Two Over the Mountain residents were recently honored for their service at Samford University.Longtime Samford University professors Gretchen S. McDaniel and Lowell C. Vann, both of Hoover, received top university awards Jan. 28 during an especially memorable opening convocation for the 2014 spring semester.Snow flurried outside Samford’s Wright Center as J. Bradley … [Read more...]
West Uses Shakespeare to Teach Law Students
By Donna CorneliusJournal feature writerThose who have only a nodding acquaintance with Shakespeare might think history’s most well-known playwright had scant respect for lawyers.And it’s all because of a line that’s often misinterpreted: “The first thing we do, let’s kill all the lawyers,” from Henry VI, Part 2.Birmingham attorney Kim West is happy to set … [Read more...]
The Pink Tulip Opening Third Store in Hoover
By Keysha DrexelA business that started as a small home gift store almost 30 years ago will expand into a three-location retail clothing company next month.The Pink Tulip, which first opened in Southside in 1986 and currently has locations in Homewood and Cahaba Village, will open a third store in Hoover’s Patton Creek shopping center in March.And this will not be … [Read more...]
Heart-to-Heart Connection
By Keysha DrexelJournal editorWhile 26-year-old Lura Fuller Denson of Mountain Brook doesn't have a clear memory of it, her mother, Vickie Fuller of Redmont, said there's one night in her daughter's struggle with heart disease that she will never forget.Just before her third birthday, Denson had to have open heart surgery to correct a problem with the structure of … [Read more...]
Former Vestavia Hills Mayor Honored by Chamber
The Vestavia Hills Chamber of Commerce presented its Chair’s Choice Award to Dr. Charles A. “Scotty” McCallum, the former mayor of Vestavia Hills and past president of the University of Alabama at Birmingham, at the chamber’s annual awards luncheon at Vestavia Country Club on Jan. 14.“My vocabulary is probably not sufficient enough to honor this man the way he deserves … [Read more...]