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Eclectic 17-year-old charged with shooting parents Sheriff: Former Mayor Mike Holton and wife die after Sunday shooting By COREY ARWOOD Staff Writer
A past mayor of Eclectic and his wife have died from a double shooting and their 17-yearold son is facing murder charges and is in jail on a $150,000 bond as an investigation contin-
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ues by Elmore County Sheriff’s Office. Sheriff Bill Franklin said Tuesday they were still in the “infant stages” of the investigation into the murders of Mike and April Holton. He said there would now be an examination of April by the Department of Forensic Science, however he said the pathology report would likely spell another count of murder for the Holton’s son, Jesse Holton, a senior at Elmore County High School, Franklin said. The ECSO is collecting evidence and have
sent fingerprint and blood samples from Jesse Holton, collected through a search warrant, to the forensic investigators, he said. The results of the report on April, like the report received by the ECSO on Monday from Mike Holton, Franklin said would “loom large” for the case. The bond would also probably be the same, $150,000, Franklin said, if Jesse Holton gets See SHOOTING • Page 3
Council votes on downtown revamp
Local business owner arrested on rape and burglary charges
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By COREY ARWOOD Staff Writer
The first city council after last month’s elections saw a strong public turnout, and held heated discussions on agenda topics followed by a public comment where a number of residents voiced their concerns about issues in their districts. To top the agenda, a public hearing was held for a liquor license requested by the owner of new restaurant. The owner of Hacienda San Marcos Restaurant & Bar, located off of U.S. Highway 231, was at the meeting
The owner of a local fitness business is in jail for first-degree rape and burglary charges on a $130,000 bond and has been held at Elmore County Jail since Sunday, sheriff’s officials said. The alleged incident occurred around 4 p.m. that afternoon Sheriff Bill Franklin said. Hughes Elmore County Sherriff’s Officials said Monday, Charles Hughes, otherwise known as Chase Hughes, 27, was still being held on the two charges. The count of first-degree rape carried with it a bond of $100,000, while the second-degree burglary charge carried a $30,000 bond amount, Franklin said. According to records from the See ARREST • Page 5
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REMEMBERING 9 -11 A ceremony to add about 230 names to the Elmore County 9-11 Memorial was held Monday. The organizer of the event on behalf of the Elmore County Commission was Chief Warrant Officer 4, Gardner Perdue, as pictured. A number of military personnel, and families representing the names placed on the monument were said to have been present at the ceremony. He said another event was held as well by local Boy Scout troops 13, 50 and 429 in which a half-circle of flags was dedicated in memory of a local World War II veteran
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School board approves 2016-17 budget Redland Elementary expansion approved By WILLIAM CARROLL Managing Editor
After two public meetings to discuss the budget on Friday morning and Monday afternoon, the Elmore County Board of Education voted unanimously to approve the fiscal year 2016-2017 budget at its Monday afternoon meeting. According to the budget, a copy of which was provided at the meeting, the district is anticipating $98,068,669.54 in revenues and $98,160,359.44 in expenditures. Of the revenues, $63,953,033 will
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come from state sources, $8,462,507 from federal sources and $25,383, 613 will come from local sources, $287,516 will come from other sources. $55,123,611 of the expense is directly tied to instructional services, with an additional $12,751,523 being tied to instructional support. Operation and maintenance fees account for $7,936,839 of the costs while $12,298, 959 is tied to auxiliary services. The remainder of the expenditures are for administrative services, capital outlay, See BUDGET • Page 3
By WILLIAM CARROLL Managing Editor
Redland Elementary School will be getting a few more classrooms after the Elmore County Board of Education approved a recommendation from the superintendent to hire the architectural/engineering firm of Goodwyn, Mills & Cawood of Montgomery to proceed with the design of a four classroom addition to the school, during the board’s monthly meeting Monday.
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Elmore County Schools Superintendent Dr. Andre Harrison had originally suggested the idea of the four-classroom expansion at Redland Elementary during a board work session Friday morning. Harrison pitched the idea as part of an overall master plan for facility needs throughout the county. “We want to look at all of our facilities here in Elmore County,” he said. “We vwould like to look at having a See EXPANSION • Page 5
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Obituaries William Haynes Jr.
HAYNES, Jr., William Andrew, age 86, born in Fayette, AL and a life long resident of Wetumpka passed away on September 12, 2016. Funeral services will be held from the First Baptist Church of Wetumpka on Thursday, September 15, 2016 at 2:00 pm. Graveside services will be held following the service at Pine View Memorial Gardens with the Rev. James Troglen officiating. Wetumpka Memorial Funeral Home directing. Know to all as Junior Haynes, was the founder and CEO of Haynes Ambulance, one of Alabama’s first Ambulance Companies and was instrumental in the foundation we know today as the Alabama Emergency Medical Services. Mr. Haynes was preceded in death by his mother Flossie B. Haynes, sister, Julia Faye Haynes and brother, Harvey Ray Haynes. He is survived by his wife of 63 years Marcilla Stanley Haynes, three children, Tony (Betty) Haynes, Tod (Cheryl) Haynes and Perry Haynes, three grandchildren, Brandee Haynes Barrett, Scottie (Kelly) Haynes and Andrea Haynes (Mark) Presnell, eight great-grandchildren, Payton Price, Paige Price, Sara Grace Barrett, Abbie Jane Barrett, Anna Beth Haynes, Hampton Haynes, Marlee Presnell and Ryver Presnell, two sisters, Shirley (Joe) Levins, Dean (Neil) Rucker, and half brother, Ronnie Davis. Active pallbearers will be longtime employees of Haynes Ambulance: Jim Brown, Ray Hutchinson, Mike Kreauter, Tim Lumpkin, Gary Varner,
and Dale Grimes. Honorary pallbearers will be Charlie Grooms, Patti Brown, Patricia Lanier, Collen Vickery, and Teresa Edwards. In lieu of flowers donations may be made to the First Baptist Church of Wetumpka building fund. Wetumpka Memorial Funeral Home directing. wetumpkamemorialfuneralhome.com
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LOWRY, Oris Bert, 81, of Wetumpka, AL passed away Sunday, September 11, 2016 at his home. He was born April 23, 1935 in Hollis, OK. Oris proudly served his country for 34 years in the U.S. Air Force and Civil Service at Gunter Air Force Base. He worked at First Alabama Bank for 3 years and owned an ornamental concrete business with his wife for 31 years. He is survived by his wife of 59 years, Rilla Sue Lowry, sons, Russell Lowry and his wife Ellaine, Michael Lowry, and daughter-in-law, Sandi Lowry, 13 grandchildren and 15 great-grandchildren, sister, Marlene Starr, brother, Pete Lowry and his wife Sally, sister, Donna Riley and her husband Russell, and brother, Marc Jones. Oris was Preceded in death by his parents Cecil Lowry and Dovie (Loving) Jones, son, Dennis Lowry, and sisters, Wanda Wallace and Betty Atkins. Graveside services will be held Thursday, September 15, 2016 at 10:00 a.m. at Pine View Gardens with Rev. John Carney officiating. Gassett Funeral Home of Wetumpka directing. Family and friends will assemble at the gravesite. Online Guest Book available at www.gassettfuneralhome.net
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County Commission discusses budget, probate office By WILLIAM CARROLL Managing Editor
The Elmore County Commission took up the county budget Monday evening and spent some time discussing specific requests made by the probate office. The board took no immediate action on the budget due to a request to modify the budget, which was approved by four of the five commission members, giving employees a one percent pay increase. County Administrator Grace McDuffie presented her proposed budget to the board, she stated that the goal was level funding. County Commission Chairman David Bowen said that level funding was the goal because the county once again effectively had zero growth in revenues. “At some point we have to understand that without additional funding or increases in values of ad valorem that we have to be very prudent with our money,” Bowen said. “There are costs that keep going up and one of them that we are going to discuss is health insurance.” On the health insurance issue, McDuffie said that she had originally been asked to add a seven percent increase for health insurance costs but that the actual increase would be closer to four percent. McDuffie said that the county pays $6,241 for every single employee, which amounts to 100 percent of costs. The total for these expenditures she said is just over $1 million for 166 employees. For families the county pays 70 percent with the employee covering 30 percent, which puts the total at around $15,000 per year she said. McDuffie said she had researched state coverage of employees and noted that the state covers 75 percent of single employee costs and 63 percent of family employee costs. She then suggested that with insurance rates going up, the commission consider capping the cost that the county pays for insurance coverage. Bowen noted that absorbing the cost of insurance amounts to a raise of sorts for employees, he then suggested a one percent pay increase for county employees. McDuffie said that this would increase the budget by $90,000. Bowen then asked for a show of hands as
to which members would support changing the budget to add in this pay increase. All of the commissioners except Commissioner Mark Hragyil voted to amend the budget. Hragyil said that he felt the one percent raise was a slap in the face to county employees who work hard at their jobs. Bowen then proceeded to go through specific line items in the budget, two items in particular in the probate office’s budget were of concern to him. One was regarding information technology services for the probate office. Bowen wanted to know why IT was budgeted for the probate office when the county already has an IT person to handle such issues. Bowen also questioned the “software maintenance” line item. Bowen wanted to know why the county was providing this line item from the general fund as Probate Judge John Enslen has a discretionary account that is supposed to cover archival expenses. McDuffie said that in her discussion with other department heads, they mentioned that they also use the services obtained under this line item and failure to fund it would disrupt their services. Revenue Commissioner Lee Macon specifically spoke on the issue stating that his office pulls every deed that comes through the probate office and the mapping department starts the process of obtaining information from the deeds filed. After Macon’s comments, Bowen no longer pursued the issue. In other matters before the commission: • The commissioners approved an agreement with Keet Consulting Services, LLC, Macon said he wanted to move to Keet Consulting because the current provider was not living up to its part of the contract. • The commission approved a carryover of dispatch services agreements with the city of Wetumpka and the town of Eclectic. • Approved support for the Veteran’s Day Musical Tribute. • Approved a letter of support for the Autauga Elmore Corrections Program. • Approved several measures for upcoming general and municipal elections. • Approved the FY 2017 Edward Byrne Memorial JAG program grant application.
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The Wetumpka Public Library, along with the Elmore County Museum, invites veterans and family members to sign up and participate in a free monthly reading discussion program on the experience of war, beginning September and ending in March. Discussions will be held in the Elmore County Museum from 6:30 p.m. to 8 p.m. on the following Tuesdays: Sept. 13, Oct. 11, Nov. 15, Jan. 10, Feb. 14., and March 14. All books and films will be provided for each participant in advance of each discussion. Recent veterans of the global war on terror are particularly encouraged to participate.
September 17
A Fall Migration Walk will be held at the Fort Toulouse/ Fort Jackson National Historic Park located at 2521 W. Fort Toulouse Road in Wetumpka at 7 a.m. The event is a collaboration between the park and Alabama Birding Trails and will consist of a bird walk, sign unveiling and a French Colonial historical reenactment.
September 19
The annual Taste of Eclectic is scheduled for Sept. 19. The event will begin promptly at 5:30 p.m. at the Elmore County High School Cafeteria. The cost of the event is $10 for adults and $5 for children. Funds go to support the Veteran’s Park in Eclectic.
September 20
Seeing Is Believing is the theme of the next Tuesdays with Kelly meeting when Kathie Buntin and her mother, Bennie Kennedy, from Dothan will discuss flower arranging for the church altar. The door prize will be a devotional booklet “Seasons of Hope and Encouragement” written by Cindy Childress. Music will be provided by Mary Wolfe. Drinks and dessert are compliments of the Rumbling Waters Arts Club so bring your sack lunch to this “lunch and learn” event at noon on the third Tuesday of each month at the Kelly Fitzpatrick Memorial Gallery 408 South Main Street in Wetumpka. Free and open to the public.
September 25
Calvary’s Call will be performing at Rushenville Baptist Church, located at 10098 Georgia Road in Eclectic at 10:30 a.m. Lunch will follow the service.
ONGOING EVENTS CHILD FIND: The Tallassee City School System is launching its annual campaign to assist children—birth to age 21— who have disabilities and may need special services. The campaign urges parents, service providers, and concerned citizens to contact Child Find, a program to locate, identify and evaluate children with disabilities or children who are believed to have disabilities. The Tallassee City School
System wishes to notify you of the availability of special education services in our public schools. If you have questions regarding our programs, or if you wish to refer a student, please contact Lynell Carr at (334) 283-5675 or Child Find (Alabama Department of Education) at 1-800-5482547. ART EXHIBITION: There is a free exhibit of 65 works of art by the late Priscilla Crommelin featuring vibrant still life and floral paintings, portraits and landscapes at the Kelly Fitzpatrick Memorial Gallery Monday through Friday 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Kelly Fitzpatrick Memorial Gallery. SATURDAY NIGHT JAMBOREE: Every second and fourth Saturday of the month is the Highway 231 Saturday Night Jamboree at the Alabama League of the South Cultural Center Building at 12814 Highway 231 North in Wetumpka. There will be country, gospel, and rock and roll music in a good atmosphere. Doors open at 5:30 p.m. with music from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. There will be line dancing, no alcohol, no smoking and no charge. Donations accepted for upkeep of the building. Contact Ray Funderburk at R&R Music and things at 334-991-4682 or 224-8509804 with questions. SANTUCK FLEA MARKET: First Saturday, MarchDecember, dawn to 2 p.m in the area surrounding Santuck Baptist Church. An outdoor flea market with
booths featuring arts, crafts, antiques, novelties, imports, food and more. Free admission to the public with free parking available. For info, call 334-567-7400. BLUEGRASS JAM: First Saturday, 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. at the Alabama River Region Arts Center, Wetumpka. All acoustic instruments welcome guitar, banjo, mandolin, fiddle, bass, singers. Beginner, intermediate, advanced and listeners. For info, call 334-578-9485. SIT AND SEW: First Saturday of each month, 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. at Alabama River Region Arts Center, Wetumpka. All sewers and knitters welcome. Bring your own sewing machine or hand-sewing project. Assistance and encouragement to help you through your project. Ironing board and iron provided. Free. For info, call 334-5789485 or visit www.arrac.org. POTTERY CLASS: Saturdays, 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. at Alabama River Region Arts Center, Wetumpka For age 16 and older. $80 for four classes or $20 per week. Taught every Saturday by Rick Bowman. Bring your own tools or use art center tools. Center provides other supplies. For info, call 334-313-1646. CREATIVE WRITING WORKSHOP: Saturdays, 11 a.m. at the Alabama River Region Arts Center, Wetumpka. For ages 12 and older. $32 for four classes. Taught every Saturday by Cliff Wayne. For info, call 334-300-9394.
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and spoke briefly. Later the license was approved. However, item three on the agenda sparked lengthy debate between a council member, the city attorney and mayor. The resolution (No. 2016-9-12-1) read as follows: “permission to incorporate Wetumpka Downtown Redevelopment Authority to revitalize and redevelop the central business district of the city for the public good and general welfare trade, commerce, industry, and employment opportunities.” It was being asked that council rules be suspended so the “authority” could be formally approved. District 2 council member Percy Gill, expressed concern over how the directors with that entity were selected. Gill said he had a question and launched into the rules of the Wetumpka Downtown Redevelopment statues surrounding the proposed authority. “As article 5 dealing with the Wetumpka downtown redevelopment, and it pretty much states that the membership should consist of … be appointed by the city council,” said Gill. He asked how and when that process would take place, only to learn that it all ready had and members were in place pending the council’s vote. He again turned to the rule and said they had not been through that selection process. Regina Edwards, city attorney, said it was part of the resolution to appoint an initial board of directors and said they would be the three incorporators of the authority. Gill said he was under the impression the council would make that decision and wanted to know how they had been selected, to which Edwards answered they were the individuals that had petitioned the city to set up the “nonprofit public corporation.” Other aspects of their seats were to be determined by the council as well, such as, term length, Edwards said. Willis asked for other questions or comments and Gill stressed the issue further. “This says the council has the opportunities to appoint, so we didn’t have the opportunity to appoint, these names are just going to be presented to us,” said Gill.
Edwards said the statute held that three electors of the city had to file a petition or an application with the city council in order to get a resolution that would authorize them to start the public corporation. Even though it’s appointed by the council it’s not under any control whether the council oks the appointments, this is a freestanding public corporation. The purpose of that she said was to raise money, give grants and gifts and other things to be able to purchase properties downtown and turn around and grant or sell those to businesses they are trying to attract to the city. “It’s a way that there’s an entity that can do things that the city itself could not do,” she said, adding it was established by state legislature. Gill said his issue was that he had no input on who was placed on the board of directors, and asked if the number of directors could be expanded to 5 to allow the council input. After learning from Edwards that the articles of incorporation would need to be changed, he motioned to table the issue in order to give that consideration. However, it was voted that the rules were suspended, and a motion to adopt Resolution No. 2016-9-12-1 was approved by the council, while Gill once more voiced his concerns to add more members pending approval by the council. Another item considered at the meeting was an “intergovernmental agreement for engineering services” between the city and Elmore County on projects like storm sewers, streets, sidewalks and right-ofway’s. Gill asked how it would affect current work the city was responsible for. Director of Public Works Tex Grier said it was largely pertaining to smaller jobs and some jobs would still go to private businesses to perform. It was later approved. There were also items brought to the agenda surrounding street paving and neighborhood blight issues placed on the agenda by Gill for streets and homes in District 2. The topics had been brought up in numerous prior council sessions and several residents later spoke, raising their own concerns after the meeting. However item five to request “complete” paving of
South Opothleohola and South Pine streets proposed by Gill was only voted for by Gill. Willis announced it failed for “lack of second” and audible discontent could be heard from audience members. However, item six, a request for continued demolition of “blighted” properties in District 2 was approved.
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debt services and what are titled “other” expenditures. Chief School Financial Officer Jason Mann said that this year’s budget is just over $98 million, while last year’s budget was just in excess of $95 million. He stated that the increase was due to employee salary increases from year to year. According to the budget documents and discussion had during the two meetings, the district currently has 726.73 units. Units are the number of staff allotted for the district based upon student population numbers. Per unit, the district is currently allotted $405 for teacher materials and supplies, $169 for technology, $21 for library enhancement. $63 for professional development and $54 for textbooks. Elmore County Schools Superintendent Dr. Andre Harrison said many of these numbers do not allow for the district to be able to purchase necessary supplies and equipment. For instance, he mentioned that the library enhancement allotments were not sufficient for the needs of a modern school library and would barely be sufficient to purchase one book.
During the budget discussions, Interim Assistant Superintendent for Secondary Schools/Student Services Steve McKenzie spoke with the board about possibly including supplemental pay for teachers engaged in school related non-athletic duties. McKenzie noted that the district already provided stipends for those teachers engaged in athletic pursuits, such as coaches and assistant coaches. He noted that other districts have also been paying teachers who are involved in other extra-curricular activities that are not sports related and suggested that the board take a look at possibly compensating teachers for their non-classroom work. McKenzie said that based upon analyses done of other districts that provide such compensation, the compensation ranges from $500 to $3,000, with the average stipend being around $1,000. The board took no immediate action on McKenzie’s suggestion asking that more research be done to determine who would qualify for the stipends and what the stipend amounts would be.
Shooting another murder charge. “We don’t want to rush to judgment here, we want to wait on (the) forensic report to come back,” said Franklin. He said something was unusual however about the character of Jesse Holton, and described him as “emotionless.” “He doesn’t have very much emotion about this, which is somewhat odd,” Franklin said. And Holton, he said, referring to him as “the boy,” had not confessed “by any stretch of the imagination.” The evidence from the report of Mike Holton’s injuries the ECSO received Monday was then said to be a critical factor pointing to a third party involved in their death. “Mr. Holton did not have a self-inflicted gunshot wound, it is apparent that he was shot close contact but in the back of his head, not self inflicted, the only other person in the house that
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had means is the 17-yearold,” Franklin said. He said the ECSO investigators did not feel comfortable with the entry and exit wounds sustained by Holton and his wife, both 37, on Sunday. Investigators had been suspicious of his account of the incident early on, but Franklin said they “erred on the side of caution” and waited to arrest him on murder charges after the pathology report arrived Monday. He said they had also learned that the 17-year-old had a “self proclaimed” issue with becoming “agitated” if he had not used marijuana and Adderall. Franklin also said Jesse Holton would be tried as an adult. The shooting was said to have happened shortly after an incident between Holton and his father, which also involved ECSO deputies. Franklin said about 4 p.m. Sunday they
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received a call from Mike Holton who, along with his wife April were upset because Jesse had a thrown a party the night before in their house. Franklin said Mike Holton told them they had essentially “trashed his house,” and Sheriff’s Deputies found remnants of obvious drug activity and paraphernalia. Deputies arrived a short time later, Franklin said, and spoke with Holton in their front yard. Mike Holton told the deputy he was trying to discipline his son, and had him handcuffed and sitting on the couch when the deputies arrived, Franklin said. He added that the 17-year-old “doesn’t open his mouth, doesn’t say anything,” while the officers are there. They conducted their search, took photographs and drug paraphernalia and left, he said, offering to the father that he could come by the juvenile probation office Monday
morning to sign a petition if he wanted; which Holton said he did. Franklin said the parents walked with the deputy back out to his car and that there was some small talk before the deputy left for another call. Franklin said as the deputy left, the parents headed back inside the house. About 20-to-25 minutes later authorities got another call, he said. Jesse had gone to the neighbor, Franklin said, and told them something happened at his parent’s house, there was an argument of some kind. “When they get there this time you’ve got Mr. Holton, you’ve got Mrs. Holton are lying in the master bedroom, Mr. Holton has died from an apparent gunshot wound and Mrs. Holton is, as we speak, on life support with sever head trauma down in Montgomery,” Franklin said on Monday.
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I’m sorry, what’s your name? JODY FULLER Guest Columnist
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’m pretty good when it comes to remembering names. There are times, however, when I fail miserably. Sometimes I rebound, but sometimes I don’t. Recently, I was out to lunch with one of my buddies when we saw another guy approaching us as if we were all best friends. We were both friends with him on Facebook, so we both knew him, but for all the country fried steak in the world, we couldn’t remember his name. I pulled out my phone and jumped on Facebook with the quickness of a cat all cranked up on Mountain Dew. He was getting closer. I remembered that he’d commented on my most recent post. He was almost there. I scrolled down. There he was. I looked up. There he was. “Tommy, what’s up, my man?” like the best friends we were. One of the most common techniques to combat this awkwardness is to introduce the person you are with to the person to be named later. Then, you can just sit back, listen to the introductions, and then jump back in like the cool customer you are. Of course, this only works when you’re with someone who doesn’t know that person. Even then, I’ve been in situations where the nameless one refuses to bite. I think they’re calling my bluff. This happens to all of us, and the older we get the more often it happens. I once had an awkward moment while signing a book for a guy that I no doubt knew. I just couldn’t remember his name. “Make it out to me,” he requested. My life flashed before my eyes. “No problem. Now how do you spell your name? I can never remember,” I asked. He looked at me with a
confused look and answered, “B-O-B.” One of my techniques is to call girls “girl” and guys “buddy.” I’ve spoken at a particular out of state conference for the past four years. I met this really nice gentleman that first year. When I came back the next year, he was the first one I saw as I approached the conference room. “Jody!” he yelled. “Hey, what’s up, buddy?” I replied. “Good to see you. I’m so impressed that you remembered my name,” he said. His name was Buddy. “Buddy, my memory is like a steel trap, buddy,” I said. Now, even if I was blindfolded, I could pick him out of a lineup of Buddy lookalikes of guys named Buddy. Once I know you, I know you. Sometimes, I use the best technique of all: honesty. I politely ask them to tell me their name. There is, of course, a tactful way to do so. You don’t just ask, “Who are you?” The fact of the matter is that between real life and social media, we are meeting more people than ever before. Back in the day, people knew people from church and work, and that was about it. Their only form of social media was the party line. With social media, we often become friends with people we don’t actually know, so when we finally cross paths, sometimes one doesn’t recognize the other, even though we are always the spitting image of our Facebook profile picture, right? Right… So, if you don’t know someone’s name, ask them. I think most people will appreciate your honesty. Besides, it’s the most polite and courteous thing to do. It’s respectful and shows that you actually care enough to want to know their name. By the way, my name is Jody. Jody Fuller is a comic, speaker, writer and soldier with three tours of duty in Iraq. He can be reached at jody@ jodyfuller.com.
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but a mandate from whom? The minority of citizens who decided to actually go vote? That isn’t really a mandate. If you look at it honestly, from the perspective of all those who don’t really seem to care enough to vote, the only real mandate is that most of us would probably rather not be bothered with politicians at all. I of course understand this viewpoint as I consider politicians in general nothing more than a necessary evil, but we still have to be engaged in the process. Normally presidential election years are when voters finally decide to be involved in the process. That is because people are fascinated with who holds the office of president even though in the grand scheme of things the president has very little to do with their day to day lives. This year might be the exception though as both major party candidates really have nothing to offer the American public. The reality though is that citizens need to be engaged in the process, especially in the process that will decide how their tax dol-
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lars will be spent. Failure to be a participant in the process effectively eliminates any argument you have later when things don’t go as you would like them to. An example would be helpful at this point. In another state I have worked in, the county board met for its annual budgetary meetings. There the meetings are held in June for a July 1 to June 30 fiscal year budget. As oftentimes happens, this county found itself deep in the red and needed to figure out a way to acquire more funds to pay its expenses, some of which were runaway expenses that should have been controlled but weren’t. The board meetings had a few citizens present, but most were just there to watch, and offered no input. The board voted to increase the millage rate on property taxes to foot the bill. Guess what? Shortly after they passed that measure hundreds of citizens then decided to start protesting and complaining. Where were they at the initial meeting? Why did they care after the fact, but not before? That is the issue. You have to be involved in the process every step of the way. You can’t just decide to participate when things don’t go your way. In the future, I would hope more citizens of Elmore County choose to participate in their governing process. It helps all of us when we are all involved.
here is no truer adage in the political world than “all politics is local.” Therefore, the best politics and the best governing in the state is at the local level. The mayors of cities and towns throughout Alabama are the real governors of the state. Running a city is a full-time job. It is the where the rubber meets the road. They are the closest to the people. It is more important to the average voter whether their garbage has been picked up on time or their utility bill is too high than if we build a wall to keep Mexicans out of Texas or that Hillary Clinton hid her emails. These mayors get blamed for the garbage not being picked up on time and especially if their water bill is too high. There was a wholesale apple cart turnover and slaughter of iconic long-term mayors throughout the state with statewide municipal elections on Aug. 23. It was devastating in the Jefferson County suburbs. The veteran mayor of Hoover, Gary Ivey, lost 35 percent to 52 percent to former Hoover Fire Chief Frank Brocato. Two-term Vestavia Mayor, Butch Zaragoza, lost 43 percent to 57 percent to former FBI agent Ashley Curry. In Trussville, five-term Mayor Gene Melton lost big time. He got 25 percent of the vote running third to two City Councilmen, Buddy Choat (35 percent) and Anthony Montalto (40 percent), who will be in a runoff. Legendary Tuskegee Mayor Johnny Ford fell to City Council President Tony Haygood, 38 percent to 62 percent. The Selma mayoral race was a real donnybrook. In a five-person contest, the incumbent Mayor George Evans finished third with
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only 18 percent of the vote. State Representative Darrio Melton and former Mayor James Perkins are headed for an Oct. 4 runoff with Melton leading. In Alexander City, incumbent Mayor Charles Shaw barely got into a runoff with James Nabors, who led 47 percent to 20 percent. In Hamilton, Mayor Wade Williams got trounced. Bob Page beat him 63 percent to 24 percent. Hamilton has not had a mayor to win a second term in 24 years. In Demopolis, incumbent Mayor Mike Grayson was trampled by John Laney 63 percent to 15 percent. That is taking someone to the woodshed. In one of Alabama’s fastest growing cities, Fairhope, four-term incumbent Mayor Tim Kant lost to bookstore owner Karin Wilson, who qualified the last day on a lark. In short, a host of incumbent mayors bit the dust and they fell hard. However, some popular incumbent mayors won reelection handily on Aug. 23. Opelika Mayor Gary Fuller waltzed to an impressive victory garnering 80 percent of the vote. In Prattville, incumbent Mayor Bill Gillespie trounced his opposition with a record 92 percent of the vote. Popular young Troy Mayor Jason Reeves got an impressive 73 percent of the vote over two opponents and reelection to his second term. Wetumpka Mayor Jerry Willis won a third term. He got 65 percent of the vote in his
reelection bid. Jim Lowery, the longtime mayor of Fultondale won 58 percent to 42 percent. Enterprise Mayor Kenneth Boswell beat two opponents without a runoff. The biggest victory of any incumbent mayor came in one of Alabama’s top three metropolitan areas. Huntsville is one of the state’s largest cities and the fastest growing. Incumbent Mayor Tommy Battle won with 82 percent of the vote. This will probably catapult him into the 2018 Governor’s Race. Several popular mayors were unopposed. One was the very able mayor of Andalusia, Earl Johnson. All of the aforementioned mayoral incumbent victors are leading cities that are thriving and growing exponentially. There will be some good runoffs on Oct. 4. Most notably in Ozark between Mike Barefield and Bob Bunting where only 39 votes separated them. Forty-year veteran Mayor Jimmy Ramage stepped down as mayor of Brundidge. There will be a runoff election between Cynthia Pearson and Isabell Boyd, which will be interesting. The Luverne runoff election between Alan Carpenter and Ed Beasley will be close with only 12 votes separating them. It has been a very good year for local politics in the Heart of Dixie. See you next week. Steve Flowers is Alabama’s leading political columnist. His weekly column appears in over 60 Alabama newspapers. He served 16 years in the state legislature. Steve may be reached at www. steveflowers.us.
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Expansion master plan for each campus going forward.” Harrison noted that staff had gone back 30 years to 1986 and had noted steady growth throughout the county. “We had about 7,500 kids (in 1986),” he said. “Each year, with a few exceptions we grew and we are continuing to grow.” Harrison noted that last year’s average daily membership, or the number of students attending school, exceeded 11,000 students. During discussion of the Redland project, Bruce Christian BOE superintendent assistant for special projects said
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that the cost for the project could either come from general fund monies or from a line of credit that the district has. Christian said that $1.1 million still exists on the original $10 million line of credit. Christian suggested that the board move quickly on the process if the district wants the additional classrooms by the start of the 2017-2018 school year. According to Harrison, the school already exceeds capacity, and that the four additional classrooms would bring the potential student number over 1,000. During his presentation, Harrison noted that
several district schools were quite large, noting the significant number of students in area elementary and middle schools. For instance, based on last year’s ADM numbers, Wetumpka Elementary has 939 students, Redland had 908, Coosada Elementary had 951. Harrison also noted that Millbrook Middle School is one of the largest in the state, with over 1,200 students. Ultimately the board vote 4-1 in favor of the four additional classrooms with member Mark Nelson voting against the measure. By a similar margin, the board approved
having Goodwin, Mills & Cawood provide analysis, planning and assessment of the current and future facility needs for all Elmore County schools. In other matters before the board: • The board approved the Fiscal Year 2017-2018 budget. • The board approved the superintendent’s recommendation as to a new salary schedule for the child nutrition program specialist. This increase is designed to bring the position in line with other districts and to increase the possibility of the district finding a suitable person for the position.
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Alabama Secretary of State’s online business resource, Charles Bryan Hughes Jr. owns the downtown-Wetumpka gym, Apex Fitness. The victim however was not named due to the nature of the case, but the 30-year-old female was said to be a Redland community resident. The incident, as told by Sheriff Bill Franklin, happened shortly after the woman arrived home. The account went that she had a “prior acquaintance,” who she suspected of following her “from time to time,” said Franklin. From the details, she was suspicious in this instance after arriving home and she then looked outside to see if she had been followed. After determining it was safe to go
inside, Franklin said, she decided after a short time had passed to enter the house, and then later to take a shower, locking the door, he said. “A few minutes later while she’s taking a shower, this known acquaintance busted in through the back door, did damage to the frame of the door and the door itself, entered the home, came into the bathroom area and extracted her from the shower and sexually assaulted her,” said Franklin. When the deputies arrived and investigators spoke with her, he said, a report was taken “prompting” them to seek out Hughes. He was found a short time later and arrested without incident, Franklin said.
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Who Was Johnny Appleseed? John Chapman was born on September 26, 1774, in Leominster, Massachusetts. He was a nurseryman, primarily in the cultivation of apple trees, which earned him the nickname, Johnny Appleseed. Little is known about his childhood, except that his Father was a soldier in the Revolutionary War, and he and his sister went to live with relatives after his Mother died from tuberculosis. At the age of 18, he left for the new frontier out West, taking with him many apple seeds that he had collected after they were discarded by the cider mills in Pennsylvania. He ended up establishing himself in the then wildernesses of Ohio and Indiana. Appleseed planted many nurseries full of apple trees. He preferred a covered nursery to an outdoor orchard because it offered the seedlings more protection from animals. After growing the trees, he would sell them or give them away to the pioneers on their way out west. He was very generous and would often take payment for the trees by way of used clothing or food. Sometimes he did not even expect payment at all. He rarely wore shoes and lived a simple lifestyle, never taking more than he needed. His strange attire, the worst of the used clothing or even burlap sacks, was noted in many records. This is what led to the legends of his wearing a tin saucepan on his head as a hat, although it is unlikely that was really what he wore. Johnny Appleseed never settled down in one place. He roamed the Country tending to his various nurseries. Although he spent most of his life in the woods and forests, he was never once harmed by any animals. Folklore says that he even spent the night at the opposite end of a hollowed out WUHH ZLWK D PRWKHU EHDU DQG KHU FXEV GXULQJ D VQRZVWRUP KH FKRVH QRW WR OLJKW D ÂżUH VR WKDW KH ZRXOG QRW harm or scare away the animals. Appleseed was also famous for his love for horses. He would often rehabilitate old, broken-down horses and then give them away for free to good homes. When Appleseed was not cultivating, he was often working to help others. Johnny Appleseed died near Fort Wayne, Indiana, in 1845, but his legacy lives on. You may have eaten an apple that was a descendant from one of his trees!
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had a friend who worked at St. Thomas Church, New York City during seminary. St. Thomas is a very formal church where the ushers wear morning dress: a black cut away coat, grey striped formal trousers, vest and gray ascot. One Sunday, he said a young man came into the church as the service was beginning. He was scruffy looking, had long hair, and was wearing ragged jeans and an old army fatigue jacket. As the choir was processing down the aisle, the young man followed. When he got to the second pew, he suddenly sat down on the floor, in the aisle. An usher, a very old man in his morning dress and using a cane, started down the aisle. The choir finished the hymn before the usher reached the young man. For 10-15 seconds, there was silence but for the sound of the usher’s feet and the tapping of his cane. Everyone was mesmerized by the tableau, and waited until the usher got to the young man. Suddenly, gripping his cane and the pew, the usher sat down in the aisle with the young man and the service contin-
ued. This is a modern equivalent of the scene described in Luke 5:1-7, where the Pharisees and Scribes “murmur” about Jesus receiving and eating with tax collectors and sinners. The Pharisees strictly observed the law of Moses. Anyone who did not was labeled as sinner. Pharisees did their best to cut themselves off from those sinners in every way: physically, socially, business wise. They also said and believed: there will be joy in heaven over one sinner who is obliterated before God. So when Jesus deliberately and intentionally sought out such sinners, went to their homes and ate with them, the Pharisees were horrified. In answer to their murmuring, Jesus tells two parables. The first, about a woman losing her silver coin, isn’t too hard to understand, especially in light of Judean marriage customs. Jews had a tradition of bridal necklaces. Ten silver coins would be strung on a necklace as part of the bride’s dowry. She would wear this necklace throughout her marriage to symbolize a ful-
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filled, whole and complete home life. To lose it or one of the coins would be like losing an engagement ring or a wedding ring today. Naturally, she would search for it and search hard, until she found it. Easy to understand. But then, there’s the parable about the shepherd. He’s got 100 sheep. A shepherd with 100 sheep was considered well-to-do and secure, at least for a shepherd. Even so, his life wasn’t easy. It was hard and isolated. The hills of Judea were tough on shepherds and sheep. The soil was rocky, the hills and mountains were rugged and treacherous. There were lions, foxes, bears and wild dogs to contend with. It was hot in the summer and cold in the winter. Because sheep are essentially very stupid animals, the shepherd had to be very attentive or he would lose one to predators,
or by falling into a crevice or hole. It required constant vigilance. Yet, in this parable, the shepherd leaves 99 of the flock to go search for one. That doesn’t seem to make sense. What would happen to the 99 while he was searching? How many of them would be killed by a lion or fox, how many would fall into a gorge, how many would simply wander off like the one who was lost? It doesn’t make sense for the shepherd to leave the flock and go hunt for one sheep. And, maybe that’s the point. God is willing to leave all the good sheep, the sheep who don’t go wandering off, the sheep who do what the shepherd says, and go search and seek the one sheep, the one of us who is lost. That was unthinkable to Jesus’ audience of Pharisees. No Pharisee ever believed that God loved humans especially enough to search for them. Maybe, just maybe, the Jews taught, if a person abased himself enough, crawled to God, and asked for pity, God might have mercy. But, the idea that God would search out sinners, was absolutely
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QB Martin off to a hot start for Wetumpka High School
By CORY DIAZ Sports Editor
When his time came, Jadarious Martin seized it. At halftime of Wetumpka’s season opener at rival Prattville, head football coach Tim Perry informed the sophomore quarterback of the plan to give him a shot. On one of his first snaps on the varsity team, Martin didn’t blink. He read an option play the perfect way and took it 85 yards for his first touchdown. “We made some changes and (coach Perry) had told me I was coming up the first snap after halftime,” Martin recalled. “I made the best of it. Next thing you know, I had some good blocks and I was gone for a touchdown. It felt good. It helped me settle down.” Made the best of it, that’s what the 5-foot-9, 155-pound signal caller has done through the first four weeks of the 2016 season. The sophomore has led the Indians to a 3-1 record, and paces an offense not short of weapons in total touchdowns with 12, nine rushing and three passing, while averaging more than 250 total yards per game. Martin’s 12 scores ranks him among the early leaders across the state in total touchdowns. After watching Martin as a freshman, Perry knew he would contribute to the team this year and developed a plan that would slowly trickle the quarterback into the offense alongside junior quarterback DeAndre Ezell, who’s more of a passer at the position. Plans change. “We saw glimpses of his
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Wetumpka sophomore quarterback Jadarious Martin (18) squeezes through multiple Stanhope Elmore defenders last week in the team’s 54-37 victory at Foshee-Henderson Stadium.
ability his freshman year,” Perry said. “In our spring game against Lanier, we saw signs of his ability -- he has an innate ability to make people miss, he has great body control and vision for a 10th-grader and he’s deceptively fast. “Our plan all along was to play two quarterbacks. DeAndre Ezell, a junior, is a great young man and has done a great job. Both quarterbacks have different strengths, but he’s a little more comfortable in reading coverages. J.D. is closing that gap. We
knew of his ability to run the ball effectively, we just didn’t know he was going to be this explosive this early in his high school career. He has surpassed our expectations.” So much so that Martin got the start -- a planned start, Perry said -- last week at longtime rival Stanhope Elmore where Wetumpka scored on its first six possessions in a blowout victory. “I expected (the start to my high school career) because coach Perry has been talking to me every since the eighth-
ANTHONY MAKES WHS CROSS COUNTRY HISTORY By CORY DIAZ Sports Editor
Cory Anthony made Wetumpka cross country history Saturday. The sophomore runner became the first Indian to win a meet, besting the field of 147 participants from 13 schools by nearly 10 seconds at the Stanhope Elmore Invitational at the Alabama Nature Center in Millbrook. After running a 19:23, Anthony said he was shaking he was so excited to make program history. But four days before the race, Wetumpka cross country coach Jessica Holbert said she told him, by a virtual meet simulation and looking at personal records, he should win. “I knew it would make him push even harder,” Holbert said. Anthony ran harder in practice, but it didn’t stop him from getting nervous. “She told me on Tuesday, too, so I had all week to think about it,” Anthony said. “I was really nervous when I woke up this morning.” But by the half-mile mark, the sophomore knew he had it. “There was (Alabama Christian Academy’s Judson Hardin) that was behind me. I was trying to increase the distance between us,” he said. Anthony’s win set the bar for a good event for
grade when I first met him. He was like, ‘I see a great future in you,’” Martin said. “‘I see big things and we’re going to have a great road having you on our team.’ So, I saw it coming a little bit. “I’ve been working hard, working hard in the offseason, too. That’s all I did, just work, work and work. I worked real hard in the weight room. I had (offensive coordinator Chris Raymond), he was teaching me during the summer, and all my other fellow teammates, they’ve
MUSTANGS JV HOLDS WETUMPKA FRESHMAN TEAM OFF By CORY DIAZ Sports Editor
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Wetumpka sophomore Cory Anthony gets a high-five after winning the boys event at the Stanhope Elmore Invitational Cross Country Meet Saturday at the Alabama Nature Center in Millbrook.
the team as the Wetumpka boys captured second-place, finishing just 11 points behind Prattville. Brennan Worrell, Cayden Opperman, Aaron Foster and William Ray all ran top 20 times. “It motivates the team really, everyone behind me. It makes them want to go faster, which helps us as a team be better and place better in meets,” Anthony said. “I like the way the team performed. They worked together, they all finished pretty close and motivating each other the whole way.” Holtville tied Prattville with two top-10 runners, with junior Colton Autrey and sophomore Ignacio Ruiz de Olano placing ninth and 10th overall,
as the Bulldogs finished fourth in the team results. Host Stanhope Elmore earned sixth in the team race, led by junior Xavier Rogers clocking the 20th scoring time and eighth-grader Keegan Rafferty posting the 30th scoring mark.v In the girls event, Wetumpka and Holtville ended up fourth and fifth, respectively. Tribe eighth-grader Hanna Bunn came in ninth overall, while Lindsey Rogers and Hailey Holbert came in 16th and 23rd. For Holtville, sophomore Rachel Lindsey and seventh-grader Hope Staton finished back-toback, 13th and 14th, while Ana Segarra crossed the line just outside the top 20 in 21st.
been teaching me, too.” While he expected to be a key contributor for the Indians, in his first start, admittedly Martin was nervous. “It is hard. I get nervous a lot because I’m a sophomore and I’m going against five-stars, four-stars, three-stars and all,” he said. “Really, God just blessed me with good talent. “There’s a lot of stuff that goes through my mind. It was a good, big rivalry game; I started a rivalry game. I was confident in myself and the team was confident for me. They show a lot of respect to me. You don’t really see a lot of sophomores that they show a lot of respect.” Perry knows having Martin get more comfortable in the offense will make Wetumpka a more dangerous team down the road as the meat of its Class 6A, Region 3 games approach, starting at Chilton County this Friday. “The question mark was how fast could he get acclimated to the speed of the high school game. We did not know how long it would take him to process everything, get comfortable go out and execute it,” Perry said. “That’s the thing that has impressed us the most is how fast he’s gotten acclimated to the offense and understands it.” The Indians expect big things out of the rest of their season, and making a deep run in the playoffs is the plan -- a plan that Martin hopes to not change. “We all have a bond, a team family, we all connect with each other. My goal is for us to win a state championship.”
Two pitch-and-catches between quarterback Johnny Montgomery and wide receiver Jaden Greer provided enough room for the Stanhope Elmore junior varsity team to down the Wetumpka freshman team, 26-18 Monday at Hohenberg Field. The junior signal caller and sophomore wide out connected for a touchdown strike on the game’s opening drive, en route to the Mustangs leading the Indians wire-to-wire. Greer pulled in a pass on the two-point conversion, giving SEHS a 8-0 advantage. After settling for a punt its first possession, Wetumpka responded, marching 75 yards on the ensuing drive, capped by quarterback Tyquan Rawls finding Hezekiah Nowden on a touchdown pass. The conversion failed and the Mustangs still led, 8-6, with 42 ticks left in the first quarter. With 1:29 remaining in the half, freshman running back Jordan Epkins earned his lone touchdown of the game, racing around
the edge for a 13-yard score, putting SEHS ahead, 14-6. The Tribe drove the field and had a chance seconds before the break to pull within two or tie, but Johnson dropped a would-be touchdown pass with three seconds left. To open the second half, Greer hauled in his second touchdown pass from Montgomery, this time from 15 yards, as the Mustangs sported a 20-6 advantage at the 5:49 third-quarter mark. On the next drive, Rawls dropped a pass in to wide receiver Jaleel Johnson, who drug Stanhope safety Shamar Pettaway into the end zone for a 25-yard touchdown. But Pettaway found redemption as time expired in the third period, scoring on a jet sweep from 27 yards, giving SEHS a 26-12 lead, heading to the fourth. Rawls stamped a 14-play Wetumpka drive with a 4-yard touchdown scamper with 2:45 to go, but the Mustangs held them off for the win.
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Stanhope Elmore freshman running back Jordan Epkins (15) dives over the goalline for a touchdown past Wetumpka freshman cornerback Jaleel Johnson (14) during Monday night’s junior varsity football game at Hohenberg Field.
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