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Dadeville honors Ed Shikoski Ed Shikoski, who owns the Lake Martin Event Center at The Rodeo Club, was selected as Lake Martin Dadeville Area Chamber’s Person of the Year. He said it’s an honor and it is just where he wants to Man of the Year Ed Shikoski, owner of Lake Martin Event be to help those who want Center, wins an award for outstanding help. community involvement. Helping the community is exactly what got Shikoski supporting the chamber and other selected for the prestigious businesses. community award, said chamber “We are a team. You ask me to president Michael Carter. do something, you get us both,” Shikosi credits his wife Marge Shikoski said. with most things and said they are The Shikoskis have been married a great couple. Marge is also an for a while and Ed said they owner of the club and can be seen complement each other. with Shikoski in the community ~ Cliff Williams
Local assists U.S. Navy in Indo-Pacific Alexander City native Chief Warrant Officer Janey Milliner monitors the airspace around the Arleigh Burke-class guidedmissile destroyer USS Rafael Peralta (DDG 115) Jan. 23, 2020. Rafael Peralta, part of the Theodore Roosevelt Carrier Strike Group, is on a scheduled deployment to the Indo-Pacific. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Jason Isaacs)
The dream is alive in Alexander City Dr. Martin Luther Celebrate History King Jr.’s dream is still Sarabi and Brinson Spradley wave alive but is far from from the float being completely belonging to fulfilled, according Friendship Baptist to Talladega College Church. president Dr. Billy Hawkins. “In my opinion, the movement Dr. King stood for is still misunderstood today,” Hawkins said. “He was a man of passion for equality and spoke often of his dream that one day all men would be treated equally. “Here we are 52 years later, and still his dream is questioned whereas in recent years we have had some setbacks with race relations in equality. If we are to fulfill Dr. King’s dream, we must all – no matter your color – admit we still have a long ways to go in this country.” Hawkins was the guest speaker at the MLK Day celebration at the Stephens Elementary School gym last month and said that racial equality and relations begin at home. Alexander City Mayor Tommy Spraggins honored the Martin Luther King Jr. celebration committee with a resolution. A moment of silence was held along with an empty chair on stage to remember community leader Alfred Cooper, who died last year. The event ended with the audience holding hands and singing “We Shall Overcome.” ~ Gabrielle Jansen Lake Martin Living 9
