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Christmas Parade Sunday in Dadeville By CLIFF WILLIAMS Staff Writer
The Spirit of a Hometown Christmas Parade in Dadeville Sunday will travel into a clean square thanks to the recommendation of the City Council. “I think we need to clean up
around the Square before the parade,” Council Member Mickey Tarpley said. “There are leaves everywhere and cups and other debris in the shrubs.” After a small discussion with city department head’s at Tuesday’s Council meeting, it was decided that crews would clean around the square either Thursday or Friday
morning before cars park. The parade will start near the Dadeville High School Football Field at 2 p.m. Sunday before heading down Lafayette Street, then on to the Square. Dadeville Mayor Joe Smith will be grand marshall. Following the parade there will be See PARADE • Page 3
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Santa spent plenty of time meeting with children last year at the Spirit of a Hometown Christmas Parade in Dadeville. This year’s parade is set for Sunday downtown.
License fees for marriages to increase
Syrup making tradition continues
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By CLIFF WILLIAMS Staff Writer
Since the 1950s, syrup making has been a tradition on the Finley Family farm in Camp Hill. Saturday was no different. “You gonna quit now?” Camp Hill’s Charles Heard asked Kenneth Lewis, “It’s just gettin’ good.” “Yea, I gotta go,” Lewis said. “We are having a family get together.” “Make sure and take you a couple bottles,” Alfred Finley said. Heard was referring to fire duty as they helped maintain the fire at the cane syrup cooking and Finley was trying to pay for Lewis’ help. “It’s a community thing,” Heard said. “Two, even three folks can’t make syrup. It is the same as a hawg killing. It kinda takes a community to do it. Everybody just comes together. If they be doing it with two, they sure ‘nough
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(Top) Alfred Finley of Camp Hill monitors the frog eyes in the copper pan as he makes cane syrup in Camp Hill Saturday. (Left) Kenneth Lewis of Camp Hill adds wood to the fire to keep the cane juice boiling.
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It’s about to become more expensive to get married in Alabama. Tallapoosa County Probate Court Judge Leon Archer said that his office has been notified that the state will add $30 to the standard fee for marriage licenses beginning Jan. 1. That means that in Tallapoosa County the cost to get a marriage license will go from $41 to $71. The Legislature approved a fee hike last general session. The bill was signed into law in June by Gov. Robert Bentley. The increase will go toward creation of the Domestic Violence Trust Fund, according to Archer, citing a memo from state officials. The additional funds will assist in operating shelters and providing assistance programs for victims of domestic violence, according to literature released by Bentley’s press office. “The increase goes entirely into that fund and it wasn’t something that we are doing just here in our county,” Archer said. “We charge just $11 and for years $30 of the $41 went to the state. With this in place, we will keep our fee at $11 and the state will get $60. “Some of the weddings get pretty expensive, so I guess that $30 isn’t a lot in comparison, especially if it is used for that cause. But we just wanted to make people aware now before they got hit with it in January.” The marriage license fee increase is just the latest in a series of post-budget increases that consumers are being asked to pay. The fees for drivers licenses, license plates and state park use were also raised over the last 12 months.
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For the second consecutive year, Jacksons Gap’s Church & Main will headline a Christmas Toy Drive Christian concert at Lake Martin Baptist Church, located at 9823 Highway 34 in Dadeville. According to Church & Main member Mike Keyes, the concert will take place Dec. 12 beginning at 6:30 p.m. Keyes said they are asking those who attend to bring an unwrapped toy with a $10-$20 value. “When we get the toys, we’ll be See CONCERT • Page 3