Find the hidden dingbat!

Apparently lots of magnifying glasses were put to good use last month as readers pored over the pages of Alabama Living in search of everyone’s favorite Uncle Sam. He was standing on the windowsill in the photo of Café Acadiana on Page 26. We heard from several readers who got help from family members in their search, including Wanda Mock of Vinemont, a member of Cullman EC, who writes that her “show off” husband Danny found it. “I enjoy looking even if Danny finds it,” she says. Wiregrass EC member Cheryl Steele of Ashford told us she’s just started looking for the monthly dingbat in the last six months and now has her grandchildren, Hayden, 5, and Kaylee, 11, looking along with her. This time, they beat her to it: “The minute the book came in the mail, they started looking and called me with the answer,” she says. “Thank you for having this challenge for the old and young.” Ada Mae Graham of Spruce Pine, a member of Franklin EC, and her granddaughter Peyton, age 6, looked “high and low over and over again, even using the magnifying glass until we found it. We didn’t give up. Uncle Sam [is] in the window with that money in his hand. We were so happy!”

We hope Uncle Sam had some money to return to you this tax season. Congratulations to Chesteen McWhorter of Crane Hill, a member of Cullman Electric Co-op, who wins a gift card from Alabama One Credit Union as the randomly drawn winner for April. This month, we’re hiding a red poppy, in honor of National Poppy Day May 26, the Friday before Memorial Day, when Americans are asked to wear a red poppy, a nationally recognized symbol of sacrifice to honor those who have served and died for our country. Good luck!

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April’s answer: The Vine Hill Presbyterian Church, located in the Jones community in west Autauga County (almost on the Dallas County line), was built in 1887 and has a large cemetery. It has been dormant since 1990, but recently has had many renovations to the interior. The Old Autauga Historical Society has taken a lead role in helping to restore this structure and others in the county. (Photo by Jim Plott) The randomly drawn correct guess winner is Minnie Grover of Central Alabama EC.