Molino Park Elementary Presents Third To Fifth Grade Awards
June 7, 2017
Molino Park Elementary School presented the following year-end awards to students in grades third through fifth:
THIRD GRADE
A Honor Roll
- Ayden Crabtree
- Lily Driver
A/B Honor Roll
- Destiny Abrams
- Alyssa Brooks
- Garrett Crabtree
- Kamryn Gibbs
- John Hatch
- Raegan Holley
- Austin Jackson
- Macy Miller
- Mary Oliver
- Aryanna Smith
- Sophia St. Cyr
- Layton Woodward
Good Citizenship
- Destiny Abrams
- Clover Bingham
- Jack Boutwell
- Alyssa Brooks
- Ayden Crabtree
- Lily Driver
- Kamryn Gibbs
- Kelsey Hiatt
- John Hatch
- Raegan Holley
- Austin Jackson
- Gus Leatherberry
- Macy Miller
- Mary Oliver
- Alexia Olson
- Aryanna Smith
- Sopjia St.Cyr
- Llekenzie Thomas
- Layton Woodward
Perfect Attendance
- Cameron Bodiford
- Kaiden Harris
FOURTH GRADE
A Honor Roll
- Aubree Jordan
- Logan Shoffner
A/B Honor Roll
- Emma Benson
- Alysia Enfinger
- Jericha Finlay
- Abbie Bertran
- Kenzie Blazek
- Kaylen Fore
- Tyler Gilmore
- Noah Goslee
- Aiden Harris
- Kristopher Kelley
- Joshua Kennedy
- Emma Lamont
- Emma Nigam
- Lauren Pardue
- Olivia Phillips
- Lacey Sapp
- Gabriel Staneart
Good Citizenship
- Gabriella Burklund
- Kameron Cole
- Olivia Franks
- Noah Goslee
- Aiden Harris
- Brooke Lytton
- Logan Madden
- Hunter Manning
- Grayden Sheffield
- Aubree Jordan
- Kristopher Kelley
- Joshua Kennedy
- Morgan Salmon
- Logan Shoffner
- Brooke Wilson
Perfect Attendance
- Kambrie Faircloth
Most Improved Reading
- Nolan Goetter
- Emma Nigam
Most Improved Math
- Trae Ardeneaux
- Delina Garcia
- Tyler Gilmore
- Elizabeth LeDuc
Sons of the American Revolution
- Blakely Campbell
- Jericha Finlay
- Tyler Gilmore
- Aiden Harris
- Logan Madden
- Moran Salmon
FIFTH GRADE
Good Citizenship
- Darius Abrams
- Grace Allen
- Kendall Alvare
- Hunter Andrews
- Doria Beach
- Jarrett Bodiford
- Kelsey Boykin
- Alexa Castro
- Riley Crites
- Harley Edmonson
- Caleb Germany
- Makayla Golson
- Kylie Grantham
- Lillian Hatch
- Bobbie-Sue Jarrell
- Samantha Kimmons
- Tommy Leatherberry
- Logan Mace
- Austin Manning
- Leila Mason
- Chance McElhannon
- Anna McKee
- Alyse McKillion
- Addison Pawless
- Evin Pedicord
- Mariyah Pettway
- Dylan Settle
- Dequan Shabazz
- Brier Thompson
- Bailee Wiley
- Dylan Wood
A Honor Roll
- Alexa Castro
- Lillian Hatch
- Leila Mason
- Anna McKee
A/B Honor Roll
- Kendall Alvare
- Doria Beach
- Kelsey Boykin
- Nathan Caston
- Niko Champagne
- Riley Crites
- Harley Edmonson
- Skielah Gaskey
- Kylie Grantham
- Bobbie-Sue Jarrell
- Logan Mace
- Austin Manning
- Chance McElhannon
- Alyse McKillion
- Evin Pedicord
- Mariyah Pettway
- Dylan Settle
- Dylan Wood
Perfect Attendance
- Caleb Germany
Excellent Attendance
- Jayden Franklin
- Tommy Leatherberry
Sons of the American Revolution
- Lillian Hatch
- Nate Caston
- Harley Edmonson
- Even Pedicord
- Kendall Alvare
- Dylan Settle
Ana L Vidak Award for Academic Excellence
- Anna McKee
Student of the Year
- Dylan Wood
Shining Star
- Brier Thompson
Hero Award
- Ella Kizer
Spelling Bee Winner
- Chloe Ragsdale
Moby Max Math Awards
- Tommy Leatherberry
- Alyse McKillion
- Mariyah Pettway
- Jarrett Bodiford
- Liilian Hatch
Sunshine Math Awards
- Participation:
- Jarrett Bodiford
- Robert Bodiford
- Alexa Castro
- Riley Crites
- Sunshine Math Team:
- Lillian Hatch
- Anna McKee
- Kylie Grantham
- Skielah Gaskey
- Julius St. Louis
- Logan Mace
- Mariyah Pettway
- Keley Boykin
- Sunshine Math-Most Points:
- Mariyah Pettway
Most Accelerated Reader points
- Lillian Hatch (Gilmore)
- Bobbie-Sue Jarrell (Brown)
- Austin Manning (Hatch)
Hands Across The Border: Florida, Alabama Officers Cracking Down On Unsafe Drivers
June 7, 2017
Law enforcement agencies from Florida and Alabama are once again joining forces for “Hands Across the Border,” an annual traffic safety campaign. Law enforcement officers will crack down on unsafe driving through saturation patrols and checkpoints throughout the summer months.
Officers from both states gathered at the Alabama and Florida welcome center on I-10 to pledge to work together this summer to ensure drivers are maintaining safe speeds, not drinking and driving and always using their safety belts.
In 2016, there were nearly 1,000 alcohol related fatalities across Florida.
Photos for NorthEscambia.com, click to enlarge.
Check Out The Summer Reading Program At The Library
June 7, 2017
Summer Reading Club 2017 is in full swing at West Florida Public Libraries locations with a new adult Summer Reading Club running in conjunction with the traditional children’s program.
Parents wanting to sign up their children can do so at any library location through July 31. Children will get reading logs to keep track of every 15 minutes they read. After 12.5 hours of reading, they get a free book and a bonus reading log to be entered for additional prizes.
Prizes include books, tool sets, Lego sets, Keva planks, Duplo sets, bicycles, a fire truck pedal car, a drift trike, waterproof solar chargers, a Fujifilm camera and fire truck rides to school for a few lucky students.
Summer Reading Club programs include Pensacola MESS Hall, Reno’s Reptiles, Tampa Taiko, Pensacola Symphony Orchestra, The Noiseguy Charlie Williams and The Magic of Reading with Russell Davis.
The schedule is as follows:
Summer Reading
Summer STEAM: Trebuchets & Catapults
- Wednesday, June 7, 10:30 a.m. – Molino Branch Library
- Friday, June 9, 10:30 a.m. – Southwest Branch Library
- Tuesday, June 13, 2 p.m. – Century Branch Library
- Wednesday, June 14, 10:30 a.m. – Tryon Branch Library
- Thursday, June 15, 2 p.m. – Westside Branch Library
Are historical war weapons your secret fascination? Do you want to try your hand at a fun, crafty application of physics and engineering? Join West Florida Public Libraries for a day of medieval mischief.
Reno’s Reptiles
- Wednesday, June 7, 11 a.m. – Century Branch Library
- Wednesday, June 7, 3 p.m. – Pensacola Library
- Thursday, June 8, 11 a.m. – Molino Branch Library
- Thursday, June 8, 3 p.m. – Tryon Branch Library
Kick off Summer Reading with the exciting animals of Reno’s Reptiles.
Tampa Taiko
- Thursday, June 8, 11 a.m. – Southwest Branch Library (Held at Big Lagoon State Park, 12301 Gulf Beach Highway)
- Thursday, June 8, 3 p.m. – Molino Branch Library
- Friday, June 9, 7 p.m. – Pensacola Library
- Saturday, June 10, 10:30 a.m. – Century Branch Library
- Saturday, June 10, 2 p.m. – Tryon Branch Library
Learn about the exciting traditional Japanese performing art of Taiko drumming and see big Taiko drums. This program is presented by Ron Collins of Tampa Taiko.
Pensacola MESS Hall presents “Block by Block”
- Tuesday, June 13, 11 a.m. – Southwest Branch Library (Held at Big Lagoon State Park, 12301 Gulf Beach Highway)
- Wednesday, June 14, 11 a.m. – Century Branch Library
- Wednesday, June 14, 3 p.m. – Pensacola Library
- Thursday, June 15, 11 a.m. – Molino Branch Library
- Thursday, June 15, 3 p.m. – Tryon Branch Library
A young girl outsmarts the king in this adaptation of “One Grain of Rice” using Legos®. Students get a concrete sense of exponential growth as they discover how quickly the Legos® multiply. This science show brought to you by Pensacola MESS Hall.
Summer STEAM: Different Ways of Flying
- Tuesday, June 20, 10:30 a.m. – Pensacola Library
- Wednesday, June 21, 10:30 a.m. – Molino Branch Library
- Thursday, June 22, 10:30 a.m. – Southwest Branch Library
- Tuesday, June 27, 2 p.m. – Century Branch Library
- Wednesday, June 28, 10:30 a.m. – Tryon Branch Library
- Thursday, June 29, 2 p.m. – Westside Branch Library
Don’t have wings? Not lighter than air? No worries; there are lots of ways to fly. Come make paper airplanes that don’t come down (as long as the power is on…), balloons that are solar powered (kind of), and other wonky ways of using science, technology, engineering arts and math to wing it!
Pensacola MESS Hall presents “Intro to Engineering”
- Tuesday, June 20, 11 a.m. – Southwest Branch Library (Sign-up is requested due to space limitations.)
- Wednesday, June 21, 11 a.m. – Century Branch Library
- Wednesday, June 21, 3 p.m. – Pensacola Library
- Thursday, June 22, 11 a.m. – Molino Branch Library
- Thursday, June 22, 3 p.m. – Tryon Branch Library
Pensacola MESS Hall will give a 15-minute interactive presentation about engineering principles for young engineers followed by open build time with our imagination playground.
Pensacola Symphony Orchestra Instrument Petting Zoo
- Tuesday, June 27, 11 a.m. – Southwest Branch Library (Held at Big Lagoon State Park)
- Wednesday, June 28, 11 a.m. – Century Branch Library
- Wednesday, June 28 , 3 p.m. – Pensacola Library
- Thursday, June 29, 11 a.m. – Molino Branch Library
- Thursday, June 29, 3 p.m. – Tryon Branch Library
Animals aren’t the only things that can make sounds. Come see, hear and touch different musical instruments. Don’t worry, they won’t bite.
Karl Jernigan Named New Tate Aggie Baseball Coach
June 7, 2017
Former Pace High School assistant coach and Florida State standout Karl Jernigan has been named head baseball coach for the Tate Aggies, replacing the retiring Greg Blackmon.
Jernigan was a four-year starter for the Florida State Seminoles in center field. He recorded career-highs with a .332 batting average and 15 stolen bases in 2000 and was regarded as one of the top defensive center fielders in the country. he was responsible for one of the most memorable victories in FUS history. His three-run homer in the bottom of the 11th inning gave FSU a 14-11 win over Stanford in the 1999 College World Series and a spot in the national title game.
Jernigan was drafted by the Oakland A’s, playing pro ball for three years. He spent the last 12 years as an assistant coach — at Milton for two years and then at Pace for the past 10 years.
Blackmon played on the UWF Baseball team from 1989 to 1990 under head coach Jim Spooner as a top first baseman. He holds the UWF career record for top batting average (.375) and is second in on-base percentage (.461). He is listed as third in slugging percentage (.570) and sixth in homeruns (13). In 1989, Blackmon was named to the All-Tournament team for his performance in the 1989 NAIA College World Series. By 1990, Blackmon held the second best single-season batting average (.472), slugging percentage (.624) and on-base percentage (.543). In 1990, he hit 11 homeruns as a third all-time record in the single season records.
Upon graduating from UWF, Blackmon continued to compete in the game as the head baseball coach at Tate High School in Cantonment, Florida for eight years. He led the high school team to two state championships in 1998 and in 2005 and posted a 202-42 record in eight seasons, leading them to five 6A Final Four appearances. Under his leadership, the Tate High School baseball team was crowned district and regional champions five times, as Blackmon was named the 6A Coach of the Year in 1998 and a six-time District I Florida Athletic Coaches Association Coach of the Year. He later received the Fred Waters Award in 1999 for his exceptional community contributions and devotion to the game of baseball.
Blackmon retired after the 2005 season to seek his master’s degree. He returned to the Aggie program six years later. His last two teams finished one win shy of a return to the state final four.
Northview Quarterback Club Announces New Officers
June 7, 2017
The Northview High School Quarterback Club has announced new officers and board members for the upcoming year. They are:
President – Jerry Fischer
Vice President – Josh Edwards
Secretary – Tammy Wilson
Treasurer – Courtney Nichols
Concession stand manager – Susan Hagan
Spirit merchandise – Jan Coleman
Programs and Ads – Genia Bayshore
Media – Carrie Bryan
Board Of Directors:
Ronald Peebles
Kent Calloway
Gary Killam
Kyle Wilson
Ronnie Cloud
Lonnie Wilson
Kevin Bryan
The next meeting of the Northview High School Quarterback Club will be at 6:30 p.m. on July 11 in the NHS Media Center.
No Injuries In West Kingsfield Road Crash
June 6, 2017
There were no injuries when in single vehicle wreck Tuesday morning on in the 1900 block of West Kingsfield Road. The driver lost control, left the roadway and struck an embankment. The accident is under investigation by the Florida Highway Patrol. NorthEscambia.com photos by Kristi Barbour, click to enlarge.
Body Of Missing 12-Year Old Naomi Jones Discovered (With Gallery)
June 6, 2017
The body of missing 12-year old Naomi Jones was discovered Monday afternoon in the area of Detroit Boulevard and Ashland Avenue in Eight Mile Creek.
The body was discovered about five miles from where Jones was first reported missing about 1 p.m. last Wednesday in the 1400 block of East Johnson Avenue. The body was found by men who were looking to go fishing.
Escambia County Sheriff David Morgan says the case is now being investigated as a homicide.
Multiple local, state and federal law enforcement agencies, including scores of volunteers, have spent the past several days searching for Jones.
Click here for a photo gallery.
NorthEscambia.com photo by Kristi Barbour, click to enlarge.
Woman Charged With Stealing From Her Real Estate Company Employer
June 6, 2017
An Atmore woman as been charged with stealing from the local real estate company where she worked.
Jamie LeAnne McCoy was charged with theft of property first degree for the alleged theft of property exceeding $2,500, according to the Atmore Police Department. She was released from the Escambia County (AL) Detention Center in Brewton after posting a $10,000 bond.
The complaint was filed after the owner of Reynolds Real Estate found numerous discrepancies in business financial records, according to police reports. McCoy had worked at the company for many years, most recently as the office manager, according to the Reynolds Real Estate website.
Ernest Ward Middle School Presents Year End Awards
June 6, 2017
Ernest Ward Middle School recently presented the following year-end awards:
Language Arts
6th Grade Highest Academic Average — Emily Levins
6th Grade Most Improved — Tylor Forman
7th Grade Highest Academic — Anna Adams
7th Grade Most Improved — Tereasia Burt
8th Grade HIghest Academic Achievement — Amber Gilman
8th Grade Most Improved — Madalin Roberts
Reading
6th Grade Highest Academic Average — Tiana White and Ryan Andrews
6th Grade Most Improved — Britney Kimbler
7th Grade Highest Academic Average — Tereasia Burt
7th Grade Most Improved — Hannah Hassebrock
8th Grade Highest Academic Average — Naudia Carach
8th Grade Most Improved — Brittany Walston
History
6th Grade Highest Academic Average (World History) — Drake Allen Driskell
6th Grade Most Improved (World History) — Wyatt Jarvis
7th Grade Highest Academic Average (Civics) — Anna Adams
7th Grade Most Improved (Civics) — Da’merion Findley
8th Grade Highest Academic Average (American History) — Amber Gilman
8th Grade Most Improved (American History) — Amalyah Chastang
Math
6th Grade Higest Academic Average — Alexia Yeater (Mancuso)
6th Grade Most Improved — Luke Moye; Travis Sunday
7th Grade Highest Academic Average — Anna Adams
7th Grade Most Improved — Kara Hawkins (Sellers)
8th Grade Highest Academic Average — Naudia Carach
8th Grade Most Improved — Amalyah Chastang
Algebra 1 Highest Academic Average — Amber Gilman
Algebra 1 Most Improved — Jeremiah Morris
P.E.
6th Most Outstanding Achievement Boy — Jamarkus Jefferson
6th Most Outstanding Achievement Girl — Leila Boutwell
7th Most Outstanding Achievement Boy — John Bashore
7th Most Outstanding Achievement Girl — Payton Gilchrist
8th Most Outstanding Achievement Boy — Lane Wilson
8th Most Outstanding Achievement Girl — Mary Paige Nassar
Agriculture
6th Most Outstanding Achievement Wheel — Takayla Chiles
7th Most Outstanding Achievement Ag — Shakyria Dixon
8th Most Outstanding Achievement Ag — Amber Gilman
Culinary
6th Most Outstanding Wheel Wheel — Kaden Odom
7th Most Outstanding Achievement Culinary — Miyhanna Davidson
8th Most Outstanding Achievement Culinary — Ashley Ragsdale
7th-8th Most Outstanding Personal Development — Angelina Heritage
Manufacturing
6th Most Oustanding Wheel Wheel — Emily Levins
6th Most Outstanding Achievement Manufacturing — Drake Allen Driskell
7th Most Outstanding Achievement Manufacturing — Sarah Hetrick
8th Most Outstanding Achievement Manufacturing — Savannah Doremus & Peggy Sunday
Graphic Arts Academy
6th Most Outstanding Achievement Wheel Wheel — Jessica Stabler
7th Most Outstanding Achievement Business — Hunter Borelli
8th Most Outstanding Achievement/MOS Specialist Certification IIT — Maggie Amerson, Kenley Brown, Meredith McGhee, Emily Stabler, Ariel Ward, Brayden Mickel, Torrie Edmonson
6th-8th CCTV Most Outstanding CCTV — Luke Bridges & McKenna Simmons (6th), Madelyn McAnally & Wylder Gibson (7th), Emily Stabler (8th)
Band/Chorus
6th Most Outstanding Achievement Band — Bradley Hamilton
7th Most Outstanding Achievement Band — Adrianne Shanks
8th Most Outstanding Achievement Band — Michael Sanders
6th Most Outstanding Achievement Chorus — Sara Long
7th Most Outstanding Achievement Chorus — Shelby Cotita
8th Most Outstanding Achievement Chorus — Mary Paige Nassar
Fuel Ed/Compass
6th -8th Most Outstanding Achievement — Brittany Walston
6th – 8th Most Outstanding Achievement — David Warren
Principal Awards
6th Principal Award — Ramyia Pogue
7th Principal Award — Dallas Cleckler
8th Principal Award — Amalyah Chastang and Ryan Pendleton
Take Stock In Children – Harley Walker, Jonathan Gibbs, Miyhanna Davidson, Paige Gibbs
Duke Talent Search — Anna Adams, Adrianne Shanks
Cox Hero Award — David Lamb
Student of the Year — Taviana Parker
Nokomis and Meadows Stop Sign Relocated Today
June 6, 2017
Effective today, the stop sign at the intersection of Nokomis Road and Meadows Lane near Davisville will change to improve safety, according to Escambia County.
The stop sign was previously on the westbound lane of Nokomis Road. Today, the stop sign will be moved to the southbound lane of Meadows Lane.
Motorists are advised to use caution when navigating the intersection during and following the transition period.
