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City enjoys big tax revenue year By MITCH SNEED Editor
Fiscal year 2016-17 was a record one for Alexander City in terms of tax collection, with final numbers showing increases in every category across the board. Ward Sellers, who handles business licenses and tax collection for the
city, provided the Alexander City City Council, with the year-end stats and Council President Tommy Spraggins gave the glowing report at Monday night’s council meeting. The city collected $13,165,259, an increase of $1,182,415. Those numbers represent a 9.9 percent increase. “These numbers are incredible,” Spraggins said. “I mean there are
construction, but we saw increases even in July, August and September – months after the actual construction was complete,” Spraggins said. “I hope that’s a trend that we see continue. Those kind of numbers really make a difference.” The city also welcomed new businesses including Harbor Freight See TAXES • Page A6
increases year-over-year in every category. That is really good news for the city and shows positive movement in the economy.” The biggest gain came in sales tax collections. The city took in $821,875 more in 2016-17 than the previous year. That’s a jump of 8.7 percent. “Some of that I’m sure can be attributed to the Sabal Trail Pipeline
Wind Creek set for its Fall Festival
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Halloween has become a bigger weekend for Wind Creek State Park than Labor Day. While the park is known to attract guests to take advantage of the waters of Lake Martin, the annual fall festival at the park has guests filling the park for other reasons. Some 10 years ago, park staff came up with the idea of holding a fall festival and inviting park visitors to take part in the festivities. And it has grown ever since. The weekend festival complete with a trick-ortreat even has attracted a regular camping crowd with many changing their habits from camping on the waterfront. See FESTIVAL • Page A5
Fashion Show, Bluegrass Concert on tap Thursday night STAFF REPORT TPI Staff
For those looking for something to do Thursday night in Alexander City, there are a couple of very good options available. The Lake Martin Area United Way will be hosting their annual Downtown Showdown Fashion Show beginning at 6 p.m., while the music group Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver will take the stage at 7 p.m. at the Benjamin Russell auditorium. A key fundraiser for the United Way, the fifth annual Downtown Showdown will See EVENTS • Page A5
Funds will help with water project and new playground By DONALD CAMPBELL Staff Writer
A RECORD Y-EAR Corn leads crops with high production levels By MITCH SNEED AND CLIFF WILLIAMS Staff Writers
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he feel of fall in the air Tuesday morning was finally the kind of weather associated with harvest season. For the last couple of weeks, local farmers have been running wide open, trying to get crops in with temperatures more like July than October. But according to the Alabama Cooperative Extension Service and the United States Department of Agriculture, some area farmers will see record years for some crops. Corn has benefitted the most from ample rains and warm temperatures. USDA stats show Tallapoosa County with an estimated 2,300 acres planed in corn and New Site’s Toby Hanson has a big chunk of that acreage.
“It was a very good year, especially on our higher ground,” Hanson said. “On that upper land, we are seeing in the 210 to 215 bushel per acre range. But on the low land it was only about 110 to 120. What it amounts to, we almost got too much water there. “But overall, this sandy soil and the moisture we got,m it was really a good combination.” Hanson did say they he lost some corn when the remnants of Irma came through the area. His yield on soybeans were also well above last year when the drought took a toll. The USDA says Alabama could see a record yield for corn when all is said and done. In the state, the USDA shows 250,000 acres planted in corn. Early estimates show the yield is 170 bushels per acre, which would be a new record. If numbers hold, the USDA predicts See CORN • Page A6
Above, Toby Hanson monitors grain going into a silo. At left he combines, left. The weather has meant for a good corn crop.
The New Site Town Council had many positive things to report during their regular meeting Monday night, including the awarding of a pair of highly sought after grants, an engineering firm being brought in to examine what work needs done at the New Site gymnasium and the hiring of a part-time Senior Citizens Director. Mayor Phil Blasingame informed the council Jan Kennedy was set to become the new part-time Senior Citizens Director, and would be starting in the position Dec. 1. He also said she would be going around See GRANTS • Page A5
‘Under Age, Under Arrest’ talk delivered at Central Coosa Middle School By DONALD CAMPBELL Staff Writer
Mothers Against Drunk Driving and the Alabama Alcoholic Beverage Control Board delivered a sobering presentation to the students of Central Coosa Middle School Monday afternoon. Called “Under Age, Under Arrest,” the program was created by the ABC Board administrator four years ago. Since then, 75,000 students across the state have heard this presentation, according to Dean Argo, the government relations and communications manager with the ABC Board. “We want to make sure young See MADD • Page A6
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DEAR ABBY: My husband, “Ralph,” and I have been married for 30 years. He recently started receiving sexually oriented texts from a male co-worker I’ll call Mike. What Ralph once read aloud to me saying, “He’s such a goof. Listen to this!” has now become covert reading for him. Ralph and I have no secrets. Our phones are accessible to each other, so sometimes if his phone is lying around, I’ll see things such as “Sitting on the deck with just a towel on the bits and pieces. Nice breeze!” with heart eye emojis. They are later deleted. I have asked Ralph pointblank if he has feelings for Mike, which he denies. But he won’t ask him to stop, either. Ralph knows this worries me and has me questioning our relationship. I’m tempted to contact Mike myself, but I’m not sure if that’s the best way to proceed. Thoughts? -BAFFLED IN ST. LOUIS DEAR BAFFLED: Your hus-
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band may not have feelings for this co-worker, but his co-worker appears to have some for him. Either way, Mike’s behavior is unusual. While I don’t think you should contact him, this is something you should revisit with your husband because you find it threatening. DEAR ABBY: A man came to my home today to fix a tech problem and proceeded to hit on me. Abby, he was at least 10 years older than me (I’m 23), and it was so unprofessional. I was home alone, and being faced with that situation caused me to turn red. He then commented on my blushing, and I just sat there saying nothing. I am berating myself for not speaking up, and I’m disgusted
that he assumed I was blushing because I liked the attention when it was the opposite! At the same time, I am fearful of a man reacting aggressively if I were to say something. I was hoping you could tell me what to say or do in order to better handle these situations in the future. I want to be more vocal; I just don’t know how to be. -- BLUSHING IN TEXAS DEAR BLUSHING: Whether you were red with embarrassment or pale with anger is irrelevant. You should report him to his employer to make sure he will never come to your home again. A way to protect yourself in the future might be to arrange to have someone else present under those circumstances. If someone behaves inappropriately during a service call to your home, you are within your rights to tell the person you want him to leave IMMEDIATELY, and that is what you should have done.
DEAR ABBY: I recently went to the movies with a couple of friends. At the concession stand, I bought popcorn. They did not. However, as we sat down, they eyed my popcorn as I was munching. I didn’t offer them any. I figured they could have bought their own if they wanted some. Should I have? It’s been bothering me ever since. Was I selfish? -MATINEE MUNCHER DEAR MUNCHER: The polite thing to do would have been to offer them some of your popcorn. As to whether not doing so was selfish, the answer is: “Mmmmhmmmm.” (I’d say it more clearly, but my mouth is full.) Dear Abby is written by Abigail Van Buren, also known as Jeanne Phillips, and was founded by her mother, Pauline Phillips. Contact Dear Abby at www.DearAbby.com or P.O. Box 69440, Los Angeles, CA 90069.
Obituaries Mr. Millard Morris “Skeet” Fuller 1936 - 2017 Funeral Service for Mr. Millard Morris “Skeet” Fuller, 81, of Alexander City, Alabama, will be Thursday, October 19, 2017 at 10:00 a.m. at the Mt. Zion Baptist Church. Dr. Wayne Wright and Rev. Wayne Cowhick will officiate. Burial will follow in the Hillview Memorial Park. The family will receive friends on Wednesday, October 18, 2017 from 5:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. at Radney Funeral Home. Mr. Fuller passed away on Sunday, October 15, 2017 at Chapman Healthcare Center. He was born on July 5, 1936 in Alexander City to William Morris (Dink) Fuller and Mildred Sharpe Fuller. He was a member of Mt. Zion Baptist Church, loved his family dearly, enjoyed life
Mr. Robert Coolidge Jarvis 1926 - 2017 Funeral Service for Mr. Robert Coolidge Jarvis, 91, of Alexander City, Alabama, will be Wednesday, October 18, 2017 at 2:00 p.m. at the Radney Funeral Home. Randy Anderson and Rev. Larry Cummings will officiate. Burial will follow in the Hillview Memorial Park. The family will receive friends on Tuesday, October 17, 2017 from 5:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. at Radney Funeral Home. Mr. Jarvis passed away on Monday, October 16, 2017 at his residence. He was born on July 17, 1926 in Tallapoosa County, Alabama to Robert P. Jarvis and Alice C. Fables
and playing pranks on his family and friends, had a love for the outdoors including fishing and Lake Martin, and enjoyed playing horse shoes, dancing and Alabama Football. He is survived by his son, Robert M. (Bobby) Fuller(Tracy) of Alexander City; daughter, Robin Fuller(Stanley) of Alexander City; sister, Shirley Duck of Alexander City; grandchildren, Gage Fuller, Gavin Fuller, Heather Shaw(Dennis), Eli Shaw(Stacy), Noah Shaw(Andrea), Daniel Lewis(Samantha), Levi Lewis(Celeste); great-grandchildren, Tristian Shaw, Trinity Young, Layton Thompson, Emily Shaw, Courtney Shaw, Jaiden Shaw, Jade Lewis, Cohen Lewis, Jase Jones; great great grandchild, Kyleigh Tuck; cousins, Elvin McManus(Brenda), Clint McManus; nieces, Debbie Kendrick(David), Dena Duck; nephew, Johnny Duck; great nephew, Sam
Duck; special friends, Lee Edwards, Robbie Atkisson (Byron), Bartley Atkisson, Billy Waites, and Jimmy Britton. He was preceded in death by his parents and granddaughter, Hollee Shaw. Pallbearers will be his grandsons, Gage, Gavin, Eli, Noah, Daniel and Levi. Honorary Pallbearers will be Bobby Newman, A.J. Price, Ronnie Ford, Darryl Lee McManus, Paul Mask, Billy Paul Austin, Michael Colley and Mike Towns. Memorials may be made to Lake Martin Humane Society, PO Box 634 Alexander City, AL 35011-0634 Memorial messages may be sent to the family at www.radneyfuneralhome.com.
Jarvis. He loved The Lord dearly and was a member, past Sunday School teacher, and past deacon of Wayside Baptist Church, WWII and Korean War Navy Veteran, spent his life as a auto parts delivery person and finally retired at age 81, loved his family, Alabama Football, loved to cook, and was famous for his cheese straws, BBQ sauce, and hot sauce. He is survived by his daughter, Pat Floyd of Alexander City; two granddaughters, Alison Bates of Hackneyville and Patty Mann (Matt) of Ray Community; great-grandchildren, Rob Vernon(Crystal) of Anniston, Tori Hammock(Chris) of Kellyton, Briley Mann of Ray Community, Kendall Mann of Ray Community; great great grandson, Kayden Vernon of Kellyton;
brother, Homer Jarvis of FL; sister, Myrna Kirkland of FL. He was preceded in death by his wife, Alice Marie Jarvis; parents; brother, Emmitt Jarvis; and sister, Nellie Catchings. Rob Vernon, Tim Vernon, Matt Mann, Terrell Martin, Chris Hammock, Eric Waller and Kayden Vernon will serve as pallbearers. The family would like to express their sincere appreciation to Alacare Hospice and Home Health. Memorial messages may be sent to the family at www.radneyfuneralhome.com.
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Alexander City Board of Education meets on the third Tuesday of each month. Meetings are held in the board office at 375 Lee St. or local school at 5 p.m. 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. Dadeville City Council meets on the second and fourth Tuesday of each month at 6 p.m. with a pre-meeting at 5:30 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. Goodwater City Council meets on the second Tuesday of each month. Meetings are held at the Caldwell Center 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. 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 first and third Monday of the month at 5 p.m. in the Conference Room in the Town Hall. Ray Water Authority meets on the second Tuesday of every month at 6 p.m. at the Ray Water Authority Office.
Rockford Town Council meets the second Tuesday of each month. Meetings are held in town hall at 7 p.m. Tallapoosa County Board of Education meets on the second Monday of each month. Meetings are held in the new central office at 679 East Columbus Street, Dadeville, AL 36853. Tallapoosa County Commission meets the second Monday of the month at 9 a.m. in the courthouse in Dadeville, with a pre-meeting also open to the public 30 minutes before each regular session. Tallapoosa County 911 Board will meet on the second Wednesday of each month at 5 p.m. in the 911 Administrative office at 240 West Columbus Street, Dadeville. Call 825-8490 for more information.
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October 14
• Justin Dewayne George, 27, of Goodwater was arrested for harassment. • Katie Michele Morgan, 29, of Kellyton was arrested for domestic violence. • Criminal trespass was reported on North Central Avenue. • Harassment was reported on Thomas Circle. • Harassment was reported in Alexander City. • Harassment was reported on Highway 280. • Criminal mischief was reported on 10th Avenue. • Domestic violence was reported on Airport Boulevard. • Criminal mischief and theft was reported on Highway 280.
October 15
• Harley Wayne Johnston, 20, of Alexander City was arrested for two counts of bail jumping. • Domestic violence was reported on Mason Street. • Theft was reported on Highway 63 South. • Domestic violence was reported on Airport Boulevard. • Assault was reported on
• Anthony Dontell Smoot, 28, of Alexander City was arrested for public intoxication, open possession of alcohol in public and possession of a concealed weapon without a permit. • Assault was reported on Highway 280. • Domestic violence was reported on Scott Road. • Burglary was reported on Highway 280. • Domestic violence was reported on Highway 280. • Publice intoxication and open possession of alcohol in public was reported on South Road Court.
October 13
• A dog bite was reported on Iris Avenue. • Theft was reported on North Central Avenue. • Failure to pay for gasoline was reported on Hillabee Street. • Fraudulent use of a credit/ debit card was reported on Highway 280. • Fraudulent use of a credit/ debit card was reported on Highway 280. • Fraudulent use of a credit/
debit card was reported on Highway 280. • Theft was reported on Elkahatchee Road. • Fraudulent use of a credit/ debit card was reported on Highway 280. • Fraudulent use of a credit/ debit card was reported on Highway 280. • Fraudulent use of a credit/ debit card was reported on Broad Street.
October 12
• Terrell L. Williams, 37, of Kellyton was arrested for possession of a controlled substance and three counts of receiving stolen property. • Briana Kincaid Williams, 23, of Kellyton was arrested for possession of a controlled substance and three counts of receiving stolen property. • Samuel Rashad Wright, 19, of Smyrna, Georgia was arrested for two counts of attempt to commit a controlled substance crime, conspiracy to commit a controlled substance crime and fleeing or attempting to elude law enforcement. • Jonathan Lenard Gray, 28, of Atlanta was arrested for two counts of attempt to commit a
controlled substance crime and conspiracy to commit a controlled substance crim. • Glenn Toler Jr., 42, of Alexander City was arrested for failure to appear and harassment. • Jermaine Lasha Hunter, 33, of Wadley was arrested for failure to appear. • Brianna Nicole Gant, 21, of Alexander City was arrested for making a false report to law enforcement. • Jinerika Undrenique Murphy, 19, of Alexander City was arrested for domestic violence. • Domestic violence was reported on Airport Drive.
Tallapoosa County Sheriff’s Department October 16
• James Bailey of Pearson Chapel Road in Alexander City was arrested on an outstanding warrant for failure to appear child support. • A resident of Sunset Lane in Dadeville filed a report for unauthorized use.
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ore than 85 percent of American homes have some sort of computer. Millions of people rely on computers daily to access, formulate, and store information. People use computers for everything from sharing family pictures to shopping to banking and paying bills. But, we haven’t always been able to count on the convenience of the computer to make our lives easier. How did Social Security, one of the world’s largest “bookkeeping operations,” manage to keep records of our nation’s workers before we had computers? How did we match workers with their earnings? We used a process called the “Visible Index” that used tiny, bamboo strips wrapped in paper that were inserted into metal panels. The panels
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could be flipped back and forth to view the information on each side. Clerks had to look at each strip to find the exact Social Security number for a specific person. In 1959, when Social Security began converting information to microfilm, there were 163 million individual strips in the Visible Index. The workers’ names were filed alphabetically by surname using a phonetic pronunciation code to ensure consistent filing. There were hundreds of thousands of people with the same surname. How did the staff meet the challenge? By
knowing the system. Clerks familiar with the Index could locate a specific record within 60 seconds. The Index took about 24,000 square feet of floor space and was extremely heavy. No building in the District of Columbia had floors sturdy enough to support the ever-increasing load. These weighty considerations led to Social Security getting its first large-scale computer, an IBM 705. Starting in 1956, the 705 was tasked with handling most of the accounting functions for the agency. It was still humming when it was replaced by a later generation of computers in 1961. Back in 1937, there were only about 26 million American workers. But today, Social Security processes 260 million
worker’s annual wage reports. We have changed over time to meet the challenges of recording worker’s earnings correctly. Today, you don’t need a clerk or a visit to a local Social Security office to check your own information. That’s right. You can check yours now by either using your existing my Social Security account or by setting one up at www.socialsecurity.gov/ myaccount. Changing to meet challenges is just one of the ways we secure your today and tomorrow. You can read more about the history of Social Security at www. socialsecurity.gov/history/ index.html. Kylle’ D. McKinney is a public affairs specialist with Alabama Social Security.
October 13
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• A resident of Cedar Brook Farm Road in Camp Hill filed a report for theft of property.
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• Michael Ray of Tallassee was arrested on a grand jury indictment for arson second and was placed in the county jail.
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Wind Creek again proves it’s a special place
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n the front page of today’s paper there is a story about another incredible event at Wind Creek State Park. This weekend the park will host another edition of its popular Fall Festival. If the weather holds, expect thousands to attend. People here in our area often forget about the park and all that it offers. But we shouldn’t. The park is one of the most popular in the state, ranking No. 5 in terms of visits per year, according to Alabama State Parks statistics. Last year, the park drew more than 200,000 visitors and had almost 150,000 overnight visits. Judging from the crowds that jammed the park last weekend, this year looks to be promising. Officials estimate that 3,000 people visited the park for last weekend’s Fall Festival. Every campsite was booked and the streets were packed as campers welcomed children for trick or treating. There were two fishing tournaments that brought more than 50 teams to the park’s marina for the launch and weigh-ins. Those are incredible numbers, but think of dollars with those people as well. It’s hard to put a number on how much all those visitors mean to the local economy, but experts with the National Parks Service say that a person who visits a park spends between $74 to $201 per day in the community closest to the park. If those numbers are accurate, even at the low end, the park brings in $1.7 million to the local economy from visitors. We applaud the staff and volunteers who work so hard to make Wind Creek a special place and the events like last weekend’s fall festival so much fun for everyone. While some local residents may take Wind Creek for granted, it has a tremendous reputation across the state and the Southeast as a park that provides visitors with an incredible experience. The best part is that Wind Creek can get even better. Hopefully the state will wise up soon and provide the funding for parks that they deserve. That way the park can add attractions and offer even more for visitors. Until then, visit Wind Creek Park. You won’t be sorry you did.
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e are living in a time where buzzwords, trends and social media reach have replaced beliefs, character and what’s right in politics and government. I realize that is a wildly generalized statement from a person who is nothing more than an interested observer. I honestly feel like the American people have become a nation of followers who change with the political climate and would rather give our votes to people who say what we want to hear than give it to us straight. You can’t blame politicians – I blame us. It’s not just one party, you see the rhetoric rather than substance coming from people across all party lines and at all levels. From hearing “Make America Great Again,” from a man who is also cursing in front of school children in Huntsville and making sick comments about women when talking to a talk show host to a presidential candidate who says she fights for women’s rights while taking money from a shamed Hollywood exec who is an accused rapist – the hypocrisy in politics is everywhere. Who doesn’t want America to be great again? We all do. But do you do that by tweeting and calling people names? Is it so important to get elected that you will take money from scum? What we are seeing today would make you wonder. Like I said, maybe I’m not qualified enough to be critical. I’m just a regular guy who has voted in every election since I turned 18 who writes about local news and events for a small newspaper. But I’d say that John
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McCain is qualified. The longtime senator and presidential candidate put it well in a Monday speech in Philadelphia where he was given the Liberty Medal for a lifetime of service. He said this approach could make our nation an “ash heap.” “To fear the world we have organized and led for three-quarters of a century,” McCain said, “to abandon the ideals we have advanced around the globe, to refuse the obligations of international leadership and our duty to remain ‘the last best hope of earth’ for the sake of some halfbaked, spurious nationalism cooked up by people who would rather find scapegoats than solve problems is as unpatriotic as an attachment to any other tired dogma of the past that Americans consigned to the ash heap of history.” “Spurious nationalism.” I looked up the definitions of both words. Spurious means “not being what it purports to be; false or fake.” Nationalism means “patriotic feeling, principles, or efforts,” according to Mr. Webster. I took McCain’s words to mean that we are seeing too many people on both sides of the aisle saying they are doing what is right for our country, but really doing what is right for them if it helps strike a chord with voters. Coming from a man who was a Naval officer in time
of war, was a prisoner of war and served more than 30 years in public office, I’d say that he is an expert and his take is spot on. McCain is a politician, but he is one of the few remaining statesmen in Washington today. He votes what he thinks is best for the country and his constituents, regardless of what party leadership think. Statesman? What’s that? I wish I could take credit for this, but I read it in a 2012 piece on the teachings Atlanta native and longtime University of Oklahoma history professor Dr. J. Rufus Fears. He pointed out that a politician and a statesman are not the same thing. A politician is someone who seeks office and works to win elections. A statesman, Fears said “is not a tyrant; he is the free leader of a free people” He said a statesman must possess four critical qualities: • A bedrock of principles • A moral compass • A vision • The ability to build a consensus to achieve that vision If we had more people who had those qualities wouldn’t America be great again? According to McCain, we are already a blessed nation. “What a privilege it is to serve this big, boisterous, brawling, intemperate, striving, daring, beautiful, bountiful, brave, magnificent country,” McCain said on Monday night. “With all our flaws, all our mistakes, with all the frailties of human nature as much on display as our virtues, with all the rancor and anger of our politics, we are blessed.” Mitch Sneed is the editor of The Outlook
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Steve Robinson represents District 2, which includes the southern part of Alexander City, the Cedar Creek area, Ourtown and Willow Point. His phone number Steve Robinson is 256-654-0047. His address is 300 Heritage Drive Alexander City.
George Carleton Jr. represents District 5, which includes southern Camp Hill, Red Ridge, Walnut Hill, Union and Pleasant Ridge. His address is 630 Turner Road Road, Dadeville.
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T.C. Coley represents District 1, including half of Coley Creek, the Andrew Jackson subdivision, the southern part of Indian Hill, North Central Avenue, part of Pearson’s Chapel Road, the Northside community and portion of Spring Hill T.C. Coley community. His phone number is 256-212-9316. His address is 2316 North Central Avenue, Kellyton.
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John McKelvey represents District 3, which includes Jackson’s Gap, Hackneyville, New Site and Daviston. McKelvey currently serves as chairman. His phone number is 256-794-4405. His address is 1285 Freeman John McKelvey Road, Dadeville.
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Reader: Don’t kneel and do nothing, get involved Dear Editor, I read with interest Woody Baird’s comments in the Outlook last week. I agree with him but I have a few things I would like to add. Kneeling at a football game or any other event accomplishes nothing. If the television cameras, announcers and the print media had ignored these gestures the protests might have gone no further. All my life I have been taught “to whom much is given, much is required.” Have these football organizations met with local officials, community leaders and members of law enforcement to put their money, time and effort into positive programs for at risk youth and adults? I would like to think more would have
been accomplished by tutoring classes, health clinics, adult education classes, mentoring, etc. than by kneeling. These organizations have billions of dollars and the players can afford to make donations to alleviate problems in their areas. Spotlighting a problem and offering no solution accomplishes nothing. They need to get off their knees and offer a hand up to the less fortunate in our country. Most of us “kneel” when we see a situation that needs rectifying and do nothing. A large majority of registered voters knelt and did not show up at the polls Sept. 26. Our votes are the only way we have to make elected officials aware of
what the voters want them to do. Are we going to sit idly by in December when we have another opportunity to vote? Nothing will change in our state and country until we hold our elected officials accountable for their actions and vote on legislation that come up for passage. Phone calls, emails and letters just letting them know we are watching and will no longer turn a blind eye to their not doing what they promised when they were campaigning are our only options other than praying daily for our country, our leaders and our brothers and sisters in Christ. Willa Alford Alexander City
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be held in the parking lot behind the United Way building and will feature a Mardi Gras theme with food, drinks, a silent auction and plenty of local merchants setting up with their wares. Tickets for the event are $30, while VIP tables can be purchased for $500. A number of downtown stores have partnered with the United Way for the show, including Cloud Nine, Downtown Girls, Jackson Drugs and many others. All the models in the show are local, and guests will be able to see the newest fall fashions, as well as plenty of college game day apparel. United Way Executive Director Sharon Fuller said all of the items available at the silent auction have been donated, so that 100 percent of all proceeds raised during the Downtown Showdown will go towards the United Way and its “Team United” campaign. There will be a wide range of items up for bidding during the silent auction, including artwork, gift baskets and gift certificates. Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver have released nearly 40 albums since forming in 1979, have been nominated multiple times for awards like the Grammys, and Lawson has been inducted into the International Bluegrass Music Hall of Fame in Nashville. Though the makeup of the band has changed several times over the past four decades, the overall sound remains the same. Each new member has brought their own set of talents and musical sound to the group, but Doyle has found a way to integrate them into the larger picture of his band. The group performs on a wide variety of instruments, including mandolin, guitar, banjo, fiddle and bass. The show begins at the Benjamin Russell auditorium Thursday evening at 7 p.m. Tickets are $15, while students and children 12 and under get in for free.
“Normally, everyone wants to be on the waterfront,” Wind Creek’s Bruce Adams said. “With the festival they want to be on the main drag.” Adams explained that campers like to decorate their sites for Halloween and fall for both the site decorating competition and Saturday’s trick-or-treat. Many of the same items from years past will be part of Saturday’s carnival in the camping overflow like inflatables, games and food but something new will be there as local 4-Hers help with archery at the new range. While archery was held last year at the carnival, this will be the first event to be held on the children’s archery range. Local first responders will be there too from the Tallapoosa County Sheriff’s Department, the Alexander City Police Department, the Alexander City Fire Department and from the Ourtown/ Willow Point Volunteer Fire Department. The carnival will start at 12:30 p.m. and finish at 3 p.m. with trick-or-treating in the campground to follow. Hayrides will start at 7 p.m. For those who like to express themselves artistically, there is a pumpkin-carving contest. Pumpkins need to be already carved and turned in by 5:30 p.m. Friday at the playground
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Trick or treaters make their way through the campground at Wind Creek State Park last year. This year’s festival and trick or treat is set for Saturday.
pavilion. If you are looking to camp, you are out of luck but fun can still be had. “We are full up with no campsites
available,” Adams said. “Everyone is still welcome to come and enjoy. Just pay for day use at the gate and come on.”
Grants the community to promote the programs she plans to offer at the senior citizens center. “She’s about to come on board and getting ready to roll this out,” Blasingame said. “I feel this is a great opportunity to expand the number of programs for the seniors here in New Site.” Two grants the town has been hoping to receive have been awarded to New Site. Recently, the Coosa Valley Community Development Grant organization informed the town they would be the recipients of a grant to install a playground next to the pavilion behind town hall, while the council also received word they were awarded a $575,000 grant through the Alabama Department of Environmental Management’s Drinking Water State Revolving Fund. Of the grant money received
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from ADEM, $285,000 was approved for forgiveness, while the remaining $290,000 had been financed through ADEM to be repaid over the course of a 20-year period. “With these funds, we will be able to purchase 16 new fire hydrants, replace and upgrade some of the water lines around town, get a generator to be installed at the pumping station and we’ll also be able to fix the water pressure issue up in Goldville,” Blasingame said. “The timetable right now is that the engineers will be coming up here as soon as next week to begin their surveys and working on getting the rightof-way easements, and will begin the actual groundwork around January.” The situation at the New Site gym was updated, with the engineering firm McKee & Associates coming in and
seeing what it will take to bring the building up to code so it could be reopened and used by Horseshoe Bend School as an overflow practice gym and youth groups in town. “We want it where the kids can use it again. That’s our goal,” Blasingame said. “We’re going to see what we have to do to get it up to code and open again.” The New Site Town Council also took action on the following items: • Minutes from the Oct. 2 meeting were approved. • The Boys & Girls Club was still reported to be on hold until the issues with the elementary building were resolved. • The council approved giving Blasingame the power to sign a contract renewal with the Tallapoosa County Sheriff’s Department and the Tallapoosa County Commission. Under
the contract, the town has to pay the county for being able to use the county jail. The amounts owed by New Site for each prisoner remained at the same level as last fiscal year. • An invoice from CDG Engineers & Associates was received. Totaling $31,500, Blasingame said this was the second installment of payments on work done to upgrade the New Site water system. • The Oct. 7 fundraiser for the New Site Fire and Ambulance Service was a great success, with the latest estimates showing the group cleared around $10,000. • Police Chief Philip Weddle reported it had been a slow time for the police department. The next meeting of the New Site Town Council will be held Monday, Nov. 6 beginning at 5 p.m. in the meeting room of the New Site Town Hall.
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people understand the consequences of underage drinking and drinking and driving,” Argo said. The presentation included talks from Argo, Coosa County Schools Superintendent Andi Wilson and School Resource Officer Bradgel Moon. Most powerful, though, was the part of the presentation given by Beth Chancellor, a representative of MADD who has seen the effects of drinking and driving first-hand. “My husband was killed by a drunk driver. My oldest son and I were seriously injured in the crash,” Chancellor said. “It’s been a rough road for us, but we’re not going to give up.” Chancellor went on to describe the wreck’s impact on her family, including how her older son’s brain was messed up as a result, and what it has been like for her younger son to grow up and not have a father around him. However, the incident has impacted more than just her family, she said. “The person who hit us made a stupid, stupid decision,” Chancellor said. “He was in his early 20s when
it happened, and he is going to have to spend the next 20 years in jail because of what he did.” Even though Chancellor said it can be hard to tell her story and relive the events of that night, she believes in what she does and plans to continue talking to students about the consequences of mixing alcohol and driving. “It gives me a purpose, trying to make something positive come from all of this,” she said. Argo, Wilson and Moon also had important words for the assembled students. “You’re probably wondering why we’re here talking to you about this today, when you’re not old enough to have your license and be driving,” Argo said. “Well, most of your moral decisions, you start making in middle school. We want you to be a leader and to follow the law.” “You’ve heard a couple of powerful stories today,” Wilson said. “It may be hard to say no at times. Every choice you make, it not only can affect you, but it can affect others as well.” “I always say positive
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choices lead to positive consequences and negative choices lead to negative consequences. Always make the right decision,” Moon said, also reminding the students of his open door policy where they can come and talk to him whenever they need to. The school also used this presentation to prepare students for the upcoming Red Ribbon Week, a special time set aside to remind the students of the dangers of drug abuse. In order to increase participation and awareness, counselor Sarah Hogan listed off the different themes for each day of Red Ribbon Week. Students are encouraged to wear black for “Black out against drugs” on Monday, a crazy hat Tuesday for “Put a cap on drugs,” tie-dye, neck ties and hair ties for “Don’t let drugs tie you down” on Wednesday, red on Thursday to put a stop to drugs, and their favorite team apparel for “Team up against drugs” on Friday. After the assembly concluded and the students returned to class, Argo said he felt this program had been a
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Beth Chancellor with Mothers Against Drunk Driving tells her story to the students of Central Coosa Middle School Monday afternoon during the “Under Age, Under Arrest” talk.
successful one. “Underage drinking across Alabama has dropped over the past few years. We feel like this has contributed to that,”
he said. “I know it sounds cliché, but if we can reach just a couple of students, then the program is definitely worth it.”
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and Dairy Queen. Those two stores combined could do as much as $5 million in sales in a year which helped bolster the sales tax numbers. Another big gain came in lodging tax where Alexander City saw the number jump a whopping 37.6 percent over 201516. The gain was about $60,000, with $220,551 collected. Again, that can be tied to the influx of pipeline workers who needed temporary living space while here working. A full year of Sunday sales may have had an impact on the beer tax collections as there was a jump of more than $18,000 over the previous year. Rental taxes, tobacco taxes and wine taxes were also up during the recently completed fiscal year. There was also a 12 percent increase in business license fees. The city collected $1.79 million in license fees this year as opposed to $1.58 million the previous year. “We are thrilled with the numbers,” Alexander City Mayor Jim Nabors said. “We really feel like we have some momentum building and we hope this is just the start of good economic news ahead for Alexander City.”
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The Alexander City Fire Department responded Tuesday morning to an area adjacent to the Alexander Police Department Firing Range near the T.C. Russell Airport. A berm that was covered with straw caught fire, but firefighters had the blaze out in just a few minutes after they were able to gain access.
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corn for grain production of 40.0 million bushels for the state, up 6 percent from 2016. Christy Hicks with the Extension Service said the corn crop is coming
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Cotton production is forecasted at 870,000 bales statewide, which is up 23 percent from last year. Locally, the cotton production may not be as good as last year, Hicks said. “Cotton is doing good,” Hicks said. “But he cotton yield is not as good as it was last year, so there will not be another recording breaking year. It is a little
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bit slow this year because of the rain and will be a little while before we know more.” Some farmers reported damage from the wind brought by two recent tropical depressions, which could also impact the cotton lead. Peanut production is forecast at 806 million pounds with a record high yield of 4,200 pounds per acre. That is a 30 percent increase from
last year across Alabama, according to the USDA. In other crops, Alabama’s soybean planted acreage is down 100,000 acres from June to 350,000 acres. Production is forecast at 15.0 million bushels, up 14 percent from 2016. The state’s pecan production is forecast at 2.40 million pounds, an increase of 9 percent from last year.
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Kay Ivey is already campaigning for governor of Alabama N
ow that the dust has settled from the Republican Senate primary, we can focus on the much-anticipated 2018 elections. Kay Ivey is definitely running for governor. She raised over one million dollars in a few short weeks in August with an exploratory committee. As of the last reporting period, she has raised $1.2 million followed closely by Huntsville Mayor Tommy Battle, who is at $1.1 million. Ivey has been running a stealth campaign traveling the state and looking gubernatorial. On a recent day in Tuscaloosa, she visited the University of Alabama and then midmorning, visited a prekindergarten class in the Druid City. Allow me to share a story surrounding Kay’s Tuscaloosa visit. The University’s television station, WVUA, has a star, veteran, news anchor, Lynn Brooks. They have a large Tuscaloosa and West Alabama viewing audience. Lynn and her husband, who is a Tuscaloosa attorney,
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adopted a little 6-year old girl less than a year ago. They adopted little Emma in a magnanimous venture through the Department of Human Resources. Little Emma had a traumatic first 5 years to say the least. However, Lynn and her husband have brought her out of her shell and given her a wonderful middle class life. She arrived without clothes or dolls. Lynn quickly got her three new dolls. Two of them were obvious Disney princesses. One was nameless. Like most 6 year olds today, they are quite precocious and computer and television savvy. Emma watches TV and names her third doll Kay Ivey. Her momma asked her why she named her doll Kay Ivey. Emma said, “Mom, don’t you know that Kay Ivey is the President of Alabama, like Donald Trump is the
President of the United States.” Well guess what folks, that day the real Kay Ivey came to Emma’s school, Verner Elementary in Tuscaloosa, on Emma’s birthday. Emma told her mama casually as she was preparing for school that morning that the real Kay Ivey was coming to her school today for her birthday. Some last thoughts on the just completed GOP Senate primary. Luther Strange garnered some powerful enemies during his 6-year tenure as Attorney General and they came back to haunt him. Bob Riley was ready to pounce on him after his boy, Mike Hubbard, was prosecuted. A second enemy evolved in the form of mega rich, plaintiff trial lawyer, Jere Beasley. Beasley has always liked Roy Moore. He and his wife Sara are very devout religiously and are admirers of Roy and his wife, Kayla. In addition, Moore did not toe the business line on Tort Reform, which endeared him with Beasley the state’s most prominent personal injury attorney. Beasley mostly aligns
with liberal Democratic politicians like Barack Obama; however, in the race between Luther Strange and Roy Moore he raised money for his buddy Moore. Beasley had a further incentive because Luther as Attorney General had cut Beasley’s firm out of the settlement dollars from the BP oil spill. There are multiple stories in Alabama political lore where someone loses a major race for political office and turns around to make a lot more money, and have a more prestigious and rewarding life after politics. They will all say, “Losing that race was the best thing that ever happened to me.” Jere Beasley epitomizes that story. He lost the 1978 governor’s race in a political defeat, but has gone on to glory and riches as a plaintiff attorney. Actually, Luther and Beasley have more in common than they may realize. They both ended their political careers on the same ignominious note. It has been 40 years since Beasley’s infamous 1978 debacle race for governor.
He finished a dismal and distant fifth in that race, finishing behind Sid McDonald, Albert Brewer, Bill Baxley, and the ultimate winner, Fob James. Beasley had been running fulltime for eight years and as Lt. Governor raised an immense amount of money. In fact he raised so much money that he held the record for 40 years for the most money spent per vote gotten in a statewide race.
Big Luther, who Beasley dubbed “Little” Luther broke Beasley’s record for the most money spent per vote gotten. When all is said and done, Luther and the Washington Super PAC’s will have spent over $15 million. In comparison Roy Moore spent around $1 million. That’s a record! See you next week. Steve Flowers is Alabama’s leading political columnist. His weekly column appears in over 60 Alabama newspapers. He served 16 years in the state legislature. Steve may be reached at www.steveflowers. us.
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his cool-down is being very much enjoyed and just makes a pleasant change to heat – even though most of us don’t particularly enjoy the cold. Happy anniversary for seven years of marriage to Andy and Casey Burns Oct. 20. My late and beloved brother Maurice was born Oct. 21 as was Luis Buzbee and his lovely wife Mary celebrates on the 24th. My son Jamie Morgan celebrates his birthday Oct 23. My wonderful husband Ron celebrates the 26th along with Sandra Thompson of Hillabee Park on that same day. Roger Pasley celebrates Oct. 27. Ron and I went for a Mexican treat to ‘San Marcos’ on Friday at lunchtime in Wetumpka. Antonio served us with a smile and the place has been so nicely updated, with a fountain and lots of green plants. Almost makes you feel that you are on vacation somewhere tropical as the surroundings do make the place. I met my new friend Pat Brightwell, she moved into Equality proper a year ago, outside of EPAC. We both attended for the first time Friday evening. The twice monthly gathering of music making is now in its fifth year, so, the organizer Wayne Glen thought it about time for me to get there. What a gathering. So many familiar faces. It was more like a family or community re-union
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than a band playing for the enjoyment of others there. The Ramblin’ River Band along with Peggy Shores, made an entertaining evening doing a little of everything in the way of music. Including an excellent job on Gerry and the Pacemakers, and Roy Orbison songs, plus, good old ‘Dixie’ songs that the group were happy to ‘sing-along.’ Wayne kept everything orderly, well organized and by letting us know what was coming next. Lots of goodies, savoury and sweet, were shared at the break. Some of the folks I saw were: Ann McGrady, husband Elton and their lovely daughter. Ann is related to me by marriage. She’s such a pretty lady. Richard Penton, Rachel Fuller, Ellie McKissick, Yvonne Myers, Patty Self, Susan Bradley and lots of other really nice folks. Pat Brightwell and I went to the Eclectic Cotton Festival on Saturday. The weather made the day perfect. Lots of food vendors including fish and chips and BBQ. Next time we go, we decided we need to take more cash, as only the stores took cards. We also saw some great dogs.
While I was petting a white labra-doodle, its owner with fabulous smile recognized me. It was Farrow Burks with her family. Farrow is such a lovely person and was an appraiser/trainee under my Ron many years ago. She was the smartest trainee he had. It was so good to see her and know she’s still in the business. The Cotton Festival had a feel like ‘Festival in the Park,’ which was held at Oak Park in Montgomery for many years, and brought vendors from all over the South. I love the outdoor festivals. This coming Saturday, being the third, will be ‘Trade Day’ in Millerville. It is just straight north up Highway 9, about 4 or 5 miles above Goodwater. Look for the sign on the left. Coosa 4 got a tar-patching job just one day after two days of heavy rains from those named storms that we caught the edges of, so hopefully it’ll stay in the holes. After the repairs, the road was bumpier than before. Until next week, enjoy the cooler days and nights and keep smiling. Rosie Morgan is a community columnist for The Outlook. She is a resident of Nixburg and writes about the events and people of the Equality and Nixburg areas.
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he Alexander City Parks and Recreation 50+ want to say thank you to those who supported this year’s Oktoberfest event through donations and volunteering. The 50+ Fundraising Committee, Artists Association, Memory Makers Quilt Guild and the Obstacle Race event had much success at Oktoberfest! All four raised funds for the betterment of a worthy cause. Yes, it was tiring work for all and stressing at times. Now knowing in the end that the effort we all put forth made it all worth it. We look forward to next year’s Oktoberfest, but thank goodness for the long rest between now and then! The Volunteer Leaders and Key Holders met this Monday. Those in attendance were; Ron Ownbey, Nina Gillisipie, Nancy Scott, Sandra Thompson, Roger Smith, Stanley Sharpe, Linda Dennis, Larry Luke, Sherry Peavy, Larry Marbury, Martha Keel, Brenda Tankersley, Brenda Fricks and June Dean. We discussed upcoming events and shared individual group information. Go ahead and mark your calendar to attend the November
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Monthly Luncheon event on the 15th, Holiday Cheer Open House on Dec. 1 and the December Monthly Luncheon on Dec. 20. Congratulations to Betty Carol Graham and Everett Wayrynen for placing third in the Alabama State Rook tournament! Welcome home to Judy Spence! We know she is excited to start back playing Canasta with the group real soon. The ACPR 50+ send out get well soon wishes to Roger Pasley. “Beautiful young people are accidents of nature, but beautiful old people are works of art.” Eleanor Roosevelt Until next time keep a smile on your face and love in your heart. Holt writes about the events and people of the Alexander City Parks and Recreation Department’s 50+ Club.
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ANDY GRAHAM Columnist
Malzahn hasn’t learned from his mistakes
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’m on the Bus! I’m off the Bus. I’m back on the Bus! I’m off the Bus again. You know what I really am? I’m exhausted dealing with the schizophrenic nature of Auburn football under the leadership of Gus Malzahn. I’m weary of sticking my neck out time and time again only to be slapped in the face. I’m incensed by watching talented players be constantly ignored. I’m exasperated witnessing the Tigers lose to an inferior opponent because of the coaching staff on its own sideline. And maybe most of all, I’m infuriated by a head coach who has not learned from his mistakes after five years on the job. In all fairness, I did warn you that I might be a little touchy if Auburn lost to LSU. I’m not one of those people that threatens to pull my support from the program unless changes are made. I love Auburn. I always have and I suppose I always will. I’ll go to the rest of the games this year and if Malzahn comes back I’ll go to the games next year. I’ll cheer and I’m sure I’ll even find some positive things to talk about, but facts are facts. Auburn is an 8-win team that cannot win big games against elite opponents. Oh sure, there will be moments every season where things look like they’re coming together, but it’ll just be a mirage. It doesn’t matter if there’s a change at quarterback. It doesn’t matter if there’s a change of coordinators. Gus Malzahn is a micromanager and he will not or literally cannot relinquish control. The jury has deliberated for the last four years, but now the verdict is in. This is an extremely talented Auburn football team and it hasn’t even come close to maximizing that talent. Sophomore Kam Martin averages 8.1 yards per carry but disappears every other game with no explanation. He didn’t have a single carry against LSU. Sophomore Nate Craig-Myers is probably the most physically gifted receiver on the roster. He was not targeted one single time against LSU. He averages 19.8 yards per catch, but has only eight receptions this season. What good is signing top talent if they’re never a part of the game plan? It’s especially mind-boggling with Martin because Kerryon Johnson and Kamryn Pettway have both been injured this year. He and sophomore Malik Miller should be getting five or more touches every game. A coaching staff’s top priority is to put its players in a position to be successful. Auburn did just that during the first quarter of the game against LSU, but for some inexplicable reason totally abandoned what had worked so well from the middle of the second quarter on. The better team lost and it had very little to do with the players on the field. Unfortunately, this is an all too common occurrence under Malzahn. Auburn has routinely been outcoached and given up leads in the second half of games since Malzahn was hired. The Tigers blew a 21-3 lead against Florida State in the national title game in 2013. That was an incredibly painful mistake to make, but it should also have been an incredibly important lesson learned. Here we are four years later and Auburn is still making the same mistakes. Those who don’t learn from history are doomed to repeat it. Andy Graham is a regular columnist for the Outlook.
HARD-FOUGHT WIN Dadeville overcomes early deficits to beat Horseshoe Bend By LIZI ARBOGAST Sports Editor
In all four of Tuesday night’s sets, Dadeville’s volleyball team went down early to Horseshoe Bend. The Generals built up leads of 5-0, 7-2, 11-2 and 4-2, but held onto only one of them. In all but the second set, Dadeville clawed its way back and it walked away with a 3-1 victory in non-area action. “We all came together and we just talked it out,” Dadeville setter Maliya Williams said. “When we get together and play as one, we can win the game. When we pick each other up and cheer each other on, everyone pretty much gets up.” Dadeville had a big momentum swing in the third set. After Horseshoe Bend captured a second set victory, 25-21, to even the match at 1-1, the Generals looked their best in the third set. With strong service runs from Ashley Clanton and Caly Carlisle early on, the Generals jumped out to an 11-2 lead. They kept the foot on the gas and built up as much as an 18-12 advantage before Dadeville slowly but surely started chipping away at it. Quanesha Presley had three tips within six points to bring it within four points, and Dadeville finally tied it up 21-21. Presley had an ace to go ahead, and Denaya Pogue followed it up with a
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Dadeville’s LiDiamond Johnson makes a pass against Horseshoe Bend on Tuesday night.
kill. A Horseshoe Bend error and another Presley ace gave Dadeville then 25-21 victory in Set 3. “That was a big momentum shift for us,” Tigers coach Felicia Edwards said. “Once they started seeing they could get back in the game, that helped a lot. I just told them that they needed to stop
panicking. They needed to start playing their normal game and stay focused. They went into panic mode, so they just needed to calm down.” The pep talk worked, as Dadeville looked its best in the fourth set. It led the entire game, and pulled out a 25-22 See VOLLEYBALL • Page B2
ACMS closes out season with win STAFF REPORT TPI Staff
Alexander City Middle School’s eighth-grade football team closed out its season on a high note, defeating Chelsea, 58-28 to earn a 5-1 record on the season. ACMS was led by DeMarcus McNeal, who had 188 rushing yards and two touchdowns before halftime. He finished the game with 224 rushing yards, 42 receiving yards and three scores. Quin Wilson, Dontarious Thomas, Gavin Vickers and Jay Brown all scored touchdowns in the game. “I’m so proud of the seventh and eighth grade guys for working hard and always doing what our coaches asked them to do,” Alex City coach Shundell Russaw said. “This season was a huge improvement from last year, and in years to come, we will look back at this group and realize they started something spe-
cial at ACMS.” Team captains this year included Trace McCaleb, Brown, Jacob Scott and McNeal. “These kids show tremendous leadership,” Russaw said. “I also have to give a shoutout to ACMS coaching staff who did a wonderful job mentoring these kids throughout the season. I could not have done this alone. I’m excited about working with these seventh-graders and getting them prepared for next year when we open our new field that’s being renovated (Hamp Lyon).” The seventh-grade team finished the season 2-3. The two teams combined into one against Dadeville and Russell County, and Alex City won both of those contests.
Horseshoe Bend secures area
Horseshoe Bend’s volleyball team has been riding a high lately, and on
Monday, all that came to a head when it defeated Lanett in straight sets to earn the right to host the area tournaments. The Generals dominated the first two sets, 25-12 and 25-8, and although they were challenged a bit in Set 3, they pulled out the win, 25-18. Maggie Wood led the offense with nine kills, while Caly Carlisle followed right behind with six. Ashley Clanton served up six aces, and Carlisle added three. Cheyanna Howard was a force around the court, finishing with eight aces, three kills and two digs.
Youth football
The Seahawks 7- and 8-year-old team defeated the Ravens, 12-6. In 5- and 6-year old action, the Giants edged out a 25-24 victory over the Panthers before the Broncos turned the tables on the Giants in a 26-22 win.
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Reeltown looking for little improvements By LIZI ARBOGAST Sports Editor
Although the Reeltown Rebels seem to be in good position to make the playoffs in Class 2A Region 5, there are still a lot of things that need improvement. Throughout the preseason, Rebel coach Matt Johnson stressed being tough, both mentally and physically. It was something he worried his players just didn’t have. But that’s change. “It’s not effort, it’s not toughness and it’s not physicality; we’ve got that part down now,” Johnsons aid. “That was our big goal was to get more physical and get more effort, and now we’ve got that.” Now, it’s a focus on the little things. Hoping to secure two region victories to close out the regular season, the Rebels have to focus on technique and fundamentals if they want to prove themselves as a playoff caliber team. “It’s the little things like eliminating penalties that kill drives, or executing your blocks and sticking
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Reeltown’s Jordan Whitlow (21) tries to break the tackle of Ranburne’s Landon Woodard earlier this season.
to your rules and not panicking when the bullets start flying,” Johnson said. “We had receivers running
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JAMICHAEL CHAMBLISS, Central Coosa: Chambliss had a standout game for the Cougars both offensively and defensively. He finished with 86 yards on a mere 12 carries and could’ve had more if two long runs weren’t called back due to penalties. KOBI CRABB, Benjamin Russell: Crabb had a timely interception during the Wildcats’ onepoint win over Minor on Thursday night. GARRET DAVISON, Lyman Ward: Davison provided the majority of the Fighting Rangers’ offense this week with his arm. He went 17-for-29 against Ezekial, collected 256 yards and threw three touchdown passes. JIMMIEL HARRISON, Benjamin Russell: Harrison combined with Outlook Athlete of the Week Jaden Tuck for a two-point conversion stop in the final minute of Thursday night’s victory over Minor. The final score was 15-14. DAVEDE HERRON, Benjamin Russell: Herron was just shy of See STARS • Page B2
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Big Buck Photo Contest opens along with Alabama deer season STAFF REPORT TPI Staff
There’s no season like deer season, and this year, hunters in Alabama have the potential to bring home more than just their wild game. The Alabama Black Belt Adventures Association is hosting its sixth Big Buck Photo Contest for deer hunters in Alabama’s Black Belt region. “We are incredibly honored to sponsor such a fun contest again this year,” said Pam Swanner, executive director of the Alabama Black Belt Adventures Association. “We love seeing people who are encouraged to venture outdoors for hunting – especially those who may not have hunted in the Black Belt before. We usually get a lot of entries from young people on our Facebook page and it’s exciting to see our great hunting tradition being carried forward and passed down from generation to generation.” The winner is based on the number of “likes” the photo receives on the ALBBA Facebook page (facebook. com /AlabamaBlackBeltAdventures). The Big Buck photo contest has already begun and will run until February 14, 2018 — a week after the close of gun season in the Alabama. This year the winner will receive a Lifetime Alabama Wildlife Heritage License. This license, valued at more than $200, allows the holder to hunt all small game, except waterfowl, on any of Alabama’s 35 Wildlife Management Areas, Waterfowl Refuges and Community Hunting Areas; shoot on any of the Alabama Department of
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Becky Carlee took this 15-pointer last November in Greene County and entered the Big Buck Photo Contest hosted by Alabama Black Belt Adventures Association.
Conservation and Natural Resources’ 12 public shooting ranges or archery parks; fish at any of the 20 state-owned public fishing lakes (with a daily permit); and freshwater fish with a hook-and-line from the bank in public waters in all 67 counties. Wildlife Heritage Licenses are available to only Alabama residents and the money that goes toward the purchase is matched at a 3-to-1 level by the federal government with the funds going toward conservation efforts in the
state. “Hunting is a way of life for us here in Alabama,” said Chuck Sykes, director of the ADCNR Resources Wildlife and Freshwater Fisheries Division. “Alabama boasts an especially large deer herd that attracts hunters from across the world. Hunting is $1.8 billion industry — with deer hunting alone bringing in more $1 billion — and Alabama hunters contribute greatly to our economy and play an important role in our conservation mission.”
Alabama’s economy gets a $3.9 billion boost from hunting, fishing and wildlife watching. “We have been preparing for deer season for months now,” said Greg Horton, owner of Southern Comfort Hunting Retreat near Marion, “and our clients always have a great time while hunting whitetails in the Black Belt. I know this contest puts a spotlight on our region and helps keep a focus on outdoors recreation in our area. We will be reminding our hunters to get those photos entered for a chance to win this year.” To be eligible, the deer must be taken in the Black Belt during the 2017-2018 season and the photo must be emailed to photocontest@albaa.org. Photos uploaded to Facebook are not eligible and Big Buck Photo Contest winners from 2015-16 and 2016-17 are ineligible this year. Please include the name of the hunter and the county where the deer was taken with the email. The Black Belt includes the following counties: Barbour, Bullock, Butler, Choctaw, Clarke, Conecuh, Crenshaw, Dallas, Greene, Hale, Lee, Lowndes, Macon, Marengo, Monroe, Montgomery, Perry, Pickens, Pike, Russell, Sumter, Tuscaloosa and Wilcox. The Alabama Black Belt Adventures Association is committed to promoting and enhancing outdoor recreation and tourism opportunities in the Black Belt in a manner that provides economic and ecological benefits to the region and its citizens. For information, go to www. alabamablackbeltadventures.org.
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victory to close out the win. “That (third set) was huge,” Horseshoe Bend coach Julie Turner said. “Our youth showed through in those instances. We made one mistake, then we kept making mistake after mistake after mistake. We needed this game to build our mental toughness and learn from it, though. Either we can roll over and die, or we can get up and run.” Once again, Dadeville showed off its offensive versatility. Presley led the hitting, but Pogue, Amaya Hatcher, LiDiamond Johnson and even India Miller got in on the kills. That offensive arsenal has been a huge advantage for the Tigers and Williams, in particular. “They usually call it if they want it, but (as a setter) when
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Horseshoe Bend’s Caly Carlisle puts up a pass against Dadeville on Tuesday night.
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pass protect long enough for our quarterback to throw the ball; it’s those kinds of things.”
Dadeville needs a ‘killer instinct’
While Reeltown has down the desire to win, the Dadeville Tigers are still looking for that “killer instinct,” as coach Richard White put it. “We gotta get a killer instinct around here to play football in a sense that we need to put people away when we have opportunities to put people away,” White said. Although White’s Tigers escaped Elmore County with a key 35-21 victory on Friday night, there were plenty of opportunities for Dadeville to score even more than that. White said his squad could’ve easily scored 35 points in the first half. The Tigers had a red-zone opportunity in the first half that didn’t turn up any points. “When you got somebody down, you can’t let them up,” White said. “You gotta keep putting the heat on. With teams that are struggling, if you keep hammering and keep hammering, kids are kids; they’re going to give up if they’re not used to battling. When you’re struggling, it’s easy to give up, but we ended up giving them a chance.” Dadeville still has its back against the wall if it hopes to make the postseason, and it doesn’t have many opportunities left.
Secondary lapse
Although Benjamin Russell earned a narrow 15-14 victory
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Wildcat coach Danny Horn talks to his team after last week’s win against Minor.
over Minor on Thursday night, it could’ve easy gone the other way. In many respects, the Wildcats got away with one. Benjamin Russell’s defense has been stellar all season, and on Thursday, it held Minor scoreless in the first half, but it got some help. Minor quarterback Brenton White finished 8-for-19, but his stat line didn’t indicate at all how well he played. White had a pair of wideopen receivers right on the money, who would’ve had a straight shot to the end zone in the first half, but both of them
had the ball go through their arms. He also completed pass to Ja’Cori Goodwin, who was off to the races but slipped up just 23 yards shy of the end zone. “The first half, we didn’t guard nobody” BRHS coach Danny Horn said after the game. “I could’ve ran a route out there and been wide open. We’ve got some things we got to sort out, and there are some big issues we’ve got to look at and get better on. But I’d rather learn from my mistakes in a win than a loss anytime.”
Century Club
It was slim pickings for the
Century Club this week with only two running backs and one wide receiver making the cut. Dadeville’s Kadore Glenn led all running backs this week, racking up 189 yards on 16 carries and he scored two touchdowns. Trace Meadows also returned for Horseshoe Bend, and finished with 139 yards on 24 carries. He scored all three of the Generals’ touchdowns. Lyman Ward’s Jerry Bosworth had another standout game. He finished with nine receptions totaling 181 yards and also had three scores.
you see them playing and if they’re hitting it out, you can pick another person to set to,” Williams said. “If someone is struggling, you just give them time to cool off and get it back up.” Although Horseshoe Bend suffered a loss, it made great improvement over its prior match with Dadeville, during which the Tigers dominated the Generals in straight sets. And Turner is hoping playing well against a strong Class 4A team will propel Horseshoe Bend into the area tournament next week. “We’re just playing better now,” Turner said. “We’ve had a really good past couple games. Our passing is a lot better, and our team chemistry is better all around. They trust each other more, and I think this was a good building block for postseason.”
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another 100-yard game. He finished with 95 yards on 22 carries and scored a touchdown for the Wildcats. TYKEEM HOLLEY, Dadeville: Tiger coach Richard White said Holley had a strong defensive game for Dadeville at linebacker against Elmore County. CHEYANNA HOWARD, Horseshoe Bend: Howard stuffed the stat sheet on Monday night in the Generals’ sweep of Lanett. She had eight aces, three kills and two digs to help the team to a straight-set victory. LEO LEWIS, Reeltown: Rebel coach Matt Johnson was impressed with his entire defensive line in a loss to LaFayette on Friday, but he said Lewis, in particular, was “fantastic” up front. JOSEAN MCKINNEY, Central Coosa: McKinney had a breakout game for the Cougars against B.B. Comer. A recent implant from Panama City, McKinney broke off a couple long runs, finishing with 49 yards on just five carries. He scored a 14-yard rushing touchdown in the fourth quarter. TRACE MEADOWS, Horseshoe Bend: After missing nearly two whole games with an injury, Meadows picked up right where he left off in the Generals’ narrow loss to Vincent. He scored all of Horseshoe Bend’s touchdowns and needed 24 carries to gain 139 rushing yards. MAXWELL WEBB, Lyman Ward: Although Lyman Ward suffered a loss at the hands of Ezekial, Webb had a fine defensive performance. He led the Fighting Rangers with six solo tackles, and he had three assisted tackles and one tackle for a loss.
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FASHION SHOW: The Lake Martin Area United Way Downtown Showdown Fashion Show will be Oct. 19 from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. Tickets are $30 and VIP tables are $500 and include Cajun cuisine, beer, wine and a silent auction. DOYLE LAWSON: Alexander City Arts is hosting Doyle Lawson and Quicksilver Oct. 19 at 7 p.m. at the Benjamin Russell Auditorium. They have over 40 albums to their credit with multiple Grammy, Dove, ICM, IBMA and SPBGMA Award Nominations. Tickets can be purchased at the door for $15. Students and children under 12 are free.
October 19-20
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COUNTRY STORE: Goodwater Healthcare will be having its annual “Country Store” on Friday, Oct. 20 from 9 a.m. until 3:30 p.m. There will be door wreaths for Christmas, sports teams, and seasonal, other Christmas items, arts and crafts, homemade cakes and pies, jewelry and homemade jellies. As always, we will have our fried bologna sandwiches and hoop cheese! All proceeds benefit the resident activity fund. Come and join in the fun, see old friends, make new ones and enjoy the hospitality! The event is located in the Chapman Family Home attached to the nursing facility at 16 Jones Hill Rd, in Goodwater, Alabama. For more information, please call 256-839-6711.
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STARGAZING: The Auburn Astronomical Society will set up telescopes to look at the night sky Oct. 21 at 5 p.m. on Hospice Point near the silo at Wind Creek State Park. HOMECOMING: The Mountain Community Homecoming will be Oct. 21 at the Bethany Church Mountain Community Center starting at 10 a.m. Lunch will be at noon. Please bring a covered dish to share for lunch. If you have any family pictures, please bring to share with everyone. The community center is at Clay County Road 49 in the Mountain community north of New Site. For more information call Velera Oliver at 256-234-2935 or Jim Branch at 256-252-9266. TRADE DAY: Bibb Graves High School Alumni and Friends Monthly Trade Day in Millerville on Highway 9 between Ashland and Goodwater will be held on Oct. 21 from 7 a.m. until 2 p.m. Refreshments are also available. YARD SALE: M&M Kids of Duncan United Methodist Church is hosting a free yard sale at the church Oct. 21 from 7 a.m. to noon. The church is located on Highway 22 East just past Abernathy Feed. FALL FESTIVAL: The Alexander City Church of God of Prophecy at 122 Poplar Road is hosting a family fall fes-
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MEN’S DAY PROGRAM: Bread of Life ACOP in Kellyton is hosting a Men’s Day Program Oct. 22 at 3 p.m. The guest speaker will be Rev. Kirkey Jr. Pastor of Bread of Life is Elder Neverland Tuck. For more information call Prophetess Alisa Norris at 256-3298674 or 256-496-0189. CHURCH ANNIVERSARY: Mt. Olive Missionary Baptist Church in Waverly is celebrating its 148th Anniversary Sunday, Oct. 22. Guest minister will be Rev. Terry Magby on New Mt. Sellers Missionary Baptist Church. Rev. Melvin Kelley Jr. is pastor Mt. Olive. FOUNDERS DAY: GAP Fellowship Church at 721 Robinson Court is celebrating its 18th Annual Founder’s Day Oct. 22 at 2:30 p.m. with special guest Rev. Dr. Ronnie White of Word of God Community Church in Talladega. Pastor of GAP Fellowship Church is Lou and Marilyn Benson. CHURCH HOMECOMING: Bradford United Methodist Church is hosting its annual homecoming celebration Sunday, Oct. 22 at 10:30 a.m. followed by a fellowship meal. The guest speaker will be Rev. Tommy Gillum with special music by “The Wilkes.”
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HORIZONS UNLIMITED: Dr. Mark Conversio will present “Hot Topic of the Day” to Horizons Unlimited Monday, Oct. 23 from 1:30 p.m. to 3 p.m. at the Alexander City Board of Education Building at 375 Lee Street Alexander City. MINISTERIAL MEETING: The Alexander City Area Ministerial Association Meeting will be Monday, Oct. 23 at 6:30 p.m. at Big B Barbecue in Alexander City.
Thursday, October 26
DEMOCRATIC PARTY MEETING: Doug Jones, Democratic Senatorial candidate will be at the Tallapoosa County Democratic Party meeting Oct. 26 at 6 p.m. For more information call Carol Gowan at 256-794-7432. SENIOR RX: Deborah Jones will be at the Alexander City Chamber of Commerce Oct. 26 from 9:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. to speak to seniors to see if they are eligible for assistance with diabetic supplies, liquid supplements and medications. For an appointment time, call 1800361-1636 ro 256-761-3575.
Saturday, October 28
TOUGH TEN: The Auburn-Opelika Running and Track Association (AORTA) is hosting the 18th Annual Tough Ten/ Tough Two Race Saturday, Oct. 28 in Auburn. There are multiple division for awards. To register go to auburnrunning.org or runsignup.com/race/al/auburn/aortatoughtentoughtwo. CANCER AWARENESS LUNCHEON: New Adka Missionary Baptist Church is hosting a cancer awareness Luncheon Oct. 28 at 11 a.m. in the fellowship hall at 21 North Thornton Road in Dadeville. The speaker will be RuPearl Sharp of Fayetteville, Georgia. The pastor is Edward Milner. The event is free to the public but donations will be accepted with proceeds going to Cancer Treatment Center at America Newnan Hospital. FARM DAY: The Weogufka Center will be hosting Farm Day Oct. 28. See old farm equipment, the train man Robert Pearson and Ms. Kay Cheshire will be in the history room. Breakfast begins at 6:30 a.m. Admission is $2 per car and vendors are $20 per booth.
CANCER AWARENESS PROGRAM: Friendship Baptist Church is hosting its annual Cancer Awareness Program Oct. 28 at 1 p.m. The speaker will be Sister Cheryl Ransaw with guest choir Kellyton Chapel and guest praise team from Miracle Baptist Church. The pastor is Roosevelt Gregory. CAR SHOW: The 12th Annual Bill Nichols State Veterans Home Car and Motorcycle Show is Oct. 28 from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. at 1784 Elkahatchee Road. It is hosted by the Bill Nichols Chapter 13 DAV and Auxillary Unit. Participant registration fee is $15. There will be food available for purchase, door prizes, money tree and live entertainment. FAMILY GAME NIGHT: Bibb Graves High School Alumni and Friends in Millerville will have Family Game Night Bingo from 5 p.m. until 8 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 28. Five free Bingo cards to the first 10 kids age 10 and under. Game prizes and door prizes. Begin with hot dogs, pizza, chips, and soft drinks.
Sunday, October 29
SINGING: Bay Pines Baptist Church is hosting a singing featuring the Shadrix’s Sunday, Oct. 29 at 10:30 a.m. CHURCH HOMECOMING: Kendrick Baptist Church at 5152 Highway 9 in Nixburg will be hosting homecoming services Oct. 29 at 10:30 a.m. Guest singers will be “The Dyes” with preaching and a covered dish lunch to follow.
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Monday, October 30
CREEPY CRITTERS SHOW: Mamie’s Place Children’s Library is hosting a Creepy Critters Show Oct. 30 at 4 p.m. with Animal Tales. The seasonal show is centered around fall festivals and Halloween.
Wednesday, November 1
MONTHLY LUNCHEON: Bibb Graves High School Alumni and Friends in Millerville will have their Monthly Luncheon on Wednesday November 1 from 11 a.m. until 2 p.m. Please bring a covered dish and a small donation. The local VFW will have a Veterans recognition program.
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Sunday, November 5
SUNDAY DINNER: Duncan Memorial United Methodist Church is hosting Sunday dinner Sunday, Nov. 5 at 5 p.m. The free dinner will be served in the clubhouse building next to the church at 3997 Hillabee Road in Alexander City. The pastor of Duncan Memorial is Rev. Wayne Hicks. All are invited to this free, casual dinner. CHURCH SINGING: 49 North will be praising the Lord at the Kellyton Revival Center Nov. 5 at 6 p.m. A love offering will be taken for repairs to the church building. Everyone is welcome. CHURCH ANNIVERSARY: New Harmony Missionary Baptist Church is hosting its 88th Church Anniversary Sunday, Nov. 5 at 2 p.m. Guest Minister will be Rev. Richard D. Jacobs of New Popular Spring Missionary Baptist Church of Dadeville. Rev. Melvin Kelley Jr. is pastor of New Harmony Missionary Baptist Church.
Tuesday, November 7
SOUP LUNCH: Election Day Soup Lunch sponsored by the United Methodist Women of First United Methodist Church will be Nov. 7 from 11 a.m. - 1:30 p.m. in the church Fellowship Hall. All you can eat vegetable soup, cornbread, dessert and drink will be served. Carry-outs available. Cost is $7. Proceeds will go to local mission projects. USHER MEETING: The Early Rose District will have an usher meeting Nov. 7 at 5 p.m. at the Early Rose District Center.
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TAKING IT ON THE ROAD The Pride of Alexander City Wildcat Marching Band prepares for competition The band will be helping the Wildcats Friday night as they take on Helena but practice this week has been tweaking the show for their competition Saturday in Opelika.
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Wednesday, October 18, 2017