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Above, United Way Director Sharon Fuller announces as door prizes from pace-setter Russell Brands are given to children in attendance. Below, Sandra Fuller marks the efforts so far in this year’s campaign for the United Way.

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Team United campaign kicks off with a lofty goal

By DONALD CAMPBELL Staff Writer

A capacity crowd gathered at the Betty Carol Graham Technology Center on the campus of Central Alabama Community College to help kick off the 2018 Lake Martin Area United Way campaign, “Team United.”

Guests chowed down on hot dogs and cupcakes

while listening to United Way Director Sharon Fuller give a presentation about how important the work United Way does is.

“I’m overwhelmed.

This is probably the biggest crowd we’ve ever had,” Fuller said, estimating around 250 people had filled the Graham Center’s auditorium.

The fundraiser thermometer was See CAMPAIGN • Page A6

About half of the 17 acres Alexander City has agreed to purchase on the former Russell Corp. campus is down to dirt.

Crews from Roy Granger’s Regeneration LLC have worked seven days a week for the last four weeks and almost all of the concrete and metal on the largest parcel which fronts Lee Street is either gone or broken up and ready to move.

Alexander City Mayor Jim Nabors said that is very encouraging. The contract the city has with Saucier requires the cleanup to be complete in 60 days. If that happens, the city will pay $360,000 for the property, which will be used for future economic development.

“It is very encouraging to see the progress they have made,” Nabors said. “They are so close to being done with the first section, that many of them have moved around the corner and started on the next parcel. It is very good to see that happening. I know it’s been a long See CLEANUP • Page A7

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An excavator moved concrete on property in the former Russell complex Monday afternoon.

40 YEARS AND COUNTING Dr. William Harrell says retirement is no where in sight

County schools push back first budget hearing

By CLIFF WILLIAMS Staff Writer

By DONALD CAMPBELL Staff Writer

Visits to Lake Martin as a teenager in the 1960s opened the eyes of Dr. William Harrell to the area.

“We got a Russell cabin back in the late ‘60s as Willow Point was being built,” Harrell said.

“That is what attracted my dad here. This is where I spent a lot of my summers.”

Harrell decided early in life he was going to be an orthodontist after getting braces himself.

“Really at 12 I knew what I wanted to do,” Harrell said. “Dr. Tom Horton was an orthodontist in Columbus, Georgia. He was the first orthodontist between Atlanta and Jacksonville, Florida. I was 12 years old and they Cliff Williams / The Outlook didn’t have all the fancy wires we have today. I had all these loopy doop things.”

Dr. William Harrell talks about dentistry and what made him chose that See MILESTONE • Page A7 career as his first patient Darrell Mobley looks on.

A special called meeting of the Tallapoosa County Board of Education Monday night lacked a majority of the members needed to hold the session.

A lack of quorum caused the board to reschedule their initial budget hearing for fiscal year 2018 and make it a part of See BUDGET • Page A7

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DEAR ABBY: I moved to the Philippines five years ago. While I was there I met “Emma.” After a few months, I realized I was in love with her, and last year we became engaged. I took her to meet my family. They loved her and supported our engagement.

I’m now living in the States and she’s still in the Philippines waiting for her visa. Emma is transgender and I don’t know how to tell my family. I love her and know I want to spend the rest of my life with her, but my dad is homophobic, and I know he won’t support my decision to marry a transgender woman.

My mother will also be disappointed because we won’t be able to have children together. I need your advice. What should I do? -- FORBIDDEN LOVE IN MINNESOTA DEAR FORBIDDEN LOVE: You say that when you introduced Emma to your family they liked and accepted her.

Because you did not tell them then that your fiancee was transgender, expect them to be surprised. That news will bring

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your father face to face with his homophobia. As to your mother, even if Emma were not transgender, there’s no guarantee that Emma would be able to bear children. In cases of infertility, couples sometimes decide to adopt or employ the help of a surrogate and an egg donor.

As a mature adult, the decision about whom you marry should be yours. Your parents’ disapproval should have nothing to do with it. If and when you do give them the news, be prepared for a negative reaction. However, I see no reason why you feel you must tell them since they didn’t question her gender before.

DEAR ABBY: A longtime friend of mine, “Mia,” married a little over a year ago and

immediately to his messages. If he asks you why, say you are busy. If you feel you must comment, keep it casual, remote and brief. And always ask him to relay regards to his wife.

It may remind him that he’s married.

DEAR ABBY: Under what circumstances do you ask your adult offspring (still living at home, working, doing their own laundry, somewhat feeding themselves) to contribute money toward household expenses?

-- JUST WONDERING IN PENNSYLVANIA DEAR JUST WONDERING: At what point? I recommend you do it tonight!

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State Troopers investigate an accident where a suspect ran from an attempted traffic stop only to crash into a power pole. Rodraqus Tyson was taken into custody without further incident.

CHASE ENDS IN CRASH Driver in custody after leading Trooper on chase

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Obituaries Billy J. Strickland 1938 - 2017 Graveside Service for Billy J. Strickland, 78, of Alexander City, will be Thursday, August 31, 2017 at 4:00 PM at the Hillview Memorial Park. Randy Anderson will officiate. The family will receive friends from 2:00 p.m. until 3:30 p.m. at Radney Funeral Home on Thursday, August 31, 2017.

Mr. Strickland passed away on Tuesday, August 29, 2017 at his residence.

He was born on September 23, 1938 in Clay County, Alabama to Hezekiah and Lois Headrick Strickland.

He was retired after 40 years from Russell Corporation, served 8

years in the Alabama National Guard, and was a charter member of the Tallapoosa County Rescue Squad. Mr. Strickland was known as “Big Daddy” to many people and known for his strong handshake.

He enjoyed fishing, reading, history, gardening, working on lawn mowers and visiting local nursing homes.

He is survived by his sons, Phillip Strickland(Angie) and David Strickland both of Alexander City; and John Strickland(Elizabeth) of Gadsden; brother, Lynwood Strickland(Barbara) of Toronto, Canada; 5 grandchildren and 2 great grandchildren.

He was preceded in death by his parents; wife, Lorene Ray Strickland; son, Ricky L. Strickland; brother, Elgan Strickland and his sister, Mary Sue Hughtson.

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moved a few hours away. They have been having trouble in their marriage, but have been trying hard to make it work. Mia is now pregnant, and her baby is due next month.

Over the past few months her husband has been messaging me on Facebook. He hasn’t said anything overtly sexual, but it is clearly flirtatious. I don’t know him well, so I either don’t respond or give one-word answers.

I feel what he’s doing is inappropriate, but I’m unsure how to proceed. He’s extremely sensitive and reactive to rejection. I’m afraid if I confront him, I will no longer be welcome in their home. I’m also worried that if I tell Mia, she’ll be devastated and our friendship will be ruined. Any advice would be appreciated. -- ANONYMOUS READER DEAR ANONYMOUS: If you deal with this directly, your friend’s husband will likely deny it and become defensive and punitive. Unless his flirtation becomes overtly sexual, continue to ignore it. Do not respond

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Rodraqus Tyson, 25, of Alexander City was taken into custody by ALEA State Troopers Tuesday afternoon following a brief chase and accident.

“The incident stemmed from Tyson failing to stop for State Troopers for a speeding violation,” ALEA State

Trooper Cpl. Jesse Thornton said. “He was taken into custody without incident.”

While running from the state trooper Tyson crashed into a power pole on Midway Estates Road after losing control of his automobile.

There were no injures.

Tyson was charged with attempting to elude, reckless driving, reckless endangerment and driving while revoked.

Police Reports Alexander City Police Department August 28

• Waymon Odell Corbin, 32, of Alexander City was arrested for bail jumping.

• Angela Faye Hawkins, 51, of Alexander City was arrested for burglary and public intoxication.

• Harassment was reported on Laurel Street.

• Menacing was reported on S Street.

• Criminal mischief was reported on Highway 280.

• Burglary was reported in the 1500 block of Mill Square.

• Harassing communications was reported on County Road.

• Domestic violence was reported on Washington Street.

• Theft was reported on Jefferson Street.

August 27

• Bianca Mi’ele Moon, 25, of Alexander City was arrested for two counts of failure to appear and firing a firearm into an unoccupied vehicle.

• Richard Anthony Williams, 52, of Alexander City was arrested for domestic violence.

• Terrance Audrae Golden, 31, of Alexander City was arrested for domestic violence.

• Treon Tirez Banks, 18, of Alexander City was arrested for discharging a firearm into an unoccupied vehicle.

• Ida Lakecia Crowe, 39, of Sylacauga was arrested for public intoxication.

• Two incidents of discharging a

firearm into an unoccupied dwelling or vehicle were reported.

• Burglary was reported on Highway 280.

• Criminal mischief was reported on Pineview Drive.

• Domestic violence was reported on Jefferson Street.

• Harassment was reported on 10th Avenue.

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• Page Allen of Midfield was arrested o warrants for failure to appear obtain controlled substance by fraud and attempt to commit controlled substance crime, probation violation/ revocation possession of controlled substance and was transported to the County Jail.

August 26

• A business on Highway 280 East in Camp Hill filed a report for theft.

• A resident of Camp ASCCA Drive in Jacksons Gap filed a report for criminal mischief.

• A resident of North Thornton Road in Dadeville filed a report for assault.

• Alvin McBride of North Central Avenue in Alexander City was arrested on a grand jury indictment for theft of property first.

• Ramona Heard of North Central Avenue in Alexander City was arrested on a grand jury indictment for theft of property first.

• James Tucker of N Place in Alexander City was arrested on an outstanding warrant for failure to appear for possession of marijuana second.

• Assault was reported on Hillabee Street.

• Domestic violence was reported on Carolyn Road.

• Criminal trespass was reported on Cribb Road.

• Domestic violence was reported on Cribb Road.

• Theft was reported on Highway 280.

• Criminal trespass was reported on Barrett Road.

• Domestic violence was reported on Pamela Drive.

August 25 • Jimeya D. Higgins, 22, of Kellyton was arrested for disorderly conduct.

• Zachary Kenneth McCoy, 27, of Jackson’s Gap was arrested for possession of marijuana.

• Domestic violence was reported on K Street.

• Domestic violence was reported on Fish Pond Road.

Tallapoosa County Sheriff’s Department August 28

• Steven Hendrix of Alexander City was arrested for public intoxication and was transported to the County

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August 25

• Patrick Wells of North Ashurst Avenue in Tallassee was arrested on an outstanding warrant for assault second.

• Michael Langston of Sunset Point in Dadeville was arrested for driving under the influence.

• Christian Hurt of Slaughter Mill Road in Ashland was arrested on a grand jury indictment for theft of property fourth.

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Strange stuck to his guns and to Trump to gain spot in Senate runoff

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ost people would assumed as the race for the open U.S. Senate began Luther Strange, the appointed incumbent, was the favorite. However, polling indicated Roy Moore was the favorite and still is as we head towards the Sept. 26 runoff.

The initial polling showed Moore had a hardcore 30 percent. It was and is as solid as a rock. He had 30 percent from the get-go. He had 30 percent midway in the race and he had 30 percent at the end. It was also a fact with a low voter turnout that his 30 percent would become accentuated because the final poll and the one that counts is election day and who actually shows up to vote? Moore’s supporters are more ardent and are going to show up to vote for him come hell or high water. They are also older, and older people tend to vote; 65-80-year old voters are always more likely to vote.

The turnout on Aug. 15 was 18 percent and Moore’s vote total was 39 percent. Allow me to crow a little.The day before the election I predicted an 18 percent turnout and that

Moore would get 39 percent.

I missed Luther Strange by some six points. I had him at 27 percent. He did better than I thought. He garnered 33 percent.

There was only six points separating Strange and Moore.

This is not an insurmountable obstacle to overcome. My early handicapping of the runoff has it as a dead heat between Moore and Strange.

As the race began, it was apparent it was a two-man race between Moore and Strange. Moore began with an immovable evangelical block and the Washington Republican Senate leadership made it clear that they were going to treat Strange as an incumbent and they were going to give him unlimited resources. They weren’t just whistling Dixie.

They put their money where their mouth was. They must have spent $5 million.

When you have that kind of money and the national powerbrokers and hierarchy dictating their choice, you not only have all the media ads available, you also have access to the very best hired guns, pollsters and media gurus in

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the country. They are the best gunslingers in the land. They do not lose many gunfights and they like to go negative.

It was obvious that these pros saw that Donald Trump or at least his public policies are extremely popular among Alabama Republican primary voters. Therefore, their script for Luther Strange was to say he was on Donald Trump’s side and would be for the Trump agenda to make America great again.

Luther stuck to the script and did a good job avoiding any negative questions about the questionable Robert Bentley appointment. Unlimited money washes away any unsavory scenarios and allows you to dictate the narrative.

The early polling revealed the Bentley appointment was an albatross for Luther. I do not personally believe

that Luther and Bentley ever discussed the Bentley investigation. However, to most people it looked as though the appointment was a brazen deal or at least collusion and in politics, perception is reality.

Therefore, for this reason on Luther’s part and for obvious reasons on Moore’s part, they both began with high negatives. Internal polling showed that there was fertile ground for a third person to win this race.

That third person emerged in the form of Tennessee Valley Congressman Mo Brooks. He is a firebrand arch conservative intellectual, Tea Party, Freedom Caucus, true believing ideologue. He was bold enough to take on the Mitch McConnell super PAC big money Washington establishment. He had $1.2 million in his Congressional campaign account and 20 percent statewide name recognition from his Congressional district.

Mo did not plan on being shot at by a left wing socialist nut while practicing baseball for the Republican Party

baseball team. However, the exposure gave him $2 million in free publicity. You could have no better introduction to Alabama GOP Primary voters.

The Washington Luther Strange gunslingers saw the momentum that Mo had. He was about to catch Luther and they stopped him dead in his tracks with an ad that said he was not going to vote for Donald Trump last year.

When Trump endorsed Big Luther it closed the deal.

Luther had his place in the runoff and Mo has to fight to keep his U.S. House seat.

The final results were predictable. Roy Moore led with 39 percent; Luther Strange got a strong 33 percent; and Mo Brooks finished with a respectable 20 percent.

The runoff between Strange and Moore is too close to call at this time.

See you next week.

Steve Flowers is Alabama’s leading political columnist.

His weekly column appears in over 60 Alabama newspapers.

He served 16 years in the state legislature. Steve may be reached at www.steveflowers. us.

Time for Labor Day traditions, freedom and phone books T

his weekend is the Labor Day holiday, and what some call summer’s end; but for me the summer continues, and I’ll still wear white. That feeling of mine may come from growing up in such cold weather and even cool summers, I want to cling on to that warming southern sunshine.

This week folks will be planning food and activities for the weekend, with lots of focus on ribs and lake fun.

We love ribs, and Ron knows how to give them smoke and grill to yummy perfection. Let’s hope everyone can enjoy the holiday in comfort of good weather, delicious food, and no threats from the tropical system that we seem to have avoided.

The world is becoming a strange place, so it’s always good to be in your own “Home Sweet Home.�

Our President Trump is staying on

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top of things, and taking everything into consideration, even though he keeps getting disrespected, it’s good to know he is still working on making America Great again, and we all should do our part.

President Abraham Lincoln, also a Republican said this, “America will never be destroyed from the outside. If we falter and lose our freedoms, it will be because we destroyed ourselves.�

We must be strong and keep our freedoms as our forefathers intended – everyone being equal, with the right to

Monthly luncheon enjoys fun return

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he Alexander City Parks and Recreation Parks and Recreation 50+ had a warm and inviting first time back for the monthly luncheon event.

On the menu we had grilled chicken, mash potatoes with gravy, green beans, rolls and for dessert a slice of sweet pie. Jerry Burnette led the opening Pledge of Allegiance followed by the prayer over the event and food given by Frank Rasbury.

Lunch lineups began with those who celebrated birthday and anniversaries.

Tom Gassaway gifted our gathering by performing on saxophone amazing crowd pleasing tunes. Guest Speakers were Randy and Kim Anderson along with several of their great staff members.

They spoke on the need to make sure family and friends knew about you as a person. They expressed the importance of telling your story. Then they processed to hand out really great question cards to us to keep. The cards will help bring up the subject matter at family gatherings in a fun questionnaire type of a game.

After we had finished eating, door prizes were presented! The Anderson’s provided several cash prizes and shirts for some of our lucky winners. Thank you so much to Tom Gassaway, Frank Rasbury, Jerry Burnette and the Radney’s and Langley’s Funeral Home representatives for make the luncheon extra special. Also, we want to thank any attendees who helped out beforehand and after the event.

Helping hands are greatly appreciated!

Our next scheduled

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monthly luncheon will be on Wednesday, Sept. 20.

The September Activity Calendars have been mailed out. Please make sure you read it to know of upcoming activities and events. On the back of the calendar is more important information to be aware of and details.

The Group/Committee Leaders and Trusted Key Holders meeting went very well this past week.

We went over the Activity Center rules and regulations.

The awareness of making sure doors are locked, that wavier forms are filled out

by those who participate in any programs and upcoming special events. It takes a whole lot of trust worthy people to make several of the offered activities available.

All are required to attend or send a representative in your place. Failure to do so will led to removal of the program from the Activity Calendar and you’ll need to return your Activity Center key.

ACPR 50+ send out condolences to Ruth Thrasher and her family for their recent loss.

Until next time keep a smile on your face and love in your heart.

Holt writes about the events and people of the Alexander City Parks and Recreation Department’s 50+ Club.

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bear arms for protection.

There is so much to enjoy in this land, I’ve not seen much of it; but to feel the wind in your hair, listen to the breezes in the tall trees, hear the water trickle down rocks, or waves brush the sand – all free things to enjoy, and so comforting to calm a soul.

We need to get over ourselves, and be considerate of others as well, and teach the younger ones to remain strong, we are all entitled to our own thoughts and feelings. Remember how life was in the 1950s, everyone was thoughtful and respectful to neighbors, and they helped each other in kind.

Hopefully, the protest and clashes (which do nothing to solve anything) are settled, down in Charlottesville, we don’t want that here where we seem to get along with our neighbors, must be that Southern Kindness and hospitality.

If you still have your 2016 AT&T telephone directory you may want to keep it a while, the new 2017 issue list all the businesses, they do not list individuals.

The Church in the Pines at Kowaliga for Labor Day, Sunday, Sept. 3 will feature guest speaker Mickey Morgan, who is retired from United Methodist Church, Birmingham. Everyone is welcomed 9-9:45 a.m. “Many eyes go through the meadow, few see the flowers in it�, good thoughts from Ralph Waldo Emerson.

Happy Labor Day weekend to one and all, and, until next week, keep smiling‌‌‌Rosie Rosie Morgan writes on the events and happenings in Equality and Nixburg. Her column appears each Wednesday in The Outlook.

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Let Harvey be a L lesson to us all

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he impact of Hurricane Harvey and the subsequent rains have been devastating.

Countless lives have been lost and there is no telling how extensive the damage may eventually be. Record rainfall amounts have caused flooding that some people may never recover from While we here in Central Alabama don’t often see the kind of consequences that our neighbors in places like Mobile, Gulf Shores and Orange Beach see, that doesn’t mean that all of us shouldn’t take steps to make sure we are prepared.

Experts are predicting this may be a below average year for tropical storms, with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration were predicting nine tropical storms, five hurricanes and one major hurricane this year.

While ‘rare’ may be the word that describes catastrophic tropical activity here, you don’t have to dig too deep to find big problems caused storms like those coming from the remnants of Hurricane Ivan on Sept. 16 2004.

When Ivan struck the Lake Martin area that day, winds knocked over trees, downed power lines and caused other structural damage throughout the city. It took nearly a month to clear debris that piled on the side of area roads.

More recently in 2009, Tropical Storm Claudette dumped 9.7 inches of rain on Tallapoosa County over 48 hours, with flash flooding causing damage to homes as well as culverts in the area.

So if nothing else, let the footage we are seeing from Texas serve as a reminder to be prepared for anything. Don’t waste another day. Take time to think about what your family would do in the event of a hurricane or the kind of flooding we are seeing in Texas.

Good questions to ask include: Are you near a flood zone? Do you have proper insurance coverage? Do you have non-perishable food and a first aid kit? Do you have a family emergency and communication plan? Where would you go if you had to evacuate? What are the essentials to take with you?

Those are simple questions that need to be answered now, not when disaster is upon you.

A few minutes of preparation now could help save lives and property should a hurricane or any severe weather strike.

While you are planning, pray for the folks whose lives have been torn apart by this storm. They need all the help they can get.

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T.C. Coley represents District 1, including half of Coley Creek, the Andrew Jackson subdivision, the southern part of Indian Hill, North Central Avenue, part of Pearson’s Chapel Road, the Northside community and portion of Spring Hill T.C. Coley community. His phone number is 256-212-9316. His address is 2316 North Central Avenue, Kellyton.

Steve Robinson represents District 2, which includes the southern part of Alexander City, the Cedar Creek area, Ourtown and Willow Point. His phone number Steve Robinson is 256-654-0047. His address is 300 Heritage Drive Alexander City.

John McKelvey represents District 3, which includes Jackson’s Gap, Hackneyville, New Site and Daviston.

McKelvey currently serves as chairman.

His phone number is 256-794-4405. His address is 1285 Freeman John Road, Dadeville.

Emma Jean Thweatt represents District 4, which includes Dadeville, Pace’s Point, northern Camp Hill, Buttston, Dudleyville and part of Eagle Creek. She can be reached at 8254207. Her address is 585 Brookwood Circle, Dadeville.

McKelvey

Emma Jean Thweatt

George Carleton Jr. represents District 5, which includes southern Camp Hill, Red Ridge, Walnut Hill, Union and Pleasant Ridge. His address is 630 Turner Road Road, Dadeville.

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Wednesday,August 30, 2017

Celebrating ‘The Big Red One’

ast weekend, I flew into Kansas City for a gig at Fort Riley, Kansas.

I’ve been through KC a few times, but I’d never stopped to spend any time there. I had seven hours to kill before P.J., my partner in crime, flew in from LA, so I took a Lyft to downtown KC and feasted on some of its best BBQ. All was good in the world.

I needed to walk off some of those tasty calories, so I walked around the World War I Memorial and park for a couple of hours. April marked 100 years since the U.S. entered the Great War, so there are many displays commemorating the anniversary. Later, I meandered on down to the beautifully renovated Union Station. P.J. rented a car and picked me up from this historic building. It was a brief but enjoyable trip to the “City of Fountains.”

Fort Riley is home to First Infantry Division. They, too, were celebrating their one hundredth anniversary and were doing so in a big way. I would expect nothing less from the unit known as The Big Red One. The outdoor festivities included performances by Lit, The All American Rejects, and The Eli Young Band; however, there was another performer in the lineup and his name was Charlie Daniels. He brought his band and his fiddle. I was stoked to see Charlie.

The drive to Fort Riley took a couple of hours. We talked about a lot of things, including our role at the all-day concert.

I didn’t know what it was and neither did he. We were not

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in the loop. We stopped at a gas station for some snacks before heading to post. After being turned away at one gate, we went to another to get a visitor’s pass. Usually, when we, as comedians, go on military installations, we have an escort meet us at the gate, but it was one-thirty in the morning and no one was there.

The gate guards were not in the loop either.

We slept in the next day before the driver came to pick us up to take us to a meet and greet. We do meet and greets often but they are usually after the show. Meet and greets are awkward when those you are meeting have no idea who you are. P.J. said it best when he described them as “hellos and let me explain.” The driver had no idea what our role was either. She was not in the loop.

The meet and greet took place at the Soldier and Family Assistance Center. While we had a good time, the man in charge over there had no idea what we were doing either.

“I’m not in the loop on that.

I just knew you guys were coming here,” he said. By this point, we realized there was no loop.

That evening, another driver picked us up for yet another “hello and let me explain.” His name was Bo and was a nice guy but you guessed it—not in

the loop.

Bo picked us up the next day for the big show. We still had no idea what our role was.

The man in charge handed us over to another guy who gave us something to read. I’m good at winging things but really had no desire to read a script to a couple of thousand people. I stutter, and P.J. is dyslexic. You can’t make this stuff up. We adapted. We overcame. We made it happen.

The stage manager was under a lot of pressure, but that’s no excuse to be a jerk.

He yelled at me one time— just once. I didn’t let it happen again. At one point, in his mind, I wasn’t where I was supposed to be. He showed me a handwritten schedule showing I was supposed to give a soft introduction to one of the acts at a certain time. This was news to me. He apologized and said, “I’m sorry. I made an assumption…I thought you were in the loop.” I just laughed. There was no loop.

There never was.

I did get to meet Charlie Daniels and the other bands.

They were all very nice. I also got to chase away a skunk.

Yep, I never saw that coming.

Most important, I got to spend time with soldiers and families celebrating 100 years of The Big Red One. Loop or no loop, I had a darn good time.

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.

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It’s just the latest in a series of dire warnings that have been issued to residents in south Texas since Harvey roared onto the coast as a category 4 hurricane and then seemingly stopped, dropping rain on the south Texas coast – particularly the Houston area – that has been measured in feet rather than inches.

Harvey has given us a glimpse of polar opposites.

First, it has shown us the worst of what weather can do, bringing the nation’s fourth largest city to a soggy standstill. On the other hand, it has shown us some of the best we have within ourselves as hundreds of people have responded to calls for boats and vehicles that can traverse the high waters.

On Saturday, a man brought his boat to join in the rescue efforts. When asked what he planned to do, his answer was simple.

“I’m going to save lives,” he said.

He is not alone. There are many who have demonstrated selflessness in the face of this disaster (the word doesn’t seem to do this situation justice) but there is

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still much to be done.

As late as Monday night, individuals were still trapped in their Houston-area homes, held hostage by the high water. There is no way of knowing how many have been rescued nor how many remain in their inundated homes.

We can only pray that the second number is small.

So far, the reported loss of life is shockingly low in what, to the viewer’s eye, has been the worst of weather nightmares. But one can’t help but believe the death toll is going to go up.

Way up.

And Harvey isn’t done with his devastation yet.

From Houston, he’ll move into east Texas and from there into Louisiana. He has cities like Lake Charles and, yes, New Orleans in his sights.

As the scope of the disaster becomes better known, there will be a multitude of relief efforts undertaken. Already, Eclectic United Methodist Church is taking part in the United Methodist Committee on Relief’s Cleaning Kit

and Hygiene Kit Drive, collecting materials for flood victims to clean their homes as well as hygiene items for the victims themselves.

Pastor Rob Gulledge at Eclectic United Methodist says he will be reaching out to other churches for their participation.

In the wake of Charlottesville and the division that it fomented among us, isn’t it strange that a natural disaster can serve to bring us closer together? It seems Americans can’t help it: When we see our brother or sister in need, we are moved to whatever – be it a large gesture or small – to help out.

It seems a shame that it takes such a time of great need to bring us all together and realize the most important gift of all – life.

Please, do what you can, be it large or small, to help our fellow Americans in Texas who are in the midst of great suffering. Rests assured the ways that you can help will be made widely known.

Remember, to us it may be just an image on television, but to thousands it’s their reality. #HelpForHarvey. #PrayForTexas.

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‘The student always comes first’ George Littleton / Auburn University

Dadeville Elementary’s Christi Jones is the 2014 Alabama School Counseling Association Elementary Counselor of the Year. Jones said she was inspired by the example of her counseling colleague Julianne Freeman.

Auburn Counseling grad Christi Jones says she was ‘born to serve’

By GEORGE LITTLETON Auburn University College of Education

Christi Jones, the 2014 Alabama School Counseling Association Elementary Counselor of the Year, grew up in the tiny town of Hollins, in rural Clay County, Alabama. Her parents embodied these rural roots: her dad worked at the paper mill, her mom co-owned a beauty shop in nearby Sylacauga. There weren’t any red lights in Hollins, but there was one store.

“I loved growing up there,” said the 1990 Bibb Graves High School graduate. “”It was a great place where the teachers cared deeply for the students. For my graduating class of 32, we saw our teachers come early and stay late. I saw clearly how that benefited us, but I know they were working hard behind the scenes. It was their dedication, talent, and caring that led me into a career in education.”

After winning a church scholarship to Faulkner, and a brief flirtation with prelaw, Jones volunteered in a Montgomery school and the light came on.

“It was a paradigm shift,” she said. “I knew almost immediately that I would become a teacher. I graduated from AUM in English and History Education and began teaching at Elmore County High School in Eclectic. I then moved on to Charles Drew in Lincoln in Talladega County before they got the Honda plant. From the start I was drawn to students who I knew needed special help.

That was always my interest.”

Her desire to focus on children who had problems both in and out of school led Jones back to Auburn, where she earned her Master’s in Counseling.

“Dr. Jamie Carney was a great mentor and friend,

who has done so much to help me grow as a person and as a counselor,” Jones said. “That relationship continues to this day as I work toward my doctorate in Counseling. I began working at Dadeville Elementary after graduating with a Master’s in School Counseling, and I can honestly say that coming here has been the best thing ever. I get to do what I love every day with lots of support from colleagues, our administration, and our Board of Education.”

Poverty is prevalent, but so is the pride As a new counselor, Jones was inspired by the example of her counseling colleague Julianne Freeman.

“She taught me so much,” Jones said. “The most important thing she taught me was that the student always comes first. I had seen rural poverty as a teacher, but usually just up close in two or three students. As a counselor you get to see it all. The problems associated with poverty follow our kids to school every day. If a student doesn’t have security at home, or doesn’t have clothes or food, it’s hard for them to focus on school.”

This is one area where her education at Auburn made the difference.

“The American School Counseling Association tells us that we are poised as leaders,” she said. “To get support in the community you must go to the stakeholders, and how to do that – and do it properly – was drilled into us at Auburn. Counselors help students develop in the areas of academic, career, and personal/social development.

Once I developed a comprehensive counseling program, it was apparent that poverty was at the root of

many issues facing students.

To that end, I believe Dadeville Elementary speaks to the experience of many public schools in our state.”

Dadeville Elementary has over 70 percent of its students in the free and reduced lunch program.

Jones, with lots of support from throughout the extended community, has developed an excellent weekend food backpack program for her students and their families.

Like many caring counselors, she worries that her students might go hungry over weekends and school breaks.

The school system provides free lunches in the summer.

“In pretty much all of the Southern states, poverty incidence in public schools is over 50 percent, but federal programs do not seem tuned into that,” Jones noted.

“Auburn’s land-grant mission emphasized service, which is also part of your evaluation in the Counseling graduate program, so what you learn at Auburn you carry over into your life. Plus, you get to meet people like Dr. Randy Pipes who just inspire you to do good. While I was there I know he quietly ran an annual Thanksgiving food drive for DHR clients.”

Desire to impact other counselors As she works toward her doctorate in Counselor Education and Supervision, Jones is inspired to share with other counselors what she has learned first-hand, “I am receiving excellent instruction from my professors, including Drs. Carney, Iarussi, and Evans,” she said. “School counselors must be prepared to work in diverse settings, and learn to use data-driven research to best serve those in need. The need will be great wherever

school counselors work. It certainly is here.”

In spite of the high rates of poverty, Jones appreciates that her school has strong community support.

“The teachers here are terrific, and the community is really invested in what we are doing. They see these students as the future of our town. When I go to them for help, they always say yes, which is especially rewarding since they themselves are struggling with the loss of all the good textile jobs in our area. And this community definitely extends to some of the more affluent families who have retired to Lake Martin. We depend on these volunteers and they always respond.

A school must continually build relationships with the community.”

Legislation doing schools no favors Jones, like many of her colleagues in our public schools, sees recent state and national education legislation as problematic.

“When you get right down to it, many of these bills we see being passed represent an effort to promote the privatization of public education. This does very little to help poor kids, though it does much to enrich a few wealthy business people. It’s the same I think with private prisons. The same young people get caught up in both situations.”

Jones said the best way to educate legislators is for them to come to the schools so they can see what really goes on every day.

“They should talk to us before passing legislation!” she exclaimed. “They don’t understand.”

In spite of these obstacles, Jones and her colleagues at

Dadeville Elementary press on. The school recently achieved Lighthouse status as part of the Seven Habits program. Dadeville is a “Leader In Me” school that emphasizes leadership to the students and celebrates successes.

“A lot of our students just didn’t understand the concept of leadership, and how that can help make them successful,” Jones said. “This is true in both the classroom and the community. We emphasize soft skills, and try to get them to think about their futures. In spite of our struggles with poverty, our teachers work hard and use innovation to emphasize excellence in reading and math. They model great leadership through their own actions.”

The Truman Pierce Institute from the College of Education recently led the faculty of Dadeville Elementary through a poverty simulation, which Jones said was very helpful and insightful. It was especially relevant to her, as she is doing her dissertation research on counselor perceptions of rural poverty.

“It comes down to this,” she said. “Students can’t learn if they’re hungry. It is a challenge to counsel students when their basic needs are not met. Sometimes those issues must be attended to as well as providing counseling.

If they are in poverty, they arrive behind. I’m fortunate that I learned this both through my experiences, and through the spot-on service orientation in the Counselor Ed program at Auburn. I just wish that more of our elected officials could see our teachers working here on Sunday afternoons. Then they might realize what I learned on my first day from Julianne Freeman: the student always comes first.”

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The Boy Scouts present the colors at the kickoff, top left, while Russell Brands Allan Cutts, top center, announces the companies efforts as the pacesetter. Top right Sharon Fuller speaks about the what the United Way does. Above, a crowd files into the Betty Carol Technology Center, while Camp Fire Girl Sophie Pike gives a ride to Molly Moncrief. Below left, Sandra Fuller marks the efforts of Russell Brands while the mascots greet each other.

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The Lake Martin area celebrated Independence Day with music, friends and fireworks.

Campaign officially unveiled during Tuesday night’s event, with a goal of $550,000 for this year’s campaign. With 28 agencies the United Way works with on a regular basis, reaching this goal means each organization would receive nearly $20,000.

Joining the festivities were cheerleaders from Reeltown, Benjamin Russell, Central Coosa and Horseshoe Bend, the Horseshoe Bend majorettes, and the mascots from Central Coosa, Dadeville and Horseshoe Bend.

Members from Boy Scout Troop 169 presented the flag, Mary Bella Pemperton of the Camp Fire organization led a blessing, and the Dadeville High School Choir sang the national anthem.

Around the walls of the auditorium were displays from each of the 28 agencies involved with United Way, from Meals on Wheels and Camp ASCCA to The Salvation Army and Habitat for Humanity of Alexander City.

Guests were invited to wander through the displays and learn more about the organizations being showcased.

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Russell Brands was chosen to be this year’s pacesetters, and reported they exceeded their expectations during this year’s company fundraiser for United Way. “It’s always been easy for us to raise money for United Way,” said Allan Cutts of Russell Brands. “Our goal last year was $25,000, and we kept it at $25,000 for this year.”

Giving its employees several ways to donate, including a small donation taken out from each paycheck, and providing incentives like a drawing for a 50-inch television set, Russell Brands and its 320 employees in Alexander City surpassed the goal they had set.

“This year, Russell raised $30,405.54,” reported representative Lasaua Willis.

In addition to this, other fundraisers from small businesses and organizations like the Red Feather Leadership Society, the Alexander City and Coosa County Boards of Education and Radiology and Imaging brought the current total to $85,394, approximately 16 percent

of United Way’s goal for the 2018 campaign.

“It’s a great start. It’s all about these agencies,” Fuller said. “It takes a community to raise the $550,000.”

The excitement of the night concluded with door prizes and awards for Best Display and Best Decorated Table. Meals on Wheels was named the top display winner and Volunteer Connections of Central Alabama finished second, while the Camp Fire and the Alexander City Rescue Squad were awarded first and second place, respectively, for their table decorations.

With plenty of time left to be a part of the 2018 “Team United” fundraiser, Fuller wanted to take the time to thank those businesses and organizations taking part. These include Russell Medical Center, Russell Lands, the Tallapoosa County Commissioners, USAmeriBank, Stillwaters Golf Course, Central Alabama Community College, the city of Alexander City, the Coosa and Tallapoosa County Courthouses, and many more.

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By DONALD CAMPBELL Staff Writer The 2018 general election for Governor of Alabama, a number of state and local offices may be more than a year away, but the Alabama Republican Party is already preparing for the June 5 primary election.

Within the past week, the state party’s office in Birmingham has officially set the qualifying window for the June 5 primary between Jan. 8 and Feb. 9.

“The state Republican Party office sets the dates, and the county will follow along,” Tallapoosa County GOP Chairwoman Denise Bates said. “They choose these dates relative to the date of the primary.”

During this month-long span, anyone interested in running for office would be able to obtain a qualifying form, fill it out and return it, along with the qualifying fee, in order to officially be on the ballot.

For more localized elections, Bates said office seekers could get

the qualifying form from either her or one of her designates in the county party. However, those looking at shooting for a state office, such as the legislature or governorship, would need to get their form from the Alabama GOP office.

While the form would not be available until Jan. 8, Bates said anyone aspiring to fill one of these positions could go ahead and announce their candidacy for office.

“People can go ahead and announce, but it won’t be made

official until they have submitted their qualifying form and have qualified to run,” she said.

Though the qualifying fee is based on a percentage of the office in question’s annual salary (with the exception of unpaid offices, which have a flat qualifying fee), possibly preventing some from running, the form is not a lengthy document, meaning that anyone who submits the form and pays the fee would be considered a candidate for the office.

“There is no limit on those who

want to run, and no limit on the ballot,” Bates said.

For those interested in considering running for office as a Republican, Bates said she and others in the local party would be happy to talk with potential candidates.

“If you’re thinking about it, talk to us. We can help you make a decision,” she said.

To contact Bates and the Tallapoosa County Republican Party, feel free to email the organization at tallagop@outlook.com.

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time coming, but it makes you believe it really is going to happen finally. It appears they are making every effort to get it done in that 60-day timeframe.”

The demolition began in June 2013, so seeing a big portion close to cleared is a step in the right direction, Nabors said.

The land is mostly along Lee Street and down 7th Way and includes parcels that were home to the No. 3, No. 3 Annex and the No. 4 mills.

While the metal that has been taken up is being salvaged, the wood and concrete has been moved to other parcels. Some of it has been used to fill in a basic and plans are to crush the concrete into gravel and dust.

“It’s easy to forget what a great piece of property it really is when it has looked so bad

Milestone Harrell like to take things apart like old radios.

“I liked to work with my hands,” Harrell said.

“I went home that night (after getting braces) and got a pair of pliers and a coat hanger.”

No, Harrell did not take apart his braces.

“I made a copy of my wires,” Harrell said. “I took it back to him the next time I went back and he put me in the lab with a pair of pliers and wires and said do these exercises.”

In 1977 fresh out of dental school at UAB and the orthodontics program at University of Pennsylvania, the Columbus, Georgia native had a decision to make about following his life long dream, where to open his first practice?

“I had worked for an orthodontist all through dental school,” Harrell said. “I was going to open a practice in Columbus and was going to go in with Dr. Horton and Dr. Lane. During that time I was in Pennsylvania they spilt. I could still go back to Columbus and open up or I could go elsewhere.”

It was then he got advice from his father and looked at the cabin from his teenage years.

“My dad said why not look at Alex City?”

Harrell said.

From there Harrell asked around talking to Gene Davenport of Russell Lands and an Alexander City pediatrician.

“Stan Brasfield was a pediatrician here at the time,” Harrell said. “I figured he would know the kids here at the time.

He was telling me about the population of kids here at the time.”

From there Harrell made a business decision.

“I spent a lot of my summers here,” Harrell said. “I kinda saw the growth potential here.

There were only some guys satelliting in. I got looking around where to practice and the only place I wanted to live was Alex City.”

The rest is history.

Tuesday, Darrell Mobley dropped in for a visit. Mobley was Harrell’s first patient and continued to be for seven years. But that did not deter Mobley as his daughter Camille was a Harrell patient.

“I had to be one of his hardest challenges,” Mobley said. “I used to not even smile, now look at it.”

“They (Mobley’s

for so long,” Nabors said. “We’re hopeful and optimistic about the cleanup getting done and what the future f that property could hold.”

On a related property, Nabors said no decision has been made on the former Russell Main Office Building.

The classic red-brick building on Lee Street is now owned by the city and sits vacant, its condition deteriorating every day.

Earlier this month, Nabors, Community Development Director Al Jones and City Engineer and Public Works Director Gerard Brewer got a look at a proposal by Auburn-based Stacy Norman Architect. The presentation included what could be done to preserve the historic building and possibly enhance it to serve a purpose in the future.

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parents) had been to other orthodontists around,” Harrell said. “His case was very challenging.

They didn’t know what to do.”

Harrell seized on the opportunity being new in town.

“I am like I am this hotshot new guy in town and can handle anything and we did,” Harrell said.

“It was a long road. He had a mess. Look at how good he is today.”

Harrell has his sights set on the future.

“Darrell was the first patient that we bracketed up and it’s all his fault,” Harrell said. “I am still practicing 1000s of patients later and there is no retirement in sight.

“We were the first practice in the state to do 3-D imaging,” Harrell said. “And the first in the U.S. to combine it with 3-D face imaging. It has changed the whole way I look at things.”

Harrell believes the imaging can help prevent problems in later in life like sleep apnea.

“It is about growing the airway,” Harrell said.

The future has Harrell excited.

“I am writing a textbook,” he said. “The book is going to be the entry. I am going to do some lecturing.”

Both Harrell and Mobley are Alabama fans and agree the lecturing cannot get in the way of one thing.

“I won’t be lecturing in the fall,” Harrell said. “It will have to be after the next national championship.”

Budget their regularly scheduled work session on Tuesday, Sept. 5.

Board members Randy Anderson and Matilda WoodyardHamilton were absent due to sickness, while Michael Carter was on vacation with his family.

Despite this, the two board members present along with Superintendent Joe Windle held an informal discussion, thinking about some objectives they might like to see achieved through the upcoming budget.

These ideas included renovating sections of Reeltown Elementary School, updating the gymnasium at Dadeville and pushing towards achieving the 1:1 initiative, where each county school would be able to issue technological devices to every student individually.

One issue also mentioned Monday night was the concerns that had been raised regarding overcrowding at Dadeville Elementary School. Windle said this would be slightly alleviated once work in the lunchroom area added a new dry storage room, freeing up a classroom for instructional usage. In the meantime, however, he suggested aides

The Alexander City City Council approved $7,500 to fund the study on May 1 because over the years, a number of issues have developed with the structure. There have been moisture issues and problems with the electrical, heating and air systems.

A portion of the building had been rented out to a tenant, but that lease ended earlier this year and the entire structure is now vacant. The building is currently not climate controlled and there is no power to the building.

Norman, the architect who spearheaded the study, said he understands the historical significance of the building. He put together a preservation plan that included some demolition and an addition that could be used

for many different purposes, depending on what entity occupies the building.

Nabors said that time is of the essence.

The city was looking to see if the building may work for the police department, but it wouldn’t be idea for that use. Readers of The Outlook seemed to favor the idea of making the building a museum and welcome center that would highlight the city’s role as a pioneer in the textile industry.

“We have to make a decision or lose it forever,” Nabors said. “The building is deteriorating and if we don’t do something we won’t be able to insure it. We have a lot to think about, but we have to make a decision quickly. We are at that point where we can’t wait much longer.”

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5 under the radar games this weekend A

t long last, our national nightmare has finally come to an end. College football is back and it’s game week!

I’m not talking about ridiculous matchups like Stanford vs. Rice or BYU vs. Portland State. No, this is the real deal. The big boys will be on display this weekend in all their glory and I can hardly wait.

I’m sure you’re already familiar with the marquee games like Michigan vs. Florida, Texas A&M at UCLA and, of course, Alabama vs.

Florida State, but there are plenty of other great matchups as well.

Here are five under the radar games this weekend worthy of your attention.

1. NC State vs. South Carolina — The Wolfpack and the Gamecocks opened the season against each other in 2008 and 2009. Neither game was very entertaining as USC won 34-0 in ‘08 and 7-3 in ‘09. This go around should be far more interesting.

NC State had some close calls last year with Clemson and Florida State but ended up 7-6. Quarterback Jake Bentley has a lot of people believing he can help South Carolina take the next step.

This hidden gem kicks off Saturday at 2 p.m. on ESPN. 2. Kentucky at Southern Mississippi — Mark Stoops has rebuilt Kentucky into a competitive program in the SEC East.

Many people believe the Wildcats could be in line to have their best season in over a decade. However, last season the Wildcats opened with a loss to Southern Miss 44-35, blowing a 35-17 halftime lead.

The Golden Eagles have to replace quarterback Nick Mullins, but running back Ito Smith returns who rushed for 1459 yards a season ago.

Don’t miss this rematch Saturday at 3 p.m. on CBSSN. 3. Colorado State vs. Colorado — The Rocky Mountain Showdown is one of the better rivalry games nobody really cares about.

While Colorado has dominated the overall series 64-22-2, Colorado State has held its own since 1999 with a record of 7-11 against the Buffaloes. It is usually a pretty entertaining game with two teams that don’t particularly care for one another.

The Rams destroyed Oregon State last week 58-27. This mile high matchup will be this Friday at 7 p.m. on the Pac-12 Network.

What am I saying? Nobody in their right mind subscribes to the Pac-12 Network!

4. Troy at Boise State — The Trojans won 10 games last year and pushed Clemson into the fourth quarter with the game still in doubt.

Quarterback Brandon Silvers and tailback Jordan Chunn return and are a big reason Troy is picked to finish second in the Sun Belt Conference behind Appalachian State.

Chris Petersen may not be at Boise State anymore, but the Broncos have continued their winning tradition. This would be a monster win for Troy, but it won’t be easy on the blue turf in Idaho.

Check out this undervalued game on Saturday at 2:45 p.m. on ESPNU. 5. Wyoming at Iowa — I realize this matchup doesn’t exactly scream Must Watch, but just hear me out.

Cowboy quarterback Josh Allen threw for over 3,200 yards and 28 touchdowns in 2016. Some legitimate NFL experts believe he could possibly be the No. 1 overall pick in the 2018 NFL draft.

I also really like Iowa’s uniforms.

Start your day off right on Saturday with this sneak peek at a possible future NFL star at 11 a.m. on the Big Ten Network.

Andy Graham is a regular columnist for the Outlook.

BATTLE OF ROUTE 49 Reeltown, Dadeville prep for rivalry game

By LIZI ARBOGAST Sports Editor

For weeks, the talk of the town has been Reeltown versus Dadeville.

The teams have met 51 times on the gridiron, and this week will bring yet another battle. On Thursday night, Reeltown hosts Dadeville at 7 p.m. in the cross-county rivalry.

“Through the years and in past history, there have been some great games,” Reeltown coach Matt Johnson said. “There have been some great players and great coaches on both sides and there’s a lot of history to the game, so the excitement is there for many reasons. Not to mention, it’s right up the road.”

Although it’s natural for players, fans and the community to want to win a rivalry game even more than other contests, it’s really just another football game, and both teams are in preparation mode.

“Right now, our preparation is to correct the mistakes we made Friday See RIVALRY • Page B2

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Reeltown’s Eric Shaw (6) and RJ Woodard (3) defend a pass intended for Jalen Sullivan, of Dadeville, during last year’s game. The Rebels host the Tigers on Thursday.

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Dixie Sailing Club was finally able to kick off its race schedule on Saturday with a trio of races.

Allen Kennedy had a fine start to the 12-race day Fall Series, winning all three races this weekend. Placing second in every race was Ron Dettwiler.

Laser skipper Ethan Childers sits in third place after the first three races. He placed third in the first and third and fourth in the second, while Roger Smith was fourth in two races and third in the other.

The next race day event for DSC is Saturday, Sept. 2, which is the club’s Nora Munger Cup Regatta hosted every year on

The University of Alabama’s football team is prepping for a game fans have been talking about for months.

On Saturday at 7 p.m., the Crimson Tide will take the field at the new Mercedes-Benz Stadium to face the Florida State Seminoles in the Chickfil-A Classic, and on Monday, Alabama coach Nick Saban addressed the media prior to practice.

His opening statement follows: “This (season-opening game) is a great opportunity of our team to play in a great

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Ethan Childers sits in third place overall after the first race day of Dixe Sailing Club’s Fall Series.

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Jamboree gets out kinks for BRHS

By LIZI ARBOGAST Sports Editor

With the season officially kicking off for Benjamin Russell’s football team on Friday, it was nice for the Wildcats to get a taste of competition during a jamboree game last week against Stanhope Elmore.

Despite playing its starters during only the first half, the Wildcats defeated the Mustangs, 28-12, and showed off some of their defensive prowess with a defensive touchdown and holding Stanhope Elmore to just two scores.

But the game also gave BRHS coach Danny Horn some things to work on before the Wildcats’ first game against Central Clay County.

“Offensively, we’ve got some work to do on several things I noticed we didn’t do well tonight,” Horn said after the game. “I was wanting to throw the ball a little bit more and we’re going to have to. It just seems the whole first half we stayed backed up the whole time and really couldn’t get any field position. But I was proud the second half.

Our second and third team, it gives them a chance to play, and I thought they played

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Reeltown’s defense didn’t play as well as it had hoped in its season opener, but there was one player who was particularly strong.

Chandler Gray had a fumble recovery and two tackles for a loss against Notasulga.

“Chandler is a bulldog,” Reeltown coach Matt Johnson said. “He’s probably our hardest practicer, day in and day out.

He’s a great kid with a great motor. He’s got a bright future ahead of him, and he plays a lot of different positions for us.”

Gray played both inside linebacker and on the defensive line Thursday night.

Low numbers are gonna hurt

From the getgo, Central Coosa’s football team knew it was going to be a rough season with less than 20 players on the roster. Things looked rough on Friday night against Catholic Montgomery, and it’s going to be tough for the Cougars to avoid injury.

Although they had good conditioning over the summer, the majority of the Central Coosa Cougars are playing every snap. At one point, starting quarterback Jamichael Chambliss and Donta Daniel, who had entered as QB, both went down with cramping. And there’s See EXTRA • Page B2

Ab Abernathy, Dadeville: Touted as a preseason all-star, Abernathy got off to a strong start in Dadeville’s 28-14 victory over LaFayette. He finished the game with seven tackles, including four assists, and was also a staple on the offensive line.

Parker Branch, Horseshoe Bend: Branch was the top tackler for the Generals’ in their shutout jamboree game against B.B. Comer.

Branch finished with a total of nine tackles, including six solo tackles, and had one for a loss.

Donta Daniel, Central Coosa: Both offensively and defensively, Daniel was a standout for the Cougars. He finished with 114 yards and Central’s only touchdown of the game. He also had four tackles for a loss.

Cameron Faison, Reeltown: Faison was a workhorse for the Rebels against Notasulga, getting his named called 18 times. He finished with a total of 84 yards and one touchdown.

Deshaun Gonzalez, Benjamin Russell: Gonzalez had a defensive highlight during the Wildcats’ jamboree win over Stanhope Elmore.

He scored a 57-yard pick-6.

Davede Herron, Benjamin Russell: Herron scored the opening touchdown in Benjamin Russell’s win against Stanhope Elmore in a jamboree game. He finished the game with nearly 75 yards and two touchdowns.

Makevon Hughley, Reeltown: Despite some nagging injuries that kept him out for a bit of the game, Hughley managed 75 yards and a touchdown on 10 carries. Most impressive was Hughley’s average yards per carry of 7.5.

Joe Railey, Horseshoe Bend: Railey had a bit of a breakout game during the Generals’ jamboree against B.B. Comer. While much of the preseason focus was on running back Trace Meadows, Railey was the leading rusher with 89 yards on 12 carries.

Jalen Sullivan, Dadeville: In the secondary, Sullivan had a standout game for the Tigers.

He finished with five knockdowns.

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night,� Dadeville coach Richard White said. “We had some blown assignments on both sides of the ball, so we gotta make sure we’re communicating. (Tuesday), we’ll put in our game plan for them, go over some things and figure out what’s the best three or four plays they run and what they like to do in their passing game.�

Reeltown is coming off a narrow 37-33 loss to Notasulga, while the Tigers began their season with a 28-14 victory over LaFayette.

Against the Blue Devils, Reeltown trailed for almost the entire game, but it battled back to make a contest out of it. Although it ended in a loss, Johnson was impressed with the way his team persevered. “It showed me that our young guys are starting to grow up a little bit,�

Johnson said. “There was definitely a lot to learn from and grow from, which is something you want. You want to be able to evaluate yourself and get better. You don’t want to waste a failure. You want something good to come out of it.�

One thing Johnson said he’ll change is moving around some personnel. Although the Rebels’ conditioning was up to par, there are some players banged up and a few who will miss this week. The main focus for Reeltown going into Thursday night will be to shore up some missed assignments on the perimeter. Dadeville plays a very strong outside game, and the Rebels had a lot to be desired in that area last week. “We have to keep leverage, that was a key for us last week,�

Johnson said. “They’re really good on the perimeter, and we haven’t been, so we’ve gotta strengthen up our perimeter. Also, keeping Qua (Tucker) contained will be a huge

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Teams: Dadeville (1-0) is coming off a 28-14 victory over LaFayette, while Reeltown (0-1) lost its season opener, 37-33, to Notasulga.

Series: The Tigers lead the series, 36-15-0, and have won the last two in a row.

Outlook prediction: Dadeville by 7. part of our success.�

While Reeltown will be focused on the outside, the Tigers will look inside to stop the Rebels’ run game.

Against Notasulga, 197 yards of Reeltown’s 282 total came on the ground. Cameron Faison had 84 yards on 18 carries, and Makevon Hughley totaled 75 yards on 10 carries. “We’re gonna have to be prepared defensively for their running game,�

White said. “They throw it just enough to keep you off balance, but they want to run the football so we have to do a better job with gap integrity. Our linebackers can’t overrun plays, and the secondary has got to keep people in front of them.�

Because Dadeville’s game was on Friday last week, Johnson had a chance to scout the Tigers and saw many people he wants to key in on. Although Kadore Glenn didn’t play the first half, Johnson thought he ran the ball well in the second.

Defensively, he was most impressed with Jamauri Chislom, Slade McCullers and Jerry Pulliam.

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Above: Reeltown’s Makevon Hughley (4) is taken down by Tykeem Holley during last year’s contest. Below: Dadeville’s Kadore Glenn runs the football against Reeltown last season.

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only so much coach Shane Rary can do. “The easy answer would be we’re going to give guys rest, but we don’t have that option,� Rary said. “We’re pushing water. We’ve got stuff all over our field house about how much to drink, and we’ll keep pushing that.

We’ve got some options that we can start working on here on our end, because we can’t give them the rest that they need.�

Century club

Each week in Extra Points, we’ll take a look at players from around the region who hit the 100-yard mark

either on the ground or through the air.

Qua Tucker, the Outlook Athlete of the Week, was the leader in Week Zero with 146 yards and two touchdowns for Dadeville. For Central Coosa, Daniel racked up 114 yards and a touchdown run.

In Horseshoe Bend’s jamboree, two players hit the mark.

Quarterback Cade Worthy threw for 118 yards and two scores, and Trace Meadows was a dual threat with 68 rushing yards and 65 receiving yards for a total of 133.

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Both of these teams probably are going to be well-prepared to play this game. I know our guys have done a really good job in preparation for this game. “We’re pleased with the progress that we’ve been able to make with a lot of players. We’ve had a couple good days of work in Florida State prep, which we will continue today. Each player kind

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The group is for anyone who needs support in dealing with post traumatic stress.

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WOMEN’S BIBLE STUDY: Haven Memorial Baptist Church at 354 Christian Street in Alexander City is hosting a women’s Bible study “Battlefield of the Mind” by Joyce Meyer Thursdays Sept. 7, 14, 21, 28 from noon to 1 p.m. Bring your own lunch.

For more information contact Joanne Finley at 334-332-5970 or Pastor Nolan at 256-682-3810.

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Sept. 17-20. The Sunday service will be at 6 p.m. with Monday through Wednesday at 6:30 p.m. The guest speaker will be Rev. Tim Harris from Comer Memorial Baptist Church. Rev. Don Polston is the pastor.

Saturday, September 16

BLOOD DRIVE: Kingz United is hosting a blood drive Saturday, Sept.

16 from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. at 332 East South Street in Dadeville.

Saturday, September 9

PANCAKE BREAKFAST: Comer Methodist Men’s Club is hosting a pancake breakfast Sept. 9 from 6 a.m. to 10 a.m. Eat in or carry out for $6 a plate.

FLEA MARKET: The Town of Camp Hill is offering a free flea market day to all vendors that would like to come and sell at the new flea market in Camp Hill at the old airport. There will be no charge to vendors for a spot for the month of September. Vendors please call James Woody at 256-749-8270 to register for a spot and information.

Free parking to all consumers and vendors. The market will be open on the second Saturday of each month from 6 a.m. to 2 p.m.

Sunday, September 10

CHURCH HOMECOMING: New Style Baptist Church is celebrating its 121st Homecoming Service Sunday, Sept. 10 at 2:30 p.m. The church is located at 294 Coosa County Road 20 in Equality. There will be fellowship and dinner after the service. Guest minister will be Pastor Cameron Thomas of Mt. Zion Baptist Church in Cropwell.

Pastor Richard Ellis Taylor is minister.

YOUTH EXPLOSION: Hatchett Springs Baptist Church is hosting its annual youth explosion, Saturday, Sept. 10 at 3 p.m.

Guest speaker and performer is D Hal. Special guests are the Greater New Hope Youth Choir, Daughters of Destiny and more.

All surrounding youth are invited.

Monday, September 11

HORIZONS UNLIMITED: Dolores Hydock will present “The RedHeaded Woman meets Mr. Death and Southern Comfort in a Cast-iron skillet” to Horizons Unlimited Monday, Sept. 11 from 1:30 p.m. to 3 p.m. at the Alexander City Board of Education Building at 375 Lee Street Alexander City.

Membership is $20 per person or $30 per couple per semester.

Registration for the fall quarter begins at 1 p.m. Sept. 11.

Sunday, September 17

SACRED HARP SINGING: Smyrna Primitive Baptist Church is hosting its annual Sacred Harp Singing Sunday, Sept. 17 at 10 a.m. The church is located at 2582 Coosa County Road 83 just east of Goodwater.

Bring a covered dish for lunch and there will be more singing in the afternoon.

For more information call Jack Nelson at 256-839-5344 or William Futral at 256-839-6670.

Monday, September 18

HORIZONS UNLIMITED: Dr. Paul Harris will present “The Berlin Airlift and Operation Kinderlift” to Horizons Unlimited Monday, Sept. 18 from 1:30 p.m. to 3 p.m. at the Alexander City Board of Education Building at 375 Lee Street Alexander City.

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Thursday, September 21 DEMOCRATIC PARTY MEETING: The Tallapoosa County Democratic Party will host a meeting Sept. 21 from 6 p.m. to 7 p.m. to learn more about the Dec. 12 special election to fill the Senate seat formerly held by Jeff Sessions. The meeting will be held at the Charles Porch Center.

For more information call Carol Gowan at 256-794-7432.

EMPOWERMENT SERVICES: New Style Baptist Church will be hosting Christian education empowerment services Sept. 11-13 at 7 p.m. nightly.

Guest speaker will be Pastor Carlos Wilson of Ebenezer Missionary Baptist Church in Hattiesburg, Mississippi.

Additional guests include Malcom Cooper and the Soulful Voices of Birmingham and Nicholas Jemison.

Tuesday, September 12

COMMUNITY BAND: The CACC Community Band Inaugural Rehearsal will be Tuesday, Sept. 12 from 6:45 p.m. to 8:15 p.m. in the Fine Arts Auditorium.

For more information contact Conductor Ivory Brock at 256-2154326 or email at ibrock@cacc.edu. You can also sign up at the CACC website under fine arts.

The Learning Tree, Inc. is Accepting Applications for Weekend Shifts in Direct Care.

Applications can be picked up at: 101 S. Dubois Street Tallassee, AL 36078 Or contact Brinda Bell (334) 252-0025, Ext. 101 Email: bbell@learning-tree.org

Saturday, September 23

STARGAZING: The Auburn Astronomical Society will set up telescopes to look at the night sky Sept.

23 at 6 p.m. on Hospice Point near the silo at Wind Creek State Park.

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Sunday, September 24 CHURCH ANNIVERSARY: Wayside Baptist will celebrate 70 years of ministry on Sunday, Sept. 24 at 10:30 a.m. Special music will be provided by Eric and Whitney Miller and also the gospel trio Justified. The speaker will be Gerry Tapley. Everyone is invited to join with us for the service and a covered dish lunch afterward.

Monday, September 25

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HORIZONS UNLIMITED: Terry Robbins will present Merle Haggard, The People’s Poet” to Horizons Unlimited Monday, Sept. 25 from 1:30 p.m. to 3 p.m. at the Alexander City Board of Education Building at 375 Lee Street Alexander City.

Friday, September 29 GARDENING EXTRAVAGANZA: The Tallapoosa County Extension Service is hosting its Fall Gardening Extravaganza Friday, Sept. 29 from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Betty Carol Graham Technology Center at Central Alabama Community College.

Speaking will be Chris VanCleave, Sara L. Van Beck, Felder Rushing and Carol Reese.

Cost is $25 and you can register by call the extension service at 256-8251050.

Harold Cochran 256.234.2700 haroldcochran.b2cn@statefarm.com

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September 17-20

CHURCH REVIVAL: Old Providence Baptist Church in Hackneyville is hosting revival services

CHURCH HOMECOMING: New Elkahatchee Baptist Church is hosting homecoming services Oct. 1 at 10:30 a.m. with Diane Sherrell.

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Wednesday, August 30, 2017

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LET THE GAMES BEGIN While players on the field play the game, the others in attendance make football an event

Above left, the horns in the Coosa band blast sound, while above right kids at the Dadeville-LaFayette game pose for a picture after a game of tag. Left, the Coosa drum major leads the squad at halftime of the season opener Friday night. Above, you may ask what pickle juice and mustard have to do with football, but the two items are used to help players with cramps and could be found on the Dadeville sideline Friday. Right, drummers from Coosa keep the beat Friday night.

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Top, the hill adjacent to the home stands at Dadeville’s Tiger Stadium has long been a playground for children during the games and Friday night several rolled and slid down the hill. Above, the Horseshoe Bend Generals take the field at the start of Friday’s jamboree game with B.B. Comer. Left, our Donald Campbell caught the side of Dadeville’s runthrough ritual that fans rarely see – the backside. Players poked holes in the paper before breaking through.

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LPs, CDs, iPods, and powdered eggs T

here’s a myth about cake mixes that dates back to the time when such food items first began to be marketed (in the 1930s). I first heard about the longtime legend in marketing class in college when we were studying interaction of consumers with the products they purchase.

When cake mixes were introduced, the ingredients included powdered eggs, which would conveniently save a housewife the trouble of cracking open and adding fresh eggs (Think: “userfriendly,” which didn’t exist as a term back then).

The mixes reportedly didn’t sell well at the outset because many housewives actually still wanted to add fresh eggs themselves as part of their personal cake-making ritual.

However, that anecdote turned out to be kitchen folklore. Research by baking products companies indicated that the real reason cake mixes didn’t take off at the outset is because consumers simply seemed to prefer cakes made with fresh eggs instead of powdered eggs.

WILLIE G. MOSELEY Publisher

And that decades-old story seems to figure into the resurgence—if not an outright “return”—of record albums (LPs) as a listening format for contemporary music.

“Format wars” among audio and video devices has been around almost as long as cake mixes. Soon after World War II, flimsy “shellac” 78-rpm records were supplanted by vinyl 33 1/3-rpm albums and 45-rpm singles. Any record of any format could be scratched fairly easily and traditional “records” finally faded out in the mid-‘80s.

Beginning in the late ‘60s, a battle ensued between two portable, convenienceoriented tape formats, eighttrack and cassette, and there were also some short-lived “also-rans” such as fourtrack (which looked like an eight-track) as well the elcaset, from the mid-‘70s.

The elcaset, developed by more than one Japanese audio manufacturer, resembled a large cassette. Its wider tape offered better fidelity, a la a reel-to-reel system, but it was only around for a couple of years, rendered obsolete by the rapid evolution of the sonic capabilities of standard cassettes.

When four-channel/ quadraphonic audio systems tried to enter the marketplace in the early ‘70s, they didn’t last long, and their quick extinction was probably abetted by confusion about two competing formats, “discrete” and “matrix.”

And of course, there was the fabled warfare between the Beta and VHS video recorders that began in the mid-‘70s (the latter format won) as well as videodiscs vs. laserdiscs (both quickly became extinct). Who knows how many millions of consumers invested in player decks, inventories of classic movies or albums, and other associated items, only to see their chosen format soon relegated to the scrapheap of technology?

True, some gizmos do

run their course, so progress might dictate that it’s time to move on. In fact, one of the reasons that LPs finally exited from music stores around a third of a century ago was the advent of the new digital Compact Disc (CD) format.

CDs have ruled the marketplace of, er, “actual physical audio” for decades, but digital listening took a further step when songs and albums began to be offered as downloads from the internet.

Stored in devices such as iPods, digitized music offers no “containers” for individual albums.

A couple of years ago, this space noted that I’ve stopped changing formats to collect music, having ceased with CDs…and like a lot of us, I owned many of the same albums on LP or cassette in earlier times.

So ongoing obsolescence and subsequent new-cuttingedge entertainment formats are one reason that recent sales trends of LPs seem somewhat improbable. While many of the new records are limited editions and are made of high-quality material,

they’re still more fragile than other audio options.

But to many listeners, LPs seem to sound “warmer” or “fatter” than cassettes or CDs. Another nostalgic reason Boomers might have appreciated LPs was the cover artwork and liner notes to peruse; i.e., someone can still listen to “Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band” in almost any musical format but it sure was fun trying to figure out who all those people on the LP cover were.

It just seemed like a listener could get more… well, “involved” with LPs and covers, just like housewives wanted to get more involved with baking cakes.

It’s going to be interesting to see how modern LPs play out—pun intended—in the current marketplace. Most likely it’s a fad, and I don’t expect old albums to be reissued as records yet again.

I’ve got a turntable that’s been stored for over 15 years and I don’t plan on hooking it up in the near future.

Moseley is a columnist for Tallapoosa Publishers.

River goers must wear PFD or face hefty fine

By CARMEN RODGERS Staff Writer

The City of Tallassee passed ordinance 2017537 during Monday’s council meeting, which allows law enforcement to issue a citation to anyone in the Tallapoosa River from the dam to one mile downstream from the AES boat ramp on Highway 229 who is not wearing a personal flotation device.

The misdemeanor charge will carry a fine of $250, plus court cost and a possible 180-day jail sentence.

“This ordinance will propose mandatory use of a Coast Guardapproved personal flotation device from Thurlow Dam to one mile below the city boat ramp for all people utilizing the waterway,” said Matthew Higgins, chief of Tallassee Police.

“Whether they are swimming, wading, kayaking, powerboat or whatever it might be would require mandatory use of life jackets by this city ordinance.”

There are signs warning of the swiftly

changing currents at both the Thurlow Dam Boat Ramp and the boat ramp located behind AES Industries.

The signs are very large, clearly marked and should be visible to everyone near the area. Despite the signage, two people have lost their lives recently in the same area of the Tallapoosa River in Tallassee.

“It would accompany a fine if the ordinance is violated of $250,” Higgins said. “I think this will help us regulate the area a little better when there are people down there swimming and hanging out. I hope this will also encourage people who might not utilize a floatation device to do so and in turn save some lives.”

This ordinance comes just over a week after an 18-month-old boy lost his life when rapidly rising waters swept the child from the arms of an adult who was making their way back across the river.

Prior to last week’s tragedy on the Tallapoosa, 31-year-old Charles Stewart lost his

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Signs at both the Thurlow Dam Boat Ramp and the boat ramp behind AES Industries will soon warn river-goers of large fines and possible jail if caught in or on the water without a Coast Guard-approved personal flotation device.

life when rapidly rising waters capsized the kayak he was in.

While the Tallapoosa River can be deadly on any given day, water levels below Thurlow Dam can quickly fluctuate when the dam’s turbines release thousands of gallons of water downstream as the hydroelectric plant generates power.

Alabama Power does sound an alarm before releasing water downstream, but the sound only travels so far, that why this fast

rise in the water level has proven to be deadly before.

“You can’t hear it this far down river,” Jones said. “We have begged and pleaded to get something down here that will warn people. We did a big risk assessment for this back in 2008. We measured how quickly the water would rise after they turned (the turbines) on.”

The City of Tallassee along with Tallassee police hope this new ordinance will curb the

danger that comes from the turbulent waters of the Tallapoosa River and save lives in the process.

During the council meeting, councilman Darrell Wilson said if this measure does not encourage river-goers to utilize floatation devices and cut down on the number of accidents and loss of life in this area of the river, then the city should look at closing the ramps to the public.

“We would like to work with the public

to keep it open and available, but the public has to help us. If they are not responsible enough, then other action will have to be taken.”

Wilson said.

Upon passing the ordinance, City Attorney John Smith advised the council to revise or add signage at both the Thurlow Dam Boat Ramp and the boat ramp behind AES Industries with verbiage to reflect in summary what the new ordinance states.

TALLAPOOSA COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION ANNOUNCES

Congrats to our 2017 Volunteer of the year, Emily Carter. She was our very first volunteer and has faithfully been with us throughout the years. Many years of love and service to the dogs of Rescue K911.

Thank you Emily! We love you!!!

Save your Purina weight circles and drop them off or mail them to Rescue K911 P.O. Box 862 Auburn, AL 36831. They all help & add up fast. Thank you for helping the dogs & cats without a home of their own.

This ad is sponsored by Wayside Animal Hospital, Dr. Susan Martin, 256-329-9900. Spay/neuter assistance is available from RESCUE K9-1-1, Wayside Animal Hospital 256-329-9900 or Lake Martin Humane Society 256-234-5533.

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