November 2022 | Volume 13 | Issue 8
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‘CHANGED FOR GOOD’ Alice Womack recognized for years of service in Mountain Brook By LEAH INGRAM EAGLE
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lice Womack learned about community involvement and service from her parents and, as a mom, did the same for her children. “There has always been
something instilled in me to give back,” Womack said. “It's not just that it's something good to do; I truly enjoy it. Our city is fabulous, and the people I’ve worked with are
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Alice Womack stands along the Jemison Park walking trail. Womack is this year’s Jemison Visionary Award winner. Photo by Erin Nelson.
A ‘couple’ of competitors
Will Freeman and Abby Garrett, graduates of Mountain Brook High School, in the “Many Firsts But Don’t Be Last” episode of “The Amazing Race,”Season 34 in Munich, Germany. Photo courtesy of Kit Karzen, CBS.
By SARAH GILLILAND For former Mountain Brook residents Abby Garrett and Will Freeman, deciding to compete in the popular CBS series “The Amazing Race” was a no-brainer. “We love ‘The Amazing Race.’ I’ve been watching it with my family forever, and I kept saying I was going to do it with my brother,” Garrett told Village Living. “Then Will and I started dating, and I was like, ‘Hmm. You’d make a pretty good partner on this show.’ So I made him start watching it with me.” The couple has a lot of history. They share that they were friends first and often
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spent time playing at one another’s houses as young children and carpooling together throughout elementary and middle school. “We’ve grown up together, but we took it to the dating stage when we were in high school,” Freeman said. “Abby really started dating me because she thought I’d be a good ‘Amazing Race’ contestant,” he laughs. So how did the couple go from talking about auditioning for the show to actually auditioning for it? “For years, we talked about applying, but we never actually did it. Then came COVID,
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Super Honor
Under the Lights
Mountain Brook Schools Superintendent Dicky Barlow named Alabama’s Superintendent of the Year.
Highlights from the middle portion of the high school football season.
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