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Council votes to raise gasoline tax By CARMEN RODGERS Staff Writer
The Tallassee City Council voted six to one in favor of amending an ordinance that would raise gasoline tax from the current two cents per gallon to four cents per gallon for distributors inside the city limits. Those outside city limits, but inside police jurisdiction will now pay an additional two cents per gallon at the pump thanks to the amendment to the resolution.
Not every member was on board with the increases. Councilman David Stough made it clear that he was opposed to raising taxes on gasoline, citing lower costs for gasoline in larger neighboring cities. “We’re already paying more for gas in the City of Tallassee. I had a lady tell me just today that she had to go to Auburn for a doctor’s appointment and she said she plans on filling up her car with gas while she is over there because gas is already so much cheaper,” he said. “I
don’t know if I am in favor of this raising the gas tax.” Stough also explained that he would be more approving of an occupational tax, but could not get behind the increase in gasoline tax. Other council members who were in favor explained that this extra two cents per gallon would generate an additional $60,000 that would be earmarked for utilities and public works. Councilman Jeremy Taunton pointed out that something needs to be allocated
Local Scout raises $9,500 for band instruments
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Ninth-grader Riley Davis is completing his Eagle Scout project. For the past year and a half, he’s worked hard building birdhouses to sell. So far, he’s sold $2,500.00 worth of them. His charity? A school was built in Montgomery, about 20 minutes from Riley’s hometown of Tallassee. Johnnie Carr Middle School, named for the Civil Rights icon, was built with a nice new band room facility. There were chairs and music stands. But a very important feature was missing. Band instruments. Carr Middle School spent its first couple of years operating on donated instruments from the community, but never had enough for all the students in its district that wished to join the band. See SCOUT • Page 2
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The greens behind City Hall were packed last Friday as cancer survivors and their friends and families joined together to celebrate life with a survivor’s reception, a survivor’s walk and a luminaria ceremony at Tallassee’s Relay for Life..
WALKING FOR A CURE Community steps up, digs deep for Relay for Life
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The greens behind City Hall were packed last Friday as cancer survivors and their friends and families joined together to celebrate life. The event began with a reception held
inside the chambers of City Hall. Afterward, the crowd moved outdoors where local businesses and churches set up tents and furnished food and water to those in attendance. Tallassee’s local Boy Scout troop took part in the celebration. The troop served See RELAY • Page 3
State and city officials met at City Hall Thursday to discuss the east side mill fire, which occurred one year ago this month. Since that time there have been few developments in the case. However, a lot has changed, including those who are investigating the fire. In the past year, Tallassee elected a new mayor and a new police chief has been appointed. Since taking office, the mill fire has been a central concern for both men. A new state Fire Marshal has also been appointed as well. Together, these men made it clear that the investigation is far from over and will continue until a cause of fire is determined. “We’re here to put this back before the public to try to generate information regarding the mill fire,” said Scott Pilgreen, the new state fire marshal. “To make everyone aware of it and to think about it again. If anyone knows anything at all, we would much See FIRE • Page 3
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for the city’s youth, but he also stated that utilities are a more pressing matter. “I’d love to do something for our youth, but the key word is need,” said Taunton. “We need infrastructure, roads, sidewalks. Those are things that we need.” Councilman Darrell Wilson, who asked the finance committee to add a line item for the construction of a new swimming to this year’s budget back in October, once again brought up the need
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Auctioneers have been a fixture throughout history, helping to shape the way people live and the growth of the United States. Changes in technology have impacted many things but the importance and viability of the auction has remained strong throughout the years and with it, the auctioneer. Blake McDaniel, of Tallassee, will soon make his mark on the world of auctioneering by competing in the upcoming world championship. McDaniel, a Tallassee auctioneer and employee of the Montgomery Stockyards, is going to Montana to compete for the 2017 world livestock auctioneer championship. See CHAMP • Page 2
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Obituaries Mr. Ira Nolan Mathews
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Mr. Ira Nolan Mathews, 75, of Tallassee, passed away May 7, 2017. He was born August 2, 1941. Funeral service will be held Thursday, May 11, at 1:00 p.m. at Tallassee Church of Christ with Minister Charlie Boddie officiating. Burial will follow at Mt Hebron Church of Christ Cemetery with Linville Memorial Funeral Home directing. Visitation will be Wednesday, May 10, from 5:00 to 7:00 p.m. at Linville Memorial Funeral Home. He is survived by his wife of nine years, Margaret Carol Mathews; sons, James Kevin Harris and Timothy Allen Harris; daughters, Ira Velvet Simpson (Mark), Mary Louise Bowen (Edward) and Angela Dawn Miller (Chad); brothers, Richard Wayne Mathews and Donald Perry Mathews; sisters, Mary Jo Agner, June Elizabeth Papaspiros and Dorothy Mathews Hudson; grandchildren, Nickalus Elijah Buck Harris, Jesse Hunter Harris, James “Trent” Harris, James “Jamie” Harris Dorow, Austin Harris, Janice Dianne Simpson, Jeffrey Mark Simpson, Jessica Mashell Simpson, Franklin Dale Simpson, Jeremy Chad Miller, Andrea Dawn Miller, Amanda Jones, Jason Edward Bowen, Tamara Fallan Harden and Mary Kimm Sanford; and great grandchildren, Beth Simpson, Eli Simpson, Jasmine Cousins, Joshua Cousins, Jacob Cousins, Kailey McGinty, Jackson Jolly, Dallin Simpson, Kaitlyn Dasher, Caleb Jones, Madison Bowen, Jayden Harden, Alyssa Jones, Haleigh Sanford, Jaycee Harden, Logan Jones and Dani Rae Sanford. He is preceded in death by his parents, Samuel Parker and Charlcie Elizabeth Mathews; wife, Mary Evelyn Mathews; sisters, Alice Faye West and Mildred Louise Abrams; brother, Charles Parker Mathews; and grandchildren, Helena Evelyn Bowen, Jonathan Bowen and Brandon Clyde Miller. Online condolences at www.linvillememorial.com.
Mrs. Emma Lee Langley, a resident of Tallassee, Alabama, passed away Thursday, April 27, 2017, at the age of 81. Funeral services will be Saturday, April 29, 2017, at 12:00 p.m. at Jeffcoat Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Tim Davis officiating, Jeffcoat Funeral Home directing. Mrs. Langley is survived by her husband, Mr. Johnny Langley; 8 children, Dianne Lomax, Gary Coan (Sheryl), Lisa Holman (Wes), Davy Coan (Mona), Melissa Kelly (Calvin), Sandra Langley, John Phillip Langley (Amy), Barbara Walker (Anthony); 15 grandchildren and 14 great grandchildren; sisters, Elizabeth Coan and Elanor Jean Garnett and several nieces and nephews. She is preceded in death by by her parents, Ed and Maudie Lee Strong, Clinton Rolen; children, Carl Coan, Cathy Coan and Mary Ann Langley; sisters, Josie Thompson, Jessie Wise, Joyce Knowles, Edna Harper and Edith Coan. Emma Lee was a loving wife, mother, grandmother and sister. She will be greatly missed. The family will receive friends Saturday April 29, from 11:00PM until service time at Jeffcoat Funeral Home. Online condolences are available at: www.jeffcoatfuneralhome.com.
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McDaniel, along with almost 100 other auctioneers, battled it out in three qualifying events held around the country for 30 spots and the right to go to Billings, Montana in June to compete in the last leg of the WLAC, where the 2017 world livestock auctioneering champion will be crowned. McDaniel sells cattle on Mondays and automobiles the rest of the week. His profession takes him across the southeast. He can often be found working in Florida Georgia and Alabama. This is not McDaniel’s first contest. He is the 2015 Alabama grand champion auctioneer, the 2015 reserve automobile teams reserve champ and the 2016 automobile auctioneer team champion. McDaniel is a member of the Alabama Auctioneer Association and serves on the board of directors. He is also on the board of directors for the World Automobile Auctioneer Association and a member of the National Auctioneer Association.
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Riley decided that he’d make band instruments his Eagle Scout project. For well over a year now, Riley has been out at pawnshops and yard sales, wheeling and dealing for instruments. He’s used the money from his birdhouses to buy and refurbish old horns. And he’s far surpassed his goal. Riley has piled up over $9,500 worth of band instruments — enough to outfit an entire band at Johnnie Carr Middle School. On Thursday, May 11, Riley will be presenting this truckload of instruments at the Carr Middle School spring concert. And, strangely enough, the school just hired a new band director. The new director, Alan Roberts, actually grew up in the Tallassee area and attended the same church as Riley’s family. It really is a small world. But that world is going to be far more musical now that Riley Davis is Carr Middle School’s “music man.”
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for a new pool. “I have been listening to my constituents and one of the things that I keep hearing in my ward is ‘build a new swimming pool.’ If I support this I hope you will support that in the future, ” Wilson said. Councilman Terrell Brown says he is in favor of the increase as long as people can see where the revenue is going. “I think you’re on the right track,” Brown said. “I think when you raise a tax and it goes into a general fund that can make people a little upset, but if you earmark it for specific things to improve quality of life people then see where their money is going.” According to Mayor Johnny Hammock, this tax increase is greatly needed. Furthermore, the increase will put Tallassee on par with neighboring cities. “If we want to take care of our citizens, we have to find the money to do so,” Hammock said. “I pulled some numbers and right now Tallassee’s gasoline tax is half of that of some of our surrounding cities like Wetumpka, Shorter, Millbrook and Montgomery.” After further discussion it was decided revenue from the gasoline tax increase should be earmarked for utilities and public works. Much of Tallassee’s infrastructure has been in place for over a century. For instance, most of the city’s natural gas lines are cast-iron pipes that are outdated and inefficient. At one point, the city was losing as much as 15 percent of its total natural gas to leakage due to the outdated pipes. Hammock also hopes to focus on sidewalks after an elderly lady fell due a crumbling sidewalk in east Tallassee. It is projects like these that the mayor and council hope will improve living conditions for Tallassee residents.
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rather someone call us with information and it turnout to be nothing than to have someone with information not call us. That information could quite possibly be the key component that could clear this issue up.” There has been a vehicle of interest in the case and officials are asking the public to take a second look in hopes someone will come forth with information that will lead to the source of the fire. “If they’ll take another look at that picture,” Pilgreen said. ”If there is anything that people may know related to a vehicle of that description, let us know. Allow us the
opportunity to vet that and see if there is anything to that information.” According to the original press release, video and still shots indicate a dark colored vehicle, possible SUV. The vehicle’s hood has a different paint color than the body of the vehicle. Investigators believe two men may have occupied this vehicle on the night of the fire. While initially the mill fire was approached as arson, officials say they are open to all possibilities and nothing has been ruled out. “The fire remains undetermined at this point as far as an actual cause,” Pilgreen said. “It’s an ongoing fire investigation.
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of the mill fire. According to Tony Garrett of CrimeStoppers, the reward for information that leads to an arrest in this case has increased from $7,500 to $11,000. “$11,000 will make some think,” Garret said. Pilgreen says he and his team will remain vigilant in determining the cause of the fire that left the 120-yearold mill in ruins. “Anytime any information comes in, regardless of the source or what it may pertain to, we are checking it and we will continue to do so until we get to a point where we can say for certainty and come back to the people of Tallassee say, ‘This is what
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PrimeSouth Bank and there was a noteworthy anonymous donation. Friday’s reception, survivor’s walk and luminaria were only part one of the two-part Relay for Life event. The main Relay for Life is scheduled for May 20 at the Tallassee Softball Complex. Local church groups, companies, organizations and anyone who would like to put a team together is encouraged to signup for this year’s Relay for Life Softball Tournament. There is an age limit of 16 and older. “The theme is the colors of cancer and strikeout cancer,” said Vickie Spivey, coordinator for Tallassee’s Relay for Life. “We’re letting each team pick which cancer that they want to represent. It will be different cancers playing against each other. So there will be a little competition and everybody likes a little
competition.” There will also be food and refreshments available at the softball tournament and plenty of goings-on for children. In the past, this event was held at J.E HOT O’Brien Stadium and children had free range in the middle of the football field to play. This year will no different, except for the location. “One of the fields will be dedicated to children’s activity,” Spivey said. “They will have kickball games and all types of fun activities for the children.” According to Spivey, if this year’s two-part Relay for Life fundraiser is successful, the hope is it will continue to grow even larger in years to come. “We’re hoping it will be a big success this year,” she said. “We’re hoping it will be a lot of fun and next year it will be even bigger.”
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Kenzie Ray bow campaign—bigger than ribbons
he parade of colorful remembrance ribbons representing certain maladies or “causes” (i.e., socio-political/humanitarian initiatives) seems to be ongoing and increasing in numbers—so much so that there are now web sites with listings (and sometimes a lineup of color illustrations) that explain what each color represents. Pink represents breast cancer, of course. Purple can represent pancreatic cancer or Alzheimer’s disease. Most folks would probably recall that the informal concept of modern remembrance/awareness ribbons dates back to military families or romantic partners wrapping a yellow ribbon around a tree trunk or displaying some other yellow marker while a family member/significant other was stationed overseas. Ideally, the ribbon was to be removed when the serviceperson returned to the U.S. That notion was reinforced and popularized in the early 70s—while the Vietnam War was still ongoing—by Tony Orlando and Dawn’s hit song “Tie A Yellow Ribbon ‘Round The Old Oak Tree,”
which ultimately became a standard. And for decades, there was a yellow ribbon of that type on display on a tree in the tiny community of Strata, located about 25 miles south of Montgomery (I’m familiar with that area because my paternal grandparents were married in the early 1900s on the front porch of another house nearby). I first noticed it in 1974, when I first went on the road as a traveling salesman. The ribbon was rumored to be a memento regarding someone who had served in Vietnam—no surprise there, but I never was able to ascertain the full story behind the display. Nowadays there are a lot of disease awareness/ “cause” colors from which to choose, even in central Alabama, and one wonders how many times spotting an individual ribbon results in looking up what it represents. Researching the Internet indicates that one of the awareness meanings for a gold-colored ribbon is childhood cancer. One of the awareness meanings for an orangecolored ribbon is leukemia.
The So-Called Column By Willie G. Moseley And many folks have noted hundreds of large orange and gold bows— not ribbons—attached to mailboxes all over Tallassee and surrounding area in the last few weeks. They’re in honor of McKenzie Ray, a student at Reeltown School, who has been battling acute lymphoblastic leukemia for a number of years. Kenzie’s travails had been chronicled in the Tribune before, beginning several years ago—she was first diagnosed in 2013, and when she first began her battle, the eastside music/ Western wear store owned by the Funderburk family had sponsored a blood drive on its grounds. A photo appeared in the paper of Kenzie and her father, who was reclined inside the bloodmobile, donating a pint of the red stuff himself. Since that time, she’s had numerous treatment protocols
in Birmingham and out-ofstate, and has missed a lot of school because of those trips. It isn’t particularly upbeat— or necessary—to detail what she’s been going through, but many local folks are already aware she’s had a battle on her hands, and that such specialized treatments and travels are expensive. As I understand it, Kenzie had recently been going through some extended experimental procedures in Philadelphia, and a recent fundraising effort was initiated by Karyn Hammock of Eclectic, a friend of the Ray family. She enlisted the help of Tallassee florist Lamar Godwin, who filled me in on some of the numbers. The idea was to create large, colorful bows instead of ribbons, to call attention to Kenzie’s situation in a noticeable manner. “We had planned to make some 40 to 50 bows,” he told me. However, word began getting around, and the orders for gold-and-orange items snowballed. “Kenzie bows” have been appearing all over this area, and in addition to the Tallassee and
Reeltown areas, Godwin has had dozens of orders from Dadeville and other areas of Lake Martin. He’s even received inquiries from Texas and Tennessee. “Sometimes they donate more than the $10 amount that we charge,” he said. Not surprisingly, there’s also a GoFundMe account online, but as of last Saturday morning, Lamar’s shop had sold 821 orangeand-gold bows. But whether such donations are made through bow purchases or some other conduit, this kind of support shows a community at its best, and it’s gratifying to reside in an area that exemplifies benevolence. A couple of weeks ago, I had to interview someone in eastern Macon County, out near Wire Road. While cruising down a two-lane county road, I spotted a “Kenzie bow” affixed to a mailbox in front of a home. I couldn’t help but smile. Willie Moseley is the retired news editor at the Tribune. His column appears here each Wednesday.
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know I am a little on the strange side of things and I think back on things nobody else would waste their time thinking about. Do you think young boys will ever ride stick horses made out of chinaberry trees again? Will they ever spend an entire afternoon riding, shooting cap guns and living off of imagination alone? Will they shoot marbles for hours on end or spin their tops over and over stopping only because someone suggested they go to the woods, swing on vines and pretend they are Tarzan or Jungle Jim? Do other people wonder what young people will do when they have no imagination at all? Like I said I know I am a little strange or a lot strange and I wonder if presidents, doctors, or movie stars think such things. I also notice odd things. One day while going down a country road – you know the kind that have rows of
The Coffee Breaker By Ronald Brantley mailboxes every now and then – I saw a mailbox and sitting beside it was a chair. I wondered if the chair was there to give a person a place to sit while they waited on their check to come or their medicine. Maybe they were waiting on a love letter from a sweetheart, a mother waiting on a letter from her son who is away in the service, or maybe he left in anger and she hasn’t heard from him or her in a long time. The more I thought the more reasons I came up with as to why that chair was sitting by the mailbox. You can bet it won’t sit there long for someone will stop and put it in their car. There was a woman I knew that saw a small table on the side of the road and she stopped and looked at it. It was
where people put out their trash. She came back by later and decided to put it in the trunk of her car, take it home and sand it down to paint. On the way home her hands and arms started burning and nothing would stop it. She went to the doctor and he determined after she told him the story of the table that the table was coated with poison. I don’t know if this was done accidentally or she was the victim of a cruel joke. Television used to stop everything they were doing every so often and play the national anthem, at midnight every night all television stopped for the national anthem. We don’t do that anymore and it’s a bad thing. Our military posts still practice reveille and retreat and both calls for stopping. If in uniform a salute is proper while standing at attention. I heard the story of a woman walking out of the BX at Maxwell and headed towards her car. An officer stopped her and told her to stand
there until retreat was over. I fully applaud this officer. How many of you ex-GI’s remember going to the movies on base and standing at attention for the national anthem before each movie? Speaking of standing, how long has it been since you have seen a man stand when a woman approaches his table? Except in western movies, you don’t see it anymore. Or men stop and taking their hats off when a funeral possession goes by? Or pull their car over to the side of the road in respect for a funeral possession passing? Do you remember how scary an oxygen tent looked? Now people can carry their oxygen around with them. I told you I had strange thoughts. I wonder if other normalthinking people ever think of the things I do. If they do, they may not be normal! Ronald Brantley is a regular columnist for The Tribune.
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Boozer, Merrill are not typical politicians
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ost times political columns are critical or derogatory of politicians. However, today I would like to share some positive observations from the first few months of this year. Sometimes I enjoy striding down the halls of our old capitol reminiscing about my younger days when I would walk those halls as a page boy and then during my 30’s and 40’s as a member of the legislature. In bygone days you would never see a constitutional officer in their offices working on Fridays, not even the governor. A few months ago I walked down the halls at about 3:30 on a Friday afternoon and popped into Secretary of State John Merrill’s office and to my amazement Secretary Merrill was in his office working. After visiting with him a while, I walked across the hall to the State Treasurer’s office and lo and behold there was Young Boozer working away. We chatted a while, Young’s daddy was a good friend of mine. His name was also Young Boozer. He was a very successful businessman. He had been a star football player at Alabama during the 1920s with Bear Bryant. He intercepted a pass that won the Rose Bowl against Stanford, which by the way is this Young’s alma mater. Well about three weeks later I was attending a ceremony in the old historic House chamber, which was also on a Friday afternoon. I repeated my steps from the previous Friday and again Merrill and Boozer were in their offices working. In essence not only are John Merrill and Young Boozer uniquely qualified for their jobs, these two gentlemen have an honest to goodness work ethic for the people of Alabama. Our Senior Senator Richard Shelby has been our U.S. Senator since 1986. During those 30 years he has kept a campaign promise made during that 1986 campaign. He has come home and visited all 67 counties each and every year. As he begins his 6th six-year term he finds himself in a pinnacle of power never before matched in Alabama political history. He is without question one of the five most powerful men in the United States Senate, which makes him one of the nation’s most important leaders. Senator Shelby chairs the omnipotent Senate Rules Committee. Within the next two years he will set the record for Senate longevity by any Alabama Senator in history. He will exceed John Sparkman’s record of over 32 years in the Senate and he will also become Chairman of the Senate Appropriations Committee. Most U.S. Senators in his position would enjoy the trappings of power and adulation in Washington. Not Shelby. At 81 years old he spent the months of February and March quietly traveling the state visiting with Alabama businesses discussing how he could use his seniority to enhance their opportunities and growth. One Wednesday night in late February I joined my old friend Shelby for dinner in downtown Enterprise. He had spent the past two days visiting with military related industries throughout the Wiregrass around Ft. Rucker. As we reminisced about past times in Alabama politics I marveled at how sharp Shelby is for 81. He looks and moves more like someone 61. We are fortunate to have Shelby. State Senator Gerald Dial has been in the Alabama Senate for 30 years. He has adamantly said he is not running for reelection next year. He is using his last term in the Senate to be a leader and workhorse. He seems to be in charge of the Senate. He is involved with every major issue and is chairing the Reapportionment Committee, which has to have a resolution by the end of the Session. He seems more like the Governor than a powerful State Senator. State Senator Cam Ward has taken the bull by the horns with the prison overcrowding bond issue. He has been the architect, developer, chief cook and bottle washer of this premier and critical issue. He has filled a void left by the governor’s office. Representative Steve Clouse has become the budget guru and mainstay of the beleaguered General Fund. As Chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee he has worked adroitly and prudently to keep the ship of state afloat. If it were not for Clouse’s diligence and stewardship, the state would be floating aimlessly into the Gulf of Mexico. See you next week. Steve Flowers is Alabama’s leading political columnist. His weekly column appears in over 60 Alabama newspapers. He served 16 years in the state legislature. Steve may be reached at www.steveflowers.us.
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Drink up! The water is warm! I have written about my early exposure to Tallassee. Growing up in Montgomery, some Sunday dinners were spent at the Hotel Talisi, home of the world’s finest home cooking. In high school, I was assigned to room with two guys from Tallassee, Mike Hammonds and David Lawrence, during the Southeastern United States Honor Band at Troy University. Our band director and Tallassee’s band director were friends and so the Robert E. Lee and Tallassee people shared rooms. Mike Hammonds went on to become a published composer-arranger, U.S. Army band leader, and our jazz band director. David Lawrence did a tour of duty as a manager with LifeWay bookstores before returning home to operate the Super Foods stores in his hometown. During college, I would come to Tallassee
I ever came along, but that’s another story). The Lawrences house was just so inviting. We all enjoyed visiting By Michael Tallassee. Back then, they lived on Camellia Bird Drive, and for a citified boy like me (from the big with David, who was city of Montgomery, born my roommate for a and raised!), Tallassee’s time. Gene and Linda Mayberry-like charms Lawrence’s home was a were just too numerous to young man’s paradise. list. I loved it. They had video games, I guess the Lawrences jukeboxes, everything. had the first instance I loved visiting the I’d ever seen of a water Lawrence house. They fountain in the bathroom. were always so kind and When I stayed at their generous, usually getting house, I noticed it was volunteered by Ed or Dave right beside the sink. So, to feed all the friends in the mornings, it made they’d brought home from perfect sense to rinse my college. mouth out after brushing Sometimes, I would my teeth. This low-to-thework a little at the Super ground sink looked to be a Foods store, usually water fountain, so I would during inventory times use it. or occasionally stocking I noticed after a few groceries. I’d come from visits that the water a grocery background as pressure seemed kind of my father was a Winnlow and that the water that Dixie manager (and my came out of this fountain parents knew Gene and was warm. Linda before David and So, one day, I asked
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David why the water fountain in the bathroom had hot water instead of cold water coming out of it. He couldn’t help but laugh in my face. “That’s not a water fountain! That’s a bidet.” I didn’t even know how to spell it, and I’d certainly never heard of it. I was too embarrassed to ask the Lawrences what it was. So, the next time I was near a World Book Encyclopedia at my parents’ house, I looked it up. This thing was a mystery to me: the weirdest water fountain in Tallassee. A bidet is not a water fountain at all. It’s a place to sit AFTER you’ve already sat. And that’s all I’m gonna say about that. Michael Bird is a veteran educator and a regular columnist for The Tribune.
Cancer took my friends life, but not his legacy
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onday was probably the most difficult day in my young tenure as managing editor for me to get out of bed and come to work. Never mind that was the last workday of the copy editor who has handled our pages since I started here. Never mind that today is the last day here for Cory Diaz, our longest-tenured employee at The Herald and a very good sports writer and we’ve yet to find a replacement. No, all that pales in comparison to the reason it was difficult for me to rise – and even more difficult to shine – on that beautiful May Monday morning. I lost a friend this weekend. To cancer. Up until I received a text from another long-time friend after returning home from an afternoon at Gold Star Park and Duck Dash on Saturday, my life had been relatively unscathed by cancer. I had lost a second cousin years ago, and that was tough. But this was different. This was a man with whom I spent a good deal of my formative years. And when I read the words in my friend’s text – “Nafe is dead” – my heart truly sank. I met Tony Nafe in the
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summer before we were to start our senior years in high school. We were both named state FFA officers in the early summer of that year. We spent that entire year together and most of the next several, as we both attended Auburn and ran with the same crowd. Tony was a Lauderdale County country boy’s country boy, but there was always something inside him that drove him toward success. He ended up dropping out of Auburn, joining the Army, marrying Dana, the girl of his dreams, and building a life influencing the lives of young men as the football coach and athletic director at Hope Christian School near Pelham. I heard some of those men speak about Tony on Sunday at his memorial service. They could serve as an inspiration to us all. They were without a doubt living testimonies to the life my friend lived. It was obvious Tony had played a huge part
in turning these youngsters into Christian men. In our undergraduate days at Auburn, I would have never pictured Tony as a football coach or an athletic director. That would have been difficult. What would have been easy is picturing him as a husband, father and grandfather – all of which he was – going about the business of molding men in the way only a country boy who would compare his fight against carcinoid cancer to “a calf fighting a wet burlap sack” could. My friend Tony loved life and he left it too soon. For a man who wanted to appear so tough and cowboy and outdoorsy on the outside, he had a giggle that reduced him immediately to a child. There was innocence in that giggle and the knowledge that life always gave you something to enjoy – to laugh about – with a childlike wonder. But Tony had cancer. He knew from the beginning he was in for a serious fight for his survival. Yet, he was the one there to comfort me when he found out that I had serious liver disease and would likely need a transplant. Someone with cancer telling me that I was going to be okay?
Yes, that was my friend, Tony. I took advantage of the opportunity to say a few words about him Sunday at his memorial, but mostly I just wanted to say goodbye and to wish him a good trip home. You can relax, now, Nafe. The fight with the wet burlap sack is over. And you left one hell of an impression on all who knew you. As much as it may not seem that way to all of us, you won your fight and did it with dignity and such great courage. If only all of us could get behind the effort to fight cancer that way – not with our lives, but with our pocketbooks and your courage and belief it can be beat – and rid our earth of this scourge that steals from us such precious souls. A cancer-free world? Just imagine and please consider a gift to the American Cancer Society (cancer.org) today. Cancer sucks and it takes away from us daily the people that we love most – our family and friends. Cancer doesn’t care about your lifestyle, your diet or your habits. It simply wants your life. Let’s tell cancer that’s something to which it’s not entitled. And beat it.
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n Sunday, I was the guest speaker at Eagle Creek Baptist Church on Highway 49 between Dadeville and New Site. I’ve known about this church for most of my life as it’s just a few miles from where both my mama and daddy grew up. In fact, my maternal grandparents are buried in the Eagle Creek cemetery. “It’s a sweet church with sweet people,” Pastor Dr. Tim Thompson said to me via an online message. Dr. Thompson, as many of you know, was the long-time pastor at First and Frazer United Methodist Churches in Opelika and Montgomery, respectively. Unfortunately, he couldn’t be in attendance, hence the need of a guest speaker. Like many of you, I’ve had a great deal of things going on over the past few months, ranging from bad and depressing to really bright and exciting. It’s just how life goes, but that dark cloud has been lingering for a few days now. I just do the
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best I can with what I have. Over the past week, I’ve found myself singing the old hymn “Trust and Obey,” which, along with “Amazing Grace” has always been one of my favorite songs in the hymnal. I really wasn’t sure what to expect as I made the drive up Highway 49. While I’ve spoken at many churches, I’ve only spoken at one other on a Sunday morning in lieu of a preacher. I can talk all day long but a preacher, I am not. I knew it was a sweet church with sweet people, so I just trusted, obeyed, and prayed for God’s amazing grace. I walked in to the sanctuary and found a place to sit on the back row. It was a Baptist church after all. When in Rome…
During the announcements, I glanced over my bulletin and began to tear up. The call to worship song was “Till the Storm Passes Over.” The congregational hymn was “Trust and Obey,” and you guessed it, the praise song was “Amazing Grace.” The fellowship song was “God is Good All the Time.” My talk went well. There was lots of laughter with a positive message of service to others. After the service, I stood on the porch and shook hands and hugged necks. Many, if not most, knew much of my family, so it almost felt like a family atmosphere. Some of them went to school with my mama, and some went to school with my dad. One of them was at their wedding. Some of them knew my grandparents, aunts, and uncles on both sides of the family and had stories to tell. One lady sells tomatoes to mama and step-father. One sweet lady talked about how much she loved
my grandmother and fondly remembered her singing the old hymns. Grandmamma didn’t attend Eagle Creek Baptist Church. She attended a nearby church but was always singing the old hymns, so she might have heard her belting out “The Old Rugged Cross” or “He Walks with Me” at anywhere from the nursing home to the grocery store. I was only there for a little over an hour, but it could not have gone any better. It was a sweet church with sweet people. The music, too, was sweet and could not have been more fitting. God is indeed good all the time. The storm shall pass. The Son will shine. We simply must trust and obey. His amazing grace is all we need. Jody Fuller is a comic, speaker, writer and soldier with three tours of duty in Iraq. He is also a lifetime stutterer. He can be reached at jody@jodyfuller.com. For more information, please visit www.jodyfuller.com.
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Tallassee Police Department’s Blue Jean Ball is from 6-8:30 p.m. at the Benton Barn, located at 173 Benton Drive in East Tallassee. There will be dinner and live music. Tickets are available for preorder. For more information call 334-283-6578. • THS Senior Walk through 9 a.m. at Tallassee Elementary and 9:45 at Southside Middle School.
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Religion Briefs • Episcopal Church of the Epiphany
On May 14 at 9:30 a.m. Father Wells Warren will lead a continuing Sunday School series on the resurrection of Jesus Christ. At 10:30 a.m. Father Wells will celebrate the Holy Eucharist, with coffee hour to follow. For more information, visit the church website: http://epiphanytallassee.org/
• Tallassee Community Center
A Woman Worthy of Double Honor. You are cordially invited to celebrate with us as we honor a true woman of God, Chief Apostle Dr. Audrey L. Brightmon, on Saturday May 27 at 3 p.m. at the Tallassee Community Center. Thank you and God Bless.
• Salem Macon Baptist Church
The Forever Young Seniors will meet Tuesday May 23 at 6:30 p.m. Charles Pollard will be our speaker. Charles is an author, historian and storyteller. He will keep us entertained. Mark it on your calendar and don’t miss a good time. Bring a covered dish. Everyone invited.
• East Tallassee United Methodist Church
The “River’s Edge Flea Market” is open every Saturday from 6 a.m. to 2 p.m. All vendors are welcome, whether you plan to offer new items, old items, crafts, baked goods, produce or other food or represent youth groups or ball teams. The flea market is sponsored by the East Tallassee
UMC and is located across from City Hall. We will offer various priced booths. To reserve a space call Joan Wood at 334-312-4913. All proceeds raised by ETUMC will be used for church-sponsored programs.
• St. Vincent de Paul Catholic Church
”Our Life’s Journey” is an outreach of St. Vincent de Paul Catholic Church in Tallassee, Fr. Mateusz Rudzik, Pastor; and Knights of Columbus Council 15093, Andy Lacey, Grand Knight. It airs on WACQAM 580 and FM 101.1 each Sunday from 8-8:30 a.m. Listen online at www.wacqradio.com OR on your smart phone using the TuneIn app.
“KIC”, a ministry for children meets each Sunday in the Sanctuary at 11 a.m. for a children’s sermon with Will Haynes following the Fellowship Hymn. Children’s church will follow with joint assembly and age group divisions. Children, age 2-10 years, please take advantage of this special time each Sunday. Sunny Seniors meet the second Monday each month at 7:30 a.m. for breakfast and fellowship. WOM each month on the 2nd Wednesday at 5:30 p.m. If you need any information, please phone the church office at 334-283-2800. Everyone is encouraged to be in church for all services and events. You will be blessed indeed!
• Calvary Baptist Church of Tallassee
• Elam Baptist Church
Rev. Gene Bridgman, pastor and Kevin Lanier, minister of music urge everyone to attend Church each Sunday. Visitors and members have a special invitation to attend all services, events, fellowships and special events at Elam. Look for Relay for Life changes this year. Relay has kicked off with a pre-order home-cooked bake sale. Order your favorites. Contact Dianne Arendts. Worship each Sunday is at 11 a.m. and 5:30 p.m. Life changing Bible hour begins at 10 a.m. Sunday with nursery available and classes for all ages. The Mid Week Renewal with Prayer begins at 7 p.m. each Wednesday following choir rehearsal at 6 p.m. All Choir members please be present. The monthly ongoing Elam ACTS Ministry of rice and chili continues.
If you are looking for a church to worship and praise the Lord come join us at 293 N. Wesson Street in Tallassee. Our services are at 10 a.m. Sunday School, 11 a.m. morning worship service, 6 p.m. evening service. Also join us at 7 p.m. Wednesday evening for our prayer and fellowship service. If you have any questions call Pastor Jim Voss at 334-283-2366.
• Tallassee Church of Christ
Sunday School begins at 10 a.m. Worship Service begins at 11 a.m. Sunday evening service begins at 5 p.m. Wednesday night services begin at 6 p.m. Visitors welcome at all services. Phone number: 334283-5437. Located at 209 Gilmer Ave.
Area Churches AME ZION Mt. Zion Chapel AME Zion 2340 Crenshaw Rd., Wetumpka 5674413 Rogers Chapel AME Zion 709 W. Bridge St., Wetumpka 5678144 Jackson Chapel AME Zion 4885 Coosada Rd., Coosada Jones Chapel AME Zion 2414 Ingram Rd. (Co. Rd. 3), Elmore ABUNDANT LIFE Abundant Life Church 9301 U.S. Hwy 231., Wetumpka 5679143 ASSEMBLY OF GOD Agape Tabernacle Assembly of God 1076 Kowaliga Rd., Eclectic 541-2006 Bethel Worship Center 11117 U.S. Hwy 231., Wetumpka 567-5754 Crossroads Assembly of God 2534 AL Hwy 14., Millbrook 285-5545 First Assembly of God 3511 Shirley Ln., Millbrook New Home Assembly of God 5620 Caesarville Rd., Wetumpka 569-2825 BAPTIST Abraham Baptist Church Millbrook Antioch Baptist Church 1115 Antioch Rd., Titus 567-2917 Beulah Baptist Church 2350 Grier Rd., Wetumpka 514-2881 Blue Ridge Baptist 4471 Jasmine Hill Rd., Wetumpka 567-4325 Brookwood Baptist Grandview Rd., Millbrook Calvary Baptist 504 W. Osceola St., Wetumpka 5674729 Central Baptist 3545 W. Central Rd., Wetumpka 5412556 Coosada Baptist 20 Kennedy Ave., Coosada Deatsville Baptist
184 Church St., Deatsville Eclectic Baptist Church 203 Claud Rd., Eclectic 541-4444 Faith Baptist 64 Chapel Rd., Wetumpka 567-4417 First Baptist Church 205 W. Bridge St., Wetumpka 5675191 First Baptist of Elmore Hwy. 14 Co. Rd. 74, Elmore Galilee Baptist 95 Old Georgia Rd., Wetumpka 5674178 Good Hope Baptist 1766 S. Fleahop Rd., Eclectic Goodship Baptist Hwy. 143, Millbrook Grace Baptist Old Montgomery Hwy., Wetumpka 567-3255 Grandview Pines Baptist Deatsville Hwy., Deatsville Green Ridge Baptist 288 Turner Rd., Wetumpka 567-2486 Harvest Baptist 2990 Main St., Millbrook Hillside Baptist 405 Old Montgomery Hwy., Wetumpka Holtville Riverside Baptist 7121 Holtville Rd., Wetumpka 5145922 Lake Elam Baptist 4060 Gober Rd., Millbrook Liberty Hill Baptist 61 Crenshaw Rd., Wetumpka 5678750 Lighthouse Baptist 2281 Main St., Millbrook Living Water Baptist 1745 Grass Farm Rd. (Co. Rd. 80), Weoka Millbrook Baptist Millbrook 285-4731 Mitts Chapel Baptist 935 Cold Springs Rd., Deatsville 5691952 Mt. Hebron West Baptist 150 Mt. Hebron Rd., Elmore 567-4441 Mt. Herron East Baptist Church 4355 Mt. Herron Rd. Eclectic, Al 36024 334-857-3689
Mountain View Baptist 1025 Rifle Range Rd., Wetumpka 567-4458 New Harmony Baptist 3094 New Harmony Rd., Marbury 312-1878 New Home Baptist 1605 New Home Rd., Titus 567-0923 New Hope Baptist 6191 Lightwood Rd., Deatsville 5691267 New Lily Green Baptist 6504 Deatsville Hwy., Deatsville New Nazareth Baptist Hwy. 143, Deatsville Pleasant Hill Baptist Pleasant Hill Rd., Eclectic 541-3460 Prospect Baptist Prospect Rd., Eclectic 567-5837 Redland Baptist 1266 Dozier Rd., Wetumpka 567-8649 Refuge Baptist Church 3098 Red Hill Road Tallassee 334-857-2638 Rehoberth Baptist 8110 Rifle Range Rd., Tallassee 5679801 Rushenville Baptist 10098 Georgia Rd., Eclectic 541-2418 Saint James Baptist 1005 Nobles Rd., Wetumpka 567-6209 Saint James Baptist 101 Gantt Rd., Deatsville 569-3006 Santuck Baptist 7250 Central Plank Rd., Wetumpka 567-2364 Seman Baptist Seman, Alabama Shoal Creek Baptist 13214 Holtville Rd., Deatsville 569-2482 Springfield Baptist Hwy. 7, Millbrook Thelma Baptist 810 Weoka Rd., Wetumpka 567-3665 Titus Baptist 6930 Titus Rd., Wetumpka 334-531-2120 Tunnell Chapel Baptist 210 Central Plank Rd., Wetumpka 567-2589
Victory Baptist 5481 Main St., Millbrook Wadsworth Baptist 2780 Hwy. 143, Deatsville 569-2851 BAPTIST - MISSIONARY Atkins Hill 565 Atkins Rd., Wetumpka 567-1141 Cathmagby Baptist 3074 Mitchell Creek Rd., Wetumpka 567-4787 First Missionary Baptist at Guilfield 412 Company St., Wetumpka 5677455 Goodhope 1389 Willow Springs Rd. Wetumpka 567-7133 Lebanon 17877 U.S. Hwy. 231, Titus 514-1097 Mount Canaan 1125 Weoka Rd., Wetumpka 567-2141 Mount Pisgah 16621 U.S. Hwy. 231, Titus 567-3668 Mt. Zion 371 AL Hwy. 14, Elmore, 567-2613 Mt. Zion #3 1813 Luke Paschal Rd., Eclectic New Home 5130 Elmore Rd., Wetumpka 567-5966 Second Missionary 760 N. Bridge St., Wetumpka 567-8601 Spring Chapel Jasmine Hill Rd., Wetumpka 567-6493 Sweetwater 163 Michael Lane, Wetumpka 334538-9415 Tabernacle Baptist 1020 W. Tallassee St., Wetumpka 567-0620 BAPTIST - PRIMITIVE Bethel Old School 4625 Jackson Rd. (C.R. 103), Wetumpka Providence 4850 Chana Creek Rd., Wetumpka CATHOLIC Our Lady of Guadalupe 545 White Rd., Wetumpka 567-0311
Church of Christ of Elmore 470 Caesarville Rd., Wetumpka 5676670 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 5672804 Lightwood Church of Christ 251 New Harmony Rd., Deatsville 569-1510 Redland Road Church of Christ 2480 Redland Rd., Wetumpka 5143656 Wetumpka Church of Christ W. Bridge St. At W. Main St., Wetumpka 567-6561 CHURCH OF GOD Elmore Church of God 10675 Rucker Road, Elmore Gethsemane Church of God 705 Cotton St., Wetumpka 567-9886 Church at the Brook 2890 Hwy. 14, Millbrook Maranatha Church of God 2621 Holtville Rd., Wetumpka 5676786 Victory Tabernacle AOH Church of God Hwy 143, Millbrook Wetumpka Church of God Hwy. 9 N. Wetumpka 215-3091 CONGREGATIONAL CHRISTIAN Cedarwood Congregational Christian 10286 US Hwy 231 N, Wetumpka 5670476 Seman Congregational Christian 15970 Central Plank Rd., Seman Union Congregational Christian 8188 Lightwood Rd., Marbury 569-2122 EPISCOPAL The Episcopal Church of the Epiphany 2602 Gilmer Ave., Tallassee 252-8618 Trinity Episcopal Church 5371 U.S. Hwy. 231, Wetumpka 567-7534
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Williams, Goodman take medals at state track meet By CARMEN RODGERS Staff Writer
Last week Tallassee High School’s track and field team won the sectional competition and the track team made the trip to Gulf Shores to participate in the AHSAA 4A state track and field championship. The boys walked away from the championship in 13th place and the girls placed 25th in the state. Tallassee had two members of the track and field team win medals at the state championship. Dorian Williams won the silver medal in the 300-meter hurtles with a time of 50.08. Williams also placed eighth in the 400-meter dash, scoring a point for the team. Logan Goodman won the bronze medal in the javelin with a distance of 157’8.
Kalvin Levett scored several points for the Tigers, placing fourth in the triple jump at 41’11. Levett placed sixth in the long jump, hitting the 20’4 mark. Levett also placed fifth in the 100 meter hurtles. Coach Danny Worley says he is losing six seniors who have played a pivotal role on the team. Goodman, Brady Hancock, Williams, Devin Dumas, Alex Davidson and Jonathan Osborne will graduate this year. “They have been with me since the eighth grade,” said Worley. “Three of the last five years they were sectional champions. They’ll finish their career as three time champions and that’s pretty good.” For the girls track and field team, Iyana Parker finished fourth in the 100 meter hurdles with a time of 16.88. Chloe Bayes and Caitlyn Dowdell also did very well in the meet,
but failed to put points on the board. “We had a couple of young girls to compete in the sectional meet,” said Worley. “Chloe Baynes and Belle Haynes were playing softball, but they were parttime track. They were able to go to the sectional meet. Chloe competed in the high jump and won in the sectionals, so she was able to go the state meet and do pretty well there. Bright future for those young girls.” Last week at sectionals, the Tigers walked away champions. “We only had one student win an event but we had a lot of fourth, fifth and sixth place finishers that scored points and that got us where we were able to win sectionals,” Worley said. Now that the season has come to an end, the Tigers will hold the track and field
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Tallassee High School’s Dorian Williams won silver in the 300-meter hurdles at the state track and field meet in Gulf Shores.
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Tallassee falls in round three of playoffs By CARMEN RODGERS Staff Writer
Several Tallassee baseball fans made the trip to South Alabama Friday to watch the Tigers battle UMS-Wright in a doubleheader for the right to advance in the AHSAA Class 4A playoffs. The Tigers took their A-game to Mobile, but came up short in game one of Friday’s doubleheader and fell short in Saturday’s determining game. In game one of Friday’s doubleheader, Dee Williams took the mound for the Tigers. Williams pitched six full innings, allowing thirteen hits, a walk and striking out one in the Tigers’ 7-6 loss. At the plate, Will Peters went three for four and Williams, Casey Baynes, Reed Whitaker, Blake Dean and Kalvin Levett had one hit each. The Tigers turned things around in game two of Friday’s doubleheader. Peters got the win for the Tigers, pitching seven innings, allowing ten hits, one ball and striking out seven Bulldog batters in a 9-7 Tallassee win. At bat, Peters went two for two. Baynes and Whitiker each went two for four and Levett went two for two for the Tigers. After one win and one loss for both teams, Saturdays; determining game proved to be too much for the Tigers. Jake Burton took the mound for the Tallassee, pitched seven innings, allowed only six hits, three bases on balls and struck out four.
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Rebel softball takes area tournament By LIZI ARBOGAST The Outlook
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Dee WIlliams delivers a pitch in game one of Friday’s third-round playoff doubleheader with UMS-Wright, a 7-6 Tallassee loss.
Williams went two for three for the Tigers. In the end the Tigers would fall to UMS-Wright with a final score of 5-1. Tallassee closed its 2017 season with 26-15 record. This may be the end of the road for this year’s baseball season, but head coach Adam Clayton says this team will leave an impression on the baseball program at Tallassee High School for many years to come. “I’m very proud of the accomplishments of this team as well as our senior class,” Clayton said. “They had many ups and downs as well as adversity to overcome this season and I think they handled themselves very well. This class won almost 100
games in their career with three area titles and three playoff appearances so they have left a legacy for our future players to strive for.” Several fans made the trip to Mobile to show support for the Tigers while on the road. Many drove down for Friday’s game and stayed for Saturday’s game to continue rooting for their home team. “I would like to thank the Tallassee community for the tremendous support we received this year,” Clayton said. “The phone calls, texts, emails, radio followers and those who attended the playoff games were unbelievable.”
Lady Tigers have tough time in tourney STAFF REPORT Tallassee Tribune
It was a tough day on the field on the field for the Tallassee Lady Tigers last Wednesday as the girls softball team fell to Elmore County and Holtville in the area tournament. The Lady Tigers had a perfect season up until the tournament. The Lady Tigers beat Elmore County in the first game of the tournament last week but the Panthers proved to be too much for the Lady Tigers in game two of the double elimination event. According to Pat Love, head coach of the Tallassee softball team, the losses to Holtville and Elmore County were a let down, but a learning experience. “The season didn’t end the way we wanted but there are a lot of things that we can take from this season and grow,” he said. “I felt like a lot of the girls have gotten better as the season went on and we will work harder to get to where we want Carmen Rodgers/ The Tribune to be in the post season.” The Lady Tigers went 22-15 Tallassee’s LuLu Isbell slides into home and scores after Elmore County’s McKenzie Lewis for the season. loses control of the ball during Wednesday’s double elimination tournament action.
From a home run frenzy in the first game to a sixrun inning in the nightcap, Reeltown’s offense was firing on all cylinders in a sweep of Horseshoe Bend to claim the Area 8 Class 2A softball championship on Friday. Reeltown took the first game 8-3 and the second matchup 8-5. “It’s a great feeling,” Reeltown coach Kelli Hilyer said. “The girls deserved it; they worked hard this season. (The hitting) carried over from when we went to the Elba Tournament. They were seeing the ball there. We’re doing the right things at the right time.” Add pitching to the list of things the Rebels are doing well. Reeltown ace Ayriana Stoneback was unstoppable in the circle. In 11 innings of work on the day, she allowed just five hits and didn’t walk any. She entered in relief in Game 1 and threw four innings of no-hit softball. Her only blemish was a hit batter in the top of the fifth. She struck out eight of the 13 batters she faced. “I treat every game the same,” Stoneback said. “I don’t look at the name on the jersey; I just pitch. It’s another person standing up there. I look at it as me and my catcher, and I’ve got my defense behind me. I never throw the same pitch. I try to work sequences, and they were all working today.” In the second game, Stoneback earned the complete-game victory by allowing five runs, only two of which were earned. “She has a lot of heart, and she pitches with a lot of heart,” Hilyer said. “She does move the ball very well, too. She gets some different speeds in there, so it helps get the batters off balance.” The victory in Game 1 was helped along by a pair of General errors and a pair of home runs. Reeltown took a 3-1 lead in the bottom of the second when McKenzie Baker smacked a double and reached home on an error. That miscue, coupled with another, put two Rebels on base for Ashlynn Thomas, who capitalized with a well-placed double. “We recovered from it a little bit, but we talked about how you gotta make routine outs,” Horseshoe Bend coach David Caldwell said. “If a ball is hit in the grass in the outfield or if they sac bunt or do things to give you certain outs, you gotta those. You can’t give them five outs an inning. We know that, so that’s something we know is correctable.” After letting the lead slip away with two Horseshoe Bend runs in the third frame, Reeltown’s Morgan McGuire came through in the clutch. Carlee Meadows led off the fifth with a single before McGuire smashed one over the centerfield fence. “That was shocking because I don’t usually hit home runs,” McGuire said. “I was expecting her to throw me inside, and I really like inside pitches, so I just turn on it and took it. It was surprising, but I was really happy when it went over.” Meadows added some insurance with a three-run shot in the sixth. Reeltown’s momentum carried over into the second game, after Horseshoe Bend had defeated Lafayette 15-0 in three innings. Jumping out to a 6-0 lead after one inning, the Rebels built on it and pushed it to an eight-run lead before the Generals could get on the scoreboard. “I’m proud that we fought back,” Caldwell said. “When it’s sitting there 8-0, I was thinking, ‘Man, this could be a long day.’ But they showed me something. They got a little spark about them, under not so good conditions, too, so I’m happy for that part.” A Kynsley Blasingame three-run home run in the fourth inning seemed to light a fire underneath Horseshoe Bend, but it couldn’t quite overcome the deficit. Kayli Hornsby went 3-for-3 for Reeltown in the second game, while Horseshoe Bend’s Cheyanna Howard and Ivy Vickers each had two hits. Both teams advance to play in the regional tournament, which begins Friday at 3 p.m. in Troy.