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4-H er’s kayak down Sandy Creek First ever camp proves enjoyable for students By Cliff Williams Record Staff Writer
The Tallapoosa County Extension is holding its first ever kayaking camp for area youth in conjunction with the Alabama Scenic River Trail this week. “We have a lot of kids who have paddled around the lake but never in a stream, creek or river,” Alabama Extension Service agent Shane Harris said. “We are just trying to expose them to something new and fun.” Area children at the camp agree. “It was fun,” 12-year-old Jackson Kelly of Alexander City said. “I want to do it again.” “It was fun,” 15-year-old Megan Cotney of Daviston said. “I go with my family on the Tallapoosa River sometimes.” The camp included dry land instruction with water safety and how to control the paddle and boat. Following some land instruction, the children See KAYAK, Page A5
Community Action Building ‘donation’ hits a legal snag By Cliff Williams Record Staff Writer
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Area children float down Sandy Creek Wednesday morning as they take part in the Tallapoosa County Extension Service Kayaking Camp. The camp was to introduce the paddle sport to those that had not taken part in it before.
The City of Dadeville will have to find another way to transfer the Community Action Building to the agency. At its Tuesday meeting, town attorney Robin Reynolds informed the council that the city must receive reasonable consideration for the property. “I have looked over attorney general opinions in the case of public property being transferred,” Reynolds told the council. “You can do it but you cannot give it away.” Reynolds explained two ways for the agency to take ownership of the building. “They can renovate the building,” Reynolds said. “Then that cost can be applied to the reasonable consideration. Or they can enter into a long term lease purchase agreement and renovate with those costs applied too.” The council took no action but discussion See COUNCIL, Page A3
Tallaco K-9 Unit dogs prove ‘Every hero has a story’ By Cliff Williams Record Staff Writer
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Aidan Darnett, 8, and Charlotte New, 10, pet Spanky Possum of the Tallaco K-9 Unit.
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Goldie and Spanky Possum of the Tallaco K-9 Unit visited the Dadeville Public Library Tuesday for the summer reading program, ‘Every Hero Has a Story.’ Spanky Possum’s handler Faye Ingram explained that she is not the hero. “Spanky is the hero,” Ingram told the group of children gathered for the afternoon at the library. “She really is a hero. She helped find a lost gentleman near Woodland last year.”
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been a great help to me. I am no longer depressed. But I needed to get her into something else. We are in training to be in rescue.” Glenn and Ingram explained to the group that Goldie still has a little ways to go. “She is still in training,” Glenn said. “When she is ready, Ingram will certify us. In addition to Goldie passing, I have to pass too. I have to be able to read her alerts. I also have to have a backpack for when we get called out.” “If he is missing anything from that pack, they do not pass,” Ingram See DOGS, Page A3
Marker honors longtime county extension agent Fletcher Farrington By David Granger
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That find and what happened afterwards is all the payment that Ingram says she needs. “Afterwards, his wife and daughter came to me and hugged me,” Ingram said. “That was all I needed.” Goldie’s handler, James Glenn, explained to the group why Goldie is training to be a rescue dog. “I am training her to be a rescue dog because she is my service dog,” Glenn told the group. I got her in December. Before then, you would not see me out anywhere. You see, I have PTSD from my time in the military. Goldie has
Fletcher Napoleon Farrington was one of Alabama’s early county extension agents, taking that position in Tallapoosa County in 1932 after his graduation from Auburn, which was then Alabama Polytechnic Institute. Farrington was a native of the Sand Mountain area in northern Alabama, but quickly brought his wife and two daughters to join him in Dadeville. One of Farrington’s daughters, Betty Farrington Cook of Memphis, and several other family members – some from as far away as Montgomery City, Missouri – were on hand recently as a historical marker hon-
oring Farrington was dedicated in front of the Community Action Partnership building on South Broadnax Street. The marker was placed there because the CAP building was the site of Farrington’s office for the majority of his tenure as county agent. “His office was here for almost 30 years until they built the new courthouse in 1960,” said Will Ponder, who organized the dedication. “He retired in 1961, so this was his home.” Farrington came to Tallapoosa County during the Depression years at a time when Tallapoosa County farmers were fighting drought and erosion, Ponder said. Many See MARKER, Page A3
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Jennie Lowry of Huntsville reads the historic marker honoring her uncle, former Tallapoosa County extension agent Fletcher Farrington, that was dedicated recently in Dadeville.