The Homewood Star Volume 5 | Issue 2 | May 2015
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Homewood’s art festival returns to Patriot Park this month. Find all the details on this and other events in this issue.
See page A14
To market, to market
Ovarian cancer walk/run moves to Homewood this year By MADOLINE MARKHAM
Homewood farmers markets are taking on slightly new shapes and forms starting this month. Read more inside.
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Early in 2006, Brittany Waldrep started having stomach problems. She was screened for ovarian cancer with the only tool available, a CA 125 blood test, and her results were normal. That May she and her sisters participated in Motherwalk to raise money for ovarian cancer,
Stacy and Todd Miner and their children hold a photo of Stacy’s sister, Brittany, who passed away from ovarian cancer at age 24. The Miners, Edgewood residents, will participate in Motherwalk in Homewood in her memory this month. Photo by Madoline Markham.
since two years before she’d had an ovarian cyst and was being monitored every three months for cancer. Two weeks later she was diagnosed with ovarian cancer herself. Two months later it took her life. She was 24. “That’s what a lot of people don’t know about ovarian cancer — how sneaky it is,” said Stacy Miner, Waldrep’s sister. Waldrep was diagnosed in exploratory
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surgery, at which time doctors discovered the cancer had spread throughout her abdomen. Each year since 2006, Stacy, her husband, Todd, and their children have participated in Motherwalk in Waldrep’s memory. Pictures of those who have had ovarian cancer line the walk route, and each year the Miners pass
See WALK/RUN | page A23
Next steps for West Homewood Plan to begin with new market
By SYDNEY CROMWELL Morgan and Molly Duncan moved to West Homewood in November 2013 because they liked the city’s redevelopment plan for the area: walkable sidewalks, local businesses and a cohesive neighborhood design style. After a year in their new home, they saw no sign of any of these changes. “We’ve been waiting for someone to do something,” Morgan said. “After waiting for a year, we got tired and said, ‘Let’s do something.’” The couple, along with Morgan’s brother Tyler, made a plan for a corner store of their own, with a deli, bar and small market. They signed a lease on 703 and 705 Oak Grove Road in mid-April and are just beginning the
See WEST SIDE | page A22
Tyler Duncan, left, and Morgan Duncan are working together to renovate part of the building at the intersection of Oak Grove Road and Raleigh Avenue. They plan to open a deli, bar and market called Oak and Raleigh in mid-June. Photo by Sydney Cromwell.
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