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THE JOEY HALE STORY A new documentary captures a Publix employee’s lifetime of resilience amidst trial after trial.

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THE GREAT CAROLINA OUTDOORS Hike, bike and adventure at these three resorts in the new year.

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Alec Etheredge Meg Herndon Michelle Love Madoline Markham Keith McCoy Scott Mims Emily Sparacino

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Kathryn Bell Lauren Dowdle Morgan Hunt Sasha Johns Christiana Roussel Mary Tweedy Lauren Ustad

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Kathryn Bell, Photographer

Kathryn is a freelance photographer with a recent degree in art from the University of Montevallo. Her photography has led her to photograph presidential candidates and create fine arts work inspired by the classics.

She fancies herself a plant lady and enjoys the challenge of keeping rare and difficult plants alive as well as exploring Birmingham!

Lauren Dowdle, Writer

An award-winning writer, Lauren lives in Hoover with her husband, daughter and four fur-babies. She writes for a variety of local, national and international publications. A graduate from the University of Alabama, Lauren played the tuba in the Million Dollar Band, which is how she met her husband. When she isn’t writing or chasing around a toddler, she loves to bake for friends and family.

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ADMINISTRATION Hailey Dolbare Mary Jo Eskridge Daniel Holmes Stacey Meadows Tim Prince Brittany Schofield

Morgan Hunt, Photographer

Morgan recently finished her BS in art from the University of Montevallo.

With her business, Morgan Hunt Media, she works as a freelance commercial and wedding photographer in the Birmingham area while getting her MA in photography from Savannah College of Art and Design.

She believes that photographs have a very unique storytelling ability, and her work lives in a space between journalism and fine art.

Mary Tweedy, Photographer

Mary started her photography journey with a film camera in high school.

Today, she runs Mary Tweedy Photography, a full-service photography studio, located in the heart of the beautiful town of Helena. The studio specializes in all things portrait: maternity, newborn, baby’s first year plan, family and high school senior portraits, and professional headshots.

When she is not taking portraits, Mary helps startups, small businesses and non-profits build beautiful, responsive websites, stress free and fast.

She lives in Pelham with her amazing husband and two boys.

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Storytelling Magic

Taking inspiration from her own children, Martha Underwood’s Christmas-themed Elf Series books help children explore diversity, self-esteem and emotions.

Photo by Kathryn Bell Design by Connor Martin-Lively

I have a confession: I have a habit of procrastinating writing, and the more weight a story has, the more I tend to put it off. It’s the most powerful stories that are the most intimidating to try to do a small bit of justice to with my words. So in the meantime, it’s easier to answer emails and do about 152 other tasks.

For this issue I admit that was the case in writing about the documentary-in-the-works on Joey Hale, who has had seven brain surgeries and has worked at the Publix in Valleydale Village on Caldwell Mill Road since it opened. It was nothing short of touching to get a preview of the movie with the filmmaker and learn the back stories of both Joey and the film itself, but how could I convey just how touching it was?

Eventually though I had no choice but sit down with a Word document full of notes and make myself transform them into a narrative. I can’t say I did it perfectly, but the filmmaker told me she cried when she read it. So perhaps you should have Kleenexes on hand to read it as well?

We’ve got a sweet set of stories before you get to that one if you flip through these pages in order too. Martha Underwood—who you will find on our cover—has written a series of books about elves filled with life lessons, and we bring you the story of how those came to be. After that we look at the messages that go up behind Thompson High School’s run through signs at football games and the impact they have. Next up is a taste of tea at a quaint tea room at a historic inn in Columbiana, and just after that we take you on a tour of a new custom home in Chelsea that brings the outdoors in.

Behind the story on Joey, our Hit the Road feature this season takes you to three resorts in the Carolinas where you can be active in all kinds of off-the-beaten-path ways, and our annual Holiday Gift Guide is also full of ideas for those who are both easy and hard to buy for on your list all while shopping local.

As we head into holidays, here’s to all the rich stories that our community will continue to live and that our team at Shelby Living has the pleasure to share with you! Feel free to send ideas for them my way any time.

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“ ” THE QUESTION

What Shelby County nonprofit or other cause do you recommend supporting?

Helena Miracle League provides an essential outlet for children with disabilities to feel included and social with friends. The confidence and happiness it brings is invaluable.

-Brenda Singer

SafeHouse Shelby County helps women and children out of domestic violence situations and helps get them counseling, employment and housing.

My Sister’s Place, Inc. saved my life and gave me a chance when everyone else had given up on me. It showed me not just how to get sober, but how to find Jesus and recovery.

King’s Home cares for women and children escaping domestic violence. My children and I were in the program for two years. They save and change lives.

Shelby County Foster Parent Association. By donating or volunteering, you can support the foster children in your community.

Manna Ministries has a food pantry that serves around 300 families each Saturday in Alabaster. They also raise a garden they share with the folks that visit the pantry.

Elaine Roberts Foundation.

Money raised goes to childhood cancer research.

47 kids are diagnosed with childhood cancer each day in the USA. Five years ago the number was 43.

Hope for Gabe! Raising awareness and research dollars for Shelby County teenager Gabe Griffin and other boys with Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy around the world.

-Jenn Chapman

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-Laura Creel Burt

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-Lisa Strickland Davis

-Nancy Kelly

-Christy Coleman

- Traci Wynkoop Griffin

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HOLIDAY CHRISTMAS PARADES ‘Tis the season for the festivities of the holidays to process through a town near you. Check each city’s website for more detailed information. uAlabaster: Dec. 4, 10 a.m., Highway 31 South uChelsea: Dec. 18, Time TBD, Chelsea Middle School to Winn-Dixie uColumbiana: Dec. 3, Time TBD, Downtown Columbiana uHelena: Dec. 1, 1 p.m., Helena Road uMontevallo: Dec. 2, 6 p.m., Starts at Montevallo High School uPelham: Dec. 11, 5 p.m., Pelham Civic Complex ShelbyLiving.com

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THE GUIDE AROUND TOWN NOV. 1-2 Dia de los Muertos Pepper Place NOV. 6 Virtual Walk to End Epilepsy Railroad Park NOV. 6-7 Moss Rock Festival The Preserve, Hoover

SATURDAYS IN DECEMBER BEFORE CHRISTMAS

Christmas at the Station Heart of Dixie Railroad Museum Ride the seasonally decorated Calera & Shelby train and the narrow gauge steam train on the Shelby & Southern railroad, and while you are at it see Santa, explore a Merry Maze and more at this holiday event. Find more tickets and more information at hodrrm.org.

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Christmas Tree Farm 9 A.M.-DARK Old Baker Farm Get your tree the old-fashioned way this year— and drink complimentary hot apple cider and take a hayride through Christmas trees while you are there. The fee for scale of trees is $30 and up depending on type and size of tree. Find more information at oldbakerfarm.com.

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Holiday Artist Market 9 A.M.-3 P.M. Shelby County Arts Center Shop everything from paintings to pottery, fiber art to photography and Christmas ornaments, and more at this annual market featuring fine arts and crafts from local artists and makers. Find more information at shelbycountyartscouncil.com.

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NOV. 6 + 13 Fall Foliage Special Heart of Dixie Railroad Museum NOV. 11 National Veterans Day Parade Downtown Birmingham NOV. 11 Samford Legacy League Holiday Gift Market First Church of the Nazarene, Vestavia Hills NOV. 12 Damon Johnson & the Get Ready Shelby County Arts Center NOV. 14 Magic City Mac + Cheese Festival Back Forty Beer Company Birmingham NOV. 17-20 Market Noel Finley Center, Hoover NOV. 17-JAN. 2 Beyond Van Gogh: The Immersive Experience BJCC Exhibition Hall NOV. 19 Act of Congress Christmas Show Shelby County Arts Center NOV. 21 Handel’s Messiah Presented by Alabama Civic Chorale Riverchase United Methodist Church

THE GUIDE NOV. 25 Sam Lapidus Montclair Run Levite Jewish Community Center NOV. 27 Small Business Saturday Local Retailers NOV. 27-28 Great Southern Gun & Knife Show BJCC Exhibition Halls DEC. 3-19 Holiday Spectacular Red Mountain Theatre Company DEC. 3-22 Holiday Film Series Alabama Theatre DEC. 4 Elf on the Shelf BJCC Concert Hall DEC. 4 Blood Rock Trail Races Oak Mountain State Park DEC. 9 Samford University Legacy League Christmas Home Tour Various Homes DEC. 10 The Sound Shelby County Arts Center DEC. 14 Birmingham Boys Choir Christmas Concert Samford University Wright Center DEC. 17-19 & 21-23 Alabama Ballet’s The Nutcracker BJCC Concert Hall DEC. 18 Meadow Brook Runs Valley Bank, Meadow Brook Branch DEC. 19 The Reindeer Dash Pure Fitness, Vestavia Hills

DEC. 6-16

Colonial Christmas Lunches and Tours The American Village Meet patriots of the past, learn about Christmas traditions in the 18th Century, sing Christmas carols in the Colonial Chapel, and share lunch with friends, family and coworkers in a replica of the East Room of the White House. Pre-reservations are required. Tickets are $35 per person. To order, call (205) 665-3535 extension 1031 or extension 1045.

NOV. 5, 12, 14 & 18 DEC. 2, 3, 17, & 18

Birmingham Bulls Hockey Games Pelham Civic Center Hockey season is back as the Bulls start their fifth season at the Pelham Civic Complex as members of the Southern Professional Hockey League. Find more information at bullshockey.net. And if you are interested in ice skating yourself, find a list of public skate times at pelhamciviccomplex.com/164/Public-Skating.

DEC. 9-11 + 16-18

Uh-Oh, Here Comes Christmas United Methodist Church of Alabaster This production from South City Theatre takes a funny, heartwarming and often poignant look at the struggle to find the spirit of the holidays amid the avalanche of commercialism, stress and chaos that crashes down every December. This is primarily a storytelling piece, with all cast members playing multiple roles. Find more information at southcitytheatre.com.

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Out of the Darkness Walk 2:30 P.M. Veterans Park, Hoover Join hundreds of thousands of people to raise awareness and funds for suicide prevention at this annual walk, held virtually this year. All funds raised go toward the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention to invest in new research, create educational programs, advocate for public policy and support survivors of suicide loss. Register and find more details at afsp.donordrive. com.

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DEC. 18

Meadow Brook Runs 9 A.M. 5K 10 A.M. 1 MILE FUN RUN Valley Bank, Meadow Brook Branch Get in a run to go with the holiday season around the Meadow Brook area—on what organizers argue is “Birmingham’s most beautiful course.” Walkers and pets on leash are welcome too. The run starts at 1100 Corporate Parkway. Find more info at meadowbrookruns.org.

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Magical elves guide children through lessons of diversity, self-esteem and emotions in a new book series.

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Children’s eyes often sparkle even brighter than the colorful lights strung on trees and houses during the Christmas season. But for many, the holidays felt a little less magical last year thanks to the pandemic and the difficult emotions it brought.

To help her sons and other children better manage those feelings, Martha Underwood turned to something she’s enjoyed since she was young: books.

“I’ve always loved literature,” says Martha, a senior technology executive who lives in Helena. “In

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addition to going to a computer magnet school to learn how to program, I always took creative writing courses up through college. I always loved storytelling.”

But, it wasn’t until she saw her sons in quarantine last year that she knew what topic she was meant to write her first book about. Her youngest son, Kole, was worried about if they would be able to enjoy the holidays due to COVID, so Martha set out to find a way to create a book that would tie in a lesson to help them get through that time.

To do so, the family began drawing and writing

Black and brown kids don’t normally get to see themselves, which is why I wanted to create diverse books. They relate better to seeing someone who looks like them.

-Martha Underwood stories about Christmas, looking for ways to weave life lessons into both their bonding time and the book. “That’s one of the things my dad taught me,” Martha says. “If you’re going to tell a story, help them through it by teaching them a lesson.”

In the end, she had a children’s book about managing emotions and feelings, all with Christmas as a background theme to make it fun and engaging.

Her hope for the book was that it would help her sons and other children explore diversity, selfesteem and emotions.

“I wanted them to know it’s okay to feel your emotions, especially for boys,” Martha says. “Boys are taught to suppress them, so it’s important to show illustrations that boys can get sad, depressed and scared too. Those are normal emotions to

explore and talk about.”

The story portrays not only a child’s excitement about Christmas, but also the fear that not managing their emotions may ruin the holidays. Secretly guided by magical elves, the child journeys through a series of events to show their parents the lessons they’ve learned and that they can communicate their feelings.

When it came to inspiration for the elves in the book, Martha had searched online to see what the elf might look like for the book and found the elves of color were portrayed as evil or dark, whereas the white elves looked happy with rosy cheeks.

“If my son had done that search, what would that say to him?” Martha says. “That would show him that, subconsciously, brown or black are bad and ShelbyLiving.com

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FAMILY TRADITIONS Each year, Martha Underwood’s family reads The Elf on the Shelf, pulling out their elf doll who is sure to get into some mischief throughout the month. Her oldest son, KJ, named the doll B when he was 2 years old. Now, her youngest, Kole, continues the tradition, waiting to see where the elf will show up each morning starting Dec. 1.

“He just loves it. His eyes light up,” Martha says of Kole. “As a parent, that makes you feel good. You can see them have that imagination and belief in something higher. That’s one of the things we love to keep alive in our household.”

The family members also open up one stocking each on Christmas Eve, and around the holidays, they also share what they’re thankful for, along with their successes and failures from the year.

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white elves are good.”

Seeing those images fueled her even more to create a book that showed a friendly elf of color that her children and others could relate to. “Black and brown kids don’t normally get to see themselves, which is why I wanted to create diverse books,” she says. “They relate better to seeing someone who looks like them.

Having a brown elf who had rosy cheeks and a big bright smile was welcoming. If we want to see change, we need to be the change.”

Martha also wanted to show a two-parent family unit through the book to convey another important message, considering society often thinks brown or black children come from broken homes. “That’s not necessarily true,” Martha says. “There are lots of two-parent homes leading healthy, happy lives.”

Put all of that together, and Martha had a book called Parker’s Elf, which is her youngest son’s middle name. While her son liked it, he didn’t feel like they were done.

“Don’t you think girls would want this too?” he asked his mom.

So, for a different version of the book she changed the main character and other parts of the book to better reflect a girl’s emotions, naming that one Paiyton’s Elf. But even then, her son wasn’t finished making the books as inclusive as possible.

Kole’s best friend is white, so he asked his mother if she could also create a book where his friend could see himself too. That brought Ethan’s and Emma’s Elf to life, with a white boy and girl as the main characters. All of the books have minor differences, and each introduce unique characters in the same story.

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Author Martha Underwood reads her newest book with her sons Kole and KJ.

“Sometimes, people need to be able to see themselves in the story,” Martha says.

“Incorporating all of the kids seeing themselves in the same story is even more powerful, and it shows how we are the same. We’re all challenged with how to manage emotions and looking for the same

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things: happiness, stability and to enjoy the holidays.”

Since the Elf Series hit shelves in September 2020, Martha has received encouraging feedback and praise from both the community and professionals, including local counselor Alexis

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Shivers Sapp, owner and operator of ACA Counseling in Hoover, who shared the books with her colleagues and says they were phenomenal.

One reason why Sapp uses the books in her office is because of how the stories identify the different ways boys and girls express and experience their feelings. The books also normalize that little boys get angry and sad, which was something that especially stood out to her.

“I tell all (my clients) that God gave us all of our emotions,” she says. “It is okay to experience all feelings—it’s normal. The challenge is learning how to respond to our emotions appropriately.”

The Elf Series isn’t just for children either. It also emboldens parents to speak to their children about their emotions. “I really want them to encourage their children—especially during COVID—to talk about how they’re feeling,” Martha says. “The suicide rate in elementary and middle school kids has risen because kids feel isolated. We can use Christmas time, when people think about family and feeling love and joy, to talk about how they’re feeling.”

Even beyond the current pandemic, children constantly transition to new stages of life, whether it’s starting school, meeting new people, experiencing loss or any number of events. Martha hopes this book can help start the conversation about how they’re doing through all of those things.

“Ask how they feel, like if they’re anxious, sad or scared. Let them know you’re going to work through it together,” she says. “If you don’t know about it, you can’t help them through it. Communication is key.”

Martha’s writing certainly didn’t end in 2020 either. She plans to pen more books that include characters Parker, Paiyton, Emma and Ethan as best friends—“to show we’re more alike than we’re different,” she says.

Her newest title, Black Boy Ballad, is dedicated to her oldest son, KJ, and aims to inspire children to shed their self-doubt and find affirmation in their God-given gifts.

“I wrote it to let him know you’re wonderfully made by God, brilliant, brave and smart,” Martha says. “I wanted him to know you’re more than just your skin color and to remember that always.”

The Elf Series is available at Once Upon a Time in Homewood and Mountain Brook, the Hoover Public Library, Amazon.com, Barnes & Noble and BN.com, Target.com and Walmart.com.

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Act of Congress and The Song are scheduled for upcoming shows, with a Holiday Artists Market in between.

BY KATLYN COLEY PHOTO BY KELLEN COLDIRON This holiday season, the Shelby County Arts Council has events planned that will bring joy and fun while also allowing us to come together and strengthen the community in a way only the arts can do. The Annual Holiday Artist Market returns to the Grande Hall, where artists and craftspeople of all mediums come together to sell their creations, and for a more intimate event, there will be two festive shows coming to the Alan and Lindsey Song Black Box Theater.

In June 2021, Act of Congress performed in the Black Box Theater with a completely sold-out show and is nearing another sellout! This new Christmas show has something to offer for the whole family or a fun date night for couples. The “Newgrass” string quartet has picked up gigs all around the American Southeast and traveled the world playing as cultural ambassadors, but now they stay close to home and play for weddings, Christmas shows and the Alabama Symphony Orchestra.

The group was founded in the early 2000s by guitarist Chris Griffin and mandolinist Adam Wright.

Griffin, a world-touring musician and worship creative director for the largest church in Alabama, happily shared his experiences as a musician with Act of Congress with the SCAC staff. “When we first formed, groups like Nickel Creek were influential in AOC’s sound,” he says. The group never signed a label and always produced and planned all their touring themselves. Through that they say they were able to stay true to their faith and put out music that reflected their Christian values. “We feel blessed to be able to stay close to home and continue playing music! Check out one of our family friendly shows!”

See Act of Congress live in the Alan and Lindsey Song Black Box Theater on Friday, Nov. 19 at 7:30 p.m.

Doors open at 7 p.m. Tickets are $30 (+tax/fee).

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a-kind holiday gift or browse for yourself with a wide range of pottery, jewelry, paintings, fiber art and more. The market will take place Saturday, Dec. 4 from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. in the Grande Hall of the Shelby County Arts Center. Stop by on Friday, Dec. 3 from 6 to 8 p.m. for the first look Preview Party, where you will have the first chance to shop the market while enjoying complimentary light refreshments and beverages. The market is free and open to the public.

New to the Black Box Theater Dec. 10 is Dove Award-nominated band The Sound! This musical family trio consists of Rob Mills and his two sons, Levi and Jacob. The group blends the Nashville sound with Christian music into one incredible performance. Check out these stars on the rise in an intimate listening venue. Doors open at 7 p.m., and the show starts at 7:30 p.m. Tickets are $20 (+tax/ fees) and can be purchased at shelbycountyartscouncil.com.

For information on any upcoming event visit shelbycountyartcouncil.com and be sure to follow them on Facebook and Instagram @shelby_ county_arts.

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A message showcased just before the football team runs onto the field is a part of Thompson tradition.

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It’s a Tuesday afternoon in the cheerleading gym at Thompson High School. JV cheerleaders are rushing off to a game in their red, black and white THS uniforms. But today the varsity cheerleaders are in shorts and T-shirts, and there’s no room to tumble and lift in the space. Instead the floor is lined with layers of green butcher paper, and the girls are scattered on top of it with paint brushes in hand.

This week’s sign the football players will run through at the start of Friday night’s football game has a safari theme.

“Let’s Get Wild” it will read, with animal print designs inside dark letters.

Behind it a few girls are painting white letters instead of black with a different message though. “He will crown you and your efforts with success,” the tall, thin all-caps letters read, quoting Proverbs 3:6.

As Alabama’s current state championship team hovers behind a giant paper sign nearly four times their height each Friday evening in the moments before their game, fans see a catchy slogan about defeating their opponent that night, often tied to the school’s dress-up theme for the week.

But the players themselves see the back side of the sign instead, and on it is written a different Bible verse each week that the cheerleaders have selected.

Ashley Van Zandt’s husband first noticed the verse on the back of the sign three years ago when their son Jax, now a senior, was a freshman. Her husband snapped a picture and sent it to Ashley, and they both thought it was a one-time thing. Before long, though, it had become tradition for the team—and for

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Thompson cheerleaders paint the Bible verse that is on the back of the run through sign pictured on pages 26-27.

Before we run out there it’s important to be covered in scripture.

-Jax Van Zandt the community. “That’s the last thing the football players see is that encouraging verse,” Ashley notes.

As for Jax, a linebacker committed to play at the University of North Texas next year, he reads the verse behind the sign each week after Coach Mark Freeman prays with the team and before he starts pacing, and he goes on to read it a couple of additional times in those pregame moments. “Before we run out there it’s important to be covered in scripture,“ he says.

A few years ago Ashley started taking a picture of the verse each week and posting it on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram with her other game day photos. But soon people both locally and in other areas who follow her came to expect her Bible verse sign photo each week and share it.

Coach Mark Freeman has also posted photos of the back side of the signs on Twitter each week this season and last. “Humbled with the peace of knowing the last thing our guys see prior to kickoff is the power and promise in scripture! Blessed and thankful!” he tweeted after the Aug. 21 game with a photo of the sign that bore the words of Luke 1:37: “For nothing is impossible with God.” On Oct. 24, 2020, the night Thompson won its second region championship last season, Ashley’s photo of that week’s sign shows Psalm 62:6 in the foreground. “Truly he is my rock and my salvation. He is my fortress, I will not be shaken.” Behind it you can read Hoover’s sign on the opposing side. “Overall we have more state championships,” it reads. But not the 2019 or 2020 title.

The Bible verse signs took on extra significance early in the 2020 season as well. With COVID-19 protocols, many of the football team’s traditions couldn’t go on as usual. Their weekly prayer breakfast was held indoors, and cheerleaders and trainers couldn’t come. The team couldn’t wear their jerseys to school. And there

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were no run-through signs.

Instead, the cheerleaders made a smaller sign for each game to hold up on the sidelines with a piece of scripture, on the front side. “I will walk by faith even when I cannot see,” a black sign with red and white letters that stood about a cheerleader and a half tall read on Aug. 29, 2020, quoting 2 Corinthians 5:7 as the cheerleaders held it up with their black face masks on.

“During that time, our boys definitely needed their encouragement and to know that even though things weren’t normal they still wanted to support them,”

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Ashley recalls.

“It’s been an inspiration especially last year during COVID when they were struggling in the field house and didn’t have interaction with anyone,” Thompson cheerleading coach Niva Roberson adds.

After the tradition first started, the cheerleaders didn’t have a good sense of if the football players liked it, but then one week they ran out of time and had no verse on the back of the sign. And that’s when they got the feedback on how meaningful it is to them.

“The players will have a fit if it’s not on there,” Varsity Cheerleading Co-captain Maddie Estes says.

Thompson cheerleaders made special signs with scripture in 2020 during games when they weren’t able to make run through signs due to COVID-19.

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A tea room tucked in the historic Columbiana Inn just might anticipate your heart’s desire before you arrive.

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The Hearts Desire Tea Room is located inside the historic Columbiana Inn on East College Street in Columbiana.

There’s breakfast. There’s lunch. There’s dinner.

And then there’s afternoon tea. The two-hour luncheon event with friends in the historic Columbiana Inn—they suggest at least a party of four—will leave you feeling relaxed, well looked after and quite full.

But what exactly is afternoon tea? It was the brainchild of Anna, the Seventh Duchess of Bedford, in the early 1800s. Finding herself hungry by late afternoon because the custom of the time was to serve dinner between 8 and 9 p.m., the Duchess began ordering tea, fancy sandwiches and cakes to her room each day to help hold her over.

Eventually, a guest or two was invited to join her, and naturally, the ladies of society took to it and

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afternoon tea parties became a “thing.”

By contrast, high tea, though its name leads most to believe it is the loftier event, was the common man’s tea. Served on high tables for the working class, it consisted of less pomp and more circumstance with eats and hot foods that would sustain those who had to go back to work. Those were the items that made up high tea.

“It sounds like it would be just the opposite of what it is,” Hearts Desire Tea Room and Columbiana Inn Owner Diane Moore says as she educated us, “but afternoon tea is the fancier, more luxurious meal.” And the meal that Diane provides for her guests almost can’t be contained by the word “fancy.”

Prompt arrival at Hearts Desire is paramount because once afternoon tea begins, it doesn’t slow down for two hours. Two decades into hosting a tea room, Diane plans her tea parties carefully. She reserves and serves only four tabletops at a time each day, so reservations must be made in advance.

Those who are tardy might risk missing the tea course, which sets the whole event into motion.

Hearts Desire offers 18 loose leaf teas to each of its guests with flavors ranging from traditional Earl Grey to a jasmine variety called Buckingham Palace Garden Party. Fruity teas and seasonal teas can also be found on the list. Each attendee is brought their choice of a three-cup pot of tea. Once guests drink their first cup, they often share and swap

tastings of each choice with the second cup.

As the tea begins to flow, the first course of food will begin arriving: Diane’s famous Panic Chicken Salad along with fruit and a small personal quiche.

The first time she served tea, Diane was in a panic, having never made chicken salad before. The unusual curried delectable served in a crystal footed bowl, however, was a hit, and it ended up becoming one of the first signature items that Hearts Desire became known for.

As guests begin to finish the individual plates from the first course, Diane and her helpers deliver three-tiered stands full of the small sweets and savories that make up the second course. It would be an “absolute sin to have tea without a cucumber ShelbyLiving.com

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sandwich,” Diane will tell you. And that’s just what you’ll find as the centerpiece of the course, topped with its signature ribbon rose decoration, along with or three other colorful finger sandwiches. Around it, you’ll find sweets like cream cheese scones and fruit.

But don’t let yourself think that dessert is done then. The third course brings the signature Hearts Desire

brownie, heart-shaped and topped with a chocolate-almond whip. Guests won’t regret it when “comfortably full” becomes “slightly uncomfortable,” and Diane will happily provide to-go boxes for the treats that just can’t possibly be managed before it’s time to go.

With each course, this leisurely and indulgent meal affords friends plenty of time to catch up and enjoy each other’s company without being rushed and

feeling guilty for taking up space in a restaurant. While there may be other guests there, it’s easy to feel like your table is the only one in the house. Diane does her homework in advance, asking in advance about dietary needs and any special information she may need to know for each party too.

And we haven’t even gotten to the setting yet. The Columbiana Inn, which houses the tea room in its front parlor, is its own thing to behold. It was originally built by Clarence Dubose in 1889, who was at one time the editor of the Shelby County Sentinel, now known as the Shelby County Reporter. Though it now has six guest rooms, the fully restored Victorian was once a small one-room structure. In the early 1900s, the Pitts family purchased the home and built it up to a second floor. Over the better part of the next century, it took on many forms of home for many people. It even served as a boarding house for student teachers in the 1920s.

By the time Diane and her husband, Andrew, became the owners, the inn had fallen into disrepair. Five years of love and commitment to restoration later though, they’d brought the home back to its former glory even as they walked through open heart surgery for Andrew and the loss of Diane’s mother.

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A CULINARY TOUR The regional fame that Hearts Desire enjoys is now being celebrated on a larger scale with its writeup in Monica Tapper’s book, A Culinary Tour Through Alabama History, which was released on Oct. 4.

Hearts Desire Tea Room will be hosting a book signing with the author on Nov. 14.

Guests can come by for a peek of the tea room and a visit with the author that day from 2 to 4 pm.

In the early years of the renovation, the tea room was located at their 1879 Victorian home in Wilsonville, The Densler House. “There were often hard days during those years,” Diane told us, “but as soon as my feet hit the first step on tea party days, everything felt a little lighter for a while.”

Guests often ask to peek at the rest of the home when tea is over, and Diane happily obliges when there aren’t bed and breakfast guests that might be disturbed. “It really is a charming house,” she says.

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“It’s just home to Andrew and me, but I can understand why they’d want to see more of it when they visit.”

Reservations at Hearts Desire Tea Room, 306 East College Street in Columbiana, are accepted Wednesday through Saturday and can be made by calling 205-669-1450. Guests are invited to dress in vintage hats, gloves and boas to enhance the experience. Learn more about the tea room and the inn at columbianainn.com.

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A taste of the Gulf is coming to the new Campus 124 development in the former Valley Elementary School building in Pelham this winter. The first Half Shell Oyster House opened in 2009 in Gulfport, Mississippi, and now 14 locations across Mississippi, Alabama and Louisiana serve up its selection of Southern cuisine with a New Orleans flair. The concept was born in the mind of company president Bob Taylor and polished off later with his partners Rob Heffner, Kevin Fish and Brian Raspberry. To learn more about what to expect on the menu and more, we chatted with the restaurant’s marketing director.

What are some of the most popular items on the menu?

The Redfish Orleans is blackened redfish topped with Gulf shrimp that is sautéed in our original New Orleans-style smoky Cajun sauce, and topped with lump crabmeat and Parmesan cheese.

The Big Easy Surf and Turf is a crowd pleaser as well. USDA Choice filet is served over a fried hand-crafted crab cake garnished with balsamic glaze and topped with Bearnaise sauce, lump crabmeat and Parmesan cheese. It’s a culmination of land and sea with the perfect amount of Southern flair!

beurre blanc. The Seafood Stuffed Portabellas are an excellent choice for those who may be pescatarian and/or trying to eat on the lighter side. Grilled portabella mushrooms stuffed with crabmeat, Gulf shrimp, minced chipotle peppers, roasted red peppers and spinach.

It’s garnished with a homemade lemon aioli and sprinkled with grated Parmesan cheese.

Why did you choose the Birmingham area market, and Pelham and this location in Campus 124 specifically, for a new restaurant location?

It is exciting to be building in Pelham’s What are some of your personal favorite only entertainment district and newest trail system. We really fell in love with the items on the menu?

The Bacon and Pecan Crusted Redfish area after opening some of our newest has redfish seasoned and coated in a bacon locations in Birmingham and Trussville and pecan breading, and it is topped with last year. Campus 124 brings a variety to chopped bacon and homemade citrus the community that we are looking

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forward to being a part of.

What do you recommend on the drink menu?

One of our most popular martinis is our Pink Pearl Martini. It is a pomegranate martini that is perfectly balanced on the sweet and sour spectrum. Our Southern Pecan Old Fashioned is a go-to for new and seasoned bourbon lovers.

What will the look and feel be like inside?

The look and feel will be consistent with our Half Shell Oyster House brand. The atmosphere offers a relaxed yet classic vibe reminiscent of the French Quarter. The interior subtly showcases exposed brick, wrought iron railing, stained glass and antique doors. The design is complimented by the sound of jazz that weaves through the air.

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INTO THE WOODS The outdoors come in with the design of this retreat of a home in Chelsea.

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When the COVID-19 quarantine first started in the spring of 2020, the Pitts family had just moved into their new Chelsea home. But perhaps more notably, they’d just moved onto the wooded land where the house overlooks a private lake. There they have seen fish, turtles, birds, ducks and even an otter as they swim, fish, paddle boat and hit floating golf balls into the water. And for those first few months,

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their two kids could do all of that all day every day.

The family had previously lived in Chelsea Park but long wanted to move to land that felt more like the country, and they found just the right spot to purchase from a friend that is minutes away from their schools and other community amenities. “It’s convenient, but you do feel like you are out in the country when you are here,” Cassie Pitts says.

To bring their dreams for their forever home to life, Cassie and her husband, Philip, collaborated with architect David Smelcer and Cassie’s dad Richard Benson—who came out of retirement after decades building homes in Greystone, Southlake and Highland Lakes as Benson Custom Homes.

They wanted it to have a timeless look indoors and out, with a painted brick exterior and stone

accents.

Fittingly, when it came time to decorate interiors, Cassie Pitts drew inspiration from the woods and lake outside its windows to bring the outdoors in.

Using a mix of pieces she already had and new ones she found, she created a mix of warm, earthy tones that create a peaceful vibe that echoes what the family enjoys outside the home’s doors.

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Cassie especially enjoys selecting furnishings from Ballard Designs because of all the patterns you have to choose from in their fabric selections.

Living Room Cassie commissioned a painting by local artist Vaughan Pursell Spanjer with inspiration from the green of the lake in the large windows on the other side of the room. She pulled out greens and yellows from the art for throw pillows on their sectional from Arhaus at The Summit.

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Cassie painted this portrait of their dog Lucy at a Paint Your Pet event at Pursell Farms working with their resident artist Vaughan Pursell Spanjer.

Kitchen

Cassie found this McKenzie Childs checkered piece at an estate sale.

What you won’t find in the Pitts’ kitchen is a refrigerator, pantry, microwave or other countertop appliances. Instead they all live in a butler’s pantry area behind the main kitchen space to keep “stuff” from filling the counters. The space also captures the light, warm and timeless feel Cassie envisioned for it.

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Studio While Cassie tends to favor calming, earthy tones in her home décor, she designs jewelry with bright colors and flashy golds—“things that make you stop and look,” she says. She’s been creating pieces as Cassie Lynn Jewelry as a creative outlet since she started staying home with her now 9-year-old daughter and now focuses on making statement earrings from this room at the front of the home. Follow Cassie’s jewelry at cassielynnjewelry.com or @cassielynnjewelry on Instagram.

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Sitting Room In the home Cassie grew up in, there was a sitting room off the kitchen where everyone always congregated, and that’s just what she wanted for this house. “Everyone wants to be near the kitchen,” she says. It’s also home to her 10-year-old fiddle leaf fig. Not pictured: The dramatic vaulted ceiling overhead and her husband’s prize from a hunt in New Zealand.

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A new documentary captures a Publix employee’s lifetime of resilience amidst trial after trial.

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In a culture where everyone seems to be in a hurry all the time, there’s an exception at the Publix on in Valleydale Village on Caldwell Mill Road.

There you will often find all the lines empty except one, with around 10 people in it. Customers are all waiting longer than they need to for one reason: to say hi to Joey Hale.

To know Joey is to know his joy, his smile and his jokes. Joey never forgets a name, and seemingly everyone around him gravitates toward him.

Dana Abercrombie first reunited with Joey at Publix when her three sons were young. He’d bag her groceries and walk her to her car, and they’d reminisce about their days growing up as students at Saint Rose Academy.

Like many other customers, Dana knew his joy.

But she also knew how it was all the more incredible

given his back story—of a tragic car accident, of head trauma, of seven brain operations, of a year spent not speaking and barely moving—and of all the tales of triumph he had lived in the wake of so much struggle.

“I would see some people straight up ignore him, and I thought they might not realize that their bag boy at their local grocery store is probably one of the most amazing people they will meet in their entire life,” Dana recalls.

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asked.

And that’s just what they did.

In Dana’s words, she was “just a stay-at-home mom and Publix customer,” but she’d always wanted to make films. Soon she was investing in professional camera equipment and connecting with sound engineers, film editors and other professionals to get on board with the project.

More than anything, though, she had a passion to tell Joey’s story—one that’s just as strong 13 years into making the project as it was that first day she told Joey about it in the Publix parking lot.

“Joey is doing all the work,” Dana says. “I just had to show up with a camera.” And show up the camera did, at the many jobs Joey was working a decade ago at Hamburger Heaven on 280, at Dana’s family’s restaurant Leonardo’s and at the Mountain Brook YMCA. Just like at Publix, the line to get a program from Joey before a worship service at the Church at Brook Hills is just as long,

as the documentary footage shows.

Early in the documentation process, Dana asked Joey to write down the names of Publix customers who would want to be videoed for the documentary just as he writes down customers’ prayer requests in a spiral-bound notebook he keeps in his pocket.

Before long he had 700 names.

“Joey has so many things going wrong with him with tunnel vision, hearing aids, a speech impediment, balance issues, but he is so joyful and happy to be alive,” Dana says today. “It sets people’s sights where they need to be.”

Another breakthrough moment in the filmmaking process came eight years in when Dana uncovered a VHS tape in Joey’s parents’ basement that was the cinematic moment she’d been looking for the whole time.

To understand its importance, you need some back story first: Joey’s family was in a hit-and-run car accident with a drunk driver when he was 4,

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leaving him with a skull fracture. Then at age 12 he was diagnosed with a brain tumor, and after several surgeries, a series of seizures sent him into a coma. After that he didn’t speak and barely moved for a year. As he was on the long road of recovery from that time, a friend of a friend made a connection for him to visit his favorite NFL team, San Diego Chargers, and in 1985 he went out to California to visit their practice.

On his visit he was in a wheelchair and could barely lift his hand to give the players a high five.

But he decided the next time he came to see the team he would walk across the field.

Joey came home with a will to live, and sure enough in 1986 he returned to the Chargers and walked across that field. The whole team stopped and cheered. And that was the footage Dana found eight years into her filmmaking.

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Joey first met San Diego Chargers player Lionel James in 1985 and 1986.

Perhaps all the more notable plot point from those Chargers visits was the lifelong friendship Joey began with Chargers player Lionel James, a 5-foot, 6-inch running back who had shared the backfield with Bo Jackson when he played for Auburn. As fate would have it, Lionel’s brother got hit by a car when he was 8 years old and had to learn to walk again. “That’s tough when you see

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the frustration on people’s faces and they are trying say something and do something and they can’t do it,” Lionel notes. “I saw a lot of my family in (Joey’s) family.”

It was Lionel who had challenged Joey to come back in 1986, and Lionel credits Joey for inspiring his own then-NFL season records for receiving yards by a running back and all-purpose yardage

in 1985. “He did more for me than I ever did for him,” Lionel says.

Dana’s documentary comes full circle with its footage of Lionel and Joey 35 years after their first meeting as they both speak at a prison ministry together. “I want incarcerated people to know that even if they have done the worst crime, they can be forgiven,” Joey says on the film.

Dana thought that moment might have been the ending of her movie, but little did she know when

they filmed that scene that a worldwide pandemic would come, making grocery store workers frontline heroes. That was when she found her ending and began to wrap up the project. Today the film is in the final parts of the production process, and Dana and her team are fundraising to bring the film—which Dana refers to as her “fourth child”— to completion and pay for post-production costs through a partnership with a local nonprofit, the United for Life Foundation.

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Joey fistbumps with Lionel.

It’s Joey’s hope that the film restores lost faith for people and helps other families going through hard things as his family did, and Dana would love for it to be shown at film festivals where Joey could be a part of panels after showings. She wants the people there to see the twinkle in Joey’s eye and his sense of humor and drive to be alive that have drawn so many to him over his lifetime.

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Joey and his family saw the finalized 57 minutes of the film for the first time this summer at Joey’s 50th birthday party, and “you could hear a pin drop,” Dana says. “They were laughing and crying, and they came up afterward with blood shot eyes.”

They weren’t the only ones either.

“I still cry watching it,” Dana says. “I cry every time.”

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The Great Carolina Outdoors Hike, bike and adventure at these three resorts in the new year.

By Christiana Roussel | Photos Contributed

Once the holidays are in our collective rearview mirror, most of us look at the new year as a fresh start—a time to refresh, set new goals, and embrace new habits.

We vow to eat better, exercise more and maybe indulge a little less. With those goals in mind, why not ease into things with a vacation geared to healthier habits? After all, there’s no rule saying that these mindful changes have to be monastic or arduous or even not fun. With a vacation to any one of these resorts, you might just fall in love with being the healthiest version of yourself.

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Lowcountry Adventure Palmetto Bluff | Bluffton, South Carolina Situated on the bucolic South Carolina coast, Palmetto Bluff is a destination that combines worldclass hospitality with impeccable cuisine, set against a backdrop of Spanish moss-laden trees, sandy walkways and plough mud teeming with activity. Guests at the resort can choose to stay at the signature Montage Resort on property or at one of the private homes available. No matter where you lay your head at night, you’ll be ensconced in comfort and graceful hospitality, ensuring you’re plenty rested for days filled with outdoor adventure.

Getting There Hopping a flight to Savannah is the fastest way to get to the Lowcountry, but there are plenty of guests who opt to drive. From the airport, it is a quick car ride to the resort.

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What To Do Honestly, there are not enough hours in the day to explore everything Palmetto Bluff has to offer, but we suggest you try. Start by picking up complimentary bicycles and Bike the Bluff—a 6-7-mile ride through Palmetto Bluff’s 20,000 acres including historic architecture, wildlife and views of the May River—just to get the lay of the land. From there, you may decide to hike, shoot sporting clays, swim, play tennis, paddleboard, fish, canoe, ride horses, play golf or go boating.

Or maybe this is the vacation where you try something totally new—pickleball. As the fastest growing sport in the world, there are pickleball courts popping up in cities from coast to coast. Easy for beginners to learn, fast-paced and fun, the pickleball “addiction” is being embraced across generations. Six pickleball courts at Palmetto Bluff’s Wilson Lawn and Racquet Club make this the ideal spot to give it a go.

Where To Eat All of that exertion is bound to spark a strong appetite.

On property, there are numerous dining options, from casual to white tablecloth, to satiate yourself. The town of Bluffton certainly merits a visit if you are in the area, and dining at FARM might be the best reason of all. Chef Brandon Carter uses fresh blue crab, hand-picked by local Gullah women at the nearby Bluffton Oyster Company, in his blue crab rice dish (pictured on right). Anson Mills rice provides the base for this dish while sofrito and fried shallots round out its savoriness.

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Hiking Among the Smokies

The Swag | Waynesville, North Carolina Named for the space between two mountains, The Swag resort’s 250-acres nestle up against the Great Smoky Mountains in westernmost North Carolina, making it the perfect getaway for hikers and families who enjoy intergenerational active travel. This mountaintop idyll began as a private getaway for Deener and Dan Matthews, a couple who enjoyed hosting friends from nearby Knoxville. In 2018, The Swag was purchased by Annie and David Colquitt, who had honeymooned at The Swag and fallen in love with the destination. The Colquitts’ adoration is apparent in the very thoughtful updates they’ve added since taking the helm—a cozy spa, more lawn games, outdoor patio dining and an experts-in-residence program.

Getting There The journey to The Swag is almost as lovely as the destination itself. From Birmingham, you can either go through Atlanta and head north, or skip that inevitable traffic and go through Chattanooga and Knoxville, a far prettier and less snarled drive for sure. Make sure you savor the final part of the journey up The Swag’s driveway. It is fun to watch the thermometer on your car drop several degrees as you traverse the switchbacks to reach the resort. The resort operates mid-April to Thanksgiving.

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What To Do At the core of The Swag is rest. For some, this looks like solo hikes out to beloved knobs with epic views.

For others, it means stashing the cell phone and laptop for days on end, reconnecting with family and making new friends in fellow travelers. Badminton, croquet, horseback riding and plenty of swanky Stave puzzles round out the offerings which only serve to switch off the digital brain, resetting your mental bandwidth. Picnics are happily packed for those wishing to be off exploring for the day, and the only traffic jam you’ll find is at the multitude of hummingbird feeders that dot the expansive porch.

Another popular activity at The Swag are naturally intimate weddings held out on Gooseberry Knob. Some weddings have even been so small as to necessitate the asking of the innkeeper to serve as witness to the union. Full buyouts of the resort for a wedding, anniversary or family reunion can make any occasion that much more private and special.

Where To Eat The Swag is truly a destination away from it all and as an all-inclusive resort your stay includes all meals, which can be enjoyed family style with other guests (a fantastic way to make new friends) or at private tables. “Social Hour” precedes dinner each evening, allowing guests to mingle in a treasured and convivial setting, sharing stories of the day and settling into a relaxed evening.

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Cycling Through Europe

(or so it feels)

Hotel Domestique | Traveler’s Rest, South Carolina Named for the racing position professional cyclist George Hincapie held in his Tour de France career, the Hotel Domestique provides an elevated biking experience in a bucolic mountain setting. Located just outside Greenville, South Carolina, the resort has the look and feel of something straight out of the Italian countryside. Tall slender cypress trees line the terrace of the barrel-tiled roof with stucco-façade. The muted palette of the décor is punctuated by a punchy orange which feels richly Mediterranean.

Getting There From Birmingham, take I-20 East to Atlanta and then go north on I-85 toward Greenville. Travelers Rest is located about 30 minutes east of downtown Greenville.

What To Do The main draw for Hotel Domestique is, quite simply, biking. The surrounding area is replete with enough hills and straightaways to engage riders of all skill levels. The Swamp Rabbit Trail in nearby downtown Travelers Rest is a popular trail and easy to navigate. Avid cyclists often arrive with their own bikes, but the hotel has a small fleet to accommodate riders as well. High-end road bikes, gravel bikes, mountain bikes and e-bikes are all available to rent for the day. The front desk has a thick binder, full of area rides, broken down by distance. You may also access local rides online at ridewithgps. com. Guests looking for a local guide should reach out to Justin Creech of Blue Ridge Bike Tours at 864-448-4184.

Aside from two-wheeled challenges, Hotel Domestique boasts a serene pool and jacuzzi, perfect for recovering from a ride or just enjoying some much-needed downtime.

The fountained terrace and adjacent firepit make ideal settings for an afternoon glass of wine or nightcap. Guest rooms are well-appointed and each comes with a Hypervolt percussion massager, to really get the kinks out after a long bike—or car—ride.

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Where to Eat Restaurant 17 (so named for the number of times George Hincapie competed in the Tour de France) is the hotel’s on-site restaurant where Chef Haydn Shaak’s seasonal menu is as inspired as it is wow-inducing. Guests looking to dine off-site should head to Camp in downtown Greenville, where Chef Drew Erickson is stunning diners with his world-class cuisine that employs techniques garnered working with Chef Thomas Keller in Yountville, California’s, famous French Laundry. Come hungry and adventurous.

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Meet Your Travel Guide Proud to call Birmingham home, Christiana Roussel loves discovering every corner of the Magic City. But the road beckons often. She’s been known to make a wrong turn into the right choice, dig in with the locals and try to talk her way out of a speeding ticket or two. Curiosity drives her and finding connection is her passion.

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2. Flameware Pottery Handmade by Terry Silverman at The Pottery Works in Fitzwilliam, New Hampshire, this cookware suits the needs of everyone in the kitchen, from the gourmet chef to the everyday cook. Prices vary. The Cook Store. 2841 Cahaba Road, Mountain Brook, AL 35223.

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3. Pop Its! Find these Pop Its!—flexible silicone toys that resembles bubble wrap—plus other fashion and gift items for girls sizes 7-16. $8-$29. Sgt. Peppers by Dear Prudence. 4441 Creekside Avenue, Suite 117, Hoover, AL 35244. (205) 4077523. sgtpeppersbydp.com.

4. Annual Children’s of Alabama Ornament Christopher Radko Toting Treasure Teddies Wishing you a bear-y Christmas! These teddies are riding in style on their little red wagon piled high with toys and holiday joy. $64. Bromberg’s.

2800 Cahaba Road, Mountain Brook, AL 35223.

(205) 871-3276. brombergs.com.

5. Estelle Colored Wine Glasses These colored glasses are inspired by the designer’s grandmother Estelle, who loved antiques. $27 stemless, $29 stems. A’mano. 281 Rele Street, Mountain Brook, AL 35223.

(205) 871-9093. shopamanogifts.com.

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Curate a collection of gifts and greenery at Plant that will arrive beautifully packed from the shop to the front door. The store customizes for any holiday and occasion and takes online orders. Customizable pricing. Plant. 10876 AL-25, Calera, AL 35040. (205) 319-7071. plantcalera.com.

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8. ‘50s Swimming Pool Print This digitalized enhanced photo comes in a distressed teal frame. $110. Vintage Interiors.

2838 Pelham Parkway, Pelham, AL 35124. (205) 620-1900. vintageinteriorsal.com.

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This heavy-duty, 14-ounce waxed cotton canvas is inspired by vintage patterns proven in the field with an updated color palette for the hardwood bottoms and marshes the brand calls home for three seasons each year. $195. Tom Beckbe.

2423 Canterbury Road, Mountain Brook, AL 35223. (205) 286-8203. tombeckbe.com

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10. Shacket Shackets—a combination of a shirt and a jacket—are the item of the season, and Dear Prudence at Patton Creek and The Summit has lots of them to choose from. $60.

Dear Prudence.Patton Creek and The Summit. dearprudence.com.

11. Custom Gift Boxes Fill a basket with laundry soap, soap bars, bath bombs and even flamingo soap that in partnership with the Birmingham Zoo give back $1 for each flamingo bar sold.

Various Prices. Buff City Soap.

Hoover, Greystone and Mountain Brook. buffcitysoap.com.

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12. Alabama Flag Charcuterie Board This charcuterie board was crafted in Huntsville specially for Alabama Goods. The channels on the board represent Alabama’s state flag, and the middle of the board is designed for food or a bowl. Plus, the board is made from bamboo that is water-resistant, durable, resistant to bacteria and hard (even though it is lightweight). $59.99.

Alabama Goods. 2933 18th Street S., Homewood, AL 35209.

(205) 803-3900. alabamagoods.com.

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13. Kent Stetson Handbags These handmade handbags created by Rhode Island designer Kent Stetson are “a great way to spark fun conversations, producing moments when life and art fuse together,” Stetson says. $210.

Wallace-Burke. 1811 29th Avenue S., Homewood, AL 35209. (205) 874-1044. wallaceburke.com.

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14. Nutcracker Soldier Add this painted metal nutcracker to your holiday décor collection. $68.95.

Sweet Peas Garden Shop. 2829 Linden Avenue, Homewood, AL 35209.

(205) 879-3839. sweetpeasgardenshop.com.

15. Pink Hat Inspired by vintage men’s styles, this hat is designed to make a statement. $135. Hemline. 1802 29th Avenue S., Homewood, AL 35209. (205) 802-9252. shophemline.com.

16. Myra Double Wine Carrier A best-selling gift item for the wine lover, this unique wine carrier pairs well with a bottle of wine or other gift items for your sassy friend. Download the store’s app and follow @lovethesassyshopper. $38. The Sassy Shopper. 224 Kent Stone Way, Suite 200, Alabaster, AL 35007.

(205) 624-4084. thesassyshopper.com.

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17. Cocoa Bombs Try different flavored cocoa bombs for everyone’s liking: cookies and cream, mint chocolate, peppermint, strawberry, caramel macchiato and many others.

Stop by the shop for a special treat this holiday season! $5-6. Creations Galore and Moore. 8261 US-31, Calera, AL 35040. (205) 690-8399. creationsgaloreandmoore.com.

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18. Lala Skirt This fun tiered ruffle skirt is made of 100 percent silk, has a drawstring waist and comes in multiple different colors. $299. Dukes Clothier. 53 Church Street, Mountain Brook, AL 35213.

(205) 739-2244. dukesclothier.com.

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19. Gift Card & Home Spa Supplies Pair high-quality candles, bath and body products, and other local gift items with a gift certificate for one of Absolute’s services to create the perfect gift. Call for pricing details. Absolute Health and Wellness. 8919 Highway 119, Suite 102, Alabaster, AL 35007.

(205) 624-3605. absolutehealthwellness.com.

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20. Serving Tray This tray was made by Becky Bolton of Calera, Alabama, in her signature blue glaze with fish around the inner circle and a ruffled edge. $50. Blue Phrog. 955 Main Street, Montevallo, AL 35115. (205) 665-3766. bluephroggallery.com.

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21. Red Coat This lightweight, wool-blend coat is perfect for winters in the South. Select from a variety of colors and check out the store’s trendy boutique items, furniture and home decor selection while you’re at it. $69. Collective and Co. Home.

251 Buck Creek Plaza, Alabaster, AL 35007.

(205) 624-3102. collectiveandcompany.com.

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The best gifts come in small packages. This 14-karat yellow gold chain link diamond fashion set includes a bangle, ring, necklace and earrings. After all, ‘tis the season to sparkle, shine and shop local. Starting at $1,465. Southeastern Jewelers. 5299 Valleydale Road, Birmingham, AL 35242.

(205) 980-9030. southeasternjewelers.net.

23. Diba True NirVana Boots

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You’ll be walking on cloud nine in these boots featuring a comfy wedge for a height that instantly boosts your style.

Its urban chic silhouette is covered in suede with a side gore panel and a rear pull tab lofted by a molded rubber lug sole. $96. Oh My Sole. 4045 Helena Road, Helena, AL 35080. (205) 406-5602. ohmysoulboutique.com.

24. BuDhaGirl, Myra Bag & Vintage Havana Sneaker Step 1: Add BuDhaGirl Bracelets to any outfit ($125). Step 2: Pick out a Myra Bag to carry all your essentials ($59$96). Step 3: Complete your outfit with a sneaker from Vintage Havana ($139). $59 - $139. Hami Boutique. 300 Carlow Lane, Suite 101, Birmingham, AL 35242.

(205) 834-8833. shophamiboutique.com.

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25. 14-Karat Yellow & White Gold Stackable Diamond Bracelets Shay’s has many stackable diamond bracelet styles in stock now, so shop early for the holidays. Prices start around $1,300. Shay’s Jewelry. 1678 Montgomery Highway, 103C, Hoover, AL 35216. (205) 978-5880. shaysjewelers.com.

26. Cocktail Books Brush up on your knowledge with these spirited titles. $15-$35. At Home Furnishings.

2921 18th Street S., Homewood, AL 35209.

(205) 879-3510. athome-furnishings.com.

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27. Neoprene Tote + Hat The perfect carry-all tote can’t wait to join you on your weekend travels, brunch or girls night out! It is lightweight yet durable with a dash of contrasting color and finished with a removable wristlet pouch and hard bottom liner. Gift it along with this tan brim hat that funs up any outfit. $65 tote, $30 hat. High Cotton Boutique. 415 Chelsea Crossroads, Chelsea, AL 35043. (205) 677-2200. highcottonboutique.com.

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28. Mini Drones This is the toy this season! Choose from the blue hand-operated drone for indoor and outdoor play or the red globe-shaped drone with a magic controller and built-in lights. $19.99 blue, $35 red. Homewood Toy & Hobby Shop. 2830 18th Street S., Homewood, AL 35209. (205) 879-3986. homewoodtoy-hobby.com.

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29. Kids Boutique Sets Cute, comfortable and easy fitting—these kids boutique sets are always a big hit with selections for every season, and they always come with a free bow of your choice. $24 $32. Consigned Design. 72 Fulton Springs Road, Alabaster, AL 35007. (205) 664-7540. consigned.design.

30. Kendra Scott’s Holiday Set All three of these pieces are sure to dazzle: Alex Gunmetal pendant necklace in emerald cat’s eye, Alex gunmetal drop earrings in emerald cat’s eye and Elora gunmetal hoop earrings in emerald cat’s eye. Complimentary gift wrapping is available. $65, $55, $70.

Cahaba Lily South. 5479 US-280. Suite 117, Birmingham, AL 35242. (205) 490-6210. cahabalilysouth.com.

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This modern, versatile wedge has waterproof suede to boot. $250.

ShoeFly. 823 18th Street S., Homewood, AL 35209.

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Mantooth Interiors is your home for all Nest collections and fragrances. Its large selection of holiday scents make a great gift for friends and family. $49.

Mantooth Interiors. 2813 18th Street S., Homewood, AL 35209.

(205) 879-5474. mantoothinteriors.com.

33. Beanies These hand-knit cashmere beanies

by Brazeau Tricot each have a crown motif. $134. B. Prince. 271 Rele Street, Mountain Brook, AL 35223.

(205) 871-1965. shopbprince.com.

34. Bogg Brrr and a Half Cooler The half cooler takes up half the space, leaving plenty is room for towels, sunscreen, books, and more. $32.95. Village Drug. 300 Carlow Lane, Suite 116, Birmingham, AL 35242. (205) 713-8393. villagedrugco.com.

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35. Watercolor Painting This beautifully framed c. 1870 English watercolor measures 14.75 by 11.5 inches, and you can find more art and treasured finds on the store’s website or Instagram handle @printscharmingsohonyc. $245.

Prints Charming. 1903 Cahaba Road, Mountain Brook, AL 35223.

(571) 214-9586. printscharmingsoho.com.

36. Cookie Dough + Skillet Gift someone Cookie Fix Frozen Dough To-Go and pair it with a 5-inch Lodge skillet they can bake it in. Frozen Dough $20, Skillet $11.25. Cookie Fix. Cahaba Heights and Homewood. (205) 582-2623. cookiefix.com.

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The Shelby County Chamber BUSINESS CONNECTIONS

November ‘21 Chamber Events Tuesday, November 2, 2021 CoffeeNET 8:30AM - 9:00AM CreACTive Wellness Center

Shelby County Diamond Awards – November 4 The Diamond Awards Luncheon, scheduled for November 4, will be a special time to recognize the “best of the best” for their daily contributions to Shelby County’s outstanding quality of life. The Awards, presented in 2021

by Shelby County Reporter, are designed to honor those organizations and individuals who help make Shelby County

Wednesday, November 3, 2021 Career Readiness Work Group 8:30AM - 9:30AM Wednesday, November 3, 2021 Ambassador Work Group 11:30AM - 1:00PM Wednesday, November 3, 2021 Small Business Work Group 4:00PM-5:00PM Thursday, November 4, 2021 Chamber “Connections Luncheon” 11:30AM - 1:00PM Old Mill Square - Grande Hall Tuesday, November 9, 2021 Business After Hours 5:30PM - 7:00PM Wednesday, November 10, 2021 Existing Business and Industry Work Group 8:30AM - 9:30AM

“CoffeeNET” at CreACTive Wellness Center November 2.

Be sure to mark your calendar for November 2 and join us at Creactive Wellness Center in Alabaster from 8:30AM until 9:30AM for CoffeeNET. These events are a great way to make new business contacts so bring plenty of business cards. There is no cost to attend however reservations are requested by noon on No-

vember 1 to assist in preparation.

Please contact the Chamber by phone at 205-663-4542 or register online at www. shelbychamber.org.

Annual Prayer Breakfast The Annual Prayer Breakfast is a time to reflect on what’s truly important in life and what inspires us to make a difference in the lives of others.

Mark your calendar for Tuesday, November 23 from 7:30AM until 9:00 AM at the Pelham Civic Complex and Ice Arena.

Reservations are requested by noon on Friday, November 19. Cost for investors, $20, “Future” investors $30. Register online at www.shelbychamber.org or call the Chamber office at 205-663-4542.

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the best place to live and do business in our state. There will be one recipient recognized in each of the categories: “Non-Profit”, “Public Servant” and “Citizen of the Year”. The Awards Program will take place in the Grande Hall at Old Mill Square in Columbiana. To register email info@shelbychamber.org or visit shelbychamber.org.

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Wednesday, November 10, 2021 Chelsea Business Alliance Luncheon 11:30AM - 1:00PM Chelsea Community Center Wednesday, November 10, 2021 Women’s Business Council 11:30AM - 1:00PM Locations Vary Helena Road Dental Care

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Tuesday, November 16, 2021 Tourism and Recreation Work Group 9:00AM - 10:00AM Tuesday, November 23, 2021 Annual Prayer Breakfast 7:30AM - 9:00AM Pelham Civic Complex and Ice Arena For information on Chamber work groups and how to get involved visit shelbychamber.org or email info@shelbychamber.org

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Read more details or register for events online at www. shelbychamber.org or the Chamber office 205-663-4542.

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Health Focus of the Month:

Orthopaedic Exercise: What Type of Workout Program is Best for Me? Crossfit - Zumba - walking - running - swimming - biking - powerlifting - Olympic lifting - yoga - golf - tennis - basketball... So many options! How can you decide what is the optimal workout program for you?

From an orthopaedic perspective, the primary endpoint when treating patients is always optimizing function. This is a good criteria for evaluating a workout program.

What type of exercise will allow me to optimize my function, perform my activities of daily living most efficiently, and maximize my daily quality of life? While improving your appearance is a motivating factor for most, functional improvement should always be the bottom line.

Functional expectations are obviously highly variable. The 17-yearold football player, the 45-year-old business person, and the 73-yearold grandmother will have divergent goals and physical limitations.

The exercise program they choose needs to respect these differences.

There is no cookie-cutter approach which works for everyone, but there are common themes that each should employ in their plan.

Musculoskeletal function is determined by joint flexibility, muscular strength, muscular endurance, and neurological function. An optimal workout program should balance each of these facets of function.

Flexibility is key for muscular func-

tion. By pre-stretching ity. Neurologic function before loading a musis impacted by nutrition cle, the load to failure is and environmental facincreased by 50%. This tors (vitamin B intake means a muscle can good, smoking - bad), absorb 50% more load and may be optimized prior to failure. Consewith proprioception quently, stretching joints (balance) drills and before exercise signifisports which require cantly decreases the risk coordination of multiof muscle strain/injury. ple muscle groups to Contributed by Stretching also maxachieve the given goal Robert Wolf, M.D. imizes the functional (tennis/basketball/etc). range over which your The mitigating facjoints operate effectively, allowing tor in choosing which specific type you to perform tasks which a stiff of exercise best suits your needs joint precludes. Muscular strength is your underlying medical status. is maximized by progressive load- Age, history of trauma, underlying ing over time, leading to adaptive medical disease, and genetic facgains in motor strength and in- tors (height, weight, joint alignment) creased ability to perform function- influence your exercise prescription. al tasks. Weight training is the key If you are under age 30, ideal body here. Strength training (weights, weight, and have no joints affected machines, or free body) improves by cartilage wear (arthritis), then alathletic performance in athletes, most anything is appropriate - you decreases age - related atrophy and are blessed! On the other hand, if the associated dysfunction in adults, you are like most of us, then your and combats osteoporosis in the el- workout program will be modified derly. It should be a part of every fit- by your physical weak points. If you ness program. Muscular endurance have arthritic knees or hips, then is enhanced with aerobic exercise the aerobic aspect of your workout which maintains your target heart should be low impact - swimming/elrate (age dependent) for 20 min- liptical machine/cycling - to protect utes a minimum of 3 times/week. your affected joints. The strength The minimum goal is improvement portion should avoid abusing these in cardiovascular function, which weak points by inappropriate loadnot only improves functional ability ing (box jumps, full squats, lunges, (quality of life), but also burns excess etc) in favor of controlled loading calories and likely increases longev- over a safe range of motion (quar-

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ter/half squats, no loading in hyperflexion, etc). If you have an arthritic AC joint (shoulder) or cervical disc disease (neck), your strength training should be controlled and slow, avoiding end range loading of the affected joint. Explosive lifts - power cleans, snatches, etc - are a bad idea here. The bottom line is that there is a level of physiologic stress (exercise) which is good for each of us, no matter what our physical limitations may be. Running a marathon may overload your physiologic capacity to the point where you are hospitalized for dehydration, but chronic bedrest will lead to weight gain, osteoporosis, joint stiffness, and muscular atrophy. The ideal level is different for each individual, and your workout should be tailored to your specific needs. Arthritic knees or obesity may not allow you to run a marathon, but they won’t prevent you from walking in a pool or doing water aerobics.

So for your ideal exercise program, remember the key ingredients - stretch/strength/endurance/balance - modified by your individual limitations, and never give up. One more thing - HAVE FUN! You’ve got to find something you enjoy or you won’t do it for very long.

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New Investors

(August 23 – September 23, 2021) Liberty Learning Foundation Boaz

Vision Financial Group, Inc Birmingham

Travelin’ Tom’s Coffee Truck Maylene

Gumbo to Geaux Helena

Edward Jones - Daniel Logan Pelham

Matt Casey Indian Springs

Brookdale University Park Birmingham

AH Plumbing, LLC Columbiana

Shelby Sandwich Shop Shelby

Creekside BBQ Pelham

Legal Shield Hoover

The Copper Train Alabaster Nursing Queen Hoover

Your Chamber at work

August 14 – September 10, 2021 - Responded to 95 requests for business & community information.

- Notarized 8 documents for Shelby County Companies.

- Promoting Chamber investors as well as Chamber & Community events through the following Social Media outlets: - Facebook: 21 “new likes”, 340 “views”, 13,283 “post reaches” and 4,678 “total likes” - Twitter: 31 “tweets”, 2,086 “tweet impressions”, 176 “profile visits”, 3,035 “followers” - Instagram: 1,452 “followers” - LinkedIn: 518 “followers” - Held 4 Ribbon Cutting / Groundbreaking events resulting in 53 new jobs

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(as of 6/17/2021) OFFICERS Chamber Chair Mr. Chris Grace Barge Design Solutions, Inc.

Immediate Past Chair Ms. Kathy Copeland White Rock Quarries– Vincent Hills DIRECTORS

Chair-Elect Mr. Brian Massey Ascension St. Vincent’s Vice Chair, Business Development & Support Mr. Lee Dorrill Blue Cross Blue Shield of Alabama Vice Chair, Communications & Marketing Ms. Kelly Thrasher Fox Hand Arendall, Harrison, Sale LLC Vice Chair, Community & Career Development Mr. Daniel Listi BBH / Shelby Baptist Medical Center Vice Chair, Finance & Administration Ms. April Harry Warren, Averett, LLC Vice Chair, Governmental Affairs Mr. Mike Swinson Spire Alabama, Inc. Vice Chair, Investor Relations Dr. Jay Crisman 280 Animal Medical Center Vice Chair, Tourism & Recreation Mr. Kevin Morris America’s First Federal Credit Union

Ms. Kimberly Jackson Alabama Power Company Ms. Melissa Dixon Charles Dixon Industries

Mr. Paul Barber Valent Group

Mr. Daniel Holmes Shelby County Newspapers, Inc.

Mr. John Collier Regions Bank

Ms. Khiari McAlpin Vinehouse Nursery

Ms. Brittani Morris State Farm Insurance Brittani Morris Agency

Mr. Maurice Mercer KATs Delivery

Mr. Casey Morris McLeod Software

Mr. Kyle Mims Edward Jones Investments – Kyle Mims Agency

Mr. Matthew Hogan Bama Budweiser of Shelby County

Mr. Steven Smith Specification Rubber Products

Mr. Fred Smith Vulcan Termite & Pest Control

Ms. Kimberly Jackson Alabama Power Company

Ms. Mechelle Wilder ARC Realty

Mr. David Dunagan Thompson Tractor Company

Mr. Rux Bentley Rux Carter Insurance

Mr. Will Norwood Valley Bank

Mr. Keith Brown Jefferson State Community College

Mr. Chad Scroggins Shelby County

Ms. Laura Clarke SYNOVUS Mr. Jeff Purvis A. C. Legg, Inc. Dr. Amiee Mellon University of Montevallo Mr. Guy Locker SouthWest Water Company

Mr. Keith Sides The UPS Store, Caldwell Mill / Valleydale at Hoover The Hon. Brian Puckett (Ex-Officio, SCMA) City of Helena Ms. Amy Sturdivant (Ex-Officio) 58INC.

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Access Accounting, Inc. (205) 516-4644 www.accessaccounting.net Accounting Complete (205) 978-8858 www.accounting-complete.com

Who’s Who

of Shelby County Businesses

Aprio, LLP (205) 991-5506 www.aprio.com Barfield, Murphy, Shank & Smith, LLC (205) 982-5500 www.bmss.com Cooke, Cameron, Travis & Company, PC (205) 988-8810 cctco.com/ Deloach, Barber & Caspers CPA (205) 822-6350 www.dbccpas.com/ Essential Solutions, LLC. (205) 663-8686 www.essential-solutions.biz Graham and Associates, CPA (205) 663-6673 www.grahamandassociates.net/ I.H. McNeill, III, PC (205) 982-2664 www.ihmcneill.com Jones & Associates, LLC (205) 436-8481 www.jonesandassociates.net Kassouf & Co. (205) 443-2500 www.kassouf.com SAS Tax & Accounting, LLC (205) 621-0388 www.sastaxandaccounting.com The Highlands Accounting Group, Inc. (205) 795-0240 www.thaginc.com Warren Averett LLC (205) 979-4100 www.wakm.com

Through their voluntary investment, these organizations support the Chamber’s program of work designed to make Shelby County an even better place to live and do business. The Chamber considers these organizations to be the most community-minded and successful businesses in Shelby County and strongly encourages you to do business with them.

The Shelby County Chamber Who’s Who Directory consists of Investors at the “Sustaining Level” investment or higher.

Block listings = ShelbyOne Next Level Up Investors

As of 9/27/2021

ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES Alsana Eating Disorder Clinic (205) 910-8423 alsana.com ADVERTISING & MARKETING SERVICES Angels Advertising, LLC (205) 968-1544 angelsadvertising.net Bell Media, LLC (205) 721-8660 www.gobellmedia.com BLR Further LLC (205) 324-8005 blrfurther.com Digital Media Southeast, LLC (205) 395-3035 digitalmediasoutheast.com Fusion One Marketing (205) 206-6070 fusiononemarketing.com/ Meridian Graphics (205) 746-1188 www.myhelenacitynews.com Plexamedia (877) 497-4606 plexamedia.com Radio Active (205) 663-1859 www.radioactivebirmingham.com/ Turner Promotions (205) 983-2167 www.anindooradvantage.com ADVERTISING SPECIALTIES Ad Specialty Plus (205) 403-0018 adspecplusinc.com/

Crown Trophy of Pelham (205) 621-7393 www.crowntrophy.com/store-98

South City Theatre (205) 621-2128 www.southcitytheatre.com/

AGRICULTURE & FARMING SUPPLIES

ART GALLERY

Mid State Co-Op (205) 669-7082

Owen Arts Studio / Owen Gallery (205) 669-9700 owenartsstudio.com

AIR CONDITIONING & HEATING Affordable Heating & Air, LLC (256) 245-2870 affordableairllc.com/ Carden Heating & Cooling (205) 669-2459 www.cardenhvac.com Metro Heating and Cooling (205) 538-2420 www.callmetro247.com Mountain Heating & Cooling, Inc. (205) 663-0293 mountainhvac.com/ Western Sales and Services, Inc. (205) 787-8674 www.westernsalesandservices.com ALTERATIONS

By George - Embroidery, Screen Printing and Banners (205) 663-7004 www.bygeorgeusa.com ANTIQUES & INTERIORS Myrtle Jane’s (205) 664-4333 www.facebook.com/myrtlejanessouth/ APARTMENTS & LEASING SERVICES Central Shelby, Ltd. (205) 668-2020 Grand Reserve at Pelham (205) 685-4111 www.grandreservepelham.com Meadow Wood Apartments (205) 663-1101 www.colecompanies.com Retreat at Greystone Apartments (205) 983-7833 www.retreatatgreystone.com The Abbey at Inverness (205) 991-9060 The Huntley Apartments (205) 621-7062 www.huntleyapartmenthomes.com Trails at Alabaster (205) 663-2824 www.trailsatalabaster.com Turtle Lake Apartment Homes (205) 991-3719 www.turtlelakeapts.info Wellington Manor Apartments (205) 621-0811 www.wellingtonmanorapartments.com ARCHITECTS Barry Davis Architects, PC (205) 444-1112 www.BarryDavisArchitects.com Goodwyn Mills and Cawood, Inc. (205) 879-4462 www.gmcnetwork.com Lathan Associates Architects, PC (205) 988-9112 www.lathanassociates.com/ TRO Jung/Brannen, Inc. (205) 324-6744 www.trojb.com/ ART & PAINTING CLASSES Chris Cuz Designs (954) 608-7220 www.chriscruzdesigns.com Hammer & Stain Birmingham (260) 242-0376 www.hammerandstainbham.com Old Mill Square (205) 669-5800 oldmillsquarecolumbiana.com/

ASSISTED LIVING FACILITIES The Bluffs at Greystone (205) 379-0322 phoenixsrliving.com ASSOCIATIONS & ORGANIZATIONS Alabama Association of Nonprofits (205) 879-4712 www.alabamanonprofits.org Aldridge Gardens (205) 682-8019 www.aldridgegardens.com/ Angel Warriors Foundation (205) 960-2175 www.angelwarriorsfoundation.org Better Business Bureau (205) 558-2222 www.birmingham-al.bbb.org Birmingham Automobile Dealers Association (205) 980-0540 www.carsbirmingham.com Chelsea Business Alliance (205) 678-0123 www.facebook.com/ chelseabusinessalliance/ Greater Birmingham Association of Home Builders (205) 912-7000 www.birminghambuilder.com ATTORNEYS

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Alabama Law Services, LLC (205) 419-4414 www.alabamalawservices.com Bradford & Holliman, LLC (205) 663-0281 www.bradfordholliman.com Ellis, Head, Owens & Justice (205) 669-6783 www.wallaceellis.com Fulmer, May & Stuckey, LLC (205) 255-1833 www.fmslawfirm.com Gina H. McDonald & Associates, LLC (205) 982-3325 www.ginamcdonaldlaw.com Hand Arendall Harrison Sale LLC (205) 324-4400 www.handarendall.com Paul J. DeMarco, Attorney at Law (205) 326-6600 www.pljpc.com Phillip Bahakel & Accociates Attorneys at Law (205) 987-8787 phillipbahakellaw.com Roland Milling Law, LLC (205) 620-1278 therolandlawfirm.com/ Sirote & Permutt, PC (205) 930-5100 www.sirote.com Wallace, Jordan, Ratliff & Brandt, LLC (205) 870-0555 www.wallacejordan.com Weinberg, Wheeler, Hudgins, Gunn & Dial (205) 572-4100 www.wwhgd.com AUCTION Granger, Thagard & Associates, Inc. (205) 410-6751 www.gtauctions.com Pearce & Associates (205) 664-4300 www.auctionbypearce.com

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AUDIO/VIDEO EXPERIENCE FOR BUSINESS Lighting & Lamp (205) 271-1423 www.lightingandlamp.com AUTOMOBILE CAR WASH Alabaster Car Wash & Wax Center (205) 358-8517 www.facebook.com/alabastercarwash Marc-1 Express Car Wash (205) 380-7404 marc1carwash.com/ AUTOMOBILE CUSTOMIZATION Elite Offroad And Performance (205) 677-2080 www.eliteoffroadandperformance.com Platinum Hoods, LLC (205) 337-6608 www.platinumhoods.com/ Southern Off Road (205) 685-1911 www.southernoffroad.com

Greystone Tire and Automotive (205) 980-5113 www.greystonetireandauto.com/ Hoover Automotive (205) 587-4888 www.hoover-automotive.com Howard Tire & Automotive Service (205) 669-4509 www.howardtowing.com/ Joe Hudson Collision Center - Champion Blvd (205) 453-7489 www.jhcc.com Lynn Johnson Collision Repair, Inc. (205) 678-3784 www.lynnjohnsoncollision.net/ Melton Automotive (205) 663-8088 www.meltonautomotive.com Mobile Fleet Specialists of Birmingham, Inc. (205) 564-8660 www.mobilefleetspecialists.com

BARTER EXCHANGE

BUILDERS

Moxey Bham (205) 991-7050 www.moxeybham.com

Eagle Construction Products (205) 669-2333 builtbyeagle.com/

Tradebank of Birmingham (256) 570-9028 birmingham.tradebank.com

BUSINESS & PERSONAL TRAINING & DEVELOPMENT

BEAUTY SALONS Beaute Nail Spa LLC (205) 621-0095 www.beautenailsspaalabaster.com B’Lovely Salon (205) 704-1729 Merle Norman Cosmetic Studio @ Inverness Plaza (205) 995-2442 www.facebook.com/Merle-NormanCosmetics-Birmingham-Alabama-atInverness-1689582458033213/ Shear Elegance (205) 365-9539 www.facebook.com/31shearelegance/

BUSINESS & PROFESSIONAL SERVICES Hear My Cry LLC (205) 378-9394 www.hearmycryllc.com LegalShield & IDShield (205) 503-3829 basult.wearelegalshield.com The Carter Group (205) 314-9810 The Neutral Solution (205) 202-6608 theneutralsolution.com

AUTOMOBILE DEALERS

Quick Lane Tire & Auto Care (205) 668-4244

DonohooAuto, LLC (205) 444-9333 www.donohooauto.com

Southern Truck Center, Inc. (205) 226-0880 southerntruckcenter.com/

EAW Exclusive Auto Wholesale (205) 406-5644 www.eawcars.net

Texaco Xpress Lube (205) 980-1510

4th & Inches Nutrition Studio (205) 677-2060 www.4thandinchesnutrition.com

Tuffy Tire & Auto Service (205) 624-2190 www.tuffypelham.com

Buck Creek Coffee House (205) 624-3733 www.buckcreekcoffee.com

Birmingham South RV Park (205) 664-8832 www.birminghamrvpark.com/

AUTOMOTIVE RETAIL

Daysol Coffee Lab (251) 753-1160 www.daysolcoffeelab.co

Cherokee Campground (205) 428-8339 www.cherokeecampground.info

Ground Up Coffee & Smoothies located inside Snider’s Pharmacy (205) 678-3899

CATERING SERVICES

Edwards Chevrolet - 280 Inc. (205) 980-3325 www.chevyman.com Enterprise Car Sales (205) 621-1343 www.enterprisecarsales.com Ernest McCarty Ford, Inc. (205) 663-3831 www.emccartyford.com/ Med Center Mazda (205) 226-0929 www.medcentermazda.com NEXTRAN Truck Centers (205) 841-4450 www.nextranusa.com Riverchase Kia (205) 987-6518 www.riverchasekia.com RV Roadway & Roadway Collision Center Inc. (205) 663-0046 www.rvroadway.com Southtown Motors (205) 663-4590 www.southtownmotors.com Susan Schein Automotive Group (205) 664-1491 www.susanschein.com Transportation South, Inc. (205) 663-2287 www.transportationsouth.com

Burton Campers, Inc. (205) 668-0075 www.burtoncampers.com O’Reilly Auto Parts Helena (205) 378-5660 www.oreillyauto.com BAKERY Beignets & Lattes (205) 358-7828 beignets-lattes.business.site/ Brown Sugar Desserts (205) 895-1021 www.brownsugardessertshop.com Cinnaholic (205) 573-6166 www.cinnaholic.com Donut Joe’s (205) 663-6006 www.donutjoes.net Edgar’s Bakery, Inc. @ Cadence Place (205) 987-0790 edgarsbakery.com Edgar’s Bakery, Inc. @ Pelham (205) 987-0790 edgarsbakery.com/

AUTOMOBILE REPAIR

Edgar’s Bakery, Inc. @ the Colonnade (205) 987-0790 edgarsbakery.com/

Cahaba Tire (205) 663-0433 www.cahabatire.com

K&J’s Elegant Pastries (205) 663-4827 kjselegantpastries.com

Cassady & Self Glass Company (205) 252-4284

Lil Bit O’ Flour (205) 408-9825 www.lilbitoflour.com

Chelsea Tire & Service (205) 719-3321 chelseatireandservice.com/ Christian Brothers Automotive (985) 778-9632 Empire Autohaus, Inc. (205) 664-5757 www.empireautohaus.com Express Oil Change & Tire Engineers (205) 945-1771 www.expressoil.com Express Oil Change & Tire Engineers - Helena (205) 942-8957 www.expressoil.com

Louise’s Cakes & Supply (205) 823-6799 www.louises-cakes.com Tee’s Cakes & Pastries (205) 678-8049 www.teescakesandpastries.com The Sweetest Booth LLC (205) 390-7944 www.thesweetestbooth.com BARBER SHOPS The Guys’ Place (205) 249-0858 www.theguysplace.com

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T. Fox SALONSPA (205) 403-8369 tfoxsalon.com

Michael Smith - Entrepreneur in Residence (205) 568-2526 www.linkedin.com/in/MichaelTSmithUSA

BEVERAGE

Hard Times Brewing Company (205) 913-4235 Helena Nutrition (205) 962-2682 www.facebook.com/helenanutrition Highway 52 Nutrition (205) 495-2585 www.facebook.com/pages/category/ Smoothie---Juice-Bar/Highway-52Nutrition-107030577898985/

BUSINESS FURNISHINGS Business Interiors (205) 939-1008 www.businteriors.com CAMPGROUND

Ann’s All Around Town Catering (205) 568-8610 www.allaroundtowncatering.com Bellinis Ristorante & Bar (205) 981-5380 www.ourbellinis.com Chelsea Coffee House (205) 678-4444 Gumbo to Geaux (205) 873-2740 www.gumbotogeaux.com

Just A Tish, Wine & More (205) 671-5267 justatishwine.com

Kathy G. & Company (205) 942-4210 kathyg.com

OHenry’s Coffee (205) 945-8970 www.ohenryscoffee.com

The Happy Catering Co. (205) 251-8925 www.happycatering.net

Old Towne Vapes & Coffee (205) 624-4425 www.oldtownevapes.com

Yellow Bicycle Catering (205) 427-0806 www.eatyellowbicycle.com

Oversoul Brewing LLC (205) 999-6444 www.facebook.com/oversoulbrewing

CELLULAR EQUIPMENT & SERVICE

The Beer Hog (205) 913-0468 www.thebeerhogal.com The Healthy Hangout (205) 834-0322 www.facebook.com/healthyhangoutal/ Travelin’ Tom’s Coffee Truck (205) 578-8939 www.travelintomscoffee.com BEVERAGE - DISTRIBUTOR Buffalo Rock Company (205) 940-9799 www.buffalorock.com BOWLING ALLEY Oak Mountain Lanes (205) 403-7466 www.oakmountainlanes.com BROKERAGE FIRM Sunbelt Business Brokers (205) 903-3564 www.sunbeltbirmingham.com

Cellular Sales Verizon Wireless (205) 822-2526 www.cellularsales.com/aboutus CHAMBER OF COMMERCE Bessemer Area Chamber of Commerce (205) 425-3253 Birmingham Area Chamber of Commerce (205) 324-2100 www.birminghamchamber.com Chilton County Chamber of Commerce (205) 755-2400 www.chiltonchamberonline.com Fultondale Chamber of Commerce (205) 337-1629 www.fultondalechamber.com Homewood Chamber of Commerce (205) 871-5631 www.homewoodchamber.org Hoover Area Chamber of Commerce (205) 988-5672 www.hooverchamber.org Leeds Area Chamber of Commerce (205) 699-5001 www.leedsareachamber.com

Montevallo Chamber of Commerce (205) 665-1519 montevallocc.com/wp/ Mountain Brook Chamber of Commerce (205) 871-3779 mtnbrookchamber.org/ The Shelby County Chamber (205) 663-4542 www.shelbychamber.org Trussville Area Chamber of Commerce (205) 655-7535 www.trussvillechamber.com U.S. CHAMBER OF COMMERCE Vestavia Hills Chamber of Commerce (205) 823-5011 www.vestaviahills.org CHEMICAL John W. Day -- State Chemical Solutions (205) 223-9343 stateindustrial.com/ CHILDCARE Ready, Set, Grow (205) 678-7123 childcarecenter.us/provider_detail/ readyset_grow_cdc_chelsea_al Vinehouse Nursery (205) 564-8564 vinehousenursery.com CHIROPRACTIC CARE Chiropractic Today (205) 991-3511 www.chiropractictoday.com Greystone Chiropractic (205) 981-8090 www.greystonechiropractor.com/ Helena Pure Chiropractic, Inc. (205) 277-9780 www.helenapurechiropractic.com The Joint Chiropractic (205) 460-1395 www.thejoint.com/alabama/birmingham/ lee-branch-22010 CHURCHES Alabaster First United Methodist Church (205) 663-0509 alabasterfumc.org Columbiana United Methodist Church (205) 669-7164 DAYSPRING Church (205) 588-8681 dayspringCLGI.org First Baptist Church of Columbiana (205) 669-3128 www.fbccol.net/ First Baptist Church of Vincent (205) 672-2512 www.fbcvincent.org/ CLEANING SERVICES Magic City Clean-Out 205-395-3630 magiccitycleanout.com/ Quality Innovations, LLC (205) 540-2603 www.qinnovisionaries.com CLOTHING RETAIL & ACCESSORIES America’s Thrift Store (205) 520-5442 www.americasthrift.com Shabby Chik/Kidz (205) 729-4945 shabby-boutique.com/ The Farm Company (205) 671-5477 the-farm-company.mycloveronline.com/ COFFEE Cabin Fever Coffee (419) 439-1961 www.facebook.com/ cabinfevercoffeetruck

Alabama Coin Shop (205) 401-3839 www.alabamacoinshop.com

Leadership Shelby County (205) 413-6704 www.leadershipshelbycounty.com/

COMMERCIAL & FLEET SUPPLIER

LifeSouth Community Blood Centers (205) 943-6000 www.lifesouth.org

Quality Petroleum (205) 988-4600 www.qualityfuels.net

MannaMarket (205) 566-2533 www.mannamarket.net

COMMERCIAL & RESIDENTIAL JUNK REMOVAL

My Sister’s Place, Inc. (205) 434-0701 mysistersplaceal.com/

JDog Junk Removal & Hauling (205) 223-0612 JDogjunkremoval.com COMMERCIAL CLEANING SERVICES

Owens House, The Shelby County Children’s Advocacy Center, Inc. (205) 669-3333 www.owenshousecac.org

Charles Dixon Industries, Inc. (205) 981-2171 cdibirmingham.com

SafeHouse of Shelby County, Inc. (205) 669-1877 www.safehouse.org

Envirosol (205) 229-7650 www.myenvirosol.com

Sav-A-Life Shelby, Inc. (205) 664-1667 www.savalifeshelby.org

COMMUNITY/SERVICE ORGANIZATIONS

SBA - Alabama District Office (205) 290-7101 www.sba.gov/al

AARP (866) 542-8167 states.aarp.org/region/alabama/ Adaptive Aquatics (205) 807-7519 www.adaptiveaquatics.org Alabama Family Rights Association (205) 626-9458 www.alfra.org Alabama Forest Owners’ Association, Inc. (205) 987-8811 Alabaster Arts Council (205) 664-9273 www.alabastercityfestonline.com Alabaster-Pelham Rotary Club (205) 408-7620 American Red Cross - Shelby Jefferson Office (205) 987-2793 www.redcross.org/local/al-ms/about-us/ locations/mid-alabama Big Brothers Big Sisters of Greater Birmingham - Shelby County Office (205) 378-4050 www.bbbsbhm.org Boy Scouts of America - Greater Alabama Council (205) 969-4244 www.bsagreateralabama.org

SCORE (205) 264-8425 www.score.org/index.html Shelby County Arts Council (205) 669-0044 www.shelbycountyartscouncil.com Shelby County Community Corrections (205) 669-8900 www.shelbyal.com/213/CommunityCorrections Shelby County Community Services (205) 669-3740 www.shelbyal.com

CONCRETE - READY MIXED & PRODUCTS The Driveway Company - Birmingham (205) 704-4779 www.thedrivewaycompany.com CONSTRUCTION Adams Homes, LLC (205) 620-1173 www.adamshomes.com

Buck Creek Family Dental (205) 624-4570 www.heartlanddental.com

Champion Technologies, LLC (205) 663-6116 www.control4.com/dealer/ championtechnologiesllc1-35124/ pelham-al/

Calera Dental Center, P.C. (205) 620-3312 www.caleradentalcenter.com

Dunn Construction Company, Inc. (205) 592-3866 www.dunnconstruction.com/ M.J. Harris Construction Services, LLC (205) 380-6800 www.mjharris.com

Greystone Smile Design (205) 981-7775 greystonesmiledesign.com/

South East Concrete, LLC (205) 995-9888 www.seccompany.com

Helena Road Dental Care (205) 784-4558 www.helenaroaddentalcare.com

Specialty Finish & Design LLC (205) 948-4018

Kari Bartlett DMD, Family and Cosmetic Dentistry (205) 663-6545

Thornton, Inc. (205) 870-5498 www.thorntonconstruction.com/

The Arc of Shelby County (205) 664-9313 www.thearcofshelby.org

Tim James, Inc. (334) 324-3386 timjamesinc.com

The Jimmie Hale Mission (205) 323-5878 www.jimmiehalemission.com

Wright Brothers Construction Company, Inc (423) 336-2261 wbcci.com CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT - SALES AND SERVICE

Columbiana Housing Authority (205) 669-6921

COMPUTER SERVICES & SOLUTIONS

CONSULTING

Cahaba Valley Computer Services, LLC (205) 980-9903 www.cvcsllc.com

Entrepreneurship Ecosystems, LLC (573) 953-0717

Easter Seals of the Birmingham Area (205) 942-6277 www.eastersealsbham.org Governor’s Commission on Physical Fitness & Sports (205) 607-0504 www.physicalfitness.alabama.gov Grace Klein Community (205) 490-7516 gracekleincommunity.com/ Junior Achievement of Alabama, Inc. (205) 290-9365 www.juniorachievement.org/web/jabirmingham/ King’s Home (205) 678-8331 www.kingshome.com/

COMPUTER SOFTWARE Ackee Design (205) 999-1060 www.ackeedesign.com Doozer Software, Inc. (205) 413-8302 www.doozer.com McLeod Software (205) 823-5100 www.mcleodsoftware.com Scott Howard Consulting (844) 396-7301 scotthowardconsulting.com/ COMPUTER TECHNOLOGY PRODUCTS & SERVICES Net-Fit Solutions Inc (205) 386-3236 www.net-fitsolutions.com

Columbiana Family Denistry (205) 669-6778

Smith Douglas Homes (205) 263-4550 smithdouglas.com

Thompson Tractor Company, Inc. (205) 664-4833 www.thompsontractor.com/

Developing Alabama Youth Foundation (205) 664-1600 thedayprogram.com/

Chelsea Orthodontics (205) 678-2770 www.chelseabraces.com

Elite Dentistry & Implant Center (205) 678-2525 www.elitedentistryal.com/

Shelby Humane (205) 669-3916 www.shelbyhumane.org

Personal Computer Consulting (205) 621-9304

Chelsea Family Dentistry (205) 678-2096

Rausch Coleman Homes (479) 455-9090 www.rauschcolemanhomes.com

Vineyard Family Services (205) 533-7852 www.vfsdads.com

Compact2020 (205) 605-1824 www.compact2020.com

Andrews Family Denistry (205) 669-9900

Brasfield & Gorrie, LLC (205) 328-4000 www.brasfieldgorrie.com

Springer Equipment Company, Inc. (205) 951-3675 www.springerequipment.com

Cumberland Computer Services, LLC (205) 467-4055 cumberlandcomputerservices.com/

Albritton & Ardovino Family Dentistry (205) 664-7610 www.aaFamilyDental.com

Boohaker Family & Cosmetic Dentistry (205) 621-4007 www.boohakerdental.com

Cahaba River Society (205) 322-5326 cahabariversociety.org/

Columbiana Main Street (205) 209-2417 www.facebook.com/ ColumbianaMainStreet1/?hc_location=ufi

Acton Family Dentistry (205) 823-2258 www.alabamafamilydentistry.com

Alabama Gutter Company (205) 991-2001 alabamaguttercompany.com

Shelby Emergency Assistance (205) 665-1942 www.shelbyemergencyassistance.com/

United Way of Central Alabama (205) 251-5131 www.uwca.org

DENTAL

CONVENIENCE STORES Quick Shop (205) 682-2766 www.qshop.us CRATE BUILD & DESIGN Kontane Logistics Inc. (205) 937-8611 www.kontanelogistics.com CREDIT CARD & ELECTRONIC FUND SERVICES Financial Resource Group (205) 802-7910

Lee Branch Dental Studio (205) 678-0871 leebranchstudio.com Montevallo Family Dentistry - Dr. Bobby F. Shunnarah DMD (205) 665-2224 montevallofamdentistry.com Pelham Dental Care (205) 663-6246 www.pelhamdentalcare.com Premier Family Dentistry (205) 621-5304 pfdofa.com/ Shelby Pediatric Dentistry (205) 419-7444 www.shelbypediatric.com StoneCreek Dental Care (205) 663-1280 stonecreekdentalcare.com Thomas E. Dudney, DMD, PC (205) 663-6545 www.thomasdudney.com DEVELOPERS Clayton Management, LLC (205) 621-0809 Creed, Incorporated (205) 621-0809 Enviro-Systems (205) 437-3779 enviro-systemsllc.com/services/ DISINFECTION TECHNOLOGIES

Bama Budweiser of Shelby County (256) 249-8578 bamabud.com BTC Wholesale Distributors, Inc. (205) 324-2581 www.btcwholesale.com/ Hibbett Distribution Center (205) 942-8398 www.hibbett.com Morrow Water Technologies, Inc. (205) 991-7222 www.morrowwater.com T & D Hyde Hauling (205) 965-8823 www.tanddhydehaulingandexcavation. com/ DOCUMENT MANAGEMENT SERVICES Gone for Good Secure Document Destruction (205) 943-5252 www.ucpgoneforgood.com DRUG TESTING Fastest Labs of South Birmingham (205) 498-0444 fastestlabs.com/south-birmingham DRY CLEANING SERVICES Champion Cleaners of Calera (205) 668-4727 www.championcleaners.com Champion Cleaners of Hoover (205) 408-2797 www.championcleaners.com EARTH MOVING A & S Hauling (205) 283-8431 ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ORGANIZATION

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58 INC. (205) 620-6658 58inc.org/ Alabama Works (800) 248-0033 www.madeinalabama.com Economic Development Partnership of Alabama (205) 943-4700 www.edpa.org/ Regional Planning Commission of Greater Birmingham (205) 251-8139 www.rpcgb.org/ EDUCATION - RECREATION/ ENRICHMENT Alabama 4H Center (205) 669-4241 www.alabama4hcenter.org Alabama Wildlife Center (205) 663-7930 www.awrc.org American Village (205) 665-3535 www.americanvillage.org McWane Science Center (205) 714-8372 www.mcwane.org Stick And Strum Academy (205) 434-0870 www.stickandstrum.com

DANCE SCHOOL

Clean Surface LLC (205) 229-3588 www.cleansurface.info DISTRIBUTORS

Tippi Toes Dance (205) 547-0647 www.tippitoesdance.com

American Wholesale Distributors (205) 620-3971 www.americanwholesaledistributors.com

Southern Christian Preparatory Academy (205) 440-2149 www.southernchristian.org Alabama Education Association (205) 657-9381 myaea.org

DELIVERY SERVICE

ATG Distribtuion (256) 249-8578 www.atgdistribution.com

Alabaster City Board of Education (205) 663-8400 www.alabasterschools.org

Avanti Polar Lipids (205) 663-2494 www.avantilipids.com

Calera High School (205) 682-6100 shelbyed.k12.al.us/schools/cahs/index. htm

KATs Delivery (205) 624-0777 www.katsdelivery.com Raughley Logistics (205) 365-5125

EDUCATION - SCHOOLS

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Calera Middle School (205) 682-6140 www.shelbyed.k12.al.us/schools/cams/ Career Technical Educational Center (205) 682-6650 www.shelbyed.k12.al.us/schools/sccc/ index.htm Central Alabama Community College (256) 234-6346 www.cacc.edu Chelsea High School (205) 682-7290 www.shelbyed.k12.al.us/schools/chhs/ index.htm

EMPLOYEE BENEFIT

EVENT

FAMILY AND CHILD RESOURCE GUIDE

Colonial Life (205) 283-0316 www.coloniallife.com

ESPN/TicketSmarter Birmingham Bowl (205) 733-3776 www.ticketsmarterbirminghambowl.com/

Sav-A-Life Shelby, Inc. (205) 664-1667 www.savalifeshelby.org

The SafeBridge Group (205) 907-9767 safebridgegroup.com/

EVENT & MEETING SPACE

FINANCIAL COACHING & CONSULTING

EMPLOYMENT - AGENCIES & SERVICES 12 Stones Staffing & Consulting (205) 832-0612 www.12StonesStaffing.com

Coosa Valley Academy (205) 672-7326 www.coosavalleyacademy.org/

Alabama Career Center System of Alabaster (205) 663-2542 www.dir.state.al.us

Cornerstone Christian School (205) 669-7777 www.cornerstonechargers.com

Automation Personnel Services Inc. (205) 444-9774 www.apstemps.com

Faulkner University (205) 879-5588 www.faulkner.edu

Core Focus Personnel, LLC (205) 475-7120 www.cfpersonnel.com

Helena High School (205) 682-3650 www.shelbyed.k12.al.us/schools/hhs

Express Employment Professionals (205) 981-1141 www.expresspros.com/sbirminghamal/

Indian Springs School (205) 988-3350 www.indiansprings.org

Qualified Staffing (205) 995-2354 www.q-staffing.com

Jefferson State Community College (205) 520-5900 www.jeffersonstate.edu/

ENGINEERS

Montevallo High School (205) 682-6400 www.shelbyed.k12.al.us/schools/mhs/ Oak Mountain Elementary School (205) 682-5230 Pelham City Schools (205) 624-3700 www.pelhamcityschools.org/ School for Amazing Kids (205) 620-1375 www.amazingkids.us Shelby County Board of Education (205) 682-7000 www.shelbyed.org Shelby County High School (205) 682-6600 www.shelbyed.k12.al.us/schools/schs/ Shelby County Instructional Services Center (205) 682-5910 Shelby County Schools Education Foundation (205) 682-5255 www.shelbyedfoundation.org The Learning Tree Inc. (334) 991-0614 learning-tree.org/

AECOM Transportation (205) 970-0744 www.aecom.com

Camelot Manor (205) 222-1329 Oak Island Mansion, LLC (205) 614-4800 www.oakislandmansion.com Pelham Civic Complex and Ice Arena (205) 620-6448 www.pelhamciviccomplex.com/ Venue31 (205) 419-7226 www.venue31.com/

Blackberry Lane Farm (205) 966-6213

G Group Investments & Consulting LLC (205) 370-4195

EXCAVATION

FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS

B & B Hauling, LLC (205) 425-1026

Alabama Credit Union (205) 777-0938 www.alabamacu.com

EXTENDED STAY AHI Corporate Housing (205) 987-7797 www.theahigroup.com/map-birminghamalabama-furnished-apartments.php

Carr & Associates Engineers, Inc. (205) 664-8498 www.carrengineers.com

Homewood Suites Inverness (205) 995-9823 www.birmingham.homewoodsuites.com

Engineering Design Technologies, Inc (205) 942-8631 WWW.edtinc.net

EYE CARE

Gonzalez-Strength & Associates, Inc. (205) 942-2486 www.gonzalez-strength.com Hargrove Engineers + Constructors (205) 484-0227 hargrove-epc.com Sain Associates, Inc. (205) 940-6420 www.sain.com/

Edward Jones Investments - Laci Gurganus (205) 388-7399

EVENT PLANNING

Barge Design Solutions, Inc. (205) 298-6074 www.bargedesign.com/

Garver USA (205) 443-3080 www.GarverUSA.com

Designed Income Advisory, LLC (205) 444-1803 www.diaincome.com

Everett Advisory Partners (205) 876-5882 everettadvisory.com

Homewood Suites Birmingham Riverchase (205) 637-2900 homewoodsuites3.hilton.com/en/hotels/ alabama/homewood-suites-by-hiltonbirmingham-sw-riverchase-galleriaBHMHMHW/index.html

Engineers of the South, LLC (205) 327-9140 www.engineersofthesouth.com

Coleman Financial Solutions LLC (205) 490-8346 www.colemancfs.com

Alabaster Eye Care (205) 624-3088 www.alabastereyecare.com Day Eye Center (205) 987-2308 dayeyecenter.com/ Dr. Kye L. Mansfield, Optometrist (205) 663-3937 drkyemansfield.com/ Inverness Eye Care (205) 991-0020 www.invernesseyecare.com Pelham Eye Center (205) 624-4736 www.pelhameyecenter.com

AlaTrust Credit Union (800) 264-8031 www.alatrustcu.com America’s First Federal Credit Union (800) 633-8431 www.amfirst.org America’s First Federal Credit Union of Inverness (205) 995-0001 www.amfirst.org America’s First Federal Credit Union of Pelham (205) 663-1945 www.amfirst.org APCO Employees Credit Union of Chelsea (205) 678-8406 www.apcocu.org Avadian Credit Union Corporate (205) 985-2828 www.avadiancu.com/

Schaeffer Eye Center of Mountain Brook (205) 802-2020 www.schaeffereyecenter.com

BBVA (205) 297-1986 www.bbvausa.com

ENVIRONMENTAL - WASTE MANAGEMENT

Schaeffer Eye Center of the Colonnade (205) 967-2020 www.schaeffereyecenter.com

Bryant Bank @ Hwy 280 (205) 408-6401 www.bryantbank.com/

Schaeffer Eye Center of Vestavia Hills (205) 979-2020 www.schaeffereyecenter.com

Bryant Bank of Columbiana (205) 670-9735 www.bryantbank.com

UAB Callahan Eye Hospital & Clinics (205) 325-8620 www.uabmedicine.org/eye

Cahaba Management & Consulting (205) 642-4490 Cahabamanagement.com

VISION FIRST EYE CENTER INC (205) 949-2020 visionfirsteyecenter.com/

CB&S Bank (205) 408-5560 www.cbsbank.com

Vision Source - Dr. Michael Blackburn, Optometrist (205) 980-5152 www.VisionSource-Blackburn.com

CenterState Bank (205) 313-2100 www.centerstatebank.com

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Legacy Community Federal Credit Union (205) 930-5000 www.legacycreditunion.com Legacy Community Federal Credit Union (205) 930-5000 www.legacycreditunion.com Legacy Community Federal Credit Union (205) 933-9933 www.legacycreditunion.com Mutual Savings Credit Union of Pelham (205) 682-6345 www.mutualsavings.org

Regions Financial of Helena (205) 685-1680 regions.com

ROE Hobby (205) 319-7310 www.roehobby.store

Rental Men (205) 983-6485 www.therentalmen.com

iBERIABANK (205) 414-3660 iberiabank.com

Regions Financial of Greystone (205) 980-4400 www.regions.com/

Vincent Middle/High School (205) 682-7300

OnTime Service (205) 942-1405 www.ontime59.com

First US of Harpersville (205) 672-8752 www.firstusbank.com

BancorpSouth Bank (205) 408-1954 www.bancorpsouth.com BB&T Bank, Now Truist, of Meadow Brook (205) 510-7499 www.bbt.com

EQUIPMENT RENTAL

First US Bank of Columbiana (205) 669-3550 www.firstusbank.com/index.htm

Regions Financial of Columbiana (205) 669-4061 www.regions.com

Schaeffer Eye Center of Inverness (205) 995-2020 www.schaeffereyecenter.com

Johns Electric Inc (205) 426-0583 Johnselectricservice.com

First US Bank of Calera (205) 668-0425 www.firstusbank.com

Avadian Credit Union of Pelham (205) 620-2332 www.avadiancu.com/

Goodfellas Social Club (205) 358-3078 www.goodfellassocialclub.com

Corblu Ecology Group, LLC (205) 677-0322 www.corblu.com

First US Bank (205) 582-1074 www.firstusbank.com/

Regions Financial NA (205) 264-4993 www.regions.com

University of Montevallo (205) 665-6230 www.montevallo.edu

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

First Horizon Bank (205) 414-3660 www.firsthorizon.com/Better-Together

Avadian Credit Union of Helena (205) 621-4262 www.avadiancu.com/

Schaeffer Eye Center of Greystone (205) 979-2020 www.schaeffereyecenter.com

Inline Electric & Lighting Showroom (205) 982-7511 www.inlinelighting.com

eCO Credit Union of Alabaster (205) 226-3912 www.ecocu.org

NobleBank & Trust (205) 588-7060 www.noblebank.com

Altitude Trampoline Park (205) 874-9040 www.AltitudeTrampolinePark.com

ELECTRICAL SERVICES

Coosa Pines Federal Credit Union of Vincent (205) 672-7169

Avadian Credit Union of Chelsea (205) 678-7797 www.avadiancu.com/

ENTERTAINMENT

Amwaste LLC (205) 313-0423 amwaste.net/

Coosa Pines Federal Credit Union of Chelsea (205) 678-3600 www.coosapinesfcu.org

Mutual Savings Credit Union of Riverchase (205) 682-1167 www.mutualsavings.org

Thompson High School (205) 685-6700 ths.alabasterschools.org/

Grade Power Learning (205) 620-2373 www.gradepowerlearning.com

Central State Bank of Calera (205) 624-6260

Avadian Credit Union Greystone (205) 437-3696 www.avadiancu.com/

Pelham Ridge Eye Care (205) 624-2015 www.pelhamridgeeyecare.com

EDUCATION-TRAINING AND TUTORING

Central State Bank (205) 605-0350 www.centralstatebank.com

Regions Financial of Inverness (205) 408-1301 www.regions.com Regions Financial of Pelham (205) 663-0723 www.regions.com Regions of Montevallo (205) 665-4708 regions.com Renasant Bank at Park Place (205) 716-3475 www.renasantbank.com/ Renasant Bank of Chelsea (205) 678-2265 www.renasant.com Renasant Bank of Columbiana (205) 669-3161 Renasant Bank of Pelham (205) 663-3834 www.renasantbank.com/

Synovus (205) 868-4808 www.synovus.com/ Synovus Pelham (205) 803-4593 www.synovus.com Trustmark National Bank (205) 665-2591 www.trustmark.com/ Valley Bank (205) 408-2000 www.valley.com/ Wells Fargo at Brook Highland (205) 948-1400 www.wellsfargo.com Wells Fargo at North Shelby (205) 620-3130 www.wellsfargo.com

State Farm Insurance, Joseph Chambers Agency (205) 663-3276 www.josephchambers.net Travis M. Sherman Retirement Income Consulting LLC (205) 564-2010 www.retirement-income-consulting.com

FUNERAL HOMES

GOVERNMENT - COUNTY

Bolton Funeral Home (205) 669-3179 www.boltonfuneralhome.com/

Circuit and District Court (205) 669-8588

Charter Funeral Home (205) 621-0800 charterfuneral.com GLASS REPAIR & SERVICES

Judge Hub Harrington

1-800 Water Damage of South Birmingham, AL (205) 225-6494 www.1800waterdamage.com/southbirmingham-al

Cahaba Glass Company (205) 621-7355 www.cahabaglassco.com

Judge Michael Joiner

GOLF

Judge Ron Jackson

Brookstone Restoration (205) 436-2680 brookstonerestoration.com/

Ballantrae Golf Club (205) 620-GOLF (4653) ballantraegolf.com/

Matt Casey (205) 907-2248 www.caseyforda.com

ServPro of Birmingham (205) 664-6770 www.servpro.com/franchise.asp?id=2710

Heatherwood Hills Country Club (205) 502-4441 www.heatherwoodhills.com

Shelby County (205) 669-3708 www.shelbyal.com

FIRE PROTECTION

Inverness Country Club (205) 991-8608 www.iccalabama.com/

Shelby County Circuit Clerk (205) 669-3760 www.18jc.alacourt.gov Shelby County Commission, District 1 (205) 669-6743

North Shelby Fire and EMS District (205) 991-6439 www.northshelbyfire.com/

Wells Fargo at The Summit (205) 948-1000 www.wellsfargo.com

FLOORING, CARPET, HARDWOOD

The Meadows Golf Course (205) 672-8002 www.TheMeadowsGolfCourse.org

Carpet Outlet of Pelham (205) 663-4393 www.carpetoutletpelhamalabama.com/

Timberline Golf Club (205) 668-7888 www.timberlinegc.com

Hill’s Carpet (205) 358-7879 hillscarpetstore.com

GOVERNMENT - CITY

Wells Fargo of Alabaster (205) 620-1009 www.wfhm.com/jennifer-zappa Wells Fargo of Hoover (205) 354-1020 www.wellsfargo.com Wells Fargo of Inverness (205) 980-2460 www.wellsfargo.com Wells Fargo of Riverchase (205) 403-4100 www.wellsfargo.com Woodforest National Bank - Alabaster (205) 664-3550 www.woodforest.com FINANCIAL INVESTMENTS

Issis & Sons Carpet (205) 663-2310 FLORISTS Bella Blooms and Designs (205) 624-2217 bellabloomsanddesigns.com FOOD Food Outlet Vincent (205) 642-9440 www.shopfoodoutlet.com/stores/viewstore.1620460.html Tee’s Cakes & Pastries (205) 678-8049 www.teescakesandpastries.com

Bluestein-Eggers Wealth Management (205) 326-9570 fa.ml.com/alabama/birmingham/ bluestein-eggers-wealth-managementgroup/

FOOD - FULL LINE SERVICES

Donald Real Estate And Insurance Co. Inc. (205) 669-9010

SYSCO Food Services of Central Alabama, Incorporated (205) 668-0001 www.sysco.com/

Edward Jones - Daniel Logan (205) 216-6952 www.edwardjones.com Edward Jones Investments - Kyle Mims (205) 669-8529 Edward Jones Investments - Lellwyn Griffin (205) 871-8899 www.edwardjones.com/lellwyn-griffin JPMorgan Chase (205) 321-7810 www.chase.com Net Profit Inc. (205) 937-1792 www.npinc.com/ Strauss Financial Group Inc. (205) 967-9595 www.straussfinancial.com/ Vision Financial Group, Inc (205) 970-4909 www.vision-financialgroup.com FINANCIAL PRODUCTS & SERVICES OneAscent Financial Services (205) 847-1343 oneascent.com/ Penn Mutual Alabama Agency (205) 776-6651 www.pennmutual.com

Judge Al Crowson

FIRE & WATER RESTORATION

Wells Fargo at Oak Mountain (205) 403-4115 www.wellsfargo.com

Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. (205) 254-5931 www.wellsfargo.com

Emergency Management/Environmental Director

Smiley Brothers Specialty Foods (205) 406-8421 www.smileybrothersfoods.com

Walnut Block (205) 621-0222 www.facebook.com/walnutblock

Alabaster Water Board (205) 663-6155 www.alabasterwater.com City of Alabaster (205) 664-6800 www.cityofalabaster.com City of Birmingham (205) 254-2283 www.birminghamal.gov City of Calera (205) 668-3500 www.cityofcalera.org City of Chelsea (205) 678-7260 City of Columbiana (205) 669-5800 www.cityofcolumbiana.com/ City of Helena (205) 663-2161 www.cityofhelena.org/ City of Hoover (205) 444-7500 www.hooveral.org City of Leeds (205) 699-2585 www.leedsalabama.com

FOOD - SEASONINGS

City of Montevallo (205) 665-2555 www.cityofmontevallo.com

A.C. Legg, Incorporated (205) 324-3451 www.aclegg.com

City of Pelham (205) 620-6400 www.pelhamonline.com

FOOD TRUCK

City of Vestavia Hills (205) 978-0100 www.vestaviahills.net

Stacked and Stuffed (205) 720-3240 www.facebook.com/stackedandstuffed/ FOOD WHOLESALE Southeastern Food Merchandisers (205) 664-3322 www.southeasternfood.com/ FORESTRY Gordon Timberlands (205) 669-6837 FOUNDATION REPAIR AFS Foundation & Waterproofing Specialists (205) 286-5520 www.afsrepair.com FUNDRAISING Funding Solutions (512) 382-7270 www.funsol.com

City of Vincent (205) 672-2374 Indian Springs Village (205) 987-9997 www.indianspringsvillage.org Town of Harpersville (205) 672-9961 www.harpersvilleal.gov/ Town of Mt Laurel (205) 408-8696 www.mtlaurel.com Town of Westover (205) 678-3375 www.westoveralabama.org/ Town of Wilsonville (205) 669-6180 Town of Wilton (205) 665-2021

Judge Oliver Head

Shelby County Commission, District 2 (205) 427-4289 Shelby County Commission, District 3 (205) 665-9573 Shelby County Commission, District 4 (205) 663-7334 Shelby County Commission, District 5 (205) 988-4483 Shelby County Commission, District 6 (205) 988-0658 Shelby County Commission, District 7 (205) 985-7179 Shelby County Commission, District 8 (205) 982-8717 Shelby County Commission, District 9 (205) 678-2020 Shelby County Coroner (205) 669-3846 Shelby County Department of Development Services (205) 620-6650 www.shelbycountyalabama.com

Middle Alabama Area Agency on Aging (205) 670-5770 www.m4a-alabama.org/ Shelby County Legislative Office (205) 620-6610 www.shelbylegislators.com/ Representatives: Russell Bedsole- District 49 Arnold Mooney- District 43 Jim Carns- District 48 Dickie Drake- District 45 Kenneth Paschal- District 73 Allen Farley- District 15 Corley Ellis- District 41 Senators: Jabo Waggoner- District 16 April Weaver- District 14 Dan Roberts- District 15 Jim McClendon- District 11 U. S. Representative Gary Palmer - 6th Congressional District (205) 968-1290 palmer.house.gov/ U. S. Senator Richard Shelby’s Office (205) 731-1384 www.shelby.senate.gov U. S. Senator Tommy Tuberville’s Office (202) 224-4124 www.tuberville.senate.gov GROCERS Food Outlet (205) 668-2315 www.savmorcalera.com Hudd’s Food Center (205) 669-6060 www.huddsfoods.com/contact.html Mi Pueblo Supermarket (205) 685-1446 www.mipueblosupermarket.com Piggly Wiggly Grocery of Columbiana (205) 669-4278 Piggly Wiggly of Dunnavant Valley (205) 918-7120 www.thepigbham.com The Fresh Market - Inverness (205) 991-0294 www.thefreshmarket.com GYMNASTICS & CHEERLEADING INSTRUCTION

Shelby County Director of Public Works (205) 669-3869

Sara Beth’s Gymnasts (205) 910-3668 www.sarabethgymnasts.com

Shelby County District Attorney

HEALTH & BEAUTY

Shelby County Emergency Management Agency (205) 669-3999 www.shelbyal.com/index.aspx?nid=252

Aesthetic Dermatology (205) 588-7000 www.dermatologistsofbirmingham.com

Shelby County Engineer (205) 669-3880 Shelby County Facilities & General Services Department (205) 670-6461 www.shelbyal.com Shelby County Finance Manager (205) 669-3943 Shelby County Health Department Shelby County Juvenile Services (205) 669-3831 Shelby County Planning Commission (205) 960-7220 www.shelbyal.com/ Shelby County Probate Judge (205) 669-3713

Beauty & Beyond (205) 518-5561 www.facebook.com/ BeautyBeyondPelhamAlabaster Shelby Dermatology (205) 621-9500 shelbydermatology.com Skin Care Solutions Of Alabama (205) 427-8478 www.facebook.com/scsofal HEALTH & FITNESS YMCA Greystone Branch (205) 981-0144 www.ymcabham.org/greystone 24e Health Clubs (205) 358-8815 www.24eHealthClubs.com

Shelby County Property Tax Commission

Anytime Fitness of Chelsea (205) 678-8820

Shelby County Sheriff’s Office (205) 669-4181 www.shelbyso.com

Body by Brii (205) 305-0770 www.bodybybrii.com/studio

GOVERNMENT - STATE

Bug Out Training (205) 624-8713 www.bugouttrainingstudio.com

Judge Matt Fridy, Alabama Court of Civil Appeals (205) 280-0260

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SouthPoint Bank (205) 503-5055 www.southpoint.bank

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CrossFit Inferis (205) 451-3095 www.crossfitinferis.com Gym Time (205) 624-4040 www.gymtime.fitness Sapp’s Fitness Garage (205) 624-3775 www.sappsfitnessgarage.com

HOME FURNISHINGS & ACCESSORIES

HVAC

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

INTERIOR DESIGN

Encore Resales Inc. (205) 358-7690 www.encoreresales.com

Arrow Air Systems, LLC (205) 406-5705 arrowhvac205.com/

Fresh Managed IT (205) 545-5062 www.freshmanagedit.com

Howarth - Haddock Designs (205) 381-0576

Urban Home Market (205) 980-4663 www.urbanhomemarket.com

Brown Heating And Cooling (205) 871-8111 www.brownheatingandcooling.com

Sawyer Solutions, LLC (844) 448-7767 www.sawyersolutionsllc.com/

HOME HEALTH CARE

Guin Service, LLC (205) 595-4846 www.guinservice.com

INSULATED GLASS

Simply Slim Alabama (205) 515-3556 simplyslimalabama.com

Comfort Care Home Health and Hospice (205) 685-0421 www.comfortcarehomehealth.com

Workout Anytime Calera (205) 690-8799 www.workoutanytime.com/calera

Encompass Health (205) 910-7191 Www.Encompasshealth.com

YMCA - Alabaster Branch (205) 663-6504 www.ymcabham.org/alabaster

Expectcare (205) 444-0126 www.expectcare.com

YMCA - Pelham Family Branch (205) 664-9622 www.ymcabham.org/pelham

HOME HEALTH CARE - NON-MEDICAL

Gulf States Automation, Inc. (205) 532-1990 www.gulfstatesautomation.com Hinkle Metals & Supply (205) 444-4781 Myers Comfort Specialists (205) 206-7735 myerscomfort.com/

HEALTH & WELLNESS

Comfort Keepers (205) 981-1800 www.comfortkeepers.com

Skelton’s Heating, Cooling and Refrigeration (205) 879-3413 www.skeltonsair.com

All of You LLC (205) 208-9327 www.allofyou.biz

Longleaf Pines Home Care Providers (205) 719-9387 www.longleafcare.com

TemperaturePro Birmingham (205) 675-0745 temperatureprobirmingham.com/

American Family Care of Calera (205) 319-8000 www.afcurgentcare.com

HOME IMPROVEMENTS CONSTRUCTION & REMODELING

IDENTITY THEFT

Brookdale University Park (205) 870-0786 Www.brookdale.com Elise Hearn, Shaklee Independent Distributor (205) 821-2270 www.elise.myshaklee.com It’s About Time Urgent Care (205) 657-1719 itsabouttimeuc.com Juice Plus + (205) 332-5255 vickieverett.juiceplus.com Skin Wellness Center of Alabama (205) 871-7332 www.skinwellnessal.com

Bath Fitter (205) 876-1760 www.bathfitter.com Bath Innovations of Alabama (334) 271-2723 www.bathinnovations.com Brown Lumber & Building Supply (205) 669-6715 www.brownlumber.com/ Coleman Construction, Inc. (205) 383-5472 colemanconstruction.net Drain Right Guttering, LLC (205) 664-9828 drainrightguttering.com/

Legal Shield (205) 902-7177 stevejohnson.wearelegalshield.com INDIVIDUAL Alex Dudchock Bonnie Atchison (205) 669-9001 David Nolen Mark Teachman (630) 408-6275 www.JohnMaxwellGroup.com/ markteachman The Honorable Chris Curry (205) 908-7222

Russell Building Supply (205) 672-2224 www.russelldoitcenter.com/

The Honorable Theoangelo Perkins (205) 669-6317 www.theo.lowerealty.com

HOME INSPECTION SERVICES

INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTS SALES

TherapySouth of Helena (205) 624-4708 www.therapysouth.com

By George Inspections & Services LLC (205) 907-4732 www.bygeorgeinspections.com

White Rock Quarries-Vincent Hills (205) 505-9225

WaveTech Therapy, Inc (205) 777-3736 www.wavetechbirmingham.com

Higher Ground Inspections, LLC (205) 937-3100 www.highergroundinspections.com

HEALTH CARE

HOME SERVICES

Absolute Health & Wellness (205) 218-6445 www.absolutehealthwellness.com

US Department of HUD (205) 731-2630

Soul Story Therapy (205) 202-9685 www.soulstorytherapy.com

Dr. James Beretta P.C. (205) 685-5357 www.drjamesberettapc.com Mending Hearts LLC (205) 725-1544 www.mendingheartsllc.com Southern Family Health (205) 669-4884 Summit Pediatrics (205) 678-0861 www.summitpediatricschelsea.com/

HOSPITAL Children’s Health System (205) 939-9434 www.chsys.org Coosa Valley Medical Center (256) 401-4000 www.cvhealth.net Grandview Medical Center (205) 971-1000 www.grandviewhealth.com/

HEALTH INSURANCE

Shelby Baptist Medical Center (205) 620-8100 baptisthealthalabama.org/

Blue Cross Blue Shield of Alabama (205) 220-2100 www.bcbsal.org/web/index.html

St. Vincent’s Health System (205) 930-2356 www.stvhs.com

Joe Starnes - USHAdvisors 1-256-658-8031 www.USHAgent.com/JosephStarnes

HUMAN RESOURCE OUTSOURCING

VIVA Health Cafe’ (205) 978-4911 www.vivahealth.com HEARING HEALTH Hearing Solutions Inc (205) 739-2242 www.hearingsolutionsalabama.com

Staffmark (205) 682-9495 staffmark.com HUNTING & FISHING Nichols Outfitters (205) 664-3431 www.nicholsoutfitters.com

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INDUSTRIAL SUPPLIES & SERVICES Viper Imaging (205) 677-3700 www.viperimaging.com INDUSTRIAL, MEDICAL & SPECIALTY GASES Holston Gases (205) 664-9087 www.holstongases.com INDUSTRY Altec, Inc. (205) 991-7733 www.altec.com/ EBSCO Industries, Inc. (205) 991-6600 ebscoind.com Lhoist North America (205) 621-3331 www.lhoist.com Plant Power & Control Systems, LLC (205) 663-4433 www.plantpower.com SEPCO, Sealing Equipment Products Company (205) 403-7500 www.sepcousa.com Vulcan Information Packaging (205) 672-1281 www.binders.com Vulcan Materials Company (205) 663-0749

Over The Mountain Glass, Inc. (205) 733-8938 www.otmglass.com INSURANCE Byars Wright, Inc. (205) 221-8677 www.Byarswright.com

IRRIGATION Grow V Landscapes (205) 767-2553 growvlandscapes.com/index.html JUNK REMOVAL Junk King of Birmingham (205) 753-9313 www.junk-king.com/birmingham LAND MANAGEMENT Landscape Services, Inc. (205) 991-9584

Cousins Insurance Agency (205) 678-3337

LANDSCAPING/ VEGETATION CONTROL

Diamond Assurance Group (205) 679-0068 diamondassurancegroup.com

American Tree Maintenance, Inc. (205) 669-1925 callatm.com

Direct Auto Insurance (205) 623-1231 www.directauto.com

SpyGrass Innovations, LLC (205) 848-8282 www.spygrassinnovations.com

Farmers Insurance - Joseph Buff Agency (205) 701-4924 agents.farmers.com/al/chelsea/josephbuff

Strickland Lawn Care Services (256) 207-9454 www.StricklandLawnCareServices.com

Farmers Insurance - Kevin Powell (205) 987-5442 agents.farmers.com/al/ hoover/kevin-powell?SourceID= AMPL001L001&utm_ source=Powerlistings&utm_ medium=Local Greenhalgh Insurance Agency, Inc. (205) 967-8800 www.greenhalghinsurance.com Hairston Brown Financial & Insurance Services (205) 685-1333 www.hairstonbrown.com Neil Bailey Insurance & Investments (205) 985-4517 nbailey.com/page19.html Rux Carter Insurance (205) 669-3158 www.ruxcarterinsurance.com Standifer Insurance Group (205) 664-3200 www.standiferinsurancegroup.com State Farm Insurance Drew Balch Agency (256) 497-5123 State Farm Insurance, Blake Guy Agency (205) 988-4525 www.blakeguyinsurance.com State Farm Insurance, Brittani Morris Agency (205) 988-4526 www.statefarm.com/agent/US/AL/ Alabaster/Brittani-Braden-BJMH4724VGE State Farm Insurance, Chester Lewis (205) 678-0200 State Farm Insurance, Shannon Trotter Agency (205) 663-4466 www.shannontrotter.com State Farm Insurance, Tyler Rutledge Agency (205) 678-3334 www.planwithtyler.com The Rinehart Agency, LLC (205) 671-5555 www.therinehartagency.com uBreakiFix (205) 408-1333 www.ubreakifix.com/locations/ birmingham

SuperiorScape, Inc. (205) 678-2425 www.superiorscape.net LAWN CARE SERVICES Dirtworks and Bobcat Service, Inc. (205) 620-1818 www.dirtworksandbobcatservice.com The Grass Guys (205) 523-4897 birminghamgrass.com/ LEGAL SERVICES J.Welborn & Associates (205) 671-0122 Jim Pino & Associates, P.C. (205) 663-1581 www.jimpinoandassociates.com The Harris Firm, LLC (205) 564-2165 www.theharrisfirmllc.com/alabasterbankruptcy-lawyer/ LIBRARIES Albert L. Scott Public Library (205) 664-6822 www.shelbycounty-al.org Harrison Regional Library (205) 669-3910 www.shelbycounty-al.org North Shelby Library (205) 439-5555 www.northshelbylibrary.org LIGHTING LED Solution, LLC (205) 624-4840 www.ledsolution.net LOCKSMITH LockCorp Inc (205) 565-7339 www.lockcorpinc.com LODGING Best Western Plus Birmingham Inn (205) 995-8586 bwbirmingham.com Birmingham Marriott Hotel (205) 968-3775 marriott.com/bhmmc

Valent Group (205) 262-2636 www.valentgroup.com

Candlewood Suites of Alabaster (205) 620-0188 www.candlewoodsuites.com/alabasteral

Weygand Insurance Agency (205) 678-4410 www.hometownagent.net

Fairfield Inn & Suites Pelham (205) 987-9879 www.marriott.com/bhmfp

Hampton Inn & Suites 280 at Eagle Point (205) 981-0024 www. birmingham280easteaglepointsuites. hamptoninn.com Hampton Inn & Suites of Pelham (205) 313-9500 www.hamptoninn.com/en/hp/hotels/ index.jhtml?ctyhocn=BHMCVHX Hampton Inn of Calera (205) 668-6565 www.calera.hamptoninn.com Holiday Inn Express & Suites Birmingham-Inverness (205) 776-6370 www.ihg.com/holidayinnexpress/hotels/ us/en/birmingham/bhmtb/hoteldetail Holiday Inn Express & Suites Pelham (205) 987-8888 www.ihg.com/holidayinnexpress/hotels/ us/en/pelham/pelex/hoteldetail Hyatt Regency Birmingham - The Wynfrey Hotel (205) 705-1234 wynfrey.regency.hyatt.com/en/hotel/ home.html

Irons Media Group (205) 678-9079 www.ironsmediagroup.com

Alabama Psychiatry (205) 540-7477 www.alpsychiatry.com

Nick the Marketer, LLC (205) 610-9550 www.nickthemarketer.com

Chilton Shelby Mental Health Center (205) 668-4308

Trustway Marketing (205) 451-1945 trustway.marketing

Columbiana Health and Rehabilitation (205) 669-1712

MARTIAL ARTS SCHOOL

Heart South Cardiovascular Group, PC (205) 663-5775 www.heartsouthpc.com

Tiger Rock Martial Arts (205) 663-0091 pelhamtrma.com

Inverness Dermatology (205) 995-5575 www.invernessderm.com

MATERNITY & POSTPARTUM CLOTHING

Lemak Sports Medicine, LLC (205) 329-7500 lemakhealth.com/

Nursing Queen (205) 201-0193 www.nursingqueen.com MEDIA

National TeleTherapy Resources (NTR) (205) 245-3068 www.ntrlink.com

MUSEUM & ARCHIVES

OFFICE FURNITURE

Heart of Dixie Railroad Museum (205) 668-3435 www.hodrrm.org/

OFCworkscapes, Inc. (205) 730-1190 www.ofcworkscapes.com

Karl C. Harrison Museum of George Washington (205) 669-8767 www.washingtonmuseum.com/

OFFICE SPACE - LEASING

Shelby County Historical Society, Incorporated (205) 669-3912 www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~alshelby/ schs.html Shelby County Museum & Archives (205) 669-3912 www.shelbycountyhistory.com Shelby County Museum & Archives (205) 669-3912 www.shelbycountymuseum.com Shelby Iron Works Park (205) 669-2465

Workspace (659) 204-4330 www.workspacebirmingham.com OFFICE SUPPLIES & SERVICES Office Depot (205) 945-2650 www.business.officedepot.com ORGANIZING SERVICES Space Cadets (205) 326-7025 www.spacecadetsorganizing.com/ ORTHODONTICS Calera Orthodontics (205) 620-4611 caleraortho.com

ABC 33/40 (205) 982-3942

Psychiatry South, Inc. (205) 987-0724 www.psychiatrysouth.com

Birmingham Business Journal (205) 322-0000 www.bizjournals.com/birmingham/

Shelby Oral Facial Surgery, PC (205) 208-0167 www.ShelbyOFS.com

Guitar Gallery (205) 663-7080 www.theguitargallery.com

CBS 42 (205) 322-4200 www.cbs42.com/

Shelby Podiatry, P.C. (205) 663-3224 www.shelbypodiatry.com

NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION MANAGEMENT

Andrews Sports Medicine and Orthopaedic Center (205) 939-3699 www.andrewssportsmedicine.com

FOX6 WBRC-TV (205) 322-6666 www.myfoxal.com

Southeast Gastro (205) 663-1023 www.gastrodocs.info

Selective Management Services (205) 624-3586 www.selectivemgmt.com

OS1 Sports Injury Clinic (205) 352-2911 www.bettersooner.com

Kenya Diaspora Media (205) 720-4397 www.kenyadiasporamedia.com

The Neck and Back Institute of Kentucky (973) 979-1370 www.kentuckyback.com

NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATION

OTHER

Shelby County Newspapers, Inc. (205) 669-3131 www.shelbycountyreporter.com

The Ryan Clinic (205) 639-2092 www.TheRyanClinic.com

Alabama Childhood Food Solutions (205) 451-2358 alabamachildhoodfood.com

Alignment Simple Solutions - Quick Trick (205) 475-2419 www.alignmentsimplesolutions.com

Village Dermatology (205) 877-9773 villagedermatology.net

Auto-Chlor System (205) 337-1689 www.acs-llc.net

MAIL SERVICE

WBHM (205) 934-2606 www.wbhm.org

Alabama Cooperative Extension System Shelby County Office (205) 669-6763 www.aces.edu

Certified Mailing Solutions, Inc. (205) 319-6694 trackcertifiedmailing.com/

WBRC Fox 6 (205) 583-8415 www.myfoxal.com

MEN’S HAIR SALON

Alabama Goodwill Industries (205) 323-6331 www.alabamagoodwill.org

Pitney Bowes (205) 246-4294 www.pitneybowes.com

WVTM 13 (205) 933-1313 www.alabamas13.com/

The Barber Bar (205) 402-8090 www.thebarberbarbham.com

Blanket Fort Hope (205) 901-3570 blanketforthope.org

METAL FABRICATOR

The UPS Store Chelsea (205) 677-2160 www.theupsstore.com

MEDICAL - GENERAL

Calera Main Street www.caleramainstreet.org

Sleep Inn (205) 982-9800 www.choicehotels.com MACHINE & EQUIPMENT SALES, SERVICE & INSTALLATION Snag Equipment & Lubrication (205) 296-0436 snagequipment.com TMH Lift Trucks, Inc. (205) 672-7272 www.tmhlifts.com

American Millwright and Fabrication, LLC (205) 718-2743 www.faceboob.com/AMFwelding

MANUFACTURER

American Esoteric Laboratories (205) 624-2040 ael.com

MILITARY SERVICE

Community Action Partnership of Middle Alabama (205) 669-3836 www.capmal.org

Alabama Glas Tek, Inc. (205) 592-4527 www.alabamaglastek.com/

American Family Care (205) 403-8902 www.americanfamilycare.com

Alabaster Veterans Center, Inc. (205) 728-5700 www.alabasterveterans.org

God Did It Ministries (205) 542-7444 www.sancheztanniehill.com

Cheney Lime & Cement Company (205) 625-3031 www.cheneylime.com

American Family Care of Greystone (205) 201-7290 www.americanfamilycare.com

Birmingham Air National Guard (205) 714-2287

Hatching Hope (205) 624-2424 HatchingHopeCares.org

Crave Candle Co. LLC (205) 807-9842 www.cravecandlesco.com

American Family Care of Pelham (205) 621-6411 www.americanfamilycare.com

Deshazo - Alabaster (205) 664-2006 www.deshazo/careers.com

Columbiana Clinic (205) 669-3138 columbianaclinicllc.com/

Deshazo - Automation (205) 664-2006 www.deshazo/automation

Grandview Medical Clinic of Chelsea (205) 678-7779

Manufacturing Technology, LLC (205) 637-1202 www.mtechse.com Saginaw Pipe Company, Incorporated (205) 664-3670 Surface One Inc (205) 621-1125 surface1.com/ Vulcan Steel Products (205) 620-5100 www.vulc.com MARKETING Brownstone Marketing Solutions (205) 789-3600 www.bmsllc.biz

Grandview Medical Clinic of Columbiana (205) 670-9691 KidsStreet Urgent Care (205) 644-8289 www.KidsStreetUrgentCare.com On Demand Healthcare LLC (205) 624-4524 ondemandhealthcare.net Therachem Research Medilab LLC (205) 427-0419 therachem.net/ MEDICAL - SPECIALIZED Alabama Ear, Nose & Throat Associates, Incorporated (205) 985-7393 www.alabamaentassociates.com

MORTGAGE Classic Home Mortgage, Inc. (205) 444-5866 www.fundinghomedreams.com InterLinc Mortgage Services, LLC (205) 795-3833 www.interlincalabama.com/cgapen Leader One Financial (205) 872-1173 scottmoulton.leader1.com

Liberty Learning Foundation (800) 239-0005 libertylearning.org Mosaic Counseling & Wellness (205) 777-7706 www.mosaicwellnessllc.com/ National Alliance on Mental Illness-Shelby (NAMI-Shelby) (205) 202-0827 namishelby.com

ORTHOPEDIC SPECIALIST

BancCard (615) 719-1677 Chelsea Citizen Observer Patrol (205) 678-8455 INDIVIDUAL Jack Bridges, Ph.D. (205) 669-1165 Montevallo Main Street (205) 665-2555 ext. 106 www.facebook.com/ MontevalloMainStreet/ PAIN MANAGEMENT The Doleys Clinic / / Pain & Rehabilitation Center, Inc. (205) 982-3596 www.doleysclinic.com PAINTING COMMERCIAL AND/OR RESIDENTIAL Along Those Lines (205) 215-7963 www.facebook.com/ alongthoselines2015/ Zipp Painting & Renovations (205) 281-5846 www.facebook.com/ZIPP-Painting-andRenovation-585868811572711 PARAMEDICS Regional Paramedical Services (205) 664-1036 www.rpsems.com

MOVING & STORAGE

Republican Women of North Shelby County (205) 612-2433 algop.org/event/republican-women-ofnorth-shelby-county-2/2022-08-09/

Armstrong Relocation & Companies (205) 942-1625 www.armstrongrelocation.com

Second Shift (205) 201-0464 www.secondshiftalabama.org

Glenn Contracting & Paving Co, Inc. (205) 991-0194 www.glennpaving.com

Changing Spaces Moving, Inc. (205) 972-0744 www.changingspacesmoving.com

OFFICE EQUIPMENT - SALES & LEASING

PAYROLL SERVICES

Weber Mortgage (205) 765-1037 webermortgage.com

Motivated Movers (205) 995-7585 www.motivatedmoversbham.com

CPC Office Technologies (205) 873-1444 www.cpctek.com Xerox Business Solutions (205) 969-3000 southeast.xeroxbusinesssolutions.com/

Newsletter

Quality Inn Pelham (205) 444-9200 www.qualityinn.com/hotel-pelhamalabama-AL065#listpos1

MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS

PAVING - ASPHALT

BP Payroll LLC (205) 995-5288 www.bppayroll.com PEST CONTROL & SERVICES Cook’s Pest Control - Birmingham Commercial District (205) 290-0890 www.cookspest.com

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Cook’s Pest Control - South District Office (205) 980-0920 www.cookspest.com Mr. Bugg’s Pest Patrol, Inc. (205) 663-1919 mrbuggs.com/ Vulcan Termite & Pest Control, Inc. (205) 663-4200 www.vulcantermite.com Wayne’s Environmental Services, Inc. (205) 985-7009 www.callwaynes.com PET BOARDING Camp Scotty (205) 685-8882 www.campscotty.com PET GROOMING SERVICES Shaggy Chic Pet Grooming, LLC (205) 212-4059 www.myshaggychic.com World Class Kennels (205) 672-2599 www.worldclasskennels.com PHARMACIES Blair Pharmacy (205) 358-3470 blair-pharmacy.com Brooklere Pharmacy (205) 664-1200 www.brooklererx.com Davis Drug (205) 669-6713 www.mygnp.com/pharmacies/davis-drugcompany-columbiana-al-35051/

The Awards & Engraving Place (205) 823-7676 www.alabamaawards.com/ The UPS Store Caldwell Mill at Valleydale in Hoover (205) 980-8180 hoover-al-2389.theupsstorelocal.com/

Ferrellgas (800) 344-1939 www.ferrellgas.com

REAL ESTATE - RESIDENTIAL

PROPERTY MANAGEMENT

ARC Realty - Cindy Edmunds, Agent (205) 229-2774 www.arcrealtyco.com

Birmingham Home Leasing (205) 259-1918 birminghamhomeleasing.com/

Keller Williams Realty - Chad Hester (205) 369-6227 www.chadhester.kwrealty.com

Sealy Management Co. Inc (205) 391-6000 www.sealyrealty.com

Leane Randle, REALTOR® | eXp Realty (205) 531-4245 leane.gustygulasgroup.com/

Shoals Mills Village & Development (205) 235-6880

Myers Enterprises LLC - eXp Commercial (205) 616-1445 www.myersenterprisesllc.kwrealty.com

PUBLICATIONS Birmingham Christian Family Magazine (205) 408-7150 www.birminghamchristian.com Greystone Living (205) 902-7177 JBMC Media (205) 617-9609 www.jbmcmedia.com John The Real Menu ‘’Man’’ (205) 329-4886 Starnes Media (205) 313-1780 starnes.media

Helena Drugs (205) 729-5060 www.helenadrugs.com

PUBLISHERS

PHYSICAL THERAPY Therapy South of Chelsea (205) 678-7272 TherapySouth of Pelham (205) 664-8404 www.therapysouth.com PLUMBING & GAS FITTERS AH Plumbing, LLC (205) 807-7137 Plumb-Tech, Inc. (205) 664-5324 PLUMBING SERVICES Roto-Rooter Services Co. (205) 518-7072 www.rotorooter.com The Neighborhood Plumber (205) 663-0612 www.theneighborhoodplumber.com/ PRINTING SERVICES FedEx Office Inside Alabaster Walmart 205-564-3238 ext 9 local.fedex.com/al/alabaster/office-2578/ Minuteman Press (205) 621-2722 www.alabaster.minutemanpress.com PostNet of Chelsea (205) 678-0123 www.postnet.com/al106 PrintsWell (800) 476-4723 www.printswell.com Soul Ink Printing (205) 677-2177 soulinktprinting.com/

REAL ESTATE - RENTAL H. Monroe Properties

Women’s Exchange (205) 967-0085 www.womens-exchange.com

Fotowerks, LLC (205) 669-9970

Cushman & Wakefield/EGS Commercial Real Estate (205) 939-4440 www.egsinc.com

PROPANE

Double A Drugs (205) 642-9274 www.facebook.com/doubleadrugs

PHOTOGRAPHY SERVICES

REAL ESTATE - COMMERCIAl

APG Local (256) 442-6620 apglocal.com Greystone Neighbors (205) 777-8334 www.bestversionmedia.com REAL ESTATE AHI Properties (205) 682-9106 www.theahigroup.com ARC Realty (205) 969-8910 www.arcrealtyco.com/ Brenda Rayburn - Keller Williams (205) 799-4515 www.rayburnassociates.com Canopy at Oak Mountain (205) 979-3790 EXIT Realty Prime (205) 420-8989 www.baileyreg.com EXIT Royal Realty (205) 299-2084 www.exitroyalrealty.com Melissa Wise/RealtySouth Agency (205) 520-3878 melissawise.realtysouth.com Peter Northcott, Realtor / LAH Hoover (205) 440-3093 lahrealestate.com/agents/peter_ northcott/ REMAX Southern Homes (205) 677-8463 www.pauldecarlo.com Southern Realty Specialists (205) 426-1113 southernrealtyspecialists.com The Madonias - Keller Williams (205) 915-5644 themadonias.com

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RE/MAX First Choice (205) 663-4402 www.firstchoiceal.com RealtySouth - Pelham (205) 663-3895 www.realtysouth.com Team Lehman, Keller Williams Metro South (205) 542-4011 team-lehman.com RECREATION Alabaster Senior Center (205) 663-1307 www.cityofalabaster.com/facilities/ facility/details/seniorcenter-16 Birmingham Barons Baseball (205) 988-3200 www.barons.com Blue Water Park LLC (205) 663-7428 www.bluewaterparkal.com Oak Mountain State Park (205) 620-2520 www.alapark.com/OakMountain Old Baker Farm (205) 672-7209 www.oldbakerfarm.com/ Pelham Racquet Club (205) 621-3380 www.pelhamracquetclub.com/ Regions Tradition (205) 969-9229 www.regionstradition.com

Applebee’s Bar + Grill of Chelsea (205) 678-8800 www.qrcllc.net

Joe’s Italian Pizza Pasta & Cafe (205) 663-4111 www.joesitalianonline.com/

Arby’s - Alabaster (205) 664-1797 www.arbys.com

La Patrona Mexican Restaurant (205) 671-5277 www.facebook.com/La-Patrona-MexicanRestaurant-103053437853495/

Baumhower’s Victory Grille (205) 995-5151 baumhowers.com Bay Leaf Authentic Indian Cuisine (205) 518-0208 www.bayleafindiancuisines.com Bellinis Ristorante & Bar (205) 981-5380 www.ourbellinis.com Bertolone’s Italian - Calera (205) 644-8780 www.bertolones.com Birds & Burgers (214) 886-8050 www.birdsandburgers.com Blue’s Bourbon & Brews (205) 358-8337 www.bluesbourbonandbrews.com Bohemia Bar & Grill (205) 624-3003 www.facebook.com/Bohemia-bar-andgrill-2281777645428284/ Cajun Boys & Our Poboys - Chelsea (205) 678-2256 www.cajunboysandourpoboys.com Champy’s Famous Fried Chicken (205) 621-3991 champyschicken.com Chick-Fil-A at Greystone (205) 995-8333 Chick-Fil-A at Inverness (205) 995-9925 www.chick-fil-a.com/inverness Cracker Barrel Old Country Store (205) 987-1555 www.crackerbarrel.com Cream & Cones Ice Cream Lounge (205) 848-8383 www.creamandcones.com Creekside BBQ (443) 418-6599 www.creekside-bbq.com Customs Cafe’ (205) 987-0176 www.customscafe.com Delta Blues Hot Tamales (205) 624-2092 www.deltablueshottamales.com

SCPARA (205) 991-2015

Dreamland BBQ -- Highway 280 (205) 820-7427 www.dreamlandbbq.com

Shiloh Clays (205) 368-2776 www.shilohclays.com

Dunkin’ in Alabaster (865) 392-1881 www.bluemontgroup.net

RECREATION EQUIPMENT & RETAIL

East 59 Cafe at Lee Branch (205) 573-6103 www.east59.net

Overland Adventure Rentals (205) 601-9266 www.overlandadventurerentals.com The Yak Shak (205) 767-3201 www.theyakshak.com RELIGIOUS ORGANIZATION Shelby Baptist Association (205) 669-7858 www.shelbybaptist.org RESIDENTIAL CLEANING SERVICES The Maids (205) 871-9338 www.maids.com/83 RESTAURANTS

Eli’s Jerusalem Grill (205) 637-3658 www.facebook.com/elisjerusalemgrill Fat Johnny’s Comfort & Soul (205) 671-5331 Full Moon Bar-B-Que of Pelham (205) 517-6966 www.fullmoonbbq.com Golden Rule Bar-B-Q of Pelham (205) 621-4461 www.goldenrulebbq52.com Jefferson’s Restaurant (205) 989-9464 www.jeffersons.com

2 Pesos Cantina (205) 987-3800 www.2pesoscantina.com

Jim ‘N Nick’s Community Bar-B-Q at Greystone (205) 991-1306 www.JimnNicks.com

5 Amigos Mexican Restaurant (205) 980-8266 5-amigos.business.site/

Jimmy John’s (205) 564-8228 www.jimmyjohns.com/

La Paz Restaurant & Catering (205) 803-6262 eatatlapaz.com Mama Coco Cantina & Grill (205) 690-8994 www.facebook.com/Mama-Coco-Cantina-103170214939254 Maya Mexican Restaurant Alabaster (205) 624-4477 www.mayamxrestaurant.com McAlister’s Deli of Pelham (205) 985-9797 www.mcalistersdeli.com/ Miami Fusion Cafe 280 (205) 585-9165 www.miamifusioncafe.com Milo’s Hamburgers - Alabaster (205) 871-2000 www.miloshamburgers.com Milo’s Hamburgers - Calera (205) 668-7748 www.miloshamburgers.com Milo’s Hamburgers - Inverness (205) 991-6456 www.miloshamburgers.com Milo’s Hamburgers - Pelham (205) 402-0722 www.miloshamburgers.com Nueva Michoacana (205) 358-8554 www.facebook.com/ nuevamichoacana2 Papa John’s Calera (205) 319-3184 www.papajohns.com Pita Mediterranean Street Food (205) 671-5155 www.pitastreetfood.com Ruby Sunshine www.rubysunshine.com Salvatore’s Pizza & Pasta (205) 991-2881 inverness.salvatorespizzeria.com/#/ Shelby Sandwich Shop (205) 669-9102 www.facebook.com/shelbysandwichshop Shugah’s (205) 624-3431 www.facebook.com/ Shugahs-103511658056427/photos/ Subways of Chelsea (205) 678-9601 www.subway.com Taco Mama (205) 705-3333 www.tacomamaonline.com Taziki’s Mediterranean Cafe (205) 380-4344 www.tazikiscafe.com Texas Roadhouse (205) 985-7427 www.texasroadhouse.com/restaurantlocations/alabama/pelham The Anvil Pub & Grill (205) 637-7100 www.theanvilpub.com The Copper Train (205) 358-8179 www.facebook.com/thecoppertrain The Craft Burger (205) 995-0003 www.thecraftburgers.com The HoneyBaked Ham Company (205) 620-9899 myhoneybakedstore.com/alabaster/808 The Juicy Seafood (205) 582-2288 www.thejuicyseafoodusa.com

VJ’s Restaurant (205) 670-5109 www.facebook.com/ vjsrestaurantatthelake Walk - On’s Bistreaux & Bar (205) 538-2700 www.wobham.com Whataburger @ Alabaster (205) 620-4188 www.whataburger.com Whataburger @ Inverness (205) 980-9314 locations.whataburger.com/al/ birmingham/111-resource-center-pkwy. html Whataburger @ Pelham (205) 987-2779 www.whataburger.com

SECURITY SERVICES

STONE SUPPLIER

TRANSPORTATION

Five Star Security, Inc. (205) 230-3551 5-starsecurity.com

AM3 Surfaces (205) 624-3506 www.am3surfaces.com

Alabama Fleet Worx, LLC (205) 600-3220 www.alfleetworx.com

SECURITY SYSTEMS

Cutstone Company LLC (205) 624-3538 www.cutstoneco.com

Apex Valet & Rare Transportation (205) 991-0532 apexvalet.com or raretransportation.com

STORAGE

Double O Carriers (205) 471-3177

ADT Security Services (205) 403-3164 www.adt.com/ SENIOR LIVING PLACEMENT Assisted Living Locators (205) 775-6006 www.assistedlivinglocators.com/ birmingham SHIPPING The UPS Store Calera (205) 668-4822 theupsstore/6068.com SIGNS

Zapopan Mexican Resaurant (205) 668-4008 www.zapopancalera.com

FASTSIGNS (205) 823-4045 www.fastsigns.com/198

RETAIL

Reliable Sign Services, Inc. (205) 664-0955 www.reliablesigns.com

A Birthday Place (205) 637-0010 www.abirthdayplace.com Bailey Brothers Music Company (205) 271-7827 www.baileybrothers.com

Steel City Signs Inc. (205) 624-3573 www.steelcitysigns.net SKILLED NURSING FACILITY

Best Buy (205) 437-8966 www.bestbuy.com

Ahava Healthcare of Alabaster (205) 663-3859 alabasterctr.com

Cahaba Tractor Company (205) 663-1470 www.cahabatractor.com

Rehab Select at Shelby Ridge (205) 620-8500 www.rehabselect.net/

Coosa Valley Milling & Hardware (205) 669-6605 coosavalleymilling.com/

SPECIALTY FOODS

DSLD Land Management AquaScapes (205) 437-1012 dsldland.com

Uncle Keith’s Red Sauce (205) 914-8921 unclekeithsredsauce.com SPECIALTY GIFTS

EcoWash Systems LLC (205) 624-4099 www.EcoWashCo.com

Fancy Fur (205) 408-1693 www.fancyfurpets.com

Ensley-Fairfield Mattress Company (205) 663-9733 www.efmattress.com

Preppy Pinkies LLC (941) 201-9435 preppypinkies.com

Helena Hardware A True Value (205) 605-0600 www.facebook.com/HelenaHardware

Whiskers & Wags Pet Boutique (205) 618-9496 whiskersnwagspet.com/

Magnolia’s (205) 618-9800 www.magnoliasgiftshop.com

SPORTS CLUB

Marvin’s Building Materials of Calera (205) 668-2608 www.marvinsbuildingmaterials.com/

Alabama Soccer Association (205) 991-9779 www.alsoccer.org

Attic Plus Storage (205) 969-1860 www.atticplus.com Cedars Self-Storage (205) 669-7638 Columbiana Mini Storage (205) 669-3308 STORAGE - FACILITIES American Self Storage, LLC (205) 624-2336 www.amss4al.com

Transportation South, Inc. (205) 663-2287 www.transportationsouth.com

CoolBox Self Storage - Caldwell Mill (205) 991-9449 coolboxselfstorage.com

TRAVEL AGENCY

Greystone Self Storage, LLC (205) 206-7882 www.greystoneselfstorage.com/ Strongbox Self Storage (205) 719-1506 www.strongboxselfstorage.com

Swimming Pool Services, LLC (205) 601-3385 www.swimmingpoolservices.net

Grand Escapes Travel (205) 616-1625 www.grand-escapestravel.com

TAX & FINANCIAL SERVICES

PDPH Travel - Pixie Dust & Pirate Hooks/ Savvy Travel Group (407) 205-9078 www.pixiedustandpiratehooks.com/

Cornerstone Certified Public Accounting, LLC (205) 678-8033 cornerstonecpanow.com

Alabama Power Company (205) 226-1720 www.alabamapower.com

TELECOMMUNICATIONS

Gaston Steam Plant (205) 669-8007

AT&T - Alabama (205) 714-0523 www.att.com CE Workforce- d.b.a T-Mobile (205) 620-6190 Low Latency Communications, LLC (205) 745-3970 www.lowlatencycomm.com T-Mobile (205) 344-2151 TELEPHONE EQUIPMENT & SERVICES

Birmingham Legion FC (205) 600-4720 bhmlegion.com

THRIFT STORE

RETIREMENT COMMUNITY

Flip Side Watersports (205) 423-5457 www.flipsideal.com

ROOFING Yellowhammer Roofing, Inc (205) 988-3337 yellowhammerroofing.com RUBBER PRODUCTS Specification Rubber Products (205) 663-2521 www.specrubber.com/ SECURITY AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS Comtex Technologies (205) 871-3000 www.comtex.org

SPORTS MEMORABILIA Rivalry Sports (205) 396-4328 www.rivalrysportscollectibles.com

The Foundry Ministries (205) 424-4673 www.foundryministries.com

SouthWest Water Company (205) 987-8352 www.CleanerCahaba.info Spire Alabama, Inc. (205) 716-2875 www.spireenergy.com Sterrett - Vandiver Water System, Inc. (205) 672-3396 www.svwatersystem.com Xpert Drilling (205) 937-6382 VACATION RENTAL Lighthouse 1115 (205) 909-7363 www.vrbo.com/2088299 VETERINARIAN

TIRE WHOLESALER

280 Animal Medical Center (205) 678-8253 www.280amc.com

Tire Engineers @ Hwy 280 (205) 408-2720 www.tireengineers.com/

Airport Veterinary Hospital, P.C. (205) 621-0500 airportveterinaryhospitalofcalera.com/

Tires & Engine Performance (205) 620-3311 tiresperformance.com

Helena Veterinary Clinic (205) 236-0500 www.helenavetclinic.com

TRAINING

Oak View Animal Hospital (205) 988-3559 www.oakviewah.com

STAINED GLASS

Alabama Technology Network (205) 856-8000 www.atn.org

Buck Creek Stained Glass (205) 541-3322 www.buckcreekglass.com

Sandler Training in Alabama by KSA Inc. (205) 306-8164 www.ksainc.sandler.com

STEEL FABRICATORS

TRANSITIONAL HOUSING FOR HOMELESS

Dunn Building Company, LLC (205) 510-0243 www.dunnbuildingcompany.com

UTILITY COMPANIES

H & R Block (205) 784-6255 hrblock.com

Hester’s Electronics and Services (205) 787-1298 www.hesterselectronics.com

Tandems, Ltd. (205) 991-5519 www.tandemsltd.com

Cruise Planners (205) 517-7070 www.mytripstogo.com

SWIMMING POOLS

RETAIL - ELECTRONICS

SPORTS EQUIPMENT

Alabama World Travel - Emily Trione (334) 399-1449 www.awtinc.com

Expedia CruiseShipCenters (205) 437-3354 www.cruiseshipcenters.com/GreystoneAL

Business Telephones Incorporated (205) 988-8297 www.bticonnect.com

Royale Living Suites (205) 808-2468

Transporation Concepts, Inc. (205) 951-4051 www.gointermodal.com TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT & SOLUTIONS

Birmingham Bulls Hockey Club, LLC (256) 620-6870 www.bullshockey.net

Danberry At Inverness (205) 443-9500 www.danberryatinverness.com

RW Stevens Inc (205) 482-4606 rwstevensinc.com/

Sanctuary Trust for Shelby County (205) 283-2680

Veterinary Specialists Of Birmingham (205) 967-9107 www.vsbham.com VIDEOGRAPHY Hope Finley Photography & Videography (205) 281-1908 Pitts Media (205) 365-3523 www.pittsmedia.com VOCATIONAL WELDING SCHOOL Weld South Inc. (205) 381-8118 www.weldsouth.us WASTE DISPOSAL SERVICES Bin There Dump That (205) 406-5850 www.dumpsterrentalsbirmingham.com Trash Taxi of Alabama LLC (205) 419-4005 trashtaxi.com/ WASTE MANAGEMENT & RECYCLING Moore Coal Company, Inc. (205) 424-2705 www.moorecoal.com WATER FILTRATION SYSTEMS Aqua Systems (205) 383-3999 www.iwantgreatwater.com WEALTH MANAGEMENT OneAscent Wealth Management, LLC (205) 313-9142 www.oneascentwealth.com WEB DESIGN & SERVICES Great New Day Internet Solutions, LLC (205) 939-3565 www.greatnewday.com WEDDING VENUE Douglas Manor (205) 369-8714 www.douglasmanorevents.com/ WELLNESS CLINIC creACTive Wellness Center (205) 918-3305 www.getcreactive.com WINDOW TREATMENTS Van Gogh Window Fashions (205) 987-3711 vangoghwindowfashions.com WINERY Corbin Farms Winery (205) 685-0655 www.corbinfarmswinery.com/ WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT Central Alabama Partnership for Training & Employment (CAPTE) (205) 325-4880 www.mycapte.org/ Central Six Alabama Works!

(205) 719-3227 www.CentralSix.org The Onin Group (205) 298-7233 oningroup.com

Riverview Animal Clinic (205) 991-9580 riverviewanimalclinic.net Shelbiana Animal Clinic (205) 669-7717 www.shelbianaanimalclinic.com/ Valleydale Animal Clinic (205) 991-5416 www.valleydaleanimalclinic.com

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Old Baker Farm held its Summer Shindig on Aug. 14 in Harpersville with food trucks as well as fresh-sliced watermelon, lemonade and a fireworks show to cap the evening.

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The superintendents of the four public school districts in Shelby County shared updates at The Shelby County Chamber’s State of Our Schools luncheon on Aug. 25 at the Pelham Civic Complex.

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The Tinglewood Festival showcased the talents of woodworking artists and featured a variety of vendors, a classic car show and children’s activities on Sept. 11 at Orr Park in Montevallo.

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The Shelby County Chamber held its CoffeeNET event, hosted by Alabama Credit Union, with networking, coffee and light refreshments on Sept. 21.

1. Bethany Ivey and Pari Barzegari 2. Laurie Franklin and Charmaine Dye 3. Angela Terry and Chris Williams 4. Jeff Brown and Scott Myers 5. Lynn Ray and Elise Hearn 6. Nadya Mohamed and Wesely Young 7. Maurice Mercer and Nathan Park 8. Angela Terry, Nikita Mathews, Brady Wakefield, Brooke Wood and Jason Hayes

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This annual race at Oak Mountain State Park on Sept. 18 raised money for Blanket Fort Hope’s restorative therapeutic housing center and for child sex trafficking survivors.

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MARKETPLACE

Marketplace Homewood Life Magazine • 205.669.3131

Automation Personnel Services Hiring IMMEDIATELY For: Automotive Assembly, General Labor, Production, Clerical, Machine Operator, Quality, Carpentry, Welder, Foundry.

Positions In: Calera, Clanton, Pelham, Bessemer, McCalla. Walkin applications accepted.

Clanton (205)280-0002.

Pelham (205)444-9774.

Bama Concrete Now Hiring: Diesel Mechanic 4 Years Minimum Experience. CDL Preferred. Competitive Pay. Great Benefits. Apply in person: 2180 Hwy 87 Alabaster, 35007 Beelman Truck Co Now Hiring Experienced Drivers and Recent Grads. Great pay. Great benefits. More home time. Apply online at beelman.com or call 205665-5507 Boise Cascade Now Hiring for Utility Positions. Starting pay $14/hour. Must be able to pass background screen.

Please apply at www.bc.com $80,000+ Yearly Potential Sales positions available at Burton Campers. Please call Mickey Price for phone interview: 205-668-0075 Comfort Keepers NOW HIRING. Job requirements: A caring spirit and passion for helping others. For more information visit: www.comfortkeepers.com or Call 205-338-7909.

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Lancaster Place Apartments. Location, community & quality living in Calera, AL. 1, 2, & 3 bedroom apartments available. Call today for specials!! 205-668-6871.

Or visit hpilancasterplace.com

South Haven Health & Rehab NOW HIRING!!!

•LPN’s & RN’s -$5,000 Sign-on Bonus for Full-Time shift •CNA’s Apply in person: 3141 Old Columbiana Rd Birmingham,AL -35266

WELDER NEEDED MIG & TIG •Light gauge stainless, aluminized, galvanized Manufacturing and Assembly Helpers Needed •Paid Holidays •Typical Shifts 6:00am2:30pm Call RICK: 205761-3975

Land for Sale Covington County-46 Acres $184,000 -Located on Booth Rd. West of Florala -Potential Country Homesite, Recreational Getaway -Power Available Contact Clay Baker: 251-895-6460 claybaker@speaksland.com

Marble Valley Manor.

Affordable 1 and 2 Bedroom Apartments for Elderly & Disabled. Many on-site services! 2115 Motes Rd, Sylacauga.

256-245-6500 •TDD#s: 800-548-2547(V) • 800-548-2546(T/A). Office Hours: Mon-Fri, 8am4pm. Equal Opportunity Provider/Employer Oxford Healthcare in Montgomery currently hiring certified CNA’s and/or Home Health aides in the Clanton, Marbury and Maplesville areas. Must be able to pass complete background check, have reliable transportation and have a strong work ethic. Serious inquiries only. Call 334-409-0035 or apply on-line at www.

Oxfordhealthcare.com LAND FOR SALE 180 acres, located on Walnut Creek. Will not divide property. Call for more information: 205-369-5641

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Land for Sale Shelby County-36 Acres $5950/ acre -Located on County Road 51 near Wilsonville -Recently Thinned -Potential Homesite or Mini-Farm Contact Clay Baker: 251-895-6460 claybaker@speaksland.com CLOCK REPAIR SVS. * Setup * Repair * Maintenance. I can fix your Mother’s clock.

Alabaster/Pelham. Call Stephen (205)663-2822 Electrician - FT Supreme Electric, local-based company in Pelham.

Must be willing to learn & work hard. Go to: supremeelectric-al. com Print employment application under Contact Us. Mail to: Supreme Electric 231 Commerce Pkwy Pelham, AL 35124 or call 205-453-9327.

Become a Dental Assistant in ONLY 8 WEEKS! Please visit our website capstonedental assisting.com or call (205)561-8118 and get your career started!

Now hiring RN’s and LPN’s throughout Alabama! $250 community referral bonus for RN’s and LPN’s. Signon Bonuses available at select locations! For more information please contact: Paige Gandolfi Call/text: 724-691-7474 pgandolfi@wexfordhealth. com

Opportunity Employer.

Females & Minorities encouraged to apply.

Drug Free Workplace.

E-Verify Employer.

CUSTARD DOG TRAINING Obedience & Attack 334-231-0334 JOIN OUR TEAM! Just Plumbing & Gas Now Hiring PLUMBERS & HELPERS Apprentice $18/ hour, Journeyman $25/ hour with certification cards. Must have driver’s license. Full-Time Monday-Friday (Weekend work available). In-town work. SIGN-ON BONUS AFTER 90 DAYS! Call Tommy: 205-296-0294

Experienced Termite Technician or someone experienced in routeservice work and wants to learn new profession.

Work-vehicle/equipment provided. Must drive straight-shift, have clean driving record/be 21/ pass background/drug test. Training provided.

Insurance/401K offered.

M-F 7:00-4:30 + 1 Saturday/month. Pay $13hr. Send resume to facsmith@charter.net

WHATLEY PLUMBING - PLUMBERS WANTED Located in Chilton County Since 2011. Skills Needed: Dependability, Honesty, Teamwork, Eagerness to Learn.

Valid driver’s license required. To apply, email: whatleyplumbing 7558555@gmail.com 205-755-8555 High Expectations Cleaning 205-728-8854 highexpertcleaning.com Wright Brothers Construction Co., Inc. seeking Carpenters and a Crane Operator in the Helena area. Please apply online: www.wbcci. com/careers/apply-now Or send resume: hr@ wbcci.com Please call 423-336-2261 with any questions. Equal

Acceptance Loan Company, Inc. Personal loans! Let us pay off your title loans! 224 Cahaba Valley Rd, Pelham 205-663-5821

Southeastern Sealcoating Seeking hardworking team members to join our paving crew. •Paving Operators •Screw Operators •Rake Man Full-Time $15-$20/hour 401(k), Health/dental/ vision insurance, & paid time off! Apply in person: 1330 Adamsville Industrial Parkway, Birmingham PAINTERS WANTED Must have: •5 years painting & construction experience •Dependable transportation •Clean, neat appearance •Drug and alcohol free •Previous work history (References) •Carpentry skills a plus.

Good pay for right people! Call 205-6212627

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MY SHELBY COUNTY CORLEY ELLIS

Alabama House of Representatives District 41 + Owner of Ellis Properties Inc.

Camp Out

Oak Mountain State Park My wife, Julie, my son, Jamison, and I love camping and call Oak Mountain State Park our “home campground.” Taking a long hike around one of the lakes and then relaxing by a campfire is a great way to spend the day!

Syrup Please

Shelby Iron Works Park Pancake Breakfasts The park, located on the site of the historic Shelby Iron Company established in 1842, has a monthly pancake breakfast on the first Saturday of every month. While you are there, take a walk around the park and explore local history while experiencing the natural beauty the area is known for.

Red or White

Just a Tish Wine & More Since Just a Tish opened on West College Street in Columbiana in May 2020, it has been a great place to grab a glass of wine and relax with friends before going to a concert at the Shelby County Arts Council’s Black Box Theater, which is right next door. They also have a nice selection of wines by the bottle to take home.

Sunset Spot

Old Mill Square Colonnade Fountain Plaza Boasting a 13-foot-tall custom crafted fountain from Milan, Italy, with 12 water features, the fountain is gorgeous and the view of the sunset from it is amazing. It’s located on the campus of the Shelby County Arts Council, so it’s also a good place to listen to an outdoor concert.

Just the Right Reuben

Davis Drug Snack Bar I am a big fan of Reuben sandwiches, and Davis Drug Snack Bar in historic downtown Columbiana has the best one around.

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