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🌱 Patch AM: How a former Hoover High kicker just reached All-Pro status
Spotted on the Hoover calendar: Libby Meet & Greet
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In today's newsletter:
- How a former Hoover High kicker just reached All-Pro status
Today's riddle: I am on a seafood diet. 🤔 (Answer below!)
Find out what's happening in Hooverfor free with the latest updates from Patch.
- Sunday: Cooler; breezy in the morning, with a high of 48 and low of 28 degrees.
- Monday: Plenty of sunshine, temps: high: 53, low: 29.
- Tuesday: Plenty of sunshine, with a high of 59 and low of 39 degrees.
📰 News we're reading
• 2 former Alabama standouts make first-team All-Pro (al.com) — Hoover readers can cheer that former Hoover High kicker Will Reichard has been named first-team All-Pro in just his second NFL season with the Minnesota Vikings. Alongside fellow Alabama alum Will Anderson Jr., Reichard’s league-leading long-range accuracy and top vote total from media voters spotlight Hoover’s continuing impact on professional football. 
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📸 Around Hoover
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🗓 Upcoming Events in Hoover
- Libby Meet & Greet
Hoover Public Library - Circulation Lobby
10:30 am - Crafting Kindness
Hoover Public Library - #Friends Meeting Room
3:00 pm - Word: Crash Course!
Hoover Public Library - #Friends Meeting Room
10:00 am - Monthly Luncheon
Vestavia Hills Civic Center , 1090 Montgomery Highway , Vestavia Hills
11:30 am - Libby Meet & Greet
Hoover Public Library - Circulation Lobby
3:30 pm - Complimentary Tasting: Hoover Steaks & Wines
Hoover Steaks & Wines , 5868 Elsie Road , Hoover
4:30 pm - On Wednesdays We WINE for half-off!
Hoover Chamber of Commerce , 5426 Hwy 280 Suite 6 , Hoover
3:00 pm - Coffee and Contacts - Arise Knox Square
Hoover Chamber of Commerce , 3000 Riverchase Galleria, Suite 375 , Hoover
7:30 am
Monday January 12
Tuesday January 13
Wednesday January 14
Thursday January 15
📣 Hoover Shout Outs!
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🗓 Events Nearby
- After Five Prom & Bridal Fashion Show Expo
Bessemer Civic Center , 1130 9th Ave SW , Bessemer
2:00 pm - Community Drum Circle
City Walk BHAM , 875 24th St N , Birmingham
4:00 pm - Public Skate Session
Pelham, AL Calendar
4:30 pm - Somm Series: Wine
Hoover Steaks & Wines , 5868 Elsie Rd , Hoover
5:00 pm
Sunday January 11
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💬 Chatter
What your neighbors are talking about on social media
- Seems Macy’s has been spared from another round of closing!
Happy for those employees having to hold their breaths. What a way to live! (Nextdoor Park Trace) - Center Point Fire District responded to a fire at a commercial laundry company on 120 County Road 34.
8:52AM on Jan 9: Center Point Fire District responded to a fire at a commercial laundry company in Birmingham, with the fire contained to machinery… (Nextdoor )
🗞 Nearby News
Homewood
- Cartel member convicted in 2008 murder of 5 gets additional life sentence for drug, financial crimes (wbrc.com)
- Samford's Lennie Acuff, family feeling at home with the Bulldogs (wbrc.com)
Vestavia Hills
- Homewood, Vestavia Hills Welcome New Coaches Leading Girls Basketball Into a New Era (otmj.com)
- Happily Ever After: Hannah Dean and Matthew Bygrave's spring wedding celebrated love and deep ties to their home state. - Over the Mountain Journal (otmj.com)
- The Culinary Storyteller: Editor, Author and Southern Chef Ivy Odum is on a Roll (otmj.com)
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-- The Patch AM Team
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