The 2017 Coca-Cola Days 25^th Anniversary was held this past weekend, September 22-23, in Downtown Atlantic.

This year, there was a total of 110 registered Coca-Cola Collectors ranging from all around the country. To help welcome them into town, collectors and members of the community were treated to a Tailgate Party at the Atlantic Area Chamber of Commerce. The Atlantic Bottling Company grilled burgers and provided side dishes and an ice-cold Coca-Cola for everyone, serving 155 people.

Local sponsors took part in the 3^rd Annual Bottles on Parade. Decorated bottles were on display outside the following sponsors: Atlantic Coca-Cola Center & Museum, Cappels Ace Hardware, China Buffet, Nishna Valley Family YMCA, The Venue and Atlantic Inn & Suites. Community members and Coca-Cola Collectors spent the weeks leading up to Coca-Cola Days voting on their favorite bottle. Over 900 votes were collected. Cappel’s Ace Hardware took home the top prize.

Also this year, the Coca-Cola Committee celebrated the 25^th Anniversary with a raffle that included 25 items donated by area businesses. The raffle was valued at over $600.

The drawing took place at 2:00 PM on Saturday, September 23^rd at the close of the Show, Swap and Sell, at the Herring Building. The winner of the raffle was Bobbie Finley of Truro, IA.

You can find more information about Coca-Cola Days on www.cocacoladays.com or www.atlanticiowa.com. Save the date for the 2018 Coca-Cola Days, September 28-29, 2018. If you have questions, comments or want to be a part of Coca-Cola Days, please contact the Atlantic Area Chamber of Commerce at 712-243-3017 or chamber@atlanticiowa.com.

CLIVE, Iowa (AP) – The Iowa Lottery says the Social Security numbers of nearly 3,000 Iowa Lottery winners were inadvertently posted to a website this month.

The lottery said in a news release Tuesday that the information was in data spreadsheets listing winners of $600 or more in 2011 that were sent to a journalist as part of an open records request. The 2,967 Social Security numbers were accessible on a website for about 10 days until Sunday afternoon, two days after someone alerted lottery officials and a day after lottery officials asked the journalist to take it down.

The numbers were not immediately visible to website visitors, but could be revealed through extra steps by visitors.

Iowa Lottery CEO Terry Rich apologized for the release and said the lottery will offer credit monitoring to those whose data was released.

The Atlantic Police Department reports a minor accident occurred on Monday evening at 7th and Chestnut Streets. At 5:21pm two vehicles were eastbound on 7th Street approaching Chestnut. A vehicle driven my Mariah Orstad of Lewis slowed for a vehicle in front of her. A vehicle driven by Paul Rutherford of Atlantic attempted to stop behind Orstad but was unable to due to the wet street and ran into the back of Orstad’s vehicle. No injuries were reported. Each vehicle sustained an estimated $1,000 damage.