Molino Blood Drive Today
March 8, 2009
A blood drive will be held Sunday at two Molino churches.
The Northwest Florida Blood Center Bloodmobile will be at Aldersgate Methodist Church on Highway 29 near Highway 97 from 8 am to 11 a.m. The Bloodmobile will travel to Highland Baptist Church on Highway 95A to continue receiving donations from noon until 2 p.m.
Any friends and neighbors may donate at either location and designate the account (Aldersgate or Highland or any other account) they wish to be credited. All donors will receive a free t-shirt.
There is an urgent need for all blood types.
Requirements for giving blood are below.
* Donors must be in generally good health
* At least 17 years of age, without permission. 16-year olds are now allowed to donate with permission granted by parents or legal guardians. See our home page for full details or click on the below link for a permission form:
* Must bring picture ID
* Weigh at least 110 lbs
* Free of infection, fever or flu symptoms, for 3 days
* No cancer within the last 5 years
* No antibiotics within the last 48 hours
* No tattoos within the past 12 months
* No chest pain, heart disease, heart surgery (Requires written physician release with diagnosis)
* No history of viral hepatitis
* Additional FDA Restrictions effective May 31, 2002:
* Cannot have lived in France for 5 years or more between 1980 and the present
* Cannot have lived or visited in the UK for a total of 3 months or more from 1980 to 1996
* Cannot have received a blood transfusion in the UK between 1980 and the present
* Military personnel (current and former), and their dependents, who spent time in military bases in northern Europe during 1980-1990, or southern Europe during 1980-1996, for 6 months or more
* All military personnel (active & reserve) that are returning from Iraq, are deferred for a period of 1 year after the last date on location in that country.
Relay For Life Yard Sale Today
March 7, 2009
A Relay for Life Yard Sale is taking place from 7 a.m. to 3 p.m. today at the Century Ag Building on West Highway 4.
All proceeds benefit the Century Correctional Institute Relay for Life team.
Man Busts Into Atmore Apartment, Shooting Two; One Dead
March 6, 2009
The Atmore Advance reports a black male busted into an apartment at McRae Apartments in Atmore Thursday night, shooting two people with a shotgun.
A female was killed. A male was transported to a Mobile hospital with severe injures.
The suspect is still at large.
For more information and a photo, visit AtmoreAdvance.com
Barrineau Park Music Night To Feature Local Groups Tonight
March 6, 2009
The monthly music night at the Barrineau Park Community Center will be held tonight featuring local artists.
Tonight’s featured groups are are “Down Home” and “The Chestang Family Bluegrass Band.”
The singing starts at 7 p.m. and is free. Food and refreshments will also be available starting at 5 p.m.
This is a family friendly environment with no alcohol permitted on the property and no smoking allowing in or near the building
The Barrineau Park Community Center is located three miles west of Molino or Barrineau Park School Road.
Call 575-5575 for more information.
Pictured above: The Chestang Family Bluegrass Band will be one two featured groups tonight at the Barrineau Park Community Center. Submitted photo for NorthEscambia.com.
Tonight’s NHS Quarterback Club Meeting Rescheduled
March 6, 2009
Tonight’s meeting of the Northview High School Quarterback Club has been rescheduled.
The meeting will now be held Monday, March 23 at 7 p.m.
This will be a regular monthly meeting discussing topics for the upcoming season.
Tonight In Century: School Board To Hold Public Meeting About School Closure
March 5, 2009
The Escambia County School Board plans to hold a meeting in Century tonight to discuss their redistricting plan that will close Carver/Century K-8 School.
The meeting will be held at 5:30 in the Carver/Century cafeteria. School Superintendent Malcolm Thomas plans to present data that he says supports closing the school, including the fact that it is losing about $1 million year as teachers struggle to improve student test scores.
On January 20, the board approved advertising the redistricting of Carver/Century students to Bratt Elementary and Ernest Ward Middle School. State law says they must advertise the plan for 28 days prior to official approving it. They plan to vote on the redistricting plan that would close Carver/Century at their March 17 board meeting.
At the January meeting, the vote was 3-2 to move forward with advertising the redistricting plan. Board members Bill Slayton, who represents District 5 where Carver/Century is located, and Linda Moultrie voted against the proposal. Jeff Bergosh, Gerald Boone and Patty Hightower voted for Superintendent Malcolm Thomas’ plan.
Pictured above: Century resident Leola Robinson speaks to the Escambia School Board in support of keeping Carver/Century open on January 20 while Gerald Boone (left) and Malcolm Thomas (right) look on. NorthEscambia.com photos, click to enlarge.
It’s Going To Be Really Cold Today
March 1, 2009
It’s going to be downright cold today.
Today’s high will struggle to top out at 45. A northwest wind 15 to 25 mph and gusting to 35 will make it seem even colder. There’s even a very slight chance of a few snowflakes today before the clouds clear. The chance of snow is much greater in Central Alabama where places like Montgomery are expecting an inch or two of snow today.
A wind advisory is in effect for today due to the high winds.
Strong north winds gusting up to 25 mph will make tonight’s low of 25 seem much colder.
Here’s your North Escambia weather foreast for the rest of the week:
Monday: Sunny, with a high near 52. Wind chill values between 20 and 30 early. North wind between 5 and 15 mph.
Monday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 27. North wind around 5 mph becoming calm.
Tuesday: Sunny, with a high near 64. Calm wind becoming east between 5 and 10 mph.
Tuesday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 34. South wind around 5 mph becoming calm.
Wednesday: Sunny, with a high near 70. Calm wind becoming south between 5 and 10 mph.
Wednesday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 47. South wind between 5 and 10 mph becoming calm.
Thursday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 74.
Thursday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 54.
Friday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 77.
Friday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 55.
Saturday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 74.
Snow Tonight???
February 28, 2009
There’s a good chance of more rain and storms for your North Escambia Saturday, and there might be a few thunderstorms too. And tonight’s forecast mentions the four letter word SNOW.
Today’s rain chance is at 90 percent. The National Weather Service says to expect numerous showers and thunderstorms today, some possibly severe with gusty winds before noon. The high will be about 73, and the winds will be at 10 to 15 mph from the west.
Winds will turn to the north tonight, and temperatures will plummet to about 39 degrees. The rain chance will be 40 percent. Coupled with some colder air in the upper levels of the skies, that might mean a few snowflakes for North Escambia. Little or no snow accumulation expected.
That slight chance of rain mixed with a little snow continues for Sunday morning at 20 percent. Sunday’s high will struggle to hit 52.
Here’s the complete North Escambia forecast from the National Weather Service:
This Afternoon: Showers and thunderstorms. High near 71. West wind around 15 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph. Chance of precipitation is 80%.
Tonight: A slight chance of rain between midnight and 3am, then a chance of rain and snow. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 39. Northwest wind around 15 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph. Chance of precipitation is 40%. Little or no snow accumulation expected.
Sunday: A slight chance of rain and snow before 9am. Mostly cloudy, then gradually becoming sunny, with a high near 52. Windy, with a north wind between 15 and 25 mph, with gusts as high as 35 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%.
Sunday Night: Clear, with a low around 28. Blustery, with a north wind between 10 and 20 mph, with gusts as high as 30 mph.
Monday: Sunny, with a high near 55. Northwest wind between 5 and 10 mph.
Monday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 27. North wind around 5 mph.
Tuesday: Sunny, with a high near 64. North wind between 5 and 10 mph.
Tuesday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 34. South wind 5 to 10 mph becoming east.
Wednesday: Sunny, with a high near 70. Southeast wind between 5 and 15 mph.
Wednesday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 47.
Thursday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 74.
Thursday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 54.
Friday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 77.
Teaspoon Heritage Festival Today
February 28, 2009
Organizers say the annual Teaspoon Festival will go on rain or shine today in Century.
The annual event includes artists, bands, musicians, dancers, entertainers and vendors from across the area. The day’s events will take place from 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. at the New Life Baptist Church, 700 Hecker Road.
A History of Teaspoon
by Jack Moran
Long before a sawmill was built in what is today called Century, there was a thriving trading community. That trading community was located at the juncture of the Little “Shambia” River and the much larger Conecuh River that flowed south toward Pensacola.
Records and maps in the Library of Congress show a Spanish Fort, trading post, and a corn plantation located just south of present day Century. Those features were there for over 100 years prior to the American Civil War and more than 150 years prior to the building of the famous Alger-Sullivan saw mill that named the town Century.
There was also a trading path that came up from Pensacola. Originally that path was on the border between the Upper and the Lower Muscogee Indian territories. Later the path became known as the Old Indian Path and then it became known as the Panton-Leslie Trading Path. Originally it led to the little trading settlement at the juncture of the little river and the big river, but later it was extended north of what is now Flomaton and called the Old Wolf Path. It led to Burnt Corn and the Three Notch Trail.
There was in those early days a flood-lake along side the big Conecuh River that was curiously shaped – like a teaspoon. This resulted in the settlement being named “Teaspoon”.
The tiny trading settlement was populated by mostly African’s and American Indians, most of whom had escaped slavery in the British Colonies in Virginia, Carolina, and Georgia; Spanish traders up from Pensacola, and French from Mobile, New Orleans, and Natchez. The main trading products were pine sap, pine pitch, tall masts, and various kinds of dried foods that were traded for metal utensils, beads, cloth, and salt.
The present day Teaspoon Heritage Festival celebrates the multi-cultural trading settlement that existed long before the Alger-Sullivan sawmill was built in the early 1900’s.
The Teaspoon Festival consists of artist, bands and musicians, dancers, various entertainers and vendors from all over the region. Each year the festival grows in attendance and participation. It is listed with the Florida Department of Tourism on their Visit Florida Web Pages, and on the internet web pages of the Arts Council of NW Florida. The Teaspoon Heritage Festival is rapidly becoming a major tourist industry attraction in Century bringing notoriety and tourism dollars to the local economy.
Two Pedestrians Killed, Third Injured
February 27, 2009
Two pedestrians were killed and a third was injured Thursday night in Cantonment.
The three people were hit by a vehicle about 10:05 Thursday night at the intersection of Highway 95A and Tate School Road.
The FHP says a male and female were killed. The third pedestrian was transported to a Pensacola hospital by helicopter with non-life threatening injuries.
The accident is under investigation by the Florida Highway Patrol. More details will be posted when released by the FHP.