Year In Review North Escambia’s Biggest Stories Of 2009: May
January 1, 2010
NorthEscambia.com is looking back at 2009 with our “Year in Review” series. Each day, we will review the biggest stories of 2009. Today, we take a look at the biggest stories of May 2009.
Amid a lot of tears, the final day ever at Carver/Century K-8 came to close. The Escambia County School Board voted to close the school, merging it into Ernest Ward Middle and Bratt Elementary schools.
The end of May was the end of Escambia County Tax Collector Janet Holley’s office in Century. The county’s tax collector has maintained an office in Century for 32 years.A rabid raccoon was shot and killed by a resident on Crabtree Church Road in Molino. It would be the first of several rabid animals found in North Escambia during the year, eventually prompting a rabies alert.
Century does not have a gang problem like some Pensacola areas, but gang members sometimes hide out in the area — that was the word from the Escambia County Sheriff’s Department at a town hall meeting in Century.
The Atmore Police Department chased a suspect into North Escambia, shooting him in a field along Highway 97. He later died.
Chad Floyd Jeter of Atmore was arrested and charged with the armed robbery of the First National Bank of Atmore. Jeter allegedly burned a camper top from his getaway truck in North Escambia. Two people were arrested after a meth lab was discovered Bratt as authorities searched for Jeter.
Ernest Ward Middle School principal, Nancy Gindl-Perry, was named Escambia County’s Principal of the Year.
“God cannot be ignored,” Valedictorian Luke Fletcher Killam told over 100 members of the Class of 2009 as they graduated from Northview High School. “The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge.”
Only four students in Escambia County made a perfect “5″ on the third grade Florida Comprehensive Assessment Test in both reading and math, including Sarah Perritt from Molino Park Elementary School.
Escambia County Sheriff’s deputies simultaneously executed 10 search warrants and made 19 felony drug arrests in Century using SWAT teams from across Northwest Florida.
The Town of Century held a “visioning day”, giving participants an up closed look at what Century has to offer.
Century heard a proposal from a Virginia company that wanted to install a wireless broadband network in the town. The town never took action on the proposal.
Camp Fire USA celebrated the first anniversary of the Century Early Learning Center.
The newly formed Ernest Ward Middle School Drama Club presented their first production.
An apparent lightning strike during an afternoon thunderstorm did not cause an damage at Ernest Ward Middle School.
Escambia Commissioners approved the purchase of the old Molino Elementary School building too add a library and community center for the growing community.
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Year In Review North Escambia’s Biggest Stories Of 2009: April
December 31, 2009
FCAT writing scores were released in April, and they were good news for most North Escambia schools.
A bill has passed the Florida legislature that could pump life back into Jay and North Santa Rosa County. The Florida Senate passed a bill that will provide exemptions and tax breaks to the six active oil producing companies in Florida. One of those producers is Quantum Resources in Jay.
Century became home to a new video conferencing system that allows area residents to interact with the Social Security Agency face to face, one of just three such sites in an eight state area. The video system now available at the Workforce Escarosa office in Century was just one of just three in an eight state Southeastern U.S. region.
Communities from across the area joined together for Century’s Relay for Life.
Students at Molino Park Elementary School planted a tree in honor of Earth Day and teacher Sharon Smith who died on the final day of school in 2008.
The Escambia County School Board formally voted to sell the old Molino School to the county for a new library and community center.
Escambia River Electric Cooperative held their 70th Annual Meeting at Jay High School. James Earl Hall and Ernie Hester were elected as cooperative trustees from Escambia County and Ed Kelly was elected as a Santa Rosa County trustee.
Escambia Sheriff David Morgan (pictured at the Century Substation with Sgt. David Preston) announced that arrests were forthcoming from weeks of undercover drug buys in Century.
The Town of Century voted to apply for a loan for water systems improvements in the State Line Road, Highway 4A and Backwoods Road areas, but the town was still hoping to receive a grant to fund the nearly $2 million project.
The town of Century celebrated its 108th birthday with a big bash in the town’s historical district.
A small army of volunteers headed out from the Barrineau Park Community Center for a Clean and Green Community Cleanup.
Molino Park Elementary School held its annual Arts Day, with the students spending the day immersed in a variety of arts.
Over a three day period, students from Carver/Century K-8 School had the opportunity to visit the campus of Ernest Ward Middle School.
The Northview High School Theater Department presented “Willy Wonka the Musical”.
The Escambia County Commission wanted Sheriff David Morgan to cut another $4 million from his budget before it is submitted to the BOCC for approval, but the sheriff said he cut all that he intended to cut. Morgan says he would take his budget to the governor before dealing with the commission.
Students at Molino Park Elementary held a wagon parade to raise money for Relay for Life.
The faithful gathered for Easter Morning Sunrise Services across North Escambia.
FFA students and 4-H members from Escambia County celebrated the 100th anniversary of the 4-H in conjunction with the GCA and NRA Spring Livestock Show.
Residents of Century turned to a letter writing campaign in hopes of saving Carver/Century K-8 School. About 200 letters were mailed to President Barack Obama.
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2009 In Pictures: May
December 31, 2009
Graduate Jessica Mothershed shares a tearful moment with teacher Tommy Weaver following May’s graduation exercise at Northview High School.
During closing ceremonies for Northwest Escambia Little League, a trophy for Drew Marlow was presented to his mother Cyndi Marlow Wendt. Drew Marlow died in a 2008 auto accident near Walnut Hill.
Final goodbyes as the last day of school ever came to a close at Carver/Century K-8 School.
Rev. Willie Carter addresses the students, his 1936 Century diploma in hand, during the final graduation excercise at Carver/Century K-8 School.
Firefighters locate the “victim” in a simulated McDavid building fire, part of an Escambia Fire Rescue training exercise.
Three people were injured in this accident on Highway 97. The Blazer burst into flames shortly after the last passenger was pulled from the wreckage.
Flags fly on the Walnut Hill grave of PFC Russell William Stewart on Memorial Day. PFC Stewart died April 14, 2007, while serving at Camp Lejeune, NC.
NorthEscambia.com had exclusive photos from the scene where the Atmore Police Department shot a suspect following a chase into North Escambia. The suspect later died.
The Northview High School Class of 2009 held their Baccalaureate service at the First Baptist Church of Bratt — the first time in the history of the school that Baccalaureate was not held at the school.
The Northview Chiefs held their intrasquad Garnet and Gold game on a rainy night.
A truck driver from Greenville, Alabama, was killed in a fiery explosion on I-65 between Flomaton and Atmore.
The Pen Wheels Fishing Rodeo was held in Walnut Hill.
The North Pensacola Relay for Life was held at Tate High School.
Year In Review North Escambia’s Biggest Stories Of 2009: March
December 30, 2009
In March, the Escambia County School Board voted to closed Carver/Century K-8 School, despite pleas from area residents like Annie Savage (pictured) to keep the school open. The vote came a few weeks after the school board held a meeting in Century where dozens of angry parents argued for the school.
NorthEscambia.com broke the exclusive story that Gulf Power was purchasing land in Cox and Road road areas between Bratt and Byrneville for possible nuclear power plant.
The Escambia County School Board approved $1 million in renovations for Bratt Elementary and Ernest Ward Middle Schools.
The 2009 Law Enforcement Torch Run across Florida in support of Special Olympics started in Century.
Hundreds of people gathered at Jay High School to pray for schools across the area. The prayer service came about two months after a federal judge issued an order against any prayer or promotion of religion in Santa Rosa County Schools.
State Rep. Greg Evers filed a bill in Florida House that would led to the formation of a commission to study the consolidation of the governments of Century, Pensacola and Escambia County.
Century’s celebrated its heritage with the annual Teaspoon Festival.
Softball returned to Century after a long absence at Century Little League.
Hundreds attended the annual Ruritan Farm Auction in Walnut Hill.
Up to 15 inches of rain brought flooding to Molino, shutting down all highways between the north of south parts of the county.
A North Escambia woman, Cheryl Renee Cain, was found murdered in a dumpster at an abandoned Pensacola gas station.
The Town of Century voted to spend $4,000 to find out how much it would cost to hire a Crestview attorney to find out what legal grounds the attorney thought Century would have to fight the Escambia County School board over the closure of Carver/Century K-8 School.
Drew’s Field was dedicated in honor of Drew Marlow, a two-year old that died in a 2008 auto crash.
About 1,000 students and volunteers took part in the annual Food for America program at Northview High School. The program, sponsored the National FFA Organization and conducted by the Northview FFA, gave the students a chance to learn about agriculture firsthand as they got up close and personal with farm animals, farm equipment and more.
John William Lance, 28, of Century, was sentenced to 10 years, four months and 24 days for DUI manslaughter in connection with the 2007 death of his brother, Jack Lance, 33 of Holt.
On the first to be ticketed by the new code enforcement program in Century was the town’s mayor, Freddie McCall.
Escambia County listed 22 projects on a “Project Priority List” — including a new community center and library in Molino.
Florida House and Senate committees have approved a bill proposal that would get the oil flowing again in the Jay Oil Field. The bill, sponsored in the House by Rep. Greg Evers, would provide exemptions and tax breaks to the six active oil producing companies in Florida. One of those producers is Quantum Resources in Jay.
March was time for FCAT testing at area schools
Ernest Ward Middle School held “Penny Wars” to raise funds to send veterans on an Emerald Coast Honor Flight.
Escambia School Superintendent Malcolm Thomas paid a surprise visit to Northview High School, meeting with students and faculty.
Northview High School held their first home track meet in years on their newly resurfaced track.
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2009 In Pictures: April
December 30, 2009
The annual Century Relay for Life was held.
This unique cloud formation rolled across North Escambia in late April.
An Escambia County Deputy was involved in this accident near Jay.
Enjoying a cupcake at an Easter event in Molino.
Firefighters battle a blaze that destroyed a home on Pilgrim Trail West in Molino.
Pictured above: Opening day at the Molino Ball Park.
Year In Review North Escambia’s Biggest Stories Of 2009: February
December 29, 2009
NorthEscambia.com is looking back at 2009 with our “Year in Review” series. Each day, we will review the biggest stories of 2008. Today, we take a look at the biggest stories of February 2009.
February brought bad news for Century as leaders learned that plans for the LHS EV electric vehicle manufacturing plant to be located in Century appear to be dead. The State of Florida has rejected a $2.5 million grant application from their Renewable Energy and Energy-Efficiency Technologies program. As a result, LHS EV no longer had plans to locate the plant in Century.
The Ernest Ward Middle School cheerleaders were named second best in the entire nation in Orlando in the Universal Cheerleaders Association competition.
The Escambia County Sheriff’s Office bike patrol took to the streets of Century for the first time. Sheriff David Morgan said it was part of his plan to have more deputies on the streets.
The manager of the Escambia Grain Corporation in Walnut Hill was trapped in a silo of soybeans for nearly three hours. He was rescued uninjured.
The Town of Century began action seeking $300,000 from the Florida Department of Corrections for water bills the town said were owed for the Century Correctional Institution.
Two pedestrians were killed and a third was injured in Cantonment at Highway 95A and Tate School Road.
Residents of Bratt got their first look at a new Bratt Community Park.
Graphics Packaging in Cantonment announced they they were cutting about 220 jobs — the first of many such announcements by businesses in the area during 2009.
Northview High School learned that the school would be unable to organize Baccalaureate services, and they turned to the community to help.
Flomaton High School Principal Scott Hammond was named the Flomaton Citizen of the Year, and Ernest Lloyd Barrow was name the Century Citizen of the Year at the Flomaton and Century Joint Chamber of Commerce Annual Awards Banquet. Bud’s Refrigeration Service was named the Flomaton Business of the Year, and Whataburger was named the Century Business of the Year.
Preliminary non-football classifications released Tuesday by the Florida High School Athletic Association takes Northview High School from just four teams in their district to district with nine teams. Northview, Catholic, South Walton and Walton currently comprise a district. Under the new classifications released Tuesday, Arnold (Panama City Beach), Bay (Panama City), Bozeman (Southport), Chipley and Marianna would join Northview, Catholic, South Walton and Walton in District 1-3A.
Firefighters spent about an hour working to extinguish a fire at Escambia Grain in Walnut Hill. The fire was reported about 5:00 in a large metal grain dryer unit that towers about 60 feet into the air in front of the 100-foot high grain silos.
A Walnut Hill man, Tad Fredrick Cann, died after he struck a deer with his motorcycle near the intersection of Molino Road and Sunshine Hill Road.
A fiery crash in Flomaton claimed the lives of two men in Flomaton, and three others were critically injured. Flomaton Police Dispatcher Donna Filmore was credited with saving the lives of those that survived by pulling them from the burning wreckage at Highway 113 and Highway 31.
A column the Pensacola News Journal called NorthEscambia.com a “must-read”. “For news north of Nine Mile Road, www.northescambia.com is must-reading, occasionally even beating emergency vehicles to accident scenes,” Pensacola News Journal columnist Mark O’Brien wrote in his column.
It was announced that a Century landmark business would close. The Country Bumpkin was to be close to make way for a new thrift store.
Love was in the air at Century Care Center with the Valentine’s Day wedding of Karen Sue Coleman and Benjamin Edward Leonardi. Karen wanted her father, Floyd Coleman, to walk her down the aisle. Mr. Floyd has been a resident at Century Care for nearly six years. Rather than take him out of Century Care for the wedding, Karen decided to take the wedding to him.
Escambia County dropped out out of a $22 million deal to purchase 684 acres north of Molino near the Camp O’ the Pines for a regional police, fire and EMS training facility after Sheriff David Morgan said he wanted out of the deal.
The Town of Century entered into an agreement with Escambia County to return code enforcement to Century for the first time in years.
Two people were injured in an accident with a strange end in Davisville — one pickup truck involved in the crash ended up parked with the grocery carts inside a buggy corral at the Piggly Wiggly on Highway 97.
The top three men in Escambia County Fire Rescue were asked to resign. Fire Chief Ken Perkins and Assistant Chief Robbie Whitfield were asked to resign to by Escambia County Administrator Bob McLaughlin. Deputy Chief Kurt Isakson was out as Deputy Chief, but remained with the department as a battalion chief.
In a move that would later be reversed, the Town of Century voted to waive water bills for residents of Backwoods Road due to poor service.
The Escambia County School Board continued discussions that would eventually lead to the closure of Carver/Century K-8 School.
The Northview High School varsity boys basketball team had their hopes of a district title crushed by Catholic High School in the district tournament at NHS. The Crusaders downed Northview 70-59.
Ernest Ward Middle School Principal Nancy Gindl-Perry with presented with what was, without a doubt, the most unique award of her entire educational career. Members of the Ernest Ward FFA presented her with the “Golden Cow Dung Award”. The award featured a large piece of cow dung, painted a golden color. Perry received the award from the school’s FFA members as a “thank you” for supporting FFA.
2009 In Pictures: March
December 29, 2009
Randy Boehmer stopped in the area as he was crossing the country on a lifelong journey to spread the Gospel.
Cyndi Marlow Wendt stands alone at the dedication of Drew’s Field in Walnut Hill. The field was named in honor of her son who was killed in a 2008 auto accident.
Pitcher Mallory Ryan winds up for the Northwest Escambia Sandy Sansing team on Spring Opening Day at Bradberry Park.
A mother reacts as her daughter pets a baby crocodile during a program at the Century Branch Library.
Freedom Thomas tried to comfort her daughter Keyvinana Johnson as she cries following an Escambia County School Board meeting at Carver/Century K-8 School. The board visited the school to discuss its closure.
Century resident Annie Savage addresses the Escambia County School Board, begging the board to keep Carver/Century K-8 open. The board voted to close the school a few minutes later.
A woman stands in the rain to pray for area schools during a prayer rally at Jay High School.
We took our NorthEscambia.com cameras north in search of a March snow. Pictured above: We found a snow flurry in Greenville, Alabama.
Heavy rains flooded in Molino area in March.
Bratt Elementary Librarian Martha Jeter and her husband Gerald outside the remains of their Chumuckla home that was hit by a tornado.
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2009 In Pictures: January, February
December 28, 2009
All week, we’ll take a look back at 2009 through some of the thousands of photos we ran here on NorthEscambia.com. Today, we are featuring some of the best and most interesting photos from January and February.
This amazing photograph shows the moment Northview softball player Amber McMillan’s leg was broken in tournament game against Enterprise High School in Dothan, Alabama.
The driver of this pickup continued into the Piggly Wiggly parking lot in Davisville after rear-ending another pickup on Highway 97. The pickup stopped inside the buggy corral.
Fire destroyed a compact track loader in Davisville.
Several large control burns around the North Escambia area darkened the sun.
A driver plowed through a Walnut Hill cemetery after trying to miss a deer on Highway 97.
A fiery crash in Flomaton claimed the lives of two men in Flomaton, and three others were critically injured. Flomaton Police Dispatcher Donna Filmore was credited with saving the lives of those that survived by pulling them from the burning wreckage at Highway 113 and Highway 31.
Firefighters work outside of a grain silo in Walnut Hill where a man was trapped for nearly three hours. The man was rescued uninjured by an Esambia Fire Rescue Special Operations team and area firefighters.
Jared Jeter poses for a glamour shot photo at Byrneville Elementary as admiring fans look on. The photos were part of a Hollywood reading night at the school.
Emergency workers use the Jaws of Life to free the driver of this car on Highway 29 south of Molino. The AIRHeart One helicopter can be seen in the background waiting to transport the patient.
A firefighter from the Walnut Hill station of Escambia Fire-Rescue works to contain a brush fire on Arthur Brown Road just west of Pine Forest Road.
Amber Holland was named Miss Northview High School.
Participants in a Martin Luther King, Jr. Commemorative Celebration join hands while singing “We Shall Overcome”.
Three Northview High School cheerleaders were injured in this crash.
A firefighter watches a control burn.
Ashley Cunningham is crowned Junior Miss Ernest Ward Middle School by 2008’s winner Angel Mitchell.
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Year In Review North Escambia’s Biggest Stories Of 2009: January
December 28, 2009
NorthEscambia.com is looking back at 2009 with our “Year in Review” series. Each day, we will review the biggest stories of 2008. Today, we take a look at the biggest stories of January 2009.
At their first meeting of the year, the Town of Century voted to spend $478 on a lawyer to determine if they should collect a $629 sewer bill from an elderly resident. The woman, according to the council, had not paid for sewer service since 1999.
A new top cop took office in Escambia County. David Morgan was sworn in before a standing room only crowd.
Firefighters from Century and McDavid were call to Milton to help control a massive fire that destroyed almost an entire city block of the town’s historic district.
The Town of Century withdrew its support for a plan to consolidate Century, Pensacola and Escambia County under one unified government, with council members saying that they were misled by the group Escambia All For One. In December 2008, the Century Town Council approved a resolution identical to resolutions passed recently by Escambia County and the City of Pensacola that simply says that Century supports moving forward in exploring the governmental consolidation sought by Escambia All For One. But the council rescinded that resolution on a recommendation from Mayor Freddie McCall.
Ashely Cunningham was named Miss Ernest Ward Middle School. Other award winners were Clarissa Ross, 1st runner-up; Ariel Holland, 2nd runner-up, and poise and appearance, and Miss Hospitality; Savanna VanderPol, 3rd runner-up; Cheyenne Godwin, physical fitness, and Miss Congeniality.
ECUA took over residential trash collection in North Escambia, but not without their share of problems. A large number of people were unable to recycle as promised when pickups were dropped from twice per week to once. ECUA had great difficulty in getting the recycling cans delivered in a timely fashion.
Christopher Patterson of Molino was sentenced to 15 years in prison for the death of his one year old daughter Ali Jean Paterson in late September, 2006. Ali Jean Paterson died on November 26, 2006, from burns she received two weeks earlier when she was left unattended in a hot bath, according to authorities.
It was announced that thee days of Alabama students attending school in Escambia County, Florida schools were coming to and end, and students from Escambia, Florida, including those from the closing Carver/Century K-8 School, will not be allowed to attend school in Alabama. Escambia County, Alabama, rescinded an agreement from the two Escambia, ending an even student for student exchange.
A federal judge issued preliminary injunction against any policy or practice that promotes prayer or religion in the Santa Rosa County School District. The ACLU requested documents concerning prayer from Escambia County Schools.
Escambia Commissioners began to talk about raising the gas tax in the county to fund ECAT and other public transportation options.
New football districts were announced in Florida, with Northview dropping back to District 1A with Jay High School.
On Election Day, we elected the nation’s first black president, In North Escambia, 6,311 people voted for John McCain while 2,202 voted for Barack Obama.
People gathered across North Escambia to remember Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. with parades and programs, including a large gathering in Century.
Despite passionate pleas from several Century residents, the Escambia County School Board’s ax fell on Carver/Century K-8 school as the board vote to redistrict all of the student out of the school to Bratt Elementary and Ernest Ward Middle schools. A NorthEscambia.com investigation found that most students that lived in the Carver/Century district did not attend the school, taking advantage of the fact that the school did not meet Adequate Yearly Progress in order to transfer to a neighboring school.
Modular classrooms totaling $1 million were announced for Bratt Elementary and Ernest Ward Middle schools. The classrooms were to provide extra space for the Carver/Century students being redistricting to the schools in the fall.
Northview senior Amber Holland was named as the new Miss Northview High School. First Runner Up was Sarah Killam, a sophomore. Second Runner Up was Katie Mann, also a sophomore.
Legendary football coach Carl Madison returned to sidelines as the offensive coordinator for the Tate Aggies. From his first coaching job at Ernest Ward High School at age 26, Madison went on to become one of America’s most winning coaches. Madison, age 77, was 326-129-7 over a 45 year coaching career, making him number two on Florida’s all-time coaching victories list and in the top 30 in the entire nation.
Production came to a halt at the Jay Oil Field, costing about 30 employees their job less than a month after Christmas. The nation’s poor financial state and a drop in oil prices were to blame.
The local legislative delegation put their stamp of approval on a bill that would create a 25-member commission to draft a consolidated government proposal. The consolidation would roll Escambia County, Century and Pensacola governments into one. The group supporting consolidation, Escambia All For One, held a meeting in Walnut Hill to talk about their plan. No one attended.
It was practice, practice for the Ernest Ward Middle School cheerleaders as they prepared to compete for a national championship in Orlando.
The Town of Century voted to return code enforcement to the town, agreeing to allow Escambia County provide the service. Code officers promised to be proactive and not complaint driven.
People were on the lookout for a phony cop pulling people over in Escambia County. He was never arrested.
Century was still holding onto a thread of hope for an electric car manufacturing plant, but more tax liens against the developers of the project surfaced
January was time to dig out the birth certificates and think about spring — it was ball registration time in Century, Molino and Walnut Hill.
In late January, the state ethics commission found that former Mayor Evelyn Hammond misused her position and recommended a $3,000 fine. Hammond used her position to retaliate against Century Little League and its president, Dabney Longhorne, when that organization failed to hire her son as chief umpire, according to the ethics commission findings.
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Merry Christmas! The Story Of The Greatest Gift Of All
December 25, 2009
It’s the greatest story we have ever reported here on NorthEscambia.com, and it is the greatest story that we will ever report. It’s a story that happened over 2,000 years ago today, but it is also a story that impacts each of our lives each and every day here in North Escambia.
Our lead story today is one that was first delivered by an angelic choir. It was the news that changed the world…a Savior had been born in a little town called Bethlehem. It was a humble scene. A little baby wrapped in swaddling clothes, lying in a manger.
It was the world’s first ever Christmas gift on that very first Christmas morning, the gift of a Savior so that we might all have eternal life.
It’s good news for all of us on this Christmas. Good news that Emmanuel, the Lord Jesus, was born. It’s story that was reported by Luke in the New Testament. It’s reprinted below for you to read, and for you to share the Good News with someone you care about this Christmas.
From our NorthEscambia.com family to you and yours, Merry Christmas!
- And it came to pass in those days, that there went out a decree from Caesar Augustus that all the world should be taxed.
- (And this taxing was first made when Cyrenius was governor of Syria.)
- And all went to be taxed, every one into his own city.
- And Joseph also went up from Galilee, out of the city of Nazareth, into Judaea, unto the city of David, which is called Bethlehem; (because he was of the house and lineage of David:)
- To be taxed with Mary his espoused wife, being great with child.
- And so it was, that, while they were there, the days were accomplished that she should be delivered.
- And she brought forth her firstborn son, and wrapped him in swaddling clothes, and laid him in a manger; because there was no room for them in the inn.
- And there were in the same country shepherds abiding in the field, keeping watch over their flock by night.
- And, lo, the angel of the Lord came upon them, and the glory of the Lord shone round about them: and they were sore afraid.
- And the angel said unto them, Fear not: for, behold, I bring you good tidings of great joy, which shall be to all people.
- For unto you is born this day in the city of David a Saviour, which is Christ the Lord.
- And this shall be a sign unto you; Ye shall find the babe wrapped in swaddling clothes, lying in a manger.
- And suddenly there was with the angel a multitude of the heavenly host praising God, and saying,
- Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace, good will toward men.
- And it came to pass, as the angels were gone away from them into heaven, the shepherds said one to another, Let us now go even unto Bethlehem, and see this thing which is come to pass, which the Lord hath made known unto us.
- And they came with haste, and found Mary, and Joseph, and the babe lying in a manger.
- And when they had seen it, they made known abroad the saying which was told them concerning this child.
- And all they that heard it wondered at those things which were told them by the shepherds.
- But Mary kept all these things, and pondered them in her heart.
- And the shepherds returned, glorifying and praising God for all the things that they had heard and seen, as it was told unto them.