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Holtville High School basketball coach arrested

By Cliff Williams Staff Writer A virtual teacher at Elmore County School’s Edge program has been arrested and charged with school employee distributing obscene material to a student.

Elmore County Sheriff Bill Franklin said Emmanuel Andre Wilson II, 32, of Montgomery turned himself into authorities Tuesday afternoon.

Wilson was the head basketball coach at Holtville High School and was placed on administrative leave Jan. 13 according to Elmore County Schools superintendent Richard Dennis.

WILSON “We had a report,” Dennis said. “We had a preliminary

investigation and handed it off to the appropriate authorities.

He was also placed on administrative leave at that time.”

Dennis said school officials follow the same procedure when administrators receive a report of allegations against school staff and employees.

“Once we hand it over, we know very little about what is going on,” Dennis said. “We cooperate with authorities if necessary.”

Franklin said investigators with the Elmore County Sheriff’s Office have the alleged victim’s phone. Authorities collected Wilson’s phone as well.

“You could see a conversation between the two,” Franklin said. “Mr. Wilson is going to contend someone had the security code to his phone and he was not responsible. There is other information we can’t disclose now but I don’t think it’s beneficial to Mr. Wilson.”

Chamber holds luncheon

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By Cliff Williams Staff Writer

Members of the Wetumpka Chamber of Commerce attend the chamber’s “A Taste of Our Home Town” luncheon.

The Wetumpka Chamber of Commerce held its annual luncheon to install new officers and board members for the first time in a while Thursday.

The COVID-19 pandemic put a hamper on gatherings but the chamber celebrated the successes of business in Wetumpka.

“We haven’t been able to do this for the last couple years,” chairperson Clay McConnell said. “Your attendance is an indication people want to get back together and have these opportunities to see each

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Wilson was released on a $6,000 bond 90 minutes after turning himself in according to the Elmore County Jail website.

Dennis said Wilson also coached other sports at Holtville schools including being the head track coach and assistant football coach.

Dennis said other staff would fill in for the duties of Wilson at Holtville while he is on administrative leave.

Police continue investigation, man no longer suspected

By Jake Arthur Chief Videographer Police are still investigating the fatal shooting in the Wetumpka Walmart parking lot on Jan. 20.

Police were dispatched to the parking lot around 10:45 p.m. for a “shots fired” call.

Once there, they found Centell Winston, 42 of Tallassee, dead of a gunshot wound in the driver seat of his vehicle.

According to Wetumpka police chief Greg Benton, this was not a random shooting.

“This was not random, not a random act,” said Benton. “We believe the victim and the perpetrator knew each other.”

This is the first homicide in Wetumpka in over three years. The last homicide in the city took place in 2018.

“It’s not a good way to start out the new year,” said Benton.

Benton didn’t want to speculate on the See SHOOTING, Page A3

Holtville’s Futral Alabama principal of the year Staff Report The Alabama Association of Secondary School Principals (AASSP) named Holtville High School principal Kyle Futral the 2022 Alabama High School Principal of the Year.

The High School Principal of the Year award was presented to Futral on Friday, Jan. 28 during a

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schoolwide assembly at Holtville High School. Elmore County Superintendent Richard Dennis was in attendance for the presentation.

“Kyle Futral is an exceptional principal and is very proactive and innovative in his thinking and approaches to managing his school,” Dennis said, As principal of Holtville High School, Futral has transformed

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Police Reports WETUMPKA POLICE DEPARTMENT JAN. 25

• Unlawful breaking and entering a vehicle was reported on Pemrose Lane.

• Theft was reported on U.S. Highway 231.

• Possession of a forged instrument was reported on U.S. Highway 231.

JAN. 21

• Criminal trespass was reported on U.S. High-

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way 231.

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Lane.

• Domestic violence was reported on Indian Hill Drive.

• Murder was reported on U.S. Highway 231.

Theft was reported on U.S. Highway 231.

• Criminal trespass and theft were reported on U.S. Highway 231.

TALLASSEE POLICE DEPARTMENT JAN. 30

• A Black male was arrested on Gilmer Avenue.

• Assistance was given to a citizen on Honeysuckle Lane.

• A welfare check was conducted on Harris Street.

• An abandoned vehicle was reported on Riverside Avenue.

• Animal control was requested on Gilmer Avenue.

• Gunfire was reported on Freeman Avenue • Assistance was given to the Tallassee Fire Department on North Ann Avenue.

JAN. 20

JAN. 19

JAN. 18

• Possession of marijuana was reported on Chapel Road.

• Theft was reported on

JAN. 17 JAN. 11

• Theft was reported on Micanopy Street.

• A welfare check was conducted on Herren Street.

• A suspicious vehicle was reported on Gilmer Avenue.

• A suspicious person reported on Friendship Road.

• A suspicious vehicle was reported on Ashurst Bar Road.

• Harassment was reported on Fourth Street.

• A complaint of littering was made on Notasulga Road.

• A suspicious person was reported on James Street.

• Assistance was given to a motorist on Barnett Boulevard.

• Debris in the roadway was reported on Gilmer Avenue.

• A suspicious vehicle was reported on Bent Oak

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JAN. 28

• Assistance was given to a citizen on Gilmer Avenue.

• Assistance was given to the Tallassee Fire Department on Joy Street.

• Assistance was given to a citizen on Gilmer Avenue.

• A burglary was reported on Peachtree Street.

• Debris in the roadway was reported on North Ann Avenue.

JAN. 27

• Suspicious activity

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was reported on Notasulga Road.

• A welfare check was conducted on West Butler Street.

• A burglary was reported on Riverside Avenue.

• Theft was reported on Gilmer Avenue.

• A Black male was arrested at a traffic accident with injuries on Wall Street.

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

• A domestic complaint was reported on Third Avenue.

JAN. 26

• A juvenile complaint was filed on Ashurst Avenue.

• Harassment was reported on Lee Street.

• Public lewdness was reported on Lee Street.

• A Black male was arrested during a traffic stop on Highway 229.

• A juvenile complaint was filed on Barnett Boulevard.

• Assistance was given to a citizen on Barnett Boulevard.

• Harassing communications was reported on Gilmer Avenue.

• A welfare check was conducted on First Avenue

JAN. 25

• Assistance was given to a citizen on Gilmer Avenue.

• A domestic incident was reported on First Avenue.

• Assistance was given to another agency on Tallassee Highway.

• A Black male was arrested on Rickey Lane.

• Animal control was requested on Sims Avenue.

• A white female was arrested during a domestic dispute on Macedonia Road.

• A suspicious person was reported on East Patton Street.

• Animal control was requested on Highway 229.

JAN. 24

• A suspicious vehicle was reported on Jordan Avenue.

• Menacing was reported on Cotton Ridge Road.

• Harassment was reported on First Avenue.

• An assault was reported on Barnett Boulevard.

• A prowler was reported on First Avenue.

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Friends of the Wetumpka Library has announced its 17th annual Murder on the Menu fundraiser on Sunday, Feb 6 at Wetumpka Civic Center starting at 12:30 p.m. Authors Tara Laskowski (left) and Art Taylor will be in attendance.

Murder on the Menu event slated for Feb. 6 Staff report TPI Staff Friends of the Wetumpka Library has announced its 17th annual Murder on the Menu fundraiser on Sunday, Feb 6 at Wetumpka Civic Center starting at 12:30 p.m.

Murder on the Menu is a yearly fundraiser for the library that has developed into a highly anticipated event featuring a variety of top-notch mystery authors from around the country. Participants are seated at small round tables to have a delicious lunch and to chat with an author that will join them at their table. During the afternoon there will be other opportunities to interact with the authors and to

learn more about them. This event targets readers, writers, aspiring writers and fans of mysteries of all types. There are usually opportunities to bid in silent auctions to become a character in the next book written by some of our authors.

Books will be available for purchase, and the authors are happy to autograph. Masks and hand sanitizer will be available at the event.

This event is planned the day after a similar event in Birmingham called Murder in the Magic City.

By the time the authors arrive in Wetumpka they have already had a blast getting to know each other and enjoying Southern hospitality. Wetumpka always gets rave reviews from the authors about the

beauty of the town and the friendliness and interest of the folks that attend the event.

Authors scheduled to appear are: Art Taylor, Tara Laskowski, Melissa Bourbon, V.M. Burns, May Dutta, Margaret Fenton, Victoria Gilbert, Debra Goldstein, Greg Herren, J.K. Kennedy, Diane Kelly, Bobby Mathews, Charles Salzberg, S.C. Merritt, J. Michael Orenduff, Christopher Swann, C. Matthew Smith and Michael Wiley.

Registration cost is $40 a person, the cost will include a catered lunch. Register now at the library or visit the library website to pay

by PayPal. The last day to register is Feb. 3.

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other.”

McConnell was installed as the new chamber chairperson taking the place of Sarah Sommerville.

Wetumpka Chamber of Commerce executive director Shellie Whitfield let those in attendance know Wetumpka has had a lot of success in the last two years and she plans for more to come.

“We have a lot going on in 2022,” Whitfield said. “We are putting up a community calendar on our website so you can keep up. We’re adding coffees out in the community. We are having a new member breakfast every other month. We’re adding lunch and learns with panels of experts. In February we will start the Lose to Win fitness challenge partnering with Creed Gym.” McConnell hopes businesses and individuals see the advantages of belonging to the chamber of commerce.

“The chamber sees you as a partner and we hope you see us as a partner,” McConnell said. “We hope we can be a resource for you and help make you successful and to grow.”

But the chamber is only as strong as its members, according to McConnell.

“The chamber can only do so much,” McConnell said. “We can plan events and get them on the calendar, but it’s the members and businesses that need to take advantage of that so we can all be successful.

If today is any indication of how this year will go, I think we will have a successful year.”

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relationship between the victim and the perpetrator.

Winston’s family was upset last week and wanted answers. His family reached out to The Herald shortly before a press release from CrimeStoppers showed photos of a person wanted for questioning.

“Officers came and informed our mother, that’s it. We haven’t heard from them again,” said Collier.

They believed race played a role in the lack of an arrest and indicated they would investigate the murder themselves if police wouldn’t.

“If it was a little white kid there would be someone arrested already,”

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“It is evident that Mr. Futral has honed his leadership skills for the betterment of the students, staff and the school overall,” AASSP and CLAS Executive Director Dr. Vic Wilson said. “I’m pleased that Mr. Futral’s accomplishments can be recognized and celebrated with this award.”

Futral was chosen from three district finalists. The finalists interviewed with a panel of judges at the AASSP/AAMSP Fall Conference in November where the winner was determined.

said Collier. “If police aren’t going to do something, we are going to investigate it.”

Last Friday afternoon, Benton said the investigators were “working on the case as we speak” and that they already had some leads.

“We have some leads, I feel good about it,” said Benton.

The Wetumpka Police Department released video frames from gas station security footage of a white Ford Crown Victoria and a black Ford Ranger. They also released two photos of a white man wanted for questioning. According to a CrimeStoppers release last Tuesday afternoon, the man originally wanted had been identified and is no longer a person of interest in the shooting death of Winston.

“The scene was turned over to the

The other finalists were Terina Gantt of Demopolis High School in Demopolis City Schools and Seth Taylor of Pleasant Valley High School in Calhoun County Schools. An overall winner will be chosen from the High School and Middle School Principals of the Year and will be recognized as Alabama’s Principal of the Year.

Futral has served a total of 15 years in education with the last seven years in administration. He earned a bachelor’s degree from Huntingdon College in 2007. In 2014, he received a master’s degree in Instructional Leadership from Au-

Wetumpka Criminal Investigations Division. Wetumpka C.I.D. Detectives processed the scene for evidence and are following up on several leads at this time,” the police department said in a statement. “We want the citizens of Wetumpka to understand, we will not rest until we bring the perpetrators responsible for this loss of life and reckless behavior to justice.”

As of Tuesday morning, no arrests had been made.

If you have any information regarding the fatal shooting, please immediately call the Wetumpka Police at 334567-5321 or CrimeStoppers using the 24-hour tip line at 215-STOP (7867) or 1-833-AL1-STOP. Managing Editor Kaitlin Fleming contributed to this article.

burn University.

American Fidelity Assurance sponsors this award annually and Interior Elements grants an office makeover to the winner.

The Alabama High School Principal of the Year Award is sponsored by the Alabama Association of Secondary School Principals and American Fidelity Assurance. Futral will be recognized at the Awards Luncheon during the CLAS Convention on June 14, 2022, at the BJCC in Birmingham. The CLAS Convention is the largest gathering of school leaders in the state of Alabama. He will also be recognized at

the AASSP/AAMSP Fall Conference in November 2022.

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Groundhog Day Happy Groundhog Day. It is an ironic juxtaposition that the State of the Union address by the president and Groundhog Day occur on the same day. One involves a meaningless ritual in which a doddering octogenarian who is as outdated as the State of the Union event stumbles through some scripted predictions.

The other involves an outdated mythical tradition celebrating a prediction by a rodent. Both prognostications by Biden and the Groundhog are insignificant and irrelevant.

Our marquee race for 2022 in the State of Alabama is the race to replace our retiring U.S. Senator, Richard Shelby. Before I delve into the rivalry to follow Shelby and sit in his seat, allow me to say that his junior counterpart in our current Senate tandem, Coach Tommy Tuberville, is doing a good job after his first year as our junior U. S. Senator. There was some speculation regarding his effectiveness given his lack of governmental experience.

Tuberville has put together an excellent staff. He did a good day’s work when he secured Stephen Boyd as his Chief of Staff. Tuberville and his staff are doing an excellent job with constituent service, which is an integral part of a senator’s job when you want to be an effective senator for your state.

Tuberville’s staff is especially interested in helping veterans in Alabama. He has a full-time staff member, who is assigned to helping Alabama veterans get their deserved benefits for their service to our country. You could tell Tuberville was driven to making sure that military veterans and current service men and women were taken care

of when he was running. His father was a career military man and Tuberville revered him. Coach Tuberville has not sought the spotlight and tried to become a Fox News darling and be a right wing ideologue.

He has taken on a workhorse mentality and has voted consistently conservative and been a team player within the GOP Senate caucus. Tuberville realizes that he will never be a Richard Shelby because he got there later in life after his career as a college football coach. He has learned that seniority counts. Arriving in the U. S. Senate at age 66 is not conducive to being a senate giant. Seniority is king in Washington. Tuberville also understands the importance that defense spending and agriculture are to Alabama.

He is applying himself to protecting these two vital concerns as any senator from Alabama should strive to accomplish.

It is all about seniority in the U.S. Senate. It will be at least 15 years before anybody we elect to this senate seat has any real power to bring home the bacon. Katie Britt is 38 and Mo Brooks is 68. You can do the math as to which one has the potential to be effective for Alabama and build seniority and power. Katie Britt not only has the youthfulness to gain seniority, but she also possesses the ability, acumen, and more importantly she wants to be an effective senator for Alabama and protect our military bases and jobs.

Mo Brooks has shown over his 40-year political career and more recently his 10-year congressional tenure that he does not want to be effective for Alabama. He is more

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STEVE FLOWERS Columnist interested in bomb throwing than doing anything for his district or Alabama. Brooks could not be effective, even if he wanted to. He will be 69 and the Republican leadership would dismiss him as a rightwing gadfly and an old one at that.

The wildcard in the Senate race is one Mike Durant. He came out of the blue three months ago and has bombarded the airwaves with a constant saturation of television ads.

He has run a total media campaign with no one-on-one campaigning.

Few people have ever met him.

He is like a stealth candidate, who only appears on your television as a POW war hero. Durant, who hails from New Hampshire, is primarily self-funding his campaign. However, he is also being financed by a PAC headed by a wealthy donor Harriman, who wants to elect five independent non-partisan senators in the mold of Mitt Romney of Utah and Susan Collins of Maine, which would put Durant in a small group of liberal Democrats and Republicans. Durant may also be torpedoed by a family situation that has come to light recently.

The U.S. Senate race is fluid at this time with most people undecided on their choice. It will be interesting to watch.

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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he pandemic has definitely given us more time to listen to music.

As I told a music class recently – filled wall to wall with guys who didn’t sign up for choir and don’t want to be in there (it’s an every-semester thing; part of the gig is having to win them over, which works more often than not) – NOBODY hates music. Everyone loves it. We may not like a certain style or genre, but we appreciate the stuff we like. And according to Billboard magazine, the official journal for music sales and radio airplay, we are consuming more of it than ever.

Over the past one hundred years, we have evolved from having to create music on our own, to attending in-person concerts by musicians at a town gazebo or concert venue, to listening to music on the radio, to purchasing a physical product like a 78, 45, or 33 1/3 record. And then, the reel-to-reel tape, the 8-track cartridge, the cassette tape, the compact disc. And finally, digital downloads and streaming to our phones.

In just the last century, we have gone from having to find music to music finding us. Isn’t that wonderful?

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Billboard crunched the numbers for 2021 and found that the biggest winners of 2021 were Morgan Wallen, Adele, and catalog albums on vinyl.

Vinyl records became the leading format this year for the first time since 1991. CD’s sold 40 million, while there were 41 million records sold.

The last time that many records were sold was in 1991, 31 years ago – that is just astounding that the format has resurrected itself so successfully.

Morgan Wallen started off the year apologizing for some racist comments and appearing as the musical guest on Saturday Night Live. The country bad boy sold 3.2 million records in 2021 and led the pack of best sellers.

Pop singer Adele sold 839,000 copies in her first week on the market with the LP, “30,” and is well on her way to reaching new sales goals. She also made history as the first female artist to have an album spend ten con-

secutive years on the charts. That album, “21,” was released a decade ago and its singles are still heard in rotation on radio.

K-Pop was big in 2021. BTS had so many hits around the world, there probably aren’t enough numerals to count the views on their YouTube channel and social media channels.

They did have one English-language song on the radio this year, but most of their music is in their native South Korean tongue.

There were 988 billion streams of music this year. That’s huge, but dig a little deeper and find that current music – songs created in the past eighteen months – actually went down in popularity this year, while the old stuff grew 69 percent.

Five percent of the music streamed in 2021 was created in 2020 or 2021.

A whopping 95 percent was from what Billboard calls the ‘catalog’, which is music created in the 2010s, 2000s, 1990s, 1980s, and even before.

Like I told the class the other day: music is more available today than it’s ever been. So, when Apple Music, Spotify, or Pandora recommends something, give it a try. You might actually like something you’ve never heard before.

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County BOE to ask for property tax increase

By Cliff Williams Staff Writer With anticipation of growth and to stay competitive in keeping and recruiting teachers, the Elmore County Board of Education is seeking a seven-mills more of ad valorem tax.

Elmore County superintendent Richard Dennis will make a presentation at Monday’s Elmore County Commission to lay out the school system’s plan to use the additional revenue.

“We are continuing to see enrollment increase here in Elmore County,” Dennis told the board at a special called meeting Monday. “I think everyone who lives in Elmore County can follow the traffic and see we are continuing to grow — not only with the homes but also with the business, and the student population is following.”

Currently 10-mills of ad valorem is assessed on property in Elmore County for education. One-mill will soon expire.

Dennis is asking for eight-mills meaning the total for education would be 17-mills.

“We believe in the future we are going to need more funding to achieve and be competitive with systems out there,” Dennis said. “In this case there are systems around us that have gone for additional funding and we would like to pursue that as well.”

School systems in Montgomery County and Pike Road have passed property tax increases to help schools.

Like Pike Road, Elmore County is seeing growth and its showing in student enrollment. Dennis said Elmore County Schools have been nearly 100 students per year.

“Not only is our number increasing from October to October but over the course of the

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Elmore County Schools superintendent Richard Dennis speaks to members of the Elmore County Board of Education about a proposed property tax increase.

year we are seeing an influx of students into Elmore County that is going above that number,” Dennis said. “We will end the year at a higher number. Right now we are about 40 students up since October. We are continuously enrolling over the year.

That has been our trend over the last few years and continues to increase.”

The evidence of growth is everywhere. New businesses and housing developments especially in Eclectic, Holtville and Redland; and Dennis said Elmore County Schools need to be prepared to match the growth.

“I was just in Eclectic [Monday],” Dennis said. “You have housing subdivisions getting ready to put a plat in. We want to be on a financial foundation that when the time comes, we

do have the revenue to take it to those developments.”

The anticipated growth would not need more teachers and staff to cover increased student population but more programs and facilities.

“Athletics, that is a small part of your student body,” Dennis said. “It would be fine arts, athletic venues and additional school structures to help us in areas where we know growth is already taking place.”

Just because the board of education passed a resolution seeking the ad valorem increase doesn’t mean a vote by the county commission makes the additional funding come. If the county commission supports the measure, a request would be made of the Alabama legislature to set a special election for the

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Dennis said he hopes a special election would occur in early 2023 with the first collection of a passed increase starting Oct. 1, 2024. Any increase would be shared with Tallassee City Schools based on student population.

Dennis said Elmore County Schools will have to educate the public on what the increase is for. He also believes the system has a track record to using taxpayers money wisely.

“We have overhauled and attacked all financial areas in the school system as far as trying to be efficient as possible, to make the best decisions as far as finances are concerned,” Dennis said. “We have gone from 1.4 months in operating costs in reserve to 2.5 while at sametime

attacking many of those problems that we had with infrastructure, safety issues and maintenance items that we were able to focus on.”

Dennis said recent funding through the American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) has strings but has freed up some funds. While ARPA has helped it’s only temporary and will disappear in two years.

“In preparation for that we have been evaluating our finances, looking at growth we are experiencing and discussing our long term approach to where we should be at,” Dennis said.

At Monday’s commission meeting Dennis will put many of the plans for the extra revenue on the table.

“We are going to provide the county commission a capital plan that we would pursue programs,” Dennis said. “They would be the programs we are pursuing currently which include co-curricular activities, STEM programing, even programs like college readiness programs.”

One and half mils of the proposed eight-mils would go to the programing and the remainder would be obligated to capital outlay.

Board members were happy to unanimously pass the resolution to go to the commission.

“Glad to hear it,” board member Brian Ward said. “We have been talking about it a long time.”

Dennis said it will take everyone to help educate the public what the increased ad valorem would allow Elmore County Schools to do.

“I understand it is going to be an uphill climb and we are going to have to work together,” Dennis said. “I feel this is necessary to put us in a competitive position.”

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We are located at 255 Central Plank Road, Wetumpka, AL, 36092, our phone number is 334-567-3377 and our website is www.elmorehumane.org for more information.

Hampton is a most unique looking boy, breed mix is really a mystery so just calling him a hound mix for lack of a better idea. He is a tall fella, about 9 months old, around 60 lbs. He was very shy at first but time and treats brought him around.

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Like all of the Shelters in the River Region, we are an Open-Admission Shelter meaning we take them all from our own counties (bite cases being the exception under AL Rabies Laws) – the nice ones, dangerous, sick, injured, young, old, etc. Prior to COVID all of us basically lived in a constant state of barely controlled chaos & complete reactionary mode.

We had no clue when & what the public would show up with, or what they were looking for until they walked in the door. And, like everyone in retail will attest to – either no one was here, or everyone showed up at the very same time. As non-profits none of us have huge staffs just sitting with nothing to do. There is a non-ending litany of tasks every single day in an animal shelter – vaccinations, medications, behavior evaluations, photos, cleaning, feeding, getting them ready and sending for spay/neuter surgeries, settling in the animals coming in via citizens and Animal Control Officers, working with adopters to meet potential best friends, matching up lost and found reports, restocking supplies and on and on and on.

When COVID forced us all to adjust so that we could stay operational, we ALL found that going to an appointment system finally put some sanity into our daily operations. With intake and adoption appointments we can look at the schedule at the beginning of the day and have a 75% idea of what is on tap for that day and plan accordingly. We all still have people who do show up to surrender an animal they found or cannot keep and fit those in accordingly. We all still add appointments same day as we are able, but since those are not the majority we can adjust much more easily.

Knowing what is coming in helps us have the appropriate space be prepared – a litter of nine puppies has an entirely different need than a 95-pound Great

Pyrenees and by knowing what is coming we can be ready instead of scrambling to find the right spot. We can also work to keep dangerous animals from coming at the same time a family with children is also walking across the parking lot. We take in more dangerous animals than most realize and getting them safely and quickly moved into the kennels is our priority for that appointment. Animal Control Officers cannot schedule with us as they are reacting to calls from the public, so we are working their animals in as well.

As for adoptions – doing the Adoption Application FIRST helps us help the adopter find a pet that will be a success for both pet and people alike.

The application helps us see what their wants and limitations are, so we don’t make a bad match. If someone wants a dog but also has a cat, then we might have to first check the dog they are interested in to make sure it is actually safe with cats – sometimes they are not and then we can see if another dog might be a potential good fit. This process can also save people wasted trips to the Shelter as reality is about 75% of people contacting us for dogs want a small dog. But small dogs are generally less than 10% of our population and right now we just do not have any small dogs for adoption. Same can go with puppies as we might not have any or we might not have kittens in the winter. Sadly, the one thing we ALWAYS have are large, adult dogs looking for homes – ALWAYS! If you don’t know – this system does require us to all to keep our pets posted on sites like www.petfinder.com or www.adoptapet.com and there you can search and see what pets we all have for adoption. These listings change constantly as we all add new pets and take off those that have been adopted but this is how you can easily see what we all have for adoption. You can also go to our website at www.elmorehumane.org to do a WISH LIST Application and tell us what you are looking for so we can be on the lookout.

Across the country, most Shelters are staying with some variation of an appointment system as, undoubtedly, they learned what we did – it improves our ability to care for our animals, keep everyone safe and helps us help the public. Please work with us and you will find that it is not as burdensome as you may think – just call us at 334-567-3377 or email hselco@ bellsouth.net for any questions.

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By Cliff Williams Staff Writer Tallassee Mayor John Hammock has filed for divorce following a domestic violence strangulation charge against him in Baldwin County claiming he is a victim.

Hammock’s wife Kimberly was served divorce papers by a bailiff just before a hearing for a protection for abuse (PFA) she filed following an incident in Orange Beach that left her bruised, with a broken tooth and unconscious from an alleged “beating” by John.

Circuit Court Judge Sibley Reynolds now finds himself in the middle of allegations of months of harmful conduct between the Tallassee mayor and first lady.

“We have very significant evidence including videos of a destroyed house, a video of this lady putting a gun to her head and threatening to kill herself,” John’s attorney Kendrick James told HAMMOCK Reynolds.

James alleged Kim had chased John around their Tallassee home with knives and damaging the tires of John’s truck. James said in December John went to the Tallassee Police Department after an attack

by Kim “scratched up.”

James said John has text messages from Kim with photographs of parts of a gun.

“It says to the effect, ‘I will do it now,’” James said. “...We can prove she has chased him with guns and knives. This has harmed his reputation and affected his run for office.”

James alleged Kim has a number of issues.

“She has a severe alcohol problem,” James said. “She drinks constantly. She went to rehab in 2018. She has ripped pictures off the walls, smashed computers. She has threatened to kill herself.”

James said there are videos of some of the incidents in the home on the couple’s Google Nest

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Judge Sibley Reynolds speaks to Tallassee Mayor John Hammock and his wife Kim and their attorneys during a hearing Monday. Hammock faces domestic violence charges in Baldwin County and has sought a divorce.

system. James tried to get Reynolds to watch one video John had. According to court records, James had also subpoenaed four Tallassee Police Department officers for the hearing. The police officers were never called.

James argued the order from Reynolds was unnecessary as more stringent conditions were placed on John as conditions of bond in Baldwin County.

“Everything in place in the PFA is already in place in the criminal case and more,” James said. “You would not order an ankle monitor, but he is wearing one now so they know where he is at all times.”

Kim’s attorney Clyde B a i l e y a rg u e d J o h n should have done something long before the Orange Beach incident if John felt threatened.

“Through all these allegations, he did nothing,” Bailey said. “They lived together as husband and wife. He wasn’t afraid of her. He didn’t file anything for protection from her.”

Bailey said the reason for Monday’s PFA hearing was clear and the circumstances surrounding the request are from the Orange Beach incident.

“He absolutely attacked her. He hit her hard enough to break a tooth. He broke a molar, that isn’t easy to break.

Beat her, she was badly bruised. He didn’t just put

his hands around her — choked her out — choked until she passed out. She wakes up in the floor.

He threatened to kill her while he choked her.”

While John was in the Baldwin County Jail, James said Kim wouldn’t answer John’s calls to help establish an address for conditions to be released on bond.

“While he is in jail not able to make bond, she goes and changes the locks on all the doors and changes the passwords on all their accounts including the Google Nest account that has the videos on it.”

James said newspaper headlines would read, “Abuse order upheld.”

James argued leaving the order in place would be prejudicial to John.

“There is going to be some inference he has done something wrong because it’s still in place,” James said.

Reynolds said until a final hearing or trial, law requires him to leave the PFA order in place.

“If she says she is scared of you, that is sufficient for this court to enter the order,” Reynolds said.

“There is no inference drawn from that because we have not had a trial where testimony was taken. I can’t make it both ways. I’m specially prohibited from making it both ways.”

Reynolds said he didn’t understand why John

stayed in the home so long.

“I’m wondering why would you stay together if there is gunplay, knife play, attacks,” Reynolds said. “Why wouldn’t he just get away? “ James reminded Reynolds John filed the divorce.

“Yes, not that he stayed in jail five days,” Reynolds said.

Reynolds ordered Kim to give John access to the Google Nest and is also permitting John one hour to retrieve personal belongings.

“Clothes and personal items mean clothes and tooth brush and hair spray,” Reynolds said.

“Don’t mess with anything else.”

Reynolds reminded John of the conditions of the PFA. “Leave her alone means this,” Reynolds said.

“Don’t call, don’t write, don’t text, don’t think about, don’t drive by, don’t wave, no smoke signals no nothing. Do not breathe the same air.”

And Reynolds reminded John of the consequences for violating the PFA order.

“The only way I have of enforcing that is if I find out there has been a violation of that order, I will send Elmore County sheriffs,” Reynolds said.

“They will package you up and bring you to jail and just keep you. There is no bond for that.”

CACC scholarship application deadline approaching

By Cliff Williams Staff Writer Central Alabama Community College has scholarships available and the deadline to apply is Feb. 15.

CACC director of financial aid Stephanie Miller said scholarships are available throughout all of the college’s campuses and courses of study.

We have academic scholarships,” Miller said. “There are career technical scholarships. It is open to anyone going into any of career tech programs. We also have the ambassador scholarship which is really our most prestigious scholarships. It is open to any of our students.”

The process is streamlined and does not require much time.

“There is only one application to apply for all of our institutional scholarships with the exception of athletics,” Miller said. “The application is online and can be found on our website.”

To find the application for scholarships got cacc.edu and look for the

financial aid tab. From there select scholarships.

To apply for any scholarship, Miller said two other forms need to be completed. One is to FAFSA 2022/2023 application and the other is make an application for admission to CACC by the Feb. 15 deadline.

The scholarships are available to current high school students, current CACC students or anyone wanting to enroll at CACC no matter how long they have been away from school.

“We look at several factors and it goes before the scholarship committee that reviews all of our applications,” Miller said. “We score scholarships based on a variety of factors. We don’t require an ACT score for the scholarship, however we do require a GPA through the junior year on a 4.0 scale.”

Without filling out the three forms, no scholarship will be considered.

“They have to all those to be considered for a scholarship,” Miller said.

“They may not have to have a complete application for enrollment but

they do have to make an application. A high school senior will not have their final transcript.”

Miller said ambassador scholarships require a short essay, answering a few questions and an interview.

For students seeking financial aid beyond scholarships CACC is hosting FAFSA Fat Tuesday Filing Events at its campuses.

Feb. 1 will be at the Childersburg campus. Feb. 8 at Pratts Mill in Prattville. Feb. 15 at Talladega and March 1 at Alexander City.

“Obviously someone who is going to apply for scholarships [in Alexander City] would need to file that earlier,” Miller said.

Benjamin Russell students do not need to forget they are eligible for a separate scholarship.

“They are eligible for the Gateway scholarship,” Miller said. “It is through the Alexander City Chamber of Commerce. They have to fill out the FAFSA, scholarship and the Gateway application.”

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“David was away from family and friends,” I said. “But he wasn’t alone. Why?” A freckle-faced angel named Denise spoke up: “He had the sheeps!”

Of course she was correct. But what I wished to communicate was that in his solitude David communed with God. He began

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to see his care of the sheep as a picture of God’s care for his people. David recorded his thoughts, many of which we read in the book of Psalms.

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Another well-known word is verse 4: “Though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, thou art with me.” The CSB renders this the “darkest valley.” And most of us have been there.

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And personal moral crisis is another dark valley. We encounter something we know is hurtful and wrong, but we deliberately choose to go that way. We disappoint ourselves, our family and our God. David knew that the Good Shepherd isn’t a fair-weather one. He promises not to forsake us in the darkest valley. He has a rod to ward off evil, and a staff to rescue his sheep from places of danger. We are not alone in the difficulties of life.

Reflections is a weekly devotional feature written by Michael J. Brooks, pastor of the Siluria Baptist Church, Alabaster, Alabama. The church’s website is siluriabaptist.com.

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Stephenson scores 28 to lead Elmore County boys past Holtville

By Dalton Middleton Sports Editor

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Payton Stephenson shoots a 3-point-basket during an AHSAA basketball game between Holtville and Elmore County at Elmore County High School in Eclectic on Monday, Jan. 31, 2022. Elmore County won the game 68-61.

When Elmore County’s Payton Stephenson wanted to score on Monday night, there was nobody on Holtville’s team who could stop the junior point guard.

Stephenson, who is averaging nearly 25 points per game this year, scored 28 points as the Elmore County boys beat Holtville, 6864, in an AHSAA Class 5A, Area 6 matchup.

The win puts Elmore County in a tie for first place with Marbury. Since the two teams split their season series and are both 5-1 in area play, a coin flip was held on Tuesday morning to determine which team will host the area tournament.

“The win for the boys is huge,” coach Rodney Taylor said. “We had to win this one to

even have a chance to host the tournament.

We gave ourselves a chance at a coin toss and that’s all I could ask for tonight.”

Stephenson’s big night started as early as three minutes into the first quarter. With Holtville leading 7-2, Elmore County called a timeout to stop the Bulldogs’ run.

Out of the timeout, Stephenson scored his first two points on a layup, then added a putback layup and a 3-pointer as Elmore County used a 14-0 run to take control of the game and go up 16-7.

The Panthers led, 16-9, at the end of the first quarter with Stephenson scoring seven of the 16 points.

“Payton is a great player and he’s hard to guard,” Taylor said. “The other night he scored 35 against Holtville. Sometimes you play the match-ups and Holtville does a really good

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Tallassee senior infield and pitcher Chloe Davidson signed her National Letter of Intent to play college softball at Faulkner University on January 7.

By DALTON MIDDLETON Sports Editor The Edgewood boys basketball team is playing its best basketball at the right time.

Edgewood Academy, which sports a 1016 overall record this year, has won five of its last seven games as it enters the AISA Class AA playoffs.

Edgewood Academy, the No. 2 seed out of Area 2, will host Area 1’s No. 3 seed Lakeside School on Thursday at 5:30 p.m.

The winner of the game will advance to the AISA Elite Eight tournament next week.

“We preached all year that our schedule at the beginning of the year was going to be tough, especially coming in with such an inexperienced team,” coach Darryl Free said. “We just wanted to stay focused and get to area and hoped it would pay off. So far, it’s started to pay off. We’ve started to play some better basketball as of late.”

Edgewood Academy only returned one starter from its team a year ago, junior point guard Austin Champion. So as the season got started, the Wildcats found themselves with no experience and a brutal schedule.

job and they play hard, but the reality is that they don’t have anybody who can guard him.”

Stephenson added four points in the second quarter and Elmore County led, 27-19, at the half.

Holtville was able to cut the lead to six or seven points multiple times throughout the third quarter, but every time they did, Stephenson had an answer. Stephenson scored 10 points in the third quarter alone, off two 3-pointers, a layup and two free throws.

Each one of his field goals and his two free throws came right after a Holtville bucket to cut into the lead.

“It’s just a mental switch that flips when it comes to Holtville,” Stephenson said. “It’s a county rival and I’ve always hated them. I just

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Wetumpka sophomore Kurtis Schuyler participated in his first powerlifting competition on January 8. In that competition, he set four state and national records in the junior men’s division.

Wetumpka’s Kurtis Schuyler sets four state, national powerlifting records

By DALTON MIDDLETON Sports Editor Wetumpka sophomore Kurtis Schuyler has always been naturally stronger than kids his age, but it wasn’t until about two and a half years ago when he decided to make the most of his strength.

Schuyler was surfing YouTube one day when he ran across four-time World’s Strongest Man winner Brian Shaw. He started to get interested in the pure strength of Shaw, and decided he wanted to be like him.

As Schuyler dove deeper into lifting weights and strongman competitions, he ran across other lifters such as Eddie Hall and Thor Bjornsson. Following that, he started following powerlifting.

He then decided that he didn’t want to be as big as the strongmen were, but he wanted to be strong. So he got into powerlifting. And his first powerlifting competition on January 8th did not disappoint.

On Jan. 8, Schuyler participated in his first United States Powerlifting Association (USPA) event held in Tuscaloosa.

There, he broke four state and nation-

al records for the junior men’s division (ages 13-15). He set records for squat (479.50 pounds), bench press (319.70 pounds), deadlift (551.20 pounds) and total weight (1,350.30 pounds).

“That was the best day ever,” Schuyler said of his first event. “I went into there with the mindset that I wanted every record and I would accept nothing less. I got it. …

I’m thankful that the Lord has given me the strength and the ability to do that. And I’m thankful for parents who will take me to the gym and transport me and the equipment I’m able to work out with. And also, it’s a very rewarding feeling because you’re See POWERLIFTING, Page B2

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Edgewood Academy’s Austin Champion goes up for a layup. Champion, a junior point guard, leads the Wildcats in scoring this year and is averaging 16.3 points per game.

Kurtis Schuyler squats 479.50 pounds during a powerlifting competition on January 8. His squad set both a state and national record in the junior men’s division.

Tallassee’s Chloe Davidson signs NLI with Faulkner softball

By DALTON MIDDLETON Sports Editor Tallassee’s Chloe Davidson has already made her mark on the high school softball scene, and now she will continue to do so at the college level.

Davidson, a senior infielder and pitcher, fulfilled her dream of playing college softball and signed a National Letter of Intent to play softball at Faulkner University on Jan. 7.

“It seems surreal,” Davidson said. “I’ve always dreamed of playing college softball. Words cannot express how excited I am to continue my softball career at the next level.”

The recruiting process was both easy and relaxed, Davidson said. She first got into contact with the Faulkner program when she attended a workout there last July.

She impressed the coaching staff during the workout, and communication came shortly after.

An offer followed shortly after that, and she committed to play for the Lady Eagles’ program in the middle of November.

“The opportunity of playing at a fouryear university was intriguing,” Davidson said. “When I toured the school, the family atmosphere helped with my decision.

I also developed a close relationship with Coach (Hal) Wynn.

Davidson is being recruited as both a pitcher and an infielder, but she said she will play whatever position the team needs her to be successful.

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The hits keep coming for Auburn football S ince I have been old enough to remember, Auburn has fielded a really good football team and a really awful basketball team. There have been moments when the two crossed over, but for the most part they resided on opposite ends of the spectrum. The football program has only had eight losing seasons since 1981. The basketball program has had 19 losing or non-winning seasons since 1981.

It would appear this dynamic no longer applies in the Loveliest

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Columnist Village. Bruce Pearl has not only brought respectability to the Auburn basketball program, but he’s building a winning tradition. Now that Pearl has extended his contract for presumably the rest of his career and been generously

compensated, the expectation is for the Tigers to be a perennial contender for the foreseeable future. There is ample evidence that expectation will be a reality and that is a wonderful development. I applaud Allen Greene and the Auburn administration for being proactive securing their greatest asset and rewarding a well deserving coach. That’s one side of the coin.

Ideally, I would love for both programs to compete at the highest level and the basketball program rising from the ashes is a

great step in that direction. I certainly don’t want football to start descending just as basketball is ascending. However, the other side of the coin isn’t looking so shiny at the moment. One of those eight losing seasons was last year under first-year head coach Bryan Harsin. That’s not the worst thing in the world during a transitional season, but it seems like every day there’s one bad development after another. I’ve tried to be as positive as possible and I’m not ready to hit the panic but-

ton quite yet, but even I have my limits. Harsin hired Seattle Seahawks QB coach Austin Davis as the new OC to replace Mike Bobo who he fired at the end of the season. Davis resigned Monday after only two weeks on the job.

Apparently, he is going through some personal issues and is stepping away from football altogether for the time being. I feel bad for the guy and no one is blaming Harsin for Davis’s problems, See AUBURN, Page B2

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but it’s time to start questioning Harsin’s judgment when it comes to hiring his staff. Lots of turnover with assistant coaches when you’re winning means very little. Lots of turnover when you’re losing means a whole lot. A couple more promising young players hit the transfer portal last week as well bringing the total to near 20. Again, I think Harsin deserves time to figure things out, but he better start figuring things

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out a little more quickly for his own sake.

The basketball program has finally risen to the level I’ve always wanted.

Butch Thompson has the baseball program contending nearly every year. The softball program is poised to have a good year. Gymnastics is on the rise.

Equestrian is the dominant program in the country. The last thing we need is for football to plunge into the toilet. I wonder if Coach Pearl knows anything about the gridiron.

Maybe he could just pull double duty.

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working for years for that moment.”

For the first year and a half of Schuyler powerlifting, he wasn’t looking at breaking records. He just wanted to be strong, for himself and for football and baseball, so he kept lifting weights.

As he continued lifting, he realized he was pretty good at it. So he kept doing it. And he started training harder and longer. Whenever he wasn’t at practice, the lake, church or school, he was in the gym.

As he kept lifting and kept getting stronger, Schuyler decided to start taking it seriously. So he started looking at competitions, then a year ago he started looking at records. And he set out to break those records.

A year go, Schuyler was bench pressing right at 300 pounds without pausing, squatting 400 pounds with-

out good depth and wearing knee wraps, and deadlifting 430 pounds with straps.

His biggest jump came in deadlift, and he improved over 120 pounds without using straps. He fixed his form and jumped a mental hurdle that he had after watching his gym partner pull a muscle in his back while deadlifting.

“It was really a mental thing above everything else.

Before I made the big jump, I did get worried about hurting myself once I got over 400 pounds. As I watched more powerlifters pull 100s and 100s of pounds. I was like ‘That’s ridiculous. These guys are so strong.’ So it was just a mental thing. I told myself to just put more weight on there and pick it up.”

The thing about powerlifting is that you can always get stronger and continue to add weights. So Schuyler can look at his national records that he set and if he’s unhappy with one, can decide to compete and try to set a high-

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She was successful in both roles last season, as she helped the Tallassee softball team to a 25-14 overall record and a deep playoff run that included a thrilling walk-off win over Brewbaker Tech in the Tuscaloosa regional.

For her play last year in both the circle and at the plate, she was named to the All-Elmore County softball team. Now she wants to continue improving on her

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Edgewood won its season opener, then went on to drop seven of their next eight games. On January 11, Free’s team was sitting with a 5-14 record and had four-straight area games in front of them.

They reeled off three of four wins during that stretch to se-

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That’s one of Schuyler’s favorite parts of the gym. He loves that he’s always competing against himself and he can always be better.

Now moving forward, Schuyler has the chance to continue lifting in competitions. With his performance in Tuscaloosa, he qualified to compete at a national event in both Oklahoma or Moscow, Russia, later this year.

The Oklahoma competition is in November, and Schuyler said that is the timeframe he is looking at for his next competition.

That gives him a few months to enjoy other sports.

Schuyler is currently on Wetumpka’s baseball team, and the Indians are set to begin their season later this month.

Following the high school baseball season, Schuyler will play for the East Coast Sox travel baseball team.

He won’t stop lifting during baseball season, but his main focus won’t be to bulk up

abilities and bring a strong versatility of skills to Falkner.

“I plan to bring a strong work ethic, a good glove, a strong bat, and an eagerness to continue to improve in the circle,” Davidson said.

Falkner has had a very successful softball program over the last few years, and that’s a testament to coach Wynn. Wynn has been the head coach of the Lady Eagles for the last 30 years since its inaugural season in 1992.

Under Wynn, Faulkner has posted winning records in 11 of the last 18 sea-

cure the No. 2 seed in the area, with the only loss coming to No. 1 seed Autauga Academy.

Despite the loss 15-point loss to Autauga, Edgewood was leading that game by three points heading into the fourth quarter. And it was a big improvement from the two team’s first matchup, when Autauga beat Edgewood by 40 points.

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Wynn led the Lady Eagles to the NAIA World Series for the first time in program history after winning its first Opening Round appearance under the new format in 2018. The team went 48-16 that season.

Last season, Faulkner went 31-16 with a 14-8 conference record.

locked in and staying focused throughout the year,” Free said. “We had to understand that our schedule was brutal. I would be willing to say one of, if not the most difficult in our association.

Once we got into our area, it was just to play our game and we were able to get some wins and build some confidence. Once we were able to get some confidence, things started to turn around a little bit.”

One of the biggest keys to finding success late in the season was finding additional scorers to help complement Champion.

Champion leads the Wildcats in scoring with 16.3 points per game this year. He’s the only player in double digits, but junior Cooper Hall is pretty close.

Hall is averaging 9.8 ppg, and he’s just gotten better and better over the course of the year. During the last seven games when Edgewood has gotten hot, he has scored 15 points or more in four of them.

He scored a career-high 24 points in a win over Cornerstone Christian on Jan. 25.

“Cooper Hall has been a real emergence as one of our post players,” Free said. “He’s

been able to be a second threat with right about 10 ppg. He gives Austin a relief valve and makes it where Austin doesn’t have to score it all.”

Edgewood also gotten two minutes from two eighth graders - 6-foot-3 Brock Whitt and 6-foot-1 Thomas Justiss. Both have been starting since Christmas, and are averaging about 10 ppg and 7 rebounds per game together.

The matchup with Lakeside will not be the first time the two schools have met this year.

Edgewood hosted Lakeside on Dec. 17, and the Wildcats walked away with a 57-47 win in the game.

Lakeside, much like Edgewood, is a young team with some talented scorers. Sophomore guard Ileek Quinn leads the team with 20.8 ppg, while eighth grader Jayden Buckhannon adds 10.8 ppg.

“Lakeside is a lot like us,” Free said. “They’re a really young basketball team and they’ve got some pieces that can give us trouble. Their record doesn’t show their talent because they also play a hard schedule. We have to respect them and know what they’re capable of.”

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regular season in area play with the win. The Lady Panthers went 6-0 in area play and will host the area tournament.

On Monday night, the Lady Panthers used their defense to walk away with the decisive victory. Elmore County held Holtville to only one field goal in the first half and five total points as the Lady Panthers led, 30-5.

It didn’t get any closer as Elmore County pushed its lead out to 32 at the end of the third quarter and 41 by the final buzzer. Seanna O’Daniel scored 16 points to lead Elmore County.

“Coach Franklin has done a really good job with his girls, but we just pressured them,” Taylor said. “The other night we played at Holtville and we won, 50-30, but I was disappointed because we had 31 turnovers. Tonight, I thought we made the steals and we had just 15 turnovers. We made some shots and got some transition opportunities.”

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and increase weight. He will focus on maintaining his strength and adding endurance.

He thinks his weight totals will actually increase after baseball because the workouts he does during the season will add volume to him.

“The plan for now is to kind of just lift weights in the morning so the afternoon is freed up for baseball practice and to have a social life,” Schuyler said. “But I’ll be switching to like 70% of my max for six reps. It’s nothing hard, but it isn’t easy. If I’m training for volume and endurance now, if I mess up a lift, I can always try again.

Right now, I don’t have that because it’s not how I train.”

Following both the high school baseball season and travel ball season, Schuyler will get back to lifting heavy so he can be competition ready. His goal going forward is to lift in two competitions per year spread around the other sports he plays.

have to turn it on.”

Elmore County pushed its lead out to as much as 15 points in the fourth quarter, but Holtville put together one last run to make the game interesting.

Down 66-51 with just a few minutes left, Holtville got back into the game on a quick 8-0 run. Mikey Forney laid in a layup and John Williamson and Dalton Yarroch each hit a 3-pointer to make the score 66-59.

Down 68-61 after an Elmore County layup, Williamson added another layup and 3-pointer to cut the lead to only four points.

Holtville got the ball back with 14 seconds left, down 6864, but couldn’t make another shot to cut the lead any closer.

GIRLS: ELMORE COUNTY 61, HOLTVILLE 17

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Tuesday, February 2, is Groundhog Day. This is a fun holiday, or observance, in America and Canada. Tradition states that if the groundhog sees his shadow when he emerges from his home and is scared back into his dwelling, Winter will last for six more weeks. If he is not scared by his shadow, Spring is set to come. This holiday’s origins go back as far as the Roman Empire and began in North America around 1886. Soldiers in the Roman Legion would make the same prediction with a similar animal, the hedgehog. If the hedgehog cast a shadow, what the Romans called “the second Winter” would start. The most famous of the weather-predicting groundhogs lives in Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania, and goes by the name Punxsutawney Phil. His home, or burrow, in Pennsylvania is called Gobbler’s Knob. Phil was featured in the popular 1993 movie, Groundhog Day. There have been several other famous groundhogs that have “predicted” the weather over the years. Groundhogs do not actually predict the weather, but the day has become a fun way to shine light on learning more about the weather and a time for fun community events. What do you think he will predict this year? Will Spring come early, or will we have six more weeks of Winter?

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y Lot No. 27 according to the Map of Mercer Acres Addition No. 8 as shown by plat recorded in the Office of the Judge of Probate of Elmore County, Alabama in Plat Book 7, at page 94.

For informational purposes only, the property address is: 57 1st Pl, Wetumpka, AL 36092.

Any property address provided is not part of the legal description of the property sold herein and in the event of any discrepancy, the legal description referenced herein shall control.

This sale is made for the purpose of paying the indebtedness secured by said mortgage, as well as the expenses of foreclosure. Furthermore, the property to be offered pursuant to this notice of sale is being offered for sale, transfer and conveyance AS IS, WHERE IS. Neither the mortgagee, nor the officers, directors, attorneys, employees, agents or authorized representative of the mortgagee make any representation or warranty relating to the title or any physical, environmental, health or safety conditions existing in, on, at or relating to the property offered for sale.

Any and all responsibilities or liabilities arising out of or in any way relating to any such condition, including those suggested

by Code of Ala. (1975) § 35-4271, expressly are disclaimed.

This sale is subject to all prior liens and encumbrances and unpaid taxes and assessments including any transfer tax associated with the foreclosure. The successful bidder must tender a non-refundable deposit of Five Thousand Dollars and no/100 ($5,000.00) in certified or cash funds at the time and place of the sale. The balance of the purchase price must be paid in certified funds by close of business on the next business day thereafter at the Law Office of LOGS Legal Group LLP at the address indicated below. LOGS Legal Group LLP reserves the right to award the bid to the next highest bidder, or to reschedule the sale, should the highest bidder fail to timely tender the total amount due.

Alabama law gives some persons who have an interest in property the right to redeem the property under certain circumstances. Programs may also exist that help persons avoid or delay the foreclosure process.

An attorney should be consulted to help you understand these rights and programs as a part of the foreclosure process.

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Wetumpka Herald: Feb. 2, 9, 16 and 23, 2022 29-JU-2021-000238.01

MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE SALE Default having been made in the payment of the indebtedness secured by that certain mortgage executed on April 14, 2008 by Charles E. Findley, a married man, as his sole and separate property, originally in favor of Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc. as Nominee for Avelo Mortgage LLC dba Senderra Funding, and recorded in RLPY Book 2008 at Page 24492 on April 25, 2008, in the Office of the Judge of Probate of Elmore County, Alabama, and secured indebtedness having been transferred to Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.. LOGS Legal Group LLP, as counsel for Mortgagee or Transferee and under and by virtue of power of sale contained in the said mortgage will, on March 17, 2022, sell at public outcry to the highest bidder in front of the main entrance of the Elmore County, Alabama, Courthouse in the City of Wetumpka, during the legal hours of sale, the following real estate situated in Elmore County, Alabama, to wit:

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BY J&J TOWING 65 PIERCE RD. 2001 FORD EXPEDITION1FMPU18L71LA99435 2001 LEXUS ES- JT8BF28G815106509 2002 KIA SPECTRAKNAFB121235212581 Wetumpka Herald: Feb. 2 and 9, 2022 AV/01 FORD PUBLIC NOTICE NOTICE OF COMPLETION In accordance with the Code of Alabama 39-1-1(f), notice is hereby given by A & C Construction Company, Inc. that Public Works Proceed Order 2022 PW1-1 project associated with Bid Inquiry# 2022 PW-1 has been completed.

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p g y 20, 2009, said mortgage recorded in the Office of the Judge of MORTGAGE FORECLO- Probate of Elmore County, AlSURE SALE. Default having abama, in RLPY 2009 Page been made in the payment of 33848 being Modified in Book the indebtedness secured by 2016 Page 467 and further in that certain mortgage execut- Book 2016 Page 39556 and fured by William A. Turner, and ther in Book 2016 Page 39976; Rita N. Turner, husband and the undersigned MidFirst Bank, wife, originally in favor of Mort- as Mortgagee/Transferee, ungage Electronic Registration der and by virtue of the power Systems, Inc., as nominee for of sale contained in said mortCountrywide Home Loans, Inc., gage, will sell at public outcry on May 31, 2005, said mort- to the highest bidder for cash, JDJH UHFRUGHG LQ WKH 2I¿FH RI in front of the main entrance the Judge of Probate of Elmore of the Courthouse at WetumpCounty, Alabama, in RLPY 2005 ka, Elmore County, Alabama, Page 38865; the undersigned on February 17, 2022, during PennyMac Loan Services, LLC, the legal hours of sale, all of as Mortgagee/Transferee, un- its rights, title, and interest in der and by virtue of the power and to the following described of sale contained in said mort- real estate, situated in Elmore gage, will sell at public outcry County, Alabama, to-wit: Comto the highest bidder for cash, mence at the N.W. Corner of in front of the main entrance of the East 1/2 of the S.E. 1/4 of the Courthouse at Wetumpka, Section 11, Township 17 N, Elmore County, Alabama, on Range 19 E, Elmore County, AlMarch 17, 2022, during the le- abama. Thence run S 0 degrees gal hours of sale, all of its rights, 55 minutes 00 seconds East, a title, and interest in and to the distance of 1273.41 feet; thence following described real estate, South 89 degrees 05 minutes situated in Elmore County, Al- 00 seconds East, a distance of abama, to-wit: A parcel of land 583.56 feet to an Iron Pin Found ¿IW\ IHHW ZLGH LQ WKH VRXWK (12771) and the Point of Beginend of sub Lots 15, 16, and 17 ning; thence continue South 89 of original Lot 183 in West We- degrees 05 minutes 00 seconds tumpka, Alabama, said parcel East, a distance of 217.38 feet of land herein conveyed being to an Iron Pin Found (12771); more particularly described thence South 0 degrees 54 as follows: Beginning at the minutes 47 seconds West, a Southwest corner of sub Lot 17 distance of 133.54 feet to a rethence North along the Eastern bar found; thence N 89 degrees boundary of Alabama Street 50 05 minutes 00 seconds West, a feet, thence East approximately distance of 217.46 feet to a re182 feet to the East line of said bar found; thence N 0 degrees sub Lot 15, .thence South 50 56 minutes 51 seconds East, a feet along the East line of said distance of 133.54 feet to the sub Lot 15 to the Southeast cor- Point of Beginning. Said parcel ner of said sub Lot 15, thence of land is lying in the East 1/2 West approximately 182 feet of the S.E. 1/4 of Section 11, to the Point of Beginning; and Township 17 North, Range 19 being the South 50 feet of said East, Elmore County Alabama sub Lots 15, 16 and 17. - It is and contains 0.67 acres more intended to herein describe and or less. Also an easement being convey the same lands as those 20 feet in width for the right of described and conveyed in that ingress and egress and utilities, certain Warranty Deed from B. the centerline being herewith Otis Williams and wife, Mary G. described. Commence at the Williams to Prentiss Turner dat- S.E. corner of the above deed August 29, 1944, and record- scribed lot; thence run North 0 ed in Probate of Elmore County, degrees 54 minutes 47 seconds Alabama, in Deed Book R 59, East, a distance of 10.00 feet Page 61, whether the same to the centerline of said easeare herein correctly described ment; thence South 89 degrees or not.. Property street address 05 minutes 00 seconds East, for informational purposes: along the centerline a distance 206 Alabama St , Wetumpka, of 437.46 feet to the WesterAL 36092. THIS PROPERTY ly R.O.W. of Dozier Road and WILL BE SOLD ON AN “AS IS, the end of easement. Together WHERE IS” BASIS, WITHOUT with the Manufactured Home WARRANTY OR RECOURSE, described as follows: Make: EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED AS Redman; Model: Venture; Year TO TITLE, USE AND/OR EN- 1997; Serial Numbers 11431513 JOYMENT AND WILL BE SOLD A & B.. Property street address SUBJECT TO THE RIGHT OF for informational purposes: 120 REDEMPTION OF ALL PAR- Meadow Ridge Dr , Wetumpka, TIES ENTITLED THERETO. Al- AL 36093. THIS PROPERTY abama law gives some persons WILL BE SOLD ON AN “AS IS, who have an interest in property WHERE IS” BASIS, WITHOUT the right to redeem the proper- WARRANTY OR RECOURSE, ty under certain circumstances. EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED AS Programs may also exist that TO TITLE, USE AND/OR ENhelp persons avoid or delay the JOYMENT AND WILL BE SOLD foreclosure process. An attor- SUBJECT TO THE RIGHT OF ney should be consulted to help REDEMPTION OF ALL PARyou understand these rights TIES ENTITLED THERETO. Aland programs as a part of the abama law gives some persons foreclosure process. This sale is who have an interest in property made for the purpose of paying the right to redeem the properthe indebtedness secured by ty under certain circumstances. said mortgage, as well as the Programs may also exist that expenses of foreclosure. The help persons avoid or delay the successful bidder must tender a foreclosure process. An attornon-refundable deposit of Five ney should be consulted to help 7KRXVDQG 'ROODUV you understand these rights LQ FHUWL¿HG IXQGV PDGH SD\DEOH and programs as a part of the to Tiffany & Bosco, P.A. at the foreclosure process. This sale is time and place of the sale. The made for the purpose of paying balance of the purchase price the indebtedness secured by plus any deed recording costs said mortgage, as well as the and transfer taxes must be paid expenses of foreclosure. The LQ FHUWL¿HG IXQGV E\ QRRQ WKH successful bidder must tender a next business day at the Law non-refundable deposit of Five 2I¿FH RI 7LIIDQ\ %RVFR 3 $ Thousand Dollars ($5,000.00) at the address indicated below. in certified funds made payable Tiffany & Bosco, P.A. reserves to Tiffany & Bosco, P.A. at the the right to award the bid to time and place of the sale. The the next highest bidder should balance of the purchase price the highest bidder fail to time- plus any deed recording costs ly tender the total amount due. and transfer taxes must be paid The Mortgagee/Transferee re- in certified funds by noon the serves the right to bid for and next business day at the Law purchase the real estate and to Office of Tiffany & Bosco, P.A. at credit its purchase price against the address indicated below. Tifthe expenses of sale and the in- fany & Bosco, P.A. reserves the debtedness secured by the real right to award the bid to the next estate. This sale is subject to highest bidder should the highpostponement or cancellation. est bidder fail to timely tender PennyMac Loan Services, LLC, the total amount due. The Mort³7UDQVIHUHH´ 7LIIDQ\ %RVFR gagee/Transferee reserves the P.A., 2311 Highland Avenue right to bid for and purchase the South, Suite 330, Birmingham, real estate and to credit its purAL 35205 www.tblaw.com TB chase price against the expenses of sale and the indebtedness File Number: 20-02882 secured by the real estate. This sale is subject to postponement Wetumpka Herald: or cancellation. MidFirst Bank, Jan. 26, Feb. 2 and 9, 2022 (“Transferee”) Tiffany & Bosco, 20-02882 P.A., 2311 Highland Avenue PUBLIC NOTICE South, Suite 330, Birmingham, AL 35205 www.tblaw.com TB MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE File Number: 21-06282 SALE. Wetumpka Herald: Jan. 26, Default having been made in Feb. 2 and 9, 2022 the payment of the indebted- 21-06282 ness secured by that certain mortgage executed by Carole D Do you have available jobs?

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y PUBLIC NOTICE abama. Said Mortgage was last sold, assigned and transferred MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE to Nationstar Mortgage LLC by SALE. Default having been assignment recorded in Deed made in the payment of the Book 2013, Page 38954 in the indebtedness secured by that 2I¿FH RI WKH -XGJH RI 3UREDWH certain mortgage executed by of Elmore County, Alabama.

Daniel K Lowe an unmarried The undersigned, Nationstar person, originally in favor of Mortgage LLC d/b/a Mr. Cooper, Mortgage Electronic Regis- under and by virtue of the power tration Systems, Inc. solely as of sale contained in said mortnominee for Trustmark National gage, will sell at public outcry Bank, on December 22, 2017, to the highest bidder for cash said mortgage recorded in the before the main entrance of the 2I¿FH RI WKH -XGJH RI 3UREDWH Court House in Elmore County, of Elmore County, Alabama, Alabama during the legal hours LQ 5/3< %RRN DQG 3DJH of sale (between 11am and 62646; the undersigned Free- 4pm), on the 15th day of Februdom Mortgage Corporation, as ary, 2022 the following property, Mortgagee/Transferee, under situated in Elmore County, Alaand by virtue of the power of sale bama, to-wit: contained in said mortgage, will Lot 3, of Broadmoor North, Plat sell at public outcry to the high- 1R DV UHFRUGHG LQ WKH 2I¿FH est bidder for cash, in front of RI WKH -XGJH RI 3UREDWH RI (Othe main entrance of the Court- more County, Alabama, in Plat house at Wetumpka, Elmore Book 12 at Page 4.

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LQ FHUWL¿HG IXQGV E\ QRRQ WKH The sale will be conducted subnext business day at the Law MHFW WR FRQ¿UPDWLRQ WKDW WKH 2I¿FH RI 7LIIDQ\ %RVFR 3 $ DW sale is not prohibited under the the address indicated below. Tif- U.S. Bankruptcy Code and (2) IDQ\ %RVFR 3 $ UHVHUYHV WKH WR ¿QDO FRQ¿UPDWLRQ DQG DXGLW right to award the bid to the next of the status of the loan with the highest bidder should the high- holder of the Mortgage. est bidder fail to timely tender the total amount due. The Mort- NATIONSTAR MORTGAGE gagee/Transferee reserves the LLC D/B/A MR. COOPER right to bid for and purchase the as holder of said mortgage real estate and to credit its pur- McCalla Raymer Leibert Pierce, chase price against the expens- LLC es of sale and the indebtedness Two North Twentieth secured by the real estate. This 2 20th Street North, Suite 1000 sale is subject to postponement Birmingham, AL 35203 or cancellation. Freedom Mort- (800) 275-7171 gage Corporation, (“Transfer- FT21@mccalla.com HH´ 7LIIDQ\ %RVFR 3 $ File No. 956015 Highland Avenue South, Suite www.foreclosurehotline.net 330, Birmingham, AL 35205 www.tblaw.com TB File Num- Wetumpka Herald: ber: 21-06784 -DQ DQG )HE 956015 Wetumpka Herald: PUBLIC NOTICE -DQ DQG )HE 21-06784 Advertisement for Bid PUBLIC NOTICE Elmore County In accordance with Chapter 1, Title 39, Code of Alabama, 1975, notice is hereby given that Liberty Construction Co., LLC., Contractor, has completed the Contract for Portable Classrooms at Holtville Middle, Holtville High & Redland Elementary for Elmore County Board of Education, Owner, and have made request for final settlement of said Contract. All persons having any claim for labor, materials, or otherwise in connection with the project should immediately notify McKee and Associates, Inc., 631 South Hull Street, Montgomery, AL 36104 Liberty Construction Co., LLC, 791-A Anderson Road, Montgomery, AL 36110 (contractor) The Wetumpka Herald: Feb. 2, 9, 16 and 23, 2022 COMPLETION PUBLIC NOTICE Midsouth Paving, Inc. hereby gives notice of completion of contract with the Alabama Department of Transportation for construction of Project No. STPMN-HRRR-2621(250) Elmore County. This notice will appear for four consecutive weeks beginning on Wednesday, January 19, 2022 and ending on Wednesday February 9, 2022. All claims VKRXOG EH ¿OHG DW :HVW Blvd., Montgomery, Alabama GXULQJ WKLV SHULRG Midsouth Paving, Inc. Wetumpka Herald: Jan. 19, 26, Feb. 2 and 9, 2022 COMPLETION PUBLIC NOTICE NOTICE OF MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE SALE STATE OF Alabama COUNTY OF ELMORE

Elmore County Commission is taking sealed bids for labor, equipment, materials, and any incidentals required to complete the work required for the following items. Bids will be received until 1:00 PM, CST, Wednesday, March 2, 2022.

Inquiry 2022-PW7 Tennis Courts at the Wetumpka Recreational Facility This bid is intended to comply with the Alabama Code Title 39, the Alabama Public Works Law. Bidders shall be required to comply with the provisions of Title 39 of the Alabama Code regardless if the requirement is explicitly detailed in the bid proposal or not.

All bids must be marked with the word “BID” on the outside of the bid package along with Bid Proposal Number and description listed above, the bid date and the Alabama General Contractor’s License Number.

The contractor shall meet Bonding and Licensing requirements as well as all applicable laws, ordinances, and codes of the U. S. Government, the State of Alabama, any relevant municipality, and the County, and, specifically and without limitation, shall comply with all provisions of the Beason-Hammon Alabama Taxpayer and Citizen Protection Act, commonly referred to as the Immigration Act. Sealed bids will be received by the Chief Engineer at Elmore County Public Works Department at 155 County Shop Road, Wetumpka, Alabama until 1:00 PM Central Time on Wednesday, March 2, 2022, and then publicly opened as soon thereafter as practicable. Award will be made at the next regularly scheduled meeting of the Elmore County Commission.

Specifications are on file and may be acquired at the Office of the Chief Engineer of Elmore County, Alabama, Elmore County Public Works Department, 155 County Shop Road, Wetumpka, Alabama. Phone Number: (334)567-1162. Hours of Operation are 6:00 A.M. to 4:30 P.M. (Central Time) from Monday through Thursday.

County reserves the right to accept or reject all Bids or any portion thereof.

Default having been made of the terms of the loan documents secured by that certain mortgage executed by Susan R Glover An Unmarried Woman to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as mortgagee, as nominee for Countrywide Bank, FSB, its successors and assigns dated March 4, 2008; said mortgage being recorded on March 7, 2008, in Book 2008, Page The Wetumpka Herald: LQ WKH 2I¿FH RI WKH -XGJH Feb. 2, 9 and 16, 2022 of Probate of Elmore County, Al- BIDS

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Wetumpka Herald: Jan. 19, 26, Feb. 2 and 9, 2022 COMPLETION PUBLIC NOTICE LEGAL NOTICE ASPHALT CONTRACTORS, INC. HEREBY GIVES NOTICE OF COMPLETION OF CONTRACT WITH THE ELMORE COUNTY PUBLIC WORKS FOR ELMORE COUNTY VARIOUS ROADS PROJECT 21PW2-1 AND 21-PW2-2. ALL CLAIMS SHOULD BE FILED AT P.O. BOX 241447, MONTGOMERY, ALABAMA 36124 DURING THIS PERIOD. ASPHALT INC.

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Wetumpka Herald: Feb. 2, 9, 16 and 23, 2022 COMPLETION PUBLIC NOTICE IN THE PROBATE COURT OF ELMORE COUNTY, ALABAMA IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF JIMMIE FRED ALVERSON, DECEASED CASE NO. 2021-408 NOTICE OF FILING OF WILL FOR PROBATE TO: TAMMIE ALVERSON SHELNUTT, A NON-RESIDENT OF THE STATE OF ALABAMA, AND A NEXT OF KIN OF JIMMIE FRED ALVERSON; YOU ARE HEREBY NOTIFIED that on December 22, 2021, a certain paper in writing purporting to be the Last Will and Testament of JIMMIE FRED ALVERSON, deceased, was filed in the Probate Court of Elmore County, Alabama by PAMELA PITTMAN ALVERSON, Petitioner, requesting that such Last Will and Testament be admitted to Probate and Record and that the Petitioner be named as Personal Representative of such Estate. This notice of Filing of Will for Probate is given to you as a next-of-kin of JIMMIE FRED ALVERSON. Unless an objection to admission to Probate and Record of such Last Will and Testament is submitted by you in writing to this Court within ten (10) days of the final publication of this notice, the Court will proceed with considering such Petition without further notice to you.

JOHN THORNTON JUDGE OF PROBATE ELMORE COUNTY, ALABAMA Name and Address of Attorney for Petitioner: RALEY L. WIGGINS RED OAK LEGAL, P.C. 322 CATOMA STREET MONTGOMERY, ALABAMA 36104 334-239-3625 RLW@redoaklegalpc.com Wetumpka Herald: Jan. 19, 26 and Feb. 2, 2022 EST/ALVERSON, J. PUBLIC NOTICE NOTICE TO CREDITORS OF ESTATE STATE OF ALABAMA COUNTY OF ELMORE CASE NO: 2022-012 IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF WILLIE HUNTER BROWN Letters Testamentary in the Estate of WILLIE HUNTER BROWN, deceased, having been granted to LEWIS EDWARD WASHINGTON, JR. on the 14 day of January, 2022

by John Thornton, Judge of Probate of Elmore County, Alabama, notice is hereby given that all persons and parties having claims against said estate are required, within the time allowed by law, to present the same to the Court or the same will be barred.

LEWIS EDWARD WASHINGTON, JR. PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE OF THE ESTATE OF WILLIE HUNTER BROWN, DECEASED Attorney of Record for Personal Representative: BRIAN D. MANN ATTORNEY AT LAW 1620 GRAHAM STREET PO BOX 6136 MONTGOMERY, ALABAMA 36106 334-531-9500 Wetumpka Herald: Jan. 19, 26 and Feb. 2, 2022 EST/BROWN, W. PUBLIC NOTICE IN THE PROBATE COURT OF ELMORE COUNTY, ALABAMA IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF GREGORY JAMES BUTLER, DECEASED CASE NO: 2021-402 NOTICE TO CREDITORS OF ESTATE Letters of Administration over the Estate of GREGORY JAMES BUTLER, deceased, having been granted to JEFFREY GORDON ECHOLS on the 20 day of January, 2022

by John Thornton, Judge of Probate of Elmore County, Al-

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y abama, notice is hereby given that all persons and parties having claims against said estate are required, within the time allowed by law, to present the same to the Court or the same will be barred.

JEFFREY GORDON ECHOLS ADMINISTRATOR OF THE ESTATE OF GREGORY JAMES BUTLER, DECEASED Name and Address of Attorney for Administrator: REGINA EDWARDS EDWARDS & EDWARDS, P.C. 109 EAST BRIDGE STREET WETUMPKA, ALABAMA 36092 334-514-1011 Wetumpka Herald: Jan. 26, Feb. 2 and 9, 2022 EST/BUTLER, G. PUBLIC NOTICE IN THE PROBATE COURT OF ELMORE COUNTY, ALABAMA IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF THELMA LOUISE DAVIS, DECEASED CASE NO. 2022-021 NOTICE TO CREDITORS OF ESTATE Letters of Administration over the Estate of THELMA LOUISE DAVIS, deceased, having been granted to VICTORIA A. EDWARDS, on the 31st of January, 2022 by John Thornton, Judge of Probate of Elmore County, Alabama, notice is hereby given that all persons and parties having claims against said Estate are required, within the time allowed by law, to present the same to the Court or the same will be barred.

VICTORIA A. EDWARDS, ADMINISTRATOR OF THE ESTATE OF THELMA LOUISE DAVIS Justin D. Edwards, Esq. The Law Firm of Edwards & Edwards, P.C. 109 E. Bridge Street Wetumpka, AL 36092 (334) 514-1011 Wetumpka Herald: Feb. 2, 9 and 16, 2022 EST/DAVIS, T. PUBLIC NOTICE IN THE PROBATE COURT OF ELMORE COUNTY, ALABAMA IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF LEONARD A. FAUSNIGHT, DECEASED CASE NO. 2022-008 NOTICE TO CREDITORS OF ESTATE Letters Testamentary on the Estate of said decedent having been granted to DENISE A FAUSNIGHT as Personal Representative on the 14 day of January 2022, by the Honorable John Thornton, Judge of Probate of said County in said State, notice is hereby given that all persons having claims against said Estate are required to present same within the time allowed by law or the same will be barred.

DENISE A FAUSNIGHT PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE OF THE ESTATE OF LEONARD A. FAUSNIGHT, DECEASED. Name and Address of Attorney: Regina B. Edwards, Esq. The Law Firm of Edwards & Edwards, P.C. 109 E. Bridge Street Wetumpka, AL 36092 Wetumpka Herald: Jan. 19, 26 and Feb. 2, 2022 EST/FAUSNIGHT, L. PUBLIC NOTICE IN THE PROBATE COURT OF ELMORE COUNTY, ALABAMA IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF JOHN D. FULLER, JR. DECEASED. CASE NO. 2022-010 NOTICE OF FILING OF WILL FOR PROBATE TO: TERRY SUE FULLER MCKEE, A NON-RESIDENT OF THE STATE OF ALABAMA AND A NEXT OF KIN OF JOHN D. FULLER, JR.; YOU ARE HEREBY NOTIFIED that on January 11, 2022, a certain paper in writing purporting to be the Last Will and Testament of JOHN D. FULLER, JR. deceased, was filed in the Probate Court of Elmore County, Alabama by CHARLOTTE BEVERETT FULLER, Petitioner, requesting that such Last Will and Testament be admitted to Probate and Record and that the Petitioner be named as Personal Representative of such Estate. This notice of Filing of Will for Probate is given to you as a next-of-kin of JOHN D. FULLER JR. Unless an objection to admission to Probate and Record of such Last Will and Testament is submitted by you in writing to this Court within ten (10) days of the final publication of this notice, the Court will proceed with considering such Petition without further notice to you.

JOHN THORNTON JUDGE OF PROBATE ELMORE COUNTY, ALABAMA Name and Address of Attorney for Petitioner: JAMES F. HAMPTON ATTORNEY AT LAW 4267 LOMAC STREET MONTGOMERY, ALABAMA 36106 334-213-0213 Wetumpka Herald: Jan. 19, 26 and Feb. 2, 2022 EST/FULLER, J. Do you have available jobs?

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NOTICE TO CREDITORS OF ESTATE STATE OF ALABAMA CASE NO: 2021-306 COUNTY OF ELMORE IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF WILLIAM CHRISLER PRESTON, DECEASED

Letters Testamentary in the Estate of BOBBY JACK HUDSON, deceased, having been granted to APRIL SHAE HURLEY on the 21st day of January, 2022

by John Thornton, Judge of Probate of Elmore County, Alabama, notice is hereby given that all persons and parties having claims against said estate are required, within the time allowed by law, to present the same to the Court or the same will be barred.

APRIL SHAE HURLEY PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE OF THE ESTATE OF BOBBY JACK HUDSON, DECEASED Attorney of Record for Personal Representative: BRIAN JUSTISS ATTORNEY AT LAW 4031 US HWY 231 WETUMPKA, ALABAMA 36093 334-306-4713 brian@jh-legal.com Wetumpka Herald: Jan. 26, Feb. 2 and 9, 2022 EST/HUDSON, B. PUBLIC NOTICE NOTICE TO CREDITORS OF ESTATE STATE OF ALABAMA CASE NO: 2021-197 COUNTY OF ELMORE IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF WILLOUGHBY E. LACY, DECEASED Letters Testamentary in the Estate of WILLOUGHBY E. LACY, deceased, having been granted to LAURIE L. PIERCE on the 21 day of January, 2022 by John Thornton, Judge of Probate of Elmore County, Alabama. Notice is hereby given that all persons and parties having claims against said estate are required, within the time allowed by law, to present the same to the Court or the same will be barred.

LAURIE L. PIERCE PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE OF THE ESTATE OF WILLOUGHBY E. LACY, DECEASED Attorney of Record for Personal Representative: D. JASON BRITT STONE, BRITT & WEBB. LLC ATTORNEYS & COUNSELORS AT LAW 114 S MAIN ST P O BOX 967 WETUMPKA. ALABAMA 36092 334-517-6520 Wetumpka Herald: Jan. 26, Feb. 2 and 9, 2022 EST/LACY, W. PUBLIC NOTICE NOTICE TO CREDITORS OF ESTATE STATE OF ALABAMA COUNTY OF ELMORE CASE NO: 2021-357 IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF JAUNICE MIMS, DECEASED Letters Testamentary in the Estate of JAUNICE MIMS, deceased, having been granted to PRESTON W. MIMS on the 10 day of January, 2022 by Riley McCormick, Special Judge of Probate of Elmore County, Alabama notice is hereby given that all persons and parties having claims against said estate are required, within the time allowed by law, to present the same to the Court or the same will be barred.

PRESTON W. MIMS PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE OF THE ESTATE OF JAUNICE MIMS, DECEASED Attorney of Record for such Personal Representative: Robert B. Reneau, Esq. Law Office of Edwards & Edwards, P.C. 109 East Bridge Street Wetumpka, Alabama 36092 (334) 514-1011 Wetumpka Herald: Jan. 19, 26 and Feb. 2, 2022 EST/MIMS, J. PUBLIC NOTICE NOTICE TO CREDITORS OF ESTATE CASE NO: 2022-019 STATE OF ALABAMA COUNTY OF ELMORE IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF JOHN E. TUCKER, DECEASED Letters Testamentary in the Estate of JOHN E. TUCKER, deceased, having been granted to MINNIE B. TUCKER on the 27th day of January, 2022

by John Thornton, Judge of Probate of Elmore County, Alabama, notice is hereby given that all persons and parties having claims against said estate are required, within the time allowed by law, to present the same to the Court or the same will be barred.

MINNIE B. TUCKER PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE OF THE ESTATE OF JOHN E. TUCKER, DECEASED Attorney of Record for Personal Representative: JEFFREY J. COURTNEY COURTNEY & MANN, LLP PO BOX 100 WETUMPKA, ALABAMA 36092 334-567-2545 Wetumpka Herald: Feb. 2, 9 and 16, 2022 EST/TUCKER, J.

Letters Testamentary in the Estate of WILLIAM CHRISLER PRESTON, deceased, having been granted to LISA S. PRESTON on the 13 day of January, 2022 by John Thornton, Judge of Probate of Elmore County, Alabama, notice is hereby given that all persons and parties having claims against said estate are required, within the tinte allowed by law, to present the same to the Court or the same will be barred.

LISA S. PRESTON PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE OF THE ESTATE OF WILLIAM CHRISLER PRESTON, DECEASED Attorney of Record for Personal Representative: CHIP CLEVELAND THE CLEVELAND FIRM, LLC 707 MCQUEEN SMITH ROAD SOUTH PRATTVILLE, ALABAMA 36066 334-365-6266 Wetumpka Herald: Jan. 19, 26 and Feb. 2, 2022 EST/PRESTON, W. PUBLIC NOTICE IN THE PROBATE COURT OF ELMORE COUNTY, ALABAMA IN RE: THE ESTATE OF LONNIE ROBINSON, JR., DECEASED CASE NO. 2022-018 NOTICE OF FILING OF PETITION FOR SUMMARY DISTRIBUTION OF ESTATE TO ALL INTERESTED PARTIES: LeMOYNE ROBINSON, 3(7,7,21(5 KDV ¿OHG ZLWK WKH 3UREDWH &RXUW RI (OPRUH &RXQW\ $ODEDPD D 3HWLWLRQ IRU 6XPPDU\ 'LVWULEXWLRQ RI WKH (VWDWH RI /211,( 52%,1621 -5 SXUVXDQW WR &RGH RI $ODEDPD 6HFWLRQ HW VHT DV DPHQGHG $OO SHUVRQV RU LQWHUHVWHG SDUWLHV KDYLQJ DQ\ FODLP WR VXFK (VWDWH RU KDYLQJ DQ REMHFWLRQ WR WKH 6XPPDU\ 'LVWULEXWLRQ RI VXFK (VWDWH PXVW PDNH WKH VDPH NQRZQ LQ ZULWLQJ LQ DQ LQVWUXPHQW ¿OHG ZLWK WKLV FRXUW ZLWKLQ WKLUW\ GD\V RI WKH GDWH RI WKLV 3XEOLFDWLRQ ,I QR FODLP RU REMHFWLRQ LV ¿OHG ZLWK WKH &RXUW ZLWKLQ VXFK WKLUW\ GD\V WKH &RXUW PD\ HQWHU DQ 2UGHU DXWKRUL]LQJ VXFK 6XPPDU\ 'LVWULEXWLRQ -2+1 7+251721 -8'*( 2) 352%$7( (/025( &2817< $/$%$0$ $WWRUQH\ IRU 3HWLWLRQHU 52'(5,&. % 3(5'8( ATTORNEY AT LAW +2/79,//( 52$' :(7803.$ $/$%$0$

:HWXPSND +HUDOG )HE EST/ROBINSON, L. PUBLIC NOTICE IN THE PROBATE COURT OF ELMORE COUNTY, ALABAMA IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF STEVIE FRANK SHAW, DECEASED CASE NO: 2022-015 NOTICE TO CREDITORS OF ESTATE Letters of Administration over the Estate of STEVIE FRANK SHAW, deceased, having been granted to BELINDA M. RESSLER on the 24th day of January 2022 by John Thornton, Judge of Probate of Elmore County, Alabama, notice is hereby given that all persons and parties having claims against said estate are required, within the time allowed by law, to present the same to the Court or the same will be barred.

BELINDA M. RESSLER ADMINISTRATOR OF THE ESTATE OF STEVIE FRANK SHAW, DECEASED Name and Address of Attorney for Administrator: GERALD A. DANIEL, JR. LAW OFFICE OF G A DANIEL, JR. LLC PO BOX 638 MILLBROOK, ALABAMA 36054 334-285-9444 Jerry@GADanielLaw.com Wetumpka Herald: Feb. 2, 9 and 16, 2022 EST/SHAW, S. PUBLIC NOTICE Notice to Eric Ryan Geer: Eric Ryan Geer, whose whereabouts are unknown, take notice that a Petition for Termination of Parental Rights has been ¿OHG E\ 6KDQQRQ *HHU LQ WKH Juvenile Court of Elmore County, Alabama (JU-2021-189.01, 190.01). You must answer withLQ IRXUWHHQ GD\V DQG DSSHDU DW WKH FRXUW GDWH VHW 0DUFK DW D P DW WKH (OPRUH &RXQW\ -XGLFLDO &RPSOH[ RU VDLG 3HWLWLRQ PD\ EH JUDQWHG :HWXPSND +HUDOG )HE DQG JU-2021-189.01,190.01 PUBLIC NOTICE NOTICE TO CREDITORS OF ESTATE CASE NO: 2021-375 STATE OF ALABAMA COUNTY OF ELMORE IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF EVELYN D. TEAGUE, DECEASED Letters Testamentary in the Estate of EVELYN D. TEAGUE, deceased, having been granted to DORRIS TEAGUE on the 18

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day of January, 2022 by John Thornton, Judge of Probate of Elmore County, Alabama, notice is hereby given that all persons and parties having claims against said estate are required, within the time allowed by law, to present the same to the Court or the same will be barred.

DORRIS TEAGUE PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE OF THE ESTATE OF EVELYN D. TEAGUE, DECEASED Attorney of Record for Personal Representative: JACK OWEN BALL, BALL, MATTHEWS & NOVAK, P.A. PO BOX 2148 MONTGOMERY, ALABAMA 36102-2148 445 DEXTER AVENUE SUITE 9045 MONTGOMERY, ALABAMA 36104 334-487-7680 Wetumpka Herald: Jan. 26, Feb. 2 and 9, 2022 EST/TEAGUE, E. PUBLIC NOTICE IN THE PROBATE COURT OF ELMORE COUNTY, ALABAMA IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF BARBARA JEAN WILKERSON, DECEASED CASE NO: 2021-384 NOTICE TO CREDITORS OF ESTATE Letters of Administration over the Estate of BARBARA JEAN WILKERSON, deceased, having been granted to MELISSA OATES BLACK on the 19 day of January, 2022 by John Thornton, Judge of Probate of Elmore County, Alabama, notice is hereby given that all persons and parties having claims against said estate are required, within the time allowed by law, to present the same to the Court or the same will be barred.

MELISSA OATES BLACK ADMINISTRATOR OF THE ESTATE OF BARBARA JEAN WILKERSON, DECEASED Name and Address of Attorney for Administrator: RODERICK B. PERDUE ATTORNEY AT LAW 2033 HOLTVILLE ROAD WETUMPKA, ALABAMA 36092 334-567-7373 Wetumpka Herald: Jan. 26, Feb. 2 and 9, 2022 EST/WILKERSON, B. PUBLIC NOTICE NOTICE TO CREDITORS OF ESTATE STATE OF ALABAMA COUNTY OF ELMORE CASE NO. 2022.004 IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF ELLEN T. HARRIS WILLIAMS, DECEASED

y is hereby give that all parties having claims against said Estate are required, within the time allowed by law, to present the same to the Court or the same will be barred.

JOHN PAUL HARRIS, JR. PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE OF THE ESTATE OF ELLEN T. HARRIS WILLIAMS, DECEASED Name and Address of Attorney: Regina B. Edwards, Esq. The Law Firm of Edwards & Edwards, P.C. 109 E. Bridge Street Wetumpka, AL 36092 Wetumpka Herald: Jan. 19, 26 and Feb. 2, 2022 EST/WILLIAMS, E. PUBLIC NOTICE LEGAL NOTICE TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN: Notice is hereby given that a hearing will be held before the Department of Finance of the State of Alabama at the State Capitol, Room E-315, located at 600 Dexter Avenue, Montgomery, Alabama, at 1:00 P.M. on February 17, 2022, to determine whether consent should be given Central Alabama Electric Cooperative (“CAEC”) to borrow from the National Rural Utilities Cooperative Finance Corporation (i) a loan in a maximum principal amount RI WR ¿QDQFH FDSital improvements to portions of 3HWLWLRQHU¶V EURDGEDQG ¿EHU RStics system and related equipment and capital improvements thereto, and (ii) a loan in the maximum principal amount of WR ¿QDQFH FDSLWDO improvements to Petitioner’s electric distribution system pursuant to its work plan.

All of said loan funds for these ORDQV ZLOO EH XVHG WR ¿QDQFH poles, wires, transformers, seFXULW\ OLJKWV VXEVWDWLRQV ¿EHU optics cable, and other electric DQG ¿EHU RSWLF IDFLOLWLHV DQG the related labor costs and other capital expenditures in the Counties of Autauga, Bibb, Chilton, Coosa, Dallas, Elmore, Lowndes, Perry, Talladega and Tallapoosa, Alabama.

Any person having an interest in these matters may attend the hearing and be heard on the question of whether the issuance of said notes and evidences of indebtedness for the loans serves some public need and is in the public interest.

STATE OF ALABAMA DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE By: _____________ Bill Poole Director of Finance Wetumpka Herald: Feb. 2, 2022 HEARING PUBLIC NOTICE

Letters Testamentary in the Estate of ELLEN T. HARRIS WILLIAMS, deceased, having been granted to JOHN PAUL HARRIS, JR. on the 12 day of January, 2022 by John Thornton, Judge of Probate of Elmore County, Alabama, notice

NOTICE OF RESOLUTION VACATING A PORTION OF PROVIDENCE ROAD Pursuant to a written petition filed by North Montgomery Materials, LLC, and Andrea Wood Kanute the Elmore County

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y Commission conducted a public hearing on January 24, 2022 at 5:00pm regarding whether or not to vacate a portion of Providence Road which is adjacent to properties identified as Tax Parcels: 04-02-09-0-000-001.000 and 04-02-09-0-0-000-002.000 all in Elmore County, Alabama (hereinafter, at times, “the subject real property), which is more particularly and accurately described as follows: Commence at a found iron pin known as the intersection of the South line of the North ½ Section 9, T-20-N, R-18-E, Elmore County, Alabama and the West Right-of-Way (70’) of Jackson Trace Road; thence along said West Right-of-Way (70’) of Jackson Trace Road N 00 deg 52’19’’E 1,077.36’ to the POINT OF BEGINNING for the herein described parcel of land; (said point also located on the South Right-of-Way (80’) of the Providence Road); thence leaving said West Right-of-Way (70’) of Jackson Trace Road and along said South Right-of-Way (80’) of Providence Road the following eight (8) courses: (1) S 78 deg 39’57” W 124.40; (2) S 78 deg 49’21” W 659.88; (3) Chord Bearing N 85 deg 16’54” W, Chord Distance 795.96’; Radius 1,347.34’; (4) Chord Bearing N 62 deg 23’37”W, Chord Distance 761.83’, Radius 3,099.65’; (5) N 55 deg 39’17” W 371.15’; (6) Chord Bearing N 58 deg 04’46” W, Chord Distance 567.92’, Radius 3,999.88; (7) N 65 deg 43’00” W 277.09’; (8) Chord Bearing N 70 deg 17’57”W, Chord Distance 321.26’, Radius 1,980.11’ to a point; thence leaving said South Right-of-Way (80’) of Providence Road N 01 deg 57’32” E 82.05’ to a point located on the North Right-ofWay (80’) of Providence Road; thence along said North Right-of-Way (80’) of Providence Road the following eight (8) courses: (1) Chord Bearing S 70 deg 33’29” E, Chord Distance 352.71’, Radius 2,060.11’; (2) S 65 deg 43’00” E 279.52’; (3) Chord Bearing S 58 deg 06’18” E, Chord Distance 580.62’, Radius 4,079.88’; (4) S 55 deg 39’17” E 370.23’; (5) Chord Bearing S 62 deg 24’01” E, Chord Distance 743.33’, Radius 3,019.65’; (6) Chord Bearing S 85 deg 16’50” E, Chord Distance 750.44’, Radius 1,267.34’; (7) N 78 deg 49’21” E 660.68’; (8) N 78 deg 39’57” E 141.60’ to a point located on the West Right-of-Way (70’) of Jackson Trace Road; thence leaving said North Rightof-Way (80’) of Providence Road and along said West Right-of-Way (70’) of Jackson Trace Road S 00 deg 52’19” W 81.85’ to the point of beginning. Containing 7.15 acres, more or less, and lying in and being a part of the NE 1/4 and the East 1/2 of the NW ¼ of Section 9, T-20-N, R-18-E, Elmore County, Alabama.

Above description taken from survey by Steven E. Speaks, Al. License No. 20897 dated

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In accordance with Alabama law, proponents and opponents to the proposed vacation were given the opportunity to speak on the issue.

Following the public hearing, the Elmore County Commission found that no entity or person would be cut off from access by the vacation of the subject real property, but to the contrary, all other entities and persons already have reasonable and convenient access to their properties, and that it is in the best interest of the public that such portion of the subject real property be vacated.

By unanimous consent of The Elmore County Commission on January 24, 2022, a resolution was passed vacating the above described portion of Providence Road.

Jeffrey J. Courtney Attorney for the Elmore County Commission The Wetumpka Herald: Feb. 2, 2022 NOTICE OF RESOLUTION PUBLIC NOTICE Legal Notice The Council of the City of Wetumpka will hold a public hearing during its regular meeting on Tuesday, February 22, 2022, concerning an ordinance to amend Ordinance 99-4, entitled “Zoning Ordinance of the City of Wetumpka,” by rezoning property lying in and being situated in the Northwest Quarter of Section 12, T-18-N, R-18-E, Elmore County, Alabama and contains 13.83 acres (602,234 s.f.) more or less. The described property will be rezoned from R-H to R-3.

Public notice of this hearing was first published with the full text of the proposed ordinance on January 26, 2022, in the Wetumpka Herald.

Wetumpka Herald: Feb. 2, 2022 PUBLIC HEARING PUBLIC NOTICE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA FEDERAL ENERGY REGULATORY COMMISSION Alabama Power Company Project No. 349-166 NOTICE OF APPLICATION ACCEPTED FOR FILING AND SOLICITING COMMENTS, MOTIONS TO INTERVENE, AND PROTESTS (January 24, 2022) Take notice that the following hydroelectric application has been filed with the Commission and is available for public inspection: a.

Type of Application: Non-Project Use of Project Lands and Waters b. Project No.: 349-166 c. Date Filed: 2021

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e. Name of Project: Martin Dam Hydroelectric Project f. Location: The Martin Dam Hydroelectric Project is located on the Tallapoosa River (Lake Martin), in Tallapoosa, Elmore, and Coosa counties, Alabama, and occupies federal land administered by the U.S. Bureau of Land Management; the non-project use is located in Tallapoosa County.

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The Commission strongly encourages electronic filing.

Please file comments, motions to intervene, and protests using the Commission’s eFiling system at http://www.ferc.gov/ docs-filing/efiling.asp.

Commenters can submit brief comments up to 6,000 characters,

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p without prior registration, using the eComment system at http:// www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/ecom ment.asp. You must include your name and contact information at the end of your comments. For assistance, please contact FERC Online Support at FERCOnlineSupport@ferc. gov, (866) 208-3676 (toll free), or (202) 502-8659 (TTY). In lieu of electronic filing, you may submit a paper copy. Submissions sent via the U.S. Postal Service must be addressed to: Kimberly D. Bose, Secretary, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street, NE, Room 1A, Washington, DC 20426. Submissions sent via any other carrier must be addressed to: Kimberly D. Bose, Secretary, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 12225 Wilkins Avenue, Rockville, Maryland 20852. The first page of any filing should include docket number P-349-166. Comments emailed to Commission staff are not considered part of the Commission record.

The Commission’s Rules of Practice and Procedure require all intervenors filing documents with the Commission to serve a copy of that document on each person whose name appears on the official service list for the project. Further, if an intervenor files comments or documents with the Commission relating to the merits of an issue that may affect the responsibilities of a particular resource agency, they must also serve a copy of the document on that resource agency. k. Description of Request: Alabama Power Company is requesting Commission approval to permit Harbor Pointe Marina to dredge approximately 1,492 cubic yards at its existing commercial marina. l. Locations of the Application: This filing may be viewed on the Commission’s website at http://www.ferc.gov using the “eLibrary” link. Enter the docket number excluding the last three digits in the docket number field to access the document.

You may also register online at http://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/ esubscription.asp to be notified via email of new filings and issuances related to this or other pending projects. For assistance, call 1-866-208-3676 or e-mail FERCOnlineSupport@ ferc.gov, for TTY, call (202) 5028659. Agencies may obtain copies of the application directly from the applicant. m. Individuals desiring to be included on the Commission’s mailing list should so indicate by writing to the Secretary of the Commission. n. Comments, Protests, or Motions to Intervene: Anyone may submit comments, a protest, or a motion to intervene in accordance with the requirements of Rules of Practice and Procedure, 18 CFR 385.210, .211, .214, respectively. In determining the appropriate action to take, the Commission will consider all protests or other comments filed, but only those who file a motion to intervene in accordance with the Commission’s Rules may become a party to the proceeding. Any comments, protests, or motions to intervene must be received on or before the specified comment date for the particular application. o. Filing and Service of Documents: Any filing must (1) bear in all capital letters the title “COMMENTS”, “PROTEST”, or “MOTION TO INTERVENE” as applicable; (2) set forth in the heading the name of the applicant and the project number of the application to which the filing responds; (3) furnish the name, address, and telephone number of the person commenting, protesting or intervening; and (4) otherwise comply with the requirements of 18 CFR 385.2001 through 385.2005.

All comments, motions to intervene, or protests must set forth their evidentiary basis. Any filing made by an intervenor must be accompanied by proof of service on all persons listed in the service list prepared by the Commission in this proceeding, in accordance with 18 CFR 385.2010.

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Public Notices PUBLIC NOTICE THE STATE OF ALABAMA ELMORE COUNTY NOTICE OF SHERIFF’S SALE By virtue of an execution on a judgment issued from the State of Alabama, Department of Revenue, regarding Individual Income Tax - for Steven Benton aka Steven J. Benton, for years ending 12/31/2008, 12/31/2009, 12/31/2012, 12/31/2013, 12/31/2016 and 12/31/2017 total of $22,601.40 as of August 19,2021 plus interest at the rate of 1.85 per day, I, Bill Franklin as Sheriff of Elmore County, Alabama will sell at public auction for cash between the legal hours of sale, on Monday, the 7th day of February, 2022, at approximately 1pm, in front of the Elmore County Judicial Complex located at 8935 U.S. Highway 231, North, whatever equity the Defendant(s) may possess in and to the following described realty, to wit: Begin at an iron pin at the NW corner of the E 1/2 of the NE 1/4 of the SW 1/4 of Section 21, T20N, R17E, Elmore County, Alabama; thence S 88 deg. 48’ 57” E, along 1/2 section line, 1321.16 feet to an iron pin; thence S 00 deg.

05’ 58” E, 1320.64 feet to a fence corner post; thence N 88 deg. 48’ 57” W, along 1/4 section line, 1337.61 feet to an iron pin; thence N 00 deg.

36’ 50” E, 446.92 feet to an iron pin; thence S 89 deg. 23’ 10” E, 210.00 feet to an iron pin; thence N 00 deg. 36’ 50” E, 210.00 feet to an iron pin; thence N 89 deg. 23’ 10” W, 210.00 feet to an iron pin; thence N 00 deg. 36’ 50” E, 663.46 feet to the point of beginning.

The above-described property lies in the E 1/2 of the NE 1/4 of the SW 1/4 of the NW 1/4 of the SE 1/4 of Section 21, T20N, R17E, Elmore County, Alabama, and contains 39.28 acres, more or less. Less and except: Commence at the Northwest corner of the East half of the NE 1/4 of the SW 1/4 of Sec. 21, T20N, R17E, and continue thence S 00 deg. 36’ 50” 2, 873.46 feet to the point of beginning. From said point of beginning, continue thence S 89 deg. 23’ 10” E, 210.0 feet, thence S 00 deg.

36’ 50” W 17.0 feet, thence S 89 deg. 23’ 10” W 210.0 feet, thence N 00 deg. 36’ 50” E, 17.0 feet to the point of beginning.

Said parcel of land being in the E 1/4 of the NE 1/4 of the SW 1/4 of Section 21, T20N, RI7E, and contains 0.08 acres, more or less.

The subject property is the same real property conveyed

by Robert W. Gamper to Steve J. Benton on or about November 2, 1998 and recorded on or about November 4, 1998 at Roll 211 Frame 23.

Subject to any and all restrictions, reservations, rights of way, covenants, easements, setback lines, rights of way, mortgages, encumbrances of any kind, mineral and mining rights of record which affect the subject property.

Said property will be sold “as is” and subject to all mortgages and/or encumbrances of any kind, matters of record and all matters which would be revealed by a visible inspection of the premises. No title search has been made nor title opinion rendered, nor has one been requested.

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WEDNESDAY • FEBRUARY 2, 2022

TheWetumpkaHerald.com

Vol. 31, No. 5

CLIFF WILLIAMS / THE OBSERVER

On Monday, Judge Glen Goggans presides over the first appearance hearing of Jeffery Cofer, who is alleged to have shot an Elmore County deputy sheriff. Cofer is charged with attempted murder and two counts of shooting into an occupied dwelling.

‘He came out spraying bullets’

$1.1 million bond set for gunman in Claud standoff

By Cliff Williams Staff Writer A man who shot at Elmore County deputies Saturday faces one count of attempted murder and two counts of shooting into an occupied dwelling.

Jeffery Cofer, 59, of Claud went before Elmore County district court Judge Glen Goggans Monday afternoon where Elmore County Sheriff Bill Franklin said the bullet that struck a deputy remains in the deputy’s shoulder.

“The sheriff testified the deputy still has the bullet lodged in his body as they COFER are trying to figure out how to remove it without causing further nerve damage,” chief assistant district attorney CJ Robinson said.. “This was not you look at the movies and I got a flesh wound. He was shot and was shot by this man.”

Robinson wanted a high bond because the violence involved “Our argument was clearly this was a violent offense — there was a gun used,” Robinson said. “It was discharged up to 20 times over the course of several hours. As the standoff ensued, he came out spraying bullets. In that process he is deliberately shoot-

ing at deputies.”

Robinson said the court can consider several things in setting a bond for pretrial release such as the nature of the offense, the violence used, was there a firearm and the likelihood of a conviction.

“This is not like we don’t know who did it,” Robinson said. “We didn’t have to search for two weeks. It’s him.”

Goggans set bond at $1 million for the attempted murder charge and $50,000 for each of the shooting into an occupied dwelling for a total of $1.1 million.

Robinson said if Cofer does not bond out Cofer can still seek mental health treatment, though for trial purposes, Cofer’s mental state doesn’t come into play for several months.

“Mental health will come into play at a certain time in the proceedings once it comes to circuit court,” Robinson said. “I did ask the court if there was any type of counseling or mental health intervention that if he can not make bond and needs to be transported to a facility for anytype of services, he needs to be transported back after those are completed.”

Attempted murder is a Class A felony and if convicted Cofer faces a prison sentence of 10 years to life in prison.

Shooting into an occupied dwelling is a Class B felony and if convicted Cofer faces a prison sentence of two to 20 years for each count.

Galentines coming to downtown Wetumpka

By Cliff Williams Staff Writer The ultimate girl’s day is coming Saturday.

Main Street Wetumpka is hosting Galentine’s on Main to support Breast and Body Health for cancer patients and their families and to support downtown businesses.

“The event was created by one of our volunteers to support small businesses during February,” Main Street Wetumpka director Haley Greene said. “February is one of the slowest months of the year for small businesses.”

Greene said the idea of Galentine’s on Main is simple.

“It’s pretty much a girls day in downtown,” Greene said. “It’s a full day of fun and shopping.”

Greene said the businesses downtown will be open and many offering discounts to those who purchased wristbands. As of Monday morning only five wristbands remained but Greene said there will still be fun for all.

“The wristbands get ladies discounts at many of the stores and events of the day,” Greene said.

“There is still plenty to do without the wristbands.”

Those who purchased wrist bands are supporting a good cause, as well as having fun out with friends.

“The proceeds benefit Breast and Body Health,” Greene said. “It will go to its non-profit arm to support breast cancer patients and their families.”

Some events are just for those with wristbands and some are open to anyone.

THE DAY’S AGENDA

According to the Main Street Wetumpka Facebook page, the day starts off at 10 a.m with the Galentine’s Card Crawl. The card can be picked up with the wristband outside the Tourist Trap.

From 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. younger Galentine’s can decorate their Galentine’s Box at the Vault courtyard. It’s designed for young la-

dies ages five to 12.

For those a little more mature, mimosas will be served at brunch at the Yellow Daffodil Boutique.

You can even strike a pose at The Vault Variety Shop to document the event where Bama Bubbly has created a background just for Galentine’s on Main.

Sweet Cheeks & Treats is joining the party in Merchants Alley, with face painting and cotton candy.

Lady owned businesses will be set up in The Alley.

Music will start at 2 p.m. with David Jones at The Market Shoppes.

Provisions Cheese and Wine Shoppe has all-day showings of classic “chick-flicks” to go with wine and charcuterie boards.

Then Rachel Wilson and Lacy Lynn Music will close out the day from 4 to 8:30 p.m.

“We have live music in the Alleyway to close out our ultimate ladies’ day downtown,” Greene said.

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