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Ahead of vote to buy property, mayor assures he wants to ‘calm the waters’ By JIMMY WIGFIELD Managing Editor
Seeking to turn a roil of controversy into a simmer, Alexander City Mayor Jim Nabors said he is willing to give residents of rental duplexes on property the city may buy for its new municipal complex the time needed to find new places to live. “My desire is to do whatever we can to calm the waters,” Nabors said. “I don’t want the city to get the blame for a previous contract and I don’t want to upset (the tenants). We’ll do what we can to keep everybody happy without going overboard. You get to a point where the city isn’t responsible for this situation.” On Jan. 7, the city council will vote on a proposed ordinance to buy the former Russell Sales Office and 56 acres of property in order to consolidate all city operations there. The property also includes four duplex homes formerly owned by Russell Corp. and now being rented to seven families. Those renting the units were alarmed when they heard the city wanted to buy the property, fearing they would See RENTERS • Page A3
Suspect arrested after carjacking in Tallassee By CARMEN RODGERS Staff Writer
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Alexander City Fire Department personnel revived a family’s German Shepherd named Adler after rescuing him from a house fire on Jan. 3, 2018. Above, Todd Sassano comforts the dog after removing a tube that helped revive him.
Tragedy, triumph Top 10 stories reflect on year’s highs and lows
Authorities arrested a Notasulga man early Monday, hours after a suspect stole a car from Victoryland Casino, crashed into another vehicle in Tallassee and abducted a driver at gunpoint before dropping her and her car off at a truck stop, law enforcement officials said. Tallassee police chief Matthew Higgins confirmed Monday afternoon the victim, who is 68, was sexually assaulted during the carjacking. Tallassee Police Department detectives developed a lead on the suspect and, along with Macon County Sheriff’s Office deputies and Alabama Fish and Game officers, executed a search warrant at 2:15 a.m., resulting in the arrest of Terrance Cobb, 20, who was taken into custody without incident, according to Higgins and Macon County Sheriff Andre´ Brunson. Tallassee Mayor Johnny Hammock said authorities caught a break when the suspect used the woman’s cell phone to make See CARJACKING • Page A3
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ragedy seemed to be a theme for 2018 in the Alexander City area, which mourned the passing of noteworthy citizens, saw two years of legal maneuvering finally result in a murder conviction and grieved for a carnival worker who fell to his death. But there were moments of triumph, too. At the beginning of the year, first responders not only saved a house from total destruction during a fire but brought a beloved pet back to life
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In January, first responders battling a fire at a home on Jefferson Street in Alexander City resuscitated a German Shepherd who had been trapped in the house owned by Brad and Shannon Mullins. Ken Cowart, who was with the Red Cross and See TOP 10 • Pages A10, A11
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Husband refuses to tell wife details of long-ago marriages DEAR ABBY: My husband and I have been together for 34 good years. He’s a little older than I am and was married twice before we met while in our 20s. (They were very brief marriages.) When we married, I knew about one of his marriages, but learned about the other one only much later from his sister. I was stunned and felt betrayed that he hadn’t told me, but we worked it out. My husband loves to tell stories about everything he’s ever done, but he never says a word about those earlier relationships. Long ago, I asked a few times about what happened, and he cut me off. My question is why, especially after our 34 years together, can’t he be straight with me once and for all and tell me what happened? I haven’t brought this up in a long time, but it seems like we should be able to talk about it openly. I’m curious, but not in a petty way. I just wonder what happened. In the past he has said it is “none of my
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business.” Why is he so rude and closemouthed about these marriages from so long ago? Should I never ask again? -- MISSING THE WHOLE STORY DEAR MISSING: I am guessing the reason your husband reacts the way he has when you tried to talk about his first two marriages is because he is ashamed about what happened. He may have cheated on his wives, or they cheated or took advantage of him in some way. I don’t blame you for wanting to know your husband’s history, but your marriage has worked for 34 years, and really, how relevant is this information in the scheme of things? Let it go. DEAR ABBY: After my sister got pregnant, she
married the baby’s father. They struggle financially, and my family helps as much as we can, but it still isn’t enough. Her husband has no high school diploma, and he has a criminal record from 20 years ago, although he hasn’t been in trouble since. He claims he has dyslexia and health problems, but he still smokes and drinks. No doctor will sign off on his being disabled. He isn’t motivated enough to find a job or help my sister with chores. She finally asked me to help by talking to him. How do I start a conversation with him to say he needs to step up and contribute? We’re cordial but not close. I don’t want to alienate him. He has threatened to take my nephew, but he has no money or place to go. This man is 40 years old and lives like a teenager. Any advice? -- ANNA IN ILLINOIS DEAR ANNA: Your brother-in-law isn’t likely to listen to you any more than he has listened to
your sister. If there are any male relatives in your family, it might be more effective if he hears the message from them. The fact that he may (or may not) have dyslexia is no excuse for his lack of motivation. Many successful people have dyslexia and are able to thrive. Because your sister’s husband is threatening to take their child and run, she should talk to a lawyer about what steps she needs to take in order to prevent this deadbeat from following through. Call your state bar association or contact a local law school for guidance about getting low-cost or free legal advice. She may also want to ask about divorce so she doesn’t wind up supporting him forever. Dear Abby is written by Abigail Van Buren, also known as Jeanne Phillips, and was founded by her mother, Pauline Phillips. Contact Dear Abby at www.DearAbby.com or P.O. Box 69440, Los Angeles, CA 90069.
Obituaries Mrs. Margaret “Margie” Smedley 1922 - 2018 Funeral Service for Mrs. Margaret “Margie” Smedley, 96, of Kellyton, will be Wednesday, January 2, 2019 at 10:00 a.m. at the Chapel of Radney Funeral Home. Rev. James Long will officiate. Burial will follow in the Hillview Memorial Park. The family will receive friends on Tuesday, January 1, 2019 from 5:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. at Radney Funeral Home. Mrs. Smedley passed away on Saturday, December 29, 2018 at Chapman Healthcare Center. She was born on September 8, 1922, in
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Alexander City, Alabama to Walton Graves and Lessie Knight Graves. Mrs. Margie loved to sew and quilt and was known as the “pot holder lady,” because she made lots and lots of pot holders. For many years, she served as the Lunchroom Manager at the Kellyton School. Margie and Thomas were a wonderful couple who helped to make Kellyton a wonderful place to grow up. She was an amazing cook and loved her family dearly, especially her grandchildren and great grandchildren. She is survived by her son, Thomas W. Smedley of Montgomery; daughters, Clara Williams (Ron) of Cartersville, GA and Grace Smedley of Birmingham; grandchildren, Emily
Baranski (Richard), Adam Williams (Kelly) and Nyles Smedley (Doni); ten great grandchildren; and special niece, Mary Catrett; and a host of other nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by her parents; husband, William Thomas Smedley and five siblings. In lieu of flowers, the family requests that memorial contributions be given to the Kellyton Volunteer Fire Department, P.O. Box 208, Kellyton, AL 35089. Memorial messages may be sent to the family at www.radneyfuneralhome.com. Radney Funeral Home is in charge of the arrangements.
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A two-vehicle accident at the intersection of Highway 280 and Dean Road Monday about 11 a.m. sent two to the hospital with non-life threating injures. Traffic was able to navigate the intersection as first responders cleaned up. The accident is still under investigation by the Alexander City Police Department.
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Renters immediately be pushed out of their homes. “We found out right before Christmas,” said resident Gwen Hatton, 65, who retired in November and has lived in one of the duplexes for nearly four years. “Everybody is shocked. We all had a horrible Christmas. I didn’t even put up my decorations.” Councilmember Buffy Colvin made the plight of the tenants public when she voted against considering the proposal at a Dec. 17 meeting. Colvin said the city should subsidize rent payments and give tenants in the duplexes enough time so children living there can finish the school year. Colvin could not be reached for further comment but Nabors and council president Tommy Spraggins seem agreeable to those requests. “I want to give them a lot of time,” Nabors said. “The city is being accused of being abrasive in the transfer of ownership. To say I am against schoolchildren is beyond me. I don’t like being criticized for something I didn’t put in place. I don’t want the transfer to be harmful to anybody. We’ll do whatever is best. We’ll give everybody their say and their input.” Nabors said if the city council approves the purchase, the city would lease the rental homes back to owner Gary Nelson for at least six months so the tenants can continue their current agreements. However, Nabors and Spraggins each said the agreement could stretch to nine months. Architects have estimated renovations to convert the sales office into city hall would take 10 months. “It’s not rare that people have to leave when you rent something, it’s quite often what you have to do,” Nabors said. “We’re certainly not going to throw anybody out in the middle of the night.” Spraggins, who along with Nabors lives in the same district as the rental homes, is confident the city will give tenants the time they need to make new living arrangements. “I talked with the mayor and he talked about getting them help in making the transition, maybe even helping them with a month or two of rent to help with moving expenses,” Spraggins said. “I believe we will be
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willing to go more than six months. We will do our best to treat them right. We’ll help those people. I feel pretty sure about that.” Hatton said the city should give the tenants a chance to buy the homes or let them stay indefinitely but Nabors said he doesn’t want the city to be a landlord and feels traffic to and from the homes would interfere with the police department if it relocates to the sales office. “We were asked about other apartment managers taking it but we don’t need that traffic coming by the police department securitywise and otherwise,” Nabors said. “I don’t intend to get into the rental business.” Hatton said her unit — which rents for $650 on a month-to-month lease — includes two bedrooms, two baths, hardwood floors, a walk-in closet, fireplace, garage, den, formal dining room, kitchen and laundry room. “They should not put us on the streets,” Hatton said. “I bought furniture for this house, formal dining room furniture, that I won’t be able to use in an apartment. These are nice, well-respected people who live here.” Hatton said she and her fully disabled adult daughter are both sick and live there along with Hatton’s 8-year-old granddaughter. “It will be very difficult to move. My daughter is very sick. I can’t move,” said Hatton, who began to cry. “I can’t … We’re not in good shape. It’s all we can do to wash clothes and load the dishwasher. “I didn’t budget for a $2,000 move. I think the city should find us a place to move, pack up my stuff and move me. I didn’t ask for this.” Hatton said she has a condition in which blood leaks into her eyes, requiring chemotherapy to shrink the artery. “It’s painful,” she said. “After an injection, I’m in bed for two days. I can’t lift things. I can’t pack things. I’m hanging on by the skin of my teeth.” But once the tenants have moved, Nabors said he doesn’t want the homes to remain. “It’ll be very respectful of the one of the best neighborhoods in the community,” he said. “They’ll not be used for any kind of residential. My first gut reaction is we’ll tear them down.”
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Tallassee police said this vehicle was stolen from a casino in Macon County Sunday evening, then crashed into another vehicle in Tallassee. The suspect then abducted the driver and her car before leaving both at a truck stop back in Macon County and fleeing the scene.
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a call. “He stole her cell phone,” Hammock said. “They traced back a number that he called from that cell phone and were able to identify him.” Cobb, a black male, was charged first-degree robbery, first-degree kidnapping and discharging a firearm into an occupied vehicle, Higgins said. Cobb also has several other felony charges pending with Tallassee police and the Macon County Sheriff’s Office, Higgins said. Cobb is being held in the Elmore County Jail. Tallassee police were called to the scene of an accident on Alabama Highway 229 Sunday at about 6:30 p.m. and found a vehicle abandoned off the roadway, Higgins said. “There was no one in the vehicle when we arrived on scene,” Higgins said. “We know the car was taken from the casino. The suspect found the keys to the vehicle and that’s how it was stolen.” Hammock said the suspect passed
the woman, clipped her vehicle and caused a wreck in Tallassee. “He got out of his vehicle, shot into the window, blew the window out and got in the car with her,” Hammock said. Higgins said investigators quickly determined the suspect had struck the second vehicle being driven by the female in Tallassee, then fled the scene with her and her car. The victim and her vehicle were located a short time later about 20 miles away at the Torch 85 Truck Stop in Macon County, Higgins said. The victim was transported to Jackson Hospital in Montgomery and treated for her injuries, Higgins said. Brunson said he could not elaborate about the victim’s injuries “but she did not get shot,” he said. “Right now, we don’t know how severe everything was and we are still sorting through it. Our prayers go out to the family and I am glad that she made it home.” The Victoryland Casino is located in Shorter, about 15 miles from Tallassee.
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opefully you have made a few resolutions for the new year. We hope one is to try new things. Don’t be afraid to try something new and push yourself. In doing so, you might find a new hobby, talent, job or love. The mistakes along the way are an education of sorts. Just look at all the successful people of the world. Were they perfect? Far from it but they were not afraid of mistakes, not afraid of failing. Look at Bill Gates and TrafO-Data. It was a company Gates and Paul Allen started before Microsoft. It failed but not before the pair learned about market research. So go ahead and try something you have only dreamed about. Start a company in the basement of your house. Ask that girl to dinner. Try out an interesting hobby. What is the worst thing that could happen? You might just end up with a story to share with your children or material for a New York Times best seller. The quote below sums things up best about trying new things and making mistakes.
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s we begin 2019, Alabama begins a new quadrennium in state government. All of our constitutional state officeholders begin their new four-year terms this month. Gov. Kay Ivey will be sworn in on Jan. 14 along with Lt. Gov. Will Ainsworth, Secretary of State John Merrill, State Treasurer John McMillan, Attorney General Steve Marshall, Agriculture Commissioner Rick Pate and State Auditor Jim Ziegler. By the way, all of the above and indeed all statewide officeholders in Alabama are Republicans. All 140 state senators and representatives have already been sworn in for their four-year terms; 27 of the 35 Senate members are Republican, as are 77 of the 105 House members. Mac McCutcheon of Huntsville will be elected speaker of the house in the organizational session next week and Del Marsh will be reelected the senate’s president pro tem. My belief is that we will have a successful and prosperous
STEVE FLOWERS Columnist next four years in the Heart of Dixie. Alabama is a magnificent state. We possess abundant natural resources, including water. Almost 10 percent of the freshwater resources of the continental U.S. flows through or originates in Alabama during its journey to the sea. A sixth of the state’s surface is covered by lakes, ponds, rivers and creeks. We have plentiful rainfall, much higher than the nation’s average. The average in north Alabama is 50 inches, and it’s 65 inches in south Alabama and along the coast. But Alabama’s proportion of the U.S. population has been in steady decline since the end of the Civil War. Today, we account for only about 1.6 percent of the country’s people. My belief is that trend will reverse in the next few years as we continue
to grow with automotive and high-tech industries, especially in the Huntsville area. Alabama has been castigated as a backward state and less opportune for female leaders. However, I would suggest with the beginning of this new quadrennium we may be leading the nation and more so-called progressive states with women’s leadership. We have just elected a female governor, Ivey, and Katie Britt has been chosen to lead the Business Council of Alabama. In closing, I want to recognize legendary legislator Pete Turnham of Auburn, who turned 99 on New Year’s Day. Mr. Pete represented Lee County in the Alabama House of Representatives for 40 years from 1958-1998 and brought a lot of bacon home to Auburn University. Happy birthday, Pete, and happy new year to you. Steve Flowers served 16 years in the Alabama Legislature and can be reached at www.steveflowers. us.
John McKelvey represents District 3, which includes Jackson’s Gap, Hackneyville, New Site and Daviston. McKelvey currently serves as chairman. His phone number is 256-794-4405. John His address is 1285 Freeman Road, Dadeville.
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Emma Jean Thweatt represents District 4, which includes Dadeville, Pace’s Point, northern Camp Hill, Buttston, Dudleyville and part of Eagle Creek. She can Emma Jean Thweatt be reached at 8254207. Her address is 585 Brookwood Circle, Dadeville. George Carleton Jr. represents District 5, which includes southern Camp Hill, Red Ridge, Walnut Hill, Union and Pleasant Ridge. His address is 630 Turner Road Road, Dadeville.
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“I hope that in this year to come, you make mistakes. Because if you are making mistakes, then you are making new things, trying new things, learning, living, pushing yourself, changing yourself, changing your world. You’re doing things you’ve never done before, and more importantly, you’re Doing Something. So that’s my wish for you, and all of us, and my wish for myself. Make New Mistakes. Make glorious, amazing mistakes. Make mistakes nobody’s ever made before. Don’t freeze, don’t stop, don’t worry that it isn’t good enough, or it isn’t perfect, whatever it is — art, or love, or work or family or life. Whatever it is you’re scared of doing, do it. Make your mistakes, next year and forever.” – Neil Gaiman
T.C. Coley represents District 1, including half of Coley Creek, the Andrew Jackson subdivision, the southern part of Indian Hill, North Central Avenue, part of Pearson’s T.C. Coley Chapel Road, the Northside community and portion of Spring Hill community. His phone number is 256-212-9316. His address is 2316 North Central Avenue, Kellyton.
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Reader wants more options to be looked at Dear Editor, I have read all the comments and opinions from council and mayor, yet not once were we told exactly what is wrong with city hall and public works buildings that cannot be repaired. Public works buildings are only minutes away from downtown, 18 acres of a working sewer, water and electrical departments. Also, I find it embarrassing and disgusting that our police department was allowed to deteriorate to the point of being condemned. Why were these problems not taken care of properly as they occurred? The Wells Fargo building with over 17,000 square feet along with a parking lot is available for a police department at a reasonable price. Why is it not being considered? We need our police department to stay downtown. 24 downtown businesses signed a full-page ad expressing their surprise and disappointment that city hall was planning to move. They consider themselves as partners with city leaders to revitalize our historic downtown. These businesses put pride, time and money to prove historical buildings can be renovated and now are being left behind. Mayor Nabors’ comment that “this city is a lot more than downtown” is one I disagree with. Brooks Lamberth’s Dec. 7 letter said it all, the loss of our municipal complex would be a serious blow for downtown business. This complex brings attention, foot traffic and businesses to the heart of our city. The highway bypass all look the same, fast food, gas stations, Walmart, but downtowns are uniquely different. They have city halls, churches, commercial areas rooted in history and walkable. I agree the heart and soul are downtown. It brings energy that we will lose if city hall moves. I also disagree with The Outlook comment that progress is necessary and reviving the flagship Russell Sales Office is necessary, downtown will
continue its renaissance. This Russell Sales Office will not make Alex City a showplace any more than it did when it was in full use. This community does not “fear change.” When we lost the strong job base when Russell Corp. left, we moved on. We did not go backward or stand still. City leaders partnered up with citizens investing in our downtown. It’s still a work in progress but we have come a long way. There is much pride in Alex City. (Highway) 280 businesses are important but so is our downtown. We are on the right track but if we ignore our downtown, it will be a terrible loss. I agree with the mayor’s comment that unless we have a business that provided what Russell did, it will be hard for a city to grow. As more industry leaves this country, it gets harder for states and cities to compete for the few good-paying jobs industry offers. Sad but true. Because of past dedicated city leaders and citizen businesses, we are restoring and revitalizing our historic downtown, where the heart and soul of this community is. Stay downtown, save money and give a much-needed raise to our first responders with the money saved. I agree with the questions raised by Arlean Wyckoff on things I didn’t know, such as mildew, smell, mold, bat crap. This building has been empty a long time and will have many hidden problems. I know this is a project the mayor is excited and energized about but there are still many unasked and unanswered questions. What is the rush? I ask Bobby Tapley, Buffy Colvin and Scott Hardy to stay strong and vote no while more information on either side can come forth, as to make a more informative vote that will affect us all. Annette Lynch Alexander City
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The annual Martin Luther King Jr. Parade is at 9 a.m. Monday, Jan. 21. It will start and finish at Stephens Elementary School. The program will follow at 11 a.m. in the Stephens Elementary School Gym.
Monday, Jan. 7
TOWN HALL MEETING: Alabama House of Representatives District 82 Representative Pebblin Warren is hosting a town hall meeting in conjunction with the Camp Hill Town Council meeting 6 p.m. Monday, Jan. 7 at the Edward Bell Career Tech Center.
Tuesday, Jan. 8
USHER MEETING: The Early Rose District Usher meeting is Tuesday, Jan. 8 at 5 p.m. at the Cooper Community Center.
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GRIEF SHARE: Grief Share sessions will begin Wednesday, Jan. 9 at the Trinity Campus of First United Methodist Church. Sessions will be from 6 to 7:30 p.m. for 13 weeks. The seminar is sponsored by Radney Funeral Home and First United Methodist Church.
Saturday, Jan. 12
TEEN SUMMIT: The Boys & Girls Club of the Lake Martin Area will be holding its second annual Teen Leadership Challenge Summit Saturday, Jan. 12 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Cooper Recreation Center in Alexander City. Guest speakers for the event include local high school science teacher Courtney Davis and former Miss America Mallory Hagan. The event will also include a college fair and an essay contest with a $500 scholarship prize. Essays must be submitted by Jan. 8, 2019.
Saturday, Jan. 19
PRAYER BREAKFAST: There is a Martin Luther King Jr. prayer breakfast at 8 a.m. Saturday, Jan. 19 at the Stephens Elementary School Gym. Tickets are $10.
Monday, Jan. 21
MLK PARADE and PROGRAM: The annual Martin Luther King Jr. Parade is at 9 a.m. Monday, Jan. 21. It will start and finish at Stephens Elementary School. The program will follow at 11 a.m. in the Stephens Elementary School Gym.
Thursday, Feb. 7
STEAK DINNER: The Alexander City Kiwanis Club is hosting its annual steak dinner and auction Thursday, Feb. 7 at The Mill 280. Tickets are $40 and Ocie Belle’s will have a cash bar. There will also be a live and silent auction.
Saturday, Feb. 16
COMMUNITY CLEANUP: Please join members of the Clean Community Partnership to volunteer cleaning up the streets of Alexander City Saturday morning Feb. 16. Meet at Broad Street Plaza at 8:30 a.m. for supplies and assignments. For more information, contact Jacob Meacham at jacob. meacham@alexandercitychamber. com.
Saturday, March 16
COMMUNITY CLEANUP: Please join members of the Clean Community Partnership to volunteer cleaning up the streets of Alexander City Saturday morning March 16. Meet at Broad Street Plaza at 8:30 a.m. for supplies and assignments. For more information, contact Jacob Meacham at jacob. meacham@alexandercitychamber. com.
Saturday, April 19
COMMUNITY CLEANUP: Please join members of the Clean Community Partnership to volunteer cleaning up the streets of Alexander City Saturday morning April 19. Meet at Broad Street Plaza at 8:30 a.m. for supplies and assignments. For more information, contact Jacob Meacham at jacob. meacham@alexandercitychamber. com.
Saturday, May 18
COMMUNITY CLEANUP: Please join members of the Clean Community Partnership to volunteer cleaning up the streets of Alexander City Saturday morning May 18. Meet at Broad Street Plaza at 8:30 a.m. for supplies and assignments. For more information, contact Jacob Meacham at jacob. meacham@alexandercitychamber. com.
Saturday, June 15
COMMUNITY CLEANUP: Please join members of the Clean Community Partnership to volunteer cleaning up the streets of Alexander City Saturday morning June 15. Meet at Broad Street Plaza at 8:30 a.m. for supplies and assignments. For more information, contact Jacob Meacham at jacob. meacham@alexandercitychamber. com.
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FERST READERS: The Dadeville Public Library hosts the Ferst Readers program every Thursday at 1 p.m. Children up to the age of five who live in Tallapoosa County are eligible for free books. FEAST OF SHARING: Alexander City United Methodist Church and St. James Episcopal Church host a Feast of Sharing meal Tuesdays and Thursdays at 5:30 p.m. at the fellowship hall of the Methodist Church on Green Street. It is a free dinner. OPEN STUDIO: The Artists Association of Central Alabama sponsors an open studio every Monday from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Dadeville Senior Center on Columbus Street. Come and paint your own project or join in special Christmas projects. Eliminate stress, laugh, share a love of painting. Call Kay Fincher at 256-825-2506. ALACARE SEEKING VOLUNTEERS: Become a friend when a friend is needed most! Alacare Hospice Volunteers visit to offer companionship and emotional support. Whether it is a listening ear, a smiling face, or a shoulder to lean on, a friendly visit from a hospice volunteer can brighten the lonely day of a patient and caregiver. Contact Sonya Bryan for more information at 256-329-0507. OVEREATERS ANONYMOUS: Overeaters Anonymous meets at 6 p.m. on Thursdays at the Trinity Campus of First United Methodist Church next to Russell Hospital. There are no dues, fees or weighins. Contact Lisa at 256-749-0160 at ww.oa.org. GRIEF SHARE: Sessions for Grief Share will be at the Trinity Campus of First United Methodist Church starting Jan. 9 and will be held on Wednesdays from 6 to 7:30 p.m. The seminar is sponsored by Radney Funeral Home and First United Methodist Church. FIRST SUNDAY FELLOWSHIP: Duncan United Methodist Church is hosting First Sunday Fellowship start-
ing July 1. There will be a meal filled with friendship, fellowship and lots of fun starting at 5 p.m. at the clubhouse adjoining the church. Rev. Wayne Hicks is the pastor. COMMUNITY CANCER SUPPORT GROUP: This group meets the first Tuesday of each month at 6 p.m. at Trinity Campus FUMC next to Russell Medical. Meetings will resume in September. All cancer patients and family members are welcome. If you are interested, please contact Andrea Peacock 256-7491134 or andreapeacock60@gmail. com. ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS: Red Ridge United Methodist Church in Dadeville hosts an Alcoholics Anonymous meeting every Sunday at 6 p.m. DISABLED AMERICAN VETERANS: The Bill Nichols Chapter 13 meets every third Monday at 5:30 p.m. at the Charles T. “Bud” Porch Center in Alexander City. Chapter Service Officers are available every second and fourth Wednesday from noon to 5 p.m. for claims assistance. RECYCLING: The Alexander City Recycling Facility is located at the Public Works Department at 824 Railey Road. All materials should be dropped off behind the green storage shed on the Public Works lot. The facility is always open for unassisted drop off. Assistance with drop off is available between 7 a.m. until 3:30 p.m. Monday through Friday. Please call 256-409-2020 for more information. CAREGIVER SUPPORT GROUP: Every third Monday at 10 a.m. the Trinity campus of First United Methodist Church will be a caregiver support group. Call 256-329-7177 for more information. TOPS MEETING: Take Off Pounds Sensibly is the short name for TOPS Club, Inc., the original nonprofit, noncommercial network of weightloss support groups throughout the U.S. and Canada. TOPS offers tools and programs for healthy living and weight management, with exceptional group fellowship and recognition. Established in 1948 to champion weight-loss support and success, we’ve helped millions of people live healthier lives. Come out and visit us. Your first meeting is free. Meetings are held every Thursday at 6 p.m. at Comer Baptist Church, 341 E. Church St., Alexander City, AL. Call (256) 496-4210 for more information. VOLUNTEER: Southern Care Hospice is seeking volunteers. Please call Lizz Gillenwaters at 256-234-1134 or 256-749-3717 for more information. WOMAN MEETING: Victory Temple Holiness Church hosts a women’s meeting every first Sunday at 237 Aster St. in Dadeville. Everyone is invited. The meetings start at 2 p.m. READY TO WORK: CACC can prepare you to be Career Ready with a FREE 6 to 8 week Workforce Development Course called Ready to Work. It includes computer selfpaced instruction financial planning, reading and math skills, and computer basic skills as well as instructor-led module presentations on communication, problem-solving, job acquisition, operation skills, and workplace behavior. Earn a Career Readiness Certificate and an AIDT Alabama Certified Worker Certificate. The class meets Monday-Thursday 12:30 p.m. - 4:30 p.m. at the Alexander City Career Center located at 1375 Junior College Drive. For more information, call Melanie Veazey at 256-215-4499 or email at mveazey@cacc.edu.
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nother Christmas has come and gone but this may have very well been the best Christmas ever. Lucy’s cousin kidnapped my boss and held him hostage until he decided to restore and increase Christmas bonuses. It was all fun and games until the SWAT team showed up and wreaked havoc. And don’t even get me started on the squirrel. OK, so maybe we watched a little too much Christmas Vacation this holiday season but, really, is that even possible? Me thinks not. Last year, Abigail was only 10 weeks old. Throw in the fact that she was born 7½ weeks early and you’ll realize she wasn’t aware of what exactly was going on. Neither were we. I vaguely remember any details. We were tired parents. We still are but aren’t we all?
This year, we got our Christmas tree from the woods three days before Thanksgiving. Since our family farmhouse isn’t all that big, there weren’t a lot of places to put it, so we put it next to a portable heater. We moved the heater after a while but not before the tree was just about dried out. We were very careful with it and hoped and prayed that it would last until Christmas. It did but I’ll be picking up cedar leaves for the next year. We went to Fantasy in Lights at Callaway Gardens a few days prior to Christmas with the girls and our moms. It was cold and had rained all day but was still a lot of fun. It’s just not Christmas until you see a lit-up frog jumping into a pond. We rode the trolley but we can now check that block. Been there. Done that. We’ll be in our vehicle next time. It’s a great Christmas
JODY FULLER Columnist tradition … that we just started this year. The next day, Lucy started to feel bad. The next day, she was laid up in bed all day. That same day, I started to feel bad. The next day, I was laid up in bed all day. Luckily, Lucy was feeling better. We attended a wonderful candlelight service at Eagle Creek Baptist Church but shortly after getting home Emily started feeling bad. We were all roughed up by the stomach flu but we won. We still had an awesome Christmas. We had Christmas dinner at our house after church with all of the aforementioned folks and my stepdad. We had it all:
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which wasn’t a lot but just enough. It was less than some but certainly more than most. Christmas really isn’t about gifts from Santa anyway. Our girls got plenty. They are blessed and so are we. On Christmas Day, I woke up in my lone pair of holy pajama pants. Fortunately, by lunchtime, I had two new pair and the old pair finally found its way into the trash. The family came back and we opened more gifts and ate more food. My mother brought gifts from my brother’s family. We got way too much stuff but, as I said, we are so blessed. Abigail was thrilled with her first real Christmas and so were we. Watching her open her gifts was the most exciting thing I have seen in quite some time — even more so than a lit-up frog jumping into a pond. It was, indeed, the best Christmas ever.
turkey, ham, dressing, squash casserole, green bean casserole, hash brown casserole, deviled eggs, rolls and lots of delicious cake. I’m sure I’m missing some things but you get the idea of how blessed we were. The only bad part is that neither Lucy, Emily nor I had an appetite. Other than a sausage ball or two, I didn’t eat for three days. If you know me, that’s saying an awful lot. The good news is now we are all good and have lots of leftovers. After Emily went to sleep, Lucy nursed Abigail while I did some work. Because of the stomach flu, Santa didn’t want to come into the house for very long — he didn’t want to risk infecting other kids around the world — so he enlisted me as one of his helpers to assemble a Radio Flyer red wagon for Abby. It’s not the first time I enlisted, so I didn’t mind at all until I started trying to screw things into nonexistent pre-drilled holes at 2 a.m. That’s when I wished I had an elf. Lucy came in and did the last couple of screws and the wagon was weady to woll. We went ahead and finished setting up the gifts from Santa,
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PUZZLES & HOROSCOPE ARIES (March 21-April 19) Your mind Ă…oats to other matters that do not necessarily revolve around your daily life. You could be looking at the year as a whole and deciding when to visit an important person in your life. Others might be eyeing a workshop or seminar. Tonight: Enjoy a good movie. TAURUS (April 20-May 20) Your relating skills come forward. The time has come to have an intense conversation with someone. You have put oɈ this talk for a while. At this time, you see a situation from a diɈerent perspective. During this talk, opening up would be the smart move. Tonight: Don’t be alone! GEMINI (May 21-June 20) Others knock on your door with expectations that might surprise you. Examine new possibilities with care. You might not be ready to jump on any of your options just yet. However, if you don’t, you might lose one. Tonight: Be impulsive and host an impromptu get-together. CANCER (June 21-July 22) Your emotions run high. Once you mellow out, you’ll Ă„nd a solution with ease. Meditate. Take a walk. Do what is necessary to chill out. Your ability to read between the lines emerges. Someone will approach you, and you might not be able to say “no.â€? Tonight: Till the wee hours. LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) You could be a little oɈ-kilter with all of the excitement happening around you. You like feeling as if you have some control over your life. You might have that for yourself, but it is unlikely that you can control others. Tonight: Sort through suggestions before responding. VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) Approach life with a one-step-at-atime attitude; otherwise, you could Ă„nd yourself running around in a chaotic frenzy. Someone in your immediate environment seems closed down. If you step back and think about it, this behavior has been a long time coming. Tonight: Easy works.
LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) Your playfulness cannot be curbed. You might choose not to verbalize everything that passes through your mind. Use caution with your Ă„nances and also with a personal matter, but remain lighthearted. You don’t need to be serious every day! Tonight: Instigate a party. SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) Be aware of what is going on with yourself, and try not to project your feelings onto others. If you’re feeling down, try to think about what would change your mood ... or better yet, what would remedy the situation. You will know how to proceed. Tonight: Out and about. SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) Take a hint from Scorpio. You might be able to move through some negativity just by getting out and going for a walk. Do not stay put. You’ll see a situation diɈerently because of your unpredictability. Think positively when facing the unknown. Tonight: With friends. CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) How you deal with a troubled friend might aɈect your Ă„nances more than you realize. Your tendency to indulge others has more to do with you than what they need. Remember, everyone is diɈerent. A family member might be touchy. Tonight: You do not always need to treat. AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) The Moon shines on you and highlights your charisma. Lose the word “noâ€? from your vocabulary. An older person in your life might be very diɉcult. Avoid dealing with this person’s issues for now. You can’t always be there for everyone. Tonight: Whatever knocks your socks oɈ. PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20) Take charge of a personal matter Ă„rst, then you can kick back and relax. Your responsiveness to life will be enhanced. You can be found smiling more often, and you willingly throw yourself into whatever you want to be involved with. Tonight: Take the lead for now.
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Paying it forward: Hope for Donalsonville raises thousands By AMALIA KORTRIGHT Staff Writer
Eclectic community members recently donated thousands to a small Georgia city that was devastated by Hurricane Michael in October. According to volunteer Stephanie Southerland, the townâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Holiday Hope for Donalsonville initiative raised $7,000 for families in need. On Dec. 20, Southerland took a trip to Donalsonville and distributed a check for $500 among 14 families based on a recommendation by the city. Additionally, Southerland said the families received handmade cards from local kindergarteners. â&#x20AC;&#x153;One lady has been battling breast cancer, so the money will help her with medical bills. Another ladyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s husband has also been battling cancer,â&#x20AC;? Southerland said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;They each had an extreme need and we hoped to partially meet it.â&#x20AC;? While the city is making progress, Southerland said Donalsonville still has much to accomplish during its rebuilding process. â&#x20AC;&#x153;There are still lots of roofs with tarps over them. There are still a lot of debris on the side of the road that need to be picked up,â&#x20AC;? Southerland said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s
still pretty devastated.â&#x20AC;? Donalsonville City Manager Steven Hicks said the community is grateful for all of Eclecticâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s help. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The timing of it was really good, especially since it was the holidays. We were very pleased and very touched by the actions of Eclectic,â&#x20AC;? Hicks said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Several of the families have children.â&#x20AC;? Hicks said the donations also helped the community as a whole by alleviating some of the cityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s financial strains. â&#x20AC;&#x153;This is going to be a long-term building project, so it relieves the community when resources are coming from outside the community,â&#x20AC;? Hicks said. After a tornado hit Eclectic in 2011 and killed four people, Southerland said the town received a lot of aid from other communities. When Hurricane Michael hit, Sutherland said many locals felt compelled to help a community similar to theirs. For herself and many others involved with Hope for Donalsonville, Southerland said the reward was intrinsic. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I think it was probably more of a blessing to me than it was for some of them,â&#x20AC;? Southerland said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We got lots of â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;God bless yous.â&#x20AC;&#x2122; I think they were truly surprised that a community of our
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Over the course of two months, Donalsonville residents have dealt with destruction to their homes, churches and businesses.
size was able to do all of this.â&#x20AC;? In the future, Hicks said Donalsonville plans to follow Eclecticâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s example. â&#x20AC;&#x153;One of our first pledges is that we will pay it forward,â&#x20AC;? Hicks said. Initially, Hicks said many Donalsonville residents planned to participate in Eclecticâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Christmas Parade, which was cancelled due to weather. Despite not being able to come to Eclectic, Hicks said the municipalities plan to stay in contact.
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â&#x20AC;&#x153;Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll be reaching out to them further in the future, especially to express our gratitude,â&#x20AC;? Hicks said. While officially establishing a sister-city relationship with Eclectic has not been seriously discussed, Hicks said he has heard it mentioned and Donalsonville would be interested. Southerland said they will continue to raise funds for the next couple of months and are encouraging people to send donations to the Southwest Georgia Community Foundation.
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plicable to said subdivision as the same are recorded in VDLG 3UREDWH 2IÂżFH LQ 'HHG Book 208 at Page 52. Property street address for informational purposes: 1487 Glenwood Dr , Alexander City, AL 35010. THIS PROPERTY WILL BE SOLD ON AN â&#x20AC;&#x153;AS IS, WHERE ISâ&#x20AC;? BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTY OR RECOURSE, EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED AS TO TITLE, 86( $1' 25 (1-2<0(17 AND WILL BE SOLD SUB-(&7 72 7+( 5,*+7 2) 5('(037,21 2) $// 3$5TIES ENTITLED THERETO. Alabama law gives some persons who have an interest in property the right to redeem the property under certain circumstances. Programs may also exist that help persons avoid or delay the foreclosure process. An attorney should be consulted to help you understand these rights and programs as a part of the foreclosure process. This sale is made for the purpose of paying the indebtedness secured by said mortgage, as well as the expenses of foreclosure. The successful bidder must tender a non-refundable deposI
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the Alexander City Tallapoosa County Rescue Squad, was traveling on Jefferson Street and spotted the smoke. He called for help and, when he alerted relatives next door, learned a male German Shepherd named Adler was inside. Deputy chief Jamey Johnson was one of the first in the home and located the dog. “What we did was get inside as quickly as we could, looking for anyone
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or anything as we moved through, and knock down the flames,” Johnson said. “The smoke was so thick you could hardly see but then we were able to find the dog in an area on the front of the house near the kitchen. He was all but dead. He took a breath but he was lifeless.” Todd Sassano intubated the dog, getting a tube in his airway to begin resuscitation, deputy chief Craig Clark started an IV and Lt. Tommy Allen began com-
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In June, a Tallapoosa County jury found Matthew Clate McDaniel guilty of murder after more than two years of legal wrangling. After four days of testimony, the 12-person panel found beyond a reasonable doubt that McDaniel murdered Norman Dean Crayton in a green field off Barron’s Bridge Road on Jan. 17, 2016. When the verdict was read, McDaniel’s expression never changed as he sat next to his attorney, Davis Whittelsey. Some of his family members and Crayton’s family wept. Judge Tom Young sentenced McDaniel — who appeared on the History Channel reality series “Bamazon” in 2012 — to 40 years in prison. There was no dispute McDaniel shot Crayton multiple times but the jury had to determine whether the shooting was justified under the letter of the law. McDaniel said he shot Crayton in self-defense.
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Alexander City saddened by noteworthy deaths
In May, longtime Alexander City business owner Austin Holley, 86, died after battling multiple health issues in recent years, including a heart attack earlier in the week. Holley, the owner of Holley’s Home Furniture, furnished many homes in Alexander City over the years. He bought an interest in Home Furniture in 1960 and eventually became sole owner in 1977, when he changed the name to Holley’s Home Furniture. Holley went to work in the furniture business straight out of high school in 1949, went into the Army, then returned to selling furniture. In the 1950s and 1960s, Holley would load furniture on to a truck and go find a buyer. In June, Benjamin Russell student
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compressions were started. I had never done an IV on a dog before but it worked out.” Firefighters and EMS personnel spent time at the Animal Ark Rescue doing intubations on cats and dogs, and Sassano said it paid off. Adler was taken to Dadeville Animal Hospital, where he was stabilized, and was later transferred to Auburn University for further treatment.
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In April, a carnival worker plunged to his death while inspecting a ride at the Charles E. Bailey Sportplex. Eugeny Kovalevsky, 45, who was originally from Belarus, had been inspecting a part on the Ring of Fire ride at the fair and had climbed without safety gear to a high level, according to Tallapoosa County coroner Mike Knox and Alexander City police chief Jay Turner. When another man came to handle the inspection, he asked Kovalevsky to come down and that’s when officials said he fell to the ground from about 30 feet. They said the incident happened just before the fair opened for business. Alexander City Police Department investigators and officials with the Occupational Safety and Health Administration probed the accident.
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pressions on Adler. Tim Jones was close by, making sure the dog was comfortable and all the needed supplies were there. “When they put him down on the ground, he had a lot of soot on his mouth and snout, and I blew in his mouth but that was totally ineffective,” Clark said. “About the time I did that, I thought this dog is going to wake up with me in his face and take a chunk out of me. That’s when Todd Sassano intubated him and
Devin Kalil Billups, 17, drowned in Lake Wedowee while swimming with friends. Randolph County coroner Terry Sparks said Billups went missing in the water while swimming in an area of the lake near the old Highway 48 Bridge off Randolph County Road 90. Sparks said Billups’ body was recovered after multiple first responders arrived and joined in the search. Billups was swimming a good distance from the shore when he either tired or cramped up before going under the water and didn’t resurface, witnesses said. Billups was a three-year competitor for the Benjamin Russell track team and was also returning to the BRHS football team after taking a year off. Forty family members, friends and residents who live near the site of the drowning met near the water for an emotional candlelight vigil.
In July, Alexander City Outlook editor Mitch Sneed, 57, died after being struck from behind a day earlier at the intersection of Highways 280 and 63. The Ford F-150 driven by Sneed was struck by a Honda Accord; the force of the collision pushed the rear bumper of Sneed’s truck under the crushed bed of his truck. Sneed was airlifted to UAB for treatment but died the next day, bringing forth many tributes to his long journalism career which began at age 18. Sneed, who came to The Outlook in 2014 after stops at The Atlanta JournalConstitution and The Auburn-Opelika News, among others, enjoyed fishing and fixing his collection of old cars. While he was born in Indiana, he grew up in Georgia and was an unabashed fan of the Georgia Bulldogs. In November, retired Fifth Judicial Circuit District Attorney E. Paul Jones
died after a battle with cancer. Colleagues and friends remembered Jones as a great, jovial friend who served with distinction in the courtrooms of Tallapoosa, Macon, Chambers and Randolph counties. Jones tried civil cases in private practice. He also learned to sail, to fly and even wrote a book about Rev. William Maxwell titled, “To Kill A Preacher.” In December, World War II veteran Wiliford Cecil “Sausage” Bryant died at 103 and was buried with military honors. He was a founding member of the Alexander City Tallapoosa County Rescue Squad and the Alexander City Veterans Honor Guard, and a charter member of the Alexander City Methodist Church. Bryant participated in many search-and-rescue operations through the years and faithfully served his fellow veterans.
Rescue squads, police kept busy with missing persons
In June, two contractors were injured, one critically, when an ATV they were riding while working in a remote area off Highway 22 flipped and rolled down a hill into a deep ravine. First responders used four-wheel drive vehicles, ATVs, a long-line rescue featuring the Alabama Law Enforcement Agency Aviation Unit and a LifeSaver Air Ambulance to reach the men. The men were checking above-ground orange marker poles along a gas pipeline. The driver said they had placed one marker near the bottom of the hill and were starting up the other side of the 200-foot ravine when the grade caused the ATV to roll over before it came to rest at the bottom of the hill. The passenger was the most severely injured, including a possible fractured back. He was flown by helicopter to UAB. In October, a new sonar acquired by the Alexander City Tallapoosa County Rescue Squad aided in the recovery of a suicide victim on Lake Martin. Alexander City police responded to a call of a person in the water near the Elkahatchee Bridge and Wind Creek State Park, and the rescue squad quickly put its boats in the water. “They found him but when they turned around, they couldn’t find him again,” Alex City Rescue Squad’s Jerry Whetstone said. “Then they went and got the big sonar.” Within moments of setting up the tripod-mounted sonar and lowering it from the bridge into the 50 feet of water below, divers found the victim, albeit two hours after he jumped from the bridge. “From the time divers hit the water, we had him up in like four minutes,” Whetstone said. “From the time the tripod hit the bottom to the time they called us to set a mark
was less than five minutes. It took longer to set it up and put it off the bridge than to find him. It definitely sped things up.” The equipment can provide a 360-degree image from the sonar of objects up to 300 feet away. Operators can mark points of interest on a map with GPS coordinates for divers to investigate. The new sonar was acquired through a grant with matching funds coming from the Alabama Law Enforcement Agency, Russell Lands, the City of Alexander City and the Tallapoosa County Commission. Also in October, Kristin Noel Fuller, 28, of Alexander City was found after being reported missing two days earlier. Fuller was seen by a passerby coming out of the woods on Barrett Road just south and east of where it intersects with
Kerley Patten Road. Alexander City resident Scott Simmons, who went to school with Fuller, was coming home from work on Barrett Road when he saw her. “I saw her right in my peripheral (vision) in the woods coming out,” Simmons said. “We stopped just up at the curve. My ride left me. I said, ‘I am not leaving her.’ … I am glad I seen her. I was running to her. She just collapsed. She was tired, scratched up everywhere.” According to Alexander City police, Fuller’s car was found just off Barrett Road near a creek. Family members said she left behind her phone, which was unusual. “It scared me someone from Alex City could be missing for three days,” Simmons said. “I was afraid she was dead.”
In November, Alexander City police found resident An Pham dead after he had gone missing for five days. Police chief Jay Turner said authorities got a fix on Pham’s location after obtaining video from a business near the landfill on North Central Avenue. “He passed through there and was headed toward the landfill,” Turner said. “We went back out there and located him deceased.” Pham, who had last been seen in the West End area of Alex City, had medical issues, including diabetes and dementia, which may have been a factor in his disappearance. Turner said no foul play was suspected. See 6-10 • Page A11
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Pilot, grandson survive fiery plane crash In June, a pilot and his young passenger walked away physically unharmed after the single-engine plane they were in crashed and burst into flames near U.S. Highway 280 just beside Taco Bell in Alexander City. Mike Baudhuin and his 10-yearold grandson, Lucas Trevisan, had left Falcon Field in Peachtree City, Georgia, and were on approach to Russell Field when the engine shut down. “We were preparing to approach the airport here and reduced power,” Baudhuin said. “But the engine shut down at that point. That all started about 5 miles out, so I started scrambling, hoping I could make it on to the airport.” When he realized he wouldn’t make it, Baudhuin saw the field and the roadway. The plane crashed after apparently clipping some trees and some power lines adjacent to the road. The two passengers escaped before the plane burst into flames.
The power lines trapped beneath the plane were still live and firefighters had to wait until they were taken down before extinguishing the flames.
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7 Dr. Darrell Cooper retires In March, Alexander City School System Superintendent Dr. Darrell Cooper announced he would retire in December after five years at the helm. “There’s nothing wrong,” Cooper said. “I have enjoyed my time here but I just feel that it’s time that I want to retire.” Cooper was hired by the Alexander City Board of Education in April 2013 and said in 2016 he planned to stay in Alex City until he retired. “We all tried to talk him out of it,” board president David Sturdivant said. “He has greatly exceeded our expectations.” Dr. Daniel Keith Lankford of the Mobile County Public School System was selected to succeed Cooper beginning in January.
The plane was a 2017 Van’s RV-7A, a popular single-engine, twoseat, kit-built aircraft. “I don’t think I will be flying for a while,” Trevisan said.
Cards for Abby In February, Benjamin Russell student Abby Brown, who suffered from the rare terminal illness mitochondrial disease, was shown love and concern from thousands of people she didn’t even know, along with many she did. Mitochondria are vital to creating energy and supporting the body’s organs and Abby suffered from a host of complications. Abby’s mom Shawn posted a simple request on Facebook for people to send Abby a birthday card — her birthday is Feb. 26 — and it went viral. Classes in Texas made cards. Stuffed animals and paintings arrived in the mailbox. The entire Benjamin Russell student body serenaded Abby on her 17th birthday, and she got a police escort to Alexander City City Hall, where she was the guest of honor at a gathering to celebrate the day.
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Joey Woodle, who is deaf, had long dreamed of driving a big rig and his dream came true through Central Alabama Community College, the Alabama Department of Rehabilitation Services and Easter Seals. Woodle, 50, graduated from CACC’s Truck Driver Training Program after passing the test for his commercial driver’s license. “Ever since I was little I had been interested because my dad and my uncle
Prominent politicians visit Alex City over course of 2018 A series of political heavyweights — U.S. Sen. Doug Jones, gubernatorial candidate Walt Maddox and former national security staffer Oliver North — visited Alexander City. In August, Jones appeared before a sizeable crowd which filled the lobby of city hall. During his 90-minute conversation, Jones touched on a number of issues facing Congress, including the Senate confirmation hearings on U.S. Supreme Court Justice nominee Brett Kavanaugh. But he began by explaining the meaning behind a pillow shaped like a pair of lips he was carrying. The pillow came from a person who heckled Jones at a recent town hall meeting and threw the pillow at him while encouraging him to oppose Kavanaugh’s nomination. “Changing the world, that’s exactly what we are trying to do,” Jones said. Jones also touted his co-sponsorship of a Civil Rights cold case bill with Texas Sen. Ted Cruz, which gathered bipartisan support, passed the House and Senate and is now awaiting President Donald Trump’s signature. After hearing from Russell Medical CEO Jim Peace, Jones said he supported expanding Medicaid to keep rural hospitals throughout Alabama operating. In September, Maddox visited The
Mill Two Eighty during his Democratic gubernatorial campaign. He predicted he would shock the nation if he beat Republican incumbent Kay Ivey but went down to a solid defeat in November. In October, North, a retired Marine who is now the president of the National Rifle Association, packed The Mill Two Eighty at a gathering of the Tallapoosa County Republican Party. He touted renewed American strength abroad. “It is physically impossible to lead from behind,” he said. “If you want to set a standard for behavior, you have to set it yourself. You don’t have to be a boss to lead.” North also criticized what he called left-wing incitement to riots, violence and disrespect toward authority, especially police. “I know if things go the wrong way, the life of my grandchildren will change,” he said. “This is the most sophisticated assault on American liberties. The good news is our country was never supposed to be governed by oligarchs. We the people do not change things with bullets; we change them with ballots.” As the event drew to a close, North received a standing ovation from the 400-plus attendees.
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were truck drivers, too, and I would ride along with them,” Woodle said. “My dad showed me so many things about it and I kept thinking that I could do it even though I was deaf.” Woodle said getting into CACC’s program was an ordeal but after six months he made it. “I’m deaf and I want to show others who are deaf that they can learn to do this and be a truck driver, even the big trucks,” Woodle said.
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Terrell Owens inducted into Pro Football Hall of Fame
Arguably the most famous person to ever come from Alexander City, Benjamin Russell graduate Terrell Owens finally got the recognition he deserved this year. Not only was he inducted into the Alabama Sports Hall of Fame, he also earned a spot in the Pro Football Hall of Fame. “I’m proud of what I’ve been able to accomplish,” Owens said at his Hall of Fame speech in Chattanooga, Tennessee. “I don’t expect a lot of people to agree with what I’ve done. I know what I’m doing. I
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know who’s more important. For me, it wasn’t about the Hall of Fame. I never played this sport to be in the Hall of Fame. Everything that I’ve accomplished was a lot of hard work. It was a lot of blood, sweat and tears.” After graduating from BRHS, Owens went on to play at UT-Chattanooga then was a sixtime Pro Bowler in the NFL. His 15,934 career receiving yards ranks second in league history. Owens’ jersey number at Benjamin Russell (No. 80) was retired this season during the Wildcats’ game against Chilton County.
Qua Tucker wins 4 goal medals
BRHS wrestling takes 2nd at state Under the direction of new head coach Michael Ransaw, Benjamin Russell’s wrestling team got back in the spotlight with a secondplace finish in the team standings at the AHSAA Class 6A Championships. The Wildcats advanced all but one of their wrestlers to the state championships and finished with seven placewinners, including a pair of silver medalists. “There’s a lot to be said about kids buying into the program,” Ransaw said. “As long as they’re willing to work, I think we’ll continue to have several more.” Ransaw was also rewarded for his hard work by being named the Coach of the Year for the entire state of Alabama by the National Wrestling Coaches Association.
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Dadeville’s Qua Tucker absolutely dominated all four of his events at the AHSAA Class 4A Track and Field Championships, capturing first place in every single one to bring home four golds this year. “It was just an awesome display of speed and athleticism,” Dadeville track coach Chris Hand said. “The hurdles are his best events, and he just dominated in both of those, but in the 100 and 200, he had to work and drive to win those. I think people knew what a special runner he was going in, but if they didn’t, they do now.” Tucker won gold medals in the 100 and 200 dashes and the 110 and 300 hurdles.
3 locals named winners at Bryant-Jordan banquet Tallapoosa County was on display, as all three locals who headed to the Bryant-Jordan Scholarship banquet in Birmingham came away with some of the highest honors in the state. Benjamin Russell’s Benjamin Hendrix was named the Class 6A achievement winner; Reeltown’s Cody Argo earned the scholarship for the Class 2A achievement division; and Horseshoe Bend’s Cade Worthy was named the
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Class 2A scholar-athlete winner. “It’s obvious now this county is well-represented,” Worthy said. “It shows how well our schools are doing right now. You have Reeltown, Horseshoe Bend and Benjamin Russell all represented as class winners, so every school in our county is doing the right thing.” In addition, Argo was given the actual highest honor in the state, winning the Ken and Betty Joy Blankenship Achievement scholarship, which is given to the worthiest candidate across all seven classifications.
Rebels take 1st trip to state For the first time in school history, Reeltown’s softball team advanced to the AHSAA Class 2A state championships, and the Rebels were rewarded for their hard work by capturing third place overall. After Reeltown dominated its opening game against J.U. Blacksher, it struggled against Mars Hill Bible, falling to the losers
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bracket with a defeat. But despite having their backs to the wall for the remainder of the tournament, the Rebels battled back, winning two in a row before ultimately falling in the losers bracket final. Both wins were come-frombehind victories and all came in thrilling fashion. “I’m very proud of these girls,” Rebel softball coach Kelli Hilyer said after placing third. “They played with a lot of heart. It was the first time (going to state) in school history and we came in third, so that’s pretty awesome.”
6 Smith replaces Horn as BR coach After nine seasons at the helm of Benjamin Russell’s football program, Hall of Fame coach Danny Horn officially resigned in January, accepting a job at Clay Central. Horn led the Wildcats to a 62-43 record and seven straight playoff appearances. Less than six weeks later, former offensive coordinator Kevin Smith was promoted to the top job and immediately went to work. “It’s time to go to work,” Smith said immediately after his hiring was approved by the school board.
“It hasn’t really hit me. All I can think about right now is we’re maxing out today and I gotta get back over to the weight room. I’m really ready to go. This feels great, though, because I’m still at Ben Russell.” Smith had been a member of the Wildcat staff for 22 seasons, working his way up to offensive coordinator before taking over as head coach.
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Former Benjamin Russell coaches rack up HOF accolades
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2018 was the year of the Hall of Fame for Benjamin Russell. In addition to Terrell Owens being inducted into the Pro Football HOF, four former BRHS coaches were named to Hall of Fame classes. In May, former wrestler and coach Dwight Buzbee was inducted into the Alabama Chapter of the National Wrestling Hall of Fame. In November, it was announced both Willie Carl
Reeltown Coach ‘O’ receives lifetime achievement award
Reeltown coach Jackie O’Neal has done a little bit of everything for the Rebels. Earlier this year, O’Neal was recognized for his hard work and dedication by being chosen as one of Alabama’s greatest high school football coaches at the Alabama Football Coaches Association’s 13th annual convention. A native of Reeltown, O’Neal first became an assistant football coach of the Rebels and held onto
that position for a decade before taking over as head coach. During that time, he also coached the JV boys basketball team and the girls varsity squad. In 1988, he became head football coach and over the next 28 seasons, O’Neal led the Rebels to the playoffs in all but three seasons. He was named Coach of the Year on five different occasions and helped the Rebels to six state championship games, winning the title in 2001 and 2009.
Martin and Phil Lazenby would be inducted with the Class of 2019 in the AHSAA Hall of Fame, and Steve Savarese, a former BRHS football coach who coached both Martin and Lazenby, was named a member of the Alabama Sports Hall of Fame induction class. “I just think it’s a testament to the tradition and what it means to come here,” current BRHS football coach Kevin Smith said.
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Going into a state tournament as the No. 1 seed doesn’t guarantee anything. In fact, it can make the journey to a title that much harder with a target on
your back. But for Alexander City’s 12U AllStars, their No. 1 seed was rightfully given and they proved it by winning the National Softball Association state championship with a 7-0 victory over Eclectic in front of a home crowd.
Cougars advance to Elite 8 There were a lot of great moments for Central Coosa’s girls basketball team. Not only did the Cougars go on a ninegame win streak in the latter half of the season, but they also claimed their fourth straight area championship. But no moment was more satisfying for the Cougars than a 55-47 victory over Gordo that pushed them into the Class 3A Elite Eight.
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“I am so grateful for this win here,” Coosa coach Syreeta McKinney said after the win. “We stayed together, and I told them to keep their eyes on the prize. We had to fight all the way to the end. “We had to learn how to feed off of one another, and we didn’t do that well in the second quarter. But this win right here feels good, but this is just strike one.”
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ast year I made two resolutions: Stop writing lazy, cliché articles and to quit procrastinating. But I’ll just wait to do that next year as I am going to give you the columnist’s boilerplate piece about resolutions to begin 2019. Enjoy! For the College Football Playoff Committee: Resolve to be more aware of Notre Dame’s façade. No matter the coach or opponent, the Fighting Irish seem to leave all the fighting back in South Bend in meaningful bowl games. For Georgia and Ohio State: Quit getting blown out by inferior teams. Either or both of you would have given Alabama better games, but your lax efforts against LSU and Purdue respectively put the committee in a posture where including you in the playoffs would be a bad precedent. It’s OK to have a loss, but make it closer next time. A final four of Georgia, Ohio State, ’Bama and Clemson would have been much more entertaining. For the “playoffs should expand” crowd: Resolve to realize this year we had too many teams already. Also, if you want to see what football looks like with automatic qualifers, check out last Sunday’s NFL games — a couple of games that had meaning and a sack full of games that had rested starters and no excitement. (Note: I am fully aware the playoffs will expand, but I think we will end up regretting this move.) For Gus Malzahn: Resolve to schedule Purdue a lot more. Also, resolve to appreciate your See ROBINSON • Page B3
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Benjamin Russell’s Robert Graham, top, attempts to pin Wetumpka’s Kaleb Jones at the 2018 Indians Invitational on Saturday.
4 BRHS wrestlers reign supreme at Indians Invitational STAFF REPORT TPI Staff
What began as a 12-team wrestling tournament quickly morphed in a battle for sectional supremacy as the Benjamin Russell Wildcats held off the Wetumpka Indians en route to winning the 2018 Indians Invitational this weekend. The Wildcats had 11 wrestlers finish in the top three, as they edged Wetumpka, 309-301, in the final team standings. What put Benjamin Russell over the edge was four wrestlers capturing first in their respective weight divisions. Robert Graham (140 pounds), Saxon Coker (154), Bobby Charsha (134) and Ryan Spradley (162) all earned their top spots. Graham’s tournament run at 140 began with three back-to-back pins, including victories by fall against Thompson’s See WRESTLING • Page B4
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Benjamin Russell’s Kadarious Marbury, right, gets thrown by Holtville’s Colby Nelson.
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Dadeville’s Jamarion Wilkerson (23) looks for a pass over the head of Marbury’s Kamari Brown on Saturday during the BRHS Slam Fest.
Dadeville falls to Marbury in overtime By LIZI ARBOGAST Sports Editor
After winning two narrow affairs to start the Benjamin Russell Slam Fest, Dadeville’s boys basketball team was on the losing side of the best game of the tournament. The Tigers fell, 65-61, to Marbury, in overtime Saturday to close out the Slam Fest for the Tigers with a 2-1 record. In what looked like a shootout early on, Dadeville and Marbury both slowed things down and clamped down defensively and the teams worked themselves into a 53-53 tie midway through the fourth quarter. Dadeville then took a lead with 2:05 left in regulation on a Jay Patrick jumper. But the Bulldogs answered with a pair of free throws just 10 seconds later, and the score remained 55-55
until the final buzzer sounded in regulation. “We have to work on being ready for the moment,” Dadeville coach Jesse Foster said. “(Friday) night, Tripp (McKinley) hit the shot for the moment, but today we didn’t hit it. Sometimes it’s going to be like that, but we had the lead and we turned the ball over. That’s just a moment we gotta take care of the ball and put the game away, but that’s a teaching moment.” The final two minutes of regulation were extremely sloppy. The Tigers had a chance to go for the win with under 10 seconds to go. Marbury attempted a 3-pointer but it bounced off the rim and into the hands of a waiting Patrick. Dadeville immediately called a timeout, but the inbound pass was See TIGERS • Page B4
After a lackadaisical first half that put Benjamin Russell’s boys basketball team down nine points heading into the locker room, the Wildcats looked like they had come alive to start the third quarter. Facing off against Prattville in the final game of the BRHS Slam Fest, the Wildcats started the third quarter on a long scoring run and a pair of free throws from Qua Howell actually put them ahead. But from there, Benjamin Russell went cold. Its old habits came back, as it turned the ball over and missed free throw after free throw. It resulted in a 69-58 loss Saturday afternoon. “That connection has got to take place,” BRHS coach Lewis Daniel said. “We didn’t help ourselves in the first half, then we came out in the second half and did even worse. That led to our demise with falling short of getting back in our game. We didn’t match any of the intensity from (Friday) night’s game into today, and the results, you could tell it.” Benjamin Russell played one of its best games of the season Friday night, and it resulted in just a narrow loss at the hands of a strong Dadeville team. But after handling the ball extremely well against the Tigers — the Wildcats had just seven turnovers all game — Benjamin Russell wasn’t nearly as wellexecuted Saturday against Prattville. BRHS trailed by just a point after the first quarter, but it let things slip away with a turnoverfilled second quarter. The Wildcats finished with
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Above: Benajmin Russell’s Cory Johnson, right, looks for a shot against Prattville’s Josh Schannep on Saturday during the BRHS Slam Fest. Below: Benjamin Russell’s Za Stowes, center, drives through Prattville defenders Harvey Bell (3) and Jordan Hester.
seven miscues in the frame, allowing Prattville to build up as much as an 11-point lead. “At halftime, we had more turnovers the first half than we had the entire game (Friday) night,” Daniel said. “Then we come back in the second half, we continued to turn the ball over. That’s going to hurt you every time — the same with missing free throws and missing easy putbacks on the rebound. Those kinds of things come back to haunt you against a team that’s doing their job.” From there, Benjamin Russell played catch-up and after pulling within striking distance and even taking the lead, the Wildcats once again started to make some of their typical mistakes and allowed things to dwindle away again. Benjamin Russell did do a better job on the boards, as Prattville
outrebounded the Wildcats just 37-36. Jaikobee Gamble picked up nine off the glass, and Za Stowes also contributed five rebounds. All but one Wildcat had at least one rebound, as the team is searching for some more strength inside. “We had some kids who have grown up from this experience,” Daniel said. “We moved a couple
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agent more often. Flowers, chocolates, love notes, the works. For Clemson and Alabama fans: Resolve to continue to not give a Howard’s Rock about pundits and other fans saying they are “bored” watching you two match up for championships. Since when is the rest of college football the little brother you have to spot 20 yards in a 40-yard dash to make the race “even”? When other so-called elite coaches are obsessing over pirates or taking their squads on Italian tours, Nick Saban and Dabo Swinney are plotting, scheming, recruiting, working and not sleeping their lives away in pursuit of one thing: beating everyone else. Other programs need to get better or be quietly patient in hopes that these two retire sooner rather than later. For Nick Saban: Resolve to have your batteries checked. As we all know from 1980s sci-fi movies, it’s important cyborgs get tuned up regularly to stay in peak condition. For Jalen Hurts and Tua Tagovailoa: Resolve to sell your love story to The Lifetime Channel. It’s a real tear-jerker and I can’t wait to see who they get to play you both in the movie. I wish you all a very happy and prosperous new year. Thanks for putting up with me lo’ these many years. Luke Robinson is a regular columnist, contributor to BMetro, AHSAA Radio Network Broadcaster and Sportzblitz Team Member.
JV guys up to play in this tournament to get a feel for how they can help us either next year (in 2019) or even next season. We’re looking for bigs. We realize when we face other teams on our schedule, they have a couple kids who are legit bigs, and we don’t. So we tried that look and I thought it was very positive so we’re going to keep building in on it.”
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The No. 1 Alabama football team jumped out to a 28-0 lead and never looked back against No. 4 Oklahoma, winning 45-34 in the College Football Playoff Semifinal at the Capital One Orange Bowl Saturday at Hard Rock Stadium in Miami Gardens, Florida. The Crimson Tide (14-0) moves on to face No. 2 Clemson (14-0) in the 2019 CFP National Championship on Monday, Jan. 7 at Levi Stadium in Santa Clara, California. Quarterback Tua Tagovailoa was impressive, going 24-of27 for 318 yards and four touchdowns through the air. Wide receiver DeVonta Smith led the team with six catches for 104 yards and a score. Running back Josh Jacobs added 158 total yards and a touchdown, while running back Damien Harris racked up 48 yards on the ground and two touchdowns.
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Top: Alabama’s Christian Miller (47) takes down an Oklahoma player during Saturday’s College Football Playoff semifinal. Above: Alabama wide receiver DeVonta Smith (6) tries to break free during Saturday’s victory over Oklahoma.
On the defensive side of the ball, linebacker Dylan Moses led the way with six tackles, while defensive back Xavier McKinney
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After reeling off eight straight victories to start the season, Benjamin Russell’s girls basketball team finally met its match Friday at the Chickfil-A Christmas Tournament in Calera. The Wildcats knocked off the hosts, 62-50, Thursday, but Sidney Lanier was entirely too much for them to handle in a 64-29 loss. “They were honestly just a better team than us,” BRHS coach Latreisha Moon said. “They had guards that were 6-foot-3 and they could shoot. They had good guards and good posts too. That’s probably the best team we’re going to play all year.” Benjamin Russell (8-1) didn’t help itself, as starting point guard Aaliyah Thomas went down with an injury late in the first half, and from there, the Wildcats seemed to fall apart. “I knew we would face some tough competition and we had to step up and try to play,” Moon said. “When we lost Liyah, everything just went See HOOPS • Page B4
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Wrestling Tyler Lane, Auburn’s Christiah Brooks and Holtville’s Luke Smith. Graham then dominated Montgomery Catholic’s Luke Voorhies, 12-4. The first-place match against Wetumpka’s Kaleb Jones was a high-scoring affair, but Graham held him off for an 11-9 decision. Like Graham, Coker got off to a dominating start; he put up four pins and a major decision en route to the final bout. Coker flattened Auburn’s Davis Donaldson, Montgomery Catholic’s Nick Bowden, Wetumpka’s Trent Blankenship and Lee’s Desi Harris. In the end, Coker overpowered Elmore County’s Chayanne Sanchez, racking up 19 points en route to a thirdperiod technical fall. Charsha’s journey to the top was a bit more challenging, as he had to battle back in the 134-pound bracket after a narrow 8-7 loss to Lee’s Desmond Harris. But Charsha did just that, pinning Wetumpka’s Avery Pyles in the third round and ECHS’ Jeffrey Parcell in the quarterfinals. He then picked up a
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Benjamin Russell’s Pokey Norris, left, ties up with Opelika’s Michael Dawson at the 2018 Indians Invitational.
dominating 17-2 tech fall against Auburn’s Justin Rhoten to get back to the championship, where he had a rematch with Harris. This time, Charsha got the best of him, edging Harris out, 7-5, for the win. At 162, Spradley had some of the toughest matches of Benjamin Russell’s winners. After a 16-0 technical fall to start the tournament, Spradley earned a 7-4 decision
against Prattville’s Michael Wainwright then had to hold off Stanhope Elmore’s Jeremiah Cherry Daniel, 6-5, in the quarterfinals. The semis came down to the wire, as Spradley defeated Montgomery Catholic’s Jack Burt in a tiebreaker then he once again held off Wainwright, 3-1, in the first-place match. Four different Wildcats finished second
overall. At 108, Sandlin Pike fell to Wetumpka’s Xander McWilliams after going 4-0 to start the day. Nyshad Hannon earned four straight pins at 122 before being taken down by Wetumpka’s Kyler Adams in the final. Like his teammates, Hezekiah Hunter went 4-0 to begin the tournament at 172 pounds; he had three pins and a major decision, but was
thrown out of bounds, and the Bulldogs took back over with six seconds left. But like Dadeville, Marbury was also willy-nilly with the ball and coughed it right back up to give the Tigers the ball back with 1.4 seconds remaining, but it was too late as the game was sent to overtime. In the extra period, Dadeville’s Jamarion Wilkerson struck first with a longball just 48 seconds in, but from there, the Bulldogs dominated on the inside. They took back the lead on a pair of free throws, a layup and a putback. Dadeville struggled in the post during overtime due to the fact 6-foot8 forward PJ Eason had fouled out in the fourth quarter. “We couldn’t get big boy comfortable out there,” Foster said. “He got in foul trouble, so
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Dadeville’s PJ Eason (34) and Marbury’s Kamari Brown compete for a loose ball on Saturday during the BRHS Slam Fest.
that got his game off. He didn’t get in a comfortable position tonight. We need big boy in that middle to get the rebound,
block shots, contest shots and put some putbacks in.” Although the Tigers cut it to 61-60 with 32.5 seconds left in
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The Tide started the game with a bang when Tagovailoa found Smith on a slant route across the middle for a 50-yard pitchand-catch on the first play from scrimmage. Six plays later, Harris found the end zone from one yard out to get UA on the board. Following Joseph Bulovas’ extra point the Tide held a 7-0 advantage with 11:54 left in the opening quarter. After an Oklahoma threeand-out, Alabama added to its total when Tagovailoa found wide receiver Henry Ruggs III in the back of the end zone for a toetap 10-yard touchdown. Bulovas’ point after pushed the lead to 14-0 with 5:54 on the clock in the first quarter. The Crimson Tide scored its third touchdown on its third offensive drive of the quarter after Harris found his way untouched into the end zone for his second oneyard score to cap a five-play, 61-yard drive. Bulovas’ extra point extended the lead to 21-0 with 1:33 remaining in the first. Alabama continued to pour on the points in the second quarter when Tagovailoa connected with Jacobs out of the backfield who then rumbled 27 yards for the Tide’s fourth touchdown of the game. After Bulovas knocked through the extra point, UA held the 28-0 advantage with 13:01 left before the half. Although the Sooners attempted to bounce back, it was too little too late as they were eliminated from the playoffs.
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downhill. I feel like we gotta work on not cracking under pressure. We panicked when they threw a little pressure at us. We really didn’t have a point guard, but we were still trying to fight.” Bre Smith led the Wildcats against Sidney Lanier with nine points, while Brooklyn Edwards had six. Leading scorer Jaaliyah Caldwell was held to just three points, all of which came from the free-throw line. The night prior, the Wildcats did a much better job offensively. Caldwell racked up 27 points and capped off a double-double with 14 rebounds. Smith put up 15 points and Mia Graham also had a double-digit performance with 10 points. Edwards scored six points to go along with 11 rebounds. Moon said Thomas was headed to the doctor Monday to try to get cleared to play again.
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ultimately overpowered by Wetumpka’s Mason Blackwell in the first-place match. At heavyweight, Pokey Norris took four straight wins, including three pins, before falling to Opelika’s Michael Dawson in the final. Taking third place for the Wildcats were Ryan Green (222 pounds), Damien Lawry (287) and Kadarious Marbury (147).
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overtime, they were then forced to foul to stop Marbury from playing keepaway, and the Bulldogs’ Kamari Brown sank four straight free throws to ice the game. Throughout the tournament, every team had problems stopping Marbury’s shooters, and Dadeville was no different. The Bulldogs finished the game with 10 3-pointers. “Them guys can shoot and they can handle the ball, so we had a matchup problem with them,” Foster said. “They had good quick feet, and plus, they can shoot so well. We were in help position, but we couldn’t help because they can shoot so good. “We stopped the dribble going to the basket, but then they’d kick it out and make a 3, so pick your poison.”
After a close first quarter, Central Coosa allowed Carver to get away from it in its first game of the Dwight Madison Roundball Classic, and the Cougars ended up suffering a 68-52 loss. “We just could not hit shots right there,” Coosa coach Jeremy Freeman said. “They outscored us 19-7 in the second quarter, and we never could make it back up. They have a guy that’s already signed with Georgia; he’s a 6-foot-8 kid, but it was their guard that hurt us. Good Lord, I wasn’t expecting him. It was good competition though, and I was proud because we could’ve quit.” Central Coosa bounced back well though and knocked off Midfield, 71-63, to finish 1-1 at the tournament. In the first game, Jovon Richardson led the way with 18 points and Omar Gaddis followed closely behind with 17. Against Midfield, both Richardson and Gaddis scored 13. Corjavion Marbury had six key free throws in the fourth quarter to ice the game. “It was a great experience, and we saw several teams that are going to be Final Four participants in Birmingham,” Freeman said. “We saw several teams in Class 2A that we’ll see down the road — Barbour County, Calhoun County, Sacred Heart. So hopefully that’s just a preview of what’s to come.”
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