Over the Mountain Journal Feb. 23, 2012 by Over the Mountain Journal

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VOL. 21 #4 Heart Ball to celebrate 25th anniversary

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Homewood couple forms Treeline Expeditions to help teens enjoy great outdoors

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SPRING FASHIONS WITH A LITTLE HELP FROM OUR FRIENDS

Our spring styles are going to the dogs -- in a good way. We enlisted the help of lovable pets-in-waiting at the Greater Birmingham Humane Society to help us show off new looks for the season. Here, Collins Kitchens, our 12-year-old model from Vestavia Hills, cozies up to a tail-wagging charmer named Kirk. Heʼs currently residing at the GBHS, but maybe not for long once our readers see this front page-worthy face. Our Spring Fashion Journal photo by John Pope Preview begins on page 23.

Time-honored tradition continues with 45th Krewe Ball

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Extra Efforts for Education: Foundations Make a Difference in OTM Schools

BY LAURA MCALISTER

JOURNAL EDITOR

n some Over the Mountain schools, they’re funding training for teachers. In others, they’re supplying iPads and needed technology. Whatever the case may be, the education foundations in Homewood, Hoover, Vestavia Hills and Mountain Brook are making a difference in the classroom and helping lessen the pinch of proration, or state budget cuts. For the past several years, the sluggish economy has forced the state to cut its education budget. In Vestavia Hills schools alone, the

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cuts have cost the system more than $5 million since 2008. That’s why the work of the education foundation is so important, said Ashley Thompson, executive director of the Vestavia Hills City Schools Foundation. “There are certain things that the state has

eliminated, like funding for professional development,” she said. “That’s how we can step in and help. A big chunk of our money this year will go to professional development.” While all of the systems’ education foundations operate a little differently, each has one goal in mind – improving education. In Vestavia and Mountain Brook, the foundations mainly fund technology and professional development. In Hoover and Homewood, the foundations review grants from teachers to select the projects that will have the greatest impact in the classroom. “We really see our role as enhancing an See FOUNDATIONS, page 11

Are you and your kids ready for the summer?

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FIRED UP FOR FUN P. 5 • KING BOB BENTLEY P. 8 • WALKER NAMED DISTINGUISHED YOUNG WOMAN P. 10 • OME STUDENT WINS HELEN KELLER ART SHOW P. 39

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Rep. Paul DeMarco officially presented Prince of Peace Catholic School with the Blue Ribbon Schools of Excellence Lighthouse Award and an Alabama State Resolution during Catholic Schools Week. See Schools, page 41. Photo special to the Journal

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Find out how to get your home ready to sell and why now is the time to buy in the Over the Mountain area.

in this issue About Town 3 People 8 Life 12 Social 14

Weddings 21 fashion 23 schools 39 Sports 44

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Publisher: Maury Wald Editor: Laura McAlister Features Writer: Donna Cornelius Office Manager: Christy Wald Editorial Assistant: Stacie Galbraith Sports: Lee Davis Contributors: Susan Murphy, Bones Long, Cary Estes, June Mathews, Emil Wald, Marvin Gentry Advertising Sales: Suzanne Wald, Julie Trammell Edwards, Tommy Wald Vol. 21, No. 4

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Toe Jam

Beyond my germ paranoia, there’s pring is inching its way ever the very real possibility that I will ram closer. The daffodils are already my toes into some less pliable object. in bloom, and the forsythia is My brain is always going faster than bursting forth from its winter confinemy body, causing me to round corners ment. Blossoms and birdsong after all too sharply and careen into bed frames that grey and gloom? What could be and coffee table legs. My little toes wrong with that? have been broken so many times that Well ... saying hello to sunshine they no longer even react to the assault. and little green shoots means saying Painting my sandaled toenails some goodbye to a few other friends. I’m neon alert color doesn’t seem to help a sweater girl. Not in the buxom old much, either. During one pre-vacation school sense, but there’s something pedicure, I slipped on the pavement in about pulling on a sweater that feels my little rubber pedi-slippers and broke like coming in from the cold, which in my pointer toe. a sense, I am, especially at our house Which is why, in the shoe departwhere my husband Harold prefers to Sue Murphy ment, I go for maximum coverage and keep the thermometer at a crisp tundra minimum toe squish. I don’t do heels setting. My brain is always or wedgies, nothing flirty or fabulous And hoodies. Don’t you love hoodhigh off the ground. My feet deserve ies? Zipped up, hood flipped over my going faster than or that. They do all of the heavy lifting. head, it’s like being in a fuzzy little my body, causing My arms only have to hoist 25-pound tent. I just have to remember to remove of bird seed. My feet have to supthe hood when I go into a convenience me to round cor- bags port ... well, never mind, but let’s just store so the clerk doesn’t call 911. Hoodies may seem covertly threatners too sharply say they earn their tender keep. And yet, sandal season is upon us, ening to others, but that’s nothing comand careen into bed when my feet will be thrown out into pared to the overt threat of once again having to unveil my puny, pale arms, frames and coffee the elements once again. I have not broit to my toes that their comfy sock who have been lulled into a false sense table legs. My little ken days are almost over. I’m trying to ease of sweater security over the winter. Spring is so close now that even one of toes have been bro- them into the open with periodic forays porch where they can feel those “Thirty Days to Killer Triceps” ken so many times tothethesunfront on their little ... faces ... while workouts won’t save me. Oh well. No one expects me to look buff and beauti- that they no longer they sit perfectly still. I’m also practicing a different route ful, and if they do, they’ll have to get even react to the through my living room, giving the over it. I did. coffee table a wide, wide berth, and I’m going to have a harder time givassault. sticking to the more spacious hallways ing up my socks. Shoes and socks form where the rugs are secured with nona warm and cozy barrier between my slip mats. toes and the hazards of the outside world. If you think Will my efforts be enough? We’ll find out. If you see about it, your feet operate at ground level, ground, as in where all the dirt is. Dirt and tossed out hamburger wrap- me in a boot cast in August, you’ll know that I fell short pers and bugs. In interior public spaces, feet face tile and ... literally. The good news? There will be a sock under that boot carpet cooties, and don’t even get me started on movie cast for sure. ❖ theater floors and airport security lines.

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Why do you volunteer for the Greater Birmingham Humane Society?

“My dad was volunteering here, and I’ve always loved animals. I feel bad for animals that may have been hurt and this is a way that I can help.” Crystal Ramos with Aphrodite Birmingham

“I had free time and loved animals. It’s rewarding to be able to walk and bathe a dog. I love being able to help people find a pet and hear that it turned out for them.” Meagan Cox with Purra Hoover

“My involvement began when I was asked to sit with Chihuahuas and it turned into more. It’s amazing what they do here with disaster relief rescue, vaccinations, microchips and so much more.” Reinaldo Ramos with Coraline Inverness

“I was living in an apartment and needed my dog fix. My primary role is with the Pet Pantry, which provides food to pet owners who otherwise might not be able to afford it. Pet Pantry is open the first Saturday of each month.” Whitney Hasen with Tec Riverchase

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about 50 women to form the Heart Guild, which has hosted the event ever since. Some 300 people attended the first ball. This year, around 900 are expected, Dottie said. During the ballâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 25-year history, about $123 million has been raised for the American Heart Association. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I think that is really a testament to the giving nature of this community,â&#x20AC;? McManus said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;A lot of that money comes right back to the community, too, in the way of research. This is just a very worthy cause, and Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m honored

they chose me on this 25th anniversary.â&#x20AC;? As always, this yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s event will be black tie. In addition to a cocktail hour and seated dinner, the ball includes live entertainment and a silent and live auction, which will include a golfing package to FarmLinks, a trip to the New York City Mercedees Benz Fashion Week, a trip to Spain, Alabama and Auburn football experiences and a celebrity sports experience with radio talk show host Paul Finbaum. Emceeing the event are Alabama 13â&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Pam Huff and Gene Hallman. â?&#x2013;

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Among the past presidents of the Heart Ball are from left: Susan DuBose, Paulette Pearson, Suzy Baker, Audrey Photo courtesy Arden Ward Photography Lindquist, Kim Hull, Sherri Pledger and Marianne Prime.

Better-than-Ever Heart Ball Celebrates 25th Anniversary BY LAURA MCALISTER

JOURNAL EDITOR

hen Karen Allen was approached 25 years ago to organize a fundraiser for the American Heart Association, she had no idea it would become one of the biggest events of its kind in the nation. However, sheâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s not too surprised. The event started out with a fine group of women, she said, and continues to have a dedicated group who promote and plan the annual ball. This year marks the 25th anniversary of the Heart Ball, hosted by the Heart Guild and presented by Wells Fargo. Since Birminghamâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s first one in 1987, the ball has been one of the nationâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s largest. It rounded out at No. 8 this year for heart association fundraisers. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It really was such a big success from the very first one,â&#x20AC;? Karen said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I look back on the people we recruited, and I knew it would be huge. The first year, it was a sellout.â&#x20AC;? The Heart Ball is set for 6 p.m. March 23 at the Cahaba Grand Conference Center. This yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s honoree is James McManus, CEO of Energen and a longtime supporter of the American Heart Association.

In addition to McManus, the ball also will honor people like Karen, who helped to get it started in the first place. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll be doing some fun things to honor past Heart Guild presidents,â&#x20AC;? said Dottie Smith, owner of Edgarâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Bakery and chairman of Heart Ball this yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s ball. ď&#x20AC;´When: 6 p.m. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll have a March 23 video presenď&#x20AC;´Where: tation. Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re Cahaba Grand really proud Conference of the fact that Center this is one ď&#x20AC;´Information: of the top 10 510-1517 biggest (Heart Balls), and thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s really from all the efforts of the Heart Guild. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We expect it to be a really wonderful evening.â&#x20AC;? Karen said she was working for SouthTrust Bank when Don Lundy, her boss and president of the AHA, asked her if she could organize a ball. She sought the help of friends Audrey Lindquist, Arlene Goldstein and Susan McCullough, and the first ball, then called the Heart Beat Ball, was held at The Club. The organizers wanted it to be a fun event, and Karen said they succeeded.

â&#x20AC;&#x153;Back then people would come to those things in the black dresses and sit down and leave,â&#x20AC;? She said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We really wanted this to be fun, and it was. I tell you we had people out there dancing until 1 in the morning.â&#x20AC;? After the first ball, Karen, with the help of her three friends, recruited

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run/walk, gluten-free vendor fair and “Gluten Free University,” which runs all day Feb. 25 and includes seminars and cooking demonstrations. The gala features guest speaker Dr. Alessio Fasano of the University of Maryland, an expert on Celiac disease. For more information and a schedule of events, visit www.GreatGlutenFreeExpo.com.

Leading the way Those honored at last year’s Leadership Vestavia Hills Citizens of the Year banquet were from left: Ann Bennett Hamiter, Mayor Butch Zaragoza, Rep. Spencer Bacchus, John Henley and Robin Morgan.

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Leadership Vestavia Hills Citizens of the Year March 1, 6 p.m. Vestavia Country Club Leadership Vestavia Hills will present the 23rd annual Leadership Vestavia Hills Citizens of the Year banquet. The program recognizes individuals and groups that make significant contributions to Vestavia Hills through volunteerism, generosity, fundraising and lifetime Birmingham

Weekday Lenten Services NOW-April 6, 12:05 p.m. The Cathedral Church of the Advent The Cathedral Church of the Advent celebrates 104 years of weekday services during Lent with its 2012 Lenten Preaching Series. The series will again feature preachers from all over the world. Each noonday service is immediately followed by the Advent’s famous homemade lunches served at modest prices. The series of 25-minute services begins Ash Wednesday and continues through Good Friday. All proceeds benefit Advent Outreach. Visit adventbirmingham.org for more information. Birmingham

Red Stiletto Party Feb. 23, 6 p.m. Saks Fifth Avenue The Young Leadership Board of

service. This year’s honorees include Vestavia Hills High School head football coach Buddy Anderson for the Lifetime Achievement Award, Dr. Swaid N. Swaid for the Distinguished Citizen Award and Youth Leadership Vestavia Hills for the Outstanding Community and Corporate Support Award. Tickets are $35 and may be purchased from the Vestavia Hills Chamber of Commerce or online at LeadershipVestaviaHills.com. Sponsorships are available through Carol Buchanan at cbuch54@bellsouth.net.

Ronald McDonald House Charities of Alabama presents the fourth annual Red Stiletto Party. For $25 a person or $45 a couple, participants will enjoy entertainment by the Simone Durand Trio, beer from Good People Brewing Co., food from more than a dozen restaurants, wine, a silent auction and a fashion show. Models include Tribble Reese from CMT’s “Sweet Home Alabama”; V.J. Graffeo, one of Birmingham’s youngest Top 40 Under 40 award recipients; Emily McLaughlin, University of Alabama homecoming queen; Katie Malone, Miss Tuscaloosa; Nicole Allshouse, ABC 33/40’s Talk of Alabama host; and Audrey Pannell, YP Birmingham’s first Young Hot Birmingham winner. The first 100 guests to arrive receive a bag of treats from all over Birmingham. Tin Roof in Lakeview will host an after-party for the event. For more information or to buy tickets, visit www.rmhca.org

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Birmingham Purity Ball Feb. 24, 6 p.m. Carraway-Davie House Rick Burgess is the host and speaker for this formal dinner dance. He will challenge fathers who attend to commit to a life of purity in their actions, thoughts and emotions. A group of Over the Mountain area fathers planned the ball to bring fathers and daughters together to celebrate their relationships. The fathers sign a covenant to be pure in their thoughts, minds and actions and to help guide their daughters in their choices for purity. The daughters place white roses at the foot of a cross to symbolize their commitment. Dress is formal or semiformal. Tickets are $50 per person. Visit birminghampurityball.eventbrite. com for more information or to buy tickets. Birmingham

An Evening at Vulcan Park Feb. 23, 5:30 p.m. Vulcan Park and Museum Birmingham-Southern College will host an Evening at Vulcan Park for high school students and family members from Over the Mountain schools. Join BSC for hors d’oeuvres and conversation with members of the BSC community, including students, faculty, staff, alumni and Gen. Charles C. Krulak, president. Send RSVPs to Lindsay Aycock at aycock@bsc. edu with the name of your high school name, graduation year and the number attending.

“Cats” Feb. 24-25, 7:30 p.m.; Feb. 25-26, 2:30 p.m. Virginia Samford Theatre The historic Virginia Samford Theatre in partnership with Shades Valley Theatre Academy and AROVA Contemporary Ballet will present the hit Broadway musical “Cats.” For the first time in Birmingham, “Cats” will be performed by an all-star cast of Birmingham students who participate in the Virginia Samford Theatre’s STARS program. To buy tickets, $20 for adults and $10 for students, call the VST Box Office at 251-1206 or visit www.virginiasamfordtheatre.org.

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Great Gluten Free Expo Feb. 24-25 North Jefferson County This weekend event includes a gluten- and dairy-free gala dinner, 5K

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Birmingham Genealogical Society Feb. 25, 1:30 p.m. Birmingham Public Library Birmingham Genealogical Society will meet Feb. 25. A get acquainted session starts at 1:30 p.m.; the meeting follows at 2 p.m. Both will be on the third floor of the library annex. Secured parking is in the lot behind the main library. Mary Taylor will discuss getting family histories published.

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ArtBLINK Gala 2012 Feb. 25, 6:30 p.m. The Kirklin Clinic Artists will create spectacular works of art in the blink of an eye during the UAB Comprehensive Cancer Center’s annual ArtBLINK Gala 2012. Nineteen Birmingham artists will work with a variety of media to create masterpieces in 90 minutes that can be purchased during the silent auction to benefit high-priority cancer research and patient/family services. The event also will feature a cocktail dinner by Kathy G & Company and dancing to the sounds of Big Daddy’s New Band. Admission is $150 per person. For more information or to make reservations, visit www.uab. edu/artblink or call 934-1603. Dress is black-tie optional. Valet and deck parking are available for guests. Hoover

Alabama/Mississippi Zeta Day Feb. 25, 10 a.m. The Wynfrey Hotel The Birmingham Zeta Tau Alpha Alumnae Chapter will host Alabama/ Mississippi Zeta Day 2012. The theme is Churchill Downs and Crowns. For more information, email zetalady79@ gmail.com. Birmingham

The Chieftains Feb. 25, 8 p.m. Alys Stephens Center UAB’s Alys Stephens Center will present the Chieftains, celebrating its 50th year, in a lively performance of Irish and folk music. The six-time Grammy Award winner is known for its fun and masterful collaborations with some of the biggest names in rock, pop and traditional music. Tickets are $65.50, $57.50 and $44.50; student tickets are $20. A limited number of VIP tickets are available. Call 975-2787 or visit www.AlysStephens.org. Following the show, an ASC after party in the Odess Theatre will feature live Irish music, Irish ales and brews and desserts. Tickets are $10; ASC Junior Patrons are admitted free. For more information, call 975-5662. Birmingham

UAB Lecture Series Feb. 27, 7 p.m. Alys Stephens Center Award-winning actor, author and philanthropist Hill Harper will give a

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free public lecture at the Stephens Center’s Jemison Hall. The event is part of the UAB Black History Month celebration. After his talk, “Letters to a Young Brother/Sister,” Harper will sign copies of his books. Harper stars as “Dr. Sheldon Hawkes” on the hit TV drama CSI: NY. He is also the author of four New York Times bestsellers: “Letters to a Young Brother,” named Best Book for Young Adults by the American Library Association in 2007; “Letters to a Young Sister”; “The Conversation”; and “The Wealth Cure.” “For more information, visit www.uab.edu

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MOMENTUM Awards Ceremony and Conference Feb. 29, 5:30 p.m.; March 1 Sheraton Birmingham MOMENTUM, a leadership program for Alabama women, will host an awards ceremony and one-day conference. The award ceremony will be Feb. 29. Honorees include Catherine Randall, Debrah Underwood, Lilly Ledbetter, Margaret Tutwiler, Marian Loft and Sansral Hullett. The one-day conference March 1 will motivate participants to meet challenges facing Alabama businesses, government agencies and

nonprofit organizations. Conference attendees will learn from the career and life experiences of women leaders who have attained high-level positions. For more information, visit www. momentumleadershipconference.com. Birmingham

Birmingham Chamber Music Society Feb. 29, 7:30 p.m. Alys Stephens Center, ReynoldsKirschbaum Recital Hall Internationally-recognized artists Augustin Hadelich, violinist, and Justin Brown, pianist and conductor of the Alabama Symphony, will perform a program of music featuring Beethoven

Violin Sonata No. 6 and composers Ysaye, Kurtag, Faure and Ravel. Tickets are $25, $10 for students with IDs and free for children. Call 9752787 for more information.

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Kids’ Korner Consignment Sale Feb. 29, March 1 Mountain Chapel United Methodist Church The Kids’ Korner Spring/Summer 2012 Consignment Sale will be Feb. 29 from 4 to 8 p.m. and March 1 from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. with items discounted 50 percent from 4 to 7 p.m. Only high quality and brand name items are

Distinguished Young Women of Jefferson County March 1 The Distinguished Young Women Program of Jefferson County is accepting applications from high school girls graduating in 2013 and residing in Jefferson County. The deadline for receiving applications is March 1. The program, formerly

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Getting ready for the Eighth Annual Chili Cook Off are Christi Burrius, left, and Pat Owen, right with North Western Mutual of Alabama and last year’s winning team members from left: Amanda Pinson, Leslie Moon, Rachel Miller Journal photo by Laura McAlister and Courtney Brush with The Maids. Homewood

Eighth Annual Chili Cook Off March 3, 10:30 a.m. The Exceptional Foundation The Exceptional Foundation will host its Eighth Annual Chili Cook-Off March 3, 2012 from 10:30 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. in the parking lot of The Exceptional Foundation. Northwestern Mutual of Alabama is the title sponsor and Regions Bank is the presenting sponsor of the event, which is organized by The Exceptional Foundation and its Junior Board members. Tickets are $10 in advance; $15 at the gate; and children 12 and under are free. Visit www.exceptionalfoundation.org for more information or to purchase tickets.

“My robotic surgery patients recover faster, with less pain.” ROBERT A. DESANTIS, M.D., FACOG BOARD-CERTIFIED OB/GYN Member of the Medical Staff at Trinity Medical Center

The last thing a surgical patient needs is more pain. So gynecologic surgeon and Trinity medical staff member, Robert DeSantis, M.D., has become an expert in the use of da Vinci® robotic-assisted women’s surgeries. In fact, Dr. DeSantis is one of the area’s only surgeons performing complex procedures with the da Vinci Surgical System, including hysterectomies, and surgeries for endometriosis, uterine prolapse and uterine ﬁbroids. These procedures may mean less pain, less scarring and less time in the hospital for many patients. And the shorter your recovery, the faster you can get back to your life. Dr. DeSantis is now seeing patients in Birmingham and Chelsea. Call 205-592-5499 for more information.

TWO LOCATIONS: Trinity OB/GYN 860 Montclair Road, Suite 251 • Birmingham Trinity Medical Clinics 331 Chelsea Corners Way • Chelsea

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About Town Jefferson County’s Junior Miss, will be July 20-21 at Samford University. The Jefferson County representative will advance to the Distinguished Young Women Program of Alabama in Montgomery, where she will compete for more than $40,000 in cash-tuition scholarships and more than $1 million in college-granted scholarships. For more information, visit www. DistinguishedYW.org, contact chairman Eddie Macksoud at jefferson@ distinguishedYW.org or call 907-0210. Birmingham

Botanical Bash March 2, 6 p.m. Birmingham Botanical Gardens The Rotary Club of Shades Valley will host Botanical Bash, benefitting the Birmingham Botanical Garden’s summer internship program. The evening will feature a silent auction, a dinner including beer or wine and live entertainment by the Birmingham Heritage Band. Tickets are $40 per person. Contact Andrew Bell at acbell1@gmail.com for tickets or visit www.shadesvalleyrotary.org. Birmingham

Inspiration Station March 3, 9:30 a.m.

B & A Warehouse GirlSpring Inc., a new Birminghambased nonprofit founded by Birmingham activist and philanthropist Jane Stephens Comer, will present its premier “Inspiration Station” event from 9:30 a.m. to 6 p.m. GirlSpring Inc. focuses on issues, activities and concerns of Alabama girls and young women ages 9-21. Mothers and daughters are invited to attend along with mentors, grandmothers and aunts. Two sessions, at 9:30 a.m. and 2 p.m., will educate and demonstrate good nutrition and exercise. For more information or to buy tickets, visit girlspring.eventbrite.com. Birmingham

Spencer Lecture March 8, 6:30 p.m. Birmingham Botanical Gardens New York Times best-selling author Andrea Wulf headlines the 14th annual Spencer Lecture at Birmingham Botanical Gardens in the Linn-Henley Lecture Hall. This free event will feature Wulf’s illustrated talk “Founding Gardeners: The Revolutionary Generation, Nature and the Shaping of the American Nations” based on her book of the

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same name. Wulf will greet guests in the Hodges Room at a 5:30 p.m. reception before speaking. She will sign copies of her books, which will be available for purchase at Leaf & Petal at The Gardens. Reservations are required; to reserve seats, visit www. bbgardens.org/spencerlecture. For more information, call Shelly McCarty at 414-3965. Birmingham

Women of Distinction Luncheon March 9, 11:30 a.m. The Harbert Center To celebrate its 100th anniversary, the Girl Scouts of North-Central Alabama will combine the east and central regions of its council for a Women of Distinction Luncheon. The luncheon will recognize 12 outstanding women representing Blount, Calhoun, Cherokee, Chilton, Clay, Cleburne, Etowah, Jefferson, Randolph, St. Clair, Shelby, Talladega or Walker counties. The program pays tribute to women who have made special contributions to their community through civic, academic or professional involvement. Proceeds support the Girl Scouts of North-Central Alabama. Reservations are $60 for general admission and

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Dance with OUR Stars March 3, 6:30 p.m. Temple Emanu-El Temple Emanu-El will host Dancing with OUR Stars, with dancers led by Fabian and Jackie Sanchez. An auction will feature an SEC Championship game package, beach trips, jewelry and more. Keith Cromwell, who’s worked with Phyllis Diller and Donny Osmond, will emcee the event. All proceeds benefit Temple Emanu-El programs. For more information or to buy tickets, visit To: hooverantiques@bellsouth.net www.ourtemple.org or contact From: Over The Mountain Journal, phone 205-823-9646, fax 205-824-1246 Linda Verin at adsthatworkreally@ Ready to lead dancers at Temple Emanu-El’s Dancing with OUR Stars are Jackie Date: Jan. 2012 gmail.com or 821-0327. Sanchez and Fabian Sanchez, left, with temple member Dian Diamond.

$45 for Girl Scout members. For more information on reservations or sponsorships, call Leah Beth Downs at 800-734-4541 ext. 1030 or visit girlscoutsnca.org/wodeastcentral. Homewood

Lil’ Lambs Consignment Sale March 9-10 Trinity United Methodist Church Trinity United Methodist Church in Homewood will hold its spring Lil’ Lambs consignment sale March 9 from 9 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. and March 10 from 9 a.m. to noon in the church’s gym. Most items are half-priced Saturday. Lil’ Lambs is a sale of gently-used infants’ and children’s clothing, accessories, toys and nursery items. Sellers receive 70 percent of their proceeds; the remaining 30 percent supports Trinity’s children’s ministries. For information, visit trinitybirmingham. com. Birmingham

Early Bird African Violet Club March 10, 10 a.m. Birmingham Botanical Garden The Early Bird African Violet Club will meet at the Birmingham Botanical Gardens in the main level conference room. Member Michael Jackson will present a program on hybridization. The club, a member of the African Violet Society of America, has been meeting and growing in Birmingham since 1981. The meeting is open to anyone interested in African violets and how to grow them. For more information, call Martha Coleman at 256-378-7398 or visit www.ebafricanvioletclub.com. Birmingham

Pink Floyd Experience March 10, 8 p.m. Alys Stephens Center This ASC Junior Patrons event combines talented musicians, a light show, superb sound and innovation to create a highly conceptual, psychedelic evening at the ASC. Tickets are $55.50, $45.50 and $35.50; student tickets $20. Call 9752787 or visit www.AlysStephens.org.

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later aligning it with other companies through mergers and acquisitions. Bob has been in business for himself since 2000. “It’s been fun,” he said. “I enjoy the acquaintances I get to meet in business. I get to work with a lot of talented people.” In his spare time, Bob likes go to his vacation home on Logan Martin Lake or play golf at the Country Club of Birmingham, where he served as president in 2000. He and Grace also enjoy the company of their three grandchildren: Elizabeth Douglass Corey, a freshman at Sewanee; Grace Evelyn Hawkins, a senior at Mountain Brook High School; and Robert Rushton Corey, a junior at Mountain Brook High. ❖

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Evans Is Eagle Scout Walter Burt Evans III, a member of Troop 63 at Canterbury United Methodist Church, was awarded the rank of Eagle Scout in a Court of Honor ceremony Nov. 9. For his Eagle Scout leadership project, Evans designed and built benches and raised planters for the residents of St. Martin’s in the Pines. The project was part of a garden expansion Walter Burt Evans plan for the Birmingham retirement center. In addition to the funds required to carry out the project, Evans raised more than $400 that was donated to St. Martin’s. As a member of Troop 63, Evans earned 23 merit badges. He served as patrol leader and troop historian and was inducted into the Order of the Arrow. He attended all three Boy Scout high adventure bases, including sailing from the Sea Base in the Bahamas, hiking more than 70 miles during an 11-day backpacking expedition at Philmont, N.M., and canoeing more than 50 miles through the Canadian wilderness at Northern Tier. Evans, a junior at Mountain Brook High School, is the son of Janie and Wally Evans of Mountain Brook. He is the grandson of the late Dr. Walter B. Evans, Trudy Evans and Mary Jane Ernest of Birmingham and the late Dr. Pete Howard and Anne Howard of Montrose.

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member of the Mountain Brook cross country and track teams. Carter also participates in the Latin Club and is a member of the National Latin Honor Society. He is the son of Amy and Britton Carter.

OTM Students Win Pickard Scholarships The Lois Pickard Scholarship Competition sponsored by the ASO Volunteer Council was Jan. 21 at Birmingham-Southern College. Over the Mountain winners were: piano, first place, Elisabeth Tsai, 12, a student at Hope Christian School; piano, second place, Pelham resident Tianlin Zheng, 16, Indian Springs School; and first place, brass/woodwinds, flutist Helen Caldwell, 17, Oak Mountain High School.

Judges were Lester Seigel, Donald Sanders and Judith Donaldson The winners performed at the Lois Pickard Luncheon Feb. 16 at Vestavia Country Club. First place winners receive $1,000, and second place winners receive $500.

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Wooley Wins Rayovac Award Rayovac has named Dr. Audie Woolley of Birmingham the Southern Hearing Professional of the Year. The award recognizes hearing professionals from five regions across the country for their outstanding service and commitment to the profession. Dr. Woolley has been a pediatric otolaryngologist at Children’s of Alabama for 15 years; his specialty is

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Carter Earns Eagle Rank Benjamin Bayles Carter, a member of Boy Scout Troop 63 at Canterbury United Methodist Church, has earned the rank of Eagle Scout. His Eagle Court of Honor was Jan. 22. For his Eagle Scout leadership project, Carter designed and built a storage Benjamin Bayles unit in the Carter parking deck at Canterbury for the use of the Carpenter’s Hands ministry. Carter earned 21 merit badges and spent 55 nights camping with the troop. He participated in Troop 63’s leadership training weekend at the University of the South, Sewannee, Tenn. He also attended Philmont camp in New Mexico in the summer of 2009. The Mountain Brook High School junior is an active member of Canterbury’s youth program; he serves as a member of the L.E.A.D. team and has worked on three summer mission trips. He was captain of the junior varsity cross country team and is a varsity

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scholastics, interview, fitness, selfexpression and talent. Throughout the year, Walker will represent Alabama at public events and serve as a role model to young people by spreading the program’s national outreach message, “Be Your Best Self.” Walker, the daughter of Angela and Michael Walker, is a senior at Oak Mountain High School. She has been vice president of her sophomore, junior and senior classes and is a member of the National Honor Society, Mu Alpha Theta and the French Honor Society. She received scholarships to the EDGE Performing Arts Center and the Joffrey Ballet School; an invitation to the NYCDA summer program; a Tremaine Dance full-year tuition scholarship; and the “Golden Rule” award. She is spokesperson for the Autism Society of Alabama, led the Pledge of Allegiance at the Alabama House of Representatives, is a member of the Wilson Chapel United Methodist Youth Group, is a student at Briarwood Ballet, participated in the American Ballet Theater Summer Intensive and is president of the OMHS “Con Brio” show choir.

Lakeshore Adds New Directors Lakeshore Foundation, a nonprofit organization in Homewood providing sports, recreation and fitness to people with physically disabling conditions, has added five new members to its board of directors. The board approved Sen. Slade Blackwell, Sen. Linda Coleman, Robert Couch, Bill Horton and Greg Johnston

to serve four-year terms. Blackwell is serving his first term in the Alabama Senate. He attended the University of Montevallo on a full basketball scholarship. Coleman is serving her second term in the Alabama Senate after serving one term in the Alabama House of Representatives and three terms on the Birmingham City Council. Coleman earned a bachelor’s degree from Alabama A&M University and a master’s degree from the University of Alabama at Birmingham. Couch is a member of the Banking and Financial Services, Real Estate and Governmental Affairs practice groups. He served as general counsel of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development from June 2007 to November 2008. He also served as general counsel and CFO of First Commercial Bancshares. Horton joined Regions when the company merged with AmSouth Bank, where he had worked for 37 years. He joined the AmSouth Management Training Program and served throughout the bank’s branch system. He has a bachelor’s degree from Jacksonville State University and is a graduate of Louisiana State University’s Graduate School of Banking. Johnston, a CPA, joined Baptist Health Systems in 1991. He was also controller at Lakeshore Hospital and an audit manager at the Birmingham office of Arthur Young and Company. The University of Alabama graduate is a past board member of the Alabama Chapter of the Healthcare Financial Management Association. ❖

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already amazing school district by providing things that would help us continue to be successful,” said Jane-Marie Marlin, president of the Homewood Foundation. “We have put some money in for professional development, but we also fund a lot of special projects throughout the school district.” The foundations operate independently from the school systems and are not related to school Parent Teacher Organizations. Though equally important, the PTOs and the foundations are very different, Ashley said. “One board member had a good point and said we all have a checking and savings account,” she said. “When you look at the difference, the PTO is like the checking account. It’s for dayto-day expenses. It helps pay for ink cartridges and newsletters. They play a very important role. “The Foundation is like the savings account. We pay for the big stuff. We save our money so we can focus on the long term. We’re investing. Everything we buy, we look at and see if it’s something we’ll want the next year and the next.” The majority of funding for the foundations comes from community pledges and donations. Here’s a look at how the four Over the Mountain foundations operate and how they’re impacting education in the area.

Homewood City Schools Foundation What started in the mid-1990s as a grassroots effort by some Homewood band parents evolved into what is now the Homewood City Schools Foundation. Each year, Jane-Marie said, the foundation distributes about $50,000 for special projects in the school system. She said the foundation board, which is made up of about 30 people representing all the schools in the district, takes grant applications from teachers. Those applications are then reviewed by a committee and discussed with school officials to determine which will have the greatest impact. In the past, the foundation has funded iPads for special education students, ACT and PSAT preparation classes, stipends for new teachers and other needs. “The teachers really are so appreciative,” Jane-Marie said. In addition to providing classroom support, the foundation also has made professional development a priority. For the first time, Jane-Marie said, the foundation would be paying teachers for work during the summer. “We’re taking applications for summer learning teams,” she said. “We’re going to pay teachers for their time, whether it’s working on lesson plans and projects or just collaborating with others. “It’s not much, but even if it could cover the cost for the teacher to get a sitter, it’s something.”

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The Andrews family have been on several backpacking expeditions, including trips to the Grand Canyon and the Painted Desert.

National Forest and the Weminuche Wilderness, to name wo elementary school teachers a few. will be spending their summer in “Our family experiences have been so important to the wilderness with a bunch of us,” Suzanne said. “My son really loves it, and my daughteenagers – and not much else. ter does, too, for different reasons. Ryder really likes the Bill and Suzanne Andrews, adventure, and Alexandra loves to meet other campers. both fifth grade teachers at She’ll see another group and want to go meet them.” Mountain Brook Elementary and With a love of backpacking and their summers free, residents of Homewood, have Bill and Suzanne said it made sense to start Treeline formed Treeline Expeditions, Expeditions. But it wasn’t something that happened overLLC, a summer backpacking night. experience in New Mexico for They had to receive permits to camp, and Bill also high school-age students. During underwent extensive training. the two-week expeditions, the couple will lead In addition to spending 14 years in the classroom, he’s the teens through the Pecos Wilderness of New a graduate of the National Outdoor Leadership SchoolMexico with their backpacks, stocked with only Yukon and Pacific, a leader in wilderness education. He necessities. also is a trained Wilderness First Responder. The campers are responsible for cooking their “NOLS is really a premier school for expedition trainmeals and keeping their campsites just as they story by Laura Mcalister ing,” Bill said. “I’ve also had medical training through the found them while navigating their way through Wilderness Medical Institute. I have to recertify every two wilderness. years. It teaches you to care for minor things like cuts and scratches, as well as major things like Bill said the camping experience will teach leadership skills and self-reliance in a Christian broken bones and illnesses. It’s very extensive training.” environment while exploring the great outdoors. Though they are in the wilderness without cell phones, Bill said they are still connected to “We like to think about it as getting unplugged,” Suzanne said. “There are no cell phones. emergency responders, and parents can even follow their journey online. Each camper will be It’s really almost like a detox. It just makes you really aware of all the beauty around you.” equipped with a SPOT receiver, a satellite messaging service. In its first summer, Treeline Expeditions will offer two sessions – one June 14-27 and “If we get in any kind of trouble, we can send out an SOS,” he said. “It’s kind of like that airanother July 1-14. The expeditions are open to boys and girls entering grades 9-12. bag you have but hope you never have to use.” The couple will meet the campers at the Albuquerque, N.M., airport the first day of the Suzanne said the SPOT receivers also track their location on Google Earth, so parents can expedition. The second day will be dedicated to preparing their backpacks for the journey know where their children are at all times. ahead as well as getting campers acclimated to the New Mexico altitude. Bill said perhaps the biggest safety net they have, though, is good planning. The actual backpacking will take place on days 3-10. Bill said depending on the weather Campers don’t have to have any experience in outdoor adventures, he said, but they should be and the group, he suspects about six miles will be covered each day. used to activity. Bill even recommends that those going on an expedition start a regular exercise The journey will end with whitewater rafting on the Rio Grande and a day in Taos, N.M., regimen during the weeks leading up to the trip. before departing. The only equipment campers need is their clothing, sleeping bag and a backpack. Bill said “We’re looking to take about six kids on each expedition,” Bill said. “We want to keep it they would be renting backpacks out for $85 for those who don’t want to buy one. small. The packs weigh about 50 pounds, depending on the size of the camper, and contain clothing, “Each kid will have the chance to take some leadership roles. We’ll assign a leader for each sleeping bags, camping gear and food. day. They’ll learn quickly that not everything is going to go right or as planned, but if some“Food really takes up a good part of the packs,” Bill said. “The menus are one of the hardest thing does go wrong, you have to find a way around it. things to plan. You have no refrigerator out there.” “They have to think for themselves.” Campers should expect to eat a lot of pasta, rice, couscous, bagels and peanut butter. Bill said Bill knows from experience the need for flexibility, but he said that’s part of the fun and they’ll even bake pizzas and possibly a chocolate cake before the end of the journey. part of developing leadership skills. The only requirement when it comes to their cooking is that all of the food is eaten. That’s Bill first started backpacking when he was in high school. He said he was a “really shy kid” part of the “Leave No Trace” policy that will be followed during the expeditions. at the time. Leave No Trace requires the campers to leave their site exactly as they found it. “I did a couple of these trips, and I was hooked,” he said. “It taught me leadership skills While only two expeditions will be offered this summer, Bill and Suzanne are hopeful and built my self-esteem in ways that I could never learn in a classroom.” Treeline Expeditions will grow to offer more and more each summer. He’s been backpacking ever since. When he married Suzanne about eight years ago, she So far, the first session is almost full, and they’re taking reservations for the second one. and her two children, Alexandra and Ryder, joined Bill in his backpacking adventures. To learn more about Treeline Expeditions, visit its Facebook page. ❖ As a family, they’ve backpacked through the Grand Canyon, the Painted Desert, Pisgah

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The Homewood Foundation relies mainly on pledges to fund the grants, though they do have raffles and fundraisers occasionally. For $25 or more, a donation can also be made in a teacher’s name. The foundation also has a partnership with Zoe’s in Homewood that gives 15 percent of the restaurant’s profit from the first Thursday evening of every month to the foundation. Hoover City Schools Foundation While the Hoover City Schools Foundation’s focus is the classroom, its impact doesn’t end there. Like the Homewood Foundation, Hoover’s gives out teacher grants each year. Starting this year, it’s broadening its scope to add student scholarships The Hoover Foundation will fund two $1,500 scholarships – one for a Hoover High student and the other for a Spain Park student – to attend a twoyear college or technical school. Diana Knight, the foundation’s president, said it’s something the foundation wanted to do to help students even after they’ve graduated from the system. “This is not geared to the student with the 4.5 GPA or the athletes who are already getting scholarships,” she said. “We feel there is a population that also needs help. It might be the B-C student who might be better served at a two-year college or vocational school. There is a need for

Life The Mountain those individuBrook Foundation als working in does not give out the skilled-trade teacher grants. industry.” Instead it annually The Hoover meets with departFoundation is ment heads who taking applicahave collaborated tions for the with teachers and scholarship now. staff to determine It will continue the greatest needs. to offer teacher The amount grants, as it has given each year is since its formabased on the baltion 20 years ance of the endowago. Some grants Helping collect money for the Vestavia Hills City Schools Foundation are front ment, which is now at about $7 million. given this school from left: Ryan Brandon, Patrick Maluff, and Taylor Crenshaw, and in back: Lisa and Ken Maluff, Ashley Thompason, Becky Patton and Kim Hauser. “We really look year include Photo special to the Journal at three things: funds for a Mountain Brook City Schools is it innovative, can it be continued community garden at Trace Crossings Foundation Elementary, e-readers for South and then desperation,” she said. When the Mountain Brook City Shades Crest Elementary and a virtual “Desperation is when we’re trying to Schools Foundation formed in the hospital lab at Hoover High School. replace what’s wearing out.” early 1990s, the goal was to build an The Hoover Foundation is primarWhen it comes to technology, the endowment to perpetually assist the ily funded through its annual fundfoundation has done anything from system financially. raiser, a clay shoot. This year’s event replacing outdated laptops to purThe foundation quickly achieved is set for April 24 at Selwood Farms. chasing state-of-the-art Promethean that goal and has been giving to Knight said the shoot usually raises boards, interactive white boards that Mountain Brook schools since 1995, about $20,000 for the foundation. connect with a computer, for the said Carmine Jordan. To date, the The foundation is hosting another foundation has given almost $4.5 mil- elementary school classrooms. The foundation also offers profesfundraiser in the fall and also receives lion to the system. sional development opportunities financial support from Tameron Carmine is the executive director during the summer for training in Automotive through its Partnership of the foundation. She works out of some of the latest technologies and in Education Program. Donations are office space donated to the foundateaching trends. always welcomed and needed, Knight tion. added. When it comes to assisting Vestavia Hills City Schools The foundation recently signed on Mountain Brook Schools, Carmine Foundation with sharingspree.com. It’s similar to said the foundation focuses primarWhen the Vestavia Hills City Groupon, but a percentage of the proily on three areas – technology, School Foundation formed, it looked ceeds from purchases go to participatprofessional development and library to Mountain Brook’s as a model. ing charities. enhancement.

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Ashley, the Vestavia Foundation’s executive director, said they wanted to have an endowment, as Mountain Brook did, to perpetually fund it. The foundation formed in 1996, and by 1999 it was giving to the system. Since then, close to $500,000 has been granted to Vestavia’s eight schools. The endowment is right at $2 million. The goal, Ashley said, is to give about $64,000 to the schools each year. Ashley said the foundation focuses on three areas: professional development, technology and classroom enhancement. While the foundation is mainly funded through pledges, it does have an annual fundraiser, Dinners, Diamonds and Destinations. This year’s event is set for Feb. 25 at Ted’s Garage. Ashley said they’ve also gotten students involved in raising money through Foundation February, where students are encouraged to donate their change to the foundation. Since the state has cut funding for professional development, Ashley said, teacher training has been a big focus for the foundation. “Technology of course is big, too,” she said. “Right now we are funding iPads for the schools. The high school really wants to go paperless and use the iPads to take notes. We’re trying to contribute in those efforts. We just really want to be able to bring the latest and greatest technology.” ❖

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Serving as the 2012 king and queen of the Beaux Arts Krewe Ball were Toliver Robert Bentley and Madelyn Fletcher Hereford. Photo courtesy Hank Spencer, Image Arts

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he Beaux Arts Krewe Ball benefiting the Birmingham Museum of Art was Feb. 17 at Boutwell Auditorium. The 45th annual ball’s decorations and tableau recalled scenes of Oriental grandeur, while dancing pages in Chinese costumes joined in the merriment with the Royal Court and Krewe members. Reigning over this year’s ball were King Toliver Robert Bentley III and Queen Madelyn Fletcher Hereford. Queen Madelyn graduated from Mountain Brook High School in 2009. She attended Stephens College in Columbia, Mo., on a cross country scholarship for two years. She studied fashion illustration and photography at the Italian International Institute, Lorenzo de Medici in Florence, Italy, during the summer of 2010. In the fall of 2011, she transferred to the University of Alabama, where she is a junior majoring in fashion design and a new member of Delta Delta Delta sorority. Queen Madelyn is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William Schley Hereford (Laurie Camp Faulkner). Her grandparents are Mr. and Mrs. David Lawrence Faulkner and Mr. and Mrs. Clark McCracken Hereford. Her four younger brothers are William Schley Hereford Jr. (Billy), Faulkner Ward Hereford, Patrick Camp Hereford and Lawrence McCracken Hereford (Mac). Ladies in Waiting and their escorts were Elizabeth Ann Bean and Roberts Clark Benton, Anne Hayden Bromberg and William Byron Riser, Evelyn Adams Drennen and William Peary Adnan Cox and Rose Caldwell McCraney and George Malcolm Taylor IV. The princesses presented and their escorts were: Elizabeth Bentley Bruhn and Richard Wayne Lewis Jr., Koula Michelle Callahan and Magnus Miller Gorrie II, Anna Kathryn Clark and Douglas Shook Zeiger, Kathryn Quinn Corey and Phillip Gillis Stutts Jr., Sarah Bunnell Crosier and Mark Livingston Drew Jr., Elizabeth Grier Darnall and William Hall Stokes,

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ntiquarian Society of Birmingham members have enjoyed several informative meetings this year. The first meeting featured speaker Robby McClure, director of the Mobile Carnival Association, who talked about the history of Mardi Gras in Mobile. Mary Ann Jones, Linda Robertson and Kay Grayson decorated luncheon tables with beads and masks from Mardi Gras trips. President Judith Hand welcomed new members Sandra Holley, Shasta Parker, Marjorie Forney, Elaine Clark, Nan Skier, Patricia Clark, Grace Key, Marsha Duell, Rhetta Tatum, Jeanenne Bell, Nancy Mason and Ceil Leach. Antiquarians also met at the home of Jane Paris and Dr. Chandler Smith. Chandler spoke to members about the history and work of Edward Marshal Boehm, and Jane led the group on a tour of their extensive personal collection of Boehm birds. Rebecca Mason provided box lunches from Ashley Mac. Other members attending were: Barbara Baird, Martha Bartlett, Ellen Broome, Kirke Cater, Florence Cole, Sahra Coxe, Martha Lee Culp, Susan Dasher, Margie Denton, Carolyn Drennen, Jane Ellis, Shirley Evans, Betsy Faucette, Joann Fox,

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Mrs. William Robert Moon Sr. of Spartanburg, S.C. and Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Wayne Ezzell of Pacolet, S.C. The bride-elect is the granddaughter or Mr. Albert Maury Shurlds Sr. and the late Mrs. Mildred Freeman Shurlds of Maben, Miss. and the late Mr. and Mrs. Charles Lee McGlohn of West Point, Miss. Miss McGlohn is a graduate of Hoover High School and a 2005 graduate of the University of Alabama with degrees in telecommunications and film and political science. She was a member of Alpha Chi Omega sorority. She worked as a reporter/anchor for WAFF 48 News in Huntsville and is a news anchor with WSOC TV in Charlotte, N.C. The prospective groom is the grandson of Mrs. Christine Wofford

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Mr. and Mrs. Paul Andrews Liles of Birmingham announce the engagement of their daughter, Mary Andrews Liles, to Andrew Wesley Carlisle, son of Mr. and Mrs. Dyer Carlisle III of Birmingham. The bride-elect is the granddaughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. William Morris Walton, the late Mrs. Hermolyne Andrews Liles and the late Mr. John Lemley Liles Jr. Miss Liles is a graduate of the University of Virginia with a bachelor’s degree in economics and Spanish and a graduate of the University of Alabama

Woodsby and the late Mr. Dennis Woodsby of Spartanburg, S.C. and Mr. and Mrs. William Thomas Ezzell of Rocky Mount, S.C. Mr. Ezzell is a graduate of Spartanburg High School in Spartanburg, S.C. He graduated magna cum laude from the University of South Carolina in 2003 with a degree in political science. He was a member of Sigma Nu fraternity and Phi Beta Kappa society. In 2006, he received his juris doctorate cum laude from the University of South Carolina School of Law, where he was on the editorial board of The South Carolina Law Review and published a student works article. Mr. Ezzell is a partner with Gallivan, White and Boyd, PA in Greenville, S.C. The couple will exchange vows April 14, 2012, at the French Huguenot Church in Charleston, S.C.

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Ms. Susan Hart of Orange, Calif., and Mr. Simon Hart 999.9877 of Amersham, Maggie Kessler England, announce the engagement of www.crerealty.com their daughter, Lisa Jane, to Douglas Lang McCrary, son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles D. McCrary of Vestavia Hills. The bride-elect is the granddaughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Raymond O. Thompkins of Santa Ana, Calif., and

with a master’s degree in business administration. She was presented at the Beaux Arts Krewe Ball and is employed in Birmingham. Heritage Parc The prospective groom is the grand$229,000 and up son of Mrs. Juanita Cox and the late Mr. William George Rush and the late Hoover Dr. and Mrs. Dyer Carlisle Jr. Mr. Carlisle is a graduate of the University of Montevallo with a bachelor’s degree in business administration and a graduate of the University of • visit otmj.com Alabama at Birmingham with a mas• find us on facebook ter’s degree in construction and engineering management. He is employed • follow us on twitter in Birmingham. Maggie Kessler 999.9877 The wedding is planned for April 21. www.crerealty.com

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the late Mr. and Mrs. Harry Hart of London. Miss Hart is a magna cum laude graduate of California State University, Fullerton, with a bachelor’s degree in journalism. She received a doctor of jurisprudence with honors from the University of Texas School of Law and is an attorney at Baker Botts law firm in village NewPumPHouse York City. $400’sgroom and isupthe The prospective grandson of Vestavia Mr. and Mrs.Hills Douglas L. McCrary of Pensacola, Fla., and Mrs. Isaac N. Brantley and the late Mr. Brantley of Bessemer. Mr. McCrary is a magna cum laude graduate of Vanderbilt University with a bachelor’s degree in engineering science and economics. He received a master’s degree in business adminCharles Kessler istration with honors from999.9881 Columbia Businesswww.crerealty.com School, where he was awarded the Feldberg Fellowship. He is a vice president at Goldman Sachs in New York City. The wedding is planned for March 31 at the Bel-Air Bay Club in Pacific Palisades, Calif.

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Department. She plans to pursue a career as a family nurse practitioner. The prospective groom is the grandson of Mrs. Charles Ponder Crawford and the late Arthur Lee Powers Jr. of Knoxville, Tenn. and the late Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Eugene Cease of Memphis, Tenn. Mr. Cease is a 2004 honors degree graduate of Briarwood Christian High School. He attended Wake Forest University and graduated magna cum laude from Auburn University in 2008 with a degree in biomedical science. He was a member of Tau Sigma, Golden Key, Delta Sigma Iota, and Alpha Epsilon Delta honorary societies. Mr. Cease will graduate in May from the University of Alabama School of Medicine and will begin his residency in July in emergency medicine. The wedding will be at 6 p.m on April 14, 2012 in Birmingham at Samford University’s Reid Chapel.

Dr. and Mrs. Joseph Edward Nicholson of Vestavia Hills announce the engagement of their daughter, Andrea Lauren, to Benjamin Paul Sealy, son of Mr. and Mrs. Sam Ferencik Sealy of Fairhope. The bride-elect is the granddaughter of Mr. George Nomy Mickwee and the late Mrs. Lucia Kenhan Mickwee of Birmingham, formerly of Hollywood, Fla., and Mrs. Alice Marie Nicholson and the late Mr. Edward Douglas Nicholson of Dallas. Miss Nicholson is a graduate of the University of Alabama with a bach-

elor’s degree in public relations. She is employed as events director at the Birmingham Museum of Art. The prospective groom is the grandson of Mr. Billy Earl Pipkin and Mrs. Sandra Todd Pipkin of Fairhope and the late Mr. Gordon Marquis Sealy and Mrs. Nancy Parten Sealy, also of Fairhope. Mr. Sealy is a graduate of the University of Alabama with a bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering. He is employed by the United States Army Corps of Engineers. The wedding is planned for May 12 at 1:30 p.m. at St. Francis Xavier Catholic Church in Birmingham.

Baptist Church in Hoover. The 4:30 p.m. ceremony was officiated by Rev. Jeffery A. Greer. A reception followed at the Southern Museum of Flight. The bride is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William David Benton of Birmingham. She is the granddaughter of Mrs. Bennett William Benton Jr. and the late Mr. Benton and Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Avery Miller Jr., all of Birmingham. The groom is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Lee Wagner of East Grand Forks, Minn. He is the grandson of Mrs. Norman Roy Wagner and the late Mr. Wagner of Fisher, Minn., and the late Mr. and Mrs. Frank Archibald Mack of East Grand Forks. Given in marriage by her father, the bride wore a soft Allure Couture gown constructed of Venetian lace, with lace cap sleeves and a sweetheart neckline. The gown has an empire waistline

and slim A-line sheath flowing into the U-shaped chapel length train with flutter kick tiers inserted in layers of Venetian lace. The maid of honor was Katherine Paige Benton, sister of the bride, of Dallas. Bridesmaids were Mrs. Bryan Duncan Myers, previously Jennifer Ann Cooper, of Houston; Mrs. Jan-Paul Papaioannou, previously Mary Kathryn Martin, and Miss Lauren Riley Tant, both of New York City. The groom’s father served as best man. Groomsmen were John Lawrence Wagner of Rochester, Minn., and Max Norman Wagner of Chicago, brothers of the groom, and Joshua David Benton of Baton Rouge, La., brother of the bride. Ceremony musicians were Richard Ketcham, pianist, and Bethany Telehany, violinist. The couple live in Enterprise.

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Emily Eva Wheeler and Christopher David Brown were married April 30, 2011 at Hunter Street Baptist Church. Pastor Buddy Gray officiated. The bride is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Joe Wheeler of Hoover. The groom is the son of Dr. and Mrs. Rick Brown of Mountain Brook. The bride was given in marriage by her father. Maid of honor was Amanda Wheeler, sister of the bride. Bridesmaids were Emily Myers and Katy Mills. Addisyn Wheeler, niece of the bride, was the flower girl. The groom’s father was his best man. Groomsmen were Joseph Wheeler, brother of the bride, and Ian Mills. After a honeymoon to Gatlinburg, Tenn., the couple live in Bessemer.

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A Passion for Fashion Darlene Real Higginbotham Loves Helping Clients Look, Be Their Best

Sarah Kathryn Sharp, a Samford University students and Miss Samford, is wearing a White House/Black Market, geometric print, color blocking dress with a flower ribbon sash/belt, two bangles, one cuff all silver with red trim and red snake skin shoes.

Linda Hutton, a member of Darlene’s The Birmingham Model Connection is wearing Michael Kors from BELK Summit Pink Jeans, a blouse with a flame-stitch design and cut out sleeves with shoes by Jessica Simpson. The cuffs are from Town & Country by owner and designer Laurel Basset.

Dallas Teague Snider, author, speaker and owner of Make your Best Impression .com, is wearing The Clothes Tree by Deborah in an ivory crochet scalloped vintage tunic over accordion pleated skirt with a gauze wrap scarf, two necklaces –Colombian green and amethyst quartz on silver chains, silver bangles and Old Gringo Boots.

tion. By Laura McAlister The preparation starts with what the Journal Editor client already owns, and the polish comes by combining pieces and accessories ashion doesn't have to be complito create outfits for different occasions. cated or expensive, according to Darlene said the overall improved appearDarlene Real Higginbotham. It just ance is the presentation. has to be practical, yet polished, she said. Though many assume high fashion is As owner and founder of Appearance going to be high priced, Darlene said that's Matters Inc., Darlene does everything often not the case. Her motto, as stated on from hosting fashion shows and seminars her business card is: “Make every $1 look to coaching stay-at-home moms and busilike $2, and wear what you have first.” ness professionals on how to look their Often, she said, people already have best. As the name of her great pieces in their closbusiness clearly states, to ets. They just need help Darlene, appearance does polishing off their looks matter. with the right accessories “It really is and shoes. important,” she said. “When we get the “Presentation is everyoutfits together, we thing. Really, it's about always take pictures,” self-esteem and selfshe said. “That's one image.” thing I always tell people For some 20 years, to do. Take a picture. Darlene has been giving Then you'll have it all wardrobe advice to those there for you. she likes to call the “real “Lay out the outfit stars” – everyday people on the bed or something who want to look their with a jacket, the shoes, best. accessories, everything. Darlene Real Though the North Then take a picture.” Shelby County resident Higginbotham When it comes to has always had a pasdarlenereal.com buying new clothes, sion for fashion, it's not Darlene said, purchases the field she started out don’t have to be the top in. She actually was a of the line. They just have to look good trained dental hygienist. and fit the individual's lifestyle. What does that have to do with fash“Anywhere from Gus Mayer to Walion? Not much, Darlene admitted, but it Mart, I like to say,” she said. does go hand in hand with appearance and She said every closet needs good staple working with people, she said. pieces, like that perfect little black dress or “The only reason I think it's important pair of slacks. Then just top them off with that people know that is being a dental some trends of the season. hygienist does have everything to do with This spring, Darlene said to expect appearance,” she said. “It was also a natucolor -- and lots of it. She said there will ral thing for me, because I love working be lots of oranges and reds as well as coral with people.” and turquoise. Geometric patterns and lace Darlene would later go to modeling are also popular. school, where she learned what has come “And always, always black and white,” to define her philosophy on dressing her she added. “Everybody always has a difclients to look their best. ferent take on trends. Some say it's the “You've got to find the best traits in '20s. Others say the '50s. Personally, I people,” she said. “I'm not going to leave think we're on the verge of going back to the presence of somebody without finding the '80s.” the best in them. Whether you prefer to dress in the “When I'm working with somebody, latest styles or stick to a more traditional they reveal a lot to me. It makes me know route, Darlene said there’s no reason peowhat they do and why they do what they ple can't look their best for any occasion. do.” “If all you can do is put on some masWhen it comes to helping clients improve their appearance Darlene said she cara and a little gloss or lipstick,” she said, “that's something. It looks like you tried. It needs to learn three things. looks like you care.” “You dress for your personality, lifeDarlene is married to Steve style and body type,” she said. “If you do Higginbotham and has four grown chilthat, you'll improve your appearance and dren. In addition to Appearance Matters, build self-esteem.” she also has a modeling business, Model Once she's learned these things, she then moves on to help clients achieve three Connections, and has authored and coauthored books on manners. ❖ things – preparation, polish and presenta-

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swing into spring For a fun, furry photo shoot, we went to the Greater Birmingham Humane Society to help us show off the new looks of the season Photos by John Pope

Haley Harrod, 17, of Vestavia Hills is ready to take Ariettie for a walk in this Covet painted stripe dress, multi color, $56.80. This look is complete with woven strap wrap around wedges, $36.80, Ball Stud Earrings, $14.80 and 36” mesh chain necklace, Hematite, $18.50. Private Gallery, 969-1559

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There’s no better accessory than a furry, fourlegged friend. While highlighting some trends for the spring, we’re also featuring some of the animals at the Greater Birmingham Humane Society. Some of these cute little guys featured in our fashion section have found a home since our photo shoot, but there are still many more available for adoption. Visit www. gbhs.org to complete your look (and your life) this spring.

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Carmen Smith, 13, of Birmingham with Tosh is ready for spring in this one shoulder top with silk overlay in boysenberry, $164, paired with white skinny jeans, $78. Her look is completed with a pearl/gold Statement Necklace, $46, a gold bugle chunky bracelet, $18 and shoes from Agatha Ainsley Shoes inside Chic Boutique, Earthies Carmona, $154. Chic Boutique, 980-2272

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Shirley Lewis, of Mountain Brook, left, looks fun, chic and ready for Spring in this Modal tie-dye skirt by Yogi, $99. She paired it with layered camis, $23 each, and an embroidered lace scarf, $29. Her earrings are by Priti, $18. Kathryn Shewmake,18, of Homewood looks stylish and sweet in this lace dress, $79. Her earrings by Meme & Co., $29, are the perfect accent. Aka Girl Stuff, 802-7735

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Claire Adams, 17, of Vestavia Hills is ready for spring in this Roza dress with a belt in blush, $68, and Mohanan Linen open front jacket in steel gray, $89.50. She has completed her ensemble with flower disk earrings, in gold, $16.50, and woven strap wedges with buckle in brown, $36.80. She tops off her look with GBHS’s Moon Pie, a perfect accessory for spring and beyond. Private Gallery, 969-1559

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Hadley Algren takes Vanessa for an afternoon stroll. Vanessa loves long walks and is looking for a loving owner to be her walking companion or just someone to lay around the house with.

Claire Drummond cozies up with Maverick, a cute terrier mix. As his name implies, this little pup can be quite mischievous, but he’s loyal and loves to cuddle.

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The Greater Birmingham Humane Societyʼs Laura Golden shows off Peanut, one of the many pups available for adoption at the Greater Birmingham Humane Society as of press time.

LONG Camille Emblom of Mountain Brook looks sweet in this Pink Chicken Mabel Dress, $70, paired with Pink Chicken Striped Capri Leggings, $34, a BariLynn Headband, $20, and Rosette CrossBody Bag, $15. Ella Emblom of Mountain Brook, with guinea pig Ms Mo, is ready for some fun in this Twirls & Twigs “Totally Perfect” Tank, $30, with Twirls & Twigs Pink Tutu Skirt, $48. Her outfit is complete with Rachel Weissman Headband, $25, and Millions of Colors beaded necklace, $20. Bentley Carroll of Mountain Brook, right, is so cute in this Millions of Colors Flower & Stripe Dress, $58, with Millions of Colors Ballet Skirt, $54. Her accessories include Rachel Weissman Headband, $25, Noir Bracelet, $20, Beaded Bracelet, $10, and feather bracelet, $10. Snap Kids, 834-8038

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Maxi’s are as big as ever and if you aren’t comfortable taking the full plunge to wear a floor length maxi then this dress worn by Claire Drummond of Homewood is a great alternative hitting mid calf. Color blocking is also big this Spring so that’s why we love this MM Couture teal, coral and pale pink dress for only $62. The purse is made by Hobo International using fine Italian leather. The style of the handbag is the Gypsy, $188. She tops off the look with a short tan, brown and coral necklace, $20, a multi-metal chain necklace, $32, and hoop earrings with coral beads, $10. Lulie’s on Cahaba, 871-9696

Popular platforms and of course flip flops are back this spring. Beauty Heel-Kellon Floral in turquoise, pink, black and gray, $34.99 will make the perfect statement. Jazz up any outfit with Volatile-Candence multi colored stone “Metallic Bling,” $69.99. Corkys Katy Polka Dots, $24.99, come in lots and lots of different summer colors and are comfortable and so much fun. Flip Flops & What Nots, 967-7429

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Collins Kitchens, 12, of Vestavia Hills is ready to steal the show wearing a complete outfit by Motionwear including a bra top in turquoise, $22, a hot pant in black, $21, and a shrug in the color mix mirage, $26. The look is great together or can be mixed with several other colors and pieces to make it unique to you! Applause Dancewear, 871-7837

Carmen Smith helps Calysta get ready for her close up. This beauty doesn’t need much help when it comes to looking good. She’s a natural, like her other furry friends at the humane society.

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Joy Rister, left, of Homewood looks great in this mint green sleeveless dress with a wide ruffle neckline trimmed in crocheted lace. It has an elastic waist with a self-tie belt. The skirt is also trimmed in lace, $49. She’s wearing a wedge with a multi colored woven heal with strappy leather upper, $39. Her look is finished with a triple strand necklace of crystal and colored glass beads with glass flower accents, $49. Hadley Algren, 17, of Vestavia Hills is ready for spring in this cap sleeve top with color blocking in cream and pastels with lace insets, $45. She’s wearing wideleg rayon pants with a comfortable knit fold-over waist band, $46. Completing the look are all over cotton, lace flats, $22, and a 36-inch gold chain necklace with fabric and metal cluster ornaments, $38. The Pink Tulip, 870-7258

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McKenna Welman, 18, of Mountain Brook, looks stylish wearing a Renuar lobster silky tunic blouse, $78; JAG pull-on jeans $86 & Laurel Bassett multi-gemstone necklace, $68. William makes the perfect arm candy. Town & Country, 871-7909

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Darlene Haas of Hoover looks great wearing a wedge heel sandal, Neola by Naya, $140, from Unique Feet. She is also wearing a vintage lace top in ecru by Luii, $68, from the Boutique at Unique Feet. Her furry friend, Rosie, is the perfect match with this look. Unique Feet, 733-8238

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Isabelle Debuys of Mountain Brook is ready to step outside with Sawyer in this Hannah Banana Tunic, $58, and JBrand Girl Coral Jeans, $105. Her wardrobe is complete with BariLynn Headband, $30, Made with Love Bracelets, $8/set of three, Natural Life Button Earrings, $14, Leather Studded Clutch, $30, and Ion Message Bracelet, $5. Snap Kids, 834-8038

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Joy Rister had no problem snuggling up with little Laura. This calico kitty is laid back and loves attention. She would make a purrfect companion.

Kathryn Shewmake is getting lots of love from Spot. One of Spotâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s favorite past times is cuddling. But he also likes to fetch and play and would make a great addition to any home.

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Claire Adams, 17, of Vestavia Hills, left, looks smart in this French Connection Hott Fuzz Dress, Tuscan Summer, $268. Haley Harrod, 17, of Vestavia Hills is ready for a night out with friends in this French Connection Lark Rise Dress, in Classic Cream, $298, topping off her outfit with faceted Stone stretch bracelet, $12.80, and woven wrap around wedge, $36.80. Private Gallery, 969-1559

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Emma, 9, of Birmingham looks precious in this turquoise dress by M. Rena, $39. The dress also comes in black, green, orange or yellow, which are so hot for summer. Her crab necklace is $15. Hayden, 870-1889

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Hayden Carter looks so stylish wearing a long orange silk dress by Jenny Han, $200. Her necklace by Zenzii, $150, and bracelet, $35, really add the right pop. Hayden, 870-1889

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Taylor, left, looks sassy wearing a yellow tie dye tunic top detailed with fringe around the neckline. Fringe and yellow are the “in” thing for tween clothing. The top is paired with white Capri pants by it! Jeans. Allison is wearing a hip and fashionable dress by Truly Me. The comfortable knit dress has an adorable ruffle top with a cute floral bottom. Floral prints are another huge must have for the spring. It can be worn with a denim jacket and cowgirl boots for cooler days, and it’s perfect for the hot summer months by itself with a pair of flipflops! The Lili Pad, 298-1811

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Miss Alabama Courtney Porter looks fabulous in a stretch pleated faux leather skirt by Nicole Miller, $290, and a new spring leather motorcycle jacket by Illia in lavender, $627. Her outfit is completed with a necklace by Zenzii, $68. The Clothes Tree by Deborah, 822-1902

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Darlene Haas is just nuts about Macadamia. This little guy is loving and fun and like his many friends at the Greater Birmingham Humane Society is looking for a loving home.

Shirley Lewis has found the perfect fashion accessory with Finalle. This grey little kitten is one of many ready to find their forever home.

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Alabama School of Fine Arts Summer Camps (Day) Telephone: 252-9241 Address: 1800 Reverend Abraham Woods Jr. Blvd., Birmingham 35203 E-mail: jlittle@asfa.k12.al.us Website: www.asfa.k12.al.us Dates: Creative Writing Camp (Grades 5-10) – June 4-8 Engineering Camp (Grades 5-10) – June 4-8 Pre-Algebra and Algebra I Camps (Grades 7 and above) June 4-22 Music Camp for Beginners (Grades 5-7) – June 11-15 Theatre Arts Camp (Entering Grades 5-7) – June 11-15 Chemtastic Camp (Entering Grades 6-8) – June 11-15 Computing in Motion Camp (Grades 6-8) – June 18-22 Hydrobotics Camp (Entering Grades 6-8) – June 18-22 Music Camp for Intermediates (Entering Grades 7 and 8) – June 18-22 Young Dance Intensive (Entering Grades 5-8) – July 9-13 Description: For full course descriptions and registration forms, visit the ASFA website. Camps are filled on a first-come,

oes your budding ballerina need a place to learn pirouettes and plies this summer? There’s a camp for that. Or are you the parent of a young computer geek who had rather spend vacation time learning about software technology? There’s a camp for that, too. In fact, there’s a camp for almost any interest, and we can help you find it with our 2012 version of OTMJ’s Annual Camp Guide. As you browse through our listing, bear in mind that dates and other details are subject to change, and enrollment is often limited. So please use the contact information provided to verify the exact options available to your child. And as always, we recommend early registration to ensure the desired summer camp experience.

first-served basis. Baylor School Summer Programs (Day and residential) Telephone: 423-757-2616 Address: 171 Baylor School Road, Chattanooga, TN 37405 E-mail: carol_huckaby@ baylorschool.org Website: www.baylorschool.org/ summer Ages: 8-18 (boys and girls) Dates: June 18-July 27 Description: Programs include Raider Days Day Camp, enrichment programs, all sports camp and sports clinics. Day and boarding options are available. See website for more info. Hilltop Montessori School (Day) Telephone: 437-9343 Address: 6 Abbott Square, Birmingham 35242 (MT Laurel) E-mail: hms@hilltopmontessori. com Website: www.hilltopmontessori. com Ages: 18 months – age 6 Dates: Two-week sessions June 4-July 27 Description: Hilltop offers a variety of age-appropriate summer camps for children. Campers do not have to be

2012 Camp Guide enrolled as students at the school. This is a great opportunity to try the Montessori classroom experience without making a yearlong commitment. Toddlers do not have to be potty-trained to attend. LatinSummer (Day) Telephone: 866-933-9466 Address: Samford University, Birmingham 35209 Website: www.ascanisuyci.org/ birmingham Ages: Grades 2-7 Dates: July 16-27 Description: Students will learn about life as the ancient Romans knew it and see how the Romans shaped the modern world. This program includes classes in mythology and various aspects of Roman culture and the Latin language. Hands-on activities include carving inscriptions, building models, playing language games and creating Roman clothing. Teachers are invited to visit and observe. Camp Primrose At Primrose School at Liberty Park (Day) Telephone: 969-8202 Address: Primrose School at Liberty Park, 1800 Urban Center

Parkway, Vestavia Hills, AL 35242 Website: www.primroselibertypark. com Ages: Kindergarten - 5th Grade Dates: From 1 week up to 11 week programs. May 29-August 9 Description: At Camp Primrose Adventure Awaits! Primrose offers camps for all ages Kindergarten through the 5th grade. Weekly themes include: The Great Outdoors, Space Travel, Movies, Film-Making, and many others. Camp hours are 7 a.m. to 6 p.m. Summer at Altamont (Day) Telephone: 879-2006 Address: The Altamont School, 4801 Altamont Road, Birmingham 35222 E-mail: bcrowe@altamontschool. org Website: www.altamontschoool. org Ages: Grades 1-12 (rising) Dates: June 4-22 Description: Courses during Altamont’s Summer Term offer exciting options for acceleration, enrichment and credit. Classes range from the history of the Vietnam War to geometry and robotics. Sports camps give athletes training and instruction in soccer, volleyball and basketball.

Summer at Highlands (Day) Telephone: 956-9731 Address: Highlands School, 4901 Old Leeds Road, Birmingham 35213 E-mail: gmccool@ highlandsschool.org Website: www.highlandsschool. org Ages: Entering kindergarten – 8th grade Dates: June 4 – Aug. 3 Description: Throughout the summer, choose from a variety of camps, including arts, sports, science and just plain fun. Highlands strives to offer camps and activities that will enable children to continue learning while having a great time. Traditional day camps, as well as morning and afternoon extended care, are available. Summer @ Springs (Day) Telephone: 988-3350 Address: 190 Woodward Dr., Indian Springs 35214-3272 Email: dray@indiansprings.org Website: www.indiansprings.org/ summer Ages: Grades 4-12 (rising – varies by course) Dates: One and two-week courses during June and July

Description: This enrichment program offers a series of academic, artistic and athletic enrichment camps. All information about one-week and twoweek courses in SAT prep, entrepreneurship, French, writing, grammar, algebra, geometry, ecology, science, cross country, photography, theatre and more is available online. ART CAMPS

Alys Stephens Center’s ArtPlay “Kids on Stage” Discovering the Visual Arts Camp (Day) Telephone: 934-4769 Address: 1006 19th St. South, Birmingham 35294 E-mail: artplay@uab.edu Website: www.artplayasc.org Ages: 7-14 Dates: Two sessions: June 11-15 and June 23-27 Description: This camp offers classes in drawing, painting, mosaics, sculpture and more. Camp is held in the wonderful new ArtPlay house. Birmingham Museum of Art’s Art Camp: Photography Rocks! (Day) Telephone: 254-2964 Address: 2000 Rev. Abraham

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June 4, 2012 through June 22, 2012 Sports Camps (1st grade and up)

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Woods Jr. Blvd., Birmingham 35203 E-mail: art camp@artsbma.org Website: www.artsbma.org/ events/camp Dates: Little Masters (Grades K5-1, rising) – July 9-13 and July 16-20 Young Artists Camp (Grades 2-5, rising) – June 18-22 and June 25-29 Junior Studio (Grades 6-8 rising) – July 23-27 Senior Studio (Grades 9-12 rising) – July 23-27 Description: Discover the art of creating sculpture. From the ground up, campers will begin to transform ideas into 3D objects and will create works of art using materials reflected in the museums’ galleries and supplied in local grocery stores. DANCE CAMPS

Alabama Ballet (Day) Telephone: 322-1874 Address: 2726 1st Ave. S., Birmingham 35233 E-mail: libbaowen@ alabamaballet.org Website: www.alabamaballet.org Dates: June 4-30 Description: The Alabama Ballet Summer Program is four weeks of professional training that culminates in a final performance June 30. Intermediate to advanced dancers ages 11-20 are invited to take classes in ballet technique, pointe, variations, partnering, modern, jazz, hip hop and Pilates. Housing is available for out-of-town students. Audition information is available online.

Birmingham Ballet Academy (Day and evening) Telephone: 979-9492 Ashley Address: 2198 Columbiana Road, Over The Mountain Journal, 205-823-9646 ph., Birmingham 35233 E-mail: info@birminghamballet. 205-824-1246, fax com Feb. 2012 Website: www.birminghamballet. com for the This is your AD prOOF from the Over The MOunTAin JOurnAl Ages: 3 and up Feb. 23, 2012 issue. please fax approval or changes to 824-1246. Description: Dancers enjoy the opportunity to thrive in a professional yet nurturing environment. Class sizes are limited; performances showcase what the students please initial and fax back within 24 hours. learn. The BBA’s programs are if we have not heard from you by 5 pm of the Friday before the pressdesigned date, to teach and challenge June 18-21, June 25-28, 9-12 July yourJuly ad will runand as is. We 23-26 print the paper Monday. beginner through advanced and

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professional level dancers. Birmingham Dance Theatre (Day) Telephone: 822-3012 Address: 100 Olde Towne Road, Vestavia 35216 E-mail: emilyhand@bdtdance. com Website: www.bdtdance.com Dates: Summer Intensive “Jamm” (ages 5-Adult) – June 11-21 SURGE (ages 8-Adult) – June 25-26 Tots in Motion (ages 2-4) – June 11-14 Pop Star Camp (ages 4-6) – June 18-20 Description: Age-appropriate classes include ballet, tap, jazz, clogging and/or hip hop. Camps provide a great overall dance experience. Linda Dobbins Dance (Day) Telephone: 305-0281 Address: 2416 Canterbury Road, Mountain Brook 35223 E-mail: dobbinsdance@aol.com Website: www.lddance.com Ages: 5-11 Dates: Weeklong summer sessions Description: This summer program offers Pop Star Camp (June 11-15), Hip Hop Boot Camp (June 18-22) and Cheer Camp (June 25-29). Each camp culminates in a Parent Show Off on Friday. Registration forms are available online. UAB Emerald Auxiliary Camp (Day) Telephone: 975-5823 Address: 203 Hulsey Center, 950 13th St. South, Birmingham 35294 E-mail: uabtwirler@yahoo.com Website: www.music.uab.edu Ages: 18 and younger Dates: June 13-15 Description: Celebrating its third year of fun and excitement, the UAB Emerald Auxiliary Camp offers group and individual attention to details for majorettes, dance teams and color guards. DRAMA CAMPS

Alys Stephens Center’s ArtPlay “Kids on Stage” Drama Camp (Day) Telephone: 934-4769 Address: 1006 19th St. South, Birmingham 35294

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July 16-18 • Grades 8 - 2012 Graduates • $335 Day 1 - 2:30-9 p.m., Day 2 - 9 a.m.-9 p.m., Day 3 - 9 am-noon

This camp is designed for players to receive instruction and showcase their talent for college coaches throughout the state

Benefits

• one-on-one instruction • daily games • instruction in all areas of baseball • exposure to many different coaches • Samford Baseball Camp t-shirt

Bring

• baseball glove and hat • baseball cleats and tennis shoes • baseball pants and shorts • a willingness to work hard and get better

Check in starts 30 minutes prior to first day of camp!

The camp is open to any and all registrants. Registration information can be obtained online at www.samfordbaseballcamps.com or call 205-726-4294

Summer Camp for rising 1st-12th graders. People of all races & faith traditions are welcome at Camp McDowell. www.campmcdowell.com 205.387.1806

E-mail: artplay@uab.edu Website: www.artplayasc.org Ages: 7-18 Dates: Three sessions: June 4-15 for ages 7-12 (Disney’s 101 Dalmatians, Kids); June 18-29 for ages 7-12 (Disney’s Aristocats, Kids); and July 9-20 for ages 12-18 (Thoroughly Modern Millie, Junior) Description: These two-week experiences give young actors an opportunity to experience the wonder and detail of theater performance. Campers will be introduced to many aspects of the theater, including improvisation, warm-ups, voice and diction, acting and stage production. Birmingham Children’s Theatre Academy of Performing Arts (Day) Telephone: 458-8181 Address: BJCC, 2100 Richard Arrington Jr. Blvd., Birmingham 35203 E-mail: education@bct123.org Website: www.bct123.org Ages: Grades 4K-10 (rising) Dates: June 18-July 20 Description: Kids explore the exciting world of the performing arts. Red Mountain Theatre Company (Day) Telephone: 324-2424 Address: P.O. Box 278, Birmingham 35201 E-mail: management@ redmountaintheatre.org Website: www. redmountaintheatre.org Dates: Junior Workshop (ages 5-6) – June 5-15 Youth Musical Theatre Workshop (ages 7-18) – June 4-15 Creative Workshop (ages 9-18) – June 4-15 Advanced Workshop (ages 13+) – June 4-22 Performance Intensive Workshop (ages 13-18) – June 23-Aug. 3 Youth Advanced Workshop (ages 9-12) – July 9-20 Cinderella Kids Workshop I (ages 7-12) – July 9-20 Cinderella Kids Workshop II (ages 7-12) – July 23 –Aug. 3 Description: Age-appropriate acting, singing and dancing instruction and performances. Auditions and/or other prerequisites may be required for

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some workshops. HEALTH/SPECIAL NEEDS CAMPS

The Exceptional Foundation (Day) Telephone: 870-0776 Address: 1616 Oxmoor Road, Birmingham 35209 E-mail: gbastar@ exceptionalfoundation.org Website: www. exceptionalfoundation.org Dates: June 4-July 27 Description: The camp promotes social development for individuals with special needs through recreational activities, including art, sports, daily exercise, cooking and field trips. Daily outings include bowling, swimming, trips to the McWane Center and the Birmingham Zoo. Camp Seale Harris (Residential) Telephone: 402-0415 Address: Southeastern Diabetes Education Services, 500 Chase Park South, Suite 104, Hoover 35244 E-mail: info@ southeasterndiabetes.org Website: www. southeasterndiabetes.org Dates: Family Camp for ages birth-17 and entire immediate family (May 29-June 1); Senior Camp for ages 12-17 (June 3-9); Junior Camp for ages 6-11 (June 10-15) Description: Camps including family and children’s residential diabetes education programs are held at Camp ASCCA on Lake Martin in Jackson’s Gap. Camp Seale Harris Mobile (Residential) Telephone: 402-0415 Address: Southeastern Diabetes Education Services, 500 Chase Park South, Suite 104, Hoover 35244 E-mail: info@ southeasterndiabetes.org Website: www. southeasterndiabetes.org Ages: 10-17 Dates: July 23-26 Description: A three-day residential camp for children with diabetes at Camp Grace in Mobile. Camp Shine (Residential) Telephone: 824-5750 Address: The Children’s Center for Weight Management at

The Exceptional Foundation will host a summer camp for individuals with special needs. Outings include a trip to the Birmingham Photo special to the Journal Zoo. Children’s Hospital of Birmingham (camp is held at YMCA Camp Hargis) Website: http://www.childrensal. org/body.cfm?id=844 Ages: 10-14 Dates: June 3-9 Description: Campers learn healthy eating habits while preparing meals. Campers also have opportunities to participate in swimming, canoeing, hiking, arts and crafts, dance and many other activities. Camp Smile-a-Mile (Residential) Telephone: 323-8427 Address: Camp held at Children’s Harbor on Lake Martin, Alexander City E-mail: Jennifer.amundsen@ campsam.org Website: www.campsam.org Ages: 2-18 and young adults 19-30s Dates Spring Family Camp – May 18-20 Sibling Camp – June 1-3 Youth Weeklong Camp (ages 6-12) – June 4-9 Jr./Sr. Weekend Camp – July 5-80 Teen Weeklong Camp (ages 13-16) – July 9-14 Young Adult Retreat (ages 19-30s) – Aug. 3-5 Off-Therapy Family Camp – Aug. 17-19 Description: Recreational and education experiences for young cancer patients and their families. Camp Sugar Falls (Day) Telephone: 402-0415 Address: Southeastern Diabetes Education Services, 500 Chase Park South, Suite 104, Hoover 35244 E-mail: info@

southeasterndiabetes.org Website: www. southeasterndiabetes.org Ages: Birmingham and Dothan: 6-15; Mobile – 6-12 Dates: Birmingham – July 30-Aug. 2; Dothan – June 25-28; Mobile – July 24-26 Description: Three and four day camps for children with diabetes at Lakeshore Foundation (Birmingham); Landmark Park (Dothan); and Camp Grace (Mobile). Camp Wheezeaway (Residential) Telephone: 334-229-0035 Address: Camp held at YMCA Camp Chandler, Wetumpka E-mail: brendabasnight@yahoo. com Ages: 8-12 Dates: June 17-22 Description: This camp for kids with moderate to severe asthma includes asthma education and optimal care by a 24-hour medical staff of volunteer physicians, respiratory therapists, nurses, nurse practitioners, pharmacists and health care assistants. Campers enjoy boating, swimming, fishing, archery, crafts, horseback riding and more. Easter Seals Camp ASCCA Telephone: 256-825-9226 Address: 5278 Camp ASCCA Drive, Jackson Gap 36861 E-mail: info@campascca.org Website: www.campascca.org Ages: 6-adult Description: Easter Seals Camp ASCCA provides seasonal and summer recreation and outdoor education programs to children

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June 11-21, Mon. - Thur. • (Ages: 5-Adult) BDT offers Ballet, Tap, Jazz, Clogging &/or Hip Hop everyday M-Th for an intensive experience in dance education.

SurGe CelebriTy GueST FaCulTy CaMp JUNE 25 & 26 • (Ages: 8-Adult)

BDT's Guest Celebrity Choreographers Master Class Camp. Jazz, Tap, Lyrical & Hip Hop

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JUNE 11-14, Mon. - Thur. • (Ages 2 - 4)

Quality Dance Instruction Since 1962 100 Old Towne Rd. Vestavia Hills, AL 35216 205-822-3012 www.BDTdance.com

BDT offers Ballet & Tap to younger students to give them an introductory dance education that will prepare them for Fall classes.

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JUNE 18-20, Mon. - Wed. • (AGes: 4-6)

BDT offers Ballet, Tap, Jazz, Clogging &/or Hip Hop for the younger students that wish to have an overall dance experience in 3 days camp environment.

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An Exciting Summer! Young Ballerina Camp -Ages 2 1/2 - 4 years old A summer highlight for your little dancer June 18 - 22

and adults with physical and mental disabilities. Camp ASCCA takes great pride in providing exciting and fun activities developed to be accessible for all campers.

Performing Arts Workshop - Ages 5 - 11 years old Ballet, Jazz, Drama and More

June 4 - 15 one or two week sessions

Summer Intensive Workshop Intensive dance training for serious students Ages 11 - Adult Intermediate -Advanced June 4 - June 15 and

Fall Classes for the 2012/13 School Year Registering now. Fall classes begin in August 2012. 2198 Columbiana Road - in Vestavia

(205) 979-9492 www.birminghamballet.com

LANGUAGE/WRITING CAMPS

UAB Red Mountain Writing Project Middle School Summer Writing Camps Telephone: 934-7896 Address: UAB School of Education, 901 13th St. South, Birmingham 35294 E-mail: writingcamp@uab.edu Website: www.rmwp.org Ages: Grades 5-8 Dates: Writing Math Mania (May 29-June 10); The Art of Poetry (June 4-8); The Literature Connection (June 11-15); Campaigning Away (June 16-22) Description: Through these camps, students will discover new concepts and learn different ways of expressing themselves through the written word within the context of those concepts. UAB Spanish Camp Telephone: 934-4652 Address: 1530 3rd Ave. South, Birmingham 35294 E-mail: kristachambless@uab.edu Website: www.uab.edu/languages Ages: 5-10 Dates: July 23-27 Description: This weeklong experience is designed to teach kids about the Spanish language and Hispanic/Spanish cultures through fun and interactive methods. Campers will enjoy enriching and recreational activities as well as social activities that promote positive interactions with others. MUSIC CAMPS

Adventures in Music Camp at Samford (Day) Telephone: 726-4049 Address: Samford University, 800 Lakeshore Dr., Birmingham 35229 E-mail: chmacon@samford.edu or mmking@samford.edu Website: www.samford.edu/arts/ music/prepsummercamps.html Ages: Grades 1-12 Dates: June 18-22 (Session I); July 9-13 (Session II) Description: Adventures in Music Camp offers students intense studies in piano or voice, including theory, music literature, piano or vocal ensemble and piano technique. Included are private lessons, guest artists, recitals, lunch and recreation. All Aboard for Music Camp at Samford (Day) Telephone: 726-4049 Address: Samford University, 800 Lakeshore Dr., Birmingham 35229 E-mail: chmacon@samford.edu or mmking@samford.edu Website: www.samford.edu/arts/ music/presummercamps.html Ages: Preschoolers ages 3-6 who have not attended first grade Dates: July 16-20 Description: All Aboard for Music Camp offers preschoolers exposure to movement,

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instruments of the orchestra and music literature. Crafts, recreation and guest artists are included. Birmingham School of Music (Day) Telephone: 969-8763 Address: 800 Olde Towne Road, Vestavia 35216 Website: www. BirminghamSchoolofMusic.com Ages: 7 and up, all skill levels Dates: Drum Set Camps -June 4-9 and July 16-20; Guitar Camps – June 11-15 and July 23-27; Rock ‘N Roll Band Camps -- June 18-22 and July 9-13; Musical Theater/Vocal Camp – June 25-29 Description: All camps include a performance at the end. Birmingham –Southern College Conservatory (Day) Telephone: 226-4960 Address: 900 Arkadelphia Road, Birmingham 35254 E-mail: lvictory@bsc.edu Website: www.bsc.edu/ academics/music/conservatory. cfm Ages: K5-Grade 5 Dates: June 11-15 (9 a.m. until 3 p.m.) Description: Experience piano, hand bells, recorder and more. Classes include choir, dramatic games, improvisation and storytelling. Camp presentation is on the final day. Dawson Music Academy Summer Music Camp: Instruments of Praise (Day) Telephone: 871-7324, ext. 730 Address: 1114 Oxmoor Road, Birmingham 35209 E-mail: lhumphries@ dawsonchurch.org Website: www.dawsonchurch.org Ages: Kindergarten through 8th grade (completed) Dates: July 9-13 Description: This camp offers introductory, beginner, intermediate and advanced classes in violin, viola, cello, piano, guitar and voice. Morning and all-day options are available. Students participate in various music theory, chamber groups or music history classes. Afternoon sessions offer these classes as well as other electives, including a mini-musical, art, drawing, computer music and praise band basics. UAB Summer Drumline Camp (Day) Telephone: 975-5823 Address: 203 Hulsey Center, 950 13th St. South, Birmingham 35294 E-mail: gfambro@uab.edu Website: www.uabpercussion. com Ages: Grades 6-12 rising, as well as recent graduates Dates: June 11-15 Description: Camp focuses on many elements of marching percussion. UAB Summer Percussion Seminar (Day) Telephone: 975-5823

Address: 203 Hulsey Center, 950 13th St. South, Birmingham 35294 E-mail: gfambro@uab.edu Website: www.uabpercussion. com Ages: Grades 9-12, rising Dates: June 27-29 Description: A three-day drums and percussion camp for high school students, focusing on intermediate and advanced elements of concert percussion, including mallets, timpani, snare drum, drum set, steel drums and electronics. UAB Summer Music Camp (Residential or commuter) Telephone: 975-2263 Address: Hulsey 208, 950 13th St. South, Birmingham 35294 E-mail: janetta@uab.edu Website: www.music.uab.edu Ages: Grades 6-12 rising Dates: June 10-16 Description: The camp offers a comprehensive weeklong musical experience, including a full band experience, small ensemble participation and training in music theory, literature and conducting. Early bird discounts are available for registrations received before April 27. SCIENCE/TECHNOLOGY CAMPS

Aldridge Botanical Gardens Summer Programs (Day) Telephone: 682-8019 Address: 3530 Lorna Road, Hoover 35216 Website: www.aldridgegardens. com/education/ childrenseducation/summercamp Description: Aldridge Gardens offers summer programs for preschool and elementary children with opportunities to experiences the outdoors. Kids can make new friends, explore the gardens and learn more about nature through crafts, stories and other activities. Call or visit the website for details. Birmingham Botanical Gardens (Day) Telephone: 414-3953 Address: 2612 Lane Park Road, Birmingham 35223 E-mail: ehardy@bbgardens.org Website: www.bbgardens.org Ages: Grades K4-6, rising Dates: May 29-July 27 (weeklong sessions) Description: These ageappropriate summer programs are designed to actively promote children’s natural sense of creativity and discovery with fun learning experiences in The Gardens. Camps include Painting in The Gardens, Let’s Get Growing, Flower Fairies, It’s a Buggy World, Wild Wings and Creeping Things, Let’s Dig Up Some Fun and more. Birmingham Zoo Summer Camps (Day) Telephone: 879-0409, ext. 223 Address: The Birmingham Zoo, 2630 Cahaba Road, Birmingham 35223 Website: www.birminghamzoo.

com Ages: Grades 4K-8 Description: Campers experience the zoo behind the scenes while enjoying crafts, demonstrations, tours, feedings and other activities. Full day, half day, arts and zookeeper camps are available. See website for details. Camp CSI Birmingham (Day) Telephone: 934-2069 Address: UAB Campus, UBOB 306, 1201 University Blvd., Birmingham 35294 E-mail: jglinvil@uab.edu Website: www.uab.edu/justicesciences/camp-csi Ages: Grades 10-12 (including rising 10th graders and justgraduated seniors) Dates: June 18-22 Description: Learn what forensic scientists and crime scene investigators do. Receive hands-on training with collecting evidence, dusting for fingerprints, searching for blood stains, analyzing DNA evidence, interpreting DNA profiles and examining flies and maggots. Material Camp at UAB (Day) Telephone: 934-3271 Address: 1150 10th Ave. South (BEC 254), Birmingham 35294 E-mail: genau@uab.edu Website: www.uab.edu/ engineering/departmentsresearch/mse/materials-camp Ages: Grades 11 and 12, rising Dates: June 25-29 Description: This camp is for students considering a career in engineering or applied science. Materials Camp allows students to explore the world of engineering materials, i.e., metals, ceramics and plastics. Participants will work with UAB faculty members and students in university labs, visit a local foundry and complete an engineering design challenge using high-tech composite materials to build the best model rocket. The program is free of charge. Applications will be available online March 1. McWane Science Center Summer Camps (Day) Telephone: 714-8268 or 714-8377 Address: 200 19th St. North, Birmingham 35203 E-mail: jmattingly@mcwane.org

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Website: www.mcwane.org/ camps_and_more/camps/ summercamp Ages: 4K-9 Dates: June 4- Aug. 10 Description: McWane’s camps make learning an unforgettable adventure. In one week, the budding scientist can discover a dinosaur, travel into outer space or explore the ocean floor. Various themes and activities allow children to experience something new each day. This year’s options include Music Mania, Wacky Water Week, Science Circus, Pirate Science, Ocean Adventures, Bones to Brains, Energy Matters, Forensic Files and many more. Ruffner Mountain Nature Center (Day) Telephone: 833-8264 Address: 1214 81st St. South, Birmingham 35206 Website: www.ruffnermountain.org Ages: Grade K4-8 Dates: June 11-July 27 Description: Ruffner Mountain Nature Center is an outdoor classroom and a great place for kids to play and learn. Several weeks of summer day camp are offered each year. The number of camps and dates vary. Call or check website for details. SPORTS CAMPS

Alabama’s Court Elite at Highland Park Tennis Center (Day) Telephone: 251-1965 Address: 3300 Highland Ave. South, Birmingham 35205 E-mail: academytennis@gmail. com Website: www.academytennis. com Ages: 4 and up (boys and girls) Description: A.C.E. Tennis Academy camps provide participants of varying ages and skill levels with an organized agenda of opportunities for a quality tennis experience. Campers learn that attitude and effort are everything when trying to accomplish goals both on and off the court.

Birmingham 35243 E-mail: rleib@briarwood.org Website: www.briarwoodsoccer. com Ages: 7-14 (boys and girls) Dates: July 9-13 (competitive players, age 7-14) July 30-Aug. 4 (rec players, ages 4-10) Description: A camp for all levels of players, from beginning rec to competitive travel players. Campers are trained in small groups of similar-level players and have daily scrimmages. Staff members are professional coaches from clubs and colleges around the Southeast. These are fun-filled weeks of playing soccer and learning what it means to compete the Ambassador way.

SUMMER CAMP 2012 ! June 4 – July 27

Casey Dunn Summer Baseball Camps (Day or residential) Telephone: 726-4294 Address: Samford University, 800 Lakeshore Dr., Birmingham Website: http:// samfordbaseballcamps.com Ages: Grades K-12 Dates: Youth Camps – June 18-21, June 25-28, July 9-12 and July 23-26 High School Spotlight Camp – July 16-18 Description: These baseball camps are age-appropriate and designed to maximize the camp experience so that campers enjoy the game and become better players as a result. Sessions are led by the Samford baseball staff, current and former Samford players and other college players, college coaches and high school coaches. Mike Getman Soccer Camp (Day and residential) Telephone: 870-0194 E-mail: info@uabsoccercamp. com Website: www.uabsoccercamp. com Ages: 5-12 (Day); 10-18 (Residential/commuter) Dates: Day camps: June 11-July 13; Residential/commuter camps: June 17-July 29 Description: Skill development and training, small and large group tactics and 11 v. 11 games provide opportunities for players to learn and improve every aspect of their game. Some of the best coaches and players in the

Ambassador Soccer Camp at Briarwood (Day) Telephone: 776-5114 Address: 2200 Briarwood Way,

EXPERIENCE!BAYLOR

Want Maximum Fun?

Then get ready for our awesome summer camps! Team Baylor, Golf, Boys’ Lacrosse, Cross Country! Whatever you’re looking for this summer you’re sure to find it at Baylor! Baylor’s summer sports camps are directed by the area’s top coaches and instructors in a fun and encouraging atmosphere. Our highly individualized instruction includes fundamentals in skill development and teamwork to increase both confidence and ability. Baylor’s overnight sports programs offer campers the opportunity to experience independence in a safe, nurturing, and supervised setting.

Conservatory of Fine and Performing Arts

Our residential campers live in one of Baylor’s modern dormitories, with 24-hour supervision by program staff. Nutritious and great-tasting buffet meals are provided by our dining hall staff, and our student center offers the perfect spot for fun, relaxed recreational activities in the evening.

Lessons in piano, voice, violin, guitar, band and much more. Preschool classes also available.

So what are you waiting for? Register today!

Enroll in Birmingham-Southern College’s

Music and Theatre Camp 2012 June 11-15 K5-5th grade www.bsc.edu 205/226-4960

Maximum Fun A summer adventure for ages 9 through 18.

BSC Birmingham-Southern College

For Early Bird discounts register by March 31! Call (423) 757-2616 or visit www.baylorschool.org for easy registration.

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country are eager to share their knowledge and skills.

Learn to Ice Skate this summer!

Basic Skills Summer Camp

June 4-8, June 25-29 & July 23-27, 2012 8:00AM – 4:00PM $200 for the 5 day camp

For more information please call or visit our wesite.

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Paul Harbin Soccer Camps (Day and residential) Telephone: 623-3484 E-mail: paul@harbinsoccer.com Website: www.harbinsoccer.com Dates: Club Soccer PreTryouts: April 29-31 (U13-U16), Homewood Soccer Park Day Camp I: July 18-21 (Ages 5-11), John Carroll High School Day Camp II: Date TBA (Ages 5-11), Dublin Park, Madison, Ala. Residential Team Camp: (Girls ages 13-18), Millsaps College, Jackson, Miss. Residential Goalkeeper Camp: Date TBA (Girls ages 10-18), UAB Residential Elite Individual and Team Camp: Date TBA (Girls, ages 10-18), UAB Description: These camps will develop skills and help players succeed at the next level of play. Team and individual instruction takes place in a fun and exciting environment. Pelham Skate School Basic Skills Summer Camp (Day) Telephone: 620-6448 Address: Pelham Civic Complex, 500 Amphitheater Road, Pelham 35124 Website: www. pelhamciviccomplex.com Ages: 6 and up, boys and girls Dates: June 4-8, June 25-29, July 23-27 Description: This ice skating camp includes on and off ice activities, including developing skating skills, boot and blade care, stretching, games and crafts. An exhibition at the end of the week will give skaters an opportunity to perform and show what they have learned.

Preston Goldfarb’s “Excellence through Fundamentals” Soccer Camp (Day and residential) Telephone: 226-4895 (office) or 602-3505 (cell) Address: Birmingham-Southern College, 900 Arkadelphia Road, Birmingham 35254 E-mail: pgoldfar@bsc.edu Website: www.bscsports.net/ soccercamps Ages: 7-18, boys and girls Eva Dates: June 11-15, June 18-22, Over The Mountain Journal, 205-823-9646 ph., June 25-29 205-824-1246, fax Description: The camp focuses Feb. 2012 on developing the player through This is your AD PROOF from the OVER THE MOUNTAIN JOURNAL for theintense training designed to Feb. 23, 2012ww issue. Please fax approval or changes to 824-1246. increase technical ability and tactical awareness. Its goal is Samford University presents to teach the game through an emphasis on limiting numbers in groups and maximizing touches taught by experienced in training.

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Alpine Camp for Boys (Residential) Telephone: 256-634-4404 Address: P.O. Box 297, Mentone 35984 E-mail: summer@alpinecamp. com Website: www.alpinecamp.com Ages: Grades 1-9 Dates: June 2-Aug. 7 Description: Located high atop

At Camp Mac, campers can enjoy a traditional camping experiPhoto special to the Journal ence with activities like horseback riding. Lookout Mountain, Alpine Camp is a traditional private Christian summer camp for boys with an outstanding staff. This camp offers a “fun summer in a boy’s world.” Camp Coleman (Day and residential) Telephone: 655-3782, ext. 2000 Address: 4010 Camp Coleman Road, Trussville 35173 E-mail: lelliott@girlscoutsnca.org Website: www.girlscoutsnca.org/ camps Ages: 5-12 Dates: May 29-Aug. 3 Description: Residential camps for ages 5-17 are available for girls only; day camps for ages 5-12 are also open to boys. Campers may attend one week or multiple weeks. Activities include swimming, canoeing, kayaking, tubing, fishing, ropes, climbing wall, archery, hiking and more. Special sessions include a magical-themed camp where campers can attend Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry and a Disney-themed camp. Open house is March 25, 2 to 4 p.m. Camp Cottaquilla (Day and residential) Telephone: 256-295-9082 or 800734-4541, ext. 1104 Address: 2500 Cottaquilla Road, Anniston 36207 E-mail: bgable@girlscoutsnca.org Website: www.girlscoutsnca.org/ camps Ages: 6-17 (boys and girls) Dates: June 4-15 Description: Special sessions include designing clothes and accessories from recycled items; theater sessions where girls will spend the week acting, writing and designing costumes; and a fairy-themed camp where girls will design their own fairy wings, go on a fairy hike and play fairy games. Traditional camp activities are also offered. Open house is April 21, 2 to 4 p.m. Camp Dovewood (Residential) Telephone: 386-935-0863 Address: 23221 101st Road, O’Brien, FL 32071 E-mail: campdovewood@ windstream.net Website: www.campdovewood. org Ages: 7-14 Dates: June 17-July 28 (one-, two- and three-week sessions

offered) Description: A girls-only recreational camp in North Florida that provides a learning environment for future Christian leaders. Activities include horseback riding, ballet, swimming, gymnastics, tennis, volleyball, rafting and much more. Camp Fletcher (Day and residential) Telephone: 428-1059 Address: 5150 Fletcher Road, Bessemer 35022 E-mail: ssmith@campfire-al.org or jbarksdale@campfire-al.org Website: www.campfire-al.org Ages: Grades 1-12 (rising) Dates: June 4-Aug. 3 Description: This camp’s traditional programs and themed events are age-specific and unique every week. Camp leaders believe that in order for campers to live the experience, they should be offered new opportunities each session to laugh, grow and have fun being young. Camp Laney (Residential) Telephone: 256-634-4066 Address: P.O. Box 289, Mentone 35984 E-mail: info@camplaney.com Website: www.camplaney.com Ages: 8-14 Dates: June 10-Aug. 3 (Four twoweek sessions; One one-week session) Description: Established in 1959, Camp Laney is a traditional boys’ camp atop Lookout Mountain in Mentone. Activities include team sports, horseback riding, archery, riflery, ropes course, canoeing, tennis, climbing, biking and more. Camp Mac (Residential) Telephone: 256-362-7449 Address: 2671 Cheaha Road, Munford 36268 E-mail: office@campmac.com Website: www.campmac.com Ages: Grades 2-9 Dates: May 29-Aug. 4 Description: Owned and operated by the McBride family since 1948, Camp Mac is on the shores of two lakes in the Talladega National Forest, one hour from Birmingham. There are separate programs for boys and girls. Activities include horseback riding, water skiing, riflery, skeet shooting, team and individual sports, fishing, swimming, tennis, biking and more.

Camp Merri-mac (Residential) Telephone: 828-669-8766 Address: 1123 Montreat Road, Black Mountain, NC 28711 E-mail: mail@merri-mac.com Website: www.merri-mac.com Description: This is a Christian camp for girls. Activities include archery, art, backpacking, canoeing, cheerleading, dance, diving, drama, water safety, guitar, gymnastics, riding, swimming, sports and much more. Camp McDowell (Day and residential) Telephone: (205) 387-1806 Address: 105 Delong Rd., Nauvoo 35578 E-mail: susanna@campmcdowell. com Website: www.campmcdowell. com Ages: Grades 1-12, rising Dates: May 25-August 5 Description: Nestled adjacent to the Bankhead National Forest, Camp McDowell is a supportive Christian community where young people grow and develop respect for each other and the world around them.Â Activities include hiking, canoeing, arts & crafts, swimming, ropes course, soccer, softball, soccer, capture the flag, and much more. Camp Trico (Day and residential) Telephone: 256-582-2617 or 800734-4541, ext. 1701 Address: 315 Trico Dr., Guntersville 35976 E-mail: acanterbury@ girlscoutsnca.org Website: www.girlscoutsnca.org Ages: 5-17 (boys and girls) Dates: May 18-Aug. 3 Description: Along the shore of Lake Guntersville Camp Trico has nearly a mile of shoreline on the stateâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s largest lake. Activities include canoeing, tubing behind the pontoon boat, snorkeling, horseback riding, archery, photography, cake decorating, extreme camping, event planning, riding, archery, canoeing, riflery, crafts, boat rides and more. Specialty camps include horse camp, adventure quest, aquatic and design camps. Open house is March 18, 2 to 4 p.m. Camp Winnataska (Residential)

Telephone: 640-6741 Address: 260 Winnataska Dr., Pell City 35128 E-mail: info@winnataska.org Website: www.winnataska.org Ages: 6-15 Dates: June 3-July 21 Description: Camp Winnataska has offered traditional overnight summer camping for girls and boys since 1918. Programs include horseback riding, canoeing, swimming, ropes courses, archery, crafts and them night activities. The camp focus is â&#x20AC;&#x153;Christian Camping at Its Best.â&#x20AC;? Camp Woodmont (Residential) Telephone: 706-398-0833 Address: 381 Moonlight Dr., Cloudland, GA 30731 E-mail: infonew@campwoodmont. com Website: www.campwoodmont. com Ages: 6-14 Dates: June 3-July 27 (one- and two-week sessions available) Description: Two hours north of Birmingham up I-59, Camp Woodmont offers a highly supervised traditional program for boys and girls. The camp is family-owned and familyoperated. Kanawahala Program Center (Day and residential) Telephone: 678-8843 or 800-7344541, ext. 1600 Address: 831 Girl Scout Road, Chelsea 35043 E-mail: tknowles@cahabagsc.org Website: www.girlscoutsnca.org/ camps Ages: 5-17 Dates: May 29-July 27 Description: KPC has a private lake for weeklong water sports sessions, but it also offers creative camps where girls can practice cake decorating, tie-dyeing clothing or making jewelry. Theme camps include Mardi Gras and rock star weeks. Traditional camp activities are also offered. Day camp is open to boys and girls; residential camps are for girls only. Open house is April 15, 2 to 4 p.m. Riverview Camp for Girls (Residential) Telephone: 800-882-0722 Address: P.O. Box 299, Mentone

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35984 Website: www.riverviewcamp.com Ages: 6-16 Dates: June 10-Aug. 3 (long- and short-term sessions available) Description: Riverview is recognized as one of the Southeastâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s best all-around camps for girls. Activities include riding, swimming, ropes course, new climbing tower, tennis, canoeing, golf and much more. Sumatanga (Residential) Telephone: 256-538-9860 Address: 3616 Sumatanga Road, Gallant 35972 Website: www.sumatanga.org/ SummerCamp.aspx E-mail: programs@sumatanga. org Description: Sumatanga provides a safe, accepting and fun environment where campers can experience life-changing encounters through worship and play. In addition to kidsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; camps, Sumatangaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s summer lineup includes Youth Special Camp, Adult Special Camp and Music and Arts Week. Details and registration information are available online. Tremont (Residential) Telephone: 865-448-6709 Address: 9275 Tremont Road, Townsend, Tenn. 37882 E-mail: mail@gsmit.org Website: www.gsmit.org Ages: 9-17 Dates: June 11-July 19 (Oneweek sessions) Description: Tremont offers an in-depth learning experience that fosters an understanding of the Great Smoky Mountains, encouraging a lifelong appreciation and stewardship of the environment. Campers can splash in an icy cold mountain stream, climb ridges to unbelievable views or discover nature through hands-on explorations, day hikes and crafts. YMCA Camp Cosby (Residential) Telephone: 256-268-2007 Address: 2290 Paul Bear Bryant Road, Alpine 35014 E-mail: smcclain@campcosby.org Website: www.campcosby.org Ages: 6-16

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St. Peter’s Child Development Center (Day) Telephone: 822-9461 Address: 2061 Patton Chapel Road, Hoover 35216 E-mail: stpeterscdc@bellsouth. net Description: This program offers fun-filled activities to enhance children’s education throughout the summer months, including water play, sports, dance and more, all led by an educational staff.

SUMMER AT HIGHLANDS June 4th to August 3rd Morning & Afternoon Camps Offered

A.C.E. Tennis Academy at Highland Park will be offering weekly summer camps for children of all ages and abilities beginning in June 2012. Our objective is to provide participants with an organized agenda of opportunities for a quality tennis experience. Campers will learn that their attitude and effort are everything when trying to accomplish goals both on and off the court.

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Campers at the Presbytery of Sheppards and Lapsley Summer Camps will learn about the world through the Bible while having Photo special to the Journal lots of fun. Dates: June 3-July 28 (One-week sessions) Description: On Lake Logan Martin, this is the overnight camp of the Birmingham YMCA. Offered is a mix of cabin and free choice activities, including horseback riding, mini-bike riding, canoeing, archery, arts and crafts, the Blob and wakeboarding. Camp Cosby also offers adventure trip programs for campers ages 11-15, including caving, climbing and kayaking across central and north Alabama.

Road, Rome, GA 30161 E-mail: lmann@darlingtonschool. org Website: www.darlingtonschool. org/summer Description: Coed, day and overnight, sports, traditional and specialty camps are offered. Through a broad range of interests, Darlington’s summer programs support the school’s mission of developing students with character.

Levite Jewish Community Center (Day) Telephone: 879-0411 Highlands School 4901 Old Leeds Road VARIETY/SPECIALTY CAMPS Address: 3960 Montclair Road, 205.251.1965 All Saints’ Episcopal Preschool Birmingham 35213 (Day) E-mail: betty@bhamjcc.org Telephone: 879-2943 Website: www.bhamjcc.org Address: 112 West Hawthorne Ages: 18 months-grade 7 Road, Homewood 35209 To: Gabe McCool Dates: May 29-Aug. 10 ack preschool@ Description: The camp’s goal is From: Over The Mountain Journal, phone 205-823-9646, faxE-mail: 205-824-1246 Over The Mountain Journal, phone 205-823-9646, fax 205-824-1246 allsaintsbirmingham.org to provide a happy, meaningful Date: Feb. 2012 eb. 2012 Website: www. and enriching experience for allsaintsbirmingham.org This is your AD PROOF from the OVER THE MOUNTAIN JOURNAL for the campers and to help them grow This is your aD prOOF from the Over The MOunTain JOurnal for the Ages: 6 months to 6 years and feel good about themselves. Feb. 23, 2012 issue. Please fax approval or changes to 824-1246. Description: This is a program Feb. 23, 2012 issue. please fax approval or changes to 824-1246. Campers develop independence, with a variety of artistic, self-confidence and strong educational and recreational character through a variety of activities using an integrated activities such as swimming, approach to learning that sports, crafts, cooking, games, meets the spiritual, emotional, hiking, field trips and drama. Please initial and fax back within 24 hours. intellectual and physical needs of Traditional and specialty camps please initial and fax back within 24 If wehours. have not heard from you by 5 pm of the Friday before the press date, children. if we have not heard from you by 5 pm of the Friday before the press are available. yourdate, ad will run as is. We print the paper Monday. your ad will run as is. We print the paper Monday. Thank you for your promptCamp attention. Briarwood (Day and Presbytery of Sheppards Thank you for your prompt attention. Overnight) and Lapsley Summer Camps Telephone: 776-5237 (Residential) Address: 2200 Briarwood Way, Telephone: 978-0320 Birmingham 35243 Address: 3603 Lorna Ridge Dr., E-mail: quest@briarwood.org Birmingham 35216 (Camps held Website: www.campbriarwood. at University of Montevallo and org Springville Camp) Ages: Rising Grades 1-3 (day); E-mail: nreed@pslpcusa.org Grades 4-8 (overnight) Website: www.pslpcusa.org Dates: June 11-July 28 (weekAges: Grades K5-12 (completed) Upcoming Events long sessions) Dates: Senior High Mission Spring Break Camp Description: These Christian Camp (completed Grades 3/16 - 3/17 camps for boys and girls are 9-12, June 10-15), Elementary Family Backpacking Trip held at off-site camp facilities Camp (completed Grades 3/24 - 3/25 Last day for and offer indoor and outdoor 2-5, June 24-29), Junior High Early Bird Open House recreation, including swimming, Camp (completed Grades 6-8, discount is 4/21 9-3 p.m. hiking, canoeing and archery. 4/22 1-3 p.m. March 30th! June 3-8), Discovery Camp 5/5 9-3 p.m. Day camp is held at YMCA (completed Grades 3-6, June Camp Hargis in Chelsea; Junk-in-the-Trunk 17-21) and You and Me Camp Community Yard Sale overnight camp is at YMCA (completed Grades 5K-2 + 5/5 8 a.m. – 3 p.m. Camp Chandler in Wetumpka. parents, June 22-24). Location: McCalla, AL 205.428.1059 ssmith@campfire-al.org www.campfire-al.org Description: Campers learn Darlington Summer Camps Residential Camp * Day Camp * Counselor-In-Training * Leader-In-Training about the world through Bible Camper vs. Wild * Backpacking * Class2Camp Outdoor Education * Archery (Day and residential) study, worship and traditional Canoeing * Low Ropes Challenge Course * Air Rifle Pellet Guns Telephone: 706-236-0415 camp activities. Field Games * Campouts * Outdoor Living Skills Address: 1014 Cave Spring

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Vestavia Hills United Methodist Church (Day) Telephone: 822-9631 E-mail: jfrazier@vhumc.org Dates: Vacation Bible Camp (Grade K4-5, boys and girls) – June 11-15 Diva Dance Camp (Ages 6-9) – June 18-21 Upward Basketball Camp (Grades K5-2) – June 18-21 Princess Dance Camp (Ages 3-5) – June 25-29 ESPN Camp (Grades K5-5, boys and girls) – June 25-29 Carpe Diem Camp (Grades K5-5, boys and girls) – July 9-13 Cheerleading and Gymnastics Camp (Grades K5-5) – July 16-19 Upward Basketball Camp (Grades 3-5) – July 16-19 Music and Arts Camp (Grades K5-5, boys and girls) – July 23-27 Upward Soccer Camp (Grades K4-4, boys and girls) – July 23-26 Upward Flag Football Camp (Grades K5-5, boys and girls) – July 30- Aug. 2 Website: www.vhumc.org Vestavia Hills YMCA (Day) Telephone: 823-0144 Address: 2086 Columbiana Road, Birmingham 35216 Website: www.ymcabham.org/ vestavia Description: The mission of the YMCA is “to put Judeo-Christian principles into practice through programs that build healthy spirit, mind and body.” With the Vestavia Hills YMCA, campers participate in a camping program with good supervision, safety, fun and for the personal growth of each child. YMCA Hargis Retreat (Day) Telephone: 678-6512 Address: 928 Hargis Dr., Chelsea 35043 E-mail: eshores@ymcabham.org or ksharp@ymcabham.org Website: www.hargisretreat.org Ages: 6-13 Dates: May 29-Aug. 3 Description: Traditional camps offer classic camp activities such as canoeing, archery, hiking, arts and crafts, swimming and fishing. Campers are grouped by age and will be with the same leader/ counselor all week. The camp includes lunch and two snacks; transportation is offered to and from several locations. Navigator Camps for Grades 4 and up allow campers more time and skills training in a specialty activity such as fishing, rock climbing or outdoor survival. ❖

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OME Student Wins Helen Keller Art Show

achel Hyche, a second grader at Oak Mountain Elementary School, won the grand prize in the 2011 Helen Keller Art Show. The annual show is for Alabama students who are visually impaired, blind or deaf-blind. The show is open to students of all ages in public, private, residential and home schools, providing them an opportunity to showcase special talents and abilities. Entries emphasize creativity, color and tactile media. During the year, the artwork is exhibited in venues including the state capital. Rachel received the Patty Johnson Award. Winners of this award are selected by the Helen Keller Festival Board each year. The award is named for and dedicated to Helen Keller’s niece, who continued the legacy of recognizing the success of students who are blind or visually impaired. Rachel’s piece, which will be displayed in Tuscumbia in a permanent gallery, is titled “CopperTree” and is a multisensory piece using watercolors,

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Rachel Hyche’s “CopperTree” entry won the grand prize at the Helen Keller Art Show. Photo special to the Journal

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copper wire of various lengths and colors and copper sheeting cut-outs. Rachel said she enjoyed working on her art piece very much. “The leaves were hard to make,” she said. “My favorite thing about this art was painting. I like to paint.” As the award winner, Rachel was invited to Tuscumbia to participate in the Helen Keller Festival. She will ride in the festival parade in a car designated for her in the grand marshal portion of the parade. She will also be interviewed at the Helen Keller homestead, open the Helen Keller play and be presented on stage at the festival opening ceremonies. ❖

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School Notes Holocaust Survivor Speaks at LPMS Marion Blumenthal Lazan, Holocaust survivor and author of “Four Perfect Pebbles,” will speak to Liberty Park Middle School students March, 12. Following Adolf Hitler’s rise to power, Lazan and her family were forced Marion Blumenthal to live six and Lazan a half years in German refugee, transit and prison camps. Though they all survived the camps, Marion’s father died of typhus just after liberation. Max Herzel, also a Holocaust

survivor, spoke to eighth grade students in December as part of their study of the book “Night” by Eli Wiesel. Herzel, who lives in Birmingham, shared his experiences of growing up in Belgium during the reign of Hitler and the Nazi regime. His family was placed in an internment camp in southern France and was headed to the concentration camps. Herzel eventually was placed at a remote farm by an underground Jewish agency.

Krulak Addresses Altamont Students The Altamont School hosted Birmingham-Southern College President Gen. Charles Krulak, during a Jan. 23 morning assembly. Krulak addressed the student body on ethical leadership and shared personal experiences that have helped shape his leadership style. He

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OLS Celebrates Special Week

Gen. Charles Krulak, second from left, recently visited Altamont School to talk to students about leadership. With him are, from left: Head of School Sarah Whiteside, Katherine and Ben Miree and Head of Upper School Carl Parke, Photo courtesy of Belmont Studios faculty sponsor of the Miree Center. challenged the students to be persons of character as they lead the nation in the future. Krulak closed his speech with the poem “The Eagle and the Wolf.” A question and answer session followed. The event was organized by members of the C. Kyser Miree Ethical Leadership Center at Altamont. The center, founded in 2010, is named in memory of alumnus Kyser Miree. The Miree Center seeks to help students hone and develop their leadership skills and to become more ethical and involved members of the global community. Krulak, retired commandant of the U.S. Marine Corps and former member of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, became the 13th president of Birmingham-Southern College in 2011. He was appointed the 31st

commandant of the U.S. Marines Corps in 1995, a post he held until his retirement June 30, 1999. Following his retirement from military service, Krulak was named in 2001 as chairman and chief executive officer of MBNA Europe Bank in Chester, England. In 2004, he joined MBNA America Bank N.A. in Wilmington, Del., as vice chairman and chief administrative office. From February 2003 until April 2006, Krulak served by presidential appointment as chairman of the U.S. Naval Academy Board of Visitors. His military honors include the Defense Distinguished Service Medal, the Navy Distinguished Service Medal, the Silver Star Medal, three Bronze Star medals, two Purple Heart Medals, the Meritorious Service Medal and the French Legion of Honor.

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Our Lady of Sorrows Catholic School students celebrated faith, academics and service during National Catholic Schools Week Jan. 29-Feb. 3. The children showed their appreciation for their education throughout the week with special events. They recognized and expressed gratitude for their church pastors, community, nation, religious vocations, school faculty and staff, their parents and their education. Children dressed up according to each day’s theme. School officials invited prospective students, their families and community residents to visit the school the week before Catholic Schools Week. Visitors had an opportunity to learn about programs for preschoolers to eighth grade students and pick up enrollment materials. OLS student Peer Helpers and Technology Team members led guided tours of the facility. OLS also conducted a service project to help supply materials to a needy school in the Republic of the Philippines with the help of a Birmingham Peace Corp volunteer stationed there.

Above: Our Lady of Sorrows Catholic School students enjoyed “Thankful Thursday” during Catholic Schools Week. Dressed in accessories of their choice were, from left: eighth graders Michaela Crawford, Sarah Crowe, Mary Carmen Nichols and Mariteresa Petruzella. Below: Students have fun on Topsy-Turvy Tuesday during Catholic Schools Week at Our Lady of Sorrows Catholic School. Among those participating were, from left: third graders Wyatt Williams and Mitchell Walker and first graders Jocelyn Bledsoe, Haley Dempsey, Emma Leonard, Catherine Agena and Hannah Photo special to the Journal O’Laire.

Highlands School Has Hands-On Science Hands-on science projects at Highlands School are helping students make real-world connections as they study new concepts and recognize the importance of science in their everyday lives. Two recent hands-on projects were fifth graders’ volcanos and sixth graders’ study of DNA. Ashley Jones’s fifth grade science students studied types of volcanoes around the world and how they are alike and different from one another. Each student designed and built his or her own volcano and presented the project to fellow students and special visitors. After the presentation, the students invited everyone outdoors to observe the “eruption” portion of the presentation. Students in all grades

enjoyed watching the lava flow. Sam Kindervater’s sixth grade life science students studied the structure of DNA molecules and constructed pasta models representing the double helix, with wagon wheel pasta as the sugars, ziti as the phosphates and colored pipe cleaners as the nitrogen bases. The students used these models to demonstrate the process of DNA replication that takes place when cells divide. Their next project was to extract DNA from strawberries, allowing them to actually see strands of DNA

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MBHS Debaters Win at Emory The Mountain Brook debate team recently returned to Emory University for the Barkley Forum Invitational. The team’s effort to defend last year’s policy championship was led by returning champion and senior Evan McCarty. He and Philippa Straus, his policy debate partner, have won many honors this year. In eight national circuit tournaments, they have earned an average elimination seeding of 6.75 out of an average field of about 100 of the best teams in the country, giving the MBHS team a national rank of seventh in the country and putting the Mountain Brook debaters well inside the top 10 favorites at every tournament they attend. At the 2012 Emory tournament, McCarty was second overall speaker, and Straus was the 19th speaker among some 200 competitors. The twosome finished sixth and lost in the elite eighth round of the tournament. The team also had strong finishes by its Lincoln-Douglas debate representatives, Alex Cordover and Wyatt Moorer. They were invited to compete in the elimination round tutorials, the second appearance of the year for both in the nation’s top 32 of Lincoln-Douglas debaters. Cordover finished as the 21st seed and Moorer as the 26th seed of the event. ❖

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Prince of Peace Wins Award Rep. Paul DeMarco officially presented Prince of Peace Catholic School with the Blue Ribbon Schools of Excellence Lighthouse Award and an Alabama State Resolution during Catholic Schools Week. Cheerleaders and a spirit squad participated in the award ceremony. Joanna Settine, the school’s music and art director, led the singing of “Prince of Peace Will Rock You.” In December, Prince of Peace was one of only 11 schools in the nation this year to win the Lighthouse Award. Bart Teal, Blue Ribbon CEO and president, invited teachers to make presentations about their best practices, such as house leadership programs, verbal leadership, curriculum design, integrative creative writing program and Shakespeare programs at the organization’s December 2012 conference.

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The Mountain Brook High School Theatre recently performed “Androcles in Aurand,” a one-act play by Aurand Harris that challenges audiences of all ages to look past the differences of others and learn to work together to take a stand for freedom, at the Trumbauer Theatre Festival. The school’s performance earned several awards including Best Actor to Mark Hammontree, Best Supporting Actor to Spiro Gerontakis, All-Star Cast Member to Meryem Tunagur and Best Costumes. The show also won Best of Show, and for the first time in MBHS history became State Champions in Theatre. Mountain Brook’s show was chosen to represent Alabama at the Southeastern Theatre Conference in Chattanooga, Tenn., where they will be competing against 19 other schools from the Southeast for Best of Show. The shows will be performed in the historic Tivoli Theatre from March 8-9. Before they leave, Mountain Brook High School Theatre will perform the one-act play “Androcles and the Lion” on March 6, at 5:30 p.m. in the Fine Arts Center. Admission is free and donations to help offset the cost of the trip are appreciated.

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temperature and virus survival, and Thomas Barr and Charlotte Benedict teamed up to win third place for their project on wind energy. All four students will advance to the Central Alabama Regional Science and Engineering Fair March 3 at the University of Alabama at Birmingham. ❖

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Pirates Down Spartans to Claim Metro South Basketball Tournament The Pizitz eighth grade boy’s basketball team beat Mountain Brook 32-26 to claim the Metro South championship. Steadman Gully led the Pirates with 15 points and Patrick Morton had 7 points. Jack Kline had 9 points for Mountain Brook. Pizitz ended the season with a 17-1 record. Homewood beat Bumpus 32-25 for 3rd place. Selected to the All Tournament team were: Chris Miller, Homewood; Anthony Jefferson, Bumpus; Jack Kline and Drew Smith, Mountain Brook; Zach Meadows and Steadman Gully, Pizitz and Patrick Morton of Pizitz was named MVP for the tournament.

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crimped the Panthers’ charge. Berman bagged two three-point baskets and converted a traditional three-point play to help raise Mountain Brook’s halftime margin to 27-19. Mario Stramaglia scored 12 points; Berman finished with 11. “The up-tempo game works for us,” said Sigurdarson after the game. “We like to go up and down the court, press the other team and wear it down. We hope we can do that in Jacksonville.” Mountain Brook advances to the Northeast Regional with a 24-9 record. Hoover’s girls took an easy ride to Jacksonville, rolling over Spain Park by the amazing score of 87-18. The Lady Bucs rolled to a 15-0 lead and stretched the margin to 43-9 at the half. Nicole Tanner led Hoover with 15 points and nine rebounds. Breion Allen scored 14 points. Chardonae Fuqua scored 11 points and picked up three steals. Hoover may have run its record to 27-3, but Bucs’ coach Donnie Quinn wasn’t celebrating the big margin of victory. “I wasn’t watching the score after a while,” he said. “I was watching our girls’ feet, to see how fast they were moving and to see if they were pushing the ball down the court. I was looking for unselfishness. “If they start slowing down, I’ll just throw five new girls in there.”

Spain Park coach Mike Chase was gracious in defeat. “If Hoover doesn’t’ win the state championship, I’ll be surprised,” he said. “Haven’t they played Bob Jones in the finals almost every year? I’ll be shocked if that doesn’t happen again.” The Lady Jaguars completed their season with a 20-13 record. Mountain Brook’s girls kept their season going with a 51-42 win over Thompson. The Lady Spartans’ tenacious defense forced 20 turnovers to help the cause. Annabelle Friedman led Mountain

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Brook with 17 points, including a perfect 10-of-10 from the free throw line. Collier Ogilvie added 11 points. The Lady Spartans shot 76 percent from the free throw line for the game. “I was very concerned before the game,” said Mountain Brook coach Mark Cornelius. “Thompson had an excellent game plan, but we did enough to win. I’m proud of the way our ladies fought and took advantage of what came their way.” The Lady Spartans move on to Jacksonville with a 25-9 record. But the Class 6A powers weren’t the only local schools that saw their seasons extend to the regionals. The Altamont girls earned their way to the Class 2A Northeast Regionals with a 45-27 rout of Ranburne. Yorisha Bryant paced the Lady Knights with 14 points, 10 rebounds and seven steals. Addison Pollard contributed 13 points, with nine coming from three-point shots. Altamont, now 22-4 for the season, will meet North Sand Mountain this week. Shades Mountain Christian’s boys scored a 70-67 win over Talladega County Central to earn a spot in the boys’ Class 1A Central Regional at Alabama State University. Jaylon Sims scored 25 points for the Eagles, and Blake Gardner added 22. Chris Hardrick contributed 10 points for the winning cause. Shades Mountain will face St. Jude on the ASU campus this week.

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Nick Saban, University of Alabama head football coach, is this year’s winner of the Over the Mountain Touchdown Club’s prestigious Bobby Bowden National Collegiate Coach of the Year Award. The Crimson Tide defeated Louisiana State University 21-0 in the 2012 BCS National Championship Game. The win capped a 12-1 season for Alabama and gave the Tide its second BCS title in three seasons. Voting for the award is conducted in part by the National Sportscasters and Sportswriters Association. Voting for the winner is allowed before or after the BCS National Championship game. In addition to Saban, this year’s finalists were head coaches Les Miles of LSU, Mike Gundy of Oklahoma State University and Kevin Sumlin, University of Houston. All four finalists had confirmed their attendance at the Over the Mountain Touchdown Club’s awards banquet had they won. Saban is the award’s first twotime winner. He won in 2009 after his team’s victory against the University of Texas in the BCS National Championship Game. In five seasons with Alabama, Saban has compiled a 59-7 record. His overall record as a head college coach is 152-55-1. He has also led Alabama to four straight 10-win seasons, including a 14-0 national championship season in 2009. Saban is the first coach to win three BCS National Championships. The Over the Mountain Touchdown Club also announced that Lee Corso is the club’s 2012 Lifetime Achievement Award winner. Corso’s career started in 1953 when he played football at Florida State University. Today he is a college football analyst on ESPN’s College GameDay. An awards banquet will be held March 4 at the Cahaba Grand Conference Center for the trophy presentations by Bobby Bowden, former head football coach at Florida State. The Bobby Bowden National Collegiate Coach of the Year Award commemorates Bowden’s legendary coaching career and annually honors excellence in college football coaching. The Over the Mountain Touchdown Club presents the award as a national symbol of recognition for the college football coach who has excelled on the football field while demonstrating perseverance, attitude, integrity and determination, attributes that Bowden has exemplified throughout his coaching career and life. For tickets or more information, visit otmtouchdown.com.

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John Carroll Runner Wins State Gatorade Award Lee Griffin, a John Carroll Catholic High School junior, is the 2011-12 Gatorade Alabama Boys Cross Country Runner of the Year. He’s the first John Carroll student to win the award. Gatorade presents state awards in 12 sports. Past winners include Derek Jeter of the New York Yankees; Kevin Garnett, now with the Boston Celtics; and quarterback Mark Sanchez of the New York Jets. The award recognizes athletic excellence, academic achievement and character. Griffin won the Class 5A individual state championship last season with a time of 16:13.11 and led the

Cavaliers to a third-place team finish. A three-time All-State selection, he also won the Mobile Cross Country Challenge of Champions and was second in the 2010 Class 5A state meet. Griffin also is on the baseball, basketball and track teams at John Carroll, where he has a 3.56 GPA. He is a member of the school’s Spanish Honor Society and Honors Choir. He volunteers at his church, at a camp for children diagnosed with muscular dystrophy and at the American Baseball Foundation’s Baseball and Academic Skills Instructional Camp. Bryan Burgess, John Carroll’s head cross country coach, said Griffin

“understands the race and what he has to do.” “If there’s anybody out there that you want on your side, you want him, because he’s going to get the job done,” Burgess said. “When it comes time to run the race, he’s as focused as anybody. When he’s not running, it’s all about his teammates. “He’s the ultimate team player. He’s got that leadership quality.” Griffin joins several other Over the Mountain high school runners in winning the Gatorade award in recent years: Brandon Hazouri from Spain Park, who won last year, and Hoover’s Patrick McGregor, winner of the 2007-08 award.

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In the 195-pound division, Oak Mountain’s Justin Woodall lost the championship in an overtime loss to Grissom’s Brian Walker. Consolation winners included: 126-pounds: Vestavia’s Morgan Paugh took a decision over

Thompson’s Mario Haynes. 145 pounds: Vestavia’s Andrew Korn won a decision over Auburn’s Jonathan Lane. 152 pounds: Vestavia’s Johnny Witt earned a decision over Homewood’s Johnathan Gooden. 182 pounds: Hoover’s Alec

Shunnarah scored a decision over Benjamin Russell’s Charles Chappell. 195 pounds: Spain Park’s Kameron Ricks took a decision over Opelika’s Rico Lewis. To: 220 pounds: Spain Park’s MauticeFrom: Mills won a decision over Oak Mountain’s Lloyd Time.

its trademark defense, this will be the Spartans’ day. Take your pick. Then it’s off to the Final Four. Wednesday’s first round at JSU will also feature two interesting girls’ matchups. Highly-ranked Hoover will meet Gadsden City in one game, while in the other Mountain Brook will face a Shades Valley team that is 30-2. The Lady Bucs should by all rights clobber Gadsden City. Hoover has built such a mystique over most metro Birmingham teams that a 30-point victory is often considered an off night. Almost certainly, the Lady Bucs will face the Shades Valley-Mountain Brook winner for a berth in the Class 6A Final Four. The Lady Mounties defeated the Lady Spartans twice in the regular season, but don’t read too much into that factoid. Their most recent meeting, played Jan. 3 at Mountain Brook, was a 49-45 squeaker that the hosts could easily have won. There’s an old basketball cliché that says it’s difficult to defeat a good team three times in a single season. If that’s true, expect the Spartans to come up with the points in the final minutes to make the difference. A Mountain Brook upset of

Shades Valley, of course, would put the Lady Spartans against the Hoover steamroller. The Lady Bucs will deserve the role of favorite. Don’t, however, expect a 40-point blowout. Hoover whipped the Lady Spartans 75-32 in December, but it won’t be like that this time. Mountain Brook is mentally tough and plays strong enough defense to hang with the more athletic and deeper Hoover team – for a while. But unless key Lady Bucs get into serious foul trouble early – or just have a bad game – it’s hard to see what can keep the Hoover girls out of yet another Final Four.

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The best news for Coach Bucky McMillan, however, is that he isn’t running a two-man show. Impressive performances from the likes of Sean Eaton, Reagan Alexander and Jeremy Berman have come at crucial times all year long. Whenever the Spartans have needed a clutch basket, a big rebound or an important defensive stop, somebody has come up with it almost every time. When a team can count on players besides its “stars” to fill important needs, its coach can sleep better at night. McMillan has probably been sleeping pretty soundly lately. But that doesn’t mean Mountain Brook is a cinch to get its second win over Hoover. The Bucs probably have a little more athleticism than the Spartans and certainly won’t take the challenge lightly. If Hoover can neutralize the effectiveness of Mountain Brook’s supporting players and force Stramaglia and Sigurdarson to score the lion’s share of points, the Bucs will be in an excellent position to win. If Mountain Brook can balance its scoring, connect its free throws and play

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Hoover and Mountain Brook Boys and Girls Reach Regionals By Lee Davis

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he roads from Hoover and Mountain Brook to Jacksonville State University will be heavily traveled this week. That’s because the boys’ and girls’ basketball teams from both schools all reached the Class 6A Northeast Regionals on the JSU campus. The Hoover boys will meet Shades Valley Wednesday in the Buccaneers’ first regional game since 1998. The Mountain Brook boys, playing in the opposite bracket, will face HewittTrussville the same day. Hoover’s girls will battle Gadsden City Wednesday morning. Mountain Brook, again playing in the opposite bracket, will take on Shades Valley. The winners of the four games will square off over the weekend for two respective berths in the Class 6A Final Four at the BirminghamJefferson Convention Complex. The Hoover boys’ team had perhaps the most difficult road to Jacksonville, earning a 48-42 win over visiting crosstown rival Spain Park Friday night. The rivals had split

two previous meetings. The Bucs narrowly defeated the Jags 27-25 Nov. 17. Spain Park responded with a 64-55 upset Jan. 6, knocking Hoover from its perch as the state’s second-ranked team. Despite the game’s intensity from start to finish, the action was a bit ragged at times, a fact Hoover coach Charles Burkett attributed to the previous two battles between the teams. “There’s so much we each know about the other team,” said Burkett. “We know what they do well, and they know what we do well. This win wasn’t pretty, but we’ll take it.” You better believe they will. The victory raised Hoover’s record to 29-4, setting a school record for most wins in a season. Spain Park struggled offensively during much of the game, suffering through significant scoring droughts late in the first half and early in the second half. But Hoover’s lead was only 27-26 with seven minutes to play. Then Brannon Defore bagged a three-point shot to move the Bucs lead to 30-26. Defore’s basket sparked an 8-1 Hoover run to sink the Jaguars’ hopes. Deontaye Curtis led Hoover with 13 points. Defore finished with 12 points. Spain Park’s Rembert Martin led all scorers with 18 points, and teammate Blake Dudchock scored 13. The Jaguars completed their season with a 22-11 mark. “We had five or six critical pos-

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Hoover’s Brannon DeFore puts up a shot as Spain Park’s John Elliot defends in the Bucs’ 48-42 win over the Jaguars. More photos at otmj.com Journal photo by Marvin Gentry

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Hoover’s Taylor Garlington defeated DeAndre Beck from Standhope Elmore on his way to the 138-pound 6A state title. More photos at otmj.com Journal photo by Marvin Gentry

or the second consecutive year, Huntsville’s Von Braun Civic Center belonged to the Thompson Warriors. The Warriors won their second consecutive state 6A wrestling title last Saturday, setting a meet record with 231 points. But all that aside, it wasn’t a bad weekend for the Over the Mountain schools. Vestavia Hills finished third behind Thompson and runner-up Grissom of Huntsville by totaling 119 points. Hoover took fourth with 111.5 points. Oak Mountain came in fifth with 106.5 points. The area’s lone individual champion was Hoover’s Taylor Garlington, who took a four-overtime 3-1 victory over Thompson’s Cody Albarado

in the 132-pound title finale. Their match was voted by the tournament coaches as the best in Class 6A. Spain Park’s Tommy Bostany came close to winning the 120-pound division but lost to Pell City’s Jake Smith when Smith was awarded a takedown in the final seconds to earn a 4-3 triumph. “It was a judgment call by the referee,” said Jaguar coach Matt Thompson. “That’s the way it goes.” In the 113-pound category, Hoover’s Payton Garlington lost a decision to Opelika’s Brian White in the championship finals. In the 126-pound division, Oak Mountain’s Jared Godfrey lost a decision to Oxford’s Jordan Simpson in the championship round. In the 145-pound division, Hoover’s Jackson Poe lost a decision to Thompson’s Nick Hall for the title. See, State meet, page 43

his week’s Class 6A Northeast Regionals at Jacksonville State University offer some interesting possibilities for Over the Mountain schools. In Wednesday’s first round, the Hoover boys will play Shades Valley, while the Mountain Brook boys will meet Hewitt-Trussville. Both the Bucs and Spartans should be heavily favored to win their respective openers, which would lead to a muchhyped Hoover-Mountain Brook finale that would likely be worthy of the build-up. It’s easy to forget that the Spartans are responsible for one of the Bucs’ four losses this season. Mountain Brook upset Hoover on the Bucs’ home court 61-53 Dec. 1. The Spartans had balanced scoring with Mario Stramaglia scoring 17 points and Matti Sigurdarson adding 14. Sophomore Sean Eaton contributed 10 points. Mountain Brook’s dominance of the second half made the difference. Hoover led 38-32 at halftime but couldn’t stop the Spartans’ third and fourth quarter barrage. The Bucs’ Eric Dansby was the game’s high scorer with 20 points, but Mountain Brook’s 77 percent free throw shooting was too much to overcome. And while it’s hard to draw too many conclusions for a rematch in February of a game played in December, there are clearly some trends of both teams worth noting. Most notably, the Hoover team that lost to Mountain Brook months ago has traveled light years to become the seasoned, mature powerhouse that enters Jacksonville with a 29-4 record. Dansby remains a force, but other Bucs have stepped to the forefront as well. Brandon Defore – who comes from an accomplished basketball family – has become a big play man for Hoover, as has Deontaye Curtis, who scored 13 points in the hard-fought sub-state win over Spain Park. Mountain Brook takes a slightly less imposing 24-9 record to the Northeast, but the Spartans seem to be peaking at the right time. And while the names Stramaglia and Sigurdarson may play havoc with sportswriters’ spell-checks, they also represent perhaps the best scoring tandem in metro Birmingham. See, davis, page 43