🌱 Hoover Patch: Everything Going On Today (Thu, Apr 13)

Hello all. Contributing Writer here with your Thursday edition of the Hoover Patch newsletter, filled with all the things you need to know about what's going on in town. Today you'll read about...

• Talking Texas A&M with the B-CS Eagle's Travis L. Brown
• JOHN SPLAINE Obituary (2023)
• 2023 college baseball bracketology

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But first, today's weather:

Showers and a heavier t-storm. High: 68 Low: 57.

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Here are the top stories today in Hoover:

1. Talking Texas A&M with the B-CS Eagle's Travis L. Brown ... (D1 Baseball College Baseball News & Scores)
2. JOHN SPLAINE Obituary (2023) - Danvers, MA - Boston Globe (Legacy.com)
3. 2023 college baseball bracketology: Week 9 NCAA regional ... (Vols Wire)
4. "Genetically Modified Organisms", "Contamination" and "Coexistence" (The European Scientist)
5. 7 Things: School choice bill - $7K for families; new wrinkle to grocery ... (Yellowhammer News)
6. Basketball: Austin searching for a new girls coach (Yahoo News)
7. U.S.-China Policy Update, April 2023 | Brownstein Hyatt Farber ... (JD Supra)
8. ASWA Baseball Rankings: Bayshore Christian, Thompson take over No. 1 spots (AL.com)
9. Alabama high school softball state rankings for second week of April (Montgomery Advertiser)
10. Central takes over Class 7A top spot in ASWA softball rankings (AL.com)

From my notebook:

• James Spann: "Boaz this morning… Photo from Janice Ross" (James Spann via Instagram)
• Hoover Fire Department: "We would like to recognize our most recently certified paramedic, Martin Daugherty. We are proud of him and this huge accomplishment in his career." (Hoover Fire Department via Facebook)
• Visit North Alabama: "Cane Creek Canyon Nature Preserve is now owned by the Land Trust of North Alabama, and the preserve is open Friday-Sunday from 7am-5pm. Jim and Faye Lacefield donated this almost 700-acre park to the Land Trust in February 2023. Take a h..." (Visit North Alabama via Instagram)
• Hoover High School Band: "Congratulations to the Hoover First Edition Jazz Ensemble for their selection to perform for the 77th Midwest Clinic in Chicago, IL." (Hoover High School Band via Facebook)
• Hoover High Athletics: "Hillman's Walk-Off Gives Hoover Victory Over Rebels" (Hoover High Athletics via Facebook)
• Hoover Sun: "The Hoover City Council tonight plans to interview three applicants for the Hoover Board of Education. See who's running and why school board member Amy Mudano pulled out of contention for reappointment:" (Hoover Sun via Facebook)

Now you're in the loop and ready to head out the door on this Thursday. I'll see you back in your inbox tomorrow morning with another update!

— Contributing Writer

About me: Test test Update 7/21/21

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