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RETIREMENT RECEPTION - Michael Warr shows the plaque he was presented last week at a reception held in recognition of his retirement from the clayton Water and sewer Board as chief operator of Water department after 28 years of service. shown participating in the presentation are virgil devose, equipment operator i, Portia Glenn, board member, Tommy Moses, equipment operator david Moses, board member, Bobby Warr, chairman of Water and sewer Board, Benelle Warr, water Photo by Laney Gulledge clerk, and Kathy helms, office director.

Drivers will notice a change in Alabama license plates beginning this month. The new 2022 Alabama standard license plate design replaces the mountain scene with a beach and the website www.alabama.travel along the bottom.

BICYLES FOR LOCAL CHILDREN - Eufaula’s Buffalo Soldiers Chapter member, Gary Henderson, “Mr. G”, is shown delivering four bicycles to Assistant Clayton Police Chief Edward Hardy to be donated to four children in the community. Bicycles were also donated to Eufaula Police Department.

Barbour County women, ages 15 to 55, have the opportunity to receive preventative health screening and management for chronic diseases due to a new program being offered at the Barbour County Health Department.

A jury empaneled for the murder trial of Reginald Coley in Eufaula returned a guilty verdict for the 2015 murder of Michael Marshall of Eufaula. In addition to the guilty verdict, Coley also was found guilty of Assault 2nd degree for the shooting of Marshall’s brother, Marvin Marshall, also of Eufaula, Possession of a Controlled Substance with Intent to Distribute Cocaine and Possession of Marijuana 1st degree.

Sen. Billy Beasley, (D-Clayton) who is seeking re-election to the Alabama Senate District 28 seat, has received an endorsement from the Alabama Farmers Federation. District 28 is comprised of all of Barbour, Bullock, Henry and Macon counties as well as portions of Houston and Russell counties.

A Blakely, GA man was killed Thursday afternoon, December 30, about 5:00 on Highway 79 South, about five miles south of Bakerhill. Thomas Pelmon, Jr., 54 years old, was fatally injured when the 2001 Ford F-150 he was driving left the roadway and struck a tree in the single-vehicle accident.