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Growing weary of winter months
FULTONDALE — It looks as though the groundhog saw its shadow, so that means we will have six more weeks of winter. I don’t know about the rest of you, but I am tired of winter.
• Mayor Jim Lowery recently gave his State of the City Address for local residents, businesses, senior citizens and employees. Mayor Lowery is working every day to make our city better and we appreciate all he has done. Who would have thought 15 years ago that Fultondale would be booming town that it is today? Fultondale is truly a great place to live.
• The Fultondale City Council meets the second and fourth Monday of each month at 11:30 a.m. at city hall.
• I know that anyone who has lived in the Fultondale area for several years knows Bob Formby, former pharmacist and owner of Fultondale Pharmacy. Bob was here for more than 40 years and was very valuable to the residents and community. Bob recently retired from a local pharmacy and we will be honoring him at our council meeting on Monday at 11:30 a.m. Bob is so knowledgeable and such a good friend to so many. Come on out and help us honor him for all the years of service he provided us.
• We are having ongoing complaints of dogs running loose in the neighborhoods. If you are the owner of a dog, please make sure your pet is not bothering your neighbor or anyone else. We have a lot of elderly residents and they cannot deal with the problem and should not have to. We do have a leash law and we do enforce it.
• Happy belated birthday wishes go to: Fultondale Police officer David Davis on Jan. 30; Randy Posey of the street department on Feb. 2; and to Brandi Helton of the court department on Feb. 5. All do a great job for the city and we hope they had a great birthday.
Remember if you have news, anniversaries, birthdays or reunions, let me know.
Sue McKay is The North Jefferson News correspondent for Fultondale. She can be reached at 841-4481.
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Community Calendar for March 11, 2010
April 24: The annual Brookside Greenway Festival will include arts and crafts as well as yard sale spaces. Booth rent is $10 for a 10x10 space. Electricity can be provided. The only requirement is no junk. Vendors must clean their spaces after the event. Dumpsters will be provided. Applications available and fees payable at Brookside Town Hall. To learn more, call Staci S. Glover at 936-4480.
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Haitian amputee inspires groups to collect supplies
While in Haiti, Frew took a photo of a young Haitian girl whose leg had been amputated.
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Teachers honored by county BOE
Two local teachers made it to the top 10 in the district level of this year’s Jefferson County Board of Education competition.
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G’dale students in top five at science olympiad
More than 650 elementary school students from throughout central Alabama attended the 17th annual event.
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Church welcomes members to new campus for prayer walk
It’s not completely finished, but members of Gardendale First Baptist Church had the chance to worship briefly at their new campus on Sunday.
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Gov. Riley proclaims March 10 as 'Young Alabama Writers’ Day'
The proclamation coincides with the 16th-annual Alabama High School Literary Arts Awards and Scholarship Competition.
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School rallies around injured MJHS student
Amber Smith, 19, was seriously injured Saturday in a four-wheeler accident on Anderson Road in Morris shortly before 3:30 p.m.
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The Blotter for March 9, 2010
The following incident and arrest reports were provided by the Gardendale and Fultondale police departments for March 1-March 8, 2010.
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Oscars shed light on how shallow Americans really are
As an adult, I still got excited about their commercials this year; they were funny and classy. Then I remembered how boring the Oscars really were. It’s really just a huge group of people who think too much about themselves.
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Students from Florida to help clean up in Brookside
A group of nine students from the University of Central Florida in Orlando will arrive on Sunday and stay through the week, cleaning up Five Mile Creek, cutting privet and working to beautify the town.
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Community Calendar for March 11, 2010
