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Schedule: Area Fireworks Shows

Here’s a guide to public, non-profit Fourth of July Fireworks shows across the North Escambia area:

Friday, July 4

Sertoma — Downtown Pensacola

For the 25th year, area Sertoma organizations are once again coordinating and hosting the largest Fireworks display on the Gulf Coast over Pensacola Bay on Friday, July 4th at 9:00 pm.

There will be activities throughout the day, from 11:00 am until 6:30 pm, in Seville Square to include a free Children’s Area with inflatables and pony rides, arts and crafts vendors, food vendors, and live entertainment on the gazebo stage beginning at 11:00 a.m. There is also a hot dog eating contest at noon.

Starting at 4 p.m., there will be live music on the Bayfront Stage. The festivities will culminate with the fireworks show over Pensacola Bay at about 9 p.m. synchronized with music broadcast on Cat Country 98.7.

Jay

15th Annual Celebrate Freedom 5K at 8 a.m. Friday at Bray-Hendricks City Park. 5K entry fee is $25; One mile fun run is $10. Awards to be presented.

All-day celebration at Bray-Hendricks Park including a softball tournament, tennis tournament,  plenty of food, arts and crafts vendors, pony rides, inflatables for the kids, entertainment and fireworks at dark.

Pensacola Beach

Red, White and Blues week begins with the Pensacola Beach Fourth of July firework show and celebration at 8:30 pm on the Portofino Boardwalk. Fireworks will be launched from the Santa Rosa Sound, providing views along the beach and boardwalk.

Riverfest, Milton

Riverfest will be held Friday, July 4 in Milton. Festivities include the 13th annual Firecracker Bike Show at 9 a.m., a Freedom Car Show at 9 a.m., a Children’s Activity Area, annual Great MillT own Duck Race at 5 p.m., live entertainment at 5:30 p.m., a Veteran’s Salute at 6:30 p.m. and karaoke  at 7 p.m. The day will end with a fireworks display over the Blackwater River at dark.

East Brewton

The Fort Crawford Commission will celebrate Friday, July 4, with a fun-filled day beginning at 9 a.m. at Fort Crawford Park and ending with a fireworks show at 9:30 p.m.

Bay Minette

The Rotary Club of Bay Minette will host a fireworks show on Friday, July 4, beginning around 9 p.m. at Bay Minette Elementary School’s old tennis courts.

Hot, Dry Weather Continues

Here is your official North Escambia area forecast:

• Tonight Mostly clear, with a low around 68. North wind around 5 mph.
• Independence Day unny, with a high near 93. North wind 5 to 10 mph.
• Friday Night Partly cloudy, with a low around 64. Northwest wind around 5 mph becoming calm in the evening.
• Saturday Sunny, with a high near 93. Calm wind becoming south around 5 mph in the morning.
• Saturday Night Mostly clear, with a low around 66. Southwest wind around 5 mph becoming calm in the evening.
• Sunday Sunny, with a high near 93. Light and variable wind becoming south 5 to 10 mph in the afternoon.
• Sunday Night Partly cloudy, with a low around 71. South wind 5 to 10 mph becoming light southwest after midnight.
• Monday A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Partly sunny, with a high near 92. Light southwest wind increasing to 5 to 10 mph in the morning.
• Monday Night Mostly cloudy, with a low around 73. South wind 5 to 10 mph becoming light southwest after midnight.
• Tuesday A 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Partly sunny, with a high near 92.
• Tuesday Night Mostly cloudy, with a low around 73.
• Wednesday A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Partly sunny, with a high near 92.
• Wednesday Night A 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 75.
• Thursday A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Partly sunny, with a high near 93.

Sign Up Now For Bratt Basketball Camp Next Week With Former NBA Coach

The First Baptist Church of Bratt will host a basketball camp  next week with a former NBA, college and high school coach.

The camp for children ages 8-14 will be held  July 7-11 from 9 a.m. until noon at the church. Coach Roger Dutremble of Global Sports Outreach will teach kids the fundamentals of basketball and Biblical awareness.

“We are fortunate to get someone of Coach Roger’s talents and achievements to head up this camp” said First Baptist Bratt Student Pastor Tim Hawsey. “He has a unique ability to deal with children, and his love for them is evident.”   This is the third year the church has offered this camp.

Dutremble is a a retired coach and member of the International Basketball Hall of Fame. He  career includes coaching at every level from high school to the NBA, and into international arenas, with a lifetime coaching record of 687-117 and seven national championships. He was selected “Coach of the Year” six times, and served as national team head coach to Belgium, Scotland, and Jordan. He was an assistant coach for the Los Angeles Lakers, serving under Paul Westhead and Pat Riley, from 1979-83 and helping the team to three NBA championships with players like Magic Johnson and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar.

The cost is $45 per student with a limited number of scholarships available. The funds are used exclusively to purchase shoes and basketballs for needy children in other countries where Detremble conducts camps.

For more information, contact Hawsey at (850) 327-6529, church secretary Sherrye Gilman at (850) 327-6529 or stop by the church on Highway 4 just west of Northview High School.

Pictured: Students that participated in a previous basketball camp at the First Baptist Church of Bratt. Inset: Coach Roger Dutremble of Global Sports Outreach. NorthEscambia.com file photo, click to enlarge.

High Temp About 100 Today

Here is your official North Escambia area forecast:

• Today Mostly sunny and hot, with a high near 100. Northwest wind 5 to 10 mph.
• Tonight Partly cloudy, with a low around 75. West wind 5 to 10 mph.
• Thursday A 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly sunny, with a high near 95. North wind 5 to 10 mph.
• Thursday Night Partly cloudy, with a low around 70. West wind around 5 mph becoming north after midnight.
• Independence Day Mostly sunny, with a high near 93. Northeast wind around 5 mph becoming west in the afternoon.
• Friday Night Partly cloudy, with a low around 70. North wind around 5 mph.
• Saturday A 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly sunny, with a high near 92. Calm wind becoming west around 5 mph in the afternoon.
• Saturday Night Partly cloudy, with a low around 71. West wind around 5 mph becoming calm after midnight.
• Sunday A 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly sunny, with a high near 92.
• Sunday Night Partly cloudy, with a low around 73.
• Monday A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Partly sunny, with a high near 92.
• Monday Night A 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 74.
• Tuesday A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Partly sunny, with a high near 92.

Hot Weather Continues

Here is your official North Escambia area forecast:

• Tonight Partly cloudy, with a low around 73. Northwest wind around 5 mph.
• Wednesday Mostly sunny and hot, with a high near 99. Heat index values as high as 105. North wind 5 to 10 mph.
• Wednesday Night Mostly cloudy, with a low around 73. Northwest wind around 5 mph.
• Thursday A 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms after 1pm. Partly sunny, with a high near 96. North wind around 5 mph.
• Thursday Night A 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Partly cloudy, with a low around 70. North wind around 5 mph.
• Independence Day A 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Partly sunny, with a high near 94. Northwest wind around 5 mph.
• Friday Night A 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Partly cloudy, with a low around 68. Northwest wind around 5 mph becoming calm.
• Saturday A 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly sunny, with a high near 94.
• Saturday Night Partly cloudy, with a low around 69.
• Sunday A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly sunny, with a high near 93.
• Sunday Night A 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Partly cloudy, with a low around 71.
• Monday A 40 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Partly sunny, with a high near 93.

Volunteer Meeting Tonight For Those That Seek To ‘Reimagine Century’

The Reimagine organization will hold a meeting tonight in order to continue plans on how to best meet the needs of Century.

Reimagine Century will be held on Saturday, September 13 at Showalter Park. A volunteer meeting will be held at 7 p.m. Tuesday at the Ag Building on West Highway 4 in Century.

Organizer Linda English said the group is on a mission to serve those less fortunate, bringing together churches, business, community groups and individuals.

Reimagine has held similar events in Brownsville, Warrrington, Thomaston, GA, Santa Rosa County and Peru. Events have included clothing giveaways, free haircuts, free food, free health checks and displays from community organizations.

For more information, contact Linda at (850) 454-5280.

Pictured: Scenes from Reimagine Warrington. Courtesy photos for NorthEscambia.com, click to enlarge.

Hurricane Hunters Fly Over North Escambia Checking Out Potential Tropical System

The Hurricane Hunter aircraft flew over the North Escambia area this morning as part of their investigation into a system near the east coast of Florida that may become the season’s first tropical depression.

The flight was to measure upper level winds in our area to determine any impact on the system. The tropical depression, if it forms, is set to move the up East Coast of the U.S.  and have  no real impact on our local Northwest Florida forecast.

Some computer models are forecasting the system will strengthen toward the Carolinas on Friday and become Tropical Storm Arthur before moving off into the Atlantic.

Pictured: This graphic shows the Hurricane Hunter aircraft flight over the Florida Panhandle, including the North Escambia area, and the forecast path of the weather system up the East Coast.

Hot Muggy Weather

Here is your official North Escambia area forecast:

• Monday Night Mostly clear, with a low around 73. Southwest wind around 5 mph becoming calm in the evening.
• Tuesday Mostly sunny and hot, with a high near 98. Heat index values as high as 106. Northwest wind around 5 mph.
• Tuesday Night Partly cloudy, with a low around 73. West wind around 5 mph becoming calm in the evening.
• Wednesday A 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms after 1pm. Mostly sunny and hot, with a high near 97. North wind around 5 mph.
• Wednesday Night Partly cloudy, with a low around 74. Northwest wind around 5 mph.
• Thursday A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Partly sunny, with a high near 95. North wind 5 to 10 mph becoming west in the afternoon.
• Thursday Night A 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Partly cloudy, with a low around 73. Southwest wind around 5 mph becoming northwest after midnight.
• Independence Day A 40 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly sunny, with a high near 94.
• Friday Night A 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Partly cloudy, with a low around 71.
• Saturday A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Partly sunny, with a high near 93.
• Saturday Night A 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Partly cloudy, with a low around 71.
• Sunday A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly sunny, with a high near 93.

Another Hot, Muggy Day

Here is your official North Escambia area forecast:

• Sunday A 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly sunny, with a high near 95. Light and variable wind becoming south 5 to 10 mph in the afternoon.
• Sunday Night Partly cloudy, with a low around 72. Southwest wind around 5 mph becoming calm in the evening.
• Monday Mostly sunny, with a high near 96. Calm wind becoming southwest around 5 mph in the afternoon.
• Monday Night Mostly clear, with a low around 72. Southwest wind around 5 mph becoming calm in the evening.
• Tuesday A 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms after 1pm. Mostly sunny, with a high near 95. Calm wind becoming west around 5 mph.
• Tuesday Night Partly cloudy, with a low around 73. West wind around 5 mph.
• Wednesday A 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly sunny, with a high near 96. Northwest wind around 5 mph.
• Wednesday Night A 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Partly cloudy, with a low around 73. Southwest wind around 5 mph becoming calm in the evening.
• Thursday A 40 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly sunny, with a high near 94.
• Thursday Night A 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Partly cloudy, with a low around 70.
• Independence Day A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly sunny, with a high near 93.
• Friday Night A 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Partly cloudy, with a low around 70.
• Saturday A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Partly sunny, with a high near 93.

FHP Conducting ‘Move Over’ Law Crackdown Today

Move Over — two simple words and an easy action that could change a life.

The Florida Highway Patrol is again conducting an intensified enforcement effort on Interstate 10 in an effort to keep the roads safe and fatality-free through Sunday. Along I-10,  the FHP will be participating in an intensified enforcement effort called “I-10 Challenge,” this time focusing on the move over law. As FHP and law enforcement agencies across the state declared June as “Move Over – Slow Down – Save a Life” month, we are ending the month with a unified  awareness effort. The month-long safety campaign focused on educating the public about the law and the threat  that ignoring it can pose to first responders.

The phrase Move Over is more than just words. It is an action required on everyone’s part in order to make Florida’s busy roads safer for everyone—whether they are first responders or stranded motorists waiting for  assistance. If you see anyone on the side of the road, Move Over for their safety.

The Florida Highway Patrol will conduct special details on I-10. The details will focus  on the move over law. In addition, troopers will be checking for distracted driving, aggressive drivers, speeders, seat belt use, and commercial vehicle safety. While these focus areas are something the Patrol does every day, it is the second phase of an intensified effort across Interstate 10 in the Panhandle to ensure travelers will see  consistent enforcement throughout their trip on the interstate.

Under Florida’s Move Over law:

• The law protects law enforcement officers, emergency workers and tow truck drivers stopped along roadways while performing their jobs;

• It requires motorists to move over when a patrol car, emergency vehicle or tow truck/wrecker is stopped on the side of a road with lights flashing. If such movement cannot be safely accomplished, motorists shall slow down to a speed of 20 mph below the posted speed limit.

Pictured:  First responders work along Highway 97 last month. NorthEscambia.com photo, click to enlarge.

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