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January 26-27, 2019 Vol. 127, No. 19 www.alexcityoutlook.com 75¢
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Winter weather likely Potential for light snow showers Tuesday but too early to tell about accumulation, NWS says By JIMMY WIGFIELD Managing Editor
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Above: Joe Berry, who died Wednesday, speaks in 2014 about his service in the military and the Alexander City Police Department. Below: Berry, pictured in an ACPD uniform, was one of the first African-American police officers in Alexander City.
A pioneer passes Family and former police chiefs remember Joe Ennis Berry By CLIFF WILLIAMS Staff Writer
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oe Ennis Berry never served as mayor, an officer in the military or police chief but, as an African-American, he laid the groundwork so others could. He served on the beaches of Normandy in World War II and in the patrol cars of the Alexander City Police Department in the 1960s as one of the first black police officers in town, both before blacks could work with whites in the same position. The pioneer and Tallapoosa County native passed away Wednesday at his home at the age of 94. See BERRY • Page 3
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Another Alex City resident falls victim to scam
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487.26 Reported on 01/25/19 @ 1 p.m.
LACEY HOWELL 256.307.2443
laceyshowell@gmail.com 5295 Highway 280, Alex City, AL
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Students at Jim Pearson Elementary School in Alexander City march in front of the school Friday to celebrate the 100th day of the school year. Principal Jamie Forbus said the students dressed up as 100-year-olds to mark the occasion. Earlier, they released balloons with notes attached in hopes they will be found and receive return letters. For photos, see Page 9. Pearson said the balloons and notes have made it as far as North Carolina, South Carolina and Georgia. The last day of school is May 24 at Jim Pearson, which has about 800 students in pre-kindergarten through second grade, Forbus said.
More than $40,000 has been taken from another Alexander City resident by scammers, police said. “Over a period of time an elderly woman gave $45,000 away,” Alexander City Police Department deputy chief James Easterwood said. “They said she had won a lot of money and needed to pay the taxes on it before it could be awarded. She gave it to them by pre-paid cards.” Easterwood said the department was called late Thursday See SCAM • Page 9
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Day 100
By CLIFF WILLIAMS Staff Writer
Lake Martin
While nobody is suggesting another winter storm such as the one that dumped up to 8 inches of snow on Tallapoosa County a little more than a year ago, forecasters said Friday the Alexander City area will likely experience a wintry mix and snow showers Tuesday. “We do depict a chance for a rain/snow mix in the Alexander City area Tuesday morning, transitioning to isolated, light snow showers,” Holly Allen of the NWS office in Birmingham said Friday. “It’s way too early to talk about any accumulation numbers.” The NWS forecasts a 70 percent chance of rain, possibly mixed with snow, before noon Tuesday. A hard freeze of 21 is expected Tuesday night. Accumulation of any winter precipitation will depend on how quickly the temperature drops behind a strong cold front while moisture remains in place. “Most of the moisture will be behind the front falling into the cold air,” Allen said. “The models are not showing a lot of rainfall, maybe a half-inch or less in that area. But as we get closer, we’ll be able to refine what the accumulation of precipitation will be. As of now, it looks like a wintry mix changing to rain and snow and a light snow mix.” Allen said a cold rain is expected to move into the Alex City area Tuesday after 3 a.m. and before sunrise, and the temperature is expected to fall dramatically through the day. “The temperature we wake up to Tuesday morning may be the high,” she said. “We’re projecting mid to upper 40s then falling through the morning to mid 30s by lunch time.” Between 3 and 8 inches of snow fell on Tallapoosa County on Dec. 8, 2017,
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