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The 32nd annual Castleberry Strawberry Festival will start at 9 a.m., Saturday April 21 in downtown Castleberry. There will be arts, crafts and fresh strawberries for sale. The full day of live musical entertainment includes Carl Tillery, Tony Kyles, Mark Calloway, The Backwood Boys, Perfect Image and 5:50 Express. Sponsors include Alabama Refrigeration, The Bank of Evergreen, Evergreen Medical Center, Weyerhaeuser, Cannon's Carpets & the Poarch Band of Creek Indians. Everyone is encouraged to bring the family out and enjoy a day of...
The Greater Escambia Council for the Arts (GECA) presents ‘Children of Eden,’ a two-act musical by Stephen Schwartz on Thursday, April 19 through Saturday, April 21, at 7 p.m. and Sunday, April 22, at 2 p.m. at GECA, located at 100 S. Trammell Street in Atmore. Tickets are $10 each and available at Atmore News or at the door. Tickets for GECA members are $7. The musical is based on the Book of Genesis. Act I tells the story of Adam and Eve, Cain, and Abel, and Act II deals with Noah and the Flo...
The third of four meetings to discuss plans for the recently developed Community Redevelopment Agency (CRA) fund for Century will be from 5:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m., Tuesday, April 17, at Century Business Center’s Building 2, located at 400 East Pond Road. The purpose of this meeting is to review capital improvements projects with Debbie Nickles, Century Town Planner and Peggy Fowler of Peggy Fowler and Associates. The final meeting will be held in the same place, same time, on Thursday, May 24, to finalize capital improvement projects for the t...
Flomaton Elementary School teacher Leslie Wedgeworth submitted a project for flexible seating for her 3rd and 4th grade students through donorschoose.org. requesting 8 bouncy balls with legs and 5 portable floor desktops. Donors, locally and worldwide, provided generous donations within a week to fund the project. Wedgeworth said the class is already planning its next donorschoose.org project. Above, FES third graders celebrate the donation. For more pictures see our Photo Ga...
Carbohydrates: Good or Bad for You? Are you sad that you can never eat bread, pasta or sugar again? If so, you are like most Americans who have read the recent warnings that carbohydrates cause weight gain and contribute to diabetes and heart disease. Low carb diets and cutting out carbs completely are widely thought of as ways to lose weight. But are carbs really all bad? Contrary to popular belief, carbohydrates provide major health benefits and should be incorporated into your diet in moderation. While some carbohydrate-heavy foods like...
Thomas “Tommy” Falk, 64, died Monday, April 9, 2018 in Nokomis, Ala. Mr. Falk was a native of Walnut Hill, Fla. and had resided in Nokomis since 1976. A retired insulation foreman, he was an avid fisherman and member of the McCullough Christian Center. The funeral will be held at 10 a.m., Saturday, April 14, at Petty-Eastside Chapel Funeral Home with Rev. Cornelius Phillips officiating. Burial will follow at Walnut Hill Baptist Cemetery with Petty-Eastside Chapel Funeral Home directing. Mr. Falk is survived by two sisters, Sharon (Jerry) Pou...
Drucilla Baggett Godwin, 92, died Thursday, April 5, 2018 in Montgomery, Ala. Mrs. Godwin was born in Belleville, Ala. and had been a resident of Montgomery for the past 68 years. Working as a seamstress at Prattville Apparel for a number of years, where she retired from, she was a member of Hunter Station Baptist Church in Montgomery and enjoyed sewing. The funeral was held at 2 p.m., Sunday, April 8, at Baggett's Chapel United Methodist Church with Rev. Rusty Burnham and Speaker Terry Faulk officiating. Burial followed at the church cemetery...
James Joey Money, 59, died Tuesday, March 27, 2018. Mr. Money was born July 2, 1958 to James Archie and Lois Sheets and was a friend to all who knew him. The funeral was held at 11 a.m., Tuesday, April 3, at Christian Memorial Funeral Home Chapel with Revs. Wendell Carnley and Michael Cosy officiating. Burial followed at Cedar Creek Cemetery in Castleberry with Christian Memorial Funeral Home directing. Mr. Money is survived by his wife, Jeanne Money of Pace, Fla.; two sons, John (Ashley) Money of Brewton and Eric (Natasha) Stanford of Loxley,...
Marie Virginia Knowles Morris, 90, of Brewton, died Saturday, April 7, 2018 in Brewton following a brief illness. Mrs. Morris was a native and lifelong resident of Escambia County, where she was a homemaker with several hobbies and member of the Hall's Creek Landmark Missionary Baptist Church. The funeral was held at at 2 p.m., Tuesday, April 10, at the chapel of Craver's Funeral Home with Bros. Jerry Morris and Jimmy Long officiating. Burial followed at Hall's Creek Landmark Missionary Baptist Church with Craver's Funeral Home directing. Mrs....
Donald Hugh Simmons, 69, died Saturday, March 31, 2018, in Pensacola. Mr. Simmons was a native of Atmore and former resident of Cantonment, Fla. who has resided in Flomaton, Ala. for the past 50 years. A 1968 graduate of Tate High School, he was a retired farmer and outdoorsman who attended Sardis Baptist Church. A memorial service will be held at 11 a.m., Saturday, April 7, at Sardis Baptist Church with Rev. William E. Greene officiating and Petty-Eastside Chapel Funeral Homes directing. Mr. Simmons is survived by one sister, Jeane Simmons of...
Much has been written about the cannons on the Escambia County Courthouse lawn. They stand as silent sentinels, bearing witness to decades of local history and the ebb and flow of attorneys, judges and residents through our collective memory. Yet their own history beckons the curiosity of any who stop and examine. The Thursday, April 5, 1906 edition of The Brewton Standard carried the story; "The United States government having presented to this county two cannons at Fort Barrancas, we suggest...
With the weather still somewhat cool for this time of the year, it makes me think back to when I was about ten years old. What I'm thinking about would later become known as the year without a summer, which was the year of 1816. I first heard of the year without a summer not from history books in school but from my grandmother (1888-1983) and great-grandmother (1858-1964) they had been told about it by their parents and grandparents, their grandparents actually lived through the year without a summer. Here I will say if you are in the least...
Early April, 1959. I had a date for the prom. I had a beautiful gown, all lavender, strapless, full skirted netting, ballerina length. BORROWED from Mary Kate Mantel. I had new white pumps, an early graduation gift from my sister. I had a new pair of thigh high hose with seams. I yet had to figure out how those things were suppose to stay up on my skinny legs. I would do one of two things. I could use Mama's garters and roll the suckers down to just above my knees, or I could sneak my sisters new garter belt and temp the hounds of hell if I...
Despite the morning rains, more than 80 runners and walkers showed up to participate in the Coon Hill Cemetery 5K and Half Mile Fun Run last Saturday morning. Runners and walkers of all ages and abilities came to do their part to raise money for the upkeep of the cemetery. The event serves as a fundraiser for the preservation and restoration of Coon Hill Cemetery, the oldest cemetery in north Santa Rosa County. According to race coordinator Matt Dobson, the event raised between $4,000 and...
Please see our C section of our printed paper or click on the link to our PDF version to see the full listing of the Escambia County Alabama delinquent taxes....
