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Tallassee council making plans for utilities superintendent

By CLIFF WILLIAMS Staff Writer The Tallassee City Council has been in executive session about as much as it has been in regular meetings the last couple of months.

The reason is always the same, “to discuss the good name and character of an employee.” It’s a reason allowed under Alabama law. After yet another lengthy executive discussion Tues-

day, the Tallassee City Council removed Mayor John Hammock as superintendent of utilities.

“We made a decision we feel is best for Tallassee,” councilmember Bill Godwin said Wednesday on the council’s vote to remove Hammock.

The council voted on the move without any public discussion.

Godwin would not say why the decision was made.

“Well, I can’t really say, but some things you hear are just

rumor,” Godwin said. “Like most places we have some challenges.”

Hammock hasn’t addressed the decision publicly but has said he will be issuing a press release soon.

The decision comes after Godwin helped get a 100% pay increase for the superintendent of utilities last year. The council approved the increase, moving the stipend from $25,000 to $50,000. The salary for the may-

or’s position is $25,000.

At the time Godwin acknowledged Hammock’s efforts in learning Tallassee’s utilities, getting certified in gas and working to a certification in sewer and water along with becoming a certified official with the Alabama League of Municipalities.

Prior to Tuesday’s council decision, Hammock was being paid $75,000 per year to be mayor and superintendent of utilities. Tuesday’s council

Big fun at Downtown Sidewalk Sale

By CLIFF WILLIAMS Staff Writer Tallassee councilmember Damian Lamar Carr has been charged with misdemeanor harassment in connection with a neighbor dispute which occurred late last month.

The victim, Bonnie Caldwell, swore out the warrant Thursday, Oct. 7, alleging CARR Carr threatened him during a Sept. 30 confrontation outside of Carr’s 1st Avenue home in Tallassee. Carr was arrested Friday, Oct. 8 and was released after he signed a $300 recognizance bond at the Elmore County Jail.

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ABOVE: MaePop’s Barbecue at the Downtown Sidewalk Sale.

FAR-LEFT:Vendors lined S. Ann Avenue in downtown Tallassee.

LEFT: LD Bell and Rodney Parker at the Downtown Sidewalk Sale.

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MaePop’s barbecue in final round of Bama’s Best Beef

Tallassee homecoming celebrations set for next week

By CARMEN RODGERS Bureau Chief It’s almost that time again. Soon, students, alumni, teachers, faculty, and staff will celebrate Homecoming, along most of the city.

With the Tallassee Homecoming High School less just around the corner, the 2021 Homecoming Court was recently announced. This year, Tallassee High School’s Areionna Green, Alex Coker, Nicole Patterson, Amy Laurel Pierce, Chloe Baynes, and Belle Haynes were named to the 2021 Homecoming Court.

Homecoming events will be Thursday, Oct. 28, with the annual Candlelight and Bond fire. With construction underway on the new high school building, the Tallassee

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By CARMEN RODGERS Bureau Chief The Tallassee Chamber of Commerce held a Downtown Sidewalk Sale on Saturday, Oct. 16. Vendors lined S. Ann Street and almost all of the downtown businesses participated in the event.

There was also live entertainment at the event, including the Tallassee High School choir.

MaePop’s Barbecue was on hand selling some of the best barbecue in the state. The Wharf Casual Seafood was also at the sidewalk sale, and so was Louie’s Sno Cones.

There were bouncy houses and an inflatable basketball goal for the kids, as well as other fun activities.

The Sidewalk Sale has become a quarterly event in Tallassee that is well received in the community.

decision means Hammock will only collect $25,000 per year as mayor. Hammock has four years remaining as mayor of Tallassee as the Alabama legislature passed a bill extending the term of elected councilmembers and mayors one more year this past spring after the current council and Hammock took office to get the elections off of the presidential cycle.

City Council agreed to allow the tradition on the greens at city hall, which at once was the Tallassee Elementary School.

Homecoming festivities will continue Friday, Oct. 29. The streets will be lined with spectators as the Homecoming Parade beginning at 2 p.m. The parade will start in the new THS parking lot and go to the East Tallassee Shopping Center.

There will be a Homecoming Pep Rally celebrating this year’s seniors as well as the returning Class of 2001 at J.E Hot O’Brien Stadium starting at 4:30 p.m., with the pregame beginning at 6:30 p.m. where the 2021 THS Homecoming Queen will be announced.

The Tallassee Tigers will take on Carroll High School in a non-regional game beginning at 7 p.m.

By CARMEN RODGERS Bureau Chief A local restaurant is in the final round of competition for the Alabama Cattlemen’s Association’s “Bama’s Best Beef”.

Since opening in March, MaePop’s Barbecue, located at 3010 Notasulga Rd., in East Tallassee, has become known for its slow-smoked, wood-fired barbecue.

According to MaePop’s Barbecue’s Reagen Shirley, people have come from all over the state just to try it, and now, even more, after being nominated in the

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Obituaries MARY BLACKON BALLARD On Tuesday, October 12, 2021, Mary Blackmon Ballard, loving wife, mother, grandmother, and great-grandmother passed away at the age of 86. Mary was born on September 18, 1935 in Tallassee, AL to Henrietta and Lucien Blackmon. On December 24, 1955, she married James Carl Ballard. They raised one daughter, Carla, and one “adopted” daughter Jessica Thornton.

She attended Massey Draughon Business College of Montgomery and received her accounting degree. She worked for many years as an accountant. Mary became a Christian as a young woman and committed her life to serving the Lord. Mary was known by most friends and family as “Booboo,” a name she was given by her granddaughter, Deanna Brewer Acreman. She loved family, and enjoyed having them at her home for Sunday lunch and visiting afterward. Mary and her husband loved driving to the mountains, specifically Gatlinburg, for vacation. Carl loved the drive, but Mary’s enjoyment came from visiting all of the outlet shops. Mary also loved playing the piano and singing church hymns. Nothing made her happier than to have one of her great-grandchildren sitting on the piano bench beside her, as she played and sang to them.

She was preceded in death by

Police Reports TALLASSEE POLICE DEPARTMENT OCT. 17

• A vehicle accident was reported on South Tallassee Road.

• A vehicle accident was reported on Burt Mill Road.

• A domestic dispute was reported on Fourth Street.

• A domestic incident was reported on Fourth Street.

• A suspicious vehicle was reported on Barnett Boulevard.

• A suspicious vehicle was reported on Friendship Road.

her husband, James Carl Ballard; her father, Lucien Blackmon; her mother, Henrietta Wood Blackmon; her sister, Nancy Blackmon Lumpkin; and her brother, L.W. Blackmon. She is survived by her daughter, Carla Ballard Brewer and son-in-law Barry Brewer; her “adopted” daughter, Jessica Thornton; her two grandchildren and their spouses, Deanna and Christopher Acreman, and Vance and Miranda Brewer; her seven great-grandchildren, Autumn, Tyler, and Chloe Acreman, Joash, Katie Grace, Oliver, and Elliott Brewer; as well numerous nephews and nieces. Visitation will begin at 10:00 a.m., Thursday, October 14, 2021, with funeral service to follow at 11:00 a.m. at Linville Memorial Funeral Home with Rev. Josh Dixon officiating. Pallbearers for the service will be Christopher Acreman, Tyler Acreman, Austin Mann, Vance Brewer, Josh Dixon, and Mike Lumpkin. Mary will be laid to rest at Rose Hill Cemetery, following the service.

The family would like to extend their sincerest thanks to those who gave of themselves to make Mary as comfortable as possible during her last days. A special mention to Ivy Creek nurse Christy Segrest and aide Dee Robertson. Also to her sitters, Autumn Acreman, Tawanza Holloway, Diane Lumpkin, Mrs. Ola Henderson, and Jackie Lynn. Online condolences may be posted

OCT. 16

• Trespassing was reported on Ashurst Bar Road.

• Animal control was requested on on Gilmer Avenue.

• Theft was reported on Cliff Street.

• Assistance was given to medics on Pinehurst Street.

• A domestic incident was reported on Cotton Ridge Road.

• A suspicious vehicle was reported on Gilmer Avenue.

• A domestic incident was reported on Hickory Street.

• A noise complaint was reported on Stewart Street.

• A suspicious vehicle was

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Linville Memorial Funeral Home & Crematory Eclectic, Alabama BETTY FRENCH MEADOWS Betty French Meadows, loving wife of Robert (Bob) Joseph Meadows, passed away peacefully surrounded by family on Wednesday, July 28, 2021. She was born Betty Joyce French on June 2, 1935 in Tallassee, AlaMEADOWS bama; the only child of John Cluron French and Mary Joyce Wall French (Davis).

She was a lifelong learner and was relentless in her thirst for knowledge. It was at Auburn University, where she met her husband, Bob, of 65 years.

In her high school and Auburn years, she worked with Sizemore Company, where she learned much about the timber management business. In 1965, Betty and Bob moved to Rock Hill where she earned her BA in Economics at Winthrop College, followed by her Masters in Business Administration and Masters of Art in Teaching. She became an Educator, where she taught in the middle schools in Rock Hill, at Winthrop

reported on Outer Drive.

OCT. 15

• A traffic accident with no injuries was reported on Gilmer Avenue.

• Assistance was given to the fire department on Gilmer Avenue.

• A suspicious vehicle was reported on Highway 229.

• Theft was reported on Magnolia Street.

• A white female was arrested on Barnett Boulevard.

• Theft was reported on Hillcrest Street.

• Trespassing was reported on Gen. Chappy James Street.

• A juvenile complaint was reported on Gilmer Avenue.

College, University of South Carolina (USC) at Aiken, and USC Columbia, while she also pursued her PhD in Economics.

In 1977, Betty joined the Dupont, later Westinghouse, team at Savannah River Plant, where she worked in information security for 21 years. She then worked as a subcontractor for the US Government in multiple capacities, which allowed her to travel and learn many aspects of America, while also attending fascinating conferences - including a conference at the Lawrence Livermore Lab with Edward Teller who was instrumental in developing the Hydrogen Bomb.

After employment, Betty’s passion for mastering and predicting all aspects of financial markets grew over the years- including her success in winning the Wall Street Journal’s “Crystal Ball” contest multiple times.

Betty’s social life was just as vibrant and entertaining as her professional. Among some of her favorite activities were Bridge Club, participating in the Aiken County Community Association (ACCA) “Book Fair”, attending the annual Aiken Triple Crown festivities, and hosting celebrations with friends and family in her home. She and Bob had great fun with their golfing friends, the La Dee Da’s, with whom they traveled to Las Vegas, Atlanta, Callaway Gardens, Pinehurst, Myrtle Beach, and many other places. They also enjoyed their

• A suspicious person was reported on Cypress Street.

OCT. 14

• Provided assistance to the fire department • A white male was arrested on Gilmer Avenue.

• A juvenile runaway was reported on Azalea Street.

• Debris was reported in the roadway on Jordan Avenue.

• A motor vehicle accident with no injury was reported on Gilmer Avenue.

• Breaking and entering a vehicle was reported on Fourth Street.

• A suspicious vehicle was reported on Gilmer Avenue.

OCT. 13

• A suspicious vehicle was reported on Gilmer Avenue.

• A Black male was arrested on Barnett Boulevard.

OCT. 12

• A Black female was arrested on Gilmer Avenue.

• A suspicious person was reported on Barnett Boulevard.

• A juvenile complaint was reported on Friendship Road.

• A Black male was arrested on Cliff Street.

• A suspicious vehicle was reported on Gilmer Avenue.

• Reckless driving was reported on Riverside Avenue.

many activities at the Palmetto, Woodside, Fripp and Houndslake Clubs. She also cherished her time spent with her family, especially at Fripp Island, SC. Betty was predeceased by her parents. She is survived by her husband, Robert (Bob) Joseph Meadows; two daughters Mary Elizabeth (Beth) Meadows of Aiken, SC and Margaret Meadows Thomson (Olin Daniel “Danny”) of Charlotte, NC; granddaughters Mary Lawrence (Lawren) Thomson of Atlanta, GA, and Susanna Maris Thomson of Washington, DC; sisterin-law Adna Meadows Scroggins of Montgomery, AL and many nieces and nephews.

The family would like to express sincere gratitude to Vickie Hicks and Hubert Stewart for their many years of loyal care and service to Betty.

In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to St. John’s United Methodist Church, 104 Newberry St. NW, Aiken, SC 29801 or the American Lung Association, 55 W. Wacker Drive, Suite 1150, Chicago, IL 60601 or https:// action.lung.org/get-involved or 1-800-LUNGUSA. Funeral Services will be held at Jeffcoat Funeral Home in Tallassee, Alabama on Friday, October 22, 2021 at 1:00 p.m.

• Trespassing was reported on Lower Tuskegee Road.

• An assault was reported on Sims Avenue.

• A Black male was arrested on Ashurst Bar Road.

OCT. 11

• A civil disturbance was reported on First Avenue.

• Harassment was reported on Notasulga Road.

• A private property traffic accident was reported on Gilmer Avenue.

• An animal complaint was reported on Little Road.

• Domestic violence was reported on Howard Street and a white male was arrested.

• A suspicious vehicle was reported on Ashurst Bar Road.

• An assault was reported on Central Boulevard.

• Animal control was requested on Gilmer Avenue.

• A juvenile complaint was made on Third Street.

• A traffic accident was reported on Third Avenue.

• A suspicious vehicle was reported on Gilmer Avenue.

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• Theft was reported on

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• Disorderly conduct and possession of drug paraphernalia was reported on U.S. Highway 231.

• Domestic violence was reported on Crommelin Drive.

OCT. 11

• Unlawful breaking and entering a vehicle was reported on Martin Drive.

• Domestic violence was reported Rivercrest Drive.

• Identity theft was reported on Charles Avenue.

OCT. 9

• Public intoxication and disorderly conduct was reported on Charles Avenue.

• Domestic violence was reported on Dun Mar Way.

OCT. 8

• Public Intoxication was reported on Milly Francis Street.

• Theft was reported on Wilson Street.

• Domestic violence was reported on Richard Road.

• Domestic violence was reported on Richard Road.

OCT. 7

• Criminal mischief was reported on Chapel Road.

OCT. 6

• Public intoxication was reported on U.S. Highway 231.

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ABOVE: People line up early every Saturday morning to pick up their favorite MaePop’s BBQ. BELOW:When Jr Shirley isn’t cooking, he enjoys getting to know the people who come from all over the state to taste MaePop’s BBQ.

MAEPOP’S

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Alabama Cattlemen’s Association statewide competition.

MaePop’s was voted into the “Elite 8” out of over 300 restaurants that were nominated and were able to win the regional competition last week to secure a spot in the semifinals.

Voting for the semifinals closed Sunday, Oct. 17, and MaePop’s won their division. Now MaePop’s is headed to the final round of competition. “If you haven’t already, please go vote for us,” MaePop’s Reagen Shirley said.

“MaePop’s is located where Bobby’s Curb Market used to be.

That was my husband’s grandad’s curb market. We wanted to keep their memory (Bobby, Pop as he was known to his grandchildren, and his wife Mae Delphine) in the name.” Shirley said.

When the Shirley’s opened MaePop’s, the family knew they had something unique to offer.

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Hammock is currently campaigning for a spot on the Alabama Public Service Commission which has oversight of utilities such as Alabama Power.

Alabama law dictates a change in pay for positions of elected council members and mayors be made at least six months before

“We knew there was nothing like this around here, even in the trycounty area. Sure, there’s barbecue, but there’s not 100 percent woodfired, smoked barbecue.” Shirley said.

The MaePop’s family is excited about what this competition could mean, not only to them but the area as well.

“This would put Tallassee on the

an election. The council has authority to appoint the superintendent of utilities.

Alexander City’s mayor is paid $45,000 and a stipend of $15,000 to be utilities superintendent, for a combined $60,000.

Tallassee has a population of about 4,700 and Alexander City’s population is just shy of 15,000.

Alexander City has about 10,000 water customers but not all are in the city

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Documentation of Carr’s arrest and the circumstances surrounding the incident were scanned into court records this week. Caldwell claims a home address elsewhere in Tallassee but owns property next door to Carr, according to tax records. Cald-

map as the home of “Bama’s Best Beef,” Shirley said.

If you would like to vote, it is easy. Just go to the Alabama Cattlemen’s Association Facebook page and like the picture of MaePop’s Barbecue Brisket. Then, be sure to vote next week for the final championship round. To vote, go to https://www.facebook.com/ ALCattlemen/photos/

limits of Alexander City.

Alexander City’s electric, sewer and gas departments only provide service within the city limits of Alexander City. The sewer department has approximately 5,000 accounts, electric has about 5,100 and gas has about 3,000.

Tallassee has no municipal electric service.

A prior city council in Alexander City discussed dropping the superin-

well said he was again cleaning his property of litter when he approached Car. “I then saw Damian Carr who is the city councilman for that ward out in his yard on 1st Avenue,” Caldwell wrote in his statement. “I drove down the road to tell him I was cleaning my property again and asked what (Carr) was doing to stop the vandalism, illegal activities, loitering, litter-

tendent of utilities and increasing the total pay for mayor to $80,000 but the measure never left work sessions.

Godwin said councilmembers are looking at ways to move forward without the mayor as superintendent of utilities.

“We are working on that,” Godwin said. “There are several possibilities being considered and we haven’t made a decision.”

ing, theft in this area.” Caldwell said he has had previous conversations with Carr about the issue.

The complaint says the dispute escalated and Caldwell said Carr threatened violence.

Caldwell contacted the Tallassee Police Department on Oct. 5 to file a report. When contacted, Carr declined to comment about the matter.

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How the Atlanta Braves returned to being America’s team

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ack in the 1970s, Ted Turner declared the Atlanta Braves to be “America’s team” and put them all over his television stations. People laughed at first, but nearly 50 years later, the moniker still applies. It isn’t just the playoffs, the Hall-of-Fame inductions, and the attendance statistics. It’s what the team means for the community, and by that, I mean the entire Southeastern United States, which can call the Braves their own.

The surest way of discovering how much the fan experience matters so much is to go to another game. You’ll find nice folks here and there at other stadiums, but nothing like the first-rate treatment you’ll get in Atlanta, from Truist Park to the surrounding neighborhood of restaurants and shops. I could fill an entire column alone just with every story about a member of the service team going the extra mile to make each game a special day or night. When I got the exact opposite level of service from a Midwestern team, my wife told me “I guess you’re not dealing with the Atlanta Braves.”

Growing up, I remember TV shows and sitcoms documenting the horrors of arrogant baseball players and the cold shoulder they would give adoring fans.

But I could fill a column with stories of Braves players and coaches, signing autographs, giving advice, even playing a little pickup baseball with our family members. And we’re definitely not

John A. Tures Columnist VIPs. I see the players doing that with fans in the stands. When I told this to a fan of a prominent Northeastern baseball team, he shook his head in shock.

“Our players don’t do anything like that up here.”

Baseball players are starting to shed that image of the aloof superstar, and the Braves are among the leaders in that effort. You may have read earlier columns about one of my LaGrange College students, Katie Hearn, who was fortunate enough to find a job with the team as a digital coordinator. When she lost her eyesight shortly thereafter, the team didn’t kick her to the curb. They gave her the time to adapt, gave her the old job back when she was ready, and even helped get her a seeing-eye dog.

In return, she worked so hard to do her best she that she won the coveted Walter Banks Award for the employee of the year, earning a guest spot on NBC’s Today show, as well as numerous appearances on team broadcasts and podcasts.

Speaking of Walter Banks, has any team made an usher a celebrity like the Braves have? I remember Katie introducing him to me years ago, before he

was a household name in the South.

The guy was committed to making sure you had the best time you possible could at the game. He so deserves that bobblehead, a highly coveted pregame prize.

All of these would make the Atlanta Braves one of the popular teams. What seals the deal is the way they play on the field. Players beat out infield bloops, make incredible catches, turn seeming impossible double plays, tossing surprise pitches, and making clutch hits using a combination of talent and grit, to get the job done, and pick up each other.

Other teams have a player or two, or a few, with that attitude. For the Braves, that style of play is a team creed. When a star or two, or four this year, go down with an injury, the rest pick up the pace.

Leo Durocher once quipped “Nice Guys Finish Last.” Maybe that was the case years ago, but I challenge “Lippy” to manage a team that can beat the classy Atlanta Braves. Regardless of what happens the rest of the season, the rest of the baseball traditionalists now must recognize which team is saving the sport, playing the game the way it should be played, and engaging the public, the way others should.

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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A reminder to never give up

he Atlanta Braves are playing for a shot at the World Series. My wife and I are watching the game, cheering loudly, occasionally shouting expletives and flinging popcorn at the TV screen.

But as I watch America’s Team grind against the insufferable odds, locked in a barbarous battle against the LA Dodgers, I’m thinking about other things. Life things.

Because say what you will about these spoiled professional athletes, but these guys on the TV don’t give up. They never give up.

And that’s what has me thinking.

During last night’s game, for example, the Braves were behind, and the commentators were predicting a skull-crushing loss. They experts said the Braves didn’t have a shot in a wintery hell. But they won.

This game. Same old story. The pundits all claimed Atlanta could never wallop the chosen team from Los Angeles. But the Braves are fighting.

Bear with me, I know this baseball analogy is getting ridiculously boring.

What I’m getting at is, these twenty-something multimillionaire athletes refuse to fall down and die. They do not give up. They will not give up.

And I wish I were more like that.

In my life as a writer, I have been fortunate enough to meet and interview a lot of people who have faced dire scenarios and taken on the devil without flinching.

Children with leukemia. Old men who survived numbered wars. Single mothers who raised families on shoestring budgets. And the one quality I notice in all these remarkable people—simple as it may sound—is that they never give up. Not ever.

SEAN DIETRICH Columnist Take my mother. She is perhaps the strongest person I know. She possesses a strength I will never fully understand. She survived a husband who beat her, tried to kill her, and then survived his subsequent suicide.

After that, she went on to survive single-motherhood, thankless jobs, and the rigors of raising an American teenage boy who had an appetite like a hypoglycemic water buffalo.

And her trials didn’t stop there.

When Mama reached the retirement phase of life, when most people her age start kicking back, buying RVs, touring national parks, and drinking Mai Tais in their muumuus, my mother developed a rare autoimmune disorder.

Her disease mystified doctors.

Many a trained medical man looked at my frail mother and said, “You are going to die, ma’am.”

The disease was punching blueberry-sized holes into her muscles, and it was moving toward her heart.

Mama whittled down to ninety-some pounds. Her hair became thin. There was a catheter port implanted in her gaunt neck. At her worst, she looked like a skeleton covered in skin.

But somehow she survived. The doctors at Emory University Hospital remarked that, throughout their combined careers, they had never seen a woman so doggedly tough.

Mama beat the rap and lived to tell.

She never gave in. She never gave up.

But here’s the thing: I do.

I give up all the time. Yes. I admit it freely, I am not a fighter. I surrender too easily. In my life, I have gone through some very hard times— just like you. But the big difference between you and me is, whereas you probably keep going, whereas you keep smiling, whereas you keep staying positive, I usually don’t.

I have my blackbelt in the art of sucking my thumb. I’ve always been this way. Growing up, I was the kid who got his feelings hurt and ran off crying for Mama. And I did this until I was roughly in my thirties.

I am not a strong man. In fact, sometimes I don’t know what I am.

Still, on nights like tonight, when watching these young ball players dance across a green field in Atlanta, chasing a five-ounce stitched leather ball, I find myself inspired by the memory of the woman who reared me. And I find myself humbled, too.

Above all, I find myself making a silent vow to myself. A promise I will probably break, but one I mean just the same: One of these days I’m going to be a stronger version of me. I swear it.

Someday I am going to be less afraid.

Someday I will worry less about horrible things — most of which will never happen.

One day, I’ll be so strong you won’t even recognize me. And on that day, I hope some other hapless and defeated child, sucking his or her thumb, might look at me and feel courage.

Anyway, after the Atlanta Braves win the big game, I hear my phone vibrate on my side table. I pick it up.

“Braves win,” texts my mother.

Because, you see, that’s what happens when you refuse to give up.

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Seniority vs. senility

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ur senior senator, Richard Shelby, will be remembered as Alabama’s most prominent senator when he retires next December. Folks, that’s saying a lot because we have had a host of prominent men serve Alabama in the United States Senate, such as giants like Lister Hill, John Sparkman and John Bankhead. However, history will record that none of these above senators brought the federal dollars back home to Alabama that Shelby has procured.

Seniority is omnipotent in Washington. It is everything, and Senator Shelby has it. He is in his 35th year in the U.S. Senate. He has already broken Senator Sparkman’s 32-year record of longevity in Alabama history and at the end of his term next year he will have served a record 36 years in the Senate. In addition, Shelby was the U.S. Congressman for the old 7th Congressional district for eight years.

Shelby has not only been the most prolific funneler of federal dollars to Alabama in our state’s history, but he could also be considered one of the most profound movers and shakers of federal funds to their state in American history. His only rival was the late Senator Robert Byrd of West Virginia. Senator Byrd, who was in his ninth term as a senator when he died at 92, funneled an estimated $10 billion to his constituents during his 51 years in the Senate.

The obvious question asked by observers of Washington politics is, “Are some of our most powerful senators too old to function cognitively?” I can attest to you that I know Senator Richard Shelby personally and he is the most cognitively alert and healthy 87-year-old man I have ever seen. He works out daily and has the memory of an elephant. In fact, his mental and cognitive abilities are similar to someone 30 years his junior. He very well could run and serve another 6-year term. However, he will be 88 at the end of his term.

Shelby is one of five octogenarians serving in the Senate. California’s Dianne Feinstein is the oldest sitting senator at 88. She is followed by Iowa’s Charles “Chuck” Grassley who turns 88 next month. Shelby is the third at 87. James Inhofe of Oklahoma and Senator Pat Leahy of Vermont are 81. By the way, Grassley and Leahy are Shelby’s closest allies in the Senate.

The question becomes, “How old is too old to be a U.S. senator?” According to the Congressional Research Service, the average age of senators at the beginning of this year is 64-years. At some point voters have to weigh, “Is my senator too old to perform the duties of the office or does the weight and power of their seniority and the benefit of their influence to the state outweigh their energy and cognizance?” Voters tend to go with experience and seniority over youth.

Senator Feinstein has been the most widely discussed current senator for decline in health.

Liberals believe she was too conciliatory during Supreme Court nominee Amy Comey Barrett’s confirmation hearing. There is a pervasive whispering campaign about Feinstein’s alleged cognitive decline and the Democratic senior leadership has indeed quietly removed her as the ranking Democrat on the Senate Judiciary Committee.

It was common knowledge and apparent that Senator Shelby’s predecessor as Chairman of Appropriations, Senator Thad Cochran of Mississippi, was not very cognitive in his last years in the Senate although he was younger, chronically. The most notable example of possibly staying too long is probably the story of legendary Senator Strom Thurman of South Carolina.

In 2003 Strom Thurman retired at the age of 100 after 48 years in the Senate. It was no secret that his staff did everything for him during his last six-year-term.

Our founding fathers created a minimum age for serving in the U.S. House or Senate but did not address a maximum. The owner of Grub’s Pharmacy used by many on Capitol Hill in Washington raised eyebrows in 2017 when he revealed he routinely sent Alzheimer’s medication to Capitol Hill. There are continuing attempts to pass a Constitutional Amendment to limit terms of Congressmen and Senators. Republicans run on the issue of term limits. It was part of their contract with America Agenda in 1994.

Alabamians need to consider being for term limits in 2022, because it comes down to the old adage of whose ox is being gourd. We in Alabama are going to be up the proverbial creek without a paddle after Shelby. He is our power in Washington. We need to all jump on the term limit bandwagon beginning next year.

See you next week.

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BOOK REVIEW: ‘Rock Me on the Water,’ by Ron Brownstein

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on Brownstein may be best known as a political writer, having been a Pulitzer Prize finalist for his reporting in the Los Angeles Times and on CNN covering presidential campaigns. However, his latest work is a love letter to Los Angeles, circa 1974.

‘Rock Me on the Water,’ with a title taken from a Jackson Browne song, takes the reader back to a southern California of the early seventies. Each chapter provides dazzling takes on the movers and shakers of the era, with period evidence and quotes mixed in with modern interviews of some of the subjects.

Brownstein states his case in the prologue, writing: “Los Angeles had other great periods in film (the years around World War II), television (the “Golden Age” of the 1950s), and music (the hip-hop revolution of the 1990s). Yet, the early 1970s was the moment when all three of these industries simultaneously reached a creative peak – and 1974 stood as the absolute pinnacle of this cultural renaissance.”

In the chapter titled, “The Greatest Night in Television History,” the author tells the story of how CBS executives, who only a couple of years earlier laid the groundwork for this explosion of new talent, instituted a Rural Purge by cancelling all of the Paul Henning comedies (“The Beverly Hillbillies,” “Green Acres,” and “Petticoat Junction”) as well as the long-running “Ed Sullivan Show” and the first iteration of “Hee-Haw.? Over at NBC, Red Skelton was cancelled, while ABC got rid of Lawrence Welk.

In place of this mass-appeal programming came a tidal wave of new shows that settled in on the CBS Saturday night lineup, which in retrospect truly was the greatest night in TV history.

These shows, based out of CBS Television City in Los Angeles, boasted an incredible concentration of talent. The evening kicked off with Norman Lear’s “All in the Family,” the groundbreaking sitcom starring Carroll O’Connor as Archie Bunker. Up next was the Korean War dramedy “M*A*S*H,” based on the book and film and starring a cast headed up by Alan Alda as Benjamin Franklin “Hawkeye” Pierce. The next hour featured two

MICHAEL BIRD Columnist comedies from the MTM stable, “Mary Tyler Moore” starring its namesake as television news producer Mary Richards, and then stand-up comedian Bob Newhart in “The Bob Newhart Show” playing psychologist Dr. Bob Hartley. The evening concluded with “The Carol Burnett Show” the hour-long variety program hosted by the comedienne and a guest each week.

Only two seasons prior, the top shows on TV had been “Gunsmoke,” “Here’s Lucy,” “Family Affair, “Marcus Welby, M.D., “The Wonderful World of Disney,” and “Bonanza.

And now this? But it is hard to dispute the quality of these early ‘70s shows and the changes they wrought not only to the TV landscape, but to popular culture as well. Television was irrevocably transformed by this lineup.

In the world of motion pictures, auteurs like Steven Spielberg, Robert Altman, Mel Brooks, Francis Ford Coppola, Peter Bogdanovich, Martin Scorsese, and George Lucas were coming into their own during this period. 1974 saw the filming of, or releases of, the following films: “The Godfather Part II,” “Blazing Saddles,” “Paper Moon,” “Chinatown,” “Young Frankenstein,” “Shampoo,” “Nashville,” “Jaws,” “American Graffiti, “Billy Jack,” “The Towering Inferno,” “The Great Gatsby,” “The Conversation,” “Hearts and Minds,” and many more.

Brownstein gives the reader several chapters filled with fascinating minutiae of the behind-the-scenes and backstage stories of all the principal characters in the movie business of that time. The exploits of Warren Beatty and Jack Nicholson, for example, are legendary, and well-documented here.

The music business gets its due, as well.

The glitterati of L.A. crowned David Geffen as their king in early ’74, as he was feted for his successes at Asylum

Records and beyond. Joni Mitchell wrote and sang about his “star-making machinery”; he made a handshake deal with Bob Dylan and convinced him to switch record labels; he sent label mates Jackson Browne and Linda Ronstadt out on tour and masterminded the greatest albums of their careers; and, along with manager Irving Azoff, shepherded the Eagles from being Ronstadt’s backup band to international superstardom by masterfully promoting their now-legendary records.

Ronstadt emerged with her masterpiece, “Heart Like a Wheel;” the Eagles transitioned from country to rock with “On the Border;” Jackson Browne spoke for his generation with “Late for the Sky;” Joni Mitchell had her greatest success with “Court and Spark.” These are but a few of the albums discussed at length in Brownstein’s book.

Linda Ronstadt’s relationship with California governor Jerry Brown is also documented in the book. This cross-pollenation between entertainment and politics is explored to an even greater degree in a chapter about hippie-era revolutionary Tom Hayden and his partner, actress-activist Jane Fonda. The two of them blazed a trail all their own, for better or worse, that permanently married liberal politics to Los Angeles-based tastemakers in music, movies, and television.

Of all of these players, many are still active in the business. Norman Lear, for example, is still producing television shows today even as he closes in on his centennial birthday. Jackson Browne has a new single on the charts. Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young are still around, just putting out music separately. Jerry Brown is still in government in California. George Lucas and Steven Spielberg are perhaps the richest men in Hollywood. And most of these bands, if they are able, are still on the road.

The last paragraphs of the book detail New Year’s Eve 1974, in which a record producer bursts into the small apartment shared by Lindsey Buckingham and Stevie Nicks and announces that “Fleetwood Mac want you to join them.”

Lindsey Buckingham was a musical guest on Saturday Night Live last weekend.

Who should be the new GOP nominee?

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he best thing that could happen to Republicans would be the presence of a new nominee at the top of the ticket in 2024, as the GOP moves on from the past. Republicans are likely to find new competent leadership from their strong pool of GOP Governors, just not the ones that typically make the headlines.

We’ve been treated to a steady drumbeat of liberal and conservative pundits insisting that Trump will be the nominee, or should be the nominee. But when you ask the voters, or even Republican officials themselves, they’re already casting their nets around for new leaders.

Perhaps that’s why media personalities and bloggers were stunned to see that a GOP poll of Republican voters found “Republican support for former President Donald Trump has quickly declined, leaving him in a virtual tie with Florida Governor Ron DeSantis, according to a new polls of 2024 GOP presidential candidates.”

Once the choice of 46% of GOP voters, Trump’s fallen to barely one in four backing him. Moreover, the same Republican poll finds that nearly 60% of the GOP agree with the statement “to move forward, we need new leaders and fresh faces,” according to Newsweek.

Florida Governor DeSantis may be new to presidential races, but he’s been in the national spotlight since his surprise pri-

John A. Tures Columnist mary win in 2018. But he may not be the best choice. Research by the Los Angeles Times shows that just this summer alone, Florida had 70 deaths per 100,000 residents this summer, while California only had 12 deaths per 100,000 residents.

Moreover, Florida had 10,000 more deaths than California, despite being about half the population size. And California’s economy outperformed Florida’s, according to a study by UCLA economists using Oxford University data on NPIs. Mike Pence, Chris Christie and Nikki Haley were also in the surveys, but those were the choices given which prompted the majority to look for someone else. I’ve interviewed Haley and she made a great speaker, but can’t seem to decide if she’s independent of Trump, or an ally of his, something plaguing Pence and Christie as well.

Republicans should take advantage of their deep bench in governor’s mansions when looking for a candidate competent enough with executive experience and understands politics well enough to do the

job, finding those who can balance public health with economic growth.

Among the examples the GOP should consider include Maryland Governor Larry Hogan and Massachusetts Governor Charlie Baker, as well as New Hampshire Governor Chris Sununu and Vermont Governor Phil Scott. Each has shown the ability to balance COVID-19 restrictions and keep economic growth. By winning in blue states, each has shown an ability to expand the Republican Party base, while other members seem intent on shrinking the Republican Party base with insults and wild claims. And if a red state GOP Governor is needed, then Republicans should consider at Wyoming’s Mark Gordon, North Dakota’s Doug Burgum, Ohio’s Mike DeWine, and Indiana’s Eric Holcomb.

With Trump’s legal woes and declining public support, even among Republicans, it’s time for the party to think of its future.

And there’s evidence that party leadership should not be at the whim of one man, one who finished second in the popular vote in 2016 and 2020, and cost the party the House of Representatives in 2018 and the Senate in 2020.

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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Operation Christmas Child prepares for shoebox packing time

By CARMEN RODGERS Bureau Chief It’s the most wonderful time of the year…. time for Tallassee area residents to begin transforming empty shoe boxes into gifts of hope filled with school supplies, hygiene items, notes of encouragement and fun toys, such as a doll or soccer ball.

Operation Christmas Child, a project of Samaritan’s Purse, will deliver these shoebox gifts to children around the world living in extreme poverty or affected by war, disease and natural disaster.

“It is such a blessing to be able to make a difference in the lives of children facing difficult circumstances,” drop-off center coordinator at Tallassee First Assembly of God, Teresa Wheat said.

“There is no joy quite like that of giving, and it is an honor to use our resources to let children around the world know they are loved and not forgotten. This mission is also a wonderful way to teach our own children the joy of giving, expecting nothing in return.”

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First Assembly of God will again be a drop-off location for Operation Christmas Child shoebox gifts.

Tallassee residents are not alone in their effort to help children around the world.

More than 15,000 volunteers including families, churches and other groups are linking arms across the country to contribute to the largest Christmas project of its kind. In 2020 more than 9.1

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million shoebox gifts were collected worldwide, with 7.8 million of that collected in the US. Of those, 1,661 came from the Tallassee area. The 2021 Goal is to collect enough shoebox gifts to reach 9.7 million more children.

For more information on

how to participate in Operation Christmas Child, you can visit samaritanspurse. org/occ. By going online to give the suggested donation of $9 per shoebox gift to help with delivery costs, participants can follow their box to discover where in the world it will be delivered. You can also pack a shoebox gift online and even upload a photo and note of encouragement.

First Assembly of God will again be an official dropoff location for Operation Christmas Child shoebox gifts. Every effort will again be taken to make sure everyone stays safe during collection. First Assembly of God is located at 185 Friendship Road.

Collection will be held the week of Nov. 15- 21. Drop off hours are Monday from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m., Tuesday from 8:30 a.m. to 10:30 a.m., Wednesday from 4:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m., Thursday from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m., Friday from 8:30 a.m. to 10:30 a.m., Saturday from 9 a.m. to Noon, and Sunday from 2 p.m. to 5 p.m.

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Thank you so very much to all the wonderful people who brought donations for the area shelters the past two Friday nights at the Alabama National Fair. We are incredibly grateful to the Kiwanis Club of Montgomery members and Alabama National Fair for their hard work making the Alabama National Fair such a success and for helping our River Region Animal Shelters like this. Thank you all so very much!

THIS Tuesday, 19 October at 6 p.m. is our Humane Society’s Annual Membership Meeting at the Wetumpka Civic Center, 410 S. Main St, Wetumpka, AL 36092. We will be reviewing the past year, electing Board Officers and looking ahead to 2022. Hope to see our members there!

This week is National Veterinary Technician Appreciation Week and that is most definitely a group worth our thanks! Behind every successful Veterinarian is a team of Veterinary technicians who are critical to the day-to-day function of veterinary practices.

Veterinary Technicians compassionately working with clients whose beloved animals need care. They work tirelessly in exam rooms, labs, and operating rooms, using their training and knowledge to assist their Veterinarian in improving and saving beloved pets lives. Please give thanks to all who work in Veterinary Hospitals as they work tirelessly to help our pets live longer and healthier lives.

Just a reminder for our supporters who work for the Alabama State Government and want to donate financially, no better way than through the 2021 Alabama State Combined Campaign (SCC) and our Agency Code is 106803.

The SCC makes donating to deserving charities easy either one time or via monthly payroll deduction and we want to thank all who so generously donate to help not only our shelter, but non-profit agencies everywhere.

Pet of the Week – Gwen Stefani

Gwen Stefani is a female Lab/Heeler looking mix, six-months old and will be in the 40-45 lb range when fully grown. Gwen Stefani loves tummy rubs, LOVES WATER, playing with toys, hanging outside with her people and is a confident pup that would love to go exploring with her people.

Our adoption fees are $100 for dogs & $50 for cats under one-year-old; cats over one-yearold 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 Gwen Stefani or any of our pets, please first email us at hselco@ bellsouth.net for our Adoption Application. Once that is cleared, we will coordinate with you to set up an appointment to meet & adopt.

We are located at 255 Central Plank Road, Wetumpka, AL, 36092, our phone number is 334567-3377 and our website is www.elmorehumane. org for more information.

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Pictured is Cassidy Grover (Leo Member) ,Tessie Williams, Principal Southside Tim Collier, Laurie Rygiel, Marilyn Speake, President Lions, Deric Murphy, David Hamilton, Albert Elmore, Principal Tallassee Elementary Shanikka Beacher, and Cannon Curley (Leo Member).

Tallassee Lions Club remains active in community

By CARMEN RODGERS Bureau Chief The Tallassee Lions Club started in 1939 with a mission to help the Tallassee Community and surrounding area.

The Club has for many years supported the Lions eyesight mission through charitable giving and in more recent years has grown this endeavor into the coordination of eye testing once a year at Tallassee Elementary School, Southside Middle School, and at Girl Scout Camp on Lake Martin in the summer.

“We are very proud to announce that in the spring of 2022 the testing will also be done at the high school,” Lions Club member Laurie Rygiel said. “In addition, Dr. Mullins, a former Lions member, is always working with vision referrals sent to him from us. We have helped many people within our community receive vision services and will continue to do so.”

Tallassee Lions is also a supporter

of Diabetes prevention, and each year sponsors children with diabetes to Camp Seale Harris. This camp teaches them a lot about diabetes management and care and creates a support network with other campers with the same disease.

Tallassee Lions are active within the community supporting many worthwhile causes.

“We sponsor local sports every year on all levels for the various youth sports leagues. We have sponsored many teams and helped with travel to championship tournaments,” Rygiel said.

The Lions Club is also a supporter of local blood drives.

“When in the community and you see the blood drive van, please donate. This is a life-saving program that we support.,’ Rygiel said.

The Tallassee Lions Club also gives scholarships to deserving seniors at Tallassee High School.

“Finally, each year we have three $1,000.00 scholarships that we award at Tallassee High School for students. These students are selected

on a broad range of criteria including academics,” Rygiel said.

The local Lions Club also sponsors the Tallassee LEO Club, which is a high school youth program that allows the youth in high school to assist with Lions programs. These teenagers work hard with other assistance in Tallassee.

“We are excited to announce this year that they are making a float for the Homecoming parade.,” Rygiel said.

To be inactive in the community, the Lions Club holds fundraisers in the community.

“Each year we have a major fundraiser,” Rygiel said. “In the past, we have done light bulb sales, a golf tournament, 5K runs, and baseball and softball Tournaments. Our fundraising is very important as it supports the Lions Club programs within the community. “ This spring the club will be hosting a baseball/softball tournament, that date is to be announced.

“We invite you to come out to support and play,” Rygiel said.

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Members of the Tallassee Rotary Club distributed dictionaries to third grade students at Tallassee Elementary School.

Third graders at TES get dictionaries thanks to Tallassee Rotary Club

By CARMEN RODGERS Bureau Chief Members of the Tallassee Rotary Club distributed dictionaries to 3rd graders at Tallassee Elementary School this morning, Thursday, Oct. 14. The dictionary project is a long-standing tradition for the local Rotary Club.

The dictionary project promotes literacy and sets the path for the next generation of Rotarians.

Tallassee Rotary Club president Logan Steers, vice president Stephanie Weldon, outgoing president Carmen Rodgers, and new member Kristin Harris handed the dictionaries out to students.

“These are your dictionaries,” Rodgers said to the students. “We want you all to take these dictionaries and learn from them. We hope that one day you, too, will give students just like

you dictionaries like these because you all are the next generation of Rotarians.”

Rodgers also explained what the civic organization does in the community such as, offering scholarships to deserving students, helping families in need, volunteering in the community, and more.

The Tallassee Rotary Club has been active for 92 years.

Attorney Paul P. Harris formed the original Rotary Club in Chicago in 1905.

Rotarians may be best known for their campaign against polio. Since beginning the project in 1985, Rotarians have contributed over $850 million and hundreds of thousands of volunteer hours, allowing more than two billion of the world’s children to receive the polio vaccine.

The Tallassee Rotary Club is actively seeking new members. If you would like to join this civic organization, contact Logan Steers at 334-991-4476.

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For He has said Keep your life free from love of money, and be content with what you have, for he has said, “I will never leave you nor forsake you.” - Hebrews 13:5

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or he has said” is not an empty phrase of throwaway words. (No words in the Bible are.) The four monosyllabic words of the phrase are doing powerful, important work in this precious text.

“For he has said” links two challenging commands from God to a great promise from God. When we trust the promise, we find the incentive we need to obey the commands.

What a demand — to “keep your life free from the love of money!” What a

challenge — to “be content with what you have!” In a material world and prosperous culture where money and possessions are the means of keeping score, it takes the gracious work of God in our hearts to develop such a counter-cultural way of thinking. When we trust his promise to “never leave you or forsake you,” we are laying hold on a powerful spiritual weapon. It is grasped by faith. It slays doubt and anxiety.

This powerful spiritual promise will overpower more than just the soul-numbing threat of materialism. The common distresses of life and the sharp pangs of death, our flesh that would corrupt us from within and the temptations that press in on us — all are neutralized by this great promise. We can

MIKE MCELROY Columnist count whatever hardship or adversity that comes to us as “light affliction” (Romans 8:18) when we trust in his abiding presence. We are sheltered and protected in life’s raging storms, “for he has said.”

“For he has said” reminds us of the great value of frequent, thoughtful Bible reading and reflection. When our will is fortified by God’s promises, we can win battles we’d never win on our own. If we miss exactly what we need because we are not familiar enough with what God has said, it’s a needless tragedy.

It’s worse than refusing a known cure

for a disease, or failing to use the key that would unlock the dungeon where the enemy holds us captive.

Most of us can remember what’s important to us. We can remember lines from a movie or television show, song lyrics, facts about our favorite team or corny jokes. How much more important is it to store up wisdom that will solve our most perplexing difficulty and overcome our paralyzing doubts? Are our minds so filled with trivia that there’s no room for real treasure?

No wonder Paul’s counsel is, “Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly,” (Colossians 3:16). Do not neglect the great source of health, strength, joy and hope that is yours in God’s word. It takes some time and effort to become better acquainted with God’s precious promises. But it is worth the time and effort. You can live, serve and die with calm confidence when you remember the things the Lord has said.

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 will close on Sept. 25.

The church will start a new project called Rivers Edge Food Pantry. ETUMC will provide can 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.

visit the church website at http:// epiphanytallassee.org/

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,

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 &

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 responders and their family members.

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.”

God’s Congregation Holiness Church GCHC, located at 508 Jordan Ave. will host a Called Back to Holiness Conference.

Everyone is invited. Bishop Gauntt will hold the Pastor Sessions during the day with great teaching of the Bible. Thursday and Friday Services will be held at 10 a.m. and 2 p.m.

Beginning Thursday Oct. 7 through

Oct. 9 at 7 p.m. nightly.

Thursday night: Pastor Bowe from New Beginning Holiness, Wetumpka.

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SUPER REGIONAL Area volleyball teams compete in tournament

By DALTON MIDDLETON Sports Editor Three area volleyball teams will compete in the Super Regional Volleyball tournament this week and they have quite the challenge in front of them come Wednesday.

Elmore County, Wetumpka and Stanhope Elmore all advanced to the Super Regional tournament after finishing either first or second in their respective area tournaments, and they will play on Wednesday at the Cramton Bowl in Montgomery.

Elmore County, the No. 1 seed out of Class 5A, Area 6, will face Area 2 runner up Satsuma (24-18) on Wednesday at 2 p.m.

Stanhope Elmore, the No. 2 seed out of Class 6A, Area 5, will face Area 1 winner St. Pauls Episcopal (408). Wetumpka, the No. 1 seed out of Area 5, will face Area 1 runner up Saraland (51-4). Both matches will begin at 9 a.m.

Elmore County vs. Satsuma Elmore County enters its matchup with Satsuma with a 20-7 overall record. The Lady Panthers went 5-1 in area play before sweeping both Holtville and Jemison, 3-0, in the area tournament last week.

They are led up front by junior Coranda Lozada, who had a team-leading 26 combined kills in the two area tournament matches.

Satsuma entered its area tournament as the No. 2 seed behind UMS-Wright Prep, and the Lady Gators finished the area tournament the same way. After making it to the area championship, UMS-Wright beat Satsuma 3-0 (25-20, 25-22, 25-18) to give Satsuma the No. 2 seed.

Satsuma will have to face a talented Elmore County bunch at the net, but the Lady Gators have shown this year that they can play defense. Satsuma averages 13 digs per set and 35 digs per match this year.

Senior Emma Knowles leads the team with 326 digs, good for 3.4 per set and 8.6 per match. Juniors Hayden Andrews and Isabella Gibbons also star on defense and averaged 2.3 digs per set each.

Junior Caleigh Turpin also helps out, but she does the majority of her work at the net. She has a team-high 65 blocks this year, good for 0.6 blocks per set.

Wetumpka vs. Saraland Wetumpka enters its super regional matchup with a 23-15 record this year. The Lady Indians went undefeated in area play, which featured season sweeps of Benjamin Russell and Stanhope Elmore.

After earning the No. 1 seed in the area tournament, Wetumpka beat Stanhope 3-0 in the area championship.

Wetumpka is led by junior outside hitter Khloe Harris, who had 14 kills, 4 blocks and 3 service aces in the championship game.

Senior libero Erin Douglass is a question mark, however, and has missed each of Wetumpka’s last two games. In her place, eighth grader Ashlynn Turner has stepped in and started.

Saraland enters the match with some of the most games played this year. The Lady Spartans are 51-4 this year and are the No. 2 seed out of Area 1.

Saraland went 7-0 in Area 1 in the regular season and entered as the No. 1 seed, but lost to St. Paul’s in the championship 3-1. The Lady Spartans have a trio of offensive juggernauts at the net.

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LEFT: Stanhope Elmore hitter Kelbi Johnson leaps into the air for a jump serve against Wetumpka Thursday. RIGHT:Wetumpka middle blocker Khloe Harris goes up for an attack against Stanhope Elmore Thursday.

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TOP:Wetumpka quarterback Nate Rogers scores against Chilton County.

Wetumpka, Stanhope Elmore clash for final playoff spot

By DALTON MIDDLETON Sports Editor For the Wetumpka and Stanhope Elmore football teams, it all comes down to Friday night.

Wetumpka hosts Stanhope in a Class 6A, Region 3 showdown on Friday night at the City of Wetumpka Sports Complex Stadium at 7 p.m, and more could not be at stake when they play.

The two rivals are tied for fourth place in Region 3 with a 2-3 record.

With the first three playoff teams already locked in with No. 1 Helena, No. 2 Pelham and No. 3 Calera, the winner of the game will take the No. 4 seed while the loser is eliminated from playoff contention.

Neither Wetumpka head coach Tim Perry or Stanhope head coach Brian Bradford are focusing on the playoff implication, but both team’s players know what is at stake.

“The guys know,” Perry said. “They’re well informed and they know what is at stake, so we don’t have to spend a whole lot of time talking about it. They understand. Our goal is just to focus on preparing and executing the game plan, and getting it installed. That’s our focus this week.”

Both teams enter the game with the same brand of football being played this year. Both have smash-mouth offenses led by powerful running backs, and stingy defenses that have stolen the show repeatedly this season.

Stanhope is led on offense by first-year quarterback Jacob Bryant and star running back Antonio Trone, who is averaging around 150 rushing yards per game. The Mustangs’ defense allows only 17.3 points per game this year and has not allowed over 29 points in a single game this year.

Since region play started on Sept. 3, the Mustangs have not allowed over 22 points in a game. The Stanhope defense features multiple threats, from defensive back Pat Williams to linebacker Fred Bass to defensive linemen Caleb Foster and Jaquize Buycks among others.

Wetumpka is much of the same. Firstyear quarterback Nate Rogers leads the offense, while running backs Stone Minnifield and Quinn Wilson star as the 1-2 punch out of the backfield.

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With Bradley Boone back, Edgewood looks to finish regular season on high note

By DALTON MIDDLETON Sports Editor With region play done and starting running back Bradley Boone finally back from injury, Edgewood Academy head coach Chad Michael is hoping his Wildcats end the season on a high

note.

Edgewood Academy travels to Crenshaw Christian this Friday night at 7 p.m. The Wildcats, which are 5-3 this season and already wrapped up region play with a 2-2 record, are looking to finish the regular season on a three-game win

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Edgewood beat Springwood last week to clinch the No. 3 seed for the playoffs and now close the season against Crenshaw and Wilcox in non-region play.

“One thing we talked about after the Chambers loss is that we want to finish the regular season 7-3,” Michael said. “That started last week where we went 1-0, and now we will try to go 1-0 again this week to finish the regular season on a high note.”

A key piece to finishing the season 7-3 is the return of Boone, who missed four games with a broken bone earlier this year. In his ab-

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Junior Morgan Davis leads the team with 372 kills this year, good for 3.1 per set and a 46.2 kill percentage. Joining her at the net is senior Kaila Sisk with 2.5 kills per set and a 54.7 kill percentage and junior Raine Patterson, who averages 2.1 kills per set and has a 47.3 kill percentage.

Saraland’s only losses this year have come to St. Pauls twice, Pelham and Gulf Shores.

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son, but head coach Flavia Freeney has her team peaking at the right time.

Stanhope has eight seniors on its squad, and outside hitters Kelbi Johnson and Saiban Chappell lead the charge for that group of girls.

St. Pauls Episcopal (408) entered its area tournament as the No. 2 seed, but upset Saraland in the championship to claim the top seed in the super regional tournament. The Saints enter the tournament on quite the hot streak and have won 20 of their last 21 games dating back to Sept. 16.

The Saints have a balanced team and feature three players that average over 2 digs per set on defense, senior captain Rachel Bell, sophomore Caroline Carrington and junior Julia Joyce.

On the offensive side of things, Bell is their leading hitter. She has 305 kills this year, good for 2.9 kills per set, and has a 40.8 kill percentage on the year.

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Holtville second baseman/center fielder Garrett Ingram committed to Southern Union State CC earlier this month.

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Holtville’s Ingram brings versatility to Southern Union State CC

By DALTON MIDDLETON Sports Editor Holtville’s Garrett Ingram has showcased his versatility over and over again at the high school level, and now he will have the chance to do so in college.

Ingram, a senior middle infield and outfielder for Holtville, committed to play college baseball at Southern Union State Community College earlier this month. He chose SUSCC because of how “country” the school and environment felt, and it reminded him of Holtville and how home feels.

“It’s just a really nice place and I think it feels more like home for me because it’s more of a country vibe, just like how Holtville is,” Ingram said. “I’ve heard nothing but great things about the school from other people as well, so it really just seemed like it was going to be the best decision for me.”

SUSCC head coach

Aaron Everett had seen Ingram play in the past, but really started to talk to Ingram this summer as Ingram was dealing with an injury. Ingram missed three to four months of playing summer ball with a hematoma in his quad but ran into Everett and company at a PBR event early in the summer.

As they talked, Everett expressed interest in Ingram’s versatility on the baseball field and offered him two weeks ago.

It didn’t take long for Ingram to commit once the offer was presented to him.

Everett is recruiting Ingram as a utility player who can play in both the outfield and the infield, preferably in center field and the middle infield. Ingram has shown he can play both already at the high school level.

Entering his junior year of high school last spring, Ingram started the year at second base. Holtville head coach Scott Tubbs then moved the speedster to center field, and

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lineman Steven Nolen, linebackers Dylan Price and Justin Crumbaugh, and defensive backs Tre Seabon and Avery Thomas among others.

Thomas was recently named to the Alabama-Mississippi All-Star game roster with many of the state’s best players.

Behind those players, Wetumpka allows only 21 points per game and has held three of its last five opponents under eight points.

“Well, this is one of those games that is just fun,” Bradford said. “Because of the excitement and energy that comes with it, it’s always been a good game. Even back when I played here back int the ‘90s. This is always

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sence, Edgewood went 1-3 and averaged only 16 points per game.

In the games he has played in, Edgewood is 4-0 and has averaged 36 ppg. He made his return last week against Springwood, and his presence was quickly felt.

In his return, he rushed 11 times for 64 yards for an average of 5.8 yards per rush. In the receiving game, he finished with two catches for 10 yards. But his biggest play of the night came on the first play of the game when threw a 25-yard touchdown pass to quarterback Austin Champion on a reverse play.

“Bradley was dying to get back on the field,” Michael said of Boone. “He loves the game and has a passion for

he played flawlessly, so Tubbs left him out there to command the outfield.

Ingram flashed his speed in the outfield throughout the year, but also on the basepaths. He finished his junior year with a .311 batting average, 15 RBIs, 26 runs scored and a whopping 20 stolen bases.

He hopes to bring that speed and versatility to SUSCC. “Being versatile just gives you more opportunities,” Ingram said.

“One guy might be going through a slump, and they need someone to help out at his position. You can play there, so it helps out the team because you can step in, and it helps you out by getting on the field. I feel like if I can just help them in any way I can, I will do that and just ball out.”

Southern Union State has seen a successful rise over the last few years.

The Bison finished the 2021 season with a 32-21 record with a 18-14 conference record and fin-

a good game and I look for it to be really exciting and fun. It’s a good atmosphere for a high school football game.”

The two schools have met 52 times in school history, dating back to 1970, and Stanhope holds a 32-20 edge in the series.

Stanhope has controlled the series as of late and won three consecutive games in 2020, 2019 and 2018. Wetumpka’s last win in the series came in 2017, when Wetumpka reached and lost to Pinson Valley in the Class 6A state championship.

If Wetumpka is to get back in the win column of the series, it will fall on the back of dual-threat quarterback Rogers. Rogers, only a sophomore, jumped into the starting role at the beginning of the season and has improved every week since.

In last week’s loss to Calera, Rog-

it and it’s good to see him back out there. I think everybody on the team has a little more confidence in themselves and in the offense when he’s out there. He did a really good job in his return.”

Edgewood’s offense isn’t run through Boone.

The Wildcats throw the ball around a lot, and that has been showcased throughout the year. But Boone gives Edgewood that running threat it needs to keep teams honest, and he does that well.

When he is healthy, Boone averages over 10 carries per game and is averaging around 4 yards per carry on the season. And while he doesn’t catch many passes out of the backfield, he makes his presence known pass-blocking.

“Obviously he reads blocks really well as a run-

ished in fourth place in the North Division standings. In postseason play, SUSCC made it to the semifinals of the conference tournament before falling to Chattahoochee Valley CC and eventual champion Shelton State CC. Before that season, the Bison went 12-10 in the COVID-shortened 2020 season and had a 20-30 record in 2019.

Ingram has seen the progression the program is making over the last few years and knows what he is getting into when he gets there. As the team improves year in and year out, Ingram hopes to help continue that growth when he steps on campus.

“I guess you can say that their success does have a lot to do with it,” Ingram said of committing. “Them winning really makes you want to keep the program rising and keep it moving. Just keep improving the entire program. I feel like we can do that.”

ers turned in one of his best performances yet. He passed for 133 yards and one touchdown while rushing for 169 yards and a touchdown. Minnifield scored the other two touchdowns on 22 yards rushing.

Bradford, who has coached against and seen Rogers in junior high and junior varsity games the last few years, knows how dangerous Rogers can be both in the air and on the ground.

“He’s scary athletic,” Bradford said of Rogers. “We’ve been seeing him the last few years coming up, and every time he gets the ball in his hands, he’s capable of going 60 yards. That’s something we really have to watch. You can do a great job in coverage, and next thing you know you blink and he’s 30 yards down the field. We have to do everything right to contain him.”

ning back. He’s never going to break the big 70-, 80-yard run, but he’s going to get 7 or 8 pretty consistently. But the thing we missed the most with him out is pass protection. He just understands it and understands where he is supposed to help and where the blitz is coming from.

When nobody is coming, he understands where to get out and get into his check-down route.”

The win won’t come easy this week for Edgewood.

The Wildcats are facing a Crenshaw Christian team that is 5-2 on the season and is coached by Wayne Grant, who has five state championships during his tenure as a head coach in Alabama.

One of Crenshaw’s losses came in a season-opening forfeit loss to Pike Liberal Arts due to COVID-19, and since then Crenshaw has held three of its five oppo-

nents to under seven points.

The Cougars are allowing only 12 points per game on defense while the offense is averaging 38 points a game.

The offense has certainly found its stride as of late and has scored 47 points or more in three of their last four games.

“First of all, they’re coached by Wayne Grant and he’s a Hall of Famer,” Michael said. “He has a formula he sticks with and he’s done it everywhere he’s been. You don’t have to watch film on them to know what they’re going to do.

They’re just so good at what they do. They’re going to be physical and they’re going to figure out how to run the football on you and you just have to understand it’s going to be a complete four-quarter physical game any time you play against a Wayne Grant coached football team.”

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Having Fun WitH Fall attractions

Fall is here and with it comes many fun activities! Fall, or Autumn, is a great time to get outdoors to enjoy nature in the cooler weather. Pumpkin patches and apple orchards are ready for harvest and can be visited by families. Many schools and local communities host fall festivals. Hayrides, scary trail walks, s’mores, apple cider, and sometimes bonfires (only when an adult is in charge!) are fun things found at Fall Festivals. Carving or painting pumpkins is another great Autumn activity. Kids like to dress up for Trick or Treating or Trunk or Treat events. Many areas have corn mazes where you can find your way through the maze. Grab a buddy and an adult and go for a nature walk in your neighborhood to experience the leaves changing colors on the trees. You can even rake up the leaves in your yard and build your own scarecrow!

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Grace White of Elmore County exhibited the Crossbred Reserve Champion during the Alabama National Fair Youth Beef Cattle Market Show.The show was Oct. 9 at Teague Arena in Montgomery. Fair livestock shows are sponsored by the Alabama Farmers Federation and Alfa Insurance.White is pictured with Federation and Alfa Insurance President Jimmy Parnell.

State showoman Local youth brings home award from Alabama National Fair Youth Beef Show STAFF REPORT TPI Staff Youth from across the state exhibited livestock during the Alabama National Fair in Montgomery. The Alabama Farmers Federation and Alfa Insurance sponsor the fair’s livestock shows.

Grace White of Elmore County exhibited the Crossbred Reserve Champion during the Alabama National Fair Youth Beef Cattle Market Show. The show was Oct. 9 at Teague Arena in Montgomery. Fair livestock shows are sponsored by the Alabama Farmers Federation and Alfa Insurance.

While contests vary based on animal exhibited, each show includes awards for Showmanship and Premier Exhibitor. In Showmanship, the exhibitor is judged on criteria including how well they set up their animal, eye contact with the judge and ability to move around the ring with their animal. The Premier Exhibitor contest awards exhibitors based on their overall performance during the entire show as

well as their score on a written test.

In all other classes and drives, ribbons are awarded based on the animal’s performance and qualities.

For the Youth Beef Show, there was a Heifer Show and a Market Show, and awards were given for overall grand champion, overall reserve champion, third, fourth and fifth place in both categories.

To qualify for one of the overall awards, an animal had to be named grand champion or reserve champion in their breed.

The Heifer Show breeds were Angus, Brahman, Charolais, Commercial, Hereford, Maine-Anjou, Red Angus, Shorthorn, Simmental, All Other Breeds (AOB) British, and AOB Continental. Awards were also given in the Bred and Owned category.

The Market Show breeds were Charolais, Crossbred, AOB British and AOB Continental. Awards were also given for champion Heifer as well as champion and reserve champion Performance Documented categories.

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