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Bittersweet end to ACS season
By JOSH FRYENews Sportswriter After a long, hard-fought road, the Atmore Christian School Rams closed out the 2022 basketball season with a fourth-place finish in the Panhandle Christian Conference Final Four after dropping last Friday, February 18, to L.E.A.D. Academy, 76-39, and West Florida Baptist last Saturday, February 19, 78-62.With the loss, the Rams not only see the end of their basketball season, but also the end of an era…
by Josh Frye access_time4 years ago
ECHS knocks off Holt, will take on Williamson
in Class 4A regional final on Thursday
By JOSH FRYENews Sportswriter Escambia County High School’s Blue Devils will be headed to the next round of the 2022 AHSAA Class 4A State Basketball Playoffs after defeating Holt High School 69-50 on Monday, February 21, during the Class 4A Regional Semi-Finals in Montgomery.The Blue Devils and the Ironmen fought evenly over the first half of play, and ECHS led by just one point, 31-30 at halftime. ECHS finished strong,…
by Josh Frye access_time4 years ago
Carrying on the legacy
Quacker By SHERRY DIGMONNews Publisher In the Black History section published in Atmore News February 16, 2022, Anna Bell Quarker was one of the featured residents.When the paper came out, Mrs. Quarker’s granddaughter, Hermastine Lancaster, called the Atmore News office to let us know she had founded a ministry in honor of her maternal grandmother.The non-profit organization is call Anna Bell’s Attic Ministries Inc., located in Brewton.“She was known in…
by Sherry Digmon access_time4 years ago
Coalition meets to discuss community needs
The ALProHealth Coalition met February 16 to discuss possible upcoming projects. Funds have most recently been used at the crosswalk on Ridgeley Street and to help pay for lighting in the boxcar park project downtown. The mission of ALProHealth is to increase access to healthier foods and promote active transportation to everyday destinations. The local coalition in each community identifies needs in that community. Shown are coalition members at their…
by Atmore News access_time4 years ago
Silver Sneakers Sweethearts
The folks in the Silver Sneakers program at HealthActions always have a good time. Last week, they dressed in red, pink, and hearts for Valentine’s Day. Shown are, from left, seated, instructor Teresa Scott, Linda Bumann, Linda Mills; standing, Ann Amerson, Linda Nyce, Ruth Ann Kupp, Mabel Classen, Melba Cook, Faye Mosley, Marcella Moring.
by Atmore News access_time4 years ago