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Police make arrest in fight ACPD also investigating shots fired on Ann Street By CLIFF WILLIAMS Staff Writer
The Alexander City Police Department charged three individuals following a call of fighting on K and O streets.
About 7:30 p.m. Friday, ACPD received a call of individuals fighting and responded. “There was a crowd of about 50 people,” deputy chief James Easterwood said. “When officers got there, they scattered but three
were still fighting and were arrested. They were charged with disorderly conduct.” According to scanner traffic, police also responded to several calls over the weekend of fights where guns may have been seen but were not used. By the time police were able to get to the scenes, the suspects had left. Easterwood said police did respond
to shots fired in Alexander City over the weekend. “We responded to a call on Ann Street early Sunday morning,” he said. “It was a shooting into an unoccupied vehicle. We do have suspects in the case.” Authorities ask if anyone has any information on any of the incidents to give police a call at 256-234-3421.
Titus Bluegrass Festival set for Saturday
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Public safety expo coming up Oct. 2 By CLIFF WILLIAMS Staff Writer
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here is no need to worry next week when you see a large gathering of first responders at Strand Park in Alexander City. “We are taking part in the 35th National Night Out,” Alexander City Police Department Capt. James Orr said. “We are doing ours in conjunction with Crime Presentation Month in October. We are calling it a ‘Public Safety Expo.’” The idea is to allow the community to come out and meet first responders in a relaxed environment. “So many times when people meet a first responder it may be in a stressful situation,” Orr said. “This will be a very relaxed setting and we want them to feel comfortable and understand what we do and how we can help. We want to just meet, communicate and be neighborly. We want to invite all of our neighborhoods and residents to come out and have a meet and greet with our first responders.” Orr said officers from the Alexander City Police Department, Tallapoosa County See EXPO • Page 3 File / The Outlook
Carson Williams of Alex City suits up in some gear from the Alexander City Special Response Team at a National Night Out in the past. This year’s public safety expo will be held Oct. 2 from 5 to 8 p.m. Organizers hope residents use this as an opportunity to meet area first responders in a relaxed environment.
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Get ready for twangy fiddles, sweet harmonizing and heartfelt songs this Saturday. The 18th annual Titus Bluegrass Festival will begin at 10 a.m. and run until 4 p.m., giving guests the chance to sit back, relax and enjoy live bluegrass music from some talented musicians. On stage this year will be Cottonmouth Creek, Over the Mountain and Crains Nest. Along with the music, there will be vendors selling barbecue, peanuts, cookbooks and other various craft items. The Titus Community Center is located approximately 10 miles north of Wetumpka on U.S. Highway 231, then north on County Road 29. Admission to the festival is $10 for adults and free for children under the age of 12. Bring your favorite lawn chair and your friends. You can sit back, relax and enjoy the best of today’s bluegrass music. This is a wonderful festival, a place where you can bring the entire family and have a great time. For more information about the festival, visit www.tituscommunitycenter. org.
Another fascinating semester of Horizons Unlimited continued Monday afternoon as the group welcomed Nancy Anderson to talk about “The World of Childhood: ‘The Adventures of Tom Sawyer,’ ‘Adventures of Huckleberry Finn,’ ‘To Kill a Mockingbird,’ and ‘The Kite Runner.’” Due to a scheduling conflict, Ruth Cook was unable to attend, but Horizons Unlimited was able to reschedule her and move Anderson up in the semester to fill in Monday. A native of Mississippi and a retired professor
of English from Auburn University Montgomery, Anderson spoke about several seemingly unrelated books and how, despite being what some may consider to be works for young adult readers, these books all have a similar underlying theme to them. “I chose these books because of some of the important things they all have in common,” Anderson said. “All of them are told in first-person, except for Tom Sawyer, though an early draft of the book was written in first-person.” Despite “Tom Sawyer” and “Huckleberry Finn” being set in the antebellum South, “To Kill a See HORIZONS • Page 3
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Nancy Anderson speaks Monday afternoon with the members of Horizons Unlimited, showing some of the underlying themes tying such diverse books as ‘The Adventures of Tom Sawyer,’ ‘The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn,’ ‘To Kill a Mockingbird’ and ‘The Kite Runner’ together.
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