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Dylan McDaniel, Lorelai MacFiggen, Gracie Kelley and Kristina Skinner pose with their Dia de los Muertos display in Emily Sassano’s AP Biology class Wednesday morning. El dia de la ciencia, a Spanish term, translates to “the day of science.”
EL DIA DE LA CIENCIA Science students celebrate Día de los Muertos in fun fashion By DONALD CAMPBELL Staff Writer
A crowd of students, teachers and members of the public packed the hallway and classrooms of the Benjamin Russell High School science department Wednesday morning to take a look at the many projects being presented for Dia de los Muertos. “We want family and friends to come in and see what we do down here,” science teacher Emily Sassano said. “Students from other classes were invited too.” AP Biology students in Sassano’s class made sugar skull dolls out of apples they had carved earlier in the year to demonstrate water loss and how this can affect living organisms, as well as finding a number of different ways to tie the
Tavorick Laquaz “Qua” Black of Dadeville has been arrested for the attempted murder of Gerald Haggerty. Black was arrested Friday, posted a $50,000 bond and was Black released Sunday. Black is due in court in Dadeville before Judge Kim Taylor for a first call Nov. 9 at 9 a.m. Haggerty was shot in a Sept. 28 incident on Jah Street in Dadeville where John Farrell Adamson was allegedly murdered by Black, Dazmon Notorious Shaw and Daquon Sheeley. The attempted murder charge comes from the Dadeville Police Department’s investigation into the matter. Court records show Shaw has retained Alexander City attorney Jason Jackson while Sheeley has court appointed representation of Michelle Perez. Records show no representation for Black. Other warrants for the three men charge See CASE • Page 9
Sabal Trail Pipeline takes care of road issues By CLIFF WILLIAMS Staff Writer
As part of the Dia de los Muertos celebration at Benjamin Russell High School, Amanda Fennel’s classroom featured a traditional Day of the Dead altar to remember BRHS See SCIENCE • Page 9 student Stephan Harold Thomas, Jr. aka “Jap Wildcat.”
A project as large as the Sabal Trail Pipeline brings jobs and revenue to the area but it also creates a few problems. The equipment needed to complete such a project is large and sometimes can damage the roads in the area which is the case on several roads in Tallapoosa County. But Sabal Trail corrected the issues without using taxpayer funds. Tallapoosa County Engineer David Moore says the work was done in two phases. “Over the summer they paid a contractor to perform the needed minor repairs,” Moore said. Moore said they fixed roads near pipeline construction at Antioch Road, Whaley Ferry Road, Freeman Road, Parrot Road, Elder Road, See PIPELINE • Page 9
Code Enforcement Officer returns to Alexander City By DONALD CAMPBELL Staff Writer
Alexander City Mayor Jim Nabors and the city council recently approved the hiring of a code enforcement officer to make sure city ordinances were being enforced to keep the city safe and clean. The job had been done away with under the previous city administration, but due to issues of ordinance violations across town, the position was brought back. Unlike in the past, the Code Enforcement Office falls under the control of the Alexander City Police Department rather than the mayor’s office. “I’m excited about getting this going. I started in this position on Oct. 9, so I’m going on my third week of doing this,” Code Enforcement Officer Steve Morgan said. “I did this from 2006 to 2013, which was the last time we had a code enforcement officer.” Beginning with having a booth set
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up during the Oktoberfest celebration, Morgan said he has been working hard to make sure the public is aware of the city bringing back a code enforcement officer and what all his job entails. “The first part of my day is spent checking my messages and making notes on what areas need to be checked,” Morgan said. “I go from place to place and call to call. If a reported area is a violation of city ordinances, I will leave a notice and log it into the system, which also lets me know the allotted time period before I have to go back and check it again.” In a brochure made available through the Code Enforcement Office, its mission statement is to “improve the health and safety of the community it serves by providing a clean and healthy living environment through a partnership Cliff Williams / The Outlook with its citizens and the compliance of city codes and zoning regulations.” Alexander City Code Enforcement Officer Steve Morgan checks the utilities of a Joseph Street Some of the issues the office deals with home. The power had been cut at the pole already. The renter was getting power despite no See OFFICER • Page 9 meter because of coat hangers stretched across the contacts in the meter box.
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