Shoppers have chance to win $1K each month
Shoppers and diners who spend at least $10 with any one of 20 participating restaurants or merchants today will get a chance to win a $1,000 shopping spree next month.
It’s all a part of Andy Bucks, a campaign designed to encourage area residents to shop at home and to entice people from the region to shop here.
- Kimberly Jacobs, who is coordinating the Andy Bucks program for the city, puts a sign up on the Square yesterday reminding shoppers they now have a chance to win.
Originally slated to begin Sept. 1, the program was delayed by a technical glitch and reset to begin today. Shoppers will receive a numbered ticket for every $10 they spend with participants. If they spend $100, they’ll get 10 tickets.
At the first council meeting of each month, beginning in November, a winning number will be drawn. The person holding that ticket will have 30 days to claim $1,000 in “Andy Bucks,” or ten $100 gift certificates redeemable with participating merchants.
Those merchants have committed $50 per month for a year to fund the prizes, and the City of Andalusia is providing the organizational and promotional support.
Participants include Ansley Place, Barrow’s Furniture, Beef O’Brady’s, Brooks Hardware, Christopher’s, Darby’s, David’s Catfish, Delta Lighting, Andalusia Farmer’s Co-Op, Harold’s Furniture, Ireland Trailer, Lee’s Samauri, Mary Kay Consultants, Pale Moon Yarns, Singer’s, Sporting Lifestyles, Two Guys Pies, Walker Business, Ward & Co., and Yo’ Cravin... READ MORE>
Article By: Michele Gerlach
Andalusia Star News
Andalusia Star News
Scores of Andalusia Middle School students turned out Saturday at the St. Vincent DePaul Society of Christ the King Catholic Church’s fifth annual Friends of the Poor Walk. The local event, which coincides with a national event, is designed to raise awareness that people in the local community have need, and to raise funds to meet those needs. This year, members of the community, the school’s... READ MORE>
Almost all of the damage to utility lines that occurred when a portion of the ground behind Westgate Plaza just dropped several feet on Sat., Aug. 17, has been repaired, Andalusia Utilities Board members were told Tuesday.
Mayor Earl Johnson said it has not been determined what caused the shift.
“The reports we got then on that, were it could have been this, or could have been that.” Johnson said.
City employees have been working since Aug. 17 to repair the damages to utility lines on an easement behind the property, he said.
“What we’ve been able to do is to go in there with our own folks, on our own time and with our own equipment and fix it,” he said.
There was a leak in the water line, he said.
Johnson said he has received a number of phone calls questioning whether the city was working on private property.
“That’s a crock,” the mayor said. “That is our equipment. That is our infrastructure, on our easement. We have easements that go across private property all over this city.”
Johnson said
We have the city’s insurance company has been notified.
“They have looked at it,” he said. “But they are going to say your equipment was leaking.”
Micah Blair, who is acting head of the... READ MORE>
Dollar General moving down the street
Andalusia is getting a new Dollar General Store, corporate officials confirmed Wednesday.
The site, which is located on Shelby Street behind the Kangaroo Store convenience store, will serve as a relocation spot for the current store located just down the road on U.S. Hwy. 29 North, said Crystal Ghassemi of Dollar General’s public relations department.
“Construction started last week, as a matter of fact,” Ghassemi said. “However, the store is not set to open until late July 2014. That’s what the planning schedule is set at now, but construction progress can affect the opening of the store.”
Ghassemi said the new store will be 20 percent larger that the store’s current location, with 7,200 square-foot of shopping space.
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High school work will take longer
Construction is on track for the new sixth grade wing at Andalusia Elementary School, Superintendent Ted Watson said.
On Monday – and despite rain drizzles in the morning – construction crews were busy at work on the AES campus. Some 15 workers were seen doing various tasks.
Watson said what crews were actually doing was installing water lines.
“Right, now that’s what they’re in the middle of – installing water lines,” Watson said. “They’re working on the footings as well, and I’ve been told that next week, we’ll have a slab poured. That means we’ll soon see the building go vertical.”
Watson said the system will have architectural renderings of the building to share next week.
“That building is the smallest of the two,” Watson said of the project that will create a “sixth grade academy” at the elementary school and move the remaining junior high grades to a separate facility on the high school campus. Plans include... READ MORE>