THE LOCAL, PAGE 3 Extension office to host photography course
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Lighting the way for Alexander City & Lake Martin since 1892
September 6, 2018 Vol. 126, No. 177 www.alexcityoutlook.com 75¢
Dadeville cruises past Reeltown in straight sets
E-cigarette wave hitting schools across region By DUSTIN DUNCAN Staff Writer
Long gone are the days of high school students getting caught smoking cigarettes in the bathroom or around buildings during lunch. Now students are finding more creative ways to get a nicotine fix during the school day. Electronic cigarettes, or e-cigs, have gotten smaller and more compact for those looking for an alternative to smoking actual cigarettes. The JUUL e-cig is small device that looks like a flash drive and has a USB port at one end for a charging port. JUUL owners can charge their devices by using any technology with a USB drive. The device uses a heating mechanism that creates an aerosol. Users then inhale nicotine without having to press any buttons to activate the product. The Center for Disease and Control says nicotine is highly addictive and can harm adolescent brain development, which continues into the early to mid-20s. Flavors associated with JUUL include See E-CIGARETTE • Page 2
Open invitation
New Site council sees clinic building plans
BRHS welcomes public to Open Door Wednesday
Council also approves truck purchase, CD renewals
By DONALD CAMPBELL Staff Writer
By DONALD CAMPBELL Staff Writer
Continuing to look for ways to improve the community, the New Site Town Council heard the latest on the project to bring a Russell Medical-run health clinic to town, approved purchasing a new truck for the town water department and acted on a pair of certificates of deposit. Walter McKee from McKee & Associates was present at Tuesday night’s council meeting, presenting a floor plan, building rendering and project footprint for the proposed health clinic and pharmacy to the council. According to the designs presented, the structure will occupy a space next to town hall and share parking with town hall See NEW SITE • Page 3
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Emily Sassano, above, leads her AP biology students, top, as they sing a variation of Meghan Trainor’s ‘All About that Bass’ during Open Door Wednesday as part of their studies on acids and bases.
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Outcast Riding Family will host a benefit ride to help the family pay for the cost of the funeral. Registration for Shelia Gulledge has been enduring the ride starts at 8:30 a.m. and the ride one of the most painful experiences a is scheduled to start at 10:30 a.m. person can imagine — the death of her The group can be found at the child. Charles E. Bailey Sportplex on Aug. 3, Gulledge’s daughter, Dakota Highway 22. Bikers will be hanging Reeves, 12, woke up feeling sick at out in the first parking lot of the left, her home while her mother was at waiting to make the 70-mile ride to work. According to Gulledge, Reeves help Reeves’ mother. attempted to stand up and fell, said she When the bikers return, they will was going to be sick, fell again and enjoy hot dogs, drinks and chips for didn’t move. lunch. Additionally, McLain said local Just a few hours later, she was businesses in Alex City, Sylacauga and pronounced dead at Russell Medical. Childersburg have donated door prizes Gulledge said her daughter had no for the event. history of being sick and she is still The cost is $20 a bike and $5 a waiting on toxicology reports to find passenger. However, McLain said out what may have happened. She said individuals who don’t ride can still the coroner said there wasn’t anything donate. If the donation is at least $20, definitive that would have caused her those people will get a door prize death. ticket. Additionally, there will be Saturday, former Alex City resident 50/50 tickets for sale. McLain said all Pattie McLain, who now lives in See BENEFIT • Page 3 Weogufka, and a group called the By DUSTIN DUNCAN Staff Writer
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Benefit organized after death of 12-year-old girl
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enjamin Russell High School welcomed parents and other members to walk the halls Wednesday morning as the school held its first Open Door Wednesday of the year. BRHS Principal Dr. Anthony Wilkinson said this event takes place every month and is a way to bring the community and the school together to build a greater sense of engagement among everyone. “We have these on the first Wednesday of every month,” Wilkinson said prior to a previous
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Pictured is Dakota Reeves who died on Aug. 3. Community members have organized a benefit ride on Saturday to help her mother offset the funeral costs.
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