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Volume Issue2011 8 | April | 4,April | 2011
neighborly news & entertainment
Majors return to Shoal Creek
April Features
Regions Tradition scheduled for May 2-8 By Madoline Markham
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Nestled in serene woods off Highway 41 with Double Oak Mountain in the backdrop is a golfer’s course—not a house-lined golf community but a pristine championship course. The perfectly manicured fairways and greens and a preference for caddies over carts are reminiscent of Augusta National. The par 72 course is the first that golf legend Jack Nicklaus designed himself, and it will host another round of golf legends the first week in May. For the first time Shoal Creek is hosting the Regions Tradition, the first of five Fans at the 18th hole of Shoal Creek during the 1990 PGA America. All rights reserved. Champions Tour championship tournaments. Many of the players from the Rice, Gene Chizik and Anthony Grant. 1984 and 1990 PGA Championships at Shoal “Our members are so excited to have Creek are returning to play. Spectators can major championship golf back and to see watch golf favorites Fred Couples and Tom the excellent past champions again,” said Watson, among others, as well as catch Eric Williamson, director of golf at Shoal appearances by Alabamians Condaleezza Creek. The course, noted for its challenging
yet fair play, also hosted the 1986 U.S. Amateur Championship and the 2008 U.S. Junior Amateur Championship. “It’s exciting having a tournament on
See SHOAL CREEK, PAGE 32
New recycling pickup service offered to Shelby residents By Madoline Markham
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Brook Highland’s Nikki Tropeano adds recyclables to her Waste Management container.
Upon moving from Boston to the 280 area in 2009, Nikki Tropeano was disappointed to learn that Waste Management did not offer a recycling pickup service where she lived in Brook Highland. Resolved to still recycle, she would tote her recyclables to her motherin-law’s house further down Valleydale Road, where there was pickup service. Then in November she noticed a yellowtopped Waste Management can in front of her neighbor’s house. She quickly learned the can was not for trash but for a new recycling pickup service. Today Tropeano too has a yellowtopped can for her recyclables. She has taught her step kids, who have always lived in Shelby County and had never recycled, to sort the papers, plastics, and aluminum from their trash. “The kids were quick to pick it up,” she said. “It’s as easy as throwing away garbage and takes no more time than anything else.” Since October 2010, Waste Management
has offered a recycling pickup service for residents in unincorporated Shelby County. This is the first time residents in this area have been offered large-scale recycling pickup, excluding smaller initiatives by local residents. The service provides a 64-gallon can and pickup every two weeks for a $5.06 fee per month. However, only about 10 percent of residents who have trash service have requested recycling pickup. “As residents become more aware of ways to protect and preserve our environment, we are hopeful that more residents will be recycling soon,” said Terri Douglas, Community Relations Manager for Waste Management. Waste Management, North America’s largest recycler, started offering the service for the first time after receiving a favorable response to a 2010 survey to gauge interest. “I’m surprised not many people are
See RECYCLING, PAGE 29
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