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Famed paddle race returns to Wetumpka
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September 22, 2021
VOL. 123, NO. 38
Wind Creek Hospitality feeds Community Hospital employees By CARMEN RODGERS The employees at Tallassee Community Hospital enjoyed an appreciation lunch courtesy of Wind Creek Hospitality on Wednesday, Sept. 15, from 11 a.m. until 1 p.m. According to a statement from WCH, the organization wanted to say ‘thank you’ to the employees on the frontlines who are “putting yourself at risk for the greater good of our community.”
In a show of appreciation for all the sacrifices healthcare employees are making today and every day, Wind Creek Hospitality provided a meal for the dedicated employees at Tallassee Community Hospitality. It is people like those at Community Hospital who are continually working hard to keep the community safe. The appreciation lunch was provided by Wind Creek Hospitality and catered by Our Place Café in Wetumpka.
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The employees at Tallassee Community Hospital enjoyed an appreciation lunch courtesy of Wind Creek Hospitality on Wednesday, Sept. 15, from 11 a.m. until 1 p.m.
COMING SOON
Finance Committee introduces 2021/22 budget
Grove Station set to host Seafood Social this week By CARMEN RODGERS
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rove Station in downtown Tallassee is putting the finishing touches on just before opening to the public. This unique venue will offer a bakery and butcher shop on the first floor of the building while upstairs there is an eclectic urban style loft that offers plenty of room for dining in an open kitchen atmosphere. The loft has two bedrooms and two
bathrooms and can accommodate various functions. Amber Bonds will be the executive chef at Grove Station. Chef Bonds, from Millbrook, began her culinary career in a small mom-and-pop restaurant. That was followed by a job in a pizza restaurant. Not long after, Bonds decided to move up to the next level, culinary arts. “While I was in school, I was recruited by the Montgomery
By CARMEN RODGERS The finance committee introduced the 2021/22 Fiscal Budget to the members of the Tallassee City Council during the Tuesday, Sept. 14, regular meeting at city hall According to finance committee chairman Sarah Hill, the new budget has a projected revenue of $11,057,850, with $10,456,260 in expenditures, leaving a projected $601,590 overage. One of the increases in expenditures comes from an increase in the cost of employee benefits. “This includes an estimation of a 7 percent increase for employee insurance,” Hill said.
Country Club and Capital City Club. I decided to leave the pizza restaurant to work at both clubs.” Bonds graduated from Trenholm Community College and went on to work in other wellknown restaurants in the tricounty area. “I opened the Vintage Café,” Bonds said. Bonds was also the executive See SOON, Page A3
See BUDGET, Page A3
Tallassee ball drop raises over $2K for local scholarship fund By CARMEN RODGERS The Tallassee Rotary Club held its ball drop following Friday night’s football at J.E. Hot O’Brien Stadium. The club sold a total of 439 tickets and raised $3,870. That amount was split 60/40 and Madison Simmons’ ball came closest to pin netting her $1,548. The remaining $2,322 will go to the club’s scholarship fund, which helps a deserving Tallassee High See SCHOLARSHIP, Page A3
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