Feb 3, 2016 Tallassee Tribune

INSIDE, PAGE 3.

LOCAL, PAGE 2 Scarborough wins 2015 Southeast Ginner of the Year Award.

Teel seeks another term on Elmore County Board of Education.

SPORTS, PAGE 12

THS Varsity boys come out with a pair of wins.

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Flag to mark new TAG headquarters downtown

By COREY ARWOOD Staff Writer

A Confederate flag will be raised in the heart of downtown Tallassee atop a 30-foot-flagpole at the new headquarters of the Tallassee Armory Guards.

But raising flags on private property was not the only aim of the largest state chapter of the Sons of Confederate Veterans, the Tallassee Armory Guards, Camp 1921.

Ensuring that confederate memorabilia and monuments were safe on public property was

the primary goal in sight of the group mentioned at their last meeting, the annual LeeJackson Banquet.

The TAG had launched an aggressive campaign, lobbying state lawmakers and representatives in an attempt to ensure a “yes” vote for Senate Bill 13 in the next legislative session which began Feb. 2.

Owner and operator of Tallassee radio staCorey Arwood / The Tribune tion WACQ, Fred Randall Hughey made the The Camp 1921 String Band performed for the local chapter of the Sons of announcement.

Confederate Veterans, the Tallassee Armory Guards Camp 1921 at the annual See TAG • Page 2 Lee-Jackson Banquet held at Elmer’s Diner in Notasulga, Alabama.

TV show causing a stir

School safety issues addressed by superintendent

Left, Chelsea Handler at the Tallassee Now event where she interviewed people about slavery and southern heritage.

By CARMEN RODGERS Staff Writer

During January’s Board of Education meeting Superintendent Wade Shipman addressed the condition of the high school band room, which was flooded during the December flooding.

There were some concerns over the safety of the air quality and health concerns to students. Shipman said these issues are being properly addressed to ensure the air quality and surfaces in the affected areas of the high school are safe for students.

“We’ve gone above and beyond,” Shipman said. “We’ve had the air quality and some of the surfaces areas tested by a microbiologist. We initially had Jeff Baker come in and clean it up. Then we asked Servpro come in and give us recommendations for cleaning up. We’ve gone with a microbiologist to run the test and they go back to Servpro with the findings and Servpro gives us a remedy for how to clean up the band room.”

Besides taking proper steps to insure student safety, steps have been taken to prevent future flooding.

“We’ve already improved the gutter system and some of the areas on the outside wall where we think the seepage is See SAFETY • Page 2

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Reactions to ‘Chelsea Does’ racism mostly negative

By CARMEN RODGERS Staff Writer

The Netflix original four part docu-series “Chelsea Does” began streaming Saturday. In the series the former late-night talk show host takes a look at marriage, Silicon Valley, drugs and racism.

For her racism series Handler travels the world, pointing out how people tend to self-segregate. In her travels for the series Handler visited Tallassee during the Tallassee Now event last year.

In the Chelsea Does Racism series Jeanna Kervin with the Talisi Historical Society spoke to Handler on camera about her heritage.

However, Kervin said Handlers “handlers” misled her before being interviewed.

“Her handlers came about 30 minutes before she did and they asked us if we wanted to talk to her,” she said. “We were told she was doing a documentary on barbeque and that she wanted to talk about the South some.”

Before agreeing to speak to Handler, Kervin said she made it clear that she did not want to paint Tallassee in a bad light.

“I even told them, a lot of people like to come in and poke fun of people from the South and if that’s what it’s about, I don’t want any part of it,” she said. “The whole interview process was based on a lie.”

One important piece of history and prejudice Handler completely overlooked in the series addressing race was the deep Native American history Tallassee holds.

Tallassee, or Talisi as the Native American’s named it, was one of four Creek capitols in the South. The Native American history in Tallassee predates the racism Handler came to Tallassee looking for.

“Right beside our booth, the Talisi Historical Society booth, was a Native American encampment,” Kervin said. “One of our Native American re-enactors, he’s

SCV to place flag pole in downtown Montgomery

By COREY ARWOOD Staff Writer

A group with roots in Tallassee is attempting to install a 50-foot flagpole and Confederate flag in downtown Montgomery off of I-85 across from Alabama State University with support from First Capitol Flaggers, Tallassee chapter of the Sons of Confederate Veterans and Tallassee Armory Guards.

At TAG’s annual LeeJackson Banquet, Fred Randall Hughey announced during the event’s “year in review” that TAG had donated $500 dollars to FCF for the project.

When he described where the Montgomery flag would be placed, he drew applause and cheers from the crowded room when he said “right across See FLAG • Page 3

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Hughey is a “commander” and media representative with TAG, the Tallassee chapter of the SCV. Hughey said they had already secured the votes of Sen. Tom Whatley and Rep. Mark Tuggle.

One of the efforts involved the mass mailing of postmarked postcards to the different representatives of the members advocating the passage of SB13.

Proposed by Sen. Gerald Allen (R) of Tuscaloosa, the bill was written to protect monuments on public property and has the support of Confederate groups for it’s protection of Confederate Civil War- Era monuments being removed from state grounds.

But it was only two of many major announcements made at the Lee-Jackson Banquet, which celebrated Confederate generals Robert E. Lee and Thomas “Stonewall” Jackson, at Elmer’s Diner in Notasulga, Alabama.

The group’s new location will be across from the Tallassee Police Department on Barnnett Blvd.

Hughey said the TAG had been in talks with the city for a little over a year about the property.

He said they ran into problems with the city’s building inspector regarding permits.

Hughey said the group had to involve the state in some way in order to gain access to the building.

A point of pride for the group mentioned in the list of important goings-on in 2015 was a surge in new membership.

Hughey said just like Obama and gun control, with what he called, the “attack on everything Confederate,” there had been an obvious drive in TAG membership bringing their numbers to 186 members.

The group, he said, is the fifth largest SCV chapter in the nation.

A nod was also given to the 800-900 Confederate flags Hughey said were handed out at the town’s last Christmas parade.

Safety coming in,” Shipman said. “We’ve dug up some of the wall and we put in a new downspout that runs directly to the drainage spout.”

This area of the high school has had flooding issues before and Shipman said he believes these safety procedures will remedy the issue all together.

“That area’s on a slope and it should have water there unless it’s captured and is soaking in,” he said. “We’ve put a sealant on the wall where we think the leak is coming from and we’ve cemented around that so there’s no place for the water to go. We shouldn’t have water in there again.”

On the inside, there’s a wooden studded wall on the inside of the cement wall that will be removed.

Handler nationally known and he’s well versed on Native Americans. She (Handler) asked him one question and it

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The TAG will convene its next meeting Feb. 22 in the new location downtown, which will be when the flag is raised in downtown Tallassee.

Among other group business from 2015, Hughey also read a list of who the group donated funds to.

Hughey said that $500 each was given to a group called the First Capitol Flaggers for their project to raise a Confederate flag in downtown Montgomery off Interstate 85 across from Alabama State University and to the Alabama Department of Archives and History for what Hughey said was flag restoration.

Also, there was $200 each given to a local nursing home and senior center.

The speaker of the night was Charles Kelly Barrow, a 10th grade world history teacher out of Henry County, Georgia.

Barrow holds the title of commander-in-chief of the national SCV. A special address was given about what Barrow called the “superiority” of character and “Godgiven intellect” that he said distinguished the two Confederate generals.

He said neither Lee nor Jackson were in favor of slavery, and through their religious beliefs, “looked upon blacks as children of God.” Barrow said the South was entering into what he called a new phase of Reconstruction Era. The South, Barrow said, was in a spiritual warfare and was the last bastion through the heritage and ancestors that lived on in the blood of descendants.

“Join with me in a struggle to show that the South was right,” said.

He said to stand up and fight for one’s ancestors was to act as an example for others to see and follow.

“Always remember that your ancestors were right, the South was right,” Barrow said. “I can’t stress that enough.”

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“We will build a new wall and put new carpet back in there,” he said. “At the same time they will clean the ventilation system in that building.”

Once these steps have been taken the band room should be in much better shape.

“When it’s all done they’ll have new carpet, new ceiling tile, everything will be clean and we feel like when the kids go back in it will be safer,” Shipman said.

Still, the long-term goal is to build a larger facility for band students.

“That room is undersized for the number of students that we serve,” he said. “In my opinion, we need a larger facility for band and music.”

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was about that (slavery).”

Kervin said she believes Handler came to Tallassee with an agenda.

“That’s all she was focused on,” Kervin said.

Since the release Jan. 23 Kervin has not watched the series and has no intention of doing so.

“I haven’t watched the video and I don’t intend to watch it,” she said. “I can just imagine what it is. I know people who have watched it and told me about, it’s very insulting.

I think we’re all proud of our Southern heritage and I don’t want to see someone making fun of what we hold dear.

Our heritage is a good and strong heritage and we should be proud of it. “ Furthermore, Kervin said she wants it to be clear that in no way was the intention to cast Tallassee into a negative light.

“If anything I said was used to embarrass Tallassee I would be very brokenhearted,” Kervin said. “She (Handler) was intentionally trying to divide and cause strife.”

Pastor Adolphus Gauntt was born and raised in Tallassee and was in the first grade when the Tallassee school systems integrated.

“It was a little strange, at first. But today, I am still friends with a lot of my white class mates.”

Gauntt has resided in Tallassee all of his life and said he believes Tallassee treats people of all ethnicities equally.

“Look at me, I was president of the Tallassee Rotary Club and I was voted in by an all white committee,” he said. “This is not a racist town. She (Handler) came here for one reason, money,” he said.

Gauntt points out Handler is making money every time the show is watched.

“She is getting what she wanted right now, by us watching this,” Gauntt said.

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from ASU.” The group is halfway to its $3,000 goal, said Dana Jones, one of the founding members of FCF. Jones was at the TAG banquet and said she was there in support of her husband, Bryan Jones, who is a SCV TAG member. She said her three sons were new to the group.

She said the legal details had been sorted out and now the group was only waiting for what she called cash-inhand and the proper paperwork detailing the transaction of the land Jones said had all ready been promised and set aside for use by the group.

The minimum height of the flagpole would be 30 feet, while the maximum, and desired, height would be 50 feet, Jones said.

Hughey said a physician in Montgomery donated the land specifically for the flag’s placement.

Jones said the individual would not be named because they do not want anyone to “pitch a fit” and interrupt the progress of the project.

She said she thought that would be unfair to someone who owned the private property and met the requirements of the proper ordinances, which she said they did.

The FCF would resume care of the property, which Jones said was just enough area for the flag and the space immediately surrounding it.

Jones said it made sense to fly the flag in what she said was the first capitol of the Confederacy and her group wanted to spark interest about the role Alabama played during that era.

She said its placement across from the historically black

ASU campus was “not a slap in the face.”

To the FCF, Jones said the benefit was the visibility from the interstate.

Whether or not the flag was in view at the ASU campus would only be a circumstance of its height, she said.

“We’re hoping everyone can see it,” Jones said. “We want people to ask questions, we want them to listen.”

She said they wanted an intelligent conversation on the topic.

“I fly five flags at my home in Butler County,” Jones said.

And she said it was not to antagonize, but purely to make them visible to passers-by.

Jones said her group received international interest from people in England, Germany, Australia and South Africa.

When asked, in context of the current racial climate in America and among movements like Black Lives Matter, how she felt this could be perceived, she said Confederate groups are being treated unfairly in the media.

“We are descendants of Confederate veterans,” Jones said. “Our lives matter just as much.”

She said it was a misperception that always went back to Dylan Roof and the Charleston, South Carolina, church shootings of last June and she felt people who stood for what she said her group stands for do not get the positive attention she felt the BLM movement received.

Jones said she always told people, “I’m not prejudiced (or) racist, I am a Christian.”

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I have been personally involved in provision of new and improved facilities across Elmore County to accommodate student growth from approximately 5,000 students in 1980 to the current 11,000-plus students. You have invested over $127 million in facilities to serve our students.

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I have taken the time for many years to provide leadership as president of the board, which is selected by fellow BOE members.

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Mack Daugherty On March 1, 2016 elect a commissioner who has devoted a lifetime of volunteer service to his country, state, county and community.

“Mack firmly believes that one of our primary responsibilities and opportunities, while on this earth, is to strive to make a positive difference in someone’s life. He would be extremely humbled and honored to have the opportunity to serve as your Elmore County District Two County Commissioner. Thank you for your vote on March 1st, and may God bless you and your families!”

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Chief Justice Roy Moore – Alabama Supreme Court “I can’t think of anyone that I would rather have as my county commissioner than my long-time friend and fellow veteran, Mack Daugherty. I have known Mack for many years, and you won’t Ànd a more reputable, Christian man. I have no doubt that Mack will serve us well, and I whole heartedly support him. I am a 93 year old WWII veteran, and I have met many people in my lifetime, and I can certainly vouch for the character and capabilities of this man. We would do well to put him in ofÀce.”

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If you're a bird... I'm a bird

ovies have a way of helping mold the way we think and feel about relationships and love.

Two lines that come to mind are, “I’ll never let go,” and “If you’re a bird, I’m a bird,” from the 1997 movie Titanic and The Notebook in 2004, respectively.

There have been mixed reviews from those two movies, but I bring them up because in today’s age thoughts and feelings those two quotes suggest seem to be lost in relationships.

If you notice, both of those movies were set in much earlier periods of the last century.

Although I don’t date myself back to the time of either of those movies, my parents were brought up in at least one of those periods and those types of thoughts and feelings about relationships influenced me.

After my father died in Vietnam in 1968, I always wondered why my mother didn’t try to find another husband or entertain another relationship, not that I am complaining.

One day, I asked her why. Her response was, “Because I know I will never find another man as good as your dad.” I remember her saying it like it was yesterday.

Like Rose in Titanic, she never let go … and she did go on. And, should my father have survived, I am sure it would have been just like it was in The Notebook.

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By John W. Peeler But, for whatever reason, things are not the same today as they were then. Whether it’s economics, a change in the way we look at relationships, the days of “what’s in it for me,” the ease of getting divorced, genetics, income levels or even education levels, love and relationships have suffered — for most.

Today’s divorce rates are high and marriages last about 8.8 years on average. In 2009 a survey was conducted to see what cities and states had the highest divorce rates.

Florida had four (per 1,000 people) of the top-10 ranking No. 1, No. 6, No. 8 and No. 9, followed by Arizona at No. 2, West Virginia No. 3, Oregon No. 4, Nevada No. 5 and Colorado at No. 7 and No. 10.

So, does any of that really matter? No. We have just lost our way and other things have become more important than finding true love.

Love is not important to some — I don’t know how many people, men and women alike, I have heard say that — and maybe that’s fine for some.

But, who wants to be alone in

their final days if you have the choice of being like the characters in The Notebook and sharing it with the one you love, the one you shared adversity with?

Love and relationships are not business arrangements. Both are difficult. Both have to have constant work and nurturing.

Love and relationships are not for the weak at heart or for those that only think of themselves.

Love and relationships are about giving unselfishly, trust, sharing, respect, acceptance of differences, affection, affirmation … I could go on and on.

The point to all of this — love is not dead, we just need to find where we put it away and find it again.

Movies like the Titanic and The Notebook are modern-day movies, but their placement in time beckons from the last century. I can’t think of 10 movies that take place in modern times that follow the theme or purposeful thought of these two movies — everlasting love. How many can you count from today’s backdrop?

I still see that kind of love through the eyes of my mother every time my dad is mentioned.

Somewhere, true love still exists set aside in some dark corner just waiting to be rediscovered — you only need to find a way to shine — and you’ll find it.

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County expands on 'Countywide' Cleanup Days'

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he Elmore County Commission is pleased to announce the expansion of Countywide Clean Up Days will continue this year. Clean up days will be provided at two locations in the county on the second Saturday of every even numbered month.

The additional free clean up days are the result of an agreement reached between the County Commission and Advanced Disposal and are in addition to the ten clean up days that occur every odd numbered month.

The next free Countywide Clean Up Day is scheduled from 9 a.m.-1 p.m. Feb. 13. The two locations selected for this event are the Old Highway Department Shop in Holtville and the CEW&SA facility on Redland Road.

Additional Countywide Clean Up dates, times and locations (including a map with directions and GPS coordinates) are listed on the Elmore County web

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All tree limbs must be no longer than 4 feet and no more than 6 inches in diameter. Items that will not be accepted include appliances, batteries, paints or thinners, oils, gases and tires. Sorry, no contractors, as the cleanup is for residents only. For more information, call Advanced Disposal 334-252-0458.

Please help “Keep the Wave of the Future Clean” by bagging and sealing all household trash for regular pick up. Bagging and closing trash bags prevents “blow out” garbage on the roadside.

The Super Bowl: What a difference a half-century makes

n recent times, there’s been a lot of hype about this year being the 50th anniversary of the Super Bowl, and one would imagine it’s really going to get intense this week.

Folks who are old enough to remember all 50 of the annual gridiron clashes will recall that it was originally a matchup between the veteran National Football League (NFL) and the upstart American Football League (AFL). The most memorable of the earliest contests was probably the third Super Bowl, when Joe Namath, quarterback of the AFL’s New York Jets, had brashly predicted victory over the NFL’s Baltimore Colts, and followed through with his prognostication.

Super Bowl III was actually the first game to have the “Super Bowl” moniker. The previous two were known as the “AFL-NFL World Championship Game,” but not surprisingly, they ultimately became known as Super Bowl I and Super Bowl II. And recently, a television sports channel broadcast the very first one.

A local retired educator and I opted to watch closely and compare notes about how things had evolved over half a century.

Super Bowl I was played in the

The SoCalled Column

By Willie G. Moseley Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum on January 15, 1967, and perhaps surprisingly wasn’t a sellout. The NFL’s Green Bay Packers beat the AFL’s Kansas City Chiefs 35-10, as Packers quarterback (and Montgomery native) Bart Starr was named Most Valuable Player (and such an honor would also be bestowed on Starr the next year in Super Bowl II). Among the contrasts to what is anticipated next Sunday were the following: • Smaller players.

• Equipment that was simpler/ less-fancy: For example, Starr’s face mask was a single bar.

• Introductions: “It was interesting the way the players were announced,” said the educator. “They ran onto the field and stopped in front of the camera, then ran off.”

• Minimal pageantry: I noted a few marching bands and a few colorful

balloons that were released. Didn’t see any pyrotechnics at all.

•Fans appeared to be dressed up: Males wore ties, women wore dresses. A few folks wore what appeared to be cheap felt hats in team colors, but I saw no ludicrous costumes or bizarre millenery, and there was nary a drop of body paint in sight. In other words, the attendees looked classy.

Compare that to the buffoonery seen at modern games.

•Goal posts at the front line of the end zone.

•Field goals and extra points were kicked straight-on, not soccer style.

•No showing off after a big play: Elmo Wright invented that kind of behavior a few years later. In the earliest Super Bowls, players simply did their designated jobs.

•Fewer coaches.

• No headphones: At least, not on head coaches Vince Lombardi and Hank Stram.

Another comment from the educator cited injuries.

“When a player was injured, there wasn’t a rush of medical people and equipment to the player,” he said.

“Most of the time, the player just limped off to the sidelines by himself.”

He also thought that “…the game

seemed to go a little bit faster—not necessarily the speed of the plays, but the game in general.”

As kind of a broadbrush summary regarding the sports channel’s presentation, the educator rightly grumbled about the present-day voiceover and interspersed comments from former participants as well as sports pundits, which he considered to be interruptions.

“The television celebrities talked almost the entire ball game,” he said.

“It was very much like me watching a football game with ten people in the room talking, and not letting me enjoy the game. I really wish they would have just replayed the entire game with the original announcers.”

Call it nostalgia if you wish, but it seemed like Super Bowl I proffered a simpler and more honorable approach to athletic competition.

The complexities and show biz that now pervade pro football and almost every other spectator sport—on the field, on the sidelines, in the stands, and elsewhere—seem to validate and underline the first word in the original acronym for ESPN. Moseley is a retired staffer of The Tribune who writes a weekly column in The Tribune.

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Steve Flowers Inside the Statehouse

Tales of Landslide Lyndon, election corruption of the past

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here are a good many stories about elections of the 1940’s and 50’s where votes were bought and elections stolen. The most brazen and blatant stealing of an election occurred in the 1948 race for the U.S. Senate in Texas. The players were Coke Stevenson versus Lyndon B. Johnson. Therefore, it can also be classified as one of the most relevant robberies in American history because if Johnson had lost, as he was supposed to, it would have dramatically impacted U.S. history.

Stevenson was a legFlowers endary Texas icon. He was the epitome of a Texas gentleman and revered. He was Texas’ Horatio Alger and Davy Crockett combined. He raised himself from age 12, built a ranching empire, was Speaker of the Texas House of Representatives, and a very popular Governor of Texas.

Stevenson was above reproach. He would not lie, steal or cheat and Texans knew that about old Coke.

On the other hand, Johnson had already earned the reputation in Texas that he would continue to earn in Washington, that is that he would do whatever it took to win.

He was totally corrupt and ruthless, without any semblance of a conscience.

Johnson had been a congressman from East Texas for six years. When the U.S. Senate seat came open in 1948, he made the decision to roll the dice and go for broke. Lyndon did not know that the legendary former governor, Coke Stevenson, would enter the race.

The initial poll had Stevenson about 68 percent to Johnson’s 18 percent. However, Stevenson had no idea to what limits Johnson would go to be a U.S. Senator.

Johnson applied modern day politics to that era. He introduced polling and what it meant in detail.

He even used a helicopter to fly from town to town and land on court squares to speak and shake hands, but mostly he used negative and false campaign mailings to destroy the stellar Stevenson’s reputation.

Stevenson was from a different era. He refused to go negative and would not reply to any negative accusations no matter how maliciously false.

Johnson was able to use this massive media blitz because he had more campaign funds than any candidate in Texas history. He had unlimited financial backing from the giant Brown and Root Company of Texas. They are now the Halliburton Corporation. They were then, as now, the recipients of gigantic government construction contracts. Johnson was their boy and would do their bidding as their senator so they poured money into the race like water.

Johnson out spent Stevenson 10-to-1, but it was not enough. When the votes were counted on election night, Stevenson had won by a narrow margin. However, the election was not over. Stevenson was about to be counted out.

The Rio Grande Valley along the Texas and Mexican border was known as the region where votes could be bought. Most close elections were decided in these counties, which would come in days after the original count with just the right number of votes needed to win the election. This is how Johnson won by only 87 votes in a race where over one million votes were cast.

Johnson became known as Landslide Lyndon in Washington because of this 87 vote victory. It was also an allusion to how he had stolen the seat. Some people think that Johnson’s title, Landslide Lyndon, stemmed from his landslide victory over Barry Goldwater in the 1964 Presidential Race, but it was actually from the 1948 Texas Senate Race.

A legendary tale attributed to Johnson in this infamous race claims in the days following the election, while garnering enough votes for victory, Johnson and the political bosses of the valley counties were going through cemeteries and taking names of dead Mexicans off of tombstones to register as voters. They could not decipher one of the names and asked Lyndon what to do. Johnson quickly replied, give him a name, he’s got as much right to vote as the rest of them in this cemetery do.

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.

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January was a tough month for rock music

anuary was a tough month for rock music. There have been rumors of its demise for a long time, but several recent deaths put a period on a sentence listeners have seen coming for many years.

Jazz music was once a staple of jukeboxes and dance halls in the first half of the last century. The big band express ground to a halt in the 1950s as rock and roll discarded everything but the saxophone and rhythm section.

As jazz went into decline (not in quality, but in popularity), blues reasserted itself with the rockers of the ‘60s and ‘70s. The guitar became a new form of expression, each track of every record featuring the obligatory guitar solo.

This trend continued into the early 1990s. In 1993, however, the top-selling single of the year was a hip-hop release. And, save for one or two instances since, hip-hop and dance music has continued to rule the airwaves in the ensuing quarter century.

Whereas rock had benefitted from the old Top 40 radio format and matured alongside the country, easy listening, and Broadway tunes of their day, newer formats made no room for this aging genre.

This never seemed more apparent than over the past month, as media outlets barely noticed the passing of several giants in the rock world.

Lemmy Kilmister of Motorhead was the poster child for heavy metal, though he identified his music as

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Bird’s Eye View

By Michael Bird “rock and roll”. In reality, he actually paved the way for the speed metal and thrash genres of the 1980s.

Listening to Motorhead guarantees you’ll be head-banging within two chords of the introduction.

Natalie Cole was not technically a rocker, but she was of that era. Her career was the legacy of her father, Nat “King” Cole, who broke many barriers in the acceptance of African Americans into mainstream music playlists. No one of her generation was better at interpreting her father’s Tin Pan Alley standards for modern ears.

Rock and roll chameleon David Bowie was peerless. Whether he was Ziggy Stardust, the Thin White Duke, or any number of other personas, Bowie challenged listeners to meet him on his own terms. He never chased trends, and remained an innovator to the end. He was a game changer.

Glenn Frey may have strongarmed his fellow bandmates in the Eagles over the decades, entering into conflicts born of rock excess.

Yet, his country rock shuffles and rockabilly guitar leads, not to mention the glistening harmonies he

created with colleague Don Henley, defined a generation. Echoes of Frey’s work will be heard into perpetuity.

Mic Gillette of Tower of P ower may not have been a household name, but this trumpet player’s west coast horn band was widely influential. It’s hard to imagine groups like Earth, Wind, and Fire having as much success without Tower of Power coming along.

Finally, Paul Kantner of Jefferson Airplane/Jefferson Starship was as iconoclastic as anyone. Their band began as a folk outfit, then morphed into an ultra-political psychedelic unit, before settling into a multiplatinum arena rock band known mostly for catchy pop melodies. The intraband rivalries and backstage soap operas notwithstanding, Kantner’s death permanently grounds the Airplane, and the Starship, for good.

Their deaths may be a footnote, a sentence on the crawl of a cable news channel. They may get a paragraph or two in “Rolling Stone,” a magazine that once championed this style of music. But as they pass on, and before rock and roll joins jazz and blues in the museum of music history, put on some records by these guys and listen to the magic they made.

Bird is a band director for Tallassee City Schools and disc jockey for WACQ-AM & FM.

What I would have done with my lottery winnings

n the last big lottery drawing that had everybody in a stir, as you know I didn’t win.

I didn’t even have a ticket. If I had been over in Columbus or any other Georgia town I probably would have given in to the temptation and bought some tickets. People took for granted that everybody had tickets and would ask what are you going to do if you win?

Here are some things I would do if I ever won.

Many of you remember when we used to get up bus trips, for about 10 years we did this as a hobby not to make a profit but to have fun. Fun we had and everyone that went with us seemed to have fun too. Back to the lottery, if I had won.

I still have the old list of people that went with us. I wouldn’t buy a bus but for each trip I would rent one just like we use to. I would want two drivers so there wouldn’t be any questions of them being tired. I would invite a bus load and away we would go to Branson, San Antonio, Dollywood, Nashville or wherever.

With that kind of winnings, I wouldn’t worry too much about running out of money. My method of weeding out freeloaders

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By Ronald Brantley would be not to tell anyone I had won for the first few days and during that period of time I would call my relatives and some others. I would say I can’t explain but I’ve got to ask you for $500 and I need it before bedtime tonight. The ones that brought me the money I would thank and when I revealed what I had done I would give them their five hundred back plus a Cadillac.

I don’t know how many Cadillacs I would have to buy but it wouldn’t be as many as you think. If he didn’t get the money or at least try, you know where he would be on my list.

Would I build a big house? I don’t think so. I don’t know what my family would do. I have a son, daughterin-law, three granddaughters and two grandsons. I wouldn’t want anything that I had to stay home and take care of, no horses, cows or things like that. We have a dog and I can handle that. My house is big enough and

warm enough to sleep me. I’ll probably stay in some hotels and motels with all the fancy stuff I’ll need.

If I hire anything or anybody it will be a housekeeper and a cook, which may not be easy because people don’t cook like I like to eat. Anyone can fix breakfast but I would probably have to teach them to cook dinner like mama cooked, butterbeans, peas, collards, corn, cabbage, soups and stews. It would take a special person who could set a big table day in and day out.

My son and daughter-in-law could do the driving, plus my three granddaughters could fill in. My son gets car sick if he isn’t driving and my daughter-in-law can sit next to him and tell him every time he makes a wrong move. I will not get into how much I would give each of my children and grandchildren.

I would like to build and operate an assisted living home. One with special privileges that others don’t offer because me and my friends are getting to that age and shape pretty fast. I would like to make arrangements for all of this.

I didn’t win the big lottery but if I had , these are some of the things I would have done.

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God is there and all we have to do is ask

uke 4:14-21 is the story of Jesus in the synagogue at Nazareth. He reads from Isaiah: He has sent me to proclaim release to the captives, and goes on to say, today in your hearing, this scripture has been fulfilled.

Many commentators say that this is Jesus’ first public proclamation of his divinity, using Isaiah’s words and prophecy to claim and announce that he is the Messiah.

So, what does it mean us?

Orson Scott Card, author of the modern science fiction classic Ender’s Game, tells a story about two brothers. When the younger brother was two years old, he was playing in the upstairs closet. His mother called, “Come out,” but in the manner of the terrible twos, he didn’t. His mother called again, and when he didn’t come out, she screamed, “Stay in there then,” and closed the door. And there he stayed for six years.

During that time, the older brother was made to take him his food, but not allowed to let him out. When he was 13, the older brother couldn’t stand it any more and let his brother out of the closet. For me, the most poignant image in the story was that as the younger brother reached the stairs, instead of running down them, he sat down and scooted, his bottom bumping on every step, the way babies do. Locked in the closet, he never learned how to walk down stairs.

The story ends with the conclusion that both brothers were victims, both were captives – the brother in the closet and the brother forced to keep him there, feed him, take care

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of him.

In fact, all three were captives, both brothers and their mother – the brother locked in the closet, the brother forced to keep him there, and the mother, captive to whatever it was in her past, in her life, her mind that made her keep her son in a closet and force her other son to keep him there.

It is a terrible story, made even more terrible by the footnote that the essential facts were true, taken from the reported details of an actual child abuse case.

As terrible as this story is, as awful as it might make us feel, the fact is that almost all of us are in bondage to something.

It may be greed for things or power; it may be pride at our station in life, our name; it may be anger or hatred of another; it may be fear for ourselves, our children, our loved ones; it may be sorrow at things, dreams and people lost over the years; It may be the belief that we committed a terrible, horrible act or failed to prevent one; it may be the guilt from what we have done or not done, or our perception of our wrong I am bound by my father, who to this day stands right behind me, every second, whispering in my ear:

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“Why couldn’t you do it better?”; “Why didn’t you do it this way?”; “Why do you always mess up?”

Yes, whatever it is, all of us are bound by something.

In Nazareth, Jesus said: God has sent me to proclaim release to the captives.

What’s really interesting about this passage are the Greek words here translated as release and captives.

The Greek word for release, [aphesis], in general Greek usage, means to release from an office, an obligation, debt or penalty. In other places in the New Testament, aphesis is used in relation to forgiveness from sin. Here and only here is it used in relation to “captives” – to release captives, not sin.

The Greek word used by Luke for “captives,” [aichmalotos] means just that, people who are captured, in bondage, without freedom. This is the only time this Greek word is used in the New Testament.

Biblical scholars look for unique word usages like these because they have found that such usages are significant, they mean something important.

These words are important here because they define part of the task of the messiah, a unique part of the messiah’s job. What Jesus is saying to the people in the synagogue at Nazareth is: God has sent me to release you, today, now. God has sent me to take away the anger, the fear, the hatred, the bitterness, the pride, the sorrow, the greed, the guilt that imprisons you, that binds you, that has captured you. I am here to release you from whatever it is in

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your life that makes you a captive.

Jesus is saying the same thing to us today. God in Jesus is here to release us, to take away whatever binds and imprisons us, whatever holds us captive. All we have to do is give it up. All we have to pray is: God (Jesus), I am bound by _________________; I am a captive to _________________; release me, take ________________ away from me, now, today.

Set me free in your mercy.

AMEN And, God will do it.

Naw, you say, that’s crazy, that’s too easy. That’ll never happen.

It can. It will.

If we ask, God will release us.

We don’t need to stay locked up in the cell, in the prison of bondage or in the chains of captivity. We can be free, today, if we just ask.

Of course, that doesn’t mean that we won’t imprison ourselves again, sometimes almost immediately.

But if we keep working at it, if we keep prayerfully asking, not only will God release us from our captivity, God will open the door of our closets and let us out, and down the steps, even if it is only by bumping our bottoms on each step.

God can and will open the door of our prisons, and let us out, free from bondage, free from what keeps us imprisoned in fear, guilt, sadness, sorrow.

All we have to do is ask.

Today, right now, wouldn’t be a bad time to ask. There’s nothing to lose, and freedom to gain, if we just ask.

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Obituaries Bobby Dean Nichols

Bobby Dean Nichols, 54, of Tallassee, died Wednesday, January 27, 2016, at his home. The family will have a private service. Mr. Nichols is survived by his sisters Sharon Diane Rich, Gloria Sue Thompson, and Dicey Fay Sargent; his brothers Ben Jim Nichols, James Randall Nichols, Earl Wayne Nichols, Danny Joe Nichols, and Charles Ray Nichols; his nieces Mary Fulmer, Angie Bowen, Brittany Sosa, Alice Hall, and Haley Thompson; and his nephews Jimmy Fulmer, III, Joey Carmack, Austin Cooper, Dudley Thompson, Dale Thompson, John Russell, and Lavon Rich.

Ollie Achimon Earnest

Ollie Achimon Earnest (95) went to be with the Lord January 28, 2016 after an extended illness. She can now breathe easy. Ollie was born December 11, 1920 to Parrie Lee Cadenhead Achimon and Elias Jefferson Achimon at home, Dadeville, AL. She attended and graduated from Union High School, Dadeville, which at that time serviced a large student census from families employed by Martin Dam during its’ inception.

Ollie went to Wabasso, FL following graduation for health issues to live with her mother’s brother and family. She enjoyed and thrived on the healing salty air. In due time, Ollie attended and graduated from the Commerce Business College (now known as Orlando Business College). There she met her best friend and husband to be Robert Philip Earnest of Eustis, FL. They married January 13, 1940 and enjoyed nearly 75 years together. Philip went to be with the Lord October of 2013 at age 97. We (their children) thought they’d live forever and they almost did.They are survived by two daughters, Jeanie Earnest Turner (Johnny) and Phillis Earnest Knox (Murray), both of Dadeville; six grandchildren, Troy Turner (Barbara) of Dadeville and Opelika, Kaye Turner Huddleston (Todd) of Opelika, Kip Turner (Lisa) of Durango, CO, Scottie Knox (Mary Jewel) of Alexander City, Jody Knox (Becky) of Pelham, Jackie Knox Browder of Dadeville. There are also 14 great children and 4 great, great wee ones and numerous nieces and nephews. Ollie enjoyed her family and was known as Mama Dean. She and Philip enjoyed their church, filling various positions of service through the years. Ollie was a strong prayer warrior. Her dream of being a foreign missionary was fulfilled through granddaughter Katie who is a serving missionary in Africa; also through grandson, Scottie, who serves as a lay pastor. Ollie and Philip enjoyed working with their Florida Orange groves as a retirement adjunct. After living her married life in Florida, Ollie returned to the state of her youth following Philip’s departure and to the church of her baptism, Beulah Baptist of Dadeville. She greatly enjoyed the churches addition of a steeple and chimes. Her witness of faith was strong, her Godly devotion renewed daily. She leaves a big hole in our emotional hearts and will be sincerely missed. We would not have her back for she now has what she did not. She has walked the walk and arrived. Ollie was preceded in death by her parents; husband; brothers Underwood Achimon and Adam Achimon; sister Isabel Achimon Humphries.

Service was held Saturday, January 30, 2016 at 3:00 pm at Beulah Baptist Church; visitation was one hour prior to service. Pastor Tim Davis officiated with special music per Kaye Huddleston, granddaughter. Interment will be in Eustis, FL, next to Philip. Memorial messages may be sent to the family at www.langleyfuneralhome. com. Langley Funeral Home is in charge of the arrangements.

Thomas Scott “Tommy” Shaw

Mr. Thomas Scott “Tommy” Shaw, a resident of Tallassee, Alabama, passed away Thursday, January 28, 2016, at the age of 29.

Tommy is survived by his mother, Mrs. Donna Turner (Randall); girlfriend, Emma Kim; grandparents, Sue and Ray Beasley, Katie and Bill Williams; several aunts, uncles and cousins. He is preceded in death by his father, Tommy Shaw and uncle, Scott Shaw. The family will have a private service at a later date. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to Cancer Wellness Foundation of Central Alabama: www.cancerwellnessfoundation.org or to a charity of your choice.

Online condolences are available at www.jeffcoatfuneralhome.com.

Catherine Jane Womack

Catherine Jane Womack, 65, of Charlottesville passed away unexpectedly Thursday, January 28, 2016 at Martha Jefferson Hospital.

Born August 3, 1950 in Montgomery, Alabama she was a daughter of the late Ollie Edward and James Wilma Lamberth Estes.

In addition to her parents, Cathy Womack was predeceased by her brother Steve Estes and sister Jenny Estes Wadsworth. Cathy is survived by her husband of 46 years Dennis Womack; her sister, Molly Estes Fulford and her husband Russell of Jackson, Alabama; her sister-in-law, Cynthia Hamrick; several nieces and nephews and a host of other close friends that will dearly miss her. Cathy was a native of Wetumpka, Alabama and received her undergraduate degree with Honors in 1970 from Auburn University. She later received a Masters degree in Social Work from the University of Alabama

and in 1981, a JD from the University of Virginia. Cathy started her career at a predecessor firm to Feil, Pettit, & Williams in 1979 as a summer and part-time law clerk.

After law school graduation in 1981, she began a general practice of law with that firm, ultimately becoming a partner, focusing her practice on residential and commercial real estate matters. In 2014, after the law firm merger, Cathy became a partner at Lenhart and Pettit, where she practiced law until her death Her clients were always well served by Cathy’s personal touch, her caring nature, her warm personality, and her expertise. In addition to her full time practice of law, Cathy’s interests tended toward reading, fitness, and travel to her favorite destinations: France and Italy. She will be incredibly missed by all who knew her. Cathy was a member of the Virginia Bar Association and a sustaining member of the Junior League of Charlottesville. Cathy’s family would like to express their sincere and most heartfelt gratitude to Western Albemarle Rescue Squad, the staff at Martha Jefferson Hospital, as well as Chaplain Suzanne Hilton Smith who dedicated her time and love to Cathy’s family.

A graveside service will be conducted 2:00 pm Monday, February 1, 2016 at Monticello Memory Gardens.

Cathy’s sister Reverend Molly Fulford will officiate.

Pallbearers are: Gary Fewell, Lynn Miller, Tom Sherman, Scott Gines, Gary Stovall, and Jimmy Graves. Honorary pallbearers include James “Monk” Bingler, Dr. Joe May, Reuben Montoya, Sam Beale, Steve Heon, and her friends at the Lenhart and Pettit Law Firm. The family will receive friends from 5:00 to 7:00 pm Sunday, January 31, 2016 at Teague Funeral Service. A memorial service will also be conducted at a later date in Wetumpka, Alabama. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made in Cathy’s name to the Western Albemarle Rescue Squad, 1265 Crozet Ave, Crozet, VA 22932 or to a charity of your choice.

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Tallassee High School receives donation from Class of 1959 Tallassee High School Principal Matt Coker presents a check in the amount of $50 from the Tallassee High School graduating class of 1959 to Daniel Free. Free teaches all classes at the school relating to horticulture, woodworking and other similar areas. The check is being presented to the school in memory of Charles Crockett, who was a member of the Class of 1959. Crockett was residing in Montgomery at the time of his death on Jan. 4. Crockett earned his doctorate from Auburn University and enjoyed a long career teaching history. Along with the enjoyment of history, Crockett also spent his free time reading, woodworking, and participating in anything related to Auburn University.

Coker and Free thank the Class of 1959 for the donation.

Any donations to the school such as this are greatly appreciated. Unless a specific request is made that a donation be given to a certain area of the school, the activities or interests of the individual are used to determine which area will receive the donation. Any class or individual wishing to donate to the school in honor of a former classmate may feel free to contact Mr. Coker.

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Area Calendar Community New at the Wetumpka Library What: New Books: Fates and Furies by Lauren Groff; Where It Hurts by Reed Farrel Coleman; NYPD Red 4

by James Patterson; Staked by Kevin Hearne; Furiously Happy: (a funny book about horrible things) by Jenny Lawson and Aspergirls: Empowering Females with Asperger Syndrome by Rudy Simone.

New Books for Youth: Pete the Cat: Scuba-Cat by James Dean; Going Where It’s Dark by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor; The Longest Day by Erin Hunter and Mother Bruce by Ryan T. Higgins.

Preschool Story Time is at 10 a.m. Tuesday and Friday mornings. For more information, call 334-567-1308 or visit wetumpkalibrary.com and on Facebook.

The Eclectic Boys Club When: Feb. 3, 10:30 a.m.

Where: Kuntry Kitchen Restaurant in Eclectic Details: The Eclectic Boys Club winter meeting. If you are from or live in Eclectic or been thru Eclectic, you are welcome. Come and hear about a crime committed in Eclectic more than fifty years ago that made headlines in every newspaper in the United States and headlines around the world.

Blood Drive When: Feb. 4, 11 a.m.-5 p.m.

Where: Walmart of Wetumpka Order of Cimarron Mardi Gras Celebration When: Feb. 6, 9 a.m.

Where: Downtown Wetumpka Details: Vendors will be open at 9 a.m. in Gold Star Park.

The parade, which runs from West Bridge Street down South Main Street will begin at 1 p.m.

Blood Drive When: Feb. 6, 9 a.m.-1 p.m.

Where: Tallassee National Guard Blood Drive When: Feb. 6, 1-3 p.m.

Where: Walmart of Tallassee Kathleen Madigan - The Mermaid Lady Tour When: Feb. 6, 7:30 p.m.

Where: Montgomery Performing Arts Centre Details: Tickets start at $17. Purchase them at ticketmaster.com.

FOWL present “Murder on the Menu” When: Feb. 7, Noon Where: Wetumpka Civic Center Details: Spend the afternoon with 14 mystery authors from around the country at an annual fundraiser sponsored by the Friends of the Wetumpka Library. Registration is $40 per person and includes a catered lunch and goodie bag. Visit the library website for author line-up www. wetumpkalibrary.com Red Hill Community Club When: Feb.8, 6:30 p.m.

Where: 3554 Red Hill Road, Tallassee The next Red Hill Community Club meeting will at 6:30 p.m. Feb. 8. You are invited to come early and share our covered dish supper prior to the meeting. On this night we will do a soup night with chili, vegetable soup, gumbo and

trimmings. Dues are only $5 per year. If you are unable to attend our meetings, then enjoy our Friday night music festival time at 6:30 p.m. Being a dues paying limited participation member will be a help to us. A periodic newsletter is planned. Please send any contributions, which are tax-deductible, and dues payments to 3554 Red Hill Road, Tallassee AL 36078. For more information, email mcasby53@windstream.net or call 334-541-2474.

Elmore County Education Retirees Association When: Feb. 9, 10:30 a.m.

Where: Coaches Corner Restaurant in Wetumpka Wetumpka Area Chamber of Commerce Membership Dinner When: Feb. 9, 5:30 p.m.

Where: Wetumpka Civic Center Details: Annual meeting and reception Roaring 20s style.

Call 334-567-4811 for more information.

Wetumpka Boy Scout Troop 13 annual Pancake Supper When: Feb. 9, 5:30 p.m.

Where: First Presbyterian Church of Wetumpka, 100 West Bridge Street.

Details: Meals include pancakes, sausage or bacon, butter and syrup, orange juice and coffee. There is no specific charge, but donations will be accepted and appreciated!

The money raised will go toward the purchase of a new lightweight trailer that will be used by the troop for monthly camp-outs.

Tallassee High School Town Hall Meeting When: Feb. 11, 6 p.m.

Where: Media Center, Tallassee High School Tallassee High School will hold a town hall meeting to discuss the expansion of the Career Technical education programs at Tallassee High School. Tallassee High School’s faculty believes this endeavor is imperative for developing “College & Career Ready” students, and provides students with challenging opportunities within the technical fields as well as provides a skilled workforce data, as well as evaluates needs from business and industry on a local level.

This is an open meeting and the community is encouraged to attend. This town hall meeting will allow the opportunity to offer suggestions and recommendations for the career tech program.

Wetumpka Depot Players present “Steel Magnolias” When: Feb. 11-14 and Feb. 18-21 Where: Wetumpka Depot Theatre Details: Purchase tickets by calling 334-868-1440 or log on to www.wetumpkadepot.com Elmore County Relay for Life Committee and Team Camptain Meeting When: Feb. 11, 5:30 p.m.

Where: Elmore County Firefighters Association (191 Red Eagle Drive), Wetumpka Artist reception at “The Kelly” When: Feb. 12, 5:30-7 p.m.

Where: Kelley Fitzpatrick Memorial Gallery (408 S. Main St.), Wetumpka Details: Meet and greet the artists of “Abandoned Rural America” and “The Land: God’s Gift” and enjoy an RC Cola and Moon Pie as well as other Southern delicacies made and grown in rural Alabama.

Valentine’s Day Blues Show

When: Feb. 13, 7 p.m.

Where: Garrett Coliseum, Montgomery Details: Show features Betty Wright, Willie Clayton, Wyndell “B,” J-Wonn and Vick Allen. Table seating is $45 and arena seating is $40. Tickets are available at www. ticketmaster.com Tuesdays with Kelly When: Feb. 16, Noon-1 p.m.

Where: Kelley Fitzpatrick Memorial Gallery (408 S. Main St.), Wetumpka Details: Event includes lunch and a short educational program about rural Alabama. This event features “The Holtville Story,” which is a movie made in the 1940s about Holtville High School.

Eat Healthy! Live Healthy!

When: Feb. 16, 7 p.m.

Where: Main Sanctuary of Shoal Creek Baptist Church, Deatsville Details: Registered dietitian Allan Higginbotham will be the special guest speaker at the free event sponsored by the church’s library team.

Elmore County Chapter of the National Wild Turkey Federation’s 19th Annual Hunting Heritage Dinner When: Feb. 18, 6 p.m.

Where: Wetumpka Civic Center Details: Single, couples, sponsor and corporate table tickets available. A ticket includes an all “you can eat” ribs and chicken meal as well as a one-year NWTF membership. Other activities included with tickets: silent auction, live auction, raffles including a total of 19 guns to be given away. For other information and/or tickets, call Gene Calhoun 334-315-2636 or Phil Savage 334-8507997.

Millbrook Players present “Li’l Abner” When: Feb. 18-21 & Feb. 25-28 Where: Millbrook Community Theatre Details: Based on the classic comic strip, Li’l Abner is packed with one show stopping dance after another - pure entertainment for the whole family! Tickets are $8 for children ages 6-12. Tickets are $12 for ages 12 and up.

Visit www.millbrooktheatre.com or call 334-782-7317 for more information.

Tea Party at Seven Gables When: Feb. 20, 10 a.m.

Where: Seven Gables, Tallassee Details: We’ll get dressed up and have some tea and hor d’oeuvres. Bring a friend. Special appearance from a princess. First child is $35 and additional siblings are $25 each. Call 334-283-2900 to reserve.

Elmore County Humane Shelter presents: Getting Down with the Dawgs Drawdown When: Feb. 20, 5 p.m.

Where: Wind Creek Wetumpka Entertainment Center Details: A $100 ticket gives you a 1 in 300 opportunity to win $10,000. Tickets include buffet dinner, chance to win door prizes. There will also be a cash bar. Tickets are now on sale. Call 334-567-3377 for more information.

Montgomery Chamber Music Organization presents the Dover Quartet When: Feb. 23, 7:30 p.m.

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Information only report madeWall St Miscellaneous call- Harry St Juvenile complaint- E Patton St Report madeGilmer Ave Hit and run accident report made- Gilmer Ave White female and white male arrested- Langley St. (outstanding warrants) Black male arrested- Tallassee Highway (outstanding warrants) 2 white females arrested- Ashurst Ave (outstanding warrants) Civil matterFlorence St Report madeCaldwell St (harassing communications) Arrest attemptMacedonia RD (negative contact) 2 vehicle accident w/ injuryPreer St (report made) Assisted motorist- Gilmer Ave Report made for domestic incident- Hillcrest St Complaint of fight in progressGilmer Ave Information only report madeGilmer Ave Welfare checkHilda St

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False commercial alarm- S Tallassee Drive Traffic stop- Rifle Range Rd Report made- S Tallassee Drive (identity theft) Miscellaneous call- S Ann Ave Business checkWashington St Traffic stopGrant St Work school crossing- Preer St Traffic stopGilmer Pkwy Traffic stop- E Patton St Traffic stop- Jordan Ave Animal complaint- Rickey Lane Traffic stop- Barnett Blvd Complaint of suspicious vehicle- Indian Trail Animal complaint- S Ann Ave Traffic stop- Burt Mill RD Traffic stop- N Ann Ave Traffic stop- Upper River Rd Traffic stopGilmer Ave Traffic stop- Indian Trail Complaint of intoxicated driverMacedonia Rd Traffic stop- Notasulga Rd Traffic stop- Little Rd Traffic stopPopular St and Hwy 229 Suspicious vehicle- Barnett Blvd False residential alarm- Notasulga RD Traffic stopHwy 229 Traffic stopHwy 14 Traffic stop- Notasulga Rd Traffic stop- Jordan Ave and Herd St Traffic stopKing St and Preer St Report madeGilmer Ave (information only) Complaint of domestic incidentGilmer Ave

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Crossing Guard detail- Preer St and Barnett Blvd Advice given on civil matter- Barnett Blvd Complaint of suspicious person- friendship Rd (unfounded) Assisted motorist- Kent Rd Advice givenBarnett Blvd Assisted TCSOAshurst Bar Rd Report madeGilmer Ave (menacing) Report madeGilmer Ave (harassment) Black male arrested- Stewart St (outstanding warrants) Traffic stopGilmer Ave Traffic stopGilmer Ave Traffic stopGilmer Ave Traffic stopGilmer Ave and Noble Rd Traffic stop- S Ann Ave and James St Traffic stopHwy 229 False medical alarm- Evergreen St

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School crossing detail- Preer St and Barnett Blvd Report made- E Roosevelt St (criminal mischief) Report madeBarnett Blvd (fraudulent use) Report madeBarnett Blvd (information only) MVA no injuriesMacedonia Rd Funeral escortUpper River Rd False residential alarm- Weldon RD Advice givenBarnett Blvd Funeral escortNotasulga RD Complaint of suspicious persons- Peachtree St 2 vehicle MVA no injuriesJames St and Jordan Ave Report madeGilmer Ave (theft) White female arrested- Gilmer Ave (shoplifting) Traffic stop- 2nd Ave and Elm St Traffic stop- Jordan Ave and Cherry St Suspicious person- Gilmer Ave Follow up- Gilmer Ave Traffic stopFriendship Rd Suspicious person- Clover St Civil matter- McNeal St Traffic stop- Notasulga Rd Traffic stop- Notasulga Rd Transportheadquarters to Elmore Co. Sheriff’s Office jail Traffic stop- Little Rd Traffic stopGilmer Ave Report madeMcNeal St Traffic stopCentral Blvd and Freeman Ave Traffic stop- Barnett Blvd and Preer St White female arrested- Cotton Ridge (POM 2nd, PDP) Traffic stopCentral Blvd and Freeman Ave MVA no personal injuries- Central Blvd

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Traffic stopFriendship Rd Traffic stopFriendship Rd Traffic stopCherry St and 2nd Ave Traffic stop- Al Hwy 229 X2 Property recovered- E Patton St Civil MatterFlorence St Report madeGilmer Ave (harassing communications) Direct trafficGilmer Ave Traffic stop- 7th St and Sims Ave Traffic stopFreeman Ave X2 Traffic stop- Al Hwy 229 False residential alarm- Log Circle Traffic stop- Indian Trail Traffic stopFriendship Rd Advice given on a civil matterMcNeal St Suspicious vehicle- Hillcrest St MVA w/ injuriesWeldon Rd Traffic stopCentral Blvd X4 Traffic stop-

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Gilmer Ave X7 Black male arrested- Macedonia Rd/ Notasulga Rd (outstanding warrants) Report madeEvergreen St Advice givenheadquarters Report madeLee St (prowler) Intoxicated person- Central Blvd Check business- Gilmer Ave (business secured) Black male arrested- Lee St (domestic violence/outstanding warrants) Traffic stopMacedonia Rd White female arrested- Gilmer Ave (interlock violation)

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Traffic stop- Barnet Blvd Property retrieval- Burt Mill Rd Report madeGilmer Ave (theft 3rd, criminal mischief) Traffic stopGilmer Ave and E Patton Traffic stop- Notasulga Rd Report made - Dorman Ave (criminal mischief 3rd) Report madeBirch St (domestic incident) Follow-up- 3rd Ave Report madeQuail Run Drive (information only) Traffic stopGilmer Ave and W Patton

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Traffic stop- E.B. Payne Sr. Drive Medical call- 1st Ave Traffic stopKent Rd

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FFD responded to medical callWare Rd FFD responded to medical callLiberty Rd TFD responded to MVA w/ injuries- Weldon Rd

Jan. 31

Juvenile complaint- W Butler St Assisted motorist- Gilmer Ave Missing personMurphy Rd Domestic violence- Hillcrest St Arrest attemptHicks Store Rd Arrest attemptStroud St Funeral escortBurney Rd Funeral escortLog Circle False commercial alarm- Knox St

WHAT DID YOUR VOTE FOR

JAMES “TREY” TAYLOR ACCOMPLISH IN 4 YEARS? * Resurfaced ~80 miles of paved roads; 19 roads in District 2 alone *Put into operation new dirt road resurfacing project with 5 dirt roads resurfaced in District 2 alone *Implemented BLUEPRINT 2020 plan totaling $36 million in road, bridge, and facility improvements including new Emergency Operations Center *Additional $9 million from ALDOT allocated for road and bridge projects *Partnered with St. of Alabama to expand water main to Madix, saving and creating new jobs in Eclectic *Partnered with Tallassee Industrial Bd. to expand GKN, saving jobs and creating new ones *Partnered with Eclectic and Tallassee on road projects within town/city limits including road widening project to Tallassee Elementary School *Allocated $100,000 to Elmore Co. Vol. Firefighter Assoc. to build training facility *Allocated funds to each District 2 school *Implemented new departmental and non-profit organization budget hearings for increased accountability and made open to the public *Began recording Commission mtgs. for improved public access and Commission transparency through Elmore County website *Maintained a balanced county budget entire term

ON MARCH 1ST VOTE TO CONTINUE

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JAMES “TREY” TAYLOR ELMORE CO. COMMISSIONER DISTRICT 2 Pd.Pol.Adv. By James “Trey” Taylor

SPORTS

February 3, 2016 • The Tallassee Tribune

ANDY GRAHAM Sports Columnist

Happy National Signing Day

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f you woke up today and thought this was going to be just another boring Wednesday, you were sorely mistaken.

It’s National Signing Day. The first Hump-day in February has now come to represent college football’s version of Christmas day. Every team across the land is giddy with excitement anticipating what treasures might lie in this year’s recruiting class. Every coach can’t wait to show off what he got and insist that it’s exactly what he wanted.

While I might loathe the commercialism and seemingly encouraged over-dramatization of Signing Day, I can appreciate the excitement and pressure of a young athlete making a life altering decision.

Even through all the foolishness, these are important decisions in the lives of these young people and I suppose they deserve their moment.

It’s a bit of an odd year for the Auburn Tigers. It’s becoming more and more common for top recruits to graduate early from high school and get a head start on their college careers. Gus Malzahn and company landed nine early enrollees for the 2016 class and almost all of them were high priority recruits.

The rest of the commitments are very solid and should sign with the Tigers today. Auburn is still in the mix for several big prospects like five-star defensive tackle Derrick Brown and four-star wide receiver Nate Craig-Myers, but there’s not near as much mystery today as in past years.

Of course, I’ll be surprised if there are not at least a few shenanigans. The Tigers’ class was ranked No.14 in the country earlier this week, but with a strong finish they can definitely find their way into the Top 10.

However, bringing in a strong recruiting class in no way guarantees success on the field of play. If a coach can load up the entire roster full of talent like USC did in the early 2000’s and Alabama has done lately, it can make an overwhelming difference. Auburn, on the other hand, has proven that it can win big with less talent and lose big with more talent.

From 2002 to 2006, Auburn had an overall record of 50-14. They brought in one Top 10 recruiting class during those five years with 38 players being ranked four-star or higher.

From 2011 to 2015, the Tigers had an overall record of 38-27. They brought in four Top 10 recruiting classes during those five years with 68 players being ranked four-star or higher. So, what’s the problem?

Such as with life, the answer isn’t always simple. First and foremost, the coaching staff has done a poor job of developing the talent on hand. Now, that’s a generalized statement easy for me to make, but the proof is in the production.

Auburn has also been the victim of attrition. There have been unfortunate injuries, transfers and the occasional discipline problem.

Finally, the competition has simply gotten better in the SEC. For example, Auburn’s recruiting class in 2004 was ranked No. 31 in the country and No. 8 in the SEC. In 2014, Auburn’s recruiting class was ranked No. 9 in the country and No. 7 in the SEC. Regardless of who Auburn signs today, the Tigers’ roster in 2016 will be more talented top to bottom (on paper) than any team in 15 years. Whether or not they do anything with that talent remains to be seen.

Happy Signing Day.

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BACK TO BACK Tallassee varsity Tigers see first win streak of season

By COREY ARWOOD Staff Writer

The Tigers have their first win streak of the season against Notasulga in a nail-biter of a game that drew the crowd into fevered pitch and left the coach nearly speechless as Tallassee Tigers fought to hold their one point lead through the last seconds of the game.

They played so aggressively it was hard to tell whether it was their defensive game or offensive game that was winning it against the Blue Devils.

Leading by three points with 30 seconds left in the game, the Tigers held Notasulga on their drive to the tying basket with 10 seconds to win, 66-65.

Coach Cecil Hollenquest said it was a great game and his team was buying into what the philosophy of game play he said he had been working to instill in them.

“The little man inside of me is jumping right now, I’m very proud of them,” Hollenquest said. “They’re learning how to win, doing what it takes to win.”

He said it was the small things that helped to win against the Blue Devils.

Free throws were key, Hollenquest said, and mentioned those Dee Williams scored in the second half.

“Dee Williams did a great job right there at the end for us hitting the free throws,” Hollenquest said.

The team, he said, was doing a great job preparing for the area tournament and the win came from a total team effort.

Hollenquest said another key element of the night’s win was the 12 rebounds of Malik Johnson.

“Those were huge for us,” Hollenquest said.

It was a defensive win, he said.

“I say it was a defensive game because our mindset, was we were going to take whatever the defense gives us on offense, but on defense we were going to bust our butts, we were going to get out there and work,” Hollenquest said.

In their 75-61 win at Beauregard, he said it was one of the most complete they had played all season.

The team was “clicking on all cylinders,” Hollenquest said, despite being down a few players.

Corey Arwood / The Tribune

De’Ante Brownen drives to the basket in Monday’s 65-66 win at Notasulga.

The top scorers against the er battle on the road and after that Hornets were Rondarion Hooks with at home Thursday against Loveless 24 points, 3 rebounds and De’Ante Academic Magnet Program.

Brown with 23 points, 9 rebounds.

Up next is Stanhope Elmore in what he said was going to be anoth-

COACH: Third quarter consistently killing the Lady Tigers

By COREY ARWOOD Staff Writer

The Tallassee Lady Tigers have been in a slump since their last away game at Marbury, but Coach John Taylor seemed to know the problem and the solution after their loss against Notasulga Monday.

It was the fifth loss in a row for the team after their last win at Marbury, 52-49.

In the meantime they had seen Beauregard slip by 61-51, Wetumpka 47-38, St. James 40-38, Booker T. Washington 48-35 and with the latest 46-36 loss at Notasulga, losing five in a row.

The officials seemed to factor into the game against the Blue Devils as much as the Blue Devils did and members of the crowd made what they saw as wrong calls audibly known on multiple occasions.

It was such an obvious element of the game Coach Taylor led with it in his first comment after the game.

“We gotta do a better job of handling adversity. We don’t a lot of times, we want to shift the blame when things happen,” Taylor said.

He said that the officiating was not the best that night, a point the crowd seemed to agree with.

But, he was not blaming the referees for the game.

He said the team missed a lot opportunities they should have capitalized on.

“I don’t want to hear that the officials cost us the game, we cost us the game,” Taylor said.

Without the layups, free throws and protection of the ball that they needed, Taylor said they could not ensure a win.

“If we don’t do better at those things we can’t do anything,” he said.

Taylor said the first half was played well both offensively and defensively but problems arose coming out of halftime

Corey Arwood / The Tribune

Zaeshia Floyd driving down the court in the last half of Monday’s game at Notasulga.

against Notasulga and in the four games prior.

“This year, our third period has been our worst period every game and that continued tonight. We gotta get better at that because we can’t go into half down and then have a horrible third and let that translate into the fourth,” Taylor said.

He went over their scores going into the third period of each game.

It was 15-10 at Notasulga, 14-7 at Wetumpka, 11-10 versus St. James and even their last win at Marbury held true to Taylor’s pattern, 21-15.

Their next game is at Stanhope Elmore, which Taylor said he is hopeful about.

After that, they will have senior night Thursday against Loveless Academic Magnet Program.