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Tallassee makes arrest in child rape case ment in Tallassee. According to court documents a protection from A Tuskegee man is in the abuse motion was filed Tallapoosa County Jail fac- Aug. 18 by a woman and ing child sex abuse charges. three children against Larry Gresham, 30, was Gresham claiming abuse by arrested Thursday afternoon Gresham against a child. near his place of employ“A child confided in By CLIFF WILLIAMS News Editor
mother on Aug. 17 that [Gresham] touched her private parts,” the motion states. “He made [the child] live in fear if she told anyone about the abuse.” Tallassee Police Department Lt. Jon Rawls said investigators worked with
the Tri-County Child Advocacy Center and the Fifth Judicial Circuit District Attorney’s Office investigating allegations made by a child and obtained warrants. “We tried to take Mr. Gresham into custody at
his place of employment,” Rawls said. “He fled on foot upon seeing the patrol officer. After a short foot pursuit, Mr. Gresham was apprehended.” Gresham was booked See ARREST, Page A2
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Tallassee and Wetumpka artistic icon dies By CLIFF WILLIAMS News Editor
‘APPLYING THEORY’ Tallassee High students growing fish and more By CLIFF WILLIAMS News Editor
H
ow are lessons taught in the classroom reinforced? For Tallassee High School agribusiness teacher Dr. Daniel Free, the
reinforcement of recently acquired knowledge doesn’t come in the classroom but in growing fish and vegetables. Currently students are participating in an Auburn University program at Tallassee growing tilapia and
Drive through downtown Tallassee or Wetumpka and anyone can see his work. Most may not know his name but leaders and business
owners do — Steven Lee. Lee, 61, died Tuesday at his Tallassee home but not before leaving his mark on the downtowns of Tallassee and Wetumpka. Lee’s murals See ICON, Page A5
tomatoes in an aquaculture system in the high school’s greenhouse. While Free knows the science behind the project, he has never grown fish in tanks and recycled the byproducts to See APPLYING, Page A6 JENNY STUBBS | THE TRIBUNE
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Tallassee High School sophomore Hannah Miller ties up cherry tomatoes growing in graveling atop a tank growing tilapia.
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The Lovelady family cuts the ribbon on Four Daughters Veterinary Services P.C. on Friday afternoon. Four Daughters will celebrate with an open house Thursday.
Steve Lee, left, poses with Jenny Stubbs for a selfie. Stubbs said Lee finished the final phase of The Alleyway mural and created countless backdrops in downtown Wetumpka and Tallassee recognized by many.
Veterinary clinic opens soon near Reeltown the gap in between. The new veterinary clinic will be open to With veterinary patients starting Sept. clinics in Tallassee 5 with routine wellness and Loachapoka, Four services for cats and Daughters Veterinary dogs; surgical procedures Services P.C. hopes to fill including more advanced By ABIGAIL MURPHY Multimedia Reporter
ones such as orthopedics; routine spay and neutering; and boarding services. Owner and veterinarian Andrew Lovelady said the goal over the next year is
to expand the clinic’s services to horses and cattle. Previously, Lovelady earned a bachelor’s of science in zoology, See CLINIC, Page A6
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