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Hoover Recreation Center membership hit hard by COVID-19 Ã Photos by Erin Nelson. Ã The COVID-19 pandemic has had a dramatic impact on the Hoover Recreation Center, cutting its membership levels in half, according to city records. The number of memberships at the Rec Center dropped 58% from 7,608 in February 2020 to 3,177 in February 2021. The number of memberships climbed back up slightly to 3,528 in April, but thatâs still a far cry from the numbers before the pandemic hit. âI think everybodyâs just nervous about coming back,â Hoover Parks and Recreation Director Craig Moss said. The Rec Center was closed for about 70 days in the spring of 2020 due to state health orders, but even after it reopened, there were numerous restrictions in place regarding capacity levels and social distancing. ....
Blood drive set at Hoover Rec Center to honor Mike Gilotti Photo courtesy of Heather Gilotti. Mike Gilotti served as a lieutenant in the U.S. Army, including 15 months as a tank commander in Iraq. He was killed outside his home in the Lake Cyrus community in January 2016, and prosecutors were unable to obtain a conviction against the suspects in the case. LifeSouth Community Blood Centers is holding a blood drive in honor of the late Hoover resident Mike Gilotti at the Hoover Recreation Center on Jan. 29. The blood drive is being held roughly five years after Gilotti was killed outside his Lake Cyrus home when he found someone breaking into his vehicle in his driveway early one morning in January 2016. He was 33 with a wife and two children. ....