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Commissioners can’t agree on added public input and the timeframe for public input. Had the amendments passed they would have effectively created more time for public review of the upcoming meeting’s topics and allowed for more time for public review and comment on those topics by requiring that the agenda be posted the preceding Wednesday at
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The Elmore County Commission voted down the changes to commission meeting rules proposed by Joe Faulk of District 4 that would affect procedures on publishing the next meeting’s agenda
4 p.m. and the window for public comment stay open until that Friday at 4 p.m. It failed to pass because of what Faulk said was a two-two vote with Commissioner Chairman David Bowen of District 3 and Stephanie DanielsSmoke of District 2 voting “no” at Monday’s meeting.
Crampton was charged with assault on current wife, child By DAVID GRANGER Staff Writer
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Father of ‘Winston’s Law’ victim arrested
Joey Crampton, the father of the 5-year old boy at the heart of child abuse cases against the boy’s mother and her boyfriend and the passage in February of “Winston’s Law” by the Alabama Legislature, was arrested Friday, March 11, for physical assault of his wife and their 8-month-old child. Crampton is accused of strangling his wife, Leah, Crampton bruising her neck, and throwing their 8-month-old child. He is charged with two misdemeanor counts of third degree domestic violence. According to a statement released Friday by Roianne Houlton Conner, the attorney for Leah Crampton, Joey Crampton “allegedly physically assaulted his wife … as well as their eight-month-old baby in their home. Winston and his two younger siblings were in the home at the time of the alleged incident.” On Friday afternoon, the Autauga County Circuit Court granted Leah Crampton temporary custody of
After the meeting Faulk said he was disappointed but only in the sense that it would have, as Faulk said, allowed more time to get on the agenda in order to comment on agenda items. “There has never been an intention
The board unanimously accepted a bid for IT contract with local servicers
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An inmate on work detail stands outside the kitchen area inside the fence at Julia Tutwiler Prison in Wetumpka. Talk of closing what is the state’s only female prison has local leaders a bit anxious.
Feb. 23, introduced into the State Senate the same day by Sen. Lee “Trip” Pittman of Baldwin County and the following day into the House of Representatives by Rep. Steve Clouse of Dale and Houston counties. It is currently being considered in the respective House and Senate committees. Alabama Department of Corrections Public Information Officer Bob Horton said no decisions regarding the new locations would be made until APTIA had passed. Horton said legislation must be passed to determine the bond issue which would
The Elmore County Board of Education voted unanimously Monday to accept a bid from Information Transport Solutions (ITS) Inc. of Wetumpka for services related to information technology systems throughout the Elmore County school system. ITS, the sole bidder on the Elmore County contract, will provide WAN (wide area network) internet access, voice-over internet protocol services to include paging, alerting, POTS, emergency and fax lines, web hosting and content filtering. The total of the contract is $914,282 plus a one-time installation cost of $30,275. Barbara Burchard, chief technology officer for Elmore County Schools, said that, should state and federal technology monies intended for schools (largely E-rate funding) be allocated by Congress and the Alabama Legislature as expected, the discounted cost of the services
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Local leaders hope new prison will locate here By COREY ARWOOD Staff Writer
The prison reform measures announced late last month by Gov. Robert Bentley include the closure of Julia Tutwiler Prison and the construction of a new women’s prison, however little else is known about the location of the new facility. When Tutwiler is closed, if the new facility isn’t built locally, it will have a huge impact on the local economy. So local officials are holding their collective breath as they track the Alabama Prison Transformation Initiative Act and the latest developments. The bill was announced by Bentley on
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The regional premiere of a movie that was written, directed and produced by a local pastor and shot in Wetumpka with “big screen” TV and local talent alike is scheduled for Saturday at a theater in Montgomery. “When I Hold My Ears,” was shown at the 2015 Peachtree Village International Film Festival in Atlanta, and won the Audience Choice Award. The production boasts actors and actresses who have appeared on shows such as CBS’ “The Inspectors” and CW’s “The Vampire Diaries” and in movies like Tyler Perry’s “Madea” series, as well as in local productions with the Wetumpka Depot Players.
in 2013. It took about a year to complete, and afterward Smith said they showed it at various film festivals over the last two years. The title “When I Hold My Ears,” Smith said, was a reference to what he would do as a child during the instances of abuse between his father and mother. “I’m the little boy who’s in the closet holding his ears,” Smith said referencing a scene from the The movie written, directed and produced by Arthur Smith will be screened Saturday, March 19 film and his childhood accounts. at a theater in Montgomery. “As a young kid I literally used An ex-NFL player, Steve semi-autobiographical account to be in the closet holding my Baggs Jr., from the Baltimore of what he said were his child- ears … hoping the violence Ravens stars in the film as well. hood experiences with domestic would go away.” It details the account of two Arthur Smith, pastor at St abuse growing up in a family of brothers, one an ex-convict .James Family Worship Church 10 in Lineville. and the other, described as an He said it is his first feature in Wetumpka, said the work is “ex-mental patient,” who take based on a true story and is a length project, and was filmed See MOVIE • Page 12
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NEIGHBORHOOD WATCH: Tallassee Neighborhood Watch Group Meeting at City Hall beginning at 6 p.m.
March 18
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TURF MEETING: The Alabama Cooperative Extension System will be conduction an athletic turf management meeting a the Elmore County Extension Service March 18 from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Cost is $10 and you must pre-register at 334-567-6301. This meeting is for coaches or anyone from a school who manages athletic turf and for City Parks and Recreation employees that manage city fields. Topics to be discussed are mowing, aeration, topdressing, irrigation and drainage, overseeding and transition, and maintaining pitcher’s mounds. Dr. Dave han and Dr. Chip East will be conducting this meeting.
March 19
RELAY FOR LIFE SINGING: The 11th Annual Relay for Life Singing for the American Cancer Society, Saturday March 19, 2016 at 6 p.m. at Faith Baptist Church, Wetumpka. Corner of Chapel Rd. and Coosa River Pkwy! Featured singers will be the Dye Family from Alexander City and Forgiven Heart from Wetumpka. Pastor Gerald Wood will emcee! All proceeds go to the Jessica’s Cancer Busters Relay for Life team. Please make checks payable to the American Cancer Society. For more information call Bubba Wood at 334-3002134. OPENING DAY: Boys Dixie Youth baseball Jamboree will be March 19 and opening ceremonies will be March 26. CHICKEN RODEO: 2016 Thunder Chicken Rodeo is set for Saturday, March 19th at 2 p.m. at 709 Mansion Street in Wetumpka. Registration is open to past year’s participants only. For more information contact: Brad Price at Price Paint and Body. 334-478-4975
March 20
SPAGHETTI LUNCHEON: First United Methodist Church of Wetumpka, will have their annual Relay for Life Spaghetti Luncheon following the 10:30 worship service on March 20th, 2016 located in the Family Life Center. During lunch, coloring contest and face painting will be available. After the luncheon, children birth - 6th grade, will have an Easter Egg Hunt. Come out and join them on this special day, celebrating Jesus’ triumphant entry into Jerusalem. Don’t forget to bring your Easter baskets and a friend! PALM SUNDAY: Church at the Brook is hosting Palm Sunday services from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. at 2890 Highway 14 in Millbrook. ROAD TO RESURRECTION: New Home Baptist Church will host “Road to Resurrection” on Sunday, March 20, from 3:30–6 p.m. This is a family event which takes participants down the road that Jesus walked beginning with Palm Sunday and ending with the Resurrection. Meet characters who take you inside the scriptures as you are part of the Triumphal Entry, participate in the Passover meal, visit the jail where Jesus was held, meet a Roman guard who was part of the crucifixion detail, and finally meet Cleopas who reveals who he encountered on the Joyous Road to the Resurrection. We will have on-site registration available the day of the event, but we are also accepting 10 spots for each tour time to be signed up for in advance. It is not necessary to have a reservation but you can reserve a spot for your entire family to travel together. You can enter your name in any of the available time slots on the sign-up sheet: https://docs.google. com/spreadsheets/d/1JBNq08JsRgVU4VEwOfld_ OqdXF698_P-Oiyshc7pyJI/ edit?usp=sharing. We ask that you please try to arrive around 10 minutes prior to the start of your selected tour time. And you can certainly come earlier than your
Obituaries Herbert Francis Murray
MURRAY, Herbert Francis, a resident of Eclectic, AL; passed away Friday, March 11, 2016 at the age of 74. A memorial service will be held Wednesday, March 16, 2016 at 11:00 a.m. at Santuck Baptist Church with Rev. B. R. Johnson and Rev. Larry Gore officiating. Mr. Murray is preceded in death by his parents, Herbert & Mary Louise Murray and his brother, Henry Murray. He is survived by his wife, Harriet Murray; son, Patrick A. (Danae) Trost; daughter, Michelle (Wayne) Jones; daughters-in-love; Kim Trost, Linda (Jerry) Daughtry; sisters-in-law, Alicia (James) Sigler, Dorothy (Harold) Lippert; and 9 grandchildren. Visitation will be held Wednesday, March 16, 2016 from 10:00 a.m. until service time at Santuck Baptist Church. Honorary pallbearers will be the Men’s Class of Santuck Baptist Church. Måemorial donations may be made to The American Cancer Society or The Diabetes Association. Online Guest Book available at www. tour time to enjoy the food and other fun that we have planned!
March 21
HISTORICAL SOCIETY: There will be a meeting of the historical society at the museum in downtown Tallassee March 21 at 6 p.m. Wetumpka City Council Meeting When: March 21, 6 p.m. Where: Wetumpka City Hall Details: A work session will begin at 6 p.m., followed by the regular meeting. TEA PARTY MEETING: The Wetumpka Tea Party is hosting speaker J. Carl Smith March 21 at 6:30 p.m. in the cafeteria area of the Elmore County Hospital. For more information about the Wetumpka Tea Party go to www.wetumpkateaparty.com
March 24
BASEBALL: Babe Ruth registration will be held March 24th and April 7th from 6-8 p.m. at the Football Field House. Tryouts will be April 9th at 9 a.m. Cost - $125 GRAND OPENING: Martin Collision Center Grand Opening & Ribbon Cutting Ceremony, Thursday, March 24 at 2p.m. at 1280 Holtville Road in Wetumpka.
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March 31
AFTER HOURS: Wetumpka Depot Business After Hours, Thursday, March, 31 from 5 to 6:30 p.m., at 300 S. Main Street, Wetumpka.
April 5
ID BOARD: The city of Tallassee ID Board will meet April 5 at 5:30 p.m. at 1 Twin Creek Drive.
April 9
5K RUN: The Roaring 5K Run is set for Saturday, April 9. Co-Sponsors are Tallassee Lion’s Club and Neptune Technology Group. Proceeds benefit the Lion’s Sight program. Registration begins at 7 a.m. and the race starts at 8 a.m. Early registration is on-line through the Tallassee Chamber of Commerce at tallasseechamber.com
April 9-10
COMBAT ON THE COOSA: 2 Day Crossfit Competition. Individual -Saturday, Team- Sunday. Hosted by Crossfit Intrigue. For more info visit www. thegaragegames.com/combat-on-the-coosa
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March 26
EGG HUNT: The city of Tallassee is having its Easter egg hunt at City Hall March 26 from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m.
March 27
EASTER SERVICE: Church at the Brook will host an Easter service March 27 at 10:30 a.m.
March 28
COUNCIL MEETING: The Tallassee City Council will meet March 28 at 6 p.m. at City Hall
March 28- April 1
SPRING BREAK: Tallassee City School’s Spring Break will be March 28 - April 1.
March 30
ESTATE PLANNING WORKSHOP: There will be a free estate planning and asset protection workshop at the Archibald Senior Center. Education workshop presented by local attorney Raley Wiggins. Topics include wills, trusts, powers of attorney, advance directives, living wills, long-term care, Medicaid qualification, and probate administration. Also, how to protect your assets from: divorce, remarriage, creditors, bankruptcy, and nursing homes. Registration is required. Call (334)-625-
CRATERFEST: Wetumpka Craterfest & Duck Dash will feature National and local music artists, Kidzone, Arts & Crafts, Crater Bus Mini-Tours, Crater Art Exhibit/ Video Saturday, April 16th from 2-7PM at Gold Star Park. Vendor spaces and sponsorships available! Contact Jamie Young at jyoung@wetumpkachamber.org or 334-5674811. REELTOWN REUNION: The Sixth Reeltown High School Reunion of the Classes from 1950-1970 will hold its 20-Year Class Reunion on April 16 in the original Reeltown High School Auditorium. The Reunion begins at 10 a.m. for a time to meet, greet and tour the school. The “Assembly” will begin in the auditorium at 11 a.m. The RHS Jazz Band will be guest and play a few jazz tunes. Donations will be received for new Rebel Pride Marching Band uniforms. All donations greatly appreciated. Welcome, recognitions, etc., will follow. Please bring your “ole fashion brown bag/ sack lunch” with a drink. No meal will be available. Classes will meet after assembly in the cafeteria for their sack lunch meal. Tours of the school and grounds will be available following the assembly and lunch.
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Winston and issued a restraining order against Joey Crampton. According to the restraining order, Joey Crampton is not allowed within two miles of Leah Crampton or Winston. Conner said Leah Crampton is also seeking a divorce from her husband. Also on Friday, lawyers for Joey Crampton – Jacquelyn D. Tomlinson and Dana M. Delk – filed motions to withdraw from the case. As of Monday at midday, no further hearing had been set on the Crampton case. On Sept. 17, Winston’s mother, Hallee Ann McLeod, 29, was arrested in Elmore County and charged with aggravated child abuse. Scott T. Hicks, 38, had been arrested the previous day in Bay County, Florida, and charged with child neglect with serious injury. The arrests occurred after Winston, 4 years old at the time, was found unresponsive in Hicks’ vehicle with dried blood on his lips and a lacera-
tion on his head. In the vehicle next to him was a bag containing several handguns. Currently, Hicks remains in custody in Bay County, Florida being held on $425,000 bond charged with aggravated child abuse, neglect of a child causing great bodily harm and leaving a child unattended or unsupervised in a motor vehicle. McLeod remains in Elmore County Jail on $300,000. Since her original arrest, chemical endangerment of a child has been added to her charges. She faces a mental evaluation before her trial will proceed. The Elmore County case resulted in the Alabama Legislature’s passage in February of Winston’s Law, named for the five-year-old and sponsored by Sen. Clyde Chambliss and Rep. Paul Beckman, both of Prattville. The law makes aggravated abuse of a child under 6 years old a Class A felony punishable by life in prison and a $60,000
Tutwiler fund the transformation plan, including the new prisons, at around $800 million over 30 years. Elmore County officials from the County Commission, the Sheriff’s Department and the Elmore County Economic Development Authority all said they want the prison to be reestablished somewhere in the area. A prison is said to generate 35 jobs for every 100 inmates housed at the facility, according to a study by The Sentencing Project. Other benefits include local purchasing by the facility and the use of municipal utilities, officials said. With Tutwiler being the only women’s prison in the state, those who visit inmates often stay the night in the area, spending money for lodging, food and other incidentals. DOC statistics show that there were 980 inmates at Tutwiler between the main prison and annex in December, with a full-time staff of 147. Last year, the total operational cost was $19.1 million. Numbers don’t indicate how much of that was spent locally, but officials say the local spending was significant. David Bowen, Elmore County Commission chairman, said the DOC is one of the largest employers in the county and he hoped the state would take that into consideration when deciding locations. Bowen said with the number of correctional officers and inmates already in Wetumpka, it would be a “no brainer” to build the sites here. He talked about what he said was, the “impact” these facilities have on the local economy and the roughly 1,000 jobs of the correctional employees they provide. Another measure in the bill would shutter all but two of the state’s “close and medium” security men’s prisons and consolidate them into three “state-of-the-art” 4,000 bed facilities, according to information from the Alabama Department of Corrections (DOC) website. Though Bowen said he had not been in any talks with the DOC, he offered up an option which he said was just his “theory.” Draper Correctional Facility in Elmore has about 1,000 acres of additional property, which could suit a new facility without purchasing new land, Bowen said. However, Bowen said he had his reservations about the prison reform measures being implemented altogether. “Given the state of the legislature I’m not sure that any prison reform will be passed,” Bowen said. He said there did not seem to be much cooperation in the State Legislature surrounding the bill. But if it does Bowen said he hoped Elmore County and the location of the preexisting prisons would get on what Bowen call the “shortlist.” According to the DOC,
fine – equivalent to attempted murder. Joey Crampton posed for photos with Winston, Chambliss and Beckman in advance of the law’s passage. He also released this statement in January: “Children are suffering and will continue to suffer from abuse. While we may not be able to prevent child abuse in itself, the reality is the effects of it lasts a lifetime for these young victims,” he stated. “Those who perpetrate these types of crimes need harsher punishments to deter them, but also because the children, unfortunately, will carry the effects into adulthood and may never be able to develop in a healthy, normal way. Sadly, the perpetrators of the crimes go on with their lives. What better way to serve this vulnerable population, by seeking much needed change through new legislative efforts in Winston’s honor. This ensures what Winston has endured will not be in vain.”
continued from page 1 there will be a southern, central and northern site in “proximity” to the currently operating prisons “to reduce the impact” to existing workforce. “The problem is, there’s a lot of unknowns,” said Leisa Finley, executive director of the Elmore County Economic Development Authority. Finley said her organization was looking at this like it would any other economic project. “I would hope they wouldn’t move it out of Wetumpka,” Finley said. “That would be tremendous impact on residents because of water use.” When Russell Athletic closed its Wetumpka plant a similar rise in water costs occurred. Finley said she predicted local residential water prices would go up three times compared to current prices if Tutwiler left the area entirely. She also mentioned the Draper facility as a potential location for one of the new facilities. And she went a step further to say that if one of the area’s prisons were to be moved to a neighboring county she would want them to say no to the relocation.
“Good economic development is never stealing your neighbors jobs,” Finley said. Elmore County Sheriff Bill Franklin had an entirely different reason for not wanting Tutwiler to be relocated out of the county. “I can tell you that it has always been a great convenience for us, that we’ve pretty much taken it for granted, that all the women we had to take to the state prison which is right across the street,” said Franklin. Franklin said he knew of the problems surrounding the prison regarding overpopulation. Founded in 1942, Tutwiler was originally designed to house around 400 and instead had swollen to housing 900 or more inmates, Franklin said. He said the architects could not have envisioned modern surveillance needs or other issues, such as contraband, that were not wide scale in the ‘40s. “But we know that’s going to change, and we do not exactly (know) where a new location would be,” Franklin said. “Hopefully it will be somewhere in this area where we still won’t have to travel far.”
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the tubes, I drank earlier and more often without any regard for what the repercussions might be. The downward spiral resulted in two arrests, one that was thrown out of court after my accuser said I had threatened her when I filed suit over money I was owed. It didn’t matter about the outcome, I had embarrassed my newspaper and I was dismissed from my job. The second one was all on me. After another round of hard times with the woman I was in love with and an entire day of drinking and feeling for sorry for myself behind me, I made the biggest mistake of my life. I was drunk, out of control and went looking for my girlfriend. I found her and the man she had been seeing and the result wasn’t pretty. I wish I remember what all I did, but the police report said I got in a fight, did some damage and got locked up. From the penthouse to the outhouse in very short order. I sat in jail for a few days and had plenty of time to think. I realized pretty quickly that about every bad thing that had happened to me had two things in common – alcohol and me. I knew I had to change both of those things. I had a friend who helped me get into an incredible place in Birmingham called The Fellowship House and I did 91 days at the in-patient rehab facility. There, I examined myself with a magnifying glass. At times that looking glass made me feel like an ant under it on a sunshiny day. It wasn’t pleasant. I met some of the most incredible
people there and I learned that I wasn’t as important as I thought I was. I learned that if I keep doing the next right thing, good things would happen. So that’s exactly what I did. I started my road back into the newspaper business selling subscriptions to the Birmingham News and then got a break covering some high school football for that paper. Then it was covering a trial for the Atlanta Journal and Constitution. Then I got a break when editor Bruce Browning in Carrollton and publisher Leonard Woolsey took a chance and brought me there. In three years, I had worked my way to be the editor of a paper in Douglasville, Georgia, that we made the best small newspaper in Georgia, according the Georgia Press Association. Then Kenneth Boone found me and gave me this incredible opportunity here. The key? God, people who care about me and the fact that for the last six years I have been doing what I love again and I’ve been sober every single day. I really don’t know why I felt compelled to write this today. I just felt like it was important to let people know why I am so passionate about what I do. I love what being a journalist means and the fact that I am fortunate enough to do something I love. I also hope it let’s someone in the same situation know that no matter what mistake you make, you can overcome it with hard work, support and prayer. Face your past, own it and good things will happen. The truth will set you free. Thanks for listening. I needed that today. Mitch Sneed is the editor of The Outlook.
Where are former governors now?
good friend and loyal reader suggested to me that he would like to see a column entitled, “Where Are They Now?” Then I ran into former Gov. Albert Brewer at a Birmingham restaurant and it prompted me to do that column. Gov. Brewer has always been admired by Alabamians as one of the finest people to have ever served in state government. I got to know Gov. Brewer when I was a young page in the Alabama House of Representatives and Brewer was a youthful Speaker of the House. In fact, he has the distinction of being the youngest Speaker in state history. He was elected to the House from Morgan County at 28 and became Speaker during only his second term at age 33. In 1966, he was elected lieutenant governor. While serving as lieutenant governor, Lurleen Wallace succumbed to cancer and Brewer became governor in 1968. He ran for a full term in 1970. In the most memorable and momentous governor’s race in history, Brewer and George Wallace clashed. He led Wallace in the initial voting but Wallace overtly played the race card and overcame Brewer in the runoff to become governor again. Brewer made another run for governor in 1978 but Fob James came out of nowhere to defeat the three B’s, Bill Baxley, Jere Beasley and Albert Brewer. Since leaving politics, Gov. Brewer returned to the practice of law then began teaching at Samford’s Cumberland School of Law, where he has counseled and mentored students and young
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lawyers, including my daughter Ginny, for more than 20 years. Gov. Brewer has remained active in governing in Alabama through the Public Affairs Research Council. At 87, he is in good health and enjoys his life in Birmingham. Another former governor, John Patterson, is 94. He lives on his ancestral land in Goldville in rural Tallapoosa County. Patterson has the distinction of being the only man to beat George Wallace in a governor’s race. Wallace was a fiery circuit judge from Barbour County and Patterson was a squeaky clean law and order segregationist young attorney general. Patterson beat Wallace soundly in that 1954 race and became the youngest governor in state history. He was only 33 years old when he took office as governor in January of 1955. He was dubbed the “boy governor.” Patterson was later appointed and then elected to the Alabama Court of Appeals and served with distinction as a jurist for over 20 years. He is enjoying his golden years on his farm and has a pet goat named Rebecca, who came to his house out of the blue and took up with him. Rebecca follows Patterson wherever he goes. She watches him intensely and animatedly seems to engage in conversation. Former Gov. Fob James is enjoying his retirement
years at his Butler County farm and at Orange Beach. Fob actually retired about 40 years ago at age 40 when he and his brother, Cal, sold their Opelika industry, Diversified Products. Fob chose to spend his personal money to surprise Baxley, Beasley and Brewer in 1978 to win the governor’s race in one of the most notable gubernatorial contests in state political history. Fob was elected governor again in 1994. He is the only person in state history to win the governor’s race first as a Democrat then as a Republican. Bill Baxley was elected Attorney General of Alabama in 1970 at age 28. He became not only the youngest person elected attorney general in Alabama history but he was the youngest state attorney general in the nation’s history. Baxley served two terms as attorney general from 19701978, then came back as lieutenant governor from 1982-1986. Baxley has a successful law practice in Birmingham and is doing well at age 75. At age 66, Jim Folsom, Jr. is the youngest former governor. He and Marsha live in their native Cullman. They both look great, as always, and are enjoying their life. Perry Hooper Sr., who was one of the founders of the modern Republican Party in Alabama, is 90. He is retired and living in his beloved Montgomery. He became probate judge of Montgomery County with the 1964 Goldwater Republican landslide. He later became the first Republican Chief Justice of the Alabama Supreme Court and paved the
way for our current day all Republican Supreme Court. See you next week. Steve Flowers is Alabama’s leading political columnist. His weekly column appears in over 60 Alabama newspapers. He served 16 years in the state legislature. Steve may be reached at www.steveflowers.us.
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on this commission or any commission that I have served with that had any intention on limiting information to the public,” said Faulk. He and Commissioner Mark Hraygil, District 1, were the two “yes” votes. Faulk said that his and Hraygil’s efforts at the meeting were to enhance getting commission information out in a timely manner. Going forward, Faulk said he had no strategy at this point of bringing the topic up again. However Faulk said in regard to working with the commission on the amendments, “If the opportunity presents itself, I will certainly take the opportunity.” Commissioner Chairman David Bowen said it was an election issue on the part of one candidate, Shanna Chamblee, running for the District 1 seat against Hraygil in the primary elections held March 1. Chamblee beat Hraygil,1029-980, but now stands to face Kenny Holt, who held the most votes, 1693, in the runoff elections on April 12. He said he did not see there was any problem with the way commission information was currently being presented. And he said the documents would continue being published just like they had, however he said he was going to work to get the agenda out by the Thursday before the next meeting. As it stands items can be added to the agenda up until the Friday preceding the next Monday’s meeting. Bowen said in his seven years on the commission he
had never denied anyone the ability to speak at a meeting, and any public document someone might want is available upon request. He said as the commission chairman anyone could call him up until the Friday before the meeting and he would try to get them on the agenda. At times, Bowen said, the commission is adding items to the agenda the Friday before the meeting anyway. “If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it,” said Bowen. Other items at the meeting included the discussion of 911 technology led by Elmore County Sheriff Bill Franklin, which was postponed until next meeting. An agreement was approved with the company Schneider Electric for $4 million in energy efficiency upgrades to existing county facilities that Bowen said would guarantee savings in energy expenditures and not raise taxes. Funds were approved for the City of Millbrook to host the Crappie Masters Camp. A budget amendment was approved for unexpected repair costs directed to the Health Department for a heating and cooling systems repair. Office space was approved for lease to the Central Alabama Drug Task Force. And a public hearing was scheduled for 5 p.m. Monday, May 9, to discuss the vacation of Poplar Drive in Kowaliga Bay Estates. The next meeting is scheduled for 5 p.m. March 28.
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to the schools would be $334,682 plus $30,275 for alerts that would not be covered. “We expect that we will get the federal and state E-rate monies,” Burchard said. “That would leave us with $364,957 in out-of-pocket costs.” Burchard pointed out that the government funding would also pay the match required to draw down funding for 144 miles of lit fiber for the system, which has chosen to run its own fiber rather than paying a contractor. In other action, the board voted unanimously to approve contracts with Stallings and Son Contractors of Montgomery and Correct Cut, LLC, of Eclectic for the demolition of visitor-side bleachers Holtville High School and Elmore County High School (Eclectic) football fields. Stallings and Son will be paid $15,610 for the work at Holtville while Correct Cut will earn $12,500 for the work in Eclectic. The board also approved without dissent a contract with Outdoor Aluminum of Geneva for replace of the visitors’ bleachers at Holtville and Eclectic at a total cost of $320,000. According to Bruce Christian, project coordinator for the board, Outdoor Aluminum’s contract requires that its work be completed by Aug. 1, in time for use in the 2016 high school football season. “If it’s not completed by then, that’s going to put me
between a rock and a hard place,” said Christian, drawing chuckles from the board. Christian also said that each contract for demolition of the bleachers required that the winning bidders haul off and properly dispose of the old bleachers. In other action, the board: • Voted unanimously to extend a bid agreement with Busworx/Blue Bird of Birmingham for the purchase of eight 2017 84-passenger buses. The cost of each bus will be $93,374 and the total cost will be $746,992. • Voted unanimously to approve contracts with Stallings and Son Contractors of Montgomery and Correct Cut, LLC, of Eclectic for the demolition of visitor-side bleachers at the football fields of Holtville and Elmore County high schools. • Approved several personnel actions. • Recognized Seth Aude, a student at Redland Elementary School, for winning the Seventh Annual National Geographic geography bee. The board met at Eclectic Elementary School and, prior to the business meeting, enjoyed a selection of Alabama-themed songs from the fourth-grade music class of Will Reese. The next scheduled meeting of the board is Monday, April 18 at 4:30 in the Elmore County Board of Education Board Room.
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The lesson learned from plowing the first row
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y daddy was a farmer. By the time I came along, Daddy had been farming for over 35 years and was a good farmer. He could do many things well, but was known for laying the straightest rows of any farmer in the county. Back then, in the 50s and 60s, when there was no GPS assisted steering, straight rows were a source of pride, distinguishing an average farmer from an excellent farmer. Straight rows made cultivating easier and allowed irrigation water to flow across a field quickly and evenly. I once asked Daddy how he was able to lay out such straight rows. “Well, son,” he said, “It’s the first row that’s so important. That marker sticking out from the side of the tractor will give you a guide for the next row. If the first one is straight, the others will be straight, too. If the first is crooked or weaves back and forth, all the rest will too. Green Ridge Baptist 288 Turner Rd., Wetumpka 567-2486 Harvest Baptist 2990 Main St., Millbrook Hillside Baptist 405 Old Montgomery Hwy., Wetumpka Holtville Riverside Baptist 7121 Holtville Rd., Wetumpka 514-5922 Lake Elam Baptist 4060 Gober Rd., Millbrook Liberty Hill Baptist 61 Crenshaw Rd., Wetumpka 567-8750 Lighthouse Baptist 2281 Main St., Millbrook
“To get that first row straight, you pick a spot on the horizon, a tall tree, a different colored patch of shrub, a spot of color, and instead of looking down at the ground and trying to keep the line straight, you look across the field, eyes on that spot, and keep the tractor pointed right at it.” Elisha was plowing with 12 yoke of oxen when Elijah found him in a field and called him to be God’s prophet. (1 Kings 19:19-21). Now, I don’t know if Elisha could lay out rows as straight as my daddy’s. Not having any experience with oxen, but knowing from personal experience how hard it is to keep a mule going straight, I doubt he could. But, because only successful farmers could afford to have twelve oxen hooked to their plows, much less barbecue them for the neighbors like Elisha did, I’ll bet Elisha could lay down straighter rows than most people. That first furrow is kinda
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like our lives. All the other rows follow it. Any humps and bows in the first furrow will be repeated in all the others. The first furrow of our life will affect all the other rows in our lives: spouse, children, friends. The more we stare at the ground, dependingn on our tractor and ourselves, the crookeder those rows get. It’s only when we are able to look beyond ourselves, look beyond our tractor, and fix our eyes on God, trying our best to steer toward him, that our rows straighten out. Not perfectly straight, mind you, but much straighter. Once we are able to focus outward, and find our spot
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across the field, it still takes practice to produce a straight row. It takes knowing the tractor, being able to feel when the disk blades on the hiller are pulling more on one side than the other, being able to compensate for the yaws and pulls without thinking about it. Only then, do the rows really straighten out. In our lives, that straight row takes practice, too. It takes knowing ourselves, knowing when and where we are liable to get bogged down, pulled back, yawed off our line. It takes finding that spot on the horizon that leads us to God, so instead of just using God as a guide, we find ourselves in a relationship, coming closer and closer to God so we can work together to get that row straight. Surprisingly, as we get closer and closer to God, it often becomes more and more difficult to steer straight. But, without trying, without attempting that first row, there can be no planting, no sprouting, no
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harvest. And, even if that first row isn’t straight, even if it is crooked, bowed, and wanders all over the field, the field is long and God continues to guide us. The more we plow, the more we use God as our guide, the deeper we are engaged with God, the straighter our “Guide Row” becomes. God forgives us when we get off line, and if we continue looking toward God, God will gently help us straighten our row. We are in the last weeks of Lent, plowing along toward Easter. If we haven’t yet tried to fix our eyes on God and begin plowing a straight row toward God, it isn’t too late. We can still fix our eyes on God, listen for God to call, and steer the tractors of our lives toward God to make our rows straight – the kind of straight rows which keep us seeking and finding God. Rev. Bob Henderson is the rector at Trinity Episcopal Church in Wetumpka.
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Many Nations celebrate Saint Patrick’s Day on March 17. The man who would become known as Saint Patrick (originally named Maewyn Succat) was born around 400 A.D. It is believed that Maewyn was kidnapped as a teenager and taken to Ireland. After he escaped those who enslaved him, he became a Monk. He changed his name to Patricius and performed many good deeds in Ireland as a missionary. Patricius was made the Patron Saint of Ireland. Legend has it that Saint Patrick died on March 17, 461 A.D. The holiday was originally created in honor of Saint Patrick, and it is considered a religious holiday in Ireland. 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. Parades are held in many major cities around the world. Rivers have even been dyed green to honor the occasion. If you are not wearing green on St. Patrick’s Day, tradition states that friends might teasingly pinch you.
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A Leprechaun is a character that is found in old, Irish mythology. The story of the Leprechaun says that these small sprite-like fairy creatures are wealthy. They hide their gold coins, sometimes at the end of a rainbow. They are very hard to see and cannot be caught. They are quiet but can also get into mischief.
Diff Ans:1) Bird 2)Owl eyes in tree 3)Flower by tree 4)rock by tree 5) mushroom placement 6) stick in tree 7)coin at end of rainbow 8)clover by pot 9)rock by puddle 10) leaves in tree
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MARCH 16, 2016 • Page 11
Wetumpka native named Distinguished American Sportsman STAFF REPORTS TPI Staff
BIRMINGHAM – The Board of Directors of the State of Alabama Sports Hall of Fame is proud to announce that W. Edgar Welden has been named the 2016 Distinguished American Sportsman. The Board surprised its Chairman with this recognition at its board meeting. Welden is the fourth Chairman of the Board since the Hall of Fame was founded in 1967. He has served on the Board since 1992 and was elected Chairman in July of 2003. He also serves as Chairman/President of the Bryant-Jordan Student-Athlete Scholarship Program. The BryantJordan program annually awards over 100 scholarships to high school seniors based on athletic and scholastic achievement. In 2002, Welden founded the Birmingham Athletic Partnership, a non-profit organization which supports the city of Birmingham’s public middle and high school athletic programs. This program enhances the athletic departments’ abilities to provide the necessary leadership, education, facilities and equipment to assure that the students have opportunities to excel in their sports and related extracurricular activities including band, choir and cheerleading. In January 2015, Welden Co-Chaired the Committee instrumental in bringing the World Games to Birmingham in 2021, and serves as Chairman of the Board. The 2021 Games will give Birmingham the opportunity to host athletes, officials and visitors from over 100 countries, bringing worldwide exposure to the City of Birmingham, and to the state. A native of Wetumpka, Welden graduated from the University of Alabama with a Bachelor of Science degree from the School of Commerce and Business Administration in 1965. He is a retired Birmingham businessman who partnered in varies companies involved in real estate development, apartments, property management and the mortgage business. He was also a minority partner in the Birmingham Fire of the World Football League in 1991-1992. In 1998, he founded a small publishing firm, Will Publishing, LLC; and published a book about his extensive travels called Time Out! A Sports Fan’s Dream Year. Welden has received numerous honors over the years including induction into the Alabama Academy of Honor in October 2014, the Alabama Humanities Award in 2010, as well as, the University of Alabama Distinguished Alumni Award in that same year. He was inducted into the Alabama High School Sports Hall of Fame in 2007. He was honored as the National Governors’ Association Distinguished Service to State Government Award in 1992; and was named Alabama’s Citizen of the Year for 1987 by the Alabama Broadcasters Association. President George W. Bush appointed him as a Board Member to the President’s Council on Physical Fitness and Sports from 2006-2008. He also served as Captain of Birmingham’s Monday Morning Quarterback Club. He joins an impressive list of other Distinguished American Sportsmen including former SEC Commissioner Mike Slive (2015), Ron Froehlich (2015), Don Logan (2011), Rick Woodward (2010), Nick Bollettieri (2009), Joe Gibbs (2008), Michael E. Stephens (2006), Jim Wilson Jr. (2005), Roy Kramer (2003), Bill Ireland (2000), Larry D. Striplin, Jr. (1998), Charles O. Finley (1993), Former President George H.W. Bush (1992), Hugh Culverhouse (1991), and Bob Hope (1988). The 48th Annual Induction Ceremony will be held on Saturday, May 21, at the Sheraton Birmingham Hotel. For more information, call the Alabama Sports Hall of Fame at (205) 323-6665.
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Holtville senior shortstop Brandon Dunn (5) makes a diving catch during the Bulldogs doubleheader sweep against Beauregard Saturday at Smart-Collier Field.
Bulldogs build momentum By CORY DIAZ Sports Editor
Holtville squeezed out the momentum and executed to complete the doubleheader sweep over Beauregard Saturday at Smart-Collier Field. After taking a 3-0 lead, the Bulldogs held on to win the opener, 3-2, and pieced together big innings late to pull away in the nightcap, 10-3. Beauregard scored the final two runs of game 1, and opened game 2 with three runs through its first four team at-bats, taking a 3-1 advantage into the bottom of the fourth. Sophomore third baseman Chase Driver tied the game up with a two-run single, cashing in a leadoff walk from senior Hunter Roberts and a double from sophomore first baseman Chap Wilson. After junior starting pitcher Reece Burbage kept the Hornets off the board in the top of the fifth, Holtville retook the lead, 4-3, when senior Brendan Knight
scored off fellow senior Bradley Brown’s bunt on a squeeze play that opened the game for the Dawgs. Roberts hit an RBI single, scoring Brandon Dunn, and Wilson plated Brown on a sacrifice, putting HHS ahead for good, 6-3. “I was thinking we could get the momentum if we can get it down,” first year Bulldogs baseball coach Michael Dismukes said of the decision to put on the squeeze play. “We had first-and-third with no outs. I put both guys in motion, and we got out right there, we still had a guy in scoring position to get a lead. I just wanted to get that momentum to carry over and push the game with it on our side. “We got some guys on base, leadoff man on base early and we finally executed some situations that really gave us the momentum. We bounced back right there in the fourth. I’m really pleased with our guys, their execution and not laying back and really locking in and getting things
done.” Holtville hung on to the momentum, scoring four more runs in the sixth. Burbage earned the victory in the nightcap, allowing three runs on five hits in five innings. Junior Jake Brown came in on relief and struck out two batters in two frames. Bradley Brown won game 1 on the mound. Winning 10 of his first 15 games at Holtville, Dismukes credited the play of his players for the team’s success. “These guys play hard. They’re very consistent. Like I said, we’re going to pitch it and if we play good defense, we’ll have a chance to win every game,” Dismukes said. “And that’s what we’ve done. It’s attributed to them guys competing and going out there making plays.” HHS played LAMP in a doubleheader Tuesday in Montgomery and hosts Chilton County Saturday at 1 p.m.
HHS’s Burke wins powerlifting crown By CORY DIAZ Sports Editor
Elmore County High continued its dominance as a powerlifting program and three competitors from two local schools captured individual state crowns at the Alabama High School State Powerlifting Championships Saturday at ECHS. The ECHS boys won their seventh straight and the girls claimed their sixth straight Class 4A state title and the girls finished in the top three out of 12 schools overall in classes 1A-7A. Senior Markel Leonard and freshman Grant Hall headlined the meet for the Panthers, earning individual championships at 220-pound and 98-pound, respectively. For Holtville, 340-pound sophomore B.J. Burke posted the best overall lift total at 1,105 pounds, including the highest squat at 550 pounds, en route to taking the top prize in the super heavyweight division. Five girls medaled for ECHS, Ella Carpenter (114), Autumn Ware (123), Georgia Adams (132), Hannah Traylor (148) and Kelli Hobbs (175), while Reid Swicord finished runner-up at 81 pounds, Alex Simmons third at 98 and Jay Kujala fourth at 105. “This was something Markel was shooting for, and he was hoping to get the state record in power clean, but instead he finished with a state title and I think that was a nice consolation for him,” Elmore County powerlifting coach Daniel Carpenter said. “(Grant) wasn’t expecting to win a state title. But after squat, he said he felt like he had a really good chance. “I was really pleased with our teams,”
Carpenter said. “For several of our lifters, it was their first time in a meet. We wanted them to compete, go out and give their best effort. Overall, all of our kids worked really hard for me all year and did a good job.” Seven of Holtville’s eight boys placed in the top 10, including three medalists – Burke, Mason Ford, who came in second at 158 and Blake Talley, who ended up fourth in super heavyweight. Sergio Cripple (192), Billy Hacker (248), Michael Lassiter (235) and Nathan Smith (super heavyweight) all
finished in the top 10. In the team’s first powerlifting meet, Holtville coach Hunter Adams said coming away with a state champion, along with the rest of the guys’ showing, was gratifying. “I was very proud of the overall effort,” Adams said. “It was our first meet for all of our guys. I think we undershot our capabilities for the sake of playing it safe and hoping not to scratch lifts. But it was a great experience.”
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Holtville sophomore B.J. Burke bench presses 330 pounds during the Alabama High School State Powerlifting Championships Saturday at Elmore County High School.
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Yelling, tears turn tide for Lady Tribe
Champion throws no-hitter against ECHS, Tribe falls to Marbury
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The remedy for Wetumpka’s early season woes called for yelling, and some tears. After a 5-1 loss to Central-Phenix City on March 5 at the Auburn Softball Invitational Tournament that dropped the Lady Indians to 4-10, the Lady Indians held a players only meeting. Since, Wetumpka has won nine of its last 11 games, including an eight-game win streak before losing to Pratttville, 6-5, Saturday night in the semifinals of the Prattville Christian Academy Softball Classic at Mill Creek Park Millbrook. “After that Central loss at the Auburn tournament, the girls met together in right field, after coaches said what they had to say,” WHS softball coach Randy Belyeu said Monday. “There were some tears, some yelling and crying. But I think it helped them gel like they’ve been. “We’re knocking the cover off the ball, and the pitching has gotten better. What happened is, they had a heart-to-heart about things, and they’re playing a lot better.” Belyeu said the meeting opened the line of communication on the field, something his team missed at the beginning of the year. In its first 15 games, Wetumpka hit .292, had just two double-digit hit games and didn’t score more than nine runs in a game. During their current run, the Lady Tribe has batted .369, has six double-digit hit games and has plated 10 or more runs five times. Junior Mary Beth Slater, who’s gone 16-for-26 (.615), and the injection of junior leftfielder Sydney McKissick, who’s batted
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Wetumpka junior pitcher Mary Beth Slater (35) offers a pitch against Jefferson Davis Friday during the Prattville Christian Academy Softball Classic at Mill Creek Park in Millbrook.
a team-high .625 since becoming an everyday player, have juiced up Wetumpka’s offense, along with the emergence of seniors Marissa Campbell and Katelyn Carswell. Pitchers Slater, senior Riley Greene and eighth-grader Julianna Thames all turned the corner in the circle. “It’s about finding the right chemistry, and I think we’ve done it. A lot of it has got to be chemistry and finding the right lineup that gets on base and drives runners in, putting the right players in the right spot in the order,” Belyeu said. “I think we finally found it, and it’s working pretty good. “Mary Beth and Riley have come on as pitchers. (Thames) has earned a varsity spot, and she had four wins in the eightgame win streak. They’re all playing better. Once we get the little things down, we’ll be a tough team to beat.” WHS played Alabama Christian Academy Tuesday and hosts Class 6A, Area 5 foe Park Crossing Thursday.
Max Champion’s no-hitter highlighted Wetumpka’s outing at Elmore County Day of Baseball Saturday, blowing out the hosts, 17-0, in five innings after being shut out by Marbury, 3-0, at Tony J. McGhee Field. In his first start on the season, the Indian sophomore right-hander was one walk away from a perfect game as he mowed down the Panthers, throwing just 56 pitches in four frames and striking out seven. Sophomore Jon Holbert provided a bulk of the offense for Wetumpka (6-10), who pounded out 15 hits as a team against four Panther pitchers, going 4-for-5 with four RBIs and a run scored. Fellow sophomore Hayden Shepherd collected three RBIs and two runs scored, while going 2-for-4 at the plate. WHS scored seven runs in the second, leading 8-0 after two innings, and ended the game in the top half of the fifth by moving six runs across the plate. Senior shortstop and leadoff Cody Herring drew three walks and scored three times along with
a two-run single and a stolen base. Collin Smith went 3-for-4 with an RBI and two runs, while senior third baseman Ryan Crockett had two hits, including a double, with an RBI and two runs scored. Junior Jacob McClellan added a two-run single and accounted for two runs. In the loss to Marbury, the Tribe was plagued by four defensive errors as the pitching staff allowed just one earned run. While Wetumpka outhit the Bulldogs with six different Indians recording a hit, Marbury’s James Henry struck out 10 in the shutout victory. Payton Mixson took the loss for WHS, throwing three innings and striking out one. Sophomore Trey McCreart relieved Mixson, pitching the final three innings, giving up just one hit. Sophomore Coleman Fleming batted in the lone earned run for the Bulldogs. Wetumpka opened Class 6A, Area 5 play Tuesday, hosting rival Stanhope Elmore and will host Benjamin Russell at 4:30 p.m., before continuing the area series Thursday at SEHS.
Glenwood edges Edgewood for Border Wars championship By CORY DIAZ Sports Editor Edgewood Academy couldn’t find its run-producing offense as it lost to host Glenwood School, 3-1, in the championship game of the annual Border Wars Tournament Saturday night. After scoring 21 runs in their first three contests, the Wildcats (16-3) lacked timely offense to cash in on their seven hits, as Glenwood staved off Edgewood repeating as Border Wars champions. EA defeated Faith Baptist (3-0), Calvary Christian (10-1) and Frederica Academy (8-4) en route to the title game. Junior DeMarvin Perry gave the ‘Cats the early lead, 1-0 in the top of the first, on an RBI single bringing in senior Christian Smith, but the Gators’ Tyler Cadenhead stifled EA the
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over a church service and hold the bishop hostage and demand answers about their pasts. Another topic the movie addressed was what Smith called, silence in the church place surrounding issues of domestic violence. He said the characters in the film are based on his own family members, and the mother and father characters were even given the same name as his own parents. Talking about his youth and the events that inspired the film, Smith said he would joke that his father worked at NASA, but would always clarify that he worked there as a janitor. However, he said he earned decent wages during his time there, but was laid off and moved to Lineville where he would find a job working in the pulp wooding industry. Smith said it was hard work for low wages and it was around that time when his father, as Smith said, began to drown his sorrows in a bottle. He said he died when he was very young, leaving his mother to provide for him and his siblings as a single parent. However, he said the film had a message of hope. Smith said he wanted people to see it and know there is help available, and they can continue their lives after domestic violence. The 7 p.m. showing will be at the old Carmike and Wynn Song 10 Theatre on Eastern Blvd., in Montgomery. Some of the actors and actresses along with the southeastern representative of the Screen Actors Guild are expected to attend the premier.
rest of the way, forcing them to strand eight runners on-base. Senior Noah Eller, freshman Jackson Ceman, sophomore Ben Bauch, sophomore Janias Scott and senior Michael Taylor each mustered a hit. On the mound, Taylor kept Edgewood within striking distance, pitching five frames and giving up one run on four hits in the no-decision. Glenwood got a run back in the bottom of the third, and did most of its damage off freshman Carson Tate, who came in for the Wildcats in the sixth, driving in two runs while the reliever could only manage to record one out. Junior Jackson Tate finished the sixth, striking out both of the batters he faced. For the Gators, Jarrett Carter and Daniel Holley both had RBIs.
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• Max Champion • Wetumpka Indians • Threw a no-hitter, and was one walk away from a perfect game, in Wetumpka’s 17-0 win over Elmore County Saturday.