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City finances making headway?
Council members try to clear up questions they’ve been asked by residents with financial issues, there was a criminal investigation launched into city golf course funds that At about this time last summer, were possibly stolen and no the campaigns by candidates progress was being made on a hoping to be council members new budget. and mayor in Alexander City Monday night Councilman were going hot and heavy. Bobby Tapley used his comments The city had been struggling By MITCH SNEED Editor
Councilman Bobby Tapley raised questions about finances that residents had shared with him Monday.
time to ask the questions that residents had been asking him about the progress on the financial front. “I don’t mean to step on anyone’s toes, because this applies to me as well,” Tapley said. “But we were all elected
and we ran on that our city finances were our No. 1 goal. By our next meeting, we will have been in office nine months and we still don’t have a budget.” Tapley he said constituents ask him about finances regularly. See COUNCIL • Page 5
High-profile cases resolved in court By CLIFF WILLIAMS Staff Writer
Christopher Durand Carelton of Dadeville plead guilty to sexual abuse second degree last week before Judge Ray Martin while Dadeville residents Jonathan Kurtis Caldwell and Kendall Luke Kidwell plead guilty last week to setting Colonel Tom’s on fire Dec. 14, 2016. Carelton will be require to register as a sex offender for the rest of his life as part of his plea agreement according to District Attorney Jeremy Duerr. He was 62 at the time of his arrest by the Tallapoosa County Sheriff’s Department following an April 2016 See CASES • Page 3 Mitch Sneed / The Outlook
Mann family ready to ring in centennial reunion Sunday
Rain continues to fall Above, Sheila Ammons pulls a covered wagon carrying Haley and Corbin Ammons as Joey Ammons follows on a rainy trip to get snacks Wednesday. Left, 104-year-old Anzur Johnson of Goodwater is helped into the Outlook offices with an umbrella held by his son. Water drops on the windshield will be present again today as the impact of Tropical Storm Cindy is expected to dump more rain on Tallapoosa County. More than 3 inches have fallen already this week and the area could see as much as 6 inches before the storm moves on.
By DONALD CAMPBELL Staff Writer
Family reunions are often a big event on the calendar, when relatives scattered far and wide gather together to catch up and talk about the past as well as the present. For the Mann family, the 2017 reunion is more than just another chance to come together as one. It also marks the 100th anniversary of the first such gathering. Held every year since the early 20th century, members of the Mann family are looking to make this year’s reunion a very special event. See REUNION • Page 3
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BRHS FFA has great showing at state meet
Soap box derby event coming to Dadeville
finished seventh and Small Engines took ninth,” Benjamin Russell FFA Following a top advisor Josh Williams said. performance at the district What made the team even level, three teams of students more excited to have finished representing the Benjamin as highly as they did at the Russell chapter of the state level was the fact that, National FFA Organization for all three teams, it was traveled to Auburn in early their first appearance at the June to compete against other state competitions. It was a high school chapters during very thrilling experience, but the state convention. For Williams said it was also a being a young group overall, time of mixed emotions for Benjamin Russell had an Submitted / The Outlook the seniors, with this being incredible showing against The Benjamin Russell FFA teams and individuals pose with the banners they were awardtheir last chance to be state the other 11 teams on hand. ed while competing at the state level. Front row left to right: Blaze Mazzilli, Reed Scott, champions and advance to “Our Ag Mechanics team Jackson Knight, Jacob Morgan, Logan Wall and Connor Adair. Back row left to right: Advithe national competition. placed second in the state, sor Josh Williams, Jackson McMichen, Colby Ford, Drake Bulin, Logan Jackson, Dylan See FFA • Page 3 while Poultry Evaluation Jackson and Jordan Bunch. Not pictured: Shane Fuller. By DONALD CAMPBELL Staff Writer
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By DONALD CAMPBELL Staff Writer
At a recent meeting of the Dadeville City Council, the council discussed trying to find ways to promote the town beyond Lake Martin. One event designed to do this is moving closer to becoming a reality. The section of East Columbus Street between Dadeville Elementary School and the football field will come alive with excited shouts and cheers See DERBY • Page 5
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