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Nate delivers glancing blow to area By MITCH SNEED Editor
Tropical Storm Nate brought winds gusts of up to 36 miles per hour and more than 2 inches of rain to Alexander City and caused all sorts of problems in the process. But overall, officials say the area fared as well as could be expected considering the circumstances as the storm had lost much of its punch before it arrived. “The biggest thing that we saw were downed trees,” Tallapoosa County Emergency Management Agency Director Jason Moran said. “Of all of those, we only had one that did substantial damage to property. “I can’t say enough about all the first responders, the county crews and all the volunteers who went all out to respond
when problems arose. I think in part the experienced we gained with Irma gave us some knowledge of what we could do to be prepared. But the big thing is that there was a cooperative effort all across the board. That’s one of the things that never ceases to amaze me here in Tallapoosa County. People here respond in times of need.” Trees were reported down all across Tallapoosa County and at the worst point, a total of 3,900 customers were without power according to officials. Some of the worst outage came in an area on the west side of Alexander City, where residents in the Spring Hill community, in areas on and around County Road, Robinson Road and South Road were without electrical service for about five hours.
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Trees were down Daviston Road in New Site on Sunday morning. Trees were reported down all See NATE • Page 3 across Tallapoosa County and at the worst point, 3,900 customers were without power.
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Rockin’ the Garden set for Oct. 15 Alex City Rocks invites community to help fill new rock garden
EDITOR’S NOTE: This is the ninth in a series of profiles on the 28 agencies that receive funding through the Lake Martin Area United Way. Currently, the Lake Martin Area United Way is holding its 2018 fundraising campaign, “Team United.” To learn how to help, contact the United Way at 256-329-3600 or at www.unitedwaylakemartin.org.
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The painted rock phenomenon is still going strong in the area and across the country. Whether it be on newspaper boxes, outside businesses or in random spots around town, brightly painted rocks can be found, most bearing positive messages left by those who decorated the stones. Now Alex City Rocks, one of the many area Facebook pages dedicated to allowing those who find the rocks to share the love, is inviting the community to come see and help stock the Alex City Rock Garden. On Sunday Oct. 15, Alex City Rocks will host “Rockin’ The Garden” at the Charles E. Bailey Sportplex. The event will run from 2 to 4 p.m. See ROCKS • Page 3
By DONALD CAMPBELL Staff Writer Cliff Williams / The Outlook
The Dadeville Fire Department responded to a truck fire at Sejin in the William Thweatt Industrial Park in Dadeville Sunday morning before 8 a.m. responded.
Sunday morning fire destroys two trucks in Dadeville By CLIFF WILLIAMS Staff Writer
Two trucks were totaled and one was damaged by a fire in the shipping lot Sejin in Dadeville’s William Thweatt Industrial Park Sunday morning.
“Three trucks were involved,” Dadeville Fire Chief Keith Wilkerson said. “Two were totaled and the other was damaged by the fire.” Wilkerson said the department got the call at 7:42 a.m. Sunday morning. See FIRE • Page 9
The Tallapoosa County Sheriff’s Office is one of several law enforcement agencies in the area. Upholding the law from Camp Hill to Alexander City, New Site to Reeltown, the officers of the sheriff’s department are a very visible presence in communities across the county. However, they are much more than a law enforcement agency. See DARE • Page 9
Alexander City resident celebrates 100th birthday surrounded by family By DONALD CAMPBELL Staff Writer
The Alexander City home of Mrs. Edlink Lovejoy Benson was a scene of great celebration Saturday afternoon, as a multitude of family members gathered there to be with Benson and celebrate her 100th birthday. “Not many people live to be 100 years old,” Benson said. “It makes me feel great. Great and happy. I’ve seen people I haven’t gotten to see in a while. Some of my grandchildren, I haven’t gotten to see them in 10 years.” Born in Tallassee on Oct. 10, 1917, Benson was raised by her maternal grandparents when her mother, schoolteacher Maggie Johnson Lovejoy, died when Benson was four years old. “I was raised to work on a farm, and I liked working,” she said. “My
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grandparents would take a big flour sack and make me a cotton sack out of it, and I’d go out and help pick cotton.” Surrounded by a host of her children, grandchildren, great-grandchildren, and even great great great-grandchildren, she told stories about her life and answered questions from some of her youngest descendants on a wide range of topics, from what it was like growing up in the segregated South to what her parents would think of her living to be 100 years old. “I know they (my parents) would feel great. I was my mom’s only child,” she said. She told of how the schools she attended were heated by wooden stoves, how her grandfather would use corn cobs to smoke meat on the farm
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