May 5, 2021 - Page 2 of 4

Atmore News

ECTS Class of ’59 awards scholarships

Harold Dailey, at right, representing the Escambia County Training School Class of 1959, is shown awarding scholarships to descendants of ECTS who met certain criteria. Shown receiving the awards are Sanaa Pleasant, left, planning to attend Coastal Alabama Community College; Destiny Brown, center, planning to attend Alabama State University. Not pictured is Jamarcus Leslie, planning to attend Troy University.

Royal Rangers attend camp

Royal Rangers Outpost 63 from Atmore First Assembly of God attended the Alabama District Pow Wow April 23-25, in Springville, Ala. The boys / young men participated in tomahawk and knife throwing, .22 and shotgun shooting, zip line, rappelling, geocaching and many more fun activities. Each morning started with a devotion and each night they had preaching. Royal Rangers is a boys / young men ministries kindergarten through 12th grade,…

ACS Lady Rams’season ends

By JOSH FRYENews Sportswriter After a long, hard-fought battle, Atmore Christian School’s girls’ softball team officially ended the 2021 season with a 10-4 loss to Aletheia Christian Academy last Monday, April 26.Anna Weaver took the loss on the mound for the Lady Rams. Weaver surrendered 10 runs on 15 hits and pitched just over 7 innings. Weaver struck out 6 batters. ACS racked up 6 hits during the game. The…

EA’s season halted by Edgewood

By JOSH FRYENews Sportswriter Escambia Academy’s varsity baseball season came to an end last Friday, April 30, when Edgewood Academy knocked the Cougars out of the 2021 AISA Baseball Playoffs. The Wildcats won 2 out of 3 games in a best of 3 series against the Cougars.During game 1 last Thursday April 29, EA started out slow, but found a way to win after trailing during the top of the…

Biden’s first 100 days: A failure to lead

Congressman Jerry Carl When President Biden ran for office, he promised to work in a bipartisan manner for the betterment of all Americans. In an attempt to build goodwill, several colleagues and I sent President Biden a letter on his first day in office letting him know we would like a seat at the table on specific issues such as infrastructure and COVID relief, but our requests have been entirely…