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Scholarships awarded
By SHERRY DIGMON News Staff Writer The Atmore Community Hospital Auxiliary awarded two $1,000 scholarships Wednesday, July 25. This year’s recipients were Kate Smith and Blake Presley. Kate is in her fourth year at UAB. When you ask about her major, she says materials engineering, with a specialty in biomaterials (tissue) engineering. If you’re like most folks you have to wait for her to explain what that is. What she…
by Sherry Digmon access_time8 years ago
Making ice cream at the library
By SHERRY DIGMON News Staff Writer What better way to end the summer STEM program at the Atmore Public Library than by making homemade ice cream. That’s what the group did Friday, July 27, for the last STEM session. This process was a little unusual in that there was not an ice cream freezer involved. There was, however, science. Here’s how it works. For a single serving, you need 1/2…
by Sherry Digmon access_time8 years ago
ECHA, ACHB release joint statement on new hospital
Initial process begins for new facility News Staff Report Note: The following release was issued last week by Atmore and Escambia County healthcare officials: “The Escambia County Healthcare Authority and the Atmore Community Hospital Board is pleased to announce that after much input from community leaders, consultants and others, a decision has been made to begin the initial process for pursuing a new healthcare facility for the Atmore Community. “Atmore…
by Atmore News access_time8 years ago
Lancaster named DYW
Faulk is 1st alternate By SHERRY DIGMON News Staff Writer In a field of 15, Mary Thompson Lancaster of Atmore was named Escambia County’s 2019 Distinguished Young Woman Saturday, July 28. Mary Thompson attends Escambia Academy. She’s the daughter of Steve and Mary Beth Lancaster. In receiving this honor, Mary Thompson carries on a family tradition – her great-aunt, Ann Floyd Green, was the 1964 Junior Miss and her mother,…
by Sherry Digmon access_time8 years ago
Atmore inmate runs but can’t hide
Dantzler News Staff Report An Atmore woman found out last week how easy it is to run, but how hard it is to hide, after a spur-of-the-moment escape plan netted her less than two hours of freedom. According to Escambia County Sheriff’s Office reports, 26-year-old Meagan Brooke Dantzler, who was being held in ECSO’s minimum-security female barracks on numerous theft-related charges, decided on July 23 that she no longer cared…
by Atmore News access_time8 years ago