Our ZIP Code Determines Sales Taxes:

The following is from the U.S. Postal Service official ZIP code directory: If your ZIP code is 352xx, the postal service preferred city is Birmingham. It is not mandatory. As an example, our ZIP code is 35242, and Meadow Brook is our acceptable community name.

Many in the metro Birmingham area, while not residents of the city of Birmingham, mistakenly use Birmingham as their city name. This has resulted in loss of tax dollars for our county and puts your money in the pockets of the city of Birmingham.

If we order an item via the Internet on which sales tax is collected, and it is shipped to my address in Meadow Brook, the 5% sales tax goes to Shelby County, not Birmingham with its higher tax rate.

All residents in the metro area with 35242 in their ZIP code who do not live in the city of Birmingham should ensure their community name is correct in their address.

View 2007 Race Results!

Thanks again for participating in the 13th Annual Meadow Brook Runs. A record 468 registrations were received, a 30% increase over last year, with 384 finishing the 5K and 74 finishing the 1 mile Fun Run.

Complete results are ready and posted below. Please accept our apologies for a couple of errors in calling out winners' names at the race, and several misplaced Fun Run finisher cards.

Five males and one female finished the 5K who were over 70 years old. Dewayne Morris, our most senior at 76 years, had a time of 27:25. Dewayne beat 170 other runners, including some adults less than one third his age.

Someone pointed out that the great turn-out, Love Birds release, and prayer remembering Ellis Porch III and Richard Tankersley were a testimony to our race's close family-like community spirit. It meant a lot to have Tracy and Helen with us to start the race.

Overall and Masters savings bond winners and age group medal winners do not have to be present at the ceremony to receive their awards, but if they left early, they do need to contact me and come get them within a reasonable time.

I have the lost and found. Somebody lost a runners jacket. One girl, who will remain nameless, ran off without her pants and said with the cold weather she needed them back right away. She has now recovered them. :-)

The 14th Annual Meadow Brook Runs will be held on Saturday, December 20, 2008 AD. Mark your new calendars now. Christmas will be here before you know it. Where else can you get great music, great food, great prizes from 150 sponsors, plus two tee shirts at one race?

Several individuals have requested that we return to Christmas themed tee shirts, so if you would like to submit art work to be considered for our 2008 race, please do so.

Your contributions to The JESUS Video Project of Alabama, Inc., a 501(c)(3) Christian organization, are tax deductible and much appreciated.

Wishing you a Happy New Running Year,
Bob Cosby, M. D.
Race Director, Meadow Brook Runs
3508 Cheshire Drive
Birmingham, AL 35242-3100
Tel: 205.991.6054

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