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Titus Bluegrass Festival set for Sept. 24 By WILLIAM CARROLL Managing Editor
The Titus Bluegrass Festival will return to the friendly confines of Titus, Alabama on Sept. 24, as festival attendees will be treated to good friends, great food and even better music. The event as always will be hosted in the grove behind the Titus Community Center located in the 5800-5900 block of Titus Road. The festival has been a mainstay for the community since it first came to fruition back in 2000. One of the events organizers, Phyllis Kennedy, said that this year’s event features another excellent group of performers. The groups will include: Cottonmouth Creek, County Clare and the Dbone Benson File / The Herald Band. Kennedy said that this Bands perform at last year’s Titus Bluegrass Festival. This year’s event promised more of the same with See FESTIVAL • Page 3 an all-star lineup of bands well versed in the genre.
More details surface amidst voter fraud allegations
By COREY ARWOOD Staff Writer
New information has emerged about voter fraud allegations surrounding Tuesday’s municipal elections, specifically regarding the District 2 race and what was described as potential “improprieties” with allegations of votes being counted from residents in other districts. The information initially came from a press release of the Lewis Washington Sr. Campaign, which lost by three votes to incumbent Percy Gill. Before the elections, Gill raised his own See ELECTION • Page 2
Elmore County middle school students trek to learn about water
Sixth grade students from throughout Elmore County participated in the Elmore County Water Festival at the Alabama Wildlife Federation in Millbrook recently.
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Students from 6th grade classes throughout the entire Elmore County School System recently had the chance to trek across the Alabama Nature Center to learn about natural water systems and how they sustain communities and local wildlife.
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By WILLIAM CARROLL Managing Editor
Elmore County Commissioner for District 5 Stephanie Daniels Smoke was once again elected to serve on the board of directors for the Association of County Commissions of Alabama, which is a statewide association representing Alabama’s 67 county governments. Smoke was selected See ACCA • Page 3
Adullam House sends third crew on Louisiana cleanup mission By COREY ARWOOD Staff Writer
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Over three days about 1000 sixth-graders participated in the Elmore County Water Festival at the Alabama Wildlife Federation headquarters in Millbrook. The program coordinator, Hollie Terry, said they used the entire property of the ANC as the waterscape where students went on hikes to find aquatic life and study creek See WATER • Page 7
Commissioner elected to ACCA leadership position
A local charity and children’s home has just sent their third crew to the flood stricken region of Louisiana, and have directed their efforts to salvaging what homes they can, amid work described by one of the organization’s founders as “overwhelming.” From the description given by one member of the crew who returned Wednesday night, they are in a race against the clock and the elements, as mold begins to quickly overtake
houses rendering them too hazardous to enter. The volunteer and project director with Addullam House, Josh Hellums, said he knew of an instance while he was working in Baton Rouge for nearly an entire week in which an aid-worker with another organization needed emergency care after they stopped breathing, presumably due to air quality conditions. “We helped everybody from business owners that weren’t insured, to homes that weren’t insured and
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Adullam House has sent three crews of help to Louisiana flood victims. In this image a volunteer with Adullam House clears debris from a house in Baton Rouge.
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