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Santa’s helpers
Shown are the gifts that were presented last week to the six children who will benefit from this year’s Tedder Auto Repair Christmas for Kids program, including new bicycles for the older ones and a wagon for the youngest. The presents, including a gift card for each child, were purchased with proceeds from a car show, a bake sale and the raffling of saw blades painted in Alabama and Auburn…
by Atmore News access_time7 years ago
Candlelight memorial
For many area residents, the Candlelight Memorial Service at Johnson Quimby Funeral Home has become a tradition during December as candles are lit in memory of loved ones who have passed away. Some years, the weather dampers attendance, but this year, the weather was good and folks come by to remember and to share with others over a cup of coffee and homemade cookies. Shown are the staffs of Johnson…
by Atmore News access_time7 years ago
Giving back to the community
News Staff Report In September, the Escambia County Training School held their 17th annual reunion. The Eagles gathered at Power Pentecostal Holiness Church, pastor Apostle Bruce Armstrong. A fund raiser was held and a portion of the proceeds was used last week to buy goody bags for Atmore Nursing Center residents. Delivering bags were Barbara Poole Harris (class of 1967), Sarah Stots Flavors (class of 1967), Annie Leslie Poole (class…
by Atmore News access_time7 years ago
‘Reuse, reduce and recycle’
Special to Atmore News The fifth-grade students at Perdido School in Ms. Danielle Brown’s and Mr. Craig Canaan’s classes recently visited Dauphin Island on a field trip. There they learned that marine debris is impacting our world in various negative ways. One solution is to reuse, reduce and recycle. In this culminating project, students reused trash from their homes to create litterbugs or litter creatures. No materials could be purchased…
by Atmore News access_time7 years ago