Author: Don Fletcher

Don Fletcher

Local Operation Christmas Child effort enters 9th year
The 2022 local Operation Christmas Child crew, from left, Julia Strack, Dawn Martin, Don Little, Janet Armstrong, Carol Hochstetler, Paige Jordan, and Mary Jane Schrock (who has been part of the local effort for each of the past eight years). By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer This week (November 14-21) is National Collection Week for Operation Christmas Child, a project of Samaritan’s Purse that seeks to demonstrate God’s love in a…
by Don Fletcher access_time3 years ago
Perdido School thanks veterans for freedoms
Veterans at the Perdido School program By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer Although Perdido School’s November 9 assembly was a prelude to Veterans Day, the gathering also had a Thanksgiving flavor to it.Principal Phillip Stewart said during the program, considered one of the best in the area, was not just to honor those who serve or have served in the nation’s military, but also to thank them.“Our main message today is…
by Don Fletcher access_time3 years ago
It’s the flu!
Children, younger adults hit hardest By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer With one eye still on an anticipated resurgence of COVID over the upcoming winter, health officials across the state and nation are now forced to deal with the early arrival of what is already an active influenza season.“This is the highest flu activity that we have seen this early in the season since the 2009 Influenza A/H1N1 pandemic,” Dr. Wes…
by Don Fletcher access_time3 years ago
Madison honored by Tate High School
Madison By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer The playing field of J.M. Tate High School’s Pete Gindl Stadium in Cantonment, Fla., was recently renamed in honor of one of Escambia County High School’s “Barnes Boys,” a group that put together a streak of 29 straight football games without a loss in the 1940s.The stadium’s playing surface is now officially known as Carl Madison Field in honor of the coaching legend, who…
by Don Fletcher access_time3 years ago
Paving preliminaries begin while city awaits FY21 audit
By DON FLETCHER News Staff Writer City of Atmore officials are moving forward with the preliminary work of an announced $2.63 million street resurfacing project that will put new blacktop on all or part of 21 city streets, although officials know a financial speed bump is probably waiting at the end of the prep work. Engineers with Civil Southeast have already begun surveying the involved streets, especially those located in…
by Don Fletcher access_time3 years ago