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Rep. Holmes allocates $27k to county schools STAFF REPORT TPI Staff

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Mike Holmes (middle) presents a check to STEM Director Tracy Wright (left) and Superintendent Richard Dennis (right).

Cara’s Cafe closes doors permanently

State Rep. Mike Holmes recently stopped by the Elmore County Schools Board of Education to deliver a check for more than $27,000.

Holmes presented a check for $27,095 to Superintendent Richard Dennis and STEM Director Tracy Wright to use toward the district’s STEM rooms/labs and programs.

We appreciate his support on this initiative,”

Dennis said. “He is reliable when it comes to responding to the needs of the students in Elmore County.”

The money comes from appropriated funds each state representative receives to distribute within their district. Elmore County has been fortunate to have representatives who consistently give to the school district.

Holmes also allocated just over $27,000 to the district last school year, along with Rep. Will Dismukes who allocated $30,000 last year.

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ELCO schools mask policy: Elmore County Schools students in the third through 12th grade must now wear masks at school.

By BRIANA WILSON Bureau Chief

After 18 months of business in Wetumpka, Cara’s Cafe closed on Monday, Aug. 23.

Brett Hall, who owns the business with his wife Cara Coreale, said various reasons contributed to the decision to close the restaurant.

“It’s not just one thing,” he said. “People have asked if it’s because of COVID, but I can’t say for sure if that’s all it was because there are other factors at play. There’s a growing number of restaurants in the area and then there was Home Town Takeover.”

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Celebrating the life of Depot Players founder Patsy Butler STAFF REPORT TPI Staff

Patsy Daniel Butler, 82, passed away peacefully at home in St. Augustine, Florida, on June 4, surrounded by her loved ones and under the care of Community Hospice.

The only child of Bill and Elizabeth Daniel, Butler was born Aug. 6, 1938, in Wadsworth, Butler but grew up in Wetumpka. From a young age, she was drawn to both drama and dance, and honed these skills from elementary school throughout her college days. A graduate in elementary education from The University of Alabama’s Class of ‘60, she carried her love for her alma mater and its football team throughout her life, not only as a die-hard Bama fan but as a SEC football super fan.

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By BRIANA WILSON Bureau Chief

The number of student COVID19 cases across the county increased significantly, along with the number positive cases for employees, during the week of Aug. 16, prompting Elmore County Schools Superintendent Richard Dennis to change the system’s mask-wearing policy.

Schools started the school year on Aug. 9 with masks being optional, but that changed on Aug. 18 when Dennis announced that masks would be required for all employees and for students in the third through 12th grade.

The mask requirement took effect on Aug. 19. Dennis said the decision was made in an effort to avoid having to shift to a virtual platform.

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child has a mask when coming to school; school personnel will provide masks to those students that fail to bring them,” Dennis said in a message to the community. “We encourage people to wear masks at extracurricular activities as well, even in outdoor venues.”

As of Aug. 18, about 78 percent of the adult employees reporting positive were unvaccinated.

“I encourage all adults, if eligible to consider getting vaccinated,” Dennis said. “I understand there are many different perspectives on the COVID-19 health crisis. Our goal is to allow students to have the opportunity to attend school in person and we need your cooperation to continue to make it happen. I appreciate your assistance in helping to keep students in schools.”

As of Aug. 20, 16 employees and 111 students tested positive for COVID-19.

“If numbers continue to increase and schools are unable to cover faculty and staff absences, schools will shift to virtual platforms as needed until each is able to return enough faculty and staff to support face-to-face operations,” Dennis said. “COVID is going to be a part of life at least for the foreseeable future. As the number of COVID cases rises and falls, adjustments will be made to best accommodate and keep schools open for face-toface instruction.”

Dennis said this means that the district’s policies may fluctuate from no masks to masks, and virtual school as necessary.

As high school football begins, attendance is expected to be high, so attendees are encouraged to take precautions as needed.

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Mary Frances Brooks (Frankie) Payton Mrs. Mary Frances Brooks (Frankie) Payton of Wetumpka, Alabama was born on August 12, 1929 in Elmore County and passed away at her daughter’s residence in Titus on Saturday, August 14, 2021 at the age of 92.

Mrs. Payton was preceded in death by her husband, James A. Payton, her parents, John and Mamie Brooks, her brothers Ed, Truman, and Curtis Brooks, her sisters Margaret Brooks and Nell Kouwe, her daughter, Kathy Fitzgerald, her son-in-law, Al Fitzgerald, and one greatgranddaughter, Makenzie Lane Carter.

She is survived by a large family who will treasure the memories of many happy gatherings at “Granny’s Place.”

Her children include Barbara Dougherty (Hank), Mickey Payton (Sara), Howard Payton (Carolyn), Randy Payton (LaDonna), and Anita Barber (Donny). She was blessed to have 14 grandchildren, 33 great- grandchildren, and 3 great- great- grandchildren. She is also survived by many nieces and nephews and her dear friend, Ruby Moore.

Mrs. Payton was a dedicated Christian lady who loved people and loved hugs! She exemplified the gift of hospitality by hosting family and friends, cooking for others, and serving them in their times of need. If you ever visited her home, you were sure to get a biscuit! Mrs. Payton never held a public job, but worked very hard at her little farm mending fences, cutting grass, planting gardens, tending flower beds, feeding cows, chickens, pigs, cats and dogs. She was a very talented lady who canned vegetables from her garden, made homemade bread, jams and jellies, and somehow had time to sew doll clothes and make dolls. For fun, she loved playing Dominoes and Scrabble and watching Westerns on television. But most importantly was her devotion to the Lord, which was so evident. She couldn’t praise Him enough for His blessings. She was a student of the Word and read it daily for hours and she always had Southern Gospel music playing in her kitchen. She was a member of Thelma Baptist Church from age 43 where she taught and loved on preschool aged children for 30 years. Her spiritual legacy will live on through her family and others whose lives she touched.

Thank you to Baptist Hospice for the wonderful care you gave our mother in her final days.

A graveside service will be held Friday, August 27, 2021 at 11:00 a.m. at Pine View Gardens with Rev. Doug Chappelle, Rev. Adam Rackliffe, and Bro. Les Brown.

Serving as pallbearers will be her grandsons: David Ward, Ashley Payton, James Payton, Paul Payton, Jason Payton, and Aaron Barber.

You may send flowers or make a donation to Gideons International in her memory so that the Word of God will go out into all the world…she would like that!

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Fourth-degree theft of property from the 600 block of N. Opothleohola; wallet and Alabama driver’s license stolen.

Aug. 17

First-degree theft of property from 1400 block of Holtville Road; Suzuki motorcycle stolen; valued at $1,000.

Aug. 16

Fourth-degree theft of property from Total Car Care, 6896 U.S. 231; catalytic converter stolen, valued at $400.

Harassment from Bottle Paradise, 603 Coosa River Parkway.

Interference with custody from the 1000 block of Micanopy Street.

Aug. 14

Fourth-degree theft of property and forgery/passing forged instrument from

the 200 block of Hill Street; clothes and money stolen valued at $97.85, counterfeit $100 recovered.

Domestic incident from the 500 block of McDonald Drive.

Aug. 13

Fourth-degree theft of property from the Wetumpka Police Department, 4950 U.S. 231; Live trap stolen, valued at $35.

Accidental property damage from the 600 block of U.S. 231; hood, fender and windshield for Ford Taurus, damage valued at $1,200.

Information only from the 2000 block of U.S. 231; Jeep Wrangler damaged, valued at $100.

Aug. 12

Fourth-degree theft of property from the 60 block of Chapel Road; merchandise recovered, valued at $6.

Fourth-degree theft of property from Total Car Care, 6896 U.S. 231; catalytic converters stolen, valued at $500.

Aug. 11

First-degree theft of property from the 300 block of Hill Street; golf cart stolen, valued at $300.

Domestic complaint from the 100 block of Hill Street.

Unlawful breaking and entering vehicles at Total Car Care, 6896 U.S. 231; check book stolen.

Aug. 10

Lost property from Petro Plus, 779 U.S. 231; wallet, ID and debit/credit cards lost.

Resisting arrest and disorderly conduct from Wetumpka High School, 1251 Coosa River Parkway.

Aug. 5

First-degree criminal trespass from Wetumpka Village - Villas Apartments.

First-degree theft of property from Southeast Storage, 8416 U.S. 231; transport trailer stolen, valued at $7,500.

Aug. 4

Second-degree theft of lost property from Pacecar, 8431 U.S. 231; iPhone 12 Pro stolen; valued at $1,100.

Aug. 3

Third-degree domestic violence from the 600 block of Marshall Street.

First-degree possession of marijuana and second-degree possession of marijuana from the 600 block of Marshall Street; jar containing marijuana, Xanax, black scale and barbiturates.

Butler She was a teacher for more than 20 years throughout the United States and for the U.S. Air Force in Bermuda and Pakistan. She retired from Edgewood Academy as a beloved first grade teacher and Drill Team founder/sponsor.

Her passion in life (other than her family) was the theater. In 1979, she and several friends decided their town needed a community theater, and so the Wetumpka Depot Players were born. Including the word “depot” in the name honored both part of the town’s and Butler’s family histories — the group’s first home was in the old L&N railroad depot where Butler’s grandfather had served as station master.

Butler corralled a band of volunteers to scrape decades of paint off the building through a long hot summer, and eventually it was transformed into a usable performance hall in time for its first production in 1980. And though early patrons had to use hand held paper fans in the summer and wrap in blankets in the winter, the Depot Players grew and thrived, moving into an upgraded venue in 1999. For more than 40 years, it has introduced countless area residents of all ages to the magic of community theater, carrying on the legacy of Butler and many dedicated volunteers.

She directed and appeared in more than 90 productions during her life in Alabama, and after moving to St. Augustine more than 15 years ago, she brought those skills to the Limelight Theatre, teaching and directing several mainstage performances and children’s plays there.

“The Wetumpka Depot was a gleam in the eye of Patsy Butler over 40 years ago,” said the Depot’s Artistic Director Kristy Meanor. “It was her vision, along with a handful of other Depot founders, to start a community theatre. That vision and her dedication propelled the Depot into a thriving group that has flourished and been recognized even on the national stage. Artistic accomplishments aside, what I think Patsy contributed most was setting the

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continued from Page A1 tone for our group to be welcoming to all members in our community, whether on stage, behind the scenes or in the audience. She will be missed but her legacy lives on at 300 S. Main St.” She was the consummate hostess of late-night theatre cast parties where the problems of the world were often solved, and if they weren’t, just hearing her distinctive peaks of laughter somehow made things seem better. And her wit and wisdom weren’t just confined to personal interactions. For someone who never used Facebook, she had quite a following due to her daughter’s sharing of her down-home anecdotes and wry, sometimes laughout loud, observations on life.

Butler was simply a force of nature, as vibrant as her perfectly coiffed red hair, squeezing every drop out of life and encouraging others to do the same.

A grand Southern dame, a witty Steel Magnolia with that unmistakable laugh and a voice that could bring you to heel when she caught you screwing up. She was known for her infamous “in the car talks,” where she not so gently guided/corrected not only her daughter and grandchildren, but also their friends, her friends, multiple drill team members and anyone else she cared about.

Butler’s surviving family includes her daughter Beth Butler Lambert and her grandchildren Rachel Robertson and Butler Robertson, whom she adored and who followed her footsteps into the world of theater; her close friend Patric Robinson, who she loved dearly and collaborated with on numerous productions together, on stage, off stage and backstage. And of course, Stanley.

A Celebration of Life was held on Aug. 29 at The Wetumpka Depot Players. Contributions honoring the life force that was Patsy Butler can be made to the Wetumpka Depot Players (P.O. Box 1031, Wetumpka, AL 36092) toward Patsy’s Playhouse, a script lending library for patrons and students.

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Hall said the HGTV show has drawn so much attention to downtown but people are not venturing beyond the nucleus of downtown Wetumpka. Even though Cara’s Cafe is located on S. Main Street, less than 1 mile from the Elmore County Courthouse, Hall said people

typically don’t stray away from the center of downtown.

“We had good business for the first year, but the last six months have really fallen off,” he said. “It’s just one of those things that happens. We still love Wetumpka, we’re a part of this community.

We live here and it’s wonderful.”

In a message to their customers on Facebook, Hall and his wife stated that they are considering ways to still serve the Wetumpka community.

“We have loved knowing

and serving you,” the post states. “But, given the current challenges facing the restaurant business, we decided to focus our resources on Cara’s Trattoria in Pike Road. We will continue to offer casseroles and desserts to order, and we are working on

logistics to serve Wetumpka.”

Cara’s Trattoria opened in May in Pike Road. Hall said he and his wife are focusing their efforts to Pike Road location because it is rapidly growing. They’re now in the process of moving out of the Wetumpka location.

Wetumpka, Tallassee among the ‘best places to retire’

By BRIANA WILSON Bureau Chief

Wetumpka and Tallassee have been named among the top 10 cities in Alabama for retirees, according to an annual study by SmartAsset, a company that provides interactive tools help residents make sound financial decisions.

The study measures tax

burden, access to medical care and opportunity for recreation and social activity in determining the best places to retire.

Tallassee ranks third on the list, and Wetumpka followed, ranking fourth.

Greenville came in first place, while Florence snagged the 10th spot.

The top 10 cities are: 1. Greenville

2. Attalla 3. Tallassee 4. Wetumpka 5. Guntersville 6. Fairhope 7. Harvest 8. Boaz 9. Roanoke 10. Florence To find the best places to retire, SmartAsset gathered data on three separate regional factors that affect the quality of

part-time employment).

We subtracted income taxes paid from the gross income to determine disposable income.

Sales taxes paid were calculated based on the disposable income being spent on taxable goods.”

SmartAsset also determined the number of doctors’ offices, recreation centers and retirement centers per

life for retirees, including tax-friendliness, medical care and social opportunities.

“First, we looked at state and local tax rates, considering two types of taxes: income and sales,” the website states.

“We calculated effective rates based on a retiree earning $35,000 annually (from retirement savings, Social Security and

thousand residents in each location. Finally, the company measured the number of seniors in each city as a percentage of the total population.

An average ranking for each area was created with the three factors weighted equally. The areas with the highest average ranking were determined to be the best places to retire.

ALDOT seeks input on Public Involvement Plan STAFF REPORT TPI Staff

The Alabama Department of Transportation is inviting the public to give input on its draft Public Involvement Plan for Statewide Transportation Planning. The purpose of the plan is to implement effective ways for ALDOT to gather information from the public about their transportation needs. The plan will be on ALDOT’s website on Friday, Aug. 20, and all comments must be received on or before Monday, Oct. 4.

ALDOT seeks involvement from diverse groups of people whose input and viewpoints provide valuable insight during the planning of ALDOT projects.

Comments on the Public Involvement Plan for Statewide Transportation Planning will help direct how ALDOT will engage in meaningful conversations with communities and incorporate the public’s input in the transportation decision-making process.

For more information about the draft Public Involvement Plan for Statewide Transportation Planning and to participate and give feedback, visit: https://www.dot.state.al.us/news/publicinvolvement. html.

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Sad scenes coming out of Afghanistan

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have seen the recent footage and images coming out of Afghanistan that have shown the steady progression of deteriorating conditions in that region of the world and they are so disheartening.

The video of the baby being lifted over the wall outside of the Kabul airport breaks my heart. As a mother and a human being, that footage is difficult to watch. I know that is only a snippet of what is really happening and it may or may not have been taken out of context, but one thing is certain, that baby had to be terrified.

That baby’s mother had to be terrified.

A lot of people are asking if the last 20 years spent fighting terrorist forces in a foreign land were in vain?

Officially named Operation Enduring Freedom, the war in Afghanistan began in Oct. 2001. The U.S. engaged in response to the Sept.

11 attack on the World Trade Center.

Do you remember where you were almost 20-years ago on 9/11? I do. I was at home with my two daughters.

Hannah was almost 5-months-old and Jamie had just turned 2-years-old. I cooked that morning. We ate, and I was cleaning up after breakfast. The television was on and when I looked up at the screen, I saw the first plane fly into the World Trade Center. I could not believe what I was seeing.

It was like something out of a movie, but it was real. At this point, I was shaken but I wasn’t afraid. But then the second plane hit. This wasn’t a freak accident. It was intentional.

I continued to watch and the images on television only got worse, and worse. As the fire spread throughout the Twin Towers, people began jumping. That was the hardest thing to watch. I could not watch without imagining what that choice would be like.

CARMEN RODGERS Bureau Chief That same day, I had to take my kids to the doctor for a routine appointment. There was a silence in the doctor’s office but the sadness could be seen in the eyes of everyone there. We all knew things would not be the same after that day.

As we waited to see the doctor, Hannah was giggling and Jamie was playing with puzzles, oblivious to what happened earlier that day.

When we returned home, I turned the television on. There was media coverage of the terrorist attack on every channel. I shielded the dreadful images from the kids, but I knew I would have to one day soon explain what had happened. The bad guys hurt a lot of innocent people.

Later, the girls were napping and I began to think about what that conversation would be like. How do you explain something like a terrorist attack to a toddler? How do you tell them that there are people out there who want to kill them? You don’t.

I decided to delay that conversation as long as possible because in that moment I realized what had been stolen from me and every American on that day. That attack stole my peace of mind. I thought about what war would look like, and it scared me.

I had never really had to think about that and certainly not as a parent. I do not want to live my life scared for my family’s safety at any time, much less all the time. I want my children and their children and so forth and so on to live in peace with a sense of security.

Now, as I watch the news today and see the conditions in that region, with innocent people trying to flee terrorist rule, I am left asking, why were people not evacuated before the troops were pulled out? Why did this happen the way it did? Why were there Americans and American allies in the region after the troops left?

That seems so backward to me. I just don’t understand.

How could the stability that the U.S. and other military forces worked for decades to create in that region dissolve within weeks of the removal of U.S. troops?

My brother served in the war in Afghanistan. He was fresh out of high school when he joined the air force. While he was away serving our country, I don’t think anyone in my family slept well until his return home. I prayed for him to come home safe daily and nightly. Again, a piece of peace was taken away.

Much like time, peace is priceless.

But sometimes, peace comes at a high cost. The United States paid the price for peace in Afghanistan. For decades, our soldiers shed blood, sweat, and tears to protect innocent people against terrorist organizations.

Now we are negotiating with these same terrorist organizations to get people out of that region.

There are so many things about this that I do not understand, but I will tell you what I do understand, innocent people in Afghanistan are terrified at this moment. There are mothers and fathers who are worried about the safety of their children.

They are unsure of what their future holds. Their peace is gone.

So, I ask, what did the U.S. gain from the 20-year war? What did we lose? And, how will it all play out?

What is the endgame? Is there an endgame?

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Opening for Kool & the Gang

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’ve seen a lot of great performers in concert: Paul McCartney, B.B. King, Chicago, Elton John, Garth Brooks, Billy Joel, Boz Scaggs, Harry Connick Jr., Barry Manilow, The Beach Boys, Foreigner, Alabama, Tommy Shaw, Paul Revere & the Raiders, and more.

But one concert experience may have been the greatest thrill of all: the night I was in the band that opened for Kool & the Gang.

Kool & the Gang has been around for over 50 years. They have won two Grammy awards and sold over 70 million albums.

The band started out in high school as a jazz band. Robert Bell gave himself the nickname “Kool” in an attempt to fit in with street gangs of his neighborhood. The original lineup featured brothers Robert “Kool” Bell and Ronald Bell; Dennis “Dee Tee” Thomas; Robert “Spike” Mickens; Charles Smith; George Brown; and Ricky West. The Bells’ father was a boxer who trained jazz trumpeter Miles Davis; they also lived in the same building with jazz pianist Thelonious Monk. The band started out in Jersey City, New Jersey, in 1964 and signed to De-Lite Records in 1969.

In the early 1970s, Kool & the Gang played continuously in clubs around the east coast, and learned that they couldn’t just stand on stage and play jazz. They began incorporating choreography as they took their music in an R&B/ soul direction. However, record reviewers and audiences still could not easily identify what genre

MICHAEL BIRD Columnist Kool & the Gang were, as their albums and stage shows featured jazz, blues, rock, and instrumental styles.

They worked hard for several years but hit it big with the funk record “Jungle Boogie” in 1973.

Soon, with the addition of singer James “J.T.” Taylor, they began scoring hit after hit in the late 1970s and early 1980s: “Ladies’ Night,” “Open Sesame,” “Celebration,” “Too Hot,” “Joanna,” “Cherish,” “Get Down on It,” and more.

In fact, “Celebration” was not only a #1 hit in 1980, it has become an anthem of sorts, used for everything from the Olympics in 1980 the return of the hostages from Iran in 1981.

“Joanna” became the most-played radio single of 1984.

Kool & the Gang were probably on the back side of success by the time I encountered them.

I was a member of the Troy University Jazz Ensemble, directed

by Mr. Ralph Ford. Mr. Ford had booked our jazz band for some gigs in the Panama City Beach area, and one of them was at a surfside dive that shall remain unnamed.

Mr. Ford worked us hard in the weeks leading up to the performance.

We played tougher music than we had ever played, and the jazz

band rehearsed at every available opportunity the week prior to the performance. I can distinctly recall meeting for sectionals (I was in the trombone section) at 10:00 at night because we had to wait for someone to get off work.

Finally, the day came and we drove down to PCB, caravan style.

We played in the sun, sand, and waves, and dined on some great gulf seafood. And then, we played our set and sounded great.

We felt really proud of ourselves for the good job we did, and even met some of the members of Kool & the Gang. But we were unprepared for the power of their stage show.

Their band took the stage – the same one on which we’d just played the classics of jazz – and blew it up.

They opened with “Jungle Boogie,” a classic, and those horn players were grinding so hard on their instruments I thought the show should have been rated for mature audiences only. But boy, did those guys play!

They did extended versions of their songs and showcased fine musicianship. And this was on a party deck of a restaurant in Panama City, a decade or two removed from their greatest success.

Kool & the Gang may not be mentioned in the same sentence with the popular bands of the ‘70s and ‘80s, but they definitely deserve to be remembered for some classic songs and stellar playing. Who would have thought a little jazz band from Jersey City would be around so long?

Michael Bird is a music teacher for Tallassee City Schools.

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TIM BURTON WEEK: In honor of the multi-talented director and producer, Downtown Wetumpka celebrates Tim Burton and all of his 40-plus movies.

Beginning on his birthday, Aug. 25, Wetumpka will celebrate his expressionism art, his films, and of course, Big Fish. From Aug. 25-28, various Tim Burton-related events and contests will take place and area residents are encouraged to join in on the fun. For more information, go to the Main Street Wetumpka Facebook page and click on the Events tab.

WETUMPKA FARMERS MARKET: The city of Wetumpka will host its Farmers Market from 4-7 p.m. every Thursday until Aug. 26. The city’s market is state certified through the Department of Agriculture’s Farmer’s Market Authority, which means that the market will feature locally grown fresh produce from farms throughout the state. In addition to fruits and vegetables, the market will also feature vendors offering locally made goods.

ART WALK: A monthly event that takes place from 4-8 p.m. on the first Friday of every month in downtown Wetumpka. The event is a collaboration featuring several handpicked artists who come together to offer an outdoor art show and sale in the heart of downtown Wetumpka.

The monthly event was created

by Don Sawyer, a seasoned artist who owns an art studio in downtown Wetumpka.

COMMUNITY MARKET: The Community Market is held at Merchants

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PRESCHOOL STORYTIME: After more than a yearlong hiatus, Preschool Storytime has resumed at the Wetumpka Public Library. The first story time was held on Friday, May 14, and will take place every Friday at the library at 10 a.m.

ECLECTIC TOWN COUNCIL MEETINGS: Eclectic Town Council meetings are held on the third Monday of each month at Town Hall. Council meetings begin at 7 p.m. with work sessions taking place prior to the meeting at 6 p.m. Meetings are held in the Dr. M. L. Fielder Municipal Building, 145 Main Street.

NAACP MEETINGS: The Elmore County Branch No. 5026 of the NAACP meets at 6:30 p.m. every third Tuesday (executive committee) and every fourth Tuesday (full membership) at the Martin Luther King Center at 200 North Lancaster St. in Wetumpka.

LIVING WORD: You belong here. You and your family are always welcome here. We are located at 1826 Kowaliga Road Eclectic, across from the Dollar General. Call 334-492-0777 for more information.

OPEN MIC: The Equality Performing Arts Center hosts an open mic jam session from 7 to 9 p.m. every second Friday of the month at 560 Highway 9 in Equality. There is no charge but dona-

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tions are welcome as they keep the center running. Bring a snack or finger food to share during the intermission.

RED HILL COMMUNITY CLUB MEETINGS: Red Hill Community Club Meetings are held every second Monday of the month. Join the Red Hill Historical Preservation Association in the auditorium of the Old Red Hill School, located off state Route 229 at 6:30 p.m. to discuss upcoming events.

MOUNT HEBRON CHURCH OF CHRIST: Come join us at 4530 Mt. Hebron Road in Eclectic. Our Sunday school begins at 9 a.m. followed by worship service at 10:30. There is also a Wednesday night Bible study at 7 p.m.

For more information call Pastor Edwin Walker at 334-541-2025 LUNCH AND LEARN: Lunch and learn Tuesdays with Kelly are scheduled at the Kelly Fitzpatrick Memorial Gallery at 124 Company Street in Wetumpka from noon to 1 p.m. on the third Tuesday of each month. For more information, visit www.thekelly.org.

CELEBRATE RECOVERY GRACE POINT: Celebrate Recovery meets at Grace Point Community Church at 78223 Tallassee Highway in Wetumpka each Tuesday at 6:15 p.m. All are welcome to the meetings which provide a safe and loving environment for individuals seeking to conquer their hurts, habits and hangups. For more information, visit www.Gracepoint.info or contact Gwin Greathouse at gwingreathouse@gmail. com.

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GAMBLERS ANONYMOUS: Gamblers Anonymous meets Saturdays at 6 p.m. at Cedarwood Community Church at 10286 U.S. Highway 231 in Wallsboro/Wetumpka. Call 334-567-0476 for more information.

AA MEETING: Alcoholics Anonymous meetings are held Mondays at 7 p.m. located at 105 Tuskeena St. in Wetumpka.

RED HILL GALLERY: The Red Hill Gallery on Highway 229 in the Red Hill Community in Tallassee is open Fridays from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. for local live music performances. No admission is charged but donations are welcomed to maintain the building and pay for refreshments.

MASTER GARDENER HELPLINE: If you have gardening questions you can call the Master Gardener Helpline at 1-877-252-4769. The helpline starts March 1 and ends in August.

CHILDREN’S HARBOR: Children’s Harbor Treasures and Thrift Store Located on state route 63 just south of Lake Martin Amphitheater, the Children’s Harbor Thrift Store is open Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. proceeds are used to help fund the activities at the Lake Martin campus of children’s harbor and the Family Center at Children’s Hospital. Call 334-8572008 for more information.

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Gov. Ivey awards grant to assist sexual assault victims statewide STAFF REPORT TPI Staff

Gov. Kay Ivey has awarded a $423,976 grant to support sexual assault victims across Alabama.

The Alabama Coalition Against Rape, a nonprofit organization that assists victims of sexual violence and conducts outreach and education, is using the funds to continue its efforts to provide

services to victims and prevent further assaults.

The coalition has provided legal, medical and counseling services to victims throughout Alabama since 1995. The organization is made up of more than a dozen agencies that provide regional services for victims.

The coalition also provides training for allied professionals and networks and maintains connections with other

agencies to assist victims and address sexual violence issues.

“Those who have been victimized by rape and sexual assault need access to professional help,” Gov. Ivey said. “I commend the Alabama Coalition Against Rape for continuing to provide services for victims and for its outreach work to help in preventing these horrible crimes.”

The Alabama Department of Economic and Community

Affairs is administering the grant from funds made available by the U.S. Department of Justice. ADECA administers a wide range of programs that support law enforcement, victim services, economic development, water resource management, energy conservation and recreational development.

“ADECA joins Gov. Ivey in commending the coalition for its continued work to ensure

victims receive the care and support they need as soon as possible,” ADECA Director Kenneth Boswell said. “This partnership ADECA has with the coalition provides victims with needed access to important services.”

Along with grants, the coalition and its member agencies rely on private donations to ensure that these services remain available yearround.

Department of Labor UC Claims Tracker to be replaced by Claimant Portal STAFF REPORT TPI Staff

The Alabama Department of Labor (ADOL) announced today that the UC Claims Tracker, which was launched last year in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, will be replaced with the Claimant Portal. This will allow for one source of information for all unemployment compensation (UC) claimants and will help reduce

confusion.

The Claimant Portal has been available since the end of 2020, alongside the UC Claims Tracker.

Beginning Wednesday, Aug. 25, the UC Claims Tracker will no longer be accessible, and claimants will need to use the Claimant Portal. The Claimant Portal will have consolidated information and will allow claimants to see their claim details.

Additionally, the Claimant Portal will incorporate a new authentication

process, originally launched this spring for UC Claims Tracker, making the portal as secure as possible. Claimants will need to have an existing Google, Microsoft, or Apple account to login.

If a claimant does not have one of these accounts, one will need to be set up. This is in line with the sign-on procedures for many daily services in use today. It is a more secure way to access information and helps to prevent against identity theft.

“UC Claims Tracker was a great

addition and provided claimants with more information than ever before,” ADOL Secretary Fitzgerald Washington said. “As ADOL continues to revise its procedures for efficiency, it’s now time to retire the Claims Tracker, and switch everyone to the Claimant Portal.

Claimants will still be able to obtain claims information in the most secure way.”

The link to the Claimant Portal is: https://uiclaimantportal.labor.alabama. gov/

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Trust and truth Greetings from the corner of Bridge and Bridge!

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pray everyone reading today’s column is doing as well as can be expected. The times we live in continue to be wild and crazy, but the earthly kingdom remains surrounded and grounded in divine blessing.

Depending on the translation being consulted, there are two recurring words in the Bible that appear with near equal frequency. Those words are trust and truth and their respective derivatives. Trust is found approximately 200 times, while truth appears closer to 250 times.

These two words appear close to each other in any standard Bible concordance. While

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Trust and truth go hand in hand.

Trust and truth keep popping up in our national and global discourse. Our world is ripe with distrust and misinformation. It seems to be coming from all angles. An objective inquiry reveals that distrust and misinformation exist in almost every flavor of life.

The temptation in times like this is to take the ostrich approach. Our human nature is easily bonded with the nature of this most peculiar bird. In order to find rest and / or peace, burying one’s head in the sand actually sounds like a pretty good idea in trying times.

JONATHAN YARBORO Columnist Nothing could be further from the truth (there’s that word again!). More importantly, nothing could be farther from God’s intentions for life in the earthly kingdom. Remember that God created everything and declared it all to be good.

I want to take a moment and share some observations about the relationship between trust and truth. I believe the words are intrinsically linked and that this is no accident. Please allow me to share just a couple of examples.

People should all be able to trust their church and pastor.

Churches and pastors should

be truthful. While theologies and doctrines do differ from denomination to denomination, one thing is abundantly clear.

If any person cannot trust their church and / or pastor to be truthful, that person needs to find a different church or risk being misguided in faith.

We should all be able to trust our friends. While we might not agree with or share their beliefs, we should be able to trust that our friends are being truthful.

If we cannot, we need to spend time with friends who are.

We should be able to trust our families. I am in no way suggesting than any family is capable of perfection. The goal for every healthy family is to be as genuinely loving and supportive of each other as possible. If this is not the case for any family, there is help available.

We should trust our health

care providers. If anyone does not, then a different provider should be found. We do not have to like what they tell us, but if we do not trust them, their care for us is useless.

Above all, we should all be able to trust ourselves. Again, being perfect is not the aim.

Being honest with ourselves and everyone we encounter is.

Every human being in the earthly kingdom can trust the word of God. Even those who do not believe in God can trust what the Bible witnesses to.

Whenever people embrace falsehood, they become untrustworthy to self and others.

On the contrary, whenever people embrace the love of God for the whole of humanity as God’s truth, trust in what is right always follows.

Rev. Yarboro is the Pastor of First Presbyterian Church in Wetumpka.

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11117 U.S. Hwy 231., Wetumpka 567-5754 Crossroads Assembly of God 2534 AL Hwy 14., Millbrook 2855545 First Assembly of God 3511 Shirley Ln., Millbrook New Home Assembly of God 5620 Caesarville Rd., Wetumpka 569-2825 BAPTIST Abraham Baptist Church Millbrook Antioch Baptist Church 1115 Antioch Rd., Titus 567-2917 Beulah Baptist Church 2350 Grier Rd., Wetumpka 5142881 Blue Ridge Baptist 4471 Jasmine Hill Rd., Wetumpka 567-4325 Brookwood Baptist Grandview Rd., Millbrook

Calvary Baptist 504 W. Osceola St., Wetumpka 567-4729 Central Baptist 3545 W. Central Rd., Wetumpka 541-2556 Coosada Baptist 20 Kennedy Ave., Coosada Deatsville Baptist 184 Church St., Deatsville Eclectic Baptist Church 203 Claud Rd., Eclectic 541-4444 Faith Baptist 64 Chapel Rd., Wetumpka 567-4417 First Baptist Church 205 W. Bridge St., Wetumpka 5675191 First Baptist of Elmore Hwy. 14 Co. Rd. 74, Elmore Galilee Baptist 95 Old Georgia Rd., Wetumpka 567-4178 Good Hope Baptist 1766 S. Fleahop Rd., Eclectic

Goodship Baptist 1554 Hwy. 143, Millbrook 285-0094 Grace Baptist Old Montgomery Hwy., Wetumpka 567-3255 Grandview Pines Baptist 346 Deatsville Hwy., Millbrook 2855125 Green Ridge Baptist 288 Turner Rd., Wetumpka 5672486 Harvest Baptist 2990 Main St., Millbrook Hillside Baptist 405 Old Montgomery Hwy., Wetumpka Holtville Riverside Baptist 7121 Holtville Rd., Wetumpka 5145922 Lake Elam Baptist 4060 Gober Rd., Millbrook Liberty Hill Baptist 61 Crenshaw Rd., Wetumpka 5678750

Lighthouse Baptist 2281 Main St., Millbrook Living Water Baptist 1745 Grass Farm Rd. (Co. Rd. 80), Titus 514-7304 Millbrook Baptist 3431 Browns Road, Millbrook 2854731 Mitts Chapel Baptist 935 Cold Springs Rd., Deatsville 569-1952 Mt. Hebron West Baptist 150 Mt. Hebron Rd., Elmore 5674441 Mt. Herron East Baptist Church 4355 Mt. Herron Rd. Eclectic, Al 36024 334-857-3689 Mountain View Baptist 1025 Rifle Range Rd., Wetumpka 567-4458 New Harmony Baptist 3094 New Harmony Rd., Marbury 312-1878

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Black Heritage Council to hold virtual Community Preservation Forum STAFF REPORT TPI Staff

The Black Heritage Council of the Alabama Historical Commission will hold its Community Preservation Forum on Saturday, Aug. 28.

The Forum will be held virtually on Zoom beginning at 10 a.m. and ending at 3 p.m. There will be a lunch break at noon, with the Forum resuming promptly at 1 p.m.

The public is invited to attend.

There is no charge to attend, but registration is required.

This year’s theme is “Preservation of African American Churches, Schools, and Cemeteries.” Topics will include documenting church history, church schools, cemetery restoration and burial monument repair,

challenges and best practices unique to African American cemeteries, and copyright and other legal information pertinent for preserving historical items. Historian and author Dr. Richard Bailey will kick off the event with a presentation on the significance of preserving history in the Black community.

The Council’s Programs Committee has assembled other dynamic presenters for the Forum including Rev. James Ephraim, interim director and project manager for the restoration of the Anne Manie Campus in Wilcox County, Alabama; Mr. Matt Gage, Director of The University of Alabama, Office of Archaeological Research (OAR) in Tuscaloosa, Alabama; Mr. John Lanier,

board member of The Shadow Lawn Memorial Gardens Maintenance and Perpetual Care Association, Inc. of Birmingham, Alabama; Attorney LaConya Murray, founder of Off the Mark IP Solutions based in Montgomery; and Dr. Shari L. Williams, executive director of The Ridge Macon County Archeological Project in south Macon County, Alabama.

In 1984, the Alabama Historical Commission, the State Historic Preservation Office, created the Black Heritage Council (BHC) to advocate for and advise the Commission on the preservation of African American historic places in Alabama. At the time of its founding, the BHC was the first African American advisory council of a state

historic preservation office created in the country. The primary mission of the Black Heritage Council is to advocate for the preservation of African American historic places in Alabama. It is the only statewide organization whose sole mission is the preservation of African American Historic Places. The Council includes volunteer members from throughout the state and is presently led by Tuskegee attorney Lateefah Muhammad as chair and Mr. Elvin D. Lang of Montgomery as vice-chair.

Since 1999, the Black Heritage Council has held the Forum in communities across the state. Host committees in each location help the Council identify areas to provide technical assistance and highlight historic places

that need to be preserved. The Council utilizes this insight to work with the Alabama Historical Commission and its staff, led by Executive Director Lisa D. Jones, in its mission to protect, preserve and interpret Alabama’s historic places.

“Programs like these are a critical part of identifying historic places and providing important information for their preservation,” Jones said.

“This is a great opportunity for people to learn more about what to look for in their community, and what resources are available to protect their history.”

To reserve your space, register online at https:// bit.ly/3xUXtuM, email blackheritagecouncil@ahc. alabama.gov or call (334) 2302678 no later than Aug. 26.

Vendor registration opens for Tallassee Sidewalk Sale

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Do you have a unique craft or a hobby that would like to share? If so, the Tallassee Chamber of Commerce is currently accepting vendors for the upcoming Sidewalk Sale.

The Tallassee Chamber of Commerce will host the next

Downtown Sidewalk Sale on Saturday, Oct. 16. From 8 a.m. until 1 p.m.

In addition to a wide variety of vendors, food trucks, and activities for the children, the upcoming sidewalk sale will include live entertainment.

“We’ll have about three and half hours of entertainment,” Director of

the Tallassee Chamber of Commerce Jerry Cunningham said.

The Sidewalk Sale has become a well-attended quarterly event in the downtown area.

The last Sidewalk Sale was held in late June and it drew people from Tallassee and around the area. There were 48 vendors that participated in the June Sidewalk Sale, and 14

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For more information about vendor registration, contact Cunningham at 334-283-5151.

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Alabama’s July jobless rate drops to 3.2% STAFF REPORT TPI Staff

Gov. Kay Ivey and Alabama Department of Labor Secretary Fitzgerald Washington announced on Friday, Aug. 20, that Alabama’s preliminary, seasonally adjusted July 2021 unemployment rate is 3.2%, down from June’s rate of 3.3%, and well below July 2020’s rate of 7.4%.

July’s rate represents 71,627 unemployed persons, compared to 73,769 in June and 165,510 in July 2020.

Alabama remains below the July national rate of 5.4%.

“Each month we edge closer and closer to our pre-pandemic unemployment rate,” Ivey said. “Employers have added over 73,000 jobs in the past year, and nearly 83,000 more people are working today than they were last year. Industries that were hit the hardest are seeing employment numbers increase monthly. We’ll keep working as hard as we can to continue this remarkable progress.”

In July, 2,138,925 people were counted as employed, up 82,577 from July 2020.

Over the year, wage and

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July unemployment: July’s rate represents 71,627 unemployed persons, compared to 73,769 in June and 165,510 in July 2020.

salary employment increased 73,100 with the biggest gains seen in leisure and hospitality (+25,400), manufacturing (+11,900), and education and health services (+10,700), among others. Annual losses

were seen in construction, mining and logging.

“The Alabama Career Center System continues to connect employers and job seekers through local and regional job fairs,”

Washington said. “These collaborative community events are targeting industry sectors that still need employees and job seekers looking for new or better opportunities. Those sectors,

along with wages, are hitting new record highs. The average weekly wage for the private sector was up a whopping $64.16 over the year.”

Total private average weekly earnings measured $986.29 in July, a new record high. This represents a yearly increase of $64.16 and a monthly increase of $20.46.

Additionally, the leisure and hospitality sector hit a new record high, with weekly wages rising to $402.98, up $51.56 over the year, and $13.37 over the month.

Counties with the lowest unemployment rates are Shelby County at 2.1%, Blount County at 2.2%, and Cullman and Marshall Counties at 2.3%.

Counties with the highest unemployment rates are Wilcox County at 11.2%, Lowndes County at 9.7%, and Perry County at 9.4%.

Major cities with the lowest unemployment rates are Homewood at 1.8%, Vestavia Hills at 2.1%, and Hoover and Madison at 2.2%. Major cities with the highest unemployment rates are Selma at 9.4%, Prichard at 8.1%, and Anniston 6.2%.

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By DALTON MIDDLETON Sports Editor

After getting a free win due to its opponent forfeiting last week, the Holtville football team has quite a challenge in front of it this week.

Holtville travels to West Blocton this Friday, Aug. 27, at 7 p.m. When the Bulldogs take the field, they’l face a West Blocton team that runs a double wing offense, with options and veers and rocket tosses as some of its plays.

That sort of offense makes it where Holtville’s defense will have to be as close to perfect as they can be on

Friday night, from pre-snap assignments to aligning defensive schemes.

“Those are things that you don’t see throughout the season, so it makes preparing for them more difficult. It’s not like it’s something our defense sees very often and we don’t line up in it a whole lot so it makes replicating what they do pretty tough.”

Holtville started trying to replicate West Blocton’s offense in practice a few weeks ago, a little at a time, to get used to seeing it. Head coach Jason Franklin didn’t want his team to see it for only three days.

Then, last Monday, Franklin got a call that Goshen, Holtville’s Week 1 opponent, had to forfeit its seasonopening matchup last week.

So Franklin was able to put a few more days of emphasis on West Blocton’s offense.

West Blocton played Brookwood last Friday, and won handily, 43-22.

“If you don’t play assignment football, you’re going to put yourself in trouble,” Franklin said. “West Blocton is content with four yards a pop. They’ll control the game. They’re not an See BULLDOGS • Page B2

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Holtville running back Shawn Brackett (12) runs the ball agsint West Blocton last year.

TIGERS GET TOUGHER

Wetumpka’s Noah Jones commits to SUSCC

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Wetumpka’s Myles Ross (2) hits Tallasse quarterback Tyler Ellis (10) during last season’s matchup.

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Wetumpka must deal with extra threat as Tallassee quarterback Ellis makes return

By DALTON MIDDLETON Sports Editor

T

allassee proved in its seasonopening win over Reeltown that Jalyn Daniels is as dangerous as advertised, but now the Tigers’ offense has another threat in the backfield.

Tallassee (1-0) hosts rival Wetumpka (0-1) on Friday night at 7 p.m. at J.E. “Hot” O’Brien Stadi-um. When the two teams take the field, not only will Daniels be in the backfield, but so will junior quarterback Tyler Ellis.

Ellis, a third-year starter, missed last week’s game against Reeltown. In his absence, the Tigers did not attempt a single pass, yet still beat Reeltown, 34-13. Daniels rushed for 328 yards and three touchdowns.

Daniels is an extreme threat by himself. In the game, he took direct snaps on nearly every sin-gle play yet still averaged nearly 10 yards per rush and broke off two touchdown runs of over 50 yards.

Now Tallassee will put Ellis back at quarterback, and that opens up the playbook to feature Daniels in a variety of ways.

“Tyler brings a lot to our offense,” Tallassee coach Mike Battles said. “He

brings three years of experience. He’s worked really hard to improve this past spring and summer, and he knows the whole offense. We’ll have our full offense. We will still have some stuff that we do with Jalyn, but you’ll see more of a normal set offense. Now we can do all of the stuff we want to do.”

The stuff that Battles and company want to do will not come easy. Tallassee and Wetumpka have played a total of 68 times dating back to 1921, and Tallassee holds a 35-31-2 record against the Indians.

Wetumpka, however, has dominated the series in the past 30 years and has won nine straight games against Tallassee. The two didn’t play from 2004-2019 and renewed the rivalry matchup last year.

Wetumpka won that game, 35-14.

“They have a big, fast, athletic football team,” Battles said of Wetumpka. “They’re going to be bigger than us up front and they have more speed. They have some good-sized linebackers. They have a good running back and their quarterback is young but he’s a really good athlete. We’re going to have a tough time keeping them under control.”

Wetumpka started the season last week with a blowout loss to Prattville,

41-13. The Indians hurt themselves more often than not and recorded seven fumbles and four penalties. Wetumpka’s defense was solid, however, and held Prattville to under 20 points for most of the game.

As the turnovers started piling on late, Prattville found some offensive success and scored three touchdowns in the last 12 minutes.

Two of the three late touchdowns were through the air, with Prattville connecting on a 74-yard touchdown and a 57-yard touchdown. That could be promising for Tallassee with Ellis returning to play his first game of the year.

Battles doesn’t believe Prattville is a good measuring stick when it comes to Wetumpka facing his Tallassee squad, simply because of how good Prattville is and due to the fact that Wetump-ka was playing up a classification.

This week, Tallassee will be the school playing up a classification.

“Wetumpka is really well coached, they’re really athletic and the biggest thing is how big they are up front,” Battles said. “That’s going to be tough for us to overcome. We have to hang on to the ball, make first downs, and make some throws. Luckily, we have Tyler back.”

It took all of one day for Noah Jones to commit to play baseball at Southern Union State Community College last week.

Jones, a senior middle infielder at Wetumpka high school, was offered from SUSCC last Tuesday. Not even 24 hours later on Wednesday, Jones decided that was where he wanted to play at the next level.

Jones had been on SUSCC’s radar for a little while before they offered him last week, so when they finally did, he had no doubt that was where he wanted to play.

“Southern Union has some great baseball facilities and a great coach,” Jones said. “It’s great people and they have a great tradition for baseball. So why not Southern Union. I love coach Everett over there. He’s amazing and everything I’ve wanted is there.

Great facility. Great stadium. The fans come and support. It’s where I want to be.”

Jones had a successful junior season last year at Wetumpka, and hit .300 with 22 hits, 4 doubles, 2 home runs, 17 RBIs and 9 stolen bases. He helped lead the Indians to a 22-10 overall record with a 4-0 record in Class 6A, Area 5.

He will continue to defend the middle infield well and terrorize base paths at the college level.

“I feel like I really bring versatility to the college level,” Jones said. “I’m a great teammate.

I can hit and defend multiple positions, so I really think I bring the total package to Southern Union. Hopefully we can take a trip to Grand Junction to win a world series and I think I can help with that.”

Jones is the third player from Wetumpka to commit to play at Southern Union this offseason and the sixth player to commit overall.

Pitchers Dawson Fuller and Douglas Johnson, both of which also play in the field, have committed to SUSCC as well and will join Jones there next season.

The other three are Ty Brooks (South Alabama), Kyle Morrison (Troy) and Garrit Terrel (Snead State).

Jones believes having three players committing to the same school and six overall, so far, just speaks to the brotherhood that they have at Wetumpka right now. He said committing to play two more years with each other just shows how much he, Fuller and Johnson love each other.

“Having people I know in college is going to help a lot,” Jones said. “Usually when you go to college, you don’t know a lot of people. I’m going to know some guys there and it’s going to make the transition a whole lot easier.

It runs deep. We really love each other.”

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Edgewood running back Bradley Boone runs through a tackle last week against Southern Academy.

Edgewood Academy hosts run-happy Hooper Academy

By DALTON MIDDLETON Sports Editor

When Edgewood Academy takes the field this weekend against Hooper Academy, the Wildcats will have the challenge of not knowing their opponent as well as they could.

Hooper Academy did not play its season-opener against Coosa Valley Academy last Friday after all football and volleyball games at Coosa Valley were canceled.

Edgewood, however, started its season off wit ha 32-13 win over Southern Academy.

Now, Edgewood Academy hosts Hooper Academy this Friday, Aug. 27, at 7 p.m. at Charles P. Storrs Field at Edgewood Stadium, and the Wildcats don’t have much film on their opponent.

“Coach Baker does a really good job over there,” Edgewood coach Chad Michael said of Hooper.

“They had a winning season, the first one they’ve had in a long time, last year. So they’re going to have their guys ready to play. They didn’t play last week so we are kind of going into it blind as far as knowing exactly what they’re going to do and who their players are.”

Michael isn’t completely in the dark about Hooper. The two teams played each other last year, with Edgewood winning, 27-0.

There’s been no coaching turnover from last season at Hooper, so Michael knows the Colts will come into the game with a run-oriented offense and a large offensive line.

“You try to prepare for

what they’ve done in the past,” Michael said. “You have to mix some things in there, some situational things, and hope your guys understand them when they come up. Just have to try to be as prepared as you can.”

Michael feels confident that his team will be able to handle Hooper’s rushing attack. The Wildcats shutout Southern in the first half last week, and only allowed two touchdowns late in the game.

There will have to be improvements, however, and Michael said his team will have to get all 11 defenders to the football as quick as possible and they will have to improve on winning the point of attack and getting a good pad level.

While Hooper will run more often than not,

Edgewood proved in Week 1 it can find success both on the ground and through the air.

Running back Bradley Boone rushed 16 times for 180 yards last week, while quarterback Austin Champion finished 11 of 17 passing for 234 yards and three touchdowns.

All three of his touchdowns went to senior receiver Trevor Rodie, who finished with five catches for 155 yards and three touchdowns.

“Our offensive line did a really good job of opening holes, which led the way for Bradley to get 180 rushing yards,” Michael said. “He wasn’t even getting touched until the second level. I thought we did a really good job of making plays.

We were able to stretch the field vertically. Offensively i thought we were able to make

some big plays, explosive plays, especially from Trevor Rodie.”

Hooper will have an idea of what Edgewood likes to do based off of last week’s performance, but the Wildcats used a pretty simplified version of their offense.

With only two offensive starters returning from last year, along with Champion only playing two games at quarterback last year, Michael didn’t include his entire offense in the playbook yet.

Michael believes that less is more, especially early in the season, and the more stuff you include in the playbook the more complicated it gets. So the Wildcats will continue to focus and learn what they do well, and they will expand on those aspects of the game to get even better.

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Holtville will be looking to replace the production of last season’s star running back Drew Pickett.

up-tempo team that’s going to snap the ball every 12-15 seconds.

They’ll be precise and set-up things, so you have to play assignment football.”

Holtville didn’t have the week off, however, and instead played at Shelby County in a jamboree matchup. The Bulldogs won that game, 24-20, and Franklin saw some real positives in the scrimmage.

New quarterback Tanner Potts finished 8 of 15 passing for 163 yards, one touchdown and one interception. He added 40 rushing yards and a touchdown while preseason All-County running back Shawn Brackett had 18 carries for 96 yards and 40

continued from Page B1 receiving yards.

Holtville led Shelby County, 24-7, at halftime of the jamboree.

“Tanner was really efficient with the football,” Franklin said.

“He’s a student of the game and he wants to do well. He didn’t put us in any bad situations, so from a quarterback standpoint, I thought he was really efficient. He did a really good job of controlling the game for us.”

One of the biggest reasons for success was Holtville’s offensive line, which Franklin was impressed with in regards to penalties and mistakes in the opening week.

Holtville was called for only three penalties, a procedure penalty and

two holding calls.

He is hoping to see his offensive line continue to minimize the penalties. He knows holding penalties happen when players are playing hard, but he really wants to focus on pre-snap penalties and illegal procedures.

“We have to minimize the penalties again. If we can do that, especially pre-snap penalties and procedures, we should be good. I think we need to have less than 50 penalty yards and we can’t turn the ball over.

West Blocton is going to minimize the amount of possessions you have, so we have to capitalize on those when we can.

That’s one of the keys to the ballgame.”

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Humane Society of Elmore County News

Support the shelter, attend these upcoming events

By REA CORD HSEC Executive Director

A fun event is coming up thanks to Harley Davidson of Montgomery, Alabama News Network and more sponsors to be announced! Join us for Carnival for Canines on Tuesday, Aug. 31, from 2-8 p.m. at Harley Davidson of Montgomery, 655 North Eastern Blvd, Montgomery.

There will be fun games for the kids, food, music and so much more, so bring the children after school. Leashed pets are also welcome as long as they are good around children, other dogs, lots of activities, and loud noises.

Coming up fast is our 15th Annual Bark in the Park at Fort Toulouse on Sunday, Sept. 19, from 1-5 p.m. (rain date is Sept. 26). Bark in the Park is all about celebrating that special bond so many of us have with our dogs, and we always look forward to a huge crowd of both humans and dogs enjoying the afternoon at Fort Toulouse. There will be vendors of many kinds and adoptable dogs from our shelter. We will have food and refreshments, as well as baked goods (we’re soliciting donated baked goodies from our supporters – please email hselco@bellsouth.net if you can donate baked snacks/cakes/etc.).

Get your pet microchipped from 1:30-3:30 p.m. with the help of the Tuskegee Veterinarian School for only $25, which covers the chip and registration. You will be able to “Ask the Vet” questions if needed.

Your dog can paint its very own ‘paw’ painting, join in on the Pet

Parade, and participate in a number of fun pet contests to be announced.

A fun new addition this year will be a silent auction featuring pet related items from 1:30-3 p.m. under the pavilion. We are adding photos of items, and how this will work to our website, but suffice there will be a wide variety of items for your dog, cat, Guinea Pig, rabbit, etc. You must be present when the auction ends to pay for and take your item home.

We will have our bright, colorful and cute Bark in the Park 2021 T-Shirts for sale for $15 and we are thankful for all the sponsors (on the back of the T-Shirts) that support this event every year!

Admission to Bark in the Park is $5 per persons 13 years and older. All dogs coming to Bark in the Park must be good in public, meaning good around children, adults and other dogs in a very busy situation, and they must have a current rabies tag/proof of rabies vaccination to come to the park.

Vendor spots are still available, and Bark in the Park is a great place for folks to be able to learn about your business, product or service. We welcome local businesses, clubs, civic groups, etc.

Our vendor fee is only $35 and you must bring your own tables/ pop-up/chairs. There is no electricity available, so if you must bring a generator, please let us know for site planning. To get a vendor application, please contact us at the shelter at hselco@bellsouth. net or go to our website at www. elmorehumane.org and click on Bark in the Park on the Home page.

Pet of the Week – Charlie Charlie is a 2-year-old male cat that was found as a stray and brought to the shelter. Charlie is what we call a male diva. He is a wonderful boy, but if you do something he doesn’t like, he will swat you to clearly tell you to stop.

But, he is a very loving boy who has special dietary needs. He must eat a grain-free dry food diet. He came to us with hair falling out in clumps and bare patches. After meds, special baths, etc., we found the one thing that worked - keeping him on a high-quality, grain-free food diet.

Once he recovered, we even tried seeing if he could go back to eating grain foods and his hair immediately started to fall out again - and we mean in patches. So, if you are an indoor, one-cat home (he is not keen on other kitties either) and can commit to keeping him on the right food, he is a wonderful cat who we know will rule your home like the spoiled prince he is.

Adoption fees are $100 for dogs and $50 for cats under 1 year old. Cats older than 1 year old can be adopted by approved adopters for a fee of their choosing. Adoption fees completely cover the mandatory spay or neuter, basic immunizations, deworming, microchip, heartworm check for dogs, rabies vaccination if old enough and a free health exam with a participating veterinarian.

Those interested in meeting Charlie or any other pet, please first email the shelter at hselco@ bellsouth.net to receive an adoption application. Once the adoption application is approved, the shelter will coordinate an appointment to meet and adopt. Walk-in adoptions are not allowed.

The shelter is located at 255 Central Plank Road in Wetumpka. The phone number is 334-5673377 and the website is www.elmorehumane.org.

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CANCER (June 21-July 22) Today and tomorrow, the Moon will be sitting at the very top of your chart, which means people notice you more than usual. You will be high-viz. In some cases, others will discuss or know personal details about your private life.

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NOTICE DONE this 17th day of August, 2021.

To any unknown, putative, and/ or presumed father, please take CALVIN L. WILLIAMS notice that a petition for adopJUVENILE JUDGE tion in the above-styled matter has been filed in said Court by Wetumpka Herald: Aug. 25, the Petitioners, Tracy Wayne Sept. 1, 8 and 15, 2021 Pendergrass and Judith Alison 03-JU-2020-333.01/334.01 Pendergrass, in said Court in the County of Elmore, Alabama.

PUBLIC NOTICE Please be advised that if you LEGAL NOTICE IN THE JU- intend to contest this adoption, VENILE COURT OF ELMORE you must file a written response COUNTY, ALABAMA IN THE within (30) days of the last runMATTER OF: THOMAS ED- ning of this notice hereof with WARD HEAD, A minor child, counsel for said Petitioners, Case No.: 29-JU-2020-85.02, whose name and address are and Case No.: 29-JU-2020- shown below and with the Clerk 85.03 a TERMINATION OF PA- of said Probate Court for Elmore RENTAL RIGHTS ACTION. No- County,100 E. Commerce St., tice is hereby given to Rockey Wetumpka, Alabama 36092.

David Bradley Head, and Haley Kirkland, the father and mother, Attorney for Petitioners: respectively, of Thomas Ed- Samuel J. McLure, Esq. ward Head, born 05-24-2018, The Adoption Law Firm whose present whereabouts PO Box 640667 are unknown and cannot be as- Pike Road, AL 36064 certained after diligent search and inquiry. You are hereby Wetumpka Herald: given notice that a petition has Aug. 25, Sept. 1,8 and 15, 2021 EHHQ ¿OHG UHTXHVWLQJ WKDW \RXU A2021-026 parental rights be terminated PUBLIC NOTICE to Thomas Edward Head, born on 05-24-2018. You are hereby MORTGAGE FORECLOgiven notice that you are re- SURE SALE. Default having TXLUHG WR ¿OH DQ $QVZHU ZLWK WKH been made in the payment of Clerk of the Juvenile Court and the indebtedness secured by with the Petitioner’s attorney, that certain mortgage executDana M. Delk, P.O. Box 5064, ed by Bobby J. Thrift and wife, Montgomery, AL 36103, within Swanee E. Thrift, originally in thirty (30) days of the date of the favor of Safeway Mortgage, last publication of this notice or Inc., on November 10, 2005, a default judgment can be en- said mortgage recorded in the WHUHG DJDLQVW \RX $ ¿QDO KHDU- 2I¿FH RI WKH -XGJH RI 3UREDWH ing has been set for September of Tallapoosa County, Alabama, 28th, 2021 at 9:00 a.m. at El- in Recorded Card No. 210566; more County Judicial Complex, the undersigned Bank of New 8935 US-231, Wetumpka, AL York Mellon Trust Company, 36092. You may appear and N.A. as Trustee for Mortgage contest the same if you choose. Assets Management Series I Trust, as Mortgagee/TransJUVENILE JUDGE PATRICK feree, under and by virtue of PINKSTON the power of sale contained in said mortgage, will sell at pubWetumpka Herald: Aug. 4, 11, lic outcry to the highest bidder 18 and 25, 2021 for cash, in front of the main 29-JU-2020-85.02/.03 entrance of the Courthouse at PUBLIC NOTICE Dadeville, Tallapoosa County, Alabama, on October 7, 2021, MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE during the legal hours of sale, SALE. Default having been all of its rights, title, and interest made in the payment of the in and to the following described indebtedness secured by that real estate, situated in Tallapoocertain mortgage executed by sa County, Alabama, to-wit: Lot Willie L. Dandridge and Earl Number 864 and Lot Number Dandridge, Jr., originally in favor %ORFN 1XPEHU RQ 3ODW of One Reverse Mortgage, LLC, Number 5, according to Map on April 19, 2010, said mort- DQG 3ODW SUHSDUHG E\ :LOOLDP 5 JDJH UHFRUGHG LQ WKH 2I¿FH RI Sizemore, surveyor of property the Judge of Probate of Elmore known as Tallassee Mills East County, Alabama, in RLPY Tallassee Subdivision, dated Book 2010, Page 17040; the March 11, 1952 and recorded undersigned Bank of America, among the Land Records of N.A, as Mortgagee/Transferee, Tallapoosa County, Alabama, in under and by virtue of the power 3ODW %RRN DW 3DJH 3URS-

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J S erty street address for informational purposes: 507 Freeman Ave , Tallassee, AL 36078. THIS 3523(57< :,// %( 62/' 21 $1 ³$6 ,6 :+(5( ,6´ %$6,6 :,7+287 :$55$17< 25 5(&2856( (;35(66(' 25 ,03/,(' $6 72 7,7/( USE AND/OR ENJOYMENT $1' :,// %( 62/' 68%-(&7 72 7+( 5,*+7 2) 5('(037,21 2) $// 3$57,(6 (1TITLED THERETO. Alabama law gives some persons who have an interest in property the right to redeem the property under certain circumstances.

3URJUDPV PD\ DOVR H[LVW WKDW 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. This sale is made for the purpose of paying the indebtedness secured by said mortgage, as well as the expenses of foreclosure. The successful bidder must tender a non-refundable deposit of Five Thousand Dollars ($5,000.00) LQ FHUWL¿HG IXQGV PDGH SD\DEOH WR 7LIIDQ\ %RVFR 3 $ DW WKH time and place of the sale. The balance of the purchase price plus any deed recording costs and transfer taxes must be paid LQ FHUWL¿HG IXQGV E\ QRRQ WKH next business day at the Law 2I¿FH RI 7LIIDQ\ %RVFR 3 $ DW the address indicated below. TifIDQ\ %RVFR 3 $ UHVHUYHV WKH right to award the bid to the next highest bidder should the highest bidder fail to timely tender the total amount due. The Mortgagee/Transferee reserves the right to bid for and purchase the real estate and to credit its purchase price against the expenses of sale and the indebtedness secured by the real estate. This sale is subject to postponement or cancellation. Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A. as Trustee for Mortgage Assets Management Series I 7UXVW ³7UDQVIHUHH´ 7LIIDQ\ %RVFR 3 $ +LJKODQG $Yenue South, Suite 330, Birmingham, AL 35205 www.tblaw.com TB File Number: 21-03822 :HWXPSND +HUDOG Aug. 18, 25 and Sept. 1, 2021 21-03822 PUBLIC NOTICE NOTICE OF FILING OF PETITION FOR ADOPTION IN THE PROBATE COURT OF ELMORE COUNTY, ALABAMA CASE NUMBER: A2021-034 TO: WILLIANS AGUILAR RODRIGUEZ, WHOSE WHEREABOUTS ARE UNKNOWN. THE FATHER OF G.N.A.S., A MINOR. AND NOTICE TO ANY OTHER INTERESTED PARTY Take notice that a Petition for $GRSWLRQ ZDV ¿OHG LQ 7KH 3UREDWH &RXUW RI (OPRUH &RXQW\ $ODEDPD RQ -XO\ E\ ROGER IVAN URBINA MON&$'$ DV 3HWLWLRQHU IRU WKH DGRSWLRQ RI * 1 $ 6 D PLQRU FKLOG 6XFK PLQRU FKLOG ZDV ERUQ WR 5(%(&&$ -$1( 85%,1$ 021&$'$ RQ 0DUFK You have the right to contest this adoption. Be advised that if \RX LQWHQG WR FRQWHVW WKLV DGRSWLRQ \RX PXVW ¿OH D ZULWWHQ UHsponse with the Probate Court RI (OPRUH &RXQW\ $ODEDPD DV VRRQ DV SRVVLEOH EXW QR ODWHU WKDQ WKLUW\ GD\V IURP WKH ODVW GDWH RI SXEOLFDWLRQ RI WKLV notice. The Probate Court of (OPRUH &RXQW\ LV ORFDWHG DW (DVW &RPPHUFH 6WUHHW :HWXPSND $ODEDPD )DLOXUH WR ¿OH DQ REMHFWLRQ ZLOO UHVXOW LQ WKH &RXUW SURFHHGLQJ WR consider such Petition without IXUWKHU QRWLFH WR \RX -2+1 7+251721 352%$7( -8'*( (/025( &2817< $/$%$0$ $WWRUQH\ IRU 3HWLWLRQHU -2+1 7 :,1$16 7+( +$55,6 /$: ),50 //& 6 0&'2128*+ 675((7 SUITE B 0217*20(5< $/$%$0$

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g to Nationstar Mortgage LLC by assignment recorded in Deed Book 2013, Page 38954 in the 2I¿FH RI WKH -XGJH RI 3UREDWH of Elmore County, Alabama.

The undersigned, Nationstar Mortgage LLC d/b/a Mr. Cooper, under and by virtue of the power of sale contained in said mortgage, will sell at public outcry to the highest bidder for cash before the main entrance of the Court House in Elmore County, Alabama during the legal hours of sale (between 11am and 4pm), on the 28th day of September, 2021 the following property, situated in Elmore County, Alabama, to-wit: Lot 3, of Broadmoor North, Plat 1R DV UHFRUGHG LQ WKH 2I¿FH RI WKH -XGJH RI 3UREDWH RI (Omore County, Alabama, in Plat Book 12 at Page 4.

Said property is commonly known as 5860 Pineleaf Dr, Millbrook, AL 36054.

6KRXOG D FRQÀLFW DULVH EHWZHHQ the property address and the legal description the legal description will control.

Said property will be sold subject to any outstanding ad valorem taxes (including taxes which are a lien, but not yet due and payable), the right of redemption of any taxing authority, all outstanding liens for public utilities which constitute liens upon the property, any matters which might be disclosed by an accurate survey and inspection of the property, any assessments, liens, encumbrances, easements, rights-of-way, zoning ordinances, restrictions, special assessments, covenants, the statutory right of redemption pursuant to Alabama law, and any matters of record including, but not limited to, those supeULRU WR VDLG 0RUWJDJH ¿UVW VHW out above. Said property will be sold on an “as-is” basis without any representation, warranty or recourse against the abovenamed or the undersigned. The successful bidder must present FHUWL¿HG IXQGV LQ WKH DPRXQW RI the winning bid at the time and place of sale.

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.

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NATIONSTAR MORTGAGE LLC D/B/A MR. COOPER as holder of said mortgage McCalla Raymer Leibert Pierce, LLC Two North Twentieth 2 20th Street North, Suite 1000 Birmingham, AL 35203 (800) 275-7171 FT21@mccalla.com File No. 956015 www.foreclosurehotline.net Wetumpka Herald: Aug. 25, Sept. 1 and 8, 2021 64475 PUBLIC NOTICE IN THE PROBATE COURT OF ELMORE COUNTY, ALABAMA IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF BYRON KEITH BROWN, DECEASED CASE NO. 2021-138 NOTICE OF FILING OF WILL FOR PROBATE TO: LOGAN KEITH BROWN AND TO ALL HEIRS AND NEXT OF KIN OF BYRON KEITH BROWN, DECEASED:

YOU ARE HEREBY NOTIFIED that on the 20 th day of April, 2021, a certain paper in writing purporting to be the Last Will and Testament of BYRON KEITH BROWN, deceased, was filed in the Probate Court of El:HWXPSND +HUDOG $XJ more County, Alabama by Peti6HSW DQG tioner, JOYE HOLLIS BROWN, A2021-034 requesting that such Last Will and Testament be admitted to PUBLIC NOTICE Probate and that the Petitioner be named as Personal LEGAL NOTICE Representative of such Estate.

Stone & Sons Electrical Contr. This Notice of Filing of Will for hereby gives notice of comple- Probate is given to you as heirs tion of contract with the State at law and next of kin of BYRON of Alabama for construction KEITH BROWN. of Project No. ACAA61024- Unless an objection to admisATRP(009) in Autauga & El- sion to Probate of such Last Will and Testament is submitted by more Counties.

This notice will appear for four you in writing to this Court within consecutive weeks beginning ten (10) days of the final publion August 11, 2021 and end- cation of this notice, the Court ing on September 1, 2021. All will proceed with considering FODLPV VKRXOG EH ¿OHG DW such Petition without a hearing.

Queenstown Rd, B’ham, AL. JOHN THORNTON GXULQJ WKLV SHULRG Stone & Sons Electrical Con- JUDGE OF PROBATE ELMORE COUNTY, ALABAMA tractors, Inc. Wetumpka Herald: Aug. 11, 18, DQG 6HSW COMPLETION PUBLIC NOTICE NOTICE OF MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE SALE STATE OF Alabama COUNTY OF ELMORE 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 LQ WKH 2I¿FH RI WKH -XGJH of Probate of Elmore County, Alabama. Said Mortgage was last sold, assigned and transferred

Name and Address of Attorney for Petitioner: REGINA B. EDWARDS, ESQ. The Law Firm of Edwards & Edwards, PC 109 East Bridge Street Wetumpka, AL 36092 (334)514-1011 Wetumpka Herald: Aug. 11, 18 and 25, 2021 EST/BROWN,B. PUBLIC NOTICE Advertisement for Bid Elmore County Elmore County Commission County 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 10:00 AM, CST, Wednesday, September 15, 2021.

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INQUIRY 2022-3 CLEANING COUNTY BUILDINGS INQUIRY 2022-4 CONCRETE INQUIRY 2022-5 CONCRETE PIPE INQUIRY 2022-6 CORRUGATED METAL PIPE INQUIRY 2022-7 GRANITE INQUIRY 2022-8 LIMESTONE INQUIRY 2022-9 PLANT MIX, INCLUDING COLD MIX INQUIRY 2022-10 BITUMINIOUS MATERIAL INQUIRY 2022-11 CONCRETE CLOTH INQUIRY 2022-12 GABION BASKETS AND GABION BASKET MATERIAL INQUIRY 2022-13 PORTLAND CEMENT (TANKER LOAD) INQUIRY 2022-14 GRANULAR MULCH These bid are intended to comply with the Rebuild Alabama Act, No. 2019-2, and Alabama Competitive Bide Law, Code of Alabama 1975. Bidders shall be required to comply with the provisions of the Rebuild Alabama Act, No. 2019-2. regardless if the requirement is explicitly detailed in the bid proposal or not.

Only bids from contractors or material suppliers listed on the Alabama Department of Transportation (ALDOT) approved list of contractors and material suppliers will be accepted. 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 all Alabama Department of Transportation (ALDOT) 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 WKH &2817< DQG VSHFL¿FDOly 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 Highway Department at 155 County Shop Road, Wetumpka, Alabama until 10:00 AM Central Time on Wednesday, September 15 2021, and then publicly opened as soon thereafter as practicable. Award will be made at the next regularly scheduled meeting of the Elmore County Commission.

6SHFL¿FDWLRQV DUH RQ ¿OH DQG PD\ EH DFTXLUHG DW WKH 2I¿FH of the Chief Engineer of Elmore County, Alabama, Elmore County Highway 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.

Wetumpka Herald: Aug. 25, Sept. 1 and 8, 2021 BIDS/ANNUAL PUBLIC NOTICE NOTICE TO CREDITORS OF ESTATE STATE OF ALABAMA COUNTY OF ELMORE CASE NO: 2021-252 IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF JOE S. COLLIER, DECEASED Letters Testamentary in the Estate of JOE S. COLLIER, deceased, having been granted to JOEL WADE COLLIER on the 9 day of August, 2021 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.

JOEL WADE COLLIER PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE OF THE ESTATE OF JOE S. COLLIER, DECEASED Attorney of Record for Personal Representative: ROBERT J. MORRIS ATTORNEY AT LAW 10365 HOLTVILLE ROAD DEATSVILLE, ALABAMA 36022 334-569-1820 Wetumpka Herald: Aug. 18, 25 and Sept. 1, 2021 EST/COLLIER, J. PUBLIC NOTICE ADVERTISEMENT FOR BIDS Portable Classrooms at Holtville Middle, Holtville High & Redland Elementary for the Elmore County Board of Education Wetumpka, Alabama MCKEE PROJECT NO. 21.237

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isting conditions prior to submitting their proposal. All Bidders shall have general liability and workman’s compensation insurance.

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The project shall be bid excluding taxes. Bids must be submitted on proposal forms furnished by the Architect or copies thereof. No bid may be withdrawn after scheduled closing for receipt RI ELGV IRU D SHULRG RI VL[W\

days. The Owner reserves the right to reject any or all proposals and to waive technical errors if, in the Owners judgment, the best interests of the Owner will thereby be promoted. $ FHUWL¿HG FKHFN RU %LG %RQG payable to the Elmore County School District in an amount QRW OHVV WKDQ ¿YH SHUFHQW

of the amount of the bid, but in QR HYHQW PRUH WKDQ must accompany the bidder’s sealed proposal. Performance and statutory labor and material payment bonds will be required at the signing of the Contract.

All bidders bidding in amounts exceeding that established by the State Licensing Board for General Contractors must be licensed under the provisions of Title 34, Chapter 8, Code of $ODEDPD DQG PXVW VKRZ evidence of license before bidding or bid will not be received or considered by the Architect.

All bidders shall show such evidence by clearly displaying current license number on the outside of the sealed envelope in which the proposal is delivered.

PDF’s of the project can be reviewed by going to our website www.mckeeassoc.com and selecting “Project Bid List”. Also, if you are not receiving NOTIFICATIONS from us, please register on our website, “Project Bid List” by selecting manage \RXU ELG OLVW SUR¿OH 7KH GRFXments may be viewed on-line and printed by General Contractors, Sub Contractors and Suppliers. Documents published thru this procedure are the only documents endorsed by the Architect. The Architect LV XQDEOH WR PRQLWRU FRQ¿UP and maintain other websites that provide documents. Addendums will be provided to entities that have CONFIRMED bidding for this particular project. The Architect retains ownership and copyrights of the documents. If bidders require printed sets, the following shall apply: Submit to the Architect at mckeeplans@ gmail.com the companies QDPH ¿UVW ODVW QDPH SKRQH number, address, project name QXPEHU DORQJ ZLWK D GHSRVLW RI SHU VHW 7KH GHSRVLW shall be refunded for each set returned in reusable condition within ten days after bid opening.

All RFI’s and RFA’s regarding the bid documents shall be sent and addressed thru emails found on the RFI and RFA forms in the project manuDO 127( 21/< 7+( 5), $1' 5)$ )2506 ,1 7+( 352-(&7 MANUAL WILL BE ACCEPTED. The Architect will not accept inquires via telephone or fax.

Completion Time: All work shall EH FRPSOHWHG LQ GD\V Supervision: Contractor to proYLGH 6XSHULQWHQGHQW V WR HQsure proper supervision for all work.

Owner: Mr. Richard Dennis, Superintendent, Elmore County 3XEOLF 6FKRROV + + 5RELson Drive, Wetumpka, Alabama 3KRQH

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:HWXPSND +HUDOG $XJ DQG BIDS/PORTABLE CLASSROOMS PUBLIC NOTICE NOTICE TO CREDITORS OF ESTATE STATE OF ALABAMA COUNTY OF ELMORE CASE NO: 2021-266 IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF PEGGY F. CROCKER, DECEASED Letters Testamentary in the Estate of PEGGY F. CROCKER, deceased having been granted to BELINDA C. RUSSIAN and GREGORY W. CROCKER on the 19th day of August, 2021

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 C. RUSSIAN and GREGORY W. CROCKER CO-PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ESTATE OF PEGGY F. CROCKER, DECEASED Attorney of Record for such Co-Personal representatives: MONICA G. MANN COURTNEY & MANN, L.L.P P.O. BOX 100 1881 HOLTVILLE ROAD WETUMPKA, ALABAMA 36092 334-567-2545

The sealed proposal as described above shall be received

by Mr. Richard Dennis, Superin- Wetumpka Herald: Aug. 25, tendent, at the Elmore County Sept. 1 and 8, 2021 3XEOLF 6FKRROV 2I¿FH + + EST/CROCKER,P. Robison Drive, Wetumpka, AlDEDPD 3KRQH Do you have available jobs? until 2:00 PM, Thursday, SepCall 256.414.4250 to let others tember 2, 2021, then opened know about job opportunities and read aloud.

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These bids are intended to comply with Alabama Code Title 39, the Alabama Public Works Law. Bidders shall be required to comply with the provisions 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 Inquiry 2022-PW1 Sidewalks, the bid package along with Bid Curb & Gutter and Miscella- Proposal Number and description listed above, the bid date neous Concrete Work and the Alabama General ConInquiry 2022-PW2 Annual Pav- tractor’s License Number.

The contractor shall meet ing Bonding and Licensing requireInquiry 2022-PW3 Micro Sur- ments as well as all applicable laws, ordinances, and codes facing of the U. S. Government, the ,QTXLU\ 3: 7UDI¿F 6WULS- State of Alabama, any relevant LQJ DQG 5HODWHG 7UDI¿F &RQWURO municipality, and the COUNTY, DQG VSHFL¿FDOO\ DQG ZLWKRXW Markings limitation, shall comply with all provisions of the Beason-HamInquiry 2022-PW5 Milling mon Alabama Taxpayer and CitInquiry 2022-PW12 2022 Re- izen Protection Act, commonly referred to as the Immigration build Alabama Paving Act. These bids are intended to com- Sealed bids will be received by ply with the Rebuild Alabama the Chief Engineer at Elmore Act, No. 2019-2, and Alabama County Highway Department Code Title 39, the Alabama at 155 County Shop Road, WePublic Works Law. Bidders tumpka, Alabama until 10:00 shall be required to comply with AM Central Time on Wednesthe provisions of the Rebuild day, August 25, 2021, and then Alabama Act, No. 2019-2 and publicly opened as soon thereTitle 39 of the Alabama Code after as practicable. Award will regardless if the requirement is be made at the next regularly explicitly detailed in the bid pro- scheduled meeting of the Elmore County Commission. posal or not.

Only bids from contractors or 6SHFL¿FDWLRQV DUH RQ ¿OH DQG material suppliers listed on the PD\ EH DFTXLUHG DW WKH 2I¿FH Alabama Department of Trans- of the Chief Engineer of Elportation (ALDOT) approved list more County, Alabama, Elmore of contractors and material sup- County Highway Department, pliers will be accepted. All bids 155 County Shop Road, Wemust be marked with the word tumpka, Alabama. Phone Num“BID” on the outside of the bid ber: (334)567-1162. Hours of package along with Bid Propos- Operation are 6:00 A.M. to 4:30 al Number and description list- P.M. (Central Time) from Moned above, the bid date and the day through Thursday.

Alabama General Contractor’s County reserves the right to accept or reject all Bids or any License Number.

The contractor shall meet all portion thereof.

Alabama Department of Transportation (ALDOT) Bonding and Wetumpka Herald: Licensing requirements as well Aug. 11, 18 and 25, 2021 as all applicable laws, ordinanc- BIDS/STADIUM es, and codes of the U. S. GovPUBLIC NOTICE ernment, the State of Alabama, any relevant municipality, and NOTICE TO CREDITORS WKH &2817< DQG VSHFL¿FDOOF ESTATE ly and without limitation, shall STATE OF ALABAMA comply with all provisions of COUNTY OF ELMORE the Beason-Hammon Alabama CASE NO: 2021-247 Taxpayer and Citizen Protection IN THE MATTER Act, commonly referred to as OF THE ESTATE the Immigration Act. OF MARION DANIEL, Sealed bids will be received by DECEASED the Chief Engineer at Elmore County Highway Department Letters Testamentary in the at 155 County Shop Road, We- Estate of MARION DANIEL, tumpka, Alabama until 10:00 AM deceased, having been grantCentral Time on Wednesday, ed to JULIE FETT on the 11 September 15, 2021, and then day of August, 2021 by John publicly opened as soon there- Thornton, Judge of Probate of after as practicable. Award will Elmore County, Alabama, nobe made at the next regularly tice IS hereby given that all perscheduled meeting of the El- sons and parties having claims more County Commission. against said estate are required, 6SHFL¿FDWLRQV DUH RQ ¿OH DQG within the time allowed by law, PD\ EH DFTXLUHG DW WKH 2I¿FH to present the same to the Court of the Chief Engineer of El- or the same will be barred. more County, Alabama, Elmore JULIE FETT County Highway Department, PERSONAL REPRESENTA155 County Shop Road, We- TIVE OF THE ESTATE OF tumpka, Alabama. Phone Num- MARION DANIEL, DECEASED ber: (334)567-1162. Hours of Operation are 6:00 A.M. to 4:30 Attorney of Record for P.M. (Central Time) from Mon- Personal Representative: day through Thursday.

CHARLES W. EDMONSON County reserves the right to 621 SOUTH PERRY STREET accept or reject all Bids or any MONTGOMERY, ALABAMA portion thereof.

36104 334-265-9034 Wetumpka Herald: Aug. 25, Sept. 1 and 8, 2021 Wetumpka Herald: BIDS/PUBLIC WORKS Aug. 18, 25 and Sept. 1, 2021 EST/DANIEL, M. PUBLIC NOTICE PUBLIC NOTICE IN THE PROBATE COURT OF ELMORE COUNTY, NOTICE TO CREDITORS ALABAMA OF ESTATE STATE OF ALABAMA IN THE MATTER OF THE COUNTY OF ELMORE ESTATE OF JOE B. CROSBY, CASE NO: 2021-267 DECEASED IN THE MATTER CASE NO: 2021-222 OF THE ESTATE OF ROY HOWARD DAVIS, NOTICE TO CREDITORS DECEASED OF ESTATE Letters of Administration with Letters Testamentary in the EsWill Annexed over the Estate tate of ROY HOWARD DAVIS, of JOE B. CROSBY, deceased, deceased, having been granthaving been granted to DAPH- ed to PATRICIA NELL HARRIS NE D. CROSBY on the 3rd DAVIS on the 23 day of August, day of August, 2021, by John 2021 by John Thornton, Judge Thorton, Judge of Probate of of Probate of Elmore County, Elmore County, Alabama, no- Alabama, notice is hereby given tice is hereby given that all per- that all persons and parties havsons and parties having claims ing claims against said estate against said estate are required, are required, within the time within the time allowed by law, allowed by law, to present the to present the same to the Court same to the Court or the same or the same will be barred. will be barred.

DAPHNE D. CROSBY PATRICIA NELL HARRIS DAADMINISTRATOR OF THE VIS, PERSONAL REPRESENESTATE OF JOE B. CROSBY, TATIVE OF THE ESTATE OF DECEASED ROY HOWARD DAVIS, DECEASED Name and Address of Attorney of Administrator: Attorney of Record for PerRODERICK B. PERDUE sonal Representative: REGI2033 HOLTVILLE RD NA EDWARDS, EDWARDS & WETUMPKA, AL 36092 EDWARDS, P.C., 109 EAST 334-567-7373 BRIDGE STREET, WETUMPKA, ALABAMA 36092, 334-514Wetumpka Herald: 1011 Aug. 11, 18, 25, 2021 EST/CROSBY Wetumpka Herald: Aug. 25, Sept. 1 and 8, 2021 PUBLIC NOTICE EST/DAVIS, R. PUBLIC NOTICE Advertisement for Bids Elmore County IN THE PROBATE COURT OF ELMORE COUNTY, Elmore County Commission ALABAMA and the City of Wetumpka are IN THE MATTER taking sealed bids for labor, OF THE ESTATE OF equipment, materials and any DOROTHY JEAN GAINES, incidentals required to complete DECEASED the work for the following items.

CASE NO: 2021-250 Bids will be received until 10:00 AM, CST, Wednesday, August 25, 2021: NOTICE TO CREDITORS OF ESTATE Inquiry 2021-PW8 Turf Surfaces for the Wetumpka Recre- Letters of Administration over the Estate of DOROTHY JEAN ational Facility GAINES, deceased, having Inquiry 2021-PW9 Striping & been granted JENNETTE McK5HODWHG 7UDI¿F &RQWURO 0DUN- ENZIE on the 19th day of August ings for a Parking Lot at the 2021 by John Thornton, Judge Wetumpka Recreational Facility of Probate of Elmore County, and an expansion to Parking Lot Alabama, notice is hereby given at Redland Elementary School. that all persons and parties having claims against said estate Inquiry 2021-PW10 Lighting are required, within the time at the Wetumpka Recreational allowed by law, to present the same to the Court or the same Facility will be barred.

Elmore County Commission County 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 10:00 AM, CST, Wednesday, September 15, 2021.

Public Notices JENNETTE McKENZIE ADMINISTRATOR OF THE ESTATE OF DOROTHY JEAN GAINES, DECEASED Name and Address of Attorney for Administrator: JIM L. DEBARDELABEN ATTORNEY AT LAW PO BOX 1136 WETUMPKA, ALABAMA 36092 334-265-9206 Wetumpka Herald: Aug. 25, Sept. 1 and 8, 2021 EST/GAINES,D. PUBLIC NOTICE IN THE PROBATE COURT OF ELMORE COUNTY, ALABAMA IN RE: THE ESTATE OF MARTIN DWAYNE MANKER, DECEASED CASE NO. 2021-249 NOTICE OF FILING OF PETITION FOR SUMMARY DISTRIBUTION OF ESTATE TO ALL INTEREST PARTIES: REBECCA C. MANKER, PETITIONER, has filed with the Probate Court of Elmore County, Alabama a Petition for Summary Distribution of the Estate of MARTIN DWAYNE MANKER pursuant to Code of Alabama, 1975, Section 43-2-690, et seq., as amended. All persons or interested parties having any claim to such Estate or having an objection to the Summary Distribution of such Estate must make the same kown in writing in an instrument filed with this court within thirty (30) days of the date of this Publication. If no claim or objection is filed with the Court within such thirty (30) days, the Court may enter an Order authorizing such Summary Distribution.

JOHN THORTON JUDGE OF PROBATE ELMORE COUNTY, ALABAMA Attorney for Petitioner: JONATHAN D. WYNN II THE CLEVELAND FIRM,LLC 707 MCQUEEN SMITH ROAD SOUTH PRATTVILLE, ALABAMA 36066 334-365-6266 jonathan@clevelandgroup.legal Wetumpka Herald: Aug. 25,2021 EST/MANKER,M. PUBLIC NOTICE IN THE PROBATE COURT OF ELMORE COUNTY, ALABAMA IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF RUTHIE MAE MILLS, DECEASED CASE NO: 2021-260 NOTICE TO CREDITORS OF ESTATE Letters of Administration over the Estate of RUTHIE MAE MILLS, deceased, having been granted to WILLIAM RUSSELL MARTIN on the 16 day of August, 2021 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.

WILLIAM RUSSELL MARTIN ADMINISTRATOR OF THE ESTATE OF RUTHIE MAE MILLS, DECEASED Name and Address of Attorney for Administrator: REGINA EDWARDS EDWARDS & EDWARDS, P.C. 109 EAST BRIDGE STREET WETUMPKA, ALABAMA 36092 335-514-1011 Wetumpka Herald: Aug. 25, Sep. 1 and 8, 2021 EST/MILLS, R. PUBLIC NOTICE STATE OF ALABAMA COUNTY OF ELMORE CASE NO: 2021-163 IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF WHITMAN CRIEF PACE, JR., DECEASED NOTICE TO CREDITORS Letters Testamentary in the Estate of WHITMAN CRIEF PACE, JR., deceased, having been granted to RONELLE PACE on the 6th day of August, 2021 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.

RONELLE PACE PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE OF THE ESTATE OF WHITMAN CRIEF PACE, JR., DECEASED Attorney of Record for Personal Representative: KEITH A. HOWARD LAW OFFICE OF KEITH A. HOWARD,LLC 102 SOUTH BOUNDARY STREET WETUMPKA, ALABAMA 36092 334-567-4356 Wetumpka Herald: Aug. 11,18 and 25,2021 EST/PACE,JR.,W PUBLIC NOTICE NOTICE TO CREDITORS OF ESTATE STATE OF ALABAMA COUNTY OF ELMORE CASE NO: 2021-248 IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF SHAN LEE POMEROY, DECEASED Letters Testamentary in the Estate of SHAN LEE POMEROY,

Public Notices deceased, having been granted to JENNIFER RENEE POMEROY on the 13 day of August, 2021 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.

JENNIFER RENEE POMEROY PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE OF THE ESTATE OF SHAN LEE POMEROY, DECEASED Attorney of Record for Personal Representative: ROBERT STROUD, ATTORNEY AT LAW PO BOX 210187, MONTGOMERY, ALABAMA 36121-0187, 334-462-9386 Wetumpka Herald: Aug. 18, 25 and Sept. 1, 2021 EST/POMEROY, S. PUBLIC NOTICE IN THE PROBATE COURT OF ELMORE COUNTY, ALABAMA IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF CAROL MAYRENE SCHRAM, CASE NO: 2021-242 DECEASED NOTICE TO CREDITORS OF ESTATE Letters of Administration over the Estate of CAROL MAYRENE SCHRAM, deceased, having been granted to GARRY S. McANNALLY on the 4 day of August, 2021 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.

GARRY S. McANNALLY ADMINISTRATOR OF THE ESTATE OF CAROL MAYRENE SCHRAM, DECEASED Name and Address of Attorney for Administrator: 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: Aug. 11, 18, 25, 2021 EST/SCHRAM PUBLIC NOTICE IN THE PROBATE COURT OF ELMORE COUNTY, ALABAMA IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF LINDA GALE SMITH, DECEASED CASE NO: 2021-259 NOTICE TO CREDITORS OF ESTATE Letters of Administration over the Estate of LINDA GALE SMITH, deceased, having been granted to CLINT C. THOMAS on the 18th day of August, 2021 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.

CLINT C. THOMAS ADMINISTRATOR OF THE ESTATE OF LINDA GALE SMITH, DECEASED Name and Address of Administrator: CLINT C. THOMAS ATTORNEY AT LAW P.O. BOX 1422 CALERA, ALABAMA 35040 205-664-4546 Clintthomaslaw.com Wetumpka Herald: Aug. 25, Sept. 1 and 8,2021 EST/SMITH,L. PUBLIC NOTICE IN THE PROBATE COURT OF ELMORE COUNTY, ALABAMA IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF LINDA GALE SMITH, DECEASED CASE NO: 2021-259 NOTICE TO CREDITORS OF ESTATE Letters of Administration over the Estate of LINDA GALE SMITH, deceased, having been granted to CLINT C. THOMAS on the 18th day of August, 2021 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.

CLINT C. THOMAS ADMINISTRATOR OF THE ESTATE OF LINDA GALE SMITH, DECEASED Name and Address of Administrator: CLINT C. THOMAS ATTORNEY AT LAW P.O. BOX 1422 CALERA, ALABAMA 35040 205-664-4546 Clintthomaslaw.com Wetumpka Herald: Aug. 25, Sept. 1 and 8,2021 EST/SMITH,L. Put your ad here call 256.414.4250

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NOTICE TO CREDITORS OF ESTATE STATE OF ALABAMA COUNTY OF ELMORE CASE NO: 2021-224 IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF JESSANNA STEWART, DECEASED

NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE

Letters Testamentary in the Estate of JESSANNA STEWART, deceased, having been granted to TRACY BRUCE WILSON on the 10 day of August, 2021

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.

TRACY BRUCE WILSON PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE OF THE ESTATE OF JESSANNA STEWART, DECEASED Attorney of Record for Personal Representative: REGINA EDWARDS EDWARDS & EDWARDS, P.C. 109 EAST BRIDGE STREET WETUMPKA, ALABAMA 36092 334-514-1011 Wetumpka Herald: Aug. 25, Sept. 1 and 8, 2021 EST/STEWART, J. PUBLIC NOTICE IN THE PROBATE COURT OF ELMORE COUNTY, ALABAMA IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF ROBERT EDWARD LEE, DECEASED. CASE NO. 2018-110 NOTICE OF FILING OF WILL FOR PROBATE TO: MICHELLE (LEE) AARON, RACHEL NICOLE DUNBAR, BOTH NON-RESIDENTS OF THE STATE OF ALABAMA AND NOTICE TO ROBERT EDWARD LEE, JR., WHOSE ADDRESS AND WHEREABOUTS ARE UNKNOWN, ALL BEING NEXT OF KIN OF ROBERT EDWARD LEE: AND NOTICE TO: ANY OTHER UNKNOWN NEXT OF KIN OF ROBERT EDWARD LEE, DECEASED: AND NOTICE TO: ANY OTHER INTERESTED PARTY YOU ARE HEREBY NOTIFIED that on May 7, 2018, a certain paper in writing purporting to be the Last Will and Testament of ROBERT EDWARD LEE, GHFHDVHG ZDV ¿OHG LQ WKH 3URbate Court of Elmore County, Alabama by FREIDA LEE, 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 ROBERT EDWARD LEE or as an interested party.

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 WKH ¿QDO SXEOLFDWLRQ RI WKLV QRtice, 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: DWIGHT M RICHARDSON, III COURTNEY & MANN LLP 1881 HOLTVILLE ROAD PO BOX 100 WETUMPKA, ALABAMA 36092 334-567-2545 Wetumpka Herald: Aug. 25, Sept. 1 and 8, 2021 LWT/LEE, R. Do you have available jobs?

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Notice is hereby given that Randy &/or Leigh Meyer, d/b/a Rhapsody in Blue Stables will Default having been made in sell at public auction at their the payment of the indebted- stables located at 3695 Georness secured by that certain gia Road, Wetumpka, Alabama mortgage executed by Douglas at 8:00 am on August 12, 2021 G Burkhalter Sr, a single per- under the authority granted to son, to WELLS FARGO BANK, them by the Alabama Livery N.A., on October 3, 2017, said Stable Keepers Act the regismortgage being recorded in the tered horses named SW Gold 2I¿FH RI WKH -XGJH RI 3UREDWH Strike and O Yam owned by of Elmore County, Alabama, Saleh Alajmi of Tuscaloosa, AlaDW %RRN 3DJH bama to satisfy the livery stable and subsequently transferred lien resulting from the past care, to Specialized Loan Servicing transportation and/or training //& 6SHFLDOL]HG /RDQ 6HUYLF- of said horses which amount ing LLC, under and by virtue of remains due and owing by its the power of sale contained in owner. For more information, said mortgage, will sell at pub- the seller may be contacted by lic outcry to the highest bidder text at 251-454-2761 or email for cash, in front of the main at winningarabians@gmail. entrance of the Elmore County com. The sale will be for cash at Courthouse, in Wetumpka, Ala- the time of delivery. The seller bama, on September 16, 2021, reserves the right to reject any during the legal hours of sale, and all bids. the following described real estate, situated in Elmore County, RANDY &/or LEIGH MEYER, Alabama, to-wit: D/B/A RHAPSODY IN BLUE Being at a point on the E right STABLES of way line of the Montgom- 3695 GEORGIA ROAD ery-Robinson Springs Road WETUMPKA, ALABAMA 36092 which point is 100 feet Northerly along said right of way from the Wetumpka Herald: intersection of said E boundary Aug. 25, Sept. 1 and 8, 2021 line with the S boundary line of PUBLIC AUCTION ORW 1XPEHU RI WKH 3ODW RI 5RVH PUBLIC NOTICE Hill Land Company as recordHG LQ WKH 2I¿FH RI WKH -XGJH RI THE STATE OF ALABAMA 3UREDWH RI (OPRUH &RXQW\ $ODELMORE COUNTY EDPD LQ 3ODW %RRN DW 3DJH NOTICE OF SHERIFF’S SALE )URP VDLG SRLQW RI EHJLQning go thence Northerly along By virtue of an execution on the East right of way line of the a judgment issued out of the Montgomery-Robinson Springs Small Claims Court of Elmore 5RDG IRU D GLVWDQFH RI IHHW County, Alabama in Case No. go thence Easterly parallel to Case No.: SM-2018-90037 1.00 the said S boundary line of said on or about June 5, 2018, for a /RW IRU D GLVWDQFH RI IHHW total of $3,963.12 plus interest go thence Southerly parallel in which Cole Plumbing, Inc. is to the Said E boundary line of the Plaintiff and Lester Brett is said road for a distance of 100 the Defendant, I, Bill Franklin IHHW JR WKHQFH :HVWHUO\ SDUDO- as Sheriff of Elmore County, lel to the said S line of Lot Num- Alabama will sell at public aucber 2 for a distance of 200 feet tion for cash between the legal back to the point of beginning, hours of sale, on Monday the and being part of the property 13th day of September, 2021, at described in the conveyance approximately 1:00 pm, in front recorded at Deed Record 60, of the Elmore County Judicial 3DJH LQ WKH 3UREDWH 2I¿FH Complex located at 8935 U.S. of Elmore County, Alabama. It Highway 231, North, whatever Is intended by this description equity the Defendant(s) may to convey a lot 100 feet N and S possess in and to the following and 200 feet E and W, exclusive described realty, to wit: of the right of way to any road Lot 3, Block E, Indian Hills presently existing, more partic- Subdivision Plat No.1, Reularly described as follows: Said vised, as said Map appears SDUFHO ,V SDUW RI /RW 3ODW RI RI UHFRUG LQ WKH 2I¿FH RI WKH Rose Hill Land Company as the Judge of Probate, Elmore VDPH LV UHFRUGHG LQ 3ODW %RRN County in Plat Book 7 at page DW 3DJH LQ WKH 2I¿FH RI 104.

WKH -XGJH RI 3UREDWH RI (OPRUH Subject to any and all restricCounty, Alabama. tions, encumbrances, mortgages, reservations, rights of This sale is made for the pur- way, covenants, easements, pose of paying the indebted- setback lines, mineral and ness secured by said mortgage, mining rights of record which as well as the expense of fore- affect the subject property. closure.

The Draftsman of this docuAlabama law gives some per- ment acts as scrivener only. sons who have an interest in No title search has been made property the right to redeem the nor title opinion rendered, property under certain circum- nor has one been requestVWDQFHV 3URJUDPV PD\ DOVR ed or expected. Purchasers exist that help persons avoid or are solely and exclusively delay the foreclosure process. responsible for their own tiAn attorney should be consult- tle history searches and the ed to help you understand these accuracy and consequences rights and programs as part of thereof. the foreclosure process.

Said property will be sold “as Specialized Loan Servicing LLC is” and subject to all matters Transferee of record and all matters which would be revealed by a visible -DXUHJXL /LQGVH\ /RQJVKRUH inspection of the premises.

Tingle /s/Bill Franklin 244 Inverness Center Drive Bill Franklin, Sheriff Suite 200 Elmore County, Alabama %LUPLQJKDP $/ 3KRQH

Wetumpka Herald: Aug. 25, Sept. 1 and 8, 2021 Wetumpka Herald: SM-2018-900371.00 $XJ DQG 6HSW PUBLIC NOTICE FC/BURKHALTER SR PUBLIC NOTICE Notice of public auction on Thursday, August 26th at 11:00am AT ARK STORAGE LLC 3076 Highway 14, Millbrook, AL Unit 13: Teresa Allen Wetumpka Herald: Aug. 18 and 25, 2021 STORAGE AUCTION Put your ad here call 256.414.4250

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p g ( g g ) and, pursuant to the laws of the State of Alabama, the undersigned First Community Bank of Central Alabama, under and by virtue of the power of sale provision and other terms contained in said Mortgage, elects to declare the entire indebtedness secured by said Mortgage due and payable and will sell at public outcry, to the highest bidder, for cash, in front of the main entrance of the Courthouse of Elmore County, Alabama, at 100 East Commerce Street, Wetumpka, Alabama 36092, during the legal hours of sale on September 8, 2021, all of its right, title, and interest in and to the following described real estate, situated in Elmore County, Alabama, to-wit: Commence at the NW corner of the SW ¼ of the NE ¼ of Section 16, T18N, R18E, Elmore County, Alabama; thence S 00°13’00”E , along ½ section line, 664.48 feet; thence N 89°47’00”E, 748.73 feet to an iron pin, said point being the point of beginning; thence S 89°07’32”E, 464.84 feet to an iron pin on the West ROW of McCain Road, 80’ ROW; thence S 00°36’09”W, along said ROW, 305.86 feet to a concrete monuPHQW DW WKH ³3&´ RI D FXUYH WR WKH left, having a radius of 6282.60 feet; thence Southerly along said ROW and curve, 292.55 feet, chord being S 00°43’54”E, 292.52 feet to a concrete monXPHQW DW WKH ³37´ RI VDLG FXUYH thence S 00°43’00”E, along said ROW, 7.41 feet to an iron pin; thence leaving said ROW, S 89°59’51”W, 589.35 feet to an iron pin; thence N 11°26’00”E, 625.28 feet to the point of beginning.

Said property lies in the SW ¼ of the NE ¼ of Section 16, T18N, T18E, Elmore County, Alabama, and contains 7.35 acres, more or less.

The property is commonly known to be located at 247 McCain Road, Alabama 36092.

Said foreclosure sale and conveyance incident thereto are subject to the legal rights of any existing federal tax liens, special assessments, easements, restrictions, and reservations appearing of record.

7+,6 3523(57< :,// %( SOLD ON AN “AS IS, WHERE ,6´ %$6,6 68%-(&7 72 $1< OTHER MORTGAGES, EASEMENTS, ENCUMBRANCES, /,(16 $1' (;&(37,216 REFLECTED IN THE MORTGAGE AND THOSE CONTAINED IN THE RECORDS OF 7+( 2)),&( 2) 7+( -8'*( 2) 352%$7( 2) 7+( &2817< :+(5( 7+( $%29( '(6&5,%(' 3523(57< ,6 6,78$7(' 7+,6 3523(57< :,// %( 62/' :,7+287 :$55$17< 25 5(&2856( (;35(66(' 25 ,03/,(' $6 72 7,7/( 86( 25 (1-2<MENT AND WILL BE SOLD 68%-(&7 72 7+( 5,*+7 2) 5('(037,21 2) $// 3$5TIES ENTITLED THERETO. Alabama law gives some persons who have an interest in property the right to redeem the property under certain circumstances.

3URJUDPV PD\ DOVR H[LVW WKDW 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. This sale is made for the purpose of paying the indebtedness secured by said Mortgage, as well as the expenses of foreclosure. The OF MORTGAGE successful bidder must tender FORECLOSURE SALE a nonrefundable deposit of Five Thousand Dollars ($5,000.00) Default having been made in the LQ FHUWL¿HG IXQGV PDGH SD\DEOH payment of the indebtedness to the Memory Memory & Caussecured by that certain mort- by Client Trust at the time and gage executed by Corey Moore, place of the sale. The balance a Louisiana resident, in favor of of the purchase price must be First Community Bank of Cen- SDLG LQ FHUWL¿HG IXQGV E\ QRRQ tral Alabama, on November 10, the next business day at the 2014, said mortgage record- /DZ 2I¿FH RI 0HPRU\ 0HPRU\ ed November 10, 2014, in the &DXVE\ //3 DW WKH DGGUHVV 2I¿FH RI WKH -XGJH RI 3UREDWH indicated below. First Commuof Elmore County, Alabama, nity Bank of Central Alabama LQ 5HDO 3URSHUW\ %RRN DW reserves the right to award the page 46591 (the “Mortgage”),

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g bid to the next highest bidder should the highest bidder fail to timely tender the total amount due. The Mortgagee/Transferee reserves the right to bid for and purchase the real estate and to credit its purchase price against the expenses of sale and the indebtedness secured by the real estate. The sale is subject to postponement or cancellation.

Address for the Auctioneer: Memory Memory & Causby, //3 6 0F'RQRXJK 6WUHHW Montgomery, Alabama 36104.

First Community Bank of Central Alabama Memory Memory & Causby, //3 By: /s/ Wm. Wesley Causby 3RVW 2I¿FH %R[ Montgomery, Alabama 36103 Tel (334) 834-8000 wcausby@memorylegal.com Wetumpka Herald: Aug. 18, 25 and Sept. 1, 2021 FC/MOORE, C. PUBLIC NOTICE LEGAL NOTICE OF PROPOSED VACATION OF PORTIONS OF JUG FACTORY ROAD The Elmore County Commission will consider whether or not to vacate portions of Jug Factory Road in Elmore County, Alabama, which street is more particularly and accurately described as follows: PARCEL 3 (ELMORE COUNTY TO MULDER-KELLEY) COMMENCE AT THE CONCRETE MONUMENT PURPORTED TO BE THE SE CORNER OF THE NW 1/4 OF THE NE 1/4 OF SECTION 24, T18N, R19E, ELMORE COUNTY, ALABAMA; THENCE SOUTH 89 DEG 21 MIN 30 SEC WEST A DISTANCE OF 1147.29 FEET TO A POINT; THENCE NORTH 00 DEG 42 MIN 15 SEC WEST A DISTANCE OF 583.41 FEET TO A CONCRETE MONUMENT; THENCE NORTH 61 DEG 51 MIN 23 SEC WEST A DISTANCE OF 295.58 FEET TO A 1/2” REBAR CAPPED S.D. MARTIN 11726; THENCE SOUTH 29 DEG 48 MIN 43 SEC WEST A DISTANCE OF 425.69 FEET TO THE POINT OF BEGINNING. THENCE SOUTH 68 DEG 38 MIN 32 SEC WEST A DISTANCE OF 78.73 FEET TO A POINT; THENCE SOUTH 00 DEG 11 MIN 20 SEC WEST A DISTANCE OF 28.14 FEET TO A POINT ON THE NORTH RIGHT OF WAY OF MARSHELL ROAD (60’ ROW); THENCE ALONG SAID RIGHT OF WAY OF SAID ROAD NORTH 50 DEG 35 MIN 44 SEC WEST A DISTANCE OF 29.09 FEET TO A 1/2” REBAR (MARTIN); THENCE LEAVING SAID RIGHT OF WAY OF SAID ROAD NORTH 19 DEG 25 MIN 10 SEC EAST A DISTANCE OF 80.28 FEET TO A 1/2” REBAR (MARTIN) ON THE WEST RIGHT OF WAY LINE OF THE EXISTING JUG FACTORY ROAD (60’ ROW); THENCE ALONG THE WEST RIGHT OF WAY OF THE EXISTING JUG FACTORY ROAD, NORTH 68 DEG 38 MIN 32 SEC EAST A DISTANCE OF 50.84 FEET TO A POINT; THENCE LEAVING SAID RIGHT OF WAY OF SAID ROAD, SOUTH 21 DEG 21 MIN 28 SEC EAST A DISTANCE OF 60.00 FEET TO THE POINT OF BEGINNING. SAID PARCEL CONTAINING 0.11 ACRES MORE OR LESS AND LYING IN THE NW 1/4 OF SECTION 24, T18N, R19E, ELMORE COUNTY ALABAMA. PARCEL 3A (ELMORE COUNTY TO MULDER-KELLEY) THAT PORTION OF THE PRESCRIPTIVE RIGHT OF WAY LYING SOUTHEAST OF THE RIGHT OF WAY LINE OF THE NEW ALIGNMENT OF JUG FACTORY ROAD AS SHOWN ON THE RIGHT OF WAY MAP OF SAID NEW ALIGNMENT OF JUG FACTORY ROAD ON FILE IN THE ELMORE COUNTY ENGINEER’S OFFICE. SAID PARCEL CONTAINING APPROXIMATELY 0.17 ACRES.

Public Notices PARCEL 4 (ELMORE COUNTY TO SWANEY) COMMENCE AT THE CONCRETE MONUMENT PURPORTED TO BE THE SE CORNER OF THE NW 1/4 OF THE NE 1/4 OF SECTION 24, T18N, R19E, ELMORE COUNTY, ALABAMA; THENCE SOUTH 89 DEG 21 MIN 30 SEC WEST A DISTANCE OF 1147.29 FEET TO A POINT; THENCE NORTH 00 DEG 42 MIN 15 SEC WEST A DISTANCE OF 583.41 FEET TO A CONCRETE MONUMENT; THENCE NORTH 61 DEG 51 MIN 23 SEC WEST A DISTANCE OF 295.58 FEET TO A 1/2” REBAR CAPPED S.D. MARTIN 11726 ON THE EAST RIGHT OF WAY OF THE EXISTING JUG FACTORY ROAD (60’ ROW); THENCE LEAVING SAID RIGHT OF WAY OF SAID ROAD, ALONG A CURVE TO THE LEFT, SAID CURVE HAVING A RADIUS OF 656.16 FEET AND A CHORD OF SOUTH 17 DEG 28 MIN 09 SEC WEST A DISTANCE OF 29.65 FEET TO A POINT; THENCE SOUTH 16 DEG 12 MIN 28 SEC WEST A DISTANCE OF 184.76 FEET TO A POINT; THENCE ALONG A CURVE TO THE RIGHT, SAID CURVE HAVING A RADIUS OF 255.00 FEET AND A CHORD OF SOUTH 42 DEG 25 MIN 30 SEC WEST A DISTANCE OF 225.31 FEET TO A POINT; THENCE SOUTH 68 DEG 38 MIN 32 SEC WEST A DISTANCE OF 78.73 FEET TO A POINT; THENCE SOUTH 00 DEG 11 MIN 20 SEC WEST A DISTANCE OF 28.14 FEET TO A POINT ON THE EAST RIGHT OF WAY OF MARSHELL ROAD (60’ ROW); THENCE ALONG SAID RIGHT OF WAY OF SAID ROAD, NORTH 50 DEG 35 MIN 44 SEC WEST A DISTANCE OF 29.09 FEET TO A 1/2” REBAR (MARTIN), AND THE POINT OF BEGINNING; THENCE LEAVING SAID RIGHT OF WAY OF SAID ROAD, NORTH 19 DEG 25 MIN 10 SEC EAST A DISTANCE OF 80.28 FEET TO A 1/2” REBAR (MARTIN) ON THE WEST LINE OF THE EXISTING RIGHT OF WAY OF JUG FACTORY ROAD (60’ ROW); THENCE ALONG THE SAID WEST LINE OF THE EXISTING ROAD, SOUTH 68 DEG 38 MIN 32 SEC WEST A DISTANCE OF 50.33 FEET TO A 1/2” REBAR (MARTIN) ON THE EAST RIGHT OF WAY LINE OF THE NEW ALIGNMENT OF JUG FACTORY ROAD (60’ ROW); THENCE ALONG SAID RIGHT OF WAY OF SAID ROAD, SOUTH 05 DEG 11 MIN 19 SEC EAST A DISTANCE OF 44.67 FEET TO A 1/2” REBAR (MARTIN), ON THE EAST RIGHT OF WAY OF MARSHELL ROAD (60’ ROW); THENCE LEAVING SAID RIGHT OF WAY OF JUG FACTORY ROAD, ALONG SAID RIGHT OF WAY OF SAID MARSHELL ROAD, SOUTH 51 DEG 21 MIN 37 SEC EAST A DISTANCE OF 20.66 FEET TO THE POINT OF BEGINNING. SAID PARCEL CONTAINING 0.04 ACRES MORE OR LESS AND LYING IN THE NE 1/4 OF THE NW 1/4 OF SECTION 24, T18N, R19E, ELMORE COUNTY, ALABAMA. 3ULRU WR WDNLQJ ¿QDO DFWLRQ RQ said petition, the Elmore County Commission will conduct a public hearing on the proposed vacation. This public hearing shall be held at the regularly scheduled meeting of the Elmore County Commission set for 5:00 p.m. on the 13th day of September, 2021 at the Elmore County Courthouse, 100 Commerce Street, in Wetumpka, Alabama. Any citizen alleging to be affected by the proposed vacation may submit a written objection to the Elmore County Commission or may request an opportunity to be heard at the public hearing.

Jeffrey J. Courtney Attorney for the Elmore County Commission Wetumpka Herald: Aug. 18, 25, Sept. 1 and 8, 2021 PROPOSED VACATION

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WEDNESDAY • AUGUST 25, 2021

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Vol. 31, No. 14

Council OKs COVID leave policy for town employees

By BRIANA WILSON Wetumpka Bureau Chief

The resurgence of COVID-19 in the recent weeks has prompted the Town of Eclectic to adopt a leave policy for town employees.

The policy states that employees diagnosed with COVID will receive a one-time payout for up to 40 hours.

Employees can also use personal leave time as well.

Employees will be required to provide positive COVID test before the 40 hours of pay will be approved.

This policy does not apply to those who have to quarantine but have not tested positive.

Those employees would have to use personal leave.

The policy is retroactive to July 1 and will remain in place as long as COVID is prevalent.

The council also: Approved a policy governing overtime pay for the Water and Sewer department.

Approved a public records access policy that supports an open and transparent government.

Approved the declaration of three EPD vehicles as surplus to be sold.

Mayor Gary Davenport and the Eclectic Town Council are close to reaching an agreement with the EYBO regarding Aaron Park.

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Davenport presents proposed Aaron Park lease, agreement to council

By BRIANA WILSON Wetumpka Bureau Chief

Eclectic Mayor Gary Davenport presented a proposed Aaron Park Lease and Agreement to the Town Council at this month’s meeting on Aug. 16.

“The document is up for consideration,” Davenport said. “The next step is for the EYBO board to review the agreement. We will have a joint meeting again before the next council meeting just to make sure that

everything is good to go.”

Davenport said the plan is for the council to vote on the lease and agreement at September’s meeting.

For the past several weeks, the council and EYBO board members have been negotiating a new lease and agreement regarding Aaron Park, which is where the league’s games are held.

There was significant progress made at last meeting with the council and the EYBO on Aug. 3. However, the primary

issue that still needed to be resolved was how the power bill at the park would be paid moving forward.

The lease and agreement proposed on Aug. 16 states that the power and water bills will be paid by the town of Eclectic. It also states that the EYBO will pay $300 per month for use of the park.

The EYBO agreed to reimburse the town for their portion power bills that went unpaid in past years. The EYBO owes the town just over

$7,000. Davenport said the league plans to pay half by the end of 2021 and the second half in 2022. The $300 monthly fee is waived for the 2022 ball season since the league’s additional resources are going toward paying off debt accrued from past power bills.

The proposed agreement also states that a member of the council or a town employee will be appointed to the EYBO board as nonvoting member. This particular

person would serve as a liaison between the council and EYBO. In addition, the town and the EYBO will host a joint annual cleanup day at the park, as well as an annual fundraiser with all proceeds going to the Parks and Rec account to be used for upkeep and improvements at the park.

“I feel really positive about it,” Davenport said. “I think both sides gave a lot in order to reach common ground.

This is really positive for the town.”