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Chamber membershipcontinues to growBy DAVID ATCHISONHome staff writer

Erica Grieve, executive director of the Greater Pell City Chamber of Commerce, said mem-bership in the non-profit organization continues to grow as efforts continue to promote the city and local businesses.

“The chamber has gained over 80 new mem-bers in the past year and already have a great start in 2013,” Grieve said. “It is exciting to see the new members taking advantage of what the chamber has to offer.”

She said the cham-ber is publishing its new Chamber Magazine this year, and this year’s edition will include a directory of chamber members.

“These are distributed all over our county and are currently done every two years,” Grieve said. “We will also be doing a new tourism brochure that will be distributed in rest stops across the state.”

Grieve took over the

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Erica Grieve has served as executive director for the Greater Pell City Chamber of Commerce for almost a year.

reins of the chamber in April of last year.

“The chamber’s main goals are to improve the civic, economic and social welfare of our commu-nity,” she said. “We have made some great strides this year and have even more to come in 2014.”

Grieve said the cham-ber plans to host its first Professional Business Expo in March 2014. She said the event is still in the planning stages.

“It’s going to be a really nice one,” she said. “We hope it will be an annual

event.”Grieve said the chamber

and local businesses also plan to participate in the 2014 Birmingham Boat Show in an effort to pro-mote Logan Martin Lake and Pell City.

She said the show plays host to 15,000 people.

“We are going to try and get more tourism in our area,” Grieve said. “Our office has also started mail-ing out new resident bro-chures to new businesses and individuals moving to our area.”

She said the chamber

continues to have quarterly luncheons with informa-tive guest speakers, month-ly after hours events, rib-bon cuttings and other events such as Business of the Year.

“We provide a great networking system for our members and every-one knows that people like to do business with people they know,” Grieve said. “… I know this sys-tem works because since becoming the director, I now do business with mostly people I have met through the chamber.”

She said the chamber is focused on improving commerce in the area.

“The E-blast, newsletter and website help to pro-mote our businesses and connect our community,” Grieve said. “Anyone can sign up for it on our web-site, but only chamber members are allowed to advertise in it.”

She said the chamber has received positive feed-back on the E-blast and newsletters.

“We started the Member-

to-Member Program this year, which allows chamber members and their employ-ees to receive discounts at participating chamber member locations,” Grieve said. “Of course, we will continue to have events like the Block Party that pro-mote commerce and tour-ism.”

The chamber also hosts

the annual Christmas Parade each year.

Membership costs are as little at $50 for indi-viduals and up to $420 for financial institutions. Retail businesses, depend-ing on their size, range from $105-$210 and is based on the number of employees.

Wright HearingCenter familyowned, operatedBy DAVID ATCHISONHome staff writer

He could talk your ears off about his occupation, but that’s because Todd Wright grew up in the business of fitting and sell-ing hearing instruments.

“We’re now in our third generation,” the owner of Wright Hearing Center in Pell City said.

It all started with his father, the late Clarence Wright, who opened the first hearing center in 1970. Wright would leave school and head to the office where he worked side-by-side with his father, who died in 2000.

Now Wright’s two sons, Matthew and Joshua, work side-by-side with their father. The Wright family has been serving Northeast Alabama for the past 41 years, helping improve people’s hearing.

Wright said he has seen many changes in the hear-ing aid industry, dramat-ic changes. Not only the styles have changed but, most importantly, the tech-nology inside each hearing aid, and customers are now personally fitted with the latest in hearing aid tech-nology.

“We stay up to date with all the technologies,” he said. “We’re familiar with all (hearing aid) companies, so we can be competitive.”

Wright remembers a time when hearing aid cen-ters had to send their prod-ucts back to the manufac-turer for adjustments.

“Sometimes someone would own a hearing aid for six months and had only worn it six times,” he

said. “Now we do all the adjustments on the spot. There is so much we can do.”

Wright has hearing cen-ters scattered throughout Northeast Alabama, includ-ing offices in Pell City, Gadsden, Oxford, Centre, Fort Payne and Albertville. The office in Pell City is located across the street from the former St. Vincent’s St. Clair Hospital in the Martin Professional Building, 2806 Dr. John Haynes Drive, Suite 102.

Wright said they have been in the Pell City loca-tion for about two years.

Wright Hearing Center sells Starkey hearing prod-ucts, which Wright said builds a variety of hear-ing aids, and his company has audiologists on staff to administer hearing tests.

Wright said it’s not uncommon for Wright Hearing Centers to refer customers to an ear, nose and throat specialist, if associates suspect a health issue or problem that needs to be looked at by a doc-tor.

“We don’t just fit people with hearing aids,” he said.

Wright said their hear-ing centers’ specialize in customer satisfaction.

“I own the company and make all the decisions. When someone has a prob-lem, I can make a decision — the buck stops here,” he said. “We’re going to do everything we can to make our customers happy.”

He said customers can spend anywhere from $500-$3,000 for a hearing aid. The cost difference is determined by the tech-nology inside each hearing


At right: Wright Hearing Center is a family owned and operated business. Pictured are Matthew Wright and his father, Todd Wright, owner of six centers.


Wright Hearing Center in Pell City carries Starkey hearing products.

aid.Some hearing aids allow

people hands-free capabil-ity for cell phone conversa-tions, and Starkey hearing aids help pinpoint sounds people wish to hear and minimize sounds they don’t want to hear.

“We can adjust the hearing aid to each per-son’s needs,” Wright said. “Everybody lives in differ-ent environments, have dif-ferent lifestyles.”

Today’s hearing aids, once programmed, can adjust automatically to music and television listen-ing settings that are the most comfortable for the individual customer.

Wright said Wright Hearing Center can beat many prices dramatically, because it is one of the larg-est hearing aid businesses in the Southeast.

“Last month we sold about 300 hearing aids,” he said. “Normally we sale 150-200.”

He said Wright Hearing Center accepts most federal insurance, so in many cases there are no out-of-pocket costs for customers.

Wright said even though he is more of a manager of the hearing centers, which employ about 16 employ-ees, he occasionally sees some of his old customers who request him.

“I’m going to give you the best service and price,” Wright said. “We’re going to work harder than anyone else to achieve customer sat-isfaction.”

For more information about the center or their products, call 205-338-1754.

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Community Credit in Pell City for 20 yearsBy GARY HANNERHome staff writer

Community Credit Inc. has been in business in Pell City since 1991.

They are located at 1912 Cogswell Ave.

Sherry Beene has been president of the company for the past 20 years.

Community Credit is there for the customer who needs financing for anything up to $10,000.

“Our goal is to help people who have been in trouble with credit in the past,” Beene said. “If they have had a little trouble and are kind of straight-ened out now, we can help straighten their credit out by doing a loan.”

Currently, they do loans on real estate, auto-mobiles, personal, mobile homes, etc.

Beene said some of that could change in June due to some laws changing.

They service custom-ers from St. Clair and Talladega counties, along with some customers in Vincent, which is Shelby County.

“We do not go down into Harpersville,” Beene said. “We try to stay with-in a 30 to 35 mile radius. We do not like to get into Birmingham.

There are a total of three employees. Also employed there are Terry Lee, who is collections manager, and Stacy Sanderson, who is CSR.

Beene said they love being in business in Pell City, and enjoy seeing cus-tomers come in on a daily basis.

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Community Credit Inc. has been in business in Pell City for the past 22 years. It is located at 1912 Cogswell Ave,

for the people who may be down on their luck some,” Beene said. “There are a lot of places who will not approve credit for some-

one who has had credit problems in the past.

Sanderson has been employed by Community Credit Inc. for the past

five and a half years.“I love my job,”

Sanderson said. “I abso-lutely love working with the public on a daily

basis.”To get in touch with

Community Credit Inc. call 205-338-4433. Their fax number is 205-338-

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Contact Gary Hanner at [email protected]

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Christina Fingar, manager of the Fox’s Pizza Den in Pell City, places a pizza in the restaurant buffet counter.

By DAVID ATCHISONHome staff writer

First he was a customer, then he was an owner, now David Moore, 49, owns two Fox’s Pizza Den locations, one in Pell City and the other in Argo.

“I was their best cus-tomer,” Moore said, and recalled his visits to Fox’s Pizza Den in Argo with his family. “I thought they had the best pizza, still do.”

When he had the opportunity to buy the Fox’s Pizza store in Argo, he jumped at the chance.

“I always wanted my own business,” said Moore, who was in the aviation business in Birmingham before he went into the restaurant business. “I saved with a goal in mind.”

And in 2007 that goal was achieved. He took the reins of the Fox’s Pizza Den in Argo. Three years later, he was eyeing the restaurant in Pell City.

“I got to know the pre-vious owners, and visited their store,” he said. “We helped each other out, loaned each other prod-ucts.”

He said the owners of the Pell City restaurant decided to sale.

“That’s what I wanted to do is add more stores,” Moore said.

And in the middle of 2010, Moore became the owner of the Fox’s Pizza Den in Pell City.

“I focus on running the back office, payroll, bills and bookkeeping,” Moore said. “I also do the promo-tion and advertising. I try to grow the business.”

He is also involved in community work, help-ing with the local school fundraisers.

“We do a lot with the school here,” Moore said.

Fox’s Pizza Den donates 20 percent of the gross sales when a school fund-raiser is held.

Last year, the local restaurant helped schools raised more than $10,000.

He said the fundraisers encourage young families to come by his restaurant, and the effort helps the schools raise money.

“I really enjoy being involved in the commu-nity,” Moore added.

Fox’s Pizza Den par-

ticipated in the Greater Pell City Chamber of Commerce Block Party and the restaurant entered a float in the Annual Christmas Parade in Pell City.

He said his restaurant caters to families with children, pre-teens, “so everybody can come here and enjoy it.”

His wife, Carmen, who is a nurse, helps some with the business. She helps with advertising, promo-tion and with parties. The couple have a 9-year-old daughter, Ivy, so Moore can relate to young fami-lies and what they want to experience when the fam-ily goes out to eat.

“I love being in the restaurant getting to know customers. We try to pro-vide a good dining experi-ence,” he said. “We want to create a family memory. I enjoy that aspect of the business.”

Moore said he doesn’t get to spend much time in the front of the restau-rants.

“I spend probably 30-40 percent of my time in the office, 30-40 percent of my time promoting and marketing,” he said. “The time left I spend in the stores. … We want to offer good food products at reasonable prices.”

Moore said Kathy Albania, who ran the Argo store for 17 years, stayed on as general manager for the two restaurants. The two stores employ about 35 employees.

Moore expanded his restaurant in Pell City, and it now mirrors the store in Argo. The Pell City restaurant has a large game room and a party room that will seat more than 30 people. The party room hosts a variety of events, including birth-day parties, business lun-cheons, church gatherings and a place sports teams can celebrate a victory.

Fox’s Pizza Den has a large menu that not only has all types of pizzas, but pasta dinners, salads, wedgies, strombolis and hoagies. The restaurant even has burgers and fries, wings and deserts.

Fox’s Pizza Den also offers take-out and deliv-ery services.

The restaurant also has an “all you can eat lunch buffet,” which includes

a salad bar, homemade spaghetti, pizza, cin-nastix and a drink. The buffet is served Monday through Friday from 11

a.m.-2 p.m., and children younger than 12 can eat for $4.99.

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For more information about Fox’s Pizza Den, call the Pell City store at 205-338-5400 or the Argo store at 205-467-3444.

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Northside Apothecary LLC works to fulfill all of a patient’s needs, not just their prescriptions.

“Our goal is to work with patients and physicians to improve patient care,” said Dr. Kathy Henry, director of pharmacy for Northside Apothecary LLC, which opened in December 2012.

Henry said the more communication between doctors, pharmacists and patients, the better the patients are able to comply with doctor recommenda-tions or medication regi-mens.

Henry began her career as a clinical physician, then more than a decade

later switched to a retail setting.

“One of the glaring differences that quickly became obvious was the lack of constant communi-cation between physicians and pharmacists and a cor-responding lack of conti-nuity of care,” she said.

Henry said the major-ity of chain pharmacies are so intent on cutting labor while increasing volume that the patient’s health care may not always be the focus. The pharmacists then worry about trying to meet fiscal demands from corporate executives, and patient care can suffer.

“I became tired of not being able to practice my profession due to those corporate restrictions, such as too many goals

and not enough staff to meet them,” she said.

Henry and Dr. Rock Helms, one of the part-ners of Northside Medical Associates along with Dr. Michael Dupre and Dr. Carl Frosina, discussed building a pharmacy, and when Northside Medical expanded it included space for Northside Apothecary.

“The new pharmacy design itself is both phar-macist and technician friendly,” she said. “It’s a state-of-the-art facility. In addition to computers and equipment, we have a robotic dispenser that counts, bottles and labels pills for the top 300 drugs we serve. It saves at least a pharmacist and possibly a pharmacist and pharma-cy technician’s worth of


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Northside dedicated to ‘Continuity of Care’By ELSIE HODNETTHome staff writer

Northside Medical Associates has expanded to accommodate its dedi-cation to “Continuity of Care.”

“Continuity of care is a hallmark and primary objective of family medi-cine and is consistent with quality patient care,” said Laura Gossett, administra-tor for Northside Medical Associates in Pell City.

Gossett said the con-tinuity of care inherent in family medicine helps family physicians gain their patients’ confidence and enables family physi-cians to be more effective patient advocates.

“It also facilitates the family physician’s role as a cost-effective coordina-tor of the patient’s health services by making early recognition of problems possible,” she said. “By building a practice that allows our physicians to manage their patients’ care via direct and imme-diate access to imaging, lab results and medication compliance, we are build-ing the true model of the Patient Centered Home, a total care facility.”

Gossett said continu-ity of care is rooted in a long-term patient-physi-cian partnership in which the physician knows the patient’s history from expe-rience and can integrate new information and deci-sions from a whole-patient perspective efficiently without extensive investi-gation or record review.

“We are especially proud of our new pharma-cy, Northside Apothecary, directed by Dr. Kathy Henry,” she said. “The addition of our pharmacy is in direct response to the Northside physician’s dedication to continuity of care.”


Northside Medical Associates, which was founded in 2001, has expanded and was built to allow easy expan-sion.


Candi Peoples is a radiology technician at Northside Medical Center.

Gossett said Northside was founded in 2001 by Dr. Rock Helms, Dr. Carl Frosina and Dr. William McClanahan. Dr. Michael Dupre joined the practice in 2004 and became a part-ner in 2005. Three new family practice physicians were added during the next two years.

“In 2004, we began to lease or timeshare space to Birmingham sub-specialty physicians who wanted to have a presence in Pell City or St. Clair County,” she said. “We had an OB/GYN, dermatologist, added two ENT physi-cians, two cardiologists, a general surgeon, a pulmo-nologist, three orthopedists and two pain management physicians by 2011. With the new building addition,

we have added a urologist and hematologist/oncolo-gist and audiologist, and hope to be adding several

more in the near future.”Gossett said in 2010,

Northside underwent a major remodel, add-

ing approximately 5,000 square feet to the origi-nal building for a total of approximately 14,000

square feet. This includ-ed 30 exam rooms, two ultrasound suites, an X-ray suite and several busi-ness offices. As business continued to flourish, the owners/partners decided to build an adjacent build-ing to support the contin-ued growth, and added 60 additional parking spaces.

“Our new building designed by Williams and Blackstock Architectural Firm and built by Goodgame Construction was built to allow easy expansion,” she said. “The new building is approxi-mately 15,000 square feet and adds an additional 20 exam rooms, a fully digital X-ray suite, an audiology suite with sound booth and a pharmacy. The part-ners of Northside own sev-eral additional acres adja-cent to our current two buildings and have already begun to discuss the next building addition. We are also actively recruiting two new full-time physi-cians and working on lease agreements with several other sub-specialty physi-cians.”

Gossett said the new space has also allowed Northside to expand its Walk-in Clinic to 8 hours, from 1-9 p.m. Monday-Friday and from 9 a.m.-4 p.m. on Saturday.

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CenturyLink received the Greater Pell City Chamber of Commerce’s Large Business of the Year Award in 2011. Pictured, front row, from the left, are Jerry Chambers, Randy Mason, Kathy Hunter, Gary Smith; and, back row, Darran Billingsley, Ted Hunter and Donald Keith.

CenturyLink connects tothe needs of its customersBy WILL HEATHHome staff writer

The day-to-day business of a phone company has changed quite a bit since CenturyLink first began as the Oak Ridge Telephone Company in 1930.

“We have evolved from a pure telephone company with a manual switchboard, operators and party lines to a global telecommuni-cations company capable of connecting Pell City businesses and residents to customers, family and friends around the globe,” said Carmen Butler, the company’s marketing development manager for the past nine years.

Butler said, however, that the key to adapting to an ever-changing world is connecting to the needs of its customer base.

“At CenturyLink, our vision is to improve lives, strengthen businesses and connect communities by delivering advanced tech-nologies and solutions with honest and personal ser-vice,” she said. “The solu-tions we deliver bring fam-ilies together, help educate our nation and connect people at work and at play. Our products and services also help to protect people and businesses.”

Part of that involves

‘At CenturyLink, our vision is to improve lives, strengthen businesses and connect communities by delivering advanced technologies and solutions with honest and personal service. The solutions we deliver bring families together, help educate our nation and connect people at work and at play. Our products and services also help to protect people and businesses.’

— Carmen Butler, CenturyLink marketing development manager

activity within the local community. CenturyLink remains involved with a number of organiza-tions and events in the area, including the annu-al Hometown Block Party, Christmas Parade, Lakeside Park holiday lights, and the Pell City Baseball Association, just to name a few. It has not gone unnoticed — in 2011, the Greater Pell City Chamber of Commerce rewarded the company’s efforts with its Large Business of the Year award.

“It was truly an honor to receive that award in recognition of our com-mitment and contribu-tions to the local area,” Butler said.

The customer base has changing techno-logical needs. Butler said CenturyLink has deployed fiber “exten-sively” throughout the Pell City area, connected

to a 220,000 route mile national fiber optic net-work with more than 50 global data centers.

“Any business that is looking to grow and expand in Pell City, or relocate to Pell City, has access to the full spec-trum of connectivity options, from basic voice to full-scale cloud solu-tions,” Butler said. “From a residential perspective, we have fully deployed broadband in Pell City. One hundred percent of our customers in the city have Internet access available to them through CenturyLink.”

Butler also said the com-pany is “well equipped” to handle the challenges of an ever-changing world.

“Managed hosting and cloud-based services are becoming increasingly important for businesses and organizations of all sizes,” she said. “Through

CenturyLink’s cloud solu-tions — savvisdirect and Savvis Symphony — we are able to help those busi-nesses meet their cloud and data hosting needs.”

It is a long way from a business that, Butler said, had 75 subscribers and one manual switchboard when it began. CenturyLink is now the third largest tele-communications company in the United States.

“We are still in opera-tion today due to, most importantly, a very loyal and dedicated team of employees along with the fact that as technology has changed, we have changed along with it,” she said. “We are continually work-ing to do our part to keep Pell City in step with the latest telecommunications technologies.”

Contact Will Heath at [email protected].


Ingrid Staton is pharmacist at Northside Apothecary.

Food Outleta hometowngrocery storeBy WILL HEATHHome staff writer

Ask Tina Ailor what makes Food Outlet so popular in Pell City, and she has a number of answers.

“Our meat quality,” she said. “Our produce quality. And our prices.

“We’re still a hometown store. Pell City is growing, and it’s good to see, but it still has that hometown feel to it.”

Ask her what makes her job special, though, and the answer is much simpler.

“It’s the customers,” she said. “My customers are the best.”

Ailor has served as store manager at Food Outlet since 2002, as part of a

lifetime of working in gro-cery stores both near and far. She said she took “a summer job” in Anniston at age 16.

“I had no intention of staying so long,” she said.

That job took her to a professional relationship with Lee Fite and Mike Sanders, who founded Food Outlet in 1985.

“When they formed the company, Lee called and asked if I would come back to work,” she said. “I was working for Winn Dixie at the time.”

Ailor eventually worked for other compa-nies in Tennessee, as well as Delaware. When she came back to Alabama in 1999, she said she called

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Networking our community through our Eblasts, Facebook, Website, & Newsletters.

Promoting Tourism with publications & events like our Annual Block Party held the fi rst Friday in June.

Encouraging Local Trade & Commerce with our Member-to-Member program, Ribbon Cuttings, & Networking Opportunities.

Promoting Civic interest and community involvement with our annual Christmas Parade held the 2nd Tuesday in December.

Providing support for our members and community with our Chamber Ambassador Program.

Pell City Chamber of Commerce

1618 Cogswell Ave.Pell City, AL

(205) 338-3377www.pellcitychamber.com

Erica Grieve - Executive Director

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Pell City has an active Chamber of Commerce which will be glad to assist you.

For information call 205-338-3377 or visit our offi ce at 1618 Cogswell Avenue.

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We provide various sizes of roll off containers as well as steel sided and fl at bedtrailers. We can also provide dump hoppers for moving materials from point of generation to our containers or trailers.

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“Our goal is to recap-ture our profession,” she said. “Instead of having our practice dictated by numbers and forecasts and corporate demands, our practice will be dictated by our patients’ needs. The robotic dispenser frees up time for our pharmacists to be available to you, the patient. Just as important-ly, we will communicate with your doctors on a regular basis. We will call and discuss any problem or concern with your doc-tor, no matter where they are — here in Pell City, Birmingham, Anniston, Sylacauga, wherever.”

Henry said Northside Apothecary is there to make sure patients and their health care come first by maintaining a stock of over-the-counter prod-ucts, diabetic supplies, and durable medical equip-ment such as nebulizers, daily living aids, walkers, canes, supports and other products.

“There was only one durable medical supplier in Pell City, and they closed,” she said. “You often lose money from low insurance reimbursement for durable medical supplies, but those are items essential to a per-son’s daily life.”

Henry said Northside Apothecary currently con-tracts with all insurances, can bill Medicare, has an automatic refill program that sends reminders when it’s time to get a prescrip-tion refilled, offers free medication information consultation, Internet refill requests, easy prescription transfers from other phar-

macies, Flex Spending Cards are accepted, free fla-voring of liquid medicines and more. The website is www.northsideapothecary.com.

“We try to work with all doctors so they know there is somewhere their patient can go to get what they need, whether prescrip-tion or over-the-counter,” she said. “And if we don’t have it in stock, we can order it and usually get it the next business day. The basic thing is to provide services, whether it is one-on-one interaction with the staff or if it’s a product or medication.”

Henry said there are two pharmacists onsite every day. Northside Apothecary has three full-time phar-macists, one part-time pharmacist and six phar-macy technicians.

“And we will add staff as needed,” she said.

Henry said Northside Apothecary has a drive thru and will add a home delivery service early this spring.

“We have put all these things in place so that we can do a better job at prac-ticing the profession of pharmacy and putting our patients first,” she said. “You are not our ‘guest,’ you are not our customer or a visitor — you are our patient and we are here for you. So come on in, get to know us, let us get to know you and let us help improve your health care.”

Northside Apothecary is located at 72 Plaza Drive, Pell City. It is open 9 a.m.-9 p.m. Monday through Friday, 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Saturday and is closed on Sunday and holidays.

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her old bosses and asked about a job.

“They said yes,” she said. “It’s a very family organized company — I moved back during the summer, and they let me take the summer to be with my boys, then start back to work when they started back to school.”

More than 30 years later, Ailor said the best part of her job is being a part of her customers’ routines.

“We had a lady who was here shopping on a Thursday,” she said. “She normally shops on Friday. And you just say, ‘Is every-thing OK? Have you been out of town? Is someone sick?’

“It’s really special watching everybody grow up — you get to watch their kids get bigger, and you see bits and pieces of their lives.”

Pell City continues to

change around the store with each passing hour. In addition to the continu-ing population changes, the city has also seen an influx of retail options, many of which are “big box” stores that are well-known brands.

“It is hard to compete with the big box stores,” Ailor said. “Their buying power is phenomenal.”

Ailor said Food Outlet’s appeal remains the same: fair prices, and a “home-town” feel.

“We do have the best meat in Pell City,” Ailor said. “Being small, we’re able to turn it faster, and we don’t sacrifice quality to be better on our bot-tom line.”

The appeal of the store is also valuable to those who do a lot of cooking.

“We do cater to people who cook day-in and day-out,” Ailor said. “A lot of our customers cook in their homes, and that’s how they’re able to save

money. I’m not sure so many people are taught that anymore.

“Everything goes through changes — our schools have to serve whole wheat bread now. We’re going to see even more changes over the next five years, as well.”

Part of that change includes the pace of life. Ailor said it is a priority for the store, even with its “hometown” feel, to be efficient.

“We do want people to be able to get out of here quickly,” she said. “We want to give them friend-ly service, and make sure each customer is taken care of.”

Food Outlet is located in downtown Pell City, at 2210 Cogswell Ave. To reach the store, call 205-814-0056.

Contact Will Heath at [email protected].

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Will Heath/The Daily Home

Employees at Food Outlet in Pell City say their meat is “the best in town.”

Will Heath/The Daily Home

Food Outlet opened in downtown Pell City in 2001. It is located on Cogswell Avenue.

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St. Clair FarmersCooperative210 Hardwick Rd.Pell City, AL 205-338-2821

St. Clair FarmersCooperative210 Hardwick Rd.Pell City, AL 205-338-2821

Come check out our selection of•Fruit Trees •Vegetable Plants •Potting Soil •Top Soil

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By GARY HANNERHome staff writer

Alabama Power provides electricity to 1.4 million customers in the southern two-thirds of Alabama. It is one of four U.S. utilities operated by the Southern Company, one of the nation’s largest generators of electricity.

Alabama Power is an investor-owned, taxpay-ing utility, and the sec-ond largest subsidiary of Southern Company. More than 78,000 miles of power lines carry electric-ity to customers through-out 44,500 square miles.

However, Alabama Power is the oldest appli-ance dealer in the state. It takes pride in its appliances and its customer service.

This year, Alabama Power celebrates its 90th year in business.

Nationwide, Alabama Power is in the top 75 of independent appliance retailers.

Paul Arnold has been division sales manager at Alabama Power for the past three years. He works out of the Anniston office, which is the Eastern Division.

“We have six divisions, and 17 offices, with Pell City being one of the offic-es,” Arnold said.

Tommy Bowers has been with Alabama Power for 42 years. He is man-ager of the Pell City and Ashville branches.

“I think it is great that customers can come in and purchase appliances they need,” Bowers said. “Financing is available, and it can be added on to their current power bill. Payments can be spread out over time and the prices are reasonable. Customers

are able to get an extended service agreement with it to protect their appliances when they buy them. That ensures that they can get their appliances serviced. We have a repairman avail-able. He is one of the bet-ter repairmen in the state as far as I’m concerned.”

Kathy Taylor is appli-

ance salesperson for the Pell City location. It’s a position she has held for the past 14 years.

“We have a very basic credit application we do right here in the office,” she said. “It’s online, simple and takes about 10 min-utes to get you approved.

We bill customers on their power bill. Financing starts at 90 days and goes up to 60 months.”

Taylor said they attempt to do next day delivery and set up.

They have HD big-screen televisions up to 70-inches, refrigerators, microwaves, washing

machines, dryers, dish-washers, grills, and a full line of electronics, includ-ing laptop and desktop computers, and stereos. They also have DVD play-ers, cookware, freezers and vacuum cleaners.

Taylor said one does not have to be an Alabama Power customer to pur-

chase appliances.

Anyone wishing to purchase appliances from Alabama Power can call Taylor at 205-814-2021 or 205-814-2022.

Contact Gary Hanner at [email protected].

Get your appliances at Alabama Power

At right: Alabama Power manager Tommy Bowers and appliance salesperson Kathy Taylor stand among the many appliances customers can pur-chase, and add to their monthly bill.

Alabama Power is a Southern Company.

Photos byGary Hanner


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By ELSIE HODNETTHome staff writer

Bender’s Fitness & Tanning in Pell City offers a full-scale fitness center with 24-hour access.

“We opened last week,” said Dr. Tom Bender, owner of Bender’s Gym Inc., which has locations in Decatur, Hartselle, Madison, Guntersville, Huntsville, and now Pell City.

Bender’s Fitness & Tanning is in the K-Mart shopping complex where Cato’s and Nick & Tory’s Pet Shop used to be.

“I saw a need for this in Pell City, so I purchased the two adjacent stores at the beginning of last November and began renovations,” he said. “The community has been welcoming and there has been a lot of interest in the fitness center so far.”

Bender said he opened up walls between the two stores to create a 6,600-square-foot area.

“Everything is included in one price — the fit-ness area, tanning and children’s supervision,” he said. “Members will have 24-hour access.”

Bender said children’s supervision is available most of the day in the Children’s Playroom, which has a TV and various toys and games.

“We have four tanning bed rooms with top-of-the-line tanning beds,” he said. “We have one 8-minute stand-up tanning bed, one 12-minute lie-down bed, and two 15-minute lie-down beds. The variety will


Dr. Tom Bender, owner of Bender’s Gym Inc., has opened Bender’s Fitness & Tanning in Pell City featuring a full-scale fitness center with 24-hour access.


Benders Fitness & Tanning features a variety of cardio equipment, including eight treadmills, four ellipticals, two recumbent and two upright bicycles and one climbmill, which is similar to going up an escalator the wrong way. All of the cardio equipment comes with a 15-inch flat screen TV.

Bender’s Fitnessand Training fillsneed in community

give our members a quality tanning experience.”

Bender said members can purchase membership and just use the tanning equipment or the fitness equipment, or they can use both.

“We have a variety of cardio equipment, includ-ing eight treadmills, four ellipticals, two recumbent and two upright bicycles and one climbmill, which is similar to going up an escalator the wrong way,” he said. “All of the car-dio equipment comes with a 15-inch flat screen TV so you can watch cable or movies off your smart-phone or device.”

Bender said members must bring their own headphones, and Bender’s

Fitness & Tanning will offer headphones for sale.

“We have a full line of selectorized equipment, where you select the weight for the machine and can change weights with the push of a pin,” he said. “And we have a full line of free weights.”

Bender said there is a turf area in the middle of the main room for func-tional equipment, such as kettlebells, medicine balls, plyo boxes, slam balls and more.

“We have two flat screen TV’s on the walls for mem-bers not using the equip-ment with TV’s built in,” he said. “There is some-thing for everyone here.”

Bender said fitness coaches will conduct


Bender’s Fitness & Tanning has four tanning bed rooms with top-of-the-line tanning beds.


Bender’s Fitness & Tanning recently opened in the K-Mart shopping complex. It offers everything for one price — the fitness area, tanning and children’s supervision.

group workouts, which are included in the member-ship price.

“You can also hire them as a personal trainer for an additional fee,” he said.

Bender said there are locker rooms with show-ers, perfect for early morn-ing workouts or late night workouts.

“We pride ourselves on cleanliness, good con-ditioned equipment and friendly staff,” he said.

THE DAILY HOME, Talladega and St. Clair counties, Ala., Sunday, February 17, 2013 — 11APELL CITY COMMERCE

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Kilgroe Funeral Home

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Griffi n’s Jewelers

Beverly Barber, Attorney at Law

Express Pharmacy

Karen Bain - Fields & Gosset

Kathy Dill - Parkway Realty

Killin Time

Lincoln Pharmacy

Terry Hogge Electric

Pity Pat’s

Aardwolf

Fat Man’s BBQ

Wood Appraisal Services

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Reliable Transmission

Bullard Mechanical

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Pell City, AL205-338-9463

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Pell City, AL205-338-9463

1-20 • Exit 158 • Hwy 231

Town and Country Ford is proud to be an automotive leader in our area. Since opening our doors, we have made it our mission to take care of our customer’s transportation needs at a level that exceeds their expectations through convenience and reliability and at a price that is fair to both, coupled with the highest level of honesty and integrity. We offer a wide selection of vehicles, and hope to make the car buying process as quick and hassle free as possible.

lf you are looking to purchase a new Ford, we have one of the largest selections to choose from. We also have quality certified pre-owned cars and trucks for sale. Town and Country Ford can also get you financing options that fits your needs! You can trust that Town and Country Ford will get you into the car or truck you choose with professionalism and attention to your needs.

Town and Country Ford has an experienced and reliable Service and Parts Department, open extra hours to help fit your hectic schedule. As always, Town and Country Ford offers competitive pricing for your automotive maintenance needs. Customer satisfaction is our highest priority, and our staff is committed to achieving this goal in every aspect of our business.

Town and Country Ford offers a full selection of service areas including: • New Vehicle Sales • Pre-Owned Vehicle Sales • Car Loans and Financing • Certified Service Department • Full Selection of Ford Parts and Accessories

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