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Man accused of threatening DPD officers Terroristic threat charges leveled over alleged social media death threats By Mitch Sneed Outlook Editor
The Dadeville Police Department arrested a man suspected of making terroristic threats towards officers in the wake of a deputy-involved shooting last Wednesday that left a mentally challenged man dead. Chief David Barbour announced the arrest of 30-year-old James Earl Stinson of Dadeville in a released statement Saturday morning. Stinson was taken into custody late Friday. Officials did not release details of what the threats entailed, but said that they were made over social media, having been posted to a Facebook page. Dadeville Assistant Police Chief Chris Martin said that Stinson’s posts include threats on the lives of officers. An investigation found that Stinson had made threats regarding officers of the Dadeville Police Department following Wednesday’s shooting where a Tallapoosa County Deputy was forced to shoot 46-year-old Fletcher Ray Stewart after he brandished a weapon in an incident off Booger Hollow Road. Stinson was booked into the Tallapoosa County Jail and charged with making terroristic threats, which is a Class C felony. Under Alabama law, a conviction on that charge is punishable by two to 20 years in prison and up to a $5,000 fine. “We will not tolerate individuals threatening the lives of our officers for doing their job and duty even when they are misinformed as to the circumstances,” Dadeville Assistant Police Chief Chris Martin said. “We can and will investigate each and every incident See TERROR, Page 5
A CLASS OF THEIR OWN
By Mitch Sneed
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H school fishermen,above, set out from Wind Creek State Park SatHigh urday at sunrise to take part in the first Costa Bassmaster High School u S Southern Open. Winners Josh Powers and Cole Stewart, below, hold up ttheir winning sting of fish at weigh-in.
Tennessee team takes title at Bassmaster tournament By Cliff Williams Outlook Staff Writer
If you were to ask most of the fisherman taking part in t the t inaugural Costa Bassmaster High School Southern Open on H Lake Martin what they hooked L their fish on, they would say t Shaky Head’s with pumpkin S colored worms in shallow water c and a on brush piles, but not for the t winners Cole Stewart and Josh Powers of Esteill Springs, J Tennessee. T “We finally got on some fish in i some deep water, about 60 feet,” Powers said. “They were f biting jigs real good.” b The Powers-Stewart team’s first-place stringer of spotted f and large mouth bass weigha ing i in at 14 pounds, 4 ounces won w their Grundy County High School Fishing team $1,500 and S a spot in the national championship to be held this summer. o Once the Powers-Stewart team took the lead at the aftert noon weigh-in at Wind Creek n State Park, no one really chalS lenged them until near the end. l Another Tennessee team consisting of Bailey Fain and c Justin Selvidge of Lenoir City J High School brought a five-fish H stringer to the scales weighing s in i at 14 pounds and one ounce
to finish second. “Our day was kind of slow,” Fain said. “We only had two keepers at halftime, but finished off a limit by about noon. We only caught six fish all day.” The halftime and timeouts are unique to the BASS High School tournaments. “We have halftime so that the fisherman can take a short break, eat and consult with their boat captain,” BASS’s Hank Weldon said. “They also get See BASS, Page 11
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Few items elicit as much emotion as those m where laws regarding w alcohol are involved, a and Monday night the a Alexander City City A Council saw that firstC hand. h A near capacity crowd filled the municic pal courtroom of the p Alexander City Public A Safety Building for a pubS lic l hearing on a proposed Arts and Entertainment A District planned for the D downtown area. d While only two speakers e for the proposal and two t against were allowed to t speak on the issue, the strong feelings on t both sides were apparb ent. While proponents e cite c success in other locations and relatively few t issues, opponents say i that increased access to t alcohol is too high of a a price. p Rev. Bill See DISTRICT, Page 3
Yarn-Dye Building set to be home to auto supplier Korens Inc. By Mitch Sneed Outlook Editor
The Alexander City City Council voted Monday to authorize Mayor Charles Shaw to enter into an agreement with the Lake Martin Area Economic Development Alliance designed to pave the way to bring a worldwide auto parts manufacturer to the area. Korens Inc. was listed as a third party in the memorandum of understanding. According to sources, after the city gives the old Russell Corporation Yarn and Dye Building to LMAEDA, the floor will be repaired and with the plan for it become home for a new Korens plant. That building would allow them to get set up quickly, while a new, larger facility is See BUILDING, Page 3
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Entertainment district supporter Mark Lamborn said that it was time to try something to help downtown businesses. w
Flynt talks to Horizons Lake Levels on Harper Lee, politics 479.91 Lake Martin
Reported on 2/16/15 @ 1 p.m.
By David Granger Outlook Staff Writer
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Dr. Wayne Flynt spoke to Horizons Unlimited Monday about recent news surrounding Harper Lee and same sex marriages.
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Most would say that J. Wayne Flynt professor emeritus of History at Auburn University is Alabama’s most renowned living historian. Flynt has written 11 books about the state and spent his entire collegiate teaching career here, eight at Samford and the remainder at Auburn University. Yesterday, at Alexander City’s most recent meeting of Horizons Unlimited at the Alexander City Board of Education building, Flynt’s subject was Truman Capote, about whom Norman Mailer once said (regarding Capote’s “Breakfast
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