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Unemployment falls in county State sets record low rate of 3.7 percent STAFF REPORT TPI Staff
Alabama reached a new record low unemployment rate in February and Tallapoosa, Coosa and Elmore counties
also saw their unemployment rates drop, according to the Alabama Department of Labor. Alabama’s preliminary, seasonally adjusted February unemployment rate was 3.7 percent, down from January’s
3.8 and below February 2018’s rate of 4.0. “We’ve shattered employment records for nine months in a row now,� ADL Secretary Fitzgerald Washington said in a release. “People are continuing to join the labor force with the expectation that they will get a job — and they’re getting jobs. “More than 27,000 Alabamians are
working now than a year ago and they’re bringing home more money in their paychecks, which is great news for our economy.� Tallapoosa County’s unemployment rate fell from 4.6 percent in January to 4.3 percent in February, Coosa County’s fell from 4.6 to 4.1 and Elmore County’s dropped from 3.8 to 3.3. See UNEMPLOYMENT • Page A3
Child saved after vehicle drives into Coosa River
TPD to apply for $25K grant for computers By CARMEN RODGERS Staff Writer
Since taking office, Tallassee Mayor Johnny Hammock, the Tallassee City Council and department heads have collected over $1 million in grant funding and the total continues to climb. Police chief Matthew Higgins said his department would seek additional funds through a Firehouse Subs Public Safety Foundation Grant to pay for updated technology. The $25,000 grant would replace outdated computers older than three to five years, “which anyone who deals with computers knows it’s basically a doorstop,â€? Higgins said. If the grant is approved, Higgins said the city will not have to contribute any money for the department’s See COMPUTERS • Page A3
Body pulled from river; 2 arrested By CARMEN RODGERS and DONALD CAMPBELL Staff Writers
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A diver surfaces at the boat ramp in Gold Star Park in Wetumpka on Thursday night after searching for a car that ran into the Coosa River while eluding law enforcement.
Two people have been arrested, another died and a 2-year-old child was rescued after a car plunged into the Coosa River at Gold Star Park in Wetumpka during a police chase Thursday night. The body of a male was pulled from the river late Thursday night and eyewitnesses said law enforcement officials took two adults, one male and one female, into custody. Another eyewitness said an See RIVER • Page A3
THS gives $4K to Lee County tornado victims
The Tallassee High School Student Council presented Tallaweka Baptist Church pastor Isaac Kervin and the Elmore Baptist Association’s Dr. Ray McKenzie with a check for $4,000 that will go directly to victims of the recent Lee County tornado.
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The Tallassee High School Student Council presented Tallaweka Baptist Church pastor Isaac Kervin and the Elmore Baptist Association’s Dr. Ray McKenzie with a check for $4,000 that will go directly to victims of the recent Lee County tornado. The EF4 tornado with estimated 170 mph winds devastated Beauregard and killed 23 people. Not long after the tornado struck, students and faculty at See TORNADO • Page A3
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Obituaries Mrs. Martha Ann Ledbetter Fortner Conner Mrs. Martha Ann Ledbetter Fortner Conner, a resident of Tallassee, Alabama, passed away Sunday, March 24, 2019, at the age of 78. Funeral services will be held Thursday, March 28, 2019, at 11:00 a.m. at Elam Baptist Church with Rev. Gene Bridgman and Rev. Jimmy Allen officiating. Burial will be at Liberty United Methodist Church Cemetery, Jeffcoat Funeral Home directing. Mrs. Conner is survived by her children, Dianne Fortner Wright, Donnie Fortner, Denise Fortner, Andrea Fortner Ward and Cherie Smith; grandchildren, Haley Pearson (Jason), Torie Meadows, Joshua Jones, Naullie Fortner, Caleb Flowers (Carla), Austin Floyd, Adrianna Floyd, Luke Ward, Sami Hardy (Matt) and Wes Smith; Ten great grandchildren; brother, Freddie Ledbetter (Francine) and her sister- in- love, Phyl Ledbetter. She is preceded in death by her parents, Crawford and Dossie Ledbetter; brothers, Curtis Donald Ledbetter and Henry Andrew Ledbetter. Mrs. Conner is an accomplished mother who worked hard her whole life and had a beautiful soul. She loved her family and friends, Auburn football and her Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. She will be greatly missed by many. The family will receive friends Wednesday, March 27, 2019 from 5:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m., at Jeffcoat Funeral Home, Tallassee, Alabama. Jeffcoat Funeral Home Directing Tallassee, Alabama
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Fletcher Cannon Boles, 75, of Dadeville, Alabama, passed away peacefully on Friday, March 22, 2019. He was born October 10, 1943, to the late C.O. and Myrtle C. Boles of Liberty City, AL. He is survived by many who loved him including his wife of 54 years Pat Williams Boles; his children Candance (Kevin) Singleton and Nancy Renee Boles; grandchildren Forrest Segrest, Bailey Singleton, Fischer Segrest and Steele Segrest; brother Jerry (Beverly) Boles; and a loving extended family. He was preceded in death by his brother Donald Boles. Fletcher ran Fletcher Boles Barber Shop in Tallassee, AL, for 50 years. He also worked for the Tallapoosa County Court House in Dadeville, AL, for 29 years. Fletcher truly lived life to the fullest through the simple pleasures and being with his family, especially his grandchildren. Funeral services will be Monday, March 25, 2019, at Salem Macon Baptist Church at 11:00 a.m. with Herbert Edmiston officiating. Burial will follow in the church cemetery. Visitation will be at the church prior to the service beginning at 10:00 a.m. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to Salem Macon Baptist Church, 4647 Tallapoosa Street, Notasulga, AL 36866. Send condolences at www.corbittsfuneralhome.com.
Mrs. Earldean Ellis File, 85, of Tallassee, passed away on March 24, 2019. She was born August 26, 1933. Funeral service will be Wednesday, March 27, at 3 p.m., at Oak Valley Station United Methodist Church with Rev. Rock Smith officiating. Burial will follow in the church cemetery, Linville Memorial Funeral Home directing. The family will receive friends Wednesday, March 27, from 1:30 p.m. until service time at the church. She is survived by her husband, Robert File; sister, Margie E. Jones (Hollis); nephews, Bobby Ellis Jr. (Linda), David Ellis (Kathy), Scott Jones and Brad Jones (Amanda) and several great nieces and nephews. She is preceded in death by niece, Paula Flowers. Online condolences at www. linvillememorial.com.
Mr. Eddie Largen, 67, of Tallassee passed away March 16, 2019. He was born on October 16, 1951. He is survived by his wife of 40 years, Sandra Davis Largen; parents, Jim and Mabel Largen; children, Charlotte Largen, Sally Gomez (Luis) and Sharon Kilpatrick (Matt), grandchildren; Eli Kilpatrick, Graeme Kilpatrick, Beau Kilpatrick, Evie Kilpatrick, Scarlett Gomez and Isabella Gomez; siblings, Yvonne Powers (Brian), Mark Largen (Kim), Angela Hilliard (Ron) and several nieces, nephews and cousins. The family will receive friends on Friday, April 5, 2019 from 5 to 8 p.m. at the GracePointe Church, 1565 Ray Thornington Road, Montgomery, Alabama, 36117. A celebration of Mr. Largen’s life will be held on Saturday, April 6, at 11 am at the GracePointe Church. In lieu of flowers, the family ask that donations be sent to Agape of Central Alabama, PO Box 230472, Montgomery, Alabama36123-0472.
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Mr. Clarence William Aldridge, a resident of Emerald Mountain, Alabama, passed away Monday, March 25, 2019, at the age of 66. Memorial services will be held Friday, March 29, 2019, at 11:00 a.m. at Jeffcoat Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Travis Bittle officiating, Jeffcoat Funeral Home directing. Mr. Aldridge is survived by his son, Greg Aldridge; grandson, Alexander Aldridge; brothers and sisters, Brenda Osborne (Mike), David Aldridge, Ricky Aldridge, Nell Willcutt (Dale), Teresa Fuller and Eva O’Daniel and several nieces and nephews who will miss him dearly. He is preceded in death by his parents, Clayton and Clara Aldridge; brother, Don Aldridge; sister-in-law, Lyndia Aldridge and nephew, Alex O’Daniel. The family will receive friends Friday, March 29, 2019 from 10:00 a.m. until service time, at Jeffcoat Funeral Home, Tallassee, Alabama.
Mrs. Ann Hoyle, 79, of Tallassee, passed away on March 20, 2019. She was born August 8, 1939 to the late Richard and Molly Hoyle. She is survived by her children, Ronnie (Karen) Taunton, Beth Ann Bruner and Rosella Holmes; grandchildren, Adam (Anmarie) Bruner, Jarrod (Ashley) Holmes, Samantha Wilmet and Keisha Sanders; eight great grandchildren and a loving, extended family. She is preceded in death by a son, Donald E. Taunton. Ann worked as an LPN for 25 years and enjoyed crocheting and watching western movies. She was a loving mother and grandmother and will be greatly missed. No funeral services are scheduled. Online condolences at www.linvillememorial.com.
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Mrs. Bobbie Jean Hammock Mrs. Bobbie Jean Hammock, of Tallassee, passed away on March 22, 2019. She was born January 30, 1938. Funeral service will be Tuesday, March 26, at 2 p.m., at Good Hope Baptist Church with Rev. Kenny Hill officiating. Burial will follow at Good Hope Cemetery, Linville Memorial Funeral Home directing. The family will receive friends Tuesday, March 26, from 12:30 p.m. until service time at the church. She is preceded in death by her husband of 50 years, Julian Hammock, and her brother, Ralph Gandy. She is survived by her special friend, James “Billy” Thornton; children, Deborah Hammock (Paul Sibley), Phillip Hammock (Reesie), Sheila Gates, Lee Gates and Eddie Hammock (Kimberly); brother, Jerry Gandy; grandchildren, Erin Daugherty (Eric), Clayton Hammock, Kyle Hammock (Alyssa), Sydney Hammock, Sonia Duncan (Willie); Whitney Bailey (Brian), Joshua Gates (Maggie) and Casey Ward (Matt); six great grandchildren; and sister-in-law, Teresa Gandy. Flowers accepted or donations may be made in her memory to Project Hope, % Good Hope Baptist Church or to Gideons International. Online condolences at www.linvillememorial. com. Linville Memorial Funeral Home Eclectic, Alabama
Mrs. Jean Freeman Mrs. Jean Freeman, 78, of Eclectic, passed away on March 24, 2019. She was born September 6, 1940. Funeral service will be Thursday, March 28, at 2 p.m., at Good Hope Baptist Church with Rev. Kenny Hill and Pastor Douglas McKinney officiating. Burial will follow at Pleasant Grove Cemetery, Linville Memorial Funeral Home directing. The family will receive friends Thursday, March 28, from 12:30 p.m. until service time at the church. Jean is preceded in death by her husband, Jesse Freeman, Jr.; son, Jesse Freeman III; parents, Robert and Lois Segrest; brother, Bobby Segrest; and sister, Annie Lee. She is survived by daughters, Debbie (Ricky) Williams and Renee (Bruce) Holman of Tallassee, AL; sons, Tom (Vicki) Freeman and Doug Freeman of Chapel Hill, NC; sister, Faye (Richard) Garcia; sister-inlaw, Maydean Segrest; nine grandchildren; fourteen great grandchildren and three great great grandchildren. Jean’s family wants to express their love and appreciation to her devoted sweetheart of thirteen years, Harrell Fulmer; and his family, Wes, Stephanie, Hayes and Hudson Fulmer; and Ben, Missy, Mallory and Morgan Nichols. She loved them as her own and they have been a major part of her life. Jean worked all her life in different occupations, most recently as a caregiver. She is loved and respected by many because of her kindness and compassion. She was an accomplished artist and feisty little lady who left a lasting impact on many friends. She will be greatly missed. Online condolences at www.linvillememorial. com. Linville Memorial Funeral Home Eclectic, Alabama
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Mr. Tom Jeffrey Miller Mr. Tom Jeffrey Miller, 54, of Birmingham, passed away on March 18, 2019. He was born August 7, 1964 in Chambers County. Funeral service will be Saturday, March 23, at 12 noon from Watson Chapel Congregational Church with Rev. Kenneth Keppel officiating. Burial will follow at Watson Chapel Cemetery, Linville Memorial Funeral Home directing. Visitation will be held at the church one hour prior to the funeral. Tom was a loving son and brother. His passion was for music and staying involved with group counseling for the state. Although autistic, he enjoyed a friendly game of cards with friends and family. He is survived by his father, Tom D. Miller (Myrtle); mother, Annette Mann (Lee); siblings, Ray Miller (Bonnie), Patricia Green, Sherrie Petterson, Eric Miller (April) and Jennifer Belyeu (Bobby); four stepbrothers and seven step sisters. He is preceded in death by a brother, Stanley Matthew Miller. Online condolences at www.linvillememorial.com. Linville Memorial Funeral Home Eclectic, Alabama
Mrs. Joanne Bowen Dopson Mrs. Joanne Bowen Dopson, a resident of Tallassee, Alabama, passed away Saturday, March 23, 2019, at the age of 87. Funeral services will be held Tuesday, March 26, 2019, at 11:00 a.m. at First United Methodist Church of Tallassee with Rev. Clint McBroom officiating. Burial will be at Rose Hill Cemetery, Jeffcoat Funeral Home directing. Mrs. Dopson is survived by her brothers, Robert Bowen (Linda), Elwyn Bowen (Teresa), William Bowen (Cindy) and Leon Bowen (Vickie); brother in law, Donald W. Dopson; nieces and nephews, Deana Bowen Holland, Tim Bowen, Elizabeth Bowen Clunan, Brad Bowen, Anna Bowen Moore, Scott Bowen, Emily Bowen Lambert, Michael Bowen, Angela Dopson Corwin and Teresa Dopson Vosika. She is preceded in death by her husband of 65 years, Arnold B. Dopson; parents, Ozella Hornsby Bowen and Roy Dean Bowen; stepmother, Pauline Duke Bowen and her brother, Dean Bowen. Mrs. Dopson was a graduate of Tallassee High School. She worked at Tucker’s Clothing Store, the City of Tallassee and the Bank of Tallassee. She was a lifelong member of First United Methodist Church of Tallassee, a member of the choir for more than 30 years, taught Sunday school for many years and a Charter member of the Julia Burton Sunday School class. She was involved in the Tirones Literary Club, Azalea Garden Club, Knight Circle and a Pink Lady at Tallassee Community Hospital for many years. Mrs. Dopson enjoyed gardening, working with flowers and plants, spending time at Lake Martin and loved to take pictures of landscapes, places of interest, friends and family with her Kodak disposable cameras. The family would like to give a special thanks to caregivers, Wayne Burton and Marcia Gates. The love and dedication they gave to Joanne over the past four years allowed her to remain at home, as she wished. The family will receive friends Monday, March 25, 2019 from 5:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m., at Jeffcoat Funeral Home, Tallassee, Alabama. In lieu of flowers memorial donations can be made to First Methodist Church of Tallassee, Mt. Vernon Theater or Tallassee Community Hospital. Jeffcoat Funeral Home Directing Tallassee, Alabama
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unidentified man dove into the water and saved the child. The Alabama Department of Corrections confirmed its officers were conducting a surveillance operation Thursday evening when the subjects fled, leading to a pursuit that ended when the vehicle drove into the river. Arrested were Rufus Brown, 31, and Jonisha Jordan, 21, both of Montgomery, the ADOC said. Agents of the ADOC observed the suspects parked on ADOC property and when they approached the
car it sped away, according to the ADOC. The pursuit led to Wetumpka, where the suspects drove into the river. Wetumpka police chief Greg Benton said his department got a call shortly after 8 p.m. and officers were dispatched to Gold Star Park. “Three people were taken out of the river,” Benton said. “One of those was a 2-yearold who was taken to Elmore Community Hospital.” Eyewitness Jason Grindle said the car being pursued almost hit him during the incident. After following the
chase into the park, Grindle said he saw the vehicle as it sank into the river and heard shouts coming from the car’s occupants. “The car almost hit me,” Grindle said. “I followed them and the cops into Gold Star and got there while the car was submerging. The guy was hollering he couldn’t swim and the female was hollering for someone to save her baby. They put a male and the female in custody. The fire department got there really quick and started looking for the car.”
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Grindle said he didn’t see the woman swimming but figured she must have gotten herself into shallow water from where the car went under. “She was standing knee deep in the water when she was hollering that the car was about 15-20 yards out in the water, so she had to have swam in,” Grindle said. “The baby was floating in the water. I’m not sure if it was ejected or what. The (unidentified) guy found the child just south of where the car submerged. The car
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technological overhaul. “We are looking at replacing all of those with that grant,” Higgins said. “It’s a non-matching grant. We are notifying the council and asking permission to go after that.” Firehouse Subs has long been a supporter of first responders. A portion of all 2019 purchases from U.S. Firehouse Subs locations goes to the Firehouse Subs Public Safety Foundation to be used to provide lifesaving equipment to first responders. The Foundation Carmen Rodgers / The Tribune has granted more than Tallassee police chief Matthew Higgins explained the department’s plan to move $40 million to provide forward with the Firehouse Subs Public Safety Foundation Grant to pay for updated equipment, training and support to first responders. technology during the March 12 council meeting at city hall.
had been submerged for a minute or two when the child was saved. The guy was having some difficulty when swimming back in and was screaming for help himself but made it back in. He was beating on the child’s back and it spit out a bunch of water. It appeared to be OK.” At approximately 10:15 p.m., Benton said dive teams were in the water looking for a potential fourth occupant of the vehicle. Dive teams pulled a body out of the water afterward.
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Tallassee High were moved to action and raised money for victims of the deadly storm. “We have been to Lee County over in Beauregard four times and Smiths Station to help the folks there,” McKenzie said. The Elmore County Baptist Association is working in collaboration with other area churches to distribute the funds to tornado victims. “We have a relationship with Providence Baptist Church, Smiths Station Baptist Church and the Russell Baptist Association,” McKenzie said. “Those are the three entities that we are working with to get money to the
victims.” Students and faculty at THS raised the money in just over a week. “The students raised most of the money on their own,” Tallassee High principal Matt Coker said. “They raised $2,000 and we matched that to make it $4,000.” Coker said $1,000 has already been distributed to one family affected by the tornado and added the donation is another example of THS working to help fellow communities. “It says a lot about our students and their concern for others,” Coker said. “These are really great students who care about others.”
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In February 2018, Tallapoosa County’s unemployment rate was 4.6 percent, Coosa County’s was 4.7 and Elmore County’s was 4.0. The numbers last month reflect 16,780 people employed in Tallapoosa County, 4,215 in Coosa County and 36,148 in Elmore County. Statewide, February’s rate represents 2.217 million employed persons compared to 2.123 million in January and 2.10 million in February 2018, representing yearly growth of 27,431. The unemployed total fell to 82,304 — the second-lowest number ever recorded, compared to 83,398 in
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red Goodman’s “The Mansion on the Hill” (Times Books) has a relatively lengthy subtitle — Dylan, Young, Geffen, Springsteen and the Head-on Collision of Rock and Commerce. The given names of the four individuals therein are, in order, Bob, Neil, David and Bruce. Most music fans probably know who three of the four are and many may also recognize the name of David Geffen as that of a longtime entertainment mogul. The title of the book references and acknowledges songs of the same name written by Hank Williams, Neil Young and Bruce Springsteen. When “The Mansion on the Hill” was published in 1997, a review in The New York Times pronounced it to be “… an excellent chronicle of rock’s sad metamorphosis from a quasi-moral force into an unstoppable money machine.” Kirkus Reviews noted the effort of Goodman, who had written for Rolling Stone and The New York Times, “… doesn’t blow the lid off the big-money machinations behind the music of rebellion — he lifts the cover and carefully reveals the personalities and motivations of the industry giants behind rock’s superstars.” Goodman did a lot of research from this project and his behindthe-scenes writing style is reminiscent of the biographies of Peter Guralnick — what the author presents is a straightforward chronicle that neither sensationalizes nor preaches. “The Mansion on the Hill’s” tale of the evolution of rock music from its original status as an idealistic and optional musical style into a gargantuan business juggernaut isn’t judgmental either. The actions of tycoons, artist managers and the artists themselves are
WILLIE MOSELEY Columnist chronicled in a manner that is open to interpretation as meritorious or dishonorable. I’d read the book when it was new and opted to keep it in my office library. Hanging on to a “keeper” infers that it’s going to be read again at some point in time. “The Mansion on the Hill” would be re-read 22 years later, which is the equivalent of a century in the entertainment business. Obviously, if there’s that much time between readings, there’ll be an opportunity to mull over how things might have changed in the music business or even in the entire field of entertainment. In 1997, phenomena such as rap as well as the transition to reliance more on videos instead of musical talent were already well established. This time around, several pages toward the end of Goodman’s tome would be dog-eared for reference concerning how his ’97 summaries have actually developed in the ensuing decades. Rap and videos are still in place but musical genres are now more (intentionally?) diverse, as are the electronic formats by which consumers listen. There’s still a hip-hop culture that has been built around rap and similar entertainment. Moreover, the transition of a lot of rock music to being pigeonholed in the country music genre is pretty much complete. One country music veteran overtly acknowledged that trend years ago, noting, “Thank God for rap because it’s driving so many people to us.” On the other hand, some newer
so-called “categories” such as “Americana” and “roots music” come across as contrived because (a) the music doesn’t seem to offer anything new and (b) it’s hard to determine what defines such genres. Special lighting effects at concerts are more impressive than ever, which would be one facet of rationalizing the price of tickets. However, popular music just doesn’t come across as innovative nowadays. Springsteen received the most extensive profile in the book. He was portrayed as naïve about business and politics, signing contracts without going over their details. However, Goodman notes Springsteen’s blue-collar aesthetic — at least onstage — became increasingly dubious since he’d bought a $14 million mansion in Beverly Hills following the success of his 1984 album “Born in the U.S.A.” Springsteen, who will turn 70 in September, has stayed active as both a musician and an activist. He continues to write songs and has been able to pick and choose his performance options, such as a solo gig on Broadway that started in October 2017 and was so popular it was extended twice, ultimately lasting 14 months. The residency reportedly grossed $113 million. While it’s heartening to see members of more than one generation at certain concerts, most performers are still gearing their material to fans their own age. Everybody loves a musical time warp. Accordingly, most of the ideas proffered by Goodman’s book still hold up.
Willie Moseley is the news editor emeritus for The Tribune. His column appears here each Wednesday.
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Girls used to wear dresses and play house
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hings have really changed over the years. In the late 1940s and 1950s, there were a lot of things that little girls or should I say little ladies were cautioned not to do. While boys were free to do almost anything, girls were reminded to act like a lady. Girls wore dresses and played school and played house. They were not supposed to climb trees, as they were not dressed appropriately for that, according to their mothers and others. Boys could take an old, woreout pair of pants and cut the legs off and go swimming but the girls had to have a bathing suit before they were allowed into the water. On occasion out in the country if a group was at a creek fishing, the girls were allowed to go wading in a dress. It wasn’t their fault if they slipped and fell into the deep water and had to swim a little. There is a huge gully between Jordanville and Herd Street in Tallassee. In the summer months some of the girls would venture down into this gully and swing on vines, dig caves, walk across sewer pipes and do the things the boys had told them about. I am sure their mothers did not know they were doing this because that was not the proper actions of a little lady of the day. Girls could ride bicycles if they
RONALD BRANTLEY Columnistt had a girls bike, which does not have a bar across it like a boys bike does. If they rode a boys bike they would have to pull up the dress to straddle the bar and that would have been scandalous. Back in 1949 and 1950 the physical education teacher at school told the girls they should bring shorts to school and wear them during PE. Well, the boys took PE at the same time and they could not wait to see these high school girls in shorts. This all ended when the mothers and some girls protested. They were allowed to wear dresses to play the sports at PE such as softball, volleyball and basketball. Sometime in the early 1950s the girls started wearing blue jeans with the cuffs rolled up with a man’s or boy’s shirt. They didn’t wear this attire to school at the beginning but on the weekend when a group would go to Tubby’s or to the movies they dressed in the jeans. These were not the formfitting jeans as we see today but plain dungarees that at first were
made for men and boys but later designed for girls. All bathing suits for girls were one piece and more often than not had a skirt on them. Around 1960 the bikini became popular and what a scandal it was. Little did they know how tame they were compared to what they wear today. If they had put out a Victoria’s Secret catalog in those days it would have brought on a national outrage. A group of us antique teenagers meet on Monday nights at Hardee’s and we had a discussion on this subject one night. I told them I was going to write an article about it. I gathered from our conversation the women were very much aware of the restrictions put on them because they were girls. I also gathered they broke these rules quite often and enjoyed the freedom of it all. I can still hear it now as a mother tells her daughter, “Young lady, you don’t want to be known as a hussy do you? Be careful and act like a lady at all times. If it is fun don’t do it.” Do you remember those days?
Ronald Brantley is a regular columnist for The Tribune. His column appears here each Wednesday. He can be reached by email at Rbrantley1@elmore. rr.com
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New ‘road program’ hearkens back to the old days
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ne of the obvious political changes in Alabama government over the last few decades with the Republican takeover of the legislature has been the reluctance to raise new revenue to fund state government. Many of the current Republican legislators came to Montgomery in 2010 with a no-new tax pledge. Voting for any kind of tax or fee increase was considered blasphemous. In bygone days, powerful governors such as Big Jim Folsom and George Wallace would raise taxes at the drop of a hat, especially when it came to a gasoline tax to build roads. It was perfunctory and almost mandatory for a governor to have a road program; that was their legacy and how they and their legislative allies made friends. It was expected that a governor would build roads and raising the gas tax was the only way to create a road program. Folks didn’t seem to mind. It looks like this current legislature may have realized it needs a road program. One day, Gov. Wallace was having a benign news conference to talk politics and garner publicity. A young reporter out of the blue asked him a pointed question: “Governor, why do you give all the road-building contracts and permits to your cronies, contributors and legislative allies?” Wallace looked at him quizzically and replied, “Who do you think I ought to give them to? My enemies?” In 1983 I was a young freshman legislator and Wallace was in his last term as governor and, as usual, he was going to have a road program. He wasn’t just interested in raising the gas tax, he was taxing just about everything that wasn’t nailed down. He had already asked us to pass eight or nine “revenueenhancement measures” before he came with the whopper gas tax for roads, highways and bridges. I was actually Wallace’s representative since I represented his home county of Barbour. Therefore, I was dutifully voting with the governor because, believe me, our area was going to get more than our fair share with Wallace as governor. To get his gas tax passed, he went to the wall and resorted to a tactic he had used in his past administrations. He would bring us down to his office, 10 to 15 at a time, and hot-box you and prod a commitment out of you. I was in a group with a particularly bad boy named W.F. “Noopie” Cosby from Selma. “Noopie” had voted against all of Wallace’s revenue-enhancement measures. Wallace, besides being almost completely deaf, had also gotten prematurely senile because of the tremendous amount of painkillers he had to take every day to even survive because of the devastating gunshot wounds he suffered in a 1972 assassination attempt while running for president. Wallace was very hazy this day and he called Cosby “Nudy.” He must have called him “Nudy” 20 times. I could hardly contain my laughter. Several of us in the room laughed so hard we started crying. It was the most humorous dialogue I ever recall. ‘“Nudy’, you need you a road program,” Wallace said. “When I was a legislator, I had a road program for Barbour County. ‘Nudy,’ you need a road program for Dallas County and ‘Nudy’ we need these taxes for our road programs, so ‘Nudy’ here’s the way it works here. ‘Nudy,’ if you vote for my taxes your road program will be part of my road program but ‘Nudy’ if you don’t vote for my taxes I’m afraid you won’t have a road program and your road program will go to Barbour County.” Folsom had a road program. He built farm-to-market roads in every corner of the state so Alabama small farmers who lived on dirt roads could get their crops to market. He made his legacy that way. When I make a speech anywhere in the state, many times I will share Big Jim stories with my audiences. Afterward, some old timer will invariably come up to me and say, “Flowers, if Big Jim was running for governor today, I’d vote for him. He paved my daddy’s road.” Steve Flowers served 16 years in the Alabama Legislature and can be reached at www.steveflowers.us.
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The 12th Precinct revisited
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ate 1970s New York City. Mean streets, dangerous times. A dingy squad room. Underpaid detectives. A compassionate leader occasionally overwhelmed by the pressures of his job as the captain. That is the setting for one of television’s greatest series ever, “Barney Miller.” It all began 45 years ago with a little-known film titled “The Life and Times of Captain Barney Miller.” The movie aired as a pilot on ABC and was drastically different from what came later. For one thing, the look and feel was different, as it was shot on film rather than videotape. The film was also more about Barney’s home life with wife Liz and children. Someone, probably creatorproducer Danny Arnold, had the epiphany to make Barney the straight man to a cast of outsized characters and a television classic was born. “Barney Miller” starred Hal Linden as the put-upon captain of the 12th Precinct with Barbara Barrie as his wife Liz. Barney was proud to be a cop. The paperwork and pressures of being in charge often gave him headaches but he had a great crew to work with in some of the best-written characters ever assembled on a TV show. Max Gail played Stanley Wojciehowicz, better known as “Wojo,” the earnest striver of the group. Wojo, a Vietnam veteran, always tried hard and truly believed in the system but sometimes came up short. Jack Soo played Nick Yemana, who
MICHAEL BIRD Columnist went against every Asian stereotype by being A. Lazy, and B. Sometimes dishonest. He spent most of his time at work gambling. Ron Glass played Ron Harris, a snappily dressed aspiring author of a tell-all police book called “Blood on the Badge.” Harris, an African American, was easily annoyed with some of the trappings of police work and was always very vocal. Arthur Dietrich, played by Steve Landesberg, was the intellectual of the bunch. Originally, he attended medical school but switched to law enforcement. The guy had an answer for everything. Phil Fish, played by Abe Vigoda, looked like he’d seen better days but the truth is that he was a 30-year-plus veteran of the NYPD who truly loved his work. Judging from his one-sided conversations with his wife Bernice, he was probably better off at work anyway. There was also Carl Levitt, played by Ron Carey, who was always trying to work his way up the ladder at the 12th Precinct; Inspector Luger, played by James Gregory, who longed for the good old days of the NYPD; and Chano Amenguale, played by Gregory Sierra, whose frustration with some aspects of the job caused him to start
speaking Spanish frequently. A versatile reparatory company of actors worked alongside the main cast. Week by week, strange things happened in the precinct. Some examples: in one episode, a man is arrested for refusing jury duty assigned during World War II; in another, a man is injured by a flying toilet seat; in yet another, a citizen claims the next Ice Age is here; and in still another, a woman reports her husband has been abducted and replaced by a robot. As far-fetched as all that sounds, the writing and direction of this show was so top-notch, with an outstanding cast of seasoned actors who gave it their best, the show has aged well. Other than some of the clothing, the episodes across eight seasons don’t seem dated at all. “Barney Miller” is one of those shows I have tried to watch in their entirety. The Sundance Channel, Antenna TV and MeTV are great companions: I have made my way through all of “MASH” several times, “The Mary Tyler Moore Show,” “The Bob Newhart Show,” “WKRP In Cincinnati,” “All In The Family” and now “Barney Miller.” Real police officers have said this show is the only police show that’s just like their jobs. Talk about reality television. Michael Bird is a choral director for Tallassee City Schools and cohosts “The Saturday Morning Show with Michael Bird and Scott Adcock” on WACQ-AM 580 and FM 98.5.
God teaches lesson on lying and flat tires
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ne time in college I was running late for class. To make matters worse, we were having a test that day. As I rolled into the parking lot, I came up with a devious plan. I’m not proud of what I did but it worked. Before walking away from my Jeep, I knelt and wrapped my arms around the front tire, then wiped my hands across it. I was filthy. I told my professor that my tardiness was justified because I’d helped a lady change a flat. To him it was admirable so he gave me ample time to take my test. I aced it. I think that was the last time I changed a tire, although I didn’t really change one. That was almost 20 years ago. To my credit, I’d changed many tires up to that point, whether it was my own or that of a friend or a stranger. I always hated changing mine but would jump at the opportunity to help someone else. I don’t think I could have ever worked on Dale Earnhardt’s pit crew but I could get it done. Fast forward to this past week. I was on the phone as Mama Lucy left the house but went out to wave before she drove off. I walked back in to continue my conversation but a few seconds later I noticed her backing down the road. She had a flat. She also gave me permission to tell this story. I told her I’d have it changed in 10 minutes. I was confident. Changing a tire is like riding a bike unless the bike has a flat and anything and everything that could go wrong indeed goes wrong. She just got the car a month ago and it’s in good condition. The previous owner didn’t drive it very much. In fact, the spare tire had never been used and the pitiful jack with the narrow base was still wrapped up. It
JODY FULLER Columnistt literally took 10 minutes to get the tire tool out of its pouch. By the time I got it out and unscrewed the spare, I was 20 minutes into this ordeal. I was getting tired — pun intended. Whew! Now that I had the tire tool out, it was easy money, or so I thought. The tire on this nearly nine-year old car had likely never been replaced. The lug nuts were on tight; Hulk Hogan couldn’t have turned those nuts. It would have taken Steve Austin to do so and I don’t mean Stone Cold — I’m talking the Bionic Man. I had to take the walk of shame to the house to tell them I couldn’t do it. It was embarrassing but at least I tried. She had AAA, so she called them. It was going to take the Triple A guy two hours to get there. We didn’t have much of a choice. When he showed up, he broke out his handy dandy, professional, non-pitiful jack and jacked it right on up but then a funny thing happened. Initially, he couldn’t get the lug nuts off either. He had to go back to his truck to get another tool with a stronger motor or battery or something. I felt redeemed. I had my man card back. He slapped the spare on there, I shook his hand and he went on his way. I whipped the car around in the road and backed up into our muddy driveway but something didn’t feel right. I got out and looked and the darn spare was flat. Come on, man. By now, it was past 10 in the p.m. The next day, Mama Lucy took our
car to get a new tire. The Triple-A guy showed up back at the house a few minutes before she did but we didn’t know she’d called him, so we didn’t know what was going on. The Triple-A guy was confused too. I was excited to get the new tire but my happiness was quickly deflated when I realized she’d gotten a tire — just a tire. For some reason, I thought she’d taken the flat tire with her but that wasn’t the case. It was just the tire. I can do peanut butter without jelly and I can do macaroni without cheese but I can’t do a tire without the rim and neither could Triple-A guy. All he had was his handy dandy, professional, non-pitiful jack. There was no joy in Mudville. Lucy and I took both tires back to Walmart, where they fixed it. We brought it back home and I figured to have the new one on the car in no time but once again it was not meant to be. I had no problem with the lug nuts. This time around, it was her pitiful jack. The base was so narrow that every time I jacked it up it would tip over. I think that happened three times. I was about ready to slash the other three tires and call it a day. It was so frustrating but I didn’t quit. I went to the barn, found a piece of wood, used it as a base and got it done. Mission accomplished. It took only about 24 hours. It’s all good though. I changed a tire for a lady. I figure it was the Good Lord teaching me a lesson as I never should have told that lie about changing that tire back in college.
Jody Fuller is a comic, speaker, writer and soldier with three tours of duty in Iraq. He is also a lifetime stutterer. He can be reached at jody@jodyfuller.com. For more information, please visit www.jodyfuller. com
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Kindergarten registration at Tallassee Elementary April 24-25 By CARMEN RODGERS Staff Writer
Parents can register their child or children for kindergarten at Tallassee Elementary School April 24-25 from 9 a.m. until 2 p.m. TES guidance counselor Tenea Stanton said registration is quick and easy if all the required information is provided. “When parents come to register their child they can expect a 30-minute process,� Stanton said. “This will consist of completing a registration
packet and taking a quick tour.� In addition to the registration packet and tour, students will take a kindergarten assessment. “The kindergarten assessment is an important part of the registration process,� Stanton said. “The assessment gives the teacher an idea of skills that the student has already mastered.� Because there are several requirements for kindergarten registration, it is important to begin the process as soon as possible. “Early registration is very important,� Stanton said. “This is a remind-
er for parents about upcoming shots that a child will need before starting kindergarten. Also, it is better to register early than the first day of school.� Kindergarten is available for all children who are 5 on or before Sept. 2. When registering children for kindergarten, parents should bring a certified state birth certificate, certificate of immunization and two proofs of residency, such as a deed, mortgage, lease and utility bills. Once registered, there are several methods of preparing a child for kin-
dergarten such as daily reading, practice counting, setting a routine that will set a regular bedtime and wakeup time and talking to children about what to expect once school begins. “Children can expect to experience a new adventure when it comes to learning,� Stanton said. “They can expect to be engaged in exciting activities. Our teachers’ ultimate goal is to teach, engage and love all children.� For more information on the upcoming kindergarten registration, call 334-283-5001.
‘Nursing Home Book’ gives voice to the unheard By CARMEN RODGERS Staff Writer
Tallassee’s Jolly among state’s top youth volunteers By CARMEN RODGERS Staff Writer
Alabama House Rep. Mike Holmes (R-Wetumpka) visited coach John Mask’s classroom Tuesday to honor Tallassee High School senior Kayla Jolly, who recently earned the Prudential Spirit of Community Award. Jolly helps provide soldiers and their families with logistical and emotional support through the Alabama National Guard Youth Program and the Alabama National Guard
Advisory Board. The Prudential award represents the United States’ largest youth recognition program based solely on volunteer service. “Ms. Jolly earned this distinction by giving generously of her time and energy, providing logistical and emotional support through the Alabama National Guard Youth Program,� Holmes said. “She uses her experiences from her father’s deployment to help others.� Created in 1995 by Prudential and the National Association
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Rep. Mike Holmes (R-Wetumpka) visited coach John Mask’s classroom Monday to honor Tallassee senior Kayla Jolly, who recently earned the Prudential Spirit of Community Award which represents the United States’ largest youth recognition program based solely on volunteer service. Pictured at top with Jolly are her grandfather Wilson Jolly, mother Angie, father Tracy and Holmes.
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Those looking for a book to read over spring break might want to check out “The Nursing Home Book� written by James Ray Brown. Copies of the new book are on shelves at The Apothecary, located at 1405 Gilmer Ave. Ray’s book gives voice to those who are often unheard — those in nursing homes. “It’s a series of short stories, or vignettes, based on the lives of the residents,� Brown said. “Some of what happens (is) there in the nursing home but the biggest part of this focuses on their lives prior to landing in the nursing home.� According to Brown, these short stories take readers back in time to tell what the lives of residents were like before checking into the facility. “It’s about how they were raised, how their parents lived and things like that,� he said. When most think of patients in a nursing home, they think of the elderly but as the author points out, patients can be of almost any age. “It’s not all about people in their 90s,� he said, “There are stories about people who are 55, 65 and even early 30s because not everyone in a nursing home is old.� The 130-page book includes 39 stories, including the prologue, which is based on an actual multi-generational family caretaker and her experiences in the field. “She actually attended to my grandmother in a nursing home in Wetumpka and some 40 years she was at the nursing home caring for my mother,� Brown said. Brown said the book also tells the story of those who work and live in nursing homes. “Part of it is about the residents, some staff, and the prologue starts the book and gives you a prelude to what the book is about, and it’s about those residents,� Brown said. Brown said the book is an easy read with each vignette taking only a couple of pages. Some of the events in the book are actually taken straight out Brown’s life experiences. “It’s me sitting there at the dinner table playing chess after I discovered it on the computer,� he said. “I couldn’t make it make the move that I wanted it to make because I couldn’t figure out (how) the thing Carmen Rodgers / The Tribune played and it was aggra‘The Nursing Home Book’ is vating me. This was while I was in the mid- written by James Ray Brown. Copies of the new book are dle of these vignettes, so I took that and wrote on shelves at The Apothecary, located at 1405 Gilmer into the book.� The book is interAve. twined with fiction and reality, according to Brown. “I would say about a third of the stories are based on my background more than my observations in the nursing home but the rest of it is about real people,� he said. Brown has a message for those considering buying a copy of the book. “While this effort may seem gloomy, humor and nostalgia can be found here for those who are looking and have an interest in such things,� he said. “Those who enjoy talking with their grandparent or the elderly and hearing their stories, this is for you.�
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State parks offer springtime activities on a budget By CARMEN RODGERS Staff Writer
School is out for spring break this week and if you have not planned a getaway there is still time to hit the open road. The perfect retreat could be found in an Alabama state park. Almost everyone in the state lives within an hour’s drive of such a park so there’s no need to spend precious time on the road. Several state parks offer springtime activities for the entire family, from riding mountain bikes and zip lines to riding the waves in the Gulf of Mexico. Closest to Tallassee is Wind Creek State Park, located 7 miles south of Alexander City on the western side of Lake Martin. The state park occupies 1,445 acres and offers boating, fishing, swimming, picnicking, hiking and equestrian trails, a large camping area and rental cabins. A grain silo built in 1915 that sits on the edge of the lake is topped by a viewing platform and has a nature center in its base. The park has equestrian trails totaling over 20 miles and two hiking trails that total more than 5 miles. The park has nearly 600 camping sites in one of the largest stateowned campgrounds in the
angling. There’s also hiking, swimming, wildlife and bird watching, camping, picnic areas and playgrounds. Lakepoint Resort Lodge and Convention Center offers 101 hotel rooms, 29 cabins and 10 lakefront cottages. Joe Wheeler State Park is divided by the Tennessee River, which forms the 69,700acre Wheeler Lake. Bass, bream and catfish are plentiful in the sparkling waters. Campers can bring a sailboat, a bike or golf clubs. Several state parks offer plenty of campgrounds, and many offer seminars and craft projects. Guests can learn the basics of backpacking, a new craft, how to build survival tools and how to mine gems, among other subjects. Several smaller parks offer cabins and campgrounds for outdoors lovers. Explorers can also visit Cathedral Caverns in Woodville, near Scottsboro, or Rickwood Caverns north of Birmingham in Warrior. Cave tours offer easy walks and amazing views of these underground wonderlands. Cathedral Caverns is wheelchair-accessible. State parks are almost wholly supported by those who use them. Between 80 and 90 percent of the system’s funding, and 100 percent of the operating costs, come from user fees, not tax dollars.
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Wind Creek State Park is a nearby state park for Tallassee residents. It is a budget-friendly destination with plenty of activities, from hanging out by the lake to hiking and more.
United States. There are six resort parks in the Alabama State Park System, including Lake Guntersville, Cheaha, Gulf, DeSoto, Lakepoint and Joe Wheeler. These parks have pools, full-service restaurants and many unique attractions. Overnight guests can lounge at the Gulf State Park campground pool and frolic at the adjoining splash pad with
a tennis court just a few steps away. At Cheaha Resort State Park, breathtaking views await throughout the 2,799-acre mountaintop retreat. Cabins, chalets and campgrounds offer overnight accommodations. Adventures abound at Lake Guntersville State Park with the aptly named Screaming Eagle Aerial Adventures zip line course allowing visitors
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The risk of sowing, the reward of reaping On a brisk November morning, the farmers sat around the potbellied stove at the co-op, drinking hot coffee and swapping stories. Some of the stories were actually true. They talked about the news and about market prices and when the first frost would come. A newcomer had joined the circle of old friends on this particular day. Hands toughened by years of hard work were extended in friendly welcome to the stranger. “How’d your corn do this time?” one fellow in the group asked the new guy. He replied, “Well, I didn’t plant any corn this year. I thought it was going to be too dry.” A couple of the men caught each other’s glances, eyebrows raised. “So, no corn, huh? How ‘bout
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your soybeans then?” another member of the group asked. “Actually, I didn’t plant any beans either. Just figured the price would be so low it wouldn’t be worth my time.” He shrugged and took another sip of steaming coffee from his styrofoam cup. After a brief but awkward silence, a younger fellow whose John Deere cap was not as faded as the others’ hazarded a guess. “You must have put all your land in cotton this time.” The new farmer shook his head. “Naw, I did think about it but it’s just too risky to plant cotton.” Nobody said anything or made much eye contact for a little while. No one knew what else to say. Finally the senior member of the
Columnist circle stopped scuffing the worn hardwood floor with the toe of his work boot, looked up at the new man and asked, “Alright then, farmer, just what did you plant?” “I didn’t plant anything this year. I’m just playing it safe.” The youngest man in the circle tried to stifle a laugh but it came out like a snort. Nobody said anything out loud but everybody knew this guy wasn’t really a farmer. Maybe he had some land and drove a pickup truck but he was not really a farmer. He would not take the risk, so he could not
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have a harvest. Every working farmer among them knew very well there’s no return without taking some risk in farming. Why have I told you this story today? When fear of making a mistake, an unwillingness to take necessary risk or just plain laziness keeps us from doing what we’re supposed to do, God is neither pleased nor glorified. God wants us to be careful and wise about what we do and Jesus said disciples have to count the cost. But God does not want us to be ineffective or unproductive. When we’re too afraid to do anything for fear of loss, we ought to remember the master’s displeasure with the one-talent servant who fearfully hid his master’s money and earned nothing. The sower in Jesus’
parable of the soils accepted the fact that much of his seed would not produce a crop but he still went out and sowed it. Hudson Taylor said, “Unless there is an element of risk in our exploits for God, there is no need for faith.” Being unable to assess all the risk involved should never be our excuse for failing to try something new and different that just might work to make some new disciples or help existing disciples grow in grace. God has guaranteed a harvest to those who persist in doing good and do not faint. God has not called us to safety. He wants us to have vibrant, active faith that trusts Him and takes risks to accomplish His will. Only then can we enjoy the return of a harvest that comes from the risky business of sowing the seed.
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6 p.m. and Sunday Mornings at 8 a.m. and 10:30 a.m. with Sunday School from 9:15-10:15 a.m. each week. St. Vincent de Paul is located at 620 Gilmer Avenue in Tallassee. For more information, please call 334-283-2169.
Episcopal Church of the Epiphany
On Sunday, March 31 at 9:30 a.m. Mike Harber will present the second in a three-lesson series on the book People of the Way by Dwight J. Zscheile. At 10:30 a.m. the Rev. Arnold A. Bush will celebrate the Holy Eucharist marking the Fourth Sunday in Lent, with coffee hour to follow. For more information visit the church website: http://epiphanytallassee.org
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Bethlehem East Baptist Church, 7561 Upper River Road, Tallassee, will host a 5th Sunday Singing beginning at 5 p.m. on March 31. All are invited. This is an open mike singing, just bring your CD’s and sing to the glory of God. Refreshments will follow! For any questions, call Bro. John Sparks, pastor at 334-415-8330.
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Worship with us on Sunday mornings! 8:50 a.m. Contemporary service, 11 a.m. - Traditional service. Programs for kids and youth on Sunday nights from 5-6:30 p.m. and for all ages on Wednesday nights from 6:30 7:15 p.m. Come join us! First United Methodist is located at 1 Jordan Avenue, Tallassee. 334-283-2195.
East Tallassee Baptist Church desires to be disciplemakers for Jesus who make disciplemakers for Jesus! We invite you to join us for Sunday School each Sunday at 9:15 am to be followed by our worship gathering at 10:25 a.m. We also have Discipleship Training opportunities each Sunday evening at 5 p.m. for all ages. Come and join us during the week on Wednesday nights for a free meal and Bible study for all ages at 6 p.m. We are located at 314 Central Blvd., Tallassee, Alabama. For further information, please call us at 334-283-5808. We look forward to meeting you!
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Revival nights will be held on the last Sunday of each month beginning at 6 p.m. at 45 Main St. in downtown Eclectic.
East Tallassee United Methodist Church
The 5th Sunday Night Singing at East Tallassee Methodist Church will be March 31st at 5 p.m. The ETM Church Choir will open the event. There will be other specials as well. The ETM Church Quartet will be singing some of your favorite gospel songs. Everyone is invited and welcome to attend. A finger food fellowship will follow. Bring your favorites and join us. The “River’s Edge Flea Market” is open every Saturday from 6 a.m. to 2 p.m. All vendors are welcome: new items, old items, crafts, youth
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Our Life’s Journey radio program is at a new time. Sundays 9:30am on WACQ-AM 580 and FM 101.1 (Tallassee/Lake Martin Area) or online at www.wacqradio. com or the “TuneIn” App on your Smart Phone. St. Vincent de Paul Church has Mass on Saturday Nights at
Everyone is invited to join us in worship at 574 Liberty Road, Tallassee. Sunday School begins at 9:45 a.m. and Morning Worship at 10:45 a.m. Discipleship Training classes for all ages begin at 5p.m. and Evening Worship follows at 6 p.m. Wednesday night services for all ages begin at6 p.m. For more infor-
groups, ball teams, baked goods, produce and food. The flea market is sponsored by the East Tallassee United Methodist Church and is located across from city hall. We will offer variously priced booths. To reserve a space call Joan Wood at 334-312-4913. All proceeds raised by ETUMC will be used for church-sponsored programs.
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Will host t he “Heart Links 16th” Women’s Praise and Worship Night on Feb. 22 from 6-9 p.m. at the Mt. Vernon Theater, located at 321 Barnett Blvd. The speaker will be Janeese Spencer, director of venture Life Coaching in Montgomery. For more information contact Jeanelle Sargent at 334224-2767. There is no cost or registration. To join the community choir, contact Teresa Atchison at 334-207-0456. First choir practice is Jan. 27 at 3 p.m. with others to follow at the Mt. Vernon Theater.
Rock Springs Baptist Church
We welcome any and all guests to join us.
Tallassee Church of Christ
Sunday School begins at 10 a.m., worship service begins at 11 a.m. and the Sunday evening service begins at 5 p.m. Wednesday night services begin at 6 p.m. Visitors welcome at all services.
Call us at 334-283-5437 or drop by 209 Gilmer Ave.
Calvary Baptist Church of Tallassee
If you are looking for a church to worship and praise the Lord, join us at 293 N. Wesson St. in Tallassee. We offer 10 a.m. Sunday School, 11 a.m. Morning worship service and 6 p.m. evening service. Also join us at 7 p.m. Wednesday for our prayer and fellowship service. If you have any questions call 334-283-2366.
Carrville Baptist Church
Located at 2436 Notasulga Rd., Sunday School begins at 9:15 a.m. Sunday morning worship begins at 10:30 a.m. Children’s Gospel Project Youth and Adult Bible Studies begin at 6 p.m. and at 6:30 p.m. on Wednesday. For more info call the church office at 334-2832221, Monday through Thursday, 8 a.m. to 4 p.m., or visit our website www.carrvillebaptist.com.
First Baptist Church Reeltown
We have worship services at 8:30 a.m. and 11 a.m. on Sundays. Between those services, we have Sunday School at 9:45 a.m. with a class ready to welcome you. Sunday night service begins at 6 p.m. Wednesday night services begin at 6:30 p.m. with Bible study classes for all ages.
Interpersonal struggles from 30,000 feet Tallassee Churches Have you ever found devotions. yourself in the midst of In one of the prayers, the a difficult situation with Puritan says this: “It is sweet other people? Do you often and entertaining to look into encounter conflict with others my being when all my powers that weigh heavily upon your and passions are united and mind? I think that no matter engaged in pursuit of thee, our age or status in life, we when my soul longs and BILLY BIL LLY will find ourselves often passionately breathes after bumping into other people REINHARDT conformity to thee and then full and running into conflict in of thee.” Columnist enjoyment some shape, form or fashion. When I read this Puritan Being a part of people’s prayer lately in light of my own lives is certainly one of life’s greatest interpersonal conflicts, I began to rethink blessings. As we meet people how I view them. Instead of saying, along this path of life we have the “What a pain to have to deal with this!” opportunity to develop deep, lasting or “Why is there so much fighting that and satisfying friendships that can last has to go on?” I can ask, instead, “How a lifetime. On the other hand, as we can these difficulties I’m experiencing walk along this path of life we are apt help me to better pursue God?” Looking at the specific wording to run into disagreement and strife at of the Puritan’s prayer, we could some point with others. ask, “Within this particular difficult What are we to do whenever we circumstance, am I utilizing all of my encounter this conflict? I believe one ‘powers and passions’ in order to be approach that will assist us in our better engaged in my pursuit after interpersonal friction would be our God?” Or, “Is my passion for God attitude and perspective regarding that opposition. One resource that will help so great that I am able to view any obstacle or hard circumstance in my us whenever we encounter conflict is life as from the hand of the Lord for a devotional book I have read several times over the years called “The Valley the purpose of my sanctification?” It seems to me if we do not take of Vision,” edited by Arthur Bennett. It is a collection of Puritan prayers and this 30,000-foot “bird’s-eye view” of
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Tigers can’t keep up against Wetumpka By CALEB TURRENTINE Sports Writer
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Tallassee’s Ruben Castaneda (10) chases down Wetumpka’s Arthur Davis during Thursday’s game.
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America’s pastime is coming back again this week
The Wetumpka boys soccer team grabbed its third consecutive win with a 4-1 victory at Tallassee on Thursday night. The Indians moved to 6-2-3 on the year and take some momentum into a long break before the season’s final stretch. Anthony Auen scored his second goal of the year to go along with an assist to lead Wetumpka to the win. Caio Pelogia, Ethan Blecher and Brennan Worrell each added a goal, allowing the Indians to run away from a struggling Tallassee squad. “The biggest thing I look for is to not play down to the level of the competition,” Wetumpka coach Desmond Knight said. “We have to still play our game. This is a game where we can develop and get some of those guys in who don’t get a lot of time.” Wetumpka was dominant to start the match but could not get a shot on target until the ninth minute. After a shot from Luke Tessier was saved, the Indians won a corner and Pelogia found the breakthrough. Auen swung in a low corner to the front post, allowing Pelogia to connect with the ball and put it through the traffic into the bottom left corner.
“Anthony has been one of those guys we want to develop,” Knight said. “He’s an underclassman that we’ve brought up but he’s got a great right foot. We’re still trying to get him more spacial awareness but when the ball is on his foot, there’s not many on our team that has the leg he has.” Less than three minutes later, Wetumpka doubled its lead with a goal from Blecher. He cut inside from the left wing before putting his shot into the bottom left corner, easily beating the Tallassee keeper. The Tigers (0-0-7) did not go away though, cutting into their deficit just 23 seconds later. Tallassee quickly moved forward from the kickoff and Ruben Castaneda found the back of the net. Wetumpka continued to control the game and had several chances to extend its lead but the score remained 2-1 at the break. It did not take long for the Indians to extend their lead once the second half began. Worrell had a shot from outside the box go through the goalie’s arms and into the back of the net to restore Wetumpka’s two-goal lead in the 48th minute. Tallassee came back with another response but goalkeeper Zach Grindle was up for the challenge. See SOCCER • Page B2
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ou may not realize it but the 2019 Major League Baseball season is already underway. And I do not just mean the exhibition games in Florida and Arizona that get us excited every year. There was actual meaningful, regular season baseball played last week in Japan between the Seattle Mariners and the Oakland A’s. After a few days of Ichiro’s farewell dominating the headlines (rightly so), the rest of the teams in the league are ready to take the field for the first time Thursday. For non-baseball fans, this is the time of year where you say things like the baseball season just ended and 162 games is way too long. But for those of us that love the game, Opening Day is near the top of the list for best days of the season. The first day of the regular season brings you back to caring about the results of your favorite team and giving you hope that this year is the year. The pitching matchups on Opening Day are some of the best you will see all season with every team’s top starter taking the mound. Even with injuries holding out the likes of Clayton Kershaw and Luis Severino, there will be plenty of top talent on display Thursday. Jacob deGrom and Max Scherzer will get things started in the nation’s capital at noon Thursday. Bryce Harper will make his regular season debut with the Phillies in front of what is sure to be an electric crowd in Philadelphia. Atlanta has high expectations as its young core continues to grow and Julio Teheran will take the mound against Philadelphia ace Aaron Nola. The Tampa Bay Rays and the Houston Astros will open their seasons at possibly the worst stadium in baseball but that should not distract from the fact the top two pitchers in the American League in 2018 will be on the mound. Blake Snell and Justin Verlander finished first and second respectively in the AL Cy Young voting last season and will now face off on the first day of the season. There are several other stars on the mound who are usually mustwatch pitchers throughout the regular season. With Severino out, Masahiro Tanaka will take over as the starter for the New York Yankees against the Baltimore Orioles. Corey Kluber finished third See TURRENTINE • Page B2
Baynes has eyes on record books despite streak ending By CALEB TURRENTINE Sports Writer
With Tallassee hosting Auburn last week, fans witnessed something they had not seen for nearly two years. Chloe Baynes was thrown out trying to steal third base, ending her streak of 115 consecutive stolen base attempts without being caught. “Losing my streak really upset me and I had to try to deal with it throughout the game,” Baynes said. “I also wanted to stay up for my team but it was tough because that meant so much to me.” The 115-base streak sits in third place for the most consecutive steals in a career, according to the AHSAA website. Baynes was 36 games shy of the state record which is held by Danville’s Kristy Roberts. “We really started noticing it about midway through her seventh-grade year,” Tallassee coach Pat Love said. “She was 39 of 40 that year. It’s something you start paying attention to every game and keep that tally going. If she gets a single, it’s pretty much a double.” It did not take long for Baynes to get redemption
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Top: Tallassee’s Chloe Baynes has reached base in 68.9 percent of her plate appearances this season. Above: Baynes (18) stands on second after stealing a base during Tallassee’s win over Dadeville last week.
after being thrown out in the third inning of the win over Auburn. She finished the game with a season-high four stolen bases in one game, stealing second two more times in the final three
innings. “She is always going to have the green light,” Love said. “If she wants to steal, I’m going to let her do it. She was upset about it but we’re going to move on from there
and she’s already started a new streak now.” Baynes, a freshman centerfielder, has now been thrown out twice during her varsity career and is looking to set a new number for herself during her final three and a half high school seasons. She has her sights set on a specific name on the list ahead of her. “Being in the record books is something that means a lot to me,” Baynes said. “Seeing my name right next to Haylie McCleney, who was one of the greatest centerfielders for Alabama, that amazes me so now I’m trying to get my name above hers.” McCleney was a former standout at Mortimer Jordan and had a streak of 137 consecutive stolen base attempts without being thrown out. Baynes is hoping to beat McCleney’s number and take the same path to Tuscaloosa to play college softball. Despite losing her streak, Baynes said she has not lost her confidence. The Tigers rely on Baynes on the top of the order and she delivers more often than not. In her first 84 plate appearances this season, Baynes has See BAYNES • Page B2
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Generals’ fast start too much for Reeltown By CLIFF WILLIAMS Staff Writer
Horseshoe Bend coach Jason Johnson wanted to see improvement from his team after a mistake-ridden performance Friday against Central Coosa. Saturday, the Generals impressed the leader with a 11-1 run rule shortened game against Reeltown. “We played better than we have all year,” Johnson said. “I’m glad to see it coming together.” The Generals marched four runs across the plate to open the game with Chandler Lewis, Cole Johnson, Grant Taylor and Holt Tidwell scoring in the first frame. Reeltown never caught up after digging a hole defensively in the first inning and having only five base runners for the game. “We didn’t make plays when we needed to,” Reeltown coach Trey Chambers said. “We kind of shot ourselves in the foot.” Ultimately Robert Crittenden scored for the Rebels and a single and stolen base got him to second. Crittenden scored on a double by Reed Baker. Logan Lee garnered a single in the second inning. Gabe Bryant started on the mound for the Rebels going three innings and striking out four batters in the loss. Will Brooks came to the mound in relief, striking out two batters. Chambers said his team has
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Horseshoe Bend’s Cole Johnson slides safely into home under the tag of Reeltown’s Gabe Bryant on Saturday.
a way to go to be successful on the diamond. “We still have a lot to work on,” he said. “We just need to work on improving. The Generals were led in scoring by Taylor who scored three times. Johnson, Tidwell
and Lee Norrell cross the plate twice each for their team. Gavin Brazzell scored one for the Generals. Taylor provided the closest play of the game by sliding into home under Bryant’s tag. He helped himself by going the
distance on the mound for the Generals giving up three hits and a walk while striking out nine Rebels. Johnson was proud of his team’s improvements over less than 24 hours and hopes Saturday’s performance is a
sign of things to come for the Generals. “We did pretty much everything well (Saturday),” Johnson said. “I’ve been waiting on that all year. If we can keep playing like that we will be all right.”
Baynes continued from Page B1 reached base 70 times and has recorded 47 stolen bases. She leads Tallassee with a batting average of .692 and 42 runs scored. “Whether she’s getting a hit or walking or reaching base by an error, it creates such havoc on the bases,” Love said. “Every throw has to be perfect and they’re so busy worrying about her so it helps out at the plate.” Baynes is a slap hitter from the left side of the plate but will lay down a bunt more often than not, giving the third baseman no chance at throwing her out at first. Once she reaches base, Baynes is going to score more often than not, thanks to Tallassee’s top sluggers Lexi Love and Belle Haynes. Tallassee has started the season 21-3 and expects to compete for a state championship in Class 5A. With Baynes at the top of the lineup, it is going to take something special to knock off the Tigers — for this season and many years to come.
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Tallassee’s Fernando Marcos attempts to tackle the ball from Wetumpka’s Luke Tessier during Thursday’s game.
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Tallassee had its first major chance in the 53rd minute, sending a counter attack down the right flank. Fernando Marcos got a shot off but Grindle got his finger tips to the ball, pushing it over the goal and behind for a corner. “It’s phenomenal for us to be able to rely on him,” Knight said of Grindle. “I’ve seen a laser focus from him at keeper. He was one of those guys coming in that I had high expectations for and he’s not just meeting them, he’s exceeding them.” The Tigers got on the end of the ensuing corner but the header was high and wide to relieve some of the pressure. However, the Tigers would get
another chance in the 66th minute after Castaneda drew a foul 24 yards from the goal. Wetumpka set up a five-man wall but Castaneda drove the free kick under the wall and heading into the bottom right corner. With his line of sight limited, Grindle reacted in time to push the ball away at full stretch. Wetumpka finally put the game away in the 71st minute when Auen struck again after a scramble inside the box. Worrell whipped in a free kick but Tallassee could not get the ball clear, setting up Auen to knock the ball into the roof of the net for the final goal of the game.
“If it’s at his foot, we’ve encouraged him to shoot,” Knight said. “He got his first goal against Eclectic earlier this week and that gave him some more confidence. We’re proud of him but we’re not really surprised by it.” Wetumpka will have two weeks off before returning to the pitch. The Indians will play Carver-Montgomery on April 8 before it hosts Stanhope in a section rivalry on April 13. Tallassee will be back in action on Monday night when it hosts Prattville Christian. The Tigers continue to look for their first win of the season but have now scored in four consecutive games for the first time this year.
Turrentine in the Cy Young voting last season and will be the Opening Day starter for Cleveland for the fifth consecutive season. Luis Castillo is on the opposite end, making his first Opening Day start of his career for the Reds. While the pitching might be on display on Opening Day, it’s the power at the plate which brings the casual fans to the game. For the first time since 2012, the top six players in the AL MVP vote hit at least 30 home runs last season. Mike Trout playing baseball is always recommended viewing and somehow, he seems to be getting better.
continued from Page B1 Boston brings back MVP winner Mookie Betts along with J.D. Martinez to provide one of the best one-two lineup punches in the game. Cleveland brings back the top hitting middle infield in baseball with Jose Ramirez and Francisco Lindor leading the way for the AL Central division favorites. The Yankees are back after setting a record for home runs in a season and are hoping to knock off the Boston Red Sox this year behind the power of Aaron Judge, Giancarlo Stanton and Gary Sanchez. The National League brought several surprises last season, including
Christian Yelich coming out of nowhere to lead the Milwaukee Brewers to a division title and win the league’s MVP award. The Atlanta Braves shocked the NL East by winning the division by eight games behind the debut of Ronald Acuna Jr. Two tiebreaker games were needed at the end of the season to determine the five teams in the postseason for the NL and there does not seem to be much separation again this season. The Phillies made plenty of additions to compete in the NL East but the Braves, the Nationals and even the Mets will make it difficult.
The L.A. Dodgers are the favorites to make it back to the World Series and should ease to a title in the NL West but the Central is a different story. The Chicago Cubs, Brewers, St. Louis Cardinals and Cincinnati Reds all have their eyes on a playoff spot to start the season and could still be pushing for the postseason into August. There is plenty of storylines to watch and things to get excited for this season. And everything gets started in full force Thursday. Caleb Turrentine is a sports writer for The Tribune.
Tallassee’s bats come alive in pair of wins on the diamond STAFF REPORT TPI Staff
The Tallassee softball team entered the break on a three-game winning streak after scoring 31 runs across two games last week. The Tigers followed up scoring a season-high 18 runs against Dadeville with an area victory over Beauregard on Thursday before traveling to Florida for a Spring Break tournament. Avary Lumpkin led Tallassee’s offense with four hits, including two doubles, and three RBIs in the 18-8 win over Dadeville. Her RBI double in the bottom of the second inning helped erase a 7-5 deficit and led to a seven-run inning for the Tigers to retake control. Lumpkin led the team with four runs and was one of seven Tigers to score multiple times in the game. Chloe Baynes had three hits in a game for the eighth time this season. Baynes was back at it on Thursday, leading Tallassee with five hits as she extended her hitting streak to 20 games. She finished with five hits, including one double, while stealing two bases and scoring twice in a 13-2 win over Beauregard. The Tigers scored in five of the six innings on their way to another run-rule victory. Belle Haynes finished with three hits and five RBIs while Lumpkin added her fourth homerun of the season. Jordan Walters pitched a complete game, allowing two runs across six innings while striking out four for her 13th win of the year.
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Operation Combat Bike Saver expands to Elmore County area By AMY PASSARETTI Elmore County Living Editor
Rob Dinsmore retired in December from 30 years with the Air Force and has been trying to find purpose and motivation again. After watching more than a dozen times an episode of “Returning the Favor,” a Facebook television series by Mike Rowe, spotlighting Operation Combat Bikesaver in Indiana, he decided to expand this hotrod therapy workshop for veterans to Alabama. “I showed my wife Stephanie the episode and asked if she’d be on board with this project,” Dinsmore said. Stephanie said, “I was completely amazed. Why would I not support it?” Operation Combat Bikesaver is a safe space for veterans or active duty military to bond together with other veterans building motorcycles and eventually earning one of their own with an additional $2,000 for parts and services at no cost to the recipient. With certified mechanics and welders on site to provide guidance, candidates could find this as a distraction from their minds and a positive activity with which to focus. “In the civilian world, we have no idea the camaraderie they have in the military,” Stephanie Dinsmore said. “And they lose that when they separate or retire from the military. We’re trying to give
them a place to go to reinvent that atmosphere, find a family and inspire purpose to pursue.” Since moving to Alabama for family, the couple bought land in Tallassee with a workshop on site to begin growing the nonprofit operation in a grassroots way. The program provides an environment for veterans suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder, traumatic brain injury, depression or similar maladies in an effort to lower suicide rates among combat military. As a lifelong mechanic and motorcycle rider, Dinsmore said this aligned well with his skills, hobbies and passion. Plus, Alabama has the highest veteran suicide rate in the country, so the need was evident, he said. To apply for workshop status, there is a vetting process. Dinsmore must ensure a candidate has either been honorably discharged from the military or still active duty; then, the candidate has a personal interview with Dinsmore. “I want to explain to each interested applicant what to expect from the program and what not to expect,” he said. “It’s not about getting a free motorcycle. It’s about the journey and the challenge of fixing up the bike and getting it to run. The time spent and the work put in are what are valuable.” Jason Zaideman founded Operation Combat
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Millbrook’s VFW Post 133’s Lynette ‘Peanut’ Bales and Operation Combat Bike Saver’s Rob Dinsmore share a hug after the Post gave $210 to the organization that aims to build bikes and create bonds between veterans as well as active duty military members.
Bikesaver in Crown Point, Indiana, in October 2015 after living with the ramifications of his father’s PTSD as a Vietnam veteran. Having also served some years in the U.S. Army, Zaideman named the operation after the military program, Combat Lifesaver, which is a boosted first aid plan for soldiers to help save others when the medic is unavailable. The concept of saving lives creates parallel meaning. “We are rebuilding both the bike and the veteran,” said Dinsmore, who also serves as president of Tallassee’s Operation Combat Bikesaver. The Elmore County location is the first expansion of the program, and Dinsmore had to be vetted by Zaideman to ensure Combat Bikesaver would
be in appropriate hands. In August 2018, Dinsmore visited Indiana to meet the crew, participate in a shop day and explain who he was and his interest in the program. “This is Jason’s baby, so he wants to make sure it’s in good hands. He wants to see it go everywhere but in the right way,” Dinsmore said. After registering as a 501(c)(3) under the national name and filing paperwork as an Alabama fundraiser and tax-exempt program, Operation Combat Bikesaver officially opened its doors for its first shop day Sunday. Every Sunday, the workspace will be open from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., and the veteran participants – referred to as gearheads – along with volunteer workers in the program may come and
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go as they please. The shop itself will be for veterans only, so it remains a safe – and alcohol-free – space. “They can share with one another experiences they can’t share with others, or even not share but know other people understand how they feel,” Stephanie Dinsmore said. Replicating the Indiana facility, there also will be a retail section on site and a meeting room. There will be T-shirts, hats and other swag for sale, and this shop will likely include a glass window for customers to view the gearheads at work. “In Indiana, every Sunday there is someone that shows up to see what’s going on, whether it’s to donate something, to check out the operation, bring food, etc.,” Dinsmore said. “It becomes a destination, which is what we hope to accomplish.” All positions at the workshop will be volunteers, which do not have to have any military affiliation, and Dinsmore hopes the public helps out by donating lunches and supporting the cause. The public also can donate motorcycles – preferably older ones that need work – or individual parts. Currently, the space has all the basic tools to get started, which are Dinsmore’s personal belongings. The big-ticket item missing is a motorcy-
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cle lift and additional safety equipment – such as goggles, gloves and helmets – is required. “It’s nothing fancy, but the tools will work. Eventually we’ll start a wish list and prioritize our needs,” Dinsmore said. “We also need that initial $2,000 for the first build.” One motorcycle has already been donated to the cause and will be fixed up as the shop bike for advertising purposes and to determine the first build candidate. The shop has room to work on one motorcycle at a time, as they start off slowly, with possible room for two at once. Dinsmore, along with about five other founding members, will serve in board positions and determine when it’s someone’s turn to earn a bike based on participation, assistance with others, special needs and other circumstances. “There’s no scientific reason for who gets a bike, but you have to help others build their bikes first,” Dinsmore said. There will be no limit to the number of gearheads accepted, and Dinsmore said he expects to start off with about 10 to 15 within the first six months, and eventually grow that number. Having visited the shop in Indiana one other time with Stephanie, Dinsmore hopes to return in midMarch with his fellow staff, so everyone has first-hand experiences of what to expect. Future goals for Operation Combat Bikesaver include becoming a full-time business, where veterans could come out 24/7 to work in the shop, as needed. “I want the gearheads to be able to come out anytime they need therapy and an escape to a safe place,” Dinsmore said. “But for now, we’re starting with the one day a week.” He hopes to offer assistance with veteran benefits and job placement down the road, as well. The first fundraising event to kick-start the operation was a Dice Run on Sunday, open to both motorcycles and cars. Starting at Chappy’s Deli in Prattville, participants were given a list of stops to visit, where they were to roll five dice at each. The Tallassee shop was a destination, and the event ended at the Thirsty Turtle in Millbrook. Awards were given for the highest and lowest cumulative numbers, and entry tickets included a barbecue plate, live music, a car show and a silent auction. Those who were not able to participate can still support the cause through donating at combatbikesaver.org/donate. More information can be found on the Facebook page, combatbikesaver.org or by calling the Tallassee shop at 334-541-2101.
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ONE DAY is not enough to THANK our DOCTORS for the OTHER 364 A Tallapoosa Publishers special supplement for The Wetumpka Herald, The Tallassee Tribune, and The Eclectic Observer March 27, 2019
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Doctors’ Day 2019
‘It’s a lot of work but it’s worth it’ Wetumpka High School seniors talk plans for futures in medicine Griffin and Foster said they have family members who work as nurses which helped reinforce the notion of pursuing a career in medicine. Both Many children dream of becoming also feel the desire to work with other a doctor when they get older and for two seniors at Wetumpka High School, people and improve their lives was key these dreams could soon become reality. in making this decision. Foster said he “I have wanted to be a doctor since I has tried to help his friends with some was a little girl,” Keyonna Griffin said. of their problems while Griffin’s inter“I want to end up being a physician so I est was further sparked when her grandmother died. can do a broad number of things.” After finishing medical school, Aaron Foster said he’s always been Griffin said she first wants to work in a interested in the human brain. “I plan to major in pre-med and psy- hospital setting and gain more experience as a doctor before eventually movchology to become a neuropsycholoing into private practice. gist,” he said. By DONALD CAMPBELL Staff Writer
Foster plans to pursue a master’s degree and doctorate in psychology before taking a position in a medical lab to analyze scans of the brain and its activity to find ways to help those with psychological issues. As Griffin and Foster prepare to pursue their medical careers, both said they have a vision for how they wanted to be remembered. “I want people to remember me as a caring physician doing my best to help them,” Griffin said. “I hope when they remember me, they felt like I was a kind and warming embrace when they needed me.”
Foster added, “I want to leave behind the belief that, no matter what people may think, psychology isn’t a waste of time. By looking, assessing and helping others, I want to bring more people back and lead to a mentally healthier society.” Both students offered advice to those who are thinking of following in their footsteps. “Psychology is not a waste of time,” Foster said. “It is a strong form of medicine.” Griffin said, “I want people interested to remember that it’s a lot of work but it’s worth it.”
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Amanda Orr, left, and Cecilia Smith have owned and operated The Apothecary since 2012.
The Apothecary serving Tallassee since 1973 By CARMEN RODGERS Staff Writer
While doctors and nurses play vital roles in patient care, a pharmacy such as The Apothecary in Tallassee is also important. The roots of The Apothecary Pharmacy go back to 1973 when Alphonso Davidson and Charles Funderburk opened the business on Gilmer Avenue. Several years later Elaine Bunn Thornton went to work with them. Davidson was ready to retire in 1988 and Thornton, who was working for Harco Drugs at the time, decided to buy The Apothecary. In 1996 she purchased Pinehurst Plaza, renovated the building and relocated The Apothecary there. A few years later The Apothecary closed. In 2006, Thornton reestablished The Apothecary at 1405 GilmerAve. and Amanda Emfinger Orr and Cecilia Daugherty Smith became staff pharmacists. They purchased The Apothecary in 2012 from Thornton and continue to offer the same customer care that has been the embodiment of The Apothecary since 1973. The Apothecary is a full-service, independent pharmacy with a hometown feel. It offers patient counseling on pre-
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Elaine Thornton, center, purchased The Apothecary in 1988. The pharmacy moved to Pinehurst Plaza in 1997 and closed in 1998. Thornton reopened it in 2006. Orr and Smith worked with Thornton from 2006 until 2012 when they bought the pharmacy.
scriptions, free blood pressure screenings, state and local government wellness screenings and immunizations. The Apothecary has a wide array of gift items, a full selection of over-thecounter medications and stock a variety of herbal products. The Apothecary takes pride in supporting the local community through membership in the Tallassee Chamber of Commerce, sponsorship of numerous school groups and church activities, and local youth ball leagues. To reach The Apothecary Pharmacy, call 334-283-3120.
there to look at my heart, do ver the course the normal tests and head of my 25 years back home. on this planet, However, the expression I have had on Dr. Israel’s face was clear my fair share this was not normal. After of encounters with doctors leaving the room and makacross the state of Alabama. ing a phone call, he returned Across 15 surgeries and to tell us I would need a numerous checkups, it is CALEB C ALEB put in as soon as easy to say several of them TURRENTINE pacemaker possible. have made a lasting impact Sportswriter Apparently, my heart rate on my life and my family. had declined gradually over I have never been shy approximately a four-month about sharing my stories span and was completely unrelated to about my heart problems and how my original heart condition. I know, I they have gotten me to where I am have the best luck. today. And my parents have always Dr. Israel shared tears with us and I told me to make sure those around me always look back wondering if it was know about my health issues so I am sure they will be thrilled in me publi- because he was scared of the surgery or if it was because he knew he’d be cizing this. losing the best patient of all time. When I was born, the doctors told Clearly it is the latter. my parents I had a congenital heart Four days after my appointment, I defect called Tetralogy of Fallot. went into the operating room with my There was a hole in my heart and I heart rate below 30 beats per minute. needed to have my first open heart Dr. Yung Lau performed the surgery surgery when I was 7 months old. and made the recovery as simple as Obviously, I cannot recall much possible. from that one but I can only imagine I was 14 when I had that surgery what those moments were like for my and Dr. Lau has been my cardiologist family. I am sure there was plenty of doctors and nurses along the way try- ever since. He made the transition easy, showing how much he cared by ing to explain every detail and what always asking about my personal life was needed to make sure the surgery, and even pushing me to become a betrecovery and long-term health would ter journalist. go over smoothly. Dr. Lau also prepared me for anothAlthough I have heard stories about er open-heart surgery in May 2017. the first surgeon, the only thing I This was a procedure we had been can really tell you is he was kind of expecting and got to plan around my a big deal. Dr. Albert Pacifico spent schedule to get it done. almost 40 years at UAB hospitals as With the right side of my heart a cardiac surgeon and the guy has his own Wikipedia page so you know he’s enlarged, I needed a valve replacement to make sure the heart would begin to important. shrink and start working as well as it The surgery went well and with should. Dr. David Mauchley did the some smaller follow-up procedures, everything turned out to be as normal procedure at UAB and helped me prepare for the recovery with every small as it could be. My parents moved us to Birmingham so I could be closer to detail I needed. If it were not for each of these the care I needed. doctors and many more who are not The first pediatric cardiologist I remember having was Dr. Paul Israel. named here, I would not be where I Even as a kid, I remember looking for- am today. Sure, I did not like when I was told I could not play sports in ward to some of those appointments and over time, Dr. Israel was basically high school but that pushed me to pursue a career around my passion. a part of our family. Doctors are seen for the treatment Over more than a decade of checkthey give to people and will someups and appointments, Dr. Israel times get the thanks when a patient showed how much he cared for his leaves their care. However, the lasting patients and their families and you could see his passion for his job. And impact they have made on my life and so many others shows it’s about more he showed that all the way until the than what happens inside the hospital. end when he had to break some news So, from everyone’s favorite partto my mom and me in the doctor’s cow, part-robot heart sportswriter to office. all the doctors pushing themselves to Less than 24 hours before leavmake our lives better, thank you. ing on a church trip to Gatlinburg, Tennessee, I had my annual appointCaleb Turrentine is a sportswriter ment with Dr. Israel. We did not expect anything to be wrong; we were for Tallapoosa Publishers, Inc.
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Kent happy how career turned out incident which occurred when he was wrapping up his sixth-grade year. “At the end of my sixth-grade year When a young doctor starts his or of school, my oldest brother was her journey through the medical world, involved in a major motor vehicle it is not always certain where life may accident,” Kent said. “A physician take them — a private practice, becom- met my parents and the ambulance at ing the senior member of a hospital Elmore County Hospital (now Elmore staff or heading in a completely differ- Community Hospital). He then had my ent direction. brother transferred to Jackson Hospital Among those who have followed ICU, where he spent three weeks with the many twists and turns of life is the life-threatening injuries. That set forth longest-serving doctor in the Ivy Creek my adventure into the medical field.” Healthcare organization, Dr. Bruce Kent said one thing that surprised Kent, who serves as a doctor at River him about his career field is how his Region Family Medicine. patients have returned the love and care “No (I did not see myself taking the he provided them. Kent, a native of path I took) but I am much happier that Wetumpka, added he feels one of his things turned out as they have,” Kent greatest accomplishments as a physisaid. cian is giving back to the same commuKent has served his patients as a nity that helped raise and educate him. doctor for more than three decades Kent hopes his patients think of him and joined the Ivy Creek staff 12 years as someone who always did the best he ago. Since he became a member of the could to give them the proper care. medical community, Kent has dedicated “I would hope my patients have felt himself to doing what is best for each that they were individual people with of his patients and ensuring this dedica- their own set of problems and that I tion is his first priority every day. was willing to take the time to address Kent said it’s not easy to pinpoint all of their needs,” Kent said. “That what led him to pursue a career as a each of them are as important to me as doctor although one key factor was an the last.” By DONALD CAMPBELL Staff Writer
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it and getting excited about the possibilities, it kind of rubbed off on me. I got kind of excited about it too. Since I was taking the same courses r. Melvin Russell has that they were, it was just a mental seen a lot of change since he began practicing change, a shift in my desires, and it medicine in Tallassee 50 worked out.” He was born in Lyndon, Kentucky, years ago but his dedication to his patients has been unwaver- and it was the military that landed him in the Tallassee area. ing. “The U.S Air Force,” he said. Russell graduated from the “When I finished my internship, I University of Louisville School of was drafted. Every doctor back then Medicine in 1966 and specializes in got drafted. They gave me a choice, family medicine. called the B.E.R.R.Y plan, and if I When Russell began practicing in went ahead and volunteered I was Tallassee, the Community Hospital able to pick my choice of services and included a labor and delivery ward location. I picked Air Force and the where Russell held many native Southeastern United States and they Tallasseans before their own mother and father. Those memories bring him sent me to Maxwell (Air Force Base in Montgomery).” joy and keep him practicing. Russell served at Maxwell dur“The look on a mother and father’s ing the day and began traveling to face when you hold up a little girl or Tallassee after sundown to work at little boy and they see their child for the Community Hospital. The rest was the first time, that is truly amazing,” history. Russell said. “A lot of patients come “I started coming up here and in and say, ‘You delivered me 49 years ago.’ I will treat them, their kids working at night,” he said. “Once I was out of the military I stayed and their grandkids.” because I liked it here.” Tallassee Community Hospital Russell said he still has patients to closed the labor and delivery ward see and has no intentions of retiring in 1977 but Russell said he receives anytime soon. great gratification watching genera“I am going to hang in there until tions evolve. I physically can’t anymore,” he said. “It’s a great feeling,” he said. “I am only working three days a week “There’s a lot of satisfaction and I now and I have two nurse practitioguess the best thing is I see the kids, I see the grandkids, I take care of the ners that work with me to help lighten the load.” parents as they get older. It’s amazJohnny Aldridge and Lori Woodley ing.” are the two CRNPs who work closely Russell did not always want to be with Russell. Aldridge has served the a doctor but once he was exposed to a taste of the medical field he quickly community for six years and Woodley has been practicing in Tallassee for realized that was his future. two years. “When I went to college I had no When Russell isn’t seeing patients, idea what I wanted to do,” he said. he has some hobbies. “I thought I wanted to teach because “I do a lot of woodworking and I that’s what everyone did back then. have old cars that I keep polished and I took the same courses as pre-med shined up,” he said. students. As they were talking about By CARMEN RODGERS Staff Writer
Veterinarian provides pets with loving care By DONALD CAMPBELL Staff Writer
While a multitude of doctors ensure human patients receive the care they need, other doctors stand ready to help when pets get sick. Among the veterinarians who have set up practice in Elmore County is Dr. Ashley Watkins Ward, the current owner of the Bryson Veterinary Clinic in Wetumpka. “I’ve been a veterinarian for nine years now,” Ward said. “My brother and I bought the clinic about a year ago.” Ward, who grew up on a farm, was always around animals and has an uncle who is a veterinarian, said she wanted to be a vet since she was young. Ward’s first experience in veterinary science came shortly after finishing high school when she worked as a veterinary assistant at Bryson. This time proved valuable for Ward, helping her better understand everything she might
have to deal with as a vet. “We see a variety of things here every day,” Ward said. “Each day is different for us. We have to learn to take each day at a time.” Now that she has established herself at Bryson, Ward said her goal is to continue serving at the clinic, helping people throughout Elmore County keep their pets happy and healthy. “I enjoy helping the community and their pets,” Ward said. “I love what I do. I love caring for animals.” As she continues to serve residents and their furry friends, Ward said she wants people to remember how she does her best every day and works hard to keep her clients’ pets as healthy as possible. She also has advice for those interested in becoming vets. “I try to be as compassionate as I can for my patients,” Ward said. “I strive to do the very best I possibly can. Anybody looking into the veterinary field, I encourage them to get experience in ways like being a veterinary assistant.”
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National Doctors’ Day is celebrated on March 30 and physicians and healthcare facilities across the nation have evolved to meet the demographic and economic needs of their patients. Russell Medical Health Partners of Goodwater mainly treats patients who rely on Medicaid, Ivy Creek Urgent Care of Tallassee takes care of walk-in patients and Eclectic Family Care LLC is a primary care facility that operates the old-fashioned, personal way. Doctors’ Day honors physicians for the work they do for their patients, the communities they work in and for society as a whole. Dr. John Adams and nurse practitioner Lisa Steele see young and old patients at the Russell facility at Goodwater in northeast Coosa County. Because of financial restrictions, Coosa is the only one of 67 counties in Adams Alabama that doesn’t have a state-run health department. The Goodwater clinic is the only healthcare facility in the county. Adams, 33, avoided the word “poor” in describing the majority of his patients. “I would probably use the term underserved,” he said. “In Coosa County, we are the only practitioner out here, so the access to healthcare is a big issue out here. And I think that’s why Russell chose to put this clinic here.” Adams, who is from Calera in Shelby County, said he felt a calling to became a doctor. People who rely on the clinic range in age from 12 to their 90s, Adams said. Most rely on Medicaid but some pay cash. “Out here, you feel like you make more of an impact because there are less providers out here,” he said. “You see people who haven’t been to a doctor in so long. It’s something easy you can do. You can simply put them on blood pressure medicine, you can do it today and save them from a really bad outcome 15, 20 years down the road. And it’s the same thing with diabetes and controlling their blood sugar.” Adams said he has worked at the clinic since 2017 and has treated patients with some disturbing physical and mental health issues. “The most distressing thing we’ve seen is some people who come out here are suicidal, hallucinating,” he said. “They just have a mental illness, so that’s always a challenge.” A woman who had been injured in a vehicle crash came to the clinic complaining about severe pain in her shoulder,
Adams said. “She was in a really bad car wreck and five days prior had gone to a hospital in Alabama,” Adams said. “She came back and said, ‘My shoulder is hurting,’ and I saw gravel in her wound. You could see her tendons and all the way to the bone. “And a lot of times you see people who haven’t been to the doctor in 10 to 15 years and you see some things you are not expecting to see. I saw a guy two weeks ago, a 70-year-old man, 130 pounds, and he had a spot on the side of his shoulder the size of a cantaloupe, a big ball, I mean it was huge.” Annie Birts, 72, came to the clinic after suffering a dizzy spell. “They treated me very good, it just made me feel really good,” she said. “They checked everything to find out what caused the dizziness.” Birts said having the clinic nearby is more convenient when a health issue arises. “I have transportation but if I did not have transportation that would be great for me right here in Goodwater,” she said. “I’m not just speaking of myself but speaking for the other people, the older people, they don’t have the transportation, the younger person, they don’t have the transportation. So this is a good place that they would be able to come to.” Adams said he is content helping underserved people and feels financially secure at the small facility because it’s owned by Russell Medical. “I am Alabama born and have no desire to leave Alabama,” he said. “I like working for Russell. I have three young kids and hopefully I will stay here as long as they will have me.” The Ivy Creek urgent care facility in Tallassee was mainly created to handle walk-in patients who are pressed for time but it has evolved into a primary care facility. It employs doctors and nurse practitioners. Dr. Gabriel Hester said the company is affiliated with Elmore County Community Hospital and he stays busy. “I’ve been here about six months,” Hester said. “We’ve started primary care at this location so we will have walkin and primary care options available.” Hester, 39, said he grew up in Fayette and was studying chemical engineering but switched to medicine after the company he had planned to work for was bought out. “I took some classes and fell in love with it,” Hester said. “I’m trained as an internal medicine doctor, which is for adults. However, in an urgent care setting, I will see kids as well.” During the cold and flu season, about 95 percent of the patients come in complaining of
sore throats, runny noses, fever and coughs. “The rest of the year it’s anything,” Hester said. “We see a spectrum of stuff from rashes to chest pains, just acute things where they maybe can’t get in to see their regular doctor. They have an issue that has come up right then and they don’t want to go to the ER.” If a person comes in with a severe injury, they are sent directly to the nearest emergency room, Hester said. “A man came in and he was holding his hands over the left side of his jaw,” Hester said. “He was doing some work with a chain saw in his yard and it had bounced off a log. I could see his jaw bone. He was probably in his 40s. We just sent him to the ER. In that case, we called for an ambulance.” Heather Brock brought her 13-year-old son Andrew to Ivy Creek when he developed a bad cough and congestion. “It’s closest to where we live,” said Brock, 42, who lives in nearby Kent. “They are pretty good about getting people in and out quickly.” The doctor she normally takes her son to has an office in Montgomery. “It’s a long drive,” she said, “and it takes months to get an appointment to see him.” Dr. Gary McCulloch, 69, is an oddity in this day and age because he owns his practice, Eclectic Family Care LLC, which has been in Eclectic for 24 years. “We receive no outside funding, we are not affiliated with hospitals or government agencies,” he said. “It’s a private practice which is a dwindling oddity nowadays. ... Unless you’ve been in a place and established a practice, it’s difficult to survive nowadays.” McCulloch said the increase in urgent care facilities hasn’t hurt his business. “There is not another facility within 25 miles of here,” he said. “We are kind of equidistant between Alex City and Tallassee and Wetumpka. We are used sometimes as the emergency room, everything
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Top: Dr. John Adams, far right, poses for a photo with his staff of, from left, LPN Ashley Doss, CRNP Lisa Steele and secretary Becky Adams. Above: Dr. Gary McCulloch, left, talks with patient Kenneth Abrams.
from heart attacks to strokes to rattlesnake bites. We try to get folks patched up, stabilized and get them on to where they need to be. This is a practice where I see my patients in the grocery store, at Walmart in Wetumpka. I see them everywhere. I can’t go anywhere that I don’t bump into them. I see them at church. I enjoy that. I mean, if you don’t enjoy people, you don’t need to be in family practice.” McCulloch, a former Army Airborne Ranger, said he became a doctor to serve people. “It was something I had in my head for a number of years and I decided to go ahead and pull the trigger on it,” he said. “I was the oldest person in my medical school class. I was 31 when I started medical school.” One of his patients, Kenneth Abrams, 79, said he retired as a Dallas banker and decided to move back home to Kent, not far from Eclectic.
“I’ve been coming to Dr. McCulloch since about the time he arrived here, about the same time I retired,” Abrams said. “He is very nice. That was the initial reason I came because he was a local, community doctor. “When I was a kid, I always came to the doctor here, Dr. Will Owsley. At that time, the doctor might be the only person in the entire community who owned a vehicle. There weren’t too many people who owned cars until the late 30s. After World War II, people got around by horse and wagon; it was a long way. Doctors had cars and they came out to see you easier than you could go to see them.” McCulloch said he has no plans to quit although the future for old-fashioned doctors is not bright. “The hours are longer and the pay is less, so you’ve got to be motivated by something other than money,” he said.
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Dr. R. Lee England IV serves the Wetumpka community as an emergency room doctor at Elmore Community Hospital. Submitted / Tallapoosa Publishers
Irregular sleep could have negative impact on heart health STAFF REPORT TPI Staff
England sees educating patients as key for doctors for doctors to dispel these myths so patients can receive proper treatment. England believes his training as a The emergency room is one of the general surgeon is beneficial to being most important aspects of any hospian effective ER doctor. tal, as doctors serving in the ER must “I feel I am very well prepared handle a wide range of issues. to handle the things that can typiWhile there is no telling what may cally cause stress to some providers,” take place in an emergency room on England said. “The one thing the ER any given day, Dr. R. Lee England doc has to do is to have a very broad IV does the best he can to give knowledge base. We are by no means patients coming into the ER at Elmore experts in every field but have to be Community Hospital the best care he able to identify problems, make potencan provide. tially life-saving decisions and ultiEngland, a general surgeon who mately direct patients to someone who also treats patients in the emergency can provide definitive care.” room, was inspired to become a doctor England said there is no such thing after a childhood incident. as a typical or average day in the “I spent a month in Vanderbilt emergency room. Children’s Hospital for a viral illness “Most of the time things are pretty when I was 12 and saw the passion routine but there are always excepand dedication of the interns and tions and you have to stay diligent,” residents and knew at that time that I England said. “You have to be prewanted to make a difference in peopared for anything and everything.” ple’s lives,” England said. England said he hopes his patients Since becoming a doctor 25 years realize how hard he works to treat ago and joining the Ivy Creek famtheir conditions and help them leave ily nearly two decades ago, England the ER knowing they have received believes having access to good inforthe best care possible. mation and educating patients on “I want them to remember that I correct and incorrect information is provided the medical care that was important to being a doctor. With so necessary and proved a clear justificamany health-related myths floating tion and explanation of that care,” he around, England feels it is crucial said. By DONALD CAMPBELL Staff Writer
According to American Heart Association News, a lack of sleep isn’t the only thing that can put the heart at risk. Getting to bed on time may also matter, new research suggests. The new study took the unique approach of looking at how much night-to-night difference a person had in sleep duration and what time he or she fell asleep. People with irregular sleep patterns had a higher risk for a cardiovascular event, including stroke, congestive heart failure and coronary heart disease, the study found. “Sleep regularity is an understudied area with critical relevance to everyone,” said Tianyi Huang, the lead author of the study. “Understanding its relationship with cardiovascular disease has important public health implications and may identify novel strategies for cardiovascular disease prevention.” Researchers looked at data from nearly 2,000 people without cardiovascular disease at the start of the study. Participants wore sleep-monitoring wrist devices for seven-day periods from 2010 to 2013 and were followed for an average of four years. During that time, 95 people experienced or died from a stroke, heart failure or heart disease. After adjusting for various factors, researchers found people whose night-to-night sleep length during a seven-day period varied by more than two hours on average were 2.2 times more likely to have a cardiovascular event than people whose sleep length varied by an hour or less. The time they fell asleep each night had a similar impact. Compared to people who went to bed within the same 30-minute window each night, those with a bedtime that varied by more than 90 minutes had double the risk of a cardiovascular event. Digital distraction may be making the problem worse. Spending a lot of time staring at smartphones, tablets and other glowing screens could be messing with our sleep regularity, said Huang, an associate epidemiologist at Brigham and Women’s Hospital and
Harvard Medical School. “If our results are confirmed, the general public — particularly those at high risk for cardiovascular disease — needs to pay more attention to their sleep schedules,” he said. “People should be encouraged to reduce use of mobile devices or TV viewing before sleep to improve sleep regularity and maximize cardiometabolic benefits.” Huang said the study is the first of its kind and called for larger studies with longer follow-ups, especially those that explore gender and age differences. He said studies are needed to focus on how irregular sleep is related to specific cardiovascular outcomes. “I think it’s important for doctors to ask their patients about their sleep habits beyond the number of hours of sleep they get at night,” sleep and nutrition researcher Marie-Pierre St-Onge said. “Questions like, ‘How stable is your sleep?’ and ‘Do you have wide swings in the duration of sleep?’ would help to identify areas for improvement.” St-Onge, an associate professor of nutritional medicine at Columbia University in New York City, was not involved in the new research and said the study seems to confirm people with poor sleep habits can’t simply “catch up” on sleep. “You can make an analogy between sleep and physical activity where you have weekend warriors who are absolutely sedentary during the week and then they hammer out two hours of physical activity in one day and think they’ll be fine,” St-Onge said. “That’s not what we recommend and it’s the same with sleep. For optimal health, there has to be regularity to these behaviors and that includes sleep.” Big changes in sleep timing can lead to a state of jetlag — referred to as “social jetlag” — without people realizing it. “People might not have outward signs — they might not even feel sleepy or yawn, just like people don’t feel it if they have high blood pressure or high cholesterol levels,” St-Onge said. “But the risk factor is still there. People need to pay more attention and be more aware of the adverse impact poor sleep is having.”
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ou never know what might happen at a regular doctors checkup. In October 2017, I was at a routine checkup at Dr. Katharine Cooper’s office in Alex City when the staff detected my resting heart rate was abnormally rapid. The nurse couldn’t get the automated blood pressure cuff to work, and that’s when she felt my pulse racing. Dr. Cooper then manually counted my resting heart rate, and indeed, it was 182 beats per minute. I was just sitting there, y’all — calm, cool and collected — and my heart was doing what yours would do after running 5 miles. I was new to the area and didn’t have a team of local doctors yet. It was my first visit with Dr. Cooper, and she learned about my plethora of health issues I unfortunately have at only 24 years old. She wanted to be sure to refer me to Alex City physician Dr. Robert Edwards so I’d have a primary doctor to take care of me. But her first priority was getting me to a cardiologist that day. She sent me straight to Dr. Kevin Sublett, a cardiologist in Alex City, who hooked me up with all kinds of wires and sticky things; this was all new to me and, to be honest, it was kind of scary. In-office testing showed my heart rate was not irregular but it was abnormally fast. Dr. Sublett then prescribed I wear a 24-hour heart holter monitor. Oh joy, more wires to be hooked up to but this time for a whole day. What fun for a 20-somethingyear-old.
Results from that showed the same thing, then I had to do a stress test, which is basically just walking and running on a treadmill for about 20 minutes. The nurses told me I’d be on the treadmill for either 20 minutes or until my heart rate reached 120 bpm. I kind of laughed because as they were checking my vitals and telling me this, they realized my heart rate was already at 120 just sitting there. “Oh well, we’ll get you on the treadmill anyway and see what happens,” one of the nurses said. So, I obliged and started the test. I walked for two minutes and my heart rate reached 210 bpm. Remember how the test was supposed to be 20 minutes or 120 bpm? Yeah. Needless to say, they let me stop after those two minutes. I ended up being referred to something called a dysautonomia clinic in Birmingham. I had no idea what that was or what to expect, but I knew I’d be getting a tilt table test (again, no idea what to expect there). I had to lie flat on this table, get strapped up then a nurse raised the table slowly to be at 90 degrees. The nurse monitored me and checked my blood pressure and heart rate throughout the test, which lasted about 20 minutes. The nurse told me I might pass out during the test and the thought of that terrified me. Once the test was complete and I didn’t pass out, I thought that meant I “passed.” Surely I didn’t have whatever they were testing me for. My mama and I waited in a small waiting room until the
SANTANA WOOD Design Editor cardiologist, D Dr. P Paula Moore, l M brought us into a room to share us the results. “Have you ever heard of POTS?” Dr. Moore asked us. My mom had heard of it because she has a friend who has the syndrome, but I really didn’t know what it was. “Well, you have it,” Dr. Moore said. We sat there speechless. I couldn’t really believe it. You see, the backstory of all this is I have had extreme fatigue and other symptoms since I was about 14 years old. I went from doctor to doctor, specialist to specialist and had test after test. I had sleep studies, extensive blood work, B-12 injections, trial and error with multiple medications, a prediabetic scare where I had to prick my finger every day multiple times a day for months — not an ideal teenage experience, let me tell you. But none of that ever led me to a diagnosis. I was still searching for what in the world could be wrong with me. So, to be sitting in a doctors’ office and be actually diagnosed with something — I had no words. Dr. Moore started to go over what she called “POTS Protocol” and tell me about this syndrome I’d never heard of, and you probably haven’t either. It’s Postural Orthostatic
Tachycardia Syndrome and the classic symptom of it is the heart rate immediately rising at least 30 bpm or reaching 120 bpm after going from sitting to standing and blood pressure dropping as well. So, it takes me three times the amount of energy to stand as it does for you. My heart feels like I’ve ran a marathon, but all I’ve done is stand up. Because of this, I have poor blood circulation meaning all of my blood stays at my heart. This causes problems like brain fog, dizziness, vision issues, digestion issues, body temperature regulation issues and more. If my heart rate gets too high and my blood pressure gets too low, I could faint. POTS is a form of dysautonomia, which means autonomic dysfunction. If you’re anything like me, you just read that and said “autonom… do what now?” Basically, your autonomic nervous system can be thought of as your “automatic” nervous system and it includes what you can’t control, such as your heart, brain, digestion, breathing, vision, etc. Everything you do without thinking about it, your autonomic nervous system is automatically doing that for you. So, normal things like breathing and digestion are very hard for me because of POTS. There are a lot of things I have to do to help my body cope with this illness, including drink a ton of water and eat a ton of salt. Weird I know, but it’s true. I would probably still be undiagnosed and suffering had I not went to that routine checkup with Dr. Cooper. I had
Singleton loves volunteering in Heart of Hospice program tions specialist Laura Leigh Peters, volunteers such as Singleton are vital to the organization. The Heart of Hospice volunteer “It really strengthens and solidifies program that works with patients and the quality that we are able to offer our families in the home setting is a vital patients and our staff because we have part of the Community Hospice Care such great volunteers,” Peters said. team. “Our volunteers, whether working in Volunteers take on various roles the office or working in the field with in the organization. Some visit with our patients and families, are carrying patients and sometimes read, play orders from local physicians and they games or just enjoy fellowship. make sure patients’ needs are met.” Some volunteers, including Millie Singleton said she is happy to help Singleton, 75, work in the office patients, nurses and doctors. answering phones, copying, filing and “I love the fact that if I am helping assisting with events and activities. them, it allows them more time to help Singleton, who lives in Red Hill, their patients,” she said. has been a volunteer for Tallassee’s When Singleton isn’t busy at the Home Health and Hospice for nine volunteer program, she enjoys watchmonths and said it is a rewarding ing TV, spending time with friends and experience. social media. “I am so happy to be here because “I love to watch old Westerns, these are the most loving, caring anything with John Wayne in it,” she people that I have ever been around,” said. “I like to piddle in the yard. Most she said. of my friends are in Montgomery Singleton answers phones, files because that’s where I worked. I love paperwork, makes copies, fills out meeting them and getting on Facebook paperwork, stocks supplies and more. and talking to them, things like that. I “Every patient gets a birthday card also have a cat, a big baby.” and at Christmastime they get a little Singleton has a message for anyone gift and I put the ribbons and little tags who is considering volunteering time on them,” she said. “Whatever they to the organization. need, I will do.” “Think about how much good you Singleton volunteers three hours on can do for someone else,” Singleton Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays. said. “When you do it, it gives you a According to Community Home feeling of satisfaction to know that I Health and Hospice community relaam helping someone.”
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Millie Singleton is one of the volunteers at Community Home Health and Hospice’s Heart of Hospice volunteer program. She works with patients and families in the home setting and is a vital part of the care team.
Community Home Health and Hospice, an affiliate of Community Hospice Care, is the only locally owned and operated nonprofit home care and hospice agency serving Tallassee, Eclectic, Reeltown, Wetumpka and surrounding communities. It is located on Gilmer Ave. in Tallassee. For more information, call Community Home Health at 334-2834522 or Community Hospice Care at 334-283-4250.
Being ‘tox-sick’ causes our dysfunction in body mon baby shampoo and it contained three endocrine disrupters. Endocrine disrupters are chemicals that negaDid you know the average human tively affect the way your hormones has 700 verified toxins in their bodies? function, and we certainly don’t need That sounds like a lot, but do these them in baby shampoos. toxins in your body really matter? Items applied on the skin will show Considering neurological disorders up in the bloodstream in less than a are 600 times more common than they minute. Many of these toxins have were 20 years ago and your chances well-known names and people know for cancer have climbed to 1 in 2 for to avoid them. Health-conscious conmen and 1 in 3 for women, I’d say sumers know to look to cleaner and yes. purer makeups, shampoos and deodorThe links are there; the research ants. We choose fresh organic foods is in. Toxins are negatively affecting that avoid fungicides, pesticides and us. Even undiagnosed people can suf- insecticides. However, not all toxins fer from many symptoms including can be avoided no matter how many very low sex drives, fatigue, forgetful labels one reads, where one buys food moments and joint pains. In just two or how cautious one is. generations testosterone is down 60 So how can we help rid our bodpercent due to toxins in our bodies ies of these toxins? First, drink more and endocrine disruption. Attention water. It is one of the simplest steps Deficient Disorder, anxiety and toward good health and helping detoxdepression all have become common- ify the body. Consider taking chlorella place. daily to bind up toxins. There are also Sadly, items we use every day con- medical breakthroughs that can help tain the very toxins that are causing the process of detoxification. Saunas, our bodies to slow down and wear out. especially the HOCATT, are great Out of curiosity, I looked up a comways to help the body expel harmful
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noticed my heart racing before and my boyfriend had brought it up to me multiple times, but I really didn’t connect it to being the cause of my symptoms. But it was. And a routine checkup is what led me to getting the treatment and answers I so desperately needed. I suffer daily with this illness, although you wouldn’t know it by looking at me. I look like a normal 24-yearold, but I’m so far from it. I’m lucky to have a team of doctors taking care of me and trying to find the best treatment for me, including Alex City’s own Dr. Edwards who is very educated and familiar with dysautonomia. I travel to Birmingham to see Dr. Moore, who has specialized in POTS for more than 20 years, and is one of only three dysautonomia specialists in Alabama and one of only about 100 in the United States. Invisible illnesses are so very real. If you are having any type of symptoms or just don’t feel right, get checked out. Don’t give up if doctors don’t find anything at your first visit because one day, a doctor will notice something about your body that’s off and it could lead you to some answers. Go to your doctors’ appointments. If you’re not one who usually goes to the doctor, start going. You need to get a checkup at least once a year with a general physician and other specialized doctors. It’s important, and one visit could end up changing your life like it did mine.
pollutants. Our HOCATT (short for Hyperthermic Ozone and Carbonic Acid Transdermal Technology) stimulates the body’s immune system, boosts energy and detoxes the body down to the cellular level. The HOCATT is a bio-chamber that has 10 modalities for optimizing your health in a single device. A HOCATT session lasts for 45 minutes, is extremely relaxing, and it is not painful. Most people will see changes early in the course of a series of treatments. The HOCATT has been very helpful in particular when paired with IASIS for chronic depression and anxiety. Even severe cases are responding. Other patients have seen a return of hormones, resolution of chronic vaginal infections, increase in energy, better sleep patterns, a restoration of sex drive, as well as much smoother skin. Consider the HOCATT before attempting to get pregnant to enhance fertility. We find the HOCATT dramatically supports cancer patients. In short, so many of today’s problems are related to toxicity and it is wise to make efforts to protect our body from them.
Once a doctor has completed medical school and is ready to begin practicing, the future is a blank canvas, full of opportunities and potential. Among those following their passion is Dr. Martin A. “Rocky” Lyons Jr., the newest physician serving the River Region as part of the Ivy Creek organization. Lyons said he began studying at the UAB School of Medicine in 2005, got his medical degree in 2009 and completed his residency three years later at Baptist Health in Montgomery. Seven years ago, Lyons joined the Ivy Creek Healthcare family and currently serves as an M.D. at River Region Family Medicine. Like many other doctors, Lyons said he was inspired to enter the medical field at a young age, thanks in part to an experience he had when he Lyons was 5 and the work of his father, Marty Lyons, a former University of Alabama football star. “I grew up in a rural part of Alabama, near Demopolis,” Lyons said. “When I was 5, my mother and I had a traumatic car accident. Our family physician, Dr. (Reese) Holifield, was called in from home to perform hours of surgery to save my mother’s life. Another contributing factor of inspiration is my father’s foundation for terminally ill children, The Marty Lyons Foundation. This foundation allowed insight into pediatric diseases and cancers, which also sparked my interest.” Lyons feels one thing that makes his job so important is having the special ability to empathize with patients when they come to him with their ailments and afflictions. As Ivy Creek works to establish its new clinical facility on U.S. Highway 231 in Wetumpka, Lyons feels being a part of the center is part of his future. “I see myself working with multiple specialists in a new state-of-the-art facility here in Wetumpka,” Lyons said. “This will improve the availability of healthcare options for the rural community. I see this being a model for future underserved areas and I hope it revitalizes community hospitals.” Since becoming part of the Wetumpka community, Lyons said one thing that surprised him was how close he has become to his patients, essentially becoming part of their families. With so much of his career still in front of him, Lyons has determined what he hopes he will be remembered for as a physician working with members of the community. “I would like to be able to hand off a large, healthy and loving patient population to the next young inspiring family physician,” Lyons said.