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Discover Notasulga showcases small town life By CARMEN RODGERS Staff Writer

Nestled between Tallassee and Auburn, Notasulga is archetypal small town America. Like many small towns in the U.S., Notasulga is a place where everyone knows their neighbor and you do not pass one another without offering a kind word or two. Where Tallassee is located in both Elmore and Tallapoosa counties, portions of Notasulga also occupy two counties, Macon and Lee. There are several likenesses between Notasulga and small town America. However, Notasulga is unique in it’s own way. These special qualities are what town leaders chose to showcase during the second annual Discover Notasulga event. This event is aimed at connecting people,” said Daryl Weldon, event coordinator. “Connecting people who may

not be from the area with the people here in Notasulga,” This event featured local businesses, such as the Turner Hat Factory and King’s Greenhouse, who were both on hand to meet with people and display merchandise. In all, over 60 vendors lined the streets and sidewalks of downtown. There was also a car show and live gospel music performed by local artists, “The Voices of Harmony” and “Family on Christ”. Local author Shirley A Aaron signed copies of her novel Sweet Tea With Lemon and her historical fiction book Troubling the Ashes in front of the old Anderson building. Notasulga’s own Gerald Robinson, who graduated from Notasulga High School and is a former Auburn and National Football League defensive end was also on hand. He played from 1986 See NOTASULGA • Page A3

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Sherry Perry purchased items from Melinda and Lloyd Sager’s booth during the Discover Notasulga, which was held Saturday in downtown. According to the Sagers their booth offered “anything and everything.” The Sagers are from Opelika but made the trip to Notasulga for the opportunity to showcase all that they have to offer.

Annual Tallassee Potential Magazine awards Dean $500 NOW! set for Friday & Saturday By CARMEN RODGERS Staff Writer

By CARMEN RODGERS Staff Writer

The annual Tallassee NOW! is this Friday and Saturday, June 9 and 10. This year’s event is packed full of fun for everyone. The events will kickoff Friday at J.E “Hot” O’Brien Stadium as the Canned Music band takes the stage, followed by Wild Country at 7 p.m. and the Kandu Band will take the stage at 9 p.m. The annual 5KRun will also take place Friday evening at the downtown green space. Registration will begin at 6:30 and the race starts at 7:30p.m. Saturday morning the fun begins at 10 a.m. with Todd and the Band taking the stage. Saturday’s lineup includes The Flat Rock Male Chorus, Nathan Taunton, Bob and Rose Taunton and Jordan Cunningham. Inside the lobby and annex of Trustmark See EVENT • Page A3

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Margaret Dean, a Tallassee High School’s 2017 co-valedictorian, has been awarded Potential Magazine’s $500 Reader’s Choice Scholarship for her excellence in academics and leadership. While in high school, Dean was actively involved in her academics. She was the National Honor Society President and a high school representative for the Tallassee Chamber of Commerce. Dean also dedicated a great amount of time to serving her community. Outside of school, Dean is an active member of Bethlehem East Baptist Church, where she is a Children’s Church assistant, and she also participates in the Drama Ministry Team and the Mission Trip Team. Submitted / The Tribune Every year, Potential awards a Reader’s Choice Scholarship to a Tallassee High School’s 2017 co-Valedictorian, Margaret Dean, has been awarded Potential Magazine’s teen that has been featured as a Teen $500 Reader’s Choice Scholarship for her excellence in academics and leadership. Spotlight in the May through March with Potential’s publisher. Potential in the 7th-12th grades are featured and issues of Potential Magazine. The Magazine is a multi-media tool for par- entered to win the $500 Reach Your winner is selected by readers through ents of college-bound teenagers. Potential scholarship awarded in May, online voting and will appear on WSFA In each issue, high achieving students See DEAN • Page A3 on a live Parent to Parent segment

Tallassee NOW! exhibitions to center on Dixie Art Colony By DAVID GRANGER Managing Editor

Four art exhibitions – two centered around Elmore County’s historic Dixie Art Colony – are set for Friday and Saturday, June 9-10, during this weekend’s Tallassee NOW! festivities. According to Mark Harris, the exhibitions will take place at the 304 Barnett Blvd. branch of Trustmark Bank, located just west of the Fitzpatrick Bridge. The bank is the old Bank of Tallassee, whose president, Roberts Blount, commissioned Kelly Fitzpatrick to paint four large, oversized murals for the bank’s lobby. The exhibitions all open at 6 p.m. on Friday with a reception set for the lobby of Trustmark Bank until 7 :30 p.m. All exhibitions will also be F U N E R A L H O M E open from 10 a.m. to 2 Cremations and Monuments p.m. on Saturday. Two of the exhibitions, Dixie 84632 Tallassee Hwy. [ Eclectic, AL Submitted / Dixie Art Colony Foundation Doodles and Tallassee 334.639.4730 – Now & Then, will also Arthur Srewart worked to finish the murals that now reside in the lobby of Tallassee’s Trustmark Bank after Kelly Fitzpatrick died of a heart www.linvillememorial.com See DIXIE • Page A3 attack after beginning the work.

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Obituaries

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Hawkins joins Herald staff as ad account manager

Mrs. Linda Skinner Mrs. Linda Skinner, 72, of Tallassee, passed away May 30, 2017. She was born July 28, 1944. Visitation will begin at 12 noon on Thursday, June 1, followed by the funeral service at 2:00 pm at Westside Baptist Church with Rev. Rick Dorley officiating. Burial will follow at Rose Hill Cemetery, Linville Memorial Funeral Home directing. Linda was a member of Westside Baptist Church. She is survived by son, Jerry Skinner (Melinda); daughter, Glenda Parker (Brandon); grandchildren, Amanda Jones (Marshall), Sean Skinner (Tia), BJ Skinner, Cody Skinner (Jade), Blake Skinner (Madison), Chelsea Parker King (Drew), Hailey Parker and Justin Skinner; and great grandchildren, Lacey Carter, Kylie Jones, Chayton Skinner, Peyton Skinner, Cayden Skinner, Braylee Skinner, Asher King, and Alana King. She is preceded in death by her husband, Charles Skinner and son, Johnny Skinner. Online condolences at www.linvillememorial.com. Linville Memorial Funeral Home Eclectic, Alabama

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Marilyn Hawkins has joined the marketing and advertising team at Tallapoosa Publishers, Inc. as an advertising account manager, focusing primarily on the Wetumpka market. Marilyn will be based in Wetumpka and will work closely with local businesses and organizations to promote their brand through print and digital media. Hawkins brings with her a wealth of advertising and marketing knowledge and has been a resident of Wetumpka for 13 years. “We are thrilled to have someone of Marilyn’s caliber on our team,” said Advertising Director Tippy Hunter. “The media experience alone makes her a solid step in the right direction for our company. Add to that her deep-rooted knowledge of Elmore County and, I believe, you have a winning combination for our company and local business who will be able to translate her knowledge into their bottom line.” Retail Sales Manager Tabby Edwards advertisers will benefit from the qualities that Hawkins brings to the position.

“Elmore County is such a rapidly growing area and we are beyond excited to have Marilyn,” Edwards said. “With her knowledge and experience in media and her effervescent personality, we know she will be a tremendous resource for the businesses in our coverage area.” Hawkins has been on board for only a couple of Hawkins weeks, but has been busy meeting with business owners and building relationships. “I am looking forward to establishing a solid working relationship with the people of Elmore County and help focus on positive results in our advertising efforts,” Hawkins said. Hawkins can be reached at marilyn.hawkins@ thewetumkaherald.com or by calling 334-567-7811 ext. 309.

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• Death Investigation (Natural) @ N Johnson St @ 8:58 • Arrest @ Barnett Blvd @ 11:01 • Suspicious Vehicle @ Al Hwy 229 @ 12:42 • Receiving Stolen Property @ S Wesson St @ 12:59 • Domestic Incident @ S Dubois St @ 14:38 • Arrest @ Barnett Blvd @ Barnett Blvd @ 15:41 • Theft @ W 6th St @ 16:09 • Arrest @ Tallassee Hwy @ 16:14 • Harassing Communications @ 4th St @ 16:28 • Complaint of Reckless Driving @ Cannon Rd @ 17:09 • Private Property MVA no Pl @ Gilmer Ave @ 17:30 • Suspicious Vehicle @ Freeman Ave @ 20:23 • Arrest @ ECSO @ 22:05 • Suspicious Vehicle @ Central Blvd @ 22:22 • Burglary in Progress @ Ashurst Bar Rd @ 22:42 • Suspicious Vehicle’s @ Riverside Ave@ 01:18 • Domestic Violence – Physical @ Wall St @ 2:04 • Domestic Violence – Physical @ Thelma Dr. @ 2:07 • Domestic Violence –

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• Suspicious Person @ Paxton Dr.@ 8:12 • Jail Incident @ Barnett Blvd @ 8:29 • BM Arrested @ Gilmer Ave @ 8:38 • WM Arrested @ Oak Heights Rd @ 11:09 • Child Endangerment @ Sims Ave @ 13:55 • Complaint of Abandoned Vehicle @ Friendship Rd @ 16:20 • Unauthorized Use of Motor Vehicle @ Barnett Blvd @ 16:29 • Attempt to recover vehicle @ John St @ 19:10 • Domestic violence @ Wall St @ 20:07 • Domestic violence @ N Ann Ave @ 20:43 • Pursuit @ Wall St/S Tallassee Dr. @ 21:48 • Juvenile Complaint @ Washington St @ 22:23 • Property retrieval @ 3rd Ave @ 00:38 • Traffic Stop x13

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• BM Arrested @ Tallassee Hwy @ 7:52 • WM Arrested @ Tallassee Hwy @ 8:27

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• BM Arrested @ Al Hwy 229 @ 11:25 • Suspicious Activity @ Central Blvd @ 13:40 • BF Arrested @ Cherry St @ 14:19 • Theft of Property @ 15:53 • Attempt to contact @ Thelma Dr. @ 00:11 • Domestic Incident @ 3rd Ave @ 00:12 • Suspicious Vehicle @ Gilmer Ave @ 00:45 • Attempt to Contact @ Thelma Dr. @ 01:07 • Traffic Stop x19 Fire activity • FFD Responded to Medical Call @ E Fleahop Rd @ 09:05

Saturday, June 3

• Harassment @ Barnett Blvd @ 8:24 • WM Arrested @ Gold Mine Rd @ 9:00 • Private Property MVA @ Gilmer Ave @ 10:21 • Private Property MVA @ Wall St @ 10:26 • BM Arrested @ Barnett Blvd @ 10:30 • Harassing Communications @ Barnett Blvd @ 11:06 • Property Damage @ Al Hwy 229 @ 11:58 • Private Property MVA @ Gilmer Ave @ 12:40 • WM Arrested @ Gilmer Ave @ 12:56 • Theft of Property @ E Patton St @ 13:44 • Shoplifting @ Gilmer Ave @ 14:28 • Reckless driving complaint @ Al Hwy 229/ Gilmer Ave @ 18:45 • Harassment @ Freeman Ave @ 19:04 • Arrest Attempt 2 Thelma Dr. @ 19:18 • Domestic Incident @ Clover St @ 19:44 • Domestic Incident @ Main St @ 20:09 • Shoplifting/Theft @ Gilmer Ave @ 20:09 • Noise Complaint @ Lilly Ave @ 03:06 • Traffic Stop x8 Fire activity • FFD Responded to MVA No Injury @ Redland Rd @ 7:43

Sunday, June 4

@ 13:29 • Complaint of Unrestrained Juvenile in a Vehicle @ Friendship Rd @ 13:35 • WF Arrested @ Gilmer Ave @ 17:40 • MVA no Injuries @ Gilmer Ave @ 19:02 • Trespassing complaint @ Gladys St @ 20:10 • Shots Heard @ Upper Housing @ 20:49 • Property Damage 2 Jordan Ave 2 22:41

Monday, June 5

• Harassment @ N Johnson St @ 9:52 • Complaint of Domestic Incident @ Tallassee Hwy @ 14:14 • Complaint of Reckless Driving @ Al Hwy 229 @ 15:20 • Shoplifting @ Gilmer Ave @ 16:41 • Theft @ Gilmer Ave @ 17:22 • Roadway Block (Flooded) @ Notasulga Rd @ 19:23 • Shoplifter/Person with Warrants @ Gilmer Ave @ 20:44 • Abandoned Vehicle in Roadway @ Herd St @ 01:07 • Traffic Stop x9 Fire activity • TFD Responded to Gas Line Leak @ S Tallassee Dr. @ 19:34

Tuesday, June 6

• Domestic Incident @ Hickory St @ 8:16 • Criminal Mischief @ S Dubois St @ 9:21 • Property Damage @ 9:54 • MVA no Injuries @ Jordan Ave @ 11:19 • Follow Up @ Thelma Dr. @ 12:46 • Property Damage @ Gilmer Ave @ 13:00 • Complaint of Harassing Communications @ N Ann Ave @ 14:05 • Domestic Incident @ Wall St @ 14:33 • Suspicious Vehicle @ Al Hwy 229 @ 20:38 • Suspicious Vehicle @ Barnett Blvd @ 23:07 • Traffic Stop x16

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to 1994 for the Minnesota Vikings, the San Diego Chargers and the Los Angeles Rams. He was the Vikings first round draft pick in 1986 and is the all-time sack leader at Auburn. Robinson now lives in Georgia. Notasulga native Ben Thomas was also on hand to sign autographs. Thomas is a former defensive lineman in the National Football League who played for the Green Bay Packers, the New England Patriots,

opportunity to have a little fun without leaving town. “It brings a lot of excitement to town,” he said. This is the second annual Discover Notasulga and with another successful under their belt, the coordinators of this event are already looking forward to next year.

the Pittsburgh Steelers, the Atlanta Falcons and the Los Angeles Rams. Thomas played collegiate ball for Auburn before being drafted by the New England Patriots in the 2nd round of the 1985 NFL Draft. He played professionally in the NFL for 5 seasons and retired in 1991. According to Weldon, this event not only showcases Notasulga and all that it has to offer, it gives locals an

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Bank, the Dovard Taunton Art Display and the Dixie Art Colony Exhibition will be on exhibit from 10 a.m. until 2 p.m. John Kelly Tours of Lake Thurlow Power Plant, the Tallassee Armory and Mt. Vernon Theater will be offered. Tours will be held every 20 minutes and shuttle buses from O’Brien stadium will be available. The Tallassee Falls Museum will be open for tours

Saturday. At City Hall, the quilt exhibition will be on public display. Local authors will be signing books inside the Trophy Room in downtown. All of these activities will run from 10 a.m. until 2 p.m. For the children, Tallassee NOW! will offer a petting zoo. The petting zoo is new feature for Tallassee NOW. KidZone will also be open this year complete with bouncy houses and other fun activities for the

young ones. This is the first year that Tallassee NOW will not include a barbeque cook-off contest. According to Dale Segrest, event coordinator, the cook-off will still take place, only later in the year. Of course, barbeque will still be available for purchase at the stadium during the entire event.

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as well as the Reader’s Choice Scholarship. Teens are recommended by their school or community leaders for excelling in one or more of the following areas: academics, business, leadership, philanthropy, overcoming adversity, citizenship and community service, athletics, and the arts. Potential Magazine’s advisory board chooses teens to feature in each issue and selects the scholarship winner in May.

“We love spotlighting teens in Alabama and gaining great advice from their parents,” said Pam Mashburn, publisher of Potential Magazine. Teens who are selected participate in an interview and photo shoot along with their parents for a spotlight feature in the magazine and website.

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be open from 10 a.m. until 2 p.m. on June 14 and 17. The exhibitions are: • Dixie Art Colony: A Look at its Lasting Legacy: The exhibit will take place in the main lobby of Trustmark and will center on the four murals Blount commissioned from Fitzgerald in 1952. “Kelly was working on these in his studio,” said Harris. “He had them all sketched out and started painting one when he suffered a heart attack and had to be taken to the Veterans Administration Hospital in Montgomery. That’s where he passed away.” Harris said the paintings were not forgotten, but instead finished by Arthur Stewart, a student of Fitzpatrick’s. “Amazingly, Stewart completed painting over 400 square feet in just six weeks,” Harris said. “He later told The Birmingham News the amount of paint it took to paint the murals was equal to the amount he would use on about 150 of his oil paintings.” Also included in this exhibition will be original work by Fitzgerald, Stewart, Warree LeBron, Carlos Alpha “Shiney” Moon, Genevieve Southerland, Walter Keith Karl Ferdinand Wolfe, Mildred Nungester Wolfe, Anne Wilson Goldthwaite, Louise Smith Everton and more. • Tallassee Community: Art Show, conducted by

the McCraney Cottle Arts Council of Tallassee and will take place in the annex on the east side of the bank and feature Tallassee-area artists. • Dixie Doodles: The Lighter Side of the Dixie Art Colony, which will take place in the bank’s annex and feature painted tin panels rescued from the Nobles Ferry site of the Dixie Art Colony and caricature-type sketches of some of the colonists, silkscreens, watercolors, sketches and pencil sketches by Richard Coe, Austin (Rudy) Martin, Frank Appebee and Kelly Fitzpatrick. • Tallassee – Now & Then: Conducted by the Elmore County Art Guild, this exhibition will take place in the Trustmark bank annex. With about 50 entries at the time of this writing, this exhibition encourages artist to focus on scenes that represent Tallassee’s past and its present day. In 1933, the Dixie Art Colony was held on an experimental basis for two weeks in June at an old Boy Scout camp building on Lake

Martin near Kowaliga Creek in Elmore County. Named Camp Dixie, this camp was the site from which the colony derived its name. In 1937, the colony settled on six acres of forested land owned by Judge Malcolm Carmichael and his wife Sallie Boyd Carmichael was located at a place called Noble’s Ferry on Lake Jordan in the Deatsville area. Sallie Carmichael, the Colony’s primary financial backer nicknamed the Colony site Poka Hutchi, a Creek word meaning “gathering of picture writers.” The colony was active for more than 14 years, from the mid-1930s to the mid-1940s. It offered a very casual atmosphere in which artists were encouraged to experiment by exploring their creative side. Although most were “Sunday artists,” a few were more serious and later became well-known Southern artists.

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The Tuskegee Airmen National Historic Site — unique legacy on display

ne of the more-publicized historical stories regarding segregation and the advent of the original Civil Rights Movement has been the saga of the Tuskegee Airmen. The story of black U.S. Army Air Corps/ U.S. Army Air Force (USAAF) pilots training in nearby Macon County and proving their worth during World War II has been well-documented in recent decades, and such history includes two dramatic movies. Accordingly, history and/or aviation buffs would probably opine that a trip to the Tuskegee Airmen National Historical Site would be informative and enlightening. There were actually four sites in the Tuskegee area that were involved with the training of black pilots, which commenced as a legitimate-if-segregated “experimental” program in the early ‘40s. First stop for student pilots was Moton Field for initial “primary” training. Those trainees who graduated from that introductory course moved up the road to Tuskegee Army Air Field, located near Franklin, for “basic” and “advanced” training in USAAF aircraft. Not surprisingly, Tuskegee Institute hosted the scholastic/ classroom facet of the would-be pilots’ training. Kennedy Field, located south of Tuskegee, was

The So-Called Column By Willie G. Moseley primarily a civilian airport but was a support/auxiliary field for the USAAF program. Several other auxiliary fields were designated in this area, including the Tallassee airfield located south of town (at the current location of the GKN facility). Tuskegee aviation students would eventually qualify as pilots for fighters and bombers, and their squadrons would remain segregated. But it’s appropriate the National Historical Site is located at Moton Field, because that’s where this historical journey started for black would-be pilots. The facility offers a quiet, selfguided walking tour with plenty of information on placards in front of buildings and exhibits, but staff members are also on hand as well to answer questions. Several buildings that are no longer standing are now represented by “ghost structures,” which are sparse, metal frames that depict such now-demolished facilities. By studying historical photos, engineers were able to recreate the basic “outlines” of the

buildings—even the locations of their windows—that used to stand in those exact spots. It’s a unique, precise and meaningful way of commemorating that part of the site’s history. Most of the displays are housed inside two large hangars (one of which burned in fairly-recent times and was rebuilt). There are plenty of iconic uniforms, training equipment and other items in one hangar, including aircraft. The other hangar contains historical items primarily associated with the performance of the Airmen during World War II. One name that is seen at more than one point is that of Benjamin Davis, who had graduated from West Point in the mid-‘30s and was ultimately given command of the 99th Pursuit Squadron, which had been created as part of the (segregated) training program. That assignment was only part of Davis’ remarkable and laudable life. Historical posters on display include one that solicits the purchase of War Bonds. Photographs recount the moraleboosting visits of black entertainers of those times, including Lena Horne. Black fighter squadrons were eventually assigned to North Africa and Europe, where they served honorably as escort fighters, protecting American bombers from rampaging German aircraft. They would fly more than one type of

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A full-size P-51 Mustang, one of the aircraft most used by the Tuskegee Airmen, hangs from the ceiling at the Moton Field Tuskeegee Airmen historical site.

fighter plane, including the thenfrontline P-51 Mustang. A full-size replica of a P-51 is suspended from the ceiling of the hangar and dominates the display area. It’s painted in the color scheme of the squadron Benjamin Davis commanded. There’s also a small theatre with a regularly scheduled documentary movie. To its credit (and as is the case with the Rosa Parks Museum in downtown Montgomery), the Tuskegee Airmen National Historical Site doesn’t really “finger point” about the injustices of segregation, although many, if not most of the Airmen and support personnel who served in Europe returned to a Jim Crow society in America. Showing this history

without proselytizing is appropriate and ought to be appreciated by visitors. While I’ve talked with more than one retired pilot who says that the legacy of the Tuskegee Airmen is honorable, the most important “endorsement” of their saga I ever heard was from the warehouse manager of the department store where I worked in the early ‘70s. He’d been a gunner on a B-17 that had been escorted by black fighter pilots during the War, and he sang the praises of their performance. It doesn’t get more authentic or legitimate than that. Willie Moseley is the news editor emeritus for The Tribune. His column appears here each Wednesday.

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To burn or not to burn is the question

don’t know when our government came up with this brainstorm, but they did. It must have been in the early 1960’s that some brilliant senator that had never lived in the country or near the woods said we shouldn’t burn off our woods because it may harm the ozone layer. Up until this brilliant man came up with this brilliant idea people burned off their woods each year and it didn’t cause too big of a fire. After not burning woods for a period of forty years or more we have these huge forest fires that destroy thousands of acres of woodland, homes, businesses and people’s lives, plus the skies are filled with smoke and cinders and it destroys our ozone layer. I lived in a small cotton mill world where the cotton mill owned all of the surrounding land and this included the woods. They had a man that walked the woods and kept them burned off, a practice that Russell Lands still lives

The Coffee Breaker By Ronald Brantley by. How they get by I don’t know, but more power to them. Let us get back to the cotton mill town I lived in. As a boy, we were free to roam the woods, play in the woods and discover all the wonders of the wilds. Today it is so grown-up that Tarzan couldn’t get through it if he tried. Let me tell you about one place I remember so well. If you know where the community hospital is – and I’m sure you do – all the way around to the Herren Place is on top of a hill. Down at the bottom of this hill was a beautiful spring, at least I was told because nobody has been able to walk through there in many, many years. Mr. Clinton Mann rocked this spring up in shape of a horseshoe. As boys and girls played in the woods or

we had fieldtrips we always liked to go over to the horseshoe springs, stop and drink the water. On the weekends a lot of times men would meet there for chicken fights. I have some film of the home guard (this is before the National Guard) having a big cookout there. Back in the days of boys and girls parking this was a favorite spot until the drive-in came about and Rose Bud, as the teenagers called it, faded away. It was not unusual to see a young boy with a sling shot or a BB gun in hand on a hunting excursion, walking in the woods. In my opinion, this is so much better for young people than those gimmicks they sit and wear their thumbs out pushing. Growing up we learned the different trees and bushes, what a tadpole or dragonfly looked like, how and where to dig for fish bait. In all my growing up years I never heard of a young man being bit by a snake because you could

actually walk through the woods. While watching television one day they showed some swamps and wooded areas in Georgia and Florida that they have started burning off on a yearly basis, then comparing them with areas not burned. The results were overwhelming in favor of burning and having controlled burns like we did when farmers and cotton mills owned the woodlands. Wouldn’t it be great if our young could still use the woods as they could in those days? We have some smart government officials. As a matter of fact some of them are too smart for their own britches. Ronald Brantley is a regular columnist for The Tribune. His column appears here each Wednesday. He can be reached by email at Rbrantley1@elmore. rr.com

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Inside the Statehouse By Steve Flowers

Bankheads were Deep South’s version of the Kennedys

ince we are in the midst of an election for a U.S. Senator, let me share the story of one of the most prestigious congressional families in Alabama history. The Bankheads of Jasper would likely be the most prominent political family in Alabama political lore. More than likely there has never been a father serve as one of Americas most powerful U.S. Senators while their son, William Bankhead, served as Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives. The original founder of the famous family was John Hollis Bankhead. He was the patriarch of a family that spawned sons John H. Bankhead II and Speaker of the U.S. House William B. Bankhead and daughter, state archivist Marie Bankhead Owen and granddaughter Tallulah Bankhead, who became a star of stage and screen. John Hollis Bankhead was born in 1842 on his family’s plantation in present Lamar County. He was educated in local schools and joined the Confederate Army at 19. He fought in numerous Civil War battles and was wounded several times. He entered the Confederate Army as a private and rose to Captain. After the Civil War he married Tallulah Brockman of Wetumpka and returned to farming his family land. He began his political career by serving four terms in the state legislature. He then was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives in 1886 and served 20 years in Congress. In 1906, Alabama did an extremely unusual thing. At that time, state legislatures still appointed U.S. Senators. Alabama’s legislature met only every four years and both of the state’s Senators, Edmund Pettus and John Tyler Morgan, were aging. The state Democratic Party held a primary to choose a successor should one or both of the Senators die before the Legislature met again. It was called the pallbearer’s primary. Bankhead won the primary. In June of 1907, Morgan died and Bankhead took the U.S. Senate seat. John Bankhead left an indelible legacy as a senator. He was a champion of building federal highways and waterways. America’s first national highway that traverses from Washington D.C. to San Diego, California is named the Bankhead Highway after our Senator John H. Bankhead. John’s son, William, was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives in 1916. Thus he served simultaneously in the House while his father served in the Senate. He followed his father’s advice to learn the rules. He did and it earned him a seat on the powerful Rules Committee. He was joined on the committee by another southern congressman, who would also make his mark in Congress, Sam Rayburn from Texas. During William Bankhead’s 23 years in Congress, he became Chairman of the Rules Committee, Majority Leader and then Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives. He was and continues to be the only Alabamian to serve as Speaker of the House. Even though William Bankhead was Alabama’s most distinguished congressman, he was best known as being the father of the most famous and flamboyant actress of that era, Tallulah Bankhead. Tallulah, who was named for her maternal grandmother, was very close to her Speaker father, William. She was renowned for her eccentric and uninhibited behavior and for her throaty utterance calling everyone, “dahling.” She thrust the Bankhead name in bright lights on Broadway and in Hollywood. Senator John Hollis Bankhead had a daughter named Marie who made her mark in Alabama history. Marie Owen Bankhead was the founder of the State Archives. She was affectionately called “Miss Marie.” Our magnificent Archives Building across from the Capitol, was built and the funds secured by Miss Marie from the New Deal WPA Program. It did not hurt that her father was one of the nation’s most powerful senators and her brother was Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives. Miss Marie Owen Bankhead served as director of the State Archives for 35 years, from 1920-1955. Besides the national Bankhead Highway, in Alabama we have the Bankhead Tunnel in Mobile, the William B. Bankhead National Forest, which traverses a good portion of Alabama, the Bankhead Home and Heritage Center in Jasper, and the historic Bankhead Avenue in Montgomery. The Bankheads of Alabama are the Deep South’s version of the Kennedys. 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.

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Every era has a beginning and an end

y Tallassee Tribune colleague and mentor Willie G. Moseley often opines that the greatest period of creativity in popular music occurred between 1967 and 1973, and he uses the bookend releases of “Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band” by the Beatles on one end and “Dark Side of the Moon” by Pink Floyd on the other (with special mention for “Tubular Bells” by Mike Oldfield). In between, nearly every precedent in popular music today can be heard on the releases of that period. But, for the sake of the moment, let us pause and reflect on what happened 50 years ago this week: the shot heard ‘round the world in the form of a long-playing record: “Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band” was released on the first week of June, 1967. The charts were already packed with classics. The Muscle Shoals sound was pumping out one soul hit after another – think Aretha Franklin, Wilson Pickett, Booker T. & the MG’s, Sam & Dave, Otis Redding and so on. The Motown factory wasn’t slowing down, either, as Marvin Gaye, The Supremes, The Four Tops and The Temptations were still at it. Blowing minds from across the ocean were groups like The Hollies and the Dave Clark Five. Here at home, the first big music festival was only weeks away at Monterey and we had truly great pop music being created by ensembles

rolled on, the rock world

By Michael turned its back on the Beatles Bird such as the Rascals, Paul Revere & the Raiders, Buffalo Springfield, the Grateful Dead, the Jefferson Airplane, the Mamas & the Papas, the Box Tops and 1967’s #1 band in the world – The Monkees. The Beatles had quit the road in late 1966, disgusted with touring and with the unhinged Beatlemania aspect of their careers. John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison, and Ringo Starr went to Abbey Road studios in late ’66 and just started to create. They wanted to make an album as a statement – not just a collection of singles with a bunch of filler (which, to be honest, even Beatle filler was better than most other bands’ singles). The idea was floated that they create alter egos in a complete departure from “Beatle John,” “Beatle Paul,” et al. With their truly visionary producer, George Martin, and a like-minded engineer in Geoff Emerick, the Beatles began to record a song cycle that would change the world. They began by recording two songs about their childhoods. John contributed the psychedelic dream “Strawberry Fields Forever,” while Paul gave us the nostalgic cheer of “Penny Lane.” Lennon and

and thought of them as hasbeens. This fired up their imaginations even more, and along with the use of substances legal and illegal, they had a perfect storm of creativity to burn. As the spring of 1967 rolled on, so did recording sessions for the tracks that would become part of the legend. “Being for the Benefit of Mr. Kite!” was inspired by a circus poster and is perhaps the most complex of the avantgarde sound pastiches on the album; “Within You Without You” brought the Indian raga, and use of the sitar, into the mainstream; “When I’m 64” was an English music-hall shuffle; “Good Morning, Good Morning” took a cereal commercial and made it into a gritty rock statement; “She’s Leaving Home” was comparable to the work of Franz Schubert with its classical string arrangement and melody; the title track and its reprise was good, old fashioned, piledriving rock and roll; and in no way could any of these songs prepare the listener for the stirring drama that was to come with the album closer, “A Day in the Life,” the most perfect distillation of the LennonMcCartney songwriting partnership. These days, it has become fashionable to put down

the accomplishments of “Pepper” or wonder what the fuss was about. This album would never have happened without the ‘can-you-top-this’ climate of the popular music of that era. “Pet Sounds” by the Beach Boys begat the experimentation of “Sgt. Pepper,” as the Beatles have said. There were better Beatles records, sure. But this was the first album to feature lyrics on the cover; the first to segue the songs into a suite-like format as opposed to individual tracks; the first album to feature a hidden track in the run-out groove; and although it has been loosely defined as a concept album, imagine recordings such as “Quadrophenia” by the Who, “American Idiot” by Green Day, or “The Wall” by Pink Floyd even existing without this one having come first. It’s quite impossible to consider. And so, put on “Sgt. Pepper” and allow yourself to be immersed into the hazy, crazy days of that Summer of Love so long ago. Appreciate what the Beatles and their production team accomplished with recording technology that is primitive by today’s standards. Be grateful that “50 years ago today / Sgt. Pepper taught the band to play / they’ve been going in and out of style / but they’re guaranteed to raise a smile.”

Michael Bird is a local educator and a regular columnist for The Tribune.

Birthdays are meant to be special

ast Sunday, we celebrated my birthday. I won’t tell you exactly how old I am, but let’s just say I’m half way to 90. You weren’t planning on using your math skills when you started reading this, were you? It was a great day, complete with a houseful of ladies, homemade chicken casserole, and cake. I got two new pairs of jeans, two new polos, and a Jaws t-shirt to go along with them. The last time I had two new pairs of jeans, President Bush the elder was in office. You think I’m kidding. Ever since I got the Jaws shirt, I’ve been hearing the Jaws music in my head. I seldom had birthday parties growing up, and by “seldom” I think I had one. It’s not a big deal. That’s just the way it was. Mama always got me a cake and present and that was perfect. Now, I’ve had a little birthday celebration

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three of the last four years, and I kind of like it. I really don’t care anything about the gifts—although I won’t turn them down—I just like being around some of the people I love. Whew! That was cheesy, yet true, nonetheless. This past Sunday, we celebrated Lucy’s birthday. I won’t tell you exactly how old she is, because I’d like to make it to 90. Let’s just say that she’s an eighties baby—an early eighties baby. I’ll leave it at that. I can hear the Jaws music as I type this paragraph. It was a special day. We’d planned on doing a Low Country Boil outside, but due to the rain, had to move it into the garage. I just opened the garage door and

enjoyed the sound of the rain and celebrated with Lucy and the ladies. It was very special: family, food, and flies. Man, there were lots of flies. They apparently like seafood. I’ve always thought birthday were overrated. I mean, everybody has one. Everybody. They not only have them, but they have them every single year. While some people do go overboard— yeah, I’m talking to you, you “birthday weekend”, “birthday week” and “birthday month” celebrators. Stop that. Stop that night. I no longer think of them as overrated. They are special. But, all I need is an hour or two with family and friends and a thousand Facebook messages and I’m good to go until next year. Birthdays really are special, and we should celebrate the births of the special people in our life. Those people are the ones who help make our lives special in the first

place, and on or about Dec. 3, God willing, Lucy and I will celebrate the birth of our first child together. We’re fairly certain it’s a boy. Both my father and brother had nothing but boys. We did the swinging string test and everything. We will find out the gender next week. It’d be nice to have a boy. I need a partner in crime at these birthday dinners. We are blessed and will be excited either way. Our mothers are very happy about having more grandchildren, and Emily is excited about being a big sister. It just hit me that her birthday is December, too. Maybe we’ll have just a “birthday month.” 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. For more information, please visit www.jodyfuller.com

Young spellers excite with dedication to goal

’m sure that some who flipped past the Scripps National Spelling Bee on ESPN on Thursday night kept right on clicking when they saw a bunch of kids on stage participating in a boring spelling contest. Well, I was one of those who stopped. As a former spelling bee champ myself (I won the Elmore County Bee lots of years ago), I was interested. I realized the work these kids had put in to get on that stage that night. I realized there were days and nights of dedication to a singular goal that went in to being among the best kid spellers in the country. And I soon found out that, were I in the spelling bee game today, there is no way that I could compete. These kids were phenomenal. When my television landed on the bee at about 9 p.m., there were some 15 or so spellers left. After two or three rounds, my wife and I each picked not so much our favorites, but who we thought would win. We weren’t even close.

DAVID GRANGER Managing Editor

Eventually, our favorites and all the others with the exception of Rohan Rajeev, a 14-year-old from Edmond, Oklahoma and Ananya Vinay, a 12-year-old from Fresno, California were eliminated. The championship round began. With words of championship-round difficulty. The two Indian-American children would go a maximum of 25 rounds with these words and, if both made it all the way through those rounds, the tie would be broken with some test they’d already taken. We never found out anymore about the test. Both of the final two spellers had obviously studied countless hours. Their spelling was dotted with smiles of recognition, at a word itself or at its origin. They had set their minds on a singular goal: to win the 2017 Scripps Spelling Bee. The discipline

was beyond admirable. After Rajeev misspelled “marram,” a word of Scandinavian origin defined as “a coarse perennial grass growing on sandy shores and dunes and having awnless flowers crowded into a long spikelike panicle,” Vinay had her opening. All she had to do was to spell two consecutive words correctly and the championship would belong to her. First, she was asked to spell “gifblaar,” which Webster defines as a perennial shrub of southern Africa which is deadly poisonous to stock. She asked her token questions about the word’s origin, it’s part of speech, asked the judge to use it in a sentence, but one got the feeling she knew it all along. She did. The pronouncer, Dr. Jacques Bailly, an associate professor of classics at the University of Vermont and the winner of the 1980 bee, then informed Vinay that if she spelled the next word correctly she would be declared the 2017 Scripps National Spelling Bee champion. The next word Bailly spoke

– Vinay’s word to spell – was “marocain.” The slightest smile ever broke Vinay’s face and just as quickly disappeared. She hurried through a barrage of questions, barely waiting for Bailly to answer one before another came blasting out. She tugged at her dress, sneaked looks toward her Mom in the audience. “Marocain,” Vinay finally said. “M-a-r-o-c-a-i-n. Marocain.” “That is correct,” the judge said excitedly. Here came the confetti. Here came Vinay’s trophy, her parents and her brother, all seemingly more excited than she was. She showed little emotion, but she was the champion. “C-h-a-m-p-i-o-n.” Champion. It was almost as if she expected to win. She had set her mind to a singular goal. And she had achieved it. David Granger is the managing editor of Tallapoosa Publishers Elmore County newspapers. He can be reached at david.granger@ thewetumpkaherald.com

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The Summer season begins on Wednesday, June 21. The word “summer” is derived from an Old Norse word, sumar. Summer is the warmest of the four seasons, because it is at this time that the Northern Hemisphere is closest to the Sun. The Southern Hemisphere experiences its Winter at this time, since it is furthest from the Sun. The start of Summer coincides with a phenomenon called the Summer Solstice. A solstice is the longest day of the year in a particular hemisphere, or the day on which we experience the most sunlight. Our Summer in the United States lasts until around the end of September. For many people, Summer is their favorite time of the year. During the Summer in the United States, kids are on break from school. This is a time when they are able to play Summer sports, swim, and spend time on vacation with their families. Picnics are popular, as well as certain foods and drinks like watermelon Circle the two suns that match. and lemonade. During the Summer, many plants and crops, such as citrus fruits, are ready for harvest. These are just a few things that make Summer so enjoyable.

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Wait for the LORD; be strong, and let your heart take courage; wait for the LORD! - Psalm 27:14 I remember the first Bible program I ever purchased for the first real work computer I ever owned. It was 1983, the dawn of personal computing. By today’s standards, the equipment was primitive, bulky, very limited and severely underpowered. And it was great! That Bible program cost about $250. It took about 20 minutes (and several floppy disk changes) to return search results for a word or phrase from a single version of the Bible. Today we take for granted instantaneous searches across multiple translations on free apps on a device we hold in the palm of our hands. Computing and life in general go a lot faster these

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days. We don’t have time to wait. I like fast shipping when I order something online. (Kids, there was hardly such a thing as online back in 1983.) Amazon Prime spoils us with one- or two-day free shipping on almost anything. In some markets, Amazon Prime Now delivers many items in two hours (or less) instead of two days. We don’t like to wait. In our hurry-up, instant results world, it may be harder than ever to hear and heed the counsel of our text: “Wait for the Lord.” Do you sometimes wonder why God has not yet granted your request or given you the opportunity you’ve asked from him? Were you baptized last week? Maybe you’ve been praying about this situation for a month. Perhaps you’ve been sober for a year. You’re ready for something to happen. You’ve

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prayed for someone’s salvation for decades. All those things are good. But the fact you’re waiting does not mean God is tardy or unreliable. A delay does not mean that God has forgotten or that he is not going to answer your prayer or use you in his service. From Galatians 2:1, it seems that a significant amount of time passed between Paul’s remarkable conversion and his emergence as the dynamic leader we remember him to have been. The book of Exodus tells us Moses apparently waited about

40 years for God to call him from the wilderness to deliver Israel out of Egypt. And Jesus himself was 30 years old before his public ministry began. What happened during that time? Wait for the Lord. The Psalms stress this theme over and over. As God’s people endured adversity, it seemed that the wicked were flourishing and prospering. While godly people languished and struggled and when God’s timing seemed to be off, the counsel from the inspired psalmist was “Wait.” In almost two dozen passages, the psalmists admonished us to wait on God or modeled the grace of waiting on the Lord themselves. When we feel impatient and begin to wonder if we’ve been forgotten or passed over, it would be good to remember God’s perfect timing: “But when the full-

ness of time had come, God sent forth his Son…” (Galatians 4:45). And “For while we were still weak, at the right time Christ died for the ungodly” (Romans 5:6). He is still the same faithful, right on time God about the things he’s promised you as he was when Jesus came and died for us, fulfilling all the centuries of promises and prophecies at precisely the right moment. So let’s thank God that we’re blessed to live in a time when technology makes communication instantaneous. Enjoy the privilege of modern transportation making travel safe and comfortable and shipping fast. But let’s not think we’re so advanced (or swift) that we have outgrown the need to trust God and wait patiently for him.

Religious Briefs • Episcopal Church of the Epiphany On June 11 at 10:30 a.m. Father Wells Warren will celebrate a Festival Holy Eucharist in observance of Trinity Sunday. Refreshments will follow in the Little House. For more information, visit the church website: http://epiphanytallassee.org/ • Elam Baptist Church “Galactic Starveyors” 2017 Summer Vacation Bible School (VBS) June 18 - June 22 (Sunday thru Thursday) from 6 p.m. - 8:30 p.m. each evening. During each day of activities, the stargazers will be observing the motto ‘Searching the Visible, Discovering the Invisible’ with exciting mission info, Bible studies, games, star studded snacks, fun and fellowship. Children 0-6th grade are encouraged to attend. There is a snack list on the bulletin board for donations. If you would like to participate or help with VBS, see Julie Bridgman. The regular monthly calendar events: Wednesday’s Weekly – 6 p.m. choir followed with Mid Week Renewal 7 p.m. Sunny Senior Breakfast Monday, June 12, 7:30 a.m. WOM Wednesday, June 14, 5:30 p.m. Father’s Day Recognition Sunday, June 18, 11 a.m. Deacon Meeting Sunday, June 25, 4 p.m. Monthly Business Meeting, 7 p.m. June 28. Everyone is encouraged to attend all events and activities. Elam has been blessed with a very busy spring and looks forward to a busy summer in the Lord seeking the lost and those fallen away. Encourage one another in the Lord and be in CHURCH every chance you have. Regular services Sunday at 10 a.m., 11 a.m. and 5:30 p.m. God

is good all the time. Join us! Everyone is invited! Look for exciting things to come! Join the Choir with Kevin Lanier as they continue to bless our worship each week. There is a place for YO _ ! What’s missing? U are!! • East Tallassee United Methodist Church The “River’s Edge Flea Market” is open every Saturday from 6 a.m. to 2 p.m. All vendors are welcome, whether you plan to offer new items, old items, crafts, baked goods, produce or other food or represent youth groups or ball teams. The flea market is sponsored by the East Tallassee UMC and is located across from City Hall. We will offer various priced booths. To reserve a space call Joan Wood at 334-3124913. All proceeds raised by ETUMC will be used for church-sponsored programs. • St. Vincent de Paul Catholic Church ”Our Life’s Journey” is an outreach of St. Vincent de Paul Catholic Church in Tallassee, Fr. Mateusz Rudzik, Pastor; and Knights of Columbus Council 15093, Andy Lacey, Grand Knight. It airs on WACQ-AM 580 and FM 101.1 each Sunday from 8-8:30 a.m. Listen online at www.wacqradio.com or on your smart phone using the TuneIn app. • Calvary Baptist Church of Tallassee If you are looking for a church to worship and praise the Lord come join us at 293 N. Wesson St. in Tallassee. Our services are at 10 a.m. Sunday School, 11 a.m. morning worship service, 6 p.m. evening service. Also join us at 7 p.m. Wednesday evening for our prayer and fellowship

service. If you have any questions call Pastor Jim Voss at 334-283-2366. • Tallassee Church of Christ Sunday School begins at 10 a.m. Worship Service begins at 11 a.m. Sunday evening service begins at 5 p.m. Wednesday night services begin at 6 p.m. Visitors welcome at all services. Phone number: 334-283-5437. Located at 209 Gilmer Ave. · Liberty Baptist Church Dust off your telescope and discover the incredible mysteries of the final frontier – right from your backyard! Join us for a week of searching the visible to discovery the invisible at Galactic Starveyors. Kids will begin each evening with dinner at 5 p.m. followed by Worship Rally at 5:30 p.m.. From Worship Rally, kids will gather at the Starveyors Clubhouse where they will explore God’s Word. Each day kids will encounter amazing and wonderful things designed by a Creator who is even bigger than the vastness of His creation, as well as make crafts, play fun games, enjoy tasty snacks, sing cool songs, and learn about missions. Kids will discovery that the God who created everything there is - the knowable and the unknowable, the visible and the invisible - wants a relationship with them! Join us at Liberty Baptist Church, 574 Liberty Road, Tallassee, Alabama from June 19 through 23, 2017. Classes will be provided for PreK through 12 grades. Vacation Bible School will start each night at 5 p.m. and end at 8 p.m. For more information, please call the church at 334-283-6338.

Area Churches AME ZION Mt. Zion Chapel AME Zion 2340 Crenshaw Rd., Wetumpka 567-4413 Rogers Chapel AME Zion 709 W. Bridge St., Wetumpka 567-8144 Jackson Chapel AME Zion 4885 Coosada Rd., Coosada Jones Chapel AME Zion 2414 Ingram Rd. (Co. Rd. 3), Elmore ABUNDANT LIFE Abundant Life Church 9301 U.S. Hwy 231., Wetumpka 567-9143 ASSEMBLY OF GOD Agape Tabernacle Assembly of God 1076 Kowaliga Rd., Eclectic 541-2006 Bethel Worship Center 11117 U.S. Hwy 231., Wetumpka 567-5754 Crossroads Assembly of God 2534 AL Hwy 14., Millbrook 285-5545 First Assembly of God 3511 Shirley Ln., Millbrook New Home Assembly of God 5620 Caesarville Rd., Wetumpka 5692825 BAPTIST Abraham Baptist Church Millbrook Antioch Baptist Church 1115 Antioch Rd., Titus 567-2917 Beulah Baptist Church 2350 Grier Rd., Wetumpka 514-2881 Blue Ridge Baptist 4471 Jasmine Hill Rd., Wetumpka 567-

4325 Brookwood Baptist Grandview Rd., Millbrook Calvary Baptist 504 W. Osceola St., Wetumpka 567-4729 Central Baptist 3545 W. Central Rd., Wetumpka 541-2556 Coosada Baptist 20 Kennedy Ave., Coosada Deatsville Baptist 184 Church St., Deatsville Eclectic Baptist Church 203 Claud Rd., Eclectic 541-4444 Faith Baptist 64 Chapel Rd., Wetumpka 567-4417 First Baptist Church 205 W. Bridge St., Wetumpka 567-5191 First Baptist of Elmore Hwy. 14 Co. Rd. 74, Elmore Galilee Baptist 95 Old Georgia Rd., Wetumpka 567-4178 Good Hope Baptist 1766 S. Fleahop Rd., Eclectic Goodship Baptist Hwy. 143, Millbrook Grace Baptist Old Montgomery Hwy., Wetumpka 567-3255 Grandview Pines Baptist Deatsville Hwy., Deatsville Green Ridge Baptist 288 Turner Rd., Wetumpka 567-2486 Harvest Baptist 2990 Main St., Millbrook Hillside Baptist 405 Old Montgomery Hwy., Wetumpka

Holtville Riverside Baptist 7121 Holtville Rd., Wetumpka 514-5922 Lake Elam Baptist 4060 Gober Rd., Millbrook Liberty Hill Baptist 61 Crenshaw Rd., Wetumpka 567-8750 Lighthouse Baptist 2281 Main St., Millbrook Living Water Baptist 1745 Grass Farm Rd. (Co. Rd. 80), Weoka Millbrook Baptist Millbrook 285-4731 Mitts Chapel Baptist 935 Cold Springs Rd., Deatsville 569-1952 Mt. Hebron West Baptist 150 Mt. Hebron Rd., Elmore 567-4441 Mt. Herron East Baptist Church 4355 Mt. Herron Rd. Eclectic, Al 36024 334-857-3689 Mountain View Baptist 1025 Rifle Range Rd., Wetumpka 5674458 New Harmony Baptist 3094 New Harmony Rd., Marbury 3121878 New Home Baptist 1605 New Home Rd., Titus 567-0923 New Hope Baptist 6191 Lightwood Rd., Deatsville 569-1267 New Lily Green Baptist 6504 Deatsville Hwy., Deatsville New Nazareth Baptist Hwy. 143, Deatsville Pleasant Hill Baptist

Pleasant Hill Rd., Eclectic 541-3460 Prospect Baptist Prospect Rd., Eclectic 567-5837 Redland Baptist 1266 Dozier Rd., Wetumpka 567-8649 Refuge Baptist Church 3098 Red Hill Road Tallassee 334-857-2638 Rehoberth Baptist 8110 Rifle Range Rd., Tallassee 567-9801 Rushenville Baptist 10098 Georgia Rd., Eclectic 541-2418 Saint James Baptist 1005 Nobles Rd., Wetumpka 567-6209 Saint James Baptist 101 Gantt Rd., Deatsville 569-3006 Santuck Baptist 7250 Central Plank Rd., Wetumpka 567-2364 Seman Baptist Seman, Alabama Shoal Creek Baptist 13214 Holtville Rd., Deatsville 569-2482 Springfield Baptist Hwy. 7, Millbrook Thelma Baptist 810 Weoka Rd., Wetumpka 567-3665 Titus Baptist 6930 Titus Rd., Wetumpka 334-531-2120 Tunnell Chapel Baptist 210 Central Plank Rd., Wetumpka 567-2589 Victory Baptist

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5481 Main St., Millbrook Wadsworth Baptist 2780 Hwy. 143, Deatsville 569-2851 BAPTIST - MISSIONARY Atkins Hill 565 Atkins Rd., Wetumpka 567-1141 Cathmagby Baptist 3074 Mitchell Creek Rd., Wetumpka 567-4787 First Missionary Baptist at Guilfield 412 Company St., Wetumpka 567-7455 Goodhope 1389 Willow Springs Rd. Wetumpka 567-7133 Lebanon 17877 U.S. Hwy. 231, Titus 514-1097 Mount Canaan 1125 Weoka Rd., Wetumpka 567-2141 Mount Pisgah 16621 U.S. Hwy. 231, Titus 567-3668 Mt. Zion 371 AL Hwy. 14, Elmore, 567-2613 Mt. Zion #3 1813 Luke Paschal Rd., Eclectic New Home 5130 Elmore Rd., Wetumpka 567-5966 Second Missionary 760 N. Bridge St., Wetumpka 567-8601 Spring Chapel Jasmine Hill Rd., Wetumpka 567-6493 Sweetwater 163 Michael Lane, Wetumpka 334-5389415 Tabernacle Baptist 1020 W. Tallassee St., Wetumpka 567-0620

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The Tallassee Garden Club is now taking new members. If you are interested in becoming a member of the club and to help beautify Tallassee, contact Vickie Bowen at 334-415-1987. • Please contact the Tallassee Recreation Department if you are interested in a self- defense class at 283-4726. Class would consist of situational awareness, prevention, recognition of criminal behavior and some physical defense. • The Tallassee City Schools will destroy all special education records of students who are 21 years of age or older and who exited Tallassee City Schools prior to June 2012. Individuals desiring to obtain their special education records may do so by contacting: Tallassee City Schools Special Education Services, 308 King St., Tallassee, AL 36078 or call (334) 283-5675. A picture I.D. is required of all persons picking up special educa-

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tion records. All special education records must be picked up before Thursday, June 8.

June 1

Beginner Clogging Classes will begin Thursday, June 1, at 5:30 p.m. at the Recreation Department activity room. For more information, please contact Pam Grizzard at 334740-2621. Tallassee City Pool opens for the season.

June 9-10

Tallassee NOW! is set for Hot O’Brien Stadium and Bell Park.

June 12-23

each session are scheduled for 9 a.m. and 10 a.m. There will be an 11 a.m. time for each session IF needed.

June 26-July 7

Second session of swim lessons will be offered by the Tallassee Recreation Department at the city pool. Lesson times for each session are scheduled for 9 a.m. and 10 a.m. There will be an 11 a.m. time for each session IF needed

July 10-21

A third session of swim lessons may be offered by the Tallassee Recreation Department, if needed. Lesson times for each session are scheduled for 9 a.m. and 10 a.m. There will be an 11 a.m. time for each session IF needed.

First session of swim lessons offered by the Tallassee Recreation Department at the city pool. Lesson times for

Annual Teachers Luncheon set for Aug. 12 By CARMEN RODGERS Staff Writer

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8th Grade Tallassee Southside Middle School student Haley Taunton recently received the Tallassee Southside Middle School band’s highest honor, the Linwood Erb Award, for most outstanding musician. She was presented the award by Mr. Linwood Erb at the band’s spring concert on May 16.. Haley is the daughter of Nathan Taunton of Tallassee and the granddaughter of Alan and Gayle Taunton of Tallassee.

While summer just began, coordinators of the annual Beulah Baptist Teachers Luncheon are busy preparing for the upcoming event. Each year the group sponsors teachers from area schools. This year’s luncheon will be at Beulah Baptist Church in Dadeville beginning at 1 p.m. on Aug. 12. The speaker will be Beverly Golden, a well-known teacher from Reeltown High School. The event is geared toward supplying teachers with the necessary tools needed in the classroom. Often teachers are forced to go into their own pockets to pay for classroom expenses. This event will offset that need for many area teachers. Last year, teachers received cleaning supplies, office supplies, printers, paper and almost every essential item needed to conduct a classroom. Teachers

who participate are asked for a list of needed supplies for their classroom. Volunteers then reach out to local businesses for donations to assist in purchasing these items. Last year’s event raised not only the needed supplies; it also raised enough donations to give each teacher not one, but two special gifts. “We had teachers from Reeltown, Eclectic and Tallassee,” said Dottie Carnes, event director. “We normally have teachers from Dadeville and Opelika, also,” she said. This event began seven years ago as a way to assist Reeltown teachers and since then this event has become large enough to serve teachers in other surrounding towns and cities. The event relies heavily on local businesses who continually step up to fill the need in the classroom. Originally, the event focused solely on Reeltown teachers. Because Reeltown High School is located in a rural area with few area businesses, it became difficult to locate

enough sponsors to adequately fund a classroom until Carnes and others at Beulah Baptist coordinated the annual teachers luncheon. This is the eighth annual teacher’s luncheon. Last year, over 120 people attended the luncheon. Many were teachers, but several were there to show support to the men and women who dedicate their lives to teaching. According to Carnes, while this luncheon is for teachers, ultimately it serves the students. “They have a hard job,” Carnes said. “Teaching is not easy, and they have a very important job. If we can make the teacher happy, then we have a better chance for our future leaders.” You may soon see Mrs. Carnes or other event coordinators in the area scouting for sponsorship. If you would like to offer sponsorship for the upcoming teachers luncheon, call Beulah Baptist Church at 256-825-6515.

Pet of the Week — Ruby Ruby is two-year old spaniel/beagle mix-looking lady who came to us as a very pregnant stray girl back in early March. She had her pups in our shelter and they have all found their homes. Now it is her turn. She is about 40 pounds, very gentle and loving, good with dogs and cats, loves children and has the prettiest dark red coat. Our adoption fees are $100 for dogs and $50 for cats under one year old; cats over one year old can be adopted by approved adopters for a fee of their choosing. This adoption fee completely covers the mandatory spay or neuter, basic immunizations, de-worming, microchip, heartworm check for dogs, rabies vaccination (if old enough) and a free health exam with your participating veterinarian. To meet all the great pets at our shelter come to 255 Central Plank Road in Wetumpka. For more information,Go to our website at www.elmorehumane.org, email us at hselco@bellsouth. net or give us a call at 334-567-3377. We are open for adoptions Monday–Friday 10 a.m.-5 p.m. & Saturday 9 a.m-3 p.m.

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REELTOWN TRACK IS BACK Rebels find unexpected success in return season In addition to holding an apparel sale and a doughnut sale, Garrard said the best fundraiser was simply asking for donations. She received Just a few months ago, all the Reeltown track and 15 different sponsorships, was donated sand field team had to show for itself was three dusty old pits for the jumps and received a slew of hurjavelins the Rebels found in the field house. dles from Jackie O’Neal. Fast forward to the end of the season, and now But what was more surprising than Reeltown has a slew of state medals, including a Garrard’s ability to create a team from nothpair of gold championship rings for Eric Shaw and ing was the Rebels’ first-year success. After Makevon Hughley. starting the entire team out on a mile-course “I never dreamed in the first year that we would already mapped out at Reeltown, Garrard and have that success,” Rebels coach Alana Garrard said. Lawrence O’Neal started to parse kids into Garrard, who served as an assistant track coach at events that would work for them. The only Albertville for three seasons, just joined the Reeltown events the Rebels didn’t offer this year were ranks prior to this school year, and only a few days pole vault and discus. before school started, she was approached by principal “I didn’t know what to expect because I Tom Cochran to see if she wanted to bring track and didn’t know their sports background,” Garrard field back to Reeltown. said. “But during basketball season, I got a From then, it’s been one set of creative solutions chance to start looking and getting excited for after another to try to build the team from the ground kids who were coming out for track.” up. Reeltown had a quasi-track team in 2014 but only Out of 23 competitors, 20 advanced to a few kids participated. the AHSAA Class 2A championships, and “The principal considered it the first year it was Shaw won a pair of gold medals and Hughley declared an official spring sport,” Garrard said. climbed atop the podium once. Reeltown’s Submitted / Alabama Runners Starting in November, Garrard, with the help of boys 4x100 team also brought third-place Raven Parker competes in the 800 at the Hornets Invitational at Beauregard assistant coach Lawrence O’Neal and the overwhelm- medals home. this season. It was Reeltown’s fi rst track & fi eld season in several years. ing support of the community and Athletic Director Garrard also had an endless number of comMatt Johnson, set to work. Not only did she have to pliments for all of her first-year competitors. build a financial foundation, she also had to literally “Eric and Makevon both got a gold championship “They all did so well; I could name them build a track. ring and when they had that at school, that set some all,” she said. “I think everybody thought we’d do Reeltown does not have a traditional rubber track; it well, but I think we surpassed some expectations. We kids on fire,” Garrard said. “Once so many kids started doesn’t even have a gravel track like Dadeville. to see that it was good, they started to want to come had good athletes and their attitudes were great. Even “Coach Johnson let us line off lanes on the track, out, and I’ll find ’em. If they don’t have a spot on motivation wasn’t a problem. They never came out so we had real lanes – they were just grass,” Garrard baseball or softball, I’m gonna have a spot for them on in the morning saying, ‘I don’t want to run today.’ I said. “(Johnson) was super supportive. For the hurdles, asked them to do something, and they did it. It has track.” we just measured off how far apart they were. The The Rebels placed sixth in the state in the boys been a great experience.” kids didn’t realize running on grass that when we went With only two seniors lost to graduation, Reeltown’s team standings and eighth in the girls, and according to an actual track, they thought it was so far. But the to Garrard, the sky is the limit. track and field team should be hanging around for a resistance of the grass was good for them.” “I just finished 24 years of teaching, and I told my while. Garrard, who was a special education teacher at One of Garrard’s more creative strategies was putthe elementary school this year, is moving to the high freshmen I have 10th-, 11th- and 12th-grade left,” ting together a high jump. Reeltown had the mats, but school next year, which she said should bode well for Garrard said. “I told them I’m not gonna retire until Garrard had to borrow two metal fence posts and tie a recruiting. Also, as most coaches know, success breeds we win state. We know where we need to add, but I rubber bungee cord between them to mimic the high think we can win it all.” success. jump. By LIZI ARBOGAST Sport Editor

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Left: Reeltwon High School’s 2017 Color Guard (front row, left to right) Selena Jarvis, Ivy Wilson, Lexie Windle (Captain), Alizzabeth Sharpe. (Back row from left to right) Jillian Heaster, Kaylin Brewer, Alyssa McGhee, Bekah Taylor and Brandi Schultz. Top right: Reeltown High School announces the 2017 Drum Major Emily Segrest (right) and Assistant Drum Major Ka’Shiya McKinney (left). Together, the two seniors will lead the 2017 Rebel Pride Marching Band into the upcoming season. Bottom right: Tanner May, Josie Noble (Captain) and Emily Spivey are Reeltown High School’s 2017 Majorettes. The three majorettes say they are very excited about the upcoming season.

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The Tallassee Tiger Sharks opened the season Thursday with the annual Fun Meet. Each age group was given the opportunity to swim and warm-up for the upcoming season. Head coach Donna Funderburk will lead the swimmers this season. Funderburk announced that Tallassee High School would soon have an official swim team. This is exciting news and it left many wondering if a new pool may soon be in store as well. The Sharks will head to their first meet in July. That gives the boys and girls just under a month to prepare for the upcoming season.