OPINION: Fuller says that cats and cars just don’t mix. See Page 4.
See what is happening in the area with Betty Hayes. Page 11.
DADEVILLE’S JONES TRIUMPHS AFTER RECOVERY FROM KNEE INJURY, PAGE 12
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HOBOs aim to set up watch groups Neighborhood Watch could help curtail crime By Betsy Iler TPI Magazine Editor
Lake homeowners have a new line of defense in protecting their homes and belongings, said Lake Martin Home Owners and Boat Owners (HOBO) member Jesse Cunningham. Along with Tallapoosa County Sheriff Jimmy Abbett, HOBO last month launched a campaign to build a Neighborhood Watch network among the 7,500 homes on Lake Martin. “We’ll be working on this program one road at a time,” Cunningham said. “We can’t do it all ourselves though. About one-third of the homeowners on the lake are full time occupants, and that’s who needs to get involved.” A rash of lake home burglaries last winter resulted in the arrests of five Montgomerybased gang members when an aware neighbor alerted law enforcement officials to a questionable situation. Through that tip, authorities See WATCH, Page 5
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A truck rolls out of the Resolute Chip Mill in Jacksons Gap. Activity like this and all across the county and state are indications of the activity that has Alabama ranked No. 3 in the nation in timber production.
Timber industry booming in Tallapoosa County and state By Gilbert Nicholson Alabama News Center
Contrary to popular belief that urban encroachment is depleting forests, timberland is actually increasing in Alabama. The state now has a record-high 23 million acres of timber, putting it third in the country behind Georgia and Oregon, according to a new report by the Alabama Forestry Commission. Since 2000, timber volume has grown
18 percent, and now accounts for 69 percent of the state’s total area. Tallapoosa County features 393,491 acres of timberland, according to 2014 Alabama Forestry Commission reports. To show how big the timber industry has grown in Tallapoosa County, in a period from 2001 to 2014, the Alabama Forestry Commission reports that 833,709 tons were harvested here, including 623,135 tons of pines and softwoods and 210,574 tons See TIMBER, Page 3
THURSDAY, JULY 9, 2015
Officials report fairly safe holiday Few DUIs recorded over extended Independence Day weekend By Mitch Sneed Record Editor
Local and state law enforcement say it was a relatively safe holiday weekend, with most believing the intermittent thunderstorms may have played a role in dousing some excessive Independence Day celebrations. Meteorologists report that Dadeville recorded just 1.08 inches of rain from Friday afternoon until Monday morning, but the timing of the showers and the constant threat of storms kept some people off area roads and the water of Lake Martin. Dadeville Police Chief David Barbour said that while some calls did come in, most were routine in nature. “We had a safe holiday,” Barbour said “We only had one DUI arrest, one public intox arrest and two domestic disturbance arrests. The fire department had to cover the landing zone at the hospital once for a patient to be flown out. Overall you could say it was quiet.” See HOLIDAY, Page 3
ALEA fears that state cuts may limit enforcement By Cliff Williams Record Staff Writer
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Sgt. Steve Jarrett and Sgt. Steve Fuller take a break for a picture as they worked on Lake Martin over the holiday weekend.
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Alabama Law Enforcement Agency Sgt. Steve Jarrett is concerned about funding from the state for the department in the upcoming special session. “Currently, most of the highway patrol goes from call to call,” Jarrett said. “Most often for accidents. We are not able to do much enforcement when it comes to violations.” The lack of enforcement, Jarrett says, will lead to more
issues on Alabama roads if the state legislature does not do something to improve funding. “Lower enforcement leads to more violations,” Jarrett said. “With more violations, we will have more accidents. With more accidents we will have more fatalities.” Jarrett explained that ALEA is already understaffed with only 400 troopers on the road across the state. “Troopers are covering several counties at a time while they are working,” Jarrett said. “Most
often the backup for the troopers are sheriff’s deputies that might still be several miles away.” Jarrett, who has spent his career in law enforcement, does not like the look of the proposed budget to be taken up in August. He explained how the budget has changed since 2008 and with consolidation. “In 2008, when we were the Department of Public Safety with Troopers and ABI, we had a budget of $87 million,” Jarrett said. “Since then, we have absorbed See ALEA, Page 5
Camp Hill struggles with sewage and Internal Revenue issues By Cliff Williams Record Staff Writer
The Camp Hill Town Council is trying to get a handle on two big issues that continue to haunt them – the IRS and sewage. “They (IRS) came in and looked at our information,” Mayor Danny Evans said. “This started in 2005 and things got back on track in 2008. We have to pay them $5,673.95 a month to clear this up – a total of $154,000.” Evans explained that the IRS had put a freeze on the town’s accounts for back taxes and the problems it created. “The IRS put the hurt on us
when they froze the accounts,” Evans said. “We had checks out that bounced.” Evans did say that the accounts were no longer frozen. Council members asked if anything had been paid to the IRS to go towards that past balance. “Some of the money is there,” Evans said. “But (the IRS) have no forms for it.” Council member Anthony Pogue seemed optimistic that money could still be credited to the town for income taxes withheld from employees at the time. “You can fill out a Form 941C Cliff Williams / The Record to help,” Pogue said. The Camp Hill sewage lagoon is need of serious repair and is the subSee IRS, Page 3 ject of an ADEM lawsuit. See IRS, Page A7
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