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Chamber banquet coming up

The Atmore Area Chamber of Commerce 71st Annual Meeting is set for Thursday, January 26, at The Club. Social hour and silent auction will be at 5:30, with dinner at 6:30. This year, the Chamber is sponsoring a split-the-pot drawing with 100 tickets being sold for $100 each. Note that only 100 tickets will be sold. The drawing will be held the night of the banquet. The deadline is fast…

Monument bricks available

The VFW and the American Legion have Support Bricks for the walkway and Veteran Bricks for the Atmore Veteran Memorial. Bricks are $100 each and orders need to be received by January 30. Contact Harold Madison at 251-395-3515 or 368-5818 to obtain an order form or for more information.

Obituaries for the week of January 11, 2017

Evelyn McKinley Pipkin Mrs. Evelyn McKinley Pipkin, age 80, passed away Wednesday, January 4, 2017 in Nokomis, Ala. She was a native and life-long resident of Nokomis, Ala. She was a member of the Good Sam Club, Mobile Road Runners and the First Assembly of God of Atmore. She was preceded in death by her parents, Gay and Grace Flowers; first husband, Carin McKinley; two brothers, Winston Flowers and Clayton…

Chamber accepting award nominations

The Atmore Area Chamber of Commerce is accepting nominations for the Citizen of the Year, the Lifetime Achievement Award, and the Business of the Year Award. The selection committee welcomes nominations through Tuesday, January 17, at 5 p.m. Nominations may be mailed to 137 North Main Street, Atmore, or emailed to director@atmorechamber.com. The Citizen of the Year award is designed to recognize an individual’s outstanding achievements and / or contributions…

‘Move Over, Florida!’

This month, the Florida Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles (DHSMV) is reminding all motorists to Move Over for stopped law enforcement, first responders, service and utility vehicles and Road Rangers during its second annual Move Over, Florida! campaign. In 2016, there were more than 200 crashes that occurred and 5,518 citations issued for failure to move over in Florida. DHSMV and its Division of the Florida Highway Patrol…