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VFW Auxiliary announces Patriotic Art Poster Contest
Atmore Memorial VFW Auxiliary to Post 7016 announces the kick-off of the VFW Auxiliary’s Summer Patriotic Art Poster Contest. Children ages 4-15 have the opportunity to compete for prize money in four age categories: 4-6, 7-9, 10-12, and 13-15. The winner in each age group will receive $25. This poster contest is a local follow-up to the National VFW Auxiliary’s Young American Creative Patriotic Art Scholarship Contest for students in…
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Ruzic named Coastal Gateway EDA Executive Director
Will Ruzic has been named executive director of Coastal Gateway Regional Economic Development Alliance, the five-county, nonprofit economic development organization representing Choctaw, Clarke, Conecuh, Escambia and Monroe counties. Ruzic becomes the fourth executive director in the organization’s history. He succeeds Dr. John A. Johnson, who retired from full-time service to the alliance. Johnson had served as executive director of the organization for the past three years. Ruzic, who has served…
by Submitted Article access_time9 years ago
GSUMC to present annual patriotic concert
An all-inclusive “Salute to the Armed Forces” will be among the numbers presented by the Chancel Choir of Gulf Shores United Methodist Church at its annual Patriotic Concert on Sunday evening, July 2, at 7 p.m., in the church sanctuary. Admission to the concert is free, but a love offering will be taken for a popular veterans’ charity, K9sforwarriors.org, providing service dogs without charge for former military men and women.…
by Submitted Article access_time9 years ago
ID a tree – ADF offers book to help
The Arbor Day Foundation has a book that helps people identify trees in a simple, step-by-step process. The book, What Tree Is That?, is available for a $5 donation to the nonprofit tree-planting organization. What Tree Is That? is a fun, easy-to-use tree identification guide that features hand-drawn botanical illustrations highlighting the distinctive characteristics of many tree species. Nature lovers and professional arborists alike have called this pocket field guide…
by Submitted Article access_time9 years ago
VBS at FUMC
Vacation Bible School at First United Methodist Church has a serious side. While Bible stories, games, singing, and crafts are part of the fun, VBS kids are also raising money for Pilots for Christ. Monday evening, Rosalyn Sales, above, with PFC talked about the work they do in transporting patients long distances for medical treatment. It’s boys versus girls in the fund-raising competition for PFC, but Sales also asked for…
by Sherry Digmon access_time9 years ago