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‘Cyber tip’ leads to child porn arrest raphy and placed in the Tallapoosa County Jail with a $10,000 bond. According to a release from Tallapoosa County Sheriff Jimmy Abbett, the initial investigation began as a result of a cyber tip in which investigators were notified that electronic images containing child pornography had been downloaded. Members of the Tallapoosa
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An Alexander City man has been arrested on child pornography charges after an investigation that started with a “cyber tip.” Benjamin Raymond Butler, 27, of Alexander City was arrested on Tuesday and charged with possession/distribution of child pornog-
County Sheriff’s Department are assigned to the state Internet Crimes Against Children (ICAC) Task Force and that connection led to the initiation of an investigation. Sheriff’s Department investigators conducted a search that revealed that images videos were downloaded on devices controlled by Butler and that he was the person responsible for the downloaded
images. Butler was taken into custody without incident and Abbett said that the investigation is ongoing. Count records indicate that Butler has been convicted of burglary and was arrested on charges of sexual abuse in 2009. That case was bound over to a grand jury, but the charges were disposed after the complainant Butler declined to prosecute.
2017 Sun Festival T-shirt Art Contest opens
Russell Wound Care Center rated high by AU nursing By CLIFF WILLIAMS Staff Writer
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The Lake Martin Area Chamber of Commerce is looking for artists to design the shirt promoting the Sun Festival in its 2017 Sun Festival T-Shirt Art Contest. “We’re kind of excited because this is the fifth annual Sun Festival,” said Kim Dunn, director of marketing and special events. She said the Sun Festival had finally reached its first major milestone. Each year Dunn said there is new artwork designed for the shirts, and the Chamber was reaching out to local artists and all interested to submit their designs by March 24. “We’re open to all different kinds of ideas,” Dunn said. “The only catch is it has to be reproducible into a T-Shirt.” Despite that she said over their five years in the contest they have seen a number of creations some of which were hand drawn art. She said they try to rotate the judges for the contest by the year, but despite the shuffle the same artist has taken home the prize to all four of the previous competitions. At the time of judging the judges do not know the name of the artist. “It’s pretty funny every year so far the same person has won, but nobody knows whose artwork (it) is,” Dunn said. “It’s been complete coincidence See SUN FESTIVAL • Page 3
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ASHES ON THE GO Community marks the season of Lent
Pastor John Verciglio First United Methodist makes a cross with ashes on the forehead on Leann Dean Tuesday morning. The church offered an “Ash Wednesday DriveThru” at Cazadores Restaurant on Cherokee Road in Alexander City from 6:30 to 8 a.m. Ash Wednesday marks the first day, or the start of the season of Lent, which begins 40 days, not counting Sundays, prior to Easter. Lent is a time when many Christians prepare for Easter by observing a period of fasting, repentance, moderation and spiritual discipline. Ash Wednesday got its name because the practice of blessing ashes made from palm branches blessed on the previous year’s Palm Sunday, and placing them on the heads of participants to the accompaniment of the words “Repent, and believe in the Gospel” or “Remember that you are dust, and to dust you shall return.”
For two years, Auburn University nursing students have been rotating through the Russell Medical Wound Care Center. Recently, those students have selected the rotation as one of their favorites due to the friendly treatment they get from the staff at the center. “It was one of the most highly rated of the sites that we go to,” said David Crumbbley who is an assistant clinical professor at the Auburn University School of Nursing. “It was rated very highly based on the fact that the physician and the staff are very welcoming and very helpful to the students. They engage in educating the students and take a lot of time with them.” The rating is no surprise to Russell Medical Wound Care and Hyperbaric Medicine Director Dr. Regina Phillips. Phillips has taken her experience as a medical student to make sure any student coming through the See NURSING • Page 3
Military vehicle rally set this weekend at Wind Creek State Park
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The area may feel a little more secure this weekend, especially with a very strong military presence in the works. No the National Guard isn’t planning maneuvers around Lake Martin, but it may be the next best thing. The Dixie Division Military Vehicles Club is hosting the East Alabama Regional Spring Rally Friday and Saturday at Wind Creek Park. Local military vehicle enthusiast Gary Poe said he expects a big crowd and all sorts of military See MILITARY • Page 3
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DEAR ABBY: I have seen letters in your column from parents who want to ensure their children’s and teenagers’ safety when visiting their friends’ homes. A question parents need to ask the hosting parents is what their drug and alcohol policy is. We wrongly assumed (and trusted) that our daughter’s friends’ parents did not facilitate access to alcohol or drugs to minors. We realized -- too late -- that from the time she was 15, our daughter had access to unmonitored alcohol and was sometimes encouraged to consume it in these homes. Many parents think it’s OK if teens drink alcohol under supervision, as long as the parents are there and they have possession of the car keys. They wrongly rationalize that the teens are going to do it anyway, so why not under supervision? What these good-time parents don’t consider is that a teen who may have a genetic predisposition to addiction may have just gotten a switch turned
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on in his or her developing brain. You can’t look at people and know if they are prone to addiction. In our case, our daughter’s addiction became a long, difficult struggle, which led to the untimely death of our smart and talented daughter at age 24. -GRIEVING MOM IN RENO DEAR GRIEVING MOM: I am sorry for the tragic loss of your daughter. In most states, providing alcohol to minors is against the law, not only for public safety, but also for the reason you stated. Years ago, I spoke with a gentleman who was active with the National Council on Alcoholism and Drug Dependence (NCADD), when he repeated something he’d heard at an AA meeting. He said the
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Alexander City Parks & Recreation 50+ had a Mardi Gras Monday. They crowned Queen Di Riccio and King John Thompson. They will reign until next year’s party. Everyone who attended was dressed in the theme. Lunch was outstanding with gumbo, fresh shrimp and crawfish, potatoes, sausage and corn. King Cake was for dessert.
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River specialist Ball uses lake strategy to take KPF Best of Best
Combined length, not weight, determines the tournament standings and winners, Hoover said. Matt Ball, who prefers Each fish is measured to fishing rivers to lakes, the nearest quarter inch. used a spot he found preIf it falls between quarterfishing Lake Jordan the inch marks, it is measured day prior to Kayak Bass Fishing’s Best of the Best at the least one. For example, a fish measuring 10 competition pitting KBF 3/8 inches would officially national champion Ball against KBF angler of the be 10 ¼ inches. All winners of tournayear Jay Wallen to become ments on the KBF trail are the best of the best in the based on the total of the growing sport of kayak length of their fish caught bass fishing. and all KBF tournaments “I sort of ran away with are catch-and-release. it,” Ball said. “The fish“Each fisherman is ing was tough, but when issued a unique identiI could, I went back to fier either the night that one spot on the lake before or the mornand stayed there and that ing of the tournament,” helped me put the thing Many a small thing has said Hendersonville, away.” been Tennessee’s Chad Hoover, Ball’s total catch of made who runs Kayak Bass 13 fish measured 181.25 Fishing LLC, which inches, easily more than operates the Kayak Bass Wallen’s total of 100.75 Fishing tour. “Each fish is ...with the right kind inches, winning the Lake photographed using a hog of advertising. Hocking, Ohio, angler trough, which is used to $2,000, a $1,800 kayak measure the fish, with the trolling motor and a new unique identifier in view. $1,900 Jackson kayak. 256.234.4281 Once the photo is taken, the fish is released.” In other ways, the tournaments are run much like regular bass tournaments with a five-fish-per-day limit over the course of the competition. But Hoover had every intention of making this competition – and the announcement of the winner – a little different. “We had every intention of doing this Facebook FREE SERVICES FOR JOB SEEKERS live tonight and we were $&&(66 72 )5(( 75$,1,1* $1' going to do the announce ('8&$7,21 352*5$06 ment that the announcement of the winner was ,17(59,(: &2$&+,1* 35(3$5$7,21 going to be at the national 5(680( :5,7,1* -2% 6($5&+ 7,36 championship (set for 92&$7,21$/ 75$,1,1* ,1&/8',1* &'/ March 31 and April 1 on '5,9(5 75$,1,1* Kentucky Lake in Paris, 9(7(5$1 $66,67$1&( Tennessee), and kind of build the suspense up JOBLINK.ALABAMA.GOV and keep it built up and Funding provided by the USDOL, ETA, Federal WIOA. An Equal Opportunity Employer/ Program. Auxiliary aids and services available upon request to individuals with disabilities. that whole nine and then No representation is made that the quality of the legal services to be performed is greater than the quality of legal services performed by other lawyers.
DEAR ABBY: My husband is obsessed with his personal electronic devices and insists on using one most of the time. He gets angry if I ask him to stop even for a short time. But the worst part is, he routinely takes his tablet into the bathroom with him for extended periods. And no, he does not sanitize the tablet afterward -- or ever, for that matter. Abby, he reads your column and I’m hoping you might comment on this unsafe and repulsive habit. Please help, because he won’t listen to me.
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subject being discussed at the meeting was what it felt like having that “very first drink.” One of the members stood up and said, “It was like someone switched a light on in my head, and I said to myself, ‘So that’s what it’s like to feel normal!’” This is why it is imperative that families with a history of addiction make their children aware of it and clearly understand why it’s important they avoid addictive substances even if their friends are indulging.
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Matt Ball, winner of the first-ever Kayak Bass Fishing Best of the Best competition, held Friday through Sunday on the Coosa River and Lake Jordan, shows off one of his catches from Friday’s fishing in the Coosa.
this guy (Ball) had to go and put like a 50-inch, like beatdown on Jay and there wasn’t even any drama, there wasn’t even any doubt,” said Hoover. “There was no build-up, there was no suspicion of who would have won. It was like out of the gate. He even did it on the lake. Which is crazy.” Hoover added, “(Pullen) left here and went straight to Kentucky Lake.” Ball said he caught his first bass with a flashy swimmer, but later switched to a silver and blue roadrunner-type head and, still later, switched to a Carolina rig. “I caught most of my fish that ended up counting on a Carolina rig with a pumpkin-seed trick worm,” Ball said. “I kind of poked the bear,” Ball laughed, “so I better watch our for Jay the next time I come across him.” “When you get beat head-to-head like I did, you have to sort of want to get the guy back,” Wallen said. “So yeah, I have to
work this week, but I’ll be on Kentucky Lake when the weekend gets here.” “I kind of poked the bear, so I better get ready for Jay the next time I come across him,” Ball said. Over the three days of the Best of the Best, Ball and Wallen fished the Coosa River on Friday, Lake Jordan on Saturday and each angler fished his choice of the two bodies of water on Sunday. Ironically, Ball, who normally is more proficient on rivers, fished Lake Jordan on Sunday and Wallen, normally better on lakes, fished the Coosa. In the meantime, a second KBF event – this one a one-day event – is set for May 6. “It will be a much bigger event as far as participants,” Hoover said. “We’re just starting to build the field. Right now, we’ve got somewhere between 15 and 35. But at some of our events, we get as many as 120-125. We expect the field for this one to continue to grow.” Hoover, who discov-
ered the Coosa River/ Lake Jordan fishery when he emergency landed a Navy helicopter here in his active service days, said the Best of the Best competition did nothing to lessen his draw to Wetumpka. “I can’t thank the folks in the City of Wetumpka enough,” Hoover said. “Gerry Purcell and the entire crew over there in the Chamber of Commerce really rolled out the red carpet. This is a really great place to fish.” Even though he left with his “tail tucked between my legs” and a loss, Wallen was impressed, too. “I was really impressed with the beauty of the river,” said Wallen, who calls Lexington, Kentucky home. “I didn’t realize that existed in south Alabama. I know that the fishing is good. It may be a little too early right now. I think it will fish better when the water temps get up and I just hate that I missed that this time around.”
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An Army MASH truck was one of several vehicles on display at last year’s rally at Wind Creek State Park.
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vehicles to be on display, ranging from Jeeps from different to cargo and allterrain vehicles. “The will start rolling in at about 8 a.m. on Friday morning and they will be there until probably about 3 p.m. on Saturday,” Poe said. “The only admission is the cost of admission to the park. We have members from all over the state of Alabama and there’s no telling what some of them will bring in here. We’ve talked to a lot of people and the weather is supposed to be nice, so it should be a great weekend for it.” The event includes equipment dis-
plays and a swap meet as well. Poe said that anyone with any interest in military history would enjoy coming out and visiting with the collectors. Poe said the weekend rally is family friendly and hopes local folks come out and enjoy the fellowship and fun. “You get to see all kinds of things and part of the fun are the stories behind the vehicles,” Poe said. “We all love talking about this stuff, so we hope that people come out look around and hear what we are all about.”
Sun Festival each year that he’s won.” More than 50 events are planned across Alexander City for The Sun Festival during its scheduled week of July 14-22. Dunn said it will start a day early this year on Friday on The Town Green at Russell Crossroads, where a concert series is held every year. She said it would mostly be made up of different family-oriented events throughout the week, mostly free or low cost with a lot of kid-based activities “The events just kind of take place all around the community and culminate Friday, July 21 at the band battle in Strand Park,” Dunn said. Dunn said they are also accepting demos from bands wishing to perform. The chosen artist will receive $200 and recognition as the official 2017 Sun Festival Artist. Rules for the 2017 Sun Festival T-Shirt Art Contest state: • Entries may be emailed as a JPG or PDF document to kim.dunn@alexandercitychamber.
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com, or sent via regular mail to: Alexander City Chamber of Commerce Sun Festival Contest 175 Aliant Parkway Alexander City, AL 35010 • Fine art and digital design will be accepted. • Art in file format should be vector format like Illustrator (.eps, or .ai), or Photoshop (.psd) high resolution 300 dpi, type/copy (fonts provided) on layers. • Minimum of 65-line screen if computer generated. • Be vertical and no larger than 16” x 20”. • There is no cost for entry and a limit of three entries per artist. • Entries need to include “Alexander City Sun Festival July 14-22, 2017” in the design to be considered. • Artist name and phone number printed on the back of artwork.
Nursing clinic not only learns but is respected. “I hated when I was a medical student and was treated poorly,” Phillips said. “I don’t want anyone that is coming through to learn to be treated that way. We talk to them like they are rational humans. We treat them with respect.” That philosophy comes through in student comments to Crumbley. “The biggest comments were about the physician,” Crumbley said. “She would take time to explain things. It is rated high because of what they see there and the staff there educating the students in good nursing care and medical care.” Phillips hope the students take away knowledge that can help them regardless of the direction of their career. “They get to see everything, all of the procedures,” Phillips said. “They get to interact with all of the nurses one on one going through patient work up and stay while I come in. I try to teach them, explain to them the different kinds of wounds and wound healing. They get to watch and work with the nurses applying the dressings and wraps so they get
The Dadeville City Council voted to return to the policy of helping cover family health insurance for city employees along with getting notice of progress on the Mott’s Woodyard Fire at Tuesday’s meeting. Dadeville Police Chief David Barbour asked the city council for help on covering family healthcare insurance for city employees to make it possible to recruit seasoned officers. “I would like for us to go back to covering for employee and family like we used to,” Barbour said. “We can’t hire anyone that has a family. By doing this would give us an advantage in recruiting.” Councilmember Brownie Caldwell thinks the move will help improve safety in Dadeville. “For the sake of citizens and for the safety of police officers I think we need to do this,” Caldwell said. “We need more officers and this will help. They are currently working overtime and in some cases doubles. They are returning to work when they are not rested.” Councilmember Roy Mathis credited City Clerk Mike Gardner for putting some room in the budget for the insurance move though it was planned for higher increases that have not materialized. Mayor Wayne Smith said it would have to be done for all city employees. The council unanimously approved the move with Councilmember Teneeshia Goodman-Johnson being absent. To help with manpower in the police department, the council approved buying out the contract of an officer at Camp Hill for $5,500 so that he can work with the Dadeville Police Department. “He is already a certified officer,” Barbour said. “We will not have to send him to the academy. He will only have to do our four weeks of riding with an officer.” Smith also updated everyone with what is going with the fire at Mott’s Woodyard. “ROW Equipment is on site and dealing with it,” Smith said. “They are moving the grindings and putting water on
it. Next week they are supposed to be moving the timber.” A Lafayette Street resident asked the council about burning leaves in the city limits. Resident Jerry Greer wanted to know about any burning ordinances as he described multiple neighbors who burned leaves around his home. Greer stated that the smoke was a nuisance and by burning the leaves released the mold that was on the decomposing leaves. City Clerk Mike Gardner advised the council that city employees do pick up bagged leaves at the roadside. The council also tabled any decisions on the matter until looking into what ordinances might be on the books already and regulations from the state. Caldwell wanted to thank all involved in the recent cleanup day. “I want to thank everyone that showed up for the cleanup,” Caldwell said. “I think it was successful.” Smith wants to have another clean up day in April. “Hopefully we can plan one in April,” Smith said. “Maybe this time of round the weather will be more cooperative.” Councilmember Dick Harrelson is looking at striping the streets in Dadeville. “I don’t know about y’all but it is hard to see,” Harrelson said. “I am sure there are others out there having a hard time like me especially at night.” Harrelson is meeting with a contractor to work out costs for striping city streets and thinks it will cost between $650 and $1,000 a mile depending on how many reflectors are used. American Legion Post 143 Member Rusty Evans spoke to the council about members attending more council meetings and the group becoming more involved in the community. The Dadeville City Council also: • approved minutes from the last meeting. • approved recreation center rentals. • looking at a proposal to pave Lafayette Street from North Loop to the bridge from Gary Ingram Paving for $49,000. The section is not included in the ATRIP project. The next meeting of the Dadeville City Council will be March 14 at 6 p.m.
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a complete picture of wound care from a new patient to a patient that has been coming for several months…We try to teach what kind of wounds the patient has and what that entails.” Phillips said even the patients love interacting with the students. “The patients love having them here,” Phillips said. “They like having someone new to tease. There are a a lot of Auburn fans who are patients and they love the nursing students from Auburn.” Phillips also credits the rating to the environment at the center. “We have a good working environment,” Phillips said. “We get along well. I think that it shows the student nurses that we love our jobs.” Phillips also hopes the students take away something else from the rotation – the best treatment of all that is priceless. “We love our patients,” Phillips said. “Just because we have patients with chronic wounds and disabilities doesn’t mean you can’t have fun. One of the best things for healing is laughter. It does not cost anything.”
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Be for real, no one is perfect
t gets under my skin to be around a person who pretends everything is perfect in their life. Don’t misunderstand, I love being around optimistic people way more than I like being with pessimistic people. It’s the faker that frustrates me. You know the type. They act like everything they are associated with is perfect. You’ve seen the Facebook posts...perfect couple, perfect vacation, perfect children, perfect job, perfect, perfect, perfect. I believe trying to present everything you do as perfect turns people off because they know it isn’t true. My wife Jane and I traveled recently to California to watch four of our eight grandchildren while their parents were away on a business trip. They are ages 8, 6, 4 and 2. If I wrote… “Keeping those precious children was so easy. They were always such a joy. We never had one problem with them. They were perfect little angels who only listened and did everything we asked them to do.” What would you think? You’d throw up, wouldn’t you? I know you’d want to. But what if I wrote the truth. “We love our grandkids but keeping them was hard work. There were moments
we are not that different, you and me. We love our families with all our hearts but the day to day is not always easy or smooth. Family RAY WATERS life can at times be a little Guest messy. And that is OK. Columnist Deep in me is the desire to live a big life. I choose to when we lost our cool with see the best in every situathem. They exasperated us. tion. I genuinely look for the At times it seemed they goodness and beauty in each schemed against us. They day. But here is where life can be sneaky. They conbecame better for me. I now stantly pulled at our shirtcan laugh at how far from tails tattling on one of their perfect things really can be. siblings. “Mimi he hit me.” I use to think perfection was “Big, he took my toy away what I longed for. That is from me.” “Big and Mimi, not true. I am pursuing life she pinched me.” - real life in all of its comWe took all four of them plexities. for ice cream one night to That week with the granda place where you fix your kids was hard but it was own and then they weigh worth it. And I don’t have it to determine the price. I to pretend it resembled a asked my oldest grandson, Cooper, how many toppings Norman Rockwell painting. his parents let him add to his It wasn’t perfect but it was ice cream. Without blinking real. And it was good. Just a quick reminder an eye he said, “Seven.” We for you today to be real. thought that sounded excesDon’t be a fake or a phony. sive but we trusted him. Nobody believes your life is When his ice cream was weighed it cost us over $10. perfect so you don’t have to exert any effort pretending I almost had a heart attack. that it is. Own your stuff. We quickly told the other kids they’d have to settle for Laugh at the craziness of it all. two toppings, not seven. Authentic living is the Here’s what I know for best kind of living. Big sure. You identify with our authentic living beats prestory about being exaspertend perfection any day of ated with the grandkids the week. more than the perfect story that was not true. You know Ray Waters is a columnist why? Because you can for Tallapoosa Publishers. relate. You recognized that
represents District 1. His phone number is 256392-0344. His address is 1821 LaVista Road, Alexander City, AL 35010. Chairman of the Public Safety committee. District 2. Her phone number is 256-750-0663. Her address is 786 I Street, Alexander City, AL 35010. Chairman of the Buildings and Property committee.
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Scott Hardy represents District 3. His phone number is 256-4962450. His address is 549 Sleepy Hollow Drive, Alexander City, AL 35010. Chairman of the Parks and Recreation committee.
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Eric Brown represents District 4. His phone number is 256-3972011. His address is 1421 Parrish Drive, Alexander City, AL 35010. Chairman of the Public Works committee.
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Tim Funderburk represents District 6. His phone number is 256-825-2993. His address is 1431 River Oaks, Alexander City, AL 35010. Chairman of Utilities committee.
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e told you earlier about the case of missing schoolteachers in east Alabama. They are ones who serve on Senator Del Marsh’s Teacher Advisory Committee. Through investigative reporting, we know that a large number of teachers contacted Senator Marsh’s office as directed to let him know they wanted to serve. We also know the senator has talked about this group on both the floor of the senate and a television program. However, given the fact that no one can find any of those picked for the committee, there is growing concern for their whereabouts and safety. Since Senator Marsh has parts of Calhoun, Clay and Talladega counties in his district, he asked that teachers from only this area join his team. Consequently, we have confined our search to this region. But it is an area of nearly 2,000 square miles and more than 1.1 million acres (nearly 400,000 acres in just the Talladega National Forest alone) which hampers search efforts. Many areas of the three counties are very rural and heavily wooded. One concerned citizen suggested that these teach-
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ers may have been part of the Bowling Green Massacre that Kellyanne Conway, Donald Trump’s spokesperson, told us about. However, a thorough check of the Internet indicates that there is no list of victims of this massacre, and in fact, no record of the event at all. Considering the severity of this situation, we traveled to the district to talk to locals who might shed light on where these teachers may be. Our first stop was in a hardware store in Ashland, county seat of Clay County, where we interviewed several local hunters familiar with the surrounding countryside. One, who was wearing a Make America Great Again Tee-shirt and a battered cap proclaiming “Roll Tide,” told us. “I went to Vietnam and I’m here to tell you we’ve got woods hereabouts that are every bit as dense as those jungles over there. We got places like Millersville, Pynton and Cragford where you could put parts of New
York City and no one would find ’em. Lord knows where they might be hiding.” Another told about escapees from the Federal prison at Talladega who eluded law enforcement for days and days. “There was this one feller who hid out somewhere around Waldo and even the blood hounds and helicopters couldn’t find him,” the man said. We then went to Ohatchee where we found a group of old-timers drinking coffee at a fast-food restaurant. None of them had heard about the missing teachers. One said, “Last teacher I ever saw was the one I had in the 6th grade when I dropped out of school.” Another suggested that we look in the Rabbittown vicinity. “No telling what you might find over there.” he said. Still another suggested that we get in touch with Barney Fife. And though we were distressed to do so, we informed him that both Barney and Sheriff Andy are dead. He was stunned. So the missing teacher search stretches on with not a clue in sight. Again, if you have any information pertaining to this situation, please let me know: larrylee133@gmail.com
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FREE TAX ASSISTANCE: Beginning Jan. 30, free tax and electronic tax filing assistance at Volunteer Connections of Central Alabama, Inc., 5030 Hwy 280, Alex City, AL IRS certified volunteers will provide the free tax assistance and electronically file federal and state income tax forms. The free tax sites are designed to assist seniors 60+ (with no income limit), taxpayers under age 60 with incomes less than $54,000, and disabled taxpayers. Taxpayers will be assisted in the order they are registered. Please do not bring people to the site not involved in the filing of your taxes due to the limited space. Waiting may be necessary. Volunteers will provide free tax assistance and electronically file federal and state income tax forms at Volunteer Connections of Central Alabama, Inc. beginning Jan. 25. Please arrive and register for assistance at least one hour before closing time. Jan. 30, 31 and February – Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays – 9 a.m. - 7 p.m. March – Mondays and Tuesdays – 9 a.m. – 6 p.m. and Thursdays – 9 a.m. – 2 p.m. April 1 to April 15 - Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays --- 9 a.m. - 5 p.m. Information You Must Bring To The Tax Site: The following information is required by the IRS: last year’s tax return; photo ID-driver’s license-for taxpayer and spouse; social security cards for taxpayers and dependants; W-2’s; and 1099’s B, R, and SSA 1099. If you have health insurance through the government marketplace, bring your 1095-A. ALL employed taxpayers should bring a copy of their year-end pay stub. In regards to the itemized deduction list, you should bring all the documentation that applies to you. Even if you do not itemize on your Federal taxes you may be able to do so on your State return. For more info call (256) 2340347. ENROLLMENT APPLICATIONS: Faith Christian Academy is accepting applications for the 2017-2018 school year. Applications may be picked up at Faith Temple Church on the corner of Franklin and Gorgas Streets. For more information call 256-234-6421.
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RECORD SHOW: The Alabama Record Collectors Association are hosting their 36th annual record and cd show March 3 and 4 at the Bessemer Civic Center East Meeting Room.
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MISS WINTER: The 2017 Miss Winter Pageant will be March 4 at 2 p.m. at the New Covenant Church. Tickets to watch the pageant are $10 at the door or $8 if purchased by Friday, March 3. Please email Sherri Williams at misswinterpageant@ gmail.com. DIVORCE RECOVERY WORKSHOP: A workshop to help separated and divorced persons affirm themselves as whole, worthwhile persons, heal past wounds and discover new doors opening to the future. The workshop will be held on the Trinity Campus of the Alex. City First United Methodist Church on Highway 280 in Alexander City March 4 from 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Please call 256-487-2115 to register. BENEFIT SINGING: Mt. Lovely Baptist Church in Camp Hill is hosting a benefit singing for Mrs. Shirley Ware Cadenhead, Saturday, March 4 at 6 p.m. with The Star Wonder Gospel Singers.
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PASTOR APPRECIATION: Pine Grove Missionary Baptist Church in Dadeville is hosting the 36th Appreciation of Rev. G.H. Pulliam Sunday, March 5 at 2 p.m. Guest minister will be Rev. Justin Freeman of New Canaan Baptist Church. PASTOR ANNIVERSARY: New Style Baptist Church in Nixburg is hosting the 2nd Pastoral Anniversary of Rev. Richard Ellis Taylor Sunday, March 5 at 2:30 p.m. Rev. Robert Hargrove and the Mt. Sinai Baptist Church will be the guest. GOSPEL CONCERT: The Griffith Family will be in concert at Hillabee Baptist Church Sunday, March 5. Doors open at 5 p.m. and concert begins at 6 p.m. There will be a love offering. BENEFIT SINGING: The Lineville Church of God is hosting a singing with AJ Davis and The Gospel Boy to benefit Sandy Butler Goins who has been battling cancer March 5 from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. For additional information call Rev. Charley Bolt at 334-319-5092.
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USHERS MEETING: The Early Rose District is holding an ushers meeting March 7 at 5 p.m. at the Early Rose District Center. Gerealdene Russell is president.
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MEDICARE EDUCATION CLASS: The Dadeville Public Library is hosting a free Medicare Education Class March 8 at noon. For questions call Ellie Saul at 205-470-0548 or Rick Durden at 256-749-3402.
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JOHNNY APPLESEED CELEBRATION: Wind Creek State Park is hosting a Johnny Appleseed Celebration March 11 at 10 a.m. with fun activities for kids. Children 5 and under should be accompanied by an adult and will be at the clubhouse near the playground. LAUREL REUNION MEETING: There will be a meeting for the 50th Reunion of the Laurel High School Class of 1969 Saturday, March 11 at 10 a.m. at the Cooper Recreation Center. RUMMAGE SALE: The Pine Ridge Mission team annual Rummage Sale will take place at Alexander City Methodist Church on 11th Ave. March 11 6 a.m. - 10 a.m. We will have furniture, household items, vinyl records, electronics and more. The proceeds will help with VBS, Outreach, and Construction on the Pine ridge Indian Reservation in early June. TRASH WALK: The March PATH Trash Walk is scheduled for Saturday, March 11. We will meet at the entrance to Kenneth Boones’ property located at 4294 Elkahatchee Road which is the first drive south of the spillway on Elkahatchee Creek between 8 a.m. to 8:30 a.m. to receive supplies and assignments and enjoy a light breakfast. We plan to clean Elkahatchee Road from Highway 280 to Ourtown on Highway 63. The cleanup will conclude at 12:00 p.m. and volunteers are invited to a cookout hosted by Kenneth and Mary Lyman on Russell Pond.
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Lady Generals off to a great start Horseshoe Bend varsity softball shuts out two games early in season By CATHY HIGGINS Sports Editor
The Horseshoe Bend varsity softball team’s season is barely under way but the strength of experience in the lineup is already apparent. “We’ve got three seniors,” said Lady Generals head coach David Caldwell. Those seniors are Brooke Robinson, Taylor Walton and Kynsley Blasingame. It’s a trio that Caldwell looks to lead the team both on and off the field. “Leadership-wise, you couldn’t get any better than our three seniors,” Caldwell said. “That’s the key to us right now — we’ve got really good seniors this year.” Blasigme is already making a mark on her final season at the pitcher’s mound. “She’s averaging about nine strikeouts per game over the course of the innings she’s pitched,” Caldwell said. “She’s always going to be around the plate.” Tuesday Blasingame pitched a 5-0 shutout over Stanhope Elmore, which was no small feat. “They had just come off winning a tournament,” Caldwell said. But the Horseshoe Bend team was able to get the best of them this week. “We probably played our most complete game,” Caldwell said. Plus, in this past weekend’s Sidney Cooper Invitational in Columbus, Ga., Blasingame pitched five innings in the Lady Generals’ 1-0 win over Enterprise. In that contest she had seven strikeouts and only gave up a walk and a hit. In that tourney, Horseshoe Bend dropped games, losing to Beauregard 3-0 and to Opelika 5-3. “We won a couple and lost a couple,” Caldwell said. “We played well but we ended up with good competition.” That all adds up to a 3-2 season record, which is just fine with the coach this early in the season. “We’re happy with where we are,” Caldwell said. The Lady Generals’ next competition is an away game today as Horseshoe Bend heads to Sylacauga to take on the Lady Aggies at 4:30 p.m. So far the Lady Aggies have struggled, with an overall record of 0-3. But Caldwell isn’t taking anything for granted. “We haven’t played them in a while,” he said. “They’re a 5A school.” Still, the coach hopes the contest is one more step to a successful season for the Lady Generals so they can make it to the tournament. “Our goal is to just take it one game at a time and mainly try to get better every week,” Caldwell said. This afternoon is the next in a series of away games for the Lady Generals. Horseshoe Bend’s next home game is at 4:30 p.m. Monday, March 20, against LaFayette.
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Horseshoe Bend senior Kynsley Blasingame readies to throw during the Lady Generals’ softball practice Wednesday.
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NAME Sydnie Catrett Danielle Mitchell Kynsley Blasingame Leighann McWhorter Taylor Walton Lily Combs Cheyanna Howard Cheyenne Peppers Becca Anderson Hannah Adcock Brooke Robinson Ivy Vickers Haleigh Gregg
GRADE Bats 11 R 10 R 12 R 10 R 12 B 9 11 R 11 R 11 11 R 12 R 10 11 R
Throws R R R R R R R R R R
LADY GENERALS SCHEDULE DATE TIME OPPONENT VENUE SCORE Feb. 24 5:15 p.m. Beauregard South Commons 0-3 Feb. 24 9:15 p.m. Enterprise South Commons 1-0 Feb. 25 11:15 a.m. at Opelika South Commons 3-5 Feb. 28 6 p.m. at Stanhope Elm Foshee-Hender. st. 5-0 March 2 5 p.m. at Sylacauga Sylacauga March 6 6:30 p.m. at Cleburne Cty Tiger Park March 9 4:30 p.m. at Clay Central Clay Central March 10 4:30 p.m. at Lady Wildcat Cl White Plains March 13 TBA at Gulf Shores Trn. Gulf Shores Sportsplex March 20 4:30 p.m. LaFayette TBA March 21 7 p.m. at Reeltown Reeltown March 24 4 p.m. at Think Pink Bailey Sportplex March 28 4:30 p.m. Stanhope Elmore Horseshoe Bend softball field April 4 5:30 p.m. at Elmore County Elmore County April 6 1 p.m. at Central Coosa Central Coosa softball field April 7 4:30 p.m. at Verbena Verbena April 10 4:30 p.m. Clay Central Horseshoe Bend Softball field April 11 4:30 p.m. at LaFayette Lafayette April 14 4:30 p.m. Verbena Horseshoe Bend Softball field April 18 4:30 p.m. Reeltown Horseshoe Bend Softball field April 20 1 p.m. Central Coosa Horseshoe Bend Softball field April 25 4:30 p.m. Sylacauga Horseshoe Bend Softball field April 28 TBA at Elba Tune-Up Elba Softball Field
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CACC catcher commits to Point University mentally and helped me realize what I need to work on to become a better Central Alabama athlete,” Rice said. Community College As for her academics, Rice sophomore Britney Rice has plans earn her bachelor’s signed with Point University degree in exercise science. in West Point, Ga. “I plan on getting The Dadeville native my master’s degree in announced her intention to recreational therapy,” she further her education at the said. “I plan on working private Christian college in a with people with disabilities signing ceremony at CACC through recreational this week. activities, whether it’s “I decided to choose basketball or equestrian Point University because therapy — whatever facilities of the wonderful Christian are provided to let me work background, the Christian with them.” morals we stand for, and While at Point, returning Submitted / The Outlook they offered me a scholarship home for visits won’t be a that I absolutely knew was a Whitney Rice (seated, center) signed commitment papers to Point problem for Rice since the blessing from the Lord” Rice University this week in a ceremony at CACC. Lending support are (from school is less than an hour left, standing) CACC head softball coach Greg Shivers, Point University said. “I had been praying from Dadeville. That’s a big assistant coach Sarah Warren, CACC assistant softball coach Steve Lewis, bonus for parents Whitney about it for a long time. So I knew that when I made my (seated) mother Whitney Rice and father Jeff Rice. and Jeff Rice. decision, I just had peace “It’s a great atmosphere In the meantime, she’s she said. about it and knew this is and the coaches are finishing out her time as a Rice will head to Point where I was supposed to go.” fantastic,” her father said. Lady Trojan. after finishing up her Rice committed to “Getting some experience “She’ll still be close and be sophomore year at CACC continue as catcher with the able to watch her siblings under my belt before this spring. Lady Skyhawks. play. We’re glad we’ll still jumping into a four-year “I’ll start in the fall,” she “But I’ll play whatever have her close.” school helped me prepare said. position they want me to,” By CATHY HIGGINS Sports Editor