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Car crash damages Tallassee home a vehicle Sunday afternoon they thought was driven by an impaired driver, but the driver didn’t immeOne Tallassee woman is alleged diately pull over. to have crashed into a Third Street “She drove through fences on home while driving under the influ- Riverside Avenue,” Tallassee police ence of controlled substances. chief Todd Buce said. “She then Tallassee police officers pursued ran into the rear bedroom of a By CLIFF WILLIAMS News Editor
home on Third Street.” Buce said luckily no one was injured in the incident. “The house was occupied but there was no one in the area of the bedroom at the time,” Buce said. Law enforcement took Morgan Rich, 28, of Tallassee, into custo-
dy. She was taken to the Elmore County Jail and charged with driving under the influence of a controlled substance, possession of drug paraphernalia and disorderly conduct. As of Monday morning, no bond had been set for Rich’s release. RICH
From Normandy to Tallassee WWII veteran donates commissioning flag from his ship By CLIFF WILLIAMS News Editor
A DREAM COME TRUE Melody’s wish becomes a reality
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New band uniforms were unveiled Friday night at the Reeltown halftime show as Melody Jackson’s Make-A-Wish was granted. Jackson was a Reeltown High School student who died earlier this year after a battle with cancer. More photots on A3
It’s been more than 80 years since the last World War. But the memories are still fresh for some. Tallassee resident and almost centenarian Harry Jackson made a recent donation to bring the Normandy Invasion in France to Tallassee. Jackson, 99, of Tallassee, donated the commissioning pennant that flew over his ship in the waters off of France to the Tallassee Falls Museum by way of Nebraska. The pennant is placed on the main mast of a ship when it is put into service and taken down when it is
worn or the ship is decommissioned. “On the second day of the invasion of Normandy, our executive officer had the commissioning pennant replaced,” Jackson said. “He put the old one, the one that flew over our heads in his foot locker to bring home as a souvenir. Jackson served on six different Navy ships and said his time with executive officer Marion C. Bonham from Nebraska was the best. The officer returned home after the war to his job as a banker. Jackson returned to be a banker in Tallassee. After See TALLASSEE, Page A3
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WWII veteran and Tallassee resident Harry Jackson, left, poses with Fred Randall Hughey as Jackson donates a commissioning pennant to the Tallassee Falls Musuem recently.The flag flew over a U.S. ship at the beginning of the Normandy invasion in France.
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