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The Dadeville City Council appointed Scott Atkins as fire chief by unanimous vote Wednesday, following last months’ decision not to reappoint then-chief Keith Wilkerson.

“All I’ll say is, everybody

gets treated the same,” Atkins said of his new regime.

Atkins, retired assistant fire chief for Opelika Fire Department, was the best of three applicants, Mayor Jimmy Frank Goodman said at the special called meeting. The council unanimously approved

Atkins’ appointment as fire chief without discussion.

Councilmembers Terry Greer and Teneeshia GoodmanJohnson were absent.

Incidentally, Atkins is not new to Dadeville. Atkins said he volunteered at Dadeville Fire Department See CHIEF • Page 2

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Retired Opelika fire chief Scott Atkins receives the keys to the Dadeville fire station Wednesday after being appointed to fill the vacancy by the city council.

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The Ben and Luanne Russell donation to Russell Medical will not only help provide care for area residents, it will help grow it as well.

The $25 million donation for a geriatric center, assisted living facility and independent living cottages at Russell Medical along with the endowed chair for geriatrics at UAB, will grow Russell Medical and Tallapoosa County for years to come.

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Former mayor asks Camp Hill Council to rename road

Couple’s restored farmhouse burns to ground week before move-in date

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Former Camp Hill mayor Frank Holley addressed the town council Monday to suggest the town rename Wilson Street, which he says was named for the police chief that incited a lynch mob in 1931.

Holley indicated Monday was not the first time he’s addressed the council on renaming the street, a proposal made complicated by the Alabama Memorial Preservation Act requiring local governments to obtain permission from the state before moving or renaming See CAMP HILL • Page 5

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Autumn Buzby points out the remains of some of their brand-new furniture and appliances after their home in Jacksons Gap burned down Sunday morning.

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Cop, correctional officer raise funds to build transitional housing

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Alexander City Police Department officer Arthur Marbury will be fundraising for Divine Transformation at Carib Kitchen Saturday, March 6 from 12-7 p.m.

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Desiray Johnson and fiancé Arthur Marbury, co-founders of Divine Transformation Transitional Housing, are setting out to fill a gap in a correctional system “set up for failure.”

Earlier this month, the

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couple got their business license and are now fundraising and scouting locations for what they plan to be a halfway house and rehabilitative center for parolees learning to adjust to normal life.

Both work in law enforcement — Johnson is a correctional officer at

the work release center and Marbury, also formerly a correctional officer, is an Alexander City police officer.

“From the work experience, we see it daily where guys have done 15, 20, 30 years and don’t even know how to use a cell phone, See HOUSING • Page 3

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Police Reports Dadeville Police Department March 2

• A two vehicle motor vehicle collision occurred on South Tallassee Street resulting in minor property damage and no injuries.

• Brandi Drinkard, 41, was arrested on two warrants for failure to appear.

• Nicholas Glossop, 35, of Adamsville, AL. was arrested on a warrant for possession of a forged instrument.

March 1

• Vantavia Finley, 29, of Dadeville was arrested for disorderly conduct and resisting arrest on North Broadnax Street.

• A report was filed for breaking and entering a motor vehicle and criminal mischief first that occurred on McKelvey Street.

• Samuel Crook, 42, of Dadeville was arrested on a warrant for reckless driving.

Feb. 27

• A report was filed for burglary second and theft of property first that occurred on U.S. Highway 280.

Feb. 26 • A two vehicle motor vehicle collision occurred on U.S. Highway 280 result-

ing in major property damage. Emergency personnel responded to the scene and transported one person.

• Lynleigh Lewis, 23, of Dadeville was arrested for domestic violence third and resisting arrest on U.S. Highway 280.

Feb. 25

• A report was filed for reckless driving that occurred on Herren Street.

• A report was filed for attempting to elude that occurred in the Dadeville area.

• A report was filed for reckless driving that occurred on Farrington Street.

• Jiquez Thomas, 23, of Opelika was arrested for possession of marijuana second on U.S. Highway 280.

Feb. 24

• A one vehicle motor vehicle accident occurred on U.S. Highway 280 resulting in major property damage and no injuries.

• Claudia Layfield, 26, of Dadeville was arrested for driving under the influence, reckless endangerment, and possession of drug paraphernalia on East South Street.

• Eric Howell, 43, of

Montgomery was arrested on two warrants for failure to appear.

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Feb. 21

• Ninga Johnson of Gunn Court in Alexander was arrested on an outstanding warrant for failure to appear theft of property.

• Kenneth Pope of Hawthorn Street in Birmingham was arrested on an outstanding warrant for failure to appear child support.

Feb. 20

• Christopher Ragsdale of Highway 49 South in Dadeville was arrested for driving under the influence and carrying a pistol without a permit.

• A resident of Highway 120 in Notasulga filed a report for theft.

Feb. 25

• Cheldon Deason of Buttson Road in Dadeville was arrested on outstanding warrants for failure to appear theft and two counts of failure to appear theft.

• Thomas Lee of Ford Road in Notasulga was arrested on an outstanding warrant for receiving stolen property and theft.

Feb. 19

Feb. 24

• Garri Gray of Alexander City was arrested on a warrant for probation violation.

• A resident of Elkins Road in Tallassee filed a report for theft.

Feb. 23

• David Eastridge of Dadeville was arrested on an outstanding warrant for failure to appear bail jumping.

• A report was taken in reference to criminal littering on Sanders Cemetery Road.

• A subject on Alabama Highway 259 filed a report in reference to a theft that occurred on Highway 50.

• A resident of 30th Avenue in Columbus, Georgia filed a report for theft.

• David Harris of 2nd Place in Alexander City was arrested on outstanding warrants for failure to appear possession of controlled substance, possession of marijuana and two probation revocations.

• James Lamb of Church Road in Jacksons Gap was arrested on an outstanding warrant for failure to appear child support.

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for five years before he was hired in Opelika, where he worked for 28 years.

Atkins will be paid a salary of $27,000 for the part-time role.

“I appreciate the opportunity that’s been given to me,” Atkins said. “It’s not going to be a lots of change overnight; it’s going to take a while for things to be done a different way.”

Atkins thanked the mayor, council and the volunteer firefighters in attendance for the opportunity.

“There’s an old saying in the fire service; there’s the right way, the

wrong way and the chief’s way,” Atkins said. “I’m going to try to make sure it’s the right way, but it might not exactly be the way it’s been done in the past. But it’s going to right.”

The Dadeville fire chief position opened up three weeks ago when Dadeville City Council ousted its former fire chief Keith Wilkerson by unanimous vote.

The decision had been foreshadowed in the previous meeting, when council members returned from an executive session to vote unanimously to reappoint police chief Jonathan Floyd, but

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tabled a decision on reappointing Wilkerson. A handful of volunteer firefighters in attendance walked out of the room after the vote was cast.

After the meeting, Goodman said the town would start looking for a retired fire chief.

“A retired fire chief can only get so much a year, within our budget,” he said. “So that’s what we are looking for.”

Goodman said he had “no comment” on why Wilkerson wasn’t reappointed.

Atkins’ tenure as fire chief begins Thursday, March 4.

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don’t even know how to read and write,” Marbury said.

“Some of them personally have to come up to (ask), ‘Hey Officer Marbury, you mind reading this for me? I don’t know who it’s from, I can’t write it back I don’t know how to write’ or ‘I don’t know how to get an ID card’ or ‘I never used a cell phone before. I came to prison when cell phones weren’t even out yet.’”

Once released, the formerly incarcerated must come to grips with a world that’s moved on without them, Marbury said.

“It’s like starting over as a baby again.”

Right now, Divine Transformation is trying to source enough cash to get started through fundraisers.

Dianne and Reyard Khan, owners of Carib Kitchen across the street from the police station, said they heard about the program through Marbury and wanted to help.

“I feed the cops for free so he’s in here regularly,” Dianne said.

The Trinidadian restaurant will be having a barbecue March 6 with half the proceeds going to Divine Transformation.

Marbury said funds would go primarily towards purchasing a property. At the advice of their lawyers, the couple is looking for a place within Tallapoosa County but outside city limits in order to avoid permitting requirements. One possibility is off 280 between Jacksons Gap and Dadeville.

The center will provide meals, housing, a ride to and from work and assistance in all aspects of adult life, from getting an ID to setting up a bank account. The tenants will have to pay rent and follow certain rules and regulations including drug tests, Marbury said.

“All they have to do is fly straight, work their job and

pay rent,” he said.

Sex offenders will not be allowed.

Too often, Marbury said, he’s seen inmates return to a life of crime.

Johnson, who’s been a correctional officer for seven years, said it’s not uncommon when new inmates arrive for her to see some of the same faces she saw when she started the job.

“I came up with this idea because I see daily how the system is failing, how these men are basically leaving the facility and they don’t have anything to help them be sustainable out here,” Johnson said over the phone.

Some reach the end of their decades-long sentences wishing they could stay incarcerated.

“A lot of guys don’t even want to get out; they just want to stay in prison,” Johnson said. “Everything’s changing daily out here and they don’t know what to do in order to

survive.”

While Johnson and Marbury live in Auburn, they felt compelled to build the program at their place of work instead of Lee County, which already has several halfway programs.

“We don’t have anything like this in Tallapoosa County in order to help these guys where they can basically survive once they get out,” Johnson said.

What’s more, since the start of the pandemic, Alabama work release inmates have been barred from working, even those in industries like manufacturing which was deemed essential. Previously inmates might’ve been able to drum up a paltry savings working at Samlip in Alex City or Koch Foods poultry plant in Ashland. Now, about 200 inmates are currently holed up at the Alex City work release center “sitting idle with nothing to do but get in to more and more negative

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The couple has been living at Autumn’s parents’ house next door, where they were first alerted of the fire when their Doberman, Chainsaw, started barking at the passing fire engines.

“I looked out the window and there was this flame that I swear had to be like 30, 60 feet tall,” Autumn said, recalling the time was 5:11 a.m. “It was over these trees, I know that much.”

By then, someone had already called in the fire department, which within ten minutes called for back-up. Jackson’s Gap, Eagle Creek and Dadeville volunteer fire departments were all on the scene.

Autumn’s parents, Ricky and Janice Brewer, owned the house which sat on the edge of their property, Havelah Farm. The Buzbys moved to Jackson’s Gap in September from Anchorage, Alaska, to take up an offer from Autumn’s parents that if they restored and modernized the home, they could live there rent-free. For that past six months, Cody has taught English at Benjamin Russell High School while Autumn and Ricky worked on upgrading the house full-time.

“Everything was personalized to her taste,” Janice said.

As they worked, Ricky also taught Autumn how to do everything, from woodworking to tiling to plumbing.

“It was a blast, just getting to spend that time with my dad and learning everything he could teach me,” Autumn said.

The home was also meant to be a fresh start. In Nov. 2018, a 7.1 earthquake struck Anchorage, breaking “everything in our house,” Autumn said. The couple was then informed their contents insurance did not cover earthquakes.

By Saturday, Feb. 27, Autumn and Cody had already moved in all their new furniture, appliances and possessions — everything but their clothes. All that was left to do was to install the toilet and

activity,” Marbury said.

Once released, those inmates — many no longer with any family ties — face a new world empty-handed.

“You have 25¢ on the books, you leave with 25¢,” Johnson said.

Johnson said she came up with Divine Transformation because she saw a need. After several months of research, including visits to Fresh Start Recovery Ministries, a halfway house in Lincoln, the couple is hoping to get theirs up and running by the end of 2021, Marbury said.

“This is something I have been thinking of for over a year now,” Johnson said. “My heart is in it.”

Carib Kitchen will be holding its barbecue fundraiser for Divine Transformation on Saturday, March 6 from 12 p.m. to dinnertime.

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The house was already a goner by the time the fire was called in Sunday morning.

“One of the firefighters — such a nice guy — he came over to me and he was like, ‘I’m really sorry. This is a very old house; the timber is very old,’” Autumn said. “’This house is going to burn to the ground.’”

At that point, firefighters asked Autumn what she wanted saving most.

“I was in total shock so I was like, ‘Just get my dishes,’” she said. “’Those are brand new, never been used, still in boxes, just please get me my dishes.’”

The crew formed a human chain out the kitchen door and managed to rescue all the dishes and a few odd things — including a four-foot-tall knight in armor — before the site became too unsafe.

“They hauled him out of the fire and my husband was like ‘Oh, great, saved the knight. Awesome,’” Autumn said of the flea market find.

The house took 17 to 20 hours to burn to the ground. The family does not know the cause and are waiting to hear from the fire marshal and insurance company.

In spite of the tragedy, Autumn said they’ve been humbled and blessed by the outreach from friends and the community. The couple also set up a GoFundMe to help cover the cost of their lost possessions.

“We’re still having people just like ‘What can I do for you,’ even folks in Alaska,” Cody said. “A teacher I had sophomore year of high school messaged me and I was like ‘Oh hi, it’s so good to hear from you. We haven’t talked since high school.’”

Despite the fruits of her labor going up in flames, Autumn said she “wouldn’t trade for the world” the time spent learning from her dad.

“The physical stuff can burn but the memories are there,” she said. “And the stuff that he taught me is there. And that is really the most to me.”

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arly Sunday morning, Autumn and Cody Buzby awoke to their newly restored farmhouse engulfed in flames.

After hoping for a new start and putting time and effort into getting the house exactly right, it was all taken within minutes by the unforgiving flames.

And yet, Autumn Buzby approached the loss with this attitude: “The physical stuff can burn but the memories are there.

And the stuff that (my dad) taught me is there. And that is really the most to me.”

The loss is a microcosm of the last year for many in our community. When the COVID-19 pandemic hit, many people lost their jobs, at least for some time.

Many of us have lost loved ones or know of friends who have lost theirs.

Many of us lost our homes, having to move across the state or country to find new work and continue providing for our families.

These have been difficult times for us all, and yet in this chaos, we have all learned to hold our loved ones a little closer (metaphorically speaking).

We have learned to adapt and overcome and cherish the time we have here with each other.

Now that cases are plateauing and the vaccine rollout continues to expand, it could be easy to slip back into complacency.

But a fire, or any tragedy, could strike at any time. Nobody knows what lies ahead, no matter how well the plans are laid.

Let’s remember to cherish each moment, just as we have learned to do in this past year.

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onald Trump’s loyal base remains intensely loyal. A straw poll of participants in the 2021 Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) found 97% approve of the job Trump did as president, including 87% who approve strongly, while 95% said the Republican Party must continue to pursue Trump’s issues and agenda. “He’s literally the most popular figure we have ever had in the conservative movement,” said pollster Jim McLaughlin, who conducted the survey.

So it was stunning that when Trump’s most fervent supporters were asked whom they would support in 2024 if Trump were running, only 55% said they would vote for the former president.

That’s a majority, but just barely. Fully 45% of CPAC participants - who approve of Trump and believe in his agenda - want someone else to carry the banner of Trumpism into the next election.

That is not a repudiation of the former president. It’s a grudging recognition by many of his most ardent loyalists that, despite their adoration of him, there might be better candidates to advance his ideas, which remain popular with the American people even if Trump does not.

The 2020 election was a repudiation not of Trumpism, but of Trump.

Pre-election polls showed that a 49% plurality of Americans agreed with Trump over then-candidate Joe Biden on the issues.

Trump didn’t lose because voters wanted higher taxes, more regulation or open borders. He lost because he drove away millions of voters who approved of his policies, but did not approve of him. They liked his economic stewardship, but didn’t like the chaos of the past four years - especially

MARC THIESSEN Columnist during a pandemic.

Politico reports that numerous pollsters brought to brief then-Vice President Mike Pence on the election results “made clear that while there was substantial support for Trump’s policies, there was widespread exhaustion with the president.” That was confirmed by a detailed autopsy report from Trump’s own pollster Tony Fabrizio, which found that the president lost “largely due to a massive swing” among independents and erosion among key groups that had supported him four years earlier.

In the five key swing states that flipped from Trump to Biden - Arizona, Georgia, Michigan, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin - Trump suffered a net shift of 19 points among independents compared with 2016. He also suffered net shifts of 12 points among White men, 14 points among college-educated Whites, 6 points among workingclass Whites and 8 points among seniors - a group that propelled him into the White House four years earlier.

Biden also held a doubledigit advantage over Trump in flipped states on the question of who was more “honest and trustworthy,” with the former president underwater on the question by a massive 18 points.

Trump’s behavior and rhetoric before the election drove away persuadable voters, and his behavior and rhetoric after the election only served to confirm their choice. To retake the White House in 2024, Republicans need to win those voters back. And a significant

portion of Trump’s most loyal supporters at CPAC seems to think that another standard-bearer would be best positioned to do that four years from now.

This is true outside the CPAC ballroom as well. A February CNBC poll found that 74% of Republicans want Trump to stay active in some way, but just 48% want him to remain head of the Republican Party while 1 in 4 want him “to remove himself from politics entirely.”

So who might pick up Trump’s mantle? The two breakout stars of CPAC were pro-Trump governors Ron DeSantis of Florida and Kristi Noem of South Dakota, both of whom have won plaudits on the right for keeping their states open. In an open field, there will be no shortage of contenders.

The only thing that seems certain at this point is that it is highly unlikely an antiTrump Republican will win the GOP nomination.

But, of course, none of the pro-Trump alternatives will get in the race if Trump runs - which he hinted he might do in his CPAC speech. “With your help, we will take back the House, we will win the Senate, and then, a Republican president will make a triumphant return to the White House,” Trump told the adoring crowd. “And I wonder who that will be. I wonder who that will be. Who, who, who will that be? I wonder.” The nomination is Trump’s for the taking. The only question is whether he chooses to be king or kingmaker. Trump might or might not leave the presidential stage, but Trumpism is here to stay.

Marc Thiessen writes a twice-weekly column for The Post on foreign and domestic policy. He is a fellow at the American Enterprise Institute, and the former chief speechwriter for President George W. Bush.

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historically significant monuments.

“That street’s named after a white man, the chief of police of Camp Hill back in the ‘30s, and he took part in the lynching of Ralph Gray, a Black man,” Holley said.

A Jacobin magazine article on Communist-backed Black sharecroppers describes the lynching. In 1931, a white mob tipped off by Tallapoosa County Sheriff Kyle Young attacked a meeting of the majority-Black Alabama Sharecroppers Union, based in Camp Hill and backed by the communist party.

At the next meeting, armed union members stood guard, ultimately leading to a shootout between Young and union member Ralph Gray.

According to the article, as Young was taken to the Hospital, Camp Hill police chief J.M. Wilson said he’d “kill every member of the ‘Reds’ there and throw them into the creek” and stood idle as the mob descended upon the injured Gray’s home, murdered him, burned the house down and dumped Gray’s body on the Tallapoosa County Courthouse steps in Dadeville.

Holley also suggested renaming Slaughter Street for Mary Norris, a pregnant mother of three murdered in a racist attack in 1947.

“She was shot down like a dog by a white man right here in Camp Hill,” Holley said.

“Never anything done about it. Never went to jail, never

Frank Holley was mayor of Camp Hill from 1976-1988 and 1992-1996.

got day (of) punishment. And she fell dead down here on Slaughter Street. First house, to the left, as you cross the railroad tracks and turn right — that’s where she fell dead.

She made it that far trying to make it home.”

Holley then suggested naming a street for current Camp Hill mayor Messiah Williams-Cole, 21, for being the town’s youngest mayor.

“He should’ve been mayor for the last 10 years, based on what happened in the last 10 years,” Holley said. “He’s put together more of a plan, more of a constructive approach

than his two predecessors combined. You know what I’m talking about.”

Holley, who incidentally also has a street name for him — the street on which the meeting took place — was Camp Hill mayor from 1976-1988 and 1992-1996. In 2016, Holley filed a lawsuit against then-mayor Danny Evans alleging a violation of his First Amendment right to freedom of speech.

Holley alleged the mayor retaliated against his Holley’s questioning over town audits by ordering the police department to arrest Holley

“We’ve been over that before,” Gillenwaters told Holley. “I think your ideas are great to change the names, but I think the council and the mayor should wait. Hopefully the House and Senate and the governor have enough sense to repeal the act about Civil War monuments and all that.”

Gillenwaters said Camp Hill could face a hefty fine for renaming Wilson Street, located south of downtown off Old 20 Road. Gillenwaters also said there was no way of knowing whether Wilson Street was named for J.M. Wilson. “(Wilson) is a common name, as we’ve talked about before when you came before the council,” Gillenwaters said. “There’s no one that can honestly say that that street is named for the Wilson that you Siri Hedreen / The Record said. It could be a multitude of Wilsons that lived in Camp Hill.” on anything they could get Holley said he thought him on. renaming Wilson Street would Town attorney Charles “bypass” the law because Gillenwaters urged Holley it was unaffiliated with the and the council to wait and Confederacy. see whether the memorial While the Memorial preservation law would be Preservation Act was spurred repealed.

by Birmingham’s attempt Under the 2017 act, to remove the Confederate municipalities face a Soldiers and Sailors $25,000 fine for removing or Monument in 2015, the act renaming public monuments, does not specifically pertain streets or buildings that to Confederate monuments. have been there 40 years or Williams-Cole thanked more. Last month, a bill that Holley but did not indicate would repeal the act pushed how the town would act.

by Rep. Juandalynn Givan “We appreciate your input, (D-Birmingham) stalled in the Mr. Holley,” Williams-Cole House. said. “We’ll look into that.”

Hiking the Island Hop Trail

Jake Arthur / The Record

Mike Wilson, Mary Montoya and Bull hike the Island Hop Trail before the waters once again rise to make the trail inaccessible until the fall.

Trail soon to submerge back under rising waters

By JAKE ARTHUR Chief Videographer

The Lake Martin area is best known for fishing, boating and swimming on sunny days in Alabma’s only treasured lake. These are not strictly summer time activities, but it’s no secret that the summer months bring with them a wave of tourists ready to perpetrate a tan.

However, fun activities near Lake Martin are not all limited to the summer months - some are limited to winter.

The David M. Forker Island Hop Trail is one such activity.

The trail is only passable during the winter, when the water is low. When the Alabama Power Company Opens Lake Martin Damn in the fall, the water level drops seven feet and saddles of beach are revealed between the islands, allowing hikers to walk between them.

On March 1, Martin Damn is plugged and the water level rises to full pool - quickly separating the archipelago.

Mike Wilson, Mary Montoya and Mary’s dog Bull often hike the trail together.

Wilson is a member of the Cherokee Ride Alpine Trail Association (CRATA), who built the Island Hop Trail along with three other trails around Smith Mountain.

Wilson, Montoya and Bull hike an average of 15 miles a week.

Montoya and Wilson say hiking the shoreline is a great excuse to collect driftwood. Bull also loves driftwood, but prefers to play fetch with it instead.

The first stop along

the trail was a detour to the Smith Mountain Fire Tower. Completed in 1939 the 90ft tower would be manned during fire season as an advanced warning against forest fires. The tower was abandoned in 1980 and was deeded to CRATA in 2010. Now it’s a windy climb for tourists which gives an excellent view of Lake Martin.

The trails were designed by CRATA founder Jimmy Lanier.

They wind around

Smith Mountain in a way that forgoes ease of construction and emphasizes scenic vistas.

As Wilson put it, “we formed the trail based on how beautiful the view was, not how easy it was to cut.” CRATA estimates 30,000 people visit their

trails in the Tallapoosa River Valley.

Ancient Driftwood, interesting geology and glittering geodes entice hikers to explore the islands.

The islands offer a peaceful getaway and a bench is set up on a

nearby peninsula.

There are a few weeks before the trails become inaccessible due to rising water levels.

The Island Hop trail is accessible to novice hikers and the rocky shores of the Islands are well worth the trip.

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is found throughout the Bible. ver the last three months, Christian meditation has nothing I have begun a walking to do with the emptying of our regimen. I walk every minds, nor does it have anything to morning and every evening, not do with focusing hard on yourself a marathon, but I move! As the and what surrounds you – quite the sun was rising in the eastern sky opposite. We are to take our focus Sunday morning, I was walking off of ourselves and focus our whole around the “loop” near my home mind’s attention to the Word of God. along the water’s edge. I felt spring JJACKIE ACKIE in the air! Pollen had begun to fall WILBOURN God’s Word is alive, and it is the ONLY truth we can completely rely with the “yellow sneezing powder” Columnist upon. We must read the Word and everywhere.” Trees were budding, we must study the Word daily. After even the pines had a different air focusing on a particular scripture or of fragrance as they blew in the wind. The beautiful little yellow daffodils were scriptures, we must sit/walk and ponder over what we have read; this is meditating. Psalm smiling with the warmth of the weather.

119:15 reads, “I will meditate on your precepts I stopped at my neighbor’s boat ramp and and fix my eyes on your ways.” walked out as far as I could without getting The Christian life requires so many other muddy; my mind drifted back to the day that forms of meditation including memorization my husband was baptized in those waters. As of scripture, “when I remember you upon my I gazed toward the cloudless blue sky, I took a moment to thank God not only for the salvation bed, and meditate on you in the watches of the night.” (Psalm 63:6). Always pray before of my spouse but for all the other men, ladies, and after reading scripture. Never forget to boys, and girls that I have been honored to meditate of God’s faithfulness and love, on witness being buried to self and rising up as a the great works of God, and on God himself. new creature in Jesus Christ.

How precious and beautiful are the concepts These quiet times give me time to meditate of Biblical meditation! “I will ponder all your on God’s Word. A dear friend and I were work and meditate on your mighty deeds.” talking the other day and she shared about her (Psalm 77:12). “quiet time.” Do you have a time set aside Jackie Wilbourn is a member of Bethel each day to talk to God and to meditate? Just Baptist Church, a chaplain with Alabama you and God! Baptist Disaster Relief Team and a regular Throughout the world, there are many faith columnist for The Record. forms of meditation. The word “meditate”

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Alexander City on the map of healthcare similar to other programs across the country offering cancer or orthopedic care.

“I could certainly see that being the case,” Peace said. “Our plan though is not to put Alex City on the map as a geritraic center in a rural community but if it happened we certainly would not be opposed to it by any means.”

Improving healthcare is an important component in recruiting industry to the area according to Lake Martin Area Economic Development Alliance executive director Chad Odom.

“Russell Medical has long been an asset to Lake Martin Area EDA’s marketing for our business and industrial attraction efforts,” Odom said. “This announcement and the implementation of their vision will further improve our impressive medical care piece within those efforts.”

Alexander City Mayor Woody Baird said the momentous donation shows the commitment of the Russell family to the families who have worked for Russell Corporation over the decades.

“The gift by the Russell Family proves their commitment to caring for the residents of this area,” Baird said. “This gift will impact the area and the people here for generations to come.”

Peace said Russell has been on the board of Russell Medical for years Kenneth Boone / The Outlook including Peace’s 14 years at Russell Ben and Luanne Russell donated $25 million to Russell Medical, the largest gift in the hospital’s Medical. Peace said Russell has always been a key member looking to the future history, to create the Benjamin Russell Center for Advanced Care as well as an assisted living of the hospital and the citizens of the facillity and independent cottages for seniors. area.

A key partnership with UAB in the “Our first hospital in this city was at Seeing the vision for a geriatric center Russell Corporation,” Peace said. “It was past few years was also crucial in the in the works for more than a decade, development of the geriatric center. a department of Russell. It evolved to Russell Medical CEO Jim Peace is still “I think that relationship just solidified where we are today because of the need beside himself after last week’s news the master site planning thoughts as we to grow. What a joy for us to display of the historical donation to cement the began to talk about the future for our that name on the side of a building that legacy of the hospital and the Russell represents that history and use that name campus,” Peace said. “When UAB came family. to the table, we began talking about how to help us grow this multi-speciality “I can’t say enough, there are not we could bring this forward.” clinic that will house a geriatrician, a words to express the appreciation for UAB Health System CEO Dr. Will geriatrician that is endowed by part of what Mr. Ben and Mrs. Luanne have Ferniany has family in the Alexander done with this very generous contribution these funds through UAB’s endowment City area and has a home on Lake program.” on our campus,” Peace said. “I know Martin. The Russell Medical and UAB The large donation is special among Mr. Ben has always talked about making partnership meant senior leadership at certain his grandfather was recognized in rural Alabama hospitals.

UAB would be working with senior “We have stated we think we are the what he did to lay the foundation, not just in one area of this community but across only rural hospital that has ever received leadership at Russell Medical.

“They have seats on our board,” Peace this community. This hospital is certainly a gift of this magnitude,” Peace said. “It said. “They are at our board meetings; is certainly the largest gift our hospital no different.” they are at our committee meetings.” has ever received in the history of our Peace said the first hospital in UAB’s Ferniany is one of those board Alexander City was thanks to the Russell hospital.” members at Russell Medical along with What the donation creates could put family.

Ben Russell.

Peace said the developing relationship between Russell and Ferniany helped make the center come to life on the Russell Medical campus.

Part of the donation will be used to create an endowment.

“Those endowment dollars are used for the work and research they do, not their compensation of pay,” Peace said. “It is strictly for their research as an endowed chair with division of geritricatics at UAB. Peace said UAB only has 12 geriatricians on staff and there are only 6,400 across the nation, making the geriatrician at Russell Medical unique in a rural setting.

“Based on the conversations I have had with the department at UAB, I don’t believe there is another rural hospital that has this,” Peace said.

Peace said a geriatrician is another option in healthcare for seniors.

“It doesn’t take away from the care of their primary care physician,” Peace said.

“It doesn’t take away from the internist.

It doesn’t take away from the needs of a urologist or cardiologist, but it does give this population a chance to have a specialist that cares for seniors.”

The next steps require establishing the endowed chair with an application process at UAB that both Russell Medical and the Russell family will participate in.

“Once that process is through its initiation then we can begin that campaign,” Peace said. “We will be working with the division chair (at UAB) to identify this person we would be recruiting to come here. I think we will have a fair number of people with interests in the position because of where we are and the other part is the relationship we have with UAB and certainly for the endowed chair, it just solidifies that interest.”

The geriatric center and the senior living facilities are the first of four phases of planned growth over future decades. The Russell donation means conversations about Phases 2, 3 and 4 can start and maybe come to fruition down the road.

“This Phase I would never be possible without Mr. and Mrs. Russell,” Peace said. “Hands down, it would be an impossibility; certainly not now, I’m not saying it wouldn’t be possible down the road.”

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Dadeville Chamber creates three new scholarships Peggy Bullard, President of Lake Martin Dadeville Area Chamber of Commerce, announced that the Chamber has established three new scholarships for Tallapoosa County graduating seniors. There is a scholarship for each Dadeville High School, Reeltown High School and Horseshoe Bend High School.

Each scholarship is $500 and will be available for use at any accredited college, junior college, trade school, technical school, or business school offering advanced degrees. Applications and instructions will be available at any high school, at The Lake Martin Dadeville Area Chamber of Commerce, by calling the Chamber at 256-825-4019 or emailing chamber@dadeville.com. Top left: James Aulnen, Jim Cahoon, Peggy Bullard, Cheryl Bynom, and Raymond Porter at Horseshoe Bend High School. Bottom left: Chris Hand, Ms. Holloway, Peggy Bullard and Jim Cahoon pose together at Dadeville High School.

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TRI-COUNTY CHILDREN’S ADVOCACY CENTER 5K COLOR RUN: The Tri-County Children’s Advocacy Center is thrilled to announce its first 5K Color Run. The run will take place on March 13, 2021 at Keebler Park in Dadeville. The race will begin at 10 a.m. The cost of registration is $30 for adults and $15 for children.

This includes your race fee, event T-shirt and a free Chick-Fil-A lunch. For more information, go to www.tricocacrainbowrun.com

April 3, 2021

Holly Springs Baptist Church and Cemetery Association of Coosa County Bi-Annual meeting is at 10 a.m. on April 3. All church members and family members of the people buried in the cemetery to attend. Please wear your mask.

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DADEVILLE CHAMBER ANNUAL BANQUET: The Lake Martin Dadeville Area Chamber is postponing its annual meeting and awards banquet. The banquet was previously scheduled to be held today. The new date is still to be determined. There will be introductions of 2021

Today’s Birthdays

Megan Young, Ronnie Fuller, Claudia Railey, Emma Wilson, Mozelle Allen, Durell Stone and Sabrina Slaughter are celebrating their birthdays Thursday.

officers, celebration of the Business and Person of the Year as well as recognition of outstanding local individuals.

Ongoing Events

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

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

Today’s Anniversaries

Adrian and Patricia Adams celebrate their anniversary Thursday.

CCP THIRD SATURDAYS: Clean Community Partnership will host its Third Saturday cleanups the third Saturday of each month. Meet at 8:30 a.m. at Our Town Volunteer Fire Department for pickup supplies and area assignments to help clean up the streets within Alexander City. For more information, email Jacob Meacham at jacob. meacham@alexandercitychamber.com.

TAX HELP: Volunteer Connections of Central Alabama (VCCA) IRS certified volunteers are once again preparing and e-filing

tax returns; however, all tax assistance is by appointment only. To make an appointment call 256-2340347 or email vcca.al@ gmail.com. Please do not come to the site without an appointment, as they will not be able to accommodate.

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

CHARITY BINGO AT

NIFFER’S: At 6 p.m. every Tuesday, Niffer’s Place at the Lake hosts bingo benefitting rotating charities.

Cards are $1 each and there are eight total rounds.

The first seven round winners receive Niffer’s Bucks and the eighth round is the jackpot round for cash.

AL-ANON MEETING: Al-Anon in-person meetings have been temporarily halted due to COVID. Please call 205-903-0061 for information and support.

Al-Anon is a support program for family and friends of alcoholics. Confidentiality is respected.

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CACC golf scores win in Fairhope

By DARIUS GOODMAN Sports Editor

The Central Alabama Community College Trojan golf program picked up a win at the Azalea Golf Course at Lakewood Golf Club over the weekend.

The 36-hole tournament was hosted by CACC and consisted of nine other teams from Alabama, Georgia and Florida.

With a team make-up of Tanner Guthrie, Hayden Carner, Keith Watkins, Tanner Brown and Jarod Edwards, the opening scores were enough to propel them to a 10-shot win over second place Eastern Florida State College and

Jeff State (11 shots).

Guthrie shot 69, Carner and Watkins each had 71, Edwards came in with a 72 and Brown shot 73.

“Any event where we throw out a 73, we will be contending for the win,” head coach David Jennings said after the event. “We had struggled in our first event in Melbourne, FL early in February, playing in 30-40 mph winds, but it helped to build character for our boys as they worked extremely hard to get their games in shape for the remaining spring tournaments.”

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CACC’s golf team picked up a win at the Azalea Golf Course over the weekend.

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Horseshoe Bend maintains momentum in challenging week for area baseball teams

By DARIUS GOODMAN Sports Editor

Week 2 challenged area baseball teams, but Benjamin Russell, Dadeville and Horseshoe Bend managed to stay .500 or above for the season.

Benjamin Russell Wildcats (3-3)

The Wildcats had a rough week in their non-area play, dropping three of four games.

The week started with Chelsea scoring a run in the sixth inning to take the 2-1 lead and eventual victory. The Wildcats mounted a comeback against Elmore County to score the 7-3 victory but 24 hours later, Benjamin Russell fell to Beauregard.

The Hornets scored first in the second inning bringing in two runs and adding another three in the top of the third inning for the 5-0 lead. Benjamin Russell rallied back to within one run as the Wildcats scored via a walk, a two-run single and another single. All while in a one-out hole.

The Wildcats fell short afterwards in their momentum and a sac-fly RBI gave the Hornets insurance in the 6-4 victory.

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Area softball teams struggle in week 2, prepare for area play

By DARIUS GOODMAN Sports Editor

It was a tough week for Tallapoosa County programs, who found the short week come with a few losses ahead of area play.

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Reagan Taylor, a freshman at Horseshoe Bend High School, has made her presence felt this year across three sports: volleyball, basketball and softball.

TRIPLE THREAT Horseshoe Bend freshman Reagan Taylor establishing herself across three sports B DARIUS GOODMAN By SSports Editor

Benjamin Russell Wildcats (3-2-1)

After a 3-0-1 start, the Wildcats faltered a bit in the second week of play. The program suffered two losses to Sylacauga and Smiths Station. In the loss to Sylacauga, the Wildcats managed to stave off an early scoring run from their opponent and tie the game up 2-2. Things looked great in the fifth inning as the Wildcats jumped ahead 4-2 but it all came apart in the bottom of the sixth.

A lead-off home run brought Sylacauga back to within one of the lead. BRHS then gave up a double and hit a batter to put runners on first and second. A second double in the inning scored the tying run and the Wildcats were in trouble as they walked the bases loaded.

A sac-fly RBI scored the go-ahead run.

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three-sport athlete has made a name for herself all over Horseshoe Bend High School and as the softball H sseason gets underway, she’s ddoing the same once again.

The rising athlete is just a ffreshman and has done well to pproduce so much in her short ttenure at the school but there’s a llot more to Reagan Taylor. From sseeing the softball season last yyear come to a heartbreaking cclose, Taylor has been through it aall.

On the softball field, Taylor

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didn’t get a chance to really show what she could do last year.

“We were excited to have a whole softball season,” Taylor said. “And for it to get shut down like that was definitely unexpected and took a toll on everybody.”

Getting back on the field for the first time in softball was a unique experience. Taylor said it felt like forever since they played.

“I think me and everybody else were just happy we got to play again after it had gotten taken away from us,” Taylor recalled.

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Cars race as the sun sets during the NASCAR Cup Series Dixie Vodka 400 at Homestead-Miami Speedway on February 28, 2021 in Homestead, Florida

NASCAR heads to west coast for Las Vegas Motor Speedway

By DARIUS GOODMAN Sports Editor

It’s early in the young NASCAR season but this week brings teams to the West Coast for a few weeks as Las Vegas Motor Speedway is next.

For the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series, it’s their third race of the season.

Following a bye week after the Daytona Road Course, the Trucks get a chance to run 134 laps around the 1.5-mile oval.

Austin Hill was one of two

drivers in the past two years to win at the track twice. Kyle Busch is the other.

The points lead entering the week also has Ben Rhodes at the top following not one, but two wins to start the season.

John Hunter Nemechek is

second in the standings with a nine-point gap and also two stage wins to boot.

The Truck series get to the action on Friday, March 5 but one name not in the top 10 in points this early happens to be Hill. Hill compiled 11 top fives

and 17 top tens last year but has yet to crack the top of the board finishing a dismal 27.5 on the season. The Truck series event is Friday with several drivers.

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The Truck race is slated for an 8 p.m. CST start and will air on FS1.

The NASCAR Xfinity Series will also be in action this weekend as well. Their race is scheduled for Saturday evening but unlike the Truck series, there have been two different winners to kick off the season. Austin Cindric, Myatt Snider, and Ty Gibbs each have won races with Cindric leading the most laps of the season through three races at 120.

This weekend’s event for the Xfinity series will be 200 laps long in distance. The previous five winners at the track include Tyler Reddick, Chase Briscoe (twice), Kyle Busch and Ross Chastain. The points standings could be shaken up as another new winner could emerge and stake their claim in the postseason early or one of the top drivers could make way for a surging Brandon Brown who’s hung around the top-10 in the standings early this year.

Noah Gragson was the talk of the garage this past weekend after getting involved in a wreck in the final laps of the race last weekend as the leader. Animosity may be at an all-time high as Gragson’s wreck occurred just over two laps from the finish of the event. Gragson led 83 laps in the race and led Tyler Reddick by more than eight seconds at the time of the wreck.

The XFINITY series event will air on FS1 at 3:30 p.m. CST Saturday, March 13.

For the NASCAR Cup Series, there’s a lot to unpack in this area. After three races the Cup Series’ top three in points, Denny Hamlin, Kevin Harvick and Joey Logano haven’t won a race yet but hold the top three spots respectively.

Daytona 500 winner Michael McDowell sits fourth in the standings with Daytona Road Course champion Christopher Bell holding seventh. William Byron, who won last week, sits 13 th in the standings.

The Cup Series are slated to run the same number of laps as they did at Homestead a week ago, just 267 circuits to determine the winner of the event. In the last five events, only Logano has won twice while Brad Keselowski, Martin Truex Jr., and Kurt Busch each won around those wins.

Las Vegas is slated to start at 2:30 p.m. CST Sunday, March 14 and will air on FOX.

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Putts weren’t falling as well as they were in the second round like they were in the first and Jennings says that he was concerned if Eastern Florida or Jeff State would catch fire as the Trojans were leaking oil.

“Patience as a coach is just as important as patience is for a player,” Jennings said. “I was proud in how the boys grinded out the second round. They definitely were making lemonade out of lemons.”

Carner shot 72 in the second round to pick up a nine-shot win over second place teams Jefferson State and Eastern Florida.

CACC returns to action next week at Glenlakes Golf Club in Foley, Ala., March 15-16. The Trojans are expected to host three tournaments this spring before traveling to Decatur, Ala to play in Calhoun’s Spring Invitational at Burningtree C.C. at the end of March.

April begins the post-season where CACC will host the Conference Championship at Lagoon Park in mid-April then then the District-4 Championship at Arrowhead C.C, both in Montgomery, in late April. The year will conclude with Nationals being played at the Rawls Course in Lubbock, TX in May.

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Central Coosa Cougars (0-1)

Central opened play against Childersburg and could not find a way to get anything going, losing 15-0.

Horseshoe Bend Generals (2-3)

Horseshoe Bend didn’t get a win in their only game last week but found some success even in the loss. The Generals took on Sylacauga but managed to turn an 8-0 deficit into a 10-7 loss as the program rallied back to close the gap.

Reeltown Rebels (2-6)

Reeltown’s girls program had a tough week.

The program played two games and lost both 12-1 and 10-0 to Valley and Loveless Academy respectively.

Dadeville Tigers (0-1)

The Tigers didn’t play a game last week per MaxPreps and GameChanger. As it stands, the Tigers are currently 0-1 on their season.

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An Elmore County player swings and misses against Benjamin Russell.

Baseball BRHS fell to Opelika on Saturday 4-1 to end the week.

This week, the Wildcats will start on the road against Russell County before finishing on Thursday and Friday against Sylacauga and Central of Clay County.

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Camron Price was hit by a pitch in the next at-bat and Marcus Haynes managed to coax a seven-pitch walk as Price moved forward 90-feet to stand on third on a wild pitch in the middle of it all.

A sac-fly RBI scored Price off the bat of Collin Carlton but an Central Coosa Cougars (0-5) error by Jefferson Davis scored The Cougars’ season is off the third run of the inning. to a rough start. The Cougars The Rebels managed to strike suffered four losses last week, first in the tie in the bottom of the two by a deficit of more than 10 sixth inning. An RBI single, RBI runs. Billingsley won 15-4 in the double, RBI single and groundout Tuesday opener and the doubleRBI gave Reeltown an 8-4 lead. header finished with a 22-1 Unfortunately, the Rebels Cougar loss. nearly lost the game as an error Saturday, Central took on scores the first run of the seventh Winterboro and Jacksonville Reeltown Rebels (1-5) inning. A second error brought in Christian Academy. The Cougars The Rebels’ season hasn’t lost both, falling to Winterboro gotten off to a good start but there a second run and, much like the Rebels, a ground out brought in 16-8 and Jacksonville Christian were some bright spots for the another run. But Brooks struck 7-1. program. The week started with out the final batter in the seventh an 8-1 loss to Elmore County Dadeville Tigers (4-2) but the Rebels came back against to preserve the program’s win.

The Tigers had mixed success In another close game, the Jefferson Davis. Reeltown fell last week in their three games, Rebels fell to Loveless Academic behind in the first two innings of coming away with two wins.

Magnet Program 9-8. The Rebels the game 1-0 to Jefferson Davis The first victory came against couldn’t slow their 7-1 lead at but managed to tie the game in Beauregard 13-1. Their second the bottom of the third inning off the top of the fifth inning but game of the weekend was a 12-2 managed to limit the program in an error. loss to Central of Clay County the sixth inning.

The Rebels found themselves but the third game of the weekend Reeltown was trailing 9-6 at the behind by three runs in the top came with a 3-1 victory over start of the seventh inning. Three of the fourth as the program fell Handley. wild pitches brought in Parker behind 4-1.

Per GameChanger, the Tigers The bottom of the fourth found Hardin but the program was down will be in action on the road to their final out as well. Haynes another tie. Matt Knox walked against Valley and are slated to singled to score their second run and then stole second, reached host Horseshoe Bend, Handley but the tying run was only able to third on defensive indifference and Beauregard.

Horseshoe Bend Generals (4-1) two pitches later and then scored reach second.

The final out flew out to third, on a wild pitch chipping into the The Generals have been on a ending the game with a 9-8 score. deficit. roll and it continued last week barring their one loss. Horseshoe Bend opened the week with a 15-3 victory over Wadley. In the first inning, the Generals posted seven runs and added another two in the second inning before Wadley could respond in the third.

The program’s first loss came against Woodland, who relied on an error to score the final run of the game. The 9-8 loss stung but the Generals managed to shut out Faith Christian 24 hours later for a 10-0 victory and a bit of redemption.

Horseshoe Bend’s short week finds them facing Beulah at home before traveling to face Dadeville.

Taylor This is a young athlete who has been a key component to a rising volleyball program and really emerged as a star for the Generals basketball program. Horseshoe Bend reached the state tournament and fell earlier than expected, but in that time, Taylor recorded 397 points and 141 steals.

The turnaround time was short but Taylor’s already showed great field awareness at the start of the season. There was a game where Taylor scored on a RBI single from Brooke Milner to help win the game but there was far more involved in that single play that wouldn’t show in the scorebook.

Taylor led off the inning with a single. Not even two pitches later, she was on the move to second with a straight steal. A ground out provided her a good opportunity to get 45-feet closer to home.

continued from Page 9 That’s where Milner’s bat came into play for the walk-off single.

In a play like that, Taylor was in game mode.

“When something like that happens, I know I’m the leadoff and everybody depends on me,” Taylor said. “I just know I gotta do it.”

Through five games this season, Taylor leads the Generals offensively at the plate with a solid .500 on base percentage to boot. She’s managed a .462 average for the Generals through the early part of the season.

All of this just a few weeks removed from a long basketball season that came on the heels of a long volleyball season. Even so, Taylor said the preparation to get from basketball to softball wasn’t that tough.

“We don’t have a long

transition from basketball to softball, we don’t have a whole lot of time,” Taylor said. “But I guess it’s just – we don’t have to worry about being in shape. It’s just transitioning from the way you play the sport. We’re already in shape, you just have to go from one to the other.”

As the Generals softball program was getting ready for the season, many multi-sport athletes were tied up with the last dregs of basketball. But if there was an issue with chemistry, the Generals haven’t seen it yet and Taylor says it was just like last season.

“It just felt like we picked right back up from last season,” Taylor said. “Everybody was happy that we had everybody back. It wasn’t awkward or anything. It just felt like it was from last season and kept going.”

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CASE NO. 62-CV-2020-900087.00 NOTICE OF COMMENCEMENT OF ACTION Defendant Keith Watson (“Defendant”), with a last known location in Tallapoosa County, Alabama, must answer WKH &RPSODLQW ¿OHG E\ 9DOOH\ National Bank (“Plaintiff”) for breach of contract, unjust enrichment, and money had and received by April 12, 2021 (thirty (30) days from the date of last publication), and serve a copy of same to Hanna Lahr and James P. Roberts, attorneys for Plaintiff, whose address is Burr & Forman LLP, 420 North 20th Street, Suite 3400, Birmingham, Alabama 35203, or thereafter, a judgment by default may be rendered against 'HIHQGDQW LQ &DVH 1R &9 2020-900087.00, Circuit Court of Tallapoosa County, Alabama.

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IN THE PROBATE COURT FOR TALLAPOOSA COUNTY, ALABAMA IN RE: THE PROBATE OF THE LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT OF MIKE GRANGER a/k/a JOHN MICHAEL GRANGER, DECEASED Case Number 2021-0039 NOTICE TO CREDITORS OF ESTATE

IN THE PROBATE COURT OF TALLAPOOSA COUNTY, ALABAMA NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT TO BE PUBLISHED

BY ADMINISTRATOR IN RE: ESTATE OF LAURA MAE HUTCHINS, DECEASED Case No.: 2021-0027

Letters of Testamentary on the estate of said decedent having been granted to the undersigned on the 19th day of February, 2021, by the Honorable Talmadge East, Judge of Probate of Tallapoosa County, Alabama, notice is hereby given that all persons having claims against the Estate are hereby required to present the same within the time allowed by law or it will be barred.

STEPHANIE GRANGER Executor of the Estate of Mike Granger, deceased MICHAEL S. HARPER, A PROFESSIONAL CORPORATION Attorneys at Law 213 Barnett Boulevard P.O. Box 780608 Tallassee, AL 36078 (334) 283-6855 Dadeville Record: Mar. 4, 11 and 18, 2021 LWT/GRANGER, M. Put your ad here call 256.414.4250

PUBLIC NOTICE IN THE PROBATE COURT OF TALLAPOOSA COUNTY DADEVILLE, ALABAMA IN RE: THE ESTATE OF CLARA MAE TUCKER ENNIS, DECEASED. CASE NO: 2020-0219 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 25th day of February, 2021, by the Honorable TALMADGE EAST 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.

MARIE SNEED AS PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE OF THE ESTATE OF CLARA MAE TUCKER ENNIS, DECEASED LINDA D. BENSON Attorney for Marie Sneed P.O. Box 780818 Tallassee, AL 36078 (334) 283-5800 (334) 283-6354 (fax) Dadeville Record: Mar. 4, 11 and 18, 2021 EST/ENNIS, C.

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By Personal Representative ESTATE OF DEBORAH BARNETT EVERS PROBATE COURT CASE NO.: 2021-0032

Letters of Administration on the estate of said deceased having been granted to the undersigned on the 19th day of February, 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.

Walter B. Hutchins Personal Representative of the Estate of Laura Mae Hutchins E. DAINE SHARPE Attorney For Personal Representative /DZ 2I¿FH RI ( 'DLQH 6KDUSH P.C. 134 N. Broadnax Street Dadeville, AL 36853 256.825.4631 telephone 256.825.8825 facsimile Dadeville Record: Mar. 4, 11 and 18, 2021 EST/HUTCHINS, L. PUBLIC NOTICE IN THE PROBATE COURT OF TALLAPOOSA COUNTY, ALABAMA NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT TO BE PUBLISHED

BY PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE IN RE: The Matter of the Estate of ROGER MAC CALDWELL, Deceased.

CASE NUMBER 2021-0030 Letters Testamentary on the estate of said deceased having been granted to the undersigned on the 3rd day of February, 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.

Margaret Caldwell Personal Representative of the Estate of Roger Mac Caldwell Robin F. Reynolds Attorney for Personal Representative Dadeville Record: Feb. 25, Mar. 4 and 11, 2021 EST/CALDWELL, R.

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Letters Testamentary on the estate of said deceased having been granted to the undersigned on the 12th day of February, 2021 by Hon. 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.

JENNIFER V. WEBSTER, Personal Representative for the Estate of Deborah Barnett Evers BARNES & RADNEY, P.C., Attorneys for Personal Representative Dadeville Record: Feb. 25, Mar. 4 and 11, 2021 EST/EVERS, D.

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