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Council to review Machen dismissal By MITCH SNEED Editor
The dismissal of Alexander City Finance Director Sandra Machen is on the agenda for Monday night’s meeting of the Alexander City City Council, but the public is not likely to hear the discussion. Machen was terminated July 22 pending review of the council and Monday’s agenda calls for an executive session to discuss the matter.
The documentation supplied to Machen at the time of her dismissal cited “conduct unbecoming an employee, dishonesty and falsification” as reasons for the personnel action. In a released statement Mayor Charles Shaw said the inability to get accurate information from Machen was the reason for her termination. “The City of Alexander City cannot operate successfully without accurate financial information,” Shaw said in a press release. “Unfortunately for the
last approximately two years, the city’s finance director, Sandra Machen, has been unable to accurately report financial numbers and has not efficiently run our finance department. “The mayor and the city’s department heads must be given correct financial information in order to effectively do their jobs. Department heads were given their budgets for the remainder of 2016 and the majority of these were incomplete and incorrect. Most importantly, the 2016 numbers for the golf course were
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wrong and it was discovered that numerous entries into the city’s accounting system were entered incorrectly. I assure everyone that city services will not be adversely affected during this transitional time.” The termination comes at a time when more issues over financial procedures and practices have surfaced in the way money has been entered into the financial system, when two years worth of audits are in the works, as a budget See COUNCIL • Page 2
Kramer’s show to cap successful Sun Festival By DAVID GRANGER Staff Writer
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At its regular August meeting Thursday night, the Alexander City Board of Education approved the resignation of a Benjamin Russell High School assistant principal to accept a principal’s job and a number of additional personnel actions and accepted an award from a contractor for achieving more than $1 million in savings through the use of cost-saving controls and timers. The board also heard a report on its annual audit, termed “absolutely the best we’ve ever had,” by Chief School Financial Officer Rhonda Blythe. The board accepted the resignation of BRHS Assistant Principal Evan Blair, who is resigning to accept the principal’s job at Talladega County’s Lincoln High School.
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Plenty of festival fun Trest Richardson, above, was the first of five groups up in the Band Battle Friday night at Strand Park to see who would open for Jana Kramer tonight to close out this year’s Sun Festival. Many of the bands brought a crowd to try to influence the judges. Look inside for a schedule of today’s Sun Festival events.
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Country music star and actress Jana Kramer performs tonight at the Alexander City’s Charles Bailey Sportplex in the finale of the city’s annual Sun Festival, coordinated by the Alexander City Chamber of Commerce. Kramer ‘s most recent album “thirty one” debuted with career-best sales numbers, landing in the Top 10 of the all-genre Billboard 200 albums chart and at No. 3 on the Country Albums chart. Her biggest hit to date, “I Got The Boy,” climbed to No. 3 in country radio and was ranked as one of the Best Songs of 2015 by the New York Times and was among the top 10 on Rolling Stone’s 25 Best Country Songs of 2015. Kramer, 32, grew up with country music, but initially pursued acting parts in Friday Night Lights, 90210, and Entourage, before she landed the recurring role of Alex in the CW’s One Tree Hill, quickly becoming a fan favorite. Since turning to music, she has released two albums, the first self-titled and “thirty one,” which was Kramer’s age at the time. The winner of last night’s Band Battle at Strand Park will open for Kramer and her performance will be followed See KRAMER • Page 11
Alex City native enters state’s Healthcare Hall of Fame By DAVID GRANGER Staff Writer
An Alexander City native who worked with polio-vaccine developers Jonas Salk and Albert Sabin at the Centers for Disease Control before beginning his half-century career in pharmacy was honored Saturday, July 23, with induction into the Alabama Healthcare Hall of Fame at Montgomery’s Alabama Activities Center. Melbourn Lloyd Sellers, a native of Alexander City and a 1951 graduate of Alexander City High School who owned and operated Dean’s Pharmacy in Opp for 38 years and ended his career as a “floating” pharmacist with the Rite Aid chain on Jan. 1, was among 13 doctors and pharmacists inducted in the Hall’s Class of 2016. Prior to receiving his degree in
pharmacy from Samford, Sellers, known as Lloyd, majored in biology and minored in chemistry at Georgia State and, after serving in the U.S. Air Force from 1950 to 1955, landed a job as a virologist at the CDC. In that position, Sellers and his future wife, Sara Margaret Meadows of Opp, worked with Salk and Sabin on a team in the viral and rickettsial division of prevention strategies. He performed numerous microbiologic analyses which would later aid in the development of the vaccines and worldwide reduction of polio. “I had personal contact with both Salk and Sabin on occasion,” said Sellers. “That’s where I met my wife, who was also a virologist. Sabin was interested in an oral vaccine and Salk had already established his injectable one. Both my wife and I did testing See HEALTHCARE • Page 5
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DEAR ABBY: I recently retired, but I haven’t told anyone. I receive widow’s benefits, so I’m comfortable financially. I like my privacy, and I’m afraid things will change if I tell people about my retirement. My father is dying of cancer. My best friend says if I were her sister, she’d be mad at me. My sister lives a mile away and I don’t want her dropping in on me. If she knew, she’d include me in everything she does. I feel this is my life and I want to enjoy it alone for the most part. Am I wrong? Am I hurting anyone? I was widowed 20 years ago and have had no serious relationships since. I’m independent, attractive and have joined a few dating sites, but I’m picky and have not met a man who attracts me. I’m 66, in good health and look younger. Am I being selfish? Do you have any advice for me? -- LONER LADY OUT WEST DEAR LONER LADY: If your sister has shouldered the responsibility of caring for your dying father by herself, think-
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DEAR ABBY: My son is getting married next year. My future daughter-in-law is demanding that I (mother of the groom) wear a strapless green dress. The bride is also wearing green. I am over 40 and no longer have a 20-something body, and I’m extremely uncomfortable wearing a dress where all my imperfections hang out and wobble for the world to see. She has informed me that if I don’t wear the dress of her choice, I should just stay home. Everyone I have talked to has told me to pick the style and color dress I prefer. If I show up in a dress that isn’t green, I’m pretty sure it will create a scene and I’ll be asked to leave. I don’t know what to do! Do I cave and wear what she asked of me, or wear what I want and face the wrath of Bridezilla? -SEEING GREEN IN ILLINOIS DEAR SEEING GREEN:
Your son’s fiancee appears to be rude, self-centered and insensitive (to put it mildly). That she would actually force you to choose between an outfit that makes you feel overexposed and not attending your son’s wedding is shocking. Does your son know about this, and what does he think about it? Talk to her once more. Tell her that while you have no objection to wearing something green, you do not intend to wear anything strapless -- and if she really means that if you don’t comply you won’t be welcome at the wedding, you will not be there. Let’s hope it brings her to her senses because if it doesn’t, I doubt you’ll be seeing much of her and your son anyway. Dear Abby is written by Abigail Van Buren, also known as Jeanne Phillips, and was founded by her mother, Pauline Phillips. Contact Dear Abby at www.DearAbby.com or P.O. Box 69440, Los Angeles, CA 90069.
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Mr. John Robert “Bobby” Chapman, Jr. 1945 - 2016 Mr. John Robert “Bobby” Chapman, Jr. passed away on Friday morning, July 29, 2016. He was born April 27, 1945. He was preceded in death by his daughter Margaret McCall “Maggie” Chapman, his parents, Margaret Elizabeth Swindall Chapman and Dr. John Robert Chapman, and his brother Thomas Swindall Chapman and his uncle Allen Jerry Swindall. He is survived by his brothers, Archie J. Chapman (Debbie) and James A. Chapman (Martha), and friend, Barbara Jo Wilson Walker. Bobby was a 1963 graduate of BRHS and a 1968 graduate of the University of Alabama where he was a
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member of Delta Tau Delta Fraternity. He had and made many lifelong friends while he was at University of Alabama. He started in business for himself May 1, 1970 at the Horseshoe Bend Motel, Horseshoe Bend Restaurant and Stable Club lounge. He was there and operated these businesses until December 2012 – a total of 42 years. He made many friends from his customers and many employees he worked with over this time. Later he became involved in the nursing home business and eventually owned and operated 5 nursing homes – Goodwater Health Care Center, Chapman Health Care and Assisted Living, Dadeville Health Care & Lafayette Extended Care. He is a member of First Presbyterian church of Alexander City.
Mrs. Nellie Billingsly Funeral service for Mrs. Nellie Billingsly of Temple Texas, formerly of Alexander City, Alabama will be Tuesday, August 2, 2016 at Mt. Calvary Baptist Church at 11:00 a.m. Burial will follow at the Alexander City Cemetery. Wright’s Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
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aving served in city government as District 4 Councilman, I know the duties and responsibilities of the mayor. As mayor, I would execute these duties using four basic principles; accountability, honesty, integrity and transparency. The primary job of the mayor is to be Fuller the manager of city employees, handling day-to-day operations of city business, as well as overseeing all city utilities. Everything beyond that is a team effort for all of city government. If elected, I would work with the council to immediately “tighten the belt” on city spending and significantly reduce wasted taxpayer dollars. City employees will be tasked with providing quality services in a friendly, efficient and competent manner to the taxpayers for whom we all work. In return, I will treat all employees equally with dignity and respect. I plan to work with the Council to implement a program called “Care Here” for our city employees. I encourage you to read about this program online particularly the story of Prattville and their success with this program and the savings it is capable of. I would strive to provide utilities to our customers as affordable as possible, while seeking out a market for our reserves. We have a huge supply of clean water that needs to be sold to other cities to increase revenues and to maintain that clean water supply. Finally, if elected, I will work diligently with the Council, Chamber, EDA and any other group to maintain a cleaner, safer city and bring growth that we so desperately need. My plan is to market Alexander City as the best recreational city in the state, capitalizing on Lake Martin and our Sportplex and other recreational facilities. I will do all this and much more in a professional manner that will bring pride to our citizens and employees. I need your support and vote on Aug. 23rd.
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s Mayor, I have taken pride in protecting the taxpayers’ dollars while delivering quality City services. Although we have made great strides toward a brighter future, I recognize that we still have challenges before us. I, along with some talented City employees have a plan in place to ensure that Alexander City is a thriving, Shaw healthy and innovative City for all. My job, as Mayor, has been not just to govern, but to mark the way forward, and build for decades to come. I have aggressively pursued new opportunities to attract small businesses as well as major employers. For example, The Aprinta Group, a major player in the screen-printing industry, relocated to Alexander City and has employed over 100 with plans to expand. Also, Korens, an automobile parts manufacturer, opened its doors with plans to hire over 200 workers by 2019. In addition, we have made road improvements, like the Central Boulevard project and the Broad Street plaza, which make our City more attractive. We are continuing to work on the Avondale Business Park to be able to offer office space to new businesses. We partnered with others in the city and county on a major renovation project at Hamp Lyon Stadium. We have added a new soccer complex and a new baseball field house to our popular Sportplex. All of these achievements helped Alexander City to be awarded the distinguished title of a “2015 Community of Excellence.” I very much wish to serve the people of Alexander City for another four years. If I am given this opportunity, I assure all voters that I will remain focused on creating jobs, supporting our schools, improving our infrastructure, and beautifying our City. We have achieved so much and yet we have only just begun. I ask the citizens of Alexander City to continue to work with me to ensure that our City is second to none.
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am Sherry Ellison-Simpson and I am seeking the position of City Council District 2. I am the chairperson for the department of Parks and Recreation. I am active and involved in the community. My love for this town and its growth and development are of great importance to me. I am a graduate of BRHS and CACC. I Simpson earned a Bachelor in Psychology, Masters in Criminal Justice, and Counseling from TSU. From AUM, I earned a Masters in Elementary Education and Educational Specialist in Learning Disabilities. I earned a Masters of Library Media from UWA and Masters of Administration from JSU. From Argosy University in Florida, I earned an Educational Specialist and Doctorate of Education in Instructional Leadership. I received National Board for Professional Teachers Certification in 2005 and 2015. For my work experience, I have worked in small business retail, law, counseling, education, and City government. I worked as a counselor, juvenile probation officer, attended the police academy, worked in the forestry/logging business, worked as an educator in the area of special education and the past 9 years, I have taught students with severe disabilities. I have been a member of the City Council. I have been married to Scott Simpson for 24 years and we are foster parents. I am the daughter of Gloria Dark Ellison and the late Gary Ellison and the daughter-in-law of H.M. and Jeanette Simpson, all of Alexander City. If re-elected, I will continue to work hard for the citizens of Alex City and be a voice for District 2. I will continue to partner with and support our local school system. I know that economic development is vital to our community and I will continue to support the EDA and the Chamber in their quest to bring industries and business to our community.
am proud to announce my candidacy for Alexander City Council District 4. I believe with my political background and experience I can help move Alexander City forward. I have been in politics off and on since 1996. Each time that I have been entrusted by voters to serve, my goal was to listen to the people, Tapley work as hard as possible to meet their concerns and do what was right, regardless of politics. If elected to the city council. I promise to do the same thing as your councilman. I have been married to Betty Carlisle Tapley for 44 years. We have two sons Jerome (Kelli) and Jeff (Misty) and three grandchildren, Madeline, Harper and Dylan. I belong to Hillabee Baptist Church where I am a Deacon. I have over 40 years business experience in appliance, heating and air repair service. Prior to that I worked for Russell Corp. In 2000 I graduated from the Alabama Local Government Training Institute Advanced Level (120 hours program) at Auburn University. The same year I graduated from the Alabama Local Government Training Institute (50 hours Graduate Program) at Auburn University. In 1998, I was certified as a municipal officer for the City of Alexander City. I also completed Level I Advanced Law Enforcement Training Program. In 1997, I won the Walmart Community Leadership Award, “American Hometown Leadership Award.” This was due to the boat ramp project where we worked tirelessly to help provide the space that is now recognized as one of the city’s bright spots for residents and those looking for access to Lake Martin. Your vote and support for me will be appreciated. May God bless Alexander City and the United States of America.
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he stagehands are readying, but the curtain hasn’t dropped yet on Alexander City’s Sun Festival, the town’s annual celebration of summer coordinated by the Chamber of Commerce. Today is the final day and it starts early with the Farmer’s Market at 7 a.m., which will feature PATH’s Healthy Recipe Challenge kids recipe contest at 10 a.m. At 8 a.m., there are car and motorcycle shows downtown and later there’s more activity on Lake Martin, where those interested can reserve a seat (205-616-8046) on a pontoon cruise at either 10 a.m. or 2 p.m. Finally, things shift to the Sportplex for the Summer Tailgate and Barbecue Cookoff (noon-6 p.m.), Jeep show (noon-3 p.m.) and cornhole tournament (1-5 p.m.). That’s all in preparation for a concert by country music star and actress Jana Kramer. The winner of Friday night’s Band Battle will open for Kramer and the concert will be followed by a spectacular fireworks show. And already we’ve enjoyed much. There were the Sun Festival pageants and the 5K Glow Run on Saturday. On Sunday, the festivities moved to beautiful Lake Martin’s Wind Creek State Park, where Family Fun Day featured fishing, beach volleyball, canoeing and kayaking, paddleboarding, sailing, a mini triathlon, a hot dog-eating contest and the chance to kick back and unwind with a cookout and games for the kids. Throughout the week, it seemed more folks than ever were participating in the daily Pie in the Sky treasure hunts, noodling over the clues and running to and fro chasing hunches. Those lucky enough to find a daily medallion showed up at The Outlook office mentally and physically exhausted, but delighted to be one of five in tonight’s drawing for $1,000. As a community, we scooted our boots, danced to the sounds of Motown and honed our lip synch skills. And on Thursday night the community gathered at two different venues – Strand Park and Benjamin Russell High School auditorium – to worship and be thankful for all the blessings our community has received. Not the least of those blessings was another excited and fun-filled week of Sun Festival activities. Thanks to the Alexander City Chamber of Commerce and all the event sponsors for another great year!
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or the last five years I have been asked on numerous occasions how I felt about a statewide lottery in Alabama. I’ve said so many times since first running for Governor in 2010, I don’t believe a lottery is the best way to fund state government, but I won’t stand in the way of letting the people vote for one, if given the opportunity. Once a reporter asked me why I felt like a lottery wasn’t the ideal choice to pay for essential state services, like healthcare for poor children, the disabled and the elderly. I told that reporter a lottery is an idea whose time had come and gone like a fashion trend. Many states surrounding Alabama created lotteries years ago, and they’ve enjoyed much success. I likened a lottery to a leisure suit, a trend that was once all the rage in its heyday, but maybe had lost its luster in modern times. Well, sometimes when the leisure suit is the only thing you’ve got left hanging in the closet, you have to suck in your gut, and squeeze into that thing, no matter how ill-fitting it may be. And that’s where we find ourselves as a state today, staring at a last, best option to pay for the most basic services a state must provide. At bare minimum, we must care for our truly vulnerable. With no steady revenue stream to fund basic health care for babies born
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into poverty, or to help our people who have disabilities get the care they need to live a productive life, we are left with the gut-wrenching decision to cut these services, or find a way to pay for them. I will not, as your Governor and as a physician, watch as our most helpless and vulnerable people go without a doctor’s care. I can’t bear to think of the half-million children who, through no fault of their own, are born into poverty and have no way to get basic medical treatment they need to grow healthy and strong. We have gotten to this point as a state because we have skated by year after year by finding one-time money to pay for things. It’s like taking your tax refund check to pay this month’s bills. Once that refund is spent, you still have to come up with a way to pay next month’s bills. And we’ve been pretty good at getting by. First, when I was elected, we started cutting wasteful spending. We went right at state government with a hatchet, so much so that we actually saved taxpayers over a billion dollars annually. And then, in 2012 we actually asked you, the
taxpayers, to let us go in debt to pay our bills. And you voted yes, and allowed your state government to borrow over $400 million dollars. Like any “one-time money” quick fix, that money is gone. And what’s more, we have to pay it back. We attempted to pass enough fair taxes to create steady revenue, but your legislators said last year that’s not the answer. Without steady, additional revenue the Legislature, when it figures out how to balance the budget each year, keeps cutting. No, a lottery may not be the perfect way to help children who are born into poverty pay for basic medical treatment. But at this hour, exhausting all options, it’s the best leisure suit we’ve got. I can’t bear to think of the half-million children who, through no fault of their own, are born into poverty and have no way to get basic medical treatment they need to grow healthy and strong. In order to accomplish this I am calling a special session of the Alabama legislature on Aug. 15. Please join with me in asking your legislators to allow us to help our people. Help us solve this problem. Let’s join together to help make Alabama a truly great state. Bentley is the governor of Alabama.
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 Chapel Road, the Northside community T.C. Coley and portion of Spring Hill community. His phone number is 212-9316. His address is 2316 North Central Avenue, Kellyton. Steve Robinson represents District 2, which includes the southern part of Alexander City, the Cedar Creek area, Ourtown and Willow Point. His phone number is 256-654-0047. Steve Robinson His address is 1225 Warren Circle, Alexander City. John McKelvey represents District 3, which includes Jackson’s Gap, Hackneyville, New Site and Daviston. His phone number is 256825-8403. His address is 1285 Freeman Road, New Site.
George Carleton Jr. represents District 5, which includes southern Camp Hill, Red Ridge, Walnut Hill, Union and Pleasant Ridge. His address is 630 Turner Road Road, Dadeville.
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• Qatar - $1 million to $5 million • Brunei - $1 million • Oman - $1 million to $5 million • United Arab Emirates - $1 million to $5 million • Algeria - $500,000 • Bahrain - $50,000 to $100,000 If the reported numbers are accurate, that amounts to $25,500,000 to $57,600,000 in Arab money contributed to Hillary Clinton’s campaign. In light of the fact that all these countries are Muslim nations and their intention is obviously buying influence with the White House this country should be outraged. How long will we just wink and look the other way while the Clintons continue to plunder our country? Even if you are not willing to consider Hillary’s legal issues with state secrets, emails Benghazi and admitted lying, at least remember this Arab connection when you vote in November. Our nation’s survival depends on it.
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City rules are being selectively enforced Dear Editor, The residents of this city should all come by 756 Spring Hill Road in Alexander City to see just how the city enforces the laws that are already on the books about the weed ordinances. I have been in contact with the mayor, Gaines Hodnett and my councilman Bob Howard about the weeds at the above address for the past four months and now they are going to give the owner at the above address another couple of weeks. That’s after giving five months to cut her back yard. There is no excuse for the city to allow someone to go five months without cutting their yard. The weeds have grown up, making a perfect
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home for the rats to run around in and hide all the other debris that is back there. The ordinance says 30 days, so why does the city let this owner have five months before anything is done? Let’s all decide not to cut our grass for five months and see if we could get away with this just like the city is allowing my neighbor to get away with it. What would our city look like? Would you really want to retire to a city where the laws are just set up for the majority but the “SELECT FEW” get special treatment? Oh yea, that is Alexander City already! Joe Morrione Alexander City
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Blair’s resignation is immediate and he will take over at Lincoln in the coming school year. “Evan has been a tremendous assistant principal for us at Benjamin Russell,” said Alexander City Superintendent Darrell Cooper. “We hate to lose him.” The board also accepted from Schneider Electric of Birmingham’s Madalena Pierangelino and Todd Smith the company’s Savings Milestone Award, indicative of achieving $1 million in cost savings through the installation of controls, timers and other cost-saving measures installed by Schneider Electric in late 2007. With recommendations from Schneider, the board increased operational efficiencies in the school system by updating lighting in classrooms and its gymnasium and streamlining system operations with centralized controls. The changes have helped the board cut energy usage by 27 percent, resulting in an annual savings of $112,000. In total, the system has saved 11 million total kilowatt hours of electricity. “This initiative has been extremely rewarding both in the amount of energy savings realized and in our effort to assist in maintaining a healthy, clean environment,” said Cooper. “These savings allow us to redirect funding toward more important educational resources for our students.” “We are proud to partner with Alexander City Schools to help achieve its goals of energy conservation, educational success, and community advancement,” said Tammy Fulop, vice president of energy and sustainability services for Schneider Electric. “This school district is a great example of how sustainability can benefit a community both environmentally and financially. They’ve put their $1million in energy savings to use to make a real difference that will benefit students for years to come.” In addition to Blair’s resignation, in other personnel actions the board: • Approved five additional resignations, including two pre-K auxiliary teachers, a nurse, a teacher at Stephens Elementary and a paraprofessional at
Alexander City Middle School; • Approved 12 new hires, including four teachers at Stephens Elementary, three pre-K auxiliary teachers, two bus drivers, science and language arts teachers at Alexander City Middle School and a registrar/secretary at ACMS; • Granted leave under the Family and Medical Leave Act to three teachers; • Approved contracts for two long-term substitutes who will fill in for two of the teachers on FMLA and for a technology assistant; and • Approved 15 supplements for teachers who work extra time in the After the Bell program and one for an athletics assistant. The board also heard a report on its annual audit from Diane Naler, a local certified public accountant. “I must say the findings this year are remarkably minimal,” Naler said of her look into the 15 areas selected for audit in fiscal year 2015. “I only had like five findings out off all the schools and I would like to say that one school (Jim Pearson Elementary School) didn’t have any.” Naler said most of the findings were minor, including student receipts missing, invoices that were not dated or dated after the invoice, one case of a missing invoice and one $48 item that was paid for but never received. “I think this year as compared to past years was excellent in the way this group kept up with their procedures,” Naler said. Naler also informed the board of accounting changes applicable to all public entities. “The board was required to adopt Governmental Accounting Standard No. 68 this year,” Naler said. According to the Governmental Accounting Standards Board, GASB No. 68 states “in governmental fund financial statements, a net pension liability should be recognized to the extent the liability is normally expected to be liquidated with expendable available financial resources. Pension expenditures should be recognized equal to the total of
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amounts paid by the employer to the pension plan and the change between the beginning and ending balances of amounts normally expected to be liquidated with expendable available financial resources.” According to Blythe, this liability is only reflected on the system’s annual audit and is not indicative of any additional expense to the school board.
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for both.” In 1952 alone, nearly 60,000 children were infected with polio. Thousands were paralyzed and more than 3,000 died. Hospitals set up special units with iron lung machines to keep polio victims alive. Rich kids as well as poor were left paralyzed. Then in 1955, the U.S. began widespread injections of Salk’s vaccine. By 1979, the virus had been completely eliminated across the country. Now polio is on the verge of being eliminated from the world. The virus remains endemic in only two parts of the globe: northern Nigeria and the area along the Afghanistan-Pakistan border. After his experiences at the CDC, where he worked until 1960, Sellers obtained his pharmacy degree from Samford’s McWhorter School of Pharmacy and moved
to Opp with his late wife. In 1968, Sellers purchased Opp’s Dean’s Pharmacy – an old-style pharmacy comparable to Carlisle’s in Alexander City that for a time sold fountain drinks and other food and drink items – and owned and operated it until selling it in 2004. He developed another local pharmacy in Opp, which he sold in 1991. After selling Dean’s to Rite Aid, he worked for the company at his former store before becoming a “floating” pharmacist for the chain. Sellers is the son of the late Arthur and Gertie Sellers, both of Alexander City. Sellers’ sons, Mel and Sean, and daughter, Stacey, joined other family members at Sellers’ induction ceremony.
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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
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New Hope Baptist Lake Martin, off Hwy. 63 256-329-2510
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Unity Baptist Robinson Rd., Alex City
New Life Baptist Jackson’s Gap, 256-825-6190 / 256-329-2635
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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
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Bethany Baptist Church Bethany Road
New Rocky Mount Baptist 670 Peckerwood Rd., Jackson’s Gap 256-794-3846
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
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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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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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House of Restoration Holiness 519 Slaughter Ave., Camp Hill, 256-749-2373, 256-896-2904
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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
Kellyton Baptist Kellyton, 256-329-1512 Kendrick Baptist Church Nixburg Lake Martin Baptist Hwy 34, Dadeville 256-825-7434 Lake Pointe Baptist 8352 Hwy. 50W, Dadeville Lebanon Baptist Mt. Carmel Rd., Dadeville, 256-234-7541
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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
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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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Jackson’s Gap Baptist Jackson’s Gap, 256-825-4951
Flint Hill U.M., Alex City 256-234-5047
PRESBYTERIAN First Presbyterian 371 Jefferson St., Alex City 256-329-0524
FULL GOSPEL Dadeville Foursquare Gospel Church Old 280 By-pass
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First United Methodist Dadeville, 256-825-4404
CHURCH OF THE NAZARENE Dadeville Church of the Nazarene Corner Hwy. 280 and 49, 256-825-8191
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SUMMER READING PROGRAM FINALE: Mamie’s Place Children’s Library is hosting a finale for the summer reading program July 30 at the Sportplex Gym at 10 a.m. with games and a kids lunch. NIGHT IN PEARLS: The Gloria Boleware Show is hosting An Elegant Night in Pearls, an All White Attire, at the Passion Church July 30 at 6 p.m. Special guests include: Regeneration Mothers Of Praise, Brothas Keepers Motorcycle Club, Charlene Benton, Rickey Young, Mary Lee Davis, Sistas For A Cause, Callie Willis, Debbie Bryant, Sonya Huntley, Sandra Whitehill,Quandara Ingram, Shanesia Burden, April Ross, Lisa Marbury, Darlene Wilson, Deitrick Lawson Sr., Sis Gertrude. BACK TO SCHOOL EVENT: There will be a back to school event
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BEREAVEMENT CAMP: Camp I Believe will be at Children’s Harbor July 29 - 31. It is a bereavement camp for children ages 7 - 14 that have lost a loved on. It is an overnight camp and is free for qualifying applicants. Contact Julia Bassett at Julia.Bassett@gentiva. com.
August 1-3
REVIVAL: A Soul Winning Revival is scheduled for 6:30 p.m. each night from Aug. 1-3 at Haven Memorial United Methodist Church at 354 Christian Street in Alexander City. Guest evangelists will be Rev. Theo Perkins of Harperville. The community is invited to attend this event.
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BACK TO SCHOOL PARTY: Sixth Street Baptist Church is hosting a back to school party August 3 from 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. for those who have completed first through sixth grades. There will be a glow party, shaving cream fight and free pizza. Bring your own glow sticks and shaving cream. Contact 256-234-2408 for more information. AFTER SCHOOL REGISTRATION: The Boys & Girls Clubs of the Lake Martin Area After School Program will be located at the Sportsplex Gym. Clubs will be open every weekday from 2:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. and are available to children 5-7, 8-9, 10- 12 and a FREE teen program for 13 – 18. For an application, please contact us at 256-234-4757.
August 6
BACK TO SCHOOL EXPO: GAP Fellowship Church is hosting a Back to School Expo at Betty Carol Graham Technology Center with special guest Bill Gailliard, author and motivational speaker. There will be free school supplies, free back packs, pizza and drinks. All students K-12 and teachers are invited. YARD SALE: Duncan United Methodist Church is hosting a yard sale August 6 from 6 a.m. to noon. HORSESHOE BEND SYMPOSIUM: The annual Horseshoe Bend National Military Park Symposium will be August 6 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at Auburn University’s Pebble Hill on Debardeleben Street in Auburn. Speakers will be Dr. Kathryn Braund, Mike Bunn, Dr. Keith Hebert, Matthew Sparacio and Justin Weiss.
August 7
CHURCH ANNIVERSARY: Mt. Lovely Baptist Church will hold
August 8
PRAYER VIGIL: There will be a prayer vigil August 8 from 6 a.m. to 6 p.m. at Great Bethel Missionary Baptist Church on Jefferson Street. People are invited to come to pray at any time during those 12 hours and stay as long or as short a time as he/she chooses. This is sponsored by the Alexander City Area Ministerial Association.
August 8-12
CHURCH REVIVAL: Pine Grove Missionary Baptist Church is hosting its annual revival August 8-12 at 7 p.m. nightly The pastor is Rev. G.H. Pulliam and the evangelist for the week is Rev. Carols Snead of Faithful Baptist Church in Columbus.
August 11
NATIONAL NIGHT OUT: The Alexander City Police Department is hosting the 33rd Annual National Night Out August 11 from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. at the Sportplex. The event will showcase various public safety and emergency response agencies that operate in the Alexander City and surrounding areas including the State, County, EMA, businesses, and church groups. The event is free and will include free hotdogs and drinks while they last.
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am Anniversary Celebration and Homecoming Aug. 7 at 2 p.m. The guest speaker will be Rev. Gary Dixon of Calvary Baptist Church in LaFayette. For more information call 256-825-7286 or email jan_dhart@yahoo.com CHURCH ANNIVERSARY: The Wall Street AME Zion Church, 71 Zion Street of Tallassee, Alabama, will celebrate 136 years of ministry August 7. A homecoming program is being prepared to commemorate this joyous occasion. Members, former members, family, and friends are cordially invited to attend. The program will begin at 2:30 p.m. The speaker for the occasion will be LaBrian Stewart, the son of Dr. and Mrs. Keith Stewart. LaBrian is one of our own. He is an accomplished student athlete and professional educator and currently serves as Athletic Director and Head Football Coach at Northview High School, Dothan, Alabama. GOSPEL SINGING: The gospel singing group The Greene’s will be in concert Sunday, Aug. 7 at 11 a.m. at Comer United Methodist Church in Alexander City. A covered dish dinner will follow the concert. The church is located at 427 East Church Street in Alexander City.
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United Methodist Church in Dadeville is hosting its 179th Homecoming August 14 from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. There will be a lunch following. CHURCH HOMECOMING: Peace & Goodwill Missionary Baptist Church on County Road 30 in Kellyton is hosting homecoming Sunday, Aug. 14 at 2 p.m. The guest minister will be Rev. McClendon Hall of Loving Peace Baptist Church. CHURCH HOMECOMING: Liberty United Methodist Church in Hackneyville is hosting homecoming services August 14 at 10:30 a.m. The guest speaker will be Ray Martin with special music by Harlan Burton. Lunch will follow at noon and there will be a singing in the afternoon.
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HOMECOMING: Darian Missionary Baptist Church at 1825 Pearson Chapel Road in Alexander City will have a Homecoming Celebration beginning at 2:30 p.m. The guest church is Harper Springs Baptist Church of Sylacauga with Pastor Ocie Blackmon speaking. Rev. Larry Shealey is the minister at Darian Missionary Baptist Church.
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REVIVAL: New Adka Missionary Baptist Church is hosting revival services August 22-24 at 7 p.m. nightly. The guest minister is Rev. MacArthur Moss of Reeltown Missionary Baptist Church. Edward Milner is pastor.
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REVIVAL: Darian Missionary Baptist Church at 1825 Pearson Chapel Road in Alexander City will hold a revival Monday, Aug. 22-Friday, Aug. 26 with nightly services set for 7 p.m. Guest speaker will be Rev. Theoangelo Perkins of Liberty Christian Church in Harpersville,
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Police Reports Alexander City Police Department July 27
• Domestic violence was reported in the 700 block of Farm Loop Road. • Harassing communications was reported in the 3000 block of 63 South.
July 26
• Jeremy Clayton Maske, 34, of Alexander City was arrested for attempting to elude a law enforcement officer. • Ronald Eugene Williams, 36, of Alexander City was arrested for possession of drug paraphernalia. • Jhcorri Jamall Milton, 22, of Alexander City was arrested for disorderly conduct. • Criminal Mischief/ Harassment was reported in the 900 block of Bishop Street. • Theft was reported on Hillabee Street. • Theft was reported on Poplar Road. • Domestic violence was reported in the 2200 block of South Road Court. • Theft was reported in the 1800 block of Red Barn Road. • Harassment was reported in Market Place. • Theft was reported on County Road 40. • Theft was reported on K Street. • Criminal mischief was reported on Pearson Chapel Road.
July 25
• Charles Gordon Rust, 51, of Jackson’s Gap was arrested for stalking. • Scott Allan Zeigler, 37, of Alexander City was arrested for unlawful breaking and entering. • George Eddie Flowers of Montgomery was arrested for fraudulent use of a credit/debit card. • Domestic violence was reported on Jefferson Street. • Unlawful breaking and entering and theft was reported on Moose Road.
July 24
• Teresa Renee Taylor, 28 of Alexander City was arrested for possession of
marijuana and possession of drug paraphernalia. • Scott Allen Zeigler, 37, of Alexander City was arrested for public intoxication. • Sime’shia Jaquay Cotton, 19, of Alexander City was arrested for assault. • Burglary was reported in the 100 block of Fairlane Circle. • Robbery was reported on Sportplex Boulevard. • Harassing communications was reported on East Pine Street. • Unlawful breaking and entering was reported on Highway 280. • Unlawful breaking and entering was reported on Highway 280.
July 23
• Tyler Wayne Moon, 29, of Montgomery was arrested for illegal possession of a credit/debit card. • Assault was reported on North Central Avenue. • Unlawful breaking and entering was reported in the 2100 block of County Road. • Harassing communications was reported in the 3800 block of North Central Avenue. • Domestic violence was reported in the 300 block of Andrew Jackson Road. • Assault was reported on Hillabee Street. • Menacing was reported in the 2100 block of County Road.
July 22
• Marvin James Robinson, 31, of Alexander City was arrested for domestic violence. • James Matthew Woodruff, 32, of Alexander City was arrested for attempting to elude a law enforcement officer. • Domestic violence was reported in the 2700 block of Dadeville Road. • Domestic violence was reported in Alexander City. • Domestic violence was reported in the 1300 block of J Street. • Domestic violence was reported in the 1700
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July 21
• Chance Lee Sherum, 18, of Alexander City was arrested for violation of juvenile sex offender. • James Arnold Whiteard, 32, of Alexander City was arrested for public intoxication. • Theft was reported on Highway 280. • Domestic violence was reported in the 900 block of Equal Club Road. • Domestic violence was reported on Sandy Ridge Road.
July 20
• William Carl Watkins, 34, of Alexander City was arrested for burglary and theft. • Joshua Nathan Loudermilk, 26, of Scottsboro was arrested for possession of a controlled substance, drug paraphernalia, and driving under the influence of a controlled substance. • Theft was reported on Highway 280. • Domestic violence was reported in the 1300 block of Hillabee Street. • Criminal mischief was reported in the 200 block of 10 th Avenue. • Theft was reported on Moose Road. • Theft was reported on Dadeville Road. • Theft and criminal trespass was reported on Highway 280. • Harassment was reported on Highway 280. • Domestic violence was reported on Highway 280.
Tallapoosa County Sheriff’s Department July 28
• Darrell Pearson of Pearson Chapel Road in Alexander City was arrested for failure to comply with court referral.
• A resident of Dudleyville Road in Dadeville filed a report for theft. • A resident of County Road 89 in Camp Hill filed a report for harassment. • A resident of College Street in Wadley filed a private property accident report.
July 26
• Dustin Hardy of Dadeville was arrested for an active failure to appear warrant. • A resident of Wave Front Circle in Dadeville filed a report for a dog bite. • Shenetta Black of Alexander City was arrested for criminal trespass. • William Marbury of Alexander City was arrested for active failure to appear child support warrants. • A resident of Warrior Lane in Dadeville filed a report for theft of property and burglary of a residence.
Council deadline nears and as results of a state auditor’s investigation were made public and cited several financial irregularities. Machen was terminated by the mayor on Sept. 18, 2015, but was reinstated by the Alexander City City Council four days later. Since her reinstatement, Machen’s relationship with the mayor, city department heads and some members of the council were strained. It is unclear if this will be the only review of the matter as Machen had the
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right to a due process hearing, to secure representation, respond to the allegations, present evidence in her defense and has seven days to request a hearing. The executive session is one of nine items on the agenda. Monday’s council meeting is set for 5:30 p.m. in the upstairs conference room at the Alexander City Public Safety Building.
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July 30-31
Alex City Golf Championship, Lake Winds Golf Club, Call the pro shop at 256-825-9860 to sign up. The $85 fee includes green fee and cart. Tourney will be Flighted Forward Tee Division and includes tee gifts, lunch each day, skins game each day and closest to pins. Overall champ receives an exemption for 2017 and their own parking space.
Aug. 1
First day of high school football practice at Benjamin Russell, Dadeville, Horseshoe Bend, Reeltown and Central Coosa.
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Alexander City Parks and Recreation Adult Softball Fall League registration, $275 registration fee per team. Registration forms available by following online links at http:// www.acpr.me/adult.php. For more information, call 256329- 6736 or drop by the Parks and Rec office at the Charles E. Bailey Sportplex. Games begin Sept. 12.
Aug. 5
Alex City Youth Soccer registration for ages 3-15, 5:308 p.m. at Charles E. Bailey Sportplex gym, birth certificate required, $60 fee includes jersey.
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Alex City Junior City Golf Championship, 9:30 a.m. at Lake Winds Golf Club, Call the pro shop at 256-825-9860 to sign up
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Benjamin Russell High School head football coach Danny Horn (standing, center) talks with the Wildcats during a summer conditioning session.
Football practice officially begins Monday at most area schools By CATHY HIGGINS Sports Editor
The calendar turn to Aug. 1 signals the official start of high school football practice throughout Tallapoosa County. Although Alexander City students don’t head back to class until Aug. 8, the Benjamin Russell High Wildcats start hitting the field for practice Monday afternoon. “We’re going 4 o’clock every evening this week except Thursday when we start at 3:15 p.m.,” Wildcats head football coach Danny Horn said. “Once we’re in school, we’ll start practice after school at 3:30.” The team’s practices will be gradual, starting off in shorts and helmets and working their way up to full gear. “Friday they’ll be in full pads,” Horn said. Tallapoosa County schools head back to class Thursday. But the football teams also kick
off their practices Monday. At Horseshoe Bend, this week will have a varied schedule. The Generals’ first practice of the week is bright and early, set for 6:30-8:30 a.m. Then Tuesday’s practice starts at 3:30 p.m. “We start school after that,” Horseshoe Bend head football coach Jason Franklin said. Once school starts, the Generals practice after school for about two hours. The Reeltown High football team will practice 4-5:30 p.m. Monday through Wednesday. “Once we get into the thick of things with school, we’ll practice every day from 4-6 p.m.,” Rebels head football coach Matt Johnson said. Dadeville High will begin practice at 5 p.m. each day, starting Monday. At Central Coosa High, practice will start at 4 p.m. every day beginning Monday. The only school not starting football practice Monday is
Lyman Ward. Under the leadership of new head coach Keith Elliott, the team will practice each day 4-5:30 p.m. beginning Aug. 22. Although practice has yet to officially begin, area football programs have spent the summer conditioning for the upcoming season. However, with daytime temperatures sometimes soaring into the triple digits, coaches have had to keep hydration a high priority. “You’ve got to educate your kids,” Horn said. “They can’t wait until they get to conditioning to hydrate.” Franklin agrees. “You’ve got to start that 24 hours beforehand,” he said. “You’re going to lose a lot of fluids during practice so you’ve got to be hydrated before you get on the field.” The coaches are trained to keep watch on the athletes’ health and to make sure they continue to drink fluids while on the field.
Community turns out for BRHS Golf Tourney By CATHY HIGGINS Sports Editor
Aug. 11-Aug. 20
Tackle Football registration for age divisions: 5-6 yr old flag football, 6-8 yr olds, 10U and 12U (Playing age as of Sept. 1st). 8 week season. The league consists of 6 cities. The first 6 weeks is regular season. Then, there is a two week playoff to decide the top two teams in each age group. These top teams will then play in the Tallapoosa County Super Bowl.
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Alex City Youth Soccer registration for ages 3-15, 5:308 p.m. at Charles E. Bailey Sportplex gym, birth certificate required, $60 fee includes jersey
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Alex City Youth Soccer registration for ages 3-15, 5:308 p.m. at Charles E. Bailey Sportplex gym, birth certificate required, $60 fee includes jersey
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Alexander City Parks and Recreation Youth Fall Softball registration, 5-7 p.m. at Charles E. Bailey Sportplex Gym, cost is $45, tryouts Aug. 25 for 10-game session. Items for the Sports Calendar can be submitted to Sports Editor Cathy Higgins at cathy. higgins@alexcityoutlook.com.
“We take plenty of water breaks,” Franklin said. At BRHS, that also includes putting the athletes on the scale. “We weigh our linemen,” Horn said. “You can lose 7-8 pounds in one practice.” At Reeltown that precaution includes having certified trainer Chad Abrams keep a close watch on the athletes’ condition. “He observes our kids every day,” Johnson said. The Rebels also limited conditioning to three days a week after 5 p.m. “We have a lot of kids that work,” Johnson said. “We also wanted to give our kids time just to be kids.” During summer conditioning Central Coosa used the clock to overcome the heat. “We came in early in the morning,” Central Coosa head football coach Barry Simmons said. “The heat wasn’t bothering us as much early in the day.”
Cathy Higgins / The Outlook
Wilson Harris shoots his ball over the ridge at the first hole of the eighth annual Benjamin Russell High School Golf Tournament Friday afternoon at Lake Winds Golf Course.
About 48 golfing enthusiasts turned out for the eighth annual Benjamin Russell High School Golf Tournament Friday at Lake Winds Golf Course. “We ended up having 12 teams,” said BRHS golf coach Wes Tate. “We’re very pleased with the turnout. The people in our community are so generous.” The cost to enter was $400 per four-man team. “Two or three businesses also sponsored a team so the high school golfers could play,” Tate said. Proceeds from the tourney are used to supply the high school golf teams with such equipment as golf bags, tournament entry fees and travel expenses for tournaments for the teams’ 20 boys and 12 girls. According to Tate, the event reached its fundraising goal. “It’ll be enough to where we will be funded for the year and a little extra,” he said. But entry fees weren’t the only funds raised by the tournament. Area businesses have also sponsored holes on the course with commitment and recognition levels ranging from $50-$500. “We had six sponsors per hole,” Tate said. “We had 85-90 sponsors.” The golf coach expressed his appreciation to the Alexander City business community for contributing to the fundraiser. “When it comes to our schools they’re always so generous,” he said. Entry into the tournament gives each player three mulligans, one throw and one power drive. The event also included lunch. In addition, awards were presented at the conclusion of the tournament. They included first, second and third place for low grossing teams; first, second and third place for low netting teams; closest to the pin on par 3s; and the longest drive. Results of the tournament were not available at press time.
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Welcome
Chamber of Commerce......................5
Newcomer’s Guide
Come for the Recreation....................8 Celebrate the Arts............................13 Shop & Dine in Town......................16 Live the Dream................................19 Volunteer to Build Community........20 Quality Care Right at Home............22 We’ve Got Jobs!...............................24 Future Prospcts................................26 Area Maps........................................30 Focus on Faith..................................32
Directory Utilities & City Services..................34 Safety, County & Social Services....35 Elected Officials..............................36 Clubs, Parks & Pets.........................37 What’s Happening...........................38 City Schools & Daycares.................40 Russell Medical Center....................41 Church Directory.............................40 Chamber Directory..........................42
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of this event is to unite our community d like to personally welcome you while attracting tourists from throughout to Alexander City, the Gateway to the region. We are delighted by the thouLake Martin. The Alexander City sands of people who partake in this annual Chamber of Commerce would event that also serves as a showcase for like to ensure your time in our community our wonderful city. is fulfilling and enjoyable and that our We encourage you to get involved. We Southern hospitality exceeds your expectaneed all hands on deck to drive us successtions. Whether you enjoy Lake Martin as fully into the future. The chamber offers a a part-time resident or you live here yearvariety of programs that can fill any interround while functioning daily within the est level you might have. Leadership Lake community, the chamber strives to create Martin is a 10-month leadership-training an environment that promotes enthusiasm, program designed to inform, inspire and happiness and success in your personal empower community leaders throughout and professional lives. the Lake Martin area. The comprehensive We are very excited about the numerous classes provide emerging leaders with a community groups that work together to broader understanding and heightened promote and grow Alexander City. Along awareness of the problems, opportunities with our local elected officials on the city and resources in our area. council and our mayor, the team at the The chamber also oversees an extremeLake Martin Area Economic Development Ed Collari ly popular and progressive organizaAlliance continues to attract and recruit a President/CEO tion known as the Lake Martin Young variety of industries to our area, which has brought diversity from around the world in Alexander City Chamber of Commerce Professionals. The YP group coordinates, collaborates and promotes events around conjunction with economic stability. Lake Martin that are social, volunteer or informational in Just as successful is the MainStreet organization, which nature. They connect the young Lake Martin area with activipromotes our historical downtown area that is decorated with delightful shops, restaurants and local businesses and entrepre- ties that will help to improve the careers, social lives and character of our members. neurs. We also believe strongly in retaining our young talEach of these organizations is supported in numerous ways ent and cultivating their entrepreneurial spirit. The Young by the talent and resources provided by Central Alabama Entrepreneurs Academy is a yearlong program that teaches Community College, located in the heart of our city, as it middle and high school students how to start and run their own continues to pave the way for higher education and a trained real businesses. YEA guides high school students through the workforce. process of starting and running a legitimate business or social The chamber itself serves the community in a wide variety movement over the course of a full academic year. of facets, including retail and commercial business recruitThe Alexander City Chamber Foundation is proud to ment, workforce training and development and existing busiprovide the Gateway to Education Scholarship Assistance ness growth, as well as creating a vibrant atmosphere within Program, an education/workforce development initiative our city with numerous events throughout the year. Through that provides up to 64 credit hours of free college tuition to the outlined goals and expected outcomes in the chamber’s Benjamin Russell High School graduating seniors. The free five-year strategic plan, Our Future is Now, we also focus on tuition is available to students attending Central Alabama strengthening our business and educational community by bringing everyone to the table to achieve the highest standards. Community College in Alexander City. As you can see, we are very busy at the chamber. Our Through generous contributions from our local businesses and main goal is to help Alexander City thrive economically and community leaders, our campaign to move Alexander City in the right directions regularly surpasses benchmarks and contin- to promote all of its wonderful attributes within our community. I hope you will find our city as delightful as we do. Our ues to accomplish the mission we set out to achieve. businesses, our civic organizations, our government and most Our local businesses, government and civic organizations importantly, our people are what motivate us each and every play a huge part in the success of the chamber. 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ecreation could just about be Alexander City’s middle name. From water sports and fishing to golf, hiking, paddling, rock climbing and even disc golf, the Gateway to Lake Martin is a top producer of fun. With 44,150 acres of pristine water and 880 miles of shoreline – much of it natural and undeveloped – there’s plenty of room for fast adventure, quiet floats in out-of-the-way swimming holes and everything in between. Developed in the 1920s with the construction of Martin Dam, Alabama’s only designated Treasured Lake has matured into a favorite location for water sports, tubing with the kids, boat trips past multi-million-dollar lake homes and picnics on the many islands. Lake Martin is home ground for a string of U.S. water skiing champions and is one of just two sites in the nation where Victoria wake surfboard prototypes are regularly tested. A slalom course at Porter’s Branch on Kowaliga Creek is a great place to get in a few runs, and local marine companies host demos and clinics throughout the summer to teach boarding tricks and skills. Check marina websites for dates and event descriptions. All around the lake, 12 marinas offer gasoline and food sales, along with boat storage and service and ship’s stores for essential supplies. Favorite family activities at the lake include cruises past Chimney Rock to watch the daredev-
ils jump from the 50-foot-plus height; stops at Goat Island to meet the residents – real goats; and sunset rides to lakeside restaurants at the end of well-spent days. Fishing is one of the lake’s most popular pastimes. Guide services can help to find the big stripers, and largemouth bass and crappie fishermen find plenty of play, especially during the winter and spring seasons. At the competitive level, the lake is a regular on fishing tournament circuits and last winter hosted the Bassmaster College Series Southern Conference Regional tournament. Visit a local bait shop to learn more about fishing on Lake Martin. Alabama residents must obtain a boater’s license to operate a vessel on Lake Martin. Find information about certification/license requirements at www.outdooralabama.com/boatingeducation-and-operator-certificationlicense or call marine patrol headquarters toll-free at 800-2727930 for information. Off-the-water recreation includes three 18-hole golf courses in Alexander City. The muni, Lakewinds Golf Course, is located 5 miles east of downtown on County Road 40, just off Highway 280. This 70-par layout plays 5,500 yards with old-style rounded greens and challenging water hazards. The private Willow Point Golf and Country
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several loops that allow hikers Club’s picturesque 72-par The sportplex includes a recentlyto shorten or lengthen the time course plays 7,400 yards from upgraded nine-hole disc golf course and distance of their outings. the back tees – 5,200 from the Above the Overlook trails red – on Ultra Dwarf greens. is CRATA’s Deadening Trail, The links styled front nine a challenging hike that offers includes gently rolling fairways spectacular vistas across the and fearsome fescue while Lake water from Lake Martin’s popuMartin comes into play on six lar Chimney Rock. Eagles and holes on the back nine. other wildlife often are reported The Highlands course at along the CRATA system. A Stillwaters Golf Club plays map of the trails is available for 6,906 yards from the back online viewing at www.crata. tees. With more than 200 feet org. in elevation, the par-72 course Russell Forest offers a netweaves through rolling hills and work of nearly 100 trail miles offers breathtaking views of the for hiking, mountain biking surrounding Alabama woodand horse riding. Nominal lands. fees apply for bicycles and The lake area also boasts horses. Hikers are required to some 125 miles of scenic trails call Russell Lands Security at through longleaf pine forests 256-212-9830 with the number and mountain laurel hillsides. of people in the party and the The Cherokee Ridge Alpine general area/trail in which the Trail Association (CRATA) group could be found in case of maintains pedestrian-only trails trouble. Hikers are asked to call on the east side of the lake again to check out when leaving the trails. Pick up a trail below the restored Smith Mountain fire tower, which map at the Willow Point gatehouse. offers hikers a panoramic view of Lake Martin. In addiThe Smith Mountain rock faces also attract rock tion, CRATA trails also stretch along the lower lake just climbers. The maximum climb is about 20 feet of wall above Martin Dam. This Overlook trail system includes
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that is 35 to 40 feet off the ground. The mountain’s Sloth face offers a challenging boulder climb, as well, as the climber must begin the trek by pulling his or her own bodyweight off the ground and up the rock for several feet before finding a toehold. Paddlers will find one of Alabama’s top five river trips on the Harold Banks Canoe Trail, a 25-mile route along the historic dancing waters of the Tallapoosa River. This recent addition to the 600-plus mile long Alabama Scenic River Trail offers spectacular views, great picnic spots, designated campsites, rippling shoals and good fishing. Eagles are often seen along the route, and springtime paddlers will be treated to the rare sight of blooming Cahaba lilies, a breathtakingly beautiful endangered water plant species. The river trail passes the remnants of an original Creek fish trap and the historic Horseshoe Bend National Military Park. Other parks in the area include Wind Creek State Park, D.A.R.E. Park, Strand Park in the downtown Alexander City arts and entertainment district and the Charles E. Bailey Sportplex. Wind Creek includes the largest state-owned campground in Alabama with more than 300 serviced sites in view of the lake. The park offers day-use picnic facilities, boat rentals and hiking/ equestrian trails as well. The 30-acre D.A.R.E. Park on the east side
of Lake Martin is a day-use-only facility owned and maintained by Alabama Power Company for recreation. The park includes pavilions, picnic tables and grills, restroom facilities, a white sandy beach, two fishing piers and an amphitheater, as well as an adjacent boat ramp. Downtown, Strand Park hosts the annual Jazz Fest – a free concert series that draws thousands of visitors every year. The Young Professionals, a local civic organization, on the first Thursday of summer months sponsors the Strand Sessions with free music in the park, and the sloping hillside is the site for Easter egg hunts, summer movies in the park and after-parties for local charity runs. On Highway 22, the 212-acre Charles E. Bailey Sportplex offers a 12,000-square foot Imagination Station playground, a 3-mile nature trail loop, ball fields, a football stadium, picnic grounds and other facilities. An outdoor stage hosts occasional bluegrass jams, and throughout the year, a variety of festivals are based at the sportplex park, including Christmas in the Park that drew 8,000 visitors to its inaugural event last year; the annual Oktoberfest and the cook-off and finale concert for Alexander City’s Sun Festival celebration each July. The sportplex park also includes a recently upgraded 9-hole disc golf course with concrete tee pads and updated signage. Improvements to the course were completed in May.
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Clockwise from top left: Fall hiking on a CRATA lake trail; anglers wait for the Bassmaster Collee Southern Conference Regional tournament to begin; Central Alabama Community College ambassadors enjoy a day at the lake; paddling is a popular activity on the river and on the lake; Dixie Sailing Club hosts regattas, sailing days and introduction to sailing classes for children and adults at their New Hope launch.
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Growing arts community features music, theatre, painting and pottery in a designated entertainment district and beyond
esignation of Alexander City’s arts and entertainment district more than a year ago fed a burgeoning appetite for aesthetics in the area. Long-established and highly popular events downtown already included Jazz Fest, art exhibits at Gallery 128 and the annual weeklong Sun Festival in July, but the dedication of the district changed the atmosphere for those events and others that were to come. Poker walks, auctions in the alley and dinners under the stars sprang up as examples of the area’s entertainment spirit and potential, creating a welcoming environment for establishment of a community theatre downtown, Strand Sessions in the Park and more. “It’s thriving,” said Richard Wagoner, director of MainStreet Alexander City, a non-profit organization dedicated to revitalization and promotion of the downtown area. The Sun Festival celebration brings nightly music to Strand Park. From the Boot Scootin’ Boogie to Motown Madness, a Lip Sync Battle, the Battle of the Bands and Praise in the Park, there are free concerts on the Strand’s green hillside all week long. Organized by the Alexander City Chamber of Commerce, Sun Festival includes 60 events and activities in town and at the lake. Schedules are available
Crowds gather for the annual Jazz Fest concert series
at the chamber office, TPI on Cherokee Road in Alexander City and are published in the local newspaper, The Outlook. And the music keeps playing after the sun sets on Sun Festival, as the Lake Martin Young Professionals sponsor another free concert series on the first Thursday of each month all summer long at the Strand. Coolers, blankets, lawn chairs and pets on leashes are welcome. Concerts start at 6 p.m. This year, a newly organized community chorus plans to invite listeners to musical events as well. Look for additional downtown events throughout the year, such as movies in the park and the annual holiday open house in November and the MainStreet Thanksgiving Market at Broad Street Plaza – an extension of the summer MainStreet Farmers Market that opens at 7 a.m. Saturday mornings from June to October. Father’s Day weekend brings the annual Jazz Fest – the biggest and best of the concerts in the park with some 4,000 listeners at each concert in the series. Jazz Fest starts at Strand Park with three bands and a table-decorating contest on Friday night. Saturday’s concert moves to the Lake Martin Amphitheater (The Amp) with three more great bands on the
2016-17 NEW COMERS GUIDE hillside by the lake. Russell Lands also hosts weekly concerts on Friday evenings at the Russell Crossroads’ Town Green from May through September. These Friday on the Green events are free, so bring the kids, lawn chairs, blankets, coolers, snacks and pets on leashes to kick off summer weekends with friends and fun. And local churches open their doors for cantatas, choirs and violin recitals that are open to the public. Alexander City Arts, Inc., invites touring performers for a season of entertainment each year. This year’s season includes the musical comedy of Three on a String; acoustic country duo, A Tennessee Christmas; Ring of Fire: The Johnny Cash Story; the Eagles tribute, The 7 Bridges Band; and Birmingham’s Virginia Samford Theater production of The Marvelous Wonderettes. Visit alexcityarts.org for ticket prices and show locations. In addition, a new community theatre organization, Alexander City Theatre II (ACT II), last year began to showcase the talents of local townspeople in stage productions. ACT II’s first play in 2015, A Very Rich Woman by Ruth
14 Gordon, won rave reviews, and this year’s production of Arsenic and Old Lace by Joseph Kesselring kept audiences in mirth. ACT II last spring entered into a lease agreement with the City of Alexander City to renovate a former movie theater into a performing arts center. This non-profit, all volunteer organizaThe cast for the community theatre tion will post audition production of Arsenic and Old Lace announcements for a fall production and perhaps a Christmas show on their Facebook Page, Alex City Theatre II. Visual arts also are growing in Alexander City and the surrounding area. Gallery 128/Emporium Wine hosts art exhibits that rotate monthly. Have a glass of wine and stroll the gallery to view the works of reputable local artists or settle into a comfortable chair to share a glass and meet new friends in the lobby. The Alexander City Board of Education displays the Sarah Carlisle Towery exhibit year round at their offices on Lee Street. The public is invited to view the collection during normal business hours. The board of education also provides a meeting place for two semesters of Horizons Unlimited lectures on the history, arts and culture of the area. Horizons Unlimited was formed several years ago to offer intellectual sessions for learning and discussion. Local art guilds include the Artists’ Association of Central Alabama, which meets monthly in the social hall of the First Baptist Church and holds workshops at Gallery 128 to offer technique instruction in drawing, painting and other media. The St. James Pottery Guild meets weekly at St. James Episcopal Church to create dishes, vases, crosses and other beautiful clay pieces for an annual bazaar that raises more than $20,000 annually for local outreach. The church also hosts drawing classes and painting sessions. Visit the church website at www.stjamesalexcity.com for details. Several art shows are held each year at the lake as well, many of which benefit local charities. Art on the Lake, held on Memorial Day weekend at Children’s Harbor features original works on canvas, jewelry, pottery and sculpture, as well as local performers, to benefit this camp facility for terminally ill children and their families. Arti Gras, a juried art show, is held in early July on the Town Green at Russell Crossroads and includes handmade pottery, reclaimed wood décor, jewelry, soaps, jellies, jams and more. This rich heritage of art is handed down to the children in the area through a strong arts program in local schools and the Kitty Dark Arts Camp, offered each summer to expand the art experience of elementary school aged children in painting, sculpture, performing arts and more. See the calendar pages in The Outlook for upcoming arts events in the area, or contact arts organizations listed in the directory on page 38 to join in the fun.
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rom the Alabama Makers Market downtown to Zaxby’s on the Highway 280 thoroughfare, Alexander City and Lake Martin cover shopping and dining needs from A to Z. Find clothing and gifts at local boutiques; hunting and fishing supplies with neighborhood pros; and several options for appliances, automobiles and building supplies. And for dinner out, the area specializes in great barbecue but also is home to Chinese, Japanese, Southern classic, farm-to-table, gourmet, pizza, Mexican and national chain restaurants. “Local merchants have drawn the lake population into town for shopping and dining with signage and social media advertising,” explained Alexander City Chamber of Commerce Membership Director Carla Culligan, “and they’ve responded with more choices and the addition of more products to meet their customers’ needs. “Especially downtown, stores also are working with merchant organizations – like MainStreet – to be open later during special events.” Summer’s Strand Session concerts, poker walk fundraising events and the annual holiday open house are some of those events that draw customers to downtown shops and restaurants during extended business hours, Culligan said. Little Black Dress, Cloud Nine, Carlisle’s and now OooLa-La cater the latest fashion and gift options on Main Street, and Alabama Makers Market around the corner specializes in unique items made in Alabama. Jackson Drugs also offers boutique and gift items, and customers can personalize gifts and clothing items they select from local vendors with monogramming at The Body Shop, also downtown. Closer to the lake, Cloud Nine has a second store at the Adventure Center at Russell Crossroads, and shoppers will enjoy hours of browsing at Lake Martin Mini Mall on Highway 63. When it’s time to break for lunch, choose from the 100-year-old soda fountain at Carlisle’s, fresh salads and sandwiches at The Coffee Corner, Southern fare at Jake’s on Broad, Mexican food at Carlos Grill, the sports bar and barbecue at J.R.’s or a light lunch and glass of wine at Café
128, all downtown. Additional dining options in Alexander City include Sakura Bistro, La Posada, Pizza Hut, Domino’s, Little Caesar’s, Good Ole Boys Barbecue and Ruby Tuesday on the 280 corridor, where shopping options also include Goody’s, Cato and Hibbet Sports. There’s Who’s Diner just off Highway 280 at State Route 22, and neighborhood eateries include Mama Gee’s, Cazadores Mexican Restaurant, Jim Bob’s and Buck’s. And across the lake to the east, there’s Copper’s Grill at Stillwaters Golf Club. For casual dining at the lake near Alexander City, visit Kowaliga Restaurant or Nibblers, the float-thru grill on Lake Martin. And for fine dining, SpringHouse Restaurant’s threetime James Beard Foundation nominee Executive Chef Rob McDaniel offers an incomparable menu of farm-to-table fare. “People also come in from outside of the area to visit our antique markets,” Culligan said. In addition to other antique and flea market options, the Longleaf Antique Market – with more than 200 booths and 34,000 square feet of floor space – is a popular draw for customers from across the country. A recent upswing in lake real estate has fed growth in lake-related retail markets as well. Madison House Restorations, for example, recently moved from an antique booth industry owned by sisters to a storefront showroom and workshop on Highway 63 in town. Siblings Vickie Lux and Robin Holcombe charm the shabby-chic and lake-look from found furnishings. They also style weddings and other events, helping clients with venue selection, cakes, floral arrangements and more. Fish Tales Bait and Tackle and The Sure Shot are two locally owned fishing and hunting outlets that recently moved to larger quarters with increased lake traffic and local growth. “There is so much more here than meets the eye,” Culligan said. “An easy way to find local stores and restaurants is to download the chamber’s mobile app. It includes up-to-date information about local businesses, events and activities, and it’s a great resource. Visit www.alexandercitychamber.com for details.” Local boutiques and shops offer made-in-Alabama decor and gifts
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here is nothing more important for someone moving to a new town than choosing a place to live. The Lake Martin area offers housing for all family sizes, styles and budgets. Newcomers may choose Alexander City with its quaint downtown, peaceful rural surroundings in the local countryside or the breathtaking beauty of a home or condo on the lake. Toni Adcock, real estate broker with Re/Max Around the Lake, said each of these options has an appeal all its own, but she loves to talk about life in town. “If you’ve never lived in a small town, it’s the greatest thing since sliced bread. You walk into the grocery store, bank or pharmacy, and everyone knows your name; it’s like Cheers,” said Adcock. The region’s towns are of particular advantage to families with children and owners of growing businesses. “It’s nice to be known and recognized; it’s nice to do business with people you know. For those with school-aged children, you’ll be close to their schools. You can probably build a closer relationship with your children’s teachers,” said Adcock. There are numerous opportunities inside and out-
side of town limits, though Adcock warns that lakefront homes tend to sell faster than homes off the water. “We have a wide range of prices and types of homes, but it’s considerably more for waterfront property. There aren’t a lot available because they’re selling so quickly,” Adcock said. In the current seller’s market, many choose to rent for their first year in a new area, which offers an opportunity to become better acquainted with activities, retail stores and other lifestyle amenities before settling on a permanent residence. “We have rentals available, from apartments to duplex-type homes and condos, but not a huge supply. Rentals stay fairly well booked,” Adcock explained. For newcomers looking to buy, Adcock advised considering priorities, such as whether a large home or a spacious lot holds more appeal. “Ask yourself what’s more important: Do you want a nice home, a nice lot, or are you rich and famous and can afford both?” she said. From rustic cabins to lakeside castles, sprawling homes to cottages in town or those quiet abodes in the country, Alexander City and the surrounding area offer a variety of options for choosing home, sweet home.
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ast year, 330 volunteers turned out on a dismal, rainy November day to pick up litter on area roadsides and clean up illegal dumps around Lake Martin. Every month, some 200 Meals on Wheels volunteers – cooks, drivers, assemblers and administrators – help to deliver lunch to elderly or disabled people in Alexander City. And throughout the year, 17 ladies with the Tallapoosa Christian Crisis Center's Backpack program help to provide weekend meals to school children who might otherwise have
nothing to eat. “It’s unbelievable what a town our size does,” said Lake Martin Area United Way (LMAUW) Director Sharon Fuller. “The civic-mindedness of our community is overwhelming. It drives our community.” From elementary school children to the active retired, volunteering is a way of life in Alexander City, and many social events in the area double as fundraisers to benefit organizations that serve or invest in local programs.
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2016-17 NEW COMERS GUIDE For example, when the United Way sponsored the annual Quail Fry & Low Country Boil on a Friday evening in April, volunteers cooked the food and organized a silent auction, as well as a bake sale auction. For the baked goods portion of the event alone, 70 people made cakes that brought in $6,000 to help serve the 27 local agencies that LMAUW supports. “Some of those cakes went for a lot of money. One man paid $800 for a single cake, and do you know? He dropped the cake off at the fire department for the firefighters to enjoy,” Fuller said. “We could not have pulled off the success of that event without volunteers. It is the way we are able to keep our community going.” “In my world, volunteers have a huge impact,” said Jamie Dark, who coordinates the Backpack program, as well as the Kitty Dark Arts Camp, a summer program for elementary school children. “Arts camp uses 36 teenage volunteers who are counselors for the kids, and we have adults who serve snacks and lunch every day. We couldn’t do arts camp if we didn’t have the volunteers. “A lot of those volunteers are educated retired people, and they have so much that they can give to the community through churches, the hospital, the school system, the arts and United Way.” Whatever a person’s passion, Fuller said, there’s an effort or program here that can utilize it. Matching volunteers’ interests to local organizations that could use their help is one function of LMAUW’s 211 database, Fuller said. The database includes the names, telephone numbers and information about organizations that offer services throughout the community, so would-be volunteers can find organizations through which their time and talents could have positive impact. “Volunteering a great way of being connected, too,” Fuller said. Meeting people and working together for the betterment of the community makes fast friends, as volunteers who work together often socialize in the course of their charitable works, Dark added. “There are tons of opportunity to volunteer in our community, and it’s a great way to meet people if you are a newcomer,” she said.
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The Rally in the Alley Chair-ish event raises money for MainStreet Alexander City
Some 300 kids and adults do their part in the annual roadside cleanup around the lake
United Way Day of Action volunteers clean up yard debris at a local school
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Quality care right at home Big hospital technology in a smalltown setting
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ith an extensive list of medical specialties in place – including the state’s only jointly owned UAB satellite cancer care center – local healthcare providers offer a level of progressive, sophisticated care not usually found in rural communities, said Russell Medical Center (RMC) Marketing Director Susan Foy. “There just isn’t a need to go out of town for your family’s health care,” Foy said. “We have 51 active staff physicians here at Russell Medical Center covering 26 medical specialties. We can basically cover everything except cardiovascular and neuro surgery.” The Russell Medical campus includes the 81-bed, non-profit, acute care facility; an on-campus professional building that houses doctors’ offices and specialty practices, such as Bone and Joint Specialists and The Women’s Pavilion for mammography; UAB Medicine – The Cancer Center at RMC; Total Fitness exercise and rehabilitation facility; the Sleep Disorders Center; and a wound care and hyperbaric medicine center. In addition, Russell Medical’s facilities include Health Partners of Goodwater and Medical Park Family Care in Dadeville. “The facility here mirrors those in larger cities in millions of dollars in technology. The same equipment that patients would find in larger hospitals; we have it here,” Foy said. “One of the many reasons we remain progressive is because
we have a well-thought of, forward-thinking leader in Jim Peace, our president and CEO. He is a visionary who keeps us moving forward and financially strong,” Foy said. “That keeps the facility on the cutting edge of technology and treatment, in telemedicine and upgrading equipment. This month, we have been working on the installation of another new CT machine.” The technology also extends to patients’ abilities to monitor their own care. Through the RMC patient portal, patients can keep track of their appointments and medications and look up their test results. Adult children can better keep up with care for aging parents this way as well. “Being on the forefront of care like this keeps us attractive to physicians,” Foy said. “We also have a hospitalist program in place, and that also has helped us stay attractive to new physicians.” The rural lifestyle and upscale amenities of Lake Martin offer physicians easy access to quality of life elements that include golf, fishing, hunting, boating, water sports and other pastimes. Coupled with the personalized care and culture at RMC, physicians find the Lake Martin area an attractive locale for living, working and leisure activities. “Wellness is very much at the forefront of what we do here. We’re take a proactive approach to keeping people well,” Foy explained.
The RMC footprint includes UAB satellite cancer center, professional office building, fitness and rehab center, 8-bed hospital and more
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Heart surgery is among the specialty health services the local hospital offers
of care of patients at RMC Community outreach The Cancer Center's linear accelerator but will always be superactivities at RMC include provides state-of-the-art technology vised by a physician who Red Cross swimming lesin the fight against cancer is present, said VCOMsons; Meals on Wheels; Auburn’s Associate Dean public transportation to for Clinical Affairs Dr. Gary healthcare facilities; providHill. ing athletic trainers for two “Their experience will be local school systems and more than just shadowing,” nurses in local K-12 schools; Hill said. “They will have a sponsoring support groups graduated responsibility.” for dementia, cardio-pulmoThe award-winning nary, diabetes and cancer hospital has been named to patients and their caregivers; the 2016 Becker’s Top 100 childbirth education classes; Community Hospitals list weight loss programs for and was recognized in 2015 teens; community-wide for ADPH Excellence in health screenings; and sponNewborn Screenings. RMC soring blood drives, as well this year earned the Leapfrog as sponsoring community Group “A” rating for Hospital Safety Score and has received and athletic events and education programs. several Healthgrades awards, including two years in spinal The hospital also offers volunteer opportunities through the support groups and a robust volunteer program that encourages fusion surgery and three in outstanding patient experience. The hospital foundation also funds healthcare scholarships participants to serve four hours every two weeks. for employees’ continued education and support for local stuRMC also is a teaching facility associated with the Edward dents in pursuit of college educations. Via College of Osteopathic Medicine (VCOM), a non-profit “We focus on quality every day. That is paramount to patient medical school with a campus at Auburn University. Beginning care, and it starts at the bedside and includes everyone from the next summer, Auburn’s medical students will be assigned to clinical professionals to housekeepers to volunteers and everylocal doctors and begin clinical rotations in geriatrics, rural one throughout the organization,” Foy said. “We have a caring medicine, pediatrics, family practice, OB/Gyn, surgery and culture, and personalized care speaks volumes. That’s the culhospital-based medicine. ture of everyone that works here.” These students will participate in the planning and delivery
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obs are on the rise in the greater Lake Martin area, according to Don McClellan, president of the Lake Martin Area Economic Development Alliance (LMAEDA), an organization dedicated to building the business climate in Coosa and Tallapoosa counties. Since its creation in 1998, LMAEDA has worked to attract new businesses while supporting existing business. “Our core purpose is to market the entire area of Coosa and Tallapoosa counties, both to bring in new jobs and to look after the companies we have here. We try to visit existing companies on a regular basis to see what they need and to try and find solutions to their problems,” said McClellan. Local job opportunities include manufacturing and service industry work, as well as medical jobs. Russell Medical Center and its affiliated clinics are some of the largest employers in the area. But most of the recent growth in both counties has centered on area industrial parks and, in particular, automotive suppliers. Tallapoosa County has three industrial parks (William T. Thweatt Industrial Park, Central Alabama Business Park and T.C. Russell Airport Industrial Park) while Coosa County has the Lake Martin Regional Industrial Park in Kellyton. “We already have 1,200 jobs in the automotive sector in Dadeville, and around 1,100 in the Alexander City area,” said McClellan. “We have another supplier, Korens, on the Russell campus that will be going into production by the first of next year. The area continues to grow.” To move the region forward, LMAEDA has sought the help of economic development experts. Vicki Horton is a site selection specialist and partner at Myriad Partners. The Georgiabased Horton has worked with Fortune
100, 500 and 1000 companies to help them locate bases of operations. Horton was quick to highlight the area’s ease of access to the shipping route of Highway 280, as well as low property taxes. For these and other reasons, Horton saw opportunities in the area, as well as more manufacturing of different types. “You’ve seen that already,” Horton explained, “with the automotive suppliers coming to the area. I think there’s a lot of opportunity to draw in more of that type of work.” In 1993, Alabama became the first place outside of Germany to manufacture Mercedes-Benz automobiles. The auto industry has grown steadily ever since, as Hyundai and Honda plants have located nearby. In 2014, Alabama shipped $6.6 million worth of cars across the world, making automobiles the state’s number one export. Horton believes the area's low property taxes and available land and building options make this an attractive location for prospective employers. But there are more reasons for businesses to come. “Some of the intangibles you have are rare and unique things,” said Horton. “There’s an entrepreneurial spirit in the area, an attitude of hard work.” That sense of community weighs heavily in attracting prospective industry, McClellan said. When Korean-based automotive parts supplier Korens recently chose Alexander City as the location for their operations, the company’s president, William Chin, cited the people as a key element, noting the atmosphere and sense of community were impressive. “We visited your downtown area. We ate in your restaurants; we went to your park. We visited schools, and no matter where we went, the people here were friendly and welcoming. That means a lot,” said Chin.
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reate and innovate are more than buzz words in Alexander City’s schools; they describe an initiative that drives local education from pre-K through the first two years of college, said Superintendent of Alexander City Schools Dr. J. Darrell Cooper. “We are fortunate for a system our size to offer strong opportunities for our students in fine arts and technology,” Cooper said. “These are skills our students need when they go to college or go to work, so they need to have experience in these areas.” Every student from pre-kindergarten through second grade uses an iPad to assist in education, Cooper said, and Google Chromebooks are issued to students from third grade to 12th. From 5th grade on, students are allowed to take those devices home for use outside of school. “We are able to fund that initiative with local and federal funds,” Cooper explained. “The Alexander City Education Foundation got it off the ground, and we’ve used the board’s funds to finish what they started.” In addition, the system has upgraded the network and wireless capabilities at local schools to the tune of $1 million to make sure students have the bandwidth required to use the technology. “These are not toys, but resources,” Cooper said. The system also supports extra curricular education in science, engineering, technology and mathematics (STEM). In addition to STEM curriculum in their normal daily classes, Cooper said, the board has provided
STEM training for more dedicated teachers in grades three through 12. The program is working: Last spring, three local robotics teams swept the National WWII Robotics Challenge in New Orleans, with one team tying for first place, another placing second and a team from Faith Christian Academy taking third. “We now have engineering in the high school, working with Central Alabama Community College to grow that program,” Cooper said. “We received a $500,000 grant to purchase equipment to lead students in manufacturing, which will carry them into engineering degrees. “And we’ve expanded our co-op program, so students can gain exposure to work while still in high school. Four years ago, there were 12 students in that program, and last year, we had 84,” he added. Pairing extra curricular activities with work on soft skills through school culture helps students learn to communicate, collaborate and develop critical thinking skills, which are important in future educational and work experiences, Cooper said. “We challenge our students to become involved in the community, to partner with local organizations in the arts, science camps and reading programs. We have set goals for community service and contact,” he said. Through the Wildcat Community Service Challenge, students are encouraged to donate 25 hours with a local non-profit organization, but only 10 hours of the total can be earned in schools or churches. Honors students
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are required to earn 100 hours throughout their high school careers. “We want students to get out of their comfort zones and be initiated into what community is about,” Cooper explained. The board also strongly supports K-12 fine arts education, offering music and visual arts in every grade. Fifth grade students take classes with a dedicated performing arts teacher, and they stage a full production on the high school stage. High school theatre students enter selections in statewide competitions and stage a performance that is open to the community. “This year, we have expanded the band program to include sixth grade students, and two years ago, we
brought in a choral program in grades seven through 12,” Cooper said. “We have four visual arts teachers in the system and six music teachers.” Building the arts program, Cooper said, is important in community formation, as well as future education. Alexander City also offers a non-profit, nondenominational private school option at Faith Christian Academy. Now in its 11th year, the academy goals include helping students achieve a high academic standard with a Biblical foundation to achieve a Christian worldview. The school offers art and music, as well as competitive athletics, after-school and summer programs. For more information, call 256-234-6421.
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Focus on Faith
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f all the social support systems in small town America, none are more prevalent than those provided by churches. Especially in the Southeast, the choice of church informs all areas of life. Alexander City is home to 20 houses of worship across a variety of denominations, including Baptist, Methodist, Presbyterian, Roman Catholic, Episcopal, Church of Christ, Latter Day Saints and Pentecostal. Each congregation has its own character and ministries for their congregations and the community at large. For six years, the Alexander City First United Methodist Church (FUMC) has hosted a Feast of Sharing program, which opens the doors of the church on Thursday nights for anyone who wants to enjoy fellowship and a free dinner. In the summer of 2015, St. James Episcopal Church helped expand Feast of Sharing by offering a second meal on Tuesday nights. “It has become a community of its own,” said former FUMC Pastor Todd Henderson. “It has been great to watch it grow.” St. James Episcopal Church offers free yoga classes that are open to the public five days a week, in addition to a number of creative guilds that contribute to an annual holiday bazaar. Their efforts in pottery, painting, drawing, watercolor and sewing raise more than $20,000 annually for community outreach programs. First Presbyterian Church is well noted for music programs offered at Christmas and other church feast days. These are just a few examples of ministries at work in local congregations.
First Baptist is one of the oldest churches in Alexander City
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Children enrolled at Jacob's Ladder, the FUMC daycare ministry, perform a Christmas program for parents and families
The Episcopal Church offers free yoga classes to the community five times a week
“We all serve the same purpose,” said Alexander City Ministerial Association President Rev. Lewis Benson. “True worship is always going to be there.” The ministerial association, made up of pastors and church leadership staff, coordinates the annual Day of Prayer service, as well as a community-wide Thanksgiving service. “Our organization was designed for mutual support,” said Rev. Bill Middlebrooks, secretary-treasurer of the ministerial association. “We try to have informative programs and visiting speakers. Sometimes, whole meetings are dedicated to sharing information and concern.” In addition to helping local shepherds compare notes on how to care for their flocks, the association helps to organize cooperative programs between local churches. “We support local agencies, such as the Tallapoosa Christian Crisis Center, and we try to sponsor something citywide each year,” said Millbrooks.
One of the ministerial association’s longest-running programs has been a back-to-school supply drive, which helps needy area children get the items they need to start the school year out right. “Many parents can’t afford school supplies,” said Benson. “We sometimes serve 400 to 500 kids and their parents. Every student gets school supplies, and we give away door prizes like book bags. We try to make it exciting for them.” The ministerial association brings together many area churches, but it is hardly the only group coordinating community service events. Local churches also are the lifeblood of the social network in small Southern towns, as churches often hold social events for their memberships, as well as educational and service programs. Turn to page 44 for a list of Alexander City churches. Search their websites online or call for service times and ministry opportunities.
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Utilities & City Services
City Utilities
The Alexander City Utility Department, located within city hall on 4 Court Square in downtown Alexander City, provides electricity, gas, water, trash collection and sewage services for residents inside the city. The Utility Department allows customers to pay all of their bills in a single monthly statement and their phone number is 256-329-6710. City Hall is open from Monday through Friday, 7:30 a.m. until 5 p.m. A drive-thru customer convenience window is open weekdays from 7:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Bills can be paid at the 24-hour dropbox, but other ways to pay are by mail to P.O. Box 552 or by delivery to city hall during their business hours. The city also offers an online payment option now.
Other service options
For electricity needs outside of the city, Alabama Power can be reached at its 724 Commerce Drive location or you can contact them at 1-800-245-2244 to set up service. Hours are from 8:15 a.m. until 5 p.m. Monday through Friday.
Trash Collection
Advance Disposal provides garbage services for residents who live outside of the city and can be reached at 1-866-252-0458 to set up service. To start service, a deposit and first three-month installment for service is required. For residential service, that initial startup see is about $10. Bills are paid in three-month increments.
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For landline phone connections there are several options. AT&T is perhaps the most accessible option with the ability to pay bills at Tapley Appliance Center on South Central Avenue. AT&T will charge you with a hook-up fee. However, you can spread the fee out over your monthly statements. Tele Circuit provides long distance and local options. To set up service call 877-739-9900 or visit their website at telecircuit.com. Eathlink based out of Huntsville is a telecommunica-
tions provider with networks focused on the Southeast. To set up service call 1-800-239-3000.
Cable Television
Charter Communications is the only cable provider option that doesn’t involve satellite service. Their office is located 879 Market Place near Winn Dixie and is open from 8 a.m. until 5 p.m. Monday through Friday and Saturday 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. There is a connection charge ranging between $29.99 to 79.99 depending on what services, Internet, cable or phone, are desired. Prices for various packages vary depending on choice services and promotions. New customers must schedule a day for the hookup. Call Charter at 256-213-1479 to set up your package. Dish Satellite services offer deals available for twoyear contracts ranging from $19.99 a month for the first 12 months based on qualifications. Price is $29.99 after first year for the basic channel set up and, for the premium package, $89.99 if you qualify for promotional offers. After that, it will return to the normal $119.99 rate. Sales events are scheduled frequently throughout the year in which installation is thrown in for free. To order Dish Satellite services call 1-800-823-4929.
Post Office
Change of address is important when you are new to an area. The Alexander City Post Office is located on 233 Lee Street. Window service runs from 8 a.m. until 4:30 p.m. Monday through Friday and on Saturday from 8 a.m. until 11 a.m. P.O. boxes are accessible 24 hours a day. The post office can be reached at 256-234-3541.
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Safety, County & Social Services
PUBLIC SAFETY
To contact the local police department, fire department or sheriff’s department, call one of the numbers listed below and someone will be able to assist you. * All emergency calls should be made to 911 and the appropriate department will be dispatched.
Police Department
Chief: Willie G. Robinson Address: 1 Court Square, Alexander City, AL 35010 Phone: 256-234-3421 Office Hours: 8 a.m. to noon, 1-5 p.m. Monday-Friday
Fire Department
Voter Registration
Tallapoosa County has a variety of ways to register for voting. The Tallapoosa County Courthouse is located on 125 North Broadnax St. in Dadeville and is open from 8 a.m. until 4:30 p.m. Monday through Friday. Residents in Alexander City might want to visit the probate office in the C.J. Coley Courthouse Annex on 395 Lee St. in Alexander City. The Board of Registrars can also fulfill requests for voter registration forms by calling 256-825-1081. Register by mail, residents must provide a correct mailing address. For residents who seek an online option, applications are available at www. alabamavotes.org. However, potential applicants are to print the form, complete the information required of the form and either mail the application to the Tallapoosa County Courthouse or take the application to the Board of Registrars.
Chief: Kem Jones Address: 38 Court Square, Alexander City, AL 35010 Station 1 phone: 256-3296780 or 256-329-6781 Station 2 phone: 256-3296788 Burning Permits: 256-3296781 EMS Coordinator: 256-3296764 Fire Marshal: 256-329-6760 Safety Education: 256-3296747
For vehicle licenses and tags residents can visit the Tallapoosa County Courthouse in downtown Dadeville or the C.J. Coley Courthouse Annex on 395 Lee Street in Alexander City. The date for renewed works in conjunction with the first letter of your last name. The Tallapoosa County Courthouse is open Monday though Friday 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., and the C.J. Coley Courthouse Annex is open Tuesday though Friday 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Sheriff’s Department
Driver’s Licenses
Sheriff: Jimmy Abbett Address: 316 Industrial Park Drive, Dadeville, AL 36853 C. J. Coley Courthouse Annex: 395 Lee Street, Alexander City, AL 35010 Phone: 256-825-4264 Fax: 256-825-1012 Email: sheriff@lakemartin. net Secret witness line: 256-8272035 Jail Administrator: Blake Jennings, 256-825-1043 Chief Deputy: David McMichael, 256-825-1033 Investigations: Bill Hough, 256-825-1034
Vehicle Tags
For new licensees, the C.J. Coley Annex in Alexander City will offer written tests on Tuesday and Wednesday from 8 a.m. to 9:45 a.m. and from 1 p.m. to 2:15 p.m., while road tests can be taken from 10 a.m. until 11:30 a.m. and from 2:30 p.m. until 4 p.m. The office is only open on the third Tuesday and Wednesday of each month. Proof of insurance is required to renew a license, a birth certificate and proof of residency is required. For renewal of licenses, the Tallapoosa County Probate Court handles the task. The hours are Monday though Friday 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., and the C.J. Coley Courthouse Annex is open Tuesday though Friday 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. The Dadeville probate office phone number is 256-825-4266 and the Alexander City number is 256-234-3264.
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In order to receive a new or replacement Social Security card, applicants must provide a valid driver’s license or identification card, insurance card, marriage certificate, divorce papers or school records. The cards are at no cost and take approximately 10 days to receive. Employees say the office – located on 63 Aliant Parkway in Alexander City – mostly handles new or replacement cards and questions concerning benefits and Supplemental Security Income. For basic issues, residents can call the local automated Social Security office at 877405-0483. For larger issues or issues pertaining to outside of your area, you can contact the national number at 800-7721213. The local office’s hours are Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday from 9 a.m. until 3 p.m. The office is open Wednesday from 9 a.m. to noon. For residents 65 years or older, the staff can correct earning mistakes or help plan future funding. The Social Security Administration recommends checking your benefits before retirement so to assure no problems arise when filing for Social Security. The website www.socialsecurity.gov provides citizens the chance to apply directly for Medicare, disability benefits and even a Social Security card. Other various helpful services include the option to check on the status of an application, planning for retirement and reporting fraud or abuse of the Social Security system.
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Charles Shaw, Alexander City, mayor. City hall phone number 256-329-6730 and home number 256-234-7395. City hall address 4 Court Square, Alexander City, AL 35010. Home address 98 Heritage Dr., Alexander City, AL 35010.
T.C. Coley represents District 1, including half of Coley Creek, the Andrew Jackson subdivision, the southern part of Indian Hill, North Central Avenue, T.C. Coley part of Pearson’s Chapel Road, the Northside community and portion of Spring Hill community. His phone number is 2129316. His address is 2316 North Central Avenue, Kellyton.
Communication with elected officials is the key to good government.To let your most local representatives know how you feel about state or local matters, contact any of the following.
Bobby Tapley represents District 1. His phone number is 256329-9671. His address is 1821 LaVista Road, Alexander City, AL 35010. Chairman of the Public Safety committee. Sherry EllisonSimpson represents District 2. Her phone number is 256-3290516. Her address is 2879 Old Dark Road, Alexander City, AL 35010. Chairman of the Parks and Recreation committee. Bob Howard represents District 3. His phone number is 256234-2225. His address is 241 8th Street West, Alexander City, AL 35010. Chairman of the Buildings and Property committee. Billy Ray Wall represents District 4. His phone number is 256-329-8060. His address is 101 Scott Road, Alexander City, AL 35010. Chairman of the Public Works committee.
Charles Shaw
Bobby Tapley
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Bob Howard
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James Spann represents District 5. His phone number is 256329-9758. His address is 314 Auburn Drive, Alexander City, AL 35010. Chairman of Finance committee. Tony Goss represents District 6. His phone number is 256-749-3355. His address is 647 Shady Point, Alexander City, AL 35010. Chairman of Utilities committee.
James Spann
Tony Goss
Steve Robinson represents District 2, which includes the southern part of Alexander City, the Cedar Creek area, Ourtown and Willow Point. His phone number Steve Robinson is 256-654-0047. His address is 1225 Warren Circle, Alexander City. John McKelvey represents District 3, which includes Jackson’s Gap, Hackneyville, New Site and Daviston. McKelvey currently serves as chairman. His phone number John McKelvey 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, Dudleyville and part of Eagle Creek. Her daytime phone Emma Jean number is 825-6914 Thweatt and her evening phone number is 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 Ridge. His address is 630 Turner Road Road, Dadeville. George Carleton Jr.
Governor Robert Bentley represents the state of Alabama and its 67 counties. He was elected to office on Nov. 2, 2010, and can be reached at 334-242-7100. His office is located at the State Capitol at 600 Dexter Avenue, Montgomery, Alabama.
Kay Ivey is the Lt. Governor of the state of Alabama. Ivey was elected Lt. Governor in 2010.The Office of the Lieutenant Governor is located in Suite 725 of the Alabama State House in Montgomery, Alabama.
Robert Bentley
Kay Ivey
Luther Strange was elected Alabama’s 49th Attorney General first elected in 2010, and serves as the State’s chief law enforcement officer. He can be reached at 334242-7300, and his office is located at 501 Washington Avenue, Montgomery. Mark Tuggle (R) represents the 81st District covering Coosa, Chilton and Tallapoosa counties. He can be reached by phone at 256-392-2006 or by email at tughd81@gmail. com. His office is located at 110 Calhoun Street, Suite 108, Alexander City. Tom Whatley represents the 27th District covering Lee, Russell and Tallapoosa County. He was elected to the Alabama Senate on Nov. 2, 2010, and can be reached at 334-242-t7865. His office is located at 337 East Magnolia Drive, Auburn.
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Clubs, Parks & Pets COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS
Alex City Horse Riding Club, Jimmy Avery, 256-234-2925 Alex City Modelers RC Club, 256-749-5150, www. acmodelers.org Alex City Rescue Squad, 256-397-4532 or 256-329-8023 Alexander City Arts Council, 256-825-2140 Alexander City Chamber of Commerce, 256-234-3461 Alexander City Photographic Society, The tacpsadmin@ tacps.org Alexander City Shooting Club, 256-329-0080 American Legion Post 107, allegion@gmail.com American Red Cross, 256-234-3291 Boy Scouts of America, 1-334-262-2697 www.tuckabatcheebsa.org Boys & Girls Clubs of America, 256-234-4757 Camp Fire, 256-496-3888 Central Alabama Artist’s Association, 256-377-4918 Civitan, 256-329-9872 Dixie Sailing Club, www.dixiesailingclub.com Elks Lodge #1878, 256-329-9152 Girl Scouts of America, 800-677-2247 Gateway to Education Scholarship Program, 256-2343461 Habitat for Humanity, 256-329-7180 Kiwanis, Randy Dawkins, 256-263-6917 Lake Martin Amateur Radio Club, 145.330 MHz (-) tone 179.9 Goodwater; and Lake Martin Amateur Radio Club, 146.960 MHz (-) tone 179.9 Wind Creek Lake Martin Archery Club, Chris Mann, 256-794-5541 Lake Martin Area Economic Development Alliance, 256215-4411 Lake Martin Collector’s Club, Renee Wall, 256-234-6991 Lake Martin Humane Society, 256-234-5533 Lake Martin Young Professionals, www.lakemartinyp.com LifeSouth Blood Center, 334-705-0884 Lions (Alexander City), Billy Ray Walls, 256-329-8060 MainStreet Alexander City, Richard Wagoner, 256-3299227 Meals on Wheels, 256-329-7382 Memory Makers Quilting Guild, Bonita Brooks, 256-3293519 PATH Lake Martin, 256-825-2329 BRHS Quarterback Club, Tim Rape, 256-827-9658 Rotary Club, Abby Guy, 256-329-7502, http://www. rotary6860.org Salvation Army, 256-215-3730 Tallapoosa Christian Crisis Center, 256-329-3327 United Way, 256-329-3600 VCCA, 256-234-0347 VFW #1701, http://www.vfwwebcom.org/al/post1701 Waterwings Sea Plane School, 888-I-FLY-WET, www. waterwings.com
INFORMATION FOR PET OWNERS Chaining of animals is prohibited in the city limits:
• Animals must be confined in a fence or kept within voice command. • Dogs can be kept outside in kennels allowing 100 Sq. Ft. per animal.
Vicious or aggressive dogs:
• Vicious dogs and dogs presumed to be vicious must be registered with the city and remain registered while they reside in city limits. To report an animal violation contact police dispatch at 256-234-3421.
Adoption:
• Lake Martin Animal Shelter has plenty of four-legged friends looking for forever homes. Shelter hours are Monday – Friday, 10 a.m.- 4:30 p.m. and Saturday from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Lake Martin Animal Shelter, 2502 Sugar Creek Road, Alexander City, AL 35010, (256) 234-5533; lakemartinanimalshelter.com
Veterinarians
• Alexander City Veterinary Clinic 1068 Airport Drive, Alexander City, AL 35010 256-234-6751 • Kowaliga Whole Health Pet Care and Resort 8610 Kowaliga Road, Eclectic, AL 36024 334-857-1816 • Wayside Animal Hospital 2630 Dadeville Road, Alexander City, AL 35010 256-329-9900
Local Parks Charles E. Bailey Sportplex:
This 212-acre park between Hwy 22 and Elkahatchee Road includes Imagination Station, football stadium, baseball and softball fields, archery range, dog park, disc golf, horse riding arena, hiking trail, gymnasium, senior center and war memorials.
6th Street Park
Park is at the corner of 6th street and 12th street and features a walking track, open play area and swing set.
Strand Park
Located in beautiful downtown Alexander City on Tallapoosa St. Strand Park hosts the Alexander City Jazz Fest, The Annual Pumpkin Roll, Strand Sessions, Movies in the Park and other public functions. For more details, contact the Alexander City Chamber of Commerce at 256-234-3461.
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What's Happening Season Long Events Sarah Carlisle Towery Art Exhibit
January-December; Alexander City Board of Education (375 Lee Street) – Long considered Alabama’s best art colony, this free art exhibit is open to the public and features work from the ‘Sarah Towery Art Colony’, as well as select works from Sarah Carlisle Towery herself. For more information call 256-215-3743 or visit www.alabamaartcolony. org.
Antique Car Cruise-In
April-October; 6 pm on the first Saturday of each month. Car enthusiasts cruise into Arby’s parking lot on Highway 280 in Alexander City. Join the fun and enjoy an era of classic cars and classic music.
Friday on the Green
Now through September 23; Wind your busy week down on the Town Green at Russell Crossroads with live music, lawn games and time with family and friends! Bring coolers, blanket, chairs, kids and pets from 6:30-8:30 p.m. every Friday. For more information and weekly artist, go to www.russellcrossroads.com.
Wine Tastings
Through September 2; Catherine’s Market; Come by Catherine’s Market for wine tastings on Friday from 5-7 p.m. It is just $5 to sample a variety of wines and then apply that $5 to your purchase of a bottle of your favorite flavor from the night’s sampling.
Yoga on the Green
Through October 1; Russell Crossroads; Join us at 7 a.m. each Saturday during the summer for Yoga on the Green. Great for beginners and the experienced. Just bring your mat and your water bottle.
MainStreet Farmers Market
June 11-October 29; 7–11 a.m.; Buy local and buy fresh! Local growers set up each Saturday at the Broad Street Plaza to bring locally grown fruits, vegetables, baked goods, honey, jams, jellies, herbs, relishes, farm eggs, lotions, soaps, bee products and more to customers. Call 256-329-9227 or visit www.mainstreetac.org for vendor information.
August 2016 Strand Sessions
September 2016 Community Garden Club Pancake Breakfast
September 3; Russell Crossroads; The Community Garden Club members are up early cooking pancakes for all to enjoy from 8-10 a.m. on holiday weekend on Saturdays. Come by and feed the family to help out the garden club. Visit www.russellcrossroads.com for more information.
Labor Day Weekend Concert
September 6; The summer concert series at The Amp comes to a close as concert goers of all ages gather at The Amp for the final event of the year. This year's concert features RExton Lee, The Bank Walkers, The Alabama Gamblers and The Vegabonds. Visit The Amp on Lake Martin on Facebook, www.theamponlakemartincom or call 256397-1019.
October 2016 Kiwanis Circus
Date TBD; Enjoy the events of a lifetime by visiting the Circus thanks to the Alexander City Kiwanis Club who brings the time-honored tradition to Alexander City. For more information, contact Randy Dawkins at 256-263-6917 or rdawkins@riverbankandtrust.com.
36th Annual Oktoberfest
October 8; Charles E. Bailey Sportplex; This day-long celebration features local arts & crafts, dining, entertainment, Kid-Fest children’s activities and more. Also enjoy the Antique Car Show – final exhibit of the year. Call 256329-6736 or visit www.alexandercityonline.com for more information.
Wind Creek Bass Trail
Fishing Tournament October 8; Wind Creek State Park. Call 256-329-0832 or visit www.ogstournamentrails.com for information.
Smith Station Ruritan
Fishing Tournament October 16; Wind Creek State Park. Call 256-329-0845 or visit www.alapark.com/wind-creek-state-park for information.
Coosa County Sheriff Office Annual Fish for a Cure Fishing Tournament
August 4; 6-8 p.m.; Strand Park; Lake Martin Young Professionals present Strand Sessions live music in the park. Follow Lake Martin Young Professionals on Facebook or call 256-234-3461 for more information.
October 22; Wind Creek State Park. Call 256-329-0845 or visit www.alapark.com/wind-creek-state-park for more information.
ACHRC Youth Club Event
Fall Family Festival at Russell Crossroads
August 6; 1 p.m.; Sponsored by the East Alabama’s Horsemen’s Association, join the ACHRC at the club arena at the Charles E. Bailey Sportplex as they welcome the EAHA Youth Club. For details visit www.achrc.com or call Barbara Barrentine at 334-300-2570.
ACHRC Fundraiser Event
August 13; 1 p.m.; Join the Alex City Horse Riding Club at the club arena of the Charles E. Bailey Sportplex as they welcome the East Alabama Horsemen’s Association for this fundraising event. To learn more visit www.achrc.com or call Andy Housch at 205-334-4882.
October 29; The kids and grandkids will have a great time at the annual Fall Family Festival at Russell Crossroads. Dress the kids in their favorite costume or let them come as they are for the scavenger hunt, face painting, pumpkin decorating, wagon rides, grist mill and blacksmith in action, archery and more. For information, visit Calendar/ RussellLandsOnLakeMartin.com or by calling 256-397-1019.
November 2016 Alexander City Veterans’ Day Services
November 6; 2 p.m.; Veteran’s Memorial Park at the Charles E. Bailey Sportplex. Join the mayor and city leaders as they honor past and present veterans.
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What's Happening Annual Holiday Open House
November 13; 1-4 pm; hosted by the Alexander City Chamber of Commerce, local businesses open their doors to showcase the season’s most festive decorations, gifts and one-of-a-kind sales. Bring the kids to visit with Santa as well. Call 256-234-3461 for more information.
MainStreet Thanksgiving Market
November 19; Broad Street Plaza; 9-1 p.m. Call 256-3299227 or visit www.mainstreetac.org for vendor information.
Christmas at Crossroads
November 25-27; Enjoy a weekend-long opening of the Christmas Season. Shop the Company Store for Christmas gifts from Cloud Nine and hand crafted items created by local artisans. Stop in Catherine’s Market for discounts and giveaways. Bring the entire family to admire the town decorations and revel in the Christmas spirit while shopping the arts & crafts from local and regional artisans at the Holiday Market at The Stables. And most important…Santa arrives in town to see all the boys and girls. For more information or to register as a vendor, call 256-794-1397 or visit www. russellcrossroads.com.
December 2016 Tennessee Christmas
December 1; Alexander City Arts Council presents Tennessee Christmas at Benjamin Russell High School Auditorium, 225 Heard Boulevard, Alexander City, AL 35010. Showtime is 7 pm.
Wind Creek Bass Trail Fishing Tournament
December 3; Wind Creek State Park. Call 256-329-0832 or visit www.ogstournamentrails.com for more information.
Annual Hometown Christmas Parade
December 5; 6 pm. Presented by the Alexander City Chamber of Commerce, join the fun as one of East Alabama’s largest parades winds through downtown with elaborate floats, dancers, bands, Santa Claus and more! Call 256-234-3461 for more information.
Christmas in the Park
December 10; Charles E. Bailey Sportplex. Call 256-3296736 or visit http://www.acpr.me for more information.
January 2017 Wind Creek Bass Trail Fishing Tournament
January 7; Wind Creek State Park. Call 256-329-0832 or visit www.ogstournamentrails.com for more information.
February 2017 Kiwanis Pancake Breakfast
Date TBD; Benjamin Russell High School lunch room. Visit www.alexandercitykiwanis.org for more information.
Wind Creek Bass Trail Fishing Tournament
February 4; Wind Creek State Park. Call 256-329-0832 or visit www.ogstournamentrails.com for more information.
Ring of Fire, the Johnny Cash Story
February 21; Alexander City Arts presents Ring of Fire, the Johnny Cash Story at Benjamin Russell High School
Auditorium, 225 Heard Boulevard, Alexander City, AL 35010. Showtime is 7 pm.
March 2017 Kiwanis Steak Dinner/Auction
Date TBD; Proceeds benefit local charities. For more information call Randy Dawkins at 256-263-6917 or email rdawkins@riverbankandtrust.com.
Seven Bridges Band
March 17; Alexander City Arts Council presents Seven Bridges Band, at Benjamin Russell High School Auditorium, 225 Heard Boulevard, Alexander City, AL 35010. Showtime is 7 pm.
Fishers of Men Fishing Tournament
March 18; Wind Creek State Park. Call 256-329-0845 or visit www.alapark.com/wind-creek-state-park for more information.
April 2017 Alabama Bass Trail Fishing Tournament
April 8; Wind Creek State Park; Get Hooked with the ABT 2017 Tournament Series. Visit www.alabamabasstrail. org or www.alexandercitychamber.com for more information.
The Marvelous Wonderettes
April 13; Alexander City Arts Council presents The Marvelous Wonderettes at Benjamin Russell High School Auditorium, 225 Heard Boulevard, Alexander City, AL 35010. Showtime is 7 pm.
National Library Week
April 9-15; Adelia M. Russell Library and Mamie’s Place Children’s Library celebrate National Library week with sales, refreshments, book signings, poetry readings and special exhibits. For more information, call 256-234-4644, 256329-6796 or visit www.alexandercityonline.com/library.
16th Annual Charity Klassic Kruisers
April 15, 8 am-2 pm; New Site City Hall. Car shows and various activities throughout the day highlight this fundraising event, include a pancake breakfast at 6 am and BBQ lunch at 11 am 50s music, local entertainment, swap meet, food vendors, games and door prizes. Proceeds benefit local volunteer fire & ambulance department, select local charities and more. Call Aaron Perry at 256-234-6024, Larry Hanson at 256-329-9663 or Susan Gamble at 256234-4975.
May 2017 Camp Smile-a-Mile Ride of Love
May 20; Hampton Inn in Alexander City. Join us as we welcome the bicycle riders on their last leg of the race. They will start their ride in Tuscaloosa and ride to Children’s Harbor to raise money and awareness for the camps held for children and families living with and fighting cancer. For more information, call 256-234-3461.
June 2017 Jazz Fest
June 11-12; The 27th Annual Jazz Fest returns with six great bands, table decorating, food, friends and fun. Look for details in local newspapers in the spring.
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Alexander City Schools & Daycares
The Alexander City School system is recognized as one of the to 10 systems in the state of Alabama. The system uses a unique enrollment plan where schools are arranged by grade and all students in those grades are at the same school. For more information including attendance zones and enrollment requirements, contact the Alexander City Board of Education at 256234-5074. Jim Pearson (K-2nd) 1240 Scott Road, Alexander City, AL 35010 256-234-8625 Principal: Jamie Forbus Assistant Principal: April Neese Start: 7:40 a.m. Dismissal: 2:25 p.m. Stephens Elementary (3rd-4th) 851 Laurel Street, Alexander City, AL 35010 256-234-8631 Principal: Kim Smith Assistant Principal: Julia Abrams Start: 7:40 a.m. Dismissal: 2:50 p.m. Radney School (5th-6th) 140 Alison Drive Alexander City, AL 35010 256-234-8636 Principal: Andrew Caves Assistant Principal: Ashley Kean Start: 7:40 a.m. Dismissal: 2:45 p.m. Alex City Middle School (7th-8th) 359 State Street, Alexander City, AL 35010 256-234-8660 Principal: Reginald Clifton Assistant Principal: Tracie Tolbert Start: 7:35 a.m. Dismissal: 3:15 p.m. Benjamin Russell High School (9th-12th) 225 Heard Boulevard, Alexander City, AL 35010 256-234- 8611 Principal: Anthony Wilkinson Assistant Principal: Evan Blair Assistant Principal: Kelli Kelly Assistant Principal: Tracy McGhee Start: 7:35 a.m. Dismissal: 3:15 p.m.
SCHOOL LUNCH PRICES
Elementary Schools (students) Lunch: $2.05 Breakfast: $1.25 Middle School (students) Lunch: $2.40 Breakfast: $1.75 High School (students) Lunch: $2.40 Breakfast: $1.75 All adult school personnel Lunch: $3.05 Breakfast: $1.75 Visitors Lunch: $3.30 Breakfast: $1.75 Reduced price lunch Lunch: $0.40 Breakfast: $0.30
ALEXANDER CITY BOARD OF EDUCATION SUPERINTENDANT Dr. J. Darrell Cooper 375 Lee Street, Alexander City, AL 35010 dcooper@alex.k12.al.us
BOARD MEMBERS
Denise Bates 2161 Dobbs Road, Alexander City, AL 35010 256-749-0715 • denise_bates@hotmail.com Kelly Waldrop, President 1777 Althea Loop, Alexander City, Alabama 35010 256-234-2320 • kwwaldrop@aol.com Michael Ransaw 2161 Dobbs Road, Alexander City, Alabama 35010 256-409-9013 • ransawmd@charter.net David Sturdivant 1457 College Street, Alexander City, Alabama 35010 256-234-2106 • dsturdivant@russelllands.com Dorothea Walker, Vice President 1940 Clubview Drive, Alexander City, Alabama 35010 256-234-0792 • dorotheaw@icloud.com
Central Alabama Community College Alexander City Campus 1675 Cherokee Road, Alexander City, AL 35010 256-234-6346 • Fax: 256-215-4244 For information call 256-234-6346. Visit www.cacc.edu
LOCAL DAYCARE AND PRESCHOOL Woody Wood Pecker Day Care 151 Jefferson Street, Alexander City 256- 234-6287 Mother Goose Child Development 645 Scott Road, Alexander City 256-234-3780 Harbor Learning Academy LLC 461 5th Way, Alexander City 256-234-4739 Faith Temple 425 Franklin Street, Alexander City 256-234-6421 First Baptist Early Learning Center 64 Court Square, Alexander City 256-234-6351 Jacob’s Ladder Creative Learning Center 337 Green Street, Alexander City 256-234-5783
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Russell Medical Center
RUSSELL MEDICAL CENTER AMENITIES
All private rooms Avant-garde imaging services, including on-site PET, CT, MRI, IMRT, nuclear medicine, mammography, ultrasound, diagnostic X-ray and fluoroscopy Women’s Center with digital mammography and stereotactic breast needle biopsy Picture archiving and communications system (PACS) UAB Cancer Center offering full service oncology services, including chemotherapy and radiation therapy Cardiology and vascular services Comprehensive rehabilitation services Fitness center offering a vast array of exercise, weight training and aquatics programs LDR birthing suites OB services including the GE Centricity fetal monitoring system; infant security system Sleep Disorders Center Wound care and hyperbaric medicine Medical Park Family Care in Dadeville 24-hour progressive emergency department Six-bed ICU and 10-bed step-down unit Rehabilitation services Full service cafeteria
SUPPORT GROUPS
.O.U.C.H (Today Our Understanding of Cancer is Hope) T a community-based support group for cancer survivors, their families and their loved ones Diabetic support group Dementia support group Young at Heart cardiac support group Look Good, Feel Better, which teaches beauty techniques to women in active cancer treatment Courage Companions for newly-diagnosed cancer patients
RMC PHONE DIRECTORY
Administration Human Resources Physician Referral Line Medical Records Community Relations Total Fitness Medical Park Family Care Sleep Disorders Center UAB Medicine Cancer Center at RMC The Women’s Center - Mammography Wound Care & Hyperbaric Medicine Patient Portal Access Patient Accounts Surgery Clinic at RMC
329-7152 329-7345 329-7149 329-7114 329-7145 329-7138 825-9900 329-7371 329-7888 329-7246 215-7450 329-7114 329-7308 215-7479
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Ed Collari Pres. & CEO
Local
Jacob Meacham
Vice Pres. of Business Development
Link! Kim Dunn
Director of Marketing & Special Events
Carla Culligan
Director of Customer Service
OUR FUTURE IS NOW!
“The Chamber believes that Alexander City should not be measured by its size, but by our vision and the determination to exceed our dreams.” ~ Ed Collari, President & CEO • Leadership Lake Martin Get Involved! • Lake Martin Young Professionals • Young Entrepreneurs Academy • Gateway to Education • Lead Forward Conference • Shop Local, First Tuesday • Junior Ambassadors
Have Fun!
• Sun Festival •Jazz Fest •Christmas Parade •Strand Sessions •Chamber Happy Hours • Professional Development Workshops
We Are Your Business Partner!
www.alexandercitychamber.com | 256.234.3461
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GUARANTEED LOWEST PRICE
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• New & Pre-Owned Inventory • Financing 0ptions Available From Over 18 Lenders
Full-Service Tire Center
• Major Tire Brands • Free 2-Year Road and Hazard Coverage
Parts/Service (866) 245-0775
• Magneti by Marelli Parts Program • Auto Repair/Body Shop • Prepaid Maintenance Plans • Free Estimates
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CHURCH DIRECTORY A.M.E. Saint James A.M.E. 376 Coosa County Rd 7 Goodwater, AL 35072 256-839-1007 ASSEMBLIES OF GOD Cedar Street Church of God 711 Martin Luther King Jr Boulevard Alex City, AL 35010 256-329-5117 River of Life 823 Cherokee Road Alex City, AL 35010 256-329-9593
INDEPENDENT BAPTIST Liberty Baptist 1365 Hillabee Street Alex City, AL 35010 256-329-8830 New Life Baptist County Road 14 Alex City, AL 35010 256-329-2635 Victory Baptist 280 By-Pass Alex City, AL 35010 256-234-2089 West End Baptist 3050 Old Dark Road Alex City, AL 35010 256-234-2130 MISSIONARY BAPTIST Cross Key Baptist Hackneyville Road Goodwater, AL 35072 256-839-0041 Darian Missionary Baptist 1825 Pearson Chapel Rd Alex City, AL 35010 256-329-3865
SOUTHERN BAPTIST Alex City First Baptist 64 Court Square Alex City, AL 35010 256-234-6351
Fellowship Baptist 1403 Buttston Road Dadeville, AL 36853 256-825-8176
Mt. Zion Baptist 6577 Hwy 63 South Alex City, AL 35010 256-234-7748
Good News Baptist 10493 Hwy. 280 Jackson's Gap, AL 36861 256-825-2555
New Beginning Baptist 1076 Coley Creek Road Alex City, AL 35010 256-234-4399
Hackneyville Baptist 9149 Hwy 63 N Alex City, AL 35010 256-234-2184
New Concord Baptist 396 Concord Road Dadeville, AL 36853 256-825-5390
Beulah Baptist 5891 Lovelady Road Jackson's Gap, AL 36861 256-825-6515
Hillabee Baptist 1781 Hialeah Circle Alex City, AL 35010 256-234-6798
New Elkahatchee Baptist 3380 Elkahatchee Road Alex City, AL 35010 256-329-9942
Calvary Baptist 398 Main Street Dadeville, AL 36853 256-307-1029
Horseshoe Bend Baptist 17363 Hwy 280 Dadeville, AL 36853 256-825-7544
New Hope Baptist 1133 New Hope Church Rd, Alex City, AL 35010 256-329-2510
Calvary Heights Baptist 474 Elkahatchee Road Alex City, AL 35010 256-234-7224
Jackson’s Gap Baptist 23 E Church Street Jackson’s Gap, AL 36861 256-825-6814
New Life Baptist 800 Horseshoe Bend Rd Dadeville, AL 36853 256-825-9866
Camp Hill Baptist 41 Heard Street Camp Hill, AL 36850 256-896-2811
Kellyton Baptist Kellyton, AL 256-329-1512
New Rocky Mt Baptist 670 Peckerwood Road Jackson's Gap, AL 36861 256-825-1902
Early Rose Baptist 57 E Street Alex City, AL 35010 256-234-4706
Mt. Zion West 926 Peppers Road Alex City, AL 35010 256-215-5554
Friendship Baptist 2767 Highway 63 S Alex City, AL 35010 256-329-5243
New Elam Baptist 1 County Road Alex City, AL 35010 256-329-1330
Jackson’s Gap Baptist 23 East Church Street Jackson's Gap, AL 36861 256-825-6814
Ozias Baptist 13576 Dudleyville Road Camp Hill, AL 36850 256-825-7133
Macedonia Baptist 224 Macedonia Circle Goodwater, AL 35072 256-839-5793
Pine Grove Baptist 281 Pine Grove Loop Dadeville, AL 36853 256-825-4963
Marietta Baptist 1525 Coosa Co. Rd. 81 Goodwater, AL 35072 256-839-5847
Pleasant Ridge Highway 49 Dadeville, AL 36853 256-825-4753
Miracle Baptist 1687 I Street Alex City, AL 35010 256-215-9788
Ridge Grove Baptist 1380 Old Kellyton Road Alex City, AL 35010 256-234-6972
Mt. Calvary Baptist 329 King Street Alex City, AL 35010 256-234-5631
Rocky Mt. Baptist Hillabee Road Alex City, AL 35010 256-329-2327
Mt. Olive Baptist 6078 Coosa Cty Rd 49 Goodwater, AL 35072 256-839-1000
Seleeta Baptist 304 Booker Street Alex City, AL 35010 256-329-2685
Mt. Sinai Baptist Fish Pond Road Alex City, AL 35010 256-329-2337
Shady Grove Baptist 333 Shady Grove Dr Jackson's Gap, AL 36861 256-825-2008
Daviston Baptist 211 Church Street Daviston, AL 36256 256-395-4689
Lake Pointe Baptist 8352 Hwy 50 Dadeville, AL 36853 256-307-6027
Mt. Zion Baptist 14819 Hwy 22 E Daviston, AL 36256 256-329-0483
Great Bethel Missionary 692 Jefferson Street Alex City, AL 35010 256-234-5513
Dadeville First Baptist 178 S Tallassee Street Dadeville, AL 36853 256-825-6232
Lebanon Baptist 8413 Dudleyville Road Dadeville, AL 36853 256-825-4803
Old Union Baptist 1106 Davis Circle Jackson's Gap, AL 36861
Mt. Zion East StillWaters Drive Dadeville, AL 36853 256-825-4991
Zion Hill Missionary 583 S. Broadnax Street Dadeville, AL 36853 256-825-1755
Eagle Creek Baptist 7734 Horseshoe Bend Rd, Dadeville, AL 36853 256-825-6048
Mt. Carmel Baptist 3610 Dudleyville Road Dadeville, AL 36853 256-825-9337
Orr Street Baptist 939 O Street Alex City, AL 35010 256-234-3171
Bay Pine Baptist 1480 Bay Pine Road Jackson's Gap, AL 36861 256-825-2884 Bethel Baptist 2367 Youngs Ferry Road Jackson's Gap, AL 36861 256-825-5070
Comer Memorial 341 E Church Street Alex City, AL 35010 256-234-2236
Lake Martin Baptist 9823 County Road 34 Dadeville, AL 36853 256-825-7434
New Salem Baptist 13930 Hwy 22 E New Site, AL 36256 256-234-2932 Old Providence Baptist 2767 Old Providence Rd Goodwater, AL 35072 256-329-5129
2016-17 NEW COMERS GUIDE Perryville Baptist 11171 Hwy 22 E New Site, AL 36256 Pine Grove Baptist 281 Pine Grove Loop Dadeville, AL 36853 256-825-4963
Sandy Creek Baptist 621 Sandy Creek Road Camp Hill, AL 36850 256-896-2617 Sixth Street Baptist 2324 Sixth Street Ext Alex City, AL 35010 256-234-2408
Pleasant Ridge Baptist 3464 Hwy 49 S Dadeville, AL 36853 256-825-4753
Town Creek Baptist 12 Town Creek Road Alex City, AL 35010
Ray Baptist 2591 Hwy 22 Alex City, AL 35010 256-234-7609
Wayside Baptist 21 Wayside Circle Alex City, AL 35010 256-234-5564
Restoration Ministries 158 Flint Hill Place Alex City, AL 35010
Zion Hill Baptist 1952 County Road 79 Daviston, AL 36256 256-329-1770
River Road Baptist 107 Dean Road Alex City, AL 35010 256-234-6971 Rocky Creek Baptist 105 Rocky Creek Road Alex City, AL 35010 256-329-9831 Rocky Mount Baptist Hwy. 22 E Alex City, AL 35010 256-329-2327 Russell Farm Baptist 11745 Hwy 63 S Alex City, AL 35010 256-215-8546
CATHOLIC St. John the Apostle 454 North Central Ave Alex City, AL 35010 256-234-3631
45 CHURCH OF GOD Cedar Street 711 Martin Luther King Jr Blvd., Alex City, AL 35010 256-329-5117 Marshall Street 428 Marshall Street Alex City, AL 35010 256-234-3180 CHURCH OF GOD OF PROPHECY Church of God of Prophecy 122 Poplar Rd Alex City, AL 35010 256-234-6941 CHURCH OF JESUS CHRIST Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints 1515 Worthy Road Alex City, AL 35010 256-234-7910
CHURCH OF CHRIST Alex City Church of Christ 945 Tallapoosa Street Alex City, AL 35010 256-234-6494
CHURCH OF THE NAZARENE Dadeville Church of the Nazarene 256-825-8191
Southview Church of Christ 2325 Dadeville Road Alex City, AL 35010 256-329-0212
EPISCOPAL Saint James Episcopal 347 South Central Ave Alex City, AL 35010 256-329-0072
FULL GOSPEL Greater Works Outreach 634 N Central Avenue Alex City, AL 35010 256-234-2778 Liberty Life Christian Center 274 “S” Street Alex City, AL 35010 256-234-3220 Paradise Mission 124 Armory Road Goodwater, AL 35072 256-839-5250 UNITED METHODIST Alexander City Methodist 11th Ave N Alex City, AL 35010 256-329-1284
Haven United Methodist 354 Christian Street Alex City, AL 35010 256-329-8394 Kellyton Chapel U.M. 50 County Road 87 Kellyton, AL 35089 256-234-2171 Kellyton U.M. US Highway 280 Kellyton, AL 35089 256-329-1681 New Site U.M. New Site, AL 36256 256-234-7834
PRESBYTERIAN First Presbyterian 371 Jefferson Street Alex City, AL 35010 256-329-0524
INDEPENDENT Christian Life Church 3340 Highway 63 N Alex City, AL 35010 205-409-9590 Faith Temple 425 Franklin Street Alex City, AL 35010 256-234-6421
Red Ridge U.M. 8091 County Road 34 Dadeville, AL 36853 256-825-9820
GAP Fellowship Church 1600 Highway 22 W Alex City, AL 35010 256-215-3427
Duncan Memorial 3997 Hillabee Road Alex City, AL 35010 256-234-6708
Sunnylevel U.M. 3202 Hwy. 63N Alex City, AL 35010
Jehovah Jireh Ministries 1410 Hillabee Street Alex City, AL 35010 256-215-4211
First United Methodist 310 Green Street Alex City, AL 35010 256-234-6322
Trinity United Methodist 3266 Highway 280 Alex City, AL 35010 256-234-2455
First United Methodist 140 E Lafayette Street Dadeville, AL 36853 256-825-4404 Flint Hill U.M. 2858 Flint Hill Road Alex City, AL 35010 256-234-5047
PENTECOSTAL Dadeville Outreach Mission 250 West Street Dadeville, AL 36853 256-825-8220
Jehovah's Witnesses Kingdom Hall 449 Highway 280 Alex City, AL 35010 256-234-0619 Kingdom Hall of Jehovah Witnesses 851 Horseshoe Bend Rd Dadeville, AL 36853 256-825-7979
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CHAMBER DIRECTORY 20.356LLC P.O. Box 222 Alexander City, AL 35010 256-397-2701
Alabama Municipal Electric Authority P O Box 5220 Montgomery AL 36103 334-262-1126
A & E Metal Roofing Supply 239 McClellan Parkway Kellyton AL 35089 256-329-0034
Alabama Power Company 724 Commerce Drive Alexander City AL 35010
A & M Plumbing LLC P O Box 785 Alexander City AL 35011 256-234-5260
Alabama Publishing Group Inc. 3049 Steele Station Road Rainbow City AL 35906 256-546-4114
A Second Act 640 Cherokee Road Alexander City AL 35010 256-329-3621
Alabama Street Makers Market 149 Alabama Street Alexander City AL 35010 256-392-5555
At Your Service 50 Board Street/P.O. Box 352 Alexander City AL 35010 256-392-3479
Alabama Technology Center P O Box 699 Alexander City AL 35011 256-215-4307
AAA General Contractors P O Box 904 Alexander City AL 35011-0904 256-329-9843
Alex City Chiropractic 239 Church Street, Suite A Alexander City AL 35010 256-234-4404
Abernathy & Britton, CPA P O Box 219 Alexander City AL 35010 256-234-3561
Alex City Civitan Club 708 Branch Avenue Sylacauga AL 35150 256-404-5858
ABS Business Systems 260 Industrial Drive Extension Oxford AL 36203 256-236-5536
Alex City Glass 173 Wheeler Street Alexander City AL 35010 256-234-2765
Achievement Center - Easter Seals 510 West Thomason Circle Opelika AL 36801 334-745-3501
Alex City Grading 4246 Coley Creek Road Alexander City AL 35010 256-234-7359
Adams Health & Rehab 1555 Hillabee Road Alexander City AL 35010 256-329-0847
Alex City Guide Service 2036 Cherokee Road, Suite 205 Alexander City AL 35010 256-401-3089
Advanced Disposal P.O. Box 430 Moody AL 35004 205-910-5565
Alex City Marine Sales & Service, LLC 2190 Cherokee Road Alexander City AL 35010 256-215-3474
Advanced Heating & Air Conditioning P O Box 146 Alexander City AL 35011-0146 256-234-5052
Alex City Parkway Apartments 2148 Parkway Circle Alexander City AL 35010 256-234-6869
ADS Security 1619 A Thomason Drive Opelika AL 36801 800-799-3699
Alex City Transmission 1501 Tallapoosa Street Alexander City AL 35010 256-234-6230
Alex City Unique Flowers/Gifts 1520 Washington Street Alexander City AL 35010 256-234-6882
Alexander City Theatre II (ACT II) P.O. Box 1786 Alexander City AL 35011 256-509-6791
Aronov Realty Management P O Box 235000 Montgomery AL 36123 334-277-1000
Alexander City 50+ P O Box 552 Alexander City AL 35011
Alexander City Veterinary Clinic 1068 Airport Drive Alexander City AL 35010 256-234-6751
Archer Porta Potty, LLC 2016 Highridge Lane Auburn AL 36830 334-707-8461
Allegiance Staffing, Inc. 207 South Central Avenue Alexander City AL 35010 256-329-3477
Artic Air and Heat, LLC 33 Milam Road Jacksons Gap AL 36861 256-794-4341
Allen Food Marts, Inc. 4880 Highway 280 Alexander City AL 35010
ARISE 82 Court Square, Ste. 102 Alexander City AL 35010 256-329-8444
Alexander City Arts, Inc. P O Box 971 Alexander City AL 35011 256-329-1253 Alexander City Bd of Education 375 Lee Street Alexander City AL 35010 Alexander City Career Center P.O. Box 2010 Alexander City AL 35011 256-215-4494 Alexander City Housing Authority 2110 County Road Alexander City AL 35010 256-329-2201 Alexander City Kiwanis Club PO Box 385 Alexander City AL 35011 256-234-7602 Alexander City Lion's Club P.O. Box 196 Alexander City AL 35011-0196 Alexander City Meals on Wheels P O Box 1344 Alexander City AL 35011-1344 256-329-7382 Alexander City Methodist Church P O Box 307 Alexander City AL 35011 256-329-1284 Alexander City Outlook P O Box 999 Alexander City AL 35011-0999 256-234-4281 Alexander City Parks & Recreation P O Box 552 Alexander City AL 35011-0552 256-329-6736 Alexander City Photographic Society 57 Walker Ferry Road Alexander City AL 35010 256-329-5117 Alexander City Rotary Club P O Box 598 Alexander City AL 35011-0598
Allen Food Marts, Inc. 1251 Old Birmingham Highway Sylacauga AL 35150 256-245-5478 American Inn 4000 Highway 280 Alexander City AL 35010 256-329-8858 American Red Cross 5015 Woods Crossings Montgomery AL 35010 334-260-3981 American Water Sports Deano Vopal 10780 Highway 280 Jackson's Gap AL 36861 256-825-5568 AmTech, LLC Route 1 330A Hwy 22 West Alexander City AL 35010 256-397-0800
AT&T 600 N 19th St., 28B1 Birmingham AL 35203 205-714-0722 Artist Assocation of Central AL 314 Daine Drive Jacksons Gap AL 30861 256-794-4261 Auburn Dental Spa 1575 Professional Pkway Auburn AL 36830 334-821-2846 Azalea Court I & II 219 Knollwood Lane Alexander City AL 35010 256-234-9999 Ballard Construction Co., Inc. P O Box 9 Alexander City AL 35011 256-329-3771
Amy Clark Real Estate, Inc. Amy Clark 1994 Cherokee Road Alexander City AL 35010 256-749-3333
Ballard Properties, LLC 76 Bainbridge Drive Alexander City AL 35010 256-749-0976
Angie Hill Attorney at Law P.O. Box 1945 Alexander City AL 35010 256-329-1441
Ballard Truss Shop 915 Tankersly Road Kellyton AL 35089 256-234-4511
Anytime Fitness, LLC 163 Alabama Street Alexander City AL 35010 256-329-1004
Barbara's Studio of Dance 615 Alexander City Shopping Ctr Alexander City AL 35010 256-329-1163
Armour's Funeral Home P O Box 241 Alexander City AL 35011-0241 256-234-2776
BB&T 2055 Cherokee Road Alexander City AL 35010 256-215-5430
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Be.You.tiful Salon, LLC 792 Commerce Drive, Suite 103 Alexander City AL 35010 256-234-2007
Brown Paper Conv Mach Wks P O Box 879 Alexander City AL 35011-0879 256-234-7491
Cherokee Bend Bed & Breakfast 5833 Highway 22 E Alexander City AL 35010 805-794-1300
Country Financial 53 Main Street Alexander City AL 35010 256-414-6012
Benefits for America Insurance Services, Inc. PO Box 1321 Alexander City AL 35011 800-391-7231
Buck's Dairy Quik 1171 Tallapoosa Street Alexander City AL 35010 256-392-3565
Cherokee Quick Stop 1212 Cherokee Road Alexander City AL 35010 256-329-9556
Cotney Jewelers 134 Calhoun Street Alexander City AL 35010 256-234-5059
Burger King Schuster Enterprises 4259 Highway 280 Alexander City AL 35010 256-329-2317
Child Care Resource Center 510 S 7th Street Opelika AL 36801 334-749-8400
Covey Rise Magazine 6400 Hwy 63 South Alexander City AL 35010 256-749-1301
C & T Electric PO Box 935 Alexander City AL 35011 256-234-0007
Children's Harbor 1 Our Children's Highway Alexander City AL 35010 334-857-2133
Cutwater Marine Services, LLC Steve Armbrose
Bill Nichols State Veterans Home 1784 Elkahatchee Road Alexander City AL 35010 256-329-0868
Cabi - Marsha Davis 110 Hickory Lane Dadeville AL 36853 256-307-0696
City of Alexander City Mayor Charles Shaw P O Box 552 Alexander City AL 35011 256-329-6730
Bill's Electric P O Box 673 Alexander City AL 35011-0673 256-234-4555
CACC 1675 Cherokee Road Alexander City AL 35011-0699 256-234-6346
Closing Agency, The 2060 Cherokee Road Alexander City, AL 35010 256-329-8832
Blue Cross/Blue Shield of AL 4465 Park Blvd. Montgomery AL 36116 334-213-6634
Caldwell Electronics 988 Cherokee Road Alexander City AL 35010 256-329-8000
Cloud Nine 26 Main Street Alexander City AL 35010 256-329-9797
Blue Ridge Mountain Water 450 Hackel Drive Montgomery AL 36121 334-273-1119
Camp ASCCA P O Box 21 Jackson's Gap AL 36861 256-825-9226
CMC Recycling 667 Emerson Road Alexander City AL 35010 256-329-0585
Bob White Motel C V Umrigar 930 Airport Drive Alexander City AL 35010 256-234-4215
Carlisle's 12 Main Street Alexander City AL 35010 256-234-4211
Coley Real Estate Company 45 Main Street Alexander City AL 35010 256-234-3467
Central Alabama Counseling, LLC 239B Church Street Alexander City AL 35010 256-329-3399
Colonial Apartments (156 Greenspoint NOT apt address) Alexander City AL 35010 256-234-2117
CENTURY 21 Lake Area Realty 440 N. Broadnax Street Dadeville AL 36853 256-825-4800
Cooper, Katharine R. M.D. 3368 Highway 280, Suite 205 Alexander City AL 35010
Berney Office Solutions 129 E Glenn Avenue Auburn AL 36830 800-239-3025 Bice Motors, Inc. 2133 Cherokee Road Alexander City AL 35010 256-234-2501
Bodyworks Massage & Spa 2828 Dadeville Road Alexander City AL 35010 256-915-0442 Bowden Oil Company P O Box 145 Sylacauga AL 35150 256-245-5611 Boys & Girls Club of Lake Martin P O Box 1016 Alexander City AL 35011-1016 256-234-4757
CH2M Hill 2112 11th Avenue South #320 Birmingham AL 35205 205-326-8912 x17
Bradberry Pointe Apartments 1056 Comer Street Alexander City AL 35010 256-392-4336
Chapman Healthcare & Assisted Living 3701 Dadeville Road Alexander City AL 35010 256-234-6366
Brown Nursing Home, LLC 2331 Washington Street Alexander City AL 35011-1056 256-329-9061
Charter HR P O Box 759 Alexander City AL 35011-0729 256-234-6234.244
Cooper, Nelson M.D. 61 Jacks Hollow Alexander City AL 35010 256-329-2938 Corbin, Tim, M.D. P O Box 268 Alexander City AL 35010 256-234-4295 Cottage Gallery Studio & Frame, The 141 Franklin Street Alexander City AL 35010 256-496-6532
Dadix, Inc. P.O. Box 755 Alexander City AL 35011-0755 256-749-5500 Dark Insurance Agency P O Box 506 Alexander City AL 35011-0506 256-234-5026 Darwin Dobbs Company 814 Cherokee Road Alexander City AL 35010 256-234-3435 Farmer's Insurance Gordon Insurance Agency 153 Alabama Street Alexander City AL 35010 256-409-2299 David Scott Properties P O Box 1026 Alexander City AL 35011-1026 Days Inn 3146 Highway 280 Alexander City AL 35011-0343 256-234-6311 DE General 107 Main Street Alexander City AL 35010 334-467-1773 Deck Foods dba McDonalds 4094 US Hwy 280 Alexander City AL 35010 256-435-6527 Dianne Naler CPA, PC Dianne Naler 454 Church Street Alexander City AL 35010 256-409-1120 Disability Represatatives Teresa Whatley P.O. Box 33 Alexander City AL 35011 256-409-1891
Dixie Sailing Club Roger Smith PO Box 241715 Montgomery AL 36124 334-271-6464 Docks Unlimited John Thames 6400 Highway 63 South Alexander City AL 35010 256-749-1301 Domino's Pizza Ralph Schotts 855 Market Place Alexander City AL 35010 256-329-2236 DoTerra Gina Holcomb 549 Mockingbird Road Alexander City AL 35010 256-307-7050 Durbin Chiropractic Center P O Box 384 Alexander City AL 35011-0384 256-234-4223 Early Rose Baptist Church P O Box 327 Alexander City AL 35011-0327 256-234-6607 Edward Jones 239 Church St, Suite C Alexander City AL 35010 256-329-9136 Emporium Wine 128 Calhoun Street Alexander City AL 35010 256-212-9463 EnviroCare P O Box 1177 Alexander City AL 35011-1897 256-234-6162 Ekubo Ministries 792 Commmerce Drive, Ste. 102 Alexander City AL 35010 256-392-3575 Exelon Generation 152 Brick Plant Road Alexander City AL 35010 256-215-7100 Fairytale Journeys, LLC 2426 Dobbs Road Alexander City AL 35010 256-825-2668 Family Eye Care 1120 Airport Drive, Suite 104 Alexander City AL 35010 256-329-8400
2016-17 NEW COMERS GUIDE Fire Truck Bar-B-Que 217 Jefferson Street Alexander City AL 35010 205-936-0058 Fire Website Hosting & Design 1028 Chestnut Avenue Woodbury Heights NJ 8097 856-845-4327 First Baptist Church P O Box 400 Alexander City AL 35011-0400 256-234-6351 First Insurance P O Box 878 Alexander City AL 35011-0878 256-329-0888 First Presbyterian Church P O Box 96 Alexander City AL 35011-0096 256-329-0524 First Realty 468 Church Street Alexander City AL 35010 256-234-5163 First United Methodist Church 310 Green Street Alexander City AL 35010 256-234-6322 Fish Tales Auto Sales 6752 Highway 280 West Alexander City AL 35010 256-537-0705 Fish Tales Bait & Tackle 6752 Highway 280 West Alexander City AL 35010 256-212-9850 Five Star Plantation, LLC P O Box 40 Kellyton AL 35089 256-234-0900 Flint Hill United Methodist Church 2858 Flint Hill Road Alexander City AL 35010 256-234-5047 For Heaven's Sake 140 Calhoun Street Alexander City AL 35010 256-234-0730 Foshee's Whats, LLC 2802 Dadeville Road Alexander City AL 35010 256-234-3298 Fox Point Farm, LLC 434 Tankersley Raod Kellyton, AL 35089 760-994-7835 Funding Solutions Tom Mucks
Frontline Fitness 553 Alexander City Shopping Center Alexander City AL 35010 256-749-9502 G's Kountry Kitchen Ricky/Kim Robinson 480 Laurel St Alexander City, AL 35010 256-392-5122 Gassaway, Thomas L. 120 Cane Break Lane Jackson's Gap AL 36861 256-825-5774 Gavin, Mitchell, Esq. Alexander City AL 35011-0248 256-329-2211 GNL Flooring, Inc. 5655 Highway 22E Alexander City AL 35010 256-234-6886 Goin' Postal 2036 Cherokee Road Alexander City AL 35010 256-234-3737 Goo Goo Express Wash 2941 U.S. Hwy 280 Alexander City AL 35010 706-563-6110 Grace's Flowers 951 Hillabee Street Alexander City AL 35010 256-234-4238 Granger Thagard 1806 Oxmoor Road Birmingham AL 35209 205-410-6751 Great Bethel Baptist Church, The P.O. Box 459 Alexander City AL 35011 256-234-5513 Green Garden Restaurant 1256 Cherokee Road Alexander City AL 35010 256-329-2321 Gunn Real Estate & Rental 256 Tallapoosa Street Alexander City AL 35010 256-749-4867 HR Block 2501 Hwy 280 Suite B Alexander City AL 35010 256-329-1343 HarborTouch Services of AL 3514 Bay Pine Road Jackson's Gap AL 36861 205-567-0622
49 Hare & Dunlap CPA Group PC P O Box 1088 Alexander City AL 35011-1088 256-234-6364
Holder, Wendy D.M.D 980 Airport Drive Alexander City AL 35010 256-234-6841
Jake's 16 Broad Street Alexander City AL 35010 256-234-4300
Hardy, George D.M.D. 340 Church Street Alexander City AL 35010 256-234-5678
Holman Floor Company Neal Watts P O Box 968 Alexander City AL 35011-0968 256-234-6071
Jehovah-Jireh Ministries (New Millienium) P.O. Box 1334 Alexander City AL 35011
Harold W. Cochran Insurance P O Box 40 Alexander City AL 35011-0040 256-234-2700 Harrell, Jr.,William D.M.D. 125 Alison Drive, Suite 1A Alexander City AL 35010 256-234-6353 Harris Painting, LLC P.O. Box 1947 (6276 Hwy 280) Alexander City AL 35010 256-794-2969 Heather Glenn Photography 1396 Main Street Jackson's Gap AL 36861 256-786-9871
Home Depot 1460 Highway 280 Alexander City AL 35010 256-234-6399 Home Place Mortgage Loans, Inc. 1990 Cherokee Road Alexander City AL 35010 888-500-4488 Horseshoe Bend Nat'l Park 11288 Horseshoe Bend Road Daviston AL 36256 256-234-7111 Horseshoe Bend Regional Library 207 N West Street Dadeville AL 36853 256-825-9232
Jewelry by Design 590 N. Dean Road Auburn AL 36830 334-821-9940 Jim Bob's Chicken Fingers 1264 Cherokee Road Alexander City AL 35010 256-215-3998 JR's Sports Bar & Grill, Inc. 145 Alabama Street Alexander City AL 35010 256-234-9850 Joni Price, D.M.D 139 Aliant Parkway Alexander City AL 35010 256-329-8401 Jordan, Joe D.C. 440 Church Street Alexander City AL 35010 256-234-2671
Henderson & Coker P O Box 286 Alexander City AL 35011-0286 256-329-9001
Horseshoe Bend School 10684 Highway 22 East New Site AL 36256 256-329-9110
Heritage South Credit Union P O Box 128 Sylacauga AL 35150 256-245-4776
Howard, Kenneth D.M.D 125 Alison Drive, Suite 9 Alexander City AL 35010 256-234-5003
Karen Channell State Farm Insurance 5030 Hwy 280 East Alexander City AL 35010 256-234-3481
Hill Petroleum P O Box 135 Goodwater AL 35072 256-839-6331
Huddle House 4727 Highway 280 Alexander City AL 35010 256-215-7267
Karen Jennings Investment Advisor 124 Calhoun Street Alexander City AL 35010 256-329-0003
Hillabee Towers 1001 Tallapoosa Street Alexander City AL 35010 256-329-0552
I Do Weddings & Events 365 Scott Road Alexander City AL 35010 256-454-0255
Kerley Motor Company 1720 Dadeville Road Alexander City AL 35011-0402 256-234-5331
Hill Top Landscaping EB, LLC 1516 Tallapoosa Street Alexander City AL 35010 256-397-2811
India Davis Team 2544 Willow Point Road Alexander City AL 35010 256-212-1457
Kevin Lanier Photography 32 Main Street Alexander City AL 35010 256-794-5185
Hillview Memorial Park P O Box 285 Alexander City AL 35011-0285 256-234-3751
Inprint4U 3820 Pearson Chapel Road Alexander City AL 35010 334-559-2656
KFC 955 Airport Road Alexander City AL 35010 256-329-1611
Holley's Home Furnishings P O Box 106 Alexander City AL 35011-0106 256-234-4141
J & J Pest Away PO Box 1853 Alexander City AL 35011 256-496-0169
Kona Ice 1236 Cherokee Road Alexander City AL 35010 256-794-8197
Holcombe, Derek , M.D. 3368 Highway 280 Suite 214 Alexander City AL 35010 256-329-2829
Jackson Drugs 1974 Cherokee Road Alexander City AL 35010 256-234-2538
Koon's Korner 1460 Hillabee Street Alexander City AL 35010 256-234-3557
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Lake Broadcasting PO Box 1046 Alexander City AL 35011 256-234-6464
Lake Martin United Way Inc. P O Box 876 Alexander City AL 35011-0876 256-329-3600
Little Black Dress 149 Alabama Street Alexander City AL 35010 256-234-9099
McLeod, Anthony M.D. 3368 Highway 280, Suite G15 Alexander City AL 35010 256-329-1114
PATH 1768 Clubview Drive Alexander City AL 35010 703-927-0644
Lake Broadcasting PO Box 1046 Alexander City AL 35010 256-234-6114
Lake Martin Wellington 218 McClellan Industrial Drive Kellyton AL 35089 256-212-9960
Longleaf Antique & Flea Mall, Inc. 591 Alex City Shopping Center Alexander City AL 35010 256-234-3492
Meadows of Alexander City, The 2712 Washington Street Alexander City AL 35010 256-234-0800
Lake Martin Area Assn of REALTORS 260 Church Street Alexander City AL 35011-1153 256-234-7522
Lakeside Concierge PO Box 3 Jackson's Gap AL 36861 256-373-3004
Lu Lu's Lathers Handmade Soap 1334 Scott Road Alexander City AL 35010 256-596-2689
Medicine Shoppe, The 1144 Airport Drive Alexander City AL 35010 256-215-8014
Parmer Allstate Agency Alice Parmer 839 Airport Drive, Ste. 105 Alexander City AL 35010 256-215-3833
Lakeside Marina, LLC Brenda Ryals 7361 Highway 49S Dadeville AL 36853 256-825-9286
Lynn's Quick Stop 127 Jefferson Street Alexander City AL 35010 256-234-0024
Mistletoe Bough Bed & Breakfast 497 Hillabee Street Alexander City AL 35010 256-329-3717
M & M Construction 120 McBride Loop Jackson's Gap AL 36861 256-825-8326
Morris, Haynes & Hornsby 131 Main Street Alexander City AL 35010 256-329-2000
MacFiggen Catering Brad MacFiggen 1768 Clubview Drive Alexander City AL 35010 703-927-0644
Mother Goose Child Development Center 645 Scott Road Alexander City AL 35010 256-234-3780 Movie Rack 2006 Cherokee Road Alexander City AL 35010 256-329-9611
Pouncey Painting 4184 Hwy 22 Alexander City AL 35010 256-749-7471
Mutual Savings Credit Union 1030 Lee Street Alexander City AL 35010 256-234-3821
Praise 87.5 P.O. Box 2208 Auburn AL 36831 334-750-0882 Playhouse Cinemas 1236 Cherokee Road Alexander City AL 35010 256-234-2509
Lake Martin Dock Co., Inc. 180 Birmingham Road Eclectic AL 36024 334-857-2443
Peachtree Planning 1323 Hargrove Road East Tuscaloosa AL 35405 205-887-1145 Pediatric Associates 1962 Cherokee Road Alexander City AL 35011-1269 256-234-5021
Lake Martin Economic Development Alliance PO Box 1105 Alexander City AL 35011 256-215-4404
Lamberth, Brooks & Sally D.M.D 6 Franklin Street Alexander City AL 35010 256-234-6401
Lake Martin Family Medicine 201 Mariarden Road Dadeville AL 36853 256-825-7821
Larkin Radney - Attorney at Law 80 N Central Avenue Alexander City AL 35010 256-329-8438
Lake Martin Family Therapy, LLC P O Box 911 Alexander City AL 35011 256-329-3002
Law, Vincent MD P O Box 268 Alexander City AL 35010 256-234-4295
Madison House Restorations Vickie Lux 1031 Cherokee Road Alexander City AL 35010 256-749-4716
Lake Martin HOBOs P O Box 1030 Dadeville AL 36853 256-825-0919
Lee Marketing Group 33 Thweat Industrial Boulevard Dadeville AL 36853 256-825-0197
Madix, Inc. P O Box 177 Goodwater AL 35072 256-839-6354
Lake Martin Home Health 1120 Airport Drive Alexander City AL 35010 256-397-1440
Legacy Builders Fellowship 319 Rolling Wood Lane Jackson's Gap AL 36861 256-338-6477
Main Avenue Apartments 105 East Walunt Sylacauga AL 35150 256-245-4006
Nationwide Insurance The Daughtry Agency P.O. Box 2039(746 Commerce Dr.) Alexander City AL 35011 256-234-7781
Lake Martin Landlords Assocation 157 S. Main Street Alexander City AL 35010 256.749.3355
Leonard Printing Co. P.O. Box 132 Kellyton AL 35089 256-839-5656
MainStreet Alexander City R 21 Main Street Alexander City AL 35010 256-329-9227
Noel Boone Massage Therapy 239 Church Street Alexander City AL 35010 256-749-0318
Lake Martin Physical Therapy 1120 Airport Circle, Ste 103 Alexander City AL 35010 256-329-8180
LifeSouth Blood Ctr East 505 E Thomason Circle Opelika AL 36801 334-705-0884
Main Street Family Urgent Care 2508 US Hwy 280 Alexander City AL 35010 256-414-3013
North Lake Crafted www.northlakecrafted.com 334-796-5976
ProLink, LLC 792 Commerce Drive, Suite 104 Alexander City AL 35010 256-234-7005
Lake Martin Resource Association 2544 Willow Point Road Alexander City AL 35010 256-329-0835
Lighthouse of Tallapoosa County 36 Franklin Street Alexander City AL 35010 256-234-4894
Marble City Media, LLC Lee Perryman 1 Motes Road Sylacauga AL 35150 256-249-4263
On-Site Boat Care (Hardy Companies, LLC) 1996 Airport Road Alexander City AL 35010
ProWatch P.O. Box 250 Dadeville AL 36853 256-786-9087
Lake Martin Storm Shelters Merry Hardy 9070 Highway 63 South Alexander City AL 35010 256-794-8075
Lila's Engraving 170 Jefferson Street Alexander City AL 35010 256-234-6004
Onin Staffing 2032 Cherokee Road Alexander City AL 35010 256-234-3585
Propety Maintenance P.O. Box 42 Alexander City AL 35011 256-786-0886
Oral & Facial Sugery of East Alabama 839 Airport Drive Alexander City AL 35010 256-392-4916
Quail's Ridge Select Clearing 347 Auburn Drive Alexander City AL 35010 256-749-1115
Lake Martin Voice Realty 61 Seminole Drive Alexander City AL 35010 205-616-8046
Lisa McClendon Country Financial Agency,The 53 Main Street Alexander City AL 35010 256-329-3020
Mason Law Firm LLC 217 Madison Street Alexander City AL 35010 256-329-1313 McDaniel's Supply, Inc 1040 Highway 280 Alexander City AL 35010 256-234-7076
Piggly Wiggly 61 Jefferson Street Alexander City AL 35010 256-234-3454 Plain & Fancy Cleaners 1119 Cherokee Road Alexander City AL 35010 256-329-2695
ProgreCiv Group, Inc. P.O. Box 3607 Auburn AL 36831 334-332-8407
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Quality Inn 2945 Highway 280 Alexander City AL 35010 256-234-5900
Robinson Iron, Inc. P O Box 1119 Alexander City AL 35011-1119 256-329-8486
Satterfield Inc. P O Box 1747 Alexander City AL 35011-1747 256-234-6388
Sizemore, Jr. James M., Esq. 6732 Highway 63 South Alexander City AL 35010 256-409-1985
Radiology & Imaging Specialists 59 Alison Drive Alexander City AL 35010 256-329-2938
Russell Brands P O Box 272 Alexander City AL 35011-0272 256-500-4867
SK Services 107 Main Street Alexander City AL 35010 205-763-1818
Radney's Funeral Home P O Box 99 Alexander City AL 35011-0099 256-234-2511
SE District of the United Methodist Church PO Box 537/216 Madison Ave Alexander City AL 35011 256-409-9210
Russell Do-It Center 2544 Willow Point Road Alexander City AL 35010 256-234-2567
Radney's Funeral Home P O Box 99 Alexander City AL 35011-0099 256-234-2511
Russell Home Décor 1836 Highway 22 W Alexander City AL 35010 256-212-9877
Randolph County Concrete 99 West Ferry Road Franklin GA 30217 256-357-2377
Russell Lands On Lake Martin 2544 Willow Point Road Alexander City AL 35010 256-329-0835
Security Finance 114 Calhoun Street Alexander City AL 35010 256-329-9395 Security Pest Control P O Box 907 Alexander City AL 35011-0907 256-329-1018
ReMax Around the Lake - Sherry Willis 1965 Althea Loop Alexander City AL 35010 256-750-3566
Russell Lands Realty 2544 Willow Point Road Alexander City AL 35010 256-329-0835
Seedson, Inc. 706 Commerce Drive Alexander City AL 35010 256-794-7245 Sellers, Billy B. M.D 5030 D Highway 280 Alexander City AL 35010 256-234-4443
Re/Max Around the Lake 5295 Highway 280 Alexander City AL 35010 256-749-6634
Russell Medical Center P O Box 939 Alexander City AL 35011-0939 256-329-7188
Service Printing & Supply 275 Church Street Alexander City AL 35010 256-234-6307
RealtySouth- Sherri McCollum 1412 Lee Street Alexander City AL 35010 256-392-4560
Russell Medical Center Gift Shop P O Box 939 Alexander City AL 35011-0939 256-329-7100
Servpro of Chilton, Coosa, Tallapoosa & Chambers 822 US Hwy 280 West Kellyton AL 35089 256-392-5141
RealtySouth, Bobby & Rita Tapley 1214 Lee Street Alexander City AL 35010 256-392-0344
Russell Retail Store 3562 Highway 280 Alexander City AL 35010 256-397-1757
Renasant Bank 1995 Cherokee Road Alexander City AL 35010 256-212-2200
Sabal Trail Transmission, LLC 400 Colonial Center Pkway Ste. 300 Lake Mary FL 32746 321-249-8604
Rentals on Lake Martin 440 N. Broadnax Street Dadeville AL 36853 256-373-3373
Salvation Army Service Center 1725 Highway 22 West Alexander City AL 35010 256-215-3730
Regions Bank 3961 Highway 280 Alexander City AL 35010 256-234-1053
Sakura Bistro 4034 Hwy 280 Alexander City AL 35010 256-234-9833
Reynolds Law Firm P O Box 791 Alexander City AL 35011 256-329-1333 River Bank & Trust P.O. Box 669 Alexandre City, AL 35011 256-329-0500
Sarah C. Towery Art Colony P.O. Box 204 Alexander City AL 35011 256-215-3743 Sarrell Dental 1572 Mill Square Alexander City AL 35010 256-397-1050
Sherwood Forest 219 Knollwood Lane Alexander City AL 35010 256-234-9999 Sherwin Williams Company 905 Cherokee Road Alexander City AL 35010 256-234-2111
SL Alabama LLC 2481 Airport Boulevard Alexander City AL 35010 256-397-8511 Southeast Turf Maintenance Inc. 319 8th Street West Alexander City AL 35010 256-234-0830 Southern Care, Inc. P.O. Box 1420 Alexander City AL 35011 256-234-1134 Southern Pipe & Supply Company 2590 Dadeville Road Alexander City AL 35010 256-234-4235 Speake Real Estate 169 Main Street Alexander City AL 35010 256-329-0004 Spectrum Business Enterprise Solution 2709 Blake Drive NW Hartselle AL 35216 256-221-0207 Springleaf Financial Services 1222 Lee Street Alexander City AL 35010 256-234-7191 St. James Episcopal Church 347 South Central Avenue Alexander City AL 35010 256-234-4752
Sunset Point Condominium Owners Association, Inc. P.O. Box 36 Dadeville AL 36853 334-263-6551 Sublett, Kevin MD 3368 Highway 280, Suite 130 Alexander City AL 35010 256-234-2644 Super 8 4335 Hwy 280 Alexander City AL 35010 256-234-7099 Sullivan,Davis M.D. 3368 Highway 280, Suite 100 Alexander City AL 35010 256-234-3477 Sure Shot, The 3862 Hwy 280 Alexander City AL 35010 256-234-7099 Tallapoosa Co. Judge of Probate 125 North Broadnax Street Dadeville AL 36853 256-825-4266 Tallapoosa Co. Revenue Comm. 125 North Broadnax Street Dadeville AL 36853 256-825-7818 Tallapoosa Co. CARE 2300 Center Hills Drive, Bldg 2 Opelika AL 36801 334-707-8735 Tallapoosa County Commission 125 North Broadnax Street, #131 Dadeville AL 36853 256-825-4268 Tallaoosa County District Judge 125 North Broadnax Street Dadeville AL 36853 256-825-1085
St. John The Apostle Catholic Church 454 North Central Avenue Alexander City AL 35010 256-234-3631
Tallapoosa Ford PO Box 340 Alexander City AL 35011 256-234-3432
Stallings Pool Service 134 Montezuma Drive Alexander City AL 35010 256-234-7538
Tallapoosa Publishers 548 Cherokee Road Alexander City AL 35010 256-234-4281
Sims Electric Heating & Air 243 Jackson Street Alexander City AL 35010 256-329-3360
State Farm Insurance Karen Channell P O Box 397 Alexander City AL 35011-0397 256-234-3481
Tallapoosa River Elec. Co-op P O Box 675 LaFayette AL 36862 (334) 864-9331
Sixth Street Baptist Church 2324 6th Street Ext. Alexander City AL 35010 256-234-2408
Stifel, Nicolaus & Company 2607 East Glenn Ave Auburn AL 36830 334-539-3508
Shoppes of Queen's Attic, The 110 Calhoun Street, Suite 109 Alexander City AL 35010 256-749-1201 Sigma 1500 Highway 22 W Alexander City AL 35010 256-234-2514
Taylor Made Designs 120 South 8th Street Opelika AL 36801 334-749-2343
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Teresa's Catering & Wedding Cakes 4890 Shelvin Rock Road Sylacauga AL 35151 256-249-2021
USAmiBank P O Box 1237 Alexander City AL 35011-1237 256-329-7400
Wendy's BRK of Alabama LLC 961 Willow Way East Alexander City AL 35010 256-234-0988
James Brown, Jr. P O Box 386 Alexander City AL 35011-0386 256-234-5332
Chester Parks 2254 Monza Dr Alexander City AL 35010 256-234-7035
Temple,James P. M.D. P O Box 268 Alexander City AL 35011-0268 256-234-4295
USAmiBank Financial Services P O Box 1237 (4643 Hwy 280) Alexander City AL 35011-1237 256-329-7583
Wheeler Real Estate Investment Trust 2529 Virgina Beach Blvd. St. 200 Virgina Beach VA 23452 757-627-9088
Reggie Dean PO Box 188 Alexander City AL 35011 256-329-1501
Angie Richardson 5808 Horseshoe Bend Rd. Dadeville AL 36853 256-397-2771
Terry's Tasty Treats and Catering 1921 Coosa County Road 41 Weogufka AL 35183 205-369-7680
Vapor Queen 171 South Main Street Alexander City AL 35010 256-392-4422
Bill Evans P O Box 1876 Alexander City AL 35011-1876 256-329-2061
Bob / Dell Stone 3579 Crosswinds Road Alexander City AL 35010 256-329-0611
The Coffee Corner 107 Main Street Alexander City AL 35010 256-392-4999
Vision Landscapes, Inc. 6800 Hwy 280 Suite C Alexander City AL 35010 256-329-3639
Ralph Frohsin 115 Point Clear Alexander City AL 35010 256-329-8084
J. Andrew Thomas 155 Greenspoint Alexander City AL 35010 256-234-9922
The Ingram Law Firm, PC 712 Cherokee Road Alexander City AL 35010 256-212-9700
Viva Medicare 3107 -B Eastern Bouldevard Montgomery AL 36117 334-272-8882
Wind Creek State Park 4325 Highway 128 Alexander City AL 35010 256-329-0845
Charles Gettys 4371 Dadeville Road Alexander City AL 35010 256-749-2841
Mark Tuggle 424 Sleepy Hollow Alexander City AL 35010 256-234-2265
Thomas Auto Parts 150 Green Street Alexander City AL 35010 256-234-5023
Walgreens 3140 Highway 280 Alexander City AL 35010 256-329-8224
Wireless Advantage (Verizon) 915 Marketplace, Unit 10 Alexander City AL 35010 256-234-6563
Thomas Mortgage 124 Calhoun St, Riley Bldg Alexander City AL 35010 256-329-0003
Walls Services, Inc. 10943 Highway 280 Jackson's Gap AL 36861 256-825-2628
WisePoint, LLC 62 Broad Street Alexander City AL 35010 256-392-9331
Thomas Radney, Esq. P O Box 819/56 Court Sq. Alexander City AL 35011-0819 256-234-2547
Wal-Mart Super Center 2643 Highway 280 Alexander City AL 35010 256-234-0316
Woody Woodpecker Learning Center 151 Jefferson Street Alexander City AL 35010 256-234-6287
John/Lacey Howell 1767 Point Windy Drive Alexander City AL 35010 256-307-2443
Timberland Silvicultural Services, Inc. 97 Hydrangea Circle Alexander City AL 35010 205-242-9901
Waters Edge Construction, Inc. P.O, Box 388 Alexander City AL 35010 256-234-0990
Wright's Funeral Home P O Box 713 Alexander City AL 35011-0713 256-234-6355
Mike Knox P.O. Box 565 Alexander City AL 35011 256-397-2572
Zajac's Auto Collision P O Box 1287 Alexander City AL 35011-1287 256-329-9963
Keith Little 2160 Elkahatchee Road Alexander City AL 35010
Zaxby's 4497 Highway 280 Alexander City AL 35010 256-234-2181
Ellen / Terry Martin P.O. Box 606 Alexander City AL 35011 256-839-5670
Lee/Betty Barnett 255 Glynmere Place Alexander City AL 35010 770-361-5100
Darlene Meadows 290 Price Ave Alexander City AL 35010 256-749-3317
Wellborn Forest Products 2212 Airport Blvd. Alexander City AL 35010 256-234-7900
Mary Battistella 39 Alabama Drive Alexander City AL 35010 256-825-6202
Hugh Neighbors, Jr. 882 Ridgeway Drive Alexander City AL 35010 256-234-3746
Wells Fargo 15 Jefferson Street Alexander City AL 35010 256-392-1000
Jeff Brewer 4299 Dadeville Road Alexander City AL 35010 256-397-0199
Jerry / Delores Ogletree 622 Rocky Creek Drive Alexander City AL 35010 256-234-0054
Top Gun Pest Control 1460 Dawson Street Alexander City AL 35010 256-234-7375 Tow Boat US Lake Martin 2036 Cherokee Road, Suite 197 Alexander City AL 35010 256-307-1313 Tower Loan of Alexander City 145 Franklin Street Alexander City, AL 35010 256-397-8785 Town & Country LLC 1222 Cherokee Road Alexander City AL 35010 256-212-9600 United Rentals 364 Highway 280 Alexander City AL 35010 256-329-1180
Wayside Animal Hospital 2630 Dadeville Road Alexander City AL 35010 256-329-9900 Wayside Baptist Church 21 Wayside Circle ( P.O. Box 493) Alexander City AL 35010 256-234-5564 WELL 87.7 P.O. Box 2208 Auburn AL 36830 256-825-6246
Who's Diner 1560 Highway 22 East Alexander City AL 35010 256-212-1501 Williams Plumbing & Air P O Box 103 Alexander City AL 35011-0103 256-329-8488
Gene Gwaltney 445 Capitol Street Alexander City AL 35010 256-234-7877 Susan Hardy 1806 Holman Street Alexander City AL 35010 256-215-3730
Marvin / Lou Ann Wagoner 682 Ridgeway Drive Alexander City AL 35010 256-329-1677 Myrna Walters 505 Ridgeway Drive Alexander City AL 35010 256-234-2676 Hugh W. Wilson, Jr. 1227 Summer Street Alexander Ctiy AL 35010 256-750-1666 Harry L. / Robertta Wyckoff 303 Shoreline Drive Alexander City AL 35010 256-329-3823 Barbara Young 486 Halliana Road Alexander City AL 35010 256-234-3160 Judge Tom Young, Jr. (Pam) 85 North Central Avenue Alexander City AL 35010
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256-234-9833
Sunday - Thursday 11am - 10 pm
Friday - Saturday 11am - 10:30 pm
Dine In or Carry Out 4034 Hwy. 280 • Alexander City, AL
A special thanks to our chamber members for their support! If you would like to join the chamber please call 256.234.3461 or visit us online @ www.alexcitychamber.com
Combine with Farmers and Save Hundreds. 256-409-2299 Scotty Gordon
Your Local Agent | 153 ALABAMA ST ALEXANDER CITY, AL 35010-1934 sgordon@farmersagent.com
Koon’s Korner Koon’s Catering Gas • Groceries • Beer Deli • Catering www.KoonsKorner.com 256-234-3557 Established 1985
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