🌱 Brewer Hicklen Baseball Camp + Galaxy of Lights Walking Nights

Hello all. It's me, Amy Young, your host of the Huntsville Daily. Keep reading to find out everything you need to know about what's happening in town these days. In this issue, you'll learn about...

• Brewer Hicklen is back for baseball camp
• 3 area warning sirens out of service
• Galaxy of Lights nearly doubles walking nights

But first, today's weather:

Mostly sunny and pleasant. High: 74 Low: 43.

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Here are the top stories in Huntsville today:

1. Huntsville native and baseball standout Brewer Hicklen is headed back to the Rocket City for his fifth year offering baseball camp! The camp will be November 5 at Bob Jones. (WHNT News 19)
2. The warning sirens on Celtic Drive in Madison, Kelley Spring Road in Harvest, and Huntsville Fire Station 15 on Sparkman are out of service. All three sirens are waiting to be replaced or have parts replaced. The City of Huntsville is taking this opportunity to remind citizens not to rely on outdoor sirens as your only form of emergency warning in weather events. (WAAY)
3. This year’s Galaxy of Lights at the Botanical Garden will have almost double the number of walking nights from last year after high demand and positive feedback. There will be 31 walking nights to see the mile-and-a-half trail of displays. (AL.com)
4. A Donaldson Correctional Facility inmate convicted of murder in Madison County was found unresponsive in his cell on October 9. Despite life-saving measures from medical staff, he later died. The Alabama Department of Corrections (ADOC) is investigating and autopsy results are pending. (WAFF)
5. NASA has announced the teams competing in their 2023 Student Launch Challenge. There will be 69 student teams selected that will be representing 25 states as well as Puerto Rico. There are three Alabama-based schools in the university division (UAH, Alabama and Auburn). You can check out the full list here. (Theredstonerocket)

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Today in Huntsville:

• Finance Committee Meeting - Madison City (4:00 PM)
• Fall Business Mixer Trash Pandas - Madison Chamber of Commerce (5:00 PM)
• Football: Middle School Championship (5:00 PM)
• School Board Meeting - Madison City (5:00 PM)
• BOE Meeting- Work Session - Madison County (5:30 PM)
• Stress Reduction Through Mindfulness Training (5:30 PM)
• Grissom vs Florence - Football (7:00 PM)
• Sparkman vs Sparkman - Football (7:00 PM)

If you have an event, feel free to visit our website and add it to the Huntsville Calendar! It is completely free and easy to do. Unfortunately with the volume of requests I get, I cannot manually add them all to the Daily, but this is a way to ensure your event makes it in the newsletter.

From my notebook:

• The last Scarecrow Trail Night Hike at the Huntsville Botanical Garden is Friday! There will be one at 6:30 p.m. and one at 7:30 p.m. (Details)
• The next target launch date for Artemis I is November 14! (Details)
• This Friday is the last Friday Night Art Walk of the year! It will run from 5-8 p.m. (Details)

Alrighty, you're all caught up for today! See you tomorrow morning for another update.

— Amy Young

Have a news tip or suggestion for an upcoming Huntsville Daily? Contact me at huntsville@patch.com