Looking back: 25 years ago, the state paved Main Street

Published 11:31 am Wednesday, August 9, 2017

Twenty-five years ago, in 1992, the state was set to pave Main Street from the northern city limits to the Alabama-Florida state line. This would have been Highway 21.

A meeting of the Lions Club was to be held for those who were to have booths at William’s Station.

It won’t be long before another William’s Station will be held in downtown Atmore. It is always well attended. I do not go every year, but when I have been, it has been a lot of fun.

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A man was injured in a fall at A.C. Moore Elementary School while working on the roof. He was lowered by rescuers to the ground where he was taken to a local hospital. Later it was noted that he was treated and released by the hospital.

Budget cuts by the Alabama State Department of Safety was set to limit “troopers” service.

Alabama State Troopers have been cramped for years by a budget, where officers have a large area to patrol. Even twenty-five years ago it was bad and I don’t think it has improved very much.

Amy Landry and Gil Bonner established Asheboro Farm with the intention of training riders in the English riding style.

The Atmore Fine Arts Counsel sponsored a Summer Art Workshop. The results of those attending were displayed and there was quite a bit of imagination in the choice of what they did.

Lori Garrard, Kelly Garrard and Shelley Ann MaGehee are set to travel to the Junior Olympics in Rochester, Minn.

Atmore was featured in The Alabama Traveler which gave information about the city being named the official Rail Welcome Center of Alabama. It also had a story on William’s Station Day.

The Department of Corrections was not left out of the budget cuts taken by the state. Five dogs trained to track and identify drugs were to be taken out of the budget.

New owners of Cablevision Systems Corporation was set to merge with Multivision in the Atmore area.

Good news for Escambia County was that unborn infants were having a better chance of surviving than previously noted.