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Top readers at APL
News Staff Report Awards were presented Friday, June 28, at the last session of the Atmore Public Library summer reading program. The top readers are as follows: * 5-8 age group – first place: Charlie Trawick; second place: Carmarie Caldwell * 9-11 age group – first place: Avery Trawick; second place: Harlow Donnell * 12-up – first place: Mario Martinez; second place: Samarion Clark Library Director Hope Lassiter reports that…
by Atmore News access_time7 years ago
Inducted into the Atmore Area Hall of Fame, April 2019
Dr. Wil Baker Atmore native Wilmer E. Baker, PhD, is a 1953 graduate of Escambia County High School. He has served as Associate Dean of Clinical Resources for Alabama College of Osteopathic Medicine (ACOM) in Dothan. Dr. Baker received his Ed.D. in Research and Psychology from the New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary in 1973. He also holds an Ed.S. Specialist in Education from the New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary (1971), an…
by Atmore News access_time7 years ago
GECA tickets available
News Staff Report Tickets are available for the Greater Escambia Council for the Arts’ next production “Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat.” The show is a musical with lyrics by Tim Rice and music by Andrew Lloyd Webber. The story is based on the “coat of many colors” story of Joseph from the Bible’s Book of Genesis. Because of the high cost of royalties for musicals, all tickets (for members…
by Atmore News access_time7 years ago
Obituaries for week of June 30, 2019
Clifton H. Mims, Jr.  Mr. Clifton H. Mims, Jr., age 67, of Atmore, Ala., passed away Thursday, June 27, 2019 surrounded by his loving family. He was born in Atmore to the late Clifton H. Sr. and Lorene Tucker Mims. He attended Jefferson Davis Community College and AUM of Montgomery, Ala. He was a very active member of the First United Methodist Church of Atmore where he served in many…
by Atmore News access_time7 years ago