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Alex City schools to stick with food vendor By DONALD CAMPBELL Staff Writer
During Tuesday night’s meeting of the Alexander City School System, Chief Financial Officer Rhonda Blythe informed the council that a number of individuals were bringing complaints before her regarding the school lunches provided by the foodservice company Southwest Foodservice Excellence the board entered into a contract with over the summer. During the meeting, it was suggested the system opt out of its contract with the company and begin the rebidding process. Blythe said she had a meeting with Southwest’s president scheduled for Wednesday morning, and that any action to be taken would wait until after the meeting. Following the meeting, Blythe said the Alexander City School System would be staying with Southwest Foodservice Excellence, while working to bring up the quality of the food served in cafeterias across the system “We had a very good meeting this morning,” Blythe said. “They agreed to meet all of our requests.” The company’s president found the meeting to be an eye-opening experience, while also being extremely nice and willing to do what the schools were asking, she said. “They’re definitely willing to step up and fix things,” she added. While the schools would not be opting out of their contract with the company, some changes were being See LUNCHES • Page 7
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Derby, Muster, Miracle Field benefit top area events By CLIFF WILLIAMS Staff Writer
There is no shortage of things to do this weekend. For those that have the need for speed there is the Ducky Ward Soap Box Derby in Dadeville. If a history lesson is more your speed, the there is the Muster on the Tallapoosa. If neither of these is suitable, there are plenty of other events to satisfy any tastes. Marrell Ward who is organizing the first soap box derby in Dadeville in memory of his son, says its lining up to be a great event. “I anticipate 30 to 50 cars,” Ward said. “At practice this past weekend we had about 15 and I know of another 15-20 that were under construction and could not make it.” While the races start at 1 p.m. on Columbus Street near the Dadeville High School football field, events start at 10 a.m. “We have inflatables, bass casting, cornhole,” Ward said. “There will be
Auburn University’s Edward Via College of Osteopathic Medicine gave the Alexander City Fire Department an impressive thank you gift Thursday for helping its students get much-needed hands on training. Associate Dean for Clinical Affairs Terri Plundo and Associate Dean for Graduate Medical Education David Plundo delivered a state-of-the-art Stryker Stair-Pro stair chair to the department on Thursday, a gift that ACFD Chief Reese McAlister said will be a tremendous help to the department and area residents. “This is incredible,” McAlister said. “You will not believe how much easier this will make some of our calls and how much better it will be for the people we have to transport where access is limited.” See CHAIR • Page 2
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Top, Kristi Hardy shows off an autographed jersey from AL MVP Josh Donaldson that will be part of an auction at Saturday’s Miracle Field Benefit at the Sportplex. Above, Ducky Ward Soap Box Derby organizer Marrell Ward helps a racer in practice. The See EVENTS • Page 2 first-ever derby will roll Saturday in Dadeville.
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Associate Dean for Clinical Affairs Terri Plundo and Associate Dean for Graduate Medical Education David Plundo delivered a Stryker Stair-Pro to members of the ACFD.
Key Club president presents plans to Dadeville Kiwanis
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Nine members of the Dadeville High School Key Club joined the Dadeville Kiwanis Club during their weekly meeting Thursday afternoon. Along with being recognized as special guests, Key Club President Cimone Presley stood before the Kiwanians to discuss what she hoped to accomplish during her year as the head of the club. “My top goal is to raise our membership this year,” she said. “Ninety-five students signed up during Opportunity Day last week, and I hope that all 95 will show up for our first meeting.” Presley’s other goals included wanting to build a better bond among the club Donald Campbell / The Outlook members, helping those interested in Dadeville High School Key Club President Cimone being members of the Key Club to truly Presley talks with the Dadeville Kiwanis Club about her understand what it means to be a part of the group, being able to take as many members goals for the club’s upcoming year.
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as possible to their district convention and working with the Kiwanis Club on a combined service project. “I want to encourage student leadership in the club,” she added. In addition to her goals of growing the Key Club and increasing the group’s level of student leadership, Presley also talked about a number of fundraising ideas the club officers had been brainstorming. To raise money for Children’s Hospital, a thought had been floated around to have students pay $2 to have their teacher wear a red nose and a doctor’s coat while teaching their class for one period. Plans for a car wash, along with allowing students to pay to pour a bottle of water over a teacher’s head were formulated as fundraisers for The Thirst Project, a non-profit dedicated to providing clean drinking water to places where such a resource is scarce. Club members had also thought about holding a bake sale to raise money for UNICEF See KIWANIS • Page 7
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