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GECA is ‘Wrapping Up Christmas’ next Sunday
News Staff Report Not into football bowl games? Got cabin fever? Want to do something relaxing? Sunday afternoon, December 29, at 2 p.m., the Greater Escambia Council for the Arts presents “Wrapping Up Christmas,” with musical selections by local community theater actors. Admission is $5 at the door for all seats. No tickets required. You’re also asked to bring a non-perishable food item for Atmore Area Christian Care Ministry. It’s…
by Atmore News access_time6 years ago
Fuqua resigns
Leaving ECHS for CACC By DON FLETCHER News Staff Writer Dennis Fuqua, a Brewton native who has been principal at Escambia County High School for the past seven years, is heading home. Fuqua, a graduate of and former football player at W.S. Neal High School, publicly confirmed last week that he has resigned his position at ECHS and will take over as campus director for Coastal Alabama Community College’s Brewton…
by Don Fletcher access_time6 years ago
Young design team praised for metal train creations
By DON FLETCHER News Staff Writer Atmore Area Chamber of Commerce officials and numerous guests not only unveiled the latest effort at local marketing and workforce development during a December 17 ceremony. They also praised the young men who created the trains as an example of how bright the community’s future looks. The adults joined a design team that consisted of eight Escambia County High School welding students, most of…
by Don Fletcher access_time6 years ago
Obituaries, week of December 22, 2019
Bessie Kahanek Lee Mrs. Bessie Kahanek Lee, age 98 of Century, Fla., passed away Tuesday, December 17, 2019 in Brewton, Ala. She was born in Wallis, Texas to the late Joseph J. and Frances Kahanek. She graduated from Wallis High School. She then went on to become a Rosie the Riveter during WWII. She was a member of the NARFE and Byrneville Methodist Church. She was preceded in death by…
by Atmore News access_time6 years ago