Tate Takes Three Over Pace, Including Two Shutouts; Northview Varsity And JV Destroy Laurel Hill 18-2, 19-1
April 2, 2021
Tate 10, Pace 6
Drew Reaves had four RBIs on three hits and Jadon Fryman homered in the third as the Tate Aggies beat Pace 10-6 Thursday night,
Josiah Glodfelter started on the mound for Aggies, going four and a third innings, allowing six runs on four hits and striking out seven.
Reaves, Dylan Godwin and Fryman had multiple hits for the Aggies. Dalton Bowen, Franki Randall and Bray Touchstone had one hit each.
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Tate 7, Pace 0 (JV)
Three Tate High School junior varsity pitchers earned a shutout win over Pace Thursday, 7-0.
Rilee Lowery earned the win for Tate, going four and two-thirds innings, allowing no runs on three hits and striking out three. Ethan McAnally and Colton Swiers closed out the game in relief.
Javin Floyd and Paul Whitson each had runs, and Allan Beasley and Jaxson Stafford both added a run.
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Tate 4, Pace 0 (Freshmen)
Neal Croom did not allow a single run as the Tate Aggie Freshmen beat Pace 4-0 Thursday.
Croom went for six innings, allowing two hits, no runs and striking out eight.
Ketch King was 2-3 at the plate with one run. Cole McNair, Conner Hassell, Trey Rebber, Hayden St. Amant, and Damian Colen all had one hit for the Aggies..
Northview 18, Laurel Hill 2
The Northview Chiefs easily defeated the Laurel Hill Hobos Thursday night 18-2 in just four innings.
Kaden Odom took the win for the Chiefs, giving up two runs on one hit in three innings while striking out four. Josh Landis tossed one inning in relief, allowing one hit and no runs.
Jamarkus Jefferson homered for Northview in a seven-run fourth inning. He was 1-2 at the plate, with two runs and four RBIs. Wyatt Scruggs, Landis and Rustin Pope also had a couple of hits for Northview. Odom, Bryce Korinchak and Cody Thomas each had a hit.
Northview 19, Laurel Hill 1 (JV)
The junior varsity Northview Chiefs had a blowout win over Laurel Hill Thursday, 19-1 in three innings.
Northview had eight runs in the first inning and nine in the second.
Cameron Patrick pitched the win for Northview, allowing no hits and one run in two innings while striking out three. Rylan Minor threw one inning in relief out of the bullpen with no hits, no runs and striking out three to close the win.
Robbie Bodiford was 4-4 with three RBIs to lead Northview. Cameron Patrick and Aron Chaveria had two hits each, and Cody Pugh had one.
Photos by Laura Glodfelter for NorthEscambia.com, click to enlarge.
Reminder: Good Friday Closures
April 2, 2021
ESCAMBIA COUNTY
Below is a listing of Escambia County offices and departments closed Friday, April 2 in observance of the Good Friday holiday.
- Escambia County Board of County Commissioners – All departments, including:
- The Escambia County Animal Shelter (Will reopen on Saturday, April 3)
- Escambia County Property Appraiser
- Escambia County Tax Collector
- Escambia County Clerk of the Circuit Court and Comptroller
- Escambia County Supervisor of Elections
- Waste Services administrative offices
- Escambia County Area Transit administrative offices
- West Florida Public Libraries – all branches (also closed Saturday, April 3)
Exceptions:
- ECAT buses will run regular service Friday, April 2 and Saturday, April 3. No ECAT bus or UWF Trolley service will run on Easter Sunday, April 4. Regular modified services will resume Monday, April 5.
- The Perdido Landfill will be open
ESCAMBIA COUNTY SCHOOLS
Escambia County School District students will not attend class on Friday. It is a teacher work day.
ECUA
The ECUA Customer Service office will be closed on Friday, April 2, in observance of Good Friday. The drive-thru payment area and all ECUA business offices will be open. All residential and commercial sanitation collections for ECUA will be unaffected by the holiday and will be carried out as usual.
TOWN OF CENTURY
All town offices will be closed.
CITY OF PENSACOLA
City of Pensacola offices and facilities will be closed Friday in observance of the Good Friday holiday. Sanitation customers will NOT experience a change in schedule the week of April 2.
Tate Aggies Boys And Girls Tennis Defeat Milton; Fourth Win In A Row For Tate Girls
April 2, 2021
Tate Aggies varsity boys and girls defeated Milton 6-1 Thursday evening. For the Tate girls, it was the fourth consecutive victory. Photos for NorthEscambia.com, click to enlarge.
Clifton McCauley
April 2, 2021
Mr. Clifton McCauley, age 94, passed away on Thursday, April 1, 2021 in Pensacola, Florida.
Mr. McCauley was a native of McDavid, FL. He was a Veteran of War World II. He was employed 40 years at the Naval Air Station and a supervisor of aircraft maintenance with the Blue Angels and Charco Incorporation for 10 years. He served as a councilman of The Muscogee Nation of Florida.
He is survived by his one; son, Steven & Karen (Windham) McCauley of McDavid, FL; one; daughter, Anita Sue & Wayne Godwin of McDavid, FL; four grandchildren, Jon, Casey, Krystle and Kyle; five great grandchildren. He is preceded in death by his parents Fred and Mae McCauley and his wife Ouida Lee McCauley.
Funeral services will be held Monday, April 5, 2021 at 2:00 PM at the Petty-Eastside Chapel Funeral Home with Bro. Ted Bridges officiating.
Burial will follow at the Ray’s Chapel Cemetery.
Visitation will be held Monday, April 5, 2021 from 1:00 PM until service time at 2:00 PM at the Petty-Eastside Chapel Funeral Home.
Pallbearers will be Jimmy Flannigan, Barry Lee, Jeffery Steadham, Don Word, Mark Bell and Ruffus Mechem.
Honorary will be Lee Jernigain, Danny Steadham, David Steadham, Jeff Steadham and Kenny Malone.
A special recognition to our family friends Doug & Vicki Harrison.
FDOH Reports 34 New Escambia County COVID-19 Cases
April 2, 2021
THIS IS AN ARCHIVED STORY. SEE NORTHESCAMBIA.COM FOR THE LASTEST DATA.
On Thursday, the Florida Department of Health reported 34 new COVID-19 cases and no additional deaths in Escambia County.
Here is the latest data:
Escambia County cases:
Total cases: 34,879 (+34)
Non-Florida residents: 3,609
Recovered: 34,142*
Total deaths: 664
Long-term care facility deaths: 278
Current hospitalizations: 26 (+3)
Number of tests reported last day: 751
Percent positive reported last day: 4.0%
Percent positive reported last week: 4.5%
Escambia County cases by location*:
Pensacola: 26,020 (+29)
Cantonment: 3,137 (+2)
Century: 1,172
—-including 774 Century prison inmates
Molino: 484
McDavid: 209
Bellview: 57
Walnut Hill: 53
Perdido Key: 21
Gonzalez: 13
Santa Rosa County cases:
Total cases: 17,763 (+19)
Non-Florida residents: 227
Total deaths: 278
Long-term care facility deaths: 81
Cumulative Hospitalizations: 857*
Number of tests reported last day: 416
Percent positive reported last day: 4.6%
Santa Rosa County cases by location*:
Milton: 8,469 (+5)
Navarre: 3,666 (+5)
Gulf Breeze: 3,294 (+8)
Pace: 1,429
Jay: 544
Bagdad: 32
Florida cases:
Total cases: 2,064,525
Florida residents: 2,026,083
Deaths: 33,494
Hospitalizations: 85,373
*“Hospitalizations” in the statewide and Santa Rosa County totals is a count of all laboratory confirmed cases in which an inpatient hospitalization occurred at any time during the course of illness. Most of these people are longer be hospitalized. The FDOH does not provide a count of patients currently hospitalized. The Escambia County number is current data compiled each day from the local hospitals.
**On cases by location, the city is based upon zip code and is not always received as part of the initial notification. There may be a delay in reporting locations, and locations will not total the daily case increase as a result.
***The Florida Department of Health does not have a clear standard or definition of “recovered” and does not report a number of recovered individuals. Escambia County is reporting an approximate recovery number defined as the total cases prior to last month, minus deaths. In other words, anyone that tested positive more than a month ago is presumed to have recovered by Escambia County.
**Data Sources: Florida Department of Health, Escambia County, City of Pensacola, local hospitals.
Dorothy Jean (Barlow) Mosherr
April 2, 2021
Dorothy Jean (Barlow) Mosher, 85, of Pensacola, FL, passed from this life into her eternal home with her Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ, on Wednesday, March 31, 2021, and joyously reunited with her loved ones who passed before her.
Jean was born in Mobile, AL, but had resided in Pensacola all of her adult life. Jean was retired from the Escambia County School Board, having been an elementary school teacher for many years, a job she thoroughly enjoyed. She also was a member of Hillcrest Baptist Church and loved teaching a Bible study class and a Sunday school class there, as well. She was a devoted and loving wife, Mother, Grandmother and Great-grandmother.
Jean was preceded in death by her husband of 62 years, Clarence D. Mosher; her parents, Jesse L. Barlow and Velma C. Watford; and her youngest brother, Gary D. Barlow.
She is survived by her children, Donna (Steve) Durham, Debra (Danny) Larsen, Joyce (Mark) Little and William “Billy” Mosher; six grandchildren and two great-grandchildren; and her brother, Robert (Virginia) Barlow.
Funeral Services for Jean will be held at 12 noon, on Tuesday, April 6, 2021, at Lewis Funeral Home, Pace Chapel (4777 West Spencerfield Road, Pace, FL 32571.)
Visitation will be held 11:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m., prior to the services.
Burial will follow services at Barrancas National Cemetery, on board NAS Pensacola, at 2:00 p.m. Pallbearers will be Jason Durham, Zachary Durham, Jonathan Little, Mark Little, Steve Talbot, and Andrew Smith.
The family would like to thank the caregivers and staff of The Residence for the care and love Jean received during the time she resided there.
In lieu of flowers, please consider a memorial donation to The Alzheimer’s Foundation of America, 322 Eighth Ave, New York, NY 10001. alzfdn.org.
Report: Nine Mile Road Construction May Have Been Completed Years Ago, But Crews Blame Barrels For Confusion
April 1, 2021
Information obtained by NorthEscambia.com today, Thursday, April 1, indicates that construction on Nine Mile Road may have actually been completed years ago, but construction workers became confused by all of those orange barrels.
“I know drivers can understand how confusing orange barrels can be everywhere, so we hope motorists will understand that the construction workers also got lost,” Steve Karrin, a construction foreman familiar with the situation, said. “As the barrels were shifted around, we may have paved the same area more than once. In some places, we took samples and realized that we have repaved the same spots near Pine Forest Road at least a dozen times.”
“The barrels are like Dollar Generals, they do just pop up at night wherever they can,” the foreman continued. “That is why you always see the construction guys just standing around looking like they are doing nothing. They are trying to figure out where they are.”
Reports show the situation was complicated by Hurricane Sally. Most of the barrels on Nine Mile Road were moved by the hurricane force winds. Crews worked to return the barrels to the proper location, but in many instances, put them in the wrong place, the report states.
The person who answered our call at F-DOT on Thursday confirmed that while Nine Mile Road is a state funded project, they would be unable to comment today due to the April Fool’s Day holiday.
Drivers have of course been long frustrated by the endless years of work on Nine Mile Road.
“I’ve been coming here for at least 10 years for the shrimp,” a customer at Gulf Coast Seafood at 2250 West Nine Mile Road said Thursday. “They actually have signs up telling you to make a U-turn in the Pine Forest Road intersection in order to get here. A U-turn in that intersection? You try that and barrels are everywhere when you turn back. I got in between some of them one time and just had to walk on over here. I just wanted some fish for Good Friday.”
Pictured: This area of Nine Mile Road at Pine Forest Road may have actually been paved multiple times. NorthEscambia.com photos, click to enlarge. Happy April Fool’s Day, 2021.
Remains Found In Blackwater State Forest Identified As Missing Teen
April 1, 2021
Human remains were found in the Blackwater River State Forest on Sunday have been identified as a missing 14-year old boy from Pace, according to the Santa Rosa County Sheriff’s Office.. The death is being investigated as a homicide.
Cody Walker was reported missing on March 19 after last being seen on March 14.
On Sunday, an individual passing through the area located what appeared to be skeletal remains in a wooded area off Sandy Forest Road, south of the intersection of Highway 4 and Munson Highway.
“At this time, all indicators are leading Major Crimes Detectives to suspect this death was a homicide,” Sgt. Rich Aloy, SRSO public information officer, said. “The remains were taken to the Medical Examiner’s Office for autopsy/”
“The exact cause of death remains under investigation,” he said.
Anyone with information related to this case is asked to contact the Santa Rosa County Sheriff’s Office at (850) 983-1190. Anyone wishing to provide information while remaining anonymous can contact Santa Rosa County Crime Stoppers at SRCCS. COM or (850) 437-STOP.
Company Has Purchased, Is Cleaning Up Century’s Alger Sullivan Mill Property; County Freezes Code Violation Fines
April 1, 2021
The tornado ravaged Alger Sullivan Lumber Mill property in Century has a new owner that’s already started cleaning up, and Escambia County has suspended the tolling of code enforcement fines on the site.
The 38-acre abandoned industrial site was heavily damaged and, until recently, sat mostly untouched since EF-3 tornado winds of 150 mph five years ago.
The property was purchased March 1, 2021, by Creighton Sounds, LLC of Pensacola.
The principal owner of Creighton Sounds was involved in “Project Fusion” that in November 2020 canceled a pending contract with the Town of Century to purchase the former Helicopter Technology building and about 40 acres in the Century Industrial Park. The company had promised 80 new jobs and a $15.3 million capital investment during their first five years.
“I’m very proud to say that we’re the new owner of One Lumber Road (the Alger Sullivan Lumber property),” Creighton Sounds representative Kipp Anglin told NorthEscambia.com in an exclusive interview. “We’re very excited that we’re in Century to help the fine folks of that town to bring jobs and to clean up an area that’s been devastated by a tornado since 2016 that ravished their neighborhood. It’s been nothing but an eyesore. We’re making progress and we look forward to making more.”
Anglin said he did not wish to disclose the business development plans for the site at the present time as they focus on the huge cleanup project ahead.
Anglin appeared before an Escambia County Special Magistrate Robert O. Beasley this week to ask the county to put code enforcement violation fines on hold.
Environmental enforcement costs and fines of $50 a day against the previous property owners have been accruing since 2016 and now stand at an estimated $85,000. Beasley ordered the fines on the property put on hold as of March 1, the date of the property purchase by Creighton Sounds. The previous owner, DMT Holdings LLC of Navarre, will still be responsible for the $85,000 and has placed the amount in a trust fund.
According to documents filed with Escambia County Code Enforcement, the company will try to salvage about 60,000 square feet of a building while demolishing five storm damaged structures totaling nearly 300,000 square feet. They are estimating the process to take 180 days.
“We came in two weeks ago and started cleaning up, and we’ve made quite a bit of headway,” Anglin told the magistrate. “In reality, most of the cleanup will be done within the next 90 days. Around the fence line, the property is already bush-hogged, most of the trash is already picked up.” He said several Century residents were hired to help with the process.
He said the biggest unknown in the cleanup process is how long it will take his contractor to remove all but the steel frame of the largest building on the property.
Beasley said that the general cleanup is Escambia County Code Enforcement’s top priority The magistrate said if there are any unforeseen delays for engineering, permitting or other reasons and the building deficiencies cannot be corrected with 180 days, he would be willing to work with the developers.
“I think we would all like to see a clean site with all the debris and garbage cleaned out and the red iron (building framework) standing. That would put you in the best situation for success here,” Beasley said.
Escambia County received three bids for the demolition and cleanup of the mill in 2017, but bids ranged from $800,000 to $3 million — far in excess of the county’s entire 2017 cleanup budget of $463,425. Property records show the value of the property was $802,189 before the tornado, but the most recent assessment shows what remains is worth $226,535.
Pictured top: The tornado damaged Alger Sullivan mill in Century looms over a Front Street neighborhood. Pictured inset: Kipp Anglin, representing the new owners of the Alger Sullivan property in Century, appeared this week before an Escambia County special magistrate. Pictured below: Portions of the property. Pictured bottom four photos: Damage to the property as seen in 2016. NorthEscambia.com photos, and photos for NorthEscambia.com, click to enlarge.
Ransom Middle School Names Students Of The Month
April 1, 2021
Ransom Middle School named Kaytlin Robertson and David Jackson as February students of the month. Photos for NorthEscambia.com, click to enlarge.
