Story by Donna Cornelius • Photos by Lee Walls The design experts at Issis & Sons Furniture Gallery feel strongly that your home should be a reflection of who you are. “Your rooms should have your personality – not the decorator’s,” said Nancy Gowens, the company’s operations manager. She and Issis & Sons owner and founder Steve Issis kept that philosophy in mind as … [Read more...]
Back in the Summer of ‘69: MBHS Class of 1969 Plans Woodstock-Themed 50th Reunion
By Emily Williams Members of Mountain Brook High School’s graduating class of 1969 are planning to kick off the summer with a 50th reunion on May 3 and 4. As the graduating seniors left high school in the summer of 1969, a Nixon-led United States watched Neil Armstrong take man’s first steps on the moon, and the Vietnam War raged on. The Manson family made headline news, … [Read more...]
Vestavia Hills Snares Area Soccer Title: Rebels Wait to Learn Sub-State Opponent
By Blake Ells Vestavia Hills clinched the Class 7A, Area 6 championship Saturday by defeating Hewitt-Trussville 2-0. It capped off a thrilling week of area soccer that also saw the Rebels win at Spain Park 2-0, then win at Mountain Brook on penalty kicks after two overtimes weren’t enough to determine a winner. “We battled back-and-forth the entire game,” said senior … [Read more...]
Doubly Delightful: Designer Lynne Coker Takes on Two ShowHouse Spaces
Story by Donna Cornelius • Photos by Lee Walls The beautifully appointed rooms in the Decorators’ ShowHouse don’t just create themselves. From the planning that starts the process to putting the final details in place, designers who participate in the Alabama Symphony Orchestra fundraiser put in weeks of time, effort and hard work before the house is … [Read more...]
‘Pound-for-pound Best Pitcher In the State’: Slightly Built Perreault Stands Tall on the Mound for Homewood
By Rubin E. Grant Justin Perreault stands only 5 feet, 10 inches tall and weighs just 135 pounds soaking wet. But the Homewood senior right-hander has not let his somewhat diminutive stature prevent him from becoming one of the most dominant high school pitchers in the state. “He’s a special young man with a great work ethic,” Homewood pitching coach Keith Brown said. “I … [Read more...]