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Golf course funds remain a concern Council questions delay in implementing financial safeguards By MITCH SNEED Editor

Members of the Alexander City City Council are concerned that everything possible is being done to make sure that the money for the city’s LakeWinds Golf Course is being properly accounted for. Council members Bob Howard, Billy Ray Wall and

Council President Jim Spann all questioned whether procedures that were discussed in June had been put in place. In June, Alexander City Parks and Recreation Director Sonny Wilson reported to the mayor and council that some deposits again appeared not to be correct according to his calculations. “Ms. Machen was sent home the day after we discussed that and was gone for several weeks again in August,” Howard said. Howard asked Shaw if any of the things requested by the council such as depositing golf course funds into their own account and compiling a monthly income

statement had been implemented “I thought we were going to wait until Oct. 1, but did we say Aug. 1?” Shaw asked. “We haven’t, but I guess we can look into getting that started.” Howard said he felt it needed to be done as soon as possible to clear up any problems. “We were going to correct those numbers and then we were going to start depositing golf course funds on Aug. 1 and then produce a monthly income statement,” Howard said. Machen said the city has ordered deposit slips for the new golf course account that has been opened. She said See FUNDS • Page 3

Former pastor indicted on sexual assault charges

School board looking at upgrades to HVAC, lighting By DAVID GRANGER Staff Writer

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The Alexander City Board of Education heard a presentation Tuesday night from representatives of Schneider Electric Buildings Americas Inc. and authorized Superintendent Darrell Cooper to enter into a design agreement with the company for upgrades to HVAC systems, lighting and control systems throughout the school system. “We’ll make our last payment in October on the last work that they did for us,” said Cooper, referring to upgrades that have resulted in some $1 million in savings to the school system since they were begun 10 years ago. “We still have a lot of needed upgrades, particularly to our HVAC systems, and we hope to just divert that money to that work. Plus, as we make the upgrades, hopefully we’ll be saving money, too. I don’t know that the upgrades will pay for themselves, but anything they can save us will be helpful.” Cooper said that several HVAC units throughout the system were more than 20 years old and would soon need to be replaced anyway. He added that lighting in four of the

model red pickup truck with a confederate flag showing in the back. Was it another of the many “creepy clown” sightings or, considering the description of the vehicle, perhaps a Billy Bob Bozo clown wannabe? Officers were dispatched to the parking lot, but found the vehicle empty when they arrived. They backed off and waited for the occupant of the vehicle to return. But when the owner returned, there was no white makeup, no red nose, no rainbow wig and not a single balloon animal. The

A 62-year-old former minister at an Alexander City church has been indicted on multiple charges, including three counts of first-degree sexual assault of a minor female. Roy Eugene Wooten, 62, of Alexander City was formally indicted during a recent session Wooten of the Tallapoosa County Grand Jury in Alexander City. The date listed on the indictment is Aug. 12. The formal charges include three counts of first-degree sexual assault, one count of third-degree domestic assault and one count of domestic violence by strangulation. Wooten, who was originally arrested on Feb. 24 after an investigation by the Alexander City Police Department, remains free on $100,000 bond following the indictment.

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Officers with the Alexander City Police Department question a driver in the parking lot of Walmart after a call of a driver in a creepy clown costume driving a red truck was called into 911. No arrest was made.

CLOWN CAPER Clown sighting at Walmart proves unfounded

By MITCH SNEED Editor

While there have been no Internet threats to local schools or facilities from “creepy clowns,” the clown phenomenon that has led to at least five arrests across Alabama does have Alexander City residents on the lookout. Wednesday afternoon a customer at Walmart on Highway 280 called police to alert them to a person dressed as a clown in the parking lot. The caller told dispatchers that she saw a male, dressed in a clown costume in an older

Lake Levels ‘Experts’ to provide information on obesity, arthritis 487.15 Lake Martin

Together, arthritis and obesity affect millions of Americans and one can affect another. Since so many are affected, More than 50 million Americans suffer Russell Medical Center will sponfrom arthritis. It is the number one cause sor an informational session by Drs. of disability in the country, affecting one Paul Goldhagen and John Adams on Thursday at noon in the Russell Medical in every five adults, 300,000 children Community Room of the Professional and countless families, according to the Building to discuss the two conditions. Arthritis Foundation. Goldhagen is an orthopedic surgeon More than one-third of U.S. adults with special interest in knee and hip have obesity. Many of those have replacement and sports-related injuries. obesity-related conditions that include Adams is a primary care physician. heart disease, stroke, type 2 diabetes “We’ll be talking about how arthritis and certain types of cancer –some of the and obesity are related, the newest, latleading causes of preventable death. The est and greatest treatments for both and estimated annual medical cost of obesity some common myths, particularly about in the U.S. was $147 billion in 2008; the obesity,” said Goldhagen of the “Ask medical costs for people who are obese the Experts” session. “For example, one were $1,429 higher than those of normal weight, according to the Centers for myth about obesity is that eating less and exercising more is an effective way Disease Control. By DAVID GRANGER Staff Writer

of weight loss. That’s not true.” The two will also discuss how certain factors contribute to an increased risk of osteoarthritis. Goldhagen said the informational session would also include infor- Adams mation on ambulatory knee and hip replacements, anterior total hip replacement and the ketogenic diet, a diet that is very low in carbohydrates and high in fat. The doctors’ presentations will be followed by a question-and-answer session. A healthy lunch Goldhagen will be provided.

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DEAR ABBY: I have been happily married for 20 years to an amazing man, “Boyd.” Eight months ago, he left his administrative job to pursue his lifelong dream of becoming an actor. He is working hard on auditions and shoots, and I am very proud of him. However, when he left his job, it felt to me like a pronouncement rather than the result of our usual mutual decisions. Unfortunately, I communicated my frustration to family members at the time, and they have completely written Boyd off. They don’t want to talk to him or hear news about him, and he is not welcome in their homes. Boyd didn’t take this well. He has, in return, written THEM off. It has reached the point that I can’t share news about them with him. I have had to take down family photos -- which was my choice -- but it felt necessary. The irony is my family felt he had created undue stress for

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me, but the breach in family harmony has been far more stressful than my husband’s career change. Any thoughts on how to bring detente to this situation? It’s keeping me up at night. -ACTOR’S WIFE IN ATLANTA DEAR WIFE: Have you told your family that by shunning your husband they have caused you more stress than his decision -- however one-sided it may have been -- to become an actor? If you haven’t you should, because it is causing discord in your marriage. Your relatives do not have the right to punish your husband for his career choice, and you should not have encouraged or allowed them to alienate him.

Obituaries Mr. William Dale Conner Mr. William Dale Conner, 64, of Wiggins died Sunday, September 18, 2016 in Wiggins. He was preceded in death by his wife, Emma Conner; father, William H. Conner and sister, Diann Scruggs. He is survived by his three sons, Christopher Dale Conner and his wife, Kristi of Ocean Springs, MS, Brandon

You may want to remind them that you and Boyd are a unit, and if they care about more contact with you, they will bury the hatchet. Or perhaps you could convince everyone to agree to family counseling. The ball is now in your court because you are the person who started it rolling. DEAR ABBY: My husband and I have been married for a very long time and have a good marriage. However, he has one annoying habit that drives me crazy. We live in a small house, and he has stacks and piles of things lying around collecting dust and creating clutter. When I ask him to put them away, he says just to leave them where they are so he will remember to look at them “someday.” Abby, these are videos, magazines, books or paperwork. It could be anything, really, like some gadget he wants to check out. A neat and tidy house is

important to me. This is nothing new; it has been going on during our entire marriage. What can I say to him to get him to change his ways? -- ANTICLUTTER IN IOWA DEAR ANTI-CLUTTER: Probably not much at this point. But I can offer this insight. The tendency to do what your husband is doing is a sign of OCD, an anxiety disorder. For your husband, letting go of things he “may” want to look at “sometime” can be emotionally upsetting. A doctor might be able to help your husband, but that would necessitate your husband admitting that what he has been doing is causing a problem. Dear Abby is written by Abigail Van Buren, also known as Jeanne Phillips, and was founded by her mother, Pauline Phillips. Contact Dear Abby at www.DearAbby.com or P.O. Box 69440, Los Angeles, CA 90069.

brothers, Michael Conner of Live Oak, FL and Keith Holley of Summerville, SC; six grandchildren, Cody Conner, Cameron Conner, Brooke Ezell, Coulten Conner, Emily Conner and Cooper Conner and one great-grandson, Dawson Conner. A service will be held at a later date.

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The council hopes to make the $3,100 a month payment plus another $1,000 a month to help take care of the past due balance. The $18,600 past due to Tank Pro was not the only new revelation Monday night as council members learned the town owes Consolidated Pipe almost $5,000 and the company has not received any payment since May while they were going through bills to see what could be paid. “What is this from Consolidated Pipe?” Council member Ezell Smith asked. “There are no purchase orders.” The explanation came from Robert Shelley of the town’s utility department. “That is for fixing the broken water pipes,” Shelly said. The bill states the account was past due and on hold until payment. Council members were reluctant to approve paying the bill without some more documentation which Shelley said could be provided. Shelley asked the council if they could pay part of the bill so that he could still get parts, but the council took no action. With town finances tight, the council tabled a motion to send newly elected officials to orientation until all could be contacted and notified that the only option the

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man wasn’t even wearing size 24 red shoes. After questioning the man for a few minutes, police left and the man went on his way, and was seen dialing a cellphone to tell someone what had just happened. While this turned out to be nothing, Alexander City Police issued an alert via social media on the subject. “We have received social media messages in reference to clowns posting threats on social media pages” a post attributed to Deputy Chief Jay Turner reads. “The threats have not been credible and as written in the article it takes a considerable amount of time to investigate

the alleged threat. “The easiest solution is to change your social media security settings and only allow those you know to post on your social media page; this will eliminate receiving posts from these fake profiles being used in this current fad of clown hysteria.” Elsewhere, police are locking people up when they track them down. After threats were made to schools in Baldwin, Bibb, Calhoun, Escambia, Etowah, Geneva, Jefferson, Mobile and Montgomery counties, there have been several arrests. A 16-year-old from Pleasant Valley, an 18-year-old in West

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that they won’t have to wait until the beginning of the month to start putting money into that account. “I have gone through and checked December and January,” Machen said. “Those have been corrected and I and checking other months as well.” At Howard’s request, Machen said she would work on having an income statement as well as a deposit list for the council to inspect at its Oct. 3 meeting. Questions about golf course funds were touched off by several separate irregularities involving golf course funds. Last year it was learned that checks written to LakeWinds were never deposited and later that cash also appeared to be missing from what the golf course brought to city hall for deposit. On March 22, Fifth Judicial Circuit District Attorney E. Paul Jones said he believed that there was criminal activity involved in the missing funds and said that a forensic audit was needed to determine if criminal

five schools in the system (Alexander City Middle School being the lone exception) need major upgrades as well. “The middle school has the most up-to-date lighting, but, even there, we will need some upgrades,” Cooper said. The board also heard the first readings of three revisions to board policy, necessary to comply with Act. No. 2016-297 of the Alabama Legislature, passed last spring. One revision amends the ages of children who may attend first grade through 12th grade to 6-17 from 7-17 and another changes the date at which a child must celebrate his or her fifth birthday before being eligible for kindergarten from Sept. 1 to Sept. 2. The third revision – and the most significant, Cooper said – changes the date by which a child must turn six years old to be eligible for first grade from Sept. 2 to Dec. 31. The board also approved a number of personnel moves, including: • The transfer of a special education paraprofessional from Stephens Elementary School to Jim Pearson Elementary School; • Twenty-four contracts, including six annu-

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Blocton, 22-year-old Makayla Smith and two juveniles from Flomaton and four Geneva juveniles, three students at Geneva Middle School and one Geneva High School student, have all been arrested and face charges. Several are charged with making terrorist threats. In addition, 27-year-old Rebecca Moody of Valley was arrested and charged with making fake 911 calls about creepy clowns. There was even a “Creepy Clown threat” investigated by the Lee County Sheriff’s Office on Wednesday involving Beauregard High School.

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al renewals for the HIPPY program, six for homebound teachers, four therapists for special education students (behavioral, occupational and physical therapists and an assistant physical therapist), a translator, a football ticket worker, a teacher providing second-grade gifted services, two long-term substitutes for teachers on leave, two retired teachers to provide instructional enrichment and one After the Bell teacher; • Eighteen contracts for high school and college students to work with the different robotics teams throughout the system; and • Forty-two various supplements, including to a lead nurse, a Child Nutrition Program director, a job coach, five After the Bell workers, three after-school detention workers, a worker for Saturday school and approximately 15 supplements related to academic-related teams and sponsors. “A lot of the contracts are as needed and pay an hourly wage,” Cooper said. The next meeting of the Alexander City Board of Education is set for Oct. 25 at the board’s Lee Street office.

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At the time of his arrest, Wooten was listed as the pastor at Church of God Prophecy in Alexander City. He no longer serves in that position. Wooten is represented by attorney Thomas Radney of Alexander City who said Wednesday that his client is ready to defend himself when it is time for trial. “Mr. Wooten is innocent of these charges and we are eager to prove that with our defense of this case,” Radney said. According to court documents, the indictment alleges that Wooten “did subject (a minor female) to sexual contact by forcible compulsion, in violation of Section 13A-6-66 of the Code of Alabama.” That language is included in each count of first-degree sexual assault. The domestic violence assault indictment alleges that Wooten committed the offense by “hitting, striking (the minor female) about her head, face and body with his hands and/or fist.” The domestic violence by strangulation charge alleges that Wooten “choked (the minor female victim) with his hands with intent to cause physical harm.” Radney said no additional court dates have been set at this time, but said whenever the state sets the case, he will be ready to present ”the true facts of the case.” Police officials declined to offer additional details due to the nature of the charges, citing an ongoing legal process.

wrongdoing occurred. On April 18, Jones reported to Alexander City Mayor Charles Shaw that he had requested assistance from the Attorney General’s office. Mike Lewis, the communications director for the Attorney General’s office, confirmed in June that an investigator from the AG’s office had been assigned to look into the golf course fund issue. Lewis again on Tuesday said he could provide no information on the probe. “The AG’s Office still has no further comment regarding the Lake Winds Golf Course matter,” Lewis said in an email when asked about the investigation.

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ave you ever heard of coulrophobia? It is the scientific name for the fear of clowns. But recently throughout the South, the reason that some are fearing clowns – creepy clowns, they’ve been called – is no laughing matter. The creepy clowns are largely an internet phenomenon. Threats to several Alabama schools have been posted to social media sites under names that include the word “clown” or “klown.” The threats usually indicate that the poster intends to “shoot up” a school. Any such threat is decidedly unfunny and has to be taken seriously by law enforcement authorities. And law enforcement is reacting. After threats were made to schools in Baldwin, Bibb, Calhoun, Escambia, Etowah, Geneva, Jefferson, Mobile and Montgomery counties, there have been several arrests. A 16-year-old from Pleasant Valley, an 18-year-old in West Blocton, 22-year-old Makayla Smith and two juveniles from Flomaton and four Geneva juveniles, three students at Geneva Middle School and one Geneva High School student, have all been arrested and face charges. Several are charged with making terrorist threats. In addition, 27-year-old Rebecca Moody of Valley was arrested and charged with making fake 911 calls about creepy clowns. In two incidents, suspects actually appeared in clown masks, jumping in front of a car in West Blocton and chasing teenagers down a street in Brighton. Police are pursuing cases in these and other jurisdictions. This is not innocent fun. This is scary. Already, Alexander City schools have seen one threat – obviously intended as a joke – this young school year. Should the clowns decide to make more of their stupid idle threats to local schools, we would expect law enforcement to prosecute those responsible to the maximum extent of the law. And they should. Anyone involved in this dangerous, idiotic internet “trend” should step away from their keyboards and stop it. Now. Before someone gets hurt. Because what is becoming a statewide epidemic of coulrophobia isn’t even the slightest bit comical.

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Charles Shaw

Bobby Tapley represents District 1. His phone number is 256329-9671. His address is 1821 LaVista Road, Alexander City, AL 35010. Chairman of the Public Safety committee.

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Sherry Ellison-Simpson represents District 2. Her phone number is 256329-0516. Her address is 2879 Old Dark Road, Alexander City, AL 35010. Chairman of the Parks and Recreation committee.

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Bob Howard represents District 3. His phone number is 256-2342225. His address is 241 8th Street West, Alexander City, AL 35010. Chairman of the Buildings and Property committee.

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Billy Ray Wall represents District 4. His phone number is 256329-8060. His address is 101 Scott Road, Alexander City, AL 35010. Chairman of the Public Works committee.

Tony Goss represents District 6. His phone number is 256-7493355. His address is 647 Shady Point, Alexander City, AL 35010. Chairman of Utilities committee.

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had a fun gig last week at church in Tennessee. I brought the funny. They brought the food. The fellowship was a mutual thing. Everyone seemed to enjoy the evening as evident by the following review: Jody was absolutely wonderful. We had around 70 people, and he did an outstanding job of entertaining us. He was hilariously funny, on time, dressed impeccably, and talked to everyone like we had all been friends forever. Such a nice man. Everyone had a good time and some really good laughs, which we all needed. I particularly like the part about being dressed impeccably. Styling and profiling is one of my favorite pastimes. Did I mention this was a group of prime-timers? They were old. I knew I was at the right place when I pulled into the parking lot and the only place to park was between two Buicks. When I asked veterans to stand and be recognized, there was one gentleman who fought for the North during the Civil War. The ultimate indication of their age was clear when they didn’t laugh at my Cool Whip bowl references. To them, there’s nothing funny about Cool Whip bowls. Cool Whip bowls are simply a way of life. When I walked in, the smell of salve almost

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knocked me on my fanny. One of the Golden Girls asked if I was the comedian. The salve was strong with this one. When I answered affirmatively, she said, “Well, I’ve never heard of you.” Well, outside of my family, friends, and Facebook, nobody has, and that’s ok. To her credit, she wasn’t being disrespectful. Like a kid, she was just being honest. Besides the unabashed truth telling, children and the elderly have a lot in common. I see it often when I’m speaking or performing comedy. I learned long ago that the young and old alike don’t always get some of my jokes because of the age disparity, which is just fine with me. I wouldn’t get any Harry Potter jokes, so I’ve learned to tailor my set to the age of those in attendance. They also parallel each other with their restlessness. If you can get a kid to sit still for more than 90 seconds, you have achieved quite an accomplishment. Old people, on the other hand, have to get up and move around just for the sake of getting up to move

around. Perhaps they’re looking for Circus Peanuts. Who knows? Loudness is their biggest similarity. Kids are kids, so they are going to be loud, which is why it’s never a good idea to bring a kid to an event where someone is speaking. Old people are going to be loud primarily because they can’t hear. Oftentimes, their significant other has to repeat what I said directly into their ear, loudly at that. They also carry on conversations, loudly at that. Sometimes, they even answer their cell phones, loudly at that. The good news about this latest gig is that I didn’t have to deal with very much of this at all. They were one of the kindest, sweetest crowds I’ve ever had. They were like family. I believe there were more people, per capita, lined up after the show to see me and to shake my hand or hug my neck than I’d ever had before, and that’s saying something. I’m from East Alabama, so my neck gets hugged a lot. We’re some huggers around here in case you didn’t know. Jody Fuller is a comic, speaker, writer and soldier with three tours of duty in Iraq. He is also a lifetime stutterer. He can be reached at jody@jodyfuller.com. For more information, please visit www.jodyfuller.com.

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ack in 2012 state representative Terri Collins of Decatur got legislation passed that requires all schools in the state to receive a letter grade of A through F and after spending thousands of hours and thousands of dollars trying to come up with some decent way to measure all the complexities that make a school a school, this is supposed to get cranked off later this year. But apparently no one ever pointed out to Ms. Collins Section 16-3-14 of the Alabama code. So here it is: Section 16-3-14 Grading and standardizing schools. The State Board of Education shall prescribe rules and regulations for the grading and standardizing of public schools. (School Code 1927, §37; Code 1940, T. 52, §16.) Where does this say it is the responsibility of the legislature to grade schools as the A-F bill plans to do? And why hasn’t anyone on the state school board mentioned this code section and politely sent a message to Ms. Collins that she does not have the authority to do what she is doing? No, rather than follow the law, we just blissfully prepare to implement a system that other states

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have tried and come to find out it is terribly flawed. A blue ribbon committee of primarily educators was convened a few years ago to come up with a grading formula. They worked for two years and never were able to please Ms. Collins. At the end of the day, they just threw up their hands. Now a totally new formula is in place and one member of the original committee told me it ignores most of the committee’s work. And A-F gets all tangled up with the infamous Alabama Accountability Act. This act arbitrarily says that six percent of all public schools are failing. So now the A-F gurus say we will use the F schools identified by A-F and say they will be the failing schools for the accountability act designation. They also say that if six percent are F, then only six percent can be A. So we then split B, C and D into equal segments of 29.33 percent. As one superintendent said to me, “Can you

imagine if all school systems in the state used the same formula to give grades to students?” All Hell would break loose. As many other states have learned, A-F school grades serve no useful function. They are only used to make public schools look bad. Need proof? Ms. Collins bill does not say that we will lift a finger to help those schools labeled as an F. Which is the same thing the accountability act does. Ignore those who need help the most. So we have a law that is illegal, that serves no good purpose, that ignores input from our best education minds and that just pats kids in struggling schools on the head and wishes them well. For a people who so openly tout their virtue, it’s amazing how often we ignore Matthew 25:40: “And the King shall answer and say unto them, Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye have done it unto one of the least of these my brethren, ye have done it unto me.” Larry Lee led the study Lessons Learned from Rural Schools and is a longtime advocate for public education. larrylee133@gmail. com. Read his blog: larryeducation.com

We should pray ceaselessly in these times

Dear Editor, I’m just one person. So true, but, how many are there out there that are just one person? A trillion, I would think. So if all those saying, “I’m just one person,” would stop and take a look around at what is happening in our world, how close are we to the Lord coming (my opinion) after His own? No one wants to be a pessimist. No, not really. Yet, when we see all the negative things in our country, it makes one sad. God created

a beautiful universe and we have so much but we are daily destroying it. Not only it, but people, animals, just everything. It is so sad. Do we not think that God sees and He really gets mad? If you don’t think He does, then look and think about all the earthquakes we are having here and there. My goodness the wildfires destroying lives, homes, animals, etc., the floods, tornadoes, the hurricanes, ever so many natural disasters, yet, (my opinion)

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they are a part of the Bible fulfilling itself. Find a lot in Matthew Ch. 24 and Luke Ch. 21. Feel we, as a nation under God, need to take heed, read our Bible and pray continuously for our nation, our family, our churches, our leaders, military. However, all the prayers will not help if people don’t want the help. Sure pray they will. God bless all. Margaret Aldridge Dadeville

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this fun presentation by Delores, and she will tell us that it was bigger than Bob Hope! From Utah to the Philippines, from wrestlers and tap dancers to the biggest names in show business, from 16,000 servicemen in a southern France amphitheater to 20 GI’s in jeeps, USO camps were part of an inspiring story of volunteerism, patriotism and service. She shares with us her stories, pictures and video excerpts of some of the 7000 camp performers who brought music and laughs to US servicemen far from home during

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September 23

SPAGHETTI DINNER: The Bibb Graves Alumni and Friends is hosting a spaghetti dinner Sept. 23 from 4 p.m. to 8 p.m. with the Billy Morgan Band. All proceeds go to the restoration of the school.

September 24

WATERCOLOR WORKSHOP: The Artist Association of Central Alabama is hosting a watercolor workshop Sept. 24 from 9:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. at Wine Emporium. The cost is $40 for members and $50 for non-members. The class is limited to 12 prepaid students. The workshop will cover birch trees in a snow scene. You can register at Wine Emporium or by calling Dottie Holdren at 256-377-4918. WOMEN AND MEN CONFERENCE: Peace and Goodwill Missionary Baptist Church is hosting a Women and Men Conference Sept. 24 Registration is $5 and starts at 9 a.m. with the conference starting at 9:30 a.m. Guest speakers are Rev. Anthony Clark and Sister Shahita Todd.

September 25

SINGING AND PREACHING: Kendrick Baptist Church is hosting a singing and preaching with The Dyes at Sept. 25 at 10:30 a.m. There will be a covered dish luncheon to follow. MEN AND WOMEN DAY: Centerview Baptist Church in Camp Hill will celebrate Men and Women Day Sunday, Sept. 25 at 2 p.m. Rev. David Core and Community Baptist Church will be the guest. CHURCH HOMECOMING: Socapatoy Church will host homecoming Sunday, Sept. 25 at 11 a.m. The speaker will be REv. Clyde Coker. A business meeting will follow with dinner on the grounds at noon.

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HORIZONS UNLIMITED: Mollie Smith Waters will present “Disobedient Women Angelina Grimke, Virginia Foster Durr and the Pursuit of Equality,” Horizons Unlimited Sept. 26 from 1:30 p.m. to 3 p.m. at the Alexander City Board of Education Office. MINISTERIAL ASSOCIATION: The Alexander City Area Ministerial Association will meet Monday, Sept. 26 at 6:30 p.m. at the Marshall Street Church of God. The guest speaker will be Sharon Moore, director of Sav-ALife. There will be time for planning, information, mutual support, sharing, encouragement, challenge and intercessory prayer. All Christian ministers are invited. For information contact Bill Middlebrooks,secretary at 256-2343371.

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WETUMPKA DEPOT PLAYERS: Young Frankenstein will be presented by the Wetumpka Depot Players Sept. 29 - Oct. 15. For ticket information call 334-868-1140 or go to wetumpkadepot.com. Call 256-234-4281 or stop by our ofÚce at 548 Cherokee Road, Alexander City, AL

October 1

ANNUAL FISH FRY: The New Site Volunteer Fire Department is hosting if annual fish fry fundraiser at the fire

CHURCH HOMECOMING: Comer United Methodist Church will host a homecoming celebration Oct. 2 at 10 a.m. Spoken for Trio will be providing the special music and Rev. Steve Dunton will preach. A covered dish lunch will be served after the service. All visitors and former members are welcome. CHOIR DAY: Mt. Lovely Baptist Church in Camp Hill is celebrating their annual Choir Day Sunday, Oct. 2 at 2:30 p.m. Rev. Nelson Fears and the Pleasantview Missionary Baptist Church of Salem will be the guests. CHURCH HOMECOMING: New Elkahatchee Baptist Church on Elkahatchee Road is hosting homecoming Oct. 2 Singing will begin at 10 a.m. Special music will be The Hoogles with the Hoggle Family and Ronnie Betts. A covered dish lunch will be served after the singing at noon. Rev. Ken Griffith is the pastor. All visitors and former member are invited.

October 3

HORIZONS UNLIMITED: Dr. I. William Ferniany will present “History of the University of Alabama Birmingham Health System and It’s Future,” to Horizons Unlimited Oct. 3 from 1:30 p.m. to 3 p.m. at the Alexander City Board of Education Office.

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.

October 10

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.

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HISTORICAL SOCIETY: The Tallapoosee Historical Society will hold its quarterly meeting on Oct. 16 at 2 p.m. at the Chapel of the First Baptist Church in Alexander City. The speaker will be Peggy Jackson Walls with a review of her new book “Alabama Gold” A history of the South’s Last Mother Lode.”

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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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October 18

MEETING: The Artist Association of Central Alabama will meet Oct. 18 from 9:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. at the First Baptist Church.

October 19

911 BOARD: The Tallapoosa County 911 Board will meet Oct.19 instead of the normal second Wednesday at 5:30 p.m. in the 911 Administrative office at 240 West Columbus Street, Dadeville. Call 825-8490 for more information.

October 22

CHRISTMAS CARD WORKSHOP: The Artist Association of Central October 8 Alabama is hosting a Christmas Card OKTOBERFEST: The Alexander Workshop October 22 from 9:30 a.m. City Parks and Recreation to 4 p.m. at Wine Emporium. The cost Department’s 36th Annual Oktoberfest is $40 for members and $50 for nonis Oct. 8 There will be entertainment, members. The class is limited to 12 food, Kidfest, vendors, custom car and prepaid students. The workshop will truck show and a run/walk. cover dogwoods, pink and white.

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DOWNTOWN SHOWDOWN: Lake Martin Area United WAY is hosting its Downtown Showdown Fashion Show Oct. 28 from 6 to 9 p.m. The fashion show featuring local designers will start at 7 p.m.

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LAKE MARTIN COMMUNITY CLEANUP: The annual LMRA Renew our Rivers Clean Lake Martin Community cleanup is scheduled for Friday and Saturday, November 4th and 5th. As in the past large dumpsters will be placed in convenient locations around the lake for volunteers to use for disposal of trash removed from the shoreline or roadsides surrounding the lake. The dumpster locations and more detailed information will be published in Lake Magazine, Lake Martin Living, Alexander City Outlook, and LMRA FaceBook page. For more information you can contact John Thompson at jthompson@lmra. info.

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Public Meetings 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.

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 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 Daviston City Council meets the third Monday of every month at 6:30 p.m. at the Daviston Fire Department.

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 Goldville Town Council meets the second Monday of each month at 5:30 p.m. at the town hall.

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 Goodwater City Council meets on the second Tuesday of each month. Meetings are held upstairs in the courthouse at 6:30 p.m.

n Coosa County Board of Education holds called meetings at least once a month.

n Jackson’s Gap Town Council meets the second Tuesday of each month. Meetings are held in town hall at 6:30 p.m., all Jackson’s Gap citizens are encouraged to attend.

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 Kellyton Town Council meets on the first Tuesday of the month at 6:30 p.m. at the community center in Kellyton.

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

n New Site City Council meets the second and fourth Monday of the month at 5 p.m. in the Conference Room in the Town Hall.

n Ray Water Authority meets on the second Tuesday of every month at 6 p.m. at the Ray Water Authority Office. All customers are invited to attend. n Rockford Town Council meets the second Tuesday of each month. Meetings are held in town hall at 7 p.m. n Tallapoosa County Board of Education meets on the second Monday of each month. Meetings are held in the new central office at 679 East Columbus Street, Dadeville, AL 36853. n Tallapoosa County Commission meets the second Monday of the month at 9 a.m. in the courthouse in Dadeville, with a pre-meeting also open to the public 30 minutes before each regular session. n Tallapoosa County 911 Board will meet on the second Wednesday of each month at 5:30 p.m. in the 911 Administrative office at 240 West Columbus Street, Dadeville. Call 825-8490 for more information. n Walnut Hill Water Authority meets the third Monday of each month at 6:30 p.m. The public is invited. Call 825-9841 to inquire about the agenda.

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Benjamin Russell High freshman Desmond Bishop (4) is part of the Birmingham Blue Devils, which won the Labor Day Hoopfest championship in Douglasville, Georgia.

Bishop helps Blue Devils top basketball tourney By CATHY HIGGINS Sports Editor

Benjamin Russell High School freshman Desmond Bishop has been playing basketball since he was about 6 years old. With such experience, it’s no wonder he wrapped up the summer travel basketball season helping the Birmingham Blue Devils win two tournaments in the Atlanta area. At the end of August the team, which is part of the Amateur Athletic Union Boys Basketball League, went 4-0 at the Georgia Back to School Tournament, winning the championship. On Labor Day weekend the Blue Devils repeated that performance, going 2-0 in both pool-play and bracket-play, earning the team the championship. Bishop, a shooting guard, is joined by team members from Birmingham and surrounding areas, including Anniston and Evergreen. Coach Derrick Lassitter says the BRHS ninth grader brings both skill and maturity to the team. “He has a great attitude and is a great leader on the floor,” Lassitter said. “He leads by example. “He’s been nothing but respectable and coachable,” the coach added. “Whenever we tell him to do something, he does it to the best of his ability.” That leadership helped the Blue Devils accomplish quite a bit this season, including placing second in both the Warriors Classic in Huntsville and the Spring Break Slam Shoot-Out

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Now that travel ball season is over, BRHS freshman Desmond Bishop has turned his attention to playing his first year of baskeball with the Wildcats, starting on the ninth grade team.

in Birmingham, going 5-1 in the National Tournament in Myrtle Beach and going 3-2 in the LeBron James Tournament in Nashville, Tennessee. Bishop learned a lot in his first year with the Blue Devils and plans to return next year. In the meantime, he looks to utilize what he learned from the travel team when he starts with the Wildcats this fall. “We have done some drills that helped me,” Bishop said.

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Horseshoe Bend @ Holtville

It will also help that Bishop is quite comfortable with his teammates. “I was on the (Alexander City) Middle School team last year,” he said, explaining that the entire team has moved up to BRHS and is joined by two new members. So although Bishop’s first season with the Blue Devils is over, he’s already started practicing with the Wildcats, which begins their season in November.

lames soared above and behind the east upper deck at Jordan-Hare Stadium, leaving many of us in the press box to wonder how thousands of crammed fans on the east side at this sellout game could possibly be evacuated safely. Was a suite on fire? Did someone overcook the nachos at a concession stand? What in the world could possibly cause such a ginormous blaze inside this massive concrete structure? If you’ve followed Auburn-LSU football history, then you know where I’m going with this. The Night the Barn Burned, which otherwise seems like a cool title to a Harper Lee novel, happened the night LSU visited 20 years ago. The date, to be exact, JOE was Sept. 21, 1996. Terry MCADORY Bowden was Auburn’s Sports Columnist head coach, Jimbo Fisher was the quarterback’s coach, and Dameyune Craig was his starter. Gus Malzahn was in his first season as head coach at Shiloh Christian High School in Springdale, Arkansas. Meanwhile, Will Muschamp was in his second season as a graduate assistant at Auburn. Lastly, quarterback John Franklin III turned 2 years old that day and was arguably the quickest toddler at his birthday party. Where did you watch the flames tower above the ramp that led to the upper deck? Television? Inside Jordan-Hare? Tailgating? (Be careful with those grills!) Me, I was seated beside a quickthinking sports writer who quipped, “Dang! We’re missing a great fire because of this stupid football game!” Carl Stephens, the late public address announcer at Auburn reported, “Tonight’s attendance at Jordan-Hare Stadium: 85,214.” The funny scribe added, “That’s the most people to watch a fire in Alabama history.” The sellout crowd was fortunate. Had the autumn wind blown in another direction, thousands would have been pummeled by the thick smoke, causing all sorts of potential hazards. Apparently, every fire squad in east Alabama was on the scene behind the stadium – working feverishly to extinguish the blaze that began shortly after or before kickoff (like I said, be careful with those grills!) at the structure previously known as “The Barn.” The Auburn Sports Arena was an old, wooden building that served for years as a venue for student activities and even housed the men’s basketball team before Beard-Eaves was constructed in 1969. Today, it’s a parking deck. Few events overshadow what happens on the playing fields, particularly in SEC contests between ranked teams. On this night, LSU edged Auburn, 19-15. Weird game. Weird score. Weird night all around. Quick kicks: Double trouble? After a long search, I discovered that only one pair of Auburn running backs ever rushed for more than 1,000 yards in a single season (it’s rare for anyone). Those were Joe Cribbs and James Brooks in 1979. Granted, Cam Newton and Michael Dyer rushed for more than 1,000 yards in 2010, while Nick Marshall and Tre Mason did it in 2013. But Newton and Marshall were quarterbacks. Through three games, running backs Kerryon Johnson (278 yards) and Kamryn Pettway (275 yards) are on pace to eclipse 1,000. Barely. Going forward, I like Pettway’s chances. Games on the horizon: I enjoy looking ahead to potential big games in the future. I am also surprised that I’m going to talk about the ACC here. But following Louisville’s demolition of Florida State on Saturday, I wondered who lies ahead for Bobby Petrino’s Cardinals. Call ESPN’s Game Day crew. Louisville plays at Clemson a week from Saturday. Looks like can’t miss TV to me. The Cards also play at red-hot Houston on Nov. 17. Another intriguing matchup comes Oct. 29 when Clemson visits Florida State. Playoff Projection (subject to change): 1. Alabama; 2. Ohio State; 3. Houston; 4. Clemson.

Last Week: Last Week: 6-4 6-4 Overall: 20-11 Overall: 19-12

Brett Pritchard Last Week: 5-5 Overall: 18-13

Central Coosa

Central

Central Coosa

Central

Central-Coosa

Central

Georgia @ Ole Miss

Dadeville

Valley

Dadeville

Valley

Dadeville

LSU @ Auburn

H. Bend

Holtville

H. Bend

Kent. St. @ Alabama

Georgia

Ole Miss

Mississippi

Ole Miss

LSU

Auburn

LSU

Alabama

Kent. St.

Alabama

Texas A&M

Arkansas

Texas A&M

Tennessee

Florida

Tennessee

Michigan St.

Wisconsin

Michigan St.

Michigan State

Michigan St.

Arkansas @ Texas A&M Florida @ Tennessee Wisconsin @ Michigan St.

Editor’s note: The gold crown indicates those with the best record so far in the season.