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Counterfeit money surfaces in Alex City By MITCH SNEED Outlook Editor
of the money they receive as change or from other transactions. He said with newer bills watermarks and a security strips are present. Check your wallets – Alexander City police Howell said even with the counterfeit bill reported that counterfeit money has again that was received in this instance, a close look turned up in the city. could cause concern. Investigators confirmed that counterfeit “First off there aren’t a lot of those older $50 bills have surfaced in the area, with one bills in circulation,” Howell said. “So as you recovered after a call from Winn Dixie. get your change, beware if you get an older “It’s a bill that is the old-style bill – and bill like this. Plus, the texture and the feel of this one is a 1984 series,” Alexander City it is different. A legitimate bill has a softer Police Department Cpl. Michael Howell said. feel than the paper used in these counterfeit “That was before many of the security feabills.” tures that current bills have.” Howell said that if you get a bill that you Howell said that residents should be aware See COUNTERFEIT • Page 3
A bogus $50 bill sits in an evidence bag at the Alexander CIty Police Department. Officials say it turned up at a local grocery store. Mitch Sneed / The Outlook
Camp Hill to host town-wide prayer vigil
Schubert featured guest at Lead Forward Women’s Conference
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The town of Camp Hill will have a chance to mourn together Sunday. “We are going to have a candle light vigil,” Camp Hill Council Member Ezell Smith said. “We think the town needs a chance to come together and grieve in light of recent events.” Just this past Sunday, four Camp Hill residents, James Moss, 47, Eric Moore, 40, Willie Ballard, 44, and 48-year-old Angela Barnett, lost their lives in an automobile accident at the intersection of Holley Avenue and Martin Luther King Jr. Street. In addition, the driver of the other vehicle was also a Camp Hill resident, Cobe Dashawn Bowens. Bowens was on the 2010 Edward Bell High School basketball team that won a state championship that See VIGIL • Page 3
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This two-pound lemon is the largest of Our Town lemon queen - Dot Matthews’ crops.
LEMON LARGE Our Town gardener grows massive two-pound lemon By DAVID GRANGER Outlook Staff Writer
If you life gives you lemons, they say, make lemonade. But if life gives you big lemons, take time to show ‘em around. That’s just what Dot Matthews did on Thursday afternoon with her pair of large lemons, one weighing 1 ½ pounds and the
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other 2 pounds. Matthews grew the lemons in her home community of Our Town. “I’ve had the bush for three years, but this is the first year it’s made lemons,” Matthews said. “It had one little one when I had it in the house last year, but it fell off. Then I repotted it and it took off.”
The Alexander City Chamber of Commerce is getting ready for its annual Lead Forward Women’s Conference and Business Expo that will feature Sister Schubert Barnes as the keynote speaker. “It is our third annual Lead Forward Conference,” Kim Dunn, Alexander Schubert City Chamber of Commerce director of marketing and special events said. “It is a time for women to come together for motivation and inspiration.” This year attendees will hear from one of the most successful women in business today, Patricia Barnes of Sister Schubert’s Homemade Rolls. “This year Sister Schubert will be our keynote speaker,” Dunn said. “We thought with her being from Alabama and starting one of the most
Are you looking for a job and have a commercial driver’s license? Do you like that big yellow school bus parked on the side of Highway 280? If so, then Alexander City Schools is your next stop. “We are short bus drivers,” Keith Lashley, Alexander City Schools transportation director said. “We have enough drivers to cover all of routes but we do not have any substitutes.” Currently Alexander City Schools have 22 routes and 22 drivers. Don’t worry about being a substitute. “Our substitute drivers typically move into fulltime positions
when they become available,” Lashley said. “We want people to be aware that these jobs come with the benefits of other employees, like insurance and retirement.” “We are constantly recruiting drivers,” Lashley said. “If you have a CDL, there are no costs involved. We take care of the required background check and the school bus training.” For those interested in learning more about driving school buses or to apply can call 256-2348600. Lashley explained the school bus driver shortage was aproblem across the area. “It seems pretty wide spread,” Lashley said. “I know of several systems like us that are recruiting drivers.”
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This school bus sitting along Highway 280 near River Bank gives news of career opportunities for drivers.