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THURSDAY, MARCH 21, 2019
Oliver: Gas tax ‘only the tip of the iceberg’ State representative says legislature can make tough decisions By JIMMY WIGFIELD Managing Editor
Now that the state’s gas tax will be raised 10 cents a gallon during the next three years, more difficult decisions remain and first-term Rep. Ed Oliver (R-Dadeville) said Gov. Kay Ivey and the Alabama Legislature have proven they possess the political willpower to make them. “The governor is leading our state,” Oliver said. “She has four or five things she wants to do and she’s doing what she feels is right. And this is just the tip of the iceberg. We’ve got gambling and prisons
and Medicaid to come. This is a tough legislative quadrennium and I am proud to be a part of a legislature that is moving the state forward. I’m 62 years old and all I’ve heard for years is, ‘They’re a bunch of crooks and they’re lining their pockets.’ I have four children and six cars — I’m the last person who wants to pay more for gas and the state doesn’t reimburse me for driving around in my district.” Before Ivey called a special session, Oliver said he would not commit to the gas tax increase until he saw the formal legislation. “Initially I was not committed to the governor,” he See TAX • Page A3
Rep. Ed Oliver said Gov. Kay Ivey and the current legislature are stepping up and doing what has to be done.
Camp Hill shooting suspect arrested
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By CLIFF WILLIAMS Staff Writer
Jamicheal Jaquise Moss was arrested Friday after police say he fired shots following a physical altercation that broke out in Camp Hill on March 14. Camp Hill police chief Danny Williams said Moss, 21, of Camp Hill was involved in several shooting incidents around Camp Hill last Thursday afternoon and evening. Police were first called to an altercation on Moss Alberta Street. Crowds could be seen as law enforcement investigated what some bystanders described as a “brawl.” After things seemed to settle down, shots rang out after dark. “About 30 shots were fired,” Williams said. “They took place in a few different spots around Camp Hill.” Scanner reports said law enforcement officers responded to numerous locations in Camp Hill for the second round of incidents including Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard and Alberta Street again. Williams said the department had warrants for See SHOOTING • Page A3
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adeville officials and residents hit the streets to clean up the city Saturday in an organized volunteer cleanup. Right: Dadeville City Council councilmember Betty Adams, right, puts on gloves at city hall Saturday morning before taking part in the Clean Community Partnership trash pickup. More than 40 people, including Dadeville City Council councilmembers, volunteered to pick litter from the roadways in Dadeville. Enough trash to fill up a rolloff dumpster was collected during the effort. See more photos on Page A8.
Dadeville fourth-graders make history come to life with living wax museum By CLIFF WILLIAMS Staff Writer
Required courses can be boring and history even more so – especially for fourth-graders. Alabama history is a required class for fourth-graders but rather than bury their heads and take a nap, Dadeville Elementary School students made history come to life with a living wax museum featuring famous people of the state. Thursday’s public presentation was the result of 2 1/2 months of efforts on the students’ part. “They are presenting and dressed
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as famous Alabamians,” Dadeville Elementary School teacher Vicki Noles Griffith said. “ They have been working on this since January. We started with a speech, then they started art boards while doing research and finally came up with a script for (Thursday’s) wax museum.” Fourth-graders lined the halls of the school dressed as famous figures from Alabama history past and present. Some even had Dadeville connections. Jacob Patterson went with someone familiar – Cliff Williams / The Record local baseball sensation Cal Jones. “I have known him for my whole Nakia Woody chose his cousin Anfernee Jennings as his character for the living wax museum See WAX • Page A5 at Dadeville Elementary School last Thursday morning.
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