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Village Living Volume 5 | Issue 2 | May 2014
A reading explosion
May 2014 • A1
neighborly news & entertainment for Mountain Brook
Time to speak out
Summer reading will kick off with an annual festival at the Emmet O’Neal Library this month. Find event details and more about the Fizz! Boom! Read! theme inside.
Community page B13
Honoring mothers With family and community members in mind, Catherine McCarty, Lulu Null, Billy Bromberg and Kat Lawson are helping organize efforts through Aware to achieve its mission that “not one more be lost.” Photo by Madoline Markham.
By MADOLINE MARKHAM
Crestline Village will be flooded with teal this Mother’s Day weekend for an annual ovarian cancer research walk. Read more about it in this issue.
Community page B10
INSIDE Sponsors ...... A4 City ................ A6 Business ....... A8 Food .............. A17 Sports ........... A21
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Before this year, Billy Bromberg had never had a discussion with his children about suicide. That changed in his nephew’s final hours of life. Bromberg and his children, ages 17, 21 and 23, were in the hospital waiting as 23-year-old Keenon’s body fought to survive. It had been just hours
since Keenon took measures to end his life. In these moments in the hospital, Bromberg realized that what had previously been a statistic was now hitting home. It was time to bring an issue that he said many people in the community don’t want to talk about into the light, he thought. The first step for him, though, was a conversation with
more he noticed Keenon changing. “I observed he was having trouble adjusting, but I did not become alarmed enough,” Bromberg said. “Looking back, I did not take the action as I should have.” Bromberg’s revelation of hindsight is what members of a new group named Aware hope to
See AWARE | page A22
Your view: In a recent survey, residents indicated the most important concerns for the community to address. See the full results on A23.
Market planned for Crestline this summer By MADOLINE MARKHAM
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his children in the hospital. Keenon, a Mountain Brook High School graduate, had been working for his uncle and dad’s business, John-William Jeweller, part-time while he was in school. Every Friday night, Keenon, his uncle and cousin went to the movies. He liked to play the role of film critic. But the more time Bromberg spent with Keenon, the
Area residents talk to local farmers about their produce at Urban Cookhouse’s farmers market in SoHo in Homewood. Restaurant owners plan to bring a similar market to Crestline Village on Wednesday evenings. Photo by Madoline Markham.
In summers past, Crestline resident Sharon Graham has driven to Finley Avenue and Pepper Place downtown in search of locally grown vegetables. This year, however, she said she is looking forward to finding a similar selection of produce without leaving Crestline. “I will love the convenience of having [a market] so close,” she said. Urban Cookhouse will hold a farmers market on Wednesday evenings this summer on Vine Street. The market will run 10 weeks, June 4-Aug. 6, from 4-8 p.m.
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“There is a growing need for fresh local produce [in Crestline], especially with the Pig closing,” Market Manager Laura Powell said. “We want to meet the needs of the community while supporting small family farmers in Alabama.” The plan for the market features 23 vendor spaces and a kids’ area that will feature activities such as Wiffle Ball, inflatables, corn hole and face painting. The restaurant’s idea to create local farmers markets was born out of a desire to both support the growers that supply their produce and to enhance the communities
See MARKET | page A22
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