Excited to be back after Thanksgiving with more tidbits, info & congrats this Tuesday. Here’s what I got:
✅ CONGRATS: Rae Manac, a senior at Escambia Academy in Atmore, on being named Senior Tribal Princess during the Poarch Creek Indians super-cool POW WOW event over Thanksgiving. That is an amazing event.
👀 HIRING: Paul Shunnarah is hiring drivers for Fit Five Meals as they keep expanding. If you haven’t tried it out, give them a shot. Good food and better for you.
🎙️ Thanks to Jennifer Andress (Mayor, City of Homewood) and Joanne Truitt for sitting in with Brock G. Murphy and me on our first-ever TRUITT NEWS RADIO “roundtable” format during this past weekend’s show. We had a blast. Give it a listen at truittnewsradio.com or download the podcast.
❓ DID-YOU-KNOW: there is a 10-foot replica of Bham’s Vulcan statue in Hitachi, Japan?
👷 The new Love’s Travel Stops on I-22 in Dora is taking shape. Great addition to that area.
🏀 CONGRATS: As of Sunday night, there were 25 undefeated men’s college basketball teams remaining. Belmont University in Nashville is one of them with a kid named Tyler Lundblade who can flat out shoot it.
🎵 The Black Jacket Symphony is performing Pink Floyd’s “Dark Side of the Moon” December 11, 12 & 13 live in the McWane Science Center IMAX Dome. That ‘s going to be pretty awesome.
🏈 WAY-TO-GO: to Jacksonville State University on their big win over Western Kentucky University this past weekend. It vaults them on to the Conference USA championship game this Friday night in a rematch with Kennesaw State University.
🎙️ Looking forward to having David Fleming (Executive Director, REV Birmingham) join us this weekend on TRUITT NEWS RADIO. Show starts at 7AM on Bham’s Talk 99.5.
✅ CONGRATS: Craft O’Neal & the entire Craft’s Chicken team as they opened their newest location in the Bham area, making 3 spots for the growing chain.
📅 DEC 13: Come out to meet Mrs. Claus outside Alabama Goods at Hoover’s Stadium Trace Village from 10am – 2pm.
📅 MAR 27: Take to the track at Barber Motorsports Park and run in the INDY 5K. That’s pretty fantastic.
🌀 Hurricane Season is officially over and was pretty much uneventful in the U.S. Insurance companies are happy.
👀 HIRING: Retail Strategies are looking to add a Business Development Associate here in Bham.
☑️ Check out DoItWithTruitt.com for our construction reports & other great info.
🏌 University of Alabama at Birmingham Golf Coaches Charlie Hoyle and Jackson Wedgeworth are hosting a junior winter golf camp coming up the next 4 Mondays (starts Dec 8th). For more info, go to UAB Men’s Golf Instagram page and get signed up.
❓ DID-YOU-KNOW: “Pensacola” comes from the native word “Panzacola” and is believed to mean “hairy people”.
☑️ Pretty much everyone needs insurance for your home & business. We want to be your agent. Truitt Insurance & Bonding Inc. (205)254-3005. Call me.
🛑 Thanks for the read.