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Stitching the community together: NJ Quilters Guild brings people together
Student honors aunt with new
Student Athlete: Caiden Combs
Some people are afraid of change, but it’s always been invigorating to me. Although I don’t make traditional resolutions, I still feel the pull to pick up new hobbies or better myself in some way when the new calendar comes out. With the cover story for this issue, the new hobby I take up may just be quilting since the ladies at the North Jefferson Quilting Guild were so much fun to talk to on that cold Tuesday morning. The creations coming from that group are incredible and intimidating, but the women couldn’t have been more welcoming or eager to help a newcomer. If you are interested, I encourage you to check the group out.
This issue is also special to me because it announces a scholarship formed in honor of a good friend, Danielle Cater, who is the reason I first came to Gardendale ten years ago. Her niece, Lexi Bush, has created the fund as a way to help students who are facing the same challenges she faced as a first-generation student.
Whatever your resolutions or plans for the new year, I would love to hear about them, so feel free to call me or send me an email if you have a story idea or something you think would be interesting to our readers. Happy 2025!
Rachel Davis Karr, Content Director
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The North Jefferson Quilters Guild is thriving as new members find a love for the art.
Christmas in Gardendale
The annual Gardendale Chamber of Commerce Christmas Parade drew large crowds despite bitter cold temperatures.
PHOTOS BY GARY SCHULTZ
Buying Time
Yesterday I was at my wits’ end with the people in my house. It was too cold to be outside and no one could agree on anything inside. My 10-yearold has all kinds of attitude right now and my five-year-old makes it his personal mission to bother his older brother…who in turn bothers him…and then, well, everybody bothers me.
So, I told my husband I was heading out for a bit, ya know, to cope. I needed a moment to myself before this crazy train left the station for good. I’m sure some people take medicine or go for a walk or entertain any number of bad habits, but when things get a little hectic in my house, I just need to go mosey—around HomeGoods.
I grab a coffee and stroll around. Then, I’ll head to my favorite thrift or antique store. Probably not the healthiest habit either, but it helps me reset. No one is yelling or testing my patience. No one is talking to me at all. I’m not expected to do anything other than push a buggy. I’ll pass moms on every aisle doing the same as me.
I just mosey around and think about baskets
and lamps and what I’d like to do to our home at some point when I have more money. Sometimes I buy something, but a lot of times I don’t.
I think my husband thinks these outings are about shopping. He never asks or cares what I buy, honestly. He probably thinks my good mood upon returning is due to something in a bag. If that was the case, I would shop with friends. But I shop alone.
Because I’m really just buying myself time. Time alone. Time to chill out and regroup and head back home as a better mom.
So, here’s to however you buy yourself time. Just take it, enjoy it, and don’t feel guilty about it. When you take care of yourself, it’s so much easier to care of everyone else.
PS: If you find yourself in HomeGoods, I’ll probably be one aisle over.
xoxo, Holy Moly Motherhood
Alana Smith is a boy mom (ages 10 and 5), nurse anesthetist, and writer in Birmingham. She shares her writing at Holy Moly Motherhood (on Facebook and Instagram), where she tackles all things motherhood and marriage.
Merged Metal expands offerings
Merged Metal (located in GLLAM Boutique) has expanded its offerings of new chains for use in permanent jewelry. The new chains include several new designs and one mixed metal chain.
Sweet Caroline’s Moving
Sweet Caroline’s has closed at its current location to move to one of the spaces adjacent to Wood’s Trading Company in late January or early February. An official opening will be announced on the business Facebook page, along with new menu items and specials.
Musicality Ribbon Cutting
Musicality held a ribbon cutting and open house to celebrate its new location near the Civic Center.
Chamber to launch new membership system
In 2025, the Gardendale Chamber of Commerce will be launching a new membership program. The new program will enable members to upload special event or promotional pieces, as well as enabling text communications.
The new system will also allow memberto-member benefits, a job board and more options for members.
Southern Market earns perfect health score
Southern Market has once again achieved a 100 from the Jefferson County Health Department.
Stitching the community together
STORY BY RACHEL DAVIS KARR PHOTOS BY HEATHER WARDEN, WARDEN PHOTOGRAPHY
Walk into Mt. Olive Community Center any Tuesday morning and you’ll hear the voices of dozens of women and the whir of sewing machines that announce the presence of the North Jefferson Quilters Guild. The group was officially founded in 1980 by famed quilter Bettye Kimbrell as a way to spread her love of quilting, unite the community and help fund Mt. Olive Community Center.
The community had long used the old junior high building as a gathering place, but when it was torn down, the community suffered. Kimbrell and other women created the guild to sew quilts to raise money for the construction of the new community center. Now the community center hosts
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daily community activities and lunch for seniors, including a meals on wheels program for the elderly in the community who can’t make it to the community center. They also rent the space out for events. With no city government to fund the center, the community has to find other ways to pay the bills. Each year, the Quilters Guild hosts a show where they sell items to raise money for the center, as well as selling items at events around the area.
More than four decades after Kimbrell founded the group, the guild is still going strong, with more than 100 members. They meet at 9 a.m. every Tuesday to talk about individual projects they are working on, discuss any upcoming shows or classes and talk about retreats, trips or other activities the members may enjoy.
During the pandemic, the guild’s membership dropped to a low of less than 20 members in 2021, but rebounded and now includes quilters from all over the area.
Julie Hannah originally found the group when she was a teacher at Mt. Olive
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Elementary because she wanted her students to learn about sewing, but after she retired, she decided to return to learn how to quilt seriously.
It isn’t at all uncommon for members here to have learned to quilt or sew after they joined the guild. Lanay Stacey joined two years ago after she struck up a conversation with members who assured her it was a teaching guild.
“I saw them at Merry Market, and they said to come and they would teach us,” Stacey remembers.
Others, like Terri Croxton have been sewing for years.
“My mom taught me to sew when I was eleven,” Croxton said. “I sewed my clothes for school, and then I had three children–two girls. I sewed a lot for them and my nieces, and then I had five granddaughters.”
After her granddaughters got older and no longer wanted the heirloom clothing that she made, she needed a new use for her skills.
“I love to sew” she said. “To keep my sewing machine humming, I decided to join the guild and see how it went.”
For more information on the North Jefferson Quilters Guild, check their Facebook group or drop by the community center on Tuesdays at 9 a.m. For information on the community center, call them at (205) 631-9787.
New scholarship opportunity for Gardendale Students
BY RACHEL DAVIS KARR
Lexi Bush wanted to help students who were in the same place she was in as a Gardendale High School senior–struggling through the college process that was unfamiliar to those around her.
“I always knew I wanted to go to college,” Bush said. “I knew that my family had not gone to college, but there was never a doubt in my mind.”
PHOTOS COURTESY OF LEXI BUSH
She was the first in her family to go to an accredited four-year college, and that often meant she had to work harder to find answers to questions that others seemed to already know.
“When I was going on college tours, everybody else’s parents are giddy and taking pictures, and you’re just staring at the screen like ‘what do any of these words mean?’” Bush remembered. “I knew my parents and grandparents couldn’t help. It was one of those things where I was going to have to figure things out myself. I could do it, but it took a lot more work than the average kid whose parents went to college. And, legacy scholarships exist, so they were also having the financial side of it taken care of, not just intellectually.”
The one person she knew she could always talk to was her aunt, Danielle Cater.
“My Aunt Danielle always cared,” Bush said. “She worked in politics, and she
always listened. That was something very important to me as a 14-year-old figuring out what life was. She proved that even without a degree, if you worked hard you can do things and you can get places.
Then I learned, working hard like she did, but coupling that with education, you can go even farther.”
Now a senior at Samford University, with her sights set on law school, Bush decided to give other first generation students a little piece of what she got from her aunt, so she established the Danielle First Generation Scholarship, which will be awarded to a student at Gardendale High School who will be the first in their family to go to an accredited four-year college.
The high school will hand out applications for the scholarship and steer anyone interested in donating to the scholarship fund to Bush. The first scholarship will be awarded in May of 2025.
Auburn bound
BY RACHEL DAVIS KARR
Caiden Combs always wanted to play baseball. He said he was “basically born at a ballpark,” because the family took him to his older brother’s games when he was just a few days old.
“When you’re younger, you want to do what your brother does,” Combs said.
His dad coached and he started playing on a team at just three years old.
Combs grew up in Gardendale Park and Recreation and knew early that he wanted to play baseball at the next level, preferably in the SEC. As a lifelong Alabama fan, Combs hadn’t truly considered Auburn when he started getting recruited during his freshman year.
He wasn’t planning to go to a camp at Auburn when his coach at Gardendale High School called him at 8:30 the night before and told him he really needed to find a way to get to Auburn to attend the camp. After that phone call, Combs and his mom loaded the car and drove to the campus, arriving just before midnight.
“Coach Thompson, who is Auburn’s head coach, comes out there to see me and said ‘I was in Cary, North Carolina, last night and then at 9, when I heard you were coming, I drove through the night to get back to Auburn around 4 a.m,’” Combs said. “That meant a lot to me, and I just knew they were one of the first ones to believe in me and the first one to offer me, so that made it feel special to me–that he would go out of his way to see me at camp. So that made the decision really easy. I just love the place, love the campus, love the coaching staff and fans.”
PHOTOS COURTESY OF CAIDEN COMBS
Combs has won back-to-back All-State honors, Birmingham Player of the Year, FCA Homerun Derby and more, but he remains humble and credits God with giving him the ability to play the game he loves.
“I always want to honor and praise him,” Combs said. “I wouldn’t be here without him. I worked really hard, but he blessed me with the ability to do it. I’m just trying not to waste the ability he has blessed me with.”
Going into his senior season already committed to play college baseball, with a bevy of awards under his belt, it would be easy for Combs to already have his head in the future, but it’s clear that he has one goal still in his sights–a state championship.
“I’m really looking forward to this season, just having the guys I’ve grown up playing with who I know will compete and really play as hard as they can,” Combs said. “We all have the same goal in mind. We all want to go win the state championship, and I fully believe that we’re capable of doing that. I think Coach Keedy has us on the right track to really go out there and win. I think my teammates are working really hard right now to make that goal come to life. There are some awards I want, but I would trade them all for a state championship.”
Easy Loaded Baked Potato Soup
In The Kitchen with Kathleen Phillips
Kathleen Phillips is a food blogger, food stylist, cookbook author, and former Oxmoor House test kitchen director (Southern Living cookbooks). On her food blog, GritsAndGouda.com, she creates Southern shortcut recipes. Follow her on Facebook, Instagram, YouTube and Pinterest. Food Blogger, GritsAndGouda.com
Even if we don't have snow in Alabama in January, it is still cold...at least on many days.
Nothing says "cozy" like a warm bowl of potato soup, even if you are wearing shorts under that crocheted throw or blanket, while your curled up on the couch!
My Loaded Baked Potato Soup piled high with all the toppings you would put on a baked potato, sour cream, Cheddar cheese, and bacon, fits right in that cozy scenario!
INGREDIENTS
5 baking potatoes (about 2.5 pounds)
1 tablespoon vegetable or olive oil
8 slices uncooked bacon
2 tablespoons butter (salted or unsalted)
½ cup chopped onion
cup all-purpose flour
4 cups whole or 2% milk
2 cups chicken broth
¾ teaspoon salt
¼ teaspoon ground black pepper
8 ounces shredded cheddar cheese, divided
½ cup sour cream
Optional toppings:
Green onions, chives, sour cream, avocado, jalapeno peppers
INSTRUCTIONS
Preheat oven to 400º F. Wash potatoes; prick several times with a fork. Rub with oil. Place on a baking sheet. Bake for 45 minutes to 1 hour until tender; let cool.
When ready to make the soup, cook bacon in a large soup pot or Dutch oven over medium heat until crispy, about 8 minutes. Remove bacon from the pot and drain on paper towels. Reserve 2 tablespoons bacon in the pot.
Add butter to the bacon drippings.
Melt butter and add onions. Cook onions, stirring often, until soft.
Remove the pot from the heat. Make sure the butter mixture is not bubbling. Gradually stir in the flour until smooth. Return the pot to medium-low heat. Cook the flour mixture for 1 minute. Reduce heat to low or remove the pot from the heat.
Gradually stir in the milk and broth,
Store baked or airfried potatoes in a zip-top container in the refrigerator for up to 3 days until ready to make the soup.
whisking constantly. Increase the heat to medium and stir constantly until slightly thickened. See NOTE to avoid lumps. Add salt and pepper. Soup will thicken even more when potatoes and cheese are added.
Cut each baked potato in half lengthwise and scoop out potato with a spoon. Reserve potato skins for Baked Potato Skins or discard. Chop potatoes on a cutting board or slightly mash potatoes in a bowl. I like to keep chunks of potatoes but some like them mashed. Add potatoes to the soup in the pot.
Bring mixture up to a simmer over medium heat, stirring constantly just until potatoes are thoroughly heated.
Crumble bacon. Stir in three-fourths of the bacon, 6 ounces of shredded cheese and sour cream and stir until cheese is melted and soup is thoroughly heated.
Sprinkle with remaining bacon and cheese. Add other toppings as desired.
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Marching Band
Gardendale High School Marching Band wraps up its 2024 season and begins looking forward to 2025, after commanding performances in local competitions.
Photos by Gary Schultz
City Employee Spotlight
TRACIE TORBERT
ADMINISTRATIVE CLERK, GARDENDALE CIVIC CENTER
Visitors to the Gardendale Civic Center are greeted by a smiling face each time they cross the doors of the facility. “Currently, my title is administrative clerk–that involves assisting people with memberships and rentals of the facility, answering phones, directing calls, keeping up with current events in and around the city in order to share them with those with those who are looking for activities to participate in, keeping up with and generating Excel spreadsheets for fitness classes, general filing, etc,.” Tracie Torbert said.
Torbert said she loves being able to greet guests at the Civic Center and help them connect with something in the community that they may not be aware is available.
“I’ve always been a people person, so I enjoy getting to share things that are going on with people in and around the city with people who don’t know,” Torbert said. “I feel like that’s my job–to help people get to know the city. I’m the information desk.”
Although she has only been in her current position since 2021, she has been in the Gardendale area her entire life. After graduating with a degree in childhood development, she taught Pre-K until she took time to raise her four children and be involved in their lives and the PTAs at the schools, as well as groups to support the students in the band and sports.
When she isn’t at work, she doesn’t have a lot of free time, but she loves to spend that time with her family–going on outings, family game and movie nights, baking, cooking, crafting and attending church functions.
“Even though my family and I have lived in other places for short periods of time, we wind up back in Gardendale,” Torbert said.
“We love the feeling of close community that surrounds this city
and all of the inclusive events it provides. I enjoy sharing my love of our city with others by helping them get involved in all that Gardendale has to offer. No matter how far I may go, this will always be where I consider home.”
SRES Students of the Month
Snow Rogers Elementary honored its November Students of the Month. Not pictured- Jordan Cole.
SRES learns history of parade
The Snow Rogers Elementary Kindergarten classes read the book, Balloons Over Broadway and learned about the history of the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day parade.
Snow Rogers gets new flags
The Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR), from the Alabama Chapter called “Josiah Brunson,” replaced the flag at Snow Rogers Elementary, through a grant program called “Salute to the Stars and Stripes.” The new flag was flown over NSDAR’s historic Memorial Continental Hall, located at 1776 D Street, Washington, D. C.
SRES Drama Club presents Mystery of the Missing Medallion, STEM Night
Snow Rogers Elementary students presented a STEM Night and Drama Production. There was a Volume Zoo, Science Fair, Robotics Demonstration, Math Games and the drama presentation.
GES hosts Staff Great Race
Gardendale Elementary’s grades K-2 hosted a Staff Great Race. This event served as a reminder that each class at GES was in a “race” to see who can raise the most money for Christmas Visions.
HOUSEHOLD DROP-OFF 2025 EVENTS
GES Physical Education launches bowling unit
Gardendale Elementary School’s Physical Education Department kicked off the month of December with a bowling unit.
Bragg Bowlers finish their season
Bragg Bowlers finished their season at the Metro Championship. The girls’ team seeded 3rd after open play and lost in the semi-final. The boys team seeded 7th in open play, they defeated Bumpus then fell a few pins short against Berry. Hadlee Mason was named to the All-Metro Team with her Top 10 individual score. Evan Storey was listed in the Top 20, and Phillip Archer was listed in the Top 25.
GES hosts Staff vs. Students Newcomb game
Gardendale Elementary School’s second annual Staff vs. Students Newcomb game for grades 3-5 was a success and ended with the students taking home the win. Mordecai Sporting Goods donated the t-shirts for the staff to wear.
GHS welding goes hands-on
Gardendale High School’s welding classes recently got some hands-on training.
City of Fultondale Holds Christmas Tree Lighting Celebration
On December 3, the City of Fultondale hosted its annual Christmas Tree Lighting Celebration. The event featured live music, pictures with Santa, crafts for children and was culminated by the lighting of the beautiful Christmas tree.
Mortimer Jordan Culinary Arts Students Celebrate Day of the Dead
More than 300 students joined in a culinary exploration to celebrate Day of the Dead (Dia de los Muertos) with the Culinary Arts Academy at Mortimer Jordan High School. Culinary Arts teacher, Mrs. Ginny Jett, led the students in making Pan de Muerto (bread of the dead), sugar skull cookies, and traditional beverages such as Horchata and Agua de Jamaica.
Fultondale Band Students Awarded Scholarships
Professor DeMarco Brown, Director of Marching Band at Simmons College of Kentucky, recently auditioned 19 Fultondale High School seniors. The college offered a total amount of $760,000 in band scholarships.
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City of Kimberly Celebrates ThanksChristmas Parade and Tree Lighting
The City of Kimberly kicked off the holiday season with a ThanksChristmas Parade and Christmas Tree Lighting on Thursday, November 21. The event featured Christmas floats, multiple food trucks, craft vendors and live entertainment by Brier Height.
Bryan Elementary Teacher Named Art Teacher of the Year
Rodney Porterfield, art teacher at Bryan Elementary School, was recently awarded the Alabama Art Education Association’s Elementary Art Teacher of the Year Award.
City of Fultondale and American Legion Post 255 in Fultondale Hosts Veteran’s Day Ceremony
The City of Fultondale and the American Legion Post 255 hosted a Veteran’s Day Ceremony in Memorial Park on November 11. The event honored the men and women whose names are on the Memorial Wall, along with all brave men and women who have served our country.
City of Fultondale Recognizes Edna Tucker as Volunteer of the Year
The City of Fultondale and Fultondale Senior Center recently recognized Edna Tucker as Volunteer of the Year for her outstanding service to the community. She was presented with a certificate of recognition and gift basket by Councilwoman Kristi Jennings, Councilman Josh Bryant, Police Chief Marcel Walker and Lieutenant Kevin Studyvin.
Scarecrow winner
The Arts in Gardendale announced Alabama Power Appliance as the winner of this year’s Scarecrow Row Decorating Contest.
Moody promoted to magistrate supervisor
Kim Moody was recently promoted to Magistrate Supervisor in the Municipal Court Department. Kim will become the Department Head for the Municipal Court Department..
City honors Renfro for service
The City of Gardendale honored Richard Renfro for his more than 40 years of service to the children of Gardendale. Throughout his 40+ years of service to the Gardendale Youth Basketball program, he served with exemplary dedication and devotion as the league director, coach, referee, mentor and friend. He set an example to be followed in the future and to be cherished by thousands of children who were fortunate enough to have benefited from all of his tireless efforts and his love of the game of basketball. He will truly be missed. Richard is pictured with Mayor Stan Hogeland and Keith Mosley, the Department Head for the Gardendale Civic Center.
Mitchell hired as crossing guard
Ronad Mitchell was recently hired as a Crossing Guard in the Gardendale Police Department. He is pictured between Crossing Guard Supervisor Mary Tidwell and Police Chief Scott Banks.
Quinn hired as police officer
Colby Quinn was recently hired in a newly created Police Officer position in the Gardendale Police Department. He is pictured with Police Chief Scott Banks.
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RIDOUT’S GARDENDALE CHAPEL & OAKWOOD MEMORIAL GARDENS
Join us in congratulating Jacob Hallmark on being hired as a Full-time Skilled Laborer in the Gardendale Parks and Recreation Department. He is pictured with Dale Hyche, the Department Head for the Gardendale Parks and Recreation Department.
Gardendale Chamber Annual Banquet
The annual Gardendale Chamber of Commerce Banquet will be February 7, at Sunset at Hayden. The theme is Blue Jeans and Bowties and the attire will be jeans and cocktail attire.
Little/Junior Miss Gardendale Magnolia Festival/North Jefferson Area
The Miss Gardendale Magnolia Festival/North Jefferson Area will present the Little/Junior Miss Gardendale Magnolia Festival/North Jefferson Area on February 8 at the Gardendale Civic Center. For more information, call (205) 631.4604.
Magnolia Festival
The annual Magnolia Festival will be April 25 and 26. Sponsorships are available now. Deadlines are earlier this year, so applications opened earlier. All the details are available at MagnoliaFestival.org.
Stock Little Free Library
Help us stock our Little Free Library! We are in need of children’s and young adult books in good to perfect condition to stock our Little Free Library (LFL) located by the soccer fields off of Fieldstown Road. Donations can be placed directly in the LFL or you can bring them to the front desk at the library and we will take them to the LFL when we visit weekly.
Library Food Pantry
Our library food pantry always needs the following items: hearty soups/stews/chili, varieties of canned chicken/tuna/ ham, single-sized and normal cereal, granola type bars, fruit cups, peanut butter, jelly, oatmeal/grits packets, pasta and Alfredo and other sauces and any toiletries. We take food only if it is not outdated and not opened.
Historical Museum Hours
The Kermit E. Dooley Gardendale Historical Museum (170 Bell Street) will be open to the public every Thursday and Saturday from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
MyGardendale
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