NJN/am for Friday, January 17
Published 7:15 am Friday, January 17, 2014
It’s Friday, and a three-day weekend starts for many of you…
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Weather: Grab your coat. Skies will be sunny today, but it will also be a bit breezy. Highs will top out in the upper 40s, with winds from 10 to 15 m.p.h., gusting to 20. Lows tonight will dip to the lower 20s. Saturday will be much like today, with highs in the upper 40s but lows not quite as cold, around the freezing mark. Sunday’s high will get into the lower 50s, and on MLK Day on Monday we should see temps near 60.
Back to school in Hayden. Problems with the water supply at Hayden schools have been resolved, according to Blount County Deputy Supt. Rodney Green, so students will attend school today on their regular schedule. Green said there were issues with sediment and discoloration that showed up late Wednesday, causing them to call off school the next day, but tests on the water showed it to be safe. No make-up day will be required, as the annual schedule has three “weather days” built in and only two have been used.
Get your YoMo on. The third and last tenant in the new retail development on Fieldstown Road in Gardendale has been announced. Yogurt Mountain, the Birmingham-based chain of frozen yogurt stores, will open its newest store there this spring. It will be the first store of its kind in north Jefferson County. Panera Bread and AT&T are the other stores planned for the center, which is being built in the space formerly occupied by Shoney’s restaurant for many years.
Sports: One Nick checks out another. Pinson Valley High got a couple of famous visitors on Thursday. Reports from staffers there said that Alabama head coach Nick Saban and new offensive coordinator Lane Kiffin both visited the school to check out junior running back Nick Gibson, who was named Class 5A Back of the Year and a member of the Super 12 team by the Alabama Sports Writers Association on Wednesday… Basketball: Corbie Craig scored 23 points, and Duncan Parker had a double-double with 15 rebounds and 11 blocked shots as Hayden defeated rival Corner 78-66 in boys action Thursday. Elsewhere, Walker completed a perfect 6-0 run through area play as they took down Mortimer Jordan 72-53. In girls’ play, the Vikings beat the Blue Devils 53-40, hile the Wildcats pummeled the Yellow Jackets 56-10… Wrestling: Pinson Valley swept through a quad-match at home Thursday, defeating Gardendale 55-22 in the nightcap. The Indians also defeated Susan Moore 57-15 and Dora 64-9 to push their dual-meet record to 32-2. The Rockets won their match against Dora by a 42-37, and also beat Susan Moore.