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UB donates to UF
Each year United Bank employees pledge their support for United Fund of Atmore through payroll deduction. To support its employees and the UF, United Bank Charitable Foundation matched UB employee donations dollar for dollar. On February 22, Emilee Waters presented a check on behalf of the United Bank Charitable Foundation for $771.66 to the UF Board representing ?the 2016 employee match. Shown are, from left, Emilee Waters, and UF board members Jordan Barnett…
by Atmore News access_time9 years ago
ACM Pre-K registration under way
Alabama’s nationally recognized First Class Pre-K is now accepting applications for the 2017-2018 school year at A. C. Moore Elementary School. Enrollment is open to all children who will be 4 years old by Sept. 1, 2017. Open registration will be held March 1-31. Applicants must register online. School code 781430 Pre-registration Form in English = http://alpreK.education/A Pre-registration Form in Spanish = http://alpreK.education/B Completed on-line registration plus most recent utility…
by Atmore News access_time9 years ago
Atmore Community Fund
I sat next to Edie Jackson at a meeting recently. She said something that really made me and the other folks at the meeting pause to give thought to her comment. I don’t remember exactly how she said it, but the gist of it was that the Poarch Creeks do everything with the thought of sustaining (or benefitting) the next seven generations. That’s a mind-boggling thought. And, at the meeting,…
by Sherry Digmon access_time9 years ago
Bicentennial Proclamation
WHEREAS, the United States Congress created the Alabama Territory from the eastern half of the Mississippi Territory on March 3, 1817; and, WHEREAS, by 1819, the birth and growth of cities, towns, and communities in the Alabama Territory ensured that the population of the Territory had developed sufficiently to achieve the minimum number of inhabitants required by Congress to qualify for Statehood; and, WHEREAS, the United States Congress and President…
by Atmore News access_time9 years ago
Principals spotlight their schools
The Escambia County Board of Education meeting Thursday, February 23, provided an opportunity for four principals to spotlight their schools. Superintendent John Knott and the BOE set aside a portion of each meeting for Spotlighting Success which is often a time to recognize student achievement. However, this meeting, four principals were in the spotlight. As is the BOE’s custom, they invite principals whose contract renewals are pending to make a…
by Sherry Digmon access_time9 years ago