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On a muggy lunchtime Wednesday, some 70 guests gathered at a pavilion just off Alabama 21 to pay tribute to a local summertime institution. Camp Hamilton, the Anniston YMCA’s day camp near Weaver, is marking 50 years of giving children an avenue to the great outdoors.

When Jessica Gaston picks her nephew Jackson up from the afterschool program at Pleasant Valley Elementary School, she said Wednesday, the 5-year-old often holds up one hand, fingers splayed. Just five minutes more with new friends, he’ll beg.

Tiffany Thompson is a fitness instructor at the YMCA’s Oxford location. The Oxford native joined the Y in 2003 after being invited to a fitness class by a friend.

What sport has a really funny name, was supposedly named after a dog and kind of sounds like it belongs in the kitchen? Pickleball!

Oxford makes waves in Calhoun County Swim Meet