Atmore News

Calf Show and Sale is set for March 9
Escambia County 4-H and FFA Calf Show and Sale is set for Thursday, March 9, at Perdido River Farms, 5535 Poarch Road, Atmore. Steer and heifer show is at 1 p.m.; premium sale at 6 p.m.; resale will follow the premium sale. For more information, contact Escambia County Extension Office, 251-867-7760. Anthony Wiggins is the County Extension Coordinator; Spencer Williamson is the 4-H Agent Assistant.
Youth attend ACYC
Several area youth attended the Archdiocesan Catholic Youth Conference in Perdido Beach Resort in Orange Beach, Feb. 17-19. Shown is the combined group from St. Robert Bellarmine Church in Atmore and St. Agatha of Bay Minette, from left, front, Pia Gorme, Abby Oestriecher, Jocie Franco, Esmeralda Franco (St. Francis Xavier Seelos award recipient); middle, Susan Moorhead, Janel Ostriecher, Archbishop Thomas Rodi, Seth Murphy, Paolo Gorme, Evan White, Melissa Murphy; back,…
Trinity Episcopal invites all to pancake supper
By BONNIE BARTEL LATINO Special to Atmore News The Men of Trinity Episcopal Church invite the community to their annual community-wide Shrove Tuesday Pancake Supper on Tuesday, February 28, from 5:30 to 7 p.m. In addition to hot pancakes with syrup, sausage, and coffee, juice will be served. The cost at the door will be $3 and half-price for children under the age of 12. The word shrove is derived…
Mt. Olive hosting special program
Mt. Olive Missionary Baptist Church will host a program entitled “Soap-Opera Subjects With Biblical Meaning,” with panel speakers, Friday, March 10, 7:30 p.m. Eva Elouise  Smith-Sprueil, Greater Mt. Triumph Baptist Church, will serve as Mistress of Ceremony. Program Coordinator and Chair is Sis. Barbara Poole Harris. The Rev. Dr. Monroe Tucker, Jr. is pastor of Mt. Olive, located on Pouncey Road in Robinsonville.
GWFCU donates to ECHS choir
Gulf Winds Federal Credit Union Branch Manager Emily Dykes and Regional Vice President Lee Ann Allen presented a check to the Escambia County High School Choir to be used for their upcoming trip to Carnegie Hall. Joining Choir Director Conrad Weber were several choir members. Shown at the presentation Tuesday, February 21, are, from left, Nyteriyah Williams, Anina Wiggins, Conrad Weber, Emily Dykes, Lee Ann Allen, Adonis Williams, Eric McCaskill.…