Meet farrier Ron Yates In this issue:
Capturing memories through art Regional outdoors group Ladies Who Hike Get to know the 2019 Miss Blackberry
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Peach Living PUBLISHER Tim Prince GENERAL MANAGER Brandy Clackley EDITORIAL Joyanna Love, editor J.R. Tidwell, managing editor Anthony Richards, writer Scott Mims, freelance writer Emily Reed, freelance writer MARKETING Zack Bates, marketing consultant CUSTOMER SERVICE Kacy Barrett PRESSROOM & MAILROOM Jimmy Ruff, production manager Michael Turner, asst. production manager Chris Love, asst. production manager Malinda Nance, mailroom manager Jimmy Huett, press maintenance On the cover: Ron Yates with horse Lazro.
A note from the editor Creativity and skill come together in various ways in Chilton County. Ron Yates has created a reputation for good workmanship as a farrier shoeing show horses. The industry has come a long way from when Yates started, but it still requires strength and skill. Joyanna Learn about his techniques and how Love things have changed in this edition. Painting became a creative outlet for Donnie Finlayson as an adult after helping his wife with a project. His paintings have been displayed at Clanton Middle School and River Bank & Trust during the Roy Wood Peach Festival Art Show. We also caught up with the 2019 Miss Blackberry Katie Littlefield to see what she is enjoying about her reign so far. Enjoying the outdoors is a favorite past time for many in Chilton County. In this issue, we feature the group Ladies Who Hike, of which Sheila Hall of Maplesville is a part. The Extension Office also gives helpful hints for keeping your lawn comfortable and combating burweed and eliminating this spiky plant.
Inside this edition TAKE A HIKE
Ladies find common ground in the great outdoors
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CURVE IN THE ROAD Yates has successful horseshoeing business
LAWN BURWEED
Preventing this prickly pest
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Katie Littlefield enjoying role as queen
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FRAMED MEMORIES Donny Finlayson uses art to capture scenes
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LOCAL HAPPENINGS
Calender of upcoming events
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Women from Central Alabama and Georgia make friendships and enjoy the outdoors through the Ladies Who Hike program.
TAKE a HIKE
STORY BY SCOTT MIMS PHOTOS CONTRIBUTED
Ladies find common ground in the great outdoors
Some might say social media is keeping people from getting out and enjoying real life. Not so for Sheila Hall of Maplesville, who serves on the town’s council. She found a group of hiking trail companions while scrolling through her Facebook feed recently. Hall was looking for a group of women that shared her enthusiasm for outdoor walking and running when she discovered 4 peach living
Ladies Who Hike. Based in Birmingham, the Facebook group has more than 100 members in Alabama and Georgia from Maplesville, Tuscaloosa, Mobile and Atlanta and other areas. For Hall, the find has led to one adventure after another. “From day one of being a group member, I have found such fulfillment within the group,” said Hall. “I have met and made so
many new friends from all aspects of life and the workforce whom share the same interest of getting away to explore nature, become energized and just relax.” The Ladies Who Hike have visited many attractions such as Ruby Falls, Oak Mountain, Red Mountain, Ruffner Mountain, Turkey Creek, Noccalula Falls, Moss Rock Preserve and Stone Mountain, Georgia. They even participated in the 2019 Chilton County Peach Parade with matching T-shirts and a banner identifying the group. A highlight for the group this summer was visiting the Grand Canyon. “I’m over the 50s milestone but knew that Alabama had so much to offer us throughout the trails,” Hall said. “Oak Mountain was my hardest struggle, but with the team we all made it to the top!” Brittney Davis of Mobile founded the group in March 2017. It all started as a hike and a lunch with close friends, but everyone
Top photo: The Ladies Who Hike group started as a hike and a lunch with close friends has grown into a monthly activity. Bottom photo: Ladies Who Hike walked through a peach orchard during a visit to Chilton County.
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found the outing so fun and peaceful that they decided to make it a monthly activity. Now the membership count has reached 112 and continues to grow. “I enjoy Ladies Who Hike because of the sisterhood,” Elise Early of Mobile said. “There are so many positive women from different backgrounds that come together, and it allows me to be more physically active. The founder, Brittney Davis, is the best; she’s passionate about this group. I love her positive, bubbly, infectious attitude. She makes this group worth being a part of.” Davis, the group’s leader, said her motivations for hiking include the fresh air, the challenge of the hikes, the sisterhood and being able to enjoy nature and detach from the cares of everyday life. Of course, with such a large group, there is a little bit of give and take. “I learned that as a leader you cannot please everyone and you will have people who will not agree with your decisions and ideas, and that’s OK,” Davis explained. For any ladies who are interested in joining, or seeking more information, please inquire through Facebook at at “Ladies Who Hike.” It is a paid membership-based group.
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From left top: Ladies Who Hike participated in the 2019 Peach Festival Parade. Ladies Who Hike enjoy a visit to Hoover Dam. The Grand Canyon was a recent trip for some of the members of Ladies Who Hike.
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CURVE in the ROAD STORY BY JOYANNA LOVE PHOTOS BY KEITH MCCOY
Yates has successful horseshoeing business A good reputation is important for anyone who owns their own business. For Ron Yates, it was the only way people would trust him with their expensive show horses. Yates has been shoeing horses for 47 years. Word of mouth of his good work has gained him 70 to 80 regular customers. However, Yates had to work hard to establish the reputation that has gained him this loyal customer base. “When you first start out, you have to take what you can get,” Yates said. “You get donkeys and things that want to kill you. You gotta start there.” Yates first started riding horses at the age of 14. “My daddy retired from the Air Force, so we didn’t get to have horses much until we moved here to the South,” Yates said. The family had moved to Prattville where Yates attended high school. He has lived in Chilton County for about 40 years now. His interest in becoming a farrier was partially based in necessity. “I could never get anyone to shoe my horses,” Yates said. “I was going to University of Alabama, so I went to horseshoeing school in the summer.” 8 peach living
“I love a good horse, and you meet a lot of nice people.” — RON YATES
Ron Yates with his horse Lazro (registered name This Iron is Hot).
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Yates traveled to Oklahoma for two months of training. “The first two weeks I was there, if I could have gotten my money back I would have come home,” Yates said. “I thought I was going to die — my legs, my back. I never had done anything like that. I looked at the other people and they were kind of in the same situation, then after about two weeks, you kind of got used to the positions.” Several in the class did quit. On top of learning how to correctly put a horseshoe on a horse, Yates and the other students were required to create all of their own horseshoes from a straight piece of steel. Students used coal forges to heat the metal, making it soft enough to hammer into shape. “I was the youngest one in the school,” Yates said. “I was 18.” Today, Yates works mostly with purchased aluminum shoes that he can widen to the correct shape with less time at the anvil. The shoes come in about 20 different sizes. Each shoe has to be modified to fit the specific horse. A horse needs new shoes on average every six weeks because a horse’s hooves grow in a similar fashion as a person’s fingernails. All four shoes are changed at the same time. “It is a very repetitive business,” Yates said. Yates also has a mini-gas forge in his work truck in case there is ever a shoe he needs to do specialized work on. Since he had graduated early from high school, Yates was in his junior year of college when he decided to pursue a career shoeing horses. He had been attending the University of Alabama on an academic scholarship as a psychology major. Having this base level knowledge of psychology has come in handy when working with customers, Yates said. Yates had his own business at the age of 19. “My parents were aggravated because I had a scholarship, but I just didn’t want to go do it (attend college) anymore once I started doing this,” Yates said. “I Ron Yates removes an old horseshoe.
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Top photo: Special nails are used to hold the horseshoe in place. Horseshoes come in about 20 different sizes. peach living 11
have been very fortunate that it has worked out good for me.” Once he started horseshoeing, he started getting calls from people wanting him to come put shoes on their horses. Yates did some advertising to get his name out in the very beginning, but most of his business has come from the recommendations of customers. “There are all kinds of horses,” Yates said. “I kind of targeted the show horse crowd ... I do mostly the quarter horses and the ones that show.” Yates said there are more quarter horses in Alabama than other horse breeds, so more business is available. “I have a lot of good customers,” Yates said. Yates said it is the people and the horses that have kept him in the industry so long. “I love a good horse, and you meet a lot of nice people,” Yates said.
Yates said building a good customer base was the hardest part of the job. Developing a reputation for doing a good job was essential to staying in the business and getting to work with good horses. “Some of these horses are $50-100 thousand,” Yates said. News of someone that crippled a horse by making a mistake “spreads like wildfire” among the horse show community, Yates said. Yates said the key to being successful was “doing a good job, show up on time.” “Being self-employed takes more discipline than when you’ve got an 8-5 job,” Yates said. Top photo: Ron Yates began riding horses at the age of 14. Ron Yates hammers a horseshoe into place. 12 peach living
He said if someone does a good job, the customer will likely call them back. Most customers have more than one horse that needs shoeing at a time. All of the equipment Yates needs fits in the back of his truck, so he can drive to his customers. Yates said few of his clients come to him. “I have a handful of people that come here,” Yates said. “They might be 100 miles off or something ... they find it better just to come here.” The process of putting new shoes on a horse starts with removing the old one, cleaning the area and shaving it down. “A lot of people always want to know does it hurt them,” Yates said. “This is all dead tissue.” He said if a horse’s hoof is trimmed and not re-shoed, the tissue will eventually wear off, but once a shoe is in place, it just keeps growing. There is a narrow area around the hoof where the nails can be driven in without hurting the horse. The nails used are made specifically for horseshoes. “I typically just use six nails, three on each side,” Yates said. The modern horseshoes have several holes in them giving the farrier the chance to see where would be best to place the nails to keep the shoe in place. Ron Yates shapes a shoe to fit his horse.
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An aluminum shoe is prepared for nailing.
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Aluminum shoes are used for show horses. Steel shoes are used for horses that do roping and barrel racing. “It’s kind of like wearing tennis shoes (aluminum) as opposed to work boots (steel),” Yates said. Despite the dangers of the job, Yates said he has never been seriously hurt while shoeing horses. Although he said he does have some scars from the nails going through his chaps. Yates said the horse’s owner is on hand during the shoeing almost every time to keep the horse calm. While a few people have taken up horseshoeing as a profession because of Yates,
he said it is something that not many young people are doing. “It would be a pretty good profession for somebody. You have to be used to horses ... and willing to work,” Yates said. “Most people when they start out they work with an established person.” Yates owns three horses of his own. He said he used to raise horses and show them across the South. “When I first started shoeing, I was training horses on the side until I got my customers built up,” Yates said. “Once I got my customers built up, I quit training.” He also helps judge local horse shows.
LAWN BURWEED Preventing this prickly pest STORY BY BETHANY O’REAR, ALABAMA COOPERATIVE EXTENSION SYSTEM PHOTOS COURTESY OF GEORGIA EXTENSION peach living 15
The best strategy in controlling lawn burweed is to apply a preemergence herbicide, containing the active ingredients atrazine or isoxaben in late September to early October, before the winter weeds germinate.” — BETHANY O’REAR Homeowners call me frequently with this ‘sticky’ question. “Last spring, I noticed our family dog almost tip-toeing through the yard. He acted like something was pricking his feet. When I walked in the same area, I realized that he wasn’t just acting! Whatever it was pricked my feet, too! On closer inspection, I found this weed that had small stickers all over it. What is this weed and how can I prevent it from being a problem next spring?” The answer is the infamous lawn burweed. As this homeowner discovered, it is a menace to man and beast alike. Fall is the perfect time to start your plan of attack. Lawn burweed (Soliva sessilis) is a winter annual that germinates throughout thin turf in the fall months as temperatures cool. It is small and not very noticeable during the cold winter months. However, as temperatures warm in the early spring, lawn burweed initiates a period of rapid growth and begins to form spine-tipped burs at the base of each leaf. The seed is contained within the hooked bur. Now that you know what it is, the most important question remains — how can you get rid of it? The best strategy in controlling lawn burweed is to apply a preemergence herbicide, containing the active ingredients atrazine or isoxaben in late September to early October, before the winter weeds germinate. This method will kill it upon sprouting and greatly reduce its presence in your yard next spring. One point to mention — these products are available in either a granular or liquid form. Granular products require 1/2 inch of rainfall or irrigation to become active. Just in case you have a few weeds that escape the preemergence herbicide (which is not unusual), you can also spot spray with a postemergence herbicide. The key to success is to treat between November and February, when lawn burweed is very small and much easier to control. 16 peach living
During this time, the weed has yet to develop the spine-tipped burs. Spray your lawn with a postemergence herbicide containing the active ingredients of three broadleaf weed killers: 2,4-D, dicamba, and mecoprop (MCPP). Many brands of broadleaf herbicides on the shelf contain these ingredients. Using the herbicide 2-4-D alone may not be quite as effective, so a three-in-one product is preferred. Keep in mind that broadleaf herbicides are not effective unless applied when the air temperature is above 68 degrees F. The window of opportunity can be very limited during the winter season. Again, another reason to use pre-emergence herbicides in the fall. Unfortunately, most people do not notice a lawn burweed problem until warmer temperatures arrive. However, waiting until spring is too late. If you delay until April or May to attempt lawn burweed control, you are fighting a losing battle. Once the weed has reached a more mature state, multiple herbicide applications may be necessary, which can increase the potential for turfgrass
SUBSCRIBE! injury. Because lawn burweed is a winter annual, it will begin to succumb to the warmer air temperatures (~90 degrees F); however, the spines have already formed and will remain after the weed withers and dies. Mowing the area at a very low height and bagging the seeds might offer some relief. Some severe situations may call for killing the entire area, including the turfgrass, with a non-selective herbicide, such as glyphosate. Of course, one will have to replant grass or lay new sod but this method may be worth it, since it will ensure no more lawn burweed! Dead or alive, lawn burweed poses a painful problem. The only solution is early identification and control. Remember lawn burweed is an annual and will come back from seeds that develop each spring. Take action now for prickle-free turf later! Bethany A. O’Rear of the Alabama Cooperative Extension System (ACES). She is housed at the C. Beaty Hanna Horticultural and Environmental Center, which is based at the Birmingham Botanical Gardens. This column includes research based information from land-grant universities around the country, including Alabama A&M and Auburn universities.
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Donny Finlayson enjoys painting his family and older buildings.
Donny Finlayson uses art to capture scenes
Painting is more than a hobby for Donny Finlayson. It is a way to preserve a time and place in a meaningful way. Donny Finlayson’s serious interest in art came in 1979 after creating some illustrations for a project for his wife Judy. “My wife was working on her master’s degree in elementary education, and she had to write a children’s book,” Finlayson said. “She wrote the book, and she had to have some drawings and illustrations in there, so I did the drawings and illustrations.” After seeing his work, Judy suggested that he might enjoy art classes. She said she would buy him supplies for Christmas. “I said, ‘You’ve got a baby due in January, and I am coaching baseball at the high school and I don’t have time to do that,” Finlayson recalled. “She bought the stuff anyway.” The very first painting he did was in a class taught by Scarlett Teel. “It has shadows,” Finlayson said. “You got a bowl that will give you depth. You have a vase that has light coming to you. So, she is showing you how to use light and colors to make you do your picture what you want it to do.” Finlayson continued taking classes in painting and completed projects from 1980 to 1985, when he became principal of Adair (precursor to Clanton Middle School.) The additional commitments of being principal meant Finlayson mostly gave up painting for a while. In 2015, Finlayson retired from education and decided to get serious about painting again. The subjects for his paintings change with seasons of life. He said right now he is enjoying painting pictures of his grandchildren. Finlayson has paintings of each of his children when they were young. Some are portraits, while others are of every day scenes, including fishing and participating in sports. Finlayson said he usually works from a photograph. Many of the portraits he has painted of his family members have been given to them as presents. Finlayson likes trying his hand at painting new subjects, whether it be flowers or people’s faces. peach living 19
To initially learn how to paint faces, Finlayson painted portraits of clowns. “On the clowns that I do, I put initials in the background,” Finlayson said. “I put B.F. in the background for Bart and Brooke Finlayson, the name of my kids, to add a special little touch to it.” In addition to paintings of his family, Finlayson likes to preserve the look of old buildings through his work. One such painting is of an ice plant in Jackson, Alabama. Some of his paintings are of old buildings his family had owned. He has mainly worked with oil paints but began using watercolors when he received some as a gift from his faculty when he was a principal. “You can paint completely different both ways ... in watercolors, you do your light (colors) first, then add your dark to it,” Finlayson said. “With oils, you do your dark first.” The way these paintings are displayed is different also. “Adding the right frame to it helps bring out your picture, too,” Finlayson said. “... Most oil pictures you want a wider frame. Watercolors usually have a matte and a thinner frame.” Finlayson has also done a few paintings with a religious theme. “We were singing at church one day ‘he could have called 10,000 angels to come take Him ( Jesus) off the cross,’ so that’s what got me to do that,” Finlayson said of his piece “On Call.”
Donny Finlayson displays one of his larger paintings.
By choice, Finlayson rarely sells his artwork, but he does do commissioned pieces sometimes. Some of his friends are surprised that as active as Finlayson is that he will sit for hours to paint. The finishing touches on a painting are the most challenging aspect for Finlayson. He compared painting to baseball, sometimes things go exactly the way he wants and sometimes they do not. Correcting mistakes takes a different approach depending on the paint used. “In oil painting, you let it dry, and then you can paint over it,” Finlayson said. “In watercolor, you try to incorporate whatever happened.” Finlayson has submitted his work on a regular basis to the Roy Wood Peach Festival Art Show. “We want people in town to see what we do,” Finlayson Finlayson has many sports-themed paintings, such as this one of Bo Jackson. 20 peach living
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This painting of the Finlayson home place is Donny Finlayson’s way of preserving it.
This painting depicts Finlayson’s great-grandfather and grandson JV Sullivan fishing.
said. “I think people enjoy going into the bank (River Bank & Trust) and seeing our work.” He said for several years, the contest had required that the art have peaches in it. As a result, he has many paintings of peaches. He has also entered an art show in Montgomery a few times. When participating in shows, Finlayson tries to keep it in perspective because it is usually only one person’s opinion. Some of Finlayson’s work is on display in the library of Clanton Middle School.
“I put my work in Adair and Clanton Middle School because most kids do not know anyone who paints,” Finlayson said. “And, I wanted kids to know that you can be an athlete and enjoy the arts.” He said he wanted students to know that they did not have to choose between one or the other. Some students have also had artwork displayed there. “I inspired a few,” Finlayson said. Finlayson said he paints when the mood strikes him but also attends a weekly class at Senior Connection as a set time to paint most weeks.
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Katie Littlefield was named the 2019 Miss Blackberry in April.
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This year’s Miss Blackberry Queen Katie Littlefield hopes to use her reign to let others know about the importance of finding your inner beauty. “I hope to let people know not to be scared to be themselves,” Littlefield said. “Being yourself around people is not only the best thing you can do for yourself, but for them, too. They get to see the truest part of you and the way God has made you. I am always myself when we go into businesses and places from our community because I want to have an impact on people’s lives like some people are to me with the way they are themselves every time no matter where or what situation.” Littlefield was crowned this spring during the pageant’s second year of existence. The pageant was created to complement the annual Black and Blue Berry Festival held 24 peach living
at Petals from the Past in Jemison and is a fundraiser for the Jemison Lions Club. Pam Deavers, who was in charge of the pageant this year, said Littlefield received a prize package of gift cards from local businesses as well as a photo session with Captured by Candace, a modeling session with Willow 31, free ice cream at Todd’s Produce and a free slushie at Pierce Farms. Littlefield said the most enjoyable moment so far for her during her reign as Miss Blackberry Queen was having the opportunity to attend the Black and Blue Berry Festival at Petals from the Past. “The people were so nice, and we even got to pick some blackberries,” Littlefield said. Initially, Littlefield decided to try out for Miss Blackberry because of the new tradition it holds for Chilton County, plus she wanted to have a chance of helping grow the tradition
Top left photo: The 2019 Blackberry Queens are Miss Katie Littlefield, Junior Miss Kara Gore, Young Miss Alison Bazzell, Little Miss Adalynn Gray and Tiny Miss Alivia Ellison. Top right photo: The Miss Blackberry Queens read to children during the Jemison Library Story Hour.
Right photo: Miss Blackberry Katie Littlefield at the 2019 Relay for Life.
for others that may be interested in auditioning in future years. Littlefield has competed in pageants before including the Peach Pageant as a younger child and some smaller pageants at her school. “I was very surprised when I found out that I was Miss Blackberry because of all the pageants I have done, I have never won a title,” Littlefield said. “This pageant has been nothing but good to me ever since, and I thank God for the opportunities that this role has given me.” Littlefield said she has also enjoyed the opportunity to be an example to her younger queen sisters by showing them how they should treat people in addition to learning how to make others happy. Since being crowned, Littlefield has spent time representing Miss Blackberry by attending different events around the county. “We helped spread the word about the pageant by handing out T-shirts at the Black and Blue Berry Festival,” Littlefield said. “We really want more people to learn about
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the pageant and hopefully participate in future years. We also helped out with Relay For Life by giving out raffle tickets at an event. We have just enjoyed getting to know the community and meeting different people that we wouldn’t normally have the chance to meet if we weren’t given these roles as queens.” Littlefield said she also attended an event in Jemison in August to get to know the members of the Jemison Lion’s Club better. Littlefield plans to further her education in nursing at Jefferson State Community College and become an ICU RN. She said one thing most people would be surprised to learn about her is that she is a part of the health science program at LeCroy Career Technical Center in Clanton to help her with her nursing career.
The best piece of advice Littlefield has received is to not take for granted the time she has left. “That doesn’t just mean that we are going to die one day, it also means that this is my senior year of high school, and everyone says it is going to fly by and graduation is right around the corner,” Littlefield said. “I really put that in perspective when I had my last orientation at school .... because it is all coming to an end very fast.” Littlefield said she enjoys eating blackberries, and while she considers herself a lover of most fruits, blackberries are definitely a top favorite. Littlefield is the daughter of Tim Littlefield and DeAnna Johnson. She lives in Clanton and attends Chilton County High School.
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Chilton Chamber receives CCAA accreditation The Chilton County Chamber of Commerce is now one of only 14 chambers across the state of Alabama that has received the Accredited Alabama Chamber of Commerce distinction (AACC). The Chamber of Commerce Association of Alabama (CCAA) awarded the Chilton Chamber the award during the organization’s annual convention in Gulf Shores. “It’s a real honor to receive this,” said Chamber director Francine Wasden. “It took a lot of hard work, and I’d like to commend our board members and staff for helping us to get there.” According to a release from the CCAA, “the Accredited Alabama Chamber of Commerce program sets standards of excellence for chambers in the State of Alabama. It recognizes chambers that have achieved those standards while offering guidelines for those to improve their effectiveness. “The Accredited Alabama Chamber of Commerce program is designed to
promote public awareness of the intent of the chamber of commerce brand as a not-for-profit community developmentbased business membership organization by providing a peer review process of generally accepted chamber of commerce organizational benchmarks.” Six different standards are taken into account when a chamber seeks this accreditation: organization, mission focus, professional administration, financial management, communications and advocacy. “As one of CCAA’s most prestigious programs, the Accredited Alabama Chamber of Commerce program shows that each chamber receiving the distinction is committed to the highest standards of organization management. This distinction recognizes local chambers of commerce in Alabama that strengthen free enterprise by protecting their local business environment,” said Heather Brothers New, President of The Chamber, Gadsden and Etowah County
and the CCAA’s 2019 Chairwoman of the Board of Directors. “They most certainly represent the highest standards in our profession.” Jeremy L. Arthur, President and CEO of the CCAA, said the Chilton County Chamber of Commerce is a true testament to the chamber profession. “The accreditation process is very rigorous and highlights that each chamber is truly the ‘best of the best’ across our state,” Arthur said. “The commitment shown by each local chamber that receives the Accredited Alabama Chamber of Commerce distinction shows their continued commitment to the highest professional standards and assures their business members they are investing in an organization working on their behalf for the greater good.” Wasden said she is proud of the work the Chilton County Chamber of Commerce has done and the direction the organization has taken since she took over as director.
Heather New, president of the Chamber of Commerce Association of Alabama and executive director of the Gadsden/Etowah County Chamber of Commerce presented the award to Francine Wasden, Christina Wilkins and Rachel Martin of the Chilton County Chamber of Commerce for its recent accreditation. (CONTRIBUTED)
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Chamber visits Georgia National Fairgrounds and Agricultural Center The Chilton County Chamber of Commerce partnered with the industrial Development Board to host a trip to see the Georgia National Fairgrounds and Agricultural Center in Perry, Georgia. This facility similar in scope to the planned Alabama Farm Center that will be located in Chilton County. The purpose of the tour was to create an opportunity for community leaders to gain an understanding of the scope of the project, infrastructure requirements, the impact of the facility on the community as well as methods to improve the design and operation of the Alabama Farm Center to avoid issues that have been problematic during the 30-year operation of the Georgia National Fairgrounds.
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The mission of the Chilton County Chamber of Commerce is to promote and support the recruitment, development and retention of business and industry in Chilton County; to promote and support economic opportunity and improved quality of life for all residents; to promote and support education and career development; to promote and support those programs that benefit charitable causes; to assist in resolving issues of interest within the community; and to be ambassadors for Chilton County as a center of business, industry, agriculture and recreation. As a not-for-profit community service organization, the Chamber of Commerce depends on funding provided by membership dues, sponsored events, donations and other sources of revenue to support our various missions in the community. Recently, the Chilton County Chamber of Commerce achieved two significant milestones that will increase our ability to achieve our mission of service to the people of Chilton County. First, the Chilton County Chamber of Commerce recently became one of only 14 members of the Chamber of Commerce Association of Alabama to receive the distinction of being an Accredited Alabama Chamber of Commerce. This program establishes stringent standards of excellence for member organizations and recognizes individual Chamber organizations that achieve the highest standards of organizational management that include organization, mission focus, financial management, professional administration, communications and advocacy. Second, the Board of Directors of the Chilton County Chamber of Commerce approved the formation of a nonprofit corporation known as the Chilton County Chamber of Commerce Foundation. Creation of the foundation will provide a more structured and efficient means to solicit, manage and distribute funds to achieve our stated mission. The directors of the Foundation were specifically selected because of their many years of service devoted to the betterment of Chilton County. The directors include Robert M. Martin, Connie Bainbridge, Jason Griffin, Jason Calhoun and Richard Moore. The creation of the Chilton County Chamber of Commerce Foundation will allow access to sources of funding that were previously unavailable because of restrictions on donations by various corporations. Access to these funds will greatly enhance the ability of the Chamber of Commerce to promote and support Chilton County as an emerging center of business, industry, agriculture and recreation in Alabama. The Chilton County Chamber of Commerce is about making connections. We look forward to continuing to increase our connections throughout Alabama and the Southeast to ensure a more prosperous future for all residents.
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Celebrate Apollo 13! Local Girl Scouts commemorate the 50th Anniversary of the moon landing.
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Pigskin potential These photos are from the Thorsby youth football camp led by former Crimson Tide running back Trent Richardson on July 20.
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Peach Jam 2019 People enjoyed music and festivities at Clanton City Park on June 29. 1. Crissie Griffin 2. Christina, Kaity and Greg Wilkins. 3. Lamar and Sandra Holland 4. Michelle, Colin Brock and Margot Griffin 5. Reign Aldridge, Carol Fortuna and Brook Aldridge with Chilton County United Way. 6. Jenni and Jonathan Singleterry and Jeniah. 7. Tim, Paul Waylon, Grady and Brad Carter.
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COMMUNITY HAPPENINGS Second Saturday of every month Disabled American Veterans Chilton Chapter 33 will meet at 11 a.m. and the Disabled American Veterans Auxiliary Unit 33 will meet at noon at the Senior Connection Facility at 304 Park Plaza in Clanton (next to Fred’s & Farmers Home Furniture). Any interested veteran & family members are invited to attend. Many veterans believe they have been out too long to get help. The recognition of their service has no expiration date. The veteran in your family does not have to be disabled for you to participate. If you are looking to support the veteran in your community and help veterans in need, the DAV Chapter & DAV Auxiliary Unit are the places for you. There will be a Pot Luck lunch, bring your favorite dish, dessert and tea. Don Frazier 205-755-7575.
and worship and meeting will begin at 6:30 p.m. Coffee and dessert will be available. Childcare will be available.
Every Monday Clanton First United Methodist Church, at 207 Eighth Street North in Clanton, hosts Celebrate Recovery, a Christcentered 12 step program to address any hurt, habit or hangup. Meetings are every Monday evening at 5:30 p.m. beginning with a free dinner and followed by a largegroup meeting at 6:30 p.m. Men’s and women’s small groups meet at 7:30 p.m. Celebration Place, a pre-covery program for children ages 5-13, meets at the same time and teaches children at an early age how to deal with hurts, habits and hangups that happen in their lives. For more information, please contact the church office at 755-0490.
Sept. 2 Evening Lions Club at 6 p.m. at Senior Connection. Visitors Welcome.
Every Tuesday Broken Vessel Recovery meeting at the Bridge of Hope building, 1114 Fifth Ave N Clanton at 5:30 p.m. for fellowship
Every Wednesday Rotary Club of Chilton County at noon at Peach Park. Every Wednesday Jemison Public Library, 160 Main Street, Story Hour at 10 a.m. Every Thursday Chilton/Clanton LEGO block party at 2 p.m. Every Thursday Kiwanis Club meeting at First United Methodist Church fellowship Hall at noon.
Sept. 2 Jemison City Council meeting at Jemison Municipal Complex at 6 p.m. Sept. 6 Hee Haw Day at Senior Connection, 304 Park Plaza in Clanton, featuring Kenny Hatcher and some of the Hee Haw Gang. Dress as your favorite Hee Haw character! Live Music, Food and Fun. Sept. 9 Clanton City Council at 5 p.m. at Clanton City Hall Sept. 14 “Murder in the Library” fundraiser to benefit Kelsey’s Place, a nonprofit peach living 37
organization that assists individuals with job or career search as well as provide no cost GED classes, at the Jemison Public Library, 160 Main Street from 6-8 p.m. For more information, visit the Kelsey’s Place Facebook page or call 205-755-7101. Sept. 14 Bama Birds Pontiac Car Show to benefit Ronald McDonald House at Goose Pond Park, 906 Seventh Street from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Registration is $20. Awards given for best of Show, Best Paint, Best Engine, Best Interior, Best Firebird of each generation, Longest Distance Award, Top 10 and Kids Choice. Door prizes, 50/50 drawing and kids games will also be held. Food and drinks available. For more information, contact Wayne Edmondson at 334-6460855. Sept. 16 St. Vincent’s Chilton health education at Senior Connection at 9:45 a.m. Sept. 16 Evening Lions Club at 6 p.m. at Senior Connection. Visitors Welcome Sept. 17 Senior Connection field trip to Hoover Tactical Firearms leave at 10 a.m. Sept. 17 Chilton County Schools Countdown to College workshop from students in grades nine-12 and their parents, hosted by Potential Magazine, at Jefferson State Community College Chilton-Clanton campus 6-7:30 p.m. Learn more about college admissions and scholarship advice from experts and college recruiters. Door prizes and a chance for a $1,000 scholarship will be given away. Sept. 23 Clanton City Council at 5 p.m. at Clanton City Hall
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Sept. 23 2020 Chilton County Relay for Life Kickoff meeting at 6 p.m. at Clanton Church of Christ, 1111 Lay Dam Road in Clanton.
We need team captains, teams, and Event Leadership Team volunteers. Theme for Relay 2020 is “The Game of Life-We’re not Playing Games with Cancer!” Come with your team’s game idea for your campsite. Food will be served. For more information, visit the Relay For Life of Chilton County, Alabama Facebook page. Sept. 26 Senior Connection’s Womens Health and Fitness trip to Ross Bridge. Leave at 9 a.m Have lunch and a day at the spa with your favorite spa treatment. For more information, call Senior Connection at 205-755-8227. Sept. 27 Senior Connection Birthday Lunch with a magician for your entertainment. Bring your favorite covered dish and celebrate with all the members who have birthdays in September. Oct. 5 Swedish Fest Beauty Pageant at Thorsby High School. Tiny, Little, and Young Miss Pageant will begin at 1 p.m. Miss interviews will begin at 4 p.m. Junior and Miss Pageant will begin at 5 p.m. Oct. 12 Dialing the area code is now required for making a call in the 205 code geographic area. Oct. 12 Swedish Festival in Thorsby, featuring 5K Viking Run starting at 7 a.m., parade at 9 a.m. and car show. Oct. 14 The second annual Taste of Chilton County will be held from 5:30-7:30 p.m. at Senior Connection, 304 Park Plaza in Clanton. Tickets are $25 and can be purchased at Senior Connection or from any member of the Rotary Club of Chilton County. The event will feature sample of entrees, appetizers and desserts from many local restaurants. Proceeds from the event are used for community projects within Chilton County. For more information, please call Senior Connection at 205-755-
Maplesville’s Treats on Main will be held on Oct. 31.
8227 or Rotary Club President Gordon Swenson at 205-907-4219. Oct. 19 Donuts and Painting with the Queens. Several of the local pageant queens will be raising money to purchase Christmas gifts for some needy families in our community. Tickets can be purchased from the Swedish Queens, Chilton County Queens, Relay for Life Queens, Peach Queens and the Blackberry Queens. Oct. 24 Raleigh’s Place Celebration from 6-8 p.m. at the Clanton Campus of Jefferson State Community College, 1850 Lay Dam Road, including a silent auction, raffles, gift card wheel. This event has always been a blast for all in attendance. It is a great way to learn more about what we do at Raleigh’s Place while also being able to meet some of the people that help make Raleigh’s Place a reality. Bring many friends and a big checkbook. For more information, visit the Raleigh’s Place Facebook page. Oct. 31 Maplesville Treats on Main Everyone is invited to come hand out candy to children. Oct. 31 Trick or Treat the Streets in Clanton sponsored by the Chilton County Chamber of Commerce. peach living 39
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