Get My Point??
Have
you ever had a day when everything seemed
to go wrong, right from the time you opened
your eyes in the morning till you went
to sleep that night? Sure you have...
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From the Hill
Sometimes
you don’t understand all the
events when they seem to pile up on
people. The day after Martha Stuckey
buried her husband, Ralph, she fell...
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Library
Matters
New
Arrivals/Fiction: Tempted by Trouble by
Eric Jerome Dickey; The Postcard Killers
by James Patterson & Lisa Marklund;
Legends of Shannara...
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Rec
News
Soccer
registration at Recreation Department
will end September 10 and the season will
be Sep 27 –Oct 28. The cost is $35
per child and is for boys...
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Pet
of the Week
Champ
is a simply wonderful two-three year old
neutered male yellow Lab who is about
65 lbs! He is great with other dogs, very
smart, partially housetrained...
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After
school program starts next week
by
Michael Butler
Tallassee's Ready for College After School Program
will begin next week. The official opening day
will be Tuesday, September 7.
"Back
to school means after school care," Director
Dr. Shandra Williams said. Ready for College's
21 Century Learning Center is located at 914 Birch
Street in Tallassee.

Supplies
were donated by Tallassee Police
The
program is for kids from kindergarten - 8th grade,
Monday - Friday from 3:00 p.m. - 5:15 p.m. An
assortment of activities are planned from Wii
games to field trips. They even offer gardening
exercises.
Academic
enrichment includes literacy and computer programs.
Music education is offered in piano, violin and
guitar...
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The
Schools Need Annexation
Contributed
I’ll
go ahead and say it. Our kids are back in school!
It was hard for me to say that. When I was in
school, my teachers taught me that kids belong
to goats and that humans have children!
But to say that the children are back
in school is not powerful writing. For the purpose
of this article, the kids from Tallassee are indeed
back in school. Nearly
two thousand kids are enrolled in the Tallassee
Schools for the current year.
The Tallassee High School team played its first
football game of the season in Hot O’Brien
Stadium Friday night with the home fans experiencing
the new bleachers for the first time. What a game
it was! We defeated 6A Alex City. It was a great
experience...
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The
Sugar Shack
by
Trey Taylor
Why
is it that I can flip through a hundred channels
and find nothing interesting to watch, but when
I was a kid their was plenty to watch on just
three channels.
Now for you youngsters I did say three channels
and that was if you were lucky. Sometimes you
might just get one or two depending on which way
the antenna was pointed. The channels we picked
up were 3, 9, and 12; three being the CBS channel,
nine being ABC and 12 being NBC...
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Back
in the Day
After
an outstanding career at Moton High in Tallassee,
where his team compiled an 80-0 three-year record,
Roy Bickley played in the Black Negro League for
the Tallassee Indians.
During
his four seasons, the Indians captured back-to-back
championships in 1956-57. Roy went to Akron in
1957 and began a 10-year career with various leagues.
He batted .520 in '62 to win the League's MVP
award. Roy finished his playing days with the
Akron Tigers and Akron Pioneers in the AA League
where he made the 1964 All-Star team.
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Your Vintage Photos

Notice
of Public Hearing
City
of Tallassee Planning Commission
The
Planning Commission of the City of Tallassee
will hold a Public Hearing on September 7, 2010
at 6 pm in the conference room at City Hall
located at 3 Freeman Avenue. The following items
will be heard.
An
Update from Washington
by
Congressman Bobby Bright
Over
the past several weeks, I have traveled across
the Second District during the August District
Work Period. Through town halls, Congress on Your
Corners, speaking to local clubs and organizations,
and office hours, I have spoken to hundreds of
constituents and will continue to do so before
Congress returns to session on September 14th.
In fact, by the end of this week, I will host
my 10th town hall in the last four weeks...
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City
addresses "droopy pants"
by
Michael Butler
The
Tallassee City Council introduced an ordinance
for appropriate dress code during the last meeting.
On September 13, the council will vote on the
proposed ordinance.
Wake-Up Call
Interview on WTLS
The
ordinance was introduced by City Councilman Ricky
Benton. It regards wearing sagging britches. Three
other muncipalities have enacted the ordinance.
Offenders would be accessed a fine. If a person
is cited, it would be similar to traffic ticket.
The person would have to attend city court.

What's
the belt for?
"I
don't care what anybody wears," Benton said.
"We don't want to walk in a restaurant or
we don't want to go down to the hospital and sit
in the corridor or anywhere with somebody's pants
down six inches below their tail...
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Walmart
renovation complete
Contributed
The
Tallassee Walmart, located at 1302 Gilmer Avenue,
will celebrate a grand re-opening this week. The
results of a three-month remodeling project will
be unveiled during a ribbon-cutting ceremony at
8:00 a.m. on Friday.
Among
the many improvements are a new layout, wider
aisles, low-profile shelving...
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Mercury Milan Premier
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The
Thin-Skinned Fat Man Strikes Back
by
Michael Bird
A
couple of weeks ago, the Tribune ran
a column I wrote, discussing what I found to be
a cynical worldview in many of today’s popular
television shows.
Montgomery’s daily newspaper picks up occasional
columns from this space, and selected that one
for publication in last Sunday’s edition...
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Pleasant Hill, Eclectic

Brick
house with big new shop, great location, 3 bedrooms,
2 baths, den, kitchen, dining, laundry, storage.
IT'S BEEN REMODELED - new laminate and tile flooring,
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boats and other side for work shop or car. $119,000.
For more information, call Rodney
Griffith at 334-207-0666 or visit the his
website: www.rodneygriffith.com.
Rodney Griffith Lake Martin Properties.

Dave
Says
with
Dave Ramsey
Getting
him back on his feet
Dear
Dave,
My wife and I are getting close to retirement,
and our 36-year old recently moved back in with
us. His automotive restoration business went bankrupt,
he hasn’t been able to find another job,
and he has nowhere else to go. What can we do
to help him...
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