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Oktoberfest scheduled for Saturday

By CLIFF WILLIAMS Staff Writer

If you are looking for something to do this weekend, there is no need to travel as the Alexander City Parks and Recreation Department is hosting its 36th Annual Oktoberfest.

The Saturday, Oct. 8, event at the Charles E. Bailey Sportplex will bring back crowd favorites and introduce new musical acts, as well as new vendors.

For those worried about weather interrupting a promising lineup of food and fun for everyone, pack those away. According the National Weather Service, the weather Saturday will sunny and in the mid-80s.

“We have gotten some better entertainment this year,” Parks and Recreation Director Sonny Wilson said. “We are having some different kinds of entertainment than we have had before. We have Katlin Hill and B. Snipes coming.”

If those names sound familiar, it’s because they performed at the Strand Sessions this past summer.

Kevin Moon and the Highway 280 Band will also be performing.

The event is one of the biggest that the department holds each year.

A favorite food vendor is returning.

“We will have Fire Truck Barbecue again this year,” Wilson said. “We will also have See OKTOBER • Page 3

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Crowds swarm the streets visiting the many vendors available at the annual Oktoberfest. Oktoberfest is set for Saturday featuring new vendors and a sunny forecast.

Man faces theft charge over online auto scam

CACC gets ARC grants for work at Alex City, Childersburg

By MITCH SNEED Editor

Grants to cover improvements, scholarships and equipment

By DAVID GRANGER Staff Writer

Gov. Robert Bentley helicoptered to Alexander City on Thursday to announce Cliff Williams / The Outlook the awarding of two grants from the Dr. Susan Borrow and Gov. Robert Bentley speak with CACC student Cody Denham of Mellow Valley in the Appalachian Regional Commission to new machining lab as Denham demostratesthe 3D scanner as Bentley came to the Central Alabama campus to Central Alabama Community College. announce grants for the school.

“As I flew over Lake Martin and saw that, it’s great to fly over in a helicopter because you can really see things from the air and they’re not going by so fast that you miss them,” said Bentley of his morning flight to the city.

The ARC grants CACC received were $150,000 to expand facilities and the training capacity of the Precision Machining Center and at the Alexander City CACC campus by adding a 2,000-square-foot high tech classroom and renovating lab space and $696,000 to provide outreach, recruiting and training in automotive manufacturing career opportunities through improved facilities, new equipment and targeted marketing of scholarships at the Childersburg campus. The scholarships are largely See CACC • Page 11

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A New Site man on probation for defrauding unsuspected car buyers through Internet sales of vehicles has been arrested again on allegations that he has again done the same thing.

Joseph Wilson, 63, was arrested Thursday morning and charged with firstdegree theft.

While a copy of the arrest warrant was not available Thursday, the Wilson charges again stem from an Internet car deal.

Information indicates that a victim from the Buffalo, New York area alleged that Wilson posted a vehicle for sale, claiming certain facts about the vehicle. After being paid a sum based on the information Wilson shipped a vehicle to See ARREST • Page 3

Two-car collision on Highway 280 not fatal

The United Way of the Lake Martin Area partners with 27 agencies that serve the local area in a variety of important ways. Each year, United Way holds a major fundraising campaign to raise money that is disbursed among those agencies.

By DAVID GRANGER Staff Writer

For the next several weeks, The Outlook will briefly profile each of those 27 agencies. Today, we feature the Food Bank of East Alabama.

What is the Food Bank of East Alabama? The Food Bank of East Alabama works to help alleviate hunger, provide an efficient and coordinated system See FOOD BANK • Page 3

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First-responders work to help victims and clean up the debris left from a two-vehicle crash at about 11 a.m. Thursday morning. The crash involved a maroon F-350 pickup and a white Kia Sorento and when the vehicles came to rest, the Kia ended up in the median and the pickup came to rest on its side in the eastbound lanes of Highway 280. Two people were transported for treatment from the scene of the crash which occurred near the intersection of Highway 280 and Center Street. Details are incomplete as the investigation is considered ongoing.

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This person has done many good things for me. On the other hand, he has also thrown more insults at me than anyone else in my lifetime. At the snap of a finger, this normally good-hearted person has insulted me, insisted I was wrong (when I wasn’t) or dumped cold water on something I was enthusiastic about.

A week ago, I approached him calmly and told him I was uncomfortable with his put-downs. Well, he threw an over-the-top temper tantrum the likes of which I have never seen, accused me of being “weak-kneed” and stomped away. I have finally had it.

I mentioned it to a friend who is a psychologist and he said this person has all the character traits of a raging narcissist. I’m now convinced this person will never change

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DEAR ABBY: A year ago we had a house fire. While insurance put us up in housing, it took a while to find a place. That first month I didn’t know if I was coming or going. Dealing with insur-

ance, contractors, family and a job was almost more than I could handle. The last thing I needed to hear was, “What’s for dinner?”

If I have one piece of advice to offer to people who want to help friends, it would be, “Give them gift cards from local restaurants.” I know how much I hated to speak up and say I needed help, so don’t ask, just DO if you see something needs to be done.

This idea also works well in lieu of flowers or home-cooked meals when someone dies. We gave a friend several gift cards for area restaurants when her husband died. When out-oftown company came in for the funeral, she said they came in handy for her. -HOPEFULLY HELPFUL DEAR HOPEFULLY HELPFUL: People are often at a loss about how to help during a crisis, and this isn’t something that usually

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Don’t miss the bus on safety Know the rules of the road around school buses

By MITCH SNEED Editor

School is in session and the big yellow buses are again a fixture on local roads.

Here in Alexander City and across Tallapoosa County, those buses travel on two-lane roads, fourlane roads, divided highways and even some roads that have turning lanes in the middle.

So do you know the proper etiquette and what state law requires of drivers in each of those situations when encountering a bus?

According to the Alabama State Drivers Manual, driver’s must stop when you are following or meeting a school bus or church bus stopped on the road while the stop signal arm is extended and displaying flashing red lights.

Remain stopped until the stop signal is retracted and red lights are turned off. You should also stop when meeting or following a school or church bus which is stopped on a four- to six-lane undivided highway.

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Obituaries Mrs. Freida Marie Milstead Fuller 1921 - 2016 Funeral Service for Mrs. Freida Marie Milstead Fuller, 95, of Alexander City, will be Sunday, October 9, 2016 at 3:00 p.m. at the First Baptist Church. Rev. Dr. Gerald Hallmark, Dr. Skip Lowery, Rev. Steve Arnberg and Rev. Bill Hand will officiate.

Mrs. Fuller will lie In State for 2 hours prior to the service. Burial will follow in the Hillview Memorial Park. The family will receive friends on Saturday, October 8, 2016 from 4:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. at Radney Funeral Home.

Mrs. Fuller passed away on Wednesday, October 5, 2016 at Russell Medical Center.

Flowers will be accepted or memorial contributions may be given in Mrs. Fuller’s memory to the Memorial Fund at First Baptist Church, P.O. Box 400, Alexander City, AL 35011.

The complete obituary will be in Saturday’s edition of The Alexander City

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Memorial messages may be sent to the family at www.radneyfuneralhome. com.

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for collecting and distributing food, reduce food waste and increase public awareness of hunger and food security issues in East Central Alabama, including Tallapoosa County. The Food Bank is a centralized warehouse that stores and distributes donated and purchased perishable and nonperishable food items. It distributes food to low-income people through member agencies that serve the ill, needy and infants.

What are some of the programs the Food Bank has to help distribute food among those in need in its service area? Through support of the Food Band of East Alabama, you are supporting a number of distribution programs, including the mobile food pantry’s perishable food drops and backpack programs. The mobile food program distributes thousands of pounds to convenient locations throughout the Food Bank’s service area. It is essentially a “food pantry on wheels” that helps

bring the Food Bank’s resources to remote underserved areas and helps to bypass many of the storage and transportation limitations of member agencies. This allows agencies to hand out large amounts of food in several hours and provides a great way for agencies to reach more people in need in their community. With perishable food drops, the truck is loaded with a variety of fresh fruits and vegetables and other perishable food items for large-scale distribution.

How pervasive is the problem of hunger in the U.S.? In many ways, America is the land of plenty. But for 1 in 6 Americans, hunger is a reality.

Many people believe that the problems associated with hunger are confined to small pockets of society, certain areas of the country, or certain neighborhoods, but the reality is much different.

Right now, millions of Americans are struggling with hunger. We all know

its network of partnering agencies now serve an average of 30,240 people each month.

Why is the work that the Food Bank does of such importance to its service area? “If we conducted a survey on what it takes to have a strong and vital community, there would be many different ideas, but one thing we could all agree on: to have a strong community, the basic human needs of all residents need to be met,” said Martha Henk of the Food Bank. “And having enough to eat is certainly near the top of critical needs. But sadly, nearly 1 in 5 of Alabama’s residents are food-insecure which means they lack a stable source of food. This includes more than 7,750 people in Tallapoosa County. The role of the Food Bank is to help provide a safety net and the United Way funding is an important way to help our neighbors in need have enough to eat.”

and are in contact with people affected by hunger, even though we might not be aware of it.

These are often hard-working adults, children and seniors who simply cannot make ends meet and are forced to go without food for several meals, or even days. Most of us simply have no idea.

What did the Food Bank accomplish in 2015? In 2015, the Food Bank: • Distributed 4.3million pounds of food, including 407 tons of fresh produce.

• Grew its network of agencies to 207 throughout its seven-county service area and recorded 18,608 volunteer hours.

• Provided food for 141,345 meals to families in need through 34 mobile food pantries.

• Distributed nearly 600,000 pounds of food to low-income seniors through our monthly Brown Bag Programs at five sites.

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There are many kid-friendly options, like this bounce house at last year’s event, and many vendors available at the annual Oktoberfest. Oktoberfest is set for Saturday featuring new vendors and a sunny forecast.

other food vendors, too. We are getting vendors signing up now.”

The event serves as an opportunity to show off the park and also as a promotion for the area to those that are attending from out of town.

There will be entertainment for all age groups including kid’s activities Oktoberfest will again feature one of the area’s largest classic car and truck

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Admission is free and the event runs from 8 a.m. until the vendors close. There will be shuttle transport from the parking lot at the football field to the fair grounds and the event is wheelchair accessible.

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the purchaser that did not meet the description and qualities that Wilson represented.

Bond was set at $10,000, but because Wilson was on probation, he was also charged with violation of probation.

There was no bond set on that charge.

Wilson was still in the Tallapoosa County Jail as on Thursday afternoon.

Wilson was convicted of similar crimes in 2001 and 2003. In all he was sentenced to 20 years in prison, but

served only a portion of that time before being released on probation. Court records indicate that he is still on probation on some of those counts.

Additionally, Wilson was ordered to pay restitution totaling more than $50,000. To date only a fraction of the amount has been paid to victims. Court records show that Wilson filed a claim of being indigent with the court in an effort to end restitution payments.

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Our View State should have seen prison probe coming

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he Justice Department announced Thursday that it has opened a statewide investigation into the conditions in Alabama’s prisons for men.

According to a release issued by the Department of Justice, the investigation will focus on whether prisoners are adequately protected from physical harm and sexual abuse at the hands of other prisoners; whether prisoners are adequately protected from use of excessive force and staff sexual abuse by correctional officers; and whether the prisons provide sanitary, secure and safe living conditions.

Alabama Gov. Robert Bentley had to know this was coming.

Earlier this year, Bentley tried to sell a plan for new prisons to the Legislature before they went into the regular session. Then reality hit.

Bigger needs, including a lack of funding for Medicaid, law enforcement and other social programs, forced lawmakers to raid the BP Trust Fund just to balance the budget.

Prisons got lost in the shuffle.

Spending money on prisons is a tough sell. Most people in this “get tough on crime” era would like to go back to bread and water and hard labor camps. It doesn’t work that way.

To ease overcrowding, Alabama is already releasing criminals who have served a fraction of their time.

We have violent criminals walking the street having served less than a third of their sentences. We have serial burglars getting sentenced to probation and then doing the same thing before the ink is dry on the judge’s order.

There was a time when violating probation meant that criminals had to do their entire, original sentence.

Those days are gone.

The Constitution, yes, the document many in this state curse at times, requires that prisons provide humane conditions of confinement.

The feds will dig and if they find wrongdoing, poor conditions or violations of civil rights. They will fix it at the state’s expense.

We in this state have to stop burying our heads in the sand and start paying the price to do things the right way before we are forced to by federal or legal action.

It doesn’t have to be this way.

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Eternal rewards and earthly recognitions

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ktoberfest is on the calendar for our fair city and it is always a good time. A few years ago my wife and I were at an Oktoberfest in the foothills of the Smokies at a place called Walhalla. This gathering was a combination of Barvarian dancers, vendors, craft show and county fair. It started downtown and spilled out to the local ball field.

One of the first things we did was sit in front of the outdoor stage and hear a blue grass band. All around folks were dancing and swaying to the music. Before I realized it I suddenly jumped up and started slapping my legs and stomping around right in the midst of these folks.

I looked like Jed Clampett on the Beverly Hillbillies.

Would you believe that everyone stopped dancing and just watched me going to town? I won first place in the buck dancing and clogging categories. I was thrilled over the recognition, but the truth was I had sat in a fire ant bed and was just trying to kill those nasty things. Don’t laugh because I also won second place in the yodeling contest because those critters were stinging me!

I wanted to show my sweet wife the trophies but she was hiding between the seats in the car. I guess she was just too humble to stand beside me on

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the platform and be recognized by all the nice Walhalla folks. I felt pretty bad about all the praise and wanted her to have a chance to win something, so I entered her in the hog-calling contest, and to my great surprise she accepted.

I should have been suspicious with her sudden smiling face and a look of anticipation. Sure enough she stood up, took a deep breath and hollered about a half a dozen times, “Geraaalllddd! Here, Geraalllddd, here!” To add insult to injury she won, and even worse, I won the blue ribbon from the pig because I knew to come when she called. My dancing and yodeling trophies sure lost their shine after that, plus I was still itching from all the ant bites.

In spite of all these things I believe I would still have had a good time except for the food vendors. I sat at a table and ate two of stalks of cotton candy and washed them down with a couple of cups of coffee. Talk about hyper when all that sugar and caffeine kicked in! I could have threaded

a sewing machine and it running. It took two days before I quit talking about my pig blue ribbon and trophies.

Everyone likes to be recognized for the special things that they do. We should honor those that have made an extra effort to excel. However, if this becomes the motivating factor for service in the church it is wrong. Christ told us to deny ourselves and put others first. Yet, how easy it is to want recognition and get all pouty when we don’t receive it, or worse, lord it over others when we do.

Social rewards are fleeting things that pass away, but a “well done” from our Lord is the highest compliment a believer can receive. What motives you to work in God’s house? Is it temporal recognition or eternal rewards?

I need to continue practicing my dancing and clogging because they want me back to defend my title. If I can’t find that ant bed maybe I can find that candy and coffee man and hyper myself into the record book. In the meantime I’m praying that my precious wife will get laryngitis.

Dr. Gerald Hallmark is a retired minister who lives in Alexander City.

His column appears each Friday in The Outlook.

John McKelvey represents District 3, \\vwhich includes Jackson’s Gap, Hackneyville, New Site and Daviston.

His phone number is 256-794-4405.

His address is 1285 Freeman Road, Dadeville.

Emma Jean Thweatt represents District 4, which includes Dadeville, Pace’s Point, northern Camp Hill, Buttston, Dudleyville and part of Eagle Creek. Her daytime phone number is 825-6914 and her evening phone number is 825-4207. Her address is 585 Brookwood Circle, Dadeville.

George Carleton Jr. represents District 5, which includes southern Camp Hill, Red Ridge, Walnut Hill, Union and Pleasant Ridge.

His address is 630 Turner Road Road, Dadeville.

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Letters to the Editor

Reader encourages everyone to vote Dear Editor, Well, not long until its that time again. So sad that our country has gotten in this horrid fix. One Country Under God, has surely flown out the window.

One does not truly know who to vote for. For so much has been told, some so ugly and unreal.

Maybe some good in them, but only God knows. Hard to believe that these people can say they are Christians. It is beyond belief.

I never thought I would live to see our country in this sick fix.

They make a lot of promises, knowing well they can’t and have no intentions of keeping them.

My opinion, a promise is a sacred vow and one doesn’t make many of them.

Is lying not one of the Ten Commandments?

Power, money and greed sure have pulled America down to the bottom. Our forefathers sure would turn over in their graves.

If this country doesn’t wake up and come back to God, pray and ask His forgiveness, then I

feel like it says in the Bible, “Few shall enter the gates.”

God so freely gives us every opportunity and why we don’t accept it is beyond me.

Think I would be afraid of His wrath, that I would sure try to make amends.

Our young people do not have much to look forward to, education, jobs, hardly having a life. Is it not really scary? Oh America, get out and vote. God please bless America.

Margaret Aldridge Dadeville

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Know Your T.C. Coley represents District 1, including half of Coley Creek, the Andrew Jackson subdivision, the southern part of Indian Hill, North Central Avenue, part of Pearson’s Chapel Road, the Northside community and portion T.C. Coley of Spring Hill community.

His phone number is 212-9316. His address is 2316 North Central Avenue, Kellyton.

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Dear Editor, State and local spraying for mosquitos have killed several hives of my bees located near Wind Creek State Park. These hives were killed during July and August. The bees were located about ¼ a mile from the state park. The state and city of Alexander City are spraying with Naled, an insecticide that is known to kill beneficial and endangered species of insects and is harmful to newly hatched fish and birds. The pesticide is also harmful to humans. The increased spraying is the result of a panic due to the Zika virus.

Zika cases caused by local mosquitos are non-existent. Almost all known cases of Zika in the U.S. are travel related. Many believe that the cure (spraying with Naled) is worse than the threat (Zika).

Aerial spraying of the insecticide in Summerville, SC recently killed millions of honeybees. It was reported that in minutes the insecticide killed 46 hives of bees at one apiary. An unknown number of wild bees and other beneficial insects may have been killed.

Naled insecticide is banned in Europe and the government of

Puerto Rico refused to use the insecticide after it was provided by the US to spray for mosquitos. Puerto Rico has 5,500 cases of Zika, which was spread by mosquitos. The United States sprays 1 million pounds of this toxic chemical in our country.

Maybe as much as two or three times that much after the socalled Zika panic. Google ‘Naled insecticide’ to read the whole story, or Google “Zika insecticide” on thefreethoughproject. com Raymond Lynn Jacksons Gap

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SISTER 2 SISTER CONFERENCE: New Style Baptist Church will be hosting the Sister 2 Sister Confrence Oct. 7 at 6 p.m. and Oct. 8 at 9 a.m.

Speakers are Elder Chad Jackson, Missionary Gwendolyn Patton, Pastor John H. Jones, Jr., Sister Shirley Jennings, Rev. Richard Taylor.

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OKTOBERFEST: The Alexander City Parks and Recreation Department’s 36th Annual Oktoberfest is Oct. 8 There will be entertainment, food, Kidfest, vendors, custom car and truck show and a run/walk.

PAINT THE TOWN RED: The Central Alabama Club of NANBPWC, Inc. invites the community to participate in their annual “Paint the Town Red” Fall Scholarship Benefit Saturday, Oct. 9 from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. at the Cooper Recreational Center.

Donations of $10 per person. There will be a variety of games, karaoke, a best dressed contest and other events that require audience participation.

For tickets, see any member of the CAC or call Shirley Shelton at 256-215-3839 or 256-749-3839 or Susie Davis at 256-329-1595 or Elsie Shelton at 334-361-7204.

STAR GAZING: Horseshoe Bend National Military Park is hosting “The Night Sky Comes Alive” Oct. 8 from 6:30 p.m. to 8 p.m. The evening of stargazing will offer an opportunity to view and learn about the constellations and night sky. The program will include an indoor slideshow presentation followed by a constellation tour outside with members from the Auburn Astronomical Society.

All activities will take place at the visitor center in the front of the park and are free for the public. For more information please call Horseshoe Bend National Military Park at 256234-7111.

October 9

CHURCH HOMECOMING: Kellyton Baptist Church is hosting homecoming Sunday, Oct. 9 with Sunday School at 9:45 a.m. and worship at 10:30 a.m. with special guest Fresh Anointed.

There will be a covered dish meal at noon.

CHURCH ANNIVERSARY: New Hope Baptist Church in Camp Hill is celebrating a church anniversary Sunday, Oct. 9 at 2 p.m. Rev. G.H. Pulliam and Pine Brove Baptist Church of Dadeville will be the guests.

October 10

HORIZONS UNLIMITED: Elnora Spencer will present musical jazz to Horizons Unlimited Oct. 10 from 1:30 p.m. to 3 p.m. at The Wine Emporium.

October 11

AUTHOR DISCUSSION: Peggy Wall, author of ‘Alabama Gold, a History of the South’s Last Mother Lode’, will visit the Dadeville Public Library Tuesday, Oct. 11 at 2 p.m., to discuss her book and sign copies that will be available for sale. The book covers gold mining in Tallapoosa County during an entire century, beginning in the 1830’s and ending in the late 1930’s. She has included research about Gold Mountain, the Devil’s Backbone, Eagle Creek, Goldville and Hog Mountain. Ms. Wall interviewed miners from the 1930’s and they also told her stories of the experiences of their parents who had been miners in the early 1900’s. The Friends of the Library will sponsor this event in the basement of the library at 205 North West St. Call 256-825-7820.

DYSLEXIA TIPS: Parents of Kids with Dyslexia will share tips and feelings at the Adelia Russell Memorial Library for Dyslexia Month Oct. 11 from 4:45 p.m. to 6 p.m.

DINNER FUNDRAISER: The SAVA-LIFE Annual Fundraising Dinner will be Oct. 11 at the First Baptist Church of Alexander City. Kevin Ferrin, founder of “That you may know” ministries will speak. Call 256-329-2273 for more information.

PUMPKIN CARVING CONTEST: Wind Creek State Park will host a pumpkin carving contest Oct. 14 at 5:30 p.m. Pumpkins must already be carved and judging starts at 6:15 p.m.

October 15

TRADE DAY: The Bibb Graves School Association is hosting a trade day Oct. 15. Booths are $10.

REUNION: A Mountain Day Reunion will be held Oct. 15 starting at 10:30 a.m. at the Bethany Community Center. Turn at the Mountain Fire Department on Highway 49 on Bethany Road and the Community Center will be two miles on the right.

Bring a covered dish for lunch and enjoy a time of fellowship. Everyone is invited.

FALL FESTIVAL: Wind Creek State Park is hosting its annual fall festival Oct. 15. At 9 a.m. is the 4th annual 5k Run/Walk, from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. is a carnival in the overflow parking lot with lots of games and prizes, from 4:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. is the costume parade in the Campground Playground, from 5:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. is trick or treating in the campground, at 6 p.m. judging for the decorated campsites will begin and at 7 p.m. will be the haunted hayride and the kiddie hayride starting in the beach parking lot.

October 16

HISTORICAL SOCIETY: The Tallapoosee Historical Society will hold its quarterly meeting on Oct. 16 at 2 p.m. at the Chapel of the First Baptist Church in Alexander City. The speaker will be Peggy Jackson Walls with a review of her new book “Alabama Gold” A history of the South’s Last Mother Lode.”

PASTORAL ANNIVERSARY: The Early Rose District Center is hosting its 14th Pastoral Anniversary honoring Apostle Wayne Davis and First Lady Min Brenda Davis Sunday, Oct. 16 at 2:30 p.m. The guest speaker will be the Dr. Rev. Eddie Hunter, pastor of Miracle Missionary Baptist Church.

PASTOR APPRECIATION: The Almighty God Baptist Church in Goodwater is hosting the 5th Appreciation service honoring Rev. and Sis Lorenzo Caldwell Sunday, Oct. 16 at 2:30 p.m.

Guest minister will be Rev. Camron Thomas of Mt. Zion Baptist Church in Cropwell, Alabama.

CHURCH HOMECOMING: Pearson Chapel Church on Pearson Chapel Road in Alexander City will have their annual Homecoming Sunday, Oct. 16 at 9:30 a.m. Bro. Billy Coleman will preach and Highway 22 Bluegrass Group will play and sing. A covered dish luncheon will follow. Everyone is invited to attend.

CHOIR DAY: New Adka Missionary Baptist Church is hosting its annual choir day Sunday, Oct. 16 at 2 p.m. Guest minister will be Rev. S. Dewayne Drakeford of Nazareth Missionary Baptist Church of Opelika.

PEARLS DAY: Centerview Baptist Church in Camp Hill is presenting its annual Pearls Day Sunday, Oct. 16 at 2 p.m. Rev. Justin Freeman and New Canaan Baptist Church is the guest church. All churches are invited.

October 17

HORIZONS UNLIMITED: Frye Gaillard will present “Biography of President Jimmy Carter and the story based on oral history of a family of runaway slaves,” to Horizons Unlimited Oct. 17 from 1:30 p.m. to 3 p.m. at the Alexander City Board of Education Office.

COUNTY SCHOOL BOARD MEETING: The Tallapoosa County Board of Education will have its October meeting Oct. 17 at 5 p.m. at the Central Office.

October 18

MEETING: The Artist Association of Central Alabama will meet Oct. 18 from 9:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. at the First Baptist Church.

DRUG PLAN ENROLLMENT ASSISTANCE: Tallapoosa County and The East Alabama Regional Planning and Development Commission’s Area Agency on Aging will host a Medicare Prescription Drug Plan enrollment assistance event on Tuesday, Oct. 18, Oct. 25, Nov. 1, Nov. 8, Nov. 15, Nov. 29 and Dec. 6 from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Sportplex Cabin.

To help develop a plan comparison, Medicare recipients will need to bring their Medicare card,along with a complete list of medications they are taking and the dosages. Volunteers will guide them through the selection process and help them get information on the cost of each plan.

People interested in getting a plan comparison will be assisted on a first come, first served basis. Each counseling sessions will last about 40 minutes.

There may be a wait time. Contact East Alabama Regional Planning and Development Commission at (800) 243-5463 ext. 150 with questions.

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Gabriel Freeman met Molly the miniature horse last year during AgDiscovery Day at E.V. Smith Research Center. AG Discover Day is set for Saturday, Oct. 8. Admission is free for the annual event.

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Ag Discovery Day will be held at the E.V. Smith Research Center located at the Tallassee exit off I-85 on Saturday.

Gates will open at 9 a.m. with free admission.

Tractors will be offered to shuttle those who do not wish to make the long trek on foot from their vehicle to the research center. Unlike last year, Saturday’s weather forecast is perfect for an event of this nature.

This year’s Ag Discovery Day will be a hands-on event for farmers and potential farmers of all ages. Activities will include cotton-picking with demonstrators on hand to explain how blue jeans are derived from cotton; the insect discovery center demonstrating the importance of insects in agriculture; and bee handlers teaching lessons on the significance of bees in the pollination of agriculture.

Other activities will include corn shucking, digging for sweet potatoes and demonstrations on how to press apple cider.

At the pumpkin patch, kids and adults will be allowed to pick a pumpkin to decorate. No Ag

n Alexander City Council meets on the first and third Mondays of each month.

Meetings are held in the courtroom at the old city hall at 5:30 p.m. n Camp Hill Town Council meets the first and third Mondays of each month.

Meetings are held in town hall at 6 p.m. n Community Action Agency of Chambers, Tallapoosa, Coosa will holds its regular board of directors meetings every other month at the Central Office in Dadeville. n Coosa County Board of Education holds called meetings at least once a month. n Coosa County Commission meets on the second and fourth Tuesday of each month. Meetings are held in the Coosa County Courthouse in Rockford at 9:30 a.m. on the second Tuesday and at 6:30 p.m. on the fourth Tuesday. n Coosa County Industrial Development Board will hold its regularly scheduled meeting the third Tuesday of each month at 7 p.m. in the Commissioners’ Board Room in the courthouse in Rockford.

All meetings are open to the public. n Dadeville City Council meets on the second and fourth Tuesday of each month at 5 p.m. in city hall. n Daviston City Council meets the third Monday of every month at 6:30 p.m. at the Daviston Fire Department.

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AG Discovery Day will also showcase growing technology that is constantly advancing agriculture. Drones will be on display to demonstrate the potentially groundbreaking ability to see crops from a new, more useful, vantage point. From an aerial view, a farmer is capable of viewing the entire farm at once.

With this new perspective, farmers now have the ability to see their crops and monitor their livestock like never before.

Another technological advancement in agriculture is GPS-assisted tractors. This cutting-edge farm machinery will pull the wagons that shuttle people to and from their vehicles at this year’s event.

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aimed at underserved students in Coosa County.

With the state matches, the grants totaled $300,000 for the Alex City campus and $995,000 for Childersburg.

“Gov. Bentley has charged all of the agencies in the state of Alabama to create public-private partnerships, to look for avenues to dovetail projects and to leverage resources and the announcement that we’ll hear today answers every one of those issues,” said CACC President Susan Burrow before turning the microphone over to Bentley to announce the grants. “We believe that workforce development is cradle-to-grave – working with our K-12 partners and bringing their students into the community college system. Some go on to universities to graduate with bachelor’s degrees and graduate degrees and others go directly into the workforce. We’re a part of that entire mission.”

Bentley praised the state’s community college system and the role it plays in workforce development. Without a capable workforce, he said, the state would not have landed some of the corporations that have recently selected industrial sites in – and brought jobs to – the state.

“The community college system that we have in Alabama is extremely important in our workforce training program,” Bentley said. “I’ve always said that it is the most important thing and I truly believe that. It is the part that helps put everything together. It was there before we organized Accelerate Alabama (a three-year strategic plan for Alabama’s economic development, focusing on recruitment, retention and renewal). It was there before we put in place the workplace council in the state of Alabama. Our two-year colleges were already doing it.

“But now we have an organizational structure in place that will help in the future. And, hopefully, the next governor

that comes along will take it as seriously as I think we have the last six years and will continue that process of training students because, if we don’t have a trained workforce in this state, then we can’t recruit industries like Remington and Polaris and Airbus and all of the other companies that we recruit into the state of Alabama. That is the number one thing that they look for. That is the number one thing that they talk about.”

Rep. Mark Tuggle and Sen. Tom Whatley, both of whom represent Alex City in the state legislature, were both in attendance for the announcement, as was Rep. Ron Johnson, who represents Childersburg in the Alabama House of Representatives. Also in attendance were ADECA Director Jim Byard and Lee Vanoy, a representative from U.S. Rep. Mike Rogers’ office.

Several local leaders were also on hand, including Mayor Charles Shaw and Ed Collari, president and chief executive officer of the Alexander City Chamber of Commerce.

The Appalachian Regional Commission is a regional economic development agency that represents a partnership of federal, state, and local government. Established by an act of Congress in 1965, ARC is composed of the governors of the 13 Appalachian states and a federal co-chair, who is appointed by the president.

The ARC awards grants and contracts from funds appropriated to the Commission annually by Congress.

Program grants are awarded to state and local agencies and governmental entities, such as economic development authorities; local governing boards, such as county councils; and nonprofit organizations, such as schools and organizations that build low-cost housing. Contracts are awarded for research on topics that directly impact economic development in the Appalachian Region.

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Above, Dr. Susan Borrow greets Gov. Robert Bentley as he came to the Central Alabama campus to announce grants for the school. Borrow and Bentley look over the robotic welder during the governor’s visit.

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Ben Russell falls to Minor

By CATHY HIGGINS Sports Editor

Despite a strong start, the Benjamin Russell Wildcats just couldn’t make their home-field contest against undefeated Minor work their advantage. Instead, they fell to the Tigers, ranked sixth in Class 6A by the Alabama Sports Writers Association, 56-22.

Things looked hopeful for the Wildcats, who were the only team to score in the first quarter when senior Necolby Maxwell scored from a goal-line rush with 6:26 left in the quarter. With Tyler Fenn’s kick for the extra point, Benjamin Russell led 7-0 for the rest of the quarter.

But like a predator slowly sizing up its prey, Minor gave the Wildcats a taste of what was to come as the second quarter got under way when a Tiger TD with 10:50 left in the quarter and

2-point conversion shifted the lead to Minor 8-7.

Benjamin Russell answered the challenge with another Maxwell touchdown from the goal line with 7:43 left in the second, followed by a kick from Dylan Moncus, shifting control back to the Wildcats with a 14-8 score.

But before the first half was over Minor would pounce with three more touchdowns First playmaker Jacure’ Jackson sent a 20-yard TD pass to Jaylond Adams with 6:09 for a temporary 14-14 tie. Next a fake punt gave Jeffery Lee the chance to make a jaw-dropping 95-yard TD rush, with Adams topping it off with a 2-point conversion.

Finally, with the clock winding down on the half, Jackson sent a 32-yard TD pass to Delonte’ Evans with just 8.7 seconds left, which was followed up by another

2-point conversion — this time

by Larry Ellis III. This barrage of plays brought the Tigers’ lead to 30-14 at the half.

The second half started like the first, with Ben Russell scoring with Maxwell’s 5-yard touchdown with 8:52 left in the third quarter.

Adding the 2-point conversion narrowed Minor’s lead to 30-22.

Unfortunately, that’s the last score the Wildcats would make for the night. But the Tigers were Cliff Williams / The Outlook just getting started. They scored two more times in the third quarter Benjamin Russell’s NeColby Maxwell gets strong-armed by Minor’s Deonte’

by Adams. First came his 54-yard Moore. The Wildcats fell to the Tigers Thursday 56-22. rushing touchdown with 7:58 left in the quarter. Then came his TD with a pair of touchdowns with Benjamin Russell to 3-4 and from the goal line with 1:16 left, 8:25 and 5:22 left in the game. 3-1 in the region. Next week the along with his 2-point conversion That final score came when Wildcats return to a Friday schedfor good measure, bringing the Lee returned an offside punt 70 ule by hosting Helena for a regionTigers’ lead to 44-22 at the end of yards for the TD, bringing the al match up in Ben Russell’s final final score to 56-22 and keep- home game of the season. the third.

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Generals aim to rally against Vincent

By CATHY HIGGINS Sports Editor

After a 50-14 defeat by LaFayette, a team that’s ranked eighth in Class 2A by the Alabama Sports Writers Association, Horseshoe Bend (3-3, 1-3) will be looking to rebound as the Generals take a road trip to Vincent (1-5, 1-3) to face the Yellow Jackets.

The Generals may get their chance as Vincent just last week came off a 19-game losing streak to narrowly defeat Woodland 29-27.

Although the Yellow Jackets have struggled all year and last week’s win could be an anomaly, Horseshoe Bend head coach Jason Franklin is preparing for a fight.

“They do a lot of things well that we have to prepare for,” he said. “They do some things different.”

The Yellow Jackets deviate from the norm when it comes to formations and alignment.

“We’ve got to shore up our offensive linemen to be able to deal with that,” Franklin said.

The Generals are making some adjustments after last week’s loss.

“We just didn’t play very well,” Franklin said. “We’re working on playing a little more enthusiastically.”

The coach is looking for that enthusiasm to span all four quarters this time around.

“We’ve got to be able to finish,” Franklin said. “Last week we were down in the third quarter and said, ‘Thanks, that’s all’ and let things slip away from us.

“We can’t do that this week,” he added.

“We’ve got to be able to finish and we’re focusing on being able to close the deal.”

The Generals’ chance to close the deal begins with a 7 p.m. kickoff at Legion Stadium.

Cougars brace for rivalry match against B.B. Comer

After Central Coosa’s devastating 74-22 loss to Pike County last week, the Cougars (3-3, 1-2) will be looking for redemption as they head up the road to Sylacauga to take on B.B. Comer tonight.

While the Tigers (1-6, 0-3) will be coming into the matchup with a fivegame losing streak, Coosa head coach Barry Simmons isn’t taking anything for granted.

“This is a rivalry game for both teams,” he said. “You can’t look at records and we can’t take these guys lightly. They understand the magnitude of this rivalry.”

Last year the Cougars triumphed over B.B. Comber 40-19. So this year the Tigers will be looking for revenge. And Simmons knows his team will be the target of the B.B. Comer’s rivalry angst.

“They no longer play Childersburg and they no longer play Sylacauga,” the Central Coosa coach said.

Add to that the possibility of defeating Central Coosa could be just the shot of adrenaline the Tigers need.

“There are three more games after that,” Simmons said. “It could spur them to go on and have a good season.”

Simmons is most concerned about Tigers’ playmakers Alvin Burton and Jacoby Kelley.

“They’ve got a couple of good quarterbacks,” he said.

Despite what’s riding on tonight’s face off, the Cougars are treating it like any

“This is a must-win situation,” White said.

The coach isn’t taking anything for granted and knows the Tigers will need to play their best on the Panthers’ turf.

“It’s always tough to play Elmore County,” White said. “They’re going to sling it around, they’re going to play onsides and they’re going to punt.”

To come out on top, the Tigers are going to have to continue playing like they have the last three weeks.

“We need to continue to play good defense,” White said, “and our offense needs to keep clicking along.”

Kickoff is 7 p.m. at Burt-Haynie Field.

Reeltown seeks homecoming win over undefeated LaFayette

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Horseshoe Bend’s Drew Hill looks for running room for the Generals in the first half of last Friday’s Homecoming matchup with LaFayette. Hill finished the night with 23 carries for 258 yards and two touchdowns in the 50-14 loss.

Reeltown will be looking for a homefield advantage Friday night as the Rebels play homecoming host to LaFayette (6-0, 4-0), a team the Alabama Sports Writers Association ranked eighth in Class 2A. Both teams head into this week’s game after triumphs last week. Reeltown topped Ranburne 20-17 while LaFayette dominated Horseshoe Bend 50-14.

That’s impressive on both accounts.

However, last week’s win for the Bulldogs was just one more notch on the belt for an undefeated team.

“They’ve got a very good ball club,” Rebels head coach Matt Johnson said.

What’s made LaFayette so unstoppable this season is their ability to adapt midplay.

“When plays break down, they make their own plays,” Johnson said. “That’s going to be difficult to defend against, but we look forward to the challenge.”

The Rebels are no strangers to challenge. Last week they came back from a halftime 14-0 deficit to Ranburne to win the game 20-17.

“Our guys have faced a whole lot of adversity,” Johnson said. “But we came back in the second half and changed the tempo of the game.”

This week the coach plans for his Rebels to put just as much effort into the first half as the second.

“We’ve got to come out with energy and play all four quarters,” Johnson said.

The Rebels will have to focus a major part of their energy on containing LaFayette’s Jatarvious Whitlow, who in last week’s win over Horseshoe Bend ran for 160 yards on 15 carries and three scores, and had 199 yards passing with a touchdown.

“He’s a great ball player,” Johnson said.

“We’ve got to do a good job and we’ve got to be disciplined to slow him down.”

The Rebels will also need their A-game when faced with such Bulldogs as My’Kale Trammell, who last week had 89 yards on six carries and a touchdown-run, as well as a 38-yard TD pass. Another threat is junior Robert Huston who added 108 yards on seven carries along with touchdowns of 6 and 21 yards, in last week’s triumph.

“They improvise and you’ve got to expect big plays,” Johnson said. “We’ve got to be disciplined. If we can do that, we might be a pretty good ball club.”

Kickoff is 7 p.m. at Nix-WebsterO’Neal Stadium. It will be preceded by the homecoming pregame show at 6:15 p.m.

other game.

“We don’t prepare for them any differDadeville hopes to continue ently and we’re going to try to play at an winning streak in Panther country even keel,” Simmons said. “But we do For the last three weeks, the Dadeville understand the magnitude of the rivalry.”

Tigers have reminded us that they come Kickoff is 7 p.m. at Legion Stadium. to the gridiron to play, as they’ve bested Holtville, Valley and Tallassee by scorRangers seek homecoming ing anywhere from 30 to 51 points each time for an average score of 41.6 points redemption Lyman Ward (0-4, 0-1) is hoping for per win.

Those efforts have brought the Tigers a some homecoming magic tonight as the Rangers host Russell Christian Academy record of 4-3 overall and 2-2 in the region.

It’s a record Dadeville looks to improve from Meridian, Miss. (4-4, 2-2).

With no wins this season, the Rangers upon as the Tigers head into Friday’s come into tonight’s matchup after an open match up against Elmore County.

The 3-4 Panthers (1-3) will have plenty week. It’s time off that head coach Keith to prove as they host Dadeville, espeElliott believes was productive.

“That gave us a little break and time cially after back-to-back losses against for reflection on where we’re at,” he Montgomery Catholic and Munford.

That’s even more true since Elmore said. “Defensively they’ve responded with practicing with good intensity. But we’ve County started out strong last week when the Panthers thought they set the tone for got our work cut out for us offensively.”

The Rangers have changed up some of the night by scoring a 42-yard touchdown their plays and plan to isolate Russell on in their first snap, only to fall 54-28 to a team ranked sixth in Class 4A by the offense.

“We want to get them one-on-one,” Alabama Sports Writers Association.

“We’re having to take some chances,” Elliott said.

Lyman Ward will also implement a Elmore County head coach Norman Dean said after the game. “We’re a very young spread offense.

“Which we haven’t done all year,” team and we’re having to be creative.”

That creativity got quarterback Terrence Elliott said.

While senior quarterback Garrett Head and tailback Deundre Patrick, who Davidson will be in the game after recov- collectively made the Panthers’ 273 yards.

Dadeville’s not-so-secret weapon is ering from wisdom tooth surgery, the Rangers will also utilize junior James playmaker Margarius Buchanan, who just last week scored runs at 52, 25, 81 and 17 Adcock in the QB position.

“We’ll use both of them,” Elliott said. yards apiece.

“He is that way every Friday night,” The Rangers head coach expects a crowd of alumni in the stands tonight. Dadeville head coach White said after the With that support behind them, he’s look- Tigers’ 44-27 win over Tallassee. “Just get ing for his team to pull out their first win him the ball, get the offensive line to block for him and he makes plays.” of the season.

Buchanan is supported by a solid team “If practice is any indication, we’ll play a lot better than we have the last couple of on both sides of the ball. That’s going to be important in Friday’s face off with the games,” Elliott said.

Kickoff is at 6 p.m. Homecoming activ- Panthers, as a win would bring Dadeville Tim Altork of Randolph County Leader ities are set for halftime, with a dance fol- a step closer securing a place in the postcontributed to this article. season. lowing the game.