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Oliver to face Jeffcoat in 81 race election. Martin said he was disappointed in the numbers of voters who turned out, especially in Alexander City. “He got his voters out,” Martin said. “He ran a good race.” In Tallapoosa County, Oliver collected 2,430 votes to Martin’s 1,790. In the district Oliver garnered almost 58 percent of the vote and dominated in the southern part of Tallapoosa County but is not ready to rest yet. “We will sit here tonight and pat ourselves on the back a little for a
By CLIFF WILLIAMS Staff Writer
Ed Oliver has a history of serving the public through the military. The voters called his name Tuesday, drafting him in the Republican runoff for State House District 81. “I felt like it was a calling,” Oliver said after being declared the winner of the race over Terry Martin. “We worked real hard.” Low voter turnout was the key in the
moment,” Oliver said. “But we have to get to work. We have to be ready for another race in November.” Oliver will face Democrat Jeremy Jeffcoat in the general election. Statewide, Attorney General Steve Marshall defeated Troy King by garnering more than 60 percent of the vote in the Republican runoff. Tallapoosa County voters gave the incumbent 55 percent of the vote in the county. And the two Republican races with advertisements with jingles were still too
close to call at Outlook press time. Will Ainsworth led Twinkle Cavanaugh in a very close race. Tallapoosa County gave Cavanaugh the nudge with 52 percent of the vote. The other is the Ag and Industry Commissioner between Gerald Dial and Rick Pate. Pate was the projected winner at press time with nearly 57 percent of the vote statewide. Tallapoosa County gave the nod to Dial with just over 52 percent of the vote.
DEFENDING STRENGTH
United Arts Training Center wraps up summer course at library
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New Site mayor Phil Blasingame informed the council about Russell Medical opening a facility in town.
New Site updated on water project
By DONALD CAMPBELL Staff Writer
A handful of local teenagers gathered at Mamie’s Place Children’s Library Tuesday morning, concluding a sixweek self-defense course held in conjunction with John Russell Wright and the United Arts Training Center as part of the library’s summer reading program. “This is our third year of doing this at the library,” Wright said. “It’s been quite wonderful.” After the initial warm-up and review of some of the principles learned over the past several weeks, including how knowledge applied becomes wisdom, mistakes are part of the learning experience and having an attitude of gratitude, all under the premise of ROCK (Respectful Observance and Collection of Knowledge), the library students worked with Wright, assistant coach Anthony Flowers and a handful of students from the training center to practice the selfdefense techniques the program See DEFENSE • Page 5
Russell Medical Center approved for town clinic By DONALD CAMPBELL Staff Writer
The New Site Town Council continued to make progress on projects throughout town during Monday night’s council meeting, including the water system upgrades, the senior activity center and the Russell Medical Center clinic. Jeffrey Harrison with CDG Engineers in Auburn was present and gave the council an update report on where things stood with the project to upgrade the New Site water system. Harrison said things have gotten a little behind schedule, but it is not far off from what was initially planned for. Currently, the final plans are at the Alabama Department of Environmental Management and
Russell Wright, above, and some of his students from United Arts Training Center and participants in the library-sponsored martial arts class go through warm-up exercises at Mamie’s Place Tuesday morning. Right, Sarah Childers practices escaping and defending against a grappling aggressor.
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Animal shelter in need of long-term food solution By CLIFF WILLIAMS Staff Writer
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Mia Chandler was out with Ella at the Coffee Corner Saturday morning to bring awareness to the shelter and introduce the community to some of the shelter’s adoptable animals.
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For a decade, the Lake Martin Animal Shelter has enjoyed a wealth of food the animals it cares for. The kittens, puppies, cats and dogs have been able to chow down thanks to damaged bags of food from a local retailer at almost no cost. The shelter even had enough to share. “We had a nice healthy surplus,” shelter director Mia Chandler said. “We were able to open a food pantry. Now that food intake is low, we have had to close down the food pantry.” Chandler said the shelter is still able to help some with food but only in certain situations. “We are having to limit it to seniors on SSI and to extreme emergencies,” Chandler said. Chandler says the animals at the shelter will not go hungry anytime soon, but she is worried it could cause other issues. “All of our food was donated,” she said. See SHELTER • Page 3
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