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TAKING THE CROWN Airport a Mary Beth Moore, of Alabaster, was crowned Miss Tri County at the 2019 Miss Tri County Pageant, which was held inside Tallassee’s Mt. Vernon Theater on Friday.

By CARMEN RODGERS Staff Writer

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Students will soon spend eight or more hours a day at school and their safety is a parent’s main concern. This is why Tallassee City Schools are taking proactive measures to ensure each student in the system is safe. “One of the things that took over a lot of our thoughts last year after the Parkland See SAFETY • Page A6

Mayor: Tallassee municipal airport could soon be a thing of the past By CARMEN RODGERS Staff Writer

Tallassee municipal airport is once again a topic of concern for the city council after Mayor Johnny Hammock addressed members of the council about discontinuing operations at Reeves Airport. “I want to talk about the airport,” said Hammock, while reading the mayor’s See AIRPORT • Page A6

Shipman talks absenteeism and academic calendar

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Tallassee City School superintendent Wade Shipman, spoke to the Tallassee Rotary Club Thursday afternoon about the upcoming academic calendar and the importance of attendance. Since Shipman took the position as superintendent, Tallassee City Schools have followed a 176-student day calendar. The Alabama state law requires public schools to follow a 187-day calendar. Shipman plans to increase instructional time by adding four additional days to the student calendar beginning this See ABSENTEEISM • Page A6

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Mary Beth Moore crowned Miss Tri County By CARMEN RODGERS Staff Writer

Tallassee’s Mt. Vernon Theater was bustling with excitement Friday evening as people from around the area attended the Miss Tri County pageant. There were 14 contestants competing for the title of Miss Tri County 2019. Dean Argo, the night’s master of

ceremonies, is a longtime resident of Prattville and served four terms as a councilman there, 11 years as council president. Bradley Logan, of Tuscaloosa, was the pageant’s head judge and Lenore DeRamus-Colbert, of Atlanta Georgia, was the novice judge. Deborah Williford, of Wetumpka, Timothy Long, See CROWNED • Page A3

The Tallassee Fire Department gave back to the community this week when it donated the funds raised through a T-shirt sale to The Learning Tree. The campaign began in April when the department changed their uniform for the month. “We gave the community the opportunity to purchase our version of the autism awareness shirt, with the understanding that we would give a minimum of $5 donation for each shirt to The Learning Tree for autism research See AUTISM • Page A2

Save the Tatas Bike Ride held July 28 By CARMEN RODGERS Staff Writer

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Bikers from around the area embarked on Tallassee for the final stop of the 125-mile Save the Tatas Benefit Ride, which began in Wetumpka and continued through Eclectic, Alexander City and Dadeville.

It was picture perfect weather for a motorcycle ride last weekend and many hit the highway Saturday with a purpose. It was the 8th annual Save the Tatas Benefit Ride and over those years the event has raised over $38,000. “Everything went really well,” said Helen Phillips, who founded the benefit

ride eight years ago. “I won’t have the totals until (later) but everything went awesome. Everyone had a really good time. I got a lot of really good feedback.” This year’s poker runstyle benefit ride took riders on a 125-mile course, which began in Wetumpka at Quail Walk Country Club with registration beginning at 9 a.m. and kickstands up at 11 a.m. Riders made the first stop in Alexander City for a See BIKE • Page A3

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Obituaries David Michael Granger GRANGER, David Michael a resident of Equality, Alabama passed away Tuesday, July 24, 2018 at the age of 57. Visitation was held Friday, July 27, 2018 at 12:30 p.m. with the funeral services at 2:00 p.m. at Eclectic United Methodist Church with Rev. Rob Gulledge officiating. Burial followed at Equality United Methodist Church cemetery with Gassett Funeral Home of Wetumpka directing. David is preceded in death by his father Jack D. Granger. He is survived by his wife Lynn Granger, mother Ann Granger, children Brandon (Jessica) Granger, Jeremy Maynard, sister Annette (Tim) Presley, brother Dodd (Rita) Granger, grandchildren Tyce Maynard, Jack Granger, Tyler Maynard, and numerous nieces, nephews, great-nieces, and great-nephews. Pallbearers will be Jimmy Martin, Jimmy Monk, Scott Hughes, Trey Presley, Chad Granger, and Brett Granger. Online Guest Book available at www.gassettfuneralhome.net

Mrs. Betty Nanette “Nan” Moseley Mrs. Betty Nanette “Nan” Moseley, of Tallassee, Alabama, passed away Wednesday, July 25, 2018, around 6 a.m. Mrs. Moseley is preceded in death by her father Edward L. Stewart (Jerry), sister Brenda Stewart, and nephew Charles “Chuck” Stewart. Nan is survived by her husband Tony Lee Moseley; her mother Mary Annette Stewart; her children Angela (Jack) Brewer, Cory (Mandy) Moseley, and Christopher Dale Moseley; her grandchildren Kaylin, Sarah, Landon, Emily, James, and Luke; her sisters Debra (Ed) Greer and Toynia Stewart; her sisters by choice Gail Lawler, Patricia McGhar, and Terry Maddox; her brothers Charlie (Jo) Stewart and Billy (Sherry) Stewart; her nieces and nephews, great nieces and nephews, and many more family members and loving friends. Memorial services will be held on Saturday, July 28, 2018 at 2:00 p.m. at Corbitt’s Funeral Home in Tuskegee followed by graveside prayer at Roxana Cemetery.

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Reba Barron Reader, age 84, a resident of Montgomery, AL, passed away on Tuesday, July 24, 2018. The family will receive friends on Saturday, July 28th from 9:00 to 10:00 a.m. Graveside services will begin at 10:00 a.m. at Alabama Heritage Cemetery. Mrs. Reader is preceded in death by her parents, Henry Lee Barron and Lillian Frances Evans; her loving husband, Roger Reader; sister, Nell Gaither; and brother, Ralph Barron. She is survived by her sisters, Leo Blanton (Ed) and Billie Harper; her daughters, Jennie Reader and Lilli Bowden (Denny); her sons, Marty Reader (Jennifer), Ron Reader (Viv), and Chris Reader (Kay); her grandchildren, Michael Moncrief, Carolyn Nixon, Christopher Lipska (Tiffany), Joshua Jackson (Sara), Sarah Tiller (Derek), Rachel Reader, Lauren Rider (Mitchell), Erin Smith (Justin), and Rebekah Reader; and thirteen great grandchildren and several special nieces and nephews. Pallbearers include Michael Moncrief, Joshua Jackson, Christopher Lipska, Derek Tiller, Mitchell Rider, and Justin Smith.

Mr. Bruce Lee Smith, 80, of Eclectic, passed away July 27, 2018. He was born September 16, 1937. Funeral service will be Sunday, July 29, at 2 p.m., at Rushenville Baptist Church with Rev. Ron Estes and Rev. Adrian Cahill officiating. Burial will follow at Bullard Cemetery, Linville Memorial Funeral Home directing. Visitation will be at the church prior to the service, starting at 1 p.m. He is survived by his wife of 51 years, Martha Smith; children, Lee Ann Razick (Ed) and Holley Taylor (Trey); and grandchildren, Clay Mullins, Cody Mullins, Madeline Taylor and Jase Taylor. He is preceded in death by sister, Sarah Thiemonge. He was a loving husband, father, and grandfather. He enjoyed fishing, spending time with family, and his fellowship with God. He will be missed by many. Online condolences at www. linvillememorial.com.

A Celebration of Life service for Mr. James Norman Stewart, 85, of Tallassee, was be held at 1 p.m. on Friday, July 27, 2018, at Shelton Funeral Home Chapel, 2105 Beltline Road, SW, Decatur, with Dr. Scotty Hogan officiating. The family will receive friends for one hour prior to service at the funeral home. Mr. Stewart died Tuesday, July 24, 2018, at the Bill Nichols State Veterans Home in Alexander City, Alabama. Born July 20, 1933, in Lawrence County, he was the son of the late Henry Milton Stewart and Ella Dale Sanderson Stewart. Norman grew up in Hatton and married Barbara Brackin in 1953. Norman served in the U.S. Army overseas from 1954 to 1956. He and Barbara moved to Decatur where they resided until 2012 when they moved to Tallassee to live next door to their son, Marty. Norman was employed by 3M Corporation in Decatur for 31 years. He is survived by his wife, Barbara Brackin Stewart; his son, James Marty Stewart (Lane) of Tallassee; his three grandchildren, Luke Cannon Stewart (Emily) of Fairhope, Regan Dale Stewart of Nashville, Tennessee, and Brackin James Stewart of Troy; his sister, Judy Stewart Gilliland of Hatton; and two nephews, Shane Gilliland (Jamie) and Chris Gilliland, both of Hatton. In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made to Westmeade Baptist Church, 2030 Beltline Road, SW, Decatur, AL 35601.

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The Tallassee Fire Department donated proceeds from its autism awareness T-shirt sale to The Learning Tree last week. Pictured, from left, are captain Mike Allard, firefighter John Wilson, Stephanie Weldon and Lt. Kyle Cullars.

and for the day-to-day needs,” TFD assistant chief David Rodgers said. During the 30-day T-shirt sale, the department sold enough T-shirts to give The Learning Tree $350. “We sold 70 T-shirts,” said Rodgers. “This is something that we definitely look to do more of in the future. A lot of focus is placed on various forms of cancer and things like that. We felt like The Learning Tree was a very worthy cause for us to donate to.” The Learning Tree is non-profit organizations and the organization relies heavily on donations such as this. “We are very appreciative to the Tallassee Fire Department

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for their support and for all that they do for the community,” said Stephanie Weldon, resource development coordinator at TLT. The Learning Tree serves more than 600 children, ages 2 ½ through 21 from across Alabama with developmental disabilities, including autism. The educational and residential programs provide educational instruction and training in a nurturing and supportive environment. The Learning Tree programs have proven to be highly successful in managing the behavioral, physical and cognitive challenges that interfere with learning. Programs are located in Tallassee, Auburn, Jacksonville and Mobile.

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gas and go. The group made a second stop in Dadeville at Niffer’s on Lake Martin. The ride ended at the VFW on Riverside Drive in Tallassee. “Everyone said the scenery was gorgeous.” With blue skies and near perfect temps, there was a large turnout for Saturday’s benefit ride. “We had over 100 bikes. At last count there was 102, but several more joined us after that. Probably around 110 to 115 bikes in all, with about 150 people taking part in the ride.” This event draws riders from around the area but for Phillips, the ride is personal. “I started this ride because of my mama,” she said. “It continues to grow because of so many of you that believes in the cause. Joy to Life foundation does a lot for men and women through out the state.” The Joy to Life Foundation has a mission to provide free mammograms and other breast cancer screenings when necessary to medically underserved women in Alabama, provide limited grants when needed. It also strives to build and support breast cancer awareness among all Alabamians and promote over-all health, well being and education throughout the state. “I could not do this without with my staff,” Phillips said, while fighting back tears. “They are awesome, awesome ladies.” Not only did this benefit ride raise money for JLF, according to Phillips it helped put and keep Tallassee on many bikers’ maps. “We have some who ride all day Saturday,” said Phillips. “Sometimes they will ride all the way to north or south Alabama. Normally they go right by Tallassee, but they said they loved the scenery here and would start stopping in here more often.” According to Phillips, plans have already began for next year’s Save the Tatas Benefit Ride and if the past portends the future, it will be even bigger than this year’s ride. For more information or to donate to Save the Tatas contact 334-5312715 or check them out on Facebook at Savethetatasbenefitride.

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of Birmingham and Russell Howard, of Tuscaloosa, also helped judge the 14 contestants. In the end, Mary Beth Moore, from Alabaster, walked away with the night’s top honor and was crowned the 2019 Miss Tri County. Moore is a student at Troy University and said she looks forward to representing the area as the new Miss Tri County. The outgoing Miss Tri County, Caitlyn McTier, from Sylacauga, crowned Moore. “I am absolutely so excited,” said Moore. “This area is near my hometown and my university so I will be able to be here a lot to serve the community.” According to pageant organizers, this year’s pageant went very well and included a well-rounded group of young women. “I thought this year was amazing,” said Tatum Northington Smith, executive director of the Miss Tri County Pageant. “We had a really good group of girls.” Chilton County High School’s, Sara Beth Huntley, was voted the 2019 Outstanding Miss Teen. “This is the first year for Outstanding Teen Pageant and those girls were great, too.” Each contestant performed an array of talents before the judges, something that can be daunting for young women. However, Smith said this year’s contestants handled themselves very well under pressure. “All of those girls are so talented and it takes so much grace and confidence to get up on that stage and do a fitness routine, or walk out there in a swimsuit, or perform a talent. They amaze me.” Each contestant had to answer an onstage question, including political and economic topics. “Onstage questions are so important. I think the topics should be recent and their opinions should be well reflected. I intentionally made those hard to answer.” The Miss Tri County Pageant was established in September 2017, and the first Miss preliminary was held on Jan. 14, 2018. Since that time the pageant has continually grown in popularity and added a teen component to 2019 preliminary. Miss Tri County is an open, local preliminary of the state program, the Miss Alabama Pageant and the national program, the Miss America Pageant. Each year a local participant from each county is chosen to represent Autauga, Elmore, and Montgomery counties in the state program. “I think Mary Beth Moore will represent us very well and I think she will do very well at Miss Alabama.” As the winner of the Miss Tri County title, Moore

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Caitlyn McTier, outgoing Miss Tri County, crowns Sarah Beth Huntley, front, from Chilton County High School, who was voted Outstanding Teen Miss Tri County during Friday’s pageant.

will use her talents and speaking ability to promote the Miss Tri County, Miss Alabama and Miss America Organizations while meeting new people throughout the community and will represent the Tri County area at the next Miss Alabama Pageant held in June 2019.

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he increasing number of television channels or websites oriented towards news reporting has also resulted in an increase of appearances by representatives of certain organizations or advocacy groups to further their particular cause. What’s interesting about such groups is that their respective names may sound humanitarian and/or patriotic, but sometimes their agendas are more focused on a narrower set of issues than their name indicates. Within just one week, the news programs or stories I checked out on TV or selected web sites that I hit featured representatives or spokespersons of the following organizations: Human Rights Campaign, New Leaders’ Council, Young America’s Foundation, Ethics and Public Policy Center, Public Affairs Research Council of Alabama, Business Council of Alabama, First Liberty Institute, Constitutional Accountability Center, Media Research Center, Judicial Crisis Network, Indivisible Project, Demand Justice, Center for American Progress, Institute

for Public Accuracy, American Majority, Leadership Institute, Campus Reform, Next Generation America, Turning Point USA, People for the American Way, Judicial Action Group, Southern Poverty Law Center, The Richardson Center for Global Engagement. And most of them do indeed have “.org” as their internet address suffix. That said, it would be interesting to know how many of them have lobbyists. But most of them also seem to have a proprietary and/or limited focus, instead of the egalitarian scope to which their names allude. And of course, many of them will invariably be labeled as “liberal” or “conservative.” Many of their spokespersons are seen on TV (usually on one of the so-called advocacy new channels) or webcasts, and they also publish commentaries online. At the present time, some of the organizations on the list I compiled are vigorously opposing the nomination of Judge Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court. Others in the same list are vigorously supporting his nomination.

WILLIE MOSELEY Columnist To what extent any issue such groups are addressing is important in the panoply of American politics depends on how much the public wants to pay to attention, so some (pseudo-) pundits will take positions on certain subjects in the news that will come off as ludicrous to average folks. Other talking heads are seeking to further their own writing or video careers; i.e., they may not be representing a particular organization when they call attention to themselves by making statements that would stereotypically be considered outlandish. A definitive example would be the recent idea that someone can change his or her race because he or she “identifies” with other, er, human pigmentation. For far too long for a lot of folks, the obvious example has been Nkechi Diallo, formerly

known as Rachel Dolezal. This space disdained her fraudulent heritage a long time ago, but this would-be modern-day John Howard Griffin (Black Like Me) is still in the news, most recently for legal problems. A tangential caveat needs to aver that Dolezal/Diallo reportedly legally changed her name. Cynics might have presumed that she arbitrarily opted to take on a different moniker, just as she (thinks she) did with her race? And it wasn’t surprising how bizarre this issue has become when, a few months ago, some guy allegedly announced that he wanted to be identified as not only female, but as a member of a different ethnic group as well. For traditional folks, the bottom line on this would probably be “What does your DNA say”; i.e., “You can’t fool Mother Nature” (presuming Nature identifies as being a mother…). However, what some individuals opt to do to make majors changes to their personal status (including surgery) is up to them, and that’s their right. But, some, uh, changelings opt to publicize their

transformations, and this more-recent look-at-me incident regarding some dude altering more than one facet of his existence even had a talking head on TV defending such actions in the name of patriotism, of all things. “This is America,” the talking head said brightly, in asserting the right of someone to present himself (or herself) as a different individual, gender-wise and ethnicitywise. Yeah, right. So, what if someone announced that he/ she identified with being a Springer Spaniel instead of being a member of homo sapiens? What if he/she stated that he/she now eats dog food and drinks water out of two bowls on a kitchen floor, and after a meal, he/she goes into the living room of the same residence and defecates on the carpet? One wonders if Ms. Diallo as well as the “This-isAmerica” talking head could respect that. Willie Moseley is the news editor emeritus for The Tribune. His column appears here each Wednesday.

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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 Martin Luther King, I’ve been asking myself what I

MICHAEL BIRD Columnist 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 weekly to The Tribune. He is choral director and assistant band director at Tallassee High School.

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Analyzing the GOP runoff in more detail

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 one-on-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 four-to-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 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

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Walking through downtown

omeone gave me a picture of downtown Tallassee in the mid to late 1940s. Well, let me tell you of my memories of this town. I lived below Herd Street which was a little over two blocks from downtown. Most of the time we didn’t have a car so that left me walking. I would cut through yards (nobody cared) down and around and I would come out on South Ann. You would have to be pretty old to remember that the first building was a brown house. It was a boarding house with a big Chinaberry tree in the front yard. Sometimes after the war G.A. Weldon opened a Western Auto in a brand-new building and I can’t remember the boarding house after that. Upstairs of the Western Auto Mack Jolly had an insurance office and there was another office up there. Next to this was Alton’s Cleaners, the next building housed Rhodes Furniture and the corner building was Hack Cottons Hamburger Stand and Pool Hall. They later tore this building down and put the Tallassee Tribune in its place in a brand-new brick building. Upstairs over the Tribune was Earl Kirby’s Radio Shop and Veterans School. If you want to count it, there was a telephone pole in front of the Western Auto and Wesley Hale had a box put on that pole and in the box

RONALD BRANTLEY Columnist was a telephone that he could packup when he was gone. He opened a one-man taxi stand, some of us boys would go up there at night and sit around on the curb and listen to country music from Del Rio, Texas. Let us continue our trip around town. We cross the street and there is the Woodall’s, it was a combination of a hardware and furniture store and later it became Home Furniture Store. There was a back alley between this building and the other buildings on the street and many years later when the fire destroyed this building the back alley maybe saved the rest of the street. A small park is now located in the spot I’ve just mentioned. Cottles had a clothing store as we continue up the street. Lawless Drugs came next if my memory serves me right, with Dixie Auto and Bailey’s Café plus Atkins Jewelry filling out the strip. There was a side door on the Bank of Tallassee building and in that door was a set of steep stairs that had a chair elevator. Mr. Blount had an office upstairs and he rode that chair up and down the stairs. Dr. King our local dentist

and Doctor Corrington had offices upstairs also. The Bank of Tallassee took up the rest of the block. Some side stories; Dixie Auto was run by Grady McNeal and they installed a huge antenna to the top of the building and pointed it towards Atlanta. After dark the street would fill up with people as they moved the antenna trying to pick up something on television. Anything brought a thrill to the people. Let’s start across the street. There was the Company Store Warehouse next was the loading dock for feed and groceries that were to be delivered. The side entrance to the country store, Mr. Godfrey’s Café, later to become Dr. Majors office then Dr. Burton eyeglasses. On the corner was the Mt. Vernon Drug Store, around the corner on the left was the Mt. Vernon Dry Goods, on the left was the men’s and on the right was the women’s. Go all the way to the back was the meat market. Back on the street but in the same building was the post office, this part was built over the old Indian Graveyard that provided young boys with some scary stories as we grew up. This is just one section of downtown Tallassee. I’ll get to the rest later. 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

NATO isn’t for defending Montenegro

ox News host Tucker Carlson recently asked President Trump, “Why should my son go to Montenegro to defend it from attack?” It is a fair question — one that many Americans were asking following Trump’s performance at the NATO summit — and it deserved a better answer than the president’s musing on the “aggressive” nature of Montenegrins. Instead, Trump should have recalled the words he spoke last year in Poland praising the heroes of the Warsaw Uprising, the 74th anniversary of which is being marked on Wednesday. In one of the most powerful speeches of his presidency, Trump recalled the terrible price that millions paid for the West’s failure to deter Nazi and Soviet aggression. “Under a double occupation, the Polish people endured evils beyond description,” Trump recalled, “the Katyn forest massacre, the occupations, the Holocaust, the Warsaw Ghetto and the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising, the destruction of this beautiful capital city and the deaths of nearly 1 in 5 Polish people. A vibrant Jewish population -- the largest in Europe -was reduced to almost nothing after the Nazis systematically murdered millions of Poland’s Jewish citizens.” The reason NATO was created out of the ashes of World War II was precisely to make certain such destruction never happens again. In 1938, British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain famously dismissed Germany’s threats to Czechoslovakia, declaring that Britain should not get drawn into war “because of a quarrel in a far-away country between people of whom we know nothing.” The result was 50 million people dead, a

MARC THIESSEN Columnist continent in flames and the gas chambers of Auschwitz. The lesson we learned from that experience is that weakness is provocative. When adversaries believe you are weak, they are emboldened to act — and prone to miscalculate. When they believe you are strong and determined, however, they are far less likely to test you and start cataclysmic wars. Trump believes in peace through strength. But to have peace requires not just military strength. As Trump said in Warsaw, “Our defense is not just a commitment of money, it is a commitment of will.” President Ronald Reagan used the military far less than any of those who succeeded him in office not just because he rebuilt America’s military strength but also because America’s adversaries did not doubt his willingness to use it. Why did Russian President Vladimir Putin believe he could invade Ukraine and annex Crimea without consequence? It was no mere coincidence Russia’s intervention happened just six months after President Barack Obama failed to enforce his red line in Syria. Putin saw Obama imposed no costs on Syrian President Bashar al-Assad’s defiance, unwilling to launch strikes that a U.S. official said would be “just muscular enough not to get mocked.” At that moment, he knew there would be no real costs for his intervention in Ukraine. Obama projected weakness. On taking office, Trump rectified that situation by enforcing Obama’s

Syria red line, not once but twice — sending a message of strength that was heard not just in Damascus but in Moscow as well. There is a reason Putin despises the NATO alliance so much — and has fought to prevent further integration of the countries of Eastern Europe into it. He knows he may be able to bully his unallied neighbors, but he can’t bully a NATO ally — because that ally is backed up by 28 others, bonded by a mutual commitment to each other’s security and led by an American president who, while seeking friendship with all, is unafraid to flex U.S. military muscle. That is why Putin opposed the admission of Montenegro into the NATO alliance, reportedly even backing a plot to assassinate Montenegro’s prime minister in an effort to stop it. That is why Putin wants Trump to fail in his effort to get the NATO allies to meet their commitments and spend 2 percent of gross domestic product on defense. He understands that a weak NATO cannot deter him but a strong NATO can. As Trump said in Warsaw, “As long as we know our history, we will know how to build our future. Americans know that a strong alliance of free, sovereign and independent nations is the best defense for our freedoms and for our interests.” The whole point of NATO is not to defend Montenegro; it is to make sure we never have to defend Montenegro — or Warsaw, or Paris, or London again. Marc A. Thiessen’s column is provided by The Washington Post News Service & Syndicate. He can be reached on Twitter @ marcthiessen.

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shooting in Florida was school safety,” TCS superintendent Wade Shipman said. “What can we do to make our schools safer? Well, we have a number of things that we are working on.” One of the first things that parents will notice is new fencing going up in areas around Tallassee Elementary. Because of the steep ravine located behind the school, this fence is meant to keep unwanted visitors out and students safely inside. The board voted in favor of the measure during Thursday’s special board meeting and work should begin on the fence as early as next week. Fencing will also be installed at Southside Middle School around the teacher parking lot and a pass-through gate will be added at the school’s softball field. At the high school, fencing will soon separate the annex buildings and the main campus. “These are things that should have been done a long time ago,” Shipman said. Tallassee High School has 30 points of entry, long an area of concern. Shipman explained that the high school and middle

school would soon add key swipes and remote access to each door to better secure the school’s campus. The remote access system would operate on a schedule similar to the bell system that would allow students to use the doors while going to and from classes and restrict access through the doors during all other times of the school day. The board plans to pursue handheld radios that would allow faculty and staff better communication throughout the school and the school system. Shipman has also expressed interest in creating a school watch group program that would monitor activities on and around school campuses. This group would be made up of volunteers who have passed an extensive background check. “This (the school watch group) is something you will probably hear more about in the future,” Shipman said. Shipman says he would also like to add a School Resource Officer to each school, but right now the board plans to add an additional officer and have two officers split their time between all three campuses. “I think we found some

money to add a second SRO officer,” Shipman said. “I’m excited about that. Right now it’s looking like we have at least two.” The board also hopes to add additional anti-bullying campaigns and training, establish a threat assessment team to analyze students as potential threats and schedule active shooter and active assailant training for each campus. The board has created a system safety committee to help identify potential risks to student safety. According to Shipman, the committee is tasked with identifying potential threats. “To think through those who may be a potential threat, that we know about. If a student is connected with threats, violence, guns or type of things, they don’t need to be on our campus.” With all of these proactive safety measures in place, Shipman said safety is very high on his list of priorities and he plans to continue to work to keep the students in the TCS system safe. “One of the most important jobs a superintendent has is safety.”

Pet of the Week – Donatello

eet Donatello, the Humane Society of Elmore County’s Pet of the Week! Donatello is an eight-month old Lab mix boy who weighs only about 35-40 pounds and won’t get much bigger. He is a high-energy boy who is good with other dogs. He is very playful but may be a bit too much for small children. Shelter adoption fees are $100 for dogs & $50 for cats under one year old; cats over one year old can be adopted by approved adopters for a fee of their choosing. This adoption

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fee completely covers the mandatory spay or neuter, basic immunizations, de-worming, microchip, heartworm check for dogs, rabies vaccination if old enough, free health exam with a participating veterinarian. To meet Donatello and the other pets at the shelter, visit 255 Central Plank Road in Wetumpka. For more information, visit www.elmorehumane. org, email hselco@bellsouth. net or call 334-567-3377. The shelter is open for adoptions Monday through Friday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Saturday from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.

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school year. “We were at 176 student days with 11 in-service days,” he said. “We are trying to get back to the 180 days and seven days of in-service days. We went from 176 to 178. It may not seem like a lot at this point, but it is.” While the BOE is adding additional days to the student calendar, fundamental dates and holidays should remain the same. “We try to keep some things the same,” Shipman said. “Some people like to have a week off at Thanksgiving. Sometimes we may have full two weeks at Christmas or depending on how the days workout, we may a little bit under

that.” This move comes after the former interim Alabama State Superintendent of Education Ed Richardson advised superintendents around the state to increase student calendar day for schools with less than average test scores. “I agree with Dr. Richardson. Until we are in a position where test scores are where we think they should be, we should have every day available to us.” Because student attendance plays an important role in a school’s annual State Board of Education report card, Shipman says the Tallassee Board of Education is looking into possible

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incentives for children with perfect and near perfect attendance. “One of the other areas on our report card is attendance. We have a chronic attendance problem. I say ‘we’ because every one of our schools has this problem.” In Alabama absenteeism is labeled “chronic” when a student is absent more than 15 times in one academic school year. The national definition of chronic absenteeism is 20 or more absences in an academic school year. Shipman said a reward program for schools and individual students that meet attendance goals may be the best way to promote attendance.

“We are going to give financial support for schools that create incentives for our students to be there. In the past, we have done behavior support. This is where if students have not missed many days, those students will be rewarded.” Out of the three Tallassee City Schools, Southside Middle School received the lowest state report card, with a score of 65 or a mid-level D. Overall, Tallassee City Schools received a grade of 75 or a C. Individually, Tallassee Elementary scored the highest with an 80 or a low-end B. Tallassee High School was given a 77 or a highend C.

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reports during Tuesday’s regular council meeting. “I want everyone to know that you can’t extend that runway to 5,000 feet. There is a main artery gas line that runs right beside it. It’s not our gas line. It runs all the way from the midwest. There is no extending the runway to 5,000 feet, ever.” Not only can the runway not be extended, according to Hammock, it is unsafe for operations. “Right now, we are not up to code and if someone lands and kills themselves, the city is liable,” he said. According to Hammock, the airport is also a burden to the city’s budget and does not

contribute to the economy. “We have $11,000 in the budget to make repairs out there,” Hammock said. “We are not up to code and the quotes that I have to bring it up to code is $60,000-plus. I’m asking the council, do you want to give another $50,000 to fix this airport for a handful of people? Or do we want to put two big yellow Xs on it and notify the proper people? I didn’t want to be the mayor that shutdown the airport but we have to make a decision. It has no economic value to the city.” “I’m sorry I am little frustrated by this but I am tired of getting beat up

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in the media,” Hammock said. “These are the facts. That runway will never be 5,000 feet.” Members of the council agreed with Hammock. Councilman Jeremy Taunton explained the funds needed to repair the airport could be used elsewhere within the city. “My opinion is, $63,000 can go a long way to repair some infrastructure issues that need improvement,” Taunton said. Councilman Bill Godwin expressed the need to do away with an unnecessary liability. “If we have that kind of liability, we need to shut that liability down,” said Godwin. Councilman Darrell Wilson asked that the issue be further investigated. “I would to say, if we could have John (the city attorney) look into it to see what the agreements were and if we will owe any money if we shut it down.” When the airport was relocated in 1996 the city received government funding to keep the airport in operation. It was believed the city would have to reimburse those if it chooses to cease operations at the airport. That, however, was not the

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case. “When I looked late last year, I could not find any reason why we couldn’t,” Smith said. While the city would not have repay government funding from 30 years ago, selling the airport may not be the best option either. “I’ve talked to some people about buying it but no one is interested with the tenants that are there now.” The city is bound by a lease with the current tenants at the airport and if it is sold, the new owners would have to uphold that lease. “If you sell it they would still be subject to that lease,” Smith said. While the council did not vote on closing the airport, Hammock asked members to carefully consider the options and potentially add this to an upcoming agenda. Reeves Airport has a long history. The original airport was built about 1941 as one of two satellite airfields to the army pilot school at Tuskegee Army Airfield. It was designated Griel Army Auxiliary Airfield No. 1 and was named after the original landowner. Griel Field was not yet built when its parent field, Tuskegee AAF, commenced training operations. The field was said to not have any hangars and was apparently unmanned unless necessary for aircraft recovery. After the war the airfield reverted to private ownership and became the Tallassee Airport. Not much is known about the airport after it was closed sometime during 1970. After closing, the airport was only used by local pilots for crop-dusting. In 1996 the airport was moved from the original location, near GKN, to its current location on Ashurst Bar Road.

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Three churches are better than one By CARMEN RODGERS Staff Writer

You may have heard that two heads are better than one, well in this case, it is three churches are better than one. This week Lake Point Baptist Church out of Dadeville, and Fairview Baptist Church out of Athens, made their way to the Carrville community this week to help Word of Life Baptist Church with the annual vacation Bible school. Members of the visiting ministering churches also relocated a couple of airconditioning units to help keep WOLBC a

little cooler while they were in town. â&#x20AC;&#x153;They moved the window units from the house next door and itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s much cooler now,â&#x20AC;? WOLBC pastor Ronald Williams said. Members of Fairview Baptist traveled three and a half hours just to lend a helping hand. â&#x20AC;&#x153;They came down from Athens, Alabama to help out with Bible school and some projects around town. They helped fix some houses and things like that,â&#x20AC;? said Glenda Eubanks with LPBC. These volunteers hosted VBS for over seventy children this week. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We have

Christy Jenkins, with Fairview Baptist Church, out of Athens, was one of 50 members who embarked on the Carrville community to assist with this yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s VBS at Word of Life Baptist Church.

almost 80 kids here,â&#x20AC;? Eubanks said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;These kids are from all areas of the community.â&#x20AC;? Pastor Williams said he very appreciative for the help they have received over the past week. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It takes everyone working together,â&#x20AC;? said Williams. WOLBC is a â&#x20AC;&#x153;plantedâ&#x20AC;? church that branched from Carrville Baptist Church. It has been in existence for just over three years.

Church planting is a process that results in a new, local church being established. For a local church to be â&#x20AC;&#x153;planted,â&#x20AC;? it must eventually have a separate life of its own and be able to function without its parent body, even if it continues to stay in relationship denominationally or through being part of a network. With a great network of supporting churches, Pastor Williams said he appreciates the support, WOLBC has received. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We are a plant church, on limited means,â&#x20AC;? said Williams. â&#x20AC;&#x153;They came down and helped us. They have done great work here.â&#x20AC;?

Tallassee City Schools host Open House Aug. 7 By CARMEN RODGERS Staff Writer

Tallassee City Schools are gearing up for the 2018/19 school year with an open house set for Aug. 7. Open House at Tallassee Elementary School is always an exciting time for young students. This event allows students and parents to meet with teachers and become familiar with new surroundings. This year open house begins at 10 a.m. and ends at 5 p.m. at TES with a special orientation for kindergarteners. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Before reporting to your childâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s classroom at the scheduled time, there will be a brief kindergarten orientation with administration in the cafeteria,â&#x20AC;? Tallassee Elementary School principal Shanikka Beacher said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;If your child is in grades first through fourth, report to your childâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s classroom at the appointed time. Pre-K parents may visit with their childâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s teacher from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.â&#x20AC;? Open house will also be held on Aug. 7 at Southside Middle School starting at 11 a.m. However, homeroom schedules will be announced a little earlier. According to Micha Cook, principal at SMS, schedules will be posted on the front door of SMS beginning as early as July 27. Students enrolled in grades 6-12 can pick up iPads, with a parentâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s signature, between July 31 and Aug. 1 at the Career Tech Center, which is located adjacent to J.E. HOT Oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Brien Stadium, from 10 a.m. until 5 p.m. The technology fee associated with the iPads is $50 and is due at the time of pick up. Students who are in the fifth grade will receive iPads within the first few weeks of school. Parents are encouraged to pay the technology fee during Open House. â&#x20AC;&#x153;On the 31st and the 1st students can come and pick up iPads,â&#x20AC;? said Matt

Coker, principal at Tallassee High School. â&#x20AC;&#x153;There are some signatures (required). One of those is the iPad agreement form.â&#x20AC;? The high school will also hold open house on Aug. 7 beginning at noon and continuing until 7 p.m. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a day to become familiar with the campus, become familiar with the teachers and plot out what the day is going to look like.â&#x20AC;? Open House at THS will allow new students the opportunity to become familiar with the schoolâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s campus. Tallassee High School has a large campus and students are encouraged to map their course to and from classes before the first day of class to prevent confusion. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Students will be able to walk their schedule and meet their teacher,â&#x20AC;? Coker said. Open House also allows students and parents to become acquainted with this yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s teachers. According to Coker, most students will be familiar with the faculty at THS. â&#x20AC;&#x153;A lot of the students will know their teachers,â&#x20AC;? he said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t have a lot of new teachers this year.â&#x20AC;? Ninth-graders are invited to the schoolâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s auditorium beginning at 6 p.m. for a new student orientation. â&#x20AC;&#x153;At 6 we are inviting all the ninth graders and their parents to the auditorium,â&#x20AC;? Coker said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Around 6:30 that evening we will release them and let them walk their exact schedule. They will see what their day will look like.â&#x20AC;? Ninth-grade students and parents are encouraged to attend the new student orientation in order to be better informed of the logistics at THS. â&#x20AC;&#x153;During that ninth-grade orientation we go over traffic drop-offs, end of day procedures and things like that,â&#x20AC;? Coker said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Things that being a new student at the high school, they may not know.â&#x20AC;?

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McCraney-Cottle Arts Council to present Mt. Vernon Gospel Homecoming By CARMEN RODGERS Staff Writer

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Our daily bread

n my last two columns examining the Lord’s Prayer, I wrote that the Lord asks us to call Him Abba, Father – or, in our modern times, Daddy. Our Daddy loves us! We examined the lines, “Our Father, who art in Heaven, hallowed be Thy Name. Thy kingdom come, Thy will be done, on Earth as it is in Heaven.” We are completely lost when it is about doing good. We are really good at raising hell! But Heaven begins here and now. Jesus calls it God’s Kingdom. God’s reign. The Heavenly Kingdom, the Kingdom of Heaven. And this heaven is all about sharing God’s Love, compassion, mercy, and forgiveness with others. Jesus presents us a path on which we need to reach him, so that the prayer can keep on going. Without the grace of our Lord, the prayer stops in us.

The next line of the prayer is, “Give us this day our daily bread.” For today. Not for the next twenty years! We need to let God give us what we really need now, at this moment in our lives. It is difficult for us to let it sink in, but we have to accept that our Heavenly Father knows what we need! We aren’t supposed to worry about what we will eat, or drink, or what clothes to wear. In fact, it is a sin for us to worry about things that He has already handled. The Word of God does not say, “Don’t worry too much.” It says, “Don’t worry!” That is the original Greek translated. We are afraid of something, or we aren’t. We trust or we don’t. Keep it simple, because the Father already knows before we ask. The world may not think there is much freedom in that, but in reality there is tremendous freedom in knowing that God has

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a plan for our lives. God loves you more than you could ever love anyone – we are His children. But that doesn’t mean we won’t ever suffer. Ask for what you need. He knows it already. Take it easy. We don’t have to be spectacular before Him to make a difference, and we don’t have to try and convince Him. The Lord’s Prayer continues: “And forgive us our trespasses as we forgive those who trespass against us.” It is not about emotions. It’s about a decision to not forgive, not to let go. He comes back at the end: if

lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil.” Know that you won’t win with sin. It works: “Daddy, You know that I am a sinner. Please help me. Only You can make it happen, not me.” When we approach our Father, we have to make our hearts ready for His presence. Love Him first and foremost. Know that He knows what you need. And then, ask. Keep it simple. Don’t forget to check if there is unforgivingness in your heart. And remember to know that only He can help you to sin no more. And that is our model for prayer.

you will forgive, your Father will forgive you. But if you refuse to forgive, your Father will not forgive you. Because your heart is closed. Locked in. His grace cannot reach you. With unforgiveness you lock yourself in a prison. It is crucial. He said it twice. Unforgiveness and resentment closes our hearts to God’s grace. But it is not necessarily about negative emotions; emotions may still stay around, even things that make us feel bad. But, we make the decision. We can choose to stay trapped in animosity or hatred or unforgiveness, or we can choose to treat others as we would like to be treated. That’s a good test of your forgiveness: if you are able to bless someone when you pray than yes, there is forgiveness. Even despite emotions, hurt, anger, and pain. The prayer continues: “And

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On August 5 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 night 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 to 8:30 a.m. Listen online at www.wacqra-

dio.com or on your smartphone using the TuneIn app. August 5 - Dr. Ray: Why I Became Catholic Pt. 2 (Guarendi) August 12 - Sacrament of Anointing of the Sick (Carucci/ Driscoll/Dean) August 19 - Sacrament of Reconciliation (Carucci/Driscoll/ Dean) August 26 - Sacrament of Holy Orders Pt. 1 (Carucci/Driscoll/ Dean)

Equality United Methodist Church

The annual Gospel Singing at Equality United Methodist Church will be held at 6 p.m. on Saturday, Aug. 11. This year’s event will feature the Godin family, a downhome country gospel music group that employs a wide range of instruments in their inspiring repertoire. Also included will be a cake auction conducted by the most impressive state auction-

eer, Chuck Bradley, an Equality native and member of Equality Methodist. Admission is free and a concession stand will be available. The church is located at 281 Highway 259 in Equality, Alabama.

Wall Street AME Zion Church

On August 5th, 2018, the Wall Street African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church will celebrate 138 years of ministry. We are grateful to God that He has sustained us and allowed us to preach, teach, and inspire members of the Wall Street Community and abroad down through the years. A program is being prepared to commemorate this joyous occasion. Our guest minister for the occasion is Reverend George E. McKain, Director of Bureau for the A.M.E. Zion Church. You are cordially invited to join us for the celebration at 2:30 pm, August 5th. Dinner will be served after

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

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The “River’s Edge Flea Market” is open every Saturday from 6 a.m. to 2 p.m. All vendors are welcome: new items, old items, crafts, youth groups, ball teams, baked goods, produce and food. The flea market is sponsored by the East Tallassee 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.

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 evening for our Prayer and Fellowship Service. If you have any questions call Pastor Jim Voss at 334-283-2366.

Tallassee Church of Christ

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.

Tallassee Churches BAPTIST Bethlehem East 7561 Upper River Road Calvary Baptist Church 293 N Wesson Street Word of Life 501 Sims Avenue Carrville Baptist Church 2436 Notasulga Road East Tallassee Baptist Church 314 Central Boulevard Elam Baptist Church 4686 Notasulga Road First Baptist Church 1279 Friendship Road Flatrock Missionary Baptist Church 1024 Flat Rock Road Friendship 4345 Friendship Road Liberty Baptist Church 574 Liberty Road Mount Zion Baptist Church

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 EPISCOPAL Episcopal Church of the Epiphany 2602 Gilmer Avenue METHODIST East Tallassee United Methodist Church 101 Central Boulevard First United Methodist Church 1 Jordan Avenue

New Zion 3523 Ashurst Bar Road St. Paul Tallassee 101 Herren Hill Road Wall Street 71 Zion Street INDEPENDENT Abundant Life Church 2634 Lower Tuskegee Road Saint Mark All Nationals Pentecostal Foundation Church 30 Stewart Street Tallassee Church of God 134 Adams Street Tallassee Holiness Church 194 Honeysuckle Lane God’s Congregation Holiness Church 508 Jordan Avenue Claud Independent Methodist Church 81232 Tallassee Highway in Eclectic

Surrounding Area Churches AME ZION Mt. Zion Chapel AME Zion 2340 Crenshaw Rd., Wetumpka 567-4413 Rogers Chapel AME Zion 709 W. Bridge St., Wetumpka 567-8144 Jackson Chapel AME Zion 4885 Coosada Rd., Coosada Jones Chapel AME Zion 2414 Ingram Rd. (Co. Rd. 3), Elmore ABUNDANT LIFE Abundant Life Church

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ONE-LUNG WONDER By CALEB TURRENTINE Sports Writer

eader. 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

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Former Tallassee star is not letting health define her

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 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 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 See OSBORNE • Page B2

“I just want them to see me as another softball player that is working just as hard as everybody else.” — Haylee Osborne Tallassee softball

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Haylee Osborne was an ace pitcher for the Tigers this season.

Tallassee 6U represents state at World Series

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f you’re not building your fantasy football team around your running backs, you’re doing something wrong. Although the NFL has become more and more based on the passing game, the fantasy numbers still don’t stack up for receivers when compared to running backs. Also, I fully believe the run game is making its comeback — six teams in the NFL boasted more than 2,000 rushing yards in the regular season last year as compared to just four in 2016. Moreover, there’s a stellar rookie running back class coming in this season, highlighted by Penn State’s Saquon Barkley. Barkley is going to be a stud for the New York Giants and was such a good RB he was one of only five in the last 25 years who was taken in the top two at the NFL Draft. Although Barkley was easily the most-touted running back in this year’s draft class, the entire class is something to be excited about when drafting your fantasy football squad. Close to home (and now close to my heart), Auburn graduate Kerryon Johnson has a decent chance at getting a starting nod for the Detroit Lions, and there’s a number of other RBs who will easily be Week 1 starters. Rashaad Penny (Seattle Seahawks), Sony Michel (New England Patriots), Ronald Jones (Tampa Bay Buccaneers) and See ARBOGAST • Page B2

Tallassee’s Dixie Youth All-Star team set their sights on Alexandria, Louisiana, this week to compete in the World Series. The team traded in their purple and white Tallassee jerseys for a fresh set of red and white uniforms as the girls represent the state of Alabama during the series. The field includes seven teams with Tallassee representing Alabama. East Rapids is hosting the series. While representing Alabama, the girls will take on teams from Louisiana, Mississippi, Virginia, Tennessee and South Carolina. The girls faced South Carolina on Saturday and walked away with a 21-5 win in four innings. The Tigers shifted focus to West Monroe, Louisiana, on Sunday and again won 22-1 in four innings. Rain canceled many of the games on Sunday but Monday was packed full of play, beginning with a 15-3 win over Mississippi in three innings. Games ran late Monday night and early Tuesday morning as the Tallassee girls locked their bid for a chance to take it all with a hard-fought 22-18 win over Tennessee. Tallassee was to once again take on the girls from Mississippi Tuesday See SOFTBALL • Page B2

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Tallassee’s Dixie Youth 6U softball team won the state title in Alex City on July 9. The team will now travel to Alexandria, Louisiana, to represent the State of Alabama in the 2018 World Series.

Casey Baynes caps off high school career at All-Star game By CALEB TURRENTINE Sports Writer

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Casey Baynes appeared in the North-South game.

After leading the Tallassee Tigers to their first 10-win season since 1999, Casey Baynes was recognized by the AHSAA as a player in this summer’s Alabama High School Athletic Director & Coaches Association North-South game. The 2018 graduate completed 50 percent of his passes and finished with 14 passing yards in the game. “I just did OK,” Baynes said. “But it was good to get out there and meet a lot of the other players. It was a fun

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experience.” Tallassee coach Mike Battles was more impressed by the play of his former quarterback, especially after dealing with a short practice week. Battles, a former coach at the NorthSouth game, was on hand at the Cramton Bowl in Montgomery. “I got out there to watch him play and he had a great time,” Battles said. “That’s just a fun week. If you have a chance to participate in it, do it.” Baynes was thrilled to get a chance to play against the top talent in the See BAYNES • Page B2

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Derrius Guice (Washington Redskins) are all shoo-ins for the top spot on their respective teams. They all also went in the first two rounds of the draft. Another running back to keep your eye on came out of the 2017 draft class, and that’s Alvin Kamara for the New Orleans Saints. According to ESPN.com, Kamara scored the fifth-most PPR fantasy points by a rookie ever, but he’ll especially valuable early on with Mark Ingram suspended for the first four games of the year. Running backs are also becoming more and more versatile, which makes them more prized when drafting a team. Christian McCaffrey had the fourth-most receptions by a rookie running back in NFL history, and Kareem Hunt was just the eighth rookie RB in history with more than 1,200 rushing yards, 50 catches and 10 touchdowns. Plus, there’s quite a few running backs who have become staples. If you can draft Le’Veon Bell, of the Pittsburgh Steelers, or Todd Gurley, of the Los Angeles Rams, do it. These guys are both dual-threat running backs. Bell was the Steelers’ leader in rushing yards a season ago and was also second best on the team in catches. Gurley had a phenomenal 2,093 yards from scrimmage last year, which made up 35 percent of the team’s offensive output. There’s also guys like LeSean McCoy and Ezekiel Elliott, of the Buffalo Bills and the Dallas Cowboys, respectively, who are going to be the go-to guys for their teams’ offenses. These are people who will rack up points from week to week. Don’t forget my rule about not drafting a fantasy quarterback until at least the third round — preferably the fourth. While there’s not a lot of point differential between the highest drafted quarterback and the lowest, that’s not the case for running backs. You want the best of the best, and this year, there’s a lot of the cream of the crop to go around. Lizi Arbogast is the sports editor of The Tribune.

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beginning at 5:30 p.m. Tallassee is favored to take the title. Tallassee’s 6U team is no stranger to the World Series. Last year the girls competed in the 2017 World Series, defeating each team until losing to Louisiana and placing second in the series. In 2016 the girls traveled to Perry, Georgia, and again placed second after falling to Tennessee. Several local businesses sponsored the team as they headed into the 2018 World Series. Neptune, AES Industries, Prime South Bank, 1220 Café, the City of Tallassee, along with many others as well as individual donations helped make this trip possible for the young team. The team is made up of 11 tiny but mighty young girls who have remained undefeated this season and with a record like that, Anna Clair Turner, Sophia Grant, Zaddie Stephens, Kylie Taylor, Zion Alleyne, Zraya Alleyne, Kay-Kay Jones, McCall Clayton, Jazlyn “Cookie” Fitzpatrick, Kennedy Bickley and Chas Stokes could very well be the 2018 World Series champs.

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The Tallassee Tiger Sharks traveled to Valley to participate in the District V Championship on July 14. In all the Tiger Sharks had 43 qualifiers that will head to the upcoming State Championship in Birmingham.

Tiger Sharks headed to state By CARMEN RODGERS Staff Writer

The Tallassee Tiger Sharks traveled to Valley to participate in the District V Championship with teams from Auburn, Prattville, Opelika, Valley and Talladega on July 14. The team had one district winner and 43 qualifiers. “These swimmers have worked very hard this season, they all have,” Tiger Sharks coach Donna Funderburk said. It was Harmony Moyers who stole the show for the Tiger Sharks at this year’s district meet. Harmony took first place in the breaststroke and top spot in the freestyle and butterfly 8U races. Harmony’s sister, Hope Moyers, placed third in the breaststroke. Geoffery Dark placed second and Camden Mask placed fourth. Theron Shipman, Donavan Aldridge, Caden Metz, Ethan Soehren, Zek Nobles and Luke Weldon also qualified for the upcoming state championship in the breaststroke. Macey Stewart placed second in the

freestyle. Metz and Crockett Moyers placed third in their age group. Rhydian Warren placed fourth for the Tiger Sharks in the freestyle. Tallassee had seven swimmers qualify for the individual medley races at the upcoming championships. Top place finisher for the Tigers was Dark with a fourth-place win. Donavan Aldridge, Hope Moyers, Valerie Johnson, Mask, Corbin Glover and Conner Crawford will also head to the upcoming state championship to participate in the backstroke. Tallassee Tigers Sharks had eight swimmers qualify for the backstroke in the upcoming championships. Tallassee’s Johnson took third place and Elise Soehren and Rhydian Warren both took fourth place in their age groups at the district meet. Hope Moyers, Madison Webster, Cassie Grover, Darcie Dark and Crawford also qualified to participate in the backstroke competition at the upcoming state championship. The Tiger Sharks had the most qualifiers in the butterfly during last

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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. “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 File / The Tribune uniqueness. And the next chapter is about to Tallassee pitcher and infielder Haylee Osborne, left, had one of her lungs removed when she was 4 years old. Since then, she’s become an ace for the Tigers. begin.

Baynes state. The top seniors from all classifications are recognized every year at the game. “They’re some of the best players from 1A to 7A,” he said. “So you can tell a big jump in the level of competition from the regular season to this game.” The quarterback said it was difficult to learn a playbook in such a short time but that was not for lack of trying. The teams had twoa-day practices Monday through Wednesday of All-Star week. His said the week was a perfect way for him to end his football career. “This was just icing on the cake,” he said. “It was good to add another accolade to show how hard I’ve worked in my career.”

week’s district competition. Tallassee had seven overall placewinners at the district swim meet in the butterfly. Harmony Moyers won first place, Metz, Aldridge, Lilly Haynes and Geoffery Dark placed third in their age groups and Aiden Nobles captured fourth in his age group. Crockett Moyers, Metz, Mask, Corbin Grover, Canyon Moyers and Crawford will also represent the Tiger Sharks at the upcoming state championship in the butterfly swim stroke race. Tallassee had two swimmers qualify for the long-distance freestyle swim race during the district competition. Macey Stewart placed second in her age group for Tallassee. Rachel Rudisill also qualified to swim the long-distance swim race for the Sharks in her age group at the upcoming state championship. Tallassee’s Tiger Sharks also had nine relay teams qualify. The team will now set its sights on Birmingham as it prepares for the state championships this week.

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Baynes was selected to play in the 2017 North-South game as a baseball player and said he has never known of a player to participate as an AllStar in two different sports during their career. Baynes is on his way to Southern Union State Community College to play baseball. There were a few moments when Baynes had to decide if he would play in the football game and risk a possible injury. However, he said that lasted only a day and ultimately the decision was easy. “If you have that you’re going to get injured in the back of your mind, you’re not going to play well,” Baynes said. “I just wanted to go out there and play football like every other game.”

Battles said he always knew Baynes would make the decision to play in the game. The head coach said it was great recognition for the school’s football program but it was definitely deserved recognition for Baynes. “He’s a winner,” Battles said. “If it’s fourth and 1, he’s the one you want with the ball. Whatever it takes, he finds a way. He’s just a winner.” As for Baynes, his football career has come to an end and his focus will shift to the diamond. However, he will not be leaving behind the memories of the gridiron anytime soon. “I already miss football,” Baynes said. “There’s just nothing like Friday night lights.”

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Casey Baynes has represented Tallassee in both the baseball and football North-South All-Star games.

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Due to the rainy weather, Reeltown has struggled to actually get on the football field much the past month for summer workouts. So wrapping up with an Organized Team Activity with Tallassee and Montgomery Academy was just what the doctor ordered for the Rebels. “We had some really good reps and a lot of intense competition, which is great,” Reeltown coach Matt Johnson said. “We had a lot of effort running around, and the second half, (the heat) was bearing down. That is one good thing about summer in Alabama is it’s good to have some days where you’re out in that. We used precaution and do what we can to protect our kids, but it’s a good thing. “I was very pleased with how we competed and our effort.” Thursday’s OTA began like any other the Rebels hosted this summer. “I always set it up where we’re using both sides of the field, and everybody’s doing something,” Johnson said. “It looks like a lot of organized chaos because there’s a lot of moving parts, but we’re really precise with our schedule and how we maneuver. And the important thing is everybody’s getting reps.” After warming up, the teams split into two groups with the defensive side working on man coverage and the offensive side working on running routes. During the next segment, the teams play in a series

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Reeltown’s Khoner Davis slings a pass during an earlier OTA.

of 7-on-7s while the offensive and defensive lines have individual drills where they work on anything from technique to pass rushing and pass blocking. The final segment is two periods of 11-on-11s. During the first, each team is given eight plays before rotating, and in the second, the ball is placed on the 50 and it’s a simulated game situation. Reeltown will close out the summer period this week with its annual Iron Man competition. “That’s always a big deal for us,” Johnson said. “It’s fun and it’s competitive, and they’re competing against each other for one of the very few individual awards we give out. It’s a recognition of hard work and athletic ability, and it also caters to both sides.”

Two years ago, a defensive lineman won the Iron Man award, but last year, tailback Keke Hughley was the victor. The Iron Man is a culmination of several different competitions, including maxing out in the weight room, agility timed drills, tire flips, attendance throughout the summer and more. “Anything you can think of, we do it,” Johnson said. With fall practice right around the corner, Johnson and the Rebels have identified both their strongest attributes and the places that need the most work. “You should be your best at the most experienced positions, and we are that,” Johnson said. “We are very experienced in the backfield. We’re returning all of our backs;

we have the experience in the fullbacks with Jordan Whitlow and Kolby Coan to the tailback position of Tre Tre (Hughley) and the rotation of Cameron Faison and Keke (Hughley). That’s an area we knew we would be pretty good at, and we are pretty good at it.” On the flip side, the offensive line — where the Rebels lost three starters, Jacob Rodgers, Justin House and Kyle Nelson — is still an area that needs improvement. “The good thing is this is an extremely gritty, coaching bunch of offensive linemen,” Johnson said. “We’ve got more depth there as far as numbers, but we’re far from where we need to be. That’s a huge area where we need to work on, but I’m still confident they’ll get there.”

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Auburn win: 90 he term percent. “unfinished Oct. 6 at business” Mississippi State: has been said more The Bulldogs than once among are considered Auburn football by many (myself circles heading into included) to be an the season. After SEC dark horse. coming up short JOE That said, they last December, then flopping against MCADORY shouldn’t catch anyone by surprise. UCF, I understand. Columnist Nick Fitzgerald The Tigers were and a veteran team four quarters away return. This game from reaching the should decide playoffs. Reaching which school will challenge college football’s version Alabama for division of the Final Four won’t be supremacy. Chance of an easy as another landmine Auburn win: 50 percent. schedule awaits Auburn, Oct. 13 vs. Tennessee: this time with trips to I don’t recall such an Athens and Tuscaloosa, unheralded Volunteer team where the Tigers are a on Auburn’s home schedule. combined 1-9 since 2007. Could the Volunteers Let’s take my annual surprise folks? Chance of an preseason game-by-game Auburn win: 80 percent. look at Auburn’s chances: Oct. 20 at Ole Miss: Sept. 1 vs. Washington I suppose the Rebels are (Atlanta): Nothing like finally beginning to recover testing unproven running from that probation mess. backs and an unproven Sort of. Ole Miss has a offensive line against one feisty passing attack, that’s of the best defenses in the for sure, and Auburn games country in the first game of in Oxford are often nailthe season. A win here can biters. Chance of an Auburn really propel Auburn into win: 65 percent. the early playoff picture. Nov. 3 vs. Texas A&M: Chance of an Auburn win: You’ve heard it before and 45 percent. you’ll hear it again — the Sept. 8 vs. Alabama home team has never won State: The Hornets’ visit in this series. Auburn should should allow Auburn the be the better team this time, opportunity to fine-tune but … Chance of an Auburn itself for LSU and perhaps win: 65 percent. rest a few playmakers. Nov. 10 at Georgia: Chance of an Auburn win: Georgia was a much better 99 percent. team than it showed at Sept. 15 vs. LSU: Jordan-Hare last November. If Auburn loses to Auburn was a much better Washington, this becomes team than it showed at an absolute must-win Mercedes Stadium last game. Then again, starting December. Georgia won’t the season 3-0 with wins be as talented this season, against two national but a favorable schedule heavyweights could go a might allow it to be long way. Avenging last unbeaten when Auburn season’s bitter defeat in visits. Chance of an Auburn Baton Rouge would also cure some ills. Chance of an win: 35 percent. Nov. 17 vs. Liberty: Auburn win: 65 percent. This isn’t a weak FCS team. Sept. 22 vs. Arkansas: Just saying. Chance of an The Hogs are picked to Auburn win: 95 percent. finish last in the SEC West. Nov. 24 at Alabama: At least first-year coach Nick Saban has never lost Chad Morris shouldn’t feel to Auburn in consecutive pressure to win right away. seasons, so he’s due, right? Chance of an Auburn win: Sure. But that’s much easier 85 percent. said than done. Chance of Sept. 29 vs. Southern an Auburn win: 35 percent. Miss: Twice Southern So there you have it … Miss visited Jordan-Hare eight wins, three losses and Stadium when I was an a toss-up. Maybe. Auburn student. Twice Southern Miss won. Don’t Joe McAdory is a overlook the Golden Eagles, communications editor at particularly when a huge Auburn University’s Harbert SEC road game looms a College of Business. week later. Chance of an

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

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