‘A Meal For Amelia’ Raises Funds For One Year Old
November 23, 2008
The Friendship Circle of Aldersgate UMC in Molino is held a Spaghetti Lunch – ” A Meal for Amelia” Sunday.
This lunch was held to raise money to help the family of Amelia Lane Ruth. Amelia was diagnosed with Leukemia, AML, M7, at seven weeks old and started chemotherapy June 19th.
Amelia recently celebrated her first birthday. She has been undergoing treatment in Tennessee, which while hopefully lifesaving, has created a significant financial burden on her young family. If you were not able to attend, the church asks that you please send your prayers for this wonderful little girl. Any questions, please call the church at 587-5294.
Barrineau Park Veterans Wall Of Honor Surpasses 100 Photos Of Veterans
November 22, 2008
The Wall of Honor at the Barrineau Park Community Center surpassed 100 photos this week, with each photo honoring a veteran from around the small community.
“In a way, it makes me sad,” Nancy Fillingim, the local resident that proposed the wall, said. The picture of her husband, Aubie Fillingham, was one of the first photos on the wall. He spent 20 years in the Navy as a boiler technician and a criminal investigator. Pictures of his four brothers are also on the wall.
Having the boys up there that have been killed,” she said, “makes me real said.” Five of those on the wall were killed in action.
Marine Thomas Edward Jones was killed in Korea in 1950. Army CPL Joseph N. Landry, III was killed in action in 2007. Terry Beasley died in service in 1965. CPL Jonathon Ross “J.R.” Spears died in Iraq in 2005. LCPL William “Trey” Yuhasz died while serving his country in 2004. Rollin Golightly also died in service and is honored on the wall.
The wall was a project of the Barrineau Park Historical Society. Nita Berry, president of the organization, said the community has been very supportive of the project by providing the pictures. “It was something we could do to honor our veterans,” she said. “It’s a very small thing compared to what they did for us.”
When NorthEscambia.com visited the Wall of Honor at the Barrineau Park Community Center last week, Steve Jogan was hard at work on the office laptop.
“I’m trying to get this program to get rid of the background so the face stands out,” Jogan said as he worked hard in his graphics program to improve a photo. “Sometimes it takes a lot of work with these old photos to make them look good.”
Jogan himself is on the Wall of Honor; he’s retired Nav, with 27 years of service.
“We are going to have to raise the Wall of Honor sign,” Berry said. Organizers never knew there would be over 100 photos on the wall, so their sign had to be moved to make room for more photos.
For more information on the Wall of Honor, contact Nancy Fillingim at 587-2266.
For a complete photo gallery from the Barrineau Park Wall of Honor, click here.
Pictured above: The Wall of Honor at the Barrineau Park Community Center. Pictured below: Nita Berry (left) and Nancy Fillingim at the Wall of Honor. Fillingham’s husband Aubie Fillingham is in the picture by her shoulder. Pictured above middle: Steve Jogan works on a new photo for the Wall of Honor at the Barrineau Park Community Center. NorthEscambia.com photos, click to enlarge.
NWE Holds Football Banquet
November 22, 2008
The annual Northwest Escambia Football League held their annual football banquet Friday night.
The Mites, Mini-mites and midgets were honored, along with the Mini-mite and Mite cheerleaders.
The NWE Mite cheerleaders recently traveled to Pace to compete in the GCYFA Cheerleading competition. The girls competed in the non-mount medium category along with five other teams. Each team was given 2 minutes and 30 seconds to perform one cheer, one chant and a dance routine.
The talented young ladies from NWE took home the third place trophy for their performance that day. Jennifer Peebles, head coach, commented, “All of these girls worked very hard to make sure their motions, jumps, everything, were timed just right.”
Coaching along side Jennifer were Lisa Byrd, assistant coach, and Taylor Byrd, a J.V. cheerleader from Northview High School. The 2008 NWE Mite Cheerleaders are:
Memory Peebles, Kylie Brooke, Kristen Byrd, Danielle Robinson, Liberty Peebles, Jasmine Walker, and Jordan Parham.
Pictured above: The NWE Midgets. Pictured below: The NWE Mini-mites, Mites, Mini-mite cheerleaders and Mite cheerleaders. Submitted photos by Leah Gifford for NorthEscambia.com.
County Sponsors Christmas Coloring Contest For Kids 3-12
November 22, 2008
Escambia County Neighborhoods and Community Services Bureau is sponsoring a coloring contest in conjunction with the sixth Annual Santa Hayride. The contest is open to children ages three to 12. The pictures will be judged age appropriately on neatness, creativity and originality. The participant’s name and age must be on the page to qualify for the contest.
Click here to download the coloring page (pdf format). Once your child has colored the picture, drop it off or mail it to Escambia County Neighborhoods and Community Services Bureau, Recreation Division, attention Brandi Daigle, 1651 E. Nine Mile Road, Pensacola, Fla. 32514. All entries must be received by the close of business Monday, December 8.
Winners of the contest will be announced at the sixth Annual Santa Hay Ride and Deck the Stalls which will be held Friday, December 12 at the Escambia County Equestrian Center, 7750 Mobile Highway. Certificates will be awarded to first, second, and third place winners of each of the following age groups: 3-4, 5-6, 7-8, 9-10, and 11-12 years old.
All entries will be on display the night of the event.
For more information on the coloring contest and the hayride, contact Brandi Daigle, Neighborhoods and Community Services Bureau, Recreation Division, at (850) 475-5220.
Solutia Shutting Down Nylon Business, Over 700 Local Employees Affected
November 21, 2008
Solutia became the latest company to announce a shutdown. Company officials say they are temporarily shutting down the Gonzalez facility’s nylon production, resulting in the layoff of about 200 employees. Another 450 contract employees, mostly employed by the Mundy company, were affected by the announcement today and earlier actions by the company. Another 55 Solutia employees had already been terminated before Friday’s layoffs.
A company official said that the company hopes to return production to normal levels as soon as possible and return most of the employees back to work. But about 55 of jobs will be permanently cut due to cost cutting measures at the Solutia plant.
Those losing their jobs permanently will be eligible for severance benefits. Those temporarily layoff employees will be eligible to continue their health and other benefits. Both Solutia and Mundy are working with the employees to assist them in filing for unemployment benefits.
“In recent years we have matched our manufacturing output and inventory levels with the very strong demand present across the nylon markets,” said Jim Voss, senior vice president of the St.Louis based Solutia Inc. and president of the Nylon business. “However, in the last several weeks, demand has declined significantly for nylon intermediate chemicals, fibers and resins. Therefore we are taking necessary actions to align our production and inventories with the current economic environment.”
The key component of the restructuring plan is to temporarily decrease production throughout the Nylon chain — from intermediate chemicals to fibers and resins. “We anticipate that this will be a temporary situation, and we will bring these assets back to more normal operating rates as inventories decline and demand returns,” added Voss. “We are meeting our customer commitments and will continue to do so going forward.”
Flomaton Hurricanes Down Northview Chiefs Boys And Girls
November 21, 2008
Flomaton beat the Northview varsity girls Thursday by a score of 34-29. The Cane’s boys beat Northview 75-57.
Gabe Wesley and Timeka Marshall scored nine apiece for the Chiefs. Shakeria White sank half a dozen points. Brittany Thompson and Angela Rodriguez added a couple points ech and Saniqua Jones had one point for Northview.
Tara Gafford led the Hurricanes in scoring with 13. Sarah Steele had seven, and Lily Wright added four. Kaitlyn Hambrick and Brittany Mallet added three points each, and April Cayson and Allison Gafford had two points apiece for the Canes.
Northview player stats:
Shaniqua Jones 3 steals, 1 rebound, 1 assist
Timeka Marshall 1 steal, 1 rebound, 3 assists
Brittney Thompson 4 rebounds
Gabe Wesley 3 steals and 2 assists
Shakeria White 2 steals
For a photo gallery from both the boys and girls games, click here. Photos courtesy Mike Newton.
Pictured above and below: Action from Flomaton versus Northview Thursday. Photos courtesy Mike Newton Photography for NorthEscambia.com, click to enlarge.
Low Of 25 Tonight
November 21, 2008
After a cold start this morning in the upper 30’s, it is going to remain a cold day. Winds today will be out of the north up to 15 mph with a high struggling to reach 55.
Expect a possible hard freeze tonight; it is forecast to be clear, windy and cold, with lows of 22-25 across North Escambia.
Saturday will be sunny with a high in the upper 50’s. It will be just below freezing Saturday night with a low of 30, and Sunday will be sunny and 65.
ECUA Finally Finalizes Trash And Recycling Program For Next Year
November 21, 2008
The final details have been worked out on the new trash and recycling program that will replace Allied Waste in North Escambia this January.
The Emerald Coast Utilities Authority approved the plan Thursday night, setting the price for one 90-gallon trash can pickup per week at $17.99 plus a fuel surcharge. An additional can that would picked up on the same day as the first will be $3 per month. A 90-gallon recycling can will available to customers that wish to recycle at no additional charge.
A customer’s residential waste, recyclables and yard debris will all be picked up on the same day.
Currently, Allied Waste has two 90-gallon trash can pickups per week for $19.62 plus a fuel surcharge. That’s the same rate that current ECUA customers pay in the southern half of the county.
Allied turns their residential franchise in all of North Escambia except for the Town of Century on January 1. In exchange, Allied will gain ECUA commerical dumpster customers, and Allied will allow ECUA to use its transfer stations to shorten trips on garbage trucks.
Residential waste customers in Century will continue to have their trash service provided by Allied Waste under a franchise agreement with the town. The ECUA recycling service will not be available to Century residents. Century residents that wish to recycle can take their recyclable materials to a collection container located in the parking lot of the Century Courthouse.
Thursday night was actually the fourth time ECUA had taken action on the recycling program. The board took action in April, October and earlier in November on the program, making changes each time.
Commissioner’s $2.5 Million Question To Planned Century Electric Car Company
November 21, 2008
Escambia County’s newest commissioner has a $2.5 million question for the backers of a proposed electric car plant for Century: What exactly is it that you want?
Last week, officials from LHS EV told the Escambia County Commission that they needed $2.5 million in capital incentives from the county to locate in Century. They even presented a written proposal asking for $2.5 million in “start-up capital”. That amount would be in addition to the standard tax incentives that have already been approved by the county.
““They want cash, but we need to figure out how we can do this with something like building or capital improvements. We don’t just hand out cash,” Larry Newsom, the county’s economic director told NorthEscambia.com after that meeting.
Thursday, Newsom told commissioners that Jay and Nash Patel, owners of LHS EV and several local hotels, did not want cash from the county. Rather, Newsom said, they want a $2.5 million grant from the state. Newsom said the Patels will put up $34 million of their own money.
At Thursday morning’s agenda review meeting, Commissioner Wilson Robertson questioned just what it was that the Patels wanted. He said he was irritated that they had not made it clear just what it is they want from the county. The item was not on the agenda, but was brought up by Robertson at the end of the meeting.
Previous incentives provided to LHS EV, if they should choose Escambia County, include total of $39,000 in rebates for local fees and taxes ranging from $2,250 to $9,750 per year through 2014 and support for state tax breaks. The Town of Century has approved selling or leasing 25 acres of land in the town’s industrial park to the company.
The company says their plant, which will assembly an electric car manufactured overseas, would provided about 250 jobs in the first year, 585 within three years and ultimately up to 1,100 jobs in five years.
Carver/Century Takes Two From Ernest Ward
November 21, 2008
The Carver/Century Middle School Blackcats swept to basketball games from Ernest Ward Middle School Thursday night in Walnut Hill.
The Blackcat girls were up 28-10 by the end of the third period. Carver/Century increased their lead in the fourth period to beat the Lady Eagles by a score of 40-15.
The Carver/Century boys had a two to one advantage by the end of the first half of play Thursday night against Ernest Ward. The Blackcats held a 30-15 lead by the end of the half. Both teams were about even on scoring in the third, ending the period 47-24.
The Blackcat boys went on to win 55-29 over the Eagles.
For a photo gallery from both boys and girls games, click here.
Pictured above: Carver/Century Middle versus Ernest Ward Middle action from Thursday night. Pictured below: The Lady Blackcats versus the Lady Eagles. NorthEscambia.com photos, click to enlarge.
