By Donna CorneliusHeather Foster is no stranger to a football-crazy atmosphere.She’s a graduate of two schools that, to put it mildly, are passionate about the sport: Vestavia Hills High School and the University of Alabama.Now, Heather is experiencing football fandom on a different level. She’s cheering for the NFL’s Tennessee Titans.Her mother, Mary Foster, … [Read more...]
Mystics Mix Mardi Gras
By Keysha Drexel Journal EditorWhat started out as a way for Mobile natives to bring a bit of Mardi Gras to Halloween in Mountain Brook has grown into an annual event that attracts thousands, reroutes traffic and even has the dismissal bell ringing early at one elementary school.And for Trent Wright, who started the Mystics of Mountain Brook Parade with his sister nine … [Read more...]
Mountain Brook Alum Heading Up Schools Foundation
By Ben Johnson Journal InternAnne Womack is taking a more active role to help her alma mater.Womack, a 2003 graduate of Mountain Brook High School, is the new executive director of the Mountain Brook City Schools Foundation."It's exciting to be back home," Womack said. "Development in education is my passion. To do it in a place where I'm from and to be … [Read more...]
African Adventure
While most people bring back souvenirs from their family vacations, not all return home with the kind of things one Vestavia Hills family came home with after visiting Africa over the summer.The Champions traveled to Africa as part of Young Life, a Christian ministry that has outreach programs for students in the U.S. and in 70 countries around the world. While there, the … [Read more...]
Mountain Brook Father, Son Aim to Draw Awareness to Dyslexia
By Keysha DrexelDr. Billy Cornay of Mountain Brook said he never understood why reading notes while giving a lecture to other physicians always made him, literally, sick to his stomach.It wasn't until his son Will, now a senior at Spring Valley School, was diagnosed with dyslexia that Billy began to suspect that he, too, was dyslexic."I would try to read from … [Read more...]