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ACPD arrests Auburn robbery suspect By MITCH SNEED Editor
an Aug. 17 incident where he was allegedly armed with a handgun, pointed it at a woman outside a business on Opelika Alexander City Police Department Road and robbed her. Thomas is believed officers on patrol made a traffic stop that to have made off with an undisclosed led to the arrest of a man who allegedly amount of cash, credit cards and other robbed an Auburn woman at gunpoint. Jakobe Keshun Thomas, 19, was arrest- belongings, according to law enforcement reports. ed Wednesday during a traffic stop in Officials say that Thomas was not alone Alexander City. A check of his identificaat the time of the robbery and the search tion, showed Thomas had active warrants for a second suspect remains active. for armed robbery in Auburn. Thomas was transported to Lee County, Auburn Police Department investigawhere he was booked into the Lee County tors identified Thomas as a suspect in
Detention Center and is being held on a $100,000 bond, records show. This is not the first run-in with the law for Thomas. He was arrested back in December by Alexander City Police for his role in a burglary. He was charged with first-degree receiving stolen property. A grand jury indictment alleges Thomas was found with a stolen 2000 Honda fourwheeler in his possession. Records show Thomas was free on a $10,000 bond at the time of the Auburn robbery. Records show he was arraigned
on those charges on Monday. Thomas is also on the plea docket for Sept. 20 on his charges here in Tallapoosa County. In March, Thomas was arrested on three counts of failure to appear and Thomas was picked up again on Aug. 30 by Alexander City Police Department officers on yet another failure to appear charge.
Dadeville chamber prepares for first annual Fall Festival By DONALD CAMPBELL Staff Writer
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Andrya Chapman with Home Depot of Columbus tightens a nut as she works on the new deck of Dadeville resident Tracy Grantham. Grantham is a Veteran and the work is being done through the Home Depot Foundation.
Dadeville veteran gets new porch from Home Depot, United Way these large projects each year,” Team Depot Captain Pat Bull said. “We also do several smaller projects a year, such as building a ramp or things like that.” he Dadeville home of Tracy In order to do projects like this, vetGrantham, a retired member of the Army National Guard, was a erans come into Home Depot and apply for assistance. Someone from Team busy hive of activity Thursday, as associates from Home Depot Depot will go out and examine the project site to see if it is something they stores across the area, along with the manager from both the Alexander City can do. Should the project be deemed feasible, the store will apply for a grant and Auburn Home Depot built a new through the Home Depot Foundation, porch onto Grantham’s house on Old according to Bull. Miller’s Ferry Road. See VETERAN • Page 3 “We normally do about five or six of
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Veteran Tracy Grantham leans on his truck and watches as his new porch is being built.
Centered around the Courthouse Square, the Dadeville Chamber of Commerce will be holding its first Fall Festival Saturday, Sept. 23 and the event will have something in store for everyone. “We used to do Lakefest at Lake Martin in the summer, but we decided to change it to Fall Festival in the downtown area,” Dadeville Chamber of Commerce Executive Administrator Linda Andrews said. “We wanted to bring something to downtown Dadeville.” The event will feature inflatables and train rides for children, along with 35 food and arts and crafts vendors. The River Dan Band will be in attendance as well, providing live music to the event. A soap box derby, similar to the recently held Ducky Ward Derby has also been suggested as part of the festivities, though Andrews was not completely sure this was the case. Mix It Up Lake Martin has partnered with the Chamber of Commerce to make the Dadeville Fall Festival possible. The Ethan Club of Dadeville is also a partner in the event, holding a color run in the morning prior to the opening of the Fall Festival. With so much scheduled for the event, a few blocks in the area around the Courthouse Square will be blocked off, ensuring vendors and visitors have plenty of space to enjoy the first-ever Dadeville Fall Festival and all it has to offer. Running from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. in the immediate vicinity of the Tallapoosa County Courthouse on Sept. 23, the Fall Festival is free to attend. “So far, we’ve gotten a good response, people are looking forward to it,” Andrews said. “This is going to become an annual thing, and we would love to see it grow.”
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At some point in the coming months, Dick Bronson and his wife Mary Ann are leaving the community but not without having left their mark on the area. Most are familiar with Bronson’s efforts through Lake Watch of Lake Martin but the husband and wife have made other contributions to the area. For a decade, the Bronsons have been helping the gifted program at Radney Elementary School. As a result of the Bronsons efforts, there is now a pond and nature trail for students to learn many lessons on. Thursday was no different as Bronson was out with gifted teacher Laurie Barrett and her students on the Trillium Trail. “We are lucky to have this here,” Barrett said. “None of this would be here if it were
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Dick Bronson shows gifted students at Radney Elementary School his walking stick complete with See BRONSON • Page 7 beaver teeth marks Thursday on the trail.
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