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Countywide Anti-Litter Cleanup campaign set for this weekend

By CARMEN RODGERS Bureau Chief The Elmore County Commission is hosting a fall Anti-Litter Cleanup this weekend, Oct. 23 and 24.

“We are asking all citizens to help out and volunteer,” Elmore County Commissioner Henry Hines said.

Not only are individuals encouraged to sign up, but also groups and organizations are welcome to join the county wide

cleanup effort.

“It can be groups from churches, athletic clubs, Boys and Girls Clubs, Girl Scouts, civic organizations, everyone is welcome.”

For those who plan to participate in this weekend’s cleanup campaign, contact the Elmore County Commissioner’s Office for instructions and supplies.

“We are asking everyone to contact our commissioner’s office so that we can give supplies, gloves, and bags.”

Volunteers should also let the commissioner’s office know where the bagged trash will be left for pick up.

“We will pick it up Monday morning,” Hines said.

The Anti-Litter Campaign kicked off earlier this year and continues to help keep litter out of Elmore County.

“This is to clean up our highways and our county roads,” Hines said.

Elmore County has seen an influx of tourists to the area and

the Elmore County Commission wants to set an example for clean roadsides.

“The holidays are coming up and we want the visitors that are coming into Elmore County to see a clean county,” Hines said.

The Anti-Litter Cleanup began in May with area schools joining in the effort. With a successful spring cleanup campaign, members of the Elmore County Commission thought it would be wise to hold another cleanup effort in the fall.

“We as a Commission thought this year, going into the holidays after bush hogging season, why don’t we clean up the roads and make them look great going into the winter,” Hines said. “In the spring we will come back with another cleanup when we first start cutting again.”

For more information or to join this weekend’s Anti-Litter Cleanup, contact the Commissioner’s Office at (334) 567-1184 or go to https://www. elmoreco.org/environmental

Council establishes Arts and Entertainment District

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By CARMEN RODGERS Bureau Chief During the Oct. 4 council meeting, the Wetumpka City Council voted 5-1 to pass ordinance 2021-5 that established an Arts and Entertainment District in the downtown area, with councilman Joe Brown voting against the measure.

According to Wetumpka Mayor Jerry Willis, this new ordinance will allow better regulations in the new Arts and Entertainment District.

“This gives us an opportunity,” he said.

“By putting something like this in place, that allows us to have better control over what we are doing.”

According to Willis, there have been events in the past where alcohol consumption was allowed and there have been no problems, and he doesn’t expect any in the See ARTS, Page A3

Business continues to thrive in Wetumpka

By CARMEN RODGERS Bureau Chief There were three ribbon cuttings this week in Wetumpka and another just the week before. The growth in downtown Wetumpka continues to gain momentum.

The Wetumpka Chamber of Commerce hosted two ribbon cuttings for businesses in downtown on Thursday, Oct.7.

The River Rose, located at 120 Company St., and Three in Bloom, located just down the street at 129 B Company St., both opened last week as growth and progress continue in the downtown area.

The Chamber also hosted a ribbon cutting for the Wharf Casual Seafood on Thursday, Oct. 14.

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Top: Popwell Produce sold fresh fall vegetables at the Farmers Market that was held Saturday. Above: Kari Sellers a senior at Brew Tech painted faces at the Farmers Market.

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Obituaries JAMES CURLEE James “Jim” Curlee, 70 of Sevierville (since 1999) formerly of Deatsville, AL, passed away Friday, October 8, 2021.

He was preceded in death by his parents, Daniel and Lorraine Curlee.

He is survived by his wife, Galina Curlee; daughter, Cristi Holcombe (Billy); sons, Joshua Curlee (Kaylah) and step-son Serhiy Sokolov; grandchildren, Chase Holcombe, Braelea Curlee, and Hayden Holcombe; Kim Cole; and many extended family and friends.

In lieu of flowers the family asks for donations be made to the American Heart Association in honor of Jim. Online condolences may be made at www.atchleyfuneralhome.com.

PET OF THE WEEK

Police Reports WETUMPKA POLICE DEPARTMENT OCT. 12

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

• Disorderly conduct and possession of drug paraphernalia was reported on U.S. Highway 231.

• Domestic violence was reported on Crommelin Drive.

OCT. 11

• Unlawful breaking and entering a vehicle was reported on Martin Drive.

• Domestic violence was reported Rivercrest Drive.

• Identity theft was reported on Charles Avenue.

TALLASSEE POLICE DEPARTMENT OCT. 17

• A vehicle accident was reported on South Tallassee Road.

• A vehicle accident was reported on Burt Mill Road.

• A domestic dispute was reported on Fourth Street.

• A domestic incident was reported on Fourth Street.

• A suspicious vehicle was reported on Barnett Boulevard.

• A suspicious vehicle was reported on Friendship Road.

OCT. 16

• Criminal mischief was reported on Chapel Road.

• Public intoxication was reported on U.S. Highway

• A traffic accident with no injuries was reported on

OCT. 9

• Public intoxication and disorderly conduct was reported on Charles Avenue.

• Domestic violence was reported on Dun Mar Way.

OCT. 8

OCT. 7

Pet of the Week – Gwen Stefani

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• Trespassing was reported on Ashurst Bar Road.

• Animal control was requested on on Gilmer Avenue.

• Theft was reported on Cliff Street.

• Assistance was given to medics on Pinehurst Street.

• A domestic incident was reported on Cotton Ridge Road.

• A suspicious vehicle was reported on Gilmer Avenue.

• A domestic incident was reported on Hickory Street.

• A noise complaint was reported on Stewart Street.

• A suspicious vehicle was reported on Outer Drive.

• Public Intoxication was reported on Milly Francis Street.

• Theft was reported on Wilson Street.

• Domestic violence was reported on Richard Road.

• Domestic violence was reported on Richard Road.

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

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Gilmer Avenue.

• Assistance was given to the fire department on Gilmer Avenue.

• A suspicious vehicle was reported on Highway 229.

• Theft was reported on Magnolia Street.

• A white female was arrested on Barnett Boulevard.

• Theft was reported on Hillcrest Street.

• Trespassing was reported on Gen. Chappy James Street.

• A juvenile complaint was reported on Gilmer Avenue.

• A suspicious person was reported on Cypress Street.

OCT. 14

• Provided assistance to the fire department • A white male was arrested on Gilmer Avenue.

• A juvenile runaway was reported on Azalea Street.

• Debris was reported in the roadway on Jordan Avenue.

• A motor vehicle accident with no injury was reported on Gilmer Avenue.

• Breaking and entering a vehicle was reported on Fourth Street.

• A suspicious vehicle was reported on Gilmer Avenue.

OCT. 13

• A suspicious vehicle was reported on Gilmer Avenue.

• A Black male was arrested on Barnett Boulevard.

OCT. 12

• A Black female was arrested on Gilmer Avenue.

• A suspicious person was reported on Barnett Boulevard.

• A juvenile complaint was reported on Friendship Road.

• A Black male was arrested on Cliff Street.

• A suspicious vehicle was reported on Gilmer Avenue.

• Reckless driving was reported on Riverside Avenue.

• Trespassing was reported on Lower Tuskegee Road.

• An assault was reported on Sims Avenue.

• A Black male was arrested on Ashurst Bar Road.

OCT. 11

• A civil disturbance was reported on First Avenue.

• Harassment was reported on Notasulga Road.

• A private property traffic accident was reported on Gilmer Avenue.

• An animal complaint was reported on Little Road.

• Domestic violence was reported on Howard Street and a white male was arrested.

• A suspicious vehicle was reported on Ashurst Bar Road.

• An assault was reported on Central Boulevard.

• Animal control was requested on Gilmer Avenue.

• A juvenile complaint was made on Third Street.

• A traffic accident was reported on Third Avenue.

• A suspicious vehicle was reported on Gilmer Avenue.

HSEC hosts annual meeting this Tuesday

By REA CORD HSEC Executive Director Thank you so very much to all the wonderful people who brought donations for the area shelters the past two Friday nights at the Alabama National Fair. We are incredibly grateful to the Kiwanis Club of Montgomery members and Alabama National Fair for their hard work making the Alabama National Fair such a success and for helping our River Region Animal Shelters like this. Thank you all so very much!

THIS Tuesday, 19 October at 6 p.m. is our Humane Society’s Annual Membership Meeting at the

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Wetumpka Civic Center, 410 S. Main St, Wetumpka, AL 36092. We will be reviewing the past year, electing Board Officers and looking ahead to 2022. Hope to see our members there!

This week is National Veterinary Technician Appreciation Week and that is most definitely a group worth our thanks! Behind every successful Veterinarian is a team of Veterinary technicians who are critical to the dayto-day function of veterinary practices.

Veterinary Technicians compassionately working with clients whose beloved animals need care. They work tirelessly in exam rooms, labs, and operating rooms, using their training and knowledge to assist their Vet-

erinarian in improving and saving beloved pets lives. Please give thanks to all who work in Veterinary Hospitals as they work tirelessly to help our pets live longer and healthier lives.

Just a reminder for our supporters who work for the Alabama State Government and want to donate financially, no better way than through the 2021 Alabama State Combined Campaign (SCC) and our Agency Code is 106803. The SCC makes donating to deserving charities easy either one time or via monthly payroll deduction and we want to thank all who so generously donate to help not only our shelter, but non-profit agencies everywhere.

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future.

“No, we are not going to be New York City,” Willis said. “And we are not going to be New Orleans. That’s not what this is about. This is about allowing our businesses that have invested lots and lots of money to be able to improve their businesses, and the quality of their businesses as they manage day-to-day operations.”

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Tyler Burgener stands in front of the 22ft scarecrow that he and his family built for Halloween on Grier Road in Wallsboro.

Wetumpka Mayor Jerry Willis said he is enthusiastic about the growth of quality businesses in the city.

According to Willis, this growth and continued progress has taken a lot of cohesive work among city officials.

“It has been an exciting week,” Willis said. “To get to cut three ribbons for three new businesses is quite unusual but it is something we have been looking forward to for a long, long, time.”

According to Willis, years back, city officials began designing the future of the city, and what that would look like today.

“We made a plan,” Willis said. “We started assembling groups, assembling development authorities, Main Street,

In addition, Willis assures the citizens of Wetumpka that should any problems arise from this ordinance, the council can modify it if needed.

“If it is an issue, our council that voted to approve this has the ability to come back and change this, alter this, in any way that they see fit,” he said.

The measure allows alcohol consumption only in clearly marked designated public areas in the Arts and Entertainment District between the hours of 4-9 p.m. All alcoholic beverages must be in clearly marked plastic cups that are no larger than 16 ounces.

building relationships with our Chamber of Commerce to work together and not to pull apart.”

It takes a strong team of individuals working together to create the type of growth recently seen in Wetumpka. And, according to Willis, it has not always been easy to stay with the plan, or maintain the positive momentum needed to move in the right direction.

“It hasn’t always been easy. It’s been very difficult at times because we had people that came here who didn’t love Wetumpka,” he said.

“They didn’t buy into what we were trying to do. Some of them held very important positions.

Some of them were even reporters that did not buy into what we were doing.

They chose to point out the negatives, and never dwelt on the positives; that’s destructive. I don’t think that you can ever

make progress and accomplish the things that your heart and your soul tell you that you need to be doing with all the negativity.”

With most of the negativity in the rearview mirror, Willis said the citizens of Wetumpka are the ones who helped put the forward moving plan in action.

“We had a buy-in from our citizens,” Willis said. “They proved that, they have elected us over and over, and over, again, because they liked the plan and the direction that we were going.”

With community backing and the dedication to carry out the strategies that were put in place, Willis said it is nice to see this hard work and dedication payoff.

“This last week, is a good time. It’s a good week for us to enjoy the things that we have been able to accomplish,” Willis said.

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By CARMEN RODGERS Bureau Chief

A family in the Wallsboro area is inviting the community over to see the impressive Halloween display in their front yard.

Ryan and Tyler Burgener are fans of Halloween, and the couple is once again inviting the public to see their very large festive display.

“We built our first scarecrow last year and had great feedback,” Ryan said.

“Hundreds of people came, especially on Halloween night. We needed to expand so we added a little more decorations this year.”

The scarecrow stands 22 feet tall. It’s made out of natural materials found on the property and the base of the scarecrow is constructed from lumber. It may be the largest scarecrow on this side of the Mississippi.

“I spent a few weeks this year poking around doing Google searches, and I think we have reached the determination that this is the tallest scarecrow in Alabama,” Ryan said. “We are really proud of that.”

Last year, people came from surrounding areas to have a look at the tallest scarecrow in the state, according to Burgener.

“We had folks from Montgomery and Prattville,” he said.

The Burgener’s are fans of all holidays and they will decorate for Christmas also.

“At Christmas, we will have a pair of reindeer and a sleigh, the reindeer are 20 feet tall. Our house sits so far off the road that if we don’t decorate in a large and elaborate way, then nobody else can see or enjoy it.”

The Scare on the Greer is a family project, and they hope other families will enjoy it as much as they do.

Fear on Grier is located at 5066 Grier Rd., and will be open to the public on Saturday, Oct. 23 and Saturday, Oct. 30, from 7-10 p.m. and on Sunday, Oct. 24 from 7-9 p.m. and Thursday, Oct. 28, from 7-9 p.m., Friday, Oct. 29, from 7-9 p.m. and on Sunday, Oct. 31 from 7-9 p.m.

“We will have tons of candy,” Burgener said. “We welcome everyone to the property.”

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BOOK REVIEW: ‘Rock Me on the Water,’ by Ron Brownstein

R

on Brownstein may be best known as a political writer, having been a Pulitzer Prize finalist for his reporting in the Los Angeles Times and on CNN covering presidential campaigns. However, his latest work is a love letter to Los Angeles, circa 1974.

‘Rock Me on the Water,’ with a title taken from a Jackson Browne song, takes the reader back to a southern California of the early seventies. Each chapter provides dazzling takes on the movers and shakers of the era, with period evidence and quotes mixed in with modern interviews of some of the subjects.

Brownstein states his case in the prologue, writing: “Los Angeles had other great periods in film (the years around World War II), television (the “Golden Age” of the 1950s), and music (the hip-hop revolution of the 1990s). Yet, the early 1970s was the moment when all three of these industries simultaneously reached a creative peak – and 1974 stood as the absolute pinnacle of this cultural renaissance.”

In the chapter titled, “The Greatest Night in Television History,” the author tells the story of how CBS executives, who only a couple of years earlier laid the groundwork for this explosion of new talent, instituted a Rural Purge by cancelling all of the Paul Henning comedies (“The Beverly Hillbillies,” “Green Acres,” and “Petticoat Junction”) as well as the long-running “Ed Sullivan Show” and the first iteration of “Hee-Haw.? Over at NBC, Red Skelton was cancelled, while ABC got rid of Lawrence Welk.

In place of this mass-appeal programming came a tidal wave of new shows that settled in on the CBS Saturday night lineup, which in retrospect truly was the greatest night in TV history.

These shows, based out of CBS Television City in Los Angeles, boasted an incredible concentration of talent. The evening kicked off with Norman Lear’s “All in the Family,” the groundbreaking sitcom starring Carroll O’Connor as Archie Bunker.

Up next was the Korean War dramedy “M*A*S*H,” based on the book and film and starring a cast headed up

by Alan Alda as Benjamin Franklin “Hawkeye” Pierce. The next hour fea-

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MICHAEL BIRD Columnist tured two comedies from the MTM stable, “Mary Tyler Moore” starring its namesake as television news producer Mary Richards, and then stand-up comedian Bob Newhart in “The Bob Newhart Show” playing psychologist Dr. Bob Hartley. The evening concluded with “The Carol Burnett Show” the hour-long variety program hosted by the comedienne and a guest each week.

Only two seasons prior, the top shows on TV had been “Gunsmoke,” “Here’s Lucy,” “Family Affair, “Marcus Welby, M.D., “The Wonderful World of Disney,” and “Bonanza.

And now this? But it is hard to dispute the quality of these early ‘70s shows and the changes they wrought not only to the TV landscape, but to popular culture as well. Television was irrevocably transformed by this lineup.

In the world of motion pictures, auteurs like Steven Spielberg, Robert Altman, Mel Brooks, Francis Ford Coppola, Peter Bogdanovich, Martin Scorsese, and George Lucas were coming into their own during this period. 1974 saw the filming of, or releases of, the following films: “The Godfather Part II,” “Blazing Saddles,” “Paper Moon,” “Chinatown,” “Young Frankenstein,” “Shampoo,” “Nashville,” “Jaws,” “American Graffiti, “Billy Jack,” “The Towering Inferno,” “The Great Gatsby,” “The Conversation,” “Hearts and Minds,” and many more.

Brownstein gives the reader several chapters filled with fascinating minutiae of the behind-the-scenes and backstage stories of all the principal characters in the movie business of that time. The exploits of Warren Beatty and Jack Nicholson, for example, are legendary, and well-documented here.

The music business gets its due, as well. The glitterati of L.A. crowned David Geffen as their king in early ’74, as he was feted for his successes

at Asylum Records and beyond. Joni Mitchell wrote and sang about his “star-making machinery”; he made a handshake deal with Bob Dylan and convinced him to switch record labels; he sent label mates Jackson Browne and Linda Ronstadt out on tour and masterminded the greatest albums of their careers; and, along with manager Irving Azoff, shepherded the Eagles from being Ronstadt’s backup band to international superstardom by masterfully promoting their now-legendary records.

Ronstadt emerged with her masterpiece, “Heart Like a Wheel;” the Eagles transitioned from country to rock with “On the Border;” Jackson Browne spoke for his generation with “Late for the Sky;” Joni Mitchell had her greatest success with “Court and Spark.” These are but a few of the albums discussed at length in Brownstein’s book.

Linda Ronstadt’s relationship with California governor Jerry Brown is also documented in the book. This cross-pollenation between entertainment and politics is explored to an even greater degree in a chapter about hippie-era revolutionary Tom Hayden and his partner, actress-activist Jane Fonda. The two of them blazed a trail all their own, for better or worse, that permanently married liberal politics to Los Angeles-based tastemakers in music, movies, and television.

Of all of these players, many are still active in the business. Norman Lear, for example, is still producing television shows today even as he closes in on his centennial birthday. Jackson Browne has a new single on the charts. Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young are still around, just putting out music separately. Jerry Brown is still in government in California. George Lucas and Steven Spielberg are perhaps the richest men in Hollywood. And most of these bands, if they are able, are still on the road.

The last paragraphs of the book detail New Year’s Eve 1974, in which a record producer bursts into the small apartment shared by Lindsey Buckingham and Stevie Nicks and announces that “Fleetwood Mac want you to join them.”

Lindsey Buckingham was a musical guest on Saturday Night Live last weekend.

Seniority vs. senility

ur senior senator, Richard Shelby, will be remembered as Alabama’s most prominent senator when he retires next December. Folks, that’s saying a lot because we have had a host of prominent men serve Alabama in the United States Senate, such as giants like Lister Hill, John Sparkman and John Bankhead. However, history will record that none of these above senators brought the federal dollars back home to Alabama that Shelby has procured.

Seniority is omnipotent in Washington. It is everything, and Senator Shelby has it. He is in his 35th year in the U.S. Senate. He has already broken Senator Sparkman’s 32-year record of longevity in Alabama history and at the end of his term next year he will have served a record 36 years in the Senate. In addition, Shelby was the U.S. Congressman for the old 7th Congressional district for eight years.

Shelby has not only been the most prolific funneler of federal dollars to Alabama in our state’s history, but he could also be considered one of the most profound movers and shakers of federal funds to their state in American history. His only rival was the late Senator Robert Byrd of West Virginia. Senator Byrd, who was in his ninth term as a senator when he died at 92, funneled an estimated $10 billion to his constituents during his 51 years in the Senate.

The obvious question asked by observers of Washington politics is, “Are some of our most powerful senators too old to function cognitively?” I can attest to you that I know Senator Richard Shelby personally and he is the most cognitively alert and healthy 87-year-old man I have

STEVE FLOWERS Columnist ever seen. He works out daily and has the memory of an elephant. In fact, his mental and cognitive abilities are similar to someone 30 years his junior. He very well could run and serve another 6-year term. However, he will be 88 at the end of his term.

Shelby is one of five octogenarians serving in the Senate. California’s Dianne Feinstein is the oldest sitting senator at 88. She is followed by Iowa’s Charles “Chuck” Grassley who turns 88 next month. Shelby is the third at 87. James Inhofe of Oklahoma and Senator Pat Leahy of Vermont are 81. By the way, Grassley and Leahy are Shelby’s closest allies in the Senate.

The question becomes, “How old is too old to be a U.S. senator?”

According to the Congressional Research Service, the average age of senators at the beginning of this year is 64-years. At some point voters have to weigh, “Is my senator too old to perform the duties of the office or does the weight and power of their seniority and the benefit of their influence to the state outweigh their energy and cognizance?” Voters tend to go with experience and seniority over youth.

Senator Feinstein has been the most widely discussed current senator for decline in health. Liberals believe she was too conciliatory during Supreme Court nominee Amy Comey Barrett’s confirmation hearing.

There is a pervasive whispering campaign about Feinstein’s alleged cognitive decline and the Democratic senior leadership has indeed quietly removed her as the ranking Democrat on the Senate Judiciary Committee.

It was common knowledge and apparent that Senator Shelby’s predecessor as Chairman of Appropriations, Senator Thad Cochran of Mississippi, was not very cognitive in his last years in the Senate although he was younger, chronically. The most notable example of possibly staying too long is probably the story of legendary Senator Strom Thurman of South Carolina. In 2003 Strom Thurman retired at the age of 100 after 48 years in the Senate. It was no secret that his staff did everything for him during his last six-year-term.

Our founding fathers created a minimum age for serving in the U.S. House or Senate but did not address a maximum. The owner of Grub’s Pharmacy used by many on Capitol Hill in Washington raised eyebrows in 2017 when he revealed he routinely sent Alzheimer’s medication to Capitol Hill. There are continuing attempts to pass a Constitutional Amendment to limit terms of Congressmen and Senators. Republicans run on the issue of term limits. It was part of their contract with America Agenda in 1994.

Alabamians need to consider being for term limits in 2022, because it comes down to the old adage of whose ox is being gourd. We in Alabama are going to be up the proverbial creek without a paddle after Shelby. He is our power in Washington. We need to all jump on the term limit bandwagon beginning next year.

See you next week.

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Having Fun WitH Fall attractions

HoW to make s’mores Did you know that you can make S’mores in the microwave? No need to create a Fall bonfire to make the tasty treat. Get adult permission before you begin!

You will need: Marshmallows, graham crackers, a milk chocolate candy bar, and a microwave safe plate.

Step One: Break the graham crackers in half and place one half on a microwave plate. Save the other half.

Step Two: Place a square of chocolate on top of the crackers and then top it with one marshmallow.

Step Three: Microwave on high for 20-30 seconds. It is done when the marshmallow begins to puff up.

Step Four: Carefully remove the plate and place the other half of the cracker on top of the S’more and gently press down. Now your treat is ready to enjoy!

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Fall is here and with it comes many fun activities! Fall, or Autumn, is a great time to get outdoors to enjoy nature in the cooler weather. Pumpkin patches and apple orchards are ready for harvest and can be visited by families. Many schools and local communities host fall festivals. Hayrides, scary trail walks, s’mores, apple cider, and sometimes bonfires (only when an adult is in charge!) are fun things found at Fall Festivals. Carving or painting pumpkins is another great Autumn activity. Kids like to dress up for Trick or Treating or Trunk or Treat events. Many areas have corn mazes where you can find your way through the maze. Grab a buddy and an adult and go for a nature walk in your neighborhood to experience the leaves changing colors on the trees. You can even rake up the leaves in your yard and build your own scarecrow!

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Find a local farm that hosts a corn maze or haunted trail. Many of these farms also have fresh produce to offer.

Did you know that you can make Apple Cider from ingredients that you most likely have at home? All you need is some apple juice, an orange, and some cinnamon. Ask an adult for permission. Fill a microwaveable coffee mug with apple juice. Add one orange slice and a pinch of cinnamon. Microwave it until it’s warm. Instant Apple Cider! To add flavor, you can also add a pinch of cloves and allspice.

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MaePop’s barbecue in final round of Bama’s Best Beef

By CARMEN RODGERS Bureau Chief A local restaurant is in the final round of competition for the Alabama Cattlemen’s Association’s “Bama’s Best Beef”.

Since opening in March, MaePop’s Barbecue, located at 3010 Notasulga Rd., in East Tallassee, has become known for its slow-smoked, wood-fired barbecue.

According to MaePop’s Barbecue’s Reagen Shirley, people have come from all over the state just to try it, and now, even more, after being nominated in the Alabama Cattlemen’s Association statewide competition.

MaePop’s was voted into the “Elite 8” out of over 300 restaurants that were nominated and were able to win the regional competition last week to secure a spot in the semifinals.

Voting for the semifinals closed Sunday, Oct. 17, and MaePop’s won their division. Now MaePop’s is headed to the final round of competition. “If you haven’t already, please go vote for us,” MaePop’s Reagen Shirley said.

“MaePop’s is located where Bobby’s Curb Market used to be. That was my husband’s grandad’s curb market. We wanted to keep their memory (Bobby, Pop as he was known to his grandchildren, and his wife Mae Delphine) in the name.” Shirley said.

When the Shirley’s opened MaePop’s, the family knew they had something unique to offer.

“We knew there was nothing like this around here, even in the try-county area. Sure, there’s barbecue, but there’s not 100 percent wood-fired, smoked barbecue.” Shirley said.

The MaePop’s family is excited about what this competition could mean, not only to them but the area as well.

“This would put Tallassee on the map as the home of “Bama’s Best Beef,” Shirley said.

If you would like to vote, it is easy. Just go to the Alabama Cattlemen’s Association Facebook page and like the picture of MaePop’s Barbecue Brisket.

Then, be sure to vote next week for the final championship round. To vote, go to https://www.facebook.com/ALCattlemen/photos/

Kasey Emmons and Mardre Williams at the FUMC Holiday Market held Saturday inside the Family Life Center.

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Wetumpka’s First United Methodist Church holds annual Holiday Market

By CARMEN RODGERS Bureau Chief Wetumpka’s First United Methodist Church held the annual Holiday Market on Saturday, Oct. 16. According to event organizers, the fundraiser was well received.

“It is a big annual fundraiser that we have for the church every year,” event coordinator Celestra Rowell said.

There were gently used household items available at the holiday market as well as plenty of specialty items.

“We have a bakery, we have lunch, rib-eye steaks, and we have frozen soups and camp stew,” Rowell said.

While this fundraiser relies heavily on community participation, proceeds from the event will go directly back to the community.

“We’ll start looking inside the community here to see what we need to give to,” she said.

There was a good turnout for the holiday market, and according to Rowell it was possible thanks to a strong group of dedicated volunteers.

“I have had the greatest volunteers this year,” she said.

This was the 8th annual Holiday Market.

Jeep’n on the Coosa raises more than $3K for Food Pantry

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ABOVE: People line up early every Saturday morning to pick up their favorite MaePop’s BBQ. BELOW: When Jr Shirley isn’t cooking, he enjoys getting to know the people who come from all over the state to taste MaePop’s BBQ.

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Organizers with Jeep’n on the Coosa, which was held on Saturday, Oct. 2 at the Wetumpka Sports Complex, presented a check for $3,200. According to the Director of the Elmore County Food Pantry Kathy Hall, monetary donations like this go a long way at the Food Pantry.

“This means so much for us because, for every $20 we receive, we can purchase 111 pounds of food,” Hall said. “Can goods are great, but the monetary part of that allows us to go to the Montgomery Area Food Bank and purchase so much more.”

With the holidays fast approaching, organizers with Jeep’n on the Coosa wanted the money raised at the event to stay local and help people right here in the community.

“We have Thanksgiving coming up. We have Christmas coming

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Organizers with Jeep’n on the Coosa present a $3,000 check to the Elmore County Food Pantry. Pictured from left to right: Richard Rogers, Frank Bertarelli, Larry Dozier, Kathy Hall, Jacki Brown, and Dakota Steed.

up. We asked people to bring a canned good to our event, and that helps the food bank but the food bank can do so much more with money,” Jeep’n on the Coosa coordinator Frank Bertarelli said. “It’s all appreciated, don’t get me

wrong.”

Bertarelli said initially the Jeep’n group thought they would raise $800$,1000, but instead, they raised three times that amount. With such great success, the group is already looking forward to Jeep’n on the Coosa in

2022.

“This was our first event,” Bertarelli said.

“We were very pleased.

We are planning on another event next year.”

If you would like to give to the Elmore County Food Pantry, call 334-567-3232.

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Mayor Jerry Willis welcomed The Wharf Casual Seafood to Wetumpka before cutting the ribbon.

The Wharf Casual Seafood holds ribbon cutting

By CARMEN RODGERS Bureau Chief The Wharf Casual Seafood. located at 4700 Highway 231, held a ribbon cutting on Thursday, Oct. 15. According to co-owner Noah Griggs, the decision to locate in Wetumpka was an easy choice to make, and there was a demand for a seafood restaurant.

“Wetumpka feels like home because it is,” Griggs said. “I am a native of Tallassee and Wetumpka is in our backyard. We are here because we had so many people requesting that we bring fresh seafood to Wetumpka.”

Opening a location in Wetumpka has been in discussions for some time now, and Griggs looks forward to what the future has in store.

“We are excited to be here,” Griggs said. “For years, we had the conversation with business leaders, and the mayor. The invitation has been open, and with all the growth and expansion in the City of Wetumpka, it’s not only impressive, it’s a breath of fresh air.”

The restaurant held a soft opening prior to Thursday’s ribbon cutting, and, according to Griggs, things are progressing well.

“Thus far we have been well re-

ceived,” he said. “The community loves us and it goes both ways,” Griggs said.

The Wetumpka location is Wharf Casual Seafood number eight. The first opened in 1986 in Tallahassee, FL, founded by the Stephen Early Duggar and family.

“The founder married into a fourth-generation fishing family. He learned early on the trade of fishing.

How to find great seafood,” Griggs said.

The Duggar family is also gifted culinarily.

“We have a good partnership,”

CommunityCalendar OCTOBER

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.

TRUNK OR TREAT: Alabama Backs the Blue presents its second annual Trunk or Treat event on Sunday, Oct. 24, from 5-8 p.m. in the parking lot of Coaches Corner, located at 203 Orline Street.

ONGOING EVENTS

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

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

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

LIVING WORD: You belong here. You and your family are always welcome here. We are located at 1826 Kowaliga Road Eclectic, across from the

Dollar General. Call 334-4920777 for more information.

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

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

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

For more information call Pastor Edwin Walker at 334541-2025 LUNCH AND LEARN:

Griggs said.

Griggs and Duggar are also the owners of 1220 Cafe in Tallassee.

Now that the Wetumpka location is open, there are restaurant continues to expand with Wharf Casual Seafood number nine coming to Alex City by next summer, and another location in Birmingham is also in the works.

Wharf Casual Seafood offers a variety of seafood baskets and platters, salads, burgers and tacos. The hours of operation are Sunday–Thursday 11 a.m.–8:30 p.m. and Friday–Saturday 11a.m.- 9 p.m.

Lunch and learn Tuesdays with Kelly are scheduled at the Kelly Fitzpatrick Memorial Gallery at 124 Company Street in Wetumpka from noon to 1 p.m. on the third Tuesday of each month. For more information, visit www.thekelly.org.

CELEBRATE RECOVERY GRACE POINT: Celebrate Recovery meets at Grace Point Community Church at 78223 Tallassee Highway in Wetumpka each Tuesday at 6:15 p.m. All are welcome to the meetings which provide a safe and loving environment for individuals seeking to conquer their hurts, habits and hangups.

For more information, visit www.Gracepoint.info or contact Gwin Greathouse at gwingreathouse@gmail.com.

CELEBRATE RECOVERY SANTUCK: Celebrate Recovery meets each Thursday at 6:15 p.m. at Santuck Baptist Church at 7250 Central Plank Rd. This is a Christ-centered, 12-step program for anyone struggling with hurts, habits, and hangups. Call 334-5672364 for more information or contact jyates@santuckbaptist. org.

GAMBLERS ANONYMOUS: Gamblers Anonymous meets Saturdays at 6 p.m. at Cedarwood Community Church

at 10286 U.S. Highway 231 in Wallsboro/Wetumpka. Call 334-567-0476 for more information.

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

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

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

CHILDREN’S HARBOR: Children’s Harbor Treasures and Thrift Store Located on state route 63 just south of Lake Martin Amphitheater, the Children’s Harbor Thrift Store is open Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. proceeds are used to help fund the activities at the Lake Martin campus of children’s harbor and the Family Center at Children’s Hospital. Call 334-857-2008 for more information.

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Just the Facts, Ma’am G reetings from the corner of Bridge and Bridge! It is a beautiful fall morning as I write this week’s column. Yes, I know we are in the season when central Alabamians often have to run heat in the morning and air conditioning in the afternoon, but that is the reality of the arrival of fall in our neck of the woods.

Sargent Joe Friday, fictional police officer on the series Dragnet, was known for concise investigative work. His most notable phrase was, “Just the facts ma’am.” Friday offered thisrequest when he was hearing one person’s version of what had taken place.

I wish Joe Friday’s signature statement would gain some ground in our present time.

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REV. YARBORO

Columnist are a welcome and necessary thing, but sometimes it is best to simply focus on the facts when formulating an opinion.

Knowing what is actually is taking place rather than what some speculate is taking place is a good thing.

Take the recent surge in gasoline prices as an example. I don’t know about you, but I have heard every manner or rationale for the rapid rise in the price of gasoline. Some are based in fact. Others are not.

Gasoline prices worldwide

are always subject to the laws of supply and demand. When demand is low and stockpiles are high, prices are low. When demand is high and stockpiles are low, prices are high. Anyone needing help understanding the principle of supply and demand needs only to talk with a cotton farmer, but I digress.

At the moment, demand for oil products is high and production is low. As a result, fuel prices have continued to rise.

The average price of a barrel of crude oil has risen considerably and there are fewer refineries in business today than there were two years ago.

I read last week that energy providers are speculating that prices will go up even further.

Meteorologists are predicting colder than average tempera-

tures this winter, which results in even greater demand. Unless production increases, that greater demand will result in continued or even higher fuel prices.

I have the solution to bringing fuel prices back to more manageable levels. Increase production. Could it be that simple? Striving to restore balance supply makes perfect sense whenever things are out of balance, doesn’t it?

The truth is that it does. So why, then, hasn’t it happened?

The answer, my friends, is painfully simple. Money.

As long as money is being made, urgency for returning balance to supply and demand imbalance will be lacking. The behavior of the stock market influences everything in the world of free market capitalism. Those are the rules, plain and simple.

What has always struck me

is that money was being made by all involved parties several months ago when fuel prices were almost half what they are at the moment. After all, that is the way free market capitalism is supposed to work. Unfortunately, greed comes into play and an economic system designed to benefit most people in a society ceases to do so.

Put another way, the only real reason fuel prices have gone up so much is that they can.

Yes, there are numerous possible explanations for this present incidence, but none of them speaks to the real reason.

Prices have gone up because sometimes making a profit isn’t enough.

Those are the facts, Sargent Friday. You’re welcome!

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

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TOP: Wetumpka quarterback Nate Rogers scores against Chilton County. ABOVE: Stanhope Elmore’s Jacob Bryant in a game against Calera in Millbrook on Friday, Oct. 1, 2021.

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or the Wetumpka and Stanhope Elmore football teams, it all comes down to Friday night.

Wetumpka hosts Stanhope in a Class 6A, Region 3 showdown on Friday night at the City of Wetumpka Sports Complex Stadium at 7 p.m, and more could not be at stake when they play.

The two rivals are tied for fourth place in Region 3 with a 2-3 record.

With the first three playoff teams already locked in with No. 1 Helena, No. 2 Pelham and No. 3 Calera, the winner of the game will take the No. 4 seed while the loser is eliminated from playoff contention.

Neither Wetumpka head coach Tim Perry or

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Stanhope head coach Brian Bradford are focusing on the playoff implication, but both team’s players know what is at stake.

“The guys know,” Perry said. “They’re well informed and they know what is at stake, so we don’t have to spend a whole lot of time talking about it. They understand. Our goal is just to focus on preparing and executing the game plan, and getting it installed. That’s our focus this week.”

Both teams enter the game with the same brand of football being played this year. Both have smash-mouth offenses led by powerful running backs, and stingy defenses that have stolen the show repeatedly this season.

Stanhope is led on offense by first-year quarterback Jacob Bryant and star running back Antonio Trone, who is averaging around 150 rushing

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yards per game. The Mustangs’ defense allows only 17.3 points per game this year and has not allowed over 29 points in a single game this year.

Since region play started on Sept. 3, the Mustangs have not allowed over 22 points in a game.

The Stanhope defense features multiple threats, from defensive back Pat Williams to linebacker Fred Bass to defensive linemen Caleb Foster and Jaquize Buycks among others.

Wetumpka is much of the same. First-year quarterback Nate Rogers leads the offense, while running backs Stone Minnifield and Quinn Wilson star as the 1-2 punch out of the backfield.

The Indians’ defense stars defensive lineman Steven Nolen, linebackers Dylan Price and Justin Crumbaugh, and defensive backs Tre Seabon and See PLAYOFF, Page B2

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Area volleyball teams compete in super regional tournament 3-1. The Lady Spartans have a trio of offensive juggernauts at the net.

Junior Morgan Davis leads the team with 372 kills this year, good for 3.1 per set and a 46.2 kill percentage. Joining her at the net is senior Kaila Sisk with 2.5 kills per set and a 54.7 kill percentage and junior Raine Patterson, who averages 2.1 kills per set and has a 47.3 kill percentage.

Saraland’s only losses this year have come to St. Pauls twice, Pelham and Gulf Shores.

By DALTON MIDDLETON Sports Editor Three area volleyball teams will compete in the Super Regional Volleyball tournament this week and they have quite the challenge in front of them come Wednesday.

Elmore County, Wetumpka and Stanhope Elmore all advanced to the Super Regional tournament after finishing either first or second in their respective area tournaments, and they will play on Wednesday at the Cramton Bowl in Montgomery.

Elmore County, the No. 1 seed out of Class 5A, Area 6, will face Area 2 runner up Satsuma (24-18) on Wednesday at 2 p.m.

Stanhope Elmore, the No. 2 seed out of Class 6A, Area 5, will face Area 1 winner St. Pauls Episcopal (40-8).

Wetumpka, the No. 1 seed out of Area 5, will face Area 1 runner up Saraland (514). Both matches will begin at 9 a.m.

Elmore County vs. Satsuma Elmore County enters its matchup with Satsuma with a 20-7 overall record.

The Lady Panthers went 5-1 in area play before sweeping both Holtville and Jemison, 3-0, in the area tournament last week.

They are led up front by junior Coranda Lozada, who had a team-leading 26 combined kills in the two area tournament matches.

Satsuma entered its area tournament as the No. 2 seed behind UMS-Wright Prep, and the Lady Gators finished the area tournament the same way. After making it to the area championship, UMS-Wright beat Satsuma 3-0 (25-20, 25-22, 25-18) to give Satsuma the No. 2 seed.

Satsuma will have to face a talented Elmore County bunch at the net, but the

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LEFT: Stanhope Elmore hitter Kelbi Johnson leaps into the air for a jump serve against Wetumpka Thursday.

RIGHT: Wetumpka middle blocker Khloe Harris goes up for an attack against Stanhope Elmore Thursday.

Lady Gators have shown this year that they can play defense. Satsuma averages 13 digs per set and 35 digs per match this year.

Senior Emma Knowles leads the team with 326 digs, good for 3.4 per set and 8.6 per match. Juniors Hayden Andrews and Isabella Gibbons also star on defense and averaged 2.3 digs per set each.

Junior Caleigh Turpin also helps out, but she does the majority of her work at the net. She has a team-high 65 blocks this year, good for 0.6 blocks per set.

Wetumpka vs. Saraland Wetumpka enters its super regional matchup with a 23-15 record this year.

The Lady Indians went undefeated in area play, which featured season sweeps of Benjamin Russell and Stanhope

Elmore.

After earning the No. 1 seed in the area tournament, Wetumpka beat Stanhope 3-0 in the area championship.

Wetumpka is led by junior outside hitter Khloe Harris, who had 14 kills, 4 blocks and 3 service aces in the championship game.

Senior libero Erin Douglass is a question mark, however, and has missed each of Wetumpka’s last two games. In her place, eighth grader Ashlynn Turner has stepped in and started.

Saraland enters the match with some of the most games played this year. The Lady Spartans are 51-4 this year and are the No. 2 seed out of Area 1.

Saraland went 7-0 in Area 1 in the regular season and entered as the No. 1 seed, but lost to St. Paul’s in the championship

Stanhope Elmore vs.

St. Pauls Episcopal Stanhope Elmore entered the Class 6A, Area 5 tournament on the outside looking in, but the Lady Mustangs upset No. 2 seed Benjamin Russell in the first round to clinch their playoff spot.

The Lady Mustangs had previously lost to Ben Russell twice in the regular season, but head coach Flavia Freeney has her team peaking at the right time.

Stanhope has eight seniors on its squad, and outside hitters Kelbi Johnson and Saiban Chappell lead the charge for that group of girls.

St. Pauls Episcopal (40-8) entered its area tournament as the No. 2 seed, but upset Saraland in the championship to claim the top seed in the super regional tournament. The Saints enter the tournament on quite the hot streak and have won 20 of their last 21 games dating back to Sept. 16.

The Saints have a balanced team and feature three players that average over 2 digs per set on defense, senior captain Rachel Bell, sophomore Caroline Carrington and junior Julia Joyce.

On the offensive side of things, Bell is their leading hitter. She has 305 kills this year, good for 2.9 kills per set, and has a 40.8 kill percentage on the year.

With Boone back, Edgewood looks to finish season on high note

By DALTON MIDDLETON Sports Editor With region play done and starting running back Bradley Boone finally back from injury, Edgewood Academy head coach Chad Michael is hoping his Wildcats end the season on a high note.

Edgewood Academy travels to Crenshaw Christian this Friday night at 7 p.m. The Wildcats, which are 5-3 this season and already wrapped up region play with a 2-2 record, are looking to finish the regular season on a three-game win streak before playoffs start.

Edgewood beat Springwood last week to clinch the No. 3 seed

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Edgewood Academy running back Bradley Boone (21) stiff arms a defender in the Wildcats’ game against Springwood Friday.

for the playoffs and now close the season against Crenshaw and Wilcox in non-region play.

“One thing we talked about after the Chambers loss is that we want to finish the regular season 7-3,” Michael said. “That started last week where we went 1-0, and now we will try to go 1-0 again

this week to finish the regular season on a high note.”

A key piece to finishing the season 7-3 is the return of Boone, who missed four games with a broken bone earlier this year. In his absence, Edgewood went 1-3 and averaged only 16 points per game.

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In the games he has played in, Edgewood is 4-0 and has averaged 36 ppg. He made his return last week against Springwood, and his presence was quickly felt.

In his return, he rushed 11 times for 64 yards for an average of 5.8 yards per rush. In the receiving game, he finished with two catches for 10 yards.

But his biggest play of the night came on the first play of the game when threw a 25-yard touchdown pass to quarterback Austin Champion on a reverse play.

“Bradley was dying to get back on the field,” Michael said of Boone.

“He loves the game and has a passion for it and it’s good to see him back out there. I think everybody on the team has a little more confidence in themselves and in the offense when he’s out there.

He did a really good job in his return.”

Edgewood’s offense isn’t run through Boone.

The Wildcats throw the ball around a lot, and that has been showcased throughout the year. But Boone gives Edgewood

that running threat it needs to keep teams honest, and he does that well.

When he is healthy, Boone averages over 10 carries per game and is averaging around 4 yards per carry on the season.

And while he doesn’t catch many passes out of the backfield, he makes his presence known pass-blocking.

“Obviously he reads blocks really well as a running back. He’s never going to break the big 70-, 80-yard run, but he’s going to get 7 or 8 pretty consistently. But the thing we missed the most with him out is pass protection.

He just understands it and understands where he is supposed to help and where the blitz is coming from. When nobody is coming, he understands where to get out and get into his check-down route.”

The win won’t come easy this week for Edgewood. The Wildcats are facing a Crenshaw Christian team that is 5-2 on the season and is coached

by Wayne Grant, who has five state championships during his tenure as a head

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Avery Thomas among others. Thomas was recently named to the Alabama-Mississippi All-Star game roster with many of the state’s best players.

Behind those players, Wetumpka allows only 21 points per game and has held three of its last five opponents under eight points.

“Well, this is one of those games that is just fun,” Bradford said. “Because of the excitement and energy that comes with it, it’s always been a good game.

Even back when I played here back int the ‘90s. This is always a good game and I look for it to be really exciting and fun.

It’s a good atmosphere for a high school football game.”

The two schools have met 52 times in school history, dating back to 1970, and Stanhope holds a 32-20 edge in the series.

Stanhope has controlled the series as of late and won three consecutive games in 2020, 2019 and 2018. Wetumpka’s last win in the series came in 2017, when Wetumpka reached and lost to Pinson Valley

coach in Alabama.

One of Crenshaw’s losses came in a season-opening forfeit loss to Pike Liberal Arts due to COVID-19, and since then Crenshaw has held three of its five opponents to under seven points.

The Cougars are allowing only 12 points per game on defense while the offense is averaging 38 points a game. The offense has certainly found its stride as of late and has scored 47 points or more in three of their last four games.

“First of all, they’re coached by Wayne Grant and he’s a Hall of Famer,” Michael said. “He has a formula he sticks with and he’s done it everywhere he’s been. You don’t have to watch film on them to know what they’re going to do. They’re just so good at what they do. They’re going to be physical and they’re going to figure out how to run the football on you and you just have to understand it’s going to be a complete four-quarter physical game any time you play against a Wayne Grant coached football team.”

in the Class 6A state championship.

If Wetumpka is to get back in the win column of the series, it will fall on the back of dual-threat quarterback Rogers.

Rogers, only a sophomore, jumped into the starting role at the beginning of the season and has improved every week since.

In last week’s loss to Calera, Rogers turned in one of his best performances yet. He passed for 133 yards and one touchdown while rushing for 169 yards and a touchdown. Minnifield scored the other two touchdowns on 22 yards rushing.

Bradford, who has coached against and seen Rogers in junior high and junior varsity games the last few years, knows how dangerous Rogers can be both in the air and on the ground.

“He’s scary athletic,” Bradford said of Rogers. “We’ve been seeing him the last few years coming up, and every time he gets the ball in his hands, he’s capable of going 60 yards. That’s something we really have to watch. You can do a great job in coverage, and next thing you know you blink and he’s 30 yards down the field. We have to do everything right to contain him.”

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Default having been made of the terms of the loan documents secured by that certain mortgage executed by Robert S. Sexton Husband Janie Sexton Wife to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as mortgagee, as nominee for Everett Financial, Inc. DBA Supreme Lending, a Texas Corporation, its successors and assigns dated June 10, 2013; said mortgage being recorded on June 18, 2013, in Book 2013, Page LQ WKH 2I¿FH RI WKH -XGJH of Probate of Elmore County, Alabama. Said Mortgage was last sold, assigned and transferred to Nationstar Mortgage LLC by PUBLIC NOTICE assignment recorded in Deed MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE Book 2017, Page 12814 in the SALE. Default having been 2I¿FH RI WKH -XGJH RI 3UREDWH made in the payment of the of Elmore County, Alabama. indebtedness secured by that The undersigned, Nationstar certain mortgage executed by Mortgage LLC d/b/a Mr. CooJesus M Resendiz, and Nancy per, under and by virtue of the Resendiz, Husband and Wife, power of sale contained in said originally in favor of Mortgage mortgage, will sell at public Electronic Registration Sys- outcry to the highest bidder for tems, Inc., acting solely as cash before the main entrance nominee for Countrywide Home of the Court House in Elmore Loans, Inc., on October 31, County, Alabama during the 2006, said mortgage record- legal hours of sale (between HG LQ WKH 2I¿FH RI WKH -XGJH 11am and 4pm), on the 19th day of Probate of Elmore County, of November, 2021 the followAlabama, in RLPY Book 2006 ing property, situated in Elmore Page 83157; the undersigned County, Alabama, to-wit: M&T Bank, as Mortgagee/ Lot 48, Block 219, according Transferee, under and by virtue to the Plat of Grandview Pines of the power of sale contained Plat No. 6, as same appears of in said mortgage, will sell at UHFRUG LQ WKH 2I¿FH RI WKH -XGJH public outcry to the highest bid- of Probate of Elmore County, Alder for cash, in front of the main abama, in Plat Book 7 at Page entrance of the Courthouse at 143.

Wetumpka, Elmore County, Alabama, on October 28, 2021, Said property is commonly during the legal hours of sale, known as 220 Pinewood Dr, all of its rights, title, and interest Millbrook, AL 36054. in and to the following described 6KRXOG D FRQÀLFW DULVH EHWZHHQ real estate, situated in Elmore the property address and the County, Alabama, to-wit: All that legal description the legal de1.13 acre lot or parcel of land scription will control. lying south of Elmore County Said property will be sold subRoad 110 and being situated ject to any outstanding ad valorin the NE 1/4 of the NW 1/4 of em taxes (including taxes which Section 34, Township 18 North, are a lien, but not yet due and Range 21 East, St. Stephens payable), the right of redempMeridian, Elmore County, Ala- tion of any taxing authority, all bama, and more particularly de- outstanding liens for public utiliscribed as follows: Commence ties which constitute liens upon at a 2” iron pipe at a fence cor- the property, any matters which ner marking the NE corner of the might be disclosed by an accuNW 1/4 of Section 34, T-18N, rate survey and inspection of R-21E: thence S 85 degrees the property, any assessments, 59 minutes 56 seconds W a liens, encumbrances, easedistance of 369.53 feet to a 5/8” ments, rights-of-way, zoning rebar lying on the South right ordinances, restrictions, special of way limits of aforementioned assessments, covenants, the County Road 110, and being the statutory right of redemption point of beginning of the parcel pursuant to Alabama law, and of land herein described; thence any matters of record including, S 01 degrees 57 minutes 16 but not limited to, those supeseconds W a distance of 426.44 ULRU WR VDLG 0RUWJDJH ¿UVW VHW feet to a 5/8” rebar; thence N 73 out above. Said property will be degrees 15 minutes 32 seconds sold on an “as-is” basis without W a distance of 124.10 feet to a any representation, warranty 5/8” rebar; thence N 01 degrees or recourse against the above57 minutes 16 seconds E a dis- named or the undersigned. The tance of 395.06 feet to a 5/8” successful bidder must present rebar lying on aforementioned FHUWL¿HG IXQGV LQ WKH DPRXQW RI South right of way; thence along the winning bid at the time and and with said right of way S 87 place of sale. degrees 24 minutes 29 seconds Alabama law gives some perE a distance of 56.70 feet to a sons who have an interest in point of curvature; thence along property the right to redeem the said curve to the right (having property under certain circuma radius of 520.74 feet) an arc stances. Programs may also distance of 63.34 feet to the exist that help persons avoid or point of beginning, containing delay the foreclosure process.

1.13 acre more or less.. Prop- An attorney should be consulterty street address for informa- ed to help you understand these tional purposes: 2380 Dark Cor- rights and programs as a part of ners Rd , Tallassee, AL 36078. the foreclosure process.

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SUBJECT TO THE RIGHT OF MORTGAGE REDEMPTION OF ALL PAR- NATIONSTAR TIES ENTITLED THERETO. Al- LLC D/B/A MR. COOPER abama law gives some persons as holder of said mortgage who have an interest in property McCalla Raymer Leibert Pierce, the right to redeem the proper- LLC ty under certain circumstances. Two North Twentieth Programs may also exist that 2 20th Street North, Suite 1000 help persons avoid or delay the Birmingham, AL 35203 foreclosure process. An attor- (800) 275-7171 ney should be consulted to help FT21@mccalla.com you understand these rights File No. 9247320 and programs as a part of the www.foreclosurehotline.net foreclosure process. This sale is made for the purpose of paying Wetumpka Herald: the indebtedness secured by Oct. 6, 13 and 20, 2021 said mortgage, as well as the 9247320 expenses of foreclosure. The PUBLIC NOTICE successful bidder must tender a non-refundable deposit of Five NOTICE Thousand Dollars ($5,000.00) OF MORTGAGE LQ FHUWL¿HG IXQGV PDGH SD\DEOH FORECLOSURE SALE to Tiffany & Bosco, P.A. at the STATE OF Alabama time and place of the sale. The COUNTY OF ELMORE balance of the purchase price plus any deed recording costs Default having been made of and transfer taxes must be paid the terms of the loan docuLQ FHUWL¿HG IXQGV E\ QRRQ WKH ments secured by that certain next business day at the Law mortgage executed by Richard 2I¿FH RI 7LIIDQ\ %RVFR 3 $ DW Judd Fochtmann A Married the address indicated below. Tif- Man Tonya Fochtmann to Mort-

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y gage 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 BID NOTICE As is required by the Alabama Competitive Bide Law, Code of Alabama 1975, NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Elmore County Emergency Management Agency shall receive and open sealed bids for the purchase of one (1) or more items of Inquiry EMA2022-1, LED LIGHT TOWER, at the Elmore County Emergency Management Agency located at 8917 US Highway 231, Wetumpka, AL 36092 at 10:00 AM, CST, Wednesday, November 3, 2021. %LG VSHFL¿FDWLRQV DUH available at the Elmore County Emergency Management Agency and the County’s website (http://www.elmoreco.org), or by email request: kbarnett@ elmoreco.org The Wetumpka Herald: Oct. 20, 27 and Nov. 3, 2021 BID PUBLIC NOTICE IN THE PROBATE COURT OF ELMORE COUNTY, ALABAMA NOTICE OF FILING OF PETITION FOR ADOPTION CASE NUMBER: A2021-029 NOTICE TO: WEBB LEE CURENTON, WHOSE WHEREABOUTS ARE UNKNOWN, THE FATHER OF M. L. C.; AND NOTICE TO: KENNETH BLAZER AND LISA

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DAVENPORT, WHOSE WHEREABOUTS ARE UNKNOWN, THE SURVIVING PARENTS OF APRIL KELLY DAVENPORT HUFFMAN, DECEASED; AND NOTICE TO ANY OTHER INTERESTED PARTY

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Take notice that a Petition for Adoption was filed in The Probate Court of Elmore County, Alabama on July 8, 2021 by DIANE KIDD GARNETT, as Petitioner, for the adoption of M.L.C., a minor child. Such minor child was born to APRIL KELLY DAVENPORT HUFFMAN on August 30, 2004. 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.

JOHN THORNTON PROBATE JUDGE ELMORE COUNTY. ALABAMA Attorney for Petitioner JOHN OLSZEWSKI MINOR & OLSZEWSKI, LLC 7004 BROCKPORT COURT MONTGOMERY, ALABAMA 36117 334-265-6200 john@minols.net

ADVERTISEMENT FOR COMPLETION Legal Notice In accordance with Chapter 1, Title 39, Code of Alabama, 1975, as amended, notice is hereby given that SouthEast Demolition & Environmental Services, Inc., Contractor, has completed the contract for Electric Water Cooler/Bottle Filler Replacement Elmore County Schools – Elmore County Board of Education at Stanhope Elmore High School, Millbrook Middle School, Coosada Elementary School, Airport Road Intermediate School, Holtville High School, Holtville Middle School, Holtville Elementary School, Wetumpka High School, Wetumpka Middle School, Wetumpka Elementary School, Elmore County High School, Eclectic Elementary School, Eclectic Middle School, Redland Elementary School, for the State of Alabama and the County of Elmore, Owner(s), DQG KDYH PDGH UHTXHVW IRU ¿QDO settlement of said Contract. All persons having any claim for labor, materials, or otherwise in connection with this project should immediately notify Morris Engineering LLC, Architect.

SouthEast Demolition & Environmental Services, Inc. Contractor 5150 Old Selma Rd. Montgomery, AL 36108 Wetumpka Herald: Oct. 6, 13, 20 and 27, 2021 COMPLETION PUBLIC NOTICE

NOTICE TO DEFENDANT OF COMPLAINT ISSUED OUT OF THE CIRCUIT COURT OF ELMORE COUNTY, ALABAMA CV-2021-900072, U.S BANK PUBLIC NOTICE TRUST NATIONAL ASSOCIMidsouth Paving, Inc. here- ATION, not in its individual caby gives notice of completion pacity but solely as collateral of contract with the Alabama trust TRUSTEE OF FIRSTKEY Department of Transportation MASTER FUNDING 2021- A for construction of Project No. COLLATERAL TRUST v. FAYE ATRP2-26-2020-026-3 Elmore CARR, and CHRISTY CARR. County. This notice will appear Notice is hereby given that the for four consecutive weeks above-named Plaintiff filed in beginning on Wednesday Oc- said Circuit Court, a cause of actober 20, 2021 and ending on tion to determine the priority of Wednesday November 10, the Retail Installment Contract, $OO FODLPV VKRXOG EH ¿OHG Security Agreement, Waiver of at 4238 West Blvd., Montgom- Trial by Jury and Agreement to ery, Alabama 36108 during this Arbitration or Reference or Trial by Judge Alone, held by U.S. period.

BANK TRUST NATION ASSOMidsouth Paving, Inc. CIATION, not in its individual Wetumpka Herald: Oct. 20, 27, capacity but solely as collateral trust TRUSTEE OF FIRSTKEY Nov. 3 and 10, 2021 MASTER FUNDING 2021- A COMPLETION COLLATERAL TRUST. That on PUBLIC NOTICE the 8th day of October, Paul J. Spina, III, Attorney for Plaintiff, ADVERTISEMENT filed in the above entitle cause FOR COMPLETION an Affidavit stating that the Defendant Christy Carr’s location LEGAL NOTICE of residence is known, and Defendant has been avoiding In accordance with Chapter 1, service from its location of resTitle 39, code of Alabama, 1975, idence for more than 30 days notice is hereby given that Dun- since the filling of the Comcan & Thompson Construction plaint. NOW THEREFORE, the Services, L.L.C. (Contractor) above-described Defendant is has completed the Contract hereby commanded to answer for Construction of New Band or plead to the Complaint filed and Choral Building at Stan- in the above-entitled cause hope Elmore High School, withing thirty (30) days from the DCM (BC) Project #2020047 date of the last publication of at 4300 Main Street, Millbrook, this legal notice.

AL 36054 for the State of Alabama and the Elmore County WITNESS my hand this the Board of Education, Wetumpka, 12th day of October, 2021 AL, Owner(s) and have made UHTXHVW IRU ¿QDO VHWWOHPHQW RI /s/ CIRCUIT COURT CLERK said Contract. All persons hav- ELMORE COUNTY, ALABAMA ing any claim for labor, materials, or otherwise in connection Attorney for Plaintiff with this project should im- SPINA & LAVELLE, P.C mediately notify the Architect, One Perimeter Park South, Goodwyn, Mills and Cawood, Suite 400N Inc. or the Contractor, Duncan Birmingham, AL 35243 & Thompson Construction Ser- Telephone: (205) 298-1800 vices, L.L.C., 520 Mineral Trace Fascimile: (205) 298-1801 Suite D, Birmingham, Alabama Email: pspina@spinalavelle.

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Wetumpka Herald: Oct. 6, 13, 20 and 27, 2021 COMPLETION PUBLIC NOTICE Notice of Completion In accordance with Chapter 1, Title 39, Code of Alabama, 1975, Notice is hereby given that Faulk Constructors, Inc. has completed the contract Contract No. 2 – Laney Lift Station Upgrade Of The Tallassee WWTP & Collection System Improvements CWSRF Project No. CSO10359-04 All persons having any claims for labor, materials or otherwise in connection with This project should immediately notify the Engineer: CDG Engineering, 778 North Dean Road, Suite 200A, Auburn, AL 36830 Wetumpka Herald: Oct. 6, 13, 20 and 27, 2021 COMPLETION PUBLIC NOTICE In accordance with Chapter 1, Title 39, Code of Alabama, 1975, as amended, notice is hereby given that Frasier-Ousley Construction and Engineering, Inc., Contractor, has completed the Contract for “Mechanical Replacement for Main Building at ISTC Draper Campus, Elmore, AL GMC Proj.

No. AMGM200017-001” for J.F. Ingram State Technical College, Owner, and have made a request for final settlement of said Contract. All persons having any claim for labor, materials, or otherwise in connection with this project should immediately notify Goodwyn Mills and Cawood, Inc., 2660 Eastchase Ln., Suite 200, Montgomery, AL 36117.

Frasier-Ousley Construction and Engineering, Inc. 1105 Singleton Drive Selma, AL 36701 The Wetumpka Herald: Oct. 20, 27, Nov. 3 and 10, 2021 COMPLETION

The Wetumpka Herald will publish this once a week for four (4) successive weeks beginning the 20th day of October, 2021 Wetumpka Herald: Oct. 20, 27 and Nov. 3, 2021 CV-2021-900072 PUBLIC NOTICE NOTICE OF DIVORCE ACTION Jody D Tyson, whose whereabouts is unknown, must answer Carol Tyson’s petition for divorce and other relief by Nov 19, 2021, or, thereafter, a judgment by default may be rendered against him in Case # DR-2021-000079.00, Circuit Court of Elmore County. E-notice for publication granted on the 17th day of Sept, 2021, Sibley G Reynolds, Circuit Judge of the Circuit Court of Elmore County. Carol Tyson, Plaintiff, Representing Self.

Wetumpka Herald: Oct. 20, 27, Nov. 3 and 10, 2021 DIVORCE NOTICE PUBLIC NOTICE NOTICE TO CREDITORS OF ESTATE STATE OF ALABAMA COUNTY OF ELMORE CASE NO: 2021-328 IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF MARGIE HOLMAN ADDISON, DECEASED Letters Testamentary in the Estate of MARGIE HOLMAN ADDISON, deceased, having been granted to SUE HOLMAN COOPER on the 13 day of October, 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 HOLMAN COOPER PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE OF THE ESTATE OF MARGIE HOLMAN ADDISON, DECEASED

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Attorney of Record for Personal Representative: D. JASON BRITT STONE, BRITT & WEBB, LLC ATTORNEYS & COUNSELORS AT LAW 114 S MAIN ST PO BOX 967 WETUMPKA, ALABAMA 36092 334-517-6520

KIMBERLY CONNER ADAMS PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE OF THE ESTATE OF GERALD LEE CONNER, JR., DECEASED

Wetumpka Herald: Oct. 20, 27 and Nov. 3, 2021 EST/ADDISON, M. PUBLIC NOTICE

Address of Personal Representative: 7437 Wynlakes Blvd Montgomery, Alabama 36117 334-685-2850 Wetumpka Herald: Oct. 6, 13 and 20, 2021 EST/CONNER, G. PUBLIC NOTICE

IN THE PROBATE COURT OF ELMORE COUNTY, ALABAMA IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF CLOETTA ANN ALFREY, DECEASED CASE NO: 2021-325 NOTICE TO CREDITORS OF ESTATE

NOTICE TO CREDITORS OF ESTATE STATE OF ALABAMA COUNTY OF ELMORE CASE NO: 2021-294 IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF RICHARD D’OLIMPIO, DECEASED

Letters of Administration over the Estate of CLOETTA ANN ALFREY, deceased, having been granted to PHILLIP D. ALFREY on the 12 day of October, 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.

Letters Testamentary in the Estate of RICHARD D’OLIMPIO, deceased, having been granted to RICHARD A. D’OLIMPIO on the 28 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.

PHILLIP D. ALFREY ADMINISTRATOR OF THE ESTATE OF CLOETTA ANN ALFREY, DECEASED

RICHARD A. D’OLIMPIO PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE OF THE ESTATE OF RICHARD D’OLIMPIO, DECEASED

Name and Address of Attorney for Administrator: GERALD A. DANIEL, JR. LAW OFFICE OF G A DANIEL, JR. LLC PO BOX 638 MILLBROOK, ALABAMA 36054 334-285-9444 Jerry@GADanielLaw.com Wetumpka Herald: Oct. 20, 27 and Nov. 3, 2021 EST/ALFREY, C. PUBLIC NOTICE IN THE PROBATE COURT OF ELMORE COUNTY, ALABAMA IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF ANDREA SUE HOPKINS ARANT, DECEASED CASE NO. 2021-308 NOTICE TO CREDITORS OF ESTATE Letters Testamentary on the Estate of said decedent having been granted to ANDREA NICOLE HOPKINS as Executor on the 29 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 Andrea Sue Hopkins Arant, deceased.

Name and Address of Attorney: The Law Firm of Edwards & Edwards, P.C. 109 East Bridge Street Wetumpka, Alabama 36112 Wetumpka Herald: Oct. 6, 13 and 20, 2021 EST/ARANT, A. PUBLIC NOTICE NOTICE TO CREDITORS OF ESTATE CASE NO: 2021-314 STATE OF ALABAMA COUNTY OF ELMORE IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF CHARLES LAVOYDE BUSH, DECEASED Letters Testamentary in the Estate of CHARLES LAVOYDE BUSH, deceased, having been granted to DOROTHY JEAN PILGRIM BUSH on the 13 day of October, 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.

DOROTHY JEAN PILGRIM BUSH PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE OF THE ESTATE OF CHARLES LAVOYDE BUSH, DECEASED Attorney of Record for such Personal Representative: Robert B. Reneau, Esq. Law offices of Edwards & Edwards, P.C. 109 East Bridge Street Wetumpka, Alabama 36092 Phone: (334) 514-1011 Email: reneauthornton@aol. com Wetumpka Herald: Oct. 20, 27 and Nov. 3, 2021 EST/BUSH, C. PUBLIC NOTICE NOTICE TO CREDITORS OF ESTATE CASE NO: 2021-316 STATE OF ALABAMA COUNTY OF ELMORE IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF GERALD LEE CONNER, JR., DECEASED Letters Testamentary in the Estate of GERALD LEE CONNER, JR., deceased, having been granted to KIMBERLY CONNER ADAMS on the 1st day of October 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.

Attorney of Record for Personal Representative: D. JASON BRITT STONE, BRITT & WEBB, LLC ATTORNEYS & COUNSELORS AT LAW 114 S MAIN ST PO BOX 967 WETUMPKA, ALABAMA 36092 334-517-6520 Wetumpka Herald: Oct. 6, 13 and 20, 2021 EST/D’OLIMPIO, R. PUBLIC NOTICE IN THE PROBATE COURT OF ELMORE COUNTY, ALABAMA IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF CRAIG KARL DORBERTH, DECEASED CASE NO: 2021-305 NOTICE TO CREDITORS OF ESTATE Letters of Administration over the Estate of CRAIG KARL DORBERTH, deceased, having been granted to STEPHANY DORBERTH on the 27th 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.

STEPHANY DORBERTH ADMINISTRATOR OF THE ESTATE OF CRAIG KARL DORBERTH, DECEASED Name and Address of Attorney for Administrator: REGINA EDWARDS EDWARDS & EDWARDS, P.C. 109 EAST BRIDGE STREET WETUMPKA, ALABAMA 36092 334-514-1011 Wetumpka Herald: Oct. 6, 13 and 20, 2021 EST/DORBERTH, C. PUBLIC NOTICE IN THE PROBATE COURT OF ELMORE COUNTY, ALABAMA IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF BETTE JEAN HENSON, DECEASED CASE NO: 2021-280 NOTICE TO CREDITORS OF ESTATE Letters of Administration over the Estate of BETTE JEAN HENSON, deceased, having been granted to GERALD A DANIEL, JR., in his capacity as the County Administrator for Elmore County, Alabama, on the 29 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.

GERALD A DANIEL, JR., ADMINISTRATOR OF THE ESTATE OF BETTE JEAN HENSON, DECEASED Name and Address of Attorney for Administrator: GERALD A. DANIEL, JR. LAW OFFICE OF G A DANIEL, JR. LLC PO BOX 638 MILLBROOK, ALABAMA 36054 334-285-9444 Jerry@GADanielLaw.com Wetumpka Herald: Oct. 6, 13 and 20, 2021 EST/HENSON, B. PUBLIC NOTICE NOTICE TO CREDITORS OF ESTATE STATE OF ALABAMA COUNTY OF ELMORE CASE NO: 2021-321 IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF JOSEPH GERALD HESTER, DECEASED Letters Testamentary in the Estate of JOSEPH GERALD HESTER, deceased, having been granted to LANCE ALAN HESTER on the 7 day of October, 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

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LANCE ALAN HESTER PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE OF THE ESTATE OF JOSEPH GERALD HESTER, DECEASED Attorney of Record for Personal Representative: KYLE C. SHIRLEY MCDOWELL, FAULK & SHIRLEY, LLC 145 WEST MAIN STREET PRATTVILLE, ALABAMA 36067 334-365-5924 Wetumpka Herald: Oct. 13, 20 and 27, 2021 EST/HESTER, J. PUBLIC NOTICE NOTICE TO CREDITORS OF ESTATE CASE NO: 2021-234 STATE OF ALABAMA COUNTY OF ELMORE IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF RENNIE JOHNSTON, DECEASED Letters Testamentary in the Estate of RENNIE JOHNSTON, deceased, having been granted to MICHAEL WAYNE MCCORMICK on the 30 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.

MICHAEL WAYNE MCCORMICK PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE OF THE ESTATE OF RENNIE JOHNSTON, DECEASED Attorney of Record for Personal Representative: MATTHEW T. ELLIS CRUM, ELLIS & ASSOCIATES, PC PO BOX 1186 MONTGOMERY, ALABAMA 36101-1186 641 SOUTH LAWRENCE STREET MONTGOMERY, ALABAMA 36104 334-581-6600 334-603-8524 mellis@crumellis.com Wetumpka Herald: Oct. 6, 13 and 20, 2021 EST/JOHNSTON, R. PUBLIC NOTICE IN THE PROBATE COURT OF ELMORE COUNTY, ALABAMA IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF ROBERT L. KAWZINSKI, DECEASED. CASE NO: 2021-315 NOTICE OF FILING OF WILL FOR PROBATE TO: MARION ALDER, A NON-RESIDENT OF THE STATE OF ALABAMA AND A NEXT OF KIN OF ROBERT L. KAWZINSKI, AND, TO: MICHAEL DAN KAWZINSKI, ALLEN TROY KAWZINSKI AND ARCHIE BOWDEN, NEXT OF KIN OF ROBERT L. KAWZINSKI, AND, TO: ANY OTHER UNKNOWN NEXT OF KIN OF ROBERT L. KAWZINSKI AND ANY OTHER INTERESTED PARTY YOU ARE HEREBY NOTIFIED that on September 24, 2021, a certain paper in writing purporting to be the Last Will and Testament of ROBERT L. KAWZINSKI, deceased, was filed in the Probate Court of Elmore County, Alabama by Petitioner, SHERYL LYNE, requesting that such Last Will and Testament be admitted to Probate and that the Petitioner be named as Personal Representative of such Estate. This notice of Filing of Will for Probate is given to you as a next of-kin of ROBERT L. KAWZINSKI. Unless an objection to admission to Probate of such Last Will and Testament is submitted by you in writing to this Court within ten (10) days of the final publication of this notice, the Court will proceed with considering such Petition.

JOHN THORNTON JUDGE OF PROBATE ELMORE COUNTY, ALABAMA Name and Address of Attorney for Petitioner: D. Jason Britt, Esq. STONE, BRITT, & WEBB, LLC 114 South Main Street Post Office Box 967 Wetumpka, Alabama 36092 334.517.6520 Wetumpka Herald: Oct. 6, 13 and 20, 2021 EST/KAWZINSKI, R. PUBLIC NOTICE NOTICE TO CREDITORS OF ESTATE STATE OF ALABAMA COUNTY OF ELMORE CASE NO: 2021-303 IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF JUDITH KAY LANIER, DECEASED Letters Testamentary in the Estate of JUDITH KAY LANIER, deceased, having been granted to SHERRI RICHBURG on the 14day of October, 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.

SHERRI RICHBURG PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE OF THE ESTATE OF JUDITH KAY LANIER, DECEASED Attorney of Record for Personal Representative:

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KENNETH E. McDANIEL, JR. PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE OF THE ESTATE OF BETTY M. McDANIEL, DECEASED Attorney of Record for such 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: Oct. 13, 20 and 27, 2021 EST/MCDANIEL, B. PUBLIC NOTICE NOTICE TO CREDITORS OF ESTATE STATE OF ALABAMA COUNTY OF ELMORE CASE NO: 2021-323 IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF OPHELIA T. MILINER, DECEASED Letters Testamentary in the Estate of OPHELIA T. MILINER, deceased, having been granted to SYLVIA M. MILNER on the 8 day of October, 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.

SYLVIA M. MILNER PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE OF THE ESTATE OF OPHELIA T. MILINER, DECEASED Attorney of Record for Personal Representative: LARRY L. RABY ATTORNEY AT LAW PO BOX 4751 MONTGOMERY, ALABAMA 36103 492 SOUTH COURT STREET MONTGOMERY, ALABAMA 36104 334-652-8929 lewisraby@yahoo.com Wetumpka Herald: Oct. 13, 20 and 27, 2021 EST/MILINER, O. PUBLIC NOTICE NOTICE TO CREDITORS OF ESTATE STATE OF ALABAMA COUNTY OF ELMORE CASE NO: 2021-324 IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF SHIRLEY C. POOLE, DECEASED Letters Testamentary in the Estate of SHIRLEY C. POOLE, deceased, having been granted to KEVIN RANDALL POOLE on the 1 day of October, 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.

KEVIN RANDALL POOLE PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE OF THE ESTATE OF SHIRLEY C. 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: Oct. 6, 13 and 20, 2021 EST/POOLE, S. PUBLIC NOTICE IN THE PROBATE COURT OF ELMORE COUNTY, ALABAMA IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF AUBREY PAUL POWERS, IV, DECEASED CASE NO: 2021-293 NOTICE TO CREDITORS OF ESTATE Letters of Administration over the Estate of AUBREY PAUL POWERS, IV, deceased, having been granted to APRIL ROSE POWERS on the 28 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

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APRIL ROSE POWERS ADMINISTRATOR OF THE ESTATE OF AUBREY PAUL POWERS, IV, DECEASED Name and Address of Attorney for Administrator: MICHAEL A. GRIGGS THE GRIGGS LAW FIRM, LLC PO BOX 780452 TALLASSEE, ALABAMA 36078-0452 334-283-2893 Wetumpka Herald: Oct. 6, 13 and 20, 2021 EST/POWERS, A. PUBLIC NOTICE IN THE PROBATE COURT OF ELMORE COUNTY, ALABAMA IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF WILLIAM HORNSBY SIZEMORE, DECEASED CASE NO. 2021-330 NOTICE TO CREDITORS OF ESTATE Letters Testamentary on the Estate of said decedent having been granted to SHEILA SIZEMORE as Executrix on the 7 day of October, 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 WILLIAM HORNSBY SIZEMORE, deceased.

Name and Address of Attorney: The Law Firm of Edwards & Edwards, P.C. 109 East Bridge Street Wetumpka, Alabama 36092 Wetumpka Herald: Oct. 13, 20 and 27, 2021 EST/SIZEMORE, W. PUBLIC NOTICE NOTICE TO CREDITORS OF ESTATE STATE OF ALABAMA COUNTY OF ELMORE CASE NO: 2021-322 IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF JOE ALLEN TURNER, DECEASED Letters Testamentary in the Estate of JOE ALLEN TURNER, deceased, having been granted to SAMUEL C. TURNER on the 30 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.

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SAMUEL C. TURNER PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE OF THE ESTATE OF JOE ALLEN TURNER, DECEASED Attorney of Record for Personal Representative: D. JASON BRITT STONE, BRITT & WEBB, LLC ATTORNEYS & COUNSELORS AT LAW 114 S MAIN ST PO BOX 967 WETUMPKA, ALABAMA 36092 334-517-6520 Wetumpka Herald: Oct. 6, 13 and 20, 2021 EST/TURNER, J. PUBLIC NOTICE IN THE PROBATE COURT OF ELMORE COUNTY, ALABAMA IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF ROBIN DECKER WELSH, DECEASED CASE NO. 2021-331 NOTICE TO CREDITORS OF ESTATE

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Wetumpka Herald: Oct. 6, 13 and 20, 2021 FC/HALL, J. PUBLIC NOTICE IN THE JUVENILE COURT OF ELMORE COUNTY, ALABAMA

IN THE MATTERS OF: KAI LEE ELKINS, a minor child, Case No.: 29-JU-2018-268.03; LUCIAN EVANS, a minor child, Case No. 29-JU-2018-269.03; Letters Testamentary on the and REESE KELLNER EVANS, Estate of said decedent hava minor child, Case No. 29-JUing been granted to PATRICK 2018-270.03 KEVIN WELSH as Personal TERMINATION OF PARENTAL Representative on the 7 day of RIGHTS ACTION. Notice is October, 2021, by the Honorhereby given to ALEXIS FAYE able John Thornton, Judge of ELKINS, the mother of Kai Lee Probate of said County in said Elkins, Lucian Evans, and ReState, notice is hereby given ese Kellner Evans, whose presthat all persons having claims ent whereabouts are unknown against said Estate are required and cannot be ascertained after to present same within the time diligent search and inquiry. allowed by law or the same will You are hereby given notice that be barred.

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Length 10.129 mi.

The total amount of uncompleted work under contract to a contractor must not exceed the amount of his or her qualification certificate.

The Entire Project Shall Be Completed In Thirty-five (35) Working Days.

A Bidding Proposal may be purchased for $5.00. Plans may be purchased for $13.00 per set.

Plans and Proposals are available at the Alabama Department of Transportation, 1409 Coliseum Boulevard, Room E-108, Montgomery, AL 36110. Checks should be made payable to the Alabama Department of Transportation. Plans and Proposals will be mailed only upon receipt of remittance. No refunds will be made.

Minimum wage rates for this project have been pre-determined by the Secretary of Labor and are set forth in the advertised specifications. This project is subject to the contract work hours and Safety Standards Act and its implementing regulations.

Cashier’s check or bid bond for 5% of bid (maximum $50,000.00) made payable to the Alabama Department of Transportation must accompany each bid as evidence of good faith.

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The Bracket Estimate On This Project Is From $1,027,749 To $1,256,137 .

The proposed work shall be performed in conformity with the rules and regulations for carrying out the Federal Highway Act. Plans and Specifications are on file in Room E-108 of the Alabama Department of Transportation at Montgomery, Alabama 36110.

In accordance with the rules and regulations of The Alabama Department of Transportation, proposals will be issued only to prequalified contractors or their authorized representatives, upon requests that are received before 10 AM., on the day previous to the day of opening of bids.

The bidder’s proposal must be submitted on the complete original proposal furnished him or her by the Alabama Department of Transportation.

The Alabama Department of Transportation, in accordance with Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, 78 Stat. 252, 42 U.S.C. 2000D TO 2000D-4 and Title 49 code of Federal Regulations, Department of Transportation, Subtitle A, Office of The Secretary, Part 21, nondiscrimination in federally-assisted programs of the Department of Transportation issued pursuant to such act, hereby notifies all bidders that it will affirmatively insure that in any contract entered into pursuant to this advertisement, minority business enterprises will be afforded full opportunity to submit bids in response to this invitation and will not be discriminated against on the grounds of race, color, religion, sex, or national origin in consideration for an award.

The right to reject any or all bids is reserved.

JOHN R. COOPER Transportation Director The Wetumpka Herald: Oct. 20, 27 and Nov. 3, 2021 STPMN-2620(257)(255)(256)

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Holtville’s Ingram brings versatility to Southern Union State CC

By DALTON MIDDLETON Sports Editor Holtville’s Garrett Ingram has showcased his versatility over and over again at the high school level, and now he will have the chance to do so in college.

Ingram, a senior middle infield and outfielder for Holtville, committed to play college baseball at Southern Union State Community College earlier this month. He chose SUSCC because of how “country” the school and environment felt, and it reminded him of Holtville and how home feels.

“It’s just a really nice place and I think it feels more like home for me because it’s more of a country vibe, just like how Holtville is,” Ingram said. “I’ve heard nothing but great things about the school from other people as well, so it really just seemed like it was going to be the best decision for me.”

SUSCC head coach Aaron Everett had seen Ingram play in the past, but really started to talk to Ingram this summer as Ingram was dealing with an

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Holtville second baseman/center fielder Garrett Ingram committed to Southern Union State CC earlier this month.

injury. Ingram missed three to four months of playing summer ball with a hematoma in his quad but ran into Everett and company at a PBR event early in the summer.

As they talked, Everett expressed interest in Ingram’s versatility on the baseball field and offered him two weeks

ago. It didn’t take long for Ingram to commit once the offer was presented to him.

Everett is recruiting Ingram as a utility player who can play in both the outfield and the infield, preferably in center field and the middle infield.

Ingram has shown he can play both already at the high school

level.

Entering his junior year of high school last spring, Ingram started the year at second base. Holtville head coach Scott Tubbs then moved the speedster to center field, and he played flawlessly, so Tubbs left him out there to command the outfield.

Ingram flashed his speed in the outfield throughout the year, but also on the basepaths.

He finished his junior year with a .311 batting average, 15 RBIs, 26 runs scored and a whopping 20 stolen bases.

He hopes to bring that speed and versatility to SUSCC. “Being versatile just gives you more opportunities,” Ingram said. “One guy might be going through a slump, and they need someone to help out at his position. You can play there, so it helps out the team because you can step in, and it helps you out by getting on the field. I feel like if I can just help them in any way I can, I will do that and just ball out.”

Southern Union State has seen a successful rise over the last few years.

The Bison finished the 2021 season with a 32-21 record with a 18-14 conference record and finished in fourth place in the North Division standings.

In postseason play, SUSCC made it to the semifinals of the conference tournament before falling to Chattahoochee Valley CC and eventual champion Shelton State CC. Before that season, the Bison went 12-10 in the COVID-shortened 2020 season and had a 20-30 record in 2019.

Ingram has seen the progression the program is making over the last few years and knows what he is getting into when he gets there. As the team improves year in and year out, Ingram hopes to help continue that growth when he steps on campus.

“I guess you can say that their success does have a lot to do with it,” Ingram said of committing. “Them winning really makes you want to keep the program rising and keep it moving. Just keep improving the entire program. I feel like we can do that.”

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Auburn’s Tank Bigsby scores against Georgia.

What’s the ceiling for this Auburn team?

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t never ceases to amaze me how a little time and patience can drastically alter one’s perspective. It was only three weeks ago that Auburn stumbled and bumbled their way to a comeback win over Georgia State and were extremely fortunate to do so. After that performance, a winning record seemed like a long shot, not to mention any kind of significant bowl appearance. Well, a lot can happen in three weeks and usually does in a college football season.

The Tigers went on the road to Baton Rouge and won for the first time since 1999, got beat at home by the No. 1 team in the country and soundly defeated No. 17 Arkansas in another road upset. Auburn, now 5-2 overall and 2-1 in the SEC, is in complete control of its own destiny with no final scenario unthinkable. For the record, I don’t believe the Tigers will win out, but they are definitely showing signs of progress and Bo Nix may just have turned a corner.

Apparently, the benching of Bo Nix in week four had an incredibly positive effect on him and he has played like a different guy ever since. Nix threw for 255 yards against LSU and ran for another 74 yards accounting for two TDs. He threw for 217 yards

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against Georgia and would have most likely reached the 300 mark without all the dropped passes.

The Bulldogs force most QB’s to struggle and the lopsided score was somewhat expected. However, Bo continued his improvement against Arkansas and had his best game yet. He threw for 292 yards completing 21 of his 26 passes.

He added 42 yards on the ground and was responsible for three TDs. The players were frustrated against Georgia State. The coaches were frustrated. The fans were frustrated. The mascot was frustrated.

It looked like everyone had lost a little faith in Bo Nix including himself. Then, something happened against LSU. Bo started, played well and seemed to restore a lot of that faith. He looked like a QB with complete confidence in himself and his teammates Saturday in Fayetteville. They also looked like a team who believed in their leader. The Razorbacks won’t

be confused with Georgia by anyone, but they are a pretty good team with some pretty good wins on the resume this year. It was an impressive win.

So, how good can this team actually be? I believe a New Year’s Day bowl is possible, if not likely.

What about a trip to Atlanta? That seems far-fetched, but not impossible. I certainly don’t believe Auburn has played their best game yet this season. Tank Bigsby actually started to look a lot like Tank Bigsby on Saturday, but the running game overall still isn’t nearly as productive as it needs to be.

Arkansas ran 89 plays against the AU defense. The Tigers continue to have trouble with a consistent pass rush and receivers continue to run wide-open. While all of that is absolutely true, I really like the Tigers chances against Ole Miss, Miss State and South Carolina.

Auburn has played extremely well in College Station and has a reasonable chance to win that game.

I’m not counting any of those games as wins quite yet, but it would set up another unbelievably classic Iron Bowl for all the marbles. Those have actually worked out pretty well for the Tigers in the past. Oh well, the mind just tends to wander during the bye week.

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Grace White of Elmore County exhibited the Crossbred Reserve Champion during the Alabama National Fair Youth Beef Cattle Market Show.The show was Oct. 9 at Teague Arena in Montgomery. Fair livestock shows are sponsored by the Alabama Farmers Federation and Alfa Insurance.White is pictured with Federation and Alfa Insurance President Jimmy Parnell.

State showoman Local youth brings home award from Alabama National Fair Youth Beef Show STAFF REPORT TPI Staff Youth from across the state exhibited livestock during the Alabama National Fair in Montgomery. The Alabama Farmers Federation and Alfa Insurance sponsor the fair’s livestock shows.

Grace White of Elmore County exhibited the Crossbred Reserve Champion during the Alabama National Fair Youth Beef Cattle Market Show. The show was Oct. 9 at Teague Arena in Montgomery.

Fair livestock shows are sponsored by the Alabama Farmers Federation and Alfa Insurance.

While contests vary based on animal exhibited, each show includes awards for Showmanship and Premier Exhibitor. In Showmanship, the exhibitor is judged on criteria including how well they set up their animal, eye contact with the judge and ability to move around the ring with their animal. The Premier Exhibitor contest awards exhibitors based on their over-

all performance during the entire show as well as their score on a written test.

In all other classes and drives, ribbons are awarded based on the animal’s performance and qualities.

For the Youth Beef Show, there was a Heifer Show and a Market Show, and awards were given for overall grand champion, overall reserve champion, third, fourth and fifth place in both categories.

To qualify for one of the overall awards, an animal had to be named grand champion or reserve champion in their breed.

The Heifer Show breeds were Angus, Brahman, Charolais, Commercial, Hereford, Maine-Anjou, Red Angus, Shorthorn, Simmental, All Other Breeds (AOB) British, and AOB Continental. Awards were also given in the Bred and Owned category.

The Market Show breeds were Charolais, Crossbred, AOB British and AOB Continental. Awards were also given for champion Heifer as well as champion and reserve champion Performance Documented categories.

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