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Rep. Chris England, who’s on the redistricting committee, predicts the two sides will be unable to agree on new maps.

We have been working on a project for several months at The Record. It has been a different but exciting publication that is being printed as we write this column.

The Alabama Legislature has about a month to redraw congressional voting maps, which include a second district in which Black voters make up a majority or “close to it,” a three-judge federal panel decided Friday.

Have you ever seen the weather we are having? It seems the rain, wind and thunderstorms are just hanging over us and will not leave. It’s quite unusual to have this kind of weather during the month of June but it’s here and we deal with it! This year, the Summer Solstice fell on Wednesday, June 21 so the beginning of this year’s summer will be wet. We just pray all this rain does not affect crops. ****** We are wondering why so many of the lights are not working in downtown Clayton. Two have been knocked down but several others do not have bulbs burning which makes it dark in the downtown area. We understand this has been reported to a city council member so maybe something will be done about this situation. It’s sad to ride through a town that is dark!

State lawmakers completed the 2023 Regular Session of the Legislature Tuesday with their sine die arriving before the clock struck midnight. We can remember many previous sessions that legislators worked until the clock struck midnight when they had to adjourn by virtue of the clock.

The hospitality industry in Eufaula and Barbour County is one of its major industries. Visitors participating in the Eufaula Pilgrimage or tournament fisherman hoping to land a big lunker on Lake Eufaula all bring big dollars to the City of Eufaula and the county. Attractive welcome signs along the entrance ways to cities vying for some of this travel business alert visitors to what is in store for them in the city they are visiting. You have to look no further than Abbeville, Alabama to see an example of an exceptionally well designed welcome sign. But that was, obviously, done through the efforts of a community booster.

One of my earliest memories was picking blackberries. I probably three years old at the time - was so small I could barely reach the blackberry brakes that bordered the property of my Cousin Ricky.