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Poster contest winners announced
News Staff Report The Atmore Memorial VFW Auxiliary to Post 7016 Second Annual Summer Patriotic Art Poster Contest ended Monday morning, July 2, with the announcement of the winners at Atmore City Hall. The winner in the 4-6 category was Jon Taylor III, age 5. The winner in the 10-12 category was Katelyn Carnley. In the 10-12 category, Eli Thompson took second place and Christopher Thompson third place. Awards were…
by Sherry Digmon access_time7 years ago
Habitat: Turning shoes into homes
Special to Atmore News If you ever wondered about turning shoes into safe homes, Escambia County Habitat for Humanity is working to make that happen. “We are collecting gently-used shoes to help raise funds needed for critical repairs and construction projects of our organization,” ECHFH Executive Director Lisa Tindell said. “We need as many shoes as possible to make this drive a success and to raise desperately needed funds.” Tindell…
by Atmore News access_time7 years ago
Readers receive awards
By SHERRY DIGMON News Staff Writer One of the highlights of summer for dozen of youngsters – and parents and grandparents – came to an end last Friday with the close of the summer reading program at the Atmore Public Library. Every Friday in June, the library hosted a special guest for the kids, but it is a summer reading program, and the library staff encouraged reading from the first…
by Sherry Digmon access_time7 years ago
Atmore will participate in sales tax holiday
News Staff Report There will be something different about Alabama’s 13th annual back-to-school sales tax holiday, which will take place later this month. The list of items for which sales taxes will be waived is basically the same, but this year’s tax holiday will include stores in Atmore. Mayor Jim Staff announced Atmore’s participation Tuesday morning. “Our merchants want to participate and we want them to have that opportunity,” the…
by Atmore News access_time7 years ago
Stickball!
By SHERRY DIGMON News Staff Writer To the observer, it may have looked like a free-for-all. But to those who know the rules of the game – of which there are few – it was a fierce competition with girls pitted against boys in a game of stickball. And this game is not for sissies. Monday afternoon, a group of about 30 youth from Indiana were on the Poarch Creek…
by Sherry Digmon access_time7 years ago