March 23, 2018 Alex City Outlook

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SPECIAL: DELINQUENT TAX LIST INSIDE TODAY SPORTS, PAGE A11 Reeltown, Horseshoe Bend game highlights and more inside

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Is Waffle House coming?

Camp Hil home suffers major fire damage By CLIFF WILLIAMS Staff Writer

Restaurant chain proposes to build in Dadeville, but no definite answer yet By CLIFF WILLIAMS Staff Writer

Could Dadeville residents soon be watching and hearing waitresses and cooks speaking in the code words of scattered, smothered, covered and chunked? Or how about diced, capped, peppered and topped? Or, just keep it simple with country or all the way all while wearing the signature black aprons with yellow embroidery. The go-to breakfast place on the road and See WAFFLE • Page A7

Jones’ book on Maxwell case ready for book signing By MITCH SNEED Editor

Former Fifth JJudicial Circuit District Attorney E. Paul Jones said getting his 53,500-word book chronicling the life, times and legend of the pulpwooding preacher Will Maxwell and the trial of his killer to print may have been more laborious than birthing a baby. “That process takes nine months,â€? Jones said. “This one took 29 months to research and write and then nine months to get it published. But it sure feels good to have in my hands finally.â€? Jones’s book, entitled “To Kill A Preacher: A Tale of Voodoo, Death and Insurance,â€? arrived from the printers Thursday. He said that was just 10 copies and about 250 more will be delivered any day, just in time for a book signing next Thursday, March 29 in See BOOK • Page A7

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The Camp Hill Volunteer Fire Department puts out a house fire on Wilson Street Thursday morning as Bryant Maddox, above left, looks on. Maddox was driving by and helped fight the fire with a garden hose before the fire department arrived. The home suffered major damage.

A passerby possibly saved a Camp Hill home from a being a total loss. “I was just driving by,â€? Camp Hill resident Bryant Maddox said. “A lady said a house was on fire up the hill.â€? That’s when Maddox took things into his own hands. “I started to kick the door in while someone brought a garden hose,â€? Maddox said. “I used the hose to put water on the fire. It was doing good until we started to hear what sounded like someone falling inside. They knocked a window out to see if anyone was still in there. Then it really started up.â€? Maddox was relieved by the Camp Hill Volunteer Fire Department who got the call at 8:38 a.m. Thursday morning, according to Interim Camp Hill Police Chief Danny Williams. Volunteers were able to use a fire hydrant that was directly across from the Wilson Street home. Firefighters could be seen working mainly in a back bedroom removing items like a bed, shelving and clothes to help extinguish the fire. The department See FIRE • Page A3

Easter-related events start Saturday in Lake Martin area By CLIFF WILLIAMS Staff Writer

There are plenty of Easter-related events for area residents to attend in the upcoming days. Whether someone is looking for cantatas, egg hunts or Lenten services, one just needs to look around. Wind Creek State Park is continuing its tradition of hosting an egg hunt, something Volunteer Naturalist and Event Coordinator Marijean Hadley and the volunteers are proud to be able to do. “We enjoy seeing people from the campground and

community come out,â€? Hadley said. “It is providing something for them to enjoy.â€? Hadley explained the hunt this year is in a slightly different place than in previous years. “It will be in the area around the new zip lines,â€? Hadley said. “It will be near the main road. It is so we can highlight the new zip lines and so people do not have to walk so far.â€? Don’t worry about not finding an egg as volunteers will hide plenty. “We will have a lot of eggs,â€? Hadley said. “We See EASTER • Page A3

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Kallen Hollman, left, Leilani Johns and Khalye Hollman counted their eggs at last year’s annual egg hunt held at Wind Creek State Park. This year’s hunt will start Saturday at 10 a.m.

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