Low 30’s Tonight
November 13, 2012
Here is your official North Escambia are forecast:
- Tonight: Partly cloudy, with a low around 34. North wind around 5 mph.
- Wednesday: Partly sunny, with a high near 62. North wind around 5 mph.
- Wednesday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 40. Northwest wind around 5 mph becoming calm in the evening.
- Thursday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 66. Calm wind becoming northeast around 5 mph in the morning.
- Thursday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 45. North wind around 5 mph becoming calm.
- Friday: Partly sunny, with a high near 68. North wind around 5 mph.
- Friday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 44. North wind around 5 mph.
- Saturday: Sunny, with a high near 68. North wind around 5 mph.
- Saturday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 42. Northeast wind around 5 mph.
- Sunday: Sunny, with a high near 68.
- Sunday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 43.
- Monday: Sunny, with a high near 69.
- Monday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 44.
- Tuesday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 70.
Century Town Clerk Graduates From Clerk Institute
November 13, 2012
Century Town Clerk Leslie Gonzalez has completed her certification work at the Florida State University’s Institute of Government as is now eligible for certification through the International Institute of Municipal Clerks.
Gonzalez began working toward certification in October 2010, shortly after being named Century’s town clerk.
“Being a clerk means something different to me because I am the town clerk of my hometown,” she said. “All clerks are a special group of people, but to know that when I go to work in the morning, I make a difference in the place where I grew up, the place where citizens know my family, the place where I played in the dirt so many years ago, has been delightfully rewarding.”
Gonzalez was president of her clerk class of 20 and was the speaker at the graduation ceremony.
Pictured: Century Town Clerk Leslie Gonzalez (left) is congratulated by Florida Association of City Clerks President Kelly Koos of Lakeland. Submitted photo for NorthEscambia.com, click to enlarge.
Gulf Power Storm Teams Home After Sandy Restoration
November 13, 2012
Gulf Power storm restoration teams have wrapped up their work in the Northwest to help restore power following Superstorm Sandy.
A 14-man Gulf Power evaluator team from Northwest Florida and a 70-person restoration team — including 48 line personnel and 22 support personnel — are back on the Gulf Coast.
The Gulf Power teams worked across the region to assist local utilities with power restoration, including a three-foot deep snowy assignment in West Virginia and four inches of snow in New Jersey.
Pictured top: Gulf Power teams prepare to go to work in snowy New Jersey. Pictured inset: A Gulf Power team works in Pennsylvania. Pictured: The entire Gulf Power team that worked with PSE&G, a New Jersey utility. Courtesy photos for NorthEscambia.com, click to enlarge.
Florida Consumer Confidence On The Rise
November 13, 2012
Florida consumers were slightly less confident in October than a month earlier, but are more optimistic than they have been since the Great Recession began, the University of Florida reported.
UF’s Bureau of Economic and Business Research released its monthly index of consumer sentiment, which fell to 79 from an upwardly revised score of 80 in September. Three of the indices tracked by the survey, including two relating to past and future personal finances, fell for the month.
Floridians, however, say they are more confident in the U.S. economic recovery over the next year and five years down the road.
“The economy is clearly in recovery,” said BARB economist Chris McCarty. “However, as we have pointed out in previous releases, the recovery could be derailed if the impending fiscal cliff is not addressed in a sensible and coordinated way.”
By The News Service of Florida
Eunice L. Ward
November 13, 2012
Eunice L. Ward, born Harris, passed away at age 94 on November 11, 2012, at Century Care Center.
She was preceded in death by her beloved husband, Lewis L. Ward; parents, James W. and Costilla Harris; son Earl L. Ward; daughter, twin Gloria F. Brown; son-in-law Derrill Starling, and five brothers and two sisters.
Mrs. Ward is survived by her son, Paul Von Ward (Tonette Long), daughter, twin Flora Starling, daughter Dianne Mrowiec (Edward Mroweic); 11 grandchildren and 12 great-grandchildren.
Mrs. Ward was a native of Geneva County, Alabama and a resident of Jay for over 73 years. She was a devoted and loving wife, dedicated mother of five children, a doting grandmother and great-grandmother. She was a faithful member of Pine Level Baptist Church, a caring housewife and co-worker with her farmer husband, and a renowned matriarch of the Ward and Harris communities. Mrs. Ward will be missed by all of those who respected her family values, dignity, and honorable reputation in the Jay rural area. She will be particularly remembered by her extended family and friends alike for her acute mind, sharp wit, wide reading and study, self-sufficiency, and independence. She managed her own life to the very end.
Visitation will be at the Jay Funeral Home on Thursday, November 15, 2012, from 6-9 p.m.
Funeral services will be held at the Pine Level Baptist Church on Friday, November 16, 2012, at 1:00 p.m. with Reverend Mark Stuart officiating and Reverend Paul Von Ward delivering the eulogy.
Interment will follow at the Ward Family Cemetery on Morristown Road.
Pallbearers are James Ward, Roy Ward, David Ward, Tony Starling, Greg Brown, and Freddy Brown.
Special thanks to the Century Care Center and its wonderful, professional, and caring staff for their attention and support over the last three months. In lieu of flowers, Mrs. Ward asked that contributions be made to Pine Level Church.
Jay Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
Photos: Honoring Veterans With A Parade
November 13, 2012
Veterans Day obeisances were held across the area Monday, including a parade attended by thousands in Pensacola that ended at the Veterans Memorial Park and the Wall South.
For a photo gallery from the Pensacola Veterans Day Parade, click here.
Pictured top: The Tate High School Army JROTC marches in Pensacola’s Veterans Day Parade Monday morning. Pictured inset: The parade ended at the Wall South. Photos by Cheryl Casey Photography for NorthEscambia.com, click to enlarge.
Charles Carlos Ladner
November 13, 2012
Mr. Charles Carlos Ladner, 74, passed away on Wednesday, October 24, 2012, in Century.
Mr. Ladner was a native of Bayville, Louisiana and resident of Century for the past 50 years. Mr. Ladner was a loving husband, father and papa. He was an avid fisherman, shrimper, hunter, professional carpenter and good neighbor to all.
Mr. Ladner is preceded in death by his son, Charles Carlos Ladner, Jr.; two brothers, Floyd Ladner and Shirley Ladner and one sister, Elaine Cruise.
Survivors include his wife of 50 years, Dottie Mae Ladner of Century; two daughters, Cherryl (Oliver) Dykes of Century and Tina Ladner Bankston (Joe Smith) of Flomaton; three brothers, Lavoy Ladner of Gulfport, MS, Junior Ladner of Saucier, MS and Larry Ladner of Saucier, MS; two sisters, Nancy Ladner of Jacksonville and Sara Lee of Mississippi; four grandchildren, John Ladner, April Watson, Misty Lambeth and Lindsey Bagwell and 13 great-granchildren.
Funeral services will be Sunday, November 18, 2012, at 2 p.m. at the Petty-Eastside Chapel Funeral Home with his daughter Cherryl Dykes officiating.
Burial will follow at the McCurdy Cemetery.
Visitation will be Saturday, November 17, 2012, from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. at the Petty Eastside Chapel Funeral Home.
Pallbearers will be Frank Gresham, Leon Smith, Rodney Morgan, Jason Lambeth, Charlie Britt and Jeffrey Britt.
Petty-Eastside Chapel Funeral Homes, LLC is in charge of all arrangements.
Century Man Dies In Sunday Night Highway 4 Wreck
November 12, 2012
A single vehicle accident west of Century claimed the life of one person Sunday night.
The accident happened just after 9 p.m. on Highway 4 at Canoe Creek, between Bratt and Byrneville. The Florida Highway Patrol said 50-year old Kevin Don Caddick of Century was westbound on Highway 4 when he lost control of his 1998 Dodge Ram in a curve, ran off the south side of the roadway, struck several trees and overturned into a wooded area. Caddick was ejected from the vehicle during the crash.
He was pronounced deceased at the scene. There were no passengers in the vehicle.
The Walnut Hill Station of Escambia Fire Rescue, Escambia County EMS and the Escambia County Sheriff’s Office also responded to the wreck.
Pictured: A Century man was killed in a single vehicle crash Sunday night on Highway 4 at Canoe Creek. NorthEscambia.com photo, click to enlarge.
Rain Ending, Colder Tonight
November 12, 2012
Here is your official North Escambia area forecast:
- Tonight: A 30 percent chance of showers before midnight. Cloudy, then gradually becoming partly cloudy, with a low around 40. North wind around 10 mph.
- Tuesday: Sunny, with a high near 65. North wind 10 to 15 mph.
- Tuesday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 33. North wind around 5 mph.
- Wednesday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 66. North wind around 5 mph.
- Wednesday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 41. Calm wind becoming northeast around 5 mph in the evening.
- Thursday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 69. North wind around 5 mph.
- Thursday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 49. Northeast wind around 5 mph.
- Friday: Partly sunny, with a high near 69. Northeast wind around 5 mph.
- Friday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 48.
- Saturday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 68.
- Saturday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 44.
- Sunday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 67.
Veterans Day Closures
November 12, 2012
The following will be closed Monday for the Veterans Day holiday:
- Escambia (Fla. & Ala.) and Santa Rosa county schools
- Escambia (Fla. & Ala.) and Santa Rosa county offices
- Jay, Milton, Pensacola, Atmore, Flomaton city offices
- U.S. Post Office — retail windows closed, no mail delivery or collection, except for Express Mail
- Florida state offices
- Federal offices
- No bus service from ECAT
- West Florida Public Libraries, including Century Branch
- Santa Rosa County libraries
- Pensacola State College
- University of West Florida
The Perdido Landfill will be open regular hours. There will be no change in the ECUA trash pickup.