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Reuniting opportunities
      One hundred and sixty (or so) Mathews descendants converged on Grove Hill for a family reunion this past weekend. So, big deal, some of you may say. It was a big deal. The majority of those 160 people were not local residents. They came from as far away as North Carolina and Texas.
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Revamping ALDOT
      Highway construction and other transportation matters shouldn't be a political issue but they always have been in Alabama. The director of the state Department of Transportation is a political appointment of the governor.
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Interior designer legislators
      A little sprucing up of legislative offices probably isn't out of line but coming on the heels of a 62 percent pay raise, and given the excess of some of the purchases, it is enough to irk some taxpayers. The news came out last week that several legislators, including our own Sen. Pat Lindsey, spe...
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Editor's Notes
Ballpark unites community
Jim Cox
      I have gradually come to realize that the Dixie League ball program and the activities at Hudson Park in Grove Hill are good examples of democracy and communities working together that an Ohio-based research organization promotes and encourages. Grove Hill native Dr.
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Alabama Scene
'How high, Dr. Hubbert?'
Bob Ingram
      As a child in elementary school I remember on occasions that some entertainer would come by for a program featuring trained dogs. I loved those shows …dogs doing back flips…jumping rope…and best of all…jumping through hoops.
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Roost Pole's purpose
      Dear Editor, The purpose of the Roost Pole at Fulton was to protect a large sign that Scotch Lumber Company had erected. The sign stated, "The Scotch Lumber Co. Timbers up to seventy feet long." I guess the reason the sign was erected there was so the train's passengers could see it as two train...
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From Our Files
      23 years ago A crew tore out the old Bassetts Creek bridge on Old Highway 5 near Dickinson to make way for a new $412,000 bridge. The old, narrow bridge was built around 1925. Construction was underway on the new Pecan Grove Apartments on Highway 84, just west of Grove Hill Elementary School.
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Gone South
Great graduation speeches
Hardy Jackson
      They gave him twenty minutes And he finished up in ten. Oh, there's a prince of speakers And a servant unto men. We are getting into the graduation season. From late April to late May, high schools and colleges are preparing to send students into the world.
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Inside the Statehouse
'Mr. Mac' stabilizes Senate
Steve Flowers
      In observing the ebb and flow of the Legislature during this first session of this four-year cycle, it occurs to me that things are very much status quo and basically a mirror image of the previous quadrennium. It is pretty much the same song, second verse.
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Congress Reports
No Child Left Behind
      As you may know, the No Child Left Behind (NCLB) Act is scheduled for reauthorization this year. Over the past year, Congress has been evaluating the successes and shortcomings of NCLB. This legislation, originally signed into law in 2002, was designed to help close the achievement gap between stu...
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