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SATURDAY-SUNDAY • NOVEMBER 26-27, 2016
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VOL. 11, NO. 44
Commission to appoint board members
By COREY ARWOOD Staff Writer
The Elmore County Commission will meet Monday to decide on appointments to both the county Emergency Management Service and the Central Elmore Water and Sewer Authority and hear reports from Probate Judge John Enslen. County Commission Chairperson Troy Stubbs of District 3 said the current three
seats of administration at the Elmore County Emergency Medical Services had reached their term limits and would now be considered by the commission for reappointment. Stubbs said a seat on the Water and Sewer Authority Board became open as a result of Kenny Holt becoming a commissioner. Holt was elected commissioner in the March primary elections to the District 1 seat. “As an elected official he can no lon-
ger hold that seat,” said Stubbs. Having been sworn in last week, Stubbs said Holt by default could remain on the CEWSA board. The EMS board appointment candidates are Eric Jones, Lois Pribulick and Steve Dennis. Dennis currently serves as EMS chairperson and Jones as EMS secretary, however Jones is also the director of the Elmore County Emergency Agency. Stubbs said the positions were open to the public and the three candidates were
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Friends have different diplomas, takes on game Today is a day in Alabama when families are split, friends avoid one another and college football is king. It’s Iron Bowl Saturday. Today at 2:30 p.m. in Tuscaloosa’s Bryant-Denny Stadium, the No. 13 Auburn Tigers (8-3, 5-2 in SEC play) pay a visit to the undefeated and top-ranked Alabama Crimson Tide (11-0, 7-0 in SEC games). Alabama enters the annual rivalry tilt as a prohibitive 17.5-point favorite in a game nationally televised on CBS (WAKA, Channel 8 in Montgomery). Jay Collier of Wetumpka, a 42-year-old Auburn graduate, will be in the stands. It See IRON BOWL • Page 3
the only ones to express interest in the positions. He said there would be a number of board appointments and to contact Executive Assistant Kimberly Erb at the Elmore County Commission office or go to the county website www.elmoreco. org for more information. Probate Judge John Enslen is scheduled to address the commission about three items.
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Empty rain gauges like this have become standard across the area as the last time it has rain a measurable amount was Sept. 18, but that appears that will change as rain is in the forecast for early next week.
FIRE AND RAIN
Early-week rain chance could help, but no-burn order still in place By DAVID GRANGER Interim Managing Editor
The National Weather Service’s extended forecast for Wetumpka and surrounding area includes something people in this are have seen little of lately: a better than 50 percent chance of rain. As of Friday morning, the NWS forecast includes a 60 percent rain chance for Tuesday, Tuesday night and Wednesday. “This is definitely the best chance of rain we’ve seen in several months,” said Mark Rose, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service office in Birmingham. “We’ve got a fairly strong storm system coming through. We may see a few showers on Monday, but it looks like our best chances are on Tuesday and Wednesday when we may have a couple of waves coming through.” Rose said there is a possibility for significant amounts of rainfall in the area and northward. “The models are showing fairly decent rainfall amounts,” Rose said. “Close to an inch over the entire forecast area. The higher totals may be farther north, but (in the Wetumpka) area there could be about an inch over a two-day period.” Rose said forecasters are watching the mod-
els for the potential of severe weather, but aren’t ready to commit to that possibility yet. “There is the potential that exists for some stronger storms,” Rose said. “We don’t expect anything severe right now, but we will continue to watch the models.” Meanwhile, the state remains in the midst of a brutal drought for which the rain could provide much-needed relief. As of Friday morning, there were active wildfires in Butler, Jefferson, Lowndes and Marshall counties. There were 38 more wildfires termed “contained,” which had burned a total of more than 6,600 acres. Four of those wildfires – one each in Blount and Walker counties and two in DeKalb County – had burned more than 500 acres each. The largest had burned more than 1,300 acres in Walker County. Contained wildfires are still actively burning on the interior, but have a containment line around them. Luckily, Elmore County has remained relatively unscathed, with only two wildfires consuming a total of 10 acres in the last 30 days. As a result of the long period of dry conditions in the state, a statewide no-burn order remains in effect, in which all outdoor or open burning is prohibited. The drought emergency order was declared by Alabama See RAIN • Page 3
We are making some changes here at Tallapoosa Publishers to help streamline our efforts and offer an all-inclusive publication that better serves our readers in Wetumpka and all of Elmore County. Today’s edition of Elmore County Weekend will be the last Saturday edition offered by Tallapoosa Publishers. Beginning next week, the page count in the Wednesday Wetumpka Herald will be increased so that we can include more news and the features normally found in the weekend See EDITOR • Page 3
Granger named interim managing editor of The Herald STAFF REPORT TPI Staff
David Granger has been named interim managing editor of the Wetumpka Herald and the Tallapoosa Publishers publications in Elmore County. Granger Granger has been with Tallapoosa Publishers for about two years and has been covering news See HERALD • Page 3
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