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October 21, 2015 Vol. 123, No. 210 www.alexcityoutlook.com “I can honestly say you allowed me the creative latitude to implement my passion for this area. I am forever indebted to Alexander City for your open arms and support.”
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BRHS volleyball team takes title, heads to super regional, page B1.
Burrow approved as CACC president
Interim position now permanent as Trustees confirm appointment Staff Report Outlook Staff
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Chamber President and CEO Ann Rye gets emotional after she is given a standing ovation Tuesday at a Chamber board meeting where she announced that she will be stepping down due to her husband taking a job in Ohio.
Rye announces departure as Chamber CEO, leaving impressive legacy
USAmeriBank offers up space for Chamber offices and incubator
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Ann Rye, who has served the Alexander City Chamber of Commerce as its president and CEO for almost three years, announced today at the Chamber Board of Directors’ monthly meeting she is stepping down from her position upon the sale of her Lake Martin home. Rye said she and her husband were relocating to Medina, Ohio, so that he See RYE Page A7
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Randy Dawkins thanks Chamber CEO Ann Rye for her service Tuesday.
USAmeriBank has offered its operations building, adjacent to the bank off U.S. Highway 280, to the Alexander City Chamber of Commerce for use as its home and as a Chamber-operated business incubator. Acceptance of the offer must be approved by the Chamber’s leadership. See BUSINESS, Page A7
Jim Pearson students get chemistry lesson from CACC professor and class By Cliff Williams Outlook Staff Writer
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Students at Jim Pearson Elementary School are getting science lessons this week from Jeremy Carr’s Central Alabama Community College’s chemistry class. “Almost everything involves science and math,” Jim Pearson Quest teacher Jerrie Mattox said. “We want kids to understand science is everywhere.” Students this week are sitting in on science experiments conducted by Carr, and his CACC students, some of which are already getting Cliff Williams / The Outlook the attention of students parents. Jeremy Carr allows students at Jim Pearson to feel “We have had a lot of parents See CHEMISTRY, Page A6 the heat from a chemical reaction.
Dr. Susan Burrow is no longer the interim president at Central Alabama Community College after the Alabama Community College System’s Board of Trustees approved Chancellor Mark Heinrich’s recommendation to make her the school’s permanent president Tuesday. Burrow, who has served the college as interim president since February 2013, was one of 43 people who applied for Dr. Susan Burrow was named the position. permanent president at CACC. In Burrow, CACC will be led by a known quantity, who took the helm on an interim basis at a time when the college was mired in financial questions following a series of negative audit findings. She has restored the college to solid ground and provided it much-needed stability. Burrow said she was shocked to receive word so soon, but is thrilled to have the opportunity to lead CACC. “I am thrilled to have this opportunity and I am looking forward to all the possibilities that the future holds for Central Alabama Community College, Burrow said. “I was shocked that the decision came so soon. But there was a flurry of activity last week and it culminated with the announcement today. I am so thankful and proud that the chancellor and See BURROW, Page A5
Treadwell named Distinguished Young Woman By David Granger Outlook Staff Writer
Scout Treadwell was named Tallapoosa County’s Distinguished Young Woman Sunday at the Arbor at Alexander City’s First United Methodist Church. Carlee Sharpe was first runner-up and Sydney Pemberton was second runner-up. All three are seniors at Benjamin Russell High School Treadwell, the daughter of Mark Allen and Karen Treadwell, also won the scholastic and selfexpression portions of the competition. She took home a total of $1,400 in scholarship money. She will represent Tallapoosa County at the See WOMEN, Page A5
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