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Lupus awareness walk set for May 18
By DON FLETCHER News Staff Writer Anyone who has suffered from or had a loved one suffer from lupus knows how devastating the disease can be. Natalie Coates wants others to know that, too. Coates is the driving force behind the first Lupus Walk, an event designed to raise awareness of the long-term autoimmune disease that strikes a reported 16,000 people in the U.S. each year and can be fatal.…
by Don Fletcher access_time5 years ago
Get a hug – Give a hug
By SHERRY DIGMON News Publisher While you’re at Mayfest Saturday, you may drop by the Destiny Worship Center tent. There you’ll see something unusual – blindfolded people with outstretched arms. Pastor Dr. Bernard and First Lady Felicia Bishop are bringing a new project to Mayfest – Love Like Jesus Loves. “This is an opportunity for us to show love to the community,” Felicia Bishop said. “We’ll have volunteers who will…
by Sherry Digmon access_time5 years ago
‘Odd Couple’ opens Thursday
The Greater Escambia Council for the Arts’ production of “The Odd Couple” opens this week. Performances are Thursday through Saturday, May 2 through 4, at 7 p.m., with a Sunday matinee, May 5, at 2 p.m. Tickets are available at the box office and at Atmore News, 128 S. Main. Shown at a recent rehearsal are, from left, Joseph Seltzer, AJ Grassia, Rob Arrant, Cade Vickrey (in apron), and Phil…
by Atmore News access_time5 years ago
GECA to present ‘Odd Couple’
News Staff Report You may remember the movie with Walter Matthau and Jack Lemmon, or you may remember the television series with Jack Klugman and Tony Randall. If you watched “The Odd Couple” on the big screen or the small screen, you probably enjoyed Felix and Oscar. Now you can see them on stage. The Greater Escambia Council for the Arts is presenting “The Odd Couple” in May. Director Ellen…
by Atmore News access_time5 years ago
Despite small crowds, ‘Drive Green’ event deemed a success
By DON FLETCHER News Staff Writer The crowds that attended Smith Tractor Company’s three-store, John Deere-sponsored “Drive Green” event on April 13 were smaller than company officials had hoped for. The company’s sales manager, who said the less-than-anticipated turnout was most likely a matter of perception, still deemed the promotion a successful one. “It was fair,” Dewayne Williams, general manager of STC’s Atmore store said of the collective crowd that…
by Don Fletcher access_time5 years ago