18 • Thursday, January 23, 2020
OVER THE MOUNTAIN JOURNAL
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BMC Celebrates a New Year After Reflecting on Fall Festivities
Caroline and Samuel Nordlund, Angela and Jeffery Flaniken and Pat Grant.
Photos courtesy BMC
Charla Mobley, Roberta Atkinson, Abigail Workman and Michelle Rushing. Mary-Noel Sellers, Beth Adams and Nancy Canada.
JINGLE ALL THE WAY
Birmingham Jingle Bell Run Raises More Than $88,000 for Arthritis Foundation
Michelle Rushing, Barbara Klyce, Elise Warren and Sandra Holley.
The Arthritis Foundation’s Alabama-Mississippi chapter hosted the annual Jingle Bell Run Birmingham on Dec. 14 at Railroad Park, raising more than $88,900 for the foundation. Runs included a 5K, one-mile fun run and a Santa Chase kids run. This year’s medical honoree was Dr. Courtney Crayne, an attending physician at UAB/Children’s of Alabama who specializes in rheumatology. She was appointed to serve on the Government Affairs Committee and Early Career Investigators Subcommittee for the American College of Rheumatology. Crayne graduated from Cornell University and received her medical degree from UAB. She has met with state and federal officials to advocate health care policy reform to provide better patient care for people with rheumatic disease. The patient honoree was 11-year-old Marley Wilkes, who was diagnosed with juvenile idiopathic arthritis at age 8. ❖
Above, Mike and Meghan Hellenga. Below, Zack and Katie Willard.
Jerry Tinsley (Santa) with Liles, Sibi and Dagney Walker.
Journal photo by Jordan Wald
The Guild of the Birmingham Music Club celebrated the close of an active season this month with a New Year’s program, featuring a concert by harpist Abigail Workman. Throughout the fall, the club attended concerts and hosted socials to promote and foster the appreciation of music and the performing arts in the Birmingham community. Festivities began with a November cocktail party at the home of Nancy and Kevin Canada, chaired by Beth Adams, Nancy Canada and MaryNoel Sellers. Also in November, the Samford University String Quartet – composed of Caroline and Samuel Nordlund along with Angela and Jeffrey Flaniken – performed at The Club for the Guild Coffee and Membership Meeting, hosted by Pat Grant. Members next celebrated the holiday season with a party at ServisFirst Bank, chaired by Elizabeth Broughton. Since the New Year’s event, members have started planning the club’s annual spring scholarship auditions for college students. Since 2004, the Guild, which has 200 members, has funded and administered a prestigious scholarship program for young musicians attending colleges in Alabama. Its mission is to support young musicians in their education. ❖