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🌱 Patch AM: How you can relive Mountain Brook’s perfect 1975 football season soon
Spotted on the Mountain Brook calendar: Brave Hearts Strong Arms Book Signing
Hello Mountain Brook! Stay connected with the latest updates from around town. Let's dive in! ☕️️
In today's newsletter:
- How you can relive Mountain Brook's perfect 1975 football season soon
- How did Mountain Brook's La Paz fare in August inspections?
- How a Mountain Brook rector turns rock and roll into ministry
Also on today's calendar: Brave Hearts Strong Arms Book Signing and 9 more events.
Today's riddle: Where do math teachers go on vacation? 🤔 (Answer below!)
- Saturday: Sweltering heat, with a high of 98 and low of 73 degrees. 🌶 Hot!
- Sunday: Very hot with a thunderstorm, temps: high: 98, low: 73.
- Monday: Partly sunny and very warm, with a high of 95 and low of 74 degrees.
📰 News we're reading
1. Glory Bound: Keith Dunnavant's documentary film highlights Mountain Brook's 1975 football dominance (otmj.com) — Mountain Brook residents can revisit the legendary 1975 Spartans football season at a one-night premiere of the new documentary "Every Hill Is a Step" on September 17 at Mountain Brook High School, benefiting the Mountain Brook Quarterback Club's charity. The film dives into Coach Robert Higginbotham's demanding program, star running back Major Ogilvie, and how that undefeated championship team helped shape the community's identity. 
2. 40 restaurants fail health inspections in August (wbrc.com) — A recent Jefferson County health inspection gave La Paz in Mountain Brook a 78, citing a dish machine with no sanitizer and dozens of expired food safety certificates. The report also lists dozens of other metro Birmingham restaurants that failed August inspections, explaining the specific temperature, sanitation, and policy violations that triggered mandatory reinspections within 60 days.
3. Spirituality in the Key of D: John Burruss on the parallels between art and ministry (otmj.com) — Mountain Brook's own Rev. John Burruss, rector of Saint Stephen's Episcopal Church, is blending his ministry with an active musical life rooted in piano, songwriting, and his band Sauce Furnace. After finding renewed musical community in Birmingham, he's now helping plan an Americana Eucharist service that will weave popular Americana songs with worship, showing how music and faith can meet in everyday life.
4. Popular Birmingham-area Mexican restaurant closing after 9 years (al.com) — A popular Birmingham-area Mexican restaurant, La Paz, is permanently closing its Mt Laurel location after nine years, following a period of repair-related closure. For Mountain Brook diners, the good news is that the La Paz location in Mountain Brook remains open, along with the Ross Bridge spot, so regulars can still find their favorite dishes and weekly traditions nearby.
📸 Around Mountain Brook
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🗓 Upcoming Events in Mountain Brook
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- Sunday softball
Levite Jewish Community Center 3960 Montclair Rd, Birmingham, AL 35213
10:00 am - HOLIDAY HOURS
Levite Jewish Community Center 3960 Montclair Rd, Birmingham, AL 35213 - Labor Day (No School)
Mountain Brook City Birmingham, AL 35223 - JVFB vs Homewood
Mountain Brook High School Birmingham, AL 35223
5:30 pm - CANCELED: Pickleball Community Nights
Levite Jewish Community Center Outdoor Pickleball Court
6:00 pm - From O'Neal Library: All Together Storytime
Levite Jewish Community Center, 3960 Montclair Rd, Birmingham
9:30 am - Questions with the Rabbi: Who is God?
Levite Jewish Community Center, 3960 Montclair Rd, Birmingham
12:30 pm - From O'Neal Library: Toddler Tales
Levite Jewish Community Center, 3960 Montclair Rd, Birmingham
10:30 am - UWCA's tai chi for arthritis and fall prevention
Levite Jewish Community Center, 3960 Montclair Rd, Birmingham
11:30 am - From O'Neal Library: Movers & Makers
Levite Jewish Community Center, 3960 Montclair Rd, Birmingham
1:30 pm - From O'Neal Library: Patty Cake Storytime
Levite Jewish Community Center, 3960 Montclair Rd, Birmingham
10:30 am - Brave Hearts Strong Arms Book Signing →
Ashley Mac's Kitchen, 1831 28th Ave S, Homewood
1:30 pm
Sunday September 6
Monday September 7
Tuesday September 8
Wednesday September 9
Thursday September 10
Thursday September 24
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-- The Patch AM Team
P.S. The answer to today's riddle: Times Square (Thank you Jean K. for sending it in!)
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