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Atmore News

VFW Auxiliary announces new and unique fundraiser

Special to Atmore News The Atmore Memorial VFW Auxiliary to Post 7016 will host Quickest Quack on the Creek, a rubber duck race, on Saturday, August 25, at Magnolia Branch Wildlife Reserve. Registration begins at 10 a.m., with ‘Quack Off” at 11 a.m. This is a new and exciting venture for the Auxiliary! The Auxiliary has rounded up some very ambitious ducks for the race. These ducks are in search…

EA hosts camp

The Escambia Academy Baseball Camp was held Wednesday, July 18. Participants did not have to attend EA to attend. About 25 players and eight coaches participated. Instruction was held from 9 a.m. until noon, with a pizza lunch and Wiffle ball tournament that afternoon.

‘Stained glass’ project turns STEM into STEAM

By DON FLETCHER News Staff Writer The project that participants in Atmore Public Library’s Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) program worked on last week had little to do with science. Neither was it based in technology, engineering or math. So the program playbook was revised just a little. “This is an art project, so we added an ‘A’ today,” said APL Director Hope Lassiter prior to the library’s July…

UB welcomes Walker as AVP, Community Bank Business Lender

Special to Atmore News United Bank’s President and CEO Robert R. Jones, III announced Chris Walker has joined United Bank as Assistant Vice President, Community Bank Business Lender. In his role, Walker will work to build relationships and provide financing solutions to both consumers and businesses. Walker will be the primary point of contact for the Bank’s Community Facilities Lending program. The Community Facilities Lending program is managed by UB…

Early Christmas celebration morphs into memorial

By DON FLETCHER News Staff Writer An early Christmas celebration planned for a Baldwin County car enthusiast with terminal cancer turned into a memorial celebration on Saturday, July 21, when the scheduled guest of honor — Ewing Darrell “Bubba” Ardis of Lottie — died peacefully in his sleep just hours before the event was scheduled to start. Ardis didn’t get to see the rat-rod infused car show that was held,…

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