Editors note: We reached out to local schools and collected graduation messages to the Class of 2020 from some of our areas top ranking graduates, featured student speakers and valedictorians. Mountain Brook and Vestavia Hills students are featured here. We’ll include others in our next issue. Mountain Brook High SchoolJohn Nathan, honor graduate Obviously, this is not … [Read more...]
‘It Was So Joyful’: Couple Scales Down Their Wedding and Finds It Is Just as Perfect
Since their engagement in July 2019, Homewood residents Ashley Martin and Andy Echols had been planning and looking forward to a large wedding celebration at St. Paul’s Cathedral in downtown Birmingham. “We had over 400 people send in their RSVP to the wedding,” Martin said. “We had people coming from near and far.” The couple made the decision amid the coronavirus pandemic … [Read more...]
Have a Heart: AHA 2020 Birmingham Heart Walk Goes Virtual
By Emily Williams According to the American Heart Association, heart disease is the nation’s number one killer. Patients with heart disease and other related health issues also are among those at highest risk of death should they contract COVID-19. With those facts in mind, the AHA will present its 2020 Birmingham Heart Walk virtually on June 13 with the goal of not only … [Read more...]
Graduating 2020-Style: Many School Systems Choose to Have In-Person Commencements, But They Aren’t Exactly Old School Ceremonies
By Caroline Rice As Alabama has begun to reopen, many high schools are or have held in-person graduation ceremonies. Spain Park High School and Hoover High School held graduation ceremonies at the Hoover Metropolitan Complex last Wednesday and Thursday, respectively. Both of those ceremonies sparked controversy. The systems applied safety guidelines to the events such as … [Read more...]
Twelve Step Recovery … Maybe Thirteen
By Sue Murphy I need to get my oil changed. Pandemic or no pandemic, there’s only so long a body can ignore the “maintenance required” light on the dash. When I called the dealership to make an appointment, the service coordinator asked that I arrive wearing gloves and a mask. I assured her that I would, but later that day, I canceled the appointment. If they were as worried … [Read more...]