Hello everyone. Welcome to spring and allergy season. I hope you remembered to set your clocks ahead and weren’t late for anything. Remember Spring forward, Fall back. Easy way to remember.

Now for some good news! Happy anniversary to Gina and Jeremy Gurley, Heather and Jeremy Adams, Joey and Dana Blackman.

Birthday wishes go out to John Waldrop, Diane Gann, Lynn Vaughan Reeves, Suzanne Alverson, Blane Scott, Julia Allred, Alexis Bain, Lee Overton, Heath Stinson, Linley Stinson, Sandy Dorough, Bobby Wright, Jacob West, Emma Helms, Drew Dorough, Adam Bain, Billy Jordan, Dean Staples, Rodney Alverson, Joseph Gissendaner, Michelle Shelton, DeLain Vaughan, Frank Bowman, and all other March birthdays I may have missed.

Please keep the families of Vernon Burns, Tommy Pike, Virginia Posey, and Mary Salser in your thoughts and prayers.

Did everyone see Sunday’s American Idol? This was the night that our very own PCHS Senior, Tristen Gressett was on. Tristen received his golden ticket and is on his way to Hollywood.

Congratulations to PCHS Seniors, Catherine Pinson and Jakaylan Swain, for being a finalist for the Smith Scholarship Foundation.

Congratulations to Malia Thibado for recently being named the Class 1A Regions 6 winner for the Bryant Jordan Achievement Scholarship. Malia plans to go to Hillsdale College in Michigan to major in international business and foreign language.

Saturday, March 19th, Berritt Haynes will perform at the Concert at the Park on 23rd. The event will occur from 4-6 p.m. There will be food trucks and additional snacks available.

At the CEPA:

• Radium Girl-Historical drama based on a true story, on March 18-20.

• PCHS Band Spring Concert on Mar 24–25

The Riverside Beautification Organization will host its annual soup supper from 5-7 p.m. at Riverside Landing tonight, the 17th. You will be able to eat your meal there at the landing or take it home with you. While you are there, don’t forget to get your raffle ticket for the rod and reel drawing.

Love gospel music? Then you don’t want to miss the gospel group, After Grace, who will be performing Saturday at 5 p.m. at Good News Baptist Church on Winnnataska Road in Pell City.

Once again, the Pell City Line Dancers came through for the Pell City Fire Department. They raised over $32,000 through the Dancing with Our Stars event. The winner of the dance competition was the Esther House Dance Team. Sterling Burroughs and Andrea Machen won the couples dance competition.

The Pell City Board of Education recently named Holly Costello as the principal of Pell City High School effective July 1. It also named Cory O’Neal as principal of the consolidated Duran Junior High School beginning in July. While the new addition to Duran North will not be completed in time for the beginning of the 2022-2023 school year, they do hope to be in the new building towards the end of October. Mr. Richard Garris, acting principal of PCHS, will remain at the high school as an assistant principal.

Easter is later this year, on April 17th. I will be getting you information on special Easter services in later columns.

God bless you. I pray that this year will bring all of you blessings, good health and peace and joy. Have a wonderfully blessed and safe week and give me a call at 205-338-7746 or email to annette_snow@yahoo.com.