🌱 Hoover Moves Past Spartans: Friday Football + Library Food Drive

Good morning, hello! It's me, Dashiell Allen, your host of the Daily. Let's get this Monday started off right, with a quick guide to everything you need to know about what's happening in town these days. Today we'll cover these stories and more...

• Hoover beat Mountain Brook 26-14 in high school football last Friday.
• Meet David Oakley from The Oakley Group in a Mountain Brook Chamber of Commerce profile.
• The O'Neal Library is collecting pet food this week.

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Nice with plenty of sunshine. High: 80 Low: 54.

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Here are the top stories in Mountain Brook today:

1. The Hoover High School football team beat the Mountain Brook Spartans 26-14 after a tough 4th quarter on Friday evening. The Spartan's Cole Gamble scored a touchdown that covered 43 yards, which had "evened things up at 7-7 midway through the first quarter." Mountain Brook is off for next week. (Village Living)
2. David Oakley, from the Oakley Group, is part of a real estate investment and development company in Mountain Brook. Oakley says he loves the creative side of development, specializing in "building and developing cottage rental communities" and buying existing apartments. Learn more in the Chamber of Commerce's latest membership profile. (Mountain Brook Chamber of Commerce via Facebook)
3. Forecasters say that Alabama shouldn't let its guard down yet for Tropical Storm Ian, which is set to make landfall in Florida, but could still have residual effects on the state. Currently a "cone of uncertainty," the storm could make landfall by Wednesday night. (AL.com)

Today in Mountain Brook:

• Ashtanga Yoga in the Gardens - Birmingham Botanical Gardens (8:30 a.m.)
• “Bidding and Bridge Basics,” taught by Clay Hall - Birmingham Duplicate Bridge Club (9:30 a.m.)
• Illustrator Art Club - O'Neal Library (4:30 p.m.)
• City Council - City of Mountain Brook (7 p.m.)

From my notebook:

• The O'Neal Library is collecting pet food (any brand, as long as it's not expired) for the last week of its "food for fines" program. (O'Neal Library via Instagram)
• Check out these 5 homes for sale in the Mountain Brook area. (Mountain Brook Patch)
• Here's this week in Mountain Brook schools athletics. On Tuesday there's a Junior Varsity football game against Hoover. (Mountain Brook Schools via Twitter)

Thanks for following along and staying informed. I'll be in your inbox tomorrow morning with a new update!

— Dashiell Allen

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