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This year’s annual Martin Luther King Celebration and march is scheduled for Monday at 10 a.m.
MLK march set for Monday The Driscoll Sisters, from God’s Congregation Holiness Church, will perform during the celebration and the master of ceremonies will be former longtime Tallassee councilmember Charles Blalock. “Mr. Blalock has been there every year for us,” Long said. “Ever since we started, close to nine years ago, we always call on him and he does a good job.” According to Long, coordinators have been working on this year’s MLK Celebration for half a year. “We meet once a month starting in August but next year I think we are going to start a little earlier,” he said. The event is open to the public, and everyone is encouraged to participate in the march and the services to follow. “Last year we had all of the city councilmembers there,” Long said. “Anyone can join us.”
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allassee’s annual Martin Luther King Celebration is scheduled for Monday with the march beginning at the First United Methodist Church on Jordan Avenue at 10 a.m. and continuing to the intersection of Log Circle and U.S Highway
229. This year’s celebration will incorporate several local churches. The event will be held at Jerusalem Baptist Church and members from Oak Valley United Methodist Church and St. Paul United Methodist Church will also participate. The speaker will be Rev. Primus Brown of Tuskegee’s New Hope Baptist Church, event coordinator James Long said.
Tallassee City Schools improved slightly overall in 2017-18, the state education department’s annual report card revealed, with Southside Middle School getting dramatically better, Tallassee Elementary holding steady and Tallassee High School dropping. The city school system improved from an overall 75 in 2017-18 to a 77. Southside jumped from a 65 to a 76, the elementary school remained at 80, and the high school dropped from 77 to 73. Tallassee City Schools Superintendent Wade Shipman said he and the Tallassee Board of Education made several adjustments to the administrative staff at TES and Southside after last year. Shanikka Beacher is in her second year as TES principal and Micah Cook was brought in as SMS principal in November 2017. “All of our schools should be schools working toward improvement,” Shipman said. “This is an ongoing process and it could take a few years to get there but we are making progress. I give Mr. Cook and his staff, and the students, kudos at the middle school for taking this seriously.” Shipman said a newly introduced initiative aimed at curbing chronic absenteeism is helping the state assessment. “One area we are judged on is chronic absenteeism,” Shipman said. “We have attendance incentives to each of our schools and I think all those are helping.” Academic growth and improvement scores should have been higher, Shipman said, and additional staff geared to support classroom teachers could bring that area of assessment up next year. “We want to see our academics continue to get better,” he said. “We have done several things to help with that. We have reading coaches or instructional coaches at each one See REPORT • Page A3
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The Tallassee City Council voted on Jan. 8 to rezone land located next to the community hospital on which apartments for senior citizens with a median income would be built. All of the council voted in favor with the exception of Bill Godwin, who abstained citing a conflict of interest. However, the potential project developer, Jeff Rice, said it could be years before the complex breaks ground. “This is a competitive process, so we may or may not win the financing,” Rice said. “Many times we have to go back a second or third year to submit the applications to get an award for this type of housing.” See HOUSING • Page A3
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God’s Congregation Holiness Church’s Bishop Adolphus Gauntt addressed the council and community during a Jan. 8 meeting. Gauntt urged the council to consider the elderly people in his community and others who would benefit from new housing options in Tallassee.
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Mrs. Nellie Ruth Davis, a resident of Tallassee, Alabama, passed away Tuesday, January 08, 2019 at the age of 93. Funeral services will be held Friday, January 11, 2019 at 2:00pm at East Tallassee Church of Christ with Minister Mike McElroy officiating. Burial will follow at Rose Hill Cemetery, Jeffcoat Funeral Home directing. Mrs. Davis is survived by her daughter, Sharon “Sherry” Parker (John); grandsons, Jeremy Parker (Leigh) and Brandon “Bull” Parker (Aften) and great grandsons, Blake Parker and Brady Parker and Easton Parker; sister, Sylvia Gail Taylor and nieces, Amy Gentry (John), Laura Baumgardener (Russ) and Janice Ransome. She is preceded in death by her husband of 60 years, Joe Lewis Davis; son, Mickey Davis and parents, Henry Clay and Minnie Lee Hart. Mrs. Davis was devoted to her church and was an active member of the ladies ministries at East Tallassee Church of Christ. She loved spending time with her family and friends and will be missed greatly. The family will receive friends Friday, January 11, 2019 from 1:00 p.m. until service time at East Tallassee Church of Christ. Online condolences are available at: www. jeffcoatfuneralhome.com.
Mrs. Jimmie “Red” Lyons, a resident of Tallassee, Alabama, passed away Monday, January 14, 2019, at the age of 71. A graveside service will be held Wednesday, January 16, 2019 at 2:50 p.m. at Carrville Cemetery with Rev. Mike McElroy officiating, Jeffcoat Funeral Home directing. Mrs. Lyons is survived by her sons, Wayne Lyons, James Lyons (Mary) and Chris Lyons (Kelly); grandchildren, Holly Lyons, Jacob Lyons, Marci Cannon (Chris), Levi Lyons, Madelyn Lyons, Gabe Lyons and Peyton Lyons; brothers and sisters, Mary Sullivan, Elaine Burdon, Larry Gresham, Orie Gresham, Don Gresham, Wanda Hammock and great grandchildren, Cade, Allie, Lillie and Masyn. She is preceded in death by her parents, Charles and Grace Gresham; sister, Betty Ann Gibson and brother, Martin Gresham. The family will receive friends Tuesday, January 15, 2019, from 5:00 p.m. until 7:00 p.m., at Jeffcoat Funeral Home.
Mr. James Randolph Winslett, a resident of Tallassee, Alabama, passed away Thursday, January 10, 2019, at the age of 74. The family will receive friends Sunday, January 13, 2019 from 2:00 p.m. until 3:00 p.m. at Jeffcoat Funeral Home. Mr. Winslett is survived by his children, Donna Montgomery (Ted) and Stacy Winslett; grandchildren, Christina, Brooke, Cody and Jake, Lindsey and Craig and several great grandchildren; nephews, Kenny Winslett, Chuck Winslett and many other nephews and nieces. He is preceded in death by his parents, David and Willie Winslett and his brothers, Harlan Winslett, Clyde Winslett, Bobby Winslett and Charles Winslett and his sisters, Frances Moon and Carolyn Lee. Mr. Winslett enjoyed the lake with his family and he also enjoyed writing poems.
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Mr. Davis V. Melton, a resident of Tallassee, Alabama, passed away Friday, January 11, 2019, at the age of 90. Funeral services will be held at 2:00 p.m., Sunday, January 13, 2019 at First Baptist Church, Tallassee, with Rev. Derek Gentle officiating. Burial will follow in Rose Hill Cemetery, Jeffcoat Funeral Home directing. Mr. Melton is survived by his wife of 64 years, Mrs. Frederica D. Melton; daughters, Freda D. Melton of Montgomery, AL. and Ella M. Shaw (Craig) of Crestview, FL; grandchildren, Nathan C. Shaw, Lincoln C. Shaw (Amy) and April A. Damato (Matt); great grandchildren, Thad Dempsey, Evan Dempsey, Amy Kate Damato, Lucas Damato, and David Damato; sisters-in-law, Doris Melton and Frances Melton, both of Savannah, GA; nephews, Stephen Melton, Don Melton, and Barry Melton and a host of great-nephews and nieces. He is preceded in death by his parents, Lester and Myrtle Melton and his brothers, Wallace Reid Melton and Miller Melton. Davis was a coach and teacher for many years in Mississippi and Alabama and later worked for Mount Vernon Mills for a number of years. He then returned to coaching and teaching and retired from Tallassee City Schools. He served in the Army during the Korean War and was a proud alumnus of the University of Southern Mississippi. In lieu of flowers, the family requests memorial contributions may be made to First Baptist Church of Tallassee, P. O. Box 780368, Tallassee, Alabama 26078. The family will receive friends, Sunday from 1:00 p.m. until service time at First Baptist Church, Tallassee.
Mr. Bobby M. Willis, a resident of Tallassee, Alabama, passed away Friday, January 11, 2019, at the age of 88. Funeral services will be held Wednesday, January 16, 2019 at 12:00 noon at Jeffcoat Funeral Home Chapel with Kandy Gantt officiating, burial will follow in Carrville Cemetery, Jeffcoat Funeral Home directing. Mr. Willis is survived by his daughter, Pam W. Faulkner (Charles); son, Steve Willis (Beth); grandchildren, Brittany Warren, Audry Britt and Andra Lee; great grandchildren, Peyton Ferguson, Gracie Ferguson, Preston Tidwell, Katie Belle Warren, Trevor Britt, Sebastian Britt, Reagan Lee, Cooper Lee, Camryn Lee and several nieces and nephews. He is preceded in death by his wife of 60 years, Mrs. Grace T. Willis, three brothers and three sisters. The family will receive friends Wednesday, January 16, 2019, from 11:00 a.m. until service time at Jeffcoat Funeral Home.
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Dr. Gary Harrelson will begin seeing patients (ages 5 & older) on January 3, 2019 at Tallassee Family Care located at 115 Herren Hill Road, Tallassee, AL 36078. Dr. Harrelson graduated from Louisiana State University School of Medicine in 1981 and completed his Family Medicine Residency in 1984. Before relocating to Tallassee, he practiced in Auburn, AL, caring for patients from the tri-county area. With more than 37 years of Family Practice experience, Dr. Harrelson looks forward to serving our community and meeting the healthcare needs of your family.
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Mrs. Nora Mattie Davis Mrs. Nora Mattie Davis, a resident of Tallassee, Alabama, passed away Monday, January 14, 2019, at the age of 95. Funeral services will be held Thursday, January 17, 2019 at 11:00 a.m. from Jeffcoat Funeral Home Chapel, Jeffcoat Funeral Home directing. Mrs. Davis is survived by her children, Rodney Rowe, Jo Ann Brown (Joe), Willie Davis (Donna); six grandchildren; six great grandchildren and one great, great grandchild; brother, Elwood Pitchford (Christine) and several nieces and nephews. The family will receive friends Thursday, January 17, 2019, from 10:00 a.m. until service time at Jeffcoat Funeral Home. Jeffcoat Funeral Home Directing Tallassee, Alabama
Mrs. Myrna Gayle Whetstone Mrs. Myrna Gayle Whetstone, a resident of Tallassee, Alabama, passed away Wednesday, January 09, 2019 at the age of 78. Funeral services will be held Saturday, January 12, 2019 at 11:00 a.m. at Friendship Baptist Church with Rev. Gary Buchannon officiating. Burial will follow in Friendship Baptist Church Cemetery, Jeffcoat Funeral Home directing. Mrs. Whetstone is survived by her children, Brad Whetstone and Brett Whetstone (Candace) and grandchild, Madison Grace Whetstone. She is preceded in death by her husband of 35 years, Billy Wayne Whetstone; parents, Charlie and Ennis Lambert; brothers, Ferrell Lambert and Jerrell Lambert. Mrs. Whetstone was a long time member of Friendship Baptist Church and was an active Member of the Friendship Community. She loved her family and community and will be missed by all. The family will receive friends Friday, January 11, 2019 from 5:00 p.m. until 7:00 p.m. at Friendship Baptist Church. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to Friendship Baptist Church building fund, 4345 Friendship Road, Tallassee, Alabama, 36078. Online condolences are available at: www.jeffcoatfuneralhome.com. Jeffcoat Funeral Home Directing Tallassee, Alabama
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City hall was near standingroom only as citizens voiced their opinions to the council about rezoning the land and heard Rice address their concerns. “What we are trying to develop (is) a 48- to 56-unit senior apartment complex,” Rice said. “This property is not a HUD property. I think there have been some miscommunications about that.” Some of the public concerns include potential effects on traffic. Tallassee Elementary School is located directly across the street from the location of the proposed complex and some citizens are concerned about heavy traffic in that area. “I went to the complex in LaGrange (Georgia),” Tallassee Mayor Johnny Hammock said. “To be honest with you, I didn’t see that many people driving. I saw some people walking and I saw some people on a rascal scooter.” Councilmember Jeremy Taunton is concerned with access to laundry facilities, lawn maintenance, landscaping and potential effects on the hospital’s helicopter landing pad. Godwin, who is also a member of the hospital executive board, is concerned with security at the complex. “We try not to offer security,” Rice said. “We have regular inspections, and with pest control we are in the units every month. We also do background checks, criminal checks, and we check with former landlords.” According to Rice, the proposed apartment complex would offer only one- and twobedroom units which would serve the senior population and take some burden off the current housing situation. “We are working with the Tallassee Housing Board to try to provide some housing for their senior residents that are in their properties now,” Rice said. “We are hoping to develop this property and offer these units to
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Above: What now leads to a dead end on Herren Hill Road could soon lead to a multi-unit housing complex for seniors 55 and up with a median income. Right: Potential project developer Jeff Rice was on hand for the meeting and spoke to the audience prior to public comments to clear up any misunderstanding about the multi-unit complex he plans to develop there.
the senior residents.” Currently there are 22 residents living in THB properties and the new apartments would provide an additional 20 to 25 units, according to Rice. Rice said the complex would house only one or two tenants per unit and would be closely monitored to ensure there is no one living in a unit who is not on the lease. Some residents said they
are concerned the potential developer would pull out of the project, leaving all stipulations behind, but Rice said that is not the case. “We have to stay involved for a minimum of 20 years,” he said. “All properties that we have we have developed and stayed with them. We are in this for the long haul. This is not a situation where we would develop it and leave anytime soon.”
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of our schools. I think that’s real positive. We have created our own teacher effectiveness model where we identify what we want to see in our classes.” At the elementary school, extra effort is being made to reinforce and grow math, and Shipman said these labs should help increase the scores at the elementary school and, eventually, the middle school. “We have the STEM lab at the elementary school and it’s going great,” Shipman said. “We want to expand it to the middle school. STEM education is supposed to support mathematics. Math has been one of our low scores.” Shipman acknowledged career readiness programs at the high school should be better. “We had a little dip at the high school, which I was disappointed
in,” he said. “The high school has a lot of things going on. They have a very good culture there but a few things need to improve. I was disappointed in one particular area, the college and career readiness factor. We should score higher.” Shipman says an individualized assessment of each THS student could help improve next year’s grade. “It’s more of an audit to see what the student has taken and to see what they still need to take,” Shipman said. “Go through the records and provide some guidance to the students so that they can be more (on) track with that. The goal is to provide opportunities to all of our students. What are we doing for the students who are not going to college? We are working on that and providing
guidance.” With all these steps in place, Shipman said Tallassee City Schools are on track to see improvement this year. “I think we are heading in the right
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s a new year begins, most average Americans who still opt to pay close attention to the news are probably figuring nothing of significance will change in the way it is reported and interpreted in this nation. It seems so-called “advocacy journalism” and “identity politics” continue to dominate all too many news stories and news channels. Moreover, both terms infer a type of bias. There are a lot of “squeaking wheels” on either end of many news-driven issues and said “wheels” are incessantly demanding to be greased — i.e., “pay-attention-to-me” histrionics directed at those of us in between. I’m not referring to (or advocating) a middle-of-the-road stance or attitude about any individual issue. What’s being addressed here are the shrill dramatics accompanying many news reports that subliminally attempt to warp a non-partisan viewer’s point of view. That’s not what any conscientious American who believes in truth would want. Time was, Chet Huntley and David Brinkley would simply report the news in a talking-head format. As I recall, anything vaguely resembling an editorial would be saved for the end of the program. Nowadays, however, a plethora of news presentations are show-biz-style hooplas with loud “discussions” and garish graphics that resemble the front cover of a supermarket tabloid. Some reports are exemplary of why the television news industry envisioned in the 1976 movie “Network” now seems to be a reality. One ludicrous facet that’s been utilized for a number of years is the so-called “ambush interview.” In such a scenario, an unsuspecting public figure — usually a politician — gets accosted in a public
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Columnist place in a boisterous manner. The ambushers expectorate loud inquiries about his/her perhaps controversial behavior, including how he/she voted on a particular issue. A guy named Jesse Watters originally made his mark in the new business several years ago via ambush interviews and now has his own TV program. There are also video confrontations by people who aren’t members of the news media. One recent example involved several activists swarming around a government official in an airport, trying to block his way up an escalator as they shouted in his face. Not surprisingly, the incident was recorded on a phone camera (one of the givens of Selfie Nation), so it ended up on TV anyway. Decent people would think such behavior is rude. There’s also the simple matter of class if a public figure, particularly a politician, is in front of a camera and calls attention to himself/herself in a crude manner. Wishing the president would act more presidential is probably a huge collective thought for a lot of us and the recent 12-letter vulgarity from a new congressperson simply underlines why “classy politician” has become an oxymoron. Yet in spite of the plethora of bombast in modern times, it was heartening to note some recent editorials siding with those of us between the “squeaking wheels.” One columnist addressed Starbucks’ policy regarding use
of its restrooms by non-customers (particularly homeless individuals) and how some shops in that chain are now having problems keeping those facilities sanitary, noting, “When the elites decide to coddle the underclass, the normals are the ones who pay the price.” Well said. My interpretation is “elites” could include news organizations and/or politicians and/or activists. I don’t drink coffee but I consider myself to be “normal.” As for political elites, too many elected officials all too often exhibit their disregard for the populace by favoring other elites (businesses, unions, national organizations, etc.) and/or groups perceived to be the downtrodden, even at the expense of protocol and/or the law. Obviously, the present immigration crisis is a keystone example. Another editorial addressed how those of us who simply work for a living and obey the law are treated with short shrift, as the commentary decried, “The moral exhibitionists who put the wants of illegal aliens over the requirements of law and the wishes of citizens.” Spot on. One wonders how many people would acknowledge, regardless of their own socio-political beliefs and voting propensities, they would simply like to see and hear news reports that are straightforward truth without any implicit bias from the broadcaster or publisher and without any grandstanding from a public figure. “Sometimes, partisan viewers want to watch non-partisan news reports,” one columnist recently lamented. Bingo. That’s all there is to it.
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What happened to all the cowboys? W
e moved away from Crenshaw Village when I was about 4 years old so they could build the Benjamin Fitzpatrick Bridge. Now, you may not believe this, but I can remember this period of time as good as I could when I was 16 or 21. At the age of 4, I was already a cowboy. I wanted a gun slung low on my side and a chinaberry stick horse. Any kind of old hat would do. When we could get the money we went to the picture show on Saturday afternoons. In those days you didn’t have to wait for the next movie to start, you bought a ticket, went inside, stood for a minute or two until your eyes adjusted and got a seat. If the movie was half over, you stayed until it got back to where you came in and you had seen the entire picture. I liked them all but my favorite was Gene Autry and his horse, Champion. I really liked Red Ryder and Little Beaver, Durango Kid played by Charles Starrett, Roy Rogers and Dale Evans, plus the Sons of the Pioneers and Gabby Hayes. I guess my favorite sidekicks were Frog Millhouse and Al Fuzzy St. John and after I got grown I got to
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Columnistt see them both in person. Frog, or should I say Smiley Burnette, came to the theater in Eclectic and Fuzzy came to the Mt. Vernon Theater in Tallassee. I got a big thrill when I met Sunset Carson in Eclectic. Sunset wasn’t much of an actor but he looked like a Western hero. As thrilled as I was to meet Sunset, I was just as disappointed with Lash Larue. He had a Yankee accent and he had to be about four or five feet from you to use his whip. In the movies, he looked like he had a whip at least 20 feet long. I would come home from the picture show with so much energy that I could hardly contain myself. I would grab my gear and get out my chinaberry horse, who by the way was called Cyclone, and away I would go. I didn’t know of anyone else with a horse named Cyclone. Everybody liked somebody in
those days and most of the boys wanted to be a cowboy. They could fall in love but not kiss a girl. No real, down-to-earth, gun-toting cowboy would ever kiss a girl on the mouth. Milk came in bottles and all mamas knew to save the stoppers because that was our cowboy money. Shooting was an art and most guns we used our mouth for sound effects. “P-ting” meant the bullet glanced off of something. “Pow” meant you were just shooting. It was very important that you have all of this down pat or you won’t be a good cowboy. We learned to follow horse tracks, Indians, outlaws and wild animals. We smoked rabbit tobacco when no grownups were around. The only thing that could break up a good time for us cowboys was a far-off call saying, “Ronald, it is suppertime!” and then this cowboy would head for mama’s hideout and a big meal. I wonder what we will do tomorrow?
Ronald Brantley is a regular columnist for The Tribune. His column appears here each Wednesday. He can be reached by email at Rbrantley1@elmore. rr.com
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What will our congressional districts look like after the 2020 census?
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reparations are being made to take the 2020 census. This process is not just a fun game to spell out demographic changes and interesting tidbits about us as Americans. It is a very important mandate dictated by the Constitution. The number of people counted determines how many seats each state has in Congress. Thus, it is taken every 10-years. The country has been changing, demographically, over the last decade, as it always has over the course of history. The states of California, Texas and Florida continue to grow exponentially. All Americans, not just older ones, seek the sun. They like a sunny, warm climate. That is why our neighboring state of Florida is and has been for decades America’s growth state. Last week I visited with you about our 1940’s Congressional Delegation. At that time we had nine seats. We lost one after the 1960’s census. We lost another after 1980. We are projected to lose another one after this upcoming Census of 2020. We now have seven seats. It is predicted that we will only have six after next year. We most certainly will lose one to California if they are allowed to count illegal immigrants. The State Legislature is constitutionally designated as the drawer of lines of congressional districts for each respective state. Currently, we have six Republican seats and one Democratic seat. If indeed we drop from seven to six Congressional districts, how will it shake out. The census will reveal that Huntsville and North Alabama have been our growth spots. Alabama’s population continues to move toward the northern tier of the state. Two out of every three Alabamians live in Birmingham, Hoover, and Tuscaloosa north. The Black Belt continues to lose population. The census will also reveal quite a disparity of financial prosperity. It will show that the same Black Belt counties are some of the poorest areas of the country and conversely Huntsville will be one of the most prosperous. So who are the winners and losers under Congressional redistricting? You start with one premise. You have to have one majority minority African American district. The federal courts have mandated this edict. Therefore, Congresswoman Terri Sewell’s district is sacred. It now is very large, geographically. It will become even larger. The district will take in most of the African American population in Birmingham, Tuscaloosa and Montgomery, and the entire Black Belt stretching from south of Birmingham and Tuscaloosa all the way to Mobile. It will be a big geographic district and be numbered district six rather than seven. This leaves us with five Republican districts and six incumbent Republicans. Therefore, who gets the short end of the stick. A cursory look says the odd person out is Martha Roby in the second district. However, our current delegates have already come up with a plan to save everybody. Mo Brooks, the Congressman from Huntsville, will choose to move up or out in 2022. He is assuming that Senator Richard Shelby retires at age 88. Therefore, Brooks will see his fast-growing Tennessee Valley district divided and delved out to a plan that grows the districts north, which complies with the growth pattern. Our senior and most seniority laden Congressman, Robert Aderholt, will opt to stay in Congress rather than risk a run for the Senate. This is a very wise and prudent move for him and the state. He has over 24-years in seniority and is in line to be Chairman of the House Appropriations Committee. He will move north and pick up part of the Huntsville area and he will cut Gadsden loose. Mike Rogers will move north and pick up Gadsden and all of northeast Alabama, which is a more natural fit for him with his native Anniston area. Rogers’ move north will allow him to abandon Auburn-Opelika, which in turn allows Roby’s district to exist primarily like it is with the population centers of East Montgomery, Elmore, Autauga, and the Wiregrass and Dothan and that district will add Auburn-Opelika. The current District 6 of Jefferson-Shelby represented by Gary Palmer will remain essentially the same. Its upscale suburbs will make it one of the most Republican in the nation. The last district seat of Mobile-Baldwin will remain intact and will still be District 1. However, the tremendous growth of Baldwin will require that the district only contain Mobile and Baldwin. The cadre of rural counties north of Mobile that are currently in the District will have to be cut loose to probably go to the Black Belt district. The current District 1 Congressman, Bradley Bryne, is running for the U.S. Senate in 2020. However, his replacement will be a conservative Republican. See you next week. Steve Flowers is Alabama’s leading political columnist. His weekly column appears in over 60 Alabama newspapers. He served 16 years in the state legislature. Steve may be reached at www. steveflowers.us.
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Black was a true original in Alabama music I
f you saw the name David DeLisle Black Jr., you might not know who it was. Most everyone knew him as “D.D.” D.D. Black passed away right before Christmas at the age of 87 but he his passion for music education in Alabama will be remembered always. A native of Montgomery, Black graduated from Sidney Lanier High School in 1949. His band director was the legendary Yale Ellis. Black served in the U.S. Army Signal Corps in Korea, and throughout the 1950s attended the University of Alabama as he worked on his bachelor’s degree in education. It has been said D.D. took a little extra time at the Capstone because he enjoyed playing drums in area bands so much. All along, he was under the baton of Col. Carleton K. Butler and served as drum captain for the Million Dollar Band. After earning his bachelor’s, Black began his teaching career in 1957 at Bellingrath Junior High School. Back in his hometown of Montgomery, he also served as assistant band director at Lanier under Tommy Binion. Black earned his master’s degree in music education in 1963. In those days, middle school band directors were not paid by the school system. D.D. was compensated as the assistant band director at Sidney Lanier but otherwise he didn’t earn that much teaching beginners and middle school bands. Each band student was charged $3 to participate in band, which helped some, but otherwise Black’s daily life was a labor of love for music in the Capital City. Montgomery Public Schools had a system by which the junior high directors basically worked out of the trunks of their cars each day. Black traveled between Bellingrath Junior High School and Baldwin Junior High School every day from
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Columnist 1957-1966. During those years, the Bellingrath band earned superior ratings at the state contest. The success at Bellingrath fed into the Lanier program, where Binion’s bands experienced tremendous success at the state and regional levels. Black became interested in becoming a music administrator and completed his “AA” certificate in administration and supervision. In 1966, he was appointed the instrumental music consultant with the Alabama State Department of Education, where he worked for 26 years before retiring in 1992. His focus at the state education department was to facilitate a better understanding between music teachers and principals. What many of us may recall, however, is he wrote and edited a guidebook still used to this day by band directors across the state. In 1980, D.D. began what I think he considered to be his life’s work. Phi Beta Mu started an all-state tape project that year, a campaign that lasted into the 21st century. He traveled around Alabama recording the professors from the state’s music colleges performing the Alabama All-State Band exercises and giving suggestions to students. These tapes, and later compact discs, were sold as a fundraiser for the Phi Beta Mu bandmasters fraternity but also are fondly recalled by those of us who bought them in hopes of making the all-state band. Black never stopped promoting rudimental drumming. He loved it and loved talking about it about as much
as he enjoyed talking about aerospace education. And he loved talking about that as much as he loved to teach people about how to properly record school music. When I organized the Robert E. Lee High School band reunion in 2004, I asked D.D. to speak since he was teaching across town when Lee High was founded. He’d always looked the same, this little bald man, so when he told a story of losing his hair, everyone in attendance became interested. D.D. described how he tried to fight hair loss by purchasing a hairpiece. There was no air conditioning in the Bellingrath band room in the 1950s and he recalled one day he exploded in anger because the students kept laughing at him and wouldn’t get serious for a rehearsal. After class, he looked in a mirror and knew why they were laughing — his sideburns had rolled up like window shades! D.D. Black was a true original. Around the time of that Lee band reunion, I asked him to take the old reel-to-reel tapes of the Lee band and remaster them for CD. In those visits with Mr. Black, I’d spend hours listening not only to his stories but learning the difference between wet and dry reverb, microphone placement and so much more. I will always treasure the opportunities I had to sit in that man’s garage, surrounded by the aural history of band in my hometown. Black was an avid ham radio operator with the handle W4PRF. In amateur radio, there is a numeric code for the word “goodbye.” In closing, with the gratitude of those of us who knew him, here it is: 73. Michael Bird is a choral director and general music teacher for Tallassee City Schools.
National headlines strain credibility F riday, Jan. 11, the New York Times headline: “F.B.I. Opened Inquiry Into Whether Trump Was Secretly Working on Behalf of Russia.” Yes, America’s presumed leading newspaper, the one self-described as “Printing all the news that’s fit to print,” asked whether the president of the United States of America is a Russian spy. Attributing this news “to former law enforcement officials and others familiar with the investigation,” the article stated, “Agents also sought to determine whether Mr. Trump was knowingly working for Russia...” Needless to say, the showdown, the shutdown and the wall all fell “below the fold” of news media immediately. Sunday morning news programs led with the Russian agent story wall-to-wall as talking heads speculated whether President Trump is a Russian spy. Full disclosure: I’ve read thrillers, spy books and mysteries for decades but do not remember any work of fiction ever saying the president was a Russian spy. When presidents have been mentioned, they’ve generally been characterized as heroes or incompetent politicos. This latest attack on Trump from the progressive left has simultaneously exceeded reason and fiction. The old and cold Russian collusion story has made an intergalactic leap from political campaign staff and acquaintances secretly meeting with spies to steal the election for president to the president himself
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being a Russian spy. It’s not like Trump sold 20 percent of America’s uranium to Russia or Russia paid his spouse $500,000 for a speech and private meetings with government officials or paid thousands of dollars to a former foreign agent and Russian operatives for “salacious” information used to get a FISA warrant to wiretap the opposing campaign. The progressive left media quickly dismissed those and many other intriguing acts as “nothing to see here.” In the meantime, House Foreign Affairs Committee Chair Eliot Engel (D-NY) said he will shut down one of the committee’s subcommittees on terrorism and create a subcommittee to investigate Trump. House oversight committee chair Elijah Cummings (D-MD) asked Trump’s former personal attorney, Michael Cohen, to testify publicly next month. So, Cohen who has been convicted of lying to congress and who will serve prison time for this felony will, in his words, “give a full and credible account of the events which have transpired.” Not to be outdone by his
Democratic colleagues, House intelligence committee chair Adam Schiff (D-CA) said his committee will investigate Trump and allegations of Russian meddling in the 2016 election. Obviously, from the Democrats and progressive media’s point of view, Trump’s secret life as a Russian spy far supersedes any congressional business dealing with a government shutdown, immigration, border security, the opioid epidemic or law enforcement officers being slain by illegal aliens. Coincidently, Trump’s bringing border law enforcement agents, officers and leaders to the White House to address threats they face daily and solutions they have requested for years to help them do their jobs of securing our borders was woefully underreported. Who knew those charged with securing our borders had any opinions about barriers and other means of stopping all manner of illegal activity? Meanwhile CNN’s Jim Acosta reported those steel barriers on the southern border get really hot in sunshine and nobody is trying to breach the border through steel barriers. Keep up the great work, Jim. Daniel L. Gardner is a syndicated columnist who lives in Starkville, Mississippi. You may contact him at PJandMe2@gmail.com, or interact with him on the Clarion-Ledger website at www.clarionledger.com/ story/opinion.
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Municipal airport closed, future uncertain By CARMEN RODGERS Staff Writer
The Tallassee City Council did not decide what to do with the city’s shuttered airport during the Jan. 8 meeting and will continue to consider options to discuss at the Jan. 22 meeting. The airport closed on Dec. 31. “I haven’t put the big yellow X’s out there yet but the airport is now closed,” Tallassee Mayor Johnny Hammock said. The council has a few options to consider: It could put the entire property, consisting of 334 acres, out for bid; it could divide the land and sell the section of the land with the airport on it; or it could sell the timber from the remaining acreage. Regardless of the route the council takes, the next step is to surplus the land. “We will have to surplus the timber if the council choose to sell it,” Hammock said. Reeves Airport has been appraised for $1.7 million, according to Ira Betts with Betts Appraisal Services of Montgomery, but the council does not anticipate finding a buyer at that price. “We have spent $13,000 of taxpayer dollars to have it surveyed,” Hammock said. “Are we going to try to put it out for bid and see if we can sell that
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The Tallassee City Council did not decide what to do with the city’s now-closed airport at its Jan. 8 meeting. The property could be placed for bid, or the land could be divided and sold in smaller parcels. In that case, the section of land with the airport on it would be up for auction and the timber on the remaining acreage could be sold and replanted.
property? Or are we going to close it, sell the timber and lease it as farmland? Whatever is going to be sold will have to be declared surplus and put out for bid to make sure fair market value is received.”
Councilmember Bill Godwin suggested selling the airport and hoping someone will pay close to the appraised value. “Let’s do what we did with the other two properties we sold,” Godwin said.
“We were sure how that would turn out and it was good for the city. I say we put it out there and if we get a million dollars for it, that’s great.” Selling the timber could compromise facilities at the airport, according to Hammock, “because log trucks and other equipment would be driving on it. They aren’t going to go around the runway and that could hurt the sale.” Councilmember Jeremy Taunton suggested retaining the property for future use. “We’re not making any more land,” he said. “My suggestion is cut the timber, potentially replant as an investment, in 20 years we can cut it again and make more money off of this land. Down the road, we may want to do something with it.” However, Alex Harwick, who owns and operates Sky Tiger Aviation at the airport, has a $500 annual lease any potential buyer must honor until 2062. Harwick has long been the airport’s biggest supporter and hopes someone will buy the property and reopen the facility. Harwick said he would work with Hammock to determine how much land needs to be dedicated to the airport before the 334 acres are sectioned off for potential buyers.
Venable named guest speaker at upcoming chamber banquet By CARMEN RODGERS Staff Writer
Tallassee native Ben Venable, the director of network engineering for the State of Alabama’s Office of Information Technology, will be the guest speaker at the Tallassee Chamber of Commerce’s annual banquet on Feb. 7. The banquet will begin at 6:30 p.m. at the National Guard Armory, located at 2382 Gilmer Avenue. Venable also serves as president of the Southern Region of the National Association of State Technology Directors (NASTD). Before working for the state, Venable also engineered and oversaw the installation of the Montgomery Internet Exchange, and worked on the U.S. Air Force’s Defense Message System, Global Combat Support System and Global Force Venable Management programs for Lockheed Martin Corporation at Maxwell Air Force Base/ Gunter Annex. After graduating from Tallassee High School, Venable earned bachelor’s degrees at Auburn University in Spanish and business administration in information systems. He also earned a master’s in business administration in information systems from Troy University. Venable holds a patent from research with fiber optics and groundwater decontamination and is a designated Microsoft certified systems engineer. Venable, who is an Eagle Scout, serves on the boards of One Place Family Justice Center, the Montgomery Quarterback Club and the alumni board of the Alpha Delta Chapter of Sigma Pi Fraternity International. He is a graduate of Leadership Montgomery, a member of the Montgomery Rotary Club and Montgomery’s First United Methodist Church. For more information on the banquet, contact Tallassee Chamber of Commerce director Jerry Cunningham at 334-283-5151.
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Despite hazardous waters and multiple drownings in the area in past years, the Tallassee City Council declined Alabama Power’s personal floatation device (PDF) loaner program, which would have offered lifejackets to swimmers free of charge, citing the potential for unwarranted municipal liability.
Council declines Alabama Power’s offer of life vests at area boat ramps By CARMEN RODGERS Staff Writer
Citing possible unnecessary liability, the Tallassee City Council declined a proposal from Alabama Power Company to provide free life vests at three area boat ramps at the Thurlow Reservoir during the Jan. 8 work session. Councilmember Jeremy Taunton voiced his opposition to
the idea, saying the life jackets could be stolen. “I am for independent responsibility,” Taunton said. “If you’re going to go there, you need to wear your own life jacket.” Personal floatation devices have been a topic of concern for many in the Tallassee area. In 2017, the city passed an ordinance allowing law enforcement to issue a citation to anyone not wearing a PFD in the Tallapoosa
Chamber’s silent auction to benefit ambassador scholarship By CARMEN RODGERS Staff Writer
The annual Tallassee Chamber of Commerce banquet and silent auction on Feb. 7 will benefit the chamber’s Ambassador Scholarship Program. Last year’s silent auction raised $1,200. According to chamber director Jerry Cunningham, the ambassador program’s goal is to develop civic leadership traits in selected youth. By working cooperatively with the Tallassee Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors, Student Ambassadors will learn about business development, tourism and marketing, and gain an invaluable understanding of how the local business community works. “The student ambassadors, the chamber of commerce and the Tallassee community will all benefit as the challenges and opportunities that exist in our community are explored and addressed,” Cunningham said. Cunningham hopes the auction will allow the chamber to increase the number of scholarships. “With this is mind, we are asking
for the Tallassee business community to donate items valued at $25 or more to be offered in the silent auction,” he said. “Someone from the chamber will soon be visiting business owners and we know they will step up and give again this year.” Local businesses which donated to last year’s auction include Trustmark, PrimeSouth, First Community Bank, Herring Chiropractic, Turf Tactics, Price Paint and Body, Alabama Power, Tallassee Power and Equipment, Godwin Flowers, HR Management LLC, Tallassee Massage and Wellness, Talisi Florist, The Apothecary, the Tallassee CDC, Five Points Shell, Serve Pro Montgomery, and Tallassee Jewelry and Gifts. “Your generosity is greatly appreciated and will help benefit our community through the growth and leadership qualities that are instilled in each and every student that participates in the Chamber Ambassadors Program,” Cunningham said. If your business is interested in contributing an item for the auction, please contact Cunningham at 334283-2151.
River from the dam to one mile downstream from the AES boat ramp on Highway 229. The misdemeanor charge carries a $250 fine, plus court costs, and a possible 180-day jail sentence. Despite signs warning of the swiftly changing currents at the Thurlow Dam boat ramp and the boat ramp behind AES Industries, two people died in 2017 near the boat ramp behind AES Industries on Highway 229.
The seventh annual DaddyDaughter Dance will be two dances on Feb. 9, with the first from 4 to 6 p.m. and the second from 7 to 9 p.m. File / The Tribune
Seventh annual Daddy-Daughter Dance set Feb. 9 By CARMEN RODGERS Staff Writer
Due to last year’s overwhelming response, the Tallassee Community Development Corporation’s seventh annual Daddy-Daughter Dance will actually be two dances on Feb. 9. The first dance will be from 4 p.m. until 6 p.m. and the second dance will begin at 7 p.m. and end at 9 p.m. at Warehouse 51, located at 51 Cherokee Trail, according to event coordinator Brooke Rigsby Yates, who said tickets are limited. Daughters may be accompanied by their dad, grandfather, uncle, brother or father figure. This year’s theme is “A Night in Hollywood” and will incorporate a variety
of games and activities suited for a daughter and her father figure. Dinner, dessert and lots of dancing will be included in the ticket price ranging from $25 to $30, depending on the number of daughters. Drek Williams will serve as the disc jockey for the event. Suzannah’s Photography of Tallassee will offer onsite photographs to capture the special night with a complementary picture of dads and daughters. The event serves as an annual fundraiser, with this year’s proceeds going to the historic Mt. Vernon Theatre. Tickets will be available beginning Jan. 28 at Studio B Dance Center, WACQ and online at www.mtvernontheatre.net. For more information, contact Yates at 334283-4388.
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Elmore County Realtor gets national award STAFF REPORT TPI Staff
Broker Fletcher Majors has been awarded the National Association of Realtors National Commercial Award, Great Southern Land LLC announced. Recipients are nominated by their state or local board or commercial group for recognition of their professional achievements. “NAR is proud of these members who have made significant contributions and give substantially of their time to further our industry or assist in community programs,” said Jean Maday, NAR’s director for commercial development and services. “This is our way to acknowledge Majors their efforts and the recognition they’ve earned.” The award recognized Majors’ dedication to commercial real estate and strengthening the community. Majors has also been named the land broker of the year by the Alabama Chapter of Realtors Land Institute in 1991, 1995 and 2016, the 1996 Land Realtor of America, and received the 2017 Realtors Land Institute Excellence in Instruction national award.
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Wetumpka Impact Crater tours are scheduled for Feb. 23. Tours will begin at 9 a.m. and last 100 minutes. The tour is divided into a video and orientation, followed by a van tour. The total cost is $20 for adults and $10 for children up to 12 years old when accompanied by an adult.
Wetumpka Impact Crater tours on Feb. 23 STAFF REPORT TPI Staff
If you want to visit the Wetumpka Crater, next month may be the time. On Feb. 23, crater tours will begin at 9 a.m. and last 100 minutes. The tour is divided into a video and orientation, followed by a van tour. The total cost is $20 for adults and $10 for children up to 12 years old when accompanied by an adult. Reservations are confirmed with payment of the fee by check or cash. Checks must be made out to Wetumpka Crater Commission and mailed to: City of Wetumpka, ATTN: Valencia Smith, 408 South Main St. in Wetumpka, AL 36092. Lectures are scheduled to begin at 9 a.m., 10:15 a.m., 11:30 a.m. and 1 p.m. The van tours will load
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hen the young man heard this he went away sorrowful, for he had great possessions.” — Matthew 19:22. A man recently told me about studying the P&L (profit and loss) statements of the business where he works to determine the profitability of two branches within the company. By analyzing these figures, he was able to learn some important things about the business. We expect businesses owners and executives to pay close attention to their own companies’ P&L statements. If the company has investors, you may be sure they want to know about them, too. If the company is publicly traded, what those P&L statements reveal may drive the price of shares up or down. If the company is big enough, news of its profitability (or lack of it) may
move the entire stock market up or down. As another year begins, it’s also a good time for inventory and analysis of our personal finances as well. Lots of resolutions are made as the result of taking an honest look at our financial or physical health. An SP&L (spiritual profit and loss) report should be quite informative in a similar and more important way. The goal of an honest look at our spiritual condition is neither prideful arrogance nor hopeless despair. Instead, we try to ask and answer questions such as, “Can I see any measurable progress in my faith and discipleship?” We should also be willing to ask, “What changes should I make to improve my spiritual life this year?” Although he is nowhere called so in Scripture, we know the character described in our text for
MIKE MCELROY Columnist today as “the rich young ruler.” That’s a composite from three accounts of Jesus’ encounter with him in Matthew, Mark and Luke. He had what most people are clamoring to gain or hold — he was rich, he was young and he was in a position of authority. But in spite of all he had, he stands as a tragic figure in the gospel accounts of Jesus’ life. His SP&L shows he is in grave danger of failing. Let’s take a closer look at his example to help us evaluate our own spiritual status at the beginning of this new year. Notice the young man did not lose everything when he chose to
reject Jesus’ invitation to be a disciple. Consider what he kept: He kept his riches, at least for the time being. He could go right on enjoying all he owned as long as he lived or as long as the riches lasted. He held onto the gnawing awareness that something was lacking in his life. The unsettled and unsatisfied emptiness that drove him to Jesus in the first place was still with him as he walked away from the one who offered him what he was missing. In a similar way, the young man was able to hold onto the unhappiness that originally prompted him to go to Jesus. He wasn’t happy when he came and he still had his misery and maybe even more of it when he left. But the rich young ruler did lose some things. Consider what he forfeited by making the decision to walk away from Jesus.
He passed on the offer of eternal life. No one has it apart from Jesus (John 14:6). He lost what would have given him true fulfillment. Genuine abundant life comes from living with Christ (John 10:10). He forfeited the opportunity to become one of Jesus’ disciples. Jesus invited him, saying, “Come, follow Me.” But the young man wanted to hold onto what he had more than he wanted to be with Jesus. As 2019 begins, I hope your SP&L tells a very different story from the rich young ruler’s report. I hope you are gaining the things he lost, and that you’re losing what he gained. (I am not against us owning things, I am against things owning us.) But if you or I expect to get different results than this young man, we must be willing to make some different choices.
Church Briefs Episcopal Church of the Epiphany
On Saturday, January 19 from 9 to 11 a.m. Episcopal Church of the Epiphany will host “Beans & Rice.” The Beans & Rice ministry takes place the third Saturday of every month. At that time, the Parish Hall is open to those in need of food, who may choose their preferred items from the selection available. On Jan. 20 at 9:30 a.m. Mike Harber will conclude a series of confirmation classes with a study of the mission of the Episcopal Church. At 10:30 a.m. The Rev Stephen McWhorter will celebrate the Holy Eucharist marking the Second Sunday after the Epiphany, with coffee hour to follow. For more information, visit the church website: http://epiphanytallassee.org/
First United Methodist Church
New worship times are 9 a.m. for contemporary and 11 a.m. for traditional, with Sunday School for all ages at 10 a.m. Programs for children and youth on Wednesdays at 6:30 p.m. and
Sundays at 5 p.m. All are welcome. We also have a few openings left in our Lighthouse Afterschool program, for children in kindergarten through seventh grade. Afterschool care includes devotions, fun activities, mission projects and help with homework. For more information, contact our church office at 283-2195.
Tallassee. Sunday School begins at 9:45 a.m. and Morning Worship at 10:45 a.m. A Jen Wilkin Bible Study on the book of Genesis will be at 5 p.m. as well as other Discipleship Training classes. Evening Worship follows at 6 p.m. Wednesday night services for all ages begin at 6 p.m. For more information please call 334 2836338.
St. Vincent de Paul Catholic Church
Living Water Worship Center
Our Life’s Journey radio program is at a new time. SUNDAYS 9:30am on WACQ-AM 580 and FM 101.1 (Tallassee/Lake Martin Area) or online at www.wacqradio.com or the “TuneIn” App on your Smart Phone. St. Vincent de Paul Church has Mass on Saturday Nights at 6:00 p.m. and Sunday Mornings at 8:00 and 10:30 a.m. with Sunday School from 9:15-10:15 a.m. each week. St. Vincent de Paul is located at 620 Gilmer Avenue in Tallassee. For more information, please call 334-283-2169.
Liberty Baptist Church
Everyone is invited to join us in worship at 574 Liberty Road,
Revival nights will be held on the last Sunday of each month beginning at 6 p.m. at 45 Main St. in downtown Eclectic.
East Tallassee United Methodist Church
The “River’s Edge Flea Market” is open every Saturday from 6 a.m. to 2 p.m. All vendors are welcome: new items, old items, crafts, youth groups, ball teams, baked goods, produce and food. The flea market is sponsored by the East Tallassee United Methodist Church and is located across from city hall. We will offer variously priced booths. To reserve a space call Joan Wood at 334312-4913. All proceeds raised
by ETUMC will be used for church-sponsored programs.
office at 283-2221, Monday through Thursday, 8 a.m. to 4 p.m., or visit our website www. carrvillebaptist.com.
Calvary Baptist Church of Tallassee
Word of Life Baptist Church
If you are looking for a church to worship and praise the Lord, join us at 293 N. Wesson St. in Tallassee. We offer 10 a.m. Sunday School, 11 a.m. morning worship service and 6 p.m. evening service. Also join us at 7 p.m. Wednesday for our prayer and fellowship service. If you have any questions call (334) 283-2366.
Word of Life is affiliated with Carrville Baptist Church and is located in the old church building at 501 Sims Ave. On Sundays, Sunday School is at 9 a.m. and morning worship at 10 a.m. The Pastor is Ronald L. Williams. If you would like more information, contact Williams at (334) 2831010.
Tallassee Church of Christ
Rock Springs Baptist Church
Sunday School begins at 10 a.m., worship service begins at 11 a.m. and the Sunday evening service begins at 5 p.m. Wednesday night services begin at 6 p.m. Visitors welcome at all services. Call us at (334) 283-5437 or drop by 209 Gilmer Ave.
Carrville Baptist Church
On Sundays we offer 9:15 a.m. Sunday School, 10:30 a.m. morning worship, 5 p.m. discipleship and 6:15 p.m. evening worship. For more info call the church
We welcome any and all guests to join us.
First Baptist Church Reeltown
We have worship services at 8:30 a.m. and 11 a.m. on Sundays. Between those services, we have Sunday School at 9:45 a.m. with a class ready to welcome you. Sunday night service begins at 6 p.m. Wednesday night services begin at 6:30 p.m. with Bible study classes for all ages.
Tallassee Churches BAPTIST Bethlehem East 7561 Upper River Road Calvary Baptist Church 293 N Wesson Street Word of Life 501 Sims Avenue Carrville Baptist Church 2436 Notasulga Road East Tallassee Baptist Church 314 Central Boulevard Elam Baptist Church 4686 Notasulga Road First Baptist Church 1279 Friendship Road Flatrock Missionary Baptist Church 1024 Flat Rock Road Friendship 4345 Friendship Road Liberty Baptist Church 574 Liberty Road Mount Zion Baptist Church
64 Log Circle Providence Primitive Baptist Church 4850 Chana Creek Road Refuge Baptist Church 3098 Red Hill Road River Road 239 Lower Tuskegee Road Riverside Heights Hispanic Mission 495 Little Road Rock Springs 375 Rigsby Road Rock Springs Baptist Church 2810 Rock Springs Drive Tallassee First 1279 Friendship Road Tallaweka Baptist Church 1419 Gilmer Avenue Westside Baptist Church 1825 Gilmer Avenue CATHOLIC St Vincent De Paul Parish
620 Gilmer Avenue CHRISTIAN/OTHER Apostolic Church of Jesus Christ 1072 Muskogee Trail East Tallassee Church of Christ 501 Central Boulevard Light of Jesus Outreach Ministries 140 Gin Street Macedonia Christian Church 2685 Macedonia Road Mount Olive Congregational Christian Church NACCC 492 Kent Road Oak Heights Church of Christ 74 Manning Circle Tallassee Church of Christ 209 Gilmer Avenue Wind Rain & Fire Ministries International 1201 Gilmer Avenue Vessel Church
84632 Tallassee Highway, Eclectic, AL 36024 God’s Church, Campfire Ministries 209 Barnett Bouelvard Tallassee, AL 36078 The Lord Our Righteousness Center, Inc. 4566 Claud Road Eclectic, AL 36024 Tallassee First Assembly of God 185 Friendship Road, Tallassee, AL 36078 EPISCOPAL Episcopal Church of the Epiphany 2602 Gilmer Avenue METHODIST East Tallassee United Methodist Church 101 Central Boulevard First United Methodist Church 1 Jordan Avenue
New Zion 3523 Ashurst Bar Road St. Paul Tallassee 101 Herren Hill Road Wall Street 71 Zion Street INDEPENDENT Abundant Life Church 2634 Lower Tuskegee Road Saint Mark All Nationals Pentecostal Foundation Church 30 Stewart Street Tallassee Church of God 134 Adams Street Tallassee Holiness Church 194 Honeysuckle Lane God’s Congregation Holiness Church 508 Jordan Avenue Claud Independent Methodist Church 81232 Tallassee Highway in Eclectic
Surrounding Area Churches AME ZION Mt. Zion Chapel AME Zion 2340 Crenshaw Rd., Wetumpka 567-4413 Rogers Chapel AME Zion 709 W. Bridge St., Wetumpka 567-8144 Jackson Chapel AME Zion 4885 Coosada Rd., Coosada
Jones Chapel AME Zion 2414 Ingram Rd. (Co. Rd. 3), Elmore ABUNDANT LIFE Abundant Life Church 9301 U.S. Hwy 231, Wetumpka 567-9143
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REGION VICTORS
Conference title games will save NFL Playoffs
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ver the past two weeks, the NFL Playoffs have had several games decided by one score. In fact, five of the eight games played so far had a final margin of victory of eight points or less. However, somehow the excitement was taken out of the games with some lackluster performances and anticlimactic finishes. Only one game had a lead change in the fourth quarter, which ended with a double-doink field goal attempt and that was the most exciting finish we have seen so far. The one thing saving the playoffs so far is the lack of upsets there have been. The four best teams in the league remain and there is plenty to get excited about for Sunday’s matchups. The four teams remaining are led by arguably the four best coaches in the NFL. New England coach Bill Belichick has clearly already cemented a spot in the Hall of Fame as a five-time Super Bowl champion. New Orleans coach Sean Payton and Kansas City coach Andy Reid are sitting right in the middle of the debate of being in the Hall of Fame but winning this year’s Super Bowl could be the finishing touch on already impressive resumes. The Rams are led by Sean McVay, who just became the youngest NFL coach ever to win a playoff game, breaking a 50-year record held by John Madden. If the coaches do not grab your attention, the offenses certainly will. The four remaining teams were the four highest scoring teams in football this season. The star power on the offensive side of the ball is something we have not seen in a long time on Championship Sunday. Of course, Tom Brady has been there in each of the last 13 seasons and Drew Brees is very familiar with the setting but each team brings some new faces who can change any game. Kansas City quarterback Patrick Mahomes is the frontrunner for the MVP award and has pulled off some of the most absurd plays of the season, including no-look passes which just shouldn’t happen in football. New England running back Sony Michel just had his best game of the season, scoring three first half touchdowns in the Patriots win over the Chargers. In the NFC game, the Saints are loaded with offensive weapons, including Michael Thomas and Alvin Kamara who can gain 50 yards out of nothing on any given play. The Rams are led by rushing duo Todd Gurley and C.J. Anderson, who helped Los Angeles become the second NFL team since 2005 to rush for 250-plus yards in a playoff game. There will be plenty of speculation this week about which teams hold the edge in Sunday’s games. However, the best thing might be we already know how well these teams match up together. The Patriots hosted the Chiefs during Week 6 of the regular season and the two teams put on a show for one of the best games of the season. Kansas City erased a 15-point first half deficit and took a 33-30 lead in the fourth quarter with 8:38 to go. The two teams combined for 20 points over the final 5:25 of the game and a 28-yard field goal by Stephen Gostkowski gave the Chiefs their first loss of the season. This week, Kansas City will be the home team and revenge may be on its mind but one thing is for sure: if the teams combine for 83 points again, we all win. The Rams and Saints also faced each other in the regular season when Los Angeles had to go on the road to one of the toughest atmospheres in the league. The Rams erased an 18-point deficit to tie the game in the fourth quarter before the Saints pulled away with 10 consecutive points to win 45-35. We may not see exact repeats Sunday but it will be good football and it will be fun for the fans. If you’re having withdrawals since the college season ended, this is a great way to get your football fix in. Caleb Turrentine is a sports writer for The Tribune.
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Tallassee went undefeated on Friday and Saturday to earn the title at the Class 1A/5A Region 1 Duals.
Tigers go undefeated to win Region 1 Duals By GRIFFIN PRITCHARD For The Tribune
The hometown Tallassee Tigers once again proved their mat prowess, finishing 7-0 at the Class 1A/5A Region 1 Duals this weekend and advancing to the round of 16 as wrestling teams across Alabama battled for a berth into the single-elimination round of the AHSAA’s team tournament. “A team state championship, this is something us coaches have been wanting and asking about for years,” Tallassee coach John Mask said. Tallassee advances to host another regional on Thursday and will go headto-head with Pike Road.
MORE WRESTLING COVERAGE Check out how Reeltown and Dadeville fared at the Region 1 Duals on Page B2.
Elmore County, which finished 6-1 on the weekend and was the region runnerup, will also be in enemy territory facing St. James. From there the two teams will meet and the winner will advance to the Final Four in Birmingham on Jan. 25. “This is my 19th year and we’ve come a long way because the coaches in Alabama have wanted this (a team championship) for a long time,” Mask said. “There are 64 teams, so the sport is growing and you have a lot of teams
out here that are in their second and third year. And you have more kids getting involved and that’s great. You may have a kid that’s 126 pounds; he can’t play football but he can come out and wrestle and be a champion. I love it and there is a lot of enthusiasm about it.” En route to winning the regional, Tallassee defeated Dadeville, Beulah, Elmore County (the Panthers’ lone loss over the weekend), Holtville, Beauregard (a 39-36 battle), Reeltown and Prattville Christian.
“Friday night for us was a tremendous night, we went 3-0 and the crowd was on fire,” Mask said. “There was a lot of energy and everybody was enthusiastic. On Saturday, it’s hard to get up for every match, we wrestled well and did what we needed to do to win every match. I’m very proud of our guys, they worked hard.” Despite having several individuals with strong performances, Mask was focused on only his praise for the team effort of his Tigers. “The whole team: different matches, different ones stepped up,” Mask said. “In a dual format, just not getting pinned can help See DUALS • Page B7
Elmore County Player of the Week
Moseley adds 9 more wins to stellar record By CALEB TURRENTINE Sports Writer
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Tavarious Griffin (10) tries to reach over a Brewbaker Tech player for a rebound during the first quarter of Tallassee’s win on Thursday.
Tallassee grabs statement win against ranked opponent By CALEB TURRENTINE Sports Writer
The ASWA released a new high school basketball poll last Wednesday night, less than 24 hours before the highly anticipated matchup between Tallassee and Brewbaker Tech. Despite their 15-3 record, the Tigers were dropped from the rankings while the Rams stayed at No. 6. Tallassee had a chance to make a statement and coach Keiven Mixson said the rankings were a part of the motivation.
“It was bulletin board material,” Mixson said. “We’re one of the only teams with two or three losses. We lost one game and we got dropped out of the top 10. I told them that’s fine; they’re not going to give us anything so let’s just go play.” The Tigers showed up Thursday night, holding off Brew Tech’s late rally to defeat the Rams 84-78. Tallassee improved to 16-3 on the season and 1-1 in Class 5A Area 4 play while grabbing See HOOPS • Page B7
Elmore County senior Garrett Moseley got wins in nine of his 10 matches last week to improve his record to 35-2 on the season. After going unbeaten in matches against Benjamin Russell, Dadeville, Beulah and Montgomery Catholic, Moseley helped the Panthers grab second place at the Class 1A-5A Region 1 Duals at Tallassee over the weekend. Moseley, who fluctuates between 195 and 220 pounds, is the Elmore County Player of the Week. The Panthers won five of their six matches as a team and Moseley was there leading the way. Moseley won five of his six matches and recorded three pins during the two-day event. His only loss came against Tallassee’s Andy Baker, who finished second at the state championships last season. “I think that motivates him more,” Jones said. “He gets more frustrated with the one loss than he is happy about the five wins he got.” In February 2018, Moseley wrapped up his junior wrestling season at the AHSAA State Championships in Huntsville. He fell two See MOSELEY • Page B7
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BRHS’ defense dominates Reeltown Gamble sets tone early in win over Rebels By LIZI ARBOGAST Sports Editor
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Reeltown’s Makayla Langston, center, is surrounded by Benjamin Russell’s Jaaliyah Caldwell, left, and Aaliyah Thomas during Thursday night’s game.
BRHS girls stifle Reeltown again By LIZI ARBOGAST Sports Editor
For the second time this season, Benjamin Russell’s girls basketball team was simply too much for Reeltown to handle. Although the Rebels have shown clear improvement since the teams’ first meeting, it still wasn’t enough to overcome BRHS. From the opening tipoff, the Wildcats used their defensive prowess to stifle anything Reeltown tried to get going, and they walked away with a 50-25 victory Thursday night. “I tell you what, their 1-3-1 half-court trap was throwing us off,” Rebel coach Will Solomon said. “I figured they’d run it a lot because when we played them the first time, they had some trouble with it so I figured they would run it some more. But their quickness and their size inside was really a problem for us.” Not only did Benjamin Russell keep the Rebels off the scoreboard quite a bit, it also caused turnover after turnover. The Wildcats (10-2) racked up 10 steals, led by Mia Graham’s three and two apiece from Aaliyah Thomsa and Janiya Martin. Reeltown (6-5) managed to keep it close early on and trailed just 14-5 after the first quarter, but it was all downhill in the second quarter when Benjamin Russell’s defense did the most damage. After the Rebels scored the first point of the frame on a free throw, the Wildcats reeled off 12 straight points, including three fast-break buckets. “A lot of the time when we got beat, we were See GIRLS • Page B6
Jaikobee Gamble wasn’t even supposed to be in Thursday’s starting lineup. But when Gavin Edwards landed awkwardly on his ankle immediately following the opening jump ball, Gamble’s number was called. He answered that call extremely well, setting the tone for what was a dominating victory for Benjamin Russell’s boys basketball team Thursday night. Gamble scored six points and grabbed five rebounds in the opening four minutes, jetting the Wildcats out to a big lead over Reeltown. They went on to score a 58-29 victory in non-area action. “The last two ballgames, he’s done a much better job rebounding, and we actually got a little more scoring out of him tonight than we’ve had in a few ballgames,” Benjamin Russell coach Lewis Daniel said. “I was really impressed with his energy going into the opening quarter. That kind of set the tone for the finish. He was a big contributor tonight.” The big victory wasn’t all due to Gamble’s early dominance, though. That was thanks also to Benjamin Russell’s strong defensive effort and Reeltown’s dismal shooting. The Rebels (2-9) didn’t score a field goal until two minutes into the second quarter, and by that time, Benjamin Russell (3-10) already led 15-4. “We went real, real cold and started off slow,” Reeltown coach Jonathan Gardner said. “When you score two points in the first quarter, you’re doing a hole for yourself. It was rough getting out of that hole. Once we got started, the buckets still weren’t falling. We played good
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Above: Benjamin Russell’s Za Stowes (2) and Reeltown’s Keke Hughley compete for a loose ball on Thursday night. Below: Reeltown’s Rhasheed Wilson looks to make a shot in front of Benjamin Russell’s Colby Riddle (30)
defense, but the defense got tired.” While Reeltown was certainly cold from the field, Benjamin Russell played a fine defensive game, trapping the Rebels on several occasions and causing 23 turnovers. “I think for some reason tonight we actually finally actually executed the strategy behind our defense,” Daniel said. “We had guys in the places they were supposed to be when they were supposed to be there. Even when we got caught in bad positions a few times, we were able to hustle and get back into position. They had a good scheme to work against us, but that was the biggest thing for us.” Qua Howell led the Wildcats with a trio of See BOYS • Page B6
Tallassee splits home tri-match STAFF REPORT TPI Staff
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Reeltown’s Collin Carleton, right, gains control of Tallassee’s Zack Haynes on Saturday during the Region 1 Duals at Tallassee.
Rebels, Tigers struggle in Region 1 Duals By GRIFFIN PRITCHARD For The Tribune
Ever-evolving programs Dadeville and Reeltown had the opportunity to test their mettle against established squads in pursuit of a team state championship in this weekend’s Class 1A/5A Region 1 tournament. After two days of wrestling, the Tigers and Rebels combined for two team wins (Dadeville beat Reeltown, 48-18, and Reeltown defeated Beulah, 42-30) and a host of team losses. But this is where wrestling gets
interesting. While it is a team sport, coaches look for the individual successes. “My son (RJ Ford), I want to highlight him,” Tigers coach Fred Ford said. “He’s the reason and the motivation for me inheriting this program and he went 6-0. He knows a lot of these kids and has been wrestling against them since he was a freshman and he’s a senior now.” RJ Ford, through six matches, scored 30 points for his Tigers. In losses to Tallassee and Elmore County, Ford’s victory served as the only Dadeville
points. He went on to pin opponents from Prattville Christian, Holtville and Beauregard. His other victory was a forfeit as he floated between 132 pounds and 138 pounds. Aside from the win over rival Reeltown, Dadeville’s next closest score was a 36-30 loss to Beulah. “We forfeited six weight classes, so if they have a full team that’s 36 points,” Ford said. “We have a lot of seventh graders and I can look at the beginning of the year and see how they have improved up to this point.” See WRESTLING • Page B6
Tallassee wrestling hosted Benjamin Russell and Pike Road for a tri-match Thursday night. The Tigers dropped the opener against the Wildcats before rebounding with a team victory over Pike Road. Benjamin Russell dominated Tallassee in the first match as the Tigers won only three matches, two of them by forfeit. Andy Baker returned from a leg injury for his first match of the season, defeating Benjamin Russell’s Hezekiah Hunter with a pin at the 182-pound level. Seniors Grant Hall and Fischer Segrest picked up rare defeats against the Wildcats. Hall fell to 25-5 on the season after being pinned by Nyshad Hannon. Segrest lost for just the third time this season when he was pinned by Benjamin Russell’s Damien Lawry. Both Hall and Segrest helped the Tigers respond in the second match, picking up wins in Tallassee’s 60-24 win over Pike Road. Hall was one of six Tallassee wrestlers to record a pin in the match.
BOYS BASKETBALL Tigers drop consecutive games for first time The Tallassee boys basketball team saw its 15-game winning streak come to an end over the winter break when it lost the Capital City Classic championship game to Prattville Christian. The Tigers returned to the court for area play when they traveled to Valley last Tuesday night. Valley pulled off the upset and defeated No. 8 Tallassee 50-44, handing the Tigers their first two-game losing streak of the season. Sophomore guard See TIGERS • Page B7
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The Legacy Of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., was a civil rights activist from Atlanta, Georgia. He was born on January 15, 1929, and was a minister like his father. He became the Pastor of the Dexter Avenue Baptist Church in Montgomery, Alabama, in 1953. Dr. King and his wife, Coretta Scott King, had four children. He began his non-violent, civil rights activism in the 1950’s. He led the Montgomery Bus Boycott which began when Mrs. Rosa Parks refused to give her bus seat to a white man. King emphasized the use of non-violent protest through the use of boycotts and sit-ins and through rallies and speeches. His most famous moment as a public speaker was the “I Have a Dreamâ€? speech made during the 1963 March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom. His words from that day have echoed through history and are still taught to children today. King was also well-known for his written works, such as the piece “Letters from Birmingham Jailâ€? written during an incarceration after his arrest at a non-violent protest. He helped bring about changes such as the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Voting Rights Act of 1965. Dr. King won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1964, as well as the Presidential Medal of Freedom and the AmerLFDQ /LEHUWLHV 0HGDOOLRQ LQ IRU KLV HႇRUWV WR FUHDWH HTXDOLW\ DPRQJ DOO UDFHV 'U .LQJ ZDV DVVDVsinated by James Earl Ray on April 4, 1968, while organizing a local march in Memphis, Tennessee. 2Q -DQXDU\ WKH ÂżUVW 0DUWLQ /XWKHU .LQJ 'D\ ZDV REVHUYHG DIWHU EHLQJ VLJQHG LQWR ODZ DV D national holiday by President Ronald Reagan. Each year since, Martin Luther King Day is celebrated every third Monday in January to honor the late Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
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Tallassee Tiger cheerleaders earn 2nd at state The THS varsity cheerleaders received the bid to the AHSAA state competition after competing in the Super Regionals in Mobile on Nov. 7. On Saturday, Dec.15 at Wallace State Community College, they placed second in the State ‘Game Day’ Cheer competition out of a total of 17 squads that competed. They are the first cheer squad in Tallassee High School history to become a state runner-up.
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beat on quickness and speed,” Solomon said. “I was a little disappointed we didn’t shoot the ball as well, but a lot of that could be attributed to Benjamin Russell’s pressure and the way they play defense. They have two or three that are really quick, and they’ve got some good size so they play well.” A strength of Reeltown’s during its recent surge to above .500 has been on the boards with several Rebels contributing strong rebounding games. But that wasn’t the case Thursday night, as Benjamin Russell overwhelmed Reeltown on the boards. BRHS collected 32 rebounds — seven each from Jaaliyah Caldwell and Alexis Lambert and five apiece from Bre
Smith and Brooklyn Edwards. Reeltown grabbed only 15 boards. With a big Class 6A Area 6 game coming up tonight at Opelika, Benjamin Russell got its entire lineup in on the action, and all but one Wildcat contributed in the scoring column. Caldwell led the way with 16 points, Edwards had nine and Graham added seven. Thomas, Lambert and Timira Lawson each had four points. “We wanted to get some other players some reps,” BRHS coach Latreisha Moon said. “Especially because you’re playing a team like Reeltown, we wanted to rest some people up. We have a big game (tonight), so if we didn’t need them, we weren’t going to use them. We wanted to let them get some
time, but then we wanted to rest them up.” Despite the lopsided loss, Reeltown kept its energy up throughout the game and actually outscored Benjamin Russell, 11-7, in the final frame. “We played a couple defenses tonight that we’ve been working on, and I was really pleased with the way we executed them,” Solomon said. “As far as late in the game, especially that fourth quarter, I thought our half-court defense was really good. We just had a bad night shooting the ball. We’ve been really hot the last six or seven games, but if we had to have a night where we weren’t hot shooting, tonight was good one because we’ve got a big area game (against Thorsby) coming up Monday.”
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Among the youngsters, Ford highlighted the performance of Lane Chayka at 152 pounds. In an earlier dual meet in front of the home crowd, according to Ford, Beulah’s Jace Hancock defeated Chayka with little resistance in the first period. When they two met over the weekend, Chayka battled and scored a third-period pin. “We have a high ceiling that we have yet to hit, and that’s what I like about these guys,” Ford said. “We are having conversations about wrestling clubs and camps and extending the season to the summer. The parents can see it. I was pleased with the effort (at regionals). I thought they did well
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steals. But after the opening quarter and a half, Reeltown started to get into a groove of its own, especially on the defensive side of the ball. Benjamin Russell, which always seems to struggle with turnovers as well, had 19 miscues of its own. “I don’t know another way to address that fact,” Daniel said. “We do a lot in practice to make kids mentally aware of those type of errors, and sometimes we don’t pace ourselves well in pressure situations, which is a downfall. We’re still trying to get that taught and get them to understand that, and when we do that, we can effectively break pressure and have some success. We just have to get consistent with it.” And although Reeltown suffered a big loss, Gardner is trying to look at it as a learning experience. “I told the guys that when you’re playing a (Class) 6A team, you gotta work on the stuff that you need to use against your area teams and try to get better at that,” Gardner said. “Even when you’re down, you gotta work harder to get better.”
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Reeltown’s La’Brian Ponds, right, battles with Tallassee’s Andy Baker on Saturday during the Region 1 Duals at Tallassee.
considering the whole season and everything they’ve been through.” Dadeville is not the only team with a vaulted ceiling. Despite its series of losses over the weekend, Reeltown is a program on the rise, just ask coach Drew MacKay. The Rebels defeated Beulah, 42-30 “We usually give up quite a bit of forfeits, but of the eight matches we wrestled we had some guys show great improvement and pick up
the victories,” MacKay said. While Dadeville is in its fourth year with a host of different coaches, MacKay has brought consistency to the Rebels wrestling program, which is now in its second year. “We are only missing four weight classes, so all that considered I think we are doing well,” MacKay said. “The guys are working hard every day and pushing each other to get better. So when we come to a meet like this
we can see how we’ve progressed. Compared to last year, I’d say we have a lot of wrestlers progress and our new wrestlers are learning from the older ones.” Mackay pointed out some of the Rebels tallied their third and fourth wins of the season, giving them momentum heading toward sectional in February. “Seeing how we stack up against some of the groups in our region is great and getting the win over Beulah is great,” MacKay said. “We have some guys that injured right now. Having them may have helped us, but I’m really pleased with the way we wrestled as a team.” Carson Baker and Jackson Hornsby picked up wins for the Rebels over the course of the weekend. While both the Tigers and the Rebels are out of the team title hunt, both squads are continuing to work, as sectionals and the AHSAA championships loom large on the horizon.
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its first win over a ranked opponent this season. Jaleel Dumas scored a season-high 22 points with 13 of them coming in the second half to secure the victory. Tyrek Turner grabbed another double-double after finishing with 19 points and 13 rebounds to go with six blocks. â&#x20AC;&#x153;This win means a lot to us,â&#x20AC;? Turner said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;This says a lot about us getting better from last year. We put a statement out there.â&#x20AC;? Turner was a big reason the Tigers got off to a fast start against the Rams. Brew Tech has depth at the guard position, including Troy commit Desmond Williams, but it lacks size in the post. In the opening quarter, Turner scored 10 points while grabbing two rebounds and two blocks. However, turnovers became a problem for the Tigers and Brew Tech gained a 22-18 lead after one quarter. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The game plan was to feed it inside to me and the other bigs so we could go to work,â&#x20AC;? Turner said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;After that, they start doubling down and we needed to dish it out to our guards to knock down the 3-ball.â&#x20AC;? The Tigers utilized that game plan to perfection in the second quarter, knocking down half of their 3-pointers in the period. Jamicah Humphrey grabbed his second 3-pointer of the game with 3:44 to go in the half to give the Tigers their first lead since early in the first quarter. Brew Techâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Trey Lancaster knocked down a longball of his own to retake the lead for the Rams with 36 seconds to go in the half. Dumas responded with two of the biggest plays of the night to give Tallassee momentum before the break. Dumas grabbed an offensive rebound
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Tyrek Turner scored 19 points and grabbed 13 rebounds for Tallassee during its first area win of the season.
and was fouled on the putback as the Tigers took a 35-34 lead. He missed the ensuing free throw but found the rebound, made the layup and was fouled again on the play. His free throw gave the Tigers a 38-34 halftime lead. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Even though Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m a small guy, you have to play big,â&#x20AC;? Dumas said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;You canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t be scared of anyone. Having those kinds of plays against big teams, it just motivates me. After that first one, I knew I was going to keep doing it.â&#x20AC;? In the third quarter, Tallassee built its lead to double digits after a 3-pointer from Humphrey, forcing Brew Tech to call a timeout with 3:45 to go. Humphrey scored seven points in the quarter but left
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matches prior to the medal rounds and has been looking forward to returning to the stage one final time for a chance to walk away with a medal. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I want to finish in the top four,â&#x20AC;? Moseley said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I want to get a medal, thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s definitely my goal. Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m still a couple of weeks away from where I want to be but Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m about to start some extra training to prepare for it.â&#x20AC;? Elmore County hired coach Jared Jones to take over the wrestling program prior to this season. While the program still has a way to go before reaching its goals, Jones knew he would be relying on Moseley and the senior class this season. The seniors have responded in a big way to start the 2019 season. Moseley has the best individual record on the team after last weekendâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s regional duals at Tallassee. Classmates Chayanne Sanchez and Jacob Taunton are both 28-4 this season. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re all having really good seasons so far,â&#x20AC;? Jones said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Those guys are the team captains and have been leading by example this season.â&#x20AC;? Moseley leads the team with 23 pins this season and needs just seven more to surpass his total from last season. He finished in first place in the 195-pound weight class at the 2018 Barry Mask Invitational at Wetumpka, pinning all six of his opponents during tournament play. Moseley said he has learned
more from his two losses this season than any of his victories. Both defeats came in the third period, which Moseley rarely finds himself in. Jones said most, if not all, Moseleyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s victories this season have come in the first two periods. Moseley said he has started focusing on his stamina during his training. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s like that Gatorade commercial about how defeat fuels you,â&#x20AC;? Moseley said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m just trying to make sure I stay hydrated all the timeâ&#x20AC;Ś Practices are kind of short but coach Jones keeps them tough on us.â&#x20AC;? Elmore County will return to Tallassee on Thursday night for a dual meet with Saint James for a chance to advance to the state quarterfinals. As the Panthers prepare for the next round of the postseason, training has stepped up. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We do a lot of running and a lot of live,â&#x20AC;? Moseley said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s just a full-speed practice basically so itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s like a simulated match with you partner.â&#x20AC;? Moseley has high expectations for himself as an individual moving forward but with the team tournaments up first, Jones will be looking to the senior for his leadership. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We talked about a few things that I saw we didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t do well during the regionals,â&#x20AC;? Jones said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I expect (Moseley) to help me implement some of those things in practice and help all of our guys deal with those things.â&#x20AC;?
Elmore Countyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Garrett Moseley, top, attempts to pin his opponent from Holtville on Saturday. Brian Tannehill / For The Tribune
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the game with a leg injury with his team leading by nine points. The Rams (14-8, 1-1) quickly went on a 6-0 spurt with Humphrey out of the game but Dumas responded with another big play. He knocked down a floater on the baseline, getting fouled on the wrist again and made the free throw to put the Tigers back up by six. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Jamicah is one of the go-getters on our team,â&#x20AC;? Dumas said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;When he went out, we had to keep the energy up and I knew we were playing a good team so I had to keep the energy up if we were going to win.â&#x20AC;? The Tigers took an eight-point lead into the final frame but Brew Tech was
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Tallasseeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Thomas Baker, right, tangles with Reeltownâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Christian Baker on Saturday at the Class 1A/5A Region 1 Duals in Tallasssee.
Duals your team win. You may lose the match, but not going to your back can help the team win. In seven matches, over the course of two days, we had different people step up.â&#x20AC;? With that said, multiple Tigers posted multiple individual wins leading to scores of 72-6 (over Dadeville), 68-11 (Holtville) and 66-17 (PCA). Zack Haynes, Brendan Emfinger, Andy Baker, Mason Bell and Cody Gilson led the charge. For Tallassee, the closest match of the weekend was a 39-36 victory over Beauregard. Emfinger, Bell, Haynes, Christian McCrary, Will Lackey, Gilson and Fischer Segrest picked up key wins over the Hornets. On the Elmore County side of things coach Jared Jones, who was Maskâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s co-coach for many years, - has the Panthers primed to make a run at their rivals.
continued from Page B1 â&#x20AC;&#x153;I thought, overall, we wrested very well on Friday,â&#x20AC;? Jones said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Our intensity was down a little on Saturday after losing to Tallassee.â&#x20AC;? Jacob Taunton led the Panthers with seven wins and was one of the weekend highlights according to Jones. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s our captain and had a great weekend,â&#x20AC;? Jones said. Tristen Thompson and Ben Strochein were also highlighted for their efforts finishing Saturday 4-0. A big boost to the Panthers lineup was the return of Stone Svencer from injury. Svencer, in his return to the mat, defeated Tallasseeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s McCrary 12-6 and Holtvilleâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Ethan Headley 10-8. The Panthers will return to Tallassee Thursday night to wrestle St. James in the singleelimination portion of the stateâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s team tournament. While Tallassee and Electic remain in the team title hunt,
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Holtville is now working toward sectional. Bulldogs coach Phillip Smart is still impressed with the way his squad wrestled as its defeated Reeltown, Dadeville and Beulah en route to a 3-4 finish despite having only seven of the 14 weight classes filled. Smart highlighted the efforts of Sam Jackson (heavyweight) and his pair of victories by pin over Taylor Atkisson (Elmore County) and Kevin Keel (Dadeville). According to Smart, those were his first two wins of the season. Slade Freeman at 152 finished 5-0. Colby Nelson (145) went 5-1 and Jabarious Jackson finished the competition 2-1. Despite how the team tournament plays out, all of the teams in two weeks will turn their attention toward sectionals and the individual state championship.
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Jamicah Humphrey led the Tigers with 18 points. The Tigers had a five-point lead with five minutes to go but foul trouble became an issue as forwards Tavarious Griffin and Kalvin Levett fouled out in the second half. Valley shot 26 free throws during the game, 14 more than Tallassee attempted. The Tigers will look for revenge on Valley when they host the Rams this Thursday.
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not going down without a fight. The lead was cut to two points within the first two minutes of the quarter but Tallassee responded. Four straight points from Sandarius Hughley forced the Rams to call a timeout with 3:37 to go in the game. Humphrey reentered the game, scoring after just 21 seconds of being back on the court to put Tallassee ahead 76-68. Humphrey finished with 15 points. Brew Tech had one final run, cutting the lead to two points after Evan Carter scored his 22nd point with 1:12 to play. The Rams got the ball back and had a chance to tie the game but Turner blocked a shot attempt and grabbed the rebound before getting fouled. â&#x20AC;&#x153;His presence on defense makes a difference,â&#x20AC;? Mixson said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;From last year to this year, heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s improved more than anyone I have ever coached.â&#x20AC;? Turner knocked down 1 of 2 free throws to extend the lead. Brew Tech turned the ball over on its next possession and Hughley, who finished with 16 points, knocked down two more free throws to put the game out of reach. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Every game is huge from here on out,â&#x20AC;? Mixson said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Tonight tells us we can compete with everybody. Are we going to win every game? Probably not. But if we can compete with the PCAs and Brew Techs of the state, we can compete with most anyone. To beat them says weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re moving in the right direction.â&#x20AC;? In the girls game, Tallassee lost its 11th straight contest to fall to 2-16 on the season. The Tigers lost to No. 8 Brew Tech 93-11 as they dropped to 0-2 in area play. Sinclair Cole scored three points in the loss.
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Annual Lake Martin polar plunge this weekend By CLIFF WILLIAMS Staff Writer
The Lake Martin Young Professionals is hosting the fourth annual Lake Martin YP Polar Plunge Saturday, Jan. 19. The event returns to Kowaliga Restaurant with live music, food and cold water to benefit the Lake Martin Resource Association. “We’re excited to bring the Polar Plunge back to Kowaliga Restaurant for the fourth straight year and again support the Lake Martin Resource Association,” LMYP’s Jacob Meacham said. “The event has grown to become one that people really look forward to. It’s fun, sort of unique and supports a great organization (LMRA) that does tremendous work for Lake Martin in keeping it clean, safe and prosperous. The partnership with LMRA is one of the driving forces for the support that turns out for the event and Kowaliga Restaurant provides a great atmosphere for a really fun time.” Tickets for the event are $20 and include food tickets. Children under 8 get in free. There will also be a “Dash for Cash” where participants race to a buoy and back for $100. Additionally, $100 will be awarded for the best costume. The plunge at Kowaliga Restaurant
has raised more than $11,000 for LMRA in its first three years. The organization has used the funds to purchase and install lighted buoys for nighttime navigation on Lake Martin. The program is known as the “Light Up Lake Martin” initiative. Doors open at 10 a.m. and registration for the plunge lasts until 11:45 a.m. The plunge takes place at noon which will be immediately followed by the “Dash for Cash.” Men’s and women’s dressing rooms are available as soon as participants exit the frigid waters to dry off and change clothes. Ben Sutton will perform live music from 1 to 4 p.m. Tickets will be available at the door or can be purchased in advance online at lakemartinyp.com/polarplunge. Polar Plunge T-shirts will also be available the day of the event — $10 if you take the plunge, $20 if you don’t. The 2018 LMYP Polar Plunge is presented by Valley Bank and hosted at Kowaliga Restaurant thanks to Russell Lands on Lake Martin. Other sponsors include Dark Insurance Agency, Lake Martin Dock Company (gold sponsors), Central Alabama Community College, Russell Medical, Steve Robinson, Tallapoosa County commissioner (silver sponsors), Ballard Construction (Dash
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The fourth annual Lake Martin Young Professionals Polar Plunge is returning Saturday at Kowaliga Restaurant. Tickets are $20 and include food tickets. Children 8 and under get in free.
for Cash sponsor), Tallapoosa Publishers (entertainment sponsor), Zajac’s Auto Collision (dressing room sponsor), Lake
Martin Realty (registration sponsor) and David Willis, Raymond James Financial advisor (costume contest sponsor).
County commission fills handful of board vacancies on Monday By DONALD CAMPBELL Staff Writer
A number of vacancies on executive boards have been filled following actions taken by the Elmore County Commission at Monday night’s meeting. “It’s obviously important to have a qualified board,” commission chairman Troy Stubbs said. The commission appointed Eric Jones to the county EMS board, Deborah Holt to the Horseshoe Bend Regional Library Board and Desirae Lewis, Daniel Thompson and Earl Ryser to the Healthcare Authority Board. The commissioners said all the candidates for the Healthcare Authority Board were highly qualified to serve. “I am encouraged to see this list of candidates,” commissioner Bart Mercer said. Commissioner Mack Daugherty added, “I feel good about this list.” During the work session, the commission honored retiring highway department superintendent Lee Colley for his years of service to the county. County chief engineer and operations officer Richie Beyer said he
hired Colley in 2003 to initially be part of bridge and project inspections for the county. However, Colley proved his worth and was promoted to department superintendent, a position he held for 15 years. Beyer listed many of the accomplishments achieved during Colley’s tenure in the department, including overseeing $75 million in road projects and $60 million in maintenance work. “He’s definitely someone you want in your corner,” Beyer said. “We would be lucky to have someone like him again.” Following Beyer’s remarks, he presented Colley with a book documenting his service, as well as a flash drive full of photographs of him out on the job. “This was one of the greatest challenges I ever had,” Colley said. “I couldn’t have asked for a greater group of people to work with.” The commission approved the latest update to the personnel policies and procedures manual, a document Stubbs said needed updating. The commission thanked commissioner Earl Reeves for his diligence in getting the manual update prepared. Over the past 18 months, Stubbs said Reeves worked with multiple department heads on
the matter. “I remember this was one of (Reeves’) priorities,” Daugherty said. “I want to thank him and everyone involved.” Reeves said, “I don’t want to take all of the credit for this.” In other action at the meeting, the commission: • Approved the minutes of the Dec. 10 meeting, as well as the memorandum of warrants for the period from Dec. 4 to Jan. 8, totaling $2,587,978.62. • Made a motion to approve suspending the rules of the commission to more expediently fill a vacancy on the Central Elmore Water and Sewer Authority Board created by the passing of a board member. • Approved a retail beer and a retail table wine liquor license transfer application, both off premises only, from Jones Shell to Kwik Sack 2 on Highway 231 in Wetumpka. A public hearing was held during the work session. • Approved ratifying the Town of Elmore’s appointment of Christopher Sisson to the EMS Board. • Approved the consent docket, including the surplus and sale/disposal of miscella-
neous computers and electronics, a proposed plat for Coventry Plat 1 and a travel memo. • Approved authorizing the chairman and/or chief executive operating officer to execute a planned service agreement with Johnson Controls for jail boilers. “This is similar to the HVAC contracts we have in our public buildings,” Beyer said. • Scheduled a public hearing at the Feb. 25 commission meeting regarding a petition to vacate an unnamed road off Hummingbird Lane in District 1. • Heard Beyer present a brief year in review sheet, allowing the commissioners to see what the county accomplished in 2018. • Heard Mercer thank John Wilson for his service to the Elmore County Firefighters Association after choosing not to seek reelection as its president, and heard Daugherty offer his condolences to the family of Sgt. Wytashia Carter, the Birmingham police officer killed in the line of duty Sunday morning. The next meeting of the Elmore County Commission will be Monday, Jan. 28 at 5 p.m. in the courtroom of the Elmore County Courthouse.
Humane Society of Elmore County News
Annual drawdown date set for March By REA CORD HSEC Executive Director
We finally have confirmation the Humane Society of Elmore County’s ninth annual ‘Getting Down with the Dawgs’ $10,000 Drawdown will be on Friday, March 15, 2019. There were some scheduling conflicts so why it is a bit later this year, but we certainly hope for another packed house at the Entertainment Center at Wind Creek Wetumpka, which is located at 100 River Oaks Dr. in Wetumpka. Tickets will be on sale at our shelter (255 Central Plank Road, Wetumpka) starting this Wednesday, Jan. 16. Now we have sold out of tickets before the event for the past few years so don’t delay — stop by the shelter Monday through Friday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Saturday 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. (if you also want to visit our
pets for adoption, please wait until 10 am). With the purchase of a $100 ticket you will have a 1 in 312 (the board has 312 slots) opportunity to win $10,000 (you do NOT have to be present to win the grand prize). Besides a chance to win big, each ticket holder and guest will also get a delicious buffet dinner, chance for door prizes, cash bar and so much more. On March 15, the Wind Creek Entertainment Center doors will open at 5:00 pm, dinner catered by Wind Creek will begin at 6 pm and the Drawdown will start at 7 pm. If not for yourself, buy a ticket as a gift, or purchase one in the name of a special organization you support. For any questions contact us at 334567-3377 or email hselco@bellsouth.net. During 2018, we took in 4,143 pets, which is 79 less than 2018. Of these were 2,044 dogs/puppies, 2,007 cats/kittens and
92 others (rabbit x 29; guinea pig x 21; possum x 6; pot-bellied pig x 5; parakeet x 5; chameleon x 5; rat x 4; squirrel x 4; deer x 4; chicken x 3; ferret x 2; goat x 1; mockingbird x 1; goose x 1; turtle x 1). 1,502 pets (36 percent) were surrendered by their owners and 2,634 (64 percent) were brought as strays by citizens & Animal Control officers. We averaged taking in 13.8 animals every day we were open in 2018 (six days/week). Demonstrating the importance of spaying and neutering pets before they can have that first accidental litter is that 39 percent of the dogs and 66 percent of the cats we took in were under six months of age. Just think that if those unwanted litters and ‘giveaways’ had been prevented in the first place we would have potentially taken in 2,130 less animals needing new homes. So, please get your
Pet of the Week: Catcher
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atcher is a 6-month old male Boxer/ Lab mix who has grown up in our shelter, so he may be a bit unsure of himself in a new home, but he will overcome that quickly with a bit of love and confidence. He is a smart boy — picking up quickly on leash walking, sit and other commands. He just wants to please and would be great with children. Catcher is not good with cats, however, as thinks they are great chase toys. The shelter’s adoption fees are $100 for dogs & $50 for cats under 1 year old; cats over 1 year old can be adopted by approved adopters for a fee of their choosing. This adoption fee completely covers the mandatory spay or neuter, basic immunizations, de-worming, microchip, heartworm check for dogs, rabies vaccination if old enough and free health exam with a participating veterinarian. To meet Catcher or other animals at the shelter, it is located at 255 Central Plank Road in Wetumpka, AL, 36092, while its website is www. elmorehumane.org. For more information, the shelter can be reached at hselco@bellsouth.net or at 334-567-3377. The shelter is open for adoptions Monday through Friday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Saturday 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.
dog or cat to your vet by the time they are six months old to be spayed or neutered. There is simply no reason for most of our pets to have litters, as every litter adds to unnecessary pet overpopulation. 1,970 pets were saved in 2018 and we ended the year with 255 pets in our care at the shelter or in foster homes. We ask the pet owners of Elmore County work with us to reduce our intake by getting your pet(s) spayed/ neutered before they produce yet another unwanted litter, by keeping your pets safely at home so they are safe and others don’t have to ‘rescue’ them, and by having identification on them at all times so they can be reunited if they do get away from home. Reducing the number of animals coming into our shelter is how we can all save more lives in 2019 and beyond.
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