Year: 2019

Atmore News

WCA donates to GECA
Wind Creek Atmore recently donated TITO (Ticket In Ticket Out) funds to the Greater Escambia Council for the Arts. The donation was $8,926.57. Shown at the check presentation Friday, September 20, are, from left, Amanda McMillan (WCA); Wanetta McGinty and Jerry Janes (GECA);Terri Breckenridge (WCA); Phil Johnson, Gilda Stubben and Sharon Poulsen (GECA).
by Atmore News access_time6 years ago
HIPPY visits Turtle Point
News Staff Report Members of this year’s HIPPY (Home Instruction for Parents of Preschool Youngsters) class enjoyed a visit to Turtle Point Friday, September 13. Shown in the Rock Garden are (in no particular order) Kinley Brown, Jayce Brown, Jase Eubanks, Noah Copenhaver, Jameson and Eminlee Sanks, Ka’Leah Richardson, Juno Wilson, Kaison Arnold, Seth Clemmons, Addilyn Carrasal, John David and Matthew Schrock, Sophia Rodriquez, Isabella Cuenca, Colby McIlwain, Hannah McMahill,…
by Atmore News access_time6 years ago
Homecoming, revival set at Mt. Olive
Pastor Dr. Monroe Tucker Jr. and the congregation of Mt. Olive Missionary Baptist Church will hold homecoming revival later this month. Services begin Sunday, October 27, 3 p.m., with Bishop Dashwood Riley, Messenger, New Calvary Temple, Century. Services continue Monday through Wednesday, October 28-30, 7:30 p.m., nightly. The Rev. Dr. Timothy Woods, Hopewell Baptist Church, Birmingham, is the revival evangelist. Rev. Tucker and the congregation encourage everyone to feel free…
by Atmore News access_time6 years ago
RPES custodian puts mop in bucket for last time
By DON FLETCHER News Staff Writer When Tera Coon woke up around 5:30 a.m. Monday, September 30, and began preparing for work, it hit her. There was no need to hurry because for the first time in a quarter-century, there was no job to hurry to. “I’ve got to get used to it,” laughed the former Rachel Patterson Elementary School custodian, who put her mop back in its bucket for…
by Don Fletcher access_time6 years ago
30th anniversary
We Care Thrift Store celebrated its 30th anniversary Friday, September 27, with an Atmore Area Chamber of Commerce-sponsored ribbon cutting. The first store was opened here by Aaron and Vera Martin on September 29, 1989, and stores were later opened in Flomaton and Monroeville. Shown from left in photo: Shawn Rounsavall, Emilee Waters, Don Metzler, Jonathan McMath, Mary Thomas, Ruth Robert, Ben Nolt, Kevin Kennel, Erin Hankins, Erin Hollingsworth and…
by Atmore News access_time6 years ago