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Pedestrian hit, killed on River Bridge Police seek help in hit-and-run death

By CLIFF WILLIAMS Staff Writer

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Investigators with the Alexander City Police Department are asking the public for help in solving a hit-and-run that left one woman dead Thursday morning.

“An officer responded to a call of a pedestrian struck by a vehicle on the River Bridge,” police chief Jay Turner said. “It appeared the victim’s vehicle had broken down and the victim was either checking on the stopped vehicle or trying to wave down help.”

A witness drove up on the scene to find Tina Doranne Guerrero, 50, in the roadway and called police. Turner said the witness was not involved in the incident.

Guerrero was driving a Jeep Cherokee.

Turner said the incident happened sometime before 1:36 a.m. Thursday morning but police are unsure as to when.

“Due to the lack of traffic at that hour, we are unsure as to when she was struck,” Turner said.

Turner said Guerrero’s body was sent for an autopsy in hopes of finding clues as to what kind of vehicle struck her. In addition, he made a direct request for help from the public.

“I ask if anyone saw anything on the River Bridge between about 1 a.m. and 1:30 a.m. Thursday to call the police department at 256-234-3421,” Turner said.

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HBS’ Aulner uses several mentalities to be effective Editor’s Note: This is the 10th in a series profiling school principals in the Alexander City and Tallapoosa County school systems.

By DONALD CAMPBELL Staff Writer Unlike the other schools in Tallapoosa County, Horseshoe Bend has kindergarten through 12th grade all under one roof.

To serve all of his students effectively, Horseshoe Bend principal James Aulner said he has to have several different mindsets every day.

“We’re in a unique situation out here,” Aulner said. “I have to have See AULNER • Page 3

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Horseshoe Bend principal James Aulner visits with some of his elementary school students Tuesday morning. ‘We believe every child has dignity and worth. Everything we do centers around student leadership,’ Aulner said.

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Slipping grades make teen question planned career path DEAR ABBY: I’m 17 and don’t know what I want to do with my life. When I was younger, I was sure I wanted to go into the field of law. It was something my parents also wanted me to do.

I go to a very rigorous high school that’s known for being challenging, and haven’t been doing well grade-wise since I started. I used to be a straight-A student but have been getting B’s and C’s lately. This year in particular has been difficult because my parents are getting divorced.

I’m not sure if I want to be a lawyer anymore or even continue my education after college. When I talked with my parents about it, they got very mad and insisted I finish my education, become a lawyer and get a job. They don’t want to give me any other option.

Can you give me some suggestions about how I can not be so confused anymore? -CONFUSED IN MICHIGAN DEAR CONFUSED: This is something you should dis-

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cuss with a counselor at your school. While I concur with your parents that it is important to complete your education, there are other ways to do it rather than become a lawyer. I say this because in some states there is a glut of law school graduates who, after all their effort and accrued student loan debt, cannot find jobs because there are no openings available for them.

DEAR ABBY: I live in a mid-sized town in the South. I need advice on how to politely tell people that I don’t like drop-in company.

I work a stressful job. When I get home, I like to put on my old, comfortable clothes, curl up with a book or watch TV

with my companion dog and be left alone. I’m not trying to be rude, but I think it is rude for people to drop in unannounced.

A few years ago, I had a life-threatening illness, and I am still getting my stamina back to full strength. I need downtime to recharge so I can handle the stresses of my job.

However, I am apparently perceived in this Southern community as unfriendly. How do I put out the “NOT Welcome” mat while at the same time not alienating my community? -- LACKS SOUTHERN HOSPITALITY DEAR LACKS: Honesty is the best policy. If apologies are due, express them.

Explain to these nice people that you don’t mean to appear unfriendly, and you would like to be social, but your job is stressful and takes a lot out of you, and the reason you can’t entertain or socialize is you don’t have the stamina. If they are offended after that, the problem is theirs.

DEAR ABBY: I have been separated from my husband for nine years and have no interest in getting back together with him. There’s a guy who I believe is interested in me. He was married to my first cousin for nearly 40 years, until she passed away a little over a year ago. He’s a really nice person, but I’m not sure I should (or even could) date him because he was married to my cousin. Is this OK or not? I could use some advice! -- CAUTIOUS IN TEXAS DEAR CAUTIOUS: If you were single, I would tell you it’s fine -- go for it. But you’re NOT single, which could cause disapproval within the family.

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Obituaries Jerry Clyde Hall Jerry Clyde Hall was born July 27, 1945 and passed away on November 30, 2018 at his home in Pell City, Alabama surrounded by loved ones. Jerry was preceded in death by his parents Ralph and Bernice Hall Sr, his beloved brother Ralph Jr, (Susan), his beloved wife Shirley Ann, and daughter Lisa Norton. Jerry is survived by his daughter Beverly St John (Bill) of Pell City, son David Norton of San Antonio, Texas, Sister Beverly Shelton (Larry) of Virginia, Sister Sara Murray (Steve) of Opelika, Grandchildren Brittney St John, Anna St John, and Christopher Norton and numerous nieces and nephews.

Jerry was a contractor by trade and loved building things, wood working and carpentry. Jerry was a beloved husband, father, son, brother, grandfather and friend.

He was a perfectionist in his trade and was well known for his commitment to quality. His legacy will live on through those who knew him and loved him and those who have worked with him throughout his career.

Funeral service will be held Tuesday, December 4, 2018 at 2 p.m. in the Chapel of Alabama Funeral Homes & Cremation Centers in Camp Hill, Alabama. Burial will follow in Tallapoosa County Memory Gardens. Visitation will be Monday evening, December 3, 2018 from 5 to 7 p.m. at the funeral home.

Mr. Larkin Rape 1934 - 2018 Funeral Service for Mr. Larkin Rape, 84, of Opelika, will be Sunday, December 2, 2018 at 2:00 p.m. at the Chapel of Langley Funeral Home. Burial will follow in the Tallapoosa County Memory Gardens. The family will receive friends on Sunday, December 2, 2018 from 12:00 p.m. to 1:30 p.m. at Langley Funeral Home.

Langley Funeral Home is in charge of the arrangements.

Police Reports Alexander City Police Department November 29

• Brian Scott Cleveland, 32, of Jacksons Gap was arrested for possession of synthetic narcotics and possession of a pistol by a violent velon.

• Roderick Keith McNeal, 33, of Alexander City was arrested for theft.

• Melzeena Jardez Shundrana Echols, 19, of Alexander City was arrested for receiving stolen property, possession of marijuana and possession of drug paraphernalia.

• Demetrious Tavon Harvey, 18, of Alexander City was arrested for receiving stolen property, possession of marijuana and possession of drug paraphernalia.

• Robin Wade Crouch, 49, of Alexander City was arrested for possession of marijuana and drug paraphernalia.

• David Ryan Harris, 25, of Alexander City was arrested for failure to appear.

• Possession of a controlled substance and possession of a pistol by a violent felon were reported in Alexander City.

• Receiving stolen property and possession of marijuana was reported on K Street.

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• Burglary and theft was reported on Lindsey Road.

• Possession of marijuana and possession of drug paraphernalia were reported in Alexander City.

• Theft was reported in Alexander City.

• Theft was reported at Market Place.

• Harassment was reported in Alexander City.

• Criminal trespass was reported on Robinhood Drive.

November 28

• Theresa Holley Black, 49, of Alexander City was arrested for theft.

• Bobbie Thornton Abbott, 47, of Alexander City was arrested for theft.

• Haley Renee Abbott, 25, of Alexander City was arrested for theft.

• Nora Lee Welcher, 35, of Alexander City was arrested for domestic violence.

• Theft was reported on Highway 280.

• Theft was reported on Highway 280.

• Theft was reported on Highway 280.

• Domestic violence was reported on Daywell Street.

• Theft was reported on Lincoln Heights Street.

November 27

• Brandon Price, 29, of Alexander City was arrested for criminal trespass.

• Domestic violence was reported on Christian Street.

• Domestic violence was reported on Ford Avenue.

• Unlawful breaking and entering a vehicle was reported in Alexander City.

• Theft was reported on Highway 280.

• Public lewdness was reported in Alexander City.

• Criminal mischief was reported on Robinhood Drive.

Tallapoosa County Sheriff’s Department November 29

• A resident of Cobb Road filed a report in reference to theft.

November 28

• A resident of Rainbow Road filed a report in reference to theft.

Dadeville Police Department November 27

• A report was filed for burglary third and theft of property fourth that occurred on South Tallassee Street.

• A two motor vehicle collision occurred on Columbus Street resulting in moderate property damage and no injuries.

• A Talladega man, age 47, was arrested on a warrant for parole violation.

November 26

• A report was filed for theft of property fourth that occurred on Highway 280.

• A Opelika man, age 30, was arrested on a warrant for failure to appear.

• A report was filed for burglary third and theft of

property first that occurred on Old Susanna Road.

• A two motor vehicle collision occurred on Highway 280, resulting in minor property damage and no injuries.

November 23

• A report was filed for a dog bite that occurred on Old Scout Road.

November 22

• A Dadeville man, age 28, was arrested for possession of marijuana first and possession of drug paraphernalia on Highway 280.

• A Dadeville woman, age 26, was arrested for possession of marijuana first, possession of drug paraphernalia, and for two warrants for failure to appear on Highway 280.

November 21

• A report was filed for a dog bite that occurred on Lanita Lane.

November 20

• An Auburn man, age 50, was arrested for driving under the influence on East South Street.

• A two motor vehicle collision occurred on Highway 49 resulting in minor property damage and no injuries.

• A motor vehicle reported for unauthorized use in September was recovered in Talladega.

• A report was filed for domestic violence third and robbery third that occurred on Thweatt Industrial Boulevard.

Public Meetings • Alexander City Board of Education meets on the third Tuesday of each month. Meetings are held in the board office at 375 Lee St. or local school at 5 p.m.

• Alexander City Council meets on the first and third Mondays of each month.

Meetings are held in the courtroom at the old city hall at 5:30 p.m.

• Camp Hill Town Council meets the first and third Mondays of each month.

Meetings are held in town hall at 6 p.m.

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• Coosa County Board of Education holds called meetings at least once a month.

• Coosa County Commission meets on the second and fourth Tuesday of each month. Meetings are held in the Coosa County Courthouse in Rockford at 9:30 a.m. on the second Tuesday and at 6:30 p.m. on the fourth Tuesday.

• Coosa County Industrial Development Board will hold its regularly scheduled meeting the third Tuesday of each month at 7 p.m. in the Commissioners’ Board Room in the courthouse in Rockford. All meetings are open to the public.

• Dadeville City Council meets on the second and fourth Tuesday of each month at 6 p.m. with a pre-meeting at 5:30 p.m. in city hall.

• Daviston City Council meets the third Monday of every month at 6:30 p.m. at the Daviston Fire Department.

• Goldville Town Council meets the second Monday of each month at 5:30 p.m. at the town hall.

• Goodwater City Council meets on the second Tuesday of each month.

Meetings are held at the Caldwell Center at 6:30 p.m.

• Jackson’s Gap Town Council meets the second Tuesday of each month.

Meetings are held in town hall at 6:30 p.m.

• Kellyton Town Council meets on the first Tuesday of the month at 6:30 p.m. at the community center in Kellyton.

• New Site City Council meets the first and third Monday of the month at 5 p.m. in the Conference Room in the Town Hall.

• Ray Water Authority meets on the second Tuesday of every month at 6 p.m. at the Ray Water Authority Office.

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an elementary school mentality and a high school mentality. We have to hire really good people at all three levels to help me balance it all.”

Aulner began his career in education nearly three decades ago, serving first as a teacher in Opelika, then becoming an assistant principal in Valley before thenHorseshoe Bend principal Casey Davis brought him to New Site as an assistant principal. When Davis was promoted to a position of the central office of the Tallapoosa County Board of Education, Aulner interviewed and was promoted to succeed Davis as principal.

“It made me feel good and gave me the feeling they trusted me with their children,” Aulner said. “It validated the good I did as an assistant principal.”

Like a number of other schools in the Alexander City and Tallapoosa County school systems, Aulner said Horseshoe Bend is a “Leader in Me” school, which reinforces the seven positive habits “Leader in Me” promotes not only going to help the students grow in every facet of life and also prepare them to be college and career ready.

“We believe every child has dignity and worth,” Aulner said. “Everything we do all centers around student leadership.

Everybody is a leader in some way. For example, we had a Beta Club meeting the other day, and none of the adults there stood up and talked. It was all the students.”

Along with promoting the Leader in Me program, Aulner said another program he believes has made a significant impact with the students is “Power Up.” During “Power Up” sessions, the elementary school students meet in specific classrooms for a time of focused remediation and intervention, primarily on areas of leadership and academics the students need work in.

According to Aulner, students, parents and teachers have all wholeheartedly bought into the “Power Up” program, with teachers loving to watch as the students grow and blossom, while the parents receive regular progress reports and the students enjoy learning in a fun environment.

“Some of the teachers, they’ll actually get a little sad when the students are able to move up in their group,” Aulner said.

“Our students, they actually make sure to schedule their appointments around ‘Power Up’ time so they don’t miss it.”

With the success “Power Up” has had at the elementary school, Aulner said there are plans to add it at the high school level after Christmas, with a primary focus on reading and math scores. Other plans for the future include

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Horseshoe Bend principal James Aulner watches as some of his high school students work on a project in shop class, making items out of wood.

“We have a unique sense of community and family here. We’re a tight-knit bunch.

— James Aulner Horseshoe Bend School principal starting an ACT boot camp program for high school students, helping them become better prepared for the test to increase scores across the board and offering a class where students can practice many of the soft skills they will need after graduation, including how to write a resume and how to properly interview for a job.

“Everybody is buying in,” Aulner said. “We are looking at getting our students even more prepared and being college and career ready. The biggest goal is to produce the best leaders we can for our school and our community.”

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a little easier at Horseshoe Bend is its family environment.

“We have a unique sense of community and family here,” Aulner said. “We are a tight-knit bunch.

Relationships are important to us. We really get to know our students and their families.”

While it can be difficult to keep an eye on everything at the school at all times, Aulner believes his teachers have been on board with what he wants to accomplish, which makes the entire process much easier. By finding teachers

who love children and the work they do every day, everything else falls into place, Aulner said.

“Our teachers, I’d put them up against anyone in the state,” he added.

Aulner said one of the main challenges the faculty and staff at Horseshoe Bend work to overcome every day is far from being unique to their school.

“Poverty is a key challenge, especially at the younger levels,” Aulner said. “Some of our students, by the time they’re in kindergarten, they’re behind.

That’s what we’re having to overcome.

“This is an issue statewide. This is not an insurmountable challenge, but it is there and we have to address it.”

While poverty is a concern Aulner and his staff work to overcome every day, he believes there is no limit to what his students can accomplish.

“Our kids can be successful,” he said.

“This is a very fulfilling job.”

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arly Thursday morning, a woman was struck and killed on Highway 280 as she was walking along the River Bridge.

Friday afternoon, Alexander City police officers responded to a call of a pedestrian being struck by a vehicle on Broad Street.

When driving, keep a careful eye on your surroundings. Cars parked along the curb may conceal a potential danger. The truck in front of you may have had to slam on its brakes, giving you only a precious couple of seconds to brake yourself to avoid a collision. It has been shown taking your eyes off the roadway for just five seconds while driving at 55 mph is the equivalent of driving from one end zone of a football to the other. Even at a slower speed, glancing away for even the smallest amount of time can leave you without enough time to react and avoid the hazard.

Not only could pedestrians be making their way along the side of the road, but now is the time of the year when deer are out and about after dark. Hitting a deer can cause serious damage or even total a vehicle, depending on the collision. Unlike humans, deer are more likely to freeze in place than get out of the way, making them that much more dangerous to vehicles and drivers.

Pedestrians, just because you usually have the right of way when crossing the street does not mean you can run out in front of oncoming traffic. Stay on the sidewalk, then carefully check both ways before attempting to cross a roadway. Remember the old saying, “look left, then right, then left again.”

In short, pay attention to everything around you, whether you are driving, walking or biking to your destination. The text message, phone call or other distraction can wait.

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Jesus is the reason for the season H ave you been listening to all the hoopla over having a politically correct Christmas?

Many major corporations have decided it’s no longer acceptable to celebrate Christmas but instead have a holiday season. They say the holidays begin at Halloween, go through New Year’s, encompass several faiths and they are just being inclusive.

The result is there will be no more Christmas greetings and recognition in certain stores because the idea of Christmas might offend some of their customers.

Remember when Jesus told His disciples, “At that name every knee shall bow and every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord.”

No wonder the world is afraid of putting Christ into anything, especially Christmas.

So a politically correct Christmas — oops, holiday — just might be in your future. There will be no more Nativity scenes celebrating Christ’s birth. Instead, we will have a historical depiction of a specific Middle Eastern family observing the birth of a future philosopher. The poverty surrounding the birth will be shown as a result of colonization by a Western power.

The characters visiting the manger are actually homeless people displaced by harsh Roman economic policies and not worshippers. The wise men are learned men trying to get the unwashed ignorant of the

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world to see this birth as a natural event and not some holy experience of God. We will no longer need to sing Christmas carols but now sing seasonal songs that celebrate the beauty of winter.

Mother Earth will be honored in these musical portrayals as she gives gifts to the endangered animals suffering from global warming and man’s mistreatment. The choruses will be set to Handel’s Messiah and shout out the glory of the Big Bang and the steady march of mutant evolution. It should comfort the hardest of hearts in the new holiday season.

Christmas gifts will not be representations of the joyous sharing of our faith but now they will be the natural outpourings of enlightened people building up each other’s self-esteems by affirming each person’s worth as an individual. The wrapping paper will always be a neutral color with no Christmas images so as not to offend another person’s sensitivity. Gifts will also have no gender references so no person or group will feel a sense of alienation from right-wing conservatives calling themselves Christians.

Those in charge of the holiday season will also discourage churches

from claiming Christ is the reason for the season. Churches will be threatened with lawsuits and called bigoted organizations totally out of touch with the modern world. Sermons that state Christ is the only way of salvation will be viewed as hate crimes toward non-Christians to be punished to the full extent of the law.

Preaching on the miracle of the virgin birth will be met with scoffers on TV who will run medical specials on the impossibility of such an occurrence.

Finally, the joy of the season will be out of place in a world with war, disease and hurt. Those celebrating hope, love and a new birth should be ashamed of themselves because they are ignoring all the negatives in the world. They should instead decry their own blessings and feel guilty for God’s blessings on them. Their holiday prayers should center on asking the federal government to intervene and create equality, peace and prosperity regardless of so-called sinful human nature.

Hey, the Christmas season has started and I want to wish all of you a very Merry Christmas in Jesus Christ. May the Christ child of the manger be the Lord of your life and bless you with all blessings of our heavenly Father.

Dr. Gerald Hallmark is a retired minister living in Alexander City. His column appears weekly in The Outlook.

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T.C. Coley represents District 1, including half of Coley Creek, the Andrew Jackson subdivision, the southern part of Indian Hill, North Central Avenue, part of Pearson’s T.C. Coley Chapel Road, the Northside community and portion of Spring Hill community. His phone number is 256-212-9316.

His address is 2316 North Central Avenue, Kellyton.

John McKelvey represents District 3, which includes Jackson’s Gap, Hackneyville, New Site and Daviston. John McKelvey McKelvey currently serves as chairman. His phone number is 256-794-4405. His address is 1285 Freeman Road, Dadeville.

Emma Jean Thweatt represents District 4, which includes Dadeville, Pace’s Point, northern Camp Hill, Buttston, Emma Jean Thweatt Dudleyville and part of Eagle Creek. She can be reached at 825-4207. Her address is 585 Brookwood Circle, Dadeville.

George Carleton Jr. represents District 5, which includes southern Camp Hill, Red Ridge, Walnut Hill, Union and Pleasant George Carleton Jr. Ridge. His address is 630 Turner Road, Dadeville.

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Dear Editor, After hearing of the city’s plan to purchase the old Russell Sales Office and remodel the building, which has been empty for quite some time, I was dismayed to say the least. I read the article in The Outlook. I have talked to more people than I care to remember concerning this project. My opinion is the decision to go ahead with this project will happen no matter what the citizens think or want. The opinions stated by our city administrative “experts” leave huge gaps in the information needed for me to be convinced this is a wise decision.

I am tired of fighting ignorance and the lack of common sense. My question is, what is the rush for the decision to purchase this property?

Why can’t we take the time to insure a competent decision is made? Evaluate all the possible options.

I have yet to see a remodel of any building come in on budget. Usually you can plan on at least a 30-percent increase in what was budgeted. Does the six million dollars budgeted for the renovation cover the new IT equipment, which will be needed?

Our mayor already knows what the utilities for that building cost per year.

According to the 2016 budget audit, which was just

released, the city’s strategic reserve is under the 90 days that is recommended. On top of that, the 2018-19 budget just passed has a five-million deficit.

As a small business man in the stagnant economy of Alex City, I cannot comprehend a budget with a deficit. I cannot run my business like that.

In closing, I would advise all citizens of Alex City to attend the information sessions on Dec. 4 and ask questions. Don’t allow this administration a free pass on this very important issue.

Thank you for your time.

I live full time on Lake Martin. The last I heard concerning lake level during fall and winter seasons was the lake drawdown would be 7 foot. 491 is full so it should not drop below 484. It is below 484 today, so how low is it going to go?

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Larry Connell Eclectic Editor’s note: The level as of Nov. 30 was 483.73, according to www.lakemartin.com.

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CommunityCalendar This weekend is Dec. 1-2, 2018 Today’s Birthdays

Riley Sanford, Ron Russell, Christa Sewell, Danny Wright and Mariah Edwards are celebrating birthdays today.

Sunday’s Events

CHRISTMAS CANTATA: Red Ridge United Methodist Church is presenting its Christmas Cantata “Sing Christmas,” A Christmas Choral Experience Sunday, Dec. 2 at 9:30 a.m. in the church sanctuary. The music is arranged by Joel Raney and Mary McDonald and includes staging, musical and theatrical staging under the direction of Der. Kim Walls with an

orchestra composed of professional, amateur and student musicians.

Participants will include the choir and theatrical cast of church members. Refreshments and coffee will be served following the cantata.

Everyone is invited.

Red Ridge is located at 8091 County Road 34 in Dadeville. Vicki Cater is pastor.

CHURCH ANNIVERSARY: Mt. Zion East Missionary Baptist Church on StillWaters Drive is celebrating its 153rd Church Anniversary Sunday, Dec. 2 at 2 p.m.

Special guest will be Rev. Anthony Shealey of Mt. Zion Baptist Church.

Rev. Jimmy Thomas is pastor of Mt. Zion East Missionary Baptist Church ALL IS WELL: Flint Hill United Methodist Church and ACT II will present a musical Christmas produc-

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Sunday’s Birthdays

Patricia Livingston, Megan Holt, Doris Harry, Donna Presley, Lester Pearson, Pearl Rhodes, Marvin Hutto and Shirleen Harvey celebrate their birthdays Sunday.

Sunday’s Anniversaries

Amanda and George Long celebrate their anniversary Sunday.

Monday’s Birthdays

Priscilla Piazza, Mickey Cossey, Denise Bradberry, Landon Lucas, Palmer Peppers, Greenlee Peppers, Tyler Shores and Tommy Jenkins celebrate their birthdays Monday.

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The Alexander City Parks and Recreation Department will be holding its annual Christmas in the Park at the Sportplex Saturday, Dec. 8 from 2 until 9 p.m. There will be live Christmas music, pictures with Santa, carriage rides, carousel rides, story time with Mrs. Claus and much more for the whole family.

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CHRISTMAS PARADE: The Annual Alexander City Christmas Parade will be at 6 p.m. Monday, Dec. 3. It will start at the Alexander City Shopping Center come up Cherokee Road turning onto Church Street before going through the roundabout.

Tuesday, Dec. 4

USHERS MEETING: Early District ushers meeting will be Tuesday, Dec. 4 at 5 p.m. at the Early Rose District Center.

REUNION: Former employees and families of Wilder Nursing Home are invited to a bring a covered dish at 5:30 p.m. Dec. 4 to Bethel Baptist Church on 2367 Youngs Ferry Road in Jacksons Gap for an evening of fun and fellowship. For more information call Angelia Moody at 256-307-9036 or Sharon Stone at 256-307-6939.

Wednesday, Dec. 5

MONTHLY LUNCHEON: Bibb Graves High School Alumni and Friends in Millerville will host their monthly luncheon Wednesday, Dec. 5 from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Please bring a covered dish and a small donation.

Thursday, Dec. 6

LUNCH AND LEARN: Mike Morris, district manger with Social Security, will discuss the transition to new Medicare numbers and potential scams. Bring a sack lunch and we will provide dessert and tea. This program is presented by VCCA at 5030 Highway 280 in Alexander City.

Please call 256-234-0347 by noon on Wednesday to reserve a space.

Friday, Dec. 7

PASTORAL APPRECIATION: House of Prayer Apostolic Church of Promise is celebrating the 25th Pastoral Anniversary honoring Overseer Emma and Bro. Earnest Hoyle with an appreciation Friday, Dec. 7 at 7 p.m. and Sunday, Dec. 9 at 3 p.m.

Saturday, Dec. 8

OPEN HOUSE: Horseshoe Bend National Military Park is hosting an open house and hayride Saturday, Dec. 8 from 5 p.m. until 7:30 p.m.

Refreshments will be served in the park visitor center and the tour road will be lit with luminaries. Reservations are required for the hayride. Call 256234-7111 between 9 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. daily to do so.

Sunday, Dec. 9

CHRISTMAS PARADE: The Annual Dadeville Christmas Parade is at 3 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 9. The parade will come up Lafayette Street before turning on Broadnax Street passing in front of the courthouse. Starting at noon there will be activities around the courthouse square.

Dec. 9 - Dec. 15

WOMEN’S CONFERENCE: Mount Zion West Baptist Church at 962 Peppers Road in Alexander City is hosting a Women of Destiny

Conference Dec. 9 to Dec. 15.

Speakers include Mother Ora Traylor, Minister Marilyn Benson, Minister JoAnn Shealey, Pastor Georgia Ann Staples, Pastor Betty Hoyett, Prophetess Margie Bullock and Pastor Berthene Ferrell. Sessions start at 7 p.m. nightly with sessions on Dec. 9 at 2 p.m. and Dec. 15 at 9 a.m.

Wednesday, Dec. 12

OPEN HOUSE: Volunteer Connections of Central Alabama is holding an open house from 10 to 11:30 a.m. Wednesday, Dec. 12. The public is invited to drop by and learn more about the programs offered and the volunteers involved in them.

VCCA is located at 5030 Highway 280 in Alexander City.

Friday, Dec. 14

CHOIR CONCERT: The Benjamin Russell High School Choir is hosting its annual Christmas concert featuring the Gospel Choir, Varsity Singers and Intro Choir. There will also be solos from many of the students.

There will carols, songs and more.

The concert is free and is being held at Calvary Heights Baptist Church.

Saturday, Dec. 15

COMMUNITY CLEANUP: The public is invited to meet at Broad Street Plaza at 8:30 a.m. to pick up supplies and assignments to help clean up the roads of Alexander City.

For more information please contact Jacob Meacham at jacob.meacham@ alexandercitychamber.com.

Ongoing Events

FERST READERS: The Dadeville Public Library hosts the Ferst Readers program every Thursday at 1 p.m.

Children up to the age of five who live in Tallapoosa County are eligible for free books.

FEAST OF SHARING: Alexander City United Methodist Church and St. James Episcopal Church host a Feast of Sharing meal Tuesdays and Thursdays at 5:30 p.m. at the fellowship hall of the Methodist Church on Green Street.

OPEN STUDIO: The Artists Association of Central Alabama sponsors an open studio every Monday from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Dadeville Senior Center on Columbus Street.

Come and paint your own project or join in special Christmas projects.

Eliminate stress, laugh, share a love of painting. Call Kay Fincher at 256825-2506.

ALACARE SEEKING VOLUNTEERS: Become a friend when a friend is needed most! Alacare Hospice Volunteers visit to offer companionship and emotional support.

Whether it is a listening ear, a smiling face, or a shoulder to lean on, a friendly visit from a hospice volunteer can brighten the lonely day of a patient and caregiver. Contact Sonya Bryan for more information at 256-329-0507.

OVEREATERS ANONYMOUS: Overeaters Anonymous meets at 6 p.m. on Thursdays at the Trinity Campus of First United Methodist Church next to Russell Hospital.

There are no dues, fees or weighins. Contact Lisa at 256-749-0160 at ww.oa.org.

GRIEF SHARE: Sessions for Grief Share will be at the Trinity Campus of First United Methodist Church starting August 29 and will be held on Wednesdays through Nov. 14 from 6 to 7:30 p.m. The seminar is sponsored Radney Funeral Home and First United Methodist Church.

FIRST SUNDAY FELLOWSHIP: Duncan United Methodist Church is hosting First Sunday Fellowship starting July 1. There will be a meal filled with friendship, fellowship and lots of fun starting at 5 p.m. at the clubhouse adjoining the church.

Rev. Wayne Hicks is the pastor.

COMMUNITY CANCER SUPPORT GROUP: This group meets the first Tuesday of each month at 6 p.m. at Trinity Campus FUMC next to Russell Medical. Meetings will resume in September. All cancer patients and family members are welcome. If you are interested, please contact Andrea Peacock 256-749-1134 or andreapeacock60@gmail.com.

ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS: Red Ridge United Methodist Church in Dadeville hosts an Alcoholics Anonymous meeting every Sunday at 6 p.m.

DISABLED AMERICAN VETERANS: The Bill Nichols Chapter 13 meets every third Monday at 5:30 p.m. at the Charles T. “Bud” Porch Center in Alexander City. Chapter Service Officers are available every second and fourth Wednesday from noon to 5 p.m. for claims assistance.

RECYCLING: The Alexander City Recycling Facility is located at the Public Works Department at 824 Railey Road. All materials should be dropped off behind the green storage shed on the Public Works lot. The facility is always open for unassisted drop off. Assistance with drop off is available between 7 a.m. until 3:30 p.m. Monday through Friday. Please call 256-409-2020 for more information.

CAREGIVER SUPPORT GROUP: Every third Monday at 10 a.m. the Trinity campus of First United Methodist Church will be a caregiver support group. Call 256-329-7177 for more information.

TOPS MEETING: Take Off Pounds Sensibly is the short name for TOPS Club, Inc., the original nonprofit, noncommercial network of weight-loss support groups throughout the U.S. and Canada. TOPS offers tools and programs for healthy living and weight management, with exceptional group fellowship and recognition. Established in 1948 to champion weight-loss support and success, we’ve helped millions of people live healthier lives.

Come out and visit us. Your first meeting is free. Meetings are held every Thursday at 6 p.m. at Comer Baptist Church, 341 E. Church St., Alexander City, AL. Call (256) 496-4210 for more information.

WOMEN’S MEETING: Victory Temple Holiness Church in Dadeville is hosting a women’s meeting the first Sunday of every month.

Men are invited too.

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Pleasant Home Baptist Clay County

Mountain Springs Baptist Off Hwy. 22, Daviston

Pleasant Grove Church of Christ 1819 Bay Pine Rd, Jackson’s Gap

Pleasant Valley Missionary Baptist 835 Valley Rd., Camp Hill 334-257-4442

Mt. Carmel Baptist 3610 Dudleyville Rd., Dadeville

Southview Church of Christ 2325 Dadeville Rd., Alex City 256-329-0212

Ridge Grove Missionary Baptist Alexander City, 256-234-6972

Mt. Zion Baptist Hwy. 63 South, Alex City 256-234-7748

Rocky Mt. Baptist New Site community

New Beginning Baptist 1076 Coley Creek Rd.

Seleeta Baptist Booker St., Alex City 256-329-2685

New Concord Baptist Off hwy. 49, Dadeville, 256-825-5390

Shady Grove Baptist Jackson’s Gap Community

New Elkahatchee Baptist Elkahatchee Rd., Alex City 256-329-9942

Unity Baptist Robinson Rd., Alex City

New Life Baptist Jackson’s Gap, 256-825-6190 / 256-329-2635

Marshall Street Church of God 428 Marshall Street, Alex City 256-234-3180

New Pine Grove Baptist Off Hwy. 22, Perryville

New Faith Tabernacle A.C.O.P. Church of God “J” Street

New Providence Baptist Pearson Chapel Rd., Alex City

Cross Key Baptist Hackneyville, 256-329-9716

Bethel Baptist Smith Mt. Rd., Jackson’s Gap 256-825-5070

New Salem Road New Site Rd., New Site, 256-234-2932

Darian Missionary Baptist Church Pearson Chapel Rd., Alex City 256-329-3865

Beulah Baptist Smith Mt. Rd., Jackson’s Gap 256-825-9882

Old Providence Baptist Off Hwy. 63 N., near Hackneyville

The Church of God 13th Ave. N., Alex City 256-329-1696

Elam Baptist Robertson Rd. Alex City

Calvary Baptist 819 Main St., Dadeville, 256-825-5989

Old Union Baptist 1106 Davis Circle 256-596-1873

Washington Street A.C.O.P. Church of God Washington Street

Orr Street Baptist 1000 “O” Street (Hwy. 63N) Alex City, 256-234-3171

CHURCH OF GOD OF PROPHECY Church of God of Prophecy 303 Poplar Rd., Alex City, 256-234-6941

Flint Hill Baptist Hwy. 280, Dadeville

Calvary Heights Baptist Elkahatchee, Rd., Alex City 256-234-7224

Friendship Baptist Our Town Community, 256-329-5243

Camp Hill Baptist Downtown Camp Hill, 256-896-2811

Hollins Springs Baptist Hwy. 280, Goodwater

Comer Memorial 941 E. Church St., Alex City 256-234-2236

Macedonia Baptist Macedonia Circle, Goodwater 256-839-5793 Marietta Baptist Goodwater Miracle Missionary Baptist 1687 “I” Street 256-215-9788, 256-215-9787 Mt. Calvary Baptist 329 King St., Alex City, 256-234-5631 Mt. Olive Baptist Hwy. 280 & Jct. 49, Goodwater Mt. Sinai Baptist Fish Pond Rd., Coosa County 256-329-2337 Mt. Zion Baptist Hwy. 22, New Site Mt. Zion East StillWaters Dr., 256-825-4991 Mt. Zion West Our Town Community, 256-234-7748 New Elam Baptist Hwy. 9, Burtonville, 256-234-2037 New Bethel Baptist Rock St., Dadeville, 256-825-7726 Peace & Goodwill Baptist Cottage Grove Community Alexander City, 256-377-4634 Pine Grove Baptist Eagle Creek Rd., Dadeville

Daviston Baptist Daviston, 395-4327 Eagle Creek Baptist Hwy. 49, Dadeville, 256-825-6048 Fellowship Baptist Buttston Community Fellowship Primitive Baptist Church on Claybrook Drive, Alex City 256-839-5339 First Baptist Court Square, Alex City 256-234-6351 First Baptist Tallassee St., Dadeville, 256-825-6232 Good News Baptist Church 10493 Hwy. 280, Jackson’s Gap 256-825-2555 Hackneyville Baptist Hwy. 63 N., Hackneyville Hillabee Baptist Hillabee Rd., Alex City 256-234-6798 Horseshoe Bend Baptist Hwy. 280, Dadeville Jackson’s Gap Baptist Jackson’s Gap, 256-825-4951 Kellyton Baptist Kellyton, 256-329-1512 Kendrick Baptist Church Nixburg Lake Martin Baptist Hwy 34, Dadeville 256-825-7434 Lake Pointe Baptist 8352 Hwy. 50W, Dadeville Lebanon Baptist Mt. Carmel Rd., Dadeville, 256-234-7541

Perryville Baptist Perryville, 256-234-3588 Pine Grove Baptist Camp Hill Ray Baptist Rockford Hwy., Alex City, 256-234-7609 River Road Baptist 148 Dean Rd., Alex City, 256-234-6971 Rocky Creek Baptist Samford Rd., Cowpens Community Rocky Mount Baptist Hwy. 22 E., Alex City, 256-329-2327 Rock Springs Baptist Jackson’s Gap, 256-839-6263 Russell Farm Baptist Hwy. 63 beyond Our Town

Kellyton U.M., Kellyton, 256-329-1681 Liberty United Methodist Liberty Rd., Hackneyville Mt. Godfrey New Site New Site U.M. New Site, 256-234-7834

New Harvest Ministries Church of God Hwy 280 & Coosa 28 256-329-2331

New Rocky Mount Baptist 670 Peckerwood Rd., Jackson’s Gap 256-794-3846

Liberty Church 1034 Liberty Church Rd. Willow Point Alex City

Hillabee Campground UMC 120 CC Road, Alex City Sunday School 10am Sunday Service 11am

New Hope Baptist 1133 New Hope Church Rd. 256-329-5218

Bethany Baptist Church Bethany Road

Jackson’s Gap Baptist Church 21 East Church St. 256-825-6814

Haven United Methodist 354 Christian St., Alex City 256-329-8394

Cedar Street Church of God 711 Martin Luther King Blvd.

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BAPTIST – MISSIONARY Bethlehem Baptist New Site

Early Rose Baptist 201 E Street, Alexander City

Goodwater U.M. Main St., Goodwater, 256-839-6661

Bread of Life A.C.O.P. Church of God Hwy. 280, Kellyton

Dadeville Church of God 425 Horseshoe Bend Rd. (Hwy. 49 N.) Dadeville 256-825-8820

BAPTIST – SOUTHERN Bay Pine Baptist 1480 Bay Pine Rd. Jackson’s Gap, 256-825-4433

Pearson Chapel U.M. Pearson Chapel Rd., Alex City Red Ridge United Methodist 8091 County Road 34, Dadeville 256-825-9820

Pentecostal Church of God 163 Franklin Street, Alex City 256-215-4055

Sunnylevel United Methodist 3202 Hwy. 63N, Alex City 256-234-6877 Trinity United Methodist 280 By-pass, Alex City, 256-234-2455 Union United Methodist 4428 Hwy. 50, Dadeville 256-825-2241 METHODIST – INDEPENDENT Daviston Independent Methodist Daviston, 395-4207

CHURCH OF JESUS CHRIST Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints 1515 Worthy Road, Alex City (Corner of Worthy Place and Dadeville Road)

PENTECOSTAL Pentecostals of Dadeville 115 West Columbus Street Dadeville, 256-596-3411

CHURCH OF THE NAZARENE Dadeville Church of the Nazarene Corner Hwy. 280 and 49, 256-825-8191

PRESBYTERIAN First Presbyterian 371 Jefferson St., Alex City 256-329-0524

EPISCOPAL Saint James Episcopal Church 121 South Central Ave., Alex City 256-234-4752

First Presbyterian Okefuske, Dadeville, 256-825-4081

HOLINESS Alex City Emmanuel Holiness Hillabee St., Alex City

Robinson Memorial Presbyterian Robinson Rd., Alex City UNITED PENTECOSTAL Alex City Apostolic 3708 Robinson Rd., Alexander City, 256-329-1573

House of Restoration Holiness 519 Slaughter Ave., Camp Hill, 256-749-2373, 256-896-2904

Sandy Creek Baptist Alex City

FULL GOSPEL Dadeville Foursquare Gospel Church Old 280 By-pass

Sixth Street Baptist Sixth St., Alex City, 256-234-2408

Fellowship Revival Center Mission 316 6th Ave., Alex City 256-329-1510 weekends

Sunny Level Baptist Church Sunny Acres Subdivision Sewell Street

Kellyton Revival Center Co. Road 87 South Kellyton

Town Creek Baptist Camp Ground Rd., Alex City

Liberty Life Christian Center 321 “S” Street, Alex City

Wayside Baptist 21 Wayside Circle, Alex City 256-234-5564

Passion Church 3340 Hwy. 63 N., Alex City 256-409-9590

INDEPENDENT Faith Temple Franklin Street, Alex City, 256-234-6421 Family Worship Center 1676 Sewell Street 256-839-6895 First Congregational Christian 11th Ave. South, Alex City GAP Fellowship Ministries P.O. Box 1571, Alex City God’s House 9334 Hwy 63N, Alex City Roger Green Sun. Service: 11:00 & 6:00 Wed. Bible Study: 6:30 Jehovah-Jireh Ministries 252 Tallapoosa St., Alex City 256-215-4211

Zion Hill Baptist Hwy. 79, near Horseshoe Bend

The Family Worship Center 365 Scott Road, Alex City

CATHOLIC St. John the Apostle 454 N. Central Ave., Alex City 256-234-3631

METHODIST – UNITED Alexander City Methodist 11th Ave. N., Alex City 256-329-1284

CHURCH OF CHRIST Alex City Church of Christ 945 Tallapoosa St., Alex City 256-234-6494

Bradford Methodist Hwy. 9, Goodwater

New Bethel Fellowship Church 5474 Rock Springs Road Jackson’s Gap 256-825-3367

Comer Memorial U.M. 427 East Church St., 256-329-3467

The Baha’I Faith 740 Newell Street, Camp Hill 256-896-4007

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LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) You might prefer to have a quiet day at home by yourself. You have paid a toll this week, as you seem to have been everywhere and pitched in when needed. Center yourself, and follow your dreams. Discuss a long-term goal with a friend. Tonight: Be mysterious and unĂ&#x201E;ndable.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) Emphasize your friendships and your goals. You might be quite content to just kick back and relax at home, as you have been very busy trying to achieve a key goal.

Smile and stay open to what others have to say. Ask questions, if need be. Tonight: Where you are, a party erupts.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) You could feel pressured by what you think you should do, and might focus on that instead of pursuing what you really want to do. You will have plenty of energy and an opportunity to visit with someone who lives quite a distance away. Tonight: Reach out to a close loved one.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) Be willing to read between the lines when dealing with a friend at a distance. This person looks at life much diÉ&#x2C6;erently from how you do. As a result, both of you gain understanding from your conversations. Allow yourself to be more open-minded. Tonight: Opt for the unusual.

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Alex Flachsbart, who founded Opportunity Alabama, explained how the incentives work during a presentation to a room of Tallapoosa County community leaders, developers and investors Monday at the Lake Martin Innovation Center. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Opportunity Alabama is our response to Opportunity Zones. We want to start the dialogue in places like Alexander City to stir enthusiasm,â&#x20AC;? said Flachsbart, who is traveling around the state to educate communities. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The goal is to tap into new sources for capital gain. We want to drive investments in places that are not normally funded.â&#x20AC;?

Each county in Alabama was given at least one Opportunity Zone.

The local area that would affect Tallapoosa County residents includes downtown Alexander City, the bulk of Lake Martin down to the county line and west to the neighboring Coosa County line.

Opportunity Zones have the unique ability to form opportunity funds from capital incurred from the sale or exchange of property. This is then rolled into new businesses or projects within the zones.

A qualified opportunity fund receives added benefits, including a deferred tax on gain used in this fund until 2026 and a total reduction of taxes by 15 percent on the front end, Flachsbart explained. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The back-end benefit is if you keep the money invested for 10 years or longer, when you â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;cash out,â&#x20AC;&#x2122; the appreciation of that investment is tax free,â&#x20AC;? he added.

Alabama counties were initially chosen based on census tracks and narrowed to about 25 percent of that group by Gov. Kay Ivey. The majority of selected areas have an average population from 1,200 to 8,000 and range in size from 199 acres to 253,352 acres. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We can create something here in Alabama that other states are not doing yet. We could become the national model,â&#x20AC;? said Flachsbart.

Opportunity Alabama provides the resources to work with communities, projects, investors and institutional partners to develop a working ecosystem. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We need all these groups in the community willing to work together for this to sustain itself,â&#x20AC;? Flachsbart added.

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Alex Flachsbart, who founded Opportunity Alabama, presents to a room of Tallapoosa County community leaders, developers and investors Monday at the Lake Martin Innovation Center.

While real estate is the most common use for this opportunity fund, developers, high net-worth individuals and even communities all could create one and take advantage of its benefits.

Qualifying for an opportunity fund within an Opportunity Zone is relatively simple. First, an investor must have tangible property and at least 70 percent of that has to have been acquired after 2017. Half the income resulting from the investment must be from active involvement in the business by the investor. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s an easy, self-certification process; a one-page form to fill out. You determine if the project fits these guidelines,â&#x20AC;? Flachsbart said.

As a community, Alexander City leaders could continue the conversation and recognize whatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s available in the Opportunity Zone that qualifies. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s more about community investment,â&#x20AC;? said Flachsbart, who

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City gets new website

By CLIFF WILLIAMS Staff Writer

A fresh, new look now welcomes visitors of alexandercityal.gov.

One of the many reasons for the new website is the ability to make changes easily.

“We wanted to bring it in house and for us to be able to do it,” Alexander City city clerk Amanda Thomas said. “Everything on this site, we can edit.”

The previous website required going through the vendor to make changes.

A team of city employees has been working for several months to bring the new site to fruition and it went live in the last few days.

Another reason for the change

is to make it more user friendly, especially the homepage.

“We sat around a round table and came up with things we wanted on there,” Thomas said. “One of those was a community calendar, pay your bill online, parks and rec, career opportunities, latest happenings/ news and the library. We put things like those through big buttons on the bottom of the homepage.

We wanted to put as much useful information on there as we could and those are some of our biggest hits.”

The calendar will contain a lot of information about the city and its business.

“The community calendar will include meetings, agendas, resolutions and our proposed

ordinances,” Thomas said. “This is our place to come to for information that is easy and accessible to our citizens.”

The parks and recreation button will go to links about youth sports games and other activities within the department. The library button takes a user to library links. The career opportunities button takes a user to the human resources listing of jobs currently open in the city.

Those job listings go away as the application window closes.

Thomas said the site can be used to get information out quickly through the top banner on the site.

“It will have alerts like if a road is closed,” she said.

The site is hosted by Municode and the vendor provides the

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template as well. Municode also hosts the ordinances for Alexander City and they can also be reached through the new website.

Another goal of the new site like other city projects, is making it ADA (Americans with Disabilities Act) compliant.

“ADA is a goal of ours,” Thomas said. “One of those steps is an ADA-complainant website.”

Municode handles the ADA compliance for the city.

The new site includes analytics allowing city staff to see where users are going in an effort to make the site more useful in the future.

“We want it to be a living website,” Thomas said. “We will meet every so often to make changes we see are needed.”

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Comedian Allen appears in Alex City, perhaps to the surprise of his doctor

By JIMMY WIGFIELD Managing Editor

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omedian Jeff Allen waited in a holding room with some Red Bull and nutrition bars to sustain him, while the audience at The Mill Two Eighty feasted on barbecue pork sandwiches and chicken nachos.

They were all there Thursday night to support the future doctors and nurses who will benefit from the Russell Medical Foundation’s scholarship fundraiser.

But Allen might have needed some help from a practicing physician after he ascended a few steps to reach the low-slung stage — perhaps fortuitous for him, given the wretched shape he said he is in.

“A little advice to anyone here under 40: don’t ever ask a 60-year-old how they’re doing because that’s no longer a rhetorical question to me,” said Allen, who is 62.

“When I turned 60, they gave me a physical … I was 30 pounds heavier two years ago and the nurse calls me in there about a week later and said, ‘Doc wanted me to tell you if you were part of a wildebeest herd the lions would be circling you. Do you do anything aerobically?’ I said, ‘Well, I’ll look the word up and call you back.’”

Allen exercised his comedic muscles to the delight of those who filled the room, although it may have surprised his wife he moved around the stage at all.

“My wife and I got into an argument over how much I actually move,” he said. “I tell her I golf, and she says I golf in a cart, and I said I still have to get out of there. I don’t just drive by and swat the ball. I actually walk to it, then I get back in and drive to the next one.

“So she buys me a Fitbit for no other reason than to prove her point that I don’t move at all. I said all right, I’ll wear it, no problem, and I didn’t know this but she bought herself a Fitbit, then she signed up to be my friend. I didn’t know anything about it.

Anyway, I’m out of town, on the road, and I didn’t want to tell her I didn’t do anything, so she calls me

at noon or 1 and says, ‘What did you do today?’ and I lied and said I walked the mall. She said, ‘That’s a short mall, you’ve only taken 87 steps.”

Before going onstage, Allen said he has performed standup comedy for 40 years after first working for a jewelry company.

“Somebody told me about a comedy club, so I went and thought that would be neat,” he recalled.

“I started on an open-mic night. I was not good. I had terrible stage fright. The first time on stage, I was pretty drunk. A few nights later, I went back and they told me, ‘You are going to have to make sense this time because we still don’t know what you said the other time.’”

It got worse for Allen on another night early in his career.

“One time I looked out at the audience and didn’t say anything,” he said. “I had a brain freeze and bolted.”

Allen’s brand of comedy — G-rated and void of vulgarity — flows effortlessly now.

“I am a Christian and I try to work within those parameters,” he said before the show. “I have found if your lips are moving and words are coming out of your mouth that some people will still be offended. I want to make my pastor proud.”

It was Allen’s first visit to Alexander City but not to Alabama or the South, as the Chicago native has lived in Nashville 20 years.

“We consider ourselves Southerners,” Allen said. “We’re upset about all the Yankees moving to Nashville.”

Proceeds from Allen’s appearance will go to the Russell Medical Foundation’s scholarship program.

Between $30,000 and $100,000 is awarded annually to students going into the healthcare profession, according to Russell Medical Foundation executive director Tammy Jackson.

One of the stipulations for students who receive a scholarship is working for Russell Medical for two years.

“That’s a way of ensuring top-quality healthcare professionals come back to our area,” Jackson said.

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Comedian Jeff Allen entertains the crowd at The Mill Two Eighty on Thursday night.

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HBS, DADEVILLE SPLIT Tiger boys roll to 67-31 victory

By DONALD CAMPBELL Staff Writer

The Dadeville Tigers boys basketball team looked like it was on a mission Friday night, running wild after the first eight minutes to head home with a 67-31 victory over the Horseshoe Bend Generals.

“I told them to just play up to our capability,” Dadeville coach Jesse Foster said. “We did (that) pretty good tonight.

We (knew if) we played to our potential, we should win the game.”

Horseshoe Bend coach Chad Kison told his team before the game to be ready for a serious contest against the Tigers.

“Dadeville always comes in very athletic, very fast. They can jump; they’ve got some kids that know how to play and it was going to be a tough battle,” he said.

Horseshoe Bend kept it close for the first quarter, with the Tigers holding only a four-point advantage, 10-6, after the first eight minutes.

All that changed in the second quarter, however, with Dadeville getting off good shot after good shot, while forcing the Generals into tough looks, allowing the Tigers to head into halftime with

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Dadeville’s Jay Patrick (10) prepares to inbound the ball in Friday night’s victory over Horseshoe Bend.

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combined while the Tigers added 32 points of their own to storm to victory.

Although Dadeville continued to pour on the steam after halftime, the Generals refused to give in, contesting shots and not letting the Tigers relax at any given moment.

“We played all right (in the first half) … we didn’t turn it over that much,” Kison said. “The second half is when we started turning it over and I could tell our feet weren’t really there. Our

a 35-21 lead.

“That first part, we weren’t doing what I wanted them to do as far as defensive-wise,” Foster said. “We put the second bunch in there, kind of wear them down a little bit, then in the third quarter, we put the starters back in there, and it kinda showed we got them a little tired, and we pulled away from them.”

Dadeville continued to apply pressure in the second half, allowing Horseshoe Bend a combined 10 points in the third and fourth quarters

ollege Football Playoff prediction columns are all the rage right now, so I might as well join in the fun.

It’s incredibly difficult to write this column the day before the conference championships occur because there are so many scenarios that could still happen. But what fun are predictions if there isn’t a little risk involved?

Here’s how we sat Friday afternoon: No. 1 Alabama, No. 2 Clemson, No. 3 Notre Dame and No. 4 Georgia. There are two shoo-ins, in my opinion. Alabama and Notre Dame are going to be in the playoffs.

The Fighting Irish are an obvious choice because they are undefeated and don’t have to face a conference championship this week. Alabama is going to be in because, well, it’s Alabama, but also because even if the Crimson Tide lose to Georgia, their only blemish would be to No. 4 Georgia and that’s an acceptable loss.

So the other two spots are up for grabs, especially if Alabama does its job and defeats Georgia, which I’m sure will happen.

I’m also pretty sure Clemson will defeat Pittburgh in the ACC Championship. Pitt is a dismal 7-5 and is only in the conference championship because the ACC Coastal Division was pathetically weak this year. Clemson should have no problem rolling over the Panthers and securing an undefeated record and the No. 2 spot.

So let’s assume Alabama beats Georgia, Clemson beats Pitt and Notre Dame has already earned its spot. That leaves us with the Bulldogs, who would then be 11-2, Oklahoma, Ohio State, Michigan and See ARBOGAST • Page 12

legs got a little tired.

Once we started throwing it away, they got easy buckets and were able to put it on in the second half.”

Even with such a commanding win, Foster believed his team had come through a key test as the Tigers get ready to enter early area play against B.B. Comer.

He said some of the key elements helping Dadeville claim the win included getting his bigger players to the freethrow line and getting See BOYS • Page 12

Horseshoe Bend’s Abby Cheatham (5) drives the ball down the court in Friday night’s win over the Dadeville Tigers.

Horseshoe Bend girls top Dadeville, 46-34

By DONALD CAMPBELL Staff Writer

The Horseshoe Bend girls basketball team claimed a tough victory Friday night over the visiting Dadeville Tigers, pulling away in the second half to earn a 46-34 victory.

“It’s always nice to beat Dadeville,” Horseshoe Bend coach

Erica Meigs said. “(We knew) they were gonna come and they were gonna press and they were gonna play man to man.”

Dadeville coach Pamela Holloway said she has higher expectations for her team.

“They know that, and they know there’s some See GIRLS • Page 12

Rebels begin basketball season Monday

By LIZI ARBOGAST Sports Editor

Coming off a season that was much improved from the year prior, Reeltown’s girls basketball team is hoping to continue its upward trend this season, which begins Monday. On the flip side, the boys squad also expects to compete at a high level, but a few key injuries from football season have put some things in question.

For the girls, the Rebels lost a lot of height on the inside with the graduations of Marsheka Shaw and Ayriana Stoneback and the strong outside shooting presence of Ashlynn Thomas.

But there are still high expectations.

“Every team is different,” Reeltown girls coach Will Solomon said. “We lost a lot of leadership off of last year’s team, but I’ve seen a lot of leadership this year particularly from Makya (Jones) and Taniya (Haynes). The biggest thing I’m looking for from them is to have that same type of leadership when they face adversity. It’s easy to be a leader when things are going good.”

Haynes will once again be the starting point guard, while Jones will be a shooting guard.

Diyanna Newton also returns as a forward.

Eryn Wells has been moved from forward to guard this year, and Nyla Hayden will take up the other forward position.

“The biggest thing is we’re

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Reeltown senior Fred Willis will likely start this season at guard.

going to have to have four or five that are going to come off the bench and have to be a role player,” Solomon said.

There are two newcomers in particular he’s excited about after going through the preseason. Sophomore Kenzie Hornsby will rotate in at guard, and freshman Makayla Langston will play

power forward. Also coming off the bench to play some good minutes for the Rebels will be Trinity Jordan, Lashantiss Harris and Kaniya Potts.

“It’s going to be imperative that we have some players that are able to come off the bench and give us quality minutes,” Solomon said.

That’s also due to the fact

Reeltown doesn’t have one player in particular who is going to do most of the scoring, but Solomon is hopeful the offense will come from a variety of places. He also expects the defense to once again be a strong factor in creating offense.

“We’re gritty and we’ve got a little more speed this year,” See REBELS • Page 12

LOCAL SPORTS CALENDAR Saturday, Dec. 1 College football SEC Championship Alabama vs. Georgia at Mercedes-Benz Stadium, 3 p.m.

High school wrestling Benjamin Russell in Red Devil Duals at Central Phenix City, 9 a.m.

Reeltown, Dadeville in Tallassee Tournament, 9 a.m.

Monday, Dec. 3

High school boys basketball Benjamin Russell at Sylacauga, 7 p.m.

Reeltown at Horseshoe Bend, 6:30 p.m.

Lyman Ward at Ezekiel Academy, 7 p.m.

High school girls basketball Benjamin Russell at Sylacauga, 5:30 p.m.

Reeltown at Horseshoe Bend, 5 p.m.

Tuesday, Dec. 4 High school boys basketball Horseshoe Bend at Fayetteville, 6:30 p.m.

Beauregard at Reeltown, 7:30 p.m.

Childersburg at Central Coosa, 7 p.m.

Hope Christian at Lyman Ward, 5:30 p.m.

High school girls basketball Horseshoe Bend at Fayetteville, 5 p.m.

Childersburg at Central Coosa, 6 p.m.

Beauregard at Reeltown, 5:30 p.m.

High school wrestling Tallassee at Benjamin Russell, 2 p.m.

Beauregard, Alabama School for the Blind at Dadeville, 5 p.m.

Reeltown, Montgomery Catholic at Elmore County, 5:15 p.m.

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Solomon said. “We’re going to have to turn up the defense and get points in transition.”

On the boys side, the Rebels aren’t entirely sure what to expect, especially after an injury to defending Outlook Boys Basketball Player of the Year Eric Shaw. Shaw had a knee injury near the end of football season that will keep him out of the entire basketball season.

Lio Lewis was also expected to return to the hoops team but a football injury ended his season before it began too.

The good news is Reeltown will see the return of Keke Hughley at point guard; Hughley missed all of last season due to an ACL tear during football but returned with a vengeance on the gridiron this year and has looked strong during the preseason.

“Keke is very excited to come back,” Reeltown boys coach Jonathan Gardner said.

“He worked hard in the offseason getting back in shape for football and basketball.

He’s very explosive on the court, so we’ve turned it into his hands this time.”

Effectively, Trey O’Neal is the only true returning starter at forward/guard. Gardner is also hopeful about the return of Tre Tre Hughley, a guard who was injured during football season and could return as early as January.

Expecting to fill out the starting lineup will be a combination of Cameron Wilson (sr., F/G); Michael Lowe (sr., F); Fred Willis (sr., G); and Keon Cooper (so., G), who transferred in this season from Booker T. Washington.

“We’re going to be very quick and scrappy,” Gardner said. “We’ll run multiple defenses — man to man, zone, whatever the game flows to. Offensively, we hope to be an inside team and a driving team so we’ll score a lot from the wings.”

Reeltown is now in Class 2A Area 8 with Central Coosa, Fayetteville and Thorsby.

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good looks from behind the arc, among other things.

“It’s time to play now,” he said. “We played four tough opponents; Horseshoe Bend’s gonna be pretty good, we played Handley, we played Coosa and we played Loachapoka, some traditional basketball schools, so we’re getting tuned up for the area.”

Despite the loss, Kison felt there were some positive aspects in his team’s performance.

“I was pleased with the first half,” he said. “I know we were down 14, but we missed some open shots. We got a few that we should have made that we didn’t. They played hard. They were boxing it out, they were playing good defense, moving their feet and everything.”

PJ Eason led the Tigers in scoring with 19 points, including seven made free throws, while Jay Patrick’s quartet of 3-pointers accounted for Donald Campbell / The Outlook 12 of his 14 points.

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things they’re going to have to change,” she said.

Both teams came out slow, with Dadeville leading 10-7 after one quarter. However, Horseshoe Bend began to find its rhythm in the second period, with the Generals holding a four-point advantage, 21-17, heading into the locker room.

“I think the girls were buying into some things we had talked about before the game,” Holloway said.

“They still weren’t doing them well, but they were doing them a lot better than previously, than last night’s game.”

Meigs said her team was tired, “and they were just going to have to fight through it. I just had to had to have one more game out of them this weekend.”

Horseshoe Bend continued to push in the second half, outscoring the Tigers 11-4 in the third quarter and 14-13 in the final frame to earn the 12-point victory.

Dadeville began making a run in the final minutes of the fourth quarter, pulling within 10 points with four minutes to go in the game, though the Generals nailed just enough shots to keep the game out of reach for the

Tigers.

Holloway said Dadeville needs to be more disciplined with the ball.

“They’re not running the plays like they should, they’re not being as aggressive as they should. We didn’t do the things we were supposed to do,” she said.

Nadia Freeman and Jahia Jennings were the top scorers for the Generals with 12 points each. Caly Carlisle added 11 points, while Ivy Vickers contributed nine points. Nhylee Banks scored seven points to lead the Tigers,and Janiya Wyckoff and Natori Giles had six points each.

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UCF. Well, it’s definitely not going to be Michigan, which has no business being ranked over undefeated UCF right now anyway. Let’s also assume it’s probably not going to be UCF either. I’m all about a good underdog story, but you put the Knights in against Alabama, especially without McKenzie Milton, and it’s going to be terrible.

I would actually love for it to be UCF, and I think the Knights deserve a shot after the back-to-back years they’ve put together. But it’s

not going to be.

That narrows things down to Georgia, Oklahoma and Ohio State and assuming both Ohio State and Oklahoma win and Georgia loses, the selection committee is going to have a hard time arguing for the Bulldogs.

Both the Sooners and the Buckeyes should win today, and in my opinion, that should put Oklahoma in at No. 4. Oklahoma’s only loss this season has been a threepoint defeat at the hands of Texas, which the Sooners will turn around and beat today — likely by a larger margin

than three points. Oklahoma has signature wins over West Virginia and Iowa State, both of which are ranked, and add Texas to that and you have a better resume than Ohio State.

The Buckeyes did have a key road win against Penn State, which was ranked at the time, and also crushed Michigan. But Ohio State also needed overtime to beat below-.500 Maryland by a point, and we can’t forget that embarrassing loss to Purdue, which barely squeezed out an even record this season.

So if you’ve managed

to keep all these potential scenarios in mind and you’re keeping track, the four CFP teams will be Alabama, Clemson, Notre Dame and Oklahoma, in that order.

I have one last caveat though. If Alabama, Clemson and UCF all win and Oklahoma and Ohio State both lose, give the fourth spot to UCF. Don’t put a two-loss team in there when there’s a perfectly acceptable, albeit controversial, undefeated hopeful left waiting.

Lizi Arbogast is the sports editor of The Outlook.

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