Events Planned For MLK Day
January 18, 2009
Parades and special events will honor the late Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Century, Flomaton and Atmore on Monday.
Century
The Century-Flomaton Improvement Association will honor Dr. King with a parade in Century Monday morning. The parade will line up at the old Carver High School on Pond Street at 8:30 a.m. The parade will begin at 9:00 and will end at the Ag Building on West Highway 4 by 10:00.
A program and celebration will follow in the Ag Building at 10:00. Bishop Johnny Frank Cunningham will be the guest speaker.
Flomaton
Flomaton’s parade will line up at 10 a.m. in the parkingl lot of Community Baptist Church at Highway 31 at Martin Luther King Drive. The parade will travel up MLK Drive. A program will follow at Damascus Baptist Church. Dunwan Walker, the assistant football coach at the University of South Alabama, will be the guest speaker. There will be refreshments following the program.
Atmore
The annual Atmore parade and march will begin at 10 a.m. Monday at Houston Avery Park. The parade will travel to MLK Drive, to Ridgely Street, to Main Street, to Ashley Street, to Carver Avenue and back to MLK Drive, ending at Houston Avery Park.
The annual memorial program will follow at the Gaines Chapel AME Zion Church. The guest speaker will be the Rev. Danny Benjamin.
Pictured above and below: Vehicles in last year’s MLK Day Parade in Century. NorthEscambia.com file photos.
Men’s Breakfasts Sunday Morning
January 17, 2009
The men at two Molino churches will their monthly breakfasts Sunday morning, and all area men are invited to attend.
The monthly Brotherhood Breakfast at Highland Baptist Church in Molino will be at 7:00 Sunday morning. Highland is located on Highway 95A just south of Molino Road.
The United Methodist Men at Aldersgate UMC will hold their monthly breakfast at 7:15 Sunday morning. Aldersgate is located on Highway 29 just south of Highway 97.
No More Icicles: Overnight Lows ‘Warming’ To The 30’s
January 17, 2009
We are going to get a reprieve from super cold nights in North Escambia, with overnight lows returning to the 30’s.
Your Saturday will be partly cloud and cool, with a high of 52. Tonigh’s low will be 42.
Sunday will be mostly cloudy and not as cool with a 70 percent chance of showers. Sunday’s high will be 62.
Sunday night will be partly cloudy with a 20 percent chance of rain and a low of 35. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day will be sunny with a high of 52.
Pictured above: The Nona Hightower Fountain at the Century Care Center was nearly frozen over, complete with icicles, Friday morning. The fountain is named in honor of former Century Care resident Nona Hightower. Submitted photo for NorthEscambia.com.
Forestry Officials: Don’t Burn Today
January 17, 2009
Officials with the Florida Division of Forestry’s Blackwater Forestry Center are advising the public that outdoor burning Saturday should be conducted with extra care or postponed, if possible, due to low humidity and winds.
“At this time of year and for the next several months, even after recent rain, it only takes a couple windy days with low humidity to dry out accumulated dead leaves, grass, pine straw, and other fine fuels. This makes it easy for a fire to escape and spread rapidly. It’s better to wait until humidity rises and the wind dies down,” according to Ben Wolcott, operations administrator for the Division of Forestry,
“If you must burn, it’s your responsibility to have the necessary manpower and equipment to control the fire, and remember, if the fire escapes, you may be responsible for the cost of putting the fire out and for damage to the property of other persons,” Wolcott added.
In 2008, 171 wildfires in Escambia, Santa Rosa, and Okaloosa counties consumed just over 1,736 acres.
For more information about outdoor burning rules, contact the Florida Division of Forestry at 850-957-6145 or visit www.fl-dof.com.
Drip The Pipes: Hard Freeze Warning Tonight, Low Down To 17
January 16, 2009
After a cold, cold start to Friday in North Escambia, it’s going to remain cold today and be even colder tonight. There is hard freeze warning in effect for tonight, and that could mean frozen pipes without proper precautions.
Friday will be sunny, windy and cold with a high of just 42 degrees. Another cold one with a low of 17 degrees is forecast for Friday night.
Saturday will be sunny, with a high of 55. Saturday night will be warmer and 32. There’s a slight chance of rain, with a high of 60 on Sunday.
The National Weather Service in Mobile has issued a hard freeze warning from late Thursday night through Friday morning, and a hard freeze watch for Friday night.
A hard freeze warning means that the low temperature is forecast to fall below 26 degrees for 5 or more hours. These conditions could kill crops and other sensitive outdoor vegetation. Action should be taken to ensure adequate warmth for outdoor pets. Additional insulation should be considered for exposed pipes. Check on the elderly to ensure they have proper warmth. Those who have gas heat should make sure Carbon monoxide detectors are in good working order. Relief agencies should prepare additional space for those seeking shelter from the cold.
Report Card Day
January 14, 2009
Today is report card day in Escambia County Schools.
Report cards will be sent home with all public school students today, except for Northview High School students. Northview’s report cards will be mailed home.
For more information, contact your child’s school.
Hard Freeze Watch Issued; Lows Going Down To 14
January 14, 2009
The National Weather Service in Mobile has issued a hard freeze watch. from late Thursday night through Friday morning. Our overnight lows in North Escambia are forecast to be about 15 degrees by sunrise Friday morning and 14 Saturday morning.
The high today in North Escambia is expected to be about 55 degrees with a north wind. Tonight, it will be clear and cold with a low of 25. Thursday’s high will climb to just 50 degrees, and the overnight low Thursday is forecast to break records at 15 degrees.
The cold weather will continue Friday with a high of 45, and a low Friday night of 14.
Low temperatures could break records over the interior of southwest Alabama and southeast Mississippi by Friday morning. Over the coastal counties, lows are forecast to settle to near records mainly along the Interstate 10 corridor Thursday night and Friday morning.
The latest forecast calls for lows to be near 10 degrees from Highland Home to the mid to upper teens from Waynesboro Mississippi to Evergreen Alabama. Temperatures ranging from 17 to 22 are forecast closer to Interstate 10…from Crestview to westward to Semmes, Ala.
A hard freeze watch means the potential exists for low temperatures to fall below 26 degrees for 5 or more hours. These conditions could kill crops and other sensitive outdoor vegetation. Action should be aken to ensure adequate warmth for outdoor pets. Additional insulation should be considered for exposed pipes. Check on the elderly to ensure they have proper warmth. Those who have gas heat should make sure Carbon monoxide detectors are in good working order. Relief agencies should prepare additional space for those seeking shelter from the cold.
Ernest Ward To Hold Chili Supper, Parent Meeting Today
January 13, 2009
Ernest Ward Middle School will hold a parent meeting and chili supper fund-raiser this afternoon at the school.
Parents and guardians will have the chance to get valuable information, handouts and more on how to help prepare students for the FCAT, do better in school and there will be a review of the middle school required Pupil Progression Plan.
There will also be a chili supper fund-raiser. For $5, a bowl of chili, crackers, tea and cookies will be served. All proceeds will benefit the Sunshine State Readers Program.
Parents and guardians can attend anytime between 3 and 6 p.m. The event will take place in the school library.
Did You Remember To Take Out The Trash? Tuesday Is Trash Day
January 13, 2009
Did you remember to take out the trash? The new trash day in North Escambia is Tuesdays. ECUA is now the residential sanitation company in North Escambia, except for within the town limits of Century, and the pickup day is Tuesday only for everyone.
Emerald Coast Utilities Authority sanitation service has assumed collection of all routes currently collected by Allied Waste in North Escambia.
The collection service includes once weekly garbage pickup, once weekly pickup of recyclables, and once weekly yard waste pickup. In addition, bulky waste pickup service is available, free-of-charge, once each calendar month. Residential garbage service rates have been reduced to $17.99 a month.
It’s Cold, And It’s Getting Colder
January 13, 2009
We are still looking at a cold week here in North Escambia, with lows by Thursday night falling as low as 16 degrees.
Tuesday will be sunny and cool, with daytime highs near 55. The low will be near 25 for Tuesday night.
The forecast for the rest of the week in North Escambia calls for…
- Wednesday…Sunny and 55.
- Wednesday night…Clear, low of 24.
- Thursday…Sunny, breezy, high of 48.
- Thursday night…Clear and COLD, low of 16.
- Friday…Sunny and 45.
- Friday night…Clear and cold, low of 19.
- Saturday…Mostly sunny, high of 55.
- Saturday night…Mostly cloudy, low of 28.