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VOL. 120, NO. 29
THURSDAY, JULY 20, 2017
Alert clerk spotted missing 11-year-old By MITCH SNEED Editor
A teen who was missing for more than 24 hours is back safe at home now and investigators say that an alert store clerk in Rossville, Georgia is a big reason why. After leaving the Dadeville area home of a family member Sunday morning at about 4 a.m., Victoria Skye Smith was spotted along Highway 50, had reportedly knocked on doors of some homes in the area and motorists reported seeing her as well. A video surveillance camera captured an image of her at the Eagle Station at the intersection of Highway 50 and Highway 49 at about 6 a.m. Sunday morning. There was additional report of a sighting further along Highway 50 a
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short time later. But from there – more than 24 hours with little or no information at all. That was until Smith appeared at the sales counter of TAS Equipment in Rossville where Sandy King realized something just didn’t add up. “It was at about 8 and we looked up and there she was,” King said. “She was by herself and just so young – so I started asking her questions and more and more I realized that something just wasn’t right.” King said the girl mentioned the name of two people she said went to middle school is Rossville. Smith asked if they knew how to call for a ride with Uber. “I told her that she had to do that on the Internet and I asked if I could call a taxi,” King said. “She said yes and when I asked where she was going, she
said Florida. That’s when I had one of the other guys who work here to call the sheriff’s office and I tried to keep here and talking.” King asked Smith if she was hungry or had any money. “She said she Smith was fine and had $2,” King said. “But that’s when she got a little antsy and said ‘I have to get out of here.’” King said that another employee followed her and alerted a Walker County deputy as to where Smith was and she picked her up and took her back to LaFayette where Tallapoosa County See SMITH • Page 3
MAKING A DIFFERENCE
By CLIFF WILLIAMS Staff Writer
By BETSY ILER TPI Magazine Editor
Preliminary research indicates the fall extension of Lake Martin’s summer pool level is somewhat likely this year, Alabama Power Company Hydro Services Manager Jim Crew said yesterday. “Where Lake Martin water levels are and looking out at future rainfall projections right now, I think this year it’s definitely a possibility,” Crew said. “We’ll know more as time goes on. As we get closer to September, the analysis becomes more realistic.” The fall extension of the lake’s summer pool can be implemented if four conditions are met on Sept. 1. Those criteria include Lake Martin levels measured above its operating curve; a surplus inflow from the Tallapoosa Basin and the Coosa Basin; and elevations at four other projects on the Tallapoosa and Coosa rivers operating within 1 foot of their respective operating curves. This week, the National Weather Service (NWS) reported rainfalls at Lake Martin were See LEVELS • Page 3
Suspects in bar fire, drug trafficking, sex abuse cases are sentenced It was a day full of emotion in the courtroom of Judge Ray Martin as he sentenced the two defendants from the arson of Colonel Tom’s, Stanley Holloway on trafficking and Christopher Carleton on sexual abuse Monday See CASES • Page 3
Donkey killing plea Kingz United setting example for local youth reached Donald Campbell / The Record
Ki Kingz United, a new organization in Tallapoosa County, began their first act of community service by cleaning up ar around Dadeville on July 8.
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Seeking to make a positive impact in Tallapoosa County, im the th group Kingz United recently formed in order to set re good go examples for the youth of the th area. “We’re a new group. We just ju started last month,” Kingz United President Lamont Shaw U said. sa There are times when it
seems like there is not a lot of hope among those living in the county, according to Shaw. Remembering what Tallapoosa County used to be like, he and the 19 other middle-aged men of Kingz United came together to answer the question of how they could help make a positive impact in their community, while giving local youth motivation and hope. “I’ve got so much more to give back to the community,”
he said. Kingz United began their work in the community on Saturday, July 8 with a community cleanup day. The men went around Dadeville, cleaning up as much as they could in the time they had. On Saturday, July 22, the group will be holding a car wash to raise money in order to purchase back to school supplies for those in the See KINGZ • Page 3
By MITCH SNEED Editor
Provided a young man accused of shooting a a donkey in a Daviston Field d while hunting at night w meets several conditions m and a pays fines, costs and restitution on time, the case re against him will not be a prosecuted. p See DONKEY • Page 5
Floaters need to take precaution to save themselves for rent from a few different vendors. With ready access to a new It used to be kayaking was sport in the area, the number of something rarely seen on the people taking part has increased creeks and rivers in the area. and so have the accidents. You saw it magazines and on Since the Memorial Day television out west. weekend, three people have A few locals managed to get perished while kayaking along kayaks to go along with the few the Tallapoosa River. canoes around to float down the Just Tuesday, Charles gentle flowing waterways of the Edward Stewart perished on area. the Tallapoosa River just below Now kayaks are stacked the Thurlow Dam and another up and available for purchase reportedly victim made it out at Walmart and are available safely. By CLIFF WILLIAMS Staff Writer
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Harold Banks taught kayak, canoe and river safety at the RiverKids Kayaking Kamp in Dadeville two weeks ago.
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“They were both wearing a lifejacket at the time that they exited their vessels,” Tallassee Fire Department Assistant Chief David Rodgers said. “One victim was able to get to the rocks and get himself out of the water. The other victim was floating in the middle of the river and could not make it to the edge.” According to Harold Banks, the stretch of the Tallapoosa River below Thurlow Dam is See SAFETY • Page 5
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