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By Steve Flowers When talk turns to politics in Alabama, it usually leads to the Governor’s race. In Alabama politics the Governor’s office is the Brass Ring. It is talked about more than anything else around coffee clubs and kitchen tables from Sand Mountain to the Wiregrass. It is comparable to college football being the king of all sports in Alabama. This infatuation with the Governor’s office is born out…
by Submitted Article access_time8 years ago
Park’s success depends on public (Letter to the Editor)
To the editor: The Alabama Forestry Commission reopened Little River State Park and the Claude D. Kelley Recreational Area on March 17, 2018 for day use on weekends. The operation of the park has been a funding issue for the last several years. Ironman Ministries operated the park for the Alabama Forestry Commission for six years ending on January 1, 2017. They were unable to continue because of financial issues.…
by Submitted Article access_time8 years ago
Hall of Fame to induct Bill Farr
Seven outstanding citizens will be inducted in the Atmore Area Hall of Fame April 28: Athletics – Willie Parker and Earl Miller; Government – Stephanie Bryan and Weldon Vickrey; Business – Dale Ash and Bill Farr; Medicine – Ima Joan Helton-Crawford The induction ceremony and dinner will be held Saturday, April 28, 6 p.m., at The Club, Highway 21, Atmore. Tickets, $25 each, are available at Atmore News and United…
by Atmore News access_time8 years ago
Obituaries for the week of March 21, 2018
Ida L. Frye Ms. Ida Lee English Frye, age 71, of Atmore, Ala. passed away Tuesday, March 13, 2018 at her residence. She was a native of Barth, Fla. and reared in Walnut Hill, Fla. She attended school in Cantonment, Fla. and was a 1964 graduate of Ransom High School. She also attended Troy State University where she received her degree in Business Administration. She was a devoted member of…
by Atmore News access_time8 years ago
Obituaries for the week of March 14, 2018
Rosie Abramovich Stewart Mrs. Rosie Abramovich Stewart, age 101, of Perdido, Ala., passed away Tuesday, March 6, 2018 in Perdido. She was born in Des Moines, Iowa to the late Anton and Mary Gurgurich Abramovich. She attended Splinter Hill Pentecostal Holiness Church. She was preceded in death by her parents; husband of seventy-three years, Otis M. Stewart; four sisters and one brother. Mrs. Stewart is survived by her daughter, Evelyn…
by Atmore News access_time8 years ago