Freeze Warning: Low About 21 Tonight
November 27, 2013
Here is your official North Escambia area forecast:
- Tonight: Clear, with a low around 21. Northwest wind around 5 mph becoming calm after midnight.
- Thanksgiving Day: Sunny, with a high near 53. Wind chill values between 20 and 30 early. North wind around 5 mph.
- Thursday Night: Clear, with a low around 26. Calm wind.
- Friday: Sunny, with a high near 60. Calm wind becoming northeast around 5 mph in the morning.
- Friday Night: Clear, with a low around 32. Calm wind becoming northeast around 5 mph after midnight.
- Saturday: Sunny, with a high near 64. Northeast wind around 5 mph.
- Saturday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 39. Calm wind.
- Sunday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 65. North wind around 5 mph.
- Sunday Night: A 20 percent chance of showers. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 43. Calm wind becoming north around 5 mph.
- Monday: A 40 percent chance of showers. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 63.
- Monday Night: A 20 percent chance of showers. Partly cloudy, with a low around 41.
- Tuesday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 66.
- Tuesday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 43.
Molino Community Thanksgiving Service Tonight
November 26, 2013
Multiple churches in the Molino area will come together tonight for the annual Molino Community Thanksgiving Service.
The service will begin at 6:30 p.m. at Highland Baptist Church, 6240 Highway 95A North, Molino. A time of fellowship will follow with finger foods, desserts and covered dishes.
Turning Even Colder
November 26, 2013
Here is your official North Escambia area forecast:
- Tonight: Showers likely, mainly before midnight. Cloudy, with a low around 35. Northwest wind around 15 mph. Chance of precipitation is 70%.
- Wednesday: Sunny, with a high near 45. Breezy, with a northwest wind 10 to 20 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph.
- Wednesday Night: Clear, with a low around 23. North wind around 5 mph.
- Thanksgiving Day: Sunny, with a high near 51. Wind chill values between 15 and 25 early. North wind around 5 mph.
- Thursday Night: Clear, with a low around 27. Northeast wind around 5 mph.
- Friday: Sunny, with a high near 60. Northeast wind around 5 mph.
- Friday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 33. Northeast wind around 5 mph.
- Saturday: Sunny, with a high near 63. East wind around 5 mph.
- Saturday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 42. East wind around 5 mph.
- Sunday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 67.
- Sunday Night: A 20 percent chance of showers. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 48.
- Monday: A 30 percent chance of showers. Partly sunny, with a high near 70.
- Monday Night: A 20 percent chance of showers. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 47.
- Tuesday: A 20 percent chance of showers. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 69.
Century To Discuss Animal Control Ordinance During Workshop Meeting
November 25, 2013
The Town of Century is continuing to hammer out the details of a controversial new ordinance banning or severely limiting most barnyard animals in the town.
The town council will hold a workshop to discuss the ordinance Tuesday afternoon at 2:00. The workshop will be open to the public; however, no public comments will be heard during the meeting. A public hearing on the ordinance will be held on Monday, December 2 at 7 p.m.
A week ago, the council held a first reading of an ordinance that will make it illegal to keep a horse, mule, donkey, goat, sheep, or cow within the town limits except in areas that are zoned agricultural or rural residential. Hogs are already prohibited in all areas of the town.
The ordinance will also set minimum lot sizes in the agricultural and rural residential areas in order to keep livestock. A minimum lot size of one acre per horse or donkey will be required, and a minimum lot size of one-half acre per goat will also be required. Structures for livestock, such as barns, feed lots and stables, will not be allowed within 200 feet of a dwelling belonging to another individual or within 200 feet of property that is zoned residential. In addition, all barnyard animals and livestock must be kept at least 200 feet from any property line.
During Tuesday’s workshop, the council will consider an amended ordinance that will allow animals currently in the town limits to be grandfathered in. The grandfather exemption would apply to the life of an animal; once the animal dies or is sold, the grandfather provision would no longer apply.
Pictured top: A small group of protestors hold signs against a proposed barnyard animal ordinance during a Century Town Council meeting last Monday night. NorthEscambia.com photo, click to enlarge.
Rain Moving In, Turning Colder
November 25, 2013
Here is your official North Escambia area forecast:
- Tonight: Rain. Temperature rising to around 61 by 3am. East wind around 15 mph. Chance of precipitation is 100%.
- Tuesday: Showers and possibly a thunderstorm before noon, then rain after noon. Temperature falling to around 55 by 5pm. East wind around 15 mph becoming northwest in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 20 mph. Chance of precipitation is 100%.
- Tuesday Night: Rain likely, mainly before midnight. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 36. Breezy, with a northwest wind 15 to 20 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph. Chance of precipitation is 70%.
- Wednesday: Sunny, with a high near 48. Breezy, with a north wind 15 to 20 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph.
- Wednesday Night: Clear, with a low around 25. North wind 5 to 10 mph.
- Thanksgiving Day: Sunny, with a high near 51. North wind 5 to 10 mph.
- Thursday Night: Clear, with a low around 27. Calm wind becoming north around 5 mph after midnight.
- Friday: Sunny, with a high near 58. Northeast wind 5 to 10 mph.
- Friday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 35.
- Saturday: Sunny, with a high near 63.
- Saturday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 41.
- Sunday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 68.
- Sunday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 47.
- Monday: A chance of showers. Partly sunny, with a high near 69.
Cooler Weather This Week
November 24, 2013
Here is your official North Escambia area forecast:
- Sunday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 54. North wind around 15 mph.
- Sunday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 34. North wind 5 to 10 mph.
- Monday: A 40 percent chance of rain, mainly after noon. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 57. Northeast wind around 10 mph.
- Monday Night: Rain. Low around 51. Northeast wind 5 to 15 mph. Chance of precipitation is 90%.
- Tuesday: Rain. High near 59. East wind around 15 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph. Chance of precipitation is 80%.
- Tuesday Night: Rain likely. Cloudy, with a low around 42. North wind 5 to 10 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%.
- Wednesday: A 20 percent chance of rain. Partly sunny, with a high near 53. Northwest wind 10 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph.
- Wednesday Night: Clear, with a low around 32. Northwest wind 10 to 15 mph.
- Thanksgiving Day: Sunny, with a high near 54.
- Thursday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 34.
- Friday: Sunny, with a high near 60.
- Friday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 36.
- Saturday: Sunny, with a high near 65.
Turning Colder Tonight; Sunny Sunday
November 23, 2013
Here is your official North Escambia area forecast:
- Tonight: A 20 percent chance of rain before midnight. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 37. North wind around 15 mph.
- Sunday: Sunny, with a high near 54. North wind around 15 mph.
- Sunday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 34. North wind 5 to 10 mph.
- Monday: A 40 percent chance of rain, mainly after noon. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 57. Northeast wind around 10 mph.
- Monday Night: Rain. Low around 51. Northeast wind 5 to 15 mph. Chance of precipitation is 90%.
- Tuesday: Rain. High near 59. East wind around 15 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph. Chance of precipitation is 80%.
- Tuesday Night: Rain likely. Cloudy, with a low around 42. North wind 5 to 10 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%.
- Wednesday: A 20 percent chance of rain. Partly sunny, with a high near 53. Northwest wind 10 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph.
- Wednesday Night: Clear, with a low around 32. Northwest wind 10 to 15 mph.
- Thanksgiving Day: Sunny, with a high near 54.
- Thursday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 34.
- Friday: Sunny, with a high near 60.
- Friday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 36.
- Saturday: Sunny, with a high near 65.
Friday Night Playoff Finals
November 23, 2013
Here are final scores from tonight’s playoff action:
Cottondale 34, Northview 28 [Read more...]
Blountstown 34, Port St Joe 0
Catholic 26, West Florida 20
Niceville 38, Lincoln 17
Leeds 24, T.R. Miller 20
Operation Christmas Child Central Continues At FBC Bratt
November 23, 2013
Volunteers are busy at the First Baptist Church of Bratt during “National Collection Week” for Operation Christmas Child. For the 20th year, the simple, gift-filled shoe boxes will bring Christmas joy and evangelistic materials to children in over 130 countries across the world.
National Collection Week for OCC continues through November 25. The First Baptist Church of Bratt will be the official OCC Relay Center for the north end of Escambia County, Florida. The FBC Bratt will also accept boxes from individuals, groups or churches in and Escambia County, Alabama, again this year.3
“This is not about the FBC of Bratt”, says Student Pastor Tim Hawsey, Relay Center coordinator. “This is about being a blessing and bringing God’s love and hope to children in poverty around the world that would not receive it otherwise. We have gone through the intense process of been approved as a church to be a Relay Center to collect the boxes from individuals, families, and churches of our area, document and pack them into special cartons and take them to the next level for Samaritan’s Purse, and we are blessed to do it.”
Collection hours at the First Baptist Church of Bratt will be:
- Saturday, Nov. 23: 8 a.m. – noon
- Sunday, Nov. 24: 8 a.m. – noon, 4-6 p.m.
- Monday, Nov. 25: 8 a.m. – 11 a.m.
The boxes collected this year at FBC Bratt will go through the Atlanta Processing Center then will be shipped to the countries of Belize, Botswana, Columbia, Dominican Republic, Gabon, Georgia, Ghana, Haiti, Macedonia, Madagascar, Niger, Seychelles, Suriname, Trinidad, Tobago, and the Ukraine.
Operation Christmas Child boxes should be packed in a specific manner, and there are changes this year. For more information, call Hawsey at the First Baptist Church of Bratt at (850) 327-6529, visit www.samaritanspurse.org/occ, or call (800) 353-5949. Resources are available for churches that wish to participate.
Unemployment Inches Downward
November 23, 2013
The latest job numbers released Friday the unemployment level inching down across entire three-county North Escambia area — as Florida’s unemployment rate also dropped.
Escambia County’s unemployment dropped from 6.5 percent to 6.1 percent from September to October There were 8,582 people reported unemployed during the period. One year ago, unemployment in Escambia County was 7.8 percent.
Santa Rosa County unemployment fell from 5.8 to 5.4 percent from September to October. Santa Rosa County had a total of 4,054 persons still unemployed. The year-ago unemployment rate in Santa Rosa County was 6.7 percent.
In Escambia County, Alabama, unemployment dropped from 8.3 percent in September to 8.0 percent in October. That represented 1,116 people unemployed in the county during he month.
Florida’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate was 6.7 percent in October 2013, down 0.1 percentage point over the month, and down 1.5 percentage points from 8.2 percent a year ago. The state’s October rate was the lowest since August 2008 when it also was 6.7 percent.
Alabama’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate, at 6.5 percent in October, was up from September’s revised rate f 6.4 percent and was below the year-ago rate of 7.1 percent.
Pictured top: Gov. Rick Scott announces the latest Florida unemployment data Friday morning in Lake Mary, FL. Photo for NorthEscambia.com, click to enlarge.