It’s that time…again
By JOAN HACKMAN American Red Cross Hurricane season is here. We knew it was coming but, like many other things in our lives, we don’t really deal with it until we have to. My mother used to say, “Lord willing and the creek don’t rise.” That phrase always came after something she had promised and [...]
Read More →Federal bureaucracy needs additional scrutiny
By Congressman Jo Bonner The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) epitomizes what’s wrong with a Washington bureaucracy that’s largely disconnected from mainstream America and public scrutiny. For a month now, the tax collecting agency has been grilled for its misuse of power in slow-walking applications and denying tax exempt status to certain organizations, which didn’t pass [...]
Read More →Bronner intensifies war with Mabry
By BOB MARTIN This past January 8, David Bronner, CEO of The Retirement Systems of Alabama (RSA), charged that the Alabama Education Association’s new boss, Henry Mabry, had designs in place to take over the TRS board that runs the teachers’ pension plan. A separate board, the ERS, oversees the judicial and state employee pension [...]
Read More →Honoring veteran Albert Jackson
By TED PRESLEY Special to Atmore News Army veteran Albert Jackson was laid to rest Saturday, May 25, with full military honors. He was 109 years old. Seven members of the Atmore American Legion Post 90 and VFW Post 7016 Honor Guard, along with 14 Patriot Guard Riders, were honored to stand a silent flag [...]
Read More →House continues to push for Obamacare repeal
By CONGRESSMAN JO BONNER On May 16, the House of Representatives passed a full repeal of president’s Obama’s Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, also known as “Obamacare.” I was among the 229 House members to vote to completely dismantle the controversial law, which is already leading to increased health care costs and creating uncertainty [...]
Read More →Legislature: more pluses than minuses
Note: Bob Martin took a week off from his column and forwarded this column by Bob Gambacurta who writes for The Independent, about some of this legislative session’s accomplishments – and failures. Mr. Gambacurta is a longtime broadcast reporter in Montgomery. By BOB GAMBACURTA Although most of the post mortems performed on the recently completed [...]
Read More →Perdido students remember Memorial Day
Students at Perdido Elementary / Middle School put “Service into Learning” and demonstrated that they have not forgotten veterans on Memorial Day, by collecting goodies for veterans at the William Green Veterans Home in Bay Minette. Originally, the third grade classes were going to visit the veterans just before Christmas holidays. However, due to the [...]
Read More →Perdido students compete in annual field day fun run
Perdido Elementary / Middle School students competed in the annual Fun Run to kick off their field day activities recently. Students competed with the other students in their grade to earn bragging rights until next year. This year’s winners are as follows: Third grade Boys – first Drew Turner, second Bryan Hadley, third Cole Koehrsen [...]
Read More →Perdido fourth graders win big in essay competition
In conjunction with the Perdido Elementary / Middle School’s Red Ribbon Week activities in the fall, students in grades four through six participated in a county-wide essay contest. The students were given the opportunity to express how and why they choose to live drug free. The essay contest was sponsored by the Baldwin County Sheriff’s [...]
Read More →Perdido students recognized by Baldwin County BOE
Perdido Elementary / Middle School students received letters of commendation from Baldwin County School’s Director of Communications Terry Wilhite for their outstanding achievement on the state level, in various competitions related to economics. Placing first with their video for the “American Free Enterprise System and Me” were Emily Stewart, Bethany Hadley and Micah Murphy. Macaila [...]
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