CONGRATS

TO: Jeffrey Grantham on

being elected vice-chairman

and chief strategy officer of

Birmingham’s Maynard,

Cooper & Gale PC.

TO: Charles Pilleteri &

Chris Pilleteri on recently

celebrating the 41 years of

deliciousness at Mr. P’s

Butcher Shop & Deli in Bluff

Park.

TO: Jay Brandrup and the

folks at Bham’s Kinetic

Communications on being

recognized by the Bham

Business Journal as one of the

area’s Most Admired

Companies.

TO: Jackie Wuska on being

elected 2017 President of the

United Way of Alabama Board

of Directors.

TO: Beau Byrd of Bham’s

Bradley Arant law firm on

being elected 2017 President

of the Auburn University

Alumni Society.

TO: Cain & Cam Roberds

on their TV success being

featured on Discovery

Channel’s Blue Collar Backers.

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THE TRUITT NEWS DECEMBER 2016

So very proud of Maggie Truitt

as she rides in the Homewood

High School Homecoming

Parade held Sept 29th. Check

out the additional bonus of JHT

behind the wheel.

MERRY CHRISTMAS & HAPPY HOLIDAYS!

From The Truitt Family

PropertyCasualty360.com indicates that

Hurricane Matthew, hitting the Atlantic

Coast in October, is being projected to

cost insurers as much as $8.8B with

losses in the United States ranging from

$2.2B to $6.8B of that figure.

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Kidnap & Ransom Coverage: As

reported in the Oct 2016 issue of

National Underwriter, there are

estimated to be 5,000 - 10,000

kidnappings per year globally. Near

home, 10 of these occur each

month in Mexico. Those alone

result in an average captivity of 30

days with an average settlement of

$200,000 before the captive is

released. Do you have coverage?

Truitt's David Ousley (on the left) did a

little shark-fishing Oct 8th with some old

Banks High School buddies. They seem

to have had a little luck on the trip.

OK, not the best picture but that is

Garth Brooks as a surprise guest at

the Ryman for the Grand Ole Opry

this November. Tony Truitt was

chaperoning a Pizitz Middle School

Choir Trip and was super-glad he

went along when this went down.

Our Sue Harter, pictured with her

daughter Amy & grand-daughter

Cayla this October at the Susan B.

Komen Breast Cancer Awareness

Walk, has participated in the event for

the past 15 years. This is just one of

the many reasons we love Sue.

CONGRATS

TO: Paul DeMarco on being

named to the Children’s

Theatre Board of Trustees.

TO: VHHS alum Louis

Nequette of Nequette

Architecture & Design on the

recent acquisition and

upcoming redevelopment

project on 2nd Avenue N in

downtown Birmingham for his

team’s future offices.

TO: Jonathan Lindsey of

The Shopping Center Group

on representing one of our

favorites, Whataburger, in the

negotiation for their upcoming

site on Hwy 280.

TO: Butch Zaragoza on

being named interim executive

director of the Alabama Fire

College.

Congratulations to Frankie

Wade, one heck of a golfer, on

recently signing a scholly with

the University of North

Alabama. The Lions are

definitely getting a good one.

A group of scientists want to

reintroduce cougars into the New

Jersey area ecosystem in an attempt

to curb an ever-growing deer

population in the suburbs. With over

1,000,000 vehicle crashes nationally

being caused by deer each year, the

scientists suggest the cougars are a

natural predator that once thrived in

the area. They believe just one of

these big cats could possibly

eliminate up to 183 deer each year.

They readily admit some humans and

pets could be lost if this were to

happen but they seem to be ok for

people to risk it.

Now, I have put some quick, non-

scientific thought to this. I am of the

opinion that if needed, we could load

up a bus of good ole boys from our

neck of the woods that would

decimate that deer population in

short order freeing up these

scientists for other concerns.

Time zones were initially created

in the continental United States on

November 18, 1883 by the large

railroad companies to establish a

more reliable train schedule. Prior

to that, each town had its own

time-standard which resulted in

over 300 local sun times.

International acceptance of time

zones happened in 1894.

JHT helping Sam Moore celebrate a

milestone at Sam's surprise 80th

birthday party held at the Trussville

Civic Center December 9th.

Check out our

Matt Denton, an

avid trail runner,

as he tries to cool

off on a 35-mile

run “for fun”

through the

Smokies earlier

this fall.

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Thank You To Everyone For Making 2016 A Fantastic Year For Us.