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Holiday brings rush to the area By MITCH SNEED Editor
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Memorial Day weekend is the opening weekend for hot boiled peanuts at Peanut Point on Lake Martin and boats filled with customers were lines up to get their fix.
The unofficial beginning of the summer season on Lake Martin drew huge numbers not only to the water, but also to area stores and events throughout the long Memorial Day weekend. On the water, boat traffic was heavy despite the threat of showers all three days. Need proof? At about 2 p.m. on Saturday boats were three deep at Big Beach on Young’s Island as revelers dropped anchor to celebrate the long
weekend. A quick count found 42 boats there at that time and folks said it was like that all weekend. “This is incredible,” said Mike Spruell of Talladega, who had his pontoon at the beach with seven friends. “We come out here all the time and I have never seen it like this. The cool thing is that everyone is having a great time. That’s the big thing.” Daniel Taylor from Franklin, Georgia was there as well, and had his Bennington pontoon adorned with a massive American flag as well as the
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Marine Corps flag. “There is nowhere like Lake Martin,” Taylor said. “We have friends here and we come down every Memorial Day to stay with them. But I wanted to make sure that we don’t forget the reason for the holiday. That’s why I have the flags here this weekend.” Peanut Point opens for the season on Memorial Day. There were people covering the point with boats circling waiting to get their boiled peanut fix Saturday. See HOLIDAY • Page 3
United Way plans for Day of Action Volunteers needed to work at area schools
By DONALD CAMPBELL Staff Writer
By DONALD CAMPBELL Staff Writer
Five teams of students from the Benjamin Russell FFA club competed in the district championship competition in late April. Of the 92 FFA chapters within the Central District of Alabama, all five of these teams placed highly during their events, and three finished high enough to earn them a trip to the state competition on June 6 in Auburn. “We had 55 members this year, and this is only the second year we’ve had a club and been competing in events,” said Benjamin Russell teacher and FFA advisor Josh Williams. “We more than doubled our membership from last year, when we only had 25.” Of these 55 members, approximately 40 of them took part in FFA competitions in both the fall and spring, placing highly in all of their
To help area schools get ready for the 201718 school year, the Lake Martin Area United Way will be holding its annual Day of Action on Thursday, June 22. Working at Stephens Elementary School in Alexander City, CoosaCentral Middle School, Dadeville Elementary School and Horseshoe Bend School, participating volunteers will spend that Thursday morning doing general cleaning, as well as some landscaping and painting to make these schools nicer when students return to class in August, according to a release from Marketing Director Courtney Layfield Anyone interested in registering as a volunteer for the Day of Action on June 22 can go online to www.unitedwaylakemartin.org. The registration form can be
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A good crowd was on hand at the Memorial Day Tribute at the Bill Nichols State Veterans Home, as the city paused to thank those who gave their lives in service to our nation. Below, Master Sgt. Timothy Fuller, an Alexander City native, was the speaker at Monday’s event.
TOUCHING TRIBUTE Bill Nichols Veterans Home hosts Memorial Day remembrance
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Alexander City native Master Sgt. Timothy Fuller returned home to deliver the address at this year’s Bill Nichols State Veterans Home Memorial Tribute. “Today we are here to pay tribute to those service members who paid the ultimate sacrifice,” Fuller said. “They came from all walks of life. They risked their lives for a cause
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Dadeville Kiwanis awards senior Key Club members By DONALD CAMPBELL Staff Writer
A healthy crowd filled the fellowship hall of the Dadeville First Presbyterian Church Thursday afternoon for the weekly meeting of the Dadeville Kiwanis Club which was a time for honors. With graduation at Dadeville High School set to commence that evening, the Kiwanis Club took time this meeting to recognize the nine seniors from the high school’s Key Club. “We’re very proud of our graduating seniors,” Dadeville Kiwanis Club President Brenda Floyd said. Following lunch, Key Club members Carson McLendon, Kaitlin Borders, Amanda Hall, Angel Davis, Michael Welcher and Dylan Davis were each awarded a $500 scholarship to use at whichever school they had chosen to attend, while 2016-17 Key Club See KIWANIS • Page 3
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greater than themselves.” Fuller told the crowd of Jason Nathan, an airman like himself, serving in Iraq to relay the meaning behind Memorial Day. “In 2007 I saw firsthand what it means for a person to lay down their life for others,” Fuller said. “I was deployed to Iraq and met a man by the name of Jason Nathan. Although I did not See TRIBUTE • Page 3
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Eight of the nine Dadeville High School Key Club seniors who were awarded scholarships from the Dadeville Kiwanis Club. Front row, left to right: Carson McLendon, Kaitlin Borders, Amanda Hall and Angel Davis. Back row: Kiwanis Club President Brenda Floyd, Key Club President Sam Mosley, Michael Welcher and Dylan Davis. Not pictured is Shannon Partridge.
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