Atmore News

HRSA Nurse Corps scholarships available
Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) 2017 NURSE Corps Scholarship Program applications are due May 11 and information is available  online at https://bhw.hrsa.gov/loansscholarships/nursecorps/scholarship. Helpline via the Bureau of Health Workforce at 800-221-9393; additional HRSA information online at www.hrsa.gov. The 2017 Application and Program Guidance is available online along with pre-recorded webinars. As a student accepted or enrolled in a diploma, associate, baccalaureate, or graduate degree nursing program, you can receive…
Helping Debbie
Atmore Community Hospital Auxiliary held a bake sale and raffled a basket with lots of good stuff to raise money to help ACH nurse Debbie Rutherford who is battling cancer. Linda Lowrey won the raffle. Members of the Auxiliary are shown with Debbie, from left, Ernestine Arnold, Judy Rathsack, Thelma Grant, Sarah Hall, Debbie Rutherford, Marlene Forester, Patsy Brown, and Hazel Rolin.
Theodore couple wins ECHS barbecue festival
Last weekend’s Atmore Barbecue Festival provided local residents with an opportunity to sample some of the best grilled chicken, ribs and pork in the area, while also contributing to the economies of five of those communities. All 12 trophies and every penny of the $2,650 prize money went to a handful of “outside teams” who were judged the best of the bunch at the event, which took place Friday and…
Byrne’s meeting turns into healthcare debate
Although it was billed as a town hall meeting, Congressman Bradley Byrne’s April 18 appearance at Poarch Band of Creek Indians Tribal Chambers quickly turned into a debate on healthcare. All but about 18 minutes of the not-quite-60-minute session were filled with questions from the audience of about 40 people regarding the future of the Affordable Care Act, or Obamacare. Most of the questions and comments were presented in civil,…
Into the corn
In background, medics prepare to load a local woman into an ambulance after her Mitsubishi Outlander skidded when she braked to avoid hitting other vehicles, slid into a corn field and overturned. The single-vehicle crash occurred just before 8 a.m. on April 19. According to a witness who was in a vehicle ahead of the Mitsubishi, a log truck was headed north in the state highway’s inside lane when it…