Wade on Birmingham

Wade on January 2008

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Then and now

The road to skinny: Our extended coverage of “The Biggest Loser: Couples” began with former Alabama linemen Roger Shultz and Trent Patterson. Shultz, an Enterprise native, went on to take second place while losing his day job at Jacksonville State.

He does still have his radio show and has embarked on the post-reality show career of choice: appearances! This weekend, he’ll be at a celebrity charity weekend in Orange Beach. But he still has time for the kids, like stopping by a fourth-grade class at Helena Intermediate School in May.

Check out the slimmed-down Shultz, plus more news updates, after the jump …

More on his visit at the Abundant Lakeridge Life.
Even more at biggestloser.wadeonbirmingham.com.

Nine for fighting: Presidential party nominees John McCain and Barack Obama visited Alabama, seeking to earn its nine electoral votes in the early primary. Also visiting that month was former Arkansas governor Mike Huckabee.

Meanwhile, former Senator Fred Thompson ended his run for the White House after a five-month campaign. The Sheffield native has returned to acting, having signed with the William Morris Agency.

More coverage in Vote 2008.

Hot on the ‘Trail’: Author Kim Sunée chatted with us about her first book, “Trail of Crumbs: Hunger, Love, and the Search for Home.” Since then, she has toured the country for signings and appearances. In addition, she returned to South Korea in May, not only to promote her memoirs but also to resume the search, which she writes about on her blog and talks about in this TV documentary.

Life in the pit: Once, he was part of the county commission. Now, he’s the manager of a Pell City barbecue restaurant. Oh, and he took bribes tied to the $3 billion sewer fiasco.

A federal jury in Montgomery convicted Gary White of nine counts of conspiracy and bribery, the third commissioner to be found guilty. Since then, he won the right to a new trial in Tuscaloosa. And the place where he pushes the collards and recommends the pulled over chopped? The Golden Rule.

Haiku flashback

the meaning of … [Jan. 20]

To find meaning, look
around and deep within. To
have meaning, be good.

More haiku.

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