Helena Weekend Events
This is the fabulous Buck Creek Festival Weekend. There is a lot to do in Helena. I am going to merge all the events into one calendar below for those Helenites who want to hit everything. Remember admission to the Buck Creek Festival is FREE and it all takes place at the Amphitheater next to Old Town. It will happen rain or shine.
Before I post I wanted to add two big sales that will be happening :
- Estate Sale on 5/11/2013 2995 Long leaf Lane Helena Alabama 35080. Everything must go 9 am till 5 pm
- Huge Youth Yard Sale this Saturday 7am-1pm. Helena United Methodist. Rain or Shine, inside and out. Furniture, clothes, etc. They will also have a big cake sale.
Okay now on to the Helena City wide events calendar, which will include the Buck Creek Festival . I may just print this out for myself to help me keep track.
Friday, May 10th
6:00pm Zach Dylan Band at Helena Amphitheater
8:00pm Trotline headlines concert at Helena Amphitheater
8pm-12am Erica performs at Papa Saia’s
9pm Whiskey Dix at Rio’s Bar and Grill $5 cover
Saturday, May 11th
7:00am Pancake Breakfast at Helena Amphitheater
10:00am Phil Dudley at Helena Amphitheater
11:00am Over the Mountain at Helena Amphitheater
11:00am Crawfish Boil at Papa Saia’s
12:30pm Little G. Weevil at Helena Amphitheater
1pm-5pm Greg Shirley performing at Papa Saia’s
1:45pm Pelham HS Jazz Band at Helena Amphitheater
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3:00pm Rubber Duck Race down the waterfalls
4:00pm Razz Ma Tazz at Helena Amphitheater
5:15pm True Blues at Helena Amphitheater
6:45pm Liz Melendez at Helena Amphitheater
8:15pm The Hillbilly Sins at Helena Amphitheater
8pm-12am Tracey and Alan playing at Papa Saia’s
9pm-til Karaoke at Rio’s Bar and Grill
10pm-til Festival After Party at Papa Saia’s
Sunday May 12th
Mother’s Day
We have to clean up after the festival. Every piece of gum, cigarette filter, and peanut shell. Feel free to come help us or use the trash cans while you at the festival. I also noticed that some people bring metal detectors on that morning so cleaning up can be profitable?
Buck Creek Festival Guide
The 12th Annual Buck Creek Festival is a charity concert event that always draws the majority of Helena and people from around Central Alabama. Here’s some advice:
Seating
The only seating in the park are a few benches and picnic tables. Be smart and bring your own chairs. I like to lay a blanket near the stage and put my chairs on top of it. It is also a great meeting place for the family. You can leave a family there to watch over purses and purchases. Bonus: If it gets too cool then you can cuddle with the blanket. Since there is a chance of sprinkles, you could bring a tarp that you can throw over your chairs and have a your own tent.
Who’s in charge?
Volunteers wear shirts with the Buck Creek Festival on them. They have a headquarters tent. It is near the concession stand building, there is a brick wall, right inside that gate there is usually the BCF committee tent where they sell shirts and ducks. There is also a spot at Amphitheater entrance where they help vendors and check for people bringing food and drink.
Children
The Kiwanis sponsors an inflatable park at the very back. You buy an armband. Dollar for dollar this is the best deal in the park. You can also take advantage of the free playground in the park. There is a sweet spot where you can set up your chairs to see the concert stage and be close to the playgrounds and bathrooms. If you can’t find a child (or you lost your parent), they will make announcements at the stage. Pick out a meet up point with your children in case you get separated. Be mindful of the locations of bathrooms and make sure your children go before the leave the park.
Bathrooms:
There will be lots of port-o-lets in the back (close to the creek) near the playground.
The concession stand has two unisex bathrooms. There are also two more bathrooms in the last building behind the Kiwanis inflatable play area.
Pets:
No pets allowed in the park during the festival.
Food and Drinks:
No outside food or drinks are allowed in the park. It is a free event but they check at the entrance. Traditional the concession stand has the best prices but with all the food vendors it is a hard choice. Some vendors have really cheap drinks to bring in customers so shop around.
Parking:
Lots of people mean lots of cars and traffic. There are three official lots.
On Friday night the shuttle will run from all three lots.
Only the Sports Complex off Ruffin has a shuttle on Saturday. You can park there and have the shuttle bring you. First Baptist Parking lot can be used both days. The Elementary school parking lot is only open after the school closes. There is public parking in Old Town but it fills up fast. Get a spot ahead of the big events or have one person drop you off inside Old Town.
Alcohol:
There is a beer tent, which is in the back of concert area of the amphitheater. They only take cash and they will check your age.
Cash
You need cash for almost everything. For most of the Festival, Regions Bank parks an ATM vehicle near the concession stand.
Duck Race:
Something you have got to see. Thousands of yellow rubber ducks going over the waterfall. You can still buy tickets for the Rubber Duck up until a few minutes before the race but don’t wait. It happens at 3pm and everyone rushes over right before. If you go early then you can get spot on the island in front of the waterfall and not have to fight the crowd. The ducks are dumped from a floating raft up the river. A cannon singles when the ducks are released. The duck wranglers wait at the bottom to collect the winning ducks. The money raised will go toward SafeHouse of Shelby County
Vendors
I have an unofficial list of around 93 vendors who will be set up. Sorry it is not complete. Here they are in alphabetical order:
A-Advo Care, Alabama Law Services, Alabama Partners for Clean Air, Alabama Phoenix Festival, Alabama Sunshine, Alabama Telco, Alabaster-Pelham Rotary, Allstate, Angie’s Home Style, Aqua Clear of Alabama LLC
B-Bath Fitter, Bergie Bows, Big Eye Deals, Bizee Beads, Black Tie Media, Bluegrass Cabochons & Jewelry, Boresha International (coffee and tea), Buck Creek Stained Glass, Bungee Jump by Happenings
C-Carmella’s Italian Ice, Certified Pro Charms, Clear Channel Radio, Clear Solutions, College Fanaticz, Crafters Group
D-Dialinn Artworks, Ding-A-Lings, Durante Windows and Siding
E-Earthwear
F-FarmerGuard, Firefly, Full Moon BBQ
G-Garments of Praise, Garver, Gemini Treats, Gilly’s Dancing Puppets, Gina’s Crafts, Goodyear Tires, Grace Community School, Grand Escape Travel
H-Handmade from the Heart, Helena Cumberland Presbyterian Church, Helena High Band Boosters, Helena Public Library, Hillsboro Subdivision
I-Ice and Coal Gallery, Impact Martial Arts
J-Jawanja, Jean and Gene Foods, Jennifer Dobson, Jennifer Vines, Jewelry from Joyce, Jonah Schaeffer, Just Poppin Crazy
K-Karen Miller Allstate, Katee Lights, Kona Ice of Birmingham
L-Lazarus Design 49, LeCachet Salong and; Boutique, Living T-Shirt Co., Lowe’s, LTD Therapeutic Jewelry
M-Masquerade, Mosquito Squad
N-Nefny Studios
O-Oak Mountain Orthodontics, Old Towne Music, Osborne Books
P-Pinnex Group, P-Nut Gallery, Primrose School of Riverwoods, Publix, Punkin Ella
R-RD Refreshments, RS Peanuts, Restoration Foodscapes, Rio's
S-SW Red Top Lunchbox, Sam Lily, Sammy Reaves, Savannah's LLC, Scentsy, Shelby Baptist Hospital, Shelby County Reporter, Silpada Designs Jewelry, Skull Girl Soap, Smitty's, Southern Coin & Collectibles, Southern Natural Soap, State Farm - Jerrod Gibson, Storm Cloud Hills, Susie Serio Mary Key
T-Texas Roadhouse, The Bull and Magic 96, The Tailgate LLC, Thirty-one Gifts
V-Verizon Wireless
W-Wich's End Creations
Bright Pitcher
Congrats to Trevor Fitts of Helena, Ala. who is a pitch on Mississippi State’s 13th-ranked baseball team. He was honored for having a perfect 4.0 average at the university. Way to Go!
Helenite Marriages
Found in the Shelby County Reporter
-Paul Gregory Eddins, 49, of Helena and Tammy Doss Fuller, 51, of Pelham.
McDonalds Fundraiser
Friends of Helena Schools has a fund raiser at McDonald's next Thursday on May 16, from 5pm-9pm. The Friends of Helena School will get 10% of sales.
www.friendsofhelenaschools.org Thanks to Jason Black for helping the schools!
Book Club Meeting
There will be a Book Club Meeting at the Helena Library
Monday, May 13, 2013 At 10:00 AM
The Book is The Mountain Between Us by Charles Martin
Contact kimberfrank@bellsouth.net for info
Land Transactions
I haven't done this in awhile. This information is from the Shelby County Reporter. I use initials but the newspaper has full names and so does the Shelby County probate website if you want more details. They do not list by city so I tried to pull the ones whose neighborhoods I recognize. This is just for the last week of April. A lot of homes being purchased.
-JSW to WCM for $166,500 for Lot 5 of Penhale Park Final Plat of Lots 1-16.
-Newcastle Construction Inc. to KH for $230,500 for Lot 268 of Hillsboro Phase II Amended Survey.
-Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to CH for $125,126 for Lot 1542 of Old Cahaba IV Second Addition Phase IV
-Fannie Mae to Safe Future Birmingham LLC for $116,500 for Lot 27 of Falliston Sector II.
-RK to BBJZ for $161,450 for Lot 13 of Dearing Downs Second Addition.
-Wright Homes Inc. to DCI for $246,506 for Lot 35 of Fieldstone Park Fourth Sector.
-IRA Innovations LLC to IRA Innovations LLC $35,000 for Lot 527 of Riverwoods Fifth Sector Phase II Final Plat.
-CJG to JIL for $165,500 for Lot 14 of Bridlewood Parc Sector II.
-Deutsche Bank National Trust Company, trustee, and Soundview Home Loan Trust 2006 Opt 5 to OA for $126,300 for Lot 1405 of Old Cahaba IV Second Addition Phase III.
-JCBto CMG for $152,000 for Lot 73 of Dearing Downs Ninth Addition Phase IV.
-United States Steel Corporation to Newcastle Construction Inc. for $40,000 for Lot 255 of Hillsboro Phase I Amended.
-AJV to RD for $187,000 for Lot 27 of Old Cahaba II B.
-JAP to JP for $82,400 for Lot 49 of Ashley Brook.
-Willoughby Development Inc. toMSLH for $25,000 for Lot 15 of Fieldstone Park Fourth Sector Refiled.
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Helena Police Report
This is from the Shelby County Report. You can see all the cities' reports here:
Shelby County Reporter
Be wary of break-ins, I had someone email me today about some attempts in Silver Lakes. The police do a great job but everyone needs to make sure they secure their properties.
April 21
-Domestic incident from the 1000 block of Hillsboro Lane (residence, home).
April 22
-Theft of property – two counts from First Avenue West (storage facility). Stolen were a saw valued at $450 and a generator valued at $450.
-Theft of property second degree from the 2700 block of Rosebay Lane (residence, home). Stolen were a necklace valued at $900 and a ring valued at $1,200.
April 23
-Failure to appear from the Birmingham State Trooper post (government, public building).
-Harassing communications from the 3000 block of Highway 52 (residence, home).
April 24
-Noise violation – dog barking from the 2000 block of Stonecreek Court (residence, home).
-Domestic incident from the 300 block of Barnett Lane (residence, home).
April 25
-Domestic incident from the 4200 block of Plantation Circle (residence, home).
April 27
-Domestic incident from Ashley Brook Way (residence, home)
-Assault first degree from Olympia Circle (residence, home).
-Damage to city property from the 5200 block of County Road 17. Damaged was a manhole cover and foundation and a 2003 Infiniti G35.
-Domestic violence third degree from River Oaks Lane (residence, home).
