By Solomon Crenshaw Jr.Art Meripol would smile and quietly agree when people pointed out the coincidence of his name.The career photographer was an artist, they surmised, whose name is Art. But Meripol, whose given name is Arthur, never saw it that way.“No, not at all. Other people would point it out to me before, once my career got going,” the 68-year-old Hoover … [Read more...]
‘Momentous Occasion’ Indian Springs School Dedicates New Kayser-Samford Community Commons
Indian Springs School commemorated the completion of the Kayser-Samford Community Commons project with a ribbon-cutting ceremony Dec. 9.Representatives from Lake Flato Architects of San Antonio, Architecture Works, BL Harbert International and Indian Springs Village were part of the dedication, according to a statement from the schoolThe Kayser-Samford Community Commons … [Read more...]
A Christmas Snuggle
A group of sloths is called a snuggle. Did you know that? I didn’t. I’m sure the animals themselves don’t worry about such labels. They don’t look around and count to see if they’ve reached an official snuggle quorum. I’m not sure why we worry about the names either, but somebody somewhere went to the trouble to come up with one for a lot of these gatherings. A … [Read more...]
‘Incredible Year’ Yeager Surprised to Be Voted OTM Coach of the Year
By Rubin E. GrantEven though he led Mountain Brook to its first championship game appearance since 1996, Chris Yeager figured someone else would be the 2022 All-OTM Coach of the Year.He pointed to his former defensive coordinator Robert Evans, who guided Vestavia Hills to a 7-5 record and a second-round Class 7A playoff appearance in his first season; Wade Waldrop, who … [Read more...]
‘A Warrior’ Wright’s Leadership Made Him Cornerstone of Mountain Brook’s Defense
By Rubin E. GrantLate in the fourth quarter of the Class 6A championship football game on Dec. 2, Mountain Brook senior linebacker Trent Wright went down in a pile on the ground at Jordan-Hare Stadium in Auburn.Wright didn’t get up. He had snapped the fibula in his right leg and torn all the ligaments in his ankle.“I was running to make a tackle and in the pile … [Read more...]