Lake Martin Living October 2015 by Tallapoosa Publishers

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From the Editor

his year’s annual Lake Martin Living Art & Photography Contest yielded a record number of entries. Some 67 works of art in a variety of media will hang at Gallery 128 in downtown Alexander City for just another few days, and this year’s submissions are absolutely wonderful and not to be missed! The winner this year is Mimi Gresham Amerson whose colored pencil drawing, Double Strut, graces the cover of this month’s edition. Amerson’s finely detailed work also was the People’s Choice favorite; this is the second year in a row that the cover art has taken both titles. Another favorite of the judges’ was architect Steve Taylor’s Weathered Stumps watercolor, which took second place; and a work in acrylics by Barbara Kazmierczak took third. This is the 11th year for the Art & Photography contest, an annual event to which we always look forward at Tallapoosa Publishers, Inc. It’s fun to see what our local artists come up with from one year to the next; interesting to see their creative interpretations in the life scapes of central Alabama. The Lake Martin Living Art & Photography Contest was started by the magazine’s previous owners as a way to recognize local artists on the publication’s covers. It has grown every year, with at least one work by each entrant featured inside the issue. Those photos are featured on pages 28 through 39 in this magazine. You also can share the magazine feature online at www.issuu. com. Just search for Tallapoosa Publishers and select the most recent magazine issue on top of the Lake Martin Living stack. Of course, we urge you to stop by the gallery at 128 Calhoun Street to see all of the entries and appreciate every stroke and angle of the artists’ pencils, brushes, photos and – believe it or not – sewing machine. Sherry Watkins this year entered an exquisite art quilt that truly must be seen in person to be appreciated, as her stitches add dimension and texture to the fabric. You’ll find another kind of creativity featured on page 24 in David Granger’s interview with Equality musician David Luck whose music has carried him around the country for five decades. And in Dadeville, Donna McCain this fall returns to the site of a beloved historic shop on the courthouse square to open Pearson’s Place, a new home décor and gift shop under the only name that would be appropriate for its location. Read about this delightful shopping option in this month’s Business Matters feature on page 10. We hope this issue of Lake Martin Living will inspire your own creativity – or at least your appreciation of the creative talents of others.

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Lake Martin Living Editor & Publisher Kenneth Boone Managing Editor Betsy Iler Assistant Magazine Editor Mia Osborn Contributors Dave Jennings Luke Robinson Fletcher Scott Susan Foy Fred Muenzmay Cliff Williams Mitch Sneed Robert Hudson David Granger Kay Thomas and Karen Jennings Magazine Distribution Manager David Kendrick Creative Services Audra Spears Darlene Johnson Hallie Holloway Marketing/Advertising Sales Tippy Hunter Missy Fonte Kim Morse Emily Guill Lake Martin Living P.O. Box 999 Alexander City, AL 35011 256-234-4281 www.lakemartinmagazine.com Reader Advisory Board W.L. “Buddy” King Fred Dobbs Ann Goree Donna Burkett Reggie Dean Feel free to contact members of our Reader Advisory Board. Lake Martin Living is published monthly by Tallapoosa Publishers Inc. All contents are copyrighted and may not be reproduced without written consent of the publisher. Reader correspondence and submissions are welcome. Please address all correspondence, including story ideas, letters, pictures and requests, to: Editor, Lake Martin Living, P.O. Box 999, Alexander City, AL 35011 or email editor@lakemartinmagazine.com. Advertising inquiries may be made by calling 256-234-4281. A limited number of free copies are available at local businesses and subscriptions are $25 annually.

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ON THE COVER Mimi Gresham Amerson of Dadeville spent more than 400 hours creating the fine details of her colored pencil drawing depicting a pair of turkeys in the woods; Amerson's investment of time and talent won First Place and People's Choice titles in this year's magazine art contest. Photo by Kenneth Boone

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FEATURES 10. PEARSON'S PLACE H ome decor shop on the courthouse square bears the only name it could 18. PLOT FOR THE BIG BUCK S tart at the ground level when planting for deer 24. JUST A LITTLE BIT OF LUCK E quality's David Luck has shared his music around the world for more than 50 years 28. 11TH ANNUAL ART & PHOTOGRAPHY CONTEST D ouble Strut takes judges' and People's Choice titles 40. GHOST STORIES P aranormal investigation records voices at the Indian village

IN EVERY ISSUE 9. AROUND THE AREA 14. HAPPY GARDEN 17. FROM THE TEE 43. FAB FINDS

David Luck gave up on the flute and never looked back after acquainting himself with his grandfather's guitar. Photo by Cliff Williams

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The web thickens in Dadeville yard Travis Tindal Weaving a Tangled Web Greg Hooper and his wife, developed a special Rosalyn, have a knot for the oversized special treat for spider webs he builds at Halloween. the grandchildren this Halloween: They’ve enlisted web-making pros Greg and Annette Hooper to construct a giant spider web in their River Oaks backyard. “We’re going to have a house full of grandchildren, and they are going to have a ball,” Tindal said. The web, made of 60-pound test fishing line and about a half-mile of white yarn, is one of several the Hoopers make each year in locations around the country. “I tie the web at eye level and use the fishing line to pull them up into the trees,” Hooper said. ~ Cliff Williams

Muscogee Nation to make tribal canoe

Representatives of the Muscogee Nation last month visited Dadeville to cut a poplar tree for a Creek Council House display in Okmulgee, Oklahoma. They will make a dugout canoe from a tree chosen and felled on Mike Parker's land; a second boat will be displayed at Daviston's Horseshoe Bend National Military Park. Before the tree was cut, tribal leaders offered a prayer in the Creek language and shook loose tobacco around the base as a gesture of thanks. ~ Cliff Williams Lake Martin Living 9

Pearson's Place Decorator revives beloved name for Dadeville shop on courthouse square STORY & PHOTOS BY BETSY ILER

staple has returned to Dadeville. Pearson’s Place – gift shop, florist and now also boutique – has reopened at 127 N. Tallassee Street under the ownership of Donna McCain. True to the history of the building on the courthouse square, McCain gave her new business an “old” name. “There just wasn’t any sense in naming it something else. This building has been Pearson’s Place for 60 years. That’s what people are going to call it no matter what it says on the sign, so the sign might as well say it,” 10 Lake Martin Living

McCain said with a smile. She opened the store Aug. 1, and customers have been flowing in and out every day since to find the traditional Pearson’s gift fare, as well as new items in McCain’s inventory. In addition to the seasonal decorations, tableware, fresh flowers and candles, McCain carries pillows, gourmet kitchen items, cookware and cookbooks, art, jewelry and more. “We have added a big clothing line. When the store was open several years ago, the clothing was not offered, but there isn’t anywhere else in Dadeville that you can buy clothing,” she said. “We have all sizes.”

An "Old" New Store on the Square

Jewelry and accessories at Dadeville's new Pearson's Place coordinate with the store's boutique clothing line; customers will find home decor and holiday items from Atlanta's marketplace.

The line includes team wear, fashionable pants, tops and dresses and jewelry to complement the clothing. There are scarves, too. McCain carries treats from the new Mama’s Secrets Cookies brand, as well as drink mixes, table linens and decorative glassware. “For the bridal registries, we have the Noritake and Mikasa lines. We

BUSINESS MATTERS

will still do the big Christmas displays – the whole shop will be holiday,” said McCain who has several years of experience in the field of gifts, florals and decorating. “When I was 18 years old, I had just graduated from high school and got married. I sat home for a couple of months and then went to work for Glenda and Paul Lowe at Millstone Nursery and Florist,” McCain said. “Glenda taught me everything I know. I wouldn’t be where I am today if it wasn’t for her. We became like family.” McCain worked for the Lowes for 10 years before she bought the business from them and relocated to a store in

front of the courthouse in Dadeville. “I owned it for several years and sold it,” she said. “And I sat home for about a year.” About that time, pharmacist Frank Pearson, who had operated a pharmacy in the building on Tallassee Street since before most people could remember, retired from the pharmacy business, and he and his wife opened a flower and gift shop there. “They called me and asked me if I would come and work and run it,” McCain said. She worked for him there for eight or nine years, and when it closed, she joined Marsha Hanks who opened

Lake Martin Flowers and Gifts on South Broadnax. When Hanks closed earlier this year, McCain opened Pearson’s Place at the successful location on the square behind the courthouse. Shoppers can find her there from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday – except for Wednesdays, when she is closed all day to spend time with her 2-year-old granddaughter. The store also is open from 9 a.m. until 2 p.m. on Saturdays. Visit McCain at Pearson’s Place on Facebook; call her at 256-825-9998 or email her at donnacmccain@hotmail. com. Lake Martin Living 11

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ven though you may still be harvesting tomatoes and squash, it is time to start thinking about replanting your vegetable garden with cool season favorites and an emphasis on good health. What is the best time of year to plant in the Lake Martin area? I mean, the times of year when you have the least trouble getting plants established and have the greatest chance of success? This crazy hand-me-down notion of spring planting is one of the major impediments to gardening here on the Piedmont type soil mix, as the very best time, by far, for planting in our planting zone is right now – from the middle of October through the first of December. This is the time of year when you can plant them; water them well for a week or two; and then, pretty much forget them until the middle of April next year; by which time, they should be well established. This is when I do most of my buying and planting, and my success rate this time of year is easily two or three times greater than my success with spring planting. I watched my neighbor and his wife, who by the way are exceptional gardeners and providers of food for winter and spring consumption. They have been saving leaves and grass in a 4-foot high by 4-foot diameter wire fence, in addition to all garden scrapings, for use each October when they spread it over newly turned soil where they will plant the fall garden.

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Cool Season Favorites This family overplants to share with neighbors and family and trade off. To get started with fall gardening, you do not need an acre of space to accomplish a good garden. A 4-foot by 4-foot plot of good soil will grow a bountiful crop that will feed you for four to six months. The following is a list of some of the more important greens you might want to know and grow: Kale – Kale is now recognized as providing comprehensive support for the body’s detoxification system. New research has shown that the ITCs made from kale’s glucosinolates can help regulate detox at a genetic level. Kale can be purchased locally in six-packs. Collards – The cholesterol-lowering ability of collard greens may be the greatest of all commonly eaten cruciferous vegetables. In a recent study, steamed collard greens outshined steamed kale, mustard greens and broccoli. Broccoli – Broccoli seedlings should be planted 10 weeks before the first frost date in your area. Brussels Sprouts – Brussels sprouts are ideal for fall gardens, because they really taste best when allowed to mature in cool weather. Cabbage – Plant seedlings six to eight weeks before the first frost. Lettuce – Sow seeds in late summer. Provide the seedlings with consistent moisture and shade from the afternoon sun.

The Best Time for Planting is Right Now

From left: Kale, cabbage, Brussels sprouts and radish are easy to grow this time of year

Allow 45 to 60 days before harvesting, depending on type and little or no care. variety. Now, I grow certain cool season vegetables from seed. Mustard Greens – Sow seeds six weeks before the first frost. Plants like arugula, spinach and various types of lettuce Seeds will germinate in soil that is 45 to 85 degrees Fahrenheit. germinate easily and mature quickly. Others, like Keep the soil consistently moist to encourage broccoli, cabbage, kale and collards, are better rapid growth and tender greens. Allow 45 days to started from transplants in six-packs. Using these maturity. seedlings will give you a head start. Radish – Sow seeds for radishes four weeks Look on the back of the seed packet to find the before the first frost. Winter varieties, such as number of days until harvest from the time you China Rose, mature slower, grow larger and store sow the seed. For example, once I plant my beets longer. They should be sown about six weeks it’ll take approximately 55 days before I can harvest before the first frost. Sow the seeds evenly, so you them. don’t have to thin them. Another thing to keep in mind when planting Spinach – Sow seeds five weeks before first fall vegetables is that the seedlings require plenty of frost date. The short days and cool, moist weather moisture, so keep them well watered until fall rains of fall are even better for spinach than spring. An begin. And many of the leafy vegetables, such as established spinach crop will last well into winter Fred Muenzmay spinach and kale, are heavy feeders, so be generous and can survive temperatures down into the 20s. with the fertilizer. Spinach prefers very fertile soil to encourage rapid Think healthy; plant well; eat well and enjoy the fruits of growth and tender leaves. Allow 45 days to maturity. your labor. Herbs – Fall is a prime time for planting the hardiest herbs that actually grow very well in areas with mild winters. You ~ Fred Muenzmay of Eagles Roost Herb Farms is a Master can put an assortment of your favorite cool-weather-loving fall Gardener and has been in the business of growing organic herbs by the kitchen door – all in one container, if you like – herbs, vegetables and blueberries for regional and local farmer's for a pinch of each right at your fingertips. You can also plant markets for 16 years. Contact him at fmuenzmay@earthlink.net. cilantro, parsley, dill and arugula in existing flowerbeds with

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Play smart for lower scores

From the Tee

second shot into the 14th green. From left center t is true. The closest distance between two of the fairway, the golfer can mis-hit the approach points is a straight line; however, it’s not always shot just short of the green and still have a great the smartest or safest route on the golf course. opportunity to make par; whereas, the player from As the coach for a group of young and long ball the right side of the fairway may be buried in the hitting golfers, one of my biggest challenges year in bunker or in the thick rough if the high approach and year out is to encourage my golf team to play shot lands short. the game in such a way that they are not duped into If the player’s shot is hit too boldly, there sits taking the short cut on dogleg holes. beautiful Lake Martin, anxiously awaiting the Most golf courses have a number of doglegged arrival of the aggressive player’s golf ball. holes that entice golfers to hit a ball over a hazard, Just as when the superintendant places a hole fairway bunker or even over a group of trees to save just over a bunker on the skinniest side of the 10 to 20 yards for their approach shot. Dave Jennings green, it is wise to play to the fat of the green, take One hole comes quickly to mind, as it describes your two-putt and go to the next hole instead of my coaching challenge well: That is No. 14 being the bold and restless golfer who insists on saying, “Heck at Willow Point Country Club. On the tee of No. 14, my no, I’m not playing conservative; I’m going for the pin!” young golfers look at the hole’s design and salivate with the Nice triple bogey. anticipation of bombing a drive over the right fairway bunker. If you’ve ever bowled with a good bowler, you may have Doing so, if the ball is hit perfectly, could leave a golfer an noticed that most often when faced with a 10-pin pick-up approach shot of only 130 yards, should the ball bounce off the for spare, he begins his down slope and found over approach from the left side the bunker just right. of the lane. Although this I’ve seen many times when creates a slightly longer lane this shot has, indeed, led to a for the ball to travel, the very simple second shot into angle to that pin is much the green; however, when this more exposed. bold drive is attempted, I find This is the same mentality that we most often look for that low-scoring golfers golf balls in the fescue right of take when traversing a golf the fairway bunker; buried in course. They play tee shots the lip of the fairway bunker; to the widest opening of the or just sitting down in the green. deep rough to the right of the Next time you are playing fairway. No. 14 at Willow Point In my opinion, driving Country Club, try aiming over the right fairway bunker toward the left side of the on No. 14, in most cases, is a fairway. Even if you are poor decision off the tee. Not only is this decision risky, but it Dodging the No. 14 Dogleg a short hitter, your next also creates a brand new set of problems and challenges for the Willow Point's dogleg hole couple of shots will have approach shot. over a bunker could land a With the golf ball on the right side of the fairway, the player golfer with a great approach you looking straight down the fairway at the green, is forced to deal with two obstacles found around the 14th green shot, but is the water hazard worth of risk of going bold? rather than being forced to for the approach shot – the greenside bunker and Lake Martin. hit shots toward the fairway The golfer must play over the bunker but short of the lake. bunker, greenside bunker and Lake Martin. Good Luck! Plan ahead; play smart and enjoy lower scores. This is such Golf course architects know very well that most golfers are a great game, as it constantly challenges mental and physical enticed by short cuts. These evil-minded geniuses build in strengths and weaknesses. obstacles to punish those folks who choose to go the shorter route. ~ Dave Jennings is men's golf coach at Central Alabama The more conservative and smarter golfer attempts to hit the Community College. tee ball to the left side of the fairway in order to have a straight Lake Martin Living 17

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Plot for the Big Buck Start at ground level when planting for deer

eginning in September of each year, most hunting clubs turn their attention to planting food plots for deer. The age-old practice of planting usually reacquaints club members with each other, and this social bonding gets everyone chattering about the upcoming season with high hopes of taking that big buck. Tilling the soil usually begins around Labor Day weekend, and on subsequent weekends, club members continue to get together, depending on weather and available time. These activities continue into the end of September or early October. Sometimes, fields are prepared several weeks earlier by bush hogging the tall grass and weeds, giving them time to dry out and decay before plowing. On planting day, members show up at a designated time and place. Some man tractors with plows while others operate spreaders attached for fertilizer and seeds. This parade of tractors and fourwheelers goes to each plot for plowing, planting and covering the seeds. When they leave a plot, the task is done, and the rest is left up to Mother Nature. Usually, a prayer request is made for rain. Having done this for many years, I asked myself a question, “Have we done everything we can possibly do to stack the odds in our favor?” The cost of planting includes diesel fuel, wear and tear on tractors, fertilizer, lime and seeds and may be prohibitive if the plants don’t produce to their fullest extent. After all, the goal is to provide a quality browse for deer. If they don’t taste or smell something nutritious, they

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Fletcher Scott won’t show up on the feed plots. It’s good to remember that there’s competition with what deer have been browsing on for years. That big antlered buck didn’t grow that way feeding on low quality food. I think it’s also true that if deer don’t have healthy, nutritious browse, their genetic potential may never be realized. That’s why I think the most important step in preparation for planting is having the soil tested. Until this is done, there’s really no way to know what components the soil is missing. When fertilizer is indiscriminately added without the necessary mineral components, plants may grow poorly. This can be a costly mistake. Tallapoosa and surrounding counties are in the Piedmont Physiographic Province, characterized mainly, but not exclusively, by clay-loamy soils that are acidic (low pH), produced by a bedrock of metamorphic rock. The red clay comes from weathering of kaolinite and iron oxides. While generally considered

Getting the dirt on food plot soil testing Opposite: Take soil from different areas of the food plot to get an accurate sample; Above: Send a separate sample for each food plot, as variations can be found within just a few feet of ground.

poor, piedmont soils in narrow floodplains and bottoms may be rich or healthy. Soil quality can be a measure of several physical and chemical characteristics of soil. Particle size can be described as sands, silts and clays, from largest to smallest. Their shapes may be just as important as their size. Particle size and shape helps determine soil porosity, which is essential for the infiltration of water and oxygen to plant roots. Clay soils have a microscopic physical size that can make them almost impervious to water, but clay also holds moisture longer than sandy soils, which can be good. Plowing under clover or weeds before planting can add organic matter to clay and keeps it from sticking together Lake Martin Living 19

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and clumping. The various chemical components in healthy soil present a proper balance of ph. This is where soil testing can be important. Fertilizer is usually advertised by three numbers, which represent three of the major components in soil. For example, if the fertilizer is 8-8-8, the nitrogen (N), phosphate (P2O5) and Potash (K20 potassium) make up 8 percent of the mix. But how much of each of these components does your plot actually need? Since our local soils are acidic, they must be buffered (raising pH) with a product like lime (calcium carbonate) to move the pH closer to neutral. pH is the measure of how acidic or basic a substance might be. It is usually expressed as a number on a scale from 0 (very acidic) to 7 (neutral) or 14 (very basic). For example, if your soil pH is not between 6 to 8, plants cannot maximize their uptake of nitrogen. The only way to really know what components you have in your soil, and what you can do to increase its health, is 20 Lake Martin Living

to have your soil tested. The testing begins by obtaining a soil test kit from your Alabama County Extension Service office. The kit includes soil sample boxes, an information sheet with payment instructions ($7 per sample) and instructions on how to collect a sample. Once collected, the samples can be mailed to the Auburn University Soil Testing Lab; returned to the Extension office in your county; or taken directly to the soil test lab in the ALFA building on the south side of the Auburn University campus. Since soil types can vary with each square meter, samples are taken as a composite. This means you gather up to 20 samples in different areas of your food plot, depending on its size. Each sample should be about a one third of a cup. The samples are placed in a small bucket and mixed up when finished. You then fill a sample box with about a pint of soil from your bucket. This will be the test sample you would send to the lab for that particular food plot.

Recently, I visited Auburn University’s Soil Testing Lab and talked to Dr. Gobena Huluka, the lab’s director to find out what “perfect soil” really is. He laughed. “That depends,” Huluka said. “It depends on your climate, what soil type you have and what you are growing. If you are growing corn in Iowa, that requires certain soil components. If you’re growing watermelons in south Alabama, requirements can be totally different. In addition to chemical components like nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium, there are at least 80 trace minerals that plants take up.” Huluka said the lab will make recommendations to restore your soil to healthy conditions by adding lime or the correct mix of fertilizer, so they would like to know what crops you plan to grow when you send in your samples. “We don’t test for nitrogen, because it moves around too much. Nitrogen comes from the atmosphere and is converted by bacteria in the soil to a form that plants can use. For instance, if you have grown clover or alfalfa in a field, we probably wouldn’t need to add any nitrogen, since those plants take up nitrogen and store it in their leaves and tissues,” he explained. “This makes the plants nutritious for cattle or deer as a forage crop. If you plant it as a cover crop and plow it under, you are essentially adding nitrogen back to the soil.” Huluka gave me a tour of the lab, and I was surprised by the volume of samples handled there. Although a lot of the testing is done for research purposes, standard tests are a big part of the lab work. Technician Lee Ashley is in charge of pH testing, and Hirut Gifowosen prepares samples to be placed in the Inductively Coupled Plasma machine. This procedure tests for trace elements and soil minerals. Samples are also prepared analysis in a Vario Macro Elemental Analysis machine. Macro

nutrients, such as carbon, hydrogen, sulfur and oxygen, are measured in this apparatus. I was most impressed by the technology used to analyze soil samples. The link between the soil and those big antlers is the type of plants you grow. While we might not be able to control the genetics of our deer, we can certainly do something about the food they eat. But what you plant is not necessarily as important as what you plant it in. The food we plant needs to be the best we can offer, and that begins with soil testing. ~ Fletcher Scott is a retired science teacher who enjoys nature photography. The Scoop on Your Scoops

Right: Hirut Gifowosen prepares samples for analysis, and lab personnel will make recommendations for soil additives tailored to your land use; Below: A well-planned field from the ground up will attract more deer, as that big buck didn't get that way on an unhealthy diet.

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Just a little bit of Luck STORY BY DAVID GRANGER & PHOTOS BY CLIFF WILLIAMS

n the first cool Saturday morning of fall, David Luck emerged from the back of his home in Equality, Alabama, with a cup of coffee in hand, slightly disheveled in a cable-knit pullover, his face topped with a shock of gray hair and his eyes framed with horn-rimmed glasses. He looked professorial. His father had been a professor of business and taught at such prestigious schools as Stanford University, Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, Dartmouth and Michigan State. Though his parents were far from musicians, Luck said, his father loved jazz and had a collection of records that got Luck through a year of childhood illness and instilled in him a love he’s never lost. “I was sickly as a kid, and they held me out of school for a year. I just spent the year listening to records and dreaming in my head,” said Luck. “Whatever the music would provoke, you know. I’ve been doing that ever since. Basically, I’m daydreaming my way through life.” Most of Luck’s daydreams have been accompanied by music, much of which he’s made himself. He picked up his first instrument – the flute – when he was 8 years old. Lucky Pickin' “But the problem with the David Luck of Equality flute was, for me, it didn’t allow found music as a child and developed a me to do enough orchestration,” career that took him said Luck. “You know, you’re across the country basically playing a single line all and around the world.

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the time. I inherited a guitar that was made Turning Luck into Opportunities in Pursuit of the Passion to Play Luck's "ballistic fingering" introduced him great names in music, including in the 1800s from my grandfather. He was Harry Nilsson, John Lennon, Joan Baez, Dan Fogelberg and others many. in the Dartmouth Glee Club back in the day. So I ended up with this guitar. It was matched. In those days, everyone had the same shirt. Our nylon-stringed, but I wanted to play steeluniform was everything that we could find that we had four stringed, because I’d been listening to Earl Scruggs a lot. So of in our sizes. That was basically it. Short sleeves, stripes. I put steel strings on the guitar, which destroyed it, but, oh That was sort of the folk uniform back then.” well, live and learn. Robinson’s mother was also active in the anti-war “So I didn’t actually start playing guitar until I was 15, when I was out in Palo Alto. I never looked at the flute again.” movement that was growing in the San Francisco area in the mid-1960s, and she was fond of holding “pacifist teas.” One Luck’s experiences in Palo Alto changed his life. He made of the musicians who often performed at these teas was a a friend named John Robinson, the son of wealthy and young lady named Joan Baez. influential San Franciscans and also a guitar player, who “I just fell in love with her,” Luck said. “Her voice was so studied the instrument under Dick Jaqua, a guitar teacher gorgeous, and her guitar was so clean. It wasn’t fancy, but who was also an active performer in local musical theatre. it supported the song exactly as much as it needed to be Luck’s friendship with Robinson became his front-row supported, and it was very clean, and it was very pretty, so ticket to San Francisco’s burgeoning folk scene. she ended up inspiring the way I performed.” “Dick Jaqua was sort of the godfather to all the folk Still in high school at the time, Luck’s family moved groups,” said Luck. “He had a barn up in the hills over Palo from Palo Alto to outside of Philadelphia, where the young Alto, and the Kingston Trio; Peter, Paul and Mary; Ian and guitarist began to write songs. Sylvia; Odetta; all of these people went up there to learn how “I fell in with this guy who was a historian,” Luck said. to perform. He had a stage up there in a barn surrounded by “He would tell me stories, local folklore, and I would convert mirrors. them into songs. So that was the first time that I started “Initially, I just hit it big time out in Palo Alto in terms of writing original songs. And we’d perform those songs at exposure and just playing with really good people. John was country clubs and schools and stuff. a good guitar player, and we had another friend who was a “And this guy’s family started the Philadelphia Folk real good guitar player. Festival. So I was at the first one of those. It was like Pete “But the most important thing about us was that our shirts 26 Lake Martin Living

Seeger, the New Lost City Ramblers, all kinds of people like that just running around. That was kind of interesting.” Stops in college towns continued in Carbondale and Champaign, Illinois, where Luck himself studied. Each town brought new musical acquaintances, experiences and additions to his repertoire. Not to mention great true stories. “When I got to Champaign, I didn’t have any group or anything, but I was playing in this hootenanny thing one night. I played a version of ‘Stagger Lee’ that I learned off a Tom Paley album, but I couldn’t quite get the whole thing, so I just made the rest of it up,” said Luck. “And this guy comes up to me after, and I’m sort of in awe of him because he’s really a brilliant musician. He says, ‘Will you show me how you play that ‘Stagger Lee’? I’ve never heard it played that way before.’ Then I realized I could get away with anything. And I’ve been doing it ever since.” Among Luck’s favorite guitarists is Bert Jansch, a Scottish folk guitarist and founding member of The Pentangle. While in Champaign, Luck joined a group called the Coney Island Whitefish and, while in Europe with several other band members, played a role in bringing Jansch’s music to the United States. “We rehearsed for maybe a couple of months and then summer hit, the summer of ’67. We all went to Europe, but we all went our separate ways,” said Luck. “In London I met Bert Jansch. And then it turns out the Whitefish’s rhythm guitar player’s cousin is Shel Talmy, who was the manager of The Who. So I met Shel Talmy. I told Shel Talmy about Bert Jansch and this new group that he had called The Pentangle. Talmy signed Bert Jansch and the Pentangle. So that was really neat, because I’d been listening to Jansch for years, but nobody knew he was over here. Basically, I wanted his records available in the United States, so that accomplished that.” Others who influenced Luck include guitarists Gabor Szabo, Dave “Snaker” Ray and John Fahey, along with singer/songwriters Bob Dylan and John Prine. Luck’s career has crossed the paths of such notables as Harry Nilsson and John Lennon, with whom he attended songwriting sessions, and Dan Fogelberg, for whom Luck wrote the career-launching Sweet Lady James.

Luck continued performing with various groups until the early 1980s. He married and made a career in marketing, and a growing family took more of his time, though music has remained a staple that he’s passed on to his three sons. Luck’s oldest is also a musician, a keyboardist. His middle son is a psychologist and his youngest a journalist. In 2008, he married a retired professor of Education, Carla, who taught at Northern Illinois University. Now retired and settled in Equality, Alabama, Luck still invests a lot of his time in music. He has recorded four CDs: White Light, Third Rail, Eddie Watches Flo and Burnin’ Stove. Over his five decades of guitar playing, Luck’s selftaught skills have grown to mind-boggling virtuosity. His picking has been called “ballistic,” and his use and knowledge of open-tuning amaze even the most accomplished traditional guitarists. And he has no plans of stopping now. “I’m still writing songs,” Luck said. “I’m still recording. There’s a demo of one of my songs being produced in New York, sort of a show tune, and I’m actually thinking about doing a musical. The demo we’re doing in New York is sort of a test of the music. And then if that works out, I’ll sit down and come up with a story. The song’s about a woman lawyer who has The Music Plays hallucinations.” On Luck is also working on an eightThough now minute children’s song about the retired in Equality, Luck Wabanaki Indian tribe. has recorded Both are thoughts, stories that bring four CDs a listener a smile. Something Luck’s music has always seemed to do. Eddie Watches Flo, available on iTunes, Amazon and allmusic.com, drew this review from critic Weston Jones: “These tunes are whimsical and profound, simple and virtuoso. They are the sound track of what you wish your life was like.” “I think there’s an optimism built into my music somehow, and I don’t know where it comes from necessarily,” said Luck. “I think people find some optimism in it when they listen to it, and that, to me, is a real thrill.” Lake Martin Living 27

11th Annual

Art & Photography Contest

First Place & People's Choice Double Strut Colored pencil by Mimi Gresham Amerson

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out of the water with an artist’s eye. he winner of the 11th annual Lake Martin Living Art and Photography contest is Mimi Gresham “It answers the design principles of foreground, Amerson of Dadeville. midground and background,” said Holdren. Amerson’s Double Strut, a colored pencil drawing The third place winner in this year’s competition was of two turkeys, drew the praise of the judges from the Barbara Kazmierczak of Dadeville. Her painting of a moment they laid eyes fawn garnered attention on it. for its lifelike quality. “To me, it’s perfect,” “The composition is said judge Dottie superb. Yet it’s soft, the Holdren, Vice President way they’ve handled the of the Art Association paint,” said Holdren. of Central Alabama. McKnight appreciated “There’s so much detail the simple black in the foreground; then it background, which becomes less detailed as helped put the focus on it goes back. The artist is the fawn’s expression. a master, there’s no doubt “I like the eyes. It looks about that.” like he’s been caught in President Martha the headlights,” she said. McKnight agreed. “This This year’s People’s piece is hard for anyone Choice Award also went to stand against.” to Amerson’s Double Amerson said the Strut. piece took her more than Another work that was 400 hours to finish. Her inspiration, she said, popular with viewers who comes from a lifelong voted at Emporium Wine love of birds. during the first week of “I’ve always been the contest exhibit was drawn to birds because of Chat Preux, an elaborate Second Place the color and shine of the quilted textile entry by Weathered Stumps feathers,” she said. “When Sherry Watkins. Karen Watercolor by Steve Taylor my husband and I lived in Ingram’s painting of a row Savannah, turkeys would of bare feet on a dock also come up in our back yard was well received. and strut around.” “To me, this says lake and vacation,” said Holdren of Amerson is originally from Georgia, where she studied Ingram’s work. graphic design at the University of Georgia. In the 1990s, This year’s contest was the largest in Lake Martin Amerson and her husband lived in the Lake Martin area, Living history. Thirty-three talented artists submitted where she sharpened her art skills with pastel drawing 67 unique pieces. Many were celebrations of daily life lessons from Dadeville artist Cheeko Douglas. Though around Lake Martin, including many photographs of her husband’s work required the couple to move back to local wildlife and images of the sun setting over different Georgia, they returned to Lake Martin after retirement. parts of the lake. “We just love this place,” Amerson said. All artwork will be on display until Saturday, Oct. Second place in this year’s contest went to Jackson’s 24, at Gallery 128/Emporium Wine in downtown Gap native, Steve Taylor. Taylor’s watercolor painting, Alexander City, next door to The Shoppes of Queen’s called Weathered Stumps, was noted by the judges for Attic. The exhibit will be open from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. both technique and subject matter. Tuesday through Friday and from 10 a.m. until 2 p.m. “This is a typical scene you’d encounter at the lake,” on Saturday. Artists are asked to pick up their artwork said McKnight. “It was painted with a very deft hand.” Taylor’s painting features an ordinary tree stump rising during business hours in the last week of the month. Lake Martin Living 29

Lake Martin sunset by Sam Harbarger

Third Place Oil paiting of fawn by Barbara Kazmierczak

Stained glass of tornado-ravaged tree by Langley Tolbert

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Honorable Mention Dirty Feet by Karen Ingram

Painting of sailboat by Patricia B. Crunk

Photograph of dog on surfboard by Shannon McDuffie

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Photograph of Amaryllis by J. Harrelson

Oil painting of feet over water by Franklin Staples

Twilight at Lake Martin oil painting by Donna H. Cantrell

Photograph of bumble bee by Tommy Chatham 32 Lake Martin Living

Photograph of pumpkins by Kathy Brown

Honorable Mention Rusty watercolor by Steve Taylor

Photograph of a snowy barn by Pam Wright

Sassy Lady by Langley Tolbert

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Oil Painting of Saugahatchee Creek by Milly Greene

Photograph of Mallard Ducks by John Redmond

Pink Sunset photograph by Contessa Woody

Photograph of Dragonfly by Laura Landrum

Cousins photograph by Debbie Blackmon

Hunter painting by Katherine E. Jones

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Photograph on canvas of bridge by Barbara Bryan

The Original Catherine's Grocery by Larry Tuggle

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Church Choir painting by Libby Rogers

Painting of goats with tomatoes by Liz-Beth Bermingham Floating acrylic painting by Lynda Thurlow 36 Lake Martin Living

Approaching storm at Wind Creek by Lana Scott

Daybreak on Blue Creek by Jan Allen Smith

A Foggy Morning photograph by Kenneth W. Cochran

Lady of the Lake by Dawn Thornton

Honorable Mention Painting of fish by Barbara Kazmierczak

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Summer's End oil painting by Rosemary Brigham

Water and Rocks painting by Blanche Warr

Alexander City First United Methodist Chruch by Larry Tuggle

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Honorable Mention Chat Preux textile art by Sherry Watkins

Below Elkahatchee Bridge photograph by Megan Mullins

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Ghost Stories Paranormal researchers record voices at Tohopeka STORY BY MIA OSBORN PHOTOS BY KENNETH BOONE & COURTESY OF ALABAMA PARANORMAL ASSOCIATION

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ctober is the perfect time for ghost stories. Most people get their dose of seasonal spookiness from watching horror movies on the couch or visiting a local corn maze. But a brave few take a more hands-on approach. Armed only with recording devices, they travel to the sites of local ghost stories to find evidence of the real people – and spirits – behind the folklore. One such group is the Alabama Paranormal Association (APA). The APA formed under the leadership of Dale Langella, a woman who has spent years walking the line between the natural and supernatural. As a child, Langella had several brushes with the paranormal, but as she grew up in a strict Roman Catholic household, she didn’t feel comfortable talking about her experiences. As an adult, Langella said, she moved into an old home where strange activity forced her to confront the things from which she tried to hide as a child. “I moved into a house in my 30s where there was a lot of activity. I saw some things and experienced some things there that put me on the path of searching for answers,” she said. Her search for evidence of the unseen led her to serve as the case director for a local ghost-hunting group. When that group disbanded, she decided to form her own. The APA has been in business since 2010. Since that time, Langella and her team have explored possible hauntings all over Alabama and the rest of the South. Sometimes, Langella said, the APA will make the first move in an investigation by approaching the owners of a location to which a well-known haunting is attached. But in most cases, the group is invited by people who suspect there may be something strange in their home. “A lot of the people who contact us are

The Chill of the Hunt

Left: The Alabama Paranormal Association combed Horseshoe Bend Military Park in search of ghosts.

in the same position that I was, where they don’t know what’s going on,” Langella said. Helping these people has become her mission, although the ghost hunter was quick to note that not every problem has a paranormal cause. “We don’t want people to think that we’re a parlor trick,” she said. “If we go into someone’s home and discover they’ve got a rodent infestation in their attic and that’s what’s causing those bumps in the night, we tell them. And we’re glad, because we’ve eased their mind.” In 2012, the team drew the attention of a publisher who asked Langella to write a book on haunted battlefields. As part of her research, she brought the APA team to Horseshoe Bend National Military Park in Daviston. Horseshoe Bend has been rumored to be haunted since 1814, when it became the site of the final battle of the Creek War. Andrew Jackson’s troops killed more than 800 Creek warriors in a single day of fighting there. “Tourists to Horseshoe Bend have reported incidents, such as white figures appearing in their photos. Others have reported camera malfunctions and hearing audible disembodied voices that sound like the battle cries of women and children,” she noted in her book. The team had high hopes of finding spirits on the battlefield, but to their surprise, the best evidence they collected was not from the battlefield but instead came from the site of the Creek village, Tohopeka, that once stood in what is now the northeast corner of the park. There, Langella and her team used sensitive voice recorders to catch messages from the other side. These ghostly recordings are called electronic voice phenomena (EVP). A standard investigation includes the posing of questions aloud and then waiting in silence with the recorder running. When team members reviewed the audio from these EVP sessions, they were able to turn up the volume in the space between

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questions and discovered answers that were too quiet to be heard while the recording was being made. “When we reviewed our audio, we found that there was a considerable number of American Indian voices that were captured at the village location,” wrote Langella. Faint voices, including those of women and children, could be heard, she said. At first, the team couldn’t make any sense of the words spoken, but on closer examination, they realized that the voices were speaking the Creek language. None of them sounded upset or in pain, according to Langella, “It was just as if the villagers were still going about their daily business.” The Horseshoe Bend EVPs are unusual in that the voices didn’t make any effort to respond to the questions asked by the APA team, with only one exception: A team member asked the spirits if the land was sacred to them. In the silence that followed, a whispered voice said, “Yes.” The APA was also invited to search private property that adjoins the park by a stretch of pasture. According to APA’s Research Director Virginia Brown, the people who lived there had heard voices, singing and chanting coming from that pasture and had caught light anomalies in the pasture as they were walking in the area. One of these anomalies, also called an orb, was caught on camera. The APA was happy with the results of their investigation and with Daviston itself. “We met some really nice people,” said Brown. The group received a warm welcome in the lake area, but that’s not always the case. “A lot people assume that what we do is satanic or evil,” said Langella. “But we’re actually a Christian group. This is our way of teaching others that God exists, that life goes on.” The APA sometimes holds public ghost hunts to teach the curious and skeptics about what they do. One of these events will take place later this month in Huntsville. For more information about the APA, visit www.alabama-paranormalassociation.com. Langella’s book, Haunted Alabama Battlefields, is available on Amazon.com. Ghosts of the Past

Top: This photo from the APA investigation of Octagon Hall, KY, seems to show a female figure. Middle: The site of the Tohopeka village at Horseshoe Bend National Military Park. Bottom: Langella, center, with her team.

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How getting a home loan changed last week

MONEY MATTERS

or more than 30 years, federal law required all lenders to provide two disclosure forms to consumers when they apply for a mortgage and two additional short forms before they close on the home loan. These forms were developed by different federal agencies under the Truth-inLending Act (TILA) and the Real Karen Jennings Estate Settlement Procedures Act (RESPA). To help simplify matters and avoid the confusing situation consumers have often faced when purchasing or refinancing a home in the past, the Dodd-Frank Act provided for the creation of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) and charged the bureau with integrating the mortgage loan disclosures under the TILA and RESPA. Any residential loan originated after Oct. 3, 2015, will be subject to the new rules and forms set forth by the CFPB. The Rule replaces the Good Faith Estimate (GFE) and early TILA form with the new Loan Estimate. It also replaces the HUD-1 Settlement Statement TILA form with the new Closing Disclosure. The Act established the CFPB as a government watchdog agency that works to keep consumers aware of abusive, deceptive or unfair lending practices; supervises lending institutions in order to enforce federal financial laws; and studies consumer behavior and financial markets to identify risks to consumers. Prior to Oct. 3, at the time of the loan application for purchase or refinancing, the borrower received a Good Faith Estimate and the Truth-in-Lending. At the time of closing, the consumer received the HUD44 Lake Martin Living

1 Settlement Statement and the final TILA form. The details in these forms included important information, such as the interest rate; how much the borrower would pay during the life of the loan; whether or not there was a pre-payment penalty; closing costs; payoffs, etc. On Aug. 1, 2015, the final rules combined various RESPA and TILA Kay Thomas regulations to create these two new disclosure documents designed to be more helpful to consumers and reduce the overall number of forms. The core objective for the new disclosures is to improve consumer understanding, provide better comparison-shopping and avoid costly surprises at the closing table. When applying for a loan, the new Loan Estimate, which is three pages, replaces the Good Faith Estimate and the Truthin-Lending disclosure and combines them into one single form. At closing, the new five-page Closing Disclosure replaces the final Truth-in-Lending and HUD-1 Settlement Statement. Some industry leaders now say the 30-day close period is pretty much over. Forty-five days would be about as fast as it could be done, and a more realistic time from contract to close is going to be about 60 days. But some origination professionals argue that, though the effects will be heavily felt at first, as mortgage lenders become more experienced and acclimated with the new forms and procedures, the processes should thrive after the first few weeks and months. ~ Contact Karen Jennings and Kay Thomas at Thomas Mortgage in Alexander City at 256-239-0003.

New Faces, Places join RMC

Dr. Ravinder Clayton

Dr. Alex Minter

Medical News

Drs. Adams and Edwards ussell Medical Center provide comprehensive is pleased to announce health services, including the appointments annual wellness of Alex Minter, M.D., and examinations, diagnosis Dr. Ravinder Clayton to the and treatment of acute and medical staff. chronic conditions, such as Dr. Minter specializes in diabetes and hypertension, oncology/hematology and disease prevention, health practices at UAB Medicine – maintenance, counseling and The Cancer Center at RMC. patient education. Their office He received his medical hours are 7 a.m. to 4 p.m., degree from the University Susan Foy Monday through Friday. For of Alabama at Birmingham appointments, please call 256and completed his internal 329-7887. medicine residency Health Partners of Goodwater is training at UAB. Dr. Minter completed located next to Madix and Goodwater his hematology/oncology fellowship Pharmacy at 21342 Alabama Highway at National Capital Consortium in 9. Tammy Coker, CRNP, and her staff, Washington, D.C., and served as staff including Cathy Davis, LPN, and physician at Naval Medical Center in Alyson McKenzie and Dominique San Diego, California, before relocating Wilson are eager to welcome patients to Alabama with his wife, Jennifer and into their renovated facility. Medical daughters, Lilly and Olivia. Dr. Winter services include disease and prevention and his wife have family in the area. In management, wellness checks, adult fact, he is practicing oncology alongside vaccinations and sports physicals, to his sister, Dr. Mary Emily Sheffield. name a few. Office hours are Monday Dr. Clayton practices radiation through Thursday 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. oncology with Drs. Lee Burnett and and Fridays 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. Walk-ins Rojyman Jacob in the radiation oncology are welcome. Flu shots are available department of UAB Medicine – Cancer now. For appointments and additional Center at RMC. Dr. Clayton comes to us information, call 256-743-1300. from Canada and received her medical October is Breast Cancer Awareness degree from the University of British Month. The Women’s Center at RMC Columbia, Vancouver, Canada. She reminds you that early detection and completed her residency training at the treatment are key to good health. Detect University of Calgary, Alberta, Canada, it. Treat it. Beat it! Remember to conduct and is a Fellow of the Royal College monthly self-exams, schedule annual of Physicians. She currently serves as clinical breast exams and have annual Assistant Professor, department of mammograms if you are 40 and older or Radiation Oncology at UAB. have a familial history of breast cancer. We also are happy to announce two The Women’s Center at RMC encourages new family care offices in the area. Dr. John Adams and Dr. Bob Edwards, you to schedule your mammogram today by calling 256-329-7246. family practice physicians, recently opened their practice, Total Healthcare, ~ Susan Foy is marketing director at in Suite 218 of the Professional Building, Russell Medical Center. adjacent to Russell Medical Center. Lake Martin Living 45

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2.2 Tutu Run for Breast Cancer Awareness October 1, 2015 UAB Cancer Center at RMC 1. Brianna Jones, Monea Brooks, Hannah Adcock and Becca Anderson 2. Tracy Brown, Brooklynn Hawkins and Porsche Hooks 3. Suzanne, Diana and Philip Gidere 4. Carnaeia Waver and Alison and Rebekah Burton 5. Carl Stokes 6. Carrie Wilder, Suzy Hamilton and Kristen McDaniel 7. Judy Wood and Kaybo 8. Jessica and Hannah Dean

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Alexander City Arts Council Reception October 1, 2015 Tallapoosa Publishers, Alexander City 6

1. Courtney Finley, David Ballard, Robert and Pat Bice 2. Libby and John Forrester 3. Jim and Diane Miller and Bobby Boone 4. Wayne and Margaret Fuller 5. Marese and Jerry Rayfield and Martha Vaughn 6. Janice Boone, Sue Tate, and Anita Forbus

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Benjamin Russell High School Homecoming Parade September 11, 2015 Downtown Alexander City 1. Paxton Gordon and Brooke Baird 2. Brittany and Bailey Wendling 3. Jim, Lucy and Ruby Fuller 4. Tommy and Sabrina Forbus and Holdan Moore 5. Malika and Jarrod Passmore 6. Morgan, Cooper, Kristen, Bubba and Danny Simmons 48 Lake Martin Living

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United Way Red Feather Event September 18, 2015 Willow Point Country Club 7

1. Michelle West, Adam Glenn and Sharon Fuller 2. Scott Hardy 3. Cameron Dodwell and Diane Lemmond 4. Cat Thornton, Mary Windom and Tim Thornton 5. Donna Parker and Paige Patterson 6. Bob and Amelia Pearson 7. Terry Martin, Eric Tyler and Randy Haynes

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Fall Gardening Extravaganza September 18, 2015 Betty Carol Graham Technology Center 1. Mallory Kelley and Shane Harris 2. Joan Benz 3. Lauren Graves 4. Shelley and Gwen Powell, Sharon Harrell, and Samantha Lewis 5. Deborah Kattus 6. Linda Bodine 7. Byron Ford and Lois Chaplain 50 Lake Martin Living

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Horizons Unlimited Jazz and Blues Event September 28, 2015 1st United Methodist Church Arbor 1. Pat Bice, Elnora Spencer, Susie Boyles and Beverly Thomas 2. Jane Horton, Buffy Williamson, Celia Coley and Sam Bradshaw 3. Barbara and Vic Adamson 4. Cleveland Eaton 5. T.J. and Chandra McGregor 6. Barbara Sokoll, Ron Owenby and Shirley Carmichael

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THE LAKE REGION

Calendar FEATURED EVENT

Shakespeare in Tallassee Department, Jerry Cunningham, to be presented McCraney-Cottle Arts Council in Tallassee, in December. In January, McCraney-Cottle Arts Alabama, will present The Comedy of Errors, one of Council will present Missoula Children's Theatre's William Shakespeare’s early plays, at 7 p.m. October Alice in Wonderland , whimsically madcap, fun15 at the Tallassee High School Auditorium. filled entertainment The author’s shortest for the whole family, production and one complete with White of his most farcical Rabbits, Mad Hatters, comedies takes the homicidal Queens major part of its humour and a misguided from slapstick and Jabberwocky. mistaken identity, in The arts council's addition to puns and March presentation will word play. feature the music of the The Comedy of Errors, Old South by the Camp along with The Tempest, 1921 String Band. is one of only two of All productions Shakespeare’s plays to will be held at the observe the classical Tallassee High School unities. It has been Auditorium. adapted for opera, stage, Tickets are $10 screen and musical for adults and $5 theatre. for students. For This production is information about the first in a season of show times or McCraney-Cottle Arts becoming involved Council events that with the McCraneyincludes music of the Cottle Arts Council, Christmas season by call Mona Mills at 334chair of the Tallassee William Shakespeare 201-4892. High School Music

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LAKE REGION EVENTS Oct. 16

8th Annual Lake Martin Golf Classic

Golfers will receive gift bags, range balls, continental breakfast and lunch and a catered barbecue dinner at this yearly fundraiser at StillWaters for Camp Star. Every hole-in-one wins $35,000. The course is in the best shape it’s seen in years. For information, call 256-750-5200.

Oct.16-18, 23-24

The Addams Family Musical

The Sylacauga Community Playhouse will present The Addams Family Musical at B.B. Comer High School Auditorium Oct. 16 at 6:30 p.m., Oct. 17 at 2 p.m. and 6:30 p.m., Oct. 18 at 2 p.m., Oct. 23 at 6:30 p.m., Oct. 24 at 2 p.m. and 6:30 p.m. For tickets visit www.scplayhouse. com or call 256-208-5768.

Oct. 17

Bad News Birds

While many birds color our world and fill it with song, some have long been associated with superstitions and bad luck. Visit the Naturalist’s Cabin at Russell Crossroads at noon and 2 p.m. to meet some of these “bad news birds” and the myths and legends that surround them. Live animals; no charge. Bring your camera! For information, call 256-496-2710.

Oct. 17

It’s Fall, Y’all!

Meet at the Willow Point Trailhead at 8 a.m. for a crisp morning jaunt through Russell Forest. Learn about how the forest changes into its autumn wardrobe and discover the amazing features that make this transition happen. Advance registration required; $10 fee for program. For information and registration, call 256-496-2710.

Oct. 17

Volleyball Tournament

Cooper Community Center will host a volleyball tournament. Registration will run to Oct. 15 and costs $60 per team or $8 a player. Teams are allowed to have up to eight players. For information or to register, visit the Cooper Community Center between 8 a.m. and 8 p.m. on weekdays or call 256-329-6799.

Oct. 19-Nov. 2

Pumpkin Display

The Amelia M. Russell Library in Alexander City will display decorated pumpkins. Decorate your own pumpkin and bring it to the library to be included in the exhibit. No cut pumpkins please.

Oct. 19

WWII German POW Camp in Aliceville

Author Ruth Beaumont Cook will present the final Horizons Unlimited program of the fall semester at 1:30 at the Alexander City Board of Education Building at 375 Lee Street in Alexander City. Membership is $20 per person or $30 per couple for the fall quarter speaker session.

Oct. 20

Art Association of Central Alabama

Meet at 10 a.m. at Lake Martin Area United Way conference room at 17 Main St., Alexander City. Artistic technique in painting, drawing and other arts taught at each meeting. For information, call Martha McKnight 256-825-6503 or Jerri Hallmark 256-825-0595.

Oct. 23-24

Jewelry Sale

The Russell Medical Center Auxiliary will host their annual jewelry sale from 7 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Oct. 22 and from 7 a.m. until 4 p.m. Oct. 23 in the RMC Community Room. Proceeds will benefit the Russell Medical Center Auxiliary Scholarship Fund.

Oct. 27

Book Signing

The Friends of the Dadeville Public Library will host Mary Marshall Pruett Whatley at 2 p.m. in the library basement at 205 N. West Street. Whatley has authored a book titled Daddy's War, a compilation of V-mail letters her father sent to her mother during World War II. Her parents lived in Dadeville before and after WW II, and her father served over a large dump truck company in Italy. Call 256-825-7820 for information.

Oct. 31

Poetry Reading

The Camp Hill Public Library will host an evening of poetry readings with an open mic.at 6 P.m. Bring your own poetry to share or just come to listen to the works of your friends and neighbors.

Oct. 31

Fall Festival at Russell Crossroads

Join the fun at Russell Crossroads from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. for the pumpkin patch, scavenger hunt, face painting, bobbing for apples, pie and canning contests, hotdogs, boiled peanuts and more. $25 per family. Call 256-397-1019 for information or check them out on Facebook.

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Nov. 6-7

Renew Our Rivers

LMRA and Alabama Power Company will sponsor the annual fall cleanup of Lake Martin Friday and Saturday. In addition to areas in and around Lake Martin, this year’s cleanup effort will include the recently dedicated Harold Banks Canoe Trail from Horseshoe Bend National Military Park to Jaybird Creek Landing, with help from Tallapoosa County Extension Coordinator Shane Harris and County Commissioner John McKelvey. Drop points for cleanup of the canoe trail will include Fox Creek, Shingle Mill Road and Jaybird Creek. Volunteers also will be recruited to remove roadside litter in the New Site community. For information about the cleanup effort in these two areas, call Harris at 256-825-1050 or McKelvey at 256-234-2049. Volunteers will be treated to a hot dog and hamburger cookout at the conclusion of the cleanup. For information about other cleanup areas, contact John Thompson at 334-323-7880 or Norm White at 256-307-1052 or at normwhite@rocketmail.com.

Nov. 7

Century Ride

Bicycle through the beautiful Alabama countryside to benefit New Water Ministries in Dadeville. Choose a 30-mile loop to the winery; 60-miles loop to Auburn or 100-mile loop through Tuskegee and Notasulga. Pre-ride event includes dinner the evening before the ride with Brian Toone, 7th place Race Across America rider). Lodging options available. Ride-only registration $65; pre-ride dinner $25; $250 donation include ride registraion, pre-ride dinner, T-shirt and New Water gift box. Registrations are tax deductible. Call 256-307-1440 for information.

Nov. 17

Art Association of Central Alabama

Season-Long Events Library Storytime

Storytime for children ages 5 and younger is held at the Dadeville Public Library every Tuesday at 10 a.m.

Electronics Recycling

The city of Alexander City Public Works Department will host an electronics recycling event from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. on the second Thursday of each month in conjunction with the Middle Tallapoosa Clean Water Partnership. Electronics contain a number of harmful chemicals. The events give citizens a chance to get rid of old and outdated electronics 54 Lake Martin Living

without risking the water supply by sending them to a landfill. Items accepted include desktop or laptop computers, computer mouse, keyboards, modems or routers, CDs and DVDs, power supplies, PC Mix Systems, home or cell phones, printers or copiers, mainframe servers, TVs, audio/ video adapters, laptop chargers, cable boxes and nickel cadmium or lithium ion batteries. There is a $10 fee per television. For more information, call Sabrina Wood at 334429-8832 or Amanda Thomas at 256-409-2020.

Santuck Flea Market

The Santuck Flea Market is held the first Saturday of each month except January and February. The Santuck Flea Market is located at 73300 Central Plank Road, Highway 9 in Wetumpka.

Sarah Carlisle Towery Art Colony Exhibit

The Sarah Carlisle Towery Art Colony on Lake Martin exhibit is on display at the Alexander City Board of Education building all year long. The BOE is located at 375 Lee Street.

$20 on the 20th

The Dadeville Area Chamber of Commerce is asking our community to "Spend $20 on the 20th" of each month to help our local economy.

Children’s Harbor Thrift Store

Located at Children’s Harbor at Lake Martin on Highway 63, the Children’s Harbor Thrift Store is open Fridays and Saturdays from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. You never know what gems you might find – from clothes and household items to boats. Proceeds are used to help fund the activities at the Lake Martin campus of Children’s Harbor and the Family Center at Children's Hospital. Call 334-857-2008 for more information.

Memory Makers Quilt Guild

Meets the second and fourth Mondays at the Senior Center on the Charles E. Bailey Jr. Sportplex campus. Participants come and go at will between 1 and 8 p.m. with a business meeting at 5, followed by show-and-tell. Bring sewing projects, machines and questions.

Real Island Supper

The Real Island community hosts a covered dish supper every third Friday of the month (2nd Friday in December) at the Real Island Volunteer Fire Department and Community Room, 1495 Real Island Road, Equality. We have a lot of fun, and everyone is welcome. Admission is $3 per adult; bring a covered dish to share. Some nights are “themed,” so call ahead to find out if costumes or certain types of food are in order. For more information, contact Dianne Perrett at 256329-8724.

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Hotels & Lodges 20 34. Creekside Lodge & Conference and Event Center 256-307-1440 6993 Hwy. 49 S., Dadeville, AL 36853 21 34. Cherokee Bend Bed & Breakfast 877-760-7854 5833 Hwy 22 E, Alex City, AL 35010

Churches 34. Red Ridge United Methodist Church 22 256-825-9820 8091 County Rd 34, Dadeville, AL 36853 23 34. Episcopal Church of the Epiphany 334-252-8618 2602 Gilmer Avenue, Tallassee, AL 36078 (12 miles South of Lake Martin)

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Halloween

Gypsies, Zombies and Michael Jordan

The Last Word

“This Halloween I want to dress up as Jason he scariest part of Halloween isn’t the ghosts, because my dads name is Jason and he is realy goblins, trolls, vampires or even the ensuing scary. I like scaring people and I want to win the gum disease from the candy. scariest costume test at cub scouts.” (Cam) It’s nearly missing a deadline for Lake Martin (of Pffffft, Jason’s nothing, Cam. You should meet the) Living (Dead) magazine. my Uncle Freddie! Trying to deal with him is a Thankfully, Principal Kim Smith of Stephens “nightmare!” Get it? (Memo to Cam’s dad: work on Elementary School pulled me out of the fire those people skills, Bro!) It’s now a “scary costume by surveying her students on their Halloween TEST”? That Common Core is changing everything, costumes, complete with repeated words and even the Cub Scouts!) questionable spelling. My comments are in italics: “I am going to be the queen of hearts. She is the “I am going to dress up as Michael Jordan. I villon in Alice in Wonderland. I love her make up want to be Michael Jordan because I love the game Luke Robinson and her dress. I think she is pretty. I want to be her of basketball. My dad’s childhood hero was Michael because my family will pretend that I really am a Jordan. Another reason why I want to be Michael queen. they would bow to me. It is very fun to be Jordan is because it will be cheap because I already the queen. My favorite part about how she looks is her poofy red have his jersey.” (Bowen) hair. My favorite clothing on her is her crown. It is very pretty.” Take that, LeBron supporters! And, since Bowen will not be spending any money on a costume, take THAT economic recovery! (Anna Michal) So, for Halloween, Anna Michal wants to be worshipped. Got it. “I want to be Little Red riding hood because I love fairy tale “For Halloween I want to be an action-packed Cowgirl! Or carchertrs. Little Red Riding Hood is my favorite of all! At first I maybe an awesome Minion. No, I want to be a magic Gypsy!! was going to be Goldielocks but after my Nicki Manji coustume blonde is not my color. My basket is going to be where I keep my Only cause they are pretty, magic, and they can fight! You go candy. In my basket here will be flowers. My sister is going to the girl! My costume will be the best! It will be pink, turquoise, and purple. Also, it will have gold sparkles on it! Gypsys are Big bad wolf but a wolf pup. That is why I want to be little Red adventurous! That’s why they get gold. They find it! They have to riding hood for Hallaween!” (Kennedi) The best part of Kennedi’s new costume is that it is not her Nicki be sneaky! That is why I want to be a Gypsy!!” (Brantley) Sounds like Brantley wants to be Rhonda Rousey meets Manji costume; because I assume her Nicki Manji costume is just a Rainbow Brite meets sneaky, gold-digging gypsy. Not sure if lot of foul language. Brantley wants to trick-or-treat or star in a Lara Croft movie. “I would like to be Blackfire because she’s my favorite “I’m going to be a Zombie Vampire and I also might be superhero. I want to be Blackfire because she got black fire. I like a Vampire teacher. I was a Zombie last year and it freaked Blackfire because her eyes go black when she fight. Her sister everyone out and last year I made my face, hands, legs, and starfire is good and Blackfire is bad. That’s why I want to be arms pill off with make-up and tape. It was pretty cool and it Blackfire. Blackfire and Starfire is from Tarrem.” (Cor’Daysia) lasted a pretty long time I would say. After Halloween I got so I love it when our heroes have names that make sense. She’s much candy. I will probably get a lot this time also. Also, last got black fire, soooo call her Blackfire! Badda bing, badda boom. year I went to a house and there was a guy dressed as a clown Also, Blackfire is from Tarrem. Isn’t that off Highway 9 before but he ran after us with a chainsaw. It was so scary that my sister Goodwater? ran up the stairs to the garden and probably peed her pants a “For Halloween I want to be a princess. One reason is that when I have a ‘pr’ in my name they try to call me princess. So I’m little. I can’t wait for Halloween and also by cusens birthday is on Halloween night. I love Halloween and my cusens birthday!” going to be a princess with a pink dress on me with a decorate (Haleigh) mask. So I am going to tell my mom I want to be princess with Her costume was so good, she got candy AFTER Halloween! my hair down. With a crown on me.” (Promys) Also, memo to self: Don’t go to crazy-clown-guy’s house for I dig her wanting to be a princess because ‘pr’ is in her name; Halloween. that’s the same reason I am going as ‘lupus’. My costume is just a As always, thanks to all of the kids and teachers who helped rash I already have. me out here. Happy Halloween, everyone! “I wont to be a cat for Halloween. I wont to be a cat because my favrit anmal is a cat. I wont to be a cat because it is furey.” ~ Luke Robinson is an Alexander City native who also writes a (Hanna) weekly sports column for The Alexander City Outlook. Anyone else shocked she doesn’t ‘wont’ to be a ‘kat’? 62 Lake Martin Living

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