Today: Dig Pink Volleyball To Benefit Breast Cancer Awareness
October 4, 2012
The Northview Lady Chiefs and the Flomaton Hurricanes will take part in Dig Pink volleyball today to raise breast cancer awareness.
Dig Pink is an organization raising awareness for cancer through volleyball. A hospitality room will be available for survivors and cancer survivors will receive free admission to the games.
The Dig Pink event will take place today with the junior varsity playing at 4:30 and the varsity playing at 6:00 at Northview High School in Bratt.
Donations are being accepted now on the Northview Dig Pink website (click here.)
Pictured: Action from last year’s Dig Pink matchup between Northview and Flomaton. NorthEscambia.com photos, click to enlarge.
Cool Nights, Great Days
October 2, 2012
Here is your official North Escambia area forecast:
- Tonight: Partly cloudy, with a low around 55. Calm wind becoming east around 5 mph after midnight.
- Wednesday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 84. East wind around 5 mph becoming south in the afternoon.
- Wednesday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 58. South wind around 5 mph becoming calm.
- Thursday: Sunny, with a high near 87. Calm wind becoming northeast around 5 mph in the morning.
- Thursday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 60. Northeast wind around 5 mph becoming calm.
- Friday: Sunny, with a high near 88. North wind around 5 mph.
- Friday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 60. Calm wind.
- Saturday: Sunny, with a high near 86. Calm wind becoming northwest around 5 mph in the morning.
- Saturday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 60. Southwest wind around 5 mph becoming north after midnight.
- Sunday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 78.
- Sunday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 53.
- Columbus Day: Mostly sunny, with a high near 77.
- Monday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 53.
- Tuesday: Sunny, with a high near 79.
Seasonable Weather Returns
October 1, 2012
Here is your official North Escambia area forecast:
- Tonight: A 20 percent chance of showers before 7pm. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 57. West wind 5 to 15 mph.
- Tuesday: Partly sunny, with a high near 78. West wind 5 to 10 mph.
- Tuesday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 56. West wind around 5 mph becoming calm.
- Wednesday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 82. Calm wind becoming south around 5 mph in the morning.
- Wednesday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 57. South wind around 5 mph becoming calm.
- Thursday: Sunny, with a high near 88. North wind 5 to 10 mph becoming east in the afternoon.
- Thursday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 60. East wind around 5 mph becoming north after midnight.
- Friday: Sunny, with a high near 88. North wind around 5 mph.
- Friday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 59. Northeast wind around 5 mph.
- Saturday: Sunny, with a high near 86.
- Saturday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 60.
- Sunday: A 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Sunny, with a high near 82.
- Sunday Night: A 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Partly cloudy, with a low around 61.
- Columbus Day: A 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Sunny, with a high near 83.
Tornado Watch Tonight
September 30, 2012
A tornado watch is in effect for the North Escambia area until 2 a.m. Monday. Here is your official North Escambia area forecast:
- Tonight: Showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm. Some storms could be severe, with gusty winds. Cloudy, with a low around 72. Southeast wind 5 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph. Chance of precipitation is 70%.
- Monday: A chance of showers before 1pm. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 80. Breezy, with a south wind 15 to 20 mph. Chance of precipitation is 40%.
- Monday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 60. Southwest wind around 10 mph.
- Tuesday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 78. Southwest wind around 10 mph.
- Tuesday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 56. Southwest wind around 5 mph becoming calm after midnight.
- Wednesday: Sunny, with a high near 83. Light southeast wind becoming south 5 to 10 mph in the afternoon.
- Wednesday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 58. Calm wind.
- Thursday: Sunny, with a high near 86. Calm wind becoming east around 5 mph in the morning.
- Thursday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 59. South wind around 5 mph becoming calm.
- Friday: Sunny, with a high near 86.
- Friday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 62.
- Saturday: A 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Sunny, with a high near 83.
- Saturday Night: A 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Partly cloudy, with a low around 58.
- Sunday: A 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly sunny, with a high near 79.
Flomaton Celebrating Railroad Junction Day Today
September 29, 2012
Flomaton is celebrating Railroad Junction Day today with a wide variety of free activities, demonstrations and entertainment until 4 p.m.
Events are centered around downtown Flomaton. Over 30 vendors are taking part. There will also be a classic car show, historical talks at the library, model trains in the community center and much more.
The schedule of events is as follows:
9:00-4:00 — Turtle Point Science Center Open with Birds of Prey Show 10:30 a.m. and 1:30 p.m.
9:00-4:00 — Flomaton Public Library Open – 50th Anniversary Celebration with refreshments and historical lectures by Jerry Fisher at 10:00 a.m. and Jerry Simmons at 1:00 p.m.
9:00-4:00 — Open House At Railroad Museum, Caboose, & Log Cabin
9:00-4:00 — Model Train Display at the Community Center
9:00-4:00 — Food Vendors, Arts & Crafts Vendors, Health Fair Vendors with blood pressure checks and health information, & CSX “Operation Life Saver”
9:00-4:00 — Classic Cars And Motorcycles at the Old Theater Parking Lot
9:30-10:00 — Chloe Shannell entertaining at the Gazebo
9:30, 10:30, 11:30, & 12:30 — Safety Demonstration by Southern Pine Elec. Co-op
10:00-10:30 — Theresa Bolton Brown at the Gazebo
10:00 — Jaws Of Life Demonstration by Flomaton Volunteer Fire Department
10:00 — Children’s Parade Line-Up at Flomaton Methodist Church parking lot
10:00 — Northwest Fla Bloodmobile (Auburn/Alabama Challenge) behind the Library
10:30-11:00 — Revelation Missionary Baptist Church Choir at the Gazebo
11:00-11:45 — Gospel Melodies at the Gazebo
12:00-12:30 — LEBC Youth Praise Band at the Gazebo
12:30-1:00 — Bethel A. F. & M. Church Choir at the Gazebo
1:00-1:45 — The Hendersons at the Gazebo
2:00 — Drawings for prizes
2:00-2:45 — Damascus & Fannie Baptist Church Choirs at the Gazebo
3:00-3:45 — “Elvis” at the Gazebo
4:00 — Closings And Announcements
Pictured top: Railroad Junction Day in Flomaton Saturday morning. NorthEscambia.com photo, click to enlarge.
Wet Weekend Forecast
September 29, 2012
Here is your official North Escambia area forecast:
- Saturday Night: Mostly cloudy. Numerous showers and thunderstorms. Lows in the upper 60s. South winds around 5 mph. Chance of rain 60 percent.
- Sunday: Mostly cloudy. Numerous showers and thunderstorms. Highs in the upper 70s. Southeast winds 5 to 10 mph. Chance of rain 60 percent.
- Sunday Night: Mostly cloudy. Numerous showers and thunderstorms. Near steady temperature in the lower 70s. Southeast winds 5 to 10 mph. Chance of rain 60 percent.
- Monday: Cloudy. Numerous showers and thunderstorms. Highs in the lower 80s. Chance of rain 60 percent.
- Monday Night: Mostly cloudy. Scattered showers and thunderstorms. Lows in the upper 60s. Chance of rain 40 percent.
- Tuesday: Mostly cloudy. Scattered showers and thunderstorms. Highs in the mid 80s. Chance of rain 40 percent.
- Tuesday Night: Mostly cloudy. Isolated showers and thunderstorms. Lows in the upper 60s. Chance of rain 20 percent.
- Wednesday: Mostly cloudy. Scattered showers and thunderstorms. Highs in the upper 80s. Chance of rain 30 percent.
- Wednesday Night: Partly cloudy. Isolated showers and thunderstorms. Lows in the mid 60s. Chance of rain 20 percent.
- Thursday: Mostly sunny. Scattered showers and thunderstorms. Highs in the upper 80s. Chance of rain 30 percent.
- Thursday Night: Partly cloudy. Isolated showers and thunderstorms. Lows in the lower 60s. Chance of rain 20 percent.
- Friday: Mostly sunny. Scattered showers and thunderstorms. Highs in the mid 80s. Chance of rain 30 percent.
Century Set To Approve New Law To Scale Back Fence Heights
September 29, 2012
The Town of Century is set to approve a plan Monday for cutting back the height of fences allowed in front yards around the town — a plan that is a mix of Century’s current code and regulations that are already in place in the unincorporated areas of Escambia County.
The Century Town Council will hold a final public hearing and vote on an ordinance Monday night that would adopt Escambia County’s current standards that limit the height of a solid fence in front of a single family residence to three feet and a chain link or other transparent fence to a four foot height. The fence height for a corner lot would be limited to two feet as to not obstruct the view of traffic. For the purposes of the ordinance, the height of a hedge or shrubbery will be regulated as a solid fence.
Fences in the side, or rear yard of a home may not exceed eight feet, which is no change from Century’s current restrictions.
If adopted, the new fence law becomes effective immediately. To read the complete proposed ordinance, click here.
Mayor Freddie McCall said residents with existing fences that violate the new ordinance, if passed, can ask the town council for a variance.
“We need to make sure we treat everybody fairly,” council members Sandra McMurray Jackson said at a recent council meeting. “We’ve just got be sure that we don’t have anything to come back and slap us in the face…everybody that has got a high fence in front of their house is going to think that my fence is just like his (the one approved for a variance).”
Pictured top: (L-R) Mayor Freddie McCall and council members Gary Riley, Ann Brooks and Sandra McMurray Jackson at Monday night’s Century Town Council meeting. Council members Jacke Johnston and Annie Savage were absent from the meeting. NorthEscambia.com photo, click to enlarge.
Mosquito Spraying Tonight
September 28, 2012
The Escambia County Mosquito Control Division plans to spray in an area in the North Escambia area tonight from 6:30 until 10:00.
Spraying will occur in areas bounded by:
Area 35
North Boundary — Johnson Avenue
South Boundary — Hope Drive
East Boundary — Whitmire Drive
West Boundary — Highway 29
Area 36
North Boundary — Johnson Avenue
South Boundary — Pandora Place
East Boundary — Williamsburg Circle
West Boundary — Davis Highway
Area 38
North Boundary — Nine Mile Road
South Boundary — Johnson Avenue
East Boundary — Chalet Place
West Boundary — Highway 29
Area 39
North Boundary — Nine Mile Road
South Boundary — Johnson Avenue
East Boundary — Winding Lane
West Boundary — University Boulevard
The following information was released by the Escambia County Mosquito Control Division:
Mosquito control administration and operations teams have directed surveillance activity, identified target mosquito species and determined that today’s justified actions are warranted. Methods used to determine necessary fogging mission activity include dry ice-baited light traps, landing rate counts and receiving focally located service requests from the public.
Fogging mission hours vary by start and conclusion times, but generally adult mosquito pesticides are applied in the early evening hours. We ask residents to keep travel in these areas to a minimum during spray times.
For additional information or to request service, please contact the Mosquito Control Division during normal business hours at 937-2188.
Sunny Friday, Rain Forecast For The Weekend
September 28, 2012
Here is your official North Escambia area forecast:
- Friday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 89. Calm wind becoming south around 5 mph in the afternoon.
- Friday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 66. South wind around 5 mph becoming calm.
- Saturday: Scattered showers and thunderstorms. Partly sunny, with a high near 87. Calm wind becoming south around 5 mph in the afternoon. Chance of precipitation is 50%.
- Saturday Night: Showers and thunderstorms likely. Cloudy, with a low around 66. Southwest wind around 5 mph becoming northeast after midnight. Chance of precipitation is 60%.
- Sunday: Showers and thunderstorms likely. Cloudy, with a high near 79. Southeast wind around 5 mph. Chance of precipitation is 70%.
- Sunday Night: Showers and thunderstorms likely. Cloudy, with a low around 63. Southeast wind around 5 mph becoming northeast after midnight. Chance of precipitation is 70%.
- Monday: Scattered showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 81. East wind 5 to 10 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30%.
- Monday Night: Isolated showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 63. East wind around 5 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%.
- Tuesday: Isolated showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 83. Chance of precipitation is 20%.
- Tuesday Night: Scattered showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 64. Chance of precipitation is 30%.
- Wednesday: Scattered showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 84. Chance of precipitation is 30%.
- Wednesday Night: Isolated showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 63. Chance of precipitation is 20%.
- Thursday: Scattered showers and thunderstorms. Partly sunny, with a high near 84. Chance of precipitation is 30%.
Friday Night Football Finals
September 28, 2012
Here are tonight’s prep football finals for games in the North Escambia area.
Florida
- Gulf Breeze 44, Northview 20
- Pine Forest 39, Tate 0
- Jay 29, South Walton 6
- Milton 30 ,Escambia 22
- Pace 27 Washington 3
- West Florida 34, Alma Bryant (Ala.) 21
- Navarre 26, Catholic 0
- Open: Pensacola
Alabama
- Flomaton 35, Pleasant Home 26
- TR Miller, 9 Clarke County 7
- WS Neal 38, Hillcrest Evergreen 17
- Faith Academy 35, Escambia County 32
- Escambia Academy 32, Pike Liberal Arts 3