Apr 21, 2021
MONTGOMERY – Alabama High School Athletic Association Executive Director Steve Savarese announced plans to step down from the position he has held for the last 15 years effective July 1. He made the announcement at Wednesday’s annual Central Board of Control spring meeting.
Savarese did agree to remain in the position at the pleasure of the CBOC until his replacement has been hired and has had ample time to adjust to the position.
A very successful teacher, coach and administrator widely admired for his leadership skills, Mr. Savarese became just the fourth full-time Executive Director of the 100-year old organization in 2007. Cliff Harper became the first full-time executive director in 1948, serving until 1966. Herman L. “Bubba” Scott replaced Harper and served until 1991. Dan Washburn then served in the position from 1991 until 2007.
Apr 21, 2021
MONTGOMERY – Alabama High School Athletic Association Executive Director Steve Savarese announced plans to step down from the position he has held for the last 15 years effective July 1. He made the announcement at Wednesday’s annual Central Board of Control spring meeting.
Savarese did agree to remain in the position at the pleasure of the CBOC until his replacement has been hired and has had ample time to adjust to the position.
A very successful teacher, coach and administrator widely admired for his leadership skills, Mr. Savarese became just the fourth full-time Executive Director of the 100-year old organization in 2007. Cliff Harper became the first full-time executive director in 1948, serving until 1966. Herman L. “Bubba” Scott replaced Harper and served until 1991. Dan Washburn then served in the position from 1991 until 2007.
Some vaccine sites operating far below capacity in Alabama
April 21, 2021
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A worker, left, gives a COVID-19 vaccine inside a cubicle while another person shops at a Walmart store in Haleyville, Ala., Monday, April 5, 2021. The store is in Winston County, which is trying to get more people immunized but is running into problems with both supply and willingness from a population that is both nearly all white and voted heavily for former President Donald Trump last year.Jay Reeves/AP
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) With Alabama struggling to improve its last-in-the nation vaccination rate for COVID-19, officials say workers at some immunization sites in the state are providing only a fraction of the shots they could give out.
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Dr. Pauline Long, co-owner of MedsPLUS flanked by (from left to right) Birmingham Mayor Randall Woodfin, Dr. Jennifer Campbell, co-owner of MedsPLUS and Jefferson County Commissioner Sheila Tyson, The group announced a new vaccination site has opened at the Birmingham CrossPlex in Five Points West. (Erica Wright, The Birmingham Times)
By Erica Wright
A new COVID-19 vaccination site has opened at the Birmingham CrossPlex in Five Points West.Â
Vaccines will be administered by MedsPLUS Consulting and Comprehensive Pediatrics and Internal Medicine at the location on Mondays and Tuesdays until April 27.Â
Birmingham Mayor Randall Woodfin and Jefferson County Commissioner Sheila Tyson along with medical providers were at the CrossPlex to raise awareness and encourage residents to receive their vaccine.Â