By Anne RuisiShots of the bridal party, a mother adjusting her daughter’s veil before the ceremony and the happy couple cutting the cake are scenes every wedding photographer captures on the job.Then there’s the Indian wedding where the groom got bucked off a horse during the baraat, part of an outdoor, prewedding groom’s procession, at an Over the Mountain hotel, … [Read more...]
Forever Flowers: Wedding Flowers Are Timeless Treasures in Resin Art
By Anne RuisiYour great-grandmother might have saved her wedding bouquet by pressing individual blooms in a book kept wrapped in the attic, but you now have the option to treasure your flowers as an artistic memento of the day you said your vows and display it in your home long after your Golden Anniversary.Preserving wedding flowers by encasing them in artistic shapes … [Read more...]
‘Big Accomplishment’: Homewood Edges Mountain Brook to Claim Regional Duals Title
By Rubin E. Grant Since the inception of the Alabama High School Athletic Association wrestling duals in 2017, Homewood had won its regional championship just once. And that was in the first year of the competition.The Patriots finally secured another regional duals title last Friday, but just barely. Homewood edged Mountain Brook 32-31 in the finals of the Class … [Read more...]
‘Special Talent’: Sargent Accepts Invitation to Play in the Masters
By Rubin E. GrantMountain Brook golf coach Alex Lockett once described former Spartans’ golfer Gordon Sargent as a “special talent.”Now, that special talent will get a chance to showcase his game on perhaps the grandest golf stage in the nation. Sargent, 19, has accepted an invitation to compete in the 2023 Masters.Fred Ridley, chairman of Augusta National Golf … [Read more...]
Balanced Bucs: Hoover Boys Basketball Team Looking to Make a Run at State Title
By Rubin E. GrantHoover’s boys basketball team ended December with an 18-2 record, but third-year Bucs head coach Scott Ware isn’t putting much stock in the mark.That’s because the Bucs posted a 16-3 record at the turn of the calendar last season but finished 5-7 and was eliminated in the area tournament.“We’re super happy to be 18-2, but we haven’t won anything,” … [Read more...]