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Victim in Saturday crash now stable By MITCH SNEED Editor
A local woman who is known to many is now listed as stable after surgery at UAB after being struck by a car as she walked along Highway 280 Saturday. The accident occurred shortly after 1 p.m. Saturday in the westbound lanes of Highway 280 in Alexander City, in an area in front of AutoZone, just east of Walmart. The victim’s daughter Christine Smith identified the injured woman as Jacqueline McCain Smith, 60, of Alexander City. She is well-known in
Alexander City and was often seen walking from her apartment to Walmart. Alexander City Police Department Chief Jay Turner said the accident is still under investigation. “We are still actively investigating the accident and will work with the state to do a 3-D mapping of the scene, review all statements from people involved and witnesses,” Turner said. “One thing that we do now have is that all cars are equipped with a black box of sorts. We have that box. It will tell us things like speed, braking and path. Once all that is complete, we will take
Jacqueline McCain Smith, 60, of Alexander City was struck by a car as she walked along Highway 280 Saturday. Following surgery at UAB Hospital in Birmingham, Smith is now listed in stable condition. Mitch Sneed /
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Dadeville man charged in abuse case
City council OKs possible Strand Park fence project
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By MITCH SNEED Editor
A Dadeville man was booked into custody by the Auburn Police Division Monday on charges of sexual abuse of a child under the age of 12. According Williams to a release from the Auburn Police Division, Clifford Earl Williams, 43, of Dadeville turned himself in after learning a grand jury indictment had been returned against him. “The arrest stems from an investigation into the sexual abuse of a child that was reported to police on Aug. 10, 2015; the incident occurred at a residence on Oak Street,” the release stated. “The investigation was initiated when officials were made aware that a child had possibly been sexually abused by Williams, while in his care prior to August 10th in 2015. The Auburn Police Division, See WILLIAMS • Page 3
After clearing up two of the main points that had some concerned, the Alexander City City Council approved initiating the exploration of putting a decorative fence and signage along Tallapoosa Street at Strand Park. Alexander City Chamber of Commerce CEO Ed Collari made the presentation to the council and talked about the genesis of the idea and how the project could be funded. “I took part in Leadership Lake Martin class not last year, but the previous year,” Collari said. “We had a strong group and raised the idea of doing this, but time kind of ran out before we had to pick another project. But in talking with some people the idea was raised again and before we went too far, we wanted to get the city’s blessing to at least explore it.” Collari said the idea is to just run the wrought iron-look fence with brick columns along Tallapoosa Street only. The project with would be funded with donations, See FENCE • Page 9
THEY’VE STILL GOT IT ACJC Reunion Singers put on great show Photos by Mitch Sneed
The Alexander City Junior College Reunion Singers put on a great show Saturday. Above, the group relived a memory of a Barber Shop Quartet performance that was put together when ACJC hosted the Miss Alabama Pageant. Pictured are Dr. Brad Willis, Scott Blake, Ken Yates and Greg Willis. Right, Bucky Heard and Yates share a hug. To see more photos from the performance, see Page 11 inside.
Nashville artist and country music star Jeff Bates will be playing a show at the World Famous Rodeo Club in Dadeville Saturday night at 8 p.m.
“Sometimes those small venues bring out the best in people and they really are into the show and you can feed off that energy.”
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Country star Jeff Bates coming to Dadeville Saturday night By MITCH SNEED Editor
Nashville artist Jeff Bates will bring his full band, genre busting show to the World Famous Rodeo Club Saturday night and the man with hits to his credit that include “The Love Song,” “I Wanna Make You Cry” and “Long, Slow Kisses” said he is excited about coming to Dadeville.
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“My good friend Kevin Moon called me about this date and told me a little about the club and the fans there and we just can’t wait,” Bates said in a telephone interview last week. “That’s the beauty of being at the place I am now in my career. You get to play shows at stadiums and festivals with 30,000 and bars and clubs that may have 3,000 or 300. See BATES • Page 3
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