Order Smoked Turkeys, Smoked Butts And Sweet Potatoes For Thanksgiving
November 10, 2008
Time is running out to order smoked turkeys, smoked Boston butts and sweet potatoes in time for Thanksgiving from two local schools.
Northview FFA — Smoked Turkeys Or Boston Butts
The annual Northview High School FFA Alumni Smoked Turkey and Boston Butt Sale is drawing to a close, and Ernest Ward Middle School’s FFA is selling fresh Baldwin County sweet potatoes.
In the annual fund raiser, you can choose either a seven to nine pound smoked Boston butt or a 10-12 pound smoked turkey for $25 each. The deadline to order is Tuesday, November 11. Boston butts will be available for pickup on Monday, November 24, the the smoked turkeys will be available for pickup on Tuesday, November 25.
Proceeds from the sale will go to benefit the Northview High School FFA Scholarship Fund. The sale is sponsored by Archie’s Catering Smokehouse in Molino.
For a printable order form that you can mail to the school with your payment, click here. For more information, call (850) 327-6681 extension 248.
Ernest Ward Middle — Baldwin County Sweet Potatoes
The Ernest Ward Middle School FFA is selling 20 pound bags of fresh Baldwin County sweet potatoes for $7 each. They are available in white or red. For more information, contact the school at (850) 327-4283 or order from any member of the EWMS FFA.
The sweet potatoes will be delivered in time for Thanksgiving.
North Escambia Weekend In Pictures
November 10, 2008
From football to a fall festival to Veterans Day programs, NorthEscambia.com posted photo galleries over the weekend from several local events.
Click any headline below to read the story and see the photo gallery:
- Seahawks Beat Northview Chiefs 31-0 In District Game
- Tearful Service Honors Veterans; EWMS To Sponsor Honor Flight
- Bratt Elementary School Honors Local Veterans
- Poplar Dell Baptist Holds Fall Festival
Big Mo Tonight At Victory Assembly Of God
November 10, 2008
The Second Annual Winter Campmeeting continues tonight at Victory Assembly of God in Molino.
Services will be held Monday through Wednesday at 7:00 p.m.
The guest speaker will be evangelist “Big Mo”. Big Mo is a Dove Award nominee, soloist of the year, songwriter of the year and musician of the year. For more information on Big Mo, click here for his web site.
NWE Midgets Beat Myrtle Grove, Advances To Round Two Of Playoffs
November 9, 2008
The Northwest Escambia Midgets beat Bellview 36-0 to advance to the second round of the Gulf Coast Youth Alliance Football tournament.
NWE avenged a regular season defeat to Bellview with a strong running performance by Dalton Daniel. Daniel had three touchdown runs of 60, 54 and six yards, and finished with a total of 231 yards.
Brannon Freeman intercepted a Bellview pass and returned it 34 yards for a TD.
Next week, NWE (7-2) travels back to to Myrtle Grove to face a tough 8-1 Milton team.
ECUA To Revisit Trash Pickup, Recycling Program Set To Begin In January In North Escambia
November 9, 2008
The Emerald Coast Utilities Authority will take a look at its sanitation and recycling program that is set to being in the county, including North Escambia, next year.
ECUA will take over the current Allied Waste franchise in North Escambia on January 1. Their current plan calls for a slight decrease in service cost, with one trash pickup and one recyclable pickup per week.
The ECUA board has already acted twice on the details of the new residential sanitation program, first in April and then again in October. The board will review its October plan at the special meeting Monday and may make changes in details of the planned program.
Allied and ECUA signed a contract on November 5 for ECUA to take over Allied’s North Escambia residential customers on January 1, terminating the Allied franchise that was set to expire in March of next year. Allied will take over ECUA commercial customers in the south part of Escambia County.
“No coercion was involved. Due to the county commission’s 2008 enactment of a flow-control ordinance that prohibits Allied from taking its collection to its own landfill near Brewton, Allied’s financial picture has changed for the worse, and it is happy to reach an agreement with ECUA,” Larry Walker, District 5 ECUA board member, said. “The business agreement between ECUA and Allied offers some attractive elements to Allied, which it is pleased to obtain.”
Walker said that he is pleased to see the end of the Allied franchise, as he personally received complaints about Allied service from over 900 households in four years.
“Allied has served some customers well: ECUA will serve all customers well,” he said.
Currently, both Allied and ECUA provide twice a week garbage pickup in their respective areas for $19.62 per month plus a fuel recovery charge. The current ECUA plan calls for a once-a-week garbage pickup and an optional once-a-week recyclables pickup for $17.99 per month. A second garbage can would be available for $3 per month, with both garbage cans being picked up on the same day.
“I wish to get the charge down to the lowest possible amount,” Walker said. “I also do not think that recyclables collection should be subsidized through the base rate for service.”
At Monday’s meeting, Walker will propose a monthly garbage rate of $17.52 with a subscription charge of 75 cents per month for the recyclables pickup. The combination of once-a-week garbage collection and once-a-week recyclables collection will offer 180 gallons of pickup per week — two 90 gallon cans — for a charge of $18.27. In total volume of pickup, that compares to the current service of 180 gallons of pickup — two 90-gallon cans — for $19.62.
ECUA’s services and rates in North Escambia will be exactly the same as they are in the rest of Escambia County.
Walker (pictured left) said that over half the customers he’s spoken with indicate that they can get by with a single weekly garbage pickup, especially when combined with the recyclables pickup.
“A sizable minority of customers think that once-a-week garbage pickup will not be adequate for their needs, even if they also utilize the recyclables pickup,” he said. “Some of these customers will discover that they can get by with one garbage pickup and one recyclables pickup: Others will genuinely need twice-a-week garbage pickup.”
Nationally, Walker said the trend is a move to once-a-week service rather than twice-a-week due to rising fuel costs; large garbage trucks get about two miles to the gallon.
“The rate reduction made possible by dropping from twice-a-week to once-a-week is universally disappointing. Believe it or not, the cost difference between twice-a-week garbage pickup and once-a-week pickup is only about $2.00 per month. This is true not just of ECUA but of all garbage collectors,” the District 5 ECUA board member said.
Walker said the Town of Century has always had once-a-week service, and that he was recently told by a town official recently that Century officials receive no complaints that the level of service is insufficient to meet household needs.
ECUA’s service will also include the pickup yard debris such as grass clippings and small limbs cut to four foot lengths. Special pickups will be made of bulky items such as refrigerators and sofas at no charge. For the bulky item pickups, customers will be required to call ECUA and request the service.
As for the recyclables pickup, participation will not be mandatory. Customers that do not wish to recycle will not be required to do so. Those that do can continue to recycle in their current manner.
“On the other hand, use of the recyclables collection will help most households to reduce the volume into their regular garbage to a manageable level,” Walker said.
“One NorthEscambia.com reader asked for information about what ECUA will do with the collected recyclables,” Walker stated. “Part of the multi-faceted agreement between ECUA and Allied is that Allied will buy ECUA’s collected recyclables. Allied will then dispose of these materials by selling them in the recyclables markets. The revenue that ECUA will gain from the sell of recyclables to Allied will offset about three-fourths of ECUA’s cost of collecting recyclables.”
Walker said he invites NorthEscambia.com readers with comments or questions to contact him directly by emailing larry@larrywalker.com or calling 723-6094.
Poplar Dell Baptist Holds Fall Festival
November 9, 2008
The annual Fall Festival was held recently at Poplar Dell Baptist Church.
The event included a variety of fun and games, volleyball and plenty of food.
For a complete photo gallery from the Poplar Dell Baptist Church Fall Festival, click here.
Pictured above and below: Scenes from the annual Fall Festival at Poplar Dell Baptist Church. Submitted photos for NorthEscambia.com, click to enlarge.
Molino Gas Prices Fall Saturday
November 9, 2008
Gas prices fell again on Saturday, at least in Molino.
At the Tom Thumb, located at the intersection of Highway 29 and Highway 97, gas prices fell 12 cents per gallon on Saturday. A gallon of regular unleaded gasoline was $2.14 a gallon Saturday morning. By Saturday night, that price had fallen to $2.02.
Just a handful of Pensacola stations had a lower price on Saturday. One such station, at Sams Club on Airport Boulevard, the price had fallen to $1.99 a gallon.
Analysts expect gas prices to continue to fall the next few weeks.
Picture left: The gas price sign outside the Molino Tom Thumb Saturday night. NorthEscambia.com photo.
Ride The Bus For Free: Just Donate Canned Goods To Food Bank
November 9, 2008
ECAT riders can help the hungry and get a free bus ride at the same time.
Beginning Monday and continuing through December 7, Escambia County Area Transit riders who donate at least two cans of food on the bus will receive a free ride, including one transfer. For donations of two or more canned goods made at the ECAT office at 1515 West Fairfield Drive in Pensacola, a free ride ticket will be given.
Donations of 10 or more canned goods will receive a free 20 ride ticket. The donations of 10 or more must be made at the ECAT office.
For more information, call Nancy at 595-3228, extension 218.
All proceeds will benefit Manna Food Bank.
Prep Playoffs: Canes Lose To Houston Academy
November 8, 2008
Flomaton’s dream of state championship came to an end Friday night in Dothan with a 32-14 loss to Houston Academy.
It was a good night for senior Tony Ellis as he ran for 184 yards on 25 carries in his last high school game. He picked up over 1,500 yards a season in each of the last three years.
The Canes finished the season at 8-3.
Seahawks Beat Northview Chiefs 31-0 In District Game
November 8, 2008
The Northview Chiefs fell to the South Walton Seahawks Friday night, 31-0 in a district game.
For a complete NorthEscambia.com photo gallery, click here.
Jay Jackson returned the opening kickoff to the 16 yard line. Dustin Yuhasz then piked up seven yards for the Chiefs to the 23. On the second down, Jackson carried for a Chief first down.
From first and 10, Jackson went down in the backfield for a loss of three on the play. Yuhasz lost a couple more yards on the next play, followed by a Brandon Sheets pass to Chris Sheets for a seven yard gain. The Austin Reid punted for the Chiefs on fourth down with a return by the Seahawks to the 40.
After little yardage by the Seahawks, the Chiefs took over on the 26. Jackson picked up two for second down and eight. Brandon Sheets tossed an incomplete pass. On third down, Ka’Daris Grice took the ball nowhere for no gain on the play. On fourth down, the Chiefs punted the ball away again, with the Seahawks taking a knee for first and 10 from the 15.
The Seahawks picked up a pair of yards before a tackle by Lance Yuhasz to make it two and eight. With 4:32 to go in the first, South Walton’s Cody Adams picked up a 13 yard touchdown. The point after was through the uprights. Walton was on the board first for the night, 7-0.
The Chiefs took over on the 20 after a touchback on the kick. Grice picked up four yards to the 24, fighting hard every inch of the way. With 3:55 in the first, the Seahawks recovered a Chief fumble to take over on the 24. A Lance Yuhasz backfield tackle sank the Seahawks to make it third and 19. An incomplete pass and a punt gave Northview the ball on their own 20.
Jay Jackson went down in the backfield to make it second and 19 to go. On the third down, Brandon Sheets hit Dustin Yahasz for a 14 yard gain. The Chiefs were still short of the first down, at fourth and five. Austin Reid punted, but there was a flag on the play. The Chiefs took over first and 10 on the 41 after a personal foul for roughing the kicker.
The Chiefs picked up four on a Brandon Sheets pass. A few incomplete passes later, the Seahawks took over on their own 37 with 32 seconds to go in the quarter.
A Dustin Yahasz and Cole Gandy double team tackle started the second with the Seahawks off first and 35. A Chris Sheet brought South Walton down on the next play inside the Chief’s 20 yard line. The Seahawks continued their drive all the way to the endzone. A good kick, and the Seahawks were up 14-0 with 7:26 in the half.
Montaio Mitchell returned the kick for a NHS first down on the 26. Brandon Sheets passed to Austin Arrington for a seven yard pickup. Grice gained a yard on a run. A few drive attempts later, Northview once again punted away the pigskin, with the S-hawks taking over first and ten on the 37.
South Walton picked up few yards before punting back to Northview. The Chief has possession with 3:47 in the half, first and 10 on the 28. Brandon threw an incomplete pass, followed by a one yard gain. A couple of plays later, and the Chiefs were punting…again.
The Seahawks marched with five yards of another touchdown before kick a field goal on their fourth down, increasing their lead to 17-0 with 19 seconds in the half.
Austin Albritton and Seth Leonard brought South Walton down on the 32 on the second half opening kick.
An oops-the-field-is-wet, I’ve fallen and I can’t get up moment brought the Seahawks QB down for a four yard loss on their first down of the second half. But the Seahawks recovered, marching toward the endzone, scoring again with 7:14 to go in the third. A perfect kick, and South Walton led Northview 24-0.
The Chiefs took over first and 10 on their own 20. Jeremy Jackson picked up a couple of yards for the Chiefs, followed by pass to Dustin Yuhasz. A missed Sheets to Sheets pass, and Austin Reid was punting for the Chiefs again.
The Seahawks took over with first and 10 on the half-and-half mark. The Seahawks hit the endzone from the 50, but flag for illegal blocking brought them back out to the spot of the of the foul…the Chiefs’ 29. A Seahawk player went down, that’s going to hurt in the morning kind of hard, on a Jay Jackson tackle to make it second and 11. The Seahawks advanced to just shy of another touchdown by the end of the third.
Seconds into the fourth, the Seahawks completed their drive to put the game at 31-0.
The Chiefs found themselves once again first and 10 on the 20. Jeremy Jackson gained five. A botched pass to Jake Clayton had the Chiefs at three and five. Brandon Sheets found Chris Sheets for the first down. The Chiefs were in a first and 10 situation on the 32.
Brandon Sheets missed passes to Dustin Yahasz and Jay Jackson. Sheets passed to Sheets and Jeremy Jackson gained yardage for a Northview first down. The drive failed to pickup a first down, and it was the Seahawk’s ball with 8:09 in the game. Leonard took down a Seahawk to make it second and six for South Walton. Austin Reid stopped the next Seahawk offensive play with a single yard gain.
The Chief were unsuccessful in scoring on their drive. The Seahawks took over to run out the last minute on the clock and down Northview with a 31-0 final.
Northview is now 2-7, 1-3 in the district.
The final game of the season for Northview will be Friday night in Bratt against West Florida.
Pictured above and below: Action from Northview versus South Walton Friday night in Bratt. NorthEscambia.com photos, click to enlarge.
