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Snail Trail, armory transfer discussed by council
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The Wetumpka City Council heard plans Monday from the executive director of Main Street Wetumpka to dedicate three areas in the city to a multi-faceted effort based around the tulotoma magnifica, or river snail, which is native to the Wetumpka area of the Coosa River and once was very near extinction, but saved “through the efforts of human hands and the Clean Water
Act.” Main Street Wetumpka Executive Director Jenny Stubbs outlined plans for the green space adjacent to the Elmore County Historical Museum, the “fall line” between the city’s driver’s license office and Coaches Corner and the alley connecting Company and Hill streets. Stubbs said the fall-line area would be the premier location of the trail, which she described as “an art history project of sorts that would promote and reinforce the
identity of our downtown as a safe, familyfriendly, multigenerational and multicultural place to live and work.” The areas would be branded by the river snail, much as black bears brand similar areas in Cherokee, North Carolina and other creatures and items similarly brand other cities across the country. “We intend this as being complementary to the revitalization of our downtown,” Stubbs said. Stubbs said the project would be called
the Tulotoma Snail Trail and would serve many purposes, including tourism, art, and various educational efforts, such as conservation and other sciences. In the action portion of the meeting, the Council voted 4-1 to transfer the old armory property on U.S. 231 to the recently established Coosa River Health Authority for the purposes of providing additional healthcare in the city and community. See COUNCIL • Page A3
Officials respond to WPD police chief’s public grievances By COREY ARWOOD Staff Writer
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Troopers work truck crash An eighteen-wheeler barely missed a series of brick columns in front of Hillside Mortuary on Alabama Highway 9 Friday evening in an effort to avoid a flat-bed trailer that had come loose from a Chevrolet pickup truck. The eighteen-wheeler missed the columns, but did destroy a large bush on the south side of the Hillside entrance. An Alabama State Trooper could be seen administering the driver of the pickup a series of field sobriety tests, but he was not arrested. No one was hurt in the accident.
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The city’s top cop took to the pages of a local monthly publication for area events and city government communications to air his grievances with federal legislation that banned imprisonment for failure to pay. The banned practice, called modern day debtor’s prison, actively locks up those who cannot pay their fines. Multiple nearby cities have faced penalties for its practice. But it was not all Wetumpka Police Chief Danny Billingsley had to write about in The Wetumpka Gazette. In the six-graph column he also referred to talks with “a municipal judge” and advice that judge allegedly gave him about his department and the way it operates. Billingsley, in his column, begins with the challenges and dangers his officers face policing traffic in the city, largely along Highway 231. Billingsley states statistics from the WPD for moving violations, and then municipal court numbers on cases that See CHIEF • Page A3
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In what could be viewed as a statement supporting what are referred to as “modern day debtor’s prisons,” Wetumpka Police Chief Danny Billingsley wrote a column for a paper detailing his beliefs the “system is not working.” The system that he was referring to was one in which those who cannot afford to pay their fines are not locked up for being unable to pay for traffic violations, however minor. His comments were restricted solely to nonviolent misdemeanor See SPLC • Page A3
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Elmore County Sheriff’s Officials released a report describing a residenceturned drug den, an overdose and a sevenmonth pregnant woman admitting to the use of heroin, painkillers and likely harming the unborn child. Sheriff Bill Franklin said there were three people arrested, a heroin overdose and a charge of chemical endangerment to an unborn child. For more details, he said the ECSO had prepared a written statement. All information was taken from the report. It states that on Thursday morning ECSO received a call to an address in the 600 block of Lake Eagle Nest Drive, where deputies found a man, Cody Ingram, unresponsive. Details of his condition indicated he
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of drug paraphernalia. Mobley was charged with chemical endangerment to a child and possession of drug paraphernalia. Joseph Keon Bowe, 30, was arrested on charges of obstruction and resisting arrest. Mobley was said to be the girlfriend of Lacy who told deputies he suspected Ingram had overdosed when they arrived. Lacy was reported to have had prior warrants for his arrest, and after investigators spoke with them about the incident the report stated they said another man, a Michael Austin, sold the heroin to Ingram resulting in his overdose. However it was said that neither saw the transaction nor Ingram using the drugs, “but Michael admitted to them that he had done so prior to fleeing the residence with the rest of his drug stash,” the report stated. Futher, according to the report of their testimony to investigators, Austin, his See BUST • Page A2
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Lula Newsome “Jackie” Deyerle DEYERLE, Mrs. Lula Newsome “Jackie”, 94, passed away at her Wetumpka residence on Thursday, May 11, 2017. Funeral Mass will be held on Wednesday, May 17, 2017 at Our Lady of Guadalupe Catholic Church in Wetumpka at 10:00 a.m., with Father Albert Kelly officiating. Burial will be in Arlington National Cemetery at a later date. Mrs. Deyerle is survived by four children, Stephen Douglas Deyerle, Diane Deyerle Gallagher, Mary Deyerle Hack and Margaret Deyerle Foshee; six grandchildren and six great grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her husband, Col. William Wallace Deyerle, and two sons, William Wallace Deyerle, Jr. and Richard Timothy Deyerle. Online Guest Book available at www.gassettfuneralhome.net
Robert Frank Greer GREER, Robert Frank, age 99, passed away in his home on Monday, May 15, 2017. Mr. Greer was a World War II Veteran. He was a two-time Purple Heart Recipient and served in the Northern Solomons Campaign in 1943 and two tours in the Phillipines. He was a tech sergeant upon his retirement with the military. Visitation will be held on Wednesday, May 17, 2017 from 6:00 to 7:00 p.m. at Wetumpka Memorial Funeral Home Chapel. Funeral services will be held Thursday, May 18, 2017 at 11:00 a.m. from Wetumpka Memorial Funeral Home with Rev. Dale Barnes officiating and Wetumpka Memorial Funeral Home directing. Interment will follow in Pine View Memorial Gardens. Pallbearers include Andrew Motes, Trent Motes, Tyler Martin, Jason Scott, Jay Motes and Scott Krause. Mr. Greer was preceded in death by his parents, J.B. Greer and Mae Jewell Martin Greer, and his wife, Lovie D. Jones Greer. Survivors include two daughters, Glenda (Arthur) Krause of Prattville, AL, Robin (Jimmy) Motes of Wetumpka, AL; two brothers, Marvin (Lily Mae) Greer of Dadeville, AL, and Martin (Elizabeth) Greer of Dadeville, AL; one sister, Dorothy Vann of Birmingham, AL, four grandchildren, ten great grandchildren and two great great grandchildren.
WHS seniors presented scholarships at Honors Day By DAVID GRANGER Managing Editor
Wetumpka High School, parents, family members and friends of its 2007 graduation class took time out recently to celebrate its achievements with the awarding of scholarships to more than 90 WHS seniors. All tolled, the 2017 senior class has been offered more than $3.4 million in scholarship money, according to Heidi Norrell, 11thand12th-grade counselor for WHS – and the offers continue to come in. “I’m glad you’re here,” Wetumpka High School principal Robbie Slater told the crowd gathered in the school’s gymnasium for the occasion. “It’s the best time of year, in my opinion, to be able to put these seniors up on a pedestal in front of their parents, classmates, peers and other special guests. “For you seniors, you can enjoy and celebrate the memories –everything that you’ve accomplished in your time here at Wetumpka High School and
especially your time as a senior.” Seated behind Slater as he addressed the audience were a few dozen individuals, each of whom would present at least one scholarship to a WHS senior before the three-hour ceremony was completed. The presentations ran from the well-rehearsed and practiced of those from some of the state’s larger universities to the more emotional ones of family members representing those who have had scholarships set out specifically for WHS graduating seniors established in their honor. All in all, members of Wetumpka High School’s Class of 2017 were either offered or accepted scholarships to 25 different two- or four-year institutions. In addition, seven additional Indian graduates either enlisted in the Air Force, Air National Guard, Army or Navy. Two- or four-year colleges and universities Wetumpka seniors were either accepted or were offered scholarships to include Alabama State University, Auburn University, Auburn University at Montgomery, Birmingham-
Southern College, Central Alabama Community College, Faulkner University, Huntingdon College, Jackson State University, Lindsey Wilson College, Marion Military Institute, Miles College, Mississippi State University, Southern Union, Southeastern University, Springhill College, Trenholm State Technical College, Troy University, University of Alabama, University of Alabama at Birmingham, University of Mobile, University of Montevallo, University of South Alabama, University of Tennessee, University of West Alabama and Wallace State Community College. Scholarships endowed by name that were presented included Austin Augustine, the Barrett family, C.S. and Louise Bazemore, Coach Stokely Bazemore, Dylan Bieber, O.M. Bratton, Martha Holley, Hoyt Hardin, Olive Speer Harper, Jason Michael Hilty, Ankit Kumar, Coach Jack Ray, Joe A. Macon Jr., Billy G. Moore, Marie Aaron Panhorst, Deacon Hamtpon Simmons, John Martin Thornton, Tommy C. Turner and Lucille Wise.
Food Pantry board welcomes community to new location By COREY ARWOOD Staff Writer
Board members of the Elmore County Food Pantry held their first open house at its new location off Coosa River Parkway where they gathered to discuss with the public all the details of its services. The organization serves nearly 500 households, at a total of over 800 people, and distributes roughly 23,000 pounds of food to families and individuals in Elmore County. The late afternoon reception drew a number of people, those interested in both volunteering and receiving its services.
There were finger foods and punch in the airy, open conference room that had been constructed within the facility where the seven or so board members were gathered. They said they had seen a number of people that day, those interested in volunteering, others donating and some seeking its services. They also said city officials had dropped by for a visit to the new facilities. ECFP Board President Jonathan Yarboro and ECFP manager Patti Peacock spoke about the event and the organization’s operations.
“Patti made the suggestion that we hadn’t had an open house since we moved into this building,” said Yarboro, known also as pastor of First Presbyterian Church in Wetumpka. “So we decided to just have a very low-key drop in, drop-out kind of open house.” A number of the board members spoke about their new location, which they moved into opening officially early 2015. They said open house was an effort to further familiarize the community with the new location. “Interestingly enough we’ve had a handful of people who heard about and came and are going to come and see if they qualify to be clients,” Yarboro said. “We’ve had about half a dozen people express interest in volunteering … We were visited by some of the volunteer coordinators with Wind Creek Casino. It’s been a pretty interesting afternoon.”
They offered a tour of the facility, led by Yarboro, who talked not only about the new location but how the pantry operated. He said as a branch of the Montgomery Area Food Bank it was entirely donation-driven and not affiliated with a government entity, though it was regulated by the United States Department of Agriculture. “We keep track of the food by pounds, so we have to keep a track of how many pounds come in, whether we purchase it or its donated or anything, and then how many pounds go out. But we keep records based on zip code as to numbers of families, numbers of households served all those types of things,” Yarboro said. He said the building was a converted from an unused, newly built auto body shop into the current office and storage facilities of the ECFP. Walking through the
main office area, onto the polished concrete floors of the storage facility the building takes on the look of a warehouse. In the back there is a large metal walk-in freezer and metal shelving nearly to the ceiling with food goods. However, down a hallway lined with metal shopping carts, parked under a print of Andy Warhol’s Tomato Soup is an open room filled with aisles of stocked shelves and clear freezers like a grocery store. “One of the real unique features of this food ministry is it is what’s called ‘client selection,’ so our clients who qualify come here once a month and they are able to shop for themselves just as they would at a regular grocery store,” Yarboro said. To make donations Yarboro said to check churches since a number were contributors to the ECFP. However he said
direct donations to the pantry were accepted as well. As for volunteer needs, Yarboro said, “Always need volunteers.” The pantry is open Tuesday – Saturday. “We distribute food on the first Thursday and Saturday of each month. Other days of the week we are qualifying clients, stacking shelves, keeping files up to date, shopping for food – all those types of things,” Yarboro said. “So we have a variety of volunteer needs, everything from office and clerical skill to shoppers to counselors to talk with clients when they come to get served.” And he said for those seeking the service of the ECFP that established guildelines were set up by the USDA based on income levels and household. Yarboro said, “Any resident of Elmore County is welcome to come here and see if they qualify.”
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girlfriend and Keon Bowe along with his girlfriend spent the night at the residence and they were unaware of Ingram and his brother’s presence until the overdose. “Cody was originally in the house on the couch and then moved outside to the front porch before first responders arrived,” the report stated. Mobley, reportedly seven months pregnant, then allegedly admitted to using drugs like
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hydrocodone, suboxone and heroin. “She stated she had probably caused damage to the unborn child because of the drugs she was using but she had consulted a physician and was planning to go seek additional drug treatment soon,” the report read. Bowe was reportedly found at a nearby residence and, according to the report, gave different stories on Austin’s whereabouts to different investigators. The report said Bowe tried
to clean the trailer, disposing of needles and paraphernalia. “Used needles were found in the garbage can inside a trash bag in front of the residence,” the report states, “and at another residence down the street.” Bowe allegedly tried to physically prevent officers from arresting him, hence his charges of obstruction for his changing testimony, and resisting arrest.
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Chief go to trial, those that obtain guilty pleas, those dismissed and the number of failures to appear. He introduces the failure to pay topic by referring to the recent case of a Montgomery judge suspended for reportedly jailing those accused of misdemeanors and traffic violations and who were unable to pay their fines, or classified indigent. Billingsley first writes about the complications and expenses involved in apprehending those convicted of failing to appear. He said there were on average 80 per month. “When an individual fails to appear, we must serve a warrant, locate the individual, make an arrest and go back to court. This takes manpower and overtime,” he wrote. However in the following paragraph he refers solely to those who he says fail to pay their fines. The two, failure to appear and failure to pay, are used interchangeably by Billingsley throughout the article. In one paragraph he refers to one, while in the next, the other, with little or no preface. He delivers another statistic saying 70 percent of those cited for traffic violations claim they “cannot pay, are indigent and do not have a job.” He goes on to say the WPD does attempt to jail those who cannot pay their fines. “They fail to pay the fines even when given additional time to pay. We then attempt to place these individuals in jail for failure to pay,” Billingsley wrote. However after this he said recent advice from an unstated source was, “that if a subject is indigent, he will be released.” This led directly to the talks he said he had with an unnamed municipal judge. This judge was said to have suggested to Billingsley the WPD “has too many officers and writes too many citations.” He then offers up municipal clerk numbers, stating there are approximately 200 failure to appear warrants issued each month approximately. However the former statistic he listed stated there were only 80 failures to appear per month. “If these warrants are served, the defendants are placed into the county jail where the City of Wetumpka is charged $25 per day for housing,” Billingsley states. “In my opinion, this system is not working,” he said, and concluded in italics, “So when you want to know about traffic, ask the court system and read this article.” The only municipal judge in Wetumpka is Municipal Judge John Thornton. Thornton said he did not want to comment on the Gazette’s article, however he did answer questions regarding Wetumpka Municipal Court and its relationship to the WPD. He said as a “general rule” his court did not arrest people for failing to pay. “We work with every individual that walks in the door,” said Thornton. “We discuss they’re situation and work it out the best (they) can … if they can’t pay we offer them a payment plan.” He said there was no known controversy between him, the court and the police department. He said to his knowledge the local court was not under any kind of review or
Council There was no discussion on the proposal, but prior to the vote the council retired into executive session for approximately 35 minutes “to discuss pending litigation,” according to city attorney Regina Edwards. Edwards did not say whether the “pending litigation” was related to the transfer issue. When the council returned for the vote, Councilman Steve Gantt was the sole member in dissent. “I was not able to get any information,” said Gantt on Tuesday morning when asked why he voted no. “It’s in my district, it’s something I was not involved in and it’s something I very much feel will turn out fine. I will do whatever I can to support it. “What I have asked in the past is that I be involved in these meetings when these decisions that affect my district are made. Not necessarily to be involved in the decision-making process, but simply for informational purposes. I am concerned that I wasn’t asked to sit in in this case.” The council also voted unanimously to approve a $32,000 professional services agreement with Ron Dickerson for recreation and leisure services. Percy Gill attempted to
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continued from page 1 investigation from either state or federal agencies. “I don’t know what prompted his statements,” said Thornton. He acknowledged having discussions with Billingsley but said he would prefer they remain private. He did speak to the numbers Billingsley reported in the Gazette’s article, saying some did not appear to be correct. He said the municipal court case count in 2016 was around 7,700 cases. He also said the city has a corrections fund for jail expenses and it is around $25 a day for those incarcerated, but no WPD funds were spent. Thornton said official numbers would be provided for cross reference. Numbers from last year’s municipal court cases ultimately were provided. Those numbers indicated nearly 1,500 speeding citations issued by the WPD, at a monthly average of 125, or a four per day. There were 74 DUI’s, roughly six a month, and altogether 18 reckless driving citations plus 153 other moving violations. A total of 950 citations were given for driving with a suspended, revoked or no license, at roughly 80 a month. “Other citations,” totaled in at just under 4,000 and a 332-per-month average. Altogether totals in 2016 for traffic citations came to 6,673, or 556 per month. Billingsley’s numbers stated there were only 500 citations per month written by the WPD for moving violations. All of the citations from the municipal court records were attributed solely to the WPD. As for the size of the WPD, City Human Resource Manager Kathy Ellis said there were 30 total officers, and six reserves. Current operating costs to the city for the WPD had not been provided by the city’s finance department after waiting over a week for the budget statement. As for cost incurred to the city for jailing, Elmore County Sheriff Bill Franklin spoke about the payment arrangement between the city and the county for use of the jail. He said since the agreement was made for the City of Wetumpka to use the county’s facilities the cost had risen only $8.50 from $16 in 1996 to $24.50 a day per incarcerated person. And, out of an average of just over 200 people in jail daily, Wetumpka accounts for only roughly 5.5 people per month. Some days, he said, there were four on the low end and maybe upward of seven on the high end out of those figures. “Y’all just have a few inmates a day,” said Franklin. The yearly average for jail costs, he said, came in around $48,000, or roughly $4,000 per month. He lauded the city on the agreement, saying it was acting as a good financial steward. “For $48,000 you couldn’t even open the door to a jail,” Franklin said. “You couldn’t even pay the utilities and one jailer for $48,000.” “I think Wetumpka is doing a admirable job on spending the amount of money that they have to on the amount of inmates that they have.” “That’s a pretty good deal for the city,” Franklin said.
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offenses, traffic and moving violations. “Seventy percent of the persons cited for traffic violations state they cannot pay, are indigent and do not have a job. They fail to pay the fines even when given additional time to pay. We then attempt to place these individuals in jail for failure to pay,” writes Billingsley. An unnamed municipal judge is referenced in his statements seemingly offering advice to Billingsley about his department. Based on the tone of the article, the advice was not well received. The advice was that his department had too many officers writing too many traffic tickets. Other advice from an unnamed source, possibly the judge, allegedly given to the WPD and also seemingly unwelcome, was in regard to individuals who could not afford to pay their fines. “We have recently been advised that if a subject is indigent, he will be released and we should consider appealing these decisions,” writes Billingsley, who continues on saying, “Driving is a privilege, not a right, and can be taken away.” He wrote this in the April edition of the monthly publication, The Wetumpka Gazette an arm of the Montgomery-based Alabama Gazette. Billingsley declined to comment on the statements written referencing the advice given and conversations had with a municipal judge. However he did speak about the column and why he wrote it. He said as the chief law enforcement officer in Wetumpka he wanted to inform people, and answer questions about traffic. “It’s all over the country that way,” said Billingsley referring to the banning of imprisonment for failure to pay legal fines. “The best thing I could do is let the public know what’s going on.” As in his column, Billingsley spoke about what he said was a costly “long drawn-out process” that involved his officers rearresting individuals numerous times after failing to appear in court. Also, as in his writing, he referred to someone failing to appear and failing to pay interchangeably. The decision he had a problem with, though, came from the Justice Department and was in regard to the barring of jail time in instances of failure to pay a fine. Asked whether he thought this could be perceived as advocating for modern day debtor’s prisons Billingsley said, “No I
don’t think so. But I think most people go to court, they say I’m indigent, what’s the court left to do?” He continued, “But I think it’s wrong. These people ought to recognize breaking the law.” And he said the way to recognize breaking the law was to suffer the consequences, traffic violation or not. Asked whether he knew if these suspects were on a payment program he said, “I have no idea if they make arrangement on the payment program.” Deputy Legal Director Sam Brooke with the Southern Poverty Law Center in no uncertain words disagreed Billingsley’s column. Brooke said there were a couple of things that needed examining from what Billingsley wrote. “We can’t have a criminal justice system that is going to punish individuals more, simply because of their poverty, and when the chief says things like if they can’t pay he’s going to lock them up that’s exactly what he’s saying. He’s saying that he’s going to exact an additional penalty against them just because they’re unable to pay and this is exactly what the Supreme Court has rejected.” Brooke said it was also what the City of Alexander City has a proposed settlement to pay $680,000 to those he said it arrested illegally for being poor. “It’s not only illegal, it’s also just really bad policy because, of course, if you are putting the poor in jail there’s no way they’re going to be able to come up then with the money. It’s better to have alternatives which is what other cities and courts are creating.” Among those alternatives was a payment plan system, like Municipal Judge John Thornton said was already in place. Brooke said Billingsley’s concern with costs accrued to the city throughout this process was another reason for finding alternatives to eliciting citations for violations. “The cost factor shows why we need to be smart on crime rather than just throwing the book at someone and saying jail is the right answer,” Brooke said. The idea he said was to help people get to court and he cited studies showing that most who fail to appear simply forgot. And while it was in the courts right to arrest for failure to appear, Brooke said a lot of courts had started sending out reminders, mailing notices and asking for phone numbers and emails to send additional reminders.
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the investigation into any Russian contacts. So how is him playing any part in the recommendation a recusal? When it comes to this whole series of investigations into any Trump associates’ connections with the Russians, we should demand that there be no funny business. Why? Because it is not funny. If the Russians played pals with the Trump campaign and had any role in changing the outcome of our election, they will likely do it again and have probably already tried. In France. Where they failed. While that’s a good thing, that doesn’t really help our situation in the U.S. where Trump locks out American media allowing only Russian media in to take photographs of him meeting with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and Russian ambassador Sergey Kislyak. The president is fond of referring to the mainstream media as fake news. Well, what about Pravda? And later in the week, Trump trotted out the idea of doing away completely with his administration’s daily briefings of the media, proposing instead that the media be briefed once every couple of weeks by the
president himself. I guess that’s one way to get Sean Spicer off of Saturday Night Live. All jokes aside, the presidential daily press briefings are a long-standing tradition of the White House as well as an expectation of the media that covers the president. To do away with those briefings would be yet another whack by the Trump administration at one of our fundamental rights. No, the Constitution gives the media – and, as a result, you and me – no expressed right to hear from the White House daily. But tradition does and when you cut back on traditions tied to rights, you cut back on those rights. Can you imagine our media being left out in the cold for a two-week period during some of the crises and questionable actions we’ve seen thus far in the Trump presidency? And when Trump says two weeks, how do we know that might not turn into two months? Or six months? Or his shutting the media down from asking questions of the administration altogether? No, these are not even seminormal times. They are scary ones. David Grange is the managing editor of the Tallapoosa Publishers Newspapers in Elmore County. He can be reached at david. granger@thewetumpkaherald. com
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couple of weeks ago, I was lying in bed when I suddenly remembered. It was a Sunday. Earlier in the day, while cutting the grass, I remembered one of the commandments of my granddaddy, the patriarch of the Washburn side of the family; thou shalt not cut grass on Sunday. I should have followed that commandment. I have a really small yard and don’t have a lot of grass to cut, but it still takes me two days to get the job done. In reality, it only takes me about a half-hour to cut everything, but I prefer to spread the fun out over a couple of days. To get to my back yard, I have to push the lawnmower through about 50 feet of pea gravel, and I just don’t have time for that. It’s hard to push anything in gravel. There are stepping stones along the way, but the rambunctious and playful activity of the dogs keep them submerged in the gravel, so they don’t do me a lot of good. I didn’t necessarily want to cut the grass on Sunday but a mowing was overdue, and I knew the rain was coming. It wasn’t long overdue but overdue nonetheless. It’s not as if I had a Dodge Dart hiding in the weeds. It just needed cutting. Tall grass brings on snakes, and tall, wet grass brings
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out the skeeters. It also makes it more difficult to pick up the dogs’ business. Now that the warm weather is here, I’m spending ample amounts of time in the backyard handling my garden, so I like the yard to be nice and tidy. This year, I have six different types of peppers and four different types of tomatoes. I also have okra, eggplant, and red potatoes. Oh, did I mention I planted 60 green bean plants? I used some beans I’d grown and saved from last year’s garden. They are all growing at an alarming rate. Fee-fi-fo-fum, family and friends, come get you some. Perhaps they are magic beans. When I finished the strenuous 15-minute task of cutting the back yard, I started pushing the lawnmower back to the garage, but when I approached the sea of pea gravel, it looked as if the distance had doubled. I just didn’t feel like pushing through, so I left the mower on the side of the house with the intent of getting it
into the garage before dark. That was the intent, but I forgot about it. That evening, the rain began to fall. I love the rain. I love its smell. I love its sound. I love what it does for my garden, and with all those green beans, I’m going to need an occasional monsoon. A little later, the thunder and lightning ensued. The rain was pouring. I was lying in bed when I suddenly remembered. The darn lawnmower was still on the edge of the pea gravel on the side of the house. Momentarily, I considered forgetting that I’d remembered but quickly forgot about that. I got up in the middle of the monsoon, put on my Crocs, and pulled it back around the house onto the back porch. That pea gravel is just too much, but without it, the side yard turns into a swamp on rainy days and nights. Granddaddy likely got a chuckle out of the whole episode. I know I did. I’m sure he looked down on me shaking his head with a smile, which is fine with me, because I still look up to him. Lesson learned, Woodrow. Lesson learned. Jody Fuller is a comic, speaker, writer and soldier with three tours of duty in Iraq. He is also a lifetime stutterer. He can be reached at jody@jodyfuller.com.
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Miracles: Wonderful and terrible acts of God
lmost all of us love stores about miracles. In seemingly hopeless and tragic situations, people pray, God reaches in, exercises his supernatural power and saves the people. Oh, we might try to rationalize miracles, or explain them, but we still love them. Moses parting the waters, Samson pulling down the ceiling on the celebrating Philistines, the walls of Jericho blown down by trumpets, Jonah swallowed by a fish. Yes, we love the miracles, the bigger the better. But, somehow, we always seem to forget the terrible side of miracles. Resurrection is one of those wonderful and terrible miracles. Elijah’s raising the dead son of a widow of Zarephath illustrates both sides of the miracle. At God’s direction, Elijah goes to Ahab and tells Ahab that there will be no more rain or dew until God decides to give it. This is a direct challenge to Ahab’s Baal worship, because Baal was believed to be the God who controlled rain, thunder, lightning and
dew. As the drought worsens and the stream dries up, God tells Elijah to go to Zarephath, to a widow in the city. He goes and finds the widow gathering sticks. Elijah says, “bring me some water and make me a little bread to eat.” She replies, I think a little scornfully, “As the Lord your God lives, I have nothing baked, only a handful of meal in a jar, and a little oil in a jug; I am now gathering a couple of sticks so that I may go home and prepare it for myself and my son that we may eat it and die.” Death was all she had to look forward to. She was ready to starve with her son just like so many others who had starved because of the Ahabinduced drought. Elijah says, “Don’t worry, make the bread. Your jar of meal and the jar of oil will not run out until the rains return.” She does – that day, and the next and the next. Even baking every day, the meal and the oil don’t run out until the drought ends. Good, pious, righteous, lawabiding Hebrew people starved, but this
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they are as terrible as they are wonderful. One of my seminary professors expressed it this way: “The only thing worse than a child dying from cancer, is the child in the next room being miraculously healed.” That sounds so harsh, and in a way it is, because it points out both sides of a miracle: wonderful for those involved, terrible for those not. And most of us, most people, are not. Why? Is it sin? The Jews certainly thought so, just like the widow did – the righteous prosper, the evil don’t; the righteous live, the evil sicken and die; and that idea still permeates our thought. Job was the first challenge to that punishment theology. Jesus was the second. Jesus made it clear that God loves us all and that God will not punish us for sin. That’s what Jesus died for, to save us from the consequences, the punishment for our sins. God does not hold back miracles as punishment for our sins, even though we often think he does. Well, then, does lack of faith keep us from miracles? Some will
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Stanhope players picked for soccer all-star game By DAVID GRANGER Managing Editor
Marcos Cortes and Madelynn Cantrell of Stanhope Elmore have been named to the South boys and girls all-star squads, respectively, for the 2017 North-South boys’ and girls’ soccer all-star matches. Stanhope’s Johanna Angelo has also been selected as a coach for the boys’ South squad. Cortes and Angelo, along with the other selected participants, are rising seniors for the Class of 2017 and were chosen by the Soccer Selection Committee from nominations submitted by high school coaches from across the state to participate at the 21th annual AHSAA Summer Conference and AHSADCA All-Star Games competition in Montgomery July 17-21, according to an announcement by Alvin Briggs, Director of the Alabama High School Athletic Directors & Coaches Association (AHSADCA). “It ‘s nice to have Stanhope Elmore recognized after nine years,” said Angelo. “We started the program with a coed team of 33 and now we have three different teams. Two teams went to third round of playoffs last year and the second round this year. Went up to Homewood and had devastating 2-1 loss. We went down to Enterprise and actually beat them. We’ve been ranked consistently in the top 10 in the state in the past year. “I think our program has really progressed and will only get better.” Angelo said she has coached Cortes since he first played varsity soccer in seventh grade. “I’ve coached him since seventh grade and he was good even then because of his great individual skill,” Angelo said. “He has fantastic touch and an amazing shot. He moves the ball around and distributes it well. He’s highly coachable and just an awesome kid. “Madelynn’s really physical and tough,” Angelo said of Cantrell. “She plays pick up soccer against the boys and it translates really well when she’s on the field with the girls. She also has a really good shot. She’s been injured a lot this year, so it’s kind of nice that she made the team despite that.” Nathan Warlick was also selected for the allstar team but, according to Angelo, was randomly removed because the boys’ team needed an additional goalkeeper. “Nathan is a very smart kid and very smart player,” Angelo said. “He was one of my leading scorers. He has an amazing left-footed shot and is very effective in one-on-one opportunities. He was a strong attacking force for our team this year and is an excellent leader.” The North-South boys’ and girls’ soccer doubleheader will be at Emory Folmar Soccer Complex on Tuesday, July 18 with the girls playing at 5 p.m., followed by the boys at 7. The North swept both matches in 2016 and now hold a 10-4-1 edge in the boys’ all-star series and are 12-2-1 in the girls’ competition overall.
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Wetumpka’s Katie Hart jars the ball loose from Chilton County shortstop Caelyn Griffin on a steal of second base in Wetumpka’s 13-3 first-round win over the Lady Tigers at the South Central softball regional tournament at the Troy Sportsplex.
Lady Indians fall game short of state tourney By DAVID GRANGER Managing Editor
The Wetumpka Lady Indians made a strong run in the Alabama High School Athletic Association’s Class 6A South Central Regional Tournament, held last Thursday and Friday at the Troy Sportsplex, falling one win short of advancing to this week’s state tournament. Stanhope Elmore’s Lady Mustangs also competed in the regionals at Troy and were eliminated by the Lady Indians in an eight-inning thriller after opening the tournament with a loss to Opelika and staying alive with a win over HillcrestTuscaloosa. The Lady Indians defeated Stanhope Elmore and Brookwood behind freshman pitcher Julianna Thames on Friday in what WHS head coach Randy Belyeu call Thames’ “best job all year” in the circle to set up a game with Helena with the winner advancing to state. The Lady Indians fell to the Lady Huskies 11-3 to end their season. Belyeu, obviously disappointed his team didn’t advance, said he felt like the cream rose to the top in the tourney. “The two teams that advanced were definitely deserving, I’ll put it that way,” Belyeu said. “Helena and Chelsea were both very deserving. Chelsea is defending 6A champ and they still had the same pitchers. They were very tough, so was Helena. Helena was probably the best hitting club that was there. They could flat-out hit a ball. Mary Beth Slater took
the Helena loss for the Lady Indians, but, according to Belyeu, the task she faced was a tough one. “It’s like I told you, that bunch from Helena could hit,” Belyeu said. “Mary Beth pitched well, but when she left her screwball over the outside half of the plate, Helena was able to square up on it and drill it.” Julianna Thames, just a freshman, got the Lady Indians to their opportunity with Helena, pitching Wetumpka to an 8-2 win over Brookwood. “(Belyeu on Thames) But it was the intracounty contest with Stanhope Elmore that vaulted the Lady Indians to their game with Brookwood that was the most exciting game of the morning – if not the tournament. With two outs in the bottom of the fifth, Wetumpka trailed the Lady Mustangs by 10 and was an out from getting ousted from the tournament with the 10-run rule. But Jamari McCreary’s double down the first-base line plated three and the Lady Indians stayed alive. After holding Stanhope scoreless and scoring five runs to tie the game in the sixth, the game went to eight innings, where M “We were after midnight getting to bed Thursday night, had to get up at six and be at the field at eight,” Belyeu said. “They were a little tired, but once they started losing, I think they realized, ‘Hey, we’ve got to start playing ball.’ They didn’t give up on themselves or their teammates, so that was awesome.” Indians senior centerfielder Sydney McKissick led the way for the Lady Indians in the
opener with Chilton County with four hits in four at-bats and two RBIs. Sophomore first baseman Amari McCreary also contributed a three-run double for the tribe in the six-run fourth inning. Thames went the distance on the mound for the Lady Tribe. “Her best pitch is her drop ball,” Belyeu said of his star young hurler, “but she throws a screwball, rise ball and changeup, too. She means a lot to the future of our program.” After allowing Chilton County’s first three batters in the game to score, Thames shut the Lady Tigers down the rest of the way, allowing only two hits and striking out four over the last four innings, including mowing down the side in the sixth. Slater went the distance for the Lady Indians in the loss to
Chelsea, a game that saw rightfielder Taylor Mitchell leave the game with a dislocated shoulder. Taylor was able to play defense, but unable to hit on Friday. “This year’s group was one of the hardest fighting groups I’ve ever been a part of,” Belyeu said. “They never gave up, they never said die. I think we only got shut out once this year. That’s the best one of my teams has ever done, I think. I really think they enjoy being around each other. They’re loud. They don’t die. That’s a testament to their love for the game.” Belyeu also put out a call for potential players for next season, saying he must replace his entire junior varsity squad. “Please print that,” he said. “We need everybody out there we can get.”
‘Complete game’ gives Indians 55-6 spring win By DAVID GRANGER Managing Editor
Tim Perry sounded well north of pleased as he discussed how things went for his Wetumpka Indians football squad Saturday night. And why shouldn’t he? His charges got to tee it up against a real opponent. He was able to empty the bench and get everyone much-needed spring reps. Most importantly – and most telling – his Indians came away with a 55-6 win over the Vikings of Mary Montgomery High School of Semmes at Jacksonville State University’s Burgess-Snow Field at JSU Stadium. “It went real well,” Perry said. “We’re very proud of our guys our team very proud of our couaches. We were able to come away with a victory. Our offense scored on every possession. Our first and second defenses I think only gave up three first downs in the first two quarters and we held them scoreless for almost the entire game. They scored on our JV defense with one second left to go in the game.
“As a coaching staff, we were just very excited for our guys, felt like they played as complete a game as we could for just eight practices and one walk-through.” Perry said the game was made up of four 10-minute quarters and included no live kicking. Perhaps most pleasing to Perry was that everyone he took to Calhoun County was able to play. “We were able to get everybody reps,” Perry said. “Everybody contributed, which is always great. We thought that our young guys, our freshman played extremely well, especially for going on the road and playing on a college field. They performed very well. “I thought it was a great ending to our spring practice and it was a great springboard, created a lot of momentum and enthusiasm for going into our summer program, which we’ll start in a couple of weeks,” Perry said. Yet another bonus to a spring and spring game filled with bonuses for the Indians was the lack of any serious injuries among the Indians. Perry said some were “nicked up,” but all should be back for summer.
“We were able to get through with a minimum amount of injuries. The injuries that occurred – we did not have any injuries in the game Saturday night – we had a couple guys get nicked up during the spring practice. Nothing really serious. We will have everybody for the summer, so those injuries were not season-ending. They were all nonsurgery types of injuries. The players that were injured just need to be given some time to heal.” “Overall, we thought it was an extremely successful spring.” Perry said that if he singled anyone out for their play, the would, to be fair, have to single out his entire squad.. “I just want to congratuate the entire team, all of them, they all did a great job,” Perry said. “They all played with a lot of energy. We forced a turnover, Didn’t have a fumble, didn’t throw any interception. Usually you have a lot of mistakes and mental errors in spring games. We didn’t have those. This was about as good a spring effort as I’ve been associated with.”
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College coach to teach basketball basics at Boys and Girls Club camp By COREY ARWOOD Staff Writer
A South Carolina college women’s basketball coach, with a long list of achievements as a collegiate athlete said she will be returning home to teach local kids not only skills on the court but life skills through basketball. Latasha Jackson’s 2017 Fundamental’s Basketball Camp will be held for its second year at the Wetumpka Boys and Girls Club, with two two-day camp dates set for 5-18 year olds. Event dates for ages 5-12 are May 30-31, while dates set for 13-18-year-olds are June 9-10. From shooting to defense, Jackson said those who attended the camp could expect to learn all the fundamentals of basketball, just as its name suggests. And she said she wanted to impart good sportsmanship along with good technique. “I want it to be a life lessons through sports,” said Jackson. “If they can learn to work with kids they’ve never met before at a camp …
this is something they can carry over into the classroom.” And she said there would be a focus on the classroom, acknowledging both were instrumental to being a successful student and athlete. “Sports and education – you need both to make it,” Jackson said. Jackson coaches women’s basketball at Converse College in South Carolina and has been assistant coach there for three years. Her passion for the court extends back to her time in high school where she graduated from Stanhope Elmore of Millbrook. She said she had deep roots in Elmore County, with both parents graduating from Wetumpka High School. At last year’s camp she said she asked her cousin, Kamryn Pettway, a running back at Auburn University, to come speak at the camp. Some of the lessons and life skills Jackson teaches she learned through her own experiences with tragedy and adversity. Her basketball career was brought to an untimely end after surgery on a lung infection
caused scarring which she said affected her playing. “My performance on the court, it just wasn’t the same,” Jackson said, but continued humorously, “When you’re playing basketball you’re using your lungs a lot.” However she said her passion for sports persisted and so did her determination to compete. “I can still be a part of sports,” Jackson said she resolved to herself then. She went on to run track, garner prestigious awards and break records throwing discus. “There’s always something you can do, you can spread the passion in other areas,” Jackson said. Costs to attend the camp are for ages 5-12 is $10 per child for BGC members, and $15 for non-members. The 13-18 age group costs are $30 per camper for both members and non-members. Wetumpka Boys and Girls Club Director Cheryl Myrick said part of that price goes back to the club.
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CommunityCalendar NOW – May 22
Registration is now open for the City of Wetumpka’s CJ Deputy Summer Program. Packets can be picked up and returned at the Wetumpka Police Department from 8 a.m. – 5 p.m., Monday – Friday. The program will be held at the MLK, Jr. Center located at 200 Lancaster Street in Wetumpka. Breakfast, lunch and snacks will be served daily at no cost. There will be daily devotionals, reading time, motivational speakers, field trips, arts and crafts, games, movies and ice cream Fridays! They are still in need of volunteers or donations such as water, snacks, and juice. For more information contact Sergeant Ella Roberts at (334) 850-2566 during regular business hours only, or by email at eroberts@cityofwetumpka.com.
NOW – June 2
The exhibition, Stardust: From the Alabama Pastel Society, is at The Kelly Fitzpatrick Memorial Gallery. This is a juried exhibition and is opened to the public Monday through Friday from 8:30 a.m. - 4:30p.m. on the second floor of the City Administration Building, 408 South Main Street, Wetumpka, Alabama. Admission is free.
May 21
Darien Primitive Baptist Church will hold their Homecoming beginning at 10:30 a.m. Elder Jonathan Blakeley
of Wetumpka will be the guest minister. A covered dish lunch will follow the morning service. All friends and descendants of former members are cordially invited to attend this service. Darien Church is located 5 miles west of Wadley, just off Highway 22 at Cotney’s old store. • The Elmore County Historical Society is pleased to welcome Mrs. Ryan Blocker from the Alabama Department of Archives and History as our speaker. Mrs. Blocker will discuss the historical changes in wedding through past generations, why bridesmaids wear the same dresses, and fun wedding trivia. The meeting will be held at 2:30p.m. at the Elmore County Museum. Refreshments will be served. The meeting is free and all are welcome.
May 22-June 22
Do you want to play a game? Join the Businesses of Downtown Wetumpka as we have our first Photo Scavenger Hunt! Beginning May 22 and running through June 22 you will search Downtown Wetumpka for many special items located inside our businesses and snap a SELFIE with that item. The more Selfies you take better your chance to win. Over $400 in prizes to be given away including prizes from Grumpy Dog, Vault Variety, Creed Gym, Curves, Scent Wizards and many more. For more information contact Scent Wizards at 334-478-3801.
May 27
The 4th annual Hotrods in the Park will be from 9 a.m. – 4 p.m. at the Village Green Park in Millbrook. There will be a car show, food, and t-shirts. Admission will be canned goods to be donated to the Millbrook Welcome Center.
June 3
Elmore County NWTF Chapter Volunteers invite young people under the age of 18 and their parents to enjoy a day of outdoor fun at Fort Toulouse. Registration is free and includes lunch for the youth participant. Preregistration is required by May 31. Onsite registration will also be available. Supervised activities will include: crafts, archery, hunter safety, BB gun shooting, Hatchet Throw, Black Powder Shooting, and many other events. For registration information about this year’s Jakes Event, contact Barbara Burchard, bburc24315@ aol.com. Registration Form can be located on our Facebook Page https://www.facebook.com/ ElmoreCountyNWTF/ or online at http://bit.ly/2017ECJAKES.
June 17
Join the Wetumpka Chamber of Commerce for an in-depth 5 hour paranormal investigation of the most haunted building in Wetumpka from 7 p.m. – 12 a.m. Reservations include a “Paranormal 101” class at the Chamber. Register online at www.
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The Shoppes at Eastchase, Blackfinn Ameripub, the Montgomery Bicycle Club, and Ability Sport Network at Huntingdon College invite you to ride Cycling for sight at 7 a.m. – 5:30 p.m. There is are optional 20-mile, 45-mile, 65-mile and 100-mile fun rides to benefit the Montgomery Lions Club Community Foundation charities. This is the sevnth ride in the Alabama Backroads Century Series, This ride will commemorate Helen Keller, a native Alabamian who courageously challenged Lions Club members to become “knights of the blind in the crusade against darkness. Visit www.montgomerylionsclub. com for more information. June 26-30 New Home Baptist Church, located at 1605 New Home Road in Titus, will host “Maker Fun Factory Vacation Bible School.” Supper will be served each night at 6 p.m. and class will be taught from 6:30 p.m.- 8:30 p.m. Maker Fun Factory is a world where curious kids become hands-on inventors who discover they’re lovingly crafted by God. Sunday, July 2 is Family Day, where families can see what the kids learned all week at 10 a.m. Lunch will follow at 11 a.m. Please make plans to
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The DAC Foundation exhibit located at 219 Hill Street in downtown Wetumpka will be open each Monday and Wednesday from 10:00 am until 12:00 pm. Our first exhibit at this location, features work by Dixie Art Colony artists Arthur Stewart, Kelly Fitzpatrick, Shiney Moon, Lousie Everton, Karl Wolfe, Billy Wilson and Genevieve Sutherland. Some of the work has never been publicly shown. For information visit DixieArtColony.org or follow us on Facebook. • Celebrate Recovery meets at Grace Point Community Church, located at 78223 Tallassee Highway, every Tuesday night at 6:15 p.m. All are welcome! These meetings are a safe and loving environment for individuals seeking to conquer their hurts, habits, and hang-ups! For more information visit gracepoint.info. • Celebrate Recovery meets at Journey Church, located at 2960 East Cobbs Ford Road every Monday at 5:30 p.m. There is a meal and childcare provided. Celebrate Recovery is a Christ-centered 12-step for anyone struggling with addiction or life-challenging issues. Call Larry at (334) 832-5714 or visit myjourneychurch.com for more information. • Celebrate Recovery meets each Thursday evening at 6:15
p.m. at Santuck Baptist Church, located at 7250 Central Plank Road. This is a Christ centered 12 step program for anyone struggling with hurts, habits, and hang-ups. Call (334) 567-2364 for more information. • Fresh Start Recovery meets every Thursday from 6 p.m. – 8 p.m. at First United Methodist Church Wetumpka located at 306 W Tuskeena Street. Fresh Start Motorcycle Ministry began when God laid it on the heart of a lifetime biker to minister to those with his background. All are welcome, not a requirement to own/ ride a motorcycle. Format used is the Holy Bible. For information contact ministry leader Paul Henderson at (334) 201-5428. • Gamblers Anonymous meets Saturdays at 6 p.m. at Cedarwood Community Church, located at 10286 U.S. Highway 231 in the Wallsboro/ Wetumpka community. Call (334) 567-0476 for more information. • Griefshare Ministry meets on Tuesday nights at 6:30 p.m. This ministry is for anyone who is dealing with the loss of a loved one and is seeking guidance and encouragement. There is a small fee for the materials and this is open to all people needing support. Contact the church office for more information 334-567-4729 or visit www.calvarybaptistwetumpka.org or our Facebook page @ calvarybaptistwetumpka.
‘Adoption Under the Stars’ offers busy people chance to adopt By REA CORD Elmore County Humane Society
Are your Saturdays just too busy anymore and you find we are closed when you are finally done with all of your errands? Well, not to worry as you can come out to visit our pets until 8 p.m. this coming Saturday, May 20, for our Second Annual “Adoptions Under the Stars.” Not only is our staff doing a fantastic decorating job, you just might find your best friend and get a lucky special discount on that pet’s adoption fee. Once approved for a pet you will be able to pick your star to see what your adoption discount or door prize might be! See you Saturday! We hope you have your calendar marked for our 12th annual Wags & Whiskers Auction on Friday, July 28, at the Wind Creek Wetumpka Entertainment Center, 100 River Oaks Drive, Wetumpka. Our auction is a don’t-miss event with something for everyone and just a great evening of fun. There will be hundreds of items up for auction (both silent and live), great food, door prizes and more. All the proceeds go to our humane shelter to help ensure we can continue our work and be there to help all the pets brought to us in need of our help. We are still accepting items for our auction and are open to just about anything in our categories of antiques & collectibles. artwork & wall décor, certificates/tickets, household Items, jewelry; petrelated items, sports, outdoors and more. If you would like to donate an item to our auction, please contact Chris Sisson at 334-3132155. All donated items are tax-
deductible and help us do even more to help the animals in our care. This is both a silent and live auction so plenty of opportunities for everyone to find one or more treasures. The fun, food and bidding begin at 6 p.m. when we open the Entertainment Center doors. Wind Creek Wetumpka will ensure a great layout of food for everyone. Scott and Michelle Williams from High as the Sky Auction Company will make sure our live auction is a fun experience for everyone and DJ Ziggy from PowerSounds USA will keep our energy level high as our master of ceremonies. Silent auction bidding will then continue until the final whistle and our many auction volunteers will then help everyone collect their items and do the final payment processing. Later this month you can preview each and every item that will be in our auction by checking out our special auction website: www.elmorehumane.auction. New items are being added weekly so check back often to see what new treasures will be up for bid. You can pre-purchase tickets for $25 person at our shelter (255 Central Plank Road, Wetumpka) or at the door. We also have a limited number of tables seating, eight for $300. Come to the shelter or call us at 334-567-3377 to pay for your table before they are all gone! Our Silent Auction is our biggest single fundraising event, so we hope for a huge crowd who want to have fun, find a few treasures and support our work to help as many animals as we can every day.
Pet of the Week – Minnie Minnie is an eight-month old female Catahoula mix, about 35-40 pounds, with the most striking colors. She is a confident girl, good with other dogs, though she can be a bit bossy. She is happy to play, happy to lay or just happy to take it all in. Our adoption fees are $100 for dogs and $50 for cats under one year 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 your participating veterinarian. To meet all the great pets at our shelter come to 255 Central Plank Road in Wetumpka. For more information, go to our website at www. elmorehumane.org for more information, email us at hselco@bellsouth. net or give us a call at 334-567-3377. We are open for adoptions Monday through Friday 10 a.m-5 p.m. and this Saturday, May 20, from 9 a.m. - 8 p.m. for Adoptions Under the Stars!
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Back Row: Joshua David Green, Marc Dalton McHenry, Colin James Nunn, Matthew Jackson Watters, Joshua Blake Walters, Clayton Michael Brown Front Row: Kaitlyn Elizabeth Downing, Laura Ann Madison, Avery Ann Johnston, Anna Kathryn Barnes, Morgan Elizabeth Brown, Piper Lou Watters, Caity Jo Lee, Kaylee Ann Glenn, Darby Renee Claxton, Shelby Lynn Smith, Kelsey Victoria Hansen
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Stanhope Elmore High School Class of 2017
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Thomas S. Albright, Dauson J. Alexander, Tanner A. Anderson, Aaron S. Aspden, Cody L. Bales, LaQuirtrai E. Bates, Sumar M. Bath, Keely A. Baxter, John M. Beale, Kameron D. Bellinger, Tykia S Bennett, Bristol J. Benton, Tijah D. Blackmon, Sarah R. Bozeman, Tyshawnia M. Bozeman, Heather L. Brantley, Alesia B. Brewer, Aeriel M. Brown, Briana D. Brown, Latrisha A. Brown, Owen T. Burt, Sean M. Byrd, William M. Byrd, Zechariah R. Byrd, Destiny B. Cannon, Brian Chavez, Alex R. Cheesman, Morgan S. Cherry, Nicholas A. Church, Jennifer M. Cias, Joseph M. Clements, Clayton G. Connell, Stephen R. Cope Jr., Kendal R. Coppock, Kennedi A. Crosby, Trenton J. Dacus, Cameron D. Daniels, Braxton B. Davis, Breanne C. Davis, Latrell J. Davis, DeAndre A.Dawes, Michael J. Dean, Christopher M. Dozier, Autussi O. Duncan, Christian J. Duncan, Victoria D. Dyess, Courtney L. Ellis, Jamaiya N. Ellis, Tamirah M. Erskine, Duntrevious D. Esco, Breunna M. Eugene, Garrett D. Evans, Sarah A. Farlow, Chelsea M. Fife, Victoria N. Fife, Charity M. Floyd, Robert David Foil, Zachary A. Foradori, Kiara A. Foreman, Sydney R. Foshee, Topanga B. Fucci, Taylor E. Gamble, Martavius I. Gardner, LaTerrica K. Garrett, Bailey M. Gates, Elijah N. Gilder, Jameire D. Golson, Matthew H. Goodman, Corevantae M. Graves, Lester A. Hails, Christopher G. Hall, Genesis M. Hall, Kourtney M. Hamm, Zachary T. Hancock, Logan E. Hardy, Cameryn P. Harris, Haniya L. Harris, Sean C. Harris, Je’din Harris-Averhart, Savannah M. Harrison, Tayla D. Harrison, Parker J. Head, Matthew S. Helms, Elijah S. Henry, Avery M. Holden, Chyna J. Hornsby, Arianna B. Howard, Kinsey L. Hunt, Stephanie A. Hussey, Kareem J. Jackson, Matiece D. Jackson, Payton L. Jackson, Devron J. James, Carson H. Janes, Jazzmen M. Johnson, Kade A. Johnson, Kaylin J. Johnson, Madison M. Johnson, Keonna S. King, Darris R. Knight, Rico L. Knight, Stanley Knight Jr., Shakila Kochi, Manuel D. Ledezma, Landon P. Lloyd, Amy S. Lopez, Summer M. Lusk, TyCierra M. Maddox, Cierre C. Malone, Jordan Maloney, Joseph P. Mann, Aaron T. Martin, Keldric T. Martin, Trekobe R. McClain, Mark S. McGowin, Shi-Kira Q. McKay, Gregory O. McKenzie, Alyssa McKnight-Earley, Joy L. McLendon, Alex D. McNeil, Artayshia J. McQueen, Mecca R. McQueen, DeAndre L. Meadows, Kaylee D. Milburn, Victoria A. Miles, Raven I. Miller, Elvis M. Mims, Hannah M. Mollus, James A. Montgomery, Sean D. Moore, Shyanne N. Moore, Deandre T. Morgan, Zachary B. Mozingo, Avery N. Myers, Caitlin M. Newman, Jarrett C. Nichols, Elizabeth P. Nicholson, Austin T. Nix, Joshua L. Nix, Daneth Noy, William L.Nuckols, Evelyn K. Oliver, Alan R. Olvera, Brandon J. Orndorff, Jeffrey D. Pannell, Isiah L. Parker, Alyssa M. Parris, Karen A. Paz Reyes, Rebecca A. Pearson, Kane R. Perryman, Justin M. Phillips, LaCarian T. Pierce, Kyle C. Pietrzak, Jonathan C. Pinedo, Emily G. Pose, Jermelle T. Powell, Justin W. Price, Kamron N. Purter, Cody J. Radka, Brian T. Rambo, James L. Rawls, Asia J. Reaves, Euliah P. Reaves, Nisha’ D. Reese, Alexandria N. Richards, Hannah M. Rieke, Amanda M. Riley, Christian H. Rines, Stephanie M. Rines, Ja’Wan M. Robinson, Tyra N. Rose, Isaac N.Sala, Andrea Sanchez, Makayla A. Scott, Emily F. Segrest, Avery D. Selvage, Blake R. Selvage, Collin J. Serafino, Cindy M. Shelton, Nadia H. Silva, Reginald Simmons Jr., Jared C. Sims, William P.Skelton, Shamyra J. Smith, Steven L. Smith, Thomas E. Smith Jr., Christian R. Smothers, Jamie K. Splunge Jr, Samantha M. Stewart, Landon K. Stiles, Hannah M. Stonestreet, Xavier S. Streety, Malik S. Suttles, Nassir A. Suttles, Tavis N. Taite, Olivia D. Tatem, Alexandria D. Tatum, Desarae L.Terrell, Cameron D. Thach, Cameron C. Thomas, Jazmyn L. Thomas, Jaylen C. Toby, Brayan E. Torres, Altagrace Toussaint, Amanda M. Trefelner, Alyssa Truncale, Quinaz’ L. Turner, Quincy L. Turner, Frederik D. Ulloa, Keven T. Upton, Kelli E. Vaughn, Brianna M. Vinson, Corbin A. Wade, Graham F. Waldo, Zachary T. Ward, Philip O. Warlick, III, Mikayla N. Watkins, Tyler D. Watson, Ryan E. Watts, Jasmine M. White, Annamarie P. Whitman, Caila L. Wickham, Asia S. Williams, Cheyenne N. Williams, Dante J. Williams, Hayden B. Williams, Jazsmine T. Williams, Sydney D. Williams, Meagan D. Wilson, Shakiria J. Wilson, Jessica L. Woodall, David C. Woodget, Christopher L. Woods, Jordan L. Word, Kiana B. Wright, Jazmine B. Young
Victory Baptist School Class of 2017
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Wetumpka High School Class of 2017
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William Chance Abrams, Onesimo Vega Adame, Jr., Payton Ashtin Adams, David Apolinar Andrade, Sydnee Erin Anhalt, JaCorey O’Neal Anthony, Whitney Erin Arnette, Eric Talon Barnes, Trenton Thomas Barrett, Levi John Bennett, Edgar Jackson Bliss, Tray Ali Blue, Lillian Elizabeth Boothe, Jacob Allen Borden, William Jody Bowden II, Chandler Elizabeth Bowen, Logan Hunter Bozeman, Allen Cade Bradley, Chase Alan Bradley, Wilson Anthony Bright, Marcus DeNard Britton, Christopher Jacob Brown, Akwasi Vinshon Bryant, Antoinetta Michelle Bryant, Morgan Nicole Bryant, Emma Nicole Butler, Tionna La’Tonia Butler, Nutcha Butsri, Savannah Lee Ann Buzbee, Ryan Christopher Byers, Jakel Keonta Calhoun, Bethany Mae Cannon, Melvin Jerome Cannon, Jr., Christina Talaine Carter, Rachel Margaret Casey, Houston Chase Cavalier, Andrew Brannan Celka, Joseph Wesley Champion, Emily Ruth Chapman, Marc Joseph Chauvin, Hunter Austin Clements, Hunter Lee Coker, Katelyn Danielle Cole, Isaiah Jeremiah Collins, Jaquezs Xavier Colquitt, Madison Lynnae Conley, Kelsie Shae Cornelius, Tyren Kordel Crawford, Keenan Alexander Crew, Austin Bradley Dean, Jamie Carsyn Debrow, Maxie Alonzo Decoff, Dalton Chandler Deep, Andrew Franklin Delaney, Precious Ann Devine, Trenton J. Dillard, Tara Brianna Donald, Tamara LaShae Donley, Charles Joseph Douglass, James Alex Drinkard, Nicholas Lamar Drinkard, Thomas Jake Engle, Hannah Elizabeth Ertley, Kody Alan Estes, Carlos Aaron Estrada, Hayden Grace Fabel, Jasmine Nicole Farrow, Melissa Velvet Fields, Erin Taylor Fitzpatrick, Tyler John Fleming, Jakayla Clairice Fletcher, Erich Johnson Flynn III, Emily Day Foster, Jenelle Ann Freitag, Michaella Louise Freitag, Emily Grace Fuller, Christopher Jordan Futral, Glenys Marisol Gabriel Ramirez, Hannah Ashton Geno, Jetta-Rose Francine George, Whitney Jacquish Gibbons, Amanda Cole Gibson, Nathanael Lee Gilliland, John Hayes Graham, John Michael Graham, Cristina Daniela Grecu, Shelton Logan Griffin, Jamaal Keante Gullatte, Crystal Danielle Hall, Tyus Remon Hall, Demetrice Shaunte Harris, Christopher Dalton Hawkins, Kimberly Dontavia Henderson, Letha Kiara Henderson, Jade Elizabeth Hernandez, Cayla Destiny Hicks, Brittany Nicole Hill, Nicholas Brady Hines, Trenton Wayne Holley, Mikayla Ivy Holt, Taylar Elise Hooks, Zekeria Eniko Hooks, Noah Steven Hopper, Andrea Michelle House, Miquon Labrian Humphery, Jalynn Victoria Humphrey, Quinterious Ramon Hunt, Noah James Isler, Stantrez De’Marquez Jackson, Caleb Joseph Jeffers, Joshua Martiney Johnson, Seth Cyril Johnson, Micayla Dane Johnston, Michael William Johnston, Jr., Anna Katherine Jones, Brandon Lamar Jones, Cody Dean Jones, Dana Nicole Jones, Morgan Olivia Jones, Sterling Alexander Jones, Stepheno Oneal Kendrick, Andrew Tyler Kilpatrick, Logan Clay Knight, Jauntae Quintez Knox, Alexis Tyler Landry, Dalton Joseph Langford, Bailey Lane Lewis, Tyler Edwin Girdner Loza, Shunderrius Deiondre Lyles, Sierra Dawn Maddox, Kelsie Ryan Majewski, Derrick Dewayne Malone, Brittany Taylor Martin, Qumeeka Sha-Faye Mason, Zane Alexander Mason, Jacob Ryan McClellan, Joseph Wayne McCluskey II, Horace Jay McDonald, Kaitlyn Nicole McDonald, Kaylyn Raye McGinty, Lasharee Ideaira McKethern, Sydney Layne McKissick, Brittany Elaine Miller, John Ramsey Mitchell, Taylor Jamiece Mitchell, Addison Paige Morgan, Benjamin Edward Morrow, Kieran Michael Murphy, Taylan Gwen Newman, Alycia Marie Noel, Dylan James Norton, Jaylen Andrew Oden, Hannah Llywellyn Overton, Riley Graick Palmer, Rebecca Lee Patterson, Elasia Monae Pearson, Wesley Blake Perez, Katherine May Pershing, Layne Staley Phillips, Hayden Adam Pickens, Amber Michelle Pippin, Caitlyn Elizabeth Poore, Treal D’One Powell, Victoria Dawn Powell, Tristen Blake Queen, Benjamin Wilson Raiborn, Jayden Mitchell Randall, John Ellis Rawls II, Sarah Elizabeth Ray, Dawson Anthony Rhodes, Nicolas Conner Rizzo, Trenton Rex Roberson, Jayauna Yvonne Roberts, Jarrian Felicia Robinson, Lloyd Phillip Robinson, Marcus Alexander Robinson, Rainah Marie Robinson, Fredrick Douglas Rose, Jr., Teayana Sadē Ross, Emma Catherine Russell, Ja’Coby Alquandrae Savage, Reis Allen Schone, Madilyn Adara Serritelli, Austin James Seward, Olivia Grace Sexton, Alexis Rose Sharpe, Emily Douglas Shaw, Jasmine Monique Shealey, Dillan Bryce Sheffield, Morgan Mckinnley Shipp, Chloe Marie Singley, Mary Elizabeth Slater, Carlisia Deau’tazia Slaughter, Brandi Jer’Cole Smoke, Steven Jrome Smoke, Cameron Patric Speake, Christopher Glynn Speigner, James Thomas Spitzer, Christyl Alexandria Springs, Cameron Andrew Spurlin, Bryce Landry Staves, Jadon Britt Stephens, Ashely Chantel Stewart, Victoria Ann Stoddard, Taylor Erin Stroh, Breanna Shea Swindall, Ansley Grace Taylor, Reagan Jonee’ Tell, Adele Tessier, Alison Lee Theriot, William Joe Thornton, Carrie Loraine Tillery, JaMarcus Devon Townsend, Logan Conner Townson, Kyle Alexander Turgeon, Matthew Ryan Turgeon, Courtney Carson Turner, Joe Nathan Unger, Vanessa Rodriguez Vera, Ethan Whitson Vigue, Caleb Price Walker, Corrie Lynn Walker, William Alexander Walker, Jacob John David Ward, Lauren Michelle Warrick, Zachary Chandler Watson, Elijah James Weems, Stephen Clay Weldon, Kaylin Elizabeth Weller, Brennen Zakary Whiteard, David Andrew Wilkinson, Bailey Elizabeth Williams, DeAndre LaGarius Williams, Jordan Marie Williams, LaDarian Direz Williams, Demarco Shurod Wilson, Jr., Keyana Iman Wilson, Ashlyn Deanna Winfree, Hunter Morgan Wingard, Hana Michelle Witherington, Jessica Nicole Wood, Katie Brooke Wood, Shadeja Monyae Wright-Lucas, Kiara Shuntae Young, Maurice Young, II
Elmore County High School Class of 2017
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Kimberly Megan Adair, Spencer Russell Andrews, Alexandria Diane Baker, Jeb Daniel Ballard, Cameron Austin Batrez, Tyric Edward Belyeu, Jakobi Hilujuan Bickley, Keshaan Oneal Bowman, Mark Wakefield Bowron, Mary Kathryn Megan Bowron, Schylar Grey Bowron, Jacob Dylan Brabham, James Thomas Broach, Charles Austin Brown, Meghan Opal Bush, Kathryn Jayde Capps, Easterling Edwin Carpenter, Riana Jordan Cartee, Crystal Leigh Carter, Ashton Taylor Celka, Andrew Solomon Chancey, Sarah Mckenzie Clark, Christian Michael Collier, Dustin Patrick Taylor Cox, Courtney Rebecca Dunaway, Stephanie Elizabeth Eckstein, Isabella Noel Edwards, Nicholas William Edwards, Jodi Gail Eller, Trey Lee Fulmer, Holley Mikell Gantt, Peter Thomas Garrett, Taylor Walker Gilliland, Summer Diane Gregory, Thomas Lester Gregory, Samuel James Grigsby, Michael Andrew Guillot Jr, Michael Dylan Guionnaud, Jedidiah Oliver Hall, George Douglas Hart Jr, Tiffany Grace Henderson, Josephine Carmen Henson, Hope Pamela Hill, Hayden Grace Holliday, Cameron Wayne Johnson, Justin Cade Jones, Victor W Jones Jr,Mason Brandt Kassian, Robert Walker Lovvorn, Dylan Oliver Malone, Chance Michael Mann, Katherine Michelle Mann, Shelby Addison Martin, Tonya Lee Martin, Emily Rose Mccord, Sean Keith Mcdade, Donna Kathryn Mooney, William James Morse, Aaron Chase Motes, Martin Kent Murray,Madison Cheyenne Norman, Jacob Addison Owens, Americalee Marie Parks, Shelby Marie Patterson, Ladaisha Shaidai Pierson, Summer Larain Ross, Ryan Joseph Rush, Isabella Camille Sanders, Laura Elizabeth Sanders, Leslie Rebecca Sanders, Skyler Evan Sanders, Jenni Raelyn Self, Bailee Claire Simmons, Emily Beth Simpson, Amanda Grace Smith, Deana Jewel Stanley, Joshua Alan Stockman, Tracy Kyle Strouse, Ashton Elizabeth Swicord, Madeline Elizabeth Taylor, Cameron James Terry, Trey Nathaniel Thompson, Hannah Bell Traylor, Justin Thomas Trotter, Abigail Lynn Tyler, Jana Gayle Venable, William Abraham Venable, Dallas Taylor Wade, Landon Taylor Waid, Elizabeth Nicole Waite, Fischer Trace Wall, Katherine Autumn Ware, Thomas Cody Watson, Richard Cadell Watts, Theodore Benjamin Watts, Lowegan Amaku Wetzel, Nathan Paul Whorton, Evan Jackson Williams, Hayden Miller Williams, Lawrence Grant Williamson, Kendall Ashton Willis, Alexis Daanyell Wilson, Noah Robert Wood, Joseph Kincaid Youngblood,