Super Sunday Forecast
February 3, 2013
Here is your Super Bowl Sunday forecast for the North Escambia area:
- Tonight: Mostly clear, with a low around 35. West wind around 5 mph becoming calm in the evening.
- Monday: Mostly cloudy, with a high near 65. Light and variable wind becoming south 5 to 10 mph in the morning.
- Monday Night: Showers likely, mainly after midnight. Cloudy, with a low around 49. South wind around 5 mph becoming east after midnight. Chance of precipitation is 60%.
- Tuesday: Showers likely. Cloudy, with a high near 68. Northeast wind around 5 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%.
- Tuesday Night: A 20 percent chance of showers before midnight. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 48. North wind around 5 mph.
- Wednesday: Partly sunny, with a high near 68. North wind around 5 mph becoming southeast in the afternoon.
- Wednesday Night: A 40 percent chance of showers. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 52. East wind around 5 mph.
- Thursday: A 30 percent chance of showers. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 70. East wind 5 to 10 mph.
- Thursday Night: A 20 percent chance of showers. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 53. Southeast wind 5 to 10 mph becoming west after midnight.
- Friday: A 20 percent chance of showers. Mostly sunny, with a high near 73.
- Friday Night: A 20 percent chance of showers. Partly cloudy, with a low around 52.
- Saturday: A 30 percent chance of showers. Partly sunny, with a high near 69.
- Saturday Night: A 30 percent chance of showers. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 51.
- Sunday: A 30 percent chance of showers. Partly sunny, with a high near 71.
Escambia County School Bus Drivers To Attend Funeral Of Driver Shot, Killed In Alabama
February 2, 2013
Dozens of Escambia County School District bus drivers will attend the funeral Sunday of a bus driver shot and killed near Midland City, Ala.
When an armed gunman boarded his bus Tuesday and demanded to take all of the students, driver Charles Albert Poland, 66, refused. He was shot four times and died protecting all of the students, except one, was safely escaped bus 04-2.
A 5-year old kindergartener was kidnapped by Jimmy Lee Dykes and held in an underground bunker.
Poland had driven for the Dale County Board of Eduction for three years. After his route, he and his wife Jan would share a cup of coffee and watch the sunset, or listen to the Alabama ran, she told the Dothan Eagle.
They would sometimes recite their favorite Bible verse:
For the which cause I also suffer these things: nevertheless I am not ashamed: for I know whom I have believed, and am persuaded that He is able to keep that which I have committed unto Him against that day. – 2 Timothy 1:12
Poland, by all accounts, love his simple life, and loved the children on his bus.
He loved them. He loved everybody and he was loved,” Jan Poland told the Dothan Eagle.
“I am proud of a group of Escambia bus drivers that will be attending the funeral of the bus driver that was killed earlier this week near Dothan. This is a remarkable gesture to communicate respect and recognition for all bus drivers that would be willing to shield and protect their cargo (our students),” Escambia County Superintendent of Education Malcolm Thomas wrote on his Facebook page Friday.
Pictured: Bus driver Charles Albert Poland, Photo courtesy the Dothan Eagle for NorthEscambia.com, click to enlarge.
Low 30’s Tonight
January 31, 2013
Here is your official North Escambia area forecast:
- Tonight: Mostly clear, with a low around 33. West wind around 5 mph.
- Friday: Sunny, with a high near 56. North wind 5 to 10 mph.
- Friday Night: Clear, with a low around 27. North wind around 5 mph.
- Saturday: Sunny, with a high near 63. Wind chill values between 25 and 35 early. East wind around 5 mph becoming southwest in the afternoon.
- Saturday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 41. Southwest wind around 5 mph becoming west after midnight.
- Sunday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 64. Northwest wind 5 to 10 mph.
- Sunday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 34. Northwest wind around 5 mph becoming northeast after midnight.
- Monday: Partly sunny, with a high near 63. Northeast wind around 5 mph becoming south in the afternoon.
- Monday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 40. South wind around 5 mph becoming calm.
- Tuesday: A 20 percent chance of showers. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 69.
- Tuesday Night: A 20 percent chance of showers. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 47.
- Wednesday: A 20 percent chance of showers. Partly sunny, with a high near 68.
- Wednesday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 47.
- Thursday: Mostly cloudy, with a high near 68.
Jr. Miss EWMS Pageant Is Friday
January 31, 2013
Ernest Ward Middle School will present the Jr. Miss EWMS pageant this Friday night at 7:00 in the school gym. Tickets are $5 for adults and $3 for elementary students.
There are 14 contestant vying for the title this year. They are:
- Gabrielle Kline
- Ashtyn Carnley
- Tori Smith
- Nikoal Creamer
- Morgan Myrick
- Bailee Hinote
- Gabby Peebles
- Hannah Ellis
- Makayla Harigel
- Elizabeth Wright
- Savanna Calhoun
- Emma Fennell
- Alyssa Borelli
- Lydia Smith
NorthEscambia.com will publish results and photographs Saturday morning.
Final Day To Save On Property, Tangible Property Taxes
January 31, 2013
Today is the final day to pay real estate and personal property taxes and receive a two percent discount, according to Escambia County Tax Collector Janet Holley.
In order to receive the two percent discount, the payment must be:
- mailed with a postmark by January 31;
- left in a 24-hour drop box available at all offices by midnight January 31; or
- made on the tax collector website by midnight January 31.
Taxes can be paid online at www.escambiataxcollector.com. For more information, call (850) 438-6500, ext. 3252.
Colder Weather Arrives
January 30, 2013
Here is your official North Escambia area forecast:
- Tonight: Mostly cloudy, then gradually becoming clear, with a low around 34. Breezy, with a northwest wind 10 to 20 mph, with gusts as high as 30 mph.
- Thursday: Sunny, with a high near 59. Northwest wind around 5 mph.
- Thursday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 34. West wind around 5 mph.
- Friday: Sunny, with a high near 59. North wind 5 to 10 mph.
- Friday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 35. Northeast wind around 5 mph becoming calm after midnight.
- Saturday: Partly sunny, with a high near 61. Calm wind becoming south around 5 mph in the afternoon.
- Saturday Night: A 20 percent chance of rain. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 42. South wind around 5 mph becoming west after midnight.
- Sunday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 65. North wind 5 to 10 mph.
- Sunday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 36.
- Monday: Partly sunny, with a high near 64.
- Monday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 41.
- Tuesday: Mostly cloudy, with a high near 68.
Ernest Ward Middle Power, Phones Restored
January 30, 2013
Power and phones have been restored at Ernest Ward Middle School in Walnut Hill.
EWMS was without power for a large portion of the morning, and without power, the school’s phone system was no longer functioning.
The school was not on lock down, and school officials had telephone communications out of the school in the event of an emergency during the outage.
Shovels And Rope: Country Rock Duo With Local Ties On Letterman Tonight
January 30, 2013
A husband and wife country rock duo with local ties is scheduled to appear tonight on the Late Show With David Letterman on CBS. Shovels and Rope is Michael Trent and Cary Ann Hearst, based in Charleston, S.C.
Hearst is the daughter of Michael Hearst of Canoe, AL — a small community on the Alabama/Florida line just east of Atmore.
Formed in 2010, Michael Trent and Cary Ann Hearst sing harmony driven folk, rock and country songs using two old guitars, a kick drum, a snare, a few tambourines, harmonicas, and and maybe a little keyboard sometimes. They tour constantly as a two piece, making as much noise as they can.
“I dare to match them (Shovels and Dirt) with the couple that set the standard for country duets, Johnny Cash and June Carter. Both couples share Southern roots and that music-from-the-back porch country sound, and all involved had solo careers first and showed their affection for each other onstage,” Val Haller wrote in the January 8 edition of the New York Times.
As for the name Shovels and Rope, the group’s website says: “The name Shovels & Rope comes from the title of a record by Cary Ann Hearst and Michael Trent called Shovels & Rope. It’s a pretty good record featuring several murder ballads where some characters were hanging and others were doing the burying, so the title seemed apt. It now serves as the official moniker of the band.”
Rain And Possible Severe Storms
January 29, 2013
Here is your official North Escambia area forecast:
- Tonight: Showers and thunderstorms likely, mainly after midnight. Some of the storms could produce gusty winds and heavy rain. Cloudy, with a low around 63. South wind around 15 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph. Chance of precipitation is 70%.
- Wednesday: Showers and thunderstorms. Some of the storms could produce gusty winds and heavy rain. High near 67. South wind around 15 mph becoming west in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 25 mph. Chance of precipitation is 100%.
- Wednesday Night: Showers and thunderstorms likely before midnight. Some of the storms could produce gusty winds and heavy rain. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 34. Northwest wind 10 to 15 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%.
- Thursday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 59. West wind 5 to 10 mph.
- Thursday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 35. Southwest wind around 5 mph.
- Friday: Sunny, with a high near 64. North wind 5 to 10 mph.
- Friday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 37. North wind around 5 mph becoming calm in the evening.
- Saturday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 67. Northeast wind 5 to 10 mph becoming south in the afternoon.
- Saturday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 41. South wind around 5 mph becoming calm in the evening.
- Sunday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 67.
- Sunday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 40.
- Monday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 67.
- Monday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 47.
- Tuesday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 68.
Learn About ECUA, Neighborhood Watch
January 28, 2013
The Mid-County Neighborhood Watch will meet tonight with an opportunity for attendees to learn about the services provided by ECUA.
The group meets at 6:30 p.m. in room 123 of the new Molino Community Complex at 6450 Highway 95A. Guest speaker will be Jim Roberts, public information office for the ECUA.
Everyone in the Molino community is invited to attend.