It’s time for this week’s tidbits. Here it goes:
👀 CONGRATS: to our long-time friend Jennifer Andress on being sworn in as the new Mayor of the City of Homewood, AL.
🎙️ Loved hearing from Sarah Dylla with the Center for Puppetry Arts in Atlanta & McKay Lyvers with Alabama 811 this past Saturday on TRUITT NEWS RADIO.
✔️ The Leeds Area Chamber of Commerce is coming up on November 20th.
✔️ The Gardendale Chamber of Commerce Luncheon is November 13th.
🏒 Our Birmingham Bulls were hosting the Winnipeg Jets at the BJCC tonight in 1977. We took another loss, dropping us to 1-8 to start the season.
❓ DID-YOU-KNOW: There are around 43,000,000 collector vehicles in the U.S. as defined by Hagerty.
🏀 🏈 ⚾ 🏒 Is there a better time of year than when all the sports are overlapping?
🎙️ Looking forward to hearing from Lauren Schwartz, the Executive Director of Collat Jewish Family Services, on TRUITT NEWS RADIO this weekend.
👀 HIRING: Pihakis Restaurant Group is looking to staff their new locations in the super-cool Valley Post project that is opening soon right off Hwy 280 in Chelsea, AL. Apply at hiring@pihakis.com.
👀 CONGRATS: Bham’s Eugene’s Hot Chicken on celebrating 10 years of delicious chicken.
🎵 TRUITT NEWS RADIO alum Myles Morgan is back in Tuscaloosa November 13th playing Gallettes.
📅 NOV 4, 1979: The American Embassy in Tehran, Iran was overtaken. 90 Americans were held hostage for the next 444 days before being released.
📅 NOV 4, 1922: King Tut’s tomb was found by Howard Carter.
❓ DID-YOU-KNOW: Crocodiles can climb trees?
✅ Greg Gutfeld is coming to VBC Propst Arena in Huntsville with Tom Shillue on April 12.
⛷️ Arapahoe Basin Ski Area has opened for the season already. Man, I want to get out there.
🎵 Stryper was playing Bham’s Boutwell Auditorium tonight back in 1988.
❓ DID-YOU-KNOW: Tuesday is the least likeliest day of the week for Christmas Eve to fall?
✅ Richard Scrushy, founder and CEO of Bham-based Healthsouth, was indicted by the U.S. Government under the new at the time, Sarbanes-Oxley Law, the first person to be charged with that. He was later acquitted.
🎵 The Spice Girls told us what they want, what they really, really want with the release of their first album, “Spice”. It has gone on to sell 23,000,000 copies.
🏌 NOV 6: The Associated Builders & Contractors of Alabama is having their 8th Annual ABC Top Golf Tournament this Thursday.
☑️ Make sure to check out all of our reports and info at doitwithtruitt.com.
👀 HIRING: Clanton, AL-based C&S Canopy, Inc is looking to hire a Canopy Sales Rep for the Louisiana & Mississippi territory.
👀 HIRING: Josh Harris and the Gulf South Contracting team in Mobile County are looking for a Bookkeeper for their fast-growing team.
☑️ Call me at Truitt Insurance & Bonding Inc. and let’s get you set up with business coverage, surety bonds & some home & auto insurance. (205)254-3005.
🛑 Thanks for the read.