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MARCH 22, 2023

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VOL. 125, NO. 12

City receives offer on Hotel Talisi property By CLIFF WILLIAMS News Editor Grass is growing on the site of the Hotel Talisi where brick walls once framed a concrete slab. Just before the Tallassee

City Council met last week, the city received a $35,000 cash offer to purchase the site where the Hotel Talisi once stood. Some council members said they didn’t realize the property was for sale. Mayor Sarah Hill said the property

hadn’t been listed. Tallassee city attorney John Smith said the council is not required to act on the offer. “You are not required to surplus that property,” Smith told the council. “You are

not required to sell it. The city can keep it for as long as the city wants to or not. Just because there is an offer to buy doesn’t mean the city has to sell it. “As best I can tell, [the proposed buyer] wants to cre-

ate a parking lot.” Hill said the letter came just hours before the meeting and in her opinion shouldn’t be acted on. “I think we should hold See PROPERTY, Page A6

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Gulf Packaging’s Melvin Yates, left, explains to Elmore County students how the company makes boxes for use by clients across the Southeast.

Students learn about leadership, boxes By CLIFF WILLIAMS News Editor Students are getting an idea of what the real world is like through Youth Leadership Elmore County. The program helps students across Elmore County get to know each other while learning skills necessary in the See LEADERSHIP, Page A6

TWO TALLASSEE OFFICERS HONORED FOR LIFE SAVING MEASURES

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A group of students helped pick up litter last year as part of the Elmore County litter pick up effort. Another county pickup is organized for the weekend of March 31 to April 2.

Commissioner hopes challenge helps cleanup By CLIFF WILLIAMS News Editor Elmore County Commissioner Henry Hines makes no bones about it — “I hate litter.” Hines has been on the Elmore County Commission for less than two years but his See CLEANUP, Page A3

By CLIFF WILLIAMS News Editor Two Tallassee citizens are still alive after the actions of two Tallassee police officers. Lt. Matthew Manning and officer Andres Amaya were honored in a small ceremony for their actions. “The two officers went above

and beyond their call of duty,” Tallassee police chief Todd Buce said. “There were two incidents where they saved two different citizens’ lives.” Manning’s and Amaya’s commanding officers explained interactions that led to recognizing the officers. Lt. Jon Rawls said in early March, Manning responded to a

call about an unresponsive male subject. “Upon arriving it was found out that the subject was not breathing and Haynes [Ambulance] was several minutes away,” Rawls said. “Lt. Manning took it upon himself to perform CPR including mouth See HONORED, Page A6

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Tallassee Police Lt. Jon Rawls, left, presents Lt. Matthew Manning with an award for saving the life of a citizen. Tallassee Police Chief Todd Buce, back right, and others in the department’s administration have made it a point to recognize officers for going above and beyond in the line of duty.

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