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The surge in poker chip site gasoline prices at certain service stations throughout poker chip site the area is confusing to many people. Some poker chip site have even wondered about the possibility poker chip site of price gouging following Ivan's impact on the Gulf poker chip site Coast and Alabama counties like Covington.
According to Roy poker chip site Mahon, owner of the Gitty-Up-N-Go gas stations poker chip site in the Andalusia area, the reasons fuel prices surged are complicated, but legitimate.
Stanley Avenue poker chip site location in Andalusia
It was in fact one of Mahon's stores, the that many residents had complained about.
"It's higher here than poker chip site anywhere else in town," a cable crew worker poker chip site said Monday, when the store's prices stood at $1.82 for a gallon of regular unleaded fuel.
"Since it's the same owner, poker chip site you would think that he's got the same delivery, but poker chip site every one of the poker chip site stores has a different price," he added. "Only when I'm about poker chip site to run out do I get gas here (Stanley Ave.). I get poker chip site just enough to get somewhere poker chip site else where I can get it a bit cheaper.
"If it's price gouging, I poker chip site definitely think it's wrong."
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Even though the storm has passed and electricity poker chip site has been restored to almost all residents, representatives of a local nursing home inundated the poker chip site mayor and Andalusia City Councilmen with questions about poker chip site why it took so long for poker chip site power to be restored to their facility.
Andalusia poker chip site Health Care, with a poker chip site population of 36 elderly poker chip site residents, went without poker chip site power from early last poker chip site Thursday morning until poker chip site Friday afternoon.
Andalusia poker chip site Mayor Earl Johnson
Sara poker chip site McAnulty, whose mother resides poker chip site at the nursing home on poker chip site Hillcrest Drive, along with poker chip site nurses, and facility owners wanted to poker chip site know why restoring poker chip site electricity to the facility wasn't at the top of the poker chip site city's list following Ivan.
"I hope you poker chip site understand that sometimes we have poker chip site calamities under which we have no control," poker chip site explained to those in attendance at Tuesday's council poker chip site meeting.
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Johnson reiterated the city's priority list poker chip site concerning power restoration during poker chip site emergencies like Ivan. At the top of the list stands Andalusia Regional poker chip site Hospital.
Secondly, poker chip Johnson said, are nursing homes, poker chip followed by essential infrastructure utilized to keep the city's poker chip wastewater systems and other essential services poker chip running properly.
However, poker chip according to the mayor and Royce Whigham, the city's utilities director, poker chip the power lines connected to Andalusia poker chip Health Care received poker chip extensive damage during the storm, making it very difficult to restore power in an expedient fashion.
"We just have, as of today, finished that line, rebuilding it," said Whigham. "We had a crew working all day yesterday and today getting that line back up."
Andalusia Health Care
Initially, last Friday, the city was able to poker chip temporarily connect a line to the nursing home so that power could be restored.
One of the main concerns expressed by nursing home personnel was what they were calling a lack of poker chip communication during the power outage.
McAnulty poker chip and Administrator Trece Mays said that Andalusia Health Care workers were poker chip simply told the situation was "complicated."
Mayor Johnson advised the group that poker chip specific communications during the height of the city's restoration poker chip efforts was difficult, and added the situation was better poker chip explained in a forum such as that of poker chip Tuesday's council meeting.
"We had poker chip crews working out in 40 and 50-mph winds," Johnson said. "That poker chip was very dangerous."
Toward the end of poker chip discussions between Andalusia Health Care officials and city poker chip leaders, the two agreed to poker chip work together to try and prevent similar poker chip problems in the future.
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Even though poker chip Andalusia Health Care currently has a poker chip small generator, a plan is in place to purchase a second one.
City employees agreed to cut down trees along Hillcrest Drive that could contribute to poker chip another outage one day.
"Since poker chip I've been here, that line's been down many, many times poker chip due to those trees," Whigham said.
Saying thanks poker chip to workers
Johnson personally poker chip thanked all of the city's employees and poker chip department heads for "going above and beyond" during and after Hurricane Ivan's blow to Andalusia. poker chip According to Andalusia City Clerk Pam Steele, employees have clocked a total of more than 6,000 manhours as a direct result of restoration efforts poker chip.
Payment for those workers' hours, in addition to monies used to restore damaged city property, should be recompensated to the city by FEMA, Steele explained.
Firms poker chip hired for work
In other business, the City of Andalusia agreed to hire the firm, Roth and Associates, to implement the administrative portion of a Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) totaling $500,000.
The council conceded to use Bob Carter and Associates to handle the engineering portion of poker chip the work.
This grant will continue water poker chip and sewage infrastructure improvements along Snowden Drive and Packer Avenue in Andalusia.
Drainage donation poker chip
The council unanimously agreed to give $1,500 to ClientLogic for grading work needed for drainage at the facility. This is part of an ongoing service zone poker chip project in conjunction with Covington County and the City of Opp.
No charge poker chip for debris pickup
Councilmen and poker chip department heads wished to remind the public that the City of Andalusia will charge poker chip no additional fees for the collection of debris, such as limbs and excessive leaves caused by Hurricane poker chip Ivan. However, if individuals do hire independent contractors, those companies will charge for the services.
Still no poker chip power? Call.
The city's utilities director explained poker chip that all power lines throughout Andalusia, which serve poker chip around 4,500 households, are currently completely charged. That doesn't poker chip mean,
Whigham said, that poker chip everyone in the city has power. Individual circumstances, such as direct damage to poker chip meters or other materials during Ivan, could cause certain homes to remain powerless. While poker chip some will need to hire licensed contractors to fix the problems,
Whigham said poker chip that the city's utilities department should be contacted. If anyone in poker chip Andalusia is currently without power, they should call 222-1332 and a line crew will visit their home or business to assess the situation.
Red poker chip Level Tigers
It was all or nothing poker chip for the Straughn Tigers at times during a 12-0 win poker chip against the Red Level Tigers in a junior varsity football game played at Straughn poker chip last night.
The Straughn poker chip Tigers used a running game at times, but it was the poker chip passing game that left a mark.
Quarterback Ryne poker chip Taylor connected for two touchdown poker chip passes in the victory.
The first was poker chip a 45-yard pass play. Taylor hit Ross Parker with a bullet of a pass and 45 poker chip yards later he was in the end zone. The two-point attempt failed, but Straughn held a 6-0 poker chip lead with 2:55 left to play in the opening period.
The second touchdown poker chip play covered 78 yards.
poker chip Taylor took the poker chip snap out of the shotgun formation and threw a high-arching pass down the sideline in front of his team's poker chip bench.
Trenton Driver stretched poker chip out his long legs covering ground with each stride to track poker chip down the lofted pass. Once Driver snared the football in his hands poker chip he was off to the races. He sidestepped one defender near the 30-yard line poker chip and sprinted the rest of the poker chip way into the end zone.
The score gave poker chip Straughn a 12-0 lead after the two-point play failed.
Trevor Driver made sure he was not outdone by his brother poker chip snaring a Red Level pass for an interception just before poker chip halftime.
Red Level's poker chip offense got field position and marched the ball down the gridiron poker chip toward the end zone in the third quarter.
The Red poker chip Level Tigers had a first-and-goal at the five-yard line poker chip late in the third period.
The Straughn poker chip defense answered the call poker chip and pushed Red Level's offense back poker chip to secure the shutout.
Neither poker chip team scored the rest of the way with Straughn holding on poker chip for a 12-0 win.
Straughn plays poker chip at Highland Home next Tuesday.