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PCRC honors Dr. King
The Progressive Civic and Recreational Club honored Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. in a service Sunday, January 15, at Power Pentecostal Holiness Church. This was the 31st annual observance of the day set aside to honor the civil rights leader. The theme was “The Hour Has Come.” Scripture was John 13:1 – “Now before the feast of the Passover, when Jesus knew that his hour was come that he should…
by Sherry Digmon access_time8 years ago
ACM Star Students
The A.C. Moore Elementary Star Students for January were named Friday, January 27. They are, from left, seated, Jimmy Craft, Rachel Pruette, Mallory Gibson, Kennedy Williams, Zechariah McCants, and Jayshawn Farmer; standing, Jenna Moreland, Azyiah Sinquefield, Lazavion McKenzie, Chelsea Trice, Zariyah Haynes, Shaveh Johnson, Carmelo Brown, and JaKayla Bullard.
by Don Fletcher access_time8 years ago
ECMS create quilt from book study
Escambia County Middle School’s Enrichment Class read the book Stealing Freedom by Elisa Carbone. The novel study was six weeks long. One of the class projects was to create a quilt that represented the book. Each student recreated scenes from their favorite parts of the book on blank quilt squares. The students pieced the quilt together and had a member of the Atmore community sew the quilt squares together to create…
by Submitted Article access_time8 years ago
CACC hosts Tedder math tourney
The Coastal Alabama Community College Michael Tedder Mathematics Tournament was held on Thursday, January 26, on the Brewton campus. Nine high schools and a total of 192 students participated in the day-long event. Teams competed for trophies and awards on a 35-question exam and 16 “quick answer” cipher questions. Michael Tedder, retired mathematics and physics instructor for the college and the founder of the tournament over 30 years ago, was…
by Submitted Article access_time8 years ago
Nurses pinned
The Woodfin Patterson Auditorium was the setting on December 8 for a Nursing Pinning Ceremony for 13 graduates of the Nursing Program at Jefferson Davis Community College. Graduates represented the Standard Track Nursing Program (RN) and the Career Mobile Track Nursing Program (LPN to RN). Special honorees for the Standard Track were Valedictorian Casey Nolen and Salutatorian Ashley Schlossberg, and for the LPN Career Mobililty Track were Valedictorian Claudette Johnson…
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