Severe Thunderstorm Warning
May 11, 2009
A severe thunderstorm warning is in effect until 8:45 for Escambia County.
BULLETIN – EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
810 PM CDT MON MAY 11 2009
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
CENTRAL ESCAMBIA COUNTY IN NORTHWEST FLORIDA…
WEST CENTRAL SANTA ROSA COUNTY IN NORTHWEST FLORIDA…
* UNTIL 845 PM CDT
* AT 808 PM CDT…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL…AND
DAMAGING WINDS OVER 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS NEAR MOLINO…OR ABOUT
19 MILES NORTH OF PENSACOLA…MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH.
* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR…
COTTAGE HILL AND CANTONMENT BY 820 PM CDT…
GONZALEZ BY 835 PM CDT…
ENSLEY AND FERRY PASS BY 845 PM CDT…
IN ADDITION TO LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS…CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO
GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. MOVE INDOORS
IMMEDIATELY! LIGHTNING IS ONE OF NATURES NUMBER ONE KILLERS.
REMEMBER…IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER…YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE
STRUCK BY LIGHTNING.
Spring Band Concert Tonight
May 11, 2009
The Northview High and Ernest Ward Middle schools will hold their annual Spring Band Concert tonight at Northview High School.
The event begins at 6:30. The NHS Alumni Band, made up of former Northview, Ernest Ward and Century high band members, will also perform.
Letter Carrier Food Drive Today, Help The Hungry
May 9, 2009
Last year, North Escambia area residents contributed over 20,000 pounds of food at their mailboxes for the Stamp Out Hunger food drive, and today is the time to do it again.
Mail carriers will be collecting food tomorrow at mailboxes across North Escambia and across the nation for the 17th annual Stamp Out Hunger food drive.
Residents can participate in the annual event by leaving a bag of nonperishable food by their mailboxes for their mail carrier to collect.
NALC Food Drive is a national food drive sponsored by the Letter Carrier’s Union and conducted annually all over the country on the same day. The local NALC drive benefits ACTS Ministries, Bay Area Food Bank, Manna Food Pantries, St. Vincent de Paul, Warrington Emergency Aid and We Care Ministry. For Manna, it is the largest food drive of the year and comprises almost 30 percent of annual food donations.
Here’s a breakdown of the food collected last year along the routes at each North Escambia area post office:
- Cantonment: 14,098 pounds
- Century: 1,906 pounds
- Jay: 1,998 pounds
- McDavid: 2,000 pounds
- Molino: 608 pounds
Pictured above: Food awaits collection in the Stamp Out Hunger food drive last year on Wiggins Lake Road in Walnut Hill. NorthEscambia.com file photo, click to enlarge.
Yard Sales Today To Benefit NHS Band, Ernest Ward Middle School
May 9, 2009
Two big Saturday yard sales will benefit area schools.
Ernest Ward Middle School is holding a Super Yard Sale at the school today until 2 p.m. There will also be a silent auction for half hog cut and wrapped. Click here for more info on the silent auction.
The Northview High School Band Booster Yard Sale is going on today at the VFW on Ashley Street in Atmore. Directions: Heading north on Main Street, turn left on Ridgeley Street (one block north of the railroad tracks). Turn right at the stop sign, go one block and look for the building with the flag.
Pictured: The Super Yard Sale this morning at Ernest Ward Middle School lives up to its name in size. NorthEscambia.com photos, click to enlarge.
Fish Fry, Bake Sale Today In Molino
May 9, 2009
Aldersgate United Methodist Church will hold a fish fry and bake sale today at the church from 11:00 to 1:30.
The Aldersgate UMC Men’s Fish Fry will include fried mullet with baked beans, cole slaw, hush puppies and a slice of cake for dessert. Plates are $7 each and proceeds will support the Aldersgate UMM Missions.
The Ladies Bible Study and Sunday School class will also have many types of baked goodies for sale including pies, cakes and cookies. Be sure to pick up some of these delicious baked goods to go with your fried fish dinner.
The church is located in Molino on Highway 29 just south of Highway 97.
Orientation Tonight At Ernest Ward Middle
May 7, 2009
New student orientation will be held tonight at Ernest Ward Middle School.
The orientation event is for all new students, including students that are transferring from Carver/Century K-8 School which is closing at the end of this school year.
The orientation will begin at 6:00 in the Ernest Ward Middle School gym in Walnut Hill.
Sheriff’s Town Hall Meeting For Tonight Rescheduled
May 7, 2009
The Escambia Sheriff’s town hall meeting that was planned for tonight has been rescheduled for Thursday, May 21 due to a scheduling conflict with an event at Ernest Ward Middle School.
Sheriff David Morgan’s office rescheduled the meeting because it conflicted with the new student orientation at 6:00 tonight at Ernest Ward.
“The sheriff realizes the importance of education and because many new students from Carver/Century will be attending Ernest Ward in the fall, the rescheduling was necessary,” the Sheriff’s Department said in a news release.
The Century town hall meeting will now be held at 6:00 on Thursday, May 21 at the Southern Panhandle Restaurant at 8420 North Century Boulevard.
The town hall meeting will allow citizens from the area to ask questions they may have about the Escambia County Sheriff’s Department.
Northview Reunion Band Looking For Members To Practice Tonight
May 7, 2009
Tonight’s practice of the Northview High School Alumni Band — including former members of the Century and Ernest Ward bands — has been moved from Northview to Ernest Ward Middle School.
Tonight’s practice will be held from 6:30 until 8:30 in the Ernest Ward Middle School Band Room. There will be instruments available to borrow.
The first gathering of the Alumni Band was back during Northview’s Homecoming in October. This time, the Alumni Band will be part of the Northview High Spring Concert on May 11.
The reunion band will play with the current middle and high school bands for two or three songs.
For more information, email homerandpunkin@yahoo.com.
Pictured above: The Northview High School Reunion Band performs at the school’s homecoming last October. NorthEscambia.com file photo.
Deputies Seek Public’s Help In Locating Donkey Killer
May 6, 2009
Sheriff’s deputies are asking for your help in finding the teen accused of shooting a donkey over the weekend near Jacks Branch Road.
Ted Roy, Escambia County Sheriff’s Department spokesman, said the family of Kyle Mason Driver, 17, is being uncooperative, and deputies have been unable to locate the North Escambia teen.
Anyone that knows the whereabouts of Kyle Mason Driver of the 1400 block of River Annex Road, Cantonment, is asked to call the Escambia County Sheriff’s Department at 436-9620 or Crime Stoppers at 433-STOP (7867).
Deputies said Driver has confessed to deputies that he shot a donkey on River Annex Road near Jacks Branch Road late Saturday night. The Escambia County Sheriff’s Department says that he will be charged with felony cruelty to animals causing death, using a weapon during the commission of a felony and possession of a firearm by a person under 18.
The shooting happened within minutes of the birth J.B., a white donkey that has become a local media celebrity of sorts.
For more on the donkey shooting, click here.
Fox 10 Weather Man John Edd’s Farewell Tour Live In Atmore Today
May 6, 2009
Channel 10 meteorologist John Edd Thompson will broadcast live from Atmore this afternoon as part of his farewell tour.
After 32 years on the air at Fox 10, Thompson is retiring.
The Gulf Coast television icon started his broadcasting career in Atmore in 1962 on WATM radio.