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May death now being treated as suspicious
City Hall employees say office items moved, shuffled By Mitch Sneed Outlook Editor
Alexander City Police Department investigators were called to city hall earlier this week to investigate after employees said they believed that items had been disturbed in their offices overnight. Alexander City Police Department Deputy Chief Jay Turner confirmed that two investigators and an officer responded to the first floor offices of the city clerk and finance director on Tuesday. “They said that when they got to work it appeared as though things had been moved and shuffled around,” Turner said. “We investigated and checked it out, but there was no sign of forced entry and they said it didn’t appear that anything was missing.” Turner said there was no noticeable damage or any of the normal signs associated with a burglary. See SHUFFLE, Page 3
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The Adelia M. Russell Library in Alexander City has three copies of Lee’s new book. The book already has a long waiting list and will not be available until Tuesday. Lee’s time in Alexander City may have something to do with the interest.
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Radney family has questions as Lee’s new book debuts By David Granger Outlook Staff Writer
With the release of Harper Lee’s “new” work “Go Set A Watchman” due on Tuesday, the uncommonly private Pulitzer Prize-winning author’s shadow continues to hang over the Alexander City area and the family of the late attorney Tom Radney. The Radney family, according to the attorney’s granddaughter, Madolyn Price, continues to believe that Lee is in possession of many of
the late lawyer’s papers related to his representation of William Maxwell, a pulpwooding preacher who lived in the Coosa County community of Nixburg. Maxwell was either charged with or thought responsible for at least five murders in the area, including two of his wives, his brother, his nephew and an adopted stepdaughter. Maxwell was shot dead in Alexander City’s House of Hutcheson funeral home by Dadeville’s Robert See BOOK, Page 3
Karlee Hooper Williams’ injuries not consistent with car crash By Mitch Sneed Outlook Editor
The case involving a woman who died five days after a May traffic accident on Church Road is now being investigated as a suspicious death. Karlee Amanda Hooper Williams, 22, died at a hospital after being found badly injured. The crash was initially investigated by the Tallapoosa County Sheriff’s Department and troopers from the Alabama Law Enforcement Agency. The Eagle Creek Volunteer Fire Department also responded to Karlee Williams assist on the call. After being airlifted for treatment and Hooper Williams’ subsequent death, medical evidence found the cause of death “not to be consistent with typical injuries sustained in a motor vehicle accident.” The State Bureau of Investigation is now See DEATH, Page 8
Team Impact here today for ‘Explo’
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It can only be described as a powerful program. The Back to School Explo, set for 3-6 p.m. at the Central Alabama Community College Auditorium, will feature feats of strength from a member of worldrenowned Team Impact as well as a powerful message for those who attend. GAP Fellowship Church, with the help of other congregations in the area, will welcome the community for an event that organizer Marilyn Benson said she hopes will give students, See IMPACT, Page 12
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Elizabeth Martin of Dothan relaxes on a boat at Kamp Kiwanis will talking with friend and fellow three-year Sail Away camper Jennifer Sutton. Below, campers created burgees as ship crews for the dining hall.
Girl Scouts learn life lessons at Camp Sail Away By Cliff Williams Outlook Staff Writer
Lake Martin’s Kamp Kiwanis near Eclectic has been hosting the Girl Scouts of South Alabama’s Camp Sail Away. “We are trying to empower Girl Scouts with sailing,” Liz Carnahan said. “It is a week long sailing camp but we are still trying to give that Girl Scout experience. We are keeping the mariner theme but we still keep the Girl Scout program and teach life skills along the way.” The campers created flags similar to sailing clubs’ burgees for the crews they were divided into. They even watched the movie “Jaws” one night. The camp with its access to a small cove is ideal for those with little to no experience in a sailboat. “Here with the slough, it is very contained,” See SAILING, Page 8
What do a new Russell Medical Center doctor, a circuit court judge and the county sheriff have in common? They are serving as the official judges for the firstever Pie Fest Contest & Tasting event to be held during Sun Festival, Thursday, July 23. Dr. John Adams, Judge Tom Young, and Sheriff Jimmy Abbett are looking forward to sampling those family recipes and holiday favorites submitted by community bakers. “You have to be careful what you volunteer for,” Abbett said. “I intend to be impartial, but when it comes See PIE, Page 8
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DEAR ABBY: My husband has stage 4 cancer and is in constant pain. A big worry for him is my being alone in life after his passing. Several months ago when the subject came up, I told him that while I’m not a prophet, I know I’ll be OK. I’m a social person. I have a nice support group with various organizations, and I’m close with family and co-workers, etc. Four months ago, a high school friend and I reconnected. We have shared many conversations and have built a meaningful relationship. The gnawing question is, do I share this information with my husband now, wait until he mentions his leaving me alone again or say nothing? There is a fine line here between putting my husband’s fears to rest and potentially making him feel he will be easily replaced. This is not a topic I feel comfortable sharing with my friends. I’m curious what other women have done in similar situations. Do they explore the new situation, have an affair or
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maintain a celibate relationship? Your response will help with some of the stress I’m having at this juncture. -- NOT EASILY REPLACED DEAR NOT EASILY REPLACED: I know I will hear from my readers once your letter is published, and I’m just as certain their responses will indicate that they have done each of the things you mentioned. I agree that there is a fine line between putting your husband’s fears to rest and making him feel he will be easily replaced. The reality is, whether things work out with your old school chum or the budding romance comes to nothing, relationships are not interchangeable. You have shared history with your husband that can’t be duplicated.
While your husband is a special man whose only concern is for you, in my heart, I don’t think news of this relationship should be shared with him. I don’t know how much more time he has on this earth, but I think you would feel better about yourself if you postponed an affair until after your husband is gone. If this old friend cares deeply for you, he should be willing to wait. DEAR ABBY: My fiance, “Jasper,” says I’m weird for talking to my daughter while I’m driving to work and 90 percent of the time on my commute back home. She’s a young mother with a 1-year-old and a 4-year-old. Her husband is “difficult,” and there are also some personal issues -- but I am proud of how well she’s doing. I work full time and she works part time, so even though we live in the same town, we don’t see each other as often as we’d like. At 25, she is growing into my best friend, and I love helping her through decisions, etc. I don’t agree
that this is weird at all. I believe most mothers and daughters do this. How can I get through to my fiance that this is normal? Even if it weren’t, it isn’t getting in his way or taking anything away from him. Don’t you agree he should just let it be? -- GOOD MOTHER IN MASSACHUSETTS DEAR GOOD MOTHER: Yes, I do. If your fiance had said he was concerned that you might get into an accident because your conversations were distracting, I would answer differently. However, that he would label your closeness to your daughter “weird” makes me wonder if he might be jealous of the bond you share with her. Are you giving him his fair share of your attention? Dear Abby is written by Abigail Van Buren, also known as Jeanne Phillips, and was founded by her mother, Pauline Phillips. Contact Dear Abby at www.DearAbby.com or P.O. Box 69440, Los Angeles, CA 90069.
Obituaries Mrs. Evelyn Luda Bufford Kelly 1934-2015 Funeral service for Mrs. Evelyn Luda Bufford Kelly, 81, of Alexander City, will be Sunday, July 12, 2015 at 3:00 p.m. at the Flint Hill United Methodist Church. Rev. John Hill and Bro. Chris Tidwell will officiate. Burial will follow in the Hillview Memorial Park. The family will receive friends on Saturday, July 11, 2015 from 5:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. at Radney Funeral Home. Mrs. Kelly passed away on Friday, July 10, 2015 at her residence. She was born on February 14, 1934 in Macon County, Alabama to Thomas Bragg Bufford and Velma Louise Kelley Bufford. She was a member of the Alex City Church of Christ and Flint Hill United Methodist Church, and was a very active member of Beta Sigma Phi. She was known as the “Boss”, but had a servant’s heart and was always doing for others. She worked 25+ years for
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Mrs. June Sanford 1949-2015 Funeral service for June Sanford, 66, of Alexander City, will be Monday, July 13, 2015 at 11:00 a.m. at the Radney Funeral Home. Rev. Bobby Anderson will officiate. Burial will follow in the Hillview Memorial Park. The family will receive friends on Sunday, July 12, 2015 from 5:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. at Radney Funeral Home. Mrs. Sanford passed away on Thursday, July 9, 2015 at Russell Medical Center. She was born on January 24, 1949 in LaFayette, AL to Grady McManus and Bernice Causey McManus. She loved her grandchildren and family very much. Mrs. Sanford enjoyed sewing and embroidery. She is survived by her son, Nolen Sanford (Michelle), of Lindale, GA; grandchildren, Dahlia and
Lucille Patterson Pemberton Funeral services for Lucille Patterson Pemberton will be Sunday, July 12, 2015 at 2 p.m. at New Rocky Mount Baptist Church. She will lie in state 30 minutes before the service. Visitation will be Saturday, July 11, 2015 from 5 p.m. - 7 p.m. at Bass Funeral Home. Ms. Pemberton died July 10, 2015 at Lake Martin Hospital. She was born
Alexander City, AL 35010 or to Children’s Harbor, 1 Our Children’s Highway, Alexander City, AL 35010. Memorial messages may be sent to the family at www.radneyfuneralhome. com. Radney Funeral Home is in charge of the arrangements. Layton; sisters, Bessie Parrish of Alexander City, Polly Anderson of Dothan, Ann Ficquette of Equality, and Lucille Thompson of Alexander City; and sisterin-law, Harriett Lewis of Montevallo. She was preceded in death by her husband, Edward Sanford; parents; and brother, Charles McManus. Memorial messages may be sent to the family at www.radneyfuneralhome. com. Radney Funeral Home is in charge of the arrangements.
Mrs. Fannie McKiethen Mrs. Fannie McKiethen of Eclectic, Alabama died July 9, 2015 and arrangements will be announced later by Wright’s Funeral Home.
June 21,1915 to Henry Lee and Lillie Mae Crouch Yarbrough. She is survived by Grandsons: Doug Williams, Tony Williams and Lynn (Susanne) Williams. 10 great grandchildren and 5 great great grandchildren and sister, Jane Henderson. She was preceded in death by 2 daughters, Joyce Patterson and Geneva Patterson Williams. Bass Funeral Home & Cremations directing.
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Lewis Burns at the funeral of 16-year-old Shirley Ann Ellington – the final victim – who Maxwell is believed to have killed. The girl had been adopted by Burns’ brother and one-time sister-in-law, Ophelia. Ophelia was married to Maxwell at the time of his death. As a suspect in Ellington’s death, Maxwell contacted Radney, who had represented him in some of the other cases. Radney would not represent him and, instead, represented Burns in the shooting death of Maxwell. Burns was found not guilty by reason of insanity. Later, Burns, a Vietnam War veteran, was diagnosed with post-traumatic stress disorder. According to Price, Radney lent his papers related to the Maxwell case to Lee, who was writing a book on the bizarre case. Lee spent several months in Alexander City with Radney, his family and others. Tom Radney died in 2011. “We haven’t really (had any success retrieving Tom Radney’s papers from Lee),” Price said Friday. “I hate to say that it’s been a little bit on the back burner for me, but (New Yorker reporter) Casey Cep is working on it still.” Cep wrote a New Yorker article in March about Lee and the Radneys’ efforts to retrieve the papers from Lee. According to Cep, at one point, Tonja Carter, who became Lee’s attorney after the death of Lee’s sister and attorney, Alice Lee, told Radney’s daughter Ellen Price that Harper Lee had no recollection of Radney or the Maxwell case. Carter later tempered her tone, according to Cep. In a letter to Madolyn Price, she wrote, “Miss Nelle (Harper) Lee has asked that I respond to your request for the return of your grandfather’s files on the Rev. Maxwell case. Unfortunately, Miss Lee does not have your grandfather’s files. I am sorry we were not able to help.” On June 5, 1987, Lee responded to an inquiry from the late Madison Jones, a published and critically acclaimed author himself who was, at the time, writerin-residence at Auburn University. Jones was apparently working with an individual named Steve Thomason on a possible account of the Maxwell story. Lee’s letter was vivid in its descriptions of area residents who wanted
to be paid for their personal reflections on the Maxwell case. One she mentioned specifically was Burns, Maxwell’s killer. “When I sought an interview with Reverend Maxwell’s killer (Burns), I was taken immediately to the offices of his attorneys in Dadeville, who wished to enter into negotiations on behalf of their client,” Lee wrote. Retired Dadeville attorney Lee Sims was one of the attorneys who represented Burns in the discussions with Lee. Sims said Friday that Lee said she would not pay Burns. Sims added that Burns, who has been open and candid with reporters about the case, decided to speak with her anyway. Burns says that Lee told him later that she would not write the book because it could incriminate “a lot of people” in the Alexander City area, including Radney. He said Lee did not say how the book would incriminate Radney or others. Lee’s letter to Jones isn’t altogether kind to Tom Radney, either. Lee writes: “If you are not already so, you will become closely acquainted with Tom Radney, whose legal services were crucial to the well-being of both the Reverend Maxwell and his assassin. I found him to be most cooperative, generous and kind. At the same time, however, Mr. Radney’s psychologi-
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cal processes were of clinical fascination to me; he seemed to see himself as a cross between Atticus Finch and Robert Redford. His memory for facts caused me much dismay – if accuracy is what you’re after, check out everything he says; if a hero is what you want, invent one.” Madolyn Price dismisses the tone of Lee’s letter to Jones, citing another Lee letter that Cep quotes from in her New Yorker story. It was a thank-you note Lee had written to a family that had hosted her in Alexander City, found in an old copy of Encyclopedia Brittanica. In it Lee wrote, “You simply can’t beat the people in Alex City for their warmth, kindness, and hospitality. If I fall flat on my face with this book, I won’t be terribly disappointed because of knowing that the time I spent with you was not time lost, but friends gained.” Price has also considered the possibility that Lee’s letter to Jones is nothing more than an attempt to scare others away from the fascinating case Lee might feel she had, through her years of research and interviews with Radney and others, earned ownership of. Curiously, Lee ends her letter to Jones with “I hope that you have found this sufficiently discouraging!” “I guess that’s possible,” Price said. “I just hope that someday we have this all figured out and can know the whole story.”
What is known is Radney corresponded with Lee for at least 30 years, constantly prodding her on her account of the case. At one time, Radney received from Lee four pages of manuscript, photos of which Price provided to The Outlook. Price had blurred all the text except the title, which, in Lee’s handwriting, read “The Reverend.” As for “Go Set A Watchman” – which was actually written by Lee some 50 years ago – it is Amazon’s most pre-ordered book since JK Rowlings’ “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows” in 2007. Amazon will not release figures for each book, but Harper, the HarperCollins imprint that published “Watchman,” said it ordered an initial U.S. print run of two million copies.
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The employees left the office before 7 p.m., having been in the office late following Monday night’s meeting of the Alexander City City Council. There was no written report filed and it remained unclear if any additional security measures were put in place as a result of the reported activity. A telephone message left at the mayor’s office was not returned,
but Mayor Charles Shaw did post about the subject on his Facebook page late Friday. “Earlier today, it was speculated that an office in City Hall was broken in to,” Shaw’s post read. “After a thorough investigation, it was determined that this was not true. City Hall was not broken in to, nor were any offices inside City Hall tampered with.”
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New taxiway is a T win for the city T
he new taxiway that will soon be built at T.C. Russell Field may not sound like a big deal to many Alexander City residents, but it is. This week Alexander City’s council awarded a million-dollar construction bid to Gary Ingram Paving of Dadeville to build the North Parallel Taxiway Extension. Right now, T.C. Russell Field has a partial taxiway servicing the runway. Airplanes using our runway must taxi down to the end of the runway, then turn 180 degrees before they can take off. The new taxiway will provide a separate paved pathway that takes airplanes to the end of the runway, just like a big city airport. It means larger aircraft will be better able to use our field and multiple airplanes will be able to use the facility more quickly, efficiently and safely. Finishing the taxiway will complete a 30-year plan to upgrade the airport. That’s all good news. Now, for the best part. Alexander City Director of Community Development Randy Thomas secured a grant from the Federal Aviation Administration that will pay for approximately $900,000 of the $1 million construction project. The State of Alabama will pay $50,000 and the City of Alexander City will chip in the final $50,000. This new addition to our airport is a valuable selling point when trying to attract new industry and business to our area. Thanks to Thomas – who by the way is the namesake for the Randy M. Thomas Terminal Building at the airfield – we are getting a million dollar asset for the cost of a new pick-up truck. And to make a very good day even better, the city has used its own light department crews to clear trees for the new taxiway, reducing the overall cost by more than $40,000. That’s the kind of smart, creative, professional vision that will move Alexander City forward fast. We tip our hat to Thomas and the City of Alexander City for a job very well done.
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he problem with empathy is seeing both sides of an
issue. Yogi Berri wishes he said that. I see both sides of the Confederate Flag issue. I understand how people whose forefathers fought and died under that flag hold it dear. And I understand how people whose forefathers suffered under slavery abhor it. For me, it’s history, a red, white and blue symbol encompassing all the manner of strong emotions from a pivotal time in America. George Santayana wisely said, “Those who do not remember the past are condemned to repeat it.” I think we Americans – especially we Southern Americans – must remember the Civil War. For that reason, I think the Confederate Battle Flag has a place in modern America. And its place is in museums, history books and on Confederate memorials and Civil War re-enactments. I do not think it has a place flying on government buildings that are paid for with public tax money – funded by people who hold
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a wide range of feelings about the battle flag. Those state governments that are now removing the flag from public buildings are in the right. Our government, which was created by the people and for the people, has a responsibility to represent and respect each of us. It is not doing that by flying a Confederate Battle Flag. The question of whether it is right to allow Confederate Battle Flags to fly in federal cemeteries is much stickier, because in my mind the issue shifts from the what’s right for the public to what’s right for the individual. Our country’s freedom of speech, granted by the First Amendment, is one of our greatest doctrines. And for some, flying the flag is an important part of free expression. So while I would condemn any public cemetery for flying the Confederate Battle Flag in its common areas, I do not have the same feelings about
the same flag placed on an individual grave. In fact, I think it could be considered an insult to fly the Stars and Stripes directly on the grave of one who died defending the Confederacy. And while I would not choose to fly a Confederate Battle Flag on my personal property, I would fight for the right for those who want to fly it over their personal property. There are no easy answers, but to me, it’s a question of what’s right for the public versus the rights of the individual. What do you think? The Outlook’s editorial page is a public forum where we encourage people to speak out. The right to a free press is also protected by the First Amendment, and I invite you to take advantage of your right to free speech and a free press by sharing your thoughts on the Confederate Battle Flag controversy here on this page. Send us a letter or a guest column and let our community know how you feel about this strongly charged symbol of America’s history. Boone is publisher of The Outlook.
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Sherry EllisonSimpson represents District 2. Her phone number is 329-0516. Her address is 2879 Old Dark Road, Alexander City, AL 35010. Chairman of the Parks and Recreation committee.
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Sherry Ellison Simpson Bob Howard represents District 3. His phone number is 234-2225. His address is 241 8th Street West, Alexander City, AL 35010. Chairman of the Buildings and Property committee. Billy Ray Wall represents District 4. His phone number is 329-8060. His address is 101 Scott Road, Alexander City, AL 35010. Chairman of the Public Works committee.
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James Spann represents District 5. His phone number is 329-9758. His address is 314 Auburn Drive, Alexander City, AL 35010. Chairman of Finance committee.
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Thomas Goss represents District 6. His phone number is 749-3355. His address is 647 Shady Point, Alexander City, AL 35010. Chairman of Utilities committee.
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Common people have lost their voice Dear Editor, “Write your congressman.” “Call your congressman.” “E-mail your congressman.” We hear it and read it repeatedly. I have followed this advice for years and I am here to tell you it does not mean ANYTHING. They DON’T GIVE A DAMN! Once these representatives get into office, they fall right into the system and march lock step to what the “leadership” dictates. We, the people, have lost our representation due to the congressional mafia which is largely based on the good old boy seniority rule. If you can last long enough in congress and kiss enough butts, you can eventually reach a position of POWER. That power is to be used to: 1) keep you in office, and 2) put forward the global ideologies to which you owe your livelihood. The proof of this opinion is what has happened since the “tea party revolution” in the election of 2014. This election was looked upon as a revolutionary and game-changing election after which there would be this conservative majority in both houses of congress. Supposedly, the middle class, conservative electorate would now have the upper hand in our government. Horse hockey! Senator Jeff Sessions has stood firm for the
common citizen and for the Constitution in spite of the pressure from the senate establishment. He fell victim to “seniority rule” when another senator who had a few months seniority was given the chairmanship of the powerful Budget Committee. Senator Sessions had functioned as the minority leader in that committee before the last election and was expected to climb to the chairmanship after the Republican sweep of the election. Not so fast. He was deemed to be too outspoken to lead this very powerful committee. He was just too honest to hold this position. He was just not politically correct enough. Look, it is time we stopped beating around the Bush (pun intended). The common person who works, pays taxes, and gets the blame for every damn thing that is wrong with this country has lost his/her say in how our country works. It is time to take a page out of Martin Luther King’s book and follow Mahatma Ghandi’s example to passively resist this corrupt and self-serving governmental system. We can really only trust God’s word (the Bible) and the Constitution to get direction of how our country should be governed. Billy Sellers Alexander City
Confederate battle flag should fly as reminder Billy Ray Wall
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Charles Shaw is mayor of Alexander City. His phone number at city hall is 329-6730 and his home number is 234-7395 His address at city hall is 4 Court Square; Alexander City, AL, 35010. His home address is 98 Heritage Drive Alexander City, AL, 35010.
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Dear Editor, The Confederate flag is officially coming down from government property in South Carolina. Forget what it means to some people, whether it’s pride in our homeland, States’ rights, hate, a protest to integration, memory of Uncle Jack who fought valiantly and died at Chickamauga or whatever. It should be a reminder to everyone what can happen when the dollar is given top priority over people’s dignity and God given rights of “life, liberty and pursuit of happiness”. Why are black people not yelling and screaming to keep the Confederate flag, not over the Capitol, but in some promi-
nent place where it can be a constant reminder of the past. Slavery was a terrible thing! Indenturing immigrants could be bad too, but it was for a specified number of years and did not extend to the children of the indentured. Italians and Chinese were imported to do the heavy labor on railroads and highways. There was no protection for those men’s lives or health. There are many examples of inhumanity to our fellow men that are not remembered. The treatment of Muslims to nonMuslims is just now becoming recognized. Every 2-5 years we see a new version of the Holocaust.
Perhaps a new documentary or a biography of some outstanding person like Oskar Schindler who, at great risk, evacuated Jews. Last week a letter to the editor exposed another hero, Sir Nicholas Winton, who saved 699 Jewish children. Jews are determined that everyone remember the Holocaust so it isn’t repeated. Many of these examples have no convenient trademark like the Confederate flag, but where there is a symbol for atrocities, they should be exhibited. Why are blacks willing to let everyone forget about slavery? Sherry Sellers Alexander City
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Public Meetings Alexander City Board of Education meets on the third Tuesday of each month. Meetings are held in the board office at 375 Lee St. or local school at 5 p.m. Alexander City Council meets on the first and third Mondays of each month. Meetings are held in the courtroom at the old city hall at 5:30 p.m. Camp Hill Town Council meets the first and third Mondays of each month. Meetings are held in town hall at 6 p.m.
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A group of high school cyclists traveling with Overland stopped in Tallassee as the group traveled from the Atlantic Ocean in South Carolina and is headed to the Pacific at the Santa Monica Pier.
Bicycle group stops in Tallassee on way to Pacific England. It’s grown ever since. According to the website www. overlandsummers.com “…new destinations and activities were added but a common mission remained: to provide young people the chance to work together in small groups to accomplish something of importance to them – hike the Alps, serve an impoverished community, master a new language.” For some the trip was a personal challenge. For others, it’s a chance to raise awareness of an issue or a charity. “Several kids are raising money for charity,” Bachelder said. Henry Harris was riding for a charity: “I’m raising money for the Marshall Legacy Institute a section of it called CHAMP (Children Against Mines Program). It raises money to help train mine-detecting dogs in countries like Bosnia and Croatia.” Josh Magness from Los Angeles, is another: “I’m raising money for Text Less, Live More. It’s a charity that’s close to the people who have done Overland for a few years. A girl passed away (years ago) on the same trip as us. Her parents set up the charity – Text Less Live More – as a way to honor her. They also set up a scholarship fund for foster students in the Boston area. I’m raising money for that to hopefully prevent
By Griffin Pritchard The Tallassee Tribune
“The woods are lovely, dark and deep. But I have promises to keep and miles to go before I sleep,” wrote Robert Frost years ago as he stopped by a forest on a snowy evening. Last week there was no snow or even woods, but there was a group of high schoolers with that mentality who turned the lobby of the New Gym at Tallassee High School into a makeshift hostel as they regrouped from a trip that began on the beaches of the Atlantic Ocean in South Carolina. “We’re from all over,” Scott Bachelder said while members of the group were feasting on bowls of macaroni and cheese and Hamburger Helper behind him. “I’m from New Jersey. You’ve got kids from Chicago, L.A., the Boston area, Connecticut, Maine and Missouri. This program is called Overland and they do programs all over the world. We are biking across the country. The reason is, we’re all kind of crazy. We are doing it because we can and because we like to challenge ourselves.” Overland was founded by Williams College grad Tom Costley. In 1984, Overland (as a group) came to life with bike trips through New
texting and driving.” The journey began in Hunting Island, South Carolina as the travelers all gathered at the Charleston airport. The trek, in total, is about 42 days of riding but will take around six weeks as stops for laundry and rest are scheduled. “It’s 3,000 miles total,” said Bachelder. “We are all rising juniors and seniors in high school.” The group arrived in Tallassee after seven days on the road. The New Gym’s lobby became a makeshift hostel as the trekkers took a day to do laundry, bike maintenance and to rest. A day later they were back on the road headed toward Selma and then into and then into Mississippi. “We are avoiding Texas,” said one of the members of the group with a laugh. “We are going to hit Arkansas and Oklahoma.” The route ends at the Santa Monica Pier. In unison, almost, the group said that’s what they were looking forward to seeing the most, second only to the Grand Canyon. They began the trip by dipping their front tires in the Atlantic Ocean. After 45 days and more than 3,000 miles traveled, they hope to end it by dipping that same tire (among other things) into the Atlantic Ocean.
Community Action Agency of Chambers, Tallapoosa, Coosa will holds its regular board of directors meetings every other month at the Central Office in Dadeville. Coosa County Board of Education holds called meetings at least once a month.
Coosa County Commission meets on the second and fourth Tuesday of each month. Meetings are held in the Coosa County Courthouse in Rockford at 9:30 a.m. on the second Tuesday and at 6:30 p.m. on the fourth Tuesday. Coosa County Industrial Development Board will hold its regularly scheduled meeting the third Tuesday of each month at 7 p.m. in the Commissioners’ Board Room in the courthouse in Rockford. All meetings are open to the public. Dadeville City Council meets on the second and fourth Tuesday of each month at 5 p.m. in city hall. Daviston City Council meets the third Monday of every month at 6:30 p.m. at the Daviston Fire Department.
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convey. So whenever we think we hat is it that you think of have God all figured out, what we when you hear the word really have is a god of our own mak“idol”? Of course, many ing – an idol. today would think of some famous or When Moses met God on the super-talented person such as an actor mountain, in the burning bush, he or actress or someone who might wanted to name and define God – to appear on the TV show, “American capture and contain God in Idol.” But what about the words he could take back religious meaning of “idol”– to his people. But God did the kind people worship as a not yield to Moses’ desire (false) god? Do you think of to name, define, and thus a statue that people pray to, limit God. Instead, God told or something like that? Moses, “I am who I am.” Actually an idol is any (Exodus 3:13-14). God is deity we create for ourselves. who God is, beyond our Even if we think we are worRev. Dr. Gene limited and limiting descripshipping the True and Living Lankford tions or concepts. Yet, God God, we may be worshipping Trinity United goes on to give a relational our own ideas about God – Methodist description of the God who is ideas partly taken (usually – the God of your ancestors, out of context) from the Bible and partly taken from our surrounding the God of Abraham, of Isaac, and of Jacob. (Exodus 3:15). culture – or our parents, our religious God is not known through our denomination, our pastors and teachwords, definitions, or concepts. God ers – in other words, our religious is certainly not defined by our social background. And our tendency is and political causes – nor even by to create a god for ourselves in our our religion. Those are gods of our own image. It’s amazing how our god approves what we approve and is own making – in other words, idols. Rather, God is known preeminently in against what we’re against! In fact, loving relationship, and for Christians, whenever we over-identify a social supremely in a life-transforming relaor political cause with God, we are tionship with Jesus the Christ. engaging in idolatry, the worship of a Dr. Gene Lankford is pastor of false god. Trinity and Equality United Methodist God is much greater than our puny Churches. minds can comprehend or our words This devotional and directory made possible by these businesses who encourage all of us to attend worship services!
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Pleasant Grove Church of Christ 1819 Bay Pine Rd, Jackson’s Gap
Pleasant Valley Missionary Baptist 835 Valley Rd., Camp Hill 334-257-4442
Mt. Carmel Baptist 3610 Dudleyville Rd., Dadeville
Southview Church of Christ 2325 Dadeville Rd., Alex City 256-329-0212
Ridge Grove Missionary Baptist Alexander City, 256-234-6972
Mt. Zion Baptist Hwy. 63 South, Alex City 256-234-7748
Rocky Mt. Baptist New Site community
New Beginning Baptist 1076 Coley Creek Rd.
Seleeta Baptist Booker St., Alex City 256-329-2685
New Concord Baptist Off hwy. 49, Dadeville, 256-825-5390
Bread of Life A.C.O.P. Church of God Hwy. 280, Kellyton
Shady Grove Baptist Jackson’s Gap Community
New Elkahatchee Baptist Elkahatchee Rd., Alex City 256-329-9942
Cedar Street Church of God 711 Martin Luther King Blvd. Alex City
The Great Bethel Missionary 520 Christian St., Alex City 256-234-5513
New Hope Baptist Lake Martin, off Hwy. 63 256-329-2510
Dadeville Church of God 425 Horseshoe Bend Rd. (Hwy. 49 N.) Dadeville 256-825-8820
Unity Baptist Robinson Rd., Alex City Zion Hill Missionary Baptist 583 S. Broadnax St., Dadeville BAPTIST – SOUTHERN Bay Pine Baptist 1480 Bay Pine Rd. Jackson’s Gap, 256-825-4433
CHURCH OF GOD Alex City No. 2 A.C.O.P. Church of God Local Street, Alex City
New Life Baptist Jackson’s Gap, 256-825-6190 / 256-329-2635
Marshall Street Church of God 428 Marshall Street, Alex City 256-234-3180
New Pine Grove Baptist Off Hwy. 22, Perryville
New Faith Tabernacle A.C.O.P. Church of God “J” Street
New Providence Baptist Pearson Chapel Rd., Alex City New Rocky Mount Baptist 670 Peckerwood Rd., Jackson’s Gap 256-794-3846
New Harvest Ministries Church of God Hwy 280 & Coosa 28 256-329-2331
Bethany Baptist Church Bethany Road
Cross Key Baptist Hackneyville, 256-329-9716
Bethel Baptist Smith Mt. Rd., Jackson’s Gap 256-825-5070
New Salem Road New Site Rd., New Site, 256-234-2932
Beulah Baptist Smith Mt. Rd., Jackson’s Gap 256-825-9882
Old Providence Baptist Off Hwy. 63 N., near Hackneyville
The Church of God 13th Ave. N., Alex City 256-329-1696
Old Union Baptist 1106 Davis Circle 256-596-1873
Washington Street A.C.O.P. Church of God Washington Street
Orr Street Baptist 1000 “O” Street (Hwy. 63N) Alex City, 256-234-3171
CHURCH OF GOD OF PROPHECY Church of God of Prophecy 303 Poplar Rd., Alex City, 256-234-6941
Darian Missionary Baptist Church Pearson Chapel Rd., Alex City 256-329-3865 Elam Baptist Robertson Rd. Alex City Early Rose Baptist 201 E Street, Alexander City
Calvary Baptist 819 Main St., Dadeville, 256-825-5989
Flint Hill Baptist Hwy. 280, Dadeville
Calvary Heights Baptist Elkahatchee, Rd., Alex City 256-234-7224
Friendship Baptist Our Town Community, 256-329-5243
Camp Hill Baptist Downtown Camp Hill, 256-896-2811
Hollins Springs Baptist Hwy. 280, Goodwater
Comer Memorial 941 E. Church St., Alex City 256-234-2236
Jackson’s Gap Baptist Church 21 East Church St. 256-825-6814
Daviston Baptist Daviston, 395-4327
Liberty Church 1034 Liberty Church Rd. Willow Point Alex City Macedonia Baptist Macedonia Circle, Goodwater 256-839-5793 Marietta Baptist Goodwater Miracle Missionary Baptist 1687 “I” Street 256-215-9788, 256-215-9787 Mt. Calvary Baptist 329 King St., Alex City, 256-234-5631 Mt. Olive Baptist Hwy. 280 & Jct. 49, Goodwater Mt. Sinai Baptist Fish Pond Rd., Coosa County 256-329-2337 Mt. Zion Baptist Hwy. 22, New Site Mt. Zion East StillWaters Dr., 256-825-4991 Mt. Zion West Our Town Community, 256-234-7748
New Bethel Baptist Rock St., Dadeville, 256-825-7726
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BAPTIST – MISSIONARY Bethlehem Baptist New Site
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Peace & Goodwill Baptist Cottage Grove Community Alexander City, 256-377-4634 Pine Grove Baptist Eagle Creek Rd., Dadeville
Eagle Creek Baptist Hwy. 49, Dadeville, 256-825-6048 Fellowship Baptist Buttston Community Fellowship Primitive Baptist Church on Claybrook Drive, Alex City 256-839-5339 First Baptist Court Square, Alex City 256-234-6351 First Baptist Tallassee St., Dadeville, 256-825-6232 Good News Baptist Church 10493 Hwy. 280, Jackson’s Gap 256-825-2555 Hackneyville Baptist Hwy. 63 N., Hackneyville
Perryville Baptist Perryville, 256-234-3588 Pine Grove Baptist Camp Hill Ray Baptist Rockford Hwy., Alex City, 256-234-7609 River Road Baptist 148 Dean Rd., Alex City, 256-234-6971 Rocky Creek Baptist Samford Rd., Cowpens Community Rocky Mount Baptist Hwy. 22 E., Alex City, 256-329-2327 Rock Springs Baptist Jackson’s Gap, 256-839-6263 Russell Farm Baptist Hwy. 63 beyond Our Town Sandy Creek Baptist Alex City Sixth Street Baptist Sixth St., Alex City, 256-234-2408 Sunny Level Baptist Church Sunny Acres Subdivision Sewell Street
Hillabee Baptist Hillabee Rd., Alex City 256-234-6798
Town Creek Baptist Camp Ground Rd., Alex City
Horseshoe Bend Baptist Hwy. 280, Dadeville
Wayside Baptist 21 Wayside Circle, Alex City 256-234-5564
Jackson’s Gap Baptist Jackson’s Gap, 256-825-4951 Kellyton Baptist Kellyton, 256-329-1512 Kendrick Baptist Church Nixburg Lake Martin Baptist Hwy 34, Dadeville 256-825-7434 Lake Pointe Baptist 8352 Hwy. 50W, Dadeville Lebanon Baptist Mt. Carmel Rd., Dadeville, 256-234-7541
Zion Hill Baptist Hwy. 79, near Horseshoe Bend CATHOLIC St. John the Apostle 454 N. Central Ave., Alex City 256-234-3631 CHURCH OF CHRIST Alex City Church of Christ 945 Tallapoosa St., Alex City 256-234-6494 Dadeville Church of Christ East LaFayette St., Dadeville Meadows St. Church of Christ 306 Meadows St., Alex City
Pentecostal Church of God 163 Franklin Street, Alex City 256-215-4055
CHURCH OF JESUS CHRIST Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints 1515 Worthy Road, Alex City (Corner of Worthy Place and Dadeville Road) CHURCH OF THE NAZARENE Dadeville Church of the Nazarene Corner Hwy. 280 and 49, 256-825-8191 EPISCOPAL Saint James Episcopal Church 121 South Central Ave., Alex City 256-234-4752 HOLINESS Alex City Emmanuel Holiness Hillabee St., Alex City House of Restoration Holiness 519 Slaughter Ave., Camp Hill, 256-749-2373, 256-896-2904 FULL GOSPEL Dadeville Foursquare Gospel Church Old 280 By-pass Fellowship Revival Center Mission 316 6th Ave., Alex City 256-329-1510 weekends Kellyton Revival Center Co. Road 87 South Kellyton
Duncan Memorial U.M. 3997 Hillabee Rd., Alex City 256-234-6708 First United Methodist 310 Green St., Alex City 256-234-6322 First United Methodist Dadeville, 256-825-4404
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UNITED PENTECOSTAL Alex City Apostolic 3708 Robinson Rd., Alexander City, 256-329-1573 INDEPENDENT Faith Temple Franklin Street, Alex City, 256-234-6421 Family Worship Center 1676 Sewell Street 256-839-6895 First Congregational Christian 11th Ave. South, Alex City GAP Fellowship Ministries P.O. Box 1571, Alex City
Christian Life Church Hwy. 63 N., Alex City 256-409-9590
Jehovah-Jireh Ministries 252 Tallapoosa St., Alex City 256-215-4211
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Today’s Events ART WORKSHOP: The Art Association of Central Alabama is hosting a Faux Batik workshop July 11 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Cottage Gallery. The workshop will be conducted by Dottie Holdren. Each person will be able to complete their painting that day. Bonnie Luckie will mat it for you at little cost. The cost is $37.50. Due upon registration. Send registration to Dottie Holdren at 2580 Coosa County Rd.49, Goodwater,AL 35072. Or go by the Cottage Gallery for registration and a supply list. BACK TO SCHOOL EXPLO: GAP Fellowship Church is coordinating a Back to School Explo July 11 from 3 p.m. to 6 p.m. at the CACC Auditorium. Special Guest will be Team Impact from Dallas, TX. Come and see an electrifying performance of power and strength. Free school supplies, free back
packs, pizza and drinks. All students K-12 and teachers are invited. MONTHLY SINGING: The Family Worship Center will host Canaan Land from Clanton July 11 at 6 p.m. The church is located at 1676 Sewell St. in Alex City. The pastor is Tony Harris. SOFTBALL TOURNAMENT: Pleasant Grove Baptist Church Choir is hosting a co-ed softball tournament Saturday, July 11, at the Wadley Complex Softball Field. Entry fee is $125. There will be first, second, and third place trophies. For more information contact Phillis Thomas at 256-794-3755, Denise Anderson at 803-743-8969 or Brunette Knight at 334-329-8667. PANCAKE BREAKFAST: Comer United Methodist is hosting the monthly pancake breakfast July 11 from 6 a.m. until 10 a.m. Cost is $6 with the opportunity to dine in or carry out. Plates come with pancakes and the choice of sausage
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July 12 WILLOUGHBY REUNION: The Willoughby Reunion will be Sunday, July 12 at the Daviston Community Center. All family and friends are welcome.
July 12-16 VACATION BIBLE SCHOOL: Comer Baptist Church is hosting Vacation Bible School July 12-16 from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. Ages 4 through 6th grade are welcome for Journey Off the Map. For more information call 256-2342236 or 256-749-1926.
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July 16-18 GOSPEL WORKSHOP: New Style Baptist Church in Nixburg is hosting the RTM Fifth Annual Gospel Musical Workshop July 16-18 at 6 p.m. nightly. The guest clinicians will be Kerwin Morns of Atlanta, Minister Stacey Stroud of Goodwater and Missionary Rena Taylor of Forest, Mississippi. Registration fee is $35. For more information contact Rev. Richard Taylor at richardtaylormusic@gmail.com or 334329-8696.
July 17-19 TBA CAMP for YOUTH: The Tallapoosa Baptist Association is hosting the TBA Camp for Youth & Kids (completed grades 3-12), July 17-19 at Camp Alamisco. The theme is “Storyline” as campers learn the theme that runs throughout the Bible. Other activities include swimming, canoeing,
kayaking, lots of crazy games & campfire. Cost is $50 & includes everything (even snacks & t-shirt). Deadline to register is Friday, July 10. Registration forms available at www.tallapoosabaptist.org under the Resource tab or by calling 256-825-4441.
July 18 THE DIPLOMATS: The Weogufka Center for Arts, Entertainment and Education are hosting The Diplomats and The Kellys July 18 at 6:30 p.m. Tickets are $12 at the door. Children under 12 are free. Concessions start at 5 p.m. For more information go to weogufkacenter.org or call Melvin Palmer at 256-245-8885 or Margaret Thornton at 256-234-2186. BOOK SALE: The Friends of the Dadeville Public Library will be having a book sale on July 18 from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. Hardback books can be purchased for $1, paperbacks for 50 cents and a bag of books for $5. Baked goods will also be available. CHURCH ANNIVERSARY: Hatchett Springs Baptist Church is hosting its 108th Anniversary Sunday July 18 at 2 p.m. The guest speaker will be Pastor John Billups from The Rock Tabernacle in Talladega. NIGHT OF PRAISE: Victory Family Worship Center and Highland Records presents a Night of Praise and Worship (A Live Recording) July 18 at 5 p.m. at the Caldwell Center in Goodwater. Featuring The Holloway and Drakes Singers, Unity Singers (Opelika), Macedonia Male Chorus (Five Points), Wilson Brothers, Donna Chapman, Jermaine Chatmon, In Your Town and many more.
July 19 CHURCH ANNIVERSARY: The Hatchett Springs Baptist Church on County Road 111 in Goodwater will celebrates its anniversary July 19 at 2:30 p.m. Rev. Demerits Griffin is pastor. CHURCH ANNIVERSARY: Great Bethel Missionary Baptist Church is celebrating its 135th Anniversary Sunday, July 19 at 2 p.m. Guest minister Rev. Tracy Burton. The pastor is Rev. Dr. Emerson Ware. CHURCH HOMECOMING: New Hope Baptist Church is hosting homecoming services Sunday, July 19 at 10 a.m. Featured singers will be Willing Vessels and Forgiven Heart. There will be a covered dish lunch at noon. Everyone is welcome. For more infor-
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GOSPEL ANNIVERSARY: The Taylor Family Gospel Singers will be celebrating 22 years Saturday, July 25 at 5:30 p.m. at the Centerview Baptist Church in Camp Hill. BETTS REUNION: The Betts Family Reunion will be July 25 from 10:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Sportplex Cabin. BENEFIT: Lyndell Maxwell is hosting a benefit for Rev. Lawrence Maxwell July 25 from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m at Passion Church on Highway 63.
July 26 CHURCH HOMECOMING: Rock Springs Baptist Church in Jacksons Gap will celebrate Homecoming July 26 starting at 10 a.m. Rev. Jamey Williams will bring the message, dinner at noon followed by some good gospel singing by the Fellowship Quartet. Everyone is encouraged to come and help us celebrate. CHURCH ANNIVERSARY: Macedonia Missionary Baptist Church in Goodwater is celebrating its 126th Anniversary Sunday July 26, at 3 p.m. Rev. Melvin Ervin is the pastor. Guest speaker will be Rev. Richard Taylor of New Style Missionary Baptist Church of Nixburg.
July 26-29 REVIVAL SERVICES: Kellyton Baptist Church will be hosting revival services July 26-29 with different speakers at each service. Sunday morning will be at 11 a.m. and Sunday thru Wednesday night will be at 6 p.m.
July 28, 29, 30 REVIVAL SERVICES: Mt. Olive Missionary Baptist Church on County Road 22 in Waverly is hosting Revival Services July 28-30 at 7 p.m. nightly. Guests speakers are Rev. Darrell Jordan July 28, Rev. Jerry Dowdell July 29 and Rev. Jimmy Thomas July 30.
July 30 - August 21 SMOKE ON THE MOUNTAIN: The Wetumpka Depot Players are presenting Smoke on the Mountain July 30,31, August 1, 6, 7, 8, 13, 14, 15, 20 and 21 at 7:30 p.m. and August 2 and 9 at 2 p.m.
July 31 RELAY FOR LIFE FUNDRAISER: Lake Martin Home Health “Get Spotted & Win” Relay for Life Event will hold a special event on July 31 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at 854 Airport Drive in Alexander City. LMHH and Kowaliga Country 97.5 have teamed up with “Relay for Life” to help fight cancer. Firetruck BBQ will be on site from 11-6. Kowaliga Country will be there live with us to announce the winners. Grand prize of $5,000, second $2,000 and third a Yeti cooler. The grand prize ticket will be selected by Alexander City Police Chief Willie Robinson. For more information contact Jaime Billups by email at jbillups@lakemartinhospital. com or call 256-397-1440.
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to tasting pies, I like most all of them that I’ve ever tasted. But it should be a lot of fun.” This contest is sponsored by the Seniority Program at RMC and will be held in Strand Park. Registration for pie entries begins at 9 a.m. with judging starting promptly at 10 a.m. under the big tent. It is free to enter a pie and admission
or heating elements are not allowed • You must bring two identical pies to enter • Pies will be judged on appearance, crust and overall flavor and taste Bragging rights for the Blue Ribbon winner will include having their pie added to the menu at Doc’s Cafeteria on the ground floor of the hospital. The winning
is free to the public to come out and enjoy samples and vote on the People’s Choice Award. The rules are pretty simple: • All entries must be home baked and brought in disposable 9-inch pie tins • Pies cannot contain raw or uncooked eggs • Pies that require special handling, refrigeration,
recipe will also be served to 450 guests during the Breast Cancer Awareness luncheon in October. Pie bakers and pie tasters are needed. For additional information, please contact Jessica Sanford, Community Relations at 256-329-7145. In case of rain this event will be moved to the RMC Community Room.
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handling the probe. This week the Montgomery County District Attorney’s Office received a court order authorizing the exhumation of Hooper Williams’ body so an autopsy can be performed. Hooper Williams was buried at Greenwood Cemetery, but no details of the timing of the exhumation and autopsy were immediately known. The motion seeking the exhumation indicated that investigators believe that the victim’s death “occurred under suspicious circumstances.” Evidence cited in the exhumation request suggests that the vehicle Hooper Williams was found in was moving just six miles an hour at the time of impact. A related court document indicated that a witness has given a statement
saying Hooper Williams was critically injured when she was placed in the car. Tallapoosa County Sheriff Jimmy Abbett said the death is being treated as suspicious and was being handled by the state. Because the investigation is still active and no indictments have been issued, the Tallapoosa County District Attorney’s Office said it wouldn’t be appropriate to comment further. Karlee was a 2010 graduate of Elmore County High School and was married with two daughters. Her obituary indicated that she had attended Central Alabama Community College and Phoenix University and at the time of her death was attending the University of Alabama working towards becoming a registered nurse.
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Carnahan said. “We can teach them, check them out. Soon they realize that they have learned skills that will allow them to go out into bigger water.” The U.S. Sailing Certified program is a hit with the 15 girls at camp this week. “It’s fun. It’s awesome. It’s a blast,” can be heard from any one of the girls. In addition to being fun, the girls are learning how to handle and sail the small boats at the camp. “You quickly learn where the wind is at,” first time sailor Ainsley O’Conner of Montgomery said. “You don’t want to be in the No-Go Zone.” O’Conner said her mother had other motives in letting her go to sailing camp. “My mom told me I could go to sailing camp,” O’Conner said. “You are going to learn so that you can come back and teach me how to sail.” The camp attracts more than first time sailors. “This is my third time at Camp Sail Away,” Dothan’s Jennifer Sutton said. “I do not do any other summer camps but this one. It’s hard work but it’s worth it.” In addition to learning to sail the small boats, the girls are getting to experience the bigger 27-foot O’Day. “It is an eight passenger boat,” Carnahan said. “The girls got dressed one evening this week and we took it and a pontoon to Kowaliga to eat dinner. The girls all got dressed in their sun dresses and enjoyed themselves.” The girls even got more than a ride on the big sailboat. “We are taking the girls out in their crews in the evening,” Carnahan said. “We go out on the lake for a little bit, drag them from behind the boat in a game called shark bait. We sail back and teach them how to set anchor. We cook on board and then sleep on board. I think it is a pretty special opportunity to be able to sleep on a sailboat.” The sailing program is taking off and the Girl Scouts of Southern Alabama are hoping more will take advantage of the chance. “Rusty and Gwen Black of Opelika have partnered with the Girl Scouts to offer day sailing camps,” Carnahan said. “We offer the day camps a couple times year but this partnership will allow more girls to sail more often.”
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Alexander City native Hilyer named Reeltown softball coach By Robert Hudson Outlook Sports Editor
The Reeltown Lady Rebels will have a new coach leading the way from the dugout. Kelli Hilyer will be the new head softball coach of Reeltown. Hilyer, an Alexander City native and Benjamin Russell High School graduate, previously served as head softball coach of Central High School of Coosa County. She said she is excited to join a Reeltown program that returns the majority of its team from last year’s squad, which finished in the Class 2A South Central Regionals. “I’m very excited about this upcoming year and just to be at Reeltown – period. All I hear is great things about the school,” Hilyer said. “I kept up with the softball team last year mostly online seeing that they went to regionals. The majority of the team is returning, so it’s going to be a great opportunity to build on what the coaches
and everyone has done at Reeltown already, so I’m excited.” Above all, Hilyer said she is excited to meet the Hilyer players, as Reeltown will host a meet and greet for current and prospective softball players next Thursday at 3:30 p.m. “I haven’t met any of the girls yet who play or any of them looking to play. I just want to be able to make them feel comfortable to know who is this new coach coming in so they can put a face with a name,” Hilyer said. “As a former player, I always liked to know if my coach knew what they were talking about. I used to play and I was a pitcher and I’ve coached for nine years. I hope to bring that experience there. Then, from them, I always like to hear what the
girls expect and let them introduce themselves and ask me some questions.” Among the points of emphasis Hilyer hopes to instill are hard work and team unity. “I always believe in hard work and dedication, as well as having a team cohesiveness and synergy,” Hilyer said. “They always say hard work will beat out any talent any day. So, if you already have the talent there, hard work just builds on top of that.” Hilyer said her experience as a former player and as an assistant under some of the area’s top softball coaches will help her get the best out of the players. “I know what it takes to get on that field and put your best foot forward as an athlete. I think that helps me as a coach,” Hilyer said. “In my past experience coaching I’ve learned under a lot of different coaches including my dad and Pam Robinson and Brownie Caldwell. I think coaching that
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Pitcher Ayriana Stoneback will be one of the key returning players for the Reeltown Lady Rebels.
many years you learn how to get the best out of your athletes. My goal is to have them not only want to do the best for themselves, but for the team and to be able to play as one.
That takes you farther than anything, really. “I just want to do a good job and help the girls do a good job. I’m excited and can’t wait to get out there and get started.”
Lakewinds Golf Course crowns PGA Junior League champions
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The Blue team defeated the Orange Team 119 to 126 Friday morning in Lakewinds PGA Junior Golf League. Pictured are, from left, Blue team members Nolen McMichen, Clayton Foshee, Bradley Bolan, Sawyer Parks, Cash Sassano, Torie Spann, and Caziah Gilmore. Not pictured are players Emma Tapley and Hank Hunter, and Coach Lisa Parks.
The most broken things in sports and how to fix them (or make them worse)
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he 2014-2015 college football season will go down as the season that changed the sport forever. The introduction of the College Football Playoff certainly changed the sport, for better or worse depending on who you ask. But the one thing that stood out to me even more than how awful that new trophy looks is how people were already calling for changes to the system. Is the CFP perfect? No. But the calls for expansion are reactionary and shortsighted. They did however get me thinking about how sports, and the systems that govern them, are imperfect. With that in mind, here are a just a few of the most broken systems in sports and my suggestions on how to fix them (or probably make them worse): The Major League Baseball playoffs: One of the things I love about American sports is the uniqueness of our postseason play, i.e. the playoffs. Few nations around the world host playoffs like the U.S. does. The main argument against
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a playoff in college football was that it would diminish the importance of the regular season. However, anyone who watches professional sports, or March Madness for that matter, can attest to the higher quality of play and sense of excitement that comes with the playoffs. Which brings me to the MLB playoffs. Baseball’s playoffs are undeniably one of the most exciting forms of postseason play in the world, however the very nature of the MLB postseason format is broken. While most professional leagues host playoffs that involve around 50 percent of the league’s teams, the MLB playoffs only includes eight of the league’s 30 teams, and no, I’m not including those ridiculous one-game play-ins. Baseball is absolutely
the most antiquated sport in America, steeped in old traditions that add to its charm, but diminish the enjoyment of the game at the same time. My suggestion is a modest one. Let’s expand the playoffs to 12 instead of the “10” that its at now. Each year, about a handful of teams with winning records are left out of the playoffs. The 12-team playoff would add one more team to each league’s playoff bracket. While we’re at it, make those playin games best-of-three series instead of single-elimination. Some would argue that’d make the season too long, but don’t we celebrate extra innings as “free baseball?” Let’s move the season up a month and make those teams whose cities are still cold that month play on the road. More baseball is never a bad thing. Let’s have more of it. NFL Overtime: This entry won’t be as long. The NFL overtime rules are cumbersome and needlessly confusing. First team to score a touchdown wins, but if they only score a
field goal the other team gets a possession, but then if the other team scores a field goal it’s now sudden death, BUT if… See what I mean? Let’s make it simple. Both teams get a possession. If they’re tied after those two possessions, sudden death. Done. College football’s challenge system: As it stands, the key difference between the college and NFL challenge systems is that coaches in the pros get two challenges while college coaches only get one. The result is it encourages teams to do things like fake injuries to hold up play in order to force a booth review because coaches don’t want to spend their only challenge that may or may not be successful. Give college coaches two challenges. It won’t completely solve injury faking or teams rushing to the line to beat the tossing out of a challenge flag, but it could encourage coaches to be less hesitant about using their challenges. The college basketball shot clock: A lot of people hate NBA basketball but enjoy college
basketball. That is something I will never understand, because anyone who has watched college basketball, especially during March Madness, can see just how terrible the quality of play can be. Part of that is because teams sit on the ball for the entire 40 seconds of the shot clock. All 40 seconds. Every possession. FOR 40 MINUTES. Meanwhile, the NBA is an up-tempo, fast-paced display of athleticism that is arguably unequaled in any sport and, despite what many think, is a far more complex game than the college version. The big reason for that pace is the 25-second shot clock. Teams can’t sit on the ball for 40 seconds playing hot potato and keep away waiting for the opposing team to make a mistake. A 25-second shot clock in college would encourage the quick decision making that we see in the pros and would produce an even more exciting sport than we have now. Hudson is sports editor of The Outlook.
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teachers and all who attend a positive feeling as they head into the new school year. “For anyone who has never seen what these people do – it is really amazing,” Benson said. “The things they do, from blowing up and popping hot water bottles, to breaking boards and ice blocks, the kids are glued to it. But it all comes with a positive message and that’s what it’s all about.” According to the Team Impact website, attendees will see feats “such as shattering five feet of concrete with one blow from their massive arms and snapping baseball bats in half with their bare hands – Team Impact members are sure to capture your attention; all to share a message of hope.” Benson said there will be just one team member here, but
continued from page 1 said he will bring a full-scale show for all who attend to see. Attendees will also walk away with items that include backpacks and school supplies, pizza and drinks. “This is our 16th year doing this and we have reached 5,000 children,” Benson said. “With costs rising and the school supply lists growing each year, it is hard on families, particularly those with multiple children. Each year more and more churches have joined in and we hope to be able to help even more this year than ever before. “When you combine that with the stories and inspirational message, we feel good about what it offers the children who come. You have to get their attention somehow, and this has proven to do just that.”
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The Klassic Kruisers Car Club of New Site presented a $1,000 check to New Site Ambulance, above, and a $1,000 check to New Site Fire Dept. Commissioner John McKelvey matched the two $1,000 donations. Pictured are Julie Cotney, Jimmy Thompson, Tyler Gardner, Aaron Perry, Larry Hanson and Susan Gamble. Below, the club presented a $1,000 check to Daviston Fire Dept. Commissioner John McKelvey matched the $1,000 donation. Pictured are Julie Cotney, Brandon Black, Aaron Perry, Larry Hanson, and Susan Gamble.
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