Month: October 2019

Concerned Citizens of Atmore presented tubs of school uniforms to Escambia County Middle School to stock the ECMS Care Closet. Shown at the presentation Tuesday, October 29, are from left, Brandon Bartley, 8th grade; James Whatley, 8th grade; Cordia Lee; ECMS counselor; Lotoya Cooper-West, ECMS assistant principal; Jawuan Osborne, ECMS counselor; Sennie Banks, 8th grade; Sandra Davison Gray, Concerned Citizens.

The Atmore Area Chamber of Commerce and the Atmore Public Library sponsored a Williams Station Day creative writing contest for fourth-graders. The winners were to read their work at the event, but WSD was cancelled due to the weather. Entries were judged at the library, and the winners are shown here.

The Atmore Community Hospital Therapy Services held a Halloween event designed for children with special needs and their families Monday, October 28. Sometimes children with special needs are unable to participate in the traditional trick-or-treat experience due to the sights, sounds, and smells that accompany Halloween. Shown concocting some Halloween fun are physical therapist Bridgette Barnes, center; Camarie Caldwell, left; and Dakayla Kidd, right.

Gulf Coast Resource Conservation & Development Council awarded a $15,000 grant to Pride of Atmore to pay for having blueprints drawn up that will assist in the restoration of the historic Strand Theater. Shown at the October 28 check presentation are, from left, Pete Amerson (in rear), Cindy Colville, Myrna Monroe, Dale Ash, Foster Kizer, State Sen. Greg Albritton, Bub Gideons, State Rep. Alan Baker, Sandy Helton, Raymond Wiggins, Dawn…

Special to Atmore News On November 1 and 2, Living Historians from all over the country (and Japan) will be at Fort Morgan to commemorate the 75th Anniversary of the Battle of Peleliu, which took place in the Pacific Theater of Operations during WWII. From September to November of 1944, US Marines of the 1st Marine Division, Soldiers of the Army’s 81st Infantry Division, along with Navy Seabees fought to…