The One Starry Night Gala will take place April 5 at The Club, raising funds for the Assistance League and local initiatives that serve children and seniors. In its second year, the event, organized by co-chairwomen Cindy Wade and Cathy Bowman, will include a silent and live auction, dinner and dancing. The honoree for the evening is John Lyda, an executive with Blue … [Read more...]
Archives for March 2018
A Reason to Run: Ugandan Children’s Choir to Perform at Annual Sozo Children 5K
In its seventh year, the annual Sozo Children Run for a Reason will feature performances by some of the children who benefit from the organization’s mission. The 5K race will be April 7 in Avondale, coinciding with the Birmingham leg of the Sozo Children’s Choir tour in the United States. The choir consists of 22 Ugandan children and young adults, ages 10 to 18. They are on a … [Read more...]
AAA (Amenities Across America)
By Sue Murphy I love turndown service. Back when Harold took me along on sales conventions, we would stay at a fancy schmancy hotel, and while we were at dinner, the housekeeping fairies would tiptoe in (or so I imagined), turn back the covers, put a mint on each pillow and hang fresh towels in the bathroom. When we came back after a long hard night of customer … [Read more...]
Safety and Security: Schools Look for Ways to Prevent the Next School Shooting Plot
By Sam Prickett Feb. 14’s mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, was the eighth recorded school shooting of 2018 and, with 17 casualties, among the deadliest high school shootings in American history. It was also the deadliest school shooting overall since 2012’s Sandy Hook elementary massacre in Newtown, Connecticut, which killed 28 … [Read more...]
Ready To Roll: Homewood’s Lucky Cat Puts a New Spin on Ice Cream
By Donna Cornelius There’s a cool new kid on the block in Homewood. Feb. 3 was the official start date for Lucky Cat Rolled Creams, an ice cream shop at 2908 18th St. South. The store actually opened two weeks before that with a “soft opening” that let owners Hannah and Greg Slamen give their place a test run. Thus, there was little fanfare – but there were plenty of … [Read more...]