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Benjamin Russell boys and girls battle Stanhope Elmore.
Alex City man charged with sexual abuse of a child By MITCH SNEED Editor
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Hannah Henderson, who played the part of an impaired driver during a prom night crash dramatization, is given a field sobriety test by ACPD Officer Anthony Burgess. Below, Burgess and Officer Matthew Channell comfort a grieving mother at the mock accident scene.
SOBERING REALITY
Benjamin Russell students stage mock crash, produce video to stress prom safety
An Alexander City man was arrested Tuesday after being accused of sexual abuse of a child under the age of 12. Steven Paul Bulin, 43, of Alexander City was taken into custody Tuesday after an investigation that began with allegations made in mid-March, according to Alexander City Police Department Deputy Chief James Easterwood. “The complaint was filed by Bulin a relative of the female child,” Easterwood said. “In cases of this nature, DHR was involved and the TriCounty Advocacy Center assisted with forensic See ABUSE • Page 3
New Site council hears amended liquor ordinance
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t’s a sobering reality – 41 percent of teens surveyed in 2014 by AAA said that they or their friends will consume alcohol or drugs on prom night. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration data shows that more than 300 teens died in alcoholrelated traffic accidents during prom weekends from 2012 to 2016. Those numbers sparked a group of Benjamin Russell students and faculty, the Alexander City Fire Department and the Alexander City See PROM • Page 11
The opening of Cazadores Mexican Restaurant in New Site could be one step closer to becoming a reality, as is the completion of work on the New Site Gym, following actions taken at Monday night’s meeting of the New Site Town Council. The council reviewed a proposed ordinance regarding the application for a retail liquor license, which will be acted upon at the next council meeting. This ordinance amends or repeals sections of town ordinances put into effect in October 1991 and May 1992, which See COUNCIL • Page 3 Horseshoe Bend senior Derek Smothers poses for a photograph at the stairs he helped construct as part of his Eagle Scout project at the Dixie Sailing Club.
Horseshoe Bend senior completes Eagle Scout project By CLIFF WILLIAMS Staff Writer
The Dixie Sailing Club has Derek Smothers to thank for a new set of stairs to access the docks. Smothers, a senior at Horseshoe Bend High School, planned, organized volunteers and helped construct the steps and railing for an Eagle Scout project. “I was talking to my Scout Master Roger Smith about an
Eagle Scout project,” Smothers said. “We talked about the need of stairs at Dixie Sailing Club and how members walk down a hill in the mud to get to the dock.” Smith is not only Smothers’ Scout Master through Troop 605 at The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Wetumpka but he is also a member of Dixie Sailing Club. “Club members park at the top of a steep hill, then walk down to the boats,” Smith said.
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“People were slipping on the hill on the way to the dock, especially when it was wet. We needed new steps.” The soon to be Eagle Scout is no stranger to the Dixie Sailing Club. “I have been out there 10 to 12 times,” Smothers said. “I took part in a youth program and worked on my sailing merit badge there.” Smothers explained planning
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