I just got off the telephone with Dave Smith, editor of the Helena City News. He had some great news that the Helena City News has gone digital in addition to the paper copy delivered to your mailbox each month. So if you don't have time to read the paper version, maybe having an electronic one available will help you keep up on the latest happenings in our town.
You can find the Helena City News at http://www.myhelenacitynews.com/
Great job, Dave.
And while I'm writing about this, I noted that there is a link to the Helena City News Blog. When I clicked to go there I found out my friend, Brian Davidson, has been honored for heroism! You can read all about it by clicking on the link to the Blog above. Congratulations, Brian!
-Brian-
Friday, September 23, 2011
Friday, September 16, 2011
Local Honors for Helena Spots
In the recent Best of the Best of Shelby Living Poll, Helena corralled some honors. Here are the results for Helena:
Best Burger: Helena Depot & Grill (run by my friend, Matt)
Best Patio Dining: Helena Depot & Grill
Best Fried Green Tomatoes: Frankie’s Market Café (run by Angie and Frankie, great people)
Best Place to Enjoy the Arts: Old Town HelenaBest Annual Festival: Buck Creek Festival
Best Manicure: Foxy Nails (Helena)
Best Place for Child’s First Haircut: Hair Station (Helena)
Best Blog: No Sleep In Helena (my good friend Hal runs this)
Also nominated into the finals were San Antonio Grill, Fox Valley, La Reunion, Joe Tucker Park, and Dr. Michael Remillard.
Congratulations to all the winners and a big THANK YOU to everyone who nominated and voted for our local spots. Come visit Helena this weekend and take a victory lap around the area and see why these places earned the prize!
-Brian-
Best Burger: Helena Depot & Grill (run by my friend, Matt)
Best Patio Dining: Helena Depot & Grill
Best Fried Green Tomatoes: Frankie’s Market Café (run by Angie and Frankie, great people)
Best Place to Enjoy the Arts: Old Town HelenaBest Annual Festival: Buck Creek Festival
Best Manicure: Foxy Nails (Helena)
Best Place for Child’s First Haircut: Hair Station (Helena)
Best Blog: No Sleep In Helena (my good friend Hal runs this)
Also nominated into the finals were San Antonio Grill, Fox Valley, La Reunion, Joe Tucker Park, and Dr. Michael Remillard.
Congratulations to all the winners and a big THANK YOU to everyone who nominated and voted for our local spots. Come visit Helena this weekend and take a victory lap around the area and see why these places earned the prize!
-Brian-
Tuesday, March 15, 2011
Helena Trade Days
While not your typical garb for Helena today, this picture takes us back to a wilder time. So mark your calendars for a new event that breaks onto the Helena scene on the first Saturday in April and continues on the first Saturday of every month to November - Old Town Helena's Wild West Trade Days.
Link to Old Town Helena's Wild West Trade Days
Ron Holly, aka Major Dundee, has organized the continuing event which will be focused on 2nd Street in Old Town. Activities will include arts and crafts, booths for vendors, cowboy gun fights, and life music from 11 am to 1 pm.
Hope to see you there!
-Brian-
Thursday, February 24, 2011
Festival and Recycling Updates
Well, it has been a long, cold winter and perhaps winter is not completely through with us just yet even if the jonquils are blooming in my yard. But it is time to mark your calendar.
The Helena Buck Creek Festival will be May 13 and 14 this year with lots of planning underway to make this one of the best festivals ever. While all of the entertainment has not yet been locked down due to financial negotiation, the lineup is looking great. You can keep up with all of the Buck Creek Festival news at their web site at www.buckcreekfestival.com.
Speaking of calendars, it is now one full year of recycling at our household, and I find myself somewhat staggered by the numbers. Remember, there are only two of us in our household, but we have tried to be diligent in recycling as much as we can. The first thing we've noticed is that the weekly garbage can is rarely full - in fact, most weeks it is nearly empty with only one or two paper bags of garbage. Yea for less stuff in the landfill.
According to our account at www.recyclebank.com, we have recycled just a few pounds under 1,700 pounds over the last 52 weeks!! That averages to about 65 pounds every two weeks. WOW ! ! ! I am really awed by the amount and proud that so much did not go to the landfill. My neighbor also mentioned in a casual conversation how much they were putting into the big blue recycle bin! Who knows, maybe the recycled paper is some of my junk mail actually came from my recycle bin!
The number of recycle bins seen in Woodvale does not seem to have increased. I really encourage everyone to make recycling a priority to reduce the stress on our landfills.
-Brian-
Speaking of calendars, it is now one full year of recycling at our household, and I find myself somewhat staggered by the numbers. Remember, there are only two of us in our household, but we have tried to be diligent in recycling as much as we can. The first thing we've noticed is that the weekly garbage can is rarely full - in fact, most weeks it is nearly empty with only one or two paper bags of garbage. Yea for less stuff in the landfill.
According to our account at www.recyclebank.com, we have recycled just a few pounds under 1,700 pounds over the last 52 weeks!! That averages to about 65 pounds every two weeks. WOW ! ! ! I am really awed by the amount and proud that so much did not go to the landfill. My neighbor also mentioned in a casual conversation how much they were putting into the big blue recycle bin! Who knows, maybe the recycled paper is some of my junk mail actually came from my recycle bin!
The number of recycle bins seen in Woodvale does not seem to have increased. I really encourage everyone to make recycling a priority to reduce the stress on our landfills.
-Brian-
Friday, October 1, 2010
Free Trash Day Coming
Thanks to my wonderful neighbor, Teresa Givan, for forwarding a note that the Shelby County Landfill has set Saturday, October 9, 2010, for a free day. You can take yard debris, trash, or any other discards to the landfill for no charge. Sounds like I really ought to start working on the garage!!
Also note that Fall has arrived with a bang. My weather station recorded several 100 degree highs during September, but then some colder air finally arrived. September 25th was the last high above 90 and it looks like the hot summer of 2010 has finally been shut down!
-Brian-
Also note that Fall has arrived with a bang. My weather station recorded several 100 degree highs during September, but then some colder air finally arrived. September 25th was the last high above 90 and it looks like the hot summer of 2010 has finally been shut down!
-Brian-
Wednesday, August 11, 2010
Recycling Update
It's Wednesday, August 11th, and recycling day in Woodvale. I drove through the neighborhood this morning around 7:30 and counted 13 recycling bins at the curbs. So it appears the recycling effort has stabilized with no significant changes in the number of households recycling.
I signed up for the full package, so I am very pleased to be able to report that my wife and I have recycled 890 pounds of stuff. That's not bad for a household of two plus the dog! According to RecycleBanks web page that means we've saved a tree and 113 gallons of oil. More importantly, I think, that means 890 pounds of stuff that did not go into a landfill.
I hope everyone in Woodvale will seriously consider recycling. I believe it is a win-win situation for everyone and it is not very expensive to do. Go to RecycleBank to sign up.
-Brian-
I signed up for the full package, so I am very pleased to be able to report that my wife and I have recycled 890 pounds of stuff. That's not bad for a household of two plus the dog! According to RecycleBanks web page that means we've saved a tree and 113 gallons of oil. More importantly, I think, that means 890 pounds of stuff that did not go into a landfill.
I hope everyone in Woodvale will seriously consider recycling. I believe it is a win-win situation for everyone and it is not very expensive to do. Go to RecycleBank to sign up.
-Brian-
Thursday, June 24, 2010
Water and a Show
Water Leak Fixed
The City of Helena Water Department was on Woodvale Drive yesterday, June 22nd, to fix a water leak as pictured below. The water leak was in a pipe extending from the water main to a house on the south side of Woodvale Drive. I know the leak was reported to the Water Department several days earlier. When I talked to the Water Department folks on the scene, they said they were aware of it but had a lot of jobs that had to be done and this leak was rather small.
Upcoming Show at Helena United Methodist Church
Want a great evening of music and free refreshments? Plan to take in the music production, Thank You for the Music, to be presented on Friday and Saturday, June 25 and 26, at 7 pm at Helena United Methodist Church on CR 58. The Fine Arts Department has been working on the program since the first of the year and it features some great music, wonderful talent, and dancing, too! Don't miss this one! Here is a picture from the tech rehearsal last night.
-Brian-
The City of Helena Water Department was on Woodvale Drive yesterday, June 22nd, to fix a water leak as pictured below. The water leak was in a pipe extending from the water main to a house on the south side of Woodvale Drive. I know the leak was reported to the Water Department several days earlier. When I talked to the Water Department folks on the scene, they said they were aware of it but had a lot of jobs that had to be done and this leak was rather small.
Upcoming Show at Helena United Methodist Church
Want a great evening of music and free refreshments? Plan to take in the music production, Thank You for the Music, to be presented on Friday and Saturday, June 25 and 26, at 7 pm at Helena United Methodist Church on CR 58. The Fine Arts Department has been working on the program since the first of the year and it features some great music, wonderful talent, and dancing, too! Don't miss this one! Here is a picture from the tech rehearsal last night.
-Brian-
Friday, June 18, 2010
House Fire in Woodvale
Another tragic event for our subdivision. A house fire occurred about 9:30 to 10:00 pm or so following a thunderstorm with very intense lightning. The thunderstorm dropped over an inch of rain on the area and was the only thunderstorm in Central Alabama for a couple of hours this evening.
The pictures below are just a couple of shots I made with my phone so they are not very good. The Helena Fire Department responded as soon as the fire was reported and one of my neighbors noted that flames were shooting over 80 feet into the air at one point.
The house on Woodvale Road was not occupied at the time.
-Brian-
The pictures below are just a couple of shots I made with my phone so they are not very good. The Helena Fire Department responded as soon as the fire was reported and one of my neighbors noted that flames were shooting over 80 feet into the air at one point.
The house on Woodvale Road was not occupied at the time.
-Brian-
Monday, June 14, 2010
Helena News Items
Helena Market Days
If you have not been to Helena Market Days, now is the time to mark your calendar for the next several weekends. Helena Market Days brings a wonderful collection of local producers to the Buck Creek Amphitheater Park each Saturday through September 27th. Here is a small collection of pictures I took this past Saturday - talk about GREAT eating! And all produced nearby!
I had never heard of papaya squash, the white corn was delicious, and the breakmaker's bread was still warm! Check it out - you will not be sorry!
Bypass Opens
The bypass is now fully open running from Highway 52 west of Helena to CR 17 southeast of Helena. Hopefully as the bypass becomes better known it will help to reduce traffic in the Publix/Winn Dixie area.
Trees Trimmed
Special thanks to the City of Helena for responding so quickly to my request for help in trimming the trees that were obscuring the visibility exiting from Woodvale Drive across from the Kangaroo. Trees in both directions were nipped back allowing for greater visibility as you turn out onto CR 95.
-Brian-
If you have not been to Helena Market Days, now is the time to mark your calendar for the next several weekends. Helena Market Days brings a wonderful collection of local producers to the Buck Creek Amphitheater Park each Saturday through September 27th. Here is a small collection of pictures I took this past Saturday - talk about GREAT eating! And all produced nearby!
I had never heard of papaya squash, the white corn was delicious, and the breakmaker's bread was still warm! Check it out - you will not be sorry!
Bypass Opens
The bypass is now fully open running from Highway 52 west of Helena to CR 17 southeast of Helena. Hopefully as the bypass becomes better known it will help to reduce traffic in the Publix/Winn Dixie area.
Trees Trimmed
Special thanks to the City of Helena for responding so quickly to my request for help in trimming the trees that were obscuring the visibility exiting from Woodvale Drive across from the Kangaroo. Trees in both directions were nipped back allowing for greater visibility as you turn out onto CR 95.
-Brian-
Tuesday, May 25, 2010
Poll Change Reminder
Just a reminder to all Woodvale residents that the polling location for the upcoming primary on June 1st has changed. Woodvale residents will now go to the Helena Civic Center on Ruffin Road to vote.
The Civic Center offers plenty of space for voting and parking to make the task a bit easier.
Remember, exercise your rights as a citizen and vote during the upcoming primary.
-Brian-
The Civic Center offers plenty of space for voting and parking to make the task a bit easier.
Remember, exercise your rights as a citizen and vote during the upcoming primary.
-Brian-
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