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Great Bethel funds in dispute again the church’s name. Court documents show Emerson Ware Jr., Shirley Shelton and Annette Walker opened an account April 11. The account listed the trio as doing business as Great Bethel Baptist Church and was set up as a business account. At stake is more than $24,000 currently remaining in the account. The funds would have been deposited
By CLIFF WILLIAMS Staff Writer
A bank has asked a judge who should get funds given to Great Bethel Missionary Baptist Church. Heritage South Credit Union has requested the courts decide who is the rightful owner of funds deposited at its Alexander City branch in an account in
between April and July, when the church board terminated Ware. The complaint states the board of directors of Great Bethel Missionary Baptist Church, Inc. contacted the bank about the funds and that Ware, Shelton and Walker claim the funds. The complaint further states it wants the courts to decide who is the rightful owner of the funds.
The board of Great Bethel and Ware have been at odds for years and the board filed suit seeking control and the return of monies the board said Ware owed the church. In July, Judge Ray Martin ruled the board was to operate Great Bethel Missionary Baptist Church Inc., but issued no ruling on the more than $100,000 the board was asking See BETHEL • Page 3
City budget to include maintenance for sewer
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First time since 2013 budget would pass on time
See photos from Benjamin Russell’s pep rally
By CLIFF WILLIAMS Staff Writer
The Alexander City City is set to pass a budget at its Monday meeting. It will be the first time in several years one has been passed on time. The proposed budget will have a deficit of $5.1 million with the shortfall coming from reserves and some capital projects not coming to fruition in the next year. The idea is having a more realistic budget, managing when projects start, hiring to create efficiencies and not having to come back to the council to amend the budget. “Let’s not be cheap on the front end and come back and ask for more money,” council member Eric Brown said. “I do that on estimating jobs. I’d rather come in high on the start and come See COUNCIL • Page 3
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JUST DANCE ACMS holds homecoming tailgate, dance
Photos by Cliff Williams / The Outlook Above: Members of the Benjamin Russell High School sophomore class ride in their float and wave. Right: The BRHS dance team float makes its way through the roundabout in Friday’s homecoming parade. Area residents were lined up all along the parade route to watch the decorated floats go by. For more photos from the parade, see Page 11 inside.
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Editor’s Note: This is the third in a series profiling school principals in the Alexander City and Tallapoosa County School Systems. By DONALD CAMPBELL Staff Writer
Since taking over as principal of Radney Elementary School, Dr. John Prestridge has become a regular presence in classrooms, while also looking for ways he can help the school continue to improve in a multitude of ways.
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“This is year No. 13 for me in education,” Prestridge said. “This is my second year as a principal, both of which have been here. I also spent four years as an assistant principal in Jefferson County and in Pelham.” Before becoming an administrator, Prestridge said he worked at Dadeville High School for two years and was also a social studies teacher and boys soccer coach at Smiths Station. After spending time as an assistant principal in the See PRESTRIDGE • Page 9
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Radney Elementary School students ask principal Dr. John Prestridge questions during lunch Wednesday. Prestridge says he tries to have a visible presence to his students and teachers.
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