Don Fletcher

Kids enjoy rootin’, tootin’ cowboy show at library
By DON FLETCHER News Staff Writer A week after being dazzled by a troupe of performing poodles, participants in the Atmore Public Library’s Summer Reading Program got a glimpse of what life was like in the days when cowboys drove huge herds of cattle across the plains of the U.S. West. More than 80 youngsters and about two dozen adult chaperones heard stories, songs and poems of the Wild West…
GSUMC to present patriotic concert
Special to Atmore News “Testament of Freedom,” featuring the words of Thomas Jefferson, will be a highlight at the annual Patriotic concert by the Chancel Choir of Gulf Shores United Methodist Church in the church sanctuary on Sunday, July 1, at 7 p.m. The concert program will also feature a number of favorite patriotic melodies as well as solos by popular local singers including Marsha Guyer, Janis Ray and Cody…
Local Y helping feed the Gulf Coast
News Staff Report Atmore Area YMCA is an active participant this year in Feeding the Gulf Coast’s summer feeding program, “Feel the Beat, Let’s Eat!” “This is the first year the [local] YMCA has participated in the program,” the Y’s CEO Paul Chason said. “The opportunity to provide a service to our community was too great to pass up. The meals program has certainly helped with our summer camp program,…
Gospel sing to benefit shooting victim
By DON FLETCHER News Staff Writer Proceeds of a June 30 gospel sing will be used to help transform a local mobile home into one that is more fully accessible to an Atmore teen who was left partially paralyzed when a classmate fired into a group of fellow students gathered on the porch of a Fourth Street residence. The benefit show is set to begin at 5 p.m. on Saturday,…
3 from Atmore attend chapter officer training
Over 180 members of The Delta Kappa Gamma Society International met in Montgomery at Dalraida Church of Christ on June 1, for chapter officer training. Mary Beth Lancaster, incoming president of Gamma Omega Chapter in Atmore, joined with the other Beta State chapter presidents to learn about her new position. She and outgoing chapter President Trachy Miller also participated in a transition ceremony in which Mary Beth was welcomed into…