Summer Reading Program Continues Today At Century Library
June 19, 2012
The Summer Reading Series for kids and teens at the Century Branch Library will continue today.
Today’s noon program will feature storytelling with Pat Nease and some of her “witty, wiley and wicked tales”.
The Century Branch Library also offers a preschool story time each Tuesday in June at 10:30 a.m. for children birth to five-years old.
For more information, call the library at (850) 256-6217.
Pictured above: Children enjoy storyteller Pat Nease at the Century Branch Library last year. NorthEscambia.com file photo, click to enlarge.
Sunny, Hot Start To Work Week
June 18, 2012
Here is your official North Escambia area forecast:
- Tonight: Isolated showers. Partly cloudy, with a low around 66. South wind around 5 mph becoming calm. Chance of precipitation is 20%.
- Tuesday: Sunny, with a high near 92. Southeast wind between 5 and 10 mph.
- Tuesday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 66. South wind between 5 and 10 mph becoming calm.
- Wednesday: Sunny, with a high near 92. East wind between 5 and 10 mph.
- Wednesday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 67. South wind around 5 mph becoming calm.
- Thursday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 92. East wind around 5 mph.
- Thursday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 69. Southeast wind around 5 mph becoming calm.
- Friday: Isolated showers and thunderstorms. Mostly sunny, with a high near 95. East wind around 5 mph becoming calm. Chance of precipitation is 20%.
- Friday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 70. Calm wind.
- Saturday: Isolated showers and thunderstorms. Mostly sunny, with a high near 96. Chance of precipitation is 20%.
- Saturday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 72.
- Sunday: Isolated showers and thunderstorms. Mostly sunny, with a high near 95. Chance of precipitation is 20%.
- Sunday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 72.
- Monday: Isolated showers and thunderstorms. Mostly sunny, with a high near 94. Chance of precipitation is 20%.
Father’s Day Forecast
June 17, 2012
Here is your official North Escambia area forecast for the remainder of Father’s Day:
- Tonight: Mostly clear, with a low around 65. South wind around 5 mph becoming calm.
- Monday: Isolated showers and thunderstorms before 1pm. Sunny through mid morning, then becoming partly sunny, with a high near 91. East wind 5 to 10 mph becoming south. Chance of precipitation is 20%.
- Monday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 66. South wind between 5 and 10 mph becoming calm.
- Tuesday: Sunny, with a high near 91. East wind between 5 and 15 mph.
- Tuesday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 66. South wind around 5 mph becoming calm.
- Wednesday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 93. East wind between 5 and 15 mph.
- Wednesday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 69. South wind around 5 mph becoming calm.
- Thursday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 93. East wind between 5 and 10 mph.
- Thursday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 70. South wind around 5 mph becoming calm.
- Friday: Isolated showers and thunderstorms. Mostly sunny, with a high near 95. Chance of precipitation is 20%.
- Friday Night: Isolated showers and thunderstorms. Partly cloudy, with a low around 70. Chance of precipitation is 20%.
- Saturday: Isolated showers and thunderstorms. Mostly sunny, with a high near 94. Chance of precipitation is 20%.
- Saturday Night: Isolated showers and thunderstorms. Partly cloudy, with a low around 72. Chance of precipitation is 20%.
- Sunday: Isolated showers and thunderstorms. Partly sunny, with a high near 94. Chance of precipitation is 20%.
Sunny Skies, No Rain
June 16, 2012
Here is your official North Escambia area forecast:
- Saturday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 65. East wind around 5 mph.
- Sunday: Sunny, with a high near 90. East wind around 5 mph.
- Sunday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 65. South wind around 5 mph becoming calm.
- Monday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 91. Southeast wind between 5 and 10 mph.
- Monday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 68. South wind between 5 and 10 mph becoming calm.
- Tuesday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 91. Southeast wind between 5 and 15 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph.
- Tuesday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 69. South wind 5 to 10 mph becoming east.
- Wednesday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 92.
- Wednesday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 71.
- Thursday: Isolated showers and thunderstorms. Mostly sunny, with a high near 92. Chance of precipitation is 20%.
- Thursday Night: Isolated showers and thunderstorms. Partly cloudy, with a low around 71. Chance of precipitation is 20%.
- Friday: Isolated showers and thunderstorms. Mostly sunny, with a high near 93. Chance of precipitation is 20%.
Farm Fresh: Cantonment Market Open
June 16, 2012
The Market at St. Monica’s will be open Saturday in Cantonment offering a wide variety of farm fresh produce, plants, crafts and other products.
The Market at Saint Monica’s will be held from 8 a.m. until 1 p.m. at the church, located at 699 South Highway 95A in Cantonment.
Vendors are expected to sell a variety of items Saturday, including: corn, peas, tomatoes, beans, potatoes, fresh eggs, mayhaw berries and jellies, hot dogs, pop corn, paintings, herbs, potted plants, sewn items, Mennonite baked goods, home decor, homemade quilts, goat milk soap and more.
For more information, visit www.st-monicas.org/market.html.
Pictured: A portion of the produce available at the June 2 edition of the Market at St. Monica’s. Courtesy photo for NorthEscambia.com, click to enlarge.
More Rain Possible Today
June 15, 2012
Here is your official North Escambia area forecast:
- Friday: Scattered showers and thunderstorms after 1pm. Partly sunny, with a high near 90. Northeast wind 5 to 10 mph becoming southeast. Chance of precipitation is 40%.
- Friday Night: Scattered showers and thunderstorms before 1am. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 66. South wind around 5 mph becoming east. Chance of precipitation is 30%.
- Saturday: Isolated showers and thunderstorms. Partly sunny, with a high near 89. East wind between 5 and 10 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%.
- Saturday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 65. East wind around 5 mph.
- Sunday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 90. Northeast wind 5 to 10 mph becoming southeast.
- Sunday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 65. South wind around 5 mph becoming calm.
- Monday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 89. East wind 5 to 10 mph becoming south.
- Monday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 66. South wind between 5 and 10 mph.
- Tuesday: Isolated showers and thunderstorms. Mostly sunny, with a high near 89. Chance of precipitation is 20%.
- Tuesday Night: Isolated showers and thunderstorms. Partly cloudy, with a low around 69. Chance of precipitation is 20%.
- Wednesday: Isolated showers and thunderstorms. Mostly sunny, with a high near 91. Chance of precipitation is 20%.
- Wednesday Night: Isolated showers and thunderstorms. Partly cloudy, with a low around 70. Chance of precipitation is 20%.
- Thursday: Isolated showers and thunderstorms. Mostly sunny, with a high near 91. Chance of precipitation is 20%.
Blue Wahoos, BayBears Rained Out
June 15, 2012
The Pensacola Blue Wahoos’ contest with the Mobile BayBears on Wednesday evening was suspended due to inclement weather in the bottom of the fifth inning with the BayBears leading 3-1. The game will be finished as part of a doubleheader Friday evening, starting with a nine-inning conclusion of Wednesday night’s game, beginning at 6:00 pm, followed by a seven-inning contest approximately 30 minutes after the first game. Gates will be open at 4:30 pm.
Tickets for Thursday’s game can be exchanged at the Pensacola Blue Wahoos Box Office for future Blue Wahoos home game tickets of equal or lesser value, subject to availability. Each ticket must be exchanged at least 24 hours in advance of the desired game and exchanges must be made in person and cannot be processed via telephone, e-mail or facsimile.
The pitching matchups for tomorrow’s contests have not been announced.
Free: Hurricane Preparedness Open House At Escambia Extension
June 15, 2012
A free hurricane preparedness open house will be held Saturday from 9 a.m. until noon at the Escambia County Extension Windstorm Damage Mitigation Building at 3740 Stefani Road
in Cantonment.
The event will provide information about how to protect your family, pets, home and landscape from hurricane damage.
There will be tours of the Windstorm Damage Mitigation Demonstration Building, product vendors, and presentations from UF/Escambia County Extension agents and staff from Rebuild Northwest Florida.
For more information contact Carrie Stevenson at ctsteven@ufl.edu or (850) 475-5230.
Northview Quarterback Club Meets Tonight
June 14, 2012
The Northview High School Quarterback Club will meet tonight at the school. The meeting will be held at 7 p.m in the girls’ weight room.
The Northview Chiefs Quarterback Club is an all volunteer community organization committed to supporting the Chiefs football program. Membership is just $10 per family.
50 Escambia School District Pickups And Vans Burglarized
June 13, 2012
At least 50 pickup trucks and vans inside an Escambia County School District fenced compound were burglarized.
Pensacola Police Officer Garland McKenzie said the burglaries were discovered around 6 a.m. Tuesday when employees arrived for work at the J.E. Hall Center on East Texar Drive.
Just two of the vehicles were unlocked; access to the remaining vehicles was made by smashing windows or breaking locks on vehicles,” McKenzie said.
At least three cell phones and eight laptop computers among other items were taken, and a 2003 white Chevrolet Silverado pickup truck was stolen from the compound.
The vehicles were kept in the district’s maintenance compound and were used in custodial, air conditioning, plumbing and other repairs for the school district. Access to the
compound was gained through a locked gate on Texar Driver where the chain and lock had been cut and removed from the scene, McKenzie said.
The fence surrounding the compound is about six feet tall and is topped with barbed wire.
Anyone having information on the incident is asked to contact Pensacola Police Department Detective James Gore at (850) 435-1979 or the Pensacola Police Department at (850) 435-1900.