Author: Sherry Digmon

Sherry Digmon

RP students celebrate
By SHERRY DIGMON News Publisher Rachel Patterson Elementary School went down in history last week when the school was selected one of 21 Alabama Bicentennial Schools of Excellence, based on the success of its Pandas for Pets partnership with the Atmore / PCI Animal Shelter. The presentation was made by Gov Kay Ivey Tuesday, September 3, in Montgomery with RP principal John Brantley, Escambia County Superintendent of Education John Knott,…
by Sherry Digmon access_time5 years ago
It’s about sacrifice
Honoring first responders By SHERRY DIGMON News Publisher For the 13th year, the congregations of Trinity Episcopal Church and St. Anna’s Episcopal Church hosted a Blue Mass to honor first responders who serve in Atmore, Poarch and the surrounding area. The service is also a time to remember those who perished September 11, 2001, in the attack on America. This year’s service was held Sunday, September 8, at Trinity. The…
by Sherry Digmon access_time5 years ago
Homecoming set at Bethel UMC
By SHERRY DIGMON News Publisher Bethel United Methodist Church is holding homecoming services August 25 and the congregation is pleased to have the Rev. Jean Spikes bringing the message. If you talk with most women in the clergy in the United Methodist Church, they’ll tell you whose shoulders they stand on – Rev. Jean Spikes’ shoulders. She was the first female ordained minister in the Methodist denomination and has been…
by Sherry Digmon access_time5 years ago
Benefit set for Rodgers
By SHERRY DIGMON News Publisher It’s a situation none of us want to be in. A serious illness. You need a particular medicine, one that’s approved treatment for other illnesses – but not yours. And that situation is where Kenneth “Kenny” Rodgers is right now. Kenny is afflicted with a type of pulmonary fibrosis, cryptogenic organizing pneumonia. He was diagnosed last June and was on one medication for nine to…
by Sherry Digmon access_time5 years ago
Scholarship. Leadership. Talent.
By SHERRY DIGMON News Publisher Nine young ladies participated in the Distinguished Young Women program Saturday, July 27, in Brewton. Only one young lady from Atmore participated. Jada Johnson, Escambia County High School, represented her school and town with grace and poise. The ladies competed in five categories – scholastics (25 percent), interview (25 percent), talent (20 percent), fitness (15 percent), and self-expression (15 percent). But there is no pageant…
by Sherry Digmon access_time5 years ago