NASA Winners; National Level Finalists

Good morning, Huntsville! It’s Amy back in your inbox to update you on what’s happening this weekend in the Rocket City. In today’s Daily: NASA announced HERC Challenge winners, Huntsville seniors are finalists, and the latest on the Havoc

First, today’s weather:
Saturday will have morning showers that wrap up before lunch. High: 61 Low:45
Sunday will be mostly cloudy all day, which means a very chilly day! High: 66 Low: 43

Patch Pick:

• Lewter Hardware Company has been serving Huntsville as a small business now for 93 years.

Here are the top five stories in Huntsville today:

1. NASA announced the winners of their HERC Challenge for design, documentation, and presentation challenges, which were modified to be virtual due to travel restrictions. UAH Team 1 took third place in the overall collegiate awards against national and international student teams. (WDRB)
2. Huntsville is one of 11 cities in the state that will not be affected by Senate Bill 119, which will move municipal elections back 12 months one time so that they don’t coincide with presidential elections in the future. This will cause most current leaders to stay in their positions an extra year, and the bill also makes runoffs four weeks instead of six. (WAFF)
3. Seven high school seniors in Huntsville City Schools have been chosen as Merit Scholarship Finalists. Grissom High School has Samantha Abercrombie, Franscine Garcia, Ian Mackenzie, and Jessica Smith; Huntsville High has Zachary Barbre and Ardis Haskell; and Ruby Krasnow represents New Century Technology High. (Huntsville City Schools)
4. Inpatient care for positive cases of Covid-19 within the Huntsville Hospital Healthcare System has increased by 58% since April 8. According to Paul Gattis of AL.com, these cases would have been contracted before the mask mandate ended, but could be due to relaxing about masking, and Easter and spring break. (MSN)
5. The three protesters from last year’s Black Lives Matter protests that did not have charges dropped in June were in court yesterday. Two were convicted of disorderly conduct and ordered to pay court costs and fines of about $500 each, and the third protester was found not guilty after body cam footage showed police pulling him out of his car, according to reporter Ashley Remkus. (AL.com)

Today in Huntsville

• Spring Fling Special Train Ride- The North Alabama Railroad Museum is celebrating the end of winter and enjoying the scenery Saturday. (10 a.m.)
• Paralympic Trials- Free to attend at Research Park! (9 a.m.)
• Create Saturdays- Join the Huntsville Museum of Art with fun, interactive art designed with children in mind. (11 a.m.)
• Sparkman High School presents Beauty and the Beast- Watch a tale as old as time for between $15-28. (7 p.m.)
• Castin’ ‘N Catchin’- Captain D’s 6th annual fishing tournament to benefit the Pediatric and Congenital Heart Center at Children’s of Alabama @ Goose Pond Marina (5 a.m.)
• Intro to Climbing Climbing- Family and children event for little to no experience in climbing for ages 6+ @ Johnson Legacy Center (9 a.m.)

Huntsville Patch Notebook

• The Havoc lost last night 1-4 to the Birmingham Bulls.
• The 2021 Cotton Row Run is being moved from Memorial Day to Labor Day this year on September 6. (Details)
• The Paper Petals Company will be moving in Lowe Mill to a downstairs studio and will likely be starting classes in the new space in early June.
• Huntsville City Schools will host a virtual job fair on April 22. (Details)
• The sweet potato has officially become the state vegetable after a group of homeschool students from Huntsville reached out to their legislators and inspired a bill that was signed into law by Governor Ivey.
• Dawn Lindberger of Huntsville has been accused of claiming she had cancer to get donations, and the police are looking for potential victims at (256)722-7100 or (256)427-7020. (Details)

You're looped in on the best of Huntsville this weekend! I'll catch you in your inbox bright and early Monday morning!

-Amy

About me: I grew up near Tuscaloosa and graduated from the University of Alabama in Huntsville. You can find me wherever there's good food, good music, or at any play in town.