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Murder hearing Tuesday Anthony Parker is facing murder charge in death of Quen Reese
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as Jazz Fest will crank up tonight at 6 p.m. at Strand Park in downtown Alexander City. Music is set for Friday night and then Saturday night at Russell Lands Amphitheater on Lake Martin. Scheduled to appear are:
A total of 10 witnesses have been subpoenaed to testify at a preliminary hearing for the suspect in the shooting that claimed the life of a local high school basketball star.
On Tuesday, Judge Kim Taylor will preside over a preliminary hearing for 18-year-old Anthony Davon Parker. The hearing is set for 1:30 p.m. in the main courtroom at the Tallapoosa County Courthouse Annex in Alexander City. Parker, a Benjamin
Russell High School graduate who was on scholarship to play football at the University of West Alabama, is charged with a March 28 incident that led to the death of 18-year-old Quentavious Arrion Reese. Law enforcement officials allege that Parker
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6 p.m. The Sofia Goodman Group 7:30 p.m. singer-songwriter Randall Bramblett 9 p.m. Delta Rae
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Little Free Library officially installed in New Site Earlier this year, a group from Leadership Lake Martin ordered, built and installed five Little Free Library boxes, which were then placed in locations around Alexander City and Dadeville. On Thursday afternoon, Little Free Library expanded its Tallapoosa County footprint, as a box was installed in front of New Site Town Hall. “It was put up yesterday, and it just got stocked today,” said New Site Town Clerk Shelia Fuller. “I love the town of New Site, and I know how education is important in the community,” New Site resident Jamie Foshee, who was a driving force in bringing the Little Free Library to New Site, said. “I’m very excited and happy we’re able to offer this.” See LIBRARY • Page 3
6:30 p.m. Shadowood 8 p.m. The Stooges Brass Band 9:30 p.m. The Paul Thorn Band Both nights of the event are free to the public.
LOCAL Rabies clinic to be hosted Saturday Dr. John Caldwell of the Animal Care Center in Dadeville is hosting rabies clinics this Saturday at three sites for $10. He will be at the Daviston Fire Department from 7:30 a.m. to 8:15 a.m. Caldwell will be at Halls Propane in New Site from 8:30 a.m. to 9:15 a.m. He will be in Perryville across from East Building Supply from 9:30 a.m. to 9:50 a.m. Pet owners are asked to have their animals restrained in their vehicles, in a cage or pet carrier to prevent runaways. Alabama state law requires all cats and dogs to be vaccinated for rabies at three months old. Pets should be vaccinated every one to three years, depending on the length of vaccination chosen. The County Rabies officer will cite violators.
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Clark Dennis reacts as she pours water over crystals making a snow like substance while learning about polymers. For more photos from the science camp, see page 3.
Stephens Elementary hosts summer science camp said. “We went to a science workshop in Auburn. Barbara Hamrick and I said lets do it here.” Polymers, refraction, surface tension, At the time Goree was working fulltime solar energy and Newton’s Laws are at Stephens Elementary School. enough to tax the mind of any scientist on “I was doing the Quest program,” a good day of work, but area children were Goree said. “Quest is the hands on science having fun with them this week while off program. The kids love the program we from school for the summer. decided to try the camp here.” For the last seven years, Stephens Instead of purchasing or licensing a Elementary School teacher Ann Goree program, Goree looks around for activities has been organizing a weeklong summer that will be fun for the children and still science camp. By CLIFF WILLIAMS Staff Writer
“It started in about 2010,” Goree
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A recent addition to New Site, the Little Free Library sits in front of Town Hall and is available to the public at any time.
Dadeville Kiwanis Club gets update on ACT II progress
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was at a home off Robinson Road near Alexander City and was looking to purchase a .45 caliber handgun. Parker had been target shooting and Reese had been at the home, before leaving in a vehicle with a
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ACT II Treasurer Larry Jennings shares with the Dadeville Kiwanis Club the same presentation points made when speaking to the Alexander City Council.
The Dadeville Kiwanis Club welcomed Alexander City Theater II Fine Arts Center Treasurer Larry Jennings to their weekly meeting Thursday afternoon. While he holds an accounting degree from Jacksonville State University, Jennings said that he has always had a passion for the arts. He began his presentation with a short history of the events that led to the formation of ACT II. The Lakeside Players organization first took the stage in 1988, putting on four stage performances a year. The group dissolved 10 years later when Russell began to move their operations
from Alexander City, leaving the area without any sort of community theater organization for the next 16 years. “In 2015, a group of us came together and formed the Alexander City Theater II,” Jennings said. Shortly after coming together, the group was able to incorporate as an organization and also obtained a taxexempt status in early 2016. They also began looking for a location they could call home, a place they could hold events for the community. “We approached the city about the old Bama Theater, whether we could inspect it and see if it would fit our needs. Once we got inside and looked around, we determined it was perfect See KIWANIS • Page 3
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