On Jan. 5, Scouts BSA Troop 97 at Trinity United Methodist Church in Homewood held a Court of Honor to recognize three members who have achieved the rank of Eagle Scout. The Homewood-based troop celebrated Jonathan Parris, Aidan Wright and Colin Melville, who join more than 240 other Troop 97 Eagles. Jonathan Parris In his scouting career, Parris has served in leadership … [Read more...]
Answering the Call: All Saints Rector Preparing to Fill Role as the First Female Episcopal Bishop
By Sam Prickett In January, the Episcopal Diocese of Alabama elected the Rev. Glenda Curry as the state’s first female Episcopal bishop. It was a landmark vote, but for Curry, a Homewood resident and rector at All Saints Episcopal Church, it was more about her qualifications than anything else. “In my mind, what was more important was that I wanted to be qualified for what I … [Read more...]
Now Hear This: Leadership Vestavia Hills Celebrates Dr. Audie Woolley’s Work With Deaf Children
By Emily Williams According to the National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders, roughly one in 1,000 children are born deaf. “In Alabama, that’s going to be about 30 to 40 kids, because there are about 30,000 to 40,000 live births a year,” said Dr. Audie Woolley, chief of pediatric otolaryngology at Children’s of Alabama. Many of those babies end up at … [Read more...]
‘Completely Thrilled’: Patti Callahan Henry Named 2020 Harper Lee Award Recipient
By Emily Williams Patti Callahan Henry of Mountain Brook recently was named winner of the 2020 Harper Lee Award for Alabama’s Distinguished Writer. It is annually awarded by the Monroeville Literary Festival and Alabama Writers’ Forum, named for Harper Lee, author of “To Kill a Mockingbird,” who was raised in Monroeville and returned there to spend her later years. “Some … [Read more...]
Burgers and Bourbon: Mountain Brook Becomes Chef’s Mayberry for a Small-Town, Fine-Dining Experience
By Sam Prickett Jon Holland said he started thinking about a second restaurant about three days after he opened the Fig Tree Café. He opened that Cahaba Heights hole-in-the-wall in May 2014, and while it’s grown in the intervening years – from 24 to 98 seats – the idea of a new venture has always been in the back of Holland’s mind, “simply because I love forward … [Read more...]