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Extremely dry conditions caused a brush fire on Quiet Lane to reignite today. This is the third day volunteer fire departments have responded to brush fires on Quiet Lane and the fourth brush fire in five days.
Battling brush blazes Drought conditions spark small fires this week By CLIFF WILLIAMS Staff Writer
Quiet Lane in Wind Creek Farms has not been so quiet this week. For the third day, the Willow Point and Our Town volunteer fire departments have responded to Quiet Lane for a brush fire. Friday they were joined by the Alexander See FIRE • Page 3
Alexander City’s ongoing financial struggles are becoming more and more expensive. According to information contained in the city’s year-end budget numbers, the city was billed a total of $369,342.03 by two accounting firms for work performed in Fiscal Year 2016. The totals came as a total surprise to City Council President Jim Spann who chairs the council’s finance committee. “I had no idea it had reached that level,” Spann said. “That’s a lot of money by anyone’s standards. The sad part is that those numbers are not the end of it. They aren’t through. It’s my understanding that they still have the 2015 numbers to complete.” The council doesn’t hire auditors – that is done by the mayor. The council is obligated by law to provide funds for audits, but the amount incurred this year exceeds the amount budgeted See ACCOUNTING • Page 3
Jordan to speak at RMC breast cancer awareness luncheon Winfrey “one of the funniest people on the planet,” has toured the United States many times over as a comedienne. In 2011, Comedienne, motivational speaker and breast cancer survivor she was diagnosed with stage one Diana Jordan will be the featured breast cancer. She says annual speaker at the 2016 Breast Cancer mammograms saved her life. Jordan has an amazing personal Awareness Luncheon, set for story. Within four months of her Tuesday, Nov. 1, at noon at the mastectomy, she was using a Betty Carol Graham Technology heating pad and fell asleep. The Center on the Central Alabama heat from the pad burned a hole in Community College campus. her reconstructed breast almost to The 13th annual luncheon is the implant. sponsored by Russell Medical Unable to save the Center and UAB Medicine’s reconstructed breast, Jordan Russell Medical Cancer Center. was forced to endure four more This year’s theme is “Tickled operations to repair it. Pink.” Jordan has been a favorite Jordan, called by Oprah See LUNCHEON• Page 3
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well. “Marijuana is still the bulk of what we see in our investigations,” White said. “But here, meth and prescription drugs are still far more prevalent than heroin. In some of the more metropolitan See DRUGS • Page 7
County. According to recently released Federal Bureau of Investigation statistics for 2015, 38.6 percent of U.S. drug arrests involved marijuana. Sgt. Fred White of the Tallapoosa County Narcotics Task Force said that is consistent with what they are seeing as
Residents of Alexander City now have a new tool to help record serial numbers and descriptions of valuables – ReportIt. “ReportIt is an excellent resource to record information about valuable items,” ACPD’s Lt. James Orr said. “It allows residents to log into a secure website and register their valuables. They can put in serial numbers, descriptions and even upload photographs of the property. “Anything with a serial number like computers and firearms can be registered. Even jewelry can be put it in. It’s a great service.” Orr says that it can be used two ways. “Users can print it out after they put it in or they can log in to their list if something happens,” Orr said. “Hopefully, it will never have to be used.” ReportIt was developed by LeadsOnline, a service already in use by the Alexander City Police Department. “LeadsOnline has been a wonderful asset for the department,” Orr said. “We have been a member of LeadsOnline for about six years. In that time, it has helped us with investigations tremendously and has also helped us in the recovery of items from theft and burglaries.” To take advantage of ReportIt, go to reportit.leadsonline.com and create a new account.
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DEAR ABBY: My boyfriend doesn’t get excited about anything anymore. He walks around the house all day with a gloomy expression. When I ask him about it, he tells me he is bored. I’m scared he might get bored with me. Our sex life is great, and the relationship seems like it’s on firm footing. But I can’t shake this feeling he doesn’t want to be here anymore. Sometimes I see him staring out the window as if waiting for something to happen. He talks less and less every day. I’m not sure what’s wrong, and I’m really scared for him. -- ALARMED IN ARIZONA DEAR ALARMED: The behavior you have described could be a sign of depression -- or not. If you want to find out what’s going on in your boyfriend’s head, summon up the courage to ask
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him if he is unhappy in your relationship. If he says you aren’t the problem, explain that you can see his behavior has changed, and tell him that if he’s depressed, he needs to talk about it to a doctor and get a checkup. There might be a medical reason for his boredom and low energy. DEAR ABBY: What do I do when relatives show up to family gatherings with sick children? We recently hosted a family party in our home. My sister-in-law arrived with an obviously sick child in tow. I am pregnant and have
Obituaries Mrs. Freida Marie Milstead Fuller 1921 - 2016 Funeral Service for Mrs. Freida Marie Milstead Fuller, 95, of Alexander City, will be Sunday, October 9, 2016 at 3:00 p.m. at the First Baptist Church. Rev. Dr. Gerald Hallmark, Dr. Skip Lowery, Rev. Steve Arnberg, Rev. Bill Hand will officiate. Mrs. Fuller will lie In State for 2 hours prior to the service. Burial will follow in the Hillview Memorial Park. The family will receive friends on Saturday, October 8, 2016 from 4:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. at Radney Funeral Home. Mrs. Fuller passed away on Wednesday, October 5, 2016. She was born on July 27, 1921 in Cherokee County to Grover Cleveland Milstead, Sr. and Myrtle Maggie Long Milstead. Mrs. Fuller and her late husband were founding members of Hillabee Baptist Church, where she served for 59 years and was currently the oldest active member of First Baptist Church. She is survived by her son, Richard Fuller of Alexander City; daughter, Rebecca Fuller of Roswell, GA; grandchildren, Kristin Chappell (Ernie), Hunter Bonner and Forrest Bonner; and six great grandchildren She was preceded in death by her parents; husband of 37 ½ years, William Lifford “Bud” Fuller; daughter, Robbie Diane Fuller Sheets; and three brothers and four sisters. Flowers will be accepted or memorial contributions may be given in Mrs. Fuller’s memory to the Memorial Fund at First Baptist Church, P.O. Box 400, Alexander City, AL 35011. Memorial messages may be sent to the family at www. radneyfuneralhome.com.
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a 2-year-old son. Now my child and I are sick. This isn’t the first time something like this has happened. How should I handle this in the future without starting World War III? -- SICK OF GERMS IN ARKANSAS DEAR SICK OF GERMS: Here’s how I’d handle it: I’d talk to all the in-laws. I would explain that my 2-year-old and I caught whatever the child had, and tell them I don’t want it to happen again. Then I would add that in the future, I do not want anyone to come over if they or one of their children is sick. That’s not an unreasonable request. Because, regrettably, not all children are vaccinated these days, you are lucky you didn’t catch something that could have put your unborn child at risk.
n 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. n 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. n Camp Hill Town Council meets the first and third Mondays of each month. Meetings are held in town hall at 6 p.m. n Community Action Agency of Chambers, Tallapoosa, Coosa will holds its regular board of directors meetings every other month at the Central Office in Dadeville. n Coosa County Board of Education holds called meetings at least once a month. n Coosa County Commission meets on the second and fourth Tuesday of each month. Meetings are held in the Coosa County Courthouse in Rockford at 9:30 a.m. on the second Tuesday and at 6:30 p.m. on the fourth Tuesday. n Coosa County Industrial Development Board will hold its regularly scheduled meeting the third Tuesday of each month at 7 p.m. in the Commissioners’ Board Room in the courthouse in Rockford. All meetings are open to the public. n Dadeville City Council meets on the second and fourth Tuesday of each month at 5 p.m. in city hall. n Daviston City Council meets the third Monday of every month at 6:30 p.m. at the Daviston Fire Department. n Goldville Town Council meets the second Monday of each month at 5:30 p.m. at the town hall. n Goodwater City Council
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brush fire in five days,” Jones said. To help prevent more calls for the department, the drought has forced the city to limit burning. “The city is not issuing burn permits right now,” Jones said. “In some areas, the state is issuing burn permits.” And it is not just here. In the Cheaha Wilderness area, the USDA Forest Service is limiting campfires to just developed recreation areas. Currently the forest service is fighting a wildfire in the High Point area on a section of the Pinhoti Trail between Alabama Cliff Williams / The Outlook Highway 281 and the juncLocal fi refi ghters responded to their fourth brush fire in five days. tion with Chinnabee Silent Officials say the drought has made underbrush extremely dry. Trail.
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by almost $200,000. Spann said he wouldn’t be surprised if the total cost for the outside firms doesn’t reach $500,000 before the firms complete their work. Birmingham-based Carr, Riggs & Ingram was called in by Mayor Charles Shaw to help with two years worth of standard audits. They were also asked to handle the investigation into possible theft of city golf course funds and work as a liaison with the Internal Revenue Service on penalties that the city had been assessed. Numbers show that from April 21 to Sept. 12, CRI submitted invoices totaling $208,552.03. Accountants from Opelika-based Brantley, Boucher & Farr were contracted to handle cash reconciliations and helped the city sort through accounting entries to search for errors that made it appear that there were discrepancies. Year-end budget numbers show that Brantley, Boucher & Farr billed the city $160,900 from Dec. 15 to Sept 12. All those charges fall into the Fiscal Year 2016 expense totals. A check of records from the past years shows that city audits have cost the city between $38,450 and $140,000 depending on the scope of the work.
How does that compare to other cities? Auburn, with an annual budget of nearly twice that of Alexander City at an estimated $82 million, Auburn paid about $74,000 for its last audit. To illustrate what that amount of money could have been used for in Alexander City, consider this: For $369,342, the city could have hired two code enforcement officers, paved a one-mile neighborhood street, paid the salaries of two firefighters and two meter readers, purchased 10 new bullet proof vests and added eight street lights in needy areas of the city. The numbers took some newly elected council members by surprise as well. “Hearing that amount is definitely alarming to me,” said District 5 Councilman-elect Tommy Spraggins. “In light of that, what I would like to see the accountants sit down with the council and give everyone a realistic idea of where they are in the process, what is left to be done and their opinions on the issues the city faces. “I don’t think that is unreasonable at all. From those numbers it’s obvious that we are paying them a lot of money for the work they are doing and they should be willing to provide that update.”
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to speak in the past, but because she lives in California and with the expense of travel, we hadn’t been able to do it,” said Foy, RMC’s marketing director. “But, this year, she was going to be in the South for another engagement and we were able to get on her book affordably. We’re excited about her being here. We expect she’ll take a sort of laughter-is-the-bestmedicine approach. “We always have treats for our guests and decorate the Betty
Carol Graham Center in coordination with our theme. And, once again, we expect to sell out for the event. Tickets will go fast. We look forward to seeing so many of our friends who have been with us in the past again this year.” Tickets are $15 and must be purchased in advance at the Russell Medical Center Gift Shop or by calling 256-329-7145. Tables are $120 and may be reserved, but must be paid for in full to do so.
“Overall, it’s a fun, informative and inspirational event and we try to make sure that we get folks in and out of there as close as we possibly can to their allotted lunch hour,” Foy said. All proceeds from the luncheon go to the Russell Medical Foundation’s breast cancer awareness fund, Foy said.
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t’s been a long time since the continental United States has seen a storm like Hurricane Matthew, currently raging along the southeastern coastline. But Matthew is here now and, as we write this, terrific storm surge caused by the storm, now a category 3 hurricane, is occurring in Jacksonville, Florida. As it progresses along the coast, cities like Savannah and Brunswick in Georgia and Charleston and perhaps Myrtle Beach in South Carolina are threatened. The winds from Matthew have weakened and the once monstrous storm will likely be downgraded to Category 2 soon. Now, the biggest threat seems to be record or near-record storm surge in northernmost Florida, Georgia and South Carolina. So far, the evacuation orders seem to have been largely heeded and there are no reports of serious injuries or deaths related to the storm. The national media and the local media in the affected areas have done an excellent job of following the storm since its infancy. But the possibility of injury persists, especially when human nature compels many of us to want to inspect weather phenomena we may not have seen before, regardless of the danger. As a result, both the Red Cross and LifeSouth will likely need to replenish blood supplies. This is where you can help. As it happens, the Red Cross is conducting a blood drive on Monday at Russell Medical Center from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. To contact LifeSouth for information on when and where you can donate blood, call 1-800795-2707 or visit lifesouth.org. Keep in mind, too, that there may be evacuees passing through our city from homes threatened by the storm, as has happened in the past. If you should come across anyone in that situation, please make them feel welcome and don’t hesitate to lend a hand where you can. Finally, we ask you keep in your thoughts all those who have endured or remain in the track of Hurricane Matthew. We would want the same for us.
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don’t know what it is about fall that gets meet feeling nostalgic. As I sat on the tailgate of my truck last Sunday evening with the weather turning cool, I saw some neighborhood kids riding bikes and laughing as they played chase. That simple scene brought back so many incredible thoughts and memories from the past. • I remember my Grandmother and Mom peeling and slicing apples. Then they put them on window screens to dry in the yard so they could be put in gallon jars until that perfect day in January when they would add water and sugar and carefully bring them to a boil. From there they would be packed into sweetened biscuit dough and fried in Crisco until they were the most incredible treats ever made. • I miss the smell of moth balls. Remember how winter clothes smelled when you got them out during that first cold snap. Does anyone use them anymore? • I remember the dimmer switch for the headlights in my 1967 Buick Skylark being on the floor, just like it was in my Dad’s 1966 Chevy, the 1973 Ford and his 1964 Chevy Impala. I still haven’t figured out why they moved it to the column. For those of us who often drive one-handed, it was much easier to find that switch with your left foot in the dark than figure out which way to pull the lever on your turn signal lever. Just my opinion. • Remember when you knew it was time to go in at night because the porch light at your house was on? • I miss kickball. I can’t even estimate the hours we all spent playing with that big old pumpkin-colored ball, using lamp posts, bushes, water meter covers and newspapers for bases. I’ve seen adult kickball leagues in some parts of the country. I may be able to play that game without having oxygen
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available. Who’s up for a game? • I miss how good a Coke tasted in a 6-ounce glass bottle when you were 7 years old on a 90-degree day and had ridden your bike two miles to the store to get it. • As a kid, who tried to taste the honey out of a honeysuckle or rode their bike behind the mosquito spray truck? Did you ever put baseball cards in your spokes to make your bike rumble or pick up coke bottles to take to the store to buy candy? Ever smear the glowing stuff from a lightning bug on your finger to make it look like a ring? I’m guilty of all of the above. It’s a wonder I’m still alive. • Remember when something broke, you and your Dad would fix it rather than going out and buying another one? • I remember eating freshly cooked sausage that my mother was canning after we had a hog butchered. It was always a battle for my mother to get it in a jar faster than I could eat it. The combination of temperature hot from frying in an inch of pork grease, the strong sage taste and the crispy brown crust made for a taste that this little boy who wore a size 12 husky blue jeans can still taste at times. • I remember the look in my daughters’ eyes as they stood at the glass storm door when I would finally get home from a long day at work. That excitement on their faces was priceless. The shrill screams of “Dad’s home,” were as sweet on my ears as a Charlie Daniels fiddle solo. They were just a few years apart and that stage didn’t last nearly long enough. They are grown up now and I don’t see them
as much as I would like. I just hope they see that same look in me today when I see them. I know all is right with the world when I am with my girls. • Did you every practice your mother’s signature 100 times before signing your own report card when you got your first ‘C’? No, not me, but I heard that some kids did that. • Remember in the summers when your legs and elbows were often painted and orangish red color because the medicine of choice with our mothers was Mercurochrome or Merthiolate? I think I would have rather scratched at those mosquito bites and let that skinned elbow fester than being marked up like that. Mom meant well though. • Remember how good that a candy or caramel apple tasted from the fair? How about the first time you ever ate a funnel cake? I’m so glad Oktoberfest is today. • I remember the first time I saw my byline of the top of a newspaper story. It was from a high school football game where the North Clayton Eagles played the Rockdale County Bulldogs at Tara Stadium. Doug Bonner had a big night, but the Eagles fell to Bulldogs 28-0. Who says I can’t be objective? I covered a game where I was actually a member of the team and reported it just like it was. I got paid .25 cents a column inch for the story. At 12 inches, measured with a pica pole, I made $3 bucks for the night’s work that was hammered out on a Smith Corona typewriter. I will never forget how excited I was to go to Waffle House that next morning and saw a man in the next booth open his paper and start reading my story. That’s a feeling I still get to this day. Sneed is the editor of Tallapoosa Publishers newspapers.
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This is an open letter to Alexander City. I would like to leave you with these words to ponder: Love cannot and will not be bought. Love cannot be taught by some great so-called persons. It has to be genuine from the heart and people have to seek it out. Some of the citizens of Alexander City have made this city to become a den of thieves. Saboteurs are working their way to the top hoping to gain fortune, fame and anything possible. Not naming any particular persons; however, if the shoe fits, then wear it. One day very
soon we will see our city in shambles. I suppose it seems so long ago when a fire broke out and destroyed every building downtown except the Presbyterian church. Well, citizens of Alexander City, prepare for another great fire and, this time, it will be the holy ghost fire of God settling down on this township. For you see, sin is running speedily in our city and people’s hearts are very hardened. Revival will soon come and God will tear down every false witness and evil plan. So, Alexander City, I say to you, go ahead, keep on doing what you do whether good or
bad. It will not be long when you will be rewarded for your deed. For those who continue to sow havoc, corruption, disdain and wicked schemes, you will reap the sorrowful rewards that come from your sowing. May God’s mercy be upon Alexander City and His blood cover us, as we prepare for the coming storm. Only God can guide and direct us and we must yield to his guidance or fail as a city. Repent for God is watching over us. Evangelist Teresa Harrell Moten Alexander City
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OKTOBERFEST: The Alexander City Parks and Recreation Department’s 36th Annual Oktoberfest is Oct. 8 There will be entertainment, food, Kidfest, vendors, custom car and truck show and a run/walk. PAINT THE TOWN RED: The Central Alabama Club of NANBPWC, Inc. invites the community to participate in their annual “Paint the Town Red” Fall Scholarship Benefit Saturday, Oct. 9 from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. at the Cooper Recreational Center. Donations of $10 per person. There will be a variety of games, karaoke, a best dressed contest and other events that require audience participation. For tickets, see any member of the CAC or call
Shirley Shelton at 256215-3839 or 256-749-3839 or Susie Davis at 256-3291595 or Elsie Shelton at 334-361-7204. STAR GAZING: Horseshoe Bend National Military Park is hosting “The Night Sky Comes Alive” Oct. 8 from 6:30 p.m. to 8 p.m. The evening of stargazing will offer an opportunity to view and learn about the constellations and night sky. The program will include an indoor slideshow presentation followed by a constellation tour outside with members from the Auburn Astronomical Society. All activities will take place at the visitor center in the front of the park and are free for the public. For more information please call Horseshoe Bend National Military Park at 256-234-7111.
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CHURCH HOMECOMING: Kellyton Baptist Church is hosting homecoming Sunday, Oct. 9 with Sunday School at 9:45 a.m. and worship at 10:30 a.m. with special guest Fresh Anointed. There will be a covered dish meal at noon. CHURCH ANNIVERSARY: New Hope Baptist Church in Camp Hill is celebrating a church anniversary Sunday, Oct. 9 at 2 p.m. Rev. G.H. Pulliam and Pine Brove Baptist Church of Dadeville will be the guests.
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SISTER 2 SISTER CONFERENCE: New Style Baptist Church will be hosting the Sister 2 Sister Conference Oct. 7 at 6 p.m. and Oct. 8 at 9 a.m. Speakers are Elder Chad Jackson, Missionary Gwendolyn Patton, Pastor John H. Jones, Jr., Sister Shirley Jennings, Rev. Richard Taylor. Registration is $20 and for more information call Sharon Benton at 256-4961143.
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HORIZONS UNLIMITED: Elnora Spencer will present musical jazz to Horizons Unlimited Oct. 10 from 1:30 p.m. to 3 p.m. at The Wine Emporium.
October 11
AUTHOR DISCUSSION: Peggy Wall, author of ‘Alabama Gold, a History of the South’s Last Mother Lode’, will visit the Dadeville Public Library Tuesday, Oct. 11 at 2 p.m., to discuss her book and sign copies that will be available for sale. The book covers gold mining in Tallapoosa County during an entire century, beginning in the 1830’s and ending in the late 1930’s. She has included research about Gold Mountain, the Devil’s Backbone, Eagle Creek, Goldville and Hog Mountain. Ms. Wall interviewed miners from the 1930’s and they also told her stories of the experiences of their parents who had been miners in the early 1900’s. The Friends of the Library will sponsor this event in the basement of the library at 205 North West St. Call 256-8257820. DYSLEXIA TIPS: Parents of Kids with Dyslexia will share tips and feelings at the Adelia Russell Memorial Library for Dyslexia Month Oct. 11 from 4:45 p.m. to 6 p.m.
DINNER FUNDRAISER: The SAV-A_LIFE Annual Fundraising Dinner will be Oct. 11 at the First Baptist Church of Alexander City. Kevin Ferrin, founder of “That you may know” ministries will speak. Call 256-329-2273 for more information.
campsites will begin and at 7 p.m. will be the haunted hayride and the kiddie hayride starting in the beach parking lot. CANCER WALK: Sistas for a Cause will have their 5th Annual Cancer Walk at Cooper Recreation Center Oct. 15 Registration fee is $10 and starts at 7 a.m. The walk starts at 9 a.m. October 12 Guest speaker is Sheretha FLU SHOTS: The Sands Woodyard. Tallapoosa County Health THE OWL LADY: Camp Department will be hosting Hill Library will be hosting flu shot days in Alexander Donna McCain, The Owl City from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. Lady, who will present an Walk-ins only with no educational presentation scheduling necessary. with raptors Saturday, Oct. 15from 10 a.m. to 11 a.m. October 13 It is free with cookies and FLU SHOTS: The punch. Tallapoosa County Health BBQ: The 25th Annual Department will be hosting Waverly BBQ is Oct. 15 flu shot days in Dadeville from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. Walk- from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. Food ins only with no scheduling will be served from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Waverly necessary. Community Center. In addition to BBQ there October 14 will be a silent auction, live PUMPKIN CARVING auction, quilt raffle, arts CONTEST: Wind Creek and crafts, barnyard bingo, State Park will host a cornhole tournament, petpumpkin carving conting zoo, t-shirts, Cowboy test Oct. 14 at 5:30 p.m. Church Band and a $100 Pumpkins must already be door prize. carved and judging starts For more information at 6:15 p.m. call 334-887-7288. CELEBRATE October 15 RECOVERY PICNIC: TRADE DAY: The Bibb Great Bethel Missionary Graves School Association Baptist Church is hosting a is hosting a trade day Oct. Celebrate Recovery picnic 15. Booths are $10. Oct. 15 starting at 10 a.m. REUNION: A Mountain outside of the fellowship Day Reunion will be held hall. Everyone is invited. Oct. 15 starting at 10:30 a.m. at the Bethany October 16 Community Center. Turn HISTORICAL SOCIETY: at the Mountain Fire The Tallapoosee Historical Department on Highway 49 Society will hold its quaron Bethany Road and the terly meeting on Oct. 16 Community Center will be at 2 p.m. at the Chapel of two miles on the right. the First Baptist Church in Bring a covered dish Alexander City. The speakfor lunch and enjoy a time er will be Peggy Jackson of fellowship. Everyone is Walls with a review of her invited. new book “Alabama Gold” FALL FESTIVAL: Wind A history of the South’s Creek State Park is hostLast Mother Lode.” ing its annual fall festival PASTORAL Oct. 15. At 9 a.m. is the ANNIVERSARY: The Early 4th annual 5k Run/Walk, Rose District Center is from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. is hosting its 14th Pastoral a carnival in the overflow Anniversary honoring parking lot with lots of Apostle Wayne Davis and games and prizes, from First Lady Min Brenda 4:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. is Davis Sunday, Oct. 16 the costume parade in the at 2:30 p.m. The guest Campground Playground, speaker will be the Dr. from 5:30 p.m. to 6:30 Rev. Eddie Hunter, pasp.m. is trick or treating in tor of Miracle Missionary the campground, at 6 p.m. Baptist Church. judging for the decorated
PASTOR APPRECIATION: The Almighty God Baptist Church in Goodwater is hosting the 5th Appreciation service honoring Rev. and Sis Lorenzo Caldwell Sunday, Oct. 16 at 2:30 p.m. Guest minister will be Rev. Camron Thomas of Mt. Zion Baptist Church in Cropwell, Alabama. CHURCH HOMECOMING: Pearson Chapel Church on Pearson Chapel Road in Alexander City will have their annual Homecoming Sunday, Oct. 16 at 9:30 a.m. Bro. Billy Coleman will preach and Highway 22 Bluegrass Group will play and sing. A covered dish luncheon will follow. Everyone is invited to attend. CHOIR DAY: New Adka Missionary Baptist Church is hosting its annual choir day Sunday, Oct. 16 at 2 p.m. Guest minister will be Rev. S. Dewayne Drakeford of Nazareth Missionary Baptist Church of Opelika. PEARLS DAY: Centerview Baptist Church in Camp Hill is presenting its annual Pearls Day Sunday, Oct. 16 at 2 p.m. Rev. Justin Freeman and New Canaan Baptist Church is the guest church. All churches are invited.
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HORIZONS UNLIMITED: Frye Gaillard will present “Biography of President Jimmy Carter and the story based on oral history of a family of runaway slaves,” to Horizons Unlimited Oct. 17 from 1:30 p.m. to 3 p.m. at the Alexander City Board of Education Office. COUNTY SCHOOL BOARD MEETING: The Tallapoosa County Board of Education will have its October meeting Oct. 17 at 5 p.m. at the Central Office.
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Mt. Carmel Baptist 3610 Dudleyville Rd., Dadeville
Southview Church of Christ 2325 Dadeville Rd., Alex City 256-329-0212
Ridge Grove Missionary Baptist Alexander City, 256-234-6972
Mt. Zion Baptist Hwy. 63 South, Alex City 256-234-7748
Rocky Mt. Baptist New Site community
New Beginning Baptist 1076 Coley Creek Rd.
Seleeta Baptist Booker St., Alex City 256-329-2685
New Concord Baptist Off hwy. 49, Dadeville, 256-825-5390
Shady Grove Baptist Jackson’s Gap Community
Bread of Life A.C.O.P. Church of God Hwy. 280, Kellyton Cedar Street Church of God 711 Martin Luther King Blvd. Alex City
New Elkahatchee Baptist Elkahatchee Rd., Alex City 256-329-9942
The Great Bethel Missionary 520 Christian St., Alex City 256-234-5513
New Hope Baptist Lake Martin, off Hwy. 63 256-329-2510
Dadeville Church of God 425 Horseshoe Bend Rd. (Hwy. 49 N.) Dadeville 256-825-8820
Unity Baptist Robinson Rd., Alex City
New Life Baptist Jackson’s Gap, 256-825-6190 / 256-329-2635
Marshall Street Church of God 428 Marshall Street, Alex City 256-234-3180
New Pine Grove Baptist Off Hwy. 22, Perryville
New Faith Tabernacle A.C.O.P. Church of God “J” Street
Zion Hill Missionary Baptist 583 S. Broadnax St., Dadeville BAPTIST – SOUTHERN Bay Pine Baptist 1480 Bay Pine Rd. Jackson’s Gap, 256-825-4433
New Providence Baptist Pearson Chapel Rd., Alex City New Rocky Mount Baptist 670 Peckerwood Rd., Jackson’s Gap 256-794-3846
New Harvest Ministries Church of God Hwy 280 & Coosa 28 256-329-2331
Bethany Baptist Church Bethany Road
Cross Key Baptist Hackneyville, 256-329-9716
Bethel Baptist Smith Mt. Rd., Jackson’s Gap 256-825-5070
New Salem Road New Site Rd., New Site, 256-234-2932
Darian Missionary Baptist Church Pearson Chapel Rd., Alex City 256-329-3865
Beulah Baptist Smith Mt. Rd., Jackson’s Gap 256-825-9882
Old Providence Baptist Off Hwy. 63 N., near Hackneyville
The Church of God 13th Ave. N., Alex City 256-329-1696
Elam Baptist Robertson Rd. Alex City
Calvary Baptist 819 Main St., Dadeville, 256-825-5989
Old Union Baptist 1106 Davis Circle 256-596-1873
Washington Street A.C.O.P. Church of God Washington Street
Orr Street Baptist 1000 “O” Street (Hwy. 63N) Alex City, 256-234-3171
CHURCH OF GOD OF PROPHECY Church of God of Prophecy 303 Poplar Rd., Alex City, 256-234-6941
Early Rose Baptist 201 E Street, Alexander City Flint Hill Baptist Hwy. 280, Dadeville
Calvary Heights Baptist Elkahatchee, Rd., Alex City 256-234-7224
Friendship Baptist Our Town Community, 256-329-5243
Camp Hill Baptist Downtown Camp Hill, 256-896-2811
Hollins Springs Baptist Hwy. 280, Goodwater
Comer Memorial 941 E. Church St., Alex City 256-234-2236
Jackson’s Gap Baptist Church 21 East Church St. 256-825-6814
Daviston Baptist Daviston, 395-4327
Liberty Church 1034 Liberty Church Rd. Willow Point Alex City Macedonia Baptist Macedonia Circle, Goodwater 256-839-5793 Marietta Baptist Goodwater Miracle Missionary Baptist 1687 “I” Street 256-215-9788, 256-215-9787 Mt. Calvary Baptist 329 King St., Alex City, 256-234-5631 Mt. Olive Baptist Hwy. 280 & Jct. 49, Goodwater Mt. Sinai Baptist Fish Pond Rd., Coosa County 256-329-2337 Mt. Zion Baptist Hwy. 22, New Site Mt. Zion East StillWaters Dr., 256-825-4991
Eagle Creek Baptist Hwy. 49, Dadeville, 256-825-6048 Fellowship Baptist Buttston Community Fellowship Primitive Baptist Church on Claybrook Drive, Alex City 256-839-5339 First Baptist Court Square, Alex City 256-234-6351 First Baptist Tallassee St., Dadeville, 256-825-6232 Good News Baptist Church 10493 Hwy. 280, Jackson’s Gap 256-825-2555 Hackneyville Baptist Hwy. 63 N., Hackneyville Hillabee Baptist Hillabee Rd., Alex City 256-234-6798 Horseshoe Bend Baptist Hwy. 280, Dadeville Jackson’s Gap Baptist Jackson’s Gap, 256-825-4951 Kellyton Baptist Kellyton, 256-329-1512
Mt. Zion West Our Town Community, 256-234-7748
New Bethel Baptist Rock St., Dadeville, 256-825-7726 Peace & Goodwill Baptist Cottage Grove Community Alexander City, 256-377-4634 Pine Grove Baptist Eagle Creek Rd., Dadeville
Kendrick Baptist Church Nixburg Lake Martin Baptist Hwy 34, Dadeville 256-825-7434 Lake Pointe Baptist 8352 Hwy. 50W, Dadeville Lebanon Baptist Mt. Carmel Rd., Dadeville, 256-234-7541
Perryville Baptist Perryville, 256-234-3588
CHURCH OF JESUS CHRIST Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints 1515 Worthy Road, Alex City (Corner of Worthy Place and Dadeville Road)
Pine Grove Baptist Camp Hill Ray Baptist Rockford Hwy., Alex City, 256-234-7609 River Road Baptist 148 Dean Rd., Alex City, 256-234-6971 Rocky Creek Baptist Samford Rd., Cowpens Community Rocky Mount Baptist Hwy. 22 E., Alex City, 256-329-2327 Rock Springs Baptist Jackson’s Gap, 256-839-6263 Russell Farm Baptist Hwy. 63 beyond Our Town
Pentecostal Church of God 163 Franklin Street, Alex City 256-215-4055
Flint Hill U.M., Alex City 256-234-5047
Hillabee Campground UMC 120 CC Road, Alex City Sunday School 10am Sunday Service 11am Kellyton U.M., Kellyton, 256-329-1681 Liberty United Methodist Liberty Rd., Hackneyville Mt. Godfrey New Site New Site U.M. New Site, 256-234-7834 Pearson Chapel U.M. Pearson Chapel Rd., Alex City Red Ridge United Methodist 8091 County Road 34, Dadeville 256-825-9820 Sunnylevel United Methodist 3202 Hwy. 63N, Alex City 256-234-6877 Trinity United Methodist 280 By-pass, Alex City, 256-234-2455 Union United Methodist 4428 Hwy. 50, Dadeville 256-825-2241 METHODIST – INDEPENDENT Daviston Independent Methodist Daviston, 395-4207 PENTECOSTAL Pentecostals of Dadeville 115 West Columbus Street Dadeville, 256-596-3411
First Presbyterian Okefuske, Dadeville, 256-825-4081
House of Restoration Holiness 519 Slaughter Ave., Camp Hill, 256-749-2373, 256-896-2904
Sixth Street Baptist Sixth St., Alex City, 256-234-2408
Fellowship Revival Center Mission 316 6th Ave., Alex City 256-329-1510 weekends
Sunny Level Baptist Church Sunny Acres Subdivision Sewell Street
Kellyton Revival Center Co. Road 87 South Kellyton
Town Creek Baptist Camp Ground Rd., Alex City
Liberty Life Christian Center 321 “S” Street, Alex City
Wayside Baptist 21 Wayside Circle, Alex City 256-234-5564
Passion Church 3340 Hwy. 63 N., Alex City 256-409-9590
Zion Hill Baptist Hwy. 79, near Horseshoe Bend
The Family Worship Center 365 Scott Road, Alex City
CATHOLIC St. John the Apostle 454 N. Central Ave., Alex City 256-234-3631
METHODIST – UNITED Alexander City Methodist 11th Ave. N., Alex City 256-329-1284
CHURCH OF CHRIST Alex City Church of Christ 945 Tallapoosa St., Alex City 256-234-6494
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CHURCH OF THE NAZARENE Dadeville Church of the Nazarene Corner Hwy. 280 and 49, 256-825-8191
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Robinson Memorial Presbyterian Robinson Rd., Alex City UNITED PENTECOSTAL Alex City Apostolic 3708 Robinson Rd., Alexander City, 256-329-1573 INDEPENDENT Faith Temple Franklin Street, Alex City, 256-234-6421 Family Worship Center 1676 Sewell Street 256-839-6895 First Congregational Christian 11th Ave. South, Alex City GAP Fellowship Ministries P.O. Box 1571, Alex City God’s House 9334 Hwy 63N, Alex City Roger Green Sun. Service: 11:00 & 6:00 Wed. Bible Study: 6:30 Jehovah-Jireh Ministries 252 Tallapoosa St., Alex City 256-215-4211 Leap of Faith Outreach Ministry 886 Terrance Drive, 256-234-7119
Comer Memorial U.M. 427 East Church St., 256-329-3467
New Bethel Fellowship Church 5474 Rock Springs Road Jackson’s Gap 256-825-3367 The Baha’I Faith 740 Newell Street, Camp Hill 256-896-4007
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areas like Birmingham, Montgomery, sure, heroin is on the rise. But here, not so much. I would say that methamphetamine is No. 2, but prescription drug abuse is a big problem simply because of the availability.” Alabama, like many states has passed very strict notification laws for the precursors that are needed to make meth. So while the Task Force isn’t encountering near as many labs as they did prior to 2012, the meth use problem still exists. “Most of what we encounter now comes from Mexico,” White said. “They import it into big cities like Birmingham and Atlanta. When a person can go to Atlanta and get an ounce for $300, it’s not worth the trouble of making it any more. It is readily available there and that’s why we haven’t seen use fall off much at all.” According to the FBI, domestic methamphetamine laboratories decreased 44 percent from 2010 (10,520) to 2014 (5,935). Additionally, in 2015, the FBI says 84 percent of all methamphetamine laboratories discovered by law enforcement domestically were small laboratories that typically produce two ounces or less of methamphetamine in each batch. That process is called “shake and bake” or “one pot” manufacturing. The FBI stats estimate that 90 percent of all meth, and 94 percent of that which appears in the Southeast, comes from Mexico. “There are stories every day of busts on highways leading from Mexico, through Texas, along the Gulf Coast and through Alabama and Georgia where meth is seized,” White said. “That’s the good news. The sad part is they are catching only a fraction of what is coming in.” White said it is becoming more and more common to make arrests for suspects with illegal prescription drugs. From painkillers, nerve pills and muscle relaxers to behavior altering meds like Adderall, agents are seeing it all. “The reason for that is that they are so readily available in homes everywhere,” White said. “You may have an injury or illness where you had a medication prescribed. You get well and you have some leftover. It’s easy for that to fall in the wrong hands. We are even seeing medication targeted in burglaries.” White said that is one of the reasons that local law enforcement agencies support drug take-back events regularly. He said that in addition to taking away the chance of them ending up in the wrong person’s hands by being incinerated, they don’t end up in the water supply as they would if they are simply flushed. “We actually have an event scheduled on Oct. 22 at Walgreens in Alexander City for our fall Drug TakeBack Day,” White said. “We want to get the word out so that residents can take advantage of that.” Gov. Robert Bentley announced last month that Alabama would be taking part in the National Governors Association initiative designed to develop strategies to combat opioid addiction. Bentley said that inappropriate opioid prescribing has fueled one of the deadliest drug epidemics in our nation’s history, claiming the lives of 78 people every day, according to a release from his office. White said that people who may become addicted to prescription painkillers often turn to heroin when the stream of prescribed opiates ends. +
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• James Harrison of County Road 91 • Domestic violence was arrested on sexwas reported in the ual abuse grand jury 2000 block of Scott indictment. Road. • Kelvin Bradford of • theft was reported Alexander City was on Highway 280. arrested on a proba• Domestic violence tion violation warrant. was reported in the October 4 300 block of South • A resident of Price Road. Road in Jacksons October 1 Gap filed a report for • Robert Damian criminal trespassing. Hall, 25, of Jackson’s October 3 Gap was arrested for • Troy Ray was theft. arrested at the • David Jack Tallapoosa County Stroud, 61, of Sheriff’s Department Alexander City was arrested for unauthor- on the charge of failized use of a vehicle. ure to appear child • Theft was report- support times two. • A resident of ed in the 700 block of Highway 63 North Fish Pond Road. filed a report for • Domestic violence domestic violence. was reported on R • A resident of Place. Abdullah Road filed • Harassment was a report for identity reported on Jefferson theft. Street. • Jerrod Payne of • Domestic vioWest Hewston Street lence was reported in was arrested for disAlexander City. orderly conduct.
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• Javarski Montez Hutchins, 22, of Alexander City was arrested for domestic violence. • Harassing communications was reported on Maplewood Lane. September 29 Criminal trespass was reported in the 900 block of J Street.
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• A resident of Pinkston Road in Dadeville filed a report for theft.
mischief. • A resident of Pamela Drive in Alexander City filed a report for assault.
September 28
• A resident of Ashurst Bar Road in Tallassee filed a report for theft of property.
October 1
• A Camp Hill woman, age 68, was arrested on Highway 280 for Possession of Concealed Weapon without a Permit. • A Tallassee man, age 19, was arrested on Highway 50 on the charge of Failure to Appear.
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• An Alexander City man, age 26, was arrested on Highway 280 on the charges of Possession of Controlled Substance and Possession of Drug Paraphernalia. • A report was filed for Unlawful Breaking and Entering of a Vehicle and Theft of Property that occurred on N. Broadnax Street. • A report was filed for Burglary and Theft that occurred on East South Street. • A report was filed for Theft of Property that occurred on Freeman Drive.
October 2
• Jacob Sims of Linda Lane in Sylacauga was arrested on an outstanding warrant for harassing communications. • A resident of Quail Walk in Tallapoosa Dadeville filed a County Sheriff’s report for theft. Department September 30 October 6 • A resident of • A resident of Dudleyville Road County Road 79 in in Dadeville field a Daviston filed a report report for criminal for criminal trespass. • A resident of Acorn Lane in Dadeville filed a report for harassing
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• A Dadeville woman, age 19, was arrested at the Tallapoosa County Jail on the charge of Failure to Appear.
September 28
• An Alexander City man, age 23, was arrested on Highway 280 on two counts of Failure to Appear. • A report was filed for Domestic Violence that occurred on E. Lafayette Street. • A report was filed for Harassment that occurred on Main Street. • A report was filed for Robbery 1st and Theft of Property 1st that occurred on N. Loop Road.
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• A report was filed for Disorderly Conduct that occurred on S. Tallassee Street.
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Benjamin Russell’s NelColby Maxwell is brought down by Minor’s Deonte’ Moore Thursday night.
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Minor 56, BRHS 22
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Benjamin Russell’s Timmy Lawson brings down Minor’s Jeffery Lee in the first half.
BRHS runs out of steam and falls to Minor
By CATHY HIGGINS Outlook Sports Editor
Despite a strong start, the Benjamin Russell Wildcats just couldn’t make their home-field contest against undefeated Minor work to their advantage. Instead, they fell to the Tigers, ranked sixth in Class 6A by the Alabama Sports Writers Association, 56-22. Things looked hopeful for the Wildcats, who were the only team to score in the first quarter when senior Necolby Maxwell scored a goal-line rush with 6:26 left in the quarter. With Dylan Moncus’ kick for the extra point, Benjamin Russell
led 7-0 for the rest of the quarter. “At the start of the game we had them right where we wanted them,” Benjamin Russell head coach Danny Horn said. Maxwell was the leading force behind the Wildcats’ efforts by scoring all three touchdowns. He also rushed for 244 yards on 32 carries. But that wasn’t enough. Like a predator slowly sizing up its prey, Minor gave the Wildcats a taste of what was to come as the second quarter got under way when a Tiger TD with 10:50 left in the quarter and 2-point conversion shifted the lead to Minor 8-7. Benjamin Russell answered the chal-
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from Ben Russell when NiJiel Broom intercepted a Wildcat pass. This set things up for Jackson, who sent a 32-yard TD pass to Delonte’ Evans with just 8.7 seconds left, followed by another 2-point conversion — this time by Larry Ellis III. This barrage of plays brought the Tigers’ lead to 30-14 at the half. “With good teams you’ve got to play a near-perfect game to win,” Horn said. “At the beginning we were playing well. But we threw a key interception down there and after that the bottom fell out.” That summation wasn’t so obvious when the second half started like the See BRHS • Page 3
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lenge with another touchdown from the goal line with 7:43 left in the second, followed by a kick from Moncus, shifting control back to the Wildcats with a 14-8 lead. But before the first half was over Minor would pounce with three more touchdowns First playmaker Jacure’ Jackson sent a 20-yard TD pass to Jaylond Adams with 6:09 for a temporary 14-14 tie. Next a fake punt gave Jeffery Lee the chance to make a jaw-dropping 95-yard TD rush, with Adams topping it off with a 2-point conversion. Finally, with the clock winding down on the half, Minor snatched possession
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Benjamin Russell’s JaKove Graham, above left,brings down Minor’s Jaylond Adams in the second quarter while Minor’s Joshua Ivory, top right, stops the Wildcats Kraige Abercrumbie on the sideline. Below, BRHS’s NelColby Maxwell is stopped by Minor’s Joshua Ivory.
first, with Ben Russell scoring on Maxwell’s 5-yard touchdown with 8:52 left in the third quarter. Adding the 2-point conversion narrowed Minor’s lead to 30-22. Unfortunately, that’s the last score the Wildcats would make for the night. But the Tigers were just getting started. They scored two more times in the third quarter with Adams. First came his 54-yard rushing touchdown with 7:58 left in the quarter. Then came his TD from the goal line with 1:16 left, along with his 2-point conversion for good measure, bringing the Tigers’ lead to 44-22 at the end of the third. The Tigers’ put their stamp
on the night in the fourth quarter with a pair of touchdowns with 8:25 and 5:22 left in the game. That last score came when Lee returned a punt 70 yards for the TD, bringing the final score to 56-22 and keeping the Tigers’ undefeated streak intact. Speed and teamwork are what made the Tigers roar Thursday night. Adams led the charge with three touchdowns, five catches and 84 total receiving yards. “He’s really good,” Horn said. “We practiced for him all week long but it’s just speed. He’s pretty good and we just didn’t have an answer for him.” While Minor did bring it Thursday night, Horn said Benjamin Russell’s loss boiled
down to mistakes from the young Wildcats. “We let them on special teams fake two punts,” he said. “They’ve got a lot of speed and the speed hurts. We missed a lot of tackles.” “The special teams were terrible,” Horn said. “You try to give people a chance to play but we just don’t have enough athletes to compete with them.” Thursday’s loss brings Benjamin Russell to 3-4 and 3-1 in the region. Next week the Wildcats return to a Friday schedule by hosting Helena for a regional match up in Ben Russell’s final home game of the season.
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Tallassee 48, Holtville 7
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Tallassee scored early and often against Holtville Friday night as this score by senior Troy Nabors demonstrates. The Tigers raced out to a 41-0 lead before halftime and cruised to a 48-7 final score.
Tigers sink Bulldogs with dominant first half By Corey Arwood The Wetumpka Herald
Tallassee took away a big win against Holtville High School 48-7 with most of the action happening in the first half of a game that was on its way to being a shutout if not for a third quarter Holtville touchdown. The Tigers seemed to encounter little resistance straight into the game and quickly dominated both the field and the scoreboard running the score to 41-0 in the first half. The second half held to a slower pace, but proved just as detrimental to The Bulldogs. Late in the third quarter a game play injury sent a #15 Dajon Reeves to Baptist South in Montgomery, along with coach Hunter Adams who said he traveled along with Reeves. The trajectory of the game was set in the first quarter as The Tigers closed it out 13-0. The most action-packed quarter overall was easily the second which
saw the bulk of the THS touchdowns, as well as the HHS missteps that cost them heavily early in the game. Going into the second quarter, The Bulldog defense managed to hold The Tigers in place for a short time, stopping their return at the 40-yard line. The Tigers quickly slipped out of The Bulldog defense’s grasp, and in two plays made their way deep into Bulldog territory with a long run by Brady Hancock. Holtville lost another 20 yards to the Tallassee offense, and in one more play they would be down by three touchdowns at 19-0. The last Tiger touchdown seemed to spell the end of any hope Holtville had going into halftime. As the remaining minutes wound down, the more the plays became disastrous and the Bulldogs seemed to fall further into disarray as the Tallassee lead grew. A bad Bulldog reception stopped them at their own 15-yard line, but a
long pass to Drew Nobles took them almost to midfield, stopping 5-yards short at the 45-yard line. But that was the singular high note. Tallassee nearly intercepted a pass attempt, and with the very next HHS pass, The Tigers’ Jake Burton picked a pass out of the air and strolled into the end zone. And with an extra point the Tallassee lead was extended to 26-0 with 8:30 left in the quarter. More of the same was to follow. A bad HHS return followed by a blocked punt, and before the Bulldogs could get oriented, the Tigers were once more at their door. And only about two short minutes since their previous score, Casey Baynes waded through The Bulldog defense into the end zone. With a successful 2-point conversion The Tigers brought the score to 34-0, with plenty of time left for more abuse, which would arrive in the form of another Baynes rush into
the end zone. The second half saw little change but The Bulldogs did manage to get 7 points on the scoreboard Coach Hunter Adams would not talk about Reeves’ condition and declined to comment on the game in light of the incident, he said. Even THS Coach Mike Battles prefaced his winning statement with a word on injury. “We’re glad to win the ball game, any time you see a young man out on a high school football field that’s injured you know it always concerns you and you know our thoughts are with their football team and him and if he’s ok then we’ll be excited,” said Battles. “But it was a good win for us, we needed to get back on the winning side of things, and I thought our kids played hard and they’ve played hard every week we just haven’t been able to pull out a victory the past couple of weeks, but this gets us set up so now we can have a lot of momentum going into play Leeds.”
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Above: Tallassee’s defense also came up with big plays, like this interception by sophomore Kalvin Levett. Below: Holtville senior quarterback Zach Weldon looked for options all night, but was unable to get the Holtville offense rolling.
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Carver-Montgomery 40, Stanhope Elmore 33
Stanhope loses in slugfest against Carver By William Carroll The Wetumpka Herald
Stanhope Elmore lost a hard fought slugfest against Carver Montgomery Friday night that was marred by a number of turnovers and some questionable officiating. The game started off with Carver driving 65 yards in ten plays to take an early 7-0 lead. As would become a common theme all night, the Mustangs would have trouble stopping Wolverine quarterback senior Duke Harris. Harris made several key plays including an 18 yard scamper that helped get the Wolverines into Mustang territory. Not to be outdone, the Mustangs had a big kickoff return from senior Quinaz Turner that put them near midfield at their own 48 yard line. Helped in part by a Wolverine’s roughing the passer penalty, the Mustangs got the ball deep into Carver territory and capped off the drive with an option pitch play that senior running back Kareem Jackson took in from 13 yards out. After missing the PAT, the Mustangs still trailed 7-6. For the next several drives, the game became a defensive struggle including a turnover by each team and a gutsy goal line stand by the Mustangs. Eventually the Mustangs would drive from their own four yard line to the Carver 14, but a fumble by senior quarterback Tripper Warlick gave the Wolverines the ball back at their own 17. The Wolverines then went 83 yards in only five plays capped by a 23 yard touchdown pass to take a 14-6 lead. SEHS would then take the ball on the ensuing drive and move the ball 65 yards down the field for a touchdown. A two point conversion pass from Warlick to senior wideout Zech Byrd appeared to have been caught, but officials called the pass incomplete, causing the SEHS sideline to erupt and resulting in a 15 yard penalty on the Mustangs. The half though
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Senior running back Kareem Jackson had some big plays Friday night including a couple of scores to keep Stanhope Elmore in the game against Carver-Montgomery.
ended with Carver still leading 14-12. In the second half, Stanhope wasted no time in taking the lead. On the first play from scrimmage, Jackson rumbled 74 yards through the Carver defense to give the Mustangs a 19-14 lead. SEHS’ defense held the Wolverines and were able to get the ball back after a fake Carver punt at the Carver 40 yard line, but another costly turnover gave the ball back to Wolverines at their own 36. Nine plays later Carver had regained the lead 22-19. Another SEHS fumble on the kickoff gave the Wolverines the ball at the Mustangs’ 23, but the defense held the Wolverines out of the end zone, forcing them to settle for a 33 yard
field goal and a 25-19 lead. On the next drive, the Mustangs would strike for a big play as Jackson ran 58 yards to give the Mustangs a first and goal at the six. 3 plays later Jackson hit paydirt again and the Mustangs led 26-25. Carver though would strike with a big play of their own when Wolverine wideout Jerquameian Howard took the ball around right end and scored from 62 yards out to give the Wolverines a 32-26 lead. Tragedy again would strike the SEHS offense when a pass by Warlick was intercepted and returned 43 yards for a Wolverine touchdown and a 40-26 lead. The Mustangs were not quite done yet, however, On the next drive they went 80
yards, including a gutsy 4th down and 2 play that resulted in a 50 yard touchdown pass to Turner. With the extra point, Stanhope trailed 40-33 with over seen minutes remaining in the game. SEHS’ defense held and the Mustangs got the ball back after a punt at their own 22 yard line with time enough to get a tying or winning score. On the final drive they were able to move the ball as far as the Carter 35, but another interception thrown by Warlick sealed the loss for the Mustangs who are now 2-5 on the season and next will
travel to Dothan for another AHSAA Class 6A Region 2 game.
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Coosa 39, B.B. Comer 14
Graham leads Coosa over Comer with 243 yards rushing By SHANE DUNAWAY The Daily Home
SYLACAUGA – B.B. Comer’s high school football team collapsed under the weight of 27 second-half points by Central Coosa in a 39-14 loss at Legion Stadium on Friday. The Tigers struggled to contain Cougars quarterback Raymond Graham, who rushed for 243 yards on 23 carries with three touchdowns. He also threw a 61-yard touchdown pass to wide receiver Tyius Evans early in the third quarter that kick-started Central Coosa’s second-half barrage. In the fourth, Evans added a 55-yard touchdown run on a reverse in the game’s closing minutes. “You make your own breaks, and we didn’t make any,” said Tigers head coach Mike Battles. “They came out there, took control of the ballgame and won. We make our own trouble a lot
of times. They did a good job, they came out and wanted to win, and they did win.” The Cougars had struggles of their own containing Tigers quarterback Houston Ford, who rushed for 240 yards on 23 carries with a pair of first-quarter touchdowns. But he accounted for three of Comer’s five turnovers, including a backwards pass that missed Ford’s intended target and was returned 45 yards by the Cougars defense for a touchdown. “We got out there and put some points on the board, but a lot of times, our points don’t matter because they get so far ahead, you sort of lose track of that right there,” Battles said. “We can’t hold a lead. Of course, we very seldom ever get a lead. So it’s just been one of those kind of years.” Comer piled up 396 yards of total offense in the game, and Ford and Graham traded touchdowns in the first half.
Ford scored first on a 15-yard run to give the Tigers a 6-0 lead with just over two minutes left in the first quarter. Less than a minute later, Graham answered back with a 46-yard touchdown run to tie the game at 6-all. With under a minute left in the first, Ford broke away from the Cougars with a 65-yard touchdown run. A successful two-point conversion by running back Jacoby Kelley gave the Tigers a 14-6 lead. It took just over a full quarter for the Cougars to reach the end zone courtesy of a 1-yard run by Graham. A failed two-point conversion put the Cougars behind the Tigers to close out the half, 14-12. Graham scored his third rushing touchdown from 45 yards out with 4:26 left in the third quarter. “He’s a tough, hard-nosed player who does a really good job for us,” Cougars head coach
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B.B. Comer’s Jacoby Kelley stiff arms Coosa Central’s Tyius Evans Friday night in Sylacauga.
Barry Simmons said of Graham. “I’m real proud of his effort. Really, our effort in the first half wasn’t very good at all. I thought we came out flat and didn’t play very well at all … We did a better job in second half.”
Both teams will travel south next week as Comer (0-7, 0-4) still seeks its first win of the season at Prattville Christian, while Central Coosa (4-3, 2-2) tries to keep its Class 3A, Region 3 playoff hopes alive at Montgomery Academy.
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Dadeville 42, Elmore County 14
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Dadeville’s Jalen Sullivan (6) and Margarius Buchanan (1) breaks up a pass to Elmore County senior wide receiver Tyric Belyeu (2) during Friday night’s game at Burt-Haynie Field.
Tigers nix Panthers’ tricks in road region win By Cory Diaz The Wetumpka Herald
Dadeville caught Elmore County reaching in its bag of tricks early and often enough to hold them down for the 42-14 victory Friday at BurtHaynie Field. The Panthers opened the game with an onside kick, faked a punt on its first offensive possession and went for it on 4th-and-5 at Dadeville’s 46 on its next drive, but the Tigers snuffed all three chances. For the game, ECHS attempted to convert on fourth down eight times, but only converted twice. “We needed to (practice fourth down defense) this week,” Tigers head coach Richard White said. “We gave up five last weekend against Tallassee, so we’ve got to get off the field. That’s the thing, you’ve got to get off the field on third and fourth down.” Facing off against a plethora of
Tiger athletes, headlined by senior quarterback Margarius Buchanan, Elmore County head coach Norman Dean knew his team needed to take chances, but couldn’t execute. “Early in the game we faked a punt, we didn’t execute that,” Dean said. “Later in the game, we had a chance when the score was tight, we didn’t make the play. They’re No. 1 (Buchanan) is just a great athlete. A lot of times in high school football, athletes beat schemes.” Buchanan and company found success against the Panthers’ defensive gameplan, racking up 592 total yards -- 495 rushing yards -- with the signal caller leading the way accounting for three scores. Dadeville went 50 yards on three plays to start the contest, with Phillip Russell finding the end zone from 12 yards out. Elmore County sophomore safety Kwan Bickley intercepted a Buchanan
pass at the ECHS 3 on DHS’s next possession, but after the Panthers’ second straight failed fourth down attempt, the quarterback scored the first of consecutive touchdowns on a 29-yard touchdown run, as Dadeville led, 21-0, with 6:50 remaining in the first half. The Panthers cut the lead to 21-7 with 2:38 to go before the break, capping a 15-play, 73-yard drive with a 24-yard touchdown pitch-and-catch from senior quarterback Will Venable to senior wide out Tyric Belyeu. But a 61-yard touchdown scamper from Kadore Glenn with 37 ticks before halftime, stopped any sign of ECHS momentum. “With them, it’s pick your poison. We’ve got to try to keep No. 1 bottled up, so try to be sound to keep him bottled up, then somebody else pops one,” Dean said. “Ain’t too many people stopped No. 1. And when you scheme up to beat him, that leaves someone else.”
Down 28-7, ECHS drove down to the Dadeville 9 to start the third quarter, but sophomore running back D.J. Patrick fell short on 4th-and-2. The Panthers defense forced consecutive turnovers on the Tigers’ first two possessions, a Dalton Odom pick in the end zone and a Sam Grigsby fumble recovery, but their offense couldn’t capitalize. Venable finished 12-for-32 for 181 yards with a touchdowns and two interceptions. Belyeu caught four passes for 102 yards, while. Patrick had 162 yards and a late touchdown on 25 carries for Elmore County. Buchanan connected with Corbin Holston on a 75-yard touchdown pass and Russell rounded out the scoring with a 13-yard scoring run. “I thought our bunch played hard. We played sloppy at times, but I’m happy. When you get a win on this field, you’ve done something,” White said. “This is a tough place to play.”
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Cory Diaz/ The Wetumpka Herald
Above left: Elmore County senior quarterback Will Venable looks downfield for an open receiver. Above right: Dadeville sophomore tackle D.J. Foster (58) blocks for senior quarterback Margarius Buchanan (1) while Hayden Bass (58) looks to apply pressure. Below: Sophomore safety Kwan Bickley (9) jumps up to intercept a pass Friday night.
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Russell Christian 46, Lyman Ward 20
Rangers come up short at homecoming By CATHY HIGGINS Sports Editor
As the clock wound down on Lyman Ward’s homecoming game against Meridian, Miss.-based Russell Christian, emotions ran high and tempers flared in the contest that ended with the Rangers losing to the Warriors 46-22. The trouble started when Lyman Ward’s James Adcocks and a player from the Warriors got in a brief altercation late in the fourth, causing a dead-ball personal foul on both teams. At that point Russell Christian had claimed the victory with a 40-22 score. But with literally no time left on the clock, the Warriors added insult to injury by making one more touchdown. With that, Lyman Ward head coach Keith Elliott led his Rangers to bypass the traditional post-game handshake and instead head straight into the fieldhouse. “The tensions were high in the last three minutes of the game and I felt like we would be better off going straight to the locker room,” Elliott said. While it wasn’t that final Warriors TD that prompted the coach’s decision, he still wasn’t happy with how Russell Christian head coach Nate Ballard decided to end the game. “He’s a good coach,” Elliott said. “If he can sleep with it, that’s up to him. But I disagreed with it and didn’t think it showed much class.” The night started with a grapple back and forth for domination. Russell’s Drew Taylor threw a pass to Chris Walk for a touchdown with 8:43 left in the first quarter. Within the blink of an eye the Rangers answered with a score of their own by Corey Coleman with 8:23 left in the quarter. But the Warriors pushed back with 1:06 left in the first with a TD from
the goal line, bringing their lead to 14-6 after a 2-point conversion. Both teams would score once more in the second quarter. Russell’s came with 7:15 left, followed by a 2-point conversion. Lyman Ward’s hit as the first half closed and Coleman made his second touchdown of the night with 13.7 seconds on the clock. This narrowed Russell’s lead to 22-12 at the half. The Warriors would continue their attack by laying down two touchdowns in the third quarter. The first was a 45-yard rush by Logan Sayers with 8:41 left in the quarter. The second was by Taylor with a 9-yard rush with 31.1 seconds on the clock. The third quarter closed with the Warriors leading 34-12. The Rangers made one last stand in the fourth quarter as Trey Webb rushed 50 yards for the score with 10:26 left. But the Warriors were determined to dominate, rushing 15 yards for the score with 5:14 left in the fourth and then casting that final blow at 0.0 for the 46-22 defeat. The game’s conclusion cast a pall on Lyman Ward’s homecoming activities, which included honoring the 50th anniversary of the Lyman Ward Class of 1966 football team, which had an 8-1 season, losing only to Eclectic High — a record that still stands today. Recognized were Class of 1966 Rangers team members Ray “Dog” Blackburn, Jimmy Brittain, Eddie Pope and coach J.D. Gooden. The festivities also included the crowning of Homecoming Queen Morgan Gray of Tallahassee, Fla. The 17-year-old represented Bravo Company and was escorted by Cadet Brody Gerrell. LTC Jared Norrell, vice president of Lyman Ward, crowned the queen. Next Lyman Ward heads on the road to play Ezekiel. Kickoff is 7 p.m. Friday.
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The Rangers’ Trey Webb, above, is stopped by Russell Christian’s Caleb Turner Friday night. Left, Morgan Gray of Tallahassee, Fla. was named homecoming queen. Gray was escorted by Cadet Brody Gerrell.
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Wetumpka 28, Helena 21
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Wetumpka senior wide receiver Maurice Young (11) looks for running room. The Indians held off a late fourth quarter surge from Helena to win 28-21 on Friday.
Wetumpka hangs on at Helena By Graham Brooks For The Wetumpka Herald
HELENA – Despite scoring three fourth quarter touchdowns, the Helena offense couldn’t get things going the first 36 minutes of the game and a comeback bid fell short as Wetumpka held on to defeat Helena 28-21 at Husky Stadium Friday. After three quarters, it looked as though the Indians would win going away as Wetumpka raced out to a 28-0 lead. The Indians scored two first quarter touchdowns; the first being a 1-yard touchdown run by running back Kavosiey Smoke and the second came on a 9-yard touchdown
run by Keedrick Adams on a reverse around left end on fourth-and-3 to jump out to a 14-0 lead at the end of the first quarter. Less than 20 seconds into the second quarter the Indians got on the scoreboard again after DeAndre Williams burst through the line for a 40-yard touchdown run to extend Wetumpka’s lead to 21-0. The Indians tacked on another touchdown late in the third quarter and the final 12 minutes of the game are where things began to get interesting. Down 28-0, Helena finally got on the board with 9:17 left in the game as Helena quarterback Riley Davis orchestrated a 10-play, 51-yard drive
capped off with a 9-yard touchdown pass to Dionte Tolbert to make it 28-7. Davis returned from an injury that sidelined him the last two games and finished the game with two touchdowns. A few possessions later, Helena found the end zone once again after Huskies running back Devan Walker scored from nine yards out to make it 28-14 with 3:01 left in the game. Helena successfully converted an onside kick and on the first offensive play, Davis through a 49-yard touchdown pass to a wide open Jake Busby to cut Wetumpka’s lead to 28-21 with 2:46 remaining. A second onside kick was unsuccessful and Wetumpka drove the ball
to Helena’s goal line to run out the clock and preserve a win and halt a furious comeback by the Huskies. After the game, Helena head coach Watt Parker said the first half struggles are what hurt Helena. “We just couldn’t get anything going in the first half offensively,” said Parker. “Our defense started to figure it out and it took a little while to pick up speed in the game but I’m glad we fought hard until the end and we’ll see what we can do next week.” With the loss, Helena dropped to 2-5 on the season and 1-3 in region play. Wetumpka locked up a playoff spot with the win and improved to 7-1 on the season.
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Athens 17, Columbia 0 Austin 24, Hartselle 16 Blount 57, LeFlore 18 Brookwood 37, Selma 26 Carver-Montgomery 40, Stanhope Elmore 33 Chilton County 21, Pelham 16 Clay-Chalkville 44, CarverBirmingham 41 Daphne 52, Gulf Shores 7 Decatur 26, Florence 22 Gardendale 35, Walker 28 Hueytown 22, Parker 18 Jackson-Olin 24, Shades Valley 21 McAdory 30, Bessemer City 13 Opelika 48, Chelsea 24 Oxford 35, Fort Payne 10 Paul Bryant 36, Northridge 14 Pell City 29, Albertville 23 Pinson Valley 57, Center Point 28 Ramsay 40, Homewood 14 Robertsdale 33, B.C. Rain 24 Russell County 20, Northview 17 Saraland 35, Baldwin County 14 Southside-Gadsden 42, Brewer 7 Wetumpka 28, Helena 21
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Alexandria 68, Douglas 34 Briarwood Christian 38, Woodlawn 6 Brooks 31, Russellville 21 Calera 41, Jemison 27 Carroll 45, B.T. Washington 0 Central-Clay County 34, Beauregard 28 Dallas County 48, Marbury 20 Demopolis 45, Sumter Central 14 East Limestone 38, St. John Paul II Catholic 7 Etowah 51, Boaz 10 Eufaula 31, Charles Henderson 22 Fairfield 53, St. Clair County 19 Fairview 42, Curry 14 Greenville 41, Headland 18 Hayden 34, Corner 0 Lawrence County 42, Ardmore 21 Lincoln 43, Cleburne County 42 Mortimer Jordan 42, West Point 20 Pleasant Grove 34, Shelby County 14 Scottsboro 59, Arab 7 St. Paul’s 35, Citronelle 14 Sylacauga 40, Valley 7 Vigor 17, Jackson 14 Wenonah 20, Moody 7 Williamson @ Faith Academy Crossville @ Guntersville
4A Andalusia 40, Satsuma 20 Bibb County 55, Holt 6 Central-Florence 35, Danville 7 Cherokee County 37, White Plains 7 Dadeville 42, Elmore County 14 Fayette County 28, Cordova 21 Greensboro 26, Northside 14 Hale County 34, West Blocton 8 Haleyville 56, Good Hope 21 Handley 24, Munford 13 Hokes Bluff 37, Ashville 6 Jacksonville 16, Oneonta 0 Leeds 56, Childersburg 22 Madison County 32, Madison Academy 28 Montgomery Catholic 42, Ashford 14 North Jackson 57, Westminster Christian 21 Oak Grove 43, Sipsey Valley 33 Rogers 55, Priceville 28 Saks 28, Anniston 12 Sardis 41, DAR 27 St. James 28, Alabama Christian 16 Tallassee 48, Holtville 7 Thomasville 62, Escambia County 0 Trinity Presbyterian 35, Bullock County 22 UMS-Wright 37, W.S. Neal 0 Wilson 28, Deshler 7 Winfield 41, Dora 20
3A Bayside Academy 41, Cottage Hill Christian 6 Central-Coosa 39, B.B. Comer 14 Clarke County 47, Excel 6 Colbert County 41, Colbert Heights 0 Daleville 54, Geneva 14 Fultondale 62, Susan Moore 14 Gordo 21, American Christian 14 Holly Pond 40, Hanceville 16 J.B. Pennington 41, Vinemont 0 Lauderdale County 59, Elkmont 16 Lexington 28, East Lawrence 8 Mobile Christian 31, HillcrestEvergreen 3 Montevallo 23, Oakman 21 Montgomery Academy 35, Southside-Selma 0 Opp 43, Providence Christian 22 Piedmont 47, Walter Wellborn 16 Pike County 21, Prattville Christian 14 Pisgah 36, New Hope 30 Randolph County 41, Pleasant Valley 13 Straughn 41, Houston Academy 0 Sylvania 28, Geraldine 7 T.R. Miller 34, Flomaton 21 Weaver 34, Glencoe 15 West Morgan 17, Clements 7 Wicksburg 39, Slocomb 6 Plainview @ Brindlee Mountain Midfield @ Greene County
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1A Addison 50, Meek 14 Alabama School for the Deaf 14, Brilliant 12 Appalachian 34, Woodville 28 Berry 67, Holy Spirit Catholic 19 Decatur Heritage 52, Southeastern 13 Ellwood Christian 66, Autaugaville 14 Georgiana 42, McKenzie 32 Hackleburg 35, Cherokee 14 Houston County 56, Florala 6 Hubbertville 27, Marion County 7 Linden 73, A.L. Johnson 0 Maplesville 59, Isabella 14 Marengo 68, J.F. Shields 0 Millry 50, Fruitdale 19 Notasulga 29, Loachapoka 13 Phillips 44, Tharptown 21 Pickens County 26, South Lamar 13 Pleasant Home 20, Kinston 14 Ragland 32, Winterboro 14 Shoals Christian 42, Vina 14 Spring Garden 55, Jacksonville Christian 12 Sumiton Christian 45, Lynn 14 Sweet Water 67, McIntosh 0 Talladega County Central 44, Donoho 22 Valley Head 21, Gaylesville 10 Wadley 62, Victory Christian 7 Coosa Christian @ Cedar Bluff
AISA Abbeville Christian 52, Lowndes Academy 34 Autauga Academy 46, Jackson Academy 7 Bessemer Academy 18, Lee-Scott Academy 17 Chambers Academy 41, Crenshaw Christian 6 Cornerstone Christian 27, Evangel Christian-Montgomery 21 Escambia Academy 35, Clarke Prep 0 Fort Dale Academy 29, Morgan Academy 28 Marengo Academy 49, Wilcox Academy 0 Northside Methodist 34, Pike Liberal Arts 27 Pickens Academy 22, Southern Academy 21 South Montgomery County Academy 24, Sparta Academy 20 Sumter Academy 60, North River Christian 32 Tuscaloosa Academy 60, Springwood 7 Coosa Valley Academy @ Kingwood Christian Independent Alabama School Deaf 14, Brilliant 12 Waterloo 55, Whitesburg Christian 19
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Horseshoe Bend 42, Vincent 21
Generals get win at Vincent, still alive for playoffs By CATHY HIGGINS Sports Editor
Horseshoe Bend’s road trip to Vincent’s Legion Stadium ended with a Generals win over the Yellow Jackets 42-21. Leading Horseshoe Bend was Drew Hill who scored 4 touchdowns and rushed 190 yards with 18 carries. But he had help from Trace Meadows and Brandon Heard, who each scored a touchdown. “Trace rushed at least 100 yards himself,” said Horseshoe Bend head coach Jason Franklin. Plus, Meadows made at least 12 tackles Friday night. The Generals proved they came to play right from the start with a touchdown each in the first quarter from Brandon Heard and Drew Hill. The Yellow Jackets also scored in the quarter. The quarter ended with Horseshoe Bend leading 12-6. The half ended with the Generals increasing their lead with another score from Hill in the second quarter. The 2-point conversion took the score to 20-6. Hill didn’t skip a beat as the second half began. He scored his third and fourth touchdowns of the night in the third. Meadows joined the fun by adding the Generals’ final touchdown of the night in the third quarter, bringing Horseshoe Bend’s lead to 42-6 in the third. But the Yellow Jackets made a field goal, narrowing that lead to 42-9 in the quarter. The fourth quarter gave the Yellow Jackets a chance to rally. “We put in subs and didn’t put our starters back in,” Franklin said. That enabled Vincent to score two more touchdowns in the final quarter. It narrowed Horseshoe Bend’s final-
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Horseshoe Bend’s Drew Hill rushes the ball. Hill rushed for 190 yards on 18 carries for 4 touchdowns at Vincent.
score lead to 42-21. Franklin was understandably pleased with the outcome of Friday’s contest. “Overall, I thought we played well,” he said. The region win brings Horseshoe
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Lafayette 58, Reeltown 8
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The Rebels’ Mitchell Flurry tries to bring down Lafayette quarterback Jatarvious Whitlow.
Rebels unable to contain Dawgs for homecoming By DAVID GRANGER Staff Writer
REELTOWN – Jatarvious Whitlow, fourth-ranked LaFayette’s all-everything quarterback, showed why he is one of the most soughtafter prospects in the state of Alabama at Nix-WebsterO’Neal Stadium Friday night. The Bulldog quarterback whirled, ducked, dodged and heaved, but mostly simply outran the Reeltown defense all night to lead the visitors to a 58-8 win over the homestanding Rebels. Whitlow, who played all of the offensive series for LaFayette though the game was in little doubt by halftime, rushed for 211 yards and four touchdowns on just 11 carries, passed for 128 yards and two more scores and returned three punts for 172 yards and another touchdown. The punt return touchdown capped the Bulldogs’ scoring with just 4:17 left to play. Asked if there was too much Whitlow, Reeltown first-year
head coach Matt Johnson responded, “There was a lot of him. He’s a good ball player. We made him look really good.” While Whitlow ran over, around and through the Rebels, Reeltown could do little when it had the ball, managing just 51 yards on offense in the first half. The Rebels finally got on track in the second half, gaining 222 offensive yards, but it was too little too late. “We just stayed behind the sticks all night and, with a team like that, you can’t play behind the sticks. We just couldn’t get anything going. We were flat. We let them dictate a lot of what we did. We weren’t picking up blitzes, which they do a lot of, and you can’t do that against a good team.” Whitlow’s first big play came with 4:42 left in the first quarter when he hit Shabasken Holloway with 23-yard touchdown pass. Whitlow ran for the 2-point conversion and the Bulldogs led 8-0 until the senior quarterback bowled over from the Rebels’ 1 to
put LaFayette up 14-0 after the pass attempt for two fell incomplete. LaFayette would score twice in the next nine plays to deflate the Rebels and put the game out of reach. Whitlow hit Jamarious Beatty with a 32-yard touchdown pass to cap a four-play, 62-yard drive with 7:38 left in the half and, following a Reeltown punt, would find himself in the end zone again, this time after trying the middle, spinning out of a tackle then heading to and down the right sideline for a 31-yard score. The Bulldogs were 1-for2 on two-point conversion attempts and led 28-0 at halftime. Reeltown took the secondhalf kick and held the ball 15 plays before bogging down at their own 46 after quarterback Cole Flurry was sacked by My’Kale Trammell. Two plays later it was that man again – Whitlow – scampering around right end for 58 yards and the touchdown with 3:49 See REBELS • Page 15
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Reeltown High School senior Paige King poses for photographs after being named homecoming queen as her father Richard King looks on.
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Reeltown’s Montez Brooks, above, left, leaps over a teammate in the first half as he looks for room to run against Lafayette. Top right, the Rebels’ Eric Shaw stops Lafayette’s Shabsken Holloway. Below, Reeltown’s John Derrick Hammonds waits for a block against Lafayette.
left in the third quarter. LaFayette scored twice more to go up 50-0 before the Rebels found paydirt. Robert Houston Jr. ran left, reversed his field and scooted down the right sideline for 55 yards and a touchdown with 11:35 remaining. Whitlow took a similar route to the end zone with 7:30 left following Xavier Holloway’s interception of an Eric Shaw pass. Whitlow passed to Houston to convert both tries for two. Finally, Reeltown put together a four-play, 79-yard scoring drive. Trakevon Hughley, who finished the night with 149 yards (132 in the second half) on 20 carries, got eight on first down, then
Faison got six more. After an offsides penalty on LaFayette and a sack of backup Rebel quarterback Shaw netted a yard, Hughley burst through the line at left tackle and went 66 yards for the score. Faison ran in the two-point conversion. Whitlow closed out the night’s scoring with his puntreturn touchdown. Reeltown falls to 3-4 overall and 3-2 in Class 2A Region 5 and hosts Vincent (1-5, 1-3) next week. With the win, LaFayette improves to 7-0 overall and 5-0 in the region and hosts region foe Ranburne (1-6, 1-4 and a 55-7 loser to Lanett on Friday) next week.
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Glenwood 49, Edgewood 6
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Edgewood Academy eighth-grade quarterback Drez Crawford (3) runs the ball earlier this season.
Glenwood bounces Edgewood on big plays By Ronald Frazier For The Wetumpka Herald
Glenwood did what it had to do and came back from two straight non-region losses to hand Edgewood Academy a 49-6 loss Thursday night at Sammy Howard field. The win improved the Gators record to 5-2 overall and 3-0 in AISA Region 1 play while Edgewood fell to 0-8 for the year and 0-4 in the region. This also was the Gators’ first win over the Wildcats in their last eight contests. “Edgewood is a young team — I think they have only one senior on the roster and they played with a lot of heart out there,” Glenwood coach Jason Gibson said. “We wanted to
execute on offense and defense and not let anyone get hurt.” The Gators were without the services of two senior starters for the contest, Johnathon Caldwell and Carson Allison, but no other players went down against Edgewood. Glenwood jumped to a 14-0 firstquarter lead by using a short field. Latavious Calhoun returned a Wildcat punt 61 yards to set up a first-and-10 on the 20 and Christian Clausell’s interception set up a 20-yard oneplay drive for the second score. Trailing by the two scores, Edgewood put together its only scoring drive of the night, going 80 yards on 16 running plays with quarterback Cooper James scoring on a 1-yard sneak to make it 14-6.
It took one offensive play for the Gators to respond as Edgewood attempted an onside kick and Jacob Harper caught the ball at the 50. Fullback John Burnett burst up the middle and went 50 yards for Glenwood’s third touchdown and the Wildcats could not respond after that. In fact, Edgewood collected only four more first downs in the contest and two of those were be Glenwood penalties. Boatner ensured that it would be a running clock when Glenwood scored in the first minute of the third quarter, this one on a 46-yard run that made the score 35-6. Sophomore Lawrence Vinson came in and rushed five times in the
second half and scored twice, including 34 yards the first time he touched the ball. “Our young guys really stepped up in the second half, Trevor Cisco, Scott Anderson, Jake Melton and Bryce Newman did a great job out there and Vinson is only a sophomore,” Gibson said. Now the Gators will travel to Bessemer to play the No. 2 ranked Rebels for first place in the region. The win against Edgewood did secure Glenwood a spot in the first round of the AISA playoffs. “The game (next) Friday will be for first place and it’s probably been a long time that Glenwood has played for first place this late in the year,” Gibson said.
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BEST WINGS: JR’S SPORTS BAR AND GRILL JR’s Sports Bar and Grill has been serving Alexander City and the Lake Martin area for more than two decades. The restaurant was voted as having the area’s best wings in the Tallapoosa Publishers’ 2016 Readers Choice Awards. JR’s is located at 45 Alabama Street in Alexander City. Here, Chris McClure and Ann Berry of JR’s pose with freshly prepared wings that are headed to the table where some of their loyal customers await. For more information or to place an order call 256-329-2328.
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BEST ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT: GAIL BRASSELL, ACBOE
Gail Brassell was voted as the Reader’s Choice for Best Administrative Assistant. Gail works in human resources for at the Alexander City Board of Education. She has worked for the school system for 15 years, 14 of those years in human resources. Mitch Sneed / The Outlook
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BEST GIFTS: LAKAY’S FLOWERS AND GIFTS
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BEST COACH: DANNY HORN
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If you look up the word coach in the dictionary, you may see a picture of Benjamin Russell High School Football Coach Danny Horn there beside the definition. Horn is one of the state’s most successful coaches and was voted Best Coach by readers in the 2016 Tallapoosa Publishers’ Readers’ Choice Awards.
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BEST FURNITURE: HOLLEY’S HOME FURNISHINGS The 2016 Tallapoosa Publishers’ Readers’ Choice Award for Best Furniture goes to Holley’s Home Furnishings. Pictured is the inside of the showroom at the Alexander City store, which is located at 1660 Alabama Highway 22 in Alexander City. Pictured inset is Ralph Holley and his father Austin Holley. For more information on Holley’s call the store at 256-234-4141
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BEST MEXICAN FOOD: CARLOS’ The Readers’ Choice Award for Best Mexican Food goes to Carlos’ Mexican Grill in Alexander City. The restaurant, located at 136 Wheeler Street, features a wide range of traditional Mexican favorites as well as a lunch buffet. A friendly, hard-working staff caters to its customers. For information call Carlos’ at 256329-9901.
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BEST FAST FOOD: SUBWAY
Subway was voted best fast food in the 2016 Readers Choice Awards. The national chain that features custom made sandwiches and more has locations in Alexander City and Dadeville. Mitch Sneed / The Outlook
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BEST PRINCIPAL: BRHS’ ANTHONY WILKINSON
The Readers’ Choice Award for Best Principal goes to Benjamin Russell’s Anthony Wilkinson. Wilkinson is in his second year at the school and while being known as a stickler for school rules, he is also admired for his willingness to go the extra mile for students’, even going as far as kissing a pig when students met a fundraising goal. Mitch Sneed/ The Outlook
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BEST CIVIC CLUB: KIWANIS The Readers ‘Choice Award for Best Civic Club is awarded to the Kiwanis Club. The club holds regularly scheduled meetings at noon on Thursday’s at Jake’s in Alexander City. Meetings typically feature informative speakers and the club is very service oriented, taking part in projects across the community, like this group of Kiwanians did when they worked on last year’s Renew Our Rivers cleanup.
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BEST CARPET/FLOOR COVERING: HOLMAN’S Holman Floor Company , located at 1945 Highway 280 in Alexander City, has earned the Readers’ Choice Award for Best Carpet and Floor Covering. Holman carries virtually everything a customer could need to have the best-dressed floors possible. For more information on Holman Floor Company call 256-234-6071.
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BEST ADULT APPAREL: PEARSON’S PLACE Pearson’s Place Flowers & Gifts, located 127 North Tallassee Street in Dadeville has earned the Readers’ Choice Award for Best Adult Apparel. Pearson’s Place offers all sorts of season-themed clothing items, jewelry and accessories along with school spirit items, flowers and gifts. For more information on Pearson’s Place, call the store at 256-825-9998.
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BEST AUTOMOBILE DEALER: TALLAPOOSA FORD
Alexander City’s Tallapoosa Ford was voted Best Automobile Dealer in the 2016 Tallapoosa Publisher’s Readers’ Choice Awards. Located at 1551 U.S. Highway 280, the dealership specializes in Ford products, but also offers a wide range of used cars as well as service, body work and maintenance. For more information on Tallapoosa Ford call 256- 234-3432. Cliff Williams / The Outlook
Thank you citizens of Alex City for voting for us in the readers choice awards! The Kiwanis Club appreciates the support from the citizens of Tallapoosa County who make it possible for us to give to the education and needs of our children.
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BEST AUTO PARTS: THOMAS AUTO PARTS
Thomas Auto Parts was voted Best Auto Parts Dealer in the 2016 Tallapoosa Publisher’s Readers’ Choice Awards. Thomas, a NAPA Parts dealer, features locations at 150 Green Street in Alexander City as well as 157 East South Street in Dadeville. For the Alexander City store call 256-234-5023. In Dadeville call 256-825-4155.
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BEST ICE CREAM SUNDAE: CARLISLE’S
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The Readers’ Choice Award for Best Ice Cream Sunday goes to Carlisle’s in downtown Alexander City. For more than 100 years the store has been a fixture with its soda fountain designed to take people back in time. One of the staple items served at Carlisle’s is the ice cream sundae. In fact, the item is so much a part of the store’s lore, that each summer Carlisle’s hosts a ‘Build Your Own Sundae’ event as part of the annual Sun Festival celebration. Carlisle’s is located at 12 Main Street in Alexander City. For store hours and more information about all the things offered call 256-234-4211
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BEST BANK: River Bank
River Bank and Trust, located at 3617 U.S. Highway 280 in Alexander City, was voted Best Bank in the 2016 Tallapoosa Publishers’ Readers Choice Awards. Pictured are the staff of the Alexander City Branch, where ground was recently broken on a new permanent building. River Bank also features branches in Wetumpka, Auburn, Gadsden, Opelika, Montgomery and Prattville. For more information on River Bank call 256-329-0500.
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Readers’ Choice Winners Best Administrative Assistant : Gail Brassell Best Coach: Danny Horn (BRHS) Best Minister: John David Parker (Church of Christ) Best Physician: Dr. Billy Sellers Best Principal: Dr. Anthony Wilkinson (BRHS) Best BBQ: Sho’nuff BBQ Best Biscuits: Hardees Best Breakfast: Who’s Diner Best Catfish: Oskar’s Best Chicken: Jim Bobs Best Chinese: Sakura Bistro Best Cole Slaw: Bucks Best Convenience Store: Cherokee Qwik Stop Best Fast Food: Subway Best Hamburger: Buck’s Best Hot Dog: Sonny’s Hot Dog Best Ice Cream Sundae: Carlisle’s Best Lakefront Dining: Kowaliga Restaurant Best Lunch: Carlisle’s Best Mexican: Carlos Mexican Grill Best Milk Shake: Dairy Creem Best Pizza: Pizza Hut Best Restaurant: Jake’s Best Seafood: Oskar’s Best Steak: Jake’s Best Sweet Tea: New China Best Wine: Emporium Wine Best Wings: JR’s Sports Bar & Grill Best Antiques: Longleaf Antiques & Flea Mall Best Appliance: Tapley Appliance Center Best Automobile Dealer: Tallapoosa Ford Best Auto Parts: Thomas Auto Parts Best Boats: Russell Marine Best Carpet/Floor: Holman Floor Company Best Adult Apparel: Pearson’s Place Best Childrens Apparel: Goody’s Best Computers/Electronics: Caldwell Electronics (Radio Shack) Best Cosmetics: Merle Norman Best Farm Equip/Supplies: Abernathy Farm Supply Best Flowers: Grace’s Flowers & Gifts Best Furniture: Holley’s Home Furnishings Best Gifts: LaKay’s Flowers & Gifts Best Groceries: Alexander City Piggly Wiggly Best Hardware: Russell Do It Center Best Hunting Supplies: The Sure Shot Best Lawn Garden Equipment: Satterfield Best Medical Equip: Bradberry Medical Best Monuments: Whatley’s Monuments Best Oil Change: S&S Discount Tire Pros Best Paint: Sherwin Williams Best Plants/Nursery: Floyd’s Feed & Seed Best Tires: S&S Discount Tire Pros Best Used Cars: Darwin Dobbs Company
Best Video Games: Movie Rack Best Amusement: Playhouse Cinemas Best Apartments: Hillabee Towers Best Nursing Home: Brown Nursing & Rehabilitation Best Attorney: Derrick Blythe Best Auto Body Repair: Downtown Body Shop Best Auto Service: S&S Discount Tire Pros Best Bakery: Winn Dixie Best Banking: River Bank and Trust Best Bar: JR’s Sports Bar and Grill Best Catering: Koon’s Catering Best Chiropractic: Dr. Joe W. Jordan D.C. Best Church: Alexander City Methodist Best Civic Club: Kiwanis Best Electronic/Computer Repair: Caldwell Electronics (Radio Shack) Best Construction: Henderson & Coker Best Dance Studio: Barbara’s Studio of Dance Best Day Care: Little Lambs & Ivy/ Mother Goose (Tie) Best Dental Service: Dr. E. Kenneth Howard, JR Best Dry Cleaner: Plain & Fancy Cleaners Best Employment Service: Onin Staffing Best Eye Care: Family Eye Care Best Funeral Home: Radney Funeral Home Best Golf Course: LakeWinds Best Hair Salon: BeYOUtiful Best Hearing Aids: Southern Head & Neck Best Heating & Air : Advanced Heating & Air Best Home Inspection: Lake Martin Home Inspections Best Hospice: Lake Martin Hospice Best Hospital: Russell Medical Center Best Hotel/Motel: Hampton Inn Best Insurance Agent: Karen Channell/ State Farm Best Landscaping/Lawn Service: Hilltop Landscaping Best Marina: Chuck’s Marina Best Massage Therapy: Noel Boone Best Mortgage Lender: HomePlace Mortgage Best Pawn Shop: Alexander City Pawn Best Pest Control: S&S Termite and Pest Control Best Pet Boarder: Southern Star Best Pet Groomer: Charlene’s Pet Grooming Best Pharmacy: The Medicine Shoppe Best Photographer: Sarah Pais Best Plumbing : A&M Plumbing Best Printing: Service Printing Best Real Esate Agency: RE/MAX Around the Lake Best Real Estate Agent: Sherry Willis Best Self Storage: Adding Space Best Sewing/Alt: Mitchell’s Best Tanning: Movie Rack Best Tax/Accounting: Diane Naler CPA Best Thirft/Consignment: Salvation Army Best Vet: Alexander City Veterinarian Clinic
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BEST PLANTS AND NURSERY: Floyd’s Feed & Seed
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Floyd’s Feed and Seed was voted Best Plants/ Nursery in the Tallapoosa Publishers 2016 Readers’ Choice Awards. Floyd’s is located at 273 North Broadnax Street in Dadeville. The store can be reached at 825-7968.
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BEST USED CARS: Darwin Dobbs
Darwin Dobbs located at 814 Cherokee Road in Alexander City was voted Best Used Car Dealer in the 2015 Tallapoosa Publishers Readers’ Choice Awards. In addition to used car sales, Dobbs also offers a full line of tires, as well as service and maintenance at its location. Pictured are Owner Fred Dobbs and General Manager David Thompson. Cliff Williams / The Outlook
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