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🌱 Patch AM: How Hoover volleyball stacks up in today’s statewide season-opening showdowns
Be sure to catch VHMC: Cancer Support Group on the Hoover Patch calendar
Cheers Hoover! We're back, helping you stay up to date with what's happening. Let's take on the day together! ☀️
In today's newsletter:
- How Hoover volleyball stacks up in today's statewide season-opening showdowns
- Meet the Hoover-based storyteller helping shape Birmingham's rising film scene
Today's riddle: Why do fish live in salt water? 🤔 (Answer below!)
- Thursday: A heavy t-storm in the p.m., with a high of 96 and low of 73 degrees. 🌶 Hot!
- Friday: Humid; a stray p.m. t-storm, temps: high: 92, low: 70.
- Saturday: Mostly sunny, a stray t-storm, with a high of 94 and low of 70 degrees.
📰 News we're reading
• Alabama high school volleyball: Interesting matchups highlight 1st day of play (al.com) — Hoover High's volleyball team opens its season at home today, hosting Class 5A No. 9 Gulf Shores in a key early test. The statewide AHSAA schedule also features top-ranked programs like McGill-Toolen, Thompson, and Spanish Fort in intriguing cross-class matchups created by Alabama's new public-private split. 
• Five to Watch: Birmingham Filmmakers Make A Name For Themselves On Screen (birminghamtimes.com) — One of the featured Birmingham-area filmmakers actually lives in Hoover, underscoring how local creatives are helping power a fast-growing regional film scene. The piece profiles five emerging filmmakers, their projects, and their push for more access, diversity, and funding in Alabama's movie industry, from Sidewalk Film Festival grants to new state incentives.
📸 Around Hoover
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🗓 Upcoming Events in Hoover
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- VHMC: Cancer Support Group
Vestavia Hills Chamber of Commerce Vestavia Hills Methodist Church, 2061 Kentucky Ave., Vestavia Hills, AL - Room.318
12:00 pm - Vintage Videos
Hoover Public Library - The Library Theatre
2:00 pm - Complimentary Tasting: Hoover Steaks & Wines
Hoover Chamber of Commerce Hoover Steaks & Wines 5868 Elsie Road Hoover AL 35244
4:30 pm - Cartoon Rewind
Hoover Public Library - Plaza
10:00 am - Avadian Credit Union: Pickleball for a Purpose
Vestavia Hills Chamber of Commerce The Picklr Birmingham 1031 Montgomery Highway Vestavia Hills, AL 35216
11:00 am - Pen & Paper RPG Society
Hoover Public Library - #Friends Meeting Room
1:00 pm - Libby Meet & Greet
Hoover Public Library - Circulation Lobby
10:30 am - Football vs Homewood (9) Parker (JV) →
Vestavia Hills High School Birmingham, AL 35216
5:00 pm
Friday August 21
Saturday August 22
Sunday August 23
Monday August 24
📣 Hoover Shout Outs!
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🗓 Events Nearby
- VHMC: New Mom's Support Group
Vestavia Hills Chamber of Commerce Vestavia Hills Methodist Church, 2061 Kentucky Ave., Vestavia Hills, AL - in Room 316
9:00 am - Baking Class →
Pelham, AL Calendar, 50 Racquet Club Parkway, Pelham
10:00 am - Planning and Conversations for Managers
University of Alabama at Birmingham - Career and Professional Developement 1720 University Blvd, Birmingham, AL 35294
10:30 am - Mahjong open play
Levite Jewish Community Center 3960 Montclair Rd, Birmingham, AL 35213
11:30 am
Thursday August 20
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🗞 Nearby News
Homewood
- Author Annah Conwell visits Homewood library for "Tales From the Writing Life" (thehomewoodstar.com)
- Homewood resource fair aids residents of condemned apartment complex (wvtm13.com)
- Ruby Slipper and Ruby Sunshine Offer Patio Pup Menu for Dogs (fsrmagazine.com)
Vestavia Hills
- $9 million Liberty Park investment raises questions about Vestavia Hills east-side library (abc3340.com)
Ok Hoover! So now you're in the loop about what's happening today. Thanks for reading, and see you in your inbox next time! Oh -- and if you like what you're reading, invite a friend to Patch AM!
-- The Patch AM Team
P.S. The answer to today's riddle: Pepper makes them sneeze (Thank you Karla H. for sending it in!)
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