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Tubas For Tate: Eat Out Tonight, Help The Tate Band

Tonight is the Tate High School Showband of the South’s Spirit Night at Logan’s Roadhouse on Bayou  Boulevard.

With a ticket (click to print), Logan’s will donate up to 20 percent of pre-tax sales to the band from 4 p.m. until close. The funds will be used to purchase new tubas for the band.

The event will also take place next Wednesday, June 18 from 4 p.m. to close.

Tate supporters must have a ticket for the donation to occur….click here to print the ticket.

Showers, Thunderstorms Likely

Here is your official North Escambia area forecast:

• This Afternoon Showers and thunderstorms likely. Some of the storms could produce gusty winds. Partly sunny, with a high near 86. South wind around 15 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%.
• Tonight Showers and thunderstorms likely. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 71. South wind 5 to 10 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%.
• Wednesday Showers and thunderstorms likely. Partly sunny, with a high near 86. Southwest wind 5 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%.
• Wednesday Night A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 69. South wind around 5 mph.
• Thursday A 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly sunny, with a high near 90. West wind 5 to 10 mph.
• Thursday Night A 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 70. Southwest wind 5 to 10 mph.
• Friday A 40 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Partly sunny, with a high near 91. Southwest wind 5 to 10 mph.
• Friday Night A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 70. South wind 5 to 10 mph.
• Saturday A 50 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Partly sunny, with a high near 86. South wind 5 to 10 mph.
• Saturday Night A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 69.
• Sunday A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Partly sunny, with a high near 89.
• Sunday Night A 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 70.
• Monday A 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly sunny, with a high near 91.

Movie Nights Set For The Molino And Century Branch Libraries

Teen movie night is tonight at the Molino Branch Library and Tuesday night at the Century Branch Library.

Both movie nights begin at 6 p.m. with “The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy”.  It’s all part of the “Fizz Boom Read!” summer reading program.

For more information, contact the Molino Branch Library at (850) 435-1760 or the Century Branch Library at (850) 256-6217.

Slight Rain Chance, Hot

Here is your official North Escambia area forecast:

• Monday Isolated showers and thunderstorms after 10am. Mostly sunny, with a high near 90. South wind 5 to 15 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%.
• Monday Night Partly cloudy, with a low around 72. South wind 5 to 10 mph.
• Tuesday A 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms after 1pm. Mostly sunny, with a high near 91. South wind 5 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph.
• Tuesday Night A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Partly cloudy, with a low around 71. South wind 5 to 10 mph.
• Wednesday A 50 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Partly sunny, with a high near 87. Southwest wind 5 to 10 mph.
• Wednesday Night A 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 70. Southwest wind around 5 mph becoming calm after midnight.
• Thursday Isolated showers and thunderstorms. Partly sunny, with a high near 90. Light southwest wind becoming south 5 to 10 mph in the morning. Chance of precipitation is 20%.
• Thursday Night Partly cloudy, with a low around 70. South wind around 5 mph.
• Friday Scattered showers and thunderstorms. Mostly sunny, with a high near 90. Chance of precipitation is 30%.
• Friday Night Isolated showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 70. Chance of precipitation is 20%.
• Saturday Scattered showers and thunderstorms. Partly sunny, with a high near 90. Chance of precipitation is 30%.
• Saturday Night Mostly cloudy, with a low around 70.
• Sunday Scattered showers and thunderstorms. Partly sunny, with a high near 92. Chance of precipitation is 30%.

Hurricane Sales Tax Holiday Ends Today

Florida’s nine-day Hurricane Preparedness Sales Tax Holiday ends at midnight Sunday. Numerous items often purchased to prepare for hurricanes are tax free:

Qualifying Items

Selling for $10 or less:
• Reusable ice (reusable ice packs)

Selling for $20 or less:
• Any portable self-powered light source
• Battery-powered flashlights
• Battery-powered lanterns
• Gas-powered lanterns (including propane, kerosene, lamp oil, or similar fuel)
• Tiki-type torches
• Candles

Selling for $25 or less:
• Any gas or diesel fuel container (including LP gas and kerosene containers)

Selling for $30 or less:
• Batteries, including rechargeable batteries and excluding automobile and boat batteries
(listed sizes only)
• AA-cell
• C-cell
• D-cell
• 6-volt
• 9-volt
• Coolers (food-storage; nonelectrical)
• Ice chests (food-storage; nonelectrical)
• Self-contained first-aid kit (already tax exempt)

Selling for $50 or less:
• Tarpaulins (tarps)
• Visqueen, plastic sheeting, plastic drop cloths, and other flexible waterproof sheeting
• Ground anchor systems
• Tie-down kits
• Bungee cords
• Ratchet straps
• Radios (self-powered or battery-powered)
• Two-way radios (self-powered or battery-powered)
• Weather band radios (self-powered or battery-powered)

Selling for $750 or less:
• Portable generators that will be used to provide light, communications, or to preserve food in the event of a power outage
Note: Eligible battery-powered or gas-powered light sources and portable self-powered radios qualify for the exemption even though they may have electrical cords.

Slight Rain Chances Daily

Here is your official North Escambia area forecast:

• Saturday A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly after 1pm. Partly sunny, with a high near 90. West wind 5 to 10 mph becoming south in the afternoon.
• Saturday Night A 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms before midnight. Partly cloudy, with a low around 70. South wind 5 to 10 mph becoming light southwest after midnight.
• Sunday A 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms after 11am. Mostly sunny, with a high near 91. Light west wind becoming southwest 5 to 10 mph in the morning.
• Sunday Night Partly cloudy, with a low around 70. Southwest wind 5 to 10 mph.
• Monday A 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly sunny, with a high near 92. Southwest wind 5 to 10 mph.
• Monday Night Partly cloudy, with a low around 70. South wind 5 to 10 mph.
• Tuesday A 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly sunny, with a high near 91. South wind 5 to 10 mph.
• Tuesday Night A 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Partly cloudy, with a low around 69. South wind 5 to 10 mph.
• Wednesday A 40 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly sunny, with a high near 89.
• Wednesday Night A 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Partly cloudy, with a low around 70.
• Thursday A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly sunny, with a high near 89.
• Thursday Night A 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Partly cloudy, with a low around 69.
• Friday A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly sunny, with a high near 89.

Century Hopes Free BBQ Might Cook Pensacola Energy In Gas Dispute

The Town of Century is hoping a free BBQ dinner will convince some area residents that they would be better served by the Town of Century Gas Department than Pensacola Energy.

Pensacola  Energy currently provides natural gas service to three schools and one commercial customer in Bratt and Walnut Hill, plus a few dozen residential customers — all within the Town of Century’s gas franchise area. Pensacola and Century are disputing Pensacola Energy’s continued right to serve those customers, as Century seeks a franchise extension from the Escambia County Commission for a geographic area that spans from the Escambia River westward to almost the Perdido River and from the Alabama state line southward to near Bogia.

Mayor Freddie McCall said invitations to the BBQ were sent to Pensacola Energy customers in North Escambia, and Century staffers have been door to door to explain the franchise disagreement to those customers.

McCall said he and gas department employees will be on hand at the BBQ to let Pensacola Energy customers know that gas service from the Town of Century would be much cheaper.

Regardless of how well the free dinner goes, it’s mostly a public relations move at this point  to win support — Century does not have infrastructure in place to serve the Bratt and Walnut Hill customers. That’s not likely to happen until the county commission affirms the franchise for another 50 years and Century installs gas pipelines or acquires the existing Pensacola Energy network in the area.

The BBQ, open to any Pensacola Energy customer in the Bratt and Walnut Hill area, will be at 6 p.m. Thursday at the Walnut Hill Community Center (Ruritan Building) on Highway 97.

In April, the Escambia County Commission delayed action on the franchise agreement for Pensacola and Century to come to terms. So far, McCall said, that has not happened.

Pictured top: A Pensacola Energy meter in front of Ernest Ward Middle School in Walnut Hill, inside the Town of Century gas franchise area.  Pictured below: The Town of Century’s gas franchise map (click to enlarge). NorthEscambia.com photos, click to enlarge.

Winning $47K Fantasy 5 Ticket Sold In Century

Someone is over $47,000 richer this morning after purchasing a winning Florida Lottery Fantasy 5 ticket in Century.

The ticket sold at Becky’s Mini Mart, 9010 North Century Boulevard, was one of  fivewinning tickets sold for Wednesday’s drawing and is worth $47,260.74. Other winning tickets matching all five numbers were sold in Wesley Chapel, North Port, Davie and Palm Harbor.

The 300 tickets matching four numbers won $127 each. Another 9,863  tickets matching three numbers won $10.50 each, and 97,135 tickets won a Quick Pick ticket for picking two numbers.

Wednesday’s winning numbers were 5-22-28-29-36.

This was the second big winning Fantasy 5 ticket sold this year at Becky’s Mini Mart in Century. In February, a Monroeville, Ala., man purchased a $121,183.96 winning ticket at the North Century Boulevard store.

Mostly Sunny And Hot

Here is your official North Escambia area forecast:

• Thursday Mostly sunny, with a high near 93. Light and variable wind becoming south 5 to 10 mph in the morning.
• Thursday Night Partly cloudy, with a low around 69. Southwest wind 5 to 10 mph becoming light west after midnight.
• Friday Isolated showers and thunderstorms after 1pm. Partly sunny, with a high near 93. Light and variable wind becoming southwest 5 to 10 mph in the afternoon. Chance of precipitation is 20%.
• Friday Night Mostly cloudy, with a low around 70. South wind around 5 mph becoming calm after midnight.
• Saturday Isolated showers and thunderstorms. Partly sunny, with a high near 93. Calm wind becoming southwest around 5 mph in the morning. Chance of precipitation is 20%.
• Saturday Night Partly cloudy, with a low around 70. Southwest wind around 5 mph becoming calm after midnight.
• Sunday Isolated showers and thunderstorms. Mostly sunny, with a high near 93. West wind around 5 mph becoming south in the afternoon. Chance of precipitation is 20%.
• Sunday Night Partly cloudy, with a low around 70. South wind 5 to 10 mph becoming light southwest after midnight.
• Monday Isolated showers and thunderstorms. Mostly sunny, with a high near 94. Chance of precipitation is 20%.
• Monday Night Mostly cloudy, with a low around 70.
• Tuesday Scattered showers and thunderstorms. Partly sunny, with a high near 93. Chance of precipitation is 30%.
• Tuesday Night Partly cloudy, with a low around 69.
• Wednesday Scattered showers and thunderstorms. Mostly sunny, with a high near 93. Chance of precipitation is 30%.

Mostly Sunny Weather To Continue

Here is your official North Escambia area forecast:

• Wednesday Night Partly cloudy, with a low around 66. South wind 5 to 10 mph becoming light and variable after midnight.
• Thursday Isolated showers and thunderstorms. Mostly sunny, with a high near 91. Light and variable wind becoming south 5 to 10 mph in the morning. Chance of precipitation is 20%.
• Thursday Night Mostly cloudy, with a low around 70. South wind 5 to 10 mph becoming light west after midnight.
• Friday Isolated showers and thunderstorms. Mostly sunny, with a high near 92. Light and variable wind becoming south 5 to 10 mph in the morning. Chance of precipitation is 20%.
• Friday Night Partly cloudy, with a low around 70. South wind around 5 mph becoming calm after midnight.
• Saturday Isolated showers and thunderstorms. Mostly sunny, with a high near 93. Light and variable wind becoming south 5 to 10 mph in the morning. Chance of precipitation is 20%.
• Saturday Night Partly cloudy, with a low around 71. Southwest wind 5 to 10 mph becoming light west after midnight.
• Sunday Isolated showers and thunderstorms. Mostly sunny, with a high near 94. Chance of precipitation is 20%.
• Sunday Night Partly cloudy, with a low around 72.
• Monday Scattered showers and thunderstorms. Mostly sunny, with a high near 93. Chance of precipitation is 30%.
• Monday Night Mostly cloudy, with a low around 71.
• Tuesday Scattered showers and thunderstorms. Partly sunny, with a high near 93. Chance of precipitation is 30%.

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