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More added to Quickest Quack
If you’ve been keeping up with the upcoming (this Saturday, August 25) Quickest Quack on the Creek, you’ll be interested to know that more has been added. The Atmore Memorial VFW Auxiliary to Post 7016 is hosting Quickest Quack, a rubber duck race at Magnolia Branch Wildlife Reserve. Registration begins at 10 a.m., with “Quack Off” at 11 a.m. Auxiliary President Gayle Johnson said the route has been mapped out…
by Atmore News access_time7 years ago
Marriage seminar held
By SHERRY DIGMON News Staff Writer Pastor and Minister Wives of Escambia County, Ala. provides a number of community services throughout the year. Their projects often involve baskets filled with items for the elderly, sick and shut-in. However, their most recent endeavor was the first of its kind for the organization. They hosted a marriage seminar at Mt. Olive Missionary Baptist Church Thursday, August 15. Married couples and singles thinking…
by Atmore News access_time7 years ago
Making ACH safer
By DON FLETCHER News Staff Writer Although Atmore and Escambia County hospital officials plan to build a new medical facility in the near future, they have taken steps to make the existing facility a safer one. The local hospital is currently undergoing a two-phase renovation project, the first phase of which will segregate patients seeking outpatient treatment from patients who are waiting to be treated by ACH’s emergency department staff,…
by Don Fletcher access_time7 years ago
Dixie Magnolia Chapter formed
By SONDRA MCKINLEY Special to Atmore News Saturday, August 11, 2018 was an exciting day in historic Canoe, Alabama as several ladies stood together at the candlelight charter ceremony for the State of Alabama’s newest chapter of the Order Of Confederate Rose. The Dixie Magnolia Chapter as they will be known, started the chapter with 13 charter members. The Order of Confederate Rose or OCR is a heritage organization comprised…
by Submitted Article access_time7 years ago
Boyle honored by State of Alabama
News Staff Report Charlotte Boyle was selected as a Permanent Member of the Alabama Senior Citizens Hall of Fame. She was honored at a ceremony in Montgomery on August 5. The Alabama Senior Citizens Hall of Fame was created by the Alabama Legislature in 1983. In 2008, the Hall of Fame became part of the Alabama Department of Senior Services. The purpose of the department is to “bestow honor and…
by Atmore News access_time7 years ago