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aster is upon us. Let us celebrate all life! Easter is the celebration of the resurrection of Christ three days after his death. It is the oldest Christian holiday and the most important day of the church year. The name Easter owes its origin from Eastre, the Anglo-Saxon goddess who symbolizes hare and egg. The exchange of eggs for Easter dates back to a springtime custom older than Easter itself in which eggs were given as a symbol of rebirth in many cultures. The library will be closed March 25-27 for the Easter holiday. The library will reopen on Monday, March 28. A giant Thank You goes to Randy at Care Point Resources for the amazing CPR class. This class was a great source of information with hands on training. Everyone who attended learned how to help adults and infants who are choking, drowning, or having a cardiac event.

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Dadeville mayor Joe Smith, right, presents a copy of the deed of the Community Action Building to Community Action Committee Inc, of Chambers, Tallapoosa, and Coosa Counties’ Executive Director David Bolewar, center and Board President Alphonsa Leonard. The city of Dadeville transferred the property to the agency recently.

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Police Reports Dadeville Police Department March 22

• Arrest of an Alexander City man, age 32, on the charge of Theft of Property. Arrest was made on N. Broadnax Street. • Arrest of a Goodwater woman, age 21, on three charges of Failure to Appear. Arrest was made on Highway 280.

March 20

• Arrest of a Tallassee woman, age 21, on two charges of Failure to Appear occurred on S. Tallassee Street.

March 19

• Arrest of a Jackson’s Gap man, age 19, on the charge of Assault 3rd. Arrest was occurred on Mariarden Road.

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• Arrest of a Camphill woman, age 48, on two charges of Theft of Property. Arrest occurred on Mariarden Road. • An arrest was made on a Dadeville man, age 20, on the charge of Failure to Appear.

March 18

• A report was filed for Harassment that occurred on E. Columbus Street.

March 17

• An arrest was made on an Alexander City man, age 42, on the charge of Driving Under the Influence. This incident occurred on Highway 280. • Arrest of two Opelika men, ages 49 and 39, on the charge of Theft of Property 1st. The theft occurred on Highway 280.

March 16

• An arrest was made

on a Jackson’s Gap woman, age 25, on two charges of Failure to Appear. Subject was arrested on Dadeville warrants by Opelika Police Department and transported to Tallapoosa County Jail. • A report was filed for Theft by Deception that occurred on N. Broadnax Street. • A report was filed for Possession of Forged Instrument that occurred N. Broadnax Street. • Arrest of a Dadeville man, age 42, on two charges of Failure to Appear occurred on East South Street.

Talllapoosa County Sheriff’s Department March 22

• A residence on Ford Road in Notasulga filed a report for domestic violence reckless endangerment. • Classie Pogue of Horseshoe Bend Road in Dadeville was arrested on a warrant for failure to appear driving under the influence. • Kelvin Mathews of Gilmore Avenue in Tallassee was arrested on two warrants for probation violation and probation revocation.

March 21

• Willie Wyckoff of Agricola Road in Dadeville was arrested on a warrant for failure to appear child support warrant.

March 20

• A resident of Quail Run filed a report for burglary.

• A resident of Cobb Road in Notasulga filed a report for vandalism. • A resident of Macedonia Road in Tallassee filed a report for criminal mischief.

March 19

• A resident of Lowe Road in Tallassee filed a theft report. • A resident of Taylor Court in Auburn filed a report for a private property accident.

March 18

• A business of Highway 50 in Dadeville filed a report for burglary of a business. • Stephanie Davis of Halloway Mills Road in Alexander City was arrested for a failure to appear warrant. • A resident of Sycammore Creek Road in Camp Hill filed a report for fraud.

March 17

• Wardariu Mobley of Freeman Drive in Dadeville was arrested on a warrant for failure to appear burglary third degree. • A resident of Friday Point in Alexander City filed a report for burglary of a residence and theft of property.

March 16

• A resident of Ford Road in Notasulga filed a report for theft from a residence. • A resident of Nevins Road in Jacksons Gap filed a report for harassing communications.

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County considers closure of Councill Middle Meeting set for 4 p.m. today for public to weigh in on proposed consolidation By DAVID GRANGER Staff Writer

Tallapoosa County Superintendent Joe Windle said Tuesday he has nearly completed an analysis of the effects of closing Dadeville’s Councill Middle School and moving its students, faculty and staff into Dadeville Elementary and Dadeville High schools. “News about this is out there in the community now and I haven’t gotten one call for it or against it,” said Windle. “I met with the teachers at Councill about three weeks ago and informed them of the possibility. You would have thought at that point that I would have started getting feedback.

“This is a small community. Usually, something like this gets mentioned at the barbershop or the beauty shop or on Facebook and it creates some sort of outcry and you get a lot of feedback. But not in this case.” Windle said the Tallapoosa County Schools will host a public meeting on the potential closure to allow for public input on Thursday, March 24, at 4 p.m. at the Tallapoosa County Board of Education Building at 679 E. Columbus St. in Dadeville. Anyone interested in commenting on the closure is welcome to attend and make a statement. Windle said when he met with the teachers and staff at Councill in late

February, their chief concern was whether or not they would continue to have a job with the school system. “I told them that the answer to that question was yes,” Windle said. “I assured them that this was not a staff reduction.” Councill Middle School is located at 254 Leach Street in Dadeville. The school, originally built in 1954, was named after Dr. William Hooper Councill, a former slave and a contemporary of Booker T. Washington when Washington was president of Tuskegee and Councill was the first president of Huntsville Normal School, now See CLOSING • Page 12

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Council appoints new boardmembers

Camp Hill Council defines job descriptions

Six residents were added to the Board of Adjustments

By CLIFF WILLIAMS Staff Writer

At Monday’s meeting of the Camp Hill Town Council, members discussed job descriptions, a $35,000 grant for its sewage lagoon and demoted its utility superintendent. Council members spent nearly an hour in a work session Monday trying to sort out a job description for the town’s utility superintendent. “We are paying four different people a total of $51,000 that should be handled by our utility superintendent,” Councilmember Anthony Pogue said in the work session. “Nobody has a job description. I think that we need a utility superintendent with certifications.” After about 45 minutes discussion, it appeared the council would wait until a later meeting to finalize but would restructure the utility department to contain a superintendent, followed by a utility worker See CAMP HILL • Page 12

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Author Leah Rawls Atkins was the featured speaker at last week’s meeting ofg the Dadeville Kiwanis Club.

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Atkins recalls successes of Dadeville’s Mitchell Brothers By DAVID GRANGER Staff Writer

Leah Rawls Atkins didn’t come to the Dadeville Rotary Club last week to talk about water skiing, though she was a world champion in the sport in 1953 after unseating back-to-back world titlist Willa Worthington-McGuire in Toronto. Nor did Atkins come to the meeting at First Presbyterian Church to talk about her late husband George and his career as

a star lineman and assistant coach to the legendary Ralph “Shug” Jordan at Auburn. She didn’t come to talk about being the first woman inducted into the Alabama Sports Hall of Fame or being the namesake of the award for Auburn’s top female athlete of the year, though she owns both honors. Rawls, who earned the first doctorate in history ever awarded by Auburn University and has written more than a See KIWANIS • Page 5

The Dadeville City Council appointed six residents to its Board of Adjustments. Now the board can hear appeals from residents on zoning issues. “At the last council meeting, we had a few volunteers for it,” Councilmember Mickey Tarpley said. “We have six. I think we need to move ahead with it and legal counsel said all we have to do is appoint them and they can start.” City attorney Robin Reynolds explained the next step. “Once you appoint them, then give them the zoning ordinance,” Reynolds said. “You let them have an organizational meeting electing a chair and then they can start.” Appointed to the board were: Matt Campbell, Sharon Gaither, Mary Canady, Rhonda Gaskin, Jerry McGukin and Melissa Oliver. Dadeville Dixie Youth Baseball president Stacy Ayers invited the council and mayor to the program’s opening day on April 9. Ayers said games start at 8 a.m. with opening ceremonies at 10 a.m. Ayers also told council that participation is up this year See COUNCIL • Page 12

Broken L Wagon Train travels through Dadeville By CARMEN RODGERS Staff Writer

The rodeo was in Montgomery this weekend and the Broken L Wagon Train ushered it in. The wagon train traveled from Rock Mills, Alabama to Montgomery. The wagon train made several stops along the way to camp and let their horses rest for the night. Tallassee happened to be a stopping point for the wagon train this year. “Mr. Tim Cohen, he let us park there and we

couldn’t do this without people like him,” said Gene Laws, Wagon Master of the Broken L Wagon Train. The wagon train begins in Rock Mills, which is in Randolph County and borders Georgia. The trip is a weeklong expedition and on a map the course that the wagon train follows has the appearance of a backward, or broken, L. “We start out from Rock Mills, Alabama. See WAGON • Page 5

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ur legislature is attempting what amounts to the wrestling of electoral power away from the people of Alabama. A bill that would end the election of Alabama’s state auditor and agriculture commissioner and give the governor the power to fill the positions by appointment has been introduced into the Alabama House of Representatives. HB432 had its first reading March 17. It was referred to the Constitution, Campaign and Elections Committee, and is sponsored by Rep. Paul Beckman, a Republican from Prattville. From where we sit, it’s clear that passage of the bill would concentrate more power in the hands of the governor, stripping Alabama’s electorate of a portion of what little direct impact it has on our state government. Simply put, it’s a blow to government of, for and by the people. Jim Zeigler, who currently serves as Alabama’s state auditor, believes the bill targets him. Zeigler, who has been critical of the governor, says inclusion of the agriculture commissioner in the legislation could be a ruse to distract from its real target – him. The Constitution, Campaign and Elections Committee will take up the bill, perhaps as early as this week. If the Committee gives a favorable report on the bill, it would go to the House floor, possibly by the week of April 5. We would ask that anyone who favors government by the people call their representatives in the Alabama Legislature and ask them to vote no on this bill. If this bill passes, the auditor and the agriculture commissioner would be Alabama’s only two constitutional officers not elected by direct vote of the people. It would create the very definition of a slippery slope. We hope that our legislators will see the light and stop short of this further concentration of power in the governor’s office. We elect our governor, lieutenant governor, attorney general, secretary of state, state treasurer and county sheriffs and we should continue to do so. We should also continue to elect our state auditor and our commissioner of agriculture and industries.

labama may soon be out of the marriage license business. This week Alabama senators approved a bill 23-3 that would require couples to fill out a state-issued form recording their marriage instead of a state-issued marriage license. Which brings to mind the question, why is the state in the business of issuing marriage licenses in the first place? I’m quite sure that for most of human history, whoever was in charge didn’t give a hoot about who married who, as long as it didn’t affect the guys in charge. The church cared. Parents cared. Future husbands and wives certainly cared. Government? Not so much. It’s only in our modern society, when taxers, estate executors, divorce lawyers, insurance providers, etc., started making laws about marriages and treating the married differently than the unmarried that the statesanctioned marriage license became standard. I may be showing my slightly Libertarian leanings here, but I really don’t think the government has a right to license people to marry each other in the first place.

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The word “license” means “to give permission.” The only person I asked for permission to marry Mary Lyman was her father, Dr. T. Riley Lumpkin. He gave me an enthusiastic “Yes”… but didn’t bother to issue me a license. The bill abolishing the requirement for Alabama to issue marriage licenses now goes to the House for a vote. If it passes there, it has to get Gov. Bentley’s permission before it becomes Alabama’s law. I think we all know that this change is designed to keep the most traditional of Alabama probate judges from being forced by federal law to give permission for gays and lesbians to get married. The State of Alabama is basically saying, “Y’all do what you want to and tell us after you did it.” In my mind, marriage is a holy sacrament. It’s a deeply meaningful public contract between two people made in the presence of God and witnesses, where both parties

pledge to love each other, comfort each other, honor and keep each other, in sickness and in health, forsaking all others, as long as they both shall live. I’m not really clear on how the guys in the probate office are involved in any of that. I do see a need for some form of marriage contract if non-religious folks want to tie the knot. And I certainly agree that the government has the right to require official notification on who is married and who is not so our legal system can function. It also has every right to receive official notification when a marriage fails, or when one spouse dies, or a custody battle begins, or any number of situations where the legality of a marriage comes into question. But that’s just a legal notification process anyway. A government form will work just as well as a “license” as long as it’s the law of the land. What do you think? Should you be required to get permission from the state before you get married? We’d love to hear your opinion in a letter to the editor. Boone is publisher of The Outlook.

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nce again, Europe has been struck by a senseless act of violence, this time in Brussells, Belgium. ISIS quickly claimed responsibility for the attacks that killed 31 and were allegedly carried out by Belgian brothers Ibrahim elBakraoui, 29, and Khalid elBakraoui, 27. Ibrahim blew himself up at the Brussels airport and Khalid at the Maelbeek subway station in the Belgian capital. Attacks such as this one are becoming much too frequent in our world. The attackers have no regard for life, including their own. Yet it is difficult to stop zealots – religious or otherwise – whose radical commitment to their radical ways is so difficult to understand … Ted Cruz and Bernie Sanders did their parts on Tuesday night. Cruz won the Utah Republican caucus and Sanders won Democratic caucuses in Utah and Idaho. Trouble is Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton were the winners from their respective parties in the Arizona primary. As a result, Sanders will gain roughly five delegates on Clinton and Trump will widen his lead by 14 delegates over Cruz. With such little net change in the delegate count, it still looks as if we are running headlong into a Clinton v. Trump general election in November. … If you listen real hard, you just might hear the distant thwack of ash meeting horsehide. High school baseball season is well underway and

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the major leaguers are in Florida and Arizona getting ready for their season, which opens in less than two weeks. As a fan of the Atlanta Braves, I don’t expect much from the team this year, but things might be on the upswing, albeit a potentially long upswing. Most experts say, through trades of some of their best talent, the Braves have stockpiled a lot of young talent. Unfortunately, that means there are few recognizable Braves left on the roster. Freddie Freeman, Julio Teheran, Nick Markakis, A.J. Pierzynski and secondyear second-sacker Jace Peterson are about it. Gone are Andrelton Simmons and pitchers Craig Kimbrell, Alex Wood and Shelby Miller. Hopefully, the youngsters in the Braves’ system will grow up quickly and several of them will be ready for The Show when the team moves to Cobb County next year. I’m sure the Georgia taxpayers would appreciate some decent baseball for the $372 million they’re shelling out for the Braves’ new SunTrust Park. … If imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, Bill Clinton should be flattered by the recent reported sexual shenanigans of Alabama Gov. Robert Bentley. The website Yellowhammer reported

Wednesday the governor’s ex-wife made recordings of Bentley and his former communications director, Rebekah Mason, implicating them in a sexual affair. On one recording, the governor calls Mason “baby,” recalls intimate times spent with her and talks about how much he likes to stand behind her and touch certain parts of her body. There is no mention of cigars in the Yellowhammer account, however. The alleged BentleyMason affair caused Dianne Bentley to file for divorce from the governor last year after a half-century of marriage. … As you read this, I am in Birmingham at the Kirklin Clinic having a heart catheterization. It’s just another step (I hope!) in getting approved and listed for a liver transplant. I appreciate all the prayers I have received from my readers and ask that you continue them. Hopefully, all will turn out well and you folks will be moved to read my jabberwocky for many years to come. Finally, remember this: Good manners, as Bennet Cerf once said, are the noises you don’t make when you’re eating soup. David Granger is an Outlook staff writer who is occasionally moved to write a column. Obviously, the views reflected here are his own. Who else would want them? You can email David at david.granger@alexcityoutlook.com.

Stephanie Kelley represents District 1. Her phone number is 256-8250544. Her address is 171 Wink Drive, Dadeville.

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From Rock Mills, to Milltown to Dadeville, Reeltown, Tallassee, Wetumpka and then on to Montgomery,” said Ben Arrington a wagon train rider. The wagon train has become a welcomed tradition. This is an annual event that the community adores. “This is the eighth year for us,” said Arrington. “The police have escorted us for the past two years and that helps us a lot.” When asked about the trek across the Fitzpatrick Bridge, Arrington explained it is one of the spotlights along their journey. “It’s fun,” Arrington said. “We like coming through there and we hope to do it again next year.” Chase Laws, who is Gene Laws grandson, rides shotgun with his grandfather and Tommy Pinkard as the trio mount up for the day’s journey.

“Today, we’re riding from Tallassee down to Wetumpka,” said Gene Laws. “We’ll spend the night in Wetumpka tonight then we’ll move on down to the rodeo in the morning. We’re going to go from there to the parade and parade around the capital and back to the coliseum.” As Wagon Master, Laws understands the importance of honoring heritage, something Tallassee also holds dear. “They like to see us coming through and that’s why we do this. Our ancestors came through here on mules and horses,” Laws said. The Wagon Broken L Wagon Train will usher in the Rodeo next year. “We like coming through Tallassee. There are a lot of good people here and we hope to do it again next year,” Laws said.

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dozen books on Alabama history, was in Dadeville to talk largely about a couple of men who called Dadeville home – Ruben and Sidney Zollicoffer Mitchell. In the early 1800s, two families that moved to land in the Tallapoosa County area that formerly belonged to the Creek Indians were the Mitchells and the Jordans. “Dr. William M.A. Mitchell settled in Dadeville with his with his wife, Elmira Sophia Jordan Mitchell, and their children,” said Rawls. “Elmira’s mother, Ann Spivey Jordan, settled with her husband north of Dadeville. Actually, if you know where Socapatoy is, she’s right down the road from Kellyton and off to the south. Her farm, the Ann Jordan Farm, eventually became Five-Star (Plantation). So you’ve got grandmother living up there and you’ve got the doctor and his family living in Dadeville.” The Jordans built a small farm in what is now Coosa County, Rawls said, growing some cotton as a cash crop and for spinning and weaving on the farm, but mostly corn, vegetables, chickens, pigs, goats and a milk cow – a typical frontier farm. When her husband died, Ann stayed on the farm and worked it with the help of a slave family. “Meanwhile, in Dadeville, Dr. and Mrs. Mitchell had several children who often spent time with their widowed grandmother on the farm, which, gradually, was called the Ann Jordan Farm,” Rawls said. “And when their mother died during the Civil War in 1865, the boys went to live with their grandmother. Ruben Alexander was the youngest. The older brother was named for two Confederate generals, Sidney Zollicoffer Mitchell. Both young boys were raised by their grandmother, grew up with her strict Presbyterian rules, strict discipline and a strong work ethic.” Rawls said that the boys’ grandmother was responsible for their early education and, later, they were tutored. Ruben went to local schools, became the postmaster of Opelika, moved to Montgomery in 1888 and became the general manager of the Montgomery Street Railway System. Later he moved to Gadsden and finally went to work with the Alabama Power Co., where he became a vitally important employee of Thomas W. Martin, the company’s president. While Ruben Mitchell made a prosperous living in Alabama, his older brother was traveling the country amassing a spectacular fortune, Rawls said. “The younger brother, Sidney Zollicoffer Mitchell,

received an appointment to Annapolis, earned his degree at Annapolis and then went to sea on a training voyage on the U.S.S. Trenton. He ended up on that voyage having responsibility for the ship’s new electric spotlight, powered by a new technology, an electric motor. It was not dependable. When his ship docked in New York City, he heard about Thomas A. Edison and his work with electricity and so he decided to get off the ship and go see the inventor because he had so much trouble with that electric light. “Thus began S.Z.’s life work in the electric industry in the United States. It’s a very interesting story, but all of it can’t be told today. Suffice it to say that S.Z. was successful and in the 1920s Forbes magazine called S.Z. Mitchell of Dadeville, Alabama the wealthiest man in the world.” S.Z. was making a fortune for both General Electric and himself in the far west and on Wall Street, Rawls said. Edison and General Electric had sent him out west to sell electric generators and equipment and help small towns in rural areas build electrical systems. “But the cities didn’t know how to buy the equipment, they didn’t have the engineering expertise, they didn’t know how to get the money or float a bond or borrow or whatever to get the things they needed,” Rawls said. “And so S.Z. began to put these packages together for them and see that these small cities in the Oregon territory and the Washington territory had electricity. He was so successful, that General Electric brought him back to New York City, I believe it was like 1904 or so, and there S.Z. formed a company for G.E. called Electric Bond and Share. What the company did was to do for the whole United States what S.Z. had found had worked and worked very well for the cities in the Pacific Northwest.” Meanwhile, the Mitchell brothers’ grandmother’s farm near Socapatoy has, through the years, been preserved as a retreat and, today, a quail hunting lodge. For some time, it was simply known as Ann Jordan Farm. Today, it is known as Five-Star Plantation. In fact, Rawls said that Sidney Zollicoffer Mitchell, despite his great wealth, never forgot his bird hunts at his grandmother’s farm. The electricity tycoon kept his bird dogs in Alabama. “Occasionally, he would call down here and have someone place the phone so that he could hear the barking of his dogs,” Rawls said.

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A.M.E. Saint James A.M.E. Goodwater, 256-839-1007

Pine Grove Baptist Eagle Creek Rd., Dadeville Pleasant Home Baptist Clay County

St. John A.M.E. Off Hwy. 280 on Hwy. 9 Socopatoy, (256) 215-3532

Pleasant Valley Missionary Baptist 835 Valley Rd., Camp Hill 334-257-4442

ASSEMBLIES OF GOD Cedar Street Church of God 703 E. Boulevard, Alex City

Ridge Grove Missionary Baptist Alexander City, 256-234-6972

Faith Assembly of God 590 Horseshoe Bend Rd., Dadeville 256-825-7741

Rocky Mt. Baptist New Site community

INDEPENDENT BAPTIST Liberty Baptist 1365 Hillabee St., Alex City 256-329-8830

Shady Grove Baptist Jackson’s Gap Community

New Elkahatchee Baptist Elkahatchee Rd., Alex City 256-329-9942

New Life Baptist County Road 14, Alex City, 256-329-2635

Unity Baptist Robinson Rd., Alex City

Victory Baptist 280 By-Pass, Alex City

Zion Hill Missionary Baptist 583 S. Broadnax St., Dadeville

West End Baptist Off 280 West, 256-234-2130

BAPTIST – SOUTHERN Bay Pine Baptist 1480 Bay Pine Rd. Jackson’s Gap, 256-825-4433

BAPTIST – MISSIONARY Bethlehem Baptist New Site

Bethany Baptist Church Bethany Road

Cross Key Baptist Hackneyville, 256-329-9716

Bethel Baptist Smith Mt. Rd., Jackson’s Gap 256-825-5070 Beulah Baptist Smith Mt. Rd., Jackson’s Gap 256-825-9882

Early Rose Baptist 201 E Street, Alexander City Flint Hill Baptist Hwy. 280, Dadeville Friendship Baptist Our Town Community, 256-329-5243

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Hollins Springs Baptist Hwy. 280, Goodwater

Fellowship Primitive Baptist Church on Claybrook Drive, Alex City 256-839-5339 First Baptist Court Square, Alex City 256-234-6351

Mt. Olive Baptist Hwy. 280 & Jct. 49, Goodwater Mt. Sinai Baptist Fish Pond Rd., Coosa County 256-329-2337

Mt. Zion East StillWaters Dr., 256-825-4991

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The Church of God 13th Ave. N., Alex City 256-329-1696 Washington Street A.C.O.P. Church of God Washington Street CHURCH OF GOD OF PROPHECY Church of God of Prophecy 303 Poplar Rd., Alex City, 256-234-6941

Pine Grove Baptist Camp Hill

CHURCH OF JESUS CHRIST Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints 1515 Worthy Road, Alex City (Corner of Worthy Place and Dadeville Road)

Ray Baptist Rockford Hwy., Alex City, 256-234-7609 River Road Baptist 148 Dean Rd., Alex City, 256-234-6971 Rocky Creek Baptist Samford Rd., Cowpens Community Rocky Mount Baptist Hwy. 22 E., Alex City, 256-329-2327 Rock Springs Baptist Jackson’s Gap, 256-839-6263 Russell Farm Baptist Hwy. 63 beyond Our Town

CHURCH OF THE NAZARENE Dadeville Church of the Nazarene Corner Hwy. 280 and 49, 256-825-8191 EPISCOPAL Saint James Episcopal Church 121 South Central Ave., Alex City 256-234-4752

Goodwater U.M. Main St., Goodwater, 256-839-6661 Haven United Methodist 410 Christian St., Alex City 256-329-8394

Mt. Godfrey New Site New Site U.M. New Site, 256-234-7834 Pearson Chapel U.M. Pearson Chapel Rd., Alex City

Sunnylevel United Methodist 3202 Hwy. 63N, Alex City 256-234-6877 Trinity United Methodist 280 By-pass, Alex City, 256-234-2455 Union United Methodist 4428 Hwy. 50, Dadeville 256-825-2241

First Presbyterian Okefuske, Dadeville, 256-825-4081 Robinson Memorial Presbyterian Robinson Rd., Alex City

First Congregational Christian 11th Ave. South, Alex City

Town Creek Baptist Camp Ground Rd., Alex City

Kellyton Revival Center Co. Road 87 South Kellyton

CHURCH OF CHRIST Alex City Church of Christ 945 Tallapoosa St., Alex City 256-234-6494

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PRESBYTERIAN First Presbyterian 371 Jefferson St., Alex City 256-329-0524

Fellowship Revival Center Mission 316 6th Ave., Alex City 256-329-1510 weekends

The Family Worship Center 365 Scott Road, Alex City

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PENTECOSTAL Pentecostals of Dadeville 115 West Columbus Street Dadeville, 256-596-3411

Sunny Level Baptist Church Sunny Acres Subdivision Sewell Street

CATHOLIC St. John the Apostle 454 N. Central Ave., Alex City 256-234-3631

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METHODIST – INDEPENDENT Daviston Independent Methodist Daviston, 395-4207

Family Worship Center 1676 Sewell Street 256-839-6895

Passion Church 3340 Hwy. 63 N., Alex City 256-409-9590

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Red Ridge United Methodist 8091 County Road 34, Dadeville 256-825-9820

UNITED PENTECOSTAL Alex City Apostolic 3708 Robinson Rd., Alexander City, 256-329-1573

Zion Hill Baptist Hwy. 79, near Horseshoe Bend

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Liberty Life Christian Center 321 “S” Street, Alex City

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Kellyton U.M., Kellyton, 256-329-1681

FULL GOSPEL Dadeville Foursquare Gospel Church Old 280 By-pass

Wayside Baptist 21 Wayside Circle, Alex City 256-234-5564

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Hillabee Campground UMC 120 CC Road, Alex City Sunday School 10am Sunday Service 11am

Sixth Street Baptist Sixth St., Alex City, 256-234-2408

Lake Pointe Baptist 8352 Hwy. 50W, Dadeville

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Pentecostal Church of God 163 Franklin Street, Alex City 256-215-4055

Flint Hill U.M., Alex City 256-234-5047

Good News Baptist Church 10493 Hwy. 280, Jackson’s Gap 256-825-2555 Hackneyville Baptist Hwy. 63 N., Hackneyville

Lake Martin Baptist Hwy 34, Dadeville 256-825-7434

Peace & Goodwill Baptist Cottage Grove Community Alexander City, 256-377-4634

New Harvest Ministries Church of God Hwy 280 & Coosa 28 256-329-2331

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First United Methodist Dadeville, 256-825-4404

House of Restoration Holiness 519 Slaughter Ave., Camp Hill, 256-749-2373, 256-896-2904

Kendrick Baptist Church Nixburg

New Bethel Baptist Rock St., Dadeville, 256-825-7726

Old Providence Baptist Off Hwy. 63 N., near Hackneyville

New Faith Tabernacle A.C.O.P. Church of God “J” Street

First United Methodist 310 Green St., Alex City 256-234-6322

Sandy Creek Baptist Alex City

Kellyton Baptist Kellyton, 256-329-1512

New Elam Baptist Hwy. 9, Burtonville, 256-234-2037

New Salem Road New Site Rd., New Site, 256-234-2932

Marshall Street Church of God 428 Marshall Street, Alex City 256-234-3180

Duncan Memorial U.M. 3997 Hillabee Rd., Alex City 256-234-6708

First Baptist Tallassee St., Dadeville, 256-825-6232

Jackson’s Gap Baptist Jackson’s Gap, 256-825-4951

Mt. Zion West Our Town Community, 256-234-7748

New Rocky Mount Baptist 670 Peckerwood Rd., Jackson’s Gap 256-794-3846

Dadeville Church of God 425 Horseshoe Bend Rd. (Hwy. 49 N.) Dadeville 256-825-8820

Comer Memorial U.M. 427 East Church St., 256-329-3467

INDEPENDENT Faith Temple Franklin Street, Alex City, 256-234-6421

Hillabee Baptist Hillabee Rd., Alex City 256-234-6798 Horseshoe Bend Baptist Hwy. 280, Dadeville

Mt. Zion Baptist Hwy. 22, New Site

New Providence Baptist Pearson Chapel Rd., Alex City

Perryville Baptist Perryville, 256-234-3588

Fellowship Baptist Buttston Community

Mt. Calvary Baptist 329 King St., Alex City, 256-234-5631

New Pine Grove Baptist Off Hwy. 22, Perryville

Camp Hill Baptist Downtown Camp Hill, 256-896-2811

Eagle Creek Baptist Hwy. 49, Dadeville, 256-825-6048

Miracle Missionary Baptist 1687 “I” Street 256-215-9788, 256-215-9787

New Life Baptist Jackson’s Gap, 256-825-6190 / 256-329-2635

Orr Street Baptist 1000 “O” Street (Hwy. 63N) Alex City, 256-234-3171

Daviston Baptist Daviston, 395-4327

Marietta Baptist Goodwater

New Hope Baptist Lake Martin, off Hwy. 63 256-329-2510

Calvary Heights Baptist Elkahatchee, Rd., Alex City 256-234-7224

Liberty Church 1034 Liberty Church Rd. Willow Point Alex City Macedonia Baptist Macedonia Circle, Goodwater 256-839-5793

Cedar Street Church of God 711 Martin Luther King Blvd. Alex City

Old Union Baptist 1106 Davis Circle Jackson’s Gap 256-596-1873

Jackson’s Gap Baptist Church 21 East Church St. 256-825-6814

Southview Church of Christ 2325 Dadeville Rd., Alex City 256-329-0212

Bread of Life A.C.O.P. Church of God Hwy. 280, Kellyton

Calvary Baptist 819 Main St., Dadeville, 256-825-5989

Comer Memorial 941 E. Church St., Alex City 256-234-2236

Pleasant Grove Church of Christ 1819 Bay Pine Rd, Jackson’s Gap

CHURCH OF GOD Alex City No. 2 A.C.O.P. Church of God Local Street, Alex City

New Beginnings Baptist 1076 Coley Creek Rd. New Concord Baptist Off hwy. 49, Dadeville, 256-825-5390

Elam Baptist Robertson Rd. Alex City

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Mt. Zion Baptist Hwy. 63 South, Alex City 256-234-7748

Seleeta Baptist Booker St., Alex City 256-329-2685

The Great Bethel Missionary 520 Christian St., Alex City 256-234-5513

Meadows St. Church of Christ 306 Meadows St., Alex City

Mt. Carmel Baptist 3610 Dudleyville Rd., Dadeville

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Dadeville Church of Christ East LaFayette St., Dadeville

Mountain Springs Baptist Off Hwy. 22, Daviston

River of Life Worship Center 407 Hillabee St., Alex City, 256-329-9593

Darian Missionary Baptist Church Pearson Chapel Rd., Alex City 256-329-3865

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GAP Fellowship Ministries P.O. Box 1571, Alex City Jehovah-Jireh Ministries 252 Tallapoosa St., Alex City 256-215-4211 Leap of Faith Outreach Ministry 886 Terrance Drive, 256-234-7119 New Bethel Fellowship Church 5474 Rock Springs Road Jackson’s Gap 256-825-3367 The Baha’I Faith 740 Newell Street, Camp Hill 256-896-4007 The Word Bible Church 161 Main St., Alex City, 256-215-5646

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Historical Society is sponsoring a spring tour of Still Waters Homes HAPPINESS NEWS: Happy Anniversary today to Mark Allen and Karen Treadwell! Everyone knows and loves this fine young couple, whose two daughters are also outstanding. We hope you’ll have many more happy years together, M.A. and Karen! DHS PERFORMANCE: If you didn’t see the “Wizard of Oz” performed by our own DHS Actors, you missed a fine musical with lots of drama. Our congrats to the actors and to their outstanding directors, Ryan and Ashley Gresko. We’re very proud of this fine group. May they continue to entertain us forever and ever. DADEVILLE PUBLIC LIBRARY NEWS: On April 9, from 8 a.m. until 1 p.m., there’ll be a big book sale downstairs in the library. All kinds of hardback, soft back, children’s books, etc. available for just $5 a bag! To “sweeten” the deal, there’ll also be some baked goods for sale. Mark your calendars for May 10, when Red Ridge United Methodist Church will have Dolores Hydock entertaining us with a presentation of “Norman Rockwell” at 1:30 p.m. You will laugh and learn from this great professional. Thanks to our Dadeville Public Library Friends, Ms. Hydock has agreed to come and entertain us. She’s wonderful! LINE DANCING NEWS: Because it’s Easter week, Betsy Keown’s line dancing class is happening at the Dadeville Recreation Center on Tuesday ONLY this week. Next week it will resume on Tuesday and Thursday from 11:30 a.m. until noon for a fee of $1 per class. There’s room for you so call Betsy at 256-825-3985.

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TALLAPOOSEE HISTORICAL SOCIETY NEWS: The Tallapoosee Historical Society is sponsoring a spring tour of Still Waters homes on Saturday, April 23. All proceeds will be used for the Historical Society museum in Dadeville. Tickets costing $15 are available at the following businesses in Dadeville: Mix It Up Shop, Pearson’s Place, Lambs & Ivy Daycare, Sherrill’s Beauty Shop, and the Plantation House at the intersection of State Road 49 and County Highway 34. Tickets may also be purchased for $20 at the Still Waters Clubhouse in Still Waters on the day of the tour. (Or for $15 NOW at the places mentioned). Tasty refreshments will be served at the Clubhouse building where maps and ID bracelets will be given out to validate the tickets. We hope to see you there. FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH NEWS: We had a most enjoyable Palm Sunday, followed by a delicious luncheon. Rev. Ben Arellano’s sermon was titled “A peaceful demonstration in Jerusalem” and was based on the Scriptures from Psalm 118 and Luke 19. He is the Prince of Peace, but even stones will cry out. Do we keep the good news of Jesus to ourselves or are we as the stones and can’t keep quiet? Where is the peace of Jesus the Messiah in today’s world? The Peace of God is in Jesus Christ. Even though the people

were proclaiming that Jesus was a King as he rode the colt through town, Luke downplayed this. Were the people being precautionary or were they protecting Jesus? They wanted the demonstration to be peaceful. The peace of God is in Jesus Christ; the peace that passes all understanding. As we enter Holy Week, are our hearts and minds in the right place? Another fine sermon, Rev. Ben. Come visit us and Rev. Arellano will make you feel welcome! DADEVILLE METHODIST CHURCH NEWS: We are proud to have hosted such a good turnout this week for Easter services. Today is Maundy Thursday Service. We will gather at 6 p.m. in worship celebrating the Sacrament of Holy Communion. A very special time of worship as we gather on the night of Jesus’ last supper, with his disciples in that borrowed upper room. Don’t miss Easter Sunrise Service on March 27 at Perry’s Farm at 6:30 a.m. It’s always wonderful. Then Easter Worship Celebration will be on March 27 at 10:30 a.m. Come and invite friends. Be a part of celebrating the Resurrection of our Savior and Lord! Come visit us and Rev. William Brown will make you feel welcome. LAKE MARTIN BAPTIST CHURCH NEWS: We will have two services to accommodate the large crowd we expect to have for Easter Sunday. (March 27) The schedule is: contemporary worship service at 8:30 a.m.; Easter Egg hunt at 9:45 am; and traditional worship service at 10:30 a.m. Please let us know via email which

service you and your family will attend. We need several workers to serve as greeters, ushers, nursery workers and media volunteers in the early service. Please help us if you are able. We will be collecting teddy bears now through the end of March. (Preferred size is 10 to 12 inches!) One-hundred percent of the donated bears remain in our local community to comfort a hospitalized child. They are delivered in bags that read “Given in the name of Jesus” on one side and “Letting you know someone cares for you, a Local Baptist Church” on the other. Come visit us and Rev. Mark Gainey will make you feel welcome. RED RIDGE UNITED METHODIST CHURCH NEWS: Red Ridge will observe Maundy Thursday with a 5:30 p.m. service today. This is a Christian feast or holy day falling on the Thursday before Easter that commemorates the Last Supper of Jesus Christ with the Apostles. The choir’s anthem will be “When You Prayed Beneath the Trees.” Good Friday follows which is a Christian religious holiday commemorating the crucifixion of Jesus Christ and his death at Calvary. We will have no Good Friday service. The choir will have a special practice Saturday 10 a.m. - noon for our special program on April 3rd at 9:30 a.m. and 2 p.m. Rev. Messer’s Easter Sunday message will be The Easter Question: “Why Are You Weeping.” John 20:1-9, Jesus Rises from the Dead. Call to Worship will be “The Easter Song” and the anthem “Hallelujah Chorus.” Bible study for men and women is Wednesday morning. Choir meets 6 p.m. - 8 p.m. It is time to sign up for pictures

for the upcoming directory. The dates are March 30, 31 and April 1st. Homecoming celebration is scheduled for April 17. You can help to reminisce by sharing old pictures you may have of our church or its people. They will be copied and returned to you. Red Ridge is located at 8091 County Road 34, Dadeville, 256-825-9820, redridgeumc.org. Come see us and Rev. Paul Messer will make you feel welcome. CHRISTIAN WORKERS IN ACTION NEWS: Mark on your calendars the date of Saturday, April 16, 6 to 9 p.m. at White Acres Farm in Camp Hill, the biggest and best event ever, “Three on a String” professional entertainment, delicious dinner served from 6 until 9 p.m., music by saxophonist Tom Gassaway. The CWIA funds are used to support the needy, children, the elderly and disabled. This includes Camp ASCCA, Children’s Harbor, CRATA Trail Association, and the Girls Ranch. They are also very active with Dadeville High School, Horseshoe Bend, and the Edward Bell Tech Center. Tickets are $50 per person, including entertainment and delicious dinner of steak or chicken and all the trimmings. For more info, contact Barbara Cunningham at 256-825-0919 or Betsy Keown at 256-825-3985. THOUGHT FOR TODAY: One thing you can’t recycle is WASTED TIME! Hayes is a community columnist for The Record. She is a resident of Dadeville and writes about the events and people of the Dadeville area.

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March 24, 2016 Today’s Events

MUSIC PROGRAM: Alexander City First United Methodist Church will present “At the Cross,” Holy Thursday music program March 24 at 6 p.m. It is a worship service built around the Lord’s supper with the sanctuary choir. MAUNDAY THURSDAY: Comer United Methodist

March 24-25

LAST SUPPER: Flint Hill United Methodist Church will presenting a live and moving reenactment of Leonardo Di Vinci’s The Last Supper on Thursday March 24 and Friday March 25 at 6 p.m. Tickets will be available at Flint Hill UMC, from church members, Cloud Nine, Lake Martin Humane Society, The Coffee Corner and Lake Broadcasting. You will not be turned down if you do not have a ticket. For more information call 256-234-5047.

March 25

TENNEBUE SERVICE: Comer Memorial Methodist is hosting a Tennebue Service March 25 at 7:30 p.m. CRUCIFIXION REENACTMENT: Mt. Zion Baptist Church on Highway 63 South will display a reenactment of the resurrection of Jesus Christ March 25 from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m., all day on March 26 and to noon on March 27. BAKE SALE: USAmeriBank is hosting a bake sale for Relay for Life at both Alexander City locations Friday, March 25. Sales will begin at 9 a.m.

March 26

FAMILY BINGO NIGHT: Bibb Graves School is hosting family bingo night March 26 from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. ART WORKSHOP: The Artist Association of Central Alabama is hosting a watercolor bird on a branch workshop March 26 from 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. at the First Baptist Church Social Hall. Contact Dottie at 256-377-4918 to register. EGG HUNT: Men of Honor (MOH) will be hosting a Easter Egg Hunt on March 26th 2016 from 1pm to 4pm at the park in Camp

Church is hosting a Maunday Thrusday service March 24 at 6 p.m. MAUNDAY THURSDAY: Red Ridge United Methodist Church will celebrate Maundy Thursday, March 24 at 5:30 p.m. This is a Christian feast or holy day falling on the Thursday before Easter that commemorates the “Last Supper of Jesus Christ with the Apostles.” Red Ridge is located at 8091 County Road 34, Dadeville. PUBLIC MEETING: The Tallapoosa County Commission Agency public meeting on March 24 at 10:00 a.m. - 12:00 Noon to update its Hazard Mitigation Plan. The meeting will take place at the Tallapoosa County Courthouse Annex in the Grand Jury Room, the public,

Hill, Al. Bring kinds of all ages lunch will be provided to all Easter egg hunters everyone is welcome to come. EGGSTRAVAGANZA: Leadership Lake Martin is hosting Eggstravaganza in Strand Park March 26 from 12 p.m. to 2 p.m. with proceeds benefiting Outdoor Friends Forever. The Easter bunny will be available for pictures. There will be a cupcake contest with an entry fee of $10 per category. There will be a bake sale and games including a three-legged race, egg toss and egg on a spoon. EGG HUNT: The Sixth Street Baptist Church Easter Egg Hunt will be March 26 at 10 a.m. at 6th Street Park. Games, snack and candy-filled eggs. Hunts for infants through 6th graders. EGG HUNT: Calvary Heights Baptist Church will host an Easter Egg Hunt March 26 from 9 a.m. til 11 a.m. There will be a magic show featuring Carl Kelly. Everything is for ages infant through sixth grade. The church is located at the intersection of Highway 280 and Elkahatchee Road. EGG HUNT: Kellyton United Methodist Church is hosting an Easter Egg Hunt on Friday, March 25, 2016, beginning at4:30 pm. All children through 6th grade are invited. Prizes for each age category. Easter Bunny will make a surprise appearance, parents be sure to bring your cameras. Dinner will be served. Kellyton United Methodist Church is located one block from downtown Kellyton, 85 Smyrna Road. EGG HUNT: Community Easter Egg Hunt will be Saturday, March 26th 10a.m. Wall Street AME Zion Church, 71 Zion Street, Tallassee, AL

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private non-profits, municipalities, school board, universities/colleges, utility/water/sewer boards, fire departments, police departments and Sheriff’s Dept. and elected officials are among those invited and encouraged to attend. Participation from the agencies are required in order to apply for Hazard Mitigation Grants in the future.

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(334) 283-2594. Look us up on facebook www.wallstreetamez.com Event Coordinator is Mrs. Della Hayes, Pastor, Edwrin Sutton. Everyone is invited! EGG HUNT: Comer Baptist Church is hosing a community Easter Egg Hunt Saturday, March 26 from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. There will be activities for all ages. RUN TO THE SON: The Children’s Ministry of Vertical Point Church is hosting a Run to the Son 5K Color Run March 26 from 8 a.m. to 11 a.m. at the Sportplex to benefit VerticalKidz. Cost is $35.

March 27

SUNRISE SERVICE: Comer Memorial Methodist Church is hosting a sunrise service at 6 a.m. and an Easter Service at 11 a.m. EASTER SERVICE: Orr Street Baptist Church invites everyone to Easter Service on Sunday, March 27. Sunrise service begins at 6 a.m. with breakfast served at 7 a.m. Sunday morning service begins at 10:30 a.m. There will be no Sunday school or evening service. EASTER SERVICE: Calvary Heights Baptist Church is hosting an Easter Sunrise Service at 6:30 a.m. followed by breakfast. EASTER SERVICE: Mt. Zion Baptist Church on Highway 63 South is having Easter Service at 11 a.m. Children’s church and nursery provided. SUNRISE SERVICE: Mt. Zion Baptist Church will host outdoor Easter Sunrise Service at 7 a.m. at the Wind CreekStateParkPavillion. Old fashion breakfast will follow. FAMILY AND FRIENDS DAY: Centerview Baptist Church of Camp Hill is hosting friends and family day March 27 at 2 p.m. Rev. Gary Hardy is pastor and Rev.

Eddie Hunter will be the guest. EASTER SERVICES: River Road Baptist Church is hosting a sunrise service at 7 a.m. Breakfast will follow. The Cantata will be at 11 a.m. Everyone is invited. EASTER MUSICAL: Hillabee Baptist Church is hosting its Easter Musical March 27 starting at 10:30 a.m. COMMUNITY EASTER SUNRISE SERVICE: There will be a communitywide Easter Sunrise Service on Sunday, March 27, at Strand Park at 7 a.m. The service is open to all in the community. Rev. Steve King, pastor of First Baptist Church of Alexander City will bring the message. Music will be by Scott Blake and Brian Bice. Please bring a lawn chair if you plan to attend. EASTER SERVICE: Great Bethel Missionary Baptist Church is hosting its annual Easter Program Sunday, March 27 at 10 a.m. Rev. Emerson Ware, Jr. is pastor

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n the literary classic “The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire,” the author draws parallels to a nation that was on top of the world and, because of perverse, grandiose and pompous behavior, that dynasty self-destructed and destroyed itself. It was from reading this documentary that the Russian premier Nikita Khrushchev believed that we, the United States, would destroy ourselves thus causing him to brashly declare, “We will bury you.” One of the travails of Rome, as illustrated in the book, was the power and arrogance of the Roman Senate. Roman Senators were given immense power and prestige and allowed to live lavishly at the public’s expense. They, with the concurrence of Caesar, were allowed to control the Roman purse strings and thus dispensed the public funds generously among themselves. They lived a royal life with lavish luxuries and opulence generally reserved for royalty. It led to a life of comfort and debauchery that Solomon warned about in Proverbs, “pride goeth before a fall.” Many people believe that members of congress today are following this pattern. Maybe not to the same extreme as the Romans, but in some ways similar. U.S. Congressmen vote on their own annual salary increases, which are now up to $175,000 annually with a health plan that would be the envy of any corporate employee and could not be afforded by a corporation yet it cost the congressman nothing. Many congressmen will argue that $175,000 per year is not exorbitant considering that they must maintain a residence in their home state and in Washington. This argument does not seem to hold water with the aver-

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age American who earns less than 20 percent of that salary. Congressmen do not have much of a challenge in getting reelected. No matter how good a job they do for their constituents the advantage of incumbency gives 97 percent of all congressman another term if they choose. However, unlike Roman senators, their power has diminished significantly because of the partisan divide in Washington. Today, congressmen simply vote their party line, making them like members of British Parliament. They are no longer individuals but pawns of their party. They are members in the process and fall in line with party dogma and dictates, losing much of their individualism and, in the process, their power. Even though one Alabama congressman or congresswoman represents approximately 635,000 Alabamians and an Alabama state senator represents around 130,000 Alabamians, I would argue that a least a dozen state senators have more impact over public policy than any of our seven congressmen. There are 435 members of Congress and 35 members of the Alabama Senate. If a state senator is well placed and in a position of power, they are unquestionably more influential and powerful than a congressperson. The only exception in our delegation would be Congressman Robert Aderholt. Of our seven members of the U.S. Congress, Aderholt is the only one with any seniority

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Slocomb, or Jimmy Holley of Elba could have captured the GOP nomination for congress in the 2nd District and ultimately gone to Congress. However, all three, especially Holley, have much more influence as one of 35 State Senators than as a back bench member of Congress. In many cases a state senator is more powerful than a congressman. 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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2 and utility worker 1 at the bottom that would help with grass cutting, meter reading and other things. The utility superintendent was also the subject of discussion in the regular meeting as the council voted to demote the current superintendent and reduce his pay back to the $11.50 an hour that he was making prior to the promotion last year. “We have asked him to come to meetings,” Pogue said. “He has not. He is not available to be on call 24/7 because of other employment, and he has not gotten the certifications we asked him to get within a year.” The council will wait until they finish the job description before posting the job position. The town will be getting a $35,000 grant from the Alabama Department of Economic and Community Affairs to help with immediate needs at the town’s sewage lagoon. “I spoke with Peblin Warren, our state representative today (Monday),” Councilmember Ezell Smith said. “She said we would be getting a $35,000 grant.” The grant will be used to help with replacing pumps and installing an aeration system at the sewage lagoon with help from consultant John Broadaway. The project will help with the lawsuit from the Alabama

Department of Environmental Management and help provide time to allow the town to get to a point to do a larger $3-5 million town wide sewage project. John Thompson spoke to the council about the countywide Throw Away Day next month when a roll off dumpster will be placed at Town Hall for residents to use. “We are never going to keep our roadsides clean without residents’ help,” Thompson said. “We are asking and encouraging everyone to take part in the clean up.” Thompson explained that dumpsters were going to be placed countywide and that the county commission was picking up the cost. Councilmember Smith asked for help in organizing groups to pick up trash around town to coincide with the countywide event April 23. With the absence of Mayor Danny Evans the council put off approving a board to allow the issuance of tax-free financing for Lyman Ward Military Academy. The council also learned that Mayor Evans might not be able to vote in the matter because of a conflict of interest. Evans works at LWMA. Willie Dean inquired about renting the hangar building at the old airport on Highway 280 to relocate his marine and small engine repair business from

Opelika to better serve his customers on the lake. The council asked him to come back with a proposal including how much he would like to rent it for, terms of the lease and how much sales tax he might generate. The Camp Hill Town Council also: • approved offering former town attorney Ben Hand $1,500 for services he has billed the town for in the amount of $3,000. • learned of a possible overtime issue stemming from a water leak on Highway 280. • approved minutes from the last meeting. • approved payment of bills. • approved joining in with the state for the Back to School Sales Tax Holiday in August. • learned the town is still trying to contact a lumber company about damage to a street from its trucks. • approved town attorney Charles Gillenwaters to go to a training seminar. • announced an April 1 application deadline for parks and recreation director. The next meeting of the Camp Hill Town Council is Monday, April 4, with a work session at 5 p.m. and the regular meeting at 6 p.m.

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Alabama A&M University Councill School serves grades 6 through 8. It was closed in 1970 and, between then and 1980, served many purposes, including housing a sewing plant. The main building reopened in 1980 as the kindergarten annex for Dadeville Elementary. In the summer of 2005, the facility was remodeled to serve as a middle school. Windle said the main reason for potentially closing Councill was the loss of students in the Dadeville area. “That’s the primary reason we’re looking at it,” Windle said. “There’s been a rumor out there that we were going to close Councill for some time, but, as I told the faculty and staff over there when I met with them, I’d never really even considered it until now. … Eventually, you have to ask yourself if you can afford to keep a school open with just a little over 250 students. “We have most of the data pulled together. We’ve done a space analysis to see if we have enough space to make the move. We’ve completed the financial analysis to look at the savings we would realize.” Windle said the financial analysis considered recurring costs at the school (such as insurance and utilities), the costs of feeding the students and certain other costs like occasional replace of air conditioning units and water lines. The cost of installation of wireless technology at Councill was also a consideration. “The feeding cost is significant,” Windle said. “With the labor and the cost of the food that you incur, it’s hard to be

Council again with 338 children signed up on 27 teams and 8 T-ball teams. The Dadeville City Council also: • heard that the city was one week late in getting information to the state on the demolition grant that is managed by Monroe and Associates. • heard that engineers are still waiting for information from the railroad before they can bid the A-Trip Lafayette Street paving project. • heard that the city is still waiting for the county’s grant application to go through before getting an update on the courthouse square project. • heard that the city had been granted an easement on property on East South Street so that drainage in the

profitable feeding such a small number of children.” Windle said his analysis of the saving and other benefits of the move is almost complete. “All that’s left to do is a transportation analysis. I’m sure that will show us that there will be savings there as well. We’ve got 15 or 16 buses that have to make the drive out to Councill each day. It’s not far, but fuel adds up and there’s some idling time. I’m sure there will be savings, but we need to look and see how much. I just don’t know, but we’ll pull it all together.” Councill Middle School is home to 256 sixth-, seventh-, and eighth-graders. Windle said if the decision was made to close the school, the sixth-graders would be moved to the elementary school and the seventh- and eighth-graders would be moved to the high school. “Another big benefit of this would be that, if we did close Councill and move these students, all of our students would be basically consolidated on one campus,” said Windle. “That would make it easier in the future if we saw an increase in students to add classrooms or build a new middle school in the same area.” Windle said that once the transportation analysis is completed and any input from the public that results from Thursday’s meeting considered, he will make a recommendation on the future of Councill to the full Tallapoosa County Board of Education at a board work session during the first week of April.

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area could be improved. • approved minutes from the last meeting. • approved recreation center rentals.

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REBELS GRAB TWO OUT OF THREE

Reeltown defeats Horseshoe Bend, reels off two-straight wins By ROBERT HUDSON Sports Editor

NEW SITE – In a battle of cross-county rivals it was the Reeltown Rebels who jumped out early and made use of the Horseshoe Bend Generals’ mistakes for a 12-2 area win last Friday. Reeltown Coach Mike Jones said the Rebels (12-7, 3-0 in Class 2A-Area 8) had to make an adjustment at the plate against Horseshoe Bend pitcher Luke Yarbrough. “We got a couple of lucky breaks. Our kids, second time through, they made a good adjustment because their pitcher pitched us well,” Jones said. “Like I said, we just had to make some adjustments at the plate. He was throwing us backwards and we were going up there and he was getting ahead of us with curveballs and throwing off speed and he was making us get ourselves out. We just adjusted and got some balls on the ground and kept them out of the air.” Reeltown jumped out to a 2-0 lead in the top of the first when Cal Burton got a hit to bring in teammates Shep Flurry and Joby Newman. The Rebels doubled their lead to 4-0 in the top of the second, with Flurry scoring on a ball hit by Burton that was bobbled in the infield and Newman scored on a single by Cade Giddens. Horseshoe Bend (4-12, 1-2 in Class 2A-Area 8) responded in the bottom of the second, as Caleb Yarbrough and Jace Rodriguez scored on a deep fly ball hit by Griffin Jackson that was dropped in the outfield, making it 4-2. But Reeltown added to its lead in the top of the fifth. Giddens and CJ Bell came in to score on a grounder up the middle by Cole Noble to make it a 6-2 ballgame. The runs kept coming for the Rebels when Collier Bonner scored on a single by Flurry, Montez Brooks scored on a single by Newman, and Flurry scored on a deep hit by Burton to put the lead at 9-2 in the top of the fifth. Reeltown added another run in the top of the fifth frame with Newman scoring on a bases loaded walk by the Generals to make it 10-2. Reeltown’s final two runs were in the top of the seventh. Generals Coach Jason Johnson said his team just did not make the routine plays, and that Reeltown made the most of its opportunities with runners in scoring position. “Once again, it was routine plays. We make an error, let runners on and they get a hit. That’s been the story every time we play them,” Johnson said. “They do a very good job of getting hits with runners on and making it hurt. They had a lot of two-out RBIs today and it’s hard to beat people when that happens. I think we only had two hits all day. Give people seven or eight outs each inning, not good.” The Rebels followed up Friday’s win by splitting two games at home against Alabama Christian Academy, winning game one 8-6, but falling 10-0 in game two. Reeltown will take the field again today at home against Beauregard at 4 p.m.

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Dadeville’s Tal Bullard hauls in a ball during a game this season.

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At top, Reeltown’s Cole Noble pitches to Horseshoe Bend’s Chandler Lewis during last Friday’s contest in New Site. At bottom, Reeltown’s Landon Hunt swings at a pitch.

The Dadeville Tigers baseball team split its most recent matchups on the diamond. Last Saturday, the Tigers defeated Piedmont 10-9 at home, after also taking an 11-6 win over Gadsden City that snapped a 10-game losing streak. Against Piedmont, Dadeville was led by Carson McClendon, who went 3-for-4 from the plate with a pair of RBI. Dadeville’s Landon Wilson was 3-for-5 with two runs scored, while Ethan Towne went 2-for-4 with a run scored and two RBI. Cal Jones was 2-for-4 with a pair of doubles, a run scored and a RBI. Dadeville’s Landon Tidwell, Slade McCullers, Kyle Harkins and Tyler Muniz each drove in one run during the win against Piedmont. Jones pitched seven innings, giving up 11 hits, nine runs, five earned runs, walked three and struck out four Piedmont batters. In Tuesday’s home game, the Tigers fell 8-5 in game one to visiting Auburn High School, and lost game two 11-5. In game one, Jones was 1-for-2 with two runs scored, two RBI and a home run. Harkins went 1-for-4 with a RBI, Tidwell was 1-for-3 with a RBI, and Ab Abernathy also drove in a run during Tuesday’s game. Wilson went 1-for-3 with two runs scored against Auburn. Brady Claybrook pitched four innings, giving five hits, four runs and four earned runs, while walking three. Dadeville will return to action on Friday on the road at Saint James High School at 4 p.m.

Lady Rebels fall to Lady Wildcats By ROBERT HUDSON Sports Editor

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Reeltown’s Ayriana Stoneback winds up for a pitch during Tuesday’s game against Benjamin Russell in Alexander City.

The Benjamin Russell Lady Wildcats dusted off a small deficit early to take an 8-5 win over the Reeltown Lady Rebels on Tuesday at Pam Robinson Field in the Charles E. Bailey Sportplex. Jessica Johnson, head coach of Benjamin Russell (9-14-1), said the Lady Wildcats did a better job at the plate and that she saw some growth from her young pitching staff. “We hit the ball better than we have been hitting it lately. We were a little more consistent with people on base and we were aggressive,” Johnson said. “Our baserunners did some good things. Our pitchers are working very hard. They’re growing up. They’re all so young and they don’t quite have the experience yet, except Asia (McWaters) who was with us last year. Chelsey (Jordan) did very well coming in, and we’re going to need her, Jayme (Marbury) and our other pitchers to come through in the end so that we have that depth in the circle to

help Asia out. “There was a little struggle there for a minute, but they were able to work out of it.” Reeltown (11-8-1, 2-0 in Class 2A-Area 8) took a 1-0 lead early, but Benjamin Russell scored three runs in the bottom of the second to go up 3-1. Marbury and Taylor McVey scored on a single liner by Tayla Stowes and Taylor Latham scored on a grounder by Loren Bishop in the bottom of the second. Reeltown chipped into the lead in the top of the fourth with Sierra Baker scoring from third on a fielder’s choice with bases loaded to make it 3-2. But Benjamin Russell countered with a run in the bottom half of the fourth frame, as Maya Towns scored from second as an attempted throw to catch her stealing third flew over the third baseman’s head and made it 4-2. Benjamin Russell pulled away in the bottom of the fifth, as JaTori Leonard and McWaters scored on a grounder by Marbury to make

it 6-2. Marbury later scored in the inning on a throwing error that increased the lead to 7-2. Reeltown responded with a three-run inning of its own in the top of the sixth. Baker scored on a fielder’s choice, and Morgan King and Kelsey Jaye scored on a hit by Kayli Hornsby that was dropped in the outfield to make it a 7-5 ballgame. Benjamin Russell held off the Lady Rebels, adding a run in the bottom of the sixth when Bishop scored on a single by Jordan. McWaters struck out four batters from the circle. Kelli Hilyer, head coach of Reeltown, said the Lady Rebels played well, but need a complete performance to get back in the win column. “I thought we played well. We could have, obviously, done better. We could have played better as a whole,” Hilyer said. “Our theme this year is to be a team. We can hit the ball, we can field, and we generally do well in every area. It’s just about putting it all together.”

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Public Meetings  Alexander City Board of Education meets on the third Tuesday of each month. Meetings are held in the board office at 375 Lee St. or local school at 5 p.m.  Alexander City Council meets on the first and third Mondays of each month. Meetings are held in the courtroom at the old city hall at 5:30 p.m.  Camp Hill Town Council meets the first and third Mondays of each month. Meetings are held in town hall at 6 p.m.  Community Action Agency of Chambers, Tallapoosa, Coosa will holds its regular board of directors meetings every other month at the Central Office in Dadeville.  Coosa County Board of Education holds called meetings at least once a month.  Coosa County Commission meets on the second and fourth Tuesday of each month. Meetings are held in the Coosa County Courthouse in Rockford at 9:30 a.m. on the second Tuesday and at 6:30 p.m. on the fourth Tuesday.

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