Year: 2019

Special to Atmore News The Atmore Lions Club met on October 16 in the Mayson Auditorium of Atmore Community Hospital. President Bub Gideons opened the meeting and the invocation was given by Lion Audrey Moon. Following the Pledge of Allegiance, Tangie Brown McMillian, Megan Young, and Leslie Henderson were introduced as visitors. Lion Anna Marie Gilchrist, who was responsible for the program, gave an overview of the sight program which…

By DON FLETCHER News Staff Writer Atmore has its share of people struggling to get by, those who have a hard time keeping clean clothes on their children’s back and supplying their children with personal hygiene items. If those children attend Escambia County Middle School, they can find a helping hand in the school’s clothes closet, where everything from extra uniforms and shoes to toothpaste, toothbrushes, soap and a place…

Special to Atmore News The 20th annual Pioneer Day living history festival will be Saturday, Oct. 26, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the museum in Grove Hill. The free living history event features costumed re-enactors demonstrating early life in southwest Alabama. The Willie Overton Memorial Tractor & Engine show will be another featured event. More than 30 demonstrations representing different times in history are scheduled simultaneously throughout the day…

The LA Bikers Toyz for Kidz auction is always well attended, always fun and always profitable. PeeWee and Annie Powell and Jody Jeter organize the auction every year, but the profits don’t go to them. They use auction proceeds to buy Christmas gifts for area families. Annie said the auction held last week, Thursday, Oct. 17, was one of the best ever. Numerous volunteers are to be commended for the…

Ribs on Ridgeley was held Thursday, October 17, and as always was well attended. Bub Gideons with Pride of Atmore, the organization sponsoring the event, said about 175 attended on Ridgeley, while some chose to take to-go plates. Proceeds benefit POA’s downtown revitalization project.