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Matthew Clate McDaniel will remain in jail until his trial on murder charges and was denied immunity the under stand your ground provision of Alabama law. Fifth Judicial Circuit Court Judge Tom Young denied a motion to set aside the bond revocation
motion to set aside an order revoking bond. Defense attorney Davis Whittelsey argued in the February hearing that the convictions in Alexander City “weren’t crimes, they were instead violations.” “To revoke the bond for a man who has never failed to appear and complied with some strict bond conditions up until this point in a murder See MCDANIEL • Page 9
stemming from a January traffic incident where McDaniel was found guilty of traffic violations in a written order Friday. “After hearing and considering the arguments of counsel and taking it under advisement, defendant’s motion is hereby denied,” Young’s order reads. Young heard arguments on a bond revocation for McDaniel Feb. 28 and denied McDaniel’s
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A Dadeville man has been arrested in an eight-state child sexual exploitation investigation. Bobby Guy of Dadeville was arrested for violating the Sex Offender Registration and Notification Act, also known as SORNA, which is part of a comprehensive federal law that requires states to maintain a system for monitoring and tracking convicted sex offenders following their release into the community. Along with Guy, 11 other individuals were arrested and four children were rescued or identified as victims of child sexual exploitation. Operation Southern Impact II, which focused on individuals who sexually exploit children by using the internet, was a joint effort consisting of 10 Internet Crimes Against Children (ICAC) Task Forces tasked with combating the sexual exploitation of children. Law enforcement officials spent approximately four months to plan, and for two days executed search warrants, conducted See OFFENDER • Page 3
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Joe Tyers slides down one of the ziplines at Wind Creek State Park. The ziplines are now open at the park.
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Wind Creek State Park is expecting most of its campers in the coming weeks to come from within a two-hour drive.
And that is all right by Wind Creek Park Superintendent Bruce Adams. “Spring break is spread out from the first of March through the first couple of weeks of April,” Adams said. “It depends on when the different See PARK • Page 9
Robinson Iron readies for restoration project Robinson Iron in Alexander City is known worldwide for its work restoring statues, fountains and other cast-iron objects that are iconic pieces of their respective communities. Within the next few days, the company will be taking on another restoration job, bringing another fountain back to its former glory. A cast iron fountain,
complete with a statue of Lady Ermintrude that was the centerpiece of the Yavapai County Courthouse Plaza in Prescott, Arizona recently arrived in Alexander City to receive a complete overhaul. Upon completion, the fountain will join the cast iron eagle that graced the former Russell Corp. headquarters before being installed at See STATUE • Page 10
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A cast iron fountain from Arizona, complete with this statue of Lady Ermintrude, recently arrived in Alexander City to receive an overhaul by Robinson Iron.
Is your property one of about 400 parcels slated to be published on what is basically the Tallapoosa County Revenue Commissioner’s Naughty List? Tallapoosa County Revenue Commissioner Eva Middlebrooks said the listing of those who have not satisfied their property taxes will be published in The Outlook next week, so time is running out to keep from that happening. “The law requires us to advertise the names in the paper for three consecutive weeks before they can be placed up for auction,” said
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Road projects dominate the agenda for Monday evening’s meeting of the Alexander City City Council, as the contract for a long list of city paving projects and a change in pricing for a road that makes for easy navigation of the old Russell complex will be considered. The city released a list of paving projects that will be funded by the half-cent sales tax for roads this year in February. The half-cent sales tax has been named the Alexander City Road Improvement Project or ACRIP and all the money is earmarked for road paving and road improvement projects. The tax generates about $1.15 million each year. It has given the city the ability to get some asphalt work done without having to go in debt. The planned 2018 projects are 9th Avenue, 14th Avenue, Alford Drive, Arrowhead Loop, C Place, Cemetery, Central Avenue, Central Avenue Circle, Charlotte Lane, Meadows Street, Montezuma Drive, Patterson Street, R Street, Seven Bark Trail, South Franklin Street, Turner Road, Turtleneck Road, U Street, Willow
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DEAR ABBY: I’m a stay-athome mom with three children -- all in school. We recently had security cameras installed around our house. However, my husband has taken to using them to monitor everything I do throughout the day. He will say things like, “What took so long to go to the dry cleaner?” or, “Why did you go outside at 11 a.m.?” I feel like a prisoner in my home! What should I do? -NO PRIVACY IN THE EAST DEAR NO PRIVACY: What your husband is doing is controlling and, frankly, creepy. This is what insecure abusers do to their significant others. Tell him you do not have to account to him for every minute of your day, and that he should be doing more important things with his time than monitoring you. And then INSIST the two of you get counseling. Do it NOW. DEAR ABBY: I’m a healthy 30-year-old woman living in Los Angeles. A close friend just had a baby. I’m planning to visit
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her, but she is demanding that before I do I get vaccinated (the Tdap). I didn’t think much of it, but another friend thinks that’s a tall order. She says why can’t I just wash my hands and use hand sanitizer like everyone else? Do you think this is an appropriate request, or is my other friend overreacting? -OLD SCHOOL DEAR OLD SCHOOL: The Tdap vaccine is important because it protects against tetanus, diphtheria and pertussis (whooping cough). It is usually given only once in a person’s lifetime, with booster shots every 10 years. Unless otherwise indicated by a health care professional, everyone over the age of 19 who has never received this vaccine should have it.
Dr. Siddie Mae Norman 1937 - 2018 Memorial Service for Dr. Siddie Mae Norman will be held at Bethel Baptist Church, 15 Church Street, Fort Deposit, AL, on Sunday, March 18, 2018 at 2:30 p.m. The family will receive friends at Radney Funeral Home in Alexander City, AL on Saturday, March 17, 2018 from 4:30 p.m. until 6:30 p.m. Siddie Mae Norman (Sid), born 11/18/1937 and died 3/15/2018, to Ralph and Esther Norman in Fort Deposit, Alabama. She was preceded in death by her Mother and Father; two brothers, Ralph Norman, Jr. and Alex Norman; and a niece, Pat Norman. She is survived by three brothers, Dave Norman (Shirley) of Clanton, John Norman (Genie) of Fort Deposit, and Pete Norman (Delnora) of Fairhope; sisters-inlaw, Iris Norman and Daisy Norman; nephews, Reyn Norman (Helen) of Montgomery, David Norman, Jimmy Norman (Marlaine), Dara Norman of Clanton, and Peter Norman (Betina) of Menterey, CA; nieces, Rose Lynn
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DEAR ABBY: A boy (also a junior in high school) asked me to a school dance a couple of weeks ago. He’s kind, funny, does great in school. I really like him, and I think he likes me, but since the dance, nothing has happened! The problem, I think, is that he is Mormon. I am fine with his religion. I am Jewish and not very religious, but I’m not planning to convert. We have talked about this together, and I’m afraid that his parents and/or religion won’t permit him to have a relationship with me. What are the rules about dating when you are Mormon? Is he not allowed to date me, or is he just shy? -DON’T KNOW IN TEXAS DEAR DON’T KNOW: I’m not an expert on the Mormon
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• Matthew Xavier Walker, 26, of Jasper was arrested for possession of marijuana. • Latravea Osheanna Jhaneak Kelley, 20, of Alexander City was arrested for domestic violence. • Kelly Dewanye Thornton, 30, of Alexander City was arrested for drug paraphernalia. • Javarski Montez Hutchins, 23, of Alexander City was arrested domestic violence. • David Ryan Harris, 25, of Alexander City was arrested for possession of marijuana, drug paraphernalia, possession of a controlled substance and tampering with physical evidence. • Tiffany Nicole TuckerThornton, 25, of Alexander City was arrested for drug paraphernalia. • Kaitlynn Elizabeth-Pearl Thomas, 20, of Alexander City was arrested for possession of marijuana and drug paraphernalia. • Marcus Lamar Neely, 27, of Equality was arrested for four counts of failure to appear. •Eureka Shardee Thomas, 24, of Alexander City was arrested for two counts of possession of a controlled substance and drug paraphernalia. • Criminal mischief was reported on O Street. • Possession of marijuana was reported on Highway 280. • Harassing communications was reported on Rabbit Road. • Possession of a controlled substance was reported on 9th Avenue. • Domestic violence was reported on Jefferson Street. • Harassing communications was reported on Knollwood Lane. • Identity theft was report-
Norman of Huntsville, Tara Dyson (Ben) of Spanish Fort, Mary Elizabeth Huff (Van) of Fort Deposit, April Sherling (John) of Greenville, Mary Esther Evans (Travis) of Auburn, Martha Ann Johnson (Keith) of Helena and Stacey Sexton (Tracy) of Fairhope; a special great niece, Alice Dunn Norman Warren (Andrew); twenty-five great nieces and nephews; five great great nieces and nephews; and “Chosen” family, Libby Queen, Kate Lewis (Scoot), Sylvia Harris (Squirt), and DeForest Tuggle (Poounch). She graduated from Lowndes County High School, Judson College, and the University of Alabama. After finishing Judson College, she taught Physical Education at Chilton County High School and Lowndes County High School. She then attained her Doctor of Education degree from the University of Alabama and spent the remainder of her teaching career at Alexander State Junior College (Central Alabama Community College) where she taught Health and Physical Education for nine years before going into Administration. She retired as
ed on S Street. • Theft was reported on K Street. • Two counts of possession of a controlled substance was reported in Alexander City. • Cruelty to dog or car and chaining or tethering to a stationary object was reported on 6th Street.
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• Jermecia Shanell Barris, 35, of Alexander City was arrested for driving under the influence of alcohol. • Emmanuel Aturo Kelly, 29, of Alexander City was for possession of marijuana. • Timothy Earl Pearson, 52, of New Site was arrested for driving under the influence of alcohol. • Nicole Wood Goodman, 44, of Alexander City was arrested for possession of marijuana and possession of drug paraphernalia. • Javarse Dontrell Williams, 32, of Goodwater was arrested on two counts of failure to appear. • Tannon Ray Cox, 24, of Alexander City was arrested for two counts of burglary and criminal mischief. • Possession of marijuana was reported on 9th Avenue. • Possession of marijuana and drug paraphernalia was reported on Colley Road. • Domestic violence and interference with a domestic violence emergency call were reported in Alexander City. • Harassment was reported on K Street. • Domestic violence was reported in Robinwood Apartments.
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• Reginald Bernard Thomas, 35, of Alexander City was arrested for failure to appear. • Samuel Gaines Jr., 51, of Montgomery was arrested for public intoxication. • Identity theft was report-
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Associate Dean of Instruction at the College. Dr. Norman enjoyed all games as a participant in more active years and as a spectator in later years. She was an avid University of Alabama football fan. She was a life member of the American Association of Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance attending numerous State and National conventions. She was a member of Delta Kappa Gamma Society International. She was a lifelong Southern Baptist. Pallbearers will be Reyn Norman, Jimmy Norman, Dara Norman, William Sherling, Travis Evans, and Tracy Sexton. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the Phil Waldrep Ministries: 226 Moulton Street East, Decatur, AL 35603 or the Judson College Class of ‘59 scholarship, 302 Bibb Street, Marion, AL, 36756. Memorial messages may be sent to the family at www.radneyfuneralhome.com. Radney Funeral Home is in charge of the arrangements.
ed in Alexander City. • Public intoxication was reported on Highway 280.
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• Anna Waldrop Brand, 31, of Alabaster was arrested for possession of a controlled substance, possession of marijuana and possession of drug paraphernalia. • Terance James Hill, 25, of Jacksons Gap was arrested for shoplifting. • Fernado Quamez Johnson, 28, of Alexander City was arrested for domestic violence. • Possession of a controlled substance and possession of marijuana was reported on Barrett Road. • Domestic violence was reported on Washington Street. • Possession of a forged instrument was reported on Highway 280. • Criminal mischief was reported on Willow Drive. • Assault was reported on Trussell Road.
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• Taronda Denise Taylor, 31, of Alexander City was arrested for domestic violence. • Ricky Lynn Wade, 52, of Alexander City was arrested for domestic violence. • Katie Jo Collum, 38, of Dadeville was arrested for domestic violence. • Rodney James Freeman, 44, of Alexander City was arrested for domestic violence. • Ronald Cozart II, 33, of Alexander City was arrested for driving under the influence of alcohol. • Unauthorized breaking and entering of a vehicle was reported on Semmes Street. • Harassment was reported on K Street. • Domestic violence was reported on 10th Avenue. • Domestic violence was reported on Summer Street. • Domestic violence was reported on Worthy Road. • Driving under the influence of alcohol was reported on Verbena Avenue.
March 10
• Nathan Lewis Mooney, 23, of Kellyton was arrested for domestic violence. • Domestic violence was reported on Hix Road. • Harassment was reported on Dadeville Road. • Domestic violence was reported in Alexander City. • Criminal trespass was
reported on Point Windy Drive. • Theft was reported on Montgomery Street. • Theft was reported on Fish Pond Road. • Theft was reported on Watson Place. • Theft was reported on J Street.
March 9
• Burglary was reported on Greenleaf Street. • Reckless endangerment was reported on S Street. • Possible scam was reported on Highway 280. • Domestic violence and theft was reported on Robinson Road. • Burglary and theft was reported on 3rd Street.
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• Emmanuel Kelly of Jefferson Street in Alexander City was arrested on an outstanding warrant for probation violation possession of marijuana first.
March 13
• Xavier Marbury of Robinson Road in Alexander City was arrested on a failure to appear child support warrant and transported to the county jail.
Dadeville Police Department March 13 • A Dadeville man, age 28, was arrested for possession of marijuana first and possession of drug paraphernalia on Williams Drive. • A Dadeville man, age 29, was arrested for possession of marijuana second on Highway 280. • A Kellyton man, age 31, was arrested on five warrants for failure to appear.
March 12 • A report was filed for theft of property third that occurred on East Cass Street.
March 11 • A Cedartown, Georgia man, age 35, was arrested on a warrant for failure to appear. • A Kellyton man, age 21, was arrested on Old Millers Ferry Road for possession of marijuana first and possession of drug paraphernalia.
March 10 • A two vehicle motor vehicle collision occurred on Herren Street resulting in minor property damage and no injuries.
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Drive, Windsor Drive and Worthy Road. The council will consider acceptance of a bid from Dadeville-based Gary Ingram Paving and Grading $1,136,904 to handle the work. Ingram was the low bidder on the project. Construction of Central Boulevard that runs from Highway 280 began four years ago and the first phase has been a welcome addition. The city was approved for a grant from the Alabama Department of Transportation for Phase Two, which will run from Joseph Street to Russell Road. The grant amount was lowered to $491,478, but the low bid for construction on the roughly 1,000 feet of road project was $597,841 from Gary Ingram Paving and Grading. The difference means the city will have to cough up more to get the work done. The council will consider adding $100,000 to help compensate for the $106,363 shortfall. The meeting is set for 5:30 p.m. in the upstairs courtroom at the Alexander City Public Safety Building.
The council will also consider:
• Approval of minutes from March 5 regular council meeting • A resolution to amend the 17-18 Personnel authorization list and operational budget for the Police Department. This is needed after the department closed down its jail and will allow for the transfer and reclassify four positions that had previously been in jail operations. • A resolution to set a public hearing to rezone parcels 62 05 09 29 4 002 059.000, 62 05 08 28 3 004 004.000, 62 05 08 33 2 001 021.000, 62 05 09 32 1 001 045.000, and 62 05 09 32 1 001 046.000 (60.69 +/acres) from I-1 to B-2 for Monday, April 16. The property is along Highway 280 and the request is made by Dion and Angela James who are hoping to develop a multi-use shopping and business center in that area. • A request to close the stretch of road between the corners of Green Street and Semmes Street and Semmes Street and Houston Street on March 21 for the First United Methodist Church Easter Egg Hunt. • A request from the St. John Apostle Catholic Church to have its annual procession for Good Friday.
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undercover operations and made arrests in Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Maryland, North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia and West Virginia. In all, 222 law enforcement and prosecutorial agencies participated, 38 of which are in or near Alabama. “Joining forces with all of our law enforcement partners on the Alabama ICAC Task Force and other State ICAC Task Forces emphasizes the commitment that members of the ICAC Program have and will stop at nothing to protect children from those who prey on them,” Lieutenant Brooke Walker said, who is commander of the Alabama ICAC Task Force and Alabama State Bureau of Investigation’s Special Victims Unit. “This collaboration from the dedicated men and women who fight every day to defend innocence and arrest child predators makes for a successful mission and a clear impact in this region.” Along with Guy, the following individuals were arrested as part of this operation: • Charles Salter of Montgomery on 10 counts of dissemination of child pornography • William Brown Jr. of Silverhill on seven counts of possession of child pornography • Kevin Perez of Enterprise on 10 counts of dissemination of child pornography • Jon Hunter of Birmingham on four counts of possession of child pornography
• Chris Tyler of Adger on six counts of dissemination of child pornography and a SORNA violation • Chadwick Rice of Pinson on four counts of possession of child pornography and a SORNA violation • Timothy Haughery of Opelika on one count of dissemination of child pornography and four counts of possession of child pornography • Aaron Gill of Lucedale, Mississippi on five counts of transmitting obscene material to a minor One subject was arrested by a federal agency, but information will not be released pending further investigation. The 61 ICAC Task Forces across the nation are working cases and conducting investigative actions like this daily, and they want to reinforce to those who exploit children that ICAC Task Forces will work together to make an impact in their respective states and the region as a whole. The cooperation among agencies and states illustrates their level of commitment to detect, arrest and prosecute anyone who preys on children. “Cooperation is always key in law enforcement, but it is vital we collaborate to protect children,” Walker said. Operation Southern Impact II has given members of these task forces an opportunity to share experience, information and resources across units, agencies and state lines to ensure there is no safe place
to hide for criminals who would victimize the most vulnerable among us. Created by the U.S. Department of Justice, the National ICAC Task Force Program comprises more than 4,000 local, state and federal law enforcement agencies, other related criminal justice agencies and prosecutors’ services. The program’s mission is to assist state and local law enforcement agencies in developing effective response to cyber enticement and child pornography cases. This support encompasses forensic and investigative components, training and technical assistance, as well as victim services, prevention and community education. It was developed in response to the increasing number of children and teenagers using the internet, the proliferation of child pornography and the heightened online activity by predators searching for unsupervised contact with underage victims. By assisting state and local law enforcement agencies to develop effective and sustainable responses to online child victimization and child pornography, the national ICAC program delivers national resources at the local level. The following 36 agencies, including the Alexander City Police Department and Tallapoosa County Sheriff’s Office, participated as members of the Alabama ICAC Task Force to combine efforts for a successful operation: Alabama State Bureau of
Investigation – Special Victims Unit, Alabama State Bureau of Investigation – Major Crimes Unit, Alabama State Bureau of Investigation – Alcohol Unit, Alabama Fusion Center, ALEA Tactical Team, Brewton Police Department, Orange Beach Police Department, Baldwin County Sheriff’s Office, Homeland Security Investigations – Mobile, Montgomery, Birmingham and Huntsville Jurisdictions, Enterprise Police Department, Daleville Police Department, Prattville Police Department, Montgomery Police Department, Tallassee Police Department, United States Marshals Service, Lanett Police Department, Opelika Police Department, Florence Police Department, Madison County Sheriff’s Office, Huntsville Police Department, Joint Electronic Crimes Task Force Computer Forensics Lab, Tennessee Valley Computer Regional Laboratory, Federal Bureau of Investigation – Birmingham Office, Rainbow City Police Department, Brookside Police Department, Calhoun County Sheriff’s Office, Vestavia Hills Police Department, Etowah County Sheriff’s Office, St. Clair County Sheriff’s Office, Shelby County Sheriff’s Office, Pelham Police Department, Moody Police Department and the Piedmont Police Department. The Georgia ICAC Task Force, Mississippi ICAC Task Force, Missouri ICAC Task Force and the George County (Miss.) Sheriff’s Office are also assisting on cases in Alabama.
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Middlebrooks. “But this isn’t the first notification that property owners should be receiving. We sent out the original bills, then we send out delinquent notices. Then we send the certified court letter. We also post fliers on the doors on the property. This is kind of the last resort before auction.” Middlebrooks said they have even gone a step farther, reaching out by phone to property owners who did not pick up the registered letters. The efforts of the staff at the revenue commissioner’s office have paid off. The delinquent list has been almost cut in half over the last 30 days or so. There were more than 800 parcels unpaid at last month’s commissioners meeting. The number was around 400 Thursday. Last year 231 properties and owners were on the first listing that was published in The Outlook. The names being published is a step in the process that leads to any properties with unpaid taxes being auctioned off at the courthouse in Dadeville on April 23. The delinquent properties are auctioned off at a public sale at the county courthouse. “The last thing we want to do is auction off someone’s property, so that’s why we do all the notices that we do, so we really try to go the extra mile to make sure there is no excuse for people not to know that their taxes are due,” Middlebrooks said. Middlebrooks said typically even those who have fallen through the cracks respond when they see their name in the paper. “Typically we have a pretty big rush after the names are published,” Middlebrooks said. “If we get the payment (by) Monday we can keep your name off the list.” Middlebrooks said there is a penalty for being late. There is a $5 fee, 12 percent interest as well as a certified letter fee and the fee to have it advertised in the paper.
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eople are very passionate about their pets, especially their dogs. With much of Tallapoosa County being rural in nature, images of dogs running free across farmland is commonplace. But what about issues that arise when those dogs leave their owner’s property and cause big issues on someone else’s property? How about someone who doesn’t seem to give their animals the proper care, chain them up with what appears to be inadequate food or shelter, sometimes in extreme weather conditions? Over the last several years we have attended city council meetings in Dadeville, talking with county commissioners and animal rights activists about the best way to handle these kinds of problems. Currently Alexander City stands alone in Tallapoosa County as the only area with a dog ordinance. But even that ordinance is limited and the standard of care it requires is basic. Sit and listen to the police scanner on a given day and you will hear more calls about animals than you will thefts, robberies or car crashes. That’s why Alexander City Police Chief Jay Turner is reallocating some former city jail employees to help handle the animal control caseload. What about the places where there aren’t any animal control officers and there is no ordinance in place? We understand having a full-time animal control department may be cost prohibitive. But it would seem there should be a mechanism in place so that when dogs prove to be vicious, something can be done and owners could be made to give their pets proper care. We understand dogs will be dogs and not everyone sees their four-legged friends as fur babies. But out of respect for others, pet owners should be made to keep their dogs on their own property and give them food, shelter and medical treatment. With no tools in place to make sure dogs don’t continue to be problems for innocent neighbors, it would seem victims outside of Alexander City have little recourse, taking on the sometimes heavy price tag to start civil litigation. We don’t profess to be legal eagles by any means, but why can’t there simply be a law addressing what is to be done if a dog attacks livestock or pets in the county, or if owners abuse or neglect their pets and then let law enforcement arrest the owners and take control of the dogs if it happens? We hope some day that is exactly what can be done.
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T.C. Coley represents District 1, including half of Coley Creek, the Andrew Jackson subdivision, the southern part of Indian Hill, North Central Avenue, part of Pearson’s Chapel Road, the Northside community and portion of Spring Hill community. His phone T.C. Coley number is 256-212-9316. His address is 2316 North Central Avenue, Kellyton. Steve Robinson represents District 2, which includes the southern part of Alexander City, the Cedar Creek area, Ourtown and Willow Point. His phone number is 256-654-0047. His address is 300 Heritage Drive Alexander City.
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John McKelvey represents District 3, which includes Jackson’s Gap, Hackneyville, New Site and Daviston. McKelvey currently serves as chairman. His phone number is 256-7944405. His address is 1285 Freeman Road, Dadeville.
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Emma Jean Thweatt represents District 4, which includes Dadeville, Pace’s Point, northern Camp Hill, Buttston, Dudleyville and part of Eagle Creek. She can be reached at 825-4207. Her address is 585 Brookwood Circle, Dadeville.
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George Carleton Jr. represents District 5, which includes southern Camp Hill, Red Ridge, Walnut Hill, Union and Pleasant Ridge. His address is 630 Turner Road, Dadeville.
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t’s time again to clean out the notebook and get some things off my plate and out of my head. We’ve had a week filled with meetings with political candidates, public meetings and encounters with interesting people. So today I share some of those things and some other observations from as I shoot from the hip. Last week I met a man at Who’s Diner while I was waiting for a table who said he was from Milwaukee. Having lived up that way at one time we talked about the new arena being built there, brats, cheese and the cold weather. His name was Lee Leonard, originally from Coosa County, and he was here visiting family. Lee found out I worked at the paper and what he told me instantly made me realize something about the times we are living in and how we present the news now reaches everyone. “I keep up with what’s happening back here at home by reading your stories online,” Leonard said. “You have no idea what the live weather reports and breaking news stuff means to me. I’d be in the dark about my old hometown without it.” We may be an Alexander City newspaper, but we inform people all over the world. It’s an amazing world we live in. COMING SOON: In the weeks to come we will publish a series of stories that I have been working on that deal with the financial issues facing the people of Alexander City. I am taking a look back over the last two decades and exploring how the landscape has changed and track what it
MITCH SNEED Editor has meant to residents here. In doing so, I was reminded of one of the greatest moments in political debate history. Being from Georgia, I have always admired Jimmy Carter. He was a great man, who struggled while in office because of some heavy issues and the fact that the inner workings of Washington were foreign to him. Instead of going with people in leadership and cabinet roles who knew the lay of the land, he went with the Georgia Mafia, people he knew and trusted. History tells us how that worked out. I’m making a short story long… In 1980, Carter was running for re-election and I was a junior at the University of Georgia. A week before the election, a debate was scheduled between Carter and Ronald Reagan. That night, Carter was very presidential and showed how intelligent he was, giving great detail on complex issues. But Reagan was a showman and the former actor cut Carter to ribbons. Reagan used a now famous phrase “There you go again,” to undercut Carter’s detail. In his final statement, Reagan delivered a knockout punch: “Are you better off than you were four years ago?” The point of my rambling? Watch the Outlook Facebook page and in the coming days we will ask our readers a series of questions and we want your
responses to help us with the series. The first question will be: If you are an Alexander City resident, are you better off now than you were 20 years ago and why or why not? LANGUAGE LESSON: We as Southerners have a unique way of talking and sometimes the phrases really mean something else. It’s almost like code so that people from other regions don’t know we are talking about them. It’s like going to a Mexican restaurant and the employees start talking in Spanish all of a sudden. I always wonder if they are calling me a pig or something. Anyway, check these out: • “Bless his heart.” That means that boy isn’t right and could be the dumbest person I have ever met. • “Barking up the wrong tree.” To translate, you are saying that, you have no idea what the person is talking about and if they keep it up you may have to open up a large can of it on them. • “Citified:” That really means that you need to go back to where you came from and don’t come out here to the country and act like you are one of us. • “Fixin’ to:” It technically means “I’m about to,” but it really means that I will do it when I get good and ready. • “Good ol’ boy:” That’s a person who you could sit on a front porch with for hours who you would trust with the hiding place for your extra tool shed key. That’s it for today, stay tuned for more to come. Mitch Sneed is the editor of
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hankfully, few of you have heard of Benjamin Thomas Samuel McDowell. This 30-year-old from Conway, South Carolina would be a household name, like today’s domestic terrorists or school shooters. But he chose to buy a gun from an FBI agent who only posed as a white supremacist, instead of the real thing. McDowell said this of Charleston Church shooter Dylann Roof. “I seen what Dylann Roof did and in my heart, I reckon I got a little bit of hatred and I…I want to do that %*^&. Like I got desire, not for nobody else…it just…I want something where I can say ‘I #$@@#$ did that’… me personally…If I could do something on a #$@@#$ big scale and write on the #$@@#$ building or whatever, ‘In the spirit of Dylann Roof.’” But you might hear of him soon. He’s expected to be out in three years, to find another way to get the .40-caliber Glock and hollowpoint ammunition the he so desperately sought. If only he would declare allegiance to ISIS, so he could be in jail for a much longer and safer time. If only South Carolina had some sort of hate crimes law, where McDowell could face more than some watered-down charges. But the Palmetto State is one of five states which has dug in its heels, refusing to pass such laws, even as Roof tried to start a race war by gunning down several members of an African-American Church (and his sister brought a weapon to
JOHN TURES Columnist school and posted on social media a screed against those who marched in sympathy with Parkland shooting victims). The others without a hate crimes law are Arkansas, Georgia, Indiana and Wyoming. So are hate crime laws effective? To test this, my students from our U.S. Government class and I collected data on the number of hate groups active in the United States, by state. The data came from the Southern Poverty Law Center’s Intelligence Report for 2008. South Carolina was the state with the fourth largest number of hate groups, followed by Georgia who is tied for fifth. Arkansas may be a similar size to Kansas, but it has 2.5 times more hate groups. Indiana is about the same size as Wisconsin, but has 16 hate groups to the Dairy State’s 10. But do states without a hate crimes law have significantly higher numbers of hate groups? I ran a difference of means test on the 45 states and the District of Columbia with hate crimes laws, and those five states that don’t have such hate laws. Dividing the number of hate groups in each state by that state’s population in the 2010 census gives us 3.05479E06 hate groups per capita in states with a hate crimes law, and 5.34659E-06 hate groups
per capita in states without a hate crimes law. A difference of means test shows that the averages are significantly different, meaning that hate groups are more likely on average to reside in a state without a hate crimes law. That’s not the entire story. Any hate group in America is one too many. And whether it is white supremacists or the Nation of Islam or any other hate group, laws have not eliminated such groups. Laws enabling people like Mr. McDowell to be prosecuted are a good start, but more must be done in the community, even strengthening such laws to stop people from attacking religion, police officers and other pillars of the community, the disabled, and people based on their orientation. Groups like the Racial Trust Building Initiative offer promise for their ability to get groups to come together, making terrorists like McDowell less likely to embrace hate in the first place. John A. Tures is a professor of political science at LaGrange College in LaGrange, Georgia. He can be reached at jtures@ lagrange.edu. His Twitter account is JohnTures2. He thanks Agrlin Braxton, Casey Evans, Natalie Glass, Jacob Hester, Blake Konans, Alanna Martin, Slone Raper, Yasmin Roper, Bre’lan Simpson, Kirksley Wainwright, Chris West, Bonny Woods and Bre Wyrosdick. Our research was done as a service learning project for GOP State Senator Matt Brass of the Georgia Senate.
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PANCAKE BREAKFAST: Comer Methodist Men’s Club is hosting a pancake breakfast Saturday, March 17 from 6 a.m. to 10 a.m. It is eat in or carry-out and is $6 a plate. FISHING TOURNAMENT: The Benjamin Russell High School Cheerleaders fishing tournament will be March 17 at Wind Creek. EASTER EGG HUNT: Mt. Zion Church on Highway 63 South will be hosting an Easter egg hunt Saturday, March 17 from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. and will begin with a lunch and an Easter presentation. There will be a prize egg for toddlers, grade school and middle school. TRADE DAY: Bibb Graves High School Alumni and Friends Monthly Trade Day in Millerville on Highway 9 between Ashland and Goodwater will be held on March 17 from 7 a.m. until 2 p.m. Refreshments are also available. EGG HUNT: Mt. Zion Baptist Church on Highway 63 South is hosting its annual Easter Egg Hunt for toddlers to teens Saturday, March 17 from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. There will be lunch and a hunt for prize eggs.
SPORTING CLAY SHOOT: The 12th annual Ronald Koon Sporting Clay Classic benefiting the Boys and Girls Club of the Lake Martin Area will be held March 17. The shoot will be Saturday at the Lower Wetumpka Shotgun Sports Club. If you would like to participate or sponsor a sign please contact Stacey Jeffcoat by calling 256-2344757 or emailing at staceyj1229@ gmail.com. ANNUAL MINISTER’S COUNCIL: The New Covenant Ministries of the World is hosting its annual ministers council March 14-18 at the Liberty Life Christian Center at 243 S Street in Alexander City. There will be a daily prayer at 9 a.m., worship and praise at 11:45 a.m. daily and at 7 p.m. will be keynote speaker Pastor Dwight Hunt of Beth-El Church of God in Christ in Poughkeepsie, New York. The speaker on Sunday, March 18 is Chief Apostle W.T. Traylor, founder and CEO of New Covenant Ministries of the World.
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PASTOR APPRECIATION: Rocky Mt. Baptist Church is honoring Pastor Al and Sacra Lawson Sunday, March 18 at 2: 30 p.m. The guest speaker will be Rev. Emmanuel Benton of Greater Liberty Hill in Atlanta.
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A sailboat from the Dixie Sailing Club cruises the waters of Lake Martin Friday morning, giving cadets from the Benjamin Russell Navy JROTC unit the chance to gain some experience in the art of sailing. Seventeen cadets received hands-on experience at the sailing club after a week in the classroom learning about a number of different sailing topics. To read the full story, be sure to pick up a copy of Tuesday’s Outlook.
Thursday, March 22
KIWANIS STEAK DINNER: The Alexander City Kiwanis Club is hosting its annual Auction and Steak Dinner March 22 from 6 p.m. to 10 p.m. at the Russell Medical Event Venue. Tickets are $50 and include drinks, dinner, live music, a silent and live auction. SENIORX: Deborah Jones SeniorRx Coordinator will be available March 22 from 9:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. at the Alexander City Chamber of Commerce to help seniors see if they are eligible for assistance with diabetic supplies, liquid supplements and medications. For more information Jones can be contacted at 1-800-361-1636 or 256-761-3575. This is sponsored by the Area Agency on Aging.
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EASTER EGG HUNT: Wind Creek State Park is hosting an Easter egg hunt Saturday, March 24 at 10 a.m. Most eggs will have small prizes and prize eggs will be hidden for each age division. The age divisions are 0-2 years old, 2-4 years old, 5-8 years old and 9-12 years old. The event will take place in the north picnic area across from the beach. There is a park entry fee for non-campers. ANNIVERSARY OF THE BATTLE OF HORSESHOE BEND: Horseshoe Bend National Military Park is hosting the 204th anniversary of the Battle of the Horseshoe Saturday, March 24. There will be demonstrations of Indian and frontier life in the year 1814. The program is free to the public. FAMILY GAME NIGHT: Bibb Graves High School Alumni and
Friends in Millerville will have Family Game Night Bingo from 5 p.m. until 8 p.m. Saturday March 24. Begin with hot dogs, pizza, chips and soft drinks. CHEER AND MAJORETTE CAMP: The Studio will be holding a spring break cheer and majorette camp at the Cooper Recreation Center on Saturday, March 24 beginning at 9:30 a.m. and lasting until 1 p.m. Open for ages 3 to 18, the camp will give participants the chance to practice a routine, “Show What Ya Know,” that will be performed at 4 p.m. on the 24th. Pre-registration is open until March 20, and the cost is $20. Late registration opens at 9 a.m. on March 24, and the late cost is $25. Cost includes a t-shirt, snacks, lunch and a water bottle. Registration forms can be picked up at The Studio building at 520 North Central Avenue in Alexander City.
Sunday, March 25
FAMILY AND FRIENDS DAY: Centerview Missionary Baptist Church in Camp Hill is celebrating family and friends day Sunday, March 25 at 2 p.m. The guest minister is Rev. Christopher Todd of New Home Baptist Church in Rockford. Pastor of Centerview Missionary Baptist Church is Rev. Jimmial Harrison Sr.
March 26-30
HOLY WEEK SERVICES: First Baptist Church Dadeville is hosting Holy Week Services March 26-30 at 11 a.m. daily in the fellowship hall. LENTEN LUNCH: St. James Episcopal Church is hosting a Lenten Lunch series Monday, March 26 through Friday, March 30 at noon with food and fellowship afterwards. Speakers are: March 26 Rev. John Versiglio of First United Methodist Church, March 27 Rev. Robert Iler of St. James Episcopal Church, March 28 Rev. Dr. Emerson Ware of Great Bethel Baptist Church, March 29 is Rev. Scott Railey of Hillabee Campground United Methodist Church and March 30 is Rev. Wayne Cowhick of Alex City Methodist Church.
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HOLY WEEK REVIVAL: Haven Memorial United Methodist Church is hosting a Holy Week Spring Revival March 28-30 at 6 p.m. nightly. Delivering sermons will be Pastor Percy L. Notan, Jr. on Wednesday. On Thursday is Pastor Janne Finley and on Friday is Rev. Clifford Spradley. Pastor of Haven Memorial is Percy L. Nolan Jr.
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VIETNAM VETERANS WELCOME HOME: The Auburn Veterans Project is celebrating and reflecting on the service and sacrifice of Vietnam veterans March 29 from 6 to 8 p.m. at the Auburn High School auditorium. Speakers will be Joe Galloway and Medal of Honor recipients Bennie Adkins and James Livingston. Family is welcome to accompany their veteran and there will be a light reception afterwards. Visit auburnveteransproect.weebly.com/east-alabama-vietnam-veterans-welcome-home-cermony. html. Attendees are asked to RSVP in advance by either emailing Blake Busbin at wbbusbin@auburnschools.org or by calling Auburn High School at 334-887-2120. LORDS SUPPER: Red Ridge United Methodist Church will present a re-creation of the Living Lord’s Supper inspired by Leonardo daVinci’s world famous painting of the Last Supper with 13 living characters. Rev. Ernest K. Emurian, a Methodist minister from Virginia, wrote the soliloquies for the Twelve Apostles as they might have expressed themselves immediately after hearing the Lord Jesus say “One of you will betray me” where each man cried out “Lord is it I?” This was the moment daVinci said he wished to capture in the painting. Mr. Harlan Burton of Union will be the guest pianist and soloist. Holy communion will be offered at the conclusion. Red Ridge is located at 8091 County Road 34, Dadeville, 256-825-9820, redridgeumc.org.
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CHURCH OF GOD Alex City No. 2 A.C.O.P. Church of God Local Street, Alex City Bread of Life A.C.O.P. Church of God Hwy. 280, Kellyton Cedar Street Church of God 711 Martin Luther King Blvd. Alex City
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New Harvest Ministries Church of God Hwy 280 & Coosa 28 256-329-2331
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Bethany Baptist Church Bethany Road
New Rocky Mount Baptist 670 Peckerwood Rd., Jackson’s Gap 256-794-3846
Cross Key Baptist Hackneyville, 256-329-9716
Bethel Baptist Smith Mt. Rd., Jackson’s Gap 256-825-5070
New Salem Road New Site Rd., New Site, 256-234-2932
Beulah Baptist Smith Mt. Rd., Jackson’s Gap 256-825-9882
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The Church of God 13th Ave. N., Alex City 256-329-1696
Old Union Baptist 1106 Davis Circle 256-596-1873
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Calvary Heights Baptist Elkahatchee, Rd., Alex City 256-234-7224
Friendship Baptist Our Town Community, 256-329-5243
Camp Hill Baptist Downtown Camp Hill, 256-896-2811
Hollins Springs Baptist Hwy. 280, Goodwater
Comer Memorial 941 E. Church St., Alex City 256-234-2236
Jackson’s Gap Baptist Church 21 East Church St. 256-825-6814
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Liberty Church 1034 Liberty Church Rd. Willow Point Alex City Macedonia Baptist Macedonia Circle, Goodwater 256-839-5793 Marietta Baptist Goodwater Miracle Missionary Baptist 1687 “I” Street 256-215-9788, 256-215-9787 Mt. Calvary Baptist 329 King St., Alex City, 256-234-5631 Mt. Olive Baptist Hwy. 280 & Jct. 49, Goodwater Mt. Sinai Baptist Fish Pond Rd., Coosa County 256-329-2337 Mt. Zion Baptist Hwy. 22, New Site Mt. Zion East StillWaters Dr., 256-825-4991 Mt. Zion West Our Town Community, 256-234-7748 New Elam Baptist Hwy. 9, Burtonville, 256-234-2037 New Bethel Baptist Rock St., Dadeville, 256-825-7726 Peace & Goodwill Baptist Cottage Grove Community Alexander City, 256-377-4634 Pine Grove Baptist Eagle Creek Rd., Dadeville
Eagle Creek Baptist Hwy. 49, Dadeville, 256-825-6048 Fellowship Baptist Buttston Community Fellowship Primitive Baptist Church on Claybrook Drive, Alex City 256-839-5339 First Baptist Court Square, Alex City 256-234-6351 First Baptist Tallassee St., Dadeville, 256-825-6232 Good News Baptist Church 10493 Hwy. 280, Jackson’s Gap 256-825-2555 Hackneyville Baptist Hwy. 63 N., Hackneyville Hillabee Baptist Hillabee Rd., Alex City 256-234-6798 Horseshoe Bend Baptist Hwy. 280, Dadeville Jackson’s Gap Baptist Jackson’s Gap, 256-825-4951 Kellyton Baptist Kellyton, 256-329-1512 Kendrick Baptist Church Nixburg Lake Martin Baptist Hwy 34, Dadeville 256-825-7434 Lake Pointe Baptist 8352 Hwy. 50W, Dadeville Lebanon Baptist Mt. Carmel Rd., Dadeville, 256-234-7541
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Pentecostal Church of God 163 Franklin Street, Alex City 256-215-4055
CHURCH OF JESUS CHRIST Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints 1515 Worthy Road, Alex City (Corner of Worthy Place and Dadeville Road)
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Park counties and states take their spring breaks. But most of our guests come from the Highway 280 corridor within an easy drive.” Daniel Ingram of Greenville and his family have been traveling to state parks and discovered Wind Creek in September. They made another twohour drive Friday to return to the park. “We have arrived,” Ingram said upon pulling up to a waterfront campsite. “It’s beautiful.” Ingram and family friend Tim Stewart went to set up camp with their daughters Shelby Stewart and Lilly Ingram helping. “Welcome to Shelby and Lilly’s Café,” the girls said while tending to pinecones cooking on the grill. “Everything we make is homemade right here.” Other Ingram and Stewart children quickly took their bikes in the campground. Soon, Ingram was trying to put a chain back on a bike. “Do you have any tools?” Ingram asked Stewart. Before long, the bike was back in operation, but not before the children were doing something different. “They love it here,” Ingram said. “They like the water. Last time we swam out to the island out there. It doesn’t look far but when you get out there it is like ‘Wow.’” Camping is not the only thing to do at Wind Creek. There is fishing, boating, swimming, hiking and now ziplines. Friday was the first day for the Screaming Eagle Aerial Adventure
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Zipline Canopy Tour at Wind Creek State Park. It is something Joe Tyers has been looking forward to. “It is a great addition to the lake,” Tyers said. “It’s a nice course. I am not sure my wife is but my boys and I are having fun.” Tyers said the family has a condo at Stillwaters and was looking at doing it last fall when it opened but the Pennsylvania family could not make it work until Friday. “The schedule just did not work in the fall,” Tyers said. “We looked and today was the first day. It was great that it worked out as we go back tomorrow (Saturday).” Adams said visits so far this fiscal year are on pace with last year having some 5,700 campsite rentals since Oct. 1. He explained that they estimate 2.5 to 2.7 people per site per night. “That does not include the people who don’t register,” Adams said. “We will get the site rental but not everyone gets registered because they come in another vehicle or whatever.” This upcoming week Adams said they already have 341 sites reserved through the online system and expect 450 to 500 of the sites to be rented. Wind Creek is happy to have families like the Ingrams and Stewarts visit who showed up Friday without a reservation – the reason, they wanted waterfront for a couple days but the system only allows for week-long reservations on the water. “We would like for everyone to visit us sometime,” Adams said. “We are here to help the public enjoy the outdoors.”
Above, Lilly Ingram, right, stirs “coffee” as Shelby Stewart looks on at Wind Creek State Park. The girls are from Greenville and within hours of getting to the park had already set up Shelby and Lilly’s Cafe. Left, Daniel Ingram reinstalls a chain on one of his children’s bicycles. Cliff Williams / The Outlook
McDaniel case that has several meritorious defenses would serve the public policy no good,” Whittelsey said. “This is not a situation where him being out would be of any peril to the public.” Assistant District Attorney Michael Weldon disagreed. “This is the second time we are here on issues of Mr. McDaniel’s behavior while out on bond,” Weldon told Judge Young. “The first time we had the issue in Auburn at the Houndstooth Bark and Grill and some damage he did in a parking lot. He was able to work with officials there and resolve that. This court revoked him at that time and set up some very specific conditions. ...This is Round 2 of breaks your honor. Mr. McDaniel knows what he’s charged with. “He knows that the court doesn’t
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take kindly to having someone ignored its orders. But yet he is out there driving without a license and displaying behaviors that gives the appearance that he just doesn’t seem to care.” Young listened to both attorneys go back and forth, but then made it clear that he wasn’t pleased with having a second case where bond conditions appeared to have been violated. “It’s not just a violation – it’s the totality of it,” Young said. “The idea is to protect the public and I’ve got someone here who seems to want to keep offending. I know we don’t normally revoke people for traffic offenses, but this kind of thing just keeps happening.” McDaniel is accused of murder in the Jan. 17, 2016 shooting death of Norman Dean Crayton. McDaniel was
out on bond awaiting trial, but for the second time since he was charged, he got in trouble with the law which was a violation of his bond conditions. Young said he would make a decision on his bond in a couple of days. McDaniel has been jailed since he was stopped by Alexander City Police Department officers on Jan. 17 and charged with running a red light, improper tag, driving while suspended and arrested for attempting to elude law enforcement. New criminal charges prompted Young to revoke bond. While McDaniel was found not guilty of attempting to elude, McDaniel was found guilty by Alexander City Municipal Judge Randy Haynes of running a red light, driving with improper tag and driving without a
license. Young received briefs on a motion for immunity and denied the immunity motion Friday. The denial does not stop a self defense claim. That could still be considered by a jury. Whittelsey said he wanted also to have the court consider autopsy results on the victim and statements about Crayton’s violent and criminal past. Weldon objected and Young said he would consider that after he received the additional information. All parties also agreed Feb. 28 to have a change of venue motion, and two separate motions to suppress evidence and certain statements heard prior to the beginning of trial that is tentatively set for the June term in Dadeville.
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Smith provides updated vision to Kiwanis Club
Pay raise for teachers, more money for counselors, technology included
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The Dadeville Kiwanis Club listened to a special presentation from Dadeville Mayor Wayne Smith Thursday, discussing how the city has been moving forward since he and the current city council took office in 2016. “We’ve been in office for about 16 months now. Have we accomplished everything we wanted to? No. Have we put a dent in it? Yes,” Smith said. “I’ll meet with anybody, anywhere, anytime, as long as it’s progressive.” The mayor spent much of his time talking about some of the progress taking place around the city of Dadeville, including new businesses coming to town, public works projects moving forward and how local residents are making Dadeville a nicer place through ideas of their own. “We’re about ready to let out bids on the courthouse square project,” Smith said. “The Highway 49 North Water project, I’m proud to say that all of the people living within the city limits of Dadeville are now hooked up to the city water system.” Now that the issue with the demolition grant has been resolved and a new firm has taken over the initial project, the mayor talked about how the current phase of demolitions around
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Dadeville Mayor Wayne Smith and City Clerk Debbie Minor present the Dadeville Kiwanis Club with a donation towards the club’s efforts to refurbish the tennis courts at Dadeville High School.
town is currently in a 10 day window, during which time houses and other dilapidated buildings which were voluntarily placed on the demolition grant will be brought down. Once this is completed, Smith said the city would turn around and get to work on another grant, while also condemning buildings needing to be demolished. After Mike Gardner turned in his resignation in September, leaving the office of city clerk to take a position with the Tallapoosa County Board of Education, the city began looking for a new clerk, culminating in promoting Debbie Minor to the role. Local residents taking on projects of their own to benefit the city include Dianna Porter, who
has been hard at work beautifying Keebler Park and is in the process of setting up a city-wide festival at the park on April 14, while Marrell Ward is putting plans together for the second annual Ducky Ward Soapbox Derby in August. Smith also said the city is currently in a good spot monetarily, with finances not being a serious issue the council has to face. “The city is in the best financial shape it’s been in in 12 years,” the mayor said. “We want to be fiscally responsible.” While Smith spent much of his time talking about progress taking place throughout town, he did field a question regarding his health and recent stay in the hospital. Approximately two weeks ago, the mayor said he was
Statue Russell Medical Center, a statue of Hebe, the Greek goddess of youth from Fountain Square Park in Bowling Green, Kentucky, the cupola from the Tennessee State Capitol building in Nashville and Themis, the Greek goddess of justice from on top of the county courthouse building in Waco, Texas as successful restorations from Robinson Iron. “The courthouse plaza is a main attraction for our community,” Yavapai County Facilities Director Kenny Van Keuren said. “It is the heart and soul of the community.” The fountain was originally installed on the courthouse plaza in 1916, but was removed sometime in the late 1960s or 1970s, according to Van Keuren. Eventually, it ended up in the basement of a local museum, where it was “rediscovered” while Prescott celebrated the 100th of the construction of the current courthouse building. “I saw an article online about the fountain, and I contacted them about it,” Luke Robinson with Robinson Iron said. “They were very interested. We continued to go back and forth. They sent us a lot of good pictures of the fountain, and they kept us well-informed about where they stood.” At some point while the fountain was in storage, one of the bowls had cracked and broken, which was a major hurdle the Yavapai County Board of Supervisors had to clear. Van Keuren said he had been in contact with several foundries in the area, all of whom would have to cast a new mold for the bowl, making restoration much more unlikely. “Robinson Iron told us they had the mold for the bowl,” he said. “We sent them photos of the fountain, and they told us they could do this.” During a March 7 meeting, the Yavapai
not feeling well, and the situation failed to improve overnight. Finally, he was able to get to the hospital in Dadeville with the help of a Dadeville Police Department officer Friday morning, where Smith was found to be showing signs of congestive heart failure. After being transferred to Russell Medical Center and spending the weekend in the Intensive Care Unit, he was released and is doing much better. “I’m going to be fine,” Smith said. To round out an informative talk, Smith and Minor presented the Kiwanians with a $500 check as a donation to the club’s efforts of refurbishing the tennis courts at Dadeville High School, an action that the members supported with plenty of applause.
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County Board of Supervisors voted 4-1 to approve $30,000 from the Facilities Department maintenance budget to have the restoration work done at Robinson Iron, according to an article from the Daily Courier of Prescott. The fountain and statue arrived in Alexander City Monday, according to Robinson, and work is set to begin within the next couple of days. “We’ll clean off all the old paint and rust from the fountain using a sand blaster,” he said. “The statue appears to be made of zinc, so we’ll have to chemically strip the paint off of it. Once all the paint is off, we can better assess the damage, make repairs and order new parts as needed.” While there are parts Robinson feels will have to be replaced with brand new components, the company will be putting it back together using as many of the original pieces as possible. He estimated that the work will take between eight and 10 weeks to complete, and everyone at Robinson Iron is excited to be taking part in restoring this fountain. “We love it. It means a lot to us to do things like this,” Robinson said. “We know how important these things are to communities like Prescott. “This is the first castiron fountain from Arizona that we’ve restored. There aren’t as many cast-iron fountains out West as there are in the Northeast, the South and even in the Midwest.” Once the work is completed and the fountain is returned to Prescott, Van Keuren said he hoped the county would be able to reinstall the fountain in its original spot on the courthouse plaza and have it up and running in time for the number of summer events the city and county holds on that location. “We’re thrilled to be working with them. If it
wasn’t for Robinson Iron, this would not have been possible,” Van Keuren said. “The public is thrilled as well. A lot of people out here, they’re all about their history and their Western heritage.” Once the restoration work is completed and the century-old fountain and statue has been returned to its original spot in the city of Prescott, it will
mark the culmination of a five year, $5 million restoration project Yavapai County took on to take the courthouse back to the way it looked 100 years ago. More than that though, it will mean the return of a iconic piece of local history to its original location, a place where area residents can admire the fountain while enjoying a full summer calendar of events.
The Alabama Senate approved a $6.6 billion Education Trust Fund for Fiscal Year 2019, which starts October 1, and a 2.5 percent pay raise for Alabama’s teachers and education support personnel on Thursday afternoon. It is the largest education budget for Alabama’s schools since the great recession of 2008. “Nothing is more important than ensuring a quality education for every student in Alabama, and this education budget is a statement of strong support for our teachers and schools,” Senator Arthur Orr (R-Decatur), Chairman of the Finance and Taxation Education committee said. “This is also a sustainable budget that protects taxpayers. From 2001 to 2011, proration – the midyear slashing of local school budgets because of irresponsible fiscal plans from the Legislature – occurred six times. Proration hasn’t happened once since 2011.” The FY19 education budget includes a $18.5 million increase for First Class, Alabama’s nationally-recognized, volunteer pre-kindergarten program. A University of Alabama at Birmingham study, released in February by the Department of Early Childhood Education, showed that students who participated in First Class outperformed their peers in reading and math assessments. First Class, currently available in 941 classrooms, has been named the nation’s best pre-kindergarten program in the nation for eleven years in a row by the National Institute for Early Education Research. The $18.5 million increase will help fund approximately 120 new Pre-K classrooms. The Senate’s education budget is paired with a 2.5 percent pay raise for K-12 and twoyear college education employees, at a cost of $102 million to Alabama taxpayers, along with a $1.1 million uptick for K-12 career tech and a $6 million increase for K-12 transportation. “This budget is an investment in the future of Alabama. Conservatives in the legislature are strongly committed to fighting for Alabama’s students and teachers, and improving our schools to ensure that every student in every county in Alabama has access to a quality education,” Senate Majority Leader Greg Reed (R-Jasper) said. “We have set aside additional money for school security, given a much-deserved raise to teachers, and invested more money in our vital career tech programs.” The education budget includes funds for a new robotics program for middle and high school students, and at the request of Governor Kay Ivey, allocates $500,000 for mental health counselors to be available for K-12 students in the aftermath of school shootings. The budget boosts spending on textbooks by $11 million, along with a $4 million increase for new technologies in classrooms.
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re your brackets already busted? I know plenty of people’s are due to a pair of big upsets in the opening round. But hey, that’s the beauty of March Madness. Before we dig into those two big upsets, I want to thank the 15 people who joined the Outlook March Madness contest. Not only can you win a prize, but I get to see a slew of brackets and find out how people in the community are picking these games. It’s so interesting to me to see people’s strategies behind their bracketology. Some people go on sheer seeding, while others find more creative ways of picking their teams. A few years back, my sister-in-law based her picks on the coolest sounds school — she had Xavier winning the whole thing. I’ve also heard of people basing their picks on whose mascot is better or whose mascot would win in a fight. I watch enough college basketball to be make slightly intelligent guesses, but I do have a few strategies behind my picks. First and foremost, I almost never pick a team I want to win the whole thing to win even a game. When VCU advanced to the Final Four in 2011 (told you I’d never write a college basketball column without mentioning the Rams), I had them losing in the First Four to UCLA. I am, after all, nicknamed the Black Widow when it comes to sports predictions. I did, however, break that rule this year, as I really want Virginia to make it far. I’m from Charlottesville, so the Cavaliers will always have a special place in my heart. But this year, I felt OK breaking my rule for the Wahoos because they should, theoretically, go far. I do, however, have them losing to Gonzaga in the Final Four and also totally respect people who picked them to lose to Kentucky. Another big rule of mine is to always pick at least one 12-5 upset. It’s a shoe-in that at least one No. 12 team will pull off a win in the first round. My 12-5 upset this year is Murray State over West Virginia. At the time of writing this column, the game was just starting and the only other 12-5 possibility left was Clemson-New Mexico State. Lastly, I always like to put my stock in at least one or two lowerseeded teams to make it past the second round. This year, I have No. 10-seeded Texas beating both Nevada and Cincinnati — the game is still ongoing as I write this — and I also have Marshall advancing to the Sweet 16. Which perfectly brings me to our two big upsets. We. Are. Marshall. Who would’ve thought Marshall would upset Wichita State, which is a proven tournament contender? Apparently I did. Now, who knows if Marshall will actually beat Murray State or West Virginia (but the Bison have a good shot if I’m right about that Murray State pick), but I’ll take the win where I can get it. According to ESPN, Marshall defeating the Shockers is tied for the 13th biggest upset of the 64-team era. Wichita State was a 13-point favorite. Here’s one I didn’t predict — nor did the rest of our Outlook March Madness contestants — Arizona was quite literally manhandled by Buffalo. Not only did the Wildcats fall, the Bulls won 89-68. It wasn’t even close. One more note on my bracket so far. Something that without fail seems to happen to me every year happened yet again. The first game decided this year — Rhode Island versus Oklahoma — I picked wrong. Let the Madness begin. Lizi Arbogast is the sports editor of The Outlook.
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Benjamin Russell’s Brooks Vardaman, left, makes a throw over the head over Stanhope Elmore’s Braden Lightsey while turning a double play on Friday night.
BRHS struggles with errors in loss to Stanhope Elmore By LIZI ARBOGAST Sports Editor
Just about everything that could’ve gone wrong for Benjamin Russell’s baseball team did in Friday night’s outing with Stanhope Elmore. Although it was a close game, as the Mustangs won 9-8, the Wildcats easily could’ve gotten the win if it weren’t for plenty of mistakes. Not only did Benjamin Russell struggle with seven errors, it also
couldn’t muster many hits, finishing with just six total. “We played terrible and we aren’t very good right now,” BRHS coach Richy Brooks said. “That’s about all I got to say about it.” The one bright spot for BRHS was Huel Lumpkin, who threw five innings and didn’t give up an earned run. Although he hit two batters, he also racked up seven strikeouts, including three in a row in the second inning. But despite Lumpkin’s best efforts,
Stanhope Elmore managed to jump on the Wildcats early, thanks to a trio of third-inning errors. Sully Stevens led off by reaching first on an error and was moved to second on a sac bunt by Caleb Rainwater. Alex Johnson laid down another bunt that was mishandled by Benjamin Russell’s catcher, allowing him to reach safely and Stevens to score. Nate Hodge then followed with a double to score Johnson. See BASEBALL • Page 12
Wildcats stay perfect in area play STAFF REPORT TPI Staff
Benjamin Russell’s softball team was unstoppable in all facets of play, as it took down Opelika on Thursday, 11-0 in five innings, to remain perfect in area play. Asia McWaters threw the complete-game shutout, allowing only two hits and walking just one. She struck out nine batters. McWaters was backed up by an errorfree defense and a stellar offense, which racked up 13 hits. Baylee Adkins and Taylor McVey highlighted the
offensive efforts with home runs. After a scoreless first inning, McVey got things started with a one-out single, and with two outs, Bailey Underwood notched a single of her own. Adkins then hit one over the rightfield fence to put the Wildcats up 3-0. In the second inning, with two outs, Tayla Stowes reached base on a bunt single, and McVey knocked one out of the park to put BRHS ahead even more. The Wildcats continued the onslaught with three more runs in each of the fourth and fifth innings to secure See SOFTBALL • Page 12
BRHS hosts annual golf tournament fundraiser Photos by Lizi Arbogast Above, Greg Granville tees off during the BRHS annual fundraising golf tournament at Lakewinds on Friday. Right, Benjamin Russell’s Matthew Cush hits a chip shot. Eleven teams participated in Friday’s tournament.
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Benjamin Russell’s Asia McWaters makes a throw to first baseman Taylor McVey earlier this week.
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Quail Forever, Alabama Black Belt Adventures Association join for conservation goal By HOWARD K. VINCENT President and CEO of Pheasants Forever, Inc., & Quail Forever
I have been working with Pheasants Forever, Inc., & Quail Forever for more than three decades with one goal in mind: the conservation and restoration of pheasants, quail and other wildlife through habitat improvements, public awareness, education and land management policies and programs. Our Minnesota-based organization was formed in 1982 and now has locally based volunteer chapters in 42 states, including our newest chapter formed during an eventful visit the last week of February to the Alabama Black Belt. The Black Belt chapter will be the sixth Quail Forever group in the state. We were fortunate to be invited to visit the Black Belt for the first time by the Alabama Black Belt Adventures Association (ALBBAA), an organization that holds the same values as Quail Forever. The ALBBAA is dedicated to wildlife habitat conservation and economic development of the beautiful rural areas in the 23 counties that make up the Black Belt. The marketing organization, founded in 2009, relies on the plentiful opportunities for hunting, fishing, camping and many other outdoors attractions to spur tourism. Thanks to the major role Raycom Media plays in supporting this effort by providing advertising on its many television stations across the country, visitors are increasingly finding their outdoor adventures in the Black Belt — and quail hunting is a growing pursuit. We came to the Black Belt with modest goals, hoping to capture some fresh photography, videography and content for our Quail Forever Journal, Quail Forever website and social media platforms. We
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Emily Snyder and Steve Hickoff are at the ready during a quail hunt in Alabama’s Black Belt.
also brought along friends from Realtree, Browning firearms and apparel, The Flush television program on Outdoor Channel, LandLeader TV on RFD, Covey Rise magazine and Shooting Sportsman magazine. These partners were also on the trip to learn about southern Alabama quail culture and to generate content for their own media entities. Our goals were certainly surpassed. In Alabama, we learned that Southern hospitality is no cliché — it’s the absolute truth. We enjoyed a sunset dinner at Shenandoah Plantation in Union Springs hosted by Tom and Sue Ellen Lanier. We savored breakfast at Rex and Jacque Clark’s High Log Creek Farm and Hunting Preserve near Hurtsboro. At High Log Creek, we saddled up horses and wagons to explore the habitat in search of quail behind the preserve’s fine array of pointing dogs. Acclaimed chef and Food Network Iron
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*Games included were concluded before 8 p.m. Friday. Tiebreakers were based on number of teams left in Sweet 16. * Highlights: Five contestants picked the Marshall upset; the Arizona loss greatly effected Mitch and Douglas Livingston; no one has more than three Sweet 16 teams out.
LOCAL SPORTS CALENDAR Saturday, March 17 High school baseball Russell County at Benjamin Russell, 10 a.m. Horseshoe Bend vs. Fyfee at Crossville, noon Horseshoe Bend at Crossville, 2 p.m. Reeltown vs. St. Paul’s at Andalusia, 11 a.m. Reeltown at Andalusia, 3 p.m. High school boys soccer Pell City at Benjamin Russell, 3 p.m. High school girls soccer Pell City at Benjamin Russell, 1 p.m. High school track & field Benjamin Russell at Opelika Dadeville at Gulf Shores St. Patrick’s Day Invitational College softball Central Alabama at Wallace State, 1 p.m. College golf Central Alabama at Ron
Chef winner David Bancroft of Auburn’s Acre restaurant prepared a dinnertime offering of Alabama seafood and wild game at Rex Pritchett’s Great Southern Outdoors Plantation back in Union Springs. And speaking of quality Southern food, Chris Hastings of Birmingham’s Hot and Hot Fish Club prepared a lunch featuring quail on Thursday at host Thomas Harris’ Gusto plantation in Lowndes County that showed why he is a nationally renowned chef. We also had the pleasure of enjoying a magnificent final quail hunt at Gusto that allowed participants to not only enjoy the work of gorgeous pointers that weaved through the loblolly and longleaf pines, but also to see the kind of habitat that should be the goal of all quail lovers. Internationally known trainer Mike Stewart of Wildrose Kennels of Oxford, Miss., wrapped up the day by sharing some of his expertise with four of
his British Labradors working with unbelievable precision. Perhaps the highlight of our Alabama adventure occurred at a gathering sponsored by Caliber at the Alabama Wildlife Federation’s NaturePlex in Millbrook where Dr. Bill Palmer of Tall Timbers Research Station in Tallahassee, Florida, addressed a crowd of 100, excited to hear his quail expertise. I was energized by the group’s enthusiasm for quail and quail habitat. It was at that event that the Black Belt Quail Forever chapter was announced. Unique among conservation organizations, Quail Forever chapters retain 100 percent decision-making control over the funds they raise locally. The group represents 140,000 birdhunting conservationists who have been responsible for 15 million acres of habitat accomplishments while also earning Charity Navigator’s top rating for six consecutive years. Lovers of quail in the entire state have already been partners with ALBBAA through the Alabama Quail Trail, which can only be enhanced by more Quail Forever chapters. The newly created Quail Forever chapter will work with the local community and landowners to improve the area’s habitat for quail. Ultimately, these habitat efforts will benefit all wildlife in the Black Belt, water quality, and the area’s recreational-based economy. We were proud to witness the many ways ALBBAA is already promoting quail hunting adventures in the region through media channels of Quail Forever, the country’s largest collection of bird-hunting conservationists. This an exciting new direction for Alabama, its Black Belt region and its people.
Marshall Spring Fling at Goosepond Golf Club (Scottsboro) Monday, March 19 High school baseball Alabama Christian at Horseshoe Bend, 6 p.m. Reeltown at Lanett, 6:30 p.m. High school softball Valley at Benjamin Russell, 4:30 p.m. Sylacauga at Horseshoe Bend, 4:30 p.m. High school tennis Dadeville at Jemison, 3:30 Tuesday, March 20 High school baseball Auburn at Benjamin Russell, 6:30 p.m. Central Coosa at Randolph County, 4:30 p.m. High school softball Tallassee at Benjamin Russell, 4:30 p.m.
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the victory. McVey led the way by going 3-for-3 while Adkins and Shay Johnson were each 2-for-3.
Dadeville suffers loss to Tallassee
CACC escapes with two narrow wins
Central Alabama Community College extended its win streak to six games with a doubleheader sweep of Snead State on Thursday afternoon. The Trojans won, 5-3 and 4-3. In the first game, the Trojans (219) took advantage of some errors, as it needed just six hits to score its five runs. CACC jumped on Snead State early with a 4-1 lead after the first inning, and it never looked back. Sawyer Martin led the way with a pair of hits and an RBI, while Courtney Ray had a double. CACC also got singles from Kristen Tolbert, Shatima Smith and Ashton Fielding. In Game 2, the scoreboard was knotted 3-3 heading into the bottom of the fourth when the Trojans earned the game-winning run. Loren Bishop was hit by a pitch, and Sierra Easterwood followed her with a single. They both moved to scoring position on a sacrifice bunt from Tolbert. Smith then played hero with a line drive to centerfield that gave Bishop time to score. Amber Parker took the completegame victory in the nightcap, scattering seven hits and allowing only one earned run. She struck out two and walked five.
BASEBALL Hits galore give BRHS win
Benjamin Russell and Valley combined for 28 hits on Thursday night, and although the Wildcats committed six errors, they made up for it offensively and earned a 15-8 victory over the Rams.
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Dadeville third baseman Cameron Hull makes a throw toward first against Reeltown on Wednesday night. The Tigers lost to Tallassee, 7-3, on Thursday night.
Eight runs in the third inning were more than enough for BRHS to walk away victorious. Wilson Hays led off the frame with a walk, and Brett Pitts followed with an RBI triple. Tanner Beckett and Cade Brooks hit backto-back singles, and an error loaded the bases. Joe Young smacked an RBI single to tie the game 5-5, and Huel Lumpkin followed with a sacrifice fly to take the lead. The Wildcats kept things going with back-toback singles from Bradley Stewart and Nick McGhee to put up a 7-5 lead before Hays was hit by a pitch to load the bases again. Another sacrifice fly allowed two Wildcats to score and gave Benjamin Russell a 10-5 lead before the inning’s end. Brooks lit it up offensively with four hits, while Young had three. Stewart, McGhee and Tanner Beckett all had two hits, and Beckett led the way with three RBIs.
Baseball
For the second night in a row, Dadeville’s baseball team went to extra innings, but Tallassee proved too tough to handle in a 7-3 loss to Thursday night. Dadeville came storming back with a pair of runs in the bottom of the seventh to push it to an extra frame. Jake Outlaw started the rally with a leadoff single and was followed by a walk from Brennon Wright. Cameron Hall then scored Outlaw on a groundout, and Ab Abernathy knotted the game with an RBI single. Outlaw led the Tigers with two singles, while Abernathy and Sam Stephenson each had a hit and an RBI. Dadeville’s doubleheader with Tallassee on Friday will be in Tuesday’s Outlook.
CACC goes 2-1 with Southern Union
After losing the first two games of its series with Southern Union, Central Alabama Community College’s baseball team picked up a 4-2 win on Friday night to close out the series. In the victory, the Trojans scored three runs in the first inning and one in the second and held on for the win. Pryce Fletcher started things off with a leadoff single in the first frame, and after an out, Matt Muhliesen and Griffin Fenn were hit by pitches to load the bases. Central Alabama (10-17) scored both of its runs on a fielder’s choice during Luis Deloen’s at-bat. The series started off with a pair of losses Thursday, 8-4 and 6-5. In the series, Fletcher led the way with six singles, while Jeremy Almaguer, Emilio Morales and Muhliesen each had three hits. Almaguer and Deleon drove in three runs apiece, and Fletcher had a pair of RBIs.
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Benjamin Russell’s Tanner Barnett makes a run to third base against Stanhope Elmore on Friday night.
“I just feel like we were focusing more at the at-bats and swinging at good quality pitches,” Hodge said. “We were being very disciplined at the plate.” After a hit batter, Brody Feith loaded the bases with a single, and Chase Eddings helped the Mustangs take a 4-0 lead on a two-RBI single. Lumpkin finally got the Wildcats out of the inning with a pair of strikeouts. “It’s been about two weeks (since we lost to them twice) and we got some kinks worked out,” Stanhope coach Wes Dunsieth said. “We played really hard and put some things together. They made some errors, which helped us out a lot, but I thought we played a lot better than the last time we faced them.” Benjamin Russell did climb back into the game and even took a late lead in the fifth inning by taking
advantage of some wild pitches. With the bases loaded, two Wildcats were hit by pitches and another drew a walk to take an 8-7 lead into the sixth frame. But they quickly saw that slip away, as they struggled with pitching woes of their own after Lumpkin was replaced on the mound. With one out, Hodge got things started with his second double of the night and he was followed by a pair of walks to load the bases. Mitchell McCord then came through in the clutch with a bases-clearing double. “He’s a senior and as far as changing his approach, he just really wanted it,” Dunsieth said. “He saw one that he could get, and he got it. Sometimes luck goes your way.” Stanhope added some insurance with a run in the top of the seventh, as Alex Johnson smacked a two-out double and was scored two errors late.
The Mustangs’ 9-7 lead proved too much for BRHS to handle. The Wildcats did manage to pull within one, as Cade Brooks hit a one-out single and was joined on the bases by Joe Young, who doubled. Brock Elliott sent Brooks home with a groundout, but that was all BRHS could muster. “The guy we had on the mound (Bailey Barfoot), his nickname is Bulldog, so that’s the guy we wanted out there (in the seventh),” Dunsieth said. “We weren’t scared. We’ve been in some good games and bad games. We’ve played a lot of tough competition, and they’re tough too, so we knew it was going to come down to the last out.” Benjamin Russell had a chance to redeem itself in the second game of Friday night’s doubleheader, but the game concluded after Outlook press time.