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I m among that fortunate group of Arkansans who read Mike Trimble s stories and columns in the Arkansas Gazette. Running out to the driveway to pick up that morning s Gazette was part of my routine as a boy growing up in Arkadelphia. The Gazette s "Arkansas Traveler" column was one of the first things I read.
I m riding through what once was Fort Chaffee with Keith Gibson, a west Arkansas business leader and member of the powerful Arkansas Highway Commission. We re looking at land that eventually will be part of a 13.7-mile stretch of Interstate 49. The new road will connect Arkansas 22 in Barling with the Interstate 40-49 interchange at Alma.