By Ingrid Schnader When people make a New Year’s resolution to exercise more, it doesn’t take long before life gets in the way and they start coming up with excuses. But in Ashley Dawson’s fitness bootcamp, it’s hard to come up with an excuse. She meets her fitness group on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays at Heardmont Park at 8:30 a.m., just in time for parents to drop … [Read more...]
Briarwood’s Forester Earns Coach of the Year Honor by Following Yancey’s Path
By Rubin E. Grant After taking over for Briarwood Christian football coaching legend Fred Yancey last year, Matthew Forester had one goal in mind: Maintain the standard Yancey had set. “It was a huge honor for me to follow Coach Yancey,” said Forester, who played for Yancey and spent several years as an assistant under him. “It was good for me to pay attention and learn from … [Read more...]
Wrap for Warriors: BWF Students Wrapped Gifts for VA Patients to Open on Christmas Day
By Emily Williams Sisters Carla Dudley and Charmel Taylor Pines don’t often cross paths during their workday. Dudley teaches fifth grade social studies at Brookwood Forest Elementary School. Pines spends her days serving the Birmingham VA Medical Center as chief of voluntary services. This year marked the second annual Wrap for Warriors, which brings the sisters … [Read more...]
Project to Educate People on Ocean Conservation Earns Richardson the Girl Scout Gold Award
Grace Richardson recently earned the Girl Scout Gold Award, the highest achievement in Girl Scouting, for her “Project Aquarius.” The project focused on environmental consciousness. She saw that the root cause of many environmental issues, particularly involving the oceans, is a lack of knowledge about where trash ends up or energy comes from. Richardson, a graduate of Hoover … [Read more...]
Homewood Councilor Challenging OTM Cities to Boost Census Participation
Census Day is April 1, and Homewood City Councilor Jennifer Andress is turning it into a friendly competition among four Over the Mountain cities. In 2010, the census response rates for OTM cities were 74% for Homewood, 78% for Hoover, 84% for Mountain Brook and 81% for Vestavia Hills. Andress wants to see those rates rise. The form takes only 10 minutes to complete, … [Read more...]