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CommunitySherry Digmon

Rosa Parks honored
The Greater Mount Triumph Missionary Baptist Church Fellowship Hall was filled to capacity Saturday, February 10, for the 12th annual Rosa Parks Prayer Breakfast. Community leaders, elected officials, candidates, and residents gathered to celebrate the woman who is known as the Mother of the Civil Rights Movement. Bea Forniss served as an admirable Master of Ceremonies. Participating in the program were the Rev. Willie Hawthorne, Greater Mt. Triumph, special music…
by Sherry Digmon access_time8 years ago
Living history
Local reenactors and history fans converged on Wawbeek Saturday February 3, for the fourth annual Wawbeek Living History sponsored by Marietta Johnson, the 15th Confederate Cavalry Company C and the Sons of Confederate Veterans. According to Andy Akins of the group, “This event represents the Winter Encampment for the 15th Confederate Cavalry. The group participated in period uniform, demonstrated Weapons, Firing, and Drilling Formations from the period. Visitors were encouraged…
by Sherry Digmon access_time8 years ago
ECMS needs dance, art instructors
Escambia County Middle School has a nice dance studio, as well as dozens of students who look forward to refining their dance moves. What the school doesn’t have is a qualified instructor who can help make that happen. The mirrored-wall studio does get some use, as Lisa Wells of YoGo Kids in Baldwin County, has contracted to teach yoga classes, and about 30 students have taken advantage of that opportunity.…
by Don Fletcher access_time8 years ago
PCI Community Scholarship open for applications
Established in 2015, the Poarch Creek Indian Community Scholarship fund through The Community Foundation of South Alabama awards a minimum of one scholarship annually to a male and one scholarship annually to a female residing in Alabama or the panhandle of Florida. The Poarch Creek Indians established the scholarship with a goal of helping provide a quality education – and a better quality of life – to students across the…
by Submitted Article access_time8 years ago