Hundreds of purple ribbons displayed around Mountain Brook as teens recover from shark attack
Today’s guest columnist is Jennifer L. Greer.
I was vacationing on the Gulf of Mexico last month when three young men, in their 20s, drowned in a rip current within hours of arriving in Panama City Beach, Fla.
They were from my adopted hometown, Birmingham, Ala. It was painful to hear the tearful sister of one young man describe how she longed for one last brotherly hug. She told a TV reporter: “I wish we had done more research (about the currents) before we went.” Continue reading What we can learn from Mtn. Brook and Birmingham beach tragedies→
Some things are so far-fetched you can’t make them up.
I’m a happily married mom of two well-adjusted teenagers. I work in finance. I volunteer at my temple, host Shabbat dinners, and drive carpool to Girl Scouts. I am a practical person!
Charles Zukoski, Jr was Mountain Brook’s first mayor, elected in 1942, weeks after the City was incorporated.
He also was, without doubt, among the most brilliant and creative public servants in Mountain Brook’s history, lauded by the Birmingham Post-Herald as the City’s Thomas Jefferson “who established its law and precept [and] brought light and order to its human relations.”
Editor’s note: Chervis Isom passed away in 2023. He was raised by an intolerant father, but he grew up to be a remarkable man with a remarkable life. He wrote the following piece. titled The Right Cross in 2016.
