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Volume 1 | Issue 4 | January 2013
STATE CHAMPS, 15-0 Hoover stomps Bulldogs to claim 2012 6A state title
By NATHAN KELLY The smell of tailgating and carnival food along with cars decorated in window paint can only mean one thing; the Super 6 State Football Championships were
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back. And to no one’s surprise, undefeated Hoover High School was there. It was old hat for Hoover at JordanHare Stadium for the Super 6 on Friday night. The Buccaneers made its 12 appearance to the 6A state championship
in the last 13 years and played like it. Hoover (15-0) faced the Opelika High School Bulldogs (10-5) in a rematch from the last game of the regular season which
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The perfect season
Members of the 2012 undefeated Hoover High School Buccaneer football team pose with the AHSAA State Championship trophy at Beef O’Brady’s on Dec. 8. From left are Chandler Coskery, Chris Fort, Brooks Bennett, Vince Brown, and Carter Allums. Photo by Jeff Thompson.
Lisa See, others to headline Southern Voices Festival Tickets go on sale this month By REBECCA WALDEN It’s no surprise tickets to the Southern Voices Festival traditionally sell out fast. Previous lineups included names like Rosalynn Carter, Harlan Coben, Pat Conroy, Carl Hiaasen, Frank McCourt, Ann Patchett and Ann Rivers Siddons. For readers and writers, this event at the Hoover Public Library provides an intimate accessibility to the literary world. In fact, it’s not at all uncommon to see other author guests in the audience as they listen to one of their peers give a keynote address. During last year’s Friday night event, author Scott Turow fielded questions about the creative process from more than one commercially successful writer in the audience. And exchanges like this happen often, for both the budding writers and musicians
Left, Southern Voices Co-Chair Carrie Steinmehl with author Vanessa Diffenbaugh (The Language of Flowers) in 2012. Above, Hoover Public Library Director Linda Andrews with Alabama author Mark Childress (Crazy in Alabama). Photos courtesy Hoover Public Library.
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