Shopping & Services

Eastdale Mall introduces parental escort policy

Submitted by Donna Wallace-King, Community Web Producer

Thursday, April 18th, 2013, 2:14pm

Eastdale Mall introduces parental escort policy

Eastdale Mall today announced plans to implement a Parental Escort Policy (PEP) designed to provide all of its shoppers and retailers with a comfortable, pleasant shopping experience. The new policy—which will be enforced beginning Friday, April 26, 2013—requires all mall visitors 17 years of age and younger to be accompanied at all times by a parent or guardian who is 21 years of age or older on Friday and Saturday nights after 6 p.m.

The Parental Escort Policy is intended to curtail the rising number of unsupervised youth gathering at Eastdale Mall and related disturbances occurring there on Friday and Saturday nights.

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Normandale neighborhood yard sale is tomorrow

Submitted by Donna Wallace-King, Community Web Producer

Friday, April 12th, 2013, 9:07am

Normandale neighborhood yard sale is tomorrow

The Normandale Neighborhood's annual yard sale, bake sale and give away is set for Saturday, April 13th from 7 a.m. until 12 p.m. at the corner of Stanely Drive and Patton Avenue.

In case of rain, the yard sale will be held on April 20th.

For more information, contact Mary Salaam at 334-324-2931.

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Normandale neighborhood yard sale coming up

Submitted by Donna Wallace-King, Community Web Producer

Monday, April 1st, 2013, 9:07am

Normandale neighborhood yard sale coming up

The Normandale Neighborhood's annual yard sale, bake sale and give away is set for Saturday, April 13th from 7 a.m. until 12 p.m. at the corner of Stanely Drive and Patton Avenue.

In case of rain, the yard sale will be held on April 20th.

For more information, contact Mary Salaam at 334-324-2931.

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BCA launches new legislative app

Submitted by Donna Wallace-King, Community Web Producer

Thursday, March 14th, 2013, 2:55pm

The Business Council of Alabama on Tuesday officially launched BCA Connect, a new app designed for iPhones and iPads to easily connect BCA members with members of the Alabama legislature and available free of charge on the iTunes store.

BCA Connect is provided as a public service on behalf of the members of the Business Council of Alabama, the state's most effective advocate for business at the Alabama Legislature.

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New tornado app brings Red Cross safety information to mobile devices

Submitted by Donna Wallace-King, Community Web Producer

Monday, March 4th, 2013, 9:11am

New tornado app brings Red Cross safety information to mobile devices

The American Red Cross has launched its official Tornado App. The app puts lifesaving information right in the hands of people who live in, visit, or have loved ones in tornado-prone areas.

This free app—available in English or Spanish—gives iPhone, iPad and Android smart phone and tablet users instant access to local and real-time information, so they know what to do before, during and after a tornado. The app includes a high-pitched siren and “tornado warning!” alert that signals people when a NOAA tornado warning has been issued in their area – even if the app is closed. An “all clear!” alert lets users know when a tornado warning has expired or has been cancelled.

“Tornadoes often happen in the overnight hours when people are sleeping,” said Billy Baxter, Executive Officer for the Alabama Region.

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Alabama Cooperative Extension System to offer muscadine/grape and wine production workshop

Submitted by Donna Wallace-King, Community Web Producer

Friday, February 15th, 2013, 11:22am

Alabama Cooperative Extension System to offer muscadine/grape and wine production workshop

On Friday, February 22nd the Alabama Cooperative Extension System will teach an educational muscadine/grape and wine production workshop. This meeting will begin at the Nunn-Winston House at Kiesel Park at 8:45 a.m. and will conclude at Whippoorwill Vineyard at 3:00 p.m.

Topics that will be discusses include Muscadine Cultivars, Pierces Disease Resistant Bunch Grape Cultivars, Seedless Table Grape Cultivars, Pierces Disease Resistant Vinifera selections, Planting, Trellising, Training, Pruning Muscadines, and the Basics of Wine Making.

The tour will end with a tour of Whippoorwill Vineyards in Notasulga. To sign-up or for more information, contact the Lee County Extension office at (334) 749-3353.

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IRS intensifies national crackdown on ID theft in effort to protect taxpayers & prevent fraud

Submitted by Donna Wallace-King, Community Web Producer

Tuesday, February 12th, 2013, 1:28pm

IRS intensifies national crackdown on ID theft in effort to protect taxpayers & prevent fraud

Continuing a year-long enforcement push against refund fraud and identity theft, the Internal Revenue Service today announced the results of a massive national sweep in recent weeks targeting identity theft suspects in 32 states and Puerto Rico, which involved 215 cities and surrounding areas.

The coast-to-coast effort against 389 identity theft suspects led to 734 enforcement actions in January, including indictments, informations, complaints and arrests. The effort comes on top of a growing identity theft effort that led to 2,400 other enforcement actions against identity thieves during fiscal year 2012.

The January crackdown, a joint effort with the Department of Justice and local U.S. Attorneys offices, unfolded as the IRS opened the 2013 tax season. IRS Criminal Investigation expanded its efforts during January, pushing the total number of identity theft investigations to more than 1,460 since the start of the federal 2012 fiscal year on Oct.

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