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Flomaton Mayor Dewey Bondurant, Jr., and Atmore Mayor Jim Staff are heading back into office with both incumbents winning their respective elections Tuesday. Flomaton will see a new, but familiar, face on the council after Kay Wagner defeated incumbent C.E. 'Buster' Crapps and Adrienne Johnson for the District 4 seat. The remaining Flomaton council members won re-election without opposition. Wagner previously served three terms on the town council and four years as mayor. The unofficial results...
South Alabama Regional Planning Commission's Area Agency on Aging suspended Flomaton's senior citizens' food services this week, but hot meals are scheduled to resume Monday, Aug. 31. Flomaton Town Clerk Jamie Wilson received an email dated Aug. 26 from Susan R. Broadhead, nutrition coordinator for the area on aging, informing her of the suspension. “Per our conversation, SARPC advises that the Flomaton Senior Center temporarily suspended the food services until the center has been thoroughly s...
With about 25 years experience in law enforcement, Brewton Police Chief Monte McGougin is retiring from the force and is changing directions, from Andy to Floyd with McGougin planning on opening a full-scale men's barbershop in Brewton. McGougin, 47, was honored Friday afternoon with the retirement reception at the Hour Glass with friends, family and fellow law enforcement officers on hand. A native of Brewton, McGougin was a 1991 graduate of T.R. Miller High School and attended Troy State...
Steven Dickey, executive director of the Brewton Area YMCA, has joined the Escambia County Commission after Gov. Kay Ivey appointed him to fill the unexpired term of District 1 Commissioner David Stokes, who resigned his position Aug. 1. Dickey, 56, will fill Stokes' unexpired term which ends in 2022. Dickey said he plans to seek the Republican nomination for the seat and a full four-year term in the 2022 election. A native of Jackson, Miss., Dickey has worked for the YMCA since 1987. He worked...
Although Flomaton High School's football schedule keeps changing, the Hurricanes will open this Friday night at Ariton High School. Kickoff is set for 7 p.m. FHS Principal Scott Hammond said Ariton has made 750 tickets available for the game. The first 200 tickets will go to the parents of the Ariton players, band and cheerleaders. The remaining 550 tickets will be available at the gate. He also said there would be no advance ticket sales. Flomaton was originally scheduled to open the season...
At Century's council meeting Aug. 17, Municipal Engineering's Dale Long gave a summary of the town's planned wastewater system improvements which will cost more than $6 million. Long said Phase I included the preliminary engineering report on needed sewer improvements for the town, which was completed several months ago. “We went straight into the design on the first phase project, which includes a new sludge screw press at the wastewater treatment plant, to get rid of sludge more efficiently a...
The Jay Council approved cashing in one of two CDs for $130,000 to help pay for emergency repair to wells no. 1 and the remaining balance due for the under-budgeted overage of the waterline project, paid mostly by a Community Development Black Grant (CDBG). “I feel like this puts us in a position to pay for the overages and the existing repairs that need to happen to get our water system to the best it is going to be,” said Mayor Shon Owens. “At the same time, if Dewberry agrees to some form...
The Century Town Council Monday night voted in a special meeting to table a lease proposal from West Florida Cotton to lease the town's industrial building for the storage of cotton to consider a possible proposal from an unnamed manufacturing company that will bring jobs to the town. At a previous council meeting, council members expressed concerns about leasing vs. selling the building, and council members did not want to sell. Chief Business Development Officer Danita Andrews works with Florida West Economic Development Alliance, the designa...
With changes in place due to COVID-19, the Flomaton Lions will hold their semi-annual pancake supper from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m., this Monday, Aug. 31, at the Boy Scout hut on McCurdy Street in Flomaton and feature a drive-up service with takeout plates rather that indoor dining. Tickets are $5 and can be purchased at the event or from a Flomaton Lion. The proceeds will go toward two scholarships and other community service projects. “As Lions, we plan on continuing to serve our community in these t...
On Wednesday, July 15, representatives announced JumpStartAL, a private-public partnership to help carry out Alabama’s strategy for the future of workforce development. Using leading edge virtual reality (VR) training solutions from job simulator TRANSFRVR, JumpStartAL will offer new education and training programs to develop the state’s next generation of highly skilled workers. “Alabama is focused on the future,” Governor Kay Ivey said. “JumpStartAL will help ensure that we are positione...
To say voter turnout Tuesday in Atmore, Brewton and Flomaton was pathetic is an understatement. Atmore and Flomaton came in at about 34 percent and Brewton dipped to around 26 percent with a whopping 14.4 percent turning out in Brewton's council District 5 that showed incumbent Cheryl Barton defeating Richard Royce 81-30. I scratch my head after every election wondering why people don't vote. I scratch my head more when people don't vote in municipal elections. These are the people who decide...
Since March we've been hearing about getting back to some sort of normalcy in wake of COVID-19. We didn't say get back to normal, because we don't think we'll ever get back to our pre-coronavirus days. Even with a vaccine and/or antibiotic to kill the virus, we will have people continuing to wear masks and we will have people shying away from large gatherings. Football has been a topic of discussion for months – will we play, when will be play. Well we are playing high school football. Some s...
“We will never accept political gridlock as our fate.” 2020 Democratic Party Platform Last Saturday the House of Representatives met to pass a bill blocking the reform of our troubled Postal Service, reform which is desperately needed for a failing agency hemorrhaging billions of dollars each year. It was just a political show as the Democrats knew it was going nowhere, although I don’t know who in America wasted their Saturday afternoon to bother watching another display of blathering hypocrisy. Mark Meadows, President Trump’s Chief of Staf...
The most enduring legacy a president will have is an appointment to the United States Supreme Court. A lifetime appointment to the high tribunal is the ultimate power. The nine Justices of the Supreme Court have omnipotent everlasting power over most major decisions affecting issues and public policy in our nation. President Trump has had two SCOTUS appointments and confirmations. This is monumental. These appointments may be his lasting legacy. The only Alabamian to ever serve on the U.S. Supreme Court was Hugo Black. It may come as a surprise...
The Democrat National Convention mercilessly passed into history with barely a whimper. The first virtual national convention was hopelessly flat and uninspiring. There was ample hatred for Trump; in fact, that was essentially the entire Democrat message – they will oust Trump. But even that was tepid compared to the last four years of howling accusations. Beyond “orange man bad,” Democrats almost dystopian description of the country offered Americans nothing to vote for. Are they hoping they can simply stoke enough Trump Derangement Syndr...
Schools and education have always been a prime concern in the Canoe area. According to Annie Waters, History of Escambia County, a log school was constructed early in Canoe's history. Records show that by 1894 there were three schools in operation with an enrollment of 80 pupils. The schools in that long ago era were famous for their teachers, and Canoe had a true colony of teachers throughout much of her history whereby education and culture was passed from one generation to the next. In the...
I have always been a person interested in history and particularly my family history. When I first started doing research into my family a distant cousin who was also very interested in family history, told me that when I talked to the older people in the family to take a tape recorder and record what they had to say. When I was told this several decades ago, taking a tape recorder with me at the time would have been a little bit of a job. At the time tape recorders were about the size of a medium size suit case and were usually on a rolling...
My friend Pasty Fore Kirkland was the most fun person I ever knew. Don't get me wrong here, I have had many fun friends in my lifetime, but Patsy came with a twist. A twist that caught my attention immediately when I as a "newby" at W. S. Neal School as my Wallace class was known. I used the title "newby" instead of the well known title of a "feeder school" as the incoming/transfered students from out in the country schools were called. Wallace, Damascus, Henley Roberts and North Brewton schools were "Feeder" schools. All us tenth graders from...
Blake Stuart Addison, 24, died Friday, Aug. 14, 2020, in Castleberry, Ala. Mr. Addison was born March 13, 1996, to Daniel Stuart Addison and Mitzi Ann Rabon, in Brewton. A resident of Castleberry most of his life, he enjoyed working on cars and had a good sense of humor. The funeral was held at 2 p.m., Thursday, Aug. 20, at the chapel of Craver's Funeral Home with Bro. Russell Clausell, Jr. and Sis. Claudia Langley officiating. Burial followed at Buffington Cemetery with Craver's Funeral Home directing. Mr. Addison is survived by two daughters,...
Joshua Lee Chisum, 33, of Brewton, died Saturday, Aug. 15, 2020, in a Pensacola hospital following a brief illness.Mr. Chisum was born May 13, 1987, to Terry Lee Chisum and Cindy (Craig) Williamson, in Brewton. A 2005 graduate of T.R. Miller High School, he was employed by Provaleus of Brewton as a security software technician for Ally Bank. A self-taught musician, he had several hobbies.The funeral was held at 2 p.m., Wed., Aug. 19, at 1st Open Bible Church with Bro. Roy Skidmore and Bro. Johnny lambeth officiating. Burial followed at Union Ce...
John Wallace Clark, 85, of Castleberry, Ala., died Sunday, Aug. 16, 2020, at a local nursing facility. Mr. Clark was born July 24, 1930, to Clete Walton and Fleta Wallace Clark, in Castleberry, where he remained a lifelong resident. A member of the Castleberry Methodist Church, he was a retired cattle farmer and lifelong member of the Alabama Cattlemans Association who served in the National Guard. A graveside service was held at 10:30 a.m., Thursday, Aug. 20, at Buffington Cemetery with Bro. Doug Darby officiating. Burial followed with...
James Eueal “J.E.” Godwin, Jr., 81, of Atmore, died Wednesday, Aug. 19, 2020. Mr. Godwin was born Aug. 17, 1939, to James Eueal and Leona Barnhill Godwin, Sr. and served in the U.S. Army. Employed with Monsanto Company as a chemical operator, where he retired, he was also a lifelong farmer. The funeral was held at 2 p.m., Sunday, Aug. 23, at Johnson-Quimby Funeral Home with Sis. Eloise Stewart and Bro. Cornelius Phillips officiating. Burial followed at Oak Hill Cemetery with Johnson-Quimby Funeral Home directing. Mr. Godwin is survived by one...
Leroy Harrison, 87, of Atmore, died Wednesday, Aug. 5, 2020. Mr. Harrison was born Sept. 10, 1932, to A.B. and Nannie Melton Harrison. A U.S. Army veteran, he retired from Monsanto as a chemical operator and was a member of The American Legion Post 0090. He was of the Christian faith and an active partner of Destiny Television Ministries. The funeral was held Thursday, Aug. 13, at Johnson-Quimby Funeral Home Chapel with Bro. Don Davis and bro. J.T. Guyton officiating. Burial followed at Oak Hill Cemetery with military honors and Johnson-Quimby...
