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FNB&T donates to Pilots for Christ
Special to Atmore News First National Bank & Trust’s Celebrity Waiter event raised $16,000 to benefit Pilots for Christ. The event was held at David’s Catfish House in Atmore on Monday, April 29. “FNB&T would like to thank those who served as celebrity waiters for their commitment to such a great cause,” FNB&T Marketing Manager Brandy Giger said. “Thank you to David’s Catfish House for opening their doors year after…
First Evening in White set
Special to Atmore News The Atmore Area Chamber of Commerce will hold its inaugural Evening in White at 7 p.m. Saturday, August 24, at Rivercane Park, Highway 21, Atmore. This event, known and started in Paris as Diner en Blanc, is a picnic style event where attendees wear all-white attire, enjoy food, and spend time with friends. For this inaugural event, attendees will enjoy all these traditional aspects of other…
Ruzic resigns Coastal Gateway position
News Staff Report Will Ruzic, who has served as executive director of Coastal Gateway Economic Development Alliance for the past two years, announced last week that he has resigned his CGEDA position to accept a job as general manager of ProValus, a startup Internet Technology company located in Brewton. The former CGEDA official noted that he worked closely with ProValus which now has 125 employees, 90 of whom work in…
Top readers at APL
News Staff Report Awards were presented Friday, June 28, at the last session of the Atmore Public Library summer reading program. The top readers are as follows: * 5-8 age group – first place: Charlie Trawick; second place: Carmarie Caldwell * 9-11 age group – first place: Avery Trawick; second place: Harlow Donnell * 12-up – first place: Mario Martinez; second place: Samarion Clark Library Director Hope Lassiter reports that…
Raise for public school employees
By SHERRY DIGMON News Publisher The Escambia County Board of Education met in special session Thursday, June 27, with one of the agenda items being the approval of the 2019-2020 salary schedule. While the salary schedule is usually a routine item, this year it included a 4 percent increase in public school employees’ pay. In fact, this year’s state education budget is the largest in history with salary increases and…