By Gary Lloyd A Hewitt-Trussville High School class is lending a hand. Literally. Chris Walters’ senior biomedical innovations class, part of the Biomedical Sciences Academy, has been designing an arm prosthetic for Jamison Franklin, a Hewitt-Trussville graduate and quadriplegic as a result of an off-road automobile accident in January 2011. Franklin’s younger sister, Darby Franklin, a senior at the high sc ...

Fisher Chiropractic in Trussville wants to help you achieve your New Year’s resolution to get fit. Would you like to win a 30-minute personal training session followed by a 30-minute sports massage? Here’s how to enter. Go to Fisher Chiropractic’s Facebook page and post, “I would love Fisher Chiropractic to help me with my New Year’s resolution.” Your post will show up in the “Post by others” section of the ...

By Gary Lloyd The fifth annual Trussville’s Got Talent show is set for Feb. 16 at the Hewitt-Trussville High School Performing Arts Center. Paine Primary School and Paine Intermediate School students begin performances at 4:30 p.m. and Hewitt-Trussville Middle School and Hewitt-Trussville High School students begin at about 7 p.m. Any Trussville City Schools student can enter. The entry fee is $20 for indiv ...

By Gary Lloyd The Trussville Civic Center next Saturday is hosting a fishing seminar featuring professional angler Chris Jackson. The class will last from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. and there are no age restrictions, said Trussville  Senior Recreation Leader Zach Manning. Bringing fishing poles isn’t necessary, Manning said. “It’s basically an educational type event,” Manning said. The class will cover electronics (G ...

By Anna McFall Activity rooms at the Trussville Senior Activity Center are always busy, and do not show any signs of slowing down. Director Sandi Wilson said the current programs offered by the center need room to grow, and the building will be undergoing some additions this year. “We have outgrown what we have,” Wilson said. “We are going to cover and enclose the entire back porch, so there will be a nice, ...

By June Mathews Even though the 2013 Relay For Life of East Jefferson is not until mid-May, plans for the event have been under way for several months, according to committee chair Sandi Wilson. “Our last year’s event was hardly over before we started planning for this one,” she said, “and we’ve already done a good bit of fundraising toward meeting our 2013 goal of $50,000. We held a car show and sponsored ...

By Tina Tidmore Many people who moved to Clay in recent decades have passed by Pine Road and Cherry Road every day, not knowing the batch of trees between the roads was hiding a 19th Century house. However, the Jan. 23, 2012, tornado exposed the battered gray structure by ripping away the blanket of green leaves and branches. “The house was so bare, sticking out from all the fallen trees,” current owner Mar ...

Sixty-two kindergarten through second grade students are now official members of the “Furry Friends Club” at Paine Primary.  These students were nominated by their teachers for being outstanding friends during the fall semester.  They were selected for being helpful and respectful to others, including during group work or play, demonstrating acts of kindness with their peers, and standing up for friends.  M ...

By Anna McFall   What started as a holiday project found its way to a personal business for one Trussville resident. Adam Little is using his talents to not only make a mark on the local artistic front, but he is also extending these talents to reach others in ministry. “I made myself a nativity for my yard two years ago,” he said. “ It received a good deal of interest and I ended up making quite a few ...

By Anna McFall   During the holiday season and beginning of each year, many organizations see this time of year as a big fundraising time, especially for nonprofit organizations. With a big year-end tax exempt donation drive as usually a good fundraising route, organizations also have to find other ways to financially support their missions. Trussville’s Independence Place, one of several nonprofits in ...