Month: October 2019

The Arbor Day Foundation will brighten up your fall by offering 10 colorful trees and bushes when you join the organization in October. The free trees are part of the nonprofit Arbor Day Foundation’s Trees for America campaign, a program dedicated to environmental stewardship through the planting of trees. Everyone who joins the Arbor Day Foundation in October will receive 10 colorful trees and bushes selected for their area. The…

By SHERRY DIGMON News Publisher American Legion Post 90 and the Legion Auxiliary hosted a reception for Boys and Girls State delegates Thursday, October 10. Each year, the Legion sponsors six young men and the Auxiliary sponsors three young women to attend the leadership program held at the University of Alabama in Tuscaloosa. Students from Escambia Academy, Escambia County High School and Flomaton High School are selected. Students are chosen…

Special to Atmore News Atmore Memorial VFW Auxiliary Post #7016 announces the kick-off of the VFW Auxiliary’s annual Young American Creative Patriotic Art Contest. Local students in grades 9 through 12 have the opportunity to compete for $29,500 in national scholarships. Silver Abbott, a student at Foley High School, won first place in the 2018-2019 Young American Creative Patriotic Art Contest, winning a $15,000 college scholarship. Abbott was sponsored by…

By PAUL CHASON Special to Atmore News The Billy Glenn Rushing Post 90 of Atmore announces an opportunity for local high school students to participate in a National American Legion Program. The “Oratorical” contest is a series of public speaking opportunities that could result is a scholarship up to $18,000 for first place winners at the national level. Guidance counselors at Escambia County High School, Escambia Academy and Flomaton High…

Several members of the HealthActions Silver Sneakers class are shown having breakfast Thursday, October 10. Rather than participating in an exercise class, members and their guests enjoyed food and fellowship – courtesy of HealthActions.