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Plane crashes near Dadeville

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EMT’s move pilot David Currier to a helicopter following his rescue to be transported for treatment at Columbus Medical Center.

One dead, pilot flown to Columbus as probe begins

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The Tuesday crash of a single-engine aircraft near Dadeville claimed the life of one woman and left a man fighting for his life.

Sheriff Jimmy Abbett confirmed that 66-year-old Jeannette Carol Currier of Daleville was pronounced dead at the scene. Her husband, the 67-year-old pilot David Lee Currier was flown to Columbus Medical Center where he was listed in critical condition late Tuesday.

Abbett said that the initial alert came in just before 1 p.m. after the Tallapoosa County Sheriff’s Department received a call that a plane may be in distress over Tallapoosa County.

ALEA helicopters were dispatched and were able to get a visual of the crash scene in a remote area off Slaughter’s See PLANE • Page 11

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Troopers with the Alabama Law Enforcement Agency’s Aviation Unit guide David Lee Currier back to the ground after a high-angle rescue from the scene of a fiery plane crash Tuesday near Dadeville.

His wife, 66-year-old Jeannette Carol Currier of Daleville was killed in the crash.

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A man who was the face of law enforcement in the town of Camp Hill for more than two decades before being terminated in 2014 now finds himself on the other side of the law.

Former Camp Hill Police Chief Roosevelt Finley Finley, 58, of Opelika, turned himself on seven charges of violation of Ethics Laws after an Alabama Ethics Commission investigation recommended criminal charges.

Tallapoosa County Sheriff Jimmy Abbett confirmed Finley had been arrested and was released after posting a $100,000 bond. Abbett said since his office did not handle the investigation, he could not comment on the charges.

As of Tuesday evening, court records had not been posted that would detail the allegations against Finley.

Current Camp Hill Mayor Ezell Smith said Tuesday she was aware there had been an ongoing investigation, but did not know that charges had been filed or that Finley had been See ARREST • Page 7

Man reportedly shot while driving down road

Construction on Lee Street now begins Thursday

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Police searching for answers

By MITCH SNEED Editor

Alexander City Police Department officials are looking for answers after a man showed up at Russell Medical with a gunshot wound in a vehicle with the back window shot out Tuesday evening.

Alexander City Police Chief Jay Turner confirmed that a man did arrive at the hospital with an injury and told officers that he was near Walton Road on Robinson Road when shots were fired.

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A kayaker takes advantage of the mild weather at Wind Creek State Park Tuesday. Camp sites are filling up with some area schools on spring break.

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Alexander City residents who were bracing for the start of major construction on Lee Street will have to wait another day or two.

Officials with Gary Ingram Paving and Grading said that Thursday will be the day that work begins.

“We had some issues getting all of our sub-contractors on the same page and mobilized for Monday,” Ingram’s Jeffrey Harte said. “So it will be starting on Thursday and we will start by shutting down two lanes of traffic.”

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DEAR ABBY: I’ve been married to my second husband for 14 years. He’s a great provider, but mentally and emotionally abusive.

I want to leave him, but I’m scared to live on my own. We both work, but he makes a lot of money -- which I do not -- so I guess you can say, financially I’m comfortable. But I’m miserable. I’m so unhappy I have tried to take my life.

He wanted us to be swingers and I finally gave in, and now it’s all I hear about. I don’t want to do it, but he doesn’t care what I want. His kids are mean and disrespectful. We have no kids together (which I want but can’t have, and he won’t adopt).

I feel like I’m wasting my life.

I’m 43. I had to have emergency surgery and almost didn’t make it, and he resented me for it.

Why can’t I leave him? Why am I so scared? I have no other family. -- WASTING AWAY IN THE SOUTH DEAR WASTING AWAY: You said it yourself: You are scared to live on your own.

DEAR ABBY Advice

Some people are afraid of the unknown, and you appear to be one of them. Because your husband has been coercing you into having sex with other men, I recommend you contact a support organization such as RAINN (www. rainn.org); its toll-free phone number is 800-656-HOPE (4673). Someone there can guide you in making an escape plan.

I also urge you to talk about this with an attorney, because you should not be penniless if you leave. What your husband has been doing is a form of spousal abuse, and between you and me, it shouldn’t take more than five seconds of self-evaluation to conclude that you would be better off without him.

Mrs. Essie Hope Burnett 1929 - 2017 Funeral Service for Essie Hope Burnett, 87, of Alexander City, Alabama, will be Thursday, March 30, 2017 at 2:00 p.m. at the West End Baptist Church. Rev. Donald DeLee will officiate. Burial will follow in the Russell Farms Baptist Cemetery.

The family will receive friends on Wednesday, March 29, 2017 from 5:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. at Radney Funeral Home.

Mrs. Burnett passed away on Monday, March 27, 2017 at Adams Nursing Home. She was born on August 30, 1929 in Shelby County, Alabama to Andrew Jackson Davis and Margie Lee Davis. She was an active member of West End Baptist Church. Mrs. Burnett was a genuine, loving and caring woman who loved the Lord and her family deeply. She enjoyed dancing, holidays and watch-

Alexander City Police Department March 27

• Tracy Merrell Strickland, 44, of Opelika was arrested for driving under the influence alcohol.

• Mary Diane Jones, 35, of Alexander City was arrested for harboring, assisting, concealing, withholding information from law enforcement.

• Dustin Wayne Couch, 25, of Alexander City was arrested for domestic vio-

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She is survived by her children, Linda Holman of GA, James Hope (Nellie) of Alexander City, Annette Brewster (Danny) of Alexander City; grandchildren, Donnie Holman (Tina), Mendy Yawn (Michael), Jimmy Hope, Scotty Moore (Beth), Kevin Moore (Anna), Shannon Hope, Khristen Rogers (Josh), Brooke Hope, Amy Baker (Will), Christopher Hope (Morgan), Jonathan Lawhorn, Justin Lawhorn (Kristina), Blake Brewster (Candice), Tyler Brewster, and Meghan Cassiano (Kyle); great-grandchildren, Bailee Holman, Carlee Holman, Landon Daniel, Amber Hope, Maria Moore, Austin Moore, Kevin Moore Jr., Larkin Moore, Kendall Smith, Marley Dye, Canaan Hope, Sarah Baker, Madison Baker, Jon Sawyer Lawhorn, Saylor Lawhorn, Carson Bishop, and Adalyn Brewster, Jaxon Cassiano; and sister, Joyce Jones.

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• Miranda Keshia Huntley, 23, of Alexander City was arrested for three counts of bail jumping.

• Barry Lyle Livingston, 48, of Goodwater was arrested for possession of a controlled substance, domestic violence and interfering with a domestic violence emergency call.

• Corie Davius Burns, 37, of Ashland was arrested for failure to appear.

• Harassment was reported in Alexander City.

• Harassment was reported in Alexander City.

• Theft was reported in Alexander City.

• Domestic violence was reported in Alexander City.

• Disorderly conduct was reported in Alexander City.

• Unlawful breaking and entering and criminal trespass was reported in Alexander City.

• Adult sex offender in prohibited residence/location and harboring assisting, concealing withholding information about a sex offender was reported in Alexander City.

March 26

• Kadjah Rashay Davis, 22, of Alexander City was arrested for disorderly conduct and resisting arrest.

• Latronia Chevonne Hawkins, 35, of Alexander City was arrested for domestic violence.

• Two counts of domestic violence was reported in Alexander City.

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first husband, James Chapman Hope; husband, Willie Burnett; son, Johnny Michael Hope; parents; sister, Nesbie Mask, brothers, Walter Davis, Floyd Davis, James Davis, Horace Davis and J.D. Davis.

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Something has been bothering me since my daughter came along. My in-laws have never once told me I’m doing a good job as a mother. I’m critiqued every time they come over, whether it be that her hands are too cold, her room is too warm or her nails are too “sharp.”

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• Possession of controlled substance was reported in Alexander City.

• Domestic violence was reported in Alexander City.

• Theft was reported in Alexander City.

• Domestic violence was reported in Alexander City.

• Harassment was reported in Alexander City.

• Domestic violence was reported in Alexander City.

March 25

• Tommy Ryan Sexton Jr., 21, of Alexander City was arrested for public intoxication.

• Theft was reported in Alexander City.

• Receiving stolen property was reported in Alexander City.

• Unlawful breaking and entering was reported in Alexander City.

• Theft was reported in Alexander City.

• Public intoxication was reported in Alexander City.

March 24

• Kenneth Lee Robinson of Monroe, Georgia was arrested for disorderly conduct.

• Jerrid Devante Fleetion, 24, of Alexander City was arrested for possession of controlled substance and possession of marijuana.

• Danny Thomas Gilmore, 60, of Alexander City was arrested for public intoxication.

• Theft was reported in Alexander City.

• Theft was reported in Alexander City.

• Criminal trespass was reported in Alexander City.

• Unlawful breaking and entering was reported in Alexander City.

• Harassing communications was reported in Alexander City.

• Possession of controlled substance and possession of marijuana was reported in Alexander City.

• Domestic violence was reported in Alexander City.

• Public intoxication was reported in Alexander City.

• Assault was reported in Alexander City.

• A sick raccoon was reported in Alexander City.

• Harassment was reported in Alexander City.

• Unlawful breaking and entering was reported in Alexander City.

• Domestic violence was reported in Alexander City.

Tallapoosa County Sheriff’s Department March 27

• Airyel Freeman of Alexander City turned herself in on a harassment warrant.

• A resident of Highway 50 filed a report for theft of property.

• A resident of Highway 22 East filed a report for identity theft.

March 26

• A resident of Cobb Road in Notasulga filed a report for theft of property.

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Legislative power has usurped that of governor

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ast week we handicapped some of the potential horses in the upcoming 2018 Governor’s Race. We mentioned Judge Roy Moore, PSC President Twinkle Cavanaugh, Agriculture Commissioner John McMillan, Secretary of State John Merrill, State Treasurer Young Boozer, State Senator Del Marsh and Huntsville Mayor Tommy Battle.

Some others that may be considering pursuing the brass ring of Alabama politics are Lt. Governor Kay Ivey, Supreme Court Justice Jim Main, Jefferson County Commission President David Carrington, Trump’s Trumpeter in the State Perry Hooper, Jr., Huntsville State Representative Jim Patterson and ADECA Director and former Prattville Mayor Jim Byard. You can also add former Auburn coach Tommy Tuberville to the mix of possible gubernatorial candidates.

All of these aforementioned horses would run as Republicans in the 2018 Gubernatorial Derby. It is assumed that only a Republican can win statewide office in Alabama and that next year’s June 2018 GOP primary is tantamount to election.

Therefore, it is only a 15-month race to election for governor.

The late Lucy Baxley was the last Democrat to hold statewide office in Alabama. She lost reelection to the PSC in 2012.

It has been almost two decades since a Democrat has captured the governor’s office. Donald Trump carried Alabama with almost 63 percent of the vote. It is thought by most political prognosticators that a Democratic candidate can at best get 40 percent of the vote in the

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Heart of Dixie. However, there are several brave souls who are diehard Democrats and may be bold enough to test that theory.

One of these emboldened is Parker Griffith, who ran as the Democratic nominee against Robert Bentley four years ago in 2014 and received 36 percent of the vote. Griffith is a personable, former oncologist, State Senator and Congressman from Huntsville. He seems dedicated to making the plunge.

The most mentioned Democratic candidate is former Chief Justice Sue Bell Cobb. She was elected to the State Supreme Court in 2012, which was the last time a Democrat won statewide office in Alabama. She is seriously considering the race for governor. She could be handicapped by the fact that she quit in the middle of her term on the Court and a Republican was appointed by the governor.

State Representative Craig Ford who has served as House Minority Leader is considering a run for governor. Like Griffith, Ford is likeable. He is one of the few remaining white Democrats left in the Alabama House of Representatives. In fact, if Ford vacated his seat to run for governor a Republican would probably take it.

The wildcard in a potential Democratic field might be the popular young mayor of Tuscaloosa, Walt Maddox. He considers himself a Democrat.

Maddox is well thought of

in the Druid City, which is a more populous and vote-rich area of the state than most folks realize.

If he got strong support from Tuscaloosa coupled with the ADC and New South endorsements, it could propel him to the Democratic nomination.

He would bring to the dance a sterling record of achievement as mayor of Tuscaloosa. However, if he has to go through a bruising primary he may come to the prom beat up and broke. Not to mention that the Prom King/Queen is highly favored to be a Republican. He would be hard-pressed to raise campaign money in the fall campaign. Most of the bets would be placed on the Republican.

This brings us to another chapter in the governor’s race. The folks who wrote our 1901 Constitution intended for the power in state government to be rested in the hands of the

legislature. During the Wallace years, George Wallace had immense power over the legislature.

This usurpation of power has incrementally declined over the years. It has culminated with a decimation of gubernatorial power.

The last two governors, Bob Riley and Robert Bentley, have been rendered irrelevant by the legislature. Special interests have taken note of this transfer of power and their money has followed.

Campaign money that used to go to the governor’s race now flows to legislative races. It is not unusual to see House seats cost $300,000 and state Senate races rise to $1 million.

It is going to be a great election year.

See you next week.

Steve Flowers is Alabama’s leading political columnist. He served 16 years in the state legislature. Steve may be reached at www.steveflowers.us.

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New warning app is a great thing for Tallapoosa County

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he best way to be prepared for potential disaster is to know when it is coming.

Monday Tallapoosa County learned of a new tool that may help with notification when potential emergency situations are possible.

Tallapoosa County EMA Director Jason Moran announced Monday that there is a new app called Tallapoosa Alert.

“Tallapoosa County EMA is introducing “Tallapoosa Alert,” a mass notification system to help keep residents safe and informed with reliable notifications during emergencies and other events,” Moran said. “Tallapoosa Alert will automatically send out weather alerts from the National Weather Service to each land line in the county warranted by the alert.”

The county’s more than 12,000 landline numbers are already programmed into the system. Moran explained that many with just landlines are those who do not have access to smartphones or the internet.

Unlike sirens that often go down and that some residents can’t hear very well, there is no equipment to maintain. So from a cellphone or anywhere there is internet, the information is there. Anything as far as thunderstorm and tornado warning from the National Weather Service is automatic.

The app is very flexible and residents can basically set it up so they get the warnings how it serves them best.

Moran said setting it up has taken a little while but it will be something that everyone can use.

And best of all, it is free to the public and requires little of the county.

This is great news for residents of Tallapoosa County. We applaud the work by Moran and all involved to make this system available.

Now we hope that we as citizens do our part and get the app set up and heed the warning when they do come.

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pring is the time of year when we have NCAA March Madness, which reminds us that Butler really is a college somewhere.

Spring dumped snow on the Northeast. It was whiter than a Trump cabinet meeting. Private enterprise stepped in to help when Boston and New York, which could not even plow the snow off their streets, were offered help from the adult site Porn Hub. From what I have seen, the nurses on that site seem more helpful than those on the Obamacare website. Yet even as a libertarian, I’m torn on whether the porn industry should be providing government services. I know for sure that when they send out a plumber for a house call, he really never stays on task.

It’s Trump’s first spring as president; hopefully, he will do some “spring cleaning” in Washington. Liberals will name it “Springtime for Hitler,” but there is real work to be done.

It seems every time Democrats try to oppose Trump they end up as disappointed as Rosie O’Donnell’s prom date. But Trump must use his honeymoon period judiciously, and not have fights over trivial matters, as he seems prone to do.

What does matter is that Trump will appoint his first Supreme Court Justice. I know this will not mean as much to many Americans as when American Idol had to appoint a new judge to replace Simon Cowell or Paula Abdul, or Celebrity Apprentice appointed Arnold Schwarzenegger to that post, but it’s important.

Like everything Trump does, it gets a lot of press. He narrowed his choices down to two

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guys and finally gave the rose to Gorsuch, announcing his choice on live TV. It was the first time an episode of Judge Judy was interrupted for a judicial announcement.

Chuck Schumer, speaker for an opposition who dramatically ties themselves to the railroad tracks for everything Republicans try to do, said this of nominee Neal Gorsuch in a New York Times op-ed piece: “The judge was clearly very smart, articulate and polite, with superb judicial demeanor.” This, of course, means, Schumer is against him. I think Judge Gorsuch’s first action upon taking his seat on the Supreme Court should be to order Schumer to push his Rite Aid reading glasses up on his nose when he speaks. It seems arbitrary, I know, but it would be good for the people and would let ‘em know who’s in charge.

I hope it’s not a contentious vote. In the last 26 years, the narrowest margin in a Senate confirmation for a Supreme Court Justice was Samuel Alito; the vote was 58 for and 42 against. To demonstrate how rancorous the process has become, Reagan nominee Antonin Scalia was confirmed with a 98 to 0 vote.

Neal Gorsuch is very smart and knows our country’s Byzantine legal system of laws laid upon laws. Trump’s first test of Judge Gorsuch was to have him explain the parking

signs in Washington, D.C. Only three of the 25 judges under consideration for the nomination could do it.

There are areas of agreement on which we could focus.

Libertarians and Democrats can agree with most Republicans that we imprison too many people in the USA. According to Hillary Clinton and Rand Paul, we have 5 percent of the world’s population and 25 percent of the prison population.

It’s costly and often based on selective prosecution. This is happening against a backdrop of decreasing crime in the last 20 years. As government grows, our freedoms diminish.

We need fewer laws. Who can marry and where they potty in North Carolina should be none of the government’s business. They cannot even plow the streets in Boston and NYC. Let gay marriage stand; it is not hurting anyone. For a crime there really needs to be a victim who is actually damaged. Gay marriage is between two willing parties. If you think about it, it’s just like regular marriage with a lot less argument about who left the toilet seat up.

Even Dick Cheney came out for gay marriage. To be fair, some have speculated that he only did it because he views marriage as a form of torture.

If we keep legally tinkering with bathrooms and gay marriage, the next frontier would be a ruling on bi-sexuality — which could go either way.

Ron Hart is a libertarian op-ed humorist and award-winning author, Ron appears on CNN, Fox and NBC. He can be contacted at Ron@RonaldHart.com or @ RonaldHart on Twitter.

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McKelvey currently serves as chairman.

His phone number is 256-794-4405. His address is 1285 Freeman John Road, Dadeville.

Emma Jean Thweatt represents District 4, which includes Dadeville, Pace’s Point, northern Camp Hill, Buttston, Dudleyville and part of Eagle Creek. She can be reached at 8254207. Her address is 585 Brookwood Circle, Dadeville.

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Springtime means fish tales and true ones are best

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was a college student on break from Auburn, a scrawny 20ish-year-old schmuck looking for something to do on the cheap.

My late father had the perfect idea. He, my brother and I would go deep-sea fishing, his treat.

So we loaded up and headed south. Usually, back in the day we went fishing out of Destin with one of the Marler family captains (the neatly pressed Ben or the much more disheveled, salty old fisherman-like Dave), but this time I’m pretty sure we left out of Panama City.

It was a party boat and, as we headed toward the first stop, someone came around offering chances in the big-fish jackpot.

Naturally, as a college student, I was broke. My father and my brother paid their entries and I, not knowing what else to do, made a deal with Dad. “If you’ll put me in,” I told him, “I’ll split it with you if I win.”

Naturally, there wasn’t a chance in Hades that I was going to catch the biggest fish out of all landed on that boat that day. But, then, I thought, stranger things have happened.

And they happened that day.

I was near the rear of the boat. I watched as a guy fishing next to me did something interesting. As he would catch small mingo snapper, he would cut

DAVID GRANGER Managing Editor

out their backbones and drop the heads and the filets into the deep. He was catching quite a few grouper – smallish grouper, but good eating.

I had neither the patience nor the sharp knife to do what this fellow was doing. So I tried something similar. As I caught the small mingos, I would hook them through both lips and drop the entire fish to the bottom.

A couple of mingos into my new strategy, it happened. The end of my rod bent toward the water violently and I could feel something fighting me.

“You’ve got bottom,” Dad said, thinking I’d gotten hung up.

Then a deckhand came by and reached out and grabbed the end of my rod.

“That ain’t bottom,” he said, and in the next breath yelled, “Loaded pole!”

At the deckhand’s direction, I kept the button on the electric reel pegged and worked the pole as best I could. Eventually, there was a huge flash of mottled gray near the surface.

When the fish’s open mouth broke the water’s surface, I

almost fainted.

The deckhand got a gaff hook and lifted the 42-pound grouper onto the boat, tagged him and threw him in the ice bin.

“It’ll take a nice one to beat that one,” the deckhand said, and, for the rest of the day, when he heard the cry of “loaded pole,” he’d check the fish out and come and update me on my standing.

It felt good when I held the $84 in my hand later that afternoon. But I kept quiet. Dad did, too. “He’s going to let me keep it,” I thought, thinking maybe Daddy knew, as a college kid, I needed the money.

We’d made it just back into Alabama when, eyes still on the highway, Dad asked me, “Don’t you owe me some money?”

Darn it!

I grumbled, begged to keep it all, but he would have none of it. A deal was a deal, he maintained.

I gave him the money.

“Heckuva fish,” Daddy said, smiling as he stuck the two 20s in his pocket.

It’s springtime, folks. Time to gather some new fish tales.

Just remember: the truth makes the best story.

Granger is the managing editor of the Elmore County newspapers for Tallapoosa Publishers, Inc.

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FREE TAX ASSISTANCE: Beginning Jan. 30, free tax and electronic tax filing assistance at Volunteer Connections of Central Alabama, Inc., 5030 Hwy 280, Alex City, AL IRS certified volunteers will provide the free tax assistance and electronically file federal and state income tax forms. The free tax sites are designed to assist seniors 60+ (with no income limit), taxpayers under age 60 with incomes less than $54,000, and disabled taxpayers. Taxpayers will be assisted in the order they are registered.

Please do not bring people to the site not involved in the filing of your taxes due to the limited space.

Waiting may be necessary.

Volunteers will provide free tax assistance and electronically file federal and state income tax forms at Volunteer Connections of Central Alabama, Inc. beginning Jan. 25.

Please arrive and register for assistance at least one hour before closing time.

March – Mondays and Tuesdays – 9 a.m. – 6 p.m. and Thursdays – 9 a.m. – 2 p.m.

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Information You Must Bring To The Tax Site: The following information is required by the IRS: last year’s tax return; photo ID-driver’s license-for taxpayer and spouse; social security cards for taxpayers and dependants; W-2’s; and 1099’s B, R, and SSA 1099. If you have health insurance through the government marketplace, bring your 1095-A. ALL employed taxpayers should bring a copy of their year-end pay stub. In regards to the itemized deduction list, you should bring all the documentation that applies to you. Even if you do not itemize on your Federal taxes you may be able to do so on your State return. For more info call (256) 234-0347.

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SPRING BREAK CAMP: The Boys and Girls Clubs of the Lake Martin Area will be open for spring break in Alexander City and Goodwater.

The camp will be held daily March 27 - March 31 from 7 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. It cost $50 and includes breakfast, snack and lunch at the Sportsplex Gym and at the Goodwater unit located at 166 Harris Street.

Call 256-234-4757 for more information.

SPRING BREAK FEEDING PROGRAM: Stephens Elementary School at 851 Laurel Street in Alexander City will be serving lunch from 11 a.m.to 12 p.m. during spring break, March 27 - 31. All children 18 years and under are eligible to receive a free meal. There will also be a daily reading program. For more information call 256-234-8633.

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GOLF TOURNAMENT: The Benjamin Russell High School FFA is hosting a golf tournament March 31 at LakeWinds Golf Course starting at 8 a.m.

For more information contact FRHS FFA at 256-677-1209 or jowilliams@acs12.net.

March 31 - April 2

SEUSSICAL: The Dadeville High School Drama Program is presenting “Seussical” March 31 at 7 p.m.,

April 1 at 7 p.m. and April 2 at 2 p.m. at the Dadeville High School Auditorium.

April 1

QUAIL FRY: The Second Annual United Way Quail Fry is Saturday, April at The Stables at Russell Crossroads. The event will be the first fundraiser for the 2018 Campaign Season the $30 per person ticket includes the quail fry, a low country shrimp boil, shrimp gumbo and drinks. Baked goods will also be sold and auctioned as part of the event with all proceeds going to the Lake Martin Area United Way. Tickets are available at the United Way office.

SPRING GALA: The Born Into Heaven Foundation will be hosting its annual spring gala April 1 from5 p.m. to 7 p.m. at Children’s Harbour.

Tickets are $40 for adults.

April 2

MEN AND WOMEN DAY: New Harmony Missionary Baptist Church in Camp Hill is celebrating Men and Women Day April 2 at 2 p.m.

Guest minister will be Rev. Emerson Ware of Great Bethel Missionary Baptist Church.

PASTOR ANNIVERSARY: Friendship Missionary Baptist Church is honoring Rev. and Sister Rossevelt Gregory for 27 years of service April 2 at 2 p.m.

The guest pastor will be Rev. Eddi J. Jennings, pastor of the New Elam Missionary Baptist Church on Highway 9 in Kellyton. Everyone is invited.

GOSPEL CONCERT: Jubilee Christian Fellowship at 55 Red Eagle Road in Montgomery is hosting The Villines Trio from Compton, Arkansas Sunday, April 2 at 11 a.m.

April 4

USHER MEETING: The Early Rose District usher meeting will be Tuesday, April 4 at 5 p.m. at the Early Rose District Center.

April 4-6

SPRING REVIVAL: Mt. Zion Missionary Baptist Church Baptist Church on Stillwaters Drive in Dadeville is hosting spring revival services April 4-6 at 7 p.m. nightly.

Guest ministers are Rev. Eddie Marbury, Rev. Leon Henderson and Rev. Jason Whetstone. Rev. Jimmy Thomas is pastor of Mt. Zion Missionary Baptist Church.

April 5

STORY TELLING: Dolores Hydock will be at Red Ridge Methodist Church April 5 at 12 p.m. The program will be “Close Encounters of the Storytelling Kind.”

MONTHLY LUNCHEON: Bibb Graves High School Alumni and Friends in Millerville will have their monthly luncheon on Wednesday April 5, from 11 a.m. until 2 p.m.

Please bring a covered dish and a small donation.

April 6

SENIORS ALIVE: The Tallapoosa County Baptist Association is hosting a Seniors Alive, a senior adult revival, April 6 at 10 a.m. at First Baptist Church of Dadeville with lunch at noon. Dr. Gerald Hallmark will be the speaker, Mack Daugherty is the worship leader and musician and Ronnie Betts will have special music.

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April 7

MASTER GARDENERS PLANT SALE: Tallapoosa County Master Gardeners annual plant sale will be April 7 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the building across from the First Baptist Church. We will have Native Azaleas, bedding plants, ferns and day lilies and more.

April 8

EASTER EGG HUNT: The Wind Creek Easter Egg Hunt will be April 8 at 10 a.m. There will be areas for ages two and under, two to four years, five to eight years and nine to 12 years. Prizes will be awarded for finding the three golden eggs in each group.

The Easter Bunny will be available for photographs. There will be plenty of prizes, candy and fun.

Park entrance fees apply.

In the event of a hard rain, this event will be cancelled.

FRIENDS OF THE LIBRARY BOOK SALE: A book sale will be hosted by the Friends of the Dadeville Public Library April 8 from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. in the lower level of the Dadeville Library. Hardbacks are $1, paperbacks are $.50 and $5 for a bag of books.

EASTER EGG HUNT: Mt. Zion Baptist Church is hosting its annual Easter Egg Hunt April 8 from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. for pre-k and up.

EASTER EGG HUNT: Wayside Baptist Church will hosting its annual Easter Egg Hunt April 8 from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m.

There will be a magic show, egg hunt and food. Everyone is invited.

EASTER EGG HUNT: The annual Mt. Zion Community East er Egg Hunt for toddlers and up will be April 8 from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Come join the fun and food.

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GUEST PREACHER: Red Ridge is hosting a guest pastor Sunday, April 9 at 9:30 a.m. Rev. Vu Nguyen, a native of south Vietnam who served with American forces during the Vietnam War will deliver a message. Nguyen was imprisoned by the North Vietnamese following the war and after being released made his way to Atlanta.

After learning English and finishing college, he graduated from the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary.

EASTER EGG HUNT: Sixth Street Baptist Church is hosting a Glow in the Dark Easter Egg Hunt Sunday, April 9 at 7 p.m. at Byers Field. Bring an Easter basket. For more information call 256-234-2408 or email ayoungkidmin@gmail.com

April 10-12

YOUTH REVIVAL: Hatchett Springs Baptist Church is hosting a youth revival April 10-12 at 7 p.m. nightly.

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oday is my younger sister Sally’s birthday.

I remember the day she was born. I was 11.

She’d been delivered by a midwife.

Mum asked our neighbor to call my school and I got the special message over the classroom intercom.

I was so thrilled to know I had a baby sister and I loved her as my own baby-doll. I just couldn’t wait for Sally to sleep through the night so she could share my bedroom.

I’m proud to say Sally has a really thoughtful family.

Last Saturday, the eldest Kerrie and hubby Jamie took her for a two-hour lunch in London. Then meeting up with her other daughter Charley and husband Neal, their two girls Kelsey and Roxi and Sally’s son Lee for a late afternoon supper at J.J. Moon’s in Ruislip Manor, where I was born. Later, they all went on to Charley and Neal’s for Birthday fun and dancing.

April is ‘National Letter Writing’ and also

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‘Confederate Heritage’ month. Everyone enjoys a family letter written by hand very much so why not get to the writing desk and send someone a real treat. A letter is the next best thing to being there and you are uninterrupted. Think about your Confederate Heritage. I have such a prideful feeling to know that Henry Taylor Richards whose father built our house in 1842 served the South. Although not my own family, I feel we have a deep connection by living here and ‘seeing’ the faces of those here before us.

My first granddaughter Laurel’s birthday is April 3.

She will be 20 this year. I am not aware of her whereabouts and haven’t seen her since 2011 – her family’s choice.

Equality’s Performing Arts Center celebrated five years of entertainment in downtown Equality last

Friday with old friends George Brown and Garrett Miller. Everyone enjoyed a fun evening.

Mark your calendars as The Alexander City Arts brings its final show of current 2016-17 season on Thursday, April 13, at 7 p.m. at the BRHS Auditorium.

The show is “The Marvelous Wonderettes” performed by the Virginia Samford Theatre out of Birmingham. I understand they do a great job with songs from back in the midlate 1950s. Tickets are available at-the-door half hour prior to start of the show, $15 for adults and students/children free.

My good Nixburg friend Pat Garnett has been in Titusville, Florida, she used to live there, helping a friend for almost a month and came home earlier this week.

Reminder that ChitChatters will meet Thursday, April 6 at 11 a.m. at Oskars in Dadeville. Come join us.

The 12th Annual ‘Wags ‘n Whiskers’ Auction, live and silent, with buffet is coming to The Wind Creek Entertainment Center in Wetumpka Friday, July 28th.

More information as it draws

nearer. All proceeds go to help the Elmore County Animal Shelter under fantastic Director Rea Cord for the best possible care for shelter animals.

First Saturday is here already and if the weather is co-operative, it will be a great day to get out to all the many sales up and down Alabama Hwy. 9. From the Highway 9 and Highway 22 intersection at the old Golden Rule, through Nixburg to my shop, then through Equality, where they will have breakfast and lunch deals at the old Firehouse and home-baked cakes as well. Then all the way to the Elmore County Shelter where the ‘Tails End’ Thrift shop is having a clean out of cold weather things as it readies for spring.

I planted some veggie seeds and lettuce is already up. Hooray for springtime.

Until next week, keep smiling.

Rosie Morgan is a community columnist for The Outlook.

She is a resident of Nixburg and writes about the events and people of the Equality and Nixburg areas.

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he Alexander City Parks & Recreation 50+ Travel Group A had a beautiful day last Thursday to spend together.

Thanks Jimmie Thomas for sharing your pizza crust!

Going and coming we all had something to talk or laugh about. There’s no age limit on a good old fashioned play date. Everyone enjoys spending time with friends, family, and loved ones– so why should that stop once you’re retired? Even though we may slow down as we get older, maintaining a commitment to social activities and sharing new experiences is a vital part of life. It’s important to plan group outings for retirees and loved ones.

Let us remember to enjoy smiling and laughing. We are never too old for play.

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Spring has sprung no matter the weather conditions, so this week we offer a few spring cleaning safety “to dos” to check off your list and for elderly caregivers.

• Get rid of expired, unused medication. Store medicines in a cool, dry, dark place.

• Maintain a clear walkway for seniors to navigate.

• Know who to call in an emergency and have your phone programmed accordingly.

• Use cordless cleaning tools and lightweight equip-

ment for household chores.

• Periodically check your smoke detector, fire extinguishers and Emergency Kits.

“Here Comes Peter Cottontail” a popular Easter song was composed in 1949

by Steve Nelson and Jack Rollins. We cannot wait for our Easter egg hunt in a few weeks complete with a hat and basket contest! No it isn’t for little kids, it’s for us much bigger kids. Ha! We also are looking forward to the Bunny Bingo and Short Skits event party too.

Until next time, keep a smile on your face and love in your heart.

Holt writes about the events and people of the Alexander City Parks and Recreation Department’s 50+ Club.

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arrested.

Finley was terminated from the position he had held for 22 years on Oct. 20, 2014. While reasons for the move were not given at the time, at a subsequent hearing the reasons given by then Camp Hill Mayor Danny Evans said that Finley “violated protocol and had discrepancies in payroll.”

It is unclear if the charges Finley is facing is related to the allegations made by the city at the time of his departure.

Finley, who is represented by attorney Jim Pino, filed suit against the city for wrongful termination. He was seeking to be reinstated to his position and back pay.

There are currently no future court dates set in the case, but several motions have been filed in the last 30 days and subpoenas have been served to other departments where Finley worked following his dismissal from Camp Hill.

Attempts to reach Pino and Finley were unsuccessful Tuesday.

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Investigators responded to the hospital as well as flooding Robinson Road to talk with residents in search of information.

Scanner traffic indicated that the shooting may have occurred near where a group of men were congregated near the road. One witness gave the name of a possible suspect, but as of presstime, nothing had been confirmed.

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arrest,” Turner said at about 8 p.m. “Our guys are still out trying to piece together what occurred. It’s my understanding that the victim was not doing well and has been flown out for treatment.

“That’s about all we know right now.”

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Harte said they will move all traffic into two lanes on one side of the road so that the other two lanes can be restriped. Once that is done, the traffic will be shifted into those so that they can begin destruction of the other two lanes.

“We will begin milling the asphalt and in some places we have to go pretty deep,” Harte said. “We know it will be a mess and no one likes to have delays, but we think once we get it all complete it will be worth it.”

Harte suggested that motorists take an alternate route during construction to avoid potentially long delays.

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If so, there may be a perfect opportunity for you.

The city clerk of the Alexander City is accepting applications for the position of school board member. The application period is open until Friday, April 7.

“We are wanting to get the word out so that anyone who is interested in serving is aware that a term is ending and applications are being accepted,”Alexander City City

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The Alexander City City Council will review all applications and conduct interviews before making a decision. The council is required to make an appointment by the end of April 2017.

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South Carolina sets the pattern to follow

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he South Carolina Gamecocks entered the NCAA Tournament with an overall record of 22-10. They lost their last regular-season game to Ole Miss 75-70 and lost to Alabama (for the second time) in the SEC Tournament 64-53. There was some question as to whether they would even make it into the field of 68. Especially considering a 24-8 Gamecock team was left out of the Madness just a season ago.

Maybe head coach Frank Martin and his crew got their second wind. Maybe the men from Columbia were fortuitously placed in a bracket they could handle.

Or, maybe South Carolina is just simply a good basketball team.

Either way, they have shocked the college basketball world by earning their way to the schools first ever Final Four appearance.

They’ve done it in impressive fashion as well. Carolina had to go through the No. 2, No. 3 and No. 4 seed to reach these heights.

They not only defeated the likes of Duke, Baylor and Florida respectively. They looked good doing it. The defense has been suffocating and SR Sindarius Thornwell has been scintillating.

I applaud South Carolina and I’ll be cheering for them to win it all.

I’m also hoping Bruce Pearl and Auburn are taking notes.

Frank Martin got his first college head coaching job in 2007 at Kansas State. He was there for five years and never won fewer than 21 games in a season. The high point was 29 victories and an appearance in the Elite Eight in 2010. Martin took the job at South Carolina in 2012 and inherited a program that endured five losing seasons in the previous six years.

Sound familiar?

Bruce Pearl inherited a program in 2014 that posted five losing seasons in the previous six years.

The Gamecocks had only made it to the NCAA Tournament twice in the last 20 years before this season. Auburn has been three times. Obviously, both coaches were tasked with building a program basically from scratch.

That takes time, a copious amount of patience and a whole lot of endurance.

Here are South Carolina’s records in Frank Martin’s first three years: 14-18 (4-14), 14-20 (5-13) and 17-16 (6-12). A lot of people were wondering if Martin had forgotten how to coach. The Gamecocks didn’t make a lot of progress on the ledger, but they were accumulating talent and taking baby steps.

Here are Auburn’s records in Bruce Pearl’s first three years: 15-20 (4-14), 11-20 (5-13) and 18-14 (7-11). I doubt coach Pearl has forgotten how to coach and I know the Tigers have been accumulating talent.

The fruits of Frank Martin’s labor didn’t come to harvest until year four. Last season, South Carolina went 25-9 (11-7) and made an appearance in the NIT. Clearly, they have eclipsed every possible goal here in 2017.

Is Auburn on the same path? I certainly wouldn’t predict a run to the Final Four in 2019, but I suppose anything is possible.

The Tigers just need to continue on the path of improvement like South Carolina did with Frank Martin. Auburn could also learn a big lesson from the Gamecocks in how they play the game. Martin has taught his players how to defend an opponent. It’s a novel concept, but worth emulating.

Good luck South Carolina! Here’s hoping Auburn follows your example.

Andy Graham writes a regular sports column for Tallapoosa Publishers.

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Above, Benjamin Russell senior Connor Brooks is at the plate while Handley senior Clayton Owens is ready to catch in the bottom of the first inning of the Wildcats’ game against Handley on Tuesday. Below, Benjamin Russell sophomore Nicolas McGhee readies to deliver a pitch.

Wildcats overtake Handley BRHS rallies for 15-6 win in Lake Martin Classic Baseball Tournament

By CATHY HIGGINS Sports Editor

The Wildcats came from behind in Tuesday’s game against Handley to pull out a 15-6 win over the Tigers on the second day of the Lake Martin Classic Baseball Tournament at Charles E. Bailey Sportplex.

“It’s the first time we’ve come back from behind this year, which is big,” said Benjamin Russell senior Connor Brooks, who led the Wildcats at the plate with five RBIs. The Benjamin Russell varsity baseball team trailed for most of the matchup as Handley scored five runs in the third inning and one more in the fourth.

The Wildcats managed their first run in the fourth inning, courtesy of an RBI single from Brooks, who sent sophomore Landon Cotney home from third base. With that the Wildcats trailed 6-1.

But in the fifth inning, everything changed as Benjamin Russell kicked it into overdrive by scoring an amazing 12 runs.

The big plays of the fifth came from one RBI homerun each from Brooks and senior Timmy Lawson.

Brooks’ homer earned three runs for the Wildcats as he also brought Lawson and sophomore Wilson Hays home with a fly ball that sailed over center field.

“We really worked hard before the game,” Brooks said. “We went up to the cages for about an hour to work on our swings because we’ve been struggling with hitting. I think that helped us a lot, just going in there focused and getting back to basics, getting fundamentals and seeing the ball. That really helped me today because I really saw the ball more.”

Lawson’s homer came later in the inning as the play earned three runs for the Wildcats as he, Cotney and freshman Ryan Willis scored on the line drive to center field.

“I’ve been hitting the ball really, really well the last couple of games,” Lawson said. “I’ve just been sticking with it and today got a homerun.”

The Wildcats went on to score two more runs in the sixth inning.

Benjamin Russell sophomore Nicolas McGhee earned the win for the Wildcats. In four innings on

the pitcher’s mound he struck one out, only allowed two hits and surrendered one run.

“We kind of struggled at first,” he said. “Then we got it going with Connor Brooks’ homerun and Tim Lawson’s homerun. Then when I got on the mound I did my best to throw strikes and get the game back to where it was supposed to be.”

Wildcats head coach Richy Brooks was pleased to see his team rebound and pull out

COLLEGE SPORTS BRIEFS

AU men’s golf finishes t-3rd at Hootie AWENDAW, S.C. – No. 20 Auburn Men’s Golf finished in a tie for third at the Hootie at Bulls Bay, carding an 11-under 277 on Tuesday at the Bulls Bay Golf Course to finish at 10-under 284-293277—854. Three Tigers finished in the top10 as Jacob Solomon and Matt Gilchrest tied for seventh and Ryan Benton t-10th.

South Carolina finished at 20-under 279-286-279—844 to win the title while Ole Miss finished runner-up at 16-under 848.

NC State tied Auburn for third at 10-under 287-281-286—854.

Auburn’s 277 final round tied Georgia State’s opening round for the lowest team score of the tournament. The Tigers tallied 27 birdies in the round led by Solomon’s nine.

Auburn wraps up the regular season April 10-11 at the Gary Koch Invitational in Gastonia, N.C., before heading to St. Simons Island, Ga., for the SEC Championship April 21-24.

Alabama softball ranked No. 9 in national polls

TUSCALOOSA – With the first half of the regular season now passed, Alabama softball heads into the month of April ranked No. 9 in both the USA Today/NFCA poll and the ESPN.com/USA Softball poll, released Tuesday.

Last week Alabama took two of its three games against South Carolina to win the series and move to 30-4 overall and 7-2 in conference play. Through three weeks of SEC competition, the Crimson Tide and Texas A&M are tied for second, just one game back in the loss column from Florida at 7-1.

In the USA Softball poll, undefeated Oregon jumped to No. 1 for the first time this season with Florida and Florida State sliding down to No. 2 and 3, respectively.

Florida State, Florida and Oregon remain in the top three spots in this week’s NFCA poll, with Arizona jumping Auburn to move to No. 4 after a weekend sweep over previously sixth-ranked Washington, who now sits at No. 8. LSU is the only new team in the top 10 this week, switching spots with 11th-ranked James Madison in both polls.

Alabama fell to No. 7 in this week’s NCAA Rating Percentage Index (RPI) of the season, released Monday. The rankings take a team’s win-loss record into account as well as its strength of schedule. The RPI rankings play a large role in the eventual seeding for the NCAA Tournament.

This weekend Alabama continues SEC play on the road with a three-game series at Missouri (18-13, 1-4 SEC), starting Friday at 6:30 p.m. Game two, set for a 5 p.m. start on Saturday.

performances that ended in success.

“Hitting’s contagious,” he said. “It’s like a disease.

You catch it and everybody catches it, just like slumps.

Luckily we caught the disease in a good way today.”

Tuesday’s win brings the Wildcats’ overall season record to 16-8.

Benjamin Russell continues in Lake Martin Classic action today as the Wildcats host Gardendale at 4:45 p.m.

SPORTS CALENDAR Today • BRHS varsity softball at Gulf Coast Classic III in Gulf Shores, times TBA. • BRHS varsity baseball vs Gardendale at Bailey Sportplex in Lake Martin Classic Baseball Tournament, 4:45 p.m.

• Reeltown JV baseball home game double-header against Beauregard, 4 p.m.

• Reeltown and Alexander City middle baseball at Lake Martin Middle School Classic in Tallassee, times TBA.

Thursday, March 30 • Dadeville softball home game against Elmore County, varsity 4:30 p.m., JV 6 p.m.

• Dadeville varsity boys and girls track and field team at Beauregard for Beauregard Speed Meet, 3:30 p.m.

• Reeltown and Alexander City middle baseball at Lake Martin Middle School Classic in Tallassee, times TBA. • Reeltown varsity boys, girls track and field team at Beauregard, time TBA. • Reeltown JV baseball home game double-header against B.T. Washington, 4 p.m.

• Reeltown softball home game against Beulah, middle 5 p.m., varsity 6:30 p.m.

Friday, March 31 • Dadeville baseball at Holtville, varsity 4:30 p.m., JV 6:45 p.m.

• CACC women’s tennis home match against Meridian, 11 a.m.

• CACC women’s tennis home match against ABAC, time TBA.

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Crossing, not too far from the Thweatt Industrial Park.

“It was a single-engine Beechcraft Bonanza that had left from Enterprise and was headed to Sparta, Tennessee,” Abbett said. “We have notified the next of kin, and we can confirm that we have one fatality and a second person was rescued by ALEA personnel and flown by LifeFlight to Columbus for treatment.”

Abbett said that the Federal Aviation Administration and the National Transportation Safety Bureau arrived at the scene late Tuesday to begin the painstaking task of sorting through the wreckage to try to determine a cause.

Abbett said he could not speculate on what may have caused the crash.

Online flight information suggests that the flight began to veer off course and lose altitude quickly.

Data shows that the plane made a 356-degree turn at 12:54 p.m. and then began to lose altitude at a rate of about 1,000 feet per minutes. The last radar contact came at 12:59 p.m. and the plane was down to 900 feet.

Speculation is that Currier may have turned to head toward Alexander City’s Russell Field when it went down.

At the scene, smoke could be seen coming from the remote area where the plane went down. Abbett confirmed that there was a fire associated with the crash. A road had to be cut in to get vehicles near the wreckage.

ALEA personnel used a dramatic high-angle rescue to get to David Currier and brought him back to a landing zone near the Kwang Sung plant at the industrial park dangling from a rope and strapped to a stretcher. A short time later LifeFlight arrived and transported the man.

ALEA, the Tallapoosa County Sheriff’s Office, Dadeville Police Department, Dadeville Fire as well as Camp Hill Police Department and Alabama Forestry Service all responded to help in the recovery efforts.

Access to the scene was cut off Tuesday.

“Right now this is an active investigation and we will be here throughout the night and possibly over the next few days as the FAA and NTSB conduct their probe,” Abbett said. “Our thoughts and prayers go out to the family and friends of those involved.”

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First responders carry a victim of a single-engine plane crash over the horizon to be transported by LifeFlight for medical attention.

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