Whereville, AL Find the hidden dingbat!

The snazzy red convertible hidden as if it was a golf shirt logo on Page 38 of the June issue didn’t fool many of our readers. In fact, Ginger Sebright of Somerville was pleased to find the dingbat because even though it was tiny, she knew the car looked familiar. “We had to find it,” she wrote.

“ That’s our car!” She is a member of Joe Wheeler EMC and their car is a 1979 Fiat spider 124. Jessica Morris of Coffee Springs enjoys looking for the dingbat with her seven-year-old son and 10-year-old daughter. They found the convertible on their second read-through. “They see pointers, horses, fish, whales, and alligators on collared shirt chests, so they thought the car dingbat was a new shirt logo,” writes the Wiregrass EC member. ”We had fun searching (like usual). Good way to keep busy now that school is out for summer.” Getting your kids into the hunt is another way Ada Graham’s Spruce Pine family finds the dingbat. This time, 12-year-old Michael was the first one to find it on his first time looking. They are members of Franklin EC.

Congratulations to our randomly drawn winners Phil & Sheila Bird of Hamilton. This month, we’ve hidden a baseball. Batter up!

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Grant program to benefit state’s historic places

Identify and place this Alabama landmark and you could win $25! Winner is chosen at random from all correct entries. Multiple entries from the same person will be disqualified. Send your answer with your name, address and the name of your rural electric cooperative, if applicable. The winner and answer will be announced in the August issue.

Submit by email: whereville@alabamaliving.coop, or by mail: Whereville, P.O. Box 244014, Montgomery, AL 36124.

Contribute a photo you took for an upcoming issue! Send a photo of an interesting or unusual landmark in Alabama, which must be accessible to the public. A reader whose photo is chosen will also win $25.

June’s answer: This diminutive building was at one time the Bank of Gainesville, Ala., circa 1835-1840. It was moved to Tuscaloosa in the 1960s and returned to Gainesville by a local benefactor in the 1990s. The bank now occupies its original location adjoining the triangular town park. This is the only remaining commercial structure of the period. The town, perched on a wooded bluff overlooking the Tombigbee River in Sumter County, was a key inland shipping point in the cotton trade. (Information from the Society of Architectural Historians; photo by Allison Law of Alabama Living.) The randomly drawn correct guess winner is Rick Syklawer, Wiregrass EC.

The Alabama Historical Commis sion (AHC) has received $6 million from Gov. Kay Ivey and the Legislature for the Preservation of Alabama’s Significant Sites (PASS) grant program. The program will assist in the preservation and repair of historic sites in Alabama.

Preference will be given to any structure constructed for government or public purposes before 1840 that is listed in the National Register of Historic Places and is owned by a local city, town, county government, or non-profit organization, or any structure built before 1965 that is eligible for or listed in the National Register of Historic Places and significantly contributed to the Civil Rights Movement.

Local and county governments, as well as non-profit organizations, are eligible to apply. Sites receiving grant funds from the National Park Service or receiving state or federal historic tax credits are not eligible for funding. In addition, there is no maximum grant amount and funds will be given to “brick and mortar” projects for the physical preservation of historic sites.

The deadline is July 10, 2023. For more, visit ahc.alabama.gov/ Resources/grants.aspx

The mnemiopsis is a comb jelly – not a true jellyfish, but because of its appearance it often fools people as being a jellyfish.