Year in Review
November
ThyssenKrupp breaks ground

Officer of Year Darrell Linder

A groundbreaking for the new ThyssenKrupp steel mill was held at the Calvert site. Breaking ground alongside ThyssenKrupp officials from Germany were Gov. Bob Riley, U.S. Sens. Jeff Sessions and Richard Shelby, Congressman Jo Bonner, Mobile Mayor Sam Jones and others. Grove Hill Mayor Lamar Hudson, Jackson Mayor Richard Long and Thomasville Mayor Sheldon Day were also in attendance. They are the directors of the municipal-owned Clarke- Mobile Gas District. Clarke- Mobile is vying for ThyssenKrupp's gas contract for the new mega mill.

State Trooper Darrell Linder was honored by the Alabama Retail Association in Montgomery as its 2007 "Law Enforce- ment Officer of the Year," for his efforts in saving the lives of two toddlers who fell into a swimming pool pool near Jackson in March.

Pecan Grove Apartments announced that it will be spending over $500,000 on improvements to the Grove Hill apartment complex.

In another matter relating to Clarke-Mobile Gas, the settlement of a 10-year-old lawsuit was announced. Prior Energy and its owner, ICC Industries, agreed to pay Clarke-Mobile $1.5 million and to waive any right to recover $2.5 million for gas sales and interest. Clarke- Mobile's attorney explained that Prior conspired with the then manager of the utility to sell gas to Clarke-Mobile for a high rate. In addition, Prior was purchasing gas from Clarke- Mobile at a price less than it was selling it to Clarke-Mobile for.

Rev. Lee Merck

The new Grove Hill mural, deemed the "Heart of Clarke," was dedicated and the Clarke County Museum's Pioneer Day was held the same day.

Ground was broken for the new Grove Hill senior citizen activity center. The center will be built at the intersections of Jackson and Clark Streets. The town received a $250,000 grant for the project and the low bid was $ 4 9 5 , 0 0 0 . The town said it will fund the balance of the money needed for the center.

The Rev. Lee Merck was called to be the new pastor of the Grove Hill Baptist Church. Merck, came to Grove Hill from a church in North Carolina. He is a native of Lucedale, Miss. He and his wife, Christie, have four young daughters.

Preston Goode

Loggers frustrated by high fuel prices and low prices for timber, met in Whatley to talk about their problems. No solutions were found but it did bring to the forefront the problems of $3.40 cent a gallon diesel fuel and other problems faced by loggers.

A revised and proposed business license ordinance for Grove Hill could have raised some rates 400 percent or more. However, business owners got wind of it through The Democrat and protested and the rates were lowered at the town council meeting Dec. 3.

A former Gosport resid ent, Preston Goode, celebrated his 106th birthday in a Camden nursing facility on Nov. 29. Goode is still in excellent health and lived by himself until earlier this year when he moved to Camden.

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