Author: Don Fletcher

Don Fletcher

Rivalry rocks
Trying to come up with a unique gift for yourself or your favorite Alabama or Auburn fan? The rocks, painted by Sissy Rolin, weigh “about 40 pounds apiece” and are being raffled off to raise funds for the Cindy and Bubba Tedder Christmas Program. Tickets are $1 each and may be purchased at Tedder Auto Repair, 108 North Carney Street. A drawing will be held Nov. 18.
by Don Fletcher access_time7 years ago
New downtown: Plausible plan, or pipe dream?
There is a lot of excitement in the air these days, especially within a core group of folks who feel that, with a little outside help and a lot of community support, downtown Atmore can be restored to its past glory. The feeling is that a professional community planner, paid partly with $15,000 seed money from Delta Regional Authority, can bring in enough good ideas that downtown revitalization is almost…
by Don Fletcher access_time7 years ago
Splash pad plan well received
A local civic club’s plan to construct a water-themed children’s park in Atmore has apparently made a big splash with local businesses, grant agencies and others. In fact, the commitment of funds to the project has organizers thinking about expanding the scope of the idea. “Our goal was $127,000; we’ve raised $135,000, or at least have that much committed,” Atmore Rotary Club member Allen Walston said of the project, labeled…
by Don Fletcher access_time7 years ago
‘Poppy Month’ proclamation issued – Council OKs resolutions for airport grant, new IDA members
Atmore City Council members approved two resolutions during their October 23 meeting — one in acceptance of the latest in an ongoing series of airport grants, the other to appoint three representatives to a joint industrial authority. Mayor Jim Staff then issued a proclamation in recognition of local veterans. Staff spoke briefly near the end of the meeting about the decision to temporarily close the city’s recycling center (see separate…
by Don Fletcher access_time7 years ago
Recycling center closing
The city of Atmore is out of the recycling business, at least for the time being. Mayor Jim Staff announced Monday (October 23) that he had ordered the immediate closure of the fenced-in area off East Ridgeley Street in which 13 dumpsters, designated for recyclables only, are located. Staff cited a much-larger-than-expected increase in collection fees for the closing, which he hoped would be only for a short time. Actually,…
by Don Fletcher access_time7 years ago