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Eclectic Police Department mourns loss of officer By CLIFF WILLIAMS News Editor The Eclectic Police Department announced the “sudden loss” of Cpl. Desmond Bailey. The department made the announcement of Bailey’s July 19 death on its Facebook page the following day. Before working at the Eclectic Police Department, Bailey was an officer in Prattville. The department said in the social media post his colleagues
described him as courageous, selfless and fearless. “Cpl. Bailey, you will be greatly missed,” the post said. “Rest in peace and may God welcome you home. We love you brother. We will take it from here.” Bailey came to law enforcement after a career in the U.S. Marines and Army. He retired as a colonel and wrote the book “Recon 701” earlier this year. The Elmore County resident and Wetumpka High School graduate spoke
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on the book this year at a meeting of the Elmore County Historical Society. Bailey served in the Army for more than three decades, but the book focused on the months surrounding the capture of then-Iraq president Saddam Hussein through a unit he commanded. Bailey was part of the operation that apprehended Hussein. “It is not a memoir of Des Bailey,” Bailey said in February. “I wanted
Eclectic police Cpl. Desmond Bailey died Thursday. Bailey came to the department after a long military career that included being part of Saddam Hussien’s capture in Iraq.
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Tallassee preteen shows dedication to reading By CLIFF WILLIAMS News Editor
MAKING LEMONADE Students start lemonade stand for school supplies
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ext month students will be heading back to the classroom, but while it’s still summer, a brother and sister duo opened a lemonade stand in preparation. Stormie and Ethan Culp
came in from outside thirsty for something to drink. Their mom, Sharon Fulmer, was all out of sweet tea and made lemonade for her kids instead. This planted an idea in Stormie and Ethan’s minds. The two decided they wanted to open a lemonade stand and use the money to CLIFF WILLIAMS | THE TRIBUNE
buy school supplies and new school clothes. To start, Sharon bought her kids jugs to store the lemonade and a table for the stand. Their first stand was outside in the driveaway, and they made $106. Unfortunately, See LEMONADE, Page A6
Getting ready for school, Stormie and Ethan Culp work a lemonade stand to earn money for school supplies. Their second lemonade stand was outside Brothers Bootleg BBQ.
There is new competition for readers in Tallassee. Soon to be Southside Middle School sixth grader Sarah Sayers is always reading. That is nothing new to her mother Brooke Sayers. “She just loves to read,” she said. “She has always liked to read.” Sayers’ 11-year-old daughter was top of her class in the fifth grade with 509 Accelerated Reading program points.
This summer, Sarah enrolled in the summer adult reading program at the Tallassee Public Library while her friends were in the children’s program. The reason was simple. “Most children’s books were too short for me or weren’t interesting,” Sarah said. Brooke said the credit for encouraging her daughter to read lies beyond just the home. “I really didn’t do much,” Brooke said. “It See READING, Page A6
Pride getting ready for new season and new band room By CLIFF WILLIAMS News Editor This school year is a little different for the Pride of Tallassee High School marching band. It is reminiscing on a time before any were born — the 1990s. It’s
the new marching show. While the band is preparing for the new marching season, it’s also preparing to move into a larger band room in the new Tallassee High School. But before the move, See BAND, Page A6
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