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Football:
Honor Flight brings veterans to Washington D.C. memorials By Brandie Rickett Bowden In addition to
participants, Guardians to the veteran, to see such landmarks as the WWII Memorial, Guardians take on the
that the veterans to see the WWII Memorial and other memorials dedicated to our memorable time
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They assist the
Tuscaloosa Academy Coach John Copeland still loves the game
The Guardians are responsible expenses, they are
and an
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Inside This Issue About Us City News Opinion Community Marketplace Business School Sports Calendar Events Food
UA Opera Guild to hold gala on September 26
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Meet the Editor Laurie Mundy Perrigin is the Tuscaloosa editor of Druid City Living. She has lived in Tuscaloosa since 1978. She received her bachelor’s degree in Telecommunication and Film from the University of Alabama in 1992. She spent 25 years working as a broadcast news director, anchor, producer and reporter in radio and television before moving on to the world of print and online media in 2008. In her free time, Laurie enjoys football (Alabama and the New Orleans Saints), travel, reading and hanging out with her husband, Jeff, and their dog, Chico Seymour Hoffman.
Thank you again to all of our advertisers and readers for allowing us to publish another issue of Druid City Living! We hope you’ll enjoy this issue, which is packed with all sorts of great happenings in our area for everyone in your family. We continue to improve the content of Druid City Living, as well as the quality of the paper itself, in an effort to better serve this community. If you would like to contribute, please contact myself or Laurie Mundy Perrigin, our editor. This paper is about you, the residents of this wonderful community of ours, and we want to feature your organization, schools and businesses. Great things are happening here, and that is what this paper is all about. Druid City Living is one of the largest monthly newspapers in the southeast, reaching almost all of Tuscaloosa County! If you are interested in advertising, please contact myself (205-792-1155) or any of our sales staff.
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criminal justice system
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Tuscaloosa is a community that new look in how we will address these
to be that next level community, we will
the best education we can provide them, and especially in a community
Mercedes continue to expand and we have seen many other sectors in our system is the best in the United States In order to sustain that success, it will
The impact is beyond the classroom;
Corrections has a lot to do with the
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Opinion
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Lake Living: A Change of Season, and Finding the Joy in Life
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How Do You Live United? By Julie Mann
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Honor Flight brings veterans to Washington D.C. memorials
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Community Tuscaloosa Garden Club landscapes Habitat for Humanity Home By Mia Martin The Tuscaloosa Garden Club did the landscaping for a new Habitat for Humanity home on Juanita Drive on August 12. The Garden Club applied for, and received, a grant from The Garden Club of Alabama to assist with the project. Golden Rain tree were planted for shade and beauty. A gardenia was planted for its wonderful smell and beautiful white blooms. Azaleas, junipers, dwarf blue rush, iris, a daylily, and an Oregon blooming Echinacea was added to front of the bed. project. A trailer load of mulch and manure was used with all the plantings with landscape fabric. Many Tuscaloosa Garden Club members and a member’s son, Mike Gray, worked tirelessly on the project. The group was joined by volunteers from all over the country. Dan Grossett of Colorado lent his assistance to the project, part of the Tuscaloosa tornado recovery. Kevin and Julie Coughlin, a young couple from Missouri who’d volunteered to work with Habitat for Humanity for a week, helped non-stop. Wanda and Lucile Green, previous Habitat home recipients in Holt, also joined in the effort. Peter Salemme, the project manager for Habitat for Humanity, helped install brackets for hanging plants, and he provided donuts for everyone. Ellen Potts, the executive director of Habitat for Humanity, was so appreciative of our time and work. Jennifer Miles, a young veteran, is the new homeowner. She expressed great emotion and thankfulness that she’d been given this opportunity to own a home of her own. Miles said she loved the landscaping.
***The Tuscaloosa Garden Club, established in 1932, meets on the second Thursday of each month from September through May. Anyone interested in joining The Tuscaloosa Garden Club should call Mia Martin, president of the Tuscaloosa Garden Club, at (205) 507-0392.
Tuscaloosa Fire Chief receives national honors
Caitlin Crowe crowned Miss Tuscaloosa
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visited with several area stores, and asked them to
you can literally walk in, buy
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Music to Our Ears Students at Holy Spirit Catholic School in Tuscaloosa will have the opportunity to learn the ukulele this year in music classes in addition to their other music
class won in a radio contest
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Calendar of Events Women 2014: Politics, Power and Perceptions Forum: The Wynn Fine Arts and Humanities
Almond, Tuscaloosa City councilor
Schoolhouse Rock Live: Tuscaloosa
7th Annual Tuscaloosa County Championship Golf Tournament: A Gustatory Gala! Music and Food from Around the World:
Tucker, Tuscaloosa City School Board all presented by the Opera Guild 5th Annual Raising Hope Silent Auction:
An Evening of Art and Blues, Alabama Blues Project: Oct 4, 7 Free Estate Planning Workshop, Red Oak Legal, PC:
Alabama All Veterans & Family Reunion: reception and a Military Ball at the Tuscaloosa River Market, and a The Thomas Plott Golf Tournament:
Tuscaloosa Belles Costume Run:
Heritage
5K
Foundation Rotary Club of Tuscaloosa Honor Flight:
event support the Tuscaloosa Belles
Theatre Tuscaloosa Presents Hands on a Hardbody: 5th Street Vintage Market: Darius Rucker with Chase Rice and Sam Hunt:
contestants in a Texas radio contest
to handmade items, vinyl records,
the Way: Alabama Repertory Dance Theatre:
Tuscaloosa Community Walk to Stop Diabetes:
Alabama State Nurses Association
everyone in the community to join in
nurses in Alabama and is committed
Somerville Apartments Ground The Morrow Companies
Tusk Industrial Supply Opens
Groundbreaking Held Home2Suites by Hilton
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Apartments Open House & Ribbon Cutting at Home Instead Senior Care
Funeral & Cremation Service
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By Casey Johnson
Tuesday, September 23, Indian Hills Tennis Facility
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Taste
Maki Fresh soon to be opened in Indian Hills
Town
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1 cup chopped tomatoes
Tortilla chips
Graham Cracker Toffee Bars • 24 Graham Crackers • 1 cup butter • 1 cup chopped pecans chips
In a sauce pan over medium heat, melt butter