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TPD arrests suspected area burglar

By CARMEN RODGERS Staff Writer

A Wetumpka man has been charged with five counts of burglary after Tallassee police arrested him in connection with a burglary at Acapulco Restaurant.

Thomas Hight Williams, 22, of 420 McDonald Drive in Wetumpka was arrested

on Feb. 23 and charged with five counts of third-degree burglary, three counts of first-degree criminal mischief, one count of second-degree criminal mischief, one count of third-degree criminal, three counts of second-degree theft, one count of second-degree assault and resisting arrest, police said.

Williams made his initial court appearance on Feb. 25 and is currently being held in the

Elmore County Jail on a $49,000 bond.

Tallassee police chief Matthew Higgins said upon arrival at the restaurant responding units noticed a vehicle matching the description from an Elmore County lookout of a possible burglary suspect parked outside the business.

Williams was located inside the business and taken into custody after a short foot pursuit.

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New sidewalks going down in Jordanville

LET’S GET DIGITAL

By CARMEN RODGERS Staff Writer

Citizens of Jordanville will soon have fresh sidewalks courtesy of the City of Tallassee, which is paying for them with the municipal gas tax.

The $8,500 sidewalk project kicked off Monday and should be finished by early spring.

This is the most recent sidewalk upgrade in Tallassee. Last year, sidewalks along Central Boulevard in East Tallassee saw new pavement.

“We are doing the sidewalks from the highway down to 3rd Avenue,” Tallassee Mayor Johnny Hammock See SIDEWALKS • Page A2

Night of ’50s music coming to Mt. Vernon

By CARMEN RODGERS Staff Writer

Tallassee schools embrace technology to benefit students’ futures

By CARMEN RODGERS Staff Writer

Tallassee City Schools recognized Alabama’s Digital Learning Day on Feb. 28 to highlight various teaching practices and showcase innovative instructors, leaders and technology programs that improve student success.

“It’s a chance for us to take the technology that we have, the one-to-one iPad initiative, and it gives us a chance to demonstrate how we are using the technology in the classroom,” Southside Middle School gifted and instructional Carmen Rodgers / The Tribune technology coach Brittney Spencer said.

Spencer pointed out without teachers Top: Students at Southside Middle School are exposed to various forms of technology, and one-on-one time with instructors, including Mac desktop computers, Macbooks and iPads. Above: SMS teacher Cory Eckstein See DIGITAL • Page A3 teaches students during Alabama’s Digital Learning Day.

The McCraney-Cottle Arts Council will present A Night of ’50s Music at the Mt. Vernon Theater March 15.

Coordinators encourage everyone to come dressed the part as the arts council takes fans back in time.

Featured artists will include rocka-billy group The Martini Shakers, doo-wop group The Four Voicemen and Kenneth Loomis as Elvis. Some era cars from the 1950s will also be on display.

The Martini Shakers play authentic, full-energy rockabilly the way it sounded in 1954. The band covers all the big hits from giants such as Johnny Cash, Elvis and Carl Perkins, as well as forgotten gems from Memphis, where and when it all began.

The Four Voicemen, made up of area vocalists Corey Cantrell, Jason Isbell, Stephen Freeman and Barry Wiginton, will also take the stage during A Night of ’50s Music at the See MUSIC • Page A2

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Bobby Joe “Alabama” Thornton Bobby Joe “Alabama” Thornton of Angleton, Texas, formerly of Eclectic, Alabama passed away on Feb. 13, 2019. He is preceded in death by his wife, parents and three brothers and one sister. He is survived by three brothers and many nieces and nephews.

Memorial service will be held at Mt. Hebron East Baptist Church from 4-6 with burial at later date.

Agnes Juanita Mulder Spivey Agnes Juanita Mulder Spivey, a native of Elmore County, born April 6, 1940, daughter of Opal Brown Woodall and Charlie Gamble Mulder, also both of Elmore County, passed into eternity on February 28, 2019 at the age of 78 after a two month illness. Her family will remember her as a devoted wife, mother, sister, and grandmother. She was a woman of deep faith, guided by her deep love of God and her church. She performed many unsung generous acts for her family and members of the community. She is survived by her husband of 62 years, James Robert Spivey, of Tallassee, AL; her daughter Donna Spivey Gilliand of Mobile, AL; her son James David Spivey of Atlanta, GA; and her daughter Debra Spivey Swaim of Spring Hill, TN,, along with their spouses; four grandchildren, Shannon Gilliand Chambless of Levenworth, KS, Stephen D. L. Gilliand of Charlottesville, VA, Zachary T. McBride of Spring Hill, TN and Alexander N. McBride of Camp Pendleton, CA; four great grandchildren; three brothers, W. Monroe Mulder of Wetumpka, AL, Charles D. Mulder of Montgomery, AL, and Donald B. Mulder of Tallassee, AL; and a loving extended family. Donations in her honor may be made to Westside Independent Missionary Baptist Church, 1825 Gilmer Ave., Tallassee, AL 36078. Visitation will be Sunday, March 3, 1:00 - 2:00 p.m. followed by a funeral service at 2:00 p.m. at Linville Memorial Funeral Home, Eclectic, AL, with Pastor Rick Dorley officiating. Online condolences at www.linvillememorial. com.

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Williams was released to Elmore County deputies who were also looking for him in reference to a burglary that had just occurred in Kent, Higgins said.

The Tallassee Police Department Detective Division signed warrants on Williams for third-degree burglary, second-degree criminal mischief, second-degree assault and resisting arrest.

Williams is believed to be involved in a string of recent break-ins in Elmore County and has several other charges pending from surrounding jurisdictions, Higgins said.

Higgins commended the citizen who initially reported the incident.

“Once again the sharing of information and cooperation between agencies has been instrumental in the apprehension of a suspect,” Higgins said.

“Thanks to the citizen that took the time to get involved and not just turn a blind eye to what was going on.”

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said. “We have a lot of kids that walk to school in that area. It was a trip hazard. It was broken up.”

The Tallassee City Council voted to increase the gas tax from 2 cents to 4 cents a gallon in May 2017.

When the council voted to increase the gas tax, the revenue it generated was earmarked for projects of this nature. Since then, it has funded several repairs and upgrades, including striping several roads in various communities and the downtown area, and striping and resealing the parking lots at the community library and the Tallassee Senior Center.

Also, new stop signs were put up in the Emfinger subdivision and other problem areas around the city, and rumble strips went down around town in an effort to curb speeding. Potholes

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The citizen of Jordanville will soon have fresh sidewalks in the community. This is the most recent sidewalk upgrade in Tallassee.

have also been patched using the funds.

The newly laid concrete not only adds to the city’s aesthetics but also offers residents a path to good health.

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Mt. Vernon Theater.

Cantrell grew up in a singing family. Whether in church groups, as part of Faulkner University’s male quartet or leading worship for his home congregation, his love for song continues. He is a project manager for Marbury Steel Fabricators.

Isbell is an attorney who said his love of ’50s and ’60s music came about because of a set of oldies cassette tapes his father bought at a gas station.

Luckily for him, singing those songs helped pay for college.

Freeman catches most people off guard as he is a Freeman bearded, 6-foot-6 tenor but his high notes are smooth and effortless. He sang three years with the Faulkner University quartet Cornerstone and after graduation went to pharmacy school at Samford. He is now a clinical pharmacist.

Wiginton is a native of Tallassee who has been in singing groups for 20-plus years and continues to entertain new generations with the music of the ’50s. He started in a church and FFA quartet in high school and has been involved with other projects and groups ever since. He is vice president of Aultman Properties.

Isbell The McCraney-Cottle Arts Council is a nonprofit organization aimed at enhancing the arts in Tallassee.

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“We want to get them health conscience and have them get out and walk more.”

Over the past two years, Hammock and the council attended

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Tuskegee woman sentenced to 7 years on wire fraud, ID theft, firearms charges STAFF REPORT TPI Staff

A Tuskegee woman known under two aliases has been sentenced to 84 months in federal prison for wire fraud, aggravated identity theft and federal firearms charges, according to U.S. Attorney Louis V. Franklin Sr. and Houston Division postal inspector Adrian Gonzalez.

Tanya Lee English, 44, also known as Tanya Roberts and Tanya Wilson, ran a wire-fraud scheme out of her home from April 2013 to July 2017, according to the U.S. Attorney’s office.

There is no parole in the federal system. In addition to the seven-year prison sentence, English is subject to three years of supervision once released and was ordered to pay $119,550 in restitution.

“Ms. English, like many thieves, prey on their victims using the internet,” Franklin said. “She swindled legitimate buyers out of their hard-earned money and tried to cover her tracks using the stolen identities of innocent people. My office is committed to working with law enforcement to identify these crooks and make them pay for their crimes.

Consumers should always be cautious when making online purchases and report any unusual activity immediately.

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Evidence showed Tanya Lee English posted ads on Craigslist and eBay listing high-end baby strollers, in which 200 buyers submitted a payment to English through PayPal but never received the stroller.

they are notified in time to take action.”

As part of the scheme, English posted ads on Craigslist and eBay listing highend baby strollers such as “Uppababy Vista” and “Bugaboo Donkey” for sale which retailed for $900 to $1,500 each.

English listed pictures of these strollers with a sale price ranging from $599 to $900 or sometimes she would have the buyers bid on the strollers. After English and a buyer agreed on a price and shipping details, English asked them to send the money through PayPal. After the buyer wired the money to English, they would never hear from her again and never received a stroller, according to the U.S. Attorney’s office.

English deposited the money she received onto general purpose reloadable

(GPR) cards issued by various banks.

Once the money was deposited on these GPR cards, English would either make ATM cash withdrawals or use the cards to make purchases, according to the U.S. Attorney’s office.

Approximately 200 buyers submitted a payment to English for a stroller.

Additionally, 600 more buyers attempted to send a payment to English but PayPal fraud investigators stopped the transactions and reversed payment back to the buyers, according to the U.S. Attorney’s office.

PayPal lost $119,550 from the scheme; however, if the additional transactions had gone through, the loss would have been $277,000, the U.S. Attorney’s office said.

English used the personal identifying information of customers to create 41 PayPal accounts which were discovered after they were sent to collections due to a negative balance. At that point, the innocent individuals reported they did not have a PayPal account and their identities had been stolen. Agents confirmed this by linking the Pay Pal accounts to English through her IP address, her name and a shipping address in Tallassee, according to the U.S. Attorney’s office.

While executing the arrest warrant on English, agents found a number of firearms and ammunition in the home of English and her husband, Timothy Andre

English. Both English and her husband had previous felony convictions and were each charged with being a felon in possession of a firearm. Timothy English was sentenced to 18 months in prison back in July 2018, the U.S. Attorney’s office said.

Additionally, evidence at English’s sentencing indicated she was once again engaging in fraudulent activities while she was on release in the fraud and firearms case, the U.S. Attorney’s Office said. The United State Postal Inspector Service and the Lee County Sheriff’s Office became aware of new allegations indicating English was employing a scheme to solicit donations for domestic violence victims, such as baby items, items for women and gift cards, for her own benefit.

Testimony indicated she profited from the collection and resale of the donated items and was allegedly utilizing the gift cards and some of the items for personal use, according to the U.S. Attorney’s office.

“When Ms. English received bank cards delivered by the postal service and then used those items to commit fraud, that small detail drew the attention of postal inspectors,” Gonzalez said.

“The U.S. Postal Inspection Service is proud to have worked with our law enforcement partners while protecting the sanctity of the U.S. mail for public commerce.”

Digital students would not be prepared for life after high school.

“This is not a replacement for a teacher,” Spencer said. “This is a tool to help our students become more successful and more college and career ready.”

Today, most children are exposed to technology at an early age, leading to a generation of students who often know as much or more about various electronic devices than some adults.

“The students have had a natural cling to the iPads because they have been raised with this technology,” Spencer said. “Students are already savvy when they enter fifth grade on an iPad.” Students in Tallassee City Schools are exposed to digital devices and computer technology much earlier than fifth grade, even if the students do not have access outside of the classroom.

“We have a lot of devices at the elementary school,’” she said. “They

continued from Page A1 aren’t one-to-one but through different grants and things like that, we have been able to purchase a lot of iPads and Macbooks so the students can gain experience with technology, even if they do not have access at home.”

According to Spencer, students learn to take responsibility with the iPads through the one-to-one initiative. They also learn proper technological social skills and how to manage screen time.

“There is a lot of responsibility that comes along with it,” she said. “They have to know how to use the device and know how to take care of the device.”

All students at Southside Middle School are exposed to various forms of technology through the school’s computer lab, which is geared with state-of-the-art instruments for learning.

“We have activities going on in our digital learning lab,” Spencer said.

“That is new this year. That is where

from fifth grade all they to eighth grade,” Spencer said. “Students are able to be exposed to digital learning lab.”

Spencer said exposure to current technology for Tallassee students will also prepare them for emerging technology.

“Our students are expected to thrive with this technology and through emerging technologies,” she said. “As things are brand new and put in front of them, they are going to be expected to know how to use them. We are taking the time, along with their instructional patterns, and teaching them how to use those devices and giving them that exposure so that when they walk out into the workforce, when they walk out into the colleges that they chose, they have a background in all this technology. If we send them out there knowing only textbooks, knowing only paper and pencil, I feel like we are doing them a disadvantage.”

Avery Moon takes students through a digital STEM. Students have the opportunity to work through some computer skills on Macs, which takes it out of the capacity of the iPad and gives them a chance to learn on a different platform. We want to make sure the students have exposure to different types of technology.”

The school’s digital learning lab makes learning both fun and educational while exposing children to various forms of digital platforms.

“A digital breakout is where students have a task that they try to work through and they have digitally unlocked different codes and different pieces of a puzzle,” Spencer said. “It really works on some problem-solving skills and pushes our students forward with their technology use.”

While the digital learning lab is meant to be fun, it teaches students skills they will take far beyond the classroom.

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New TV drama about UFOs not a soaring success

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n the summer of 1967, I faked a photo of a UFO “buzzing” the WCOV-TV broadcast tower on Adrian Lane in south Montgomery and I almost got away with it.

The image passed magnification scrutiny by an employee at Shop 21, a photography hobby store on Court Square downtown, but a phone call from a television reporter to our house motivated my mother to immediately kibosh my spurious initiative. I called the reporter and fessed up but I had the satisfaction of knowing my ruse had worked. I still have the photo.

In that era, reported sightings of unidentified flying objects (UFOs) were plentiful, and a U.S. Air Force program called Project Blue Book was in charge of investigating such phenomena.

Fiction about space travel, life on other worlds and interplanetary invaders dates back as far as the late 1800s (H.G. Wells’ “War of the Worlds”) and sci-fi pulp magazines have been around for almost a century (Amazing Stories debuted in 1926). Moreover, a 1902 French movie called “A Trip to the Moon” was based on Jules Verne novels.

However, toward the end of World War II, some military pilots began reporting unexplained lights that followed or circled their aircraft. Such phenomena were dubbed “foo fighters” and authorities had various convenient explanations for such sightings.

In the late 1940s, public interest in unexplained encounters with “something in the sky” mushroomed. There was the fabled 1947 Roswell incident (a reported UFO crash in New Mexico) as well as sightings of airborne objects (usually discshaped) by veteran airmen. In 1948, a Kentucky Air National

WILLIE MOSELEY Columnist Guard pilot was killed when his airplane crashed after he climbed to chase a high-flying UFO. Hollywood soon picked up on the concept of aliens visiting Earth. Most plots envisioned invasions but 1951’s “The Day The Earth Stood Still” presented a benevolent ambassador named Klaatu who arrived in Washington, D.C., in a giant flying saucer to warn Earthlings against spreading their violence beyond their own plane. That film was arguably one of the greatest movies of all time.

Project Blue Book was initiated in 1952 and continued through 1969. In its 17-year history, the program’s research reportedly didn’t discover any threat to national security or evidence to indicate that UFOs were otherworldly.

The late ‘70s witnessed a brief television series called “Project U.F.O.” which was produced by Jack Webb of “Dragnet” fame.

It followed the efforts of two Air Force investigators of unexplained aerial phenomena. The weekly voiceover introduction was memorable, as Webb intoned “Ezekiel saw the wheel …”

Now comes “Project Blue Book” on the History Channel. It, too, is based on the original Air Force initiative and interpolates the exploits of J. Allen Hynek, a real-life investigator who was an advisor to Project Blue Book and two shorter-lived earlier programs.

However, this new series has been about as exciting as stirring

a bowl of skim milk. Chock full of cardboard actors and cookie-cutter plotlines, “Project Blue Book” presents a perhaps expected allusion to a big government conspiracy, which includes the deaths of witnesses.

All the military guys in the show are publicly adamant that UFOs don’t exist. Not surprisingly, the cigar-chompin’ generals and their subordinates are maneuvering to keep that perception intact.

While I’ve missed an episode or two, it seems like things have gotten more outlandish on a weekly basis. One plot turn revealed the government is performing mind-research experiments on military pilots who encountered UFOs but those pilots thought the UFOs were communicating with them telepathically, so go figure.

There are also other clichéd facets like a sub-plot involving Soviets spies and Hynek’s unsuspecting wife, atomic testing and a mysterious man in a black outfit who’s shadowing Hynek.

The hype for “Project Blue Book” notes “the cases depicted are based on real events” and each real-life incident that inspired a weekly episode is briefly noted at the conclusion of the program. One would suppose such references are to the credit of the show’s creators but this series isn’t too inspirational.

I’d be willing to bet more people have seen UFOs than might be willing to admit such encounters. That said, “Project Blue Book” isn’t particularly a compelling series, even if a viewer has been there, done that.

Willie Moseley is the news editor emeritus for The Tribune.

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‘Laissez les bon temps rouler!’

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aster is the most important holiday on the Christian calendar, coinciding with Passover and occurring each year on the first Sunday following the first full moon after the vernal equinox. Therefore, Easter could happen on any given Sunday between March 22 and April 25 depending on the year.

The 40 days prior to Easter are called Lent. The 40 days represent the time in Jesus Christ’s life spent in the wilderness before He began his public ministry, where He was tempted by the devil.

Lent is a time for selfdenial and sacrifice, prayer, penitence and reflection. It begins with Ash Wednesday but the day before that, Fat Tuesday, gets most of the notice. Unfortunately, the world never seems to take note of the religious significance of this particular day.

Fat Tuesday is the English translation of the French “Mardi

MICHAEL BIRD Columnist Gras.” The largest celebrations in the world can be seen in Rio de Janiero (“Carnivale”) and, closer to home, along the Gulf Coast in places such as Mobile and New Orleans.

On that day, there are celebrations all over the world to mark the end of Ordinary Time for now, saying farewell to old ways with overindulgence in food and drink. Cleaning out the pantry and cabinet, finishing off all the sugary, bad-foryou food (and, for many, the remainder of their liquor) is the goal of Mardi Gras.

Pancakes and king cakes are consumed on this day. There are thousands of parades from one krewe or another. This year, a 330-foot float, the largest ever,

appeared in New Orleans. Even towns with no connection to the original Mardi Gras — such as Wetumpka and Millbrook — have started staging parades.

Schools in the Mobile area let out for an entire week in celebration of Mardi Gras.

When people mention Fat Tuesday, it sounds like a holiday soaked in grease. However, I think of it as a chance for a fresh start, for those New Year’s resolutions to get a second chance.

As we start this 40-day period, consider fast and abstinence as part of a self-denial plan. It’s a crazy world and occasionally we need to slow down and think about making it better, one person at a time, with a little self-sacrifice and soul searching.

Michael Bird is a choral director for Tallassee City Schools and cohosts “The Saturday Morning Show with Michael Bird and Scott Adcock” on WACQ-AM 580 and FM 98.5.

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STEVE FLOWERS Columnistt

Revenues are up as legislature begins work G

ov. Kay Ivey has been inaugurated and the legislature had its organizational session. Now it’s time for our state officials to get to work.

Among the three branches of government — legislative, executive and judicial — the 1901 Alabama Constitution renders the legislative branch as the most powerful.

Some who witnessed the George Wallace era may disagree and point to the executive branch but that was a unique era. Gov. Wallace had basically become king of Alabama politics from 1963 through 1986 with a couple of interlopers taking four-year residency in the Governor’s Mansion on Perry Street. They left all of the wheelchair accessibility aspects, Wallace features designed for his paralysis and his cigar-smoking bedroom in the mansion alone. They probably assumed he would return after his constitutionally mandated hiatus. There will never be another politician who will control the reins of state government for five terms like Wallace did. He essentially established himself as king of Alabama in pretty much the same way as Franklin Delano Roosevelt did as president from 1932 until his death in 1945. Ironically and coincidentally, both ruled from wheelchairs.

Wallace simply owned the legislature.

He was like a dictator and legislators were his puppets. As a young legislator, I watched as Wallace’s lieutenants simply sent the agenda for the day down from the governor’s office, bypassing the rules committee completely. The governor’s budget became the budget. If there was any pork in the budget, it went to Wallace’s loyal legislators. Thankfully, I represented Wallace’s home county of Barbour, therefore my district was on the pork list. In essence during that 20-year Wallace reign, the legislature was simply an appendage of the governor’s office.

Today, the legislature has assumed its inherent power which is derived from the power of the purse. The legislature controls the appropriation of the state’s dollars, the ways and means of state government if you will. It is the most powerful branch because it controls the purse strings. Thus the old political Golden Rule, “Those that control the gold make the rules.”

Ivey and the legislature have a golden opportunity to have a successful four years. They are all of the same party and have a close working relationship. As lieutenant governor and presiding officer of the Senate for over six years, Ivey built an excellent rapport with and understands the workings and machinations of the legislature. She is especially close to the Senate leaders such as Del Marsh, Jabo Waggoner and Greg Reed.

The legislature is overwhelmingly Republican; in the Senate it’s 27-8 and in the House it’s 77-28.

Ivey and the legislature are also the recipients of outstanding financial news as they begin their first regular legislative session this week — Alabama is seeing the strongest tax growth since the Great Recession a decade ago.

The tax dollars that make up the Educational Trust Fund have grown by 6.9 percent over 2017. That is a whopping $428 million more dollars to work with in the crafting of the next fiscal year’s budget. The primary sources for funding the education budget are income and sales tax. Income taxes, the biggest source of school funding, grew by more than $300 million this past year.

It appears President Donald Trump and the Republican Congress’ passage of a taxcut package last year has been the stimulus for the growth in revenue for Alabama’s tax coffers. Even the beleaguered General Fund Budget is in better shape than was first thought. Our General Fund reaps its revenues from different taxes and tends to grow much more slowly than the education fund revenues but it grew by $76 million, putting the projection close to $2 billion.

Steve Flowers served 16 years in the legislature and may be reached at www. steveflowers.us.

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Memories of a lifetime are mostly good I have lived through a lot and most of it was good.

I remember World War II and the death of President Franklin Roosevelt but I also remember when there was only one size Coke and it was 6½ ounces. I remember Gene Autry, Roy Rogers and Tarzan; how many boys tried to yell like him as he swung through the jungle? About 100 percent of us tried his yell and about 2 percent perfected it. Carol Burnett is the only girl to yell like Tarzan.

All boys tried to sing like Al Jolson in the 1940s and how many practiced to make his voice go up and down like Hank Williams when he sang “Lovesick Blues?”

We all thrilled at the movies and the voice of Elvis Presley. Boys everywhere dyed their hair and tried to comb it like Elvis.

Did I tell you I went to Hank Williams’ funeral? I went with my older sister and her husband. Me and 20,000 others stood outside.

I lived through the 50s, when music was at its very best. Go back and listen and you will agree. I

RONALD BRANTLEY

Columnistt lived in the days of Captain Marvel, Dick Tracy and Superman. Captain Marvel was a boy named Billy Batson who would say the magic words “Shazaam,” and causing him to turn into Captain Marvel. Recently I was watching an advertisement of coming movies and lo and behold Captain Marvel is a beautiful girl who looks as sexy as Wonder Woman.

I lived through the Korean and Vietnam Wars. I remember the Beatles era very well and how the hairstyles changed and daddies fussed and threatened to disown their sons and before long the daddies were wearing their hair long too.

I remember when TV censored the Elvis Presley moves. The other night there was a tribute to Elvis and I thought in the Elvis days they would

have blocked out three quarters of that show. I remember when TV came to our area and how we loved to compare sets.

And then there were the tape players. It has been said if Hank Williams had owned a $19 tape recorder in his day, we would have 400 more of his songs. He didn’t write music and he left over 400 poems.

I was saved and became a Christian at 17. I opened my business in Tallassee in 1959, we started the Coffeebreak TV show in the 80s and I started writing this article in 2000.

There have been ups and downs since the 40s and 50s but I must say it has been mostly ups or good. There have been failed romances and some so great they will go to the grave with me. Some men live their entire life without knowing true love and it is my belief no life is complete without it. My life has been complete.

Ronald Brantley is a regular columnist for The Tribune. His column appears here each Wednesday.

He can be reached by email at Rbrantley1@elmore.rr.com

These are not your daddy’s Democrats O

n a cold, blood-smeared, stainless steel cart, a newborn wriggles and gasps for air while a sterile attendant rolls her away. No one shows any empathy for the little one. Under U.S. law, doctors and medical staff are not penalized in any way for failing to care for babies who survive abortion attempts.

Sen. Ben Sasse (R-NE) sponsored the Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act along with 49 of his fellow Republican senators. The bill would have required doctors to provide medical care to babies born alive after abortion attempts or face penalties for harming a child. Last week they needed 60 votes to break a Democratic filibuster blocking the bill.

The Center for Disease Control tracks the number of babies born alive after a “termination of pregnancy” in hospitals but not in abortion clinics. More than 3,000 babies are aborted every day in America, the vast majority in abortion clinics.

We do not know how many babies survive abortion only to die slowly or brutally.

Former president George W. Bush signed the 2002 Born Alive Infants Protection Act that declared any child born alive, even those who survived abortion attempts, was legally considered a “person,” “human being” and “child” under federal law. However, that bill has no penalties against those who break the law and do not care for the life of a child.

DANIEL GARDNER Columnist

Abortion is a political issue for Democrats, and every senator who has announced he or she is running for president in 2020 voted against protecting children who survive abortion attempts.

Democrats and their kissing cousins in the mainstream media, i.e. CNN, MSNBC, The New York Times, The Washington Post et al, are staunchly united in their stand against abortion survivors. Some survivors have formed The Abortion Survivor Network: More Than a Choice. (View more at www.theabortionsurvivors.com) As you might imagine, abortion survivors have a very different view of the sanctity of human life. Their stories are rarely if ever acknowledged by Democrats or their media cousins.

While this life-or-death vote was being counted in the Senate, President Donald Trump was making another personal effort toward denuclearizing the Korean peninsula. Kim Jong Un was not willing to make a deal and Trump walked away with sanctions still in place.

Under Trump’s watch, North Korea has stopped testing missiles and nuclear bombs, something his prede-

cessor was incapable of doing. It’s not much but it’s a start. Democrats and media cousins mocked Trump for losing the deal.

Back in the House, Democrats scheduled hearings to coincide with Trump’s unprecedented efforts to negotiate peace on the Korean Peninsula. Rep. Elijah Cummings (D-MD), chairman of the House Oversight Committee, decided his committee had to hear testimony from Michael Cohen, a felon sentenced to three years in federal prison for tax evasion and lying to Congress among other convictions.

Presiding judge William Pauley characterized Cohen’s crimes as a “veritable smorgasbord of fraudulent conduct” and “motivated by personal greed and ambition.”

Coincidentally, a Rasmussen poll conducted at the end of February found 62 percent of Democrats “consider Trump a bigger danger to America than the dictator who has threatened this country with nuclear attack.” Think about that!

The Democrats’ platform to defeat Trump in 2020 is founded upon abortion bordering on infanticide, the multi-trillion dollar Green New Deal, and “Trump is a racist!” These are not your daddy’s Democrats!

Daniel L. Gardner is a syndicated columnist who lives in Starkville, Mississippi. You may contact him at PJandMe2@gmail.com or interact with him on the Clarion-Ledger website.

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Hall of Pride induction ceremony March 14

By CARMEN RODGERS Staff Writer

The Tallassee High School Alumni Association’s Hall of Pride induction ceremony is scheduled for March 14 at 10 a.m. at the Tallassee High School auditorium.

The 2019 inductees include coach Derrick Ansley, class of 2000; Dr. Henry Lee Taylor, class of 1952; Dr. G. Larry Whatley, Class of 1958; and Service Award winner Marjorie Carter.

“Dr. Taylor is 86 and his son told me he no longer travels but Dr. Taylor told me he is coming,” THSAA president Suzannah Wilson said. “He wants us to find

some of his classmates and invite them. Dr. Whatley has also confirmed and Mr. Ansley will let me know next week if he can arrange to be here.”

Taylor had a storied career in the Air Force, receiving the Distinguished Flying Cross for combat valor in Vietnam and serving at the Pentagon. He had a second career as director of the Institute of Aviation and as professor of psychology at the University of Illinois.

He has received numerous accolades, including receiving a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Military Psychology Association for leadership in the field and being named an honorary fellow from the International

Ansley

Carter

Symposium on Aviation Psychology.

Whatley earned a Ph.D. from Indiana University and served on the music faculty at Brevard College in Brevard, North Carolina, from 1963-2000. He has published many articles and composed a catalog of about 50 compositions for band, orchestra, chorus, solo

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Whatley

voice, solo instruments and chamber music. Whatley was named to the Brevard College Alumni Hall of Fame after his retirement.

Ansley played football at Troy University, where he was named to the allconference team in 2004.

Upon graduation, he served as a defensive backs coach at Huntingdon College in

Montgomery. He also served as an assistant coach on a national championship team at Alabama. He is currently the defensive backs coach for the NFL’s Oakland Raiders.

The Service Award will be presented to the Carter, who spent almost two decades teaching English and advising the Talla-Hi News. Under her tutelage, the newspaper won top honors year after year and several of her editors were named journalist of the year by the Alabama High School Press Association, according to Wilson.

Those who were nominated this year but not inducted will be in the selection process for the 2020 class.

ORDER OF CIMARRÓN Photos by Cliff Williams / The Tribune

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he 2019 Order of Cimarrón Mardi Gras Festival was held in Wetumpka on Saturday. Humane Society of Elmore County director Rea Cord, far left, was the grand marshal. Many people enjoyed watching the parade and getting goodies from the floats among other activities. Beads were thrown to the crowd throughout the day, along with candy and other goodies.

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Grand time had by all at Pawdi Gras, festival

By REA CORD HSEC Executive Director

We want to offer a huge thanks to the great folks that made the 2019 Order of Cimarrón Wetumpka Mardi Gras Festival such a huge success Saturday.

Shelter executive director Rea Cord was extremely honored to be the Grand Marshal and we also just loved seeing the inaugural group of dogs and owners all dressed up for Pawdi Gras. We think a grand time was had by all and look forward to next year’s festivities and perhaps even more dogs and owners in Pawdi Gras.

If you are like us, you not only love your animals but also the environment and try to do your part to help our world be here for a very long time for our children. So here is a cool opportunity to do both. If you shop at the Winn Dixie in Wetumpka between now and March 31, and you purchase their “Community Giving Bag(s),” the shelter will receive $1 for every bag purchased. Isn’t that a wonderful thing that they thought of the shelter like this while also giving us all an opportunity to reduce the waste of so many plastic bags? Check this out at the Wetumpka Winn Dixie and please thank them as well for choosing our shelter to support like this.

Only two weeks remain until our ninth annual “Getting Down with the Dawgs” $10,000 Drawdown on Friday,

March 15 at the Entertainment Center at Wind Creek Wetumpka. Stop by our shelter Monday through Friday from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Saturday from 8 a.m. until 4 p.m. to get your ticket(s) before they sell out. If you want to also visit any of the pets available for adoption, please wait until 10 a.m. to get your ticket(s). You can also purchase your ticket(s) over the phone with a credit card, but we cannot mail them per federal law and will hold them in “will call.” For any questions, contact the shelter at 334-567-3377 or email hselco@bellsouth.net.

With the purchase of a $100 ticket you will have a 1 in 312 opportunity to win $10,000 (you do not have to be present to win the grand prize).

Each ticket holder and guest will get a delicious buffet dinner/beverage, awesome door prizes given out after every 25th ticket drawn (do have to be present to win the door prizes) and cash bars for your convenience. If you have a guest that would like to attend with the ticket holder(s), cost for their entry/meal is $25.

On March 15, the Wind Creek Entertainment Center doors will open at 6 p.m. (be aware that Wind Creek has made it clear the doors will not be opened until 6 p.m.), with dinner catered by Wind Creek to begin at 6:30 p.m. followed by the Drawdown at 7:15 p.m. Don’t miss out — come get your ticket(s) this week.

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Our adoption fees are $100 for dogs and $50 for cats under oneyear-old; cats over one-year-old can be adopted by approved adopters for

a fee of their choosing. This adoption fee completely covers the mandatory spay or neuter, basic immunizations, de-worming, microchip, heartworm check for dogs, rabies vaccination if old enough and a free health exam with a participating veterinarian.

To meet Lady Lane and all the other great pets at the shelter come to 255 Central Plank Road in Wetumpka or visit our website at www.elmorehumane.org. For more information, email the shelter at hselco@bellsouth.net or call 334-5673377.

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There’s no way everybody can be pleased

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like to please people. Do you? I like it much better when people around me are pleased with me than when they are not. Perhaps you share this inclination with me.

But it is impossible to please everybody. God doesn’t expect it.

There are some people you just can’t please. And if you could, you would certainly do something in pleasing them that displeased someone else.

God Himself doesn’t please everyone. The farmer needs rain for his crops and the bride down the road needs a sunny day for her outdoor wedding. Someone’s not going to be pleased. It is quite foolish to try to do what God Himself doesn’t do.

If we think we can please everybody and invest a lot of time

and effort in trying to do so, we are setting ourselves up for failure and futility. It is an emotional trap. We take much anxiety upon ourselves when we ignore the wisdom of Proverbs 29:25: “The fear of man lays a snare but whoever trusts in the Lord is safe.” The TEV puts it, “It is dangerous to be concerned with what others think of you.” We may want to be liked and admired by everyone but we don’t need to be liked and admired by everyone.

Paul did say in one text, “Just as I try to please everyone in everything I do, not seeking my own advantage, but that of many, that they may be saved.” (1 Corinthians 10:33.) But the context is about practicing self-restraint in matters of indifference to avoid violating the conscience of others.

MIKE MCELROY Columnist And note that Paul’s objective in doing this was to win souls, not a popularity contest.

Jesus taught us to be like Him — gentle and lowly in heart. But Jesus is the perfect example to show meekness and weakness are not the same. He taught us to say “yes” when we mean “yes” and “no” when we mean “no” (Matthew 5:37). Jesus was telling the truth when He said, “I always do the things that are pleasing to Him” about the Father

(John 8:29). But He frequently displeased the orthodox. “And when the chief priests and scribes saw the wonderful things that he did, and the children crying in the temple, and saying, Hosanna to the Son of David; they were sorely displeased.” (Matthew 21:15, KJV). The One who was the Truth in flesh never compromised what was right. The One who was Love on display never caved to pressure to conform.

Part of our freedom in Christ is freedom from the tyranny of domineering people who try to pressure us into doing things their way. Paul told Timothy, “For God gave us a spirit, not of fear but of power and love and self-control” (2 Timothy 1:7). Hear that freedom in these translations: “God has not

given us the spirit of cowardice” (Phillips). “God doesn’t want you to be afraid of people” (Living Bible). “For the spirit that God has given us does not make us timid” (Good News). No one can pressure or intimidate you unless you give them that control over you.

Let’s stop hurting ourselves by trying to please everyone. I do not mean for us to become callous and inconsiderate. This is not a license to be hateful and self-centered. Do all you can to get along peaceably with all people. When you encounter difficult people, hold your ground, pray for those who persecute you and leave it to God to deal with them. But just because you’re a Christian (or a preacher) doesn’t mean you have to, can or should please everyone.

Church Briefs Episcopal Church of the Epiphany

On March 6 at 6:30 p.m. the Rev. Larry Yarbrough will preside at an Ash Wednesday service. On Sunday, March 10 at 9:30 a.m.

Dana Barlow will teach a Sunday School class about Lent. At 10:30 a.m. the Rev. Katie Nakamura Rengers will celebrate the Holy Eucharist to mark the first Sunday in Lent, with coffee hour to follow.

For more information visit the church website: http://epiphanytallassee.org

First United Methodist Church

Worship with us on Sunday mornings! 8:50 a.m. Contemporary service, 11 a.m.

- Traditional service. Programs for kids and youth on Sunday nights from 5-6:30 p.m. and for all ages on Wednesday nights from 6:30 7:15 p.m. Come join us!

First United Methodist is located at 1 Jordan Avenue, Tallassee.

334-283-2195.

St. Vincent de Paul Catholic Church

Our Life’s Journey radio program is at a new time. Sundays 9:30am on WACQ-AM 580 and FM

101.1 (Tallassee/Lake Martin Area) or online at www.wacqradio.com or the “TuneIn” App on your Smart Phone.

St. Vincent de Paul Church has Mass on Saturday Nights at 6 p.m. and Sunday Mornings at 8 a.m. and 10:30 a.m. with Sunday School from 9:15-10:15 a.m. each week.

St. Vincent de Paul is located at 620 Gilmer Avenue in Tallassee.

For more information, please call 334-283-2169.

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God’s Congregation Holiness Church

God’s Congregation Holiness Church. Bishop Adolophus Gauntt and First Lady Nina Fraley Gauntt welcomes guest speaker, Bishop Effell Williams, on March 9 at 3 p.m. at 508 Jordan Avenue. For more information, contact 334-2838116 everyone invited.

Liberty Baptist Church

Everyone is invited to join us in worship at 574 Liberty Road, Tallassee. Sunday School begins at 9:45 a.m. and Morning Worship at 10:45 a.m. A Jen Wilkin Bible study on the book of Genesis will be at 5:00 p.m. as well as other Discipleship Training classes.

Evening Worship follows at 6 p.m.

Wednesday night services for all ages begin at 6 p.m. For more information please call 334-2836338.

Living Water Worship Center

Revival nights will be held on the last Sunday of each month beginning at 6 p.m. at 45 Main St. in downtown Eclectic.

East Tallassee United Methodist Church

The “River’s Edge Flea Market” is open every Saturday from 6 a.m. to 2 p.m.

All vendors are welcome: new items, old items, crafts, youth groups, ball teams, baked goods, produce and food. The flea market is sponsored by the East Tallassee United Methodist Church and is located across from city hall. We will offer variously priced booths.

The secret of contentment found in Philippians

By ANDREW SCHMITT Special to The Tribune

We live in a discontented age. Regardless of their age, race, religion, finances and gender, many people struggle to find sustained satisfaction in their lives.

Younger people want to be older in order to have more independence and respect from their peers. Older people desire to be younger and experience the physical vitality and decreased responsibilities they once possessed as youth. It seems with each new season of life, we either desire to return to the days of yesteryear or launch headlong into the future because our present circumstances are not what we hoped they would be.

Writing to the Church at Philippi, the Apostle Paul explains the secret of contentment is found in knowing and being satisfied in Christ. Listen to this aged, imprisoned missionary as he shares what he has learned in the school of life in Philippians 4:10-13: “I rejoiced in the Lord greatly that now at length you have revived your concern for me.

You were indeed concerned for me but you had no opportunity. Not that I am speaking of being in need, for I have learned in whatever situation I am to be content. I know how to be brought low and I know how to abound. In any and every circumstance, I have learned the secret of facing plenty and hunger, abundance and need. I can do

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Over time and through learned experiences, the Lord had taught Paul three truths about contentment.

1. Contentment is not dependent upon the assistance of others. Paul was a prisoner in Rome as he wrote this letter to a church that had been faithful to support his ministry financially over the years. Nevertheless, the Philippians had a lapse in their giving due to a lack of opportunity.

Paul did not allow the actions of others to dictate his contentment. His love and friendship for the Philippians was not utilitarian; it was not based upon what they could or could not do for him.

2. Contentment is not dependent upon our circumstances. Paul had been a pupil in both the school of poverty and prosperity. He knew how to be content with a little and a lot. It did not matter if his circumstances were favorable or not, he was resolved to be content. How? 3. Contentment is dependent upon knowing Christ. Paul had repented of his sins and by faith trusted in Christ for salvation. Christ was his source of contentment and proved to be more than sufficient to meet his needs by His enabling and sustaining power in the midst of difficult days of suffering.

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Darryl Free leads Wildcats to third state championship

By CALEB TURRENTINE Sports Writer

When football season ended, Edgewood coach Darryl Free had a quick turnaround to get the boys basketball team ready for the season ahead. However, after winning a total of 11 games during the previous two seasons, the Wildcats entered 2019 with a new sense of confidence and they rode that to the school’s third boys basketball state championship.

See FREE • Page B2

Turner racks up awards while leading Tigers to 22-win season

By CALEB TURRENTINE Sports Writer

Tyrek Turner has gotten used to walking away from the court holding a plaque. After winning area tournament Most Valuable Player as a sophomore in 2018, Turner started making a habit of it during his junior season.

Tallassee participated in three in-season tournaments

and Turner was named to the all-tournament team in all three.

He walked away with the MVP award during Tallassee’s Lions Club Tournament and the Elmore County Tournament at Wetumpka.

“He was very consistent this season and you don’t just luck into those things,” Tallassee coach Keiven Mixson said. “His numbers aren’t staggering or anything but he has worked so hard. He’s

improved a lot since his sophomore year.”

While a coach’s perspective may be different from most, Turner’s numbers certainly still jump off the page. He averaged 13.2 points, 12.2 rebounds and 4.5 blocks while playing in all 30 games during Tallassee’s run to the sub-regionals. Turner is the Elmore County Boys Basketball See TURNER • Page B2

FIRST TEAM Guard: Robert Stewart, Edgewood Academy junior Stewart’s numbers will not jump off the sheet but he was a big factor for bringing a state title to the Wildcats. Over the last seven games of the season, he averaged 15.3 points per game and took home the AISA State Tournament’s Most Valuable Player award. He made 43 3-pointers during the season and averaged 11.6 points per game across 27 games. Stewart also added 5.9 rebounds, 3.6 assists and 2.1 steals per game. “He did a great job coming on this year,” Edgewood coach Darryl Free said. “He’s the kind of player you can keep on the floor for a lot of minutes. He was a great tool on both sides of the ball for us all season.”

Guard: Tyquan Rawls, Wetumpka senior

Guard: Jamicah Humphrey, Tallassee sophomore

Rawls was always expected to be one of the leaders for Wetumpka this season. Before he made it to the court, the Indians started the season just 1-6. However, in the 22 games Rawls played in, Wetumpka went 11-11. He led the team with 17.5 points per game, including a 41-point performance in a win over Jemison. Rawls also led Wetumpka with 63 made 3-pointers and 70 steals. “Going into this year, we knew he could be a top scorer,” Wetumpka coach Derrick Powell said. “We just didn’t know he would come in with the tenacity he did. He’s a pure shooter and his basketball IQ makes it easier for him to score.”

Humphrey had a lot of pressure on him to start the season, taking over the starting point guard spot from Travon Skipper after Tallassee won the area championship in 2018.

The Tigers moved to Class 5A and needed production from their new point guard. Humphrey provided that and more, leading the team with 14.4 points to go with 5.8 assists per game. He made 47 3-pointers and reached double figures in 20 in 27 games on the court. “After losing Travon, that position was a big question mark for us,” Tallassee coach Keiven Mixson said. “He played as well as I could have expected him to. We certainly do not get as many wins as we did without him.”

Forward: Drake Baker, Holtville junior

Forward: Jahsan Upshaw, Stanhope Elmore senior

Prior to the start of the basketball season, Baker’s status was unknown after a surgery on his right elbow.

However, he did not miss a game and led the Bulldogs to 10-plus wins for the third consecutive season. Baker packed the stat sheet every night, averaging 17.3 points and 11.7 rebounds per game.

He also added 2.7 assists, 2.5 steals and 2.2 blocks per game. “When you have a guy like that, you want to build around him,” Holtville coach Michael Collins said.

“We’ve been trying to do that since he was a ninth grader. There’s just something about him on the court.

Basketball fans around the county had seen Upshaw’s potential in spurts over his high school career but he put it all together for his senior season. He led Stanhope with 13.3 points per game, taking the Mustangs into the sub-regional round for the second time in the last six years. Upshaw grabbed 8.7 rebounds per game and recorded 11 double-doubles in 29 games. He also averaged 1.2 blocks and 1.1 steals per game. “He really exceeded my expectations this season,” Stanhope coach Terry Hardy said.

“He grew up a lot from last year. He lived up to his potential and played hard for us. He was more focused on helping the team this year.”

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There are some situations you just look at him and he’s unguardable.”

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With a 5-0 shutout of Montgomery Catholic under its belt, the Reeltown Rebels baseball team kept up the pace with a 12-2 defeat of Jeff Davis during Saturday’s doubleheader.

Logan Hunt and Will Brooks combined for a three-hit shutout. Hunt fired four innings and racked up nine strikeouts. He allowed only one hit and one walk. Brooks entered in relief for the final three innings and gave up only two more hits. He threw three strikeouts and didn’t walk any.

Offensively, the Rebels took an early 2-0 lead in the third inning as Robert Crittenden scored on passed ball and Cade Wood went home an error by the Knights’ catcher. Reeltown added three runs worth of insurance as Gabe Bryant smacked a two-run single in the top of the seventh and Crittenden again scored on a wild pitch.

In the victory, the Rebels (4-2) had only six hits but jumped on five errors and eight walks to score the win in five innings. Reeltown also got a strong pitching game from Colby Clark and Kolby Coan. Together, they gave up only five hits while striking out seven.

Coan walked only one in two innings of work, while Clark didn’t walk any.

On the day, Colt Adcock finished with three singles and two RBIs, while Bryant had two singles of his own and also drove in a pair of runs.

SOFTBALL Reeltown grabs 1 victory at Tallassee tourney Facing off against some tough competition, Reeltown’s softball team at last ended the Tallassee Tournament on a high note by defeating Pike Road, 13-6. Prior to that, the Rebels had suffered losses to Opelika, 9-4; St. James, 15-0; and Tallassee, 10-1.

The Rebels (3-9) racked up 16 hits See REELTOWN • Page B5

Downey’s 1-hitter downs Tallassee

By CALEB TURRENTINE Sports Writer

Austin Downey was one strike away from sitting down the ninth consecutive Tallassee batter and being one out from a no-hitter Monday night. However, Tallassee catcher Reece Graham connected with a pitch and sent a line drive just over the glove of the leaping shortstop for the Tigers’ first hit of the night.

Downey quickly shook off the disappointment and struck out the final two batters of the night to finish his first complete game of the season and give Elmore County a 2-0 win over its county rivals. Downey finished with 10 strikeouts and allowed just two walks before grabbing his second victory of the season.

“About the third inning I knew I was going to shut it down,” Downey said. “Being able to come out here against our rival and play some good ball, that just feels great.”

Caleb Turrentine / The Tribune The Panthers (3-1) had not played in a game in six days due to bad weather and Top: Tallassee first baseman Dylan Turner stretches for a throw from third base to rewhile the rain held off Monday night, the tire an Elmore County batter during Monday night’s game. Above: Blake Schwab (10) See BASEBALL • Page B6 attempts to bunt during the third inning of Tallassee’s 2-0 loss against the Panthers.

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Edgewood’s Darryl Free is the Elmore County Boys Basketball Coach of the Year.

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“We had a unique team this year because I knew I didn’t have to be a disciplinary kind of coach with them,” Free said. “We had players who had been through so much that they wanted to win that badly. They kept on and just believed they could be on top.”

Free is the Elmore County Boys Basketball Coach of the Year.

Edgewood finished the season with a 22-5 record and knocked off Autauga 38-21 to win the AISA-AA state title.

Despite the lack of success since 2017, the Wildcats knew they would make some noise with the roster they had.

“That team went through so much together,” Free said. “For them to come in and do what they did this year was great to see. Everyone did a great job of feeding off of each other as a team.”

That roster was led by JC Bush and Brady Davidson, two seniors who had been with the varsity team since Free arrived in 2016. Free said they were a part of the group he first met with after accepting the position.

“When coach Free took over this program, he sat us down in the classroom and told us where we were and where we needed to be,” Bush said after winning the state title. “We reached that today. We bought in and worked our tails off to be on top right now.”

Free said he admitted to the team it would not be an easy journey but the players bought in anyway and pushed themselves to learn the style of play the coaching staff wanted to implement. The

Wildcats thrived once again thrived off defense this season, allowing just 38.1 points per game.

“You’ll have an off night in offense in every sport and in the regular season you can always say there will be a tomorrow,” Free said. “But when you’re in the playoffs, there is no tomorrow when you lose.

If you’re going to win, you have to do it with defense. So, we are going to do with bringing that intensity on defense every game.”

The intensity helped the Wildcats finish off the season with two wins after allowing a total of 50 points in the final two rounds of the state tournament. While the play can get exhausting on the court, the players enjoyed using their defense to win games.

Throughout the season, Edgewood’s bench seemed to pay more attention when its team was on defense. Sometimes it felt the Wildcats deflected at least one pass on every possession by their opponents.

Free helped bring that intensity back to the Edgewood boys basketball program and with it has come a winning culture.

The Wildcats expect to have a majority of their rotation back for a chance to repeat next season but for those leaving, this season has left a lasting impression.

“I’ve never known another coach that has dedicated so much time to a team,” Bush said. “He was the only coach that I’ve ever had that gave me confidence in myself. Every practice coach Free would bring the same energy and push us to become the best we could possibly be.”

Player of the Year.

Turner could have posted bigger numbers but opponents quickly caught on to what the Tigers wanted to do on offense and attempted to shut down the post.

While that opened up shots from the outside for other Tallassee players, Turner still made a big impact on those games.

“He would get frustrated at times and sometimes I put a lot of pressure on him too,” Mixson said. “But I tell him these teams have two or three guys on you and you’re still walking away with 11 points and 13 rebounds.

I just cannot say enough about his hard work.”

Turner recorded 18 double-doubles, including two against Stanhope Elmore.

During the opening round of the Elmore County Tournament, Turner had his best game of the season, posting 25 points, 16 rebounds and five blocks in a win over the Mustangs.

“He was just a solid player,” Stanhope coach Terry Hardy said. “He did all the things a big man is supposed to do.

He’s not flashy but at the end of the night, he’s still going to have 18 to 20 points and get rebounds. You don’t see many traditional bigs like him anymore.”

Mixson said it was not unusual for opposing coaches to compliment Turner after a game. Turner’s impact

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on the court was always clear and the opponents had to respect it.

“A lot of coaches would come up to him after games to tell him how well he played,” Mixson said. “He was probably the best big man we saw on either side of the court all year.”

With one more high school season on the horizon for Turner, Mixson said the big man’s potential is sky high. However, if Turner wants to get some more attention from college scouts, he’ll likely need to add some more size.

Mixson said Turner will need to have a summer full of hard work to improve on his numbers from this season. He wants Turner to stay in the weight room to add

some more muscle and work more on his outside game to be ready for his final year.

“I think he’s a college player already,” Mixson said. “But if he still grows a couple of inches, that’ll help his senior year a lot. He’s still going to be a leader on our team. His upside is just incredible.”

The Tigers lose two key contributors from this year’s team which finished the season at 22-8 but Turner is a big reason why the expectations will be high again next year. Turner will return alongside starting guards Sandarius Hughley and Jamicah Humphrey as the Tigers look to push into the regional tournament for the first time in program history.

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in their final game and scored nine runs in the first inning alone. Morgan McGuire, Chloe Davidson and Marlee Knox had consecutive singles to begin the game. McGuire scored on an error, and Knoxâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s single knocked in Davidson before the Rebels ever got an out on the board.

With one out, the hits just kept on coming for Reeltown, as Kenzie Hornsby had an RBI single, followed by a single to shortstop by Bella Studdard and a run-scoring single from Bentley Baker. Madison Ledbetter then drew a walk to load up the bases again, and with two outs, the Rebels kept their offense moving. Studdard scored on a wild pitch then McGuire bunted a single, giving courtesy runner Savannah Hornbsy time to score.

McGuire stole home and Knox hit another RBI single to give the Rebels a 9-0 lead before the inningâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s end.

Through the four-game tournament, the Rebels totaled 28 hits, all of which were singles. Ledbetter and McGuire paced Reeltown with five hits apiece. Davidson had four hits and led the way with four runs scored. Baker and Kenzie Hornsby each had three singles.

The pitching still struggled for Reeltown, as five pitchers combined for 27 walks in only 13 2/3 innings.

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The game went back and forth, but the Bobcats got a run from Brandy Phillips on a wild pitch in the top of the ninth then held off Reeltown for the win.

Early on, the Rebels (2-7) grabbed a narrow lead with a run scored on a two-out rally in the bottom of the second.

Ledbetter got things going with a single, and Peyton Ledbetter followed with one of her own.

Savannah Hornsby then put a run on the board with an RBI single.

Beulah answered right back in the top of the third and took a lead in the bottom of the fifth.

Then it was Reeltownâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s turn to answer with a pair of runs in the home half of the inning.

This time with one out, the Rebels got three consecutive singles from McGuire, Kenzie Gibson and Studdard. McGuire scored on a passed ball, and Studdardâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s single plated Gibson.

Reeltown led until the top of the seventh when the Bobcats broke through for the tying run.

In all, the Rebels totaled nine hits led by McGuireâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s three and Peyton Ledbetterâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s two.

Studdard went eight innings in the circle, and despite allowing nine hits, she gave up only two earned runs. She struck out three. The Rebel pitchers continue to struggle with walks though, as Studdard and Karlee Cotton combined for 10 walks.

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Tigers win Purple and Gold tournament to extend strong start STAFF REPORT TPI Staff

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Tallassee’s Chloe Baynes racked up six hits this weekend to help lead the Tigers to the Purple and Gold Tournament championship.

The Tallassee softball team won all four games during its annual Purple and Gold Tournament, capping off the weekend with a 10-0 win against Saint James to earn the title. The Tigers score eight runs in the fifth, seven of the coming with two outs in the inning.

After Avary Lumpkin scored to give Tallassee a 3-0 lead with two outs, Sinclair Cole extended the inning with a single. It was followed by hits from Ella Thrash and Anslee Osborne to bring the top of the order to the plate.

The Tigers continued to add to their lead when Belle Haynes knocked in two more runs with her second double of the game. Haynes scored on a single from Lexi Love and the game was called when Love scored on an error on the next play.

Jordan Walters pitched a complete game in the championship, allowing just two base runners to Saint James. She struck out two and used just 57 pitches to complete five innings.

Walters also added two hits at the

plate in the game.

Haynes and Chloe Baynes each had six hits to lead the Tigers in the tournament. However, it was Lumpkin who put on a show during Tallassee’s run to the title.

During the opener against Pike Road, Lumpkin hit a grand slam in the first inning for her first home run of the season. She followed that with another home run in the following game against Opelika.

She finished the tournament with seven RBIs. Walters grabbed two victories in the circle during the tournament.

She allowed just two hits over eight innings and did not allow a run, dropping her ERA to 0.33 on the season.

Tallassee was back in action Monday and rolled to another victory to improve to 11-1 on the season. Walters pitched another complete game, striking out four and allowing one run in the 6-3 victory over Central-Phenix.

Lumpkin hit another home run and added a double before finishing with two more RBIs and two more runs. Baynes led the team with three hits in the victory.

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cold temperatures did not make things easier. Elmore County struggled to give Downey any run support because of some mental mistakes on the base paths.

“Austin got in a groove and that was huge,” ECHS coach Michael Byrd said. “Offensively, I thought we had good at bats but we had some costly outs on the bases. We were two or three hits from a 6-0 game. That comes from not playing many games so I think those are things we can clean up.”

After two quick outs to start the game, Elmore County grabbed a 1-0 lead in the first inning when Landon Maynard scored on a wild pitch. That was all Downey needed to lead the Panthers to victory.

“When we get in the lead with Austin on the mound, you feel pretty good about it,” Byrd said. “We had Landon ready to come in but Austin was just in that groove so I had to let him go.”

Downey also led the Panthers with two hits, along with Taylor Handerson and Trey Brand. Elmore County did not grab its second run of the game until the seventh inning when Payne Watts scored on a Garrett

Cole groundout.

Seven different Tallassee players were on the receiving end of a Downey strikeout. Graham reached base twice for the Tigers, battling for a walk in the fourth inning and singling in the seventh.

“We really didn’t make any adjustments at the plate all night,” Tallassee coach Adam Clayton said. “He was pounding the zone with the fastball and we struggled against the off-speed stuff. You have to shorten your swing some and we couldn’t do that. Credit to Austin though, he had a great game.”

Beau Baker pitched five innings for Tallassee but fell to 0-2 on the season. He allowed seven hits and just one unearned run while striking out two batters.

“That is disappointing,” Clayton said. “In all three of Beau’s appearances so far this year, he’s pitched well enough to win. We just have to continue to work and get our offense to spark some time.”

Because of changes made to the area alignments last year, this was the lone scheduled meeting between the two teams this season. Elmore County has now won two of the last three games in the series after losing the previous nine meetings with the Tigers.

“When you feel like it’s a rivalry, you hope your guys can get up for it,” Clayton said. “I just didn’t feel that from our guys tonight. It meant a little more to Elmore County and that showed tonight.”

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Commissioners give the House of Love and Mercy $2,100

By CARMEN RODGERS Staff Writer

The House of Love and Mercy received some love from the Elmore County Commission in the form of a $2,100 check.

The check was presented to God’s Congregation’s Holiness Church bishop Aldophus Gauntt, who along with his wife, Nina, operate the HOLM. “We are very appreciative of the Elmore County commissioners who gave this check,” Gauntt said.

“This helps a lot. It helps the women in the program.”

Commissioner Earl Reeves said a recent visit to the HOLM made a deep impact.

“I invited all of the commissioners to go over and see what I saw,” he said. “It was very touching. I was touched to see the lives that this program is helping.”

According to Reeves, each commissioner gave from their discretionary fund for a total donation of $2,100.

Gauntt opened the HOLM in 2000 and since then the program has helped numerous women dealing with addiction, domestic violence and other life-threating situations.

“You’re talking in the hundreds,” Gauntt said.

‘One girl came all the way from Minnesota. Most

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The House of Love and Mercy received some love from the Elmore County Commission in the form of a check for $2,100.

Pictured above are Elmore County commissioner Earl Reeves, God’s Congregation’s Holiness Church Bishop Aldophus Gauntt, and Elmore County commissioner Mack Daughtry.

people hear about us through word of mouth and my wife Nina operates a Facebook page where a lot of people have reached out to us.”

Like most recovery programs, the HOLM began as a short in-house program but quickly adjusted to better suit each individual’s treatment.

“It started off with a 28-day program,” Gauntt said. “But after we got into it, we realized that wasn’t always long enough. Some girls stay here a year or

longer, as long as it takes. This is about reestablishment and this is a place for the transition. We get them back on their feet, back to functioning in society.”

The HOLM is a 10-bed recovery facility and every woman there has a past story of substance or physical abuse to tell.

For more information on the program or to contribute to the HOLM, contact 334-283-8116.

Tallassee High students cook up scholarships

By CARMEN RODGERS Staff Writer

Rev. Spencer speaks at Heart Links Photo by Carmen Rodgers / The Tribune Montgomery’s St. James United Methodist Church Rev. Janeese Spencer was the guest speaker during the 16th annual Heart Links Women’s Praise and Worship Conference at the historic Mt. Vernon Theater, which was held on Feb. 22 and sponsored by several area churches.

Four Tallassee High School students, Kendra Barris, Tara Daye, Tywonna Taylor, and Armani Wilkerson, each earned an $8,000 scholarship after placing third in the Jr. Chef Competition on Feb. 22 at Carver High School in Montgomery. THS students competed against students from seven Alabama high schools.

“It was a statewide competition with schools from across the whole state,” THS career tech teacher Connie Riddle said.

“It was our first competition.”

For the completion, the four students whipped up chicken parmesan using limited ingredients.

“They had to use only foods that can be purchased by the child nutrition program,” Riddle said.

The culinary completion ignited student creativity and also added new flavors to school menus across the state.

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Kendra Barris, Tara Daye, Tywonna Taylor, and Armani Wilkerson each earned $8,000 scholarships after placing third at the Jr. Chef Competition.

“The purpose was for students to develop new dishes that school cafeterias can prepare and serve to Alabama public school students,” Riddle said.

According to the Alabama Department of Agriculture and

Industries, a sponsor of the competition, the program aims to provide nutrition education, stimulate interest in locally produced agriculture and ultimately increase consumption of healthier products in school meals.

Give soccer a chance, you may like what you see A

little more than a decade ago, I really started investing myself into the sport of soccer. I did not know much about it but there were more and more exciting games on television and I wanted to understand what was going on.

It did not take long for the game to grow on me and it is now among my favorite sports, along with baseball and basketball, depending on what time of the day it is. I started to realize the biggest reason for the negativity around the sport is the lack of understanding.

At least that’s what it was for me.

The more I watched, the more I understood.

And the more I understood, the more I fell in love with the game.

For some reason, I find it hard to get people to attach themselves to the idea soccer can be entertaining. There was a game in England on Sunday which ended 0-0 but you could not take your eyes off the TV for 90 minutes.

There is no sport like soccer with nonstop action. If you can sit through 12 replays of a football play after first, second and third

down, this is the parents in soccer team around the much easier. the crowd. You county, the success of Plus, everyone can tell some each athletic program can get on of them have should be important board with less had experience to the school and commercials. watching the community as a whole.

And while I sport while Even though I love the know one man’s others just know sport of soccer, I’m not word may not when they’re going to sit here and tell CCALEB ALEB change your supposed to yell you to call it “the real TURRENTINE for a foul. But mind about a football” or try to preach Sports sport, my biggest the best part to you why it’s the most plea is this: Give is they are all popular sport in the Writer high school trying. world. I just want to ask soccer a chance.

They’re you to give it a chance.

Go to a game for your giving the sport a chance There are more local team, send some because someone they international and funds their way to help care about is out on that domestic soccer games with repairing the field field. And while you may on television now than or even just volunteer not know anyone on any ever before. The MLS is to work in a concession stand.

For 80 minutes, there are 22 kids on the soccer field playing their hearts If you began working in a out for a game they love, despite having very little support in the stands.

Cotton mill Most of these teams play Tire plant in the football stadiums that were meant for Paper mill crowds 20 times the size Steel mill most soccer games bring.

Of course, I am not or any other industrial setting before 1980: expecting to go to a soccer game Thursday You may have a claim against the asbestos manufacturers. night to see a full parking lot and standing room only on the home Call now for your free evaluation. sideline. That may never happen in the state of Alabama but why not try to make it the best atmosphere possible?

Asbestos Claims, LLC, Jubal L. Hamil Attorney at Law, ARPC7.2.(e) One of my favorite “No representation is made that the quality of the legal services to be performed is greater than parts of these high school the quality of legal services performed by other lawyers.” games has been hearing

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on the rise while access to European leagues has never been easier to attain.

This Saturday, the Birmingham Legion FC will be hosting its first ever USL match. The inaugural season gets underway at 6 p.m. at the BBVA Compass Field in Birmingham.

This summer, the world’s eyes will be on France where the top 24 women’s national teams will compete for the 2019 FIFA Women’s World Cup. The United State enters the competition as

the defending champions and will be one of the favorites this year.

If you want to start getting into soccer, there is never a better time than right now. Watch the best players in the world from your couch, take a day trip to Birmingham to watch professionals in person and make sure to support your national team this summer.

But it has to start at the local level.

Caleb Turrentine is a sports writer for The Tribune.

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Winners named in Miss Valentine Pageant

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The Miss Valentine Pageant was held for newborns through 12th-graders at the Reeltown Elementary School gym on Feb. 16. Classifications ranged from Baby Miss all the way to High School Miss Valentine.

Selena Jarvis was crowned High School Miss Valentine and also won Prettiest Eyes, Prettiest Smile and Most Photogenic.

Marlee Knox was named second alternate and also won Prettiest Hair and Viewers Choice. Madison Ledbetter was first alternate in Viewers Choice.

Bella Studdard was crowned Senior Miss Valentine and was also awarded Prettiest Eyes and Most Photogenic. Harley Newman was awarded first alternate and also won Prettiest Smile, Prettiest Hair and Viewers Choice.

Mary Segrest was awarded second alternate and Katie Smith third alternate in the Senior Miss category.

McKenzie Browning was crowned Junior Miss Valentine and Prettiest Hair.

Meg Ledbetter was named first alternate.

Bette Gobson was awarded second alternate and Hailey Cleveland was awarded third alternate. Cleveland was also awarded Prettiest Eyes, Most Photogenic and Prettiest Smile.

Christina Humphries was crowned Miss Valentine Elementary School, and also won Me and My Passion and Viewers Choice.

McKinley Tubbs was named first alternate and won Prettiest Hair. Alyssia Baird was named second alternate, and Alexis Ledbetter was named third alternate and was awarded Prettiest Smile.

Chariot Ward was crowned Elementary Senior Miss Valentine and Me and My Passion. Kellie Whitlow was named first alternate and won Prettiest Smile and Prettiest Hair. Avery Gordon was named second alternate and won Prettiest Eyes and Most Photogenic. Bella Yoder was named third alternate and won Viewers Choice in the Elementary Senior Miss Valentine category.

McKenslee Gaither was crowned Elementary Junior Miss Valentine. Keighly Peters was named first alternate and won Prettiest Eyes. Aviona Baker was named second alternate and won Me and My Passion, Viewers Choice and Most Photogenic. Addison Merritt was named third alternate and won Prettiest Hair.

Kira Chappell won Prettiest Smile in the Elementary Junior Miss Valentine category.

Kameryn Mayton was crowned Petite Miss Valentine and also won Prettiest Hair.

Caylee Tillery was named first alternate.

McKenzie Goodwin was named second alternate, Anniston Winfree third alternate and Emily Coan fourth alternate, Prettiest Smile, Sadie Strong and Me and My Passion. Isebela Mitchell won Prettiest Eyes and Most Photogenic in the Petite Miss Valentine category.

Addison Garnett was crowned Little Miss Valentine and also won Viewers Choice, Prettiest Eyes, Prettiest Hair and Most Photogenic. Ella Siggers was named first alternate and Me and My Passion.

Aleija Love was named second alternate and won Prettiest Smile. Callie McKee was named third alternate in the Little Miss Valentine category.

Clara Johnson was crowned Tiny Miss Valentine and also won Prettiest Hair and Most Photogenic. Taylor Mathis was named first alternate, Sarah Sanders was named second alternate, Anyia Chappell and Riley Gray were named third alternate, Brooklyn Fannin won Viewers Choice, and Hadley Dobbs and Amberlee Nummy won Prettiest Eyes in the Tiny Miss Valentine category.

Kyleigh Alford was crowned Angel Miss Valentine. Krimson Winslett was named first alternate and won Viewers Choice, Prettiest Smile, Prettiest Hair and Most Photogenic. Lea Clark was named second alternate. Emma Betts won Prettiest Eyes in the Angel Miss Valentine category.

Riley Puckett was crowned Toddler Miss Valentine. Hallyn Winfree was named first alternate, Klarrisa Thomas was named second alternate, Kyleigh Burton was named third alternate and won Prettiest Smile, Prettiest Hair and Most Photogenic.

Landry Musick was named fourth alternate and won Prettiest Eyes. Maddie Ledbetter won Viewers Choice and Lyla Spiers won Me and My Passion in the Toddler Miss Valentine category.

Kollins Coan was crowned Darling Miss Valentine and won Viewers Choice.

Aubrianna Nelson was named first alternate and won Prettiest Smile, Prettiest Hair and Most Photogenic. Andi McClellan was named second alternate and Skyla Cavender won Prettiest Eyes.

Isabell Mooney was crowned Teeny Miss Valentine and won Viewers Choice and Prettiest Eyes. Brylee Clark was named first alternate and won Prettiest Smile.

Gabriella Holmes was named second alternate in the Teeny Miss Valentine category.

Trinitee Roberts was crowned Baby Miss Valentine. Kayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Lee Piner was named first alternate, Peyton Taite was named second alternate and won Most Photogenic and Viewers Choice. Charleigh Noles won Prettiest Hair, Creslynn Geer won Prettiest Eyes and Caroline Burton won Me and My Passion in the Baby Miss Valentine category.

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