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July 31, 2018 Vol. 126, No. 150 www.alexcityoutlook.com 75¢ Alexander City firefighter Zackary Zipprich extinguishes the remnants of an electrical fire. Cliff Williams / The Outlook
Great Bethel moving on Local church striving ‘to be great again’ in new beginning By CLIFF WILLIAMS Staff Writer
Rev. Calvin Brown once sat among the pews of Great Bethel Missionary Baptist Church when it was up on the hill. Sunday he stood at its pulpit in the new building delivering a message to members trying to lead them down a path to recovery. Like many pastors, Brown File / The Outlook worked up a sweat While the judge currently and clutched a has the case under advisetowel to dry his brow from time to ment, members at Great Bethel are trying to look time while delivering a message. ahead to a new beginning. Brown shook the hands of members as he retreated to the See BETHEL • Page 9
Home spared in electrical fire
Onin Staffing holding job fair in New Site today
By CLIFF WILLIAMS Staff Writer
The Alexander City Fire Department responded to a fire call Monday afternoon on Johnson Street to find smoke on the side of a home. “I was watching TV when I heard a pop,” a resident said. “Then the power went out.” It did not take long before the source of power outage was located. “I peeked outside and saw flames,” the resident said. “I slipped outside and watched from the porch.” The fire department was on scene fast enough to keep it contained to just the electrical meter supply. Alexander City Light and Power disconnected the power to allow the fire department to use more water. It did not take firefighters long to extend a ladder to the roof of the home and water was put down the conduit to cool off the metal. Firefighters did remove some woodwork to make sure the fire started by shorting wires had not made into the structure. “I am just happy everything will be OK,” the resident said. “I am thankful they got here when they did.”
By DONALD CAMPBELL Staff Writer
Onin Staffing will be holding a job fair at New Site Town Hall today, taking applications and interviewing candidates for a number of positions in various industries throughout the area. “We hold interviews like this to reach out to candidates in the community and make things a little more convenient for them,” Alexander City branch manager Misti Bowen said. “We have never hit the New Site community before.” Starting at noon and running until 6 p.m., Bowen and other representatives from Onin will be handing out applications to those
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Firefighters wait for the power to be disconnected to a home before putting out an electrical fire Monday afternoon.
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Treadwell explains legal matters with Dadeville Kiwanis
Boys & Girls Club awarded $1K grant for SMART Girls program
By DONALD CAMPBELL Staff Writer
STAFF REPORT TPI Staff
Dadeville attorney Mark Allen Treadwell was the special guest at Thursday’s weekly meeting of the Dadeville Kiwanis Club. During his talk with the Kiwanians, Treadwell talked about several legal items, providing them with valuable information in order to better plan for the future. Much of his talk revolved around matters regarding estates when an individual passes away. These topics included how property items are determined to be either probate or non-probate, the best way to write certain things into a will, ways a will can be challenged in court and the payments that can be required if See TREADWELL • Page 9
The Wells Fargo Foundation has awarded the Boys & Girls Club of the Lake Martin Area a $1,000 grant for the group’s SMART Girls program. The local organization applied for the grant in April in an effort to bring a program like SMART Girls to the Alexander City community to provide young women with the necessary skills to say no to drugs, alcohol and premature sexual activities at such an early age. The goal of the SMART Girls program is to help girls develop healthy attitudes and lifestyles. Girls participating will be divided into two age-group levels, ages See GRANT • Page 3
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Farmers Market being held weekly Alexander City’s Dorothy Heard makes tomato sandwiches at Saturday’s Alexander City Farmers Market in the Broad Street Plaza. The farmers market is open every Saturday through October from 7 to 11 a.m.
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