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No injuries in Reeltown fire By CLIFF WILLIAMS News Editor Help came from all directions when a residential fire was reported on Churchill Road north of Reeltown last Wednesday morning. Firefighters from Reeltown, Union and Stillwaters

volunteer fire departments responded. They were later aided with manpower from the Tallassee Fire Department. When firefighters arrived they found smoke coming from the home and trucks from Reeltown and Union stretched their hoses to bat-

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Firefighters from several departments responded to a residential fire on Churchill Road north of Reeltown Wednesday morning. There were no injuries reported.

tle the blaze. Tankers soon pumped water to the trucks to aid in fighting the blaze. No one was reported injured in the fire. The cause is under investigation. Tallapoosa EMS and the Tallapoosa County Sheriff’s Department also responded to the call.

Historical society to hold storytelling festival Each storyteller comes from a different walk of life, and they are ready Get ready for an eveto bring their stories to ning full of stories. Elmore County. Hydock, The Tallassee Hisfor example, is originaltorical Society along ly from Pennsylvania, with the Friends of but currently resides in Tuckabatchee and Talisi Alabama. In her stories, Historical Preservation she discusses the cultural Society will host their changes she underwent first Storytelling Festival after moving, including this weekend. The event her experience learning is partially funded by a to make cornbread. The grant from the Alabama other storytellers hail State Council on the from Georgia and variArts. ous parts of Alabama. From 2:30 to 8:30 As storytelling festip.m. Saturday, guests vals have grown to popwill enjoy a series of sto- ularity around the southries by four storytellers. ern region, president of From humorous stories, the Tallassee Historical to historical accounts Society Bob Taunton about southern living, wanted to bring a stothe event will have a rytelling event to town. story for everyone to Britt said he and his enjoy. wife attend storytelling The event will kick festivals throughout the off at the Patterson Log state, and they wanted Cabin with music from to bring such an event to Highway 280 Bluegrass. Tallassee. Following the band, four “Storytelling is a storytellers will present very comfortable and their account: Bill King, long-standing tradition,” Randy Nix, Carol Cain Taunton said. “For hunand Dolores Hydock. dreds, even thousands Tallassee Historical of years, folks would sit Society member Liz Britt around and talk about said each storyteller will their history, times past bring a different narraand interesting stories.” tive to the event. Dinner Because Tallassee has will be provided, and the deep historical roots, event will conclude with Taunton wanted to bring another performance a traditional event to the from the band and differ- city. ent stories from the four See FESTIVAL, Page A5 storytellers. By MELODY RATHEL Multimedia Reporter

REELTOWN REBELS HAVE

NEW GYM By ABIGAIL MURPHY Multimedia Reporter

eeltown High School has quite a bit to be excited about as its new gym officially opens. Replacing the mid-1950s model gym that was originally on the Reeltown campus, the Rebels now have a brand-new gym to practice and play in. The gym is equipped to host basketball games and volleyball games with areas for ref-

erees, coaches, boy’s and girl’s locker rooms. There also are rooms dedicated to cheerleading practice, the band and a

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weightlifting facility. It has taken roughly three and a half years to complete and superintendent Ray Porter said he was excited to get to cut the ribbon on this much needed facility. “The thing that doesn’t go unnoticed with this new facility is we now don’t cross a state highway multiple times a day,” Porter said. “For safety, that is a huge improvement. Also it allows us to be

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The new Reeltown High School gym has space for basketball games, volleyball games, a cheerleading practice room and a new band room.

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