By Sarah Kuper Organizers for the Alys Stephens Performing Arts Center at UAB have selected a family to chair this year’s VIVA Health Starlight Gala, rather than one individual or couple. The seven co-chairs are the children and children-in-law of Mike and Gillian Goodrich. Elizabeth and Mike, Mary and Braxton, Ali and Charles, and Gracie have received the honor because of … [Read more...]
A Story of Love: Local Storyteller Hydock to Perform Valentine Story for Hoover Service Club
By Emily Williams Throughout her childhood and into her post-graduate life, Dolores Hydock didn’t realize that storytelling could be a career. Nonetheless, she began what would become an acclaimed storytelling career at 5 years old, when she entered a local storytelling contest in her hometown of Reading, Pennsylvania. Despite being the only contestant in her age group, she … [Read more...]
A Focus on Prevention: Mountain Brook Couple Promote Heart Health as 30th Anniversary Heart Ball Honorees
By Sarah Kuper When Dr. Derrill Crowe was approached to be the 2017 Heart Ball honoree, he said he would do it, but only if his wife was an honoree as well. For the 30th anniversary of the event, which benefits the American Heart Association, organizers thought it was fitting to have Derrill and his wife, Cameron, as hosts and honorees. “So many people have poured into this … [Read more...]
Vestavia Hills Woman Wins American Cancer Society Award
By Sarah Kuper Deborah Kirk Walker did not grow up wanting to be an oncology nurse. “I got out of school, I was looking for a job and a great physician agreed to mentor me,” Walker said. But almost 20 years later, she has won one of the highest honors given by the American Cancer Society. In January, the ACS gave Walker the Lane W. Adams Quality of Life Award for her work … [Read more...]
Slogging Through It: Vestavia Hills Mom Pushes Through Training for 10K
By Annie Howard Dana Travis is staying strong, or at least she’s trying to. The Vestavia Hills resident, wife, mother of three and vice president of account services at blr | further started the year with a new challenge – running the Village2Village 10K on March 11. Since being profiled in the Jan. 12 edition, the novice runner has been prepping for the challenge at … [Read more...]