David Tosch Loves Nature RunningBy Lee DavisDavid Tosch has participated in just about every type of running competition. He was a track and field athlete in high school and competed seriously in road runs and marathons for years.Tosch said his love affair with long-distance running began when he was a young man watching the 1972 Olympics in Munich, when Frank … [Read more...]
A Sense of Place, Southern-style
Local Landscape Painter Is Featured Artist at Hoover’s Southern VoicesBy June MathewsWhen artist Melanie Morris accompanied her husband, author Michael Morris, to the Hoover Public Library’s Southern Voices Festival in 2004, she met that year’s featured artist, Toni Tully, with whom she naturally felt a connection.“She was so nice, and I thought then that I would … [Read more...]
The Long Run
By Lee DavisAlmost 23 years ago, nobody could have guessed that the birth of a child could lead to the establishment of one of the most successful charitable events in metro Birmingham.But that’s exactly what happened.In August of 1992, Paul and Cinna Sotherland of Homewood gave birth to their son, Matt. The child had Down syndrome, along with a heart defect that … [Read more...]
Running the Good Race
By Donna CorneliusBefore the 2009 Mercedes Marathon, a friend asked Sally Williams to run for a cause.“I ran as a BellRunner for a child with Down syndrome,” said Williams, who lives in Birmingham near Crestline.BellRunners raise money for the marathon’s official charity, The Bell Center for Early Intervention Programs. The Birmingham-based nonprofit organization … [Read more...]
“Holiday Hijinks”
Birmingham"Holiday Hijinks"Dec. 11-21Virginia Samford TheatreLee Ann Brown, Kristi Tingle Higginbotham, Jan D. Hunter and Kristin Staskowski are ready to celebrate the holidays with a fun-filled show of comedy sketches and songs. They will perform in "Holiday Hijinks" at the Virginia Samford Theatre Dec. 11-21. General admission tickets are $22. For … [Read more...]