Sawmill Day Returns To Century
April 18, 2010
Century’s Sawmill Day will return next Saturday with arts, crafts and plenty of food and musical entertainment.
Any collectors or vendors or who might want free booth space to display or sell their wares or anyone with a musical or entertainment talent and that wishes to perform should contact Jerry Fischer at (850) 256-3980.
Sawmill Day is sponsored by the Alger-Sullivan Historical Society.
Community Blood Drive Today In Molino
April 18, 2010
A community blood drive will take place today at two Molino churches.
Northwest Florida Blood Services will be at Aldersgate United Methodist Church on Highway 97 from 8 to 11 a.m. and then at Highland Baptist Church on Highway 95A from 12 until 3 p.m.
When you donate to Northwest Florida Blood Services, you can save the life of a hospital patient in northwest Florida. Northwest Florida Blood Services is the exclusive provider of blood products to more than 24 area hospitals who need 175 blood donations a day. Each donation can save up to three lives.
Requirements for giving blood are below.
- Donors must be in generally good health
- At least 17 years of age, without permission. 16-year olds are now allowed to donate with permission granted by parents or legal guardians.
- Must bring picture ID
- Weigh at least 110 lbs
- Free of infection, fever or flu symptoms, for 3 days
- No cancer within the last 5 years
- No antibiotics within the last 48 hours
- No tattoos within the past 12 months
- No chest pain, heart disease, heart surgery (Requires written physician release with diagnosis)
- No history of viral hepatitis
- Cannot have lived in France for 5 years or more between 1980 and the present
- Cannot have lived or visited in the UK for a total of 3 months or more from 1980 to 1996
- Cannot have received a blood transfusion in the UK between 1980 and the present
- Military personnel (current and former), and their dependents, who spent time in military bases in northern Europe during 1980-1990, or southern Europe during 1980-1996, for 6 months or more
- All military personnel (active & reserve) that are returning from Iraq, are deferred for a period of 1 year after the last date on location in that country.
Are You Headed To A Ballgame Today?
April 17, 2010
Are you headed to a North Escambia little league ballgame today? We want your pictures.
Email pictures to news@northescambia.com for inclusion in a photo gallery. Please send us photos of your child or grandchild, but don’t forget to snap photos of other team players too.
Barrineau Park Clean Up Is This Morning
April 17, 2010
Residents of the Barrineau Park Community are invited to take part in a Community Clean Up on Saturday.
Residents on the west side of Hwy 29 along Molino Road, Barrineau Park Road, Crabtree Church, Chestnut, Schifko, Sunshine Hill, Highway 99 (south of Luth Rd), Barrineau Lane and adjacent areas are invited to meet at 8:30 at the Barrineau Park Community Center, 6055 Barrineau Park School Road to pick up trash bags, safety gear and area assignments close to your residence).
The residents will then fan out across the community, trash bags in hand, to clean up the roadsides around Barrineau Park.
Volunteers will return to the Community Center at 11:30 to drop off their trash and join in a lunch hosted by the Barrineau Park Historical Society and Honeysuckle Garden Club. Residents in the area that are unable to attend are invited to just pick up litter in front of their property and leave it in a plastic bag. Volunteers in the area will pick up the plastics bags.
The fifth annual Community Cleanup is sponsored by the Barrineau Park Historical Society, Clean & Green, The Honeysuckle Garden Club and Fran’s Diner.
Free Today: Atmore YMCA Offers Healthy Kids Day
April 17, 2010
As part of a nationwide effort to encourage kids to get moving, the Atmore Area YMCA will host YMCA Healthy Kids Day on Saturday, part of the nation’s largest health day for kids and families.YMCA Healthy Kids Day will be filled with fun, engaging and creative activities that foster healthy living, and is a part of the YMCA’s larger efforts to help more kids and families become physically active. All activities are free and open to the public from 10 a.m. until 2 p.m.
YMCA Healthy Kids Day at the Atmore Area YMCA will provide resources to help educate grown-ups about making healthy choices for their families every day. There will be activities including obstacle course and fitness challenge, face painting, the Mix n Mold snack bar and a whole lot more.
“Keeping kids healthy is at the core of what the Atmore Area YMCA stands for,” said Loretta Berry, child care director at the Atmore YMCA. “The word ‘exercise’ doesn’t sound very enjoyable to many people, especially kids, but getting them to move more through play that requires physical activity is the key to building healthy habits that last a lifetime. On YMCA Healthy Kids Day, both kids and grown-ups will have the opportunity to get moving, to play and to have fun.”
Experts recommend that kids engage in at least 60 minutes of physical activity, including active play, each day. Studies show that kids who consistently engage in play are happier and healthier, and develop and enhance a variety of skills including motor skills, social skills, problem solving, and creativity. Kids who get 60 minutes of physical play also tend to have higher self-esteem and perform better academically.
To make more time for physical activity, the Atmore Area YMCA offers simple ways to put more play in kids’ day, and to get the family moving more, too!
- Make physical activity a regular part of family playtime – the more active kids are the more likely they are to continue being physically active later in life.
- Allow kids to have unstructured playtime. All play is not created equal – kids need different types of play, including indoor and outdoor, active and inactive.
- Reintroduce your child to the basics of active play: play hopscotch or basketball, jump rope, or enjoy games such as Duck, Duck Goose, Red Light, Green Light and Simon Says.
- Limit screen time and use of electronic media to allow more time for play.
“The goal of encouraging kids to play more is to build a lifetime of love for physical activity,” said Berry. “Play should not seem like a chore – it is an activity that is fun and brings joy, and allows a kid to just be a kid.”
More than 700,000 kids and families are expected to participate in YMCA Healthy Kids Day events at nearly 1,500 YMCAs nationwide. For more information about YMCA Healthy Kids Day, call Atmore Area YMCA at (251) 368-9622 or email ymca@frontiernet.net.
Great Weekend Weather
April 17, 2010
We are in for a dry, sunny weekend. We’ll continue with warm temperatures and just afternoon pop-up showers for next week.
Here is your official North Escambia area forecast:
- Sunday: Partly sunny, with a high near 80. Northeast wind between 5 and 10 mph.
- Sunday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 50. North northeast wind around 5 mph.
- Monday: A 20 percent chance of showers. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 77. North northeast wind 5 to 10 mph becoming south southwest.
- Monday Night: A 20 percent chance of showers. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 49. North northwest wind between 5 and 10 mph.
- Tuesday: Partly sunny, with a high near 77. Northwest wind between 5 and 10 mph.
- Tuesday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 48. South southwest wind around 5 mph becoming calm.
- Wednesday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 79. North northwest wind around 5 mph.
- Wednesday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 53. Southwest wind around 5 mph.
- Thursday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 82.
- Thursday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 58.
- Friday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 83.
- Friday Night: A 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 61.
- Saturday: A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Cloudy, with a high near 78.
Free Fishing Clinic For Kids
April 17, 2010
There will be a free kids fishing clinic Saturday in Pensacola.
Sponsored by the Pensacola Recreational Fishermen, the free clinic will be held at Plaza de Luna in downtown Pensacola (at the foot of Palafox Street) from 8 a.m. until noon. The clinic is for children ages 4 to 14. All participants must be accompanied by a parent or guardian.
Children will receive t-shirts, fishing rods, tackle boxes and more. They will learn how to tie knots, cast, proper fish handling, enjoy touch tanks and more. Older kids will learn about fly fishing and cast net throwing.
Jay Relay For Life Continues
April 16, 2010
The Jay Relay of Life continues today at Jay High School.
Teams including Duramed, EREC, Jay Elementary, Jay Hospital, Jay United Methodist Church, Jay Medical, Jay Vision, Mt. Carmel United Methodist Church, Purple Power, Quantum Resources and Training wheels will take part in this year’s Jay Relay at Jay High School. Over 250 participants are signed up for the event.
The Jay Relay began Friday night with a Survivor’s Lap — an inspirational time when survivors are invited to circle the track together and help everyone celebrate the victories achieved over cancer.
The American Cancer Society Relay For Life is a life-changing event that gives everyone in communities across the globe a chance to celebrate the lives of people who have battled cancer, remember loved ones lost, and fight back against the disease. At Relay, teams of people camp out at a local high school, park, or fairground and take turns walking or running around a track or path. Each team is asked to have a representative on the track at all times during the event. Because cancer never sleeps, Relays are usually overnight events.
Teams are made up of businesses, churches, friends and families working together to raise money for, and awareness of, cancer research.
Relay offers great family fun for those not directly participating on a team — with tent campsites offering lots of food for sale, arts, crafts, fun and games.
Relay for Life events are scheduled as follows in the North Escambia area:
- Jay — April 16, Jay High School, Alabama Street, 6 p.m.
- Atmore — April 24, Tom Byrne Park, noon (following parade)
- Century — April 24, Kayo Stanton Stadium, old Century High School, noon.
- North Pensacola — April 30, Tate High School, Cantonment, 6 p.m.
- Pensacola — May 7, Pensacola Junior College, 6 p.m.
For more information on an individual Relay for Life event, click the name of the Relay above.
Clean And Green: Barrineau Park Clean Up Is Saturday
April 16, 2010
Residents of the Barrineau Park Community are invited to take part in a Community Clean Up on Saturday.
Residents on the west side of Hwy 29 along Molino Road, Barrineau Park Road, Crabtree Church, Chestnut, Schifko, Sunshine Hill, Highway 99 (south of Luth Rd), Barrineau Lane and adjacent areas are invited to meet at 8:30 at the Barrineau Park Community Center, 6055 Barrineau Park School Road to pick up trash bags, safety gear and area assignments close to your residence).
The residents will then fan out across the community, trash bags in hand, to clean up the roadsides around Barrineau Park.
Volunteers will return to the Community Center at 11:30 to drop off their trash and join in a lunch hosted by the Barrineau Park Historical Society and Honeysuckle Garden Club. Residents in the area that are unable to attend are invited to just pick up litter in front of their property and leave it in a plastic bag. Volunteers in the area will pick up the plastics bags.
The fifth annual Community Cleanup is sponsored by the Barrineau Park Historical Society, Clean & Green, The Honeysuckle Garden Club and Fran’s Diner.
Ransom Band Competing In Atlanta Today
April 16, 2010
The Ransom Middle School Symphonic Band and Jazz Band , under the direction of Janie Walker; the Ransom Concert Band, under the direction of Patricia Maness; and the Ransom Orchestra, under the direction of Cathy McConnell, will compete in the Southern Star Music Festival in Atlanta on Friday, April 16.
They will compete with other bands and orchestras from across the Southeast.