Andalusia’s Adult Activity Center is preparing for its 23rd Annual Senior Appreciation Day with a luau theme on Thur., March 29, at the Kiwanis Community Center.
An exciting fun-filled day of activities and entertainment is planned, including music and entertainment, contests, door prizes and lots of surprises. The featured entertainment will be “Ron Taylor & The Country Brand.”
Doors open 8:30 a.m. The show begins 9:00 a.m. and continues until 2:30 p.m. It’s all free!
Contests include a costume contest in luau theme; group banner contest; group skit contest; a dance contest; a cake contest with decorations; and a talent contest. Prizes will be awarded.
The event includes a Senior Trade Day. As in the old days, you can buy, sell and maybe even trade a variety of items, such as arts, crafts, jewelry or even yard sale items. Booths are sure to offer you an enjoyable time browsing; in fact, you may even find that item that you can’t live without. Booth applications for individuals or groups must be completed to rent a booth.
The event is sponsored by the City of Andalusia’s Adult Activity Center & Nutrition Center, with support from the Alabama Cooperative Extension System, Andalusia Health, and the Martha and Solon Dixon Foundation.
There are specific rules for each contest. For more information, call (334) 222-6891.
The Andalusia Lions Club was host to the Alabama Lions District 34C meeting, March 9-10. The meeting, held in the fellowship hall of the First United Methodist Church, was chaired by Lion Claudia Wigglesworth, 34C District Governor. More than 70 Lions attended.
Andalusia Mayor Earl Johnson is shown with 34C District Governor, Claudia Wigglesworth, as he welcomed the Lions of District 34C to Andalusia.
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The Lindsey Bridge Road sidewalk project is officially complete, Jeremy McMath of Civil Southeast Engineering told the Andalusia City Council this week. The final inspection was held Thursday.
The city received a Transportation Alternatives Program (TAP) grant in 2015 for the project, which was bid and begun in 2017. Floore Industrial Contractors, Inc. of Moss Point, Miss., was the low bidder at $463,750.
McMath said the company did “a great job of getting this project completed on time and within budget.”
Construction costs were approximately $45,000, McMath said, adding that the city’s portion of the project is $150,000.
The project installed sidewalks from Maple Street off Lindsey Bridge Road to Stanley Avenue, and from there to Johnson Park. In addition, drainage was improved at the entrance to Johnson Park, and at several points on Lindsey Bridge Road, and a parking area near the Gitty-Up-N-Go on Lindsey Bridge Road was paved.
The council also has looked at a sidewalk project to complement work being done at Andalusia High School, but has not agreed to seek funding for it.
Councilman Ralph Wells said the sidewalk has already gotten great use by people taking advantage of a safe place to walk for exercise.
The renovated Andalusia High School stadium will be ready for the 2018 football season, when the Bulldogs will play on artificial turf.
Brian Ray of Wyatt Sasser Construction assured board of education members Monday that if they decided to move on with artificial turf and an entrance plaza, he could be ready for football season.
“We cannot wait any longer,” he said.
The company began the renovations to the stadium and the AHS auditorium with a base bid, leaving “extras” to be negotiated. The board initially did not include the turf and plaza in case cost overruns drove the overall cost of the project up.
But portions of the project have been redesigned to contain costs. The plaza originally was designed at 16,300 square feet, Ray said. But a modified design by the board’s architect scaled it down to 12,260 square feet.
The board also found a way for the city to purchase artificial turf from Shaw Industries, which is a manufacturer, and the board will pay the city.
“This has already been approved by the state Department of Education,” Superintendent Ted Watson said.
Watson said the top-of-the-line turf, originally expected to cost $700,000, can be purchased and installed for $600,000.
Ray said new drainage is currently being installed on the football field, and the existing track is being torn up.
“I believe we can be ready for them to install by May, so we should have a turf field down by mid-June,” Ray said. “I told Coach (Trent) Taylor, we should be out of his way by July.”
Ray said PowerSouth will remove the old light poles next week, and Musgrove Lighting will set new polls the first week of April.
The City of Andalusia will be well represented in next week’s Alabama Parks and Recreation Associations All-Star basketball state tournament in Trussville.
Andalusia’s 8U and 10U All-Stars showed up and showed out at last week’s district tournaments to earn spots in the 2018 state tournament.
Both teams finished in the first place at district in their respective age groups.
The state tournaments will be held at number of locations in Trussville from March 9-11.
Locations will be Trussville Civic Center, Trussville High School, Trussville Middle School, Cherokee Gym, Cahaba Elementary School, Magnolia Elementary School, Athletic Center, First Baptist Church of Trussville, Clay-Chalkville High School and Clay-Chalkville Middle School.
Game times and which gyms will host which age groups has not yet been determined.
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