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Studying the elements
Ronda Hoffman’s eighth grade class at Escambia County Middle School made a quilt of the Periodic Table. Each student was assigned an element to research. After they researched the element, each student designed their quilt square to best represent that element. The quilt hangs in the eighth grade science classroom. Students shown with the quilt are, bottom row, Scottie Powers, Terry Martin, Tormoria Knight, Vanaja McCants, Delanye Barron; left side,…
by Submitted Article access_time8 years ago
Four Atmore students graduate at Troy
Troy University recognizes students who completed the requirements for graduation during the Fall Semester and Term 2 of the 2017/2018 academic year. Local residents who graduated include * Michael Jones graduated with the Master of Science in Human Resource Management degree. * Nathaniel Dennis II graduated with the Bachelor of Science in Business Administration degree. * Karissa Matthews graduated with the Bachelor of Science degree. * William Miller graduated with…
by Submitted Article access_time8 years ago
ECMS boys: Dominance with a capital ‘D’
The 2017 basketball season for Escambia County Middle School’s boys can be summed up in one word: Dominance. The Eagles breezed through their 13-game regular-season schedule without breaking a hard sweat, then added another lopsided victory in a post-season tournament to wind up at 14-0, the best mark in school history. Their average winning margin was 40-plus points. “I really expected this,” said Coach Layton Knight, in his second year…
by Don Fletcher access_time8 years ago
ECMS girls just missed matching boys’ perfect season
Although the Escambia County Middle School girls basketball team’s only setback during the 2017 season caused a mild degree of disappointment for first-year coach Kristan Wasdin, the overall performance of her scrappy team more than compensated for the loss. The Lady Eagles, who went 1-12 last year, reversed their fortunes and ran — sometimes wildly — past their opponents to wind up with a 12-1 mark that makes them one…
by Don Fletcher access_time8 years ago
Firefighters contain mobile home blaze
Usually, when firefighters are dispatched to a mobile home fire, hopes of actually saving the fast-burning dwelling are not all that high. Their main points of focus are on making sure no one is still inside the structure and preventing the usually destructive blaze from spreading to adjoining structures. That wasn’t the case, though, on January 5, when Atmore firemen arrived around 1 p.m. at a single-wide Liberty Street house…
by Don Fletcher access_time8 years ago