Day: December 25, 2019

Folks at the Atmore SAIL Center enjoyed singing carols Friday, December 20, during their Christmas party. Gayle Hanks played keyboard with Charlotte Purvis and Mike Hanks leading the singing and performing. Shown singing along are, from left, Ann Amerson, Betty Brown and Hazel Higdon.

Santa is making a lot of stops around Atmore lately. Saturday evening, December 21, he stopped by St. Robert Bellarmine Catholic Church to visit with the children. Shown are, from left, Fr. Francis Sofie, Diana Garcia, Emma Holder, Lily Warren, JD Killam, Santa Claus (Frank Rodriguez), Wesley Killam, Juno Wilson, Athena Wilson, Fr. Gordon Milsted.

Kids in HIPPY Escambia enjoyed a Christmas party last week. Shown with staff and a parent or two are, seated in front, Lilly Burton; first row, Anna Marie Bledsoe, Sophia Rodriquez, Isabella Cuenca, Colby McIlwain, James McIlwain, Jayce Brown, Jase Eubanks, Noah Copenhaver, Gracelyn Stevens, Gunner Sellers, Gabby Douglas, Tammie Lassiter; second row, Shannon Kern, Hattie Curry, Tennessee Boyington, Kyler Boyington, Zariyah Oakley, Hannah McMahill, Kinley Brown, Eminlee Sanks, Justin…

Students at Rachel Patterson Elementary School have been busy creating ornaments for their Christmas trees. Not only have they been decorating, they’ve been involved in a Christmas tree decorating competition. In last week’s Atmore News, we published the winners of the trees that won, but we had to wait for the results of the Facebook Favorite Tree. That honor goes to the second grade’s Frosty & Friends, shown here.