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Idletime alcohol license approved By MITCH SNEED Editor
The Alexander City City Council approved the application for an on premises alcohol license for a local business in hopes it will help draw in more customers. In a 4-2 vote, the council approved a license request for Idletime Family Fun Center at 693 Airport Road. The center offers skating and bowlMitch Sneed / The Outlook ing, but peers said that numbers have Resident Chris Harvey, right, questions the council on the condemnadwindled in recent years. They hope tion process. He and his sister inherited a house which they decided to that by offering beer on the bowling donate making it eligible for demolition.
side, more adults will patronize the business. “Our numbers are down and we are looking at any options to try to bring people in,” said Idletime’s Angela Jones. “We have skating on one side and bowling on the other. Our hope is that parents who bring their children to skate and just drop them off and leave, will stay, hang out and bowl with us. “We are kind of at a point where we have to try something or close the doors.”
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Billy Ray Wall said he was opposed to the move. “I’m opposed to this because for decades this has been a retreat for our children that was free of alcohol,” Wall said. “We now have beer at Strand Park at events. They’ve even had some at the Sportplex. I just think it’s going to endanger the children and take away one of the last safe havens they have.” Jones explained that there will be no food or drink allowed in the skate See COUNCIL • Page 3
Alabama’s grad rate is nation’s second highest Stats show state graduated students at an 89.3 percent rate in 2014-15
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The Tallapoosa County Board of Education hit the pause button its list of capital improvements at Monday’s board meeting. Board member Randy Anderson raised concerns about where the money was being spent and why the board had not been included in on discussions about the plan. “My problem is, this is not the traditional way that we have done this,” Anderson said. “These have been put into place in the past that we would do this if we get the money…This is not a capital plan. This is an expenditure plan.” Tallapoosa County Board of Education Superintendent Joe Windle tried to explain there is no obligation in the plan. “There is no obligation with this plan,” Windle explained. “You are
For the second consecutive year, Alabama is graduating students at a higher rate than the national average. Alabama graduated students at a rate of 89.3 percent in the 2014-15 academic year, according to numbers released Monday by the U.S. Department of Education. That rate is more than 6 percent higher than the national average of 83.2 percent and 3 percent higher than the 86.3 percent grad rate that Alabama posted in 2013-14. That 89.3 ranking gives Alabama the nation’s second highest rate, second only to Iowa’s 90.8 See GRAD • Page 3
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People wait to go through a haunted house set up on a campsite at Wind Creek State Park by Sandra Capps and her friends.
GHOULISH GATHERING Thousands flock to Wind Creek for Fall Festival By CLIFF WILLIAMS Staff Writer
Transylvania maybe home to Dracula and some Halloween lore, but Wind Creek State Park’s Fall Festival is quickly making its way up the Halloween bucket lists. Saturday, the park hosted its 10th Fall Festival, one that has grown every year thanks to park staff and volunteers. Park Manager Gerad Martin said this year was a success. “We are full,” Martin said Saturday
evening. “The campground is full. We had 2,000 to 3,000 people at the carnival and people are still coming in to trick or treat.” Now many of the campers return each year and take part in the festivities. vThe Thornton family had been coming to Wind Creek for years but only recently discovered the fall festival. “I just love Halloween,” Sandra Capps said. “We had been coming to Wind Creek for years with my father.” See FESTIVAL • Page 11
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Alabama Law Enforcement Agency’s Alabama State Troopers were called to investigate a Sunday accident that claimed the life a young Notasulga woman. Troopers received a call at 7:48 p.m. Sunday with a report of an accident involving 2008 See CRASH • Page 3
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Lake Watch Lake Martin Sunday afternoon celebrated 25 years of monitoring water quality in Lake Martin with a luncheon and program featuring Dr. Bill Deutsch, retired director of Alabama Water Watch, at the Oscar C. Dunn Rotary Environmental Center at Camp ASCCA in Jackson’s Gap. The volunteer water-monitoring organization was founded in 1991 to protect and improve the water quality after a city landfill leakage in 1989 threatened the lake. Since then, Lake Watch has been instrumental in providing water quality data that led to the 2011 Treasured Lake designation for Lake Martin. Lake Watch also has worked on water quality issues that include the relicensing of Martin See LAKE WATCH • Page 3
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DEAR ABBY: I moved to a new state two years ago, mostly because I had a friend who lived here part-time. I have distanced myself from many of the people she has introduced me to because they all talk about each other behind their backs. They also don’t work many hours and start drinking very early in the day. The other night I had my friend and her husband over for dinner with my boyfriend and me. For most of the night she was on the phone Facebooking and texting pictures of my dinner table to people I don’t bother with. There was absolutely no conversation between the two of us that night. When I said something about her being on the phone, her answer was that she was answering her Facebook messages. I found it extremely rude. Because I have distanced myself from others around here, I’m not sure if I should say anything to her because
ex is, too? I’m not interested in knowing where he is every second. Grandma is a very tough, strong, wonderful lady who loves your column. -MOVED ON IN THE SOUTH DEAR MOVED ON: You seem like a healthy, welladjusted woman. Point out to your grandmother that the good relationship you enjoy with your ex and his wife is based on the fact that you don’t ask questions or meddle in their lives. Suggest that if Grandma wants to know how they are and what they’re doing that she pick up a phone and ask them herself. That way, the person they will avoid will be her and not you. Repeat that message as needed.
DEAR ABBY: I am a happily divorced mother of two and have a wonderful life. I have a
great relationship with my ex. He’s a wonderful father, and I’m grateful for that. We never fight and I always try to keep the peace. He is remarried to a lovely woman and has another child with her, an adorable little boy. I consider him to be my children’s brother and make sure to buy him birthday and holiday gifts. I ask my children which milestones he has conquered and Facetime with him, too. I’m writing because my grandmother, whom I love dearly, thinks I am not being nice and that I should go inside when I pick up my children and visit with the baby. She constantly asks me what my ex and his wife are doing. I always tell her I have no idea, and that it’s not my business. I respect and want boundaries. I want to raise our children together and see them at our children’s events, birthdays, etc. How can I get my grandma to understand that I’m in a good place and glad that my
April 4, 1952 in Alexander City, Alabama to Edward Byron Brown and Cecil Odessa Brown. She was an active member of Bethel Baptist Church and loved spending time with her Church Family. She loved her children and grandchildren. She was both their Mom and friend and was also “Mom” to her children’s friends. She enjoyed Alabama Football, trips to the beach, and eating at the original “Docs”. Her favorite time of year was Christmas and celebrating the birth of her Lord. When Mrs. Judy
spoke everyone listened. She is survived by her daughter, Amy Smith (Tommy) and son, Michael Lovelady (Buffy) all of Alexander City; grandchildren , Brittany Price (Scotty), Mackenzie Smith, Ridge Lovelady, and Reyn Lovelady; and several cousins. She was preceded in death by her parents and husband, David Michael Lovelady. The family requests memorial contributions may be made to Bethel Baptist Church 1801 Bethel Circle
Cragford, AL 36255 or to the American Cancer Society 250 Williams St. NW Atlanta, GA 30303. The family would like to thank Rachel Self and Alacare Hospice and all of their friends for the prayers, texts, and phone calls. Memorial messages may be sent to the family at www.radneyfuneralhome. com.
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if I do, it will mean I won’t have any friends around at all. What do you think? -- AFTERTHOUGHT IN FLORIDA DEAR AFTERTHOUGHT: Birds of a feather flock together. You made a huge mistake in giving up your old life to follow this “friend,” who appears to not only lack basic manners, but also to be indifferent to your feelings. It’s time to either start making new friends with people who think and act more like you do, or return where you came from so you can be with folks with whom you have more in common.
Obituaries Judy Brown Lovelady 1952- 2016 Graveside Service for Judy Brown Lovelady, 64, of Alexander City will be Sunday, October 16, 2016 at the Hackneyville Cemetery. Rev. Andy Kinman and Rev. Roger Green will officiate. The family will receive friends on Sunday, October 16, 2016 from 1:30 p.m. to 2:30 p.m. at God’s House Church. Mrs. Lovelady passed away on Saturday, October 15, 2016 at Russell Medical Center. She was born on
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n Alexander City Council meets on the first and third Mondays of each month. Meetings are held in the courtroom at the old city hall at 5:30 p.m. n Camp Hill Town Council meets the first and third Mondays of each month. Meetings are held in town hall at 6 p.m. n Community Action Agency of Chambers, Tallapoosa, Coosa will holds its regular board of directors meetings every other month at the Central Office in Dadeville. n Coosa County Board of Education holds called meetings at least once a month. n Coosa County Commission meets on the second and fourth Tuesday of each month. Meetings are held in the Coosa County Courthouse in Rockford at 9:30 a.m. on the second Tuesday and at 6:30 p.m. on the fourth Tuesday. n Coosa County Industrial Development Board will hold its regularly scheduled meeting the third Tuesday of each month at 7 p.m. in the Commissioners’ Board Room in the courthouse in Rockford. All meetings are open to the public. n Dadeville City Council meets on the second and fourth Tuesday of each month at 5 p.m. in city hall.
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n Daviston City Council meets the third Monday of every month at 6:30 p.m. at the Daviston Fire Department. n Goldville Town Council meets the second Monday of each month at 5:30 p.m. at the town hall. n Goodwater City Council meets on the second Tuesday of each month. Meetings are held upstairs in the courthouse at 6:30 p.m. n Jackson’s Gap Town Council meets the second Tuesday of each month. Meetings are held in town hall at 6:30 p.m., all Jackson’s Gap citizens are encouraged to attend. n Kellyton Town Council meets on the first Tuesday of the month at 6:30 p.m. at the community center in Kellyton. n New Site City Council meets the second and fourth Monday of the month at 5 p.m. in the Conference Room in the Town Hall. n Ray Water Authority meets on the second Tuesday of every month at 6 p.m. at the Ray Water Authority Office. All customers are invited to attend. n Rockford Town Council meets the second Tuesday of each month. Meetings are held in town hall at 7 p.m. n Tallapoosa County Board of Education meets on the second Monday of each month. Meetings are held in the new central office at 679 East Columbus Street, Dadeville, AL 36853.
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to 19 inches deep. So if you have a lot of rain you have issues. But if the weather holds, they could get to it this year.” The council also: • Approved the condemnation of eight structures and the donation of 14 others for demolition under a Community Development Block grant. • Approved extension of time to bring structures up to code for four structures at 68 S. Street, 1395 Old Kellyton Road, 168 Pecan Heights and 184 Campground Road. • Approved a request for the Alexander City Chamber of Commerce to close Main Street on Nov. 13 from 1 to 4 p.m. for the annual Holiday Open House. • Approved a request for the Alexander City Chamber of Commerce to hold the Chamber’s Christmas Parade on Dec. 5.
center where most children are. She also pointed out that bowling centers across the country typically serve alcohol. When the vote was taken, Wall and councilwoman Sherry Ellison-Simpson voted against granting the license with Council President Jim Spann, Bob Howard, Tony Goss and Bobby Tapley voting toapprove the license. The council also accepted the Alabama Department of Transportation’s recommendation of a $2.1 million bid by Gary Ingram Grading and Paving of Dadeville for the resurfacing of Lee and Washington streets. The city’s match will be $496,893. The council approved the move by a 6-0 vote. “Depending on the weather, this could begin in November,” Spann said. “There are placed where they will have to go 16
School approving a concept. We can change at anytime.” Anderson’s other concern was with the lack of projects at the Horseshoe Bend School. “What it sounds like to me is the names of where the money is going,” Board Member Michael Carter said. “That is a lot of the problem,” Anderson said. “That is a major problem…I look at this and have done the numbers. The people in the north end of county are getting 3.5 percent of this. I backed you Mr. Windle. You are not backing us now. You are offering 3.5 percent. Over 50 percent of the money is going to Reeltown and 40 percent is going to Dadeville. We have wants that are just as important. We are not guaranteed this money…I cannot see us voting on this and putting it into a capital plan until you sit down in a work session with us about why you think these numbers are good.” The board voted to table the plan that included $737,712 in Phase I with Horseshoe Bend getting about $170,000 in improvements and $8,235,948 in Phase II with $140,000 going to improvements at the Horseshoe Bend Elementary School Gym. County school bus drivers have raisied complaints at previous meetings and Uniserv Director T.C. Coley, who represents the drivers through the Alabama Education Association (AEA) told the board that he had nothing further to say about the matter until more investigation is done. “We are going to do some additional research,” Coley said. “I am concerned about the tone and number of involved.” The board voted to go into a no obligation with STIFEL Merchant Capital for the refunding of bonds that would give the board about a $424,000 cash payment without changing or extending the payments of previous bonds. Windle also informed the board that Internet Transportation Systems has been in the schools in the past few weeks upgrading the technology infrastructure. Windle told them over 400 wireless access points had been added system wide and that they now have the bandwidth to handle 1-to-1 users access across the system. Windle said it was done with E-rate grants and wanted to thank John Profitt for his help in acquiring the grants. The board voted to go into an executive session on a pending
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litigation matter, but no pending lawsuits could be found when a search of court documents was completed. The Tallapoosa County Board of Education also: • approved the purchase and financing of nine new school buses with Farmers & Merchant Bank of Dadeville at a purchase price $716,317. • approved a job description for an instructional coach that has not yet been hired but might at some point in the future. • approved the purchased services agreements with Martha Harrelson as payroll clerk, Callie New as parent coordinator at Dadeville Elementary School, Emma Sammons as a intervention reading teacher at Horseshoe Bend School, Julie Turner as Saturday School remediation, Lisa Boyd as Saturday School remediation teacher, Megan Turner as a Saturday School teacher at Reeltown, Lisa Hornsby as a Saturday School teacher at Reeltown, Jeff Hardin as a intervention assistant at Reeltown, Brucille Peoples as an intervention assistant at Reeltown, Tonja Jennings as a Saturday School teacher at Reeltown, William Hall as a Saturday School teacher at Reeltown and Diane Miller as parent involvement facilitator at Reeltown. • approved the
employment of Sam McDaniel as a paraprofessional at Crossroads, the county’s alterative school. • approved the retirement of Patsy Huey. • approved minutes from the Sept. 12 regular meeting and the Sept. 22 special called meeting. • recognized the Tallapoosa County Farmers Federation for its help in sending FFA members to the national convention. • approved a resolution declaring October as Dyslexia Awareness month. • approved payment of the August bills. • approved the monthly financial report. • approved the state adopted textbook list. • approved a trip to Washington D.C. for fifth graders from Horseshoe Bend School. • approved for board member Matilda Woodyard-Hamilton to represent the board athe Dec. 2106 Alabama Association of School Board meeting with Michael Carter being the alternate. • approved the revision of policies and procedures of the board for student admittance and admission requirements. The TCBOE has work session scheduled tentatively for Nov. 1 at 5 p.m. and its annual meeting is scheduled fro Nov. 22 at 5 p.m.
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percent, stats show. While school system and individual school level numbers were not released Monday, Alexander City Schools Superintendent Dr. Darrell Cooper said that despite isolated years where numbers may dip a bit, there has been a steady climb across the state for the last several years. “It hasn’t been that long ago when Alabama’s rate was in the low 70s,” Cooper said. “We should have our own numbers later this month, but I think that for a lot of reasons we are all headed in the right direction. It shows that hard work from the top all the way down to the students and the parents at home can make a difference.” The four-year ACGR is the number of students who graduate in four years with a regular high school diploma divided by the number of students who form the adjusted cohort for the graduating class, according to the U.S. Department of Education. From the beginning of ninth grade (or the earliest high school grade), students who are entering that grade for the first time form a cohort that is “adjusted” by adding any students who subsequently transfer into the cohort and subtracting any students who subsequently transfer out, emigrate to another country, or die. To protect the confidentiality of indi-
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vidual student data, ACGRs are shown at varying levels of precision depending on the size of the cohort population for each category cell. There are some differences in how states implemented the requirements for the ACGR, leading to the potential for differences across states in how the rates are calculated. This is particularly applicable to the population of children with disabilities, according to the methodology distributed by the U.S. Department of Education. President Barack Obama delivered a message on the newly released numbers from Washington, D.C.’s Benjamin Banneker Academic High School where 100 percent of the students graduated. “We recently learned that America’s high school graduation rate went up to 83 percent, which is the highest on record. That’s good news,” Obama said Monday. “More African American and Latino students are graduating than ever before. … So what all these numbers mean is that more schools across D.C. and across the country are starting to catch up to what you guys are doing here, at this school. “Now, some of the changes we made were hard, and some of them were controversial. We expected more from our teachers and our students. But the hard work that people have put in across the country has started to pay off.”
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Dam and the Water Wars, said Richard Bronson, founder and former president of Lake Watch Lake Martin. Deutsch congratulated Lake Watch for its longevity and progress. “Water-related groups usually last less than five years,” Deutsch said. Staying involved at the state level has helped to keep the volunteer-based group viable, said Cindy Lowry with the Alabama River Alliance. “It’s groups that stay involved with other groups and realize the environmental problems are not just in their own backyard. These are groups that have made a difference – made improvements,” Lowery told the audi-
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he Lake Martin Area Economic Development Alliance said thank you to local industries Thursday morning with an Industry Appreciation Day breakfast held at the Betty Carol Graham Technology Center on the campus of Central Alabama Community College. The breakfast was to mark National Industry Day, but LMAEDA Executive Director Don McClellan made a statement that puts the success that our area has had attracting and retaining new industries to the area. As he stood near displays from companies that make items ranging from massive iron fountains, to canoes to parts for automobiles, McClellan said that we now have a diverse industry base. The same thing couldn’t be said a decade ago. “This is always one of the most satisfying things we do,” McClellan said. “It’s a day when we get to remind all of our industry partners how much they mean to us and to this community. Until you start looking around you don’t really understand how diverse we have become here in Tallapoosa County. It’s really amazing to see the things that our manufacturers are doing right here in our own backyard.” Through the combined efforts of local, state and federal governments and behind the scenes work to get our area in the minds of those looking for an industry location, some very big things have happened in the wake of most of the Russell jobs leaving the area. LMAEDA has assisted in bringing 18 new industries to the area and helped with 20 expansions with existing companies over the last decade or so. That is an incredible accomplishment. There has been an estimated $819 million in investments into the area and grants of more than $32 million have been secured to help with the developments. Like LMAEDA, we thank all the industries that now call the Lake Martin community home. But we would also like to thank local officials and the Lake Martin Area Economic Development Alliance for spearheading the efforts and teaching us all to pull together.
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e’ve become accustomed to think of poverty-fighting as a 20th Century undertaking, with the federal government leading the way. For that reason, this quotation from an American president might come as a surprise: The lessons of history, confirmed by the evidence immediately before me, show conclusively that continued dependence upon relief induces a spiritual and moral disintegration fundamentally destructive to the national fiber. To dole out relief in this way is to administer a narcotic, a subtle destroyer of the human spirit. It is inimical to the dictates of sound policy. It is in violation of the traditions of America. Those words came from Franklin Delano Roosevelt, in his State of the Union Address on January 4, 1935. A moment later, he declared, “The Federal Government must and shall quit this business of relief.” As we know, it didn’t. Indeed, 30 years later Lyndon Johnson would take “this business of relief” to new and expensive heights in an official “War on Poverty.” Another 30 years and more than $5 trillion in welfare spending later, a Democratic president signed a bill that replaced the federal entitlement to welfare and allowed states to implement work requirements, time limits, and other measures to encourage personal responsibility. As Ronald Reagan observed, “We fought a war on poverty, and poverty won.” We paid an awful price in lives and treasure to learn some things that the vast majority of Americans of the 19th century – and the chief executives they elected – could have plainly told us: Government welfare programs encouraged idleness, broke up families, produced intergenerational dependency and hopelessness, cost taxpayers a fortune and yielded harmful cultural trends that may still take generations to cure. Washington, Adams, and
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their successors in the 1800s did fight a war on poverty – the most comprehensive and effective ever mounted by any central government anywhere. It was, in a word, liberty, which meant things like self-reliance, hard work, entrepreneurship, the institutions of civil society, a strong and free economy, and government confined to its constitutional role as protector of liberty by keeping the peace. And what a poverty program liberty proved to be! In spite of a horrendous civil war, half a dozen economic downturns and wave after wave of impoverished immigrants, America progressed from near-universal poverty at the start of the century to within reach of the world’s highest per-capita income at the end of the century. The poverty that remained stood out like the proverbial sore thumb because it was now the exception, no longer the rule. Our free and self-reliant citizenry spawned so many private, distress-relieving initiatives that American generosity became one of the marvels of the world. U.S. population in 1900, at 76 million, was 14 times its 1800 level, yet per capita GDP had quadrupled. That explosion in production and creativity translated into a gigantic leap for average personal income and a steep plunge in the portion of Americans living in abject poverty. In a speech in the U.S. House of Representatives years before he became our fourth president, James Madison declared, “Charity is no part of the legislative duty of the government.” Like the three presidents before him and the next 20 or so after him, Madison knew that if liberty were not preserved, poverty would be the least of our troubles.
Meanwhile, the poor of virtually every other nation on the planet were poor because of what governments were doing to them, often in the name of doing something for them: taxing and regulating them into penury; seizing their property and businesses; persecuting them for their faith; torturing and killing them because they held views different from those in power; and squandering their resources on official luxury, mindless warfare and wasteful boondoggles. Americans of all colors pulled themselves out of poverty in the 19th century by ending slavery and creating wealth through invention and enterprise. Then they generously gave much of their income – along with their time and personal attention-to the aid of their neighbors and communities. Government assistance often displaces what private people and groups would do better and more cost-effectively if government stayed home. Politicians are not more compassionate than the population that elects them. And politicians rarely spend other people’s money more effectively than those people to whom it belongs in the first place. Based on time-honored values and Constitutional limits, Americans got the poverty issue right for more than a hundred years. It shouldn’t come as a surprise that in the last century, as we increasingly abandoned what worked and put government in the poverty business, the problem has become as chronic and intractable as the expensive bureaucracy erected to eradicate it. Lawrence W. Reed is president of the Foundation for Economic Education in Atlanta and author of the new book, Real Heroes: Inspiring True Stories of Courage, Character and Conviction. This essay is adapted from his chapter in the 2015 anthology, For the Least of These: A Biblical Answer to Poverty.
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MEETING: The Artist Association of Central Alabama will meet Oct. 18 from 9:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. at the First Baptist Church. DRUG PLAN ENROLLMENT ASSISTANCE: Tallapoosa County and The East Alabama Regional Planning and Development Commission’s Area Agency on Aging will host a Medicare Prescription Drug Plan enrollment assistance event on Tuesday, Oct. 18, Oct. 25, Nov. 1, Nov. 8, Nov. 15, Nov. 29 and Dec. 6 from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Sportplex Cabin. To help develop a plan comparison, Medicare recipients will need
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CHARISH: Chairish pieces will be on display at the United Way Building in Downtown Alexander City and on the MainStreet Facebook page.
October 19
911 BOARD: The Tallapoosa County 911 Board will meet Oct. 19 instead of the normal second Wednesday at 5:30 p.m. in the 911 Administrative office at 240 West Columbus Street, Dadeville. Call 825-8490 for more information.
October 20
RALLY IN THE ALLEY: Raffle tickets for Chairish pieces will be sold at Rally in the Alley from 5 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. DYSLEXIA INVENTORS: The Adelia M. Russell Library will be hosting Great Inventors with Dyslexia Oct. 20 from 3:45 p.m. 5 p.m.
October 20-23
WOMEN’S CONFERENCE: New Covenant Ministries of the World is hosting a Women’s Conference Oct. 20-23 at the Liberty Life Christian Center at 243 S Street in Alexander City. Thursday and Friday there will be 9 a.m. Supplication, 11:30 a.m. Women in Training and 7 p.m. Profound Women of Evangelism. Saturday, Oct. 22 from 10 a.m. to noon is the Young Adult Women Seminar, Seminar Part I from noon to 2 p.m. and Seminar Part II from 2:30 p.m. to 4 p.m. Speakers include Evangelist Emma Parmer, Evangelist Andora Dothard, and Lady Wendy M. Jones. Sunday, Oct. 23 is Climax Day with Evangelist Lashunda Brown speaking. Chief Apostle W.T. Traylor is founder and chief administrator.
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CHRISTMAS CARD WORKSHOP: The Artist Association of Central Alabama is hosting a Christmas Card Workshop October 22 from 9:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. at Wine Emporium. The cost is $40 for members and $50 for nonmembers. The class is limited to 12 prepaid students. CHAIRISH: Chairish pieces will be displayed along Main Street during the MainStreet Farmers Market and Fall Festival. Raffle tickets will be sold and drawing held for the winners. The MainStreet Fall Festival and annual pumpkin roll and pumpkin bowling will be in Strand Park. FAMILY GAME NIGHT: The Bibb Graves School Association is hosting family game night with bingo Oct. 22 from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. CANCER WALK: The first annual Pink Out Cancer Walk will be Oct. 22 from 10 a.m. to 11 a.m. at the Courthouse in Dadeville. 48 year breast cancer survivor Jan Pearson is coordinating this walk in observance of Breast Cancer Awareness Month.
HAUNTED HAYRIDE: The Fields of Fear Haunted Hayride will be Oct. 15, 22 and 29 from 7 p.m. to 11 p.m. at 503 Freeman Road, Dadeville. Cost is $15. FARM DAY: The Weogufka Center is hosting a farm day Oct. 22. See the Museum of Old Farm Equipment, the train man Robert Pearson will set up in the school and Ms. Kay Chesire will be in the history room. Call Jerry Reeves to show your antique cars and trucks at 256-223-1303. Vendors booths are available by calling Melvin Palmer at 256-249-8885. Breakfast starts at 6:30 a.m. FALL FESTIVAL: The Horseshoe Bend School will be hosting its fall festival Oct. 22 from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. at the school.
October 23
FOUNDER’S DAY: The GAP Fellowship Church will celebrate its 17th Annual Founder’s Day and the dedication of the church building at the new location of 721 Robinson Court, Oct. 23 at 2:30 p.m. Guest speakers will be Rev. Jason Whetstone of Christian Faith Fellowship of Dadeville at 11 a.m. and Rev. Bruce Williams of Enon United Methodist Church of Birmingham at 2:30 p.m. The past of GAP Fellowship Church is Lewis and marilyn Benson. FALL SERVICE: Darien Church is hosting a fall service Oct. 23 at 10:30 a.m. The church is located on Highway 22 five miles west of Wadley at Cotney’s old store. The service will be followed by a covered dish lunch. AUDITIONS: Alexander City Theatre II will hold auditions for “The Vision,” an uplifting, non-denominational Christmas play by William Grandgeorge, from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. at the Old Bama Theatre, 264 Tallapoosa St., Alexander City. Visit the Facebook Page for details.
7820 for more information. DRUG PLAN ENROLLMENT ASSISTANCE: Tallapoosa County and The East Alabama Regional Planning and Development Commission’s Area Agency on Aging will host a Medicare Prescription Drug Plan enrollment assistance event on Tuesday, Oct. 18, Oct. 25, Nov. 1, Nov. 8, Nov. 15, Nov. 29 and Dec. 6 from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Sportplex Cabin. To help develop a plan comparison, Medicare recipients will need to bring their Medicare card,along with a complete list of medications they are taking and the dosages. Volunteers will guide them through the selection process and help them get information on the cost of each plan. People interested in getting a plan comparison will be assisted on a first come, first served basis. Each counseling sessions will last about 40 minutes. There may be a wait time. Contact East Alabama Regional Planning and Development Commission at (800) 243-5463 ext. 150 with questions.
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DOWNTOWN SHOWDOWN: Lake Martin Area United WAY is hosting its Downtown Showdown Fashion Show Oct. 28 from 6 to 9 p.m. The fashion show featuring local designers will start at 7 p.m. FALL HARVEST: The Bill Nichols State Veterans Home is hosting a Fall Harvest Oct. 28 from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. It is free to the public. There will be a bake sale, yard sale, country store and grilled hotdogs. FALL CELEBRATION: The Family Worship Center Fall Celebration will be Friday, Oct. 28 from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. with hotdogs, games, trunk a treat, hayride and cake walk. The pastor is Tony Harris. FASHION SHOW: The Downtown Showdown Fashion Show for the October 24 AUDITIONS: Alexander City Theatre United Way will be Oct. 28 from 6 p.m. II will hold auditions for “The Vision,” an to 9 p.m. in the United Way back parkuplifting, non-denominational Christmas ing lot. The fashion show starts at 7 play by William Grandgeorge, from 5:30 p.m. Tickets are $30 and VIP tables are p.m. to 7 p.m. at the Old Bama Theatre, available by calling 256-329-3600. The 264 Tallapoosa St., Alexander City. Visit event will have hous d’oeuvres and feature local designers. the Facebook Page for details.
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FALL FESTIVAL: Mt. Zion Baptist DYSLEXIA QUOTES: The Adelia M. Russell Library will be hosting Dyslexia Church on Highway 63 South is hosting a fall festival and trunk or treat Quotes and Books Oct. 25 from 4:45 with popcorn, shaved ice, cake walk, p.m. 6 p.m. AUDITIONS: Alexander City Theatre hayride, fishing booth, corn hole, karaII will hold auditions for “The Vision,” an oke and lots of games and food for all uplifting, non-denominational Christmas ages. FALL BOOK SALE: The Friends play by William Grandgeorge, from 5:30 of the Dadeville Public Library will p.m. to 7 p.m. at the Old Bama Theatre, 264 Tallapoosa St., Alexander City. Visit have its Fall book sale from 8 until 1 p.m. Saturday in the library basethe Facebook Page for details. AUTHOR VISIT: Author Fred Norrell ment at 205 North West St. We have will visit the Dadeville Public Library at 2 lots of new donations, including ficp.m. to talk about his recently published tion, non-fiction, biographies, history and politics, children’s books, sports, book, A Boy’s Adventures on Lake cookbooks, religious and inspirational Martin. It is a memoir of his boyhood books, travel, hobbies and crafts, on the lake beginning at age 6 and the decorating and how-to books, etc. Fill summers he spent with his father fishup one of our plastic bags for $5, or 3 ing, camping, building a raft and doing bags for $10. Baked items will also be all the fun things to be treasured as a available for purchase. This is a big child. He will have books available for fundraiser to benefit the library. Call sale. This event is sponsored by the 256 825-7820 for details. Friends of the Library. Call 256 825-
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LLMAA celebration approaches a spooktacular time. Door prizes are given for the Best Costume (costumes optional). The LLMAA is comprised of graduFootball, hayrides, pumpkin pies and ates from both Leadership Lake Martin and Leadership Alumni! Fall is here and it’s the former Leadership Tallapoosa County. time for the Annual Leadership Lake Martin Not an active member of the LLM Alumni Alumni Association Celebration! The Association? No problem! We’re stirring Leadership Lake Martin Alumni Association up new members! The social is a purrfect (LLMAA) is thrilled to expand on the initiaopportunity to see what’s brewing! There’s tives set forth in the past and to continue the still time to join! Call the chamber office at tradition of being a support mechanism for 256.234.3461 or email kdunn@alexcitychamthe Chamber of Commerce and Leadership ber.org and let us know you’re dying to get Lake Martin class. The Alumni members are in! conjuring the 2016-2017 Leadership Lake The LLMAA was established to foster a Martin Class for the Annual Fall Social at spirit of loyalty and to strengthen the LLM Cherokee Bend Bed & Breakfast. It’s a bubCurriculum. We are excited about the opporbling opportunity to meet and inspire the new tunities for the Alumni’s growth collectively upcoming leaders in our community and have and as individuals while serving our com-
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munity. We provide financial assistance by awarding LLMAA scholarships for tuition to new class members as needed and make monetary donations to civic organizations. Our goal as an Alumni Association is to continue team building skills by completing an annual alumni project in the Lake Martin Area. Being a member of any LLM or LTC graduating class is a status that should never “expire”. The LLM is designed to last a lifetime. The LLMAA has a great opportunity to enhance networking within our city and county while building leaders in our community. Our association thrives to exceed the expectations of our Chamber of Commerce, the 2016-2017 LLM Participants, recent LLM Graduates and all LLM Alumni.
Left, Healing Hearts Professional Counseling is located at 1107 Cherokee Road in Alexander City. Heather Williams is a Licensed Counselor, counseling children, adolescents, adults and families. Give Heather a call at 256279-5869. Submitted / The Outlook
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Heavenly Missions Outreach is founded by Charmika Reynolds is located in Eclectic at 8424 Kowaliga Road. HMO is a community aids relief service for people who are in need and need a helping hand. Call Charmika for more information at 256-307-4904.
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Kevin Lanier, who owns Kevin Lanier Photography, recently re-opened his new location at 137 Franklin Street in Alexander City. Call Kevin or Tiffany at 256-7945185 and they will take care of your photo needs. Feel free to drop by to take a look at his studio
Still time to apply for Young Entrepreneurs Academy By JACOB MEACHAM VP Business Development
The 2016-17 class of the Young Entrepreneurs Academy (YEA) is nearly one week from starting, but there’s still time to apply. YEA teaches middle and high school students how to start a business and go through the entire process of taking an idea to a business plan and then a startup. Classes meet every Thursday night from 5-8 pm at Benjamin Russell High School. If you want to take part but think you’ll be too busy, last year we had students that were involved in a variety of extracurricular activities, including football, basketball, cheerleading, band, mountain biking, AP classes and a host of different clubs and organizations, and we work with each student on a case-by-case basis to accommo-
date their schedules. If you’re not familiar with YEA, it’s an after-school program for middle and high school students that gives participants an opportunity to start their own business through a combination of in-class instruction, field trips, working with business mentors and hearing guest speakers present on everything from advertising and accounting to banking and insurance. The goals are for the students to learn about starting a business and then have the opportunity to actually do it, but the result, regardless of the success of the businesses, are students who emerge from the class with more self-confidence, a network of local connections and realworld business skills. Student applications are available online at www.alexandercitychamber.com, or you can
pick one up from the Alexander City Chamber of Commerce at 120 Tallapoosa Street, Benjamin Russell High School and Alexander City Middle
School. The program is open to all local middle and high school students. If you have questions, please give us a call at (256) 234-3461.
Vote ‘Yes’ for Amendment 2 on Nov. 8 ED COLLARI Chamber CEO
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hether we realize it or not, one of the largest economic drivers in Alexander City and surrounding areas is tourism. According to the dictionary, the simple definition of tourism is the activity of traveling to a place for leisure. Whether it’s Lake Martin and its many destinations, the Sportplex, area shops and restaurants, we host a wide variety of places guests can visit for pleasure. One of the more underrated tourism destinations in Alexander City that provides an overwhelming economic impact is Wind Creek State Park, which welcomes over a quarter of a million visitors on an annual basis. These are visitors who spend a significant amount of money on food, beverage, gas, entertainment amongst other things in our community throughout the year. These are tourism dollars that need to be embraced and secured. We have an opportunity to protect and grow our tourism revenues by voting “YES” to Amendment Two on the Nov. 8 ballot. Since 2012, more than $15 million has been transferred out of the Parks System budget and into the General Fund. Losing this money has been detrimental to the Parks System and diminished their ability to operate. Five parks were forced to close in 2015. This prevents our state parks like Wind Creek from being able to reinvest in themselves from revenues they generate. Instead, the money they bring is being shuffled into the General Fund and used to sustain underperforming programs. During the last legislative session Senator Clay Scofield championed a constitutional amendment that would protect the state parks funding from being transferred. The language on the ballot will be a bit complicated, but it will basically ask, “Do you want to protect the funding of the Alabama State Parks System?” Now more than ever we need all Alabamians to know and understand that Amendment 2 will protect the State Parks System’s money, which is largely collected at the parks and should stay in the parks. We are one of the main beneficiaries in Alex City of the State Parks System as a portion of the funding for the Alexander City Schools Foundation and the Gateway to Education scholarship is generated from visitor fees from Wind Creek State Park. This is just one of many benefits Wind Creek provides our community. While there may not be universal agreement on the candidates running for office on the Nov. 8 ballot, there is one item we should all agree with and that is to vote “YES” on Amendment 2 to secure the future of our state parks. Respectfully Yours, Ed Collari is president and CEO of the Alexander City Chamber of Commerce.
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PULSE COMING SOON! Mark your calendars for an array of local events from Chamber members to kick off the Fall/Winter season! ALEXANDER CITY CHAMBER OF COMMERCE NEW MEMBERS The Alexander City Chamber of Commerce welcomed four new members to its rank during the last month. The Chamber’s newest members include: • Alabama National Guard – 22nd Recruiting & Retention Battalion 1720 Cong W L Dickinson Drive, Montgomery, AL 36109 334-271-7293 • CES Industries – 215 7th Way, Alexander City, AL 35010 256-409-8070 • Heavenly Missions Outreach – 8426 Kowaliga Road, Eclectic, AL 36024 256-307-4904 • Sweet GaGa’s – 126 Marshall Street, Alexander City, AL 35010 256-392-5676
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The Thornton sisters are here five or six times a year. “A few years ago, by coincidence, we were here at the same time as the fall festival. I thought, we just have to do this.” Now for the fourth year the Thornton sisters, many of whom drive school buses for Smiths Station, Auburn and Roanoke, exact a little revenge with a haunted house set up in the campground. “I do this at my house as well,” Capps said. “I already had a lot of this stuff. We did it and thought, we have to do more. So every year we do more. The kids love it.” Jennifer Brown is proud of what the Thornton children have been able to do with the haunted house. “Last year we came in second in the campsite decorating,” Brown said. “They said we could not win three years in a row.” Brown hopes that their luck changes. “We have different judges this year,” Brown said. Maybe we will pull it off again.” Both Brown and Capps do it for the children. “It’s the kids that keep us doing it,” Brown said. “They wanted to do something. We are trying to keep them active, keep them out of trouble.” “I was not going to do this year,” Capps said. “It’s tiring but the kids kept begging and I said why not.” The Moncriefs of Eclectic are much like the Thornton sisters and staying on the same corner campsite site setting up their Halloween displays. “All these little ghost and goblins make it worthwhile,” Johnny Moncrief said as he was making final adjustments to one of the witches in the family display. “We have been coming for the fall festival for about seven years. I am dad to all the witches and warlocks. We just love to put it on for them.” One of the things Moncrief loves most is the talking witch. “I love it when they come up to talk to her,” Moncrief said. “They will come up and have a conversation with her.” Moncrief says a little technology helps with the conversation. “We usually hide my daughter who has a microphone,” Moncrief said. “I will be talking with the kids with a headset on so she can hear the kids.” The kids then go talk to the witch. “It’s pretty cool,” Moncrief said. “They wonder how the witch knows their name.” And Moncrief said he and his wife Katie have grown the display every year. “My wife loves it.” Moncrief said. “She loves to see people stop and take pictures with the decorations. We put in a few new features every year. It is our first time with the blow up haunted house. We are going to see how it goes.” For the Pitchford’s of Reeltown, the Fall Festival is a reason for a family gathering. We have been coming to Wind Creek for over 16 years,” Michelle Pitchford said. “We love it. Now with the fall festival, we make it a family affair. We have six campers here this week. We look forward to it every year. It’s our annual family trip.”
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Above, Johnny Moncrief and his daughter Nicole Musa hand out candy to trick or treaters Saturday. Left, 5-year-old Bella Pitchford of Reeltown tosses a ring at the carnival at Wind Creek State Park Saturday as her family looks on. Bella rang a bottle top and walked away with a 2-liter soft drink. Below, hundreds took part in the Wind Creek Costume Parade Saturday.
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LUKE ROBINSON Columnist
Crimson Tide’s winning streak won’t last forever
T
ide fans, I have told you this before but I am telling you again: Soak … it … in. Remember that rivalry Alabama used to have with Tennessee? Me neither. The Tide just spanked the Vols so hard that next year Tennessee will request the teams establish a safe word. My advice to Tide fans is to not worry about Texas A&M next Saturday. Or LSU in three weeks ... or Auburn or the SEC Championship or the Playoffs or any of those games. It’s time to revel in “what is” rather than look forward to “what will be.” Use your DVRs to watch Jalen Hurts outrun Tennessee defenders as effortlessly as Donald Trump offends people. Rejoice while gazing upon YouTube videos of Reuben Foster’s making UT’s backfield as uncomfortable as a Hillary Clinton smile. Chuckle as Tennessee Butch Jones gets hotter than a Samsung Galaxy 7. Put Eddie Jackson’s punt return on a neverending loop. Laugh with Lane Kiffin as he smirks at an early-departing Volunteer crowd in the fourth quarter. Sop it up with a biscuit. This is as good as it gets. At the moment, as far as college football goes, Alabama puts the “A” in “Alpha” and the “O,” “M” and “G” in “Omega.” Take a moment to recognize the Tide is the king of the gridiron mountain. Not just any mountain, either. This mountain is on some distant planet where guys that are 6 feet, 3 inches, 255 pounds and run 4.6 40s. See, fans can enjoy it. They can look upon the wondrous bounty of championship rings and giggle at humiliated rivals. Tide faithful can do those things because Nick Saban won’t allow his team to. It’s not that ‘Bama players don’t have fun. That team was certainly having a blast last Saturday as it sunk the Vol navy with a barrage of heat-seeking missiles. However, Saban knows that his team can’t — not for one second — process its own greatness during the season. After all, Saban teams have been burned by a single second before. It’s why Saban’s teams stay great. It’s why when he has one of his arch-rivals on the ropes, he knows the team needs to put a bow on the game by going the extra mile to score again just to be sure. Only this time, the “bow” was spelled “B-O” and the mile was just 85 yards. It’s ironic, too, that it’s Alabama that shouldn’t embrace its own history since the entire University of accused of living in the past for decades. But if there is anything UA fans should know, it’s that if you hold onto the past too tight, you can choke the life out of the present. Let me tell you what “living in the past” is: It’s your team’s best moment of the game being when Peyton manning was in the booth with the broadcasters for 20 very long minutes. Better yet, it’s when a CBS camera catches a despondent Volunteer fan with head-in-hand late in the game wearing a “1998 National Champions” hat. That really happened. Yeah, Tennessee won the college football crown in 1998. You know what else happened around that time? Jalen Hurts was born. The difference is the next four years will just make that Vols’ hat a dusty remnant of days gone by. Meanwhile, Hurts’ future seems brighter than a new politician’s teeth. Hurts and his teammates will only get better because Saban will make sure they don’t rest on how great they already are. But I just don’t want to focus on how ridiculously good this team can be; I’d rather relish the greatness they have already shown this season. Even if only for these next few days before a huge contest against another top-10 team, I say you count your crimson blessings rather than fretting over the potential fortunes of the future. The point is Alabama’s run will stop sometime. Probably not this weekend. Or next. Or not even in several, several, several weekends (and maybe years) to come. But it will stop. Eventually, these unbelievable victories will be their own “1998 National Championship” hats. So I say again, “Enjoy it.” Enjoy it just as hard as Alabama plays defense. Well, maybe that hard. Luke Robinson is an Alexander City native and president of the LAKE MARTIN BAMA CLUB who also writes a weekly column for The Alexander City Outlook.
Ending on a high note ACMS 7th graders beat Chelsea in last game of season By CATHY HIGGINS Sports Editor
The Alexander City Middle School seventhgrade football team ended its season last week on a high note, defeating Chelsea 18-0 in Tuesday’s away game. Leading the team to its second win of the season was DeMarcus McNeil, who scored two touchdowns and had 177 yards rushing. He had help from Jamarious Brown, who had 11 carries for 96 yards and one touchdown. Also, quarterback Carson Riddle was 4 for 5 for 47 yards. The defense holding Chelsea to a shutout was led by inside linebackers Clayton Foshee and Jacob Scott, as well as Gavin Vickers. “We can take this momentum into the off-season and build on it,” said ACMS head coach Shundell Russaw. “Hopefully, we can get bigger, faster and stronger, and they can focus on their schoolwork and mature.” With Tuesday’s win, the ACMS seventh grade finishes the season 2-3 (with one loss combined with the
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Alexander City Middle School seventh grader Bradley Bolan (37) runs the ball with Tuskegee Tigers in pursuit earlier this season.
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The ACMS eighth-grade team wasn’t as fortunate, losing 42-26. However, Russaw said the outcome does not reflect how the Wildcats played. “The eighth graders played their best game of the year,” he said. The game was an active one with both teams scoring in the first quarter for a 7-6 score in the home team’s favor. Chelsea then scored again,
bringing their lead to 14-6. “We came right back when Monta Wilson returned a kickoff 88 yards for a touchdown,” Russaw said. That was the first of two TDs for Wilson, who rushed for 168 yards. The other ACMS score came when quarterback Carter Smith threw a 39-yard touchdown pass to tight end Que Smith. “ACMS lost 42-26 but left it all on the field,” Russaw said. “The offensive linemen, Wesley Jones, Damian Lowry, Onaije Brooks and Quinn Hutchinson blocked
well all night. Kedorrious Marbury also had 11 carries for 93 yards. “The eighth-grade football team has a bright future,” he added. Russaw was pleased with both ACMS teams overall. “A lot of our players improved throughout the year,” the coach said. “I’m excited about year two already. My No. 1 goal is to prepare these young men for high school.” Friday’s loss brings the ACMS season to 0-5 (with one loss combined with the seventh-grade team).
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The Rangers’ Trey Webb is stopped by Russell Christian’s Caleb Turner earlier this season.
Lyman Ward falls to Ezekiel Rangers still seeking first win as season’s end nears By CATHY HIGGINS Sports Editor
Lyman Ward’s final road game of the season ended in disappointment Friday as the Rangers lost 48-26 to Ezekiel at Capital Heights Middle School football stadium in Montgomery. Despite the loss, Lyman Ward’s Corey Coleman led the Rangers in scoring with three touchdowns. Garrett Davidson also went 8 for 13 and 198 yards passing. Ezekiel scored first in the first play of the game, following it up with an extra point. But the Rangers answered by returning the kickoff for their own touchdown. This narrowed Ezekiel’s early-game lead to 7-6. However, before the half was over, Ezekiel would score four more touchdowns and extra conversions, leaving the halftime score at 36-6. In the second half, the Rangers came back and scored three more touchdowns. But even with the extra points, that wasn’t enough
to overtake Ezekiel, who added another TD and a field goal, along with an extra point. By the time the dust settled, the final score was 48-26. The Lyman Ward Rangers have one more chance to pull out a win this season as the Rangers close the season this Friday by hosting Evangel Christian from Pelham. “They’re the team to beat,” said Lyman Ward head coach Keith Elliott. “If we don’t show up and play hard, it could be embarrassing. But we will.” This is Elliott’s first year of coaching the Rangers and with no wins so far, it’s been a tough season. “But we’ve been revamping and working to find our identity,” he said. “It’s a process.” That process has shown some positives. “The kids have enjoyed themselves and we’ve escaped any serious injuries,” Elliott said. Kickoff is 6:30 p.m. at Ranger Stadium.
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