🌱 Green Valley Lockdown Drill + Hoover Football Beats Vestavia Hills

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First, today's weather:

Cloudy, a thunderstorm; humid. High: 81 Low: 71.

Here are the top three stories in Hoover today:

1. This school year, Hoover City Schools and the local police department sent a statement regarding the district’s updated safety protocols to parents in light of the ubiquity of school shootings, but many parents feel the statement was vague. Joshua Flores, a father of a third grader in the district and a preschooler, said it’s hard not to feel like a sitting duck — just waiting for a shooting to happen at his kids’ schools. Green Valley Elementary School had its first lockdown drill of the school year last week. The drill includes students and teachers locking the doors, turning off the lights, and staying quiet and out of sight. Some teachers even stacked naptime cots in front of their doors as barricades. (WBHM)
2. Hoover's Lamarion McCammon scored a touchdown with 76 seconds left in the game, leading the school to victory. Hoover won 20-14 over rival Vestavia Hills on Thursday at Hoover Met. They are now 2-0 in Class 7A, Region 1 play with a trip to Hewitt-Trussville set for next week. (AL.com)
3. Camp Bow Wow, a pet care facility, will be opening a location in Hoover come 2023. The facilities will offer boarding, daycare, dog walking, grooming, in-home pet care, and training. All Certified Camp Counselors are extensively trained in dog behavior, pet first aid, and CPR. Each Camper must pass a socialization interview, be spayed or neutered, and have current vaccinations. (Bham Now)

Today in Hoover:

• A Morning With Bluey At Hoover Public Library (10:30 AM)
• Purl On The Plaza At Hoover Public Library (1:00 PM)
• Hands-On Neapolitan Pizza Class At Vecchia Pizzeria & Mercato (10:00 AM)

From my notebook:

• The City of Hoover is holding its annual Food for Fines drive during the entire month of September. This year's goal is to collect 10,000 items. (City of Hoover via Twitter)
• The Hoover Public Library is hosting the first discussion for PEN/America's Birmingham Reads event on Thursday, Sep. 15 at 7:00 p.m. in the Library Plaza. The chapters for the Hoover Library event are "An Errand into Wilderness: Appalachia" (pg. 3), "More than a Memorial: Birmingham" (pg. 153), and "Magnolia Graves and Easter Lilies: New Orleans" (pg. 321). (WBHM)
• The Hoover Fire Department is hosting a memorial ceremony to honor 9/11. You can join them for the memorial stair climb held this Saturday, Sep. 10 at the Galleria Office Tower. (Hoover Fire Department via Facebook)

That's it for today! I'll see you around.

— Miranda Fraraccio

About me: Miranda Fraraccio is a born and raised Rhode Islander, now living in New York. She works as a staff writer for content creation agency Lightning Media Partners and is a graduate of The University of Rhode Island, where she earned a degree in Writing & Rhetoric and Communication Studies. In her free time, you can find her traveling, drinking tea, or photographing her neighborhood as a street photographer.