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Task force arrests 2, seizes drugs and firearms in Camp Hill By CLIFF WILLIAMS Staff Writer A nearly year-long operation by the Tallapoosa County Narcotics Task Force finished with the arrests of two Camp Hill residents. The Monday arrest of Sherman Demeniski Cox, 45, and Teresa Nicole Black, 29, followed almost 12 months of narcotic investigations, surveillance and controlled buys by the task force. Task force investigator
Fugitive Task Force that approximately 3.5 ounces of crack cocaine, approximately 29 grams of ecstasy, 10 grams of marijuana, an assorted amount of prescription medications and five firearms were seized. Cox was charged with 18 COX BLACK counts of unlawful distribution of a controlled substance, Chad Jones said in a statement trafficking cocaine, trafficking the task force was executing ecstasy, first-degree unlawful search and arrest warrants possession of marijuana, illegal Monday with the United States Marshal Gulf Coast Regional See DRUGS, Page A3
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The Tallapoosa County Narcotics Task Force seized illegal drugs, weapons and cash in Camp Hill this week.
Pennington Park pavilion to be named for Bill Ponder BY SIRI HEDREEN Multimedia Reporter
Golfing for the United Way By CLIFF WILLIAMS Staff Writer DADEVILLE -- Every year Stillwaters golf professional Gabby Witherington races around the golf course for the Lake Martin Area United Way. Witherington, like so many other golf course professionals, use a 100-hole marathon to raise money for a good cause. Witherington was trying to decide what cause when he ran across
Lake Martin Area United Way executive director Sharon Fuller at a Dadeville Kiwanis meeting where he is a member. “There are so many great causes that are worthy,” Witherington said. “I just prayed about it that morning for God to put it on my heart and make it obvious. I went to Kiwanis and she was the speaker. I said right then I knew who to give it to.” See GOLFING, Page A3
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Gabby Witherington poses with Lake Martin Area United Way executive director Sharon Fuller and staff while taking a break from his 100-hole golf marathon Monday.
Pennington Park is about to get even more alliterative. Next week, the park’s picnic shelter will be dedicated Ponder Pavilion after joiner, amateur historian and lifelong Dadeville resident Bill Ponder. “Bill has been an extraordinary contributor and a huge philanthropist in the City of Dadeville,” said Kurt Pfitzner, who owns the park with his wife Leigh. PONDER “After considering a wide number of individuals it became intuitively obvious to even the most casual observer that Bill Ponder was the right selection.” In 2019, Ponder — who responds to Bill, Will and William — won a lifetime achievement award from the Lake Martin-Dadeville Area Chamber of Commerce for his civic spirit, which includes the founding of the Dadeville Beautification Board, See PAVILION, Page A3
Tallapoosa Publishers welcomes new managing editor STAFF REPORTS TPI Kaitlin Fleming is new to Alexander City, but not new to newspapers. Fleming, the new managing editor of Tallapoosa Publishers, Inc., may only be 25 years old, but she has worked hard to get where she is. She began her career in newspapers in 2015 as an intern for The Messenger in Gadsden, AL. “I was raised in Attalla and spent a lot of time in Gadsden, so I already knew the community,” said Fleming. “I loved my first taste of journalism and could not get enough.”
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If what I have experienced my first week is a preview of my life here, I will be immensely happy. I can’t wait to meet people and learn more about this fascinating area.” Fleming is looking forward to working with the team at The Outlook and serving her new community. “I am very fortunate to be a part of the incredibly talented team at The Outlook,” said Fleming. “I look forward to working with them to continue producing content that reflects life in this vital community.” See EDITOR, Page A3
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Police Reports Dadeville Police Department Nov. 2
• A report was filed for theft of property fourth that occurred on Royston Street.
Nov. 1
• Timothy Ware, 28, of Tallassee was arrested on two warrants for failure to appear. • A report was filed for criminal mischief third that occurred on Herren Street. • A two vehicle motor vehicle collision occurred on U.S. Highway 280 resulting in major property damage. Emergency personnel responded to the scene and transported two people.
Oct. 30
• A two vehicle motor vehicle collision occurred on College Street resulting in minor property damage and no injuries. • A 17 year old juvenile was arrested for receiving stolen property, possession of a controlled substance, possession of drug paraphernalia, and possession of marijuana first on Highway 49 North and released to parental custody. • A 16 year old juvenile was arrested for receiving stolen property, pistol without a permit, possession of drug paraphernalia, and possession of marijuana first on Highway 49 north and release to parental custody. • A 15 year old juvenile was arrested for receiving stolen property, pistol without a permit, possession of drug paraphernalia, and possession of marijuana first on Highway 49 north and release to parental custody. • Payton Bracknell, 19, of Dadeville was arrested for receiving stolen property, possession of a controlled substance, possession of drug paraphernalia, and possession of marijuana first on Highway 49 North. • Jessica Bracknell, 42, of Dadeville was arrested for receiving stolen property, possession of a controlled substance, possession of drug paraphernalia, and possession of marijuana first on Highway 49 North.
Oct. 29
• A report was filed for theft of property fourth that occurred on North Broadnax Street.
Oct. 28
• Makhia Norwood, 19, of Union City Georgia, was arrested for possession of marijuana second on North Broadnax Street. • Horace Benson, 56, of
Eclectic was arrested for public intoxication, disorderly conduct and resisting arrest on Royston Street.
Tallapoosa County Sheriff’s Department Oct. 25
• A resident of Denver Road in Dadeville filed a report for harassment. • Semajay Holley of East Hidden Drive was arrested for an outstanding warrant for probation violation.
Oct. 24
• Corie Burns of Dadeville was arrested on three outstanding warrants for failure to appear child support.
Oct. 23
• Ryan Baker of Wetumpka was arrested on four grand jury indictments for burglary third degree and theft of property. • A subject on Macedonia Road in Tallassee filed a report in reference to criminal trespassing.
Oct. 22
• Katrina Gravette of Dadeville was arrested on an outstanding warrant for failure to appear child support. • Tony Halloway of Dadeville was arrested on outstanding warrants for three counts of failure to appear bail jumping first degree and one count of probation revocation. • A subject of Freeman Drive in Dadeville filed a report in reference to theft that occurred on Pritchard Road in Jacksons Gap. • A subject on VFW Parkway filed a report in reference to assault third degree.
Alexander City Police Department Oct. 27
• William Todd Dobbs, 57, of Alexander City was arrested for bail jumping. • Jessie Dewain Nelson, 36, of Wetumpka was arrested for bail jumping. • Animal running at large was reported in Alexander City. • Harassment was reported in Alexander City. • Bail jumping was reported in Alexander City. • Bail jumping was reported in Alexander City.
Oct. 26
• Kwinton Cortez Harrell, 21, of Kellyton was arrested for public intoxication. • Ashley Shannon Crull, 31, of Dadeville was arrested for driving under the influence of alcohol. • Lorne Lamar Golden, 20, of Alexander City was arrested for
two counts of bail jumping. • Public intoxication was reported in Alexander City. • Theft was reported in Alexander City. • Driving under the influence of alcohol was reported in Alexander City. • Larceny was reported in Alexander City. • Harassment was reported in Alexander City. • Burglary and criminal mischief was reported in Alexander City. • Harassment was reported in Alexander City. • Bail jumping was reported in Alexander City. • Bail jumping was reported in Alexander City. • Larceny was reported in Alexander City. • Theft was reported in Alexander City. • Theft was reported in Alexander City.
Oct. 25
• Alontavious Markeith Ellis, 23, of Phenix City was arrested for bail jumping. • Dathan Cole Preston Dailey, 19, of Camden was arrested for possession of marijuana and possession of drug paraphernalia. • Bail jumping was reported in Alexander City. • Possession of drug paraphernalia was reported in Alexander City. • Possession of marijuana and possession of drug paraphernalia was reported in Alexander City.
Oct. 24
• Maynard Andreas Williams, 29, of Kellyton was arrested for possession of drug paraphernalia, possession of marijuana and two counts of bail jumping.
• Oct. 23
• Heather Ashley Banks, 32, of Alexander City was arrested for bail jumping. • Jose Luis Garcia Marcail, 44, of Alexander City was arrested for domestic violence. • Bail jumping was reported in Alexander City. • Violation of a domestic violence protection order was reported in Alexander City. • Domestic violence was reported in Alexander City. • Theft was reported in Alexander City.
Oct. 22
• Katrina Dawn Gravette, 46, of Alexander City was arrested for two counts of failure to appear. • Possession of marijuana was reported in Alexander City. • Criminal trespass was reported in Alexander City.
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Five years later the golfing marathon is still going. It started out with a goal of raising $3,500 and has grown to raising more than $6,000 this year for the Lake Martin Area United Way campaign. A lot of the donations Witherington gets are from StillWaters residents and Stillwaters Golf Club members. There is also the Dadeville Kiwanis Club. “I do so much with Kiwanis, I do everything they ask; I keep giving and giving,” Witherington said. “It’s the same with the members here. I’m always asking them to play in my events. What I tell them is this is the one time of the year I’m going to ask you for money and all you get is the feeling of benefiting a great cause. They don’t have a chance to win prize money. They don’t have a chance to play. They don’t come out and play 100 holes with me.” By noon Monday Witherington had played 59 holes and was taking a lunch break sharing stories with Fuller about how he plays 100 holes in a day. “I play speed golf in the morning and now members and the public are on the course, so I’m bouncing all over the place trying to find a hole where we are not interrupting anybody,” Witherington said. “I’ve got plenty of daylight so I’ll be on cruise control.” Witherington starts his annual 100-hole marathon before sunrise. “If I can get enough light to where I can see the ball and follow its movement just slightly, I will start,” Witherington said. “I know where I normally land. I can go out and find my ball.” This year started without a natural alarm clock Witherington found on his first hole of the marathon. “I found my ball in the rough after the first shot,” Witherington said. “I never knew that turkeys roost in trees. When I hit that second shot, it freaked
Steve Baker, President and Publisher of TPI Publications, owner of the Alexander City Outlook, expressed his excitement at having Fleming join the staff. “We are very fortunate to have someone as bright and energetic as Kaitlin to lead our staff as we move
Gabby Witherington watches a tee shot during his 100-hole golf marathon Monday.
him out. It’s just dusk. I hit that shot and he went ‘blahhahabulla’. I’m down on my knees and I’m like, ‘They are not going to make any money cause I only did half a hole. Don’t let me die.’” Witherington has conquered even more golf in a day, but it was before his joints required a little help. A professional at Old Overton was going to do 200 holes in a day and Witherington wasn’t going to let go of a record. “If he is going to do 200, I’m going to do 200,” Witherington said. “That’s different than 100. With 100 I can blaze in the morning and slow down the rest of the day because I’m not going to run out of daylight.” With 200 holes in a day Witherington had to stay on the course from before sunrise to sunset. It happened to be at Stillwaters before he was
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a recycling center and a human society and the registration of just about every historical marker in town. With too many club and board positions to count, in The Outlook
doing the marathon for the United Way. “We were going to close the old course,” Witherington said. “I did the marathon the day after it closed.” With no other golfers on the course and the greens about to be torn apart, Witherington was able to drive up on the greens almost putting from behind the steering wheel of a golf cart. The effort required changing golf carts on the go too. “I was radioing my assistant pro, ‘Ok I made three rounds with this cart, bring me another cart, bring a sandwich, two Reeses and chips and a Coke,” Witherington said. “While I’m running to the tee box, he is switching my bag to the new cart. We had to synchronize everything.” Witherington found out the pro at Old Overton had done either 206 or 216
trafficking cocaine, trafficking ecstasy, first-degree unlawful possession of marijuana, illegal possession of prescription drugs, possession of imitation drugs, certain persons forbidden to possess a firearm, tampering with physical evidence, second-degree receiving stolen property and possession of drug paraphernalia. Court documents state Cox and Blace tried to flush cocaine down a
Ponder’s all-encompassing attribution is “Bill Ponder, local historian.” Ponder thanked the Pfitzners for the recognition. “It’s quite an honor and I appreciate deeply that someone would think enough of me to name it after me,” he said.
forward in re-making the way we engage with our community,” said Baker. “We are evolving from being a community newspaper into a communications company, reaching our audience on many different formats. We need someone who is committed to continuing our evolution and leading our award-winning staff in this transition.”
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holes, but he couldn’t let a long day get in the way. “I’m like I got to do 217,” Witherington said. “I had about 20 minutes of daylight left when I finished. I didn’t stop all day. I was eating on the run. When I got done, the pit wizards helped me walk up the stairs. They were scared because they hadn’t seen Gabby like that before. They were like he shouldn’t drive home. I was younger then.” Fuller is proud Witherington has continued on with the marathon as it provides a way to get the message of the United Way out and raise much needed funds for its 27 agencies. “In doing it, we have a lot more people who know about United Way because of this fundraiser,” Fuller said. “They may not typically see our stories or agencies. I can’t thank him enough.”
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toilet as the reason for the tampering with physical evidence charge. Court documents also reveal Cox has twice pleaded guilty to seconddegree possession of marijuana, a misdemeanor, while charged with the felony first-degree possession of marijuana in 2012 and 2017. The investigation into the possession and distribution of illegal narcotics is ongoing in Tallapoosa County.
Ponder also praised their dedication to Pennington Park which he described as “their grandchild.” “In just a few short years it has become the center for entertainment,” he said. The dedication of Ponder Pavilion will take place Wednesday, Nov. 10 at 11 a.m.
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n his first day in office, President Biden cancelled the Keystone XL pipeline – and the 11,000 American jobs that came with it. Apparently, pipelines – which every American depends on and will for the foreseeable future – are bad to Biden. Yet one of his foreign policy priorities has been greasing the wheels for Russia to build a pipeline of its own! On top of that, Biden has done all he can to end domestic energy production on federal lands. Anyone with a basic understanding of economics would think that would drive prices up, and that’s exactly what happened. But instead of rethinking his policies, Biden asked OPEC to ramp up production to ease high prices. Where is the logic? This week, if you filled up your tank in Troy, you would pay a whopping $3.29 per gallon for gas, and it’s about the same throughout our district. At these prices, the average Alabamian will pay about $23 more each week on gasoline than a year ago. That’s more than $100 more each month, and almost $1,200 more a year! But President Biden is doubling down on his bad policies that are hammering American families. The reconciliation bill at the center of his socialist tax-and-spend agenda even includes an energy tax for heating your home. That’s not all that is in this reconciliation bill. This legislation, the most radical far-Left socialist piece of legislation in American history, would weaponize the IRS, grant mass amnesty to millions of illegal immigrants, and create a “Made in America” tax. Additionally, this bill: • Does not include the Hyde Amendment, allowing taxpayer dollars to be used to fund ondemand abortions, • Perpetuates labor shortages by eliminating work requirements to receive welfare benefits for able bodied adults, • Expands Obamacare subsidies through 2025, overwhelmingly benefiting wealthier Americans and subsidizing people who already have insurance, • Unnecessarily expands Medicare benefits at a time when the program is going broke, ultimately harming choices for our seniors, • Includes a Civilian Climate Corps that would employ thousands of young people to work on climate-change mitigation projects, • Provides fake news organizations with up to 750 employees to get a tax cut at a time when their readership has declined due to their liberal bias, • Adds over $400 billion in small business tax hikes, and • Turns the Child Tax Credit (CTC) into a permanent cash for kids welfare without work program. Put simply, this bill does nothing to address the numerous crises facing America. Instead, it will only worsen them. Sadly, Democrats’ focus on their radical agenda is getting in the way of the work Congress is supposed to be doing. Just last week, the Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity was set to hold a field hearing in Enterprise to highlight and analyze the resources available to servicemembers when transitioning into civilian life. Unfortunately, this field hearing was cancelled by Democratic Leadership less than 24 hours before the hearing because of Speaker Pelosi’s threat to make the House vote over the weekend on President Biden’s tax-and-spend agenda. This decision was made without my input, and it’s a real shame for our servicemembers and veterans. What makes it even more infuriating is that the House ended up casting its last vote of the week later that night, so the hearing the next day would not have been impacted. Despite the Democrats’ misplaced priorities, I won’t lose focus on working hard for our veterans and servicemembers – and all the Alabamians I serve. Need assistance with a federal agency or have concerns to share about federal legislation? Contact my office at barrymoore. house.gov or 334-478-6330.
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the trajectory of your entire existence. Then again, some mornings you will expect to have a marvelous day, but you will end ear kid, up finding yourself face down in I wish you could’ve the dirt, bruised and bloody, with been there. You are a mouthful of infield grass. reading this letter in the far-off SEAN And it is during those difficult future, long after I am dead and moments when you will discover DIETRICH scattered. But tonight, as I write the beauty of distractions. Which these feeble words, I hope they Columnist is what baseball is. will help you understand how we These small diversions can felt when it happened. Because save you from yourself. They bladders, then rushed to the the sports history books simply can excite you, they can make men’s room to check the score. won’t do the occasion justice. life seem so much more vivid Yes, I freely conceded that it’s Tonight, the night it took and rich than it was before. ridiculous and irresponsible to place, I was sitting in my den, A bucket of popcorn can be a baseball fan. Because when anxiously squeezing a throw suddenly become the most lovely you think about it, professional pillow, watching the television. thing you ever tasted. A simple My wife was beside me, howling sports is a frivolous endeavor baggy of parched peanuts can at the TV screen. “Hit it outta the with all the chaos in this world. bring you to the brink of tears. A But, oh, there is joy in park!” Then she crushed a few Coca-Cola could kill you. frivolity. beer cans using only one hand. For a few precious minutes, Because life is hard, kid. Not That’s the kind of agony a bat and ball can cause you just a little bit hard. Life is bone we underwent on the night the to temporarily forget the Atlanta Braves, America’s oldest hard. In this past month alone, indifference and cruelty of Earth, three of my friends have been continuously operating baseball and bring you a measure of diagnosed with cancer. I have team, established in 1871, won peace. another friend with four kids the World Series. You will find yourself holding who just lost his job and now My God. I have waited the hand of your wife, the delivers takeout food for a living. twenty-two years to write that woman who has walked with Everyone I know has lost last line. you through some very hard loved ones unexpectedly You’re a child. Thus, times, and you will cheer loudly this year. Family members you cannot know what this at a television. For once, you and friends are constantly monumental moment means to won’t be thinking about things being faced with some sort of us middle-aged fools. I don’t that trouble you. For once, you unexpected tragedy or grievance know if baseball is important won’t be worried. For once you or major surgery or divorce or to the people in your future era, will root for something that is but we, your ancestors, love this disappointment. Each day is an bigger than yourself. obstacle course. And that’s life, game something fierce. You will find solace in a silly kid. I wish you knew how many game. And it will be this banal Ask any adult and they’ll tell thousands of innings we’ve game your father once taught you: Life is no day at the beach. faithfully watched over our you to play that will ease your In fact, the only thing certain lifespans. I wish you could pain and make you smile. about this life is that you won’t fathom how many on-the-road When this happens, you will survive it. games we convinced our wives start to see baseball differently. Sounds depressing, huh? to attend, traveling upwards No longer will it seem like a Yeah, well, that’s not the of twenty-nine hours across child’s game to you, but you whole story, kiddo. the continental U.S. only to will recognize it as the American Because… watch our team lose to the artform our ancestors have Life also holds wondrous Diamondbacks. been practicing since the 1750s. surprises. Colossal surprises. You don’t know how much And in that moment you will Titanic surprises that will blow money we’ve invested in HD somehow feel a little more your hair back and enrich your television equipment, live connected to your fellow human. soul. Nothing—and I mean streaming packages, expensive During those hours of nothing—in this lifetime ever ball caps, nosebleed tickets, happiness, perhaps you will goes the way you think it will. tepid ballpark beers, overpriced finally understand how the And that’s a wondrous thing hotdogs that tasted like fried author of this letter once watched about being human. squirrel. the Atlanta Braves win the Fall There will be days when You don’t know how many Classic, and truly regarded this you’ll wake up and truly think weddings, funerals, baby evening as one of the greatest you’re going to have the worst dedications, banquets, and bar day ever. Then, suddenly, boom, nights of his entire life. mitzvahs we have excused I only wish you could have something incredible will change ourselves from, faking full been there.
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Remembering Jim Preuitt
J
im Preuitt, a legendary House member, State Senator, and Probate Judge of Talladega County passed away in September at age 86. Jim was one of my best legislative buddies. We came to the legislature together in 1982 and became fast friends. We became seat mates in the House, and we were inseparable during our entire first four-year term (1982 -1986). Our friendship was forged by our relationship with Gov. George Wallace. The legendary governor was in his last term. Wallace let it be known that Jim and I were his favorite first-year legislators. Jim was a successful car dealer in Talladega and had been a big supporter of Wallace in all of his previous campaigns for governor. I first met Wallace when I was a young teenage Page in the legislature. Ironically, 20 years later, I was Wallace’s representative because I had his home county of Barbour in my district, which placed me in a select category with Wallace, similar to Jim. Wallace let it be known that Jim Preuitt and I were going to receive deferential treatment. The governor controlled the legislature and even chose the speaker, as well as deciding who served on which committees. Prior to the 1983 organizational session, rumors swirled around Capitol Hill that Wallace had two favorite freshmen legislators. When the committee assignments were released, the rumors were founded. Jim and I were the only freshmen assigned to the powerful Rules Committee. When the House seating arrangements were revealed, we were seated beside each other in prime spots on the floor. We bonded. Jim and I became allies of Alabama Farmers Federation (Alfa). We would go to supper
young daughters and moved to Talladega where he lived the rest of his 50 years on earth. He STEVE was one of the most successful FLOWERS businessmen in Talladega County. If we were in Session in Columnist October, I would look over at Jim and kiddingly say to him, “Well, every night with Milton Parsons, the Special Education Fund is the veteran chief lobbyist for okay now, you have paid your Alfa. We would usually dine Income and Property taxes.” at the politically famous Elite Jim served only that one term Restaurant. Jim smoked a pipe. I in the House (1982-1986). He was love the smell of quality tobacco then elected to the State Senate in pipe smoke. He would smoke it 1986 and quickly became a leader all day at his desk then also at the in the upper chamber. After eight Elite. He was a quiet, dignified, years in the Senate, he left to run gentleman, who chose his words successfully for Probate Judge in carefully. He exuded quality and 1992. He served his entire 6-year class. Even though he had humble term in this mundane, mostly roots, he had the demeanor of administrative post then returned someone born into royalty. to the Senate in 1998, where he Jim Preuitt was born in July became an even more powerful 1935 near Moulton in Lawrence Senator. County. He was the oldest of Jim was a force in the Senate. seven sons. His father was a He chaired the Senate Rules sharecropper. Jim was determined Committee. If Jim gave you his to have a better life. Like Bear word, you could take it to the Bryant, the son of a sharecropper bank. His word was his bond. Jim in Moro Bottom Fordyce, served 30 years in the legislature. Arkansas, would say when As I am writing this in my asked why he worked so hard to office, I am looking at a picture succeed, “I did not want to spend of Jim and me standing together, my life plowing someone else’s arms embraced in the halls of the land behind an old mule.” legislature taken a few years ago. As a teenager, Jim met the love It is front and center on a wall of his life, Rona Jane Millsap, on of pictures of past and present a school bus. They were married Alabama political legends. I will soon thereafter. She was truly miss my old friend. his love and his best friend. Jim See you next week. and Rona had been married 66 years when he passed away in Alabama’s premier columnist September. He was successful and commentator, Steve has as a businessman and politician. analyzed Alabama politics for However, his greatest and most national television audiences on satisfying aspect of his life was CBS, PBS, ABC and the British as a family man. He had two Broadcasting Network. Steve has beautiful daughters, Lynne been an up close participant and Stanford and Leigh Leak. Jim observer of the Alabama political adored his grandchildren. scene for more than 50 years In 1968, at the age of 33, Jim and is generally considered the acquired his first car dealership. ultimate authority on Alabama The dealership was in Talladega. politics and Alabama political Jim packed up Rona and his two history.
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By CLIFF WILLIAMS Staff Writer The COVID-19 pandemic has altered many things including the annual holiday bazaar at St. James Episcopal Church. The bazaar returns this Saturday after it was canceled last year with a few changes. “It was one of the last things we did before the pandemic,” Rev. Robert Iler, rector St. James Episcopal Church said. “We had to cancel it last year because of the virus.” The pandemic may have stopped last year’s bazaar but it didn’t stop the church’s pottery guild from making artisan quality platters, bowls, dishes, angels, nativities and crosses. Just like in years past Iler has blessed each of the items. “We have some crafts and woodworking from other people,” Iler said. “We didn’t do any food this year because we would have had to start that earlier. We could hold on to crafts or pottery for another year if we had to postpone the bazaar but we didn’t want to have freezers full of food if there could have been another variant or spike of the virus.” The project has the church returning to a little bit of normalcy as the guild has been meeting in small groups. “It’s great,” Iler said. “We all miss the rhythms of our life. The church is a part of that. I think getting back to our serving and our helping is great.” The proceeds of the sale of pottery and crafts is put back into the community. “This benefits the community through agencies like the Tallapoosa Crisis Center and Red Cross and Meals on Wheels — 12 agencies in total,” Iler said. “It’s important to not only us but the community. It means a lot to the folks getting back to doing what they love to do which is serve through the church to the community.” The bazaar is from 9 a.m. Until noon Saturday at the church on South Central Avenue.
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Some of the pottery and crafts created by members of the St. James Episcopal Church pottery guild is shown at the church. The items have been blessed by Rev. Robert Iler, rector St. James Episcopal Church as they have been in the past.
Six arrested, accused of involvement in trafficking of fighting animals STAFF REPORT A federal grand jury returned a 23-count indictment charging Brent Easterling, William Easterling, and five other family members based in Verbena, with conspiracy to violate the federal animal fighting law, including operating fighting operators, possessing fighting animals, and trafficking in cockfighting implements. The 30-page indictment builds on pleadings before the U.S. District Court from the summer when federal authorities searched the property and ordered the Easterlings not to move animals from their property, because of their strong suspicion of involvement in illegal animal fighting ventures. The United States identified fighting pits nearby their two gamefowl farms. The arrests come just two weeks after the U.S. Supreme Court denied a writ of certiorari from political leaders in Puerto Rico seeking relief from a federal law that bans cockfighting there and in every other part of the United States. The U.S. courts have consistently upheld the federal law against animal fighting. In early June, Animal Wellness Action and AWF released a detailed report identifying Brent Easterling as a major trafficker in fighting animals and implements. The groups presented extensive evidence to the United States about his involvement and shared a dossier on him with the U.S. Attorney for
the Middle District of Alabama and with other federal law enforcement officials. “The arrests today by federal authorities send an unmistakable signal to every major cockfighting operator that there is no more business as usual when it comes to involvement in the barbaric practice of cockfighting,” said Wayne Pacelle, president of Animal Wellness Action. “The Easterlings have been known to us for a long time as cockfighting traffickers, but also are part of a far larger network of animal fighters in Alabama and throughout the United States that have made America the breeding ground for the global cockfighting industry. While some are destined for fighting pits in the U.S., hundreds of thousands of birds move from cockfighting farms here to dozens of nations throughout the world.” That June 2020 report also noted that several Alabamians illegally shipped fighting birds to Guam. The three biggest Alabama shippers to Guam come from the same tiny town of Nauvoo, Ala. One of the three shippers, Jerry Adkins of Slick Lizard Farms, told a Filipino television broadcaster that he sells 6,000 birds a year. With some birds fetching as much as $200 each, that could generate millions in gross sales. For Adkins and his son, Guam has been, but a minor market compared to Mexico, where they sold 700 birds to a single purchaser in just one year.
Brent Easterling was not, according to our records, shipping birds to Guam, but he was moving them to Mexico, the Philippines, and to other states, including New Mexico. Brent Easterling’s L&L Game Farm Facebook page had frequent posts and boasts about his cockfighting activities, as did his personal page. Swiftcreek Game farm is the farm frequented by Brent Easterling’s brothers Billy and Bobby and Billy’s son Tyler. AWA presented information to federal authorities revealing Mr. Easterling being interviewed by the Philippines-based cockfighting channel BNTV. That video has since been removed but we obtained a copy before the purging of the content. AWA also obtained BNTV videos where 10 other cockfighters in Alabama extol the prowess of their birds. According to AWA’s investigation, the Easterling family members have used the U.S Postal Service for shipment of fighting birds and, in some cases, fighting implements. “If law enforcement is going to shut down illegal cockfighting in my home state of Alabama, that work can only be by the Dept. of Justice because cockfighting is effectively decriminalized in the Yellowhammer State,” noted Marty Irby, executive director of Animal Wellness Action and a native of Mobile. “While dogfighting is a felony in Alabama, cockfighting warrants
less in the way of penalties than a parking ticket, and the law hasn’t been updated since the 1800s. The action of the United States in saying that it will not tolerate animal fighting operations will reverberate from Mobile and Huntsville.” Under current federal law, it is a crime to knowingly sponsor or exhibit an animal in a fighting venture; knowingly attend an animal-fighting venture, or knowingly cause an individual who has not reached the age of 16 to attend an animal-fighting venture; knowingly buy, sell, possess, train, transport, deliver, or receive any animal for purposes of having the animal participate in an animal-fighting venture; knowingly use the mail service of the U.S. Postal Service, or any “written, wire, radio televisions or other form of communications in, or using a facility of, interstate commerce,” to advertise an animal for use in an animal fighting venture, or to advertise a knife, gaff, or other sharp instrument designed to be attached to the leg of a bird for us in an animal fighting venture, or to promote or in any other manner further an animal fighting venture except as performed outside the U.S.; knowingly sell, buy, transport, or deliver in interstate or foreign commerce “a knife, a gaff, or any other sharp instrument” designed or intended to be attached to the leg of a bird for us in an animal-fighting venture. Penalties for each violation of any one
of these provisions allows for a maximum of 5 years in prison and a $250,000 fine for perpetrators, except for
an adult attending an animal fighting venture. Penalties for an adult in attendance are 1 year in prison and a $5,000 fine.
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All About Geese Goose word find
A goose is a type of bird called a waterfowl. Geese (more than one goose) are migratory birds that fly south to warmer weather in Winter. A male goose is called a gander; baby geese are called goslings; and a group of geese are called a gaggle. The most common type of goose found in the United States is the Canada Goose, although there are many other types. Geese live mainly in North America, although some have been introduced in Europe. Geese migrate to warmer climates in Winter. It is easy to spot a flock of geese flying in their V-formation. Geese use this formation to fly faster; the formation allows them to ride on air currents created by the tips of their wings. When the lead goose gets tired, they switch places. They can travel up to 1,500 miles a day if they are assisted by a strong tailwind. Geese are extremely loyal to their gaggle, and they mate for life which means they will only have young with one other bird. When one of the birds gets sick or injured, some of the geese will stay with them until they are better, and they are known to become depressed when their mate dies. They are very social animals, and it is fun to watch DR KIDZ them interact within their flock. Geese live in areas with water and have beaks with serrated edges that they use to eat grasses from underneath the surface of the water. These birds were first domesticated over 3,000 years ago in Ancient Egypt. The average goose lives approximately 15-25 years and sometimes even longer in captivity. They are known for their excellent eyesight and can see things from very far away. Once a year they molt or lose all their feathers. During this time, they are unable to fly. They stay very close to the water for about a month while their new feathers grow in. They are known for their loud honking noise that they use to communicate with other members of their flock. The expression “to take a gander” is a reference to the way that geese walk around with their necks stretched out, looking around.
Canada Goose Crossword
Across Clues: 4. When a bird looses its feathers. 5. A male goose. 8. A group of geese. 9. Helps geese fly long distances.
Down Clues: 1. Geese have a loud ____. 2. The V-____ makes flying easier. 3. Geese are very ___ animals. 6. To fly South for the Winter. 7. A baby goose is called what? 10. Geese usually live near ___.
Canada Goose, Domestic, Eyesight, Flock, Fly, Gaggle, Gander, Geese, Goose, Gosling, Honk, Loyal, Migrate, Molt, Tailwind, V-Formation, Water, Waterfowl, Wild, Wings
Geese fly in a wellknown V-formation. This allows them to use air currents created by their wingtips to maximize their efforts. They take turns being the lead goose. Have you heard a flock honk?
Crossword Ans: Across-4)molt 5)gander 8)gaggle 9)tailwinds Down-1)honk 2)formation 3)loyal 6)migrate 7)gosling 10)water
can you find the 2 matching geese?
how to draw a Goose
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as blind but now I see,” penmanship of John Newman (17251807), one of the great evangelical preachers of the eighteenth century. These words are recorded in the first verse of “Amazing Grace.” All Christians were once “blind” to the saving faith through Jesus Christ and did not know it was “a gift from God.” (Ephesians 2:8,9). Some interesting side notes I learned about Mr. Newton and his writing of this beloved hymn were the number of verses in the original work. In the Baptist hymnal, there are five verses and in The United Methodist hymnal are 6 verses. The last verse, according to the hymnals, “when we’ve been there ten thousand years … “ was anonymously written. There are also three additional verses not included in most hymnals. The message is most powerful in the verses we sing!
We recently had the honor of attending the annual Harvest Evangelistic Banquet at Opelika First Baptist Church. The food was great, the evangelist delivered a wonderful, inspiring message but the highlight of the evening were the testimonies from the residents of Hosanna Home and His Place. The residents are offered a safe refuge, while repairing past mistakes and building a new relationship with our Lord and Savior. They are under the guidance of Reverend Rick Hagans and his wife Kim. It is a one-year discipleship ministry incorporating Bible based teaching, relapse prevention, life skills, directional classes, self-worth, forgiveness, and inner strength. Each current resident, and many former graduates of the programs, walked across the stage with a cardboard sign. On one side was mention of their particular problem or sin issue and with a flip of
the sign, were words like, “grace, my fears relieved” or “grace hath brought me safe thus far and grace will lead me home.” This was absolutely heart wrenching to be a part of seeing God at work! I was reminded of the scripture found in Jeremiah 18:6, just how are we like clay, and what does God desire to do in our lives? We, too, have been scarred by sin! We all have been created by the Master Potter to be used for His honor and glory, “O Lord, You are our Father. We are the clay; You are the potter; and are all the work of Your hand.” (Isaiah 64:8). What does the Master Potter want to do in our life? It was “amazing grace that saved a wretch like me … His Word my hope secures; He will my shield and portion be as long as life endures.” Jackie Wilbourn, Member of Bethel Baptist Church, a Chaplain with Alabama Baptist Disaster Relief Team
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CHURCH OF THE NAZARENE Dadeville Church of the Nazarene Corner Hwy. 280 and 49, 256-825-8191
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CHURCH OF CHRIST Alex City Church of Christ 945 Tallapoosa St., Alex City 256-234-6494 Dadeville Church of Christ East LaFayette St., Dadeville Meadows St. Church of Christ 306 Meadows St., Alex City
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Contractors prep steel plates installed into a large cement slab for anchoring a storm shelter on Main Street in Camp Hill The shelter is made from quarter inch steel and when installed can withstand an EF5 tornado.
Shelter to soon provide safety during storms By CLIFF WILLIAMS Staff Writer CAMP HILL — Storms can cause anxiety because residents don’t feel safe. Residents in Camp Hill will soon have a Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) approved and funded storm shelter to weather even the toughest of tornados. Tallapoosa County Emergency Management Agency (EMA) director Jason Moran said FEMA was providing $135,000 for the shelter in Camp Hill and $138,000 for a similar shelter in Union. “The county had been selected for pre-mitigation hazard funding from the FEMA for two safe rooms in those communities,” Moran said. The safe rooms are similar to the one installed on Highway 22 in Davistion and behind the Tallassee City Hall on the Tallapoosa River. Contractors were at work last Friday morning prepping a large slab for the installation of a large metal tube. The slab contains 36 yards of concrete with each yard weighing just over 4,000 pounds. That doesn’t include all the steel rebar installed in the cement to make it even stronger. The metal tube made from quarter inch steel will be anchored with bolts and welds to the slab. When completed the shelter is rated to withstand a direct hit from an EF5 tornado. The shelter has a capacity of 87 people and will have a basic bathroom.
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Dadeville focused, prepared off bye week for top-seeded Slocomb By ANDY ANDERS Regional Sports Director Dadeville head coach Roger McDonald said it’s an honor for his team to even make the AHSAA state football playoffs. That doesn’t mean the Tigers haven’t spent countless hours planning and practicing ways to advance out of the first round, however. It may be hitting the road as underdogs but Dadeville has the benefit of a bye last week entering its matchup with Slocomb Friday, and the Tigers are intent on attacking the Red Tops and seeing if they can’t start a run. “You’ve always gotta look at being in the playoffs as a reward for your hard work,” McDonald said. “But we had an off week last week, so we’ve kind of had two weeks to prepare for Slocomb. Kids have worked really hard, had a good week last week and a good day today.” Slocomb emerged as the top seed from Class 3A, Region 2 to meet Dadeville, the fourth seed from Class 3A, Region 4. The two sides’ records are only separated by half a game, with the Tigers playing one less game than the Red Tops to finish 6-3 as opposed to 7-3. Slocomb went just 2-3 across its first five games before closing the back half of its season 5-0, with only one opponent coming within less than 28 points of a victory. “When you look at them, other than the quarterback and the running back and a couple of kids on defense, they don’t look overwhelming,”
McDonald said. “But they play so hard and they’re so well-coached, they’re gonna put it in (running back Jaylen) Nobles’ hands every play. And he’s good enough, if you don’t tackle him, he’ll beat you by himself.” Offensively, the Red Tops run a pretty unique system. Starting quarterback Caulin Thomas has been out since Week 7, and rather than replace him with a backup gunslinger, Slocomb runs what is essentially a wildcat every play with Nobles behind center in shotgun and running back Rashawn Miller alongside him. Nobles is far more likely to take off running from the set than he is to throw the ball, as the Red Tops have gone to the ground 389 times this year compared to 100 passes. Nobles has only thrown 34 of those balls. He and Miller have been a dynamic one-two punch this season out of the backfield, both with over 800 rushing yards on more than six yards per carry, running behind a zone blocking scheme. “He actually throws the ball well, and they try to get it to (Miller) when they’re throwing the ball, they’ll move him out and go empty,” McDonald said of Nobles. “They run the midline option, they run the zone read, they run the stretch to the running back. They don’t ask their linemen to really knock people off the ball, they tell them to get on people, stay on people, move their feet.” While this certainly won’t be Dadeville’s first road game of 2021, it is by far the furthest the Tigers have had to travel. The bus ride from their high school
to Slocomb’s will take more than three hours, covering more than 140 miles to a stone’s throw from the Alabama-Florida line. Such a trek won’t bother Dadeville though, McDonald said. He feels his team is prepared and the distance won’t make an impact on its play. What could are some injuries to a few undisclosed key players. However, that’s a near state-wide standard for this time of year, McDonald noted. “We’re like everybody else, a lot of people with injuries, a lot of people beat up this time of year,” McDonald said. “And we’ve got the same thing.” Once off the bus, Dadeville will get to work on its usual gameplan: Wearing down its opponent with a smash-mouth running game and physical 4-4 defense. The Tigers’ offensive line is highlighted by a couple big-bodied seniors in Caleb Webb and Colin Goodwin, but will have quite the challenge to face in Slocomb’s 3-4 front, which can mix looks often and features two linebackers with more than 60 tackles this season in Braylon Miller and Asael Morin. The Red Tops kept five opponents to seven points or less this year. “We told our kids, ‘We’ve gotta get back to playing physical football like we did in the first half of the season,’” McDonald said. “We’ve got to play physical on both sides of the ball and we’ve got to tackle well on defense. We don’t play physical on both sides and we don’t tackle, we won’t win.” Kickoff between Slocomb and Dadeville is at 7 p.m. at Slocomb Red Tops Football Field.
here were quite a few serious questions concerning the Auburn football program after it’s close call with Georgia State in week four. I openly wondered if the Tigers had truly bought in to the Bryan Harsin philosophy. Practically everyone had concerns about Harsin’s leadership capabilities and the predictions for the 2021 team’s final record ranged from abysmal to mediocre. The Tigers have gone 3-1 since TJ Finley came off the bench and led them to an ignominious victory on September 25th with the only loss coming to No. 1 Georgia. During the last four games, Auburn has been consistently productive on offense and has played with a renewed sense of confidence. Bo Nix has been spectacular evading the rush, but, more importantly, his passer rating has significantly improved and his contributions to the running game have been considerable. Even in the loss to the Bulldogs, Nix played well despite the receivers experiencing a case of the drops. The Tigers may or may not lose at Texas A&M this week, but they clearly look like a different team as compared to the beginning of the season. They have improved in almost every area and continue to play more and more like a team instead of individuals. It’s only year one and there are still miles to go, but Bryan Harsin has shown exceptional leadership navigating some turbulent times. Auburn is one of only two teams in the West that controls its own destiny. What else could you ask for at this point? Of course, it’s not just Bo Nix that seems to have turned a corner. Tank Bigsby looked rejuvenated against the Rebels rushing for 140 yards and a TD. The receivers have also stepped up their game or put stick-um on their hands. Either way, the results have been impressive. Sophomore Kobe Hudson appears to be emerging as the go-to guy, but everyone is contributing. That includes the tight ends which have been woefully underused in previous years. The tight end position had 20 receptions in 2020 for 178 yards and 0 TD through 10 games. This year, the same position has 37 receptions for 455 yards and 1 TD through 7 games. The defense is doing their part as well. I haven’t been overly impressed with Derek Mason this season, but I cannot argue with the results. Ole Miss came into the game with the No. 3 offense in the nation averaging 541 yards and 42 points a game. The Tigers held them to 464 total yards and 20 points which was their lowest point total of the season. Whether or not I despise bend but don’t break defense, is irrelevant. The Tiger defense is opportunistic and continually comes up big in the biggest moments. Road games have been like kryptonite to Bo Nix the last two years. That is anything but the case in 2021. Auburn has already gone into Baton Rouge and Fayetteville and come home victorious. Now, a trip to College Station is looming and the Aggies have had a week off to rest and game plan for the Tigers. Kyle Field has been very kind to Auburn since A&M joined the SEC. The Tigers are 4-0 at the Home of the 12th man. Every game in November will have increasing importance for AU as long as they keep winning. That, in itself, speaks volumes about the job Bryan Harsin has done in his first year on the Plains.
Reeltown sticking to routine, ready to challenge Opp By ANDY ANDERS Regional Sports Director Reeltown has hit its stride at the optimal point in the race that is football season. The Rebels capped off the regular season with four straight victories, including a 22-point win against playoff-bound Dadeville and a two-score victory against another playoff team in Holtville, who plays two classifications higher than Reeltown. Now the Rebels hit the road for a matchup with secondseeded Opp in the first round of the AHSAA Class 3A football playoffs Friday. “I think we’re motivated, we’ve been playing some good ball here the past few weeks,” Reeltown coach Matt Johnson said. “This time of year, it’s always exciting to be in the postseason. That’s where you want to be. Everybody’s 0-0. Records don’t matter, seedings don’t matter, anything can
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Reeltown quarterback Gabe Benton (1) throws a pass during an AHSAA football game between the Reeltown Rebels and the Holtville Bulldogs at Holtville High School in Notasulga, Ala on Friday, Oct. 29, 2021. Reeltown won the game 40-26.
happen.” Slowing down 8-2 Opp starts with the passing game. Junior quarterback Gray Jennings plays point guard under center, spreading the ball out to a variety of weapons to the tune of 1,692 passing yards with 21 touchdowns against eight interceptions.
He’s completed 55 percent of his passes this year. Five different targets have gained at least 190 receiving yards for the Bobcats in 2021. Senior wide receiver Zacchaeus Lindsey leads the way with 552 and eight scores. “Us being a smaller 3A and our numbers being smaller
than most people that we play, I think one of the challenges with the fact that they throw the ball so much is that defensively you’re going to have a lot more plays,” Johnson said. “The game is going to be a lot longer, have more incompletions and stuff like that.” They’re plenty talented in the ground game too. Star running back Terry Davis has gathered 982 rushing yards this season. He’s done it at a ludicrous 7.9 yardper-carry pace and scored 16 touchdowns. It may be true that Opp has produced more yards through the air this season, but focus solely on the passing game at your own peril. “They’ve got a good running back, and they’re really big up front,” Johnson said. Reeltown’s responses will have to come without the services of star running back Dakarian “Juicy” Hughley, who suffered a season-ending
injury prior to the Rebels’ game last week. A number of weapons stepped up in his stead to hand an upset to Class 5A Holtville, namely a 200-yard performance from senior wide receiver Marcus Haynes. Reeltown ran wishbone to add some extra wrinkles to its running game as well. SeDarico “Scooter” Brooks, Omorion Ponds, Arthur Woods and Jeffrey Thomas could all get carries. It’ll be a three-hour drive for Reeltown to reach Opp, but the road trip doesn’t intimidate Johnson. “At this point everybody’s traveled an equal amount of times. We’ve had five road games already,” Johnson said. “This, obviously, is a lot further, so the routine will be a little different. But once we get down there, we’re gonna keep everything the same as possible. I’m a huge routine guy. So we’ll keep that the same.” The Rebels and Bobcats kick off at 7 p.m. Friday in Opp.
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Tallapoosa County is taking sealed bids for labor, equipment, materials, foundation and structure design, construction, and any incidentals required to complete the work required for the following proposal of the County: Proposal No. 62-2022D4PB: 30x160 Metal Structure in Tallapoosa County to be constructed at 393 County Shop Road in Dadeville Alabama. This bid is intended to comply with the Rebuild Alabama Act, No. 2019-2, and Alabama Code Title 39, the Alabama Public Works Law. Bidders shall be required to comply with the provisions of the Rebuild Alabama Act, No. 2019-2 and Title 39 of the Alabama Code regardless if the requirement is explicitly detailed in the bid proposal or not. Only contractors and material suppliers with acceptable Alabama General Contractor’s License will be accepted. All bids must be marked with the word “BID” on the outside of the bid package along with Bid Description and Proposal No., the bid date and the Alabama General Contractor’s License Number. The contractor shall meet all Bonding and Licensing requirements as well as all applicable laws, ordinances, and codes of the U. S. Government, the State of Alabama, any relevant municipality, and the COUNTY, DQG VSHFL¿FDOO\ DQG ZLWKRXW limitation, shall comply with all provisions of the Beason-Hammond Alabama Taxpayer and Citizen Protection Act, commonly referred to as the Immigration Act. Sealed bids will be received by the Tallapoosa County Commission at the Tallapoosa County Engineering Department, 20121 U.S. Highway 280, Dadeville, AL 36853 until 10:00 AM Central Time on Wednesday, December 1, 2021, and then publicly opened as soon thereafter as practicable. Award will be made at the next regularly scheduled meeting of the Tallapoosa County Commission. 6SHFL¿FDWLRQV DQG D VDPSOH design and details to meet the minimum standard for construcWLRQ DUH RQ ¿OH DQG PD\ EH DFquired at the Tallapoosa County Engineering Department, 20121 U.S. Highway 280, Dadeville, AL 36853. Phone Number: (256)825-1062 Tallapoosa County reserves the right to accept or reject all Bids or any portion thereof. Dadeville Record: Nov. 4, 11 and 18, 2021 62-2022D4PB PUBLIC NOTICE IN THE PROBATE COURT OF TALLAPOOSA COUNTY DADEVILLE, ALABAMA IN RE: THE ESTATE OF CECIL FURMAN HARRIS, DECEASED CASE NO: 2021-0184 NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT TO BE PUBLISHED BY PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE LETTERS TESTAMENTARY on the estate of said deceased having been granted to the undersigned on the 13th day of October, 2021, by the Honorable Talmadge East of the Probate Court of Tallapoosa County, notice hereby given that all persons having claims against said estate are hereby required to present the same within the allowed by law or the same will be barred. MARK ANTHONY HARRIS AS PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE OF THE ESTATE OF CECIL FURMAN HARRIS DECEASED. LINDA D. BENSON, Attorney for Personal Representative, P.O. Box 780818, Tallassee, AL 36078, (334) 283-5800, (334) 283-6354 (fax) Dadeville Record: Oct. 21, 28 and Nov. 4, 2021 EST/HARRIS, C.
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Letters Testamentary on the estate of said deceased having been granted to the undersigned on the 26th day of October, 2021, by the Honorable Talmadge East, Judge of the Probate Court of Tallapoosa County, notice is hereby given that all persons having claims against said estate are hereby required to present the same within time allowed by law or the same will be barred. Tawana Elizabeth Greer Lowery Ted Leslie Greer Personal Representatives of the Estate of Martin Luther Greer Robin F. Reynolds Attorney for Personal Representatives
IN THE JUVENILE COURT OF TALLAPOOSA COUNTY, ALABAMA IN THE MATTER OF BARRON LEGEND JOURNEY, A MINOR CHILD DOB: 12/20/2018 CASE NO.: JU-21-18.02 IN THIS CAUSE it is made to appear to the Court by the Petition of Samuel J. McLure, attorney for the Petitioners, that the whereabouts of the father of the above-named child is unknown. Further, it is made to appear that the identity of the father of the above-named child is unknown. It further appears that the Petition alleges the said child to be dependent and in need of the protection of the Petitioners. Therefore, the Petitioners are requesting the parental rights be terminated and permanent custody of the child be vested with the Petitioners. It is therefore ORDERED that publication be made in the Dadeville Record, a newspaper of general circulation published in the city of Dadeville, AL, County of Tallapoosa, in the State of Alabama for four (4) consecutive weeks. The child’s father must answer this Petition for Termination of Parental Rights by and through the Petitioners’ attorney, Samuel J. McLure, P.O. Box 640667, Pike Road, AL 36064, within fourteen (14) days from the last date of publication, or thereafter a judgment by default may be rendered against him in Case No. JU-2021-18.02 of the Juvenile Court of Tallapoosa County, Alabama. Done on this the 12th day of October, 2021. Dadeville Record: Oct. 14, 21, 28 and Nov. 4, 2021 JU-21-18.02 PUBLIC NOTICE The Dadeville Housing Authority will host its annual Capital Fund Program meeting. The meeting is required by HUD to solicit ideas and/or opinions on capital improvements throughout the complex. The meeting will be held on December 20, 2021 at 4:30 pm at the Dadeville Housing Authority Residents Center located at 845 Freeman Drive Dadeville, AL 36853.
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PUBLIC NOTICE IN THE PROBATE COURT OF TALLAPOOSA COUNTY, ALABAMA IN RE: ESTATE OF PETER T. LEVINS NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT 2021-0247 Letters Testamentary on the Estate of said deceased having been granted to the undersigned on the 26th day of October, 2021, by the Hon. Talmadge East, Judge of the Probate Court of Tallapoosa County, notice is hereby given that all persons having claims against the said estate are hereby required to present the same within the time allowed by law or the same will be barred. Greg Rauch, Personal Repre-
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City can take down Hotel Talisi By CLIFF WILLIAMS Staff Writer There are no more appeals that can be made to save the Hotel Talisi. Property owner Wylie Troupe and others have been fighting for years to save the hotel, but little progress has been made in the eyes of some city officials. Now a failure to appeal a 19th Circuit Court of Alabama Judge Sibley Reynolds ruling upholding the Tallassee City Council’s declaration of the hotel being a nuisance puts the ball back in the council’s hands. “If we decide to demolish it, which it is already halfway demolished, what do we need to do?” councilmember Bill Godwin asked at a recent council meeting. City attorney John Smith advised the council determining a cost to safely demolish the hotel should be done first. “Then based on that information you can make a decision to hire whoever it might be to demolish that,” Smith said. “I think it is probably in the best interest of the city to have bids on doing that. The best thing is to put out for formal bid the demolition of that property.” It has been 12 years since a fire gutted the building some investors were trying to renovate. Troupe acquired the building after a dissolution of the investment LLC renovating the building but work was slow. Tallassee attorney Mike Harper represented Troupe during last year as Troupe sought the council’s approval
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Portions of the back wall of the Hotel Talisi were removed but with basically no movement the Tallassee City Council has declared the building a nuisance and could have it demolished.
for yet another extension allowing the renovation to continue. “He put a brand-new roof on it and new windows in it and was getting into position to do the renovations,” Harper said at a council meeting last year on Troupe’s behalf. But wind damage the roof before further renovations could happen and the damage was not covered by insurance. Last year councilmembers said they were unsatisfied with the progress Troupe had made with the hotel. “My issue is this, we have asked Mr. Troupe on several occasions to come with his architect to tell what his plans are. Tell us what you are going to do, when you’re going to do it, and it has yet to be done,” councilmember Jeremy Taunton said at a council meeting last year. “This is just
going to continue to go on and on. We will be right back here next month, or in 30 days or in 60 days. I am all about giving someone an opportunity to fix a problem but this problem has been ongoing since 2018, when we started this, not to mention the 12 years before that.” Currently some of the flashing moves with the wind. City employees have reported falling bricks from the structure in the past. The city’s animal control officer reported a feral cat population had moved in.
Some councilmembers have sent emails to some residents in the last week seeking input about the hotel and the likelihood it could come down since the appeal deadline had passed. The process for the city to clean up the hotel site would require the city to front any funds needed. The city could then bill Troupe for the cleanup and then put a lien on the property if he fails to pay. Smith believes the city is protected from legal action in
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PUBLIC MEETINGS • Alexander City Board of Education meets on the third Tuesday of each month. Meetings are held in the board office at 375 Lee St. or local school at 5 p.m. • Alexander City Council meets on the first and third Mondays of each month. Meetings are held in the courtroom at the old city hall at 5:30 p.m. • Camp Hill Town Council meets the first and third Mondays of each month. Meetings are held in town hall at 6 p.m. • Community Action Agency of Chambers, Tallapoosa, Coosa will holds its regular board of directors meetings every other month at the Central Office in Dadeville. • Coosa County Board of Education holds called meetings at least once a month. • Coosa County Commission meets on the second and fourth Tuesday of each month. Meetings are held in the Coosa County Courthouse in Rockford at 9:30 a.m. on the second Tuesday and at 6:30 p.m. on the fourth Tuesday. • Coosa County Industrial Development Board will hold its regularly scheduled meeting the third Tuesday of each month at 7 p.m. in the Commissioners’ Board Room in the courthouse in Rockford. All meetings are open to the public. • Dadeville City Council meets on the second and fourth Tuesday of each month at 6 p.m. with a pre-meeting at 5:30 p.m. in city hall. • Daviston City Council meets the third Monday of every month at 6:30 p.m. at the Daviston Fire Department. • Goldville Town Council meets the second Monday of each month at 5:30 p.m. at the town hall. • Goodwater City Council meets on the second Tuesday of each month. Meetings are held at the Caldwell Center at 6:30 p.m. • Jackson’s Gap Town Council meets
the demolition of the building at this point. “I’m convinced that all the steps have been followed to declare it a nuisance,” Smith said. “It is obvious the owner will not remedy the nuisance. I believe under the law the city has the ability to eliminate that nuisance.” The council did not establish any timelines for demolition or the bid process. Attempts by the Tribune to contact Troupe were unsuccessful.
Churches and non-profits can submit items to the calendar at editor@thedadevillerecord. com and calendar@alexcityoutlook.com.
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the second Tuesday of each month. Meetings are held in town hall at 6:30 p.m., all Jackson’s Gap citizens are encouraged to attend. • Kellyton Town Council meets on the first Tuesday of the month at 6:30 p.m. at the community center in Kellyton. • New Site Town Council meets the first and third Monday of the month at 5 p.m. in the Conference Room in the Town Hall. • Ray Water Authority meets on the second Tuesday of every month at 6 p.m. at the Ray Water Authority Office. All customers are invited to attend. • Rockford Town Council meets the second Tuesday of each month. Meetings are held in town hall at 7 p.m. • Tallapoosa County Board of Education meets on the second Monday of each month. Meetings are held in the new central office at 679 East Columbus Street, Dadeville, AL 36853. • Tallapoosa County Commission meets the second Monday of the month at 9 a.m. in the courthouse in Dadeville, with a pre-meeting also open to the public 30 minutes before each regular session. • Tallapoosa County 911 Board will meet on the second Wednesday of each month at 5 p.m. in the 911 Administrative office at 240 West Columbus Street, Dadeville. Call 825-8490 for more information. • Walnut Hill Water Authority meets the third Monday of each month at 6:30 p.m. The public is invited. Call 825-9841 to inquire about the agenda.
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Oct. 28-30 WOMEN OF THE MONTGOMERY BUS BOYCOTT:”Women of the Montgomery Bus Boycott” will be on display at Adelia M. Russell Library in Alex City Oct. 4-30 from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Monday through Friday and Saturday mornings from 9:00 a.m. –
12:30 p.m. Oct. 28 - Nov. 10 THANKING VETERANS: Letters of thanks or just a friendly note to a Bill Nichol’s Veteran can be dropped off at Mamie’s Place Children’s Library by November 10. Mamie’s Place and the Adelia M. Russell Library honor our Veterans and appreciate their great service. Kids and adults are welcome to stop in and make a card with provided supplies or bring one of their own. This is just a small gesture to these fine men and women we owe so much to. The notes and cards will be delivered to Bill Nichol’s Veterans Home Wednesday afternoon November 10. Oct. 29 HALLOWEEN COSTUME CONTEST AT THE LIBRARY: You are invited to vote for your favorite librarian’s costume and win a prize while supplies last Friday, Oct. 29 at Adelia M. Russell Library and Mamie’s Place. Oct. 30 MUDDY WATER BLUEGRASS FESTIVAL AND OLD FARM DAY: The Muddy Water Bluegrass Festival will be held Saturday, Oct. 30 from 7 a.m. until 2 p.m. at the Weogufka Center at 145 Memorial Loop, Weogufka, AL 35183. The event will include music by Renfroe Mountain Medicine Show, Bluegrass Connection, Dave & Gardner, Randall Edwards, Beyond Blessed, Jana Petty and more. There will be a cake auction, pony rides, wagon rides, syrup making, antique tractors, vendors, food, fried apple pies, and a new “Learn about Farm Life” children’s center. For more information, contact Sue Baxley at 256249-3666. Limited camper space is available. For camping reservations and vendor sign-up, contact Melvin Palmer at 256-249-8885. Admission is $5 per vehicle.
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