Author: Don Fletcher

Don Fletcher

Bonus for city retirees
Former City of Atmore employees who retired from municipal service will receive a Christmas bonus this year. The city’s governing body, sitting with just three members due to the absence of District 3’s Chris Walker and District 5’s Chris Harrison, unanimously approved the one-time bonus during the council’s Monday (July 10) meeting. “This was done before, in 2008 I think it was, and they want to do it again,” said…
by Don Fletcher access_time7 years ago
Bolden: 4th-graders separated, but equal
Deborah Bolden was hired just prior to the beginning of last year’s school term and tasked with re-establishing a culture of learning at Escambia County Middle School. One year into that effort, the Atmore native finds herself facing a new obstacle – a controversial influx of local fourth-graders who are being relocated to ECMS after the closing of A.C. Moore Elementary School. Bolden, who earned national acclaim for her work…
by Don Fletcher access_time7 years ago
Folding the Flag
Atmore Area YMCA summer campers gather round to observe as Guy Milstid, commander of American Legion Post 90, helps Kimora Jenkins complete the first fold of the flag as, from left, Christopher Defee, Arriyana Young, Dallas Owens, Belaya Scott and Natalleigh Martinez hold the corners and middle of the national banner during a simulation of the ceremony performed at veterans’ funerals. The patriotic program, which also included members of Veterans…
by Don Fletcher access_time7 years ago
Ribbon cutting
Atmore Area Chamber of Commerce officials, Chamber Ambassadors, nearby business owners, vendors, family members and friends joined owner Melanie Rolin (just left of ribbon) on Friday, June 30, for the ribbon cutting of Funky Monkey on North Trammel Street. The ribbon cutting was part of “An Evening Out,” a public awareness event co-sponsored by the small shops and other retail businesses located in the North Trammel-West Ridgely area of downtown.
by Don Fletcher access_time7 years ago