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Alex City woman indicted Richardson indicted for theft from business By CLIFF WILLIAMS Staff Writer
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Above: Dadeville Elementary School fourth-grader Jacob Patterson chose Dadeville graduate Cal Jones as his subject for the living wax museum at the school Thursday. Below: Jantan Ayers chose boxer Evander Holyfield, who is from Atmore.
Fourth-graders make history come to life with wax museum By CLIFF WILLIAMS Staff Writer
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A Tallapoosa County Grand Jury indicted Christin “Christi” Nunnery Richardson, 47, of Alexander City on three counts of first-degree theft of property, 13 counts of second-degree theft of property and two counts of third-degree theft of property from the office of an area contractor. Richardson was arrested in May 2018 and charged with one count of firstdegree theft. Tallapoosa County Sheriff Jimmy Abbett said at the time the arrest was the result of an investigation into the alleged reported theft from Astrata Contracting LLC in Dadeville. Astrata managing partner Brian Ray said Richardson had served Richardson as an office manager for his firm and was employed for six years. “With respect to Christi and her family’s privacy, the only thing we can say is this has been an extremely unfortunate discovery,” Ray said in a statement in May 2018. “Our companies have suffered greatly from this and we will continue to work hard to recover. We can only rely on our counsel and the court for direction. Terminating her was an emotional and painful task as she had been considered part of our family for quite some time. We wish no ill will and will continue to show compassion as best we can for her and her family. We are hopeful that we can be made whole at some point relative to all this.” Richardson turned herself in last week on the indictments and was released on a $54,000 bond. Her next court appearance is April 9 for arraignment in front of Fifth Judicial Circuit Judge Steve Perryman. The Code of Alabama defines firstdegree theft as “The theft of property See RICHARDSON • Page 3
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While Rep. Mike Holmes (R-Wetumpka) likes more zealous scrutiny of the Alabama Department of Transportation and busting up what he described as asphalt’s monopoly on paving, he was still one of only 19 Republicans in the House of Representatives to vote against the gas tax increase. Holmes compared the new law’s connection to changes in the National Highway Construction Cost index, which could cause the tax to See TAX • Page 3
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Child’s accusations against cousin cause rift in family DEAR ABBY: My brother and sister-in-law recently told me their 5-year-old son claims my 9-year-old son touched him inappropriately on several occasions. Understanding that any parent believes what their child says, I asked my son if he has ever touched or done anything inappropriate to anyone. His response was, “Why would I do that?” My husband and I asked our son about it on several different occasions and got the same answer. Not wanting to pressure him to the point of coercion and force him to admit to something he did not do, I accepted his denials. My brother and his wife are convinced my son did these heinous things to their son. What more is there for me to do? My son and I are now being shunned and barred from being around any of my brother’s kids. -- SHUNNED IN COLORADO DEAR SHUNNED: A young child might make a statement like the one your nephew did to
Obituaries Mrs. Modesta Bradley Gravette 1927 - 2019 Graveside Service for Mrs. Modesta Bradley Gravette, 92, of Alexander City, Alabama will be Friday, March 15, 2019 at 3:00 pm at the Hillview Memorial Park. Rev. Wayne Henderson and Rev. Matthew Reams will officiate. The family will receive friends on Friday, March 15, 2019 from 1:30 pm to 2:30 pm at Radney Funeral Home. Mrs. Gravette passed away on Wednesday, March 13, 2019 at Brown Nursing Home. She was born on January 8, 1927 in Tallapoosa County, Alabama to Jim Bradley and Mittie Meadows Bradley. She loved her family dearly; especially her husband Burnon and her grandchildren. She loved Kellyton Baptist Church and teaching children in Sunday school. Mrs. Gravette also enjoyed cooking, gardening, sewing and feeding hummingbirds. She loved to pick and joke around. Mrs. Gravette was a loving caregiver to anyone that needed her. She is survived by her daughters, Linda Hardman (Randy) and Derenda Barron (Winford); grandchildren, Lacy Kuenzel (William), Kristi Hardman Yates (Keith), Amy Sherum (Bo) and Justin Lewis (Megan); greatgrandchildren, JayLynn Welch, Brandon Sherum, Wesley Lewis, Sawyer Lewis, Savannah Yates, Dylan Yates and Lexi Kuenzel; sister, Margaret Greene from New York and several nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by her husband of 66 years, Burnon Gravette; parents; brother, Frank Bradley; sister, Georgia Ruth Rothe; grandchildren, Kevin Prather and Lee Hardman and son in law, Donny Lewis. Memorials may be given to: Alzheimer’s of Central Alabama, PO Box 2273, Birmingham, AL 35201 or www.alzca.org. Memorial messages may be sent to the family at www.radneyfuneralhome. com. Radney Funeral Home is in charge of the arrangements.
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DEAR ABBY Advice get attention, get the other child in trouble OR because he is being touched inappropriately by someone else. This certainly bears further exploration, and the people who should do that are your brother and his wife. If your son ends up being guilty, then you and your husband must investigate where this behavior came from and get him professional help. Until this is resolved, the children should be kept apart. DEAR ABBY: The other day, I was checking numbers on my contacts list in my phone. It has been years since I purged any, so I sent out a few texts with just the person’s name. Later, I woke up around 3 a.m. and couldn’t get back to sleep, so I
checked my social media. I returned two emails, then saw I had a response to one of my texts which read, “???” So I texted back my name. Next thing I knew, my phone was ringing. It was an acquaintance from years ago. I answered, even though I could have let it go into voicemail, because I didn’t want to be rude. However, the last thing I wanted to do was have a 3 a.m. conversation with this person -or any person, for that matter. In my opinion, a phone call is different from a text. Calling me at 3 a.m. was inappropriate, bordering on rude. The other person contends I shouldn’t have texted that late if I didn’t want to talk. I have put this matter of contemporary communication etiquette out there, and the feedback I’m receiving on the subject is divided. What do you think? -- TEXT ETIQUETTE IN THE SOUTH DEAR TEXT ETIQUETTE: What I think is that YOU owe the person an apology for hav-
ing disturbed him or her in the wee hours of the morning and, while you’re at it, explain that you didn’t think your text would be seen until after sunup. DEAR ABBY: I get my hair done at the local beauty school. When I pay, there is no room on the bill to leave a tip. Is it OK not to tip these people because they are in school, or should I plan on bringing cash with me next time? -WONDERING IN CALIFORNIA DEAR WONDERING: If you like the service the student performed, show your gratitude (and respect!) by bringing along enough money to tip him or her. That’s what I would do, as long as there is no school rule that forbids it. Dear Abby is written by Abigail Van Buren, also known as Jeanne Phillips, and was founded by her mother, Pauline Phillips. Contact Dear Abby at www.DearAbby.com or P.O. Box 69440, Los Angeles, CA 90069.
Ongoing Events offers tools and programs for healthy living and weight management, with exceptional group fellowship and recognition. Established in 1948 to champion weight-loss support and success, we’ve helped millions of people live healthier lives. Come out and visit us. Your first meeting is free. Meetings are held every Thursday at 6 p.m. at Comer Baptist Church, 341 E. Church St., Alexander City, AL. Call (256) 496-4210 for more information. VOLUNTEER: Southern Care Hospice is seeking volunteers. Please call Lizz Gillenwaters at 256-234-1134 or 256-7493717 for more information. WOMAN MEETING: Victory Temple Holiness Church hosts a women’s meeting every first Sunday at 237 Aster St. in Dadeville. Everyone is invited. The meetings start at 2 p.m. READY TO WORK: CACC can prepare you to be Career Ready with a FREE 6 to 8 week Workforce Development Course called Ready to Work. It includes computer self-paced instruction financial planning, reading and math skills, and computer basic skills as well as instructorled module presentations on communication, problem-solving, job acquisition, operation skills, and workplace behavior. Earn a Career Readiness Certificate and an AIDT Alabama Certified Worker Certificate. The class meets MondayThursday 12:30 p.m. - 4:30 p.m. at the Alexander City Career Center located at 1375 Junior College Drive. For more information, call Melanie Veazey at 256215-4499 or email at mveazey@cacc.edu. OFFICE CAREERS: The Office Careers Technology program is funded by the Workforce Investment Act (WIA) and was created to help dislocated workers learn new employable skills. To qualify for the programs be a dislocated worker (layoff) or a low-income family. Anyone interested in the classes should contact the Alexander City Career Center @ 256-2154494 and ask about the WIA program. Most all dislocated workers automatically qualify for financial assistance. The program is 52 weeks and is open entry/open exit. Students learn at their own pace in a non-traditional classroom setting. Classes begin when students are approved and they may leave when they receive any or all of the certificates offered. Classes are Monday--Thursday, 8:00 a.m.--3:00 p.m. (with a lunch break). All textbooks and class materials are supplied. Certificates available are receptionist, inventory clerk, data entry clerk, administrative assistant, accounting office clerk, medical office clerk, legal office clerk. COMPUTER LAB: The new and improved computer lab at Cooper Community Center is now open to the community Monday thru Thursday from 5 to 8 p.m. LaBrawnski Salter is the new lab facilitator. You can check email, browse the internet, build a resume, complete a project or homework, research, job search and some social media. CCTS ALUMNI MEETING: The Coosa County Train School and J.D. Thompson alumni association hold monthly meetings the third Saturday of each month. SCV MEETING:The Sons of Confederate Veterans meets every third Tuesday night at 7 p.m. at J.R.’s Sports Bar & Grill. Visitors are welcome.
FERST READERS: The Dadeville Public Library hosts the Ferst Readers program every first Thursday at 1 p.m. Children up to the age of five who live in Tallapoosa County are eligible for free books. FEAST OF SHARING: Alexander City United Methodist Church and St. James Episcopal Church host a Feast of Sharing meal Tuesdays and Thursdays at 5:30 p.m. at the fellowship hall of the Methodist Church on Green Street. It is a free dinner. OPEN STUDIO: The Artists Association of Central Alabama sponsors an open studio every Thursday from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Senior Activities Center in Alexander City and every Monday from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Dadeville Senior Center on Columbus Street. Come and paint your own project or join in special Christmas projects. Eliminate stress, laugh, share a love of painting. Membership is $35 and meetings are the third Thursday of each month at the Senior Activities Center in Alexander City. For more information call Kay Fincher at 256-825-2506 or June Dean at 256-3733324. OVEREATERS ANONYMOUS: Overeaters Anonymous meets at 6 p.m. on Thursdays at the Trinity Campus of First United Methodist Church next to Russell Hospital. There are no dues, fees or weighins. Contact Lisa at 256-749-0160 at ww.oa. org. GRIEF SHARE: Sessions for Grief Share will be at the Trinity Campus of First United Methodist Church starting Jan. 9 and will be held on Wednesdays from 6 to 7:30 p.m. The seminar is sponsored by Radney Funeral Home and First United Methodist Church. FIRST SUNDAY FELLOWSHIP: Duncan United Methodist Church is hosting First Sunday Fellowship starting July 1. There will be a meal filled with friendship, fellowship and lots of fun starting at 5 p.m. at the clubhouse adjoining the church. Rev. Wayne Hicks is the pastor. ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS: Red Ridge United Methodist Church in Dadeville hosts an Alcoholics Anonymous meeting every Sunday at 6 p.m. DISABLED AMERICAN VETERANS: The Bill Nichols Chapter 13 meets every third Monday at 5:30 p.m. at the Charles T. “Bud” Porch Center in Alexander City. Chapter Service Officers are available every second and fourth Wednesday from noon to 5 p.m. for claims assistance. RECYCLING: The Alexander City Recycling Facility is located at the Public Works Department at 824 Railey Road. All materials should be dropped off behind the green storage shed on the Public Works lot. The facility is always open for unassisted drop off. Assistance with drop off is available between 7 a.m. until 3:30 p.m. Monday through Friday. Please call 256-409-2020 for more information. CAREGIVER SUPPORT GROUP: Every third Monday at 10 a.m. the Trinity campus of First United Methodist Church will be a caregiver support group. Call 256-329-7177 for more information. TOPS MEETING: Take Off Pounds Sensibly is the short name for TOPS Club, Inc., the original nonprofit, noncommercial network of weight-loss support groups throughout the U.S. and Canada. TOPS
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Tax rise 1 cent every other year without the legislature’s vote, as being similar to “a timeshare condo.� “As much as I am for infrastructure improvement, there was a poison pill in there for me and we could not get them to change it and it’s the inflation index,� Holmes said. “I think it is fiscally irresponsible to give a blank check into the future. That tax could increase forever and be inherited by our children and grandchildren. I offered a very clean amendment to take out the index language but it didn’t get anywhere.� Holmes said House members weren’t given a copy of the final bill until the morning of the vote, which was last Friday, and the freshmen legislators in the House and Senate were subjected to undue pressure with their first vote coming on such a momentous issue. “The process on the bill was horrendous,� Holmes said. “We were supposed to get the bill before we got into the special session and they sent out a summary worksheet. Then they made revisions. Finally we got a copy of that 32-page bill the morning we voted on it. I was struggling through page five when they summoned me to the chamber. “Another thing is we had a lot of freshmen, 27 in the House and nine in the Senate, and they’re casting their first vote on something they haven’t read.� The third-term representative concluded Gov. Kay Ivey wanted the bill rushed to help ensure its passage. “The governor knew she had political capital to burn and it got rammed through,� he said. “She was bound and determined to get it through in one week.� Holmes said polling before the bill was passed and reaction afterward showed a strong majority of voters in his district don’t like the gas tax increase of 10 cents a gallon during the next three years although it will raise an estimated $320 million annually for road and bridge improvements. “After the vote, my constituents were blowing up my phone and email, saying they admire my courage in standing up to the governor,� Holmes said. “Before we voted, I had a professional consultant who does
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State Rep. Mike Holmes (R-Wetumpka) voted against the gas tax increase, one of the few Republicans in the Alabama House to do so. He said the bill was ‘rammed through’ and also does not favor connecting future increases to a federal road cost index.
polling take a poll of my district and I was shocked at the result — 63 percent were against it.� Holmes concedes Alabama’s infrastructure needs repair and modernization and said the best features of the new law are oversight of ALDOT and ending what he described as state favoritism toward the asphalt interests. “The biggie for me was the oversight of ALDOT and that’s in there because of our citizens’ distrust of ALDOT,� Holmes said. “There hasn’t been any oversight since George Wallace (was governor). They’ve been a tool of the governor’s office, not answering to anybody. So we have the recranking up of the Joint Transportation Committee and we will have oversight.� Holmes said the state’s asphalt providers arranged a process that effectively stopped equal bidding between asphalt and concrete suppliers. “We didn’t have competitive bids,� he said. “There was one striping contractor for the state. Forty-seven of the 50 states have equal bidding for concrete and asphalt. We don’t. There were no concrete pavers left in Alabama. The asphalt consortium wrote them out 25 years ago. The asphalt bunch got so powerful that they changed the specs on the concrete to eliminate limestone. They decided on granite, which is more expensive.� Holmes said he was incredulous when he learned the state’s abundant supply of limestone had its use in concrete aggregate limited. “We have some of the biggest limestone deposits in the country and it’s going to
Richardson which exceeds $2,500 in value or property of any value taken from the person of another, constitutes theft of property in the first degree. The theft of a motor vehicle, regardless of its value, constitutes theft of property in the first degree. The theft of property which involves all of the following constitutes theft of property in the first degree: • The theft is a common plan or scheme by one or more persons • The object of the common plan or scheme is to sell or transfer the property to another person or business that buys the property with knowledge or reasonable belief that the property is stolen. • The aggregate value of the property stolen is at least $1,000 within a 180-day period.â€? Theft of property in the first degree is a Class B felony. The Code of Alabama defines second-degree theft as “The theft of property between $1,500 and $2,500 in value and which is not taken from the person of another.
Florida, trainload after trainload, to build the best roads in the country down there,� he said. “In Alabama, using concrete is 40 to 50 percent higher and in other states it’s 8 to 10 percent higher. But the life of concrete roads is about 50 years. In Elmore County, we had an asphalt road paved five years ago and it’s in shambles already.� Holmes said Rep. Rich Wingo (R-Tuscaloosa), the former Alabama football star and a contractor, recognized the state didn’t have a concrete road builder and was adamant a two-pavement system be established. “We got a change to stick with the national standards on concrete specs,� Holmes said. “The savings would be huge and I’m encouraged by that.� Holmes said he is fortunate rapidly growing Elmore County’s roads are in good shape. “I don’t disagree with the needs statewide,� he said. “The fairest way to do it is a gas tax. If you’re retired and you don’t drive but 30 or 40 miles a week, just to church and the store, the tax won’t impact you. “But our per-capita income (in Elmore County) is good and we have decent roads; they are kept in pretty good shape. We have more problems with bridges. Sometimes trucks have to go 10, 30 or 40 miles out of the way to get their products to market because of that.� The gas tax bill passed 84-20 in the House and 28-6 in the Senate and would have passed even if it had been considered in a regular session, where a three-fifths majority is needed.
continued from Page 1 The theft of a firearm, rifle or shotgun, regardless of its value, constitutes theft of property in the second degree. The theft of any livestock which includes cattle, swine, equine or equidae or sheep, regardless of their value, constitutes theft of property in the second degree.� Theft of property in the second degree is a Class C felony. The Code of Alabama defines third-degree theft as “The theft of property that exceeds $500 in value but does not exceed $1,499 in value and which is not taken from the person of another, constitutes theft of property in the third degree. The theft of a credit card or a debit card, regardless of its value, constitutes theft of property in the third degree.� Theft of property in the third degree is a Class D felony. Class B felonies are punishable by two to 20 years in prison. Class C felonies are punishable by one year to 10 years in prison and Class D felonies are punishable by one to five years in prison.
It’s a well-known fact that for many senior citizens in the U.S. their home is their single biggest asset, often accounting for more than 50% of their total net worth. Yet, according to new statistics from the mortgage industry, senior homeowners in the U.S. are now sitting on more than 6.1 trillion dollars of unused home equity.1 With people now living longer than ever before and home prices back up again, ignoring this “hidden wealthâ€? may prove to be short sighted. All things considered, it’s not surprising that more than a million homeowners have already used a government-insured Home Equity Conversion Mortgage or “HECMâ€? loan to turn their home equity into extra cash for retirement. However, today, there are still millions of eligible homeowners who could beneďŹ t from this FHA-insured loan but may simply not be aware of this “retirement secret.â€? Some homeowners think HECM loans sound “too good to be true.â€? After all, you get the cash you need out of your home but you have no more monthly mortgage payments.
NO MONTHLY MORTGAGE PAYMENTS?2 EXTRA CASH? It’s a fact: no monthly mortgage payments are required with a government-insured HECM loan;2 however the homeowners are still responsible for paying for the maintenance of their home, property taxes, homeowner’s insurance and, if required, their HOA fees. Another fact many are not aware of is that HECM reverse mortgages ďŹ rst took hold when President Reagan signed the FHA Reverse Mortgage Bill into law 29 years ago in order to help senior citizens remain in their homes. Today, HECM loans are simply an eective way for homeowners 62 and older to get the extra cash they need to enjoy retirement. Although today’s HECM loans have been improved to provide even greater ďŹ nancial protection for homeowners, there are still many misconceptions. For example, a lot of people mistakenly believe the home must be paid o in full in order to qualify for a HECM loan, which is not the case. In fact, one key advantage of a HECM is that
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here are a lot of great people doing great things and providing great services to people in our area. From organized cleanups to volunteer groups to area civic clubs, Tallapoosa County benefits from each of these things. One organization doing the public some good is ARISE, a transportation provider in Tallapoosa County. It is a demand response transportation bus and all you have to do is call 24 hours in advance to reserve a space on the vehicle. ARISE can pick you up from wherever you are and drop you off where you need to go. The goal of ARISE is to provide public mass transportation to all of Tallapoosa County in a safe and clean manner, and we think the organization is doing a great job of just that. ARISE buses are already seen all over Alexander City daily, while also going out to Dadeville, Hackneyville, Camp Hill, Jacksons Gap and Ourtown at least once a week. On Thursday, the organization expanded even further by beginning to service residents in the New Site area. We think this is a great move for ARISE Transportation, as the more communities in its service area, the more people to help. ARISE is key to help citizens who don’t have reliable transportation get to their appointments, the grocery store or any other place they may have difficulty getting to. ARISE gives residents without transportation a peace of mind by being available. “We are trying to expand and come to places like this,” ARISE executive director Michael McKenzie said. “There is a fundamental need for transportation across the area.” McKenzie said the service has taken mothers with their children, dropping children at daycare before dropping the mothers off at work. It also takes other residents to grocery stores and other forms of shopping and doctor appointments. McKenzie said the agency’s service also allows the elderly to remain at home longer before seeking a different living situation. It is open to the public for all ages and has handicapped accessible vehicles. As its website says, “Sit back, relax (and) enjoy someone else doing the driving.” We are proud to see this organization expanding and know it is crucial to many residents in Tallapoosa County.
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he increased gas tax became law this week amid much Goat Hill fanfare, reminding me of a Clint Eastwood line from an epic Western: “I’ve never seen so many men wasted so badly.” The Alabama Policy Institute has said for weeks improved state infrastructure is important but conservative principles must guide the increase; taxes should be the last resort, reforms should maximize every tax penny we already have and offsets should come with any tax increase. We weren’t alone — recent polling showed a majority of Alabamians agreed and the Alabama Republican Party passed a resolution to not support the increase unless it came with offsets. What the state received instead was a mix of good, bad and ugly. Let’s start with the ugly: a special session on Day 1 that all but ensured the tax would pass due to the lowered bar of votes required. The tactic also ensured a minimum amount of debate would occur and the onethird of the members of the legislature who are new would have little time to gather their momentum and deal with the landslide of pressure from tax supporters inside the Montgomery bubble. The special session undermined true representative government. Also ugly: the rhetoric and hyperbole used by tax increase advocates. After hearing death and destruction zombie apocalypse claims about Alabama’s infrastructure, it’s a surprise any of us would venture onto the highways and byways of
PHIL WILLIAMS Columnist Alabama. Everyone agrees that infrastructure can always be improved but please save the rhetoric next time. Now for the “bad,” which is a little better than ugly. API called for some easily attainable reforms, chiefly that Alabama has to stop sending money from the current Road and Bridge Fund to other state departments. Each year, an average of $63 million dollars in existing road funds are diverted to non-road expenses. Gov. Kay Ivey announced in her State of the State address that, in the budget process, she will ask for $30 million of those funds to stop being drained. Her call is a good first step but the legislature carries the power of the purse and API calls upon them to completely end this diversion. Also bad: The gas tax was set on autopilot because of a never-ending indexation. Every two years into perpetuity, the gas tax could go up by another cent without the legislature ever having to debate this issue again. An indexed tax with no potential end creates something akin to taxation without representation because no elected official will ever vote on it — and be held responsible for it — again. Never let it be said API can’t find a diamond in the rough, so let’s call out the “good.” The legislature will provide increased oversight of ALDOT, so now Alabama
will have a representative means of holding ALDOT accountable for the use of road and bridge funds. It was also good the increased use of electric and hybrid vehicles was included in the debate. And one amendment did make it onto the tax bill that allows for a more competitive bid process between asphalt and concrete. Too often Alabama has chosen one kind of road surface based only on the upfront construction costs as opposed to the price of long-term sustainment. That changes for the better now. Lastly, it was very good to see the “no” votes, which show there was at least some debate and an effort made toward amending the legislation. There were senators and representatives who should be applauded for trying to remove the perpetual indexing of the tax, to reform our current budgeting to stop draining the Road and Bridge Fund, and to give the poor and middle class a tax offset to lessen the gas tax blow. All of those attempted amendments can and should be brought forward into the regular session as stand-alone bills and budget appropriations. API knows well there are many conservatives in the Alabama Legislature and we see more opportunity ahead to let that show. It is API’s strongest hope the legislature will not set this issue aside in the regular session and will show the people of Alabama more good, less bad and ugly. Phil Williams is director of policy strategy for the Alabama Policy Institute and a former state senator from Rainbow City.
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olitics can have some of the most vicious confrontations in society. I’ve been observing politics for many years and I want you to know I have seen some mean folks involved in this business. When you get a person on a mission to accomplish their agenda then everyone else better find a place to hide because they will do everything in their power to win. When was the last time you every heard a sensible debate on issues? No sir, issues always get thrown out the window as soon as the arguments start. And what takes its place? Attacks on personalities. When your case is weak, go for the other person’s throat — or that’s what seems to be the thinking of those people. Haven’t you noticed another person’s reputation is a something held cheap by those intent on winning at all cost? So, politics are here and we are in the midst of supposedly mature people who are suppose to be able to discern facts, analyze positions and project a well-thought-out reason for their position. Yet the minute they are ques-
GERALD HALLMARK Columnist tioned they resort to a defensive stance then come back on the offense to destroy. There doesn’t seem to be reasonable debate anymore, does there? Wait a minute. Let me clarify something here, I’m not talking about national politics. Oh no, those folks are amateurs and can’t hold a candle to the professionals I’m referring to. I’m talking about local church politics where eternal damage can be done to the kingdom. Politics in the local congregation make those folks on the national scene seem mild mannered and sweet. Those big party candidates are held accountable by the press and public pressure, but in the church it is often guerrilla warfare with a take no prisoner approach. Then again the issues in the local church are so big I suppose they justify this type of infighting. After all,
the color of the walls, size of the piano, who puts the flowers on the altar or who was visited and who wasn’t are all earth shaking issues. If you couple these things with family ties, who’s been in the church the longest, or heaven forbid who gives the most to the church, then you have all the elements for war. Christ said to turn the other cheek, go the second mile, do unto others as you would have them do unto you and to love your neighbor. I have never read where He said make sure you win every argument, split the church or fire the preacher. The scripture does say the devil is the father of all lies so that ought to tell you where that attitude originates. OK, enough said on this subject because I have to go and makes some calls. I have a big program I’m pushing in the church and I need just a couple of more votes to make it fly. Mine is not a political aim but an opportunity for people to be on the right side. Dr. Gerald Hallmark is a retired minister living in Alexander City. His column appears here each Friday.
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famous Alabamians,” Dadeville Elementary School teacher Vicki Noles Griffith said. “ They have been working on this since January. We started with a speech, then they started art boards while doing research and finally came up with a script for (Thursday’s) wax museum.” Fourth-graders lined the halls of the school dressed as famous figures from Alabama history past and present. Some even had Dadeville connections. Jacob Patterson went with someone familiar – local baseball sensation Cal Jones. “I have known him for my whole life,” Patterson said. “My mama and his mama are best friends.” Nakia Woody decided a family member met the requirements for the living wax museum. Woody picked his cousin and Alabama football standout Anfernee Jennings. “I like to watch him and his games,” Woody said. “I know all about him. I like when he comes to my house and teaches me stuff. He shows me how to get down in a stance. He taught me how to catch a ball.” Others chose beauty queens like the first deaf Miss America, Heather Whitestone, and other athletes like professional fisherman Gerald Swindle and boxer Evander Holyfield. Jason Bowman chose someone a little closer to home, – Dadeville Elementary School principal Rance Kirby. “I picked him because I want to be like him,” Bowman said. “I like helping people. I like how Mr. Kirby helps people. I want to be like Mr. Kirby when I grow up.”
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Cleanups in Alex City, Dadeville set for Saturday By CLIFF WILLIAMS Staff Writer
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Top: Colton Stroud picked baseball great Hank Aaron for the living wax museum. Above: Jason Bowman dressed and spoke about Dadeville Elementary School principal Rance Kirby at Thursday’s living wax museum. Left: Vivian Jones talks about former Miss America Heather Whitestone. Below: Nakia Woody chose his cousin Anfernee Jennings as his character.
Area residents and volunteers have a chance to take part in cleanups in Alexander City and Dadeville on Saturday. Organizers of the cleanups hope volunteers will turnout as they did last month in Alexander City. “This is really impressive,” Jacob Meacham of the chamber of commerce said last month of the participation in Alexander City. “We have never had this good of a turnout.” Lake Martin Resource Association’s John Thompson, who has been instrumental in helping rid the area especially around Lake Martin, said he was happy to see the turnout. “This is great,” Thompson said in February. “I am really impressed especially with all the young people who have turned out.” Volunteers picked up 101 bags of litter at last month’s event in Alexander City. “This was the most productive cleanup we have put together since we started the Clean Community Partnership,” Thompson said. The Clean Community Partnership was started last year in an effort to clean roadsides in Alexander City. In Alex City the organization is being led by the Alexander City Chamber of Commerce, Alexander City Housing Authority, City of Alexander City, Lake Martin Area Economic Development Alliance, Lake Martin Resource Association, Main Street Alexander City, the Tallapoosa County Commission, Tallapoosa Publishers Inc. and Russell Lands On Lake Martin. The CCP is seeking input and involvement from other interested groups, businesses, community organizations or individuals. To learn more about the Clean Community Partnership or to volunteer, check it out on Facebook at www.facebook.com/ alexcityccp or at www.alexandercitychamber.com/ cleancommunity. For questions or suggestions, contact Meacham at the Alexander City Chamber of Commerce at 256-234-3461. The Clean Community Partnership Third Saturday Cleanup started in Alexander City last year but organizers have promoted expanding it beyond Alex City. Volunteers in Dadeville have taken the challenge and have their own cleanup this Saturday. In Dadeville, those who want to volunteer are asked to meet at Dadeville City Hall at 8 a.m. to get supplies and assignments. At Tuesday’s Dadeville City Council meeting, Dadeville Mayor Wayne Smith reminded everyone about the cleanup. “This city has declared war on litter,” Smith said. “ We’ve got our citywide cleanup this Saturday. We are meeting here at city hall at 8 a.m. Waste Management has donated a dumpster.” Smith and the council hope more than just city officials will come out. “I’m looking for a good turnout,” Smith said. “I am challenging the schools and churches to come out and help. The weather will be good but a little bit cool early.”
Local Air Force veteran still speaks Persian Farsi By GABRIELLE JANSEN Staff Writer
While most residents of Alexander City can’t speak Persian Farsi, U.S. Air Force veteran Nicole Goodman still uses it whenever she can find a Persian restaurant to dine at. Goodman learned Persian Farsi and worked as a cryptologist linguist for the U.S. Air Force. “If I go to a Persian restaurant, I get to (use it), but otherwise, (I don’t), unless somebody comes in saying, ‘Say something for me,’” Goodman said. Goodman served in the U.S. Air Force from 1997 to 2002 and worked in intelligence. “Unfortunately I can’t talk too much (about the position),” Goodman said. “It was one of those high security clearance jobs, so basically, I did cryptologic intelligence and deciphering of foreign intelligence, that type of stuff.” Goodman, who graduated from Benjamin Russell in 1992, said she joined the Air Force because she wanted to leave Alabama and learn another language. Goodman spent a year in California at the Defense Language Institution, went to technical school in Texas and was stationed in Augusta,
Georgia for the rest of her career. Goodman said she originally was going to learn Chinese but switched with another person to learn Persian Farsi. Goodman said she switched so she wouldn’t get stationed in Korea. Goodman said her favorite time in the military was learning Persian Farsi at the immersion school. “That was my job,” Goodman said. “I was going to school every day, all day long. Our teaching team was from Iran and they were all teachers who had fled the revolution. We learned a lot about their history, and we were basically close to an immersion as possible living and breathing it all day. It was a neat experience.” Goodman was honorably discharged in 2002 as a Senior Airman. Goodman currently works as the veterans service officer for Coosa County and Tallapoosa County’s Department of Veterans Affairs. As the veterans service officer, Goodman assists veterans with making claims for Veteran Affairs benefits, pension plans and disability claims. Goodman also helps veterans from Shelby, Lee and Elmore counties. Goodman is a member of the Disabled American Veterans Bill Nichols Chapter
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13 and the Alexander City American Legion. Goodman said joining the groups is a good way for veterans to stay connected with each other and that they are constantly helping the community. “There’s a different kinsmanship between (veterans),” Goodman said. “It doesn’t matter where you go if you know you have that common thread with someone you immediately feel like you know them.”
Goodman said the Air Force was a great experience for her. “The experience of military life is a wonderful teaching experience,” Goodman said. “I’m one of those believers that everyone should go into the military even for a brief amount of time just to know what it’s like.” Goodman said her favorite thing about Alexander City is spending time on Lake Martin with family and friends.
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Alexander City Theatre II will present an encore performance of A.R. Gurney’s ‘Love Letters’ with Jan and John Jung on March 24 at the Willow Point Country Club. The event will include a cash bar and buffet dinner and is open to non-members. Tickets are $50 per person. Call 256-212-1452 on or before March 17 for reservations.
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TAX ASSISTANCE: Volunteer Connections of Central Alabama is providing free tax and electronic filing assistance Jan. 28 to April 15. The program is to assist seniors 60 and over with no income limit, taxpayers under 60 with incomes less than $54,000 and disabled taxpayers. Taxpayers will be assisted in the order they are registered. From Jan. 28 through February, assistance will be available Mondays, Tuesdays and Thursdays from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. March assistance will be available Mondays and Tuesdays 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. and Thursdays 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. April 1 to April 15 Mondays, Tuesdays and Thursdays from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. The following information is required by the IRS: last year’s tax return, photo ID/drivers license for taxpayer and spouse, Social Security cards, W2s, 1099s, SSA 1099 and 1095A if you have health insurance through the government marketplace. For more information call 256-2340347.
Today - March 17
MINISTERS COUNCIL: New Covenant Ministries of the World Inc. is hosting its annual ministers council at the Liberty Life Christian Center March 13-17. There will be a daily prayer at 9 a.m., worship and praise at 11:30 a.m. and a keynote speaker will be Pastor Dwight Hunt of Bethel Church of God in Christ in Poughkeepsie, New York at 7 p.m. nightly. Chief Apostle W.T. Traylor will be the speaker Sunday, March 17.
Saturday, March 16
COMMUNITY CLEANUP: Please join members of the Clean Community Partnership to volunteer cleaning up the streets of Alexander City Saturday morning March 16. Meet at Broad Street Plaza at 8:30 a.m. for supplies and assignments. For more information, contact Jacob Meacham at jacob.meacham@alexandercitychamber.com. TRADE DAY: Bibb Graves High School Alumni and Friends Association is hosting a trade day March 16. There will be free outside setup for vendors, yard sale, flea market, swap meet items but no food vendors. A small donation to the BGHS Alumni and Friends Association would be appreciated. For more information contact Bruce Lowery at 205-522-5794. SPRING BREAK CAMP: There will be a cheer, majorette and praise dance camp Saturday, March 16 from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Cooper Recreation Center. The camp is for children 4-18 years old and is free. Camp participants will perform at the “Show What Ya Know” event at 4 p.m. All participants will receive a camp T-shirt, snacks, lunch and a bag with goodies. Deadline to register is Wednesday, March 13. Forms can be picked up at the Cooper Recreation Center or at “The Studio” from 4:30 p.m. to 7 p.m.
Sunday, March 17
MEN AND WOMEN PROGRAM: New Adka Missionary Baptist Church on Thornton Road is holding its annual Men and Women Day Program 11 a.m. Sunday, March 17. Guest speaker is Sis. Becky Lawson of Great Bethel Missionary Baptist Church. ENCORE ACT PERFORMANCE RESERVATION DEADLINE: Alexander City Theatre II will present an encore performance of A.R. Gurney’s “Love Letters” with Jan and John Jung on March 24 at the Willow
Point Country Club. The event will include a cash bar and buffet dinner and is open to non-members. Tickets are $50 per person. Call 256-2121452 on or before March 17 for reservations.
March 20-22
SPRING REVIVAL SERVICES: GAP Fellowship Church will hold its spring revival services March 20-22 nightly at 7 p.m. Wednesday the speaker will be Pastor Michael McCain of New Elam #1; Thursday Pastor Douglas Varner of True Light; Friday Pastor Tommy Carwell of Macedonia. Pastor Lou and Marilyn Benson are of GAP Fellowship Church, which is located at 721 Robinson Court.
Thursday, March 21
SENIORRX: Debroah Jones with SeniorRx will be at the Alexander City Chamber of Commerce March 21 from 9:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. to help seniors determine if they are eligible for assistance with diabetic supplies, liquid supplements and medications.
Saturday, March 23
ANNUAL ANNIVERSARY: Horseshoe Bend National Military Park will host the 20th anniversary of the Battle of the Horseshoe on Saturday, March 23 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. All demonstrations, which will be both entertaining and educational, will be presented multiple times throughout the day. Guests can visit traditional hunting camps and watch demos of cultural skills such as hide tanning, cooking and finger weaving. Children will have the opportunity to participate in an authentic Creek stickball game throughout the day. Guests can also watch Tennessee militia fire smoothbore cannon and flintlock muskets, learn how soldiers cooked their meals, see displays in the museum, see wool being dyed and learn to spin wool and more. The program is free to the public and there will be refreshments.
Sunday, March 24
GOSPEL SINGING: First Presbyterian Church in Dadeville is hosting gospel artist Harlan Burton Sunday, March 24 at 11 a.m. The public is invited and lunch will be served following the service. FAMILY AND FRIENDS DAY: Centerview Missionary Baptist Church in Camp Hill is celebrating family and friends day Sunday, March 24 at 2 p.m. The special guest is Dr. George c. McCulloh of Pleasant Grove Missionary Baptist Church in Opellika. Rev. Jimmial Harrison Sr. is pastor of Center view Missionary Baptist Church. ENCORE ACT PERFORMANCE: Alexander City Theatre II will present an encore performance of A.R. Gurney’s “Love Letters” with Jan and John Jung on March 24 at the Willow Point Country Club. The event will include a cash bar and buffet dinner and is open to non-members. Tickets are $50 per person.
March 25-27
SPRING REVIVAL: Haven Memorial United Methodist Church is hosting a spring revival March 25-27. Prayer will start at 6 p.m. and the service at 6:30 p.m. nightly. Rev. Clifford Spradley will preach March 25, Rev. Jason Whetstone on March 26 and Rev. Jimmy Brooks on March 27.
Tuesday, March 26
HISTORY OF LAKE AND DAM: The Dadeville Public Library will host a presentation on Lake Martin and
Martin Dam by Alabama Power. The event begins at 2 p.m. in the lower level of the library, which is located at 205 N. West St. in Dadeville. For more information, call 256-825-7820. A DATE WITH DOLLY: The Alexander City Rotary Foundation’s annual benefit in support of Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library will begins at 5:30 p.m. at the T.C. Russell Airport Hangar, located at 965 T.C. Russell Dr., Alexander City. There will be hors d’oeuvres, drinks and a live performance by Dolly Parton impersonator Melody Knighton. Donations are requested. For more information, contact Dana Rickman at dana@ campascca.org or 256-825-9226. YOUTH ADVISORY BOARD: The youth advisory board will meet at 4 p.m. Tuesday, March 26 at the East Alabama Mental Health Center at 287 North Tallassee Street in Dadeville. They are looking for students in grades 7-12 from all Tallapoosa County schools who are interested in gaining skills in social media marketing, public speaking, leadership, public service announcements and community outreach. Transportation is provided for anyone who does not have a way to get to the meeting. Contact Ashley Williams at 256373-3538.
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Thursday, March 28
CONCERT: Alexander City Arts is hosting “The Charlestones in concert at 7 p.m. Thursday, March 28 at the BRHS Auditorium. “The Charlestones” are a professional male a cappella quartet.
Saturday, March 30
PANCAKE BREAKFAST: The Kiwanis Club of Alexander City is hosting an all-you-can-eat pancake breakfast, Saturday, March 30 from 6 a.m. to 10 a.m. at the Benjamin Russell High School cafeteria. Tickets are $6 each and take-out meals are available. There will be pancakes, Conecuh sausage, hot coffee, juice and milk.
Tuesday, April 2
USHER MEETING: The Early Rose District Usher meeting will be at 5 p.m. Tuesday, April 2 at the Cooper Recreation Center.
Saturday, April 6
BIKE RIDE: There will be a “Ride for the Children” charity event Saturday, April 6. It is a Bike ride around Lake Martin to support the children of the Brantwood Children’s home in Montgomery. There will be a car and motorcycle show, silent auction, music, prizes and awards. There is a free lunch for all registered participants. it is $20 per rider and $5 per passenger The ride begins at the Alexander City Walmart. Registration starts at 8:30 a.m. The ride leaves at 10:30 a.m. and the show judging starts at 1 p.m. For more information call 256-827-9857. 4TH ANNUAL UNITED WAY QUAIL FRY: The Lake Martin Area United Way will host its annual quail fry at The Stables at Russell Crossroads at 5 p.m. Tickets are $35, which include food, drinks and music. There also will be a baked goods sale and auction. All the proceeds benefit the Lake Martin Area United Way and will be the first event toward its 2020 fundraising campaign. Tickets are available at the United Way Office at 17 Main St., Alexander City; from United Way board members and staff; or at the Dadeville Valley National Bank located at 391 N. Broadnax St. For more information or to donate baked goods, call the United Way office at 256-329-3600.
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EARN EXTRA CASH PART-TIME DRIVER NEEDED Tallapoosa Publishers, Inc. seeks a Part-time Delivery Driver for the Tallapoosa & Elmore County areas. 0XVW EH DEOH WR ZRUN Ă&#x20AC;H[LEOH KRXUV ([FHOOHQW GULYLQJ UHFRUG Ability to lift 35-45 lbs.. Apply in person: Tallapoosa Publishers, Inc. &KHURNHH 5RDG $OH[DQGHU &LW\ $/ No Phone Calls Please 'UXJ )UHH :RUNSODFH TPI is an Equal Opportunity Employer SEEKING SALESMAN for Rubber & Plastic Items Call to apply: 205-243-6661
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THE BORN LOSER ÂŽ By Art and Chip Sansom
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Now Hiring for Full-Time Manufacturing Positions in the Alexander City Area. All Shifts Available. Overtime & some Saturdays may be required. Pay rates start at $9.00/hr & increase depending on the company. Your choice of two Health Insurance Plans available. Must pass drug screen & client background requirements. Apply in person at: 207 South Central Avenue Alexander City, AL 35010 or Online at www.asapply-ag.com MACHINIST WANTED CNC Programming experience required. Mastercam experience a plus. Very competitive pay! Contact: Cameron Carr 256-234-6386 6DWWHUÂżHOG 0DFKLQH Alexander City, AL
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Auctions & Sales Estate Sales Estate of Ray & Mary Edith Voss March 13 8am-6pm March 14 & 15 9am-4pm March 16 8am-1pm 1977 Voss Road, Alexander City Many collections including: clocks, model cars, Coke memorabilia, pocket watches, knives, lighters, keychains, shot glasses, walking canes, coins/currency, spoons, lamps, baseballs/baseball cards, WKLPEOHV ÂżJXULQHV $QGUHD ELUGV Ă&#x20AC;RZHUV DQLPDOV decanters, Auburn/Alabama memorabilia. LOTS of furniture in every room, fully stocked kitchen, Lenox Harvest Wheat china, quilts/bedspreads, framed prints/paintings (including Elilah Graves, Cheeko Douglas), milk/Carnival/crystal/depression glassware, pottery, stained glass doors/windows/hanging pieces, costume/silver/gold jewelry, tools/chest toolboxes, deer heads/antlers, vintage VWRUH VFDOHV VDIHV ÂżVKLQJ gear, birdhouses, outdoor furniture-old Robinson Iron patio set, vacuum cleaners, Victrola, and MUCH MORE!! ADM
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Above: Residents and officials pose for a photo in front of an ARISE bus in New Site. Below: ARISE executive director Michael McKenzie, left, speaks with New Site Mayor Phil Blasingame on Thursday morning. ARISE is now offering transportation services in the New Site area.
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has taken mothers with their children, dropping children at daycare before dropping the mothers off at work. It also takes other residents to grocery stores and other forms of shopping and doctor appointments. McKenzie said the agencyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s service allows the elderly to remain at home longer before seeking a different living situation. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We are keeping a large part of the population out of nursing homes because they canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t drive,â&#x20AC;? McKenzie said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;If we havenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t heard from them in while, we check on them. Our drivers may knock on their door and we may call the police for a welfare check.â&#x20AC;? Currently ARISE services the Alexander City area daily while also going to Hackneyville, Dadeville, Camp Hill, Jacksons Gap and Ourtown at least once a week. McKenzie said the service will start with transportation services in the New Site area on the first and third Mondays of the month but will increase the service if demand supports it. He said people looking to use the service can call ARISE at 256-329-8444 to get more information. New Site Mayor Phil Blasingame is pleased ARISE will service the area. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We are just trying to get our community the services they need,â&#x20AC;? he said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;This is not just for seniors. It is for anyone especially for those without a vehicle to go shop and for doctorsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; appointments. This fills a void that we have here in the area.â&#x20AC;?
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Automobiles For Sale: 1991 Dodge Dakota Extended Cab 172,000 miles. Power windows, door locks, cruise control, bedliner. Used as a farm truck. Asking $1300. Call Gary (334)283-2827 If no answer, leave name number and brief message.
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SECTION DOMINATION BRHS sweeps Russell County in convincing fashion
By LIZI ARBOGAST Sports Editor
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Horseshoe Bend’s Danielle Mitchell went the distance in Thursday’s 12-2 loss to Elmore County and allowed only five earned runs.
HBS struggles with errors in 12-2 loss to ECHS Panthers By JIMMY WIGFIELD Managing Editor
Elmore County’s softball team took advantage of eight Horseshoe Bend errors while playing flawlessly itself and beat the host Generals 12-2 Thursday afternoon. The Panthers (5-6) never trailed in building a 6-1 lead through five innings before scoring twice in the sixth and four times in the seventh. ECHS pitchers Alyssa Beam, who started and earned the win, and reliever Maci Curlee allowed just four hits combined. Beam was especially effective, driving in a pair of runs, hurling no-hit ball through the first two innings and throwing strikes on 23 of her 30 pitches. Curlee allowed only one hit in the last four innings. Panthers switch-hitter Eleanor Watts was 3-for-5 with two RBIs, Kelina Daniels was also 3-for-5 and No. 2 hitter Madelyn Becker homered to right-center field and added a run-scoring single. “We’ve been hitting the ball pretty well,” Elmore County coach Kim Moncrief said. “We’ve been trying to finish games. We’ve been working on cleaning up games defensively so this was one of our better games with no errors.” Elmore County scored in every inning and had 14 hits but the margin could have been much larger as they left 11 runners on base. Moncrief said the naturally right-swinging Watts showed her versatility with two hits from the left side while Mackenzie Smith, Daniels, Watts and Beam added doubles and C.J. Thornton tripled. Horseshoe Bend (4-4) got a complete game from Danielle Mitchell, who allowed only five earned runs. She struck out four and walked three. Ivy Vickers hit a solo home run in the sixth inning and Reagan Taylor doubled in the other run in the third. Generals coach Hagen Whiteard said the eight errors were uncharacteristic of her team. “We’re not usually that sloppy,” she said. “Right now we lack the confidence in ourselves and we’ve got to work on that. They’re fully capable. We believe in them but we just have to get them to believe in themselves.” ECHS led 1-0 in the first when Ebone Pierson singled, moved to third on two passed balls and scored on an error on Madison Britt’s grounder. The Panthers led 3-0 in the second when Grace Clements reached on an error, leading to Beam’s RBI double, and Becker’s single drove in Beam. Horseshoe Bend scored a run in the bottom of the third when Alyssa Whiteard singled and scored on Taylor’s double. ECHS scored a run in the third on Beam’s RBI fielder’s choice, Becker homered in the fourth and the Panthers added a run in the fifth on a series of errors. ECHS made it 8-1 in the top of the sixth on Smith’s two-out, two-run double and the Generals cut the lead to 8-2 in the bottom of the inning on Vickers’ homer. The Panthers scored four runs in the seventh on Watts’ RBI single, a two-run error in the outfield and Thornton’s RBI triple.
Both Benjamin Russell’s girls and boys soccer teams are still in control of their own destinies, as they captured a sweep of Russell County on Thursday night in section play. The girls had an 11-1 victory while the boys claimed a 5-0 shutout. The victory was especially important for the boys, who were coming off a heartbreaking loss against Opelika, putting them in a hole in the section standings. “It was a hard loss, but we know what we’ve gotta do,” BRHS boys coach Austin Teel said. “We knew going into this game, we needed to win and we needed to have a shutout. I was glad we got the shutout (Thursday). Defense, of course, helped that out, but it was a great way to respond after a tough loss on Tuesday.” Benjamin Russell’s boys immediately got off to a strong start, as the Wildcats worked the ball up field right from the get-go. Working from the outside, Benjamin Russell finally got a ball in to Brandon Welcher, who sent a pass to Lucan Yates for the finish. Just 2 ½ minutes later, Welcher scored one of his own on a shot that deflected off the fingertips of Russell County’s keeper and into the net. With less than five minutes ticked off, the Wildcats led 2-0. “Tuesday we were forcing things; tonight we kinda let things develop,” Teel said. “We got the ball wide and we got more people involved in the attack. When you make those crisper passes and the extra pass, you normally find the back of the net. We played the system we’ve been working on, so it was an impressive night (Thursday).” Benjamin Russell broke open the game in the open-
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Above: Benjamin Russell’s Michael Ann Wellborn, right, kicks the ball away from Russell County’s Domonique Jackson. Below: Benjamin Russell’s Brandon Welcher rushes toward the net.
ing minutes of the second half. Welcher scored another goal just six minutes out of the halftime gate, and under a minute later, Lucas Roberts scored one of his own. With 26 minutes remaining, Yates sent a cross to Luke Harvey, who finished on the left post to give the Wildcats a 5-0 win. Campbell Woods needed only one save in the shutout, as the Wildcat midfield plugged up the middle of the field and barely let any balls get to the backline. “Landon Daniel and Lucas Roberts really stepped up,” Teel said. “They controlled that midfield; they won the 50-50 balls that needed to be won then when they got the ball, they didn’t try to dribble. They were trying to look for open passes or look for open players.” Similar to the the boys, Benjamin Russell’s girls team lit up the scoreboard early and often. Lilli Wilson scored just 23 seconds into the game, and Gabi Watson and Jordan Osborne scored within 23 seconds of each other five minutes later. Before the Warriors could even blink, the
Wildcats held a 3-0 lead. “The game is beginning to slow down for us a little bit throughout practice and game time,” BRHS girls coach Lee Wagoner said. “I’m really glad to see us move the ball more, sharing the ball, looking for teammates and not thinking, ‘Me first,’ but thinking, ‘What’s the best scoring opportunity?’ That’s what broke the game open for us tonight.” Abigale Sims led the scoring attack with four secondhalf goals, while Watson and Osborne each had first-half hat tricks.
The Wildcats are now 2-0 in the section for the girls. “Being 2-0 is very nice, especially when the bottom team, Russell County, is sitting at 0-2,” Wagoner said. “One more loss out of them eliminates them. But we’re not looking just to get into the playoffs. We’re looking to be area champs and march forward from there.” While the boys lost to Opelika earlier this week, they defeated Russell County by a larger margin, which could work in their favor if they defeat the Bulldogs in April.
Generals have tough outing against Ranburne By DONALD CAMPBELL Staff Writer
It was a rough day on the diamond for the Horseshoe Bend baseball team Wednesday, recording only one hit and having just four players reach base in a 5-0 loss to the Ranburne Bulldogs. “Our biggest thing was we wanted to concentrate on what we do well,” Generals coach Jason Johnson said. “We played well defensively. We wanted to have some good at-bats and we didn’t. That was the story of the day. Their pitcher was really good.” Things went fairly well for the Generals in the first inning, despite the team getting into a jam when Bulldog leadoff hitter Ben Jackson, who reached on a wild pitch third strike, got all the way to third. With two outs and runners at the corners after Caleb Hornsby earned a walk, pitcher Grant Taylor got his counterpart Brock Young with a strikeout to end the half-inning. The game began to go south for Horseshoe Bend in the second inning, when Bulldog right fielder Levi Langley led off with a base hit, followed by Caleb Hill taking a walk. Both runners advanced into scoring position when Jaxon Langley laid down a sacrifice bunt. A wild pitch allowed Levi Langley to score and left Hill 90 feet away from home with only one out. Ranburne continued to capitalize on Taylor’s miscues in the third inning, when Hornsby, Young and Langley all reached with two outs. Taylor then hit Hill and Jaxon Langley on back-to-back at-bats, leaving the bases loaded and Johnson lifting him for reliever Lee Norrell, who had started the game at third base. The Bulldogs tacked on an additional run in the fifth and sixth innings. Hornsby scored in the fifth inning after
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Horseshoe Bend’s Colby Cheaney (12) snags a fly ball in right field during Wednesday’s loss to Ranburne.
taking a walk, advancing to third on a pair of wild pitches and reached home when Hill, who was on first after a walk of his own, deliberately put himself in a rundown. Jackson was plated in the sixth inning on a wild pitch. Horseshoe Bend attempted to rally in the seventh inning, with Norrell and Holt Tidwell both reaching base. Both found themselves in scoring position after Justin Phillips grounded out, but a strikeout ended the game. Despite the loss, Johnson did feel there were a couple of bright spots he saw out of his players. “Defensively, we played really well,” he said. “We didn’t have any fielding errors during the game. We also got a chance to play some of our guys who don’t normally get to play.”
Young went 5 2/3 innings for the Bulldogs, not allowing a hit and only two baserunners while recording 12 strikeouts to earn the win. While Young turned in a strong outing for his team, Johnson felt his players didn’t make any adjustments at the plate, allowing Young to do what he did against the Generals. Moving forward, Johnson felt there was one key aspect of the game he would have his team focusing on heavily at practice. “(Thursday) at practice, we’ll practice hitting until our hands bleed,” he said. “We’re going to touch up a few things defensively, but I feel we’re doing well there. The problem is we haven’t been scoring runs, and if you can’t score runs, you can’t win.”