Letter to the Editor
Published 8:59 pm Thursday, January 26, 2006
By Staff
Atmore made MLK Day rememberable
The Concerned Citizens of Atmore "Unity in the Community" and the Dr. Martin Luther King Parade Committee for 2006 appreciate every one for lending us a hand to make this Holiday Celebration a day of Unity and Strength. Atmore is filled with good people. We are blessed to have Dr. Martin Luther King's Holiday recognized in our town. Dr. King's sacrifices and contributions were for everyone. Throughout his years of public service Dr. King encouraged people to participate in community service. He said everybody can be great because everybody can serve. Dr. King said you only need a heart full of grace, a soul generated by love, and you can be a servant. Today let each man, woman, boy and girl stand up for what is right and help make Atmore a better and safer place for us to live for everyone.
The Concerned Citizens of Atmore encourage all citizens to get involved in positive activities. Let us help keep the communities safe for our seniors, youth and children. Find service opportunities in your area that match your skills and areas of interest. If you want to be somebody be a good servant for your neighborhood. One of our roles is promoting Dr. Martin Luther King's teachings because they can have a profound impact on the kind of future we create for our young people and future generations.
We would like to give a special thank you to: Everyone that participated in the program for the Unity Prayer breakfast and :The Atmore Community Hospital Dietary Dept and Director Randal Finley for serving a delicious breakfast. Quen Frye, Alavanise Gray, Elder louis Banks, Michael Thomas, Elder Van McPherson Rev. Wayne Johnson, Dr. Bernard Bishop, Felicia Bishop, Michael Arnold Dr. Hattie Bishop and Dr. Willie Williams.
Dr.Martin Luther King Program on January 16th A special thanks to: Dr. Hattie Bishop and Deliverance Ministry of Jesus Christ church family for their hospitably and allowing us to use their facility for the program and food service. Rev. H. K. Matthews, Jones Street W. L. W Choir directed by Reginald McCants, Middle School Principal Mr. Z. Byrd, Silver Zee Brown, Honorable Mayor Shell, Rev. Willie Hawthorne, Mildred Poindexter, Mt. Olive Baptist Church Drill Team, Vania Gray, LaShonda Taylor, Rev. Dane Robinson, ECHS NJ ROTC Unit directed by Captain Brazier and Chief Timmon, Joysulyn Marshall, and Khalil Askew.
Thanks to: everyone that decorated floats, thanks for the marchers, cars, trucks, motor cycles, four wheelers, horses and all the parade participants. Thanks to: our sponsors you made everything possible; T-Shirt buyers, United Bank, Pepsi Cola, First National Bank and Trust, Jones Street True Holiness Church, The Utilities Board of the City of Atmore, City Street and Sanitation Dept, New Pleasant Hill Baptist Church, Chuck Stevens Chevrolet of Atmore, Jim Johnson Ford, Inc, El Bethel Holiness Church, Growing Tots Child Care Center, Frye &Son Construction and Frye Link, Bobby and Margaret Gandy, Escambia Lawn Equipment Center, Turner Funeral Chapel, Atmore Family Pharmacy, YMCA, Gulf Winds, Novus Auto Glass, Crafts Barber Shop, Southland Motel, NAACP, McNeil Square Town House &Rentals, Christian Memorial Funeral Home, Christopher Kirk Farmer Insurance, Greenlawn Motor Court, Bondurant Lumber, DG'S Finest Cuts, Jeannie's Home Daycare, State Farm Ins, McCants Grocery #1 , Club Paradise, Clarence- Delois &Sean Marvin, Abundant Life Daycare, Community Friendship Club, Heavenly Delight Cake Shop, Underground Jeans and Shirts, Escambia Publishing Inc, R&A Food Mart-B.P., Trinsic, Atmore Ready Mix, Swift Supply, Los Amigos Mexican Products, Gold's Bar-B-Q, Churches Chickens, All of God's Creations, Herndon Oil Corp, Jefferson Davis Community College, Southern Plumbing, Greenlawn Pharmacy &Home Health Care.
Sandra Gray
Atmore