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Start nears for 3 road projects Work on Scott Road bridge, Washington and Lee streets just weeks away By MITCH SNEED Editor
As winter winds down and spring approaches several big road projects are in the initial pre-construction stages. Alexander City Engineer and Public Works Director Gerard Brewer said Tuesday that an Alabama Department of Transportation Project that will replace a bridge on Scott Road, resurfacing of Washington Street and a major overhaul of Lee
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This bridge spanning a creek on Scott Road dates back to the 1960s and is scheduled for replacement that could start in April. The project is expected to take from six to nine months.
Street are scheduled to begin over the next month or so. “They are already out doing some of the preliminary site work and staking on all of those projects,” Brewer said. “All three of those projects are pretty extensive, but the good thing is that they appear to be getting an early start. That’s exactly what we had hoped for.” The Scott Road Bridge replacement is an estimated $1.5 million project that will see a bridge that
dates back to the 1960 replaced. The current bridge will be replaced by a much larger culvert and then topped with a mixture that will raise the surface of the road about 14 feet from the level it is currently. Brewer said the idea is to remove part of that large dip that motorists have to navigate currently. “The way it is now that is a considerable slope and it will rattle your dentures when you bottom out,” See ROADS • Page 11
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STARS COME OUT FOR BLACK HISTORY MONTH Stephens and Radney celebrate in style By MITCH SNEED and CLIFF WILLIAMS Staff Writers
Above, Jakya Sims plays Oprah Winfrey at Stephens’ The ABC’s of Black History event. Right, Nivea Jackson plays Wendy Williams at Radney’s Black History Month program.
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Students at Stephens and Radney elementary schools celebrated Black History Month with stars and African-American pioneers Tuesday. Both schools held special programs using students to portray prominent blacks in history. It was a time for song, dance and the Radney Wendy Williams Show as fifth- and sixth-grade students showed off weeks worth of research and preparation. Students performed as Wendy Williams and Beyonce interviewing prominent African-Americans who had helped shape our nation. Those who told their stories were gas mask and traffic light inventor Garrett Morgan, gymnast Simone Biles, Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall, Olympic sprinter Wilma Rudolph, hair care pioneer Madam CJ Walker and New England Patriots and reading activist Malcolm Mitchell. The Radney Elementary School Singers performed Michael Jackson’s “Man in the Mirror” and “Education is My Brain Power,” while the band played “Hard Rock Blues and “When the Saints Come Marching In.” A special tribute to Whitney Houston was performed by the Regeneration Dance Group. There wwere even presentations by students doing “Ain’t Too Proud to Beg,” by the Temptations, Radney’s artists and media team also had their work featured. Radney Principal Brian Caves thanks the students for their hard work, the staff for all the support and the friends and See HISTORY • Page 7
Camp Hill tables decision on block party, on-call pay By CLIFF WILLIAMS Staff Writer
The Camp Hill Town Council tabled discussions involving on-call pay for the utility department and the 10th So Phi Block Party to later meetings Monday night. Utility Department Supervisor Robert Shelley expressed his con+
cern over employees not getting paid for on-call status over weekends. “I think you need to consider paying something for employees who are on call,” Shelley said. “I think they need to be paid for four hours whether or not they get called out.” Shelley explained that no one wants to be on call if they are not getting paid.
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“They have something to do,” Shelley said. “If they are not getting paid, they don’t want to just sit out home.” Shelley also explained that he is covering most of the on call weekends and would also like to get paid. “I don’t get paid enough for that,” See COUNCIL • Page 11
By MITCH SNEED Editor
The doors at the Wellborn Musclecar Museum have been closed for nearly four months, but all that will change Saturday. On Saturday March 3, the museum will hold a grand reopening, showing off some new displays, the return of one of Tim Wellborn’s favorite cars and pay tribute to Love. The museum suffered a big loss last year when longtime curator and Wellborn’s close friend Phillip Love passed away. “Phillip cared about three things in life, his children Brandi and Jeremy, Auburn football and Wellborn Museum,” Wellborn wrote shortly after Love’s death. “Words cannot express my respect and admiration for one of the finest men I have ever met. I simply See MUSEUM • Page 7
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