Category: Community

About 30 marchers, all but one of them female, paid $10 each to take part in the 20th annual Women of Distinction (WOD) Cancer Walk, held last Saturday, October 12. The group followed Atmore Police Department Officer Tommy America from Atmore City Hall to Houston Avery Park under clear, blue skies and moderate temperatures. The walk is held to raise money for the purchase of gas cards for cancer victims…

Shown from left during the check presentation, ECHS Principal LaTonya Gill, students Jayden Freeman, Belaya Scott, Imari Lemon, APCO’s Tripp Ward, students Alvera Neasman, Trinity Thompson and Jovonnie Smith, Broadcasting Instructor Conrad Weber. By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer Escambia County High School’s broadcasting program got a boost last week when Alabama Power Company (APCO) Community Relations Manager Tripp Ward presented broadcasting students and school officials with a check for $2,500.Most…

Special to Atmore News Retired Senior Volunteer Program (RSVP) is seeking help with its free tax prep program called Tax Counseling for the Elderly (TCE). An informational meeting for potential volunteers will take place from 12:30-2 p.m. on Thursday, October 24, at the Flomaton Public Library, 436 Dr. Van Avenue.Last year the organization of retired senior professionals completed taxes for residents of Atmore, Flomaton and the Poarch Band of Creek…

Joyce Petty, Barry Elliott By NANCY KARRICKSpecial to Atmore News The Atmore Lions Club met October 2 in the Mayson Auditorium at Atmore Community Hospital. President Lion Joyce Petty called the meeting to order and led the Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag. Lion Mike von Keyserling said the prayer and the blessing.Barry Elliott from Birmingham was introduced as a visitor.Following lunch, Lion Joyce discussed Taste of the South and…