Keep up on all the area events with Betty Hayes, A8.
Jody Fuller gives a real world ‘love thy neighbor’ story on page A4 inside.
DADEVILLE TIGERS HOPE TO BE UNKIND HOMECOMING FOE AS THEY TRAVEL TO TALLASSEE, B1.
THE RECORD
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VOL. 118, NO. 39
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 24, 2015
Vote on Still Waters fire fee increase set Tuesday By Corey Arwood Record Staff Writer
A vote will be held next Tuesday to determine whether or not there will be a $75 increase in the annual fire department service charge for those in the Still Waters Volunteer Fire and Rescue District. The polls at Pace’s Point Fire Department will be open from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 29, for residents to decide on the proposed increase slated for spending on the department’s emergency medical services.
Any increase in service charges would take effect January 1, 2016. According to statements released by the fire department, the need for the increase comes from a lack of funding for trained personnel. A decline in the number of volunteer ambulance drivers and prospective changes to EMS regulations by Alabama Department of Public Health were said to be the main reasons behind a projected funding shortfall. The message posted to the fire department’s social media page indicated that in the near future volunteer
Signs like this one along Highway 49 are posted heavily in the area that would be impacted by a proposed fee increase that is the subject of a Tuesday vote. The names of eligible voters appear inside today’s Record.
drivers will no longer be permitted. That will mean that trained EMT drivers must take their place. It said that a committee was appointed by the SWVFR board of directors to evaluate the possible increase. According to the findings of committee members, Terry Gantt, Roger Jones and Chuck Coleman, there is a projected deficit of $70,000 and just enough funding for two more years of operations. The last increase was said to be in 2003 when services rose from See VOTE, Page A5
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No vote on saggy pants ban
Businesses treated to an inside look at area schools By David Granger Record Staff Writer
A group of six Dadeville businesspersons got a chance to see first-hand the differences in teaching and learning today and when they were younger. The six were those who took advantage of Meet Me at the School, a program put together by the Tallapoosa County Schools to encourage the participation in the schools of all stakeholders, including elected officials, businesses and parents. “We did this same thing for our elected officials last year,” said Tallapoosa County Superintendent Joe Windle. “Next, we’ll start bringing in the parents.” Those who took part in the program today all came away impressed. “I’m going to tell you, I was absolutely, totally impressed,” said Ed Shikoski, who owns Lake Martin Event Center at the Rodeo Club. “The students were attentive, they were polite, they smelled good, they acted good. They
Council acts on courthouse square beautification grant rather than tackling controversial plan By Cliff Williams Record Staff Writer
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The Dadeville City Council approved a resolution Tuesday night that commits the city to accepting a grant that will eventually fund beautification of the area around the courthouse square. The idea has been bounced back and forth, but the move made Tuesday gives the city a workable time frame that will allow the city time to come up with the matching funds. The idea is that the improvements will make the area more attractive for businesses and make the area easier to navigate.
Not a word came from the Dadeville City Council table about the saggy pants ordinance at Tuesday night’s meeting. The council and mayor remained silent as Dadeville’s Trey Foshee and Auburn’s Stu Cookson spoke to the council on the matter in citizens’ communications. Both do not like the idea of sagging pants but are also against an ordinance banning slacking saying that it limits personal choices and liberties. “I feel that this ordinance is against American liberties that we are allowed,” Foshee said. “I believe in freedom,” U.S Army veteran Cookson said. “I believe in personal freedom and I believe in personal choice.” Both stated they see problems with the ordinance. “I chose to serve to protect the freedom that we have,” Cookson said. “Who is to say the next council will not pass something more. I cannot sit idly and watch.” “I think we should not use our position to force these type of things on people,” Foshee said. “If
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See COUNCIL, Page A5
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There are small miracles happening at Easter Seals Camp ASCCA in Jacksons Gap almost every day. There’s the child with autism who, after three years of a volunteer’s efforts to coax him down a zipline, finally makes the trip, erupting in a rare burst of laughter as he makes his way down. There’s the girl with physical disabilities who tells her mother about the fun she had tubing just to hear her mother respond, “What’s tubing?” “If her mother didn’t know
what tubing was, then you know she didn’t,” said Dana Rickman, director of marketing communications at Camp ASCCA (Alabama’s Special Camp for Children and Adults). “We see little things like that all the time, kids doing things they never would have thought about doing or, if they did, their parents couldn’t afford for them to do it.” See ASCCA, Page A7
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