Year: 2018

Don Fletcher

Smith wants ordinances enforced; Webster wants respect
By DON FLETCHER News Staff Writer   Discord worked its way into the June 25 Atmore City Council meeting, as one member of the panel demanded that city ordinances regarding abandoned vehicles be enforced, and another demanded that he be given more respect in administering his district. The complaints weren’t raised until after a Mobile-based non-profit had elicited a promise of support in its effort to help lessen the area’s…
by Don Fletcher access_time6 years ago
Obituaries for the week of June 24, 2018
Charles Keevin Wiggins Mr. Charles Keevin Wiggins, age 58, of Pensacola, Fla., passed away Wednesday, June 13, 2018 in Pensacola, Fla. He was born in Atmore, Ala. to Audeen Godwin and Leonard Kent Wiggins. He graduated from Ernest Ward High School, Walnut Hill, Fla. and Auburn University, Auburn, Ala. He worked as a realtor in Alabama and Florida for twenty plus years, spending several years with Ricky Wiggins, Builder. He…
by Atmore News access_time6 years ago
ACH Auxiliary offers scholarships
Atmore Community Hospital Auxiliary is offering scholarships to individuals pursuing studies in a medical related field. Students must be currently enrolled in a healthcare program and must have completed at least one year at an accredited school. Graduate students will also be considered. Previous applicants may re-apply. Students must live in the Atmore geographic area. Applications may be picked up at Atmore Community Hospital Gift Shop or online infirmaryhealth.org/hospitals/atmore-community-hospital. The…
by Atmore News access_time6 years ago
Davis receives top honor
News Staff Report Atmore Lions Club member and Past President Patty Helton Davis has received one of the club’s top honors – the International President’s Award. She was nominated by District Governor Claudia Wigglesworth, Alabama Lions District 34C, not only for her work with the Atmore club but also with the Flomaton club. The presentation was made Tuesday, June 12, at a Flomaton Lions Club meeting. The following is taken…
by Atmore News access_time6 years ago
We Are Family teams up with GIVE 65
By SHERRY DIGMON News Staff Writer We Are Family Home Care of Atmore is one of two organizations in the state chosen to participate in the GIVE65 Event, the nation’s first and only online giving event focused on nonprofit programs and services that benefit senior citizens. At a meeting Thursday morning, June 14, We Are Family’s founder Patricia Cross talked about the organization and what this partnership could mean to…
by Sherry Digmon access_time6 years ago