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February 13-14, 2016 • Vol. 124 • No. 32 • www.alexcityoutlook.com
LOVE STORY
A recount of a long life of love, page 5.
Former Lyman Ward employee facing sex charges Investigation into sexual contact with two male students leads to woman’s arrest By MITCH SNEED Editor
A former employee at Lyman Ward Military Academy in Camp Hill was arrested Thursday on charges stemming from alleged sexual contact with two male cadets at the school last fall. Susan Mary Petty, 33, of Camp Hill was
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or less than two years.� Camp Hill Police Chief Johnny Potts described the allegations against Petty. “She had contact with two students, two different times on the same day on the Lyman Ward Military Academy campus,� Potts said.
arrested Thursday and charged with two counts of violation of the school employee sex act. The law, which was enacted in 2012 as Section 13A-6-81 applies if a school employee engages “in a sex act or deviant sexual intercourse with a student under the age of 19 years.� The crime is a Class B felony, for which a conviction is punishable by “not more than 20 years
Horseshoe Bend gets field trip grant funds
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Valentine’s Forensic audit due to wrap up Day next week ready! City checks seeks answers in missing to golf course
By MIA OSBOURN Staff Writer
By MITCH SNEED Editor
Horseshoe Bend National Military Park will soon welcome a flood of local schoolchildren, thanks to a field trip grant from the National Park Foundation (NPF). The NPF is a nonprofit group that supports America’s national parks. The NPF bestowed field trip grants on 186 federal sites in 2016, including national parks and other public lands and waters. These grants support the White House’s Every Kid in a Park program, which aims to get every fourth grade student in the
Alexander City Mayor Charles Shaw said that a forensic audit into checks made out to the city’s Lakewinds Golf Course that were never processed could be complete next week. The issue was raised by resident Wendell Scroggins at a council meeting on Jan. 25, alleging that a number of checks that patrons had written for goods and services at Lakewinds that seemed to have been lost in the process, never clearing the patrons’ bank. Alexander City Parks and Recreation Director Sonny Wilson said at the same meeting that he believes the amount of missing funds could be as much as $120,000. Shaw said the accounting firm of Carr, Riggs and Ingram has been working independently and meeting with
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Brown’s Nursing Home residents Jimmy Burdett and Linda Campbell were crowned Valentine’s Day King and Queen at the facility Friday. Below left, Lavern Shaw of Unique Flowers and Gifts puts a name card on cut flowers prior to delivery. Below right, Susie Kelley of Grace’s Flowers makes a rose arrangement for a Valentine’s Day gift.
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Louis Dunham and his wife Eyvonne pose for a picture at Peanut Point in 2014. Louis, who began the family business in 1988, passed away on Friday.
Peanut Point’s Dunham loses battle with cancer STAFF REPORT TPI Staff
A man who founded the Lake Martin hotspot Peanut Point has passed away. Family members say that Louis Dunham passed away Friday due to complications following surgery for throat cancer. Dunham started selling boiled peanuts in 1988 at the location located
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Jazz Fest kicks off its 2016 art contest STAFF REPORT TPI Staff
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anywhere without seeing someone he knew.� In a 2014 article in Lake Magazine, Dunham told editor Betsy Iler about how his business came to be. A native of Goodwater, Louis originally started the waterfront peanut business to pass the time when he wasn’t fishing. Already an accomplished
between Our Town and Woods Island on Lake Martin. “He was such a sweet man,� said his niece Tammy Reeves Friday. “He just found out about a week ago that he had throat cancer. They did surgery on Tuesday and my aunt found him Friday morning and he had passed. “He loved people, his family and loved his business. He couldn’t go
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Wanted: inspiring, colorful, music-oriented original artwork to become the face of the 2016 Alexander City Jazz Fest. Winner will put folding money in his (or her) pocket, a T-shirt bearing the winning art on his back and VIP parking passes for both nights on his dashboard. “Each year, a local artist gives the festival a new look. We’re searching for exciting, innovative color art that captures the free-wheeling spirit, terrific music and hot summer nights of the Alex City Jazz Fest,â€? said Kenneth Boone of the Jazz Fest Art Committee. “One thing we’d like the artists to keep in mind is that when this artwork is printed on a T-shirt, it is + 6 / & t better if the design is not a single block of ink. Keep the art airy – let the background include Previous Jazz Fest art contest winners have been featured on posters that promote the event. The 2016 conSee JAZZ • Page 3 test is underway, so don’t miss out on a chance to have your art be seen as this year’s Jazz Fest approaches.
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