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Mary Edge Wins 2010 Camaro

Mary Edge, a 32 year veteran of Jim Walter Resources and Training Instructor, stopped at her neighborhood gas station on Highway 119 and 280 in Birmingham. A local radio station and Pepsi were having a promotion at Mary's local Chevron station. "There was a beautiful silver 2010 Camaro parked out front," recalls Mary. "They gave me a free soft drink and asked if I wanted to register to win the car or a weekend trip to Panama City. I said sure and filled out the entry form.
"About twenty minutes later they called my home and told me I had won the car," she continues. "I was so excited I could hardly wait to get down to the station. I called my mother to give her the news. She offered to take me to pick up my new car. I told her I would go myself and find out what I needed to do. I didn't call my 21-year-old daughter because I knew she would break her neck getting there."
"When I got to the station I went over to the car and told them I was ready to drive it home. Instead of giving me the keys they handed me the model sitting on top of the real Camaro. I was shocked! I won a 32" toy car instead of the real thing!"
But Mary may have had the last laugh. When she arrived at work the next morning, she told all her fellow employees about winning the car. Everyone was excited and congratulated her on her good fortune. Later she told everyone Pepsi had just delivered her car to the Training Center and to come take a look. When everyone made their way to the parking lot they were greeted with the miniature Camaro sitting in Mary's parking spot. Score one for Mary.
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CMO Employee’s Kids Play at City Stages

Alice in Thunderland - left to right: Austin Blevins, Andrew Bobulinski, Jaclyn Wint & Phillip Blevins

Chuck Blevins, Manager of Cost Accounting, got a very special Father’s Day gift this year. His two sons and their band, Alice in Thunderland, performed on the Miller Lite Stage at Birmingham’s City Stages June 21. The band plays classic rock and roll with a dose of Southern flavor mixed in.

Chuck’s sons, Phillip, 16, Austin, 14, and their band competed for a spot in City Stages at Workplay Theater in a battle of the bands contest. Even though they didn’t win, they impressed the judges enough to be offered a slot at City Stages. The two other members of Alice in Thunderland are Chuck’s niece Jaclyn Wint, 17, and family friend Andrew Bobulinski, 14. The band took first place in their division last August in West Alabama’s Talent Search competition at the Bama Theater in Tuscaloosa.

Playing music isn’t the only talent this group of upcoming stars have going for them. Phillip, lead guitarist, will be in the 11^th grade at the Alabama School of Fine Arts this fall. He has been a student there since the 7^th grade but not for his music but for his drawings. “I’ve been drawing since I was three-years-old,” explains Phillip. “My medium is pen and ink and my style is more on the technical or architectural side,” he continues. “My mother says she would take me to the mines when I was a small child and I would draw all the machinery I saw.” Phillip’s drawing of his grandparent’s river home won a national gold medal presented at Carnegie Hall and is in a traveling exhibit.

Jaclyn will be a senior at McAdory High School this fall. In addition to being the lead vocalist for the group, Jaclyn says she loves theater. “I’ve been in several productions at our school and found this is something I really enjoy,” she says. When asked how she feels about performing at City Stages she replied, “Scared and excited at the same time.”

Austin, the bass player, also enjoys acting and has appeared in productions by Tuscaloosa’s Children Theater. He says he gets his musical inspiration from AC/DC but doesn’t know if he will pursue a musical career at this time. What does excite Austin is playing on the same stage Lynard Skynard will be on just hours after they finish their set. Austin will be a freshman at Bessemer Academy when school begins.

Andrew, Alice in Thunderland’s drummer, also writes the lyrics to the band’s original numbers. Three of his songs have been recorded by the group and are; Go Away, a song about his older brother’s ex-girlfriend who didn’t understand their relationship was over; Bottle of Heartache and Rise Up. Andrew says he admires Peter Criss, the drummer of KISS and the late jazz drummer Buddy Rich.

Chuck says he doesn’t know where the boys musical talent comes from. “I have absolutely zero musical ability,” he says. “I’m just proud they have been given the gift of music. It’s just amazing to watch them play and compose music.”

For more information and to hear their music go to http://www.myspace.com/aliceinthunderlandrocks.

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