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THE WETUMPKA HERALD Elmore County’s Oldest Newspaper - Established 1898
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WEDNESDAY • NOVEMBER 16, 2016
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VOL. 118, NO.43
Faulk resigns District 4 commission post By DAVID GRANGER Staff Writer
Joe Faulk, who has agreed to plead guilty to the charge of use of his official position or office for personal gain, on Monday resigned his position as Elmore County Commissioner for District 4, a source told the Herald. Faulk’s resignation was effective at midnight on Monday night, the source
said. With Faulk’s decision, the Elmore County Commission will eventually consist of five new members. The other four members – Kenny Holt, Mack Daugherty, Troy Stubbs and Earl Reeves – will be sworn in at a ceremony scheduled for this morning. According to Sonny Brasfield, executive director of the Association of County Commissioners of Alabama, Faulk’s
replacement will be appointed by Gov. Robert Bentley to serve a two-year term before a new election for Faulk’s current post would be held in 2018. The winner of that election would then serve another two-year term so that all commissioners would then be on the same four-year election cycle and up for election again in 2020. Faulk was arrested Oct. 25 on the charges, which resulted from an Alabama
Ethics Commission investigation. According to the documents filed with the Circuit Court of Elmore County, Faulk will enter his plea to the current “non-capital felony offense” before Judge Glenn Goggans Faulk on Dec. 1. See RESIGN • Page 3
Rear-ending results in robbery, attempt ends in wreck
New member sworn in for school board By WILLIAM CARROLL Managing Editor
A new member was sworn into her seat on the Elmore County Board of Education Monday afternoon, as Leisa Finley took her oath of office administered by Elmore County District Judge Patrick Pinkston. Finley, who defeated long-time incumbent school board member Larry Teel, represents the Wetumpka/Redland area. In the board’s first meeting of its new term, Michael Morgan, who was not present at the meeting, was elected the new board chair and Dale Bain was See SCHOOL • Page 3
By DAVID GRANGER Staff Writer
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Madrigal Voices of Montgomery performed several songs during the Eighth Annual Musical Tribute to Veterans Friday night at Trinity Episcopal Church.
VETERANS DAY
Wetumpka musical event honors veterans By WILLIAM CARROLL Managing Editor William Carroll / The Herald
Elmore County District Judge Patrick Pinkston (left) gives the oath of office to newly elected Elmore County School Board Member Leisa Finley.
Friday night, Trinity Episcopal Church hosted its Eighth Annual Musical Tribute to Veterans and Gallery of Honor. The event featured several well-known river region performers including Montgomery’s Madrigal Voices, who performed a number
of tunes and Millbrook’s Jess Meuse of “American Idol” Fame. The even was dedicated to the memory of Capt. Conrad Ward (Ret.), a U.S. Navy aviator who called Titus home. In honor of Ward, Phyllis Kennedy, Ward’s niece read several brief stories about Ward and Alabama State Representative Mike See MUSIC • Page 3
Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, Inc. hosts elder care workshop By WILLIAM CARROLL Managing Editor
The sisters of Zeta Phi Beta sorority hosted an elder care workshop Saturday morning at Rogers Chapel AME Zion church, which covered a variety of topics from elder care resources to recognizing and reporting elder abuse to caring for the caregiver. The sorority’s invited guests included Michael Bryant with 211 Connects
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Alabama/HandsOn River Region, Tonia Bell with the Alabama Department of Human Resources, Michelle Wood with the Elmore County Department of Human Resources, Lindsey Solomon with the Central Alabama Aging Consortium and La Tonya Porterfield a Medicare open enrollment representative. 211 Connects Alabama is a service provided to Alabama See WORKSHOP • Page 3
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One robbery and an attempted robbery, both involving automobile accidents, took place in Elmore County on Friday and Monday morn- Horsley ings, authorities with the Elmore County Sheriff’s Department said Monday. A Birmingham couple was robbed of property and an undisclosed Colley amount of cash early Monday morning on Highway 111 after their vehicle was rear-ended by a van and they stopped to inspect the damage, according to Elmore County Chief Deputy Rickey Lowery. Lowery said at about 5:30 See ROBBERY • Page 11
Last week for Operation Christmas Child donations By CARMEN RODGERS Staff Writer
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Michelle Wood (right standing), director of the Elmore County Department of Human Resources speaks to those gathered at Rogers Chapel AME Zion church regarding her agency’s handling of issues relating to elder care and abuse. Also pictured from left to right are Tonia Bell, program manager with the Alabama Department of Human Resources, Michael Bryant with 211 Connects Alabama/HandsOn River Region, Lindsey Solomon with the Central Alabama Aging Consortium and La Tonya Porterfield.
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This is the week that Elmore County residents will transform empty shoeboxes into gifts of hope filled with school supplies, hygiene items, and notes of encouragement and fun toys, such as a doll or soccer ball. Operation Christmas Child, a project of Samaritan’s Purse, will deliver these shoebox gifts to children overseas living in See CHRISTMAS • Page 11