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County’s jobless rate falls to 8-year-low STAFF REPORT TPI Staff
Tallapoosa County’s unemployment rate fell to just 5.3 percent in April, the lowest rate in almost eight years. The last time that the jobless rate was this low was in March 2008, and the current 5.3 percent is down from the 6.1 percent posted in March and the 5.7 percent that was recorded in Tallapoosa County
in April 2015. To put the local good news in perspective, the county rate was much better than the state average. The state’s seasonally adjusted April unemployment rate is 6.1 percent, down from March’s rate of 6.2 percent. “Every aspect of this month’s jobs data reflects positively on Alabama’s economy,” Gov. Robert Bentley said.
“More people are working and more jobs are filled. In fact, we are supporting almost 100,000 more jobs now than we were at the height of the recession. We are continuously working to keep that momentum going, with events like last week’s huge job fair in Birmingham that drew more than 5,000 job seekers.” Alabama’s age and salary employment measured 1,971,300 in April 2016.
RXRFest to bring music, fun to Memorial Day weekend
Family members of Willie Mae Fuller, front right in blue, surround her on the front steps of the Marshall Street Church of God on Mothers Day. Fuller has a simple explanation for her longevitiy: “I’d say that I took pretty good care of myself and acted right,” Fuller said. “It’s like a car, if you take care of it – it will last a good while.”
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Five bands and a Sunday barbecue feast prepared by Springhouse chef Rob McDaniel highlight RXRFest, set for Memorial Day weekend – Friday, May 27, through Sunday, May 29 – at Russell Crossroads on Highway 63. “We believe we’ve got a strong lineup with some local favorites and some that will be new to people in the area,” said Robert Gunn of Russell Lands. “We’re hoping that everyone will come out and enjoy the music and family-friendly good times.” On Friday and Saturday nights, everyone is invited to bring their chairs and coolers and enjoy free music from Sweet Tea and Union Road on Friday and The Bank Walkers and Atlas Road Crew on Saturday. Music begins both nights at 6:30 p.m. On Sunday, Springhouse will host Jonathan Bloom as part of McDaniel’s barbecue finale. Tickets for Sunday’s event – which include music, barbecue, beer and wine – are $55 and are available by visiting Springhouse or calling the restaurant at 256-215-7080. Sweet Tea, a dynamic Alabama country trio that is currently making their mark on country music, gets See RXRFEST • Page 11
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CELEBRATING A CENTENARIAN Willie Mae Fuller credits hard work in turning 100 By MITCH SNEED Editor
On May 22, 1916 Woodrow Wilson was the president of the Unites States, the country’s population was 101,961,000, gas cost a whopping 18 cents a gallon and World War I dominated newsreels. But in Ashland on that date, Wyatt and Bera Rainwater had big news of their own – the birth of their daughter Willie Mae Rainwater. Now, 100 years later, family and friends will celebrate another milestone in history as Willie Mae Fuller celebrates her 100th birthday. To look at Fuller and talk with her, it’s See 100 • Page 7
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Scholarships aplenty for Benjamin Russell grads By DAVID GRANGER Staff Writer
Benjamin Russell High School parents, teachers and administrators celebrated the distinguished Class of 2016’s many accomplishments Friday morning at the school’s Senior Awards Ceremony. BRHS Principal Anthony Wilkinson reminded the seniors the fruits of their hard academic labors didn’t come quickly or without help. “It didn’t happen quickly and it didn’t happen overnight,” Wilkinson said, recalling how, over the past year, the seniors have learned how to put together a resume, created a digital portfolio, learned their strengths and weaknesses through a reflective essay and prepared wellenough for interviews through mock sessions that included Wilkinson to confidently tell any recruiter to “bring it on.” “(Class of 2016 member) Chase Burton may have said it best,” Wilkinson said, “when he said, ‘If you dress good, you feel good and if you feel good, you perform good. And if you perform good, you get paid.’” With that the payments began to roll in – in the form of scholarships. Aubrey Forbus, one of three valedictorians for the senior class, will attend the University of Alabama. See AWARDS • Page 3
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“This is a promising month for us,” Alabama Department of Labor Commissioner Fitzgerald Washington said. “There are more people looking for work and more people working this month than there have been all year. The number of people who are unemployed is down. We continue to see growth in our
Members of the Central of Coosa High School Class of 2016 toss their caps into the air after graduation ceremonies Thursday.
All six senior members of the Dadeville High School Key Club received $500 in scholarship money from the Dadeville Kiwanis Club at the Kiwaniians weekly meeting Thursday at First Presbyterian Church in Dadeville. Ben Thomas, Dadeville High School Key Club advisor, said this year’s Key Club seniors were special. “The benefits of Key Club are intrinsic,” Thomas said. “These young men and women, they get up early, they work, they do things and they get nothing much more than a pat on the back.” Thomas said that, largely because of the club’s See KIWANIS • Page 11
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DEAR ABBY: I recently received a very competitive internship in New York. I’m excited and can’t wait to go. I have never been to New York, and my mom is driving me crazy over it. She’s using my internship as an excuse to go on vacation to “see me,” even though I have told her multiple times that I won’t be able to do anything with her because I’ll be working full time. She doesn’t have a car and expects to use mine, and she’s constantly sending me information about stuff “we” can do in New York. It is overwhelming, and I’m getting very stressed out. I just want to go by myself and have my own experience. We don’t have that good a relationship. Would it be bad if I asked her not to come? -- STRESSED OUT NEW INTERN DEAR INTERN: You have already told your mother -- with whom you do not have a good relationship -- that you will be busy. Repeat that message
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Alexander City Council meets on the first and third Mondays of each month. Meetings are held in the courtroom at the old city hall at 5:30 p.m. Camp Hill Town Council meets the first and third Mondays of each month. Meetings are held in town hall at 6 p.m. Community Action Agency of Chambers, Tallapoosa, Coosa will holds its regular board of directors meetings every other month at the Central Office in Dadeville. Coosa County Board of Education holds called meetings at least once a month.
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Coosa County Commission meets on the second and fourth Tuesday of each month. Meetings are held in the Coosa County Courthouse in Rockford at 9:30 a.m. on the second Tuesday and at 6:30 p.m. on the fourth Tuesday. Coosa County Industrial Development Board will hold its regularly scheduled meeting the third Tuesday of each month at 7 p.m. in the
thought of being diagnosed with cancer prevents me from going to get this looked at. I am very depressed about this and the stress is causing my hair to fall out. I need help, but I’m scared. What should I do? -- ANONYMOUS IN SANTA BARBARA, CALIF. DEAR ANONYMOUS: You MUST see a doctor. If you need moral support, ask a trusted friend or relative to come with you. The only thing worse than dying of cancer would be to die of a disease that could have been cured had it been diagnosed early enough. Although I am not licensed to practice medicine, allow me to suggest that if what you have is cancer, you would have known by now. That’s why I’m urging you to act like the adult you are and talk to a gynecologist. If you don’t know of one or can’t afford one, contact Planned Parenthood. It has clinics that provide the help you need. The caring people
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Commissioners’ Board Room in the courthouse in Rockford. All meetings are open to the public.
Ray Water Authority meets on the second Tuesday of every month at 6 p.m. at the Ray Water Authority Office. All customers are invited to attend.
Dadeville City Council meets on the second and fourth Tuesday of each month at 5 p.m. in city hall. Daviston City Council meets the third Monday of every month at 6:30 p.m. at the Daviston Fire Department. Goldville Town Council meets the second Monday of each month at 5:30 p.m. at the town hall. Goodwater City Council meets on the second Tuesday of each month. Meetings are held upstairs in the courthouse at 6:30 p.m. Jackson’s Gap Town Council meets the second Tuesday of each month. Meetings are held in town hall at 6:30 p.m., all Jackson’s Gap citizens are encouraged to attend. Kellyton Town Council meets on the first Tuesday of the month at 6:30 p.m. at the community center in Kellyton. New Site City Council meets the second and fourth Monday of the month at 5 p.m. in the Conference Room in the Town Hall.
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Awards Forbus received the U of A Presidential Scholarship and also earned Auburn University’s The Spirit of Auburn Founder’s Scholarship, Troy University’s Chancellor’s Scholarship and the Alexander City Chamber of Commerce Junior Ambassador of the Year Scholarship. Scout Treadwell, also a BRHS valedictorian, will attend the University of Mississippi on Academic Excellence, Academic Excellence Non-Resident, Chancellor’s Leadership, Holmes, STEM Major Non-Resident, Student Body President and Valedictorian scholarships. Treadwell also earned the Foundation in Excellence Scholarship from the University of Alabama, a Distinguished Young Women of Alabama Scholarship, the Russell Medical Center Foundation Scholarship and the Student Government Association Leadership Scholarship. Sara Elizabeth Kelly, the third BRHS valedictorian, will attend the University of South Alabama on a Presidential Scholarship. Kelly also earned Jacksonville State University’s Faculty Scholar’s Scholarship and a Central Alabama Community College Academic Scholarship. BRHS salutatorian Maggie Whatley will attend Central Alabama Community College. She received the BRHS Class of 1972 Memorial, Beta Sigma Phi Yellow Rose and Alexander City Chamber Gateway to Education scholarships. Other colleges and universities and the students and scholarships they awarded include: Auburn University:
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Jami Lee Culp (Auburn University Board of Trustees Endowed, Achievement and Ever to Conquer); Dylan Robert Goldhagen (Spirit of Auburn University); David Grady Pemberton (Auburn University Board of Trustees Endowed and Ever to Conquer); Jacob Miller Rogers (Spirit of Auburn Founders); Mary Gaylen Morris (Spirit of Auburn Founders); Adam Martin Tapley (Achievement); Carlee Shae Sharpe (Tiger Paws); Trevor Reese Gravette (Navy ROTC). Auburn-Montgomery: Rosse Suresh Patel (Warhawk); Kortney Madison Northington (Recognition). Sydney Annette Pemberton (Achievement); Adam Martin Tapley (Warhawk). Alabama A&M: Kalynda Charliane Berry (Band and Academic); Arbion Emmanuel Harrell (Academic); Justavious La’Samuel Robinson (Academic); Maya Brenae Towns (Academic); Danasha Tiona Wyckoff (Academic). Allen University: Thomas Louis Coley III (Academic, Wrestling). Berry College: Matthew Robert Smith (Academic); Ross Franklin Staples (Academic, Berry Competitive, Music, Viking Achievement and WinShape). Birmingham-Southern: Benjamin Neal Tucker (Cornerstone); Ruth Anne Ballard (Greensboro); Sydney Annette Pemberton (Cornerstone); Ross Franklin Staples (Trustee). Central Alabama Community College: Jacob Miller Rogers (Academic); Loren Kaye Bishop (Softball); Shelley Renae Humphrey (Tennis);
Magan Nicole Maddox (Academic); Joseph Allen Schouten (Academic); Carlee Shae Sharpe (Academic); Payton Nicole Bradford (Ambassador); Micahlyn Hope McBride (Ambassador); Spencer Ryan Oliver (Ambassador); Heather Nicole Smith (Ambassador); Jasmine Latay Benson (Technical); Charles Lee Howell (Technical); Tyrus Jaquez Jones (Technical); Neal Jemison Turner (Technical). Huntingdon College: Porsha Alexis Love (Scarlet & Grey Band); Thomas Noah Lovette (Spirit of Huntingdon); Micahlyn Hope McBride (Spirit of Huntingdon); Jacob Dylan Mezick (Scarlet & Grey Band); Tyler Anthony Picard (Spirit of Huntingdon); Denver Cole Rumsey (Spirit of Huntingdon); Brannon Thomas Sewell (Spirit of Huntingdon); Dylan Cole Tapley (Spirit of Huntingdon); Thomas Louis Coley III (Spirit of Huntingdon, The River Region Grant). Jacksonville State University: Lindsey Brook Chavers (Jazz Band); Spencer Ryan Oliver (Faculty Scholars); Sean Luc Rape (Academic, Baseball); Adam Martin Tapley (Faculty). Limestone College: Daniel Lee Bland (Wrestling). Michigan State University: Jordan Taylor Warren (Presidential Study Abroad and University Scholar’s). Mississippi State University: Mary Gaylen Morris (Academic
Excellence and NonResident Tuition); Jacob Miller Rogers (Freshman Academic Excellence, Non-Resident Tuition). Murray State College: JaAnthony Tyre Gray (Football). Samford University: Ruth Anne Ballard (Dean’s, Leadership and Legacy); Joseph Dillon Dean (Dean’s, Founders, Leadership and Legacy); Jackson Barnes Hedges (Dean’s, Founders, Leadership and Legacy); Christine Estella Hill (Dean’s and Potts). Savannah College of Art & Design: Hallie Brook Holloway (Achievement Honor, Academic Honors). Shorter: Daniel Lee Bland (Wrestling). Southern Union State Community College: Donna Michelle Bowen (Presidential); Rebecca Anne Howard (Presidential); Sydney Annette Pemberton (Presidential). Spring Hill College: Heather Nicole Smith (Porter Leader). Tabor College: Travenski Demycal Edwards (Academic, Football). Tennessee Tech University: Sean Luc Rape (Soaring Eagle). Troy University: Luke Jackson Stephens (Chancellor’s). University of Alabama: Aaliyah Monae Brooks (Financial Aid Academic); Elizabeth Carol Harvey (Alumni Scholar); William Grant Hudson (Alumni Heritage); Magan Nicole Maddox (Financial Aid Academic, First Generation Scholars); Carley Anne
Blankenship (Alumni Scholar, Foundation in Excellence); Chase Marcellus Burton (Rural Minority Health Scholars); Jacob Miller Rogers (Engineering Leadership, John F. Saxon Endowed Clay County, Presidential); Corley Waites Woods (John F. Saxon Endowed Clay County). UAB: Carley Anne Blankenship (Collegiate Honors, License to Learn Alumni); Tyler Anthony Picard (UAB Breakthrough); Ebony Nicole White (UAB Academic Achievement); Sydney Annette Pemberton (Academic Achievement). Union College: Justavious La’Samuel Robinson (Football). University of Louisiana Lafayette: Joseph Allen Schouten (Academic, Housing, Out of State Tuition, Water Skiing) University of Montevallo: Makayla Marie Wright (Academic Recognition); Hallie Brook Holloway (Academic Recognition). University of North Alabama: Laney Madison Green (Band Performance, Gladys Shepard Endowed Theatre, Vanguard); Carlee Shae Sharpe (Vanguard). University of South Alabama: Laci Marie Bishop (Presidential); Chase Marcellus Burton (Presidential); Clayton Wade Johnson (Jaguar Marching Band, Presidential);
Anfernee Keun Russell (Presidential); Matthew Scott Smith (Presidential). University of West Alabama: Dylan Cole Tapley (Trustee); Anthony Davon Parker (Football). Benjamin Russell seniors presented with military certificates of enlistment included Que’Azia Raechelle Battle, Aulashua Louis Smoot and Gregory Alexander White for the U.S. Army National Guard, Guy Richard Vaughn for the U.S. Marine Corps, Dylan Cole Tapley for the U.S. Marine Reserve and Jamarez Rashad Alique Hall for the U.S. Navy. Several other awards and local scholarships were presented, including 15 Benjamin and Roberta Russell Foundation scholarships and 70 Alexander City Chamber Gateway to Education Scholarships. Benjamin Russell teachers Donald Hodge and Emily Sasser, Jim Pearson kindergarten teacher Shelley Dennis and retired teacher Michelle Tuggle were presented Apple Awards by the top 5 students in the BRHS class as their most influential teachers and Sasser was voted on by the BRHS faculty as the winner of the Red Apple as Teacher of the Year. The I Dare You Award for the Outstanding Juniors went to Cambron Taylor Bice and Makayla Luvici McVey.
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THUMBS UP: We have to give credit to the hard-working investigators as well as all those who gave tips in the Koons Corner robbery case. On Wednesday Keith Bernard Lawson was arrested while sitting in a casino in Montgomery on robbery charges. Police say it was Lawson sporting those chrome sunglasses and the pistol to match right before the clerk pulled a gun of his own making the suspect run like a deer on the first day of gun season. Records show that Lawson has more than 40 arrests to his credit. A big thumbs up goes to investigators for working so hard to add another one to the list. Maybe one of these days criminals will learn that hard work won’t kill you but the lifestyle they have chosen may do that for them. THUMBS DOWN: The people responsible for the recent string of business burglaries continue to stoop to new lows. This week we had another “smash and grab,” the fourth such convenience store burglary in less than a month. This time it was at What’s Curb Market on Dadeville Road and apparently the deafening alarm scared the gutless crooks off before they were able to get their hands on anything of value. But in the process they have damaged property and caused all sorts of headaches for hard-working business people who are simply trying to make ends meet. Just a reminder: Business owner Lynn Patterson has a $2,000 reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the people responsible for an earlier burglary at Lynn’s Quick Stop. So if you know anything that could help get these low-lifes off the street, call investigators and you may walk away with more money than these idiots have been able to steal. THUMBS UP: Columnists and editorials have touched on the subject for several days, but we have to pause again to congratulate the Class of 2016. A graduation is just one of many life milestones, but it should tell a student that anything is possible if they work hard.
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his week, Mayor Charles Shaw apologized for his role in a fist fight with Councilman Tony Goss after an April 25 city council meeting. Goss was not at the meeting this week due to health reasons, but Shaw said he would apologize to him personally as well. He was right to do so. The punching match was the culmination of years of Councilman Goss – who wants to be mayor – goading Shaw – who is mayor. Goss’s verbal swings finally broke through Shaw’s ability to control himself last month. “A few weeks ago I let my passion and my emotions get ahead of me and I made a mistake,” Shaw said at a council meeting this week. “… I want to put this behind us and move forward and make good decisions for Alexander City in the future.” Both Shaw and Goss came away with bumps and bruises. Both Mayor Shaw and his tag-team partner Lavern were arrested on assault charges and got their mugshots made in black and white striped prison uniforms. But it was the City of Alexander City that got the biggest black eye during this highly embarrassing and highly visible altercation. I am afraid it may have cost us some business investment opportunities here. Would you want to bring a business to a city where the mayor and a councilman take swings at each other? Frankly, it may cost both Shaw and Goss any chance they had to take the mayor’s job next election. In any other job, fighting would have gotten them both fired. It’s just that simple. A fist fight during a council meeting will never be forgotten and both their parts in this incident are incompatible with good government. And that brings me back to an issue that I think is more important now than ever before – changing our city’s form of government. I’ve heard many people say that a council-city manager government is more expensive than
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our current government. And on the surface, if the city spent $120,000 on a professional city manager who ran the day-to-day city operations at the direction of the council and made the mayor essentially the face of the city and a councilman elected by all residents, it would cost about $50,000 more than we’re spending today in the mayor’s office. Sound like a lot? This year it would have been a bargain. In the past 12 months, a competent city manager could have saved hundreds of thousands of dollars lost to mismanagement by our city government through a long grocery list of problems including invalid salary hikes, missing funds at the golf course, incomplete audits, lowered bond ratings and budgets that are reached way past deadline. Our city is in crisis mode, and the eruption at city hall last month was nothing more than an outward and visible sign of the many problems brewing inside I’ve spoken with former Mayor Don McClellan, who says he is not in favor of a council-city manager form of government because he saw the existing system working well when he was in office. I’ve also heard from Richard Wagoner, who said that our city government was hitting on all cylinders when we had a city administrator who was working under the mayor in previous administrations. And I agree with both of their ideas as long as we’ve elected the right people in our council and mayor’s office. But, as illustrated by the brawl at city hall, we can’t always count on having level-headed leaders here. In order to run for mayor, a candidate must be a citizen of Alexander City. How many experienced CEOs of $45 million companies (that’s what our city is) live here for us to choose from?
The fact is, we would be very, very hard pressed to ever have the experienced leadership we need to run our city if we have to elect our No. 1 manager from the pool of those who live inside our current city limits and are willing to serve in that position. If we had a city administrator working under the mayor, the administrator and mayor would have to work together and the mayor could overrule the administrator, so it’s not much different than what we have now. However, a city manager would be hired by the council to get our city managed: to get our finances in order, our audits current, our department managers all hitting goals and operating with the same wellcommunicated marching orders. We could bring him or her in from outside the city limits. The council could replace a city manager quickly if the job wasn’t being done well. It’s a system very like our current city school board administrator, who is a professional manager hired by a school board that represents the interests of our local citizens. The primary difference is that under our current system, the city council appoints our city school board members. The council-city manager system works. It’s the most popular form of city government in the United States for a reason. And I think the most important factor in changing to a council-city manager form of government is that our city would have day-to-day professional management no matter who wins the popularity contest for the mayor’s seat. That’s my 2 cents. I believe the only way we will improve our city government is by talking and working together to make the best decisions possible. Write and tell us what you think. We welcome yours on our Opinion Page as either a letter to the editor or a guest column. Boone is chairman of Tallapoosa Publishers, Inc.
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Dear Editor, We are in the storm but I can see the sun passing through the clouds to let me know that God is a live and well. When you watch TV and you hear a lot of ugly things people are saying about one another trying to plant fear and hate but we are going to rise above it all. What you don’t see or hear about is the good Samaritans that are doing good work living the life. I want you to listen to this real good. Thursday I went to Mr. Sidney Hart’s funeral at New Poplar Springs Church in Dadeville. I parked on the side of the road by the church. This nice young white man pulled
beside me and said if you need more parking spaces they can park in my yard. He lived across the road from the church. I told him thank you, I will let the deacons know. I told the two deacons out front what the kind man said so they directed some over to his yard. God’s children are at work. Later that evening after the council meeting, I went to First United Methodist Church here in Alex City. They feed on Thursdays so I went by there. When I went in, this elderly lady with a walking cane spoke to me and asked me was I going to eat here or did I want it to go. I said to go. She began to talk to me and tell me how much she loved
me and it was under the blood of Jesus that we are all his children. I gave her a big hug because that meant a lot to me because love is what is missing in the hearts of people. She is a beautiful flower. She has spread love around for a lot of years and is still doing it. That let me know she is real and it’s in her heart. This is what love does. I witnessed this from both of these God-sent people. I thanked both of these good Samaritans. Lets build on this and spread the love because that is who Jesus is – love. Arlean Wyckoff Alexander City
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256-329-9502. May 21 TRADE DAY: The Bibb PADDLE FOR A Graves School is hosting PURPOSE: Children’s a trade day May 21 from 7 Harbor Lake Martin a.m. to 2 p.m. Campus is hosting Paddle BREATHE FOR BUNN: for a Purpose May 21 at The third annual Breathe 8:30 a.m. Registration fees for Bunn 3-mile walk/run are $35 for the mile race will be held Saturday, May and $45 for the 3 and 6 21 at 9 a.m. mile race. This event is The Breathe for Bunn part of the SUP the South Walk/Run is a 3 mile walk race series. Non-racers are welcome or run dedicated to raising awareness of Cystic to watch. Fibrosis while also raising MOTORCYCLE RIDE funds to benefit Ashley FOR VETERANS: Anyone with a motorcy- Bunn as she prepares for a double lung transplant. cle is welcome to the 2nd The walk will start and end annual Armed Forces Day at the Courthouse Square Ride for Veterans supportin downtown Dadeville this ing Bill Nichols Veterans year. Home. Registration is BLESSING OF THE $20 per bike plus $5 for FLEET: Pastor Bill Brown additional riders. The ride will bless the fleet at starts at 10 a.m. from the New Site Town Hall. Bikers Harbor Pointe Marina May 21 at 11 a.m. Colorful will ride down Highway decorations are good and 22 before returning to the the event is sponsored by town hall at 2 p.m. for Stillwaters Yacht Club. a meal. All proceeds go BENEFIT SINGING: to the Bill Nichols activiThere will be a benefit ties fund. This event is singing and silent bake organized by the DAV Bill Nichols Chapter 13 and the auction at the Kellyton Revival Center May 21 Clay County Sheriff and from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. to sponsored by Bike Riders benefit Brenda Thompson for the American Soldier for unexpected funeral cost and local supporters. For and medical bills for grandmore information, contact children she is raising. Ray Latham at 256-9902666 or Cory Powell at
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CHURCH HOMECOMING AND SACRED HARP SINGING: Rocky Mount Primitive Baptist Church will observe Homecoming and Sacred Harp Singing on Sunday, May 22, beginning at 10 a.m. followed by a covered dish lunch at noon. There will also be singing in the afternoon. The church is located three miles SW of Daviston on County Road 79. FAMILY AND FRIENDS DAY: Coger Hill C.M.E. Church in Daviston is hosting Family and Friends Day May 22 at 2 p.m. The Rev. T. Caldwell, pastor of Macedonia Baptist Church in Five Points will be the guest speaker. Everyone is welcome. CHOIR ANNIVERSARY: New Popular Spring Missionary Baptist Church in Dadeville will host its annual choir anniversary Sunday May 22 at 2 p.m. Guest minister will be Rev. Emerson Ware. PASTORAL APPRECIATION: The 7th Appreciation service for Pastor and Sister Michael Strong of Kellyton Chapel United Methodist Church will be Sunday May 22 at 10 a.m. Guest speaker will be Elder Larry Meadows,associate pastor of Multicultural Church and
lead of Love Institute of Growth. BACCALAUREATE SERVICE: The baccalaureate service for the graduating class of 2016 at Benjamin Russell School will be Sunday, May 22 at 7 p.m. in the high school auditorium. the program includes student testimonies, a Gideon presentation, and a challenging message. Students,family, friends, and others are invited to attend. This sponsored by the Alexander City Area Ministerial Association.
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SATURDAY: Jerry and Molly Boswell are celebrating their anniversary. SUNDAY: Larry and Gloria Thomas and Pete and Francis Gray are celebrating their anniversary.
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SATURDAY: Wade Bradberry, Laura Cotney, Latanya Burton, Mary Jane Smith, Debra Oliver, Minnie Lou Tapley and Vickey Sims are celebrating their birthday. SUNDAY: Andrew Grant, Farrah Solley, Margaret Anne Fuller, Brett Sapp and Bessie Spivey are celebrating their birthday.
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WETUMPKA DEPOT PLAYERS: I Hate Hamlet will be presented by the Wetumpka Depot Players through May 28. For ticket information call 334-8681140 or go to wetumpkadepot.com.
May 23
PIANO RECITAL: Piano students of Sandra Stark are having their senior recital Monday May 23 at 7 p.m. at Faith Temple. It will feature Jaelyn Rickles, Michael Richardson, Eli Billingsley, Julio Martinez, Carolina Nieto, Madison Moncrief, Garrett Richardson, Kylee Stark, Valerie Tauro, Erica Patterson, Cambron Bice and graduating senior Gaylen Morris. MINISTERIAL ASSOCIATION: The next meeting of the Alexander City Area Ministerial Association will be Monday, May 23 at 6:30 p.m. at Liberty Life Christian Center on S Street. Each meeting provides opportunity for ministerial mutual support and intercessory prayer. At this meeting, attention will be directed to proposed constitutional amendments, plans for a city-wide Christian event in 2016, and review of previously sponsored events. All Christian ministers are invited. For more information, contact Bill Middlebrooks, secretary at 256-234-3371.
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CHURCH REVIVAL: Sandy Creek Baptist Church will hold revival services May 23rd thru May 25th at 6:30 p.m. each evening. The guest speaker will be Rev. Jimmy Sprayberry. Special music will be provided each night. The church is located at 621 Sandy Creek Road, Camp Hill, Alabama. Everyone Welcome! Craig Guy is the pastor.
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PIANO RECITAL: Piano students of Sandra Stark are having their elementary recital Tuesday, May 24 at 7 p.m. at Faith Temple. It will feature Elisie Lin, Alyssa Channell, Jaylynn Welch, Riki Lin, Mackenzie Deas, Lolly Dye, Kadie Stark, Harrison Jones, Chloe Jackson, Janya Smith, Lexi Robinson, Brian Thompson, Annie Zhang, Drew Daughtry, Campbell Thomas, Anna Claire Stark, Riley Jackson, Murphy Spurlin, Serenity Smith, Christina Zou,
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May 27
OLD FASHIONED GOOD TIME: The old Coosa County/J.D. Thompson School campus will be the site of a real old fashioned good time, going back in the day with fun. Activities will include a May Pole, horseshoes, car games, two-hole golf, bingo, art contest and more. Concessions will be available but please no large bills. Kendall Burton will be the guest speaker. Please bring a lawn chair. BOSTON BUTT SALE: The Alexander City Methodist Church is selling tickets for Boston Butts for Memorial Day. Cost is $28 for one or $50 for two. BOSTON BUTT SALE: Sixth Street Baptist Church is pre-selling Boston Butts from Good Ol’ Boys Restaurant for you to have for your Memorial Day Weekend. The butts are $30 each and the proceeds will go to help support our mission team going to Uganda this July to share the gospel with the Acholi people. All orders must be pre-ordered and pre-paid. The pickup for the butts will be Friday morning, May 27, beginning at 10:00 a.m. at Sixth Street Baptist Church. For more information, or to place and order, please contact Sixth Street Baptist Church at 256-234-2408 or email Pastor Matt Haines at mhaines@ sixthstreetbaptistchurch.com
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ARTS AND CRAFTS FESTIVAL: Bibb Graves School is hosting an arts and crafts festival May 28. There will also be a car show. CHURCH FELLOWSHIP: New Adka Church is hosting a day of fun, fellowship and fun May 28 from 2 p.m. to 5 p.m. Bring your family and lawn chairs. There will be games for children and adults with volleyball, inflatable games, matching games, ball pit and more. There is no cost for the event.
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Mountain Springs Baptist Off Hwy. 22, Daviston
Pleasant Grove Church of Christ 1819 Bay Pine Rd, Jackson’s Gap
Pleasant Valley Missionary Baptist 835 Valley Rd., Camp Hill 334-257-4442
Mt. Carmel Baptist 3610 Dudleyville Rd., Dadeville
Southview Church of Christ 2325 Dadeville Rd., Alex City 256-329-0212
Ridge Grove Missionary Baptist Alexander City, 256-234-6972
Mt. Zion Baptist Hwy. 63 South, Alex City 256-234-7748
Rocky Mt. Baptist New Site community
New Beginning Baptist 1076 Coley Creek Rd.
Seleeta Baptist Booker St., Alex City 256-329-2685
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
New Concord Baptist Off hwy. 49, Dadeville, 256-825-5390
Cedar Street Church of God 711 Martin Luther King Blvd. Alex City
Shady Grove Baptist Jackson’s Gap Community
New Elkahatchee Baptist Elkahatchee Rd., Alex City 256-329-9942
The Great Bethel Missionary 520 Christian St., Alex City 256-234-5513
New Hope Baptist Lake Martin, off Hwy. 63 256-329-2510
Dadeville Church of God 425 Horseshoe Bend Rd. (Hwy. 49 N.) Dadeville 256-825-8820
Unity Baptist Robinson Rd., Alex City
New Life Baptist Jackson’s Gap, 256-825-6190 / 256-329-2635
Marshall Street Church of God 428 Marshall Street, Alex City 256-234-3180
New Pine Grove Baptist Off Hwy. 22, Perryville
New Faith Tabernacle A.C.O.P. Church of God “J” Street
Zion Hill Missionary Baptist 583 S. Broadnax St., Dadeville BAPTIST – SOUTHERN Bay Pine Baptist 1480 Bay Pine Rd. Jackson’s Gap, 256-825-4433
New Providence Baptist Pearson Chapel Rd., Alex City
New Harvest Ministries Church of God Hwy 280 & Coosa 28 256-329-2331
BAPTIST – MISSIONARY Bethlehem Baptist New Site
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
Darian Missionary Baptist Church Pearson Chapel Rd., Alex City 256-329-3865
Beulah Baptist Smith Mt. Rd., Jackson’s Gap 256-825-9882
Old Providence Baptist Off Hwy. 63 N., near Hackneyville
The Church of God 13th Ave. N., Alex City 256-329-1696
Elam Baptist Robertson Rd. Alex City
Calvary Baptist 819 Main St., Dadeville, 256-825-5989
Old Union Baptist 1106 Davis Circle 256-596-1873
Washington Street A.C.O.P. Church of God Washington Street
Orr Street Baptist 1000 “O” Street (Hwy. 63N) Alex City, 256-234-3171
CHURCH OF GOD OF PROPHECY Church of God of Prophecy 303 Poplar Rd., Alex City, 256-234-6941
Early Rose Baptist 201 E Street, Alexander City Flint Hill Baptist Hwy. 280, Dadeville
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
Daviston Baptist Daviston, 395-4327
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
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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
Perryville Baptist Perryville, 256-234-3588
CHURCH OF JESUS CHRIST Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints 1515 Worthy Road, Alex City (Corner of Worthy Place and Dadeville Road)
Pine Grove Baptist Camp Hill Ray Baptist Rockford Hwy., Alex City, 256-234-7609 River Road Baptist 148 Dean Rd., Alex City, 256-234-6971 Rocky Creek Baptist Samford Rd., Cowpens Community Rocky Mount Baptist Hwy. 22 E., Alex City, 256-329-2327 Rock Springs Baptist Jackson’s Gap, 256-839-6263 Russell Farm Baptist Hwy. 63 beyond Our Town
Pentecostal Church of God 163 Franklin Street, Alex City 256-215-4055
First United Methodist 310 Green St., Alex City 256-234-6322
Flint Hill U.M., Alex City 256-234-5047
Kellyton U.M., Kellyton, 256-329-1681
New Site U.M. New Site, 256-234-7834 Pearson Chapel U.M. Pearson Chapel Rd., Alex City Red Ridge United Methodist 8091 County Road 34, Dadeville 256-825-9820
Union United Methodist 4428 Hwy. 50, Dadeville 256-825-2241 METHODIST – INDEPENDENT Daviston Independent Methodist Daviston, 395-4207 PENTECOSTAL Pentecostals of Dadeville 115 West Columbus Street Dadeville, 256-596-3411
EPISCOPAL Saint James Episcopal Church 121 South Central Ave., Alex City 256-234-4752
First Presbyterian Okefuske, Dadeville, 256-825-4081 Robinson Memorial Presbyterian Robinson Rd., Alex City UNITED PENTECOSTAL Alex City Apostolic 3708 Robinson Rd., Alexander City, 256-329-1573 INDEPENDENT Faith Temple Franklin Street, Alex City, 256-234-6421
Kellyton Revival Center Co. Road 87 South Kellyton
Hillabee Baptist Hillabee Rd., Alex City 256-234-6798
Town Creek Baptist Camp Ground Rd., Alex City
Liberty Life Christian Center 321 “S” Street, Alex City
Horseshoe Bend Baptist Hwy. 280, Dadeville
Wayside Baptist 21 Wayside Circle, Alex City 256-234-5564
Passion Church 3340 Hwy. 63 N., Alex City 256-409-9590
Zion Hill Baptist Hwy. 79, near Horseshoe Bend
The Family Worship Center 365 Scott Road, Alex City
CATHOLIC St. John the Apostle 454 N. Central Ave., Alex City 256-234-3631
METHODIST – UNITED Alexander City Methodist 11th Ave. N., Alex City 256-329-1284
CHURCH OF CHRIST Alex City Church of Christ 945 Tallapoosa St., Alex City 256-234-6494
Bradford Methodist Hwy. 9, Goodwater
New Bethel Fellowship Church 5474 Rock Springs Road Jackson’s Gap 256-825-3367
Comer Memorial U.M. 427 East Church St., 256-329-3467
The Baha’I Faith 740 Newell Street, Camp Hill 256-896-4007
Duncan Memorial U.M. 3997 Hillabee Rd., Alex City 256-234-6708
The Word Bible Church 161 Main St., Alex City, 256-215-5646
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
Dadeville Church of Christ East LaFayette St., Dadeville Meadows St. Church of Christ 306 Meadows St., Alex City
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Sunnylevel United Methodist 3202 Hwy. 63N, Alex City 256-234-6877
Fellowship Revival Center Mission 316 6th Ave., Alex City 256-329-1510 weekends
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hard to believe she is celebrating 10 decades on this earth. She still gets around well and outside of having to talk a little louder for her to hear you, she says she still enjoys life. “I still do about anything I want to,” Fuller said. “I go to church, the store and to the beauty shop. I can’t get out and do yard work like I used to, but other than that, I feel like I’m doing pretty well.” She said that there is no real secret to her longevity. Her mother lived to be 96, her mother’s mother made it to 102. Fuller said genetics may help, but credits “acting right and working hard” for reaching this mile-
stone. “I’d say that I took pretty good care of myself and acted right,” Fuller said. “It’s like a car, if you take care of it – it will last a good while. “Other than that I guess just hard work. I took care of my six children and took care of my Ma and Pa too. But I wouldn’t have had it any other way.” She and her husband Harvey Fuller were married for 65 years before his passing, and she smiles when she talks about him building their home by hand more than 70 year ago. Fuller has seen a lot of changes in her life. She didn’t have a television
in her house until the late 1950s when her son moved back home and brought one. She said she remembers her first telephone and said if she had to pick between the two, she’d pick the telephone. Fuller said there were two big differences in the area today than when she was a child. “The biggest differences?” Fuller asked. “I’d say all the people now and the lake. When I came to Alexander City, there wasn’t even another house on this street, now look at all the people who live here. “And the lake, there wasn’t a lake when I was a little girl. There was just a
Unemployment wage and salary employment, surpassing economists’ growth expectations by nearly 8,000 jobs only four months into the year.” Wage and salary employment increased in April by 16,500. Monthly gains were seen in the trade, transportation, and utilities sector (+3,600), the professional and business services sector (+3,500), and the leisure and hospitality sector (+2,100), among others. Over the year, wage and salary employment increased 25,400, with gains in the professional and business services sector (+7,400), the trade, trans-
little creek down where the River Bridge is. Now look at what Lake Martin is. It’s really something.” Imagine that, the lake that we all take for granted was 10 years from being created when Fuller was born. Lake Martin is celebrating its 90th year this year. In addition to her six children, Fuller has 21 grandchildren, 40 great grandchildren and 19, great–great grandchildren and her refrigerator shows the pride she takes in each and every one. Pictures cover the door and she can rattle off the names of those pictured and their place in the family tree.
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portation, and utilities sector (+5,900), and the education and health services sector (+5,200), among others. All major Alabama cities, metro areas, and 67 Alabama counties experienced drops in the unemployment rate. Counties with the lowest unemployment rates are: Shelby County at 4.0 percent, Elmore County at 4.5 percent, and Cherokee County at 4.6 percent. Major cities with the lowest unemployment rates are: Vestavia Hills at 3.4 percent, Homewood at 3.7 percent, and Hoover at 3.9 percent.
Her daughter Shirley Strickland said she is amazed by her mother’s outlook on life. “She is really something,” Strickland said. “She took such good care of us all and she doesn’t let anything slow her down. She is still independent and hasn’t slowed down much at all. She just means the world to us all.” Pastor Rick Levell from Marshall Street Church of God said that Fuller’s warm
smile lights up a room and event at 100, she still has a quick wit and is “sharp as a tack.” “She is a sweet lady who is in amazing shape,” Levell said. “She’s at church almost every Sunday and she just brings a lot of joy to us all. She doesn’t hear as well as she once did, but she is still quick with a joke and loves to laugh. “She is a special, special lady and I know I feel better for knowing her.”
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RXRFest get the music started on Friday evening. Hailing from three different parts of Alabama, Kate Falcon of Southside, Victoria Camp of Tuscaloosa and Savannah Coker of Clayton have joined forces to give country music fans their first taste of an allfemale trio since groups like the Dixie Chicks and the Pistol Annies. Their trademark is their harmonies and collectively they sing with a blend of southern charm and country twang. All three are singer/songwriters and musicians and, most importantly, true entertainers. Union Road, which will perform Friday night at 8:15 following Sweet Tea, is a local favorite from Eclectic. Union Road was among the contestants in last year’s Sun Festival Band Battle and features Daniel Stanley on lead vocals and rhythm guitar, Andrew Stanley on lead guitar, Trey Slaney on bass and Jesse Lee on drums. The band has been together since 2011 and has played at events and parties throughout the Southeast. The band plays a wide range of music, but mostly enjoys rock and funk. The Bank Walkers, local favorites, kick the music off on Saturday evening. The group plays often in the Alexander City area, as all – Brian Bice, Steve Forehand, Roger Holliday and David Sturdivant – live in the area. They play mostly classic rock and roll. Atlas Road Crew takes
Kiwanis senior class, the DHS Key Club was chosen the highest-rated service club of its size in the Alabama district. He said the club members participated in field cleanups, blood drives, raising awareness for different causes and Big Brothers and Big Sisters. Two Key Club members – Ashley Stephens and Precious Holloway – were chosen for the DHS club’s highest honor, the Gerald Easterwood Scholarship. The four remaining members of the DHS Key Club senior class – Mary Timmons Cross, Kyle Harkins, Jebrunski Johnson and Raven Tolbert, all received Kiwanis Scholarships. Each of the scholarships is valued at $500. Key Club, the oldest and largest service leadership organization for teens, teaches leadership through service to others. Key Club’s 267,000
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the stage at RXRFest at 8:15 on Saturday night. “South Carolina rock and roll shot with southern accents” is how the band’s web page describes the five-member band, which features Taylor Nicholson on vocals and guitar, David Beddingfield on lead guitar, Bryce James on piano and vocals, Max Becker on bass and Patrick Drohan on drums and vocals. ARC was formed in 2011 and, in 2015, released “Halfway to Hopkins,” an album produced by Grammy-winning producer Rick Beato. The album blends swampy accents with contemporary tunes while also capturing the band’s live-show persona. The title is taken from the location of a house the band lived in while in school at the University of South Carolina. “That house, which was halfway between Columbia and Hopkins on the southeast side of town, was where we really began to come together,” said Drohan. “We knew then we wanted to become more than just another bar band.” Jonathan Bloom, who will perform Sunday at Springhouse in Chef Rob’s barbecue finale, is another resident of Alexander City who performs both solo and with the Jonathan Bloom Band. Bloom plays songs from artists like the Rolling Stones, Kings of Leon, Tom Petty, Steve Miller, Marvin Gaye, Stevie Wonder, Lionel Richie, Ray Lamontagne and the Allman Brothers.
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Junior Leadership Lake Martin class graduates STAFF REPORT TPI Staff
On Tuesday, May 16, at the Betty Carol Graham Center a group of teens from area schools graduated from this year’s Jr. Leadership Lake Martin Organization. These teens met with fellow high school students from surroundings school, including Benjamin Russell High School, Horseshoe Bend, Reeltown and Dadeville. “This year’s class met with well-known successful adults from our area and learned traits that help them in becoming better leaders,” President Mark Knight said. “The students also were part of student committee projects throughout their communities. At the conclusion of the program on Tuesday night, the students left with a profound sense of confidence, knowing that the skills they learned will help them become successful future adults
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The 2016 Jr. Leadership Lake Martin class poses for a photograph with state representative Mark Tuggle. The group included students from area schools including Benjamin Russell, Horseshoe Bend, Reeltown and Dadeville.
and take on challenges that are yet to come. We will be getting ready for next year. We have some exciting things coming in to play. The Jr. Leadership Lake Martin Organization is now a 501c3 organization. This is a step our Board of Directors felt necessary to do to insure
the success of the organization. We are very excited about 2016 and beyond because of the many successful people coming on as new board members. “They will be an important part of shaping the future of Junior Leadership. It should be a great year for us.”
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Police Reports Alexander City Police Department May 17
• Ernest Eugene Holbrook, Jr. 42 of Sylacauga was arrested for aggravated assault menacing with a gun. • Robbery was reported in the 1800 block of Airport Drive. • Domestic violence was reported on Celia Drive. • Harassment was reported in Alexander City. • Harassment was reported in the 100 block of Semmes Street. • Menacing was reported on Washington Street. • Domestic violence was reported in Alexander City.
May 16
• Domestic violence was reported in the 200 block of Locust Street. • Criminal mischief in the 1500 block of Coley Creek Road. • Burglary was reported on Coley Creek Road. • Burglary was reported in Alexander City. • Theft was reported on Highway 280. • Burglary was reported on Coley Creek Road. • Harassing communi-
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May 15
• Michael Donzell Allen, 43, of Alexander City was arrested for animal running at large. • Harassing communications was reported on Elkahatchee Road. • Theft and criminal trespass was reported in Mill Square Shopping Center. • Theft was reported on Hillabee Street. • Reckless Endangerment was reported on Third Street. • Domestic violence was reported in the 100 block of Mason Street. • Domestic violence was reported n Villa Terrace.
May 14
• Theft was reported on South Franklin Street. • Harassment was reported on North Central Street. • Robbery was reported on Hillabee Street. • Harassment was reported in the 400 block of Tenth Avenue. • Theft was reported in Mill Square.
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Benjamin Russell’s Coley signs scholarship to Allen By ROBERT HUDSON Sports Editor
Benjamin Russell’s Thomas Coley is going to the next level. Coley signed a wrestling scholarship to Allen University of Columbia, South Carolina on Thursday. Known to his coaches, friends and teammates as T. Coley, the 160-pound grappler finished second at the Class 6A State Wrestling Championships this year in Huntsville. Coley said he is excited to be continuing his career and education after a year that meant so much for him. “It feels pretty good to be able to extend my talents and career and to be able to go to a university getting a chance to wrestle four more years beyond high school,” Coley said. “This season actually meant a lot to me. I dedicated this season to my granddad (Thomas Coley Sr.) when he passed away after football season. Over the summer always going to Alabaster three or four days a week after football workouts I was kind of pretty determined to do the best I can this year, especially with this being my last year.” Benjamin Russell wrestling Coach Jeremy Stanford said Coley was one of the most important wrestlers on the team. “T. Coley was really good for the team this year. He finished second place at state. He’s a very good wrestler with a great skill set,” Stanford said. “I think his skill set being as great as it is will make him a great asset to
Allen University. I look forward to seeing what he can do there and the great things he does there wrestling.” Coley said his biggest strength as a wrestler is his takedown ability, but he added he will have to work harder to be able to hone that skill at the next level. “My strengths are my shots whenever I can actually take them,” Coley said. “The thing I’m going to have to work on is being a lot more offensive during college and opening up more shots and taking them during college.” Stanford said Coley is one of the great examples for the younger wrestlers in the Wildcat program to follow. “It means a great deal, not only for the school, but for the wrestling program and the younger guys coming up to see our guys go on and wrestle somewhere else,” Stanford said. “It means a lot for them so they can work hard and have something to look forward to, hopefully, the older they get. Maybe they have a goal to push toward.” Coley added he is thankful for all of the support of his coaches along the way. “With the coaching staff and all of that, they just prepared me by always coming to practice and always giving me a place to workout at to prepare myself for each and every match I had,” Coley said. “I want to thank Coach Jeremy Stanford, Coach Charles Wood and Coach Michael Ransaw for everything they did this season.”
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Above, Benjamin Russell’s T. Coley, front row center, signed a wrestling scholarship to Allen University on Thursday. Also pictured are, back row from left, BRHS wrestling coach Jeremy Stanford, Derrick Coley, BRHS Athletics Director Pam Robinson, BRHS Coach Charles Wood, and BRHS Principal Anthony Wilkinson. Front row, at left, is father Thomas Coley, T. Coley, and mother Jocelyn Marbury. Pictured at right, T. Coley blocks a takedown attempt by a Smiths Station wrestler during a match this past season at the Benjamin Russell High School Gymnasium.
Horseshoe Bend eliminated from state tournament By ROBERT HUDSON Sports Editor
After three games in Montgomery, the Horseshoe Bend Lady Generals’ season came to an end with a 3-0 loss to Mars Hill Bible on Friday morning at Lagoon Park. Hannah Adcock was 1-for3 for Horseshoe Bend while K-Rae Blasingame was also 1-for-3 hitting. Horseshoe Bend left two on in Friday’s loss. Horseshoe Bend Coach Bernie Robidart said the Lady Generals (26-21-3) did not generate enough offense on Friday. “We just couldn’t hit a ball today. We had two people on in the top of the seventh inning with no outs, but we couldn’t get them around and that was the day,” Robidart said. “They had one extra-base hit and we had a hit or two. We just couldn’t get runners around. They were a pretty fast team and took advantage of their speed on the bases when they had runners on, which was Submitted Photo / The Outlook
The 8U Dodgers recently won the Championship for the Alexander City Parks and Recreation Cal Ripken League. Head coach, Scott Meacham, said, “I am so proud of this group of boys. They’re a great group of kids that listen well and practice hard. They’ve progressively gotten better each week and it paid off Wednesday night.” Members of the 8U Dodgers are Cash Sassano, Hank Hunter, Jesse Worthy, Carter Neese, Brayden Strickland, Will Fisher, Eli Taylor, Truett Harrelson, Parker Shores, Aiden Price and Owen Dye. Coaches of the 8U Dodgers are Scott Meacham, Mark Worthy, Jeremy Strickland and Jeff Harrelson. To submit your team’s championship photo for publication in The Outlook or The Dadeville Record, email sports@alexcityoutlook.com
only two or three times.” Blasingame pitched six innings, giving up four hits, three runs (two earned), walked one and struck out three. Despite the loss, Robidart said it was a great year for the Lady Generals and he was proud to see them fight to the very end. “There’s 50 or 60 2A teams, and you stop and think about how few teams make it to regionals and that only eight teams made it to Troy. Everybody wants to do well, but I think we played some pretty good ball that got us to the state tournament,” Robidart said. “I thought nerves had a little to do with our exit there, but we hung around until those last three outs trying to do it. I think that if anything can be said about this team this year it’s that we scraped and struggled and worked as hard as we could till the very last out. I’m real proud that they did that.” Robidart said that 2016 was a tale of two seasons for the Lady Generals. After a slow start, Horseshoe Bend started to play its best softball near the
end of the season. “We started off the year slow, but I thought that we had a really good core group and it would come around eventually. I thought that the leadership we had would make a difference,” Robidart said. “You only have to peak at the end of the season in softball, and we started coming on in April and kept getting better and better. We played some really good ball toward the end of the season. Probably the best game you could have watched was that game against Reeltown at Troy. I thought that really got us going.” And with only three seniors, Robidart said this season was a valuable experience for the returning Lady Generals. “This is the first time we’ve been here since 2010 or 2011, I think, so none of these girls had ever played on a team that had made it (to state). For our seniors, I wish they had more, but for the ones coming back they’re going to realize it’s another tournament with some really good teams,” Robidart said. “We have faced some really good teams in the past in
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Horseshoe Bend’s Rebecca Norrell bunts during Thursday’s game against Ider at Lagoon Park in Montgomery.
tournaments, but I think now that these girls have been there and they understand it – we were tight that first game – they’ll see that it’s just a tournament. I think the next time
we do this, which I hope will be next season, we won’t be as tight, we’ll understand that while there are some teams out there that are better than us, there aren’t that many.”