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VOL. 119, NO. 47
THURSDAY, DECEMBER 1, 2016
Dadeville Elementary celebrates reaching Lighthouse School status By COREY ARWOOD Staff Writer
Students and faculty at Dadeville Elementary School celebrated a milestone after a four-year effort to reach a goal only few schools in the state and around the world have reached by implementing a leadership program. The roughly 660 students
gathered in the school’s gymnasium Tuesday to show what they had accomplished with the Leader in Me program, and the “habits” it works to instill in the students through changes in their environment and the school’s learning culture. A representative of the FranklinCovey Company spoke to the students about their
accomplishments in reaching the Lighthouse Milestone Marker. FranklinCovey published “The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People.” The company states that it specializes in performance improvement and is described as providing assessment services and time management training products. Tallapoosa County School Board See LIGHTHOUSE • Page A5
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Dadeville Elementary School students take to the stage to show the “7 Habits” that they have been learning over four years to reach the Leader in Me’s Lighthouse Milestone.
Dadeville water issue resolved
Dadeville man in custody for shooting his son STAFF REPORT TPI Staff
A Dadeville man is in custody for attempted attempted murder after allegedly shooting his son Friday. According to Sheriff Jimmy Abbett, the Tallapoosa Collum County Sheriff Department was alerted to a possible shooting at a Booger Hollow Road home after a juvenile was brought into the emergency room at Lake Martin Community Hospital with a gunshot wound. Investigators were called to the hospital 11:30 p.m. The victim sustained serious injury and was transferred to UAB Medical Center in Birmingham. See SHOOTING • Page A3
Malfunctioning pumping station left residents without water on Friday Cliff Williams / The Record
A week later and mulch at Mott’s Woodyard is still burning. The old woodyard was being used by a contractor working on the Sabal Trail pipeline project.
LINGERING ISSUE
Thanksgiving Day blaze continues to smolder By CLIFF WILLIAMS Staff Writer
A week later, mulch piles are still burning at Mott’s Woodyard following a Thanksgiving Day fire. The fire is being allowed to burn even though there is still a burn ban and a drought. “The mulch people are satisfied to let it burn,” Dadeville Mayor Wayne
Smith said. “It is well contained with fire breaks. That mulch will just smolder and we are being helped with the rain.” The Dadeville Fire Department responded to a fire at Mott’s Woodyard on North Loop early Thanksgiving Day. “We found a small fire down in the pile here,” Dadeville Fire Chief Keith See FIRE • Page A3
County school board approves capital plans
By CARMEN RODGERS Staff Writer
Tallapoosa County School Board met for its annual meeting Tuesday where the board swore in a new member before deciding on a number of issues facing county schools and later addressed concerns of parents. Votes were taken on seven funds and facilities items, and five personnel decisions were approved. A Capital Improvement Plan was approved which had received attention in the past from board members and the public in regards to the items on the plan and their placement in order
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N Ruth Cullars celebrated her 100th birthday Saturday with friends and family, Nellie ssuch as her 2 year-old great-nieces, McKenzie and McKynlee Holleman.
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Dadeville residents stepped into their shower Friday morning to a surprise – no water. Some residents may have thought they had a leak or failed to pay a water bill. But what most did not know is that little water had made to the town’s water tanks over the few days leading up to Thanksgiving due to a malfunctioning pumping station at West Lafayette Street and Madwind Road. By Friday evening water pressure had been restored and residents could finally take a shower. Dadeville Mayor Wayne Smith hopes the water and sewer board will address the issue soon. “We are looking to make some upgrades and look at a possible back up,” Smith said. “Pumps are expensive. They run some $20 – $30,000.” Smith said employees monitor tank levels See WATER • Page A3
Former Reeltown teacher celebrates 100 years of life
By COREY ARWOOD Staff Writer
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Anyone traveling on Hwy 14 near Liberty City Saturday probably noticed all the vehicles parked along the roadside and neatly arranged in the driveway surrounding the picturesque white house just before Herring Crossroads. There were cars from
Florida, Georgia and North Carolina. All the occupants traveled to see one lady, Nellie Ruth Cullars. Cullars celebrated her 100th birthday Saturday with several friends and family. Among those in attendance was Vivian Lucille Anderson, Nellie Ruth’s sister, who made the trip from See TEACHER • Page A3
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