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Work release inmate dies after industrial accident By MITCH SNEED Editor
A male inmate from the Alexander City Work Release Center has died following an industrial accident at a chicken processing plant in Ashland. According to a release from the Alabama Department of Corrections, Frank Dwayne Ellington, 33, was killed in what officials are reporting as an industrial accident at Koch Foods poultry plant in Ashland Sunday. Ellington had worked at the plant since June. Ellington was working at the Koch Foods processing plant in Ashland and became entangled in a machine inside the plant at about 4:30 p.m. Sunday. First-responders rushed to the plant located at 515 Tyson Road in Ashland, but the man was pronounced dead a short time later.
Attempts to gain additional information from the plant Sunday were unsuccessful. Corrections officials said Ellington was serving a life sentence for third-degree robbery in Jefferson County. Operations were halted at the plant and the third shift was cancelled Sunday. There was no word on when the plant may reopen and resume production. The cause of the accident is under investigation, according to a release from the Department of Corrections. The Alexander City Work Release Center is an Alabama Department of Correction facility built in 1974 to house 346 inmates. Inmates housed at the minimum-security facility are transported to various off-site locations to work for industries, institutions and businesses in a four-county area while serving their time.
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An ambulance waits outside Koch Foods in Ashland Sunday afternoon after officials responded to an industrial accident that claimed the life of an inmate from the Alexander City Work Release Center.
Library holds annual Food for Fines program By DONALD CAMPBELL Staff Writer
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Kaydence Bryan cuts her eyes at John Ham as he walks through the crowd with his redknee tarantula Monday at Mamie’s Place Children’s Library in Alexander City.
Area children enjoy education, fun at Creepy Critters show By DONALD CAMPBELL Staff Writer
Mamie’s Place Children’s Library was full of excited children Monday afternoon for the Animal Tales Creepy Critters
show. Hosted by Animal Tales’ Southeast Director John Ham, the presentation centered around animals that are often misunderstood, but play an important role in the world. “These animals are not dangerous,”
Ham said. “They are actually quite useful. “For this, we choose animals that are creepy, but safe. This program is all about reducing fear, and learning decreases fear.” See CRITTERS • Page 3
Beginning Wednesday, Nov. 1 and running through Dec. 15, patrons of the Adelia M. Russell Library will be able to have their overdue book fines forgiven, thanks to the annual Food for Fines program. Begun in 2013, the program gives library users the chance to make up overdue book fines in a different way while also providing much-needed items to local food banks at a crucial time. “This has been so successful in the past, we decided to continue it each year,” Russell Library Director Amy Huff said. Anyone with fines stemming from overdue library books would be able to have these fines forgiven by bringing in non-perishable food items. Unlike some libraries, the librarians do not place a specific value on the food items brought in, mainly encouraging patrons to simply bring what they can to help others. However, food items brought in for the program will only go towards overdue fines, not for replacement fines or other similar fees, according to Huff. See FOOD • Page 3
Dadeville suffers a ‘tremendous loss’ with the passing of Betty Hayes By MITCH SNEED Editor
A woman who was a mainstay of the Dadeville community through her work with the Kiwanis Club, mentoring young people through the Key Club and her column in the Dadeville Record that kept people abreast of the latest events has died. Betty Hayes, 82, passed away Monday after a long and courageous battle with cancer. Dadeville Mayor Wayne Smith said that Hayes was a cheerleader for Dadeville who will be missed. “Betty was an incredible lady who loved Dadeville as much as anyone that I know,” Smith said. “Betty and her spirit will be missed by everyone. She made a difference.” Hayes, who was a native of Dothan,
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lived a long and incredible life. She went to high school with Burt Reynolds and worked at NASA where she was an assistant to astronauts like John Glenn and Neil Armstrong. Hayes drove the Apollo astronauts’ wives and typed transcripts from Apollo missions at a rate in excess of 200 words per minute with no errors. Hayes also was a professional model, a demolition derby driver and raised a family of wolves with her late husband Bob. Hayes was recently recognized by the Dadeville Kiwanis Club for her 27 years of service as its secretary. She is credited with helping the Key Club grow to more than 100 members. “Over the years, we’ve had some good secretaries, but we’ve only had one great one,” Kiwanian Tony Johnson said at the celebration of her retirement from her role
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