Posts Tagged ‘Al Cheney’

Loxley is a town in Baldwin County, Alabama, United States, and about 22 miles east of downtown Historic Mobile, Alabama. As of the 2010 census, the population of the town was 1,817 with a median age of around 35 years.

“John Loxley came to this area at the turn of the century (1900) to establish a lumber camp that included a commissary and sawmill. A large number of men came with him, and then stayed to settle and marry here. John Loxley is considered the founder of Loxley. There was a small village named Bennet here when Mr. Loxley arrived.

In 1920 the businesses in Loxley were an egg store, grocery store, two general merchandise stores, a train depot, drug store, telegraph office, land office, repair garage, post office, bank, hotel, butcher shop, orange packing shed, cement block plant, a blacksmith, a feed and lumber store. The main road was Highway 90; it was not paved then.”

“During World War II, Loxley was a satellite prison camp for the influx of German, Nazi, and Italian soldiers captured by American Troops. There were so many Germans captured and brought here that camps were put all over the country to house these POWs. The fall of Bastogne during the Battle of the Bulge saw many younger soldiers in the camps. The Loxley camp was primarily one used to work the POWs in the woodlands and sawmills.”

READ more by clicking on the image.

This information provided by Albert Marshall Cheney, Certified Residential Real Property Appraiser, with over 35 years’ experience in the Mobile Bay Metro Area of Alabama, Baldwin County and Mobile County which encompass Mobile Bay.  You can know and read more information about me by going to a few of my blogging websites:  http://www.cheneyappraisalservices.com/ or http://buildingabrandonline.com/FinanciallyFreeYourself/. You may also contact me, Al Cheney, at (251) 533-2424 about my services and my non-financial (personal use, i.e. property tax issues, thinking about selling) condo or home appraisals for only $275. More complex or difficult properties are quoted on a case-by-case basis.

“The origins of Mardi Gras can be traced to medieval Europe, passing through Rome and Venice in the 17th and 18th centuries to the French House of the Bourbons. From here, the traditional revelry of “Boeuf Gras,” or fatted calf, followed France to her colonies. On March 2, 1699, French-Canadian explorer Jean Baptiste Le Moyne Sieur de Bienville arrived at a plot of ground 60 miles directly south of New Orleans, and named it “Pointe du Mardi Gras” when his men realized it was the eve of the festive holiday. Bienville also established “Fort Louis de la Louisiane” (which is now Mobile) in 1702. In 1703, the tiny settlement of Fort Louis de la Mobile celebrated America’s very first Mardi Gras. …” READ the entire history on this website, http://www.mardigrasneworleans.com/history.html, and may also like to go to this website for more information about Mobile, Alabama’s history of Mardi Gras timeline, http://www.mobilecarnivalmuseum.com/historical-timeline. Mobile, Alabama was the capital city of the French Louisiana territory but the people were concerned about hurricane destruction so it was moved to New Orleans in 1718. This informational history provided by Al Cheney, Certified Residential Real Property Appraiser in Mobile, Alabama. Call Al Cheney at (251) 533-2424 for all your real estate property appraisal requirements. Please visit http://www.CheneyAppraisalServices.com for more additional information. Thank you for visiting my company’s website.

Mardi Gras, Fat Tuesday, is 17th February for the 2015 year.

Call (251) 533-2424, Cheney Appraisal Services, Certified Residential Real Property Appraiser, when considering non-mortgage lending appraisal reports for sale by owner purchases or selling, property tax disputes, settling simple estates, etc. Al Cheney has appealing or special fees for property owners with condo units and straightforward home appraisals. The majority of the appraisal fees will be either $250 or $275 per report. More complex real properties will be quoted on a case-by-case basis.

Also, if you are someone who would like more information about the City of Orange Beach, Alabama, go to this web link: http://www.cityoforangebeach.com/pages_2011/index.php.

Remember the 41^st annual Festival of Art in Orange Beach, Alabama on the 14^th and 15^th of March 2015. Click the photograph to go to their website for more information.

“ORANGE BEACH FESTIVAL OF ART MARCH 14-15 2015”

“Official Website For Spanish Fort, Alabama!”

Al Cheney is a Certified Residential Real Property Appraiser with over 35 years’ experience in the Mobile Bay Metro Area of Alabama, Baldwin County and Mobile County which encompass Mobile Bay.  Al Cheney is very familiar with Spanish Fort real estate. Spanish Fort is the gateway to the delta as well as having five rivers and two state parks. Spanish Fort is minutes away to Mobile’s downtown business sector by accessing “the Bay Way” or “the Causeway”.

You can know and read more information about me by going to a few of my blogging websites:  http://www.cheneyappraisalservices.com/ or http://buildingabrandonline.com/FinanciallyFreeYourself/.

You may also contact Al Cheney at (251) 533-2424 and ask about my services and non-financial (personal use, i.e. property tax issues, thinking about selling) condo or home appraisal fees for only $250. More complex or difficult properties are quoted on a case-by-case basis.

Click image to access their website.

“University of South Alabama Center for Real Estate & Economic Development”

The City of Gulf Shores in Alabama is your destination to beach living year-round or vacationing along the Gulf of Mexico. Make your decision to purchase or rent from the many choices of condominium projects and begin your wonderful coastal experience. Enjoy the blue-green waters of the Gulf of Mexico and the remarkable sugar white sandy beaches which begin in Alabama.

This information provided by Albert Marshall Cheney, Certified Residential Real Property Appraiser, with over 35 years experience in the Mobile Bay Metro Area of Alabama, Baldwin County and Mobile County which encompass Mobile Bay.  You can know and read more information about me by going to a few of my blogging websites:  http://www.cheneyappraisalservices.com/ or http://buildingabrandonline.com/FinanciallyFreeYourself/. You may also contact me, Al Cheney, at (251) 533-2424 about my services and my non-financial (personal use, i.e. property tax issues, thinking about selling) condo or home appraisals for only $275. More complex or difficult properties are quoted on a case-by-case basis.

“Beach Living Year-Round or Vacationing, Gulf Shores Sugar White Sandy Beaches are Remarkable!”

Cheney Appraisal Services, Al Cheney, provides home or property appraisals within these Alabama communities:

Bay Minette, Bon Secour, Daphne, Elberta, Fairhope, Foley, Gulf Shores, Lillian, Little River, Loxley, Magnolia Springs, Montrose, Orange Beach, Perdido, Point Clear, Robertsdale, Seminole, Silverhill, Spanish Fort, Stapleton, Stockton, Summerdale.

The fees will range from $225-$275 non-financial appraisal reports depending on its location within Baldwin County. More complex or difficult property appraisals for homes or land will be quoted on a case-by-case basis.

This information has been provided by Albert Marshall Cheney, Certified Residential Real Property Appraiser, with over 35 years experience in the Mobile Bay Metro Area of Alabama, Baldwin County and Mobile County which encompass Mobile Bay.  You can know and read more information about me by going to some of my blogging websites:  http://www.alabamarealestateappraisals.com/ or http://buildingabrandonline.com/FinanciallyFreeYourself/. You may also contact me at (251) 533-2424 about my services and my in the City of Mobile non-financial (personal use, i.e. property tax issues, thinking about selling) home appraisals for only $225.

“Cheney Appraisal Services”

Cheney Appraisal Services provides very special fees for homeowners thinking about selling or other personal uses which are non-financial or mortgage related, i.e. considering a purchase, property tax issues, selling your home or land.

The fee for straightforward real estate appraisal reports within the City of Mobile is $225. The other appraisal fees for homes located just outside the city limits of Mobile or in a nearby local community will generally range from $250 to $275. More complex residential properties will have to be quoted on a case-by-case basis.

The primary coverage area is Baldwin County and Mobile County.

This information has been provided by Albert Marshall Cheney, Certified Residential Real Property Appraiser, with over 35 years experience in the Mobile Bay Metro Area of Alabama, Baldwin County and Mobile County which encompass Mobile Bay.  You can know and read more information about me by going to a few of my websites:  http://www.CertifiedAppraiserNames.com/, http://www.alabamarealestateappraisals.com/ or http://buildingabrandonline.com/FinanciallyFreeYourself/. You may also contact me at (251) 533-2424 about my services and my in the City of Mobile non-financial (personal use, i.e. property tax issues, thinking about selling) home appraisals for only $225 when you are ready to have your property appraised by Cheney Appraisal Services.

I was talking to a business client over the telephone just a few days ago. I was giving my usual spiel about wanting to receive more work from their company. As we talked about the current business climate and how I could achieve more work, a past experience entered my thoughts when I was 13 years of age.

I was visiting Uncle Bernard, my father’s brother, in Machias, Maine for the summer. Uncle Bernard stood six-foot four in height with salt-and-pepper hair and burly eyebrows which would capture anyone’s attention as he entered any room, especially, with his smiles and “Down-Easter” accent of witty comments and sayings.

Uncle Bernard took time to show me the interesting natural aspects of Maine’s coastal areas and life of Down-Easters with their businesses and events which make it special and unique.

My uncle showed me Jasper Beach, one of two beaches, which has this special kind of stone. These special stones can easily be polished and used in certain jewelries and trinkets.

My uncle’s wife, Aunt Jinny, inherited the old family dairy farm, Schoppee Farm, and a very small island, Hickey Island, near Englishman Bay and Little Kennebec Bay. Schoppee Farm was a very peaceful experience for such a “Southern boy” as me.

During this summer visit, Uncle Bernard arranged a family gathering on Hickey Island. I remember all of us boarding his boat and slowly heading out into the waters and into Little Kennebec Bay. I could see a boat ahead of us with a lobster trapper working his cages. As Uncle Bernard moved the boat alongside the trapper’s boat, he heartily said with a strong Down-Easter accent, “Good day, Sir! Would you have some lobsters for sale today?” “Yes, of course”, as he began pulling several of his lobster traps from the seafloor. We all watched him pull up his traps filled with beautiful large lobsters and we purchased many for the island feast.

We cordially said our goodbyes and thank yous to him and began slowly puttering towards the island. When we reached the island, we tied the boat to an old dead tree at the water’s edge and began getting our utensils, condiments and the fresh live lobsters together and began our short walk towards a sandy beach area.

Al Cheney, Roques Bluff, Machias, ME, 1966

A cooking area was arranged on the beach and the fire was started for boiling our succulent crustacean dinner. As the lobsters were cooking in water from the sea, I watched the deep bluish waves crashing onto this private and serene beach. It was a wonderful day for enjoying succulent lobster dipped in butter while experiencing the panoramic island view, listening to the waves and feeling gentle salty and warm breezes upon my skin as the sun dropped lower within the Down-Eastern sky.

I also experienced Maine’s Lobster Festival and enjoyed all the wonderful food. I remember taking a seaplane ride with my Uncle Bernard and seeing wonderful aerial views of Maine’s coastline.

Uncle Bernard and I visited a canning facility where a great Aunt Ethel worked hard packing sardines. I remember standing at the end of an old fishing pier. I looked down into a very large fishing barrel and saw a seagull standing in the bottom. The seagull was apparently searching for food in the bottom of this barrel and oblivious to its inability to fly out from this barrel. So I reached down into the barrel to grab the seagull and release him from his small stinky prison and, yes, he did bite me a few times but I did not let that deter me from freeing this seagull. I finally was able to grab this seagull and carefully remove him from the fish barrel. Uncle Bernard got my Polaroid camera and took a photograph so I could remember this experience before releasing and watching this seagull fly up into the air and join his other seagull friends.

When I think of this seagull which was trapped at the bottom of the fish barrel, I can’t help to think how it can relate to the ups and downs in life which we experience?

Imagine for a moment that you are this seagull with despair, sadness or worry. It’s your own self-imprisonment because of challenges you are experiencing within your own life. You find yourself standing at the bottom of the fish barrel and you cannot get out. It sometimes takes assistance from others in showing you the way out with their kind actions and words of encouragement and a belief in you.

What describes you today? Are you the seagull flying high in the sky with your other seagull friends enjoying life? Or, are you this seagull at the bottom of the fish barrel, imprisoned by your own thoughts, watching all the other seagull friends flying above?

Decisiveness, optimism and the willingness to change one’s life for the better are key ingredients to your success. These key ingredients must be juxtaposed with the people around you who give you good advice, assistance and the additional strength to live on and be successful within your life. Fly into the clouds and enjoy your life and humanity and empower yourself! Amen.

http://positivemobility.empowernetwork.com/