By Anne RuisiSome type of health care facility could be in the Riverchase Galleria’s future, as Hoover city officials look into redevelopment of the largest enclosed mall in Alabama and the adjacent Patton Creek shopping center. The city’s Health Care Authority has hired an attorney with expertise in the health care industry to prepare the paperwork for a … [Read more...]
L’Chaim 2022: Violinist Highlights Alabama Holocaust Education Center’s Annual Fundraiser
Virtuoso violinist Niv Ashkenazi is to perform Sept. 18 using one of a collection of instruments that survived the Holocaust and then were restored by a father-son pair in a Tel-Aviv workshop. The concert is part of the Alabama Holocaust Education Center’s annual fundraising event L’Chaim, being held at Red Mountain Theatre. Avshalom “Avshi” and Amnon … [Read more...]
Barking Up The Right Tree
My granddaughter has been working on a nature patch with her Girl Scout troop. One requirement is to identify five trees by their bark. By their leaves, I might have had a chance, but by their bark? I’m ashamed to admit that I haven’t been much help. You’d think I’d be better at it, given the number of trees that have stood faithfully in my back yard lo these … [Read more...]
The Fighting Patriots: Homewood’s First Football Team Established a Winning Tradition
By Rubin E. GrantRay Powell’s roots ran deep at Shades Valley High School.His three older brothers went to school there. One played baseball, one played football and one was a drum major in the band. His mother was kind of the “band mother” and worked in the concession stands.Because of his mother’s duties on game nights, Powell found himself at the concession … [Read more...]
Puppy Love: Merlin’s ‘Magic’ Captivates Kids at Vestavia Elementary West
By Anne RuisiColeman’s Cats, the children in teacher Andrea Coleman’s second grade classroom at Vestavia Hills Elementary School West, might take their nickname from felines, but their hearts belong to a four-legged black lab named for a legendary wizard at King Arthur’s court.“On a scale of 1 to 100, I’d say he’s a 100,” one of those students, Reese Olvey, 7, said … [Read more...]