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Alex City Winn-Dixie to distribute free N95 masks

By SIRI HEDREEN Multimedia Reporter Winn-Dixie pharmacies are partnering with the federal government to distribute free N95 masks, parent company Southeastern Grocers announced this week, with the Alexander City location expecting its first shipment Friday.

Supply is limited to three masks

per person, Winn-Dixie pharmacist Kelli Sims said, but are otherwise free of charge to customers. Sims said the store on U.S. Highway 280 will be receiving a second shipment about a week later.

The program is part of a nationwide rollout of 400 million free N95 masks announced by the White House last week, coming from the National Strategic Stockpile.

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Winn-Dixie pharmacies are partnering with the federal government to distribute free N95 masks.

The Alexander City location is expecting its first shipment Friday.

Masks are distributed by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (H.H.S.) through its Federal Retail Pharmacy Program, which was originally set up last year to distribute COVID-19 vaccines to a network of 41,000 locations. Other participating retailers including Walgreens, Walmart and Kroger See MASKS, Page A3

Dadeville discusses use of $253k remaining COVID funds as the meters that are supposedly reading how much water we’re using,” The Dadeville City Tarpley said. “We’ve Council tabled a decision got meters that are just on the use of its $253,000 basically sitting there. remaining American Water’s going through Rescue Plan (ARP) funds it; it’s never getting as it considers new water reported.” meters and replacement A more efficient playground equipment for upgrade would save the the recently demolished city on water and sewer “Creation Plantation” costs, Tarpley said, beside Keebler Park. but would cost about Mickey Tarpley of the $350,000 upfront which water and sewer board he requested the city pay approached the council half of.

Tuesday to request up to “We’ve got to do $175,000 of the federal it. We’re trying to not ARP funds, allocated for be overly aggressive pandemic relief, to install but we’ve got to do digital water meters. something,” he said. “If “The infrastructure is deteriorating as well See FUNDS, Page A2

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At the local level, as with the delta wave, the number of ICU patients at Russell Medical Center has exceeded capacity. An average of 7.4 patients were receiving intensive care at any given time for the week of Jan. 13, the most recent week of Department Health and Human Services data, despite only six licensed ICU beds.

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OVID-19 hospitalizations are currently at their highest in 12 months with the state just 138 patients shy of breaking its record.

As of Tuesday, 2,946 Alabamians were in the hospital for COVID-19, according to Alabama Department of Public Health (ADPH) data. A recent correction to ADPH’s data

dashboard, lowering the peak of hospitalizations during the delta-variant surge from 3,203 in September to 2,902 on Aug. 30, means the omicron wave has now surpassed the delta wave not just in terms of cases, but people in the hospital.

Hospitalizations have yet to break state records from the original strain of COVID-19, which ADPH still maintains is 3,084 patients on Jan. 11, 2021.

ADPH spokesperson Dr. Wes

Stubblefield said the dashboard error for the first week of September was the result of “updates that were made to the way the data crossed from the reporting system to the dashboard,” incorrectly suggesting that hospitalizations had peaked during the time of the delta variant. As of the Jan. 19 correction, “the data reflected currently on the dashboard is correct,” he said.

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A fence is all that remains of Dadeville’s Creation Plantation playground after it was razed due to rot.

BURIED TREASURE Dadeville ponders location of lost time capsule

By SIRI HEDREEN Multimedia Reporter Nearly a dozen Dadeville citizens recall burying a time capsule beneath the "Creation Plantation," but no one remembers the location.

Dadeville city councilwoman Brownie Caldwell said the situation

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was recently brought to her attention as the council prepares to replace the Creation Plantation with new playground equipment. According to Caldwell, a time capsule was buried there when the playground was constructed in 2000 — an See TREASURE, Page A3

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Obituaries BARBARA JEAN “BOBBY JEAN” SEARCY Barbara Jean Searcy (Bobby Jean) of Dadeville, Alabama passed away on 12/12/2021 at Princeton Baptist Medical Center at the age of 62. She was born on 4/14/1959 in Chambers County to the late

DADEVILLE POLICE DEPARTMENT JAN. 25  A two vehicle motor vehicle accident occurred on East Columbus Street resulting in moderate property damage and no injuries.  Christopher Yates, 36, of Alexander City was arrested for possession of drug paraphernalia on U.S. Highway 280.

JAN. 24  Bertha Lambert, 45, of Eclectic was arrested for possession of a controlled substance on U.S. Highway 280.  A report was filed for theft of property fourth that occurred on Lafayette Street.

JAN. 22  Gwendolyn McKinney, 27 of Dadeville was arrested on four warrants for failure to appear.  Damaiyha Oliver, 21, of Columbus was arrested for possession of marijuana second on U.S. Highway 280.  Kenneth Hall, 21, of Columbus was arrested for possession of marijuana second and carrying a concealed weapon without a permit on U.S. Highway 280.

JAN. 21  Steve Newton, 38, of Camp Hill was arrested on five warrants for failure to appear.

JAN. 20  Jeffery Jones, 31, of Alexander City was arrested for possession of a controlled substance, possession of marijuana second, possession of drug paraphernalia,

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and seven warrants for failure to appear on McKelvey Street.  Emily Crouch, 28, of Alexander City was arrested for possession of a controlled substance, possession of marijuana second and possession of drug paraphernalia on McKelvey Street.  Nicholas Humphries, 31, of Dadeville was arrested for possession of a controlled substance, possession of marijuana second and possession of drug paraphernalia on McKelvey Street.

JAN. 9  Jeffery Smith, 41, of Alexander City was arrested for possession of a controlled substance on U.S. Highway 280.

TALLAPOOSA COUNTY SHERIFF’S DEPARTMENT JAN. 25  Christopher Yates of Ballfield Road in Alexander city was arrested on an outstanding warrant of two probation revocations.  A resident of Jacksons Gap filed a report in reference to theft.  A resident of New Site filed a report in reference to harassing communications.

JAN. 24  A resident of Greenwood Drive in Tallassee filed a report for found property.  Tadallius Hill of Coosa County Road 49 in Goodwater was arrested on a warrant for probation revocation.

 A resident of Green Acres Farm Road in Waverly filed an information report.

JAN. 23  Sondrea Reese of East Edgemont Street in Montgomery was arrested on an outstanding warrant for failure to appear.

JAN. 20  Kevin Cleveland of Hillcrest Street in Tallassee was arrested for an outstanding warrant for failure to appear child support.

JAN. 19  Sandra Robinson of Lee Road 75 in Waverly was arrested on outstanding warrants for grand jury indictment insurance fraud first and negotiating with a negligent instrument.  Shannon Gann of County Road 14 in Tuskegee was arrested on outstanding warrants for failure to appear possession of controlled substance, possession of drug paraphernalia, driving while revoked and improper tag light.

ALEXANDER CITY POLICE DEPARTMENT JAN. 18  Christin Elizabeth Haynes, 35, of Alexander City was arrested for public intoxication.  Antonio Danielle Minnifield, 26, of Alexander City was arrested for domestic violence.  Kandyce Janique Lucas, 26, of Alexander City was arrested for failure appear.

 Theft was reported in Alexander City.  Public intoxication was reported in Alexander City.  Harassing communications was reported in Alexander City.  Domestic violence was reported in Alexander City.  Criminal trespass was reported in Alexander City.  Failure to appear was reported in Alexander City.

JAN. 17  Domestic violence was reported in Alexander City.  Theft was reported in Alexander City.  Unlawful breaking and entering a vehicle and criminal mischief was reported in Alexander City.

JAN. 16  Theft was reported in Alexander City.  Domestic violence was reported in Alexander City.

JAN. 15  Ronnie Allen Jr., 38, of Alexander City was arrested for public intoxication.  Domestic violence was reported in Alexander City.  Public intoxication was reported in Alexander City.

JAN. 14  Frankie Waldrop, 56, of Goodwater was arrested for theft.  Theft was reported in Alexander City.  Domestic violence was reported in Alexander City.

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Positivity rate — 46.6 percent Seven-day caseload — 261 new cases (through Monday) Average daily caseload — 37 new Alabama cases per day Positivity rate — 42.9 percent Week-on-week change — 47.5 Hospitalizations — 2,946 as of percent increase Jan. 25 Sources: Alabama Department Elmore County of Public Health (ADPH), Centers Positivity rate — 46.9 percent for Disease Control and Prevention Seven-day caseload — 1,306 new (CDC)

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researches playground equipment costs. “If you use $175,000 for the water meters, is $78,000 enough to do the playground?” she said, push comes to shove we can go referring to the remaining COVIDborrow a large chunk of the money.” relief funds.

Councilwoman Brownie Caldwell said she had been Caldwell asked fellow considering additional playground councilmembers to table the implements, including outdoor decision, however, as the town exercise equipment for the parents Continued from A1

and a splash pad water feature.

“That way we have parents who can come and, instead of sitting on their rear end and watching the kids play, the parents can have their eyes on their children as well as getting a fitness workout,” she said.

The council resolved to research costs and ARP allowable uses before making a decision.

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Coosa man charged with drug trafficking

BY CLIFF WILLIAMS Staff Writer More illegal substances are off the streets following an arrest by the Coosa County Sheriff’s Office.

Earlier this month the deputies and investigators with the Coosa County Sheriff’s Office were aided by the Tallapoosa County Narcotics Task Force and the U.S. Marshals Task Force to serve a felony warrant of arrest for distri- WHIDDON bution of a controlled substance on Christopher Whiddon, 60, of Goodwater at his residence on Coosa County Road 66.

While law enforcement were executing Whiddon’s arrest warrant more drugs were found and a subsequent search warrant was obtained. Authorities seized 44 grams of methamphetamine, drug paraphernalia, more than $3,000 in cash and several firearms. The search and seizure resulted in more charges against Whiddon as he was also charged with drug trafficking of methamphetamine and possession of drug paraphernalia.

Methamphetamine was seized at the home of Christopher Whiddon.

“I’m proud of the hard work our deputies and investigators are doing to eliminate illegal drugs in Coosa County,” Coosa County sheriff Michael Howell said. “I’d like to thank the Tallapoosa County Narcotics Task Force, as well as the U.S. Marshals Task Force for their willingness to help alleviate the sale of illegal narcotics in our county.

This was a group effort and I’m proud to say this is just one more

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step to making Coosa County a safer place.”

Trafficking is a Class A felony. If found guilty of trafficking 44 grams of methamphetamine, the minimum prison sentence to serve is three years according to Alabama law. If found guilty of possession of a firearm while trafficking, the minimum sentence is five years.

Whiddon is being held in the Coosa County Jail on $82,500 bond.

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Donation will help grieving parents down to the morgue.”

Amber said she and Cabel didn’t get to bond with Seth It’s supposed to be a joyous like they wanted to, even occasion — the birth of a child. though Seth died. To help other But for a few parents it’s parents in situations similar to not so joyous. The Centers for theirs, the Dupree’s donated a Disease Control and Prevention Cuddle Cot to Russell Medical (CDC) said in 2017 between in Seth’s memory. four and 10 births, depending “At that time I didn’t have on race, did not have the the option of a Cuddle Cot,” outcome parents would hope.

Amber said. “I just think it It was an experience Cabel and would be a really nice thing Amber Dupree experienced in to have. I wanted to give it to Warner Robbins, Georgia. hospitals that didn’t have them “We lost our baby Seth,” so the family could have just Amber said. the opportunity to have the Instead of holding Seth in baby in the room with them.” their arms, bonding, Amber According to Ashlie’s said she and her husband were Embrace the Cuddle Cot upset that Seth would go to a allows families to have time place in the hospital only a few with their newborn they might staff get to see. not otherwise have.

“The whole going to “This time allows the the morgue — it was just a family to form an important horrible ordeal,” Amber said. bond with their baby, whether “It broke my heart to send him changing a diaper, dressing

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the baby or simply just staying close and can help families in dealing with their loss,” Ashlie’s Embrace states on its website. “However, in a warm room, the baby’s condition can deteriorate quickly, which parents often find distressing.

Therefore, cooling the baby is absolutely essential, but many parents do not want the trauma of being separated from their baby while they are placed into a morgue refrigerator to cool.”

The Duprees wanted to donate a Cuddle Cot to a smaller hospital that didn’t have something like it already.

Cabel is a house supervisor of a hospital in Georgia. Amber got looking through a list of names of hospitals and noticed the name of Russell Medical.

“I chose this hospital because my dad’s name is Russell,” Amber said. “I thought it was a good place to

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Volunteers help construct the Creation Plantation playground in the Nov. 9, 2000 edition of The Dadeville Record.

event ranked first in The Dadeville Record's Dec. 28, 2000 "Top 10 Most Newsworthy Stories in the Past Year" — but the location was not marked.

"I've been on the phone all day; I talked to eight or nine people that were involved in the Creation Plantation and no one seems to know anything about where it might be buried," Caldwell said at the regular city council meeting Tuesday. "They remember being there but they don't know where it's buried. So it could be anywhere."

The wooden playground was recently razed due to rot, and as the city now prepares to replace it, Caldwell said she would like to avoid accidentally disturbing the time capsule before it's "ready to be resurrected."

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said N95 masks will be available at some stores as soon as Friday.

Earlier this month,

donate it.”

Russell Medical CEO was appreciative of the donation by the Duprees.

“God does work in mysterious ways,” Peace said. “It is great that y’all thought of us. It leaves something lasting in Seth’s name here. I know there will be families that will appreciate that and to hear that wonderful story from the staff here.”

The Duprees now have a son, Axel. But Amber remembers their day with Seth and wondering how to help other parents experiencing the loss of an infant child.

“When we lost our Seth, we didn’t know how to take it,” Amber said. “It is so important to know you are not the only one. What gave me comfort was knowing there are other families who have been through it and we are not by ourselves.”

the C.D.C. updated its guidance to establish a hierarchy of masks, though it stopped short of recommending one mask over the other. According to the new guidance, loosely woven cloth masks offer the least

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At the local level, as with the delta wave, the number of ICU patients at Russell Medical Center has exceeded capacity. An average of 7.4 patients were receiving intensive care at any

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given time for the week of Jan. 13, the most recent week of Department Health and Human Services data, despite only six licensed ICU beds.

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sive care despite only 28 ICU beds.

Lake Martin Community Hospital in Dadeville does not have an ICU. In the week through Sunday, Tallapoosa County recorded 995 new COVID-19 cases. According to ADPH, two have died since the new year, out of 209 COVID-19 deaths since the onset of the pandemic.

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Beaches, golf, mountains and rockets

By BETH CHAPMAN Guest Columnist

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o, this is not a column about “a few of my favorite things,” but about Alabama’s incredible tourism industry. Tourism is a key component to Alabama’s economy.

In 2020, more than 22.5 million visitors in Alabama spent $13.3 billion for food, accommodations, travel, shopping and incidentals, according to the state tourism department. Tourism also employs over 200,000 people both full and part time.

If that’s not impressive enough, tourism represents 7% of Alabama’s private sector employment. Leisure and hospitality also generate over $1 billion dollars of Alabama’s state tax revenues.

Congratulations to Lee Sentell, longtime Alabama Tourism Department director. He has done so many things to improve tourism in our state, including managing tourism expenditures in a time when they grew from $6 billion in 2003 to $17 billion in 2019. The department’s annual report is due any time now, and there is no telling what other enormous numbers will be revealed.

The Alabama Department of Tourism’s newest attraction is an “All-in-One Ticket,” which allows travelers to visit multiple attractions at a more affordable price. The “All-in-One Ticket” creates a chance for tour operators and tourists to plan state trips with an itinerary designed for flexibility and exploration.

With the “All-in-One Ticket,” travelers can pay one flat rate for multiple attractions.

The tickets include 39 Alabama tourist spots.

They reach across north and central Alabama down to Montgomery and Selma.

Each ticket will allow admission to all attractions listed within the package. Each “All-in-One” ticket has a special grouping within regional areas of the state, most offering one-, two- or five-day options at one low price. The “All-in-One Ticket” grants one-time admission to all tourism attractions listed on that ticket, for the timespan purchased at a savings versus buying singly at each admission rate.

There are six Alabama ticket packages: The Huntsville and North Alabama Attraction Ticket, The Florence/Muscle Shoals Attraction Ticket, The Birmingham Attraction Ticket, The Birmingham Area Family Fun Ticket, The Montgomery Attraction Ticket and The Montgomery, Selma & Tuskegee Attraction Ticket.

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s the final regular legislative session of the quadrennium evolves, it is apparent that the legislature will not touch any substantive or controversial issues, but simply pass the budgets and go home to campaign. It is election year in the Heart of Dixie.

If legislators are listening to their constituents, they are hearing one thing – Alabamians want their legislators to allow them the right to vote on receiving their fair share of the money from gambling in Alabama. They are simply sick and tired of their money going to Georgia, Mississippi, Florida and Tennessee while Alabamians are paying for those states’ schools, roads and bridges.

You can bet your bottom dollar that if a clean lottery/ sports betting referendum were to be placed on this November’s ballot, it would pass in a New York minute.

Even the most conservative folks in our state would vote for it, if for only one reason – they want their money to stay in state. Every time there is one of these high dollar powerball national drawings, every convenience store on our border in the aforementioned bordering sister states’ parking lots are jammed with Alabamians clamoring to buy a lottery ticket.

Governor Kay Ivey has had a very accomplished five year reign as Governor. The Rebuild Alabama road, bridge and infrastructure program was big and much needed.

Most of her successes have been housekeeping chores that required a governor, who was willing to put the state first and get these necessary projects accomplished instead of kicking the can down the road like some of her predecessors. However, these

this year for Alabamians to vote to reap this financial STEVE bonanza? In order to pass the FLOWERS Constitutional Amendment to allow Alabamians to vote Columnist on a lottery and expanded gambling, Governor Ivey probably will need to accomplishments will not give weigh in with both feet her a legacy issue that 50 to and promote the issue in a 100 years from now folks can Special Session. point to and say Kay Ivey has Because it is an election a legacy. year, the legislature probably The legacy awaiting will not want to deal with the Governor Ivey is the issue until after the elections. creation of a Constitutional The primary election is May Amendment that garners 24. The current regular the tremendous amount of session will end in April, so money spent on gambling in gambling probably will not Alabama and also a Gambling be dealt with in this regular Regulatory Commission to session. Therefore, the best monitor and police gaming. way to get the amendment on You are talking about some the ballot is a special session real money for Alabama. during the month of June Conservative estimates are because it has to be done by $700 million a year to the the first of July to get on the state. In addition, there would November ballot. However, be 12,000 new jobs. with most legislators being The legislature and unopposed they may take the governor by themselves bull by the horns and pass the cannot achieve this reaping of constitutional amendment for the gambling gold mine. It you to vote on in November would have to be approved without the need for a special by you – the voters of session.

Alabama – in a Constitutional In observing the legislature, Amendment. If polling is it is bittersweet seeing correct, it would pass 65-35.

Speaker of the House Mac With it being a constitutional McCutcheon presiding over amendment, it needs a threeprobably his last session as fifths vote in the legislature Speaker. He has done an to place the initiative on excellent job as Speaker. He the ballot. The issue was is a kind, even tempered discussed, extensively, and gentleman, who exudes voted on in the 2021 session. integrity. He is decisive and It passed in the Senate but fair, and you can tell he is a never was never put to a vote man of faith who truly cares in the House. about the House members, The Senate would pass both Republicans and it again. There were 23 Democrats. votes for the Constitutional See you next week.

Amendment and only 21 were needed for passage. There Steve Flowers is Alabama’s needs to be 63 votes in the leading political columnist.

105 member House to place His weekly column appears in the amendment on the ballot over 60 Alabama newspapers. in this year’s November He served 16 years in the General Election. state legislature. Steve Therefore, the question is may be reached at www. will it be placed on the ballot steveflowers.us.

Letter to the Editor

Opposing views I n response to the Jan. 12 Rosie's Ramblings column 'Scams, cold weather and COVID' Rosie states that our president does not set a good example when it comes to COVID! Excuse me — he has done all he can do. If you remember, he asked everyone to wear a mask — nope, whole lot of folks fought that and got COVID and died. He asked people to get their vaccines — nope, whole lot of folks fought that and died. Whose fault is that?

It isn't his and that is a fact.

This is a virus with the sole purpose of getting folks sick, so if it is anyone's fault, it is theirs. Even the conservative judges on the Supreme Court made the mistake of setting a bad example, Rosie. They said to let the companies decide if they want their employees to die or not. The expected deaths are approximately 6,500 people.

The expected hospitalizations are approximately 250,000.

What do you think nurses and doctors are thinking? I feel sorry for them working constantly not knowing whether they will bring this virus home to their loved ones or friends. I expect they are disgusted with the conservative Supreme Court judges because people won't read the facts and take the vaccines and booster shot. So, now I am sure we are going to have a new variant come out; because of what? Is it stupidity? Is it stubbornness?

Or is it because they have health

brunt of this crisis. His economic recovery is working. People got the check in the mail — remember it?

3. He extended employment issues that might be impacted benefits (by the way, our by the vaccine? In that case, it Republican friends in office is understandable that they don't canceled that even when there want to take it. weren't childcare facilities open) Many folks don't believe 4. He helped keep people in science when most things from being evicted. around us have been invented 5. He increased the value of or improved by science. And the SNAP program to help feed Barry Moore mentioned Justice Americans — remember all the Sotomayor and she lied? lines of people needing food?

Did Justice Sotomayor state 6. He increased the Child Tax something wrong? Yes, the Credit amounts but not most of the 7. He helped expand child facts. Barry Moore didn't tell you care assistance for the hard-hit that part of the equation. childcare providers to cover their Barry Moore stated in this costs. same paper on this same date 8. He helped lower insurance that government isn't supposed premiums for lower- and middleto have mandates for health income families. and safety. What does he think All of that was done as well OSHA does? I, and many others, as helping communities that would be dead now if companies were struggling. Businesses didn't have to put seat belts in could have gotten grants. State, cars. The mandates worked!!!! local, territorial and tribal The companies could keep governments could get money to working and employees didn't distribute the vaccines and they have to worry about bringing did. this crap home. They could live No one mentions what he a somewhat normal life. We all accomplished. Republicans could live a somewhat normal cannot take one iota of credit life! because not one, NOT ONE, Let me tell you some things voted to help the American that President Biden has done. people. Why? Because Biden He passed the American Rescue wasn't Trump or wasn't a Plan (without any Republican Republican? That does not votes) to: make sense to me. We have 1. Mount a national all been affected by this virus. vaccination program and to Let's help each other, and yes, safely open schools. But until a help Biden accomplish his whole lot more folks take both goal of eradicating this virus vaccines and the booster, we are instead of criticizing him for stuck with this virus and new our stupidity. variants.

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Mummification is a process in which the body is preserved after death by using chemicals to keep soft tissue from breaking down and decaying. The Ancient Egyptians are the most well-known culture to have used the practice, but it was also widely done in Ancient Peru by the Incans, and in parts of Australia and the Pacific Islands. The Ancient Egyptians believed that a person needed their body to be intact for the afterlife, thus they created DR KIDZ mummies. The most well-preserved mummies took about 70 days from start to finish and the process was expensive. Only those with money could afford to be mummified, hence the reason that most mummies that researchers have discovered, and study today, were the Pharaohs and the other wealthy people that ruled Egypt. The first step in the process was to remove Add color the internal organs. The brain was extracted by a hook through the nose. and other The other organs were preserved and were either put back or kept in 4 jars decorations to be placed in the tomb with the mummy. The body was then cleansed with to the burial wine, which we now know would help kill bacteria. The body would then be headpieces. packed in a salt called natron; this would dry it out. After the body was dry, it Then color would be treated with a chemical called resin, along with wines, oils, spices, the and other preservatives. Finally, it would be wrapped in linen rags, the tellscarab. tall signature of the mummy. Poorer people, if their families could manage, would have a much simpler process, and would be wrapped in coarse rags.

The final part of mummification was the head piece; Pharaohs would have their likeness made in the finest materials, such as gold. Others had their likeness drawn on the linen. The bodies were then placed in a coffin called a sarcophagus. Many personal items were placed with the bodies, such as amulets which were believed to have magical properties. Sometimes, even animals, such as cats, were also mummified and placed with the dead to take with them to the afterlife.

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New Elkahatchee Baptist Elkahatchee Rd., Alex City 256-329-9942

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Calvary Heights Baptist Elkahatchee, Rd., Alex City 256-234-7224

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Friendship Baptist Our Town Community, 256-329-5243

Camp Hill Baptist Downtown Camp Hill, 256-896-2811

Perryville Baptist Perryville, 256-234-3588

CHURCH OF GOD OF PROPHECY Church of God of Prophecy 303 Poplar Rd., Alex City, 256-234-6941

Hollins Springs Baptist Hwy. 280, Goodwater

Comer Memorial 941 E. Church St., Alex City 256-234-2236

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New Bethel Baptist Rock St., Dadeville, 256-825-7726

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Town Creek Baptist Camp Ground Rd., Alex City

Lebanon Baptist Mt. Carmel Rd., Dadeville, 256-234-7541

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Lake Pointe Baptist 8352 Hwy. 50W, Dadeville

HOLINESS Alex City Emmanuel Holiness Hillabee St., Alex City

FULL GOSPEL Dadeville Foursquare Gospel Church Old 280 By-pass

Sunny Level Baptist Church Sunny Acres Subdivision Sewell Street

Kellyton Baptist Kellyton, 256-329-1512

EPISCOPAL Saint James Episcopal Church 121 South Central Ave., Alex City 256-234-4752

Sandy Creek Baptist Alex City

Hackneyville Baptist Hwy. 63 N., Hackneyville

Jackson’s Gap Baptist Jackson’s Gap, 256-825-4951

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Russell Farm Baptist Hwy. 63 beyond Our Town

Sixth Street Baptist Sixth St., Alex City, 256-234-2408

Hillabee Baptist Hillabee Rd., Alex City 256-234-6798

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Rocky Creek Baptist Samford Rd., Cowpens Community

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Early Rose Baptist 201 E Street, Alexander City

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Marshall Street Church of God 428 Marshall Street, Alex City 256-234-3180

Hillabee Campground UMC 120 CC Road, Alex City Sunday School 10am Sunday Service 11am

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Red Ridge United Methodist 8091 County Road 34, Dadeville 256-825-9820

Liberty Church 1034 Liberty Church Rd. Willow Point Alex City

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The Great Bethel Missionary 520 Christian St., Alex City 256-234-5513

CHURCH OF GOD Alex City No. 2 A.C.O.P. Church of God Local Street, Alex City

First United Methodist 310 Green St., Alex City 256-234-6322

Pentecostal Church of God 163 Franklin Street, Alex City 256-215-4055

Cross Key Baptist Hackneyville, 256-329-9716

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PA systems and microphones; forget it, we had preachers that could be heard for a country mile without amplification, and the children were never frightened or cried.

After every service, whether morning or evening worship service, Wednesday night prayer meeting, VBS, weddings, funerals, or singings, a gift was offered to everyone present. The preacher would present the plan of salvation and tell everyone present that God offered this gift to everyone who would accept it.

I have reached the old age that I alluded to earlier. I am now an official “old fogey”. I will never pass this way again but many of you will never have the golden opportunities that I experienced.

I am not asking you to agree with me but always remember that the God we serve today has always been the same: “yesterday, today, and He will forever more.” Just remember the free gift that is offered and accept it!

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178 S. Tallassee Street • 256.825.6232 • fbcdadeville.com Children were made to go to WEDNESDAY SERVICES SUNDAY SERVICES church, sit still, and to use the • Bible Study and Prayer • Worship – 10:00 AM • Sunday School – 9:00 AM Meeting – 6:00 PM rest room and get a drink of • Adventure Club – 5:45 PM • Small Groups – 4:00-6:00 PM water before services began.

• Adult Choir Practice – 7:00 PM • Adult Bible Study – 5:00 PM (we were not allowed to go to the outhouses by ourselves).

No one had ever heard of a nursery! (our parents had switches). Our song leader would stand up and bellow out some of our favorite old hymns of yester year, which were Biblically based, and everybody sang and lifted the rafters. The pianist played and the men tapped their feet to beat time. (we never repeated the same lyrics 25 times).

The preacher got up to give his message, no notes, no electronic devices, and he would preach for a solid hour. He had everyone open their King James Bible and Jackie Wilbourn, member read along. (the Word of God, of Bethel Baptist Church, a 38669 Hwy. 77 South • Ashland the Bible, was the tool that chaplain with Alabama Baptist HR Office Open 6:00AM - 4:30PM everyone used in God’s house). Disaster Relief Team (256) 354-7151

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Dadeville boys down Reeltown in OT

By ANDY ANDERS Regional Sports Director No less than nine lead changes littered regulation in Monday’s matchup between Dadeville and Reeltown in boys basketball, but overtime belonged to the Tigers.

Going into the extra period tied at 52, Dadeville outpaced the Rebels 11-1 to land a 63-53 victory and clinch home court

for the AHSAA Class 3A, Area 7 tournament in February.

It was the Tigers’ first tilt since Jan. 11 after the high school went virtual due to increased cases of COVID-19.

“You can tell we’ve been off, we started out a little sluggish, didn’t play last week at all,” Dadeville coach Jesse Foster said.

“I just told them to keep playing, keep playing, keep playing hard,

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things will change. But they did a great job. They played pretty good tonight.”

Guard Antojuan Woody scored a game-high 20 points for Dadeville but his passing is what may have sealed the victory.

With 1:08 to play Woody drove to the rim and, rather than take a contested layup, hit

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Dadeville's Avontae Wilson during an AHSAA basketball game between the Dadeville Tigers and the Reeltown Rebels at Dadeville High School in Dadeville on Monday, Jan. 24, 2022.

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“You’re putting too much pressure on yourself. But I was proud of the way we kept playing, played hard. A lot of girls came off the bench and played well.

We’ve just got to regroup and try to get it together for tomorrow night.”

— Reeltown coach Will Solomon

Dadeville girls crush Reeltown to clinch area home court Guard Nhylee Banks sank four 3-pointers for Dadeville as part of a It didn’t take much game-high 18 points. time for Dadeville girls Center Layla Grace basketball to stow a followed close behind victory away Monday. with 17.

The first time the Senior center Makayla Tigers met up with Langston led Reeltown’s Reeltown for an area scoring efforts with eight showdown the team points in defeat. scored 32 points in a “You’re down, you’re 32-21 win. trying to fight your It took them less than way back and all of a 12 minutes to surpass sudden the goal gets a that total in meeting little smaller,” Reeltown number two. coach Will Solomon A smothering press, said. “You’re putting ferocious forward play too much pressure on and sniper-like shooting yourself. But I was gave Dadeville a 27-7 proud of the way we advantage by the end of kept playing, played the first quarter en route hard. A lot of girls came to a 53-26 win over off the bench and played the Rebels, clinching well. We’ve just got to home court for its area regroup and try to get it tournament. together for tomorrow “I was pleased night.” with their effort and For chunks of their focus, especially Monday’s contest it was knowing that tonight was as though Dadeville a really big game for raised a steel wall at the both teams,” Dadeville half-court line. coach Pam Holloway See COURT, Page B2 said.

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layers’ off-court personas often bleed into their on-court playstyles.

Such is the case for Central Coosa basketball’s one-two guard combo of Trae Butler and DeQualon

Thomas.

Butler, a senior point guard, is the Cougars’ “energizer bunny” as coach Richard Bell put it, their vocal leader, top offensive distributor and lockdown on-ball defender.

Thomas, a junior shooting guard, provides the team with its most com-

Butler and Thomas lead Coosa from point and shooting guard posed and consistent scoring threat. He didn’t need an abundance of words to describe his mental approach to that side of the game.

“I just know I’m finna go get a bucket,” Thomas said.

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Central Coosa senior point guard Trae Butler (left) and junior shooting guard DeQualon Thomas are leading the Cougars through the 2021-22 season.

Harsin's first year on the Plains a little rocky

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he Auburn Tigers reached the pinnacle of the college basketball world claiming the No. 1 ranking for the first time in program history this week. It’s a monumental accomplishment for the Tigers who have spent a sizable portion of my lifetime at or near the bottom of the SEC. Bruce Pearl deserves all the credit he is getting and more for building a top-notch program from the ground up. It’s actually not out of the realm of possibility for Auburn to run the table in the regular-season, but it is highly unlikely. This lofty ranking might last for several weeks or be gone with a loss this week. I suggest we all enjoy every single second of it while it lasts. As I said last week, this team is capable of winning championships and will be a huge topic of conversation over the next two months, but they’re not what I want to talk about today.

ever, we can look at this logically and examine facts.

Auburn was 6-2 and ranked No. 12 in the country after beating Ole Miss. Bo Nix was playing the best football of his career and the Tigers were legitimate contendBryan Harsin’s first season as ers for the SEC title game. Then, Auburn’s head coach could’ve the bottom completely fell out gone better finishing a 6-7 season starting with a road trip to Texas with five straight losses. That A&M. The same coaches and is concerning all by itself, but the same players put themselves now 18 players have entered the in that position during the first transfer portal and four assistant eight games. So, what happened? coaches have been let go from his Obviously, the injury to Nix was initial staff including both coordevastating, but doesn’t explain dinators. Add all that up and it’s the collapse against Mississippi difficult not to feel like the ground State. It wasn’t one specific thing is crumbling beneath Jordan Hare that caused the downward spiral.

Stadium. Quite honestly, it may As usual, it was a combination be. I don’t know for sure and no of things with enough blame for one else does either. It’s simply everyone involved. As far as lostoo soon to tell. These changes ing players, it was a sure sign of could be beneficial or detrimenchaos and dysfunction years ago, tal. We won’t know for sure until things play out next season. HowSee ROCKY, Page B3

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Dadeville's Nhylee Banks during an AHSAA basketball game between the Dadeville Tigers and the Reeltown Rebels at Dadeville High School on Monday, Jan. 24, 2022.

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season together, the duo’s personalities have meshed to elevate Coosa to an 8-3 record, with their ultimate objective being to add another ring to the storied

history of the Cougars’ basketball program.

“It’s like one’s cool and one’s really hot,” Coosa coach Richard Bell said. “I wish they had another year together.”

There’s an unmistakable ease and confidence with which Thomas conducts himself.

His slick all-gold watch paired with gold tip dreadlocks and level tone of voice are outward reflections of a demeanor that’s as eye-catching as it is calm and collected.

“He never gets too high, never gets too low,” Bell said. “Classroom, practice, games, he’s always the

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Easy and confident are apt ways to describe Thomas’ scoring as well.

Bell noted the shooting guard is a threat at all three levels; at the rim, from mid range and beyond the arc knocking down 3-pointers. He’s tallied 13.2 points per game, including a 34-point outburst against Benjamin Russell in December.

“It’s his composure and his herky-jerky style, which is hard to get a grasp on [for defenders],” Bell said. “Very consistent. But that’s the biggest thing about him, he can’t be sped up. That’s the biggest quality about him. He always plays even-keeled, and that makes him hard to stop.”

The shooting aspect is Thomas’ favorite.

“It’s just fun, I like shooting. Don’t know why though,” Thomas said.

With Butler running point, he gets ample opportunities to introduce basketballs to nets.

Butler averages more than three assists per game, doling out opportunities for teammates to score while picking up 11.6 points per game himself.

He shines even brighter on the defensive side, however, a pure on-ball menace who collects three steals per contest.

“It’s polar opposites,” Bell said. “Trae is more the energizer bunny.

He’s always high-strung.

He’s our best defender, he’s always going to get everybody involved in the offense and the defense.”

Thomas might be the Cougars’ claws, but Butler is the backbone.

Not only does the team’s offense and defense run through him, Bell said he’s the player that’s always chatting teammates up, raising the intensity in games and at practice.

And again, it’s just the way he’s always been, in his daily life and in sports.

Central Coosa football coach Brett Thomas pointed to Butler as the team’s jolt of adrenaline and vocal leader on the gridiron, too, where he made first-team All-Outlook at wide receiver.

“I don’t know what it is in me, it just comes naturally,” Butler said. “I’ve always been like that.”

“He’s always smiling,” Bell said. “Trae had a lot of stuff in his life that could have made him go

the other way. It makes him stronger. It just makes a lot of people in the school, in the community, really want the best out of him. Because he had a rough life growing up, but he always, always stayed positive.”

Coosa’s one-two guard combo has outboxed many opponents this year.

The Cougars are off to an 8-3 start, with two of their losses coming by four points or less.

Playing their final season together, Butler and Thomas are looking to recapture a glory known to Coosa three short years ago: a Class 2A state championship.

“Get that ring, man,” Butler said when asked what their goals for this year are.

The duo took the floor again Tuesday against Comer but the game concluded after the publication of Wednesday’s Alex City Outlook. The Cougars’ next game is against Class 6A Benjamin Russell Friday.

Coosa won 78-68 in the two sides’ previous meeting.

With Butler and Thomas between the ropes, the Cougars will always have a puncher’s chance.

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I’m glad they’ve been realizing that lately,” Holloway said. “They’ve been gelling more together, working more together as a team, and to see them Any Reeltown ball handler with realize that in practice this past week possession in the backcourt had a trap — they worked on a lot of things to deal with instantly, and the Tigers together. They’re understanding that were able to generate turnover after better. And their confidence, that was turnover to feed into easy transition a big thing.” buckets.

The Tigers’ lead never dwindled “We didn’t handle the press well,” below the high teens. Grace hit a layup Solomon said. “We turned the ball with less than 20 seconds remaining in over on the press. And they were hot. the first half as an exclamation point I don’t think they missed a shot in to a 40-16 halftime advantage. the first quarter. They didn’t need any Dadeville led by at least 20 the help scoring, and we gave it to them.” entire second half.

Grace got her interior game With the victory, Dadeville working, even flexing a bit of guaranteed that it will host the midrange ability on a step-back AHSAA Class 3A Area 7 tournament baseline jumper. Dadeville opened in February. A shot at regionals and an the contest on a 14-0 run, with Grace area championship will be on the line. scoring nine of those 14.

“I think it’s just big to be able Once the score hit 18-4, the 3s to play on your home court and to began to fly. have that opportunity,” Holloway Banks cashed in a long ball in said. “It’s just different. It’s a whole transition, and when the Rebels scored different type of focus, because you on back-to-back possessions for the have to get the right mindset for first time immediately after, Banks hit either, whether you’re home or on the from the outside a second time. road. But I think it’s a big help [to be One final triple from Janiya at home].”

Wyckoff finally closed the first quarter Dadeville hosts its final regular scoring-wise. season area contest against Beulah “There’s several of them that can Friday. Reeltown welcomes Elmore score if they work together, and County to its gymnasium Tuesday.

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Dadeville guard Antojuan Woody drives toward the basket during an AHSAA basketball game between the Dadeville Tigers and the Reeltown Rebels at Dadeville High School in Dadeville on Monday, Jan. 24, 2022.

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a cutting Jordan Rambo with a perfect bounce pass to extend the Tigers’ lead to three scores at 59-52, capping a 7-0 run to start OT. “I tell him all the time, he’s got to start making a little better decisions down there, like he did at the end of the game right there,” Foster said. “That’s the way I drew it up. You penetrate, if they help on you, kick it and trust your teammate.”

Forward Marcus Haynes lapped all other Reeltown scorers with 18, piling up some impressive finishes around the rim.

“Marcus is a senior that we’ve been riding all year. He shows up every night,” Reeltown coach Jonathan Gardner said. “He continues to be there night after night. Some nights he might have a bad game on offense, but he’s going to give you everything he’s got on defense and rebound. You can’t ask for more.”

Reeltown led for seven consecutive minutes of game action from two minutes left in the third quarter to under three minutes left in the fourth.

Trailing 46-42, Dadeville embarked on an 8-0 run that included five points from guard Philstavious Dowdell to grab a 50-46 advantage with 1:37 to play.

Haynes responded with his second 3-pointer of the contest to cut that lead to 50-49, which Woody re-extended to 52-49 with 22 seconds left on a pair of free throws.

The Rebels called timeout, likely needing to hit a 3-point shot on their next possession to force overtime. After a drive the ball was kicked to the left corner where freshman Finley Henderson launched a high-arching shot over the outstretched arm of a defender.

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but is par for the course in this day and age. Everyone loses players to the transfer portal every single year.

The Tigers have lost more than most this year, but the majority are players that made very little impact. Of course, Nix was obviously a major contributor, but that may have been for the best. When a team loses seven games in a season, one would expect changes on the staff. The offense

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Philstavious Dowdell goes up for a layup during an AHSAA basketball game between the Dadeville Tigers and the Reeltown Rebels at Dadeville High School in Dadeville on Monday, Jan. 24, 2022.

It rolled around the rim not once, but twice. Then it toppled through. Nine seconds of game time later, the contest was heading to OT. “He’s just a ninth grader,” Gardner said.

“He’s getting a lot of confidence, and that’s what I need.”

Dadeville guard Daquan Doss missed a buzzerbeating layup that could have won it in regulation for the Tigers, but responded quickly with a right-corner 3 on the first possession of overtime.

That sparked the 7-0 Dadeville run that proved decisive.

“That’s the way we practice on those 3s. We kick it out there to him, I want him taking it,” Foster said. “Don’t even think about it. If he’d have been worried about that layup he missed, he wouldn’t have hit that.”

Despite the loss, Gardner said he’s enjoyed the improvements his team has made through the season to this point. In the first meeting between Reeltown and Dadeville the Tigers pounced out to a 17-point lead in the second quarter and the game was never in question beyond that point.

That’s a stark contrast with Monday’s affair between the same two teams, which needed four additional minutes to declare a winner.

“We did what we were supposed to do, we

was horrendous down the stretch and Mike Bobo’s departure was appreciated.

I wasn’t greatly impressed with Derek Mason for most of the season, but he was well-liked by the players. It’s not unheard of to make changes after a coach’s first year, but the replacements better be good. Auburn fans have a choice to make. They can run for cover as if the sky were falling or dig their heels in and give the new head coach time to rebuild and remake his team in his own image. The choice is yours to make.

ran what we wanted to do,” Gardner said. “We controlled the game. I told the boys, ‘We can slow them down and contest the 3, we’ll be in the ballgame.’

They did exactly that.”

Reeltown returns home to face Elmore County Tuesday. Dadeville will host Beulah in its next game Friday.

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Combined tourism authority a no go would create the bylaws, a board where Alexander City would have representation. It The Alexander City City would have been similar to the Council failed to get enough combined efforts for economic votes to request the Tallapoosa development through the Lake County Commission to form Martin Area Economic Devela combined county tourism opment Alliance. effort.

Mayor Woody Baird and After three council work councilmember Jimmy Keel sessions with members of the said a combined effort would county commission on hand, benefit the city mainly due to councilmembers who voted the city’s financial issues. against the measure stated “This whole thing is about they had more questions about money,” Keel said. “Let’s get how a combined tourism effort back to where it started. When would be created and asked we formed the budget and what is wrong with the current tried to balance the budget, we city tourism efforts. asked everybody, appropriaCouncilmember Chris tions, departments to take a 25 Brown asked about the budget percent cut. They did. All of for a new combined tourism the people with appropriations effort and what other municitook it. No one complained palities would participate. except this tourism committee.

“If we are contributing lodg- There was a lot of commoing tax, are any other cities tion.” contributing funds to this tourThe council did fund tourism?” Brown asked. “Does this ism $112,500 to be issued to new organization have bylaws the city’s tourism efforts as and how it is going to be gov- the city had money. Keel said erned?” there were still funds devoted Brown continued asking to tourism efforts beyond the about staffing and salaries. initial budget.

Councilmember Bobby Tap“They wanted more money ley reminded the council mul- for fishing tournaments so we tiple discussions had been held. gave them $8,250 for the AlaCity clerk Amanda Thomas bama Bass Trail — gave them said the resolution before the $15,000 for another fishing council was only to request the trail,” Keel said. “It wound up county to form the combined we gave them $137,750.” authority under already estabThe city has a lodging tax lished state law. It would be that brought in about $800,000 at that point the real work of last year. The lodging tax was creating a combined authority pointed at the general fund would happen. and not earmarked. It’s monThe county did request only ies needed in the city’s general a five-member board, but it fund. had yet to be approved by Under a combined authority, the commission. It would be the lodging tax passed by the the newly formed board that city would still be collected by

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the city for its general fund.

Brown asked why dismantle something that already exists and shows it more than covering its costs.

“We don’t know nothing about it?” Brown said of the combined tourism effort. “We don’t know how it’s going to work? If it’s going to work.”

Baird said with the bylaws for a combined effort still not established the city could ask for its efforts to be considered before formally joining the combined county tourism authority.

Baird has said a combined effort would increase the city’s revenues because of the current duplication of services between the county and city efforts.

Brown said the city’s efforts were mainly to put ‘heads in beds.’

Alexander City already dominates the county’s lodging with hotels and some lakefront vacation rentals.

Baird said the move would free up some funds in the general fund, something greatly needed considering the city’s current financial situation.

“Right, now we need revenue in our general fund more than anything else,” Baird said.

“We are starving to death. Currently right now we are still borrowing from the enterprise fund in the first quarter to pay salaries.”

Baird noted the Lake Martin Tourism Authority is contracting with its second director who resigned last year to lead the organization’s efforts.

“We are paying someone $54,000 out of state to work part time,” Baird said. “I think

that money would be better spent and kept in Alex City. At this point in time, how many city employees make $54,000 and work part time? About 95 percent make less than $54,000.”

Brown said the director of the county’s tourism program was on the board of the city’s tourism board.

“They have a hand in it,” Brown said. “My understanding is they are not there.”

Commissioner T.C. Coley said the commission had asked Sandra Fuller not to attend recent city tourism meetings but said before efforts to combine tourism efforts Fuller was engaged.

“Sandra Fuller has been very active in the Lake Martin Tourism Association,” Coley said.

“If she hasn’t been involved in the last couple of meetings, we did not want her to be in a situation where it seemed she was conflicted because one on hand she is on the tourism board whose future is questionable based on the city funding, and at the same time would be considered a beneficiary of the new entity.”

Coley said Brown could check the minutes of the city’s tourism board should see Fuller was in attendance and supportive.

Tapley and Keel harped on why Lake Martin Tourism touted fishing tournaments. Tapley is serving his third term on the council and support has always been there for fishing tournaments before the city’s creation of Lake Martin Tourism.

“We’ve been doing fishing tournaments my first year,”

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TAX HELP: Beginning January 24, 2022, Free Tax and Electronic Tax Filing Assistance at Volunteer Connections of Central Alabama, Inc., 5030 Hwy 280, Alex City, AL, IRS certified volunteers will provide the free tax assistance and electronically file federal and state income tax forms. The free tax sites are designed to assist seniors 60+ (with no income limit), taxpayers under age 60 with incomes less than $57,414, and disabled taxpayers. Due to Covid, we will once again utilize the drop off method by APPOINTMENT. To make an appointment please call 256-234-0347 between 9-5 on Monday, Tuesday, Thursday or Friday. Please do not come to the site without an appointment. The following information is required by the IRS: last year’s tax return; photo ID-driver’s license-for taxpayer and spouse; social security cards for taxpayers and dependants; W-2’s; and 1099’s, B, R and SSA 1099. If you have health insurance through the government marketplace, bring your 1095-A. If you received a stimulus check please bring the IRS form 6475 (1444c letter)! if you received advanced child credit you should bring IRS form 6419. We must have thi

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Some of us have to paddle before we can swim.

Tapley said. “Nothing new has been established for fishing tournaments. Everything going on then, it might have grown some but it was established already.”

Keel said fishing tournaments have been bigger in the past before the tourism boards but said a combined citycounty tourism effort would allow the city to concentrate on the needs of Alexander City citizens.

“Everytime I turn on the television it’s tourism,” Keel said. “Tourists do one thing, they come here and they leave.

They may pay lodging tax but they aren’t bringing jobs here.

Lets fund a committee for commercial development and fund them $3 to 400,000; we might get somewhere.”

The council was spilt on the matter 3-3 with Keel, Tapley and Eric Brown voting to seek a merger with the county.

Chris Brown, Scott Hardy and council president Buffy Colvin voting against it. The mayor cannot vote and a tie means the resolution was not approved.

Meanwhile the county commission is prepared to continue its tourism efforts already established under the one director it has had since Tallapoosa County Tourism was established.

“I have heard so much information that is counter to what we really want to do,” commissioner Steve Robinson told the council. “We have an approved budget. We have a plan. We were executing our plan. We did not come to the city to ask the city to join us. That is not what happened.”

RX ASSISTANCE: SenioRx Coordinator, Deborah Jones, will be available by appointments on Feb. 10 from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. The SenioRx program helps individuals who cannot afford the medications they need. If you need medications, diabetic supplies or liquid supplements, see Deborah Jones at Alexander City Chamber of Commerce at 175 Aliant Parkway, Alexander City. Contact 1-800361-1636 to setup an appointment.

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CLAUDE KING: Claude King, co-author of Experiencing God, will speak about the need for believers and

churches to return to God on Thursday, Feb 17 from 11:30 a.m. - 2 p.m. at First Baptist Church in Dadeville. The event is free & open to everyone. In King’s new book, Return to Me, he shares a scriptural process for personal revival and the revitalization of churches. A Chickfil-A box lunch and copy of his book will be provided free of charge to everyone who registers by 3:00 Monday, Feb. 14.

To register, call 256-825-4441 or email office@tallapoosabaptist.org.

ONGOING EVENTS

ARTISTS ASSOCIATION OF CENTRAL ALABAMA: AACA is Back!

Club dues for a year are $20. We meet on the third Wednesday at the Alexander City Sportsplex Senior Center. Come to a club meeting which is followed by our Open Studio program which AACA sponsors for the public. The upcoming artist workshop is Tuscany, Oils taught by Elaine Western. The cost of $75 includes pallet, canvas, paints, instructions and much more. If interested, call June Dean at 334-313-7533.

COMMUNITY CLEANUP: Clean Community Partnership in Dadeville will host first Saturday cleanups every month at 8:30 a.m. Meet at Dadeville City Hall to sign in and receive trash picking supplies and routes. There will be a trash bag drop-off on site and sanitized pickers. For more information, contact Dianna Porter at 256-750-0075.

ARTISTS GATHERING: The Lake Martin Creativity Group continues to meet at 1 p.m. every Monday at the StillWaters Residential Building.The purpose of the group is to explore all mediums of creativity. Anyone in the Lake Martin area who is interested in arts and crafts is welcome to be a part of the group.

The charge is $5 per month to help pay for the space to have fun and stimulate our creativity. Come and share what you like to do.

If anyone has questions should con-

tact Christine Glowacki at 205-535-5974.

CCP THIRD SATURDAYS: Clean Community Partnership will host its Third Saturday cleanups the third Saturday of each month. Meet at 8:30 a.m. at Our Town Volunteer Fire Department for pickup supplies and area assignments to help clean up the streets within Alexander City. For more information call John Thompson at 334-399-3289.

DADEVILLE BEAUTIFICATION BOARD: The Dadeville Beautification Board meets the second Thursday of each month beginning at 5:00 PM. Meetings are held at the Tallapoosa Historical Society Museum. New members are always welcome.

SCOUTING OPPORTUNITIES: Cub Scouts, second through fifth grade, and Boy Scouts, 10 to 17 year olds, meet 6 p.m. every Monday at St. James Episcopal Church at 347 South Central Ave. Alexander City. Everyone is welcome to stop by to learn about scouting and its values.

SOUP AND SANDWICH MINISTRY: St. James Episcopal Church will hold Soups To-Go from 5:30 to 6 p.m. every Tuesday. The program is open to everyone and will supply a cup of hot soup and a half-sandwich by curbside pickup or walk-ups.

CHARITY BINGO AT NIFFER’S: At 6 p.m. every Tuesday, Niffer’s Place at the Lake hosts bingo benefitting rotating charities. Cards are $1 each and there are eight total rounds. The first seven round winners receive Niffer’s Bucks and the eighth round is the jackpot round for cash.

AL-ANON MEETING: Al-Anon is a free support group for family and friends of alcoholics. Meetings are Mondays noon to 1 p.m. at United Methodist Church in Dadeville, 140 W. Lafayette St. Meeting room is down the steps on the right side of the church. You will be welcomed. Confidentiality is maintained. For more information call 205-903-0061.

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