A4 • September 2013
Village Living
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MBJH eighth graders recently sold cookies and lemonade at the Crestline Piggly Wiggly to raise funds for multiple sclerosis. The group participated in a Kick MS kickball tournament in August. Members of the Super Great 8 team are: Front row: Carter Emack, Meme Everette, Margaret Dodson and Anne Clayton Cole. Back row: Walter Morris, Wilson Higgins, Chris Harmon and Clay Stearns. Photo courtesy of Kaye Emack.
Editor’s Note By Jennifer Gray This month, our city has an opportunity to show off. The first-ever Crestline Rocks will take place in the heart of Crestline. This event is a great opportunity to show people from all over Birmingham the wonderful shops, restaurants and people of Mountain Brook along with our own local bands and headliner Big Head Todd and the Monsters. Also this month, Mountain Brook will host 9/11 remembrance ceremonies. City officials from Mountain Brook, Homewood and Vestavia along with residents will commemorate the anniversary at the new Municipal Complex in Crestline. If you haven’t
walked by the new fire station, make time to do so. You will want to see the steel beam from the Twin Towers that is mounted on the corner of Hoyt Lane and Oak Street. In early October, Mountain Brook has yet another opportunity to showcase our city. The USGA Mid-Amateur Championship will take place at the Country Club of Birmingham. The winner of this event is invited to play the Masters tournament in April. The tournament will be covered by the Golf Channel and local media, and we are sure to see many new faces enjoying our villages during the event.
If you are looking for a little bit of the arts in your September, don’t miss the annual Symphony 30 Picnic in the Birmingham Botanical Gardens. The Alabama Symphony Orchestra will perform a family-friendly concert with food provided by Jim ‘N Nick’s. Kids can enjoy crafts, run around and play tag in the grass as the symphony plays. So with all of these amazing events taking place, it’s not hard to see that Mountain Brook is the place to be.
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