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Big crowd hears about city’s issues

By CARMEN RODGERS Staff Writer

A standing-room-only crowd came to Tallassee City Hall Thursday for the first town hall meeting of 2019 and heard Mayor Johnny Hammock and the

city council address a gas tax increase paying for improved infrastructure, a needed utility rate increase, annexation and funding safety improvements at the school.

Hammock began the meeting by explaining the gas tax increase the coun-

cil approved in May 2017. The 2-cent increase has generated $152,513 since it went into effect and was earmarked for street repairs. In 18 months, Hammock said $90,013 in repairs and upgrades to city streets and roads have been made.

Next, Hammock addressed the utility

rate increase meant to stop the city from losing money.

“We had Jackson Thornton Utility, an independent company, do a rate study on our utilities,” Hammock said. “If we’re going to be in the utility business, it only See ISSUES • Page A3

Tallassee man arrested after investigation into drug overdose

Wind Creek gives $10K to Mt. Vernon Theatre

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By CARMEN RODGERS Staff Writer

Wind Creek Casino donated $10,000 to the Mt. Vernon Theatre to assist with continuing renovations, ongoing needs and operational costs.

“Wind Creek Hospitality takes its responsibility to local communities seriously,” Wind Creek public relations director Magi Williams said. “We partner with local groups such as Tallassee Mt. Vernon Theatre Inc. because these groups know what the real needs are and they are dedicated to meeting those needs with enthusiasm and passion.”

According to Williams, the contribution aims to result in a practical influence on the community.

“If we are going to fund anything, we want to be certain of the positive impact it will have,” she said. “With Mt. Vernon Theatre, it’s clear the impact is to bring the community together and to revitalize the downtown.

By preserving that history, we See THEATRE • Page A2

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The Broken L Wagon Train set up camp next to the Tallassee Recreation Center’s youth league practice fields on Tuesday and will make its way through town today.

Tallassee a stopping point for wagon train

By CARMEN RODGERS Staff Writer

The rodeo is coming to Montgomery and the Broken L Wagon Train will usher it in again this year.

The wagon train will travel from Rock Mills to Montgomery and make several stops along

the way to camp and let its horses rest for the night.

Tallassee is again a stopping point for the wagon train this year in the continuance of an annual tradition the community adores.

The wagon train was set to camp next to the Tallassee Recreation Center’s youth league See TRAIN • Page A2

A Tallassee man was arrested on multiple drug-related charges Thursday after the Tallapoosa County Narcotics Task Force and Elmore County Drug Bottcher Task Force executed a search warrant on a residence in the Kent area of Elmore County.

Jeffery Scott Bottcher, 46, was arrested after the suspicious overdose death of an 18-year-old in Tallapoosa County, according to the Tallapoosa County Narcotics Task Force.

During the search, investigators recovered meth and drug paraphernalia, the TCNTF said.

Bottcher was charged with trafficking meth, two counts of unlawful distribution of a controlled substance, See ARREST • Page A2

Tallassee goes to Auburn for Boots and Bowties fundraiser

Several businesses donated to the silent auction for the annual Boots and Bowties fundraiser for The Learning Tree and The H.A.P.I.E Little Tree in Auburn at the AG Heritage Park Pavilion.

By CARMEN RODGERS Staff Writer

If the streets of Tallassee seemed less crowded last Friday, it may be because several residents traveled to AG Heritage Park Pavilion for the fifth annual Boots and Bowties fundraiser to benefit The Learning Tree in Tallassee and The H.A.P.I.E Little Tree in Auburn.

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The fundraiser, which drew 114 attendees, is fundamental to both The Learning Tree and the Little H.A.P.I.E Tree because without it children with autism, especially preschool-aged children, would not receive needed support from the organization and its dedicated staff.

“I would like to thank everyone who attended this year’s Boots and Bowties See BOOTS • Page A3

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Obituaries Mr. William Ted Pitts

Mr. Larry Delano Warren

Mrs. Claire Guy Hammock

Mr. William Ted Pitts, a resident of Tallassee, Alabama, passed away Wednesday, March 06, 2019, at the age of 84.

Funeral services will be held Saturday, March 09, 2019, at 2:00 p.m. from Jeffcoat Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. John Sparks officiating, Jeffcoat Funeral Home directing. Burial will be at Carrville Cemetery. Mr. Pitts is survived by his wife of 67 years, Doris E. Pitts; children, Debra Callaway (Tom) and Jan Smith (Darryl); grandchildren, Jennifer Denning (Charlie), Nikki Price (Derek), Thomas Callaway (Alesha) and Brad Smith (Lauryn); great grandchildren, Kaileigh P. Denning, Lainey B. Denning, Clayton G. Price, Mason B. Smith and Mazie L. Denning; brother, Jimmy W. Pitts (Marie) and niece Melanie Varricchio (Lou).

He is preceded in death by his parents, Otis and Annie Ruth Pitts; granddaughter, Jessica L. Callaway and nephew, Jimbo Pitts. Pallbearers will be Charlie Denning, Thomas Callaway, Brad Smith, Derek Price, Jeffery Dennis and Bubba Grant. Ted was a devout Christian who loved the Lord, his wife, daughters, grandchildren, and great grandchildren dearly. He was a charter member of River Road Baptist Church where he served for over 50 years. Ted was also an avid fisherman who enjoyed spending time at the lake. The family will receive friends Saturday, March 09, 2019 from 12:00 p.m. until service time at Jeffcoat Funeral Home, Tallassee, Alabama.

Mr. Larry Delano Warren, born January 5, 1940, lifetime resident of East Tallassee, passed away on Thursday, March 7, 2019, at the age of 79. Larry was a devoted husband and father and an active member of his church as long as he was able, when disability kept him from church. He was an avid fisherman and retired from Mt. Vernon Mills after 30 plus years. He is preceded in death by his wife, Shirley S. Warren; parents, James and Lena Warren; and brothers, Billy and Sydney. He is survived by children, Bruce Warren and Jason Warren (April); daughters, Tammy Smith (Gary) and Deborah Bacate (Norman); along with six grandchildren and five great grandchildren. He is also survived by two sisters, Mary Ellen Edmondson of Opelika, AL and Carolyn Howard (Mike) of Farmington, MO; and several nieces. The family will receive friends on Monday, March 11, at First Presbyterian Church from 1 to 2 p.m. with services to follow at 2 p.m. with Chaplain (Col.) John Eidsmoe officiating. Burial will follow at Carrville Cemetery, Linville Memorial Funeral Home directing.

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Mrs. Claire Guy Hammock, a resident of Elmore, Alabama, formerly of East Tallassee, passed away Friday, March 01, 2019, at the age of 91. Funeral services will be held Sunday, March 03, 2019, at 2:00 p.m. from Jeffcoat Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Jay Woodall officiating, Jeffcoat Funeral Home directing. Burial will be at a later date. Mrs. Hammock is survived by her two daughters, Wanda Whitlow, Teresa Williams (Glynn); four grandsons, Brian Towns, Lee Towns (Victoria), Jonathan Williams and Aaron Williams; sister and brother, June Stearns, Carl Guy (Lynn) and several nieces and nephews who will miss her dearly. She is preceded in death by her husband of 48 years, William “Bill” Hammock; parents, Ada and Lurie Guy; four sisters, Mary Esco, Mildred Gilliland, Vyra Sumner and Virginia Bryant and her brother, Rex Guy. The family will receive friends Saturday, March 02, 2019 from 3:00 p.m. until 5:00 p.m. at Jeffcoat Funeral Home, Tallassee, Alabama.

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Arrestcontinued from Page A1 conspiracy to commit a controlled substance crime, two counts of possession of a controlled substance and two counts of possession of drug paraphernalia, the Tallapoosa County Sheriff’s Department said.

“The joint effort was an accomplishment in the eyes of law enforcement but the investigation is far from over,” Tallapoosa County Sheriff’s Department Sgt. Fred White said in a release Friday.

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practice fields on Tuesday and make its way through town today.

The wagon train will also stay in Tallassee Wednesday night and make the final leg of its journey into the capital city on Thursday, where the group is scheduled to arrive in downtown Montgomery at 11:30 a.m. to participate in the kickoff of the 2019 SLE Rodeo with a parade.

The wagon train begins in Rock Mills, which is in Randolph County and borders Georgia. The trip is a weeklong expedition and on a map the course the wagon train follows has the appearance of a backward (broken) L.

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Wind Creek Hospitality presented a $10,000 check to the Mt. Vernon Theatre. Pictured are, from left, Mary Edwards, Wind Creek public relations director Magi Williams, Gwen Atkinson, Noah Griggs Jr., Jan Autrey, Sid Edwards, Wylie Troope, Brooke Rigsby and Hannah Johnson.

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can create a brighter future together.”

Since the beginning of the renovations, the theatre group has held several fundraisers to generate needed financial resources.

“Thank you so much for your contribution,” Mt. Vernon Theatre board member Brook Rigsby said. “We are super excited about the theater and what we’re able to bring back to Tallassee after being closed for 50 years.”

The theatre, which opened in 1935 and closed in 1968, has a deep-rooted history in Tallassee. In many ways, the theater is a living, breathing part of the missed Mount Vernon Mill which so many still identify with the town.

“We are able to write the check but you guys do the hard work every day and we appreciate the partnership,” Williams said.

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fundraiser,” Weldon said. “I also want to thank all of our sponsors. We could not do this without each and every one of you.”

The Learning Tree is a private nonprofit organization founded in 1983 which serves more than 600 children ages 2½ through 21 across Alabama with developmental disabilities, including autism.

The educational and residential programs provide educational instruction and training in a nurturing and supportive environment. The Learning Tree programs have proven to be highly successful in managing the behavioral, physical and cognitive challenges that interfere with learning. Programs are located in Tallassee, Auburn, Jacksonville and Mobile.

This year’s sponsors include Dr. Doris Hill and Family, GKN Aerospace, Neptune Technology Group, Opelika Auburn Parents Magazine, COTTON BLOSSOMS, AES Industries, Alabama Power Foundation, Patterson & Duke, P.A., Berney Office Solutions, Jeffcoat-Trant Funeral Home, Hudson Family Foundation, ALFA Ins. Christie Hill, ALL For Children, Auburn Bank, Blue Ribbon Dairy, Capital X-Ray, Cassady & Cassady P.C., Community Hospital, East Alabama Medical Center, East Alabama Pediatric Dentistry, JW Electric, LLC, Lowder New Homes, Machen McChesney, Primesouth Bank, Scarborough & Griggs, Dr. and Mrs. John W. Caldwell, IV, Sizemore & Sizemore, TurennePharMedCo, Lands South, Muncie and Mattson, P.C., and The UPS Store.

Carmen Rodgers / The Tribune For more information about this organization, contact Stephanie Weldon at 334-415-9372 or email swel- Dinner and cocktails were provided by the Auburn University Hotel and Conference Center at this year’s Boots and Bowties fundraiser for The Learning Tree and The H.A.P.I.E Little Tree in Auburn at the AG Heritage Park Pavilion. don@learningtree.org.

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makes sense to (look at) what it costs to take that water out of the river, treat it and distribute it to the faucet at your house.”

According to that rate study, the city is losing close to $374,000 a year and the sewer system is under-recovering $503,517 annually.

Hammock said Tallassee is producing water and wholesaling 222 million gallons a year to Wall Street, 12 million gallons a year to Eclectic and 36 million gallons a year to Friendship.

“We have the water source that should be Tallassee’s water all the way out there to Loachapoka,” Hammock said. “Wall Street is wholesaling it to other cities. Guess how much it costs to produce 1,000 gallons of water? $2.76.

Do you know how much we are selling to Wall Street for? $1.74. That’s what I walked into. That is why I had the rate study done. Wall Street is under contract.”

Hammock says plans are in place to have a rate study performed every two years and the city plans to increase the wholesale cost by $30,000 a year for three years.

“I have to do it increments,” he said.

Hammock explained the city has to build a new $4.8 million sewer plant and secured a revolving loan from the state that comes with $500,000 forgiveness.

According to Hammock, the recently implemented ad-valorem tax will generate $270,000 a year which will cover the cost of the monthly loan payment for 20 years.

streetlight you see out here is about $19 apiece each month. We would have to extend our police jurisdiction and then comes to the question would we need another fire substation in Kent? We would have to work collaboratively with the Friendship Fire Department. I don’t know and that’s why we have to have a study.”

Annexation studied

Extending the boat ramp at Lake Talisi was also a topic of concern. When work begins to replace the spillways on Thurlow Dam this summer, fishermen will not have access to the favored fishing spot. Hammock said he and the council will consider every option to extend the boat ramp but it would have to be affordable to bring the project to fruition.

Extending boat ramp Annexation through an ad-valorem tax could increase funding for the Tallassee School System because 60 percent of the students who attend Tallassee schools live outside the city limits. But Hammock said the additional costs associated with annexation would outweigh the benefits.

“I talked to Greg Clark with CARPDC about a feasibility study for annexation for Friendship, Kent, Wall Street area and places like that,” said Hammock. “I know the old saying ‘rooftops won’t pay for annexation.’

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American industry and ‘the Ozymandias syndrome’

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he community is several states’ distance from Alabama but a recent visit evoked a comparison to the travails Tallassee and innumerable other American communities in more than one state have experienced.

Such personal contemplation seemed to be unavoidable.

As noted in this space a few weeks ago, the industrial base of Tallassee, an erstwhile mill town, has continued to evolve, sometimes relatively quickly.

Modern facilities are making modern products, including water meters and aviation parts, as well as automotive parts at tier factories for the nearby Hyundai and Kia factories.

Such an industrial transition wasn’t evident in the small burg I passed through in the other state, however. While it does have its own zip code, it’s a censusdesignated place (CDP) that is considered to be in the “greater metropolitan area” of a nearby city. Its population is about 1,100.

A gurgling creek runs through the middle of the town. Signs pronounce it to be a river but it’s nowhere near the size of the Tallapoosa. Most visitors would probably consider it to be a large stream at best.

The community’s “downtown” landscape is dominated by what remains of several gigantic factories, all owned by the same company. The facilities are newer than Tallassee’s mill. They were built with bricks, not stone. Most of the buildings are several stories tall. An observer would probably assume in their day the factories housed thousands of laborers and dozens of assembly lines. The company was a national leader in its industry, offering a huge selection of manufactured goods to retailers.

Manufacturers’ representatives successfully peddled the line all over the country for decades. Many of the rep groups

WILLIE MOSELEY Columnist encompassed more than one generation.

While the company was public (offering shares of stock), it was family controlled. As it turned out, alleged nepotism and familial machinations figured into the direction the company would ultimately take. The saga of the manufacturer’s power struggle and later decline was part of a bestselling book, as well as articles in The New Yorker and other publications.

Perhaps not surprisingly, the influx of foreign goods, mostly from China, was the primary cause of the plant closures that began around the end of the last century.

However, around the same time, the company had also begun opening single-brand stores all over the country. Longtime dealers — mostly independents instead of chain stores — suddenly found themselves cut off from the brand after supporting it for decades.

These days, two of the largest former factories in the village are warehouses reportedly storing imported goods bearing the name of the company that used to manufacture similar items in the same buildings. I was unable to determine which buildings still might have some kind of production going on inside.

Other buildings exhibit roofs that have caved in. In what could be interpreted as a morbid embrace, kudzu vines, brown and gnarly because of winter, appear to be inextricably intertwined with buildings and surrounding fences.

The company’s headquarters are still in the town. The former modern-looking bank in front of the office building is now an

independent apostolic church.

Manufacturing facilities in Tallassee and elsewhere in Alabama continue to thrive. On the other hand, decaying hulks of large factories that used make all kinds of products are probably seen in towns of all sizes more often than most folks realize.

As I prepared to drive south, I thought about a sonnet written by Percy Shelley in 1818. Here it is in its entirety: “I met a traveler from an antique land Who said: ‘Two vast and trunkless legs of stone Stand in the desert. Near them, on the sand, Half sunk, a shattered visage lies, whose frown, And wrinkled lip, and sneer of cold command, Tell that its sculptor well those passions read Which yet survive, stamped on these lifeless things, The hand that mocked them and the heart that fed; “And on the pedestal these words appear: ‘My name is Ozymandias, king of kings; Look on my works, ye mighty, and despair!’

Nothing beside remains. Round the decay Of that colossal wreck, boundless and bare The lone and level sands stretch far away.”

The thermometer that was part of the dashboard readout in my rental car indicated that the outside temperature was a tolerable 61 degrees. The day was bright and sunny. Call it “windbreaker weather.”

In spite of the relatively comfortable conditions, I shivered as I turned on the ignition.

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GOP chair: Jones misleading on voter registration

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top it, sir. Please just stop it.

The NFL referees in the New Orleans playoff game may not have thrown a yellow flag on an obvious flagrant foul, but I am throwing one on your false and outrageous comments on minority voter suppression. You are either totally unplugged on voter registration facts or you really do believe this nonsense is true — and I’m not sure which one is worse.

Here’s what you said on March 3 on “Face the Nation:” “Well, you know I think if you look at — carefully you have to look at the state legislatures, governors and members of Congress that are Republicans,” Jones retorted.

“For whatever reason, they do not want African-Americans and other minorities to vote. I assume rather than trying to get those votes, they seem to want to restrict those votes.”

Alabama Secretary of State John Merrill shares the following data proving the good work that is happening in Alabama: Since January 19, 2015, we have registered 1,211,906 new voters

with a record 3,468,747 registered voters in Alabama. Those numbers are unprecedented and unparalleled in the history of the state.

Per capita, no state in the union has registered more voters than Alabama in the same period of time. We have broken every record in the history of the state in voter participation in the last four major elections: presidential primary 2016 — 1.25 million people voting; presidential general 2016 — 2.1 million people voting; special U.S. Senate Race December 2017 — 1.3 million people voting; midterm general November 2018 — 1.7 million people voting. Not one instance of voter suppression has been reported.

There is free voter ID where the secretary of state’s office has a mobile unit to go to a person’s home, business, school, church or wherever needed to give them one.

There has never been more ways for a qualified Alabamian to register to vote and it has never been easier to vote in the history of our state for anyone. This is something to celebrate, not continue to divide

us.

Your reckless comments are blatantly untrue. Please apologize for spreading misleading information on national television and continuing to stereotype our state with your fraudulent words. You at least owe all of our citizens that at a minimum.

I have had a long-standing offer that is still open today — if anyone who is an eligible Alabama citizen that wants to register to vote or is not allowed to cast a vote due to any type of discrimination to call me. I will personally help them do so. So far, no one has taken me up on that offer. It still stands.

There are no “for whatever reasons” as you irresponsibly told the nation. Shame on you, Senator Jones, for disrespecting Alabamians with your shallow words and continuing to separate us instead of taking a great opportunity to show the country how we are leading the way on voter history.

Terry Lathan is chairman of the Alabama Republican Party.

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STEVE FLOWERS Columnistt

Gas tax increase will draw federal funds, too

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ov. Kay Ivey made infrastructure improvement in the state her cornerstone issue for this year and more importantly for her term as governor.

Within less than three months in office she and the legislature have successfully accomplished this mission.

Last Friday the Alabama House of Representatives overwhelmingly passed monumental legislation on an 84-20 vote. It was a remarkable victory for Ivey and the House leadership. It was a bipartisan coalition of support. Only 18 of the 77 Republicans voted against the bills and only two of the 28 Democrats voted no. It passed the Senate just as easily and was sent to the governor for her signature on Tuesday.

The leaders in the House were the sponsor, Rep. Bill Poole (R-Tuscaloosa), Speaker Mac McCutcheon (R-Madison), Rep. Steve Clouse (R-Ozark) and Rep. Anthony Daniels (D-Huntsville).

The Senate leaders are Sen. Clyde Chambliss (R-Prattville), who is the Senate sponsor, Sen. Del Marsh (R-Anniston), Sen. Jabo Waggoner (R-Vestavia), Sen. Bobby Singleton (D-Greensboro) and Sen. Greg Reed (R-Jasper).

These legislative leaders, along with Ivey, threw down the gauntlet and clearly dug in to make this infrastructure initiative their No. 1 priority. These leaders recognized the need to improve our roads and bridges and the longterm economic expansion of our state. They are truly thinking about the next generation, not the next election.

Huntsville is projected to grow faster than any city in America over the next decade. The job growth will continue to be in high-paying, high-tech jobs. The new Toyota-Mazda plant there will be the largest in the world. They were promised roads and highways as part of their incentive to locate in north Alabama.

Our port city, Mobile, could be as large as Houston, Texas, but our Mobile docks are outdated and need widening and deepening, as well as proper facilities built to handle large vessels and transport barges. It is geographically better located than Houston or New Orleans. If the port was deepened and widened, it could accommodate exponentially more cargo ships. Currently it is too small and shallow for the Mercedes vehicles manufactured in Tuscaloosa to be shipped out of our Alabama port.

The primary reason the legislature needed to act now is because there is more than likely a federal infrastructure program on the horizon.

If we are to participate in garnering federal funds, we undoubtedly will have to have state revenues to match and draw down the federal funds.

Twenty-eight states have already raised their fuel tax to match the anticipated federal money.

Let me tell you a little secret — ain’t any of those 28 states going to get to the federal trough ahead of us. None of them have the chairman of the U.S. Senate Appropriations Committee.

Our senior senator, Richard Shelby, chairs the appropriations committee. He writes the federal budget, therefore he controls the federal checkbook. If we become the 29th state to get the ability to match federal funds, we don’t become the 29th state in line. We move to No. 1 on the list.

Alabama has a treasure in Sen. Shelby. He has not only been the longest-serving U.S. Senator in Alabama history, he is also the most powerful U.S. Senator in Alabama history. His prowess and adroitness at bringing home the bacon to Alabama is legendary.

In my book, “Six Decades of Colorful Alabama Political Stories,” I have a chapter where I discuss our state’s three greatest U.S. Senators. My suggestion was Lister Hill, John Sparkman and Shelby.

Hill and Sparkman were powerful and left a legacy, Hill in medical research and rural hospitals throughout the nation and Alabama.

Sparkman was the father of the Redstone Arsenal in Huntsville and delivered hallmark legislation that afforded housing for Americans as chairman of the Banking Committee.

Shelby over his 32-plus years in the Senate has chaired the U.S. Senate Banking Committee, Intelligence Committee and Rules Committee. However, his current perch as chairman of the Appropriations Committee is unparalleled. Alabama has never had a chairman of the U.S. Senate Appropriations Committee and more than likely never will again.

Steve Flowers served 16 years in the Alabama Legislature and may be reached at www.steveflowers.us.

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Give a boy a chinaberry, step back and watch

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ecently I wrote a column about the things I hoped my new great grandboy would experience and one of those things was to ride a stick pony made from a chinaberry tree. The response from readers has been overwhelming.

So many people told me about the joy they had with a chinaberry tree. I lived in Tallassee down around Herd Street and behind our house was a lot of chinaberry trees. I guess just about everybody had a chinaberry tree close by in those days. A chinaberry tree is easy to climb — as a matter of fact I think God had this in mind and made these trees for boys and girls to climb.

What can you see when you climb a chinaberry tree? I have seen pirate ships sailing out in the ocean. I have seen German and Japanese soldiers coming across the field fully armed for war. I have seen cowboy rustlers coming to steal our cattle and I have seen camels crossing the desert. A young boy or girl can see this and much more from the top limb of a big chinaberry tree.

There was a chinaberry tree between our house and Buddy Price’s house and it had one limb growing out. We would chin up on

RONALD BRANTLEY Columnistt this limb trying to build our muscles so we would look like Charles Atlas. None of us ever made it because 10 minutes later we were doing something else.

The long, slender tree limbs from a young chinaberry tree make the best horse a young boy or girl ever rode. They are easy to harvest because 90 percent of all boys carried a pocket knife of some sort. Most of these knives were Barlows and you could buy them for 50 cents at Mason’s Hardware. Sometimes one of the many grocery stores would get a good knife with good metal in it.

The bark on this tree limb can be peeled off to make the horse into a pinto or palomino. Once you put on a good string for a bridle, away you would ride as fast or as slow as the young rider’s legs wanted to go.

If you want to make a popgun, it may be wise to find a man who grew up in the 1940s and 1950s to help you. First you have to find a

popgun elder tree. The peffy has to be removed and a staff whittled to fit the popgun elder. Then cut it off about one inch shorter than the elder, about 15 inches. Put a chinaberry in the hole and push it as far as you can. Put another chinaberry in the hole; when you push it the pressure will push the first chinaberry out with great force.

They are not as hard to make as they sound.

Don’t forget a bow and arrows, as there is nothing better than chinaberry limbs for this. Just get around a chinaberry tree and a young boy’s imagination will go wild.

The only time a chinaberry tree is not used is in the dead of winter; the rest of the year just let the boy and tree meet, stand back and watch what will develop.

The same is true of old wheels, two-by-fours, a hammer and bent nails. These don’t sound like much to people like you or me but put them in a young boy’s hands, step back and watch.

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

How the date of Easter is determined

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ast week, we celebrated Mardi Gras, better known as Fat Tuesday — the beginning of the season of Lent.

In 40 days, we’ll celebrate Easter — the resurrection of Jesus Christ which changed everything, including the calendar.

Even in cultures around the world that either don’t know about Christianity or choose another religion, their calendar is still moving in the time of Anno Domini — in the Year of Our Lord. That is an amazing fact that the birth of Jesus is memorialized to this day by our very calendar! People who do not even know Him are still counting their days with a Gregorian calendar dedicated to Him. Easter marks the end of Lent, the 40 days of fasting and abstinence that began with Fat Tuesday and Ash Wednesday. Easter is a moveable feast, meaning it is not fixed in relation to the regular calendar. It always occurs during the spring in March or April.

Easter is linked to the Jewish Passover by much of its symbolism as well as by its position in the calendar. Passover and Easter are interchangeable terms in many European languages, so the similarities are even greater for the early Christians who translated the Bible.

Secular customs, such as the Easter Bunny and Easter egg hunts, have become part of the holiday’s modern celebrations and are often observed by Christians and non-Christians alike.

MICHAEL BIRD Columnist The New Testament teaches the resurrection of Jesus, which Easter celebrates, is a foundation of the Christian faith. The resurrection established Jesus as the true Son of God. Easter is strongly connected to the Passover and Exodus from Egypt outlined in great detail in the Old Testament.

In the New Testament, however, Jesus gave the Passover meal a new meaning. He said to his disciples, “Do this in remembrance of me,” as he prepared himself and his disciples for his death in the upper room during the Last Supper. He took the bread and the chalice of wine and said that it represented His body and blood.

Jesus, as the Passover lamb, was crucified at roughly the same time as the Passover lambs were being slain in the temple. To this day, on Good Friday at 3 p.m. is traditionally the time observed.

Every Friday during Lent, many Christians observe the Stations of the Cross — 14 points on the Via Dolorosa in Jerusalem from the Lions’ Gate to the Church of the Holy Sepulcher. This is one of the most powerful Lenten traditions, even more so than fasting and abstinence.

Speaking of fasting and abstaining, it is also a longstanding tradition to fast (eat one meal a day or none at all) and abstain from meat on Fridays of Lent. This has led to many restaurants having fish and seafood specials on Friday nights.

Why is Easter on a moveable date? It’s determined on a lunisolar calendar similar to the Hebrew calendar. The First Council of Nicaea — the same council that wrote the Creed (“We believe in One God”) — established the date of Easter as the first Sunday after the full moon (the Paschal Full Moon) following the Northern Hemisphere’s vernal equinox way back in the year 325.

The equinox occurs on March 21; therefore Easter always falls on a Sunday between March 22 and April 25. There are 35 potential Easter dates.

It last fell on March 22 in 1818 and will not do so again until 2285. It fell on March 23 in 2008, but will not do so again until 2160.

Easter last fell on the latest possible date, April 25, in 1943 and will next fall on that date in 2038.

However, it fell on April 24, just one day before this latest possible date, in 2011. The most common date is April 19. This year, we’ll celebrate Easter on April 21.

Michael Bird is a choral director for Tallassee City Schools and cohosts “The Saturday Morning Show with Michael Bird and Scott Adcock” on WACQ-AM 580 and FM 98.5.

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Miss PattyCake to be at Mt. Vernon Theatre on Sunday

Tallassee schools celebrate Read Across America and Dr. Seuss Day

By CARMEN RODGERS Staff Writer

Students at Tallassee Elementary School and Southside Middle School celebrated Dr. Seuss’s birthday and Read Across America Week last week with some weird and wacky attire and a few special guests.

Tallassee Mayor Johnny Hammock was among the special guest readers.

With a book tasting and “Mr. Brown Can Moo, Can You?” Farm Day, students at SMS celebrated Read Across America and Dr. Seuss Day, both of which are recognized nationally with most schools around the country participating in one form or another.

Now in its 22nd year, the program is geared toward reading and motivating students of all ages to read by participating in special Read Across America events, partnerships, and resources offered by the program.

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Southside Middle School and Tallassee Elementary School recently celebrated Read Across America and Dr. Seuss Day.

Tallassee’s Jolly among state’s top youth volunteers

By CARMEN RODGERS Staff Writer

Tallassee High School senior Kayla Jolly recently earned the Prudential Spirit of Community Award which represents the United States’ largest youth recognition program based solely on volunteer service.

Jolly Jolly helps provide soldiers and their families with logistical and emotional support through the Alabama National Guard Youth Program and the Alabama National Guard Advisory Board.

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At weekend Yellow Ribbon reintegration events, she uses experience from her father’s deployment to help her peers understand the practical and emotional effects of a parent’s active military service.

Created in 1995 by Prudential and the National Association of Secondary School Principals (NASSP), the program honors middle level and high school students for outstanding service to others at the local, state and national level.

The program has recognized more than 125,000 young people who’ve made a difference and inspired countless others to consider how they might contribute to their communities.

The Spirit of Community

Awards program also honors youth volunteers in countries outside the U.S. where Prudential has a significant presence, including Japan, South Korea, Taiwan, Ireland, India, China and Brazil.

Based on the number of hours she volunteered, Jolly also received the President’s Volunteer Service Award. Volunteer hours are measured over a 12-month period and awards are designated based on cumulative hours. The awards are offered at multiple levels and are designed to recognize each milestone of service. Levels include bronze, silver, gold and the highest honor, the President’s Lifetime Achievement Award for those who contribute more than 4,000 hours of service in their lifetime.

Coordinators at the Mt. Vernon Theatre will bring family entertainment to the stage Sunday at 3 p.m. when the brightly costumed Miss PattyCake uses music to teach little ones about God, Jesus and the Bible.

Veteran singer and mother of two Jean Thomason portrays Miss PattyCake, who was created after Thompson and her friend Nancy Gordon realized a need for preschool music that encourages parent-child interaction, teaching and worship.

Miss PattyCake has traveled and sung to parents with their little ones for 12 years, sold more than 450,000 videos produced by Integrity Music’s “JUST FOR KIDS” label and was a Dove Award nominee.

She has performed for numerous Women of Faith conferences and Children’s Pastor’s conferences.

Dressed in a colorful jumper, white gloves and black hat with a polka-dotted bow, Miss PattyCake shares songs that teach and praise God. Miss PattyCake gives parents songs that can help them talk with their children about God in an age-appropriate way.

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Jean Thomason, veteran singer and mother of two who portrays Miss PattyCake, will take the stage Sunday.

Drawing from experience as a mother and worship leader, Miss PattyCake’s motto is, “We have two hands to clap, one heart to love, a voice to sing and every song can give thanks and praise to God!” Through DVDs, highenergy live performances and work with charities and missions, Miss PattyCake has proven to be an unusually successful real-life character in an age largely dominated by animation.

For more information about this upcoming performance, contact the Mt. Vernon Theater at 334-991-2086 or visit www.mtvernontheatre.net/ contact.htm.

Humane Society of Elmore County News

Tickets are selling fast for Friday’s drawdown

By REA CORD HSEC Executive Director

This is it. The ninth annual “Getting Down with the Dawgs” drawdown fundraiser for the Humane Society of Elmore County is this Friday at the Entertainment Center of Wind Creek Wetumpka. As of Monday, some tickets were still available but were selling fast, so come by the shelter early this week for your one in 312 chance to win $10,000 (you do not have to be present to win).

The humane society has a wonderful surprise for everyone at the event.

Wetumpka’s very own Jessica Meuse, talented singer, songwriter, TV star, animal lover, marathon runner and more will not only be joining in the fun, but will help open up the evening by performing a couple of her hit songs. We are thrilled to have Jess showcase her talent and she will then be with us through the evening for any autographs and photos, though give her time to enjoy some food and drawdown fun with her family please.

Thank you Jess, it is going to be a fun evening.

Tickets are $100, with each ticket holder and guest getting a delicious buffet dinner/beverage, awesome gift baskets given out after every 25th ticket drawn and cash bars for your

convenience. If you have a guest that would like to attend with the ticket holder(s), cost for their entry/meal is $25.

Upon arrival to Wind Creek Wetumpka, please park in their parking garage. Do not park in the gas station/store parking lot next to the venue. If you need assistance getting from the parking area to the Entertainment Center, please check with the casino valet for assistance.

Doors will open Friday at 6:00 p.m., dinner begins at 6:30 and the drawdown follows at 7:15. Tickets can be purchased by individuals and organizations/clubs, as what group couldn’t use some additional money for their activities/cause? Purchase a ticket for a friend or family member to give them a chance at big winnings while also supporting the shelter.

Stop by the shelter at 255 Central Plank Rd. in Wetumpka from Monday through Friday from 8 a.m. until 5 p.m. (unless we sell out earlier) early this week to purchase your ticket.

You can purchase your ticket(s) over the phone with a credit card but we cannot mail them, per federal law and will hold them in “will call.” The shelter will post on its Facebook page when we sell out of all 312 tickets.

For any questions contact the shelter at 334-567-3377 or email hselco@ bellsouth.net. See everyone on Friday.

Pet of the Week — Tyra

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yra is a 4-year old female lab mix. She weighs about 50 pounds and came to the shelter as a stray, and no one ever came looking for her.

She is a little on the shy side at first but wants to get close for reassurance then she is a big love bug. Once she is comfortable with you, she is ready for playtime. Tyra is good with other dogs too.

Shelter adoption fees are $100 for dogs and $50 for cats under 1 year old; cats over 1 year old can be adopted by approved adopters for a fee of their choosing. This adoption fee completely covers the mandatory spay or neuter,

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To meet Tyra and all the other great pets at the shelter, visit 255 Central Plank Rd. in Wetumpka or visit its website at www.elmorehumane.org. For more information, email the shelter at hselco@bellsouth.net or call 334-567-3377.

The shelter is open for adoptions Monday through Thursday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m; This Friday from 10 a.m. until 4 p.m. (in preparation for the drawdown fundraising event that starts at 6 p.m.) and Saturday from 9 a.m. until 4 p.m.

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Reeltown’s Hurt named DeCA zone manager in Germany STAFF REPORT TPI Staff

Ronald K. Hurt, a 1984 graduate of Reeltown High School, has been named the zone manager of DeCA’s Bavaria Zone 31.

Hurt is responsible for 11 commissaries in Germany with annual sales in excess of $166 million. He became zone manager in March after Hurt serving as a European Area Commissary management specialist, the Ramstein Commissary deputy store director and the European Area lead commissary management specialist. As the lead management specialist, Hurt had operational oversight of 33 commissaries located in 10 countries and five time zones with annual dollar sales in excess of $380 million.

Hurt entered civil service in 2010 as a DeCA commissary management intern at the Fort Eustis Commissary after serving over 22 years in the U.S. Navy. His first

assignment was in 2012 when he assumed assistant grocery manager duties at the Norfolk Commissary. After nine months, Hurt was temporarily promoted and assigned as the deputy store director for the Portsmouth Commissary. In 2013, he was selected as the Ft. Lee deputy store director and performed those duties until his selection as a European Area commissary management specialist. His civilian and military careers have been highlighted by a series of progressive assignments at overseas and stateside locations.

Hurt’s awards and decorations include the Navy Commendation Medal, Navy Achievement Medal, Good Conduct Medal, Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal, Navy Unit Commendation Medal, Meritorious Unit Commendation Medal, Southwest Asia Service Medal, National Defense Service Medal, NATO Medal and Global War on Terrorism Service Medal.

Hurt holds a master’s of business administration and a bachelor of arts in business administration from Saint Leo University in Florida.

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Tallassee High School band director Robbie Glasscock participated in the 22nd annual Fabulous Follies, which was held on Friday, March 1, inside the auditorium of THS. This production is a fundraiser for the band and choir departments in the city schools.

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Above: Representatives from the City of Prattville and Sylvan Learning Center celebrated a ribbon-cutting ceremony for the new Sylvan facility in Prattville on March 5. Right: During Saturday’s first tutoring session at the new Sylvan center in Prattville, tutor Kendall Gremaux provided instruction to the center’s first enrollee, Yannis Ibrahim.

Sylvan Learning expanding in River Region

By DONALD CAMPBELL Staff Writer

Students throughout Elmore County have another option to improve their educational standing after Sylvan Learning Center expanded into Prattville.

“We had six locations prior to this expansion,” Sylvan Learning vice president of franchise development Georgia Chasen said.

“Prattville is our seventh location and we have several other locations in the pipeline.”

Chasen said the center’s franchisees in Montgomery have been successful and the company believed Prattville was a good place for expansion in the River Region since students from Prattville were making the trip to the Montgomery center.

The Sylvan center in Prattville held its ribbon-cutting celebration March 5 and its first tutoring session was held Saturday. The center, operated by Terry Wettig and his wife, is 1,800 square feet and currently employs

a staff of 10.

“We started the process about a year ago,” Wettig said.

“The process was a fairly lengthy one.”

Wettig said he and his wife began looking for something meaningful and constructive to do following his career in the military and the security industry in Virginia. The couple wanted to return home to Prattville and felt Sylvan was a great fit for them

since they were familiar with it.

Inside the Prattville center, Wettig said there is space for six learning tables which can accommodate three students each.

Along with these tables are two specialized training rooms.

One focuses on STEM (science, technology, engineering and math) and robotics, while the second offers college prep programs; both allow for up to six students

to receive instruction at one time.

“We can provide assistance to students across the entire educational spectrum,” Wettig said. “If there’s a need for a certain specialization, we can bring in more tutors and educators.”

Wettig said students from across the River Region are welcome to enroll at the Prattville center, which he feels is also a convenient location for students in Wetumpka, Millbrook and Selma.

Since the ribbon cutting, Wettig said parents and students have expressed a positive sentiment for the center; six students have already enrolled with another 10 going through the enrollment process.

Wettig and Chasen have high hopes for the Prattville center and believe it will do a great service for area students.

“I think it’s going to be very successful,” Chasen said. “I think (the Wettigs) will be excellent franchisees.”

The center’s grand opening celebration is scheduled in May.

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To remember the past is to understand the future

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t was more than 20 years ago but I remember it as if it happened yesterday. Our firstborn daughter had turned 13. I don’t recall the exact situation that caused the discussion but we were having one of those talks that parents and teens sometimes have.

We were in her bedroom sitting on her bed. I was fussing at her about some infraction and probably telling her she was immature (she was not). During that discussion, she asked me in frustration through her tears, “Dad, were you always 40?� I almost always had a comeback to her arguments but she had me that time.

In her book “Thinking Out Loud,� Anna Quindlen wrote, “I got a fortune cookie that said, ‘To remember is to understand.’ I have never forgotten it. A good judge

remembers what it was like to be a lawyer. A good editor remembers being a writer. A good parent remembers what it was like to be a child.� Quindlen was saying what my daughter was telling me.

How many times in the past week has the relationship between memory and understanding affected your response to a situation? An employee you manage struggles with a task you’ve done so many times you can do it without conscious effort. Do you berate the newcomer or do you remember how it felt to be on the other side of experience?

A friend who is not as far along the learning curve as you are asks for help with a computer problem.

Do you remember your own early technological anxiety and bewilderment and cheerfully help her?

Or perhaps it is at home where

MIKE MCELROY Columnist your child is acting his age again.

Does your frustration with his immaturity overpower your memory of what it was like to be his age?

I am ashamed of the times when I forgot that my children were children. Or maybe like me, your children are grown and raising their own families. Do you watch them as they parent your grandchildren, see things you would do differently now and let them learn just like you did?

In the church we are all developing disciples. Some of us have been at the task of following Jesus longer

than others. Some have made more progress toward becoming like our Master than others. It is arrogant and unreasonable to demand that everyone be just like us in understanding or maturity. We could avoid the dangerous sense of prideful superiority by remembering our own early ignorance and struggles.

There are thousands of book titles that begin with the words “How To ‌â€? or “The Beginner’s Guide To ‌â€? I suppose the profit motive inspires some authors and publishers to produce such books.

But surely there must be some authors who write “how to� books because they are motivated by a desire to help others. They do so by sharing in a book what they’ve learned. A fellow who created one of the best early websites about photography on the internet

explained why he put so much work into the website: “I built this site to share what I knew.�

Impatience with others is often rooted in selfishness. A lack of compassion stems from a lack of consideration. Forgetfulness makes us cruel. But when we recall our own development process, our memory should evoke sympathy for people who are where we have been. It’s one way we obey the command to “consider one another� (Hebrews 10:24).

To remember and understand is a practical way to apply the golden rule: “So in everything do to others what you would have them do to you, for this sums up the law and the prophets�(Matthew 7:12).

What should you remember to better understand someone God places in your path this week?

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Episcopal Church of the Epiphany

On Saturday, March 16 from 9:00 to 11:00 a.m. Episcopal Church of the Epiphany will host “Beans & Rice.� The Beans & Rice ministry takes place the third Saturday of every month.

At that time, the Parish Hall is open to those in need of food, who may choose their preferred items from the selection available.

On March 17 at 9:30 a.m. the Cursillo Reunion Group will meet in the Little House.

At 10:30 a.m. the Rev. Katie Nakamura Rengers will celebrate the Holy Eucharist to mark the Second Sunday in Lent, with coffee hour to follow. For more information, visit the church website: http://epiphanytallassee.org/

First United Methodist Church

Worship with us on Sunday mornings! 8:50 a.m. Contemporary service, 11 a.m. Traditional service. Programs for kids and youth on Sunday nights from 5-6:30 p.m. and for all ages on Wednesday nights from 6:30 7:15 p.m. Come join us!

First United Methodist is located at 1 Jordan Avenue, Tallassee.

334-283-2195.

God’s Congregation Holiness Church

God’s Congregation Holiness Church. Bishop Adolophus Gauntt and First Lady Nina Fraley Gauntt welcomes guest speaker, Bishop Effell Williams, on March 9 at 3 p.m. at 508 Jordan Avenue. For more information, contact 334283-8116 everyone invited.

St. Vincent de Paul Catholic Church

Living Water Worship Center

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

Liberty Baptist Church

Everyone is invited to join us in worship at 574 Liberty Road, Tallassee. Interim Pastor Lamar Duke will be presenting a message from Nehemiah 3:10, 30 entitled “Repair the Wall Near Your Home�. Sunday School begins at 9:45 a.m. and Morning Worship at 10:45 a.m. A Jen Wilkin study on the book of Genesis will be at 5 p.m. as well as other Discipleship Training classes. Evening worship follows at 6 p.m.

Our Life’s Journey radio program is at a new time. Sundays 9:30am on WACQ-AM 580 and FM 101.1 (Tallassee/Lake Martin Area) or online at www.wacqradio. com or the “TuneIn� App on your Smart Phone.

St. Vincent de Paul Church has Mass on Saturday Nights at 6 p.m. and Sunday Mornings at 8 a.m. and 10:30 a.m. with Sunday School from 9:15-10:15 a.m. each week. St. Vincent de Paul is

East Tallassee United Methodist Church

The “River’s Edge Flea Market� is open every Saturday from 6 a.m. to 2 p.m.

All vendors are welcome: new items, old items, crafts, youth groups, ball teams, baked goods, produce and food. The flea market is sponsored by the East Tallassee United Methodist Church and is located across from city hall. We will offer vari-

Waiting can be hard work but worth it

By DEREK GENTLE Special to The Tribune

I have been in hospital waiting rooms with church members and have heard the remark many times about what hard work it is to wait. Sitting still, doing nothing, not having anything one can do to change the situation can be hard. However, waiting on the Lord can be even harder.

The Bible has a good deal to say about waiting on the Lord.

Even those whom God chose to pen Scripture found the waiting process to be a real challenge.

However, they assure us from their personal experience that God never wastes our time. He has reasons for his delays. Some reasons for these delays may include: • Motive-purifying purpose.

God may stand ready to answer our prayers but our motives aren’t yet what yet what they ought to be.

• Sin-purging purpose. God won’t bless our disobedience and he won’t settle for us being less than we ought to be. The Lord is giving us time to get our act together. • Character-building purpose.

Sometimes God is at work to build into us qualities we have lacked. The disappointments of delay have a way of making us more patient and understanding with others.

We become more sensitive to the needs and feelings of others.

We often have blind spots in matters of our motives and character.

The frustration has a way of getting our attention. The delays have a way of making us think and considering our lives in ways we were previously unwilling to consider. • Service-training purpose.

Sometimes God’s delays are because the Lord is coaching us up for our next place of service.

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HEARTBREAKING DEFEATS Bulldogs top Tigers, 5-2, in all-local showdown

Indians build early lead in victory over Tallassee

By DONALD CAMPBELL Staff Writer

By CALEB TURRENTINE Sports Writer

Wetumpka scored six runs in the first two innings to grab a 6-4 victory over Tallassee last week. Mason Elmore and Kyle Morrison each had two runs batted in the opening inning to break the game open for a home win over their cross-county rivals.

Stephen King scored the opening run of the cold night, crossing the plate after a wild pitch.

Two batters later, Elmore connected with a pitch and drove the ball over the right fielder’s head to give Wetumpka a 3-0 lead.

The Indians continued their hit parade in the first inning. With just one out, Morrison singled to left field with the bases loaded to put Wetumpka ahead 5-0.

“We try to score first,” Wetumpka coach Michael Dismukes said. “That’s our goal every game. We need to strike fast and keep the momentum going from there. We were able to do that.”

Wetumpka could have added more to its lead but a double play ended the first inning with two runners in scoring position. The Indians grabbed their sixth See BASEBALL • Page B2

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Tallassee’s Braedon Felts (17) looks to pass the ball against Holtville last Tuesday.

Key kicks keep Bulldogs on top

By GRIFFIN PRITCHARD For The Tribune

A pair of Ignacio Ruiz goals proved to be the difference as the visiting Holtville Bulldogs picked up their first section victory, 2-0, over the hometown Tallassee Tigers on a frigid night at Hot O’Brien Stadium last Tuesday. Ruiz’s first goal was set up by a corner kick to give the Bulldogs a 1-0 first-half lead. Late in the second half, Ruiz bounced a shot into the

goal with 2:25 left in regulation.

“With all the rainouts and nowhere to practice because everything is underwater, I have to be happy with where we are,” Bulldog coach Robert Broom said. “Are we where we normally are at this point in the season? No. We are probably two weeks behind where I’d like for us to be. There are just a few things missing that aren’t allowing us to finish like we should.”

The Tigers, who are winless

through three games, appeared to have evened the score late in the first half on a Jacob Ledbetter goal, but the point was waved off due to an infraction.

Despite the loss, Tigers coach Katie Rigsby was pleased with the group’s effort.

“We’ve had a rocky start, so this was probably the best game we’ve played all year,” Rigsby said. “We really are improving.

I don’t like to lose. But from a See SOCCER • Page B7

Strong pitching and a number of quality at-bats led the Holtville Bulldogs to victory in a tough fight against the Tallassee Tigers on the softball diamond Thursday night, winning 5-2.

“Any time you play Tallassee, you’re going to get a good product,” Holtville coach Daryl Otwell said. “They were in our area the last few years, and they’ve had a really good team.”

Tallassee coach Pat Love said, “They’ve got a really good team. It’s always a big game for us. We wanted to come in here and play good defense.”

Both teams got on the board early, with the score tied at 1-1 after the first inning. Holtville came alive in the third inning, hanging three runs on the board and taking a lead it refused to relinquish for the rest of the game. Tallassee plated its second run in the top of the fourth, but the Bulldogs took it right back in the bottom of the fifth and helped put the game out of reach.

Bulldog pitcher KK Dismukes was a strong force in the circle Thursday night, giving up just two runs on See SOFTBALL • Page B2

Tallassee’s Turner named to all-state STAFF REPORT TPI Staff

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Tallassee’s Tyrek Turner (34) was named to the Class 5A all-state third team. View the full Alabama Sports Writers Association all-state teams on Page B6.

A quartet of locals were recognized this weekend as they were named to the Alabama Sports Writers Association all-state teams. The county had a pair of second-team selections and two third-team selections.

Edgewood Academy junior guard Robert Stewart and Elmore County senior Madison Traylor were both named to their respective second team.

Stewart had a last-season offensive surge, helping the Wildcats to the AISA Class AA title.

The 5-foot-11 junior averaged 11.6 points per game over 27 games but pushed it to 15.3 in the last seven games and was selected the AISA State Tournament’s MVP. Stewart made 43 3-pointers during the season and added 5.9 rebounds, 3.6 assists and 2.1 steals per game.

Traylor was named to the Class 4A second team after finished with 16.5 points and 10.7 rebounds per game. She finished with 17 double-doubles.

In her senior year, she set career highs in points, rebounds and steals and had her best game against Booker T. Washington in the area tournament with 27 points and 16 rebounds to send ECHS to the sub-regionals for the sixth consecutive season.

Earning spots on the third team were Tallassee’s Tyrek Turner and Holtville’s Drake Baker in Class 5A and 4A, respectively.

Turner averaged 13.2 points, 12.2 rebounds and 4.5 blocks while playing in all 30 games during See STATE • Page B7

Levett has 3 top-10 finishes for Tallassee boys STAFF REPORT TPI Staff

Kalvin Levett starred for the Tallassee boys track team in the Troy Invitational on March 7 by placing in the top 10 in three events.

Levett won the 110 hurdles (16.18), was second in the 300 hurdles (45.58) and fourth in the high jump (19-2.25).

Trent Cochran-Gill won in the javelin (1664) and the Tiger girls got a victory from Iyana Parker in the 100 (17.15).

Other top-10 performances for the Tallassee girls included Seleta Lawrence in the 800 (8th, 2:58.22); Lawrence in the 1,600 (4th, 6:27.70);

Armani Wilkerson in the 100 (2nd, 18.56); Caitlyn Dowdell in the 300 hurdles (3rd, 55.21); and Taylor Goodman in the javelin (88-5).

Other top-10 efforts from the Tallassee boys included Markevious Matthews in the 100 (10th, 12.02); Woodrow Dean in the 800 (6th, 2:09.62); Dean in the 1,600 (4th, 4:41.23); Matthew Thompson in the 1600 (5:33.20); Mason Bell in the 110 hurdles (3rd, 18.60); Bell in the 300 hurdles (3rd, 48.28); Michael Moore in the 300 hurdles (5th, 50.12); Jamicah Humphrey in the high jump (8th, 18-4.5); Will Smith in the javelin (6th, 109-5); a fourth in the 4x1 (45.43) and a fifth in the 4x8 (10:25.14).

Reeltown’s boys and girls competed in the Auburn Early Bird meet Saturday; the girls finished 17th and the boys 18th.

Reeltown’s girls were led by Nyla Hayden, who was fifth in the shot put (30-9.5) and eighth in the javelin (93-3.5).

Other top-10 performances for Reeltown’s girls came from Taniya Hayes in the triple jump (8th, 32-5) and Makayla Langston in the discus (7th, 84-5).

Reeltown’s boys got a sixth-place finish from Keon Cooper in the triple jump (40-11), an eighth from Zantjuan Knight in the 110 hurdles (18.04) and a ninth from Knight in the 300 hurdles (44.76).

ANDY A NDY GRAHAM Columnist

Tigers have great draw in SEC tourney

T

he Auburn Tigers wrapped up the regular-season on Saturday with a thrilling victory over the No. 5 Tennessee Volunteers 84-80 in front of a soldout crowd at Auburn Arena.

The game was played at an extremely high level by both teams and was one of the best wins for the Tiger program in the last 50 years. I’m not exaggerating.

Bruce Pearl has been a perfect fit on the Plains and is in the process of building a quality program capable of sustained success. It hasn’t always been pretty and certainly hasn’t been easy, but back-to-back seasons of at least 20 wins are proof all the hard work is paying off.

Last year, AU finished the regular-season 25-6 and won the SEC regular-season title but limped in to the postseason figuratively and literally with several players banged up. That resulted in a first-round ouster of the See GRAHAM • Page B2

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Reeltown takes win over Park Crossing

By LIZI ARBOGAST Sports Editor

What started a pitchers’ duel turned into a pitchers’ flop as both Reeltown and Park Crossing’s baseball team had a walk-filled inning. But despite the Rebels allowing seven walks and three other free passes via hit batters, they still managed to come out on top, 10-8, on Friday night.

Colby Clark got the Rebels off to a great start, allowing just one hit through the first four innings.

“Colby’s just a competitor,” Reeltown coach Trey Chambers said. “He’s going to go out and give me the same thing every time. He’s going to fill it up and give us the best chance to win, so I commend him for that.”

Although Clark threw some fire in the opening four frames, sitting down six Thunderbird batters via strikeout, the Rebels were still trailing, 3-2, when Clark was relieved. Park Crossing scored a run in the first inning off a hit batter and two back-to-back errors. Its second run came in the third inning as Mason Williams walked to lead off, was moved only by an error and a wild pitch and was plated by a sacrifice fly. The only hit Clark

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Reeltown’s Logan Lee (5) stretches out to make a play against Park Crossing on Friday night.

allowed did some damage too, as Park Crossing scored again in the fourth.

But Clark was helped out in the bottom of the fourth by the Rebels’ best offensive inning.

Logan Hunt led off the frame with a single, and he moved all the way to third on a pair of wild pitches. Reed Baker

then walked, and while he was stealing second, it gave Hunt time to score a run. The Rebels then scored back-to-back runs on a double from Andy Mann and a single from Jordan Whitlow to take back a 4-3 lead.

It looked like things might fall apart for Reeltown in the fifth inning, as Park Crossing

Baseball and final run when Trey Jones crossed the plate after a single from Elmore in the second inning.

Dylan Shipley started on the mound for Wetumpka and shut down Tallassee’s bats through the first three innings.

After allowing a single in the first inning, Shipley retired eight consecutive batters to keep the Wetumpka lead at 6-0.

“Any time you can pitch with a lead, it takes the pressure off a little bit,” Dismukes said. “You can tell he gets better. That’s when he can just relax and do his thing.”

The Tigers began fighting back in the fourth inning when an RBI single from Logan Pierce got the visitors on the scoreboard. Tallassee chased Shipley in the next inning after getting two runners on with nobody out.

Bruin Hathcock and Jake Justiss each had an RBI single in the fifth inning as the Tigers cut the lead to 6-4 with two innings to go. Dylan Turner came on in relief for Tallassee and continued to shut down Wetumpka’s offense for its final two innings.

“We try to keep our focus on what we need to do,” Dismukes said of Tallassee’s rally. “Teams are going to make a run but we have to be able to keep our composure.”

Tallassee had a chance

drew four straight walks and managed to score four runs on six walks and a hit batter in the fifth frame alone.

Luckily for the Rebel faithful, the Thunderbirds also struggled on the mound after taking out their starting pitcher.

Reeltown’s only hit of the fifth inning was a leadoff single then

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it scored for runs on three walks and a trio of hit batters, giving it an 8-7 lead.

Reeltown really seized the momentum in the top of the sixth as Logan Lee made the first out with a popup to second base then chased down the second out, grabbing it a ball out of the air. The Rebels also got a strong play in the outfield to retire Park Crossing in order for just the second time in the game.

“I’ve been preaching to them that defense is going to win you games,” Chambers said. “So we try to take pride in our defense and try to take it one day at a time. Once they did make those plays, it kinda gave us momentum.”

Reeltown added some insurance with a two-run single from Mann in the bottom of the sixth. Logan Hunt also had a hit in the frame, and the Rebels held off the Thunderbirds in the final frame to grab the victory.

Reeltown has been up and down throughout the season, but Chambers said he’s liking the progress he’s been seeing.

“We’re slowing improving and that’s what we want,” he said. “We don’t want to be too high, and we don’t want to be too low. We just want to stay even keel.”

Graham

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Above: Bruin Hathcock connects on an RBI single in the fifth inning of last week’s loss at Wetumpka. Below: Blake Schwab (10) starts on the mound for last week’s game at Wetumpka.

to tie the game in the top of the sixth inning but left two runners in scoring position.

The Tigers brought the tying run to the plate in the final inning but could not score any more runs, ultimately dropping their fourth straight game.

Douglas Johnson pitched the final three innings for Wetumpka, allowing just one run while striking out three.

The Indians have now won five consecutive games and are 10-3 on the season.

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Tallassee’s Belle Haynes makes contact with the ball Thursday night in a game against Holtville.

seven hits while also fanning seven Tiger batters.

“I feel we had really good pitching tonight,” Otwell said. “Dismukes did well in the circle. I also feel we had some good quality at-bats. We got the bunts down and we had some good two-out hits.”

Despite giving up the loss, Love said his team kept its composure throughout the game and got out of several tough situations.

Errors proved to be a concern for both teams. Otwell said some of the Bulldogs’ throwing errors ended up being costlier due to Tallassee’s speed, while Love said his team throwing to the wrong base at times kept innings going.

“We took too many first-pitch strikes,” Love added. “We got aggressive as the game went along. (Dismukes) is the best pitcher we’ll face all year.”

Moving forward, both coaches felt it would be vital for their teams to cut down on the amount of errors committed, among other key takeaways from Thursday night’s game.

“We have got to make them earn it,” Love said. “We’ve also got to work on our hitting.”

Otwell said, “We’re very fortunate to have an older team. I feel they know what it takes to be successful. We have to keep having good pitching and getting good at-bats.”

SEC tournament and a secondround departure from the NCAA tournament.

This year, the Tigers finished the regular season 22-9, but appear to be peaking at the right time and are healthy with the exception of Austin Wiley.

Perhaps, that will translate into greater postseason success. It all starts Thursday with the SEC tournament.

Auburn doesn’t exactly have an illustrious history when it comes to the conference tournament.

In fact, the Tigers have only one SEC tournament championship.

They defeated Alabama 53-49 in overtime in 1985.

Auburn was the runner-up to Kentucky in 1984 and to Arkansas in 2000. Oddly enough, the 1985 season was considered a disappointment with the Tigers going 8-10 in conference play.

Sonny Smith was set to “retire” at the end of the year, but Auburn went on a run, winning the SEC tournament and making it to the Sweet 16 of the NCAA tournament. Smith kept his job and led the Tigers to the Elite 8 the following year.

To be honest, Auburn couldn’t have asked for a better draw in 2019. After a first-round bye, the Tigers will face the winner of Georgia and Missouri. They beat Mizzou by 34 points earlier this season and have already beaten the Bulldogs twice. A first-round victory would set up a rematch with South Carolina who barely edged the Tigers 80-77 in Columbia. The Gamecocks are definitely the most desirable opponent considering the other top seeds of LSU, Kentucky and Tennessee.

Auburn is now projected to be a No. 5 seed in the Big Dance. I suppose the Tigers could possibly move up to a No. 4 seed if they won the SEC tournament, but their position is unlikely to change otherwise.

This is probably where we normally cue the argument about the uselessness of conference tournaments, but that’s an argument for another day.

Of course, somewhere Luke Robinson is ranting and raving about some undeserving team winning their conference tournament and stealing a spot in the big tournament from some bubble team (usually Alabama).

If it’s not that, it’s whining about there being entirely too many teams in the tournament making it a watered-down product. Geez, enough Luke! Who asked you?

It would be great to see Auburn win the SEC tournament or make a deep run in the NCAA tournament, but either way, the program is in better shape now than it has been in a very long time.

Andy Graham is a regular columnist for Tallapoosa Publishers Inc.

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On Sunday, March 17, many people will celebrate the life of Maewyn Succat, commonly known as Saint Patrick. Many Nations around the World observe this holiday.

Maewyn Succat was born around 400 A.D. in Britain. When he was around 16 years old, he was kidnapped by Irish raiders and taken to Ireland. After he escaped those who enslaved him, he returned to Britain where he became a Monk. He changed his name to Patricius and returned to Ireland where he performed many good deeds as a missionary. Legend even states that he drove all snakes from the Island. (This is not true since there are no native snake species in Ireland.) For his good works, he was made the Patron Saint of Ireland. He died on March 17, 461 A.D. The holiday was originally created as a religious feast day in honor of Saint Patrick. In other parts of the World, it has almost become a celebration of Ireland itself. Today people celebrate the holiday by wearing green and having parties where foods are often dyed green.

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PUZZLES & HOROSCOPE ARIES (March 21-April 19) You say what you feel, and your words have wings. Caring emanates from your intensity and willingness to listen. Still, be practical and do not lose touch with an issue, Ă&#x201E;nancial or otherwise. You could come out on top, soaring like an eagle. Tonight: You deserve a night oÉ&#x2C6;.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20) Curb a tendency to be reactive in dealing with unanticipated events. Know that you can deal with them. Make it your mantra. You could turn a seemingly negative situation into a winner.

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Locals fare well in BFL opener on Lake Martin STAFF REPORT TPI Staff

Sylacaugaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s David Gaston put five bass in the boat weighing a cumulative 16 pounds, 15 ounces Saturday to win the T-H Marine FLW Bass Fishing League (BFL) Bama Division opener on Lake Martin hosted by the Alexander City Chamber of Commerce. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I fished shallow brush piles in 2 to 3 feet of water in Madwin and Sandy creeks,â&#x20AC;? Gaston said in a release. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I worked areas in both creeks and hit probably 40 different brush piles. I would pull up and flip them five or six times and then move on.â&#x20AC;?

Gaston â&#x20AC;&#x201D; who earned his second career victory on Lake Martin in the BFL competition and won $6,956 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; said he caught eight or nine keepers throughout the day, using black and blue D&L Baby Advantage casting jigs with a Strike King Menace Rage Tail Craw of the same color. He also weighed

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David Gaston of Sylacauga boated five bass weighing a cumulative 16 pounds, 15 ounces Saturday to win the T-H Marine FLW Bass Fishing League Bama Division opener on Lake Martin. Gaston won $6,956 for his second career victory on Lake Martin in BFL competition.

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Dusty Robinson of Eclectic caught a 6-pound, 10-ounce largemouth â&#x20AC;&#x201D; the heaviest of the event in the Boater Division â&#x20AC;&#x201D; and earned the dayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Boater Big Bass award of $490.

Local knowledge proved crucial as five of the top 10 finishers in the Boater Division were from Sylacauga, Eclectic, Tallassee and Wetumpka.

Robert Hays of Elmore won the Co-angler Division and $1,959 after catching five bass weighing 12-4.

Gary Marlowe of Montgomery caught the largest bass in the Co-angler Division weighing in at 5-14 to earn the divisionâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Big Bass award of $242.

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ALABAMA SPORTS WRITERS ASSOCIATION ALL-STATE BASKETBALL TEAMS Abbi Holley, Deshler, Sr., G, 5-4 Te’Nequa Rhodes, Handley, Jr., G, 5-4 Jordyn Starr, Cherokee Co., Jr., G, 5-5 Jailah Swain, Childersburg, Sr., G, 5-9 Coach of the year Blake Prestage, Rogers

Honorable mention Corryne Blanks, Evangel Christian, Sr., G, 5-7 Laiken Hussey, Lowndes Academy, Sr., G, 5-8 Chloe Seithalil, Hooper, Sr., F, 5-8 CJ Weldon, Edgewood, Sr., G, 5-4 Coach of the year Chris Burford, Wilcox Academy

First-team All-State Andres Burney, Pike Co., Jr., C, 6-8 Auston Leslie, Westminster Christian, Sr., G, 6-4 Cooper Meadows, Prattville Christian, Sr., F, 6-6 Caden Millican, Plainview, Sr., G, 6-3 CLASS 3A GIRLS Srjdan Petrovic, Houston Academy, Sr., First-team All-State G, 6-3 Carissa Horton, Locust Fork, Sr., G, 5-4 Second-team All-State CLASS 7A BOYS Annie Hughes, Pisgah, Sr., G, 5-10 Kyler Chaney, Holly Pond, Jr., F, 6-2 First-team All-State Emma James, Colbert Heights, Sr., G, BJ Comer, Prattville Christian, Sr., G, 6-2 Kriston Davis, Baker, Sr., G, 6-0 5-7 PJ Eason, Dadeville, So., F-C, 6-9 Jemeriah Moore, Midfield, Jr., G, 5-10 Ahman Ellington, Hoover, Sr., G, 5-10 Koby Tinker, Plainview, Sr., G, 6-2 Kaitlyn Reyes, Prattville Christian, Sr., Demond Robinson, Lee-Montgomery, Braydon Whitaker, Slocomb, Jr., G, 5-10 G, 5-8 Sr., F, 6-8 Third-team All-State Second-team All-State Malik Tyson, Sparkman, Sr., G, 6-4 Josh Childers, Westminster Christian, Abby Davis, Phil Campbell, Sr., F, 5-11 Trendon Watford, Mountain Brook, Sr., Sr., F, 6-4 Molly Heard, Pisgah, Fr., G-F, 5-11 F, 6-9 Robert Gaines, Weaver, Sr., G-F, 6-2 Morgan Holland, Susan Moore, Jr., G, Second-team All-State Tyler Irons, East Lawrence, Sr., F, 6-1 5-9 DaMarcus Beckwith, Florence, Jr., F, 6-4 Wyatt Newton, Lauderdale Co., Sr., G, Janazsia Nettles, T.R. Miller, Jr., G, 5-5 Josh Birdsong, Austin, Sr., F, 6-5 5-10 Leighton Robertson, Montgomery Dallas Howell, Enterprise, Jr., G-F, 6-6 Alex Odam, Piedmont, 8th, G, 6-1 Academy, So., G, 5-7 Matthew McNeece, McGill-Toolen, Sr., Honorable mention Third-team All-State F, 6-4 Christian Hubbard, Oakman, Jr., F, 5-11 Ella Jane Connell, Prattville Christian, Nathan Moore, Huntsville, Sr., F, 6-8 Deontae Lawson, Mobile Christian, So., Fr., G, 5-8 Third-team All-State F, 6-3 Caleigh Cortez, Weaver, Sr., G, 5-10 Garrett Hicks, James Clemens, Sr., G, Trey Lindsey, Montgomery Academy, Anna Beth Giles, Glencoe, Jr., G, 5-7 6-0 Sr., G, 6-0 Kelly Pickett, Hanceville, Jr., G, 5-6 Colby Jones, Mountain Brook, Jr., G, 6-5 Coach of the year Sydney Prater, Piedmont, Sr., F, 5-11 Riley Leonard, Fairhope, So., F, 6-5 Robi Coker, Plainview Honorable mention De’Marquiese Miles, Lee-Montgomery, C’era Beck, Winfield, Sr., G, 5-5 Jr., G, 5-11 CLASS 2A BOYS Jesslyn Culverhouse, Geneva, Sr,, G, Dee Pearson, Gadsden City, Sr., G, 6-1 First-team All-State 5-5 Honorable mention J.D. Davison, Calhoun, So., G, 6-3 Emrey McGill, Clements, Sr., G, 5-7 Luke Couch, Vestavia Hills, Sr., G, 6-1 Christian Fortner, Thorsby, Sr., G, 6-5 CLASS 6A GIRLS Coach of the year Jordan O’Neal, Theodore, Sr., C, 6-5 Noel Jones, Central-Coosa, Jr., G-F, 6-1 First-team All-State Jason Roberson, Prattville Christian Jalin Thomas, Smiths Station, Sr., G, 6-3 Jaquon Kincey, Abbeville, Sr., G, 6-2 Farrah Pearson, Hazel Green, Jr., F, Coach of the year Jayden Stone, Sacred Heart, Jr., G, 6-3 5-10 CLASS 2A GIRLS David Armstrong, Baker Second-team All-State Kaitlin Peterson, Eufaula, So., G, 5-8 First-team All-State Malik Atkins, Tanner, Jr., F, 6-1 Sara Puckett, Muscle Shoals, So., F, 6-1 CLASS 6A BOYS Daquan Kincey, Abbeville, Sr., G, 5-10 Marisa Snodgrass, Hazel Green, Sr., G, Camryn Crider, Cold Springs, Sr., G, 5-3 Ayanna Foster, Sacred Heart, Sr., F, 6-1 First-team All-State Jovon Richardson, Central-Coosa, Sr., 5-5 Elizabeth Hill, Cold Springs, Jr., F, 5-11 Kobe Brown, Lee-Huntsville, Sr., G-F, G, 5-8 Moriah Taylor, Hartselle, Sr., G, 5-5 Mary Beth Long, G.W. Long, Jr., C, 6-1 6-7 Brakevion Saffold, Houston Co., Jr., F, Second-team All-State Karoline Striplin, Geneva Co., So., C, JaLon Johnson, Hillcrest-Tuscaloosa, 6-6 Kaitlyn Bryant, Opelika, So., F, 5-10 6-3 Sr., G, 6-0 Khalil Watkins, Sacred Heart, Sr., G, 6-3 Elsie Harris, B.C. Rain, Jr., G, 5-7 Second-team All-State Mark Sears, Muscle Shoals, Jr., G, 6-0 Third-team All-State Jajuana Lambert, Blount, Sr., F, 6-0 Kirby DeBoard, Sand Rock, Sr., G, 5-8 Jaykwon Walton, Carver-Montgomery, Corey Boston, LaFayette, Jr., G, 5-10 Mary Denman Luker, Pell City, Sr., G, Feliah Greer, LaFayette, So., F, 5-7 Sr., G, 6-6 Shemar Dixon, Daleville, Sr., C-F, 6-6 5-7 Ty’Quajah Griffin, Goshen, Sr., G, 5-6 Kam Woods, Pinson Valley, Jr., G, 6-0 Devin Doss, Sheffield, Fr., F, 6-2 Randrea Wright, Carver-Birmingham, Derrica McCall, Central-Hayneville, Jr., Second-team All-State Kaleb Jones, Collinsville, Jr., G, 5-11 So., G, 5-6 G, 5-11 Kuran Garner, Buckhorn, Sr., G, 6-1 Hunter Vest, North Sand Mountain, Sr., Third-team All-State Grace Walters, Asbury, Jr., G, 5-6 Zondrick Garrett, Oxford, Jr., F, 6-7 G., 5-9 A’nya Banks, Hillcrest-Tuscaloosa, Sr., Third-team All-State Jamiah Holloway, Columbia, Sr., F, 6-7 Honorable mention G, 5-8 Saige Blanton, Winston Co., Sr., F-C, Laquaveus Nelson, Eufaula, Sr., G, 6-0 Omar Gaddis, Central-Coosa, Sr., G, Kristin Brown, Carver-Montgomery, Jr., 5-11 Brody Peebles, Hartselle, So., G, 6-2 5-10 G, 5-7 Myiah Harris, Sacred Heart, Jr., G, 5-6 Third-team All-State Evan Keller, Ohatchee, Sr., G, 5-11 Tatyanna Davis, Lee-Huntsville, Jr., F, Zakyria Johnson, Ariton, Jr., G-F, 5-10 Trinity Bell, Albertville, So., C, 6-7 Jyquan White, Geneva Co., Sr., C, 6-5 6-1 Brittany Rivera, Collinsville, Jr., F, 5-10 Taye Fields, Opelika, So., G, 6-2 Coach of the year Alexis Hudgens, Northview, So., G, 5-8 Toni Young, Calhoun, Sr., F, 5-8 Brandon Nicholas, Mae Jemison, Sr., G, Jeremy Freeman, Central-Coosa Jamya Tyus, McAdory, Jr., G, 5-8 Honorable mention 6-3 Honorable mention Cordasia Harris, Central-Hayneville, Jr., Aaron Powe, B.C. Rain, Jr., G, 6-0 CLASS 1A BOYS Anna Katherine Eastman, Cullman, Jr., F-C, 6-1 Eddie Smith, Huffman, Sr., G, 6-2 First-team All-State G, 5-4 Alexis Smith, Cedar Bluff, Sr., G-F, 5-10 Honorable mention Noah Boler, Decatur Heritage, Sr., F-C, Hannah Lightsey, Albertville, Sr., F, 6-1 Tori Vice, Ohatchee, So., G, 5-9 Jabre Barber, Northview, Jr., G, 5-10 6-8 Justyce Smith, Oxford, Sr., C, 5-10 Coach of the year Eugene Leonard, Oxford, Sr., G, 6-0 Quindario Lee, McKenzie, Sr., F-C, 6-7 Gail Whiting, Park Crossing, Sr., F, 5-9 Tammy West, Cold Springs JJ Taylor, Saraland, Sr., G, 6-2 Tommy Murr, Lindsay Lane, Jr., G, 6-1 Coach of the year Coach of the year Martavius Payton, Georgiana, Jr., F, 6-6 Jarvis Wilson, Carver-Birmingham CLASS 1A GIRLS Darrell Barber, Pinson Valley GianCarlo Valdez, Decatur Heritage, Jr., First-team All-State G, 6-3 CLASS 5A GIRLS River Baldwin, Pleasant Home, Sr., F-C, CLASS 5A BOYS Second-team All-State First-team All-State 6-5 First-team All-State Titus Griffin, Covenant Christian, Jr., G, Taylor Henderson, Center Point, Sr., G, A’Nautica Bibbs, R.A. Hubbard, Sr., G, DeAntoni Gordon, LeFlore, Sr., F, 6-8 6-1 5-11 5-6 Austin Harvell, East Limestone, Jr., F, Collin Lockard, Skyline, Jr., C, 6-5 Quintasia Leatherwood, CentralKatie Jones, Decatur Heritage, Jr., G, 6-5 Braden Pyron, Marion Co., Sr., G, 6-5 Tuscaloosa, Jr., G, 5-2 5-10 Reginald Perry, Fairfield, Jr., C, 6-7 Isiah Sanchez, Spring Garden, Sr., G, Niaira Jones, Charles Henderson, Jr., Ally McCollum, Phillips, Jr., F, 6-1 Cameron Tucker, Wenonah, Sr., G, 6-2 6-0 G, 5-7 Bailee Usrey, Skyline, Jr., F, 5-7 Desmond Williams, Brewbaker Tech, Sr., Avery Thrasher, Mars Hill, Sr., G, 5-10 Thaniya Marks, Wenonah, Sr., F-C, 6-1 Second-team All-State G, 6-1 Third-team All-State Destinee McGhee, Madison Academy, Claire Davidson, Coosa Christian, Sr., Second-team All-State Jermaine Brown, St. Luke’s, Sr., G, 5-10 Jr., C, 6-2 G, 5-6 Corien Frazier, Vigor, Sr., G, 6-3 Parker Driggers, Brantley, Sr., F, 6-0 Second-team All-State Gracie Hallman, Phillips, Jr., G, 5-7 Kisean Johnson, Ramsay, Jr., G, 6-1 Arayvion Jones, Keith, Jr., G-F, 6-3 Samira Moore, Charles Henderson, Jr., Kaitlin Hill, Loachapoka, Sr., G, 5-6 Justin Minter, Wenonah, Sr., G, 6-4 Kaleb Moore, Hackleburg, Sr., F, 6-3 F-C, 6-1 Alyse Madden, Lanett, So., F, 5-10 Shamari Simmons, Central-Clay Co., John Stanford, Cornerstone, Jr., G, 5-11 Jirah Rogers, East Limestone, So., C, Precious Rogers, Linden, Jr., G, 5-6 Sr., G, 6-0 Honorable mention 6-1 Third-team All-State Dennis Taylor, Jackson, Sr., C, 6-3 Noah Jackson, Lynn, Sr., F, 6-4 Taylor Sharpe, Brewbaker Tech, Sr., G, Morgan Hunter, Notasulga, Sr., G, 5-9 Third-team All-State Weston Kirk, Spring Garden, So., F, 6-0 5-8 Payton McGinnis, Spring Garden, Sr., Reginald Brown Jr., Marbury, Jr., G-F, Trey Lewis, Millry, Jr., G, 6-1 Maggie West, Shelby Co., Jr., G-F, 5-8 G-F, 5-6 6-2 Jaylon Stevenson, Holy Spirit, Jr., G-F, Sakyia White, Central-Tuscaloosa, Jr., Whitney Novak, St. Luke’s, So., G-F, 5-9 De’Yonte’ Cutts, Bibb Co., Sr., G, 6-1 6-2 F, 6-2 Gabby Perkins, Brantley, So., C, 6-1 Jason Manning, Corner, Sr., F, 6-6 Coach of the year Third-team All-State Morgan White, Westminster-Oak Mailk Powell, Sylacauga, Sr., G, 5-9 Jason Marshall, Decatur Heritage Aaliyah Austin, Faith Academy, Jr., C, Mountain, Jr., G-F, 5-9 Tyrek Turner, Tallassee, Jr., F, 6-5 6-2 Honorable mention Honorable mention AISA BOYS Nykeria Boykin, Jackson, Sr., G, 5-8 Faith Johnson, Talladega Co. Central, Marquise Barrow, Carroll, Sr., G-F, 5-9 First-team All-State Miriam Oldacre, West Point, Jr., G, 5-7 Fr., G, 5-6 Lucas McNutt, Russellville, Sr., G, 6-0 Payton Allen, Chambers Academy, So., Aniyah Smith, Ramsay, Sr., F, 5-10 Alexis McCarley, Brilliant, Jr., G, 5-3 Terrell Sistrunk, Charles Henderson, Sr., G, 6-3 Sarah Wright, Madison Co., Jr., G, 5-6 Macy Reedy, Spring Garden, Jr., G, 5-2 F, 6-4 Da’vantae Bowick, Lakeside, Sr., F, 6-1 Honorable mention Amaysia Whitfield, Elba, Sr., G, 5-4 Landan Williams, Alexandria, So., C, 6-7 Gunnar Henderson, Morgan Academy, Niya Austin, Rehobeth, Sr., G, 5-6 Coach of the year Coach of the year Sr., G-F, 6-3 Mackenzie Mahone, CentralBruce Pears, St. Luke’s Audwin Howard, Wenonah Hadrian McNeil, Tuscaloosa Academy, Tuscaloosa, Jr., G, 5-10 Sr., G, 5-10 Jiselle Woodson, Corner, Sr., G, 5-4 AISA GIRLS CLASS 4A BOYS Micaiah Overton, Bessemer Academy, Coach of the year First-team All-State First-team All-State Sr., F, 6-6 Michael Rivers, Central-Tuscaloosa Kelsey Curry, Tuscaloosa Academy, Sr., Trey Bonham, UMS-Wright, Jr., G, 5-11 Second-team All-State G-F, 5-10 JP Robinson, Deshler, Sr., G, 5-10 Armanie Burton, Success Unlimited, Sr., CLASS 4A GIRLS Joiner Hughes, Abbeville Christian, Sr., Kobe Simmons, Talladega, Jr., F, 6-4 G, 6-2 First-team All-State G, 5-6 K’sun Stokes, Headland, Sr., G, 6-0 Tyree Curry, Evangel Christian, So., G, Caroline Bachus, West Limestone, Fr., Chloe Johnson, Tuscaloosa Academy, Jarrett Taylor, Hillcrest-Evergreen, Sr., 5-11 F, 6-2 Fr., G, 5-9 G, 6-2 Jace Daniels, Sparta, Sr., G, 6-2 Allasha Dudley, Anniston, So., G, 5-2 Anna Blake Langford, Fort Dale Second-team All-State Robert Stewart, Edgewood, Jr., G, 5-11 Madie Krieger, Rogers, Fr., G, 5-6 Academy, Sr., G, 5-6 Antonio Kite, Anniston, Fr., G, 6-0 Tiquale Taylor, Escambia Academy, Jr., Taylor Smith, Sipsey Valley, Jr., G, 5-5 G, 6-2 Kathleen Wheeler, Priceville, Sr., G, 5-10 Emily Phillips, South Choctaw Academy, Martez Jones, BTW-Tuskegee, Jr., F, Sr., G, 5-4 6-5 Third-team All-State Second-team All-State Second-team All-State Cole Maddox, Good Hope, Jr., G, 6-2 Sam Aldridge, Lee-Scott, Sr., G, 5-10 Adrianna Galloway, Headland, Jr., G, Faith Copeland, South Choctaw Kedrick Turnipseed, Sumter Central, Jr., Jackson Blalock, Abbeville Christian, 5-7 Academy, Sr., C, 6-1 G, 6-2 So., G, 6-2 Tekyia Jackson, Anniston, Sr., F, 6-1 Lue Williams, Escambia Co., Sr., F, 6-3 Jared Kelly, Hooper, Sr., F, 6-1 Eunique McKinney, Childersburg, Jr., G, Laken Harvel, Wilcox Academy, Jr., C, 6-0 Third-team All-State Clay Moye, Monroe Academy, Sr., G, 5-10 Madisyn Kennedy, Macon-East, Sr., G, Drake Baker, Holtville, Jr., F, 6-4 5-11 Madison Traylor, Elmore Co., Sr., G-F, 5-10 Darrell Brown, Williamson, Sr., G, 5-8 Witt Warren, Northside Methodist, Sr., 5-3 Amber Kirksey, Sparta, Sr., F, 5-6 Damarius Jenkins, Dale Co., Sr., G, 5-9 C, 6-6 Jenna Walker, Priceville, So., G, 5-8 Mary Mykal Prewett, Lee-Scott, Jr., G, Kwame Milton, Anniston, Jr., G-F, 6-4 Honorable mention Third-team All-State 5-6 D’Corian Wilson, Talladega, Jr., G, 6-1 Dione Allen, Morgan Academy, Sr., G-F, Daejah Bailey, BTW-Tuskegee, Jr., G, Third-team All-State Honorable mention 6-3 5-8 Sydney Beasley, Lakeside, So., G, 5-10 Ivory Moore, Cherokee Co., Sr., G, 5-11 Asa Button, Eastwood, Jr., G, 6-1 Jolee Cole, Danville, Sr., G, 5-8 Phil McDuff, Tuscaloosa Academy, Jr., Trinity Hambright, Greensboro, Jr., F, 5-8 Grace Compton, Clarke Prep, So., F, 5-8 Dusty Quillen, Brooks, Sr., G, 5-11 F, 6-1 Chardai Watkins, Sumter Central, Fr., F, Analeigh Givens, Abbeville Christian, Jr., Dakari Smith, Sipsey Valley, Sr., G, 5-8 G, 5-6 Coach of the year Jamari Smith, Success Unlimited, Jr., G, 5-9 Chucky Miller, Talladega 6-3 Imani White, Hillcrest-Evergreen, So., F, Morgan Grant, Glenwood, Sr., F, 5-10 Ashlyn Simpson, Northside Methodist, Coach of the year 5-11 Jr., G, 5-10 CLASS 3A BOYS Kerwin Washington, Evangel Christian Honorable mention

CLASS 7A GIRLS First-team All-State Sarah Ashlee Barker, Spain Park, Jr., G, 6-0 Emily Bowman, Huntsville, Jr., F, 6-6 Joiya Maddox, Hoover, Sr., G-F, 6-0 Amiya Payne, Hewitt-Trussville, So., G, 6-1 Nya Valentine, McGill-Toolen, So., G, 5-2 Second-team All-State Kaylyn Colvin, Tuscaloosa Co., Jr., G, 5-9 Hannah Edwards, Oak Mountain, Jr., C, 6-6 Eryn Johnson, Central-Phenix City, Jr., G, 5-7 Skyla Knight, Hoover, Sr., G, 5-7 Olivia Porter, Auburn, Fr., G, 5-8 Third-team All-State Deyana Dodd, Sparkman, Sr., G, 5-5 Kaitlyn Knight, Foley, Jr., G, 5-5 Ahrielle Parks, Spain Park, Sr., G, 5-6 Ariel Thompson, Theodore, Jr., F, 6-0 Kelsey Thompson, Davidson, Fr., G, 5-10 Honorable mention Ki’Aja Elliott, Austin, Sr., G, 5-7 Morgan Kirk, Hewitt-Trussville, Sr., G, 5-6 Elissa Murry, Alma Bryant, Jr., G, 5-5 Ariana Powe, Grissom, Sr., F, 6-0 Coach of the year Sally Jeter, Foley

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Tallasseeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Emily Temple (8) tries to head the ball against a Holtville defender during a match last Tuesday.

standpoint of where we started versus where we are now, thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s all I can ask is that they get better every day.â&#x20AC;?

Tuesdayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 2-0 loss was the second outing in which the Tigers were left scoreless.

Tallassee rang in the month of March with a 4-0 loss to Prattville Christian and opened the season with a 5-4 area loss to Valley. The Bulldogs, on the other hand, were shut out by Park Crossing to open the season then dropped a close one to Montevallo before rattling off 10 goals in a shutout victory over Autaugaville. â&#x20AC;&#x153;(Against Tallassee) we had seven opportunities that we should have easily knocked in, and we came away with two,â&#x20AC;? Broom said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;And that makes you play a lot harder.

But at this point in the season, though, we may need to play a lot harder. That may be what we need.â&#x20AC;?

Despite giving up the two goals in the loss, Kalvin Levett, keeper for the Tigers, left Holtville attackers frustrated as he thwarted multiple shots before finally giving up the late goal. â&#x20AC;&#x153;He did an outstanding job and heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s getting better,â&#x20AC;?

Rigsby said.

2019 SLE Rodeo at Garrett Coliseum this week STAFF REPORT TPI Staff

The 2019 SLE Rodeo is being held through Sunday at Garrett Coliseum in Montgomery.

This yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s rodeo season is filled with events sure to please any audience. Whether itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s the parade downtown, the Stick Horse Rodeo or the Western Festival, thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s something for everybody to enjoy.

The rodeo features the top bucking stock in the country through

2016 PRCA Stock Contractor of the Year Frontier Rodeo Company.

Coordinators for this yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s rodeo said it will have more cowboys and cowgirls who competed in the National Finals Rodeo than any other rodeo within 200 miles.

The SLE Rodeo also features freestyle bullfighting, which involves highly skilled, talented human and bovine athletes partaking in a dangerous battle where control, strength, aggression and courage are displayed.

The bullfight itself is a 60-second competition with a whistle at the mandatory 40-second mark after which the bullfight can be â&#x20AC;&#x153;sold.â&#x20AC;?

Bullfighters are judged on and will gain points by how well they maneuver around the bull, working in close with the bull, staying in control, working in both directions and â&#x20AC;&#x153;sellingâ&#x20AC;? the fight. Bullfighters must maintain control of the barrel if the bull engages it. A bullfighter will lose points by getting run over, See RODEO â&#x20AC;˘ Page B8

Reeltown takes down Prattville Christian STAFF REPORT TPI Staff

Ten hits were more than enough for Reeltownâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s baseball team to defeat Prattville Christian, 11-5, Saturday afternoon.

The Rebels got the scoring started early, as they put up two runs in the first inning and both came on a two-out rally. After two straight outs, Logan Hunt got things going for the Rebels by reaching on an error.

Gabe Bryant followed with a walk before Andy Mann and Colt Adcock hit back-to-back run-scoring singles to put Reeltown on the board early.

The game went back and forth from there, as PCA quickly responded but it could never take a lead.

Reeltown was ahead 5-3 heading into the sixth inning but blew things open with a trio of runs in both the sixth and seventh frames. Mann led the Rebel offense with three hits and three RBIs, and Adcock also drove in three runs on a single and a double.

Bryant had two singles.

Kolby Coan and Bryant combined for the victory.

Coan threw the opening four innings, allowing just two hits and three earned runs. Although he walked six, he also struck out three. Bryant then entered in relief and gave up only three hits. He fanned two and walked five.

Thursday, Reeltown couldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t compete offensively with LAMP, as the Rebels had only one hit. Reed Baker notched the only hit for the Rebels, who were also hindered by seven errors.

Hunt threw the first 3 2/3 innings, allowing just five hits and two earned runs. He struck out seven and walked four. Will Brooks entered in relief for the final 3 1/3 innings, giving up four hits, three earned runs, four strikeouts and three walks.

SOFTBALL Reeltown jumps on Fayetteville early and often Five runs in the first inning was more than enough for Reeltownâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s softball team to defeat Fayetteville, 12-2, in five innings Thursday afternoon.

Morgan McGuire walked to lead off the bottom of the first, and Chloe Davidson followed her with a single. Kenzie Hornsby reached on a fielderâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s choice to load the bases. Madison Ledbetter and Marlee Knox then had RBIs on fielderâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s choices, giving Reeltown a 2-0 lead before there was even an out on the board.

Bella Studdard and Savannah Hornsby both had RBI singles, sandwiching a Kenzie Gibson groundout that also drove in a run.

The Rebels finished with just five hits in the victory, led by two apiece from Davidson and Studdard.

Davidson threw the full five innings and allowed only one hit. Although she walked five, she also struck out three and gave up just one earned run.

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the Tigersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; run to the sub-regionals. Turner recorded 18 double-doubles and had his best game of the season against Stanhope Elmore with 25 points, 16 rebounds and five blocks.

Baker was named to the 4A third team

after coming back from preseason elbow surgery to average 17.3 points and 11.7 rebounds per game. He led the Bulldogs to 10-plus wins for the third consecutive season and added 2.7 assists, 2.5 steals and 2.2 blocks per game.

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14 ACRES Unrestricted (NOT IN THE CITY LIMITS) in Tallassee on Hillcrest St. Great sites for homes or mobile homes $60,000

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Landon Maynard and the Elmore County offense had a pair of strong outings in a sweep of Billingsley this weekend. Maynard had five hits and five RBIs in the doubleheader.

Panthers’ pitching too much for Bears

By GRIFFIN PRITCHARD For The Tribune

Landon Maynard struck out eight but left a whole bunch more Bears frustrated as the Elmore County Panthers upended Billingsley, 5-2, Friday night in front of the hometown faithful.

“I challenge our pitchers to dominate without throwing a lot of pitches,” Panthers coach Michael Byrd said. “He had a couple of quick innings and they got a couple of hits early, but that’s because he was throwing fastballs trying to get ahead. He started mixing things up later in the game and it got a little harder for them. He got the ball running and two of those last three fastballs he threw were easily 86, 87 (mph) all day long.”

The Bears scattered four hits through seven innings in the loss.

“I thought we hit the ball hard, but we hit the ball right at them,” Byrd said. “They made several good plays.

We hit four or five balls right on the nose, but they made every play.”

After fanning a trio of Billingsley batters on 12 pitches to start the third, the Panther offense took control in the home half of the inning, securing a lead it never relinquished.

Richie Smith struck out the first Panther he faced looking then loaded the bases on a trio of walks. Taylor Henderson drove a seeing-eye-single between third and short to score two runs and put the Panthers up 2-0.

“We kept hitting the ball hard and I felt like we were going to have that big inning, but we never did,” Byrd said. “But the good thing is that when they scored, we answered back and we were able to extend the lead there at the end.”

Billingsley added a run to start the fourth, but Eclectic answered.

Payne Watts was handed a free pass then scored on a Brady Lewis double to left. The Panthers, after four complete, pushed ahead 3-1.

The Bears took advantage of a pair of Elmore County fielding errors to push a run home in the fifth.

Eclectic answered. Henderson tripled then scored on a passed ball to double the Panthers’ lead, 4-2.

The Panthers pushed the final run home in the bottom of the sixth, Lewis

drew a walk off new pitcher Tripp Glass then scored on a single.

The Panthers, who have now won five straight dating back to late February, seem to be building an impressive season.

“So far, we’ve been able to take advantage of other teams’ mistakes,” Byrd said. “That shows we’ve got a little character and a little fight and that’s a good thing.”

The big inning that Byrd was looking for in Eclectic were found in Billingsley a day later as the Panthers traveled to Autauga County and blasted the Bears in front of the black-and-gold faithful Saturday.

On Saturday, the Panthers picked up a pair of easy victories, 15-3 and 17-1.

In the opening game, ECHS dominated offensively, racking up 15 hits and scoring at least two runs in all five innings. Landon Maynard paced the prolific offense with four hits and three RBIs. Jamie Singleton also had three hits, while Taylor Henderson, Austin Downey and Cole Downey had two apiece. Henderson, Singleton, Austin Downey and Garrett Cole all drove in a pair of runs.

The Panthers also got strong pitching performances from Austin Downey and Zach Jones, who combined to allow just five hits. Downey threw the first four innings, giving up four hits and striking out seven. Only one of his three runs allowed were earned, and he didn’t walk any. Jones entered for the final inning, allowing one hit, two strikeouts and a pair of walks.

In the nightcap, although Elmore County collected eight hits, it also got a lot of help from Billingsley’s defense, which finished with eight errors.

After leading just 3-1 through four complete innings, the Panthers blew the game wide open with six runs in the top of the fifth and eight in the top of the sixth. This time, Cole led the way with two hits and two RBIs. Chase Wilson, Jones, Jacob Taunton, Landon Maynard, Singleton and Brody Ward each had one hit. Taunton, Maynard and Singleton all drove in two runs apiece.

Brady Lewis fired six innings for the complete-game victory. He gave up just four hits and one run. Lewis racked up seven strikeouts and didn’t walk any.

THE TALLASSEE TRIBUNE

MARCH 15 • 7:00 MT. VERNON THEATRE Step back in time, dress the part, if you’d like, and enjoy a night of the 50’s!

KENNETH LOOMIS a.k.a. ELVIS Kenneth Loomis is a 1981 graduate of Tallassee High School, and like his parents, the late Stan and Alice Loomis, Kenneth has lived most of his life in the Tallassee area. He is the Minister of Music ĂŶĚ ^ĞŶŝŽƌƐ ĚƵůƚƐ Ăƚ ,ĞƌŝƚĂŐĞ ĂƉƟƐƚ ŚƵƌĐŚ ŝŶ Montgomery. Since the summer of 1988, Kenneth has occasionally performed his 1970s impersonĂƟŽŶ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ůĂƚĞ ĂŶĚ ŐƌĞĂƚ ůǀŝƐ WƌĞƐůĞLJ͕ ĂŶĚ ǁŝůů ĚŽ so again later this year at the Mt Vernon Theatre. Ƶƚ ƚŚŝƐ ƟŵĞ͕ ŚĞ ǁŝůů ďƌŝŶŐ Ă ϭϵϱϬƐ ŝŵƉĞƌƐŽŶĂƟŽŶ to the Mt Vernon Theatre stage as a part of the Mc ƌĂŶĞLJͲ ŽƩůĞ ƌƚƐ ŽƵŶĐŝů͛Ɛ ͞EŝŐŚƚ ŽĨ ϱϬƐ DƵƐŝĐ͘͟ <ĞŶŶĞƚŚ ;͞ ůǀŝƐ͟Ϳ ǁŝůů ƐŝŶŐ ƐĞůĞĐƟŽŶƐ ůŝŬĞ ͞ ůů ^ŚŽŽŬ Up,” Love Me” and “Hound Dog, “along with some of Elvis’ gospel songs.

STEVE SCHIEFERSTEIN

MARTINI SHAKERS dŚĞ DĂƌƟŶŝ ^ŚĂŬĞƌƐ ƉůĂLJ ĂƵƚŚĞŶƟĐ͕ ĨƵůů ĞŶĞƌŐLJ Rockabilly the way it sounded in 1954 – wide open and furious! We are not an “oldies” act trudging half heartedly through hit parade remakes – We are ROCKABILLY!! We cover all the big hits from all the giants of Rock and Roll – Johnny Cash, Elvis, Carl Perkins – as well ĂƐ ƚŚĞ ĨŽƌŐŽƩĞŶ ŐĞŵƐ ĨƌŽŵ DĞŵƉŚŝƐ͕ ǁŚĞƌĞ and when it all began. Our original songs stand ƵƉ ŶĞdžƚ ƚŽ ƚŚĞƐĞ dŝƚĂŶƐ ĂŶĚ ďƌŝŶŐ Ă ůŝƩůĞ ŽĨ ŽƵƌ ŽǁŶ ŇĂǀŽƌ ŝŶƚŽ ƚŚĞ ŵŝdž͘ DĂƌƟŶŝ ^ŚĂŬĞƌƐ ƐŚŽǁ is guaranteed to put a smile on the faces of its ĂƵĚŝĞŶĐĞͶŶŽ ŵĂƩĞƌ ǁŚŽ ƚŚĞLJ ĂƌĞ͘ /Ŷ ĂĚĚŝƟŽŶ͕ ǁĞ ŽīĞƌ ƐŽůŽ ĂŶĚ ĚƵŽ ĂĐŽƵƐƟĐ ƐŚŽǁƐ ƚŽ Įƚ ĂŶLJ budget and venue. We are ATOMIC POWERED ROCKABILLY!!!

^ƚĞǀĞ ^ĐŚŝĞĨĞƌƐƚĞŝŶ ŝƐ ĂŶ ĂĐĐŽŵƉůŝƐŚĞĚ ŵƵƐŝĐŝĂŶ ƉůĂLJŝŶŐ ƐĂdžŽƉŚŽŶĞ͕ ŇƵƚĞ͕ ƉĞƌĐƵƐsion (congas), and vocals. He started playing professionally in 1973 with a popular show band, Crossroads based out of Mobile, Alabama. Crossroads played at popular night spots throughout the Southeast. In 1977, Steve began playing with the Bachelors, a well-known house band at The Bachelor’s Showboat on Morris Avenue in Birmingham, Alabama, and later that year was with Instant Replay, the house band for PJ’s on the Strip. In 1978, Steve moved to Tallassee and began ƉůĂLJŝŶŐ Ăƚ ƚŚĞ ůƵĞ ƌĞĞŬ ůƵď ŽŶ >ĂŬĞ DĂƌƟŶ ǁŚĞƌĞ ŚĞ ƉůĂLJĞĚ ĨŽƌ ƐĞǀĞƌĂů LJĞĂƌƐ͘ In 1987, the original Rockin’ Gibraltars got back together in a reunion band called dŚĞ 'ŝďƌĂůƚĂƌƐ͕ ĂŶĚ ^ƚĞǀĞ ǁĂƐ Ă ŵĞŵďĞƌ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ĂĚĚĞĚ ŚŽƌŶ ƐĞĐƟŽŶ͘ dŚƌŽƵŐŚŽƵƚ the years, Steve has played with the Mighty Soul Shakers, Phat James and the Cooltones in the Montgomery area; he has played with numerous local musiĐŝĂŶƐ͖ ŚĞ ŚĂƐ ƉůĂLJĞĚ ŝŶ ŵĂŶLJ ůŽĐĂů ŵƵƐŝĐ ĨĞƐƟǀĂůƐ ǁŝƚŚ ŶĂƟŽŶĂů ƌĞĐŽƌĚŝŶŐ ĂƌƟƐƚƐ͖ and has done studio work in major recording studios. He was a member of the ZŝǀĞƌ ŝƚLJ :Ănjnj ĂŶĚ ŝŶ dĂůůĂƐƐĞĞ͘ ^ƚĞǀĞ ŝƐ ŵĂƌƌŝĞĚ ǁŝƚŚ ƚǁŽ ĐŚŝůĚƌĞŶ͕ ĂŶĚ ĮǀĞ ŐƌĂŶĚĐŚŝůĚƌĞŶ͘ ,Ğ ĐƵƌƌĞŶƚůLJ ŝƐ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ƉƌĂŝƐĞ ďĂŶĚ Ăƚ ĂƌƌǀŝůůĞ ĂƉƟƐƚ ŚƵƌĐŚ ǁŚĞƌĞ ŚĞ ƐŝŶŐƐ͕ ƉůĂLJƐ ƐĂdžŽƉŚŽŶĞ͕ ŇƵƚĞ͕ ƉĞƌĐƵƐƐŝŽŶ ĂŶĚ ŬĞLJďŽĂƌĚƐ͘

STEPHEN FREEMAN DŽƐƚ ƉĞŽƉůĞ ĂƌĞ ĐŽŵƉůĞƚĞůLJ ĐĂƵŐŚƚ Žī ŐƵĂƌĚ ďLJ ƚŚŝƐ Ɛŝdž ĨŽŽƚ͕ Ɛŝdž ŝŶĐŚ ďĞĂƌĚĞĚ ƚĞŶŽƌ͕ ďƵƚ ĚŽŶ͛ƚ ũƵĚŐĞ ĂŶ ĂůďƵŵ ďLJ ŝƚ͛Ɛ ĐŽǀĞƌ͘ ,ŝƐ ŚŝŐŚ ŶŽƚĞƐ ĂƌĞ ƐŵŽŽƚŚ ĂŶĚ ĞīŽƌƚůĞƐƐ͘ ,Ğ ƐĂŶŐ ƚŚƌĞĞ LJĞĂƌƐ ǁŝƚŚ ƚŚĞ &ĂƵůŬŶĞƌ hŶŝǀĞƌƐŝƚLJ ƋƵĂƌƚĞƚ ŽƌŶĞƌƐƚŽŶĞ ĂŶĚ ĂŌĞƌ ŐƌĂĚƵĂƟŽŶ ǁĞŶƚ ƚŽ ƉŚĂƌŵĂĐLJ ƐĐŚŽŽů Ăƚ ^ĂŵĨŽƌĚ͘ ,Ğ ŝƐ ŶŽǁ Ă ůŝŶŝĐĂů WŚĂƌŵĂĐŝƐƚ ĂŶĚ ůŝǀĞƐ ǁŝƚŚ ŚŝƐ ǁŝĨĞ ŝŶ Birmingham.

COREY CANTRELL

Rodeo run up the fence or not controlling the barrel if engaged. Bullfighters can gain extra points with jumps, barrel hops or walking down the bull’s back using the barrel.

Each bullfight is scored 1 to 25 points by each judge on how strong the bullfighter fights and 1 to 25 points on how strong the bull performs. With two judges there are a possible 100 points.

This year’s rodeo will feature Rockin’ Robbie Hodges, the professional barrelman and rodeo clown. Hodges has created an experience unlike any other for rodeo fans across the world. As the hottest barrelman and rodeo clown going down the road today, Hodges has used his quick wit and loveable personality to reach crowds on a personal level.

His unscripted, hilarious banter and connection with children has given rodeo fans something new to enjoy about rodeos.

This passion has helped him eagerly take on rodeo performance of any size and venue. Hodges personalizes each performance by getting to know his crowd before ever entering the arena.

But Hodges will quickly change

continued from Page B7 to the serious job at hand each night.

While some barrelmen use their barrel as a prop, Hodges moves his barrel and becomes part of the protection team on each bull ride. His talent of reading a bull’s movement has led him to positioning himself as a sole protector of not only the contestant but the bullfighters in many cases.

The Roman Rider, Dusti Crain Dickerson, will also be featured at the rodeo. Dickerson was born and raised in a rodeo family. Her father owned a small rodeo company in southern Illinois where she carried flags and barrel raced. Dickerson caught the Roman riding and trick-riding bug at 11 during a family vacation to Branson, Missouri, to Dolly Parton’s Dixie Stampede. She went home, worked tirelessly and grew into one of the fastest and most exciting acts in rodeo today. The last 12 years, Dickerson was the featured Roman rider in Pigeon Forge, Tennessee, and is coming out of retirement. Her acts are high-flying with fast, beautiful horses and colorful, unique costumes.

For more information about the rodeo, call 1-888-2RODEO2 or visit slerodeo.com/ticket-information/.

,ĂǀŝŶŐ ŐƌŽǁŶ ƵƉ ŝŶ Ă ƐŝŶŐŝŶŐ ĨĂŵŝůLJ͕ ŽƌĞLJ ŚĂƐ ŵƵƐŝĐ ŝŶ ŚŝƐ ƌŽŽƚƐ͘ tŚĞƚŚĞƌ ŝŶ ĐŚƵƌĐŚ ŐƌŽƵƉƐ͕ ĂƐ ƉĂƌƚ ŽĨ &ĂƵůŬŶĞƌ hŶŝǀĞƌƐŝƚLJ͛Ɛ ŵĂůĞ ƋƵĂƌƚĞƚ͕ Žƌ ůĞĂĚŝŶŐ ǁŽƌƐŚŝƉ ĨŽƌ ŚŝƐ ŚŽŵĞ ĐŽŶŐƌĞŐĂƟŽŶ͕ ŚŝƐ ůŽǀĞ ĨŽƌ ƐŽŶŐ ĐŽŶƟŶƵĞƐ͘ ,Ğ ŝƐ Ă WƌŽũĞĐƚ DĂŶĂŐĞƌ ĨŽƌ DĂƌďƵƌLJ ^ƚĞĞů &ĂďƌŝĐĂƚŽƌƐ ĂŶĚ ĐƵƌƌĞŶƚůLJ ƌĞƐŝĚĞƐ ŝŶ WƌĂƩǀŝůůĞ ǁŝƚŚ ŚŝƐ ǁŝĨĞ ĂŶĚ ƚǁŽ ĐŚŝůĚƌĞŶ͘

JASON ISBELL ,ŝƐ ůŽǀĞ ŽĨ ϱϬƐ ĂŶĚ ϲϬƐ ŵƵƐŝĐ ĐĂŵĞ ĂďŽƵƚ ďĞĐĂƵƐĞ ŽĨ Ă ƐĞƚ ŽĨ ͞ŽůĚŝĞƐ͟ ĐĂƐƐĞƩĞ ƚĂƉĞƐ ŚŝƐ ĨĂƚŚĞƌ ďŽƵŐŚƚ Ăƚ Ă ŐĂƐ ƐƚĂƟŽŶ͘ >ƵĐŬLJ ĨŽƌ Śŝŵ͕ ƐŝŶŐŝŶŐ ƚŚŽƐĞ ƐŽŶŐƐ ŚĞůƉĞĚ ƉĂLJ ĨŽƌ ĐŽůůĞŐĞ͘ :ĂƐŽŶ ŝƐ ĂŶ ĂƩŽƌŶĞLJ ǁŚŽ ůŝǀĞƐ ŝŶ WŝŬĞ ZŽĂĚ ǁŝƚŚ ŚŝƐ ǁŝĨĞ ĂŶĚ ƚǁŽ LJŽƵŶŐ ƐŽŶƐ͘ hŶĨŽƌƚƵŶĂƚĞůLJ͕ ŚĞ ĐĂŶ͛ƚ ĮŶĚ ƚŚŽƐĞ ƚĂƉĞƐ ĂŶLJǁŚĞƌĞ͘

BARRY WIGINTON ŶĂƟǀĞ ŽĨ dĂůůĂƐƐĞĞ͕ ĂƌƌLJ ŚĂƐ ďĞĞŶ ŝŶ ƐŝŶŐŝŶŐ ŐƌŽƵƉƐ ĨŽƌ ϮϬн LJĞĂƌƐ ĂŶĚ ĐŽŶƟŶƵĞƐ ƚŽ ĞŶƚĞƌƚĂŝŶ ŶĞǁ ŐĞŶĞƌĂƟŽŶƐ ǁŝƚŚ ƚŚĞ ŵƵƐŝĐ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ϱϬƐ͘ ĂƌƌLJ ƐƚĂƌƚĞĚ ŝŶ Ă ĐŚƵƌĐŚ ĂŶĚ && ƋƵĂƌƚĞƚ ŝŶ ŚŝŐŚ ƐĐŚŽŽů ĂŶĚ ŚĂƐ ďĞĞŶ ŝŶǀŽůǀĞĚ ǁŝƚŚ ŽƚŚĞƌ ƉƌŽũĞĐƚƐ ĂŶĚ ŐƌŽƵƉƐ ĞǀĞƌ ƐŝŶĐĞ͘ ,Ğ ŝƐ sŝĐĞ WƌĞƐŝĚĞŶƚ ŽĨ ƵůƚŵĂŶ WƌŽƉĞƌƟĞƐ ĂŶĚ ůŝǀĞƐ ŝŶ ĂůĞƌĂ ǁŝƚŚ ŚŝƐ ǁŝĨĞ ĂŶĚ ƚǁŽ children.

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