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Ruzic named Coastal Gateway EDA Executive Director
Will Ruzic has been named executive director of Coastal Gateway Regional Economic Development Alliance, the five-county, nonprofit economic development organization representing Choctaw, Clarke, Conecuh, Escambia and Monroe counties. Ruzic becomes the fourth executive director in the organization’s history. He succeeds Dr. John A. Johnson, who retired from full-time service to the alliance. Johnson had served as executive director of the organization for the past three years. Ruzic, who has served…
Working for the American people
By Congressman Bradley Byrne Last week in Washington, all eyes were on the Senate Intelligence Committee where former FBI Director James Comey was sent to testify. The hearing was a media circus. News outlets used countdown clocks in the lead up to the “big moment.” Of course it is important to get to the bottom of Russia’s involvement in the 2016 election. That is why committees in Congress and a…
GSUMC to present annual patriotic concert
An all-inclusive “Salute to the Armed Forces” will be among the numbers presented by the Chancel Choir of Gulf Shores United Methodist Church at its annual Patriotic Concert on Sunday evening, July 2, at 7 p.m., in the church sanctuary. Admission to the concert is free, but a love offering will be taken for a popular veterans’ charity, K9sforwarriors.org, providing service dogs without charge for former military men and women.…
Inside the Statehouse
By Steve Flowers Those of us who follow Alabama politics had circled June 6, 2017 as the beginning of the 2018 governor’s race. However, we did not foresee Donald Trump’s election as President in November and the subsequent appointment of our U.S. Senator, Jeff Sessions, as his Attorney General, thus, opening a U.S. Senate seat and causing the need for an unanticipated special election for the open senate seat this…
ID a tree – ADF offers book to help
The Arbor Day Foundation has a book that helps people identify trees in a simple, step-by-step process. The book, What Tree Is That?, is available for a $5 donation to the nonprofit tree-planting organization. What Tree Is That? is a fun, easy-to-use tree identification guide that features hand-drawn botanical illustrations highlighting the distinctive characteristics of many tree species. Nature lovers and professional arborists alike have called this pocket field guide…