Day: April 11, 2018

Don Fletcher

National Walking Day held
Twenty-one individuals from the Chamber and three other organizations participated in the first-ever local observance of National Walking Day, held April 5 at Atmore Area YMCA, including employees and executives of United Bank, an area official of Point Broadband and several of the local Y’s employees and board members. Shown above are walkers and Y personnel. Shown below, from left, front, Brandy Giger, Jordan Barnett, Emily Harp; back, Daniel Harp…
by Don Fletcher access_time6 years ago
‘The calm voice on the other end of the line’ – Honoring emergency dispatchers
    By TOM TSCHIDA Special to Atmore News Really, how hard could it be to be a dispatcher? When someone calls because something is missing, you send the police. When the call is about something that is burning, you send the fire department, and of course if someone is hurt, you send an ambulance. Seems like a walk in the park to me … Right? Well, that’s the idea…
by Atmore News access_time6 years ago
MCC holds 5K Color Fun Run/Walk
McCullough Christian Center Xtreme Kidz held a 5K Color Fun Run/Walk Saturday, April 7, to raise funds for summer events. Some of the folks who participated were, in no order, Tammy Drew, Michael Kircharr, Cornelius Phillips, Braleigh Phillips, Tammy Frye, Jenna Frye, Madi Grimsley, Chris Grimsley, Brian McGill, Sarah McGill, Will Jay, Kim Peavy, Anna Kathryn Peavy, Lauren Peavy, Scott Lee, Donna Lee, Jacob Lee, Kyla Lee, Jordan Talmage, Lisa…
by Submitted Article access_time6 years ago
Mourning Robert Maxwell – Grandfather’s clock has stopped
Among his many “duties,” Robert Maxwell was the song leader in Atmore Lions Club for decades. The song he selected most often (as I recall) was “My Grandfather’s Clock” by Henry Clay Work. “My grandfather’s clock was too tall for the shelf So it stood ninety years on the floor … Ninety years without slumbering Tic toc tic toc His life’s seconds numbering Tic toc tic toc It stopped, short,…
by Sherry Digmon access_time6 years ago
Parker book signing Friday
Dr. Max Parker, Professor Emeritus at the University of Florida, is bringing his memoir, The Real Education of Sweet Papa T, to his hometown at a book signing Friday, April 13. First National Bank & Trust is hosting the event from 10 a.m. until 1 p.m. Dr. Parker’s book consists of a series of short stories about a young Black boy who worked his way out of poverty to a…
by Atmore News access_time6 years ago