The Homewood Star by Starnes Media

| October 2011 |

The Homewood Star

Editor’s Note

Sydney Paulk kicks off football season in her dad’s former UAB football helmet. Photo courtesy of Sarah Paulk.

Contributing Photographers Anna Cate Little | Rick Watson

Publisher Dan Starnes

Editor Ashley Berkery

Managing Editor Madoline Markham

Creative Director Keith McCoy

Published by Homewood Star LLC

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Intern Katie Stewart

Copy Editor Heather Reid

Contact Information: The Homewood Star #3 Office Park Circle, Suite 316 Birmingham, AL 35223 313-1780 dan@thehomewoodstar.com

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Growing up in Homewood can be a special time in anyone’s life. My final years of elementary school and during middle school, my family lived “on the horseshoe” part of East Glenwood Drive. Our backyard in our childhood minds was a forest. The “woods,” as we called it, is now a subdivision of homes. The neighborhood kids would come over and we would build forts, play hide and seek, surrender the flag, battle games and anything else our creative young minds could think of. There were great neighbors across the way on West Glenwood as well, and we made a practice of cutting through the backyards of houses on the horseshoe to play with our West Glenwood neighbors, one of whom is still my best friend today. And in that tight-knit neighborhood, there was one very special neighbor. Janet Holloway could always be counted on to help us with our art projects for school. Sometimes she would create art projects for us to do just for fun. Janet is well-known for her art today, but she’s particularly recognized for her mobile art school project in Birmingham. She’s also a runner, and has recently completed a bicycle tour across the U.S. I hope you enjoy Janet’s story on our front page this month and that you will check out some amazing photos of her journey at www.thehomewoodstar.com. Autumn is always an exciting time of year in Homewood. This issue is a guidebook to just some of the excitement. October is Fire Prevention Month, and if you have children in elementary school, they will soon be experiencing the Homewood Fire Department’s Fire Safety House, a traveling unit that teaches them a variety of lessons related to fire safety. Fire

Marshall Rusty McCombs has also provided us some safety tips that can come in handy as we approach Halloween. And speaking of trick-or-treat, if you haven’t been to West Glenwood on Halloween, put it on your list for this month. In the past years, several thousand trickor-treaters have descended on West Glenwood and Roseland Drive to see the yard displays and bring home the treats. There’s always a great vibe on the street around dusk, when the little ones and their parents are hurrying from house to house, and the street is blocked off to traffic to keep things safe. With football season underway, we are covering a couple of local residents who live in a house divided on the weekends. Do you have a favorite way to tailgate? If you have a favorite tailgating story, email me the details and a photo for an upcoming article at ashley@thehomewoodstar.com. Also, as the holidays approach, we are interested in your story of how you and your family celebrate the special Thanksgiving season. Whether traditional or unique, we want to hear from you. Whichever the case, it couldn’t possibly be wackier than the year our family somehow ended up at Shoney’s in Pelham! We hope you enjoy our October issue, and as always, we are here for you. Please email any photos you would like to submit for our Photo of the Month section. We’re also open to your feedback in general. We appreciate you as a reader and hope you enjoy the issue.

Win football tickets We are giving away tickets to home Samford games. To enter, like The Homewood Star on Facebook and post on our wall that you want the tickets. Two tickets for each game below will be available.

Oct. 1, 2 p.m. vs. Gardner Webb Oct. 15, 2 p.m. vs. Elon Oct. 29, 2 p.m. vs. Western Carolina Nov. 5, 11 a.m. vs. Chattanooga

Staff picks for game day viewing Few things are better in life than a cool fall evening tailgating with friends and family and then going into Davis Wade Stadium to cheer on the Mississippi State Bulldogs. Go Dogs! - Keith Wherever there is SEC football on (especially orange and blue colors), extra spicy wings and good friends. -Ashley I like to watch football at the stadium sporting my team’s colors or on my couch surrounded by junk food. -Alison

My favorite place to watch the Dawgs play is between the hedges in Athens, Ga. -Anna Cate With Jason being an Alabama fan and me being an Auburn fan, we usually just watch at home, but we do like to gather at our friends’ house to watch some of the games. -Blake My favorite place I ever watched football was from Florence, Italy, ducking into an internet cafe to check the Iron Bowl score in 2006. -Lauren

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