December 2014 Madison Living

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Christmas brilliance shines in Overcash home in December WRITTEN BY GREGG L. PARKER PHOTOGRAPHS BY SARAH BREWER AND JEN FOUTS-DETULLEO

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LEFT: The Overcash’s dining table features a red and chartreuse theme for Christmas dinner.

ingerbread, reindeer and plenty of laughter fuse for a Christmas mosaic at Tommy and Debbie Overcash’s home in Ashley Estates.

When their sons – Cameron and twins Chandler and Mason – were young, each room in the Overcash house had its own Christmas tree. Now, decorating focuses on the living, dining and recreation rooms, den, study and kitchen.

Bing Crosby tunes play as Debbie drags dozens of boxes from the attic. “Thirty-five years of cherished memories flood from those boxes,” she said.

“When it comes to Christmas, I’m a broken record, because these are more than decorations ... they’re memories,” Debbie said. Decorations from parents and grandparents are “items not valuable to anyone else ... irreplaceable to us.”

However, circa 1996, the boys had grown disinterested in decorating, so Debbie had only one

small Christmas tree, sparsely decorated with lights and tinsel. “Tommy and the boys were happy as clams. I was completely unhappy the entire month,” she said.

Tommy’s grandmother hand-stitched his Christmas stocking when he was born. Two reindeer from Debbie’s mother’s dining room table now take center stage at their tree.

Their 10-foot Christmas tree is covered in mesh, roping, vines and many woodland-themed ornaments.

Traditional reds and golds dominate the many hues.

Ornament sizes vary greatly. Tommy places 15,000 tiny white lights, along with amber ones that add depth.

A lighted palm also brightens Tommy’s study with metallic gold feathers and amber glass balls suspended at different heights. Eloise Claire, their cat, prefers this tree.

On the den mantle, Byer’s Choice Carolers

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ABOVE: The A traditional wreath is the focus of the Overcash’s front lawn and greenery-draped windows. A lighted Rudolph peeks from behind a tree. TOP RIGHT: Flanked by red armchairs, a farm table holds a wreath of holly and red berries by two deer at rest. BOTTOM RIGHT: Standing 10 feet tall, the Overcash’s Christmas tree is covered in mesh, roping, vines and many woodland-themed ornaments and topped with golden feathers.

represent each Overcash family member – greatgrandparents through great-grandchildren ... even pets. “It’s so much fun adding new family members, at least one each year for the past six years,” Debbie said. “Watching little ones find themselves amongst the (carolers) and the joy it brings – that kind of happiness is priceless,” Debbie said.

Many years, they traveled to Mississippi to visit extended family but now invite relatives to Madison.

After attending Christmas Eve services, they return home for holiday treats.

As youngsters, the Overcash boys received one present on Christmas Eve – pajamas. That tradition continues as sons, daughters-in-law and four grandchildren always act surprised to find PJs. Christmas festivities now accommodate the sons’ schedules. On December 26, the celebration starts with Christmas brunch buffet. Grandchildren then embellish gingerbread houses.

In the rec room, the “grands” distribute presents, the youngest opening his gifts first, leading to “GrandTommy/DaddyO who opens last,” Debbie said.

Christmas dinner at the dining room table, seating 12, is always loud, fun and happily messy. Debbie’s favorite Christmas custom “is setting the Christmas table with my Grandmother Minnie’s stemware, my Grandmother Ruth’s china and Tommy’s grandmother Pom’s silver.”

Not known for baking, Debbie decided in 2013 to tackle a seven-layer cake on Southern Living’s cover.

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“It took a day to make and a forklift to get it on the table,” she said.

As the day winds down, the Overcashes gather in Tommy’s study to visit, laugh, play games ... happy to have the time together.

Marrying in 1980, the Overcashes moved to Huntsville, then to Madison in 1985.

Tommy and Debbie are Starkville, Mississippi natives. Tommy’s father was a horticulture professor at Mississippi State University. Debbie’s father worked as a Mississippi cotton specialist.

Cameron and wife Destanie live in Hattiesburg, Mississippi. Chandler and Sarah of Tuscaloosa have three children: Noah Catherine, 5, Weston, 3, and Micah, 1. Now Madison residents, Mason and Ashley welcomed Laeth into their lives in January 2014.

A third-term Madison City Councilman, Tommy currently is president. Tommy serves on boards for North Alabama Gas Company and HuntsvilleMadison County Public Library and belongs to Madison Optimist Club.

The Overcashes work with Madison Street Festival, which is “very near and dear to our hearts,” Debbie said. She has been president three years.

In Rotary Club of Madison, Debbie chairs “Employee of the Year” and community projects.

She chairs The Salvation Army board, participates with Huntsville Symphony Orchestra Guild and Junior League’s advisory board.

The Overcashes were named 2001 Madison Family of the Year.

TOP LEFT: Two reindeer stand guard over a sleigh full of silver and pearl ornaments. TOP RIGHT: An ornate cross finds its home near a star and feathered ornament.

ABOVE: The dining room mantle boasts brilliant red Christmas trees and reindeer with an opulently festooned wreath. LEFT: Christmas storybooks are mementos from Cameron, Chandler and Mason Overcash’s childhoods.

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ABOVE: During the 2013 animated show, Christmas trees by Clay House’s porch flashed on and off.

he man behind the scenes for 2013’s synchronized light-and-sound show at 16 Main Street has returned with a new plan for 2014.

In 2013, Kevin Mulack orchestrated the animated display for “Christmas Magic in Downtown Madison” at Clay House. Madison Mayor Troy Trulock flipped the switch for the display that danced rhythmically to 10 Christmas songs.

“It takes a considerable amount of time to dedicate to it,” Mulack said. “I usually start planning the next year’s display as I’m taking down lights from the current year.”

Mulack’s 2013 display used about one-half mile of extension cords, approximately 20,000 lights, 400 feet of computer cable, a low-power FM transmitter and a computer that ran Light-o-rama software.

“Light-o-rama is a specialized program that

allows me to control every element. I divide the song into timings of tenths of a second; for each timing, I can control everything, including on/off shimmer twinkle intensity from five to 100 percent, fading up/down or any combination,” Mulack said.

For each minute in the show, Mulack needed two hours to program. “The bigger a display, the longer it takes. This doesn’t include set up and breakdown of the display or fixing broken items,” he said.

Adding warmth to that bitter-cold night, the U.S. Army Materiel Command (AMC) brass ensemble played Christmas carols. The AMC Band has been stationed at Redstone Arsenal since 2010.

“I brought the display to Madison because the property manager where I live in west Limestone County said my display was causing traffic concerns,” Mulack said. He contacted several people in Madison City Hall, eventually meeting Gayle

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RIGHT: During the 2013 animated show, Christmas trees by Clay House’s porch flashed on and off in rhythm to holiday music.

FAR RIGHT: The U.S. Army Materiel Command (AMC) brass ensemble played Christmas carols on Clay House’s lawn. BELOW: Kevin Mulack stands with about 80 percent of his arsenal of lighting that he uses for Christmas decorations.

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Milam, city event and volunteer coordinator.

“Kevin is not compensated for what he does.

He does this because he is a truly good-hearted individual that loves the Christmas spirit,” Milam said.

Mulack “supplies all of the decorations. If anyone drops a donation in the box, he in turn uses that money to repair or purchase display materials,” Milam said.

For 2014, Mulack plans to install more lights in a static display that stays illuminated.

Along Main Street, he will decorate the dogwood trees, utility poles and grassy areas.

Storefronts in Shoppes on Main will have rooftop icicle lights, 16 Main Street will have snowflakes and Main Street Cafe’s roofline will be illuminated.

“Every year, I’m already looking forward to the next. This year with a static display, I don’t see a need for the donation box,” he said. “I do this as a gift to the community. Our goal is to expand a little

every year until we get all of Main Street decorated with dancing Christmas lights.”

Currently, he works as a police department dispatcher at the University of Alabama in Huntsville. Mulack, 32, formerly worked as a police/fire dispatcher in Madison.

“I actually live in west Limestone County, but Madison has such a quaint downtown area that it’s perfect for a Christmas display.

They let me have complete control over my decorations, too,” Mulack said.

He and wife Judy have two daughters – Marie, 8, and Jillian, 5.

—Gayle Milam The girls help him test the lights “and love the display. We usually are playing Christmas music and playing with lights in August when most other people are enjoying the dog days of summer,” he said.

In 2015, Mulack plans to return with an even “bigger and better” animated display for downtown Madison.

“Kevin is not compensated

for what he does. He does this because he is a truly goodhearted individual that loves the Christmas spirit.”

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or Gary Ferguson, the act of dishing up a bowl of ice cream has become an event that goes beyond tasty into… entertaining.

“It’s science. It’s a little magic. It’s fun,” he declared. “Even big kids like me delight in watching ice cream made before their eyes at minus 321 degrees Fahrenheit.”

Minus 321° F is the temperature of the liquid nitrogen with which Ferguson douses his creamy liquid mixes to turn them into frozen ice cream in a matter of seconds at his Sub Zero ice creamery.

Open since July, Sub Zero is Ferguson’s excursion into entrepreneurship after years as a THAAD missile software engineer at Redstone Arsenal, still his day job. He professed being smitten with the idea of opening a franchise when he stumbled on a Sub Zero in California. “Being the avid fan of ice cream I am, I was immediately captivated. I said, ‘We don’t have anything like this in Alabama. We have to become a part of this.’”

The result was the state’s very first Sub Zero in the Village Shoppes of Madison on County Line

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Sub Zero’s ice cream chefs douse the cream-based mix with liquid nitrogen, then quickly blend it into ice cream in a matter of seconds.

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The shop’s list of selections includes a wide variety of flavors, 38 possible options to be mixed into the heavy cream base from which its ice cream starts.

“We have all kinds of mix-ins,” said assistant manager Michael Tripp. “We have cookies, candy; we have Andes Mints, Snickers bars, bubble gum and cheesecake bites and cookie dough, Kit Kat bars, M&Ms, fresh fruit, most anything you can think of.”

There are also fat-free, sugar-free and vegan recipes but the marquee ingredient comes from an array of 180-liter liquid nitrogen tanks which, through nozzles on the counter, spew extreme cold in a dramatic display.

“The nitrogen cloud, the fog, comes out,” said Tripp. “The kids are all ‘ooh!’ They get excited and TOP RIGHT: Owner Gary Ferguson sought to serve as many customers as possible by offering non-dairy options along with traditional ice cream, all of them mixed in the store’s trademark fast-freezing style.

BOTTOM RIGHT: The store carries the obligatory vast array of toppings or mix-ins for its ice cream. “We have cookies, candy, Andes mints, Snickers bars,” listed manager Michael Tripp. “Bubble gum and cheesecake bites and cookie dough, Kit Kat bars, M&Ms, sprinkles, most anything you can think of to add in.”

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“Being the avid fan of ice cream I am, I was immediately captivated. I said, ‘We don’t have anything like this in Alabama. We have to become a part of this.’”

—Gary Ferguson

Servings of Sub Zero ice cream come mixed with liberal doses of TLC. “There is extra work involved to produce this ice cream,” said manager Michal Tripp.

“We don’t have any softserve machines like the frozen yogurt places.”

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try to stick their faces in the fog. It’s never a dull moment when we’ve got kids in the store.”

“We’ve got it all,” Ferguson laughed. “It’s like Baskin Robbins meets Bill Nye the Science Guy.” Sub Zero plays up the cryonic science side of its business, designating employees as “cryogenic engineers” and hosting parties that include demonstrations of liquid nitrogen’s properties.

“Little things,” said Ferguson, “Spoon it on a balloon and watch the balloon shrivel up before their eyes. Then warm it in your hand and it fully inflates. I never get tired of seeing that.”

The shop does face challenges on price. Its ice cream sells for $3.49 for a kids’ serving and $5.49 for a large.

“We are a little more expensive than some,” Tripp ABOVE: After a few admitted, but pointed out, “It’s professionally made seconds of fast churning, right in front of you, not made in a factory across shift leader Rebecca the country, then shipped to where it sits in a freezWestmeyer serves up er for a month.” a freezing and brightly And while the deep cold of the liquid nitrogen colored treat created on the spot. LEFT: Software fog makes the store stand out, cooling temperatures engineer Gary Ferguson outdoors have taken their toll on business. chose the Village Shoppes “We were gangbusters when we first opened,” of Madison on County Line said Ferguson. “At the moment, we’re struggling Road as the location for a little. With fall and SEC football and back-toAlabama’s first Sub Zero ice cream shop. school, that put a damper on things.”

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The business has countered the trend with vigorous outreach almost since it opened. Sub Zero kiosks appeared at the Business Expo at the Hogan Family YMCA, at the Madison Street Festival and the James Clemens Carnival. On Wednesdays and Sundays, congregations from local churches can get 10 percent discounts by bringing in a church bulletin.

“We’re definitely trying to establish our brand and do some good thing for the neighborhood as well,” said Ferguson. “I love ice cream all year round and, if we get the word out, I think we’d be okay.”

Charles Molineaux is an anchor and investigative reporter with WAFF 48 News.

ABOVE: Sub Zero’s 180-liter tanks of liquid nitrogen deliver the instant freeze that creates the shop’s ice cream in a matter of seconds.

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Interiors by Consign Furnishing homes wisely, tastefully

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nteriors by Consign raises the bar with upscale selection in new and preowned furniture, gifts and accessories.

New owners Jennifer Mullin and Pam Birkholz invite you to shop for perfect unique, traditional or contemporary pieces for your home. All consignments are inspected for superior condition: free from rips, tears, odors or damage. The goal is ‘like new’ condition.

Every 90 days, they change the showroom inventory. Clients can expect furniture by Henredon, Drexel, Basset, Broyhill ... even a Stickley china cabinet.

With Huntsville and Madison’s upwardly mobile populations, families often don’t move all belongings, providing great investments for furniture buyers.

Lazy Boy recliners, Stressless chairs, sofas and modular seating stay in demand. Chaise

lounges always sell out.

To place wide-screen televisions, clients often find a cabinet and ‘re-purpose’ it.

Desks, credenzas and chests furnish a home office or college dormitory room. Many customers furnish lake houses, beach condos and second homes.

Wall art constantly changes. Clients can browse accessories, like lamps, mirrors and candles. “Our furniture inventory has 80 percent as consignments, 20 percent new,” Mullin said.

For Christmas, the store becomes a gift destination with tree and mantle decorations, tin ornaments, pillows, picture frames and wine bottle covers -- even some in faux fur.

Most clientele are ‘repeat’ customers. Customers use social media to stay up-to-date by viewing merchandise on the store’s web-

site, Facebook and Instagram.

With an online Wish Book, customers request furniture pieces not in the showroom. “We’ll call when we get the piece,” Mullin said.

Mullin assists in decorator services. “We’ll visit your house, make a floor plan and suggest choices in paint colors, art and accessories,” she said. Store hours are MondaySaturday, 10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.

Interiors by Consign: 8506 Whitesburg Drive S., Huntsville, 256-880-0909, interiorsbyconsign.net, Instagram, Facebook/Interiors by Consign.

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faux finishing studio Turning ordinary into extraordinary

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ince 1993 in the North Alabama area, Lou Ann Lanier has been providing custom faux finishing services. Lanier creates cabinet and furniture glazing, fireplace surround solutions, design and installation of ornate wall and ceiling panels and decorative, textured and faux finishes.

For finishes, Lanier has mastered techniques for faux wood graining, marble, suede, leather, patinas, limestone and brushed metal.

With decorative finishes, she uses color washes, ‘smooshing,’ stenciling, striping and stippling, among other options.

Kitchen cabinets transform from mundane to exceptional with Lanier’s complete remake for color, texture and function. Usually blasé and unattractive, fireplace surrounds and

entertainment centers become handsome focal points of a room with Lanier’s work.

“Furniture glazing and distressing techniques will bring out the detail of workmanship often hidden by a wood grain finish,” Lanier said. “Glazing over an existing wood grain finish can also make that workmanship pop!” Armoires, buffets, chests and other pieces of furniture take on magnificent scale with reworking by faux & beyond.

Lanier offers a wide range of finishes for walls, doors, columns and other surfaces. She can apply faux wood graining on ceilings or faux metal, marble or slate finishes to any component of a room.

Leather and suede. Granite and brick.

Stippling and crackling. Lanier’s work with faux & beyond faux finishing studio can give

unexpected looks and luxury for a home. For a master bedroom, the owner can opt for closet doors to have a faux oil-rubbed bronze metal surface with burl wood inserts.

Lanier’s work has been featured by local newspapers, magazines, television and in Gary Lord’s latest book, “Simply Creative Faux Finishes by Gary Lord.” On two occasions, her home has been included in the Madison Tour of Historical Homes.

faux & beyond faux finishing studio: 256-772-8436, louann@fauxandbeyond.com, fauxandbeyond.com.

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Kinnucan’s Outfitting the family for Christmas

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resh and unexpected. Brands with proven results. Kinnucan’s specialty outfitter pleases all tastes -- from homebody to outdoorsman.

Kinnucan’s 24 Days of Christmas campaign treats shoppers to a different daily promotion from Dec. 1 through Christmas Eve. Keep up-to-date by joining our email list at kinnucans.com and visiting Facebook or Instagram.

“You can expect Buy-One-Get-One-Free offers or 25 percent off,” marketing specialist Stephanie Garner said. “For Christmas, Kinnucan’s has price point values from $9.99 in 10-dollar increments to $49.99.”

Offering clothing for the entire family, Kinnucan’s runs the gamut, even remembering the family dog.

For stylish flair, Aztec-printed sweaters and tops attract ladies and girls. Piko tops

are in demand. Boot socks and patterned leggings block winter’s chill, while kaleidoscopic scarves complete any ensemble.

Guys can choose trendy sportswear, like a winter jacket or vest from The North Face, Patagonia or Columbia to casual style from Southern Shirt Company and Southern Marsh choices.

Collegiate wear claims allegiance to the Alabama Crimson Tide or Auburn Tigers.

Jack Mason is one of Kinnucan’s latest suppliers. Kinnucan’s finishes a man’s look with gloves, hats and wallets and down to boxers and socks.

For out-of-doors lifestyles, Kinnucan’s gear satisfies your next excursion with Eno, Grand Trunk, GCI and Sea2Summit items.

Not-your-everyday toys and novelties range from a 50-caliber bottle opener and key finder to fire starters and on-the-head

flashlights. Mason jar shakers are popular.

Try some bling from brands like Bourbon & Bowe or Chavez for Charity. Sunglasses

by Ray-Ban, Suncloud Optics, Red’s Outfitter and Costa Del Mar throw some shade in the right direction.

Kinnucan’s hours are Monday-Friday, 10 to 9; Saturday, 9 to 9; and Sunday, noon to 6 p.m. Expect extended December hours for holiday shopping.

Kinnucan’s: The Shoppes of Madison, 8201 U.S. 72 West, Suite C, Facebook/Kinnucan, kinnucans.com.

Kinnucan’s is celebrating the Holidays with special deals each day of December leading up to Christmas. You don’t have to wait to get those special gifts for everyone on your list. Look for our daily emails or stop by our store to learn more about our special deals.

To receive our emails, text ‘KSO’ to 22828, or join our KSO Family Member Benefits Program at any Kinnucan’s near you.

8201 Highway 72 West / Madison, AL 35758 / 1-256-382-3221 / www.kinnucans.com / #Kinnucans

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Epiphany Boutique Defining your style tastefully

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hic yet comfortable. Stylish without fads. Epiphany Boutique offers clothing and accessories in an affordable, attractive flair for women.

Epiphany Boutique has locations in Madison at 7143-C U.S. 72 West (between SteakOut and Sunny Street Cafe at the corner of U.S. 72/Slaughter Road) and in Athens on the Square at 121 S. Marion Street.

“The Madison location is super convenient. We took a ‘bare shell’ of a building and decorated it from scratch like we wanted,” Dawne Douthit said. Their Athens store is in beautiful historic building with original hardwood floors and columns.

“We started in Huntsville’s Off-Campus Bookstore to place inexpensive, cost-conscious looks for college students,” Douthit

said. “Now, we have two locations that cater to any lady ‘from 15 to 50.’”

Douthit and daughter Jessica Clark always enjoy attending markets to find the best from designers like Blu Pepper, Ya, Monoreno, Comme Toi and Freeway. Their en vogue looks handle by-day business clothing to everyday sportswear to party dresses.

“We have lots of selection and sell unique items that you won’t see everywhere else,” Douthit said. “We only buy a few of the same style; you won’t see other people wearing it around town.”

Younger shoppers will find popular denim pieces and party dresses with big, embellished necklines. Their merchandise has a vintage feel with lace and chiffon -- popular for this fall and winter.

PHOTOGRAPH BY CINDY SHAVER PHOTOGRAPHY Epiphany Boutique’s in-house jewelry designer Diana creates all-organic jewelry for her Versanti line from natural materials like coffee beans, seeds and nuts that she receives from her home in South America.

“Stay tuned for our new website epiphanyboutique.com (available soon),” Douthit said.

Epiphany Boutique: Madison - 7143-C U.S. 72 West, 256-469-7082. Athens - 121 S. Marion Street on the Square, 256-233-8250. epiphanyboutique.com, Facebook/ Epiphany Boutique at Off Campus, Instagram epiphany_boutique_al, Twitter #epiphany_B.

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The Original Public House Irish fare with Southern spirit

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reland’s classic tastes gain a Southern accent at The Original Public House.

Bangers and mash (sausages with potatoes for you Yanks) are on the menu. Irish stew is stocked with hearty beef and vegetables.

“Our Fish & Chips have a flaky batter that’s thin and crunchy. Never greasy,” owner Rahul Arora said. “Our chunky coleslaw is completely different from anywhere else.” The Original Public House opened in the former site of Finnegan’s Pub. Freshness is a prerequisite. “Our chef does a great job. Taste is consistent from one batch to the next,” Arora said.

For a unique appetizer, the Chips Bar offers house-made potato chips or French fries with unexpected comple-

ments of corned beef and sauerkraut; chicken curry; beer cheese with bacon and chives; or rosemary, garlic and Parmesan spreads.

Arora’s favorite order, “Hearty Grilled Cheese,” is stuffed with pimiento and Swiss cheeses, tomato chutney, collard greens, toasted pecans and wheatberry.

The “mile-high burger” has double patties, any cheese and bacon on a uniqueto-Public-House sweet bun.

Guests rave about the chicken curry, which is not overly seasoned. The Original Public House’s chicken wings don’t use hot sauce but have a hint-of-spice glaze.

Decadent desserts include Irish MilkChocolate Cheesecake with pecan crumble; Black-and-Tan Brownie with dark chocolate and brown sugar. Arora

describes the Pretzel Bread & Butter Pudding with whiskey caramel as “phenomenal.”

The chef ’s impeccable consistency and the house’s good service have gained established customers. “One guy has been back five times,” Arora said. “Several guests from the United Kingdom say our menu reminds them of food back home.”

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The icing on out-of-the-ordinary cakes WRITTEN BY GREGG L. PARKER PHOTOGRAPHS BY JEN FOUTS-DETULLEO

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ears ago, Aubri Woodard’s career path started in an elementary class with Wilton Cake Decorating. She now has her own business, Sweet Thing Pastry.

Woodard enjoys taking part in clients’ lives by making a cake “for that special event, whatever it might be.”

“We’re successful because we love what we do, we pay attention to the smallest detail and try and make sure we are doing what the client wants,” Woodard said.

Woodard first taught herself in the craft while earning an associate’s degree in graphic design at Calhoun Community College. She then trained at LEFT: A lifelike poinsettia Culinard in Birmingham and graduated in summer bloom is perched atop this 2013. She interned at Gia’s in Birmingham and Christmas cake by Sweet Shea’s Express in Huntsville.

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Always an artist, Woodard has been interested “in creating pretty things -- pictures, drawings. I love baking wonderful-tasting things that are beautiful.”

Sweet Thing Pastry officially opened in early 2014, although Woodard has baked wedding cakes for friends and family for about five years. “We have the best-tasting cakes around ... so we’ve been told by many of our clients,” Woodard said.

Woodard creates her own recipes and adds personal flair, important aspects for Sweet Thing Pastry. “Flavor is a very important part of my creations. I try to use as pure ingredients as I can,” Woodard said.

Clients can visit Sweet Thing Pastry’s attractive consultation room at 121 Larkspur Lane to discuss their needs and pick up orders. Woodard’s “by-appointment bakery” was built on her parents’

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property near the family home.

“We’re do-it-yourselfers in a big way and decided to build our own building. I have a beautiful walk to work through the woods,” said Woodard, a lifelong Madison resident.

Wedding and birthday cakes are specialties for Sweet Thing Pastry. Woodard has developed recipes for a lengthy list of signature cakes, including Sunrise Sunset, Dark Chocolate Orange, Lemon Cream, Dark Chocolate Raspberry, Mocha, Margarita and Tipsy Toffee Apple, among others.

Clients especially are fond of The Italiano, The California and Autumn Caramel cakes. “I love it all,” Woodard said. Her cake choice can depend on that day’s mood or latest craving.

She also bakes small dessert items, like pastry cream fruit tarts, chocolate ganache tarts (mini-tarts or full-sized), panna cotta, various cookies and cake pops.

Woodard’s creations run the gamut for sweets at parties, showers, teas, weddings, corporate events CLOCKWISE FROM TOP RIGHT: Layers of flavor, topped with chocolate, make Christmas Panna Cotta shooters hard to resist. Sweet Thing Pastry bakes small dessert items, like pastry cream fruit tarts, chocolate ganache tarts, cookies and cake pops. Like this multitiered beauty, wedding cakes are a specialty for Aubri Woodard with Sweet Thing Pastry.

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and banquets. Her line of savory tarts complements the sugary choices.

Woodard welcomes specialty requests. Clients can ask for items not on the menu, and she likely can create their idea.

Sweet Thing Pastry frequently participates in North Alabama events, especially bridal shows. For the recent Mad Scientist Ball at Sci-Quest Handson Science Center, Woodard concocted her largest order to-date with Halloweeen-themed panna cotta shooters resembling candy corn, blueberry lemonade tarts with tiny chocolate ghosts and “cakeballs” decorated as eyeballs.

That gig “gave us a chance to show what we can do,” Woodard said.

Aubri’s father Kipp Wood pitches in to help, as handyman to computer guru. Her mother Tammie Woodard serves as business manager and bakery partner but doesn’t mind washing dishes as needed.

“Aubri is the creative one ... the artist. She puts her touch on everything to make it beautiful, plus uses her culinary skills to ensure everything tastes wonderful,” Tammie said.

For more information, call Aburi at 256652-5029 or Tammie at 256-837-2164, email to sweetthinginfo@gmail.com or visit sweetthingpastry.com or Facebook/Sweet Thing.

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Ice Warriors Huntsville Havoc a cool option for local sports WRITTEN BY NICK SELLERS PHOTOGRAPHS BY RICHARD PERIGO

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t’s no secret which sports dominate the Deep South, much less the state of Alabama – the fall belongs to football. A little deeper look into the local sports scene, though, will yield the Huntsville Havoc, a championshipwinning hockey team now in its 11th season.

Competing in the Southern Professional Hockey League (SPHL), the Havoc is led by third-year coach Glenn Detulleo, who led the team to the SPHL finals in his first year.

Huntsville fell to Pensacola 1-2 in the series.

“I feel since we went to the finals two years ago, you can kind of sense an excitement around the team in games, around everywhere,” Detulleo said.

The SPHL consists of eight teams around the Southeast, with squads in Florida, Louisiana, Georgia, Mississippi, Tennessee, North Carolina and Illinois; the Havoc is Alabama’s only SPHL team.

The team practices and plays at the Von Braun

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CLOCKWISE FROM TOP LEFT: Right wing Ray Ortiz, entering his sixth consecutive season and seventh overall with the Havoc. Fans get into the action at the Von Braun Center. Team gathers together after the final horn of a game. Players raise their sticks in a nod of appreciation to the fans.

Center in downtown Huntsville, but many of the players live in apartment complexes in Madison.

Ray Ortiz, the player who’s seen more time on the ice with the Havoc than any other current player, is one of them.

“Interest has grown every year with this team,” said Ortiz, who plays right wing and is in his seventh season with the Havoc. “I would like to think that it’s all us,” he said with a chuckle.

Huntsville sees the seven other teams plenty throughout the season, but Detulleo said the matchup with the Pensacola Ice Flyers is one of particular importance.

“They’re the team we lost to in —Glenn Detulleo the finals two years ago, and it’s always a good measuring stick of how good we are as a team,” he said. “We also play Knoxville [Ice Bears] a good deal towards the end of the season.”

Around half of the team from last season returned for the 2014 season, Detulleo estimated.

“I feel since we went to the finals two years ago, you can kind of sense an excitement around the team in games, around everywhere.”

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According to the team’s online roster, eight of the 17 players are returning from last season, with four rookies.

“It’s tough to keep more than that sometimes,” he said.

Still, many of the current players have logged playing time for prestigious American universities’ hockey programs.

“With our team, the vast majority played hockey either in Division I or Division III,” Detulleo said.

Mike Henderson, a first-year player for the Havoc, played the sport for the Army Black Knights from 2010-12.

In the offseason, most members of the team “disperse,” Detulleo said, to their homes across North America. While they are all together during the season, there aren’t many local community events of which the team doesn’t take advantage.

“We’ll do school visits all over,” Detulleo said, naming most of the Madison City schools as visit spots. “We’re open to anything.”

More information on the team, as well as a full schedule and ticket information, can be found at huntsvillehavoc.pointstreaksites.com and by phone at 256-518-6164.

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HEALTH

Peace of mind Scholarship Program makes Y membership accessible for everyone WRITTEN BY MARY ANNE SWANSTROM PHOTOGRAPH CONTRIBUTED

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hat keeps a parent up at night? Plenty, and Emily R. was vulnerable to the same worries most of us face – our children’s development, their safety, the family budget – multiplied many times by being the sole breadwinner and caregiver to her 10-year-old son as a single parent. But because of the Single Parent Scholarship Program at the YMCA, Emily can sleep a little easier at night.

“The Y makes it possible for Evan to have somewhere safe to go when he’s not

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ABOVE: Colby Flack, Y Wellness Director, and Stephanie Patterson, a Member Services Representative.

in school,” Emily said. “My budget is very tight, and Y scholarships keep payments affordable.”

Having a place to go that is safe and supportive is especially critical for Emily’s son. His gregarious nature might eclipse common childhood fears as well as mask a struggle with trusting some adults.

“My son is energetic, ‘Mr. Speedster,’ but he’s afraid of the dark,” she said.

Emily was hesitant about a Y field trip to Cathedral Caverns, and she reached out to the camp director.

“She told him, ‘I want camp to be a good experience for you,’ and she made a point to stay with him,” Emily said. “Being at the Y has helped my son to have good experiences with positive leadership.”

Now her son doesn’t have trouble sleeping, either.

“The first day that he came home from camp, he passed out on the sofa,” she said.

To learn more about financial assistance for membership or programs at the Hogan YMCA, visit ymcamadison.org or call 256.705.9622.

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EDUCATION

More Than Shelter Boys & Girls Club aims to prepare kids, early, for a demanding world WRITTEN BY CHARLES MOLINEAUX PHOTOGRAPHS CONTRIBUTED

ABOVE: The Boys & Girls Club family of Madison and Limestone counties has grown dramatically, to an estimated 800 children assisted by the group daily to 5,000 in the course of a year.

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reg Crabtree concluded that providing a refuge for local children in need, safety, nutrition, was a valuable service.

It just wasn’t enough for the children.

“Yes, we want kids to have healthy lifestyles and be good citizens but we felt academic success was really the key to putting these kids on the right path,” he said.

A board member for the Boys & Girls Club since 1988, Crabtree has watched, overseen and encour-

aged an expansion of focus into school work to prepare young people for futures better than their troubled worlds of today and to give them the intellectual nuts and bolts to build that future themselves.

Through economic hard times, tumult in the region’s families and increased awareness of what can be done, the Boys & Girls Club has seen its outreach grow to serving about 800 children a day and 5,000 a year, largely from low income and single parent families in Madison and Limestone counties, Crabtree

said.

As a certified public accountant, Crabtree saw the need for long-term investment.

“Back then, the main thing we’d do was take groceries to our club family members at Christmas,” he recalled. “But I really wanted to be involved in terms of activities.”

That involvement, and the arrival of Pat Wynn as executive director of the Boys and Girls Club, brought a new foray … into teaching.

“We tested out the concept of the reading academy,” Crabtree explained. “We tried that out for 10 weeks in the summer. We realized there were two issues: kids falling behind in reading proficiency and summer reading loss.”

Coordinating with the national Boys & Girls Club, area leaders conceived a strategy to bolster academic success, healthy lifestyles, character and leadership.

“We made that turn of focus,” Wynn explained. “We hired school teachers to work in all our clubs and we have them overseeing. The emphasis is on education and urgent intervention.”

“Urgent” became a theme, Crabtree said, citing research that showed children not reading at grade level by third grade faced a 70 percent probability of not graduating high school.

“The school systems are failing these children. These statistics are just damning in that regard,” he said. “It’s not that the school systems aren’t trying. They’re adding money to the process. It’s just not working.”

The Club’s response has been cooperative agreements with schools where disadvantaged young people struggle with school.

“Boys & Girls Club goes in,” Wynn said. “If a kid is failing something, we’re LEFT: Building blocks: Boys & Girls Club organizers credit their reading academy for significant progress by students who’d been struggling with academics.

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aware of it. We put them on an individual learning plan.”

The result was almost immediate.

CLOCKWISE FROM “In the first year, we identified 98 children who TOP: Boys & Girls Club had fallen behind,” Crabtree recalled. “We got 95 of advocates say their new emphasis on schoolwork the 98 back on track.” started paying dividends Aiming at the crucial window before third grade, almost immediately. the club achieved a promising start.

Ready to grow: Boys “Seventy-five percent of the kids in the first grade & Girls Club kids show were reading at grade level,” Crabtree said. “We were off their horticultural able to improve that to 80 percent. Not bad. At seccreations (and model aprons from supporter ond grade, 59 percent were reading at grade level and Home Depot). Boys & Girls we were able to advance that to 75 percent.”

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campaign which culminated with its “Leaders and Legends” gala at the Von Braun Center didn’t meet his hopes.

“We got well past half a million in our campaign.

We were hoping to get a million but we fell short in that,” he said.

Heading into a new year, Crabtree promised more prodding of supporters and potential donors for the new, and more expensive, mission. “Today’s donor needs to understand,” he said. “The real challenge is you’ve got to pay for salaries. You’ve got to pay people to deal with kids on a one-on-one or maybe one-onfour ratio. You’ve got to put those bodies in place to makes sure those kids stay on track.”

Charles Molineaux is an anchor and investigative reporter with WAFF 48 News.

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nother calendar year Children’s Hospital generated thouis approaching, which sands of dollars – money that covmarks the halfway point ers all expenses for patients and for of our school year. Once research that could one day find a again we have had a banner year in cure for cancer. Students relate well academics. Our sports teams and to St. Jude because every one of our fine arts programs are flourishing. schools has either a current or former Dr. Dee Community partnerships remain St. Jude’s patient – kids just like them.

Fowler strong.

The district’s annual United Way These are all wonderful attributes campaign also had impressive particithat make me proud to be your superinpation. tendent. In this season of giving, I’d like to One outreach that really touched me this touch on something else that speaks well for year was the James Clemens homecoming Madison City Schools: Giving back to the “give-back” parade. This was student-initicommunity. Our employees and students ated. When the school’s SGA was planning have a big heart when it comes to helping their homecoming against the Sparkman others.

Senators, students felt they wanted to do We recently wrapped up our canned food something meaningful rather than build drive for Christmas Charities Year Round. traditional floats with no residual purpose Every school got into the spirit with friendly beyond the game. competitions to collect food for the needy.

So they came up with the idea of buildOur annual campaign for St. Jude ing homecoming floats using themes that

promoted a charitable cause. Seniors built a “Stomp the Senators” float with shoes and socks for Inside Out Ministries. The Juniors’ “CAN the Senators” float carried canned food for Manna House. A “ROLL over the Senators” float by the Sophomores had toilet tissue rolls and paper goods for the Downtown Rescue Mission. Freshmen built a “Soak the Senators” with water bottles for the Triana boys and girls clubs. Even cafeteria workers collected food in a “Starve the Senators” campaign.

Giving back to the community is an important aspect of Madison City Schools.

I am so proud of our students for coming up with this idea and for the many other ways they give to those in need.

May your families be blessed this holiday season.

Dr. Dee O. Fowler is Superintendent of Education for Madison City Schools

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Halloween Downtown Madison area residents pack downtown Madison on Oct. 31 for the annual Halloween on Main.

1. From left, Traca Hunkeapillar, Annaliese Murray and Eliza Fitzgerald from Daystar Church 2. Joshua and Ashley Smith with Layla 3. Who Dat! Cole Spanier suits up as Jimmy Graham from the New Orleans Saints 4. Chirl and Greg Ducker

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8. From left, Jon Alica, Amberly Anderson and Patrick Shannon with Madison Parks and Recreation 9. Braden Morris 10. From left, Tye and Kalel Weist, brothers in costume and reality 11. Crystal and Shelia Mullen 12. Jalon and Marlon Tillman 13. Carson Beighley 14. Jill Gonzalez and Anthony Morales

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BB&T After Hours BB&T hosts the November After Hours business social for the Madison Chamber of Commerce Nov. 6.

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9. Ashley Bolton, Annalisa Hall and Holly Cloud 10. Jeff Waddail of BB&T serves up the evening’s libations 11. David Barrett with Samantha Brinkley 12. Russ Russell with Connie Earp 13. From left, Tom Griffin and James Lancaster 14. Madison Police Chief Larry Muncey with wife Freda 15. Kristen Strickland gives a brief speech on BB&T’s Highway 72 location 16. Glenn Stokes and Pam Sparks

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Pints and Politics Photos from the final Pints and Politics political gathering before this fall’s elections.

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