Auburn weblog of note
New D-Line Coach, Mike Pelton, back when he wore #50 and was an all SEC Defensive Lineman. Coach Pelton replaces Auburn Legend Tracy Rocker who is now with the Tennessee Titans. Pelton has big shoes to fill, but this is a great hire. Pelton coached with Chizik at Iowa State so the two have a great repor. But most importantly, Pelton is an Auburn man through and through. There is no doubt in my mind he will recruit and coach with passion for Auburn. WDE.
This is a video from way back in July on Youtube of a few Bama fans talking preseason football (2010 season) chat. The guy leaning in the window certainly looks and sounds like “Al from Dadeville”
Evan Woodbery, a beat writer for the Auburn Bureau of al.com, has tweeted some photos of the house of the Toomer’s Tree Killer, Harvey Updyke’s home on Lake Martin.
http://twitter.com/#!/auburnbeat/status/38323008644845568
http://twitter.com/#!/auburnbeat/status/38325975720656896
http://www.myfoxal.com/Global/story.asp?S=14048891
AUBURN, AL (WBRC) – A man has been arrested in connection with the poisoning of trees at Toomer’s Corner in Auburn.
WTVM-TV in Columbus, GA, said Harvey Almorn Updyke, 62, of Dadeville, had been charged with Criminal Mischief. WTVM-TV attributed the news of the arrest to a source at the Lee County Justice Center.
Bond for Updyke was set at $50,000.
School officials, in a statement Thursday morning, announced plans to hold a news conference at 10:30 a.m. in front of Samford Hall to discuss developments in the poisoning of Toomer’s Oaks.
FOX6 News plans to carry that news conference live on FOX6 and FoxAlabamaLive.com.
Wednesday, Auburn University announced the oak trees at Toomer’s Corner had been given a lethal dose of herbacide. School officials said horticulturalists were attempting to save the trees, but did not believe the trees would survive.
Investigators began examining the trees after a caller to the Paul Finebaum Radio Network said he had poisoned the trees. Finebaum told FOX6 News local, state and federal investigators were looking into the story, which began on his show on January 27 when a man calling himself “Al from Dadeville” called in to the show claiming to have poisoned the trees. The man said he poisoned the trees the week after last year’s Iron Bowl because he said he saw a newspaper clipping from 1983 showing Auburn fans rolling Toomer’s Corner the day former Alabama football coach Paul “Bear” Bryant died.
Listen to the call yourself. On January 21st, this call from “Al from Dadeville” called the Paul Finebaum Radio Show and made the following statement which we’ve now learned to be true
“Al from Dadeville” – Finebaum – Click here
AUBURN – Auburn University today confirmed that an herbicide commonly used to kill trees was deliberately applied in lethal amounts to the soil around the Toomer’s Corner live oaks on campus, and there is little chance to save the trees. More information and ongoing updates as to treatment and prognosis are available at www.auburn.edu/oaks.
The City of Auburn Police Division is investigating the situation, and the application of this herbicide, known as Spike 80DF, or tebuthiuron, is also governed by state agricultural laws and the Environmental Protection Agency. The university does not use Spike herbicide. There is no reason to suspect any human danger from the herbicide, which manufacturer Dow Chemical says should be applied with proper clothing protection; a typical use of the herbicide is to kill trees along fence lines.
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