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Year in Review
Thomasville citizens would vote wet on the 14th, joining Jackson as a municipality in dry Clarke County allowing alcohol sales. The vote was 948 to 702 for legalization, a 57 percent majority. It would be the first of October before sales started. An asphalt paving crew cut almost all the way through the concrete decking of a Satilpa Creek relief bridge on Highway 69 south of Coffeeville for about 10 feet before realizing the error. The boo-boo closed the highway between Jackson and Coffeeville for days while repairs were made. Circuit Judge Stuart DuBose's continued legal problems made the news again as a Mobile County circuit judge ordered him to pay $1,190,000 in a long-running estate dispute that began when DuBose was an attorney in private practice and prepared a will for a Washington County man without ever meeting or discussing the will with him. DuBose subsequently became executor of the estate and a dispute over its execution resulted. The judge's order also ordered DuBose to convey 605 acres to the estate's sole beneficiary.
A Neighborhood Watch program was established in the Gosport community. Clarke County Sheriff Bobby Moore and Marilyn Williams, coordinator for the program, have been working to establish watch programs to help prevent crime and defend communities around the county. Another tragic accident occurred at a Grove Hill workplace. Christopher Johns was mounting a spare tire on a trailer at Francis Powell Enterprises on Highway 84 East when a driver, unaware he was there, got into the truck and pulled off, running over Johns and killing him. State Rep. Thomas Jackson, DThomasville, is employed by Alabama Southern Community College and one of several legislators targeted by Gov. Bob Riley and the State Board of Education's decision to prohibit employees of the state's two-year college system from serving in the Legislature. The ban was the result of much publicized incidents involving legislators on community colleges' payrolls. Jackson, a longtime educator, contends that he has worked for ASCC since 1997. He said he is qualified for the work he does and the position has nothing to do with him being a legislator.
Elbert and Genie Vix made their annual pilgrimage to Grove Hill to observe the second anniversary of Hurricane Katrina. The Vixes live in New Orleans, La. and Pass Christian, Miss. They and their daughter, son-in-law and grandchildren were fleeing Katrina in August 2005 when they stopped to spend the night at the Windwood Inn in Grove Hill. Their Pass Christian home was completely destroyed by the hurricane and they ended up renting a house and staying several weeks in Grove Hill. They have since rebuilt their Mississippi home. The Vixes said Clarke County treated them great and they wanted to return each year as long as they can to observe the milestone in their lives.
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