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McDaniel jailed pending bond revocation ruling

By MITCH SNEED Editor

Matthew Clate McDaniel will spend at least a few more days in jail while a judge decides to reinstate his bond or keep him in custody until his June trial on murder charges.

Fifth Judicial Circuit Court Judge Tom Young heard arguments on a bond revocation

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for McDaniel, who is accused of murder in the Jan. 17, 2016 shooting death of Norman Dean Crayton. McDaniel was out on bond awaiting trial, but for the second time since he was charged, he got in trouble with the law which was a violation of his bond conditions.

Young said he would make a decision on his bond in a couple of days.

McDaniel has been jailed since he was

stopped by Alexander City Police Department officers on Jan. 17 and charged with running a red light, improper tag, driving while suspended and arrested for attempting to elude law enforcement. New criminal charges prompted Young to revoke bond.

While McDaniel was found not guilty of attempting to elude, McDaniel was found guilty See MCDANIEL • Page A8

Potts not reinstated as chief

Dadeville council holds hearing on nuisance property

By DONALD CAMPBELL Staff Writer

Camp Hill Town Council unable to reach vote

The Dadeville City Council agreed to allow a property owner a little more time to clean up the property 257 Hatcher Street, which has been cited under the weed nuisance abatement ordinance.

Property owner William See COUNCIL • Page A8

By CLIFF WILLIAMS Staff Writer

For the third time in just over six months, former Camp Hill Police Chief Johnny Potts has had a termination hearing before the town council after Mayor Ezell Smith fired him.

This time the council did not get to vote to reinstate him like they had twice before.

The meeting of the of the council was posted as a termination hearing, not a meeting so no vote could be taken at Tuesday morning’s hearing. Instead Smith made an announcement after controlling the nearly 45-minute hearing. “Listen – Chief Potts is fired today,â€? Smith See POTTS • Page A2

Dadeville man arrested in missing child case from last summer

By MITCH SNEED Editor

PUBLIC SERVANT SALARY Elected offices offer wide range of compensation

By MITCH SNEED Editor

While voters may not go to the polls in primary races for almost four months, qualifying is complete and campaigning is beginning to heat up.

If you talk to anyone who has ever been involved in a political race, they will tell you how much work is See PAY • Page A8

Drug trafficking suspect busted again in Virginia

Dadeville Kiwanis Club hears intriguing rescue story from Air University professor

By MITCH SNEED Editor

A man who was arrested on a myriad of drug trafficking charges in Tallapoosa County late last year has been busted again in his Melton home state of Virginia.

Scott Allen Melton, 33, of Crozet, Virginia was arrested last Friday by Albemarle County Police and was charged with five counts of possession with the intent to distribute a schedule I or II narcotic and possession with the intent to sell or distribute marijuana.

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After months of tireless work putting pieces together, the Tallapoosa County Sheriff’s Department has Barnett made an arrest in a case that went viral last summer.

On July 16, 2017, a teenage girl went missing after leaving the Dadeville area home of a family member Sunday morning at about 4 a.m. in the Murphy Dam Lake area. Victoria Skye Smith, who was 11 at the time of the incident, was found unharmed a day later when she wandered into a lawn and garden supply store in Rossville, Georgia.

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Library Notes Please don’t forget to renew your membership to the Friends of the Library. The FOL are a vital piece to the library sponsoring author visits, programs and events. You can pick up a membership form at the circulation desk or online.

The FOL will have a meeting Thursday, March 8 at 1p.m. in the lower level of the library. Stop in to hear about upcoming events and programs.

Stop by the Library to check out one of the new 30 large print books. These books are great if you have difficulty reading small print. You can still check out a book no matter your vision needs!

New releases in adult fiction:

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Library Notes are provided by Dadeville Public Library Director Abbi Mangarelli.

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seized 28 pounds of marijuana, methamphetamine, LSD, powder and crack cocaine and THC extracts after responding to the 6700 block of Jarmans Gap Road of a tip of drug activity.

Melton’s latest arrest come after he was popped on Dec, 29, 2017 by a Tallapoosa County Sheriff’s Department deputy on a traffic stop for running a stop sign in the StillWaters community near Dadeville. The deputy noticed the smell of marijuana and contacted the Tallapoosa County Narcotics Task Force.

A search of the vehicle was done and approximately 1,073 grams, or about 2.3 pounds, of high-grade marijuana. Also found in the vehicle was 10 grams of cocaine, 21 hydrocodone pills and $5,673 in cash was found and confiscated. Task Force investigators responded to the scene, logged in the evidence and also seized a 2010 Ford F-150.

Melton was charged with trafficking in marijuana, trafficking in hydrocodone, possession of controlled substance, promoting prison contraband and possession of drug paraphernalia.

Melton was able to post a $62,500 bond and was released on Dec. 31, according to court records.

The bond conditions stipulated that Melton not break any laws.

Tallapoosa County Sheriff Jimmy Abbett said that local officials were aware of Melton’s latest trouble with the law and are looking at options.

“We were made aware of the latest arrest and the amounts involved there,” Abbett said. “We are talking to federal and Virginia authorities to see what the next step to take should be. Two arrests with those the amounts that we have seen is something that requires some coordination.”

As of Tuesday, Melton remained in custody in the Albemarle-Charlottesville Regional Jail and a bond was set at $25,000.

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Potts told everyone present before leaving the hearing. “And if you want to go to court and prove this stuff, then go ahead.”

And it would not be the only time Smith told everyone at the hearing Potts was fired.

Smith suspended Potts with pay Feb. 15 while he was just a few days short of completing a 6-month probation period when the council reinstated him in July with instructions for both Potts and Smith to bring any issues back to the council or police committee.

Since the meeting was posted as a hearing, the three members of the council and mayor present could not vote to take it to executive session or to allow them to reinstate Potts.

Much of the hearing was sparring between Smith, Potts and Potts’ attorney Courtney Murchinson over whether Potts had received disciplinary warnings and write ups.

Potts acknowledged being written up once and signing a document but Smith presented several other documents where she said she had written Potts up.

“I called him in,” Smith said.

“But he refused to sign,” Potts denied being called in.

Members of the council could recall being informed of the one warning Potts signed but not the others.

“I have seen one, but I don’t recall seeing the others,” Council member Dean Bonner said.

Smith said the incident that finally lead to the termination letter on Feb. 15 was Potts unwillingness to come to the police department to help clean out an office for Lt. Danny

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Williams.

Potts explained that he was helping with an arrest and could not respond immediately.

Smith told members of the council at the hearing she took matters into her own hands.

“I took the screwdriver and opened it,” Smith said. “I took two utility guys with me.”

Smith explained that she had been trying to get Potts to clean out the office for a few days before the incident.

Part of the argument between Potts and Smith also appears to be over when Potts could take comp time and who was doing the scheduling for police department employees.

“I appreciate your time here, but you are terminated,” Smith said in the middle of the hearing.

“I request that you return all equipment and keys that belong to the town.”

Camp Hill Town Attorney Charles Gillenwaters said he thinks the mayor can terminate Potts this time.

“I checked with Porter and Porter and the League (of Municipalities),” Gillenwaters said. “They said unless we have a specific ordinance on how to appoint anyone, she can fire anyone. I didn’t think that was the law but they handle this everyday. They said she can do it since he was on probation.”

Murchinson disagreed.

“That has not been the practice,” Murchinson said.

“Y’all have voted him back in several times.”

As Smith was leaving the hearing, Bonner said he could not support the mayor’s termination of Potts.

Arrest “After a lengthy investigation by members of the Tallapoosa County Sheriff Department Criminal Unit with assistance provided by the Tri-County Advocacy Center and the District Attorney’s office, we were able to arrest 57-year-old Terry Vaughn Barnett,” Tallapoosa County Sheriff Jimmy Abbett said. “The arrest was made on Thursday and he has been charged with interference with custody and contributing to the delinquency of a minor.”

Abbett said it was too early in the legal process to comment extensively on the details of what led them to the arrest of Barnett, whose address was listed as Bama Park Road in Dadeville.

“It has been a long process, but the forensic interviews that took place over a period of months finally helped our investigative team identify him as a suspect and from there they were able to gather the evidence that was sufficient to warrant an arrest.”

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nationwide attention as news of her disappearance spread via news reports and social media. It seemed that she had disappeared.

The only initial clue was a video surveillance camera that 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 an additional report of a sighting further along Highway 50 a short time later.

But from there – more than 24 hours passed 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.”

That’s when Smith called authorities and the Walker

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“There is insufficient documentation for insubordination,” Bonner said.

“And that is the issue brought forward for this termination hearing.”

Tuesday’s hearing is allowed when requested by Alabama Code 11-43-230 when someone is fired, suspended or terminated from a municipality.

“The hearing shall be conducted by an impartial officer or body with authority to suspend or terminate the law enforcement officer,” Part ‘C’ of the statue states. “If the hearing is before the municipal governing body, the hearing may be conducted in an executive session, provided that any vote for or against suspension or termination shall occur in an open session.”

Potts says he has accumulated more than 300 hours and there is a settlement that has been offered

by Smith for the time that has not been accepted by Potts.

Council member Duane Blackwell said he had gone through Potts’ time sheets and was satisfied they were accurate while Smith said they were wrong.

The matter could be brought up at the next regular council meeting on March 5 but it is unclear if it will be on the agenda.

Potts’ attorney told the council she thinks the reason Smith fired him is Potts will not drop what he is doing every time the mayor wants something.

“I think this comes down to he is not at her beck and call,” Murchinson said. “And she is not OK with it.”

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County Sheriff’s Department got involved and contacted Abbett and his investigative team. Abbett and the girl’s parents went to Rossville and brought the girl home.

“It took some time to piece it all together and I really can’t comment on it more at this time,” Abbett said. “We had to let the investigation play out and the investigators just kept working it.

Obviously we appreciate the help from the Tri-County Advocacy Center, The Walker County Sheriff’s Department in Georgia and the people there in Rossville that located her and contacted authorities.

“We are very thankful that this case had the resolution that it did where the child wasn’t seriously harmed and we have an arrest of a person who played a role in her disappearance.”

Bond was set at $20,000 for Barnett and records show that he posted that and was released Friday. No court dates had been set as of Friday afternoon.

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Marriage Licenses The following people were issued marriage licenses in Tallapoosa County since Feb. 1: • Matthew John Bence and Jennifer Marie Houlton were issued a marriage license on Feb. 1.

• Nicholas Bradley Humphries and Regina Nicole Robinson were issued a marriage license on Feb. 2.

• Thomas Kirby Tucker and Tiffany Anne Cox were issued a marriage license on Feb. 6.

• Jeremy Lang Causey and Susan Callie Knight were issued a marriage license on Feb. 13.

• Dalton Ray Nabors and Kelsie Brooke Smith were issued a marriage license on Feb. 13.

• Christopher Randall Belyeu and Robin Gabrielle Snyder were issued a marriage license on Feb. 13.

• Thomas Danny Snyder and Janet Fuller Snyder were issued a marriage license on Feb. 14.

• Kyle Edward Cousins and Melody Dawn Peoples were issued a marriage license on Feb. 15.

• Dexter Monte Rivers and Joshua Scott McCarty were issued a marriage license on Feb. 16.

• George Daniel Hendrix Jr. and Diana Harrison Meadows were issued a marriage license on Feb. 20.

• Dakota James Hauck and Lashanda Tucker Funderburk were issued a marriage license on Feb. 21.

• Richard Charles Glaze and Chelsea Laiken Davis were issued a marriage license on Feb. 22.

• Kevin Randell McBribe and Stephanie Ann Harris were issued a marriage license on Feb. 23.

• Kenneth Cory Guice and Rachael Nicole Barnes were issued a marriage license on Feb. 23.

• Joseph Glenn Fuller and Judie P. Devine were issued a marriage license on Feb. 23.

• Odreus Kuntae Burns and Jennifer Anne Hall were issued a marriage license on Feb. 27.

EDITOR’S NOTE Have you ever seen police lights in your neighborhood and wondered what was going on? Ever see a for sale sign disappear on a piece of property and wonder who it belonged to, who had purchased it or the amount it sold for?

All of that public information can be found on file with different agencies across the area, and it falls under the public record umbrella.

But not many folks have the

time to go to the courthouse or police station and dig through all the information to find what you are looking for.

The Record will publish this information as space allows combined in one package each month. We will add additional categories as we develop sources to gather the data. We hope you find this informative. Let us know what you think by writing us at editor@alexcityoutlook.com.

Police Reports Dadeville Police Department February 27

• An Alexander City man, age 25, was arrested on two warrants for failure to appear.

• A two motor vehicle collision occurred on West Cusseta Street resulting in minor property damage and no injuries.

February 26

• Two reports were filed for theft of property that occurred on North Broadnax Street.

• A one motor vehicle accident occurred on Young’s Ferry Road resulting in major property damage and minor injuries.

February 25

• A Camp Hill man, age 18, was arrested for possession of marijuana and possession of drug paraphernalia on Highway 280.

February 24

• A Dadeville man, age 48, was arrested for domestic violence on Fulton Street.

• A Dadeville woman, age 33, was arrested for domestic violence, criminal mischief and disorderly conduct on Freeman Drive.

February 23

• A Jackson’s Gap Man, age 37, was arrested on a warrant for failure to appear.

• A two motor vehicle collision occurred on North Broadnax Street resulting in no property damage and no injuries.

• A one vehicle accident occurred on Horseshoe Bend Road resulting in minor property damage and no injuries.

February 22

• A report was filed for domestic violence that occurred on Herren Street.

• A report was filed for theft by deception that occurred on East South Street.

February 21

• A report was file for theft of property that occurred on East Lafayette Street.

• An Opelika woman, age 26, was arrested on a warrant for failure to appear.

Tallapoosa County Sherif f’s Department February 26

• Wendy Mae Wheeler of Lee Street in Alexander City was arrested for a failure to appear warrant conspiracy of a controlled substance and probation violation warrant for burglary third and transported to the county jail.

February 23

• Tommie Pike of Point Windy Drive in Jackson Gap was arrested on an outstanding warrant for failure to appear child support.

• Shannon Causey of Pearson Chapel Road of Alexander City was arrested on a grand jury indictment for receiving stolen property third.

• Laura Gisel of McCain Street in Lineville was arrested for grand jury indictment receiving stolen property first, possession of methamphetamine, possession of prescription medication and possession of marijuana second.

February 22

• Leonard Peoples of Hillside Trailer Park in Wetumpka, was arrested on three grand jury indictments for possession marijuana 1st, possession of drug paraphernalia, possession of methamphetamine and was placed in the county jail.

• Cecil Roberts of K Street in Alexander City, was arrested on a warrant for no contractor’s license and was transported to the county jail.

• Jason Jacques of Highway 22 East in New Site, was arrested on two warrants for probation revocation while incarcerated in the county jail.

February 21

• A resident of Jackson Road in Camp Hill filed a report in reference to theft.

February 20

• A resident of Lakeview Drive in Dadeville filed a report for theft.

Alexander City Police Department February 25

• Parker Wayne Blair, 23, of Alexander City was arrested for harassing communications.

• Michael Jason Hamilton, 40, of Alexander City was arrested for public intoxication.

• Megan Michelle Norwood, 27, of Alexander City was arrested for driving under the influence of alcohol.

• Stacy Crisler Jones, 49, of Alexander City was arrested for driving under the influence of alcohol.

• A terrorist threat was reported on Highway 22 West.

• Harassment was reported in the Walmart Shopping Center.

• Domestic violence was reported on Greenleaf Street.

• Possession of a controlled substance was reported on K Street.

• Public intoxication was reported on Highway 280.

February 24

• Justin Renard Paschal, 29, of Tallassee was arrested for bail jumping.

• Timothy Earl Pearson, 52, of Alexander City was arrested for driving under the influence of alcohol.

• Rodrecuis Kenyon Ford, 26, of Jacksons Gap was arrested for public intoxication.

• Santaisha Lysel Kelley, 25, of Alexander City was arrested for possession of marijuana and possession of drug paraphernalia.

• Cornelius Nokia Johnson, 23, of Alexander City was arrested for possession of marijuana and possession drug paraphernalia.

• Harassing communi-

cations was reported on Elkahatchee Road.

• Violation of a domestic violence protection order was reported on Boyd Street.

• Driving under the influence of alcohol was reported on Hillabee Road.

• Criminal trespass and harassment was reported in Alexander City.

• Leaving the scene of an accident was reported on Cherokee Road.

• Harassing communications was reported on 2 nd Street.

• Public intoxication was reported on Highway 280.

February 23

• Larry Wayne Goodgame, 61, of Goodwater was arrested for driving under the influence of alcohol.

• Terrell Zamir Stinson, 19, of Opelika was arrested for possession of marijuana.

• Joshua Deuane Spraggins, 27, of Alexander City was arrested for domestic violence.

• Chasity Nicole Brown, 26, of New Site was arrested for domestic violence.

• Domestic violence was reported in Alexander City.

• Possession of marijuana and possession of drug paraphernalia was reported on Pearson Chapel Road.

• Criminal trespass and harassment was reported on Highway 22 West.

• Possession of marijuana and a firearms license required was reported on Highway 280.

• Harassment was reported in Alexander City.

• Burglary and theft was reported on South Central Avenue.

• Domestic violence was reported on Barrett Road.

• Unlawful breaking and entering and theft was reported on Ridgeway Drive.

• Harassment was

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February 21

• Earnest Lewis Crayton Jr., 38 of Jacksons Gap, was arrested for failure to appear/bail jumping misdemeanor.

• Tammy Sue Hudson, 54 of Alexander City, was arrested for driving under the influence.

• Roger Walker Jr., 31 of Milledgeville, Georgia, was arrested for possession of marijuana.

• Jonathan Hosea Watkins, 36 of Alexander City, was arrested for possession of marijuana, drug paraphernalia, and public intoxication.

• Terrance Audrae Golden, 32 of Alexander City, was arrested for domestic violence and resisting arrest.

• Theft of property was reported on North Central Avenue.

• Domestic violence was reported on Booker Street.

• Reckless endangerment was reported on Highway 280.

• Assault and criminal trespass were reported on Houston Street.

• Possession of marijuana was reported on Highway 280.

• Theft of property was reported at Market Place.

• Possession of marijuana and possession of drug paraphernalia were reported on Mallory Circle.

• Burglary was reported on Houston Street.

• Domestic violence was reported on Johnson Street.

February 20

• Cornettis Lawanda Mcqueen, 40 of Montgomery, was arrested for public intoxication.

• Johnny Wade Worthy, 21 of Alexander City, was arrested for

menacing.

• Kenerica Careasha Mae Maxwell, 29 of Alexander City, was arrested for possession of marijuana, possession of drug paraphernalia, and open container of alcohol violation.

• Thomas Rufus Dennis, 54 of Alexander City, was arrested for bail jumping.

• Unlawful breaking and entering a vehicle was reported on Dogwood Lane.

• Public intoxication was reported on Dadeville Road.

• Harassment was reported on 9th Avenue.

• Vicious dog was reported on Midway Estates Road.

• Unauthorized use of a vehicle was reported on Elkahatchee Road.

• Domestic violence was reported on Booker Street.

• Menacing was reported on Court Square.

• Possession of marijuana and possession of drug paraphernalia were reported on Cole Street.

• Aggravated cruelty to animals was reported on Semmes Street.

February 19

• Amber Lea Hill, 33 of Alexander City, was arrested for disorderly conduct.

• Theft of property was reported on Jefferson Street.

• Theft of property was reported on Parks Avenue.

• Criminal trespass was reported on Dadeville Road.

• Harassing communications was reported on Washington Street.

• Disorderly conduct was reported on Court Square.

• Theft of property was reported on Comer Street.

• Theft of property was reported on Hillabee Street.

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Opinion Record The

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Reminder: Public info is for everyone

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t a time when the media is taking a pretty good hit from our nation’s leaders and campaigns for a lot of offices are starting to ramp up – public records are even more important.

Journalists and citizens must have access to information to make sure that the work they do is accurate and helps inform the public of events and actions that involves the money that the people entrust leaders to handle.

Open records and meetings are essential for the media, who often serve as a watchdog for the people.

The laws that are on the books are designed to assure free flow of government information – information that can help citizens understand government and make sure that leaders are being good stewards as they handle our business and our money. These laws also allow the people to make sure candidates are doing what they are supposed to in terms of financial disclosures and campaign contributions.

The laws are on the books for good reason – to make sure that the public is not left in the dark.

This newspaper has featured several stories in recent weeks and months that are the direct result of the use of the state and federal open records and meetings laws.

We often hear residents complain they didn’t know what lawmakers were doing or claim they “pulled a fast one.”

That can only happen when we don’t pay attention and ask questions.

Our staff pledges to let this week renew our mission of keeping the public informed by using the tools the current laws allow to get information out.

We also charge citizens to do their part as well.

Public information doesn’t belong to the government, nor does it belong to the press – it belongs to the people. If you have a question or want to know “why,” ask your government for the information. It is that simple. There are minimal costs associated with the production of the information in some cases, but if you want to know, it is worth the nominal fee.

The moral is that freedom of information is only a good principle when used by the people.

Let’s all do our part to be good citizens and make sure our governmental bodies are being good stewards of the resources we entrust them with and operate in the light of day.

Persistence and patience pay off F

ebruary was a good month. It started off with a corporate gig in Louisiana on the first day of the month. I made a lot of great contacts and will certainly get more work from it sometime down the road.

After that, I didn’t have any gigs for 10 days, but I still had work to do. Talking is the easy part — even for a stuttering guy. It’s the writing, searches, paperwork, emails, marketing, etc. that make up the real work. As we say in the Army, “Planning is hard; execution is easy.” Besides, persistence and patience pay off.

My next gig was on a Sunday night at First United Methodist Church in Alex City.

At first, I thought someone had pulled a major rib on me.

When I arrived at the church, there was no one there. I drove around the block to the other side, yet there was still no one to be found—not even any cars. Fortunately, I looked to my right and saw cars parked all around an adjacent building called The Arbor. I was relieved, but that would have been funny.

I didn’t feel like it went as well as it should have, and that was all on me. I was tired, but it seemed everyone enjoyed it. I’m always my own worst critic. I got a lot of positive feedback. I even saw several old friends there. As I was leaving, some of the kids were playing basketball. I picked up the ball and shot three times, missing the hoop altogether with each attempt. That was embarrassing. I pulled off my suitcoat, so I could get a better shot. I still missed, so I made an easy layup and exited stage right and drove directly to Birmingham.

I spoke the next day at Ross Bridge for the Alabama Association of Tax Administrators Winter Conference. It went well. I saw

hometown.

I made it back home around JODY two in the morning, and, after a few hours of sleep, spent the FULLER day with my family Columnist Saturday night, I had a gig at a non-denominational church in Ellaville, Georgia. That was so much fun, and, once again, several old friends there, too.

I met some amazing people.

I even made a few new ones.

Marty, the chef, knew how to They already want me for the summer conference in Orange cook, too. Man, was it good!

They even gave me some Beach. flowers to take home to Lucy.

On Tuesday, I received a surprise email. I was scheduled That got me some brownie points. to entertain at the state On Monday, I was up the Workforce Conference back in the fall, but it was cancelled road in rural Alabama in the community of Woodland due to severe weather. I’d to speak at their civic club. emailed several times over We’d been trying to get this the past few weeks but never scheduled for well over a year heard back from them. It had now but were unable to get it been rescheduled, but they done for one reason or another. were having email issues.

Persistence and patience pay They asked if I was available off. I think everyone had an for the next night, which was enjoyable time. I know I did. I Valentine’s Day. I was indeed even scored a cool coffee mug. available. My better half Somewhere along the way, understood. I just had to bring her home some chocolate. My I got some articles written and spent time with my family, persistence and patience paid which, of course, include off.

Initially, I didn’t think it well the dogs. I’ve been busy and all that well, primarily because blessed. Life is good and I didn’t get a standing ovation. getting better. Persistence and patience pay off.

I know. I know. Sometimes I It was a good run across get spoiled. Dr. Jack Hawkins, Chancellor of Troy, spoke after the southeast. I was blessed to me. I hung onto every word he entertain a trifecta of churches from three different states and said. I could have listened to three different denominations. him for hours. He also failed I performed in four states, to get a “standing O,” so I received three standing guess I was in good company. ovations, two additional He was an amazing speaker.

They asked me back for the fall bookings, and a partridge in a pear tree. conference. I guess I did ok.

I provided for my family The crowd just didn’t feel like and made a lot of new friends. standing.

I’m blessed. Persistence and On Thursday, I was at patience always pay off.

Artesia Baptist Church, near Starkville, Mississippi. I Jody Fuller is a comic, had such a great time with speaker, writer and soldier this small Baptist church. with three tours of duty in Iraq.

Fortunately, they all had a He is also a lifetime stutterer. good time, too, and left their He can be reached at jody@ cowbells at home. Funny jodyfuller.com. For more enough, a former pastor at the church, Billy Hunt, later moved information, please visit www. jodyfuller.com to preach in Opelika, my

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Which amendment should change?

Dear Editor, The most recent school murders have provoked more prayers and thoughts. Most of the people who got face time listed many legitimate complaints but few solutions.

Most of the chanting revolved around amending or eliminating the Second Amendment. The fact is, eliminating the Second Amendment will not work. With an estimated 300 million guns in the U.S., outlawing guns simply won’t solve the mass murders in America. The focus is on the Second Amendment and that’s the wrong amendment to attack.

Most of us realize the problem is not guns, but evil people with guns, bombs or cars that are causing the damage and human suffering. And in my opinion, that is where the focus needs to be. With the assumption that evil people have a mental problem, that should be the point of attack, but in order to do so, two amendments must be modified: The First Amendment and the Fourth Amendment to the Constitution of the United States of America.

We are all familiar with the First Amendment: free speech, free press and freedom of

choice with regard to religion.

Basically the government can’t create a religion and must allow the citizens free access to the press, internet, and to freely express themselves.

The Fourth Amendment protects us from unreasonable search and seizure of our property, papers and effects. The government should not meddle in our affairs, nor take our possessions without justification.

First Amendment changes: The internet and video games are an extension of our freedom of both the press and expression. Content will have to be censored, users monitored and those who access that content will need to be identified and tracked, which will also require a change to the Fourth Amendment.

Search in the form of warrantless surveillance of potential bad guys on the internet, violent video games, bomb making sites, etc. and the seizure of their guns and dangerous weapons and the blocking of their ability to buy guns, dangerous materials and automobiles.

The mechanism is already in place. State and local cops routinely monitor child porn sites, track users and arrest bad

guys with 50,000 kiddie porn downloads, all in an effort (which I applaud) to remove potential child molesters from society.

That very same methodology can be applied to potential violent evil doers.

So you want to know how to build a bomb? Want to search the web to learn how to circumvent a gun sale registration?

Well, that will put you on the cops radar. Sorry, but your First and Fourth Amendment rights are out the window. And in some cases, you go straight to jail.

Is that what we really want?

Do you want to find yourself on some watch list because your teenager thought it was cool to visit a bomb making site through the home wifi?

While the Constitution has survived 231 years, it is a delicate instrument. Chip away at one right and others will dissolve.

Suggested signage at every school: “All teachers and administrators at this school are authorized to carry concealed weapons.” They don’t have to carry, but the bad guys won’t know who is and who isn’t.

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His address is 181 Cedar Hill Drive, Dadeville.

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State GOP boots Frank Tapley off the ballot

By MITCH SNEED Editor

GREEN THUMB

Harris offers advice to those eager to work in yard in warm weather

By CLIFF WILLIAMS Staff Writer

W

ith warm weather already here, it seems everyone wants to get out and work in the yard. From cleaning up leaves and other debris to planting, everyone is wanting to get their hands dirty but just what are some things you can do that will help your yard be the envy of neighbors and what will hurt you?

Shane Harris, the Tallapoosa County Extension Coordinator with the Alabama Cooperative Extension System, has some advice.

“There are definitely more things that you can do than not do right now,” Harris said. “It is more of a clean up time of year.”

Harris suggests cleaning up fallen leaves and pruning but not everything.

“If it is blooming now or will before May 1, don’t prune it,” Harris said.

“This would be things like camellias and azaleas. All fruit trees need to be pruned. These include muscadines, apple trees and blueberries but we want to be careful not to murder crepe

Mitch Sneed & Cliff Williams / The Record

Top, Home Depot employees Tyrus Jones, Quien Edwards and Keandrea Kendrick work on putting out plants Friday afternoon. With the weather warming up, Tallapoosa County Extension Coordinator Shane Harris suggests cleaning up fallen leaves and pruning some plants, but not all.

myrtles.”

Harris suggested maybe waiting until later in March before pruning roses.

Harris said it is safe to start planting some things.

“You can go ahead and start planting a winter garden with greens like lettuce and cabbage,” Harris said. “We can start thinking about potatoes and we do want to start planting seeds indoors. It is still a little too early for tomatoes. We can plant shrubs and fruit trees.”

Harris said area residents can fertilize fruit trees and pecan trees now but cautions about fertilizing other

items and doing some other things.

“February is not the time to fertilize yards,” Harris said. “We could still have a cold spell. We want to wait until later in March to fertilize shrubs.

Mostly right now it is a time to get out and clean up. Be careful about spraying for weed control. Don’t use Round Up in the yard. It will kill the grass.”

Harris offers advice for the warm weather even if you don’t have a green thumb.

“Everyone is anxious about getting outside with the warmer weather,” Harris said. “Just get out and enjoy it.

There is plenty to do.”

Area schools prepare for Dr. Seuss’ birthday had a different theme for each day this week, including wearing crazy Theodor Seuss Geisel, socks for “Fox in Socks,” better known to the world wearing green for “Green as Dr. Seuss, has arguably Eggs and Ham,” hats for become the most well“The Cat in the Hat,” known children’s book clothing from the student’s author in history, with such favorite vacation destination timeless classics as “The for “Oh, the Places You’ll Cat in the Hat,” “How the Go!” and sunglasses for “I Grinch Stole Christmas” Can Read with My Eyes and “Green Eggs and Shut!” The school will also Ham.” On Friday, area hold a bulletin board contest schools will be taking part Friday, while parents and in special celebrations to other community members mark what would have been will come in and read to the Seuss’ 114th birthday. students.

Dadeville Elementary “Each school plans their School chose to have a full own celebrations,” Ellen week of events to celebrate Martin with the Alexander and honor the late author, City Board of Education starting with wearing crazy said. “Anything they can hair on Monday, like the do to promote reading is a residents of Whoville in good thing.”

“How the Grinch Stole She added that, among Christmas” are known to things the schools have wear. The students wore done in the past has been to wacky socks on Tuesday cook green eggs and ham while studying “Fox in for the students and having Socks,” donned their community readers come favorite college’s attire in and read to the different for “Oh, the Places You’ll classrooms.

Go!” Wednesday, and wore “I’ll be going over orange and yellow today Friday afternoon to Jim for “The Lorax” before the Pearson to read to some week concludes with “The of the students,” Martin Cat in the Hat” on Friday. said. “Some of the schools Dadeville Elementary have done green eggs and will also hold a birthday ham before. The ham, the party for Dr. Seuss Friday, children have no problem with cake and community eating, but when it comes readers, while students from to the green eggs, they’re a the older grades will be little more skeptical.” paired with students from Jamie Forbus, the the lower grades as special principal at Jim Pearson reading partners.

Elementary School, Horseshoe Bend said this week has been Principal James Aulner said an exciting series of events were taking place celebration and enjoyment throughout the week, but of reading. teachers were setting their “Monday we had ‘Hats own schedules of when off to Dr. Seuss,’ so students activities would be held, as got to wear a hat to school,” well as the different kinds he said. “Today was ‘Fox of celebrations. Some of in Socks,’ and students the events included having wore crazy or mismatched students dress as their socks.” favorite character, while Jim Pearson students some teachers will also be got to wear crazy hair serving green eggs and ham Wednesday for “Wacky to their children.

Wednesday,” college Reeltown Elementary shirts for “Oh the Places

By DONALD CAMPBELL Staff Writer

You’ll Go!” today, and will dress as their favorite Dr. Seuss book character Friday. Forbus said there will be community readers coming in Friday morning to read to the students, and those dressed up will take part in a character parade through the hallways Friday afternoon. In addition, he said some teachers have gone above and beyond adding more of their own twists to the celebration.

“One of our teachers built a campground in her room, Camp Read-a-Lot,” Forbus said.

Stephens Elementary School kicked off a week full of Dr. Seuss activities Monday, using a different book each day and tying it into the curriculum.

“Monday we did ‘My Many Colored Days,’ and the children wore as many colors as they could,” Stephens Principal April Neese said.

“Today (Tuesday) was ‘The Cat in the Hat,’ and they were encouraged to wear a crazy hat.”

Other events at Stephens include wearing wacky clothing on Wednesday

for “Wacky Wednesday,” wearing red and blue on Thursday in honor of “One Fish Two Fish Red Fish Blue Fish,” and crazy socks on Friday for “Fox in Socks.” Neese said these events had both reading and math aspects involved, as math teachers charted all the different colors students were wearing Monday, and will also be graphing how many students wore red and how many wore blue during Thursday’s celebrations.

“The teachers worked together to come up with all of this,” Neese said. “It’s been really exciting.”

With the work of Dr. Seuss continuing to inspire wonder and an enjoyment of reading in children of all ages, it is hardly surprising that schools and libraries throughout the country are holding special celebrations to remember the iconic author. For those participating in events at school, not only will this give them the chance to enjoy honoring a great writer, but also the chance to become that much more of an avid reader.

The Alabama Republican Party told Frank Tapley Saturday that he can’t run in the GOP Primary for the District 3 seat on the Tallapoosa County Commission.

Tapley was informed of the decision after a Saturday evening meeting. He had been asked to appear before the state party after a challenge to his candidacy, which was denied at the county level, was appealed to the state panel.

“They told me they didn’t want me,” Tapley said. “They didn’t tell me much. They gave me a letter that Joseph Fuller sent them challenging my candidacy. He said that before the election four years ago that I had gone to The Outlook (Record) and said some bad things about the party. That’s not true. I even had a letter from paper saying that wasn’t the case. I asked if they could show me what I supposedly said and they said it wasn’t given to them. I guess it didn’t matter if it was true or not. I just don’t understand why they opted not to let the voters decide.”

During the last election, Tapley was the incumbent for the District 3 seat. But after several issues following qualifying with other candidates, he opted to run as an independent and was beaten by current District 3 Commissioner John McKelvey in the general election.

Record editorial staff went through every word written in the paper’s electronic archives about the issues surrounding that election, reviewed notes and talked to employees who covered that situation and the election.

Staff found no statements that could been taken as disparaging made by Tapley about the Republican Party.

Alabama Republican Party Chairman Terry Lathan issued a statement Monday in regards to the decision to remove Tapley from the ballot.

“The challenge was heard on Saturday, February 24, 2018, by the members of the Alabama Republican Party Candidate Committee,” Lathan said in an emailed statement. “Both sides had time to speak to the committee and present their cases. The state party does not release internal party documents and the decision was made in executive session. The ALGOP Candidate Committee takes these issues very seriously and focuses closely on all materials, conversations and answers given.”

Tallapoosa County Republican Party Chair Denise Bates did confirm that Tapley would not be allowed to run.

“Overruling the vote of the Tallapoosa GOP Executive Committee, ALGOP has upheld the primary challenge of Frank Tapley for the June Republican Primary and he will be removed from the ballot,” Bates wrote in an email. “Talk to Joseph Fuller for further information. ALGOP chief of staff is Harold Sachs. Terry Lathan is ALGOP chair.”

A staffer at Fuller’s Alexander City law office said that Fuller was not going to answer questions on the matter and sent all inquiries back to the Alabama Republican Party.

“He’s not going to talk to you,” the woman who declined to give her name said.

The letter that Tapley was given at the conclusion of the meeting was signed by Fuller and indicated that the local party is concerned.

“He has now qualified as a Republican,” Fuller’s memo to the ALGOP Candidate Committee reads. “On 2/15/2018 I challenged Mr. Tapley’s candidacy. This challenge was not successful at the local level, The party is concerned that he will go to the paper again, and that his son – an attorney from Birmingham – will sue the local party.”

Bates was unaware of what may or may not have been said.

“Who the heck knows,” Bates said. “We aren’t in those meetings. Like I said this was ALGOP overruling the will of the county party. I’m disappointed. I’m a firm believer in letting the people decide.”

The decision means that incumbent commissioner John McKelvey, Leon Archer and Brad Thomas will be on the ballot in the June Republican Primary.

McKelvey said he was disappointed in the situation.

“I was in that same situation last election and I hate that Frank was put through that,” McKelvey said. “I’m disappointed. I had said all along that I hoped he would be allowed to run.”

Ironically it was four years ago when McKelvey and retired 26-year highway department employee George Carleton Jr. of Union were told the day after party qualifying closed that the county’s Republican Executive Committee had denied them a spot on the ballot. At that time, Tapley told The Record the controversy over county GOP officials denying a ballot place to two potential challengers led him to decide to forego the June 3 Republican primary and run in the general election as an independent.

“I don’t want anyone to think I got elected because I got something (from a major-party ticket),” Tapley said four years ago. “I want them to think I got elected because I’ve done a good job.”

Shortly after Tapley made that decision four years ago, the Tallapoosa County GOP Executive Committee reversed its decision and allowed McKelvey and Carleton to stay on the Republican primary ballot.

Tapley said Saturday due to the decision that was handled down, he may have no other choice but to run as an independent again.

“I have had a lot of people ask me to run again and I still feel like have a lot to offer the citizens of this county,” Tapley said. “My beliefs are in step with the Republican Party. I may not always agree with what is done, but I don’t recall bad-mouthing anyone. If I did, I just wish they would have showed me.”

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Calvary Heights Baptist Elkahatchee, Rd., Alex City 256-234-7224

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Trinity United Methodist 280 By-pass, Alex City, 256-234-2455

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EPISCOPAL Saint James Episcopal Church 121 South Central Ave., Alex City 256-234-4752

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Sixth Street Baptist Sixth St., Alex City, 256-234-2408

Hillabee Baptist Hillabee Rd., Alex City 256-234-6798

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by Alexander City Municipal Judge Randy Haynes of running a red light, driving with improper tag and driving without a license.

Defense attorney Davis Whittelsey argued that the convictions in Alexander City “weren’t crimes, they were instead violations.”

“To revoke the bond for a man who has never failed to appear and complied with some strict bond conditions up until this point in a murder case that has several meritorious defenses would serve the public policy no good,” Whittelsey said.

“This is not a situation where him being out would be of any peril to the public.”

Assistant District Attorney Michael Weldon disagreed.

“This is the second time we are here on issues of Mr. McDaniel’s behavior while out on bond,” Weldon told Judge Young. “The first time we had the issue in Auburn at the Houndstooth Bar and Grill and some damage he did in a parking lot. He was able to work with officials there and resolve that. This court revoked him at that time and set up some very specific conditions. ...This is Round 2 of breaks your honor. Mr. McDaniel knows what he’s charged with.

“He knows that the court doesn’t take kindly to having someone ignored its orders.

But yet he is out there driving without a license and displaying behaviors that gives the appearance that he just doesn’t seem to care.”

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Young listened to both attorneys go back and forth, but then made it clear that he wasn’t pleased with having a second case where bond conditions appeared to have been violated.

“It’s not just a violation – it’s the totality of it,” Young said. “The idea is to protect the public and I’ve got someone here who seems to want to keep offending.

I know we don’t normally revoke people for traffic offenses, but this kind of thing just keeps happening.”

Young said he would consider all that was said and issue a running soon, “probably in a couple of days.”

The court was also scheduled to consider several other motions, but after some discussions, no decisions on those issues.

Young gave the defense and prosecution 14 days to submit briefs on a motion for immunity based on the stand your ground provision of Alabama law. Whittelsey said he wanted also to have the court consider autopsy results on the victim and statements about Crayton’s violent and criminal past.

Weldon objected and Young said he would consider that after he received the additional information.

All parties also agreed to have a change of venue motion, and two separate motions to suppress evidence and certain statements heard prior to the beginning of trial that is tentatively set for the June term in Dadeville.

Council Wilkerson said that a car sitting in his front yard does run, though it needs some work and the barrels in the back yard are used for growing vegetables, while his wife claimed several appliances sitting in the front yard, which include a pair of deep freezers, are there because there is no room for them inside the house.

Michael Richardson with the building department reported that the proper steps had been followed in regard to the property, while also reminding the council he has photographs of the property. Some of the concerns included the car and appliances sitting in the front yard, along with various items scattered throughout the back yard.

Mayor Wayne Smith and members of the council voiced their opinions during the hearing.

“I know an attempt has been made to clean it,” Councilwoman Brownie Caldwell said. “If we make an attempt, can we keep it?”

“Keep going,” Smith said. “It looks better, but we’re not there yet.”

Following the hearing, the council voted to table further action until the next meeting, giving the Wilkersons more time to continue making progress in cleaning up their yard.

The Dadeville City Council also handled the following matters: • Minutes from the Feb. 13 meeting were approved.

• Councilwoman Betty Adams said a handful of residents had approached her

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regarding stopped up gutters.

The street department said this would be rectified soon.

• Sylvester Williamson with the Alabama Department of Revenue presented an issue that the department found when reviewing Dadeville’s sales tax ordinances. There had been some confusion regarding the ordinances and an amendment passed in 1998. The council passed a new ordinance that will work to clear up the confusion.

• Councilman Dick Harrelson said there are some old tires at the Firestone facility across from the library that are causing issues, including producing mosquitoes. Police Chief David Barbour and the street department said the problem is being resolved.

• The city is currently taking new bids on the demolition grant project. The window will close March 8 at 2 p.m. and action will be taken during the next council meeting.

• Smith said representatives from the paving company working on the Lafayette Street project were meeting Wednesday to look at the spot causing issues in order to deal with the problem and finish the project.

• The council approved a new agreement with ALDOT, where the city will pay for maintenance work to be done on the traffic lights on Highway 280, but the work itself would be handled by ALDOT. • Councilman Roy Mathis brought further information before the council about the recently ordered uniforms for city workers. The initial price,

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involved. From raising campaign funds, knocking on doors, developing a strategy and platform, attending events and putting up signs – it is a grind that often lasts for several months. On top of that, at the statewide level the money it takes to run a successful campaign is staggering.

So what would drive someone to make that kind of commitment? The Record asked 12 separate candidates and they all said one of two factors led them to run: the desire to serve the public and make a difference and to make the area they would represent better.

Elected officials are called public servants, but with a few expectations, they don’t do it for nothing. The pay for state and local offices may surprise some folks.

Using online resources, open records requests and inquiries through municipal and county agencies, The Record found out exactly what many of the offices that are up for grabs this year pay.

Here is a sampling of how they stack up.

On the local level, county commissioners make $20,391. But under a system employed here in Tallapoosa County all five commissioners serve as chairman for about nine months of their four-year term. The chairman’s pay is $44,765 per year. When you average it out, a commissioner in the county averages $24,967.50 a year. They are also allowed expenses of $4,800 per year, according to County Administrator Blake Beck.

“Some people look at that and think it’s a lot of money because technically it’s

a part-time job,” Beck said. “But there’s no time when they are really off. They manage road crews, but there are a lot of demands on their time when it comes to meetings and hearing from constituents and dealing with other county business.

Plus, in emergency situations, they are always on call.”

Two commissioners, George Carleton and John McKelvey, actually gave a portion of their salary back because they are limited by retirement on how much they can earn.

At the county level, the probate judge is responsible for many things. They oversee elections, tag sales and vehicle taxes, matters of probate like estates and competency and issuing marriage licenses.

In Tallapoosa County, the probate judge’s salary is set at $76,905 with an expense allowance of $3,600 per year.

For years, the Tallapoosa County Sheriff was the among the lowest paid in Alabama. But with the upcoming term, the office will be paid $68,000. That is still a bargain for what all the job demands.

The sheriff not only oversees a law enforcement staff, but also provides security for the courts, is responsible for the jail, transporting inmates, serves warrants and plays a role in elections.

They are on call 24 hours a day. It’s a job that is akin to being the CEO of a $3.8 million business. Even at $68,000, that’s still a bargain.

There are a number of offices up for grabs involving courts. When you consider the education and training that the office of circuit court judge demands, the

$79,446 paid to that position seems under what most would expect.

The circuit court clerk is paid $75,803, according to records.

This year there are several candidates vying to represent the area in the state legislature. In Alabama, representatives and senators are paid the same amount.

The base salary is $44,765 per year.

That number includes recent pay increases in three of the last four years. Legislators are also reimbursed for in-state travel expenses, which include mileage and per diem, plus reimbursable miscellaneous expenses.

The job is considered part-time. The length of the regular session is limited to 30 meeting days within a period of 105 calendar days. There are usually two meeting or “legislative” days per week, with other days devoted to committee meetings. Those days do not include committee meetings, attendance as they serve on boards and panels, plus the time spent in the office and handling constituent issues. The state legislative office indicates that a majority of legislators do have other jobs.

Full-time elected lawmakers at the state level make an average of $81,079, according to the National Conference of State Legislatures. The average compensation for part-time legislators, by comparison, is $19,197.

Before Robert Bentley was forced to resign as Alabama’s governor, he made headlines for not taking a salary. What was he giving up?

Records show that the salary is

$119,950 per year. They are also given a residence to call home, plus expenses.

Ballotpedia shows the range for the nation’s governors being between $70,000 and more than $190,000.

Even though the office is vacant now, the Lt. Governor’s salary is $60,830, according to records.

Here are some other notable statewide salaries: Alabama Attorney General, $168,002; Alabama Treasurer, $85,248; Alabama Secretary of State, $85,248 Alabama Public Service Commission, $103,490; Alabama Commissioner of Labor, $139,859; Alabama Commissioner of Insurance, $164,419; Alabama Commissioner of Agriculture and Industries, $84,655; Alabama Auditor, $85,248.

Nationally, the numbers are vastly different.

The president of the United States is paid $400,000 a year for his service as the nation’s commander-in-chief. Congress has raised the salary only five times since President George Washington took office in 1789. That number really makes you wonder why a guy like Donald Trump would want to hold that office.

The vice president gets paid $231,900.

How about Congress? Members of U.S. House of Representatives and U.S. Senate earn a base salary of $174,000 a year. By base, members of Congress are given a hefty budget for staff, expenses and travel.

Congress is scheduled to be in session 133 days this year, but no one would dispute the fact that they work when they are not in session as well.

Kiwanis efforts to save the crew of an Icelandic tugboat he and other Air Force personnel made on Jan. 10, 1994. Not only did these efforts earn the Air Force helicopter crews involved the Mackay Trophy (awarded by the Air Force for the “most meritorious flight of the year”) and multiple honors from the people of Iceland, but helped heal more wounds from the Cold War and promoted the National Security Strategy by showcasing a more humanitarian image of the United States following the conflict.

During a heavy winter storm in December 1993, a cargo ship was thrown onto a beach on the east coast of Iceland. The Icelandic tugboat Godinn was sent to try and pull the ship back into the water in a salvage operation, but encountered another major storm prior to completing the job and began foundering.

Blumentritt and his crew took one helicopter out from their base to engage in rescue operations,

he said, did not include certain details to the uniform, including names and a label saying “City of Dadeville.” With a premium plan available for these uniforms, the annual cost will jump to $455 per employee.

Despite some concerns raised, the council voted to approve this change in the uniform purchase.

• The council voted to join the state and a number of municipalities in the classaction lawsuit being filed against opioid manufacturers.

• Councilwoman Teneesha Goodman-Johnson said she had talked with Kingz United about getting the word out about starting up a Boys & Girls Club in Dadeville. During an event Kingz United will hold right before Easter, Johnson said the members would talk with parents about the program.

• The council passed a resolution to continue pursuing action against the property at 362 West South Street, a location some have registered complaints with regarding the weed and nuisance abatement ordinance.

• Smith told the council and the audience that the city will be scheduling another cleanup day in March, and suggested taking a look at Keebler Park, now that the daffodil bulbs Dianna Porter recently planted are beginning to bloom.

• Five recreation center rental requests were approved.

The next meeting of the Dadeville City Council is Tuesday, March 13, with a precouncil meeting beginning at 5:30 p.m. before the regular council meeting starts at 6 p.m.

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while a second crew followed right behind in another helicopter.

When the crews arrived at the scene, they found only the top of the wheelhouse and the ship’s funnel remained above water, and the remaining six crew members had tied themselves to the ship to keep from being washed away by 30-foot high waves.

“I had one of our sergeants on board lay down on his stomach and guide us directly over the ship,” Blumentritt said. “We had the first two guys on the line and we began pulling them up, but they were in their preservation suits, and we weren’t able to get them inside the helicopter. We managed to get them back to the beach and land where they could be seen by the first responders before we went back out again.”

After Blumentritt and his crew got the next two crew members off the boat and to safety, the second helicopter went in to pick up the last two crew members from the Godinn, but encountered its own issues when blown backwards into its own rotor

wash, causing it to lose altitude down to right on the ocean surface and dropping the crewmen into the water down to the seabed before being able to regain altitude and reach the beach.

The helicopters were not out of the woods just yet, as the storm was intensifying and made it impossible for the helicopters to return to base. The two aircraft began flying back out over the ocean before spotting the fishing village of Neskaupstadur.

Nicknamed “Little Moscow,” the residents of the village still held on to some levels of animosity towards the United States and NATO. “At the time, the people of the fishing village were still somewhat pro-Soviet and didn’t really like the Americans,” Blumentritt said. “This rescue operation really helped change their minds.”

Landing in a spot the people of Neskaupstadur referred to as Red Square, the helicopter crews were able to contact emergency personnel and get

the proper medical assistance for the surviving crew members.

The following day, the town’s children were out of school and took time to come and look at the American helicopters sitting in their town, waiting to fly back to base, according to Blumentritt.

While Blumentritt spent much of his appearance detailing his experiences in rescuing the crew of the Godinn, he described what the National Security Strategy is, while also demonstrating that military force is not always required for the United States to achieve its goals in the world.

“What is the National Security Strategy? It is the plan for what American diplomats, the military and others need to be focused on in the international environment,” Blumentritt said. “In the recent documents published by President Trump, the threats to be focused on, remember four plus one. These threats are Russia, China, North Korea and Iran, and the plus one is Jihadi terrorists.”

Blumentritt described how the first National Security Strategy

published by President Ronald Reagan in 1987 focused on the threat posed by the Soviet Union, and has evolved ever since, with the most recent document published in 2015 by President Barack Obama, which dealt primarily with the threats in the realm of cybersecurity and climate change, among other points of concern.

While asking Blumentritt a handful of questions, the Kiwanians and Key Club members expressed how interesting it was to hear this story.

“The National Security Strategy is linked to threats in the international environment,” Blumentritt said. “Our mission was a catalyst that helped clear the air and heal another wound of the Cold War. It projected a friendlier, more humanitarian side of the United States.

“This is just my story, one person’s view of the reunification of the international environment after the world had been polarized the way it was.”

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Reeltown’s Ayriana Stoneback winds up for a pitch against Eufaula on Saturday night.

Reeltown takes 2nd at weekend tournament

By LIZI ARBOGAST Sports Editor

In a tournament with some strong Class 6A, 5A and 4A schools, Reeltown’s softball team was more than happy to walk away as the runner-up of the Central Alabama Softball Classic at the Charles E. Bailey Sportplex this weekend.

On its way to second place, Reeltown, a Class 2A program, defeated the likes of rival Tallassee, 5A opponent Valley and the host squad, Benjamin Russell.

“All the wins feel pretty good, but definitely the first day when we played Tallassee was big,” Rebel shortstop Kayli Hornsby said. “They’re a big rival, so that felt good for us.”

Reeltown (5-1-1) was all but perfect in pool play, going 2-0-1 as its game with Sylacauga ended in a 2-2 tie due to time constraints. The Rebels then dominated Valley, 11-4 in tournament play and upended Benjamin Russell, 3-0 in the semifinals before falling to Eufaula, 8-4 in the championship.

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Dadeville’s Quanesha Presley, right, leads off from second base in front of Horseshoe Bend shortstop Cheyanna Howard.

Tigers beat Generals for first victory of season Although Dadeville (1-2) still struggled with four defensive errors, it didn’t them snowball like they did against the Wildcats earlier in the day.

Just about everything Dadeville did Horseshoe Bend looked strong early wrong against Benjamin Russell in its opener of the Central Alabama Softball on, pushing across two runs in the bottom of the first inning, both of which Classic, it corrected against Horseshoe came in on an error, but the Generals Bend in the nightcap. The Tigers got steady pitching from Mallorie Meadors, (0-2) were held off the scoreboard until limited the errors behind her and backed it was too late.

Dadeville immediately answered the her efforts with strong at-bats. That recipe resulted in a 9-3 victory over the call in the top of the second frame, as it was the Generals who let miscues get Generals in four innings. the best of them. Cali Jones led off for “With this group, I believe in this group,” Dadeville coach C.J. Ford said. the Tigers, getting all the way to second “They have a chance to be good, but we on a Horseshoe Bend error. After a need to play on a more consistent level. strikeout, Jailee Kirkland joined Jones on the bases with a single to leftfield, We weren’t perfect, but we did a lot of and Makya Johnson drove the first good things during this game, and it run in with a sac fly. Skye Foster then came together for us.”

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Dadeville baseball suffers pair of losses STAFF REPORT TPI Staff

In its opener Saturday morning, Dadeville struggled defensively, then it had offensive woes in its second game, and it resulted in a 0-2 day for the Tigers. Dadeville

lost to Beauregard, 7-5, then Opelika, 4-0.

Against Beauregard, Dadeville (1-3) actually led 5-3 heading into the sixth inning when a costly error allowed the Hornets to score three runs on a single play and take the lead. Three

straight walks loaded the bases for Beauregard when Nathan Johnson batted into an error, giving all three Hornets time to score. Johnson scored a run himself when he stole home to set the final score.

For the Tigers, Jeff Rice had two singles, while Jake

Outlaw and Alex Sims each smacked a double. Ab Abernathy had two RBIs. Dadeville managed only two hits in the shutout loss to Opelika, as Sam Stephenson and Alex Walker were the only Tigers with singles against the Bulldogs.

powered in an RBI double, and Tiffany Rice kept the momentum going by reaching first on an error to score Foster.

“We got better hits, and we were actually patient this time,” said Quanesha Presley, who finished the game with two hits and two RBIs. “The first game, we were still in a funk from our last game because the Beauregard pitcher was fast. I felt like we were intimidated in the first game, but we came out here tonight and did our job.”

After a walk to put two runners on, Presley smacked a single to drive in Rice and take a 4-2 lead into the home half of the inning.

Dadeville added to its momentum in the top of the fourth, putting the game out of reach for good by scoring five See TIGERS • Page B2

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Benjamin Russell’s Brett Pitts, left, follows through on a swing in front of Dadeville catcher Slade McCullers last week.

Tournaments are a good way to kick-start season

By LIZI ARBOGAST Sports Editor

There’s no question about it — baseball and softball season is a grind. With teams playing five and six days a week, and sometimes more games than that, it’s pedal to the metal from the get-go.

So it seems like starting

with the Central Alabama Softball Classic at the Sportplex this past weekend was the perfect way to kick off the season. Teams were guaranteed four games and could play up to six in about a 30-hour time period.

“I feel like this is good practice for area, and we need all the practice games

we can get,” Dadeville senior Quanesha Presley said. “It also builds up our confidence when we win.”

Not only does it show teams what they’re good at, it also shows them early what needs the most improvement.

For Horseshoe Bend, which had the biggest struggle of the tournament of all four county

teams, it showed the Generals need improvement both offensively and defensively.

The Generals had nine total errors in their four games and collected only 17 hits. “(This tournament) gives them an opportunity to get to see lots of different styles of teams and lots of at-bats, and See DIAMOND • Page B2

he Olympics are one of my all-time favorite sporting events, both for the Winter and Summer Games. There’s nothing like a bunch of the world’s greatest athletes coming together for a good-hearted competition. The sportsmanship usually on display at the Olympics are unlike any other.

But that tradition didn’t hold true last Thursday when the U.S. women’s hockey team upset Canada and claimed its first gold medal in 20 years.

One Canadian player, Jocelyne Larocque, was such a sore loser, she actually took off her silver medal immediately after receiving it. And I’m talking, within seconds. It wasn’t like she waited until after the ceremony to show her frustration — the presenter put the medal around Larocque’s neck, just for her to take it off.

Now, I get it. There can’t be anything worse than suffering a heartbreaking loss and immediately having to graciously accept an award for being the runner up, the second best.

But a big part of sports is someone wins and someone loses; there’s no way around that, and one things sports can teach people is how to be a good loser. No one likes that angry uncle who quits a card game because he forgot to say “Uno!” or gives up in Monopoly because no one’s landing on his properties.

On the same day Larocque showed this display of unsportsmanlike conduct, Central Coosa’s girls basketball team — full of teenagers See ARBOGAST • Page B2

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AHSAA hoops finals celebrate 25 years as combined extravaganza Since that first season, approximately two million spectators have watched the state championship qualifier A groundbreaking idea tournaments.

25 years ago changed the Birmingham businesses face of Alabama High joined the effort to School Athletic Association support the tournament in Clements and his fellow basketball. Why not bring Birmingham from the get-go, Tip Off Club members the girls’ and boys’ state Clements said. leapt into action, creating semifinals and finals to one The Tip Off Club also the Alabama Basketball site for a week of the best devised the concept of basketball in the state? It had Foundation to serve as the providing hosts for each never been done in Alabama organization to administer team to assist them from the tournament, securing and the format proposed the moment the results of sponsors, housing at the for that 1994 championship the regionals were known Sheraton Civic Center hotel tournament was likely the until their state finals in for the teams and officials first ever in the nation.

Birmingham was complete. and creating a volunteer The AHSAA would Sally Bryant, and later program that rallied the crown its champions at Janis Clements, headed community around the teams one site, all classifications, up the effort to recruit and the event. with girls’ and boys’ games volunteers and match them Former Tip Off Club alternating until all the nets with the teams. Many of president Jim Conrad had been cut down. the hosts went the extra prepared a tournament “I think everyone will mile, providing treats for manual that has served as a agree it’s been a great 25 blueprint for conducting the the players and some even years for basketball in our event. A logo and marketing invited players and coaches state,” AHSAA Executive theme was put into place — to their homes and/or offices Director Steve Savarese for a sort of “career day.”

“State Finals, 48 Teams, 1 said. “Having all the teams Dream” — that was used for At least one host was later playing at one site makes invited to speak at “his” many years. for a special environment team’s postseason banquet Clements said the to showcase our studentand others have received athletes, their coaches and all consolidation and move championship rings from the fans. The tournament has of the tournaments to their team.

Birmingham had its risks been a great success for the Edgar Welden, a for the AHSAA, including AHSAA and for the city of Birmingham businessman Birmingham. We are grateful the end of the long tradition and longtime supporter of of having eight boys’ teams for all of our partners who high-school athletics, told the advance to the finals. The make it such a memorable makeup of the first Alabama Over The Mountain Journal event.”

Basketball Foundation board in a 2016 interview: “I really The genesis of the tournament finals coming to helped smooth the transition. think putting the boys and the girls in the same venue The agreement that the state’s largest city came was one of the best things combined the two from the Birmingham Tip that ever happened for girls’ tournaments into “Final Off Club’s then-president basketball in the state. We Four” extravaganzas also John D. Clements and put them on equal footing started the four regional then-AHSAA Executive with the boys and gave them tournaments, dubbed Director Dan Washburn in a showcase they hadn’t had 1993. Clements’ idea was to collectively as the “Road to bring the six prep champs to Birmingham.” The first year previously. Other states have the regionals were played at followed our format.” the Birmingham-Jefferson That unique concept has Alabama State University, Convention Center for a “Tournament of Champions” Jacksonville State University, been copied by other several other states since then.

Wallace State Community to create an extra buzz for That first year at the the sport. Washburn rejected College and Faulkner BJCC, the girls’ Class 2A Community College. Along that idea, but offered a matchup between Lauderdale the way, the south site different plan — why not County and top-ranked Fyffe moved to Troy University, crown all the champions in drew the largest crowd with the University of South an event in the Magic City a record-breaking 6,500 in Alabama and is currently to generate a next level of held at Dothan Civic Center. attendance. excitement?

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Dadeville’s Tiffany Rice, left, makes a throw from the outfield as second baseman Jailee Kirkland waits for the catch.

runs on three hits and three errors.

“Momentum is huge, especially in the game of softball,” Ford said. “Part of me against Benjamin Russell knew we should’ve been the away team and took hitting first just because when good things happen for us, we can be a dangerous team. We feed off one another.”

Meadors was strong from the mound, throwing 36 of her 64 pitches for strikes.

Although she only struck out two, she gave up just one hit and didn’t allow an earned run.

“Mallorie did a great job,” Ford said.

“None of our pitchers are overpowering; we rely on getting contact and hopefully playing good defense behind them.

Mallorie did a good job of getting ahead early and even when she fell behind, she did a good job of battling back. I call Mallorie our Miss Reliable because you can always count on her to throw strikes.”

On Saturday morning, the Tigers had a thrilling 10-9 victory over Valley to start the day before ultimately falling to Tallassee, 5-3, in the first round of tournament play.

Dadeville trailed Valley, 4-2 after the first inning and 8-2 after the second.

Suddenly, Dadeville came alive to score eight runs in the top of the third.

Pearl Huff started things out with a walk, and Quanesha Presley moved her to third with a double. After a pop out,

Dadeville’s Cali Jones batted into an error to reach first base and give Huff time to score. Jones then got into scoring position by swiping third, and Brittany Claybrook capitalized with a two-RBI single to cut Valley’s lead to 8-5.

Following a strikeout, Dadeville started a two-out rally. Isis Johnson singled and Skye Foster was hit by a pitch to load the bases. Tiffany Rice then jumped on another Valley error, giving Claybrook and Johnson a chance to score. Another error scored Foster, and Presley played hero with her second consecutive double that scored Rice and Huff and ultimately gave Dadeville the 10-8 lead.

Valley didn’t go down without a fight, though, as it scored a run in the bottom of the third, but it wasn’t enough to overcome the Tigers’ lead.

While Dadeville kept up its strong hitting against Tallassee, it once again struggled with errors that plagued it early on in the tournament. All of Tallassee’s five runs were unearned, as Dadeville committed six miscues.

Claybrook had a single and RBI for Dadeville, while Huff smacked a double and Makya Johnson hit a double. Zoe Veres and Isis Johnson each had singles.

Dadeville got strong pitching for Makya Johnson against Tallassee.

Johnson threw all four innings and allowed just four hits. She struck out one and walked three.

Rebels “I’m just very proud of them,” Reeltown coach Kelli Hilyer said.

“You can always work on things here and there, but this was a good tournament for us. Nothing major jumped out at me; I just think we did great.”

In the title game, Eufaula and the Rebels went scoreless for the first four innings before the Tigers broke things open with six runs in the top of the fifth.

After not having a hit through the opening four frames, Eufaula nabbed six hits and capitalized on all of them to take a 6-0 lead.

But instead of giving up, Reeltown immediately fought back, scoring four runs in the home half of the inning. Ashlynn Thomas started things off with a single and stole a pair of bases to get into scoring position.

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Jaye followed by reaching on an error, and Makenzie Baker filled the bases with a walk.

Rebel ace Ayriana Stoneback then helped her own cause with a two-run single before the inning’s end.

That was all Reeltown could muster, though, as Eufaula scored two more runs in the top of the sixth and the Rebels couldn’t find an answer again.

“We played a long two days of ball, and they’re a very good team,” Hornsby said. “I’m really proud of us because we never got down. We knew this from last year’s tournaments that we played in, and we’re improving a Lizi Arbogast / The Record lot on not hanging our heads after Reeltown shortstop Kayli Hornsby makes a throw to second on Saturday. errors and mistakes. We have very short memories, and that’s a smacked a single to centerfield another scoreless inning for good thing.” to drive in both Thomas and Jaye Reeltown. But then Kelsey Reeltown had a big win over and start the two-out rally. Katlyn Benjamin Russell to get to the Jaye drew a walk, and Hornsby

Diamond you get to correct these errors we’re making before we play in area games,” Horseshoe Bend coach Hagen Vickers said. “Not saying these games don’t matter, but it’s not going to keep us from going to the state tournament or the regional tournament, but it helps them get better.”

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Reeltown on Thursday and Bullock County on Friday, but Ford is ready to keep at it.

“I think the girls were let down the first two games we played,” he said. “But we faced two really good teams (Beauregard and Benjamin Russell) with two really good pitchers, and we hadn’t found our stride yet. I really believe the more Benjamin Russell’s this team plays, the more we’re bats are on fire Dadeville could be on the rise going to settle down and really start With the season now in full winning some ballgames.

Although Dadeville’s softball swing, it’s certain Benjamin Reeltown has up Russell’s baseball team is going to team is just 2-3 to start the young be no slouch offensively. Although season, the Tigers are feeling good and down start it was one of coach Richy Brook’s under first-year head coach C.J. After being swept by Alabama Ford. Ford was an assistant last biggest questions coming into the Christian, 11-1 and 7-1 to begin the season, it seems the offense wasn’t season, so he knows the ins and season, Reeltown’s baseball team outs of Dadeville’s program and is has had a turnover, winning its last something to worry about. ready to continue strides it made The Wildcats have outscored two games to even its record at last year. their opponents, 40-15, in four 2-2. The Rebels dominated Beulah, “This program has won only 14 12-2, before eking out a late 9-6 games and are 3-1 to start the games over the last three seasons season. Of players with at least 10 victory over Park Crossing, a Class plate appearances, four have batting and nine games last year, so we 6A program in Montgomery. really started to turn around,” he averages of .400 or better and two Tied 6-6 heading into the final said. “I just look forward to playing inning, Reeltown broke the game others are .300 or better. BRHS’ another game and getting better. team batting average is .387. open with three runs in the top of I hope we ride this momentum Leading the way is Brett Pitts, the seventh. (after their first win) into tomorrow who has gone 5-for-9 in 15 plate Central Coosa’s baseball team because it’s a long season.” appearances for a batting average is currently 0-3, while the softball Dadeville has a busy week of .556. Cade Brooks is at .545 squad has played just one game and ahead, hosting St. James today, (6-for-11) on the season, and Huel fell to Talladega.

Lumpkin is 4-for-8 for an even .500. Ryan Willis squeaked into the top four batting average spots with .400 and has scored a team-leading six runs so far.

Bradley Stewart is 4-for-12 (.333) on the season, and Joe Young is 3-for-10 (.300).

Benjamin Russell has struck out only 16 times in 145 plate appearances so far.

championship. The Rebels racked up eight hits against the Wildcats.

Morgan McGuire notched two singles for Reeltown, Katlyn Jaye drove in two runs and Hornsby contributed a double.

Stoneback had a phenomenal outing against the Wildcats (5-1). She allowed just two hits, which came via Taylor McVey and Tayla Stowes, while striking out three and walking one in the shutout.

“Everything was working for her,” Hilyer said. “Her pitches were working. I’m looking at some other pitchers, but for now, she pitched every inning for us this tournament.”

Over the course of the tournament, Stoneback threw 19 2/3 innings, allowing a total of just 12 hits and one earned run.

She struck out 19 and walked only three.

Arbogast playing a game they love — lost a season-ending game in the Class 3A Central Regional final. The Cougars didn’t advance to the Final Four, and for two seniors, their high school careers came to a close for good.

There were tears, there was frustration, there were should’ve’s and could’ve’s and would’ve’s.

But there was nothing like what Larocque did.

When Shae Suttles and Ryesha Whetstone were called to the middle of the floor as members of the all-tournament team, they accepted their awards. When Central Coosa was called out as the regional runner-up, the Cougars took their place on the court to congratulate the Patriots of Midfield for the victory.

That’s how you accept a second best.

And really, at the end of the day, yes, the Cougars lost.

Yes, they would’ve liked to go further. But they made

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it incredibly far. Only eight teams in Class 3A remained, and they were one of them.

Only 56 girls basketball squads were left standing across the entire state of Alabama, and they were one of them.

In the case of Canada’s women’s hockey team, it was second best in the world. To be that good at your job is a true testament.

It was disheartening to see teenagers act more graciously than an Olympian, especially because that Olympian can be seen as a role model to people around the world.

When you’re on one of the biggest sports stages in the world, you’ve gotta act better than that.

But hats off to our local Cougars for making it as far as they did, and for behaving like class acts when they didn’t make it quite as far as they’d hoped.

Lizi Arbogast is the sports editor of The Record.

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Gasoline prices in area continue to drop for the third consecutive week,” said Patrick DeHaan, head of petroleum analysis for GasBuddy.

“But March typically comes in Average retail gasoline prices in more like a lamb and goes out the Montgomery area, including like a lion, and I certainly would Tallapoosa and Coosa counties, expect more fireworks at the pump have fallen 1.5 cents per gallon as temperatures begin to warm and in the past week, averaging $2.21 gasoline demand begins to perk up. per gallon Sunday, according to “Many places have seen at least GasBuddy’s daily survey of 205 the first step towards summer gas outlets in Montgomery. This gasoline already made. Unlike the compares with the national average transition from summer to winter that has fallen 1.1 cents per gallon in the last week to $2.50 per gallon, gasoline that is much simpler, the according to gasoline price website transition to the more strict fuel coming into the regulated summer GasBuddy.com. months is a bit trickier, especially “Even as oil prices were in rally considering the amount of work mode to end last week, gasoline going into refineries ahead of the prices continued lower with the summer driving season, which is national average moving lower

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more like the running of the bulls where refineries try to stay ahead of the rise in demand. No matter what happens with oil, any curve ball to this work has a tendency to act as a spark in the combustion process.

Something will likely ignite gas prices, but it’s unpredictable when and to what degree.”

Including the change in gas prices in the area during the past week, prices yesterday were 14.3 cents per gallon higher than the same day one year ago and are 14.5 cents per gallon lower than a month ago.

The national average has decreased 7.3 cents per gallon during the last month and stands 22.0 cents per gallon higher than

this day one year ago.

According to GasBuddy historical data, gasoline prices on Feb. 26 in the Montgomery area have ranged widely over the last five years, from a low of $1.58 per gallon in 2016 to a high of $3.61 per gallon in 2013.

Areas near Montgomery and their current gas price climate include Birmingham at $2.22 per gallon, down 1.7 cents per gallon from last week’s $2.23, and Pensacola, Florida at $2.46 per gallon, up 2.2 cents per gallon from last week’s $2.44.

Statewide in Alabama, the average gas price stood at $2.25 per gallon on Sunday, down 1.5 cents per gallon from last week’s $2.27.

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Officials committed to search for Elmore County woman who was last seen in 1998

By DAVID GRANGER Staff Writer

SEARCH UNDERWAY

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Above, law enforcement from around the state have set up a command post at the Friendship Fire Department as they follow up on a lead from CrimeStoppers in hopes of finding Traci Pittman Kegley, who has been missing since 1998. Top, Elmore County District Attorney Randall Houston said he believes whoever is responsible for Kegley’s disappearance is still in the area during a press conference Sunday.

Eclectic’s Holton to have trial March 12

By DAVID GRANGER Staff Writer

The trial in one of the most intriguing cases in recent Elmore County history is set to begin March 12 in the Elmore County courtroom of Holton Circuit Judge Sibley Reynolds.

With a fresh haircut, wearing a suit and with several family and friends in the courtroom, Jesse Madison Holton, accused of killing his father, appeared before Reynolds last Tuesday morning to request a trial date be set.

Holton’s attorney, Thomas J. Azar Jr., did most of the talking, but couldn’t be heard over the din of attorneys and defendants talking as the plea docket got underway.

After the appearance, Azar said no trial date was set on site, but he expected to receive an order confirming a date quickly.

“I would think that the order could come (Thursday) afternoon,” Azar said.

And it did.

Holton, 18, is charged with the Sept. 11, 2016 shooting death of his father, Michael Holton, a former mayor of Eclectic who stepped down from office due to what he said were “family issues.”

Holton will be tried as an adult.

Also shot to death that Sunday afternoon was Madison Holton’s mother, April Owenby.

Holton was also charged with his mother’s death, but a grand jury refused to indict him on those charges.

Since the death of his parents, Holton has seen his bond, originally set at $1 million, cut to $300,000 and then to its current amount of $150,000.

In addition, Owenby’s father and brother, Charles Owenby

and Michael Evans, have publicly asserted their belief the deaths were a murder-suicide and that Michael Holton killed his wife, then turned the gun on himself.

“It was definitely abundantly clear that (Michael Holton) wanted to kill himself,” Evans told The Record in August, citing a six-to-eight page suicide manifesto Holton wrote and Evans said the Elmore County Sheriff’s Office found.

Thursday Azar said an expert has examined the note and determined the handwriting is that of Michael Holton.

However, Elmore County Sheriff Bill Franklin said days after the crime, that Michael Holton “did not have a selfinflicted gunshot wound.”

“It is apparent that he was shot close contact, but in the back of his head – not self inflicted,” Franklin said at the time. “The only other person in the house that had means is (Madison Holton).”

Evans also contends Michael Holton was a drug user and drug use contributed to his decision to step down as Eclectic’s mayor and may have played a role in the violence on Sept. 11.

Also in August, The Record obtained the toxicology report on Michael Holton’s body that indicated three opioid or opioidlike substances, including hydrocodone and oxycodone, were found in his system at the time of his death.

But Franklin contended early in the investigation that Madison Holton had a “self-proclaimed” issue with becoming “agitated” if he had not used marijuana and Adderall.

Even the timeline of the crime was odd, with sheriff’s

deputies making two trips to the Holton residence, first responding to a call from Michael Holton and approximately a half-hour later to a call from Madison Holton.

At about 4 p.m. on the day of the shooting, Franklin said his department received a call from Michael Holton who, along with Owenby, was upset because Madison had thrown a party the previous night at their house.

Michael Holton said partygoers had “trashed the house” and deputies later found drug paraphernalia and evidence of drug activity.

ECSO deputies responded to the Holton residence, arriving a short time later, and spoke with Michael Holton in the front yard, Franklin said. Holton told deputies he was trying to discipline his son.

Madison was handcuffed and sitting on the couch when deputies arrived.

Franklin said Madison did not speak while deputies were there. After a search during which deputies took photos and confiscated drug paraphernalia, officers informed Michael Holton he could go to the juvenile probation office the next morning to sign a petition against his son, Franklin said.

Holton indicated he would do so.

Franklin said authorities got another call 20 to 25 minutes later. Madison Holton went to a neighbor and told them something happened at his parents’ house and that there was an argument of some kind.

When authorities arrived at the Holton residence the second time, Michael Holton was dead and Owenby was taken to a Montgomery hospital with severe head trauma, Franklin said.

April Owenby later died from her injuries.

Madison Holton was arrested the day after the shootings.

After a rainy start to Monday morning, improving weather allowed an army of law enforcement personnel and private entities to begin the first active day of searching 300 acres in Kegley the Chalk Hill Road area of the Friendship community in an effort to find evidence in the 1998 disappearance of Traci Pittman Kegley.

Kegley was last seen at a BP gas station at the intersection of U.S. 231 and Redland Road on the afternoon of April 26, 1998.

Kegley’s daughter was found unharmed in Kegley’s abandoned 1993 Geo Storm on Alabama Highway 170, also known as the Old Georgia Road, the next day.

“We had a very good day today,” Elmore County District Attorney Randall Houston said on Monday.

“We searched 60 percent of the area that we were intending to search.

We have 40 percent left. What makes that impressive is it was pouring down rain this morning.

When I got here this morning at 7 o’clock it was still raining. At 5 o’clock when I got up, it was pouring down rain. I was really concerned. So we’re extremely happy that we got done what we wanted to get done. So we’re on schedule. We’ve had a very good day.”

Houston said law enforcement also received calls Monday from people with information related to the Kegley case.

“I want to ask the public to continue to do that,” Houston said.

“Some of that information we knew before, some of it we didn’t. So I’m going to ask people to continue to call in and talk to us.”

Houston said anyone with information who wanted to remain confidential could call CrimeStoppers at 334-215-STOP. Anyone who doesn’t desire confidentiality can call either the Elmore County District Attorney’s office, the Elmore County Sheriff’s Office or the Alabama Law Enforcement Agency.

Houston said the number of resources brought to bear in the current operation is unprecedented in his memory in Elmore County.

“I’ve never seen this amount of resources brought in on any operation we’ve ever done, whether it’s a drug operation or a raid or whatever,” Houston said.

“I’ve never seen this kind of commitment of so many agencies and private enterprises.”

The resources include dog teams, 15 of which were used Monday, dive teams and drones in addition to individuals who will search the old-fashioned way – with boots on the ground.

The dog teams searched Monday and were expected to conclude their search Tuesday, Houston said.

Tuesday was also likely to see ground searching and searching via drones.

“Our primary goal today (Monday) was to get the dogs into as much area as they could get into,” Houston said. “The dogs can cover a lot more area that humans can.”

One of the capabilities of the drones is the ability to spot disturbed ground, Houston said.

“We also have some infrared devices and if the ground has been disturbed then the (drones) will tell you,” Houston said. “It can tell you that the ground is harder here or less hard here. So we’ll be flying the drones looking for disturbed ground that may not be as compacted as in other places.”

Dive teams will be employed later in the week, Houston said.

“We have a 5-acre pond (on the site),” Houston said. “So the dive team is available to search that area.”

The current search grew out of a 2015 interview that Houston did with a Montgomery television station and Central Alabama CrimeStoppers about the case. It is the second extensive search in the history of the case. In the spring of 1998, Elmore County authorities dragged a gravel quarry and drained a pond in an area adjacent to the Old Georgia Road near where Kegley’s abandoned car was found, but to no avail.

Gov. Kay Ivey has made available a $10,000 reward in the case and Crimestoppers is offering $1,000.

Military vehicle rally set this weekend at Wind Creek admission is the cost of admission to the park. We have members from all over the state of Alabama and there’s no telling what some Some real-life pieces of rolling of them will bring in here. We’ve military history are coming to talked to a lot of people and the town. weather is supposed to be nice, so The Dixie Division Military it should be a great weekend for it.”

Vehicles Club is hosting the East The event includes convoys, Alabama Regional Spring Rally Friday and Saturday at Wind Creek equipment dis fplays and a swap meet as well. Poe said that anyone Park.

Local military vehicle enthusiast with any interest in military history would enjoy coming out and Gary Poe said he expects a big visiting with the collectors. crowd and all sorts of military Poe said the weekend rally is vehicles to be on display, ranging from Jeeps to cargo and all-terrain family friendly and hopes local folks come out and enjoy the vehicles. fellowship and fun.

Many of the members also “You get to see all kinds of collect military memorabilia and things and part of the fun are the will have that displayed as well. stories behind the vehicles,” Poe “They will start rolling said. “We all love talking about this in at about 8 a.m. on Friday stuff, so we hope that people come morning and they will be there out look around and hear what we until probably about 3 p.m. on are all about.”

Saturday,” Poe said. “The only

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Phirecracker, also known as Eeyore, is one of the many happy dairy cows at Blue Ribbon Dairy, which is located on Chana Creek Road in the Kent community. Michaela Sanders, left, recently reopened her family’s dairy in November.

She says dairy farming is a tradition in her family.

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IT’S A FAMILY TRADITION

Sanders is fourth-generation farmer at Blue Ribbon Dairy in Kent

By CARMEN RODGERS Staff Writer

When it comes to dairy farming, it’s a family tradition for Michaela Sanders, a fourth-generation dairy farmer.

Her dairy, located on Chana Creek Road in Kent, once belonged to her grandfather, C.D. “Buddy” Lott, and was known as Lott Dairy Farm.

Today, Sanders spends most of her days working in the place she feels most at home.

“My great grandfather built the barn in 1946. I was born and raised here,” Sanders said. “My grandfather had the dairy up until 2005 and I reopened it back in November.”

Back in the 1940s, when the dairy farm first began, the Kent dairy farm was one of a kind and today that distinction continues, from one generation to the next.

“When my great granddaddy built the dairy it was the first Grade A dairy farm in the county,” she said. “When my granddaddy went out of the dairy business he was the last Grade A dairy farmer in the county and now we are a Grade A dairy farm again.”

Blue Ribbon Dairy certainly is unique. Customers are encouraged to

visit the farm, pet the cows and talk to the farmers.

“This milk is pasteurized milk and it is full fat milk,” Sanders said.

“Basically it comes from the cow to the pasteurizer. I heat it up to 145 degrees for 30 minutes, I cool it back down and I put it in a bottle. The reason a lot of people choose this milk is it’s local. They can come see the cows that produce the milk and they know what’s in the milk. My milk is not homogenized. It is cream line milk. Actually the cream will rise to the top. You can scrape that cream off and make butter, cream for your coffee and that sort of thing.”

After working in marketing for a milk company for years, Sanders said she came to realize what dairy consumers wanted in their product.

“I learned about what consumers want and how they think,” she said.

“Milk is something that is important to me and I would like to provide a product that people can trust, they can believe in, they can enjoy. And I can provide a product that people can actually come watch being made, see the cows that produce the milk and actually talk to the farmers.”

According to Sanders, the dairy cows on her farm are fed a mixture

of grain and grass with more grain in the winter months when grass isn’t always readily available.

“They are fed a mixed ration. They have corn, soybean meal, cottonseeds, brewers’ grain, hay and grass. In the winter time I have to feed them little more grain than in the summertime because you don’t have the abundance of grass,” she said.

Dairy cows naturally graze for food throughout the day. This helps the cows maintain the energy needed to produce milk.

“Dairy cows are kind of like athletes. Athletes eat a lot of small meals throughout the day because they burn a lot of calories throughout the day and dairy cows are the same way.”

A day at Blue Ribbon Dairy often begins before sunrise and lasts until after sunset.

“A typical day at Blue Ribbon Dairy starts about 4:30 in the morning when we milk the cows,” Sanders said. “That takes about two hours for the milking process and cleaning up.

Then we feed the baby calves and we feed all the outside animals. I pasteurize milk every single day and that process takes about six hours from the time I get the milk to and

CommunityCalendar Today’s Events

CHURCH REVIVAL: The Family Worship Center at 1676 Sewell Street is hosting revival services March 1 and March 2 at 6:30 p.m. with Evangelist Apostle W.T. Traylor. Everyone is welcome.

Today is

March 1, 2018

Jesus Saturday, March 3 from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. at Kellyton Revival Center to help Shane Welcher with medical expenses and bills.

Welcher has been hospitalized since Jan. 3 with his wife by his side. Refreshments will be served afterwards.

March 2-4

PASTOR APPRECIATION: Pleasant Home Baptist Church in Goodwater is hosting the 21st Appreciation services for Apostle Thomas E. Bullock Sr. and Prophetess Margie N. Bullock March 2-March 4.

Bishop Mary Ann Wilson will be the guest speaker March 2 at 7 p.m. Apostle Wayne Davis will be the guest speaker March 3 at 7 p.m. Bishop Demetrius Griffin is the guest speaker March 4 at 11 a.m. and Rev. Arthur Smith is the guest speaker March 4 at 3 p.m.

March 2-3

MILITARY VEHICLE DISPLAY: The Dixie Division Military Vehicles Club will host its East Alabama Regional Spring Rally March 2 and 3 at Wind Creek State Park.

There will be military vehicles, equipment displays and a swap meet.

If you have questions please call 256-329-3292.

Saturday, March 3

CHURCH RUMMAGE SALE: The Alex City Methodist Church at 1020 11th Avenue North is holding a rummage sale March 3 from 6 a.m. to 10 a.m.

BENEFIT SINGING: All for Him will be singing and praising

Today’s Anniversaries

Dillan Ray Strickland, Morgan Sanford,

Tuesday, March 6

BANQUET: Sav-A-Life is hosting is annual fundraising banquet Tuesday, March 6 at the First Baptist Church. Rick and Mick Vingeulle will be the featured speakers. Call Sav-A-Life at 256329-2273 to make reservations.

Sunday, March 4

PASTOR ANNIVERSARY: New Style Baptist Church on Coosa County Road 20 in Equality is celebrating Pastor Richard Ellis Taylor’s third anniversary Sunday, March 4. Rev. Yeasive Ware of Opelika is the featured speaker at 11 a.m. and Pastor Robert L. Harbrove III of Mt. Sinai Baptist Church in Alexander City is the featured speaker at 2 p.m.

PASTOR ANNIVERSARY: Corinth Baptist Church in Kellyton is hosting the 26th Pastoral Celebration for Pastor Jimmy Brooks Jr. and wife Patricia March 4 at 11 a.m. The guest speaker will be Pastor Jeffrey Wilson of First Baptist Church in South Pell City.

CHURCH ANNIVERSARY: The Bread of Life Apostolic Church of Promise is holding an anniversary observance Sunday, March 4 at 3 p.m. Elder Netherland Tuck is pastor.

Wednesday, March 7

MONTHLY LUNCHEON: Bibb Graves High School Alumni and Friends in Millerville will have their Monthly Luncheon on Wednesday, March 7 from 11 a.m. until 2 p.m. Please bring a covered dish and a small donation.

Thursday, March 8

ANNUAL MEETING: The Lake Martin Area United Way is holding its annual meeting and 2018 Team United Campaign Celebration March 8 at Valley National Bank, formerly USAmeriBank. Wine and hors d’oeuvres will be served starting at 5:30 p.m. with an awards presentation at 6 p.m.

meal from 5:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m.

The church is located at 1715 Tallapoosa Street (Highway 22) in Alexander City about a half mile past Buck’s restaurant.

Tuesday, March 13

SPORTING CLAY SHOOT: The 12th annual Ronald Koon Sporting Clay Classic benefiting the Boys and Girls Club of the Lake Martin Area will be held March 16 and 17. Friday night there will be a Calcutta and steak dinner at the Alexander City Elks Lodge and the shoot will be Saturday at the Lower Wetumpka Shotgun Sports Club.

If you would like to participate or sponsor a sign please contact Stacey Jeffcoat by calling 256234-4757 or emailing at staceyj1229@gmail.com.

Wednesday, March 14

THE CASE FOR MIRACLES: River of Life Church will be a host site for the global simulcast of “The Case for Miracles,” Wednesday, March 14 at 7 p.m.

The church will be serving a

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March 14-16

CHURCH REVIVAL: GAP Fellowship Church at 721 Robinson Road is hosting spring revival services March 14-16 at 7 p.m. nightly. Pastor Betty Hoyett will speak Wednesday, Evangelist Shamika Thomas Thursday evening and Evangelist Joanne Shealey on Friday. Lou and Marilyn Benson are pastor of GAP Fellowship Church.

March 16-17

GREATER TUNA: Alexander City Arts is hosting “Greater Tuna,” Tuesday, March 13 at 7 p.m. at the BRHS Auditorium. It is a hilarious comedy about Texas’ third smallest town where the Lion’s Club is too liberal and Patsy Cline never dies.

Saturday, March 10

PANCAKE BREAKFAST: The Alexander City Kiwanis Club is hosting a pancake and Conecuh sausage breakfast March 10 from 6 to 10 a.m. at the Benjamin Russell High School cafeteria.

Tickets are $6 and include all you

Earl Burnett, David Hare, Connie Jackson, Kenny Fuller, Debbie Oliver, Vanessa Walls, Bailey Waston, Vivian Norwood, Andrew Bolt, Addison Booth, LaTonya Renee Smith, Cindy Alford, LaDerian Glenn, Lucille Baker, Rita Tuck and Emily Williams are celebrating birthdays today.

can eat. Carry out is also available.

FLEA MARKET: The Town of Camp Hill Flea Market will start back up March 10 and continue on the second Saturday of each month through Nov. 10. The hours of operation are 30 minutes after day break until 2 p.m. Spaces are for rent for $10 and are 20 feet by 20 feet. For more information contact James Woody at 256-7498270.

SINGING: Family Worship Center at 1676 Sewell Street will be hosting “Singing with the Walkers” Saturday, March 10 at 6 p.m. The pastor of Family Worship Center is Tony Harris.

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Brandi and Ricky Morgan are celebrating their anniversary today.

Today’s Birthdays

from the milk tank to the pasteurizer to the bottle. That takes a lot of my afternoon and at four o’clock every afternoon, we start the process of feeding the cows all over again. We usually leave here around 7 p.m.”

While dairy farming consumes most of Sanders’ days and nights, she says she would not have it any other way.

“Dairy cows are a passion of mine,” Sanders said “We have beef cows also, but beef cows are not the same as dairy cows. Dairy cows are more personable. Beef cows kind of do their own thing, but dairy cows will come right up to you. They are nosy.”

Since the soft opening in November, Sanders says business is up and the demand is meeting the supply. The farm is open from Monday through Friday from 2 p.m. until 6 p.m., Saturdays from 9 a.m. until 4 p.m. and 2 p.m. until 4 p.m. on Sundays.

Sanders also carries others products such as eggs, pickles, jams, honey, black-eyed pea salsa and other locally produced goods.

Blue Ribbon Dairy will celebrate with a ribbon cutting on Friday, March 16. Everyone is encouraged to attend.

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