Sunny Sunday Skies, Low 80’s Today
April 24, 2016
Here is your official North Escambia area forecast:
Tonight: Patchy fog after 3am. Otherwise, increasing clouds, with a low around 58. South wind around 5 mph becoming calm in the evening.
Monday: Patchy fog before 9am. Otherwise, partly sunny, with a high near 83. Light and variable wind becoming south 5 to 10 mph in the morning.
Monday Night: Patchy fog after 1am. Otherwise, partly cloudy, with a low around 62. South wind 5 to 10 mph becoming light and variable in the evening.
Tuesday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 84. Light southeast wind becoming south 5 to 10 mph in the morning.
Tuesday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 64. South wind around 5 mph becoming calm in the evening.
Wednesday: A 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms after 1pm. Mostly sunny, with a high near 85. East wind 5 to 15 mph becoming south in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 20 mph.
Wednesday Night: A 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 67. South wind 5 to 10 mph.
Thursday: A 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Partly sunny, with a high near 85. South wind 5 to 10 mph.
Thursday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 67. South wind 5 to 10 mph becoming light after midnight.
Friday: A 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly sunny, with a high near 86.
Friday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 65.
Saturday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 85.
Saturday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 68.
Sunday: A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Partly sunny, with a high near 83.
Sunny And Warm Weekend
April 23, 2016
Here is your official North Escambia area forecast:
Saturday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 57. Northwest wind around 5 mph becoming calm in the evening.
Sunday: Sunny, with a high near 82. Light and variable wind becoming south 5 to 10 mph in the morning.
Sunday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 60. South wind around 5 mph becoming calm after midnight.
Monday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 80. South wind 5 to 10 mph.
Monday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 60. South wind around 5 mph becoming calm after midnight.
Tuesday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 82. Light south wind increasing to 5 to 10 mph in the morning.
Tuesday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 63. South wind around 5 mph becoming calm after midnight.
Wednesday: Sunny, with a high near 82.
Wednesday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 65.
Thursday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 83.
Thursday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 65.
Friday: A 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly sunny, with a high near 84.
Great Free Family Fun: Blue Jacket Jamboree Is Today
April 23, 2016
There’s plenty of good family fun for everyone today in Molino.
The Northview High School FFA Blue Jacket Jamboree is going on from 10 a.m. until 4 p.m. at the new Escambia County 4-H Facility at on Highway 99 at Chalker Road in Molino. The event is being held in conjunction with the Gulf Coast Agriculture and Natural Resources Youth Organization Youth Spring Livestock Show. Admission and parking are free for both events.
Over 50 vendors are scheduled for the Blue Jacket Jamboree, along with plenty of food, entertainment, a car show, a tractor show and a “Blue Jacket Baby Contest” at 10:15 a.m.
The livestock show schedule is as follows:
- Rabbits and Poultry: 8 – 9 a.m.
- Swine Show: 9 a.m. – 12 p.m.
- Market Steer Show: 12:30 – 1:30 p.m.
- Goat and Lamb Show: 1:20 – 2:30 p.m.
- Beef Breeding Show: 2:30 – 4 p.m.
- Dairy Show: 4 – 4:15 p.m.
- Preview Steer Show: 4:15 – 4:30 p.m.
- Livestock Sale and Auction: 5 p.m.
The Blue Jacket Jamboree is sponsored in part by NorthEscambia.com.
Pictured: Last year’s Blue Jacket Jamboree, which was held at Northview High School. NorthEscambia.com file photos, click to enlarge.
Barrineau Park To Clean Up On Saturday
April 22, 2016
Earth Day will be celebrated this Saturday at the Barrineau Park Community Center with a Community Cleanup Day.
Volunteers are asked to arrive at the Barrineau Park Community Center by 9 a.m. to receive their assignments. Bags, gloves and water will be provided. Lunch will be served back at the community center for all participants beginning at 11 a.m.
The event is sponsored by the Barrineau Park Community Center and the Honeysuckle Garden Club.
Pictured: Last year’s Community Cleanup Day at the Barrineau Park Community Center. NorthEscambia.com file photos, click to enlarge.
Showers Then Clearing Today
April 22, 2016
Here is your official North Escambia area forecast:
Today: Showers and thunderstorms likely then gradually becoming mostly sunny, with a high near 80. Southwest wind 5 to 10 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%.
Tonight: A 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms before 10pm. Partly cloudy, with a low around 57. Northwest wind around 5 mph becoming calm in the evening.
Saturday: Sunny, with a high near 83. Light northwest wind increasing to 5 to 10 mph in the morning.
Saturday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 57. Northwest wind around 5 mph becoming calm in the evening.
Sunday: Sunny, with a high near 84. Calm wind becoming south around 5 mph in the morning.
Sunday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 59. South wind around 5 mph becoming calm after midnight.
Monday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 80. South wind 5 to 10 mph.
Monday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 61. South wind around 5 mph becoming calm after midnight.
Tuesday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 83. Calm wind becoming south around 5 mph in the morning.
Tuesday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 63.
Wednesday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 83.
Wednesday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 65.
Thursday: Partly sunny, with a high near 82.
Learn About Early North Escambia Railroads, Old 100
April 22, 2016
Residents are invited to learn how the early railroads drove work in North Escambia on Saturday at 1 p.m. at the Alger-Sullivan Historical Society Museum, 610 4th Street, Century.
Speakers Jerry Fischer and Russell Brown of the historical s0ciety will make a presentation and offe a tour of their museum including Old 100, a restored sawmill transport steam engine. This program is sponsored by the West Florida Public Libraries and the Alger-Sullivan Historical Society for “The Way We Worked” Exhibition.
The complimentary exhibit “The Way We Worked.” A Smithsonian Traveling Exhibition, which celebrates the history of our nation’s diverse workers and industries on display at the Lillian F. King Museum in the Molino Community Complex, 6450 Highway 95-A North, until April 30. Viewing hours are 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. weekly, closed Sundays.
Admission is free.
Pictured: Old 100 in Century. NorthEscambia.com file photo, click to enlarge.
SBA Disaster Loan Centers In Century And Pensacola Close Today
April 21, 2016
Today is the last day for tornado victims in Century and Pensacola to apply in person for disaster loans from the U.S. Small Business Administration.
The loans available to business, non-profits, churches an individuals that suffered physical or economic losses as result of the EF-3 tornado on February 15 in the Century area or the Feburary 23 EF-3 tornado in the Pensacola area.
The Century Disaster Loan Outreach Center at the Century Business Center, 140 East Pond Street, and the Pensacola location at the West Florida Regional Planning Council office, 4081 East Olive Road, Suite A, will both be open from 8 a.m. until a final closing at 3 p.m.
While the outreach centers will close today, the deadline to apply for physical damage assistance is June 6; the deadline for economic injury assistance applications is January 9, 2017.
The types of loans available include:
- Business Physical Disaster Loans – Loans to businesses to repair or replace disaster-damaged property owned by the business, including real estate, inventories, supplies, machinery and equipment. Businesses of any size are eligible. Private, non-profit organizations such as charities, churches, private universities, etc., are also eligible.
- Economic Injury Disaster Loans (EIDL) – Working capital loans to help small businesses, small agricultural cooperatives, small businesses engaged in aquaculture, and most private, non-profit organizations of all sizes meet their ordinary and necessary financial obligations that cannot be met as a direct result of the disaster. These loans are intended to assist through the disaster recovery period.
- Home Disaster Loans – Loans to homeowners or renters to repair or replace disaster-damaged real estate and personal property, including automobiles.
Applicants must have a credit history acceptable to the SBA and the ability to repay all loans. Collateral is required for physical loss or economic injury disaster loans over $25,000. Loan terms range up to 30 years with interest rates from 1.813 to 6.25 percent.
The loans are also available in the contiguous Florida county of Santa Rosa and the contiguous Alabama counties of Escambia and Baldwin.
Chance Of Rain Friday
April 21, 2016
Here is your official North Escambia area forecast:
Tonight: Showers and thunderstorms likely, mainly after 1am. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 63. South wind 5 to 10 mph becoming light after midnight. Chance of precipitation is 60%.
Friday: Showers and thunderstorms likely, mainly after 1pm. Partly sunny, with a high near 78. Southwest wind 5 to 10 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%.
Friday Night: A 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms before 1am. Partly cloudy, with a low around 58. Northwest wind around 5 mph.
Saturday: Sunny, with a high near 80. Northwest wind 5 to 10 mph.
Saturday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 57. Northwest wind around 5 mph becoming calm in the evening.
Sunday: Sunny, with a high near 82. Northeast wind around 5 mph becoming south in the afternoon.
Sunday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 59. South wind around 5 mph becoming calm after midnight.
Monday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 80. Southeast wind 5 to 10 mph.
Monday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 62. South wind 5 to 10 mph becoming light after midnight.
Tuesday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 83.
Tuesday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 63.
Wednesday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 82.
Wednesday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 65.
Thursday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 84.
Today’s County Commission Meetings Canceled
April 21, 2016
Several Escambia County meeting, including the county commission meeting, set for today have been canceled.
The meetings canceled due to a lack of a quorum are:
- 9 a.m. Community Redevelopment Agency Meeting
- 9:05 a.m. Agenda Work Session
- 4:30 p.m. Public Forum
- 5:30 p.m. Commission Regular Meeting with public hearings and reports
All items scheduled for the the April 21 meetings will be moved to the Thursday, May 5 meeting agendas.
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Escambia Westgate To Hold Run, Walk, Wheel 5K Event Saturday
April 21, 2016
Escambia Westgate will hold a Run, Walk, Wheel 5K Event beginning at 9 a.m. on Saturday, April 23. Participants are invited to walk, run or wheel to help Escambia Westgate raise money for a fully adaptive gymnasium.
For more information, contact Beth Thread at (850) 494-5700 ext. 280.