Find the hidden dingbat!

Our hidden red poppy in May’s magazine wasn’t very hard to find, as several hundred readers reported finding it correctly on the pillow in the glamping photo on Page 12. We appreciate all the notes we get from you as you navigate through the pages each month! Many of you do your searching with a family member or friend, like Linda Barefoot of Salem, a member of Tallapoosa River Electric Cooperative. Linda reports that she enjoys the monthly hunt with her 91-year-old client and they compete to see who can find it first. “She had not gone through it the first time when she hollered, ‘I found it! I found it!’” Maybe you’ll beat her next month, Linda! Arina Ellard, 15, a member of Baldwin EMC from Foley, took a study break to find the Dingbat but it wasn’t long enough. “I was working on studying for AP U.S. History when I decided to take a break, but to my misfortune, I found the dingbat not even five seconds after beginning my search! It seems like fate has decided that I must continue studying!” We’ll try to make it a little harder this month! Our randomly drawn winner is Cindy Wilson from Cullman EC, who wins a prize package from Alabama One Credit Union. This month we’ve hidden a convertible, just right for taking a summer road trip! Good luck!

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Alabama Living PO Box 244014 Montgomery, AL 36124

By email: dingbat@alabamaliving.com

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 July issue.

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

Do you like finding interesting or unusual landmarks? Contribute a photo you took for an upcoming issue! Remember, all readers whose photos are chosen also win $25!

May’s answer: The Spirit of American Citizenship Monument on U.S. Highway 411 near Gadsden honors the residents and history of the area. Audio messages include information on area history and a recording of the national anthem performed by Jeff Cook of the band Alabama. (Information from GreaterGadsden.com) (Photo by Mark Stephenson of Alabama Living) The randomly drawn correct guess winner is Autumn Murray of Coosa Valley EC.

The Alabama Cooperative Extension System food safety and quality team invites you to attend a food preservation camp this summer. At these camps, regional Extension agents will teach and provide hands-on training on pressure canning, water bath canning, jams and jellies, pickling, drying and freeze drying, and fermentation.

Each attendee will prepare products each day and will have several items to carry home to share and enjoy with others.

The camps will be in three locations:

• June 28-29, 10 a.m., Albertville High School, 402 E. McCord Avenue in Albertville;

• July 12-13, 10 a.m., National Peanut Festival, 5622 U.S. Highway 231 S. in Dothan;

• July 19-20, 10 a.m., Northridge Middle School, 3811 Northridge Road in Tuscaloosa.

The first day’s talks will cover pressure canning of vegetables, a demo of canned meat, dehydrating fruits and vegetables preparing and processing peach jam, and blanching and freezing vegetables.

On the second day, topics will be water bath canning of tomatoes and processes for pickling and fermenting vegetables.

For more information, contact Angela Treadaway at treadas@ aces.edu