Montgomery Advertiser (Montgomery, AL) articles from August 2000

Montgomery Advertiser (Montgomery, AL) archives from August 2000

Montgomery, Ala., Packaging Plant Makes Special Bottle for Tropicana.
August 30, 2000... Byline: Mike Sherman Aug. 30--One of the first products manufactured by Graham Packaging in its new plant in Montgomery will be a 16-ounce polyethylene bottle for Tropicana Products, the world's leading producer of branded fruit juices....

Montgomery Advertiser, Ala., Money Talk Column.
August 30, 2000... Byline: Mike Sherman Aug. 30--COCHRAN REMAINS PARTNER IN FIRM WITH OFFICES IN STATE: Trial attorney Johnnie Cochran, most noted for successfully defending former football star and commentator O.J. Simpson against murder charges in 1994,...

Irrigation Saves Valuable Alabama Pecan Crop.
August 30, 2000... Byline: Mike Sherman Aug. 30--Despite this summer's searing drought, irrigation has saved Alabama's largest pecan orchard. Byrd's Riverbend Farm, a 1,200-acre operation north of Lowndesboro along the Alabama River, includes 600 acres...

Concorde Flight from Montgomery, Ala., to London Still on Schedule.
August 26, 2000... Byline: Mike Sherman Aug. 26--The president of a St. Louis travel agency said a Concorde flight from Montgomery to London remains scheduled for Oct. 7 despite a devastating July crash of one of the world's fastest commercial aircraft....

Montgomery, Ala., Hosts Air Force Technology Conference.
August 26, 2000... Byline: Mary Lett Aug. 26-- Find out how a personalized computer mouse and software can protect against invaders, such as the Love Bug and Melissa viruses, during the 14th Air Force Information Technology Conference next week. Those...

CVS Pharmacy Relocates to Free-Standing Store in Montgomery, Ala.
August 26, 2000... Byline: Mike Sherman Aug. 26--Linda Worthy looked west from the parking lot of the storefront CVS Pharmacy on Fairview Avenue to the new walls of the free-standing CVS going up on the southwest corner of Fairview at Rosa Parks Avenue....

Montgomery Advertiser, Ala., Denise Berkhalter Column.
August 25, 2000... Byline: Denise Berkhalter Aug. 25--GOLF TRAIL WINS BENEFITS FOR STATE, SINKS PRIDE OF WRITER: Running around in the hot sun all day chasing a little white ball across an expanse of green never appealed to the sportsman in me. And so,...

Montgomery, Ala., Independent Grocery Celebrates Golden Anniversary.
August 25, 2000... Byline: Mary Lett Aug. 25--For 28 years, Frances Hill, a Southview Avenue resident, has been a dedicated T.J. Best Grocery and Meat Market customer. "It's T.J. Best Grocery's wonderful meat," she said. "They have extra good meat,...

Montgomery, Ala., Opens Affordable Housing Complex for Seniors.
August 25, 2000... Byline: Mike Sherman Aug. 25--Tenants will begin to move into Rosa Parks Place today, said Daniel Hughes, CEO of the company that built Montgomery's newest affordable housing complex for seniors. The three-story, $3.5 million,...

Agricultural Extension, Research Office Opens in Thorsby, Ala.
August 24, 2000... Byline: Mike Sherman Aug. 24--The Thorsby center will specialize in tree and small fruits, vegetables and beef cattle improvement Alabama's sixth agricultural research and extension center officially opened Tuesday in Thorsby in...

Montgomery, Ala., Computer Repair Company Survives Shakeout.
August 24, 2000... Byline: Denise Berkhalter Aug. 24--Rick Murchison knows both computer repair and how to snag a masked villain. On a trouble-shooting call, the co-owner of Ark Computers confidently pulled on a defective network cable to re move it...

U.S. Postal Service Teams with Private Firm in Montgomery, Ala., Store.
August 24, 2000... Byline: Mary Lett Aug. 24--The U.S. Postal Service and Mail Boxes Etc., in partnership, are offering extended hours and services in Montgomery at the 3066 Zelda Road and 7956 Vaughn Road retail sites. Mail Boxes Etc. is now an...

Postal Service Enters the Private Sector in Montgomery, Ala.
August 22, 2000... Byline: Mary Lett Aug. 22--The U.S. Postal Service and Mail Boxes Etc., in partnership, are offering extended hours and services in Montgomery at the 3066 Zelda Road and 7956 Vaughn Road retail sites. Mail Boxes Etc. is now an...

Montgomery Advertiser, Ala., Business Question and Answer Column.
August 20, 2000... Byline: Mike Sherman Aug. 20--CRAFTED TO BUILD SUCCESS: LAWYER TURNS FURNITURE REPRODUCTTION FIRM INTO A WORLD LEADER: Montgomery is home to the largest and oldest builder of hand-crafted, mahogany Victorian and French reproduction...

Toll Bridge Builder Looks at Traffic Congestion North Carolina.
August 20, 2000... Byline: Mike Sherman Aug. 20-- Jim Allen, who owns toll bridges that link Montgomery and Elmore County, is considering whether to build a toll road and bridge in North Carolina to ease congestion in the Charlotte-Gastonia, N.C., area. ...

Montgomery, Ala., Gains Aerospace Assembly Plant Jobs.
August 20, 2000... Byline: Mike Sherman Aug. 20--GKN Westland Aerospace, which already operates a plant in Tallassee, will expand into an east Montgomery industrial park GKN Westland Aerospace, which builds complex composite parts for aircraft, is...

OPINION: World Wide Web shows signs of growth, longevity.
August 20, 2000... Byline: Denise Berkhalter Aug. 20--This column is for those of you who believe this Internet stuff is a temporary fluke and will follow the path of teen-age pimples. According to ActivMedia Research (www.activmedia.com): --...

Montgomery, Ala., Bank President's Art Featured In Exhibition.
August 17, 2000... Byline: Andrew Reese Aug. 17--In college, Wilbur Hufham started out as a commercial art major, but soon realized his professional interests lay in business and finance. Over the years, painting evolved into a hobby for the...

Gas Prices Begin to Drop in Southeast.
August 17, 2000... Byline: Mary Lett Aug. 17--When Clarence Dotson pulled up to the gas pump Wednesday, the Montgomery resident said he was pleasantly surprised to see the price -- $1.369 per gallon for regular unleaded gasoline. After a summer of...

Birmingham, Ala.-Based Firm Focuses on Safety for Businesses.
August 17, 2000... Byline: Mary Lett Aug. 17--Doling out an ounce of prevention is worth many dollars of cure, and that's what Compliance Specialists Inc. is in the business of doing. The Birmingham-based firm develops health and safety programs for...

Drive-In Burger Restaurant Builds Fifth Location in Montgomery, Ala.
August 17, 2000... Byline: Mary Lett Aug. 17--Oklahoma-based Sonic Corp. is opening a fifth drive-in restaurant at the corner of Atlanta Highway in the Forest Hills Shopping Center. The project, which includes construction of an addition and...

Businesses Thrive, Die on Busy Montgomery, Ala., Thoroughfare.
August 16, 2000... Byline: Mary Lett Aug. 16--Twenty-five years ago, East South Boulevard was a bustling business district. "In its heyday, East South Boulevard was the main corridor in Montgomery," said Roy Hodges, a Montgomery businessman who has...

Hotel, Business Conference Center Opens in Prattville, Ala.
August 16, 2000... Byline: Mike Sherman Aug. 16--PRATTVILLE, Ala.--During its first two weeks in business, The Legends at Capitol Hill Hotel and Conference Center has hosted meetings ranging from a private breakfast for four to a Prattville Chamber of...

Prattville, Ala., Shop Carries Variety of Dolls.
August 15, 2000... Byline: Mike Sherman Aug. 15--After Teresa Hollon's husband died a year ago, she took a $10,000 certificate of deposit and good credit and opened her dream. Teresa's Doll House is on the northeast corner of U.S. 31 and East Main...

Alabama Housing Authority Bonds Put People in Homes.
August 15, 2000... Byline: Mary Lett Aug. 15--Standing on the porch of his Skyline Avenue home, Joseph Tatum is all smiles. The 81-year-old Montgomery resident is about to embark on the American dream. He is among 600 Alabama residents who will become...

Montgomery, Ala., Fund-Raising Project Fights Intolerance.
August 14, 2000... Byline: Andrew Reese Aug. 14--The Southern Poverty Law Center, in concert with Detroit's Rosa Parks Institute, has launched a new fundraising campaign to promote tolerance. The center's director, Morris Dees, said the National...

Greenville, Ala., Glove Manufacturing Plant Closes.
August 14, 2000... Byline: Mike Sherman Aug. 14--A Greenville plant that was once the largest work glove manufacturing plant in the world will close at the end of the month. The Boss Manufacturing plant, which employed 700 in the 1960s, is down to a...

Montgomery Advertiser, Ala., Money Talk Column.
August 14, 2000... Byline: Mike Sherman Aug. 14--INTERIOR DESIGN FIRM TO BRANCH OUT WITH NASHVILLE OFFICE: The interior design firm headed by one of the better-known architects in town plans to open an office in Nashville by Nov. 1. McAlpine, Booth and...

Planned Development in Monterey Park, Ala., Raises Concerns of Overcrowding.
August 14, 2000... Byline: Andrew Reese Aug. 14--A compromise between real estate developer L.D. Fitzpatrick and Monterey Park homeowners Thursday night still left residents concerned they would be crowded out by new construction. After discussion...

Montgomery, Ala., Senior Facility Prepares to Open.
August 14, 2000... Byline: Mike Sherman Aug. 14--Two weeks before the opening of a new senior independent living facility on Rosa Parks Avenue, business and political representatives say they expect more construction to follow the new building and an...

Steelworkers Picket near Montgomery, Ala.
August 14, 2000... Byline: Mike Sherman Aug. 14--Union steelworkers are picketing the Simcala plant east of Montgomery after expiration of a labor agreement. About two-thirds of the 120-person work force are off the job, said Leigh Denham, director of...

Prattville, Ala., Midtown Shopping Center Welcomes Changes.
August 10, 2000... Byline: Mary Lett Aug. 10--Fortune has smiled on Midtown Shopping Center in Prattville twice. The 118,000 square-foot shopping center located northwest of the U.S. Highway 231 and Main Street intersection is undergoing a...

National Cinema Chain Files for Bankruptcy.
August 9, 2000... Byline: Mike Sherman Aug. 9--One week after it missed a $9 million payment to bondholders, Carmike Cinemas Inc. filed for reorganization under Chapter 11 of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code Tuesday. The nation's third-largest motion picture...

Arkansas Company Gets Montgomery, Ala.-Area Hospital Contract.
August 9, 2000... Byline: Mary Lett Aug. 9--Baptist Health has signed a contract with Service Professionals Inc. of Little Rock, Ark., to handle housekeeping for its hospitals in Montgomery, Prattville, Selma and Luverne. "The decision was made to...

Montgomery, Ala., Mortgage Company Goes on Web.
August 9, 2000... Byline: Mary Lett Aug. 9--When Marcella Towns went looking for a way to pay off her home sooner, the Montgomery resident ended up at www.aplusltd.com. At the Web site, Towns learned of a bi-weekly mortgage payment plan that will help...

Montgomery, Ala., Men's Store Changes with Times.
August 8, 2000... Byline: Mike Sherman Aug. 8--The Locker Room is in its third decade of selling men's clothing on Carter Hill Road in Montgomery. The store has seen changes in shopping habits, clothing styles and fabrics since it was founded in 1977....

Montgomery, Ala., Gallery Leases Art to Businesses.
August 7, 2000... Byline: Mike Sherman Aug. 7--Leon Loard Gallery of Fine Arts in Montgomery has started a program for corporations and small business owners who want to display art but don't want to break a budget. The gallery will lease art,...

Montgomery Advertiser, Ala., Business People Column.
August 7, 2000... Aug. 7--FARMERS GROUP PICKS DAVIS DIRECTOR: Ashley Davis, a Montgomery native, has been named director of the Women's Division of the Alabama Farmers Federation. Davis, 25, has a corporate journalism degree from Auburn University. She...

Economic Impact of Montgomery, Ala., Theater Tops $11.6 Million Annually.
August 7, 2000... Byline: Mike Sherman Aug. 7--Alabama Shakespeare Festival enters its 30th season as the top local cultural attraction, fifth-largest Shakespeare festival in the world, and the only year-round professional classical repertory theater in...

Selma, Ala., Flying Service Adapts to Changing Market.
August 5, 2000... Byline: Denise Berkhalter Aug. 5--Since 1965, Jewell Flying Service has been taking to the sky in a partnership that merges air and land, pilot and farmer. Moving away from the old "crop duster" identity, aerial applicators such as...

Seafood, Fish More Common in Montgomery, Ala., Area Restaurants.
August 5, 2000... Byline: Anna Davison Aug. 5--Peruse restaurant menus these days and you'll see regular appearances from the likes of tuna, prawns and sea bass. Yes, Americans are eating more seafood than ever. A recent survey confirmed that more and...

Alabama Hopes to Extend Cattle Farm Hay Program.
August 2, 2000... Byline: Denise Berkhalter Aug. 2--Knox Norman of Ramer had to sell more than 30 head of cattle because of dry weather conditions and prays hard for the remaining 80 head. "It's pretty bad," the cattle farmer said Tuesday. "Not as...

Golf Resort Boosts Prattville, Ala.-Area Economy.
August 2, 2000... Byline: Denise Berkhalter Aug. 2--PRATTVILLE, Ala.--Today, a legend was born -- a $12.5 million legend. And its birth is expected to fuel the state's economy that already benefits from a $358 million tourism industry and the 378-hole...

Demand for Fiber-Optic Cable Grows in Montgomery, Ala., Area.
August 1, 2000... Byline: Andrew Reese Aug. 1--Fiber-optic cable is the backbone of any network, and area telecommunications experts say Montgomery's spine is in good shape, for now. Businesses and consumers alike are benefiting from the area's...