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Food scores released

The following Escambia County food / lodging establishment ratings were released by the Alabama Department of Public Health for January. Ratings are ranked by score, low to high. FSE = Food Service Establishment Huddle House #278, Brewton, 80, FSE Diamond #6 1322, E. Nashville Ave., Atmore, 88, limited food McDonalds #33548, 5995 Hwy. 21, Atmore, 88, FSE Subway # 18898 (F), Flomaton, 90, FSE Fastlane Convenience Store, Atmore, 90, FSE…

Baseball registration set

Atmore Cal Ripken Baseball registration will begin Saturday, February 4, and continue each Saturday through February 25, at Atmore City Hall Auditorium, from 10 a.m. until 2 p.m. T-Ball – Ages 4 through 6 Pitching Machine – Ages 7 & 8 10 & Under – Ages 9 & 10 12 & Under – Ages 11 & 12 Registration fee is $30 for T-Ball and $40 for ages 7 through 12.…

Instructions from an Olympian

Retired Olympian Gabor Mate demonstrates to track and field athletes from Escambia Academy, Escambia County High School and J.U. Blacksher High how to properly hurl a discus during the Lions Club of Atmore-sponsored Olympic Throws Clinic conducted at EA last Thursday (January 26). Mate competed for Hungary in the discus toss during three Olympics competitions, 2000 in Sydney, Australia; 2004 in Athens, Greece; and 2008 in Beijing, China. News photo…

ECMS create quilt from book study

Escambia County Middle School’s Enrichment Class read the book Stealing Freedom by Elisa Carbone. The novel study was six weeks long. One of the class projects was to create a quilt that represented the book. Each student recreated scenes from their favorite parts of the book on blank quilt squares. The students pieced the quilt together and had a member of the Atmore community sew the quilt squares together to create…

CACC hosts Tedder math tourney

The Coastal Alabama Community College Michael Tedder Mathematics Tournament was held on Thursday, January 26, on the Brewton campus. Nine high schools and a total of 192 students participated in the day-long event. Teams competed for trophies and awards on a 35-question exam and 16 “quick answer” cipher questions. Michael Tedder, retired mathematics and physics instructor for the college and the founder of the tournament over 30 years ago, was…