Youth Leadership Applications Accepted From High School Juniors
August 17, 2011
Applications are now being accepted from area high school juniors for the 2011-2012 Youth Leadership Atmore program.
The program is available to high school juniors from Northview High, Atmore Christian, Escambia Academy, Escambia County High and area home school students. Applications are due to the Atmore Area Chamber of Commerce by 5 p.m. Tuesday, September 6.
Now in its 17th year, the youth leadership program begins in October with an overnight retreat at Camp Beckwith on Weeks Bay in Fairhope. Then from November through April, the class will be involved in a series of interactive, hands-on activities one day each month. Participants will have the opportunity to meet community and state leaders, visit major businesses, government offices, a college campus and healthcare facilities while learning firsthand how the community works and how youth leadership can make a difference.
Class members will also be given the opportunity to learn and practice skills needed for future job interviews and meetings, and will be given personal banking and credit advice.
Applicants must have a 2.5 cumulative grade point average. Interviews will be held September 12-14. Tuition is $125 per participant, and partial financial aid may be available.
Application packets are available at Northview High, Atmore Christian, Escambia Academy and Escambia County High schools and at the Atmore Chamber of Commerce. For more information, call (251) 368-3305.
Pensacola State College To Open Center In Former Carver/Century School
August 17, 2011
Pensacola State College will be opening a new center in a portion of the old Carver/Century K-8 School in Century.
The center will be opening this month with adult education and GED classes, with a variety of workforce education and college classes to be added by next year.
“We are very excited about the opportunity to serve North Escambia,” said Dr. Ed Meadows, PSC president. “We are very open in what we plan to offer and will work to engage the local community and meet local needs.”
The first workforce education programs to be offered will include cosmetology, plumbing and a certified nursing assistant (CNA) program, according to Dr. Jason Hurst, PSC vice president for workforce education. The PSC Century Center will also offer university transfer courses — those college basics like English, math and history — beginning in January.
“Our future offerings will driven by the community,” Hurst said. “We will look at the needs and interests and grow our programs
Escambia County School Superintendent Malcolm Thomas said he’s excited to see a portion of the old Century school leased to PSC because it will benefit the entire North Escambia area.
“It will mean more dual enrollment opportunities for Northview High School,” Thomas said. “I believe it could evolve into a community college for the entire north end.”
Northview students will be able to take PSC courses both on-site at Northview and at the Century Center, Hurst said. “For example, they will be able to take on English course at Northview and get both high school and college credit.”
Plans also call for online college course to be offered in the Century Center’s computer lab for those with no or inadequate internet service at their home.
“We will also partner with business and industry for training,” Meadows said. “We plan to help recruit business and provide the start-up training they need.”
There are currently about 2,100 Pensacola State College students from the North Escambia area, Hurst said, not counting students that live in Escambia County, Alabama. Many of those will be able to take university transfer courses at Century.
Meadows believes the Century location of PSC will also attract many students from nearby Alabama.’
“Pensacola State is very attractive to Alabama residents,” he said, “with the same tuition as Florida students plus a dollar fee per hour.”
For a complete details on the lease terms between the Escambia County School District and Pensacola State College, click here.
Pictured: The new Century Center of Pensacola State College will be located in the former middle school portion of Carver/Century K-8 School, seen here in the background. Pictured top inset: The exterior of the building. Pictured bottom inset and below: The interior of the building as seen Tuesday morning. NorthEscambia.com photos, click to enlarge.
In Detail: Pensacola State College Lease At Old Carver/Century School
August 17, 2011
Pensacola State College is leasing a portion of the former Carver/Century K-8 School in Century, with plans to offer workforce education and college courses.
PSC is leasing the middle school portion of the former school on Hecker Road — about 26,000 square feet on 10 acres – from the Escambia County School District. The middle school buildings were constructed in 2003 and have been empty since the school closed in 2009.
Pensacola State’s rent will be $60,000 per year, payable at $5,000 month. The three year lease can be extended up to three additional years under the current contract. Beginning in 2014, the rent increases each year, up to $5,566.17 per month in 2016.
“We believe this lease and Pensacola State provide a good opportunity for the north end,” Escambia School Superintendent Malcolm Thomas said. “It is great to see the building involved in education again.”
Click here to read more about PSC’s plans for Century.
Pictured top: A small, temporary sign marks the new location of Pensacola State College’s Century center at the old Carver/Century K-8 School. Pictured below: The interior of the building as seen Tuesday, August 16. NorthEscambia.com photos, click to enlarge.
Preseason Poll: Northview Chiefs Number One In Florida 1A
August 17, 2011
The Northview High School Chiefs are the top-ranked Class 1A football team in Florida, according to rankings released by the national website maxpreps.com.
Maxpreps ranked Northview No. 1 in Class 1A, followed by Jefferson County (Monticello) at No. 2 and Holmes County at number No. 3.
Freeport — the Chiefs’ October 21 opponent — is ranked at No. 5. Other ranked 1A teams that Northview will faced this year are Vernon at No. 7, Chipley at No. 12, Baker at No. 17, South Walton at No. 20.
The Chiefs will begin play with a Fall Classic against Bay High School on August 26. Northview begins regular season play September 9 on the road at Marianna.
Pictured: Two Northview defenders take down a Trinity Christian Conqueror in the Class 1A Semifinals last December. NorthEscambia.com file photo.
Flomaton Man Busted With 300 Pot Plants
August 17, 2011
An Alabama man was arrested after admitting ownership of about 300 marijuana plants found on his property Monday.
A law enforcement aircraft operating in Escambia County, Alabama, located the marijuana plants in the area of Crabtree Road off Lambeth Road northwest of Flomaton.
Agents with the 21St Judicial Drug Task Force and deputies with the Escambia County (Ala.) Sheriff’s Office were contacted and responded to the scene where they were met by the property owner, Donald Huie. Authorities said Huie admitted that the plants were his.
Agents executed a search warrant and found about 300 marijuana plants ranging in height from four inches to seven feet in the immediate vicinity of Huie’s residence. They also reported finding a small amount of marijuana and drug paraphernalia inside his residence.
The 62-year old Huie was booked in the Escambia County Detention Center in Brewton on charges of first degree unlawful possession of marijuana , second degree drug manufacturing and unlawful possession of drug paraphernalia.
Overcoming Handicaps: Molino Artist Instructs Century Care Residents
August 17, 2011
A physical handicap should not stand in the way of art — that’s what residents of the Century Care Center learned Tuesday from a Molino artist.
Shawn Rudd, 38, suffers from muscular dystrophy. He can barely left his right arm without the assistance of his left. Unable to reach up to a traditional easel, he paints with his canvas flat on a table.
“The residents can’t use the ‘I can’t do that, I’m handicapped excuse’,” Activities Director Mae Hildreth said of Rudd’s new painting class offered to Century Care Center residents each month.
Tuesday, residents learned about watercolor technique from Rudd, adding color to black and white sketches he prepared.
“If it goes as well as I believe it will, we will have a gala art show in a few months,” Hildreth said.
For more photos from Tuesday’s art classes, click here.
Pictured above and below: Century Care Century residents learn about watercolor painting Tuesday. Pictured inset: Molino artist Shawn Rudd. NorthEscambia.com photos, click to enlarge.
Back To School: School Bus Schedules
August 17, 2011
School begins Monday in Escambia and Santa Rosa counties.
Escambia County has released its school bus routes and schedules for the upcoming school year. Santa Rosa County does not provide their routes and schedules publicly due to privacy concerns. Santa Rosa County parents can contact their child’s school or call (850) 983-5100.
The following are the bus schedules for North Escambia area schools:
- Bratt Elementary
- Jim Allen Elementary
- Molino Park Elementary
- Ernest Ward Middle
- Ransom Middle
- Northview High
- Tate High
The following are the bus schedules for all Escambia County Schools:
Elementary Schools
- Bellview Elem
- Beulah Elem
- Blue Angels Elem
- Bratt Elem
- Brentwood Elem
- Cook Elem
- Cordova Park Elem
- Ensley Elem
- Ferry Pass Elem
- Global Learning Academy
- Hallmark Elem
- Hellen Caro Elem
- Holm Elem
- Jim Allen Elem
- Lincoln Park Elem
- Lipscomb Elem
- Longleaf Elem
- McArthur Elem
- Molino Park Elem
- Montclair Elem
- Myrtle Grove Elem
- Navy Point Elem
- Oakcrest Elem
- Pine Meadow Elem
- Pleasant Grove Elem
- Scenic Heights Elem
- Semmes Elem
- Sherwood Elem
- Spencer Bibbs Elem
- Suter Elem
- Warrington Elem
- Weis Elem
- West Pensacola Elem
- Yniestra Elem
Middle Schools
- Bailey Middle
- Bellview Middle
- Brown Barge Middle
- Ernest Ward Middle
- Ferry Pass Middle
- Gulf Breeze Middle
- Ransom Middle
- Warrington Middle
- Woodham Middle
- Workman Middle
High Schools
- Escambia High
- Gulf Breeze High
- Northview High
- Pensacola High
- Pensacola High
- Pine Forest High
- Tate High
- Washington High
- West Florida High
Other Routes
Louisiana Man Indicted For Escambia Murder
August 17, 2011
A Louisiana man has been indicted for murder by an Escambia County grand jury.
Christopher Eugene Stallworth, 25, was indicted for first degree murder, burglary while armed, possession of a firearm by a convicted felon and grand theft auto.
On July 24, 2011, the badly beaten body of Jerry Wayne Ledden was found at his home on Mitchell Lane by his sister and brother-in-law.
Ledden’s Cadillac, guns, and cell phone were missing from the residence. Stallworth has been behind bars since July 27 on suspicion of homicide in connection with the death of the 65-year-old man. He will be arraigned on August 18, 2011.
Former Escambia Contractor Wanted In Five States For Fraud
August 17, 2011
Authorities are looking for a former Escambia County man wanted in five states for contractor fraud.
The St. Charles Parish (Louisiana) Sheriff’s Office is looking for Philip Livesay, 64, because they say he was paid a $6,150 deposit to do concrete work at a fire department there.
Livesay allegedly showed up for work a couple of days, doing very little work, and then disappeared. The St. Charles Parish Sheriff’s Office said the work was never completed, the money was not refunded and no one can find Livesay.
Livesay has outstanding warrants in Escambia County for grand larceny and fraud, and he is also wanted for similar crimes in South Carolina, Michigan and Virginia.
He is a former resident of Old Corry Field Road in Escambia County.
Anyone with information on the whereabouts of Philip Livesay is asked to call their local law enforcement agency.
No Injuries In Brewton Plane Crash
August 17, 2011
There were no injuries in an aircraft mishap Tuesday morning in Escambia County, Alabama.
The pilot of a fixed wing single engine Piper plane apparently experienced mechanical problems as he was landing at the Brewton Municipal Airport and ran off the runway into a ditch.
The plane had taken off from Grouby Field in Prattville, Alabama, about 7:14 a.m. with a planned destination of Brewton, according to tracking site Flightaware.com. The pilot’s identity was not available. The aircraft, according to the Federal Aviation Administration, is registered to William Hereford of Pell City, Alabama.