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Memorial Day: A day to honor those who gave all
We are now in the midst of Memorial Day Weekend, considered by most Americans to be the long weekend marking the beginning of summer vacation. ...
Michele Gerlach, Author at The Andalusia Star-News
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Red Level VFW celebrates opening of new facility
Red Level Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 4388 celebrated the grand opening of its new facility last Saturday. The VFW’s original building burned on Thanksgiving ...
by Michele Gerlach, Friday, May 12, 2023 4:30 pm
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Mike Betts, U.S. Army, 82nd Airborne, Vietnam
When Dwayne Betts was about 10, he went by bus to Quincy, Fla., to spend time with his grandparents. At the close of the week, ...
by Michele Gerlach, Friday, April 21, 2023 6:00 pm
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CVF: This village got it right
Last Sunday, a man approached the locator tent at the Vietnam Traveling Memorial Wall seeking assistance finding the name of someone who had died in ...
by Michele Gerlach, Friday, August 5, 2022 3:00 pm
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Vick makes special presentation to Greenwood
Just before Lee Greenwood took the stage at July JAMZ in Andalusia Thursday night, he met with a man who was instrumental in his appearance ...
by Michele Gerlach, Thursday, August 4, 2022 7:30 am
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Nichols ever thankful he came home from war
In October of 1966, when most young men in America were doing all they could to avoid going to Vietnam, Andalusia native Sammy Ray Nichols ...
by Michele Gerlach, Friday, May 20, 2022 4:30 pm
COLUMN -- FEATURE SPOT
Preparing for The Wall: Volunteers, storytellers needed
The first time I visited the Vietnam Wall in Washington, I was a high school student on one of those week-long, whirlwind learning trips to ...
by Michele Gerlach, Friday, April 22, 2022 4:30 pm
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Albritton 1 of outstanding graduate honorees
Tom Albritton, who has distinguished himself as an attorney and as the executive director of the Alabama Ethics Commission, is among the five Andalusia High ...
by Michele Gerlach, Friday, October 18, 2019 9:23 pm
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Ballet gets $365K in grants for Church Street facility
The Andalusia Ballet Association is $365,000 closer to its $700,000 fundraising drive to complete renovations to the top floor after the announcement Friday of three ...
by Michele Gerlach, Saturday, June 8, 2019 1:03 am
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Jones: Legislature made strides for education
Looking back on what he called one of the most intense legislative sessions of his career, Rep. Mike Jones, R-Andalusia, said it was a good ...
by Michele Gerlach, Saturday, June 8, 2019 12:50 am
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