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The Greater Escambia Council for the Arts’ production of “Harvey” opens Thursday, May 18, and runs through Sunday.The cast is as follows:Elwood P. Dowd – Dietrich BoundurantVeta Louise Simmons – Leslie GarnerBetty Chumley – Priscilla EbyE.J. Lofgren – Priscilla EbyMrs. Ethel Chauvenet – Priscilla EbyJudge Omar Gaffney – Jerry JanesWilliam R. Chumley, M.D. – Vincent JayeLyman Sanderson, M.D. – Albert GrassiaRuth Kelly, R.N. – Katherine EbyMyrtle Mae Simmons – Courtney…

Former ECHS English teacher: ‘The valiant taste death only once’ Father Albert Kennington, right, talks about his former student during the ceremony. Seated in front are, from left, Gohagin’s widow, Connie Gohagin Dorriety; Mickey Powell, Gohagin’s nephew, Dauphin Gohagin. By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer For some of the crowd gathered Saturday, May 13, at McCullough Cemetery, the rapidly climbing temperature and the thick humidity might have brought back a few…

By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer Although members of the Escambia County Board of Education and county school officials discussed several topics during a May 10 workshop at the Atmore Central Office, the discussions kept coming back to the same thing, the school system’s finances.“I know you guys had questions about finances [at the last meeting], where we were as far as bonds and things of that nature,” said Chief Schools…

By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer The Escambia County Board of Education, meeting May 10 at the Central Office in Atmore, followed a lengthy workshop with a relatively short special meeting, during which the board approved revision of the school system’s salary schedule to account for summer schoolteachers, and a revision to the system’s Foreign Exchange Program procedures.Superintendent of Education Michele McClung said one of the most important agenda items was…