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Here are two opportunities to learn more about Local Amendment 1 that will be coming up for an important vote in November at the election polls that will affect all residents in St. Clair County regarding both the St. Clair County School System and the Pell City School System. THIS IS NOT A TAX INCREASE. Be an informed citizen when you go to vote so you will know what this is about!

Town Hall Meetings are scheduled where more information will be explained about this proposed amendment at:

• Sunday, October 20, 2024 at the CEPA Auditorium located at 25 Williamson Drive in Pell City (doors open at 1:30 pm and event begins at 2:00 pm)
• Thursday, October 24, 2025 at the Moody Civic Center located at 200 Civic Center Drive (doors open at 5:30 pm and event begins at 6:00 pm)

"The Pell City School District represents over 25% of the voting bloc in St. Clair County—more than enough to sway an election. Currently, these residents vote in the elections for St. Clair County Superintendent and Board of Education. Local Amendment 1 gives us an opportunity for the first time in over four decades to fix that. By voting “Yes” on Local Amendment 1, we can ensure accurate representation for both St. Clair County and Pell City Schools."

"Amendment 1 is about providing FAIR and ACCURATE representation to the residents of both the Pell City School District and St. Clair County School District. Would you want someone whose children attend Talladega County Schools to vote on how your children or grandchildren are educated in Pell City Schools? That just wouldn’t be fair to the people of Pell City. Likewise, St. Clair County is uniquely split into two separate school systems. You have St. Clair County Schools which consist of Moody, Springville, Ashville, and Ragland. Furthermore, you have the Pell City School System which incorporates all of Pell City, along with surrounding communities like Riverside, Wattsville, Cropwell, New London, Cook Springs, Chula Vista, and Prescott. These two school boards are currently elected. While St. Clair County residents cannot vote in the elections for Pell City School Board of Education, residents in the Pell City Schools Attendance Zone are able to vote in elections for the St. Clair County Board of Education, which is unfair because their children and grandchildren are zoned for Pell City Schools, not St. Clair County Schools."

Please take the time to learn more about Local Amendment 1 so you will be better informed before going to the voting polls in November!

For more information, please contact Jaxon Phillips with Signum Strategies at jaxon@signumstrategies.com or 205.505.1557 and visit the Friends of St. Clair Facebook page.

We hope you will support this SCCHS Fundraiser:

At this month's Greater Odenville Chamber of Commerce, we had the privilege of hearing our St. Clair County High School Football Coach, Tyler Robinson, speak. It was so great to know that our students are in such good hands as he leads these players into not only a success football season, but as he leads them into being great leaders as they grow and mature!

Coach Robinson is pictured here with GOCC Board Members: Todd Seay, Jaxon Phillips, Dona Bonnett, Paul Perry, Bob Powell, Eric Pearson, Megan Graham, Candice Hill and Pat Shipp.

APC Grant Information

Among the community announcements, Jasmine Sledge with Alabama Power reminded everyone of an Alabama Power School Grant Available for Title 1 Schools:

The Alabama Power Foundation offers Title I schools in our communities opportunities to apply for various grants throughout the year. These schools must have a free or reduced lunch status of at 50% or more.

One in particular is the Power to Play grant which is designated for athletics, music, and fine arts. This grant is up to $2500.

The grant cycle opened on July 29, 2024 and will close on August 23, 2024. Please click on the link below for more details:

Power to Play Grants | Alabama Power Foundation | The Power of Good [powerofgood.com]

If you scroll to the bottom of the page, you will see how the Power of Play Grant can be used for artistic reasons.

The other two grants available are the Scholar Grant (grades 2-8) and the Champion Grant (grades 9-11). These are centered around STEM. The Scholar Grant is focused on math and English and the Champion is focused on math and science. A group of teachers (two or more) must apply. These grants are up to $7500. 

These grants opened on August 5, 2024 and will close on September 6, 2024.

https://powerofgood.com/grant/scholar-grants/ [powerofgood.com]

https://powerofgood.com/grant/champion-grants/ [powerofgood.com]

Please feel free to contact me with any questions or concerns.

Thanks,

Jasmine V Sledge

Community Development Specialist

APC Birmingham Division

Cell: 205-518-2146

Ofc: 205-226-1651

Our Odenville Car Show is right around the corner so be sure to mark your calendars. Vendors and Sponsors are currently being accepted and you may also register your favorite ride. As previously mentioned, all proceeds from this awesome charity event will benefit Odenville Police Department, Odenville Fire Department and St. Clair County Athletic Booster Club so don't miss it!!!

The car show is just around the corner on Saturday Oct. 19^th, and we are working feverishly to have another successful year!
This year’s beneficiaries are …

• Odenville Fire Department
• Odenville Police Department
• St Clair County Athletic Booster Club

 Our goal is to raise $40,000 to be split between the 3 organizations and a major part of that comes from the generosity and support of businesses like YOU!
 
The 2024 sponsorship application is available on the chamber website and hope that you will consider being a part of this community event again this year.
 
In addition to the sponsorship advertising that begins September 1st, you can also promote your business by donating items with your logo for goody bags and door prizes.

We do goody bags for the 1^st 200 registered cars, so smaller promotional items like towels, pens, key chains, lip balm, koozies etc work good for these bags which are supplied by Visit St. Clair!

We also do 8 door prize - 5 gallon buckets. So fewer, larger items such as 20-40oz cups, tools, etc. would be good for this!

Also, if you would like to participate as a vendor, vendor spots are available and registration deadline is September 30th. Vendor applications are also available online.
 
Thank you so much for your past and continued support!

Greater Odenville Chamber of Commerce

P.S. A Special THANK YOU  to Our 2024 Car Show Sponsors:

Presenting Sponsor:
City of Odenville
Greater Odenville Chamber of Commerce

Platinum Sponsor:
Union State Bank

Gold Sponsors:
Revolution Roofing
Tractor & Equipment TEC
Triple R Metals

Silver Sponsors:
ALFA Insurance
AmFirst

Bronze Sponsor:
Plumber 1 

The Greater Odenville Chamber of Commerce is proud to present Lauren Quick from St. Clair County High School with a $1000 Scholarship. She plans to attend the University of Alabama in August.

This award was presented by GOCC Treasurer, Todd Seay.

Congratulations Lauren! We wish you much success in your future!

The Greater Odenville Chamber of Commerce conducted a ribbon cutting at the new Wings & Tacos on Monday, July 9^th. Chamber President Paul Perry and Restaurant Manager Carter Coshatt cut the ribbon in celebration of their grand opening along with a host of Chamber Board Members and Wings & Tacos owners and staff.

Perry welcomed Wings & More with a few words, “Carter, just wanted to congratulate y'all for opening up. We love having you in the City of Odenville. We came by about a week ago and ate. The steak quesadilla was wonderful so we’re glad to have you guys and wish you great success!”

One of the owners, Briseida Gomez, shared, “We’re glad to be here and hoping we can be here for a long time serving everyone and just want to be part of this community. We really enjoy being out here. A lot of people asked for Margaret and we're hoping that we will have the same support that we did in Margaret and we just love this community!”

Wings & Tacos is located at 13813 US-411, Odenville, AL 35120. Their telephone number is (205) 629-0242. You can also follow their Facebook page. Be sure to stop in for a delicious meal soon!

For more information about the Greater Odenville Chamber of Commerce, please visit https://OdenvilleChamber.com.

Officially welcoming O’Reilly’s to Odenville today. Be sure to go by get free Hot Dogs, O’Reilly’s swag and great deals on parts and services!

The Greater Odenville Chamber of Commerce will choose an outstanding St. Clair County High School student as the recipient of a $1000 scholarship.

Please download the application, complete it and return by the deadline to be eligible.

Scholarship Application.pdf

Check out the ribbon cutting at the new Bubble Time Car Wash located at 13702 US Highway 411 in front of the Odenville Piggly Wiggly. Photo L-R: Trese Mashburn - Secretary (The River 94.1), Bob Powell - 2nd VP (Mustang Museum of America), Rodney Phillips (Bubble Time Owner), Paul Perry - President (Alfa Insurance), Maggie Hollback - Board Member (AmFirst), Ashlea Hamblin (Amfirst), Bob Mize (St. Clair Co. Commission) and Todd Seay - Treasurer (Metro Bank) not pictured.

Greater Odenville Chamber of Commerce President Paul Perry shared their 2024 vision as well as reflected on the successes of 2023 at the January meeting. 2024 GOCC Board of Directors were introduced (L-R): Megan Graham - Build Mortgage, Candice Hill - St. Clair EDC, Todd Seay - Metro Bank, Bob Powell - Mustang Museum of America, Paul Perry - Alfa Insurance, Pat Shipp - Moody Miracle League, Trese Mashburn – The River 94.1, Bella Wright - Casey Wilson State Farm and Maggie Hollback - AmFirst. The next meeting will be Monday, February 12 at 11:30 am with Guest Speaker:  Adam Stocks with Stocks Broadcasting – The River 94.1. This group now meets at Calvary Baptist Church located at 77 Calvary Road, Odenville, AL 35120. For more information about the chamber or to RSVP for the February meeting, please visit https://odenvillechamber.com.