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share-square-13230 SEATTLE -- There’s no big mystery as to why “Mariners” was chosen as the nickname for Seattle’s Major League Baseball team when the franchise began in 1977, given Seattle’s nautical ties and location on the waters of Puget Sound. But as for the man who came up with that moniker? That’s another story. When the American League awarded an expansion franchise to Seattle, the team owners -- a group consisting of actor Danny Kaye and five Seattle-area businessmen -- decided to hold a fan contest to name the team. More than 600 names were submitted from about 15,000 entries, and while numerous fans suggested “Mariners,” the team chose the entry from Roger Szmodis of Bellevue, Wash., because they liked his explanation the best.
A new coffee option for downtown Tuscaloosa will host its grand opening celebration this weekend. Just Love Coffee, founded in 2009 in Murfreesboro, Tennessee, is coming to the former space of O’Henry’s Coffees in the Downtown Rock Point development at the corner of Lurleen Wallace Boulevard North and University Boulevard. O'Henry's Coffees of Birmingham, which was the first business to open a franchise in the mixed-use development in 2016, closed last year after the ongoing Lurleen Wallace Boulevard construction limited its ability to attract customers. “Things just happen sometimes," said O'Henry's Coffees owner Randy Adamy in August 2019, "and you kind of lick your wounds, put your tail between your legs and leave town.”