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In appreciation
Atmore’s American Legion Post 90 Commander Billy Elder, at left, presents a Certificate of Appreciation and a 100-year coin from the American Legion Department of Alabama to Mayor Jim Staff during the local Legion Post’s March 11 meeting. Staff, along with Kevin McKinley and Paul Chason, were recognized for serving as judges during the recent American Legion Oratorical Contest.
by Atmore News access_time7 years ago
Despite small crowds, ‘Drive Green’ event deemed a success
By DON FLETCHER News Staff Writer The crowds that attended Smith Tractor Company’s three-store, John Deere-sponsored “Drive Green” event on April 13 were smaller than company officials had hoped for. The company’s sales manager, who said the less-than-anticipated turnout was most likely a matter of perception, still deemed the promotion a successful one. “It was fair,” Dewayne Williams, general manager of STC’s Atmore store said of the collective crowd that…
by Don Fletcher access_time7 years ago
Teens on tractors till ECHS garden
By DON FLETCHER News Staff Writer Dr. Rodney Owens, a teacher at Escambia County High School and a chiropractor by license and degree, was teaching classroom courses more related to his field of expertise a year ago. Now he’s teaching teenagers how to drive and manipulate tractors. Owens, who now teaches Agri Science at ECHS, said he jumped at the chance when the school began looking for someone to take…
by Don Fletcher access_time7 years ago
Escambia County Republican Party welcomes Wiggins
Special to Atmore News The Escambia County Republican Executive Committee recently welcomed a former Democrat elected official to the ALGOP: County Commissioner Raymond Wiggins. Escambia County GOP Chairman Jackie Gay made the following statement regarding Wiggins: “We look forward to working with Mr. Raymond Wiggins as we continue to advance conservative policies and principles. Mr. Wiggins is a man of integrity who displays professionalism in his office and is actively…
by Atmore News access_time7 years ago
Gamma Omega celebrates Founders’ Day
Special to Atmore News The last meeting of the 2018-2019 school year of Gamma Omega Chapter of The Delta Kappa Gamma Society International was held Thursday night, April 11, at First Presbyterian Church. Following a buffet supper, members had cake and wished the chapter a happy 39th birthday. Chapter President Nancy Karrick began the Founders’ Day program by giving a history of the chapter which was actually formed in 1934…
by Atmore News access_time7 years ago