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Lighting the way for Alexander City & Lake Martin since 1892 July 30, 2015 Vol. 123, No. 151 www.alexcityoutlook.com
Infections unlikely on Lake Martin
Schools prepare to welcome students Orientation, open house dates set By David Granger Outlook Staff Writer
Experts say size, cleanliness of river makes for clean lake By David Granger and Mitch Sneed Outlook Staff Writers
Recent of swimmers developing skin infections – including staph – after swimming in some Alabama lakes are highly unlikely for those who enjoy the waters of Lake Martin, some experts say. Over the last two weeks, child swimmers in Logan Martin, Lake Wedowee and Smith Lake reported skin irritations. Two of those cases at Logan Martin were found to be staph related. No lake is totally immune to issues, but John Thompson of Lake Martin Resource Association and Alabama Water Watch said that the size of Lake Martin and the cleanliness of the water that feeds it make for a “treasured lake.” “We are blessed with Lake Martin in that the Tallapoosa River is incredibly clean,” Thompson said. “Along the route it takes to get here, there are no large industries, no major metropolitan cities where runoff and discharge can cause probSee INFECTIONS Page 3
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Above, students and their parents leave the gym at Alexander City Middle School after a qucik orientation and picking up schedules. Left, new ACMS principal Reginald Clifton speaks with Felicia Reynolds about her son’s class schedule. Today ACMS will be hosting orientation for eighth graders at 11 a.m.
With the start of the 2015-2016 school year for Alexander City Schools drawing ever closer, local elementary schools are planning open houses for next Tuesday through Thursday, Aug. 4-6. Jim Pearson Elementary School kicks off the series of open houses with a session for its second-graders and pre-kindergartners on Tuesday, Aug. 4, from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. Meanwhile, Alexander City Middle School’s eighthgraders will pick up their schedules today between 11 a.m. and noon after the seventh-graders at ACMS did the same today. “It will be a come-and-go thing,” said Jamie Forbus, principal at Jim Pearson Elementary. “The students and their parents will have an opportunity to come, pick See SCHOOLS, Page 3
Return to school draws mixed feelings from Boys & Girls Club participants By Cliff Williams Outlook Staff Writer
Area children are winding down the summer break as the start of school nears. Children taking part in the summer program of the Boys and Girls Club of the Lake Martin Area at the Sportplex have mixed feelings about the end of summer. “I did not miss school much,” Jim Pearson student Jaydon Brooks said. “But I do miss my friends.” After thinking about it some, Brooks did admit to liking things at school. “I am most looking forward to being
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able to go to music class,” Brooks said. Carlson Richardson had fun with the Boys and Girls Club this summer and learned along the way. “I played volleyball,” Richardson, a Radney Elementary School student, said. “We went to Stephens for the reading program. I am looking forward to reading more books.” Sports and books are not the only things Richardson picked up over the summer. “We learned how to eat healthy and be healthy,” Richardson said. “And about brushing teeth, too.” The Boys and Girls Club of the See SUMMER, Page 3
Wind Creek holding silent auction to raise funds for Fall Festival By David Granger Outlook Staff Writer
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Sports memorabila is pictured at Wind Creek State Park. The autograph balls along with other items will be auctioned off to benefit the Fall Festival.
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Zhistoaben Files, left, and Eli Billingsley watch a coin toss to see who gets to serve first in a game of volleyball at the Sportplex gym Tuesday.
Several Auburn University athletics items and family fourpacks of tickets to attractions throughout the state are among the items being auctioned off to benefit the annual Fall Festival at Wind Creek Marina, according to Pam Pike, a clerk at the Marina and co-coordinator of the Fall Festival. The silent auction started Friday at 8 a.m. and continues through 5 p.m. on Aug. 8. “Everything we make goes to benefit our Fall Festival in October,” said Pike. “We made about $500 off of the donated items last year.” Included among the items that have been donated for the
silent auction this year are: Family four-packs of admission tickets (to be auctioned off separately) to Battleship Memorial Park in Mobile, Callaway Gardens in Pine Mountain, Georgia, McWane Science Center in Birmingham and the Montgomery Zoo; A 1966 Birmingham News sports page; A 2010 Auburn Tigers national champions cedar football; An Alabama State Park fire ring; A Chad Miller-guided fishing trip for two; A Will Muschampautographed football; A Gus Malzahnautographed football; See AUCTION, Page 3
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