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SPORTS, PAGE 12
BRHS’ Jones signs with Gulf Coast Prep Sports Academy
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May 18, 2018 Vol. 126, No. 99 www.alexcityoutlook.com 75¢
SNAKE SCARE:
Tommy Minor shows off the 64-inch timber rattler he killed Wednesday afternoon near Buck Creek in Dadeville. Minor is pictured with his grandson Eli Patterson and granddaughter Willow Patterson. Local animal control officials warn residents to be cautious and aware as snake sightings may become more common as the weather warms up.
Dadeville man encounters, kills large timber rattler
cameras because I hadn’t been out there since turkey season ended. I like to check and see what they catch and document what was in the area at different times. A leisurely afternoon in the woods checking “I checked the first one and put the card in and on game cameras took a frightening turn when a went on to the next one and I knelt down next to Dadeville man encountered a very large timber the tree and took out the card and looked at the rattlesnake coiled up just a foot away from where images and saw some deer on there. After I put the he had been kneeling. card in and got it all set, I started to walk away. Tommy Minor’s encounter with what was a Have you ever walked through the woods and you massive snake relative to the breed was in the Buck Creek area not far from downtown Dadeville know how you step on a stick and you feel it brush against your leg? Well it felt just like that and I Wednesday afternoon. looked down and didn’t see a stick. Then, I caught “It was raining in Auburn so I got off a little a glimpse of one of its eyes, right there just a step early and headed home,” Minor recalled. “After See SNAKE • Page 3 lunch I decided to go out and check on my By MITCH SNEED Editor
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Wind Creek set for statewide walking effort
Norris is new postmaster in Alex City
By CLIFF WILLIAMS Staff Writer
By CLIFF WILLIAMS Staff Writer
A familiar face has been named the new postmaster in Alexander City. Rachel Norris was officially named postmaster Saturday after serving as officer in charge for the Norris last five months following a retirement in December. It is a position she is ready for even at 38, having worked almost every job in postal service. “I started in Sylacauga as a rural route associate in 2006,” Norris said. “Then I transferred here to be a city carrier in 2013. I was already helping customers when I was promoted to supervisor in 2016 and See POSTMASTER • Page 7
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Benjamin Russell senior Emily Roberts is congratulated on her upcoming graduation by students at Jim Pearson Elementary School Thursday morning during the traditional Senior Walk. Groups of BRHS seniors walked through all the elementary schools Thursday decked out in caps and gowns.
BRHS seniors commemorate achievements with annual tradition By DONALD CAMPBELL Staff Writer
The Benjamin Russell High School Class of 2018 appeared at school Thursday morning dressed in their graduation robes. However, instead of heading for the Sportplex for
commencement ceremonies, the seniors loaded onto buses heading for any of the four other schools in the Alexander City system for the school’s second annual Senior Walk. “The senior class officers of 2017 started this,” BRHS counselor Kerrie Carr said. “The senior See BRHS • Page 3
HELPING HAND:
Alexander City Fire Department helps local mom attend children’s honors day program
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Wind Creek State Park has partnered with the 100 Alabama Miles Challenge to help get Alabamians out and moving. Scheduling hikes is nothing new to Marijean Hadley, volunteer naturalist and event coordinator at the park and hopes the partnership with the 100 Alabama Miles Challenge will get more people out. “A lot of the state parks are taking part in it,” Hadley said. “This 100 Alabama Mile Challenge was organized to get people active. Get people out and moving and then start again next year.” Hadley also hopes the project will encourage others to log their activities and see what else is out there. “Anything that anybody does can count towards the 100 miles,” Hadley said. “People can walk, paddle or hike and then you can log it on the 100 Alabama Miles See CHALLENGE • Page 7
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Alexander City is blessed with highly-trained first responders who go the extra mile to keep residents safe. Citizens often see them rushing with lights and sirens going to accident scenes, fires and helping in times of trouble. What residents rarely see are the countless things they do behind the scenes that many never know about, going the extra mile to help people who have nowhere else to turn. Just ask Donna Russell about what the Alexander City Fire Department did for her daughter Leigh Russell Wednesday. “My daughter Leigh suffers from Multiple Sclerosis and since she was diagnosed back in 2012, outside of doctor visits, she really hasn’t been able to go out to functions,” Russell See HELPING • Page 9
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Alexander City Fire Department Lt. Tommy Hunter and Tim Jones stand by after transporting Leigh Russell, far right, to honors day at Jim Pearson School Wednesday. Her mom Donna Russell, shown beside her daughter, said the help and kindness shown by the first responders went over and above the call of duty.
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