Ernest Ward Cheerleaders Third Best In Nation; Northview Places Eighth (With Photos, Videos)
February 15, 2010
The Ernest Ward Middle School cheerleaders werenamed the third best in the nation in their division in the Universal Cheerleaders Association national championships in Orlando on Sunday.The Northview High School Competition Cheerleaders placed eighth in their division.
For a video of the Ernest Ward Middle School performance, click here.
For a video of the Northview High School School performance, click here.
For photos and video stills from the competition, click here.
Member of the Ernest Ward Middle School team are: Hannah Gibson, Katelynne Calloway, Paeton Hadley, Shnala Banks, Reagan Bell, Raven Weaver, Madison Arrington, Jadlyn Agerton, Mallory Ryan, Tamara Green, Anna Fischer, Morgan Ward, Lily Townson, Kendall Cobb, Saige Garrett, Dariane Guy, Mariah Albritton, Danielle Robinson, Kristen Byrd, Ali Martin, Courtney Weaver, Lana Clayton, Chelsea Ward and Mallory Wiggins. The NHS cheerleader sponsors are Megan Carroll and Anna Barry. The EWMS cheerleader sponsor is Ashley Salter
Members of the Northview High School team are: Felicia Settle, Carley Hetrick, Megan Ryan, Heather Ward, Charleigh McPherson, Lauren McCall, Taylor Byrd, Taylor Rigby, Ashley Cunningham, Ariel Holland, Ashley Mooney, Tori Reid, Tori Chavers, Tiffany Chavers, Lindsey Holderfield, Kassandra Lett, Laneicia Gomez, Courtney Merritt, Ande Gideons, Hillary Byrd, Lauren Cloud, Caroline Prater, Autumn Slay and Brooke Tullis. The NHS cheerleader sponsors are Megan Carroll and Anna Barry.
Last year, Northview did not participate in the Universal Cheerleaders Association program, while the EWMS cheerleaders took second best in the country.
Pictured top: The Northview High School Competition Cheerleaders with their eighth place in the nation trophy. Pictured inset: NHS cheerleading sponsors Megan Carroll (left) and Anna Barry. Pictured bottom: The Ernest Ward Middle Cheerleaders perform Sunday in Orlando. Submitted and courtesy photos for NorthEscambia.com, click to enlarge.
Photos: How To Build A Snowman
February 15, 2010
Lots of people across the area tried their hand at building a snowman Friday.
Some resembled the character Frosty, some looked like little space aliens and some were even cats and dogs. We had pictures of little ones, eight and a half foot tall ones, and even a little snowman family.
In a special photo gallery, we are looking back at snowmen as built by NorthEscambia.com readers.
Click here for the photo gallery of snowmen built by our readers.
NorthEscambia.com reader submitted photos, click to enlarge.
This Week: Learn About New Agricultural Crops and Business Models
February 15, 2010
The University of Florida IFAS Extension and Team Santa Rosa will host the 2010 Gulf Coast Agribusiness Conference on Thursday, February 18, 2010, in Chumuckla.
Family farms are continually facing new challenges in today’s economy. To address these concerns, speakers from the Southeast region will provide our area farmers with ideas for new crops and business models. A trade show will be held at the conference, with space for vendor booths and equipment displays.
The target audience for this conference is producers of all types of crops in the Western Panhandle of Florida and Baldwin and Escambia Counties in Alabama. It will also serve as an informational seminar for prospective new farmers. Conference topics include “New Crops and Growing Methods,” “Estate Planning,” “Marketing Options: Most Successful Marketing Tools,” and “Greenhouse Demonstration”.
For more information on obtaining registration & sponsorship information contact Robin Vickers at rvickers @ ufl.edu or (850) 983-5216 x 113 or Jennifer Walters at jwalters@teamsantarosa.com or (850) 623-0174. Also click here.
Chumuckla’s Farmers Opry House is located located at 8897 Byrom Campbell Road.
Submitted photo for NorthEscambia.com, click to enlarge.
Century Care Center: Be My Valentine
February 15, 2010
Century Care Center celebrated Valentine’s Day on Sunday with a special afternoon.
With sparkling apple cider, good food, good music and lots of great fellowship, residents gathered for an afternoon of fun. Dewey Spicer and Voncille Mize were named Century Care Center’s Valentine’s king and queen.
And Mr. and Mrs. Burch proved that Cupid’s arrows can be on the mark as they celebrated a very special anniversary.
For more photos of Valentine’s Day at Century Care Center, click here.
Pictured above: Mr. and Mrs. Burch celebrated their anniversary on Valentine’s Day at Century Care Center. Pictured left: Valentine’s King Dewey Spicer and Queen Voncille Mize.
Missing Elderly Man Found Safe
February 14, 2010
An elderly Cantonment man has been found safe, about 21 hours after he was reported missing following a funeral in Alabama.
Escambia County (Ala.) Chief Deputy Mike Lambert said Clyde Rufus Carroll, 78, was located at about 10:30 this morning on Alger Road north of Butler Street in Escambia County, Alabama, about 20 miles from Wallace where he was last seen.
Lambert said Carroll had driven down a dirt road to an oil well just south of I-65. When he turned around, he ran the van he was driving into a ditch, nearly rolling the van onto it’s side, Lambert said said. Carroll was cold, but otherwise appeared to be in good condition. He was transported by ambulance to D.W. McMillan Hospital in Brewton to be evaluated.
Carroll volunteers for Faith Chapel Funeral Home in Cantonment. He was last seen about 1:30 p.m. Saturday at a funeral in Wallace, about 20 miles north of Flomaton. It appears that he took a wrong turn when he left the funeral in the Faith Chapel van.
Pictured: This April 12, 2009, photo show Clyde Rufus Carroll, 78, of Cantonment, who was missing for about 19 hours following a funeral Saturday afternoon in Escambia County, Alabama. Submitted photo for NorthEsambia.com, click to enlarge.
$2.3 Million Awarded To Molino Woman After Ivan Cleanup Crash
February 14, 2010
A Molino woman who crashed into a Hurricane Ivan cleanup trailer in 2004 has been awarded $2.3 million by an Escambia County jury.
Penny Nixon, now 42, received the damage award Friday in Escambia County Circuit Court against contractors Ashbritt Inc., of Pompano Beach, and Gulf Sandblasting and Painting, Inc., of Mississipi.
Nixon rear-ended heavy equipment trailer on November 2, 2004, on Jacks Branch Road. The trailer was parked in the road without lights or reflectors, cones or other safety markers while crews were busy loading dump trucks with debris.
The trailer was operated by Gulf Sandblasting and Painting which was working as a subcontractor for AshBritt, Inc.
Evidence introduced during the five-day trial showed that Nixon had permanent brain damage caused by the accident that prevented her from working or finishing nursing school.
Penny Nixon’s name was Penny Packer at the time of the crash, but she married Charles Nixon, Jr. in 2008. Her lawsuit was filed in June, 2005.
Jay Falls In District 1-2A Semifinals; Tate Beats Pine Forest
February 14, 2010
The Jay Royals were beat by the Bakers Gators Saturday in the District 1-2A tournament semifinals at Freeport, 51-48.
The Gators were up by 17 with under four minutes to go when the Royals rallied to come within four. The Royals had an impressive 14-point run as they tried to close the gap in fourth.
The Jay’s Hunter Boutwell missed a chance at a 3-pointer that would have tied the game with 10 second in the game. Boutwell paced the Royals with 17 points, including five 3-point shots.
The Royals finished their season at 11-14.
Tate 65 Pine Forest 63 (OT)
Tate beat Pine Forest 65-63 in overtime Saturday in a District 1-5A boys basketball semifinal game.
Tevin Brown led the Aggies with 24 on the board, including a dramatic overtime game-winning layup with eight seconds on the clock.
Tate will play Milton at 7 p.m. Monday for the District 1-5A boys basketball championship.
McDavid Resident Aids PJC In Win
February 14, 2010
McDavid resident Weston Winters, aided Pensacola Junior College baseball in another victory against Pearl River Saturday night.
Winters was called in to pitch for Pirates when the score was 0-3, bases loaded in the top of the first inning. Winters pitched 6 innings, allowing only one run.
PJC finished with a 14-4 win over Pearl River. Winters was selected as player of the game by Gulf Coast Sports Radio.
Even More NorthEscambia.com Reader Submitted Snow Photos
February 14, 2010
We have published literally hundreds of reader submitted snow photos over the past couple of days, and we have even more today.
From all across Northwest Florida and well into South Alabama, our reader photos provide a complete look at the first snowfall in 14 years.
For part four of our reader photo gallery, click here.
Don’t forget to email your snow pictures to news@northescambia.com so that we can add your photos to our galleries.
Pictured: NorthEscambia.com reader submitted snow photos, click to enlarge.
Thousands Enjoy 2010’s Winter Wonderland
February 13, 2010
It was a winter wonderland to remember for thousands in South Alabama and extreme northern Northwest Florida Friday with the first snowfall in 14 years. For many, it was their first glimpse of the white stuff, which varied from a wet sticky mess in North Escambia to a fluffy white powder in Monroe County, Alabama.
Unofficial snowfall totals across the area ranged from a light dusting to about 1 inch in Florida, to about 2.5 inches in Atmore, to 3 inches just north of Atmore to over 5 inches in Monroe County.
The low snowfall totals in North Escambia led many Florida folks to hit the highways and travel north into South Alabama. At the Atmore campus of Jefferson Davis Community College just north of I-65, there were more Florida tags than Alabama late Friday afternoon. Dozens of snowmen stood around the campus as several snowball fights took place — including one between a handful of Ernest Ward Middle School students.
North Escambia’s snowfall made national news as Florida became the 49th state in the U.S. to have snow on the ground. Only Hawaii had no snow on the ground Friday, as two-thirds of the land mass in the United States was white.
Dozens of people stopped alongside Highway 21 just south of the Escambia-Monroe County line to take advantage of a big hill and the chance to do a little snow sledding. The impromptu — far from the Winter Olympics event — was fast-paced 40 foot slide, and often head-over-heels-tumble into a fluffy snow pile below. The snow-sledders took advantage of whatever they could find in their vehicles to slide, from car mats, to cardboard to trash bags.
Over three dozen traffic accidents were reported Friday in Escambia County, Alabama — many sightseers that slid into ditches.
In Escambia County, Florida, sleet and snow was reported as far south as downtown Pensacola.
Pictured top: Residents build a snowman in Atmore. Pictured top inset: Snow falls in Florida. Pictured bottom inset: Snow sledding near the Escambia-Monroe County line. Pictured below: A snow covered bridge at Little River State Park. NorthEscambia.com photos, click to enlarge.
