Huntsville Insider Info

Here's some things I learned about Huntsville this week: (1) Know what's a native plant and what's not? Can you recognize evil privet and scary honeysuckle? Learn about invasives (yes, kudzu is just one of many) by watching "Alien Invaders," a new episode of "Discovering Alabama" on Sunday, October 1 at 1 pm on Alabama Public Television. Local experts interviewed on the show include Land Trust Board member Amy Werkheiser who is an environmental scientist with OMI, Inc.; Land Trust Land Manager Andy Prewett; and Soos Weber of the Hayes Nature Preserve.

(2) St. Jude officials announced the creation of North Alabama's first pediatric cancer care and hematology clinic at Huntsville Hospital for Women & Children. Due to open in January, it will be the fifth St. Jude-affiliated cancer clinic in the United States.

(3) Alabama is #5...in Top States for Adult Obesity...not a good thing, but then, I was afraid we'd be #1! Mississippi has America's highest percentage of obese adults and Colorado has the lowest percentage, says the Center for Disease Control.

(4) Speaking of Center for Disease Control, check out their up-to-date report on the E. coli Infections From Fresh Spinach. The closest to us is one case in Tennessee; maybe that's because us fat Alabamians aren't eating our spinach!

(5) Don't miss a Free Day at the Huntsville Botanical Garden this Sunday, Oct. 1 from 1-4 pm.

(6) Grille 29 is a new restaurant coming to the Village of Providence on Dec. 11 this year. It's sure to become a favorite eating place for many in the area. This Florida-based company will feature a new concept in casual dining and is known for fresh, premium-grade beef, rack of lamb, crusted ahi tuna, lobster quesadillas, seafood fra diavolo and killer desserts. They even have a Charleston Fried Chicken Salad for me! For more info, contact General Manager Troy Goldman at (321) 438-3296.

(7) Congratulations to local pilots Bill Elliott and Jean-Jacques Malosse of the Huntsville Soaring Club who captured the top spots in this year's GTA (Georgia-Tennessee-Alabama) soaring contest, which consists of a series of weekend races held from mid-March through mid-September at airports and gliderports throughout the three-state area.

(8) Expansion Management Magazine ranks Huntsville, Alabama as the nation’s top community for overall quality of life in its “2006 Military Communities of Excellence” released in August. Huntsville earned the distinction of the nation’s best community among those with military populations between 10,000 and 19,999.

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