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Camp Hill weighs road name change in honor of lynching victims

By SIRI HEDREEN Multimedia Reporter Camp Hill will consider renaming Old Highway 280 the “Gray-Norris Memorial Highway” next week, in memory of former residents Ralph Gray, lynched in 1931, and Mae Lizzie Norris lynched in 1947.

In a letter posted to the town’s Facebook page, Camp Hill mayor Messiah Williams-

Cole said he had tabled the name change to the March 7 council meeting to give the citizens time to weigh in.

Gray, a member of the Alabama Sharecroppers Union, was murdered on July 15, 1931 by a lynch mob incited by Tallapoosa County Sheriff Kyle Young and Camp Hill police Chief J.M. Wilson. In “Hammer and Hoe,” the history of a shortlived communist movement

among Alabama sharecroppers, historian Robin D.G. Kelley writes: “The simple fact of Black organizing, not to mention the involvement of the Communist Party, terrified the region’s white power structure and made a violent confrontation almost inevitable.”

Gray’s body was dumped on the Tallapoosa County Courthouse steps, “a clear See NAME CHANGE, Page A12

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Town attorney Charles Gillenwaters (left), councilmembers Sue Thomas and Duane Blackwell and Camp Hill mayor Messiah Williams-Cole discuss agenda items at a town council meeting in December.

Alex City Schools to raise another $26.5 million for school construction Funding agreement allows total project budget to exceed $74 million

By SIRI HEDREEN Multimedia Reporter Construction of a new Benjamin Russell High School may turn into a $74,450,000 project.

An amended funding agreement with local municipalities will allow the Alexander City Board of Education to raise $26.5 million to cover the construction of the new school, on top of the $48 million borrowed in 2020.

The agreement, approved by the Alexander City City Council by 4-2 vote Friday, amends a 2020 funding agreement that will allow the school board to finance another $26.5 million for the project. The bonds are backed by city and county sales tax and property tax.

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CAMP HILL CELEBRATES BLACK HISTORY MONTH WITH SONG, DANCE AND AWARDS

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A packed room turned out to the special called Alexander City City Council meeting Friday afternoon, in which the council and school board approved a memorandum of understanding that would sell 88 acres of the Sportplex to the Alexander City Board of Education for $600,000.

City to sell 88 acres of Sportplex to BOE for new high school

By SIRI HEDREEN Multimedia Reporter The Alexander City Board of Education will proceed with its plan to construct a new Benjamin Russell High School at the Sportplex after approving a deal that would pay $600,0000 and convey the board’s U.S. Highway 280 property to the city, in exchange for a sales tax amendment to help cover construction costs.

The Alexander City City Council and school board approved the deal in back-to-back meetings Friday afternoon, both held at the Municipal Complex, but not without resistance from

amp Hill celebrated its “dedicated community, committed to the mission of the town” by recognizing model citizens at an awards ceremony Monday.

The awards, named after notable Black Americans, were presented at a Black History Month Program put on by the town, along with song, poetry and a performance by dance studio Mahogany Masterpiece.

Participants filled the pews at the former Camp Hill Baptist Church, in contrast with last year’s Black history program held virtually due to the pandemic. The town purchased the church using American Rescue Plan funding in August and plans to start using it as a municipal complex this year, Mayor Messiah WilliamsCole said.

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TOP: Students of Mahogany Masterpiece, a dance studio owned by Raven Tolbert, perform for the town. Camp Hill residents gathered at the former

2022 CAMP HILL AWARDS Jane Bolin Students of the Year Nhylee Banks Cameron Brooks Earl Graves Business of the Year Jeff Bandy Chadwick Bozeman Golden Rule Award Karen Shelley Phillis Wheatley Most Artistic Jean Moseley Robert Abbot Entrepreneurship Award Jamarion Wilkerson Jesse Owens Athletic Award Phil Dowdell Cathay Williams Hidden Figure Award Linda Doss Bayard Rustin Leadership Award C.J. Marbutt Claudette Colvin Bravery Award Yasha Murph Calvin Pogue Ella Baker Humanitarian Award Dr. Shirley Howard Carter G. Woodson Lifetime Achievement Award Rev. Willie Frank Smith (posthumous) Miss Emma Maude Holloway (posthumous) Mr. Lee Rowe, Jr.

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dozens of citizens, many of whom were from the Black community, demanding answers on what that would mean for Nathaniel H. Stephens Elementary School. A rumor floated on Facebook that the new high school would spell closure for Stephens, formerly Laurel High School, where Alexander City’s Black students were educated in the days of segregation.

It was a rumor that was roundly denied by school superintendent Dr. Keith Lankford and city council president Buffy Colvin Friday, though councilman Bobby Tapley said he had heard the superintendent say otherwise in the past.

But before a vote, David Boleware, retired director of Community Action Committee, got up to say that “from the moment it started,” the rumor had been that when a new Benjamin Russell was built, the remaining school campuses would be shuffled and Stephens Elementary would be the one to shut.

“Those are the things that we heard. Now we want to have the facts,” Boleware said. “And here’s my question in regard to the school. If it’s going to cost $40 million to build a new school, has the board of education given any consideration to using that $40 million to renovate the five schools and leave them as they are?

Would that be cost effective, or would that not be?”

The city council ultimately voted 4-2 on the land deal, with Tapley, whose district covers Stephens, and councilman Jimmy Keel voting against it.

“When I was elected 10 years ago, I promised the people in my district I would be the voice for them and I would not disappear,” Tapley said. “I value the people in my district. I love the people in

POLICE REPORTS DADEVILLE POLICE DEPARTMENT MARCH 1  A report was filed for theft of property first that occurred on U. S. Highway 280.

FEB. 28 A report was filed for theft of lost property that occurred on U.S. Highway 280.

FEB. 26  A report was filed for possession of a controlled substance and possession of drug paraphernalia that occurred on U.S. Highway 49 North. A two vehicle motor vehicle collision occurred on U.S. Highway 280 resulting in minor property damage and no injuries. Rex Tucker, 29, of Alexander City was arrested for driving under the influence on U.S. Highway 280. A two vehicle motor vehicle collision occurred on South Broadnax Street resulting in minor property damage and no injuries.

FEB. 25 Jamichael Stone, 32, of Lafayette was arrested for possession of marijuana first, possession of drug paraphernalia, attempting to elude law enforcement, resisting arrest, and felons forbidden firearms on Adams Street.

FEB. 22 Gregory Swanson, 56, of Dadeville was arrested for driving under the influence on Old Susanna Road. Michael Wyckoff, 45, of Jacksons Gap was arrested on two warrants for domestic violence.

FEB. 21 Queston Reese, 30, of Alexander City was arrested on two warrants for failure to appear.

FEB. 20 Antonio Watts, 24, of Dadeville was arrested for domestic violence third on Dr. Martin Luther King Drive.

FEB. 19 Christopher Glenn, 36, of Alexander City was arrested on two warrants for failure to appear.  Amber Meredith, 26, of Alexander City was arrested on a warrant for failure to appear.

FEB. 18 A two vehicle motor vehicle collision occurred on U.S. Highway 280 resulting in major property damage and no injuries. A report was filed for burglary third

that occurred on Old Miller’s Ferry Road. Nickalos Tapley, 20, of Dadeville was arrested for possession of marijuana second on Horseshoe Bend Road. A report was filed for domestic violence third that occurred on U.S. Highway 280.

FEB. 17 A report was filed for disorderly conduct that occurred on East South Street.

FEB. 16 Tarashus Knight, 38, of Alexander City was arrested on a warrant for failure to appear.

TALLAPOOSA COUNTY SHERIFF’S DEPARTMENT FEB. 22 A report was taken on Ford Road in Notasulga for burglary.

FEB. 21 Deonta Lucas of Eagle Circle in Alexander City was arrested for driving under the influence.

FEB. 18 Jonathan Wright of Newman Road in Alexander City was arrested for probation revocation. Tabitha Reed of Newman Road in Alexander City was arrested on a grand jury indictment for theft of property and receiving stolen property. Terry Teague of Cherokee Road in Alexander City was arrested on a grand jury indictment of domestic violence strangulation.

FEB. 17 John Wyndham of Alexander City was arrested on an outstanding grand jury indictment. A resident of Pier Point Drive in Dadeville filed a report for theft.

FEB. 16 Charles Brooks of Alexander City was arrested on two warrants for failure to appear. A resident of Sunset Lane in Dadeville filed a report for theft. Christopher Kirk of Sylacauga was arrested on warrants for probation violation. A resident of Sunset Lane in Dadeville filed a report for theft.

ALEXANDER CITY POLICE DEPARTMENT FEB. 25 James Dillion Cox, 27, of Alex-

my district. And I have had several people come to me since this has been talked about.”

Keel said he hadn’t been properly briefed on the deal and didn’t know about the U.S. 280 conveyance until he was handed a copy of the deal 20 minutes before the meeting.

“I can’t sit down here and decipher all this in two or three minutes,” Keel said. “I don’t know what kind of decision was made going into it, nobody told me. The mayor didn’t; the council president didn’t.”

Colvin later apologized for not sharing the details of the deal, which she said were reached in a Wednesday afternoon meeting, with every councilmember. “I apologize for not doing that. I can say what I did right and what I did wrong.”

Keel also questioned the priority of a new building and referred to the Alexander City Chamber of Commerce’s State of Education luncheon, where the schools’ standardized testing scores were presented.

“The main topic was the grades, and they’re pitiful. And my question is, is a new high school going to improve the grades?”

Keel said, and was met with a room full of applause.

The city council also had its first reading of an amendment to the 2020 sales ordinance that would remove the cap on the sales tax, with the proceeds going toward the construction of a new school.

The amendment will be voted on at the next meeting.

If the amendment is passed, the Alexander City Board of Education will convey its U.S. 280 property, where they originally intended to build Benjamin Russell High School, to the city, according to the second clause of the land deal passed Friday.

After the city council meeting, the school board stayed put to call their own meeting into session, where the memorandum of understanding was approved unanimously.

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ander City was arrested for driving under the influence of a controlled substance. Driving under the influence of a controlled substance was reported in Alexander City.

FEB. 24 Kimisha Briann Little, 31, of Alexander City was arrested for bail jumping. Autumn Caldwell Tanner, 41, of Dadeville was arrested for public intoxication and tampering with physical evidence. William Daniel Milner, 41, of Dadeville was arrested for public intoxication. Harassment was reported in Alexander City. Harassment was reported in Alexander City. Burglary and theft was reported in Alexander City.

FEB. 23 Public intoxication and tampering with physical evidence was reported in Alexander City. Theft was reported in Alexander City. Domestic violence was reported in Alexander City.

FEB. 22 Lorenzo Calvin Crawford, 48, of Alexander City was arrested for possession of marijuana. Danny Ray Woods, 61, of Hazlehurst, Georgia was arrested for driving under the influence of alcohol. Possession of marijuana was reported in Alexander City. Domestic violence was reported in Alexander City. Driving under the influence of alcohol was reported in Alexander City. Theft was reported in Alexander City. Harassment and criminal trespass was reported in Alexander City.

FEB. 21 Hykeene McDade, 30, of Montgomery was arrested for driving while license suspended. Harassment was reported in Alexander City. Leaving the scene of an accident was reported in Alexander City. Harassing communications was reported in Alexander City.

FEB. 20 Leroy Phillip Smith, 61, of Atlanta was arrested for possession of

marijuana, tampering with physical evidence and bail jumping. Dameon Calhoun, 27, of Alexander City was arrested for possession of marijuana. Christopher Obryan Glenn, 36, of Alexander City was arrested for driving under the influence of alcohol and open container of alcohol in a vehicle. Possession of marijuana was reported in Alexander City. Possession of marijuana and tampering with physical evidence was reported in Alexander City. Possession of marijuana was reported in Alexander City. Driving under the influence of alcohol and open container of alcohol was reported in Alexander City. Domestic violence was reported in Alexander City.

FEB. 19 Misha June Petty Brown, 62, of Alexander City was arrested for driving under the influence of a controlled substance., possession of marijuana and possession of drug paraphernalia. Felix Alandas Kennebrew III, 24 of Tallassee was arrested for possession of marijuana and possession of drug paraphernalia. Alexander James Barnes, 21, of Alexander City was arrested for failure to appear. Driving under the influence of a controlled substance and possession of marijuana was reported in Alexander City. Theft was reported in Alexander City. Possession of marijuana and possession of drug paraphernalia was reported in Alexander City. Aggravated theft by deception was reported in Alexander City. Domestic violence was reported in Alexander City.

FEB. 18 Assault was reported in Alexander City. Criminal trespass was reported in Alexander City. Harassment was reported in Alexander City. Domestic violence and unlawful imprisonment was reported in Alexander City.  Burglary and theft was reported in Alexander City. Theft was reported in Alexander City.

Before the vote, however, school board vice president Dr. Chante’ Ruffin said “I do share some of the same sentiments as councilman Keel and just know that we are aware of what our problems are. And I have four kids in this system and I would not allow our kids to be in a system that’s failing.”

After the vote, board member Michael Ransaw clarified his position on Stephens Elementary.

“I’m kind of hurt that me being a Black male in here on the board of education, would sit up here and let something happen that my mother was a part of just sit and rot,” he said.

“This school is a good thing,” he continued. “For Black and white.”

Lankford first announced his intent to build the new school at the Sportplex — initially, the baseball fields — in November, a pivot from previous plans to build at the corner of U.S. 280 and State Highway 63. The school board purchased the property for $500,000 in February 2021 and intended to break ground on the $48 million project that spring, but put that plan on hold after unexpected costs drove the cost of building up more than $20 million over budget.

The Sportplex, however, comes with its own red tape. The complex was funded by a grant from the Land and Water Conservation Fund in 1986, and to use it for anything other than a park would require “expressed permission” from both the Alabama Department of Economic and Community Affairs (ADECA) and the feds.

The section of forest where the board now intends to build was not included in the Land and Water Conservation Fund project, though ADECA must grant school board easement for a driveway. If ADECA does not grant easement, the memorandum of understanding approved by the city council and school board states that the land swap will become null and void.

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Kowaliga boat ramp undergoing renovations Staff Report TPI Staff Repairs and renovations are coming to the Kowaliga public boat ramp.

The Alabama Department of Conservation and Natural Resources (ADCNR) Wildlife and Freshwater Fisheries Division (WFF) will close the for approximately two weeks as work begins Feb. 28.

During the closure the parking lot will be resurfaced and potholes near the boat ramp will be repaired.

The Kowaliga Public Boat Ramp on Lake Martin in Elmore County is one of five public boat ramps on Lake Martin operated by WFF. For more information, visit www.boatramps.dcnr.alabama.gov or call the WFF Fisheries Section at 334-242-3471.

Funding for this project was provided through the Sport Fish Restoration Program, which is supported through excise taxes on the sale of outboard motor fuel, fishing equipment and the sale of Alabama fishing licenses.

ADCNR promotes wise stewardship, management and enjoyment of Alabama’s natural resources through four divisions: Marine Resources, State Lands, State Parks and Wildlife and Freshwater Fisheries. Learn more at outdooralabama.com.

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The Kowaliga public boat ramp is undergoing repairs and renovations.

Alexander City man dies in Coosa County pursuit

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ALEA will participate in SafeDRIVE initiative in hopes of lowering traffic collisions. Motorists are reminded to wear their seatbelts, do not drive distracted or impaired, and always follow the rules of the road.

A single car crash took the life of a man trying to run from deputies with the Coosa County Sheriff’s Office.

According to the Alabama Law Enforcement Agency (ALEA), Billy Wayner Sims, 25, of Alexander City was attempting to evade Coosa County deputies Friday about 10:40 p.m.

“Sims was driving a 2014 Chevrolet 1500 pickup on U.S. Highway 280 near mile marker 60 south of Goodwater,” ALEA senior trooper Kendra R. McKinney said. “Sims’ vehicle left the roadway, struck a ditch then a tree. Sims was not using a seat belt at the time of the crash and was pronounced deceased at the scene.”

Nothing further is available as troopers with ALEA’s Highway Patrol Division continue to investigate.

Alabama Law Enforcement Agency to participate in SafeDRIVE Staff Report TPI Staff The Alabama Law Enforcement Agency (ALEA) will be joining forces with fellow law enforcement officers in neighboring states to conduct quarterly, concentrated highway traffic enforcement and educational periods throughout the state as a part of a national safety initiative known as SafeDRIVE. SafeDRIVE, which stands for Distracted Reckless Impaired Visibility Enforcement, aims to eliminate commercial motor vehicle (CMV) traffic collisions through periods of high visibility enforcement details. The first enforcement period will take place March 1-3, along Interstate 85 and 20. Additional enforcement periods will occur June 21-23, August 2-4, October 4-6 and November 21-23.

“Road safety is everyone’s responsibility including passenger-vehicle drivers, truck drivers, bus drivers, bicyclists, motorcyclists, and even pedestrians” ALEA Secretary Hal Taylor said. “When traveling on our roads, we must remember that we all face a variety of safety challenges. Our goal is to eliminate dangerous driving behaviors such as aggressive or distracted driving and educate all motorists, and pedestrians, on how to share the road safely so everyone makes it home alive.”

SafeDRIVE’s enforcement efforts will include monitoring for aggressive driving, speeding, following too close, failing to wear seat belts, distracted driving, and driving under the influence.

The initiative will also help ensure CMV drivers are following industry regulations and are in compliance with, hours of service, commercial driver license, medical certification, and commercial motor vehicle

credentialing.

SafeDRIVE will complement a national campaign initiated by the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, Our Roads, Our Safety, which educates all motorists on how to share the road safely.

The quarterly SafeDRIVE enforcement waves emphasize the need for all vehicles to share the road safely.

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Permitless Kay Ivey still favorite to win reelection Our Mission carry one STEVE U step closer to FLOWERS Columnist passing

By BETH CHAPMAN Last week the House of Representatives voted 65-37 on House Bill 272, which will allow Alabama citizens to carry concealed handguns without a permit.

Rep. Shane Stringer from Mobile County has 3 decades of law enforcement experience. His bill omitted the requirement that gun owners acquire a permit to carry a concealed handgun on their person, in their bags and in their vehicles in HB 272. With its passage, the bill will now be sent upstairs to the Senate for a vote.

Pistol permits would still be accessible from each county sheriffs’ office for other purposes. Such purposes would be the reciprocal agreements with other states and carrying guns in restricted areas.

For instance, if you choose not to have a license in Alabama and you travel to Georgia and are stopped by law enforcement, you would be ticketed for not having a permit. This reason alone is enough to continue to get a permit for those who travel much.

“Permitless Carry” has become a catch phrase in the political arena with the Democrats and Republicans split on the controversial issue. Much of law enforcement is split on it too, with many of the state’s police chiefs and sheriffs having opposed the bill. Those officials say the permits are an important safety precaution for law enforcement officials.

Others say criminals don’t have gun permits so why does it matter if law-abiding citizens do?

Maybe because it helps the law enforcement officials know the difference in the two?

One of the pro arguments is if the bill passes, law-abiding citizens will be allowed to exercise their constitutional right to carry a concealed handgun without having to pay for that right by purchasing a pistol license.

Some of the cons are that sheriff’s departments will no longer have a big percentage of their budgets which they need to run their departments. Also, they will be more endangered because they won’t know who is and is not a law-abiding citizen carrying pistols.

I have a 5-year pistol permit, and I carry a handgun. I will continue to carry a handgun and will do so legally whatever that requirement may be.

I’m just ready to know what it is. That too, is my constitutional right.

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sually in a gubernatorial year the Governor’s Race grabs the spotlight.

However, our open Senate Seat with the avalanche of Washington dollars flooding into the Heart of Dixie, the Governor’s Race has become overshadowed.

It is also an obvious fact of political life that an open Senate Seat is certain to be more competitive than a race with a popular incumbent governor running for reelection.

Incumbency is a tremendous advantage. You get free daily publicity just by governing.

My prediction from the onset was that Kay Ivey would win reelection to another term and now with three months to the May 24 election, my prognostication is still that Governor Ivey will win a reelection victory.

Furthermore, my guess is that she wins without a runoff.

The best barometer of a gubernatorial outcome in a race with an incumbent governor running, is to look at how they ran the last time. Four years ago, Kay Ivey was a semiincumbent. She had served over a year of Governor Robert Bentley’s last term and was running for her first full term.

In that 2018 race, she trounced the entire field of GOP candidates and won without a runoff. Folks, that field she beat in 2018 was much more formidable than the one she faces this year. If for no other reason, she beat Huntsville Mayor Tommy Battle one of the most qualified thoroughbreds to seek the brass ring in years. He was well liked and from a vote rich area of the state and had grown his city to one of the fastest growing and prosperous cities in America. Battle was well-financed and a good campaigner. Many

dollars, which shows a commitment.

Tim James and Lindy Blanchard are both working hard. One of them will finish second.

However, that only counts in horseshoes and marbles. of us wondered why he Running second was good was seeking a job that in the old days of Alabama was probably a demotion politics, because the from being mayor of governor could not succeed Alabama’s largest and themselves. Therefore, most prosperous city. whoever ran second would Battle was just one win four years later. It of the carnage that Ivey was called running a “get destroyed in the 2018 acquainted race.”

GOP Primary. Also left In addition to Blanchard in the wake were popular and James there are six Birmingham Evangelist other candidates vying to Scott Dawson, as well as beat Kay Ivey. They all well-financed Mobile State have some credentials and Senator Bill Hightower. they are not all, “run for She went on to trounce the fun of it” candidates. the last viable Democratic Lew Burdette is a candidate to run for successful businessman governor, Tuscaloosa who heads the King’s Mayor Walt Maddox Ranch in Birmingham. who was well-financed Dean Young is an ultraand a viable candidate. right-wing candidate who Kay Ivey beat Maddox has run several times for 60 percent to 40 percent office in Mobile and is in the General Election. known in that area of the This Maddox race wrote state. Dave Thomas is a the book for what is the former state representative benchmark level for what and current Mayor of a Democratic candidate Springville in St. Clair can get in an Alabama County. Some voters may state race. The bar is set think he is the founder of at 40% for a Democrat.

Wendy’s. Dean Odle is an Doug Jones’ 39 percent to Opelika minister. Stacey 61 percent loss for Senate George is a former Morgan in 2020 confirmed that County Commissioner threshold. who has run for governor There are six unknown before. candidates who qualified to If Burdette gets six run as Democrats this year. percent, Young gets five The general election is percent, Thomas gets four irrelevant. The winner of percent, and George and the May 24 GOP Primary Odle get three percent will be governor. each, that adds up to The big question in 21 percent. That many the governor’s race is not candidates could force a whether Kay Ivey wins, runoff. We will see. it is whether or not this See you next week.

2022 field of candidates can force her into a June Steve Flowers is 21 runoff? The answer is Alabama’s leading probably not. political columnist. His There are only two weekly column appears viable opponents, Lindy in over 60 Alabama Blanchard and Tim James. newspapers. He served The reason they are 16 years in the state viable is that they have legislature. Steve may personal wealth to spend. be reached at: www.

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to offer children a free, public education. What As a United States good is that education if history teacher I’m it is based on inaccuracies appalled at the introduction and omissions? We cannot of HB312 to the Alabama change the truth about congressional session. our past and will never When I made the decision be “colorblind.” Knowing to become an Alabama the truth keeps future educator I made a generations from making commitment to educate. the same mistakes. I don’t If I’m forced by the want to work in a state government to whitewash that doesn’t recognize the the history of America importance of knowing and leave out “divisive the past. The limitations concepts” I’ll be doing a HB312 will place on disservice. The notion that educators is unethical students could potentially to teaching and unjust lose the right to learn the to historians. Teachers truth about past events are scrutinized enough is insane. This country without having lawmakers is required by its laws planning lessons. Mr.

Oliver, spend your term in office focused on helping instead of lobbying for ignorance. I sincerely hope this bill does not pass congress. If they should fail, I pray Governor Ivey will support our students and protect them from this idiotic legislation.

My students are outraged at the prospect of HB312 and were encouraged to exercise their rights as American citizens.

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Susan Grizzard, M.Ed. 6th Grade United States History Teacher

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Who Was harry houdini?

Erich Weisz was born on March 24, 1874, in Budapest, Hungary. Soon after, his family moved to Appleton, Wisconsin. He loved America so much that he often told people he was born in Appleton. When he was 13, his family moved to New York where he began working as a trapeze artist. Erich was interested in magic from an early age and performed, without much success, in vaudeville shows. In 1893, he married Wilhemina Rahner. He took the official stage name of Harry Houdini in 1894, when he began working as a professional magician and escape artist. His wife adopted the name Beatrice Houdini and worked as his stage assistant during his entire career. Houdini created his stage name based on his childhood nickname, Harry, and by modifyingDR theKIDZ last name of another famous magician, Jean-Eugène Robert-Houdin. Houdini was best known for his daring feats of escape from shackles, handcuffs, and locked boxes. He was very successful at this due to his great physical strength and his remarkable ability to pick locks. In 1899, Houdini caught his big break when an entertainment manager named Martin Beck saw his act and booked him on tours in the U.S. and Europe. He would go on to be the highest-paid vaudeville star in America. Houdini constantly invented new techniques to amaze audiences. He often escaped from shackles while underwater.

His greatest feat was the Chinese Water Torture Cell. In this act, he was suspended upside down, shackled, and put into a straitjacket and lowered into a container of water where he would escape, all while holding his breath. Houdini was not only a magician; he was also an aviator, an author, and an actor, where he started his own movie company and produced and starred in several films. He founded the World’s oldest magic company which is still in operation today. During World War I, he helped entertain troops, raise money for the war effort, and even held classes for soldiers on how to escape restraints if they were ever captured.

Houdini died on October 31, 1926, in Detroit, Michigan, from complications from appendicitis. Today, he remains one of the single greatest magicians of all time!

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When it comes to fruits, this is not my favorite of food although, every now and then I will eat an orange, a lemon, or if I am real hungry, I will put a little bit of banana on a mayonnaise sandwich. The Book of Galatians 5:22-23 talks about “fruits of the Spirit”. The fruit of the Spirit is what God desires our lives to exhibit and , with the Holy Spirit’s help, it is possible!

Scripture also tells us, “by their fruits ye shall know them.”

Different versions of the Bible will use different terminology but let’s break down the fruits simply.

The fruits include love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and selfcontrol. The world is looking at Christians to see if we have the Christian fruits coming out of our lives. Have you ever looked at a person who called themselves a Christian and wonder if their fruit tree was withering. It seems apparent that the main trouble with Christianity is Christians.

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

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was decaying. When brought out of storage and put in use, the beautiful sound of the violin resonated. If we want to keeping growing as Christians, we need to be used in His service.

The true Christian will not let anything or anyone keep him from God’s house and God’s service. In every church, you will find some people who do not like something about the church. So they quit coming, they quit giving, thy quit serving.

Remember faithfulness is one of the fruits of the spirit.

Does the world know that you are a Christian? Do you have the Christian attitude toward sin?

Does it take spiritual or worldly things to satisfy you? Do you have the Christian attitude toward others? Do you have the Christian attitude toward the church? Are you bearing Christian fruit? Can the world look at you and see a Christian?

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As a man was walking through a slum area, he saw children playing, men fighting, women cursing, and the streets were totally filled with noise and confusion. Suddenly, a brass band turned into the street and began to play. The whole air was cleared up by the music. If we are the Christian we ought to be, we will have the same influence upon those around us. Have you touched a life and blessed anyone?

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By ANDY ANDERS Regional Sports Director After losing four key seniors from a year ago, the 2022 Horseshoe Bend softball team features just four players that are in their 10th grade year or beyond.

Brooke Milner, Kennedy Templeton and Nadia Brooks all return as important upperclassman pieces — alongside sophomore and threesport star Reagan Taylor — but the road map is still being drawn

LOCAL SPORTS SCHEDULE Sports schedule for this week:

BASEBALL

Dadeville at

Horseshoe Bend Thursday, 4 p.m. Valley at Benjamin Russell - Thursday, 4 p.m. Verbena at Central Coosa - Friday, 2 p.m. Benjamin Russell at Valley - Friday, 4 p.m. Holtville at Reeltown - Friday, 4 p.m. Holtville at Reeltown - Friday, 6 p.m. Beauregard at Dadeville - Saturday, 11 a.m. Beauregard at Dadeville - Saturday, 1 p.m. Horseshoe Bend at Comer - Monday, 4 p.m. Park Crossing at Reeltown - Monday, 4:30 p.m. Benjamin Russell at Chilton County Monday, 6:30 p.m. Valley at Dadeville Tuesday, 4 p.m. Central Coosa at Billingsley - Tuesday, 6:30 p.m. Valley at Dadeville Tuesday, 6:30 p.m.

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Dadeville at St. James - Wednesday, 4:30 p.m. Horseshoe Bend at Childersburg - Thursday, 4:30 p.m. Sylacauga at Benjamin Russell Thursday, 4:30 p.m. Beulah at Reeltown - Thursday, 6 p.m. Vincent at Central Coosa - Thursday, 6 p.m. Central Coosa at BB Comer TOURNAMENT - All day Friday and Saturday Childersburg at Horseshoe Bend Monday, 5 p.m. Beulah at Dadeville - Tuesday, 4:30 p.m. Brewbaker Tech at Benjamin Russell Tuesday, 4:30 p.m.

SOCCER

Benjamin Russell at Stanhope Elmore girls Thursday, 5 p.m. Benjamin Russell at Stanhope Elmore boys Thursday, 7 p.m. Valley at Benjamin Russell girls - Tuesday, 5 p.m. Valley at Benjamin Russell boys - Tuesday, 5 p.m.

for the rest of the team as the Generals’ season has gotten underway.

“These first few weeks have definitely been a little rocky,” Horseshoe Bend coach Hagen Whiteard said. “But we’ve had some talks about that, about what we as a team, moving forward, what we need to do.

And we’ve talked about how much potential this team truly does have, and that if we can get them all to click at the same time and do away with some of our minor and mental errors,

we’re gonna be O.K.” Milner is the backbone of the team.

Having already signed to play collegiate softball at CACC, the first baseman led the team in RBIs with 27 and home runs with six in 2021.

No other player on the squad hit more than two long balls or batted in more than 17 runs. She added a .343 batting average to those totals, showing she can also hit for contact when it’s See HORSESHOE BEND, Page A8

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The 2022 Horseshoe Bend softball team poses with senior first baseman Brooke Milner at her signing ceremony Dec. 9.

DADEVILLE SOFTBALL BUILDING CHEMISTRY, REMAINING FLEXIBLE

By ANDY ANDERS Regional Sports Director Jordan McGuire finally felt as though her team started clicking this past weekend.

Dadeville softball opened its season with six straight losses, all of which came by at least three runs, but Saturday the Tigers prowled their way to back-to-back wins over Saks and Boaz before falling to Ohatchee by just one run.

With a bevy of positional versatility, Dadeville is sorting through who will be where in its best lineups while trying to find consistent options to go to in the circle.

“We really started working well together Saturday; we started to get in a groove,” Dadeville coach Jordan McGuire said. “I’m getting excited. There’s definitely stuff we need to work on, there’s always gonna be areas of improvement. But we looked a lot better on Saturday and we had some good things that I saw at our tournament.”

Pitching is a primary point of focus for the Tigers right now.

McGuire has an assistant or two with pitching expertise to develop that area of her team, but right now the go-to options are Jakayla Tinsley and Raleigh Patterson, who hold ERAs of 15.89 and 10.76, respectively. Each has pitched 13.2 innings.

Four other hurlers have seen some action thus far this year. Even more are getting developed for the future.

“It kind of depends on the situation, on the team we’re playing, who I’m gonna pitch,” McGuire said. “How we want to head off that team or what we want the defense to look like. [...] Jakayla and

Raleigh have been great so far. I’ve got a ninth grader on my team — Raleigh is a ninth grader, but also Shakiya Presley is a ninth grader — she had pitched before, but we were in a position where we had to have her as a catcher or we had to have her in the field so we weren’t able to pitch her.”

The infield surrounding them remains in consistent flux. Junior Tess McKinley leads off in the batting order and is hitting for a commendable .417 batting average thus far, she’s played second base a good bit.

She’s often joined at the top of the lineup by junior middle infielder Alana Tolbert, whose 8-for-18 start at the dish gives her an even greater batting average of .444.

“They’re speedy, and they can do anything when they’re up to bat,” McGuire said. “Tess is a lefty, I actually have three lefties this year. They’re all in the lineup, I like to spread them out. But Tess is usually pretty patient at the start, so it gets our next batters to see a couple pitches, then Alana’s been able to hold her own too.”

Raven Reese, Presley and Tinsley can all be seen at third base while Brittani Tinsley, Presley Tolbert and Patterson can all take shortstop. McGuire listed another four or five players each who can play first or second base when called upon as well.

The Tigers’ outfield can rotate depending on its opponent as well, McGuire noted, but one mainstay has been senior Ta’Miyah Stowes. She played almost exclusively third base a year ago, though, and could still see time back at the position. She’s batting .368 on the season.

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Dadeville head coach Jordan McGuire signals to her dugout during a game in March 2021.

Ruffin barely misses perfect game; BRHS stomps ACA 7-0 cats.

Johnson said there’s still room for improvement at the plate, howA “squib” through the right side ever. The bottom five hitters in of the infield is all that separated Benjamin Russell’s order collected Ryann Ruffin from perfection just two hits in 13 at-bats.

Monday.

“As crazy as it may sound, we One of Benjamin Russell softreally didn’t have our best day ball’s main goals this offseason at the plate,” Johnson said. “The was to bring along a second pitcher people that were hitting hit. The to complement D-1 signee Taylor people that weren’t [didn’t hit as Harris, and if the team’s contest much].” against Alabama Christian AcadRuffin’s dominance in the circle emy is any indication, Ruffin has focused mostly on loading up the stamped her name on that role. strike zone and forcing weak con“She did great,” Benjamin Rustact, though she did pick up four sell coach Jessica Johnson said. strikeouts.

“She wasn’t going high in counts.

Only five balls off ACA bats ANDY ANDERS | THE RECORD She was getting strikes early, using Benjamin Russell pitcher Ryann Ruffin came within one hit of a perfect game against Alabama left the infield in total. Knox spearher offspeed a little bit, a few other Christian Academy Monday, tossing seven shutout innings and allowing just one baserunner. headed the team’s defensive efforts pitches. But I think that was the big with four assists and a putout. thing for her and for all our pitch- fifth inning.

Third baseman Leah Leonard “Our defense did a great job ers, getting up in the count early.”

With error-free defense played tattooed two triples and a double behind her,” Johnson said.

Ruffin retired the first 14 hitters behind the hurler and a first-inning as part of a three-hit outing, while With the Eagles’ offense pinned she faced before giving up the lone outburst of offense, the WildHarris and shortstop Macie Knox down as it was, the Wildcats’ fourbaserunner of her complete-game cats cruised by the Eagles 7-0 at each added a double of their own See BRHS, Page A8 shutout on a two-out single in the Brooks-Jordan field. in a nine-knock day for the WildBy ANDY ANDERS Regional Sports Director

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The No. 1 ranking was nice, but is meaningless

ANDY GRAHAM Columnist when compared to a championship. Auburn has only won the regular season SEC title four times in its history (1928, 1960, 1999 & 2018).

Bruce Pearl and company have raised more banners inside Auburn Arena in his relatively short tenure, than any of his predecessors in the last 30 years combined. The Tigers have put themselves in great position to raise another banner in soon-to-be renamed Neville Arena. Two conference championships in four years and an SEC tournament title would be huge for the program. It would continue to establish it as one of the best in the conference and the nation. Kentucky, Tennessee and Arkansas have closed the gap and are only one game behind the Tigers. There would be Co-champions if multiple teams finish with the same league record, but Auburn could remove all doubt by winning its final two games on the road against Mississippi State and at home against South Carolina. Most

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run first inning turned out to be more than enough to secure victory.

Leonard led off the frame with a triple and came around to score on a Knox single, then Ruffin provided herself with some run support on an RBI groundout to bring in a second run.

An ACA fielding error plated another score before one final RBI groundout from first

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Jamaya Brandy and Rylee Jordan also factor in, among others.

“I have so many girls who can play so many things, that’s why it’s such an interesting road for the beginning of the season,” McGuire said.

Another player that will factor in for Dadeville is senior Natori Giles. An injury from basketball season has

baseman Chloe Davis capped the inning’s production.

“We manufactured some runs,” Johnson said. “We ran bases really well.”

Leonard drove home another run in the second inning with her second triple, then back-to-back RBI knocks from Knox and Ruffin in the sixth set the 7-0 final tally.

Emily McWaters responded to Ruffin’s near-perfecto with a no-hitter of her own in Benjamin Russell’s JV game against ACA, striking out 10 batters in four innings of work.

kept her out to start the year, but McGuire is hopeful she’ll return before the season is over.

One of the few players who has remained a mainstay at her position this season for the Tigers is catcher Jaidyn Gossett.

Gossett returns as the starter from last year and has already thrown out six runners in 2022, four of which she caught stealing and two more she picked

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called for.

“She plays a very big role on our team for sure,” Whiteard said. “We’ve had a discussion about how she has got to be an all-around leader. It’s one thing to be a leader stat wise, but she’s had to learn how to grow into that position of being just an overall, true leader.”

Templeton, the team’s other senior outside Milner, locks down catcher for the Generals. She caught nine runners stealing and picked off an additional one last season. At the plate she hit just .222 but also gathered five extra-base hits and 17 RBIs. Brooks, a junior, makes for the final upperclassman, securing center field. She showed off a bit of speed with 17 stolen bases in 2021, which is always a positive in the softball position that requires the most fielding range. She batted .269 with eight RBIs. “Nadia has been one of our constants in the outfield since maybe eighth grade, I think at least by mid-eighth grade season she moved up and took one of those roles,” Whiteard said. “She definitely takes leadership in that position. She wants to be out there. That position is fun to her. She catches some for us too, but you can tell she definitely enjoys being able to run around and track those balls.”

It wasn’t any of the three returning upperclassmen or four departed seniors that won Horseshoe Bend’s batting crown a year ago, though.

That title belongs to Taylor, who hit .361 as a freshman, in no small part due to her speed as she swiped a team-high 37 bases and was only caught stealing once. She also grabbed a team-high 82

pundits believe the SEC is the best conference in the country. The Tigers have worked hard to put themselves in this position.

They must take advantage of the opportunity, because they don’t come along every year.

There’s another very compelling reason to win out and capture the conference crown.

It would most likely guarantee a No. 1 seed in the NCAA Tournament. That’s essentially what the entire regular season is for in college basketball. Fighting for the best possible position in The Big Dance when everything is on the line. I realize there’s not an enormous difference between a No. 1 and No. 2 seed in the Tournament, but the easier road the better. Auburn’s team is going to look a lot different next year without Jabari Smith who is most certainly headed to the NBA. Walker Kessler could possibly enter the draft as well. Bruce Pearl will undoubtedly put together another quality team, but these players are too good not to make a deep run in March Madness. The Tigers won’t be overwhelmed by talent. At this time of the year, it usually comes down to who wants it more.

off. Still, she did spend three innings at third base while Presley caught in one contest this year.

“She’s got just an abundance of knowledge,” McGuire said. “She’s not just catching for us, she does travel ball. So she gets to see all kinds of aspects of the game, different techniques with different pitchers. She’s gone, as a catcher, to so many pitching lessons that she can help on the pitching aspect.”

assists at shortstop.

This year she’s also taking on some pitching duties.

“She is a natural athlete,” Whiteard said. “She’s very athletic and things come very naturally to her. She hits leadoff for us. She’ll bunt every now and then, but regardless, she is a true leadoff hitter. She’s very likely to get a base hit and to get on. Then that gives her an opportunity to either steal or be moved around.”

Beyond those four, it’s a large core of inexperienced players filling out the Generals’ lineup.

Eighth grader Lily Moss was the team’s third pitcher, with nine total innings, and played second base in 2021, both places she’ll return to in 2022. Freshman Jacey Johnson takes first base whenever Milner is pitching and seventh grader Marigrace Jones is the team’s top third baseman.

Junior high athletes have been featured on Horseshoe Bend’s high school team throughout Whiteard’s tenure, often an inevitability when coaching at a Class 2A school. Taylor and Moss, as an example, have been starting for the Generals since seventh grade.

“What I find is that they start off very nervous, because they come in as seventh graders, they know and understand that they could be playing against girls who are juniors or seniors,” Whiteard said.

“I’m not gonna say it gets in their head, but it’s obvious that they think about it.

But then after they start playing and they get through a couple of games, then they realize, ‘O.K., I’m just playing softball.’”

Thus far the Generals have played four games and lost all four, although all were against Class 5A or 6A schools. Two of the defeats, those against Oakman and Central of Clay County, came by a combined three runs.

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TAURUS (April 20-May 20) You might become a victim of your beliefs about politics, racial issues or religion. (Don’t kid yourself. You think you’re right.) This is a brief inuence. It’s important to remember there are many ways to look at every situation -- not just one.

Tonight: Be tolerant.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20) Physical passion is the stuff of movies today. You also might feel passionately about nancial matters.

(You won’t give an inch.) You will ght for your share. If you encounter disputes, be wise and postpone these discussions until next week.

Tonight: Check your nances.

CANCER (June 21-July 22) Demonstrate care and patience today. If someone close to you is overpowering, step aside. This is a poor day for an argument, because people will get caught up in ego conicts. Therefore, be wise and table important discussions for next week. Practice patience. Tonight: Cooperation.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) You will work hard to achieve what you want today. Nothing will stop you. Be careful that you’re not taking charge because you’re on an ego trip. Today, everyone wants to run the show! You also might want to make improvements to your job and your health. Tonight: Go gently.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) Today you want romance to be passionate and worthy of a diary entry.

(Who has time to write?) You also might have strong feelings when dealing with your kids. Be patient and check your ego at the door.

Think about how you can improve your closest relationships. Tonight:

Be agreeable.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) This is a classic day for power struggles at home or with family members. You care about the appearance of things more than most people can fathom. Perhaps this is the reason for your argument.

Or perhaps it’s about power and control. Tonight: Stay calm.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) You are a willful sign, and today everyone is pushy and willful! “Lions and tigers and bears, oh my!” Take a breath and step back to allow a little space in your discussions with others. Avoid dangerous neighborhoods today. Tonight: Be aware.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) You love the outdoors, you love animals, and you love to gure out ways to get rich. Today these very areas might be where you become obsessed and want others to follow your lead, especially in nancial discussions. It could pertain to buying something. Check the Moon Alert.

Tonight: Guard your assets.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) This is a powerful day because Venus, Mars and Pluto are lined up in Capricorn. This is no casual event. People will make a grab for power, even to the point of being threatening. At the rst hint of violence, run in the other direction. On the upside, you will work very hard today. Tonight: Relax.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) If you think something shy is going on, it is. There’s a lot of intense (possibly violent) energy that is hidden today. Therefore, be aware.

Be mindful. Be wary of anyone who looks angry or unbalanced. Easy does it. Tonight: Hide.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20) A power struggle with a friend or a member of a group might take place today. The key to this day is to make your goals the goals of others -- or vice versa -- so you are working for a win-win solution.

Good luck! (It’s possible.) Tonight: Be patient.

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RHONDA HATHCOCK, PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE OF THE ESTATE OF PAUL R. STREETMAN, DECEASED. LINDA D. BENSON, P.C. Attorney for Personal Representative P.O. Box 780818 Tallassee, AL 36078 (334)283-5800 Dadeville Record: Feb. 17, 24 and Mar. 3, 2022 EST/STREETMAN, P. PUBLIC NOTICE IN THE PROBATE COURT OF TALLAPOOSA COUNTY DADEVILLE, ALABAMA IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF SUZANNE CHERYL STREETMAN PROBATE COURT NO: 20220003 NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT TO BE PUBLISHED

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to come to a vote on March 7. The tweak in tax code does not raise Alexander City’s sales tax, but reallocates more of the proceeds to the schools.

The Tallapoosa County Commission also held a called meeting last week to extend its one-cent sales tax to help finance the new school. The resolution, passed unanimously (Commissioner John McKelvey was absent), prevents the commission from being able to remove the tax until after the school board’s next bond issue is repaid.

School superintendent Dr. Keith Lankford said construction is necessary to bring Benjamin Russell to the 21st century.

“The ability to expand our career tech programs, strengthen our academic offerings and enhance our extracurricular facilities will benefit our students and community for years to come,” Lankford said in a statement Friday.

The school board set out to build a new Benjamin Russell campus last year, purchasing property at the corner of U.S. Highway 280 and State Highway 63 for $500,0000. The project stalled in August, however, when the lowest contract bid came back more than $20 million over the $48 million raised in bonds. Other issues with the site, including its rocky, hilly terrain as well as associated road work led the school board to start looking at the Charles E. Bailey Sportplex as a location.

The deal, “after much discussion and negotiating,” according to the resolution, was approved by the city council and school board in two back-toback meetings Friday. The resolution included a memorandum of understanding, in which the school system agreed to pay $600,000 for an 88-acre portion of the city park.

The city council also had a first reading of the sales tax amendment, which would remove the $750,0000 annual cap on the educational portion of

the city’s sales tax, effective October 2023. If passed, the school board has agreed to convey its U.S. 280 property, purchased in February 2021 from Allen Oil Co., to the city in return.

The 12-point deal also stipulates the school board convey roughly 12 acres of the Radney Elementary School property, which borders the Sportplex, to the city, including the kitchen, dining hall and basketball facilities.

School superintendent Dr. Keith Lankford first announced the Sportplex as the future site of Benjamin Russell at the Alexander City Chamber of Commerce’s State of Education luncheon in November, initially looking at the baseball fields.

But the City of Alexander City is not the only bureaucracy the school board must go through to build there. The park was created in 1986 out of the Land and Water Conservation Fund, and to convert its use would require permission from the Alabama Department of Economic and Community Affairs (ADECA) and the U.S. Department of the Interior.

Unlike the rest of the park, the covenant does not apply to the 88-acre parcel of forest being sold to the school board, though the city still needs ADECA’s permission to grant easement for a driveway. If ADECA says no, the U.S. 280-Sportplex land swap between the city and school board becomes null and void, but the tax amendment still stands.

“A survey has not been conducted yet to establish exact boundaries,” Lankford said, but the parcel will be “above the softball fields, towards the back of the Sportplex.”

In 2020, the city, county and school board reached a funding agreement allowing the schools to fund $48 million in bonds for the high school project, as well as $6.3 million for renovation of the existing Benjamin Russell and Alexander City Middle School campuses, “for consolidation of middle school and upper elementary school grades.” An additional $26.5 million bond issue will allow Alex City Schools to spend up to $74.5 million on the new high school.

FRIDAY’S FUNDING AGREEMENT What the City of Alexander City gets What the Alexander City Board of • $600,000 payment for the 88 acres Education gets • About 70 acres on U.S. 280 with Highway 63 • Up to 88 acres within the Sportplex for a new easement, where the school board originally intendBenjamin Russell High School campus • A local tax ordinance amendment, allowing the ed to build • A 12-acre portion of the Radney Elementary board to raise up to $26.5 million for the project School property

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warning to other Tallapoosa Blacks of the consequences of joining the cropper’s union of the communists.”

Norris, a 22-yearold mother of three, was murdered on May 4, 1947 by Albert Huey in a town-wide rampage. In the Facebook post, Williams-Cole shared a contemporary account of the day Norris (referred to in the account as “Mary Noyes”) was “wantonly killed by a hate-crazed murderer.”

It started when Huey, angry from an unrelated argument he had provoked with a Black man, took it out on the entire race. According to the account “Tallapoosa Terror,” Huey fetched a gun and entered the Black section of a segregated cafe, and “beat up a number of people who were sitting at tables, attacking them with the butt of his gun and his fists.”

As patrons tried to flee, Norris, then five months pregnant, was shot twice and stumbled to Slaughter Avenue before collapsing.

According to the account, Camp Hill police officer Otis Smith was said to be trailing Huey the whole time but “failed to restrain him because he (Smith) had a sore arm.”

Last year, former mayor Frank Holley approached Williams-Cole and the Camp Hill Town Council to suggest renaming Wilson Street, which Holley alleges was named for the police chief who incited Gray’s murder.

He also suggested renaming Slaughter Avenue after the

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RUMMAGE SALE - The Alex City Methodist Church, 1020 11th Avenue N, is having a church-wide rummage sale on March 5 from 6 to 10 a.m. They will have clothing, home décor, small appliances, household items, toys, furniture, etc. Put it on your calendar and go check it out!

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HYMN SINGALONG - Dadeville Performing Arts Center will present the “First Sunday Hymn Singalong” on Sunday, March 6 at 2 p.m. with Dadeville’s own Tina Marie leading the audience in singing of some of the old time favorite hymns of the church. You will not want to miss this special day. Donations are appreciated.

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MUSIC MONDAYS - United States veteran and professional violinist, Mrs. Judy Shifrin Hughes of Dadeville, will be in concert at Dadeville Performing Arts Center, March 7 at 12:00 noon. Admission is free but a donation is appreciated.

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Camp Hill attorney Charles Gillenwaters, however, cautioned against it for fear of violating the Alabama Memorial Preservation Act, passed in 2017 to deter the removal of Confederate statues.

Municipalities may be fined $25,000 for removing or renaming public landmarks more than 40 years old, provided there is documentation that the landmark was named after a person.

If not for the 2017 act, “I would be in favor of renaming Wilson Street in honor of Ralph Gray and Slaughter Avenue in honor of Mae Lizzie Norris,” Williams-Cole said last week. “[But] I think we can all agree that a total of $50,000 would serve better use to the citizens of Camp Hill than renaming streets.”

Old 280, which runs somewhat parallel to U.S. Highway 280, the bypass that replaced it, is the main turn-off for Camp Hill when traveling from Dadeville or Opelika. Williams-Cole acknowledged the change of address may be cumbersome for Old 280 residents, “however, I feel that we owe it to those who died for equality and injustice to recognize and honor them.”

“Please try to think of the effects it has on our youth to know the journey of what we have evolved from,” he said.

The Camp Hill Town Council is scheduled to meet Monday, March 7 at 6 p.m.

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CHILI COOK-OFF - Dadeville’s Chili Cook-Off is brought to you by the Lake Martin Dadeville Area Chamber. They are looking for a few good cooks and their best chili recipe to compete in this event. They will have three live bands for you to enjoy.

Chili contestants may also sell their chili according to the rules on the entry form.

There will be a hotdog vendor on site for those who do not wish to taste the chili.

Chili contestants entry fee is just $50 and form must be filled out and turned in with entry fee by no later than March 4, 2022.

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ART EXPO - The Coosa River Art Expo Spring 2022 show will be held Saturday, Mar. 26, 2022 from 12:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. at Gold Star Park in Wetumpka. Those looking to compete or be a vendor should contact Rhonda Sims at rsims.crae@ yahoo.com.

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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 contact 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 walkups.

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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