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Lighting the way for Alexander City & Lake Martin since 1892 August 27, 2015 Vol. 123, No. 171 www.alexcityoutlook.com
City reports biz license scam Businesses pay website believing they have purchased a Alexander City business license By Mitch Sneed Outlook Editor
If you need a business license in Alexander City, don’t be fooled by any slick website into believing that you can obtain it online. City officials say one contractor trying to get a license in Alexander City paid more than $200 this week via a website, only to find out it wouldn’t get them an official city license. “We had a contractor in town who needed a license and we called their
home office in Montgomery and they said they had just taken care of it online,” said Ward Sellers, who handles business licenses and taxes for the city. “I was a little surprised and told her that we didn’t offer them online. She explained what she had done and I checked. “If you do a Google search for Alexander City Business Licenses, this is one of the sites that comes up. While they may offer some service,
they don’t have the authority to issue licenses here in the city.” The site that Sellers said this business believed would get them a license was www.businessnameusa.com. A check of the site shows tons of information. The company claims to help register your business name and claims to tell you all you need to become licensed. A call to a number found through
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Alabama State Tourism Director Lee Sentell addresses the Chamber’s Quarterly Luncheon.
Tourism director sings state and area’s praises
By Cliff Williams Outlook Staff Writer
Sentell talks about current and upcoming promotional campaigns By Cliff Williams Outlook Staff Writer
Alabama Tourism Director Lee Sentell said it’s an exciting time to promote the things that draw people to visit the state. Speaking at Tuesday’s Alexander City Chamber of Commerce Quarterly Meeting, Sentell explained what’s happening with some of the campaigns that Alabama tourism has now and is planning with the state’s bicentennial coming up. “Horseshoe Bend has recently celebrated its bicentennial,” Sentell said. “That battle really lead to Alabama becoming a state with the population growth from that.” Sentell wants the history of the state to play a large role in the state’s bicentennial that will be celebrated in 2017, 2018 and 2019. “I would love to see every fourth-grade class in that three-year period put on a play About Alabama history, so that every child gets to have a speaking part,” Sentell said. “Every child gets to come to the microphone and explain their life as Booker T. Washington or Helen Keller or Joe Wheeler or who ever.” Sentell explained the importance of children learning state history. See TOURISM, Page 5
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Lake property is one of the most valuable commodities among all real estate, with recent figures showing that sellers are getting 96 percent of their asking price.
SELLER’S MARKET Run on lake property fuels impressive sales figures By David Granger
Steve Arnberg, vice president of sales for Russell Lands On Lake Martin, echoed Lamberth’s comments. Officials at Russell Lands say that drop“It looks like we will be moving into ping inventories of available lakefront single-digit (measured in months) supply residential properties are making the market around November,” Arnberg said. “That’s more and more attractive to sellers. a pretty good barometer of where the marSpeaking at the quarterly meeting of the ket’s headed.” Alexander City Chamber of Commerce, “When we look at the market for lakeTom Lamberth, president and CEO of front residential properties, we look at three Russell Lands, said, “We are getting close things. We look at the supply of inventory, to a seller’s market. … Some time in the the sales price to list price ratio and the next six months we could see only 6-8 average sales and mean sales prices. The months of (lakefront residential) inventory (on Lake Martin).” See PROPERTY, Page 9 Outlook Staff Writer
Sagging pants, droopy drawers, pants on the ground or just plain, out slacking. Call it what you want, but the urban fashion trend where male trousers are worn below the hips, exposing underwear or more, may soon be illegal in Dadeville. Dadeville Councilman Frank Goodman said Tuesday night that he hopes the council will be able to find a way to legally address the wearing of sagging pants. “It is getting bad around here,” Goodman said. “I am ashamed to see all the sagging pants around here.” Goodman and other council members are working with town attorney Robin Reynolds to draft an ordinance on sagging pants. “We are going to see if we can do something about all the kids walking around with saggy pants,” Goodman said. See PANTS, Page 5
Warehouse burglary 488.11 suspects indicted Lake Martin
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Two men suspected of breaking into a number of storage warehouses in Alexander City as well as in Coosa County has again been arrested after being indicted on indicted on 53 counts. Dallas Quenten Fuller of Gants Junction Road in Sylacauga was arrested last night on 53 grand jury indictments for third-degree burglary, second-degree theft of property, theft of property third and theft of property first. Fuller was arrested along with James Lamar Edge, 22, of Kellyton on Nov. 16, 2014, when Alexander City Police officer Tyler Lashley caught the two entering a storage unit on Highway 280 in Alexander City. There had been numerous storage units burglaries over several days in November. Lashley took time on See SUSPECTS, Page 9
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Truck found damaged against cemetery wall New Site Police investigated a crash where a pickup truck was found damaged and abandoned near Rock Creek Baptist Church off Sanford Road. It apparently crashed into a cemetery wall either late Tuesday night or early Wednesday morning.
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