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Local armory targeted for closure Rep. Mark Tuggle rips move to close Alex City’s Fort Mac Speaks By David Granger Outlook Staff Writer
A lack of state matching funds required to draw down federal dollars to meet the Alabama National Guard’s facility needs will result in the closure of 19 National Guard armories across the state, including Mac W. Speaks Armory in Alexander City. The Alabama National Guard facilities Master Plan includes
Greg Hooper, right, attaches fishing line to a spider web made from yarn to lift the grid into the trees to create a 3-D effect. Below, Greg Hooper and his wife Anette look over the web they created at the River Oaks home of Travis and Rosalyn Tindal.
closing and consolidation of 15 armories between fiscal years 2014 to 2017. Those armories are in Albertville and Monroeville, both of which are already closed, plus Aliceville, Brantley, Camden, Elba, Fort Deposit, Geneva, Hartford, Jackson, Jasper, Scottsboro, Sheffield, Sylacauga and Vernon. The Alabama Legislature’s $200,000 reduction to the National Guard budget for fiscal year 2016 forced a corre-
sponding reduction in facilities operations and maintenance. By reducing six additional armories, the National Guard says it will effectively reduce those costs to meet the state budget for 2016. The six additional armories that will close are in Huntsville, Winfield, Alexander City, Demopolis, Marion, and Eufaula. In selecting these armories for closure, the Alabama National Guard considered the cost to See ARMORY, Page 7
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Alabama National Guard officials said that the age, location and cost of operation made the armory here a target for closure.
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Farmers have high hopes for this year’s crops Soybeans and corn appear to be headed toward healthy harvest By Corey Arwood Outlook Staff Writer
to flip out,” Travis’ wife Rosalyn Tindal said. Rosalyn knows the “spiders” Greg and Anette Hooper. Anette has family in the area. “I saw one of their webs at a friends house last year and knew
Harvest time is here for most commercial crops grown in Tallapoosa County, but it is still too early to tell just what the output will be for this growing season. Recent weather conditions were said by an area farmer to be behind a lull in productivity that has pushed back the time it will take to finish gathering and to get numbers on which crop grew what amount. It has been the recent high humidity and cloud cover, not just the rainfall, that is preventing moisture from drying on the plants in order for them to be harvested, said Toby Hanson. Hanson the county’s largest row planter, and two of his main crops are corn and soybeans. He works fields in and around the New Site area. Last year, according to Cynthia Price, a state statistician with the USDA,
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Couple creating a massive yarn web a spider would envy It’s a special creation woven especially for the season. Outlook Staff Writer “We can’t wait for our grandIf you are driving around kids to get here,” home owner the River Oaks subdivision and Travis Tindal said. “We are going notice an extra large spider web, to have a house full of grandchildon’t worry. It’s not occupied dren and they are going to have with large spiders capable of trap- a ball.” ping and crushing cars. “My grandchildren are going
By Cliff Williams
TUTU RUN HAS CITY THINKING PINK
United Way helps fund Coosa Sheriff’s Reserve
Over 300 people donned tutus to take part in the second annual tutu 2.2 Fun Run at Russell Medical Center to kick off Breast Cancer Awareness Month. Children, pets and adults,some pushing strollers and almost all in a tutu. All were treated to a confetti start and finish courtesy of the Alexander City Fire Department. For more pictures from the run look in The Weekend Outlook.
By David Granger Outlook Staff Writer
When Terry Wilson took office as sheriff in Coosa County, it was clear to him that it would be difficult, if not impossible, to be the kind of sheriff he hoped to be with a staff of only nine deputies. So Wilson met with
state officials and began taking the steps he needed to take to create the non-profit Coosa County Sheriff’s Reserve, a group of volunteers that has grown to 30 in number See FUNDS, Page 7 Cliff Williams / The Outlook
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