Escambia Still Looking For Library Board Of Governance Members
February 3, 2013
Escambia County continues to seek residents who are interested in serving on the newly formed Public Library Board of Governance for the West Florida Public Library System. Interested applicants should have a passion for libraries and the services they provide the community, as well as the ability to effectively advocate for the West Florida Public Library System.
Appointees chosen to serve on the Board of Governance will do so in a strictly voluntary capacity, with selected applicants beginning their service at 2 p.m. on March 4. After that, it is expected that the Board will meet at 2 p.m. on the first Monday of each month. Additional meetings may be required during the transitional period.
Individuals interested in serving on Escambia County’s behalf should send or email a resume, as well as the completed questionnaire, on or before close of business on February 11. Please forward all information to:
Attn: Library Board of Governance Member Search
Escambia County Human Resources Department
221 Palafox Place, Suite 200
Pensacola, FL 32502
Email: TGTurner@myescambia.com
Local Church Hosts Dave Ramey’s Financial Peace University
February 3, 2013
Ray’s Chapel Baptist Church in Bogia will offer classes from Dave Ramsey’s Financial Peace University beginning March 1.
The nine-week course includes video classes and group discussion and has changed lives all across the country. More than 1.5 million families have completed the program at their workplace, church, military base, nonprofit organization or community group and are working toward debt freedom and financial peace.
Through common-sense principles and small-group accountability, FPU gives people the tools they need to change their behavior and succeed financially. On average families who complete FPU pay off $5,300 and save $2,700 in the first 90 days; following the class nearly 94 percent of those families budget regularly, according to Ramsey.
“FPU will not only transform the way you handle money, but also your marriage and other areas of your life,” says Ramsey. “This isn’t a boring financial class. We make learning about money fun and easy to understand so people in every situation can benefit from the information.”
Ramsey knows first-hand the pain that financial stress can cause. After creating a net worth of more than a million dollars by age 26, he quickly lost it all. Since then Ramsey has helped families and individuals across the country learn how to get control of their finances and avoid debt so they don’t have to experience the same pain he did.
After purchasing a membership each participant receives a workbook, Dave Ramsey’s Complete Guide to Money, an envelope system and an audio CD library. Participants will also have access to budgeting forms and MP3’s of all the lessons.
Classes at Ray’s Chapel Baptist Church begin March 1 and will meet each Friday at 7 pm. Registration ends February 15. The even is open to the entire community. Childcare is available for a minimal fee.
To register or more information, click here. For additional details, contact Rachel Gilmore at ((850) 572-6465 or brgilmore@frontiernet.net.
Investigation Continues After Shots Fired At Couple; Vehicle Seized
February 3, 2013
The investigation is continuing into an incident last week in which someone opened fire near an older couple alongside a highway in the Christian Home community. No arrests have been reported, but a vehicle has been seized.
Friday, the Escambia County Sheriff’s Office seized a vehicle from the 400 block of Pond Street in Century that was, according to a department spokesman, related to Tuesday’s shooting.
Escambia County Sheriff’s Office investigators said a husband and wife were picking up cans from the shoulder of Highway 164 at Pine Barren Road about 4 p.m. on January 29 when a white pickup truck stopped and a black male exited armed with a semi automatic rifle.
The unidentified black male then confronted the couple, demanding that they return his property. He then fired multiple shots into the ground near the couple with the semi-automatic rifle before fleeing the scene in the white pickup truck. No one was struck by the gunfire, and there were no injuries.
Deputies recovered multiple shell casings alongside Highway 164, consistent with the couple’s story.
The vehicle seized Friday by the Escambia County Sheriff’s Office was reportedly a Nissan Altima, not a white pickup. Deputies did not say how the car was related to the case.
Sgt. Mike Ward, spokesman for the Escambia County Sheriff’s Office, said the incident is believed to be drug related.
The the older couple was not suspected of any crime. Further details have not been released. Anyone with information on the crime is asked to call the Escambia County Sheriff’s Office at (850) 436-9620 or Crime Stoppers at (850) 433-STOP.
Pictured: An Escambia County Sheriff’s Office investigator at the scene of a shots fired incident along Highway 164 near Pine Barren Road. NorthEscambia.com photos, click to enlarge.
Twitter Accounts Targeted By Hackers
February 3, 2013
Social media giant Twitter says it was hacked this week, in a sophisticated cyber attack that exposed the passwords and other information of about 250,000 users.
The company said in a blog post that it had detected unauthorized attempts to gain access to its user data. The site’s information security director, Bob Lord, said Twitter employees discovered one live attack and shut it down in process moments later.
Twitter said it reset passwords and that it was notifying affected users.
Twitter did not provide any information on where the hacking had originated. But Lord said in the posting that the attack was “not the work of amateurs,” and that Twitter does not believe it was an isolated incident. He called the attackers “extremely sophisticated”.
The company said it is working with government and federal law enforcement in their effort to track down the attackers to make the Internet safer for all users.
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Recipes: Super Treats For The Super Bowl
February 3, 2013
While there’s a time and a place for elegant desserts, a Super Bowl party isn’t one of them. All the fun and action call for something easy for guests to handle and easy for hosts to make.
Fans of chocolate and marshmallows will cheer for these Rocky Road Squares. By substituting evaporated milk for water, you get a super-rich texture and very fudgy flavor. And by using melted chocolate morsels as well as whole ones, these Easy Double Chocolate Chip Brownies score big on the taste meter. You may want to make an extra batch, because they’ll be scooped up in no time!
Rocky Road Squares
Ingredients
* 1 package (19.5 to 21 ounces) fudge brownie mix
* 1/2 cup vegetable oil, per package directions
* 2 large eggs, per package directions
* 1/2 cup evaporated milk
* 1 cup (6 ounces) Nestlé Toll House Semi-Sweet Chocolate Morsels
* 2 cups miniature marshmallows
* 1 cup coarsely chopped walnuts
Preparation
1. PREHEAT oven according to package directions. Grease 13 x 9-inch baking pan.
2. PREPARE brownie mix according to package directions, using vegetable oil and egg(s) and substituting evaporated milk for water. Spread into prepared baking pan.
3. BAKE according to package directions; do not over bake. Remove from oven. Immediately sprinkle with chocolate morsels. Let stand 5 minutes or until morsels are shiny. Spread evenly. Top with marshmallows and walnuts.
4. BAKE for 3 to 5 minutes or just until marshmallows begin to melt. Cool in pan on wire rack for 20 to 30 minutes. Cut into squares using a knife dipped in hot water.
Serves
2 dozen brownies
Calories: 230g Total Fat: 13g
Cholesterol: 20mg Protein: 3g
Carbohydrates: 27g Sodium: 80mg
Preparation and Baking Time:
35 minutes
Easy Double Chocolate Chip Brownies
Ingredients
* 2 cups (12-ounce package) Nestlé Toll House Semi-Sweet Chocolate Morsels, divided
* 1/2 cup (1 stick) butter or margarine, cut into pieces
* 3 large eggs
* 1 1/4 cups all-purpose flour
* 1 cup granulated sugar
* 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
* 1/4 teaspoon baking soda
* 1/2 cup chopped nuts
Preparation
1. PREHEAT oven to 350°F. Grease 13 x 9-inch baking pan.
2. MELT 1 cup morsels and butter in large, heavy-duty saucepan over low heat; stir until smooth. Remove from heat. Stir in eggs. Stir in flour, sugar, vanilla extract and baking soda. Stir in remaining morsels and nuts. Spread into prepared baking pan.
3. BAKE for 18 to 22 minutes or until wooden pick inserted in center comes out slightly sticky. Cool completely in pan on wire rack. Cut into bars.
Serves
2 dozen bars
Calories: 190g Total Fat: 10g
Cholesterol: 35mg Protein: 3g
Carbohydrates: 23g Sodium: 50mg
Preparation and Baking Time:
28 minutes
Birth: Landry Thomas Sims
February 3, 2013
Wes and Kelly Sims of Uriah, AL, are proud to announce the birth of their son, Landry Thomas Sims.
Landry was born on January 15, 2013, at Sacred Heart hospital in Pensacola. Landry weighed 7-pounds 15.9-ounces and was 20½ inches” long. Landry is the grandson of Billy and Dorothy Sims of McDavid, and Chuck and Gayle Aldridge.
Landry was welcomed home by his big sister Laurel and big brothers Lane, Layton and Lawyer.
Man Charged With Downloading, Transmitting Child Porn Online
February 2, 2013
A Pensacola man was arrested on child pornography charges after investigators determined he had downloaded sexually explicit movies involving children onto his laptop computer and transmitted those images to other computer users.
Joshua Montuori, 23, of 3206 West Lee St., was charged with 20 counts of distribution of obscene communications. He was booked into the Escambia County Jail on a $100,000 bond.
Detective Chris Wilkinson said agents with the North Florida Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force initiated a search warrant at Montuori’s residence after he was identified via the internet as distributing child pornography.
Wilkinson said an investigation is continuing to identify people who received child pornography from Montuori via the internet.
Task force members who assisted the Pensacola Police Department with this investigation included the Federal Bureau of Investigation, Office of Homeland Security and Escambia
County Sheriff’s Office.
Driver Dies Following Jan. 23 Wreck Outside Jay
February 2, 2013
An Alabama man died Friday as a result of injuries he received in a three vehicle wreck southeast of Jay on January 23.
David M. Kicker, age 63 of Repton, AL, was pronounced deceased at 3:07 p.m. Friday at Sacred Heart Hospital in Pensacola.
The Florida Highway Patrol said two vehicles were stopped for a turning vehicle on Highway 87 near Country Mill Road at 5:23 p.m. on January 23. As Kicker approached from behind, he struck one stopped vehicle, pushing it into the other vehicle. Kicker’s 2010 Ford Explorer continued into the ditch while rotating. Then with just the left front tire on the surface of the roadway, his SUV barrel-rolled one complete rotation in the ditch before coming to rest on all four tires, the FHP reported.
Kicker was airlifted to Sacred Heart Hospital in Pensacola where he had remained until the time of his death.
The driver of the vehicle first struck by Kicker’s SUV, 20-year old Orion Wayne Motsco of Jay, was not injured, but his 2006 Honda Accord was totaled. The driver of the third vehicle, 47-year old John P. Miller of Robertsdale, AL, was also not injured.
The accident remains under investigation by the Florida Highway Patrol.
Cantonment Woman Arrested After Bank Robbery, Fake Bomb Threat
February 2, 2013
A Cantonment woman is in jail after a bank robbery and bomb threat shut down Nine Mile Road Friday afternoon.
Escambia County deputies responded to a bank robbery at about 2:30 p.m. at the Beach Community Bank, 9329 N. Palafox St.
As deputies were responding they were alerted of a possible suspect vehicle, which they spotted trying to exit the shopping complex near the bank.
Deputies detained the suspect Mary Eileeen Pritchett driving the suspect vehicle. It was learned in the investigation that Pritchett had entered the bank and passed a note to a teller. Pritchett then exited the bank and drove off in a dark colored mini van, the same which deputies stopped.
The bank employees were able to positively identify Pritchett as the suspect. As deputies were speaking to Pritchett she claimed that her son had been abducted and was being held by a male until she robbed the bank. Pritchett said there was a bomb in the vehicle.
Deputies then closed the roads and evacuated the nearby businesses until the Bay County Sheriff’s Office Bomb Unit and the State Fire Marshall’s Bomb Unit arrived on scene. Traffic was rerouted due to the road closures.
During subsequent questioning Pritchett admitted that she had made the story up about her child being abducted, that she in fact has no child, and there was never any bomb in her possession or in the vehicle.
As a precaution the vehicle was cleared by the bomb units, and no type of explosive device was found. Pritchett’s vehicle was seized for the investigation.
Pritchett was arrested and charged with robbery with a deadly weapon, she remains in the Escambia County Jail with bond set at $10, 000. She provided an Cantonment address on Neal Road when booked into jail.
Pictured top: A Friday afternoon bank robbery at the Beach Community Bank on Palafox Street near Nine Mile Road landed one woman in jail and caused traffic nightmares in the area (photo courtesy Anthony Pura WEAR 3). Picture below: Traffic being rerouted along Nine Mile Road (photo courtesy Katelynn Zisa). Photos for NorthEscambia.com, click to enlarge.
Alyssa Borelli Named Miss EWMS 2013
February 2, 2013
Alyssa Borelli was named Miss EWMS 2013 Friday night at Ernest Ward Middle School.
First Runner-up was Nikoal Creamer and Second Runner-up was Morgan Myrick. Creamer also received the Poise and Appearance award. Other winners were: Ashtyn Carnley,Miss Physical Fitness; Hannah Ellis, Miss Hospitality; Elizabeth Wright, Miss Congeniality; Gabbrielle Peebles, People’s Choice award.
For a photo gallery, click here.
Pictured top: First Runner-up Nikoal Creamer, Miss EWMS 2013 Alyssa Borelli, and Second Runner-up Morgan Myrick Friday night at Ernest Ward Middle School. Pictured below: Contestants Gabrielle Peebles, Hannah Ellis and Makayla Harigel during introduction of the “Disco Fever” themed pageant. NorthEscambia.com photos, click to enlarge.
