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For now, it appears to be a dirt biker’s paradise. The area just off Alabama Highway 75 in the Pinson area by Palmerdale United Methodist Church is vast, the walls of red-orange dirt built high. From the inter- section of Clay-Palmerdale Road, those walls look al- most daring, begging those with a Yamaha or Kawasaki to throttle the engine, forget the brakes and fly. The area is cut deep into the woods now, the future home of the first segment of the Northern Beltline, 1.3 miles of a 52-mile highway that will connect Highway 75 with Highway 79. That work is the result of work- ers from the Alabama De- partment of Transportation and Wright Brothers Con- struction Company, Inc. of Charleston, Tenn., which was awarded the contract for the first phase of the project. The estimated cost for the first phase is $46 million and is expected to be completed by mid fall 2016. The en- tire project will consist of a 52-mile multi-lane highway that will stretch from Inter- state 59 in northeast Jeffer- son County to the Interstate 459 interchange with I-20/59 near Bessemer. Last week, ALDOT hosted a media tour of the progress at the Northern Beltline site. It looks much different than in late April, when Gov. Robert Bentley and other government officials spoke at a groundbreaking ceremo- ny. “It changes every day,” said ALDOT Third Division Construction Engineer Mike Mahaffey. White Dodge pickup trucks and SUVs carried media members over rough terrain, up steep hills and Between jump shots, Jesse Miller III runs to the front door. He dribbles over every time some- one walks into the Trussville YMCA on Valley Road, to extend a hand- shake, to give a hug. Miller loves playing basketball at the YMCA, but he may love turning strang- ers into friends more. Every person who pushes the door open to come lift weights, to shoot hoops, is ap- proached by Miller, who says, “Hey, how are you doing?” He does this with everyone. He asks if they have kids, brothers or sis- ters. He engages in quick conversa- tions. When the conversation is over, he goes back to the basketball court. When someone new walks in, he re- peats. He remembers their names the next time they come to the YMCA. Trussville resident Sonya Mitch- A warrant has been signed for the arrest of a Birmingham man in connection with the gaming operation that was busted in Trussville last month. The suspect has been identi- fied by the Trussville Police Department as Andrew James Grundy, 33, of Birmingham. He’s charged with possession of a gambling device, a Class A misdemeanor. His bond will be set at $1,000. Grundy had not yet been ar- rested at press time. Trussville police on July 25 busted a gaming operation at 108 Morrow Ave. in Trussville, after getting a call about a rob- bery in progress. After obtaining a search warrant, officers found 25 gaming machines in op- eration, one employee and two customers. The machines were seized, loaded onto wreckers and impounded. Contact Gary Lloyd at news@ trussvilletribune.com and follow him on Twitter @GaryALloyd. The Trussville City Board of Education on Monday approved an intergovernmental agreement with the city of Trussville for the use of recreational facilities. The agreement now goes to the Trussville City Council, which it will likely approve at its Tues- day, Aug. 26 meeting. The agreement approved Mon- day will allow Trussville Parks and Recreation to use the fields behind Hewitt-Trussville Middle School, which are former soccer and band fields. The city plans to use the fields for soccer, flag football and lacrosse. Trussville Parks and Recreation Direc- tor David Vinson said there are 850 kids in the soccer program, which uses just four fields. Flag football and lacrosse programs continue to grow, he said. The city council will have to approve of lights being installed at the fields. The city will pay for maintenance and for the bills in exchange for the use of the fields. “I think it’s a win-win situa- tion,” Vinson said. Board President Bill Roberts agreed. “We look forward to working together,” Roberts said. Contact Gary Lloyd at news@ trussvilletribune.com and follow him on Twitter @GaryALloyd. The Clay City Council is star- ing down the barrel at several large, unavoidable expenses. The city is looking at roughly $435,000 in essential paving projects, even after cashing in bonds, City Manager Ronnie Dixon said. The council only has $471,000 in total funds available for road repairs from its 4-, 5- and 7-cent gas funds, as well as its contingency road fund, leav- ing only $36,000 available after these costs are accrued. Since the housing crisis, many residential contractors have gone belly up, leaving roads unfin- ished. According to Clay’s or- dinances, once a neighborhood reaches 80 percent completion, the road surface must be com- pleted. Another ordinance re- quires developers to have a bond that will cover this road comple- tion 100 percent in the event the company is unable to meet its ob- ligation. Three neighborhoods, Cross Keys, Renwood, and Garden Valley, are estimated to cost $114,000, $22,980, and $22,470 in road repairs, respectively. Gar- den Valley has gotten so danger- ous that the city received notice from the United States Post Of- fice that mail carriers were no longer comfortable delivering to those residents. Three other streets have also reached critical condition levels. Sandmoor Drive will likely cost the city $107,000 to repair, Can- terbury Road is estimated to need $48,150 in repairs and Steeple- chase Parkway will likely cost $130,040. “At least for eight years, there was very little paving done,” Dixon said. “There were some potholes repaired, but there was no money set aside for further maintenance. As you can see, this would pretty much wipe (these funds) out.” Councilman Kevin Small said he believes the city should take that risk because these repairs can no longer be put off. Park projects could potentially wipe out the city’s capital funds. Total park improvements are es- timated to cost $478,000. The total capital funds are $478,431. The council will likely choose to phase the projects in order of importance, starting with the new restrooms at Cosby Lake Park, Mayor Charles Webster said. 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For now, it appears to be a dirt biker’s paradise.

The area just off Alabama Highway 75 in the Pinson area by Palmerdale United Methodist Church is vast, the walls of red-orange dirt built high. From the inter-section of Clay-Palmerdale Road, those walls look al-most daring, begging those with a Yamaha or Kawasaki to throttle the engine, forget the brakes and fly.

The area is cut deep into the woods now, the future home of the first segment of

the Northern Beltline, 1.3 miles of a 52-mile highway that will connect Highway 75 with Highway 79. That work is the result of work-ers from the Alabama De-partment of Transportation and Wright Brothers Con-struction Company, Inc. of Charleston, Tenn., which was awarded the contract for the first phase of the project.

The estimated cost for the first phase is $46 million and is expected to be completed by mid fall 2016. The en-tire project will consist of a 52-mile multi-lane highway that will stretch from Inter-state 59 in northeast Jeffer-son County to the Interstate

459 interchange with I-20/59 near Bessemer.

Last week, ALDOT hosted a media tour of the progress at the Northern Beltline site. It looks much different than in late April, when Gov. Robert Bentley and other government officials spoke at a groundbreaking ceremo-ny.

“It changes every day,” said ALDOT Third Division Construction Engineer Mike Mahaffey.

White Dodge pickup trucks and SUVs carried media members over rough terrain, up steep hills and

Between jump shots, Jesse Miller III runs to the front door.

He dribbles over every time some-one walks into the Trussville YMCA on Valley Road, to extend a hand-shake, to give a hug. Miller loves playing basketball at the YMCA, but he may love turning strang-ers into friends more. Every person who pushes the door open to come lift weights, to shoot hoops, is ap-proached by Miller, who says, “Hey, how are you doing?”

He does this with everyone. He asks if they have kids, brothers or sis-ters. He engages in quick conversa-tions. When the conversation is over, he goes back to the basketball court. When someone new walks in, he re-peats. He remembers their names the next time they come to the YMCA.

Trussville resident Sonya Mitch-

A warrant has been signed for the arrest of a Birmingham man in connection with the gaming operation that was busted in Trussville last month.

The suspect has been identi-fied by the Trussville Police Department as Andrew James Grundy, 33, of Birmingham. He’s charged with possession of a gambling device, a Class A misdemeanor. His bond will be set at $1,000.

Grundy had not yet been ar-

rested at press time.Trussville police on July 25

busted a gaming operation at 108 Morrow Ave. in Trussville, after getting a call about a rob-bery in progress. After obtaining a search warrant, officers found 25 gaming machines in op-eration, one employee and two

customers. The machines were seized, loaded onto wreckers and impounded.

Contact Gary Lloyd at [email protected] and follow him on Twitter @GaryALloyd.

The Trussville City Board of Education on Monday approved an intergovernmental agreement with the city of Trussville for the use of recreational facilities.

The agreement now goes to the Trussville City Council, which it

will likely approve at its Tues-day, Aug. 26 meeting.

The agreement approved Mon-day will allow Trussville Parks and Recreation to use the fields behind Hewitt-Trussville Middle School, which are former soccer and band fields. The city plans to use the fields for soccer, flag football and lacrosse. Trussville Parks and Recreation Direc-

tor David Vinson said there are 850 kids in the soccer program, which uses just four fields. Flag football and lacrosse programs continue to grow, he said.

The city council will have to approve of lights being installed at the fields. The city will pay for maintenance and for the bills in exchange for the use of the fields.

“I think it’s a win-win situa-

tion,” Vinson said.Board President Bill Roberts

agreed.“We look forward to working

together,” Roberts said.

Contact Gary Lloyd at [email protected] and follow him on Twitter @GaryALloyd.

The Clay City Council is star-ing down the barrel at several large, unavoidable expenses.

The city is looking at roughly $435,000 in essential paving projects, even after cashing in bonds, City Manager Ronnie Dixon said. The council only has $471,000 in total funds available for road repairs from its 4-, 5- and 7-cent gas funds, as well as its contingency road fund, leav-ing only $36,000 available after these costs are accrued.

Since the housing crisis, many residential contractors have gone belly up, leaving roads unfin-ished. According to Clay’s or-dinances, once a neighborhood reaches 80 percent completion, the road surface must be com-pleted. Another ordinance re-quires developers to have a bond that will cover this road comple-tion 100 percent in the event the company is unable to meet its ob-ligation.

Three neighborhoods, Cross Keys, Renwood, and Garden Valley, are estimated to cost $114,000, $22,980, and $22,470 in road repairs, respectively. Gar-den Valley has gotten so danger-ous that the city received notice from the United States Post Of-fice that mail carriers were no longer comfortable delivering to those residents.

Three other streets have also reached critical condition levels. Sandmoor Drive will likely cost the city $107,000 to repair, Can-terbury Road is estimated to need $48,150 in repairs and Steeple-chase Parkway will likely cost $130,040.

“At least for eight years, there was very little paving done,” Dixon said. “There were some potholes repaired, but there was no money set aside for further maintenance. As you can see, this would pretty much wipe (these funds) out.”

Councilman Kevin Small said he believes the city should take that risk because these repairs can no longer be put off.

Park projects could potentially wipe out the city’s capital funds. Total park improvements are es-timated to cost $478,000. The total capital funds are $478,431. The council will likely choose to phase the projects in order of importance, starting with the new restrooms at Cosby Lake Park, Mayor Charles Webster said.

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Trussville Police Department identifies gaming operation suspect

see AUTISM page 3see BELTLINE page 2

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around embankments last Thursday morning. Media members wore bright yel-low hard hats and match-ing vests with “ALDOT” emblazoned in black be-tween the shoulder blades.

Workers used machines to dig two-feet-deep holes to fill with stone, to add stability to the soft, wet soil near Self Creek. Near the top of a hill visible from Highway 75, short,

white flags are placed in holes, markers that let workers know where a mixture of dynamite and fertilizer will be dropped in for blasting, to break up rock beneath the surface.

The biggest challenge so far, one ALDOT offi-cial said, is dealing with the environmental aspects of the job, since Alabama Department of Environ-mental Management regu-

lations are strict. At the very end of where

construction has reached so far is Self Creek, which snakes through an area where a bridge hundreds of feet tall will eventu-ally tower. Right now, a temporary bridge is being constructed so that heavy equipment can get where it needs to go.

Across the creek and deeper into the wooded

area are three archaeolo-gists from the University of Alabama. Field Direc-tor Daniel Turner said they are in their final stages of excavation after about seven weeks of dig-ging and scraping in one of the only areas to find shade on the site. They’ve found spear points from the Archaic Period, arrow-heads, a railroad bed from the late 1800s and even a piece of a broken glass medicine bottle from Tar-rant, likely from the 20th century.

Turner said they want to find full pieces, artifacts that could help them learn who lived in the area, when and why. The multi-

occupational site at which they were digging last Thursday was between some highlands and Self Creek, a “perfect loca-tion” for former natives.

“We’re not treasure

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The goal for the Paine Elementary Campus this school year is to raise $10,000 by collecting box tops.

The campus’ volunteer box tops coordinator, Cis-sie Harrington, said Paine Primary and Paine Inter-mediate schools last year earned more than $9,400 by clipping and saving box tops, which ranked the schools in the top five in Alabama.

Each box top is worth 10 cents when a school redeems it from Box Tops for Education. Box tops

should be clipped and turned in to the student’s teacher.

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Trussville City Schools Alternative Learning Cen-ter Principal Phyllis Faust will have an article pub-lished in September in The Alabama Journal of Edu-cational Leadership.

Faust earned her doctor-ate in 2012 from Samford University, and her dis-sertation centered around middle school students, their voice and sense of belonging. The article is titled “The Relationship between Middle School Student Belonging and Middle School Student Performance.”

Les Ennis and Will Hodge are co-authors of the article, and Faust is the lead researcher. Faust,

the former principal at Hewitt-Trussville Mid-dle School, said she pre-sented her findings at the Mid-South Educational Research Association in Pensacola, Fla., last year, and at the Alabama As-sociation of Professors of Educational Leadership this year in Montgomery.

Faust said that in el-ementary school, students are concerned with pleas-ing teachers, but as they begin to mature, their focus changes from not only pleasing teachers but pleasing peers, too. They become concerned with their appearance, “fitting in” and finding acceptance among their peers, she said. For some, Faust said, finding acceptance and peer approval takes prece-dence over academics.

“My study underscored the challenge in creating middle school communi-ties that equally appreci-ate and confront social, emotional and academic developmental needs of students,” Faust said.

Faust said middle school

students need healthy adult role models who listen and affirm their sense of well-being during a confusing time in their development.

“It is imperative that strong, positive and trust-ing relationships be estab-lished with all students,” she said. “Once these types of relationships are established, the possibili-ties for students are end-less.”

Faust dedicated her work to her granddaugh-ter, Riley.

“I believe that all stu-dents deserve to live and learn in classrooms that educate both the mind and the heart,” she said.

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BELTLINE continued from page 1

The ninth annual Miss Hewitt Husky Pageant is scheduled for Saturday, Aug. 23 at Hewitt-Trussville High School.

The school auditorium opens at 2:30 p.m. At 3 p.m., the pageant for K5 through fourth grade will be held. The fifth through eighth grades will compete

at 7 p.m. Contestants must be Trussville residents.

Each contestant will receive a tiara and award on stage. A Miss Hewitt Husky and alternates will be selected for each division/grade.

The entry fee is $60. The second child in the same family will cost $50, the third child is $40 and the fourth child is free. Checks should be made payable to Hewitt-Trussville Band

Boosters and mailed to Tim Gann, 2204 Center Point Parkway, Center Point, AL 35215.

Admission to the event is $6 for adults, $3 for students and free for pre-kindergarten children. One adult gets in free with each contestant.

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ell took notice of this. A member of the YMCA, she met Miller two or three years ago, and he remem-bered her name from that point on. Mitchell began to notice he did this with everyone.

“I thought that was real-ly amazing,” Mitchell said of Miller, a 2010 Hewitt-Trussville High School graduate.

Mitchell, an aspiring filmmaker, sent a letter home with Miller for his parents to read.

“We were quite im-pressed with the letter she sent us explaining why she wanted to do a documen-tary on Jesse,” said Mill-er’s mother, De Miller. “It touched our hearts.”

Mitchell soon found out that Miller had autism, a

disorder that affects the brain’s normal develop-ment of social and com-munication skills. Yet Miller is social, possibly the most social person at the YMCA.

“He’s so warm and

kind,” Mitchell said.Mitchell began work on

the 13-minute documen-tary in January, and com-pleted it about four months later. It’s her first docu-mentary.

“I’m just overjoyed,” she said.

Mitchell has attended the Sidewalk Film Festival in downtown Birmingham for the last four years, an event that inspired her to make her own film. The one she’s completed about Miller, called “Jes-se Speeks,” was accepted into this year’s festival.

“I’m very excited about that,” Mitchell said.

Carla Youngblood is the associate producer and Razaq Kadri is the edi-tor. Trussville YMCA was “instrumental” in assist-

ing with the film, Mitch-ell said. The documentary will make its debut Satur-day, Aug. 23 at 4:05 p.m. at the Alabama School of Fine Arts’ Dorothy Jemi-son Day Theater in Bir-mingham.

The last two sentences of the documentary’s syn-opsis say, “Jesse, who’s loved by everyone he meets, especially at the YMCA where he spends

much of his time, just happens to have Autism. Autism, however, is not a hindrance when it comes to Jesse’s heart.”

Mitchell said she plans to take the documentary further after this week-end’s Sidewalk Film Fes-tival.

“My goal is to take it to other festivals around the country,” she said.

Miller’s mom said she’s

excited that other people have been paying attention to her son’s kindness.

“I’m pretty excited about it because he’s such a sweet individual,” she said. “He has so much to offer.”

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Better Basics is seeking volunteers to help at-risk children develop a love of reading.

Volunteers are needed during the school day to tutor struggling readers or to read to students and reward their reading achievements with prizes provided by Better Basics. Additional volunteers are needed to provide homework help and enrichment support for children in Better Basics’

after-school program. “Helping an at-risk child

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Rotarians with the Trussville Rotary Daybreak Club have heard presentations of local significance, as well as hosted Mexican Rotarians, in recent weeks.

Trussville Mayor Gene Melton provided a city update Aug. 6.

”Our economy is doing well,” he said, “and our school system is probably the No. 1 reason.”

The bridge on Husky Parkway is complete and will be opened when the road is finished, which should be Sept. 15. Hewitt-Trussville Stadium should be finished in time to play at least some of this season’s games. Financing for the two new

elementary schools is in the works, so these schools should be built in a couple years, Melton said.

On Aug. 13, new Hewitt-Trussville head football coach Josh Floyd updated the club on the team’s progress since he took the helm this summer. Hewitt-Trussville is part of the new Class 7A, in which competition will be tough.

“We play four of the top eight teams in the state,” Floyd said. “The culture is changing -- not that the past wasn’t right. We just need to do what works best for us.”

Floyd believes in five core values: • Be positive. This can make up for

a lot of things in life.• Compete in everything you do. On

a day-to-day basis, always do your best, whether it’s on the field, in the weight room or in the classroom.

• Be responsible. Don’t try to make it somebody else’s fault. Your mistakes affect the whole team.

• Pay attention to detail. It all matters.

• Have more fun playing the game than anybody in the state.Four Rotarians from Mexico were

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From staff reports

Abby Hathorn, CEO and founder of the Vintage Inspired Passionista blog, has launched her new blog Six-teen & Successful.

This blog is designed by a teen for tween and teen girls who are look-ing for real and modest advice about fashion, beauty and life. With Six-teen &Successful, Hathorn hopes to show girls how to be themselves in a world full of critics. Without the overwhelming support and requests from VIP blog fans, friends, and fam-ily, Sixteen & Successful wouldn’t be possible.

“What I am doing with my life is normal -- I have no desire to be a part of the ‘normal teen’ stereotypi-cal generation that is being shown

all over the Internet and TV,” Ha-thorn said. “Sixteen & Successful’s mission is ERICA, which stands for Empowering Relationships to Inspire & Celebrate Accomplishments of tween and teen girls.”

Hathorn also contributes to other publications, does live-blogging and social media broadcasts, and special event appearances.

In addition to fashion styling and writing, Hathorn is also the lead role in the upcoming independent film “La Madame” and was an extra in the Birmingham-produced independent film “Is What It Is.” Hathorn has had the opportunity to interview celebri-ties and fashion designers such as Ty Pennington, Ahmed Hassan, Emily Ellyn, Hilton Hollis, Joeffer Caoc and Karolina Zmarlak.

A Trussville native has tasted the rainbow.

Martin Morrow appears in an advertisement for Skittles in the latest issue of ESPN The Magazine.

Morrow posted a photo of the advertisement on his Facebook page Monday, with the line, “Hey friends, check me out in the latest edition of ESPN maga-zine!”

Morrow said he audi-tioned and did a photo shoot a few months ago.

Morrow is a 2006 Hewitt-Trussville High School graduate.

From staff reports

A group of students from The Webb School in Tennessee recently attended a Youth to Youth drug prevention and youth leadership program conference at the Uni-versity of Rhode Island.

Sophomore Ronnie Booth, of Truss-ville, attended the event with four other classmates.

“I always look forward to seeing the students have fun at this conference while obtaining valuable lessons, experience and training that they can then bring back to Webb and implement through our Feet to Feet program,” said Mike Quinn, Webb art teacher and faculty advisor for Feet to Feet, the school’s version of Youth to Youth.

Youth to Youth was founded in 1982 in

Columbus, Ohio, as a community-based drug prevention and youth leadership pro-gram focusing primarily on middle school and high school students. The goal is har-nessing the influence of peer pressure and making it a positive force that encourages young people to live free of tobacco, alco-hol and other drugs.

For The Tribune

Bernie and Jenni Scott of Trussville, AL are proud to announce the forthcoming marriage of their daughter Angela Michelle Scott to Mr. Paul Jay Santiago, son of Carlos and Amor Santia-go of Stockton, California. Miss Scott is a graduate of Hewitt-Trussville High School and The Univer-sity of Alabama, where she earned a bachelor’s degree in Art History. She is cur-rently an employee of LAH Real Estate, Inc. in Home-wood, AL. Mr. Santiago is

a graduate of Bear Creek High School of Stockton, California and California Baptist University, where he received a bachelor’s degree in Theology. He is currently a student at Sam-ford University’s Beeson Divinity School, where he is anticipated to gradu-ate with his Master of Di-vinity in May 2016. The wedding will take place on Nov. 1, 2014 at the First United Methodist Church of Trussville.

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What about other herbs that may help? Kelp is something that can be taken daily. It’s especially high in iodine, which must be present for proper glandular function and metabolism. Alfalfa tablets are good

for helping your body have a natural balance of sodium and potassium. Garlic is also good. When buying garlic, be sure to buy the type that has odor to it. Lastly, a good herb for blood pressure issues is Black Cohosh. This is good for calming you and lowering cholesterol.

If you have blood pressure issues, do you have to give up fast food? I know it’s hard to eliminate these foods altogether, but if you have high blood pressure, you need to be aware that the amount of sodium in those foods can be a major issue. If you consume a lot of fast food or franchise food, you need to trim back

as much as possible. How do you know if you’re consuming too much sodium? You may find that you have a hard time getting your rings off after eating at a fast food restaurant. This may be due to increased fluid retention from the food you consumed. This is something to be concerned about. You also need to be aware that some restaurants add sugar to their margarine and dressings, which can also affect your blood pressure.

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From staff reports

The Trussville Rotary Daybreak Club has announced four upcoming speaker presentations.

Trussville City Schools Superintendent Pattie Neill is scheduled to speak on Wednesday, Aug. 27. On

Sept. 10, the club will hear from Alabama 13’s Mike Royer. On Sept. 24, Meaghan Thomas, a member of the ABC 33/40 weather team, will be the featured speaker. On Oct. 22, which is “Turn Trussville Pink Day,” Brenda Ladun from ABC

33/40 will speak on her experience in battling cancer and also on the race named in her honor.

The Trussville Rotary Daybreak Club meets for breakfast on Wednesdays at 7 a.m. at the Hilton Garden Inn at 3230 Edwards Lake Parkway in Trussville.

From staff reports

The Trussville Area Chamber of Commerce last week announced the hiring of Tessa Kirk, its newest membership coordinator.

Kirk’s previous experience includes updating and maintaining records of events and

databases, recruiting and scheduling volunteers, and event planning.

With the hiring of Bobbie Roper last month as event coordinator, the Chamber now has two full-time employees and one part-time employee to serve the Trussville community.

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Palmerdale Homesteads Community Center events

GCW Wrestling is the first Saturday each month at 7 p.m. at the Palmerdale Homesteads Community Center. The Mark Taylor Band performs the third Saturday each month, clogging and line dancing, 6 p.m. to 10 p.m.

Georgiana Davis Masonic Lodge meetings

Georgiana Davis Masonic Lodge No. 338 in Trussville meetings are at 7:30 p.m. on the second and fourth Monday each month. Practice nights are on the first and third Monday. Family nights are on the fifth Monday of the month. The lodge is at 190 Beechnut St. in Trussville. For more information, call Bryan Stover at 205-706-5220.

Springville Military Order of the Purple Heart meetings

The Military Order of the Purple Heart Chapter 2213, Springville, meets at the Smokin Grill at 85 Purple Heart Boulevard on the first Tuesday of each month at 6 p.m.

Cahawba Art Association meetings

The Cahawba Art Association meets monthly on the second Monday at 6:30 p.m. at the Trussville Public Library.

Trussville Public Safety Committee meetings

Trussville’s Public Safety Committee meets Aug. 21 and Nov. 20. Both meetings are at 7 p.m. at the Trussville Police Department Training Building at 127 Main St.

Neighborhood prayer walk Aug. 23 in Pinson

Pinson is holding a neighborhood prayer walk Aug. 23 at 9 a.m. beginning at Triangle Park.

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Upcoming Trussville City BOE meetings

The Trussville City Board of Education will meet Sept. 15, Oct. 20, Nov. 17 and Dec. 15. All meetings are at 6 p.m. with public work sessions at 4:30 p.m. The Oct. 20 meeting will include a board retreat that begins at noon. All meetings are at the Central Office on North Chalkville Road.

Trussville Muscle and Fitness Classic Sept. 6

The first annual Trussville Muscle and Fitness Classic will be Sept. 6 at the Trussville Civic Center. To register or for more information, visit www.trussvillemuscle.com.

Capps, Wallace to perform at HTHS Sept. 9

Jackson Capps and Skylar Wallace will perform country music Tuesday, Sept. 9 from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. at the Hewitt-Trussville High School Performing Arts Center. Tickets are $10. For more information, email [email protected].

Alabama Butterbean Festival Oct. 3-4

The Alabama Butterbean Festival will be Oct. 3-4 in Pinson. The event features a pageant, fireworks show, 5K race and one-mile fun run, car show, carnival, arts and crafts, food vendors, an entertainment stage, a homemade quilt raffle and the world’s largest pot of baked beans. For more information, visit www.alabamabutterbeanfestival.com.

Jazzercise at Trussville Civic Center

Jazzercise is Mondays at 5 p.m., Tuesdays and Thursdays at 9 a.m. and 5:30 p.m., and Saturdays at 9 a.m. at the Trussville Civic Center. For more information, contact Beth Gilbert at 205-966-9893.

Maple Leaf Run in Trussville Oct. 25

The 2014 Maple Leaf Run is scheduled for Saturday, Oct. 25 in downtown Trussville. The 5K begins at 8 a.m. and a kids’ run is at 9 a.m. For more information, visit www.trussvillechamber.com or call 205-655-7535.

Pinson Insanitarium in September, October

The Pinson Insanitarium Haunted Attraction will be open Fridays and Saturdays from 7 p.m. to midnight and Sundays from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. in September and October. The attraction is at the Palmerdale Homesteads Community Center at 5320 Miles Spring Road in Pinson. Tickets are $10. For more information, visit www.catacombproductions.com.

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From staff reports

The Trussville Tribune has launched a new high school sports show called “Legacy Credit Union Tri-bune Sports Live driven by Serra Mazda,” which be-gan Tuesday, Aug. 19.

The weekly online TV show features in-depth analysis of high school football at Hewitt-Truss-ville, Clay-Chalkville and Pinson Valley.

“There will be two shows,” Publisher Scott Buttram said. “On Sunday afternoon the highlight show will be online. It will be similar to the highlights broadcast by local news stations on Friday night, but obviously with more content focusing only on our three high schools. The Tuesday night show will be more in-depth with live guest interviews, more feature-oriented and will broadcast live.”

Each show will be

streamed live at TribuneS-portsLive.com every Tues-day at 7 p.m. this fall. The show will be hosted by Pat Smith, a veteran broadcast-er with more than 20 years of radio and TV experience covering high school and college football.

Smith will be joined by producer Dennis Washing-ton and marketing director Pat Coyne.

“Our multimedia content has been popular with our readers in the past,” But-tram said. “To be able to partner with these guys to produce a television qual-

ity, and the experience and talent they bring to the ta-ble, is an incredible oppor-tunity for the Tribune.”

Smith co-created, man-aged, produced and guest hosted ESPN’s “Paul Fine-baum Show.” His radio work has earned him five Associated Press awards for Best Sports and he was named one of the “Top 40 under 40” by the Birming-ham Business Journal.

Washington founded Cross Digital in 2013. Prior to that, he worked at WBRC FOX 6 as a meteo-rologist, storm chaser, pho-

tographer and director of digital content.

Coyne works for BRUM Advertising and is the founder of VenueStream. He’s spent the past 12 years in media and advertising sales, including eight at WJOX.

“We believe we cov-er three of the best high schools in the metro area,” Buttram said. “I think our readers will enjoy the in-depth coverage they’ll see on Tribune Sports Live.”

Smith, a Trussville resi-dent, said he looks forward to using his experience to

highlight local athletes.“I live here and I’m very

familiar with these teams,” Smith said. “I’ve been fortunate to develop a lot of national contacts over the years, which I hope to use to our advantage as we cover area high school athletes and watch many of them emerge as college prospects.”

Washington, who works with clients to brand their business through social media, said local content is the key growth area for media.

“Options for national and world news are grow-ing every day through the Internet,” Washington said. “Local news, weather and sports are what consumers are really craving. We’ll be taking the local content that the Tribune is already pro-viding and expanding it in a way that will be very ap-pealing to the readers and viewers.”

For Coyne, it was the lo-

cal connection that drew him to the project.

“I’ve worked with clients that are trying to make a statewide or regional con-nection with potential cus-tomers,” Coyne said. “But there are far more busi-nesses looking to target the market at their door-step through affordable advertising. The market saturation of the Tribune of northeast Jefferson and St. Clair counties is phenom-enal and it’s perfect for so many businesses. The re-sponse from business has exceeded our expectations and we’ve only scratched the surface.”

The Tribune is consider-ing future multimedia of-ferings in addition to the high school football pro-gram. The expansion of digital television quality programming via the Inter-net could lead to local news and weather reports as well as a show focusing on local businesses and industry.

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Two former Clay-Chalkville baseball players last week signed to play at the major college level.

J.D. Perry, a 2011 Clay-Chalkville High School graduate, is leaving

Chattahoochee Valley Community College for Louisiana Tech. Perry and CVCC played in the National Junior College Association World Series in Colorado earlier this year.

“It’s a great accomplishment for me,” Perry said. “When I signed

out of high school to play junior college ball at Chattahoochee Valley, my goal was to show up every day and work my tail off to make it to the next level to play Division 1 baseball, and it is a privilege to get signed and be able to play in a top conference like Conference USA. It is a

big opportunity for me and my family and I am proud to be a Louisiana Tech Bulldog.”

Micah Blount, a 2012 Clay-Chalkville High School graduate, is leaving Faulkner State Community College for Trevecca Nazarene University in Nashville, Tenn.

“It gives me an opportunity to continue my career at a high level at a great school with an amazing coaching staff,” Blount said. “I’m excited about this opportunity and ready for the challenges that come with it.”

In other Clay-Chalkville athletics news, junior

softball player Maddie Cole verbally committed to play at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point in New York.

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Clay-Chalkville senior golfer Dalton O’Rear recently committed to Wallace State Community College.

A first-team all-county

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Former Clay-Chalkville and University of Alabama football player Quinton Dial has started a foundation for kids.

QD’s Kids’ mission is “to show love and support to underprivileged kids today so they will have the best

opportunity to be our leaders of tomorrow,” according to www.qdkids.org.

The organization’s first event was Aug. 2 in San Jose, Calif., where a fundraiser was held at a bowling alley. The jerseys of San Francisco 49ers defensive lineman Dial, quarterback Colin Kaepernick, linebacker Patrick Willis and running back Frank Gore were raffled.

A 2009 Clay-Chalkville High School graduate, Dial was drafted by the 49ers in the fifth round of the 2013 NFL Draft. In the 49ers 23-3 preseason loss to the Baltimore Ravens this month, Dial notched a team-high 10 tackles and two forced fumbles.

For more information, visit www.qdkids.org or find QD Kids on Facebook.

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Five former Pinson Valley High School athletes are now at Faulkner University in Montgomery.

Elijah Bibbs will be playing football for Faulkner.

Zac Ray, Robert St. John, Levi Miller and Cody Doughtery will be playing baseball for Faulkner.

The volleyball and cross country seasons begin

next week for Hewitt-Trussville.

The Hewitt-Trussville varsity volleyball team opens its 2014 season on Thursday, Aug. 28

at Springville at 6 p.m. The Lady Huskies play their first home match Wednesday, Sept. 3 against Walker at 6 p.m. The girls host Clay-Chalkville on

Thursday, Sept. 11 at 6 p.m.

The varsity cross country team begins its 2014 campaign with a time trial Aug. 30. On Sept. 6, the

team travels to Moulton for the Chickasaw Trails. Later in the season, on Oct. 18, Hewitt-Trussville will host the 21st annual Husky Challenge.

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by Gary Lloyd

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by Gary Lloyd

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by Gary Lloyd

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Clay golfer commits to Wallace State

Former Clay-Chalkville standout Quinton Dial starts foundation

5 former Pinson athletes now at Faulkner

Volleyball, cross country seasons begin next week

file photo by Gary Lloyd

Quinton Dial signs an autograph at NorthPark Baptist Church in Trussville last year.

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The five former Pinson Valley High School athletes at Faulkner University

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