By Ingrid Howard The Lili Pad of Vestavia Hills is a quarterfinalist in this year’s contest for the Independent Small Business of the Year, also called the “Indie Award.” A children’s boutique offering clothing and gifts for infants, toddlers and children, The Lili Pad is the only Alabama store to make the list. From the day that sisters Katherine McRee and Susan Day opened … [Read more...]
Young Hoover Girls Basketball Team off to Fast Start
By Rubin E. Grant When the Hoover girls basketball team was blown out in its third game this season, head coach Krystle Johnson didn’t raise an eyebrow. That’s because of the way the 2017-18 season ended for the Bucs. Hoover did not lose to an in-state school until Sparkman dealt the Bucs a 55-54 setback in the Class 7A Northwest Regional final. “We had won 20 games in a row … [Read more...]
For Your Cure Only: James Bond-Themed Gala Includes Live, Silent Auctions
The eighth annual James Bond Gala, “For Your Cure Only,” will be held Feb. 23 at The Club in Birmingham. The event is put on by ROAR (Radiation Oncology Accelerated Research), a nonprofit composed of women whose goal is to raise funds for cancer research programs for the department of radiation oncology at the University of Alabama at Birmingham. Organizers announced this … [Read more...]
Mountain Brook Girls Team Gelling With the Late Arrivals
By Blake Ells Senior Kate Amberson, juniors Anne Vandevelde and Ellie Dayhuff and sophomore Celie Field didn’t join the Mountain Brook girls basketball team until Nov. 1, just one week before the Spartans’ first game against Homewood. The four helped lead the Spartans’ volleyball team to the AHSAA 7A state semifinals, losing in three sets to eventual champion McGill-Toolen … [Read more...]
Thankful for Community: Vestavia Rallies to Help the City Manager’s Wife, A ‘Newcomer’ Fighting Cancer
By William C. Singleton III At a recent Vestavia Hills football game, Penny Downes, wife of Vestavia Hills city manager Jeff Downes, was talking to a parent about what she hopes to accomplish as she regains her strength from treatments for multiple myeloma and prepared herself for the battle that lies ahead. Penny Downes mentioned that, because her immune system is … [Read more...]