State Park offers memories

Alabama Forestry Commission shopping for vendor to take over

Local residents, elected officials, employees of the Alabama Forestry Commission and others came to a grand re-opening of the Claude D. Kelley State Park in the Little River Sate Forest on Highway 21 last Saturday, March 17, to share memories and possible plans to find financing for the park's future operations to keep it open permanently.

"This place brings so many great memories for me," said Rep. Harry Shiver. "I had the most fun here. I've dedicated myself to trying to get it open. They're running short on money. This is a fine park. We are going to try to get it back to the way it used to...