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City to reopen bids for the downtown utility lines project By CARMEN RODGERS Bureau Chief
It’s back to the drawing board for bids on the water, gas, and sewer line replacement project in downtown Tallassee after Faulk Contractors rescinded their bid. “There was a bid miscalculation by the
contractor who won the bid,” Tallassee Mayor John Hammock said. “They notified us within three business days.” According to Tallassee Public Information Officer Griffin Pritchard, plans for the downtown project are fluid but once they solidify, progress is inevitable. “There is no straightforward path to this,” he said. “Once this thing takes shape, it’s
Benjamin Fitzpatrick Bridge will get fresh coat of paint By CARMEN RODGERS Bureau Chief
Now that the Benjamin Fitzpatrick Bridge sports newly installed lights, fresh paint is in its future, according to officials with the Alabama Department of Transportation. “It is in the planning stages and will be painted silver aluminum,” ALDOT Public Information Officer Brantley Kirk said. Tallassee Mayor John Hammock is hopeful that the bridge will be painted sooner than later. “As we try to beautify our downtown, which in government it’s not as easy as the private world, there’s budgets and See BRIDGE • Page A3
City closer to demolishing delapidated structures By CARMEN RODGERS Bureau Chief
Cole Hilyer, owner of Southern Excavating won the bid to demolish the first round of dilapidated homes within the city of Tallassee, thanks to a City Development Block Grant that’s funded through the Alabama Department of Economic and Community Affairs. “He’s about to start clearing away some of the brush around these vacant, rundown, unsafe structures,” Tallassee Mayor John Hammock said. Before the structures can be demolished, a separate company will come in and remove potentially See DEMOLITION • Page A3
going to be huge for the city but right now we have to revitalize the project.” The city of Tallassee will now have to reopen the bid process. “We will be bidding that out again,” Hammock said. “We’ll be advertising that. Shaking the bushes to see if we can get even more people to bid on it.” Originally, the gas, water, and sewer line project was
included in the TAP grant project. These plans have been in the works for years. City officials received the TAP grant award letter in September 2018. In October 2020, Tallassee city officials received the green light from the Federal Highway Administration for the Alabama Department of Transportation’s Transportation
Alternatives Program grant, to move forward with the project. After consulting with city engineers, it was then decided that it would best to spilt the project into two scopes, underground infrastructure and streetscape. This grant funding will give the downtown area new utility lines, a fresh new look that will include new sidewalks and freshly paved roads.
TAKING THE LEAD Steers named Rotary President, Weldon named President-Elect By CARMEN RODGERS Bureau Chief
Tallassee’s newest State Farm agent in town, Logan Steers, has been elected Rotary president. Steers is not a Tallassee native, but he enjoys calling Tallassee home and looks forward to raising children here. “I grew up in Sylacauga, and moved here two years ago to open up a new State Farm office,” Steers said. “My wife and I are expecting a baby boy in September and can’t wait to raise him in the Tallassee community.” With new fundraising ideas already being tossed around, Steers is enthusiastic about serving as president of the Rotary Club. “I am excited to take on this new role as the Tallassee Rotary President and look forward to helping our community in every possible way,” he said. Tallassee native Stephanie Weldon will See ROTARY • Page A3
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Logan Steers was elected as President of the Tallassee Rotary Club and Stephanie Weldon was elected to serve as President-Elect.
Keep Tallassee Beautiful kickoff campaign a success By CARMEN RODGERS Bureau Chief
The first of the Keep Tallassee Beautiful cleanup effort took place Saturday, July 10, at city hall from 8-11 a.m. Councilmember Bill Hall coordinated the volunteer effort that aims to remove litter from area streets and neighborhoods.
According to Hall, the first Keep Tallassee Beautiful campaign was a success. “We had a lot of participation -- Ward 3 had a lot of people out working,” Hall said. “Considering, it was a last-minute push to get the word out, I think it has gone well.” Green For Life set up a roll off dumpster at city hall for the city of
Tallassee. “We have half a dumpster filled,” Hall said. Hall said he appreciates everyone who volunteered for the cleanup effort. “I want to thank everyone who took the time out of their day to come out and help beautify the city, and take See SUCCESS • Page A3
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Obituaries Kathy Jean Roye Martin Ms. Kathy Jean Roye Martin, a resident of Tallassee, Alabama, passed away Wednesday, July 7, 2021, at the age of 70. She was born October 3, 1950 in Tallapoosa County, Alabama. Mrs. Martin is survived by her son, Jason Martin (Stephanie); grandchildren, Hannah and Bryson Martin; brother, Todd Gantt (Kandy); niece and nephew, Scarlett Gantt and Zakk Gantt (Emily) and great nephew, Benji Gantt. She is preceded in death by her parents Mr. Winston and Mrs. Jean Gantt. Mrs. Martin was a member of East Tallassee Church of Christ. The family will receive friends Friday, July 9, 2021, from 10:30 a.m. until 11:00 a.m. at Jeffcoat Funeral Home. Funeral services will follow at 11:00 a.m. in the funeral home chapel with Rev. Mike McElroy officiating. Jeffcoat Funeral Home will be in charge of all local arrangements. Jeffcoat Funeral Home Directing Tallassee, Alabama
Christopher J. Maturi, Jr. Mr. Christopher J. Maturi, Jr., a resident of Tallassee, Alabama, passed away Saturday, July 10, 2021, at the age of 67. He was born September 05, 1953 in Reading, Pennsylvania. Mr. Maturi is survived by his wife of 48 years, Mrs. Debra B. Maturi; two daughters, Heather Boling (Keith) and Kristen Maturi; two brothers, Victor Maturi and Gene Maturi; three sisters, Elaine Price, Christine Bendigo and Maryann Frank; four grandchildren, Kayla Bester, Christy Boling, Cameron Boling and Christan Boling. Mr. Maturi served in the United States Army for twenty years. Memorial services will be Monday, July 12, 2021, at 10:00 a.m. at Jeffcoat Funeral Home Chapel. Jeffcoat Funeral Home Directing Tallassee, Alabama
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Police Reports July 6
A verbal warning was given following a traffic stop on Gilmer Avenue. A verbal warning was given following a traffic stop on AL Hwy 229. officers answered a false alarm call on Tallassee Highway. A verbal warning was given following a traffic stop on Gilmer Avenue. A verbal warning was given following a traffic stop on Gilmer Avenue. A verbal warning was given following a traffic stop on Tallahassee Highway. Officers assisted on a medical call of Lower Tuskegee Road. There was a follow-up on Freeman Avenue. A verbal warning was given following a traffic stop on Gilmer Avenue. A verbal warning was given following a traffic stop on Gilmer Avenue. There was a follow-up conducted on Sistrunk Street. Advice was given in a walk-in on Barnett Boulevard. There was a follow-up conducted on James Street. Officers made negative contact and a follow-up on Mooney Hollow Road. A citation was issued following a traffic stop on Sims Avenue. Animal Control was called to Herd Street. A verbal warning was given following a traffic stop on Jordan Avenue. Advice was given in a walk-in on Barnett Boulevard. A verbal warning was given following a traffic stop on Barnett Boulevard. A citation was issued following a traffic stop on North McKenzie Street. A verbal warning was given following a traffic stop on Gilmer Avenue. A verbal warning was given following a traffic stop on Whatley Drive. A verbal warning was given following a traffic stop on Freeman Avenue. A verbal warning was given following a traffic stop on N Ann Avenue. A verbal warning was given following a traffic stop on Main Street. A report for harassment was made on Dorman
Avenue. An accident report was made following a vehicle accident on AL Hwy 229. A report was made for a walk-in on Barnett Boulevard. A citation was issued for littering on Jordan Avenue. A report for burglary was made on Azalea Street. Advice was given following an animal complaint on Cobb Road. A report for a domestic incident was made on Wall Street. A call for harassing communications was canceled on Barnett Boulevard. There was a complaint of an intoxicated person on Greenwood Road.
July 7
Advice was given following a complaint of reckless driving a Little John Drive. Advice was given following a complaint of a suspicious vehicle on Dorman Avenue. A warrant arrest was made on 3rd Avenue. Extra residential patrol was given on 1st Avenue. Officers answered a false alarm call on Hickory Street. Officers assisted a citizen on Washington Street. Officers gave extra business patrol on Gilmer Avenue. A verbal warning was given following a traffic stop on Riverside Avenue. Officers conducted a follow-up on Notasulga Road. A verbal warning was given following a traffic stop on Gilmer Avenue. A verbal warning was given following a traffic stop on Gilmer Avenue. Advice was given during a walk-in on Barnett Boulevard. Advice was given following a complaint of suspicious activity on 1st Avenue. A verbal warning was given following a traffic stop or Wallace Drive. Extra residential patrol was given to Wall Street. A report was made for fraudulent use of credit card on Gilmer Avenue. Officers assisted medics on Riverside Avenue. Officers made a warrant arrest following an investigation on Barnett Boulevard. An accident report was made following a traffic
accident with no injuries on W Patton Street. A citation was issued following a traffic stop on Jordan Avenue. Officers made negative contact following a complaint of reckless driving on Jordan Avenue. Officers gave extra residential patrol on 1st Avenue. Officers assisted in medics on Gilmer Avenue. Animal Control was called to Gilmer Avenue. A verbal warning was given following a traffic stop on Central Boulevard. A warrant arrest was made on Gilmer Avenue. A verbal warning was given following a traffic stop on Gilmer Avenue. Advice was given for harassment on 6th Street. Officers answered a false alarm call on Notasulga Road. Two citations were issued following a traffic stop on Gilmer Avenue. Negative contact was made following a complaint of a suspicious vehicle on Notasulga Road. Two citations were issued following a traffic stop on Gilmer Avenue. Advice was given following a complaint on Birch Street. Officers answered a false alarm call on Notasulga Road. A citation was issued following a traffic stop on Gilmer Avenue. A verbal warning was given following a traffic stop on Gilmer Avenue.
July 8
No report was needed following a motor vehicle accident with the injury on Friendship Road. Officers gave extra residential patrol on 1st Avenue. A verbal warning was given following a traffic stop on Gilmer Avenue. Officers made a business check on Gilmer Avenue. a verbal warning was given following a traffic stop on Gilmer Avenue. Officers assisted a motorist on AL Hwy 229. Animal Control was called to Herren Street. There was a complaint of a suspicious vehicle on Outer Drive. A report was made after property was found on
Barnett Boulevard. Extra residential patrol was given on First Avenue. Officers assisted a motorist on Knox Street. Extra business patrol was given on Guesthouse Drive. A warrant arrest was made on Barnett Boulevard. There was a business check on Gilmer Avenue. A subpoena service was given on S Ann Avenue. Officers gave extra residential patrol on 1st Avenue. Officers made negative contact in a subpoena service on Herd Street. Advice was given following a complaint of loitering on Gilmer Avenue. Officers gave subpoena service on Tallahassee Highway. A report was made for theft on Friendship Road. A warrant arrest was made on James Street. A verbal warning was given following a traffic stop on Barnett Boulevard. A verbal warning was given following a traffic stop on Gilmer Avenue. A citation was issued following a traffic stop on Gilmer Avenue. A verbal warning was given following a traffic stop on Gilmer Avenue. A citation was issued following a traffic stop on Gilmer Avenue.
July 9
Advice was given following a 911 Hang up on White Oak Lane. A verbal warning was given following a traffic stop on Gilmer Avenue. A verbal warning was given following a traffic stop on Friendship Road. A verbal warning was given following a traffic stop on Friendship Road. A verbal warning was given following a traffic stop on Jordan Avenue. A subpoena service was served on Herd Street. A verbal warning was given following a traffic stop on North Ashurst Avenue. Officers gave extra residential patrol on First Avenue. Officers gave a subpoena service on Gilmer Avenue. Officers gave a subpoena service on East Patton Street. A verbal warning was given following a traffic stop on N Ann Avenue. Officers made negative contact during a subpoena service on MacArthur Street. Advice was given during an investigation on Herren Hill Road. Advice was given in a domestic incident on Wall Street. Officers made a business check on South Tallassee Drive. Officers made a subpoena service on Cotton Ridge Road. Officers gave extra business patrol on Guesthouse Drive. Officers gave subpoena service or Mott Lane. Officers gave subpoena service on North Ashurst Avenue. Officers made negative contact during the subpoena service on Macedonia Road. Officers made a subpoena service on Darnell Road. A report was made for a domestic incident on Lower Tuskegee Road.
Officers made negative contact and an investigation on Meadowview Drive. A warrant arrest was made on AL Hwy 229. There was a walk-in on Barnett Boulevard. A verbal warning was given following a traffic stop on Central Boulevard. Negative contact was made in a follow-up on Hilda Street. Negative contact was made following a traffic accident with no injuries on Ashurst Bar Road. Officers assisted TFD on Riverside Avenue. A warrant arrest was made on Barnett Boulevard. There was a traffic accident with no injuries on Gilmer Avenue. Negative contact was made following a complaint of a disorderly person on South Tallassee Drive. There was a follow-up on Central Boulevard. There was a follow-up on Notasulga Road. A verbal warning was given following a traffic stop on Gilmer Avenue. A verbal warning was given following a traffic stop on Gilmer Avenue. A verbal warning was given following a traffic stop on Gilmer Avenue. A citation was issued following a traffic stop on Gilmer Avenue. Officers assisted TFD on lower Tuskegee Road. A verbal warning was given following a traffic stop on Gilmer Avenue. A verbal warning was given following a traffic stop on Pinehurst Street. A felony warrant arrest and a report were made following a traffic stop on Burt Mill Road. A felony warrant arrest and a report were made following a search warrant on Burnt Springs Trail. A report was made for property damage on W Gimmels Mill road. There was a juvenile complaint on Gilmer Avenue. There was a juvenile complaint on East Roosevelt Street. A verbal warning was given following a traffic stop on E Roosevelt Street. Advice was given following a complaint of a suspicious vehicle on Gilmer Avenue. Officers conducted a follow-up on Friendship Road.
July 10
A report was made in a domestic dispute on Quail Run Drive. Advice was given following a complaint of a suspicious vehicle on Jordan Avenue. There was a follow-up conducted on Burnt Mill Road. Officers answered a false alarm call on Notasulga Road. Officers assisted a motorist on Central Boulevard. Officers assisted a citizen on Barnett Boulevard. Officers advise following a complaint of harassment on S Tallassee Drive. A report was made for theft on W Gimmels Mill Road. Officers answered a false alarm call on Central Boulevard. Officers assisted a citizen on 4th Street. There was a complaint for suspicious activity on Sistrunk Street.
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CB&S Bank continues partnership with Kids to Love for school supply drive STAFF REPORT TPI Staff
CB&S Bank recently announced its continued partnership with the Kids to Love organization, which has a mission to meet the immediate needs of foster children while they wait for their forever family. The organization has developed multiple programs to help them with this mission, one of them being the “More
than a Backpack” program. The Kids to Love organization works with foster agencies to provide backpacks to foster children packed with school supplies for the beginning of the next school year. It is now easier than ever to help with the new Click, Ship & Give option in place to shop online. This allows anyone to donate from anywhere and the items are shipped directly to the foundation. Volunteers pack the backpacks with the
necessary supplies and send them to local foster agencies to be distributed to foster children all over the southeast in Alabama, Mississippi, Tennessee and Georgia. CB&S Bank has partnered with the Kids to Love organization for the last 3 years to help drive this initiative designed to benefit local foster children within most of its communities. Last year, due to the conditions surrounding
COVID-19, the “More Than a Backpack” program shifted to an online ordering platform instead of in-person donations. After seeing the response results and how efficient it was, the Kids to Love organization decided to continue with this same method going forward. You can contribute to this wonderful program by going to Kidstolove.org.
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hurdles and a lot of red tape,” Hammock said. “I would hope in the near future, it will happen.” With city officials actively working to secure bids for the downtown TAP grant project, painting the bridge would add to rejuvenation efforts in the area. “I think it would be a great beautification effort as well. Anything that ALDOT can do to help this area would be greatly appreciated,” Hammock said. Hammock has long been an advocate of painting the bridge.
“I’ve been asking for it to be painted,” he said. “Every year, I meet with our representatives over in Elmore County who oversee that, and I express my concerns every year.” ALDOT began removing the lights on the Fitzpatrick Bridge earlier this year. From start to finish the light removal and replacement took about 6 months to complete. The light posts had to be fabricated. Right now, there is no timeline or estimated cost for the bridge painting project.
Several volunteers from Ward 3 took part in the first Keep Tallassee Beautiful cleanup campaign of 2021.
Success pride in the city we live in,” he said. There are already plans in place for the next Keep Tallassee Beautiful cleanup campaign. “In September, we’ll have another cleanup day,” Hall said. “Hopefully
continued from Page A1 we’ll get the numbers up.” For more information, check them out on social media. “We have a Facebook page, Keep Tallassee Beautiful,” Hall said. “Follow it for updates.”
Rotary serve as the president-elect for the club. Weldon works for one of Tallassee’s largest nonprofit organizations. “I have been with The Learning Tree for seven and a half years,” Weldon said. She is married to Dallas Weldon and they have two children, Madeline and Luke. Weldon served as president of the Rotary Club in 2018 and she looks forward to serving as the club’s president-elect. “I look forward to working with the Rotary Club to promote our purpose and to help raise funds for high school seniors,” she said.
continued from Page A1 The Rotary Club was established in Tallassee 92 years ago and continues to serve the community through civic projects and fundraisers. The organization is a nonpolitical organization open to all people regardless of race, color, religion, gender, or political preference. There are more than 35,000-member clubs worldwide, and 1.2 million individuals have joined. Local Rotarians meet every Thursday for lunch at the 1220 Café and Cozumel depending on the week. Rotarians gather weekly to fulfill their first guiding principle to develop friendships as an opportunity for service.
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hazardous materials. “ARC will come in and remove the asbestos,” Hammock said. “Then, Hilyer will come back after that and start demolishing the houses.” Tallassee was awarded the CDBG grant in November of 2019 after the Director of ADECA Kenneth Boswell toured the city with Hammock and other city officials. The tour included stops in Jordanville, East Tallassee, and the Tallaweka areas of the city.
After almost two years of planning this project, Tallassee residents will soon see movement on the ground at dilapidated structures. “You’ll start to see that take shape this summer,” Hammock said. The city was awarded $250,000 to remove rundown structures. The grant has a 10% match, which means the city will have a total of $275,000 to fund the demolition of dilapidated structures throughout the city.
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t is summertime in Alabama. The dog-days-of-summer. It’s hot and humid. Mostly humid. The air feels thick. It’s usually about this time of year that I start thinking about cooler months. That’s right, less than a month into summer and I have pumpkins, apple cider, and the upcoming holidays on my mind. I think it’s because we are halfway into the year and the holidays will be here before we know it. I have already bought a few Christmas gifts. Walmart typically starts toys clearance sales around this time of year. So, to avoid going broke in November and December, I buy what I find on sale ahead of time. Buying gifts ahead of time really does save money. The holidays can be a financial struggle. Especially if you’re on a budget. And with prices constantly climbing due to inflation, hyperinflation, who knows what costs will be five or six months down the road?
CARMEN RODGERS Bureau Chief I like to be ready. I like to buy gifts. I also like to shop. It all works out well. By the time the holiday season rolls around, I am prepared. Not only does this save money in the long run, it also makes the holidays a little less stressful. I have a lot of nieces and nephews, 12 to be exact. The oldest is 14 years old and the youngest is 2 years old. I like to buy something that I know they want or need. Running around trying to find something for everyone can be super stressful, especially if I try to cram it all in during the weeks before Christmas. So, when I see something that I know one of them will like, I buy it if I can. Now, while all this makes perfect sense to me, it equates to
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y parents set up two turntables, a microphone, and a tape deck for me when I was just a preschooler, which fed my lifelong passion. I wanted to be a disc jockey when I grew up. Music geek that I am, from earliest memory I was quoting facts and figures from Billboard and Rolling Stone. I could tell you the backup musicians, the track listing on sides A and B, the record company that released the album (or single), who wrote the songs, and what A&R man signed them. Finally, a chance mid-1990s encounter with the brother of a PD (that’s Program Director, fellow babies) changed my life. This Program Director, Doc Kirby, gave me the opportunity to hone my craft after hours on WTBFAM & FM in Troy, when the transmitter radiated all the power of a hair dryer. Over the next decade, I worked all kinds of shifts and remotes, spun records, wrote and produced commercials, and worked on promotions in the after school and weekend work hours. There are many stories to share, but a memorable one crossed my mind this week. In 2002, we were promoting Paul McCartney’s new LP, “Driving Rain,” and did a couple of days of all-Paul playlists. I had the chance to see Sir Paul on his tour that year, and was excited to work out a deal with the local record store and Paul’s label. I found myself on the telephone with a rep at Capitol Records – that famous stack-of-recordsshaped building at Hollywood and Vine, home of so many storied recording sessions. This person was my contact for free merchandise to give away in trivia
MICHAEL BIRD Columnist contests, but decided to give me the contact number of Macca’s manager in New York City. Not knowing any better, I called him. As it turned out, he was in New York, all right – on his cell phone. I asked my idol’s manager for free T-shirts and records. He exploded when he found out that a girl in Hollywood had given me his private number, and before angrily hanging up on me, unleashed a profanity-laden rant and told me that the girl at Capitol was about to be fired. Who said dreams don’t come true? I got the giveaway merchandise anyway, and the promotion was a success for WTBF. Also at WTBF a few years later, the Troy University Trojans appeared in the San Diego County Community Credit Union Poinsettia Bowl – or whatever the name of it was. All I knew was that Troy had been invited to a bowl game in California. I was selected to run the board during the broadcast, as it was Christmas week and many of the college students who normally worked were out of town. From the beginning, the broadcast was plagued with one mishap after another. Qualcomm Stadium was deluged with rain. ESPN’s audio equipment malfunctioned, which disrupted their television transmission. Soon, without our knowledge, ESPN picked up our signal to use as their audio.
Within an hour of kickoff, I was operating Master Control for the Troy University Radio Network – and ESPN. One of my co-workers, the morning show sidekick (and perhaps the most popular disc jockey at the station), came by to pitch in at Master Control when he heard what we called “dead air,” where there is no sound. We were scrambling to stay on air. I was filling all the spaces with songs like “It Never Rains in Southern California” and “Do You Know the Way to San Jose?” No one seemed to find the irony in either tune. ESPN phoned and explained that we were the only audio they had, and we were now being carried nationally. I was so puffed up when thinking of my new coast-to-coast audience, I did not pay attention when the hotline would ring, my co-worker would answer it, then abruptly hang up. Finally, I asked him who was calling. “Someone named Bristol,” he said. “They keep saying they can’t hear the game.” Bristol, I thought. Bristol, Connecticut – home base of ESPN – we were causing the national audio feed to go silent! No wonder they were calling. I got them back on line in a hurry. We made it through the evening, but by the time the game actually ended, it was way too late for listeners on this side of the country to still maintain an interest. But even with the passage of time, I’m still proud of my small role in the broadcast of Troy’s first-ever Division I bowl game. Michael Bird is still making mistakes on the radio every Saturday morning on WACQ-AM 580 and FM 98.5.
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The story of the great Charles Henderson
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ince I hail from Troy, Alabama, allow me to share with you the story of our only governor. Charles Henderson was not only the 35th Governor of Alabama, but he may also be one of the most profound philanthropists in Alabama history. He is unquestionably the greatest philanthropist to grace Pike County. Soon after Alabama’s 1901 Constitution was enacted, a pattern of electing well-heeled governors began. From 1910-1946 Alabama elected what we referred to as bourbon governors. They were usually successful businessmen who looked at the job as a civic role for four years. The big mules of Birmingham and the big planters of the Black Belt would meet in a board room and anoint their candidate, who they would privately back financially. There would be no other business candidate. These big mules would team up with the probate judges who were the power brokers and usually could dictate who carried each county. Charles Henderson epitomized the governors of this bourbon era. He was governor from 1915-1919. Henderson is generally regarded as Alabama’s wealthiest governor. In fact, it was said that while he was governor, he was also the richest man in Alabama. At age 44 he founded and owned the Troy Bank and Trust Company in Troy. Additionally, he owned a myriad of banks all over Alabama including the largest bank in Huntsville. He also owned or co-owned every major business in Troy. Charles Henderson was born in 1860 in Pike County. His father owned a mercantile business and died when Charles was 16. By 17, Charles Henderson was running his father’s business and by 20 had turned it into the largest wholesale grocery company in Southeast Alabama. By the age of 27, he had formed his own railroad company, established the Troy Normal School which later became Troy State University and now Troy University, and started the Standard Chemical Company. By the way, he was elected the Mayor of Troy at age 26. He resigned as Mayor of Troy in 1906 after being appointed President of the Alabama Railroad Commission, which not only regulated railroads but utilities also. It is now known as the Public Service Commission. During this era, he brought telephone and electricity to Troy. He owned both entities. He also owned the Pea River Utility Company. At 54, Charles Henderson was elected Alabama’s 35th Governor. He is known in history as Alabama’s Business Governor. When he took office, the state was broke. When he left in 1919, the state coffers were flush, which was apropos for the state’s “Business Governor.” Charles Henderson’s greatest legacy is not as governor, but as the most altruistic philanthropist in Pike County’s history. Henderson left a will that set up trusts before they were common. He set up a trust foundation with his vast wealth that is simply remarkable. He and his wife, Laura, were childless. He took care of her financially. However, he also took care of the children of Pike County. He understood the power of compound interest. He left a corpus of money in trust with the directions that it should be left alone to compound for 20-years. At that time, the money was to be used to build schools for Pike County. The interest off of his trust built every school in Pike County. The high school I graduated from was appropriately named Charles Henderson High School. His will called for the interest of his trust to go to medical care for Pike County children after it had built all the schools. In 1979 the Charles Henderson Child Health Center was built in Troy. It is a state-of-the-art health clinic that allures the best pediatricians and pediatric dentists from throughout the country. Every child in Pike County can receive medical and dental care equal to that seen by children in Manhattan, free of charge, thanks to Governor Charles Henderson. Governor Henderson died on January 7, 1937 at age 77 from a stroke caused by influenza. He was buried in Oakwood Cemetery in Troy. An eternal flame illuminates his grave 24 hours a day. Appropriately, it is furnished by the City of Troy utilities which he founded. Charles Henderson was indeed a remarkable man. 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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State vaccination rates all about politics
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ne of the biggest July 4th Stories from 2021 is whether the United States achieved its “independence” from COVID-19, in the form of high enough vaccination rates to achieve herd immunity. America did achieve higher than average rates compared to other countries, but came up short of its July goal. And politics may be playing a role in this. First, there’s the good news. According to Johns Hopkins’ data, the United States ranks 14th in the world for people fully vaccinated, wellabove the world average. The USA trails only the Seychelles, Malta, San Marino, the United Arab Emirates, Iceland, Bahrain, Chile, Israel, Mongolia, Qatar, Uruguay, Hungary, and the United Kingdom. Few are the size or population of the USA, and America is ahead of most other developed countries, so that’s quite an accomplishment for America. But here’s the bad news. Politics may be undermining America’s ability to achieve herd immunity. To test whether this is the case, Erik Moran (one of my undergraduate students) and I looked at USA vaccination rates, counting all cases where the person was fully vaccinated, not just partial cases. We then looked at whether the state in question voted for President Donald
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JOHN TURES Columnist Trump in 2020, or his challenger, Democratic Party candidate Joe Biden, that year. We also gathered data on who was the governor of the state. States that voted for Trump in 2020 have an average vaccination rate of 37.8 percent. Those states that voted for Biden in 2020 had an average vaccination rate of 50.23 percent. The difference of 12.43 percentage points is statistically significant, meaning we can reject the null hypotheses that both variables are unrelated to each other. We thought it might be a different story with Republican Governors. After all, among the top ten vaccinated states, four of them are led by Republican chief executives, including the top two: Vermont and Massachusetts. New Hampshire and Maryland are also among the top ten, along with Maine, Connecticut, Rhode Island, New Jersey, New Mexico and Washington, just ahead of New York, Oregon, Colorado, Hawaii and Minnesota. But when you look at the 33rd through 51st states, the ones lagging in
vaccination rates, you’ll only find two Democratic Governors on this list (in Louisiana and North Carolina). States with a Republican Governor have an average vaccination rate of 40.56%. For Democratic Governors, their states have an average vaccination rate of 48.17%. Like the other test, this difference of means is statistically significant. The states with low vaccination rates are going to lose out. As Salon and CNN report, “In Arkansas, where less than 35% of residents were fully vaccinated, the rate of transmission is roughly five times higher than the national rate.” And they add of all the counties with outbreaks, less than 3 percent have vaccination rates higher than 50 percent. Americans have shown that they can be vaccinated, and can beat international averages. Republican Governors can lead states that can be among the leaders in vaccinations in America. It’s time for those dragging their feet for whatever reason to get on board, and help the rest beat COVID19 and fully retore our economy. 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. Erik Moran is an undergraduate student at LaGrange College.
Rejected among his own kin
t is often said that a prophet is rejected in his own town. The story of Jesus’ rejection by the people of Nazareth, of his hometown, is found in Mark 6:1-6. The central theme of being rejected as a prophet frequently can be eclipsed by the appearance of the brothers of Jesus: James, Joseph, Simon and Jude. When we hear about the brothers of Jesus, I have often thought - who are these guys? Mark 6:1-6 says this: He went away from there and came to his own country; and his disciples followed him. And on the sabbath he began to teach in the synagogue; and many who heard him were astonished, saying, “Where did this man get all this? What is the wisdom given to him? What mighty works are wrought by his hands! Is not this the carpenter, the son of Mary and brother of James and Joses and Judas and Simon, and are not his sisters here with us?” And they took offense at him. And Jesus said to them, “A prophet is not without honor, except in his own country, and among his own kin, and in his own house.” And he could do no mighty work there, except that he laid his hands upon a few sick people and healed them. And he marveled because of their unbelief. I want to first focus on the central theme of what’s taking place here. The first is the setting and that is Jesus coming “to his own country.” The literal Greek here patrda just means his fatherland, it means the place from which he hailed, his hometown, which as we know from elsewhere in the gospels is of course the city of Nazareth. So he’s come back to his hometown and he is going to the local synagogue to teach and preach. And if you recall from parallels with this text, like in the Gospel of Luke, that doesn’t go too well. Jesus’ first sermon that he gives in the synagogue at Nazareth meets with rejection and meets with doubt, it meets with anger actually on the part of some of the people from Nazareth. People cannot accept this ordinary man preaching, they ask where did he get all this wisdom, how’s he doing these miracles, and then they asked a very important question they say, “Isn’t this the carpenter, the son of Mary?” And then it goes on to mention his brothers: James, Joseph, Simon, Jude, and it says are not they all with us and they took offense at him. Now the Greek word there for take offense is skandalizō, we get the word scandalize from this, or scandal, and literally a
MATEUSZ RUDZIK
Columnist skandalon in Greek is a stumbling stone or stumbling block, it’s something people trip over. The meaning of this passage shows us how the Nazarenes are scandalized by Jesus, a regular guy they’ve known and seen grow up – they cannot handle his identity as a laborer. The first 30 years of his life, Jesus was a tektōn, a Greek word we get the word architect from. And a tektōn here literally, although we translate it as carpenter, means a builder, somebody who builds things. In Jesus’ day a tektōn could be someone who builds things out of wood but also out of stone, like a stone mason. Jesus would have been good at building with whatever materials, not just wood. The people cannot handle this common man prophesying as if he’s a prophet, and performing wonders and miracles as if he is a divine healer. You’ve heard the old saying “familiarity breeds contempt,” well familiarity particularly breeds contempt for a prophet, or someone who’s going to be exalted and have an exalted status or mission in God’s plan. Going back to the brothers of Jesus part, many of us think, wait -- I thought Mary was perpetually virgin, who are these so-called brothers of Jesus? What is the gospel referring to here? And it doesn’t just mention his brothers, it even mentions his sisters as well. So who are all these brothers and sisters of Jesus, are they the children of Mary? Because if they were the children of Mary, obviously then the doctrine of the perpetual virginity of Mary would be a lie. The word that is used for brother in Greek is adelphos, and this word has multiple meanings. One is what we would call, a blood brother. In other words, a child of the same mother, a sibling born from the same mother. Earlier in this same chapter, Mark writes: “he saw Simon and Andrew the brother of Simon casting a net in the sea; for they were fishermen.” However in Greek the word adelphos can also mean a close relative or cousin. Two of these brothers mentioned, James and Joseph, are elsewhere identified in the Gospel
of Mark as the sons of another Mary. Later in the gospel of Mark, after Jesus is crucified, it is written: There were also women looking on from afar, among whom were Mary Magdalene, and Mary the mother of James the younger and of Joses, and Salome, who, when he was in Galilee, followed him, and ministered to him; and also many other women who came up with him to Jerusalem. Notice Mark singles out three women there at the foot of the cross: Mary Magdalene, Mary the mother of James and Joseph, and then Salome. Later on, Mark refers to her as Mary the mother of Joseph and Mary the mother of James. Now, who is this woman Mary, their mother, who’s at the cross? Going back the original reading, after these brothers of Jesus get named James, Joseph, Simon, and Judas, Jesus responds to the scandal of the community by saying something interesting. He says, “a prophet is not without honor, except in his own country, and among his own kin.” The Greek word there syngenēs literally means relative but it can also be translated as cousin. In other words, he’s not accepted by his own town or among his own cousins. If you go to John 19:25, it is made clear that this Mary at the foot of the cross is Mary, the wife of Clopas. Clopas was regarded as the uncle of Jesus and the father of James and Simon, who are some of the first bishops of Jerusalem, and who obviously have some of the same names as these so called brothers of Jesus. In Matthew’s account of the crucifixion he’s even more explicit. Not only does he call her “Mary the mother of James and Joseph” but he calls her “the other Mary.” Putting together all of the evidence leads us to conclude that the virgin Mary, Jesus’ mother, was a different Mary than the wife of Clopas, who was the mother of James, Joseph, Simon, and Jude. Mark chapter 6 brings home to us the fact that Jesus the Messiah, who is revealing himself through his words and actions, is going to be a prophet who is not accepted and will ultimately be rejected, not just by his own relatives in his hometown, but by the people of Jerusalem, who will bring him to the cross and ultimately through the cross to his resurrection. Father Mateusz Rudzik is the pastor of St. Vincent de Paul Catholic Church in Tallassee and St. Joseph Catholic Church in Tuskegee.
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Mother-Daughter Dance tickets are now available. The dance is slated for Aug. 21. For more information, call 334-415-3952 or email sonyasingleton2020@ gmail.com.
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Not Our First Goat Rodeo: Yo-Yo Ma, Stuart Duncan, Edgar Meyer and Chris Thile with guest Aoife O’Donovan starting at 7:30 p.m. at Auburn University’s Gogue Performing Art’s Center. Submit an upcoming event at carmen.rodgers@tallasseetribune.com or text 334-580-7089.
Gogue Center announces fall 2021 performance lineup STAFF REPORT TPI Staff
The Jay and Susie Gogue Performing Arts Center, or GPAC, at Auburn University has put together a fall 2021 lineup that includes more than a dozen performances and boasts several legendary names from the worlds of classical, rock, folk, bluegrass and soul. Standout performers Kenny G, The Beach Boys, Patti LaBelle, Melissa Etheridge and Ziggy Marley highlight a top-notch list that will make the fall season a must-see at GPAC for music fans. The fall season officially begins Friday, Aug. 13, with an outdoor concert titled “Not Our First Goat Rodeo: Yo-Yo Ma, Stuart Duncan, Edgar Meyer and Chris Thile, with guest Aoife O’Donovan.” The Grammy Award-winning supergroup, who are reuniting for the first time in nearly a decade, will perform a collection of all-new music from their self-titled album released in 2020. The group’s upcoming nationwide tour includes only nine engagements, and their stop at the Gogue Center is one of only two scheduled on the East Coast. In September, the Gogue Center will present bluegrass icon Del McCoury and the Del McCoury Band, Grammy-nominated R&B singer Candi Staton and LA-based folk-rockers Dawes with special guest Erin Rae. Saxophone legend Kenny G, reggae star Ziggy Marley and rock goddess Melissa Etheridge are slated for
dates in October, as are The Beach Boys, who are returning for a second engagement at the Gogue Center following their sold-out inaugural season concert. Chart-topping bluegrass singer-songwriter Sierra Hull and blues rock guitarist Boz Scaggs will also perform in October. The Gogue Center will welcome the “Godmother of Soul” and Grammy Hall of Famer Patti LaBelle, as well as award-winning humorist and Auburn alumna Jeanne Robertson, in November. The fall season will conclude with matinee and evening performances of “Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer: The Musical”—the center’s first Broadway production since reopening in spring 2021—on Sunday, Dec. 12. While most performances will return to the Walter Stanley and Virginia Katharyne Evans Woltosz Theatre, a few select engagements will be presented outdoors at the Amphitheatre at the City of Auburn Lawn and Porch. A complete schedule of all fall 2021 performances with dates, times and venues is listed below. Tickets for newly added performances—Kenny G, The Beach Boys, Ziggy Marley and Melissa Etheridge—are currently limited to Gogue Center sponsors and subscribers. Access to these performances will be granted to the general public beginning Tuesday, July 6. Tickets for all other performances are available now. Tickets purchased for rescheduled performances—including those purchased as part of a subscription package from either the inaugural
The Beach Boys Tuesday, Oct. 5 7:30 p.m. Amphitheatre
or 2020-21 seasons—are still valid, and admission will be honored on the rescheduled date. For more information on fall 2021 performances, visit the Gogue Center’s website. Tickets may be purchased by telephone at 334-844TIXS (8497) or online. Tickets also may be purchased in person at the Gogue Center box office, located at 910 S. College St. in Auburn, from 1-4 p.m. Tuesday through Friday.
Ziggy Marley: A Live Tribute to His Father Wednesday, Oct. 6 7:30 p.m. Amphitheatre Sierra Hull Thursday, Oct. 14 7:30 p.m. Woltosz Theatre
Gogue Center fall 2021 performance lineyp:
Boz Scaggs Monday, Oct. 18 7:30 p.m. Woltosz Theatre
Not Our First Goat Rodeo: Yo-Yo Ma, Stuart Duncan, Edgar Meyer and Chris Thile with guest Aoife O’Donovan Friday, Aug. 13 7:30 p.m. Amphitheatre
Melissa Etheridge Tuesday, Oct. 19 7:30 p.m. Woltosz Theatre
Del McCoury Band Friday, Sept. 17 7:30 p.m. Woltosz Theatre
Patti LaBelle Sunday, Nov. 14 7:30 p.m. Woltosz Theatre
Candi Staton Saturday, Sept. 18 7:30 p.m. Woltosz Theatre Dawes with special guest Erin Rae Thursday, Sept. 30 7:30 p.m. Amphitheatre An Evening with Kenny G Saturday, Oct. 2 7:30 p.m. Woltosz Theatre
Jeanne Robertson Friday, Nov. 19 7:30 p.m. Woltosz Theatre “Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer: The Musical” Sunday, Dec. 12 3 p.m. (Matinee) / 7:30 p.m. (Evening) Woltosz Theatre
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A mural painting of the old East Side Mill is going up on the WACQ Radio Station on the corner of N. DuBois and Barnett Boulevard.
Murals coming to downtown Tallassee By CARMEN RODGERS Staff Writer
In March, it was reported that The Tallassee Redevelopment Authority had commissioned the well-known Artist Steve Lee to paint several murals in the downtown area thanks to an anonymous donation in the amount of $10,000. The building that houses WACQ Radio on the corner of N. DuBois Street and Barnett
Boulevard already has a fresh mural painting of the Tallassee mill. But even more, will begin popping up in the area soon. “We are looking at the end of August, early September before they are all complete,” Tallassee Mayor John Hammock said. Some of the murals will be painted and attached to the older buildings. “He’s painting one on a big wooden board that he’s going to attach to the side of Urban
Tails,” Hammock said. “We are trying to get the high traffic areas first. That building was built around 1900-1910, so he’s putting it on a big wooden board and he’ll bolt it to the side of the building. Some of the buildings downtown are so old and the brick is so coarse that it wouldn’t look right.” On the side of the Studio B building downtown on S. Ann Avenue, a mural time period piece from the 40s of the Hotel
Talisi is planned. “On the other side, on Bill Patterson’s building where Southern Girls Outlet used to be, you’re going to have three smaller murals on the side of that building,” Hammock said. Those murals will include portrait murals of R.R. Moton, General Elmore, and one of the founders of the city of Tallassee, Barent Dubois. According to Hammock, the murals will be an attraction to
the downtown area. “We’re going to have some nice historical murals here in Tallassee,” he said. “That’s going to be the start of it.” In addition, city officials are actively seeking grant funding that would cover the cost of adding more murals to the downtown area. “Some RCD (Rural Community Development) grants to add to some of the other buildings,” Hammock said.
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Encouragement for troubled times In the world, you will have tribulation. But take heart; I have overcome the world. - John 16:33
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esus shook the apostles to their core with the things he told them the night of the Last Supper in the upper room. He gave them more details about what was about to happen. He told them that one of them would betray him, another would deny him and all of them would flee. He warned them about the hateful treatment they would receive from others. He admonished them to get over the quarreling among themselves by serving each other. He told them he was going away, but would come back for them. In that setting, before they went out to the garden of Gethsemane, Jesus told them to “take heart,” or be encouraged. The “tribulation” was about to get much worse. A little later in the evening they would be terrified
as the arresting party came for Jesus and took him. They all ran away. Peter and John followed at a distance. John knew the gatekeeper at Caiphas’ house where the “trial” was underway. He got them in to listen and watch. It was an awful spectacle, a mockery of their own laws. Peter, under pressure from a servant girl, denied the Lord just as Jesus said he would. Jesus was condemned to die before it ever began. Their world and all their hopes and dreams about Messiah and his kingdom were falling apart before their eyes. So in advance of all that darkness, Jesus warned them it was coming and told them to be encouraged, to take heart. It could not have been easy. This band of disciples had a lot more living to do after that night. Even after Jesus was raised and they went out preaching the gospel, Jesus’ words about tribulation came true again and again. But by then,
MIKE MCELROY Columnist they knew their crucified and risen Lord was firmly in control. They understood his words better as the years passed. The reason Jesus gave them to be encouraged in the face of tribulation didn’t feel true the night he said it. He said, “I have overcome the world.” But in less than 24 hours he would be brutalized, falsely accused, unjustly convicted, crucified on a Roman cross and buried in a borrowed tomb. They could not imagine how that was anything like “overcoming.” But after the resurrection they understood better, and grew to trust what Jesus had told them more and more. Jesus’ words of encouragement
to those men that night are good for us as well. No disciple of Jesus is exempt from the trouble Jesus said we would have in the world. We should not be surprised or lose our faith and confidence in the Lord’s promises when we have troubles. This world is broken. The world does not love our Master. We cannot expect them to love us. Jesus told those disciples that very thing the same night, and we should take his words about that to heart. We must not be discouraged when trouble comes. To be discouraged is the opposite of being encouraged. Trouble threatens to take our courage away. But Jesus told us to hold onto it in tribulation. This is easier for me to say or write than for us to do, isn’t it? If you’ve ever known the feeling of wanting to quit, to give up and stop trying, you know how much we need his admonition to take heart. And the reason why we should is much clearer to us than it was to them that dark night when they first heard it. We
know about the resurrection. We know he triumphed over death. His resurrection is the basis for our confidence about our own. Jesus overcame the world and its opposition and death itself. He promised his disciples they too would overcome with him. To those struggling churches addressed in Revelation, Jesus reminded them that he had overcome and those who overcome with him will never lose their reward. Tribulation comes in many flavors. But the power to overcome anything evil in this world is to know that Jesus overcame, and so will we if we remain faithful, trust him and obey him. Do you need this reminder because you face a struggle or trouble right now? Have you prayed a lot about it? Could you share your struggle with a respected, trusted friend? Do you need to be still for a while and meditate on this verse? God bless you. If I can help you in any way, please let me know how I can help.
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
Carrville Baptist church would like to let everyone know of our new hours and we invite you to join us every Sunday Morning in worship and praise to Our Lord. Sunday School now starts at 9 a.m. and Morning Worship at 10 a.m. You can social distance and still serve the Lord, we do have mask and sanitizer available for all who need them.
East Tallassee United Methodist Church
ETUMC is holding services on Sunday at 11 a.m. and at 5 p.m. The “River’s Edge Flea Market” is open every Saturday from 6 a.m. to 2 p.m. The flea market is sponsored by the East Tallassee UMC and is located at the side of the old East Tallassee Hospital, across from the library. We will offer various priced booths. To reserve a space call Joan Wood at 334-312-4913 or Melanie Baker at 334-415-8314. All proceeds raised by ETUMC will be used for church-sponsored programs.
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. Individuals who have not been fully vaccinated for the COVID-19 virus are encouraged 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
The First Presbyterian Church of Tallassee will be hosting a First Responders’ Appreciation Day. We want to celebrate the work first responders do for our community year-round; therefore, we are inviting the first responders of Tallassee to join us for lunch from 10 a.m. until
2 p.m. on July 5. It will be at our church located at 514 Central Blvd. You are welcome to eat at the church or take the food to go. Thought of the Week: ““The first and almost the only book deserving of universal attention is the Bible. I speak as a man of the world . . . and I say to you, ‘Search the Scriptures.’” John Quincy Adams, 6th President.
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: 334-283-2195. 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.
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.,
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 Light of Jesus Outreach Ministries 140 Gin Street Macedonia Christian Church 2685 Macedonia Road Mount Olive Congregational Christian Church NACCC 492 Kent Road Oak Heights Church of Christ 74 Manning Circle Tallassee Church of Christ 209 Gilmer Avenue Wind Rain & Fire Ministries International 1201 Gilmer Avenue Vessel Church
84632 Tallassee Highway, Eclectic, AL 36024 God’s Church, Campfire Ministries 209 Barnett Bouelvard Tallassee, AL 36078 The Lord Our Righteousness Center, Inc. 4566 Claud Road Eclectic, AL 36024 Tallassee First Assembly of God 185 Friendship Road, Tallassee, AL 36078 EPISCOPAL Episcopal Church of the Epiphany 2602 Gilmer Avenue METHODIST East Tallassee United Methodist Church 101 Central Boulevard First United Methodist Church 1 Jordan Avenue
New Zion 3523 Ashurst Bar Road St. Paul Tallassee 101 Herren Hill Road Wall Street 71 Zion Street INDEPENDENT Abundant Life Church 2634 Lower Tuskegee Road Saint Mark All Nationals Pentecostal Foundation Church 30 Stewart Street Tallassee Church of God 134 Adams Street Tallassee Holiness Church 194 Honeysuckle Lane God’s Congregation Holiness Church 508 Jordan Avenue Claud Independent Methodist Church 81232 Tallassee Highway in Eclectic
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Wetumpka Youth League carries spring momentum into fall league By DALTON MIDDLETON Sports Editor
Just one year after COVID-19 ended the spring season after only one day of games, the Wetumpka Youth Baseball and Softball League wrapped up its most successful seasons of all time. The Wetumpka Youth AllStar teams finished their summer seasons this past weekend with the 9U All-Star baseball team placing second in the BPA Recreational League Tournament of Champions. The 7U and 10U teams also participated in the tournament and each finished in third place. The WYBSL had multiple top tournament finishes this summer. In the regional tournament, the 10U team was named the regional tournament champions while the 7U and 12U teams each came in 2nd place. The 10U championship was the first regional championship in any age group in Wetumpka youth history, at least as far back as league commissioner Matt Fallin has records for. “This was the first time we’ve ever made this good of a showing in any tournament, so we’re extremely pleased with how the All-Stars season turned out,” Fallin said. “Everyone who participated had a phenomenal time.” It wasn’t just the championships, however, that made the season as successful as it was. Fallin said over 580 players from ages 5-18 participated in the league this summer. Those players were split up between five softball teams (6U, 8U, 10U, 12U and 18U) and six baseball teams (6U, 7U, 8U, 9U, 10U, and 12U.) This was the first season that Wetumpka has had a 7U and 9U All-Star baseball team, and that was due simply to the amount of players who signed up this year. There was also the Babe Ruth league this summer, which is for boys ages 13-18. With over 85 participants and 8 teams, it was the largest Babe Ruth summer in WYBSL history. “I think the bottom line is that everyone was ready to get out of the house and get out and do something,” Fallin said. “It was just so freeing to be able to get out there and play ball and not have to worry about masks and all the restrictions.” Due to the high number of participants, the WYBSL was also able to raise a lot of money for future endeavors. The league hosted a preseason fundraiser tournament that raised $8,000 dollars, along with mid-season tournaments and two different All-Star softball tournaments. The tournaments were not fundraisers, but helped raise money mostly though concessions. Fallin and the WYBSL’s 13-member volunteer board helped staff the concession stand. The amount of fans and players at the ballpark, along with the concession stands now allowing debit/credit cards, allowed the WYBSL to make more money in 2 1/2 months this summer than the league had ever made in a calendar year, Fallin said. “We volunteer our time, 40-50 hours a week and put our hearts, souls and minds in everything we do to make this the best possible league that these kids and parents have seen in their lifetime,” Fallin said. “We work as a team together. We have amazing coaches and amazing board members, and that’s what makes us great and stand apart from the rest.” See YOUTH • Page B2
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Reeltown hosted its annual youth football camp Saturday, July 10 at Reeltown high school.
Reeltown hosts youth football camp By ANDY ANDERS Regional Sports Director
Prospective football players as young as 5 and as old as 12 received instruction from Reeltown’s coaching staff Saturday. The Rebels hosted their third annual youth football camp in partnership with Star Seeds, the Tallassee area’s youth mentorship organization. “The goal is to teach them a few skills,” Reeltown head football coach Matt Johnson said. “If they can walk away just learning one thing, it’s worth their time. But amongst all that, the main thing is just to come out here and have fun.” A combination of
assistant coaches and current Reeltown players guided the youth through a series of fundamental drills before capping the camp with a few backyard games Saturday. Campers were from all over the area, including young athletes playing pee wee football for Tallassee, Reeltown and Elmore County. Johnson said there were even some in attendance that had never tried the sport before. “We want to make it a family atmosphere. We feel like it is that,” Johnson said. “It’s pretty loose. We’ll eat and hang out. “It’s a lot of positive vibes all the way around. It’s just a blessing.”
Plenty of smiles were showing throughout the course of the day, both from those in the training session and those running it. Johnson noted that instructing the youngsters was a great experience for his players, who got to see the future of the program and act as role models for a day. “Number one, they get to work with kids,” Johnson said. “Seeing them having fun with the kids, and teaching them the game and teaching them to have fun, there’s a community aspect to that. Then also you’ve got the part where they’ve gotta teach a little football. It strengthens their craft, it sharpens their tools.” A number of campers that
came out were members of Star Seeds, with president LD Bell helping drive the widespread nature of the event. Several school systems were represented. Tallassee and Reeltown may be rivals on Friday nights, Johnson said, but at any other time it’s important that they work together to better their towns and the county at large. “When he started his program, and I came to Reeltown, he and I both came together and we brainstormed a lot on what we can do,” Johnson said. “We’ve been in touch, putting kids in his program from Reeltown and this camp. It’s just knocking down whatever barriers may be between kids and schools.”
Cadillac Williams to headline Elmore County Auburn Club kickoff banquet By ANDY ANDERS Regional Sports Director
Cadillac Williams will be driving out to Wetumpka to benefit Elmore County’s future Auburn students. The Elmore County Auburn Club, which provides scholarships for Elmore County high school graduates attending Auburn University, is hosting its 2021 Kickoff Banquet July 20 at the Wetumpka Civic Center. All proceeds will go toward scholarships. “Our main goal with the kickoff banquet is to raise funds for our scholarships,” Elmore County Auburn Club secretary Pam Martin said. “We have an endowment set up with the Auburn Alumni Association
that automatically gives one student a scholarship. We like to give more than just that one student a Williams scholarship.” Williams, Auburn’s second all-time leading rusher and current running backs coach, will be the event’s featured speaker. He’ll share the latest news and updates from behind the scenes at the Tigers’ program, and will be available for photographs and autographs before dinner at the banquet. Scholarship recipients from the class of 2021 in Elmore County will also be recognized
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interested in receiving a scholarship to speak with their school guidance counselors about the opportunity so those counselors can work with the Alumni Association. Students from all six high schools, public and private, in the Elmore County area are eligible. The event will be held at the Wetumpka Civic Center, 410 South Main Street in Wetumpka. Tickets are $30 each for the first member of each household and $25 for each additional member. Social hour with photo opportunities with Williams and a silent auction on select sports-related items begins at 6 p.m. with a barbecue dinner to follow at 6:30 p.m.
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Way-too-early predicitons for the SEC West M
aking prognostications before fall practice has even begun is a bit of a risky proposition. There are always some young players who mature greatly during the off-season and make a surprising jump up the depth chart. Unfortunately, there are also the inevitable injuries that sideline a few players during the preseason. Nevertheless, I’m climbing out on the proverbial
limb and throwing down the gauntlet. Here’s how I see the Western Division order of finish in 2021. 1. Texas A&M (11-1; 7-1) – Jimbo Fisher has been loading up on talent for the past several years and the Aggies return nine starters to the No. 1 defense in the SEC in 2020. A&M gets Alabama at home in week 6. If they’re ever going to rise up and win the West, this is the
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again in 2021 and undoubtedly be in the playoff whether they win the SEC or not. The defense should be nasty and Bryce Young could very well be the next great QB to come along, but the offense only returns three starters and the supporting cast isn’t as starstudded as the last few years. 3. Auburn (8-4; 4-4) – As usual, the Tigers are a bit of an enigma. No one really knows
what to expect from Bryan Harsin and the new staff. Will Bo Nix take a big step forward? Will the offensive line be significantly better? Where do all the transfers fit in? Everyone has their opinions, but no one will really know until September. I believe there’s a logjam in the middle of the West. Auburn, Ole Miss and LSU beat each other and finish with the same record.
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All the money that was made goes right back into the league and the Wetumpka Sports Complex. The league was able to put money into improving the fields and batting cages, nearly fully fund the All-Star teams outside of a $25 joining fee, and is able to host the fall-ball league completely free of charge for anyone who wants to join.
The fall league opened its registration on Sunday, completely free outside of a $10 shirt payment due before the first game, and registration will remain open until August 22. Softball will feature players from ages 6-18, while baseball will feature players from ages 6-12. Parents can register online at www. wetumpkayouthleague. com or can visit the
Wetumpka Youth Baseball & Softball League Facebook page. Last season’s fall league had 350 participants, which was the largest in league history. But within eight hours of opening the free
registration on Sunday night, the league had over 115 participants registered. As long as Fallin can get enough coaches to coach teams, there will be an unlimited amount of players allowed this fall.
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Local grads earn $1,000 scholarship through Alfa Scholarship Program STAFF REPORT TPI Staff
Four local students were among a group of 100 who earned a $1,000 scholarship awarded through the competitive Alfa Foundation Scholarship Program. Elmore County recipients include Abigail Luster, an Elmore County High School graduate and a freshman at Auburn University studying animal sciences, Carly Hornsby a Tallassee
High School graduate and a freshman at the University of Alabama studying Bachelor of Science, Jackson Hand, a Holtville High School graduate and a sophomore at Auburn University studying civil engineering, and Judson Hardin is an Alabama Christian Academy graduate and a sophomore at Auburn University studying hospitality management. “These students represent the future of our state and our nation, and we are proud
to invest in their education,” said Alfa Insurance President Jimmy Parnell. “We feel certain we’ll see a great return on this investment, because our scholarship recipients go on to do great things.” The 2021 crop of scholarship recipients hail from 47 counties and are studying at 15 different institutions of higher learning. The program is administered through Scholarship America, which selects recipients based on academics, participation
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The band learned and practiced the field show prior to incorporating their instruments. There were a variety of instruments on display from flutes to xylophones while the flag corps also got practice in.
ECHS band preparing hair-raising halftime show By BRIANA WILSON Wetumpka Bureau Chief
A dedicated group of 120 Maroon Machine Marching Band members trekked ankle-deep in mud as they strived to perfect the field show that hundreds will soon see. Recent rains muddied the band’s practice field, but instead of complaining about their shoes and socks being completely covered in mud, they cheered in excitement because they were all having fun while working hard. For one week, July 12-16 from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. each day, the students learned the music and drills for the
upcoming field show. But in addition to that, Elmore County High School band director Anthony Vittore said the students were also learning important life skills. “They’re learning how to endure and how to adapt and overcome,” Vittore said. “We got thrown a curve ball with the rain and we’re having to cope with the current field condition. This is one of the most dedicated groups that I’ve have the pleasure of teaching.” Vittore said this year’s halftime show, titled Sandman’s Revenge, will be nightmarish. The show will begin with Metallica’s “Enter Sandman,” followed by “The Sound of Silence” by Disturbed.
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There will be a drum feature before the show ends with “Bring Me To Life” by Evanescence. Vittore said the show will feature a special performance, props and special effects that you’ll have to attend a show to see. While this year’s field show is befitting given the several challenges students and teachers have overcome since the onset of the global pandemic, Vittore said Sandman’s Revenge was supposed to be the field show for last school year, but it had to be pushed back. Vittore mentioned that this year’s band camp staff includes several Maroon Machine alumni.
“We’re very blessed to have great leaders in our camp staff to help us out,” he said. Band camp staff members and sponsors include: -Megan Davis: flute sponsor -Dallas Hammond: clarinets and drum majors instructor -Tayler Taunton: dance team instructor -Jarrett Sims: drumline instructor -Karrie Nedervelt: percussion instructor -Jason Hammond: low brass instructor -Shad Steptoe: trumpets instructor Rachel Beth Lindley: majorettes sponsor Jean Czerpak: colorguard sponsor
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