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Former police chief Higgins surrenders certification

By CLIFF WILLIAMS Staff Writer Former Tallassee police chief Matthew Higgins can never work as a law enforcement officer again, according to a statement from Alabama Peace Officers’ Standards and Training Commission (APOSTC).

Higgins resigned from his position in Tallassee in December after the Tallassee City Council asked for a state agency to investigate several allegations in the city.

According to the statement from APOSTC’s executive secretary Chief R. Allan Benefield, Higgins voluntarily entered

an agreement with the law enforcement certification organization to leave law enforcement behind.

“On Jan. 21, Matthew Higgins, acting through his attorney Mr. Mickey McDermott, Esq., surrendered his APOSTC Law Enforcement Certification to the Alabama Peace Officers’ Standards and Training Commission (the Commission), Benefield said. “The surrender of Mr. Higgins’ APOSTC Law Enforcement Certification was officially accepted by the Commission at their meeting of Feb. 2. Accordingly, Mr. Higgins is no longer eligible to serve as a law enforcement officer in Alabama.”

It is common practice for law enforcement officers entering retirement to keep their APOSTC certification by working as reserve officers to maintain training and certification. Those officers who retire but do not maintain training see their certification expire. Benefield did not comment as to why Higgins surrendered.

Higgins journey towards retirement began in November when the city council voted unanimously to seek an investigation in numerous matters in the city including allegations against Mayor John Hammock, Higgins and former building See HIGGINS, Page A3

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Tallassee Police Chief, Matthew Higgins, delivered the 2020 department stats during the Jan. 12 council meeting at City Hall. He resigned Dec. 14, 2021.

Strong to severe storms forecast for Thursday

By KAITILIN FLEMING Managing Editor A dynamic weather system is expected to impact the southern states Thursday, including much of Alabama.

The National Weather Service is predicting that strong to severe storms will be possible between 2 p.m. Thursday and 2 a.m.

Friday, with the main window for Elmore and Tallapoosa Counties open from 4 p.m. until 9 p.m.

The confidence in the overall severe threat is still in the air. Many of the parameters

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Members of the Tallassee FFA, who are also members of the choral programs of Tallassee High School, performed for the Alabama State Board of Education in Montgomery last week.

Sheriff: ‘Something has to be done’ Mental health crises shine light on state system

By Cliff Williams Staff Writer According to Elmore County Sheriff Bill Franklin the mental health system in Alabama is broken.

“Through the 90s, the state was addressing it,” Franklin said. “You would make a call and get help.”

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Police Reports TALLASSEE POLICE DEPARTMENT FEB. 14

• A welfare check was conducted on Friendship Road.

• A disorderly person was reported on Friendship Road.

• A disorderly person was reported on Friendship Road.

• An animal complaint was reported on North Ashurt Avenue.

• Trespassing was reported on Carr Street.

• Reckless driving was reported on Ashurst Avenue.

• An animal complaint was reported on Salem Place.

• Harassment was reported on Salem Place.

• Assistance was given to a motorist on Gilmer Avenue.

• Assistance was given to a motorist on Friendship Road.

• A domestic dispute was reported on Muskogee Trail.

• Theft was reported on South Tallassee Drive.

FEB. 13

• Burglary was reported on Riverside Avenue.

• A suspicious person was reported on the Fitzpatrick Bridge.

• Harassing communications

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ary, where a deputy was shot, could have been avoided, according to Franklin, if the person shooting had received help for their mental health issues. Franklin said law enforcement officers are encountering more and more situations where mental health is now being neglected.

“It’s a different element today and something has to be done about it,” Franklin said.

“Law enforcement is not a medical doctor or mental health professional. This has got to be addressed.”

Franklin early in his law enforcement career, mental health was not as much of an issue for law enforcement as it is now.

Franklin said the family of the man involved in the standoff had been seeking mental health help prior to last month’s incident. “[The family member] said he had contacted Montgomery Area Mental Health Authority (MAMHA) and they have yet to contact [the family member],” Franklin said.

Franklin said it was his understanding that the family had been leaving messages for help for several weeks.

MAMHA executive director Donna Leslie said her organization is “engaged but can’t give any specific information” on the case.

Leslie acknowledged funding has affected mental health treatment.

“Over a decade ago the state’s budget was cut by $40 million, which was part of the

was reported on Oak Heights Road • An animal complaint was reported on Magnolia Street.

• Animal control was requested on Barnett Boulevard.

• Littering was reported on Powers Avenue.

• Menacing was reported on First Avenue.

• A suspicious vehicle was reported and a Black male was arrested on Barnett Boulevard.

FEB. 12

• A welfare check was conducted on Freeman Avenue.

• Theft was reported on Barnett Boulevard.

• Assistance as given to medics on Gilmer Avenue.

• Suspicious activity was reported on Benson Avenue.

• Assistance was given to a motorist on Barnett Boulevard.

• A juvenile complaint was reported on Central Boulevard.

• A suspicious vehicle was reported on Freeman Avenue.

• Reckless driving was reported on Gilmer Avenue.

• Assistance was given to a motorist on Gilmer Avenue.

• Menacing was reported on Notasulga Road.

• A suspicious person was re-

path to the downsizing of the state hospitals and the shift into community services,” Leslie said. “Recent years have seen the first input of new money that we’ve seen in a while, such as the funding for the crisis centers, so this is promising.”

Leslie said MAMHA covers Elmore, Autauga, Montgomery and Lowndes counties.

“We contract with the Department of Mental Health as the 310 Board to provide behavioral health services for individuals with serious mental illness,” Leslie said. “We provide a wide continuum of care [through] outpatient services (therapy, physician time).

[Those services are] currently available in person or remotely, via video or telephone services during the pandemic. Services also include case management, housing for homeless individuals with mental illness, supported housing, substance abuse services (in Montgomery county), day treatment and residential services.”

Leslie said mental health issues are challenging due to the timing of the need.

“We have focused heavily on crisis care in recent years because it’s an area that is a huge need,” Leslie said. “Many times, people don’t engage in mental health services until it becomes a crisis.”

Leslie said MAMHA does offer crisis services through 24/7 on-call clinicians by calling 334-279-7830.

“After hours, an answering service connects you to our oncall clinician, who can also assist with access to the mobile crisis team,” Leslie said. “The mobile crisis team [consists of

ported on Gilmer Avenue.

• A suspicious vehicle was reported on Jordan Avenue.

FEB. 11

• Assistance was given during a medical call on Little Road.

• A noise ordinance complaint was reported on Gen. Chappy James Street.

• A prowler was reported on Macedonia Road.

• A suspicious person was reported on Lower Tuskegee Road.

• A verbal altercation was reported on West Butler Street.

• A Black male was arrested on Barnett Boulevard.

• Criminal mischief was reported on North Ann Avenue.

• A white male was arrested on Freeman Avenue.

• A white female was arrested on Freeman Avenue.

• A welfare check was conducted on Kelly Place.

FEB. 10

• A civil matter was reported on Sims Avenue.

• A domestic incident was reported and a white male was arrested on Powers Avenue.

• A suspicious person was reported on Kent Road.

• Assistance was given to an-

a] therapist and case manager who respond in person to crisis calls. We have staff who assist with evaluations for civil commitments and coordinate with the probate courts.”

Leslie said MAMHA is opening a 24/7 crisis diversion center to join the ones already in operation in Mobile and Huntsville. It is a center that possibly could have helped in the Claud incident.

“It will allow individuals who are in crisis to get evaluated and get linked up to services right away,” Leslie said.

“They will either be linked to outpatient services, or if they need to be monitored for a few days and begin treatment right away there will be beds available for that purpose.”

Franklin said state and federal officials need to do something to help those with mental health issues before more incidents happen where the outcome may not be as good as last month’s.

“It is sad when law enforcement goes to volatile calls and there are unaddressed mental health issues,” Franklin said.

“We were lucky it appears the deputy will be OK and we were able to get [the suspect] in custody with no one else getting injured.”

THE NUMBERS

Across the state, approximately one in every five Alabama adults has been diagnosed with a depressive disorder. Alabama has the sixth highest prevalence of diagnosed depression in the nation.

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• Among Medicaid recipi-

other agency on Powers Avenue.

• Harassment was reported on Freeman Avenue.

• An assault was reported on E.B. Payne Senior Drive.

• Assistance was given to another agency on Highway 229.

• Assistance was given to another agency on Lakewater Drive.

Feb. 9 • Criminal mischief was reported on Freeman Avenue.

• A welfare check was conducted on Barnett Boulevard.

• An assault was reported on Powers Avenue.

• Theft was reported on Davidson Street.

• Harassment was reported on Barnett Boulevard.

• Theft was reported on Twin Creeks Drive.

• Assistance was given to medics on Second Avenue.

• Theft was reported on Gilmer Avenue.

• Assistance was given to medics on Howard Street.

ents, 61,779 (5.4 percent) had been diagnosed with depression.

• The problem is especially acute for rural residences (6.0 percent) compared to urban (4.9 percent).

• Among Medicaid recipients, 95,299 (8.3 percent) had been diagnosed with substance abuse.

• The problem is similar for rural residents (8.7 percent) compared to urban residents (8.1 percent).

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FEB. 8

• A white male was arrested on Barnett Boulevard.

• Debris was reported in the roadway on Gilmer Avenue.

• Medicare had 89,446 recipients who had been told by their doctors that they were depressed in 2012 or 13.3 percent of all recipients.

• Depression is a significant problem in Alabama; 21.9 percent of adults in a representative sampling of Alabama adults have been told by a doctor that they have depression.

This is higher than the United States sampling which shows that 18 percent of adults have been told by a doctor that they have depression.

• Historic data for this question does not exist as 2011 was the first year this question was asked in the BRFSS survey.

The percentage for 2011 was 21.2 and increased to 21.9 percent in 2012.

• Alabamians in the 55-64 year age group tend to have higher rates of depression.

• Depression is six percent higher among white people than Black people.

• Depression decreases as income grows. In fact, Alabama adults who have less than a high school education and/or an annual household income of less than $15,000 are at a

• Assistance was given to a motorist on Gilmer Avenue.

• An attempted burglary was reported on Lilly Avenue.

• A white female was arrested on Barnett Boulevard.

• A vehicle accident was reported on Preer Street.

• Debris was reported in the roadway on Main Street.

• A white male was arrested on Monroe Street.

• A vehicle accident was reported on Notasulga Road.

• A welfare check was conducted on Notasulga Road.

• A suspicious person was reported on Little Road.

FEB. 7

• Gun shots were reported on Lakewater Drive.

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• A domestic complaint was reported on Tallassee Street.

FEB. 3

• Theft was reported on U.S. Highway 231.

• A runaway juvenile was reported on Coosa River Parkway.

• A runaway was reported on Bell Parkway.

significantly higher risk of depression.

• Medicare had 23,777 recipients who were diagnosed with schizophrenia or psychosis in 2012, or 3.53 percent of all recipients.

• Schizophrenia and psychosis are serious mental illnesses which could result in violence toward others. These conditions seriously impair the ability to operate normally in social situations.

• In Alabama, the highest prevalence for the Medicare population is in Dallas and Perry counties. The lowest is in Washington and Autauga counties.

• Schizophrenia/Psychosis prevalence among Medicare recipients is higher in 17 counties than for the nation but is less than half the national prevalence in Washington County (1.75 percent) • Approximately one in every five Alabama adults has been diagnosed with a depressive disorder (including depression, major depression, dysthymia, or minor depression).

• Alabama has the sixth highest prevalence of diagnosed depression in the nation.

• Female adults in Alabama are significantly more at risk for depression.

Suicide Alabama’s suicide mortality rate continues to increase. Especially for white males.

• Alabama’s suicide mortality rate continues to increase, from 11.4 deaths per 100,000 population during 2001-2003 to 14.0 during 2011-2013.

• The eight counties with the highest 2011-2013 suicide mortality rates were rural. This

is in spite of the fact that reliable rates could not be calculated for 31 of the 54 rural counties. Twenty rural counties had a total of less than ten suicides for three combined years (2011-2013).

• Sumter County experienced no suicide deaths during 2011-2013.

• Suicide mortality rate is more than four times greater for males than for females.

• Suicide mortality rate is more than three times greater among the white population than among the Black population.

• Suicide mortality rate is highest among white males.

Over 71 percent of all suicides in Alabama involve white males.

• Suicide mortality rate is more than 2.5 times greater among non-Hispanic Alabamians than Hispanic Alabamians.

• Suicide mortality rate is higher among those aged 25 years or more with a high school education and less among those with more than a high school education.

• Suicide mortality rate is highest among the 45-54 year age group.

• Suicide is unique as it can fit equally into the mental health and substance abuse category and also in the injury and violence category. Suicidal ideation is often viewed as a mental illness and a progression from severe depression. It is also categorized as an intentional injury, as are homicide and acts of terrorism.

• Alabama’s suicide mortality rate at 14.0 per 100,000 is 59 percent higher than the homicide rate of 8.3 per 100,000.

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Millbrook police ask for help locating 16-year-old Jolee Kent

By KAITILIN FLEMING Managing Editor The Millbrook Police Department is asking for the public’s help in locating Jolee Elizabeth Kent, who was last seen Feb. 5 at 10 p.m.

On Sunday, Feb. 6, 2022, the parents of 16-year-old Kent reported their daughter missing. Kent’s parents stated that they had last seen her on Saturday, Feb. 5, 2022 at approximately 10 p.m. at her residence in Deatsville, Alabama.

Kent was last seen wearing pajama pants with a multi-colored t-shirt, however, her current attire is unknown. Kent is currently homeschooled and is known to frequent the Deatsville and Millbrook areas.

If you have any information regarding the location of Jolee Elizabeth Kent, please immediately call the police or CrimeStoppers using the 24-hour tip line at 215STOP (7867) or 1-833-AL1-STOP or download the P3-tips app. Make sure you receive a tip ID and password in order to dialog with investigators in case there is a follow-up question. Your tip may lead to a cash reward.

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inspector Andy Coker of harassment or harassing communications by the “Mayor of Tallassee, the former building inspector for the City of Tallassee and the Tallassee Police Chief” directed at City of Tallassee employees and officials.

Higgins, who served in the Montgomery Police Department before coming to Tallassee in 2016, resigned just before Christmas. Hammock read Higgins’ resignation letter as Tallassee police chief to the council at the Dec. 14, 2021 council meeting.

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for severe storms will be in place, such as sheer and instability, but forecasters cannot be sure on specifics just yet.

A large part of the state will face the risk of damaging winds, heavy rain and tornadoes on Thursday, in addition to strong gradient winds, unrelated to severe storms. Winds will average 15-25 mph out of the south, with potential for gusts to 30 or 35 mph. Flooding is not yet expected with this event.

NOAA’s Storm Prediction Center has put a large part of western Alabama in a standard level two out of five risk category for severe weather Thursday. The eastern half of the state is in a level one out of five risk category.

Ahead of the potential severe weather, the NWS encourages everyone to have at least two reliable ways of receiving severe storm warnings, such as a NOAA weather radio and wireless emergency alerts on cell phones. You should also have an action plan in the event you are placed under a warning; this means knowing where to go and how to get there.

As the severe weather event draws closer, forecasts may change. Check out thewetumpkaherald.com for updates to this story.

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The Millbrook Police Department is asking for the public’s help in locating Jolee Elizabeth Kent, who was last seen Feb. 5 at 10 p.m.

The letter as read by Hammock stated: “I have worked tirelessly over the last five years to improve the Tallassee Police Department. I believe that we have had great strides forward in the areas of technology, equipment, and personnel, and service to the community. These improvements have required countless hours of work to accomplish.

I have spent nearly 30 years in the law enforcement career field which has required a lot of sacrifice by my family and myself. During the last year I have gained another grandchild, and suffered the death of my father.

These events have made me appreciate the time I have with my family.

I have also seen them endure a great deal over the last several months with the negative, self-serving politics that have played out. You can not have your leadership and decision making choices constantly questioned and continue to be able to move forward.

It is for all these reasons that I have made the very difficult decision to resign my position with the Tallassee Police Department effective Tuesday, Dec. 14, 2021 at 1600 hours.

I would like to thank the good officers that worked hard during my tenure as well as those citizens that have supported us.

I pray for the officers’ continued safety.”

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Significance of Trump endorsements in Alabama races

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ormer President Donald Trump was a very-popular president with Alabama Republican voters. Trump was a proven conservative president. He walked the walk. He did not just talk the talk. He has a legacy as president, especially in changing the philosophical tilt of the U.S. Supreme Court. He remains popular with GOP primary voters in the Heart of Dixie.

Trump continues to stay in the spotlight. He almost feels compelled to endorse candidates for senate and governor in very conservative, southern and Midwest Republican states like Alabama where he still remains popular.

Trump has indeed endorsed Congressman Mo Brooks in his quest to fill the seat of retiring U.S. Senator Richard Shelby. Brooks is basing his entire campaign on Trump’s endorsement.

Gubernatorial candidate, Lindy Blanchard, who has been a stalwart Trump supporter is hoping for Trump’s blessing in her quest to unseat Governor Kay Ivey. Trump’s endorsement in this race would indeed be important in Ms. Blanchard’s mission.

In the senate race, polling by two reputable and independent polling firms indicates that Mo Brooks and Katie Britt are in a dead heat contest each with about 25% with Mike Durant at 18%.

Their numbers are not rock solid.

Britt has more favorable numbers than Brooks on likeability. The poll indicates that if President Trump continues to be for Brooks, it will help him immensely. If Trump becomes disenchanted with Brooks, he can kiss this race goodbye. Brook’s campaign would simply vanish and sail away.

Therefore, the prevailing question is what is the

and revered throughout the South.

He was especially loved in Georgia, where he would spend a STEVE good amount of time at his home FLOWERS in Warm Springs.

Columnist FDR had become like a king.

He was immensely popular.

However, he was having significance of Trump’s problems with the conservative endorsement in the senate race establishment-oriented aging and also if Trump endorses the U.S. Supreme Court. Roosevelt governor’s race? responded with a bold, audacious My observation of Alabama move to pack the court with six politics over the last 60 years is new members whom he could that Alabamians more than any select and move the Supreme other state have a pronounced Court from 9 to 15 justices. FDR proclivity of not voting for a wanted to control the Supreme candidate that someone endorses, Court. A good many U.S. they will actually vote against Senators, who had been loyal to them for that reason. Alabamians Roosevelt’s New Deal agenda are independent and like to make could not go along with this their own choices for individual brazen power play. Georgia’s candidates. It has happened over venerable Walter George was one and over again in my lifetime of those who opposed the FDR as though they are saying to a Court packing plan. governor, in this case a former Senator George was running president, we elected you to for reelection and there was a your office and you ought to tremendous ceremonial event of be thankful for that and not be a water dam that Senator George presumptuous or try to stick your had secured for Georgia. The nose where it doesn’t belong. ceremony was less than a month Stick to your own knitting. before the election. FDR came George Wallace in his heyday, to the event and lambasted when he was very popular, more Walter George and openly asked popular than Trump in Alabama, Georgians to vote against him for would endorse candidates and reelection. When it came time they would universally, invariably for Senator Walter George to lose even if they were favored. It speak, he calmly and gentlemanly was as though his endorsement went to the podium and said in a was the kiss of death. He gave up dignified voice, “Mr. President, and quit endorsing. we Georgians appreciate you, we Trump has already had a dose love you and admire you, but Mr. of this Alabama anti-endorsing President, Georgians will elect elixir. He made two endorsements their U.S. Senator.” Walter George in the 2017 special senate was reelected overwhelmingly a elections. Trump endorsed Luther few weeks later.

Strange, and he lost. Trump then See you next week. endorsed Roy Moore and he lost.

Other southern states have Steve Flowers is Alabama’s illustrated this anti-endorsing leading political columnist. His history. During the Franklin weekly column appears in over 60 Delano Roosevelt presidency, Alabama newspapers. He served which lasted four terms 16 years in the state legislature. throughout the Great Depression Steve may be reached at www. and New Deal, FDR was beloved steveflowers.us.

Board of Education T his story has been told before, but I was recently asked by a customer at Super Foods to retell it here in the Tribune for all to see.

And now comes the story of the Board of Education – Frisco City style.

Once upon a time, way back yonder in the Frisco City days, my principal was a tough little lady who stood about five-foottwo and was one of the harshest disciplinarians I’ve ever worked for.

Coach Rodney Dollar had been there the year prior to my arrival as the new high school band director, and from the beginning he was assigned to guide me through my first year out of college.

Coach Dollar visited my new apartment and brought groceries my first night in town.

I appreciated his generosity in those early days. He also painted the lines on the band practice field, cut our grass without ever asking for a payment or even a thank-you note, and allowed us to hold rehearsals at the stadium on the football field (that is, until majorette boots destroyed most of the grass, but that is another story).

The principal, as I mentioned, was pretty strict and believed not in detention or I.S.S. but in corporal punishment all the way.

Teachers stood in the halls and paddled those who were tardy or otherwise out of line.

(The coaches got away with

paddling not only for tardies, but for saggy britches, bad breath, pretty much anything.)

Our principal told me on my first day at work that I needed to – how to say this politely – “man up” and build a paddle before the opening of school.

She said, “kids these days need to be paddled, just because.”

But all those college professors told us NEVER to paddle!

This argument failed – and the principal instructed me to buy or build one, as this was the policy of the school. So, away I went to find a paddle, that remnant of an old-fashioned public school education.

My dad fashioned a board for me to use, and tested it on me that weekend at my parents’ house. I felt like I had sat down in a bed of fire ants when he tried it out, so it seemed suitable for use on the Frisco fannies I’d soon be getting to know.

The first days of school came and went, and in an effort to follow the directives of my boss – and to appear tough enough to impress Coach Dollar – I decided to paddle anyone who was tardy to my General Music class.

The first customer was a young man who seemed to have a positive attitude and was wellliked by his teammates and peers. One day, the bell rang, and a few seconds later he came running down the hall as I was closing the door.

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Coach Dollar was standing by to witness my maiden voyage into the world of corporal punishment.

I instructed the student to bend over and put his hands against the wall. He did, and I swung, and hit the back of his legs. The boy screamed like a little girl.

Dollar shouted. “No, Bird!

Too low! You gotta go for that sweet spot where the butt ends and the legs begin,” he said.

“Let me show you.”

Coach grabbed the paddle and commented on how heavy it was, and took a swing. The Houston Astros pro baseball player hit that sweet spot just right, then handed back off to me. “Okay, now you try.”

I took my stance, raised the paddle, and struck – right on top of this kid’s behind. He squealed again.

Dollar took the paddle and was ready to demonstrate once more.

But we noticed that this kid had a crumpled piece of paper in his hand.

It was a hall pass.

He wasn’t tardy, after all, and we’d been beating him within an inch of his life for the past five minutes.

All was forgiven – but I doubt any of us standing in that hallway will ever forget the day we learned about the Board of Education.

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Broadband The Super Bowl of academics expansion is I on the way

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ast week the Alabama Senate passed three bills sponsored

by Sen. Clay Scofield, the Senate Majority Leader. The legislation allows the expansion of broadband access across our state. This is much needed news for many in Alabama - especially in our rural areas and for our small businesses and school-aged children. For too many years there has been a digital divide in our state, and now relief is on the way.

Approximately one-fifth of Alabama households don’t have access to the internet, and many others don’t have high-speed internet.

Sen. Scofield has long been an advocate and championed the need for expanding broadband infrastructure and providing high-speed internet services throughout our state.

Scofield chairs The Alabama Digital Expansion Authority. He and his colleagues on the authority recently announced the Alabama Broadband Map. The map displays a detailed account of internet coverage as it exists in Alabama. Obviously, there is much room for coverage improvement.

State Rep. Randall Shedd of Fairview will be carrying the legislation in the House of Representatives. Between he and Sen. Scofield, who both live in rural areas of the state, they will get it done.

Both legislators have dedicated much time, energy and effort to this cause and are to be commended for their work.

There are federal funds we can utilize to expand broadband, and there could be a constitutional amendment on our November ballot if it passes both chambers of the Legislature. If approved by voters, the legislation would allow grants from cities and counties to assist with broadband expansion.

Alabama received approximately $1.7 billion from ARPA funds (a pandemic relief bill passed by congress). The Legislature approved the money to be used for the expansion of broadband across the state and for water and sewer projects.

Recently the Legislature approved another $277 million of the money allotted to the state from ARPA for broadband expansion. There are also incentives for companies to provide broadband to unserved areas of our state as well.

The state will receive another $1 billion in ARPA funding later this year.

Sen. Scofield wants 50 percent of that to go toward expanding broadband.

Hopefully, all these measures will help our state enter the 21st century — and not a moment too soon.

jumped several feet in the air when our basketball player got the job done on Saturday. She didn’t make a winning shot, key rebound, or even a valuable assist or block. Instead, she had earned an acceptance two graduate schools in Washington, DC. It’s yet another example of the “Super Bowl of Academics” being played out in small colleges like ours.

She’s hardly the only one. At our United Methodist Church-affiliated college, our players are Division III. They don’t get the scholarships or limelight of their Division I counterparts. It’s likely the last years they’ll play the sport they’ve worked so hard for. They’ll give it their all on the court and field. And our small gyms and stands can get pretty boisterous. But more often than not, our players give it the same level of intensity in the classroom.

Roughly two out of three of our program’s political science students will go on to graduate school or law school (and we’re hardly the only program on our campus with such success). There, they prove themselves in many ways, earning honors, presenting at law conferences, making law review, making editor, and succeeding at the next level.

Others could go there, but often make a business decision, jumping for a good opportunity in our economy. “Sorry Dr. T,” one football player told me. “But they made me an offer I couldn’t re-

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fuse!” I guess he remembered that Godfather analogy from class.

Yes we get student government presidents, school debaters, theater actors and actresses, and all kinds of scholars from high school. But our program recruits all kinds of athletes to join our research team. Far from the stereotype of the “dumb jock,” we’ve found that the collegiate athlete is well suited to the academics of today.

“You know teamwork,” I tell these athletes. “You know about the value of statistics. And you know how to perform under pressure.” And from football, basketball, baseball, softball, lacrosse, volleyball soccer, tennis, and cross-country, they join us. Male and female, black and white, or Hispanic or Asian, conservative, liberal or moderate, these student-athletes help that competitive spirit rub off on our other scholars, even their professor (going to their games inspires me in my own running races).

The results speak for themselves. I get them to compete all the time, for presentations academic conferences, for internships, the ability to present

before the State Capitol and even a U.S. Capitol virtual appearance. They also got to present before a State Senate Committee, about their class research and projects. They’ve won prestigious fellowships and awards since I came here 20 years ago or more. They’ve organized Model United Nations tournaments. Now these student-athletes are arguing cases before the Supreme Court against each other.

I don’t like standardized tests any more than our students do. But we’re required to take them. So I make it another competition. We look at prior tests on-line, look at the questions, and think of ways to handle the tough critical thinking exercises in class. They now battle others to be the best among the best of our peer institutions.

If you’ve got a student-athlete who likes the idea of competition in the classroom and on the court or field, going all out in both endeavors, and enjoying the thrill of success upon graduation, then maybe it’s time to rethink skipping school after high school graduation or taking a “gap” year. It’s time to think about the future, and how both sets of skills can set you up for life.

John A. Tures is a professor of political science at LaGrange College in LaGrange, Georgia. He can be reached at jtures@lagrange.edu. His Twitter account is JohnTures2.

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PET OF THE WEEK – ROCKET

Rocket is a two-to-three-year-old male, about 30 lbs, rather light boned so perhaps has something like Whippet in him. Rocket is very shy when he first meets a new friend and quite scared of men. Once he is more comfortable with you he loves tummy rubs and being petted. Rocket will need a quiet type of home and a gentle touch to build his confidence. He is supposedly good with older children. He is fine with other dogs that aren’t too over the top energy wise. He is the kind of dog that will blossom in the right home for him.

Adoption fees are $100 for dogs and $50 for cats under one-year-old; cats over one-year-old can be adopted by approved adopters for a fee of their

choosing. This adoption fee completely covers the mandatory spay or neuter, basic immunizations, de-worming, microchip, heartworm check for dogs, rabies vaccination if old enough, free health exam with your participating veterinarian.

If you are interested in meeting Rocket or any of the pets, please first email the shelter at hselco@bellsouth.net for the adoption application. Once that is cleared, the shelter will coordinate with you to set up an appointment to meet and adopt.

They are located at 255 Central Plank Road, Wetumpka, AL, 36092, and their phone number is 334-567-3377 and the website is www.elmorehumane.org for more information.

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PRESCHOOL STORYTIME: After more than a yearlong hiatus, Preschool Storytime has resumed at the Wetumpka Public Library. The first story time was held on Friday, May 14, and will take place every Friday at the library at 10 a.m.

ECLECTIC TOWN C O U N C I L M E E TINGS: Eclectic Town Council meetings are held on the third Monday of each month at Town Hall. Council meetings begin at 7 p.m. with work sessions taking place prior to the meeting at 6 p.m. Meetings are held in the Dr. M. L. Fielder Municipal Building, 145 Main Street.

NAACP MEETINGS: The Elmore County Branch No. 5026 of the NAACP meets at 6:30 p.m. every third Tuesday (executive committee) and every fourth Tues-

day (full membership) at the Martin Luther King Center at 200 North Lancaster St. in Wetumpka.

LIVING WORD: You belong here. You and your family are always welcome here. We are located at 1826 Kowaliga Road Eclectic, across from the Dollar General. Call 334-492-0777 for more information.

OPEN MIC: The Equality Performing Arts Center hosts an open mic jam session from 7 to 9 p.m. every second Friday of the month at 560 Highway 9 in Equality.

There is no charge but donations are welcome as they keep the center running. Bring a snack or finger food to share during the intermission.

RED HILL COMMUNITY CLUB MEETINGS: Red Hill Community Club Meetings are held every second Monday of the month. Join

the Red Hill Historical Preservation Association in the auditorium of the Old Red Hill School, located off state Route 229 at 6:30 p.m. to discuss upcoming events.

MOUNT HEBRON CHURCH OF CHRIST: Come join us at 4530 Mt. Hebron Road in Eclectic. Our Sunday school begins at 9 a.m. followed by worship service at 10:30. There is also a Wednesday night Bible study at 7 p.m. For more information call Pastor Edwin Walker at 334-541-2025 LUNCH AND LEARN: Lunch and learn Tuesdays with Kelly are scheduled at the Kelly Fitzpatrick Memorial Gallery at 124 Company Street in Wetumpka from noon to 1 p.m. on the third Tuesday of each month. For more information, visit www.thekelly.org.

Humane Society of Elmore County News – 14 Feb ‘22 Rea Cord Executive Director What goes on in our Shelter on a daily basis – 365 day/year? The public sees our pets on-line and in our adoptable pets after they have been cleaned up, vaccinated, spayed or neutered, and generally recovered from any negative health issues they might have had. What the general public does not see is the day in, day out work our staff is doing to help so many pets recover from neglect, starvation, sickness, injuries, and overall mistreatment that may have gone on for a significant period of time before they came to us.

In any given week we will likely have more than a few pets recovering from neglect and issues such as mange, respiratory infections, severe flea & tick infestations, intestinal parasites & poor nutrition. Pets with acute injuries are not uncommon and necessitate quick trips to area veterinarians to get the appropriate diagnosis and care.

We seem to always have dogs undergoing heartworm treatment with upward of ten right now in need of treatment. Long-term neglect is not ‘fixable’ overnight, so it is not uncommon for us to have had a pet a month or more before it is recovered and ready to be placed for adoption.

Infestations of external & internal parasites (fleas, ticks, roundworms, hookworms, etc) can leave pets anemic and weak from the loss of blood. Young animal are at special risk and our staff often has to work fast so the affected puppies or kittens can recover.

Too often we receive animals that are terribly underweight from starvation and/or severe intestinal parasites. Re-feeding a starved pet is not just putting food in front of them as they may need multiple small meals during the day to get their recovery started.

Pets with large internal parasite loads have to be de-wormed carefully so as not to shock their system and then often have to be dewormed multiple times to finally rid them of their parasites.

Many, many cats and kittens come to us with upper respiratory issues that can be from contagious cat diseases or just bad

overall health from poor nutrition, internal and external parasites, and stress. Goopy eyes & runny noses are more the norm for large numbers of kittens during ‘kitten season,’ and our kitty quarantine area is generally full during those months as we work to help many of these kittens get well enough to be placed for adoption.

What about all of those puppies and kittens too young to be without a mother? Our staff whips up kitten and puppy meals geared to their needs and that means a lot of goopy foods and dirty puppy and kitten faces needing cleaned up after they eat throughout the day. That is a lot of puppy and kitten cleaning going on depending on the time of year.

If we have a nursing mother that is able and willing to take on new babies it makes life a lot easier and we are certainly grateful for some wonderful mother dogs and cats who prove to be incredible moms! Of course, our foster families are unsung heroes as they take on babies to raise until they are ready to find their new homes.

Shelter work is a lot more than just putting food and water down daily. There are medications, vaccinations and parasite preventives to be given, feeding to be monitored, baths to keep them clean, illness/injury issues to be dealt with, exercise to help their physical and psychological health, behavior assessments so that we can help pets and adopters find great matches and lots of documentation to go along with it all. Spay/ neuter surgeries have to be scheduled with all the accompanying paperwork followed by photography sessions so the world can see our wonderful pets online. Of course, helping a potential adopter meet the pet they may adopt is the goal of all of this work so that we can turn our focus back to all those still coming in so we can start the process all over again.

So, what this means is that there is truly very little ‘down’ time in a shelter as there is no end to caring for 200+ pets every day.

But you can trust that our staff is there to help all that come to us to the best of our ability as we all love animals and work to find them better futures.

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House committee OKs anti-riot bill

By JACOB HOLMES Special to The Tribune People participating in protests in Alabama could soon find themselves detained for 24 hours if law enforcement finds the protest creates immediate danger of damage to property or injury to persons.

The House Judiciary Committee gave the bill a favorable report on Wednesday after a round of discussion and debate.

Rep. Allen Treadaway, R-Morris, referenced rioting in Birmingham as an example of why the changes are needed.

“Folks are coming in and hijacking what starts to be a peaceful protest,” Treadaway said. “It’s well-financed and well-organized.”

Treadaway recounted seeing the rioting in Birmingham up close, stating that an individual had a bag full of cash in the “back of the jail” ready to bond out any rioters.

“He didn’t even know who he wanted to bond out,” Treadaway said. “It shows it was a bigger concerted effort.”

Due to the existing law, Treadaway said law enforcement had to allow the person to bond out whoever he wanted to, allowing people just arrested for rioting to return to the streets to do more damage.

That’s why, Treadaway said, it’s important to ensure people charged with

rioting or assaulting a police officer are held for 24 hours.

“It gives public safety time to put these fires out,” Treadaway said.

Democrats on the committee said the bill is “better” than it was last year, but “not great.”

“What’s the difference between a riot and legitimate political discourse?” asked Rep. Chris England, D-Tuscaloosa. The question is a clear reference to the Republican National Committee branding the Jan. 6 Capitol insurrection as “legitimate political discourse.”

“It seems to me the difference is who’s participating in it,” England said.

Several questions were posed as to how law enforcement would determine between a peaceful protest and immediate danger to people and property.

“There’s peaceful protest and then there’s setting buildings on fire,” Treadaway said.

The ACLU of Alabama has compared the bill to a Florida law that has now been ruled unconstitutional and said it is prepared to request a similar injunction against this bill if it passes.

The Code of Alabama currently defines a riot as occurring when “five or more other persons, wrongfully engages in tumultuous and violent conduct and thereby intentionally or recklessly causes or creates a grave risk of public terror or alarm.”

HB2 would change the definition of a riot occurring to the “assemblage of five or more persons resulting in conduct which creates an immediate danger of damage to property or injury to persons.”

The bill deems a person participating in a riot “if, after receiving an order to disperse by a law enforcement officer or when in violation of a curfew, the person intentionally participates in a riot.”

In his decision overturning the Florida law, U.S. District Judge Mark Walker wrote that Florida’s definition of a riot did not make clear whether a person “merely avoid sharing a common intent to assist others in violent and disorderly conduct” or needed to “avoid participating in any public event where such violent and disorderly conduct could occur.” As such, he said, “If this court does not enjoin the statute’s enforcement, the lawless actions of a few rogue individuals could effectively criminalize the protected speech of hundreds, if not thousands, of law-abiding Floridians.”

“HB 2 is similarly vague to the extent of disorderly conduct an individual must knowingly engage in to be considered for arrest and prosecution,” the ACLU of Alabama said in a statement.

The bill was given a favorable report and advances to the full House for consideration.

Tallassee to get help with financial books

By CLIFF WILLIAMS Staff Writer A transition to a new accounting system and retirement of institutional knowledge has left City of Tallassee employees struggling to keep up with current governmental accounting practices. To help the Tallassee City Council is taking recommended steps from accounting firm Jackson Thornton who already does financial audits for the city.

Jackson Thornton’s Chris A. Neuenschwander explained to members of the Tallassee City Council finance committee and city staff his role as auditor is limited to how he can help the city. But Jackson Thornton is willing to relinquish the role of auditor to put the city in a better position to accurately report the state of its finances.

Mayor pro tem Bill Godwin said the effort isn’t to find wrongdoing but to support city staff and give staff needed tools to better perform their jobs.

“This is not pointing fingers at anyone,” Godwin said. “This is just, ‘We got problems and need to fix them’ and we [as the council] are committed to giving the employees training or help so they are comfortable in their day to day jobs as well.”

Neuenschwander said he forwarded a 23 page report to Mayor John Ham-

mock and members of the finance committee outlining the city’s financial reporting issues. Most had to do with the retirement of city clerk Barbara Garnett, updating accounting systems and staffing issues related to the COVID-19 pandemic and maternity leave.

“Barbara was quite an efficient lady in that she was doing everything,” Neuenschwander said. “It actually worried me when I realized how much she was doing. As she retired, there were a lot of things that needed to be done and bring the books forward to the current century. Barbara did a lot things by hand and worked with an outdated accounting system.”

Neuenschwander said a lot of smaller cities struggle with financial reporting and other issues in city hall.

“You can’t go out and hire a city clerk in Alabama,” Neuenschwander said. “It’s hard to do. You don’t train to do it.You don’t go to city clerk’s school, especially in a small town like Tallassee.

They have some of the hardest jobs because they wear all the hats.”

While councils identify good people to take on the role of city clerk, Neuenschwander said it is hard to find people trained in accounting, human resources and more.

Neuenschwander said as auditors Jackson Thornton can only do so much for the

city and still give the assurances needed in audited financial statements.

“As auditors we can not create the books and audit the books,” Neuenschwander said. We have been independent. After last year’s audit, there became enough adjustments that we wanted to bring that to the mayor’s attention. It can make auditors uncomfortable making that many adjustments.”

Neuenschwander said there is a need for formalization for several city of Tallassee employees from places such as Jackson Thornton and the Alabama League of Municipalities.

Neuenschwander offered up the services of Jackson Thornton to quickly get the city’s financial books back in order since audits were up to date and to provide a foundation for the city’s financial recording going forward. He said staff would train on what a monthly, quarterly and year end closeout in governmental accounting should look like, accrual adjustments, providing city leaders with budget analysis on a regular basis.

Neuenschwander said following the 2020 audit, though complete, there were still many issues to be resolved.

“It became apparent to us the books were in the same state as the previous year’s audit and maybe a little worse because the accounting system is new and the

bank statement process has not been flushed out or finalized,” Neuenschwander said. “It gave us some serious concerns about how we could maintain auditor independence and still help you get your books caught up.”

Neuenschwander said as governmental accounting has evolved to provide transparency for taxpayers over the last decade, knowing what and how to do things has become vital. Especially as audits are needed to comply with selling bonds to finance projects.

Neuenschwander said Jackson Thornton’s prior audits of the city give him a starting point to help.

“My gut instinct is there is a systemic problem between recording transactions and how they make it through the bank reconciliation process and there is a control or review or initial reporting lapse,” Neuenschwander said. “We have got to put a spotlight on it and ask why is there a problem and what is the best way to fix it. I think I know what it is but until I get in there and see the results I can’t nail it down.”

The council approved at its last meeting spending up to $32,500 with Jackson Thornton to get the city’s books in order, help train staff and help identify who is better fit for various tasks to make sure there is a check and balance system in place in the financial recording.

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What’s Hell like?

By Betty Markos “Life has many choices, eternity has two.”

This was a sign at a church.

A newspaper column from May 31, 2008, titled “What’s hell like” was written by Pastor Charles of Victory Temple Church. I’ve been carrying this [newspaper clip] in my purse ever since.

“The most terrifying aspect of all about hell is its length or duration. Hell is eternal. Hell will last forever. Can you comprehend eternity? No mathematical equation or formula can explain it.

Your mind cannot conceive of eternity, but it is nonetheless real. This aspect of hell alone should cause men to cry out in repentance.

Rev. 20:10 And the devil that deceived them was cast into the lake of fire and brimstone, where the beast and the false prophet are, and shall be tormented day and night for ever and ever.

What could communicate the duration of hell better than the expression “forever and ever?”

Charles Haddon Spurgeon said in hell there is no hope. The damned have not even the hope of dying – the hope of being annihilated. They are forever—forever—forever lost!

On every chain in hell, there is written “forever.” Above their heads they read, “forever.” Their eyes are galled and their hearts are painted with the thought that it is “forever.”

Christopher Love says “This is man’s misery in hell, he shall be in no more hope of coming out after he hath been there millions of years, then he was when he was first cast in there; for his torments shall be to eternity, without end, because the God that damns him is eternal.

Everlasting punishment involves banishment from the presence of God and Christ forever – a date made vivid by the image of eternal fire.”

Surrounding Area Churches AME ZION Mt. Zion Chapel AME Zion 2340 Crenshaw Rd., Wetumpka 5674413 Rogers Chapel AME Zion 709 W. Bridge St., Wetumpka 567-8144 Jackson Chapel AME Zion 4885 Coosada Rd., Coosada Jones Chapel AME Zion 2414 Ingram Rd. (Co. Rd. 3), Elmore ABUNDANT LIFE Abundant Life Church 9301 U.S. Hwy 231., Wetumpka 5679143 ASSEMBLY OF GOD Agape Tabernacle Assembly of God 1076 Kowaliga Rd., Eclectic 541-2006 Bethel Worship Center 11117 U.S. Hwy 231., Wetumpka 5675754 Crossroads Assembly of God 2534 AL Hwy 14., Millbrook 285-5545 First Assembly of God 3511 Shirley Ln., Millbrook New Home Assembly of God 5620 Caesarville Rd., Wetumpka 5692825 BAPTIST Abraham Baptist Church Millbrook Antioch Baptist Church 1115 Antioch Rd., Titus 567-2917 Beulah Baptist Church 2350 Grier Rd., Wetumpka 514-2881 Blue Ridge Baptist 4471 Jasmine Hill Rd., Wetumpka 5674325 Brookwood Baptist Grandview Rd., Millbrook Calvary Baptist 504 W. Osceola St., Wetumpka 5674729 Central Baptist 3545 W. Central Rd., Wetumpka 5412556 Coosada Baptist 20 Kennedy Ave., Coosada Deatsville Baptist 184 Church St., Deatsville Eclectic Baptist Church 203 Claud Rd., Eclectic 541-4444 Faith Baptist

New Hope Baptist 6191 Light­wood Rd., Deatsville 5691267 New Lily Green Baptist 6504 Deatsville Hwy., Deatsville New Nazareth Baptist Hwy. 143, Deatsville Pleasant Hill Baptist Pleasant Hill Rd., Eclectic 541-3460 Prospect Baptist Prospect Rd., Eclectic 567-5837 Redland Baptist 1266 Dozier Rd., Wetumpka 567-8649 Refuge Baptist Church 3098 Red Hill Road Tallassee 334-857-2638 Rehoberth Baptist 8110 Rifle Range Rd., Tallassee 5679801 Rushenville Baptist 10098 Georgia Rd., Eclectic 541-2418 Saint James Baptist 1005 Nobles Rd., Wetumpka 567-6209 Saint James Baptist 101 Gantt Rd., Deatsville 569-3006 Santuck Baptist 7250 Central Plank Rd., Wetumpka 567-2364 Seman Baptist Seman, Alabama Shoal Creek Baptist 13214 Holtville Rd., Deatsville 569-2482 Springfield Baptist Hwy. 7, Millbrook Thelma Baptist 810 Weoka Rd., Wetumpka 567-3665 Titus Baptist 6930 Titus Rd., Wetumpka 334-531-2120 Tunnell Chapel Baptist 210 Central Plank Rd., Wetumpka 567-2589 Victory Baptist 5481 Main St., Millbrook Wadsworth Baptist 2780 Hwy. 143, Deatsville 569-2851

64 Chapel Rd., Wetumpka 567-4417 First Baptist Church 205 W. Bridge St., Wetumpka 567-5191 First Baptist of Elmore Hwy. 14 Co. Rd. 74, Elmore Galilee Baptist 95 Old Georgia Rd., Wetumpka 5674178 Good Hope Baptist 1766 S. Fleahop Rd., Eclectic Goodship Baptist 1554 Hwy. 143, Millbrook 285-0094 Grace Baptist Old Montgomery Hwy., Wetumpka 567-3255 Grandview Pines Baptist 346 Deatsville Hwy., Millbrook 285-5125 Green Ridge Baptist 288 Turner Rd., Wetumpka 567-2486 Harvest Baptist 2990 Main St., Millbrook Hillside Baptist 405 Old Montgomery Hwy., Wetumpka Holtville Riverside Baptist 7121 Holtville Rd., Wetumpka 514-5922 Lake Elam Baptist 4060 Gober Rd., Millbrook Liberty Hill Baptist 61 Crenshaw Rd., Wetumpka 567-8750 Lighthouse Baptist 2281 Main St., Millbrook Living Water Baptist 1745 Grass Farm Rd. (Co. Rd. 80), Titus 514-7304 Millbrook Baptist 3431 Browns Road, Millbrook 285-4731 Mitts Chapel Baptist 935 Cold Springs Rd., Deatsville 5691952 Mt. Hebron West Baptist 150 Mt. Hebron Rd., Elmore 567-4441 Mt. Herron East Baptist Church 4355 Mt. Herron Rd. Eclectic, Al 36024 334-857-3689 Mountain View Baptist 1025 Rifle Range Rd., Wetumpka 5674458 New Harmony Baptist 3094 New Harmony Rd., Marbury 3121878

BAPTIST - MISSIONARY Atkins Hill 565 Atkins Rd., Wetumpka 567-1141 Cathmagby Baptist 3074 Mitchell Creek Rd., Wetumpka 567-4787

New Home Baptist 1605 New Home Rd., Titus 567-0923

Church Briefs BETHLEHEM EAST BAPTIST CHURCH Bethlehem East Baptist Church will have all Sunday school classes beginning at 9:45 a.m. Sunday morning followed by regular service at 11 a.m. in the sanctuary.

We will continue with Facebook Live Sunday School at 9:30 a.m. and Worship Service at 11 a.m.

CARRVILLE BAPTIST CHURCH Regular hours of service are Sundays- 9 a.m. Sunday School and 10 a.m. Morning Worship.

Wednesday nights at 6:30 p.m. the church offers Children’s Gospel Project, Youth Bible Study and

Adult Prayer Meeting. Regular office hours are Monday-Thursday, 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.

EAST TALLASSEE UNITED METHODIST CHURCH ETUMC’s Rivers Edge Flea Market is now closed. The church will start a new project called Rivers Edge Food Pantry. ETUMC will provide canned food, water, dry beans and rice, blankets, and jackets. If you want to donate or help with the cause, call Joan Wood at 334-312-4913.

EPISCOPAL CHURCH OF THE EPIPHANY

Please join us for Sunday services at 10:30 a.m. when the Rev. Lee Lowery will celebrate the Holy Eucharist. We are asking everyone please to wear a mask. The service will be live streamed on Facebook https://www.facebook. com/EpiphanyTallassee/ For more information, visit the church website at http://epiphanytallassee.org/ FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH First Presbyterian Church, located at 514 Central Blvd. will host a Veteran’s Day Celebration on Nov. 11 from 11 a.m. until 2 p.m. for all veterans and first respond-

ers and their family members.

FIRST UNITED METHODIST CHURCH “We are OPEN and everyone is WELCOME! Come worship with us in person Sunday mornings at 8:50 a.m. (contemporary) or 11 a.m. (traditional). Sunday School for all ages is offered Sunday mornings at 10 a.m., and a nursery is available for infants.

CHILDREN & YOUTH: meet Sunday evenings from 5-6:30 p.m. and Wednesday evenings from 6-7:15 p.m.; supper is included both days! For more information about our church or the programs

we offer, visit our website: fumctallassee.com or call us: 334-2832195. FUMC Tallassee - 1 Jordan Avenue.”

OUR LIFE’S JOURNEY Airs every Sunday at 8:30 a.m. on 580 WACQ, FM 98.5 & 101.1, on your smart speaker, your TuneIn app, or on our website www.wacqradio.com. Please share on social media. This set of programs features Msgr. Charles Troncale, Fr. Mateusz Rudzik, Fr. James Dean, Fr. David Carucci, Fr. Patrick Driscoll, and Deacon Jim Labadie.

Tallassee Churches

BAPTIST Bethlehem East 7561 Upper River Road Calvary Baptist Church 293 N Wesson Street Word of Life 501 Sims Avenue Carrville Baptist Church 2436 Notasulga Road East Tallassee Baptist Church 314 Central Boulevard

Elam Baptist Church 4686 Notasulga Road First Baptist Church 1279 Friendship Road Flatrock Missionary Baptist Church 1024 Flat Rock Road Friendship 4345 Friendship Road Liberty Baptist Church 574 Liberty Road

Mount Zion Baptist Church 64 Log Circle Providence Primitive Baptist Church 4850 Chana Creek Road Refuge Baptist Church 3098 Red Hill Road River Road 239 Lower Tuskegee Road Riverside Heights Hispanic Mission 495 Little Road

Rock Springs 375 Rigsby Road Rock Springs Baptist Church 2810 Rock Springs Drive Tallassee First 1279 Friendship Road Tallaweka Baptist Church 1419 Gilmer Avenue Westside Baptist Church 1825 Gilmer Avenue

CATHOLIC St Vincent De Paul Parish 620 Gilmer Avenue CHRISTIAN/OTHER Apostolic Church of Jesus Christ 1072 Muskogee Trail East Tallassee Church of Christ 501 Central Boulevard First Presbyterian Church 514 Central Blvd

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Hatred stirs up strife, but love covers all offenses.

– Proverbs 10:12 He has told you, O man, what is good; and what does the Lord require of you but to do justice, and to love kindess, and to walk humbly with your God.” – Micah 6:8

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Edgewood girls claim first basketball title in program history

By DALTON MIDDLETON Sports Editor The Edgewood Academy girls basketball team left no doubt on the court that they were the best team in AISA Class AA on Monday afternoon.

Edgewood Academy beat Sparta Academy, 60-46, in the AISA AA state championship. It is the first state championship in program history for the Lady Wildcats (23-6).

Edgewood took a strong double-digit lead as early as the second quarter and never looked back, leading by as much as 19 points in the second half and never letting it get closer than nine points.

“This means everything,” head coach

Jason Fisher said. “As a coach, this is what you live for. You want to win a state championship and change lives.

To see both of those things this year, seeing them grow into a close-knit group and to win a trophy, it’s the best feeling in the world.”

For Fisher, Monday’s win means a little more than the normal person.

The win came on Fisher’s 42nd birthday. Earlier in the year, when he realized that the championship game would fall on his birthday, he told his team that all he wanted for his birthday was to be playing for the championship.

Not only did his team deliver on his birthday present, but they made it even better by winning in dominant fashion.

“This is the best birthday ever,” Fisher said. “When I told them this was all I wanted, they told me that they had me. I was a little nervous, I’m not going to lie. When we got on the bus, normally the girls are loud and excited and dancing but they were quiet. As soon as we hit the first exit coming off the interstate, they lit up. Right then, I said ‘Okay, we’re good.’ That moment put me at ease. I had a lot of emotions all day today, but coming out on top is the best.”

To start the game, Fisher said he saw some pre-game jitters from his squad, but none of those came from star sophSee TITLE, Page B2

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The Edgewood Academy girls celebrate with their AISA Class AA state championship trophy. The Lady Wildcats beat Sparta Academy, 60-46, to win their first state title in program history.

Sixteen county wrestlers to compete in AHSAA state championships

By DALTON MIDDLETON Sports Editor The AHSAA state wrestling championships will have a strong presence from Elmore County in it this weekend.

Sixteen wrestlers from across Elmore County will compete in the state championships in Huntsville from Thursday, Feb. 17 to Saturday, Feb. 19. All 16 wrestlers qualified by placing in the Top 8 wrestlers in their respective weight classes.

Three of the 16 wrestlers - Wetumpka’s Chad Strickland (120 pounds), Elmore County’s Ramon Lozada (113) and Stanhope Elmore’s Caleb Foster (285 pounds) - not only qualified but also won their super section tournament championship.

The entire field from Elmore County that qualified for the championship is as follows.

Holtville: Brady Goodwin (152).

Elmore County: Lozada (113).

Tallassee: Brendan Emfinger (120), Bry Hathcock (126), Land Bell (132), Christian McCary (160).

Stanhope Elmore: Jared Cherry Daniel (132), Kristian Seals (138), Connor Russo (160), Foster (285).

Wetumpka: Roman McWilliams (106), Strickland (120), Noah Smith (126), Kaleb Robinson (170), Christian Preston (195), Willie Cox (285).

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Wetumpka wrestler Chad Strickland won the super section tournament championship in the 120 pound weight class this weekend. Strickland, who is 39-2 this season, will wrestle for the state championship this upcoming weekend.

Experienced Wetumpka baseball team ready for 2022 season

By DALTON MIDDLETON Sports Editor After putting together a solid 2021 campaign last spring, the Wetumpka baseball team returns nearly all of its production from a year ago.

The Indians, which went 22-10 last season and saw its season end in the playoffs, return eight of their nine position players and the majority of their pitching staff as they begin play this week.

Wetumpka opens the 2022 campaign on Friday, Feb. 18 at home against Robertsdale at 5 p.m. When the Indians take the field for first pitch, the talent-heavy team will try to make a run for the AHSAA Class 6A state championship.

“The first thing is that we did have

a great year last year, but we want to build on that and try to move forward and be more consistent,” head coach Michael Dismukes said.

“We want to keep our same goals and play up to our potential every day. Attitude is looking really well and we are looking forward to the season.”

Dismukes likes where his offense is at in the preseason, and that comes after his team returns nearly every position player. Every position has a returning starter from a year ago except for left field, and that should get filled quickly.

The offense is full of talented players, but it is headlined by Troy signee Kyle Morrison and South Alabama commit Ty Brooks at third base and shortstop. Morrison, a se-

nior, is one of the best hitters across the entire state of Alabama and he proved that with a stellar season last year.

As a junior, Morrison hit .442 with four home runs and 36 RBIs. Brooks helped the team as well with a .318 average with 34 hits, 3 doubles and 24 RBIs. Those two aren’t the only two to fear in the Wetumpka lineup.

There’s also Davis Wells, Douglas Johnson, Noah Jones and Garrit Terrell, all of which are committed to play at the next level and all hit over .300 last season, who will be consistent and threatening pieces of the lineup.

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ever know how close Auburn was to actually paying him off, but merely the consideration of shelling out $40 million dollars in the span of three years for two guys not to coach illustrates the insanity of this league and my beloved school in particular. I don’t believe in firing a coach after one season unless there is some legitimate wrongdoing. Harsin is still a young coach and is learning what the SEC is all about.

It may turn out to be that he simply cannot get the job done. However, that is a judgment that cannot be honestly reached after one year. Everyone seems to be so worried about the Tigers slipping into obscurity like Tennessee. I would suggest firing a first-year coach or creating an undesirable position by sabotaging and undercutting him is the fastest way to ensure that outcome.

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fter a trying week full of rumors, investigation and angst, Bryan Harsin is still the head football coach at Auburn University. Outgoing president Jay Gogue said the administration needed to separate “fact from fiction” in response to a turbulent first year under Harsin and some troubling allegations.

Apparently, Gogue and company did just that and filed the salacious rumors under the category of fiction. Obviously, any accusation of player mistreatment was also much ado about nothing considering Harsin received the full backing of the administration. That’s not to say Bryan

Harsin isn’t difficult to work for and with, because all the turnover on his staff would suggest otherwise. He very well may be cantankerous, but it certainly doesn’t rise to the level of abusive. He may also be hard on the players, but it may also be that a lot of younger players today simply need to develop a little thicker skin. Regardless, the whole ugly ordeal seems to be resolved for the moment and hopefully Auburn football can move forward toward Spring in a positive way.

The real question being is it actually possible to move forward after so much vitriol and airing of dirty laundry? It’s a very per-

tinent question and I do not know the answer. I’m not sure anyone does, but we’ll find out over the next months and possibly years. Tommy Tuberville survived a coup of sorts at the end of the 2003 season and went on to have an undefeated season in 2004 winning 42 games over the next four years. Of course, it was a different time and a different situation. He had stockpiled tremendous talent and woefully underachieved in 2003. The program was set up to succeed the following year, but the fan base did rally around him and it made a powerful difference. Bryan Harsin’s inherited roster was good, but not near the

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omore Lindsey Brown. The point guard scored 10 of her team’s 14 first-quarter points as Edgewood led, 1411, after one.

The team’s jitters left shortly after. Senior Molly Snow entered in the second quarter and hit two 3-pointers while senior Kennedy Mensch, junior Jaylyn Strength and sophomore Madison Martin scored a combined six points to give Edgewood a 26-17 lead at the break.

That lead got pushed out even farther in the third quarter as senior Emma Weldon started the quarter with a 3-pointer. Strength then had a layup-and-1 and that gave Edgewood a 15-point lead.

Sparta never cut it any closer than 12 points the rest of the way.

“They just wanted it more,” Fisher said of his team.

“They even said it in the pregame. They said ‘Today is the day we show we want it more than they do.’ They showed that. Once they got the first quarter jitters out of the way, they knew. They bought in and said they had this.”

Brown led the team with her game-high 17 points, including 10 in the first quarter, but Edgewood’s seniors didn’t let her steal all the glory. The trio of seniors - Weldon, Mensch and Snow - scored a combined 19 points to help pace the team.

Twelve of the those 19 points came in the second half, including six free throws from Mensch and Snow to help keep the lead as far as it was.

“I’m gonna miss this group,” Fisher said of his seniors.

“It’s one of the better senior classes I’ve had. It’s just un-describable how this group allows a sophomore to be the team captain and they don’t argue about it. They lead in other ways. Molly leads knowing she is going to come off the bench and give us a spark. When Emma’s shot isn’t falling, she doesn’t worry and she fixes it on defense. And Kennedy is our spark plug and she is going to come in and give me 110%. They’re going to be missed and they’re welcome back any time they want to come visit.”

end, Wetumpka’s team placed sixth overall in AHSAA Class 6A south.

The team tallied 125 total points and three players finish in first or second place.

Strickland was the lone championship winner for the Indians, beating Homewood’s Graham Miner by decision, 5-2. With the win, Strickland moves to 39-2 on the year and will be one of the favorites to win the 6A championship in the 120 weight class this weekend.

“I was really impressed with a bunch of the young guys,” Wetumpka wrestling coach Anthony Byrd said. “This was the first time ever wrestling for at the sectional tournament for a lot of the guys.

Chad is really, really focused right now and the difference between this year and the last two is that he just doesn’t care who he’s wrestling against. He’s just focused on going out there and doing his best.”

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the preseason so far,” Dismukes said. “These guys take their work and their daily routine and keep grinding. I’m definitely looking for the top of

ANDY GRAHAM Columnist top of the SEC. Even if the fans and administration unite together, he’ll need to start recruiting at a much higher level and provide some consistency among his staff.

The dysfunction and disconnect of Auburn’s inner circle witnessed by the entire college football world over the last week certainly won’t help matters.

Bryan Harsin definitely has his work cut out for him. He just received a harsh lesson in the cutthroat world of the Southeastern Conference. I’m not sure we’ll

Stanhope had four players qualify for the state championship, and they finished just outside the Top 10 in the team standings. Foster was the lone champion for the Mustangs, beating Wetumpka’s Willie Cox by decision, 5-0, in the sectional championship.

Foster has not wrestled the entire season due to being injured late in football season, but the 285-pounder has not lost a match this year and is currently 15-0 entering the state championship.

Russo was the only other Mustang to reach the championship match, but lost to Mountain Brook’s Gray Ortis by major decision, 17-8. Russo (42-3) and Ortis (55-1) are expected to meet again in the 160-pound overall championship.

“With the adversity and all the injuries we’ve faced this year, it was a great finish for our guys this season,” Stanhope coach Hunter Adams said. “Connor has been outstanding all year and we knew that he’d make a run. He went his last 22 matches without surrender-

the order and the middle of the order to be solid.

They all have experience with three to four years of starting experience in some spots and they’re ready to go.”

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Caleb’s had a short season and didn’t get cleared to wrestle until after Christmas, and he’s really come on down the stretch. With him being a big physical athlete, his natural abilities play well for the sport.”

Elmore County’s Ramon Lozada was the only Panther to qualify for the state championship, and he won the sectional championship in spectacular fashion. He beat Pike Road’s John Duncan by decision, 7-3, in the championship.

It was sweet revenge for Lozada (25-2), as both of his losses this season have come from Duncan earlier in the year.

“He’s wrestled hard all year,” Elmore County coach Mason Thornton said. “He brought his A-game.

He had a really tough match with a kid from Homewood in the semifinals, and he won that match on a last-second reversal. he’s had the skill and the tools all year, we’ve just been working on his gas tank.

He didn’t give up in the semifinals and it paid off for him in the finals.

enced pitching staff.

Left-handed senior and Southern Union State CC commit Dawson Fuller will headline the pitching staff again this year after finishing the 2021 season with a sub-2.00 ERA. He will be joined by Johnson and Jaxon Shineflew.

Johnson finished last season with a 7-2 record and a 2.00 ERA with 72 strikeouts, while Shineflew also added a 7-2 record. Shineflew had the best ERA on the team last year with a whopping 0.65 and 83 strikeouts.

Coming back to join the

three stars on the mound is Morrison, who will be a strong option after being injured and not able to pitch the second half of last season.

“The pitching staff is experienced. They’re older, they’re seasoned and they’re experienced. We are bringing back a lot of talent and a lot of innings there. That’s going to help and that’s going to be the strength of our team. We have some guys who are going to go out there and throw strikes. We’re definitely experienced on the mound for sure.”

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GEORGE WASHINGTON’S BIRTHDAY

Did you know that the official name of Presidents Day, which is celebrated yearly on the third Monday in February, is actually “George Washington’s Birthday”? The day began as a day to honor George Washington and now honors all 45 of the American Presidents, current and past. The holiday began in Washington, D.C. in 1879. In 1885, President Arthur made it an official Federal holiday for the entire Country.

George Washington was actually born on February 22, 1732, in Westmoreland, Virginia. He grew up on his father’s plantation. It was once said that as a young man he chopped down one of his father’s cherry trees; when asked by his father if he had committed the act, he replied “Yes, I cannot tell a lie.” Although this story may not have happened, Washington was well-renowned for his good morals and character.

He married his wife, Martha, on January 6, 1759. As a young adult, he worked as a land surveyor before beginning his military career. He commanded the Continental Army through the Revolutionary War, and on April 30, 1789, he took the Oath of Office and was sworn in as the first President of the United States.

Known as the “Father of our Country,” many of Washington’s ideals still influence who the United States is as a Country today. President Washington held office for only two terms--from 1789 to 1797. He helped to pick the sight of the White House which has been home to all of the American Presidents, but him. This year we will celebrate Washington and all the Presidents on Monday February 21.

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Vol. 31, No. 6

Wetumpka senior earns eagle rank Staff Report

CARY COX

Hayes Pieper has been involved with scouting for most of his life.

Recently, Pieper achieved Eagle rank.

Pieper’s Eagle project involved erecting a large United States flag at Flagg Mountain in Coosa County with help from members of his troop.

Pieper erected a flag so visitors hiking and camping there can enjoy it. Pieper also wanted other Scouts to enjoy meeting around the flag when they camp at Flagg Mountain.

The project involved Pieper working with the Alabama Forestry Commission, who owns the Flagg Mountain Property, and working with the state agency to develop a plan.

Pieper is now 18 and a senior at Wetumpka High School but got his start in scouting as a member of Cub Scout Pack 8, chartered by Saint James Methodist Church in Montgomery, in 2010. Two years later, he transferred to Pack 429 in Wetumpka after moving there.

While at Pack 429, he earned the God and Me religious award and his Arrow of Light, the highest level of achievement in Cub Scouts.

In 2015, Pieper joined Troop 13, where he held a variety of leadership positions through the years, including senior patrol leader, assistant senior patrol leader, troop librarian, quartermaster and chaplain aide. Pieper also served as a den chief for Wetumpka Cub Scout Pack 50 in 2019-20. Pieper is a member of Order of the Arrow (National Scouting Honor Society), Alibamu Lodge 179.

Pieper’s favorite Scout experience was in the summer of 2019 when he traveled with members of his troop to Florida Sea Base near Key West, where he completed a weeklong deepsea fishing adventure in the waters of the Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico. Pieper also enjoyed several summers at Camp Tukabatchee.

At school, Pieper has been involved in the JROTC program, the Wetumpka High wrestling team, robotics, the chess club and the A/B Honor Roll in college preparatory classes.

Pieper has spent the last two summers working for the Retirement Systems of Alabama.

After graduating from Wetumpka this May, Pieper plans to attend Auburn University at Montgomery on an academic scholarship, where he will major in pre-engineering for two years. Pieper then plans to transfer to Auburn University to earn a degree in civil engineering.

ECEDA director appointed to state board Staff Report

Submitted / THE OBSERVER

Hayes Pieper, who has been involved with scouting for most of his life, recently rose to the rank of Eagle Scout.

today a reader,

Elmore County Economic Development Authority (ECEDA) executive director Cary Cox has been appointed to serve on the Board of Directors for the Economic Development Association of Alabama (EDAA).

The EDAA is a membership-based organization focused on promoting economic growth in Alabama. Economic development professionals throughout the state, along with individuals and companies in related fields, work together with the EDAA staff and board of directors to help positively influence state legislation and industrial growth within the state.

Cox said he would work on behalf of Elmore County and the state to improve issues for all Alabamians.

“I am honored to be asked to serve on the board of directors at EDAA,” Cox said. “I pledge to work diligently for EDAA to help bring business and industry together to improve the economic well-being and quality of life for Alabama.”

EDAA has over 500 members, including directors and staff members from local economic development associations, as well as other individuals involved in economic growth in Alabama.

EDAA’s board of directors are selected based on their contributions and accomplishments in all areas of economic development including commercial and industrial projects. Cox has over 30 years of economic development experience throughout the State of Alabama.

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