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Johnny Appleseed comes to Perdido
By GERRI MCDONALD Special to Atmore News Pre-k and kindergarten students at Perdido Elementary School are enjoying learning about the American folk hero, John “Johnny Appleseed” Chapman. They have learned that he got his nickname from the fact that he planted apple trees throughout the Midwest of America. Of course, the idea that he wandered around barefoot with a cooking pot on his head for most of his adult life intrigues all…
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Good-bye, Summer, and hello, Fall
By GERRI MCDONALD Special to Atmore News       It’s fall! The days are shorter and the nights are cooler. The leaves are turning yellow, red, and orange, giving a colorful salute to summer. First graders in Miss Jesse Reed’s class are welcoming autumn into their classroom and celebrating the changing foliage with a variety of fall-themed activities and lessons. Students are building literacy skills as they follow Fletcher (the fox) in…
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Carney Lodge making child ID kits
By DANIEL LOWERY Special to Atmore News Carney Lodge of Atmore will sponsor a booth at Williams Station Day (inside the YMCA) for the purpose of making child identification kits. By doing this. hopefully, if one child is found, it’s worth every ounce of energy put into this. With each kit there will be fingerprints, photos and video. Each one will be given a paper with cards attached with the…
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Responding to the Equifax data breach
By Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall Two months ago, I began my column with the lament that consumer fraud has become so common that many people just don’t pay enough attention to protecting themselves. However, the public is now paying attention. About the same time that I wrote those words, one of the largest credit reporting agencies in the country detected a major data breach, potentially affecting 143 million people.…
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Inside the Statehouse
By Steve Flowers Judge Roy Moore and his wife, Kayla, made their traditional horseback ride to their voting place in Gallant in Etowah County last Tuesday and when all the votes were counted that night, they won a resounding victory. Moore’s capture of the GOP Senate nomination was impressive. A 55-45 margin is not a total trouncing, but is considered a landslide. Despite being outspent by the Washington establishment 15-to-1,…
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