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By Atmore News Staff Brief visitRichard Monroe and Phillip Monroe stopped in Atmore last week for a short visit with their mother, Myrna Monroe. While here, the siblings pressure-washed Miss Myrna’s house and trimmed the bushes in her yard. Miss Myrna said she, Richard and Phillip enjoyed dinner at David’s Catfish House, then chatted into the late hours of the brief stopover. The boys drove to Orange Beach the next…
by Atmore News access_time1 year ago
Farmers Market Vouchers now available to
low-income seniors
Special to Atmore News Escambia County Agency on Aging is now assisting seniors over the age of 60 to apply for Farmers Market Vouchers.The program provides eligible, low-income seniors with a $50 benefit card for purchases from certified vendors. This program has limited funding, and food benefits are available on a first-come, first-served basis until available funds are committed.The Senior Farmers Market Nutrition Program (SFMNP) is a federally funded program…
by Atmore News access_time1 year ago
They were soldiers once … and young
By BONNIE BARTEL LATINO In last week’s Atmore News I wrote about US Army SP5 Rayford Gohagin, who was my classmate at Escambia County High School and who was killed in Vietnam on May 13, 1969. I mentioned two other young men, who were only a year or two younger than the students in Rayford’s and my class and who also died in Vietnam. They were Larry Gonzales and Allen…
by Atmore News access_time1 year ago
Professor with Atmore ties pens debut novel
Rozelle autographs a copy of his book for Don Noble, host of Bookmark By BONNIE BARTEL LATINOSpecial to Atmore News Professor Lee Rozelle has published his first novel, The Battle of Jasmine Wills.A professor of literature at the University of Montevallo, Alabama’s only liberal arts college, Rozelle describes his debut novel as, “A wild and heartfelt tale of abduction and revenge, body shaming, and media fame.” Montag Press published this…
by Atmore News access_time1 year ago