Day: July 13, 2022

Registration for the third session of swimming and diving lessons began Monday, July 11, at the Tom Byrne Park pool. Lessons will be July 18 – August 5 with classes at 9, 10 and 11. These classes will meet Monday – Friday for one hour each.Director Betty Warren said, with regret, there will be no evening classes due to a lack of swimming teachers. Lessons cannot be held with needed…

Special to Atmore News With heat indices rising into triple digits, the Alabama Department of Public Health advises the public to be alert to the warning signs of heat illnesses. Heat-related illnesses occur when the body is exposed to high temperatures. The incidence of these illnesses rises expectedly during warm weather periods, and anyone exposed to high temperatures or extreme heat can experience symptoms when the body’s temperature control system…

Patty Helton Davis PHD Realty owner / broker Patty Helton Davis is featured in Mobile Bay Real Producers, July 2022 magazine. The article is by Dave Danielson with photos by James Avera, Avera Design.The article about Patty is titled Faith & Purpose and begins with Jeremiah 29:11: “For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the Lord, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to…

Todd Williamson and Hugh Fountain By RANDY TATANOSpecial to Atmore News When Hugh Fountain was announced as the new head football coach for W.S. Neal High School in East Brewton, it carried significance that went beyond sports. It reunited two men who have been friends since kindergarten.Fountain and principal Todd Williamson are both alumni of the W.S. Neal class of ’82.“This is our 40th reunion,” Williamson said. “There’s nothing like…

By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer Friends and family members of the late Ewing Darrell “Bubba” Ardis, those from the area and those from across the U.S., will gather this weekend in the tiny Lotte community for the fifth annual tribute to the car enthusiast, who passed away in July 2018, just as the first tribute was beginning.Bubba Cruz 5, this year’s event, is a two-day affair that will take place…