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Council hears of drinking water needs in areas being developed
Katie Lane had utilities but later found out water is some 4,000 feet away. The Tallassee City Council Two property owners are seeking said it likely can’t help the property water from the City of Tallassee. owners now as it is the city’s belief The new owners said they were the property could be outside the assured property purchased near city limits and it already has water By CLIFF WILLIAMS Staff Writer
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Tallassee Chamber of Commerce director Jerry Cunningham speaks to the Tallassee City Council about a possible sign to promote functions in the city.
pressure issues in the area. Some structures already have city water. “There is not a ton of water there now,” John Stonaker said. There are seven or eight houses to be built See WATER, Page A6
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Circuit Court Judge 19th Judicial Circuit Place No. 2 candidate Jessica Sanders and State Representative District No. 31 candidates Chadwick Smith and Troy Stubbs and District Attorney 19th Judicial Circuit candidate Jennifer Holton attended a forum hosted by the Elmore County NAACP Thursday. The state primary election is May 24.
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Michael Bird and Kelley Hill co-teach Voltage, a men and women’s show choir at Tallassee High School.
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CAVHCS firefighters assist the community Staff Report Central Alabama Veterans Health Care System (CAVHCS) fire medic Anthony Williams and firefighter Thomas Green were delivering government vehicles for maintenance
in Tallassee but there was a slight change of plans. The team noticed a mobile home on fire and immediately rushed to action. They surveyed the area to remove items that could increase the See FIREFIGHTERS, Page A6
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Central Alabama Veterans Health Care System firefighter Thomas Green and fire medic Anthony Williams assisted the Tallassee Fire Department in extinguishing a mobile home fire, ensuring the local community was safe.
While music has been a part of Tallassee City Schools since its founding a century ago, the choir began to really take off during the 1997-98 school year. That was the year Jerome Cunningham officially came back to his hometown to serve as the choral director at Tallassee High School. Cunningham had achieved a lot of success after graduating from Tallassee with degrees from Auburn University, assignments at various churches in the area and a long stint as the choral director for Auburn High School. Still Cunningham, known as Mr. C, found ways to help his alma mater in Tallassee by volunteering to teach after school programs and other activities that could get kids interested in music. In 1997 when then Tallassee High School principal Rob Johnson and then Tallassee City Schools superintendent Dr. Jim Jeffers brought Cunningham back to teach and they could not possibly have known what lasting impact that decision would have. The first spring show was held in the high school auditorium that year and featured a large chunk of the student body performing in women’s choirs, mixed See CHOIR, Page A6
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