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Lighting the way for Alexander City & Lake Martin since 1892 October 23, 2015 Vol. 123, No. 212 www.alexcityoutlook.com
Friends and Alexander City Honor Guard honor ‘Sausage’ for his 100th By David Granger Outlook Staff Writer
The front page of The New York Times for Friday, Oct. 22, 1915 was largely devoted to the battles of the first World War, the lone exception being speculation about the pending nuptials of the widower President Woodrow Wilson and widow Edith Bolling Galt. There was no mention in The Times that day of the Tallapoosa County, Alabama, birth of a baby boy to James William Bryant and his
wife, Janie. They named the boy Wilford Cecil Bryant. He would grow to love sausage, cheeseburgers, oysters and Dr. Pepper and “piddled” his way into the lives of thousands of people in his home county and Alexander City in particular. On Thursday, about sixty persons came together at the Alexander City Methodist Church to pay homage to Bryant, known as Sausage to most, on his 100 th birthday. The party was thrown by Bryant’s fel-
low members of the Alexander City Veterans’ Honor Guard, all of whom showed up – as did Bryant – in full Honor Guard uniform. The Honor Guard, of which Bryant was among six founding members, stood at attention and saluted Bryant as he See SAUSAGE, Page 7
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Cecil Bryant salutes his brothers in the Alexander City Veteran Honor Guard Thursday at the Alexander City Methodist Church at a celebration of his 100th birthday.
UNITED WAY DOWNTOWN SHOWDOWN Driver’s license
office to reopen
3rd Annual Fashion Show raises funds for United Way
Alexander City office to open once a month Dadeville to remain closed
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he show featured the design’s of Alexander City’s Taylor Yates McDonald and Natalie Rye and Birmingham’s Game Day Girl Stuff owner and designer Shena Birdsong. Rexton Lee provided music for the night and local businesses donated food and drink all in an effort to raise funds for the Lake Martin Area United Way.
By Corey Arwood Outlook Staff Writer
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Above right, a model poses with clothing from Cloud Nine, Season Speaks, far right, wears Game Day Girl stuff by Shena Birdsong. Right, vendors sell clothing and other items before the fashion show. The fashion show not only featured local designers but the models were local too.
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Jewelry Sale
Agency to help with Part D enrollment By David Granger Outlook Staff Writer
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The Russell Medical Center Auxiliary annual jewelry sale is wrapping up today in the community Room. Doors open at 7 a.m. close at 4 p.m. Proceeds benefit the RMC Auxiliary Scholarship Fund. Now Playing:
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The driver’s license office of Alexander City is expected to reopen in a limited capacity after having been closed for nearly a month. Dadeville’s office will remain closed, however, and it is not yet known exactly when the Alexander City office will resume operations. When it does it will be open two days each month. Information from the county probate office indicated that the driver’s license office would operate on Tuesday and Wednesday one week per month. Which week is unknown. All of the anticipated changes are pending and confirmation is expected soon from the Licensing Bureau of the Alabama Law Enforcement Agency in Montgomery, according to Leon Archer, Tallapoosa County probate judge. Archer said that he has been in talks with the ALEA offices and is awaiting an email with the detailed schedule of the new operations. He expects to see similar changes made throughout the state. ALEA officials said a schedule would
The East Alabama Regional Planning and Development Commission’s Area Agency on Aging will be hosting Medicare Part D enrollment assistance sessions for Medicare recipients at the Charles E. Bailey Sportplex Cabin at 9 a.m. every Tuesday, except Nov. 24, through Dec. 1. According to Sabrena Foster of the East Alabama Regional Planning and Development Commission, the commission is partnering with Tallapoosa County officials to make the enrollment assistance opportunities possible. “To help develop a plan comparison, Medicare recipients will need to bring their
Medicare card, along with a complete list of the medications they are taking and the dosages,” said Foster. “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 session will last about 40 minutes. There may be a wait time for assistance.” Actual Medicare drug plan costs will vary depending on: the drugs the subscriber uses; the plan the subscriber chooses; whether the subscriber goes to a pharmacy in her/ his plan’s network; whether the drugs the subscriber uses See MEDICARE, Page 7
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