Atmore News

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 DON FLETCHER News Staff Writer Proceeds of a June 30 gospel sing will be used to help transform a local mobile home into one that is more fully accessible to an Atmore teen who was left partially paralyzed when a classmate fired into a group of fellow students gathered on the porch of a Fourth Street residence. The benefit show is set to begin at 5 p.m. on Saturday,…

Over 180 members of The Delta Kappa Gamma Society International met in Montgomery at Dalraida Church of Christ on June 1, for chapter officer training. Mary Beth Lancaster, incoming president of Gamma Omega Chapter in Atmore, joined with the other Beta State chapter presidents to learn about her new position. She and outgoing chapter President Trachy Miller also participated in a transition ceremony in which Mary Beth was welcomed into…

News Staff Report The following personnel recommendations by Escambia County Superintendent of Education John Knott were approved by the board of education at the regular meeting Thursday, June 14. Resignations 1. Brett Chancery, history teacher, Flomaton High School, effective May 25, 2018 2. Kellie Steele, teacher, Escambia County Alternative School, effective May 25, 2018 3. Deborah Stokes, assistant principal, W.S. Neal Elementary School, effective June 8, 2018 4. Johnnie Wolfe,…