Record Highs Set On Saturday, Warm Weather To Continue
February 20, 2011
Here is your official North Escambia area forecast:
- Tonight: Areas of fog after midnight. Otherwise, increasing clouds, with a low around 53. South wind around 5 mph.
- Washington’s Birthday: Areas of fog before 8am. Otherwise, partly sunny, with a high near 75. South wind between 5 and 10 mph.
- Monday Night: A 20 percent chance of showers. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 55. West wind around 5 mph.
- Tuesday: A 20 percent chance of showers before noon. Mostly sunny, with a high near 71. North wind around 5 mph.
- Tuesday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 45. North wind around 5 mph becoming calm.
- Wednesday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 71. Calm wind becoming south around 5 mph.
- Wednesday Night: A 20 percent chance of showers. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 50. South wind around 5 mph becoming calm.
- Thursday: A 20 percent chance of showers. Partly sunny, with a high near 73. Calm wind becoming south between 5 and 10 mph.
- Thursday Night: A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 56.
- Friday: A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Partly sunny, with a high near 74.
- Friday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 54.
- Saturday: A 20 percent chance of showers. Partly sunny, with a high near 73.
Agenda Set For Century Council
February 20, 2011
The Town of Century will hold a committee meeting and regular council meeting Monday afternoon.
The town will hold a committee meeting to review engineering submissions for the Century Boulevard Gas Line Project and Energy Efficiency and Conservation Block Grant Project at 3 p.m. The regular meeting of the Century Town Council will take place at 7 p.m.
Both meetings will take place in the Century Town Hall at 7995 North Century Boulevard and are open to the public.
The tentative agenda for the regular council meeting is as follows:
- Open Meeting with Prayer
- Pledge of Allegiance
- Approval of Minutes
- February 07, 2011 Council Meeting Minutes
- Approval of Bill List
- Terri Carter – Repton Mayor
- Proposed Landfill in Conecuh County
- Nadine McCaw
- Mayor’s Report
- Council Comments
- Public Forum
Great Weather Continues
February 19, 2011
Here is your official North Escambia area forecast:
- Tonight…Partly cloudy until early morning becoming mostly cloudy. Patchy dense fog late in the evening. Areas of dense fog after midnight. Lows in the lower 50s. South winds 5 to 10 mph in the evening becoming light.
- Sunday…Mostly sunny. Areas of dense fog in the morning. Highs in the mid 70s. South winds 5 to 10 mph.
- Sunday Night…Partly cloudy in the evening becoming mostly cloudy. Areas of fog after midnight. Lows in the lower 50s. South winds 5 to 10 mph.
- Washingtons Birthday…Mostly sunny. Areas of fog in the morning. Slight chance of rain showers in the afternoon. Highs in the mid 70s. Southwest winds 5 to 10 mph becoming 10 to 15 mph in the afternoon. Chance of showers 20 percent.
- Monday Night…Partly cloudy in the evening becoming mostly cloudy. Lows in the mid 50s. Southwest winds 5 to 10 mph becoming west after midnight.
- Tuesday…Mostly cloudy. Highs in the upper 60s.
- Tuesday Night…Colder. Partly cloudy. Lows in the lower 40s.
- Wednesday…Mostly sunny. Highs around 70.
- Wednesday Night…Partly cloudy. Lows in the upper 40s.
- Thursday…Mostly cloudy. Slight chance of rain showers. Highs in the lower 70s. Chance of showers 20 percent.
- Thursday Night…Mostly cloudy. Slight chance of rain showers. Lows in the mid 50s. Chance of showers 20 percent.
- Friday…Mostly cloudy. Slight chance of rain showers. Highs in the mid 70s. Chance of showers 20 percent.
- Friday Night…Mostly cloudy. Slight chance of showers and thunderstorms. Lows in the mid 50s. Chance of precipitation 20 percent.
- Saturday…Mostly cloudy. Slight chance of showers and thunderstorms. Highs in the mid 70s. Chance of precipitation 20 percent.
Last Day Of Little League Registration In Molino, Cantonment
February 19, 2011
Today is the final day of registration for the Molino Recreation Association at Don Sutton Park and Cantonment Little League.
Molino Recreation Association will hold registration each Saturday from 11 a.m. until 2 p.m. through Saturday, February 19 at Don Sutton Park. The annual draft will be February 19 at 3 p.m.
Registration fees are $50 for the first child, $45 for the second, $40 for the third and free for additional players from the same family. A birth certificate copy is required to be on file for each child.
Click here for complete Molino Ballpark registration information in printable form.
Cantonment registration will be Saturday, February 19 from 9:30 a.m. until 12:30 p.m.. Draft day is February 26 for ages 4-14.
Northwest Escambia Little League Junior and Senior leagues can register until March 19.
More Fog Tonight; Sunny And 78 Saturday
February 18, 2011
We are expecting more fog tonight and into Saturday morning. After the fog clears, Saturday will be near perfect, with sunny skies and a high near 78.
Here is your official North Escambia area forecast:
- Tonight: Patchy dense fog after 9 pm. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, with a low around 48. South wind around 5 mph becoming calm.
- Saturday: Areas of dense fog before 10 am. Otherwise, mostly sunny, with a high near 78. Calm wind becoming south around 5 mph.
- Saturday Night: Patchy dense fog after 9 pm. Otherwise, partly cloudy, with a low around 48. South wind around 5 mph becoming calm.
- Sunday: Areas of dense fog before 10 am. Otherwise, mostly sunny, with a high near 76. Calm wind becoming south between 5 and 10 mph.
- Sunday Night: Patchy dense fog after 9 pm. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, with a low around 51. South wind around 5 mph becoming calm.
- Washington’s Birthday: Partly sunny, with a high near 75. Calm wind becoming south between 10 and 15 mph.
- Monday Night: A 20 percent chance of showers. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 54. South wind around 10 mph becoming northwest.
- Tuesday: A 20 percent chance of showers. Partly sunny, with a high near 70. North wind between 10 and 15 mph.
- Tuesday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 44. North wind around 5 mph becoming calm.
- Wednesday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 69.
- Wednesday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 45.
- Thursday: Partly sunny, with a high near 71.
- Thursday Night: A 20 percent chance of showers. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 53.
- Friday: A 20 percent chance of showers. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 74.
Drug Awareness Program Tonight In Cottage Hill
February 18, 2011
Residents of the Cottage Hill community will come together Friday night to learn about battling drugs and crime in their neighborhood.
The “Drug Awareness” program will be held at 6:30 Friday evening, February 18 at the Cottage Hill Baptist Church at 230 Williams Ditch Road.
Escambia County Sheriff’s Office Deputy Delarian Wiggins will present information on a community “Clean Sweep” that will be held on March 24, how to form a neighborhood watch and information on making the community safer while decreasing crime.
The public is invited to attend.
Sunny And Warm Continues
February 16, 2011
The next week looks great, with highs in the 70’s for each day of the entire seven day extended forecast.
- Tonight: Areas of fog after midnight. Otherwise, partly cloudy, with a low around 44. South wind around 5 mph becoming calm.
- Thursday: Areas of fog before 8am. Otherwise, mostly sunny, with a high near 74. Calm wind becoming south around 5 mph.
- Thursday Night: Patchy fog after 9pm. Otherwise, partly cloudy, with a low around 49. South wind around 5 mph becoming calm.
- Friday: Areas of fog before 9am. Otherwise, mostly sunny, with a high near 74. Calm wind becoming south around 5 mph.
- Friday Night: Patchy fog after 9pm. Otherwise, partly cloudy, with a low around 50. South wind around 5 mph becoming calm.
- Saturday: Areas of fog before 9am. Otherwise, mostly sunny, with a high near 74. East wind around 5 mph becoming calm.
- Saturday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 49. Calm wind.
- Sunday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 74. South wind between 5 and 10 mph.
- Sunday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 53.
- Washington’s Birthday: Partly sunny, with a high near 76.
- Monday Night: A 20 percent chance of showers. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 55.
- Tuesday: A 20 percent chance of showers. Partly sunny, with a high near 75.
Planned New Molino Library May Never Open
February 15, 2011
A library planned for a portion of $2.1 million renovation of the old Molino School may not become a reality.
In May, 2009, commissioners approved the $400,000 purchase of the Old Molino School building from the Escambia County School District. Commissioners have since approved a budget of $2,089,156 from Local Option Sales Tax monies for the renovation project, including $214,580 to DAG Architects to design the renovations.
But the library may never open, NorthEscambia.com has learned, due to inadequate funding for day to day operations. Instead, the county is now considering a “library kiosk” where patrons can check out and return books in an automated fashion.
The challenge is that LOST funds cannot be used to operate the library,” Sonya Daniel, Escambia County public information manager, said. “A ‘library kiosk’ or a means to offer computerized library services is one option that the BCC talked about during their last workshop on the library.”
The original plans for the renovation of the Old Molino School called for one section of the 15,600 square foot main building to be converted into a library with both a children’s and adult area, computers and thousands of linear feet of book shelving. The old auditorium is to remain a community auditorium with available seating for 242 people. The rest of the building will include a museum, classrooms and meeting rooms.
Pictured: The front hallway of the old Molino School. NorthEscambia.com photo, click to enlarge.
Sunny And Warm All Week
February 14, 2011
The calendar says February, but this week’s weather will say spring with highs ranging from the upper 60’s to even the upper 70’s. Th entire week will be sunny, with no chance of rain.
Here is your official North Escambia area forecast:
- Tonight: Partly cloudy, with a low around 39. West wind around 5 mph becoming calm.
- Tuesday: Sunny, with a high near 69. Calm wind becoming east around 5 mph.
- Tuesday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 41. South wind around 5 mph becoming calm.
- Wednesday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 70. Calm wind becoming south between 5 and 10 mph.
- Wednesday Night: Patchy fog after midnight. Otherwise, partly cloudy, with a low around 46. South wind around 5 mph.
- Thursday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 74. South wind between 5 and 10 mph.
- Thursday Night: Patchy fog. Otherwise, partly cloudy, with a low around 52. South wind around 5 mph becoming calm.
- Friday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 77. South wind between 5 and 10 mph.
- Friday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 50. North wind around 5 mph.
- Saturday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 71.
- Saturday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 45.
- Sunday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 69.
- Sunday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 48.
Greg Evers, Entire Senate Committee Headed To Prison
February 14, 2011
The entire Florida Senate Criminal Justice Committee is headed to prison, including our local senator, Greg Evers, R-Baker.
But it has nothing to do with corruption or wrongdoing; it’s just a short visit.
Evers, chairman of the committee, has scheduled a Monday site visit to the privately-owned Graceville Correctional Facility in Jackson County. Lawmakers are expected to seriously discuss additional prison privatization this year as they look to balance the budget, and Gov. Rick Scott has proposed pushing more of the state’s prisoners into private facilities.
Graceville is operated by Corrections Corporation of America.
Pictured/Graphic: Sen. Greg Evers, R-Baker.