By Lee DavisAny way you look at it, 2014 was a special year for Over the Mountain volleyball.For the first time ever, area schools swept state championships in the top classifications. Mountain Brook claimed the title in the brand-new Class 7A, and John Carroll Catholic took the blue trophy in Class 6A.Additionally, Hoover was a strong runner-up to the Lady Spartans … [Read more...]
King and Country
By Donna CorneliusRoyal life isn’t all it’s cracked up to be – at least for Foots Parnell.Parnell, this year’s Beaux Arts Krewe Ball King, said a friend asked him if his newly-acquired noble status excused him from household chores.“I told him I still had to take out the garbage,” Parnell said, smiling.The commercial mortgage banker will reign over the 48th … [Read more...]
Mountain Brook’s First Finalist
By Emily WilliamsCherokee Bend Elementary School teacher Ann Marie Corgill is a finalist for the 2015 National Teacher of the Year award.Corgill was named a finalist on Jan. 14.One of four finalists – the other three are from Hawaii, Indiana and Texas – Corgill earned a bachelor’s degree and master’s degree at the University of Alabama and has been an educator for … [Read more...]
Support System
By William C. Singleton III Following a recent hit-and-run accident that left Homewood parks and recreation board member Paula Smalley injured and currently confined to a wheelchair, she needed a home to stay in that was handicapped-accessible.Enter a Homewood neighbor, with whom Smalley and her husband, Craig, have been staying for the time being.“Some … [Read more...]
Driver’s Education
By Lee Davis If Homewood girls’ basketball coach JoVanka Ward was organizing a carpool, she’d be in big trouble.That’s because the vast majority of her Lady Patriots are too young to drive.The good news is that they are all really good basketball players.“Yes, we are a little on the young side, and I have to keep reminding myself of that,” Ward said. … [Read more...]