"font-size: small;">DAPHNE,

Ala. — Two Daphne City Council members last week chose to give the

remainder of their fiscal year 2012 travel budgets to the Honor

Flight South Alabama program. Councilmen Derek Boulware and Ron

Scott both asked the full city council to grant the expenditure, a

move which was approved unanimously.

"font-size: small;">According

to budget figures, a total of $8,000 will be redirected to the

nonprofit Honor Flight, which to date has flown 562 World War II

veterans to see the memorial in Washington, D.C. dedicated to their

service. Of those, 41 have been Daphne residents.

"font-size: small;">“We’re now

entering our last year. Honor Flight has had six very successful

flights,” said Dr. Barry Booth. The Spanish Fort dentist founded

the program, and has served as its leader and standard bearer since

its first flight in May 2009. The next flight is scheduled for May

9, and the tentative date for the final flight is Sept.

19.

"font-size: small;">Booth said,

“We’re very, very grateful for all the support you’ve given to us,

emotionally and financially. As everyone knows, a successful

program is done with teamwork and the efforts on the part of the

entire Honor Flight team, volunteers and those thousands of

schoolchildren.”

"font-size: small;">Mayor

Bailey Yelding Jr. said, “I commend Dr. Booth on what he has done,

what he is doing right now and what he is going to do. It takes a

special person to take on the task that he has taken on.

Congratulations on a job well done.”

"font-size: small;">Boulware

pointed out that part of their travel budget would have otherwise

carried them to the National League of Cities convention in

Washington. He said, “I would rather these gentleman represent the

city in D.C. than myself.”