COMMUNITY COLUMNIST
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Dadeville loses to Lafayette
Maintaining my manners
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VOL. 119, NO. 34
THURSDAY, AUGUST 25, 2016
Goodman, Smith head to mayoral runoff
Unknown results in election Provisional ballots key in Jackson’s Gap By CLIFF WILLIAMS Staff Writer
One vote really does count. After all the votes have been tabulated from Tuesday’s municipal election, Jackson’s Gap voters are still unsure if incumbent mayor Jeff Walker has been reelected or if their will be a runoff between Walker and Kim Henderson. Some of the confusion stems from votes posted outside the polling place in the basement of the Jackson’s Gap Town Hall that showed the totals without the absentee counts and the provisional ballots still outstanding. “That posting is handled by the poll inspector,” Jackson’s Gap City Clerk Kathleen Thomas said. “It did not show the absentee ballots or the provisional ballots cast.” Walker received 83 votes at the polls and nine by absentee giving Walker 92 total votes and Henderson received 47 votes at the polls and none by absentee according to See JACKSON • Page 3
Council Districts 2, 3 and 4 also headed to runoffs
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Dadeville residents, above, look to the final results from Tuesday’s municipal election after they were posted in City Hall.
Sunday alcohol sales can begin right away after Tuesday’s vote By MITCH SNEED Editor
Dadeville, Alexander City and New Site will all have Sunday alcohol sales in the near future. Tuesday in municipal elections, voters in all three of those towns gave Sunday sales a thumbs up and according to officials with the Alabama League of Municipalities, the new Sunday sales hours can begin right away. Dadeville voters overwhelmingly voted for Sunday alcohol sales. The final count showed 532 voters cast ballots for the measure while 254 were against it. In a previous Dadeville City Council
meeting, it was suggested that the city pass it so that people who only shop on Sunday might keep their purchases in town. Council members said they were glad to let the people decide the question. “We need to develop new revenues to keep providing the services that we provide,” Dadeville City Council member Randy Foster said when the resolution was put on the ballot. “But at the same time, I don’t want to ram it down someone’s throat. Letting the people decide is the right thing.” In Alexander City, the measure passed by a very wide margin. Sixty-two percent See ALCOHOL • Page 5
By CLIFF WILLIAMS Staff Writer
Dadeville will have to wait a few more weeks to see who the new mayor will be to follow a retiring Joe Smith. It is a near dead heat between current council member Frank Goodman and former council member Wayne Smith. Smith garnered 315 votes to Goodman’s 314 in Tuesday’s municipal election where 823 ballots were cast, 23 of which were absentee. Goodman was a little surprised at the results. “I knew there would be a runoff,” Goodman said Tuesday night. “I am a little surprised to have made it through.” Goodman will take it, though, and has a plan for the runoff. “I see a lot of people came out to vote,” Goodman said. “I have got to get out and work real hard the next few weeks. I just want to bring Dadeville up so we have places to eat, places to work and places to relax so our young people have something to do. “It will be a struggle. It will take some time but with God, we can do it.” Smith was thankful for the support he was See ELECTION • Page 3
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By DAVID GRANGER Staff Writer
By DAVID GRANGER Staff Writer
Tallapoosa County’s preliminary, seasonally adjusted unemployment rate fell from 6 percent in June to 5.7 percent in July, according to the latest data released Friday by the Alabama Department of Labor and the Bureau of Labor Statistics. The county’s unemployment rate was identical to Alabama’s statewide rate for both months and is almost a full percentage point down from last July’s county rate of 6.6 percent. “The unemployment numbers for the state continue to show growth in See UNEMPLOYMENT • Page 5
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Milton McGregor announced last week that he would be reopening his gambling facility Sept. 13.
VictoryLand is looking to hire more than 200 employees in preparation for its reopening on Sept. 13. The reopening was announced on Sunday in a release from VictoryLand’s owner, Milton McGregor. According to the release, McGregor said he expects to hire those 200 individuals from “Tuskegee and the surrounding seven-county area” prior to what the release termed a “soft launch” on Sept. 13 and that several hundred more would be hired in the coming months. According to Cameron Dizarr at VictoryLand, applicants should go to the VictoryLand home page at victoryland.
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