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Lions donate for sight bus
Special to Atmore News The Atmore Lions Club met Wednesday, August 21, at the Atmore Country Club. President Bub Gideons presided. Lion Audrey Moon gave the invocation and blessing. Alabama Lion Sight Executive Director Barry Elliott was introduced as the guest speaker and spoke on this being the 75th year anniversary of Lions Sight. His presentation included pictures of the sight bus which is used to check vision in rural…
by Atmore News access_time5 years ago
AG combats illegal robocalls
(MONTGOMERY) – Attorney General Steve Marshall announced that 12 phone companies are adopting a set of principles to fight illegal robocalls, as a result of the work of a bipartisan public and private coalition of 51 attorneys general and the phone companies. This agreement to implement practices based on these principles is an important step forward to protect consumers, as well as to assist attorneys general in investigating and prosecuting…
by Atmore News access_time5 years ago
Wives, widows hold meeting in Atmore
Area members of Ministers’ Wives and Widows met in Atmore Thursday, August 22. The ladies were honored to host Eartha Cross, National President of Ministers’ Wives and Widows of National Baptist Convention of America International. Shown are, from left, Nora Tucker, Mary Ann Roberts Davis, Eartha Cross, Centia Lee; back, Felicia Prince, Katie Grant, Annie Meeks.
by Atmore News access_time5 years ago
UB honored for service
United Bank received an honorable mention in The Independent Community Bankers of America’s® (ICBA) 2019 National Community Bank Service Awards, which celebrate the outstanding and innovative volunteer efforts of the nation’s community banks. United Bank was recognized for its Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA) program, which provides tax preparation and financial management education for local citizens. “Helping residents understand the tax code, make sound financial decisions, build a financial nest…
by Atmore News access_time5 years ago
Joel Vig as Truman Capote
Special to Atmore News Monroeville, Ala. – Fall’s HOTTEST tickets are now on sale for Truman Talks Nelle Harper Lee! The world premiere of this play will be in the famed courtroom of Monroeville’s historic old courthouse museum on the weekend of September 27-29. Starring Broadway’s Joel Vig, from the original casts of Ruthless and Hairspray, the play focuses on a fictional surprise 50th birthday celebration for Harper Lee. Her…
by Atmore News access_time5 years ago