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Class ring heads home to rightful owner after being missing for two decades in Alexander City
By CLIFF WILLIAMS Staff Writer
Submitted / The Outlook
This Davidson College class ring was found in Alexander City last week and is headed home to its rightful owner in Tallahassee Florida.
Bibb Street rail crossing to stay open
For more than 20 years a college class ring has been in a safe at the Russell Athletic Retail Store and it is now on its way back to its rightful owner. The ring was found by Patti Kennedy Friday while employees are cleaning up the store for its closing. “Somebody had put it in the safe in a closet in the office,” Kennedy said. “I think a customer found it years ago and turned it in to the cashier.” From there the Davidson College class ring traveled to Kennedy’s sister Kristi Joiner.
“I found a name inscribed in it,” Joiner said. Inside the ring was the name William Benson. “I just went to the web and searched,” Joiner said. “I found a picture of him in his college yearbook. I found an ad congratulating him that included several names including his sister. I found her through Facebook and then found him.” After finding Benson on Facebook, Joiner wanted to make sure he was the rightful owner so she called up his work leaving a message Friday afternoon, too late for Benson to retrieve until Monday morning. “I came in this morning to a message waiting,” Benson said.
Judge rules Glaze can be constable
SUN FESTIVAL SUCCESS
By CLIFF WILLIAMS Staff Writer
By MITCH SNEED Editor
The Bibb Street railroad crossing will remain open for now and it appears that crossing arms will be installed there. A resolution that would have close the railroad crossing on Bibb Street, located near Alexander City Middle School and across from Piggly Wiggly, was introduced, but no council member seconded the motion. That means the matter did not come to a vote, so the crossing remains open. It became apparent from comments by the council that closing the crossing was not popular with business owners in the area as well as residents who use the crossing regularly. “I made it to every business in the area with the exception of one and none of those businesses are in favor of closing it,” Council Member Buffy Colvin said. They want the arms, they just don’t want to see it closed. Every business owner I talked to was against it.” Council members all said they See COUNCIL • Page 3
“When you come in early on a Monday and see a message you wonder what kind of day it will be.” Benson called Joiner Monday morning and the lawyer had the questions turned on him as Joiner was trying to make sure she had found the right person. “She asked all these questions,” Benson said. “From where I went to school to when. She had this good ole sweet Alabama girl feel to her that if she asked for my Social Security number, I probably would have given it to her.” Benson did not purchase the ring. “The ring was a gift from See RING • Page 2
Jessica Sneed / The Outlook
Sun Festival wrapped up a nine-day, 50-event run with Moon Taxi rocking Strand Park Saturday night. Here, Moon Taxi’s Trevor Terndrup, left, belts out “All Day, All Night.”
Fifth annual festival has great turnout, exciting events By DONALD CAMPBELL Staff Writer
With over 50 events spread out across a nine day period, the fifth annual Alexander City Sun Festival was a great success, providing fun entertainment for all ages. From glow-in-the-dark golf to drone races, concerts to ice cream sundaes, Sun Festival
had a little something for everyone. Alexander City Chamber of Commerce President and CEO Ed Collari said he believed attendance over the course of the nine days had been extremely strong, though there was no official way to keep track of the exact number of people who See SUN FESTIVAL • Page 3
Jacksons Gap resident David Glaze will continue to serve as Constable for Beat 18. Judge Tom Young ruled Wednesday in Dadeville following a February petition challenging Glaze’s eligibility based on a felony conviction in Sept. 1982 in Florida where Glaze was found guilty of bail bond jumping from a charge of battery of a law enforcement officer where he was sentenced to two years in a Florida state prison. Young’s ruling references the fact that Glaze had many of his rights restored allowing him to hold the office of constable. “The defendant did, in fact, receive a Certificate of Restoration of Civil Rights issued by the Office of Executive Clemency, State of Florida, on Dec. 4, 2006,” Young said in his order. “That said Certificate of Restoration of Civil Rights removes the disability that accompanies a conviction, thereby allowing the individual to seek public office, pursuant to See GLAZE • Page 2
Tallapoosa County Board of Education talks personnel and transportation By DONALD CAMPBELL Staff Writer
The faculty and staff roster for the Tallapoosa County School System is almost completely filled, due to the approval of several new hires by the Tallapoosa County Board of Education during a special meeting Monday afternoon. Approved during the meeting were John Morgan, a special needs teacher at Dadeville High School; Elizabeth Lovelady, a counselor at Reeltown Elementary School; Ruth Dutch, a special needs teacher at Dadeville Elementary School; Kaley Stewart Pugh, an elementary teacher at Reeltown Elementary School; and India
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Baker Gold, a paraprofessional with the Tallapoosa County Virtual Academy/Crossroads. During the Superintendent’s Remarks, Superintendent Joe Windle brought up an issue with transportation for children attending the Pre-K programs throughout the county. For the past two years, the county had provided transportation for these students, but due to safety issues, they would be unable to do so this year. “In order to transport them, buses have to have a restraint system, an aide must ride the bus to buckle and unbuckle them, and the seats behind those with See BOE • Page 3
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Barrels and cones on the move Mitch Sneed / The Outlook
An employee with Gary Ingram Paving and Grading moves sandbags from a road closed sign along Lee Street. Officials say that most of the cones and barrels should be moved today, with the traffic pattern returning to normal. Pickup Wednesday’s Outlook for the latest on road construction in the area.
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