Oct. 18, 2018 The Dadeville Record

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Missing woman found Passerby locates 28-year-old Kristin Fuller walking out of woods Monday afternoon By CLIFF WILLIAMS Staff Writer

The search for Kristin Noel Fuller, 28, of Alexander City is over. Fuller was found by a passerby on Monday afternoon around 4:45 p.m. coming out of the woods on Barrett Road just south and east of where it intersects Kerley Patten Road. Alexander City resident Scott Simmons went to school with Fuller and was a passenger in a Fuller vehicle traveling Barrett Road going home from work about 4:30 p.m. See MISSING • Page A3

Showing gratitude Economic development alliance thanks area manufacturers

Valley National Bank gets new branding

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Officials with Valley National Bank announced last Wednesday a new look and feel for its brand and in many instances will start referring to itself with a simpler name: Valley. The bank’s brand refresh includes a new logo, visual changes to its web and mobile platforms and a plan for transforming branches with new signage and a sleek, modern look. Valley’s new logo features a subtle arrow pointing to the right, signifying forward thinking, with a slight modification to the bank’s traditional blue and yellow color scheme. The refreshed band is designed to match Valley’s unique, innovative and personal approach to customer service. “The banking industry is changing, and so are the ways that people do their banking,” Valley’s See BANK • Page A5

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Top: Officials looks over a few of the items manufactured in the area as the Lake Martin Economic Development Authority hosted a manufacturers breakfast. Above: Marshall Griffin, chairman of the Lake Martin Area Economic Development Authority, speaks to attendees of the manufacturers breakfast Friday morning.

eaders from area manufacturers gathered Friday morning not to talk business, but to enjoy a bite of breakfast from the Lake Martin Area Economic Development Alliance (LMAEDA) while celebrating Manufacturing Day. LMAEDA Executive Director Don McClellan is proud what manufacturers have done in the area and used the networking opportunity, complete with city and county officials, to thank manufacturers for locating here. “It is to thank all the manufacturers in our area – in Alexander City, Dadeville, Tallapoosa County and Coosa County,” McClellan said. “We are just trying to say thank you to them.” LMAEDA board member Marshall Griffin gave several important statistics about manufacturing today. “It is the fifth largest segment of employment in the country,” he said. See MANUFACTURERS • Page A5

Karen Kison with Russell Lands and Children’s Harbor spoke to the Dadeville Kiwanis Club last Thursday, discussing some of the many camps Children’s Harbor offers to children with illnesses and other medical conditions, including burn victims.

Kison talks camps with Dadeville Kiwanis Club “I came here 20 years ago and worked for the Methodist church in Alexander City for 10 years,” Kison said. “Now that I am with Children’s Harbor is known Russell Lands, I do all of the as a place where children with children’s programs, including various disabilities are able to the summer camps, as well as get away from home and enjoy the experience of summer camp. things like etiquette classes for the middle schools.” Many of the programs offered One of the programs Kison is there come from the hard work involved with is Camp Smile-Aand dedication of a small group Mile, one of the largest camps of people, including Karen Kison who was the guest speaker held at Children’s Harbor every year. She also works with the at Thursday’s meeting of the Dadeville Kiwanis Club. See KIWANIS • Page A3 By DONALD CAMPBELL Staff Writer

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