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Construction begins on Lee Street By MITCH SNEED Editor
After weeks of warnings and two years of planning, construction on Lee Street in Alexander City began Thursday with more orange in the area than on the first day of gun season. Construction workers, heavy machinery and flagmen lined the streets with barrels and cones to reroute traffic as the pavement will be taken up all the way to the base to build a fresh, new road from the ground up. Harry Ward is a project manager with Engineering, Environmental & Forestry Services Company and has handled much of the design work on the project. Thursday he and others went through 12 pages of detailed plans on the tailgate of his
truck to make sure every detail is followed along the way. The project is so extensive that crews could be in the area for up to three months, Ward said. “Back when this road was built, there weren’t as many standards and regulations as there are today,” Ward said. “So in some cases only a shallow base was put in, hardly compacted at all and some asphalt was laid and they went to driving on it. This will undo all that and in some places we will go below the asphalt by as much as 18 inches and then build it back up and do it the right way.” Traffic has been shifted into just two lanes and then it will be shifted back once the milling and demolition phases starts. When that is complete the See CONSTRUCTION • Page A9
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Crews from Gary Ingram Paving and Grading began work Thursday by removing striping and rerouting traffic.
Gibraltar Lodge to hold Stop the Violence rally
Are you in property tax Hall of Shame? Delinquent property tax list inside today’s paper
By CLIFF WILLIAMS Staff Writer
The men of the Gibraltar Lodge having been serving as mentors for children in Alexander City. To help further the cause and reach more children, the lodge is hosting a Stop the Violence Picnic Saturday at the Cooper Community Center. “We know we cannot save the world,” David Wyckoff said. “But if we can save one kid and then he can save another, then we have done our job.” The idea is show children there is life outside of violence. “We are trying to get a hold of kids,” Wyckoff said. “We want to show them there is more to life than pulling triggers and drinking.” On the heels of the death of Benjamin Russell High School student Quentavious Arrion Reese, Wyckoff hopes children will learn from the mistakes of others. “Maybe it will open more eyes,” Wyckoff said. “Maybe it will help See RALLY • Page A3
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Melissa Robbins, center, the mother of Quen Reese is surrounded by friends and family at a vigil held Thursday night at Stephens Elementary to show support and honor the memory of her son.
UNITED IN PRAYER Crowd gathers to honor memory of Quen Reese By MITCH SNEED Editor
As storm clouds gathered and lightning filled the air, a community gathered together in prayer to celebrate the life of a young man who left this earth far too soon. A prayer vigil was held Thursday night
to honor the memory of 18-year-old Quentavious Arrion Reese and show support for all who knew and loved the young man who was said to “have a different walk about him.” Reese passed away Wednesday afternoon at the University of Alabama See VIGIL • Page A3
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that it has meant to me.” The celebration will be presided over by Bishop Rev. Robert The Rev. Father Peter Reddy J. Baker of Birmingham. The celof Alexander City’s St. John the ebratory mass will begin at 10:30, Apostle Catholic Church will but the community is invited to mark a milestone in his service a special procession at 10 a.m. to the church Sunday – the Silver where all in attendance will Jubilee of his ordination. parade from the rectory, located Born Rayapu Reddy behind the church at 454 North Thirumalareddy, he is originally Central Avenue, to the sanctuary. from the Hyderabad area of south“I would be honored to have ern India and Sunday’s celebration all in the community to come will mark 25 years of service to celebrate with me,” Reddy said. the church. “In India, the people of all the “As a young man in India, villages would come to mark this it was at a Silver Jubilee that I occasion. This community has decided to explore a life of serwelcomed me and I have so much vice to the church,” Reddy said. enjoyed becoming a part of the “At that time I believe it was the community. I think that’s what importance and the nature of the will make this day special.” celebration that impressed on me Reddy said that his unique perhow important this life was. Now spective and experience coming I am about to reach that 25 year point, and I am thankful for all See CHURCH • Page A9 By MITCH SNEED Editor
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Have you made the equivalent of what has become the Tallapoosa County Revenue Commissioner’s Hall of Shame? One quick way to find out for sure is to check pages B1-B4 inside today’s Outlook for the Tallapoosa County Delinquent Tax List. This year there are parcels and their owners listed as those who have not met property tax obligations in the county. Tallapoosa County Revenue Commissioner Eva Middlebrooks said the listing is the final reminder that the taxes must be paid or the property goes to public auction. “The law requires us to advertise the names in the paper for three consecutive weeks before they can be placed
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The Rev. Father Peter Reddy will mark 25 years as a priest with a special Silver Jubilee Celebration this Sunday at John the Apostle Catholic Church at 454 North Central Avenue in Alexander City.
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