By Rubin E. GrantReed Harradine had just one problem when he began playing soccer as a toddler. He didn’t like running.So he wouldn’t have to run too much, Harradine decided to become a goalkeeper.“I figured that was a position I could just stand there,” Harradine said with a chuckle.Now a junior at Mountain Brook High School, Harradine has developed … [Read more...]
Murphy’s Law: Trivial Pursuits
By Sue MurphyI just got back from the Panama Canal. Bet you didn’t expect me to say that. I didn’t expect it, either, but in one of those “life is short” moments, I booked a cruise with my sister and brother-in-law that left San Diego and landed in Ft. Lauderdale.Fourteen days at sea! It was terrific! The highlight, of course, was transiting the canal. We went … [Read more...]
‘Lew In 22’: Vestavia Hills’ Lew Burdette Says Prayer Led Him to Run for Governor
By Ally MorrisonWhen he was just 15 years old, Lew Burdette was kidnapped. He was held at gunpoint in the alley behind his father’s Roanoke grocery store and then taken into the woods, where he would end up shot, stabbed and left for dead in an old 30-foot water well. Burdette said he battled for his life at the bottom of that well, later was given only a … [Read more...]
OTMJ’s Rubin Grant Named a Legend of Alabama Sports Writing
Rubin Grant has been named one of the 50 Legends of the Alabama Sports Writers Association, an honor being given out in conjunction with the association’s 50th anniversary celebration.Grant has been a regular contributor to the Over The Mountain Journal since 2017 and previously spent 25 years at the Birmingham Post-Herald, where he served as prep editor. He has … [Read more...]
‘Stand in the Gap’: Vestavia Hills Student-Led Club Hosts Buddy Anderson Serve Day
By Rubin E. GrantVestavia Hills High School senior Nathaniel Bass wanted to do something special to honor the Rebels’ legendary football coach.So, Bass, president emeritus of a student-led club at Vestavia Hills, organized the first Buddy Anderson Serve Day. The school’s One Birmingham Service Club hosted the event last Saturday at Christian Service … [Read more...]