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.
Florida’s Top Transportation Officials Tour Escambia County
August 17, 2011
Florida’s top transportation officials toured several Escambia County locations Tuesday to understand the area’s transportation needs.
Florida Department of Transportation Secretary Ananth Prasad and District Secretary Tommy Barfield toured the Port of Pensacola, the Pensacola Gulf Coast Regional Airport, and the GE Turbine Manufacturing facility during a daylong tour of the Escambia County area.
Officials said the main focus of the visit was to gain better knowledge on how transportation plays a major role in the day to day operation of sea and airports in Escambia County and Northwest Florida.
“Today’s port and airport visit highlights the interconnected nature of transportation and the need to make critical investments in infrastructure to unleash private sector investment and job creation,” Prasad said.
“Our visit to Pensacola is a reminder of the role we play in a three way partnership between the City of Pensacola, Escambia County and the department. This partnership continually encourages investment into job creation in Northwest Florida,” Barfield said.
Jury Picked In Double Murder Trial Of Cantonment Man
August 16, 2011
A jury was seated Monday morning in the double murder trial of Phillip Arnold, the Cantonment man accused in the stabbing death of a pregnant Cantonment woman and her baby last summer.
The 66-year old Arnold, is facing two first degree premeditated murder charges for the stabbing deaths of Angela Castella Brown, 44, and her newborn child on July 5, 2010, in Cantonment. Arnold’s trial is set to begin Thursday and is excepted to last two days.
Brown, who was six months pregnant, underwent an emergency C-section after she was stabbed. The newborn, later named Angela Chambers, died just over seven hours after being delivered.
Arnold, 65, of 349 South Chipper Road, fatally stabbed Brown in the chest, according to the State Attorney’s Office. Arnold and Brown were neighbors, and that was their only known connection, according to the Escambia County Sheriff’s Office.
Deputies were dispatched to the stabbing at a mobile home at 349 South Chipper Road about 8:35 p.m on July 5. When they arrived, witnesses told deputies that Arnold fled into a nearby wooded area. As deputies were arriving in the area, EMS personnel advised they had seen a black male running down the railroad tracks on South Chipper Road.
Witnesses at the scene reported observing a black male known to them as Arnold running from the scene moments before they discovered the victim, according to the Sheriff’s Office. K-9 officers attempting to track Arnold discovered a knife that was believed to be the murder weapon. As deputies were surrounding the area to search for Arnold, he called sheriff’s dispatchers about 9:10 p.m. Arnold said he was at a home at 2473 Stacey Road and that he wanted to turn himself in. He was taken into custody without incident.
Brown was the mother of seven other children ranging in age from an infant to 18-years old.
Arnold remains in the Escambia County Jail without bond.
Escambia Parents Can Apply Online Now For Free, Reduced Lunch Benefits
August 16, 2011
School does not start in Escambia County until next week, but parents and guardians can apply online now for free and reduced prices meals and speed up the approval process.
Online applications for the 2011-2012 school year can be completed at:
http://mealapp.escambia.k12.fl.us/
There are no charges or fees to use the online free and reduced meal application.
For parents without internet access at home that wish to apply for meal benefits, Northview High School will make computers available in their Media Center this week. The computers will be available August 17, 8:30 a.m. -noon. and 1:30 – 3:00 p.m.; and August 18, 8:30 – 10:00 a.m. Parents will need to sign in at the school’s attendance office window.
To view the income guidelines for the free and reduced price meal program, click here.
Century To ‘Support” NHS Football With $450 Newspaper Ad, $50 To Quarterback Club
August 16, 2011
The Town of Century voted Monday night to “support” Northview High School football by spending hundreds to purchase an ad in a Flomaton newspaper, while spending just $50 with the Northview Quarterback Club.
The council voted 5-0 to purchase a $450 full page ad that will be published one time in the Tri-City Ledger, a weekly newspaper.
The council also voted 5-0 to purchase a $50 quarter page ad in the Northview High School Football Program. The football program is distributed at every home Northview game, and all proceeds from the football program support the Northview football team through the school’s Quarterback Club.
The ads will be funded out of the town’s gas department budget.
Scott: Hundreds, Including 17 Doctors, Arrested In Florida Pill Mill Crackdown
August 16, 2011
Gov. Rick Scott on Monday touted Florida’s efforts to shed its reputation as a pill-mill capital, pointing to 937 arrests since a law-enforcement “strike force” began working in March.
The strike force has arrested 17 doctors and seized 252,410 pharmaceutical pills during that time, Scott’s office said in a news release after the governor made an appearance in South Florida with Surgeon General Frank Farmer and Florida Department of Law Enforcement Commissioner Gerald Bailey.
“Florida law enforcement has launched a focused attack,” Bailey said in the news release. “We have major investigations open in every region of the state and we are systematically taking down pill mills, rounding up street traffickers, and putting over-prescribing doctors out of business.”
Florida has gained a deadly reputation in recent years as a magnet for prescription-drug abusers and traffickers. Notorious clinics in South Florida and other areas of the state have drawn people from as far away as Ohio and Kentucky.
State officials Monday also discussed a report that cited oxycodone as a cause of 1,516 deaths last year in Florida. That was most of any type of drug, according to the report, which used data from drug-related autopsies conducted by medical examiners.
By The News Service of Florida