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VOL. 119, NO. 35
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 1, 2016
Officials say shooting was preventable
By MITCH SNEED AND CLIFF WILILAMS Staff Writers
Dadeville Police Chief David Barbour could not find where the city had ever had an incident like the Sunday morning shooting at American Legion Home. “Over the history of Dadeville, we have never had five people shot at one time,” Barbour told the Dadeville City Council Tuesday. “This could
of drug activity in the city limits of Dadeville,” Barbour said. “It has gotten to the point now, we have got to figure out how to handle it.” Barbour asked the council for help in fighting the growing drug problem. “I do not have anyone assigned to narcotics due to the crunch that we are in,” Barbour said. “I am asking
have been avoided.” Barbour was referring to two things that have been going on. “Hopefully, after meeting with them this morning, that problem has been addressed.” Barbour was referring to the American Legion and getting them to be more careful of whom they rent the facility to. The other is far more concerning. “This goes back to several months
See SHOOTING • Page 5
Walker named Jackson’s Gap mayor
Area cities certify election results
By CLIFF WILLIAMS Staff Writer
By MITCH SNEED AND CLIFF WILILAMS Staff Writers
City councils in Alexander City, Dadeville and New Site all made the results of last Tuesday’s municipal elections official with the canvass of provisional ballots and approval of the results. In Alexander City, there were a total of seven provisional ballots that were considered by the Tallapoosa County Board of Registrars. Five of those were found to be
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Five people were shot at a party at the home Saturday night/ Sunday morning.
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The courthouse square project may be in jeopardy after the Dadeville City Council declined to take up a motion for a traffic study, one of the requirements for the grant funds that would fund the large majority of the project.
Dadeville council nixes funds for traffic study By CLIFF WILLIAMS Staff Writer
Failure to approve $9,800 for a traffic study could cost the City of Dadeville about $700,000 in grant funds for the courthouse
See CERTIFY • Page 3
square renovation project. “That is part of the original project,” Council Member Mickey Tarpley said. “It would be nice to have this study done during a football weekend and a boating weekend, which we have this weekend. It would include traffic See COUNCIL • Page 3
Municipal elections in Jackson’s Gap seem to always be the talk of the town. And sometimes the state and nation as the election four years ago captured national headlines when a majority of voters cast their ballots for a deceased Janis Canham. “It would not be an election in Jackson’s Gap if there was not at least some unnerving moments,” Mayor Jeff Walker said. This year’s results will not grab as many headlines but will be the talk for while as incumbent Walker was declared the winner in the mayor’s race with exactly 50 percent plus one
United Way sets goal in ‘Picture a Brighter’ Future’ campaign By DAVID GRANGER Staff Writer
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k RMC’s Sarah Beth Gettys makes the donations from RMC employees and others at the Lake Martin Area United Way campaign kickoff Tuesday.
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More than 200 representatives of the 27 United Way agencies, United Way staff, elected officials and others gathered in the Betty Carol Graham Technology Center Wednesday evening for the kickoff and unveiling of the goal for the United Way of the Lake Martin Area’s 2017 campaign “Picture a Brighter Future.” The goal? $535,000, more than 13 percent of it already raised. Russell Medical Center raised $50,166.29 in its 2017 Pacesetter campaign, $42,835 has been raised from small businesses, $3,180.17 from Advanced Givers, $12,392 from the April Quail Fry at the
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