Jan. 31, 2019 Alex City Outlook

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THURSDAY

THE LOCAL, PAGE 5 Ponder given lifetime achievement award

SPORTS, PAGE 7

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CACC baseball seeking consistency on mound

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Renters given 2 months to vacate Nabors says owners want duplexes vacant before city closes on $2.55 million deal By JIMMY WIGFIELD Managing Editor

Strings attached Road life and drugs taught gifted guitarist hard lessons By RON COLQUITT For The Outlook

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reddie Lynch lost his first true love, Cindy Lou, in a fiery car crash but to this day keeps her neck brace as a reminder of his early years in rock and roll bands. Cindy Lou was a beige-colored Fender Telecaster guitar he bought for $300 when he was in his 20s. Lynch, now 66, still plays an occasional gig in the Alexander City area, although he is modest about his command of the strings. “I don’t claim to be now, or to have ever been, a great guitar player,” Lynch said. Longtime friend and occasional bandmate Kenny Dean thinks otherwise.

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Alexander City’s Freddie Lynch poses in front a downtown mural of Stevie Ray Vaughan.

See LYNCH • Page 3

Families living in duplex apartments on property the City of Alexander City is preparing to buy have been given formal notice to vacate their homes in two months after officials had earlier expressed hope of giving them more time. On Jan. 7, the city council voted 4-2 to buy 56 acres of property, including the former Russell Sales Office, which it will convert into a new city hall. Four duplex homes formerly owned by Russell Corp. are also on the property, which is still owned by private individuals. The city plans to close on the $2.55 million sale in April, according to Mayor Jim Nabors, and the current owners want the duplexes vacant by then. Earlier this month, several city officials, including Nabors, council president Tommy Spraggins, and councilmembers Buffy Colvin and Scott Hardy, expressed a willingness to consider giving the renters more time to find other places to live. But the city has no legal authority to do that or help them with rent and security deposits elsewhere, according to city attorney Larkin Radney. “The city has agreed to close on the condition the present owners will be totally responsible for any issues regarding the vacating of the rental property,” Radney said. “The city can’t give individuals money for relocation unless it’s a relocation program authorized by (the Department of) Housing and Urban Development. More importantly, the city is not authorized as a municipality to See RENTERS • Page 5

Today’s

Kiwanis to honor E. Paul Jones at dinner, auction Jones tried civil cases in private practice. He also learned to sail, to fly and even wrote The Alexander City Kiwanis a book about Rev. William Club is holding its annual steak Maxwell titled, “To Kill A Preacher.” dinner and auction on Feb. 7 Tomlin said Jones helped but with a special twist this Kiwanis with auction items year. like use of his beach condo “We are doing it in memory of E. Paul Jones,” Kiwanis Club and home in France along with other contributions. member Stephan Tomlin said. This year’s auction is no dif“He has always been so generferent. ous to Kiwanis.” “In the live auction we have Retired Fifth Judicial Circuit a cabin in the mountains up for District Attorney Jones died in grabs,” Tomlin said. “We also November after a battle with have two beach condos and a cancer. Colleagues and friends Russell Lands package.” remembered Jones as a great, Tomlin said there will other jovial friend who served with distinction in the courtrooms of things up for auction in both the live and silent auctions. Tallapoosa, Macon, Chambers See KIWANIS • Page 2 and Randolph counties. By CLIFF WILLIAMS Staff Writer

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