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WEDDINGS ALL THINGS BRIGHT, WHITE & BEAUTIFUL

SERVING UP NUTRITION NEWTON BRINGS HEALTHY PRACTICES TO HARTSELLE SCHOOLS

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January is always a month of new beginnings. The year has just begun, and the challenge of New Year’s resolutions is at the forefront of our minds. With wedding season quickly approaching, it is also the start of something new for many couples in Hartselle and Morgan County In this issue of Hartselle Living, we will be sharing the wedding days of several local newlyweds. Each couple will share their new beginning and the details that made their big day special. We will also be sharing the story of longtime best friends turned wedding planners and a local artisan who designs and creates wedding dresses.

In addition to the bridal section, this issue also showcases the history of one of the oldest homes in Hartselle and tells the story of newly-elected Morgan County Sheriff Ron Puckett, whose career as the city’s chief of police spans nearly three decades.

We hope you enjoy this issue of Hartselle Living and you are inspired to continue in your own fresh starts in the new year.

ON THE COVER Caleb and Katie were married May 6, 2018, at Harvest Hollow Venue and Farm.

Photo by Letty Weeks Photography

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TABLE of CONTENTS 20

11 STEEPED IN HISTORY

32 A SERVANT’S HEART

Crabb-Stewart-Key-Dotson Home exemplifies days gone by

Community says farewell to Hartselle police chief after three decades

17 SERVING UP NUTRITION

41 HARTSELLE WEDDINGS

Newton brings healthy practices to Hartselle City Schools

All things bright, white and beautiful

20 HOW TO GROW A GREAT GARDEN Grow the garden of your dreams – and avoid common mistakes

23 WARM-YOU-UP SOUPS FOR WINTER Constance Smith shares her secret soup recipes

28 ART IN STITCHES Jeannette Fiore makes dreams come true

60 HARTSELLE AREA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE NEWSLETTER

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HARTSELLE LIVING STAFF Editorial Rebekah Martin Alison James Lauren Jackson Contributors Hope Thompson Lauren Estes-Velez Constance Smith Jennifer Williams Andrea Owensby

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Marketing Tori Waits Josh Moore

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Administration Beth Jackson Daniel Holmes

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THE GUIDE

JAN. 12-13 FESTIVAL OF CRANES WHEELER NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE VISITOR CENTER The free two-day Festival of the Cranes features live raptors, storytelling, photography workshops, music, children’s activities, films and thousands of cranes, ducks, geese, bald eagles and other various local wildlife.

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JAN. 12ǧ13

ENCHANTED FOREST OF DECATUR AT FOUNDERS PARK

FESTIVAL OF CRANES AT WHEELER NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE VISITOR CENTER

Enjoy a stroll at Founders Park among a display of live cut Christmas trees, each sponsored and uniquely decorated by individuals and groups from Decatur. This event begins at 5 p.m.

Admission is free to the public.

The free two-day Festival of the Cranes features live raptors, storytelling, photography workshops, music, children’s activities, ilms and thousands of cranes, ducks, geese, bald eagles and other various local wildlife. For more information, call 256-350-2028.

JAN. 3 SONS OF CONFEDERATE VETERANS MEETING The Sons of Confederate Veterans will meet Jan. 3 from 6-8 p.m. at Mr. Henry’s Restaurant, 701 Nance Ford Road SW, in Hartselle.

JAN. 7 WORKFORCE AND EDUCATION COMMITTEE MEETING A Workforce and Education Committee meeting will be held Jan. 7 from 9-10 a.m. at the Hartselle Area Chamber of Commerce, 110 Railroad St.

JAN. 18 CHARACTER PEP RALLY Hartselle Intermediate School will hold a pep rally focusing on character. The pep rally begins at 1 p.m.

JAN. 7 HARTSELLE HISTORICAL SOCIETY LUNCH AND LEARN SERIES AT THE BURLESON CENTER Bring a lunch to the Burleson Center and learn about the history of Hartselle and Morgan County Jan. 7 from noon to 1:30 p.m. This month’s topic will be “Churches and the Tabernacle.” This event is free to the public. For more information, call 256-773-9390 or 256-318-3841.

JAN. 19 WOMEN UNITED WOMEN’S EVENT Life Church will host a women’s conference at the Sparkman Civic Center from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. The event will welcome Tammy Waycaster form Tennessee Ministry Network as the main speaker.

JAN. 19 TABLESCAPE LUNCHEON The Abide Women’s Ministry of First Baptist Church Hartselle will be hosting a tablescape luncheon from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. The event will welcome Rita Sweatt as the Samaritan Woman featuring her monologue at the well.

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THE GUIDE

FEB. 4 HARTSELLE HISTORICAL SOCIETY LUNCH AND LEARN SERIES AT THE BURLESON CENTER

JAN. 26 REDEEMED ǧ LIVING FREE CONFERENCE AT WESTMEADE BAPTIST CHURCH Westmeade Baptist Church, located on Beltline Road in Decatur, will host a women’s conference Jan. 26 from 10 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Speakers will be Chrystal Evans Hurst, Kimberly Vernetti and Veronna Keen.

The conference will feature music, vendors and door prizes, and lunch will be provided. Tickets are $55.

Bring your own lunch to the Burleson Center and learn about the history of Hartselle and Morgan County Feb. 4, from noon to 1:30 p.m. This month, attendees will learn about Hartselle schools. This event is free to the public. For more information, contact 256-773-9390 or 256-318-3841.

FEB. 5 COUNTY SPELLING BEE Students from schools across Morgan County will be competing in the spelling bee at Somerville Baptist Church. The spelling bee will welcome winners from school spelling bees to compete.

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FEB. 7

MAKEY MAKEY HARTSELLE

SONS OF CONFEDERATE VETERANS MEETING

ALET is happy to announce that it is now a Makey Makey Professional Development partner. This workshop is perfect for K-12 classroom teachers as well as after-school professionals. Space is limited to 30 participants. Attendees will enjoy a fun, handson workshop where they will learn how to teach invention literacy, making and design thinking using the award-winning Makey Makey invention kit used by educators in all 50 states and around the world and featured in TED talks. The event will be held at the Hartselle Board of Education, 305 College St. NE, Hartselle, from 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.

The Sons of Confederate Veterans will meet Feb. 7 from 6-8 p.m. at Mr. Henry’s Restaurant, 701 Nance Ford Road SW, in Hartselle.

FEB. 2 CELEBRATE EDUCATORS WITH GERRY BROOKS Hartselle High School will welcome viral sensation, Gerry Brooks, to celebrate educators. Brooks is popular for his humorous videos about education.

The event will cost $20 for regular tickets and $40 for meet-and-greet tickets.

FEB. 9 FAMILY GENEALOGY CLASS AT THE BURLESON CENTER From 8 a.m. to 2 p.m., bring a lunch and learn about genealogy – whether that’s where to start, how to progress or where to go next in the process of researching. This is a family-friendly experience for all ages and all experience levels. Admission is free.

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HOME& STYLE

Michael and Elaine Duncan

STEEPED IN HISTORY

Crabb-Stewart-Key-Dotson home exemplifies days gone by STORY BY JENNIFER L. WILLIAMS PHOTOS BY SIMPLY SOUTHERN PHOTOGRAPHY

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Robert and Janice Dotson had no idea what they had just bought when they purchased property adjoining their Wilson Mountain farm in 2015.

The old wooden farmhouse on curvy Nat Key Road didn’t look like anything particularly special, but it soon revealed a historic past they could not ignore.

“We had to really shove the door just to get inside,” said Janice, recalling their first tour of the main house. “And the center of the house was sagging.”

Robert said he considered tearing down the house and other old structures on the property, but something stopped him. “When

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I saw the glyphs on the chimney and started peeling back the layers of the history of the house and its property – that’s what stopped me,” he said. “We lose a lot of history these days because sometimes, people weigh personal gain against preserving history, and the personal gain tends to win out.”

The Dotsons wanted to learn more about the home’s history and turned to members of the Hartselle Historical Society, who were only too glad to help. The history that was uncovered predated the founding of Alabama as a state in 1819 and included stories of prominent past residents, as well as detailing the structure’s many facelifts and

various uses over the years. The petroglyphs Robert noticed on the home’s chimney stone even indicated an early Cherokee Indian connection.

DELVING DEEPER INTO HISTORY Shannon Fuller Keith, the Alabama chapter president of the Trail of Tears Association, spoke about the Indian connection at Down Memory Lane, a Depot Days event, in September 2018. The writings on the chimney stone have been verified as Cherokee, she said, which aligns with the history of the area, and the house itself might have been built by Cherokee Indians before the state of Alabama was founded.

Thomas Crabb, one of the first owners and occupants of the house, served as an Alabama legislator.

He was a signer the Alabama constitution and voted to make the territory a state in 1819, said Lee Greene Jr., vice president of the Hartselle Historical Society. Greene said the house was likely used as a treaty house for the area and a stagecoach stop on what was first known as Stouts Road, the first north-south road from the Birmingham area into what is now Morgan County.

The Morgan County section of the road was later renamed Nat Key Road after another occupant of the historic home.

Mary Yarbrough – whose mother, Ethel Atheldria Key, was one of Nat Key’s children – recalls living in the old cookhouse when her family moved home to help take care of aging relatives. Remnants of wall-

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paper still line the walls of the cookhouse, which is said to have housed a post office and a store at one time.

Yarbrough, now a director with the Hartselle Historical Society, said her great-grandfather, Martin Key, had four sisters who were deaf and mute and who created their own sign language. “My mother learned a bit of it when she lived here with them as a child, and she would tell me their hands would just fly,� Yarbrough said.

Three of those sisters are buried in the family cemetery on the prop-

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erty, along with other members of the Stewart and Key families. The last occupying family member, Eula Key, lived in the home until 2015, when she left to live in a nursing home.

The home likely started out as a two-room structure, with the kitchen, dining room and bathroom added on later as indoor plumbing became available in the rural area.

Yarbrough recalls the dining room actually being a side porch when she was growing up.

PRESERVING HISTORY The Dotsons started repairing and restoring what they could in the centuries-old house, starting with shoring up the home’s sagging center.

“There’s lots of work we’ve done that is not necessarily noticeable,” said Janice. She said many people have volunteered their time and talents to help restore the house to its former glory – like Lee Y. Green Sr., a woodworker who came out to match up the scrollwork on the front porch when it needed to be redone. “He did such a great job – you cannot tell what is old and what is new.”

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One of the hardest things in fixing up the house and its outbuildings is finding old wood to match, Janice added. “I’ve even learned how to stain wood to make it look old.”

Janice said she enjoys putting a feminine touch on the house, as a way to pay homage to longtime resident Eula Key, and frequents thrift shops to find unusual items to incorporate in the design.

Some family photos and a couple items of furniture were with the house when the Dotsons bought it, including an enormous wardrobe in an upstairs bedroom. It has been theorized the wardrobe was built in that room, as it is too large to bring up or down the home’s narrow staircase.

“When we started redoing things in the house, its history came alive, and you could really see what it was like to live there years ago,” said Janice.

While the Dotsons use the home primarily as a guesthouse for when friends and family come visit, they frequently stay at the house themselves and come by on an almost daily basis.

They also have a lot of help from their neighbors – “not much goes on there that we don’t get a phone call about,” Janice said with a laugh.

MARKING THE BICENTENNIAL As Alabama begins its bicentennial year in 2019, the CrabbStewart-Key-Dotson house, as it now is known, is in line for a special historic designation.

The house is on the Alabama Register of Landmarks and Heritage and is up for consideration for inclusion on the National Register of Historic Places, said Greene. The house is on the April agenda to be considered for National Register status.

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SCHOOL & SPORTS

SERVING UP NUTRITION Newton brings healthy practices to Hartselle City Schools STORY BY LAUREN JACKSON PHOTOS BY REBEKAH MARTIN Hartselle Living 17

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In July 2018, Hartselle City Schools welcomed a child nutrition director for the first time. Jenny Newton has more than 10 years of experience teaching students about nutrition and has goals to make Hartselle City Schools’ cafeterias some of the best around.

Newton said one of her main goals is to change the stigma of healthy food and teach children that healthy can still taste good.

“The biggest thing is, I want to focus on our strengths and things that children enjoy eating and make sure we have those things on the menu on a regular basis,” said Newton, who holds

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a master’s degree in educational leadership. “The biggest thing is we want to have a large amount of children eating in the cafeteria and work on making the food appealing to them, as well as stay within our dietary and nutritional guidelines for the state. I really have a passion for trying to teach kids healthy eating and showing them that healthy food can also be tasty food.”

For the past 12 years, Newton has worked as a family and consumer sciences teacher in Blount County. She said one of the rewarding things about family and consumer sciences is teaching

something students can use for the rest of their lives. “Nutrition is a science that, no matter what we do in life, is going to be a science that we use,” she said. “It is important for us to have a base knowledge of nutrition, because no matter what they decide to do after a child graduates high school, they are going to eat food, so that is a science they are going to use their whole life. It can have a great effect on their entire lifestyle, and if they know how to eat healthy, it can help make their life longer and higher quality.”

Newton said she and her staff have already increased the number of students eating breakfast.

While in graduate school, Newton conducted a study on the impacts of eating breakfast each morning and said she is excited students and teachers will be able to see the benefits. “When children eat something in the morning, they are going to be more willing to learn,” she explained. “They are going to have a better attitude and be able to get along with people better, and they are going to have better energy, so that is probably one of the things I am most proud about. My managers and my cafeteria workers have been working hard to get the breakfast participation up.”

During her study, Newton said she found that breakfast can significantly impact the learning process. “You see, children are more willing to learn. They are less likely to get frustrated when they have a full stomach; it really does affect the attitude to how they react to the learning processes, how they react to their teachers and how they react to their classmates,” Newton said. “When you get the nutrition you need, it does affect your mood. It goes back to helping in the classroom because if children are staying out of trouble, then they are not in

detention, they are not in the principal’s office, they are not being called out into the hallway: They are sitting there learning.”

Newton said she plans to begin a new program with the kindergarten classes this semester. “My goal is to talk to the elementary principals about going into the kindergarten classrooms because, just like anything else, good nutrition is a habit, and we start habits at a young age,” she said. “So I want to start with the kindergarteners and teach them the importance of eating your fruits and vegetables and how good it is for you. I want to talk to them about the importance of water in their diets. That is one thing – the kids don’t realize how important it is to drink water and how good it is for you.”

Another passion for Newton is making sure children are not leaving school hungry. This year, Hartselle City Schools has begun a new program that allows parents to apply for free or reduced lunch all online. “The form comes directly to me instead of the child having to get it out of their backpacks and give it to the teacher; teacher send it to the office; the office send it to me,” Newton said. “It cuts out a lot of steps so I am able to process and get them on the free and reduced path quicker, but also some parents are self-conscious and don’t want other people to know they are having to go through that. That is a way to take that stigma away. No one knows except for me, and that is one thing that has helped our numbers increase this year.”

Newton said helping to ensure all students are getting the nutrition they need is what makes her job worthwhile. “It is definitely the kids. I went into education because I love kids of all ages,” she said.

“It has always had a special place in my heart – to feed kids and help them understand the knowledge of eating healthy. I definitely have a special place in my heart for the children that sometimes go hungry, and I am hoping that even if you might have a child or two in each school that comes to school hungry, my hope is that we are going to feed them a healthy meal and a tasty meal so that they won’t leave school hungry.”

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FOOD & DRINK

HOW TO GROW A GREAT GARDEN STORY & PHOTOGRAPHS BY CONSTANCE SMITH 20 Hartselle Living

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It might be winter time, but this is the perfect time to start planning your garden. You can begin planning things from the varieties you want to try, to where, how and when you are going to plant. I have to say, I get so excited when I start getting my seed catalogs in the mail every winter. I’m like the kid who spends weeks paging through the Sears & Roebuck catalog in anticipation of Christmas. Am I showing my age there or what? Let’s talk about some of the basics of gardening, and how you can have a successful garden this year.

SOIL We’ll start with the very foundation of what your garden has to have, and that is good dirt. Many new gardeners simply till up a spot, plant some seeds or seedlings, give them some fertilizer and then sit back and expect them to grow. If only it was that easy.

Something many new gardeners skip is checking the pH of their soil. Your soil pH is the level of acidity or alkalinity.

Most veggies and herbs like to be at a range of 5.5-6.5.

Besides the pH of the soil, another important factor is the structure or makeup of it. Do you have silty soil?

Loamy soil? Here in northern Alabama, there’s a good chance you have some clay. What sort of nutrients or organic matter are in your soil? For example, if you grew tomatoes and suffered with serious blossom end rot, you are probably looking at a calcium deficiency.

The best way to figure out what your soil needs, is to test it. You can order soil pH test kits online or get them at the local gardening supply store. You can also take a sample of your soil to your local county extension office. The county extension office is a resource many gardeners overlook.

The temperature of your soil is another important factor. When spring arrives, it’s not just a matter of waiting for the last frost. The soil takes longer to heat up than the air does. Stick a thermometer in the ground and see what your soil’s temperature is. If it is too cool, seeds will not germinate. While some plants can handle cooler temperatures, most will not grow until the days are warmer and the soil reaches 50 degrees.

SUN Typical garden plants need eight hours of sunlight each day to fully grow to maturity and produce. When you are deciding where you want to plant your garden, watch the area you are considering. Make note of what time the sun hits it in the morning and what time it drifts away in the afternoon. If you have some partial shade from trees, that’s okay. As long as the garden area gets that full eight hours, that is enough sun.

The sunlight is something to consider when you are planting, as well. By planting the things that will grow taller, like corn or okra, on the northern end of the garden, you will prevent those taller plants from blocking sun from other things in the garden. However, some plants do very well in the shaded areas. I plant things like butternut squash between areas of corn. The squash will spread out and go crazy between those stalks. It will have all the room it needs between the rows but won’t crowd the corn at all.

WATER When it comes to the garden, too much water is just as bad as not enough. When you are planning your garden, just as you need to watch how the sun hits the area, you also need to make note of what the rain does. Gardens should be in an area that drains well and doesn’t have standing water. Standing water will drown your plants or cause the roots to rot in the soil. The last thing you want is all your work washed away.

Controlling the moisture in your soil is also important for your plants. You want the moisture to be fairly consistent. Most of the time Mother Nature will do a great job of keeping things watered, but you will have to step in here and there. The best time of day to water is in the early morning or evening. I prefer the morning because it gives the plants time to absorb the water in through the roots before the heat of the day arrives.

Remember, you aren’t watering the plants. You are watering the roots. Sprinklers are handy, but much of the water is wasted through evaporation. Allowing the plants themselves to get drenched every day also makes them susceptible to disease. Tomatoes are especially prone to things like blight if the leaves are continually getting wet or dirt from the ground is splashed onto the plant.

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but also inspect it for insects – which I will talk about in a moment. Another option is to use soaker hoses or a drip irrigation system.

Mulching the soil around the plants is also a priceless means of moisture control. Not only does mulching keep the soil from drying out in our hot summer temperatures, but it also prevents much of the weed problems you would normally have to contend with.

I generally mulch with layers of newspaper or corrugated cardboard then cover that with straw. It is an inexpensive method, is biodegradable and will only add to your soil down the road.

BUGS Don’t run for a bottle of insect spray at the first sighting of a bug in your garden. Why? Because your garden needs insects!

Yes, there are pest insects that will wreak havoc, but there are also insects that are your pollinators. Without the pollinators, nothing in your garden can produce fruit. No tomatoes, peppers, cucumbers or even corn can produce without them.

Besides the pollinators, there are other beneficial insects that will actually hunt down and devour the bad insects that are attracted to your garden. For instance, if you happen upon a hornworm in your garden that looks like the one in the photo (above right), you might just want to consider leaving it be. If it looks like this, it is already on the verge of death. The white nodules that are all over its body are the larvae of a braconid wasp. These wasps are parasitic to the hornworm and lay their eggs inside its body with a thin, needlelike appendage. When the eggs hatch, they eat the hornworm from the inside out.

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plant, then by all means, pluck it from the plant and do away with it. A hornworm could strip the whole plant in a day, leaving you with empty stems in short order.

Other beneficial insects include lady bugs, praying mantises or lacewings.

The first thing to do when you see an insect in your garden is to determine what it is.

Identifying whether it is a beneficial insect or a pest will help you determine what to do, if anything, about it. Remember, if you spray or dust your garden with pesticides, you will be killing both the bad bugs as well as the ones your garden needs.

I tend to go more of a “let’s work with nature” route. Every morning I walk through the garden and look at each of the plants. I carry with me an old jar half filled with water.

As I walk through, if I see a squash beetle or other pest, I simply pluck it from the plant and toss it in the jar. After my garden walk, I take the jar over to my chickens and pour it out. The chickens make quick work of them.

If you don’t have chickens, you can simply cover the jar until the next day. The bugs will die, and then you can dump the contents out in your compost pile.

If you do find that you just have to use an insect spray, you can find three recipes for homemade, natural insect sprays on my website, cosmopolitancornbread.com.

SPACE When you plant your garden, whatever you do, make sure you give your plants enough space. I cannot stress this enough.

Overcrowding the garden is one of the easiest mistakes to make. Those plants are going to get much bigger than you think they will.

Read the packages that your seeds come in, or the labels on the seedling pots, and see

what the recommendations are for what you are planting. It is better to plant fewer seeds and have more produce than plant too many and get nothing because the plants choked each other out.

Remember earlier when I mentioned the butternut squash? 160 square feet of space in my garden was completely taken over by only three squash plants!

ZONE The garden zone is geographically where your garden is going to be planted, based on climate. It determines when planting time is and what does best in your area. Certain varieties of plants do better in different zones.

Perennials – plants that come back every year on their own – can only survive if they are zoned for our winters. Things that might do great up north with milder summers might shrivel away down here in our Southern heat.

Here in Hartselle, we are in zone 7b.

Knowing what zone you live in gives you a great starting point for knowing when you should start seeds indoors. It gives you an idea of when to start watching the weather in the springtime and plan for the garden to go in. It also helps you plan for your fall/ winter garden. I have found garden.org to be an excellent resource for this. By typing in the zip code, you can see a calendar of what to plant and when, both for spring and fall gardens, specifically for where we live.

NO FAILURES No matter what happens when it comes to gardening, I just want you to remember this: Simply do it. Yes, there might be things that don’t thrive, or you might make some mistakes along the way. But there is no such thing as failure – only learning opportunities.

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PARMESAN POTATO CHOWDER

BY CONSTANCE SMITH Soups are the ultimate comfort food. How many meals allow you the ability to enjoy them while curled up in a blanket with a good book?

You can’t get much cozier than a mug full of hot soup on a cold winter night.

Another thing I love about soups is that they seem to get even better the next day. So, if you make a nice big batch of soup, you can have supper for a couple days.

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When I was a little girl, I had an aversion to potatoes. I think it started with my great dislike for mashed potatoes.

You see, my father loved mashed potatoes – a lot. And because potatoes are both filling and inexpensive, we ate mashed potatoes several times a week. Growing up in our house, if something was put on the table, it went on your plate. And if it went on your plate, you ate it. That meant I had to eat those horrible mashed potatoes every time. My distaste for them grew so strong that it started making me dislike almost all potato dishes. I didn’t even like French fries unless they were really crunchy!

Once when I was staying at my grandparents’ house, my grandmother asked me if I wanted some potato soup.

Now Grandma Dahl had a different rule in her house. If you didn’t want to eat something, you didn’t have to! So, I happily declined her potato soup – because it was potato.

It’s funny how your tastes change as you grow up and time goes by. Nowadays I love potato dishes. I’m still picky about my mashed potatoes – I only like them certain ways – but I now love nearly all things potato. I also look back with a sadness that I never tried my Grandma’s soup.

I now have several versions of potato soup that I make, and I think of her every time.

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INGREDIENTS: 5 or 6 slices of bacon 1 small onion, diced 1 clove garlic, minced 2½ pounds of golden Yukon potatoes (about eight medium), peeled and cut into 1-inch pieces 1 tsp. dry thyme leaves 1 tsp. parsley ½ tsp. salt ½ tsp. freshly ground black pepper 4 cups chicken broth 1 cup heavy cream 2 Tb. cornstarch ¾ cup Parmesan cheese, shredded or grated (extra for serving) INSTRUCTIONS: To begin, cut the bacon into ½-inch pieces. Cook the bacon in a Dutch oven (or other large soup pot) over medium-low heat, stirring occasionally, until it is golden brown and crispy. Using a slotted spoon, scoop the bacon onto a plate that is lined with a paper towel. Set it aside for now.

Keep about a tablespoon of the bacon drippings in your pot but discard any excess.

Cook the diced onions

until they are translucent.

Add in the garlic, potatoes, thyme leaves, parsley, salt, black pepper and chicken broth. Bring this to a boil then reduce the heat to a simmer and cook until the potatoes are just fork tender, about 15 minutes.

In a bowl, whisk together the heavy cream and the corn starch. Increase the heat for the soup and bring it back to a boil. Pour in the cream mixture and let it again return to a boil, stirring often. Once it has come to a boil and slightly thickened, turn the heat down to low.

Add in the parmesan cheese and stir until it is melted.

Serve the soup with a topping of a little extra parmesan and some of the bacon pieces.

Enjoy!

RECIPE NOTE: If you like the peel on your potato, feel free to leave it on before cutting the potatoes into pieces.

I often leave the peel on for the added texture and nutrients. It is your preference.

SLOW COOKER HUNTER CHILI

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This spiced chili will warm you up on the chilliest of winter evenings. It is rich and hearty with navy beans and served with a scoop of rice.

This is a great recipe to make if you have a hunter in the family. Rather than using beef stew meat, you can replace that with venison. For the pickiest of family members, there’s so much flavor in this soup they probably won’t even realize that it is game meat rather than beef. I have even made this with caribou and moose in the past.

INGREDIENTS: ¼ cup chili powder 1 Tb. cumin 1 Tb. oregano 1 tsp. chipotle chile pepper 2 Tb. extra virgin olive oil 1 red bell pepper, seeded and diced 1 yellow bell pepper, seeded and diced 1 red onion, diced 5 cloves garlic, minced 1 pound beef stew meat 12 oz. andouille sausages, cut into ½-inch pieces

4 cups chicken broth 2½ cups water 2½ cups dry navy beans, sorted and rinsed 1 Tb. brown sugar 2 Tb. soy sauce 1 tsp. hickory flavored Liquid Smoke 2 bay leaves 1 teaspoon sea salt 1 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper Cooked rice for serving

INSTRUCTIONS: In a small bowl, combine the chili powder, cumin and oregano. Set it aside for now.

In a skillet, sauté the onion, peppers and garlic in the oil over medium heat until they are just tender. Stir in the spice blend. Transfer the mixture to your slow cooker.

Add all of the remaining ingredients (except the rice) to your slow cooker. Stir the ingredients all together.

Cover and cook the soup on low for 8-10 hours until the beans are tender. Discard the bay leaves.

Serve the chili with the cooked rice.

RECIPE NOTE: If you are using farm-fresh andouille sausage in natural casing, it might be difficult to cut it into pieces. In that case, remove the casing and simply crumble the sausage into pieces.

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IN CAHOOTS Hartselle restaurant serves up healthy comfort food STORY & PHOTOGRAPHS BY CONSTANCE SMITH

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As the sun comes up on Main Street in downtown Hartselle, Rhonda Morris sips coffee at her favorite window table, as she does each morning. Downtown might just be coming to life, but her day started hours ago, when most people are still tucked snuggly in their beds.

It all started about 17 years ago when, in Eva, Rhonda Morris was an antique shop owner. People would come from all over to pick through and search out their treasures in Eva. Morris said she often thought to herself, “Wouldn’t it be great to have a little place where all of the antiquing visitors could get a cup of coffee and a Danish?”

That recurring thought turned into a reality when a location across the street from her shop became available. With $1,600 in her pocket, she took a leap of faith and signed the lease. She furnished the location with finds from her antique store and jumped right in with both feet.

Not long after, a friend suggested she serve chicken salad, and that was the catalyst that exploded her little coffee shop into a fullfledged restaurant.

Soon Cahoots moved to Hartselle and settled in its home on Main Street, where it has been serving lunch for 14 years.

When customers walk in the front door,

they know immediately they are in a restaurant like no other. Cahoots is decorated with a little bit of humor and a seasoning of sass. From the skeletons drinking coffee in the corner, to the Fred Astaire sign and vintage organ, the antique store roots shine through. There are no two tables that even resemble each other in Cahoots. Guests can find themselves at a long farmhouse table, a retro diner table or even a honkytonk bar.

Then there is the food.

Morris describes the menu at Cahoots as “healthy comfort food.” Until two years ago, there wasn’t even a fryer in the kitchen. She added one just for the French fries and fried green tomatoes. One of her favorite items on the menu is the chicken tacos. After all these years, the original chicken salad is still her most popular item and has been since she first served it in the old gas station building in Eva. Morris said she loves to come up with new things to serve and will quite literally dream up new items, like her Bacon Jam Club sandwich.

Morris will say with a laugh that she still has no idea how to run a restaurant – but serving hundreds of lunches every day between the restaurant and the catering, she must be doing something right. While Cahoots is primarily a lunch location, it does open for special evening events like the night of the Hartselle Christmas Parade. The restaurant is open Tuesday through Saturday and is located just west of the railroad tracks on Main Street. Morris said she sees all of her customers as family, and when they are greeted by the flying blue pig out front, they will feel right at home.

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ART IN STITCHES Jeannette Fiore makes dreams come true STORY BY HOPE THOMPSON PHOTOS BY REBEKAH MARTIN 28 Hartselle Living

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Perhaps one of the most important elements in a wedding is the bride’s dress. Aside from the extravagant bouquets, the picturesque venue and the exquisite food, the dress is what makes the wedding an event to be remembered. It is this thought that designer and seamstress Jeannette Fiore keeps in mind while making her clients’ dreams come true.

From evening gowns to christening gowns to wedding gowns, there is no wish too big for Fiore to fulfill. In fact, making her clients’ dreams come true in front of their eyes is the goal and passion for Fiore with each new piece of fabric she puts her hands on.

“This is art for me,” Fiore explained with excitement in her eyes. “I enjoy the science behind this

art and helping my clients see their vision.”

With this passion for creating a type of art someone can see, feel and wear, Fiore opened her shop, Greco Fiore Designs, on Main Street in Hartselle 10 years ago. Fiore said her hope for her business was to bring back an inspiration and a new life to her trade that has become a forgotten art form.

This passion for creating art with her hands was ingrained in Fiore at a young age. “My mother was a seamstress on Broadway,” Fiore reminisced. “She was what they called a sample maker in those days. I grew up crawling around the floor of my mom’s work space, playing with fabrics.”

While Fiore was growing up, watching her mother create a masterpiece from a piece of fabric with her hands, a needle and thread, Fiore began working on small projects of her own by sewing bundles – sets of 500 pieces of fabric that had to be sewn into shirt collars or other various aspects of clothing. This laid the path for Fiore to fall in love with creating fashionable art by hand. The major turning point for Fiore, however, was when her mother brought home a piece of fabric that she intended to turn into a costume for a famous actress.

“My mother wouldn’t let me in the room while she was working on this project,” Fiore said with a laugh. “It was the most beautiful piece of fabric I had ever seen, and I asked my mother if I could have the scraps of fabric she didn’t use. I then took those scraps and made my Barbie doll a new cocktail dress.”

As Fiore explained, she made the dress for her doll and took it to school in hopes of winning a bit of popularity with her classmates. To Fiore’s surprise however, it was her teacher who was the most intrigued by her work. In fact, her teacher offered to buy the dress off the doll. “My teacher wanted me to sell her the dress for my doll for $25.

I couldn’t believe that my teacher would want this little cocktail dress that I had sewn for my Barbie doll. But I sold it to her and went home to tell my mother that I made $25 from the doll’s dress I made.”

It was this moment that made Fiore fall in love with the art of designing clothes.

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Fiore allowed this new-found love that had been ignited in her heart to flourish in the making of wedding gowns. One of the first larger projects she worked on early in her career was a wedding dress for a friend of hers who asked that her wedding gown have historical, Scottish elements added to it. “When my friend asked me to do this, I started researching the history for Scottish designs in a wedding dress. Knowledge is power, and the more you know about the functions of a wedding dress throughout history, the more significant it will be at the wedding and to the bride wearing it,” Fiore explained.

In fact, knowing the history and functions of wedding gowns throughout the centuries is one bit of education Fiore said she enjoys imparting to her clients.

For example, when a bride comes into Fiore’s studio to discuss her vision for her wedding gown, it is not uncommon for Fiore to break down the different pieces of the wedding gown to explain to the bride what each piece’s function is.

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This is knowledge Fiore said she learned while living in Europe. “The closets in Europe are very small,” she said, “so, clothes have to be multi-functional.” The same, therefore, can be said of a wedding gown.

One unique aspect of Fiore’s work is that she enjoys taking old wedding gowns and creating new gowns. For example, one project is a wedding gown Fiore’s friend, Anna Williams, wore in 1973 for her wedding that Fiore has recently remade into various heirlooms, such as a beautifully-fashioned christening gown with matching bonnet for a little girl in Williams’ family, and a hat for a little boy in Williams’ family, as well as buttons covered in the original lace from the dress. The buttons, with their elegant simplicity, can be used more than once, as they can be added to a new dress or to the bouquet of the next bride in the family. Fiore said she finds ways to reuse every single piece of material from the previous garment, finding a purpose for each piece she reuses.

Repurposing Williams’ wedding dress began with a friend of Williams’ visiting from out of town.

“A friend of mine was here visiting from Texas, and I wanted to bring her to downtown Hartselle and look at the shops,” Williams said. “We passed by Jeannette’s studio, and my friend was very curious about it.”

Up until that point, Williams said she had never stopped into Fiore’s studio, but after the curiosity Williams’ friend showed, Williams contacted Fiore with her idea of turning her wedding dress into sentimental items to pass down in her family.

Williams explained her wedding gown had significant sentimental value, as her mother sewed the dress by hand specifically for her wedding day 45 years ago.

The same dress had then been passed along to another family member in Williams’ family for their wedding.

Almost brought to tears by discussing the beautiful works Fiore created, Wil-

liams said she enjoyed every minute of the experience of watching her dress become a new work of art. “It is absolutely remarkable to be able to have this gift to pass on to my family. This whole experience has just been marvelous.”

Another project was turning a wedding dress from the 1940s into a new wedding gown for a bride getting married this summer. This particular bride came in with her mother’s wedding dress that was worn in 1991, purchased from an antique store for her wedding day, having first been bought and worn by a doctor’s daughter in the 1940s. Bringing a piece of history back to life while adding a new story to the piece of art gives Fiore the inspiration she needs to recreate a new fabulous gown for her client.

Fiore said simply creating the gown for a special event takes more than just sitting down with a needle and thread. Rather, Fiore likes to ask her clients all the details of the big event planned so she is better able to create the gown that will make the statement for the event.

“I like to ask my clients to come in for a few fittings,” Fiore said. “I like to see the bride in her dress at the time of day her pictures will be taken so I know how to fit the dress to her to be the most flattering. I also like to know the setting for the event, what the flowers will be and what the bridesmaids’ dresses will look like. All of these factors go into the art of making the right dress for my client.”

Fiore said she takes great pride in this special attention to detail for every person who walks through her door. “It’s all about a kind of perfection of detail for my clients,” Fiore explained. “I want my clients to feel sure of themselves when they wear what I’ve designed … I want my clients to be comfortable with me and what I design for them. I want to help bring their vision to life.”

Prospective clients can schedule a free consultation with Fiore at Greco Fiore Designs. Fiore can be reached by Facebook at Greco Fiore Designs or via email at grecofiore@aol.com.

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A SERVANT’S HEART Community says farewell to Hartselle police chief after three decades STORY BY REBEKAH MARTIN PHOTOGRAPHS CONTRIBUTED 32 Hartselle Living

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Honesty, integrity and trustworthiness are a few of the cornerstones upon which the newly-elected Morgan County sheriff ran his campaign, but they aren’t just empty promises of a politician. According to friends, family, coworkers and employees alike, these qualities are the cornerstone of the life of Ron Puckett.

Puckett, the youngest child of Margaret and the late Harry Puckett, is a Hartselle man through and through and, according to those closest to him, has spent his entire adult life serving God and his fellow man.

Margaret Stinson has worked alongside Puckett for 21 years as his assistant. She said Puckett is known for being extremely level-headed and sure-footed – traits that have contributed to his stellar reputation among his supervisors and subordinates alike. “He needs to be walking around with a little halo and (angel) wings,” Stinson said.

“He’s this way in everything he does – his family, his life and his work.” She said his departure from the Hartselle Police Department will leave a void that will be hard to fill. “We’re all going to be in mourning - we’ve all discussed it,” Stinson said.

“We’re all proud of him because we do know that Morgan County needs this, and he is the man for the job. He will make a difference, and in his heart, that’s what he wants to do. We all hate to see him go.”

Puckett was first hired by then-mayor John Pat Orr. He has since worked for numerous mayors and city councilmembers. Hartselle Mayor Randy Garrison said he has known Puckett for a number of years and has worked with him on a professional level since his election in 2016.

“I’ve known (Ron) since my junior high school days and gotten to know him a lot better through the past 12-14 years,” Garrison said. “We’ve flipped a lot of pancakes together at the Kiwanis Club Pancake breakfast. I think whatever he goes for, he looks at as a ministry. No matter what he’s doing, the light of Christ shines through him. He doesn’t just talk the talk – he walks the walk.”

Garrison said Puckett will be missed because he always put his people first. “He was always looking to improve his department for his people, and he definitely had the respect of all his officers.”

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Police Department for 24 years, agreed with his coworkers and said he can’t say enough good about Puckett, who has been there for the entirety of Sparks’ tenure. “I applied here because I knew who Ron Puckett was … and I wanted to work around him,” Sparks said. “I knew of him from the time he was at the Fire Escape … I had always been interested in law enforcement and kept up with what was

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going on in the county, so I knew who he was.”

Sparks said Puckett is much more than a mentor and boss to him – he’s a personal friend. “He is one of my best friends in the world. Of course, we are sad because we’re losing a friend and a mentor,” he said.

“There’s not a person who works in the police department that he hasn’t trained in some way or helped shape or mold their career. We’ve all grown up with him in charge, in some level, of the police department. We’re excited about what he’s going to do at the sheriff ’s department, and he will still be in the (law enforcement) family – just through a different office.”

Judge Glen Thompson also spoke highly of Puckett’s tenure at the Hartselle Police Department. He said Puckett, while he will be missed, is the man for the job and the man Morgan County deserves.

“The thought of having Ron Puckett as our sheriff is overwhelming,” Thompson said.

“It’s a tremendous job, and it’s a difficult job, and it’s something that somebody like Ron, who I’ve known all of his life, will do well – not because he has so much experi-

ence as a sheriff but because I know that no matter what he does, he’s going to do the right thing.

“People of this county deserve open and honest law enforcement, and that’s one thing I’m looking forward to more than anything in his new role,” Thompson added. “How do I know that’s what’s going to happen? Because I’ve watched what has been happening in Hartselle since he’s been on the force here, and in every position (he’s held), he’s done the right thing.”

Puckett’s mother Margaret Ann was among the crowd of well-wishers who came to celebrate his career at a farewell event at the Sparkman Civic Center Nov. 26. With a voice cracking with emotion, she spoke of her son and the man he has become. “He’s always been a very sweet person,” Margaret Ann said. “When he was a student at Crestline, he always made his rounds to see all the ladies in the cafeteria, and they loved him. He’s just got a sweet personality. Everybody has always loved Ron – they have all his life. He hugs everyone he meets – he got that from his granddaddy, Jim Caine.

“There’s no way I can tell you how I proud I am of him,” she said with tears in her eyes. “He’s made his mother proud.”

At the farewell event, Puckett addressed his colleagues, family and friends who came out to celebrate him. “(This job) has been the greatest joy of my adult life,” Puckett said. “These men and women are the greatest men and women I’ve ever had the opportunity to work with, and I mean that from the bottom of my heart. We are truly a family. That doesn’t mean that we don’t have some issues, but we have it made in the City of Hartselle and to be able to serve … the past 13 years has been the greatest privilege and one of my highest honors, to be a part of your family.”

Puckett said his career in law enforcement has always been more than just a job: It has been his calling. “You do what you do because you’re called. All of us have a vision or a calling, and I hope that everyone’s calling is a God following. I really feel a calling from the Lord that this is my ministry,” Puckett said. “To be able to share his love with not only the officers

that I work with but also with the citizens that I serve. I’m blessed.”

After his inauguration Jan. 14, Puckett said he knows his job will be different than what he’s used to, “but God has gone before me. He has prepared the way, and I’m going to walk in His steps. I don’t want him to be behind me or in front of me; I want Him to be right with me as I start this

journey with the sheriff ’s office,” Puckett said. “I look forward to serving the deputies and the citizens of this county.

“I love this place and it’ll always be home to me,” he added. “I love coming to work here. It’s a blessing and an honor.

What a privilege it has been to serve you for the past 30 years. My life will never be the same.”

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A TOUCH OF SOUTHERN CLASS STORY BY HOPE THOMPSON PHOTOS BY JODI HYDE AND CONTRIBUTED

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Through growing up together, getting married and raising children, Angelia Johnson and Cyndi Whitaker – founders of Lillie Belles Wedding and Event Planning – have built a lasting friendship while also becoming business partners.

“We’re really more like sisters,” Whitaker said.

When Johnson and Whitaker reminisce on their lifelong friendship, they share plenty of laughs and memories from the past. “Cyndi would come over to play all the time when we were growing up,” said Johnson. It was during these many days spent playing together that their friendship blossomed and their love for catering and decorating began.

“Angelia’s mom was always taking us from wedding venue to wedding venue that she was helping with,” said Whitaker.

“She would take me and my brother everywhere with them.”

Johnson and Whitaker receive some hands-on learning through the numerous weddings they assisted Johnson’s

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mother with, but it was Johnson’s grandmother, Miss Lillie Belle, who really sparked the love of event planning in their hearts.

“Sunday evenings were for formal dinners at Miss Lillie Belle’s house,” said Whitaker. “She would let Angelia and me

set the table for dinner. We had to know where each fork, spoon, and knife had to be placed.” Under Miss Lillie Belle’s watchful eye, Johnson and Whitaker learned all the rules of formal dining etiquette and how to serve guests properly – basic principles they have carried into their wedding and event planning business today.

“We started Lillie Belle’s about four years ago,” Whitaker said. “We were always helping our friends with weddings or events, and of course we did our own

children’s weddings as well, so we just said, why not have our own business?”

From there the creativity began. Johnson and Whitaker said choosing a name for their business was challenging at first, but after tossing around a few ideas for names that would showcase their abilities and their passion for event planning, the friends and business partners had an epiphany. “It just hit us both at once one Sunday night,” Whitaker said with a laugh. “We said, let’s name the business after Miss Lillie.”

As Johnson and Whitaker explained, Lillie Belle had “a touch of class” about her. When guests came to dine with Lille Belle in her formal dining room, she would receive her guests with a charming, Southern-hospitality smile. This kind of Southern charm is what both Johnson and Whitaker strive to portray in their business.

Of course, incorporating that Southern charm means Johnson and Whitaker make sure they have beautiful vintage china for guests to use at a small fee. In Hartselle Living 39

fact, Lillie Belle’s can provide all of the china, flowers and props for their guests’ events and special days. Johnson and Whitaker even go so far as to provide the food, as well. “The only things we don’t provide are cakes and photos,” said Johnson.

Lillie Belle’s caters and decorates for weddings and receptions as well as special events such as bridal showers, formal teas, baby showers, anniversary parties and Christmas parties. The ultimate goal, of course, is to make sure guests are happy with the outcome of the event.

As Johnson and Whitaker have learned through their years in the wedding and event planning business, the most important thing is to make sure the bride is happy. “We sit down with the bride and we listen to what she wants,” Whitaker said. “We take that vision and turn it into a reality.” The most gratifying part of their business, both agree, is the look of surprise on a bride’s face as she steps into her wedding venue to see her dream become a reality. This same gratification comes from all of their events when the event is everything that the host thought it would be and more.

Of course, in preparing special events and helping with weddings, there have been a few stressful moments for the friends. However, there have been some rather fun events they still think on fondly. One such event was a wedding they participated in at Lowe Mill in Huntsville, where a young couple’s wedding ended with a swing dance reception, equipped with a swing jazz band from Nashville. Johnson and Whitaker light up with smiles remembering how much fun they had catering this particular wedding – one of their most favorite moments, they agreed, in the four years they have been in business.

However, it is not only the event planning and coordinating that is fun for Johnson and Whitaker. They also enjoy just simply being business partners and laughing together, working together and, of course, shopping together.

“We love to shop for props,” said Johnson. “It’s always nice to work with someone that you’re close with and can trust.

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We work well with bouncing ideas off each other.”

“Where one is weaker in an area, the other is stronger,” added Whitaker.

“That’s why we work together, and we enjoy what we do.”

Even though their schedules are consistently booked, Johnson and Whitaker said they strive to bring a sense of South-

ern charm to each and every event they participate in – and with that effort comes pride in their work, just as their great inspiration, Miss Lillie Belle, taught them.

To schedule a free consultation with Johnson and Whitaker, check out their website, lilliebelleweddings.com, or Facebook page, Lillie Belle Weddings and Events.

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Caleb

Katie

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How we met: The first time we met it was love at first … “meh.” We were truly not interested in each other at all. I was training with the military, and Katie had just gotten out of a relationship. A few months later, after I returned home, Katie and I met again at church through family members and actually started talking. Almost on a whim, we went on three dates in one weekend and immediately knew we had finally found what we were looking for.

How we fell in love: We fell in love long before the feelings hit. After the first weekend, we knew we were going to get married. We each had everything the other

was looking for in a spouse. We instantly knew our search was over. But the love – that came later. The love came after months of prayer and pursuing God’s will together.

I guess you could call it, “head over feels.”

The proposal: Our proposal was straight out of a Lifetime move: PJs and a Rental House. Because of an opportunity with the Army, I had to move to North Carolina right before Christmas. Our jeweler was able to ship the ring to North Carolina in time for Katie to come up for New Year’s. The day we exchanged gifts, I was still waiting on the ring to arrive and had convinced Katie that I bought her

perfume. When the mail carrier arrived, I was standing at the driveway waiting. I hurried in, quickly wrapped the ring, and gave it to Katie as a Christmas present.

Sure, probably not the ideal engagement in a wintry field of gentle snowfalls. But, ever since we started dating, Katie and I refused to live a life for Instagram. Our engagement was free from noise and photographers. It was ours.

Favorite detail from the wedding day: Our wedding day was hectic. Our families did most of the wedding themselves. No one tells you that on the day of your wedding you spend most of the

day anxious, hungry and in a hurry.

The one thing I adamantly stood by for our wedding was not seeing Katie before she walked down the aisle. We are finally there: Katie comes walking down the aisle in all her beauty, and her father

hands her to me. Finally, we felt like we could breathe. The pastor started praying, and both of us just instinctively rested our foreheads together. That was the moment. Those few seconds felt like it was just us, together at last.

Meet the Team: Jeweler – Kelly’s Jewelry in Decatur Photographer – Letty Weeks Photography Venue – Harvest Hollow Venue and Farm Wedding Dress – Something Blue

Bride and groom cakes - Jan Byrd Caterer – Rolo’s Cafe Flowers – Judi Thornton, Rolo’s Cafe Hair and Make Up – Suzanne Kantmann

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Kaleb

Jada

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How we met: Kaleb and I met on a blind date at Zaxby’s. My phone died as soon as I pulled into the parking lot, so, to make sure he could see me, I pulled out of my parking spot to the front. Unknown to me, he did see me, and thought I was leaving. Ha. We were set up by Jason and Leah Sapp, his cousins. I hit him with a spitfire of questions, and he took each one with patience and laughter: What’s your passion for life? What’s your five-year plan?

And do you listen when Jesus is speaking to you?

I tell people now that’s probably not the best way to start a conversation, but I just wanted to know the facts before a second date.

How we fell in love: We fell in love in the fall, so we would get ice cream at Dari Delight then go walking at Sparkman Park, just to even things out. At the time, Kaleb would deliver water around north Alabama, and I would go with him sometimes. I loved seeing the way he treated and interacted with people.

How he proposed: I was going to meet Kaleb at a Christmas party with an ’80s theme, but he told me to stop at the church he grew up in. I opened the door, and he had my favorite song playing. He was at the altar on one knee next to a cross. He also built me a wheat field because it was a time of harvest. So there I was with my ’80s hair and bright blue eyeshadow saying “Yes!” Favorite wedding details: I loved seeing all the fantastic people God had

placed in our lives to help us with our journey in the audience. When I threw my flowers at the end, I made sure they would separate so every woman would receive a rose. I wanted every woman to know God is madly in love with you and wants to give you the desire of your heart.

How I knew he was the one: I realized something in my teen years: someone will always ask you how you met your husband. So I decided then to ask Jesus to give me a love story, so when people ask me, I can share of His faithfulness. About a year before I met Kaleb, I just had a feeling I was going to meet him soon. So I asked the Lord to show me in His Word about my husband. The only way I can explain it was three stories jumped off the page at

me: Isaiah’s servant met Rebecca at a well, Jacob met Rachel at a well, and there were the women at the well. I said, “Lord, what’s up with the well?” I heard the Lord speak to me and say, “Child, I am the living water, and as long as you thirst for me … this is where your love story will happen.” So after I picked my jaw off the floor, I wrote it all down in my journal and told my parents.

Fast forward to mine and Kaleb’s third date, when he wanted to show me what he did for a living. He took me to the middle of nowhere in Blount County and showed me a barn. He turned on the lights, and there was one of the most beautiful springs of water I had ever seen. He told me he owned a water company. My heart knew at that moment he was the one!

Meet the Team: Venue – East Highland Baptist Church Cake – Becca Whitaker Wedding coordinator – Lille Belle Wedding and Event Planning Wedding dress – Maggie Sottero Bernadette

Hair – Jana Tucker Makeup – Kayla Brand Silver Stone Flowers – Lillie Belle Catering – Lillie Belle

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Robert

Lauren

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How we met: We met five years ago at our mutual friend’s wedding. We were both actually in the wedding party. They had planned for us to walk down the aisle together in hopes we might start liking each other, and oh boy had they picked just the right people – perfect match-makers. We hit it off immediately, and by the next day, he had already asked for my number so we could start texting.

We went on dates on and off for close to three months, then we went our separate ways. Not even four months later, I got a text while I was sitting in one of my college classes that said, “Hey, how have you been?” They always say you just know when you know, and that day I told myself I truly think this is the guy. Four months

rolled by, and he finally asked me to be his girlfriend July 4, 2014.

How he proposed: March 4, 2018, started out as a typical Sunday. We went to church, then after he wanted to go to Publix to get food for small group later that night. When we got there, he then told me we had to go meet his mom and sister-in-law at their family farm to take Easter pictures of his niece/nephew with Rachel, one of my best friends, who just so happens to be a photographer, so nothing ever seemed out of the ordinary. We pulled up, and Rachel was there setting stuff up. She asked us to stand under the barn to check the lightning, and right then and there he got down on one knee and asked me to marry him, and I said yes!

We decided we wanted to go ahead and get married that same year, so we planned our wedding for Oct. 6, 2018.”

Wedding details: Honestly, wedding planning was one of the easiest things I’ve ever done, simply because I had so much help from family and friends, and it all went really smoothly. The week after we got engaged, I picked out my dress from Something Blue because having worked there for five years, I knew it took months to have a dress handmade. I did all the rest one day at a time, and it all fell into place with all of the help I had.

Me, my bridesmaids and my mom, along with Robert’s mom, all met at my uncle Baron’s hair salon around 8 that morning to start getting our hair and makeup done.

Time literally flew by that day, as we were all having a great time dancing around and talking as we all got ready. Robert and all of his groomsmen gathered at the church, Shoal Creek Baptist, around 12 to eat lunch and get ready for pictures that were soon to start. We all started taking pictures, but Robert and I decided we didn’t want to do a first look and stick with the original seeing each other as I walked down the aisle to him. So instead we prayed behind a door, held hands and read our letters that we had written to each other, and it was such a special moment for us before the ceremony.

The ceremony at the church started at 4 p.m., and we were married by 4:30 p.m. We arrived at our reception at Sykes Place on Bank Street for our grand en-

trance at 6 p.m. We had fun visiting with family and friends, eating delicious food and dancing. Before we knew it, it was already 8:30 p.m., and the photographers were ready to take pictures of our exit.

We left in one of my best friend’s dad’s antique Corvettes. We wouldn’t have changed a single thing because that day was so special to us.

Meet the Team: Gown – The Something Blue Shoppe Photographers – The Harris Co Flowers – Billy Speegle (my uncle) My hair – Baron Speegle (my other uncle) Makeup – Haley Harris

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Nathan

Shelby

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How we met: Nathan was in Highland, Kansas, on a football scholarship, and I was a senior at Danville High School. A mutual friend introduced us in the fall of 2012. After a few weeks of talking, he finally asked me out. Our first date was during Thanksgiving break, where we shared dinner at P.F. Chang.

The proposal: Nathan took me to Quail Creek Chapel, which was built by my grandfather and my father and is also where we got married. When we walked

into the church, music was playing, and at the end of aisle was a table set up with pictures from the past four and a half years of our life. As we approached the end of the aisle, Nathan got down on one knee and simply asked, “Will you marry me? After the easiest “yes” of my life, I turned to see all of my family and friends in the loft of the church. The proposal was followed by dinner at Oh!Bryan’s Steakhouse in Hartselle, where more family and friends were gathered to congratulate us.

Favorite wedding moments: Just before sunset, we were able to sneak away before the reception started and take a few pictures and enjoy alone time for a few minutes. Another moment that was so special to me was, during the ceremony, my little sister Emmie read a poem by E.E. Cummings, “I Carry Your Heart, I Carry it in my Heart.”

Favorite wedding details: We hired a cartoon artist for the reception, instead of having a photo booth. It was huge hit with everyone, and it gave everyone a hand-drawn cartoon picture!

Meet the Team: Venue – Quail Creek Chapel & Grand Pavilion

Invitations – Shelby Losey

Wedding director – Brenda Lewis

Wedding dress – Kathleen’s Bridal

Florist – Deana Olinger

Bridesmaid dresses – Kathleen’s Bridal

Caterer – Walker’s Catfish, LeAnn Pannell

Men’s attire – Kathleen’s Bridal

Cake – Nancy Morgan

Hair and makeup – Katie Roberts

Photographer – Christy Carter and Austin Pike

Music – Rhett Tucker and Michael Krumm

Videographer – Kane Green

Programs and cups – Shelby Losey

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How we met: David and I met for the first time at a mutual friend’s wedding.

That was in 2012. Throughout the next year and a half we saw each other occasionally when the friends from the wedding would get together. In August 2013 David called me from an Atlanta Braves baseball game to ask me on a date. I said yes.

How we fell in love: We went on a few dates but then decided not to pursue the relationship any further. Soon after, we both realized we missed seeing one another and were happy together. In March 2014 we went on our next “first” date. We enjoyed spending the whole day together and have been inseparable since.

How he proposed: Sept. 5, 2016, David and I went to Bankhead to ride four-wheelers and then to Brushy Lake to eat a picnic lunch. After we had finished eating, David wanted to walk around the lake. I could tell he was acting a little different, and I had a good feeling he was about to ask me to marry him. Every time I thought he was about to get down on one knee and pop the question, somebody would walk up or David would get nervous, and we would move a little further down the trail. Finally, we walked back up to the picnic area and sat down at a table. David looked over at me and said, “Do you still want to marry me?” I respond-

ed, “Yes.” He then got down on one knee, pulled out the ring and asked, “Will you marry me?” I answered, “Yes!” Favorite wedding moments: My favorite wedding moments were the personal stories that were told throughout the ceremony. David’s dad is a preacher and performed the wedding. He was able to tell several stories and reproduce so many happy memories from when we were dating. I also enjoyed the quiet time David and I got before the wedding. Right before pictures started, we got to meet with one another, just the two of us, and pray together.

Favorite wedding details: My favorite wedding details included both the

decorations and the music. All the decorations were done by Lillie Belle Wedding and Event Planning. They were so pretty.

The way they transformed the church fellowship hall, especially with the ceiling

utilizing the mason jar chandelier my dad made, was perfect! The music was so much fun – in particular when David’s uncle, one of the musicians, added “Dixie” at the end of the recessional.

Meet the Team: Venue – East Highland Baptist Church Catering – Lille Belle Wedding and Event Planning Decorations – Lille Belle Wedding and Event Planning Flowers – Lille Belle Wedding and Event Planning Photographer – Jodi Hyde Photography

Wedding director – Monica Blythe Cake – Cherlyn Clemons Videographer – Nfocus Video Productions (James & Debbie Fowler) Music – Stevie Owen, Wade Oliver, Wanda McAbee and Leah Sapp Dress – David’s Bridal

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How we met: Brandon and I were invited to a mutual friend’s birthday celebration. We happened to be the only single ones invited to the party. I didn’t notice Brandon at first because I was being set up later that night on a blind date and was nervous. I met my blind date, and we talked for a while but both knew there was not a connection, and we ended up mingling with other friends.

Brandon came up to me and asked me to play corn hole with him. I immediately knew I liked him but didn’t know at the time if he was even single. We talked all night, and

after I left the party, he called our mutual friend and told them he had to see me again.

He invited me to a barbecue at his house, and we have been together ever since.

The proposal: We both have a mutual interest in trying new things, whether it is traveling or taking hikes around our area.

We have a favorite hiking trail that we take often. After two years of dating, Brandon took me to our favorite cliff on that trail where we often stop for a snack. He asked me to get our snack out of the bag since I was closest to his book bag he had laid down. I opened the pocket with the snacks

and found the ring box. He told me to open it and when I turned around, he was down on one knee and proposed!

Favorite wedding detail: The entire wedding was beautiful and was full of so many special memories. One special detail about the wedding was the ceremony.

Not only did my dad walk me down the aisle, but he also was the minister in our wedding. He wrote vows just for our wedding, and it made our ceremony so special. Also, my mom made the flower girl dresses out of the lace from her wedding dress. The lace tablecloth on our table for

our cross ceremony was the train from my mom’s wedding dress. Those special

pieces meant the world to me and looked beautiful.

Meet the Team: Hair and makeup – The Spot Salon, Hair: Venue – East Highland Baptist Church Wedding and reception decorations – Kimberly Vega, Makeup: Paris Stratton Lillie Belle Wedding and Events Men’s Suits – Jos. A. Bank Food display – Sandra Smelser and Sonie Wilson Music – Tammy Dewberry and Caleb Blackman Flowers – Rosewood Nursery Singers – John Gerstman and Ollie Morton Cake – Angela Wallace and Amanda Holland Programs – Patrick Tilley Videographer – Nfocus Video Productions Wedding dress – The Something Blue Shoppe

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OUT & ABOUT BASHAM UNITED METHODIST CHURCH FELLOWSHIP DINNER

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The Basham UMC held its annual fellowship meal in observation of Thanksgiving Nov. 18.

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Tag @hartselle_living_mag in your Hartselle photos and we’ll pick our favorites to regram and publish in each issue. @beth_b_emerson Krisee & Eli will do anything anyyt g just j to see me!!!!!

@maggiemckelvey Proud and excited for our friends Scott and Amy as Scott was sworn in as a State Representative last night AND I about fell out when I saw this picture p of my boys holding hands...whaaat? They do each other!

@will_eaton_fitness I was lucky enough to be invited to speak to my little mans class about Police/Fire/EMS. SUCH A BLESSING to see all those little hearts and minds. Thank you Mrs Smyth n Crestline for having me. #Police #Fire #EMS #trainingthemyoung#LiveWise

@deedeebjones Go Tigers!!!

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Hartselle Area Chamber of Commerce

NEW MEMBERS The Chamber would like to welcome the following new members: • Brix & Embers • Burningtree Country Club • Junior League of Morgan County • NAWDA • Rivers Edge Apartments

STATE OF THE SCHOOLS ADDRESS The Chamber was honored to host the State of the Hartselle City Schools Address, presented by Redstone Federal Credit Union, on Oct. 17. HCS Superintendent Dr. Dee Dee Jones shared about new programs and how the system is collaborating with community partners in creative ways to provide new opportunities for students.

The Chamber would like to thank this year’s sponsors: The Hartselle Enquirer, RaJane Hampton–United Country Hartselle, Lowe’s of Hartselle, Valley Rubber, Hartselle Utilities, Cadence Bank, Gilchrist Pharmacy and Decatur Morgan Hospital.

ENDLESS OPPORTUNITIES

• Storage Sense

Oct. 18, more than 1,600 eighth-graders from across Morgan County attended Endless Opportunities, a two-day hands-on career fair showcasing local career opportunities.

The Hartselle Area Chamber of Commerce is proud to partner with the Decatur Morgan County Chamber of Commerce, Morgan County Economic Development, The Greater Limestone County Chamber of Commerce, and Associated Builders and Contractors with this growing event.

• The Olive Co.

CHAMBER AMBASSADORS

• Scott Stadthagen District 9 State Representative • Sleep in Heavenly Peace

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The Hartselle Area Chamber of Commerce Ambassador Program is growing and you’re invited to join!

Ambassadors are enthusiastic, outgoing professionals with diverse backgrounds who act as the liaison between the Chamber and its members. If you or a member of your team would like more information on how to get involved, please contact the Chamber at 256-773-4370.

CITY APPRECIATION

On December 6, the Chamber hosted the 2018 City Appreciation Luncheon presented

by Sonoco Reels and Plugs. The Chamber board and staff look forward to this annual event so they can express their appreciation to the City of Hartselle and Hartselle Utilities for their Chamber volunteers serving lunch. support with events and programs throughout the year. The Chamber would like to thank this year’s sponsors: Hartselle Enquirer, Lowe’s of Hartselle, Country Financial-Jerry Felks, Scott Stadthagen District 9 State Representative, and Redstone Federal Credit Union.

CHRISTMAS OPEN HOUSE

Addison Chudy helps a young man with a craft during the Chamber’s Christmas Open House.

Hartselle’s Annual Christmas Open House, sponsored by Redstone Federal Credit Union, was held Nov.4. The Chamber welcomed shoppers, Christmas Carolers, and children of all ages to come in and have cookies and cocoa with Santa.

EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE Chairman of the Board: Dr. Chuck Gill, Morgan Animal Hospital Chair-Elect: Grant McKelvey, McKelvey Technologies Secretary/Treasurer: Tammy Lott, Redstone Federal Credit Union

DIRECTORS Scott Stadthagen, Hagen Homes Janan Downs, Zoey’s Downtown

RIBBON CUTTINGS

RaJane Hampton, United Country Four Oaks Realty and Auction Dr. Chris Widner, Widner Family Dentistry Dr. Franklin Penn,

Coldwell Banker celebrated their 50th Anniversary in Hartselle on October 16

Cedar Street Primary Care held a Ribbon Cutting on September. 28

Individual Pastor Brad Sheats, Life Church Chad Hughey, State Farm Insurance Sherry Floyd, Sonoco

Lowe’s Home Improvement celebrated their 10th Anniversary on October 2

Sleep in Heavenly Peace held a Ribbon Cutting on November 29

Hartselle Area Chamber of Commerce P.O. Box 817, Hartselle, AL 35640 256. 773.4370  andrea@hartsellechamber.com River’s Edge Apartments held a Ribbon Cutting on December 4

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WHY I LOVE HARTSELLE: Mike Swafford leadership and communication skills to help civic organizations I am involved in and, eventually, friends who were running for political office. What I enjoy most is helping others achieve their goals and being trusted to represent them. It’s rewarding.

3. What is your favorite place to visit in Hartselle?

There are several, but my favorite place would be the intersection of Railroad and Main streets during the Hartselle Christmas Parade. I love the joy it brings and knowing that it was pulled together by 15-20 folks who simply believe in Hartselle, along with the support of thousands of spectators and participants.

It only happens once a year, but for a few hours that night, Hartselle is especially magical.

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Mike Swafford lives in Hartselle with his wife Sallye, an elementary school teacher, and children Brennan, 9, and Rowe, 5. He is the owner of Impact Strategies and the president of the Hartselle Kiwanis Club. A graduate of Fyffe High School and Jacksonville State University, the local business owner has lived in Hartselle for the past 10 years.

1. What is your job title, and what does your work entail?

Owner, Impact Strategies. We provide public relations and social media management to small/ medium-sized businesses, organizations and political candidates. In short, we help busy business owners make sure their story is being told on a daily basis by engaging their audience with effective branding and messaging – so they can focus on their business.

2. What do you enjoy about your job, or what about it is meaningful?

My job chose me. After 20 years in corporate leadership roles, I had the opportunity to use my

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4.What is your favorite Hartselle restaurant, and what do you like about it?

It really depends on the day. I eat with a group of men once or twice a week, and we rotate through most of them. Freight House takes very good care of our Kiwanis Club, and I always enjoy breakfast at Cracker Barrel.

5. Why do you love Hartselle?

I believe Hartselle has a certain spirit or attitude that inspires and supports greatness. No matter where we come from or what we have, Hartselle offers the potential and sets the expectation to achieve – to excel.

Fast Five 1. Favorite hobby: I don’t really have hobbies, but doing things with my family is always a favorite.

2. Favorite food: Barbecue.

3. Goal or ambition: To build a legacy worth having for my family.

4. Church: First Baptist Hartselle.

5. Something people might not know about me is: I once helped my family win $1 million dollars in 1999.

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