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Volume 2 | Issue 12 | September 2014
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Drawing the line
Spain Park Wins
The Jaguars kicked off their season with a hard-fought battle against Austin. Find game details inside this issue.
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Run for a cause
Hoover City Schools considers realigning elementary zones for 2015 By JESSA PEASE
This fall, there are plenty of opportunities to get outdoors for a cause. Check out our list of races and walks happening in Hoover this month.
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Elementary student populations are shifting, and lines could be redrawn for Hoover City Schools next year to accommodate the changes.
Some Bluff Park Elementary students could be rezoned to a neighboring school to help redistribute student population growth in the area. Photo by Karim Shamsi-Basha.
“I know for some folks it feels like we shouldn’t have to rezone, but in our community we are in this continuous growth,” Hoover City Schools Superintendent Andy Craig said. “There are going to be times along the way where we
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are going to have to realign ourselves, re-balance things, and hopefully we do that in such a way that it looks forward as well, so we won’t have
See SCHOOLS | page A20
Medical director remembers aftermath of twin towers attacks
By SYDNEY CROMWELL It was 8:46 a.m. On one side of the Brooklyn Bridge, Dr. Sarah Nafziger sat in a hotel conference room researching emergency medicine. On the other side, a plane had just slammed into the north tower of the World Trade Center. The date was September 11, 2001. By the end of the day, Nafziger would see the smoking remains of ground zero from the back of a New York City ambulance. She has seen plenty of disaster areas as the Hoover Fire Department’s medical director, but none of them can compare to that terrifying day. Crumbling down Inside the hotel room, Nafziger had no idea at first that anything was amiss. A fellow researcher received a frantic pager alert, but no one thought it was serious until the hotel was evacuated. Nafziger found herself “shoulder to shoulder” with a sea of strangers, staring across the river at the burning towers and the fighter jets speeding over the city.
See 9/11 | page A21
Taste of Hoover Thursday, October 16, 5-8pm Aldridge Gardens 3530 Lorna Road $20 for members of Aldridge Gardens $30 for non-members Tickets: online at www.aldridgegardens.com or by phone - 682.8019
A month after September 11, Sarah Nafziger returned to New York City to provide medical services at ground zero. Photo by Karim Shamsi-Basha.
Restaurants and chefs from around Hoover will have samples of their food available at the event; live music on the grounds. facebook.com/tasteofhoover More info: email Matthew Allen at matthew@starnespublishing.com
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