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Sheriff Franklin shares details about children found at Wetumpka residence

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We Dig Company Street will take place from 6-9 p.m. on Thursday, Sept. 23.

Company Street block party set for Thursday

Two children were found in the yard of a residence on Shawnee Drive on the morning of Wednesday, Sept. 15, according to Elmore County Sheriff Bill Franklin.

Franklin said a resident in the

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Wetumpka residents are invited to Company Street on Thursday, Sept.

23, for a block party hosted by the city of Wetumpka.

The free event, We Dig Company Street, will take place from 6-9 p.m.

Main Street Wetumpka Executive Director Haley Greene, who is promoting the event on behalf of the city, said We Dig Company Street is meant to be a play on words in reference to the ongoing construction on the street.

Attendees are asked to wear construction gear to the party, such as hard hats and reflective vests. There will be live music and guests are in-

By BRIANA WILSON Bureau Chief Jennifer Fratzke glided to the shore of the Coosa River on Monday, Sept. 20, to take a moment to rest and refuel her body with food after traveling more than 8 miles on standup paddleboard from Jordan Dam to Wetumpka’s Coosa River Adventures.

She’s one of about 20 of the fiercest paddlers in the world who converged on Alabama this month for a statewide race, the Great Alabama 650, which tests the will of even the most extreme athletes.

Racers face whitewater, battle tidewater currents, and hike around a dozen dams in this

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Millbrook Chamber unveils new website, logo

By BRIANA WILSON Bureau Chief

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Jennfier Fratzke poses with Main Street Wetumpka Executive Director Hailey Greene and Elmore County Economic Development Authority

Blessing held for incoming downtown Wetumpka business

By BRIANA WILSON Bureau Chief A blessing was held on Thursday, Sept. 16, for a new Wetumpka business, River Rose, that’s set to open in early October on Company Street.

The business operated in Montgomery for 30 years with the name Rose of Sharon, until owner Sharon Wilson decided to rename and relocate the store.

Wilson said the Lord put it on her heart to move the business to Wetumpka.

The store will specialize in quilts, custom drapes, bedding and home goods,

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The sheriff’s office called the Department of Human Resources and the agency took custody of the children.

Franklin said the parents of the children have been identified and routed to DHR. The case will be primarily handled by DHR moving forward.

World’s longest annual paddle race

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Millbrook Area Chamber of Commerce Executive Director Brenda Dennis unveiled the organization’s new website and logo to members at the chamber’s fall luncheon held Thursday, Sept. 16, at the Millbrook Civic Center.

The luncheon included a tutorial for members on how to make the most of the new website.

According to Dennis, the site is live, but it’s a work in progress.

Changes will continue to be made to the site over the next few weeks. The chamber has been without a website for some time because the previous site domain expired. The chamber was not able to update or make changes to the old site.

“We made the decision to collapse that site and move forward with a

Cherokee Estates neighborhood called the sheriff’s office shortly before 11 a.m. to report that they’d found two children in their yard.

Franklin said the children had wandered into the yard of someone living in their neighborhood. According to Franklin, the children appeared to be between the ages of 2 to 3 years old.

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such as lamps, chandeliers and furniture.

Wilson said she also wants the store to serve as an avenue for her to minister to her guests about God and to lead others to Him. Wilson said the store has a prayer room and an area where church small groups can meet.

During the blessing, retired Methodist pastor Renee Martin and ministers Chuck Latham and Jo Hancock prayed, read scripture and provided words of support for Wilson and her new venSee BLESSING, Page A3

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Business owner Sharon Wilson, middle, is pictured with retired Methodist pastor Renee Martin, musician Jonathan Greene and ministers Chuck Latham and Jo Hancock.

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Obituaries AMANDA KATHLEEN WRIGHT 1980 - 2021 Funeral Service for Amanda Kathleen Wright, 40, of Eclectic, Alabama, will be Sunday, September 26, 2021 at 2:30 p.m. at the Chapel of Radney Funeral Home. Randy Anderson will officiate. The family will receive friends on Sunday, September 26, 2021 from 1:30 p.m. to 2:30 p.m. at Radney Funeral Home Amanda Kathleen Wright, born Thanksgiving Day, November 27,1980 went to Heaven on September 16, 2021. Amanda is survived by her daughter MaKayla Kathleen Wright, her mother Lisa H. Elliott (Dad-Wendell F. Elliott- deceased), her brother

Jonalan Jason Wright (Tara), her niece Katherine Anne Wright, and her nephew Tyler Kacey Wright. Aunts, Tracey Steinhardt (Lyle), Uncle Terry A Hale (Barbara), many other nieces and nephews and Johnnie Cecil Wright (father).

She was proceeded in death by her Dad Wendell F Elliott, grandmother Betty P Hale, Grandfather John H Hale, grandmother Ila G Elliott, grandmother Cora L Wright, grandfather Kerney C Wright, great-grandmother Kathleen Boone, Uncles Edward G Hale and John Michael Hale.

Amanda is now in Heaven and is whole and healthy only by the grace and the promises of God.

She will forever remain in our hearts and we, as her family and friends will carry her legacy of love, learning and dreams for the future.

Flowers or donations may be made at Lake Martin Animal Shelter: P O Box 634 Alexander City Al 35010 or Adullam House Christian Academy 7469 Georgia Road, Wetumpka Al 36092.

May the grace and the power of Jesus be with you all…Amanda would want that.

Memorial messages may be sent to the family at www.radneyfuneralhome.com.

Radney Funeral Home is in charge of the arrangements.

Police Reports SEPT. 12 Harassing communications from the 70 block of Hearth Haven Drive.

SEPT. 11 Third-degree criminal mischief from unknown; front door and inside trim; damage valued at $200.

Second-degree possession of marijuana and stolen property from Skate Zone, 88 Red Eagle Drive; firearm, drug/narcotics; digital scale and 2 grams of marijuana recovered; valued at $400.

SEPT. 10 Third-degree burglary and fourth degree theft

of property from Rolling Ridge Apartments, 8657 U.S. 231; $65 and Lortab prescription stolen.

SEPT. 9 Information only from the 90 block of Hallock Drive.

Information only from the Wetumpka Police Department, 4950 U.S. 231; AirPod Pros recovered.

SEPT. 8 Information only from Mortgage Corp of the South, 401 S. Main Street.

Identity theft from the 200 block of West Osceola Street; identity documents stolen.

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Hawaii, switched out her outrigger canoe for a standup paddleboard. She decided to use the paddleboard for this 8-mile leg of the race because of the strong rapids and rocks in that portion of the Coosa River. She didn’t want to risk damage to her outrigger canoe. This year marked the second time she’s competed in the Great Alabama 650.

“It’s been rough, but overall I feel good,” she said. “I feel a lot tougher than last year. I’ve learned a lot from then to now, like how to prevent blisters and better eating habits to maximize my energy. I’m excited to continue.”

At that point in the race, Fratzke was about two hours ahead of her time from last year.

Fifteen years ago Fratzke started standup paddleboard racing but switched to outrigger canoes after tearing her ACL and undergoing surgery.

She said this year would likely be her last time participating in the Great Alabama 650.

Spectators cheered for racers from riverbanks in Gadsden, Pell City, Wetumpka, Montgomery, Selma, Fairhope, and more. In Wetumpka, each racer received a painted paddle as a keepsake from their journey.

Each paddle is hand painted by students at Wetumpka High School.

The racecourse is the core section of the Alabama Scenic River Trail, a 6,000-plus mile mapped river trail system. This 650-mile segment of the river trail extends from the foothills of the Appalachian Mountains in Northeast

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650-mile, adventure-style paddle race that kicked off in Northeast Alabama on Friday, Sept. 18.

Upon reaching Jordan Dam, Fratzke, of Oahu,

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Jennifer Fratzke paddles into Wetumpka Monday afternoon.

Alabama through alligator country to the Gulf of Mexico.

Racers have up to 10 days to finish the race and vie for a first-place win in one of three divisions– male solo, female solo, and two-person team. Participants are allowed to use kayaks, canoes, or stand-up paddleboards interchangeably throughout the event.

Competitors arrived in Wetumpka on Monday, Sept. 20, and Tuesday, Sept. 21. Competitors received warm welcomes from Elmore County

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vited to bring their own lawn chairs and coolers to the event.

Greene said several businesses on Company Street and throughout downtown will stay open late to give guests plenty of shopping and dining opportunities.

Economic Development Authority Executive Director Cary Cox and Main Street Wetumpka Executive Director Hailey Greene.

Spectators can continue follow the event virtually at AL650.com where race organizers will post a live map reporting upto-the-minute updates on each boats’ whereabouts.

The map will be augmented with Facebook and Instagram posts from the field by following official race accounts or by using the hashtag #AL650.

“We were really trying to find a way to support the Company Street businesses affected by the closure of the street,” Greene said.

The next step is to pour the asphalt and concrete and to stripe the road, Greene said. The street is projected to reopen in three to four weeks.

“The landscaping won’t be completed by that time, but we’re just ready to get it back open,” she said.

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ISTC gets Central Alabama Community Foundation Grant STAFF REPORT TPI Staff Ingram State Technical College graduates preparing to enter the workforce will have tools and equipment needed for success thanks to a grant from the Central Alabama Community Foundation.

The CACF funds were awarded to the ISTC foundation’s “Education to Employment” initiative.

CACF funds will provide resources for 20 to 25 gradu-

ates, including tools, personal protective equipment, licenses and permits. Additional funds will be used to offset the cost of industry certification testing for an additional 30 Ingram students enrolled in any of Ingram’s 19 career technical training programs.

ISTC Foundation liaison Dr. Brannon Lentz said the Education to Employment initiative has assisted nearly 200 students and graduates, including Michael Johnson, a graduate of Ingram’s

Heating, Ventilation and Air Conditioning program. Lentz said Johnson requested specialty meters and gauges to use in his job as an HVAC technician with a Montgomery-based employer.

“Michael is a great example of how we work to meet the student’s individual needs,” said Lentz. “Our goal is to help students feel prepared to succeed.”

Ingram State serves incarcerated students housed in correctional facilities in Elmore County and across central Alabama.

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Millbrook Area Chamber of Commerce Executive Director Brenda Dennis talks to chamber members about the various features on the organization’s new website.

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Main Street Wetumpka held its annual membership meeting on Thursday, Sept. 16 at the Kelly Fitzpatrick Memorial Gallery. During the meeting, Main Street Wetumpka welcomed new officers and members to its board of directors, and members of the board were sworn in. Pam Martin is now the board president and Janice Whorton is first vice president. Dennis Fain serves as the secretary/treasurer. The new board members are Wynn Sanford, Paula Sargent, Rachel Turner and Jeff Royal. The outgoing board president was Belyn Richardson.

new one,” Dennis said. “We didn’t want to put money into getting it back up and running when we knew we wanted to get a new site established.”

The new site features the chamber’s new logo.

“We tried not to stray too far away from the previous logo, but we did make some changes,” Dennis said.

The new logo features colors and a font that is similar to the previous one. The organization’s new domain is MillbrookChamber.org.

The site enables members to validate or update their contact information, add information about their business, upload their logo, add events to the chamber’s calendar, add news releases and list job postings.

“The hardest part is done,” Dennis said. “I’m excited for you all to get started and see what you’re able to do with it.”

The site is powered by GrowthZone, which has built sites for chambers of commerce throughout the United States. Cheri Petterson, technical training and documentation manager with GrowthZone, joined the meeting via Zoom to educate members on how use the site.

Dennis said the new site would not have been possible without sponsorship from Alabama Power and MAX Credit Union, as well as discounted rebranding services from Publications Press.

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Gas prices edge higher STAFF REPORT TPI Staff The nation’s average gas price has risen 1.3 cents per gallon from a week ago to $3.18 per gallon today according to GasBuddy data compiled from more than 11 million individual price reports covering over 150,000 gas stations across the country. The national average is up 18 cents from a month ago and $1.01 per gallon higher than a year ago. The national average price of diesel has risen 0.7 cents in the last week and stands at $3.29 per gallon.

“Gas prices have been stuck in somewhat of a limbo and remain near 2021 highs long after Hurricane Ida has dissipated. The damage done to oil production has been left behind and so far, has prevented prices from resuming their seasonal decline,” said Patrick De Haan, head of petroleum analysis for GasBuddy. “Ida caused the loss of over 30 million barrels of oil production in the Gulf of Mexico, and with gasoline demand remaining relatively high for the season, oil inventories remain relatively tight, preventing any organized decline in gas prices for the time being. As a result, we may have to wait a couple more weeks until hurricane season slows for oil inventories to start to rise and gas prices to fall.”

Crude oil prices were solidly in the red in early Monday trade with a barrel of West Texas Intermediate down $1.05 per barrel to $70.90, but still slightly higher than a week ago, when crude was at $70.64 in early Monday trade.

Brent crude oil was also down, trading 93 cents lower to $74.36 per barrel, also slightly higher than last week’s $73.72 tally on Monday morning. Oil was trading lower with the Dow poised to drop nearly 600 points on the open Monday as Asia stocks saw a large selloff on fears of economic slowdown, and an upcoming Fed meeting that could feature a shift in policy, with the Fed potentially on the cusp of slowing monetary

ture. Latham anointed the building with oil and Hancock blew the shofar in the doorway to symbolize that God dwells in the building.

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athan Greene, who traveled from Macon, Georgia for the occasion, provided musical selections.

A ribbon cutting hosted by the Wetumpka Area Chamber of Commerce has been set for Oct. 7 at 11 a.m. River Rose is located at 120 Company Street.

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Oil, gasoline and distillate product inventories all saw a drop in last week’s data from the Energy Information Administration, as refineries saw a tiny 0.2 percentage point uptick in utilization, which remained at just 82.1% after Ida and Nicholas pushed refineries offline. Crude oil inventories are now 7% below the five-year range for this time of year, while gasoline inventories fell nearly 2 million barrels to nearly 6% below the five-year average range for this time of year. Distillate inventories ahead of the peak consumption season fell 1.7 million barrels and stand a whopping 13% below the five-year range and an even more eye-popping 26% below last year. In addition, the Strategic Petroleum Reserve saw its level drop to the lowest since 2003 as the government opened the spigot, allowing oil refineries access to begin ramping up refining as Gulf of Mexico production has been very slow to come back online.

According to GasBuddy demand data driven by its Pay with GasBuddy card, U.S. retail gasoline demand fell for the fifth straight week, continuing with seasonal slowdowns as air temperatures continue to cool. Nationally, weekly gasoline demand fell 0.1% from the prior week, while demand rose 0.8% in PADD 1, fell 0.4% in PADD 2, rose 0.3% in PADD 3, fell 2.6% in PADD 4 and fell 3.1% in PADD 5.

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The average cost at the priciest 10% of stations stands at $4.19 per gallon, unchanged from a week ago, while the lowest 10% average $2.69 per gallon, also unchanged from a week ago.

The median U.S. price is $3.06 per gallon, up 7 cents from last week and about 12 cents lower than the national average.

The states with the lowest average prices: Texas ($2.78), Mississippi ($2.79) and Oklahoma ($2.82).

The states with the highest priced states: California ($4.36), Hawaii ($4.03) and Nevada ($3).

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Census results revealing W ell folks, the final census figures are in from last year’s 2020 nose count.

The census is taken every 10 years to determine the lines and boundaries of congressional and legislative districts.

However, the census reveals a lot more information about us as a state and nation than just how many of us there are. It paints a picture of who we are as people and what we look like.

The most recent census unveils an America much different than those of us who were born in the 1950’s and are referred to as the “Baby Boomer” generation. We are one diverse country. Indeed, we are a true melting pot.

The United States is now less than 60% white/Caucasian – 57% to be exact. The black/African American population has basically remained the same at about 12% of the population.

The most remarkable figure is that 20% of our population identifies as Hispanic. The Asian population has doubled over the 10 years from 3% to 6% percent. It is a new America.

What do these numbers portend and what is the story for Alabama?

First of all, we did an amazing job on our count. The Census Bureau has remarked that Alabama was one of the five best states in America when it came to counting our people. We actually came up with 103,000 more people than what was projected.

Gov. Kay Ivey’s efforts deserve some credit for this success.

The most significant fact in our successful count is that we saved a congressional seat. It had been projected for the last five years that we were going to lose a congressional seat from seven to six in Congress.

STEVE FLOWERS

Columnist We will fortunately keep seven. This will make the legislature’s job much, much easier when they meet in about a month to draw the lines.

After the reapportionment session, we will still probably have six Republican congressmen and one Democratic member of Congress. In fact, when the members of the legislature begin drawing the lines, they will begin with that lone Democratic seat of Congresswoman Terri Sewell.

She and that district will come first when dividing up people for two reasons. One is that Alabama is still under the eye of the Justice Department by virtue of the 1965 Voting Rights Act whereby we must have at least one majority-minority district.

Because the Black Belt region of the state has lost significant population, she will have to take in a larger area.

She will probably go all the way from Birmingham to Mobile. She will pick up a large chunk of Tuscaloosa and almost all of Montgomery as well as at least three to five more sparsely populated Black Belt counties on the way between Birmingham and Mobile. As projected, the Black Belt counties lost population and the growth in the state was in fast growing Republican leaning counties such as Baldwin, Shelby, Jefferson, Lee, and especially in the Huntsville / Madison / Limestone area.

The second reason that Congress-

woman Sewell will get deference is that she is our only Democratic congressperson. With the U.S. House of Representatives being majority Democratic, as well as the White House, Congresswoman Sewell is our only conduit to the majority party. In addition, she is on a fast leadership track in Congress and sits on the all-important House Ways and Means Committee.

Huntsville’s amazing growth is the remarkable story of the census in Alabama. Huntsville is now Alabama’s largest city. It far surpasses Birmingham. In fact, Birmingham lost 5% of its population. There is essentially a tie between Montgomery and Birmingham as to who is second.

Montgomery held its own. Huntsville city grew by 20%. The metro area by over 40%. The Birmingham/ Hoover metro area is still by far the largest metropolitan area. The suburban cities of Hoover, Vestavia Hills and Trussville grew substantially.

Hoover, itself, grew by 13%.

After the Madison (Huntsville) / Limestone area, the fastest growing county in the state is Baldwin County.

While Daphne had significant growth, the darling in the group is Fairhope, which grew by 47%. Lee County and Auburn grew by whopping numbers.

What does this mean politically?

These growth counties of Baldwin, Madison, and Lee will see increased Republican representation in the legislature and the Jefferson/ Shelby suburbs will hold their own.

It will be hard to not increase the super majority Republican control of the Alabama Senate and House of Representatives.

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n April 2019, a bus load of juniors and seniors from Tallassee High School attended the Troy University production of MAMMA MIA! It was staged at the Claudia Crosby Theatre, inside C.B. Smith Hall (named for Charles Bunyan Smith, a former president of Troy University but also the founding superintendent of Tallassee City Schools).

In this space the following week, I raved about the production and singled out various aspects of the show for praise.

Who knew that, only two years later, ABBA would be in the news again?

One of the most successful pop outfits of all time has boldly gone where no band has gone before . . .

They have become virtual versions of themselves.

A new double-A-sided single, recorded over the past year, was released last week: “I Still Have Faith in You” b/w “Don’t Shut Me Down.” The classic sound is there still – and for a foursome that turned down $1 billion (yes, billion) to reconvene back in 2000, it’s just delightful to hear their sweet voices blending again. It sounds as if no time has passed. Agnetha and Frida sound just as beautiful as they did nearly half a century ago!

None of them want to tour, or really be a band again; famously married to one another and then divorced while the band was still a going concern, they went their separate ways in 1986 and have much different lives today. But they did agree to take part in a pioneering method of live performance as they attached electrodes and motion-capture devices to themselves in order to create realistic holograms of the band in their glory days.

Industrial Light and Magic, the geniuses behind many Hollywood blockbusters, created the virtual ABBA by recording them with 160 cameras as they performed their hits. The virtual ABBA could live on forever, so future generations can enjoy a concert by the famous quartet – or as close as one can get to the real thing.

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MICHAEL BIRD Columnist of my old ABBA records. I think they are unfairly maligned for being too airy, too light, too featherweight.

True, their music may go down like sugary junk food, but what lies beneath – just like the adult-sized plot points of the musical – is often more than what it seemed on the surface.

ABBA – the acronym of the first names of performers Agnetha Fältskog, Björn Ulvaeus, Benny Andersson and Anni-Frid Lyngstad – first arrived on the music scene in the early 1970s. Agnetha (the blonde) was coupled with Bjorn (the clean-shaven one); Frida (the brunette) was linked with Benny (the bearded one). They were Swedish, nobody really spoke English, and mostly worked in other musical genres: jazz (Frida), folk (Bjorn), pop (Benny), and classical (Agnetha).

I suppose the music scene in Sweden is a little smaller than other places, or destiny had these four in mind, but their paths seemed to cross over and over in the late 1960s as the two couples fell in love. In 1970, the four went on holiday to Cyprus. While singing together for fun on the beach, they wound up in an improvised live performance entertaining some United Nations troops stationed there.

Already armed with a record deal, their producer-manager was determined to break into the international market. Singing in other languages paid off for them in 1973. Other than charting hits across Europe, the foursome won the Eurovision Song Contest, one of the highest musical honors in all of Europe, in 1974.

Their songs crossed the Atlantic with their records released here during that same period.

Their early songs were pop confections of the highest caliber: “Ring Ring,” “S.O.S.,” “Honey Honey,” “Waterloo,” and “I Do, I Do, I Do,

I Do, I Do.” These songs also had a contemporized version of the Wall of Sound style that had been popular in the United States during the 1960s, along with tuneful melodies that seemed to burrow into one’s head after a single spin.

The hits continued: “Mamma Mia,” “Fernando,” “Take a Chance on Me,” “Money Money Money,” “Knowing Me Knowing You,” and the blockbuster “Dancing Queen,” among many others that charted in the top 40 around the world.

After a decade at the top of their game, their music became a lot more serious in the early 1980s; audiences did not seem to buy these songs and albums the same way they had done before. Tastes change, styles change, but the darker material ABBA was releasing by then had its reasons: both couples, by that time, had divorced one another and the bitter vibe was present on the recordings. In 1982, they stopped recording, with a final performance on a TV show in 1986.

The group has said no to millions of dollars offered them to reunite. In the 35-plus years since their last public appearance, they have barely agreed to attend grand openings of MAMMA MIA as well as provide interviews, but that appears to be changing. The popularity of ABBA-related material has finally given these four a chance to reflect upon how important their music has been to so many.Interest remains high, and probably always will, in these Swedes who gently approached the music industry with quality work, took over the international music scene for a period, then quietly departed and stayed out of sight for nearly 40 years. What is amazing is that the public never forgot them – a sign that these wellcrafted pop songs will endure. And now that virtual ABBA is on the scene, we know that we will be able to see and hear them for years to come. The new single is great, and I can’t believe it finally happened.

The new album will be released in November.

Michael Bird is a music teacher for Tallassee City Schools.

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“County governments are often restricted in what they can do because county governments are a creation of the state,” said Sonny Brasfield, ACCA Executive Director. “That means it’s critically important for counties to have a strong working relationship with members of the Alabama Legislature. Serving on this board is a tremendous responsibility within the ACCA, and Commissioner Stubbs has proven himself to be more than aptly prepared for the task.”

Stubbs will be representing ACCA’s District 9, which consists of Autauga, Elmore, Lowndes and Montgomery counties.

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Community Calendar SEPTEMBER

WE DIG COMPANY STREET: Wetumpka residents are invited to Company Street on Thursday, Sept. 23, for a block party hosted by the city of Wetumpka.

The free event, We Dig Company Street, will take place from 6-9 p.m. Attendees are asked to wear construction gear to the party, such as hard hats and reflective vests. There will be live music and guests are invited to bring their own lawn chairs and coolers to the event.

ART IN THE PARK: Coosa River Art Expo is hosting Art in the Park on Saturday, Sept. 25, at Gold Star Park from noon to 6 p.m. The event will include art vendors, live music and food trucks.

The proceeds from an auction will benefit women’s health and breast cancer awareness programs provided by B&B Health Boutique.

BARK IN THE PARK: The Humane Society of Elmore County’s 15th Annual Bark in the Park at Fort Toulouse on Sunday, Sept. 26, from 1-5 p.m. Vendors, a microchip clinic, Pet Parade, Ask the Vet, Pet Paw Painting and a pet items silent auction are planned for the event.

Admission to Bark in the Park is $5 per person 13 years old 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. Vendor spots are still available for only $35 – contact hselco@ bellsouth.net.

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 Alley in downtown Wetumpka every first Thursday of each month from April through November. The event will take place from 5-8 p.m. and is organized by Main Street Wetumpka’s Promotions Committee.

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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.

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OPEN MIC: The Equality Performing Arts Center hosts an open mic jam session from 7 to 9 p.m. every second Friday of the month at 560 Highway 9 in Equality. There is no charge but donations are welcome as they keep the center running. Bring a snack or finger food to share during the intermission.

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

MOUNT HEBRON CHURCH OF CHRIST: Come join us at 4530 Mt. Hebron Road in Eclectic.

Our Sunday school begins at 9 a.m. followed by worship service at 10:30.

There is also a Wednesday night Bible study at 7 p.m. For more information call Pastor Edwin Walker at 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.

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CELEBRATE RECOVERY SANTUCK: Celebrate Recovery meets each Thursday at 6:15 p.m. at Santuck Baptist Church at 7250 Central Plank Rd. This is a Christ-centered, 12step program for anyone struggling with hurts, habits, and hangups. Call 334-567-2364 for more information or contact jyates@santuckbaptist. org.

GAMBLERS ANONYMOUS: Gamblers Anonymous meets Saturdays at 6 p.m. at Cedarwood Community Church at 10286 U.S. Highway 231 in Wallsboro/Wetumpka. Call 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.

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hile visiting Methodist mission stations in Southeast Asia, my wife and I worshipped one Sunday at an English-speaking church in Taipei, the capital city of Taiwan. Arriving early, we were greeted warmly by our host and invited to take a seat in the fellowship hall with those who were listening to the pastor’s devotional message. We sat down beside a nondescript woman and a little boy whom I assumed was her grandson.

As the meeting concluded, our host walked over and asked, “Have you met Mrs. Aylward?” Somewhat embarrassed, I said we had not, for I had paid no attention to the little woman.

Our host introduced us to Mrs. Gladys Aylward, whose name meant nothing to me. He went on to explain that Gladys was the remarkable woman whose life was portrayed by Ingrid Bergman in the movie, “The Inn of the Sixth Happi-

WALTER ALBRITTON Columnist ness.” Suddenly our interest in this little woman went from zero to 10 because we had seen the movie and loved it.

The movie is based on a book about Gladys written by Alan Burgess and titled The Small Woman. It is the true story of a chambermaid in Great Britain who believed God wanted her to go to China as a missionary. Incredibly, with no formal education, no support from anyone, and no money of her own, Gladys works as a maid and earns enough money for a train ticket to China. She served there during the years leading up to World War II.

Aylward’s courage in the face of invading Japanese soldiers is the focus of the movie. Tenacious and courageous only begin to describe this remarkable woman who led dozens of children to safety over a treacherous mountain range. There, in that fellowship hall in Taipei, I was recalling scenes from that movie as I looked down at the frail little lady who was smiling as she shook my hand.

Gladys shared with us that, still caring for children, she was now operating two homes for orphans who were mainly abandoned children. Putting her arm around the boy beside her, she said, “This little fellow was left at my door when he was an infant. I have raised him as my own child.” I assumed she had adopted him when she told me his name was David Aylward.

Thinking again about the movie about her life, I asked Gladys if the

movie had portrayed her life accurately.

I was stunned when she replied, “I have never seen the movie.” Tears filled my eyes. I felt like taking off my shoes in the presence of a woman who was too busy caring for abandoned children to bother looking at a Hollywood movie describing her life.

Our conversation with Gladys Aylward lasted no more than 15 minutes but meeting her made a profound difference in our lives. Dean and I were never the same. We had met an authentic servant of Jesus whose devotion to our Lord inspired us to seek a new level of surrender to his purpose for our lives.

There, for a few minutes, looking into the face of that small woman, I know now I was seeing the face of the Christ.

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he Elmore County volleyball team staged a massive comeback to claim its annual Block Party championship trophy on Saturday night.

Elmore County beat Wetumpka 2-1 (18-25, 25-21, 15-11) in a shortened three-set match in the championship game.

The Lady Panthers lost the first set to the visiting Lady Indians, and then found themselves down 17-19 in the second set when head coach Kim Mon-

crief called a timeout.

Out of the timeout, Elmore County went on a 5-0 run and were up, 22-19, before Wetumpka scored another point.

Two bad serves gave Wetumpka 21 points, but the Lady Panthers won 25-21 to tie the game at 1-1.

“We have this thing on our team where we try to score immediately after a timeout, whether it’s our timeout or their timeout, so we try to go back full force after a timeout and do what we can do,” Moncrief said. “During the timeout, we just talked about how Wetumpka is going to do things that

are good, so we have to battle back and try to take every point we can get.”

Because it was part of the tournament, the match was only three sets instead of a normal five. And the third set was only going to be played to 15.

It was as tightly contested as any set played between any two teams during the entire day.

Set three was tightly contested as well.

Wetumpka took an early lead and went up 7-4 in the set, before Elmore County used three kills to tie the match See CHAMPIONSHIP, Page B2

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Elmore County volleyball players celebrate winning the 8th annual Block Party Tournament Championship on Saturday night.

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Holtville’s Tanner Potts fights through a tackle against Talladega Friday.

Holtville’s Potts leads Bulldogs into non-region game against Marbury

By DALTON MIDDLETON Sports Editor Holtville quarterback Tanner Potts is a winner, and that’s exactly what he’s doing this year on the gridiron.

Potts, a junior first-year starter, has led Holtville to a 4-1 record this year with a 3-0 record in Class 5A, Region 4. The Bulldogs have won three straight games, and they put their record on the line this Friday night as they travel to play Marbury in a non-region rivalry game at 7 p.m.

Potts has improved in each of the last three wins and had his best start of his career last Friday night against Talladega. In the game, Potts finished 12 of 19 for 224 yards and two touchdowns. It was the first 200-yard passing

game of his career.

“There was a reason we named him our starter,” Holtville coach Jason Franklin said.

“He’s very steady and makes good decisions.

He’s smart enough to put us in the right place, he’s an overall leader and he’s just a winner.

I call him our Drew Brees. He wins and he leads and does a great job.”

Potts, while having his best game of the year last week, has improved week by week this year.

He threw his only interception of the season in a scrimmage against Shelby County and has thrown for two touchdowns in three of his last four games. He wasn’t called upon to throw much in the game against Beauregard, and only attempted six passes.

Nonetheless, Potts has thrown for 670 yards, seven touchdowns and only one interception through the first five weeks of the season. He has also seen improvement on the ground and rushed five times for 31 yards last week.

He has 84 rushing yards and two touchdowns this year.

“The biggest thing about Tanner is that he doesn’t turn the football over,” Franklin said.

“He doesn’t throw interceptions. When your quarterback doesn’t throw interceptions or make bad reads, you have a chance to win.

He doesn’t do that. When you have a touchdown to interception ratio like he does, it gives you the chance to win.”

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Chilton County had no answer for Stanhope Elmore’s Kelbi Johnson.

Johnson, a senior, had a field day while serving to lead Stanhope past Chilton County 2-0 in the quarterfinals of the Elmore County Block Party volleyball tournament on Saturday.

When the match started, Johnson was the first person to serve the ball. When the next person got an opportunity to serve, Johnson and Stanhope were already up 7-0. During that stretch, she had one ace while junior Shakeria Washington had two kills.

That was the only time she served during the first set, as Stanhope won the set 25-10 and took a 1-0 lead.

She started off the second set serving again, and quickly had two aces as Stanhope jumped out to an early 3-0 lead. She didn’t serve quite as long then, but got another chance midway through the set.

Down 14-18, Chilton County had a serving error which gave Johnson back the chance to serve. Three aces and seven points later, Stanhope led 21-18 with a chance to finish off the game. Stanhope went on to win 25-21 and See NOTEBOOK, Page B2

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Kelbi Johnson of Stanhope Elmore volleyball competes in pool play during a tournament at Elmore County High School.

Wetumpka hits the road to face undefeated Greenville team

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Wetumpka running back Stone Minnifield sprints past a Benjamin Russell defender for a touchdown.

The Wetumpka football team had its best offensive night of the season last week, and now the Indians face another tough test this week.

Wetumpka, which scored a season-high 28 points last week, hits the road for a non-region matchup against the Greenville Tigers on Friday at 7 p.m.

Greenville is one of only eight undefeated teams left in Class 5A. The Tigers are 4-0 this year and have allowed only 30 points the entire season. They are allowing just 7.5 points per game.

Wetumpka’s offense, which has seen struggles with scoring points this year, is averaging 15 points per game after their 28-point game last week.

“Greenville is always extremely well coached and coach McClendon knows how to get his teams prepared,” Wetumpka coach Tim Perry said. “They’re always in the right place and they’re always extremely athletic. One thing that stays consistent with Greenville year in and year out is that they always have a great group of athletes. Great team speed and size. There’s a reason they’re undefeated See WETUMPKA, Page B6

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at 8-8. The two teams went back-and-forth until it was tied 10-10 then the Lady Panthers took over.

CJ Thornton had consecutive service aces to put the Lady Panthers up 12-10, then they scored twice on two of Wetumpka’s hits landing out-of-bounds.

With the championship in grasp, Moncrief and company drew up the plan they thought could work best, and it ended in an Ally Orr kill for the game-winning point.

“I feel comfortable in all of our rotations, but with Ally being a freshman, she’s got a good confident swing about her and I was feeling good at the end and was wanting them to set to her to get that swing because she exudes confidence,” Moncrief said of Orr. “She handled it there at the end for us.”

It didn’t come easy for Elmore County, however, as Wetumpka presented a tough presence at the net the entire match. Junior Khloe Harris leads the charge at the net, and she finished with a team-high nine kills for the Lady Indians.

She had two kills in the first set, four in the second, and three in the third. Three of her four kills in the second set came on three consecutive points, and it came right before Moncrief called the game-changing time out that resulted in five straight points for Elmore County.

Her three kills in the

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third set put Wetumpka up 8-6 before the Lady Panthers rallied once again.

“We just had to understand that they were going to get some kills in,” Moncrief said. “They have a really good team, offensively and defensively, and we knew Khloe does a great job of outside hitting. We knew that she was going to get some down, so we had to fight back and get our own kills.”

The championship game was the closest Elmore County came to losing a match all day.

The Lady Panthers went 5-0 on the day, which started at 9 a.m. and finished at 8 p.m.

Elmore County started the day by beating Billingsley 2-0 and Benjamin Russell 2-1 in pool play, which earned it the No. 2 seed in the tournament. In the elimination bracket, Elmore County beat Beauregard 2-0 in the quarterfinals and Stanhope Elmore 2-0 in the semfinals.

After waiting for Wetumpka to finish its semifinal matchup with ACA, the Lady Panthers claimed their trophy.

“We talk about with winning championships, you don’t win them at the beginning of the day, you win them at the end,” Moncrief said. “It can be tough but we have to be ready to go game after game. I was concerned because we played at 9 a.m. and 10 a.m., then didn’t play again until after 3 p.m., which is a long break. They showed me they can come back and come on fire.”

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Potts will be tested this week against Marbury.

Not only is it a rivalry game, but Marbury features a long and tall secondary that makes tons of plays in the passing game. Two of the best players in Marbury’s secondary are safeties, and one is a sure ball-hawk.

Junior safety Cody Whitford has three interceptions on the year and has returned one for a touchdown. He also is a threat on offense with both of his receptions this season going for touchdowns.

Marbury uses their safeties in a variety of ways, and brings them down into the box a lot to take away plays and condense the field against opposing offenses.

“They’ve got a couple of long guys who are really athletic back there in the secondary, so that’s always going to lead to balls getting tipped back there,” Franklin said. “Those guys can dive out there and with such long bodies, they can pick them off. He’s always around the football and he can tackle well when we do catch the ball.”

Marbury’s secondary isn’t the only strength of their defense. Marbury defensive end Amos Barton does a

really good job of getting into the backfield and forcing quarterback mistakes. So far this season, Barton has 15 tackles, 3 tackles for loss and four sacks.

He leads a very big and physical defensive front that will give Holtville’s offensive line all they can ask for.

Despite being 2-3, Marbury’s issue hasn’t been on the defensive side of the ball. The Bulldogs have allowed only 18.6 points per game, and 30 of the 93 points they’ve allowed came in the first game of the year.

Since that game, Marbury has allowed only one of four opponents to score over 14 points.

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faced Elmore County in the semifinals.

In the two-set sweep, Johnson had six service aces and one kill.

“She hits the ball hard,” Stanhope coach Flavia Freeney said. “She has a good serve that comes down at such a sharp angle and it’s hard for them to return it. She’s consistent. Basically all she has to do is put the ball in the lines and we can take it from there. We have her back.”

ELMORE COUNTY’S SEANNA O’DANIEL STEPPING UP AT THE NET Elmore County’s volleyball team is already dangerous on the row, but the Lady Panthers are getting even better as senior Seanna O’Daniel has built her confidence up.

O’Daniel showed off against Beauregard in the quarterfinals of the Elmore County Block Party Tournament. In the two-set

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Leah Richardson keeps the ball alive for Wetumpka during the Elmore County Block Party tournament.

sweep, she racked up five kills and three solo blocks to help push the Lady Panthers into the semifinals.

Head coach Kim Moncrief loved to see it, and she said she saw O’Daniel step up against Jemison earlier in the week as well. Moncrief described O’Daniel as a quiet but consistent player, and said she is seeing her confidence grow as she continues to stack good outings together in the middle of

this season.

“Seanna has had a pretty good outing the last couple of games.

She comes out there and makes a lot of good plays when we need her to make good plays. I’ve been really impressed with her the last few games coming out of her shell a little bit and taking the sets that she gets and finishing it.”

She continued to shine during the rest of the tournament with three kills

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and a block in the first set of Elmore County’s 2-0 win over Stanhope in the semifinals, then she had one of her biggest hits of the night in the championship game.

Down 1-0 to Wetumpka in the championship, Elmore County was up 24-21 in the second set when O’Daniel, serving as the left outside hitter, hit the set-winning kill to tie the game 1-1.

Elmore County then went on to win the championship 2-1.

“She’s always been a consistent player and was an All-tournament player last year because of her consistency,” Moncrief said of O’Daniel. “I think her experience she has as a senior and her confidence coming out is helping her.”

WETUMPKA UPSETS ACA IN THE SEMIFINALS OF BLOCK PARTY TOURNAMENT There were plenty of impressive showings in Elmore County’s Block Party Tournament on Saturday, but no performance was more impressive than Wetumpka’s upset win over Alabama Christian Academy in the semifinals.

Wetumpka played ACA in pool play earlier in the day and lost, and was named the No. 4 seed in the bracket. That matched the Lady Indians with ACA in the semfinals, and Wetumpka got its revenge.

Wetumpka jumped out to an early lead in the first set and held its lead for the majority of the set. The Lady Eagles jumped back in front, 20-19, and 22-21, but Wetumpka went on a 4-0 run to end the set and took a 1-0 lead.

The two teams went back and forth in the second set and were tied 24-24 but ACA scored the last two points of the match on aces to tie the game 1-1.

That lit a fire under Wetumpka’s team and Set 3 wasn’t even close.

The Lady Indians jumped out to a 10-2 lead and never let up. Wetumpka won the third set 15-3 and won the match 2-1.

Junior Khloe Harris scored two of the last five points on kills to send Wetumpka into the championship match against Elmore County.

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g the undersigned American Advisors Group, as Mortgagee/ Transferee, under and by virtue of the power of sale contained in said mortgage, will sell at public outcry to the highest bidder for cash, in front of the main entrance of the Courthouse at Wetumpka, Elmore County, Alabama, on November 9, DALE HOWARD 2021, during the legal hours of ADMINISTRATOR OF THE sale, all of its rights, title, and ESTATE OF SHIRLEY MARIE interest in and to the following MATHIS, DECEASED described real estate, situated in Elmore County, Alabama, to-wit: Name and Address of Attorney All that parcel of land in the City for Administrator: of Tallassee, Elmore County, D. JASON BRITT State of Alabama, as more fully STONE, BRITT & WEBB, LLC described in Deed Roll 224, ATTORNEYS & COUNSEL- Frame 380, being known and ORS AT LAW designated as Lot 31, Block 114S MAIN ST of Pine Ridge Plat No. 2, filed PO BOX 967 in Plat Book 12, Page 33, less WETUMPKA, ALABAMA 36092 and except parcel described 334-517-6520 below: Begin at the NW corner of said Lot 31; thence North Wetumpka Herald: Sept. 22, 29 89 degrees 14 minutes 24 and Oct. 6, 2021 seconds East, along the North 2021-287 line of said Lot, 31.3 feet to the point of beginning; thence PUBLIC NOTICE continue North 89 degrees 14 minutes 24 seconds East 32.06 MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE feet; thence South 6 degrees SALE. Default having been 7 minutes 19 seconds West, made in the payment of the 11.88 feet; thence North 81 indebtedness secured by that degrees 46 minutes 42 seconds certain mortgage executed by West, 20.08 feet; thence North Colleen Tucker and Timothy 32 degrees 00 minutes 22 Tucker, husband and wife, orig- seconds West, 13.85 feet to the inally in favor of Ameriquest point of beginning.. Property Mortgage Company, on July 12, street address for informational 2005, said mortgage recorded purposes: 28 Pineridge Ct , LQ WKH 2I¿FH RI WKH -XGJH RI Tallassee, AL 36078. THIS Probate of Elmore County, Ala- PROPERTY WILL BE SOLD ON bama, in RLPY Book 2005 Page AN “AS IS, WHERE IS” BASIS, 68605; the undersigned Deut- WITHOUT WARRANTY OR sche Bank National Trust Com- RECOURSE, EXPRESSED OR pany, as Trustee for Ameriquest IMPLIED AS TO TITLE, USE Mortgage Securities Inc., Quest AND/OR ENJOYMENT AND Trust 2006-X1, Asset Backed WILL BE SOLD SUBJECT TO &HUWL¿FDWHV 6HULHV ; THE RIGHT OF REDEMPTION as Mortgagee/Transferee, un- OF ALL PARTIES ENTITLED der and by virtue of the power THERETO. Alabama law of sale contained in said mort- gives some persons who have gage, will sell at public outcry to an interest in property the the highest bidder for cash, in right to redeem the property front of the main entrance of the under certain circumstances.

Courthouse at Wetumpka, El- Programs may also exist that more County, Alabama, on May help persons avoid or delay the 13, 2021, during the legal hours foreclosure process. An attorney of sale, all of its rights, title, and should be consulted to help interest in and to the following you understand these rights described real estate, situated and programs as a part of the in Elmore County, Alabama, to- foreclosure process. This sale is wit: Lot 7, Block D according to made for the purpose of paying the Survey of Scenic Hills 2nd the indebtedness secured by Addition, as recorded in Plat said mortgage, as well as the Book 8, Page 63, in the Probate expenses of foreclosure. The 2I¿FH RI (OPRUH &RXQW\ $OD- successful bidder must tender a bama.. Property street address non-refundable deposit of Five for informational purposes: 220 Thousand Dollars ($5,000.00) Joyce St , Prattville, AL 36066. in certified funds made payable THIS PROPERTY WILL BE to Tiffany & Bosco, P.A. at the SOLD ON AN “AS IS, WHERE time and place of the sale. The IS” BASIS, WITHOUT WAR- balance of the purchase price RANTY OR RECOURSE, EX- plus any deed recording costs PRESSED OR IMPLIED AS TO and transfer taxes must be paid TITLE, USE AND/OR ENJOY- in certified funds by noon the MENT AND WILL BE SOLD next business day at the Law SUBJECT TO THE RIGHT OF Office of Tiffany & Bosco, P.A. REDEMPTION OF ALL PAR- at the address indicated below.

TIES ENTITLED THERETO. Al- Tiffany & Bosco, P.A. reserves abama law gives some persons the right to award the bid to who have an interest in property the next highest bidder should the right to redeem the proper- the highest bidder fail to timely ty under certain circumstances. tender the total amount due.

Programs may also exist that The Mortgagee/Transferee help persons avoid or delay the reserves the right to bid for foreclosure process. An attor- and purchase the real estate ney should be consulted to help and to credit its purchase price you understand these rights against the expenses of sale and programs as a part of the and the indebtedness secured foreclosure process. This sale is by the real estate. This sale made for the purpose of paying is subject to postponement or the indebtedness secured by cancellation. American Advisors said mortgage, as well as the Group, (“Transferee”) Tiffany expenses of foreclosure. The & Bosco, P.A., 2311 Highland successful bidder must tender a Avenue South, Suite 330, non-refundable deposit of Five Birmingham, AL 35205 www.

Thousand Dollars ($5,000.00) tblaw.com TB File Number: 21LQ FHUWL¿HG IXQGV PDGH SD\DEOH 04416 to Tiffany & Bosco, P.A. at the time and place of the sale. The Wetumpka Herald: balance of the purchase price Sept. 15,22 and 29, 2021 plus any deed recording costs 21-04416 and transfer taxes must be paid LQ FHUWL¿HG IXQGV E\ QRRQ WKH PUBLIC NOTICE next business day at the Law 2I¿FH RI 7LIIDQ\ %RVFR 3 $ DW CASE NO.: 21-A-A0033 the address indicated below. Tif- PUBLICATION ON ADOPTION fany & Bosco, P.A. reserves the (HUNTER CHANDLER right to award the bid to the next OR ANY UNKNOWN OR highest bidder should the highUNDISCLOSED PARENT) est bidder fail to timely tender the total amount due. The Mort- In the Probate Court of Montgagee/Transferee reserves the gomery County, Alabama. right to bid for and purchase the real estate and to credit its pur- IN: THE MATTER OF ADOPchase price against the expens- TION OF: BABY GIRL ROOKS es of sale and the indebtedness secured by the real estate. This Notice to Hunter Chandler or sale is subject to postponement any Unknown or Undisclosed or cancellation. The above Parent of: BABY GIRL ROOKS mortgage foreclosure sale has been postponed from May 13, You will take notice that a pe2021 until July 21, 2021, during tition for the adoption of Baby the legal hours of sale in front of Girl Rooks, a minor (born to the main entrance of the Court- Shelton Dawn Rooks on May house at Wetumpka, Elmore 26, 2021 in Montgomery CounCounty, Alabama. The above W\ $ODEDPD ZDV ¿OHG RQ June mortgage foreclosure sale has 21, 2021 in the Probate Court of been postponed from July 21, Montgomery County, Alabama, 2021 until September 15, 2021, alleging that the identity of the during the legal hours of sale natural parent of said minor in front of the main entrance of child may be Hunter Chandler, the Courthouse at Wetumpka, or unknown or has not been Elmore County, Alabama. The correctly disclosed to the Court, above mortgage foreclosure and whose relationship of said sale has been postponed from possible Hunter Chandler, or September 15, 2021 until Oc- unknown or undisclosed natural tober 27, 2021, during the legal parent to the aforesaid minor hours of sale in front of the main child is that of the Natural Faentrance of the Courthouse at ther.

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Sept. 22, 2021 21-01944 Attorney: Amy M. Osborne, Esq. PUBLIC NOTICE Osborne Law Firm, LLC. MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE 4770 Eastern Valley Road, Suite 111 SALE Default having been made in the The Shoppes at Letson Farms, payment of the indebtedness PBM 106 secured by that certain McCalla, Alabama 35111 mortgage executed by Diane 205-515-9271 Sutcliffe, an unmarried woman, OsborneAdoptions@gmail.com originally in favor of Mortgage Electronic Registration Wetumpka Herald: Sept. 22, 29, Systems Inc., as nominee Oct. 6 and 13, 2021 for One Reverse Mortgage, 21-A-A0033 LLC, on March 31, 2014, said mortgage recorded in the Do you have available jobs?

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Public Notices 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 Richard Judd Fochtmann A Married Man Tonya Fochtmann to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as mortgagee, as nominee for United Security Financial Corp., its successors and assigns dated May 20, 2016; said mortgage being recorded on May 26, 2016, in Book 2016, Page 24390, as KDYLQJ EHHQ PRGL¿HG E\ DQ agreement recorded on and recorded in Book 2019, Page LQ WKH 2I¿FH RI WKH -XGJH of Probate of Elmore County, Alabama. Said Mortgage was last sold, assigned and transferred to Mid America Mortgage, Inc by assignment recorded in Deed Book 2018, Page 6854 in the 2I¿FH RI WKH -XGJH RI 3UREDWH of Elmore County, Alabama.

The undersigned, Mid America Mortgage, Inc, 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 14th day of October, 2021 the following property, situated in Elmore County, Alabama, to-wit: LOT 28, MEAGAN TERRACE PLAT NO. 2, AS SHOWN ON PLAT RECORDED IN THE OFFICE OF THE JUDGE OF PROBATE, ELMORE COUNTY, ALABAMA, PLAT BOOK 16, PAGE 90.

Said property is commonly known as 48 Meagan Ct, Deatsville, AL 36022.

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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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MID AMERICA MORTGAGE, INC 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. 992917 www.foreclosurehotline.net Wetumpka Herald 09/15/2021,09/22/2021,09/29/2 021,10/20/2021 AMENDMENT TO NOTICE OF MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE SALE The sale date under the above mentioned Notice of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale has been postponed until December 23, 2021, and public notice thereof having been given, the above notice is hereby republished with this amendment.

Wetumpka Herald: Sept. 22, 29 and Oct. 20, 2021 992917 PUBLIC NOTICE NOTICE TO CREDITORS OF ESTATE STATE OF ALABAMA COUNTY OF ELMORE CASE NO: 2021-273 IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF THOMAS ANDREW ALLEN, DECEASED Letters Testamentary in the Estate of THOMAS ANDREW ALLEN, deceased, having been granted to SUSAN SMITH ALLEN on the 31 day of August , 20 21 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.

SUSAN SMITH ALLEN PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE OF THE ESTATE OF THOMAS ANDREW ALLEN, DECEASED

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Public Notices Attorney of Record for Personal Representative: ROBERT J. MORRIS ATTORNEY AT LAW 10365 HOLTVILLE ROAD DEATSVILLE, ALABAMA 36022 334-569-1820 WETUMPKA HERALD: Sept.

8,15 and 22, 2021 EST/ALLEN,T. 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 TO CREDITORS OF ESTATE Letters Testamentary on the Estate of said decedent having been granted to JOYE HOLLIS BROWN as Personal Representative on the 10 day of September 2021, by the Honorable John Thornton, Judge of Probate of said County in said State, notice is hereby given that all persons having claims against said Estate are required to present same within the time allowed by law or the same will be barred. /s/Regina B. Edwards REGINA B. EDWARDS, Attorney for the Estate of BYRON KEITH BROWN, deceased.

Name and Address of Attorney: The Law Firm of Edwards & Edwards, P.C. 109 East Bridge Street Wetumpka, Alabama 36092 Wetumpka Herald: Sep. 15, 22 and 29, 2021 EST/BROWN, B. PUBLIC NOTICE IN THE PROBATE COURT OF ELMORE COUNTY, ALABAMA IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF EMILY D. BRUNER, DECEASED CASE NO: 2021-291 NOTICE TO CREDITORS OF ESTATE Letters of Administration over the Estate of EMILY D. BRUNER, deceased, having been granted to DANIEL K. TAYLOR on the 10 day of September, 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.

DANIEL K. TAYLOR ADMINISTRATOR OF THE ESTATE OF EMILY D. BRUNER. DECEASED Name and Address of Attorney for Administrator: DOUGLAS M. VOGEL VOGEL LAW FIRM, LLC 310 EASTDALE CIR. STE. 200 MONTGOMERY, ALABAMA 36117 334-409-0088 Wetumpka Herald: Sep. 15, 22 and 29, 2021 EST/BRUNER, E. PUBLIC NOTICE NOTICE TO CREDITORS OF ESTATE STATE OF ALABAMA COUNTY OF ELMORE CASE NO: 2021-253 IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF DOYLE WESLEY COCHRAN, DECEASED Letters Testamentary in the Estate of DOYLE WESLEY COCHRAN, deceased, having been granted to MARY ALICE COCHRAN on the 7 th day of September, 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.

MARY ALICE COCHRAN PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE OF THE ESTATE OF DOYLE WESLEY COCHRAN, DECEASED Attorney of Record for Personal Representative: D. JASON BRITT STONE, BRITT & WEBB, LLC ATTORNEYS & COUNSELORS AT LAW 114 S MAIN ST P O BOX 967 WETUMPKA, ALABAMA 36092 334-517-6520 Wetumpka Herald: Sept. 15,22 and 29, 2021 EST/COCHRAN,D. PUBLIC NOTICE NOTICE TO CREDITORS OF ESTATE CASE NO: 2021-270 STATE OF ALABAMA COUNTY OF ELMORE IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF EMILY ANN COLE, DECEASED Letters Testamentary in the Estate of EMILY ANN COLE, deceased, having been granted to ALAN FARMER on the 7 day of September, 2021 by Riley McCormick, Special Judge of Probate of Elmore County, Alabama, notice is hereby given that all persons and parties having claims against said estate are required, within the time allowed by law, to present the same to the Court or the same will be barred.

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Public Notices LY ANN COLE, DECEASED Attorney of Record for such Personal Representative: Robert B. Reneau, Esq. Law Office of Edwards & Edwards, P.C. 109 East Bridge Street Wetumpka, Alabama 36092 (334) 514-1011 Wetumpka Herald: Sep. 15, 22 and 29, 2021 EST/COLE, E. PUBLIC NOTICE NOTICE TO CREDITORS OF ESTATE STATE OF ALABAMA COUNTY OF ELMORE CASE NO: 2021-296 IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF ANNETTE DURDEN EDDINGS, DECEASED Letters Testamentary in the Estate of ANNETTE DURDEN EDDINGS, deceased, having been granted to PATRICIA SILAS and WILLIAM EDDINGS, JR. on the 17 day of September, 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.

PATRICIA SILAS and WILLIAM EDDINGS, JR., CO-PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ESTATE OF ANNETTE DURDEN EDDINGS, DECEASED Attorney of Record for Co-Personal Representatives: DAVID B. HUGHES CAPELL & HOWARD, PC 150 SOUTH PERRY STREET MONTGOMERY, ALABAMA 36104 PO BOX 2069 MONTGOMERY, ALABAMA 36102-2069 334-241-8000 Wetumpka Herald: Sept. 22, 29 and Oct. 6, 2021 EST/EDDINGS, A. PUBLIC NOTICE NOTICE TO CREDITORS OF ESTATE STATE OF ALABAMA COUNTY OF ELMORE CASE NO: 2021-262 IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF ESTHER RUTH FULMER, DECEASED Letters Testamentary in the Estate of ESTHER RUTH FULMER, deceased, having been granted to DALE EVELYN GARNETT on the 3 day of September, 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.

DALE EVELYN GARNETT PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE OF THE ESTATE OF ESTHER RUTH FULMER, DECEASED Attorney of Record for Personal Representative: J. CLIFF HEARD BENKWITH & HEARD. P.C. 4001 CARMICHAEL ROAD. SUITE 200 MONTGOMERY, ALABAMA 36106 334-395-9899 Wetumpka Herald: Sep. 15, 22 and 29, 2021 EST/FULMER, E. PUBLIC NOTICE NOTICE TO CREDITORS OF ESTATE STATE OF ALABAMA COUNTY OF ELMORE CASE NO: 2021-153 IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF NANCY LEE HAYES, DECEASED Letters Testamentary in the Estate of NANCY LEE HAYES, deceased, having been granted to MARY HAYES FINCH on the 22nd day of June, 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.

MARY HAYES FINCH PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE OF THE ESTATE OF NANCY LEE HAYES, DECEASED Attorney of Record for Personal Representative: I. RIPON BRITTON, JR. ATTORNEY AT LAW 1801 5TH AVENUE NORTH SUITE 400 BIRMINGHAM, ALABAMA 35203 205-324-4400 Wetumpka Herald: Sep. 15, 22 and 29, 2021 EST/HAYES, N. PUBLIC NOTICE NOTICE TO CREDITORS OF ESTATE STATE OF ALABAMA COUNTY OF ELMORE CASE NO: 2021-289 IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF CARL PAUL KUYKENDALL, DECEASED Letters Testamentary in the Estate of CARL PAUL KUYKENDALL, deceased, having been granted to LINDA P. KUYKENDALL on the 15 day of September, 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

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LINDA P. KUYKENDALL PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE OF THE ESTATE OF CARL PAUL KUYKENDALL, DECEASED Attorney of Record for Personal Representative: GERALD A. DANIEL, JR. LAW OFFICE OF G A DANIEL, JR. LLC PO BOX 638 MILLBROOK, ALABAMA 36054 334-285-9444 Jerry@GADanielLaw.com Wetumpka Herald: Sep. 22, 29 and Oct. 6, 2021 EST/KUYKENDALL, C. PUBLIC NOTICE NOTICE TO CREDITORS OF ESTATE CASE NO: 2021-215 STATE OF ALABAMA COUNTY OF ELMORE IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF MILDRED OZELLA-FELTS LAVALLEE, DECEASED Letters Testamentary in the Estate of MILDRED OZELLA-FELTS LAVALLEE, deceased, having been granted to DAVID ARTHUR LAVALLEE on the 1st day of July 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.

DAVID ARTHUR LAVALLEE PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE OF THE ESTATE OF MILDRED OZELLA-FELTS LAVALLEE, DECEASED Attorney of Record for Personal Representative: JEFFREY J. COURTNEY COURTNEY & MANN, LLP PO BOX 100 WETUMPKA, ALABAMA 36092 334-567-2545 Wetumpka Herald: Sep. 15, 22 and 29, 2021 EST/LAVALLEE, M. PUBLIC NOTICE NOTICE TO CREDITORS OF ESTATE STATE OF ALABAMA COUNTY OF ELMORE CASE NO: 2021-290 IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF WAYNE McMAHAN, DECEASED Letters Testamentary in the Estate of WAYNE McMAHAN, deceased, having been granted to SUE ANN McMAHAN and E. ANN McMAHAN on the 20 day of September, 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.

SUE ANN McMAHAN and E. ANN McMAHAN, CO-PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ESTATE OF WAYNE McMAHAN, DECEASED Attorney of Record for such Co-Personal Representatives: MATTHEW T. ELLIS, CRUM, ELLIS & ASSOCIATES, PC, PO BOX 1186, MONTGOMERY, ALABAMA 36101-1186, 641 SOUTH LAWRENCE STREET, MONTGOMERY, ALABAMA 36104, 334-581-6600, 334-6038524, mellis@crumellis.com Wetumpka Herald: Sept. 22, 29 and Oct. 6, 2021 EST/MCMAHAN, W. PUBLIC NOTICE NOTICE TO CREDITORS OF ESTATE STATE OF ALABAMA COUNTY OF ELMORE CASE NO: 2021-281 IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF ELLIE JO G. MILAM, DECEASED

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g ELL on the 1 day of September, 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.

ANGELA T. MITCHELL PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE OF THE ESTATE OF PHILLIP CARL MITCHELL, DECEASED Attorney of Record for Personal Representative: GERALD A. DANIEL, JR. LAW OFFICE OF G A DANIEL, JR. LLC P O BOX 638 MILLBROOK. ALABAMA 36054 334-285-9444 Jerry@GADanielLaw.com Wetumpka Herald: Sept. 8, 15 and 22, 2021 EST/MITCHELL, P. PUBLIC NOTICE NOTICE TO CREDITORS OF ESTATE STATE OF ALABAMA COUNTY OF ELMORE CASE NO: 2021-299 IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF JAMES A. POOLE, DECEASED Letters Testamentary in the Estate of JAMES A. POOLE, who is also known as JAMES ALBERT POOLE, deceased, having been granted to DIANE WILLIAMS on the 20 day of September, 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.

DIANE WILLIAMS, PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE OF THE ESTATE OF JAMES A. POOLE, DECEASED Attorney of Record for Personal Representative: G.BART CRUM, CRUM, ELLIS & ASSOCIATES, P.C., PO BOX 1186, MONTGOMERY, ALABAMA 36101-1186, 334-269-8461 Wetumpka Herald: Sept. 22, 29 and Oct. 6, 2021 EST/POOLE, J. PUBLIC NOTICE NOTICE TO CREDITORS OF ESTATE STATE OF ALABAMA COUNTY OF ELMORE CASE NO: 2021-269 IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF THOMAS A. RAY, DECEASED Letters Testamentary in the Estate of THOMAS A. RAY, deceased, having been granted to DEBRA ANN MESSER and JANET SUE RAY on the 9th day of September, 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.

DEBRA ANN MESSER and JANET SUE RAY CO-PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ESTATE OF THOMAS A. RAY, DECEASED Attorney of Record for such Co-Personal Representatives: JAMES R. BOWLES ATTORNEY AT LAW 2 SOUTH DUBOIS AVENUE PO BOX 780397 TALLASSEE, ALABAMA 36078 334-283-6548 Wetumpka Herald: Sept. 15, 22 and 29, 2021 EST/RAY,T. PUBLIC NOTICE IN THE PROBATE COURT OF ELMORE COUNTY, ALABAMA IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF DOUGLAS A. THOMPSON, DECEASED CASE NO. 2021-205 NOTICE TO CREDITORS OF ESTATE

Letters Testamentary in the Estate of ELLIE JO G. MILAM, who is also known as ELLIE JOSEPHINE MILAM, deceased, having been granted to CHARLES G. MILAM on the 7th day of September, 20 21 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.

Letters Testamentary on the Estate of said decedent having been granted to PATRICIA L. THOMPSON as Executrix on the 21st day of June, 2021, by the Honorable John Thornton, Judge of Probate of said County in said State, notice is hereby given that all persons having claims against said Estate are required to present same within the time allowed by law or the same will be barred.

CHARLES G. MILAM PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE OF THE ESTATE OF ELLIE JO G. MILAM, DECEASED

/s/Regina B. Edwards REGINA B. EDWARDS, Attorney for the Estate of DOUGLAS A. THOMPSON, deceased.

Attorney of Record for Personal Representative: GERALD A. DANIEL, JR. LAW OFFICE OF G A DANIEL, JR. LLC PO BOX 638 MILLBROOK, ALABAMA 36054 334-285-9444 Jerry@GADanielLaw.com

Name and Address of Attorney: The Law Firm of Edwards & Edwards, P.C. 109 East Bridge Street Wetumpka, Alabama 36112

Wetumpka Herald: Sept. 15,22 and 29,2021 EST/MILAM,E. PUBLIC NOTICE NOTICE TO CREDITORS OF ESTATE STATE OF ALABAMA COUNTY OF ELMORE CASE NO: 2021-276 IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF PHILLIP CARL MITCHELL, DECEASED Letters Testamentary in the Estate of PHILLIP CARL MITCHELL, deceased, having been granted to ANGELA T. MITCH-

Wetumpka Herald: Sep. 15, 22 and 29, 2021 EST/THOMPSON, D. PUBLIC NOTICE STATE OF ALABAMA COUNTY OF ELMORE NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE Default having been made in the payment of the principal debt secured by mortgage executed by Joy W. Walton, in favor of Rent To Buy Homes, Inc., dated March 23, 2007, and recorded in RLPY 2007 at 3DJH LQ WKH 2I¿FH RI the Judge of Probate of Elmore County, Alabama, and assigned to RTBH, II, Inc., by Assignment of Mortgage recorded in RLPY

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g g 2012 at Page 3224, in the Of¿FH RI WKH -XGJH RI 3UREDWH RI Elmore County, Alabama, and subsequently assigned to Wyatt Investment Group, LLC, by Assignment of Mortgage recorded in RLPY 2018 at Page 21290, in WKH 2I¿FH RI WKH -XGJH RI 3URbate of Elmore County, Alabama the indebtedness being secured by said mortgage is due and payable and said mortgage is subject to foreclosure. Notice is hereby given that under the Powers of Sale as provided in said mortgage, the undersigned will on September 29, 2021, during the legal hours of sale, sell at public outcry to the highest bidder for cash before the courthouse door, in the City of Wetumpka, County of Elmore, State of Alabama, the following real estate described in and conveyed by said mortgage, the same being situated in Elmore County, State of Alabama, described as follows, to-wit: Lot 8, in Block A, according to the Plat of Scenic Hills, 2nd Addition,, as said Map is recorded LQ WKH 2I¿FH RI WKH -XGJH RI Probate of Elmore County, Alabama, in Plat Book 8, at Page 63.

This property will be sold on an “AS IS, WHERE IS” basis, subject to easements, restrictions and reservations appearing of record and subject to rights of redemption of all parties entitled thereto.

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

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

Such sale will be made as provided in the Code of Alabama and in said mortgage for the purpose of paying the debts secured by said mortgage with interest thereon, any amount required to be paid for taxes, insurance, or other charges provided in said mortgage, and the expense of foreclosure, including a reasonable attorney’s fee.

Wyatt Investment Group, LLC. JOSEPH W. WARREN Attorney at Law 560 S. McDonough Street Suite C Montgomery, Alabama 36104 (334)323-5922 Wetumpka Herald: Sept. 8, 15 and 22, 2021 FC/WALTON, J. PUBLIC NOTICE IN THE PROBATE COURT OF ELMORE COUNTY, ALABAMA IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF JAMES W. DANIEL, DECEASED. CASE NO. 2021-211 NOTICE OF FILING OF WILL FOR PROBATE TO: RAMONA RUIZ and BOBBY RAY DANIEL, NON-RESIDENTS OF THE STATE OF ALABAMA AND/OR WHOSE WHEREABOUTS ARE UNKNOWN, AS NEXT OF KIN OF JAMES W. DANIEL, DECEASED; AND TO: ANY OTHER UNKNOWN NEXT OF KIN OF JAMES W. DANIEL, DECEASED AND TO: ANY OTHER INTERESTED PARTY YOU ARE HEREBY NOTIFIED that on the 22nd day of June, 2021, a certain paper in writing purporting to be the Last Will and Testament of JAMES W. DANIEL, deceased, was ¿OHG LQ WKH 3UREDWH &RXUW RI Elmore County, Alabama by MARION DANIEL, Petitioner, requesting that such Last Will and Testament be admitted to Probate and Record. Also you DUH QRWL¿HG WKDW RQ WKH WK GD\ of June, 2021 a supplemental 3HWLWLRQ ZDV ¿OHG ZLWK WKH 3URbate Court of Elmore County, Alabama requesting that JULIE FETT be named as Personal Representative of such Estate.

This notice of Filing of Will for Probate is given to you as nextof-kin of JAMES W. DANIEL 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: CHARLES W. EDMONSON, 621 SOUTH PERRY STREET, MONTGOMERY, ALABAMA 36104, 334 Wetumpka Herald: 6HSW DQG LWT/DANIEL, J. PUBLIC NOTICE NOTICE OF FILING OF PETITION FOR ADOPTION IN THE PROBATE COURT OF ELMORE COUNTY, ALABAMA TO: THE UNKNOWN NATURAL FATHER OF H.G.M., WHOSE IDENTITY AND WHEREABOUTS ARE UNKNOWN, AND NOTICE TO ANY OTHER INTERESTED PARTY Take notice that a Petition for Adoption was filed in The Probate Court of Elmore County, Alabama on June 14, 2021 by TRACY WAYNE PENDERGRASS and JUDITH ALLISON PENDERGRASS, as Petition-

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this year.”

Greenville’s defense was talented as well last year and allowed only 14.3 points per game. But as a whole, Greenville only had four wins. The Tigers went 4-6 last year with one of the wins coming against Wetumpka.

The two teams, however, did not play.

Greenville won against Wetumpka via forfeit after the Indians had to cancel the game due to COVID-19 protocols.

So how did Greenville already match its win total from last year just four games into the season? Perry believes it’s the Tigers experience.

“Their experience is invaluable,” Perry said. “The more guys you can return in starting positions means the more comfortable they will be in their assignments.

They’ve played in enough games and been in enough positions to be comfortable when they get into those spots. They have a number of guys coming back from last year so they’re very experienced and that means a great deal.”

The Tigers will present a tough challenge for Wetumpka’s offense. The Indians, which scored 28 points last week, have not scored over 18 points in any other game this year.

Wetumpka had to replace basically its entire offense this offseason. The Indians returned only three offensive starters, and only one of those were on the offensive line. Wetumpka also had to replace its quarterback.

That group took a few weeks to gel together, but now led by sophomore Nathan Rogers at quarterback, is starting to look the part.

“Offensively, the older guys that we had returning have been consistent for us, but overall we have a lot of guys starting for the first time. What was exciting about last Friday night was that we executed the offense better than we had and we weren’t hurting ourself with turnovers and penalties. You could see our confidence grow over the course of the game as we had success.”

The offense starts with the running backs, Stone Minnifield and Quinn Wilson.

Last week, Wilson had 64 rushing yards and 11 receiving yards. Minnifield had one of his best games of the season and had 90 rushing yards and two touchdowns. For his performance, Minnifield was named the Central Alabama Athlete of the Week.

Both Minnifield and Wilson are two of the most experienced players on the field, and they help the team and the offense’s confidence.

“Both Stone and Quinn are such great young men and great leaders,” Perry said. “Everybody on the team, including the coaching staff, has so much respect for them. They practice every day like they play on Friday nights. When you have two senior leaders like that, it sets an example for everyone else on the offensive side. Our offense follows their lead.”

Peter is a 6-month-old pup and weighs 35 pounds, so he’s not going to get much larger.

He is a sweet, but very busy boy who wants to please. Peter is very playful, loves toys and will do well with an active owner.

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

If you are interested in meeting Peter or any of the pets at the humane society, send an email to hselco@ bellsouth.net to get an adoption application. Once that is cleared, an appointment will be set up. Walk-in adoptions are not allowed at this time.

The shelter is located at 255 Central Plank Road in Wetumpka, the phone number is 334-567-3377, and the website is www.elmorehumane.org.

Bark in the Park rescheduled

By REA CORD HSEC Executive Director Well, Mother Nature had other ideas for last weekend so we ended up rescheduling our Bark in the Park for this coming Sunday, Sept. 26. Forecasts are for a dry and wonderfully cool day so we hope everyone can come out starting at 1 p.m. for our 15th Annual Bark in the Park at Fort Toulouse in Wetumpka.

Help us celebrate the love we all have for our pets by bringing your dog out to Fort Toulouse to enjoy a nice afternoon in the park. We will have vendors and the like well spread out through the part around the Pavilion area.

There will be plenty to do and see at Bark in the Park – vendors, food, demonstrations, Microchip Clinic, Blessing of the Pets, Pet Parade, Pet Photography, Bark in the Park T-Shirts and a great selection of Pet related Silent Auction items.

We will kick things off at 1 pm with an exciting demonstration by the Eclectic Police Narcotics K9 so don’t be late and he will stay just a bit afterwards to answer any questions.

We have numerous vendors with

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ers, for the adoption of H.G.M., a minor child. Such minor child was born to VICTORIA PAIGE MCCANN on May 1, 2018. You have the right to contest this adoption. Be advised that if you intend to contest this adoption, you must file a written response with the Probate Court of Elmore County, Alabama as soon as possible, but no later than thirty (30) days from the last date of publication of this notice.

The Probate Court of Elmore County is located at 100 East Commerce Street, Wetumpka, Alabama 36092. Failure to file an objection will result in the Court proceeding to consider such Petition without further notice to you.

MULDER TRUST) 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

JOHN THORNTON PROBATE JUDGE ELMORE COUNTY, ALABAMA Attorney for Petitioner SAMUEL J. MCLURE THE ADOPTION LAW FIRM PO BOX 640667 PIKE ROAD, ALABAMA 36064 334-546-2009 Wetumpka Herald: Sep. 1, 8, 15 and 22, 2021 NO. A2021-026 PUBLIC NOTICE STATE OF ALABAMA COUNTY OF ELMORE RESOLUTION NO. 9-13-202102 REGARDING VACATION OF PORTIONS OF JUG FACTORY ROAD LOCATED IN ELMORE COUNTY, ALABAMA WHEREAS, pursuant to §234-2, et seq. of the Code of Alabama, 1975, the Elmore County Commission, being an owner of land, which is more fully described as follows and collectively known herein as “the subject portions of Jug Factory Road”: PARCEL 3 (ELMORE COUNTY TO SARA AND SILAS

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Public Notices COUNTY ALABAMA. PARCEL 3A (ELMORE COUNTY TO SARA AND SILAS MULDER TRUST) 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. 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 11 726 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

pet products, groups and information, crafts, local honey, jewelry, jams & jellies, local businesses and more.

Vendors will be set up under the trees and around the Pavilion area.

Bring your appetite for some tasty food choices TBD, and you can get a super yummy Gelato from Venice Gelato. To quell your thirst step over to the Buffalo Rock Pepsi Trailer for a variety of sodas and water for sale.

Our Blessing of the Pets will happen between 2-2:15 p.m. followed by our always popular Parade of Pets. After all who doesn’t like showing off their beloved pet! During the Pet Parade secret judges will be scouting out dogs for fun prizes – biggest, smallest, best costume and more.

From 1:30-3 p.m. our Silent Auction of a large number of pet related items will be ongoing and there are treasures galore! Pet beds, drinking fountains, crates, small animal habitats, framed prints and one very special handmade black and white cat pattern Lap Quilt made for us by our top kitten foster!

All Auction items must be paid for and picked up at the end of the Auction at 3 pm. If a person is the highest bidder but is not present when the auction ends, we will move to the next highest

Public Notices 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 WA Y 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. WHEREAS, prior to taking action, the Elmore County Commission scheduled a public hearing to be held at the regularly scheduled meeting of the

bidder present. We will be able to take payment via cash, check, credit or debit but do please be patient as we close out the auction and get folks payments processed.

Microchips can be critical to reuniting lost pets and to help keep more pets safe, bring your dog to Fort Toulouse where it can be chipped. From 1:303:30 p.m. and for only $25 (which includes the registration) you can get your pet microchipped thanks to the Tuskegee College of Veterinary Medicine.

Make sure to stop near the Pavilion at Fort Toulouse to purchase your 2021 Bark in the Park T-Shirt for $15. We are most appreciative of the Sponsors for our T-Shirt and this year’s color is a bright berry color as we think a happy color is in order this year! We always have some delectable baked goodies as well and who doesn’t like homemade sweets!

Admission to Bark in the Park is $5/ person 13 years old 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.

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y g Elmore County Commission set for 5:00 p.m. on the 13th day of September, 2021, at the older Elmore County Courthouse, 100 Commerce Street in Wetumpka, Alabama; and WHEREAS, notice of the scheduled meeting was published in a newspaper of general circulation in Elmore County at least once per week for a period of four consecutive weeks prior to deciding the subject issue and was properly posted on the bulletin board at the Elmore County Courthouse; and WHEREAS, a copy of the notice of said meeting was also served by U.S. Mail at least 30-days prior to the scheduled meeting upon the said abutting landowners and known utilities that may have facilities and/or equipment, both aerial and buried, within the subject portions of Jug Factory Road and WHEREAS, in accordance with the said notice a public hearing was held on the aforesaid date and time wherein proponents and opponents were given the opportunity to speak on the vacation issue; and WHEREAS, a Motion to Approve the Vacation was made by the County Commissioner in whose district the public street is to be vacated is located, and WHEREAS, the names of the abutting landowners of the subject portions of Jug Factory Road are Christopher and Vickie Swaney; WHEREAS, said motion was approved.

NOW, THEREFORE IT IS RESOLVED that the Elmore CounW\ &RPPLVVLRQ ¿QGV WKDW QR entity or person will be cut off from access by the vacation of the subject portions of Jug Factory Road, but to the contrary, all other entities and persons already have reasonable and convenient access to their properties, and BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, by the Elmore County CommisVLRQ WKDW WKLV &RPPLVVLRQ ¿QGV that it is in the best interest of

Public Notices the public that the subject portions of Jug Factory Road be vacated, and that such is justi¿HG E\ D SXEOLF QHFHVVLW\ DQG BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, by the consent of the Elmore County Commission that the subject portions of Jug Factory Road, as described herein above, be and the same hereby is vacated and divested of all public rights and liabilities, including any rights which may have been acquired by prescription, and that title to the subject public roadway in Elmore County, Alabama, known as the subject portions of Jug Factory Road is now vested in the abutting landowners in accordance with §23-4-2(b) of the Code of Alabama, 1975, the same being the Sara and Silas Mulder Trust (parcels 3 and 3A) and Christopher and Vickie Swaney (parcel 4), subject to the right of entities with utilities in place at this time to continue and maintain, extend, and enlarge their lines to the same extent as if the vacation had not occurred, and BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that this resolution shall be UHFRUGHG LQ WKH 2I¿FH RI WKH Judge of Probate of Elmore County, Alabama, and further that it shall be published once in a newspaper in the county no later than fourteen (14) days from this Resolution.

DATED this 13th day of September, 2021.

Troy Stubbs Chairman, Elmore County Commission District-3 Henry Hines - District 1 Mack Daugherty - District 2 Bart Mercer - District 4 Desirae Lewis - District 5 ATTEST: Richie Beyer &KLHI 2SHUDWLRQV 2I¿FHU Wetumpka Herald: Sept. 22, 2021 RESOLUTION NO. 9-13-202102 Put your ad here call 256.414.4250

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Marching bands from Wetumpka (above), Holtville (left and below) and Stanhope (below-left), perform at Night of the Bands in Wetumpka last week. Schools from throughout Elmore County peformed in the contest.

June Eason with two of her great grandchildren.

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June Eason celebrates 90 years STAFF REPORT TPI Staff On Sunday, Sept. 12, Eclectic’s June Eason celebrated her 90th birthday surrounded by many family and friends.

Her children honored her with a celebration at First Baptist Church of Eclectic, where she is a lifelong member. Eason

was born September 13, 1931, to Otis and Fairy Ingram. On July 1, 1949, she married her high school sweetheart, T. J. Eason, Jr. They had four children. She and her husband were married 52 years before his death in 2011. She has been blessed with 12 grandchildren and 15 great grandchildren.