School’s Out, Other Closings Today For Veterans Day
November 11, 2008
Today is a school holiday, and there will be several other closings for Veterans Day.
The following will be closed today to observe Veterans Day:
- Escambia and Santa Rosa county schools
- Escambia and Santa Rosa county offices
- Century and Jay city offices
- U.S. Post Office
- Florida state offices
- Federal offices
- No bus service from ECAT
- West Florida Public Libraries, including Century Branch
- Pensacola Junior College
- University of West Florida
BFI/Allied Waste is scheduled to pickup trash as usual on Tuesday.
Great Music, Family Fun Tonight With Barrineau Park Music Night
November 7, 2008
The free Barrineau Park Music night will be held tonight, featuring Sons of the Pines and High Cotton.
The groups will perform at 7:00 tonight at the Barrineau Park Community Center, three miles west of Molino on Barrineau Park School Road.
A catered meal will be available before the show from 5:00 until 7:00. The meal is $9, but all entertainment is free.
The Barrineau Park Music night is a wholesome, family friendly environment. No alcohol is permitted on the property, and there is no smoking in or near the building.
For more information, call (850) 587-5575.
Pictured above: The Sons of the Pines.
Harvest Night Tonight At Ray’s Chapel; Dr. Ted Traylor Is Guest Speaker
November 5, 2008
Harvest Night at Ray’s Chapel Baptist Church in Bogia will feature the pastor and worship leader from one of the area’s largest churches.
Dr. Ted Traylor, pastor of Olive Baptist Church in Pensacola, and Olive’s Minister of Music Dr. Leo Day will conduct Harvest Night at the invitation of Ray’s Chapel’s Pastor Nathan Brown who interned at Olive and accepted the pastor position a few months ago at the Bogia church.
“Nathan is a dear friend, and he’s even from my hometown,” Dr. Traylor told NorthEscambia.com. “It will be a night of harvest outreach to the community.”
The Harvest Night begins with a free pizza supper at 6:00 tonight. The Harvest Night service begins at 7:00. The public is invited to attend.
Ray’s Chapel Baptist Church is located at 170 West Bogia Road, just off Highway 29, in McDavid.
Elections Officials Expect Huge Turnout
November 4, 2008
Escambia’s top election official expects a huge voter turnout for today’s election.
“As we already have over 44% turnout before the polls even open, I certainly expect Escambia to exceed the 76% turnout we saw in the last Presidential election,” Elections Supervisor David Stafford told NorthEscambia.com Monday night.
About 44 percent of voters in Escambia County have already cast their ballot either in early voting or absentee.
In Escambia County there are 195,193 registered voters. During the early voting period October 20 to November 1, 49,184 people voted early in the county. Another 35,897 have voted absentee so far…those absentee ballots can be turned in all the way to Tuesday.
In Santa Rosa County, there 107,000 registered voters. A total of 26,265 voted early, and 14,338 voted absentee. That is a 37.9 percent turnout.
The polls in both counties will be open from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. Tuesday.
Pictured above: Century Councilman Gary Riley helps to clear chairs from the council chambers Monday night to prepare the room to be used as a polling place on Tuesday. NorthEscambia.com photo, click to enlarge.
LIVE Election Coverage Today; Complete LIVE Results Tonight
November 4, 2008
NorthEscambia.com is you election news source. We’ll have a LIVE election blog today, posting the very latest information you need to know from the polls in North Escambia.
Join NorthEscambia.com tonight for the most complete election coverage in North Escambia. We will post results after the polls close tonight, plus we will have candidate reactions and a live election blog. You’ll find your local election results first here.
Complete election coverage will updated on NorthEscambia.com all day today, and our complete results coverage begins as the polls close tonight.
Sample Ballot; What You Need To Know To Vote Today
November 4, 2008
Here’s what you need to know to vote in today’s General Election in Escambia County:
- Polls are open 7 a.m. to 7 p.m.
- The Molino, Cantonment and Walnut Hill precincts moved, click here for more information.
- You must present photo and signature identification. Acceptable forms of identification are: Florida Driver’s License, Florida ID card issued by the Department of Highway Safety & Motor Vehicles, U.S. Passport, Debit/Credit Card, Military ID, Student ID, Retirement Center ID, Neighborhood Association ID, and Public Assistance ID. If you fail to present proper identification at the polls, you must vote a provisional ballot.
- You are not required to present your voter identification card in order to vote. The card does have helpful information on it, including your precinct number and location.
- To vote on a paper ballot, completely darken the oval to the left of the your choice.
- There is at least one touchscreen machine at each voting location. While primarily intended for persons will disabilities, any voter may choose to vote on the touchscreen. It has an audio ballot feature.
- You may vote if you are still in line at 7:00 p.m.
- You have the right to ask for assistance in voting.
- You can receive up to two replacement ballots if you make a mistake.
- If you registration or identity is questions, you have the right to cast a provisional ballot.
- You have the right to written instructions on how to vote, and, upon request, oral instructions by elections officers or any other person.
Click here for a sample Escambia County District 5 ballot for North Escambia residents. (pdf format)
NorthEscambia.com will have complete, LIVE election results tonight.
Source: Escambia County Voter Guide. Click here to read the entire guide.
Coming Up: Complete Election Coverage
November 2, 2008
Make sure you join NorthEscambia.com for complete election coverage over the next several days.
We’ll have your sample ballots for easy reference and a look at our local races and information about the admendments on the ballot on Monday. Also on Monday, we’ll talk to area pastors about the Amendment 2 that defines marriage as the union between one man and one woman, and we will make our endorsement on the amendment.
Tuesday, we’ll review all the information you need to know as you head out to vote, and we will have a live election blog updated during the day with the latest information from the polls across North Escambia.
Tuesday night, we will have live local election coverage with the latest results updated during the night as the ballots are counted.
Wednesday, we’ll have a complete look back at all the election results as well as reaction from the winners and losers.
Today: Fish Fry To Benefit Retired Fire Chief Battling Cancer
November 1, 2008
The Walnut Hill Volunteer Fire Department will hold their annual Catfish Fry today with all proceeds going to benefit retired Chief Robert Stewart. Stewart retired recently after 30 years of service to the Bratt and Walnut Hill volunteer fire departments. He is currently battling cancer.
The fish fry will be Saturday at the Walnut Hill Fire Station on Highway 97 from 11:00 until 2:00. Plates will be $7 and will include catfish fillets or grilled chicken, hush puppies, baked beans, coleslaw, homemade bread, cake and a drink.
A drawing for door prizes will be held at 1:00. Arts and crafts and baked goods will also be sold.
The Northwest Florida Blood Center Bloodmobile will be on site for blood donations.
To read the recent NorthEscambia.com story “Chief Robert Stewart Retires To Battle Cancer, Spend Time With ‘Little Man’”, click here.
To read the recent story “Thanking Robert Stewart For Her Life”, click here.
Market Day Today In Century
November 1, 2008
A Community Market Day will be held this morning at Century’s Roadside Park on North Century Boulevard.The Community Market Day will begin at 8:00 this morning Local residents are encouraged to sell their items, including arts and crafts and produce.
At a recent Community Market Day, vendors sold a variety of items, including fresh produce, arts, crafts, snow cones and more. There was also local entertainment.
Pictured: Some of the fresh produce available at a recent Century’s Community Market Day. NorthEscambia.com file photo, click to enlarge.
Freeze Warning Issued; Almost Earliest Freeze Ever
October 28, 2008
The National Weather Service has issued a freeze warning from 1:00 a.m. to 9:00 a.m. Wednesday.
An overnight low from 28 to 30 is expected overnight, with several hours below freezing across the area. A freeze warning means sub-freezing temperatures are imminent or
highly likely. These conditions will kill crops and other sensitive vegetation.
The average first freeze of the season in North Escambia is November 21. The earliest ever recorded freeze was October 27, 1957.
Widespread frost is also expected by morning. Wednesday’s high will be 65 under sunny skies.
Wednesday night’s low will once again be around the freezing mark, with patchy frost possible.