Dense Fog Advisory
April 6, 2010
The National Weather Service in Mobile has issued a dense fog advisory in effect until 9:00 this morning.
Area traffic cameras along with surface observations indicate dense fog has become widespread across portions of Mobile and Baldwin County along with many areas in the western Florida Panhandle. Visibilities will improve by mid morning.
Precautionary/preparedness actions…
A dense fog advisory means visibilities will frequently be reduced to less than one quarter mile. If driving, slow down, use your headlights, and leave plenty of distance ahead of you.
Lane Closures Continue Today On Highway 4 Bridge
April 6, 2010
Motorists can expect delays on Highway 4 between Escambia and Santa Rosa counties on Tuesday.
Florida Department of Transportation bridge inspectors will perform a routine inspection on the Escambia River Bridge on Highway 4. Motorists will encounter lane restrictions between 8 a.m. and 4 p.m. both days.
According to FDOT, drivers are reminded to use caution, watch for traffic flaggers, and to obey the posted speed limit when traveling through the work zone.
A Warm Sunny Monday, Rain Later This Week
April 5, 2010
After some morning fog, were are in for our warmest day so far this year under sunny skies. There is a chance of rain on Thursday, otherwise we have a dry week in store.
Here is your official North Escambia area forecast:
- Monday: Becoming mostly sunny, with a high near 85. South wind between 5 and 10 mph.
- Monday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 55. South wind around 5 mph.
- Tuesday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 82. South wind between 5 and 15 mph.
- Tuesday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 58. South wind between 5 and 10 mph.
- Wednesday: Partly sunny, with a high near 82. South wind between 5 and 15 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph.
- Wednesday Night: A 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 60. South wind between 5 and 10 mph.
- Thursday: A 50 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 75. Southeast wind 10 to 15 mph becoming west. Winds could gust as high as 25 mph.
- Thursday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 44. West wind between 10 and 15 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph.
- Friday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 70.
- Friday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 45.
- Saturday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 77.
- Saturday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 48.
- Sunday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 78.
Pictured above: Lynda in Molino shares a photos of her wisteria with us. Do you have a photo you would like to share? Email news@northescambia.com. Submitted photo for NorthEscambia.com, click to enlarge.
Sunrise Services And More Planned Across Area
April 4, 2010
A variety of events are planned for Easter across the North Escambia area.
- Molino – Aldersgate United Methodist Church in Molino will hold the following events: Compline on Easter Sunday at 6:30 p.m.
- Bratt – The First Baptist Church of Bratt will present the Easter Cantata “I Will Rise” on Sunday, April 4 at 10:30 a.m.
- Molino – CrossFaith Church will begin Easter Morning at 10:00 with a youth drama “arise my love”. The young children will also do an Easter drama and then an Easter Egg Hunt outside. Wonderful praise and worship and awesome Word for the adults.
- Cantonment – St. Monica’s Episcopal Church at 695 South Highway 95A will hold the following events: Easter Sunday, 7 a.m., Sunrise Service, 10:30 a.m. Holy Eucharist followed by an Easter Egg Hunt.
- Atmore – The Atmore First United Methodist Church will present the Easter cantata “I Know My Redeemer Lives” on April 4 at 10:30 a.m.
- Atmore – The First Presbyterian Church of Atmore, 208 East Horner Street, will have an Easter Sunday worship services at 10:30 a.m.
- Walnut Hill – The Walnut Hill House of Prayer at 52 North Cypress Street will have an Easter Singing at Sunday, April 4 at 7:30 p.m. with special guest Bishop Willis Phillips.
- Walnut Hill – Walnut Hill Baptist Church will hold its annual Spring Jubilee at the church on April 10th beginning at noon. After eating lunch and children’s/youth games and egg hunt, everyone will go to Bradberry Park for a baseball game.
- Molino – The Easter musical “The Easter Pageant That Almost Wasn’t” will be presented at 6:30 p.m. on Sunday, April 11 at Aldersgate United Methodist Church in Molino.
Northview FFA Alumni Bluegrass Festival With Marty Raybon Is Today
April 3, 2010
Today is the big day for the Northview FFA Bluegrass Festival featuring Marty Raybon presented by the Northview FFA Alumni Scholarship Fund and NorthEscambia.com. There is one show remaining today at 6 p.m. at the Northview High School Theater.
Tickets will be available at the door.
The Northview Band Boosters will be selling gumbo for $3 per bowl, hot dogs for $1, and chips and drinks for $1 before and during the concert to raise money for an upcoming trip to Orlando for a performance at the Music USA 2010 Festival. It is not necessary to attend the concert in order to purchase the concessions and support the band.
Several political candidates will have tables set up in the lobby before the concerts to meet and greet the public, including Doug Broxson, Dave Murzin, Walter B. Hill and Larry Walker.
Marty Raybon is a man that achieved legendary status in country music — 13 number one singles, 22 songs on the charts, a Grammy Award, and a CMA Vocal Group of the Year trophy.
Marty Raybon is perhaps best known as the former lead singer of the country mega-group Shenandoah from 1985-1996. . He led Shenandoah to 22 singles on the Billboard Hot Country Songs charts, including thirteen number one singles, such as: “The Church on Cumberland Road” (1989), “Sunday in the South” (1989), “Two Dozen Roses” (1989), “Next to You, Next to Me” (1990) and “Butterfly Kisses” (1997). At the top of the charts, Raybon became known for his bluegrass and gospel-influenced semi-traditional country sound.
Raybon offers a full spectrum of vocal entertainment. His talents are unmatched, whether he’s singing country, gospel or his personal favorite, bluegrass. He has become one of country music’s busiest artists, performing over 100 shows per year between the United States and Canada.
He grew up in bluegrass and later earned acclaim in country music, so it should come as no surprise that the latest release from Marty Raybon and his band, Full Circle, bears the mark of both.
“I love bluegrass,” Raybon says with a passion, “and I love to see young people love it. I was younger than a lot of them are when I started playing, and I’d sit in school and try to draw Bill Monroe’s mandolin peghead. That’s how into it I was then–and I still am. When we go out there and see young people at our show, it makes us feel really good, and all we want to do, whether it’s at a show or on this album, is entertain them and let them feel good.”
All proceeds from the Northview FFA Bluegrass Festival will benefit the Northview FFA Alumni Scholarship Fund.
This is an indoor event at Northview High School, 4100 W. Highway 4, Bratt, Florida. For a map, click here.
Free Fishing Weekend In Florida
April 3, 2010
Both residents and nonresidents in Florida can fish in public fresh waters across the state without a license Saturday and Sunday. All other fishing rules apply.
The Florida Legislature and Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) designated the first full weekend in April each year to be Florida’s Free Freshwater Fishing Weekend. This year, that falls on Easter weekend.
(Submitted by the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission)
This is a great opportunity for experienced anglers to share their love of the sport with family and friends. It’s also a great opportunity to join the thousands of anglers who have taken the Anglers’ Legacy Pledge by visiting www.AnglersLegacy.org and entering partner code FLFWC. Anglers’ Legacy is about giving back what you’ve been given, and making a promise to introduce somebody new to fishing. There’s no membership fee and no obligation – it’s just another great way to help spread the fun of one of America’s most popular traditions and share our fishing heritage with others.
The Get Outdoors Florida! coalition (www.GetOutdoorsFlorida.org) encourages everyone, and especially children, to connect with nature by getting outdoors and enjoying active, nature-based recreation. Research conducted in 2009 by the Outdoor Foundation emphasized that recreational fishing is the number-one gateway activity that leads participants to increase their overall involvement in outdoor activities. This is vitally important as numerous diverse and extensive studies, such as those documented by Richard Louv in his best-selling book “Last Child in the Woods,” and expanded upon by the growing Children and Nature Network (www.ChildrenandNature.org), have demonstrated that activities such as fishing can lead to happier, healthier and smarter lifestyles.
So this weekend is your chance to get outdoors and go fishing right here in the “Fishing Capital of the World,” where virtually everyone is within 45 minutes of a freshwater fishing opportunity. No excuses! The weather predictions are looking good, it is just after a full moon and spring stimulates fish to congregate in shallow waters. The fishing should be great. So, Get Outdoors Florida! and burn off some of those chocolate-bunny calories with a free fishing adventure.
Visit MyFWC.com/Fishing to learn about fishing regulations in Florida.
Six Winners Receive Concert Tickets To Today’s Marty Raybon Show
April 3, 2010
Six lucky NorthEscambia.com readers won a pair of tickets each to Saturday’s Northview FFA Alumni Bluegrass Festival Featuring Marty Raybon.
The six winners were:
- Elizabeth Vinson, Atmore
- Tracy Baker, McDavid
- Amy Holland, Bratt
- Katie Simpson, Cantonment
- Karin Green, Cantonment
- Kelly Archer, Jay
Winners have received an email containing their concert tickets. If you are a winner and did not receive that email, contact us at news@northescambia.com from the email address you used to enter the contest.
White House Posts Crimson Tide Visit Video
April 3, 2010
Crimson Tide fans can now watch video of the national championship team’s March 8 visit to the White House.
The video was posted Friday to the White House web site.
(If you don’t see the video below, it is because your employer or home firewall is blocking videos.)
Recipe: Tell The Easter Story With Resurrection Cookies
April 3, 2010
As Easter is celebrated by the faithful this weekend, there is a way to share the story of Jesus’ death and Resurrection with the youngest child by making Easter Story or Resurrection Cookies. The cookies should be prepared tonight, the night before Easter.
To make the cookies and tell the story, you will need:
- 1 cup whole pecans
- 1 teaspoon vinegar
- 3 egg whites
- A pinch of salt
- 1 cup sugar
- A zipper baggie
- A wooden spoon
- Tape
- Bible
Heat your oven to 300 degrees. (Don’t wait until you’re finished with the recipe.)
Place the pecans in the zippered baggie and let children beat them with the wooden spoon to break them into small pieces. Explain that after Jesus was arrested, he was beaten by the Roman soldiers. (Read John 19:1-3)
Let each child smell the vinegar. Put 1 teaspoon vinegar in a mixing bowl. Explain that when Jesus was thirsty on the cross, he was given vinegar to drink. (Read John 19:28-30)
Add egg whites to the vinegar. Eggs represent life. Explain that Jesus gave His life to give us life everlasting. (Read John 10:10-11)
Sprinkle a little salt into each child’s hand. Let them taste it and brush the rest into the bowl. Explain that this represents the salty tears shed by Jesus’ followers — and also the unsweetness of our sins. (Read Luke 23:27)
Add 1 cup of sugar. Explain that the sweetest part of Easter is that Jesus died because he loves us and is born again to watch over us from heaven. (Read Psalms 34:8 and John 3:16)
Beat with a mixer on high for 12 to 15 minutes, or until stiff peaks are formed. Explain that the color white represents the purity of those who have been washed clean by the blood of Jesus. (Read Isaiah 1:18 and John 3:13)
Fold in the broken nuts. Drop by teaspoon onto wax paper-covered cookie sheet. Explain that each mound represents the rocky tomb where Jesus’ body was laid to rest. (Read Matthew 27: 57-60)
Put the cookie sheet in the oven, close the door and turn the oven off. Give each child some tape to seal the door. Explain that when Jesus was in the tomb, the world was dark and his tomb had been sealed. (Read Matthew 27:65-66)
Go to bed! Explain that they might feel sad about leaving the cookies in the oven overnight. Jesus’ followers were sad to leave him in the tomb, too. (Read John 16:20-22)
On Easter morning, open the oven and give everyone a cookie. Notice the cracked surface, and take a bite. The cookies are hollow! On the first Easter morning, Jesus’ followers were amazed to find the tomb was empty! (Read Matthew 28:1-9)
Enjoy Good Music Tonight In Barrineau Park
April 2, 2010
There will be plenty of good entertainment on stage tonight in Barrineau Park — and it’s free. The monthly Barrineau Park Music Night will be tonight at the Barrineau Park Community Center. The featured local groups tonight are TruGrass and Rowell Bluegrass.
The singing starts at 7 p.m. Food and refreshments will also be available beginning at 6 p.m.
The event is family-friendly — no alcohol is permitted on the property, and no smoking is allowed in or near the building.
For more information, call (850) 587-5575.
The Barrineau Park Community Center is located on Barrineau Park School road, about three miles west of Molino.
Pictured: Rowell Bluegrass (above) and TruGrass (below) will perform tonight during the monthly Barrineau Park Music Night. Submitted photos for NorthEscambia.com, click to enlarge.
