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TRUSSVILLE — Icon Trussville (6370 South Chalkville Road) has announced the winner of a new low-speed vehicle. The grand opening took place on See ICON, Page 7
Center Point approves purchase of 2 police Interceptors at recent City Council meeting By Loyd Mcintosh For the Tribune
CENTER POINT — The Center Point City Council approved the purchase of police vehicles during a rescheduled See CENTER POINT, Page 4
Clay to participate in Wreaths Across America
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TRUSSVILLE – Hewitt-Trussville High School has had its share of ups and downs, especially in the last year, but one HTHS sophomore was already one step ahead with plans to implement positive changes within the student body, as well as the community as a whole. Stella Shipman entered the high school as a freshman in the fall of 2021, fresh out of the Covid pandemic and nationwide shutdown. Immediately, Stella saw a need to re-establish unity amongst the student body. “I have been trying to start (a kindness) club since last year, my freshman year,” she said. “I finally got it founded this year, and the point of the club is to decrease the negativity and the bullying in our school (and) to increase inclusion and acceptance while spreading kindness through the school and community and encouraging students to come together for the common good. I wanted this
SPRINGVILLE — The Springville City Council met Monday night, Nov. 21, for the second regular meeting of November. Temporary Mayor pro tempore Katrina Hennings led the meeting in the absence of Mayor Dave See SPRINGVILLE, Page 5
Stella Shipman with Huskies with Hearts door prize winners (left to right: Nataleigh Coleman, Stella Shipman, Meredith Willingham). Photo courtesy of Stacey and Stella Shipman.
club to be more than just acts of kindness. It would be a chance for students to relate to each other, to work together to make a difference, and come together and create a sense of unity between the kids.” Stella began to research what types of clubs or activities could be done to bring students from different social
groups together for the betterment of the school and student relations. In the process, she discovered that the school formerly had a Heritage Panel, but it was no longer active. After spending a year researching and learning about kindness clubs at other schools, both local and nationwide, Stella approached Associate Principal Coach
Jared Meads on Sept. 14, 2022, to propose founding an HTHS Kindness Club. “I was doing a lot of research on my own – just looking up different schools close to Trussville and in Alabama and seeing what kind of clubs they had going,” she said. “I noticed a lot of See KINDNESS, Page 4
Trussville begins new garbage, debris pick-up this Thursday TRUSSVILLE — The City of Trussville is beginning a new garbage and debris pick-up with Amwaste on Thursday, Dec. 1, 2022, that will pick up garbage and debris once a week. The difference is that the recycling and garbage will now go on the same truck. Those trucks are transported down to Montgomery to a recycling plant, where they separate the recyclable, the usable, the non-usable, and what’s leftover goes to the landfill. “It doesn’t have to be separated anymore; it will all go on one truck,” Trussville Mayor Buddy Choat said. “Instead of having a recyclable truck come by and a garbage truck, it all be on one truck.” Amwaste will take the garbage and debris to a facility in Clanton, and then it will be taken to Montgomery. Once in Montogmery, it will go to a place called Repower South. “Repower South will go through and separate what is recyclable and able to be re-
TRUSSVILLE — The Alabama Department of Education released its 2021-2022 State Report Card for all the schools in the state of Alabama. The Trussville Tribune covers eight different high
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CLAY — Mayor pro tempore Becky Johnson presided as the Clay City Council met Tuesday night, Nov. 22, for the second scheduled meeting of the month. Johnson, filling in for Mayor Charles Webster, also serves on the Council.
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cycled, and what is not able to, they use it as a byproduct for other things,” Choat said. “It’s got an EPA-approved plan to help use the other, and then what’s left, about 40 percent of what they collect will end up in the landfill instead of 100 percent.” Choat explained that landfills are getting full and landfills are “unsustainable.” If Trussville had put out a bid for the garbage and debris pick-up, then the cost would have gone up tremendously, according to Choat. “The cost that we’re seeing on this is comparable to
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what we were paying prior to this; it’s a little higher,” Choat said. “Then we added $500,000 to the budget this year to cover any fuel charges.” Trussville is the last of five cities to transition to this service; Vestavia was first, then Hoover, Pelham, Mountain Brook, and finally Trussville. Trussville’s contract with Republic ends on Nov. 30, 2022, and then the new contract with Amwaste begins on Dec. 1, 2022. Choat explained that out of the 10,000 customers in Trussville, only around 400
customers will have a change in pick-up day. The Debris pick-up will be on a 10-day cycle instead of a 7-day cycle like the trash. “It’s a change,” Choat said. “It’s not always bad, but it is different.” Also, Amwaste purchased the cans from Republic, and now all Trussville customers will keep the same can(s) as before. “They can use both their recycle can and garbage can, if everything is bagged, they use it all the same way,” Administrative Assistant Stacy Frazier said. Choat said in the past that some people were putting items that were not recyclable in the recyclable bins which was causing it to be rejected when it made it to the facilities. That’s where the facility in Montgomery comes in because they can go through the trash and seperate it. “I think it will solve a lot issues that we have had,” Choat said.
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TCS BOE votes to use AASB for superintendent search By Hannah Curran Editor
TRUSSVILLE — The Trussville City Schools (TCS) Board of Education (BOE) voted to use the Alabama Association of School Boards (AASB) for their superintendent search during a meeting on Monday, Nov. 28. The See BOE, Page 7
Stolen car victim thanks Trussville PD for recovering vehicle From The Tribune staff reports
TRUSSVILLE — Emily Lombardo had her vehicle stolen from her driveway on Tuesday, Nov. 22, at approximately 8:41 a.m. After the quick response of the Trussville Police Department, See STOLEN, Page 3
Leeds FBLA students attend Fall Leadership Conference By Darcy Phillips Special To The Tribune
LEEDS – Last week, Darcy Phillips and three other Future Business Leaders of America (FBLA) senior members attended the FBLA Fall Leadership Conference (FLC) in Orlando, Florida, chaperoned by Leeds High See FBLA, Page 7
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