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Atmore News

Elizabeth Mitchelle wins pageant

Special to Atmore News Elizabeth Mitchelle of Atmore was crowned the overall queen in the Sunburst Miss Merry Christmas pageant at Santa Rosa Mall Saturday, December 1. She will participate in semi-finals in Orlando Memorial Day weekend. If successful there, Elizabeth will advance to finals in Atlanta in August. Judging is based on beauty and personality. Contestants compete for the opportunity to win $10,000, $5,000, $2,000, $1,000, $500 savings bonds…

Christmas dinner at the VFW

By SHERRY DIGMON News Staff Writer There are some things you just know when you’re going to the VFW Christmas party every year. The food will be good. The fellowship will be sweet. And the Dirty Santa game will be fun. But it was a little different this year – still good, sweet and fun – but different. There was an empty chair at the VFW Christmas dinner Monday night,…

Jingle Bell Run

Though the weather was threatening, 30 people participated in the Jingle Bell 5K Run/Walk Saturday, Dec. 1. Top male finishers are shown, from left, Noah Sheffield (16y) 25:16; Tucker Spence (16y) 29:56; Kaden Kinsey (12y) 30:57. Top female finishers are shown, from left, Bayley Burgess (16y) 28:06; Rain Woods (8y) 31:52; Shannon Josey (41) 32:24.

JUB asks: Are you ready to rock?

Special to Atmore News Prepare the stage floor, fog machine, laser lights and sound equipment – J. U. Blacksher High School is one week away from hosting a hair-raising concert! The 80s cover band The Velcro Pygmies perform at the school’s Dawg Jam ’18 concert on Wednesday, Dec. 12, at 1 p.m. in the school’s gym. The band is a partner of Reach and Teach, a teaching curriculum that centers…

USPS offers personalized Santa letters

Special to Atmore News WASHINGTON – Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa Claus – and the U.S. Postal Service can help you prove it when Santa replies to your child’s letter – complete with a North Pole postmark. Here are the steps for your child to get a letter back from Santa: 1. Have your child write a letter to Santa and place it in an envelope addressed to: Santa…