Vincent News

By Father David M. O'Connell, CM WASHINGTON, D.C., JULY 3, 2009 .- I wanted to be a priest for as long as I can remember.

American Village hosts Independence Day 1776 on July 4, 2009 from noon-10 p.m. Adults and children 6 and over are $5. All active military and veterans and children 5 and under are free.

Celebrating America's birthday means fireworks, parades and cookouts everywhere on July 4, giving Shelby County residents many options for how to spend their holiday.

A southern gospel 4th of July celebration will be held July 4 at 104 Garrett Road in Vincent off Highway 25.

There are thousands of Barbadians, who, having travelled to the U.S.A, overstayed their time, and are now in the process of working on getting their "green cards". With 6 or 7 years of residence in the U.S.A under their belts, these Bajans have evolved into - Bajan-Yankees', and we would be appalled if the U.S government suddenly started deporting ...

"Happy Birthday!" was among the cheers this past Sunday at Catholic Campus Ministry's annual Mass on the Grass, celebrating the Catholic feast day of Pentecost.

DECATUR, Ala. - " Robert Wood of Jupiter, Fla., won the Co-angler Division of the Stren Series event on Wheeler with a three-day total of 32 pounds, 4 ounces to collect a brand new Ranger Boat and $5,000 cash.

The "Dallas County Cinderella Project: the girl, the dream the reality" was indeed a rewarding experience.

Couples who applied for marriage licenses in Shelby County from May 12-18. -Travis Scott Ezelle, 31, of Alabaster and Valerie Marie King, 24, of Pell City.

If Prime Minister Gonsalves is serious then St Vincent and the Grenadines could well pull out of CSME if stories of discrimination against its nationals in some Caribbean territories remains unaddressed.

The crowd gathered to find out more about the Vecellio Group, a West Palm Beach, Fla.

A meeting tonight was to develop a strategy to fight the quarry proposal. White Rock Quarries part of a Florida-based company wants to dig a limestone quarry in Vincent.

Ita s unclear if Vincenta s mayor, town council or zoning board members violated Alabamaa s open meetings law.

Couples who applied for marriage licenses in Shelby County from April 28-May 4. -Jared Cole Gilbert, 22, of Deatsville and Amber Brooke Lewis, 24, of Shelby.

After days of silence, Vincent's mayor has confirmed that a Florida company is interested in putting a limestone rock quarry on 1,000 acres of land it owns in the Shelby County town.

Some residents in Vincent are voicing concerns about a company that is buying up land with the apparent hopes of developing a lime quarry there.

Nick Barefield with C & P Construction LLC works on a wall for a Montevallo duplex that is being built to house homeless families in transition.A If Ken Flowers and Werner Beiersdoerfer have their way, the issue of homelessness in Shelby County will be eliminated one family at a time.

Winnie Ballard Funeral services for Winnie Ballard, 74, of Vincent will be Saturday, May 2, 2009 at Charter Funeral Home in Calera, Ala.

Storms with possible tornado near Alabaster on April 19, 2009. Three possible tornadoes were reported on the ground Sunday...two in Shelby County, and one near the Perry/Bibb/Chilton county lines... There were two instances from two separate storms in Shelby County.

Those of you who gave cigarettes up for Lent are about to save a lot of money. At a time when most don't have a lot of money to spare, smoking will soon be a much more expensive habit.