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Alabama Lions Club inducts Yamandu Acosta into Hall of Fame

Yamandu Acosta, whose legacy of hospitality, the culinary arts, and service lives on with those who knew him, was posthumously awarded the highest honor by the Alabama Lions Club. Acosta, who was a resident of Eufaula at the time of his death in 2018 and a former resident of Clayton, was one of the inductees in the Alabama Lions Hall of Fame during ceremonies held at Wallace Community College in Hanceville this month.

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BCHS Jaguars open season Friday

BY ANDRE WRIGHT New Barbour County High School Jaguar head football coach Daniel Powell is ready to start a new era this season as his team will open up this Friday night at Pataula Charter School (Ga.) The Jaguars are coming off a 1-9 season a year ago getting a forfeit win over Stewart County (Ga.). They have not won a game on the field since 2013.

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