By Lee DavisAnyone who has followed the Hoover-Vestavia Hills football rivalry over the years knows that when the two get together on the field, anything can happen.But what made the 2013 renewal of the series unique was that everything seemed to happen in 48 minutes of gridiron war before a large crowd at Hoover Metropolitan Stadium.There were big plays, drama, … [Read more...]
Enchanted Evening
A recent fundraiser for Childcare Resources had a fairy tale ending.The 2013 Fairy Tale Ball on Aug. 24 at the Sheraton Birmingham raised close to $90,000 for Childcare Resources, a nonprofit partner agency of United Way of Central Alabama.The magical evening featured fun activities for the whole family.During the seventh annual event, the ballroom was … [Read more...]
Circling the Wagons
By Keysha DrexelJournal editorWhen she was 46 years old, Martha Welch of Vestavia Hills was like a lot of other busy working mothers.She put others first, pouring her energy into her job as a nurse and her role as a wife and mother of two."I was due for my yearly mammogram, and I put it off for a little while that year," Welch said. "My father had just died of … [Read more...]
Fifty Years of Fine Art
By Keysha DrexelJournal editorSally Johnson said it seems like just yesterday that she and other parents with children at Bluff Park Elementary School in Hoover banded together to raise money to build the school's first library.But it has actually been half a century since the idea of the Bluff Park Art Show was born out of the desire to give back to the … [Read more...]
Designer Dana Wolter Makes Her Home a Family Retreat
By Keysha DrexelJournal editorEven though she works in a completely different field, Mountain Brook interior designer Dana Wolter is still putting her journalism degree to good use.Just like a well-written story, Wolter's Canterbury Road home has multiple layers and dimensions, all pulled together in a way that makes sense for a busy family."The goal was to … [Read more...]