Month: July 2023

Don Fletcher

Local recycling center helps take stress off landfills
Ty’Derious Rothchild, left, and Chris Norman prescreen bags of recyclables. By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer The City of Atmore doesn’t have a high-tech recycling center, but local citizens still manage to send around 20 tons of recyclable paper, glass, metal and other materials to high-tech recycling centers elsewhere.“We usually take about two tons a month, or at least a ton and half, to the recycling centers,” said Calvin Grace, Public…
by Don Fletcher access_time1 year ago
Happy Independence Day
Congressman Jerry Carl On July 4, 1776, the Second Continental Congress signed the Declaration of Independence, declaring independence from the hand of the oppressive British monarchy. Two days later, John Hancock, who was the President of Congress, sent letters to each colony and to General Washington announcing the Declaration. It was then read out loud to citizens in celebrations in towns and cities all over the colonies as everyone prepared…
by Submitted Article access_time1 year ago
Fun at the library
Award winning readers. Reading awards were presented to, from left, front, Rorey McGregor, Carter Potts, Amber Hadley, Olivia Stewart; middle, Wailyn Jones, Teman Crayton (front), Brenton Jones, Ava Yeldon, Aaron Crenshaw, Michael McGettrick, Wil Copenhaven, Kannon Atkins, Paisley Macks; back, Carlie Murphy, Chloe Weaver, Trinity Washington, A’Zadian Knight, Ryla Crayton, Mikayla Allen. Not pictured are Paige Koehn, Karli Seale, Trinity Jade, Paisley Angelo. By SHERRY DIGMONNews Publisher Patrons young and…
by Sherry Digmon access_time1 year ago
Escambia County Schools hires math coaches
By RANDY TATANOSpecial to Atmore News The 2022 Alabama Numeracy Act requires K-5 schools to have a math coach by the year 2027.The Escambia County School System isn’t waiting four years.Math coaches have already been hired and recently returned from a training session in Birmingham. They’ll be hitting the ground running when the new school year begins in August.School system Elementary Curriculum Supervisor Nicole Spottswood felt there was no point…
by Atmore News access_time1 year ago
LA donates to park
Leadership Atmore Class 2023 enhanced Westside Park as one of their class projects this year.They had four picnic tables built and placed at the park at the basketball court. Class members shown with the tables are, from left, Ruthie Stephens, Stephanie Barnes, Wendy Taylor, Christopher Corbitt, Tripp Ward, Shelly White, Ariel Vickrey, Brian Booker. Class members not pictured are Cordia Lee, Marlo Young, Dawn Kelley, Mieshia Staples.
by Atmore News access_time1 year ago