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Jesus said to her, “I am the resurrection and the life. He who believes in me will live, even though he dies; and whoever lives and believes in me will never die.

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DEAR ABBY: I am 28 and recently found my biological father through Facebook after more than 20 years of not knowing if he was still alive. Although I am happy that I found him, I’m scared to let my family -- my mom, my stepdad and my sisters -- know I have reconnected with him.

When I asked about my dad years ago (I even had a pic of him), my stepdad felt betrayed and upset that I was even curious. I had to rip up the picture because I felt so guilty that my stepdad was hurt.

I know my stepdad will manipulate the situation (that’s just how he is) and con my sisters and my mom into not speaking to me again. On the other hand, I want to create a relationship with my father and start where we left off. I have two beautiful daughters I know he will love to meet, but I am scared because I know this will divide my family. What should I do? -- ANONYMOUS

DEAR ABBY Advice IN THE WEST DEAR ANONYMOUS: I wish you had disclosed why, for more than 20 years, your birth father had no visitation with you. Whose decision was it -- his? Your mother’s?

If it was your birth father’s, I would question his character.

That said, at the ripe old age of 28, you are an adult and should have the right to decide -- without coercion -- whom you wish to associate with. You shouldn’t feel guilty for wanting to get to know your birth father. Those feelings are normal. It won’t divide your family if you keep your mouth shut and your private life separate.

DEAR ABBY: My girlfriend, “Crystal,” recently dumped

me. We were madly in love, and she would constantly message me and tell me how I was perfect, she didn’t deserve someone as amazing as me and how I’m the only one she wants in her life. We were talking about moving in together, marriage and our future.

Then all of a sudden a well-known creep with a shady past offered her a job in another state. Crystal’s family, friends and I all told her not to take the job or talk to that guy because he’s bad news. She took the job, moved across the country and left us all behind.

She has now cut me out of her life. I haven’t heard from her, and her mom told me she checks in with her family only occasionally. My question is what did I miss?

I know Crystal was always hard on herself and thought she wasn’t doing enough with her life, but I was constantly reassuring and encouraging her.

I believe this guy manipu-

Mrs. Geraldine G. Carter 1930 - 2019

Alma June Mathis June 14, 1935 – April 18, 2019

Funeral Service for Mrs. Geraldine G. Carter, 88, of Alexander City, will be Tuesday, April 23, 2019 at 2:00 pm at the New Rocky Mount Baptist Church. Rev. Rod Siggers will officiate.

Burial will follow in the New Rocky Mount Baptist Church Cemetery. The family will receive friends on Monday, April 22, 2019 from 5:00 pm to 7:00 pm at Radney Funeral Home, and Mrs. Carter will lie In State on Tuesday at the church beginning at 1:00 pm.

Mrs. Carter passed away on Friday, April 19, 2019 at Chapman’s Healthcare. She was born on May 26, 1930 in Tallapoosa County, Alabama to Chester Garrett and Della Haggerty Garrett. She was a longtime, active and last charter member of New Rocky Mount Baptist Church. She enjoyed cooking and baking and was known for her carrot cake and pies. She was very family oriented and loved being with her grandchildren.

She is survived by her daughter, Deborah Nunn of Jacksons Gap; son, Len Carter (Beverly) of Jacksons Gap; grandchildren, Paul Chayka (Christy), Jeremy Carter (Tammy) and Stacy DeLoach (Chris); great-grandchildren, Lance Chayka, Cole Chayka, Lane Chayka, Josh Carter, Logan Carter, Bailey DeLoach, Maddie DeLoach and Baby DeLoach on the way; sisters, Corene Hinkle of Smiths and Vernese Kellum of Jacksons Gap. She was preceded in death by her parents; husband, Ellis Doyle Carter; brothers, Joe Garrett and Milton Garrett.

Memorial messages may be sent to the family at www. radneyfuneralhome.com.

Alma June Mathis, 83, of Jackson’s Gap, Alabama passed away on Thursday, April 19, 2019 at her home. Visitation will be from Noon until 2:00 p.m. Monday, April 22, 2019 at Alabama Funeral Homes and Cremation Centers located at 21927 US Hwy 280 Camp Hill, Alabama 36850. A Graveside service will follow in Tallapoosa County Memory Gardens with Reverend Donnie Pritchard officiating.

Mrs. Mathis predeceased by her husband, John Allen Mathis; daughter, Billie June Copous; and son, Danny Spears. She is survived by her son-in-law, Tony Copous; daughter-in-law, Dale Spears; granddaughters, Michelle Oliver (Phillip), Cristi Queen (Tony), and Schancey Chapman (Jayte); grandson, JoDann Spears (Michele); 7 great-grandchildren, 4 great-great-grandchildren; nieces, nephews, cousins, and other family members.

Radney Funeral Home is in charge of the arrangements.

Radney Funeral Home is in charge of the arrangements.

Alabama Funeral Homes and Cremation Centers of Camp Hill, Alabama is handling arrangements.

Mr. Georgye Brandon Walters 1983 - 2019 Funeral Service for Mr. Georgye Brandon Walters, 36, of Alexander City, will be Tuesday, April 23, 2019 at 6:00 pm at the Chapel of Radney Funeral Home. Dr. John Watkins will officiate. The family will receive friends on Tuesday, April 23, 2019 from 4:30 pm to 5:30 pm at Radney Funeral Home.

Brandon passed away on Thursday, April 18, 2019 in Montgomery. He was born on February 12, 1983 in Alexander City, Alabama to Tena Waldrop Hanna. Brandon enjoyed shooting pool, playing basketball, fishing and playing poker.

He is survived by his mother, Tena Hanna; daughter, Madelyn M. Walters; brother, Jason Waldrop (Jennifer); nephew, Anthony McKeel; niece, Sierra Green; aunts, Patty McVey, Brenda Sparks and Janice Milner; uncle, Michael Waldrop; eight cousins; and friend, Stephanie Luster.

He was preceded in death by his grandmother, Rose Campbell; grandfather, Donald Campbell; cousins, Bubba Waldrop and Tammy Waldrop; and aunt, Hilda Pruitt.

Memorial messages may be sent to the family at www.radneyfuneralhome.com.

Ruth Oelklaus Zeisler Ruth Oelklaus Zeisler, age 92, of Birmingham, AL, died April 8, 2019 after a brief illness.

Ruth was born and raised in St. Charles, MO, and also lived in Illinois and Jackson’s Gap, AL. Ruth was an executive administrator for various major companies, and the executive director of Crossroads Economic Development Corp of St. Charles County, Inc. Upon retiring to Lake Martin, AL, she was active in the community. She was the coordinator of the Volunteer Income Tax Assistance Program and served as the treasurer for the Lake Martin Laubach Literacy Council. Ruth tutored foreign students at the Stephens Elementary School, taught Sunday school at her church, served on the church Ladies Guild, and was the financial officer for the Alexander City Art Colony.

Ruth is survived by her sister and brother-in-law, Carol and Robert Leffeler of St. Charles, MO: her two daughters, Dr. Anne Becker of St. Charles, IL and Susan Pretnar of Birmingham, AL; her son, Charles D. Zeisler, Jr. (Sherri) of Denver, CO; ten great grandchildren and one great-great grandchild. Her parents, Walter and Augusta Oelklaus and her brothers and sisters-in-law Walter Oelklaus Jr.(Lovie) and Robert Oelklaus (Carol) , preceded her in death.

Throughout her life she generously gave of herself to help others. Ruth donated her body to the Anatomical Donor Program at the University of Alabama at Birmingham.

A memorial Mass was held on Saturday, April 13, 2019 at Prince of Peace Catholic Church, Hoover, AL. Donations may be offered in her memory to the Laubach Literacy Council, 1675 Cherokee Rd. Alexander City, AL 35010, or Volunteer Connections, PO Box 1111, Alexander City, AL 35011.

Public Meetings • Alexander City Board of Education meets on the third Tuesday of each month.

Meetings are held in the board office at 375 Lee St. or local school at 5:30 p.m.

• Alexander City Council meets on the first and third Mondays of each month.

Meetings are held in the courtroom at the old city hall at 5:30 p.m.

• Camp Hill Town Council meets the first and third Mondays of each month.

Meetings are held in town hall at 6 p.m.

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• Coosa County Board of Education holds called meetings at least once a month.

• Coosa County Commission meets on the second and fourth Tuesday of each month. Meetings are held in the Coosa County Courthouse in Rockford at 9:30 a.m. on the second

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lated her and made her think this was her last chance at the career she was seeking. I am afraid she’s going to learn a hard lesson and get let down drastically. Is there anything we can do to help her see this? -- BAFFLED AND DEVASTATED DEAR BAFFLED: No, I am sorry to say there isn’t.

You didn’t miss anything; you were misled. Crystal told you she wanted a future with you when the truth was what she really wanted was a career, and you were Plan B. There’s an old saying, “Bad pennies always turn up.” If the man who hired her is as shady as you say he is, she’ll be back.

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• Dadeville City Council meets on the second and fourth Tuesday of each month at 5:30 p.m. with a pre-meeting at 5 p.m. in city hall.

• Daviston City Council meets the third Monday of every month at 6:30 p.m. at the Daviston Fire Department.

• Goldville Town Council meets the second Monday of each month at 5:30 p.m. at the town hall.

• Goodwater City Council meets on the second Tuesday of each month.

Meetings are held at the Caldwell Center at 6:30 p.m.

• Jackson’s Gap Town Council meets the second Tuesday of each month.

Meetings are held in town hall at 6:30 p.m., all Jackson’s Gap citizens are encouraged to attend.

• Kellyton Town Council meets on the first Tuesday of the month at 6:30 p.m. at the community center in Kellyton.

• New Site Town Council meets the first and third Monday of the month at 5 p.m. in the Conference Room in the Town Hall.

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Radney: City is correct Legislature not required to make area contiguous in annexation process

By JIMMY WIGFIELD Managing Editor

The City of Alexander City is within its rights to ask the Alabama Legislature to annex portions of lakefront property in the Miner’s Cove area that will not be contiguous to the current city limits, according to the municipality’s attorney, Larkin Radney.

The city petitioned the legislature in March to approve the annexation of four parcels of property, including the Miner’s Cove area for future residential development. City revenue manager Ward Sellers said at the time the city did not want to connect Miner’s Cove to the current city limits because it would extend the police jurisdiction.

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OPENING THE GATES Photos by Jimmy Wigfield / The Outlook

Alex City mayor still hospitalized

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ater pours down the wall of the Martin Dam on Friday as a spillway gate was opened as part of Alabama Power’s flood control procedure. Later in the day a second gate was opened, according to dam superintendent Billy Bryan, and each gate can handle 3 million gallons of water per minute. The gates were opened because Lake Martin is near full pool at 491 feet and recent heavy rain triggered the procedure. As of later Friday afternoon, the level had dropped to 490 feet, 7 inches and generation outflow was at 17,647 cubic feet per second.

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Nabors suffered fall; release date unknown as of Friday

By JIMMY WIGFIELD Managing Editor

Alexander City Mayor Jim Nabors remained in UAB Hospital Friday and it isn’t known when he will be released.

Multiple sources had said there was a possibility he would be sent home Friday but UAB confirmed Nabors, 76, was still hospitalized after suffering a fall at his home Wednesday evening and being airlifted to Birmingham.

Nabors is recuperating in a regular room, the hospital said, and he did not respond to messages Friday.

This was the latest information as of Outlook press time Friday night.

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Price wants to develop grads who give back to city Newly named deputy superintendent Dr. Beverly Price brings 17 years of experience in Alexander City Schools to a position created by superintendent Dr. Keith Lankford to organize and align the system.

Price was appointed Tuesday at the Alexander City Board of Education meeting.

Price began her career in 2002 as the assistant principal at Radney Elementary School.

She moved up to principal before taking the position of district school improvement coach.

Price later became the principal of Alexander City Middle School and was previously the director of secondary schools before her appointment as deputy superintendent.

“I appreciate the board having confidence in me to appoint me to this position,” Price said.

“It’s something I look forward to.”

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Easter a time to Reasons why Alabama should pass pro-life bill celebrate rebirth

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aster is a time of renewal — a reminder of life restored. The natural sense of the coming of spring mingles for the day with the Christian promise of eternal life through Jesus’ death and resurrection.

Christianity was born in persecution. Jesus spoke the truth to the religious leaders of the day and they conspired with civil officials to kill Him. Christians suffered persecution at the hands of the Romans, Pagan barbarians and Muslim invaders over the centuries. Great Christian civilizations like the Byzantine Empire were wiped from the map. Today, Christians die for their beliefs at the hands of the Islamic State’s Muslim fanatics.

Real religious persecution is hard for us to truly comprehend in this country. Christians battle with secular humanists and each other over social issues of the day — abortion, capital punishment, same-sex marriage — and the passion on both sides of each issue is real. In the West with its promise of religious liberty, Christianity’s greatest enemy is apathy and a growing indifference to spirituality.

This weekend, about 2 billion Christians will celebrate the most important event on the church calendar. Christmas — the celebration of the birth of Jesus — might attract the most attention in the secular world because of its great commercial importance. But Easter is essential to Christianity’s very meaning.

For Christians, there is no Christianity without Jesus’ resurrection. It promises victory over death.

It promises eternal life. It promises salvation. And Christians believe it is granted freely to all who seek it.

Easter’s celebration again brings hope to Christians around the globe.

Now, as they have through the centuries, many will take comfort in that hope in a world that seems to be growing increasingly dangerous and chaotic.

And on Easter, we mark the cycle of life and death and life again, knowing joy and pain are its inevitable shoots. We endure and we rejoice and we remember once more we can renew and begin again.

We hope all of our readers have a happy, safe Easter weekend.

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T.C. Coley represents District 1, including half of Coley Creek, the Andrew Jackson subdivision, the southern part of Indian Hill, North Central Avenue, part of Pearson’s T.C. Coley Chapel Road, the Northside community and portion of Spring Hill community. His phone number is 256-212-9316.

His address is 2316 North Central Avenue, Kellyton.

Steve Robinson represents District 2, which includes the southern part of Steve Robinson Alexander City, the Cedar Creek area, Ourtown and Willow Point. His phone number is 256-6540047. His address is 300 Heritage Drive Alexander City.

John McKelvey represents District 3, which includes Jackson’s Gap, Hackneyville, New Site and Daviston. John McKelvey McKelvey currently serves as chairman. His phone number is 256-794-4405. His address is 1285 Freeman Road, Dadeville.

Emma Jean Thweatt represents District 4, which includes Dadeville, Pace’s Point, northern Camp Hill, Buttston, Emma Jean Thweatt Dudleyville and part of Eagle Creek. She can be reached at 825-4207. Her address is 585 Brookwood Circle, Dadeville.

George Carleton Jr. represents District 5, which includes southern Camp Hill, Red Ridge, Walnut Hill, Union and Pleasant George Carleton Jr. Ridge. His address is 630 Turner Road Road, Dadeville.

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hat keeps us from sharing our stories? The ones we should tell?

When it comes to the story I shared Wednesday morning with the Alabama House Health Committee regarding what would be the nation’s strongest pro-life law, it’s been fear.

Fear of being misunderstood.

Fear of future assumptions based on past mistakes.

Most of all, fear of causing my oldest daughter any embarrassment or pain.

This is her story too.

But after long talks over the years and after recently watching the new movie “Unplanned” together, she said I must speak up. She is proud, not embarrassed, and said our story might strengthen one mother and might help save one life.

My daughter’s maturity humbles me because her life began when I was the opposite — foolish.

I graduated college after years of overachievement I hoped would lead to what I wanted more than anything: a successful career.

Like many driven young women, I had given almost no thought to motherhood.

Maybe one day I’d get married and have a family.

I moved to Virginia for my first job as a television reporter and continued a successful side hustle as a model and commercial actress. Everything was going better than I had dreamed. My life was filled with hope and anticipation.

But my life was also filled with loneliness and insecurity and with a gnawing desire to be loved and feel wanted.

I believed in abstinence until marriage but my now-husband and I fell short. I found myself taking a pregnancy test. My heart shattered when I saw the results. The test said someone inside me had started to live but in a flash it felt like everything about me had started to die.

Sometimes life requires us to fall on one side or the other of a fence we never noticed before. I was notionally pro-life but I had not engaged the argument because I had not thought about the argument. It was a topic for someone else, someplace else. But now it was me and the last thing I wanted was to be a mother.

I did not receive Planned Parenthood counseling but I imagine it would have said everything already racing through my mind: I was

RACHEL BRYARS Columnist only 22, way too young. I had everything to lose and nothing to gain. Why should one mistake define the rest of my life?

Experts say cognitive dissonance is one of the most intolerable mental states — when we believe something is true, we’ll either act in harmony with that belief, change it or rationalize any deviation from it.

I knew the growing baby inside of me was a human being. What else could she possibly be?

There were also medical realities that overpowered rhetoric — a heartbeat I heard at my first appointment, fingers and eyes and ears and feet I could see at my second.

I wish I could tell women in crisis pregnancies becoming a mother is pure bliss.

But it was the hardest thing I’ve ever done. As my pregnancy progressed, I fell into what I can only describe as months of complete anguish, depression and despair. I left my job. I sleepwalked into a marriage I feared was another mistake. I berated myself, constantly asking, “How could you have been so stupid?”

I withdrew from everyone and thought I’d never know happiness again.

It’s hard to write those words knowing what I know now: My husband and my five precious children are my entire world. I wish I were a better writer because it’s impossible for me to adequately describe the all-consuming love I feel for them. Anything lost is a laughable pittance, barely worth mentioning compared to all I’ve gained.

Looking now at my beautiful, artistic, strong, unique, nearly 14-year-old daughter, I can barely fathom how she might have been erased from existence if I’d followed our culture’s advice.

Some abortion rights supporters believe my daughter was not a person until the moment she emerged from my body. Others believe she may have been at some point but claim we lack the knowledge of when.

It seems a nightmarish hoax our society says during my pregnancy, even when my daughter was clearly alive, growing, able to smile, hear music, feel pain, kick her legs, and

even develop to where she could survive outside of me, her fate depended solely on whether I thought she should live or die.

I think in the quiet of our souls, we know our absurd rationalizations about a “choice” are the only way we can bear the unthinkable truth — every day abortion doctors inject unborn human beings with poison, crush their skulls, tear them limb from limb and vacuum them into the trash.

I went to college with Jessica Coleman, an Ohio woman who later went to prison when she confessed to stabbing her baby shortly after secretly giving birth when she was 15. I’ll never forget watching Oprah Winfrey interview the tearful, ashamed inmate who was once my soccer teammate.

How do we make sense of our hypocrisy? If only Jessica had received an abortion that day. If only a doctor, not her, had stabbed her baby the moment before he was born she would not have gone to prison. Oprah would have commended her for her brave choice.

It’s time to shake ourselves awake.

To Alabama’s lawmakers: It is always better for people to choose what’s right on their own. But some actions are so heinous, so deeply wrong, we must create laws to prevent them. Pass this bill.

To anyone who calls themselves pro-life but does not give money to crisis pregnancy centers, adoption services or anything related to supporting life, you are like a Pharisee, heaping heaving burdens on others but refusing to lift a finger yourself. Give.

To men everywhere, the instinct to protect women and children is written onto your hearts. Rise up. This is not just a woman’s issue.

You have every right to fight for the life of another human being, especially ones so defenseless.

And to my sisters carrying an unplanned baby, my heart aches for you. Every life, yours and your baby’s, is valuable. Make the next right choice.

It may be the hardest thing you ever do but it will be the best thing you ever do.

Rachel Blackmon Bryars is a senior fellow at The Alabama Policy Institute.

Connect with her at Rachel@alabamapolicy.org and on Instagram @rachelblackmonbryars.

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“Every day I feel is a blessing from God. And I consider it a new beginning. Yeah, everything is beautiful.”

— Prince

Today’s

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“A new command I give you: Love one another.”

— John 13:34

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COMMUNITY CLEANUP: Please join members of the Clean Community Partnership to volunteer cleaning up the streets of Alexander City. Meet at Broad Street Plaza at 8:30 a.m. for supplies and assignments. For more information, contact Jacob Meacham at jacob.meacham@alexandercitychamber.com.

TRADE DAY: Bibb Graves High School Alumni and Friends Association is hosting a trade day.

There is free setup outside for vendors, yard sale, flea market and swap meet items. No food vendors.

If you do well, a small donation is appreciated. There is also park and sale for cars, trucks, motorcycles, RVs, boats, 4-wheelers, side by sides and utility trailers. There is no charge to setup but a $20 donation is requested with a successful sale.

For more information contact Bruce Lowery at 205-522-5794.

EGG HUNT: GAP Fellowship Church is hosting an Easter Egg Hunt from 2:30 to 4:30 p.m. on the church grounds. It is for children in grades kindergarten through 12th grade.

Today’s Birthdays

Jeffery L. Baker, Barry Holt, Myron Oliver, Ema Meigs, Jasmine Pemberton, Shelia Mims, Jason Hardy and Scott Durden are cele-

brating birthdays today.

Today’s Anniversaries

Linda and Ronald Fuller, Bernice and George Harris and Christopher and Keneshia Jones celebrate their anniversaries today.

Easter Sunday Events

EASTER SERVICE: First Presbyterian Church at 371 Jefferson Street is hosting an Easter Service at 11 a.m. The church is located at 371 Jefferson Street.

EASTER MUSICAL: The Faith Temple Choir will present an Easter musical “The Tomb is Empty Now” at 10:30 a.m. The musical includes solos by Kathy and Frank Carpenter, Forrest Forbus, Julie hayes and Faith Anne McClellan.

EASTER SUNRISE SERVICE: Campground United Methodist Church is hosting an Easter Sunrise Service at 6 a.m. A fellowship breakfast will follow.

EASTER SUNRISE SERVICE: Church of Living Waters has been updated and expanded over the winter. It will have its sunrise service at 6:30 a.m. Rev John Mann will deliver the Easter message and a few members of the Auburn University Singers will provide special music.

Guests will notice an expanded seating capacity, new ceiling fans, an improved sound system, new metal roof, a stone walkway as you enter the seating area along with a stone cross rock sign, an updated larger stage, and a newly renovated boardwalk for boat docking.

Child service and refreshments will not be provided for this service.

EASTER SERVICE: New Hope Baptist Church off of Highway 63 South is hosting an Easter sunrise service at 6:30 a.m. There will be a breakfast following the service.

Worship service starts at 10:30 a.m.

Lunch at noon and an egg hunt at 1:30 p.m. For more information please contact Lou Ann Fuller at 256-392-5218.

EASTER SERVICE: St. James Episcopal Church is hosting Easter service at 8 and 10:30 a.m. with an Easter brunch at 9 a.m.

EASTER SERVICE: Great Bethel Missionary Baptist Church is hosting an Easter service at 10:30 a.m. The drama ministry will present “Good, Good Father.” Total Praise Dancers will present “ God Made Me and children and youth will have recitations.

Rev. Fredrick Young is pastor of Great Bethel Missionary Baptist Church.

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Rachel Flournoy, A’ndre Leonar, Will Bowen and Jackson Clark celebrate their birthdays Sunday.

Sunday’s Anniversaries Ronnie and Amanda Fuller and Mary and Louis Buzbee celebrate their anniversaries Sunday.

Monday’s Birthdays Jon Owens, Brittany Duncan, Terri Clark and Myrtis Burton celebrate their birthdays Monday.

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The Weogufka Center is holding its annual mule day from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, April 27. Entry is $5 per car and concessions will be sold. The old school and history museum will be open and there will be a chance to ride a mule.

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Monday, April 22

BOARD MEETING: The quarterly meeting of the Lake Martin Industrial Development Authority is at 10 a.m.

Monday, April 22 in the board room of the Betty Carol Graham Technology Center of the campus of Central Alabama Community College.

April 22-24

SPRING REVIVAL: The Almighty God Baptist Church in Goodwater is holding spring revival at 7 p.m. nightly April 22 - 24. The guest minister will be Rev. Tommy Carwell, pastor of Macedonia Baptist Church in Five Points.

Rev. Lorenzo Caldwell is pastor of Almighty God Baptist Church.

Tuesday, April 23

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The Learning Tree, Inc. is Accepting Applications for 2nd, 3rd and Weekend Shifts for Direct Care Applications can be picked up at: 101 S. Dubois Street Tallassee, AL 36078 Or contact Shatia Carr (334) 252-0025, Ext. 101 Email: Scarr@learning-tree.org

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YOUTH ADVISORY BOARD: The Adelia M. Russell Memorial Library is hosting a Youth Advisory Board meeting at 4 p.m. Tuesday, April 23.

Transportation is provided. Contact Ashley Williams at 256-373-3538.

VOTER REGISTRATION: The Tallapoosa County Board of Registrars is holding a voter registration drive at Central Alabama Community College from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday, April 23 during CACC’s Spring Fling.

Wednesday, April 24

MEETING: There will be a town meeting at 5 p.m. April 24 at the New Site Town Hall to discuss annexation.

Saturday, April 27

FISH FRY: Calvary Heights Baptist Church will host its sixth annual fish fry Saturday, April 27 from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m.

A $15 donation will include two farm-raised catfish fillet, Mississippi recipe hush puppies, homemade slaw and pound cake along with a large tea, tartar sauce, ketchup and a utensil packet.

Proceeds benefit the CHBC building fund.

Tickets are expected to sell out so interested parties must buy their tickets early to ensure a plate. Tickets are available at Kennedy Service Center at the corner of South Central and Lee Street.

BOOK SALE: Friends of the Dadeville Public Library are hosting their spring book sale at 9 a.m.

Saturday, April 27 in the basement of the library. Hardback books are $1 each, paperbacks are 50 cents each or you can buy a bag of books for $5. All proceeds go to the library’s children’s and community programs.

For more information call the Dadeville

Public Library at 256-825-7820.

MULE DAY: The Weogufka Center is holding its annual mule day Saturday, April 27 from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. Entry is $5 per car and concessions will be sold. The old school and history museum will be open. There will be a chance to ride a mule.

GAME NIGHT: Bibb Graves High School Alumni and Friends in Millerville is hosting family game night and bingo April 27 from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. The night will start with hotdogs, pizza, chips and drinks.

April 27 - 28

PASTORAL ANNIVERSARY: Macedonia Baptist Church in Goodwater is honoring Dr. and Sister Melvin Ervin. The pre-anniversary program is at 6 p.m. Saturday, April 27.

The speaker is Dr. Eddie L. Hunter.

The anniversary program is at 11 a.m. Sunday, April 28. The speaker is Minister Stracy Stroud.

Sunday, April 28

SPRING CONCERT: The Central Alabama Community College/ Community Concert Band will have its spring concert at 4 p.m. Sunday, April 28 in the Betty Carol Graham Auditorium. The guest conductor will be Dr. Quincy Hilliard of University of Louisiana-Lafayette.

HISTORICAL SOCIETY MEETING: The Tallapoosee Historical Society will meet on the fourth Sunday, April 28 at 2:00 p.m. at the Dadeville Recreation/Senior Citizen Center at 116 Kids Court, near the school. The Center is scheduled to house the Alabama Bicentennial Traveling Exhibit celebrating 200 years of Alabama Statehood on April 23 through May 2. The historical society members will view and discuss the exhibits during the business meeting.

Guests are asked to come and view the exhibit comprised of a number of interactive visual/audio panels. This is an opportunity to learn more about the history of our state. The public is invited, and tasty refreshments will be served.

PASTORAL ANNIVERSARY: Mt. Olive Missionary Baptist Church is celebrating the pastoral anniversary of Rev. and Sister Melvin Keelly Jr. at 2 p.m. Sunday, April 28. The guest minister is Rev. Justin Freeman of New Cannan Missionary Baptist Church.

CONCERT: Red Ridge United Methodist Church is hosting “SonRise,” a Christian vocal band, 4 p.m. Sunday, April 28 in the church sanctuary at the corner of Highway 49 and County Road 34.

Vicki Cater is pastor.

FIRST SERMON: Rev. Michael Strong is giving his first public sermon at Kellyton Chapel United Methodist Church at 4 p.m. April 28.

SINGING ANNIVERSARY: Coger Hill Church in Daviston is hosting the 39th singing anniversary of Alice Lewis at 2 p.m. Sunday, April 28. All choirs, groups and soloists are welcome.

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USHERS MEETING: There will be a meeting of Early Rose District ushers at 5 p.m. Tuesday, April 30 at the Cooper Community Center.

CHORAL CONCERT: The Benjamin Russell Choral Department is hosting its spring choir concert at 7 p.m. Tuesday, April 30. The concert will feature the varsity singers, the gospel choir, the intro choir, the middle school choir and several soloists. The doors will open at 6:15 p.m. to the public. Admission is free but donations will be accepted.

Saturday, May 4

CHILDREN’S EVENT: The Tallapoosa Baptist Association is hosting a children’s event for kids first through sixth grade. Featured guests Nathan, the Crazy Tie Guy Juggler, Puddinfoot and her clown friends will be on stage at 12:40 p.m. Nathan has performed at venues all the world and even for a president. Puddinfoot also has traveled the world showing the gospel through her clown ministry. The event starts at 10 a.m. at the Camp Hill Pavilion across from Langley Funeral Home.

FISHING TOURNAMENT: The 10th Annual Horseshoe Bend High School Cheerleaders Bass Fishing Tourament is May 4 at Wind Creek State Park. Registration begins at 6 a.m. with a Big Fish Pot of $20 per boat. There is a guaranteed payback of $3,000. For registration and more information call 256-749-4564.

SUNDAY WORSHIP ON THE WATER: Dadeville First United Methodist Church and New Waters Farms are partnering to provide Sunday Worship On the Water services at New Waters Farms beginning May 4. Worship will begin at 8:30 am.

The churches intend to hold these services every Sunday until the last weekend in September. All are invited to attend the Christian non-denominational services.

New Waters Farms is located at 460 Civitan Rd. in Dadeville, and is on Sandy Creek just adjacent to Maxwell Recreation Area for boat access.

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Good Friday, but Sunday and hide as the seeker counted Columnist is coming! Jesus went to trial to 100. At that point, the seeker condemned to die by crucifixion. would yell, “Ready or not here I Around noon He began hanging on come.” the cross in agony for some three long hours.

As I think on life, everything has a On Saturday, the body is in the tomb. Is it correlation either to Jesus or to Satan, be it finished? Remember, Sunday is coming! tangible or intangible; think about it! With Sunday has come! The tomb is empty. this week being one of the most sacred and Hallelujah, He arose! People wondered how holy days in the life of a Christian, I began this could have happened. Today people to think about holy week. All of salvation wonder how Jesus lived, died and arose to leads up to and goes forth from these life. He arose to life so you and I could have saving events — the passion, the death, the life forever with Him. “If we are alive when resurrection and ascension of Jesus Christ.

Jesus comes back, we will be caught up Giving a few examples of what occurred together in the clouds to meet the Lord in the during this week, we begin with Palm air.” 1 Thessalonians 4:17 Sunday and this is the day Jesus made His In a strange kind of way, scripture tells entry into Jerusalem amid people waving us that Jesus knows a little about hide and palm branches. The people were excited to welcome what they thought to be an earthly seek because, “ready or not, He will come.”

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Jackie Wilbourn is a member of Bethel Tuesday of holy week shows the Baptist Church, a chaplain with the leadership of the temple confronting Jesus’ Alabama Baptist Disaster Relief team and a leadership. Jesus uses this opportunity to regular faith columnist for The Outlook. teach, especially the parables. Remember, This devotional and directory made possible by these businesses who encourage all of us to attend worship services!

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Flint Hill Baptist Hwy. 280, Dadeville Friendship Baptist Our Town Community, 256-329-5243

Pine Grove Baptist Eagle Creek Rd., Dadeville Pleasant Home Baptist Clay County Pleasant Valley Missionary Baptist 835 Valley Rd., Camp Hill 334-257-4442 Ridge Grove Missionary Baptist Alexander City, 256-234-6972 Rocky Mt. Baptist New Site community Seleeta Baptist Booker St., Alex City 256-329-2685 Shady Grove Baptist Jackson’s Gap Community

Dadeville, 256-234-7541 Mountain Springs Baptist Off Hwy. 22, Daviston

306 Meadows St., Alex City Pleasant Grove Church of Christ 1819 Bay Pine Rd, Jackson’s Gap

First United Methodist 310 Green St., Alex City 256-234-6322

Mt. Carmel Baptist 3610 Dudleyville Rd., Dadeville

Southview Church of Christ 2325 Dadeville Rd., Alex City 256-329-0212

First United Methodist Dadeville, 256-825-4404

Mt. Zion Baptist Hwy. 63 South, Alex City 256-234-7748 New Beginning Baptist 1076 Coley Creek Rd. New Concord Baptist Off hwy. 49, Dadeville, 256-825-5390 New Elkahatchee Baptist Elkahatchee Rd., Alex City 256-329-9942

New Pine Grove Baptist Off Hwy. 22, Perryville

BAPTIST – SOUTHERN Bay Pine Baptist 1480 Bay Pine Rd. Jackson’s Gap, 256-825-4433

New Faith Tabernacle A.C.O.P. Church of God “J” Street

New Providence Baptist Pearson Chapel Rd., Alex City

Bethany Baptist Church Bethany Road Bethel Baptist Smith Mt. Rd., Jackson’s Gap 256-825-5070 Beulah Baptist Smith Mt. Rd., Jackson’s Gap 256-825-9882 Calvary Baptist 819 Main St., Dadeville, 256-825-5989 Calvary Heights Baptist Elkahatchee, Rd., Alex City 256-234-7224

New Rocky Mount Baptist 670 Peckerwood Rd., Jackson’s Gap 256-794-3846 New Salem Road New Site Rd., New Site, 256-234-2932 Old Providence Baptist Off Hwy. 63 N., near Hackneyville Old Union Baptist 1106 Davis Circle 256-596-1873 Orr Street Baptist 1000 “O” Street (Hwy. 63N) Alex City, 256-234-3171 Perryville Baptist Perryville, 256-234-3588

Eagle Creek Baptist Hwy. 49, Dadeville, 256-825-6048

Rocky Creek Baptist Samford Rd., Cowpens Community

Macedonia Baptist Macedonia Circle, Goodwater 256-839-5793

Fellowship Baptist Buttston Community

Rocky Mount Baptist Hwy. 22 E., Alex City, 256-329-2327

Marietta Baptist Goodwater

Fellowship Primitive Baptist Church on Claybrook Drive, Alex City 256-839-5339

Rock Springs Baptist Jackson’s Gap, 256-839-6263

First Baptist Court Square, Alex City 256-234-6351

Mt. Calvary Baptist 329 King St., Alex City, 256-234-5631

First Baptist Tallassee St., Dadeville, 256-825-6232

Mt. Olive Baptist Hwy. 280 & Jct. 49, Goodwater

Good News Baptist Church 10493 Hwy. 280, Jackson’s Gap 256-825-2555

Mt. Sinai Baptist Fish Pond Rd., Coosa County 256-329-2337

Hackneyville Baptist Hwy. 63 N., Hackneyville

Mt. Zion West Our Town Community, 256-234-7748

Hillabee Campground UMC 120 CC Road, Alex City Sunday School 10am Sunday Service 11am

Zion Hill Missionary Baptist 583 S. Broadnax St., Dadeville

River Road Baptist 148 Dean Rd., Alex City, 256-234-6971

Mt. Zion East StillWaters Dr., 256-825-4991

Cedar Street Church of God 711 Martin Luther King Blvd.

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Marshall Street Church of God 428 Marshall Street, Alex City 256-234-3180

Daviston Baptist Daviston, 395-4327

Mt. Zion Baptist Hwy. 22, New Site

Haven United Methodist 354 Christian St., Alex City 256-329-8394

New Life Baptist Jackson’s Gap, 256-825-6190 / 256-329-2635

Ray Baptist Rockford Hwy., Alex City, 256-234-7609

Miracle Missionary Baptist 1687 “I” Street 256-215-9788, 256-215-9787

Bread of Life A.C.O.P. Church of God Hwy. 280, Kellyton

Unity Baptist Robinson Rd., Alex City

Comer Memorial 941 E. Church St., Alex City 256-234-2236

Liberty Church 1034 Liberty Church Rd. Willow Point Alex City

Goodwater U.M. Main St., Goodwater, 256-839-6661

Dadeville Church of God 425 Horseshoe Bend Rd. (Hwy. 49 N.) Dadeville 256-825-8820

Pine Grove Baptist Camp Hill

Jackson’s Gap Baptist Church 21 East Church St. 256-825-6814

CHURCH OF GOD Alex City No. 2 A.C.O.P. Church of God Local Street, Alex City

New Hope Baptist 1133 New Hope Church Rd. 256-329-5218

The Great Bethel Missionary 520 Christian St., Alex City 256-234-5513

Camp Hill Baptist Downtown Camp Hill, 256-896-2811

Hollins Springs Baptist Hwy. 280, Goodwater

Flint Hill U.M., Alex City 256-234-5047

Russell Farm Baptist Hwy. 63 beyond Our Town

New Bethel Baptist Rock St., Dadeville, 256-825-7726

Lake Martin Baptist Hwy 34, Dadeville 256-825-7434

Peace & Goodwill Baptist Cottage Grove Community Alexander City, 256-377-4634

Lake Pointe Baptist 8352 Hwy. 50W, Dadeville Lebanon Baptist Mt. Carmel Rd.,

Trinity United Methodist 280 By-pass, Alex City, 256-234-2455

Washington Street A.C.O.P. Church of God Washington Street

Union United Methodist 4428 Hwy. 50, Dadeville 256-825-2241

CHURCH OF GOD OF PROPHECY Church of God of Prophecy 303 Poplar Rd., Alex City, 256-234-6941

METHODIST – INDEPENDENT Daviston Independent Methodist Daviston, 395-4207

CHURCH OF JESUS CHRIST Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints 1515 Worthy Road, Alex City (Corner of Worthy Place and Dadeville Road)

PENTECOSTAL Pentecostals of Dadeville 115 West Columbus Street Dadeville, 256-596-3411

CHURCH OF THE NAZARENE Dadeville Church of the Nazarene Corner Hwy. 280 and 49, 256-825-8191

PRESBYTERIAN First Presbyterian 371 Jefferson St., Alex City 256-329-0524

EPISCOPAL Saint James Episcopal Church 121 South Central Ave., Alex City 256-234-4752

First Presbyterian Okefuske, Dadeville, 256-825-4081

HOLINESS Alex City Emmanuel Holiness Hillabee St., Alex City House of Restoration Holiness 519 Slaughter Ave., Camp Hill, 256-749-2373, 256-896-2904

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CATHOLIC St. John the Apostle 454 N. Central Ave., Alex City 256-234-3631 CHURCH OF CHRIST Alex City Church of Christ 945 Tallapoosa St., Alex City 256-234-6494 Dadeville Church of Christ East LaFayette St., Dadeville Meadows St. Church of Christ

Robinson Memorial Presbyterian Robinson Rd., Alex City UNITED PENTECOSTAL Alex City Apostolic 3708 Robinson Rd., Alexander City, 256-329-1573

Sunny Level Baptist Church Sunny Acres Subdivision Sewell Street

Zion Hill Baptist Hwy. 79, near Horseshoe Bend

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New Bethel Fellowship Church 5474 Rock Springs Road Jackson’s Gap 256-825-3367

Comer Memorial U.M. 427 East Church St., 256-329-3467

The Baha’I Faith 740 Newell Street, Camp Hill 256-896-4007

Duncan Memorial U.M. 3997 Hillabee Rd., Alex City 256-234-6708

The Word Bible Church 161 Main St., Alex City, 256-215-5646

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God’s House 9334 Hwy 63N, Alex City Roger Green Sun. Service: 11:00 & 6:00 Wed. Bible Study: 6:30

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Sunnylevel United Methodist 3202 Hwy. 63N, Alex City 256-234-6877

The Church of God 13th Ave. N., Alex City 256-329-1696

Fellowship Revival Center Mission 316 6th Ave., Alex City 256-329-1510 weekends

Wayside Baptist 21 Wayside Circle, Alex City 256-234-5564

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Red Ridge United Methodist 8091 County Road 34, Dadeville 256-825-9820

Pentecostal Church of God 163 Franklin Street, Alex City 256-215-4055

Liberty Life Christian Center 321 “S” Street, Alex City

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Pearson Chapel U.M. Pearson Chapel Rd., Alex City

Sixth Street Baptist Sixth St., Alex City, 256-234-2408

Jackson’s Gap Baptist Jackson’s Gap, 256-825-4951

Kendrick Baptist Church Nixburg

New Harvest Ministries Church of God Hwy 280 & Coosa 28 256-329-2331

Sandy Creek Baptist Alex City

Town Creek Baptist Camp Ground Rd., Alex City

New Elam Baptist Hwy. 9, Burtonville, 256-234-2037

Liberty United Methodist Liberty Rd., Hackneyville

FULL GOSPEL Dadeville Foursquare Gospel Church Old 280 By-pass

Hillabee Baptist Hillabee Rd., Alex City 256-234-6798 Horseshoe Bend Baptist Hwy. 280, Dadeville

Kellyton Baptist Kellyton, 256-329-1512

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PUZZLES & HOROSCOPE ARIES (March 21-April 19) Push comes to shove early on. You could walk away from a diÉ&#x2C6;erence of opinion -- in fact, you might be well-advised to do so. No matter what you do or where you go, the unexpected runs rampant. Tonight: Be clear about your plans.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20) Defer to others right now. Others recognize that you can support yourself; they see your graciousness in allowing them to create more of what is pleasing. Understand your limits, but be willing to revamp them, too. Tonight: Allow another person to lure you in.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20) Your playfulness comes through. You seem to be able to do and say what you want on a heartfelt level. Today, be aware of other commitments because you could lose sight of time. Your ability to mix diÉ&#x2C6;erent situations and Ă&#x2026;ex through instability emerges. Tonight: Allow your whims to speak.

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Police Reports Alexander City Police Department April 18

Photos by Jimmy Wigfield / The Outlook Water pours down the wall of the Martin Dam on Friday as a spillway gate was opened as part of Alabama Powerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s flood control procedure. Later in the day a second gate was opened, according to dam superintendent Billy Bryan, and each gate can handle 3 million gallons of water per minute.

â&#x20AC;˘ Amanda Lynn Sandlin, 34, of Alexander City was arrested for obstructing criminal investigation. â&#x20AC;˘ Unzell Devone Tuck, 37, of Alexander City was arrested for theft of property fourth degree ($499 or less). â&#x20AC;˘ Lakiva Termaine Key, 36, of Alexander City was arrested for disorderly conduct. â&#x20AC;˘ Antonio Scott Hughley, 20, of Dadeville was arrested for possession of marijuana second degree. â&#x20AC;˘ Harassment was reported in Alexander City. â&#x20AC;˘ Disorderly conduct and resisting arrest was reported in Alexander City. â&#x20AC;˘ Unlawful breaking and entering a vehicle and theft of property fourth degree ($499 or less) was reported in Alexander City. â&#x20AC;˘ Domestic incident reported in Alexander City. â&#x20AC;˘ Domestic incident reported in Alexander City. â&#x20AC;˘ Domestic violence third degree reported in Alexander City. â&#x20AC;˘ Unlawful breaking and entering and theft of property second degree (greater than ($1,500 to $2,500) reported in Alexander City. â&#x20AC;˘ Theft of property reported in Alexander City. â&#x20AC;˘ Theft of property fourth degree reported in Alexander City. â&#x20AC;˘ Harassing communications reported in Alexander City. â&#x20AC;˘ Theft of property reported in Alexander City. â&#x20AC;˘ Disorderly conduct reported in Alexander City. â&#x20AC;˘ Harassing communications reported in Alexander City. â&#x20AC;˘ Unlawful breaking and entering a vehicle and theft of property third degree ($500-$1,499) reported in Alexander City. â&#x20AC;˘ Unlawful breaking and entering a vehicle and theft of property third degree ($500-$1,499) reported in Alexander City. â&#x20AC;˘ Information report reported in Alexander City. â&#x20AC;˘ Unlawful breaking and entering a vehicle and theft of property second degree ($1,500-$2,500). â&#x20AC;˘ Theft of property first degree ($2,500) reported in Alexander City.

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â&#x20AC;˘ Felicia Ann Brown, 50, of Alexander City was arrested for theft of property. â&#x20AC;˘ Mercedes Dominique Freeman, 26, of Alexander City was arrested for failure to appear and bail jumping misdemeanor. â&#x20AC;˘ Jackie Steve Oliver, 57, of Alexander City was arrested for theft â&#x20AC;&#x201C; from public building. â&#x20AC;˘ Domestic violence (harassment) reported in Alexander City. â&#x20AC;˘ Dog presumed to be vicious reported in Alexander City. â&#x20AC;˘ Harassment reported in Alexander City. â&#x20AC;˘ Welfare check reported in Alexander City. â&#x20AC;˘ Forgery second degree reported in Alexander City. â&#x20AC;˘ Assisting another agency reported in Alexander City. â&#x20AC;˘ Harassment reported in Alexander City. â&#x20AC;˘ Domestic violence third degree reported in Alexander City.

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â&#x20AC;˘ Tristian Renee Shaw, 23, of Alexander City was arrested for harassment. â&#x20AC;˘ Aaron Lazerric Allen, 33, of Alexander City was arrested for domestic violence third degree. â&#x20AC;˘ Domestic violence third degree reported in Alexander City. â&#x20AC;˘ Leaving the scene of an accident reported in Alexander City. â&#x20AC;˘ Leaving the scene of an accident reported in Alexander City. â&#x20AC;˘ Domestic dispute reported in Alexander City. â&#x20AC;˘ Dog bite reported in Alexander City. â&#x20AC;˘ Unauthorized use of a vehicle reported in Alexander City. â&#x20AC;˘ Harassment or harassing communications reported in Alexander City. â&#x20AC;˘ Domestic incident reported in Alexander City. â&#x20AC;˘ Duty on striking and unoccupied vehicle reported in Alexander City. â&#x20AC;˘ Theft of property second degree reported in Alexander City.

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Public Notices PUBLIC NOTICE Notice is hereby given that Central Plant Technology, Inc. 11204 South State Hwy 605 Slocomb, AL 36375 has completed all work on the Water System Improvements Project for the Town of New Site, DWSRF project no. FS010230-01.

This notice will appear for four consecutive weeks beginning April 13, 2019 and ending May 4, 2019. All persons having any claim for labor, materials, or otherwise in connection with this project should immediately notify the above-named contractor and the Town of New Site.

Alexander City Outlook: Apr. 13, 20, 27 and May 4, 2019 COMPLETION PUBLIC NOTICE MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE SALE Default having been made in the payment of the indebtedness secured by that certain mortgage executed by Theresa Horton, an unmarried woman, originally in favor RI &LWLÂżQDQFLDO &RUSRUDWLRQ LLC, on the 26th day of January, 2011, said mortgage 2IÂż I

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Thence continue North along the West side of said road for 100 feet; thence West for 150 feet; thence South for 100 feet; thence East for 150 feet to the Point of Beginning.

The above described situated in the Southwest 1/4 of the Northeast 1/4 of Section 21, Township 23, Range 21, Tallapoosa County, Alabama.

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is basically over the teaching and learning aspect,” Lankford said, “someone who understands curriculum, who understands kindergarten through 12th-grade alignment, and Dr. Price had that.

I was very excited when she applied.”

Lankford said Price was the top candidate of 30 applicants.

“She understands strength and weaknesses,” Lankford said. “She understands data and is somebody I could confide with and talk about the alignment and how to move our system forward.”

Price has multiple duties as the deputy superintendent.

Price said she will work with the directors of elementary and secondary education to coordinate the curriculum and instruction for pre-K through 12th grade.

“Everything that we do begins with the goals and objectives that we have for our graduates going all the way back down to our students who come in at pre-K,” she said.

As deputy superintendent Price will coordinate grants and make sure the schools are in compliance with federal and state programs. Price will also work with business and community partners to make sure graduates are satisfying the needs of the community.

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New deputy superintendent Beverly Price, right, watches a physical education class with coach Thomas Leonard at Alexander City Middle School.

Price will make sure report card grades are where they need to be, lead data meetings and make sure the system is analyzing data correctly to run the classrooms perfectly.

Price started work Wednesday and she said she and Lankford have already started talking about filling

job vacancies.

“Wednesday morning was my first official day on the job and we’ve already started by looking ahead to the 201920 school year,” Price said.

Price said her main goal in her new position is to create successful graduates.

“That goal stems off anoth-

er goal to make sure all of our students can read hopefully by the end of third grade,” she said. “(And) If they have a deficit that we identify and are able to get them where they need to be, again, (it) lays the foundation for them to be successful in whatever career or college that they

plan to attend when they leave here.”

Price said the school system also wants to create a safe atmosphere where it can identify students’ needs and unique talents.

“We want to guide them into a career in which they can utilize that unique gift and talent,” Price said. “I think that’s not just my goal but it’s the goal of Alexander City Schools mainly to produce graduates who are going to come back to Alexander City and who are going to help Alexander City grow and to become the city that we know that it can be.”

Price thinks the position is a challenge but said it will be fun working alongside Lankford.

“It’s going to be rewarding because I think that we have great (ideas),” Price said. “(Lankford) has some great ideas and I’m excited to be in a position that I can help to bring those ideas into reality because when we do, it’s going to be great for our students and in turn great for Alexander City.”

Price, a Dadeville native, began her career in education at Central Alabama Community College and taught at Horseshoe Bend School. Price said her two daughters are Benjamin Russell graduates.

Annexation Radney said there are three ways a municipality can annex property in Alabama: • Voting by those in the proposed annexation area.

• Presenting a petition to the council when everybody in the area wants to be annexed.

• Requesting the legislature to annex territory.

In the case of Miner’s Cove, the legislature has clear constitutional authority to annex areas that may not be con-

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“The city passed a resolution asking the legislature to annex that area,” Radney said.

“This is not a municipal annexation. The law is clear. A legislative annexation is not bound by the same limitations as municipal annexations, which requires property to be contiguous.”

Most of the property the city wants to annex, which is owned by

River Cove II LLC, is located on a peninsula connected by a bridge and the only access is via Sturdivant Road, which Alexander City is not annexing.

Radney said in 1986 the legislature approved annexations

by Alexander City of areas across Lake Martin, including River Oaks, Shady Point, Lake Hill Estates, River Bend, Lakewinds Golf Course and part of the Sturdivant Creek area.

“Since that annex-

ation, property owners contiguous to these areas have petitioned to be annexed into the city,” Radney said. “The city limits extend to Midway Estate Road, as I understand.”

Radney said Article IV of the Alabama Constitution does not prohibit the legislature from “altering or rearranging the boundaries of (a) city, town or village.”

Radney cited a 1995 Alabama Supreme Court ruling in the case

of Birmingham vs.

Vestavia Hills, which through the legislature annexed two parcels of property that were not contiguous with Vestavia Hills’ city limits.

“The courts have held this constitutional and have further held, as the court did in the Vestavia Hills case, that the legislative annexation is not bound by the statutory limitation that the property to be annexed be contiguous to present corporate limits when

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annexed by a municipality,” Radney said.

In that case, the Supreme Court ruled the legislature enacted a local law in response to a city’s need to annex noncontiguous property.

“Vestavia had no choice but to turn to the legislature because both the City of Mountain Brook and Birmingham destroyed the contiguity between the two parcels and Vestavia, and neither of those two cities was willing to sacrifice some of its property to allow Vestavia to establish contiguity,” the Supreme Court said.

“Moreover, the legislature’s action was not unprecedented. The parties agree that on previous occasions the legislature has enacted local laws to annex noncontiguous territories into municipalities in Alabama … no provision of the Alabama Constitution limits the legislature’s broad authority with respect to municipalities and their boundaries so as to prevent the legislature from adopting a local act annexing noncontiguous territory to a municipality.”

Alexander City could see an economic impact of up to $360,000 a year from annexing the area at full buildout of 80 lots, which would take 17 years, according to Sellers.

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Ultimate jugging produces catfish feeding frenzy

By DAVID RAINER Department of Conservation and Natural Resources

Thank goodness some members of the younger generation still enjoy the outdoors.

If not, Joe Allen Dunn and I would have been ripe for the making of a comedy video of catfishing bloopers.

Fortunately, Dunn’s son, 19-year-old Hayden, was there to save two old dudes with bum knees from stumbling around the boat as the catfish went on a feeding frenzy.

Hayden was netting fish, rebaiting and tossing jugs as fast as he could go.

Dunn and James “Big Daddy” Lawler developed what they call “Ultimate Jug Fishing” for Millers Ferry on the Alabama River. Last September I made a trip to the (Dannelly) reservoir for hot-weather catfishing in deep water using sections of pool noodles as the floats with long lines to reach the fish in 20-30 feet of water.

Dunn invited me back for the spring catfishing bonanza when the fish move onto the shallows during the spawning run. This time, the lines were 3-4 feet long rather than 30.

Instead of pool noodles, the floats are 20-ounce Gatorade or Powerade bottles. A 30-inch section of green nylon string is tied to the bottle. A half-ounce lead weight is added before a swivel.

About 18 inches of 40- to 50-pound monofilament line is tied on before being snelled to a circle hook. Dunn said snelling the hook is important to get the circle hook to function like it should. He has also revised his recommendations on hook size. After a big catfish straightened out a 3/0 hook, he now sticks with 5/0.

“You catch a lot of medium-sized fish, but every once in a while, you’ll catch a 15- to 20- or 30-pounder,” Dunn said. “If you’re trying to fight him around to get him in, he’s going to straighten that 3/0 out. I’m just going with a heavier hook from now on, and you’ll still catch the smaller fish on the bigger hook.

“The thing about the bottles is when the wind gets a little brisk, the bottles will turn and draft. They don’t catch the wind as bad, so you get a slower drift. You want a little wind for the drift, but you don’t want to be chasing your jugs all over the place.”

Dunn buys bicycle tire inner tubes and uses scissors to cut 1-inch bands to slip over the neck of the jugs. This allows the lines to be wrapped tight so the lead won’t be slapping the bottle during transport, and it gives a place to stick the point of the circle hook to make sure it doesn’t get dull.

The places Dunn looks to deploy the jugs are flats off the main river channel with 2½ to 6 feet of water. After cleaning the fish, we realized why the catfish were on one particular flat. The fish stomachs were full of juvenile mussels.

“These fish are up there feeding and getting ready to spawn,” Dunn said. “The fish will stay in the flats the whole spring and the early part of the summer. When it gets hot, the fish will move out to the river channel.”

Dunn prefers skipjack herring and threadfin shad for catfish bait. He uses a cast net to catch the shad and occasionally lucks up on a school of skipjacks along the river banks. Right now, he said the best way to catch skipjacks is to cast Sabiki rigs below the dam.

Depending on the size, he uses a whole shad or cuts them in half. The skipjacks are cut into chunks. When he has a good bait run, Dunn has a specific way to freeze the bait for future use.

“Don’t take a gallon bag and pack all you can in it and zip it up,” he said. “By the time you get them all thawed out like that, the bait gets mushy. I take a gallon bag and put enough bait in it to make one layer. I mash it flat and zip it up. The last time we put up bait, we counted how many we had in one See RAINER • Page B2

Tiger turnaround Dadeville forces Game 3 after sloppy start to Round 1

By LIZI ARBOGAST Sports Editor

An absolute demolishment wasn’t exactly what Dadeville’s baseball team had in mind Friday night.

The Tigers, who have had their sights set on the ultimate trophy since the beginning of the season, came into Friday’s Class 3A first-round playoff series against Montgomery Academy expecting to win.

But those high hopes may have turned into overconfidence as the Eagles blew the doors off Dadeville, 11-0, in Game 1.

But the Tigers regrouped better than anyone could’ve expected. After playing one of their worst games of the season, they turned around and put together one of their most solid outings. The Tigers earned a 3-1 victory, forcing a decisive Game 3 at noon today.

“The second game, our guys played with intensity and played with our backs against the wall,” Dadeville coach Curtis Martin said.

“Tripp (McKinley) obviously pitched a great game, and Jake (Outlaw) came in and did what he usually does.”

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Top: Dadeville’s Ty Bell, left, leads off from first base against Montgomery Academy’s Trey Lindsey during the first round of the Class 3A playoffs Friday. Above: Dadeville’s Alex Walker swings at a pitch against Montgomery Academy on Friday.

McKinley threw a three-hitter and went 6 1/3 innings in Game 2 before Outlaw entered and fanned the final two batters to ensure the victory. Because Outlaw’s relief work was so short lived, he remains eligible for today’s game and will get the starting

nod.

“We are going to have to come out and play with the same intensity (today)” Martin said. “Obviously we have a great pitching going up against them, and I’m very confident in him starting.

Hopefully this will give us a

little bit of momentum.”

Dadeville struggled to hit the ball all day.

In the opening game, things couldn’t have started off better for the Tigers. After Slade McCullers struck out the side in the top of the first, See WILDCATS • Page B2

Reeltown clinches late lead to defeat Woodland STAFF REPORT TPI Staff

After trailing by a run through five innings, Reeltown’s softball team captured a sixth-inning lead and held onto it to take down Woodland, 4-3, Thursday afternoon.

Kenzie Gibson got things started for the Rebels in the sixth inning when she laced a single to center field. With one out, Chloe Davidson drew a walk before Bella Studdard drove in the tying run with a groundout. Davidson then played hero as she scored on a wild pitch to give the Rebels the ultimate victory.

Reeltown managed just four hits all day, including a home run by Madison Ledbetter, a triple from Kenzie Hornsby and singles by Davidson and Gibson.

Hornsby, Karlee Cotten and Davidson all spent time on the mound.

Hornsby went three innings, allowing five hits and three runs. She struck out one and walked one. Cotten came in for one hitless inning, and Davidson allowed just one hit and struck out three in a trio of innings.

CACC falls to Southern Union

The offense was flying for Southern Union’s softball team, which defeated Central Alabama Community College in the bottom of the ninth inning, 4-3, Thursday.

The Trojans had only five hits and were led by Sawyer Martin, who contributed two. Chelsea Parker, Kayli Hornsby (Reeltown) and Meredith McClellan had one hit apiece.

GOLF Wildcats compete at Sylacauga invite

The Benjamin Russell golf teams competed in the Sylacauga Invitational earlier this week with the boys finishing fifth out of 14 teams.

The Wildcats were behind only Enterprise, Auburn, Phenix City and Sylacauga.

Benjamin Russell’s boys were led by Kyle Mattox and Trey Shockley, who both turned in a 79. Also competing for the boys were Matthew Cush, Sawyer Parks, Jacob Scott, Harrison Kelly, Saxon Coker, Spencer Gilliland and Kolby Hand.

Keegan Wendling, Lainey Peters and Hadleigh Tidwell competed for the girls team.

Reflecting on 2 years in Alabama, which is now my home

J

ust over two years ago, I was packing my bags and saying goodbye to a place I learned to call home.

I spent six years in Pennsylvania, a place I knew I didn’t want to live forever but a place I had come to love. I worked with an amazing set of colleagues around the state and thought it would be impossible to replace them. More impossible than that would be to find a better set of coaches and players who I would connect with

LIZI ARBOGAST Sports Editor and learn to work k with. ith Fast forward two years, and I now have a new place I call home. I celebrated my two-year anniversary at The Outlook earlier this week, and with all the recent talk about

the growth of and change to Alexander City, I’ve realized just how much I love this town.

I want Alex City to prosper; I want changes to be made, not just for the sake of change but for the right reasons. I want to see this city thrive and the people in it to as well.

But the reason Alex City is my home now isn’t just because I live here or because I’m a taxpayer or because I’ve started talking to my councilman about the issues (it

helps my councilman is also my friend, Scott Hardy). It’s because of the people here.

It’s because of the people at Tallapoosa Publishers.

The editorial staff and I have been through a lot here at The Outlook since the death of our beloved Mitch Sneed. We have put in countless hours; we have given our blood, sweat and tears to making sure we put out a paper every single day, just like Mitch would. I often wonder what Mitch would think of

me now. Would he be proud?

It’s because of people like Caleb Turrentine. Caleb is the sportswriter at The Wetumpka Herald, The Tallassee Tribune and The Eclectic Observer.

And you’ve seen his name grace the pages of The Outlook more than once as well. We went through a lot to get a solid, reliable and passionate sportswriter for TPI’s weekly papers, and Caleb is just that person. And he makes my job a See ARBOGAST • Page B2

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LMMG expands to allow range memberships

By CARMEN RODGERS Staff Writer

As the calendar transitions into spring and summer, Lake Martin Machine Gun on Highway 229 in Eclectic is expanding to allow people to bring their own firearms.

At the 90-acre range, patrons can touch and shoot historic machine guns that would otherwise be unobtainable in a controlled environment under the direct supervision of trained professionals.

Daily and yearly memberships are available and active-duty law enforcement can shoot free.

“They have enough to pay for so practicing to save our lives one day is on us,” co-owner David McGirt said.

The range has expanded its hours and is now open Friday, Saturday and Monday from 9 a.m. until 5 p.m. and Sunday from noon until 5 p.m.

A range safety officer will run the range at all times while patrons enjoy the pistol lanes out to 25 yards and rifle lanes out to 50 yards.

Steel targets are available on the pistol and rifle lanes.

Ammunition, hearing protection, eye protection and targets are available at the range’s new pro shop.

The facility has been upgraded so shooters can enjoy the comfort of air conditioning in warmer months and heat during the cooler season.

Annual membership allows for unlimited visits throughout the month and the ability to visit their NFA purchases at the range while waiting for tax stamp approvals. Annual members will also have the first shot at purchasing rental range guns as they

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Art Ayreault, who is visiting the Lake Martin area for Spring Break, enjoyed the Lake Martin Machine gun experience, while range safety officer, and owner, David McGirt, stands by closely.

heck of a lot easier.

It’s because of the people who I can now call my friends. I’ve had a tough go of it throughout the last year in my personal life, and I have friends like Amy Passaretti, Santana Wood, Annie Bartol, Nick Grogan — the list goes on and on — who I can count on each and every day. They are blessings I never thought I’d have.

It’s because of the people who I get to work with and talk to every day: Coaches, parents, readers. I’ve said it more than once; we have a great group of coaches and parents who are passionate about their kids, their sports and their athletics.

The coaches around here have been more than receptive to the way I do things, and the parents have been more than appreciative.

But most importanly, Alex City and Tallapoosa County is my home because of the people I cover.

I’ve been in this business almost 10 years, and people always ask me, “Why don’t you get into reporting on college sports or the pros?” The answer is simple. I love the purity of high school sports and high school athletes. I love the want and the drive and the passion they show on a daily basis. Everything means so much to them. Every down is important; every basket is the big one; every pitch counts. Because their futures are still ahead of them, and their potential has yet to be fulfilled.

I am blessed to have landed in Alexander City.

When I first came here for my interview with Mitch, I fell in love with the area. I loved the lake and the hiking, and when Mitch took me to the Charles E. Bailey Sportplex and showed me the Benjamin Russell football stadium, I felt like I was home. Now, I know I really am.

Lizi Arbogast is the sports editor of The Outlook.

SPORTS CALENDAR Saturday, April 20 High school baseball Class 6A First Round Benjamin Russell at Wetumpka, 1 p.m.

Class 3A First Round Montgomery Acad. at Dadeville, noon High school softball Reeltown in Randolph County Tournament at Oxford High school track and field Benjamin Russell at Opelika Invitational, 9 a.m.

Dadeville in Hornet invite at Beauregard, 8:30 a.m.

Sunday, April 21 High school softball Dadeville in Beauregard Tournament at Auburn Softball Complex HBS in Lady Tiger Classic at Oxford Lakes College golf Central Alabama in District IV Championship at Marion, Illinois Monday, April 22 High school girls soccer Smiths Station at Benjamin Russell, 5 p.m.

College golf CACC in District IV Championship at Marion, Illinois Tuesday, April 23 High school softball Benjamin Russell at Beauregard, 4:30 p.m.

St. James at Dadeville, 5 p.m.

Central Coosa at Horseshoe Bend, 1 p.m.

High school golf BRHS vs. Central Phenix City at Willow Point, 2 p.m.

College baseball Coastal Alabama North at Central Alabama, 2 p.m.

College softball Shelton State at Central Alabama (2), 2 p.m.

layer, and it was about 50 baits. That’s working out real well.”

Back to the feeding frenzy we had last week, the blue cats (and occasional channel cat) were hungry. We baited the circle hooks and started tossing out jugs about 25 yards apart and let them drift down the flat.

Within five minutes, the action was non-stop, and we worked Hayden nonstop. As soon as a fish was thrown in the live well, another jug would start bobbing.

“Every flat is not going to be like that,” Dunn said.

“We hit it perfect. You may pick up one or two or nothing. You then pick up and move. You keep going into the flats until you find them. Make sure when you throw out the jugs that you get a good drift either across or down the flat. We hit it perfect last week. We were chasing jugs for an hour and a half. It was on.”

After we had a nice mess of catfish in the box, I insisted we try to find a few crappie. We hit the banks for a couple of hours, but the fish were not in the shallow water. A couple of days later, Dunn found out the fish were in a little deeper water.

Gerald Overstreet, a Millers Ferry crappie guide (251-589-3225), said the receding water is the reason the crappie are not in the super shallow water.

“I’ve seen it for the last several years,” Overstreet said. “What happens at Millers Ferry is when the water is up, the fish will get right beside the bank and will get really shallow, like 1 or 2 feet of water. They’ll

cycle out.

Members must be at least 18 and younger shooters are allowed with parental supervision.

For those new to shooting, Lake Martin Machine Gun offers NRA safety and training courses taught by certified

instructors onsite.

“We offer all of the training and licenses so the customer only needs comfortable clothes and closed-toe shoes,” McGirt said. “Safety glasses, hearing protection and gloves, if needed, are all supplied.”

Customers interested in machine gun rentals will be matched one-on-one with a safety officer who will assist the customer in all aspects of shooting.

With 25 rental machine guns available, there are three brackets of fully automatic firearms for people to use — submachine guns such as a Glock 18, IMI Uzi, Thompson, Grease Gun and H&K MP5s, and machine guns such as a Colt M4 and AK-47 or belt-fed weapons such as the M1919, M60, MG42 and M2HB. Before Lake Martin Machine Gun opened, people had to travel as far away as Knob Creek, Kentucky, to handle such unique guns.

The opportunity to shoot a machine gun is unique because in May 1986, President Ronald Reagan signed the Firearm Owners Protection Act, which among other things made the sale of fully automatic firearms manufactured before that year illegal. Owning the guns is still legal but it’s exceptionally difficult and expensive.

For more information, call 1-888-6606462 or visit www. lakemartinmachinegun. com.

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Hayden Dunn tosses out a jug baited with a small shad.

get right in the bushes and brush that’s flooded.

“When the water drops back to normal pool and drops out of those bushes, the fish will pull back off the bank. When the water levels settle down, those fish will be in anywhere from 3 to 6 feet of water.

They’re still spawning.

They just move back. A lot of the stuff they were spawning on when the water was up, unless it’s laying in the water, they’ll move off of it. With the water at normal pool, they’ll find the wood, the laydowns and stumps and things that are in 3 to 6 feet of water.”

Overstreet said he keeps the boat in a little deeper water to fish on the edges of the flats where the water

gets deep enough that you can’t see the bottom.

“From that point where you can’t see the bottom on out to about 6 feet of water is where those fish will spawn,” he said. “They’re still on wood and brush, or there may be a laydown tree.”

Overstreet is using a variety of fishing techniques to put crappie in the boat.

“We’re doing corks and minnows,” he said.

“We’re trolling some with minnows. And we’re pitching with 11-foot B&M poles and using a small cork with a 1/32-ounce Mid-South Tackle jig. On Millers Ferry, black and chartreuse is about as good a color as you can get.

“We usually pitch it to

Tigers Outlaw led off the home half of the inning with a single to left field. Then the Tigers went cold. They didn’t have a hit for the next four innings and managed only two more for the rest of contest.

Things also fell apart on the defensive side, as Montgomery Academy racked up five runs on just three hits and an error in the top of the third.

The Eagles used their baserunning to their advantage, scoring three runs throughout Game 1 on wild pitches.

Although Dadeville won the nightcap, its hitting woes didn’t get much better. The Tigers had just five hits in the second game.

“I don’t know if it was because

where you can just see the bottom and work it out.

Just let it sit for a second and let that light jig flutter down. Then bump the cork to make a little noise and then let it sit still. That gets the fish’s attention. They hit violently without even a minnow on it.”

If the bite is kind of tough, Overstreet tips the jig with a minnow or a piece of Crappie Nibbles (scent cubes) for extra enticement.

“The problem lately is getting minnows,” Overstreet said. “The folks around the lake are selling out of minnows two or three times a week.

“A lot of people are fishing because the crappie spawn is in full swing right now.”

continued from Page B1 they were lefties, but they did a good job of coming in and out on us and keeping us off balance,” Martin said.

“I don’t know what it was. I think they were high 70s (mph) and usually we do crush that. We had some hard-hit balls to the outfield, and their outfield was pretty strong. But their pitchers did great.”

Luckily for the Tigers, only one hit ultimately made the difference in their favor.

In the top of the third, Dadeville’s Walker Spraggins led off before being moved along by a bunt single from Cooper Childers. Outlaw then played hero by smashing one over the leftfield fence to drive in all three runs

the Tigers scored during the doubleheader.

Montgomery Academy looked to answer back by cutting into the deficit with a run in the bottom of the inning. But Dadeville was nearly perfect through the final four innings, allowing only one hit and two walks, to ensure the victory.

Game 3 will determine who takes on Providence Chrstian in Round 2.

“Obviously it’s winner-take-all,” Martin said. “I’d rather win the last one than the first one any day but overall I like our chances. If we can come in with our heads up and play with intensity and play with confidence, I think the sky is the limit.”

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St. John’s annual procession walks with Jesus

By GABRIELLE JANSEN Staff Writer

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bout 50 people participated in St. John the Apostle Catholic Church’s annual mile-long Good Friday procession.

Father Peter Thirumalareddy said parishioners walk around the block in meditation to remember the day Jesus was crucified.

“It is important because this is the day we fast and we are along with Jesus because when Jesus died we were all are sad when Jesus was killed,” Thirumalareddy said.

“So we do not want to forget Jesus; we all want to be part of his suffering. As a part of his suffering, this an expression that we walk with Jesus in the streets.”

The Alexander City Police Department escorted the procession, which is about a mile starting from the church.

Thirumalareddy said the church has held the procession for more than four years. “(The disciples were) helpless because they had no power and no authority so they were to silently look at Jesus suffering,” Thirumalareddy said. “So we commemorate the history when imagining that Jesus was walking with a heavy wooden cross. It is important because we want to be around Jesus on this day, not just at home.”

Thirumalareddy said the church also hosted Stations of the Cross and veneration of the cross Friday.

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St. John the Apostle Catholic Church held a procession Friday night. Above: A parishioner carries a chain during the procession.

Right: A parishioner beats a drum.

Unemployment remains low in state Rates basically unchanged in Tallapoosa, Coosa counties STAFF REPORT TPI Staff

Unemployment levels remained basically unchanged statewide and in Tallapoosa, Coosa and Elmore counties in March, according to the Alabama Department of Labor, while highwage jobs are enjoying a surge.

Alabama’s preliminary, seasonally adjusted March unemployment rate remained at a record-low 3.7 percent from February to March is and well below March 2018’s rate of 4 percent.

“We’re seeing great growth in some of our high-wage sectors,” ADL Secretary Fitzgerald Washington said in a release.

“Building construction employment has increased by nearly 11 percent over the year and aerospace parts and manufacturing is right behind it with more than 10-percent growth.”

Building construction employment increased to 21,200 in March while aerospace products and parts manufacturing employment increased to 13,100.

Construction sector weekly earnings showed tremendous growth over the month, rising to a record high of $1,010.21, representing a $61.39 increase from February and marking the first time in history this sector’s average earnings exceeded

$1,000.

The number of people counted as employed in Alabama is at a record high, Washington said.

“More people are working now than ever before in Alabama’s history,” he said.

“Employers are continuing to post jobs, companies are moving operations and our existing businesses are expanding.”

In March, 2.132 million people were count-

ed as employed, up from 2.127 million in February and up 28,953 from 2.103 million in March 2018, the ADL said.

March’s rate represents 82,368 unemployed persons compared to 82,247 in February and 88,723 in March 2018, the ADL said.

According to the state: • Tallapoosa County’s unemployment rate in

March was 4.1 percent, incrementally better than the 4.2-percent rate in February and in March 2018.

• Elmore County’s unemployment rate, tied for the lowest in the state with a quartet of other counties, was unchanged at 3.3 percent from February and March and remains better than the 3.6-percent rate in March 2018.

• Coosa County’s unemployment rate

decreased from 4 percent in February to 3.9 percent in March and is better than the 4.3-percent rate in March 2018.

Statewide, wage and salary employment increased over the year by 33,200. Sectors showing the most overthe-year growth were leisure and hospitality (+5,900), professional and business services (+5,600) and manufacturing (+4,700).

Monthly gains were seen in the leisure and hospitality sector (+3,400), the construction sector (+2,500) and the professional and business services sector.

Counties with the lowest unemployment rates are Shelby (2.8), Marshall (3.2) and Morgan, Madison and Elmore (3.3). The highest unemployment rates are in Wilcox (8.4), Lowndes (7.6) and Clarke (6.5).

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SETTING A RECORD First Class Pre-K highest quality program in nation 13 years in a row

STAFF REPORT TPI Staff

Alabama leads the nation for the number of consecutive years reaching a significant milestone in the education realm, according to a release.

Alabama’s high-quality, voluntary First Class Pre-K program was recently named the highest quality state-funded pre-kindergarten program in the nation for the 13th year in a row. Alabama is one of only three states, along with Michigan and Rhode Island, to meet or exceed all 10 of the benchmarks the National Institute for Early Education Research (NIEER) measures to determine a program’s quality.

Released Wednesday, NIEER’s 2018 State of Preschool Yearbook evaluates the quality of state-funded pre-K programs operating during the 2017-18 school year. That year, Alabama enrolled approximately 16,884 4-year-olds. State leaders have since expanded funding for the program to extend its reach to 18,800 4-year-olds in the current school year.

NIEER also listed Alabama in its report as one of nine “States on the Move.” In its profile of Alabama, NIEER highlighted the state’s commitment to increasing funding to expand enrollment and to ensuring pay parity for pre-K teachers.

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Gov. Kay Ivey included a $25 million expansion of the First Class Pre-K program in her fiscal year 2020 education budget. The proposed funding increase could open as many as 240 additional classrooms next year.

Alabama School Readiness Alliance welcomed the news.

“The Alabama First Class Pre-K program’s 13-year reign leading the nation in pre-K quality is unprecedented and a testament to the teachers, coaches and monitors who work with children enrolled in the program every day,” Alabama School Readiness Alliance executive director Allison Muhlendorf said. “We will continue to work with state leaders to encourage

increased investments in the program so that more families have the opportunity to participate.”

In addition to the First Class Pre-K program’s perennial stay at the top of quality rankings, Alabama School Readiness Alliance also points to continuing research by the Public Affairs Research Council of Alabama and UAB to demonstrate the impact state investments in pre-K are making in improving student

outcomes.

The state public affairs and UAB team has found students who participate in a First Class Pre-K classroom — regardless of demographics, zip code or school — are more likely to be proficient in math and reading than their peers. This study currently reviews student assessment scores through the seventh grade and researchers plan to continue their evaluations as students progress through high

school.

“We wish more states followed Alabama’s example of expanding pre-K enrollment with adequate funding, high quality and demonstrated effectiveness,” NIEER founder and senior co-director Dr. Steven Barnett said. “Research finds the program yields longterm gains in achievement. If the state continues to invest, all Alabama’s young children can benefit in the near future.”

The Alabama School Readiness Alliance’s business-led pre-K task force is encouraging lawmakers to approve a $25 million expansion of the First Class Pre-K program. Gov. Kay Ivey included this expansion in her fiscal year 2020 education budget. If appropriated by the legislature, the proposed funding increase would open as many as 240 additional classrooms next year and help bring the total number of First Class classrooms statewide close to 1,300.

The Alabama Department of Early Childhood Education manages the First Class Pre-K program. Across the state, there are 1,045 Alabama First Class Pre-K classrooms located in various public and private schools, childcare centers, faith-based centers, Head Start programs and other community-based preschool settings. However, that is only enough classrooms to enroll approximately 32 percent of 4-year-olds across the state.

CACC Fine Arts Department to host community band concert and workshop

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Ivory Brock is grinning from ear to ear about an upcoming community band concert and workshop.

In his two years as band director at Central Alabama Community College, Brock has made an effort to reach out and let CACC’s band programs serve the surrounding communities.

For the second year in a row, the program is hosting a concert

featuring students from CACC, local high school band directors and high school students. Brock is hoping next week’s concert appeals to many in the community.

“I’ve selected a program to appeal to a large cross section of the community,” Brock said. “The theme is ‘An Evening to Remember.’

It includes ‘Salute to the Armed Forces,’ where we are going to recognize people who have served in each of the five services.”

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Another piece will feature Benjamin Russell student Valerie Toro on the piano playing with the band.

“We are going to play a piece called ‘The Seal Lullaby,’” Brock said.

Brock said he is blessed to have the community play in the band as it expands CACC’s band program and helps those in the community with an interest in music. Brock is especially proud to have high school band directors in the community band.

“I’m very blessed they can come out and play.

They get something out of it too,” Brock said. “Now they see how it is to be on the other side and not +

always understanding what the conductor wants. They also bring students with them to get more experience. Those students could be future band directors.”

One of those high school band directors in the community band is Elmore County High School band director Anthony Vittore.

“He plays the alto sax,” Brock said. “He is a dynamic player.”

Brock is also excited about Dr. Quincy C. Hilliard serving as a guest conductor and the band will play two of his pieces at the concert Sunday, April 28 at 4 p.m. in the Betty Carol Graham Center.

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“He is someone who is a nationally known wind band composer and he is an educator,” Brock said.

Brock said CACC Dean of Students Dr. Sherri Taylor is another guest conductor who will take the stand. She has a choral background but is stepping across the aisle to direct the band.

“She has been working hard,” Brock said. “Choral pieces are directed differently than band pieces. It will be fun.”

Brock said Hilliard will be conducting a workshop for band directors and will use the bands at Benjamin Russell and Horseshoe Bend School as demonstration bands

for the workshop.

Hilliard’s Friday workshop is aimed at high school band directors and is titled “Building good tone quality in your beginning, middle and high school band.”

Band directors interested in the workshop with Hilliard can receive credit for professional development by signing up at pdweb.alsde.edu/ pdweb with workshop code EARIC801. Call Barbara Lytle at 334-3445028 with registration issues. The registration deadline is April 22.

For further information contact Brock at lbrock@ cacc.edu or 256-2154396.

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