Category: Community

Atmore Rotary Club, using a series of grants from several sources, recently installed a shade structure above the playground adjacent to the Atmore Community Splash Pad, just off Craig and Trammell streets. The 1,500-square-foot shade will allow children to use the playground equipment with less exposure to the sun and will prevent the equipment from becoming too hot to use. More on the grants will be published in a later…

Elaine and Kenny Rodgers had a busy couple of days last Friday and Saturday as they held fund-raisers to help with Kenny’s medical expenses. They sold Boston butts Friday and – with help from their friends – had a big event at the American Legion building with barbecue sandwich plates, live music, and a silent auction.

The Escambia County Board of Education is hosting a FREE substitute personnel training session. This session will be held Friday, September 6, 9 a.m., at Turtle Pointe Environmental Science Center, 20959 US Highway 31, Flomaton (across from Flomaton High School) If you are currently on the substitute list for the school district and/or wish to become a substitute teacher, teacher assistant, secretary, cafeteria worker, bus driver or custodian, you must…

When Escambia County High School head football coach Scott Mason attended the Alabama High School Athletic Association Summer Conference in Montgomery in July, he entered his name into a drawing sponsored by Alfa Insurance. In the luck of the draw, he won the $500 prize. Wednesday, August 21, the school received the check that will be used for the athletic department. Shown at the presentation are, from left, ECHS principal…