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Smith Tractor hosts planter clinic
Frank Dowdle of the University of Florida Extension Program is shown giving a lecture on respiratory safety and handling of farming chemicals and pesticides during a planter clinic held at the Atmore Smith Tractor location Wednesday, January 15. The clinic welcomed more than 60 farmers from around the area and highlighted the latest John Deere line of planter machines and equipment. Attendees also enjoyed a free lunch from Smith Tractor.
by Atmore News access_time4 years ago
MLK memorial service
By DON FLETCHER News Staff Writer Atmore’s observance of the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. holiday ended Monday, January 20, with a memorial program that shifted between remembering King’s attempts to gain racial equality for people of color, to the slain Civil Rights icon’s dream of a “Beloved Community.” The ceremony, held at Emmanuel Faith Center, featured the standard pomp and circumstance. A cadre of cadets from Northview High School’s…
by Don Fletcher access_time4 years ago
Rosa Parks Breakfast set
News Staff Report Each year, Rosa Parks’ legacy as the Mother of the Civil Rights Movement is honored with a prayer breakfast on a date near her birth date. This year, Lillie Johnson and her group (the Yellow Hat Society) will host the 14th annual event Saturday, February 1, 9 a.m., in the Greater Mount Triumph Missionary Baptist Church fellowship hall. Everyone age 16 and older is invited to attend…
by Atmore News access_time4 years ago
Food scores released
The following Escambia County food / lodging establishment ratings were released by the Alabama Department of Public Health for December. Ratings are ranked by score, low to high. FSE = Food Service Establishment Church’s Chicken, Atmore, 83, FSE Diamond #23, Hwy. 21 N., Atmore, 87, FSE Kentucky Fried Chicken, Atmore, 88, FSE Brewton Food Mart, Inc., Brewton, 88, FSE Pizza Hut, Flomaton, 91, FSE Arby’s, 1411 S. Main, Atmore, 92,…
by Atmore News access_time4 years ago
Applications accepted for fruit, vegetable vouchers
Escambia County Agency on Aging officials announced that applications for fruit and vegetable vouchers are now being accepted. Those who wish to obtain vouchers must be age 60 or over, and household income limits apply. For more information, call the Agency on Aging at 251-368-1032 and choose option 7. Those calling need to have their total household income and the last four digits of their social security number ready when…
by Atmore News access_time4 years ago