Month: June 2018

Don Fletcher

Light turnout for 2018’s first Market in the Park
By DON FLETCHER News Staff Writer Although Saturday (June 9) gave little indication, those who grow vegetables, fruits and nuts — or those who whip up home-made jams, jellies and such — are sure word will spread quickly that the Atmore Area Chamber of Commerce’s 2018 Market in the Park promotion is under way. Less than a dozen veggie vendors, honey hawkers and baked-goods barkers were on hand to market…
by Don Fletcher access_time6 years ago
Churches feed multitude of first responders, families
By DON FLETCHER News Staff Writer There weren’t 5,000 people there, and there was lots more food than five barley loaves and two fishes. But a collaborative effort between a wide range of diverse churches to honor current and former first responders had some similarities to the miracle performed by Christ and reported in all four Gospels. The event, titled “First Responders, Our Amazing Heroes,” took place Saturday, June 9,…
by Don Fletcher access_time6 years ago
Summer readers have ‘dog-gone good time’ at library
By DON FLETCHER News Staff Writer It was apparent to the hundred or so youngsters and adults who attended the June 8 installment of Atmore Public Library’s summer reading program that the local book repository had gone to the dogs. And each one loved the fact that it had. As promised on her website, Michelle Harrell and Michelle’s Magic Poodles —— her cadre of curly-haired canines — provided a “dog-gone…
by Don Fletcher access_time6 years ago
Downtown historic commission possible
By DON FLETCHER News Staff Writer The agenda for the Monday, June 11, Atmore City Council meeting contained only two business items, but the discussion and debate created by one of them took up the majority of the half-hour session. Foster Kizer, executive director of Pride of Atmore Committee, and Herb Hackman, president of the Atmore Historical Society, requested that the council create a downtown historic commission, which would in…
by Don Fletcher access_time6 years ago
Primary election recap
Reynolds wins commission seat By DON FLETCHER News Staff Writer Political newcomer Karean Reynolds, who recently became the first person of color to earn membership in the Escambia County Bar Association, defeated incumbent District 5 County Commissioner David Quarker in the June 5 primary. Only 825 of the district’s registered voters turned out to decide who would represent them on the county commission for the next four years. Reynolds was…
by Don Fletcher access_time6 years ago