Dogwood Park Baptist Holding Weekend Revival, Youth Event
February 23, 2008
A weekend revival will continue Sunday at Dogwood Park Baptist Church with Evangelist Rick Ingle, and music by Paul and Christy Newberry.
Ingle has a Doctorate of Divinity from Southwestern Baptist Seminary. He has conducted of 1,300 revival campaigns, including revivals at five of the top 10 churches in the Southern Baptist Convention.
Ingle is the author of seven books, including If I Had Ministry to Live Over I Would…”. His testimony has been broadcast worldwide on over 400 radio stations.
Since 1981, the Newberrys have ministered through music at over 1,000 churches throughout the United States. They spent 42 of the 52 weeks of 2007 on the road in their ministry.
Sunday services will be at 10:30 a.m. and 7:00 p.m.
For more information, contact Dogwood Park Baptist at 587-2617. The church is located on Highway 97, about six miles north of Highway 29.
Passport Fair To Be Held This Monday Only At Century Post Office
February 18, 2008
A “Passport Fair” will take place Monday only at the Century Post Office. Passport applications will be accepted, reviewed and processed during the event. The passport fair will take place from 10:00 a.m. until 2:00 p.m. President’s Day, Monday, February 18.
For more information, call 256-2376 .
Two Molino Area Churches Will Hold Blood Drives Today
February 17, 2008
Two Molino churches will hold a blood drive today. The blood drive will take place at both Aldersgate Methodist Church and Highland Baptist Church. The bloodmobile will be at Aldersgate Methodist in the morning from eight until eleven, and it will move to Highland Baptist Church in the afternoon from noon until two.
Donors must be in generally good health. Other requirements include:
- At least 17 years of age
- Must bring picture ID
- Weigh at least 110 lb
- 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
- 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.
Ball Registration In Full Swing Again This Weekend
February 16, 2008
Preparation to play ball will once again be in full swing this weekend across North Escambia. Ball registration will be underway in Century, Walnut Hill and Molino this Saturday.
Registration for Northwest Escambia Little League baseball begins Saturday at Bradberry Park in Walnut Hill.
Registration will be held from nine a.m until noon Saturday at the league’s field house. The cost is $35 for the first child from a family, $25 for the second child and free for each additional child. A copy of each child’s birth certificate is required for registration, along with with three proofs of residency, such as a utility bill, drivers license or voter registration card.
For more information, call 327-6722 or 327-6155 after five p.m.
Registration continues this Saturday for the Molino Recreation Association at Don Sutton park in Molino. Registration will continue each Saturday from eleven a.m. until two p.m. through February 23. Draft will start Monday, February 25 and continue until March 1.
Registration fees are $65 for the first child, $55 for the second, $50 for the third and free for additional players from the same family. A birth certificate copy is required to be on file for each child.
There will teams for boys and girls of all ages, including “Wee Ball” again. For more information, call 587-4090.
Registration will continue this Saturday for Century Little League. Registration will be underway from 8:00 until noon at the little league park behid the hold hospital. The fee is $55 for the first child and $35 for each additional child. A birth certificate copy is required for registration.
NorthEscambia.com is looking for people to help us with stats and photos from NWE and Molino play this year. If you are interested, use our contact form to let us know.
Northview’s Got Talent Series Round One Will Be Tonight
February 15, 2008
Move over American Idol, because Northview’s got talent. And they’re going to prove it.
A talent show series entitled “Northview’s Got Talent” will continue at 7:00 tonight in the school’s theater. In the spirit of American Idol, three judges will offer a critique of each performer.
Judges are Todd Corder, an area musician; Landon Manning, band director at T.R. Miller High School in Brewton; and Luke Manning, band director at Brewton Middle School.
Entrants range from soloists, to a complete bands, to storytellers and twirlers, to an appearance by “President George Bush”.
The finals will be held at 6:00 on Saturday, March 1 in the theater. Admission is $5 for each performance.
Entrants for tonight’s Northview’s Got Talent are:
- Matt Ziza and “PeaceLess” — Band
- Sarah Killam and Chelsea Sims — Dance
- Zach Lamb — Telling Bible Stories
- Codaryl Lowery — Dance
- Hayley Simpson and Caitlyn Brown — Twirling
- Racheal Baurer — Singing
- Olivia Godwin — Singing
- Allie Bryan — Singing
- Harrison Whitehead — Comedy
- 12 Gates — Band
- Carley Hetrick — Singing
What’s Love Got To Do With It? Tonight At Northend Church
February 15, 2008
The NorthEnd Community Church will present a night of food, games, music and more entitled “What’s Love Got to Do With It?” Friday night. The event for middle and high school students will also include door prizes and more “free stuff”.
The guest speaker will be the Rev. Jeff Walker from Christ Community Church Baptist Church. The entertainment will be led by Daniel Torrez from Cottage Hill Baptist Church.
It takes place tonight from 6:30 to 8:00 at the church at 5630 Hwy. 196 (Barrineau Park Road). It’s five miles west of Highway 29. For more information, call 587-3868 or see excitingnorthend.com online.
After A Cold Start, It Will Turn Sunny And Warmer By Valentine’s Afternoon
February 14, 2008
After a cold, frosty start to Valentine’s morning, it will turn sunny a bit warmer by afternoon. The afternoon high is expected to be around 64, with sunny skies and a light wind from the south by later afternoon. Tonight’s low is expected to be 35.
It will be even warmer on Friday and Saturday, with a high of 72 each day. Rain is in the forecast for Sunday.
The overnight low was 26 in Century Thursday morning, 26 in Walnut Hill and 27 in Molino. There was a heavy frost reported across the area.
Brr! How Cold Will It Be Tonight? And Was That Sleet This Morning?
February 13, 2008
Afternoon highs Wednesday were only in the low 40’s across the North Escambia area, with a strong wind at times making it feel much colder. Winds are forecast to become light with an overnight low of 25 tonight. Highs are forecast to rebound to 62 on Valentine’s Day under sunny skies.
We received a few reports of light sleet falling Wednesday morning around the North Escambia area, including near Bratt and Bogia. The National Weather service reported some light sleet and snow just to our north Wednesday, with light snow falling north of Evergreen. There was no accumulation.
Walnut Hill Baptist Cancels Beth Moore Class Tonight Due To Weather
February 12, 2008
Walnut Hill Baptist Church has canceled a Beth Moore Bible study class scheduled for tonight due to weather. Classes will resume next Tuesday night.
“The Patriarchs” study will takes place Tuesday evenings at 6:00 at the church.
The study is led by Ellen Boyd, and it is open to women regardless of whether or not they attend Walnut Hill Baptist. The cost is $14.95 for the book.
The church is located at 5741 Arthur Brown Road, about about 1.5 miles from Highway 97. For more information, call 327-4595.
Three Part Series Coming Monday: Helicopter Technologies, Van Nevel And Inside A Federal Raid
February 9, 2008
Federal officials conducted a raid at Helicopter Technologies in Century back on January 9. Combat gear, a sniper in the woods, windows busted for an entry team…all part of the raid according to the company’s owner, George Van Nevel.
Van Nevel says he’s done nothing wrong and years of harassment by the Federal Aviation Administration is just vindictive because he’s not one “of the good old boys”.
NorthEscambia.com will begin a three part series about Helicopter Technologies and Van Nevel on Monday morning.
Monday, we’ll take a look at Van Nevel and his business prior to the federal raid, including what he has to say about the crash of one his helicopters shortly after it left Century.
Tuesday, we’ll take you to that January morning when the federal raid happened through Van Nevel’s eyes. And we’ll learn what he has to say about why the whole thing happened.
Finally, on Wednesday morning, we’ll look at the present and the future of Helicopter Technologies, Van Nevel and how all this relates to the Town of Century and the entire North Escambia area.
You’ll read Van Nevel’s colorful comments word for word in this series. We’ll go inside the factory in the Century Industrial Park with exclusive NorthEscambia.com photos. We won’t just tell you what some of the documents related to this case say, we’ll show you the actual documents that NorthEscambia.com obtained.
Join NorthEscambia.com Monday morning as we begin our exclusive in-depth series