Annual Butter Bean Festival

The Pinson Butter Bean Festival was held for two days this year, September 2nd and 3rd on Main Street. Friday’s activities  began at 6:30 pm with the last event for the evening set to begin at 8:30 p.m. Saturday’s festival hours were from 8:30 am until 2:30pm.

Pinson holds the record for the largest amount of butter beans cooked at one time. An official from the Guiness book of records was on hand to present a certificate for this feat at the 2010 festival.

Activities this year  included numerous stage bands and singers, greased pig contest, dog tail wagging contest, antique car show, butter bean and cornbread cooking contest and much more.

Here are a few photos from the 2011 Butter Bean Festival

Pets were inside this carrier

Classic Cars

Band

exotic animals (to some of us)





The Hot -n- Cold package store next to Food Giant has closed. It is being replaced with and ABC  (Alcoholic Beverage Control) store.

"The Alabama ABC Board controls alcoholic beverages in the state of Alabama through distribution, licensing, education and enforcement. Alabama is one of 19 control states and is a member of the National Alcohol Beverage Control Association (NABCA)." Copied from abc.alabama.gov

A recycling station is scheduled for set up at the rear of Pinson City Hall some time this year.

  Some interesting facts about recycling

* An aluminum can that is thrown away will still be a can 500 years from now!

*The amount of wood and paper we throw away each year is enough to heat 50,000,000 homes for 20 years. There is no limit to the amount of times an aluminum can be recycled.




*In 1993, U.S. paper recovery saved more than 90,000,000 cubic yards of landfill space

*Recycling plastic saves twice as much energy as burning it in an incinerator.

*Americans throw away 25,000,000,000 Styrofoam coffee cups every year.

*A modern glass bottle would take 4000 years or more to decompose -- and even longer if it's in the landfill.

 copied from recycling revolution

 

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Traditionally, Labor Day is celebrated by most Americans as the symbolic end of the summer. In the past the fall school year began the day after Labor Day. In high society, Labor Day is (or was) considered the last day of the year when it is fashionable for women to wear white.^{[4] (wikipedia)}

Have a safe Labor Day