Hewy N. posted an article on No Sleep in Helena Alabama - Feb 9, 2012, 7:00 pm
Dancing with the Stars The "With Every Beat" Dance Showcase is sponsored by the Pelham Pantherettes. It will be at Pelham High School in the auditorium this Sat. night Feb. 11th from 7 to 9pm-ish.  It will benefit the Relay for Life and CMN.  The cost is $5. It is a  real showcase of all the danc...
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Hewy N. posted an article on No Sleep in Helena Alabama - Feb 8, 2012, 11:08 pm
The Flower of Helena The Black Athlete network had an article on to celebrate Black History month and black athletes.  Guess who made their list: "Ms. Vonetta Flowers, a very strong young African American woman from Helena, Alabama. She was the first Black American athlete to win gold at any Wint...
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Hewy N. posted an article on No Sleep in Helena Alabama - Feb 8, 2012, 5:53 am
School Update if you didnt see the School update post then scroll down or click this LINK. I received an email from City Hall about the Helena High and the Elementary school. I posted it early but today is Wednesday which mean the stats from the Shelby County newspaper. But First... Valentine's &...
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Hewy N. posted an article on No Sleep in Helena Alabama - Feb 7, 2012, 7:14 pm
Helena Schools Update: I got this from a Mayor's Office email. It is a high school update from Tom Ferguson the Assistant Superintendent of Shelby County Schools -Progress continues on the New Helena High project. The Board of Education approved the site grading package bid for the Helena High pr...
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Hewy N. posted an article on No Sleep in Helena Alabama - Feb 6, 2012, 8:16 pm
Saia Approved  Norman Saia and Tammy Casteel (pictured above) came to special Helena City Council meeting to request an alcohol license for the new sports grill they will be opening in the old Incahoots building by the waterfalls.The license would be considered a club type, which would require memb...
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Hewy N. posted an article on No Sleep in Helena Alabama - Feb 5, 2012, 9:56 pm
HMS Wins The Helena Cheerleaders won 1st place at the 2012 Bama Bash competition. Thanks to Christie for the photo. Way to Go! Squire Survives Helena's Austin Squire is still in the competition on the show Sweet Home Alabama. They have eliminated all but two guys from Alabama. Hang in there Austin...
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Hewy N. posted an article on No Sleep in Helena Alabama - Feb 2, 2012, 11:22 pm
Top 25 Dishes of Alabama The Alabama Department of Tourism has issued their 25 featured dishes for the 2012 Year of Alabama Food and guess who is one it? #16: Crab cakes at Fox Valley Restaurant (Helena): Fox Valley is the recipient of multiple Wine Spectator accolades. Located in a modest-looki...
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Hewy N. posted an article on No Sleep in Helena Alabama - Feb 1, 2012, 8:37 pm
Ground Hog Day Brian Peters, local Helena weatherman, is on the scene with Hugo the Helena groundhog who has just popped up in Helena woods. Brian reported he did not see his shadow. Spring will arrive early! Alabama Gives Today is Alabama Gives Day! If you're looking for a nonprofit to support, th...
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Hewy N. posted an article on No Sleep in Helena Alabama - Jan 31, 2012, 7:00 pm
Papa's ComingPapa Saia's from Alabaster is making plans to coming to the Old Incahoots location in Helena, AL by the end of March. It was confirmed by the Mayor's office that they are making plans to bring their very popular location to Helena. I remember when they were in their old location and the...
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Hewy N. posted an article on No Sleep in Helena Alabama - Jan 30, 2012, 9:00 pm
Students Tour Helena The HMS 8th grade class got a special treat yesterday when they were able to get a tour of the Eureka mine area. They were standing several hundred feet above where they will be attending High School in a few years. A couple of them even found some old artifacts while walking ar...
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Hewy N. posted an article on No Sleep in Helena Alabama - Jan 29, 2012, 7:00 pm
Follow up  With the recent news of the Alabaster teacher being arrested for sexual abuse and the Calera man being arrest for the child material, I was asked by a reader for the follow up of the Helena man who was arrested for sexual abuse of a 9 year old girl back in October. From what I understan...
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Hewy N. posted an article on No Sleep in Helena Alabama - Jan 27, 2012, 5:00 am
Weekend in Helena After so much rain, I bet everyone is ready to get out and do something. Three things before we start. Free Legal: If would like some free legal advice about anything. Brian Davidson in Old Town  has volunteered to answer them once a week for blog readers. You email your question ...
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Hewy N. posted an article on No Sleep in Helena Alabama - Jan 25, 2012, 8:31 pm
Two Arrest for Thefts  Marienne Thomas-Ogle of the Birmingham News reported that two have been ... ".According to Carter, the youths said they walked house to house, trying car doors to see if they were ... They also said that one of the reasons for quick arrest was that a resident had a securit...
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Hewy N. posted an article on No Sleep in Helena Alabama - Jan 24, 2012, 10:53 pm
Fresh Eggs Laura Brookhart has a great article about Helena's Joyce Darby Farm. Joyce has chickens that produces certified organic eggs. She has an open farm days for visitors that are scheduled year round. I just emailed her to see if I can come by one day. It is funny because I was just at Loading...
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Hewy N. posted an article on No Sleep in Helena Alabama - Jan 23, 2012, 8:56 pm
Helena Podcast #17 Last year when I suspended the podcast, I promised Helena Council member Jerry Pate that I would do one with him. He was the last member of the council we wanted to do an interview. So after the storms, I met with him on monday morning. There were two bits of information we were n...
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Hewy N. posted an article on No Sleep in Helena Alabama - Jan 23, 2012, 2:56 pm
High School Update This is from the Mayor’s office. It is an update from Tom Ferguson the Assistant Superintendent for the Shelby County Schools: "In the last up- date I gave you the Site Work Package Bid date (Tuesday Jan. 31, 2012). We had a target date of March 15th for the Building Bid. I can...
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Hewy N. posted an article on No Sleep in Helena Alabama - Jan 19, 2012, 7:00 pm
Happening in Helena Friday 9am Austin Squire, who is original from Helena and whose parents still live here, is on the CMT tv show Sweet Home Alabama. He will be on 96.5 The Magic in the morning at 9am. His show will also be on at 9pm on Friday. Hmm maybe we could get him on a podcast or at least a ...
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Hewy N. posted an article on No Sleep in Helena Alabama - Nov 2, 2011, 10:14 pm
Events around Helena Coupon club will meet at La Reunion on Thursday Nov 3rd at 6:30pm. April said that this month we have mystery coupons from a local business for those who attend. If your grocery bill is eating you up then this is a useful skill to learn.Charnita posted about The Boosterthon F...
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Hewy N. posted an article on No Sleep in Helena Alabama - Nov 2, 2011, 12:00 am
Holiday Shopping Yep Halloween is over so let the holidays begin. The PHS Pantherette are having a holiday shop at the Helena Recreation Center this weekend on Friday Nov 4th 12:00-9:00 and Saturday Nov 5th 8:30-1:00. It is called the Pantherette Holidayz Shops of Christmas. Joellen Ramsey was t...
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Hewy N. posted an article on No Sleep in Helena Alabama - Nov 1, 2011, 1:00 am
Helena Library Month Today is All Saint Day, Bo Bice birthday and the start of Visit the Helena Library Month. November is the lowest attendance month for libraries. The Friends of Helena Library want to change that. So this month there is a drawing. Every time you visit the Helena library you can ...
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Hewy N. posted an article on No Sleep in Helena Alabama - Oct 30, 2011, 10:00 pm
Helena Halloween The children of Helena will be spreading out this evening to request that you hand over the goodies. Everyone please remember to keep their eyes out for them if you are driving. City Hall request that everyone try to end it around 8pm. If you are a blog reader then swing by my house...
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Hewy N. posted an article on No Sleep in Helena Alabama - Oct 30, 2011, 6:24 pm
I wanted to post some pictures from the Truck and Treat at the Churches. The First in Church at Cahaba Bend , the next is  Cross Bridge Church and the last is the HUMC on Saturday
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Hewy N. posted an article on No Sleep in Helena Alabama - Oct 28, 2011, 5:15 am
Incahoots follow-up Neal Wagner at the Shelby County Reporter was able to get a hold of the the new owner of Creekview which will be opening by the end of the year in Incahoots. I will only borrow one part of his story: Rohrbach said the restaurant will be split into a bar section and a grill sectio...
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Hewy N. posted an article on No Sleep in Helena Alabama - Oct 27, 2011, 4:40 pm
CreekView Coming Instead of redoing today's post, I'll just do a special add-on for this. I had heard several talking about something happening with Incahoots.  But it is official, the Mayor's office informed me that John Rohrbach has obtained Incahoots and received a business licenses for the n...
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Hewy N. posted an article on No Sleep in Helena Alabama - Oct 27, 2011, 6:56 am
Helena Word Cloud I haven't done this in awhile but here is the blog's word cloud from October. It provides a visible representation of the most common terms used in the blog but also an insight to the bigger news items. It also reminds me that I overuse conjunctive adverbs and that here in the sout...
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Hewy N. posted an article on No Sleep in Helena Alabama - Oct 25, 2011, 11:54 pm
List of Nominees Here is the list of Nominees for the Best Helena Halloween & Fall Home decoration. I also picked up the awards (they look pretty good). Before I print off the list for the judges (you can still volunteer, the more the merrier), please check and make sure I have all of your nominees ...
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Hewy N. posted an article on No Sleep in Helena Alabama - Oct 24, 2011, 11:37 pm
Music Video in Helena I saw filming in Helena this morning. I was told it was for up and coming country music star John Mason's new music video. They filmed on 2nd Street at the old Davidson house (I saw a boy throwing a football) and inside LaReunion on their famous couch. In this picture above you...
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Hewy N. posted an article on No Sleep in Helena Alabama - Oct 23, 2011, 9:55 pm
Tonight's post is a work in progress, I am updating more news as I go. A lot of people asking about when we will be trick or treating. It is Monday Oct 31st until 8pm. I think that is for all the neighborhood's now (at one time a neighborhood was doing something different). If your neighborhood is d...
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Hewy N. posted an article on No Sleep in Helena Alabama - Oct 21, 2011, 4:16 am
 Helena CEO Suzanne told me about this. INC Magazine wrote an article about long time Helena resident Glen Blickenstaff. Glenn is known as a "turnaround artist" for companies. He has taken eight companies ranging from banking to construction to bringing them back into profitability. The article f...
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Hewy N. posted an article on No Sleep in Helena Alabama - Oct 20, 2011, 4:01 am
Short Post This will be a short post because I have go to Montgomery today. Tomorrow I will post about the weekend and the Helena Athletic Association that is forming this Sunday in Helena. This group will be a real asset to the community once it gets going.Speaking about school matters, Greg emai...
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Hewy N. posted an article on No Sleep in Helena Alabama - Oct 18, 2011, 7:00 pm
On Reporting  You probably already read the news about the arrest of a Helena man yesterday. I had a mutual friend of his wife message me about it with concerns about me posting. I don't like putting up negative news but it was something that was coming out all over the feed, and it does affect the...
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Hewy N. posted an article on No Sleep in Helena Alabama - Oct 18, 2011, 6:01 pm
Helena  police have arrested Helena man in connection with one count of first degree sexual abuse of a child younger than 12. "Charles Jeremy Gleber, 41, is under a $30,000 bond following an alleged incident with a 9-year-old Helena girl, said Helena Dep. Chief Tim Carter. Gleber lives on Belmont ...
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Hewy N. posted an article on No Sleep in Helena Alabama - Oct 17, 2011, 7:40 pm
Relay for Life Kickoff  Helena's Bob Van Loan is the Event Coach, aka Event Chairperson, Event Coordinator for this year's North Shelby Relay for Life. They are having their kickoff team registration today Tuesday, October 18 · 4:30pm - 8:30pm  at Eli Gold and Walter Caron's Nino's Italian Resta...
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Hewy N. posted an article on No Sleep in Helena Alabama - Oct 16, 2011, 11:51 pm
 Let the Games Begin! Ok, this week starts the official nomination for the Best Halloween House in Helena and the Best Fall Decorations House in Helena. Our first nominee is 113c St Charles Drive which is has a pirate theme complete with a boat. Barbossa would be proud. Please send me your no...
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Hewy N. posted an article on No Sleep in Helena Alabama - Oct 14, 2011, 5:33 am
Helena HamFest 2011 The Helena Hamfest is this weekend. It is a large gathering of ham radio operators. During the recent tornado disaster when cell towers and phone lines were down, the ham radio crowd was still talking. In fact, in most apocalypse movies you will see people still communicating w...
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Hewy N. posted an article on No Sleep in Helena Alabama - Oct 12, 2011, 11:18 pm
It's Thursday in Helena and the Helena Picture of the day is from Braxton at the Cherokee Campgrounds located in Helena. His beautiful blooming mums are another sign that Fall is here in Helena. Also I went in yesterday to get my tag renewed under the new immigration laws and it took around 90 minu...
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Hewy N. posted an article on No Sleep in Helena Alabama - Oct 11, 2011, 10:51 pm
Zombies take Helena Football field! A group of zombies took the Helena football last night. Rather than panicking the crowds said that they were some of the cutest and most talented zombies they have ever seen. After taking the field they performed Thriller for the crowd. Thank you to Claire for thi...
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Hewy N. posted an article on No Sleep in Helena Alabama - Oct 11, 2011, 1:23 am
Hey I just got back in town and my email box was full, If you send me something and I left it off, please remind me or resend it. Troop 1061 Earns Silver Award Helena Girl Scout troop 1061 turned an empty field into a playground for dogs for their Silver Award.  Rebecca, Carmen and Kimmi of Helena...
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Hewy N. posted an article on No Sleep in Helena Alabama - Oct 9, 2011, 7:03 pm
If Walls could Talk This is a  story of a restoration investigation in Helena, AL. Mandy wrote me a few month ago that she had moved into her childhood home in Old Town Helena. She wanted the home restore it to its original glory but needed to discover what the home originally looked like. This sta...
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Hewy N. posted an article on No Sleep in Helena Alabama - Oct 7, 2011, 9:47 pm
Here's the draft of this Helena timeline if you want to correct anything: Google Docs  1816 Jones Griffin  marries Mary "Polly" Lee and builds log cabin 1824 John Walter Davidson opens grist mill on Buck Creek 1829 Needham Lee Jr. elected tax collector in 1847 and served 50 years as justice of pea...
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Hewy N. posted an article on No Sleep in Helena Alabama - Oct 6, 2011, 10:39 pm
Friday Run and Road Closing The Helena Middle School is holding it's first "Pink Panther" 3K run on Friday at 1:00pm. About 250 students will be getting out of class to run the race. The $15 registration fee raised money for the HMS PE Department and the North-Central Alabama Chapter of the Susan G...
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Hewy N. posted an article on No Sleep in Helena Alabama - Oct 6, 2011, 6:01 am
 What’sHappening in Helena4-5pmHelena Librarywill have a National Pizza month programAlsothe Helena Coupon Club will not meet tonight but will meet October 13that La Reunion at 6:30pm The picture of the day is from Julie Washburn who lived in Helena for 8 years before moving. She is alsoworking w...
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Hewy N. posted an article on No Sleep in Helena Alabama - Oct 5, 2011, 3:57 pm
Changes to Helena Water Helena is joining others cities in discontinuing the practice of adding fluoride to drinking water. The main issue is corrosive damage to equipment at the pumping station. I first heard about this from Gregory on facebook and confirmed it with the Helena Water Works.
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Hewy N. posted an article on No Sleep in Helena Alabama - Oct 5, 2011, 5:42 am
I had an interesting story but I have to do some checking before I publish. I might publish it later on today but for now....  Need a Job?  So you need a job and you want to have one around Helena, AL? If you apply the employment numbers of Shelby County then there should be 1,000 people of workin...
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Hewy N. posted an article on No Sleep in Helena Alabama - Oct 4, 2011, 6:16 am
Columbus & TacosToday, the Helena Library will have story time at 11am.The topic is Christopher Columbus for his upcoming holiday on Monday. Today is National Taco Day in the US and World Animal Day. So eat a taco and help an animal, like this one…Smokey the Cat Smokey the cat has disappeared. He ...
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Hewy N. posted an article on No Sleep in Helena Alabama - Oct 2, 2011, 7:00 pm
October in Helena  I'm posting this early on Sunday Evening so I can work tonight. October is Domestic Violence Awareness Month and I added the purple ribbon to the top right. The ribbon will link to Shelby County Safehouse. Their 24 hour crisis line is 205-669-7233. If we can't have zero domestic ...
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Hewy N. posted an article on No Sleep in Helena Alabama - Oct 1, 2011, 12:10 pm
Hands Across HelenaHands Across Helena had their 5k walk for Suicide Prevention this morning. There were around 40 walkers registered for the 5k. I came around 15 minutes late so my wife was my proxy in the walk. I also missed the Mayor walking but I did get to meet several of the volunteers from He...
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Hewy N. posted an article on No Sleep in Helena Alabama - Sep 30, 2011, 4:18 pm
The first class of Helena Belles has been chosen. Congrats to the young ladies who will be representing the City of Helena!Sarah Anderson, Carly Atkisson, Patricia Bianco, Heather Boyle, Raegan Bright, Barkely Bullard, Maddie Crain, Makenna Downs, Kayla Dubberly, Anna Elliott, Allie Fain, Haley Free...
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Hewy N. posted an article on No Sleep in Helena Alabama - Sep 30, 2011, 12:02 am
Weekend in Helena They are predicting nice and cool weather for the weekend. I plan on walking at the Suicide Awareness 5K Saturday (I may not be able to get off work by 8am so I will send my wife as a proxy) then I'm going over to Alabaster for the ECCS Fall Festival to see my wife get dunked in th...
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Hewy N. posted an article on No Sleep in Helena Alabama - Sep 29, 2011, 3:47 am
Happy Birthday Berenstain! The Helena Library is having a special reading time today at 10am to celebrate the children book writer Stan Berenstain's Birthday. Happy Birthday Stan! The Case of the Watery Trailers This is a little less Berenstain and a lot more Encyclopedia Brown. Kathy and Mark ha...
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