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City could sale gas utility By CLIFF WILLIAMS Staff Writer With rising costs and looming deadlines to remove old cast iron gas lines, Tallassee Mayor John Hammock said the city could save money by selling its

gas utility. Gas is one of three utilities currently offered in Tallassee joining water and sewer. Prior rate studies show gas being the only city utility covering the cost of providing the service. But inflation, supply chain issues

and new rules in the last few years will likely change that. “I don’t know what to do,” Tallassee Mayor John Hammock said. “With inflation we are running the risk of being in under recovery there. We used to make over $300,000 a year on gas and

that is what was going to pay the bond.” Gas was the only city utility Tallassee was not having to figure out how to fund beyond the revenues it took in. “The only thing we are not in under recovery is natural gas,”

‘It felt like going home’ Lindy Blanchard greets voters while on campaign trail 24 primary run-off elections, which are a little over two weeks away. Republican gubernatorial Blanchard began her tour candidate Lindy Blanchard by attending a meeting with described her tour of Alex- the Lake Martin Dadeville ander City and Tallapoosa Area Chamber of ComCounty as returning “home” merce as well as with local during an election campaign store owners. visit on Tuesday. Blanchard is currently “It felt like going home polling in second place because I saw a lot of peobehind incumbent Governor ple I knew. I like to say Kay Ivey, and has outspent that I have had a normal all other gubernatorial Alabama upbringing and candidates in terms of camlived here my whole life,” paign spending. Blanchard said. Blachard’s visit to TalThe Wetumpka native lapoosa County was part met with community leadof her campaign’s appeal ers, business owners and to rural voters, especially residents ahead of the May given her hometown of By WILLIAM MARLOW Multimedia Reporter

Wetumpka. She describes herself as a “typical Alabamaian”, with rural life being at the center of her identity and upbringing. Blanchard’s Alabama roots run deep and according to Blanchard, her ancestors were among the first settlers in the region, long before Alabama became a state. As a child, Blanchard recalled living with her family in a trailer near Highway 231 and spending her time swimming in the Coosa River. On weekends, her family would gather after church on Sundays to eat, play See BLANCHARD, Page A6

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Gubernatorial candidate Lindy Blanchard chats with Alexander City Mayor Woody Baird in the mayor’s office in city hall Tuesday, May 10. Blanchard stopped by Tallapoosa County while on the campaign trail.

Hammock said. “In the last year gas has more than doubled. We are lucky to get the prices we are because of a co-op we are in.” The increased costs mean the nearly $4 million in bonds See UTILITY, Page A6

Growth in Tallassee causing water issues By CLIFF WILLIAMS Staff Writer Tallassee’s infrastructure is being tested as people move to the area — especially drinking water. With new homes either under construction or property owners wanting to build homes in the areas of Little Road and Lakewood Drive, leaders are trying to determine a way. The city’s water tanks are in good condition after the reconditioning of the downtown water tank. Now the Tallassee City Council is trying to figure out the best way to add the new water customers without breaking the bank. “We got some issues on Little Road,” public works superintendent James Garner told the council. “These areas are growing a pretty good bit. We have budgets we are trying to work within.” Inflation and supply chain issues have already caused current and recently finished projects in Tallassee to go over estimated costs that could lead to issues with the city’s current customers. Prices for supplies to treat water have gone up and the city doesn’t collect enough revenue from its wholesale customers to cover the

costs of treating water. “We are at the end of our [budgeted monies] and still have several months to go,” Garner said. The area of Katie Lane off of Little Road only has a 2-inch supply line. It is many years old and needs replacing but with an estimated 14 new homes in the area, Mayor John Hammock said it likely needs to be replaced with a 6-inch line. The larger line would allow for better pressure, but the city also needs to replace some of the supply lines feeding the area. The city also has water pressure issues on New Quarters Road. It is a line the city had to take on following a lawsuit as Tallassee supplied water in addition to parts of the industrial park. City leaders said there is no funding currently to properly address the issues but Hammock said there might be an option to get some funding. Hammock suggested asking the Elmore County Commission for part of its American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) funds to help with the issue. Hammock said the city could also seek low-interest loans from the See WATER, Page A6

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Obituaries EDWINA “RUSTY” DUNN

A Memorial Service for Edwina "Rusty" Dunn is planned for 2 p.m. Sunday May 22, in the old section of Rose Hill Cemetery.

REV. RONALD C. “RC” LINVILLE

Rev. Ronald C. “RC” Linville, 85, a resident of Eclectic, AL (formerly of Tallassee, AL and Opelika, AL) passed away May 12, 2022. He was born June 15, 1936 in Indianapolis, IN to William “Bill” and Berneice Boone Linville. He graduated from St. Paul High School, St. LINVILLE Paul, IN and DeVry Institute of Technology in Electronics. He received a Bachelor of Theology from Indiana Bible College in 1989. He and his wife worked in the ministry in Orlando, FL; Kissimmee, FL; Lafayette, IN and Opelika, AL. He had served as an ordained minister with United Pentecostal Church, International and served as Section 4 Presbyter for several years. He was the founding pastor of Gateway Pentecostal Sanctuary in Opelika, AL. After moving to Tallassee, he enjoyed teaching Sunday School at First United Methodist Church. He is survived by his wife of 53 years, Madonna Linville; children, Mary May, Verlyndia Peters (Mark) and Brad Linville (Sherry); grandchildren, Doris Jean Cole (Lawson), Jonathan Headlee (Starcee), Shawn Headlee (Larra); Angela Volsic (Eric), Ryan Kelly (Melia), Ashley Cain (Andy), Alysia Brandenberger (Ben) and Andrew Peters (Nicole), Stuart Linville (Brittany Davis), Hannah Linville and Trent Griffith; great-grandchildren, Dixie Cole, Emerald Cole and Gabby Cole, Brooklyn Headlee, ShaLa Headlee, Shawn Headlee Jr., Maddie Volsic, Stefan Volsic, Sierre Inskeep, Jared Inskeep, Maelynn, Leilan and Rhys Kelly, Matthew, Hunter, Luke and Ethan

Brandenberger, Eli and Cooper Peters and Elijah and Mariah Cain; Adelyn Griffith and Grayson; and brother, Dale Linville (Deb) of Kentland, IN. Visitation will begin at 10 am with funeral service to follow at 12 noon at Linville Memorial Funeral Home on Friday, May 20, 2022. Rev. Ronald S. Linville, Rev. Larry McEndarfer, Jr. and Bishop Roger Lewis will be officiating. Pall bearers will be Shawn Headlee, Stuart Linville, Trent Griffith, Charlie Turner, Terry Futral and Gabriel Futral. Honorary pall bearers will be the Men’s Sunday School Class from First United Methodist Church. A committal service will follow in Good Hope Cemetery with Rev. Clint McBroom officiating. His hobby was bird hunting in younger years, then electronics became his passion and life work. He worked on many Hammond church organs. This sparked him to open Clear Sound Speaker Service in Opelika, AL which he owned and operated for several years. It is interesting to remember that he reconed speakers, repaired televisions and small radios and installed mounted cell phones in automobiles and buses before all these technologies were replaced. After retiring from his ministry and electronics, his family remembers him as a faithful husband, loving father and grandfather. He will be dearly missed by all, especially his Linville Memorial family. Online condolences at www.linvillememorial.com. Linville Memorial Funeral Home and Crematory Eclectic, Alabama

by his son James Owen; parents Annie Faye Carroll Hall & Walter James Hall. He is survived by his wife Penelope A. Hall; children Brian Cordell (Ginger) Hall, Jeffrey Dale (Melissa) Hall, Christopher Lynn (Michelle) Hall; siblings Timothy M. (Teresa) Hall, Jan Hall Mann, Gladys Hall (David) Hatcher; 15 grandchildren; 19 great-grandchildren; many nieces, nephews, cousins; and a loving friend Christian Scoggins. Online Guest Book available at www.gassettfuneralhome.net.

MRS. YVONNE HILYER

Mrs. Yvonne Hilyer, a resident of Tallassee, Alabama, passed away Tuesday, May 10, 2022, at the age of 84. She was born in Tallassee, Alabama, January 12, 1938, to Mr. Hollis Woodrow and Mrs. Mary Gladys Buce. Mrs. Hilyer is survived by her daughters, Cindy Johnson and Tina Graham; sons, Craig Hilyer (Melanie) and Mike Hilyer (Sheila); grandchildren, Dana Haynes, Jr. (Beth), Dustin Haynes (Stacy), Troy Hilyer (Morgan), Trent Hilyer, Bret Hilyer, Crystal and Chris, Cole Hilyer (Taylor), McKenzie (Slade), Kelly Sanders, Kaleb Graham and Stephanie Martin (Jason); fourteen great grandchildren; brother, Doug Buce (Sheila); sister, Jeannie Colley and lifelong special friend, Mary Vann Robertson; several nieces and nephews. Mrs. Yvonne is preceded in death by her husband of 56 years, Mr. Charles W. Hilyer, Sr. (who she met many years ago at “Tubby’s” in Tallassee.) She is also preceded in death by her parents, Hollis and Gladys Buce; brother, Rodney Buce; son, Wess Hilyer (Linda); grandchildren, Kristen Sanders and C.W. Hilyer and sonin-law, Rodney Johnson. Mrs. Hilyer was in company with her husband, Charles, in the establishment of Hilyer Auto Parts in

JAMES WALTER HALL JR.

HALL, James Walter Jr., a resident of Eclectic, Alabama passed away Sunday, May 8, 2022 at the age of 67. A memorial service will be held Saturday, May 14, 2022 at 11:00 a.m. at Gassett Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Doug Ralson officiating. Mr. Hall is preceded in death

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Pet of the Week- George George is a 2-3 yr old male, about 60 lbs, came to us as a stray never reclaimed. This dashing boy is a sweetie that likes to roll around with his toys and sling them all about so watch out! He is good with other dogs and happy just chilling out. Our adoption fees are $100 for dogs & $50 for cats under oneyear-old; cats over one-year-old can be adopted by approved adopters for a fee of their choosing. This adoption fee completely covers the mandatory spay or neuter, basic immunizations, de-worming, microchip, heartworm check for dogs, rabies vaccination if old enough, free health exam with your participating veterinarian. If you are interested in meeting George or any of our pets, our first step is our Adoption Application you can do here: https://elmorehumane.org/adoption-application-online-form2.html . Once approved, 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.

Humane Society of Elmore County News – 16 May ‘22 By REA CORD Executive Director On Sat, 7 May, The Thirsty Turtle in Millbrook, along with the Punishers LEMC Three Rivers Chapter, hosted a fantastic Derby Party to benefit our Shelter. With a lot of preparatory hard work, the support of an incredible group of individuals, businesses and private groups who sponsored and donated to the event, AND all of those who attended and helped bring in even more money, they raised well over $5200 for our Shelter and there is more still coming in! Please help us thank the following businesses and individuals who contributed: The Thirsty Turtle Punishers LEMC Three Rivers VFW Post 1349

Lucretia Cauthen Realty Fantail Seafood and Steakhouse Carl’s Country Elmore Autauga News Habaneros Mexican Restaurant Coston Plumbing Neighborhood Grill One More on the River Carpet Place The Nail Lounge Tractor Supply Co. Marvin’s Ingrams Farmers Market Wind Creek Casino Pest Pro Smokehouse BBQ Front Porch Grill Golden Nugget Biloxi Alabama Shakespeare Festival Montgomery Zoo Food Outlet Aroostook Golf Course Harley Davidson of Montgomery Realty Connection

Attorney Matt Matthews Mel & Sarah Stephens Stephanie Moore Angie “LuLu” Flowers Kristen Mosheim Tommi Lee Alford Jerry and Becky Adams Dana Simon Donnie Mills The Punishers LEMC Three Rivers have a bike night/open house on Saturday 21 May starting at 7pm at their clubhouse, 1354 Friendly Pine Road, Elmore, as they continue raising money for our Shelter. Hard to Follow will be performing, Johnny’s BBQ will have fantastic BBQ Nachos and there will be a 50/50 with the proceeds coming to our Shelter!!! Many thanks to the Punishers for doing this on our behalf so hope to see a big crowd!


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Ingram State Technical College President Annette Funderburk speaks at the unveiling of the college’s diesel mechanic apprenticeship program.

New apprenticeship program to help with workforce shortages By CLIFF WILLIAMS Staff Writer Finding new employees has proven to be tough in recent years. With low unemployment rates and many able to work from home, some employers are stepping outside the box to find employees. Ingram State Technical College, which helps those incarcerated in Alabama prisons to get training to better themselves, recently created a new apprenticeship program through an agreement with Four Star Freightliner to train students to become diesel mechanics. “The apprenticeship agreement marks a new level of opportunity for our students,” Ingram State Technical College President Annette Funderburk said. “We could not have asked for a better industry partner to help launch this initiative than Four Star Freightliner. Their commitment to our students and our mission is unparalleled.” The program allows students at Ingram State’s Draper campus to learn skills through an apprenticeship program beginning behind the gates of the prison. The 60-hour credit program is completed over four semesters and allows students to earn a wage while studying. The program has been in the works for many months and the COVID-19 pandemic slowed its implementation. But now Ingram State instructors and students are ready to proceed. “I am grateful for everyone at Ingram State Technical College, state leaders and Four Star Freightliner for persevering and making this apprentice program a reality,” Four Star Freightliner’s Jerry Kocan said. “Now that students are back in the classroom, we can finally begin the process to help them transition to a well-paying career that includes skills that will carry them far into their future. Four Star Freightliner is proud to be a community partner that can provide these students such a unique opportunity. Our goal is to provide a ‘hand up’ and a chance at a great career that will sustain them.” Students attend Ingram State through the Alabama Department of Corrections

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1962. She enjoyed time at the lake (especially fishing) and gardening. Many people knew Yvonne as an established artist and as a person who thoroughly enjoyed Auburn Football. However, most of all, she loved and embraced her precious grandchildren. The family would like to express a special thanks to Mrs. Yvonne’s sitters, Jennifer Colley, Lisa Mullins, Carolyn King, Ann Gauntt and Angie Reese with Tallassee Community Hospice Care. The family will receive friends Saturday, May 14, 2022, at 12:00PM until service time at 1:00PM at Jeffcoat Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Jay Woodall officiating. Burial will follow at Rose Hill Cemetery, Jeffcoat Funeral Home directing. In lieu of flowers, the family request that contributions be made to Mt. Olive Community Church, 492 Kent Road, Tallassee, Alabama, 36078. Online condolences are available at: www. jeffcoatfuneralhome.com.

(ADOC) work release program to obtain skills to help with a second chance on life. “We see Alabama’s incarcerated population as an untapped resource for the state’s employers like Four Star Freightliner,” ADOC Commissioner John Hamm said. “This apprenticeship aligns perfectly with ADOC’s mission of rehabilitation through training. Inmates learn valuable skills that help them succeed once they reenter society.” Alabama Office of Apprenticeship’s Josh Laney sees the program as a chance to prevent those who have made mistakes in their lives from returning to prison while helping employers. “By providing returning citizens with high-value skill training, we will simultaneously help reduce recidivism and help the employers of our state meet their critical workforce needs,” Laney said. “It takes tenacity and vision to launch a program like this and our partners at Ingram State Technical College and the Alabama Department of Corrections are demonstrating they have both.” The program appears to be the first of its kind to provide an apprenticeship program to prisoners. Laney said the program gives students a hand up not a hand out. “It’s just like any normal apprenticeship program,” Laney said. “They are training to be a diesel mechanic earning a wage. They are able to save some and when they get out, it’s easier to get a place to stay because they already have a job.” Ingram’s 60-credit hour diesel mechanic program includes training in preventative maintenance, troubleshooting and repair of engines, brake and drivetrain systems. In addition to college credit, students earn OSHA safety and forklift certifications. Students participating in the program are required to have a high school diploma or GED and must maintain minimum-community custody level in accordance with the ADOC Classification Manual. On release, students would still have to meet court imposed probation requirements such as visits with probation officers, random drug screenings and court referral classes.

MRS. FREDERICA DOBBS MELTON

Mrs. Frederica Dobbs Melton, a native and resident of Tallassee, Alabama, passed away Monday, May 9, 2022, at the age of 88. She was born in Elmore County, Alabama to Mr. William Fredrick and Mrs. Mary Lucy Dobbs. Mrs. Melton is survived by her daughters, Freda D. Melton of Montgomery, AL and Ella M. Shaw (Craig) of Crestview, FL; grandchildren, Nathan C. Shaw, Lincoln C. Shaw (Amy) and April A. Damato (Matt); great-grandchildren, Evan Dempsey, Thad Dempsey, Amy Kate Damato, Lucas Damato, and David Damato; sisters-in-law, Doris Melton and Frances Melton, both of Savannah, GA; nephews, Stephen Melton, Don Melton, and Barry Melton and a host of great- nephews and nieces and many cousins. She is preceded in death by her husband of 64 years, Davis V. Melton, her parents, Fred and Mary Lucy Dobbs, and lifelong friend, Peggy Sue Worthy.

Frederica was a graduate of Auburn University and was a teacher for many years. She retired from Tallassee City Schools. Along with her many hobbies, she enjoyed sewing, working in her flower beds, and hosting social events and teas. She was a member of many local civic organizations and was dedicated to serving her community. She was a devoted member of the First United Methodist Church, a member of the Chancel Choir and served on many church committees. The family will receive friends Friday, May 13, 2022, at 1:00PM until service time at 2:00PM from First United Methodist Church with Pastor Clint McBroom officiating. Burial will follow in Rose Hill Cemetery, Jeffcoat Funeral Home directing. In lieu of flowers, the family requests memorial contributions may be made to the First Methodist Church of Tallassee, P.O. Box 780147, Tallassee, AL, 36078. Online condolences are available at www. jeffcoatfuneralhome.com.

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Why “Replacement Theory” needs to be replaced R eplacement theory has allegedly been used as a motive for killing Hispanics at a Wal-Mart in El Paso, Jewish worshippers at a Pittsburgh Synagogue, or African-American shoppers, store workers and a police officer at a Buffalo supermarket, along with many other similar acts of terrorism. Critics have battled with supporters over how evil the theory is. What we’ve missed is exactly how replacement theory targets capitalism, our republic, our churches, and even most whites in America as well as non-whites. No wonder Nazis love it. Replacement Theorists contend that the percentage of non-whites is growing in America, and in Europe, and massive deportations of immigrants won’t change that. So? How’s that so bad? Replacement theorists then move into conjecture. The Jewish publication The Forward reported that Tucker Carlson claimed he has “less political power because they’re importing a brand-new electorate” and that the “power that I have as an American guaranteed at birth is one man, one vote and they’re diluting it.” Unless Carlson’s family was on the Mayflower or Independence Hall in Philadelphia in September of 1787, those who

or thing? At the Unite the Right rally in JOHN Charlottesville, marchers allegedTURES ly chanted “Jews will not replace us.” Why would Jewish people Columnist want to “dilute” their numbers in America? have come from other countries Replacement theorists aren’t have been “diluting” the Carlson done, though it’s ironic that vote for decades. Unless you’re the theory was imported from the “right sort” of white, you’re abroad. The alleged Buffalo killdiluting Tucker’s vote. And our er allegedly posted a manifesto Constitution, which has been that allegedly claimed “Millions amended several times to “dilute” of people pouring across our borTucker’s vote, must also an ders, legally. Invited by the state enemy of Replacement Theory. and corporate entities to replace Maybe it is a racial question. A the [w]hite people who have “brand-new electorate” could be failed to reproduce, failed to crea code word for “non-white.” ate the cheap labor, failed to creBut this repulsive racist rant is ate new consumers and tax base actually countered by even conthat the corporations and states servatives who are arguing that need to have to thrive.” Republicans are making in-roads So now replacement theory with African-Americans and His- opposes free markets and capipanics. One of my students who talism? is conservative had her paper Replacement theory is about make the finals of a statewide replacing our Constitution, our conference, showing evidence capitalism, our churches, nonthat non-whites moved closer whites, and most whites in Amerto Trump between the 2016 and ica. But this French theory is the 2020 elections. I’ve written about only thing in need of replacement. plenty of evidence showing that non-whites are on average as John A. Tures is a professor socially conservative, if not more of political science at LaGrange socially conservative, than the College in LaGrange, Georgia.. white population. Is having this His views are his own. He can country populated with more be reached at jtures@lagrange. conservative Christians so bad? edu. His Twitter account is JohnOr is it really about the skin-col- Tures2.


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Van the Man, live and in Person

t began with a text message: a picture of the ticket order for an upcoming concert. A very good friend of mine was informing me that he had purchased tickets for us to see legendary musician Van Morrison in concert in Atlanta last week. Larry Wells, the band director at Central High School in Phenix City, was the first person I met when I set foot on the Troy (State) University campus years ago. I was assigned to sit next to him in the trombone section on that first evening of band camp, and I wound up sitting next to the guy for the next five years. Later, we were also roommates and fraternity brothers. He’s also the world’s biggest Van Morrison fan. He has every album Van has ever recorded – on vinyl, CD, and MICHAEL digital BIRD download. Van is Columnist notoriously moody in live performance. One time, Larry drove to a venue in south Florida to see a show. Ticket prices were astronomical. That night, the mercurial Morrison came out carrying a bottle of whiskey and sang all his tunes with his back to the audience. He didn’t even perform any of his hits. So, upon hearing that story, I wasn’t sure what to expect. The guy has the right to behave as he wants, but he is on a major tour in 2022 at an age where he could be retired and sitting at home. The live show did not disappoint. In fact, it was one of the best concerts I’ve ever attended, and I have been to plenty. Van Morrison emerged from the U.K. blues explosion in the mid-1960s with a band out of Northern Ireland called Them. They scored hits with the garage rock classics “Gloria” and “Baby Please Don’t Go,” among others. Van broke away from Them and went solo in 1967, and immediately found success with the single “Brown Eyed Girl.” After all that pop-rock success, Van had earned enough money to book a studio and record his kind of music. Over two days and with a small group of likeminded musicians, Van recorded the album ASTRAL WEEKS. It is a landmark in improvisation – not necessarily of the jazz variety, but of a spiritual kind. Now on his way, Van Morrison was able to produce whatever he wanted. He followed up with MOONDANCE, his most successful LP, and it’s loaded with hits that are still played daily on radio stations and covered by modern artists. Considering nearly 60 years of being on the charts, I wondered which version of Van we’d get at the show. He emerged with a cooking R&B band of the 1960s Memphis/Muscle Shoals variety. Their style was very much in the mode of a killer rhythm and blues band that featured a horn section, background vocalists, and an in-the-pocket rhythm section. Van played saxophone on the opening tune, then sang a little, then switched to harmonica, then sang a little, then went back to saxophone. He introduced his players. He promoted his new album and sang three or four songs off it. And then, he got into the mystic as he entered Celtic spiritual mode for a few songs that featured flute, vibraphone, and improvisational riffing from Van. He was in fantastic voice. He looked amazing. And for a guy who has seen and done it all, I was amazed at how committed he was to the material. Even as he reached the end of the show and started performing his major hits (yes, he did perform “Gloria” and “Brown Eyed Girl”), he was in fine voice and allowed his crackerjack band of players to stretch out on some tasty solos throughout the night. So, in short, Van is still the Man, and I am so happy that my first major live performance post-Covid was sitting in an Atlanta amphitheater listening to the best R&B band I’ve ever heard backing a living legend.

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Be prepared to vote May 24 By BETH CHAPMAN

television long enough, all the candidates believe the same things: oting is a sacred freedom, and they all love God, believe in lower one we should all hold dear. taxes, and Lord knows they all shoot Election Day is the one day guns on a regular basis– at least long you get to freely state your opinion, enough to shoot a commercial at and no one gets to deny it. With the election time anyway. simple stroke of a pen, you can have Please be prepared to vote in the your say without anyone questioning Primary Election on Tuesday, May it. 24 from 7:00 A.M.-7:00 P.M. at your Many men and women have local polling place. If you need to died for our right to vote and the know where your local polling place freedoms that we take for granted is, visit www.alabamavotes.gov. at the polling place. Many people in Click on the “voters” section. Then other countries are not allowed the go to “check your registration status same freedoms we are afforded on . . .” Type in your name, date of Election Day. So please remember to birth, and you will be provided with go vote on Tuesday, May 24. your polling place information. Democracy is a gift, but remember This year you will be able to vote it isn’t free. Someone, somewhere on Governor, Attorney General, U.S. had to pay for it, many with their Senate, two members of the Supreme own lives. So, take it seriously. Court, two members of the Public Research the candidates. It’s Service Commission, your state easy to get confused. If you watch senator a member of the House of

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Representatives and others. There will be local races as well, but they will vary from county to county. There will be one statewide amendment on the ballot pertaining to the funding of state parks. I encourage you to go to the candidates’ websites, research their backgrounds, see what their issues are, and ask others you know in the political arena their thoughts of them. You may be tired of all the commercials and all the flowers of democracy (roadside political signs) everywhere including being nailed up on trees but remember it’s a part of a bigger picture – the democratic process. So do your homework and prepare to do your civic, patriotic duty – remember to go vote on Tuesday, May 24.

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e are down to the last few days in the 2022 Governor’s Race. For the first time in my memory, the governor’s race has been overshadowed by another race. The race to fill the void left by retiring senior U.S. Senator Richard Shelby has eclipsed the interest in the governor’s race. It is an obvious fact that our open senate seat is more competitive and interesting than a race with a popular incumbent governor running for reelection. Kay Ivey has been in control of this race since the get go. National polls have ranked her as one of the most popular incumbent governors in the nation. Alabama’s polls have consistently shown her with a commanding lead. Most polls have her winning without a runoff. She has been bombarded by ads from two well-financed opponents. Lindy Blanchard has spent over $8 million of her own money and Tim James has spent over $4 million. They both have primarily run against transgenders. A recent Cygnal poll indicates that either Blanchard or James could force Ivey into a runoff. Kay Ivey will be reelected governor. The question is whether she beats her eight opponents without a runoff. My guess is that she wins Tuesday without a runoff. However, I disagree with some Ivey naysayers and her opponents that forecast that if she does not win straight out with 50 percent plus one vote, she is in trouble in a June 21 runoff. My thoughts are that if she dips 45 percent to 48 percent that still does not make it a close race in the runoff. She would be at 48 percent and whoever finishes second will be at

How in the world can someone run negative ads about people’s grandmama? She has also been fortunate to have fielded a much weaker field Columnist of opponents than she had in 2018, which by the way, she beat without a runoff. Kay Ivey has done a good job as about 15 percent. She can pick up Governor and I think people, deep the phone as an incumbent governor down, know this. They trust her as and raise $2 million dollars for the being honest and straight forward. six-week runoff in two days. She is running for the right reason. Polling depicts a picture of the She has some more things she wants entire Republican electorate in the to accomplish for her state. You state. The polling is only skewed if cannot say that Kay Ivey does not there is a lighter than expected turn- love Alabama. out. The turnout Tuesday is going The only serious opponents that to be large due to the U.S. Senate Kay has endured are Tim James and race and the avalanche of Potomac Lindy Blanchard. They have both money being spent in our state. run valiant campaigns and given it Therefore, my belief is that Ivey’s the old college try. It will be a close polling numbers will hold. She will race to see who finishes second. probably win outright Tuesday, if However, finishing second only not she will win on June 21. counts in horseshoes and it will be a Most of us thought Kay would distant second at best. not run for reelection when she won This will be Tim James third try overwhelmingly in 2018. However, for the brass ring his father garnered when she announced she was going twice. Three strikes and you are to run for another four-year term, probably out. early polls revealed that she would Lindy Blanchard has really given be tough to beat. Those of us who this race her all. She has spent a follow and pontificate on Alabama lot of her personal money, more politics felt like that the only way than anyone expected. She has also she could lose is if she beat herself crisscrossed the state campaigning with a faux paus or misstep. hard every day. If you meet her, you She has avoided any potholes cannot help but like her. However, in this six-month campaign for the hill you must climb to defeat an reelection. Matter of fact, she has incumbent governor is steep. run a flawless and almost perfect We will see next Tuesday. campaign. Her media firm has See you next week. done an excellent job with her television ads. The one with her Steve Flowers is Alabama’s leadsaying, “Bless Joe Biden’s heart” ing political columnist. His weekly and “No Way Jose” captured the column appears in over 60 Alabama essence of why she is popular. Her newspapers. He served 16 years in best attribute politically is that she the state legislature. Steve may be comes across as your grandmama. reached at www.steveflowers.us.

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LEFT: Gubernatorial candidate Lindy Blanchard chats with voters in The Sure Shot in Alexander City Tuesday, May 10. Blanchard, a Republican, has campaigned on a pro-second amendment and pro-constitutional carry platform. RIGHT: Gubernatorial candidate Lindy Blanchard meets members of the Lake Martin Dadeville Area Chamber of Commerce at the Chamber’s annual luncheon Tuesday, May 10.

dominoes and badminton near Lake Martin. Lake Martin has always held a special place in Blanchard’s heart as she frequently traveled to the area with her grandmother. “My fondest memory was leaving church on Sundays, and my granny taking us to the Dairy Queen in Wetumpka and

working well in the ports and the big cities like in Huntsville, but I can also focus on rural Alabama, because we all need to rise up together,” Blanchard said. As part of that strategy, Blanchard has outlined several policies relating to education, taxes and Alabama’s economy. Firstly, Blanchard has vowed to repeal both fuel and groceries taxes in the wake of rising food and gasoline costs attributed to inflation as well as the

war in Ukraine. Additionally, Blanchard is looking to expand educational and vocational opportunities for young people so they are more prepared for an ever-changing workforce. “I certainly am a firm believer in having the same educational opportunities in rural Alabama that we have in other areas. We need to have the same opportunity for education, and that’ll help Alabama as well. It’ll give people hope, in these rural areas,” she said. “It is also better for the area, you will have less dropouts and less drug addicts.” Blanchard has also touted her experience as the ambassador of Slo-

venia, former First Lady Melania Trump’s birth country. Blanchard served in the position from 2019 until 2021. During her tenure with the federal government, Blanhcard worked with USAID overseeing the United States’ humanitarian aid spending before being appointed as a U.S. ambassador of Slovenia. Blanchard attributes her experience in business and nonprofit work as the primary factor in her appointment. As ambassador, Blanchard expanded Alabama’s economy by supplying the state’s defense products from Redstone Arsenal to Slovenia. If elected, Blanchard

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state’s revolving fund. It is a similar fund the city is using to cover funding differences for the city’s new sewage treatment facility. The council made no decision on any of the matters and asked Garner to get estimated costs to present to the council’s finance committee. In other action the Tallassee City Council: • Approved minutes of the April 26

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the city sold to fund the replacement of cast iron gas lines will not go as far. The Alabama Public Service Commission (PSC) also put in “Rule 13” just before the COVID-19 pandemic requiring service lines no longer in use to be removed back to the main line. Hammock said many in East Tallassee over the last few decades have switched to being all electric. “We were doing pretty good removing them,” Hammock said. “Then the pandemic hit. We don’t have the manpower to do it all there and still keep things going with water and sewer.” Hammock and Spire, what used to be Alagasco,

is also hoping to utilize the experience she gained while overseeing the U.S.’s energy relations with Russia and Germany to expand Alabama’s energy sector, specifically with regards to hydroelectric energy. According to Blanchard, a hydroelectric turbine is being built along Lake Martin, and is expected to be operational by the end of this year. Blanchard concluded her visit in Tallapoosa County by stopping by The Sure Shot, an outdoor game and gun store in Alexander City. Her final stop was a visit with Alexander City Mayor Woody Baird at the mayor’s office in city hall.

meeting. • Approved the annual Municipal Water Pollution Prevention Report. • Approved making the code enforcement position part time. • Approved the naming of the greenspace in downtown after Bill Goss. • Approved an emergency expense in the amount of $13,990 to repair the sewage lift station on the east side of the Tallapoosa River. Councilmembers Bill Hall and Sarah Hill were absent from the meeting. The next meeting of the Tallassee City Council is scheduled for 5 p.m. Monday, May 23.

has approached him in the past about purchasing the city’s gas utility. Hammock said Spire again has approached him at a recent PSC meeting where the PSC approved a gas rate increase for Spire. “When I was walking out, the vice president of Spire grabbed me,” Hammock said. “He has been after me for years to buy our gas system. We are under the gun from the PSC with all these cast iron replacements that have been in since the 40s and PSC Rule 13. We just don’t have the manpower. We have three years to finish with it. Now may be a good time for the city to explore the sale again.” The profit from gas was supposed to be used to pay the bond issue, but Hammock is afraid the city will have to find other funds for bond payments with rising gas prices.

“It’s something the finance committee and council needs to think about,” Hammock said. “Let’s get the numbers together and see if they would make us an offer to take some of our general obligation debt. Let it be their problem.” Selling the gas utility would mean current customers would not be speaking with the city and the city wouldn’t be able to negotiate as well with industries looking to locate in the area. But Hammock hopes if the city sells the gas system to keep the current workforce and reassign them to water and sewer to help with issues there. “We have a manpower shortage across the board,” Hammock said. “This would help us from having to constantly pull people off of projects to take care of emergencies.”

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then zipping up to Lake Martin,” Blanchard said. Now as a candidate, Blanchard is promising to invest in rural communities with additional job opportunities and economic development, including in Alexander City, which has attempted to recruit companies and industries since the closure of the city’s largest employer, the Russell Corporation, over a decade ago. “As governor, I will focus on what’s already

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Stonehenge Gallery hosts show for artist Priscilla Crommelin Staff REPORT TPI Staff Paintings of renowned artist, Priscilla Crommelin, will be exhibited May 12 through June 17 at Stonehenge Gallery in Montgomery, Alabama. The event is being organized by her daughter, Priscilla Crommelin Ball, and her granddaughter, Priscilla Crommelin-McMullan. Not only is this a rare opportunity to view Crommelin’s work, but now you will be able to own it as well. Crommelin was born on December 21, 1919 in Savannah, Georgia, where she was baptized at St. Paul’s Protestant Episcopal Church. Crommelin’s mother and father were Kathleen Ann Swain and Thomas Baytop Scott, of Scotia Plantation near Mount Meigs to which the family returned from Georgia while she was a little girl. It was explained to her as a child that she was a direct descendent of the 10th President of the United States, John Tyler, who was her great great grandfather. Her great grandmother (his daughter in law) was Priscilla Cooper Tyler, the First Lady of the United States of America, whom she was named after. After a joyful Alabama childhood and youth that included ballet, schooling at Sidney Lanier High School and work for the Alabama Highway Department, she married U.S. Navy Lt. Quentin Claiborne Crommelin, the youngest of five Crommelin brothers, on May 5, 1943. They remained in marriage for 54 years and she spent much of that time traveling the world as the wife of a naval aviator. When not traveling with her military husband, Crommelin further immersed herself into her paintings while waiting for him to return home. Surrounded by beauty at her Toulouse Plantation river home where the Coosa and Tallapoosa become the Alabama, Crommelin painted familiar scenes of fields, flowers, forests and towns with a unique treatment of color reflecting the vivid Mediterranean tones infused during twenty-eight years of seacoast travels with her naval aviator husband. Her subjects vary from the white sand beaches of Perdido Bay and the Victorian houses of Cottage Hill in Montgomery to the bewildering multitude of native flowers so abundant in the agrarian South. Intimate feelings for her home allowed her to paint from memory as she rendered scenes in a strong impressionistic style, manipulating her subject through color and abstraction to develop a powerful image. Crommelin’s major strength as a painter lies in her natural identification with her region and her ability to recognize its full beauty, coloring it brightly with her love of home. This personal quality in her work makes it broadly appealing and, for a boldly regional talent, has garnered unusual national and international notice and indeed, acclaim. Elected as a member of l’Académie Cultural de France, she is one of very few contemporary Americans to have been chosen to have her works exhibited at the prestigious Grand Palais of the Salon d’Automne in Paris, France. She also studied at the Art Students League in New York. Now,

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Priscilla Crommelin with her husband Quentin on their Toulouse Plantation river home circa 1989.

her paintings are found in numerous collections around the world including in Europe, Great Britain, and the Middle East. Applauded by critics in numerous French publications such as Paris Soir, Le Nouveau Journal, and Le Matin after exhibitions in 1979 and 1981 at Salon de Février and Cimaise de Paris. The style and quality of her work were consistently compared to that of Cézanne. Not only did Crommelin receive praise, but she also won prizes in several dozen juried shows nationally and locally. She also received recognition at home with more than two dozen prizes in various regional and local art shows. She also had a solo exhibition at the Montgomery Museum of Fine Arts in 1985. Crommelin was even a juried exhibitor at the ArtExpo ‘89 in New York. She truly developed a notable reputation, a fact evidenced by her inclusion in the Blount American Collection in company with Mary Cassatt, Winslow Homer, Frederick Childe Hassam, and others of similar enduring quality. Her paintings appear in many corporate and government collections ranging from the Russell Senate Building in Washington D.C. to the State Capitol Building in Montgomery. Her art can also be found in the private collections of many prominent Alabamians and private international art collectors. The Alabama State Council on the Arts implicitly recognized her growing standing by selecting one of her paintings for reproduction as the cover of its 1987-1988 Biennial Report. Crommelin was represented by Leon Loard Gallery in Montgomery, Alabama; The Atchison Gallery in Mountain Brook, Alabama; Galleria Alexander in Delray Beach, Florida; and Maralyn Wilson Gallery in Birmingham, Alabama, along with the various galleries abroad. From her youth, Crommelin was a parishioner and communicant at St. John’s Episcopal Church in Montgomery and also frequently attended Trinity Episcopal Church in Wetumpka near her home. She supported and was active in promoting the goals of the Episcopal Prayer Book Society and was notably dedicated to the Christian ministry of Sav-A-Life. Crommelin was a member of many national and local clubs and organizations in Montgomery and Wetumpka including The National Society of Colonial Dames of America, the Friends of the Fort, The Daughters of the American Revolution and the Elmore County Community Foundation. During the National Bicentennial Celebration in 1976, Crommelin co-chaired the Wetumpka Bicentennial Committee and, in connection with those activities, she was

instrumental in the establishment, naming, and early development of Wetumpka’s Gold Star Park and its surrounding Coosa Riverfront. She was notably active in many arts organizations but was most passionate about ballet, with her daughter and granddaughter, both named Priscilla, becoming successful professional ballerinas around the world. Now, her daughter, Priscilla Crommelin Ball, is the Founder and Artistic Director of the Alabama River Region Ballet. Her granddaughter, Priscilla Crommelin-McMullan, just moved back home from her international travels as a professional ballerina and model and is now the River Region Ballet’s Youth Company Director and Artistic Advisor. Crommelin passed away in 2010 at the age of 91, but her legacy lives on to this day. She is cherished around the world for both who she was as a person and the incredible talent she displayed in her art. She was loved by everyone who knew her and now her spirit gracefully lives on through her paintings. Crommelin was a very influential person, not only in the art world, but also in her impact and influence on central Alabama. An opening reception for the exhibit will be Thursday, May 12, at Stonehenge Gallery from 5:30-8:30 p.m. at 401 Cloverdale Rd, Montgomery, AL 36106 and will be open to the public. The exhibit will continue there until June 17. A portion of the proceeds will go to a non-profit organization for the arts.

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Priscilla Crommelin’s art will be on display until June 17 at Stonehenge Gallery in Montgomery.


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Grumbling at grace “Am I not allowed to do what I choose with what belongs to me? Or do you begrudge my generosity?” Matthew 20:15 The dew was still on the grass when the boss agreed on a wage with the first laborers hired to work that day. When he hired more workers at mid-morning, lunchtime and mid-afternoon, he promised to pay them fairly at the end of the day. As the sun was sinking toward the horizon, he found some unemployed laborers and called them to work the last hour of the day. At quitting time, he instruct-

ed his foreman to pay everyone. When the first hires saw that the last ones called to work got the same pay they received, they wanted to renegotiate the contract. They thought it was unfair, and they grumbled about it. But the owner denied their charge of unfairness, reminded them of their agreement and sent them away with an unanswerable argument. He said, “Take what belongs to you and go. I choose to give to this last worker as I give to you. Am I not allowed to do what I choose with what belongs to me? Or do you begrudge my generosity?” Have you ever thought about Jesus’ story of the workers in the vineyard and sympathized

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 Rehoberth Baptist 8110 Rie Range 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

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AME ZION Mt. Zion Chapel AME Zion 2340 Crenshaw Rd., Wetumpka Rogers Chapel AME Zion 709 W. Bridge St., Wetumpka Jackson Chapel AME Zion 4885 Coosada Rd., Coosada Jones Chapel AME Zion 2414 Ingram Rd., Elmore ABUNDANT LIFE Abundant Life Church 9301 U.S. Hwy 231, Wetumpka ASSEMBLY OF GOD Agape Tabernacle Assembly of God 1076 Kowaliga Rd., Eclectic Bethel Worship Center 11117 U.S. Hwy 231., Wetumpka Crossroads Assembly of God 2534 AL Hwy 14., Millbrook First Assembly of God 3511 Shirley Ln., Millbrook New Home Assembly of God 5620 Caesarville Rd., Wetumpka BAPTIST Abraham Baptist Church 2520 Lynwood Dr., Millbrook Antioch Baptist Church 1115 Antioch Rd., Titus Beulah Baptist Church 2350 Grier Rd., Wetumpka Blue Ridge Baptist 4471 Jasmine Hill Rd., Wetumpka Brookwood Baptist 3111 Grandview Rd., Millbrook Calvary Baptist 504 W. Osceola St., Wetumpka Central Baptist 3545 W. Central Rd., Wetumpka Coosada Baptist 20 Kennedy Ave., Coosada Deatsville Baptist 184 Church St., Deatsville Eclectic Baptist Church 203 Claud Rd., Eclectic Faith Baptist 64 Chapel Rd., Wetumpka First Baptist Church 205 W. Bridge St., Wetumpka First Baptist of Elmore Hwy. 14 Co. Rd. 74, Elmore

Galilee Baptist 95 Old Georgia Rd., Wetumpka Good Hope Baptist 1766 S. Fleahop Rd., Eclectic Goodship Baptist 1554 Hwy. 143, Millbrook Grace Baptist 304 Old Montgomery Hwy., Wetumpka Grandview Pines Baptist 346 Deatsville Hwy., Millbrook Green Ridge Baptist 288 Turner Rd., Wetumpka Harvest Baptist 2990 Main St., Millbrook Hillside Baptist 405 Old Montgomery Hwy., Wetumpka Holtville Riverside Baptist 7121 Holtville Rd., Wetumpka Lake Elam Baptist 4060 Gober Rd., Millbrook Liberty Hill Baptist 61 Crenshaw Rd., Wetumpka Lighthouse Baptist 2281 Main St., Millbrook Living Water Baptist 1745 Grass Farm Rd., Titus Millbrook Baptist Millbrook Mitts Chapel Baptist 935 Cold Springs Rd., Deatsville Mt. Hebron West Baptist 150 Mt. Hebron Rd., Elmore Mt. Herron East Baptist Church 4355 Mt. Herron Rd., Eclectic Mountain View Baptist 1025 Rie Range Rd., Wetumpka New Harmony Baptist 3094 New Harmony Rd., Marbury New Home Baptist 1605 New Home Rd., Titus New Hope Baptist 6191 Light-wood Rd., Deatsville New Lily Green Baptist 6504 Deatsville Hwy., Deatsville New Nazareth Baptist Hwy. 143, Deatsville Pleasant Hill Baptist Pleasant Hill Rd., Eclectic Prospect Baptist Prospect Rd., Eclectic

with the first workers? Does the story violate you sense of fairness? I remember hearing this story as a child and wondering how that could be right. The last ones barely had time to perspire. The didn’t even get all that dirty. How could they deserve the same pay as the sweat-soaked, exhausted all-day crew? Should we sign the petition and join them on the picket line? The problem with their thinking and perhaps ours lies in the words “deserve” and “pay.” The owner’s question focuses the issue perfectly: “Do you begrudge my generosity?” What he had chosen to do with his wealth was exactly that,

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his choice. His giving was not about deserving or pay. It’s a common response to demonstrations of outrageous grace. The older brother who stayed at home had the same reaction to his father’s lavish welcome of the prodigal son. “That’s not fair! I served you! I’ve never disobeyed you. You never gave me anything! But when your wasteful son comes back you throw a party and welcome him home!” When we sympathize with the upset workers or the upset brother, we tell on ourselves. We’re identifying with the wrong characters in the story. When it comes to salvation, we’re not the ones who work

Wind Rain & Fire Ministries International 1201 Gilmer Avenue Vessel Church 84632 Tallassee Hwy, Eclectic God’s Church, Campre Ministries 209 Barnett Bouelvard The Lord Our Righteousness Center, Inc. 4566 Claud Road Eclectic Tallassee First Assembly of God 185 Friendship Road 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 Oak Valley United Methodist Church 3889 Burt Mill Road

Surrounding Area Churches Redland Baptist 1266 Dozier Rd., Wetumpka Rushenville Baptist 10098 Georgia Rd., Eclectic Saint James Baptist 1005 Nobles Rd., Wetumpka Saint James Baptist 101 Gantt Rd., Deatsville Santuck Baptist 7250 Central Plank Rd., Wetumpka Seman Baptist Seman, Alabama Shoal Creek Baptist 13214 Holtville Rd., Deatsville Springeld Baptist Hwy. 7, Millbrook Thelma Baptist 810 Weoka Rd., Wetumpka Titus Baptist 6930 Titus Rd., Wetumpka Tunnell Chapel Baptist 210 Central Plank Rd., Wetumpka Victory Baptist 5481 Main St., Millbrook Wadsworth Baptist 2780 Hwy. 143, Deatsville BAPTIST - MISSIONARY Atkins Hill 565 Atkins Rd., Wetumpka Cathmagby Baptist 3074 Mitchell Creek Rd., Wetumpka First Missionary Baptist at Guileld 412 Company St., Wetumpka Goodhope 1389 Willow Springs Rd. Wetumpka Lebanon 17877 U.S. Hwy. 231, Titus Mount Canaan 1125 Weoka Rd., Wetumpka Mount Pisgah 16621 U.S. Hwy. 231, Titus Mt. Zion 371 AL Hwy. 14, Elmore Mt. Zion #3 1813 Luke Paschal Rd., Eclectic New Home 5130 Elmore Rd., Wetumpka Second Missionary 760 N. Bridge St., Wetumpka Spring Chapel Jasmine Hill Rd., Wetumpka

for a contract wage. We’re saved by grace. We are the eleventh hour hires! We are the prodigals! But our tendency to be self-righteous makes us choose a part in the drama that we’re not qualified to play. And it shows when we resent the idea that some “underserving” person is being treated with grace. Who do we think we are? The parables of the laborers and the prodigal are more than illustrations of God’s mercy and generosity. The stories are like mirrors where we can see ourselves. I do not deserve what God gives me. Do you? Let’s be very careful not to begrudge another sinner the same grace that saves us.

Sweetwater 163 Michael Lane, Wetumpka Tabernacle Baptist 1020 W. Tallassee St., Wetumpka BAPTIST - PRIMITIVE Bethel Old School 4625 Jackson Rd., Wetumpka Providence 4850 Chana Creek Rd., Wetumpka CATHOLIC Our Lady of Guadalupe 545 White Rd., Wetumpka CHURCH OF CHRIST Church of Christ of Elmore 470 Caesarville Rd., Wetumpka Church of Christ Grandview Pines 165 Deatsville Hwy., Millbrook Cold Springs Church of Christ 5920 Alabama Hwy. 143, Deatsville Georgia Road Church of Christ 4003 Georgia Rd., Wetumpka Lightwood Church of Christ 251 New Harmony Rd., Deatsville Redland Road Church of Christ 2480 Redland Rd., Wetumpka Wetumpka Church of Christ W. Bridge St. At W. Main St., Wetumpka CHURCH OF GOD Elmore Church of God 10675 Rucker Road, Elmore Gethsemane Church of God 705 Cotton St., Wetumpka Church at the Brook 2890 Hwy. 14, Millbrook Maranatha Church of God 2621 Holtville Rd., Wetumpka Victory Tabernacle AOH Church of God 2080 Main Street, Millbrook Wetumpka Church of God Hwy. 9 N. Wetumpka CONGREGATIONAL CHRISTIAN Cedarwood Congregational Christian 10286 US Hwy 231 N, Wetumpka Seman Congregational Christian 15970 Central Plank Rd., Seman Union Congregational Christian 8188 Lightwood Rd., Marbury EPISCOPAL The Episcopal Church of the Epiphany 2602 Gilmer Ave., Tallassee

Oak Valley Station United Methodist 162 Parsonage 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

Trinity Episcopal Church 5371 U.S. Hwy. 231, Wetumpka St. Michael & All Angels Church 5941 Main St., Millbrook HOLINESS New Beginnings Holiness 865 Crenshaw Rd., Wetumpka Summit Holiness 2050 Hwy. 14, Millbrook Temple of Deliverance Holiness 620 Alabama St., Wetumpka JEHOVAH’S WITNESS Kingdom Hall of Jehovah’s Witnesses 9235 U.S. Hwy. 231, Wetumpka LATTER DAY SAINTS Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints 1405 Chapel Rd., Wetumpka Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints Cobbs Ford Rd., Millbrook LUTHERAN Christ Lutheran Church 2175 Cobbs Ford Rd., Prattville PRESBYTERIAN First Presbyterian Church 100 W. Bridge St., Wetumpka Millbrook Presbyterian Corner of Main St. & Coosada Rd. Valley View Presbyterian - PCA 4125 Rie Range Rd. Wetumpka SEVENTH DAY ADVENTIST First Elmore Seventh Day Adventist 210 Lucky Town Rd., Elmore INDEPENDENT METHODIST Claud Independent Methodist Church 81232 Tallassee Hwy, Eclectic UNITED METHODIST Cain’s Chapel United Methodist 96 Lightwood Rd., Deatsville Central United Methodist Church 11721 Central Plank Rd. Central Elmore United Methodist Church 40 Hatchet St., Elmore First United Methodist Church 306 W. Tuskeena St., Wetumpka First United Methodist Church 3350 Edgewood, Millbrook Harmony United Methodist Church 8000 Titus Rd., Titus

Mulder Memorial United Methodist 3454 Fire Tower Rd., Wetumpka New Style United Methodist 64 Old Georgia Plank Spur, Wetumpka Pierce Chapel United Methodist 1003 Pierce Chapel Rd., Santuck Providence United Methodist 1540 Providence Rd., Titus Robinson Springs Methodist Church 5980 Main St., Millbrook Trinity United Methodist 135 Little Weoka Creek Rd., Equality Union United Methodist 691 Central Rd. Eclectic Wallsboro United Methodist 11066 US Hwy. 231, Wetumpka CHURCH OF THE NAZARENE Millbrook Church of the Nazarene 3251 Browns Rd., Millbrook PENTECOSTAL Faith Deliverance Church 475 Jackson St., Elmore Victory Temple 1173 Old Montgomery Hwy., Wetumpka OTHER Central Bible Chapel 3630 Edgewood Rd., Millbrook Chapel of Praise Hwy. 14, Millbrook Cornerstone Full Gospel 9301 US Hwy. 231, Wetumpka East Chapel MP Church Airport Rd., Millbrook Grace Bible Church 2251 Main St., Millbrook Gracepoint Community Church 78223 Tallassee Highway, Wetumpka New Life Church - Millbrook Sanctuary Worship Center 1688 Ceasarville Rd., Wetumpka Servant Fellowship Church Wetumpka The Worship Center 2705 Williams Rd., Wetumpka Time of Refreshing Fellowship 117 E. Bridge St., Wetumpka Words of Life Church 105 Cousins Rd., Wetumpka

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Bell excited to begin coaching Tallassee varsity girls basketball By DALTON MIDDLETON Sports Editor

hometown, I can’t do anything but be excited. … It means a lot to me. If you would’ve ever told me five Longtime Tallassee assistant or six years ago I’d be here, I’d say coach LD Bell has been tasked with you were crazy. It means so much turning the varsity girl’s basketball to me and my family, and we don’t program around. take it for granted at all. I’m going Bell, who has served as the assisto try to give back to the city what tant basketball coach for both the the city has given me. That’s my girls and boys basketball team at goal.” Tallassee, was promoted to the The Tallassee girls team finished head varsity girls coach. He will the 2021-2022 season with a 1-17 continue to serve as an assistant on overall record and didn’t win an the boys team as well as the junior area game. varsity boys head coach. The Lady Tigers have not had “I’m really excited,” Bell said. a winning season since the 2017“I’m looking forward to building 2018 season, and they’ve won only the program up. With this being my 12 games since then. Tallassee has

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Stanhope Elmore quarterback Jacob Bryant attempts a pass against Benjamin Russell during his sophomore season.

Bryant impresses in Stanhope Elmore spring football game offense seemed to be more improved in the spring game from a year Spring football has ago, and that’s after losing come and gone for the some talented skill players Stanhope Elmore football in the last year. team, and head coach Bradford pulled his Brian Bradford likes what starters a little bit into the he saw from his Mustangs third quarter, but returning this spring. quarterback Jacob BryStanhope Elmore ant, a junior this fall, still wrapped up its spring sea- passed for over 250 yards. son by defeating Demop- He had some help from olis, 27-21, in their spring both new and returning game on Friday night. receivers in the game. The Mustangs’ starters Jackson Thomas, an racked up over 300 yards All-County player a year of offense in the game ago, had 100 receiving and Bradford got a look yards. Josiah Scott, a risat what his squad will be ing senior, made a huge made of ahead of the 2022 impact at receiver and had fall season. over 100 yards and two “It was a good game touchdowns. and was really competiOrenthal Martin tive,” Bradford said. “It was another name who was good to see a close impressed at the skill game so we could see positions on offense. He some of the guys who was moved from defense haven’t been in the line to offense this spring, and of fire in a good close he played both receiver game. It was a great atmo- and running back. sphere and it let us see Martin had 40 rushing a glimpse of what they yards and 60 receiving can do because you can’t yards in the spring game. really see in practice until Bradford said Stanhope they’re in those situahad nine receivers catch a tions.” The Stanhope Elmore See BRYANT, Page B2 By DALTON MIDDLETON Sports Editor

a 12-76 record during that span and a 2-33 record the last two seasons. Bell is in charge of rebuilding the program, and he knows it doesn’t start the win column. It starts much younger, so he will focus on building the program from the ground up, and most importantly, making the sport attractive again so the team can get the best athletes and players out to play. He’ll do that by implementing new systems with the team, and he will start having outings with the girls such as bowling trips and other activities to have fun. He will

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New Tallassee girls basketball coach LD Bell is excited to help See BELL, Page B3 turn around the Lady Tigers’ program.

Holtville baseball to face Russellville in Class 5A state championship By DALTON MIDDLETON Sports Editor For the first time since 1983, the Holtville baseball team will play for a state championship. Holtville swept Headland on Friday night at home in the AHSAA Class 5A semifinals. Holtville won Game 1, 4-2, then went on to win Game 2, 7-2, to complete the sweep and punch their ticket to the championship series. The Bulldogs, which are now 34-5, will play Russellville in the state championship in Oxford at Choccolocco Park. Game 1 is set for Wednesday night at 7 p.m. Game 2 will be on Thursday at 4 p.m. at Jacksonville State. Game 3 will follow if needed. “This is huge for this group,” Holtville coach Scott Tubbs said. “I think the last time we were in the Final Four was 1991, so it was

30-plus years ago. For these kids to fight to get back to this situation is great for them considering we still haven’t put the lineup we thought we would this year out on the field and what they’ve done is unbelievable. I am really proud of them and happy for the school and community. Let’s see what we can do next week. If we’re going, we might as well give it a shot and see if we can win it.” Holtville enters the championship series on quite the hot streak. The Bulldogs (34-5) have won 17 straight games entering the championship and 20 of their last 21 games. Holtville has swept all four of its playoff series, winning 2-0 against Rehobeth, Demopolis, UMS-Wright and Headland. Not to be outdone, Russellville has only lost one game in the playoffs this See HOLTVILLE, Page B2

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Holtville’s Tanner Potts threw a complete game on only 85 pitches to lead Holtville past Headland in Game 1 of the semifinals.

Elmore County softball returns to second-straight state tournament By DALTON MIDDLETON Sports Editor The Elmore County softball team is headed back to Oxford. Elmore County swept through the AHSAA Class 5A central regional tournament this week in Montgomery to punch their ticket to the state tournament for the second-straight season. The Lady Panthers went 3-0 in the tournament to clinch the top qualifying spot, beating Central of Clay County and Brewbaker Tech on Wednesday and Tallassee, 10-4, in the finals on Thursday afternoon. Elmore County will play Rehoboth in

the first round of the state tournament at Choccolocco Park in Oxford on Wednesday at 10:45 a.m. The second game of the double-elimination tournament will follow at 2:15 p.m. Elmore County has faced Rehoboth (32-8-1) once this season and the Lady Panthers won that game, 5-3, on March 5th. “This was big,” head coach Mark Segrest said after the regional win. “We got off to a really fast start, and that’s really important in games like this. I’m just really proud for the girls. They’ve worked really hard to get to this point and to get an opportunity to compete in the state tournament. That will be a great

experience for them.” Segrest expressed before the regional tournament that his team would need to be more consistent and better at the plate to be successful in postseason play. His wishes came true in the regional tournament as the Lady Panthers scored 22 runs against three very talented teams with good pitching. The team hit exceptionally well in the regional final against Tallassee, especially in the first inning. In the top of the first inning against Tallassee, Elmore County’s leadoff hitter started the game off by drawing a walk, See ELMORE, Page B2

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Elmore County’s Hailey O’Brien pitches at the regional tournament at Lagoon Park.


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Holtville’s Todd Wilson also threw a complete game against Headland to clinch a berth in the state championship.

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year, and that was Game 1 against Shelby County in the semifinals. The Golden Tigers enter the series with a 29-13 overall record. Russellville has been the most dominant 5A program in recent history, winning four state championships since 2015, most

recently last year in 2021. Holtville knows the challenge in front of them, and the Bulldogs aren’t taking Russellville lightly. “This is what we’ve been working for all year,” senior pitcher Todd Wilson said. “This is what we’ve been striving for since we were little kids. Most of this group has been playing together

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pass in the spring game. “One of the areas we needed to improve on from last year was having multiple receivers,” Bradford said. “Moving Josiah from a quarterback spot to more receiver gives us another big receiver. Jackson is 6-foot3 and Josiah is 6-foot-4. We also have some more skill guys who are going to make big impacts for us.” Bradford was excited to see how Bryant has grown at quarterback since the end of last season. During his sophomore season, Bryant passed for nearly 1,300 yards and seven touchdowns in a solid season

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and Anna Catherine Segrest followed up by continuing her hot streak at the plate. She crushed a two-run home run over the left field wall to put the Lady Panthers up, 2-0.

since we were five. To clinch a berth in the championship is one thing, but for us, the job is not finished.” Holtville will continue to rely on solid pitching from its starting pitchers, and they have not disappointed yet. They have gotten better and better outings each series, and that did not change in the semifinals. Junior Tanner Potts started Game 1 against

for the first-year starter. Now, with star running back Antonio Trone gone due to transfer, Bryant will have to take more control of the offense. And he did just that in the spring game. “He’s taken more ownership of the offense,” Bradford said of Bryant. “This year, he threw for two and ran for one in the game. He’s more confident in what he can do and his abilities and he understands everything a lot better. He’s really stepped up into a leadership role. He’s put on about 15-20 pounds of muscle and his work ethic is impeccable.” Helping replace Trone’s production at running back will be Martin playing both roles, along with sophomore Arthur

Following three more walks and a sacrifice fly, Hailey O’Brien stepped up to the plate with the bases loaded and one out. She then went opposite field for a bases-clearing, threerun triple to put Elmore County up, 5-0. Emma Brown added a

Headland, and he pitched a complete game on only 85 pitches. He allowed only two runs, one earned and one unearned, on eight hits while he struck out four Headland batters. Potts has thrown backto-back complete games in Game 1 of the last two series to give Holtville a series lead. “We always feel like Tanner will give us a chance, and for some

McQueen and senior Davion Thomas. Both running backs are bigger backs, sitting around 190 pounds, and will be stronger and tougher backs to tackle. On the defensive side of the ball, where Stanhope has been known for the last few years, impressed like it usually does. Cortrell Mandosia, JaShawn Mays and DeShun Caffey all had solid games in the secondary while Donnie Arnold played well at linebacker. He played a little last year, but has stepped into a bigger role after putting on some more weight. Kameron Stokes could be one of the next great Stanhope Elmore defensive lineman as he shined in the trenches.

RBI bunt single to cap the first inning scoring at 6-0. “I knew we were going to have to score some runs,” Segrest said after the win. “I think we scored seven runs on three hits early. That’s what yo have to do in these games against a great hitting team. We

reason we always swing the bats really well when he pitches,” Tubbs said after Friday’s semifinal game. “He was a no-brainer to go and be our guy. He just fills up the zone and throws strikes and throws to contact. He makes plays.” After Potts’ complete game in Game 1, Wilson wouldn’t be outdone. Wilson took the mound in Game 2 and

tossed a complete game as well, allowing only four hits and two runs, one earned and one unearned, as he struck out 11 batters. He threw 107 pitches and got better as the game went on. He retired the last eight batters in order, including the last five via strikeout. In the bottom of the seventh inning, Wilson struck out the side on 12 pitches to clinch the championship berth.

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Stanhope Elmore receiver Jackson Thomas celebrates a touchdown against Selma last season.

were able to produce when it counts, and I love the attitude of this team. I just couldn’t be happier.” Elmore County could be short-handed when the Panthers reach game time this week. Due to scheduling issues with graduation on Thursday night, one of Elmore

County’s best players and pitchers will not be making the trip up to Oxford with the team, per Segrest. That still leaves some talented pitchers, but definitely leaves Elmore County at a disadvantage playing through the tournament. Hailey

O’Brien will likely pitch the majority of the tournament now, and she currently has a 1.97 ERA this season and pitched well during regionals. Seventh grader Lalah Culpepper has a 2.50 ERA in a handful of relief appearances this year as well.


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Resource Conservation Development Council sponsors training for veterans STAFF REPORT TPI Staff The Alabama Association of Resource Conservation Development Council (RCD), recently co-sponsored the Central Alabama Wildland Fire Managers Course that helped veterans gain training to have an opportunity for employment. The $10,000 grant provided by RCD was administered by AHERO, an organization which delivers education and training to veterans and first responders relating to prescribed burning and land management. AHERO was supported by Tall Timbers, a research organization with 60 years of experience studying the benefits to the ecosystems received by prescribed fire use. The veterans attending the workshop training were given instructions on how controlled burns can help to preserve the health of private lands and help plant growth, how to fight wild hog issues because they can be destructive, and how to give

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Representative Ed Oliver, Senator Tom Whatley, RCD Program Developer Noopie Cosby and President of AHERO Lee Stuckey pose with trainees.

career opportunities to veterans who already are disciplined from military training which makes them good candidates for land-management employment. The additional benefit of the Central Alabama Wildland Fire Managers Course for the

veterans and first responders includes: Alabama certified burn manager certification, and network with United States Forest Service for employment. RCD’s donation helped to cover the costs of lodging and meals as well as the cost for technical assistance for

instructors. The total cost of the project was $20,000 and AHERO stated they were thankful that RCD became the major sponsor of AHERO. According to a press release, RCD representatives were “excited to help give Veterans another opportunity at life to

be able to get a good job and make sure they are well trained to do so.” Attending the event was Senator Tom Whatley, Representative Ed Oliver, AHERO President and Central Alabama Prescribed Burn Association Coordinator, Tall Timbers, Lee Stuckey and Chief of Staff for Speaker McCutcheon Mark Tuggle. Whatley thanked RCD for their sponsorship and encouraged veterans to “take every opportunity available to use the skills they have learned from their military service to transfer into other workforce areas.” Rep. Ed Oliver agreed this was a “worthwhile project” and was “glad to see RCD take the initiative to sponsor this project and appreciated the staff of Camp ASSCA for their time and effort to make it successful.” Stuckey also offered praises for RCD. “Without RCD this project would not have happened,” said Stuckey.

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Bell will continue to serve as the boys junior varsity head coach as well as an assistant to the varsity boys basketball, baseball and football teams.

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get different varieties of speakers to come talk to the girls and take them to team camps over the summer. Bell wants to implement programs for the girls to put themselves out in the community to get more people to support the program. “You have to make the program attractive,” Bell said. “You start from the bottom and build a solid foundation. You start building from second grade so you can have a continuous strong program

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of girls coming in and out every year replacing each other. You just have to start with the basics, but you have to have a program that’s attracted to the girls. If they aren’t attracted to it, they aren’t bought in and you’re just coaching the walls in the gym.” Bell knows all about helping the Tallassee community. Bell grew up in Tallassee, and now he helps give back by serving as the president of the Star Seeds, a Nonprofit organization that specializes in mentoring and developing the minds of youth in the community. Not only that, but he serves as an assistant coach all across Tallassee. While he will continue in his

three basketball roles, he will also continue to serve as an assistant baseball and football coach. Coaching and mentoring the youth takes up a lot of Bell’s time, but he and his family understand that when you love something, you make time for it. “If you really want to do something, you’ll find time for it. This is a huge part of my life so I make time for it to be part of my life. Me and my family are going to participate in this whole-heartedly. It does take a lot of time, but you have to be willing and know what you’re going to get yourself into. I have a saying that is ‘Trust the process. Don’t rush the process.’”

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Community Calendar MAY 20 ART WALK - Stroll through the streets of downtown Wetumpka and shop from a wide selection of talented local artists. Each Art Walk lasts from 4 - 8 p.m. MAY 24 - 31 MEMORIAL DAY - Pennington Park will observe Memorial Day 2022, beginning May 24 through May 31. Pennington Park will display over 2,000 American flags in honor of those former military members who have passed. Additionally, memorial markers will be placed to recognize deceased veterans by name, rank and service component but only 300 markers are available. If you would like a marker placed in Pennington Park to honor your loved one (and his/her deceased spouse), please private message “Pennington Park” on Facebook with the individual’s name(s),

rank and branch of service or call/text Kurt Pfitzner at 334-233-9852. JUN. 2 COMMUNITY MARKET - Wetumpka Community Market features 40+ vendors selling arts & crafts, baked goods, produce, plants, jewelry, etc! Open from 4 - 7 p.m. JUN. 12 FARMERS MARKETPLACE - Pennington Park’s 2022 Farmers Marketplace dates are now on the calendar. The Markets are scheduled from 11:30 a.m. until 3:30 p.m. in Dadeville’s Pennington Park, 121 N. Spring Street. The Marketplace is a producers-only market that provides high quality homegrown produce/homemade goods to the. Live music, when available, is scheduled on the pavilion during each market afternoon. Vendors

interested in participating should email klpfitzner@ gmail.com or call 334-2339851 to request an application. Booth spaces are free. Return the application and attach a copy of your Growers Permit and/or Cottage Food License as applicable. Once received, you will be sent a copy of the Market’s rules/instructions and your participation confirmed. JUN. 17 ART WALK - Stroll through the streets of downtown Wetumpka and shop from a wide selection of talented local artists. Each Art Walk lasts from 4 - 8 p.m. JUN. 26 FARMERS MARKETPLACE - Pennington Park’s 2022 Farmers Marketplace dates are now on the calendar. The Markets are scheduled from 11:30 a.m. until 3:30 p.m. in Dadeville’s Pennington Park, 121 N. Spring Street. The Marketplace is a producers-only market that provides high quality homegrown produce/homemade goods to the. Live music, when available, is scheduled on the pavilion during each market afternoon. Vendors interested in participating should email klpfitzner@ gmail.com or call 334-2339851 to request an application. Booth spaces are free. Return the application and attach a copy of your Growers Permit and/or Cottage Food License as applicable. Once received, you will be sent a copy of the Market’s rules/instructions and your participation confirmed. JUL. 10 FARMERS MARKETPLACE - Pennington Park’s 2022 Farmers Marketplace dates are now on the calendar. The Markets are scheduled from 11:30 a.m. until 3:30 p.m.

in Dadeville’s Pennington Park, 121 N. Spring Street. The Marketplace is a producers-only market that provides high quality homegrown produce/homemade goods to the. Live music, when available, is scheduled on the pavilion during each market afternoon. Vendors interested in participating should email klpfitzner@ gmail.com or call 334-2339851 to request an application. Booth spaces are free. Return the application and attach a copy of your Growers Permit and/or Cottage Food License as applicable. Once received, you will be sent a copy of the Market’s rules/instructions and your participation confirmed. JUL. 24 FARMERS MARKETPLACE - Pennington Park’s 2022 Farmers Marketplace dates are now on the calendar. The Markets are scheduled from 11:30 a.m. until 3:30 p.m. in Dadeville’s Pennington Park, 121 N. Spring Street. The Marketplace is a producers-only market that provides high quality homegrown produce/homemade goods to the. Live music, when available, is scheduled on the pavilion during each market afternoon. Vendors interested in participating should email klpfitzner@ gmail.com or call 334-2339851 to request an application. Booth spaces are free. Return the application and attach a copy of your Growers Permit and/or Cottage Food License as applicable. Once received, you will be sent a copy of the Market’s rules/instructions and your participation confirmed. PRESCHOOL STORYTIME: After more than a yearlong hiatus, Preschool Storytime has resumed at the Wetumpka Public Library. The first story time was held on Friday, May 14, and will take place every Friday at the library at 10 a.m. E C L E C T I C TO W N COUNCIL MEETINGS: Eclectic Town Council meetings are held on the third Monday of each month at Town Hall. Council meetings begin at 7 p.m. with work sessions taking place prior to

the meeting at 6 p.m. Meetings are held in the Dr. M. L. Fielder Municipal Building, 145 Main Street. NAACP MEETINGS: The Elmore County Branch No. 5026 of the NAACP meets at 6:30 p.m. every third Tuesday (executive committee) and every fourth Tuesday (full membership) at the Martin Luther King Center at 200 North Lancaster St. in Wetumpka. LIVING WORD: You belong here. You and your family are always welcome here. We are located at 1826 Kowaliga Road Eclectic, across from the Dollar General. Call 334-492-0777 for more information. OPEN MIC: The Equality Performing Arts Center hosts an open mic jam session from 7 to 9 p.m. every second Friday of the month at 560 Highway 9 in Equality. There is no charge but donations are welcome as they keep the center running. Bring a snack or finger food to share during the intermission. RED HILL COMMUNITY CLUB MEETINGS: Red Hill Community Club Meetings are held every second Monday of the month. Join the Red Hill Historical Preservation Association in the auditorium of the Old Red Hill School, located off state Route 229 at 6:30 p.m. to discuss upcoming events. MOUNT HEBRON CHURCH OF CHRIST: Come join us at 4530 Mt. Hebron Road in Eclectic. Our Sunday school begins at 9 a.m. followed by worship service at 10:30. There is also a Wednesday night Bible study at 7 p.m. For more information call Pastor Edwin Walker at 334541-2025 LUNCH AND LEARN: Lunch and learn Tuesdays with Kelly are scheduled at the Kelly Fitzpatrick Memorial Gallery at 124 Company Street in Wetumpka from noon to 1 p.m. on the third Tuesday of each month. For more information, visit www.thekelly.org. CELEBRATE RECOVERY GRACE POINT: Celebrate Recovery meets at Grace Point Community Church at 78223 Tallassee Highway in Wetumpka each

Tuesday at 6:15 p.m. All are welcome to the meetings which provide a safe and loving environment for individuals seeking to conquer their hurts, habits and hangups. For more information, visit www.Gracepoint. info or contact Gwin Greathouse at gwingreathouse@ gmail.com. CELEBRATE RECOVERY SANTUCK: Celebrate Recovery meets each Thursday at 6:15 p.m. at Santuck Baptist Church at 7250 Central Plank Rd. This is a Christ-centered, 12-step program for anyone struggling with hurts, habits, and hangups. Call 334-5672364 for more information or contact jyates@santuckbaptist.org. GAMBLERS ANONYMOUS: Gamblers Anonymous meets Saturdays at 6 p.m. at Cedarwood Community Church at 10286 U.S. Highway 231 in Wallsboro/Wetumpka. Call 334567-0476 for more information. AA MEETING: Alcoholics Anonymous meetings are held Mondays at 7 p.m. located at 105 Tuskeena St. in Wetumpka. RED HILL GALLERY: The Red Hill Gallery on Highway 229 in the Red Hill Community in Tallassee is open Fridays from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. for local live music performances. No admission is charged but donations are welcomed to maintain the building and pay for refreshments. MASTER GARDENER HELPLINE: If you have gardening questions you can call the Master Gardener Helpline at 1-877-2524769. The helpline starts March 1 and ends in August. CHILDREN’S HARBOR: Children’s Harbor Treasures and Thrift Store Located on state route 63 just south of Lake Martin Amphitheater, the Children’s Harbor Thrift Store is open Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. proceeds are used to help fund the activities at the Lake Martin campus of children’s harbor and the Family Center at Children’s Hospital. Call 334-857-2008 for more information.

ALEA announces DHS preparedness grants and deadline STAFF REPORT TPI Staff The Alabama Law Enforcement Agency (ALEA) put out an announcement Monday saying that the grant application deadline for two programs which provide critical funding

to help state and local officials prepare for, prevent, protect against and respond to acts of terrorism and other hazards is approaching. As part of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) ongoing efforts to support state, local, tribal and territorial

partners, ALEA serves as the State Administrative Agency (SAA) for both the State Homeland Security Grant Program (SHSP) and the Nonprofit Security Grant Program (NSGP) in Alabama. Both programs opened on Friday, May 13, and all applications are due no later than 5 p.m. on Friday, May 27. Eligible applicants may apply online at: https://grants. alabama.gov. Additional questions regarding grant funding and opportunities should be directed to: GrantsAdmin@alea.gov. “Through initiatives like these, DHS and FEMA are both working to provide the adequate resources our state and local partners need to protect our communities and keep our citizens safe. Never before have these types of programs been more critical than in today’s environment,” said ALEA Secretary Hal Taylor. “As Alabama’s head law enforcement agency, we take seriously our responsibility to assist our partners in developing new initiatives, protocols and control measures that will be implemented to reinforce security as a direct result of these programs across every level of government as well as in the private sector.”


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ALL ABOUT NURSES A Nurse is a person who has been trained to care for the sick. Some Nurses work in hospitals, some work at Doctors’ offices, while others are trained to do specific things like help a Doctor during surgery. A Nurse Anesthetist has been trained to administer anesthesia to patients. Other Nurse specialties include caring for babies, Certified Nurse-Midwives who deliver babies, and Nurse Practitioners (Nurses trained to diagnose illnesses and prescribe treatments much like a Doctor). Nurses follow the Doctor’s orders, give patients medicine, and try to make them as comfortable as possible while they are sick or in the hospital. Florence Nightingale, perhaps the most famous Nurse who ever lived, was a British Nurse who introduced her ways of nursing to the World during the Crimean War. Sanitary conditions, healthy foods, properly administered medicines and proper ventilation, among other things, greatly improved the prognosis of hundreds of patients. Since these innovations were introduced, the practice of nursing has developed into the modern profession we know today. Nurses, both men and women, are in high demand.

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Cleanup effort a success By CLIFF WILLIAMS Staff Writer Elmore County Commissioner Henry Hines has been wanting a successful litter cleanup and he got one last weekend. The commissioner, who for months has been talking about cleaning up Elmore County, brought together several organizations to clear the county’s right of way of trash. “It was an outstanding effort,” Hines said at last week’s Elmore County Commission meeting. “We had a lot of groups, young people and sports teams participate. They didn’t realize there was so much trash.” Hines said he didn’t want to try to recognize all of the groups who took part in the cleanup as there were so many he would leave a group out. Hines did highlight the efforts of the Lake Jordan HOBOs who have been organizing cleanups on the lake for years. Hines said HOBOs helped remove more than nine tons of trash from Lake Jordan. Hines hasn’t stopped promoting litter pickup and is already trying to organize another Elmore County cleanup effort in the fall.

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The commission passed a resolution authorizing the issuance of $34,350,000 in general obligation warrants for the purpose of financing certain capital improvements within Elmore County. The funds would be used for economic development, quality of life projects and investing in the radio system for public safety. Elmore County Commission Chair Troy Stubbs said the funds for repaying the bonds are coming from online sales tax and lodging taxes. In other action, the Elmore County Commission: • Approved the minutes of the April 21 meeting. • Approved warrants for April 11 through April 30 in the amount of $2,277,768.44. • Approved a resolution honoring the service of Yvonne Saxon. • Reappointed Commissioner Bart Mert as the Elmore County representative to the Alabama County Commission Legislative Committee. • Authorized the Elmore County chief operating officer to execute a three year telecommunications contract with Windstream for the Elmore County Health Department facility. • Awarded a bid for Nyloplast drain basin inlets. The next meeting of the Elmore County Commission is scheduled for 5 p.m. May 23.

Carlos Alpha “Shiney” Moon, Moonlight on Pickle Hill, circa 1949, oil on canvas, 30 x 24 inches,

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“Shortly after that, I traveled to Mobile to meet with he Dixie Art Colony Melissa and their museum (DAC) Foundation director Deborah Velders,” received a gift from Harris said in a release. “The the Mobile Museum of Art, primary purpose of the meetwhich included more than ing was to discuss the possi500 works of art from the bility of the museum gifting a Mobile Museum of Art, large body of work related to including oil and watercolor the Dixie Art Colony and the paintings, several sketchAlabama Bayou Painters to books and an extensive colthe DAC Foundation.” lection of stone lithographs. The COVID-19 pandemThrough this gift, DAC ic stalled the transfer until is adding works by Carlos recently. Alpha “Shiney” Moon, Doris “Due to COVID-19, our Alexander Thompson, WilAlabama Arts Committee was liam Broughton Bush, Oleta prevented from meeting until Blan Delaplaine, George this week,” Mutert said in a Hubbard Bryant, Gladys statement. “They met and I Reid, Roy Harvard Staples, am delighted to say that they Henry Martin Gasser, Frances agree that the DAC FoundaElizabeth Harris, Lucy Anne tion should have our material Harris, Genevieve McClure from both the Bayou and Southerland, Richard Burrell Dixie Colonies. Our decision Brough, Dorothy S. Boone was based on the desire to and Ruth M. Dyrud. give this work greater public The process started in exposure and centralize this October 2019 when DAC’s unique collection for both Mark Andrew Harris was exhibition and study. We contacted by Mobile Museum believe the gift will assure the of Art curator of collections recognition of the contribuand research Melissa Mutert. tion these artists made to the Staff Report

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art and culture of our state.” In this body of work, the standout piece according to Harris, is a large oil painting by Carlos Alpha “Shiney” Moon titled “Moonlight on Pickle Hill,” circa 1948. This example of Moon’s work demonstrates his signature style of distorted realism. This painting was included in the 2004 traveling exhibition titled “Tales from the Easel: American Narrative Paintings from Southeastern Museums, circa 1800–1959.” In this exhibition, Moon’s painting hung alongside works of well-known American painters such as Thomas Hart Benton, Francis William Edmonds, William Glackens, Robert Gwathmey, Childe Hassam, Edward Hicks, Winslow Homer, Jack Levine, Reginald Marsh, and Andrew Wyeth. Five works included in this gift were part of an exhibition curated by the U.S. Department of State as part of their “Art in Embassies” program. The exhibition traveled to

Bucharest, Romania, in 2011. Numerous works were published in the February 2006 issue of “American Art Review.” Five pieces were also part of an exhibition titled “The Bayou Painters: South Alabama’s Art Colony (1946–1953)” held at the Mobile Museum of Art in 2006. “Thank you to the Mobile Museum of Art for your confidence in our mission,” Harris said. “Now that the transfer to Wetumpka is complete, we are photographing the work and look forward to sharing this significant body of work with our followers.” The gift highlights the need for a larger facility to house and display DAC’s collections. “Now that the COVID-19 pandemic seems to be behind us, we will resume our efforts to plan and build the Elmore County Cultural Arts Center, which will provide a new home for our collection of more than 1,300 works of art,” Harris said.


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