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Cobb still in custody Suspect is awaiting grand jury review By CARMEN RODGERS Staff Writer
A suspect arrested in connection with an armed carjacking late last month remains in the Elmore County jail awaiting a grand jury review which may not occur until the summer, according to the county district attorney’s office. Terrance Cobb, 20, who list his address as 261 Gerald Robinson Drive in Notasulga, was still in jail Monday and has Cobb not requested a preliminary hearing, according to Elmore County District Attorney’s Office prosecutor David Stewart. Stewart said Cobb has already made his initial court appearance, which in his case may have been done electronically because of the holidays. “Sometimes, the clerk’s office will send someone over to the jail to sign the forms. Sometimes, the judge will get on a webcam and Skype over to the jail if they are not in court,” Stewart said. “During the holidays, it is not that uncommon for that to happen. “The arraignment wouldn’t happen until the case is bound over to the grand jury and that may not happen until maybe this summer.” According to Stewart, the grand jury meets four times a year — January, April, July and October. “We have grand jury this week and the April docket is about half
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The Missoula Children’s Theater performed ‘Alice in Wonderland’ inside the auditorium of Tallassee High School in 2017. The performance was brilliant with bright costumes and meticulous choreography.
Missoula Children’s Theater to perform ‘The Pied Piper’ By CARMEN RODGERS Staff Writer
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he McCraney-Cottle Arts Foundation will host the Missoula Children’s Theater production of “The Pied Piper” Jan. 19 at the Tallassee High School. Students from kindergarten through high school are encouraged to audition for parts Jan. 14 at 3:30 p.m. The Missoula Children’s Theater, which began in 1988, has hosted more than 1.3 million guests. The group travels the country two-by-two to set up, produce and perform for audiences across the United States, all in a week’s time. After the auditions and roles are assigned, the first rehearsal is scheduled the evening of Jan. 14 and rehearsals will continue until the night of the performance.
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Sgarlata named Tallassee Senior Center director By CARMEN RODGERS Staff Writer
Tallassee Mayor Johnny Hammock, announced Tristan Sgarlata has been named the new director of the Tallassee Senior Center. Sgarlata and her family moved from Houston to Tallassee, where her family has deep roots. She and her husband, Joey, have three daughters. Sgarlata said her background in social work makes the position a good fit for her. “I’ve got social work in my blood,” she said. “My grandmother was a social worker with seniors as well. She ran a similar program to what we have
here, just on a much larger scale, in Tucson (Arizona).” Sgarlata Sgarlata said the Tallassee job is a way to honor her grandmother, a Tallassee native who recently passed away. “We lost her last year,” Sgarlata said. “I feel, a bit, as if I’m carrying on her legacy here in her hometown.” Sgarlata said her grandparents owned the Dairy Delite on Gilmer Avenue in the 1970s. “Tallassee felt like home right away when we moved here,” she said. “A lot of folks remember my mom and her siblings from high school. It seems See SGARLATA • Page A7
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The Missoula Children’s Theater and the McCraneyCottle Arts Foundation have been collaborating for 12 years to bring performances to Tallassee. Because of scheduling conflicts, the theater group did not perform in Tallassee last year but it performed the play “Treasure Island” in 2017 before a packed house. Several local households had a family member participating in the production. “The Pied Piper” is the story of a piper who saves a town from rat infestation but he gets revenge when he is not paid. In the end, the townspeople offer a bag of gold to anyone who gets rid of the rats. The McCraney-Cottle Arts Council works to promote and encourage the development and appreciation of the fine and performing arts in and around Tallassee. For questions or more information about the upcoming performance or auditions, contact Jerry Cunningham at 334-283-5151.
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Obituaries Mrs. Rebecca “Becky” Stewart
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Mrs. Rebecca “Becky” Stewart, 72, of Tallassee, passed away January 7, 2019. She was born November 23, 1946. Funeral service will be held Thursday, January 10, at 12 noon, at Bethlehem East Baptist Church with Rev. John Sparks officiating. Burial will follow in the church cemetery, Linville Memorial Funeral Home directing. She will lie-in-state at the church one hour before the service. Visitation will be Wednesday, January 9, from 5 to 7 p.m. at Linville Memorial Funeral Home. She is survived by husband, Kenneth Stewart; children, Rhonda Woodfin Gauthier, Ronnie Woodfin (Brandy), Jackie Stewart (Allison), and Jennifer Wilcox (John); brother, Robert Thornton (Faye); sisters, Kathleen Dean and Shirley Phillips; nine grandchildren and one great grandchild. She is preceded in death by her parents, Aubrey and Eunice Thornton and granddaughter, Rebecca Lynn Woodfin. Online condolences at www.linvillememorial.com
Rev. Billy Johnson, a resident of Notasulga, Alabama, passed away, Tuesday, January 01, 2019 at the age of 85. He was born July 09, 1933 in Dadeville, Alabama. Funeral services will be held Saturday, January 05, 2019 at 12:00 noon at Jeffcoat Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Lucille Gosa and Henry F. Morrow officiating, burial will follow in Notasulga Memory Gardens Cemetery, Jeffcoat Funeral Home directing. Rev. Johnson is survived by his wife of 66 years, Mrs. Mary Katherine Spain Johnson; son, Billy Mark Johnson (Janice); grandchildren, Bradley Johnson (Bonnie), Lindsey Hutchison (Scott) and Heather Johnson; great grandchildren, Bowen and Boone Johnson, Peyton, Camilla and Barrett Hutchison: siblings, Vestee Smith, Betty King (Bruce), Bennie Johnson (Ruth) and Jerry Johnson (Carol) and several nieces and nephews. Billy went to Tennessee Temple Bible College in Chattanooga, Tennessee and pastored churches in Alabama and Georgia from 1953 until 2000. He is preceded in death by his father and mother, Lee Ander and Birdie Lee Hornsby Johnson; brothers, Bobby and James Johnson and his sisters, Ann Carter and Gaynell Myren. In lieu of flowers memorial donations may be made to Autism Speaks @ www.autismspeaks.org or American Cancer Society @ www.cancer.org. The family will receive friends Saturday, January 05, 2019, from 11:00 a.m. until service time at Jeffcoat Funeral Home.
Mrs. Geneva Sue “Genie” Sanders, a resident of Wetumpka, Alabama, passed away Monday, December 31, 2018, at the age of 61. Funeral services will be Wednesday, January 02, 2019, at 11:00 a.m. from Jeffcoat Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Travis Bittle officiating. Burial will follow in Rose Hill Cemetery, Jeffcoat Funeral Home directing. Mrs. Sanders is survived by her children, Wade Sanders (Rena), Jennifer Brabham (Bucky) and Blake Sanders (Nuha); four grandchildren, Jacob Brabham, Victoria Brabham, Logan Brabham and Morgan Brabham; one great grandchild, Grayson Seitz; sisters and brother, Cynthia Wood, Debra Camp (Tom), Patricia Pope (Ricky), William Dewey Tillery (Peggy Sue) and Faith Lanier. She is preceded in death by her husband of 19 years, Mr. Clifton Sanders; sisters and brother, Shirley Rowell, Juanita Ingram, Delbert Tillery, Jr. and Myrtis Cox. Mrs. Sanders was a loving mother, mamaw, sister and friend. The family will receive friends Wednesday, January 02, from 10:00 a.m. until service time at Jeffcoat Funeral Home. Online condolences are available at: www.jeffcoatfuneralhome.com.
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Mrs. Judith Ann Adams Strickland, 80, of Montgomery, formerly of Tallassee, passed away January 5, 2019. She was born February 2, 1938. Funeral service will be Monday, January 7, at 6 p.m., at Linville Memorial Chapel with Rev. David Jones officiating. Visitation at the funeral home prior to the service, beginning at 4 pm. Graveside service Tuesday, January 8, at 6:30 a.m. at Chana Creek Cemetery with Rev. David Jones officiating, Linville Memorial Funeral Home directing. She is survived by daughters, Debbie Haynie (Michael), Aleisa Paluch Wilson, Genia Neighbors (Wayne) and Susan Strickland; brothers, Joe Adams (Dot) and Frank Adams (Sandra); sisters, Bobbie Kyser (Ben) and Paulette Pickett (Chuck); grandchildren, Heather Haynie, Michelle Cooper, Jessie Paluch, John Paluch, Chris Hall, Scott Hall, LeAnn Campbell, Russell Craig, Lindsey Craig and Maria Strickland; and sixteen great grandchildren. She is preceded in death by parents, Eddie and Pauline Adams; husband, Frank Strickland; son, Frankie Strickland; and brothers, Bubba Adams and Pete Adams. Online condolences at www. linvillememorial.com
Ruby Merle McGhar Bentley (Merle), 94, passed away on January 1, 2019, at Bethany House in Auburn, Alabama, once again proving wrong the doctors who told her family 15 months ago that she would live only a month at most. This was the last of many times she proved her doctors wrong; her independence and stubbornness are legendary. Merle was born on December 23, 1924, in Tuskegee, Alabama, to the late Henry Lee and Madge May McGhar. She married the late Robert (Buddy) Bentley on March 23, 1950 and lived in the Woodland community of Macon County for most of her life. She was a lifelong member of Woodland Presbyterian Church. She loved to cook (her way of expressing love) and to prepare meals for her family, friends in need, her husband’s hunting and fishing buddies, and anyone just stopping by for a visit. Nothing gave her greater pleasure than for someone to ask for second or third helpings of her food. In her later years, she spent hours every day reading
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cookbooks as if they were magazines or novels. In addition to her parents and husband, Merle was preceded in death by her brothers Charles Bernard and Robert Olin McGhar, her son Robert Gary Bentley, and her daughter-inlaw Mandi Bentley. She is survived by her daughter Brenda Bentley Conville (Gary), of Huntsville. Her surviving grandchildren are Michael Bentley (Brittany) and their children Josh, Zoe, and Natalie, of Tallassee; April Cox (David) and their children Evelyn and Charlotte, of Huntsville; Brad Bentley (Erica) and their children Dustin, Kelsey, Dawson, and Dylan, of Auburn; Bren Bentley (Lindsey) and their children Joshua, Jordan, Gary Joe, and Jaxon, of Notasulga. She is also survived by her sister-in-law Olive McGhar; her cousin Bill Ledbetter; and numerous nieces and nephews, particularly her beloved Mitch, who fittingly nicknamed her “Boss.” The family would like to thank Merle’s at-home caregivers for the past six years: Janice Bentley, Connie Strickland, and Faye Dunn, who cared for her as though she was their own
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continued from Page A1 notified the council the money was still in the account with accrued interest of $104,000. A new recreation center has been a hot topic in Tallassee for many years, with most residents divided on the subject. In 2016, members of the recreation department created a special board separate from the city for the single purpose of funding the new recreation center. “It was labeled ‘new recreation center,’” said Brown. “The rec board is asking since we are not going to get a new recreation center within this year
The account, which was created by the Tallassee Recreation Board in 2006 for the construction of a multi-use recreational center, has accrued interest of $104,000, according to Tallassee Councilmember Terrell Brown. “The idea was that the rec board was going to use that money because we felt like we had the go-ahead to build the new recreation center,” Brown said. “Because of some other things that were happening, we decided that we weren’t going to be able to build it that time, so it was placed in an account.” Brown said city clerk Barbra Garnett
to use those funds to at least repair the current facilities or upgrade the current facilities.” Upgrades and repairs the city wants to make to the existing facilities include a new HVAC system in the gym and exterior rooms, installation of energy-efficient windows in the gym, using spray foam in the gym’s roofline, metal ends of walls and in the ceiling of exterior rooms of the building, and fixing the recreation center’s leaking roof. The board also wants to repair the city swimming pool and perhaps add a splash pad, according to the director of
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full, so I would imagine it will be on the grand jury docket this summer,” Stewart said. Late last week, District Judge James Glenn Goggans set a $250,000 cash bond for Cobb, who was charged with firstdegree kidnapping, first-degree robbery, rape, sodomy and discharging a firearm into an occupied vehicle in connection with the abduction of a 68-year-old victim during a carjacking on Dec. 30 in Tallassee, according to Tallassee police chief Matt Higgins. “We handle our part, and we trust the courts to handle their parts, and we always appreciate it when the court system backs us and sets a high bond or no bond for someone who we feel is a danger to the public,” Higgins said. “I hate to use the term ‘happy’ because this isn’t a happy situation but I am happy with the way this turned out between us and the courts.” Goggans set a $60,000 bond each for the rape, sodomy, robbery and kidnapping charges and a $10,000 bond for the firearms charge. The victim, who was recovering in a Montgomery hospital, was due to be released Jan. 3, according to Higgins. Higgins praised TPD Sgt. Genifer Drinkard for working with the victim. “Sergeant Drinkard, who was brought in to work with victims of sex crimes and things of that nature, has done an outstanding job on this case,” Higgins said. Officials at Elmore County jail could not confirm or deny if Cobb remained in solitary confinement. Higgins said on New Year’s Eve that Cobb was being held in solitary confinement at the jail because he tried to escape after being taken into custody. “He has been combative and attempted to escape,” Higgins said. Cobb was sleeping when officers found and arrested him at a residence not
far from a truck stop where the victim flagged down a police officer for help, Higgins said. Higgins said the suspect stole a car from Victoryland Casino in Shorter Sunday evening and crashed into the victim’s car in Tallassee, leading to the armed carjacking. Within a few hours of the incident, Tallassee police 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 Cobb’s arrest, Higgins said. “The suspect was found sleeping when we got there,” Higgins said. Tallassee Mayor Johnny Hammock said authorities caught a break when the suspect used the woman’s cell phone to make 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.” Tallassee police were called to the scene of an accident on Alabama Highway 229 on Dec. 30 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. “When he approached the female’s vehicle, she refused to open the door and he fired a round into the vehicle to gain access,” Higgins said. The victim called a family member during the carjacking, which helped police determine she had been abducted, Higgins said. “The victim was on the phone with a family member during the time of
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the abduction and we were getting separate calls from family members and other witnesses that (the incident) had occurred,” Higgins said. “It was a little chaotic at first but we were able to piece all that together and determine fairly quickly what we’re looking at. At that point, we put out a lookout.” Higgins said the suspect sexually assaulted the woman at an undisclosed location and shortly thereafter abandoned her and the car. The victim then drove to the Torch 85 truck stop on County Road 53 in Tuskegee. “At some point, she made her way to the Torch without him,” Higgins said. “He left her behind with the vehicle and that’s when she was able to flag down an officer from Tuskegee.” Higgins said Cobb was arrested within 10 miles of the Torch 85 and credited teamwork among the agencies involved in the case for the quick arrest.
“Good detective work, some info from the victim, some other things that we were able to piece together, and, of course, through some things that we do with modern technology, were able to get a suspect, and then talk with the victim and narrow it down and eventually locate a possible address where he was staying,” Higgins said. “Fortunately for us, he was there when we got there.” Higgins believes the original theft at Victoryland Casino in Shorter, 15 miles from Tallassee, was a crime of opportunity. “Of course, he hasn’t given us a statement at this time but we don’t know that it was intentional,” Higgins said. “It looks like a flight from his original crime, (he) had an accident which disabled the vehicle that he was in, which led him to commandeer the vehicle that he collided with, which was still drivable.”
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ou’ve heard Ed King’s guitar work. He’s the musician who did the crisp, kickoff guitar line on Lynyrd Skynyrd’s anthemic “Sweet Home Alabama,” a song he co-wrote. Moreover, if you were a teenager in the 1960s, you also heard King in 1967. He was the lead guitarist for the Strawberry Alarm Clock, which had a No. 1 hit called “Incense and Peppermints.” Sporting Indian outfits and love beads in publicity photos, the S.A.C., an L.A.-based aggregation, epitomized the commercialization of so-called psychedelic music beyond the genre’s birthplace in San Francisco. King was in Lynyrd Skynyrd through that band’s first three albums and returned for several years when the band reunited in the late 1980s. When he left again, health problems were cited. His battle with heart disease was public knowledge and in 2011 he underwent a successful heart transplant. Retired and living in Nashville, King would occasionally make trips to the Delta area of Mississippi. Although he didn’t consider himself a blues player, he acknowledged and appreciated the birthplace of the blues as an important geographical area of American music history. The last time Ed went to the Delta, a fellow guitarist who’d been in another notable 1960s rock band traveled with him. Mark Landon had played lead guitar for the Music Machine, a band that had a unique aesthetic — again, it helps to remember it was the 1960s — in that the members wore all black outfits (including black gloves on their right hands) and dyed their hair black. They were supposed to dress this way, not just onstage but anytime they were out in public.
WILLIE MOSELEY Columnist The Music Machine had charted with “Talk Talk” a few months before “Incense and Peppermints” had been released. The two guitarists hooked up a half-century after they’d gotten to know each other during their initial success, traveling to an important site in the heartland of American music in 2017. They were accompanied on their sojourn by Ed’s wife, Sharon, Austin guitarist Andrew Cohen and Delta blues historian Scott Coopwood, who served as their guide. Among the places the musicians visited were Clarksdale’s Delta Blues Museum and the Ground Zero blues club, co-owned by Morgan Freeman. That town is also the home of the “traditional” Crossroads, a legendary intersection of Highways 61 and 49 where bluesman Robert Johnson allegedly sold his soul. There’s also a dirt road elsewhere that some blues authorities consider to have been the real Crossroads and the visitors made a pilgrimage to that site as well, where Landon was photographed kicking a bucket (since this was a “bucket list” trip for him). “Ed may not have used the term ‘bucket list,’” Landon averred, “but I sure did! I’d had a quadruple bypass last year; it kind of sharpened my focus.” Other sites included the B.B. King Museum and gravesite in Indianola but it was a jam session at the Ground Zero club in Clarksdale that would ultimately become memorable for sorrowful reasons, as it would be the last
time King played in a public venue. Landon had played with the Ike & Tina Turner Revue following his stint in the Music Machine and had gigged at a now-demolished club in Clarksdale. He recalled hearing gunfire on that occasion, noting, “I could swear (a bullet) flew right past my left ear. I’ll never know for sure.” Accordingly, the ex-Music Machine guitarist considered the jam session to be a bit of a time warp experience. Moreover, Landon confirmed King had an evocative, yet not necessarily bluesy guitar style. “I don’t think people realize how good a guitarist Ed really was,” Landon said. “He had terrific technique and a great ear. He told me he wasn’t a blues guitarist and yet I could hear the emotion in his playing. “Ed seemed in fine spirits and in good health considering what he had gone through a just a few years before. I honestly had no inkling of any serious health issue. We all enjoyed each other’s company and had a wonderful time making a lot of great memories and new friends.” Soon after the Delta pilgrimage, King was diagnosed with a malignancy and passed away last August. It’s ironic the veteran guitarist’s last live collaboration was in an out-of-the-way club that featured the kind of music he didn’t think he played well. The occasion was, however, loose, fun and meaningful. Maybe that means the Ground Zero jam was a worthwhile venue for Ed King’s final performance. Willie Moseley is the news editor emeritus for The Tribune. His column appears here each Wednesday.
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‘Auld Lang Syne’ rings in new year
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ritten in 1788, Robert Burns’ poem “Auld Lang Syne” is heard a lot around this time of year. The poem, originally in a Scottish dialect but translated into minimalist English for the purpose of this article, was set to a pentatonic (five-note) melody at some point in the mid-1800s. To this day, “Auld Lang Syne” wistfully celebrates the year just past while looking forward to the promise of annus novus.
Should old acquaintance be forgot, and never brought to mind? Should old acquaintance be forgot, and auld lang syne? For auld lang syne, my dear, for auld lang syne, we’ll take a cup of kindness yet, for auld lang syne. And surely you’ll buy your pint cup! And surely I’ll buy mine! And we’ll take a cup o’ kindness yet, for auld lang syne.
MICHAEL BIRD Columnist We two have run about the slopes, and picked the daisies fine; but we’ve wandered many a weary foot, since auld lang syne. For auld lang syne, my dear, for auld lang syne, we’ll take a cup of kindness yet, for auld lang syne. And surely you’ll buy your pint cup! And surely I’ll buy mine! And we’ll take a cup o’ kindness yet, for auld lang syne. We two have paddled in the stream, from morning sun till dine; but seas between us broad have roared since auld lang syne.
For auld lang syne, my dear, for auld lang syne, we’ll take a cup of kindness yet, for auld lang syne. And surely you’ll buy your pint cup! And surely I’ll buy mine! And we’ll take a cup o’ kindness yet, for auld lang syne. And there’s a hand my trusty friend! And give me a hand o’ thine! And we’ll take a right goodwill draught, for auld lang syne. For auld lang syne, my dear, for auld lang syne, we’ll take a cup of kindness yet, for auld lang syne. And surely you’ll buy your pint cup! And surely I’ll buy mine! And we’ll take a cup o’ kindness yet, for auld lang syne. Happy New Year. Michael Bird is a music teacher for Tallassee City Schools.
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Alabama congressmen were once liberal
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ecently, I came across a copy of an old congressional directory from 1942. It is always fun for me to read about this era in American political history. Franklin Delano Roosevelt had been first elected in 1932 in the depths of the Great Depression. He would go on to be reelected in 1936, 1940 and 1944 and would have been reelected into perpetuity. However, he died in Warm Springs, Georgia, in April 1945, only four months into his fourth term. He was the closest thing we Americans have ever had to a king. Nobody has or ever will serve four terms as president; after FDR’s omnipotent reign, the U.S. Constitution was changed to limit our presidents to two fouryear terms. Roosevelt brought the country out of the Great Depression with his New Deal. However, he did not do it alone. He worked closely with a Democratic Congress and they congruently changed the nation and its government. Our Alabama delegation was an integral part of that transformation, as it was seniority-laden and very much New Dealers. A cursory perusal of Tom Brokaw’s book “The Greatest Generation” reveals a standard prerequisite for being successful in politics in Alabama during that time was to have been a military veteran. All of our congressmen had been veterans of World War I, unless they were too old to have served. In the 1940s, we had nine congressmen, whereas today we have seven. All nine were men and all were Democrats. Today, we have six Republicans and one token Democrat. There are several differences in our delegation on the Potomac today and our group of gentlemen congressmen of over 70 years ago. Obviously, their partisan badges have changed, as have Alabamians’. Another observation is the tremendous difference in power and seniority of the 1940s group versus our group today. Of that group of men, which included Frank Boykin, George Grant, Henry Steagall, Sam Hobbs, Joe Starnes, Pete Jarman, and John Sparkman, many had been in Congress for decades and wielded significant influence. Indeed, from the mid 1940s through 1964, ours was one of the most powerful delegations in the nation’s capital. They had risen to power through their seniority and their allegiance to Roosevelt’s New Deal policies. Steagall, from Ozark in the Third Congressional District, was chairman of the prestigious banking committee. He was instrumental in the passage of much of FDR’s New Deal banking laws which were revamped in the wake of the collapse of America’s banks in 1929 and the subsequent Great Depression. He was the sponsor of the Glass-Steagall Banking Act, which was a lynchpin foundation of FDR’s Banking Resurrection Plan coming out of the Great Depression. One of the monumental differences in that era’s delegation and today’s is their philosophical voting records. As mentioned, that group of men were witnesses to and participants of the Great Depression. Every one of them had been born in the late 1800s, therefore they were in the prime of life when the Great Depression struck. They witnessed the devastation of the country. These men voted lockstep with FDR’s liberal agenda to transform America. Given this partisan progressive loyalty to FDR and the New Deal, this delegation’s voting record was one of the most liberal in the nation. Because of their loyalty to FDR’s programs, coupled with this group’s seniority, no state benefited from the New Deal agenda more than Alabama. Through the Works Progress Administration and the creation of the Tennessee Valley Authority, Alabama progressed. The Tennessee Valley of north Alabama was especially transformed. Later, Sparkman would create the Redstone Arsenal in Huntsville, which made that Alabama city one of the most prosperous and progressive areas of the country. To the contrary, our delegation today is one of the most conservative in America. It was a different era. Steve Flowers’ weekly column appears in over 60 Alabama newspapers. He served 16 years in the Alabama Legislature. Flowers may be reached at www.steveflowers.us.
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It started out as lavender, lace and overalls
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gentleman walked into my shop one day and introduced himself. “I’m Reg Bellury,” he said. “I live in Georgia and I come over here to visit my mother, Rilla Bellury. Mother resides in the Tallassee Nursing Home. Yesterday, when I visited her, I said, ‘Mother, I will be here all day tomorrow to do anything you want to do. Can you think of anything you want to do?’” Reg said she wanted to meet the man who writes the articles for The Tallassee Tribune. So, I told him to bring her by and I would let the women run the business while we sit in the rocking chairs and talk. Reg said she is 96 and had her leg amputated due to an infection. She has written three books, the first being “Lavender, Lace and Overalls,” and calls Flea-hop, Alabama, home. About 10 a.m. the next day, they showed up and we sat in the rocking chairs for about an hour — I would add a delightful hour — and talked with a woman who was raised less than five miles from where I
RONALD BRANTLEY Columnistt now live. She remembered her childhood vividly, she had a big, loving family and she gave each one credit for playing a rich part in her growing up. Rilla is well-educated and had a good country raising. As she stated, her main occupation was and still is mothering four boys and now enjoying being a grandmother. She followed her husband as he traveled with the U.S. Air Force to many parts of the world. Reg, the oldest child, also served in the Air Force and lets you know about his personality and life in her second book, “Six Part Harmony.” Her third book was titled “The Early Years.” Reg also worked as a newspaper reporter for about five years, he attended law
school, now practices law in Georgia and has three children. Mike lives almost in sight of where Rilla grew up, in Fleahop. He doesn’t travel anymore; he raises cattle on his 85-acre farm and he has three children. Tim and his wife live in Georgia; the last I heard, he was still a pilot for Delta Airlines and has two children. Phil and his wife live in Atlanta. He writes and produces films, loves to travel and has five children. That gives Rilla 13 grandchildren and with her three books they will not only have a complete history of their grandmother but of her parents and grandparents and their way of life. I am so glad we got to meet and the way it worked out. I now feel she is a part of my life and I will visit her often. 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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was up with Abigail a couple of times last night and so was Lucy. She’s teething — Abigail, not Lucy — so we just never know what kind of sleep we are going to get. I usually go into her room to rock her, whereas Lucy brings her back to our bed to nurse her. She’s attempted to nurse from me a time or two but that just doesn’t work. It’s like trying to eat decorative fruit. Each night usually goes like this: We say we are going to all get in bed early but that never happens. Lucy nurses Abby while I feed the dogs. I’ve got to stand there with them to maintain law and order or they might get crazy and act a fool. When she’s done nursing, I come in and rock her until she goes to sleep, usually with the help of classics like “Row, Row, Row Your Boat,” “Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star” and an Army cadence or two. Sometimes I doze off but catch myself immediately. It’s like leaning back too far in your chair and almost falling but catching yourself just in the nick of time. Abigail usually wakes up briefly as I stand up and then I rock her in my arms for a few seconds before she falls back asleep. The next challenge is strategically placing her in the crib without her waking up. It takes the precision
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Columnistt of a highly trained bomb tech. She can be sound asleep but as soon as I cross the threshold of the crib, something triggers and she starts to squirm. Occasionally, she’ll go right to sleep but most of the time I must lean awkwardly into the crib with my hand placed on her belly until she drifts off into dreamland. It makes my back hurt but it’s worth it. Of course, my back stays out of whack anyway. I’m at the point in my life where I’ve got to brace myself before a sneeze. About a third of the time, she wakes up immediately and the process starts all over again. Sometimes, as I start to exit her room, I’ll step on a creaky spot on the old wooden floor and she wakes up. Sometimes, my knee will pop, and it sounds like I lit a firecracker, and she wakes up. Sometimes, I make it out the door with my bed in full view — so close — and she wakes up. It’s OK, though. I’m human, so it can get a little frustrating, but she is my baby. She is the most incredible thing to ever happen to me and there is nothing more
euphoric than seeing those big blue eyes looking up at me as she drifts back off into dreamland, even when she’s saying “mama.” During most wee hours of the morning, she’ll wake up, and I’ll go get her and bring her back to bed with us. Lucy wakes up, too, so she can nurse our little 14½month old miracle. I try to go back to sleep but it’s nearly impossible. She’s an extreme nurser. She kicks, flips, twists and turns like no other baby I have ever seen. It’s impressive. Lucy is a real trooper. She’s impressive, too. We usually put her back in her crib at some point but she wakes up early and one of us starts our day. The girl likes to eat and she loves her juice. She’s a spunky little thing and we love her so very much. She is growing up way too fast. I know that I will one day miss these longs nights but I will always have the precious memories of my little angel looking up at me with those big blue eyes, smiling and saying “mama.” Hey, she’s my baby. I’ll answer to anything. Jody Fuller, who is from Opelika, is a comic, speaker, writer and soldier with three tours of duty in Iraq. He is also a lifetime stutterer. He can be reached at jody@jodyfuller.com. For more information, please visit www.jodyfuller.com
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The Macon County Cattlemen Association presented a check for $1,750 that will assist with the ongoing Hurricane Michael relief effort. Pictured are, from left, John Adams (MCCA president), Philip Paramore, (MCCA secretary); Chad Beasley, (MCCA president elect) and Erin Beasley (Alabama Cattleman’s executive vice president).
Macon County Cattlemen Association raises $1,750 for hurricane relief efforts By CARMEN RODGERS Staff Writer
The Macon County Cattlemen Association raised $1,750 for Hurricane Michael relief efforts through a local fundraiser thanks to two local business-
es. The funds were raised through the raffle of a Yeti cooler donated by AG Safe Insurance and a Stihl chainsaw donated by Sun south of Auburn, according to Macon County Cattlemen’s Association President John
Adams. Adams says the Macon County Cattlemen’s Association appreciates the support it received. “The raffle raised just under $900 and our chapter matched those funds, totaling a donation just shy of $1,800,”
he said. “Hopefully this will help put some pieces back together for those who lost so much.” For more information about the Alabama Cattlemen’s Association, which dates to the 1930s, visit www. bamabeef.org.
Red Cross motivates 320,000 donors through Missing Types campaign STAFF REPORT TPI Staff
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One of the two vehicles involved in the June 2018 double murder-suicide at Tallassee Walmart took several shots to or through the windshield. Gov. Kay Ivey recently awarded $59,403 to combat domestic violence.
Ivey awards $59,403 to combat domestic violence By CARMEN RODGERS Staff Writer
Domestic violence often happens behind closed doors but two deadly incidents occurred in Tallassee in 2018 and one unfolded in a very public place. In June, Teresa Miller, 58, and her 75-year-old mother, Barbara Buttles, suffered multiple gunshot wounds and died the scene at the Walmart on Gilmer Avenue. Police identified the suspected shooter as Harold Miller, 65, the husband of Teresa Miller. Police said Harold Miller is believed to have fatally shot himself after gunning down his wife and motherin-law. Another deadly domestic violence incident occurred early in November when Tallassee police were called to the 600 block of Hudson Place. Upon arrival, officers located a white female with multiple stab wounds. Officers entered the residence and located Michael Ray Thornton, 60, dead from an apparent self-inflicted gunshot. Statistics indicate every nine seconds a woman becomes the victim of assault, according to
the Partnership Against Domestic Violence. Gov. Kay Ivey has awarded a $59,403 grant to help educate court officials in ways to better serve victims of domestic violence. The grant to the Alabama Administrative Office of Courts will help continue a program that trains judicial employees and stakeholders on the causes and consequences of domestic violence and how victims can benefit from protection from abuse laws, including the Elder Abuse Protection Order and Enforcement Act. “The judicial system can seem daunting and complex, especially when it relates to domestic violence cases,” Ivey said. “I commend the Administrative Office of Courts for ensuring that judicial employees are given the tools to continue serving the needs of domestic violence victims effectively.” The Alabama Department of Economic and Community Affairs is administering the grant from funds made available to the state by the U.S. Department of Justice. “Gov. Ivey understands that domestic violence cases require special knowledge,” ADECA Director Kenneth Boswell said.
Last summer, the Missing Types campaign hosted by the American Red Cross motivated over 320,000 new and former blood donors to roll up a sleeve and help save lives. The Missing Types movement helped the A’s, B’s and O’s — which make up the main blood groups — reappear on hospital shelves for patients in need. The Missing Types campaign generated greater awareness and appreciation for the vital role blood donors and donations play in the lives of patients from coast to coast.
With the help of 37 lead and supporting corporate partners and 16 media partners, the letters A, B and O disappeared from iconic brand logos, social media pages and websites from June 9 through July 3. During the first three weeks of the campaign, the Red Cross saw online blood appointments grow by an impressive 34 percent over the previous time period a year earlier. Donation appointments from new donors grew by 70 percent. “Unfortunately, many people only think to donate during or after an emergency,” ARC President of Biomedical Services Chris Hrouda said. “But the need for
blood is constant. In the United States, there is a blood emergency for some person, a family, or a patient every two seconds.” The ARC encourages all eligible blood donors to donate regularly at approximately 2,600 hospitals and transfusion centers nationwide. Make an appointment to give blood by visiting RedCrossBlood.org, using the Red Cross blood donor app or by calling 1-800-REDCROSS. Individuals who are 17 years of age in most states (16 with parental consent where allowed by state law), weigh at least 110 pounds and are in generally good health may be eligible to donate blood.
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and serving the community however we can,” said Sgarlata, who also recently joined the community development board. “I can’t wait to see what the new year brings for us here as we embrace our new home and move towards making Tallassee a better
place for everyone to live, work and play.” The Tallassee Senior Center’s mission is to provide services to the elderly so they can live with dignity and independence. Seniors who attend the center enjoy
games, trips, singing, fellowship and more. The facility is open Monday through Friday from 8 a.m. until 1 p.m. and from 3 to 9 p.m. on Tuesday for card playing. For more information, call 334-2832766.
Auburn selected for prestigious Churchill Scholarship program STAFF REPORT TPI Staff
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U.S. Rep. Martha Roby (R-AL) was sworn in to her fifth term serving Alabama’s Second District in the U.S. House of Representatives, taking the oath on Thursday, Jan. 3.
Roby sworn in for 5th term Rep. Martha Roby (R-AL), who represents Elmore County, was sworn in for her fifth term in the U.S. House of Representatives on Jan. 3. Roby, who represents Alabama’s Second Congressional
District, pledged to continue prioritizing the issues most important to her constituents, including properly funding the military, caring for veterans, fighting for farmers, cracking down on illegal immigration and defending the unborn. “With every vote I cast, my guiding principle is that Alabama always comes first,” she said.
“From supporting MaxwellGunter Air Force Base and Fort Rucker to improving veterans’ healthcare and advancing smart agriculture policy, I will continue to fight for the issues that impact Alabamians.” Roby most recently served on the House Appropriations and Judiciary committees.
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‘Lament: A forgotten response to the pain we experience’ E
vil and pain come in a variety of forms in our life. You or a friend or family member is diagnosed with stage 4 cancer unexpectedly. A child dies in the womb. A spouse is suddenly institutionalized due to some unforeseen mental illness. Suicide shocks a community. Illness of every sort plagues your life every day. You lose your job and financial difficulties ensue. War comes upon a people and you are displaced from your home. On and on and on we could go. Struggle seems to describe the experience of many, and struggle also seems to describe many people’s faith after a life-altering tragedy. I’ve recently been listening to some people within (and outside) Christianity that I would describe as “doubters.” These are people that have a faith in God that they are hanging onto by a very thin thread, and then there are others that have lost their faith altogether after, or during, some dark trial. There are a great variety of reasons why people struggle to believe in God or to trust God, but a primary reason that emerg-
es most of the time is some intense encounter with pain or evil in their lives. This is where the concept of “lament” enters into the picture. What does it mean to lament? A lament is “a passionate expression of grief or sorrow; it is a complaint.” The Bible is full of laments. The book of Lamentations is one big lament, and the psalms are full of laments. Psalm 44:23-25 gives an example of lament when it says: “23 Awake! Why are you sleeping, O Lord? Rouse yourself! Do not reject us forever! 24 Why do you hide your face? Why do you forget our affliction and oppression? 25 For our soul is bowed down to the dust; our belly clings to the ground. “A lament asks, “Where is God?” or, better yet, addresses God and asks, “Where are YOU, God? I’m hurting. I’m struggling. I need Your help. Where are You, God?” Given that there are many that come away with a frac-
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tured faith or with no faith after trials, I wonder if we taught people to “lament” more that we would be able to better “connect “ with God during our pain? It’s easy to see where church services and, possibly, those within the church might seem distant to one who is hurting because we, maybe unintentionally, give this air that we “have it all together” or that “we have all the answers.” When someone is going through great pain and deep darkness, they often don’t have it all together and they have no answers. A proper response would be to weep with those who weep (Romans 12:15) and to help them lament. One musical artist, in 2012, put this comment online: “Approximately 70 percent of the Psalms are laments. Approximately 0 percent of
the top 150 CCLI songs are laments (songs sung in churches).” If this is still currently true, then what does this do for those who are experiencing unimaginably difficult circumstances? I heard one Christian artist say, in response to contemporary Christian music, that, “Life is not always positive and encouraging.” Yes indeed. If we gave people permission to lament more in our church services, if we wrote songs that expressed lament, if we went through the bible passages on lament more often, would we find ourselves not only healthier and more whole, spiritually-speaking, but would we also find less “faith-carnage” after a trial or tragedy? If we knew that it was allowed and permissible to express our pain to each other, and most importantly to God, would those who are hurting find more support and remain in the church rather than leave it? Can we, in the church, bring ourselves to the place of admitting that there are unanswered questions and that life is not always so “neat and tidy”? Wouldn’t it be good and proper to create spaces in our
lives, in others’ lives, to simply pour out our (their) complaint before God? Do we focus on the “good and blessed life” to a fault where we make those who are going through pain feel estranged, unnecessarily, from the Christian community and, even, from God? May we learn to say with the psalmist: “My God, my God, why have you forsaken me? Why are you so far from saving me, from the words of my groaning? 2 O my God, I cry by day, but you do not answer, and by night, but I find no rest.” And, by God’s grace, may we also find the strength to say with the author of the book of Lamentations: “21 But this I call to mind, and therefore I have hope: 22 The steadfast love of the Lord never ceases; his mercies never come to an end; 23 they are new every morning; great is your faithfulness.24 ‘The Lord is my portion,’ says my soul, ‘therefore I will hope in him.’” Billy Reinhardt is pastor at Riverside Heights Baptist Church and a regular faith columnist for The Tribune.
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Episcopal Church of the Epiphany
On January 13 at 9:30 a.m. Lee and Amanda Borden will lead the confirmation class in a discussion of the ministry and organization of the Episcopal church. At 10:30 a.m. Father Stephen McWhorter will celebrate the Holy Eucharist marking the First 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.
St. Vincent de Paul Catholic Church
St. Vincent de Paul Catholic Church holds mass at Lake Martin every Saturday at 6 p.m. at the Church in the Pines in Kowaliga. For more information, call the church at (334) 283-2169. “Our Life’s Journey” is an outreach of St. Vincent de Paul Catholic Church in Tallassee, Father Mateusz Rudzik and Knights of Columbus Council 15093, Andy Lacey, grand knight. It airs on WACQ-AM 580 and FM 101.1 each Sunday from 8-8:30 a.m. Listen online at www.wacqradio.com or on a smartphone using the TuneIn app.
Liberty Baptist Church
Everyone is invited to join is in worship at 574 Liberty Road, Tallassee. Josh Hall will be presenting a message entitled Discerning God’s Will Through a Blindfold”. 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.
Living Water Worship Center
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 (334) 312-4913. All proceeds raised by ETUMC will be used for church-sponsored programs.
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Calvary Baptist Church of Tallassee
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 Baptist Church
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
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 office at 283-2221, Monday through Thursday, 8 a.m. to 4
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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.
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STAYING POSITIVE
Monday’s game said more about Clemson than it did about Alabama
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he college football world was shocked Monday night when Clemson scored 31 unanswered points against Alabama on its way to its second national title in three years. The Tigers were always one of the favorites entering the season — I picked them as the champions in August but that’s no big deal — but no one could have predicted what happened Monday night in Santa Clara, California. Alabama had more first downs, more rushing yards, more pass completions and even finished with more offensive plays and time of possession. Those are all the things Clemson won the last time the Tigers knocked off the Crimson Tide and surely those things were a focus for Alabama going into the game. However, the Clemson defense made sure none of that mattered. After allowing two touchdowns on the first three Alabama offensive drives, the Tigers locked down the top offense in the country and allowed just three points for the rest of the game. Tua Tagovailoa looked like a different quarterback but the truth is, he still may be the best passer in the country. Clemson’s defense was just that good and we should have seen it coming. There were times where it would bend but Clemson’s defense held its ground when it needed to. Alabama was 4-for-13 on third downs and 3-for-6 on fourth downs. The Crimson Tide could not even complain (too much) about ther kicking game because they attempted only one field goal. They were forced into going for it on several occasions because they were playing from behind. A few bad play calls certainly didn’t help. Clemson’s offense stole the show from Tagovailoa and the Tide’s high-powered unit. Trevor Lawrence was the best quarterback in the country Monday night and it was a different star from the state of Alabama who had the biggest performance of the game. Central Phenix-City graduate Justyn Ross finished the game with six receptions for 153 yards. His 74-yard touchdown catch seemed to be the moment everyone knew the Crimson Tide were in trouble. The game got so out of hand Clemson brought in its reserves on its final drive. And for good measure, the Tigers took the final 10 minutes of the game to drive 94 yards and still finish short of a touchdown, just like an Alabama team would do under Nick Saban. As with any Alabama loss, the stories will come about how Alabama’s dynasty is over. That may not be entirely the case but I do believe Monday signaled the changing of the guard a bit. This is the first time a team other than Alabama has won two championships in three seasons since Florida did it in 2006 and 2008. Clemson is here to stay and the Tigers made that clear with a 28-point victory over Saban’s dynasty with the play of two true freshmen. If you’re sick of seeing Clemson and Alabama play in the postseason, you may just want to stay away from college football for a while. As long as Saban and Dabo Swinney are in charge of these two programs, there are not many other teams that will be beating them. Caleb Turrentine is a sports writer for The Herald.
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Tallassee’s Tamanika Hooks returns as the team’s only senior in the backcourt this season.
Tigers keeping high hopes for remainder of season By CALEB TURRENTINE Sports Writer
Entering the season, Tallassee knew it was going to be a rebuilding year for its girls basketball program. After grabbing two wins in their first six games, the Tigers have dropped seven consecutive games to drop to 2-13, their worst start to a season since 2013. “Because of no summer workouts, we’ve had to start from the very beginning,” new Tallassee coach Harold Harris said. “The conditioning, the getting to know each other — I have had to find out who does what and that takes time.” Harris took over the team after Terrel Brown had to leave for family issues. He is
a part of a three-person staff, including Scott Justiss and Shanita Gauntt. The Tigers have had their issues responding to the adversity but Harris said the team is still in a good position to have a successful season. However, he knows there will be a lot of work to get it done. “We still have rough edges for sure,” Harris said. “We’re still trying to become a family. There’s been so much going on outside of the gym so there’s mixed feelings about what’s going on inside the gym.” Tallassee is looking to its group of three seniors to lead the team out of the slow start to the season. Ciarra Sullen, Taminika Hooks and Alexis Hutchison have all
brought different things to the team this season. “Ciarra is obviously a very important part of the team,” Harris said. “And Taminika is a defensive specialist. We’ve got all the tools, we just have to put it together.” Sullen has been the leading scorer for the Tigers so far this season and Hooks has shown the ability to knock down outside shots. Hutchison has progressed into a leader on both ends of the court this season but Harris said he has to make her realize the role she is in. “They look up to her,” Harris said. “If she plays well, the team plays well. If she falls down, the team falls down. They look to her for guidance.”
Harris said he wanted the team to focus on finding the unity needed for the team to have success. After the holiday break, the coach wanted the players to meet to talk about what they needed to do and what the coaching staff can do to help. “We’re going to have to talk about it,” Harris said. “Forget all the games we’ve played and put those behind us. Now is our season. It’s a new page so let’s move forward.” Tallassee resumed its season with its area opener at Valley on Tuesday night. The Tigers still have a chance to completely turn their season around with a few area wins and the team See TIGERS • Page B5
Elmore County Player of the Week
Wright leads Mustangs to win in first taste of rivalry By CALEB TURRENTINE Sports Writer
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Tallassee coach Keiven Mixson is hoping the Tigers can repeat as area champions this year despite moving up in classification.
Teams look at area play as new season By CALEB TURRENTINE Sports Writer
H
igh school basketball teams will return from the holiday break with several games circled on the calendar over the next month. The turn of the year comes with a higher priority on each game as the focus turns to area play. “It’s like a new season,” Tallassee boys coach Keiven Mixson said. “We are excited about where we’re at but it’s a new season. We have to focus on the things we were doing well and what made us successful.” The Tigers enter the start of area play with a 15-2 overall record and is one of the favorites in Class 5A Area 4. Tallassee went 6-1 during the month of January last season and it will hope to use another big run this season for a chance to host the area tournament. “Area play is going to be tough for us,”
Mixson said. “Everyone is getting a little better. Everyone is shooting for the same thing but we’re capable of it. We know where we stand.” Tallassee’s biggest challenge in area play will come from another ranked team. Brewbaker Tech is 13-5 this season and has been a force in 5A for the last few seasons. The two teams will meet for the first time Thursday night when the Tigers play host to the top-ten showdown. Holtville and Elmore County will be playing the underdog role in Class 4A Area 5. Each team has already played two area games but still have six remaining games to fill the majority of the schedule. Elmore County grabbed a one-point win at Holtville at the beginning of the season and both teams are preparing for the rematch Jan. 17. Both coaches believe that game can be the key to success in the second half of the season and will use the rest of the time to prepare for See AREA • Page B2
In his first season at Stanhope Elmore, C.J. Wright has made a big impact on the Mustang basketball team. After moving from Sidney Lanier, Wright immediately became one of the starters for Stanhope coach Terry Hardy. Wright got his chance to make an impression on possibly the biggest basketball stage in Elmore County on Saturday night when the Mustangs hosted Wetumpka in the area opener. He took advantage of the opportunity, scoring a gamehigh 25 points to lead Stanhope to its first victory of 2019. “It felt great to have everyone come out and put on a show for everybody,” Wright said. Wright got started early in the game, scoring six points in the opening frame. He grabbed four rebounds and two steals in the first quarter as well. “He comes from Montgomery so every game they play down there is a rivalry so he’s kind of used to that,” Stanhope coach Terry Hardy said. “It’s nothing new for him but he was welcomed into this one in a big way. He’s a big addition to the team, just the energy he brings and his See WRIGHT • Page B2
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defense. His defense helps out a lot and gets everyone going.” Wright’s real show did not start until the second half. After finishing the second quarter with just seven points, Wright came out on fire in the third quarter. With just over three minutes to go in the quarter, Wright made his first field goal attempt of the second half. The shot started a run of seven consecutive points for Wright which gave Stanhope its largest lead of the game with 2:18 to go in the third. After the game, Wright said he did not realize how well he was playing until the final buzzer. He said getting the win is first but being worried about the stats can make you worse. “I just have to play through it,” Wright said. “I don’t worry about it too much, don’t worry about your stats or it will keep you down. I just keep playing and try to have a good game.” Wright scored nine points in the quarter, making all three of his shot attempts. He capped off the quarter by following up a teammate’s missed layup with a putback dunk just before the buzzer. “That was my first one like that,” Wright said. “Everyone got excited so I had to throw that one down for everybody. I didn’t have any words, I just had to look at the crowd.” In the fourth quarter, Wright added nine more points, including three free throws which helped put the game away. Stanhope improved to 10-6 on the season and 1-0 in area play with a 67-63 win over its rivals. “It was an important win,” Wright said. “We were bringing the energy in practice and coach was coming on strong. It just paid off during the game.”
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the area tournament. “We have 10 games to get ready for one game in February,” Elmore County boys coach Rodney Taylor said. “We want to keep getting better and be ready for the area tournament. One game, one night. Anything can happen.” The top two teams from each area will advance to the next round of the postseason. The winners will host a sub-regional game while the runner up will go on the road. Holtville, which lost each of its first two area games, will look to rebound when it travels to area leader Handley on Friday night. The Bulldogs had two weeks without a game during the break and hope the rest will do them some good. “My guys are in great spirits,” Holtville boys coach Michael Collins said. “No one is hanging their heads or dragging their feet. The great thing about the area tournament is everyone is starting at the base level.” Holtville will resume area play with two road games in a six-day span. After traveling to Handley, the Bulldogs will travel across the county to face Elmore County, two teams which they already lost to. “In my experience, playing on the road is just about attitude,” Collins said. “You have to play a little smarter. If we play the way we’re supposed to play, those home calls and hostile crowds aren’t going to make that big of a difference.” Holtville will finish up area play with two games against Booker T. Washington. Collins said he still wants to see improvement from his team and believes they can still be great. “We’re working on getting better and playing consistently,” Collins said. “When we play well, we’re a very good basketball team but we’ve struggled with consistency.” Booker T. Washington dropped its area opener against Handley but will still be the favorites to finish as the runner up at the area tournament. Elmore County fell to the Yellow Jackets during a tournament over the break and Taylor said he’s trying to take the positives from the extra meeting. “It can be good and bad but, in this case, I liked it,” Taylor said. “I got a chance to watch them play for three days and we saw we could compete with them. We aren’t looking at it as an insurmountable game.”
Clemson hands Tide blowout loss in title game STAFF REPORT TPI Staff
The Alabama Crimson Tide suffered its worst loss under coach Nick Saban, and it came at the worst possible time. After leading Clemson early in the second quarter, the Tide were stymied by the Tigers’ defense and overwhelmed by their offense. It resulted in a lopsided victory in favor of Clemson, which won 44-16 to claim the College Football Playoff National Championship Game victory. Clemson immediately got started, as A.J. Terrell picked off a pass from Alabama quarterback Tua Tagovailoa and ran it 44 yards to the house. “I don’t think there was anything they were doing that stopped us,” Tagovailoa said at a postgame press conference televised on ESPN. “That was totally a bad decision, poor decision on my part. We came out and we were killing ourselves. We were shooting ourselves in the foot. Although Alabama answered back, tying the score when Tagovailoa connected with Jerry Jeudy for a 62-yard score, Clemson fired right back. Less than two minutes later, the Tigers scored from 17 yards out to take a 14-7 lead. Alabama had the next
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Top: Alabama wide receiver Jerry Jeudy (4) is tracked down by Clemson’s Tanner Muse in Monday’s national championship game. The Crimson Tide lost, 44-16. Above: Alabama running back Josh Jacobs (8) is surrounded by a trio of Clemson defenders Monday night.
two scores, and a 25-yard field goal from Joseph Bulovas was the Tide’s only lead of the game. But what looked like might turn into a shootout quickly became a blowout in favor of Clemson, as the Tigers scored 31 straight points en route to the easy victory. Although Alabama did a decent job stopping Clemson’s run game — the Tigers had just 135 yards on the ground — quarterback Trevor Lawrence had a field day through the air, going 20
of 32 for 347 yards and three touchdowns. He was named the game’s offensive MVP. For UA, Tagovailoa finished the game 22-of-34 for 295 yards to go along with two touchdowns and two interceptions. Jeudy ended the contest with five catches for 139 yards and a score. On defense, sophomore defensive back Xavier McKinney had seven tackles and a pass breakup, while junior linebacker Mack Wilson and senior defensive end Isaiah
Buggs each had six tackles. “I don’t think one game necessarily defines who you are, and that’s what I’d like our players to know,” Saban said during his postgame press conference on ESPN. “I think you learn a lot from experiences like this. … The seniors on this team have done a fantastic job representing the University of Alabama. They’ve provided a lot of leadership and a lot of good examples for the young players on our team.”
From The Alexander City Outlook Outlook Coach of the Year
Johnson leads Reeltown to new heights By LIZI ARBOGAST Sports Editor
Outlook Offensive Player of the Year
Faison hits stride under pressure By LIZI ARBOGAST Sports Editor
Last season, Reeltown’s Cameron Faison was expected to be part of a three-headed monster with the likes of Tre Tre Hughley and Keke Hughley. But that dream quickly turned into a pipedream once more, as Keke went down with a season-ending injury in the fourth game of the season. This season’s hopes of the threeheaded monster being reunited were even more quickly dashed, as Tre Tre suffered a season-ending injury of his own on the very first offensive play from scrimmage. In both cases, despite being just a sophomore and junior respectively, Faison was expected to pick up the
load. And in both cases, he did just that. This season, Faison led the Rebels on the ground and added an explosive and threatening special teams game to become the Outlook Offensive Player of the Year. “The season went kinda good but not as good as expected,” Faison said. “The first game, when we lost Tre Tre it was hard because we had to move people from different places, so we had to change a lot. But it was about the same to go through this with Keke because we went through the offseason together, and that’s what we’ve been doing all our life.” Despite missing one game due to injury, Faison nearly hit the See FAISON • Page B6
Trailing 26-24 with just a few minutes remaining, Reeltown’s football team found itself in a thirdand-4 situation from its own 6-yard line. The Rebels knew the Class 2A Region 4 championship was likely on the line against Thorsby, and they needed to get out of the jam. Rebel coach Matt Johnson called the number of Keke Hughley. “We run power to a kid who worked his tail off the year before and gets hurt in a freak accident,” Johnson said, “a kid who spends his whole junior year working his butt off to get back then watches his twin brother (Tre Tre Hughley) go down with virtually the same injury the first play of this season. Then he takes the ball 94 yards for the region championship. You couldn’t See JOHNSON • Page B5
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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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Public Notices Public Notices PUBLIC NOTICE IN THE PROBATE COURT OF ELMORE COUNTY, ALABAMA AT WETUMPKA, ALABAMA IN RE: THE ESTATE OF DANIEL LEE THOMPSON, DECEASED CASE NO: 2018-317 NOTICE TO CREDITORS OF ESTATE IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF DANIEL LEE THOMPSON, DECEASED Letters Testamentary on the estate of said decedent having been granted to the undersigned on the 19th day of December, 2018 by John Thornton, Special Judge of Probate of Elmore County, Alabama, notice is hereby given that all persons having claims against said estate are required to present the same within the time allowed by law or the same will be barred. /s Gretchen Gordon Beaulieu, Executrix of the Estate of Daniel Lee Thompson, Deceased /DZ 2IÂżFH RI -DPHV 5 Bowles, 2 South Dubois Avenue, PO Box 780397, Tallassee, Alabama 36078 Tallassee Tribune: Dec. 26, 2018, Jan. 2 and 9, 2019 EST/THOMPSON, D.
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Psychological exam ordered for murder suspect
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einze is a 45-pound, 7-month old male mix. This happy, energetic boy is a goofy sweetheart. When he was found as a stray, the finders discovered that he would not stay in a fence. It could be that he was trying to find his way home or maybe just needs some way to use up that energy. Heinze would love a family with energy to match his. He is great with other dogs. Shelter adoption fees are $100 for dogs and $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 a free health exam with a participating veterinarian. To meet Heinze and the other pets at the shelter, visit 255 Central Plank Road in Wetumpka. For more information, visit www. elmorehumane.org for more information, email hselco@bellsouth.net or call 334-567-3377. The shelter is open for adoptions Monday through Friday between 10 a.m. and 5 p.m. and Saturday between 9 a.m. and 4 p.m.
By AMALIA KORTRIGHT Staff Writer
A Deatsville murder suspect was recently ordered to undergo a psychological evaluation by Elmore County Circuit Court Judge Bill Lewis to determine if he is fit to stand trial. According to court documents, David Arnold Helms II, 42, was ordered to meet with a certified forensic examiner appointed by the Alabama Department of Mental Health and Mental Retardation. Criminal proceedings against Helms were suspended until the court receives a report from the department. After the examination is conducted, court documents state the examiner will provide a report to Helmsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; attorney and the district attorney citing his or her opinion on Helmsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; ability to understand the nature of the proceedings against him and his ability to assist his attorney in his defense. If the examiner says Helms is Helms unable to comprehend the proceedings or assist in his defense, court documents state the examiner will provide an opinion about the cause of the inability, matters related to any treatment required for Helms to gain competency and Helmsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; mental state at the time of the alleged offense. Helms, who lists an address on Lakehaven Circle, was initially arrested by the Elmore County Sheriffâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Office on June 5, 2017, and charged with murder after Sheriff Bill Franklin said he fatally strangled Jane Huddleston, 52, of Wetumpka, whom she had been staying with. Franklin said Huddlestonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s body was found in a well on her property and she had been missing for several days. After he was booked into the Elmore County jail, Franklin said Helms damaged an interior window and was charged with second-degree escape and third-degree criminal mischief. The order for a psychological evaluation came after Helmsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; attorney, Jonathan H. Stokes, filed a motion requesting the examination on his clientâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s behalf. In the motion, Stokes claimed Helms did not have health insurance, which rendered Helms unable to undergo any examination of his mental status. Stokes also wrote he is unable to present any medical records pertaining to Helmsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; mental health to the court. Since his arrest, Helms has been held at the Elmore County jail on bonds totaling $133,000. Murder is a Class A felony, which can carry a maximum sentence of life in prison upon conviction.
Cord offers advice on raising horses By REA CORD HSEC Executive Director
Letâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s talk horses. Calls about horses always increase in the winter when pastures are brown and neglected horses become more noticeable to passersby. While many horses can do fine during the summer on good pasture alone, their food must be supplemented in the winter when there is no more grass. If you are unsure, please consult your large animal veterinarian but most horses need a grain or pellet feed and hay diet when there is no grass. Supplemental feeds not only keep your horse(s) healthy, but will also keep them warmer in the cold weather. It is important that your horse be fed the appropriate feed for its needs. Some horses may do fine on a simple sweet feed while others may need a senior or special formulation to give them what they need. If you are unsure what your horse needs, consult your veterinarian, talk to the folks at your local feed mill, call your area extension office, call a local stable, ask fellow horse owners, get on the internet, check out some books or give us a call at 334-567-3377 as we do have staff that are knowledgeable about horses. One excuse that does not fly about a horse that is horribly thin is that it is â&#x20AC;&#x153;old!â&#x20AC;? Old horses that are fed correctly for their nutritional needs will maintain a generally healthy weight and condition. There is,
however, a lot more to maintaining an old horse, or any horse for that matter, than just grain and hay. The first and simplest thing every horse owner must do is to routinely de-worm your horse(s). De-worming may be the single most important reason why todayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s horses live so much longer and it is easy and relatively cheap â&#x20AC;&#x201C; just talk to your vet or any of those sources noted above. One thing many owners do not know is that as horses age, they develop very sharp points on their teeth that can cause them pain and problems properly chewing their food. This is easily remedied by having your veterinarian â&#x20AC;&#x153;floatâ&#x20AC;? your horseâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s teeth. Floating or filing can be done on the farm and for many horses should be done at least once per year and can make an amazing improvement in their physical condition. Horses also consume a LOT of water and may actually need more in the winter so should have clean and unfrozen water available at all times. There are inexpensive floats and â&#x20AC;&#x153;in-tankâ&#x20AC;? water heaters to keep water tanks full and unfrozen at all times â&#x20AC;&#x201C; just ask your local feed store. Should horses have shelter to get out of the elements if they want â&#x20AC;&#x201C; well, yes, we think so, but it is sadly not required by law here in Alabama. You donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t have to go broke building a fancy barn, however, to help your horse â&#x20AC;&#x201C; a three-sided runin shed where a horse can be shielded from the wind and/or
Faison 1,000-yard mark. He finished just shy with 986 yards on the ground, and he did it all on 106 carries for an average of nearly 10 yards per attempt. He also was tied for first on the team with 12 rushing touchdowns. Despite being a threat on kickoff returns last season, Faison kept it up this year and had 301 yards on six kickoff returns, taking it to the house on half those occasions. â&#x20AC;&#x153;His vision is so great, but when you combine that with his explosive speed, thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s what improved more from last year,â&#x20AC;? Reeltown coach Matt Johnson
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rain can go a long way to helping a horse stay healthy and relatively comfortable in bad weather. Fancy is a term for us humans; functional is all a horse (or any other livestock) cares about. Blanketing horses in inclement weather is sometimes a good thing, but not always necessary. Older or infirmed horses may need blanketing in bad weather to help them maintain their body temperature but healthy horses with good winter coats are likely to be just fine in Alabama winters without blanketing. For owners who do blanket, however, it is essential that those blankets be removed and dried out routinely and the horse brushed out to make sure they arenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t wearing a wet blanket or to check that the blanket is not rubbing/chafing the horse anywhere. If you suspect a horse is being neglected or treated cruelly please contact the Elmore County Sheriffâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Department at 334-567-5227 so they can investigate. They will contact us for assistance if necessary and we are glad to help them. Many horse owners are sadly ignorant as to what owning a horse entails and may need guidance to help them do right by their horse(s) so please direct them to the sources above for information. But if they donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t seem receptive or are blatantly ignoring their horseâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s needs, then please report the situation to law enforcement so that they can either be educated or dealt with under our state cruelty/neglect laws.
continued from Page B2 said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;He was fast last year, but he became so much more explosive this year. It comes from getting stronger and more mature, but when he stuck his foot in the ground, he was moving. His vision combined with that just makes him special.â&#x20AC;? While Johnson chalks Faisonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s success with speed, Faison himself says itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s more about his vision. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I just gotta be patient and wait for my blocks to set up,â&#x20AC;? he said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It just opens up real easy and I take off.â&#x20AC;? Whatever specifically contributes to Faisonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s success, Johnson said
most of it comes from within. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Cam has high expectations for himself which make him a great player,â&#x20AC;? Johnson said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s so self-motivated. Sometimes you have to pull him back from practice; heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll want to go full speed on days where he needs to step back a little. To go to a true spread type formation when Tre Tre went down, Cam became our top back just because Keke played defense. He toted that load for us and did a great job.â&#x20AC;? Johnson said despite being just a junior, Faison has his sights set on playing football at the
next level and even has some smaller Division I programs already giving him looks. And after two extremely strong seasons in a row, Johnson said the sky isnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t even the limit for Faison in his senior season. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s no ceiling for him,â&#x20AC;? Johnson said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;He knows what weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve got coming back. We were an extremely young offensive line, so at his position, he should be licking his chops. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s extremely important for Cam to have a great offseason, to get his weight up and to get in tip-top shape, but the expectations for him are massive.â&#x20AC;?
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