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September is Childhood Cancer Awareness Month. The Yellow Garden LLC and the Atmore Lions Club are partnering to raise awareness here. They’re “painting” the town with yellow bows. If you’d like a bow (at no charge), contact The Yellow Ribbon. Shown at a recent presentation of ribbons are, from left, April Stewart, Mallorie Beachy, Anna Marie Gilchrist, Taylor Lee, Bub Gideons, Brandy Giger, Tom Tschida.

Bicentennial activity in Thomasville Special to Atmore News As a part of Alabama’s Bicentennial celebration, an authentic Indian stickball game will be played in Thomasville Saturday, Sept. 28. Creek Indians from the Poarch Tribe in Atmore and Choctaw Indians from the Mississippi Band in Philadelphia will participate in events that day. A Living History / American Indian Art and Food exhibit will be held at the Thomasville Civic Center from…

Special to Atmore News Coastal Alabama Community College is pleased to announce the Monroeville Literary Festival, March 5-7, 2020. The Monroeville Literary Festival will be a celebration of writing in Monroeville, the Literary Capital of Alabama. Since 1998, Coastal Alabama Community College has been the home of the Alabama Center for Literary Arts, which hosted the Alabama Writers Symposium for 22 years. In 2020, the Symposium will be reimagined as…

Special to Atmore News MONTGOMERY – At the Alabama Community College System board of trustees meeting on Wednesday [September 11], Chancellor Jimmy H. Baker announced the selection of Dr. Craig Pouncey as president of Coastal Alabama Community College. Pouncey’s appointment was unanimously approved by the board of trustees. A career educator and administrator, Pouncey has more than 38 years of classroom and leadership experience in Alabama at the state and…