bill of health to start the fall, but Brahms is still going to be limited to some degree. If one of these two individuals could step up and play well, it would greatly simplify Auburn’s conundrum. Horton can play center, but the Tigers would rather have him at guard. The right tackle position is totally up for grabs. Redshirt freshman Calvin Ashley was a blue-chip prospect expected to contend for playing time as a true freshman. He has yet to live up to expectation, but it’s early. Redshirt freshman Austin Troxell, out of Madison Academy, was also very highly touted and, by all accounts, had the better spring. A wildcard at the position is graduate transfer Jack Driscoll from UMass. Obviously, the Minutemen didn’t face SEC-type competition, but Casey Dunn transferred from Jacksonville State last year and he helped the Tigers tremendously. Auburn gave up 36 sacks last season which was 113th in the nation. A lot is still to be determined about who the starting five will be and how they gel together. However, the biggest positive about the whole situation to me is coach J.B. Grimes replacing Herb Hand. I firmly believe Grimes is a far superior teacher and his influence will be immediate and obvious. Andy Graham is a regular columnist of The Outlook.

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The track in Dadeville will soon be paved thanks to an ADECA grant and matching funds from the Tallapoosa County Commission.

Paving begins on Dadeville High School track By DONALD CAMPBELL Staff Writer

The Dadeville High School track and field team will soon have a brand new facility to call home. Paving began on the track across the street from the football stadium Monday, and once work is completed, which is estimated to be within the next few weeks, it will be a positive addition to the high school campus. Both Tallapoosa County School Superintendent Joe Windle and Dadeville High School Principal Chris Hand, who is also the track and field coach at Dadeville, were thrilled to see the work ready to take off and complete a project that has been a long time in the making.

“It allows Dadeville High School to have a functioning track and at the same time, it provides an opportunity for the community to have a walking track for exercise,” Windle said. “We have been working on this for three years.” Hand added, “It’s unbelievable. To try and get this done, it’s amazing.” Windle said this project was made possible thanks to a partnership involving both the county board of education and the Tallapoosa County Commission. The school system received a grant in order to pay for the paving. However, the grant required 40 percent in matching funds, which is where the county commission stepped in to help. Through the hard work and dedication of commissioner Emma Jean Thweatt and Tallapoosa County

Administrator Blake Beck, the county commission came up with half of the 40-percent match, meaning the school system had to fund only 20 percent of the total project cost. “The grant money made this affordable,” Windle said. “It may not have been possible to do this without the partnership between the board of education, the county commission and the grant agency. It’s a fiscal win-win for everybody involved.” Since helping start the track and field program at Dadeville 18 years ago, Hand said having this eight-lane paved track will not only give track athletes the ability to train on a surface that will give them a more accurate gauge of their times, but will also allow the high See TRACK • Page 11

Former Tallassee star not letting health define her By CALEB TURRENTINE Sports Writer

Leader. Competitor. Success. Those are the three words Tallassee softball coach Pat Love use to describe recent graduate Haylee Osborne. However, the most impressive thing about Osborne may be what does not define her. When Osborne was 4 years old, a doctor told her parents they had found a tumor on one of her lungs. The doctors went over all of her options, including the possibility of a lobectomy or even chemotherapy. Jennifer Osborne, Haylee’s mother, said the doctors did not know how bad it would be until a surgery was performed. After eight hours of surgery, Haylee had one lung completely removed and the tumor was gone. She has been living with one lung ever since but you would not know it unless you asked her. “For two years we went back every three months and it never came back,” her mother said. “(The doctor) told us at these appointments that she would be able to do

anything but probably have a hard time running a marathon.” Haylee does do what she wants to do but still has a more difficult time trying to catch her breath. However, she does not let it bother her on the field. “It happened so young that I don’t even think about it that much,” Osborne said. “I never want to bring it up for softball because I don’t want people telling me, ‘You can’t do this’ or ‘You can’t do that.’” Osborne says she has always had to work a little harder to keep up. She says she’ll tell people she may get out of breath quicker but her head coach says she always fought through it. “To be honest with you, she has never let it bother her,” Love said. “She’s never used it for a crutch, she’s never complained about it. We always watch her and everything she’s doing but she has never once used it as

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Tallassee’s Haylee Osborne has lived without a lung since she was 4 years old. But she was a star pitcher for the Tigers during the 2018 season.

an excuse.” Many people around Osborne do not even know

about her medical situation. Love said there was probably 70 percent of her high school teammates who did not know she had just one lung. “I didn’t want people to feel sorry for me,” Osborne said. “I just want them to see me as another softball player that is working just as hard as everyone else.” Her teammates certainly responded to that during Osborne’s senior season. During the 2018 season, Osborne stepped up into a leadership role she says she never expected to be in. “We were always looking for leaders but I was always too shy,” she said. “I was never the best pitcher or the best hitter. I thought that couldn’t be me.” However, with the help of the other seniors, Osborne found herself in that position. The University of Mobile signee helped push the Tigers to a 32-15 record that included an appearance in the Alabama Sports Writers Association state rankings for the first time in more than a decade. Tallassee was ranked ninth in the final poll and made it to the regional See OSBORNE • Page 11

Early snapper closure due to more anglers, bigger fish By DAVID RAINER Department of Conservation and Natural Resources

Honestly, I’m not surprised Alabama saltwater anglers caught so many red snapper in six-plus weeks that the private recreational season had to close earlier than planned. Thankfully, the Alabama Deep Sea Fishing Rodeo (ADSFR), with its Red Snapper Jackpot, managed to squeeze in its final day of competition before the season ended Sunday, July 22. The season for the charter-for-hire boats fishing the rodeo ended at midnight on July 21. The unbridled enthusiasm anglers

exhibited for snapper fishing this year surpassed anything I’ve witnessed in my 26 years of covering the outdoors in Alabama. Alabama Marine Resources Director Scott Bannon said the angler effort surprised everyone. “On the weekend of June 9, there were more people snapper fishing than I have seen in my 21 years with Marine Resources, including on rodeo weekend,” he said. “The effort was tremendous. Our Chief of Enforcement, Jason Downey, was on patrol, and he said there were 200 boats surrounding him on the Bridge Rubble. “The number of people who went fishing this year has been phenomenal.

And it’s good that people had the opportunity to fish.” The motivation to catch snapper likely came from the dire situation that snapper anglers faced in the spring. Without some kind of relief from NOAA Fisheries, the possibility of even a short snapper season looked grim. Instead, the five Gulf states came together to request an exempted fishing permit (EFP) that would allow each state to set its season under an approved system that allowed each state to catch a certain quota of snapper. The Alabama Marine Resources Division’s mandatory Red Snapper Reporting System, better known as See SNAPPER • Page 11

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Snapper Check, allows Marine Resources officials to monitor the harvest on a near real-time basis, one of the reasons NOAA Fisheries approved the EFP for the 2018 and 2019 seasons. Marine Resources based its proposed 47-day season on the data gathered from last year’s snapper season. That data included daily catch rate, size of the fish and the amount of angler effort (man-days fishing for snapper). When the 2018 season was set, Bannon repeatedly used the word “potential” when discussing the length of the season. It could be longer or shorter, depending on the daily catch rate and weather. The weather turned out to be a factor, but not because it was bad. It was so good that anglers had only a couple of days with rough seas during the 28 days of the private recreational season. “Without the EFP, there may not have been a federal fishing season,” Bannon said. “The individual state seasons could have consumed all of the total allowable catch.” Based on the 2017 daily harvest rate of red snapper, Bannon said Marine Resources considered a 50-day season, but reduced it to 47 days because they anticipated a “little bit” of increased effort to catch

Alabama’s quota of 984,291 pounds of red snapper. Bannon said when the snapper harvest numbers for June were published, he knew the season would have to be closed before Labor Day. With the unparalleled artificial reef habitat off the Alabama coast and good weather, anglers of all skill levels were able to enjoy great snapper fishing. Huge red snapper were posted on social media every day during the season. Last year, the data indicated an average of 1,770 anglers fished for snapper per day. In 2018, preliminary data showed that the average anglers per day was much higher than in 2017. The increased number of anglers, along with an increase in size of the fish being landed, resulted in higher daily landings for the 2018 season. “We don’t like working with pounds,” Bannon said. “We’ve seen with the evolution of the snapper seasons that with larger fish you obviously reach the total allowable catch quicker. The product of our management efforts in the Alabama reef zone is the increased abundance and size of fish being caught.” Bannon said the downside of the 2018 season is anglers have not fully embraced the benefits of reporting their catches

through Snapper Check. He said the 2018 reporting rate is between 35 and 36 percent, up from last year’s 30 percent, but still disappointingly low. “I still feel that people don’t fully understand how much better data we could get if we have a higher compliance rate with Snapper Check,” he said. “Real numbers make a difference in the landings estimate. With the state programs, we can maintain greater awareness on the fishing effort and landings allowing us to maximize the days of fishing.” “The purpose of the EFP is to show that states can manage their fishery to a quota, and that we would manage it effectively to prevent overfishing and set seasons that work for our anglers and are guaranteed a certain amount of fish. If you just open a federal season, it’s a free-for-all across the Gulf. If the weather was bad in our part of the Gulf we lose those days while others are fishing.” The weather was so good that one charter-for-hire captain told Bannon that he had never been able to fish the entire month of June before this year. “The positives we see are, one, we had an allocation higher than what we caught last year. And, two, we saw an increase in

David Rainer / Dept. of Conservation and Natural Resources

Anglers fishing in Alabama’s artificial reef zones found plenty of red snapper to catch during the 2018 season, which ended on July 22.

the number of people who were able to fish,” Bannon said. “We opened for a season we thought would benefit the largest number of people, and the data shows a lot of people went fishing.” Dr. Sean Powers, head

of Marine Sciences at the University of South Alabama and one of the ADSFR judges last weekend, said the good news is the red snapper fishery in the Gulf of Mexico continues to get better.

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File / The Outlook

Haylee Osborne has not let her health struggles define her softball career.

Orientation addressed, while students and their parents were also welcome to pick up information on the Boys & Girls Club teen program, the East Alabama Mental Health Center and the ACMS Parent-Teacher-Student Organization. “We encourage our students to be involved in extracurriculars,” Blakely said. “We told our students, ‘We want you here and we want you to get involved. We don’t want you feeling like an outsider.’” In the lunchroom, ACMS band director Greg Coggin had a number of musical instruments set up for purchase. Since

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students require their own instruments starting at the middle school, Coggin wanted to make sure those wanting to be a part of the middle school band had an affordable way to obtain the needed instrument. For those who were not in the beginner band at Radney, Coggin also had a spot set up where he could test new potential band students on instruments like a trumpet, a trombone and an alto saxophone to find where these new musicians best fit. While teachers were not present in their classrooms during the orientation (parents will be able to meet their students’ teachers during

Open House on Aug. 20), students and parents were still welcome to look around the hallways and get a better feel for the campus. Overall, Blakely felt Tuesday’s orientation had been successful, giving the newest crop of ACMS students a good understanding of the school and the information they need to be ready for school in a new environment. “We are trying to make this as easy as possible,” Blakely said. “We want this to feel like a welcoming school for all of our students. It seemed most everyone was receptive and the mood was good this morning.”

tournament in the postseason with Osborne leading the way. She finished the season with 14-6 record as a pitcher and logged a 2.17 earned-run average while striking out 87 batters in 113 innings. Osborne also managed to finish the season with a .333 batting average in 88 at bats while recording one home run and 15 runs batted in. Osborne is slated to begin her college career this fall in Mobile but she is still not letting that pesky missing lung bother her. She says the head coach is the only person in the program who already knows about it.

Track school to host track meets. Along with this, Hand said many of the students who participate in track are ecstatic to see this project coming to fruition. While the newly-paved track will serve the primary function of being a nicer training facility for athletic programs at Dadeville, Windle and Hand said it will also be available for residents in town to get some exercise, providing health benefits for everyone involved. With asphalt running lanes covering

“I’m just focused on what I can improve,” Osborne said. “Now I’m moving to college so I know I have to step up my conditioning work. I have to be able to do two or three times what I have been doing.” As for the three words Love used to describe her, Osborne said she likes those but she just had one more to add. “Different,” she said. “I like to say I’m different and unique. I did things my own way.” If there is anything that is sure in Haylee Osborne’s story, it is uniqueness. And the next chapter is about to begin.

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the former track of gravel, the completion of this project will prove to be a positive change for everyone who uses the Dadeville High School track in any way. “This is something we’re really happy to have,” Hand said. “It’s a big benefit for everyone involved.” Windle added, “This a fullyfunctioning track to conduct our track program on. We are happy to be able to do this.”

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In the July 26, 2018 edition of The Outlook, Ken Vernon was left off the Salute the Blue page for all Alexander City law enforcement. The Outlook regrets the error and is happy to set the record straight.

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