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VFW Auxiliary presents patriotic art awards
Each year, more than 3,500 high school students from across the country participate in the VFW Auxiliary’s Young American Creative Patriotic Art Contest. The contest began in 1979 to recognize up-and-coming artists and encourage patriotism in youth. Participation is open to any student in grades 9-12 who is a U.S. citizen or U.S. National who is enrolled in a public, private or parochial high school or home study program in…
UB holding photo contest
United Bank is redecorating their branches, and they’d like your help – and you might win prize money. The bank is asking for photos of farms, landscapes and buildings around Monroe, Escambia, or Baldwin counties in Alabama or Santa Rosa or Escambia counties in Florida. Photos should be emailed to marketing@unitedbank.com with your name, address, contact information and photo details no later than June 30, 2017. Large format photos are…
Companion dog another ‘life-changer’ for disabled veteran
Beth Wiggins recognizes the 2015 incident that landed her in a Mobile hospital, cost her both her legs and forced her to spend lengthy periods in two different rehabilitation facilities as a life-changing event. Last Saturday, May 13, she experienced another life-changing event. Wiggins, a Canoe resident who served two tours of duty before receiving an honorable discharge from the Marines as a corporal in 1999, was the recipient of…