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Rep. Steve McMillan to retire
41 years and thousands of pages of legislation marks one of the longest tenures in the Alabama House Posted
By Allison Marlow
Last week State Rep. Steve McMillan announced that he would not run for another term in the Alabama House of Representatives.
The decision marks the twilight of a 41-year career in Montgomery. McMillan represents State House District No. 95, which includes Barnwell, Bon Secour, Elberta, Foley, Fort Morgan, Gulf Shores, Josephine, Lillian, Magnolia Springs, Miflin, Ono Island, Orange Beach, Perdido Beach, Robertsdale and Summerdale.
“I’ve about accepted the reality of it, I needed to. I would love to keep going the way I’m going, but everything must come to end,” he said as he prepared to celebrate his 80th birthday, just days after fireworks lit up the skies to mark the independence of the nation he has served for more than half of his years on Earth.
By Melanie LeCroy/melanie@gulfcoastmedia.com
Gulf Shores and Orange Beach city officials and stakeholders had the opportunity to get a first look at the completed South Baldwin Regional Medical Center Freestanding Emergency Department in Gulf Shores May 12. While the facility is complete it is not yet open to the public. Administrators are waiting for the clinical survey by the state of Alabama but hope to be open by Memorial Day.
The interior of the 14,000 square foot facility has been decorated to reflect the area with coastal artwork and a beachy color palette. When patients walk through the front entrance, a check-in area will direct patients to the Emergency Room waiting area or the Outpatient waiting area. Patients needing lab work, x-rays, mammography or other imaging can come to the facility instead of going to the Foley campus. The lab and imaging are staffed 24 hours a day.
By Melanie LeCroy
The groundbreaking ceremony for the new Ono Island Fire Station No. 4 was held April 14. The new 6,085 square foot facility will be built across the street from the existing station.
The City of Orange Beach and Ono Island have a fire protection and emergency services agreement in place due to Ono Island being outside of city limits. As part of the agreement, the city purchased a new engine and equipment with Ono Island repaying the cost over 10 years. The agreement also includes the Ono Authority constructing the new station.
The new fire station, designed by McCollough Architecture, is scheduled to be complete in April 2022. It will be constructed by M.W. Rogers Construction. It is designed to withstand 175 mph wind speeds and will include six bunk rooms, a private office, an emergency medical service room, two apparatus bays and storage space.
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Martha “Marti” Gene Skipper, age 78, of New Orleans, LA, formerly of Gulf Shores, AL, passed away peacefully in her home on January 27, 2021, following a brief illness. Marti was born in Birmingham, AL on December 23, 1942. She is predeceased by her parents, Eugene H. and Lois F. Skipper of Gulf Shores, AL. The Skipper family moved to Gulf Shores in 1949, where they owned and operated Skipper’s Cottages on the Beach, the first rental cottages in Gulf Shores. Marti graduated high school from Julius T. Wright School for Girls in Mobile, AL, earned a Bachelor of Science Degree from the University of Alabama, School of Nursing in 1964 and a Master’s Degree in Education in 1966 from the University of Missouri at Kansas City. Following her Master’s education, Marti moved to Atlanta, GA where she enjoyed a varied career as a registered nurse, Nurse for the Child Treatment Center (CTC) for the Juvenile Court of Fulton County (Atlanta, Ga