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CACC merger process begins By David Granger

Notification vote expected in December, Burrow to lead new consolidated school

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ACCS The Board of Trustees of the Alabama Community College System began to position itself Thursday toward a merger of Alexander City’s Central Alabama Community College with two more state community colleges at their November monthly meeting today. The trustees held a morning regular meeting and an afternoon work session, both at the Alabama Community College System building in Montgomery.

In the regular meeting, the trustees worked from an agenda that included only five action items, including a new policy on consolidation and mergers of ACCS institutions. However, little about the policy, which specifically requires compliance on mandates from the Alabama Commission on Higher Education (ACHE) and the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission of Colleges

(SACSCOC) which apply to such mergers, was said publicly. “There was extensive discussion of this proposed policy at our last (Oct. 20) planning session,” said ACCS Chancellor Mark A. Heinrich before calling for a motion to pass the policy. The policy passed unanimously. CACC President Susan Burrow, who has been selected to lead the new consolidated school, said some discussions

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adney Elementary School students spent part of Thursday studying Pitchford Creek near Willow Point in in hopes the information will help them in their efforts to rehabilitate a creek behind their school. “I found a may fly,” one student said. “I found a crawfish,” another said. “I found two fish,” yet another said after the students trekked the banks of the creek to do a biological study of the creek. Sabrina Wood with Middle Tallapoosa Clean Water Partnership was on hand to help with some of the group’s volunteers to help out. “Finding those critters, what does that mean about the water?” Wood asked the students. “It means it’s clean,” a responded one student. See WATER, Page 2

have already taken place among those affected. “The Chancellor met with all the affected presidents and facilitated a quick SWOT (Strengths, Weakness, Opportunities, Threats) analysis,” Burrow said. “In turn, those presidents met with their individual colleges to let them know that this resolution we just heard discussed was on the work session See CACC, Page 3

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Michael Richardson, above left, Carter Macoy, and La’Nyzjah Johnson gather critters from the edge of Pitchford Creek. Left, Radney Elementary School sixth graders Audrey Owens and Lainey Peters, right, use nets to try to find critters for their biological study of Pitchford Creek. The critters they are looking for are mayflies, crawfish and snails and live amongst the leaves using them as shelter and food.

Kids can scour the town on a scavenger hunt for Christmas characters, while parents shop local stores for items on their gift lists at this year’s Holiday Open House. The Alexander City Chamber of Commerce is set to host the annual commuCHARACTER HUNT nity holiday shopping event on LOCATIONS Sunday afternoon The stores involved in the from 1 to 4 p.m. Character Hunt will be: in the downtown • Longleaf Antique & Flea Alexander City Mall • Jackson Drug & Gift Shop retail area. • Walgreens According to • Walmart Kim Dunn, ACCC • Irresistibles director of mar- • Cloud Nine keting and special • Coffee Corner events, it’s a time • Little Black Dress to start planning, • The Shoppes of Queen’s Attic start buying and • Kevin Lanier Photography to kick off the • Carlisle’s Drug Co. Pharmacy holiday season in Alexander City. She said it is also an opportunity for area businesses to open their doors on a Sunday afternoon. Most local retailers will have some See HOLIDAY, Page 2

AU researchers see major breakthrough in canine cancer By Corey Arwood Outlook Staff Writer

There are not enough months in the year to raise awareness for the numerous types of cancers, but there is one unlikely awareness month that could be an invaluable asset for the future of cancer treatment research. And, it might come as a surprise. November is Pet Cancer Awareness Month. This year the month is marked by a major cancer research breakthrough in dogs could push the realm of possibility in cancer treatment for humans. And it is all happening less than an hour’s drive down Highway 280 East, at Auburn University’s College of Veterinary Medicine and the Auburn University Research Initiative in Cancer. The approach hinges on using Now Playing:

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viruses to target and kill cancers in dogs. And it is only a fraction of the research set to begin at the AURIC, potentially with the help of dogs from local families. Most dogs, for example, that are diagnosed with cancer at Alexander City Veterinary Clinic, according to a staff member, are sent to AU’s Teaching Hospital for its advanced facilities and treatments. And though this method alone is not completely new and is used to a degree to treat certain cancers in humans, it is still at the forefront of current cancer treatment research. The new approach will build upon the use of these oncolytic viruses, or viruses altered to directJeffrey Etheridge / Auburn University ly infect and kill only cancer cells. Dr. Bruce Smith of Auburn University’s College of Veterinary MediIt was proposed by Andrew cine examines a dog. Smith has been part of reasearch in canine See CANCER, Page 3 cancer that hads great promise.

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DEAR ABBY: When my husband and I bought our house, having children wasn’t yet on our minds. The master bedroom is at one end of the house; the other two bedrooms are at the opposite end. Two years into our marriage we got a surprise blessing -- a baby girl. She’s now 3 and still sleeping in our room in her own toddler bed. She has great sleeping habits, and I don’t think it would affect her to sleep in another room. I am the problem. I can’t bear to have her at the other end of the house. All I can think about are horror stories of babies and small children being snatched from their beds (from the window) while the parents sleep. What if something happens and I don’t wake up? This may seem ridiculous to some, but it’s a real fear for me. Can you offer some advice? -- PARANOID MOMMY IN

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Mr. Thomas Reynolds Clayton 1932-2015 Funeral service for Mr. Thomas Reynolds Clayton, 83, of Kellyton, will be Saturday, November 14, 2015 at 1:00 p.m. at the Chapel of Radney Funeral Home. Rev. Robert Burns and Rev. Neil Hodo will officiate. Burial will follow in the Unity Presbyterian Church Cemetery in Weogufka, Alabama with Veterans Honors being provided by the United States Navy. The family will receive friends on Friday, November 13, 2015

Kevin Haynes, Michael Haynes, Leigh Ann Goss, Dakota Clayton, Kaylan McClellan (Andrew); 5 great- grandchildren; and 9 siblings. He was preceded in death by his wife, Carolyn Jane Clayton, his parents and his son, Danny Michael Clayton. Memorial messages may be sent to the family at www.radneyfuneralhome. com.

from 5:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. at Radney Funeral Home. Mr. Clayton passed away on Thursday, November 12, 2015 at William S. Green VA Home. He was born on June 8, 1932 in Durham, North Carolina to Banks Clayton, Sr. and Evver Bell Clayton. Mr. Clayton was in the United States Army for 3 years and the United States Navy for 17 years, serving in the Korean War and the Vietnam War. He is survived by his daughter, Brenda Haynes (Claude) and Susan McClellan (David); grandchildren,

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Wood asked the students to compare the creek on both sides of the road. “Did you all find anything different on the down stream side of the road?” Wood asked the students. “Did you find different critters?” The students compared notes and figured out they found more crawfish on the downstream side of the road and found more may flies on the up stream side of the road. “What do you think the difference is?” Wood

asked again. “Did we find some trash on the downstream side?” “Yes,” the students responded. “Could that be why?” Wood asked again. “Yes,” the students said. The students did pick up the trash they found helping Pitchford Creek much like they want to help the unnamed creek near Radney Elementary School. The Middle Tallapoosa Clean Water vcounty with water quality studies.

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There will also be several performances in city hall from BRHS Chamber Music, Stephens School Choir, Jim Pearson Music Club and the Alexander City Middle School Choir. The BRHS and ACMS drama students are also set to perform. Also a free “On the Second Day of Christmas” ornament will be given to the first 50 shoppers who present their receipts from Holiday Open House at the ACCC chamber table in the roundabout downtown. Dunn said that Holiday Open House is a just a good event for the community to get out and do some holiday shopping.

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agenda and that it was not a surprise. “We wanted to make sure that everyone had a head’s up, because this is a big change.” Both ACHE and SACSCOC require that they be notified of a merger or consolidation planning process at least six months in advance of the designated date anticipated for approval. Board attorney Roger Bates said the actual the proposed merger would likely take at least a year to become effective. In the work session, the trustees discussed a resolution “to initiate the planning process for the merger and/or consolidation” of CACC, which includes the main campus in Alexander City, a campus in Childersburg and its Talladega Center; Southern Union Community College, which includes the main campus in Opelika, and satellite campuses in Valley and Wadley; and Chattahoochee Valley Community College’s Phenix City campus. Burrow believes that, when it is effective, the merger of the three institutions she will lead will bring some quick returns. “We’ll be able to cover that entire region and be able to form a better network of opportunity for students,” Burrow said. “It’s not uncommon for students in our area to move around a good bit. For a student to be able to go to anyone of those locations and if they’re mobile and they move to another community within that 11-county area then they could walk right in and take a class. “I also think there’s a great deal of common economic growth that occurs on that corridor when you look at our automotive industry, advanced manufacturing, metal-

working those are all very common to that area. We’re right on that corridor.” Similar resolutions were discussed regarding the mergers of Alabama Southern Community College – with a main campus in Monroeville and satellites in Thomasville, Gilbertown and Jackson – and Reid State Technical College in Evergreen Faulkner State Community College, with its main campus in Bay Minette and satellite campuses in Fairhope and Gulf Shores, and its merger with Jefferson Davis Community College, with its main campus in Brewton and a satellite campus in Atmore.. All three resolutions would also authorize notification of the merger to the SACSCOC and ACHE. ACHE is the coordinating board for higher education in Alabama. SACSCOC is the regional body for the accreditation of degreegranting institutions of higher learning in 11 Southern states – Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Texas and Virginia. “As I described this morning, we have met with the president affected by these mergers,” Heinrich said at the planning meeting. “The presidents have met with their faculties and staff. We have met with state and local lawmakers. We have tried to be as open, honest and forthright as we can and that will continue throughout the process.” “The discussion today simply gives me the green light to take the next steps.” Roger Bates, an attorney for the board, gave the bulk of the presentation on the proposed resolution to be considered in December to

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n the Alabama State House, the familiar refrain surrounding public education is that the legislature has failed to ever “fully fund” it. The implication, of course, is that we cannot and should not expect positive outcomes from our public schools. This philosophy has been refuted by an enormous body of academic research and, last week, was specifically disproved by a report released by the U.S. Department of Education. The report, the National Assessment of Educational Progress, or NAEP, is published every other year by the National Center for Education Statistics. By testing students in all 50 states, Puerto Rico, and the District of Columbia on a variety of subjects such as math, reading, and science, the NAEP allows states to compare the academic progress of its students to the progress of students in other states. What the NAEP says about Alabama’s educational competitiveness underlies the need for our citizenry to reassess the link between what is spent on public K-12 education and what we get in return for our investment. Alabama’s rankings on the NAEP in math and reading have largely collapsed. Since 2000, rankings in math for fourth and eighth grade students fell from 35th and 32nd place, respectively, to 51st and 50th place in 2015. Reading scores for Alabama students have been more of a mixed bag. The national ranking of fourth grade students has remained flat at between 39th and 40th place, but by the eighth grade have slipped from 38th place to 46th place from 2002 to 2015. Over the same 15-year

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period, Alabama’s expenditures on public education continue to trail the national average. Since 2000, the inflation-adjusted gap between what Alabama spends per student on education and the nation as a whole has increased, from $1,760 to $2,500 in 2014. In the 20132014 school year, Alabama spent $8,841 per student on public education, less than 38 other states and the District of Columbia. Simple comparisons like this make it tempting to conclude that inadequate funding is the cause of Alabama’s woeful rankings, yet the NAEP scores disprove such an explanation. First, what Alabama spends per student on education has risen substantially in the past 15 years. Even after accounting for the disastrous economic effects of the Great Recession, Alabama’s per-student spending increased by an inflationadjusted 14 percent between 2000 and 2014. Alabama’s spending on K-12 public education totaled almost $5.7 billion, or 18 percent of the state’s $31 billion budget (excluding employee benefits). Yet, the state’s rankings in reading and math have not improved. Notably, over the last decade, the state spent an average of $25 million per year on the Alabama Math, Science, and Technology Initiative (AMSTI) alone. Second, most of the 11 states that spent less per student

than Alabama in 2013-2014 reported higher NAEP scores in almost every category in 2015. Specifically, all of them reported higher scores in math, eight had better scores in fourth grade reading, and ten had higher scores in eighth grade reading. Analyses conducted by NAEP in earlier years for science and writing show similarly disappointing results for Alabama. If increased spending isn’t the key to better scores, perhaps state leaders should focus more on how education funds are allocated. Some Alabama administrators and teachers cite rigid formulas and earmarks that can handicap their ability to move additional resources directly to the classroom. Others note the state’s habit of creating new programs and initiatives year after year that must be funded to solve our problems. While well-meaning, these programs often discount the complex roots of causation and attempt across-the-board fixes rather than targeted ones. Furthermore, appropriators often fail to impose any stringent accountability when renewing funding for these programs. The latest NAEP scores should motivate us to move beyond blaming our results on funding and focus instead on how to best use our existing resources to improve student outcomes. Dr. John Hill is Senior Research Analyst for the Alabama Policy Institute (API). API is an independent nonpartisan, non-profit research and education organization dedicated to the preservation of free markets, limited government and strong families.

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Praying for our servicemen and veterans Dear Editor, A big God bless goes out to all veterans. May God bless and keep you safe every day. For the servicemen in combat duty, I pray for your peace of mind and safety and believe God will spare your lives. My prayers go out to all families, who are home watching, waiting, working and striving to keep families in tact, while servicemen serve our country. I ask God to bless those forgotten wounded veterans, who went to aid our country and came back hurt or crippled. I pray quality services will be provided for them. I pray God will help those veterans, who have been out of the military and their minds still hold the mental memories that keep them bound and unable to release the past. May God heal their minds and give them a fresh new start. Many of us have never walked in a veteran’s shoes, and we cannot imagine what they had to go through while serving our great country. It has been said that no man is an island; therefore, we know that God placed us on this wide, vast earth to be a blessing to

someone each and everyday. Today, take time out from just thinking about ourselves and let us go out into the world to help someone. Love is what love does. A kind deed, a simple kind expression, a handshake, a “how you doing?”, a smile, a gift or a monetary blessing can help make someone feel loved and needed. God loves us, and we must love others. Thank a veteran’s family for sharing their loved ones and allowing them to leave their homes, jobs, wives, husbands, children and even sick or pregnant loved ones to commit to serve. God is blessing the U.S.A. How about we help one another. Bravo to the great military men and women who serve and have served in the Armed Forces. May God continue to keep his hands on the military commanding officers and leaders who lead and guide each branch of service in a Godly and safe way. America! While many of us are enjoying the pleasures and simple things of life, let us not forget those who serve our country. Let us do right and just toward

those who work tirelessly to make America continue to be a great place to live with freedom and justice for all. Bless the reporters, supply personnel, dispatchers, drivers, dietary staff, hospital staff and all the people working behind the scenes to help. These may never be seen and their names may not be called out in public. We appreciate you! America is like a jigsaw puzzle with many pieces. However, when you connect them into their proper places or order, a beautiful masterpiece is revealed. Yes, America, we are a framed masterpiece and let us never look down on other countries as to mistreat them. We must always strive to do justly even when we have to send our service people to the battlefields. Lastly, God bless our Commander in Chief President Barack Obama that he may make wise and Godly decisions for the United States of America and that America continues to be the land of the free and home of the brave. Peace and blessings to all, Evangelist Teresa Harrell Moten Alexander City

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ARIES (March 21-April 19) HHHH Be spontaneous, and make choices accordingly. You have the ability to come up with the correct response or gain the traction you desire. You could be a bit sensitive if you overthink a situation. Your responses attract many people. Tonight: TGIF! Treat a friend. TAURUS (April 20-May 20) HHHH Relate to others directly; they ,9+) =%6( 7%0) will appreciate the eye contact, the 7EX 2SZIQFIV EQ TQ caring and the attention. You could ,[] ) voice a complaint, but it probably will QM TEWX 7YRR] 0IZIP 'YXXSJJ be a while before the other party really SR VMKLX XS[EVHW 2I[ 7MXI registers what you have said. Tonight: 0SXW SJ JYVRMXYVI JPEX WGVIIR 8: With a favorite person, christening the LSYWI[EVIW GPSXLIW WLSIW TYVWIW weekend. LSPMHE] HIGSVEXMSRW IPIGXVSRMGW GEMINI (May 21-June 20) ERH QYGL QSVI HHHHH Others will make an effort 7SQIXLMRK *SV )ZIV]SRI beyond the call of duty. Smile and get into weekend mode as soon as 1YPXM *EQMP] =EVH 7EPI you can. You will be very happy to let 7EXYVHE] 2SZIQFIV XL go of problems and join a friend or EQ YRXMP # loved one early. Tonight: Let someone /RMKLX 6SEH else choose, so you can go along for the ride. 1YPXM *EQMP] =EVH 7EPI CANCER (June 21-July 22) 7EXYVHE] EQ 2SSR HHHH You might have a lot to do, 3PH (EVO 6H especially as someone could drop *YVRMXYVI LSYWILSPH MXIQW GPSXLMRK some errands or extra responsibilities on you. You’ll want to say “no,” but you probably won’t. Don’t make this RTS RAFTS OBBIES gracious attitude a regular happening, for your own sake. Tonight: Head home early. 5YMPX 8ST 2IIHW 5YMPXMRK LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) HHHHH You have a sense of the good life, more than many other signs do. Today it kicks in, which allows you URNITURE PPLIANCES as well those around you to really get into the moment. You could have a great time at work, on the bus or &PEGO [ HEVO GLIVV] XVMQQMRK TMIGI HMRMRK wherever. It is a question of attitude. VSSQ WIX Tonight: Opt for more passion. VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) 3EO (MRMRK 8EFPI \ [ W[MZIP GLEMVW HHHH Others have expectations that +SSH GSRHMXMSR 3VMKMREPP] involve your home and domestic life. 4VMGIH EX GEWL You might want to take off and do what you want before you have to get back. Tension is high, and tempers 9WIH 6IJVMKIVEXSVW YT could Åare. You’ll want to defer to oth;EWLIVW (V]IVW IEGL ers or eliminate this situation. Tonight: 9WIH 7XSZIW YT It is your call.

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REUNION: There will be a Daviston School and Community Reunion Nov. 14 starting at 10 a.m. at the Daviston Community Center with lunch at noon. CHRISTMAS VILLAGE: The Bibb Graves School will be hosting Santa’s Christmas Village Nov. 14 from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. PANCAKE BREAKFAST: Comer United Methodist Church will host a pancake breakfast Nov. 14 from 6 a.m. to 10 a.m. We offer a choice of bacon and/or sausage with each plate, all you can eat. Dine in or to go plates available for $6. HOLIDAY IN THE COUNTRY: Cancer Outreach and Community Hope, C.O.A.C.H, will be hosting the second annual Holiday in the Country Family Festival on Nov. 14 in the Stewartville Community at the volunteer fire department and West Coosa Senior Center from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. The day will kick off with a pancake breakfast at 6 a.m. for $6 per plate. A car show and motorcycle ride are scheduled for that day along with entertainment and a karaoke contest. Arts and crafts and other vendors will be there for holiday shopping and lots of great food and fun. Kiddie Korner will have bouncy houses and lots more fun featuring Captain Carl and magic with a message. Entertainment will be provided by Chris Smith, one man quartet from Tennessee. Vendors open at 9 a.m. and admission to the festival is by donation. Motorcycle ride and car show registration begins at 9 a.m. and karaoke contest begins at 11:30 a.m. All proceeds from this event are given to financially help cancer patients and their families. The event is located at 47 Old Coleman Road, Sylacauga, AL. For more information contact coachcoosa.org HATCH IS GIVING BACK: Hatchett Springs Baptist Church is hosting a free food and clothing Give-A-Way for Goodwater and surrounding areas, Nov. 14 from 9:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Caldwell Community Center in Goodwater. For more information call 256-652-2570 or 256-365-1242 or visit www.hatchettsprings.org.

November 15 GOSPEL CHOIR: Great Bethel Missionary Baptist Church is hosting a special guest choir Nov. 15 at 10:30 a.m. from the University of Alabama, the Afro American Gospel Choir, Sister Cythia Moore, advisor. Everyone is invited to come out and worship. PASTORAL APPRECIATION: GAP Fellowship Church is hosting its 16th pastoral appreciation for Pastor Lou and Marilyn Benson Sunday, Nov. 15 at 2:30 p.m. There will be a 11 a.m. morning service with Minister David Ford and a 2:30 p.m. service with minister Rev. Larry D. Shealey.

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PRAISE PARTY: The Heard City at Zion Rest Baptist Church in Valley is hosting a praise party Fridy, Nov. 7 p.m. EST. Recording artist Jekalyn Carr, hit single “Greater is Coming” plus the Hinds sisters, Jeffrezz Farley, Holloway and Drake Singers, and Queen of Gospel Connye B from Hallelujah 104.3 FM. For more information please contact 334-202-2378.

November 21 TRADE DAY: The Bibb Graves School is hosting a trade day Nov. 21 from 7 a.m. to 2 p.m. THANKSGIVING BANQUET: Annual Thanks-For-Giving Banquet, a community celebration luncheon giving honor and recognition to many of our distinguished local leaders, business men and women and entertainment. This event will be held on Saturday, Nov. 21, 2015 at 3 pm at the Dadeville Recreation Center and is sponsored by Sisters In Christ. Luncheon donation is $6 per person and everyone is invited. For advanced tickets, please call 256825-0175 or 256-307-2613. PANCAKE BREAKFAST: There will be a pancake breakfast Saturday, Nov. 21 from 6 a.m. to 9 a.m. at the New Site Town Hall benefiting the New Site Volunteer Fire and Ambulance. FISH FRY: Mt. Zion Baptist Church on Highway 63 will hosts its annual fish fry Nov. 21 at 6 p.m.

November 22 BENEFIT SINGING: Family Worship Center in Alexander City is hosting a benefit singing for the Bernard Patterson Family with Jeremy Sheppard. BAKE SALE: The Church of God Bake Sale will be held November 22 8 a.m. until. We will be located in front of Goody’s. The sale will feature cakes (all priced $20), cupcakes, cookies, candies, pies and fried pies.

November 24 POKER WALK: PATH Finders will be having a Charity Poker Walk Tuesday, Nov. 24 from 5 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. Register Nov. 2 - Nov. 24 at participating locations, Emporium Wine, Jake’s, Cloud Nine, Little Black Dress and The Coffee Corner, Cost is $10 per hand in advance and $15 day of the event. Registration is required.

November 26 THANKSGIVING MEAL: Trinity United Methodist Church is hosting its 8th Annual Free Community Thanksgiving Meal on Thanksgiving Day, Nov. 26. A traditional Thanksgiving dinner will be served from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. The free ticket can be picked up from the following: Tallapossa County Department of Human Resources, The Salvation Army, The Nutrition Center and Trinity United Methodist Church on Tuesday and Fridays from 9 a.m. to noon. For questions or additional information call Trinity United Methodist Church at 256-234-2455 or Nancy Miller at 256835-7372. Each guest must have a ticket.

November 18 BOSTON BUTT SALE: Lyman Ward Military Academy will hold a Boston butt sale on Friday, Nov. 18, on the Lyman Ward campus. The event is to raise funds for upgraded cadet housing at Lyman Ward. The 8- to 11-pound butts, cooked on campus by Southern Smoke BBQ team and Wilson Scott’s Pintlala BBQ, are $50 each and are available for pickup between 3 p.m. and 6 p.m. For more information contact Amanda Kelly at 334-787-7989 or via email at amanda.kelly@lwma.org.

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November 28 BINGO: The Bibb Graves School is hosting a family bingo night Nov. 28 from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m.

November 29 WOMEN IN RED: 100 Women in Red program will be held at Rocky Mt. Baptist Church Sunday, Nov. 29 at 2 :30 p.m. Everyone is invited. GOSPEL SINGING: Calvary Heights Baptist Church is hosting a gospel singing Sunday, Nov. 29 at 11 a.m. The Kempters will be singing. A love offering will be taken and lunch will follow.

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December 2-6 NATIVITY EXHIBIT: The Montgomery Interfaith Nativity Exhibit will be December 2-6 from 1 p.m. to 8 p.m. daily at 3460 Carter Hill Road in Montgomery. Hundreds of nativities, including many from the Lake Martin community will be on display for the public. Free Christmas concerts throughout.

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December 7 CHRISTMAS AT MAMIE’S: Mamie’s Place Children’s Library is hosting Christmas at Mamie’s Dec. 7 at 10 a.m. and 3 p.m. There will be Christmas movies and hot chocolate. For more information call 256-234-4644.

December 11 ECLECTIC EVENT: Merry Christmas to All: An Eclectic Event starts at 5 p.m. Dec. 11 in downtown Eclectic with the Eclectic Christmas Parade followed by visits with Santa and the town treelighting ceremony in front of Town Hall. At 7:30 p.m. the Community Choir will present a live cantata, “Fantasi Noel,” in the High School Auditorium. To round out the evening your are invited to bring your guitar and join the Christmas Jam Session at 9 p.m. with national singer and songwriter Keith Moody in the Warehouse downtown. If you want to participate in the parade or just want to enjoy the event and need information, call Lisa Elliott or Heather Martin at 334541-3581.

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FOL to host basketball registration Lyman Ward starts golf program, partners with new Stillwaters ownership By Robert Hudson

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The Friends of the League are gearing up for basketball season in Dadeville. Friends of the League will be hosting basketball registration at the Dadeville Elementary School gymnasium on Tuesdays and Thursdays from now until Wednesday, Nov. 25 from 6-7 p.m. Basketball this season will be for boys and girls against 5-13 years old. The Friends of the League are also currently hosting workouts on Wednesday and Thursday nights from 5-6:30 p.m. Registration can also be done during workout nights. For more information, contact Cedric Buckner at 334-202-0263.

Sports Briefs AHSAA XC SCHEDULE The Alabama High School Athletic Association State Cross Country Championships will take place Saturday, Nov. 14, at Oakville Indian Mounds State Park and Museum cross-country course near Moulton. Saturday’s Schedule Class 7A Girls: 8:30 a.m. Class 6A Boys: 8:50 a.m. Class 3A Girls: 9:10 a.m. Class 7A Boys: 9:30 a.m. Class 6A Girls: 9:50 a.m. Class 3A Boys: 10:10 a.m. Class 1A-2A Girls: 10:30 a.m. Class 5A Boys: 10:50 a.m. Class 4A Girls: 11:10 a.m. Class 1A-2A Boys: 11:30 a.m. Class 5A Girls: 11:50 a.m. Class 4A Boys: 12:10 a.m.

AHSAA STATE PLAYOFFS (FB) CLASS 6A SECOND ROUND Blount (10-1) at Bessemer City (7-4) Benjamin Russell (10-1) at McAdory (10-1) Hillcrest-Tuscaloosa (8-3) at Opelika (11-0) Spanish Fort (11-0) at Northridge (9-2) Homewood (9-2) at Clay-Chalkville (11-0) Muscle Shoals (11-0) at Minor (7-4) Austin (8-3) at Briarwood (5-6) Gardendale (9-2) at Walker (9-2)

CLASS 4A SECOND ROUND Andalusia (10-1) at Dadeville (6-5) Munford (8-3) at Straughn (5-5) Montevallo (9-2) at Leeds (9-2) Trinity (8-3) at UMS-Wright (11-0) Fayette Co. (7-4) at Cleburne Co. (9-2) North Jackson (7-4) at Brooks (101) Cherokee Co. (7-4) at Hamilton (5-6) Cordova (11-0) at West Limestone (8-3)

This week was a week of firsts for Lyman Ward Military Academy as they teed off for the first time with their new golf program. LWMA began practice for the first time with its new golf program, announcing Stillwaters Golf Course as its home course. “We don’t have a golf course, and we actually just made ourselves a green, but we needed a place where the cadets could actually learn how to golf,” said Lt. Col. Pat Kelly of LWMA, who will serve as the coach. “So, I came out to Stillwaters and met Rob, and he just volunteered. He’s already given them one lesson on how to hit with the irons. They’re excited because we’ve never had this type of opportunity before.” Rob Witherington, PGA Professional and Director of Golf at Stillwaters, said the partnership fits in perfectly with the mission of a golf pro. “As a PGA Professional, my primary focus daily is to take care of the business here, but also to promote the game of golf and expand it,” Witherington said. “So anybody that shows an interest in golf, the pro is there for them. So, when Pat came by – he’s one of our residents on site and a part of our family here – he asked will you partner with us and went over the details. I said this can work.” Witherington joined as the new golf pro at Stillwaters, which is under new ownership in Keith Hiett. Hiett said serving as the home course of LWMA is a great way to spread interest in the game of golf. “We’re excited about it. We feel like to make this place successful, we’ve got to help people and part of that is growing the game,” Hiett said. “That’s what’s big for us. Rob is going to be a big part of that because a part of his job is growing the game. Part of growing the game is getting youngsters involved.” Kelly said the cadets also show their appreciation for being able to use the course through various projects at Stillwaters. “Community service is important, especially for the cadets, and they wanted to do something to give back

to Stillwaters,” Kelly said. “They’ve got a lot of different jobs that we can do here, and in fact the cadets put in a couple hours the other day pressure washing. They want to give back because they appreciate being able to come out here.” Witherington said he is happy to be able to help out, as he has shown some of LWMA’s new golfers the basics of the game. “So, it’s my time and energy and our wonderful facility that are available to these young men,” Witherington said. “They did a great job in their first clinic that we did, and we’ll just continue to work on their game and help them improve. At some point, we’ll let them loose on the drive range and let them practice a bunch and they will then go on the course and play some real golf.” While the season of competition does not start until the spring, Kelly said the cadets have a lot of time to get practice on their game. “We’ll start competing in February, so that will give us plenty of time to practice,” Kelly said. “We’ve got different skill levels – some of them are just starting off and some of them can drive the ball 325 yards.” Christopher Matricia, a senior on the team, said the new team is a great way for him to get back into the game and hopefully one day take his abilities to the next level. “It gives me a chance to continue to play the game of golf while I’m at school away from home,” Matricia said. “I started

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Pictured at top, from left, are Lt. Col. Pat Kelly, Christopher Matricia, Rogan Norrell, Corey Colvin, Stillwaters owner Keith Hiett, Stillwaters PGA Golf Pro Rob Witherington, Thomas Young, Tyler Sumner and Christian Weckwert. At bottom, Witherington works with a LWMA player.

playing when I was 7, stopped when I was 12, but I’ve picked it back up last summer. I hope to continue to build my game and hopefully play in college.” Junior player Corey Colvin said he is excited to be a pioneer with the school’s first golf program. “It means a lot because when I looked at the website for the school, I wanted to see if they had a golf team, but they didn’t. Once I got here, they started it, so I was happy with the fact that I could play while I’m here,” Colvin said. “I’ve been playing since I was three. I want to get as good as possible so I can go play in college. I feel like I can do that with this program.”

Witherington said he will continue to work with the golfers through the leadup to the season. “It’s all about golf development right now. Some of the young men have some experience playing and I could tell that from when they first swung the club,” Witherington said. “A lot of them are beginners. I will take them through all phases of the game, but the main thing is to have it where they enjoy the game of golf. But I do want to have them ready to compete in February and not just have fun. “It’s a win-win,” Witherington said. “They’re wonderful young men and they’re excited about golf.”

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