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Fire department offering smoke detector assistance Alexander City Fire Department receives 100 devices that fire chief said give residents higher chance to survive fire by having in home
“The chances of surviving a house fire jump dramatically if you have a smoke detector.”
By MITCH SNEED Editor
Alexander City has had a person die in a home fire each of the last two years and in both cases there were not working smoke detectors. Nationally, 60 percent of home fire deaths occurred in homes with no smoke detectors or no working smoke alarms. The Alexander City Fire Department is launching a program it hopes will help change those alarming statistics. Through a cooperative
— Reese McAlister ACFD chief
effort with the Alabama Fire College and the Alabama State Fire Marshal’s Office, the department has received 100 smoke detectors and will make them available to residents and will even do an assessment of your home and install the devices. All you have to do is apply for the service. “The numbers are pretty telling,” Alexander City Fire Department Chief Reese McAlister said. “The chances of surviving a house fire jump dramatically if you have a smoke detector. The See FIRE • Page A3
United Way quail fry set for Saturday
Junque Jubilee rescheduled for May 12
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‘Upscale yard sale’ event still accepting vendors By DONALD CAMPBELL Staff Writer
As part of a fundraising campaign, MainStreet Alexander City put together a new event for this spring, Junque Jubilee. Initially scheduled for this Saturday, the group has rescheduled the event to May 12 due to the threat of rain this weekend. “We’re really excited for this,” MainStreet’s Bre Smith said. “This is a new fundraiser event for us. We’re eager to see how it works.” Looking for ways to get the community involved in the downtown area and discover what all is there, MainStreet looked for ideas that were a little more outside the box and could give everyone the opportunity to branch out and do something different. “We’re doing this as an upscale yard sale,” Smith said. “Our downtown merchants will be open their normal hours during the event, and vendors will be able to rent tables and tents if they want that as well.” As an upscale yard sale, Smith said anyone is welcome to participate in the Junque See JUBILEE • Page A3
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Dadeville High School students perform their version of “Grease” at a dress rehearsal Tuesday night. The musical will make its debut tonight at 7 p.m. and then have showings Saturday at 7 p.m. and Sunday at 3 p.m.
TIME FOR DEBUT DHS students taking stage for first showing of ‘Grease’ tonight
By CLIFF WILLIAMS Staff Writer
An invasion of greasers from Rydell High are taking over the stage at Dadeville High School as the DHS Theater program produces “Grease: The
Musical” this weekend. The show highlights the growth of the program and brings others from the community into the show. “We have about 40 students on stage for the See GREASE • Page A3
As its first fundraiser for the 2019 “Lake Martin Life Savers” campaign, the Lake Martin Area United Way will be holding its annual quail fry Saturday at The Stables at Russell Crossroads beginning at 5 p.m. The quail fry has been a successful event for the local United Way, helping the organization reach its annual fundraising goal for the multitude of affiliated agencies the United Way provides a source of funding to. The 2017 event drew a crowd of more than 300 people, raising over $15,000 in the process. “We had planned for about 150 people, but over 300 came,” United Way Executive Director Sharon Fuller said. “People kept coming up over the hill toward the stables in waves.” Along with fried quail, guests will have the chance to chow down on boiled shrimp, gumbo and plenty of sides. For those See QUAIL • Page A3
HR officials learn about social media in company setting effective manner. “We started this event in December 2016, meeting About 20 people every month,” Sandra representing several local Fuller with the EDA said. businesses and companies “We wanted to address the gathered at the Betty Carol workforce problem. We Graham Center on the wanted to find ways to help Central Alabama Community our local workforce, which College campus Thursday led to this.” afternoon for the monthly Having held these events meeting of HR Roundtable, for almost a year and a half, presented by the Lake Martin Fuller wanted to get the Area Economic Development word about this monthly Alliance. meeting session out, hoping Matt Stiles from Maynard, to see more companies have Cooper & Gale P.C. in representatives attend and Birmingham was invited to hopefully learn new things to speak to the group regarding take back to the workplace social media in the workplace with them. and how to practice handling “Social media is a new social media in a positive and See SOCIAL • Page A3 By DONALD CAMPBELL Staff Writer
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Matt Stiles from Maynard, Cooper & Gale P.C. talks with human resources representatives about social media in the workplace during the monthly HR Roundtable meeting at the Betty Carol Graham Center Thursday afternoon.
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