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Council to consider deal for accounting help By MITCH SNEED Editor
Financial issues and the apparent inability to reconcile the city’s financial ledger have prompted the city council to consider an agenda at Monday night’s
meeting that could help with that problem. The agenda lists an item to consider authorizing the mayor to enter into an understanding with the Opelika accounting firm of Brantley, Boucher and Farr to
Pearl again set to help Children’s Harbor
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Auburn basketball coach Bruce Pearl and his wife, Brandy, have partnered again with Children’s Harbor for the third annual Fore the Children Golf Classic presented by Russell Lands and Alabama Power, with all proceeds benefitting Children’s Harbor and its partners. “My wife Brandy and I are very excited about continuing the partnership we have had with Children’s Harbor the previous two years,” Pearl said. “Our staff and families are trying to make a difference in the lives of children with serious illnesses and their families. “Four thousand families get served every year, and partnering with Children’s Harbor has been extremely rewarding. We have been fortunate to receive so much support from friends and the Auburn Family.” The golf tournament will be held on Monday, May 2, at the Willow Point Golf and Country Club in Alexander City. There will also be a dinner and auction See PEARL • Page 7
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By MITCH SNEED Editor Mitch Sneed / The Outlook
Multiple cars, going in multiple directions, often on the wrong side of the intersection, is a constant source of confusion for motorists driving through crossovers along Highway 280.
Drivers have trouble with intersection By MITCH SNEED Editor
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n a 10-minute period Friday at lunchtime, 27 vehicles traveled through the crossover on Highway 280 near McDonald’s and Ruby Tuesday. A total of 25 of those maneuvered through the intersection improperly according to the Alabama Driver’s manual and local law enforcement. Despite training in driver’s education Mitch Sneed / The Outlook classes, pages in the driver’s manual dedi- Double yellow lines and arrows like the ones that mark the crossover at Highway 280 and Coven Abbett Road could be helpful to motorists, but cated to the See CROSSOVER • Page 3 the responsibility for those markings would rest with the state.
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examination of two years of the city’s books came to light. One of the main areas of concern was the lack of reconciliation of the city’s cash accounts. See COUNCIL • Page 3
Dadeville Police Chief David Barbour confirmed Friday morning that the department is investigating an armed robbery that happened Thursday night at the Dadeville Family Dollar store. According to a released statement, the robbery occurred at about 8 p.m. Thursday at the Family Dollar located on North Broadnax Street in Dadeville, “Employees reported that a black male subject wearing all black clothing came into the store, produced a handgun, and demanded an undisclosed amount of money from the register,” Barbour said in a released statement. “No injuries were reported at the scene.” The store is in a shopping center less than two blocks from Dadeville City Hall and the Tallapoosa County Courthouse. The store is one of the only businesses in that strip center that is still open at that hour, but Broadnax, which runs in from of the store is heavily travelled. Barbour called the investigation ongoing and had little more information to release. No security camera video or still images of the possible suspect was available. Barbour asked the public to help if they have any information. Anyone having any information on this crime is asked to call the Dadeville Police Department at 256-825-6212 or email police@dadevillepd.org.
Ivy Creek provides healthcare screenings at Stillwaters
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train and assist with the cash reconciliations of city accounts. Before last Monday’s meeting broke down into a fist fight after adjournment, the issues auditors were having getting information needed to complete an
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Ivy Creek Heakthcare, which owns and operates Lake Martin Community Hospital, Lake Martin Home Health, Lake Martin Hospice, Ivy Creek Medical Equipment and Tallapoosa EMS in Dadeville, held its first Health and Wellness Fair Friday at the Stillwaters Welcome Center. Professionals from the staffs of the Ivy Creek facilities performed free blood pressure, cholesterol and A1C (blood sugar) screenings for dozens of visitors. In addition, the fair offered the visitors the opportunity to
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learn more about all of the local Ivy Creek facilities and the services they offer. Ashley Benton, a representative of Ivy Creek Healthcare, said several affiliated facilities existed on the Lake Martin Community Hospital campus, including those for pediatrics, family medicine and pharmacy. “We also have the Wellness Center at Lake Martin, which includes a fitness gym, physical therapists, a smoothie and juice bar and a full spa,” Benton said. “The spa includes tanning, both spray tanning and tanning beds, laser hair removal, massage – all the things you would See HEALTH • Page 3
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Cathy Adamson has her blood pressure checked by Donna Purcell of Lake Martin Home Health at Friday’s Health and Wellness Fair at Stillwaters.