Ms. Andalusia Manor Felma Schrimshire was crowned as the 2011 Ms. Alabama Nursing Home Monday afternoon.
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Those interested in being in the Andalusia Middle School band should take part in the band instrument tryouts next week.
Band director Lee Stacks has arranged for several music stores to come and advise students and parents about the purchase of instruments on Tues., July 26, and Thurs., July 28, from 3 p.m. until 7 p.m. in the cafeteria.
Students whose last names begin with A-O should come from 3 p.m. until 5 p.m., and those whose last name begins with P-Z should come from 5 p.m. until 7 p.m.
In a scrimmage game Thursday night, South Alabama’s 12-and-under All-Stars softball team peeled away with a 12-2 win over East Brewton at the Andalusia Sports Complex.
During the second game, South Alabama scored 15 runs — 11 runs in the first inning and four runs in the second inning — to get the friendly sweep.
Details from the second game were not available because the score was not kept after the third inning.
South Alabama is tentatively set to play in Brewton next Saturday against East Brewton, Brewton and Bay Minette.
South Alabama 12, East Brewton 2
South Alabama scored five runs in the first inning, four runs in the second inning and three runs in the third inning for the 10-run win.
East Brewton added one run in the second inning and one run in the fourth inning in the loss.
Molly Stewart scored on a passed ball and Hayden Willis scored on an error to start the scoring drive in the first inning for South Alabama.
Colby Adams came in on a walk, Hope Ladson scored on an RBI from Santana Hamrac and Derriunna Gantt scored the last run for South Alabama in the first.
In the second, Stewart scored on an RBI single from Willis, Walker scored on an RBI from Adams and Adams and Ladson scored on singles.
South Alabama’s three runs in the third inning came on an RBI single from Adams and an RBI double from Gantt.
Adams later scored on an error.
Adams was 2-for-3 with three runs for South Alabama.
Ander Helms was named Covington County’s first Distinguished Young Woman in the scholarship and talent event Saturday night.
Helms, the daughter of Steve and Carla Helms, was the category winner in four of the event’s seven categories, including self-expression, talent, scholastics and interview.
Kathryn Williams was first alternate; Melanie Lloyd was second alternate; Megan Rogers was third alternate; and Andrianna Carpenter was fourth alternate.
Holly McGlaun was chosen by her peers as the winner of the spirit award. Greeley Foshee and Melanie Lloyd shared the Be Your Best Self Award for an essay contest judged separately from the event.
You see his work all over town. From the Cedar Creek Merchandise mural depicting the county’s logging and turpentine history, to the “in the works” murals on the Pirate Graphics building, Wes Hardin is using his talent to tell the story of Andalusia’s roots.
Hardin, of Dothan, said he has been in the mural business since 1978, the year he graduated from high school.
“I had my first mural commission when I was 18,” he said. “It was for a local junior college.”
Hardin said that painting is something he enjoyed doing as a teenager and it just took off from there.
His favorite murals to paint are those in which he can find a personal story.
“I enjoy being out on location, and having someone stop by who was actually part of the story,” he said. “It makes it a really worthwhile experience.”
Hardin said in Andalusia’s case, it’s about telling a stories of the city.
He is currently working on a three-panel mural on the side of the Pirate Graphics building facing East Three Notch, which will depict early utilities in the county.
Hardin said he is using photographs supplied by a local electric company for the murals.
“Chances are someone is going to ride by and realize that’s his grandmother or that’s her grandfather,” he said. “Perhaps even a mother or father or aunt or uncle. It’s a personal history for those folks.”
“I try to do my best to capture what it was really like for the people in the murals,” he said. “Hearing the stories really brings it to life.”