Tuesday, November 24, 2009
Pelham High School Siblings in Macy's Parade
The Macy’s Thanksgiving Parade has been a family tradition for the Burnside family for many years.
The family watches the parade on television each year, but this year they will have a much closer view this Thanksgiving as daughter Kaitlyn, a Pelham High School senior, has been chosen as the first-ever student drum major, while brother Andrew, a PHS freshman, will also march in the parade.
“I’m ecstatic,” said father Jeff, who is the PHS band director and will serve as a parent chaperone alongside wife Katy, who is also a teacher at PHS.
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Monday, November 23, 2009
Small business get a break? (Hope so).
Don't get too excited, there are restrictions. But it's our hope that this will filter out to all Alabama small businesses and help keep our state growing and reduce unemployment.
Read the entire article here.
Labels: Alabama, business, Shelby County
Spain Park graduate joins Alabama golf program.
University of Alabama women's golf coach Mic Potter announced the signing of Spain Park High School senior Hannah Collier to a national letter-of-intent on Friday.
Collier won the Alabama High School Athletic Association Class 6A individual championship in 2009.
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Labels: Alabama, Shelby County, Spain Park
Friday, November 13, 2009
Delicious way to help cure cancer? Yep.
Robin Howell at La Reunion Coffee in Helena can’t bake her giant cream cheese frosted cinnamon rolls fast enough this week.
La Reunion and a long list of other restaurants have banded together with the UAB Comprehensive Cancer Center for the Sweet on a Cure fundraiser.
Through Nov. 15, participating restaurants will provide 100 percent of their proceeds from select desserts cancer research.
Labels: charity, Cooking, Helena
Wednesday, November 4, 2009
Shelby county kids take wing Nov. 14
Area youth will get a chance to take to the skies for free Nov. 14, as pilots at the Shelby County Airport will be volunteering their aircraft to share the flight experience.
Pilots will be taking children ages 8-17 into the air from 10 a.m.-2 p.m. as part of the Experimental Aircraft Association’s Young Eagles program.
“It’s definitely a fun deal,” said Johnny Ward, the local EAA chairman. “We just do this to introduce young people to aviation.”
---------Sounds pretty cool to me. I imagine this might inspire a few of the young aviators to pursue a career in the skies, or at least dream about it.
Read the rest of the article here.
Labels: Shelby County
