If you’re looking for a Christmas gift that is unique and lasts a long time, look no farther than Andalusia High School.
The Public Educational Building Authority is currently selling the chairs for Andalusia High School’s auditorium renovation. For $350, a chair will be placed in the auditorium in honor or memory of teachers, parents, children, friends, classes or other causes. To date, $18,065 has been contributed.
Members of the Public Educational Building Authority are Charles Eldridge, Paul Sue Duebelt and Steve Posey. Carolyn Graham and Donna Raines are assisting the authority with fundraising. The school system is in the process of contracting the project now.
Forms are available at City Hall, or can be downloaded from The Star-News website and mailed with your contribution to the PEBA.
Inscriptions for chairs purchased to date include:
- Sherry Clark, ADOL MGR; Vickie, Alden, Cameron and Kirby Johnson
- In memory of Boyd and Mildred Pass
- The Proctor Family
- Class of 1965
- Class of 1998
- The Krudop Family
- Clayton Bryant – teacher, coach, assistant principal, principal 1966-86; Superintendent, 1996-2002.
- Barbara Bryant – English and math teacher, 1966-1986
- Class of 1997
- Chase and LeAnne Cotton, Savannah, Crews, Coast
- Anita Graves Williams, Class of 1980
- Jonathan, Misty, Jenna, Jacob Parker
- In memory of Dr. Rex Chandler Jones, a supporter of education
- In memory of Stacy Lee Jones, loving mother of Chandler Jones, Class of 2016, J.W. Jones, Clss of 2019, Zoey, Class of 2028
- Myers and Freida P. Armstrong, Class of 1964
- Kevin Price, Class of 1975
- Class of 1961
- Class of 1991
- J. Norman Stokes, Jenelle S. Kelsoe, Justine (Tina) Stokes Richardson, Jerry E. Stokes,
- The Cynosure Club; Study – Our Watchword
- Class of 1972
- Class of 1999
- AHS Class of 2008
- AHS Retirees: Donna Cauley, Brad Garner, Angie Sasser
- In memory of Sara J. McAnulty
- In loving memory of Ronnie Thompkins
- In honor of Joseph C. Wingard, Class of 1972
- Sydney Callen Woodard, Class of 2018; Cameron Allen Woodard, Class of 2020
- Class of 1955
- Class of 1979
The Star-News will continue to update and publish the list of donors who sponsor chairs. A number of people have already purchased new chairs as part of the Andalusia High School Auditorium’s renovation project.
Andalusia Elementary School students got the first glimpse of the 2017 Christmas in Candyland on Friday morning.
School buses full of kindergarten students arrived at the square at 9 a.m. for the ribbon cutting ceremony, and the first snow of this year’s event.
The square features eight cottages this year.
At Springdale, fourth grade students got the chance to slide down the polar bear slide, ice skate on the new and improved skating rink, and explore the other 15 cottages.
“The reason we have Candyland, is really for the kids. It wouldn’t be a Merry Christmas without them,” Mayor Earl Johnson said.
Fabion Green, a fourth grader from AES, said he loved Candyland.
“It’s really beautiful. I love how they decorated, and how it’s kid friendly. I will come back next year,” Green said.
“I think there’s a lot of cool decorations. It’s fun to play and look at,” Andre Wright said.
“Well, to put it simply, if I were rating Candyland on a one to ten scale, I would give it a ten. Hopefully next year there can be more food-themed cottages, I really liked Huddle House’s,” Tyler Levitske said.
“I loved the ice skating rink, it’s really easy to skate on,” Levi Levitske said.
For the fourth time in the last 15 months, local pilots are needed to fly in and out of South Alabama Regional Airport as the airport undergoes another air traffic control exercise.
SARA Executive Director Jed Blackwell said the exercise will be Monday through Thursday of next week and will go from 8:30 a.m. until 10 p.m.
The airport has been working to get air traffic control back for sometime now.
Blackwell said there is interest in getting the T-1 tower back and possibly SARA constructing another tower down the line.
Blackwell said they wanted to focus on getting the tower back and staffed.
Star-News archives show that an unlucky lighting strike in 2011, paired with federal budget cuts, made the military decide to stop providing air traffic control services locally.
The air traffic control tower and ground-control approach radar, which was due to be upgraded in 2012, was hit by lightning in September 2011.
Last October, Blackwell requested an air traffic control assessment, and the airport had good numbers.
Backwell said then that they needed between 150-200 operations per day to meet the qualifications for a T-1 tower.
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