Lloyd Barrow And Scott Hammond Named Chamber Citizens Of The Year
February 25, 2009
The Flomaton and Century Joint Chamber of Commerce Annual Awards Banquet was held Tuesday night in Flomaton with the chambers naming their respective Citizens of the Year.
Flomaton High School Principal Scott Hammond was named the Flomaton Citizen of the Year. Ernest Lloyd Barrow was name the Century Citizen of the Year.
Ernest Lloyd Barrow
“Rain or shine, he is always ready and willing to help in any activity and never meets a stranger,” is how Benny Barnes of the Century Chamber of Commerce described Century Citizen of the Year Ernest Lloyd Barrow Tuesday night.
Barrow spent four years in the U.S. Army and worked at St. Regis Paper Company for 44 years. During his free time, he was always busy will activities to benefit the community.
For years, he managed the Century Little League Park, a park that now bears his name. He coached, cleaned up the park…anything that needed to be done so that the children could play ball.
He has been active in the Century Lions Club since 1962, and he was recognized for 40 years of perfect attendance.
Barrow is active in the Alger-Sullivan Historical Society and the Century First Baptist Church.
He loves cooking for family and friends, and even cooks for special events like class reunions and church activities. He also enjoys spending time with his wife Deanie, their four children and three great-grandchildren. There is a fourth grandchild on the way.
Scott Hammond
Scott Hammond has lived in Flomaton all of his life, except for one year when he taught in Montgomery. He graduated from Flomaton High School as salutatorian in 1988. He lettered in football, baseball and basketball. He was on the 1988 state championship baseball team.
He attended Jefferson Davis Junior College where he played baseball for two years. He played baseball two more years for Faulkner University in Montgomery where he graduated with a bachelor’s degree. He obtained his master’s degree while teaching, taking night classes. He taught math for one year at a Montgomery school.
He returned home to Flomaton High as a math teacher and coach. He has coached football, baseball and softball, including a state championship girls softball team.
When named principal at Floamton High School, Hammond’s goals were to restore school pride, reduce drugs in school, raise academic levels to exceed state levels and prepare students for the next level of education or work force.
Hammond’s wife Jacqui teaches and coaches girls softball and volleyball at Flomaton High.
“Scott has dedicated his life to making Flomaton a better place to live both today and training our children to be our future leaders,” Bo Brantley of the Flomaton Chamber of Commerce said when presenting the Citizen of the Year award to Hammond.
“Scott was asked recently when he would have children,” Brantley said. “His reply was that he didn’t need them because he’s already got 300 to tend to. And believe me he is as concerned about every one as he would be his own.”
Pictured above: Flomaton Citizen of the Year Scott Hammond (left) and Century Citizen of the Year Ernest Lloyd Barrow. NorthEscambia.com photo, click to enlarge.
Businesses, Students Of The Year Named
February 25, 2009
Awards for outstanding students and outstanding businesses were handed out Tuesday night at the Flomaton and Century Joint Chamber of Commerce Annual Awards Banquet.
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Bud’s Refrigeration Service was named the Flomaton Business of the Year, and Whataburger was named as the Century Business of the Year. Pictured are (L-R) Buddy and Maxine Smith from Bud’s Refrigeration Service and Jeff Jennings, manager of the Century Whataburger.
Flomaton High School student Kaitlyn Hambrick was named the Flomaton Chamber of Commerce Outstanding Student. Northview High School senior Luke Killam was named as the Century Chamber of Commerce Outstanding Student.
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Chiefs Beat Pcola High 5-0; Updated Story With Stats
February 25, 2009
The Northview High School varsity baseball team shut out Pensacola High School Tuesday night in Bratt. The Chiefs beat PHS 5-0. Pictured above: Scooter Hamilton at bat. Pictured below: Brad Lowery hits for the Chiefs. Pictured bottom: Patrick McPherson scores. Submitted photos by Heather Leonard for NorthEscambia.com, click to enlarge.
Hitters for Northview- Reid 1-3 1 R, Stuckey 1-3, 2b (double), 1R, A. Lowery 1-3, 1R, Hamilton 1-3, 1 RBI, Langhorne 0-3, 1R, 1RBI, Mcphearson 0-3, 1R, B. Lowery 0-4, 1RBI, Foster 0-3, 1RBI, Sheets 0-2, 1RBI, Burkett 0-1. Pitchers- B. Lowery 6 IP, 2-H, 0-R, O-ER, 3-BB, 8-K’s, 1-HB/ Hanks 1-IP, 1-H, 0-R, 0-ER, 2-BB, 0-K, Northview 1-W, 2-L, 0-T.
All the runs came in the fourth, started by a Langhorne hit to second which scored two runs, after an throwing error to first base on a play on Langhorne, then A. Lowery got on base by a fielders choice which put Langhorne on second, Mcphearson was put on base with a hit by pitch, which loaded the bases, Sheets got on with a error and moved in 1run and keeping bases loaded again, Hamilton got on base with an error and moved in one run, B. Lowery had a sacrifice to score the final run. Chiefs were able to hold off PHS with solid pitching and error free defense to win the game.
Stats submitted by Rodney Burkett.
Escaped Prisoner Recaptured
February 25, 2009
A prisoner that escaped from a work detail from the Atmore Community Work Center has been recaptured.
Jody Gregory Clarke, 23, was reported missing from a work detail at the Magnolia Springs Landfill in Baldwin County Monday night. Clark was serving a 15 year sentence for a Mobile County robbery. He was recaptured Wednesday at a Summerdale mobile home. He was returned back to prison in Atmore.
Back in September, two work release inmates that escaped from an Atmore work detail were spotted in Walnut Hill and later arrested in Pensacola. Read that story by clicking here.
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Let The Good Times Roll! Century Care Celebrates Mardi Gras
February 25, 2009
Residents at the Century Care Center celebrated Mardi Gras Tuesday in grand style with both a parade and a party.
The parade, held Tuesday morning, featured lots of throws, including Mardi Gras beads and other trinkets. Residents in Mardi Gras costumes paraded and rolled through the hallways in their wheelchairs to the delight of other residents watching the parade.
Ms. Katie Clark was named Century Care Center’s Mardi Gras Queen, and Mr. Grady Sims was named CCC’s Mardi Gras King at a Tuesday afternoon Mardi Gras party.
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Pictured above: A Mardi Gras parade will held Tuesday at the Century Care Center. Pictured below: Mrs. Katie Clark (left) was named Century Care Center’s Mardi Gras Queen and Mr. Grady Sims was named CCC’s Mardi Gras King. Submitted photos for NorthEscambia.com.
Northview Celebrates National FFA Week With Faculty/Staff Breakfast
February 25, 2009
FFA members at Northview High School celebrated National FFA Week Tuesday morning by cooking breakfast for the faculty and staff.
“Step Up, Stand Out” is the theme of National FFA Week this year as more than half a million members around the nation are participating in National FFA Week activities at the local and state levels. Stepping up and standing out is not only a way of life for FFA members, but it’s also a call to action for others. FFA members set a positive example with their leadership, work ethic and community service activities
Students cooked a breakfast of eggs, bacon, pancakes, grits, biscuits and sausage for the NHS faculty and staff and local agricultural and community leaders.
The FFA began in 1928 as the Future Farmers of America.
For more pictures from the National FFA Week breakfast at Northview High School, click here.
Northview High School has had an active FFA membership since it opened. Ernest Ward Middle School started a FFA chapter in 2005. Both schools work together, volunteer in the community and help each other throughout the school year.
Pictured above: Northview FFA students serve a National FFA Week breakfast Tuesday morning at the school. Pictured left: Northview FFA Vice President Allie Vidak serves eggs to the school faculty. NorthEscambia.com photos, click to enlarge.
Firefighters Respond To Crary Road Fire Call
February 24, 2009
Escambia Fire-Rescue responded to a reported house fire near Bluff Springs Tuesday afternoon.
The residents of a mobile home near the corner of Crary Road and Thompson Road reported smelling smoke inside the home about 4:45 Tuesday afternoon.
Firefighters were unable to immediately locate a fire.
The Century, McDavid, Walnut Hill and Molino stations of Escambia-Fire Rescue and the Flomaton Fire Department were all dispatched to the call.
Bond Set For Man Involved In Monday Night Manhunt Near Walnut Hill
February 24, 2009
(Updated 2:00 p.m.) An Escambia County Circuit Court Judge set bond this afternoon in the case of a Walnut Hill man involved in a manhunt Monday night.
The incident began just before 7 p.m. Monday at a home in 3000 block of Sandy Hollow Road with a domestic dispute that sent a female to the hospital with non-life threatening injuries.
Everette Berry, 55, of Walnut Hill was arrested after Escambia County deputies spent over an hour searching for him.
Berry fled the residence on foot, according to reports. Deputies called for a K-9 unit from the Century Correctional Institute and the Sheriff’s Department helicopter to assist in the search.
Berry was located and taken into custody near the residence at 8:20 p.m. without incident.
Berry was charged with two counts felony counts battery and one felony count of aggravated battery in connection with the domestic dispute. Tuesday afternoon, Circuit Judge Linda Nobles set bond for Berry at $30,000. He remained in the Escambia County Jail Tuesday afternoon.
Sandy Hollow Road is about one mile east of Highway 97. It runs between Highway 4 and Gobbler Road.
The manhunt might be the last with a helicopter in North Escambia. Sheriff David Morgan will ground the department’s helicopter program as of March 1. Morgan has said that closing the department’s air unit will save his department about $800,000 per year. That includes salaries and costs like maintenance and fuel.
Flu Reaches High Levels In North Escambia Area
February 24, 2009
Fever. Chills. Headaches. Body aches. Dry Cough. Runny nose. Sore throat. The CDC says the flu has reached high levels in North Escambia and surrounding areas.
The Centers for Disease Control reports that flu activity has reached the highest level of the season in Florida and Alabama. The flu has been reported in North Escambia. Nearby Escambia County, Ala., is just one of five Alabama counties where Type A influenza has been reported.
The CDC says that flu activity is presently greater than 60 percent of the peak levels from prior seasons.
Health officials say it is still not too late to get a flu shot…it increases your odds of missing the flu by about 50 percent. The flu vaccine is especially important for people at high risk for serious flu complications, including young children; pregnant women; people with chronic health problems like asthma. diabetes or heart of lung disease; and people 65 or older.
More than 200,000 people are hospitalized each year from flu complications. About 10 percent of those are children younger than five years old. About 36,000 people die from the flu each year.
In addition to the vaccine, other recommended actions include:
- cover your mouth or nose with a tissue when you cough or sneeze.
- wash your hands with soap and water, especially after you cough or sneeze. Alcohol-based hand cleaners are also effective.
- try to avoid close contact with sick people.
- if you get the flu, the CDC recommends that you stay home from work or school and limit contact with others to keep from infecting them.
- avoid touching your eyes, nose or mouth. Germs spread this way.
For more information from the CDC about the flu, click here (pdf).
ECUA Recycling Program Grows, Hundreds Of New North Escambia Customers
February 24, 2009
More than 1,500 new customers have signed up for ECUA residential waste service in North Escambia over the past two months.
ECUA took over 11,000 Allied Waste customers in North Escambia at the first of the year. Since then, over 1,500 new customers that did not use Allied have signed up for ECUA service.
The Emerald Coast Utilities Authority recycling program continues to grow exponentially each week. The first week of the program, ECUA picked up 36.71 tons of recyclable material. In just over a month, that number has increased to 83.17 tons per week.
About 30 percent of ECUA’s 73,000 sanitation customers — about 22,000 — have signed up for the recycling program. Requests for recycling service continue to come in at about 1,000 per week, according to District 5 ECUA Board Member Larry Walker. He said ECUA is now caught up on the delivery or recycling cans, with new requests being honored within about a week.
The math on the number of customers and the tons recycled mean that each customer is recycling an average of about 7.5 pounds of plastics, paper and other recyclable materials each week.
To sign up for ECUA service, or to request the addition of recycling to your residential waste pickup, call ECUA at 476-0480 or email support@ecua.org.
If you have requested a recycling can more than seven days ago and it has not be delivered, contact Walker at 723-6094 or email lwalker@ecua.org.