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Dadeville may face lawsuit over courthouse square billing dispute

By SIRI HEDREEN Multimedia Reporter A dispute over the total bill for Dadeville’s courthouse square renovation project may be sending the City of Dadeville to the courthouse.

While the courthouse square project has been ostensibly complete for over a year now, the city has yet to receive the final bill from hired contractor Gillespie Construction. The city approved the contract two

years ago, originally slated for $1.45 million. But the difference between what the contractor and the city’s hired engineering firm think the bill ought to be, according to city attorney Robin Reynolds, may be “substantial.”

Renovation of the Tallapoosa County Courthouse square in Dadeville began in May 2019, when the city council voted 4-1 to approve the contract with Gillespie Construction.

The project was done in conjunction with Tallapoosa

County and ALDOT, putting in new sidewalks, lighting and landscaping around the courthouse and turning the square into a one-way roundabout.

Last week, the Dadeville City Council entered into an executive session for potential litigation involving the courthouse square renovation, Reynolds later confirmed. Whether that lawsuit is filed hinges on the “final quantity” of work performed, See LAWSUIT, Page A3

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Work was ongoing on the courthouse square renovation project in Dadeville two years ago. On Nov. 14, 2019, Contractors were removing water from the construction site on Cusseta Street to allow it to dry for the construction of a new base under the road.

The end of the trail ‘Nimblewill Nomad’ ceremoniously ends 2,600-mile hike atop Flagg Mountain tower

By SIRI HEDREEN Multimedia Reporter

Denim& Diamonds CLIFF WILLIAMS | THE RECORD

This year’s Denim and Diamonds Charity Ball was one of the most successful ever.

This year a week’s stay at Gulf Shores went for $6,000 in the live auction and many other items were auctioned to benefit the host, the Lake Martin Dadeville Area Chamber of Commerce, and the Lake Martin Area United Way. “This goes a long way to supporting our agencies,” Lake Martin Area United Way director Sharon Fuller said. “It’s a way to have fun and support great causes.”

Tickets to the ball got guests the fun of the live and silent auctions and a steak dinner.

When M.J. “Sunny” Eberhart, 83, began his 2,600-mile hike in February, he started at the Flagg Mountain lookout tower, .9 miles into the Pinhoti approach trail which links to the Appalachian Trail in Georgia.

Eberhart, known by the trail name “Nimblewill Nomad,” completed that journey earlier this month, becoming the oldest to hike the entire Appalachian Trail.

On Sunday, the long-distance hiker — back home in Coosa County — walked that last nine-tenths of a mile, becoming the oldest to hike not just the trail, but the entire Appalachian range.

“It’s a done deal, isn’t it,” Eberhart said atop the Flagg Mountain lookout tower, joined by a few friends and members of the Coosa County Commission.

For the past few years — when he wasn’t hiking — Eberhart has lived in one of the stone cabins atop Flagg Mountain, built in the 1930s by the Civilian Conservation Corps and only recently restored. In return, Eberhart volunteers as full-time caretaker, the result of a handshake-deal with the Alabama Forestry Commission and the Alabama Hiking Trail Society. It also means he gets to live atop the southernmost mountain in the Appalachian range above 1,000 feet — a convenient start to his hike nine months ago.

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M.J. “Sunny” Eberhart hugs his friend Kimm Wright atop the newly restored Flagg Mountain lookout tower Sunday.

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Country Financial Insurance agent Shannon Works presents a $1,500 check to Dadeville police chief Jonathan Floyd for the use of two police vests.

Dadeville Volunteer Fire Department receives $750 toward fire safety program

By SIRI HEDREEN Multimedia Reporter Dadeville Elementary School students are about to get a lesson in fire safety from their local volunteer fire department thanks to funding presented by Shannon Works Thursday.

Works, an agent of Country Financial Insurance, selected the Dadeville Volunteer Fire Department program as one of three local beneficiaries of Country Financial’s “Operation Heroes Initiative.” This year the insurance company provided its agents $3,000 to be disbursed at their discretion in support of the military, educators, law enforcement and first responders.

Dadeville fire chief Scott Atkins and assistant chief Tracey Johnson said the $750 check would go toward fire safety and prevention materials, like coloring books and plastic firefighter hats.

“I want to enrich the lives in the communities I serve,” Works said. “Dadeville is a great place to serve.”

Last month, Works presented Dadeville police chief Jonathan Floyd $1,500 toward two new police vests. Dadeville Elementary also received $750 for school supplies and a faculty breakfast.

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TOP: Country Financial insurance agent Shannon Works presents a $750 check to Dadeville fire chief Scott Atkins at the fire station Thursday. ABOVE: Country Financial Insurance agent Shannon Works, center, presents a check for school supplies to Dadeville Elementary School principal Diane Miller and assistant principal Andy Chamness.

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Opening day Chick-fil-A sees guests from across the country

By CLIFF WILLIAMS Staff Writer ALEXANDER CITY — What does Huntington Beach, California; Dallas, Texas and Auburn, Alabama have in common?

Well, on Thursday each city had a resident at the opening day of Chick-fil-A Alexander City.

Lisa Barsh of Huntington Beach and Leslie Wright of Dallas have known Chick-fil-A operator Lois Ann Murphree for what feels like forever. The friends decided more than a month ago to fly in for opening day.

“This was a total surprise to her,” Wright said. “She had no idea we were coming. Her face when she saw us [Thursday morning] was great.”

Barsh said the friends had been texting all week leading up to the opening but not letting in on the plans Barsh and Wright had made to reunite, even if briefly, with Murphree. The plan was to go through the drive-thru first but the line was backed up.

“But there weren’t too many people in line to go inside, so we pulled in,” Barsh said. “We talked to the first two kids in line. We were like, ‘Can we be first?’”

Wright said they explained their relationship with Murphree to the guests who had been in line since 2:30 a.m., even showing red and white pom poms relating to Murphree’s college cheerleader days.

“We just wanted to be right here when they opened the door and said, ‘We will let you go in first and let you order first,’ and we did,” Wright said. “They were so gracious. They said, ‘Absolutely.’”

Murphree took a brief moment

with her friends at the opening but she had already been at work.

“It was a little crowded this morning,” Murphree said. “There were cars in the drive-thru at 2:30.

I went out and talked to them.

No one seemed too upset. I just explained that we recognize local heroes now.”

Instead of the camp out that has become custom with Chick-fil-A openings, the company has shifted to giving out the famous ‘First 100’ meal cards to local heroes.

Murphree delivered the cards to Russell Medical Monday. On Tuesday at Russell Medical’s fall festival the names of all 600 plus employees were put in a hat and 100 names were drawn to receive the cards.

Murphree was appreciative of the surprise visit of her former coworkers but Barsh and Wright got an award too.

“They get the award for traveling the longest distance,” Murphree said.

Barsh and Wright’s visit to Alex City will be short lived with plans to fly home Friday but will include stops in and around Alex City.

“She won’t be able to show us around because she will be work-

ing, but that is OK,” Barsh said.

Barsh and Wright have ideas of visiting Wind Creek State Park and a lakeside restaurant while in town and hope to come back when Murphree can spend some time with them.

But they weren’t the only out of town guests at Alex City’s newest restaurant Thursday morning. Auburn Mayor Ron Anders stopped inside to order. Anders greeted Murphree and her husband Micah. Anders knows the Murphrees through the their days of cheerleading at Auburn University.

Barsh and Wright said they frequent Chick-fil-As in California and Texas but have learned so much about the company and its values in conversations with Murphree over the last year.

“It’s no surprise to us she fits in with it,” Barsh said. “She is perfect, her husband, family, everybody, they are definitely great.”

Wright shared the same sentiment about the Murphrees.

“They have great values, treasure the community,” Wright said.

“She lived the Chick-fil-A philosophy before getting involved with Chick-fil-A.”

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M.J. “Sunny” Eberhart climbs the Flagg Mountain lookout tower upon completing the last .9 miles of his 2,600-mile Appalachian journey Sunday.

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Since then, the stone lookout tower that looms over its summit has been restored, allowing Eberhart and his entourage to become the first to climb its new wooden staircase Sunday (the tower won’t be open to the public for another few weeks).

Before he could even reach the tower, however, Eberhart was greeted by dozens of fans lining the paved approach, some of whom had been following the blog he

kept from Alabama to New England. Ina Richards, a hiker from South Carolina, said she’d discovered his blog over the summer and joined Eberhart for a portion of his journey in Maine.

“That area put the skid marks on him,” Richards said, referring to Eberhart’s nickname for his skins and scrapes.

Eberhart has been back in Coosa County for a week now resuming his pre-hike life as caretaker. Now “well into his ‘80s,” he says, he claims the Appalachian hike will officially be his last.

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to be determined by the Alabama Department of Transportation (ALDOT) within the next week.

“With the contract between the city and Gillespie, final quantities will determine what the total bill is,” Reynolds said Thursday. “And at that point in time there will be a determination whether or not there will be any litigation. We should be getting a resolution on final quantities within the next three days.”

Once the final quantity is determined, the total bill will be determined and paid by a vote of the city council. But if Gillespie disagrees, there may be litigation.

As for how much more money the contractor was requiring, Reynolds did not name a figure.

“I can’t say at this point in time because I don’t really know, because we haven’t got to the point of where final quantities are,” he said. “But it could be substantial.”

In August 2020, the project appeared to be nearfinished, with the city and ALDOT compiling a punch list for Gillespie that it had 28 days to fulfill.

But the city has yet to file a notice of completion, and in July, Reynolds told the city council someone had filed the lawsuit after tripping on the courthouse square sidewalk. Reynolds declined to comment at the time.

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There is hardly a sacred tradition left in America that hasn’t been corrupted by America’s voracious business class. Right now, we are in the middle of our four great, endof-year festivals — Unhallowed Halloween, Ingrate Thanksgiving, Surface Christmas and Pretend New Year.

Halloween has long been a day to introduce youth to worship of the god of insulin dependence.

Thanksgiving has become a day when we are thankful for half of the population, and wish the other half would go to hell. Christmas provides a prayer and a mysterious sacrament or two for those who go, and debt spending and gorging on football for all.

At New Year’s we actually do see a fresh start, but that little inauguration of healthy change lasts only about halfway to Valentine’s Day, as CEOs ramp up their pillaging of the land once again.

The one percent world’s own sacred holiday, Black Friday, was instituted to bail companies out of their unsold inventory. It is the only really authentic holiday left to us. It has even been expanded into a days-long or weeks-long event whose goal is to make the rich richer and force the poor ever deeper into slavery.

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2022 elections six months away Our Mission

Holidays B full of holes Dear Editor,

Kaitlin Fleming Managing Editor (256) 414-3179

elieve it or not, we are six months away from the 2022 elections. All statewide offices will be decided in the May 24, 2022, Republican Primary.

Winning the Republican Primary is tantamount to election in the Heart of Dixie. Therefore, garnering the endorsement of the most conservative group in the state is vitally important towards election.

That group is the Alabama Farmers Federation or commonly known as Alfa. The Farm PAC Alfa endorsement is the gold standard for conservatism, and it is the ticket to election in Alabama.

The Alabama Farmers Federation is governed by county federation leaders in each of the state’s 67 counties, and the word leaders should be emphasized. The leaders of each county federation are respected men who have been born and raised in their community.

Many have owned farmland for generations, are respected agribusinessmen, deacons in their churches, and board members of their local banks. In other words, they are centers of influence, and their words and recommendations extend well beyond their agricultural base. To win the Alfa endorsement statewide candidates have to go see each of the county federation members in all 67 counties.

There are over 100,000 actual farmers in the state that vote the Alfa endorsed ballot right down the line. There are also affiliated agribusiness groups that toe the Alfa line. In addition, there are over 100,000 insurance policyholders throughout the state who have their car and homeowners’ insurance with Alfa and they see the Farm PAC endorsement and usually follow it because they have contributed to Farm PAC. Additionally, a good many Alabamians will see their friends and neighbors with an Alfa ballot and ask them who Alfa has endorsed in certain races. Then

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Agriculture Commissioner.

Incumbent PSC Commissioners, Chip Beeker and Jeremy Oden, STEVE received the coveted Alfa nod.

FLOWERS One of the most critical endorsements Alfa made was selecting Columnist Greg Cook for the Alabama Supreme Court seat of retiring they will vote that way because Judge Mike Bolin. This endorsethey know Alfa has vetted the ment of Greg Cook is pivotal. It candidates and chosen the most proves that he is the conservative conservative ones. probusiness candidate for the The Alfa endorsements for Supreme Court. It will probably the May 24, 2022 elections were assure his victory. decided on September 28, 2021.

Popular incumbent Supreme These endorsements will be deciCourt Justice Kelli Wise got the sive. Katie Britt won the endorseendorsement even though she may ment for the open U.S. Senate race, be unopposed. which will be the marquee race Three candidates for secondary next year. She got it the old fashconstitutional offices received the ioned way. She worked for it. She endorsement of Alfa and will be got out and visited and got to know instrumental towards their elecalmost every farmers federation tions are Wes Allen for Secretary member in the state. This endorse- of State, Young Boozer for State ment will probably propel her to Treasurer, and Rusty Glover for victory.

State Auditor. Glover’s getting the Governor Kay Ivey received endorsement is that race is pivotal the endorsement. She has been the as is Wes Allen’s in the Secretary darling of Alfa her entire career. of State.

The Farm PAC endorsement was Alfa has endorsed all of critical in allowing her to win the the incumbent Republican governorship without a runoff four Congressmen including Jerry Carl, years ago. They have been with Barry Moore, Mike Rogers, Robert her from the get-go when she was Aderholt and Gary Palmer. They State Treasurer two terms and Lt. have endorsed Dale Strong in the Governor two terms. open 5th district congressional race.

Will Ainsworth received the He appears to be the favorite.

Alfa endorsement for reelection as All of Alfa’s statewide endorseLt. Governor. This endorsement ments are Republicans. That is the reason he upset Twinkle makes sense because every stateCavanaugh in their race four years wide officeholder in the state is a ago. Alfa was the reason he won Republican. If you made me bet, I that race and has made his political would wager that all of the above career. mentioned Alfa endorsed candiIncumbent Attorney General dates will win next year. We will Steve Marshall has been endorsed see in about six months.

by Alfa because he has proven to See you next week. be a real conservative.

Rick Pate has won the Alfa Steve Flowers is Alabama’s endorsement for a second term as leading political columnist. His colAgriculture Commissioner. He had umn appears in over 60 Alabama the endorsement four years ago and newspapers. He served 16 years in it helped him win. Folks are really the state legislature. Steve may be interested in who Alfa endorses for reached at www.steveflowers.us.

The book club

he nursing home was done up for Thanksgiving. There were stuffed turkeys on bookshelves, twinkly lights on the nurse’s station, and one of the cafeteria workers wore a puritan hat shaped like a traffic cone.

I was here to make an appearance at the book club.

The nurse buzzed me through the front doors. She gave me a name tag.

“They’re ready for you,” she said. “Follow me, please.”

We walked past a hallway adorned with colorful artwork. One wall featured a dozen tempera-paint handprints on individual sheets of construction paper. The handprints were decorated to look like turkeys.

“Art therapy,” the nurse explained. “Our residents just did fingerpainting. I’ll be cleaning paint off the ceiling till June.”

I felt vaguely like I was touring a kindergarten classroom. All that was missing was a portrait of George Washington and the class hamster.

She led me to the garden area where a small group of elderly people sat in a semicircle beneath the North Florida sunshine, waiting for yours truly. They were seated in folding chairs, wheelchairs, and roller walkers.

“Okay,” announced the nurse.

“Let’s give today’s guest author a warm welcome.”

When the deafening applause from my six-person audience finally died down, club meeting was in session.

It bears mentioning that I don’t get many requests for in-person book club visits anymore. I used to, but these days most book clubs prefer internet video calls.

I faithfully fielded questions from club members. The inquiries about my book came in all shapes and sizes.

“Your chapters were too short,” said one man.

“You bounce around topics too much,” said another. “I couldn’t follow your writing.”

Another woman weighed in.

“The print was too small. I had a headache five minutes in. I couldn’t

finish your book.”

I smiled.

Another lady cheerfully added, “Did you bring any peanut butter?”

And then it was time for lunch.

On my way out, I listened to two old ladies have a vicious argument about something pertaining to—I swear—HGTV. And one club member asked me with complete sincerity what I did for a living.

“You should stay for lunch,” said the nurse.

“Right,” I said, “because clearly these people love me.”

She laughed. “No, they’re like that with all the authors.”

“You mean there have been other authors? Was there enough of them left to bury?”

“These people grow on you.

Come on. Eat with us.”

The aromas of the nursing home cafeteria were reminiscent of a grade school mess hall, and the basic premise was the same, too.

You stood in line, then presented your tray to a clinically depressed cafeteria worker behind a sneeze guard who doled out lukewarm chipped chopped ham on a bun.

Surprisingly, the food was great.

I had lots of company for my lunch. I was—to put it mildly—the novelty that afternoon.

“We don’t get many visitors,” said one elderly woman. “Can I sit beside you?”

“You look like my son,” remarked another. “Do you know my son? He used to visit me before he got so busy.”

“Hey,” said a persistent whitehaired man. “Do you like chess? I used to play chess every day, but I can’t find nobody to play with me no more. Can you play with me?

Please?”

When you visit an assisted living facility, if you hang around long enough, and eat enough chipped ham, you will eventually start to hear stories. This just goes with the territory.

The stories will come at you like coal from an industrial barge.

You must be ready for this or the tales will overwhelm you. But if you listen, you might actually learn

SEAN DIETRICH Columnist something. “…I died on the operating table, the doctor said I’d be lucky to live until forty. I’ll be ninety next month.”

“When I was a girl in Texas, nobody wanted to adopt my sister and me after my mom shot herself.

But a lady in our town who couldn’t have kids adopted us. She became our mama even though she was Mexican and we were white.” “…I lost my daughter and my husband on the same day. We had a double funeral, and I wished it had been a triple funeral. I didn’t think I would survive, but God brought me through.” “…Can I show you a picture of my wife? I have a picture in my wallet. God I miss her.” “…Cancer tried to kill me three times and didn’t succeed.” “…The biggest thing I miss about being young is getting dressed up to go do stuff.” “…Even at this age, I’m still trying to learn to forgive my parents.” “…I wish I would have been more adventurous when I was younger.” “…Laughter is the most important drug there is except for my heart meds. Those’re pretty important, too.”

After the cafeteria trays were cleaned, a few residents headed off to their rooms for naps. A few ladies trotted away to chair yoga class while an art lesson started in the rec room.

One happy old man was setting up a chessboard for himself and a partner.

I showed myself to the door.

But before I left, one of the elderly ladies handed me a piece of construction paper with a tempera handprint on it.

“This is for you,” she said. “I loved your book. And I just want you to know that you are loved.”

Well.

Not exactly the worst day ever.

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New amenity announced for The Heritage STAFF REPORT Russell Lands Wicker Point development, The Heritage, will include a waterfront residential lake club.

In 2019 Russell Lands announced the 1,500 acre development along 12 miles of Lake Martin shoreline. The development will include 200 waterfront homesites and 150 interior lots.

“One of the signature amenities in The Heritage community is a waterfront residential lake club, providing the perfect opportunity for all Heritage property owners to gather with family, friends and neighbors to enjoy an array of resort-style amenities,” Russell Lands said in a release.

Lots are scheduled to be available for purchase in 2022 and the City of Alexander City is working on plans of extending water, sewer and gas service to the development.

Construction of a Coore & Crenshaw golf course, the Wicker Point Club, is already under construction with the first rounds of golf on the private course expected to be in 2023.

“The Heritage was designed to provide a comprehensive lake experience, ensuring waterfront properties maximize the unparalleled water views, while many off-water properties provide views of the Wicker Point Golf Club course, the centerpiece of The Heritage community,” the release states. “Homesites will provide ample lot size and privacy, with the first phase of development along Wicker Point peninsula.”

The name, The Heritage, is intended to honor Russell Lands’ namesake Mr. Ben Russell, whose grandson and Chairman of the Board, Ben Russell, dedicated the lakefront acreage to honor his family’s legacy.

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ABOVE: The new clubhouse will have a pool, waterfront access and pickleball and tennis courts. RIGHT: An artist rendering of the waterfront residential club at Russell Lands’ The Heritage.

Turkey pardon an annual tradition

By TOM EMERY

thrilled with his role” Seven years before, when a female turkey – a thirty-pound gobbler named Katie – was pardoned for the first time, G. W. Bush absentmindedly twice called the bird “he.”

While many researchers credit Lincoln as the first President to issue a turkey pardon, others cite Harry S. Truman, who was the first to receive a gift bird from the National Turkey Federation in 1947. However, officials at the Truman Presidential Library in Missouri have found no evidence of any pardons given by Truman to a turkey.

His successor, Dwight D. Eisenhower, ate each of the birds given to him during his eight years in office. Four days before his assassination in 1963, John F. Kennedy offhandedly said of a 55-pound gift turkey, “we’ll let this one grow.”

The first President on record to deliver a pardon was Ronald Reagan in 1987, allegedly to draw attention from reporters’ questions on the Iran-Contra affair. No turkeys were spared the following year, but in 1989, Reagan’s successor, George H.W. Bush, instituted the pardon as an annual rite.

Two turkeys are normally chosen for the ceremony, one serving as an alternate, to stand in if the first bird cannot fulfill the duties. In 2008, Bush pardoned the backup, Pumpkin, after the top turkey, Pecan, came down sick the night before the ceremony.

In recent years, reprieved turkeys have been sent to various locations in Virginia, including George Washington’s estate at Mount Vernon and a place in Fairfax County called Frying Pan Park. From 2005-09, the turkeys were flown firstclass to Disneyland to serve as grand marshals of Disney’s Thanksgiving Day Parade.

Today, the annual ceremony to pardon the turkey usually lasts a few minutes and provides a prime photo opportunity for the President and members of his family. The White House frequently invites children to join the ceremony, adding to the holiday festivities.

Each year just before Thanksgiving, the President ceremoniously pardons a turkey, a light-hearted moment in his otherwise grueling schedule. The tradition is traced to Abraham Lincoln, who wrote a pardon at the behest of his youngest son, Tad, in 1863.

Though the origin is debated, many researchers believe that Lincoln was the first to bestow a Presidential pardon on a turkey, thus saving it from the dinner table. The reprieve, though, was actually issued at Christmas.

In late 1863, the Lincolns received a turkey as a gift, and though the bird was intended for Christmas dinner, nine-year-old Tad, an animal lover, had other ideas. He made a pet of the bird, which he named Jack, and taught the bird to follow him around the White House grounds.

On Christmas Eve, the President tried to tell his son that the bird would become the family dinner. Upset, Tad reportedly cried, “I can’t help it. He’s a good turkey, and I don’t want him killed.” Lincoln gave in and wrote out a pardon on a card, which he handed to his son to appease him.

“Tad was begging for the turkey’s life,” said Dr. Wayne Temple, an accomplished Lincoln scholar who recently retired as Deputy Director of the Illinois State Archives in Springfield.

“Lincoln was always looking for something to amuse the children, so he pardoned the turkey.”

The President’s playfulness reflected other episodes with his children. In 1861, he had written a pardon for a soldier doll, also named Jack, that Tad and older brother Willie (who died the next February) had sentenced to death.

In 1997, Bill Clinton referenced Lincoln’s story in ceremonies to pardon a sixty-pounder named Willis. George W. Bush also made reference to Lincoln’s pardon in 2001.

“Lincoln is probably the only President with the sense of humor to pardon a turkey,” laughed Temple. “Other Presidents have been more serious-minded, but that’s how Lincoln could be.”

Some of Lincoln’s successors have shown Tom Emery is a freelance writer and hisless inclination. After President Obama’s first torical researcher from Carlinville, Ill. He may be turkey pardon in 2009, one commentator found reached at 217-710-8392 or ilcivilwar@yahoo. that the chief executive “did not seem all that com.

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that blessing is having the Lord in your life. I have not inherited my “mansion over the hilltop yet” but “I have a roof over my head and a good place to sleep.” There is not much steak on our tables these days but I have food and nourishment to live a healthy life.

People kid me about not having shoes on my feet; but I have opted for flip flops and my toe socks keep me warm.

The one thing I do have, and it is free, is the love of God and a fine family. Tears leak from my eyes when I see the blessing of both of our children and their families as part of the “family of God.” When one has Christian loved ones, whether by blood or through the blessedness of friendship; our future together is endless!

My prayer is that we can all be together in Heaven at the end of our earthy journey.

A few meditations for Thanksgiving came to mind.

I am thankful for ears to hear as many people are deaf. I am thankful for eyes to see as many people are blind.

Sometimes I growl as I get out of bed but I am thankful I

As you enjoy family around you, the smell of turkey and dressing in the oven, and fond memories recalled, from our home to your home, have a “happy and blessed day of Thanksgiving.”

Even though I miss my dad and am missing my first Thanksgiving with my mom, I am blessed beyond measure to have been raised by Christian parents who taught me what blessings truly are and they come from our Father above.

There is a little “nippy feeling” in the air this time of the year and the leaves are falling. November has brought on Thanksgiving and December not only is Christmas but my birthday as well. If holiday commercialism could be avoided, this is truly the most wonderful time of the year.

In 1975, James Easter wrote a song that still rings throughout church rafters today, especially at Thanksgiving.

The words focus on the most important blessing that anyone could possibly have, and

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Our home can get hectic at times, I am thankful for a loving spouse because there are many who are lonely. Our eating table looks like a mail sorting room, I am thankful I am not hungry. Thank you that I have the health to serve you, but Lord, most of all thank you for the gift of earthly life and eternal life.

“Our citizenship is in heaven, from which we also eagerly wait for the Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ.” (Philippians 3:20).

Thank each of you for your calls and emails in reference to the Faith Columns I write.

Over the last 2 weeks, we have experienced “technical difficulty in sending and receiving” but hopefully this has been corrected. I am thankful that the Dadeville Record gives me the opportunity to share God’s Word in print.

Jackie Wilbourn is a member of Bethel Baptist Church and a chaplain with Alabama Baptist Disaster Relief Team.

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

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Hackneyville Baptist Hwy. 63 N., Hackneyville

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

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

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House of Restoration Holiness 519 Slaughter Ave., Camp Hill, 256-749-2373, 256-896-2904

Good News Baptist Church 10493 Hwy. 280, Jackson’s Gap 256-825-2555

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Pine Grove Baptist Eagle Creek Rd., Dadeville

Ray Baptist Rockford Hwy., Alex City, 256-234-7609

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Taylor Harris signs letter of intent to Samford

By ANDY ANDERS Regional Sports Director Benjamin Russell softball’s brightest star secured her spot at the next level Thursday.

Surrounded by family, friends, teammates and coaches, pitcher Taylor Harris signed her letter of intent to D-1 Samford University to further her academic and athletic career.

“I honestly couldn’t be more thankful for them,” Harris said.

“Without first, God, and then my family and friends, I wouldn’t be anywhere near where I am today. Especially with our recruiting process being as dif-

ficult as it was toward the end, they especially helped me for that.”

Harris has been a centerpiece of the Wildcats’ softball team since her seventh-grade season.

In 2021 she pitched 95 of the team’s 130 innings, pinning down opposing offenses with a 3.32 ERA and 118 strikeouts against just 31 walks.

She helped lead the way for the Wildcats at the plate too, one of only two players to bat above .400 on the season at .406. She blasted four home runs and collected 13 RBIs. Harris earned an invitation to Alabama’s North-South All-Star

game for her efforts.

It’s not just her incredible on-field talent that sticks out to Benjamin Russell coach Jessica Johnson, however — it’s her generous nature off it.

“I don’t think I have enough words to talk about her off the field,” Johnson said. “Her character, her personality, her work ethic, her drive. She’s just a great person. They don’t make many kids like that. It’ll take her a long way, and I’m super excited to see where she gets to go. She has a love for everything that she does.”

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Taylor Harris signs a letter of intent to play softball at Samford University at Benjamin Russell High School in Alexander City, Ala on Thursday, Nov. 18, 2021.

THE NATURAL Taylor’s talents tug Horseshoe Bend forward

By ANDY ANDERS Regional Sports Director Forget thousand-dollar camps, private coaches or state-of-the-art facilities.

Where Reagan Taylor developed her competitive edge was on Xbox with her older brother Grant.

Everything presented a contest for the two growing up. They’d race to the car when their family went somewhere or wage war over backyard sports.

But those evenings on the Microsoft-produced video game console were the most heated competitions of them all. After family dinner and homework, the battle would commence.

“I can’t tell you how many times I’ve had to go up there and, literally, shut the game off,” Reagan Taylor’s father Jamison Taylor said, laughing. “It was so intense. Just competing, they’d get so worked up.”

That, the elder Taylor suspects, is where Reagan’s knack for competitive excellence started. She’s now a three-sport star at Horseshoe Bend High School, starting for the Generals’ softball, volleyball and girls basketball teams despite being just a sophomore at the school.

And after picking it up just three seasons ago, it’s basketball that’s become perhaps her best sport, where she’ll be the centerpiece for See NATURAL, Page B6

Bring it back

Benjamin Russell wrestling zeroed in on state title

By ANDY ANDERS Regional Sports Director Third, second, second.

Those are Benjamin Russell’s team results at the AHSAA state wrestling championships the past three seasons.

Three times, the Wildcats were in contention to take home Alabama’s ultimate high school team prize. Three times, they fell just short of that goal.

This year the team has just one objective in mind: climb over that final mountaintop.

“We’ve had a couple of second places over the last few years, finished second, finished third,” Benjamin Russell coach Michael Ransaw said. “We’ve been in the top three those years since I’ve been here, and what we’re trying to do is bring that back.”

Ransaw was a key part of the previous Benjamin Russell team to win a state championship in 1983.

That team dusted off a threepeat of state crowns that began in 1981. Twelve years prior to that Benjamin Russell won no less than 11 championships in a row from 1959 through 1969.

Every single year of the 1960s, no team could challenge Benjamin Russell’s supremacy on the mat. For those counting, that makes 14 total state championships for the Wildcats’ wrestling program. No other team in the school’s athletics department has more than one.

“Benjamin Russell has a tradition of winning state championships,” Ransaw said. “When you hear ‘Benjamin Russell,’ if you’re from the state of Alabama, you think of great wrestling. And that’s what we’re trying to bring back. We would love to be the team that brings it back here.”

It’s Ransaw’s goal to bring that tradition back. This year, he may have the team to do it.

Headlining the team is a stockpile of juniors, many of whom are ranked statewide by TrackWrestling.

Cousins Savon Spradley and Jamarion Whetstone, both of whom are ranked, make a dynamic one-two punch at 170 See WRESTLING, Page B6

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Horseshoe Bend sophomore and three-sport star Reagan Taylor will lead the Generals into girls basketball season.

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Benjamin Russell High head coach Michael Ransaw during wrestling action at BRHS Jan. 11, 2021.

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What are you thankful for this year? Thanksgiving is a National that DRholiday KIDZ is always observed on the fourth Thursday in November. It is a holiday that we set aside to think of all the things that we are thankful for and to gather with friends and family. There are many traditions that surround the holiday, such as making traditional meals, participating in special events, and even attending or watching parades. The history of Thanksgiving Day dates all the way back to 1621 when a group known as the Pilgrims sailed from Europe to America on a ship named the Mayflower; they were seeking religious freedom. While the new American settlers in Plymouth, Massachusetts, tried to establish colonies, they endured great hardships. The local Indians, the Wampanoag Tribe, saw the Pilgrims in desperate need of food and shelter. Being a friendly and gracious tribe, they aided the colonists by teaching them how to harvest the local lands and build shelters from local materials. Because of the generosity of the Indians, the settlers were able to survive the Winter. The Wampanoag Tribe had a ritual which they performed five times a year. They would gather over a large feast to celebrate and give thanks for their many blessings. To thank the Tribe for all of their help, the Pilgrims prepared a feast in the Wampanoag Tribe’s honor. The Pilgrims and the Indians dined together. This was the very first Thanksgiving dinner, and it has become an American tradition. In 1863, President Abraham Lincoln declared Thanksgiving Day a National holiday. Today, for many people the holiday is synonymous with turkey dinners and family gatherings. Whatever you and your family do for Thanksgiving, remember to give thanks!

Wednesday, November 24, 2021

Thanksgiving Crossword

Word Game

Crossword Ans: Across- 1)Turkey Day 2)Mayflower 6)Pilgrims 8)Lincoln 9)pumpkim Down-1) Thanksgiving 3)Wamponoag 4) Plymouth 5)turkey 7)November

Word Game: Column 1: Plymouth, Settler, Casserole, Houseful, Blessing, Grateful, Turkey Column 2: Pilgrim, Holiday, Cooking, Pumpkin, Friends, Dinner, Thanks, Cornucopia

Across: 1. Slang term referring to Thanksgiving.

2. The name of the Pilgrims’ ship was?

6. Who came over on the Mayflower?

8. President who made Thanksgiving an official holiday.

Use the following words to fill in the 9. Popular pie served on Thanksgiving. blanks to find the names of different Down: 1. Name of a popular November holiday.

Thanksgiving terms: CORN, END, INN, KEY, KING, LESS, 3. Name of Indian tribe that assisted the Pilgrims through the harsh Winter.

LID, MOUTH, POT, PUMP, RATE, 4.

What city lies where they landed?

RIM, ROLE, SET, THAN, USEFUL 5. Traditional bird served on this day.

7. Month in which this holiday occurs.

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Horseshoe Bend as it opens the 2021-22 season.

“Reagan’s very versatile,” Horseshoe Bend coach Erica Meigs said. “She can make layups, she can shoot from the 3-point line, and she doesn’t know it yet, but we’re actually going to start trying to work her inside, because we are having trouble rebounding and she can jump.”

Constantly trying to defeat a brother more than four years her senior elevated what Taylor’s standards were from a young age.

As a 7-year-old she played softball for a 12U team. She started alongside girls that, similar to Grant, had four or five years of development on her.

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Harris’ hike through recruiting was a rocky one at times.

Last year she committed to Mercer and was fully prepared to play out her collegiate dreams there under coach Stephanie Defeo.

Defeo and the program parted ways this past summer, severing the main tie Harris had to the university. She decom-

“I was a little hesitant to start with, because there was a big age difference,” Jamison Taylor said.

“Once I actually started seeing her play well, started holding her own, I was confident then. I really knew something was special then.”

Basketball didn’t enter the fray for Reagan Taylor until she reached seventh grade.

Softball served as the main outlet for her athletic prowess before that time. She didn’t have any interest in the ball-and-hoop sport.

But since she picked it up, it’s not only become her favorite sport but her best, both Reagan and Jamison Taylor said. She made Horseshoe Bend’s varsity squad her first year.

“I feel like I’m definitely learning the game more, every year, every game, I’m getting more comfortable with the game and the plays,” Reagan Taylor said. “I just feel

mitted Aug. 2.

“It put the pressure on me toward the end,” Harris said. “I just had to trust the process, trust God and know that he had a plan for me. And here we are. It all worked out.”

In that time she leaned especially hard on her family and mentors, she said, including Johnson.

“One of the things that I kept encouraging her to do was stay calm and not get upset,” Johnson said.

“Because it was pretty

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pounds and 160 pounds, respectively. Lee Leonard joins them as another ranked wrestler, carving out his role at 132 pounds.

“We have some veterans coming back, a very seasoned team,” Ransaw said. “Seven or eight juniors in the starting lineup, we’ve got a couple

like I’ve picked it up, I’ve met some really good teammates, and of course Ms. Meigs, she’s a really good coach.”

Despite being taller than many of the team’s forwards, Taylor presented the skills and ability to play guard right away.

That height-skill-athleticism combo isn’t something one sees often.

“Not at a 2A school,” Meigs said.

“And her defensive skills, I swear that’s where she stands out the most, is on defense.”

She started as a freshman in basketball. During that same freshman school year, she led the Generals’ softball team in batting average, hits, runs and stolen bases. This fall was her first year as a starter for volleyball, and she was near the top of that team for kills and blocks.

It’s easy to view her early suc-

late in the process when things started changing.

And it’s easy to freak out, especially when you’re in her shoes and you think you’re going into your senior year and everything’s figured out. Then all of a sudden the coach is gone, then you’re going into senior year not knowing your path.”

Pretty soon it became clear that Samford was the right school for her.

She’d always been big on relationships, Johnson

sophomores that are going to be in the starting lineup, probably only going to have one senior in the lineup this year. But all those players I just mentioned were in the state tournament last year.”

That one senior is Trace McCaleb, the team’s 220-pound star who placed eighth at the state championships last season. He’s ranked third in that class to start the year.

cesses as the product of being a naturally gifted athlete. And while Meigs and Jamison Taylor view that as the case, they both said her achievements have also come through a lot of effort and dedication.

Her approach on and off the court is what Meigs looks for in her players.

“She’s mature, and you can tell that she wants to do what she’s supposed to do,” Meigs said. “She comes out every day and works hard. I wish everybody could do that, or would do that, I guess. But she comes ready to work every day.”

Reagan Taylor’s mindset has a tendency to bleed through to things beyond the scope of sports, too.

Getting results back on a test, she’ll sometimes silently compare her grades to that of her classmates,

noted, and she found the bonds she was looking for on the KimballCassady-led Bulldogs.

“They say, ‘When you know, you know,’ and when I went on my visit, everything was right,” Harris said. “It couldn’t have unfolded any more perfect. It just felt like home and I can’t wait to be there.”

Signing her LOI is just one phase of her journey, though, Harris noted.

Her work is far from done. The transition from

The top underclassman may be sophomore 120-pounder Sandlin Pike, who’s already recorded a couple podium finishes at this point in his young career, Ransaw said.

Below him is where a lot of greener faces will fill in, however. The upperclassmen are putting in time with those younger players to pull them along.

“It’s going to take hard work

high school to the D-1 collegiate ranks is an arduous one.

But she’s prepared to put in whatever time is necessary.

“When I committed, and especially when I signed, I just don’t want the work to stop there,” Harris said. “That’s when I have to start working my hardest. I want to go in in-shape and ready to be — I just want to make an impact my freshman year. I have really high goals set and I just can’t

in here to get a state championship,” Whetstone said. “We’ve got a lot of younger guys, and a lot of freshmen, maybe one or two middle schoolers that we’re depending on to get points for us in the 106 to 113 type of range.”

Ransaw noted that the Wildcats may not look like a state championship contender in the early stretches of this season, however. That time is

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Jamison Taylor said. She strives for academic excellence, too.

“She asks me a lot of times, ‘Daddy, do you ever catch yourself competing with somebody even though they don’t know it?’ And I was like, ‘Yeah, I have in the past,’” Jamison Taylor said.

With multiple years still remaining in her high school athletic career, Reagan Taylor is still improving many parts of her game.

“I’m still trying to develop my defense and get that better,” Taylor said. “And probably just shooting.”

Her driven personality, natural gifts and work ethic should carry her far in life, though. Whether it’s in her future career or trying to beat her brother on Xbox.

“She’s just a pleasure to be around, she really is,” Jamison Taylor said. “I’m so thankful that she is the person she is.” wait to get to work. The coaching staff there is really good and I know I’m just gonna excel.”

For now, Benjamin Russell has Harris for one more season. The Wildcats not only made the Class 6A Tuscaloosa regional tournament last year but managed to stick around a day after beating Brentwood, finishing as one of the final 24 teams in their class.

Benjamin Russell’s softball season opens in February.

key for experimentation and experience.

“We’re probably not going to look like a whole lot,” Ransaw said. “People wrestling out of weight classes, people just not in condition. I’m going to put people on the mat just to get mat time.”

Benjamin Russell opens its season with a dual meet against Chelsea Saturday at Chelsea High School.

Churches and non-profits can submit items to the calendar at editor@thedadevillerecord. com and calendar@alexcityoutlook.com.

Today’s Birthdays

Trease Townsend, Garry Stephenson, Jake McDaniel, Torrie Phillips, Wayne Peppers and Ima Reese celebrate their birthdays today.

Present - Dec 7 MEDICARE BENEFITS: Understand your Medicare Benefits, enroll in a plan of your choice, file a medicare claim or appeal and answer questions about your healthcare insurance. By appointment only, from Nov 1, through Dec. 7, contact Barbara Willis at volunteer connections at 256-2340347, or for a phone appointment call Deborah Jones at 800-361-1636 or 256-761-3575 Nov. 25 FREE MEAL: Several Alexander City churches are coming together to offer a free Thanksgiving meal to anyone who needs one in the Alexander City community. The meal will be served at the Benjamin Russell High School cafeteria from 10:30 a.m. until 1 p.m. The meal will consists of traditional Thanksgiving food items including turkey, dressing, green beans, potatoes, bread, corn, cranberry sauce and desserts. Plates will be carry-out only due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.

Volunteers are needed and donations are welcome. For more information, contact Michael Waldrop at 256392-4950 or email radom2jc@gmail. com.

Nov. 28 DADEVILLE CHORUS: The newly formed Dadeville Chorus will be singing Christmas selections at Pennington Park on Sunday afternoon, following the lighting of the Christmas tree downtown. On Tuesday night, November 30, the Community Chorus will be in concert at the Dadeville Performing Arts Center, directly in front of Tallapoosa County Courthouse. They will be performing Christmas selections as well as audience “sing-a-long” of favorite Christmas songs. The cost will be $10.00 per ticket and can be pur-

chased online or at the door.

Dec. 4 GOSPEL MUSIC: Miracle Missionary Baptist Church is hosting Ruth Black and the Harmonettes at 5 p.m. Dec. 4. Doors open at 4 p.m.

Tickets are $20 in advance and $22 at the door.

Also performing will be Shawn Brown and Da’Boys, the Gospel Legends, Drek Taylor and the Spiritual Harmonizers, Alabama Gurlz, David Hammond and Chosen Disciples, Greg Brown and the Trumpetetaires, The Fountain City Spiritualaries, Skylar Patterson and Predestined, The Clark Brothers, The Shiloh Spitituals, and Men of Praise.

Contact Yvonne Burton at 205-7530767 for more information.

Dec. 5 CHRISTMAS PARADE: The 8th Annual Dadeville Spirit of a Hometown Christmas Parade starts at noon Sunday Dec. 5 with kids activities, arts and craft and food vendors.

The parade begins at 3 p.m.

If anyone would like to enter the parade or be a vendor should contact the Lake Martin Dadeville Area Chamber of Commerce at 256-8254019 or by email at chamber@dadeville.com.

ONGOING EVENTS • 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 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.

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