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Countywide Clean Up set for July 15 wind and rain to the area, which gives Elmore County residents even more reason to take part in the upcoming Countywide Clean Up. The next free Countywide Clean Up Day is scheduled for Saturday, July 15, from 9 a.m. until 1 p.m. This event, which is sponsored by the Elmore

By CARMEN RODGERS Staff Writer

Summer months are in full swing and more people are heading outdoors to work in their yards. Many are still cleaning up after Tropical Storm Cindy brought rounds of

County Commission, is held on the second Saturday of every odd numbered month. Countywide Clean Up Days offer county residents ten convenient locations across Elmore County to drop off household and lawn trash at no charge.

Free Countywide Clean Up dropoff locations include the old highway department in Kent, the old highway department shop in Holtville, Crenshaw Park, Sweeten School, Emerald Mountain Equestrian Center, County

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Seven Gables has long been a local landmark. Built in 1939 by commissioned architect George P. Turner, the house at 650 Gilmer Ave. could soon be up for sale. The City of Tallassee is also looking into the sale of the Guest House, another historic home that was donated to the city.

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Harmony Moyers and Ansley Woodall made an unusual discovery Sunday as they were hula-hooping at the park behind the city pool. It was a painted rock. The painted rock movement has been sweeping the nation and recently landed in Tallassee.

Painted rock movement comes to Tallassee By CARMEN RODGERS Staff Writer

Harmony Moyers was at the park Sunday afternoon when she spotted something on the ground. It was a painted rock with a message on it. The message gave instructions to keep or rehide the rock and that the finder post a picture of the rock on the Tallasseerocks Facebook page. “We were at the park behind the pool that afternoon,” said Harmony’s mother, Tasha Moyers. See ROCK • Page 3

After an extensive search, Tallassee High School has selected veteran music educator Michael Bird to serve as its new choral director. Bird Bird replaces Adam Moxley, who served as assistant choral director and then choral director for the past seven years. Tallassee’s choral program was led for over two decades by Jerry Cunningham. Cunningham remains as the Fine Arts department chairman for Tallassee City Schools, and will continue as the THS golf coach, director of the fall musical production, and co-director of the Divas girls’ show choir. Amanda Anderson is coming to Tallassee High School as the assistant choral director, replacing Jessica Head, who served in that role for two years. Anderson is a recent graduate of Auburn University. Bird is excited about this transition, switching to choral music after 20 years as a band director. See BIRD • Page 2

Local residents educated on ways to support Israel STAFF REPORT TPI Staff

On Saturday, June 3, local citizens were invited to special Israel event at the 1220 Caf« in Tallassee. This event was sponsored by Bridges for Peace, a charitable organization that has been faithfully and responsibly supporting Israel for many years in many various ways. The theme of the event was “Rejoicing with Jerusalem,” which celebrated Jerusalem’s 50th anniversary of the reunification of Jerusalem during the 1967 Six Day War. The event was hosted by Barbara Daniels of Tallassee, along with other local supporters of Israel. The celebration included festive

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Israeli-related decorations and the refreshments were catered by the 1220 Caf«. The highlight of the event was listening to two wonderful guest speakers, Nancy Petrey and Janice Bell-Lewis, who have visited Israel on multiple occasions. Nancy shared the history of Jerusalem and the many reasons why Christians should love and support the nation of Israel. Janice shared her personal story of growing up in a traditional Jewish family and how God led her to accepting Jesus as the Messiah and her personal Savior. We are very appreciative to all of those who supported and attended this joyful and informative event. A See ISRAEL • Page 3

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City looks at options for Seven Gables City officials recently announced that they are looking into discontinuing event rentals at Seven Gables and the Guest House. Both properties were donated to the city during George McCain’s administration and used in various capacities. Today, the city says it is losing close to $15,000 a year on these properties. “It’s my opinion that the city should not be in the rental business,” said Mayor Johnny Hammock. “We have had both Seven Gables and the Guest House appraised. “I’m not certain if we can sell them because these See HOUSE • Page 2

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Obituaries Mrs. Jewell Juanita Berry Mrs. Jewell Juanita Berry, resident of Tallassee, Alabama, passed away Friday, June 30, 2017, at the age of 79. Memorial services will be Saturday, July 8, 2017, at 11:00 a.m. from Jeffcoat Funeral Home Chapel with Mike McElroy officiating. Mrs. Berry is survived by her son, Tim Price; grandchildren, Tammy Price, Michael Price, Tiffany Price and Ashley Price; great grandchildren, Austin Hornsby, Cameron Price, Mason Reynolds, Preston Reynolds, Trinity Talton, Nathan Bender, Cody Bender, Angel Ledbetter and Chelsey Bender; brother, Jim Farmer; sisters, Grace Truman and Jane Farmer and several nieces and nephews. Mrs. Berry is preceded in death by her son, Donald Price; daughter Tammy Price; parents, J.H. and Merel Farmer; brother, Harry Fomley; sister, Jill Farmer and her The granddaughter, Tonya Bender. The family will receive friends Saturday, July 2, 2017, from 10:00 a.m. until service time at Jeffcoat Funeral Home. Jeffcoat Funeral Home Directing Tallassee, Alabama

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“I was always involved in band and choir,” Bird said. “Throughout college, I enjoyed participating in both. My first couple of years of teaching, I was a choir director. Through the years, I have also served as a church choir director, as well. “And of course, I’ve been organizing the show

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choir band here for a long time, so I know the territory,” Bird continued. “Mr. Cunningham is one of the most respected choral teachers in the state for what has been accomplished here over the years, and I am looking forward to becoming a part of that tradition.” Bird is going to con-

tinue in his role as the system’s assistant band director. “Mr. Glasscock is a phenomenal music educator and friend,” said Bird. “I have always enjoyed working with and for him. I am so glad that will continue.” Bird said he was a little sad to leave the middle school, and band directing, behind. “After being at Southside longer than this generation of students has even been alive, I guess it starts to grow on you,” Bird said. “‘Coach Mac,’ Mr. Ron McDaniel, hired me many years ago and I’ve never left. I ended up moving my whole family to Tallassee. Along the way, we had a lot of fun at Southside, especially starting up things

House properties were given to the city. We are looking at our options.” Both properties were acquired years ago and the new administration must make sure there are no clauses stating that the property should be returned to the original owner rather than sold.

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like the JazzFest. But I’ll really treasure the memories of having Mr. Linwood Erb coming in to work the band. He was great, and such a wonderful role model. And of course, the times we had amazing band conductors like Mr. Ed Watkins and Mr. Lavone DuBose come back to help. But I doubt I would have had as much success without Mrs. Sena Thibodeaux Bird teaching lessons to so many of my students, and Mr. Mike Hammonds coming back to town to help the band. They motivated the kids, but they also motivated me to do better.” Bird and Anderson will begin working at THS in mid-July. Band Camp at THS begins July 24.

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“That’s where we are now,” said Hammock. “We are looking are our options. We can’t continue to lose money on these properties.” This decision comes after rental rates were recently raised on both properties, a move that councilman David Stough warned against. “This is Tallassee,” Stough said in a prior Council meeting. “I’m not sure if we should raise these rates because we may price ourselves out of the market.” Since rental rates increased at Seven Gables and the Guest House, there have been two new party venues to open in Tallassee. Warehouse 51 and the Moon House can both accommodate large parties. Seven Gables and the Guest House have long been local landmarks. It was in 1939 that Roberts Blount and his wife Mildred commissioned architect George P. Turner to design the house at 650 Gilmer Ave. on the foundation of a previous home that had been destroyed by fire. The house is now a rental venue for private parties. There is a guesthouse on the property that serves as headquarters for Haynes Ambulance. In the recent past, Seven Gables has served as the office for the Tallassee Chamber of Commerce. Tallassee Mill carpenters built the Guest House in 1941 on a secluded point facing Lake Talisi at Graveyard Creek. This house was used for hosting guests from the Baltimore Mills. Today, the City of Tallassee owns the house and it serves as a rental venue for private parties. While it is uncertain what will become of Seven Gables and the Guest House, one thing is clear. The city does not want to be responsible for them. “I would like to keep the sale of Seven Gable and the Guest House at the forefront,” said councilman Bill Godwin, during Monday’s city council meeting.

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Commission honors longtime registar By DAVID GRANGER Managing Editor

The Elmore County Commission honored a longtime county registrar and heard updates to activities that took place in the county over the last week at its regularly scheduled meeting Monday afternoon. The Commission honored longtime Elmore County registrar Nancy Taylor with a proclamation commending her for her 14 years of service to the Board of Registrars. On hand to honor Taylor was State Auditor Jim Zeigler, one of three state auditors who appointed Taylor to the board. The other two were Beth Chapman, who made Taylor’s original appointment in 2003, and Samantha Shaw. “The integrity of the election process does not begin at the polls,” Zeigler said. “It begins at the registrar’s desk. Now it falls to me to find three or four people to replace this one person.” Taylor was shocked at Zeigler’s coming from Montgomery for the proclamation. “I’m just so shocked and honored that he came down to be here for this,” Taylor said. “It makes it even more special.” But Taylor wasn’t verbose in her remarks. “I’m not one to make a speech,” she said. “I talk on the phone all day long.” Taylor’s family was on hand to see their loved one honored. The Commission also spent some time commending the county’s highway and emergency management personnel for their work during last week’s rains, the sinkhole on Redland Road and the search for the body of

Dustin Levi Ragan, the 25-year-old man who drowned in a fishing accident near Jordan Dam. The Commission’s comments followed reports from County Engineer Richie Beyer and County EMA Director Eric Jones. “We’re trying to recover from the recent rainfall events,” Beyer said. “And trying to accelerate that recovery.” Beyer said that one of his department’s emphases was the work on the Ingram Road culverts in order to get the work completed before the start of the school year. He also commended the county EMA for its assistance in the work on the Redland Road sinkhole effort. “EMA did an excellent job of not only keeping us informed, but checking with us and making sure we had the right resources and hung with us until Friday night right until we got Redland Road back open,” Beyer said. Jones also talked about the weather and the tragedy that happened last week and over the weekend and said the county escaped worse problems than it might have had. “We had several waves associated with Tropical Storm Cindy come through on top of all the rain we’d already had,” Jones said. “We were very fortunate not to receive more rainfall. We were really keeping an eye on our dirt-road infrastructure.” Jones also discussed the recent FEMA approval extended to all required jurisdictions in the county of the county’s hazardous mitigation plan. “I just want to extend a big thanks to all the stakeholders agencies that have put a lot of work and effort into

Rock “The girls wanted to hula-hoop and while we were there the girls were walking around and exploring when Harmony found the painted rock.” According to Moyers, this painted-rock movement is good for children. “I think it’s great,” Moyers continued. “It gets children outside and in the fresh air. It’s good exercise and they have to use their imagination too, so it’s good for the body and the mind.” Shannon Filyaw of Eclectic said she is interested in the new painted-rock fad because it does not involve the use of electronics. “It’s a great way to explore Mother Nature and detach from the electronic devices,” she said. “Painting the rocks is also a great way to be creative.” The idea is simple. Collect a few supplies. You will need flat, paintable rocks, acrylic paint, sealer and paintbrushes. Decorate your rock. Be as imaginative as you like and seal it so that weather does not wash away the paint. Write instructions on the rock that tell the finder which Facebook page to post a photo to once it’s found. Then, hide the rock. You can also post a photo of the rock on the page after it’s hidden, giving clues as to the whereabouts. Common hiding spots include waterfront parks, playgrounds and familyfriendly hiking trails. Randy Sewell started a Facebook group called Rocks for Alec. It is a memorial page for Alec Tyndall who passed away last August after complications following an automobile accident. Alec was 18 years old. He had recently graduated from Tallassee High School. Through this Facebook page, Alec’s friends and family paint rocks in his honor and posts pictures for all to see. Some rocks are big,

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some are small, some are painted, and some have inspirational words written with Sharpies on them. Each rock posted is unique, yet they share a heartfelt meaning. According Sewell, he started Rocks for Alec after he ran across the Kindness Rock Project, the art of connection. The Kindness Rock Project has two main goals: inspire others through randomly placed rocks and recruit every person who stumbles upon it to join in the pursuit of inspiring others through random acts of kindness. While there are several local paintedrock groups, this trend is quickly spreading throughout the country. Painted-rock groups

range in size from less than a hundred all the way up to thousands of members. Active members cite the thrill of spending quality time with loved ones, of giving back and spending time in nature. Then there’s the longstanding attraction of a treasure hunt. Families are walking streets, scouring local parks, searching trails and even climbing playground equipment to find a certain rock that was posted with a clue. Keep those paintbrushes handy because the painted-rock movement – which one rock at a time and with the help of communitydriven Facebook groups – could be around for a while.

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Longtime registrar Nancy Taylor listens as Elmore County Commission Chairman Troy Stubbs, center, reads a proclamation honoring her for her years of service to the county. State Auditor Jim Zeigler, left, was on hand at Monday’s meeting to honor Taylor.

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Michael Crichton’s ghost is still enthralling fiction fans

ome months ago, many average book lovers probably did a doubletake when they noticed a poster in stores (or an online ad) that announced the publication of a new Michael Crichton novel, “Dragon Teeth” (HarperCollins). Crichton, most widely acclaimed for “Jurassic Park,” “The Andromeda Strain” and other best sellers, had died in November of 2008. Not only was Crichton a prolific and highly successful author, he was also a graduate of Harvard Medical School, a movie director, screenplay writer, video game developer and creator of the television series “ER”—he’d written the script for the pilot episode in 1974, which was finally filmed, virtually unchanged, in 1994. The author had stored away more than one unpublished novel, and “Dragon Teeth” is his third book to have been released posthumously— “Pirate Latitudes” was discovered in his computer files soon after his death, and was published in 2009. That novel was a stereotypical Crichton-penned adventure that relied on a lot of detailed

The So-Called Column By Willie G. Moseley history about the Caribbean. There was even a battle with a kraken (a giant squid), and while that episode might have come off to some readers as a ripoff on the same scenario in Jules Verne’s “20,000 Leagues Under The Sea,” it was still an exciting presentation. Then there was “Micro,” a partial manuscript that would be finished by author Richard Preston and published in 2011. At the time, this space had described “Micro” as a technomalevolent version of “Honey I Shrunk The Kids,” which meant that it was, of course, another thrilling literary ride that Preston finished out admirably. There’s no revelation of where Crichton’s part ended and Preston picked up the narrative, but such a transition was seamless. Now comes “Dragon Teeth,” apparently all Crichton’s work, discovered in his archives by his widow.

“After reading the manuscript, I could only describe ‘Dragon Teeth’ as ‘pure Crichton’,” said Sherri Crichton in the novel’s Afterword. “It has Michael’s voice, and his love of history, research and science all dynamically woven into this epic tale.” True enough. However, “Dragon Teeth” is also a period piece like “The Great Train Robbery” and the aforementioned “Pirate Latitudes,” and the nowdeceased author had done his historical homework concerning fossil hunting in the Wild West. The plot of “Dragon Teeth” is based on a true chronology called the “Bone Wars,” which pitted two protopaleontologists, Othniel Marsh and Edward Cope, against each other in a fervent battle in the 1870s to find dinosaur bones in harsh locations of American territories—none of the demarcated areas had yet to become a state. Both Marsh and Cope appear as central characters in the novel. Other, better-known historical figures such as Wyatt Earp, Sitting Bull, Wild Bill Hickok, George Custer,

and Calamity Jane show up in the plot and/or are discussed by one of the characters and/or are cited the author concerning relevance. The primary protagonist, a college student named William Johnson, is fictional. The cover of the book is slightly misleading—the “dragon teeth” that are discovered don’t belong to a Tyrannosaurus Rex; in fact, a T-Rex doesn’t figure into the plot at all. Moreover, a prospective reader shouldn’t expect an earlier version of “Jurassic Park”; i.e., cowboys vs. dinosaurs. That, er, concept was presented in a 1969 movie called “Valley of Gwangi.” Purists might note that the description of the actual digging and preservation techniques isn’t particularly detailed. Perhaps it was because such work was so primitive during those times, but Crichton doesn’t too much delve into the intricacies of the paleontologists’ arduous efforts. Moreover, there are two potential romantic interests for Johnson that don’t develop. It’s almost like such characters were inserted into the

manuscript as token-for-thetimes females. That said, Crichton nevertheless paints a vivid and compelling picture of laboring to extract fossils in the excruciating conditions of the western Badlands during America’s centennial year. There are, of course, bandits, gigantic herds of buffalo and marauding Indians (and the author stays historically correct by refraining from using the term “Native Americans”). Interestingly, the National Geographic Channel (cited in this space last week regarding its “Genius” mini-series about Albert Einstein) closed a script deal regarding “Dragon Teeth” before the book was published. As is always the case, it will be interesting to compare the book to the movie. And of course, “Dragon Teeth” makes you wonder what else Michael Crichton might have stored in his computer files. Willie Moseley is the news editor emeritus for The Tribune. His column appears here each Wednesday.

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was driving down Barnett Boulevard the other day and I saw Lane Ruff and his wife Betty Dial. I don’t know if they were out walking or if they were hunting their house. You know those things happen when you get old; of course I’m not saying they’re old. I guess you know that Jeanette Sides fell and broke her arm. I asked one of her children about her and they said that since she has retired she hasn’t used that arm enough to miss it. Poor old Jeanette. She’s gotten old, too. I’ve got a two-yearold dog that I would swear had Brantley blood in him. I had an older brother just like my dog. He slept most of the day and howled and barked all night. Talking to a customer the other day and he says he has got to replant two hundred acres of cotton. “Did the rain get it?” I asked and he said, “No, it was deer.” If you don’t believe it ask Eddie

The Coffee Breaker By Ronald Brantley Segrest down at Shorter. I went to see the movie “Wonder Woman” during all that rain sometimes back. We lost our electricity and we couldn’t work so we took off to see the movie. I had to go to the restroom so I told Tammy to buy a small popcorn and two small drinks. When I got back I thought I was going to have to make a trip back when she told me the popcorn and two drinks cost me $20.10. I asked a customer if he had seen Wonder Woman, he said no that he thought the movie was about his ex-wife. She thought she was the best thing to come along since Superman. He better stick to tennis, some woman is going to whip up on him. I go to the movies quite often, maybe every

two or three years. The last time I went and came home after eating a bunch of buttered popcorn, I had a gall bladder attack. I got over it, but a few weeks later I had to have my gall bladder removed. That was the Tarzan movie and with gall bladder trouble I “ah-ooo-ah” around here worse than Tarzan. A man stopped me at church and asked what my next article was about. When you get my age you can’t remember those things so I sit down, read it and really do enjoy it. I almost lost everything the other day, I dropped a dime and I can’t find it anywhere. If you have found a dime, it may be mine. Would you please bring it to me? Ramone was my lady friend for many years until her death sometimes back. She always said that she knew how I would die. I would bend over to pick up a penny in the road and a car would hit me. I just

can’t seem to walk by and leave a coin. it goes back to my childhood I guess. That reminds me, do you know why you never see a dead crow on the side of the road. They always have a lookout watching. Every now and then you’ll hear the lookout say, “Car, car, car.” I don’t know what W.G. Eubanks would say about this article. He used to write the Dirty Digs and he always used local people’s names when telling a humorous story. Sometimes back I wrote an article in the Dirty Digs fashion and got a lot of comments. Let me know what you think, my phone is 334301-0125 and address is 5104 Chana Creek Road, Tallassee. Or email me. 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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Inside the Statehouse By Steve Flowers

Resignation and redistricting: A mid-year look at state politics

s we take a mid-year look at Alabama politics, it has been an eventful first half of the year. It is not every year that a governor resigns mid-term. Gov. Robert Bentley’s resignation from office on April 10 will more than likely be the most newsworthy story of the year. Bentley’s saga had begun 18 months ago. His troubles stemmed from his relationship with his primary – and probably only advisor – who was married to a quiet man whom Bentley placed in a vague $90,000 position with the state. It was a titillating story that led to an investigation and later finding by the State Ethics Commission that there was reasonable evidence that Bentley may have violated the law. Facing probable impeachment by the Legislature, Bentley resigned in disgrace. The most noteworthy event was the appointment of our junior U.S. senator Jeff Sessions to the powerful post of U.S. Attorney General. Sessions was one of President Donald Trump’s first Cabinet appointments. Sessions’ departure from the Senate seat left open his coveted post. In his waning days as governor, Bentley interviewed about 20 qualified candidates for the interim appointment. Bentley eventually appointed Alabama Attorney General Luther Strange, a worthy choice. However, the appointment of Strange caused tremendous furor among Alabamians. A few months earlier, Strange stated he was investigating the governor. The appointment of the attorney general to the seat had the appearance of a brazen act of collusion between Bentley and Strange. Bentley resigned a month later and Strange went to Washington. Upon the resignation of Bentley, Lt. Gov. Kay Ivey became the second female governor in state history. Ironically, Ivey was a stalwart supporter and worked for our only other female governor, Lurleen Wallace, when she was in college over 50 years ago. Gov. Kay Ivey has shown calm, deliberative and wise leadership in her first three months as governor. She has done a good job and steadily stuck to her knitting governing, rather than cutting ribbons. She inherited the ship of state in the middle of a legislative session. She stayed in close contact with the Senate leadership and brought the session to a successful landing. The legislative session could indeed be considered a success. Mac McCutcheon, a Republican representative from Madison County, led his first regular session as Speaker. McCutcheon is level-headed and a natural facilitator. He is a retired police officer from Huntsville, who worked as a hostage negotiator. He seems fair and runs a more open and egalitarian House than former Speaker Mike Hubbard. Any legislative session could be considered successful when both budgets are passed. The $1.8 billion General Fund budget passed early due to a one-time influx of $105 million from the BP oil spill settlement. The beleaguered General Fund will be much harder to balance next year, which will be an election year. For the eighth straight year, state workers got no increase in pay. Even though the Education Trust Fund budget grew by $90 million, teachers also get no pay increase. The $6.4 billion education budget did include a 20 percent increase in pre-kindergarten funding. The Legislature abolished judicial override in death penalty cases, voted to require insurers to extend coverage to autism therapies and ended the ban on midwifery in Alabama. They chose not to address the prison overcrowding issue. However, this may be a prudent call. It may be wiser to wait until the federal courts decree what they want from the state. This could be a paramount issue that requires a Special Session. The Republican majority ramrodded a reapportionment plan through the Senate and House over adamant disapproval of black Democrats. The final authority on whether it will stand rests with the federal courts. Until this is decided, there is a cloud over the upcoming legislative races. Republican legislators may have overplayed their hand this time. A federal judge may send Alabama’s demographics to a computer in New York to draw the lines and several of them may find themselves in the same districts several counties away. See you next week. Steve Flowers is Alabama’s leading political columnist. His weekly column appears in over 60 Alabama newspapers. He served 16 years in the state legislature. Steve may be reached at www.steveflowers.us.

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here have been times the past few years where I thought, “this is the worst things have ever been.” Civil discourse, polite behavior and the old rules don’t seem to apply or even exist anymore when it comes to our modern era. There were things I absolutely hated about politicians in the past. I may have been disgusted, but if someone had elevated themselves to the role of President, I at least tried to show respect for the office. And I still do. For example, President George W. Bush required everyone to wear a tie if they entered the Oval Office. President Ronald Reagan wore a suit when he went into work at the White House every day. Clothes don’t make the man, certainly, but it seemed in the past there was a level of respect shown for the office of the Presidency itself. That notion somehow seems quaint today. The coarse public debate, exacerbated by nonstop 24/7 talking heads on cable news and various websites, seems to have no end. There is a difference between the freedom of speech and denigrating the very things

od’s gift of growth is truly a blessing. Each day, I walk into the backyard to check out my garden. Each day, I find some something new. Having a garden the last couple of years has been very rewarding. I don’t know how I ever got along without one. It’s been an amazing gift. I love the process. I love planting the seeds. I love the dedication. I love the work. I love seeing things grow—well, most things. I don’t like seeing the tomato hornworm grow. In fact, I don’t like seeing them at all, and oftentimes, I don’t see them at all until they’ve wiped out half a tomato or sometimes half a plant. I’ve learned, grown, and have gotten better this year, so they haven’t been as much as a nuisance as they were last year. I tortured one of them and let it go. Maybe he went and told all his friends. They tomatoes are looking good. They pear tomatoes and chocolate-sprinkled tomatoes are producing in droves. Both are smaller

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A new low Bird’s Eye View By Michael Bird you claim to respect. Add to this the brave new world of social media, in which you can subscribe only to sites authored by those with whom you agree; and the hyped-up environment of conspiracy theorists creating and inhabiting this dark, disgusting underbelly of society, coming up with one crazy story after another. All the while, rogue regimes from North Korea to Syria to Russia and everywhere in between have to sit back and laugh as we destroy ourselves from within. This is what people fought and died for? This is why people marched in the streets? I have followed former GOP congressman Joe Scarborough’s career for many years. He represented northwest Florida and practiced law in Alabama. At one time, he served on the Board of Trustees for Troy University, my alma mater. 10 years ago, he and Mika Brzezinski, daughter

of former National Security Adviser Zbigniew Brzezinski, began a program called “Morning Joe” on MSNBC. I have watched it just about every day since. They were, for a long time, the only place where I heard different views. They allowed guests to talk, speak freely, or even openly (respectfully) disagree. To me, it seemed impartial. Last year, the show plugged Donald Trump as a candidate. He was on the show nearly every morning, on a telephone call or in person. He thanked Joe and Mika on-camera last year for their support. Somewhere, somehow, it all went wrong and blew up this past week. Mika and Joe criticized President Trump quite a bit over the past few months. It probably began with the crowd size estimate story (as you may recall, press secretary Sean Spicer showed reporters pictures of the crowd size at President Barack Obama’s inauguration versus those at President Donald Trump’s). The “Morning Joe” hosts have been going at it with President Trump ever since. Trump has taken to Twitter, his bully pulpit of choice, to say some pretty vile things about people in the past, like

fat shaming a Miss Universe contestant, for example. But he really went after Mika Brzezinski. And it somehow seemed unfair to me; it made Trump appear thin-skinned and unable to take criticism from his now-former friends. I didn’t really care about the whole “Access Hollywood” controversy, in which then-regular-citizen Trump spoke in vulgar language about a “Days of our Lives” star. Whatever. That was then, and this is now. The men who wrote the Declaration of Independence pledged their lives, their fortunes, and their sacred honor. On this Independence Day, I understand that civil discourse sometimes means being rude to make a point. But if everyone from George Washington to Barack Obama found a way to do it behind the scenes, my wish is that our current leader do the same, because this recent episode makes it appear that President Trump is less concerned about the problems and issues the United States faces today than the careful preservation of his own ego. Michael Bird is choral director for Tallassee City Schools.

God’s gift of growth JODY FULLER Columnist

cherry-sized tomatoes and are delicious to eat right off the plant. My Roma tomatoes are coming along well, too. I have several of them ripening in my window now. If you stop by the house, they’re one of the first things you’ll notice— well, them and the growing weeds. The Big Boy tomatoes have a ways to go, but I’m excited about their progress. Unfortunately, the two biggest boys were wiped out last week by a big boy hornworm. Then, there are the mystery tomatoes that popped up in the compost. They’re growing; I just don’t know what’s growing. I also love growing “okry.” There’s nothing quite like it. It grows so darn fast, though. They’ll grow three inches overnight, so I have to stay on top of it. I like to douse them in

olive oil and then skewer them with a wooden chopstick before placing them on the grill for a few minutes. They are mighty tasty. My beans are growing like kudzu. I have approximately 60 plants strategically placed in my backyard. Picking them has become a daily chore around here but no doubt a fun chore. They grow faster than okra, and they like to hide. They may be able to hide for a day or two, but they eventually wind up in a pan on my stove. Paul McCartney had a few shows in Tokyo in April, and I had four Japanese Beetles on a green bean leaf the other day. Japanese John, Paul, George, and Ringo are no more. They got thumped. They are a lot easier to spot than the worms. That’s for sure. It must be their mop tops. I think I have eight varieties of peppers growing, too. Some of them are incredibly hot. Initially, they grew like wildfire. For some reason, they’ve slowed down, but I’m trying to

coach them into picking the pace back up. We love our hot peppers around here. My favorite crop to watch grow is eggplant. I didn’t have it last year, so it’s new to me. They are just so purple, pretty, and pickable, but I know I need to let them grow a little more. While eggplant is my favorite crop to watch grow, my favorite thing to watch grow is Lucy’s belly. According to the “What to Expect” app, our little miracle is the size of a turnip this week. Each week, it gives us her size in relation to a fruit or vegetable. Last week, it was an avocado. I’m not sure what she’ll be next week. Pretty soon, she’ll be the size of an eggplant. One day, she’ll be a watermelon. Ouch! Thank God I’m a guy. That’s a blessing. Jody Fuller 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

USA will prosper with love for one another, country W etumpka has some outstanding city employees. I met one on Friday. Mary Ann Barrett, director of the Wetumpka Senior Center, is a hoot. And the seniors of Wetumpka love her for it. I spent only a couple of hours at the center watching her interact with the city’s seniors. I saw enough. Barrett, a lifelong Wetumpka resident, is perfect for the job. She treats Wetumpka’s seniors like her kids – not the way an adult is condescending to children, but in the way they love them and look out for them. On Friday, there were some 35 or so seniors on hand at the center for the Father’s Day lunch. Barrett was kind enough to offer me a seat at the meal. Before the lunch, we talked a bit and I found out that her father and my late uncle had been good buddies. Later, I found out that I had

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known her husband, Wink, for probably about 35 years, since the days we showed beef steers together. But this isn’t about me or Wink Barrett or Mary Ann’s dad. It’s about Mary Ann and the report she has with the seniors who visit her daily at the Wetumpka Senior Center. One can be sure that, for many, their time with Mary Ann, a lady full of life, is the highlight of their days. Some likely don’t have family nearby and everyone – you, me, our loved ones – needs someone to laugh with and share a smile. Mary Ann Barrett loves to laugh. Mary Ann Barrett loves to smile.

About her job, which she’s held just since March, although she’s worked at the center for two years, Barrett says, “I love it. I absolutely love it.” On Friday, she did something I heard she’s prone to do. She came up with an idea right on the spot to make the day a little brighter. On everyone’s table at the luncheon was an arrangement with marbles at the bottom of a clear vase and a fish in each one, swimming about, looking a bit confused. At the drop of the hat, Mary Ann decided that a way to let the seniors have some fun with the fish was to let each table name theirs with one receiving a prize for the best name. The prize wasn’t much (a basket of snacks for the seniors who sat at the winning table), but that’s not really important. Before leaving I could see and hear the seniors discussing, laughing about and, yes, a

few arguments about the best name for their fish. The game was instant fun. “You have to have fun,” Barrett said. “That’s a big part of what life’s about, right?” The names that Barrett chose for finalists were Redtail, Toto, Bluefin, Wink the Fish, Little Willie and Charlie. And the winning name? Charlie, as in the famous tuna from the Starkist commercials. Though only one small group of seniors won the basket of snacks, all of those who frequent the Wetumpka Senior Center get much more every day. A few hours with – and even more laughs – with Miss Mary Ann. David Granger is the managing editor of Tallapoosa Publishers Elmore County newspapers. He can be reached at david.granger@ thewetumpkaherald.com

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Water aerobics will be held on Monday and Thursday night at 7 p.m. throughout June and July at the city pool. Monday nights will be organized class and Thursday nights will be water walking/lap swimming. Classes are $3 per night. The Tallassee Garden Club is now taking new members. If you are interested in becoming a member of the club and to help beautify Tallassee, contact Vickie Bowen at 334-415-1987. • Please contact the Tallassee Recreation Department if you are interested in a self- defense class at 283-4726. Class would consist of situational awareness, prevention, recognition of criminal behavior and some physical defense.

June 26-July 7

Second session of swim lessons will be offered by the Tallassee Recreation Department at the city pool. Lesson times for each session are scheduled for 9 a.m. and 10 a.m. There will

be an 11 a.m. time for each session if needed

July 10-21

A third session of swim lessons may be offered by the Tallassee Recreation Department, if needed. Lesson times for each session are scheduled for 9 a.m. and 10 a.m. There will be an 11 a.m. time for each session if needed.

July 10

Tallassee city council will hold a meeting at 6 p.m. at City Hall.

July 15

Free Countywide Clean Up Day is scheduled Saturday, July 15, from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.

July 15

Cruise-in Car Show will be held at Super Foods on Gilmer Ave. from 6-9 p.m.

July 24

Tallassee city council will hold a meeting at 6 p.m. at City Hall.

Pet of the Week — Kittens

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Morgan Young, a reporter for WSFA, took time out of her busy schedule to visit God’s Congregation Holiness Church in Tallassee and speak to the youth group there on June 25. Young spoke to the youth and adults about how to achieve goals in life. First row: Bianca Gauntt, Morgan Young, Shay McKenzie, Kiana Butler and baby Olivia. Second row: Pastor Gauntt and Herman McKenzie.

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The Declaration of Dependence O

ur nation celebrated its 241st birthday Tuesday, July 4. On that date in 1776, the Continental Congress adopted the Declaration of Independence at what is now known as Independence Hall in Philadelphia. (They didn’t really sign it until August 2.) The document was a catalyst for events that led to the Revolutionary War and the founding of the United States of America as an independent nation. I’ve visited the room in Philadelphia where the document was adopted and signed, and I’ve seen the original document at the National Archives in Washington, D.C. History hangs heavy in the air in such places. The “course of human

events” and the history of the world was shaped by that declaration. The history, not only of a nation, but also of a life is shaped by a declaration. There may be no formal document, but there is surely a time when our children assert their independence. (Kids usually declare their right of self-government before they’re ready to back up that declaration by being self-sufficient.) And if we live long enough, most of us reach a place where we have to concede that we are not as strong as we once were and become dependent on others for some degree of assistance. My son has already gotten a few calls like that from Mom and Dad.

MIKE MCELROY East Tallassee Church of Christ

We admire declarations of independence and despise declarations of dependence. Who enjoys admitting weakness? If I admit my neediness, my pride is wounded. Have you ever thought of the Lord’s Prayer as the Declaration of Dependence? (Not independence, but dependence.) Let’s look at some phrases in this familiar prayer to see what I mean. The prayer begins with “Our Father.” The language

from the first line implies our dependence, as a child on his father. When we pray for his name to be hallowed, we acknowledge our reverence for his greatness. As we pray for his kingdom rule, we resign as our own little monarchs and admit our dependence on him. “Give us this day our daily bread” declares our dependence on God to provide for our physical necessities. As Elihu said, “If he (God) should set his heart to it, and gather to himself his spirit and his breath, all flesh would perish together, and man would return to dust (Job 34:1415).” “We live and move and have our being” in him (Acts 17:28). If we rely on God for physical needs, we are even more dependent on his grace

for spiritual blessings: “And forgive our sins….” While we’re confessing, we might as well admit we’re not very good at self-direction or selfprotection, either: “And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil.” It’s a humble prayer, acknowledging our dependence on God. You can probably pray this prayer from memory. But when we pray these words, not just from memory, but from the depths of our heart, we’re declaring our dependence upon God. It’s fine to cherish and celebrate our independence as a nation. We should be even more delighted to declare our dependence on our heavenly Father. God is honored and we are blessed when we declare our dependence on him.

Church Briefs On Sunday, July 9, at 10:30 a.m., Senior Warden Mike Harber will lead Morning Prayer. Coffee hour will follow the service in the Little House. For more information, visit the church website: http://epiphanytallassee.org/

services Sunday at 10 a.m., 11 a.m. and 5:30 p.m. God is good all the time. Join us! Everyone is invited! Look for exciting things to come! Join the choir with Kevin Lanier as they continue to bless our worship each week. There is a place for YO _ ! What’s missing? U are!!

as long as we want! Come and enjoy the day with us! SMBC is located on Hwy. 14, nine miles east of Tallassee and five miles west of Notasulga. Rev. Mike Stephens is Pastor.

• Elam Baptist Church

• Living Water Worship Center

The “River’s Edge Flea Market” is open every Saturday from 6 a.m. to 2 p.m. All vendors are welcome, whether you plan to offer new items, old items, crafts, baked goods, produce or other food or represent youth groups or ball teams. The flea market is sponsored by the East Tallassee UMC and is located across from City Hall. We will offer various 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.

•Episcopal Church of the Epiphany

Wednesday’s Weekly 6 p.m. choir practice followed with Mid Week Renewal at 7 p.m. Sunny Senior Breakfast Monday, June 12, at 7:30 a.m. WOM Wednesday, June 14, at 5:30 p.m. Father’s Day Recognition Sunday, June 18, at 11 a.m. Deacon Meeting Sunday, June 25, at 4 p.m. Monthly Business Meeting at 7 p.m., June 28. Everyone is encouraged to attend all events and activities. Elam has been blessed with a very busy spring and looks forward to a busy summer in the Lord seeking the lost and those fallen away. Encourage one another in the Lord and be in CHURCH every chance you have. Regular

Revival Nights will be held on the last Sunday of each month beginning at 6 p.m. at The Eclectic Warehouse at 45 Main St. in downtown Eclectic.

•Salem Macon Baptist Church

Will have Homecoming Sunday, July 16. The Kempters are a multi-talented family of six bringing their own brand of vintage gospel music all the way from Slapout. They will be singing starting at 10 a.m. and filling us with joy as we listen to their beautiful music. At 11 a.m., Brother Don Johnson will fill our hearts with happiness as we feast on God’s Word. At noon, we will enjoy a delicious covered dish meal in the fellowship hall and catch up on old friends and relatives’ latest news. There will be no evening service so we can fellowship

• East Tallassee United Methodist Church

• St. Vincent de Paul Catholic Church

”Our Life’s Journey” is an outreach of St. Vincent de Paul Catholic Church in Tallassee, Fr. Mateusz Rudzik, Pastor; and

Knights of Columbus Council 15093, Andy Lacey, Grand Knight. It airs on WACQAM 580 and FM 101.1 each Sunday from 8-8:30 a.m. Listen online at www.wacqradio.com or on your smart phone using the TuneIn app.

• Calvary Baptist Church of Tallassee

If you are looking for a church to worship and praise the Lord come join us at 293 N. Wesson St. in Tallassee. Our services are at 10 a.m. Sunday School, 11 a.m. morning worship service, 6 p.m. evening service. Also join us at 7 p.m. Wednesday evening for our prayer and fellowship service. If you have any questions call Pastor Jim Voss at 334-283-2366.

• Tallassee Church of Christ

Sunday School begins at 10 a.m. Worship Service begins at 11 a.m. Sunday evening service begins at 5 p.m. Wednesday night services begin at 6 p.m. Visitors welcome at all services. Phone number: 334-283-5437. Located at 209 Gilmer Ave.

Area Churches AME ZION Mt. Zion Chapel AME Zion 2340 Crenshaw Rd., Wetumpka 567-4413 Rogers Chapel AME Zion 709 W. Bridge St., Wetumpka 567-8144 Jackson Chapel AME Zion 4885 Coosada Rd., Coosada Jones Chapel AME Zion 2414 Ingram Rd. (Co. Rd. 3), Elmore ABUNDANT LIFE Abundant Life Church 9301 U.S. Hwy 231., Wetumpka 567-9143 ASSEMBLY OF GOD Agape Tabernacle Assembly of God 1076 Kowaliga Rd., Eclectic 541-2006 Bethel Worship Center 11117 U.S. Hwy 231., Wetumpka 567-5754 Crossroads Assembly of God 2534 AL Hwy 14., Millbrook 285-5545 First Assembly of God 3511 Shirley Ln., Millbrook New Home Assembly of God 5620 Caesarville Rd., Wetumpka 5692825 BAPTIST Abraham Baptist Church Millbrook Antioch Baptist Church 1115 Antioch Rd., Titus 567-2917 Beulah Baptist Church 2350 Grier Rd., Wetumpka 514-2881 Blue Ridge Baptist 4471 Jasmine Hill Rd., Wetumpka 5674325

Brookwood Baptist Grandview Rd., Millbrook Calvary Baptist 504 W. Osceola St., Wetumpka 567-4729 Central Baptist 3545 W. Central Rd., Wetumpka 541-2556 Coosada Baptist 20 Kennedy Ave., Coosada Deatsville Baptist 184 Church St., Deatsville Eclectic Baptist Church 203 Claud Rd., Eclectic 541-4444 Faith Baptist 64 Chapel Rd., Wetumpka 567-4417 First Baptist Church 205 W. Bridge St., Wetumpka 567-5191 First Baptist of Elmore Hwy. 14 Co. Rd. 74, Elmore Galilee Baptist 95 Old Georgia Rd., Wetumpka 567-4178 Good Hope Baptist 1766 S. Fleahop Rd., Eclectic Goodship Baptist Hwy. 143, Millbrook Grace Baptist Old Montgomery Hwy., Wetumpka 567-3255 Grandview Pines Baptist Deatsville Hwy., Deatsville Green Ridge Baptist 288 Turner Rd., Wetumpka 567-2486 Harvest Baptist 2990 Main St., Millbrook Hillside Baptist 405 Old Montgomery Hwy., Wetumpka Holtville Riverside Baptist 7121 Holtville Rd., Wetumpka 514-5922

Lake Elam Baptist 4060 Gober Rd., Millbrook Liberty Hill Baptist 61 Crenshaw Rd., Wetumpka 567-8750 Lighthouse Baptist 2281 Main St., Millbrook Living Water Baptist 1745 Grass Farm Rd. (Co. Rd. 80), Weoka Millbrook Baptist Millbrook 285-4731 Mitts Chapel Baptist 935 Cold Springs Rd., Deatsville 569-1952 Mt. Hebron West Baptist 150 Mt. Hebron Rd., Elmore 567-4441 Mt. Herron East Baptist Church 4355 Mt. Herron Rd. Eclectic, Al 36024 334-857-3689 Mountain View Baptist 1025 Rifle Range Rd., Wetumpka 5674458 New Harmony Baptist 3094 New Harmony Rd., Marbury 3121878 New Home Baptist 1605 New Home Rd., Titus 567-0923 New Hope Baptist 6191 Lightwood Rd., Deatsville 569-1267 New Lily Green Baptist 6504 Deatsville Hwy., Deatsville New Nazareth Baptist Hwy. 143, Deatsville Pleasant Hill Baptist Pleasant Hill Rd., Eclectic 541-3460 Prospect Baptist Prospect Rd., Eclectic 567-5837

Redland Baptist 1266 Dozier Rd., Wetumpka 567-8649 Refuge Baptist Church 3098 Red Hill Road Tallassee 334-857-2638 Rehoberth Baptist 8110 Rifle Range Rd., Tallassee 567-9801 Rushenville Baptist 10098 Georgia Rd., Eclectic 541-2418 Saint James Baptist 1005 Nobles Rd., Wetumpka 567-6209 Saint James Baptist 101 Gantt Rd., Deatsville 569-3006 Santuck Baptist 7250 Central Plank Rd., Wetumpka 567-2364 Seman Baptist Seman, Alabama Shoal Creek Baptist 13214 Holtville Rd., Deatsville 569-2482 Springfield Baptist Hwy. 7, Millbrook Thelma Baptist 810 Weoka Rd., Wetumpka 567-3665 Titus Baptist 6930 Titus Rd., Wetumpka 334-531-2120 Tunnell Chapel Baptist 210 Central Plank Rd., Wetumpka 567-2589 Victory Baptist 5481 Main St., Millbrook Wadsworth Baptist 2780 Hwy. 143, Deatsville 569-2851 BAPTIST - MISSIONARY

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Atkins Hill 565 Atkins Rd., Wetumpka 567-1141 Cathmagby Baptist 3074 Mitchell Creek Rd., Wetumpka 567-4787 First Missionary Baptist at Guilfield 412 Company St., Wetumpka 567-7455 Goodhope 1389 Willow Springs Rd. Wetumpka 567-7133 Lebanon 17877 U.S. Hwy. 231, Titus 514-1097 Mount Canaan 1125 Weoka Rd., Wetumpka 567-2141 Mount Pisgah 16621 U.S. Hwy. 231, Titus 567-3668 Mt. Zion 371 AL Hwy. 14, Elmore, 567-2613 Mt. Zion #3 1813 Luke Paschal Rd., Eclectic New Home 5130 Elmore Rd., Wetumpka 567-5966 Second Missionary 760 N. Bridge St., Wetumpka 567-8601 Spring Chapel Jasmine Hill Rd., Wetumpka 567-6493 Sweetwater 163 Michael Lane, Wetumpka 334-5389415 Tabernacle Baptist 1020 W. Tallassee St., Wetumpka 5670620 BAPTIST - PRIMITIVE Bethel Old School 4625 Jackson Rd. (C.R. 103), Wetumpka

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Yard of the month — Mike and Vickie Nabors of Riverside Drive

Police Reports Tuesday, June 27

• Fradulent Use of Debit/ Credit Card @ S Tallassee Dr @ 9:34 • Lost Property @ Central Blvd @ 10:00 • Unauthorized Use of Vehicle @ Macedonia Rd @ 10:30 • MVA no Injuries @ Friendship Rd @ 10:36 • Harassment @ Paxton Dr @ 15:51 • Domestic Incident/ Menacing @ Macedonia Rd @ 16:22 • Harassment @ Herd St @ 20:24 • Suspicious Vehicle @ Herren Hill Rd @ 21:31 • Suspicious Person @ Central Blvd @ 21:51 • Juvenile Complaint/ Person @ Central Blvd @ W Butler St @ 22:06 • Roadway Blocked @ S Tallassee Dr/Wall St @ 04:07 • Traffic Stop x5

Wednesday, June 28

• Animal Control @ Lilly Ave @ 8:32 • Stolen Vehicle @ Noble Rd @ 8:39 • Identity Theft @ Kelly Place @ 9:37 • Animal Control @ 3rd Ave @ 12:18 • Reckless Driving @ Robert R Motion St @ 15:05 • Arrest @ Industrial Park Dr @ 15:33 • Private Property MVA no Injuries @ Gilmer Ave @ 16:40 • Theft @ Salem Pl @ 18:00 • Found Property/ Burglary @ Knox St/Barnett Blvd @ 19:03 • Suspicious Vehicle @ Notasulga Rd @ 20:21 • Suspicious Vehicle @ Gilmer Ave @ 21:13 • Suspicious Activity @ 7th St @ 23:22 • Traffic Stop x8

Thursday, June 29

• MVA Private Property @ Gilmer Ave @ 8:17 • Animal Complaint @ Jefferson St @ 8:31 • Theft @ Redden Ave @ 10:12 • Domestic Incident/WM Arrested @ W Main St @ 10:54 • Trespassing @ Washington St @ 11:54 • Transport/BF Arrested @ Barnett Blvd @ 14:18 • Poss Intoxicated Driver @ Central Blvd @ 19:12 • Suspicious Activity @

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Notasulga Rd @ 21:19 • Domestic Violence/ Harassment @ Hillcrest St @ 21:20 • Poss Intoxicated Driver @ Jordan Ave @ 21:29 • Traffic Stop x12

Friday, June 30

• Complaint of Suspicious Person @ Notasulga Rd @ 9:00 • Complaint of Harassment @ 1st Ave @ 11:46 • Transport/BM Arrested @ Barnett Blvd @ 12:38 • Complaint of Criminal Mischief @ S Dubois St @ 14:07 • Inmate Work Detail @ Freeman Ave @ 14:23 • Complaint of Theft @ Hillcrest St @ 14:45 • Suspicious Vehicle @ Eubanks St @ 15:08 • Complaint of Trespassing @ Macedonia Rd @ 15:16 • Theft of Property @ Gilmer Ave @ 17:33 • Suspicious Person @ Gilmer Ave @ 20:01 • Juvenile Complaint @ Godwin Rd/Whatley Dr @ 21:10 • Suspicious Vehicle @ Friendship Rd @ 02:17 • Traffic Stop x11

Saturday, July 1

• MVA w/No Injuries @ W Gantts Mill Rd @ 6:32 • Runaway Juvenile @ W Butler St @ 9:35 • Animal Control @ 9:50 • MVA w/Injuries @ Freeman @ 12:28 • Complaint of Reckless Driving @ Gilmer Ave @ 14:13 • Domestic Incident/WF Arrested @ Little Rd @ 14:27 • Domestic Incident @ W Patton St @ 15:04 • MVA Private Property @ Kent Rd @ 15:33 • MVA w/No Injuries @ Gilmer Ave @ 15:53 • Complaint of Domestic Incident @ W Patton St @ 16:53 • Domestic Violence @ Redden Ave @ 19:30 • Property Damage @ Gilmer Ave @ 21:37 • Poss Harassment @ Central Blvd @ 22:39 • Shots Heard @ Little Rd @ 22:56 • Juvenile Complaint @ Friendship Rd @ 01:33 • Juvenile Complaint @ Central Blvd @ 01:40 • Assault @ Freeman Ave @ 02:48 • Traffic Stop x17

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Mike and Vickie Nabors of Riverside Drive have been recognized with the Tallassee Chamber of Commerce’s Yard of the Month for July. The Nabors say they enjoy spending time outdoors and working in the their yard. Pictured, left to right: John David Lambert, Laurie Rygiel, Vickie Nabors, Mike Nabors , Meda Grace Nabors and Ashley Ina Moore.

Jan Dzurilik to serve as Rotary Club president

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The Tallassee Rotary Club held an awards banquet honoring outgoing and incoming officers on Thursday, June 22. It was announced that Jan Dzurilik will serve as president during the 2017-18 term. Pictured left to right: John David Lambert (secretary), Whitney Watson (treasurer), Adolphus Gauntt (top attendance recipient), Stephanie Weldon (club president- outgoing) and Jan Dzurilik (president-elect).

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Tallassee Tiger Sharks in full swing By CARMEN RODGERS Staff Writer

The Tallassee Tiger Sharks, under the supervision of coach Donna Funderburk, continue on the winning path as the team traveled to Opelika to participate in the Opelika Summer Invitational. During the meet, the Tiger Sharks had placers in each class. Following the Opelika Summer Invitational, the Tigers Sharks hit the road to travel to Talladega for a tri-meet with Sylacauga and Talladega where the team had even more placers. In the 8 years old and younger class Harmony Moyers placed first in the breaststroke and the butterfly. In the 9 and 10-year-old class, Donovan Aldridge placed fifth in the breaststroke and fifth in the butterfly. Gracie Curran placed second in the breaststroke, fourth in the butterfly and fourth in the 100-meter freestyle. Camden Mask placed first in the breaststroke, second in the individual medley and third in the backstroke. Hope Moyers placed sixth in the breaststroke. Macey Stewart placed first in the freestyle, individual medley and the butterfly. In the 11- and 12 year-old class, Allison Johnson placed fifth in the individual medley. Canyon Moyers placed fourth in the freestyle, second in the butterfly and second in the backstroke. In the 13- and 14-year-old class, Will Lackey placed third in the breaststroke, fourth in the freestyle and second in the individual medley. In the 14- and 15 year-old class, Michaela Ingram placed second in the breaststroke, third in the freestyle and second in the backstroke. Theron Shipman placed second in the breaststroke, third in the freestyle and second in the butterfly. Overall winners for high points went to Harmony Moyers for second place in the 8-year-old and younger class. Macey Stewart placed first in the 9- and 10 year-old class. Camden Mask placed

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Coach Donna Funderburk teaches Rhydian Warren a few dive techniques as the Sharks practice for their upcoming swim meet. As the season progresses, the Sharks are looking forward to the district swim meets in mid July.

second in the 9- and 10-yearold class. Canyon Moyers placed third in the 11- and 12-year-old class. Conner Crawford placed first in the 15 to 18-year-old class. The Sharks also did very well at the Talladega tri-meet. The faced both Talladega and Sylacauga and walked away with several winners and placers and in each class. In the 8-year-old and younger class the Sharks had six swimmers take 15 places. Eden Carpenter placed second in the freestyle, first in the backstroke and first in the butterfly. Chandler Metz placed second in the butterfly. Harmony Moyers placed first in the freestyle, first in the long freestyle and first in the breaststroke. Aiden Nobles placed second in the freestyle, second in the long freestyle and second in the backstroke. Elise Soehren placed third in the freestyle, first in the backstroke and second in the butterfly. Braeden Yankey placed third in the breaststroke. In the 9- and 10 year-old

class, Gracie Curran placed first in the 100 meter freestyle, third in the backstroke, first in the breaststroke and first in the butterfly. Sawyer Mathis placed first in the 100meter individual medley, first in the freestyle and first in the backstroke. Hope Moyers placed third in the 100meter freestyle and second in the breaststroke. Donovan Aldridge placed third in the freestyle, second in the backstroke and first in the breaststroke. Eli Carpenter placed second in the butterfly and Macey Stewart placed first in the freestyle, first in the backstroke and first in the individual medley. In the 11-12-year-old class, Adam Aldridge placed second in the butterfly. Geoffrey Dark placed second in the freestyle, second in the 100-meter freestyle and second in the backstroke. Allison Johnson placed second in the backstroke, first in the backstroke and first in the butterfly. Canyon Moyers placed first in the backstroke, second in the breaststroke and

Pay no mind... Or how I stopped worrying and learned to love hockey

t’s a lonely time of the year for local sports writers and southern sports enthusiasts in general. Prep and college sports came to an end in early June – although the LSU Tigers and Florida Gators gave us a parting gift with an All-SEC College World Series final – and the Braves are posed to self-destruct any moment now. But something happened during the latter months of spring heading into summer. The Nashville Predators captured the nation’s attention as they advanced to the Stanley Cup Finals – as an eight seed – for the first time in the franchise’s 20-year history. I have never claimed to be hockey fan and probably would have never batted an eye in the direction of the NHL’s playoffs if not for my roommate. He’s a fan. And has been one since day one of the Preds’ existence. And living vicariously through him I found a new appreciation for what could be a re-emerging sport in the southeast. A sport that has the potential to be embraced by rabid SEC fan bases. I noticed it early in the first round of the Stanley Cup Playoffs as the Preds swept the Chicago

Blackhawks – a perennial power that has won three Stanley EVAN Cups in the DUDLEY past decade and Sports six total in the Editor history of the franchise – and clinched their conference semifinal spot in what could only be described as an SEC atmosphere. The following series against the St. Louis Blues and Anaheim Ducks only further confirmed my suspicions. The Nashville crowds were always louder on the television than the opposing team’s fans were and the sight of catfish being launched onto the ice brought a single tear to my eye. And it can only get bigger. Nashville is now a destination for free agents thanks in part to the atmosphere – created by the fans - highlighted on national television. And it doesn’t hurt that the Birmingham Bulls are returning after a 20-year absence either. So, I tell you, do not fear the frozen escapades of hockey goons but embrace the revelry and rivalry of a sport that has been celebrating their championship for more than 120 years and boasts the oldest championship trophy in all of professional sports. Evan Dudley is the sports editor of The Tribune.

first in the individual medley. Jack Parker placed first in the breaststroke and second in the individual medley. In the 13-14-year-old class, Ezra Carpenter placed first in the freestyle, first in the backstroke and first in the breaststroke. Cassie Grover placed second in the 100meter freestyle, first in the backstroke and second in the butterfly. Will Lackey placed first in the freestyle, second in the breaststroke and first in the individual medley. Kaylen Tucker placed third in the freestyle, first in the butterfly and second in the individual medley. Kolten Tucker placed third in the freestyle, first in the butterfly and second in the individual medley. Madison Webster placed first in the freestyle, second in the backstroke and first in the individual medley. In the 15 through 18-yearold class, Sarah Buice placed first in the freestyle, second in the 100-meter freestyle and first in the backstroke. Ean Carpenter placed third

in the freestyle, third in the backstroke and second in the butterfly. Catherine Crawford placed third in the backstroke, second in the breaststroke and first in butterfly. Laura Fields placed first in the 100meter freestyle, second in the backstroke and first in the breaststroke. Drew Griggs placed second in the 100meter freestyle and second in the breaststroke. AJ Holt placed third in the 100-meter freestyle and second in the backstroke. Michaela Ingram placed second in the freestyle, second in the butterfly and first in the individual medley. Theron Shipman placed second in the breaststroke, first in the butterfly and first in the individual medley. Lexie Tarter-Rife placed third in the freestyle and the butterfly. Karley Tucker placed third in the breaststroke and second in the individual medley. The Tiger Sharks will travel to Prattville and Opelika to compete in swim meets next week and the team will head to districts in mid July.

Wiley’s monster games sparks USA past Angola STAFF REPORT TPI Staff

Sophomore Austin Wiley’s monster 16-point, 16-rebound game led USA Basketball to a 109-68 win over Angola in the second game of Group D in the FIBA U19 World Cup in Cairo, Egypt at the Cairo Stadium Indoor Hall on Sunday. Wiley, who is the team’s captain, started for the second-straight game while shooting 4-of-9 from the field and 8-of-12 from the foul line while playing 20:36. Nine of his 16 rebounds were on the offensive glass, and he had a block, assist and steal. His +41 tied for the best plus-minus on the team.

The Hoover native dominated the first half with 13 points and 12 rebounds as the USA enjoyed a 60-26 lead at intermission. In the two games, Wiley is averaging 10.5 points and 12.0 rebounds in only 17.8 minutes per game. He is shooting 50 percent from the field and 64 percent from the free throw line. The United States shot 45 percent (39-of-86) from the field, 37.5 percent (9-of-24) and 61 percent (22-of-36) from the foul line. The United States is looking for its third-straight gold medal at the FIBA U19 World Cup after winning over Serbia in 2013 Submitted / The Tribune in Prague, Czech Republic Auburn’s Austin Wiley goes up for a slam in and defeating Croatia in action versus Florida last season. 2015 in Heraklion, Greece.

Cancer survivor UA’s nominee for NCAA Woman of Year STAFF REPORT TPI Staff

University of Alabama volleyball standout Krystal Rivers is the Crimson Tide’s 2017 NCAA Woman of the Year Award nominee. The NCAA Woman of the Year Award, now in its 27th year, honors graduating college athletes who have exhausted their eligibility and distinguished themselves in academics, athletics, service and lead-

ership throughout their college careers. There are 543 nominees this year, representing all three NCAA divisions and 21 different women’s sports. Rivers graduated with dual degrees in biology and Spanish with a 3.65 grade point average. She is a twotime CoSIDA Academic All-American, making her just the second two-time winner in program history. She also is the first SEC player to earned SEC

Volleyball Scholar-Athlete of the Year and SEC Player of the Year of the year honors in the same season, which she did as a senior in 2016. She is also the first Alabama volleyball player to be named the SEC Player of the Year. A four-year AVCA AllAmerican, she is the first Alabama player to earn four such honors. She is also a four-time AVCA All-South Region and four-time AllSEC honoree.