Don Fletcher

Small but enthusiastic crowd for Stomp the Yard
There weren’t nearly as many youngsters stomping across the grounds of Houston Avery Park last Saturday (November 4) as there traditionally are when Destiny Worship Center presents its annual Stomp the Yard Youth Day. But those who did tread the park’s confines did so with gusto. Laughter and squeals of delight could be heard throughout the neighborhoods surrounding the municipal park as about 100 children, from toddlers to teens, came…
National Hospice and Palliative Care Month
To most people, the thought of hospice care is a frightening one, an admission that they or a loved one are at life’s end. Even those in the hospice business admit that there is a stigma attached to the entrance of hospice into a patient’s medical care package. But those same professionals also point out that such thoughts, while to some degree justifiable, are built upon misconception and fear. “I…
Greater Mount Triumph to hold Harvest Day Celebration
Pastor Willie Hawthorne, officers and members of Greater Mount Triumph Missionary Baptist Church invite all to worship with them during their Annual Harvest Day Celebration to be held on Sunday, November 19, at 3 p.m. The Reverend Osbry Millender, Pastor of Mount Zion Baptist Church in Claiborne, Alabama and the Pastor of Mars Hill Baptist Church in Peterman, Alabama, will bring the message. The Master of Order for this occasion…
JUB Homecoming Court
J.U. Blacksher High School homecoming was held Friday, November 3. Members of the court are, from left, Sixth-grade Maid Tyreonna Daily, Seventh-grade Maid Natalie Turk, Eighth-grade Maid Cheyan Gibson, Freshman Maid Haley Gulsby, Assistant Principal Courtney McBride, Homecoming Queen Jae-Lauren Nipper, Senior Maid Maid Kaylee Weatherford, Senior Maid Brianna Jackson, Sophomore Maid Chelsey Jackson, Junior Maid Jaslyn McMillian. News photo by Carol Welch  
Daniel, Whitehead to wed
Deborah and Danny Daniel of Auburn, Alabama (formerly of Atmore, Alabama) are pleased to announce the engagement of their daughter, Levy Laurens Daniel, to Randel Everette Whitehead, son of Martha and Randy Whitehead, of Athens, Georgia. Miss Daniel is a graduate of Northview High School and Auburn University where she graduated Summa Cum Laude with a Master’s Degree in Clinical Mental Counseling. She is employed with Auburn University, College of…