The new superintendent at Wind Creek State Park started working in the campground when he was 16 years old. He liked it so much, he never stopped.
“I worked part time, cutting grass, weed eating, anything they’d let me do until age 20,” said Alexander City native Larrmy Warren, who was named to the superintendent position at Wind Creek on Jan. 1.
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