Year: 2020

Don Fletcher

ECMS named Imagine Nation Beacon School
By DON FLETCHER News Staff Writer Escambia County Middle School students, who have taken to the Imagine Learning curriculum like ducks to water since it was introduced here less than four years ago, quickly earned the designation as one of the digital learning program’s Schools of Excellence. Now the school has, in a sense, graduated. In a congratulatory letter to ECMS Principal Debbie Bolden, Imagine Learning Chief Executive Officer Jeremy…
by Don Fletcher access_time5 years ago
2 area deaths
Some restrictions eased as pandemic curve begins to level off By DON FLETCHER News Staff Writer Alabama of Public Health officials have watched anxiously as the COVID-19 virus has continued to be a force to be reckoned with. But, according to data released by ADPH this week, the pandemic’s “curve” seems to be flattening to some degree. The number of confirmed cases within the state has now exceeded 8,000. Health…
by Don Fletcher access_time5 years ago
Obituaries, week of May 3,2020
Jackie Lorinda McGhee Smith Ms. Jackie Lorinda McGhee Smith, age 72, of Poarch, Ala., passed away Friday, April 24, 2020. She was a graduate of Escambia County High School, retiree of Masland Carpet (over 30 years of employment) and a member of the Poarch Band of Creek Indians. She was preceded in death by her mother and father, Ernestine and DC Daughtry, father, Julius ‘Jack’ McGhee; granddaughter, Abigale Renea Smith…
by Atmore News access_time5 years ago
EREC awards college scholarships
Barrow Brown Special to Atmore News Escambia River Electric Cooperative announced the winners of the 2020 Herman D. Johnson Scholarship Awards: Keaton Brown of Escambia County and Kendall Barrow of Santa Rosa County. Keaton is the son of Chris and Sandy Brown. Keaton plans to major in aerospace engineering and was nominated by Congressman Matt Gaetz to the U.S. Naval Academy and the U.S. Military Academy at West Point. Keaton…
by Atmore News access_time5 years ago
The new kind of birthday party
Mildred Jackson Shepard’s 90th birthday was Friday, April 24. To celebrate such a milestone, the family usually throws a big party, but the coronavirus pandemic has changed all that. At best, well-wishers have to extend birthday greetings as they drive by and stay in their vehicles. That’s what Mrs. Shepard’s friends did Friday afternoon. Folks drove by, some blew the horns, others shouted greetings, and all waved. By the way,…
by Atmore News access_time5 years ago