By William C. Singleton IIIJournal contributorThe Mountain Brook City Council will likely decide tonight whether a new Piggly Wiggly will be built at a controversial spot in Crestline.The council called a special meeting on Dec. 16 to consider rezoning three lots on Vine Street to pave the way for a new Piggly Wiggly. The meeting starts at 5:30 p.m. at City Hall at … [Read more...]
Oak Mountain Alum Named Rhodes Scholar
Inquiring Mind: Rhodes Scholar Says He Learned ‘Constant Curiosity’ from Oak Mountain TeacherA graduate of Oak Mountain High School was recently elected to the Rhodes Scholar Class of 2015.Ameen Barghi, a student at the University of Alabama, was the third UAB student since 2000 named as a Rhodes Scholar.The 2015 competition began with a pool of 877 applicants … [Read more...]
Wright-King
Rita Cecil Sandner Wright and Hobart Amory King were married Nov. 22 at the Cathedral Church of the Advent. The Very Rev. Dean Andrew C. Pearson Jr. officiated the ceremony.The bride is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Wright III of Birmingham. The groom is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Mark Steven King of Birmingham.Given in marriage by her father, the bride wore a … [Read more...]
Crow-Pullen
Crow-PullenMr. and Mrs. Warren Baker Crow IV of Birmingham announce the engagement of their daughter, Caroline Milliken Crow, to Travis Michael Pullen, son of Mr. and Mrs. Michael Thomas Pullen of Metropolis, Ill.The bride-elect is the granddaughter of Mrs. John Mottley Milliken and the late Mr. Milliken of Bowling Green, Ky., and Mrs. Warren Baker Crow III and the … [Read more...]
Six Geese A-laying and Two Ducks
All year, I’ve been watching a pair of geese that live in a pond near my house. Now, I know some people find geese a bother, but I like them. They’re graceful and focused and protective of their mates, qualities I appreciate in an animal. Qualities I appreciate in a person, too, for that matter.Anyway, I checked on “my geese” every day as I drove past the pond, and lo and … [Read more...]