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Summer Fun NEW POOL COMPLEX AT PATRIOT PARK OPENS MAY 18 PAGE 10 EXPLORE PLAYGROUND IN HOOVER NOW OPEN PAGE 10 CANOEING THE CAHABA JUST GOT EASIER PAGE 9 OTM FAMILY DIVES INTO SUMMER PAGE 24 SUMMER ABOUT TOWN PAGE 24 SUMMER FASHION PAGE 22

POOL PREVIEW Ann Bishop Adams got a chance to test the waters at the May 3 ribbon-cutting for the new pool at Patriot Park in Homewood.

Journal photo by Ingrid Howard

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Murphy’s Law

I KEEPING IT CLASSIC Mountain Brook Driving Club to Kick off Barber Historics with Car Parke 2019 PAGE 4

BE BRAVE Bo Jackson Serves Keynote Speech at The Foundry’s Annual Leadership Breakfast PAGE 8

IN THE EYE OF THE BEHOLDER BMA Exhibit Adopts a Different Way of Looking at Fashion PAGE 22

OK FOR FUN Diving Into the Ultimate Family Experience PAGE 24

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SCHOOLS 21 FASHION 22 SUMMER FUN 24 SPORTS 32

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Hats Off!

n the next few weeks, the air will head. be filled with hats, or more specifiI’ve never been much of a hat percally, caps. Having been officially son. The straw Easter hats I wore as a pronounced done and done, graduates child were itchy and always held tightwill throw those silly mortarboard ly to my head with an elastic band that numbers in the air with glee. If the capwore trenches under my chin. I came to and-gown set wasn’t designated disappreciate hats more during my recent posable, parents will be scrambling chemo run because, I don’t know if you around behind them to retrieve what’s know this, but without hair, your body left of their security deposits. heat just rushes out of the top of your Graduation mortarboards are a head like someone left the gate open. time-honored tradition. They serve no Hats put a lid on that seepage, literally. real purpose, but such is the way with On the other hand, a hat can protect Sue Murphy a lot of hats. Chef hats, for example, do your poor noggin from the encroachnothing to protect the chef from head ment of excessive summer heat. In that trauma or keep his hair out of the way, hats are kind of like thermoses.

Graduation bouillabaisse. Stiffly starched nurs(“How do they know?”) ing caps? They were cute and all, There are rain hats and sun hats mortarboards are a but they didn’t aid in the TLC. And and hats with flaps that extend their time-honored tradition. brilliant two-fold insulating protecthose big fuzzy hats worn by the Buckingham Palace guards — serition to your ears. Hard hats protect They serve no real ously? you from falling nuts and bolts. purpose, but such is the Football helmets protect you from I recently attended a gala school fundraiser with a Kentucky Derby way with a lot of hats. falling linebackers. There are bowltheme, so of course, I wore a hat. ers and Stetsons and toboggans and It’s what one does. Why? fedoras, top hats and Panama hats Apparently, the Royal Ascot people and beanies and berets. You could require them and the Derby folks followed suit in a typi- have a different hat for every day of the year if you had cally American “wear ‘em if you’ve got ‘em” sort of a big enough closet. You’d need a really tall shelf for way. one of those Buckingham Palace numbers, but I’m sure The British are big on hats, especially for weddings, it could be arranged. where it’s an unspoken rule that the hat of the MOG Alas, there are very few occasions that require mor(Mother of the Groom) cannot outdo that of the MOB tarboards, but you could always wear it on a post-gradu(Mother of the Bride) in size or adornment. At the most ation trip to Disneyworld. It wouldn’t be Goofy, just recent royal nuptials, the rule was apparently waved as goofy, but that’s the point. the MOFOG (Mother of the Father of the Groom) was Anyway, hats off, all you graduates! You’ve worked Her Majesty the Queen. If you ask me, the woman is hard and deserve to set your caps aloft. Just wait until darned cute no matter what she wears. the ceremony is over and your grandparents have had a The pre-wedding red carpet featured wide brims and chance to take pictures. Graduation guests, you are free pillboxes and a few of those hats called “fascinators” to wear hats to commencement if the mood strikes you; that can be alternately fascinating or appear as if the just make sure they don’t block the view of the person wearer has simply stapled a junior prom corsage to her behind you. I don’t care whose mother you are.

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What will you miss most about your high school experience?

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“The memories and bonds I’ve made through playing Hoover athletics.”

Jesse Kelley Hoover High School “Health science club and anatomy because I want to be a sports physical therapist.”

Aleah Moon Hoover High School

“I’ll miss my law class.”

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Keeping it Classic

By Emily Williams Historic, sport and racing cars will fill the streets of Lane Parke on May 17 to kick off the annual Barber Historics Race weekend with Car Parke 2019.

Spearheaded by Alan Thacker of the Mountain Brook Driving Club, the Car Parke event will be co-presented by Barber Historics and will

‘It is a great space [Lane Parke] because it is more contained. You’ll be able to see all of the cars and feel that energy, with the race cars revving up.”

ALAN THACKER, MOUNTAIN BROOK DRIVING CLUB

include classic cars, sports cars and even a few race cars that will be seen on the track that weekend.

“Barber did a similar show in past years in the (circle) in Mountain Brook Village,” Thacker said, but it struggled a bit due to the landscape.

Lane Parke reached out to Thacker

in April to offer its parking areas, which are unused until the opening of the GreenWise Market later this year.

“It is a great space because it is more contained,” Thacker said.

“You’ll be able to see all of the cars and feel that energy, with the race cars revving up.”

According to Thacker, events like this are a chance for owners to socialize with each other as well as interact with the public about one of their favorite subjects – cars.

“I started loving sports cars on my own, it wasn’t something my grandfather or father did,” he said. “I think it was around 1965 … . I just started noticing some neat cars coming out.”

Over time, Thacker’s knowledge grew, but it all began with a simple appreciation for vehicle appearances.

For those who don’t know much about cars, the show will be easy to navigate. Vehicles will be separated into four display sections devoted to different countries: the United States, Great Britain, Germany and Italy.

As Thacker began formulating a list of cars to be displayed, he decided to organize the cars in each section by the year they were made.

There will be cars from as far back as the 1950s and ‘60s all the way up to contemporary models. They repre-

MAY 16 - 30 Thurs., May 16 Songs of Hope

What: Red, White & Boots presents a concert/competition, to be decided by the audience, featuring songs by some of country music’s finest songwriters recounting the stories of five veterans. Proceeds benefit veterans with PTSD and Moral Injury.

When: 7 p.m., doors open at 6 p.m.

Where: Workplay Website: warriorsongsofhope.com

Photo courtesy Mountain Brook Driving Club

Mountain Brook Driving Club to Kick off Barber Historics with Car Parke 2019

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Vehicles will be separated into four display sections devoted to different countries: the United States, Great Britain, Germany and Italy.

sent a variety of manufacturers, including Ferrari, Porsche, Mercedes, BMW and Lamborghini.

In addition to seeking a variety of makes and models, Thacker also took color into account when rounding up cars for the show.

“We’ll have a wide palette of colors,” he said. For example, there will be a Ferrari in French blue, a color Thacker said is not as widely seen as

the ever-popular red.

The car that Thacker identifies as the most unique among the vehicles on display will be a relatively new McLaren, representing the Brits, that is a bright yellow color.

Guests can peruse the Car Parke vehicles from 5 p.m. until 8 p.m., with a stage featuring music by the surf rock band High Fidelics. If anybody gets hungry, Thacker said, there are plenty of restaurants in Lane Parke to grab a bite, such as The Grand Bohemian Hotel, MidiCi Italian Kitchen and CharBar No. 7.

Thacker said he expects this won’t be the only Car Parke event. He’s hoping it will become a success and can continue to serve the local community and Barber Motorsports in future years.

Birmingham Boys Choir Spring Concert

What: Over 155 choristers from grades 3-12 will take the stage in celebration of a season of hard work, learning and making music together.

When: 7 p.m.

Where: Samford University, Wright Fine Arts Center Website: birminghamboyschoir.com

Fri., May 17 Art and Antiques for Anna’s Fund

What: Bid on local artwork, enjoy hors d’oeuvres and drinks while raising money for a scholarship that offers financial assistance that Hand in Paw volunteers might incur to become a Therapy Team.

When: 5:30-8 p.m.

Where: Hand in Paw Training Center Website: “Art & Antiques for Anna’s Fund” Facebook page

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Samford Legacy League Scholarship Celebration

What: David Phelps will be guest speaker at the Legacy League’s culminating event of the year, including a reception, seated dinner and after-dinner entertainment.

When: 5:30-9:30 p.m.

Where: Covenant Presbyterian Church Website: samford.edu

Hoover Library Summer Reading Kick-off What: “The Force” will be strong at the library’s Star Wars-themed summer reading kick-off, featuring games, crafts and more.

When: 7-9 p.m.

Where: Hoover Public Library Website: hooverlibrary.org

May 17 and 18 Do Dah Day

What: Attendees will enjoy a kids area, bands and the annual dog parade. All proceeds benefit local animal charities. Check the website for events and times.

When: 11:01 a.m., parade; 12:01, festivities Where: Along Birmingham’s Highland Avenue with festivities to follow in Rhodes Park Website: dodahday.org

Sat., May 18 Zoo Run 5k

What: A 5k and kid’s age-specific

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ABOUT TOWN races will benefit the zoo’s sponsored organization, Global Conservation Corps, which works to improve conservation in Africa.

When: 7:30 a.m., 5k; 8 a.m.-8:40 a.m., age-specific runs Where: Birmingham Zoo Website: birminghamzoo.com

Cahaba Lily Festival

What: An annual celebration of the Cahaba Lily, this event features a morning program, presentation by botanist Larry Davenport and lunch for registered guests. Festivities include $20 canoe rentals, storytelling and musical entertainment.

When: 8 a.m. registration Where: Cahaba Lily Center in West Blocton Website: cahabalily.com

Wed., May 22

May 18 and 19

Shades Valley Presbyterian Farmers Market

Opera Birmingham 41st Annual Vocal Competition

Alabama Bonsai Spring Show

What: Stop by the church each Wednesday afternoon in the summer to buy fresh, local produce straight from growers.

When: 3-6 p.m.

Where: Shades Valley Presbyterian Church Website: svpcusa.org Carson Wilson, from the Ford Family Farm with fresh peaches at the Shades Valley Presbyterian Famers Market last summer.

Journal photo by Jordan Wald

AAA Concert Series

What: Grayson Masefield, seventime World Champion and the first person to win World Titles in Classica, Virtuosoa and Digital Accordion categories, will perform two concerts.

When: 1 and 7 p.m.

Where: Brookwood Baptist Church Website: vestaviahills.org

What: Trees will be on display and for sale. Included will be live demonstrations by a bonsai master and vendors selling pots, tools and soil.

When: April 18, 10 a.m.-5 p.m.; April 19, 10 a.m.-4 p.m.

Where: Birmingham Botanical Gardens Auditorium Website: “Alabama Bonsai Spring Show” Facebook page

Barber Historics

What: A vintage race car event featuring some of the world’s finest historic race cars competing on the track in a variety of classes. Expect to see classic Minis and MGs, to Lotus and Porsche. Included will be the Porsche GT4 Cup race.

When: Check the website Where: Barber Motorsports Park Website: barbermuseum.org

Sun., May 19

What: Hosted by the JWC of 100, this carnival kicks off with the Thomas Hughes Brinkley one-mile Fun Run followed by games, crafts, music train rides, popcorn and more.

When: 3 p.m., fun run; 3:30 p.m., carnival Where: Emmet O’Neal Library Website: eolib.org

What: Drummond Company presents the Alabama Symphony Youth Orchestra in its Spring Concert.

When: 2 p.m.

Where: UAB’s Alys Stephens Center, Jemison Concert Hall Website: alabamasymphony.org

Tues., May 21 The ARC’s Golf Classic

What: Sign up individually or join as a four-person team for a day of golf including lunch, snacks, drinks on the course and a scoring dinner.

Proceeds benefit ARC of Central Alabama.

When: 10:30 a.m.-5 p.m.

Where: Greystone Golf and Country Club, Founders Course Website: arcofcentralalabama.org

Sat., May 25 Chasing Butterflies Walk

Emmet O’Neal Library’s Summer Reading Carnival

ASYO Spring Concert

What: Enjoy an evening of wine and song as five singers from around the nation compete for more than $10,000 in cash prizes and a chance to star in an Opera Birmingham production.

When: 6 p.m.

Where: A private club in Vestavia Website: operabirmingham.org

What: A butterfly release will take place at the beginning of this walk to benefit the Turner Syndrome Society’s efforts to advance knowledge and support of all touched by Turner Syndrome.

When: 9-11:30 a.m.

Where: Railroad Park Website: turnersyndrome.org

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Fri., May 31

Photo courtesy Salvation Army

Included will be samples of chips, salsa, queso, guac and specialty dips, piñata smashes, kids’ activities, live entertainment and a Hot Pepper Eating Contest.

When: 2-6 p.m.

Where: Cahaba Brewing Co. Website: sidewalkfest.com

Tails in the Trails

What: Birmingham Zoo’s annual fundraiser features animal residents, music from Nationwide Coverage, hors d’oeuvre, craft beer, a signature cocktail, photo booth, cash bar.

When: 6:30-10 p.m.

Where: Zoo’s Trails of Africa Website: birminghamzoo.com

Thurs., May 30 Vestavia Hills Summer Reading Kick Off From left, Carol Medders, Kathy Norden, Carole Fairbanks, Aletha Watley, Vicki Thrailkill, Shelley Barlow and Major DeeAnn Glick

Salvation Army Women’s Auxiliary to Host Purse Auction Members of the Salvation Army Women’s Auxiliary are getting ready for the annual “Purses and Auction” Fundraiser, set for May 22 at an area country club.

The event will be chaired by Donna Willis and will include a purse auction, organized by Aletha Watley, that features more than 180 new and gently used purses, some designer and many unique.

In addition, a silent auction, chaired by Carol Medders, will offer gift certificates to area restaurants, theater venues, golf courses, beach condos and businesses, as well as jewelry and decor.

In addition to auction items, a Buy-It-Now Booth, chaired by Kathy

Norden, will include lots of new and gently used items at great prices.

A post-auction lunch will feature a program by nationally-recognized storyteller Dolores Hydock, performing stories from her “Southern Comfort in a Cast-Iron Skillet” show.

Funds raised at Purses and Auction will benefit the auxiliary’s mission to support the Birmingham Salvation Army by providing more than 16,000 volunteer hours through programs such as The Angel Tree Program.

The event will begin with auctions and shopping from 9:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m., followed by lunch.

For more information, email Carol Fairbanks at cfairbanks10@aol.com.

—Emily Williams

What: “Alabama Has A Universe of Stories” will be the theme this year and include two performances by Roger Day and the Kona Ice Truck.

When: 10:30 a.m.-7:30 p.m.

Where: Vestavia Hills Library in the Forest Website: vestavialibrary.org

Homewood Library Summer Reading Kick Off

What: A night of family fun. See the tricks of Gutsy the Flying Fox, sign up for summer reading and celebrate the start of summer.

When: 6:30-7:30 p.m.

Where: Homewood Public Library, Large Auditorium Website: homewood.libnet.info

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What: This four-day event features pre conference workshops, plenary

Sun., June 2 Viva Health Starlight Gala

Wed., May 29 Rickwood Classic

What: The Birmingham Barons will play the Montgomery Biscuits in celebration of the beginning of baseball at Rickwood Field. Special guest for this year’s classic will be former veteran MLB player and manager “Sweet Lou” Piniella.

When: 12:30-4:30 p.m.

Where: Rickwood Field Website: “Rickwood Classic” Facebook page

June 8 Hydrangeas Under the Stars

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What: Jeff Goldblum along with The Mildred Snitzer Orchestra will deliver jazz standards and improvisational comedy.

A pre-performance cocktail reception and a JPat After Dark Party is available.

When: 5 p.m.

Where: Alys Stephens Center, Jemison Concert Hall Website: alysstephens.org

LET’S CONNECT!

What: This years fundraiser and garden gala will be a Celebration in Memory of Eddie Aldridge. Enjoy dinner, entertainment and silent and live auctions to benefit Aldridge Gardens.

When: 6-9 p.m.

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wanted to be in a fashion show.

“People always dress up in nice clothes. They get people to clap like that,” Walker stated in the video, while clapping her hands and smiling from ear to ear. “I want to go be in the fashion show.”

The show is one of the Arc’s methods to promote its mission, providing services to the intellectually and developmentally disabled throughout Central Alabama and to promote inclusion, awareness and acceptance.

Walker’s Joy

At the third annual event on May 16 at The Club, models ranging in age from youth to 40s and 50s will strut across the catwalk.

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Arc Hosts Fashion Show Highlighting the Beauty of Models with Disabilities

By Emily Williams The Arc of Central Alabama is continuing its efforts to change the way we perceive beauty with its annual Be-Youtiful Birmingham.

At the third annual event on May 16 at The Club, models ranging in age from youth to 40s and 50s will strut across the catwalk. Each of the models has been diagnosed with an intellectual or developmental disability.

The concept for the show was inspired by one of the organization’s adult residents, Valerie Walker.

In a promotional video for the show, Arc house manager Carolyn Culley noted that Valerie “doesn’t meet a stranger. Everyone knows Miss Valerie.

She has that open personality that greets people.”

An exuberant member of the Arc community, Walker also has an affinity for fashion. She sports bold clothing and jewelry regularly and loves to show off her latest looks.

A few years ago, the Arc staff invited participants to write-down and share their dreams, and Walker wrote that she

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When she was first told she would be in the first Be-You-tiful show, Walker’s joy brought her to tears.

She benefits from the Arc’s services almost 24/7, living in one of the Arc’s residences and attending day programming and therapy.

Not only does Walker love getting a chance to fulfill her dream, many of the other participants have a ball modeling clothes and strutting their stuff.

Through Be-You-tiful specifically, Arc seeks to change the way beauty is perceived by celebrating the beauty of each model who walks the runway.

Festivities will include a silent auction, seated brunch and 50% off the

merchandise offered at the event.

Individual tickets are $75.

For more information, visit beyoutifulbirmingham.org.

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Be Brave

Atrial Fibrillation Center Opens at Brookwood

‘It takes a lot to admit that you have a problem.

It takes a lot to ask for help. It takes a lot to accept that help and do something with it in a positive way.’

BO JACKSON

each organization offers to men who are homeless or addicted, or men who are ex-inmates seeking to reenter society.

Bo Jackson, left with Micah Andrews, CEO The Foundry Ministries.

Serving as keynote speaker for the breakfast was Heisman-winner Bo Jackson, former football and baseball standout at Auburn University. Jackson went on to play both sports professionally, with the NFL’s Oakland Raiders and the MLB’s Kansas City Royals.

Though a severe hip injury cut his professional career in football short and hindered his success in major league baseball, he is widely considered one of the greatest athletes of all time.

After retiring from professional sports, he returned to Auburn to obtain his bachelor’s degree in family and child development and now serves as a speaker, advocate and philanthropist.

One of his charities, the Give Me a Chance Foundation, is dedicated to providing disadvantaged youth more athletic and educational programs to help

achieve personal and professional growth.

Supporting the disadvantaged is one of Jackson’s main goals in his own advocacy and charity work.

“It takes a lot to admit that you have a problem. It takes a lot to ask for help.

It takes a lot to accept that help and do something with it in a positive way,” Jackson said.

During the program, a featured video shared the story of Foundry participants Blake Comer and Michael Gilbert. Both men sought help from The Foundry to recover from their respective drug addictions and began living a better, healthier and more successful life.

“Being successful to me is being brave enough to ask for help,” Jackson said.

Brookwood Baptist Medical Center unveiled its new multimillion-dollar Atrial Fibrillation Center on April 18, a room that was designed specifically to treat patients with heart arrhythmias.

Atrial fibrillation – an irregular, often rapid heart rate that can cause poor blood flow – affects an estimated three to six million Americans, said Dr. Macy Smith.

“Atrial fibrillation is a growing problem,” he said. “It’s getting to where we discuss it in epidemic amounts.”

In the past, Smith and other doctors at Brookwood have treated patients in rooms that were adapted for the equipment. The new heart rhythm lab, on the other hand, was specifically designed to treat atrial fibrillation patients.

“Everything in this room is designed so that we can deliver the most efficient quality care where the patient is at the center of focus without distraction,” he

said. “Literally the placement of even the plugs you see on the floor, we had arguments and discussions over. Every little design was picked so that we can try to deliver the most focused care without distraction.”

Smith said he has been working on this room the past year with the hospital’s other heart rhythm doctors, anesthesia doctors, nurse anesthetists, techs and nurses.

Patti Horn, one of Brookwood’s nurse anesthetists, developed atrial fibrillation a few years ago. Last year, she had an ablation under the care of Smith.

“It’s life changing,” she said. “It decreases the chance of anyone having strokes. It improves your quality of life.”

At the Atrial Fibrillation Center’s unveiling, it was also revealed that Brookwood has plans to build three additional cardiac catheterization labs.

For more information about the hospital and its services, visit brookwoodbaptisthealth.com.

—Ingrid Howard

Journal photo by Ingrid Howard

It was a full house in the south meeting rooms at the BirminghamJefferson Convention Complex on May 8 for the annual Leadership Breakfast.

Hosted by The Foundry Ministries and Changed Lives Christian Center, the event raises money to support the long-term and transitional programs that

Journal photo by Jordan Wald

Bo Jackson Serves Keynote Speech at The Foundry’s Annual Leadership Breakfast

By Emily Williams

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Proctor U Tries to Take Cheating Out of the Testing Process

By Ingrid Howard

Journal photo by Ingrid Howard

After hearing about the recent Varsity Blues Sting – the college admissions scandal that involved celebrities such as Lori Loughlin and Felicity Huffman – people might have thought that was just rich people doing rich people things.

But Jarrod Morgan, founder of Proctor U, said manipulating the education system isn’t just for the rich, and it’s a problem that isn’t going away any time soon. It also isn’t just about bribes.

“As long as there have been people learning information, there have been a group of people trying to pretend they’ve learned information,” he said.

Proctor U is a web service based in Hoover that proctors online exams and gives test takers the opportunity to take a test anywhere, anytime.

Morgan said his company serves colleges and organizations around the globe and has been around for 11 years. The company’s chief technology officer, Matthew Jaeh, recently won the Alabama CIO of the Year Orbie Award.

When a person uses Proctor U, the proctor can see both the test taker’s computer screen and face via webcam. Additionally, the test taker must pan the webcam around the room.

But still, Morgan said an average 80% of the test takers have to be stopped before the exam begins to remove something from the testing area, such as a cell phone. Proctors will stop 7% of test takers once during the test for engaging

under his rug, and the proctor caught him cheating. Now, test takers aren’t allowed to sit on the floor.

Other strange cases have included people flying a drone in the room in an attempt to photograph test questions and putting sticky notes on their dog. Now there also are no drones and no pets policies for test takers.

“We catch people all the time,” Morgan said.

“The reality of the situation is – with Proctor U or traditional testing – nothing is cheat-proof.

“A well-working testing program is one that admits that you’re going to have vulnerabilities that are going to pop up from things you had not even thought of. You have to have a process by which you find those things, identify them, study them and then change your process.”

Jarrod Morgan, founder of Proctor U, said manipulating the education system isn’t just for the rich, and it’s a problem that isn’t going away any time soon.

in suspicious behavior, 2% of test takers will be stopped twice during a test, and 1% of the test takers keep pushing the limits and have to be reported for cheating.

A few years back, a proctor caught a student cheating who wanted to sit on the floor. But when his eyes kept looking at the same spot on the floor, the system’s artificial intelligence alerted the proctor that the student’s eye movements were suspicious.

As it turns out, the student had notes tucked

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Morgan said it also is time to question whether the SAT and ACT testing systems have all of the holes plugged. Some of those involved in the Varsity Blues Sting exploited the system’s vulnerabilities by claiming they had a learning disability, rescheduling the test and then using one of their own proctors, who manipulated test answers.

“They use the learning disability to get them out of their process, then they start bullying them into saying we’re going to do it this way,” Morgan said. “Even when you’re making a testing accommodation, you have to make sure you still have security in the process because people will cheat.”

Morgan said the holes in the system have been there for decades.

“It’s going to take a village for these things to change and to get people to open up to new techniques, and it’s not easy,” he said.

When Morgan started Proctor U, he said, it was his goal to make the system as good as an in-person proctor. Now, he said his system might be better.

“With all of the technology and processing and data that we’ve collected over the years, I think we can confidently say, in a lot of ways, we are more secure than traditional testing,” he said. “I think we know more about it.”

But because not many schools have hundreds of computers that students can all use at once, it will be hard to digitize the SAT or ACT and make it available through Proctor U. Instead, Morgan urges parents to use the Varsity Blues Sting as a teaching moment for their children.

“I actually took my daughters, as young as they are, and sat them down and explained to them what happened, and what happened to the people who did this when they were caught, and how their lives were messed up, and all of the bad things that could happen to them simply because they were dishonest,” he said.

“I think if you’re a parent and you want to drive home to kids how important academic integrity is, you need to talk about integrity in and of itself. The Varsity Blues situation is a wonderful teaching moment for parents.”

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Opening the Cahaba to More Active Tourism

there are 40 species of mussels; 35 species of snails, 13 of which are found nowhere else in the world; and 69 rare and imperiled species inhabiting the Cahaba River.

The Cahaba Blueway Society encourages paddling, swimming and fishing. Each access point is designed for different activities.

“There are times of the year, and particularly after rainfall, (that you must) be careful about swimming in certain areas due to bacteria,” said Rushing.

The Cahaba Riverkeeper has a swim guide on its website that lists the water quality at points along the river and that is updated frequently.

“Every access point has a link to the nearest swim guide page so you

This summer, you won’t have to look far for your recreational water getaway.

The Cahaba Blueway has dedicated 10 new canoe and kayak launching sites and swimming access points along the Cahaba River in Mountain Brook, Irondale, Trussville and other locations.

“The Cahaba River has always been a recreational outlet in our community, but you have to be a local person who is familiar with the area to know where those access points are,” said Brian Rushing, program coordinator for the Cahaba Blueway.

In efforts to heighten awareness of the river as an outstanding recreational asset for tourism, the Cahaba Blueway Society partnered with the University of Alabama Center for Economic Development to provide new infrastructure and information outlets.

“Through the Cahaba Blueway Program, we want to provide information so people know where the accesses are and be able to navigate safely along the river,” Rushing said.

The society also is building new infrastructures on the river that provide safe and easy access for the public.

“In addition to working on new infrastructure, we are working to enhance the connections between rec-

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City of Mountain Brook and Cahaba Blueway officials dedicated the Cahaba River Walk as one of 10 new access points along the Cahaba Blueway.

reational tourist and local businesses,” Rushing said.

Printed materials containing a detailed map of roads leading to all 31 access points are kept in public tourist information centers, libraries, City Hall and participating local businesses.

“We feel very strongly the Cahaba River is a nationally significant natural resource that is worthy of being on the national radar screen for recreational tourism,” Rushing said.

At 191 miles long, the Cahaba River is the longest free-flowing river in America.

“It is one of the most biologically diverse rivers in all of the United States and has more species of fish

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Beau Adams, Trey Adams and Emollie Miller at the new pool at Patriot Park in Homewood on May 3.

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erty remained vacant for a while. In 2008, with the help of the council, McBrayer started making plans for the park. He listened to residents to decide what to do with the land.

In addition to the new pool, Patriot Park has a walking path, restroom facilities and a playground.

“It’s another great day for the city of Homewood,” McBrayer said at the ribbon-cutting, “and in particular, West Homewood.”

Journal photos by Ingrid Howard

A group of Homewood residents joined the Homewood mayor, City Council and Park Board members May 3 in cutting the ribbon on the new Patriot Park pool.

The pool features a zero-entry shallow end, a splash pad, a slide and lap lanes. The splash pad is open to the public now, and the full pool will be open May 18.

During the ribbon-cutting, Homewood Mayor Scott McBrayer spoke about the history of the property.

“A lot of us were back on (the) council years ago, and we had one night that was pretty heated because developers wanted to put apartments here,” he said. “That’s what a lot of people thought was good at the time.”

The council voted against the development that night, but the prop-

Hoover Mayor Frank Brocato is joined by hundreds of children of all ages at the ribbon-cutting for the Explore playground at the Hoover Metropolitan Complex.

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Explore Playground for All Welcomed Children This Month

By Ingrid Howard Hundreds of children attended the May 1 ribbon-cutting for the Explore playground at the Hoover Metropolitan Complex.

The 15,000-square-foot playground

is “for everyone,” Hoover Mayor Frank Brocato said, and gives those with disabilities the opportunity to play alongside those without disabilities.

The park includes a clubhouse, a wheelchair-accessible tower with slides and other activities, different

types of swings, a variety of textures and colors, a zip track, and plenty of shade and places to sit. All of the equipment was made in Alabama.

Hoover Mayor Frank Brocato said coming up with ideas for the playground was the easy part — raising money was the hard part. The project started at $750,000, but in the end $2 million dollars was raised for the park’s construction.

Also on the site is a 7,000-squarefoot splash pad that should open this month.

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American Cancer Society Announces ResearcHERS of Alabama Ambassadors

Celebrating a new initiative, the American Cancer Society in Alabama recently announced its 2019 ambassadors for ResearcHERS: Women Fighting Cancer.

The campaign was created to engage women of influence to raise funds to support women-led cancer research.

Officially launched on May 1, the campaign spotlights the life experiences and discoveries of women in research to inspire the next generation of girls to pursue a career in science.

Leaders of the campaign are chair Dr. Barbara Murphy of Huntsville, professor in the division of hematology oncology at Vanderbilt University Medical Center; and co-chair Lenora Pate of Birmingham, attorney and shareholder at Sirote & Permutt, P.C. 2019 ResearcHERS of Alabama ambassadors from the Birmingham area include Susan Brouillette, CEO Alacare Home Health and Hospice; Mary Browning, LAH Real Estate agent; Tedra Cleveland, national director

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with Medical Services, Encompass Health; Rosilyn Houston, chief talent and culture executive, BBVA Compass; Charlotte McCray, pre-med student, University of Alabama; Patricia Pritchett, senior vice president of ambulatory services, UAB Health System; Dr. Sharon Spencer, radiologist/oncologist, UAB; and Tracy West, director of research and development, Southern Company.

Ambassadors have committed to raise at least $2,500 each to help the ACS fund female cancer researchers and raise awareness of the ResearcHERS program and purpose throughout May, which is National Cancer Research Month.

For more information, visit acsresearchers.org/Alabama.

North Shelby’s Rep. Mooney Running for US Senate

Alabama Rep. Arnold Mooney, R-North Shelby County, has announced that he will run for U.S. Senate in 2020.

He is the third Republican who has announced he will run to unseat Sen. Doug Jones, a Democrat from Birmingham who was elected in 2017 to fill the seat left vacant when Jeff

Sessions resigned to become U.S. attorney general.

Mooney describes himself as a political outsider and a “constitutional conservative who can beat Doug Jones and who will take on the establishment in Washington.” He was campaign chairman for U.S. Rep. Mo Brooks’ run for the seat in 2017; Brooks was defeated in the Republican primary by Roy Moore.

For the 2020 primary, Mooney joins former Auburn University football coach Tommy Tuberville and U.S.

Rep. Bradley Byrne, both of whom have announced their candidacy for the Senate seat.

Several other Republicans have said they are considering joining the race, Arnold Mooney as well.

Jones has said he intends to run for re-election and so far is unopposed

among Democrats.

Mooney, who has spent more than 40 years as a commercial Realtor, was elected to the Alabama House in 2014. He boasts that he has “one of the most conservative voting records in the Alabama House,” citing his role as co-sponsor of a bill to outlaw most abortions in the state and as an opponent against the new gas tax increase, which was signed into law in March.

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Guests at the annual Ball of Roses on June 1 will enter the East Room at the Country Club of Birmingham, but they’ll feel as if they are celebrating outdoors underneath the stars.

The ball, sponsored by the Ballet Guild of Birmingham President Ann Bailey Pritchard White and Executive Vice President Amber Andrews

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Beneath the Pale Moonlight

59th Annual Ball of Roses to Feature 58 Presentees Sones, will begin with a 9 p.m. presentation of this year’s 58 presentees.

The First Ball of Roses was held in August 1961, and since then the

event has raised more than $1 million for the Alabama Ballet. Eleven young women from Birmingham were presented.

Organizers for the evening include chairman Mackin McKinney Thompson and co-chairman Madison Whatley Merrill, who have collabo-

rated with Carole Sullivan on a dreamy palette of corals and bright pinks, as well as a green color scheme from outdoor greenery and trees.

The Men’s Committee dinner chair, Virginia Hazelrig Carter, has planned a formal seated dinner that will be held before the presentation.

Abigail Elizabetth Adams, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. D. Scott Adams.

Mary Caroline Alford, daughter of Dr. and Mrs. David Wiley Alford.

Eleanor Claire Baddley, daughter of Dr. and Mrs. John William Baddley.

Sara Margaret Baker, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Schuyler Allen Bradley Baker III.

Madeline Elizabeth Barron, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Jack Wilson Barron III.

Meghan Lile Beck, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Gregory Lee Shuck and Mrs. Cary Gilbreth Beck.

Sarabeth Blakely, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Martin Blakely Jr.

Lindsey Ann Brakefield, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Howard Christopher Brakefield.

Andrea Leigh Burris, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Andrew David Burris Sr.

Virginia Warren Cain, daughter of Dr. and Mrs. Edward Lyle Cain Jr.

Helen Bovingdon Camp, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. David Roderick Camp.

Sara Jennings Carr, daughter of Dr. and Mrs. Gregg Carr.

Mary Olivia Francine Chew, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Bonnie Grayson Chew III.

Frances Henley Conner, daughter of Ms. Lauren Laws Conner and the late Mr. John Edward Conner.

Anna Jackson Cooper, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. James Lawrence Cooper Jr.

Carlton Ramona Cooper, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Wiley Howard Cooper IV.

Helen Catherine Darby, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Patrick Darby.

Madeline Lysbeth DeBuys, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Forrester DeBuys III.

Katherine Hufham Dodson, daughter of Dr. and Mrs. Cecil Calvert Dodson III.

Anne Raines Doidge, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Neil Trevor Doidge.

Anna Margaret Doody, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Robert Doody Jr.

Ellen Coleman Edwards, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Leon Wyman Edwards Jr.

Virginia Murray Farley, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph McConnell Farley Jr.

Elizabeth Benton French, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Paul French.

Anne Cadman Graham, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Thomas Graham.

Katherine Elizabeth Hamn, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. James Thomas Hamn III.

Tara Brooke Henderson, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Brooks Henderson.

Margaret Anne Hightower, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Wilson Price Hightower III.

Emily Rebecca Howell, daugther of Ms. Teresa Isobe Howell and Mr. Michael Todd Howell.

Anne Caroline Hughes, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Dennis Hughes.

Carson O’Neil Hull, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Hewes Turner Hull.

Sarah Frances Jackson, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Clark Jackson.

Eleanor Pryor Jernigan, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas E. Jernigan Jr.

Evans Fowler Johnson, daughter of Mrs. Lynn Edwards Johnson and Mr. Jay Ratliff Johnson.

Adelaide Essick Kimberly, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Holbrook Kimberly.

Elizabeth Jerrell Lindsey, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Cooper Lindsey.

Kathryn Grace Liscomb, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Todd William Liscomb.

Alida Miller Livingston, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Hartridge Livingston II.

Allyson Lynn Lott, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Alan Douglas Lott.

Anne Traywick Lovelady, daughter of Mrs. Timothy Russell Lovelady and the late Mr. Lovelady.

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Margaret Owen Marshall, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. David Roye Marshall.

Harris Watkins McCullough, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Hamilton Boyd McWhorter and Mr. and Mrs. John Watkis McCullough.

Susan Elizabeth McElroy, daughter of Mrs. Elizabeth Campbell McElroy and Mr. and Mrs. James Russell McElroy III.

Frances Alice Patrick, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Benjamin Patrick.

Margaret Hanna Pewitt, daughter of Mrs. Catherine Barnhart Pewitt and Mr. Thomas Edward Pewitt.

Cleary Gray Plosser, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Donald Plosser.

Julia Bell Pope, daugher of Mr. and Mrs. Max Cleveland Pope Jr.

Walker Evans Sanders, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Rutledge Sanders Jr.

Mathilde Trueheart Sharman, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Jackson Roger Sharman III.

Emily Elisabeth McLean, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Cameron McLean.

Ann Kathryn Miller, daughter of Ms. Cheryl Wynne Miller and Mr. William Frederick Miller III.

Frances Elizabeth Morris, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Howard Morris.

Payton Manon Noble, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Huger Noble III.

Anne Holbrook Ostrander, daughter of Dr. and Mrs. Roger Vincent Ostrander III.

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POP IN THE CITY

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Museum Ball Celebrates Pop Art and Birmingham’s Cultural Renaissance

Co-Chairs Courtney and Bryson Stephens.

Jim Lewis and Kelly Rushin Lewis.

BMA Director Graham Boettcher and Mayor Randall Woodfin.

Ann Trondson and Robert Schindler.

Catherine and Bill Cabaniss.

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n the evening of May 3, pops of color and culture filled the Birmingham Museum of Art for the 63rd annual Museum Ball.

Coordinated by co-chairs Lindsey and John Lacey and Courtney and Bryson Stephens, the theme for the ball was “Pop in the City,” celebrating Pop Art and the current cultural renaissance of Birmingham.

“In a sense, the movement is not unlike the period of phenomenal change that has transformed our city over the past decade, a time marked by incredible vitality, innovation and collaboration,” said BMA Director Graham Boettcher. “At the Birmingham Museum of Art, we aim to contribute to such progress as we work to spark the creativity, imagination and liveliness of Birmingham by connecting all its citizens to the experience, meaning and joy of art.”

The ball is the museum’s sole fundraising event, with proceeds directly affecting families throughout the Birmingham community by providing critical funding for the BMA’s education department.

Last year, the education department offered 540 programs, workshops and tours.

The bold decor created by HotHouse Design Studio featured black and white with pops of color, including

Dan and Carey Thomasson.

Katherine Tierney, Julie Stephens, and Carey Hinds.

neon lights and fuchsia flowers.

A seated dinner offered a culinary experience created by chef Mac Russell of Shindigs Catering and Whistling Table, with the menu designed to make the senses “pop.”

Following dessert, the band Universal Crush provided music as guests danced under the stars for the remainder of the evening. ❖

Lindsey Robison and Stephanie Brown.

Marshall and Lili Anderson.

Munish and Rita Goyal.

Patty McDonald.

Nick and Sue Willis.

Karen and Joel Piassick.

Troy and Tricia Wallwork.

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CJFS Hands Up Together Celebrates Hal Abroms, Raises Record Amount

The 10th annual Hands Up Together event, hosted by the Collat Jewish Family Services, celebrated honoree Hal Abroms’ favorite music, from the Rat Pack.

Guests were treated to a Rat Pack Tribute Show at the Alabama School of Fine Arts Dorothy Jemison Day Theatre, followed by a wine and cheese reception.

Impersonators portraying Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin and Sammy Davis Jr. mingled with guests during a cocktail hour and posed for photos in a Rat Pack photo booth manned by Lloyd O’Daniel.

The event brought in a record $311,000 to support the organization’s mission to serve older adults in the Birmingham community, regardless of their faith or financial status. ❖

Julie and Nathan Marcus.

Lauren Schwartz, Donald and Ronne Hess, Candy Berman, James Abroms, Hal Abroms and Gina Genz.

Seth and Michelle Bearman-Wolnek.

Michelle Levin and Sarah Kunin.

Harry and Rhonda Weinberg with Esther Schuster.

Bert Siegel, Lennie Siegel and Nancy Frankel.

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Impact Family Counseling brought together art, mental health and the Birmingham community for the KalopsiART event May 2 at Avondale Brewing Company.

The word “kalopsia” derives from the Greek language and translates to “the delusion of things being more beautiful than they are.”

While this definition carries a doleful connotation, according to

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Members and guests were served a dinner of pepper crusted beef tenderloin with pecan crusted grouper, parmesan risotto and roulage.

Dancing to music by “Ain’t Misbehaving” were Edna and Ken Alderman, Cathie and John Amos, Nancy Becker and Don Englebert, Barbara and John Bell, Redonda and Lowell Broom, Patty and Norman Clay and Patricia and Cal Clark.

A great swing dance kept the tempo upbeat for Marsha and Buford McCarty, guests of Bettie Davenport. Carolyn and Jim Delk joined in with Patty and Wynn Echols, Cindy and Tom Edmonds, Glenda and Roy Etheredge, Shirley and Roy Evans, Clarice and Sydney Gibbs, Linda and Mike Gooldrup, Cheryl and Bob Hardwick, Missy and Robert Hayes, Jean and David Hendrickson, Dianne and Richard Horn and Margaret and Bill Howell.

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Shades Valley Rotary Educational Foundation Awards College Scholarships The Educational Foundation of the Rotary Club of Shades Valley recently announced the scholarship recipients for the 2019-2020 academic year during its weekly meeting at the Birmingham Botanical Gardens.

Twelve Over the Mountain students were presented $5,000 college scholarships.

Recipients included Wilson McCraw, Homewood; Jared Prather, Homewood; Ky Burdeshaw, Homewood; Bella Crim, Homewood; Brooke Johnson, Homewood; Alex Washington, Mountain Brook; Sophia Knott, Mountain Brook; Paul Abele, Mountain Brook: Zach Shunnarah, Mountain Brook; Patsy

Elder, John Carroll; Zachery Zarzar, John Carroll; and Annie Tighe, John Carroll.

The Educational Foundation of the Rotary Club of Shades Valley was established in 1971 by Shades Valley Rotarian Daniel J. McKiever and has awarded more than $2 million in one-year scholarships.

Scholarships are awarded on the basis of academic achievement, scholastic standing, extracurricular activities and financial need. After being selected, the candidates went through an interview process before winners were announced.

Hilltop Montessori School hosted its annual Hilltop Serves Day on April 26, motivated by the Martin Luther King Jr. quote, “Everybody can be great, because anybody can serve.”

The school partnered with local charities to bring in donations, make inspirational cards and assemble items.

This year’s charities were Diapers for Hope, United Ability, Red Cross/Totes of Hope, The Exceptional Foundation, Pennies for Patients and Hatching Hope.

Some of the students also worked in the neighboring community of Mt Laurel, picking up trash, weeding and spreading pine straw.

Throughout the day, students generated enough donations to fill the trunks of five cars while spending time learning about the value of community service.

LPMS Takes on Meteorology, Launches Weather Balloon

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Sixth graders at Liberty Park Middle School began a new project as they launched a weather balloon into a very blue sky on April 30.

Science teachers Diane Calhoun, Nicole Slowik and Desiree Spencer gathered the classes together on the school’s athletic field to begin the final project to close their meteorological studies.

Throughout the year, students spent time learning about the science behind weather. Aided by visits from meteorologists Bill Murray and Scott Martin, of the Alabama Weather Blog, the kids learned how to read weather modules to predict conditions perfect for a launch.

During the launch, students and teachers set up the balloon and filled it with helium.

Some students helped by using anemometers to track wind speed.

The balloon’s technological materials included a GoPro camera, a flight computer and a GPS tracker.

After the balloon took flight, it was tracked and retrieved, and the data was reviewed by teachers and students.

The weather balloon was bought for the class through a grant funded by the LPMS PTO.

MBHS Students Pitch Final INCubatoredu Products to Entrepreneurs

Teams of Mountain Brook High School students who spent this year developing a product through the school’s INCubatoredu program gave their final pitches May 6 at Innovation Depot.

Imitating the show “Shark Tank,” teams marketed their ideas to a group of local industry professionals, who then asked questions about the products and awarded money to teams with the best concepts. Up to $10,000 could be awarded by the board of advisors, Grantland Rice of Cobbs Allen, Daisy Homolka of Alabama Capital Network and Chad Trull of Hospicelink.

The six teams that pitched that evening were: • Over the Mountain Crates: Brooks Autrey, Jake Gilbert, Mark Smith and Henry Tynes; mentored by Vice President of Southern State Banks Mason Morris.

• Link: Baynes Autrey, Jay Rucker, Sam Rysedorph and Alex Washington; mentored by Wyndy co-founders Ginger and Tommy Mayfield.

• C4: Thomas Jernigan, Stephen

Malone, Vann Stewart and William Wood; mentored by Knox Richardson of Richardson Technology.

• DARTS: Joe Daniel, Elizabeth Reid Gray and Adam Martin; mentored by Kim Lee of Forge.

• Lace-Mate: James Burkett, James Childs, Austin Sikora and Sam Sullivan; mentored by Ben Morris of FuelFox. • Omni-Hitch: Beck Corley, William O’Leary: David Windsor; mentored by Patrick Dennis of Summit Renovation.

In addition, the underclassmen participating in the program will be a part of an accelerated INCubatoredu course next school year, in which they will further develop their products.

The two winning teams were Over the Mountain Crates, $2,000; and Lace Mate, $8,000.

The Over the Mountain Crates plans to use part of the funds to develop a fully functioning website, hoping to launch their crates.

Lace Mate will use a portion of the funds to create a mold that will be used to 3D-print their specialty aglet.

One of the two teams will soon be nominated to compete for additional funding in the National INCubatoredu Student Pitch competition, held this summer in Chicago.

Journal photos by Jordan Wald

The team of Lace-Mate: James Burkett, James Childs, Austin Sikora and Sam Sullivan were mentored by Ben Morris of FuelFox.

Students assembled items for Totes of Hope, a Red Cross organization.

LPMS students Elisa Xavier, Aanchal Behra, Cuewon Kim and Armari Spencer, from left were among the students participating in a weather balloon launch.

Rehab Reality...

By Judy Butler

Graduation is Only the Beginning

Yes, it’s a great accomplishment. We’ll give you that, but it’s only the beginning. Some rehabs actually give out graduation certificates. At Bayshore Retreat we only give certificates to those who may need them for legal reasons.

Reality is people don’t ‘graduate’ from addiction. It’s an everyday challenge until finally one day you realize that it’s no longer a challenge.

After graduation the real challenges begin such as a student looking for employment or the addict must find new ways to fill the time they previously had for their drugs or alcohol. Whether someone has been to Bayshore Retreat or another facility they will be faced with the same issues. The only difference might be that at Bayshore Retreat we work very hard to ensure our clients get the best treatment possible, physically and with counseling to prepare them for their new life. They don’t ‘graduate’ instead they develop an Exit Plan, which is how they will live, work, and play. Also, and not the least is who they will associate with or have for support.

Some of these things can’t change and this is where the possibility of relapse is greatest.

Friends that were friends may no longer fit in this new life style.

Relatives will question behavior that reminds them of the addicted behavior.

We work hard to prepare them for those possibilities and are in touch with them long after they leave Bayshore. Many reach out to us when they have a problem and some have even returned to us because of a relapse. The ones who have returned always admit ‘it was harder than they thought it would be’.

FASHION

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Summer Fashion

Birmingham Museum of Art chief curator Anne Forschler.

In the Eye of the Beholder BMA Exhibit Adopts a Different Way of Looking at Fashion

By Ingrid Howard

N

ow through the end of summer, visitors to the Birmingham Museum of Art can peruse the Ways of Seeing: Fashion exhibit, the second part of an ongoing series.

Rather than looking at the history of fashion, this exhibit aims to explore themes that relate to fashion.

“Even those people that say, ‘I don’t care about fashion,’” chief curator Anne Forschler said, “every day they put something on, they wear it, and then they go out, be it jogging pants or pajama pants, and this says something about them. And we don’t think about that always.”

Forschler searched through different types of work from the museum’s collection to be displayed in the exhibit. Instead of crowding the hallway with large cases of clothing, the exhibit mostly uses photos and drawings to discuss fashion.

“We got out works that we haven’t seen in a long time, that we don’t show very often,” she said. “A lot of them are photographs and works on paper that we can’t show very often because they’re sensitive in nature.”

Forschler chose pieces that communicate fashion, even if fashion wasn’t the artist’s intended theme.

“We are looking at works of art that aren’t about fashion, but if you look at these works of art, what do the fashions tell us about them?” she said. “Be it the clothing they’re wearing, their jewelry, their headgear. These are the kinds of things, when we’re looking at works of art, that we often are drawn to.”

To challenge visitors to think about fashion in their own lives, a series of discussion questions are posted throughout the hallway. The first sign asks visitors to think about where fashion trends start.

“Today, with social media, anyone can be a fashion trendsetter,” Forschler said. “People can be just obscure people, rise above, have millions of followers and really become trendsetters. It’s not just the upper classes purchasing things that the lower classes want to buy anymore. People at the street level can rise up to be serious fashion trendsetters.”

Near this question is a photograph of a woman, and Forschler said this woman has “a lot going on” with her fashion.

“There’s a lot of jewelry, and the hat she’s wearing, the lace, the floral, the mink she’s got with her, the gloves, the purse and so forth,” she said, describing the photo. “Who says what’s fashionable? Everyone can find their own style.”

The only display case in the hall looks at the role of fashion in hats and shoes.

“Hats really play a variety of roles, be it that they represent authority, they say something about your social status or the social group you’re in,” she said. “So it was actually really interesting to look at hats in a different way.

“The same thing goes for shoes. … In the 18th century, men would wear high heels.

Today, men don’t wear heels. But they wore high heels, and women did too, and it was literally to kind of raise yourself above others. You could project your social status. You were literally above other people.”

Art of the Body Is Telling

Next, the exhibit looks at the physical body.

Through the photographs and drawings, visitors can visualize how perceptions of the human body have changed over time.

“Not just for women, but for men,” she said. “Curvaceous was really popular at one time, then super twiggy models in the ‘60s, and today our perceptions have evolved as well from that.”

One drawing in this theme portrays a portly man wearing a top hat. Forschler discussed how, at one time, it was fashionable for men to be portly because it flaunted their wealth.

The exhibit also urges visitors to think about the politics of fashion and how body adornments such as tattoos and jewelry can contribute to one’s sense of fashion.

“I hope people become aware of the power of not only fashion but the way they present themselves,” Forschler said, “the way they put themselves together, the choices they make and how important they are, how much they say about them.”

Megan LaRussa Chenoweth, the exhibit’s presenting sponsor, said it was a natural fit for her company to be involved in the exhibit.

“As a style coach, I work with incredible women to help them get clear on their personal style and how they want to show up in the world through their outward appearance,” she said. “I am a firm believer in your fashion choices reflecting who you are on the inside, and this exhibit touches on that in a wide variety of artistic mediums.”

The Ways of Seeing series will continue in September with a look at portraiture. For more information, visit artsbma.org.

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Mark Your Calendar for Summertime Favorites Birmingham Fire & Rescue Crawfish Boil June 1 at 4 p.m. at Sloss Furnaces National Historic Landmark. Meet your firefighters at an all-you-can-eat crawfish boil, enjoy live bands and DJs from the South and brush up on your line dancing. Website: “Birmingham Fire & Rescue Crawfish Boil” Facebook page

Slice Fest

Photos courtesy Dina Marble

June 1 from 2 p.m.to midnight at Slice Pizza.

General Admission tickets $30 in advance and VIP $100 in advance can be purchased at Slicefest.com. Birmingham’s favorite pizza party is back. SliceFest, the city’s biggest food and music block party presented by Birmingham Bud, will have pizza, music, beer and more – all in Slice Birmingham’s front yard on 29th St. S. in the Lakeview district. Website: slicefest.com

Vulcan’s 115th Birthday Bash

Gracie Marble’s family owns Family Dive Club, a business that offers scuba diving programs, camps and trips for kids, teens and families. This summer some participants will be traveling to the Caribbean island of Roatan off the northern coast of Honduras.

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Diving Into the Ultimate Family Experience

By June Mathews

existence was not what they wanted for their girls.

About eight years ago, Dina Marble and “We want to see them grow up knowing her husband, Will, began noticing a disturbthe magic of deep friendships, the connecing trend among teens. As a licensed profestion of family and the understanding that sional counselor and an experiential educathere is a big, beautiful world out there to be tor, respectively, both Marbles worked with explored and protected,” said Marble, who students on a regular basis. grew up in Vestavia Hills.

“Teenage anxiety and depression seemed But instead of worry, the Marbles chose to be up, and their resiliency and coping action in the form of Family Dive Club, their skills seemed to be down,” said Dina family-run business that offers scuba diving Marble. “They seemed less interested in programs, camps and trips for kids, teens connecting with people personally and more and families. On its surface, the business is a interested in connecting with them virtually.” vehicle for teaching scuba diving and helpThe ever-increasing use of technology, ing individuals learn about ocean conservathe couple felt, was largely to blame, and as tion. But its true mission goes much deeper the parents of three young daughters, they than that. had personal cause for concern. A virtual “Our vision for Family Dive Club was to create safe, fun, enriching and adventurous experiences that allow people to take a break from technology and connect with friends and family in meaningful ways,” Marble said. “We always say, ‘You can’t check your phones underwater,’ and that you have to be present and mindful of one another in order to be a good dive buddy.”

Some of the most popular opportunities offered by the Family Dive Club are organized A Family Dive Club trip, from left, Dina Marble, Gracie trips to the Georgia Aquarium, Marble, Lauren Kammerer, Audra Kammerer, Will Marble, where families spend the night Ben Walusiak, Tamara Seymour and Caitlin O’Hare. inside the aquarium and enjoy

June 2 at 1 p.m. at Vulcan Park and Museum.

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encounters with dolphins, whale sharks and beluga whales. This summer, however, some Over the Mountain Family Dive Club participants will be traveling a little farther: to the Caribbean island of Roatan off the northern

‘We know our children won’t be at home forever, but we believe families who play together, stay together.’

DINA MARBLE, FAMILY DIVE CLUB

coast of Honduras.

While on the trip, kids ages 5-14 will participate in Dolphin Scuba Camp, where they will work with dolphin trainers each day. Parents will scuba dive, snorkel or simply relax while their kids enjoy the opportunity of a lifetime.

Along for the journey will be Audra Kammerer and her 11-year-old daughter, Julia. This is a second mother/daughter Family Dive Club outing to Roatan for Kammerer, who went on last year’s trip with her older daughter, Lauren, age 14.

“It was one of the best experiences we’ve ever had,” she said. “It was wonderful oneon-one time with my daughter, where we experienced sharks, dolphins, seahorses and countless underwater plants and animals.

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June 22 3-8 p.m. at Sloss Furnaces National Historic Landmark. Birmingham’s third annual TACO FEST presented by Spire features tacos from some of Alabama’s best taco vendors. Vote for your overall favorite taco, and enjoy cold PEPSI, Corona, Modelo, Hornitos margaritas, live music, a kids area and more. Tickets: $5 in advance, $10 at the door. Children 10 and under free. Ticket is for admittance and does not include beverages or food. Website: “Birmingham Taco Fest” Facebook page

5th Annual Zoo, Brews & Full Moon Bar-B-Q

June 22 from 5:30-8:30 p.m. at the Birmingham Zoo. Tickets birminghamzoo.com. The fifth annual beer fest is perfect for adults and families. Special events and activities for the evening include music, lawn games, animal greetings and walkabouts, rides on the express train, Full Moon Bar-B-Que Wild Slide and more. On display as a special treat will be a Talladega Superspeedway pace car!

Guests can also purchase a limited number of VIP Tickets for early event admission, premium parking and drinks. Website: birminghamzoo.com

Alabama Theater 2019 Summer Film Series

Tickets for all movies are $9 each. Children ages 2 and younger are free of charge. Doors open 1 hour before showtime at 7 p.m., and each screening will begin with a sing-along accompanied by the Mighty Wurlitzer Organ.

June 21: Grease Sing-A-Long June 23: The Long, Long Trailer June 28: Top Gun June 30: The Sound of Music

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From page 26 July 12: Airplane!

July 14: The Wizard of Oz July 19: Jaws July 21: To Kill a Mockingbird July 26: Steel Magnolias July 28: A Star is Born (1954) Website: alabamatheatre.com/events/category/ movies/list/

From page 26

August 10 from 1-8 p.m. at Haven. Tickets $30$50. Sample premium varietals from some of the best wineries, all while four music performers and other secret performers keep the party lively during this all day, all night wine experience.

Must be at least 21 years old, and neat dress is required. Website: “Birmingham Wine Fest 2019” Facebook page

Dina handled all the details and made the experience easy, fun and interesting for the young and older attendees. I hope to bring the whole family next year.”

Friends with Marble for decades, Kammerer has also been one of her students and became a certified scuba diver more than 20 years ago.

“When she told me she was offering a class for kids, I knew I wanted her to certify my kids also,” Kammerer said. “Dina is a great instructor, and she is very patient and conscientious in the water with her divers. She has a love for scuba diving and a respect for the ocean and its creatures, and I wanted my kids to see and adhere to her example.”

As far as the Marbles are concerned, making memories while strengthening connections in a learning environment is what Family Dive Club is all about.

“At the core of our mission is bringing people together for meaningful experiences; helping kids feel connected, supported, affirmed and celebrated; teaching kids important life skills such as organization, focus, self-confidence, good decision making and safety; and creating space for families and friends to come together to create memories that last a lifetime,” Marble said.

“We know our children won’t be at home forever, but we believe families who play together, stay together.”

For more information, call (205) 249-2267, go to.familydiveclub.com or visit The Family Dive Club on Facebook. Though Teen Scuba Camp is full, space is still available in Kids Ocean Camp for ages 8-11 which will be held June 17-21 and June 24-28; and Magical Merfolk Adventure Camp for ages 6-7, which will be June 24-28.

9th Annual Taste of Birmingham

Meet the Marbles

June 27. Due to construction at Wald Park, this year’s celebration will be held at Vestavia Hills High School. Enjoy a children’s area hosted by Vestavia Hills United Methodist Church from 6-8 p.m., a Pops in the Park Concert by the Shades Mountain Baptist Church Orchestra at 7 p.m. and a family movie at 8:15 p.m. Website: vestaviahills. org.

OLS Fourth of July Festival

July 4. The church will host its 70th annual Independce Day celebration featuring 6,500 pounds of slow-cooked barbecue including pork butts, ribs, chicken, brats and sausage. The Knights of Columbus sell a portion of the meat to people who take it out and make it part of their own celebrations. Enjoy games, rummage sale with more than 10,000 items and raffles.

Alabama Comic Con

July 13 from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. & July 14 from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the BJCC. Tickets $20-$30.

Alabama Comic Con is a two-day event held at the Birmingham–Jefferson Convention Complex and will bring together a diverse list of guests, vendors, artists, and fan groups in an affordable, familyfriendly environment. Website: alabamacomiccon. com.

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I Love America Night

Thunder on the Mountain

July 4 at 9 p.m. at Vulcan Park and Museum. Thunder on the Mountain will once again illuminate the skies above Birmingham’s beloved iron man, Vulcan. Free to the public, this year’s show will last approximately 20 minutes and will feature a variety of firework shells that will brighten the sky with new colors and patterns. The show will be choreographed to a musical soundtrack that will feature a mix of patriotic favorites and popular music. Website: visitvulcan.com/events/

Secret Stages

August 2 and 3. This two-day musical discovery festival will feature more than 50 bands performing on stages in various venues within walking distance of each other in downtown Birmingham.

Performances will feature up-and-coming acts from around the nation. Ticket prices vary and increase as the festival approaches. For more information, visit secretstages.net.

Birmingham Wine Fest 2019

August 20 from 6-9 p.m. at Haven. Great food, live entertainment, auction - one of the best parties all summer, all for a great cause. Support music education and the Birmingham Boys Choir. Contact Taste of Birmingham for tickets, sponsorship and restaurant participation. Website: “9th annual taste of Birmingham” Facebook page

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August 19-25. The 21st annual film festival will be hosted in venues throughout downtown Birmingham, showcasing new films and promoting filmmaker networking. The event will include screenings, food, parties, panel discussions and more. Tickets come in a variety of packages and can be purchased at sidewalkfest.com.

Dina Marble has been a Professional Association of Diving Instructors master scuba diver trainer since 1994 and has dived and taught scuba diving all over the world. She has been a licensed professional counselor since 2002 and has worked in a professional counseling setting with teens for more than 17 years.

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Homewood Track Makes History with Triple Crown

Winning a state championship wasn’t uppermost in Makiyah Sills’ mind the first time she competed in the AHSAA outdoor track and field championships.

As an eighth-grader, she was promoted to the Homewood girls varsity team to run a leg in the 4x100 relay during the state meet in Gulf Shores.

“I was just happy to be there, to go to the beach with all the high schoolers,” Sills said.

Little did she know that was the beginning of her being a member of five state championship teams.

Now a senior, Sills played a starring role as the Patriots extended their overall streak of championships to six during the first weekend in May, when Homewood claimed the Class 6A title. She won the 100- and 300meter hurdles, placed second in the 100-meter and ran a leg on the 4x400 meter relay team that placed third.

Sills’ time of 14.02 in the 100meter hurdles set a new school record and was only .02 seconds off the Class 6A state record.

“I had no clue I would come that close to the record,” said Sills, who will continue her track career at UAB. “The time I ran the day before (in the preliminaries) was nowhere close to that, but the day of the final I woke

Photo courtesy Homewood High School

By Rubin E. Grant

Homewood’s track and field and cross-country programs accomplished something no other team in 6A has ever done by winning a triple crown (cross-country, indoor track and field, and outdoor track and field championships) in a single school year in both the girls and boys.

up feeling good and came so close.”

Because of a scheduling change, Sills was forced to compete in her three final events in less than an hour.

“It was tough,” she said, “but I pushed through.”

The Homewood girls compiled 123 points, well ahead of secondplace Pelham (65.50) and third place Ft. Payne (44).

Stone Paves the Way

Meanwhile, the Homewood boys team won its second consecutive Class

6A championship. The Patriots totaled 136 points, with Northridge second (86 points) and Opelika third (69 points).

Senior distance runner Will Stone led the way, winning four gold medals (800-meter run, 1,600-meter run, 3,200-meter run and the 4x800 meter relay) for the second year in a row. Stone finished his stellar high school career as the most decorated Homewood athlete ever with 14 individual championships.

“I’m just really thankful for the four

Homewood senior Aiya Finch won an individual title in the triple jump.

See HOMEWOOD, page 29

Hoover Boys ‘Bound’ to Third Consecutive Track Title

By Rubin E. Grant

Photo courtesy Hoover High School

After finishing third in the triple jump in the 2018 AHSAA Outdoor Track and Field Championships as a sophomore, Hoover’s John Watkins started bounding more.

Bounding is a plyometric exercise, performed by leaping off one leg in an attempt to propel the body forward as far as you can. You land on your opposite foot and immediately explode into the next bound. It’s like an exaggerated sprint stride with an emphasis on springing off the ground.

Bounding enabled Watkins to strengthen his legs, and his work showed when he won the Class 7A triple jump with a leap of 48 feet, 2

inches at the 95th AHSAA meet during the first weekend in May at Gulf Shores.

“I felt like I had more confidence this season,” Watkins said.

With Watkins, their other jumpers and their sprinters leading the way, Hoover captured its third consecutive Class 7A state championship.

The Bucs totaled 105.50 points, well ahead of Vestavia Hills, which was second with 62.50 points. The title was Hoover’s ninth since 2005.

Watkins has been a part of each of the Bucs’ last three titles.

“This means a lot since I was able to win with my teammates,” Watkins said. “I want to do it again next year.”

Watkins was part of Hoover’s

4x400 meter relay team that closed the state meet with a win in a tight race. The Bucs clocked 3:20.25, just a second ahead of McGill-Toolen and Central-Phenix City.

Watkins, Patrick Knight and Julian Fore weren’t on the relay team before the state meet. They joined junior Jonathan Martin.

“I have got a lot of really good sprinters and sprinter depth,” Hoover coach Devon Hind said. “It’s a good thing because we battled injuries throughout the season.

“The sprinters are talented, but it’s hard to keep them healthy. We won the 4x400 with three sprinters who weren’t going to be on the team but had to run because of injuries.”

The Bucs beat Sparkman in the 4x100 relay, clocking 41.77 seconds to the Senators’ 42.93. Martin, Kennon Johnson, Dorian Austin and J’Marri McCall made up the team.

“Our 4x100 was picked to finish seventh and ended up first,” Hind said. “We had two guys who we hadn’t run all year, Dorian Austin and J’Marri McCall, on the team. It turned out to be a good strategy.”

Martin placed second in the 200meter dash in 21.73, while Johnson, coming back from a hamstring injury, took second in both the 100- and 300meter hurdles.

“We had guys stepping up, and everybody did what they were supposed to do,” Hind said. “John

Watkins set a personal record to win the triple jump. We weren’t expecting that. Lj Hill set a personal record in all four events he competed in, and that was a big surprise.”

The Hoover girls, meanwhile, saw their streak of seven straight state championships come to an end. The Bucs finished seventh, well behind first-place James Clemens.

“The girls ran well, but we just didn’t have the firepower we’ve had in the past,” Hind said.

Strand the Man

Vestavia Hills sophomore Ethan Strand swept the Class 7A distance races. He won the 1,600-meter run in 4:18.63, won the 3,200 in 9:21.31, and won the 800 in 1:54.52.

“I really got to show everybody what I can do,” Strand said.

Spain Park senior Matthew Gray won the 7A boys shot put with a put of 58 feet, 8 inches.

Oak Mountain junior Harrison Dimick set a new 7A state record in the discus with a winning toss of 181-03, erasing the previous record (178-00.50) set in 2018 by Viktor Turek of Thompson.

Oak Mountain senior Trey Allen won the 7A boys high jump with a leap of 6 feet, 8 inches.

On the girls side, Oak Mountain senior Nicole Payne swept the 100-, 200- and 400-meter dashes. She set a 7A state record in the 400 with a time of 53.55, won 100 with a time of 11.82 and 200 with a time of 23.74.

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Mountain Brook Golfers Advanced to State; Wann Progessing in Individual Play The journey of the Mountain Brook boys’ golf team to the state tournament has been an impressive one for an extremely talent-laden team.

The Spartans competed in the state tournament at the Robert Trent Jones Capital Hill Course in Prattville on Monday and Tuesday, after this edition of Over the Mountain Journal went to press.

A state championship would be the third consecutive for the Spartans.

The Spartans won sectionals at Country Club of Birmingham by besting Vestavia Hills by 15 strokes.

Reynolds Lambert earned low-medalist honors, shooting a 71, while Evans Gross shot a 72 and William Wann and Gordon Sargent each shot a 73.

Coe Murdock competed as an individual at that event and advanced with a 73.

The team then advanced to state with another 13-stroke win over Vestavia Hills. Murdock also advanced as an individual. He is the first Mountain Brook player to advance as an individual since Mac Scott did it in 2017.

Wann Triumphs at Tom Bell Classic

Wann is a senior, and he had an incredible outing at the Tom Bell Memorial Classic last month, shooting a 7-under 135 to claim medalist honors.

HOMEWOOD From page 28

years I’ve had at Homewood High School,” Stone said, “just to succeed and run for such a great team.”

The Patriots had several other notable performances. Senior Josh Thomas (triple jump and 110-meter hurdles) and junior Lainey Phelps (1,600- and 3,200-meter runs) also won multiple individual titles.

Thomas’ efforts were somewhat surprising.

“Josh Thomas has been talented since the start of the outdoor season, but he put it all together at the state meet, winning the triple jump and the hurdles, which was not expected,” Homewood coach Tom Esslinger said.

“He also finished third in the high jump at 6 feet, 6 inches, and he’s only 5-foot8 or 5-9. We thought he might do 6 feet or 6-2 at best. And he took fourth in the long jump. He totaled more than 30 points, which was huge for us,” On the girls side, senior Aiya Finch (triple jump) and junior Maggie White (discus) won individual titles.

The boys 4x800 relay team of Logan Justice, Crawford Hope, Jack Gray, and Stone won with an impressive time of 8:00.01. Hope, a sophomore, also placed second to Stone in the 1,600- and 3,200-meter runs.

“Crawford Hope was exceptional,” Esslinger said. “If we don’t have Will,

Photo courtesy William Wann

By Blake Ells

Wann has been playing at the varsity level since he was a freshman. Next season, he’ll join former Mountain Brook teammate Ford Clegg at Mississippi State.

Wann shot a 67 and 68 to top Houston Academy’s Hal Dove, who had back-to-back rounds of 68. The Spartans also took home the team title with an 11-under 565, good enough to top second-place Auburn High School

by 24 strokes.

It was Wann’s second consecutive individual win at the Tom Bell.

“I think I made one or two pars on the front nine on the first day,” Wann said, adding that he mixed four to five

he wins two state championships. He had a hip fracture and didn’t compete during the cross-country and indoor seasons, but he came back strong.

“There were a lot of people who did well. If I get to talking about them, I won’t stop.”

championships in track and field and 27 championships total for the track and field and cross-country programs.

“How do we maintain it is one of the questions I have as a coach,” Esslinger said, “but for now I’m just going to enjoy what this team did.

We’re losing a tremendous amount of athletes, but this was a special class of seniors.”

The Triple Crown

Homewood’s track and field and cross-country programs accomplished something no other team in 6A has ever done by winning a triple crown (cross-country, indoor track and field, and outdoor track and field championships) in a single school year in both the girls and boys.

According the AHSAA, UMS Wright (Class 4A in 2011-12), Scottsboro (Class 5A in 2002-03), and St. Paul’s (Class 3A in 1984-85 and 1994-95) are the only other programs to accomplish the feat.

“I am still processing what we did,” Esslinger said. “It was such a special moment.

“I’m appreciative for the opportunity to be here, and I’m thankful for the kids we have and what they pour into the program year after year with all their hard work. I can’t say enough about them stepping up in the state meet, especially on the boys side. The boys performance was the best we’ve ever had. The girls were expected to win and went out and took care of business.”

Homewood now has 18 state

birdies with a couple of bogeys on the front. “And then I was steady on the back nine. I think I shot three under on the back and ended up five under. The next day was the total opposite.”

That was the fifth tournament of the season for the Spartans before they moved into the postseason, and they won all of them. They took the David Miller Invitational in Fairhope, the Joe King Memorial in Auburn, the Bradley Johnson Memorial at Greystone, the Azalea City Invitational in Mobile and the Hardaway Invitational in Columbus, Georgia.

Individually, Wann didn’t take a break. Between the Tom Bell Memorial Classic and sectionals, he competed in the Terra Cotta Invitational at Naples National in Naples, Florida. He posted an 8-over 224 on the weekend, good enough for him to finish in a tie for 19th at the national amateur tournament. He was just 13 strokes off of tournament champion Alexander Vogelsong of Palm City, Florida, who won with a birdie on the first playoff hole. It was Wann’s first appearance at the national amateur tournament.

“It’s challenging,” Wann said of the quick turnaround. “But I’ve gotten better at it, and I know it will prepare me for college.”

Wann has been playing at the varsity level since he was a freshman.

Next season, he’ll join former Mountain Brook teammate Ford Clegg at Mississippi State. He’ll prepare by playing in several tournaments over

the summer before enrolling in August.

“I’ve already started playing in some amateur events,” he said, “playing against better competition and longer golf courses. I’ve adjusted. I’m not as starstruck as I may have been in the past, like at the Southern Amateur last year. I’m a lot more comfortable; I know that I’ve earned my way there and I belong there.”

It’s a Golf Town

He credits Mountain Brook Club and Country Club of Birmingham with the golfing dynasty that Mountain Brook has been able to create.

“There’s just so many junior golfers,” he said. “If you go out to Birmingham in April on a Tuesday or Wednesday afternoon and you go out to the putting green, there will be 30 kids ages 6 to 15 on the putting green putting, hitting balls, trying to tee off.

There are a lot of people that want to be on this team. There’s no guarantee you’re going to make it. You’ve got to show up to tryouts and go play. Two seniors that I play with a lot, one will be playing next year at Sewanee and another has two or three offers to golf at Division II schools, and neither of them made the high school team.”

He’s confident the team he leaves behind at the end of the season will continue to carry the torch. That team still will include Scott, Sargent and Gross. Sargent has already committed to play collegiately at Vanderbilt.

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Robertson scored the first goal six minutes into game. The Cavaliers came back to take a 2-1 lead on goals by Kennedi Langan and Ruby Thornton, but the Eagles tied the match at 2-2 on Hayes Jenkins’ goal.

Montgomery Academy dominated the second half with Tara Katz and Brooke Horne netting goals and the Eagles’ team getting the credit for the fifth goal.

Montgomery Academy (22-3-1) went on to beat Southside-Gadsden 2-1 to win its first Class 4A/5A title.

The Eagles won the 1A/3A titles in 2018 and 2017.

After Homewood routed Decatur 8-0 in the semifinals behind senior midfielder Maggie O’Hare’s three goals and Chelsea beat St. Paul’s Episcopal 8-0, the moment of truth had arrived for the Patriots.

This time, though, Homewood prevailed – finally.

The Patriots (19-4-5) rallied for a dramatic 3-2 victory to win their firstever girls title last Saturday at the John Hunt Soccer Complex in Huntsville.

Junior Claire Touliatos scored the winning goal at 70:51, thanks to an assist from Eleanor Kyle.

“Eleanor and I both had the shot, but I had the better angle,” Touliatos said. “I told her to leave it for me, and she left it.

“That’s the way it’s been the whole year with our team chemistry.

There is no personal glory. We play for the glory of God.” Just 73 seconds earlier, Kyle, a sophomore, tied the match at 2-2 with a goal assisted by O’Hare and Marguerite Middlemas.

O’Hare scored the first goal of the game 14:34 into the match on an assist from Audrey Nabors.

Chelsea (21-3-1) tied the score at 21:20 with Kailey Littleford’s goal.

The Hornets took a 2-1 lead in the second half on Morgan Bright’s goal at the 61:24 mark.

But the Patriots would not be denied; not this time.

Back and Forth

“It was a really exciting high

Journal photo by Jordan Wald

From page 32

Altamont Loses Heartbreaker

John Carroll Catholic is used to winning state championships, having won four of the previous five years, including three in Class 6A. But after dropping down to Class 4A/5A this season, the Cavaliers couldn’t keep the magic going, falling 5-2 to Montgomery Academy in the semifinals last Friday and finishing 12-5-3.

The match was tied 2-2 at halftime. Montgomery Academy’s Mead

Westminster-Oak Mountain captured the school’s first-ever girls state soccer championship, defeating Altamont 3-2 in overtime in the Class 1A/3A final.

Junior Morgan White scored the match-ending goal in overtime at 85:51 for Westminster (17-2-1).

Altamont finished 13-8-2.

Senior Tori Deen, who was selected MVP, scored the first goal for Westminster just 41 seconds into the match on an assist from Ella Davenport.

Altamont’s Mimi Davis tied the score with a goal at 18:07.

White answered with a goal early in the second period on an assist from Katie Hoaglund to give Westminster a 2-1 lead.

The Knights’ Ava Muller tied the match again at 77:43 with a goal on Davis’ assist.

The two teams then played seven more minutes before White’s second goal settled the outcome.

Senior forward Lizzie Hill (2) scored the Rebels’ first goal just 6:30 into the match. She finished with four shots on goal and earned MVP honors.

and 2001.

They also now share the AHSAA’s longest winning streak record with Oak Mountain, which equaled the 28 straight wins in the 2014 and 2015 seasons. Their last loss came April 13, 2018, to James Clemens 3-2. The Rebels beat the Jets in last year’s playoffs one month later and won 5-1 against James Clemens in the semifinals last Friday.

Senior forward Lizzie Hill scored the Rebels’ first goal just 6:30 into the championship match. She finished with four shots on goal and earned MVP honors.

“Lizzie is a force to be reckoned with,” Meadow said. “She’s so relentless in what she does.”

Sophomore Riley Vicinanzo scored the second goal eight minutes later at 14:41.

The Rebels’ tenacious defense did the rest. Senior goalkeeper Anna Woodson recorded six saves.

Vestavia Hills outscored its opponents 90-9 this season and finished with 17 shutouts.

“We pushed each other for this moment,” Hill said. “It was worth it.”

Meadow celebrated her own milestone earlier this month, chalking up her 300th win as head coach for the Rebels in a playoff game against Hoover. She has coached the Rebels for 15 years.

Homewood senior midfielder Maggie O’Hare (4) scored the first goal of the game 14:34 into the match on an assist from Audrey Nabors.

school game, back and forth the whole time,” Homewood coach Mindy McBride said. “I’m proud of my girls. They started strong. We were determined not to let them get the upper hand early. We got a goal, and then Chelsea got a goal, and then they got a goal on a penalty kick.

“It’s a testament to our girls to come back. We’ve had tough situations throughout the whole season when we’ve been behind and with 10 or 11 minutes left, we scored two goals in two minutes.

“We’ve got nine seniors, and they stepped up. They were composed, and even (when) we were behind, they knew we could win it. They executed

the game plan.”

Homewood senior goalkeeper Jada Repp earned the MVP award after registering four saves. She also had three saves in the semifinals.

“Jada had a fantastic game,” McBride said. “She made some impressive saves.”

Repp gave the credit to the defenders in front of her, especially freshman center back Lilly Lowery and freshman fullback Caroline Crimi.

“It means a lot to me to be named MVP, but I would not have been able to do it without my defenders,” Repp said. “They did so much hard work and didn’t let several balls come

through.

“It feels amazing to finally win a state championship after four years of high school.”

John Carroll Falls

REBELS From page 32

two straight state championships, and one was to be undefeated,” Vestavia Hills coach Brigid Meadow said. “We didn’t focus on going undefeated. It didn’t sink in until we were about to get the trophy and my assistant said it’s been an amazing season and we’re undefeated. I said, ‘Oh my gosh, we are undefeated.’ I’ve never coached an undefeated team before.

“They’re going to go down as the … first undefeated team in history for

‘Lizzie is a force to be reckoned with. She’s so relentless in what she does.’

girls soccer at Vestavia. They’ll be talking about this 20 years from now.”

Vestavia Hills has won the 7A state championship three of the past four years. McGill-Toolen won the title in 2017. The Rebels have six girls state championships in total, from 2019, 2018, 2016, 2007, 2005

Journal photo by Jordan Wald

BRIGID MEADOW, VESTAVIA HILLS COACH

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Hoover claimed their first state championship since 2003 after two overtimes and a shootout, which the Bucs won 5-3 on penalty kicks.

Bucs Claim First Soccer Title Since 2003 in Tense Thriller Briarwood Ends Title Drought; Homewood Falls Short; Altamont Loses in Final

By Rubin E. Grant

Briarwood Ends Title Drought

Journal photos by Jordan Wald

Max Rudolph’s heart was racing, and then it dropped. He fell to the ground and shed a few tears.

What caused Rudolph’s emotional reactions was Hoover’s pulsating 3-2 victory against Enterprise in the AHSAA Class 7A boys championship game last Saturday at Huntsville’s John Hunt Soccer Complex.

The outcome wasn’t settled until after two overtimes and a shootout, which the Bucs won 5-3 on penalty kicks to claim their first state championship since 2003.

“It was a really good soccer game, and it came down to penalty kicks,” said Rudolph, the Bucs senior goalkeeper. “That made it a lot more exciting, but also more nerve-wracking.”

The Bucs (19-4-3) prevailed thanks to some clutch play from junior Richard Ujueta. He scored both Hoover goals in regulation, then was one of five Bucs to nail their kicks in the shootout.

Hoover’s lineup of Sam Bauder, Ujueta, Nicholas Ibanez, Igor Rudolph and Finn Dowdey all drilled their shots past the Wildcats’ keeper Logan Smith, with two narrowly getting by Smith.

“We don’t usually miss and we have the best goalkeeper in the state,” Hoover coach Kris Keplinger said. “If you have the best goalkeeper and don’t miss, you usually win.”

The first three kickers for both teams scored in the shootout and then Igor Rudolph scored to give the Bucs a 4-3 penalty-kick lead.

Max Rudolph then stopped Enterprise’s Anthony Venezia, bringing up Dowdey. After Dowdey’s kick found the net, the Bucs erupted in celebration.

“That’s when all the emotion hit,” Max Rudolph said. “My first year on the varsity we lost in the first round.

Last year, I tore my ACL just before the playoffs and couldn’t play. To come back my senior year and win means a lot to me, my teammates and the school.”

Ujeuta was named the MVP. He tied the contest in the first half on a

championship game, falling 3-2 after two overtimes and a shootout, 5-3 on penalty kicks.

Hoover junior Richard Ujeuta (7) was named the MVP. He tied the contest in the first half on a goal assisted by Nicholas Ibanez at 34:34. Below, Sam Bauder (2) was one of five Bucs to nail their kicks in the shootout.

goal assisted by Ibanez at 34:34.

Enterprise’s Sebastian Guerrero had opened the scoring at 21:32 when he slipped his kick into the net on an assist from Rasheed Bolaji.

Ujueta gave Hoover the lead in the second period with his second goal.

Caleb Cusineau was credited with the assist.

The Wildcats (14-6-4) clawed back, however, sending the match into overtime when Andre Mazariegos scored with only 25 seconds remaining in regulation to tie the score 2-2 and send it into overtime.

Neither team scored in either overtime period to set up the final shootout.

Hoover advanced to the championship game after beating Florence 2-1 in the semifinals when senior forward Lawson Shaw scored a goal in the second overtime. Max Rudolph recorded eight saves.

“These guys worked really hard, and it worked out,” Keplinger said.

“I’m really happy for them.”

Homewood Falls Short

Homewood faltered in its bid to repeat as Class 6A soccer champions.

Briarwood Christian (21-1-3) scored four goals in the first half en route to a 5-0 victory against Springville (20-7) to capture the Class 4A/5A championship.

Senior Logan Frost, who earned 4A/5A MVP honors, sophomore Trent Malloy and senior Jackson Stubbs each scored a goal in the first 16 minutes of the opening half. The Lions scored again six minutes later. Senior forward Hamilton Bowen scored the final goal at 66:10 in the second half.

Keeper Sam Candler had two saves for the Lions.

The title was the Lions’ fifth since 2001 and the first since 2013.

Briarwood made it to the state championship game in 2017 and 2018 but lost to Randolph School in Huntsville both times.

“To get here wasn’t enough,” Briarwood coach Shawn Brower said.

“We were going to do everything we could to not be denied.”

Briarwood survived a shootout in the semifinals against Montgomery Academy, beating the Eagles 5-3 on penalty kicks to pull out a 2-1 victory.

Altamont Loses in Final

Fort Payne scored twice in the second period and the Wildcats’ defense did the rest in a 2-0 victory against the Patriots (19-3-4).

“We came up just a little bit short.

That’s all,” Homewood coach Sean McBride said.

Junior forwards Norman Romero and Kenneth Toledo scored goals for Fort Payne. Romero’s goal broke a

scoreless tie early in the second period at 46:31. Toledo’s goal came with only 34 seconds remaining in the game.

Fort Payne freshman goalkeeper Alex McPherson had six saves, and Homewood junior keeper Noah Klein had eight saves.

The Wildcats (17-9-1) lost to St. Paul’s Episcopal (17-6-2) in the

Bayside Academy (20-2-2) scored two goals in a 14-minute stretch midway through the second half to beat Altamont 2-0 in the Class 1A/3A championship game.

Sophomore forward Rece Beardsley scored Bayside’s first goal on an assist from sophomore Trey Clements at 50:38 in the second half. Clements was selected Class 1A/3A MVP. Junior Sergi Cebrian added the Admirals’ second goal at 64:12.

Altamont (15-7-1) managed only four shots, three by Daniel Kutsch, against the Admirals’ defense and none on goal.

The Knights reached the championship game by beating Collinsville 5-1 in the semifinals.

Bayside won its second title. The Admirals also won in 2016.

Mountain Brook golfers advanced to state; Wann progessing in individual play.

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SPORTS Thursday, May 16, 2019 ❖ OVER THE MOUNTAIN JOURNAL

Homewood track teams complete Triple Crown; Hoover boys ‘Bound’ to third consecutive track title.

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Patriots, Bucs, Rebels and Lions Claim State Soccer Titles Record-Setting Undefeated Rebels The Vestavia Hills girls soccer team won its second straight Class 7A title last Saturday, chalking up a perfect 23-0-0 season and tying the state’s longest girls soccer winning streak with their 28th consecutive victory.

The Rebels scored two goals in the first 14:41 of the match and went on to shut out McGill-Toolen Catholic 2-0 during the AHSAA championship game at the John Hunt Soccer Complex in Huntsville.

“At the beginning of the season, our seniors set two goals: one was to win See REBELS, page 30

Journal photo by Jordan Wald

By Rubin E. Grant

Vestavia Hills, which has six girls’ state championships (2019, 2018, 2016, 2007, 2005 and 2001), now shares the AHSAA’s longest winning streak record with Oak Mountain, which equaled that mark in the 2014 and 2015 seasons.

Homewood Wins First State Championship If the Homewood Patriots were going to win a state championship in girls soccer, they knew they would have to go through the Chelsea Hornets.

For the past three years, the Hornets stung the Patriots in the first round of AHSAA soccer playoffs.

When the teams met during the regular season this year, the Hornets downed the Patriots 4-3.

Even as they marched through the playoffs this spring, the Patriots knew the Hornets were lurking.

See PATRIOTS, page 30

Journal photo by Jordan Wald

By Rubin E. Grant

The Patriots (19-4-5) rallied for a dramatic 3-2 victory over longtime nemesis Chelsea to win their first-ever girls title last Saturday at the John Hunt Soccer Complex in Huntsville. For the past three years, the Hornets stung the Patriots in the first round of AHSAA soccer playoffs.

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