By Ingrid Schnader Theresa McKibben is gearing up for her performance with the Dill Pickers at the Central Alabama Theater. But before McKibben was one of the seven musicians who make up the Dill Pickers band, she was a little girl begging her mom to let her take piano lessons. “My mother had a terrible experience with piano,” she said. “Her mother made her take (lessons), … [Read more...]
Bigger and Better: Plans Presented for Renovating and Expanding Homewood Schools
By Emily Williams After spending more than a year gathering data, consulting with the public and inspecting its facilities, Homewood City Schools gave its first official presentation of a Capital Improvement Plan on Oct. 26 in Homewood Middle School’s auditorium. The setting of the meeting is just one space that will be touched by a systemwide series of renovations, additions … [Read more...]
After the Bell: Edgewood Elementary Principal Celebrates 36-year Career in Homewood
By Emily Williams A crowd boasting members of the Homewood City Schools family filled BridgeStreet Gallery on June 25 to celebrate the career of Edgewood Elementary School Principal Dr. Patricia Simpson, who is soon to spend her first fall in 36 years outside of school doors. The party was coordinated by Simpson’s husband and, while Simpson said it was a packed house, one … [Read more...]