Oct. 17, 2018 Alex City Outlook

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WEDNESDAY

THE SPORTS, A8 Wilkerson rejoins football team after year off

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Fall festivals coming up this weekend in area

Thornton takes a plea deal Thornton pleads guilty to sex abuse as jury deliberates By CLIFF WILLIAMS Staff Writer

‘Endless possibilities’ Wildcat Den celebrates grand opening Tuesday

See PLEA • Page A6

New Site council clarifies attorney’s role in gym project

By DONALD CAMPBELL Staff Writer

By DONALD CAMPBELL Staff Writer

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tudents in Mandi Durr’s entrepreneurship class welcomed guests to Benjamin Russell Tuesday morning to help celebrate the official grand opening of the Wildcat Den, a student-run shop located inside Durr’s classroom. “We have been open since about the third week of August,” Durr said. “Sales have been good overall.” The Wildcat Den offers customers a variety of items, including BRHS apparel and school supplies. Should students need things like tri-fold boards for a class project, or forgot things like pencils and notebooks, they are able to come down to the store and purchase what they need. See WILDCAT • Page A6

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Willard Hall Thornton slowly walked up to the bench of Judge Tom Young Jr. with a oxygen tank in tow to assist in breathing on Day 2 of his trial. Unlike earlier in the day, when he took the stand in his own defense, fighting charges of sex abuse of a child under 12 years of age and firstdegree sodomy, Thornton admitted his guilt as the jury was three hours into deliberating his fate. “I touched (the victim) inappropriately,” Thornton told Young. Thornton pleaded guilty to the sex abuse charge, and the sodomy charge was dismissed. The plea was offered by District Attorney Jeremy Duerr as it appeared the jury was headed

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Top: BRHS Principal Dr. Anthony Wilkinson takes a look at the shirts for sale at the Wildcat Den Tuesday morning while Macy Daniel and Mary Grantleigh Hamby show off the store. Above: BRHS business teacher Mandi Durr explains how the Wildcat Den came to be. ‘There are endless possibilities for what we can do here,’ she said.

The New Site Town Council discussed the role of town attorney Mack Clayton in the New Site Gymnasium project Monday night, clarifying what he would do as everything moved forward. Now that Clayton has all of the necessary information, including everything town clerk Shelia Fuller said she had, councilman Toby Hanson asked if Clayton would be handling everything with the engineers involved. “He’s going to get with them and then we’ll go from there,” councilman Michael East said. “He is going to be our liaison.” Councilman Billy Daniel said communication is key moving forward. Leading up to this point. East said information from the state fire marshal came through Clayton to the town. See NEW SITE • Page A2

Area residents to continue to help hurricane relief By CLIFF WILLIAMS Staff Writer

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490.20 Reported on 10/16/18 @ 6 p.m.

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What started as a quick trip to the Panama City, Florida area to assist victims of Hurricane Michael taking a few things to help, but it has turned into a mission for the Alexander City Church of Christ. “The people we were helping are parents of an Alexander City resident,” Alexander City Church of Christ’s Brendan Chance said. “She works at Jim Pearson Elementary School and stayed another day.” Chance explained the couple’s story as they rode out the storm just north of the Lynn Haven area where President Donald Trump visited with victims this week. “They went to bed thinking it was not going to be that bad,” Chance said. “They did not think it was going to be a Category 4 or 5 hurricane – nobody thought it would do that much damage See HURRICANE • Page A6

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Members of the Alex City Church of Christ help remove a tree from a home in the Panama City, Florida area Saturday.

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