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Task Force busts drug operation Drugs were being sold near high school, daycare By MITCH SNEED Editor
Tips from area residents about possible drug activity at a residence near Benjamin Russell High School led to the arrest of eight subjects on multiple drug charges. The Tallapoosa County Narcotics Task Force, Tallapoosa County Sheriff’s Department and Alexander City Police Department executed search warrants at multiple residences in the Alexander City area, according to Sgt. Fred White of the Task Force. “When you have that kind of activity anytime it’s something that we take seriously,” White said. “But the fact that it was near a school and a
daycare center in that area, that makes it a priority for us.” White said that investigators began surveillance of the residence upon receiving the tip and eventually worked to set up controlled buys from the suspected dealers. “After a lengthy investigation as to the source of the potential problem, investigators were able to conduct a routine traffic stop on Highway 259, where four individual were arrested,” White said. “Those arrests confirmed our suspicions and gave way to obtaining two search warrants for the residences.” In addition to the arrests, White said that marijuana, cocaine, prescription drugs, weapons See DRUGS • Page 7
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gest bag of the tournament Friday weighing in a five-fish limit that tipped the scales at 19 pounds, 8 ounces to take the lead with a total weight of 25 pounds, 10 ounces. McGinnis was happy with the day’s efforts. “It does look good,” McGinnis said. “We are excited to get back out there tomorrow.” The team of McGinnis and Davis also
The Alabama Indoor Track Championships began Friday and there was a familiar local name missing when the gun was fired for the 3200 meter run. Benjamin Russell senior distance ace Dillon Dean did not compete after paperwork issues made him ineligible for the state Dean meet. After a week filled with uncertainty, Dean got the final word from the Alabama High School Athletic Association earlier this week. “We just hate it for Dillon,” Benjamin Russell High School Principal Dr. Anthony Wilkinson said. “We are so proud of him and what all he has accomplished and want to support him in all that he does. “In this situation, he hadn’t run in the indoor season in the past and we don’t field a team as a rule. By the time he came to us and said he wanted to run
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Budget documents posted to the Alabama Department of Finance’s Executive Budget Office website on Thursday reveal where Alabama Gov. Robert Bentley plans to get at least part of the revenue to finance ambitious plans for the state outlined in his State of the State address Tuesday night. According to the site, the governor plans to balance the state’s 2017 General Fund budget at least in part by transferring $181 million in use and insurance premium taxes from the Education Trust Fund. See BUDGET • Page 7
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The University of Alabama team of John Davis and Payton McGinnis hold up part of the bag of fish that weighed in at 19 pounds, 8 ounces Friday afternoon. The string included the big fish of the tournament caught by McGinnis weighing 6 pounds, 12 ounces.
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A University of Alabama team is still in the lead at the Bassmaster College Series Southern Regional at Wind Creek State Park, but not the day one leaders of Caiden Sinclair and Hunter Gibson. Sinclair’s and Gibson’s teammates, John Davis and Payton McGinnis pulled in the big-
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Amber Yates poses for a photograph after being named to the University of Georgia Bulldog Top 100 list recently. Yates owns Southern Star Pet Grooming and Boarding on Highway 259.
An Alexander City business was recognized as one of the 100 fastest-growing companies owned or operated by University of Georgia Alumni. Amber Yates of Southern Star Pet Grooming and Boarding on Highway 259 was named to the school’s Bulldog 100 list for most business growth since 2012. “We are busy,” Yates said. “We are full on holidays and turning away people in the summer. We probably could expand if we wanted to.” Yates stumbled into the grooming and boarding by chance. “My parents had retired here and started an See UGA • Page 7
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DEAR ABBY: Every December my wife virtually buries our home in Christmas decorations. It’s not just the tree and stockings in the living room; she’s not happy until there are Christmas towels and Christmas soap in the bathroom and another tree and knicky-knacky stuff downstairs. Not even a doorknob is safe from decoration. It drives me nuts; I feel so claustrophobic. I bump into these decorations everywhere I turn. I was raised differently, more simply. There was a tree in the living room and stockings hung from the mantel. That was it. For the last 20 years of our marriage, I have suggested -- unsuccessfully -- that we compromise and alternate every other year. One year her way, the next mine. When I do, she tearfully accuses me of being Scrooge. I admit I’m not big on the commer-
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Obituaries Mr. Willie J. Bradford
Mr. Ronnie M. Harrell
Mr. Willie J. Bradford, 63 of Goodwater, AL died at Russell Medical Center, Alexander City, Al; Thursday, February 4, 2016.
Funeral Services for Mr. Ronnie M. Harrell, of Alexander City, will be held at 2:00 p.m. Sunday, February 7, 2016, in the Chapel of Bass Funeral Home with Rev. Tony Harris officiating. The family will receive friends from 5 - 7 p.m., Saturday, February 6, 2016, at Bass Funeral Home. Mr. Harrell passed away February 4, 2016, at Russell Medical Center. He was born on November 1, 1949 to William Harrell, Sr. and Odell Sherrer Harrell. Mr. Harrell is survived by son, Eric M. (Roulain) Harrell of Alexander City; daughters, Jenifer (Sam) Roe of Jackson’s Gap and Kathryn (Brian) Jones of Montgomery. Brother, William Jr. (Christine) Harrell and Sister, Millie (Trollis) Prophitt. Six Grandchildren and 3 Great Grandchildren. He was preceded in death by his parents.
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Mrs. Lessie Lee Ottey Mrs. Lessie Lee Ottey of Ft. Lauder Hill, Florida (formerly of Alexander City, AL) died Thursday, February 4, 2016 at her residence. Armour Funeral Home is charge of arrangements.
Mr. James Morgan Mr. James Morgan of Dadeville, Alabama died February 4, 2016 and arrangements will be announced later by Wright’s Funeral Home.
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pounds 4 ounces and their teammates bagged the fourth largest limit at 15 pounds 10 ounces. Despite having boat problems yesterday, the University of West Georgia team of J.C. Adams and Darius Williams bagged 10 pounds, 2 ounces to finish the day in 18th place. If you want to see the anglers off, the boats will be in the water and leaving Wind Creek State Park at 6:30 a.m. Weigh in will be at Central Alabama Community College at 3:30 p.m. BASS’s Hank Weldon thinks today’s bags will as outstanding as Friday’s. “I think we will see some good bags Saturday,” Weldon said. “I don’t know that we will see another 19 pound bag but I think the weather has stabilized some and they are on to some fish.” Alabama’s McGinnis agrees. “I think we figured out something to catch more tomorrow,” McGinnis said. “Hopefully we will catch more than the 6 pounds we caught yesterday.” But they may be challenged by their teammates again. “We feel good about tomorrow,” Gibson said. “We lost our biggest fish each day – both were 5-plus.”
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this year, the deadline had already passed to declare that he would compete. That deadline was in November. “We talked to the Alabama High School Athletic Association and did a conference call with them along with Dillon and his parents. But I understand that they can’t bend the rules. It’s a pretty hard and fast thing and they have to stick to the rules.” Wilkinson said that the ordeal has alerted them to look ahead to make sure that nothing like this happens in the future. He said that in the past, athletes like swimmers and, this year, bowlers who wanted to compete came to the administrators and made it known. Wilkinson said moving forward, they will start at the beginning of the year identifying potential individuals who may want to compete under the school’s umbrella in minor or non-mainstream sports. Once those are identified, anyone one that would potentially compete could be listed and the proper paperwork filed. Dean has posted the state’s best 6A times in the 1,600 and 3,200 during the indoor season. He is listed as No. 1 in the 1,600 with a 4:25 clocking and No. 1 in the 3,200 with a time of 9:36. Those times show incredible progress since his times at the 2015 AHSAA
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landed the big fish of the tournament so far weighing in at 6 pounds, 12 ounces. “A lot of tournaments this time of year are won with a fish like that,” Davis said. “We are proud to have that one but Payton is the one who caught it.” “It is a big fish,” McGinnis proudly said. “It’s the biggest that I have caught this year.” McGinnis and Davis will have 25 other teams chasing them today. All 26 boats that made the cut from the 214-boat field have qualified for the national championship. Alabama has a third team in the top 26, the team of Anderson Aldag and Lee Mattox. Not to be out done, Auburn University placed three teams in the top 26 as well to create an Iron Bowl of Fishing with the teams of Cole Burdeshaw and Travis Culbreth, Austin Handley and Caleb Wozniak and Chad Matthews and Austin Wingard. The University of South Alabama also placed two teams in the top 26 with a couple of the largest bags of the tournament. The USA team of Luis McMurphy and M.J. Vihnanek weighed in a bag of 17 pounds 11 ounces; the second largest limit of the tournament to put them into second heading into the final day with a total weight of 24
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down Cherokee Road in Alexander City. Benjamin Russell Athletic Director Pam Robinson said she hated that Dean wasn’t able to compete for state titles, but the school just hadn’t had any athletes who had competed in indoor track in the past. “When he came to us saying he wanted to run in a meet, we called and were able to get him in as an individual,” Robinson said. “We were able to get that done and even some other kids later on as well. He was able to run in several of those meets and even in a college meet where there were some individuals invited. But when it comes to the state meet, you have to declare and the deadline had been missed. “It’s unfortunate and we hate it for him. But it happened and there wasn’t much we could do after the fact.”
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labama Gov. Robert Bentley has seemingly picked yet another fight with legislators and supporters of education in the state. Bentley, according to documents posted to a state website and the House of Representatives’ fiscal officer, has proposed balancing the 2017 General Fund budget at least in part by transferring $181 million in funds from use taxes and taxes on insurance premiums from the state’s Education Trust Fund to the General Fund. Bentley outlined an ambitious plan for preK, prisons, more and better doctors, high-speed Internet and free two-year college tuition in his State of the State address on Tuesday night. The governor’s wish list was long. Details on how his plans would be paid for were nonexistent. That is, until his plans for pilfering the ETF came to light. State representatives Bill Poole of Tuscaloosa and Alexander City’s own Mark Tuggle see little chance for the governor being successful, particularly after taking $80 million in use taxes from the ETF to balance the state’s 2016 budget. But while the governor’s transfer plans may not be successful, he has, once again, shown unfathomable audacity. Last year, it was a $541 million tax plan in the face of a Republican supermajority that had gone on record as being firmly opposed to tax increases. And now this. From here, it would appear that the state’s electorate is growing tired of the constant struggle between the executive and legislative branches over ways to raise funds. Certainly Alabama desperately needs some long-term revenue-enhancing solutions. Perhaps the legislative leadership and the governor should talk occasionally. If they’re talking now, we can’t help but wonder what the topic must be. It’s clear they’re not discussing ways to raise revenue they can agree on. We don’t know the answers, but we know there are other options. One just might be a vote on the lottery, which the governor has said twice – in 2010 and 2015 – he would not prevent, but has yet to deliver. In fact, in 2010 he said he believed the people of Alabama “need to decide” whether they support such a measure. Before you again rob the funds that educate our children, Gov. Bentley, perhaps now is the time for that decision.
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e need to make a change in Alexander City’s government. That’s not a political statement – at least it’s not a statement I make to try to build up or pull down any politician. It’s the obvious truth. I think it would be hard for anybody who watches our city government operate to disagree. We have good elected officials, our representatives care about our city and the people who live here; they work hard to do what’s right for our community. But they’re not trained city administrators. From a professional stance, our mayor is a refrigeration expert and businessman. Our council members include two dry cleaners, an educator, a Realtor who is also in industrial management, a landlord and a state retiree. They were all elected because they had the community’s interest at heart and the guts to run for office, and because they were the most popular candidates in each of their districts, they won. They did not get their job as our city leaders because of their skills in deciphering $45 million budgets, or managing public employees, or city planning or attracting new business or reining in city expenses … all the things that they are required to supervise and do as our council and mayor. I trust they would make the best decisions if they were given a couple of
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well-reasoned, professionally vetted options. Starting from scratch is much tougher. That’s where a city manager comes in. Under the council-city manager form of government, the elected officials hire the city manager, vote on issues with the city manager’s input, and set city policy. The mayor, elected at large, would be the ceremonial head of the city government and a voting member of council that serves as its president. The city manager, who would be a professional, college-educated city administrator, would handle the day-to-day operation of the city, managing city employees, creating the budget, making sure revenues are coming in, expenses aren’t getting out of hand and the city is being run efficiently. If the city manager isn’t doing his job well, the council can replace him and get a new manager quickly. I think it’s a system with more potential for success than our current mayor-city council form of government. You and I both know that no system is perfect. But for our city to grow and flourish, we need to have a system that gives us the best possible chance for success.
If you agree, we need your help to make a change. The Outlook has created a petition to change the form of Alexander City’s government, in accordance with state law. We need about 400 signatures on the petition to get the government change on an upcoming ballot, so Alexander City voters can decide what’s best for our city. Signing the petition doesn’t oblige you to anything other than saying you would like to see the option of a council-city manager form of government get before the voters in a local election. If you think Alexander City needs a change, please come by The Outlook during business hours and sign the petition. We will also have the petition available at other spots around town. Those will be listed in The Outlook next week. You must be a registered voter eligible to vote in the last city election – which by default means you have to live within the Alexander City limits. That rules out a surprising number of local leaders who live on Lake Martin. We ask that you also show a photo ID to sign the petition. And once you do, please talk to your family and friends and ask them to sign the petition as well. We need this for the long-term health and success of our city. Boone is publisher of The Outlook.
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The Super Bowl: What a difference 50 years makes
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n recent times, there’s been a lot of hype about this year being the 50th anniversary of the Super Bowl, and one would imagine it’s really going to get intense this week. Folks who are old enough to remember all 50 of the annual gridiron clashes will recall that it was originally a matchup between the veteran National Football League (NFL) and the upstart American Football League (AFL). The most memorable of the earliest contests was probably the third Super Bowl, when Joe Namath, quarterback of the AFL’s New York Jets, had brashly predicted victory over the NFL’s Baltimore Colts, and followed through with his prognostication. Super Bowl III was actually the first game to have the “Super Bowl” moniker. The previous two were known as the “AFLNFL World Championship Game,” but not surprisingly, they ultimately became known as Super Bowl I and Super Bowl II. And recently, a television sports channel broadcast the very first one. A local retired educator and I opted to watch closely and compare notes about how things had evolved over half a century. Super Bowl I was played in the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum on January 15, 1967, and perhaps surprisingly wasn’t a sellout. The NFL’s Green Bay Packers beat the AFL’s Kansas City Chiefs 35-10, as Packers quarterback (and Montgomery native) Bart Starr was named Most Valuable Player (and such an honor would also be bestowed on Starr the next year in Super Bowl II). Among
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the contrasts to what is anticipated next Sunday were the following: • Smaller players. • Equipment that was simpler/less-fancy: For example, Starr’s face mask was a single bar. • Introductions: “It was interesting the way the players were announced,” said the educator. “They ran onto the field and stopped in front of the camera, then ran off.” • Minimal pageantry: I noted a few marching bands and a few colorful balloons that were released. Didn’t see any pyrotechnics at all. •Fans appeared to be dressed up: Males wore ties, women wore dresses. A few folks wore what appeared to be cheap felt hats in team colors, but I saw no ludicrous costumes or bizarre millenery, and there was nary a drop of body paint in sight. In other words, the attendees looked classy. Compare that to the buffoonery seen at modern games. •Goal posts at the front line of the end zone. •Field goals and extra points were kicked straight-on, not soccer style. •No showing off after a big play: Elmo Wright invented that kind of behavior a few years later. In the earliest Super Bowls, players simply did their designated jobs. •Fewer coaches. • No headphones: At least, not on head coaches Vince Lombardi and Hank Stram.
Another comment from the educator cited injuries. “When a player was injured, there wasn’t a rush of medical people and equipment to the player,” he said. “Most of the time, the player just limped off to the sidelines by himself.” He also thought that “…the game seemed to go a little bit faster—not necessarily the speed of the plays, but the game in general.” As kind of a broadbrush summary regarding the sports channel’s presentation, the educator rightly grumbled about the present-day voiceover and interspersed comments from former participants as well as sports pundits, which he considered to be interruptions. “The television celebrities talked almost the entire ball game,” he said. “It was very much like me watching a football game with ten people in the room talking, and not letting me enjoy the game. I really wish they would have just replayed the entire game with the original announcers.” Call it nostalgia if you wish, but it seemed like Super Bowl I proffered a simpler and more honorable approach to athletic competition. The complexities and show biz that now pervade pro football and almost every other spectator sport—on the field, on the sidelines, in the stands, and elsewhere—seem to validate and underline the first word in the original acronym for ESPN.
Moseley is a retired staffer of The Tribune who writes a weekly column in The Outlook.
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SOCCER REGISTRATION: Alexander City Youth Soccer will host registration Feb. 12 from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m at the Sportplex Gym.
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VALENTINE�S DAY SEMINAR: There will be a seminar Feb. 13 from 6 to 9 p.m. at The Arbor to celebrate marriage. The night will include dinner, door prizes and the Date Night Challenge. The video by comedians Dr. Greg and Erin Smalley will allow couples to learn how to recognize why marriage is valuable, to invest in their marriage and join a community that is for their marriage. There is no cost. If you are interested, call Megan Sanders at 256-827-9127 or Angelia Windsor at 256-827-9226. SOCCER REGISTRATION: Alexander City Youth Soccer will host registration Feb. 13 from 9 a.m. to noon at the Sportplex Gym. BASEBALL SOFTBALL TBALL REGISTRATION: Dadevile Dixie Youth will have registration for baseball, softball and t-ball Feb. 13 from 9 a.m. to noon at the Dadeville Recreation Center. 7-12 year old baseball and softball is $60 and 3-6 year old T-ball is $45. Payment and a copy of the child’s birth certificate must be presented at registration. VALENTINE’S BANQUET: Sixth Street Baptist Church is having it’s annual Valentine’s Banquet on Saturday, February 13, at 6:00 p.m. in the church gymnasium. Special entertainment for the evening will be comedy by Mutzie, a clean Christian comedian from the New Orleans area. Cost for dinner is $10 per person and includes your choice of steak, chicken breast, or hamburger steak along with sides, salad, and dessert. Space is limited and all registrations must be received by Sunday, February 7. To register, please call the church office at 256-234-2408 or email Ginger Young at gyoung@sixthstreetbaptistchurch.com.
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MEETING: The Artist Association of East Alabama will meet Feb. 16 from 9:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. at the United Way Conference Room.
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FREEDMEN’S BUREAU PROJECT: The Adelia M. Russell Memorial Library will be hosting a project on the Freedmen’s Bureau Project Feb. 18 from 2 p.m. to 3 p.m. Space is limited and pre-registration is required. Call or stop by the library for more information and to register. Learn how to index rare Freedmen’s Bureau records from 1865-1868. These records, which include the names of millions of freed
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February 20
PANCAKE BREAKFAST: The Alexander City Kiwanis Club is hosting its annual pancake breakfast Feb. 20 from 6 a.m. to 10 a.m. at the BRHS Lunchroom. The breakfast is all you can eat and there will be Conecuh Sausage. Tickets are $6 each. TRADE DAY: The Bibb Grave School will hosts a trade day Feb. 20 from 7 a.m. to 2 p.m.
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FAMILY BINGO NIGHT: The Bibb Graves School is hosting a family bingo night Feb. 27 from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. POLAR PLUNGE: Wind Creek State Park will host its Polar Bear Leap for Leap Year Feb. 27 at 2 p.m. Participates should meet at the beach. Park entrance fees apply to non-campers. For more information call 256-3290845.
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Pleasant Grove Church of Christ 1819 Bay Pine Rd, Jackson’s Gap
Pleasant Valley Missionary Baptist 835 Valley Rd., Camp Hill 334-257-4442
Mt. Carmel Baptist 3610 Dudleyville Rd., Dadeville
Southview Church of Christ 2325 Dadeville Rd., Alex City 256-329-0212
Ridge Grove Missionary Baptist Alexander City, 256-234-6972
Mt. Zion Baptist Hwy. 63 South, Alex City 256-234-7748
Rocky Mt. Baptist New Site community
New Beginning Baptist 1076 Coley Creek Rd.
Seleeta Baptist Booker St., Alex City 256-329-2685 Shady Grove Baptist Jackson’s Gap Community
CHURCH OF GOD Alex City No. 2 A.C.O.P. Church of God Local Street, Alex City Bread of Life A.C.O.P. Church of God Hwy. 280, Kellyton
New Concord Baptist Off hwy. 49, Dadeville, 256-825-5390
Cedar Street Church of God 711 Martin Luther King Blvd. Alex City
New Elkahatchee Baptist Elkahatchee Rd., Alex City 256-329-9942
The Great Bethel Missionary 520 Christian St., Alex City 256-234-5513
New Hope Baptist Lake Martin, off Hwy. 63 256-329-2510
Dadeville Church of God 425 Horseshoe Bend Rd. (Hwy. 49 N.) Dadeville 256-825-8820
Unity Baptist Robinson Rd., Alex City
New Life Baptist Jackson’s Gap, 256-825-6190 / 256-329-2635
Marshall Street Church of God 428 Marshall Street, Alex City 256-234-3180
New Pine Grove Baptist Off Hwy. 22, Perryville
New Faith Tabernacle A.C.O.P. Church of God “J” Street
Zion Hill Missionary Baptist 583 S. Broadnax St., Dadeville BAPTIST – SOUTHERN Bay Pine Baptist 1480 Bay Pine Rd. Jackson’s Gap, 256-825-4433
New Providence Baptist Pearson Chapel Rd., Alex City New Rocky Mount Baptist 670 Peckerwood Rd., Jackson’s Gap 256-794-3846
New Harvest Ministries Church of God Hwy 280 & Coosa 28 256-329-2331
BAPTIST – MISSIONARY Bethlehem Baptist New Site
Bethany Baptist Church Bethany Road
Cross Key Baptist Hackneyville, 256-329-9716
Bethel Baptist Smith Mt. Rd., Jackson’s Gap 256-825-5070
New Salem Road New Site Rd., New Site, 256-234-2932
Darian Missionary Baptist Church Pearson Chapel Rd., Alex City 256-329-3865
Beulah Baptist Smith Mt. Rd., Jackson’s Gap 256-825-9882
Old Providence Baptist Off Hwy. 63 N., near Hackneyville
The Church of God 13th Ave. N., Alex City 256-329-1696
Elam Baptist Robertson Rd. Alex City
Calvary Baptist 819 Main St., Dadeville, 256-825-5989
Old Union Baptist 1106 Davis Circle 256-596-1873
Washington Street A.C.O.P. Church of God Washington Street
Orr Street Baptist 1000 “O” Street (Hwy. 63N) Alex City, 256-234-3171
CHURCH OF GOD OF PROPHECY Church of God of Prophecy 303 Poplar Rd., Alex City, 256-234-6941
Early Rose Baptist 201 E Street, Alexander City Flint Hill Baptist Hwy. 280, Dadeville
Calvary Heights Baptist Elkahatchee, Rd., Alex City 256-234-7224
Friendship Baptist Our Town Community, 256-329-5243
Camp Hill Baptist Downtown Camp Hill, 256-896-2811
Hollins Springs Baptist Hwy. 280, Goodwater
Comer Memorial 941 E. Church St., Alex City 256-234-2236
Jackson’s Gap Baptist Church 21 East Church St. 256-825-6814
Daviston Baptist Daviston, 395-4327
Liberty Church 1034 Liberty Church Rd. Willow Point Alex City Macedonia Baptist Macedonia Circle, Goodwater 256-839-5793 Marietta Baptist Goodwater Miracle Missionary Baptist 1687 “I” Street 256-215-9788, 256-215-9787 Mt. Calvary Baptist 329 King St., Alex City, 256-234-5631 Mt. Olive Baptist Hwy. 280 & Jct. 49, Goodwater Mt. Sinai Baptist Fish Pond Rd., Coosa County 256-329-2337 Mt. Zion Baptist Hwy. 22, New Site Mt. Zion East StillWaters Dr., 256-825-4991 Mt. Zion West Our Town Community, 256-234-7748 New Elam Baptist Hwy. 9, Burtonville, 256-234-2037
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Eagle Creek Baptist Hwy. 49, Dadeville, 256-825-6048 Fellowship Baptist Buttston Community Fellowship Primitive Baptist Church on Claybrook Drive, Alex City 256-839-5339 First Baptist Court Square, Alex City 256-234-6351
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CHURCH OF JESUS CHRIST Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints 1515 Worthy Road, Alex City (Corner of Worthy Place and Dadeville Road)
Pine Grove Baptist Camp Hill Ray Baptist Rockford Hwy., Alex City, 256-234-7609 River Road Baptist 148 Dean Rd., Alex City, 256-234-6971 Rocky Creek Baptist Samford Rd., Cowpens Community Rocky Mount Baptist Hwy. 22 E., Alex City, 256-329-2327 Rock Springs Baptist Jackson’s Gap, 256-839-6263 Russell Farm Baptist Hwy. 63 beyond Our Town
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First United Methodist 310 Green St., Alex City 256-234-6322
Flint Hill U.M., Alex City 256-234-5047
Haven United Methodist 410 Christian St., Alex City 256-329-8394 Hillabee Campground UMC 120 CC Road, Alex City Sunday School 10am Sunday Service 11am Kellyton U.M., Kellyton, 256-329-1681 Liberty United Methodist Liberty Rd., Hackneyville Mt. Godfrey New Site New Site U.M. New Site, 256-234-7834 Pearson Chapel U.M. Pearson Chapel Rd., Alex City Red Ridge United Methodist 8091 County Road 34, Dadeville 256-825-9820 Sunnylevel United Methodist 3202 Hwy. 63N, Alex City 256-234-6877
PENTECOSTAL Pentecostals of Dadeville 115 West Columbus Street Dadeville, 256-596-3411
EPISCOPAL Saint James Episcopal Church 121 South Central Ave., Alex City 256-234-4752
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Kellyton Revival Center Co. Road 87 South Kellyton
Hillabee Baptist Hillabee Rd., Alex City 256-234-6798
Town Creek Baptist Camp Ground Rd., Alex City
Liberty Life Christian Center 321 “S” Street, Alex City
Horseshoe Bend Baptist Hwy. 280, Dadeville
Wayside Baptist 21 Wayside Circle, Alex City 256-234-5564
Passion Church 3340 Hwy. 63 N., Alex City 256-409-9590
Zion Hill Baptist Hwy. 79, near Horseshoe Bend
The Family Worship Center 365 Scott Road, Alex City
CATHOLIC St. John the Apostle 454 N. Central Ave., Alex City 256-234-3631
METHODIST – UNITED Alexander City Methodist 11th Ave. N., Alex City 256-329-1284
CHURCH OF CHRIST Alex City Church of Christ 945 Tallapoosa St., Alex City 256-234-6494
Bradford Methodist Hwy. 9, Goodwater
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
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A spokesman for the Legislative Fiscal Office confirmed the governor’s plans on Thursday. “That is accurate,” said Kirk Fulford, deputy director of the Legislative Fiscal Office and Alabama’s House of Representatives fiscal officer, when asked about the transfer. “The governor’s proposed budget would transfer that money from the Education Trust Fund and replace it with money from a stabilization fund, which is part of the state’s rolling reserve.” Rep. Bill Poole of Tuscaloosa who chairs the House Ways and Means Education Budget Committee said he didn’t sense a lot of support for the governor’s budget in the House. “I don’t think there’s very much support to transfer any revenue from education to the General Fund,” Poole said. “And I certainly share personally in that position and opinion.” Rep. Mark Tuggle of Alexander City, who represents District 81 and is a member of Poole’s committee, agrees with the Tuscaloosa legislator. “The Education Committee was part of the solution
to the General Fund hole last year with the transfer of the use tax, which had a valuation equivalent to $80 million,” Tuggle said. “Now we’re being asked to do that again. I do not think that will be well received by the committee. “I don’t feel good about that proposal. It’s hard to do what we did last year and then come right back and be asked to do it again. That’s a hard position to be in.” Poole added that it’s difficult to tell exactly how much of a shortfall the General Fund is facing for 2017. “That’s part of what we’ll try to determine,” Poole said. “We’re not sure yet of what the agency needs are and those agencies receive in excess of $3 million annually from sources outside the General Fund. So a lot depends on how those outside sources are faring. “I think (the governor) mentioned a lot of initiatives that a lot of people would agree are things we’d like to do. But, at the end of the day, there has to be a mechanism to pay for those things. He left a lot of questions out there.” Bentley’s Great State 2019 Plan outlined Tuesday
included: • Doubling the funding for Alabama’s First Class Pre-K program; • Using the Alabama Community College System to tutor and provide summer-help programs, college visits and financial planning to make Alabama students can go to college and succeed and, if students meet certain requirements, pay for their two-year college tuition; • Providing rural and under-served communities access to high-speed, high-capacity broadband technology; • Completely transforming the state prison system; and • Increasing the number of doctors serving rural areas, especially in the state’s poorest counties. A PowerPoint presentation prepared by state Finance Director Bill Newton and also posted to the Finance Department’s Executive Budget Office website estimates a General Fund shortfall of 10 percent for fiscal year 2017.
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and cash were seized. Authorities also confiscated digital scales, and other items used in the drug trade. Those arrested included: • Tyler Wilson, 21, of Alexander City on eight counts of unlawful distribution of controlled substance, two counts possession of marijuana first degree, possession of controlled substance, certain persons forbidden to possess a firearm and possession of drug paraphernalia. • Taylor Wilson, 21, of Alexander City on two counts of unlawful distribution of a controlled substance, possession of marijuana first degree and possession of drug paraphernalia. Taylor and Tyler Wilson are twin brothers. • Amber Sharpe, 18, of Alexander City on charges of possession of marijuana first degree and possession of drug paraphernalia. • Brooklyn Karr, 19, of Alexander City on two counts of possession of marijuana 1st degree, possession of controlled substance and possession of drug
paraphernalia. • Jason Kelley, 34, of Alexander City on three counts of attempt to commit a controlled substance crime. • Rikki People, 50, of Alexander City on four counts of illegal purchase of precursor. • Patricia Jones, 47, of Alexander City on charges of possession of marijuana first degree, possession of controlled substance and possession of drug paraphernalia. • Virgil Jones, 24, of Alexander City on charges of possession of marijuana 1st degree and possession of drug paraphernalia. White said that the investigation was ongoing and that other arrests were possible. “Obviously we would like to thank all those involved in the process,” White said. “In particular those in the community who alerted us of the activity. The public can be extra eyes and ears and their help can make a tremendous difference.”
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alpaca farm,” Yates said. “When I graduated from Georgia in 2003, I moved over here and started helping with the alpacas. I also got a job with a vet in Dadeville. One day the groomer left and they asked if I could fill in. So I taught myself. I told them I would fill in until they found someone and it just grew and grew from there.” Yates explained the transition from the vet office to the alpaca farm. “We started with just alpacas and had no idea that we would be getting into the grooming and boarding business,” Yates said. “ I was coming up here to check on the animals a lot. I made the decision to just move up here.” The move has been great as evidenced by being named to the UGA Bulldog 100 list. “Finally decided to be on the farm full time and brought the grooming with me,” Yates said. “I saw a need for boarding and just grew and grew. I thought I would just work with my grooming customers.” That beginning in 2008 quickly grew. “It was amazing,” Yates said. “But
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there was such a need for boarding. Within a year, we needed to expand. The traffic on the road here is great. It is not too far out of town and people do not mind driving out here. I could have never planned for it this way or dreamt of it.” Yates lives on the farm with her husband Josh and daughter Ryleigh and her parents Bill and Pam Peacock. Yates says she could not do it alone. “I really want give credit to our staff, Harley Carver, Lisa Adney, Abby McCook, Lisa Chaney, Shelley Humphrey and Pam Peacock. Without them, we would not be where we are today. Our customers are great. We have become friends with a lot of them and they have become like family to us.” Business graduates mainly comprise the UGA list, but Yates was one of four forestry grads on the list. How does a forestry graduate get into the animal business? “I have always loved animals,” Yates said “That has always been my thing. That is the part that I enjoyed and I am thrilled I am able to work with animals everyday.”
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Lake Martin Community Hospital opens sleep disorder center By CLIFF WILLIAMS Staff Writer
Lake Martin Community Hospital in Dadeville is adding another service to benefit the surrounding community – the Sleep Disorders Center. “We have been trying to do this for a long time,” Ivy Creek Healthcare CEO Mike Bruce said. “We finally got a group together and got it started. I think this is a long overdue service that is greatly needed in this area.” The new sleep center will allow residents to stay close to home. “There is not a program like it in Dadeville,” Ivy Creek’s Linda Lewis said. “Residents will no longer have to travel to Opelika or Alexander City.” Lewis says many can benefit from it. “Lack of sleep can be unhealthy,”
Lewis said. “It is simple things like snoring or sleepiness that are reasons for a sleep study.” David Moore will oversee this sleep center and one like it at Ivy Creek’s Wetumpka Hospital as the sleep lab coordinator. “We started talking about it and discussing one big one in Wetumpka,” Moore said. “We decided to do two smaller ones, one at each hospital.” In Dadeville they have partnered with Alexander City’s Dr. Tony McLeod. If you think you need a sleep study performed, you will need to get a referral from your doctor but don’t be surprised if there is a wait. “We have been busy the last several Cliff Williams / The Outlook weeks,” Moore said. “We have booked Ivy Creek Healthcare CEO Mike Bruce, second from right, cuts the ribbon for the new sleep disorder referrals for it through the end of month. center at the Lake Martin Community Hospital. We are booked almost solid.”
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The Boys & Girls Club of the Lake Martin Area will host “Spring Fling at Sportplex” March 14-18 at the Sportplex Gym for children whose parents work and need a fun and active place for their children during spring break. Activities offered will include arts & crafts, movies, basketball and baseball games and two off-site field trips. The camp costs $30 per child for the week and includes breakfast, lunch and afternoon snacks. This program is open to children 5 through 14 years of age from 7 a.m. to 5:15 p.m. each day. “It’s open to any child that wishes to attend,” said Melissa Reynolds, executive director for the Boys and Girls Club. “ I know during this time there are many parents who have to work that do not have a place for their child to stay, so we felt like we could help these parents by keeping their children busy. It just gives those parents who have children peace of mind knowing their children are being cared for and safe.” “It will be a fun time,” said Bridgett Harrell, unit director. “To sign your child up for the week, just call the administrative office at 256-234-4757 or email me at Bridgettharrell05@gmail.com or stop in at the office to
pick up a registration form.” The Boys and Girls Club of the Lake Martin Area, a United Way agency, is an after-school program with a mission to enhance the lives of children. “The mission of this club is to inspire and enable all young people, especially those from disadvantaged circumstances, to realize their full potential as productive, responsible, caring citizens,” said Reynolds. The Boys and Girls Club fulfills its mission by providing: • A safe place to learn and grow; • Ongoing relationships with caring, adult professionals; • Life-enhancing programs and character development experiences; and • Hope and opportunity “I would encourage all parents who have kids alone after school or who have a need for a place to take their kids for an hour or two after school until they are off work to definitely take advantage of the Boys & Girls Club,” Reynolds said. “Here kids can get help on homework, participate in physical activity and build skills while playing games or doing arts & crafts.” Boys and Girls Club membership is $15 per week. Scholarships are available for children who qualify. For more information about the Club, contact Reynolds at 256-234-4757 or Sharonna Hayes at 256-794-9089.
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Fielding signs scholarship to Chattahoochee
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Central-Coosa’s Payton Fielding, center, signs a softball scholarship to Chattahoochee Valley Community College as her mother, Melanie Fielding, left, father, Mike Fielding, and Central-Coosa Coach Rebecca Stallworth, far right, look on. By ROBERT HUDSON Sports Editor
After working hard each summer to refine her game, Central-Coosa’s Payton Fielding got to realize a lifelong dream on Thursday. Payton signed a softball scholarship to Chattahoochee Valley Community College on Thursday in front of family and friends. Payton said she is thankful to her father and coaches for pushing her to be her best and accomplish her dream. “It means the world to me and I have to thank my dad for everything he’s done for me to help get me this far,” Payton said. “I also want to
thank Chris Roberts, Kevin Varner and Brian Hughes for spending all of their summers with me and helping push me.” Payton’s father, Mike Fielding, said it fills him with pride to see his daughter move on academically and athletically. “It’s a dream come true for me and her mother. She works hard, I’m proud of her. I live through them,” Mike said. “She’s put a lot of time and effort into it. She gave up her summers playing travel ball. She’s also had a lot of guidance with her travel ball coaches. Trish Gavin, Chris Roberts, Kevin Varner and Brian Hughes all worked
hard with her as well to get her where she’s at today.” Melanie Fielding, Payton’s mother, said she is happy to see her daughter’s hard work pay dividends. “It means a lot. She’s worked really hard to get to the point she’s at,” Melanie said. “Seeing her excel at the sport she really enjoys is wonderful.” Rebecca Stallworth, softball coach of Central-Coosa, said Payton is a hard worker and that her work ethic will take her a long way. “Payton is a very hard worker. She’s very consistent and she’s a great player,” Stallworth said. “I’m looking forward to seeing her
take it to the next level and going far with that. She’s excellent.” Payton will join the Lady Pirates next season as an outfielder. She said this year she will work on her hitting to help Coosa and prepare for the collegiate level. “I’m going to be playing outfield, mostly. Outfield is my strength, of course,” Payton said. “But hitting, I’ll probably have to work on it a little bit more to improve on where I am right now. I think it (Chattahoochee) is a perfect fit and I’m really excited about it. Coosa has prepared me a lot, as well as playing travel ball. They have gotten me to where I am today.”
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Above left, Benjamin Russell’s Latravius Kelley (1) attempts a shot during a game earlier this season. Above right, Dadeville’s Quanesha Presley drives to the basket during a game against Elmore County. Benjamin Russell will travel to Clay-Central on Monday at 5:30 p.m. for their regular season finale. Dadeville will host Lanett at 5:30 p.m. in their final game before the area tournament.
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have a starling confession to make. Well, maybe not “startling.” Now that I think about it, even “confession” seems heavyhanded. Perhaps it’s just a non-descript admission. Yeah. That’s better. (And nothing sells newspapers like a “nondescript admission”!) Anyhoo, here it is: I don’t like the NFL Pro Bowl. On the surface, what’s the big deal with that, right? You probably weren’t even aware they still played the darn thing! The “big deal” is that I am a football die-hard. I watch bad football when other sports are in the stretch run of their prime season. I watch football when it is a MAC versus WAC game. I watch football on mobile devices. I watch OLD football when NEW movies are avail-
able. I watch football. A lot. But it is just too tough to watch the Pro Bowl. LUKE First of all, it isn’t ROBINSON really a “Pro Bowl” at Sports all; several of the nomiColumnist nees don’t play in the game because they are in the Super Bowl the next week or simply because they don’t want to risk getting hurt. That leaves us with a plethora of guys who have no business being in the Pro Bowl actually being in the Pro Bowl. Watching Buffalo’s Tyrod Taylor complete a swing pass to Oakland’s Latavius Murray is just as exciting as it sounds. Maybe (unbelievably) less so. Secondly, while I appreciate the effort to spice the game up, having Michael Irvin and Jerry Rice coach the contest seems contrived and hokey. It’s a liveaction version of the last hour of an overextended NFL pregame show. You know,
when the hosts get all slap-happy and goofy and you think to yourself, “Can the game just start now?” Finally, All Star games seem to have all run their course in their respective sports. I think players in all sports should be recognized for great seasons, but the all star games in the NBA, MLB and NFL all just seem to be an advertiserdriven side-show. I know, I know; I defend lesser bowl games or NIT tournaments. At least those games can mean SOMETHING though! Teams can build for the future and collegiate players can have one last chance to shine (and grab swag bags). The Pro Bowl (and other All Star games) had their moments, but the dynamic has changed. Injury risks and key absences far outweigh the potential for entertainment. Let’s just remember the good ol’ days and put these contests out to pasture. Robinson is a sports columnist for The Outlook and is president of the Lake Martin Area Bama Club.
id you know that MVPs from the first three Super Bowls were former Alabama quarterbacks? Bart Starr in Super Bowls I and II, then Joe Namath in Super Bowl III. However, no former Alabama players have been named MVP in a Super Bowl since the Namath and the Jets’ remarkable upset of the Colts. Georgia has a pair of MVPs in Hines Ward (Steelers) and Terrell Davis (Broncos), Ole Miss great Eli Manning (Giants) slayed the Patriots twice to win MVPs, and Tennessee legend Peyton Manning was MVP of the Colts’ triumph over the Bears. No Super Bowl MVPs ever played at Auburn. That makes Sunday’s game even more interesting as Panthers’ quarterback Cam Newton, who vaulted the Tigers to the 2010 BCS national championship, makes his debut on professional football’s grandest stage. Super Bowl trivia is fun for me. Here are a few items I found interesting this week: No Auburn player has scored a touchdown in 49 Super Bowls. In fact, the only former Tiger to ever score in the big game was the Titans’ Al Del Greco against the Rams in Super Bowl XXXIV. Del Greco kicked an extra point and a game-tying field goal in the fourth quarter, presumably forcing overtime, only to watch the Rams score the game-winner on their next play from scrimmage. No former Crimson Tide player has actually ‘scored’ a touchdown in 49 Super Bowls, either. Starr, however, threw three combined touchdown passes in Super Bowls I and II. Namath was MVP of Super Bowl III, but did not throw a TD pass. Ken Stabler was steady in the Raiders’ Super Bowl XI win, but also did not throw a TD pass. I love watching old Super Bowl highlights with the immortal voice of John Facenda providing narration and that cool, vintage NFL symphonic music. Viewing these again reminded me that the first 10 Super Bowls were played in the daytime, not prime time. Interesting how television and advertising dollars can change things. Sunday’s game starts at 5:30 p.m., so we should get a glimpse of sunshine on that California field. Quarterbacks are often the centerpiece of today’s game, but in Super Bowls VII and VIII, Miami’s Bob Griese threw a combined 18 passes – including just 7 in Super Bowl VIII. Miami won both times, proving you don’t have to pass to win. Media folks keep publishing their all-time Super Bowl teams. Here’s my all-time Iron Bowl Super Bowl team. Offense: QB Bart Starr (Alabama), HB Shaun Alexander (Alabama), FB Tommie Agee (Auburn), TE Ron Middleton (Auburn), C Dwight Stephenson (Alabama), G John Hannah (Alabama), G Kendall Simmons (Auburn), T Steve Wallace (Auburn), T Dave Hill (Auburn), WR Ray Perkins (Alabama), no other Auburn or Alabama WR to choose, so let’s say WR John Stallworth (Alabama A&M) or Terrell Owens (Benjamin Russell HS), K Al Del Greco (Auburn); Defense (either 3-4, or 4-3 alignment): DT Bob Baumhower (Alabama), DT Cornelius Griffin (Alabama); DE Chuck Hurston (Auburn), DE Mark Anderson (Alabama), LB Kevin Greene (Auburn), LB Cornelius Bennett (Alabama), LB Lee Roy Jordan (Alabama), LB Dave Edwards (Auburn), CB Jeremiah Castille (Alabama), CB Deshea Townsend (Alabama), S Charlie Peprah (Alabama), S Mike Fuller (Auburn), P Chris Mohr (Alabama). Enjoy Sunday’s game. Prediction (but this could go either way, particularly if Denver’s defense does to Cam what it did to Tom Brady): Carolina 23, Denver 16. Joe McAdory is the former Sports Editor at the Opelika-Auburn News and is Communications Editor at the Auburn University Raymond J. Harbert College of Business.