| Bearettes second in Hunstville
HUNTSVILLE, Ala. The Bradley Central girls basketball Bearettes battled for four quarters with Alabamas best on Saturday, falling to top-ranked Bob Jones 44-34 in the championship of the Huntsville Times Classic at Bob Jones High School. bear The Bearettes had to battle the Lady Patriots, a pro-Bob Jones crowd and some questionable officiating in the first half. Even so, the team led 11-9 after a quarter. Bob Jones, led by twins Kellie and Kylie Cook, took a 14-11 lead early, but Lacey Bolles tied the game with a 3 and the teams would draw even twice before the Lady Patriots' 6-0 run to end the quarter. The Lady Patriots led 24-18 at the half, with 10 free throw attempts compared to the Bearettes' four. Point guard Kally Eldridge picked up her second foul at the 4:30 mark of the second quarter and her third nine seconds later forcing Bradley coach Bryan Glasner to dig into his bench sooner than he would have liked.
Superior Bancorp's Third Quarter Income Increases 78%; Second Stock ...
BIRMINGHAM, Ala., Oct. 29 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Superior Bancorp (NASDAQ: SUPR) announced today a new record level of operating earnings and net income for the third quarter 2007. A reconciliation of operating earnings and net income is provided in the attached selected financial data. CEO Stan Bailey stated, "Despite external headwinds of our industry -- credit cycle, housing market correction and stock market volatility -- we are pleased to report a new record income level for our company. Also, we are focusing on those steps that create shareholder value through deposit growth, franchise expansion and household acquisition." Company Performance Third quarter 2007 operating income excludes the $1.2 million combined after-tax effect of the debt restructuring, ESOP termination and merger- related expenses.
Cullman area seems to buck national real estate trend
The reality of realty is not as bleak locally as recent national news headlines suggest, according to area real estate professionals who say the Cullman housing market is strong."It's been a little slow, but it's not nearly what the national media makes us think that it is," said Cindy Dyer of Crye-Leike Realty Inc. in Cullman.The cover of the Sept. 24 edition of Time suggested otherwise. The magazine posed this question: "Will the real estate bust cause a recession?" Less than a month earlier, in the magazine's Aug. 27 issue, the cover promoted a story on "How Wall Street caused the housing mess."According to the Sept. 24 article, the average home sits on the market for 9.6 months, more than twice the time it took to sell a house two years ago.However, Rita Tucker, broker and co-owner of Alabama First Realty, said this is hardly the case in Cullman.
The Ledges of Huntsville Alabama - The Best Real Estate in Town
(Best Syndication) The Ledges is a private community in the Huntsville Mountain with many fascinating homes and just a short drive away from shopping, schools and other amenities that Huntsville has to offer. The Ledges has it own private golf course, sports clubs and a 36,300-sq.-ft club house with membership above 500. John Blue, President of the Ledges Association, describes the Ledges as "the architectural style of the historic district of downtown Huntsville with the softness of Mooresville." In planning to build the homes in this community developers aspired to create one that emulated the gracious architecture of Old Huntsville. More Below:
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Clouds hover in ethanol sky
But I buy it," said Anderson, a 33-year-old union pipe fitter from Aurora. "I like to keep the money in town." No doubt, ethanol has its fans, including a very important one. On Wednesday, President Bush signed an energy bill that requires the production of 36 billion gallons of renewable fuels by 2022. That's nearly five times the current ethanol production level. "We make a major step toward reducing our dependence on oil, confronting global climate change, expanding production of renewable fuels and giving future generations a nation that is stronger, cleaner and more secure," Bush said. Ethanol, derived from domestically grown corn, has firm roots in the Colorado economy. The fuel pumped into Anderson's Chevy likely was fermented at Yuma Ethanol, a new plant in Yuma, which is east of Fort Morgan.
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Superior Bancorp's Third Quarter Income Increases 78%; Second Stock ...
BIRMINGHAM, Ala., Oct. 29 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Superior Bancorp (NASDAQ: SUPR) announced today a new record level of operating earnings and net income for the third quarter 2007. A reconciliation of operating earnings and net income is provided in the attached selected financial data. CEO Stan Bailey stated, "Despite external headwinds of our industry -- credit cycle, housing market correction and stock market volatility -- we are pleased to report a new record income level for our company. Also, we are focusing on those steps that create shareholder value through deposit growth, franchise expansion and household acquisition." Company Performance Third quarter 2007 operating income excludes the $1.2 million combined after-tax effect of the debt restructuring, ESOP termination and merger- related expenses.
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