Apps for SAFER grants available
WASHINGTON – Congressman Jo Bonner, R-Alabama, has announced the beginning of the applications period for local fire and emergency agencies for the Staffing for Adequate Fire and Emergency Response (SAFER) Grants program. The applications period for SAFER Grants began August 17 and ends on September 17 at 5 p.m., eastern time. Authorized by Congress and administered by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security and the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), SAFER Grants assist local fire departments in complying with staffing, response and operational standards established by the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) and the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA). Congress has appropriated ...
United Fund kick-off planned
The United Fund Drive kick-off is coming up later this month. This year’s event will be held in the Greater Escambia Center for the Arts at the corner of Trammell and Nashville. During the evening, the Greater Escambia Council for the Arts (GECA) will present a short program as entertainment. The kick-off will include a live auction with Auburn and Alabama memorabilia as well as flower arrangements Also a money raffle will be held. Tickets are $1 per ticket or 6 for $5. The prize is $500. Tickets may be purchased from any board member. Mark your calendar and plan to attend the ...
Northview volleyball continues winning ways
The Northview varsity and junior varsity volleyball teams traveled to Pensacola Christian Academy Tuesday, September 7. Both Chief squads came away with wins over PCA under the direction of coach Betty Heaton. Northview’s varsity team topped PCA in three straight games winning 26-24, 25-19 and 25-16. “Varsity did a great job of implementing a faster offense in tonight’s game,” Heaton said. “It is something that we are continuously working on putting into our program and I felt that we are going to get established.” The junior varsity team also came out ahead ...
Obituaries for the week of September 8, 2010
George Wilbur McCormack Mr. George Wilbur McCormack, age 100, of Atmore, Ala., passed away Tuesday August 31, 2010. He was born in Kirkland, Ala. to the late John Sherman and Mary Adeline Myrick McCormack. He served in the Civilian Conservation Corps during the 1930s at camps in Molton, Ala., Hartselle, Ala., Huntsville, Ala. and Wilson Dam. He was a civil service employee for many years at Brookley Air force Base in Mobile, Ala. and Robins Air Force Base in Warner Robins, Ga. He was preceded in death by a daughter, Mildred McCormack; three brothers, Webster, Travis & Edward McCormack and three sisters, ...
VFW hosts Labor Day picnic
Not everyone took all Labor Day. The folks at the Atmore Area VFW Post 7016, prepared a hosted a picnic for the community. Volunteers served hot dog lunches. When they finished eating, most folks stayed and visited and listened to the music. Veteran and preacher Bill Stuckey, assistant preacher at Gospel Light Church in Atmore, entertained with country and gospel songs. VFW Post Commander Lavan Martin said they were pleased with the turnout. The picnic was a fund-raiser for the building fund. The event gave folks the opportunity to see the Hall of ...
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Six arrested at Chick-a-Dee One-Man cut with box cutter
Four females and two males were arrested early Saturday morning at the Chick-a-Dee on Carver Avenue. All were charged with disorderly conduct. Two face additional charges. In addition, one man was cut on the right arm with a box cutter.
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Day, Garrard to fly Honor Flight
Later this month, Atmore residents and veterans Joel Day and John Garrard will take the trip of a lifetime. Both are scheduled to be on the Honor Flight to …
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Name your date for GECA tickets
Tickets are available for the upcoming production of Arsenic and Old Lace by the Greater Escambia Council for the Arts.
Ticket sales will be different for this production and for future productions. The Greater Escambia Center for the Arts, at the corner of Trammell and Nashville, has limited seating – 125 …
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Coker brings in first bale
Joe Coker was once again responsible for the first bale of cotton of the season at Currie’s Gin in McCullough after achieving the feat two years ago.
Gin manager Ron Bailey said he is hopeful for this year’s crop after losing …
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Kristen Matthews leads EA class of 2011
This is the second in a series of articles about student leaders in our area high schools.
Escambia Academy senior Kristen Matthews will be busy during the 2010-2011 school year. After serving EA’s Student Government Association last year as secretary …
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Never forget!
For the last nine years the eleventh of September has been a somber day in the United States. Every year on that date I get a knot in my stomach that lasts most of the day, as I am sure almost everyone who can remember the events of September 11, 2001 does. I now look at children who are too young to remember the horror of that morning and I envy them. They are oblivious …
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Taking a stand
To the editor:
The American Legion, the American Legion Auxiliary and the VFW would like to take a stand on a few things that are upcoming:
1. September 11 (9/11) – There seems to be more of a tendency to forget the significance of this event. Many think that this could never happen again. The same evil forces that engineered that event continue to try to do the things on a smaller scale. There have been several …
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Restoring a bit of history
You easily imagine ladies in coaches and men on horseback approaching this home back in the day. Even now, riding up the long lane in a car gives one the sense of going back in time.
The King-Criswell Plantation House in Uriah is being renovated by Ty and Robin Criswell. They’re from Mobile but now reside in this home they purchased in December.
Robin said they found …
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VFW’S Veterans In School program
This article is geared primarily for parents, friends, faculty, staff, and students of Atmore area public schools.
More than 20 comrades and sisters from the Atmore Area VFW Post, Veterans of Foreign Wars, have agreed to identify with Atmore area public schools to share their experiences with students, faculty and staff and provide assistance with citizenship, Americanism, and youth development, and to introduce VFW’s award and scholarship programs.
These comrades and sisters will form a two-person team, …
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Covenant Hospice wins excellence award
Covenant Hospice, based in Pensacola, has been chosen to receive an Excellence in Patient Care award given by outcomes firm Studer Group®. The not-for-profit organization will receive the award – which will be presented at the 8th annual What’s Right in Health CareSM conference – for its exemplary overall service results.
Studer Group gives its Excellence in Patient Care awards based on high scores an organization has received in exceeding the expectations of those they serve …
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