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Crime Stoppers: Pinson Valley High School bus stolen

From The Tribune staff reports

PINSON — Crime Stoppers of Metro Alabama released surveillance images after a school bus was stolen from Pinson Valley High School.

The bus was taken from the school, in the 6900 block of Highway 75 North, between May 16 and 17, 2021. The theft happened sometime overnight.

“Detectives obtained video images of the pictured suspect inside the school bus during the period of time it was stolen,” Crime Stoppers stated in a press release.

The bus has since been recovered. It was found in the 9100 block of Parkway East.

Anyone with information is asked to call the Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office or Crime Stoppers of Metro Alabama at (205) 254-7777. You will remain anonymous and could be eligible for a cash reward.

Fire

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Fire Chief Gene Coleman said no one was home at the time of the fire because the family was away at the ClayChalkville graduation for their child.

The Fire Marshal responded and determined the fire was not set intentionally although he did not reveal the cause.

Clay-Chalkville High School Principal Michael Lee said the school will accept donations for the family from 8 a.m. until 3 p.m. every weekday through next week.

Sizes of clothes needed are women’s medium or size 10/11, men’s medium and XXL, men’s pants sizes 34/30 and 40/30, women’s shoes 6 and men’s shoes 6.5 and 12.

Destiny Moore (third from left) stands with loved ones in front of her home after learning it burned during her graduation ceremony. Photo: Erica Thomas.

Champions

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“We had some things not go our way and up to that point Anyce was kind of struggling throughout the day and not doing what Anyce does, so that gave her a boost and it gave our team a momentum swing.”

The Huskies would take that momentum and pile on 10 more runs in the final three frames to pull out of sight. Harvey would finish with three hits and three RBIs, Crystal Maze also homered and posted three RBIs, Katelyn Murphy drove in three runs off two hits and freshman Sara Phillips struck out eight in a complete-game gem.

Following the game, Hewitt stormed the field for a championship dogpile in Choccolocco Park. Hugs all around, selfies, happy tears and the icing on top: a Gatorade bath for head coach Taylor Burt.

“I think that we really kind of had to lose that first ballgame for us to understand and really appreciate the year that we’ve had and go through a little bit of adversity here at the end to find some fight,” said Burt.

She attributes the slow start to a much tighter approach than she’s seen from her girls this season.

“We were playing so tight, we were playing so tense and that’s not us,” said Burt of her team’s first nine innings played on Friday. “I’ve had to get so used to this group - they’re so different than any group I’ve ever coached - because they love to have fun and I love to have fun too, but I also love to win, so I had to find a happy medium.

“I think our starters felt like they had the weight of the world on them and I just told them, ‘win or lose this ballgame, you are spectacular, you have done so much and I’m so proud of you, so let’s just go have some fun.’”

The fun that followed over the next five innings will live on forever in the HTHS trophy case.

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Customer robbed in parking lot of Trussville bank

From The Tribune staff reports

TRUSSVILLE — The Trussville Police Department is investigating an armed robbery of a customer in the parking lot of Cadence Bank.

The incident happened around 11:30 a.m. on Monday, May 24, 2021.

The victim arrived at the bank, located at 1950 Edwards Lake Road, with an undetermined amount of cash. As he was walking towards the front door to bring in a deposit, a man ran up to him, attacked him and took his money.

The robber was armed with a pistol and fled the scene. Police believe the robber had an accomplice that drove him to the location and picked him up.

Investigators said he was wearing a mask, a white T-shirt, a navy blue coat, blue jeans, and a baseball cap. He was around six feet, two inches tall and he had dreadlocks.

If you have information, you are asked to call police at (205) 655-2101.

Shopping Center

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The store offers room-toroom furnishings including furniture and decor for living spaces, bedrooms, kitchens and more.

Previous announcements for the shopping center included the former Kmart space, which will be split into three businesses. Tractor Supply and Ollies announced they will be two tenants and Crunch Fitness has expressed interest in the third space.

The former Kmart building sat empty for several years as Aronov, the management company of the shopping center, worked to place tenants. Aronov was previously in talks about remodeling the center but no plans have been released.

The Trussville City Council recently approved economic development incentives for the four new businesses that will go in the Trussville Shopping Center.

A strip mall in the Trussville Shopping Center sits with only three operating spaces after the closure of Frontera Grill.

Center Point residents bring ‘clean-up’ concerns to council

By Faith Callens

CENTER POINT – On Thursday, May 20, the Center Point City Council met for a regular meeting at City Hall and heard from concerned residents. In other business, two resolutions were discussed, one to authorize funds for an employee team-building event and the other on a 2022 transportation application with the Alabama Department of Transportation (ALDOT).

During public comment, Resident Sharon Dunson said she was a first-time attendee of a council meeting and she came to meet and thank the council for their feedback and to address her neighborhood issues.

“I’ve been here, lived here since ’89 and we have a non-thru circle and by the way, we need a sign,” said Dunson. “If y’all could help with this, I already called the Office of Transportation and Roads with Jefferson County and I have no idea if somebody was on the other end getting the message.”

Dunson said the previous sign on her street helped to keep a lot of people safe while delivering packages and it put an end to people making a circle and going out the wrong way.

Dunson continued to say her neighborhood has had a great increase in traffic and she isn’t sure who’s coming into the neighborhood.

“We try to keep things safe; we try to look out for each other, but I haven’t spoken to too many older people but it’s several of us on the street,” said Dunson. “Several of us have been experiencing things taken from our yards and since we have had so much traffic in and out, it’s hard to know who’s coming in and out.”

Dunson said they are trying to get into the city’s Neighborhood Watch program and said she looked forward to telling her neighbors about it. The program is conducted by Councilor Tiffany Moore.

Dunson also mentioned issues with trash pickups in her area, the urgency for residents in her neighborhood to slow down, and the need for people to come together to help keep their community safe.

Library Director Joy Mayhand, of the Center Point’s Public Library, said she wanted to get the approval of a three-year subscription called Library Aware Novelist Plus. It would cost $9,400.

Mayhand said the EBSCO subscription provides professionally designed prints, email and digital templates with a strategic marketing plan specifically prorated for the library and library patrons.

“They provide newsletters because we are a new library and we are trying to get information out about the library, we are trying to market,” said Mayhand. “So, they have

newsletters so we can inform our patrons of events at the library. They also deliver reader recommendations directly to the patrons’ inboxes, the newsletters we get unlimited subscribers, unlimited stands, unlimited users and unlimited individual quotes. Another service that is super important is readers advisory where they make recommendations in person, online, by phone, and so having readers advisory gives it templates so that we are able to easily, effectively, and efficiently make the content that we need for marketing and promote our services and resources.

The council approved Mayhand’s proposal unanimously.

Resident Stella Mitchell, of Center Point, said she and her husband are concerned about the appearance of their neighborhood.

“For the last month, we have not had a debris truck pickup on the street,” said Mitchell. “Last Monday, there was a tree service pickup that came by and picked up some of the debris but there is still a lot of debris on the street, and it’s been there for a while and it’s looking very bad.”

Mitchell went on to say, they pay for the service and they don’t have any in their area but the street itself and the community needs an urgent clean-up to make the community look better and appear safer.

Mitchell mentioned concerns of several cars in her neighborhood that have been parked on the grass for several days, cars being sold on the grass and neighbors not keeping the area clean.

“We never had a problem with our community being clean,” said Mitchell. “I don’t have anything against people renting but my concern is keeping the rental property clean. If feel like they want to live in our community, I feel they should keep their property clean also. It’s just disheartening to see because I always felt so much pride about my community and to see our neighborhood go down like that, it bothers me.”

Mayor Bobby Scott said that he contacts Waste Management daily and that a team will be sent out to Mitchell to help with the debris. He also said he will get code enforcement to come out next week to check on the cars that are parked on the street.

The following items were approved unanimously as part of the consent agenda: • Resolution No. 2021-18 to authorize funds for the employee team-building event of $5,143 in honor of the city council staff to show appreciation. • Resolution No. 2021-19 to submit 2022 application for Transportation with

ALDOT and the Regional

Planning Commission of

Greater Birmingham and the Metro Planning Organization.

During the discussion, Councilor Copeland spoke about the LRY retainer which is $3,500 a month for media marketing for the council. President D.M. Collins said the amount is a big expense for a month and the council voted in favor to revisit the proposal next city council meeting.

Center Point City Council. Photo: Faith Callens.

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Trussville City Council: Linden Street reopens, downtown plaza awaiting building materials

From the Tribune staff reports

TRUSSVILLE — The Trussville City Council met in regular session following a workshop on Tuesday, May 25, 2021. The council began the meeting by honoring longtime Trussville City School board member Stan Garrett who is stepping down after 16 years of service. Several BOE members were also on hand to honor Garrett.

The council voted to pass an updated resolution to provide incentives to GAJE, LLC to develop the former Ruby Tuesdays building on Chalkville Mountain Road. The new resolution replaces the agreement voted on by the council in the previous meeting in order to clarify language related to the incentives.

According to the new agreement, the developer would receive two-thirds of the local sales tax up to $850,000 or for 10 years, whichever comes first. The agreement states that the new occupant will be a national steakhouse not currently located in Trussville or another business approved by the council.

Mayor Buddy Choat told the council that the veterans committee has an event planned at Veterans Park on Sunday, at 3 p.m. to unveil a new bust of Jason Stegall. A musical program is planned and the public is invited.

Choat also mentioned that Meals on Wheels are in need of volunteers as they resume services providing meals to about 16 people each day.

Linden Street reopened on Tuesday, the mayor said. The new street is right-inonly from North Chalkville Road and will access the new public parking behind the downtown plaza which is on the corner of Main Street and North Chalkville.

However, all of the news regarding downtown work wasn’t good, as a backorder on materials may delay the plaza project a little longer than planned. Pavers to complete the plaza may not be available until the end of the summer, but Choat said the contractor was hopeful that they may arrive earlier.

A full list of council actions can be viewed online at www.TrussvilleTribune.com.

The Buicks

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“He was in his late 70s when we opened for him,” Turner said. “Getting to meet him and open for him and just sit down and talk to him was a very cool experience.”

Turner shared that they unexpectantly met blues harmonica player Sugar Blue, who was playing with Dixon that night and had also played with the Rolling Stones. They were unloading their equipment when the man approached and introduced himself.

“I didn’t really catch his name,” Turner said. “And Sleepy and the band says, ‘You’re Sugar Blue?’ And he said, ‘Yes.’ And [Sleepy] said, ‘You’re the same Sugar Blue that played on the last Rolling Stones album?’ and he said, ‘The same Sugar Blue that played on the last three Rolling Stones albums.’”

The Buicks writes and performs original music but also does covers, namely classic rock, blues, oldies, and soul. They have released three albums, the first being the self-titled “The Buicks” and the second, “Same Ole Moon”.

The band’s 40-year history inspired the name of their third album, “Front Forty”.

“Farmers referred it like ‘tending the back forty acres’ when they’re working on their farms,” Turner said. “And we figure we’ve done 40 years and we’re going to call that the ‘Front Forty’ and we’re starting the ‘back 40’ now.”

Turner described his vocal style as being influenced by blues icon B.B. King, as well as Robert Cray, Greg Allman and Mobile’s Jimmy Hall of Wet Willie, which made it to number 10 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 in 1974 with their single “Keep On Smilin’”.

With a history of amusing anecdotes being a part of the band, Turner shared a story taking place several years ago about the Grand River in Leeds hiring the Buicks to perform at the mall. At the end of the performance a Batman film was to play on a projector and the band was asked to introduce the superhero himself, which they did, and a man dressed as Batman appeared.

“When we got through playing, I introduced him and he came running out,” he said. “The young kids went crazy, and he ran all over the stage and then disappeared and then they showed the movie. So, the guys made a joke that we opened for Batman at the mall.”

The band plays live on a regular basis, including The Backyard, which is located at the Outlet Shops of Grand River along with others such as the Leeds Civic Center, Rails and Ales and other venues.

“It’s been a fun ride, man,” Turner said. “Still loving it.”

The Buicks maintain a page on Instagram and is set to perform at the Shrimp Boil at Rails and Ales on June 5.

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