Gathering Alabama: Jul 20 1998 (2 of 4)

Still a long way from dinner. John Brand, a graduate student at Auburn University; Dean Barber, former business editor of The Birminghan News and newest member of the Economic Development Partnership of Alabama's marketing team; Andy Wall, a senior at the University of South Alabama; Christie Panell, a graduate student at the University of Alabama at Birmingham (warming up a Mark Smith Look-alike); Virginia and Clyde Williams of Birmingham; and Donni Call from New Orleans.