Month: March 2021

Vietnam Veterans Week is being observed in Atmore this week, through Saturday, April 3. Individuals and businesses are encouraged to display yellow ribbons to honor and remember those who served in Vietnam. Shown is the ribbon at The Philanthropic Seed on the corner of Trammell and Ridgeley.

The Atmore Area Chamber of Commerce held a ribbon cutting for Glam Shak, Friday, March 26. Chamber board members, friends and family, and Glam Shak vendors joined owner Kim Nall for the occasion. Kim and her husband Gerald are shown standing behind the big bow, ready to cut the ribbon.

Kelsey Smith By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer When Isaac Kelsey and Cameron Smith travel across Atmore and the surrounding area, testifying for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, they carry a Book of Mormon with them.For the past few weeks, the two young men have been seen every other day carrying five-gallon buckets and grabbers.Isaac, 22, and Cameron, 20 — both elders of the church’s Melchizedek priesthood —…

Special to Atmore News In early April 2021, the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) will begin providing financial assistance for funeral expenses incurred after Jan. 20, 2020 for deaths related to coronavirus (COVID-19) to help ease some of the financial stress and burden caused by the pandemic. The policy was finalized March 24, and FEMA is now moving rapidly to implement this funeral assistance program nationwide.“At FEMA, our mission is…