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Heart attack, not dogs killed man Despite findings that show cardiac issues claimed Dadeville man’s life, dogs that inflicted injuries put down
By MITCH SNEED Editor
A Dadeville man who died Sunday after he was found unresponsive with injuries and several dog around him died of a heart attack, not the injuries he received from the dogs. Family members were told preliminary autopsy results show a heart attack was the
likely cause of 63-year-old James Derle Patterson’s death Sunday night on Alf Road. While Patterson did receive injuries from the bites and scratches from dogs, the man’s daughter Samantha Patterson said Tuesday that investigators had contacted her Tuesday and said that preliminary indications are that her father suffered a fatal heart attack. “The dogs did bite him, but they said that a heart attack is what killed him,” Samantha
Patterson said. “I know what people were saying, but the dogs are not what killed him.” Jacksons Gap Police Department personnel were called to Alf Road, just off Highway 49 at 5:13 p.m. The caller reported that he had arrived to the area and that dogs had had gotten to the victim who had been riding a small gas-powered scooter. The caller did not witness the events, but See DEATH • Page 10
Council gets news on road project
Board cites Camp Hill funeral home Owner, employee to appeal ruling to circuit court B CLIFF WILLIAMS By SStaff Writer
By DONALD CAMPBELL Staff Writer
The Dadeville City Council announced that the A-Trip/Lafayette Street paving project was nearing completion during Tuesday night’s meeting. “It should be through within the next three weeks,” Mayor Wayne Smith said. “The paving should be completed next week, and then about two weeks for cleaning up.” Though some might have felt this work was a nuisance to deal with, the council reiterated how having a nicer, smoother road was worth any inconvenience. The other major city project of getting water piping installed on Highway 49 North was reported to be tying up some loose ends so that it could continue moving forward. The following items were also discussed during the meeting: Motions to approve the minutes of the April 25 meeting and pay the bills were approved. Fire Chief Keith Wilkerson reported that one of the department’s See COUNCIL • Page 10
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A Aubie makes an appearance the special needs prom in Dadeville Wednesday as the community gathered to give tthe students their own Hawaiian themed luau.
‘Right foot let’s stomp’
Tallapoosa County special needs students attend prom B DONALD CAMPBELL By SStaff Writer
For high school juniors and seniors, few things seem as big or important during the t school year as prom. A time where they s can c enjoy getting dressed up and spending time dancing to music on a highly decorated t dance floor, prom night is one of the most d anticipated events on the spring calendar. a Special needs students from Tallapoosa S County schools got to enjoy their own prom C on o Tuesday at the Dadeville Rec Center. For an event as important as this, it was amazingly planned and executed by only a a small group of people. s “I was looking at prom photos on Facebook,” said Terresa Gaither, parent to a F See PROM • Page 10
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Schools see record high tax revenue, high graduation rates By DONALD CAMPBELL Staff Writer
Tallapoosa County Superintendent Joseph Windle informed the board of education that sales taxes collected during the month of April had seen a record amount collected for the county schools. Tax revenue totaled nearly $285,000, half of which was placed into the
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system’s bank account. “For the fiscal year, we’ve averaged $125,491 per month collected through the one cent sales tax,” Windle said. He went on to explain that this put the account at a little over $2 million, none of which had been spent at the current time, though he also said some of these funds would be See SCHOOLS • Page 3
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Carl Pritchard, owner of Alabama Funeral Homes in Camp Hill, and F managing funeral director Donald m Phillips will soon have their licenses to P operate a funeral home suspended for 30 o days by the Alabama Board of Funeral d Service for multiple violations. S Both Pritchard and Phillips were in an administrative hearing with the sevena member board Monday. m Despite the ruling, Pritchard, who has h been around the funeral business for f nearly 50 years, he said he plans to fight the sanctions and that he has done f nothing wrong. n According Charles Perine, executive secretary for the board, Pritchard was s found guilty by the board of violating f three regulations. t “The board found Mr. Pritchard guilty of o failing to maintain an identification system for cremating remains,” Perine s said. “They also found him guilty of s failing to use combustible containers f for f cremating and demonstrating incompetence.” i Perine explained Phillips was found guilty of the same violations plus two g others. o “Mr. Phillips was found guilty by the t board of misrepresenting the facts,” Perine said. “He was also found guilty P of o lack of full charge and control.” Perine said the violations were found by b board staff. “The violations were found at the annual inspection of the facility,” Perine a said. “We felt the violations were s
Commissioners approve funds for Dudleyville Road paving project Dudleyville Road will be paved as a result. The commissioners voted 5-0 Residents along one heavily to initiate the funding for the traveled road in Dadeville project. The work will likely got some good news Monday begin in June, officials said. as the Tallapoosa County In a meeting that took just 12 Commissioners approved the minutes from gavel to gavel, the process to use federal funds to commissioners also approved a pave a road. bid from Hancock Bank for the It was announced at financing of three new vehicles Monday’s meeting that this year to be used by the Tallapoosa District 4 is slated to receive See COMMISSION • Page 3 federal funding and a portion of By MITCH SNEED Editor
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Tallapoosa County Administrator Blake Beck explains financing details for vehicles for the Tallapoosa County Sheriff’s Department at Monday’s meeting.
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