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Man found dead on roadside Kellyton man dead; Coosa County Sheriff’s Office investigating Sunday homicide By CLIFF WILLIAMS Staff Writer
Comin’ down from the mountain Local dulcimer club reflects on growing popularity of folk instrument By RON COLQUITT For The Outlook
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ulcimers are stringed instruments mainly designed for mountain music but when Lake Martin Dulcimer Club members gather, everything from “Amazing Grace” to Beethoven’s “Ode to Joy” can be heard. “It’s really amazing,” club song leader and former Auburn University music teacher Kim Walls said. “I did not realize it but there are dulcimer festivals all over the country, people getting together with mountain dulcimers, jamming and having a good time. “I retired two years ago and there were about four ladies who had dulcimers and wanted to learn to play them. I said, ‘Do y’all really want to learn to play?’ They did and so we started.” Walls said dulcimers originated in the Appalachian Mountains as a folk instrument and it’s simple learning to play. “Nowadays they use three strings,” she said. “Some of them have five or six. Mine has three. I sort of learned on the internet.” Walls said she and several other club members took a sixweek dulcimer course at Loachapoka and while the dulcimer originated in the Appalachians, she said the instrument isn’t See DULCIMER • Page 11
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The Lake Martin Dulcimer Club, top, works on a tune during a recent practice. Above, Donna Hebson made her own colorful dulcimer out of cardboard. ‘It’s decoupaged on top. It plays just as well. I just love it,’ she said. George Curley said the club started with about three people but has grown to 30 people.
The Coosa County Sheriff’s Office said it is investigating the Sunday evening death of Andre Davis as a homicide following what first appeared to be an automobile accident. “The Coosa County Sheriff’s Department received a call about a vehicle accident on Coosa County Road 111 around 9:30 p.m. Sunday,” Coosa County Sheriff Michael Howell said. “ALEA State Troopers were called as well because it was assumed there was an automobile accident.” Coosa County Road 111 is just north of Goodwater but outside the city limits. Howell said law enforcement found a car when officers arrived, but things were different from what they were initially prepared for. “We found the vehicle in the road,” Howell said. “The victim, Andre Davis, was located near the car in the edge of the woods with what is believed to be a gunshot wound.” At the point Davis was discovered, Howell said the department called ALEA’s State Bureau of Investigation. “They are assisting the Coosa County Sheriff’s Office with a homicide investigation,” Howell said. Howell said Davis, 29, of Kellyton was pronounced dead at the scene Sunday evening. He also said the Coosa County Sheriff’s Office is seeking help in the case as it has limited leads in the case so far. “We are asking anyone with any information about the incident to contact the Coosa County Sheriff’s Office,” Howell said. Investigators can be reached by calling 256-377-4922.
Stone’s Throw Landfill to continue operations as usual Residents say ruling a blow to Ashurst Bar and Smith communities By CARMEN RODGERS Staff Writer
After a federal court ruled the Environmental Protection Agency had ignored complaints of racial discrimination connected with a landfill operating in a predominantly black neighborhood in Tallassee, the EPA closed the complaint, allowing the Stone’s Throw facility to remain open. “In a nutshell, what it means is (Stone’s Throw Landfill) will continue business as usual,” said Ronald Smith, a member of the Ashurst Bar/Smith Community
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