Month: September 2020

Andy Tucker A couple of sweethearts are available for adoption at the local shelter. Although they’re featured together this week, they do not have to be adopted together. Andy is a 10-week-old domestic shorthair tabby. Tucker is a 9-month-old black and white domestic shorthair tabby. Both are playful, sweet kittens looking for a “purrfect” home. Both are up to date on vaccinations and available for adoption with a $60 adoption…

Special to Atmore News The Escambia County Board of Education will host a FREE substitute personnel virtual training session Friday, September 4, 9 a.m. If you are currently on the substitute list for the school district and become a substitute teacher, teacher assistant, secretary, cafeteria worker, bus driver or custodian, you must log in to this training before you can begin subbing for the 2020-2021 school year. No one will…

Kay and Weldon Vickrey Scraping gourds By CAROLYN DRINKARD Special to Atmore News Native Americans have had a special connection to purple martins for centuries. They erected gourd houses to attract these fascinating creatures, and in exchange, the birds kept insects off their crops and drove crows and other birds away from their corn. This cooperation between man and bird lives on today in Southwest Alabama, as southerners erect gourd…