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Davis receives top honor
News Staff Report Atmore Lions Club member and Past President Patty Helton Davis has received one of the club’s top honors – the International President’s Award. She was nominated by District Governor Claudia Wigglesworth, Alabama Lions District 34C, not only for her work with the Atmore club but also with the Flomaton club. The presentation was made Tuesday, June 12, at a Flomaton Lions Club meeting. The following is taken…
by Atmore News access_time6 years ago
We Are Family teams up with GIVE 65
By SHERRY DIGMON News Staff Writer We Are Family Home Care of Atmore is one of two organizations in the state chosen to participate in the GIVE65 Event, the nation’s first and only online giving event focused on nonprofit programs and services that benefit senior citizens. At a meeting Thursday morning, June 14, We Are Family’s founder Patricia Cross talked about the organization and what this partnership could mean to…
by Sherry Digmon access_time6 years ago
Kids enjoy rootin’, tootin’ cowboy show at library
By DON FLETCHER News Staff Writer A week after being dazzled by a troupe of performing poodles, participants in the Atmore Public Library’s Summer Reading Program got a glimpse of what life was like in the days when cowboys drove huge herds of cattle across the plains of the U.S. West. More than 80 youngsters and about two dozen adult chaperones heard stories, songs and poems of the Wild West…
by Don Fletcher access_time6 years ago
GSUMC to present patriotic concert
Special to Atmore News “Testament of Freedom,” featuring the words of Thomas Jefferson, will be a highlight at the annual Patriotic concert by the Chancel Choir of Gulf Shores United Methodist Church in the church sanctuary on Sunday, July 1, at 7 p.m. The concert program will also feature a number of favorite patriotic melodies as well as solos by popular local singers including Marsha Guyer, Janis Ray and Cody…
by Atmore News access_time6 years ago
Local Y helping feed the Gulf Coast
News Staff Report Atmore Area YMCA is an active participant this year in Feeding the Gulf Coast’s summer feeding program, “Feel the Beat, Let’s Eat!” “This is the first year the [local] YMCA has participated in the program,” the Y’s CEO Paul Chason said. “The opportunity to provide a service to our community was too great to pass up. The meals program has certainly helped with our summer camp program,…
by Atmore News access_time6 years ago