Jay Beats Northview, Flomaton Over Red Level
January 13, 2010
Jay 44 Northview 37
The Jay Royals beat the Northview Chiefs Tuesday afternoon 44-37. The Chief held a 12-7 lead at the end of the first and continued to lead 19-15 at the end of the second, but the Royals rallied in the third outscoring Northview by 8.
Northview was led by Lance Bushaw with 17, and Luke Rowell led the Royals with 15.
Northview — Lance Bushaw 17, Aaron Bellamy 9, Colton Sims 2, Austin Arrington 3, LaDarion White 2, Chestnutt 3, Dabney Langhorn 1.
Jay – Hunter Boutwell 7, Bugg Fischer 3, Steven Brabham 10, Tyler Prescott 3, Dakota Walker 6, Luke Rowell 15
Northview 12 7 10 8-37 Jay 7 8 18 11-44
Flomaton 60 Red Level 46
Rhyeem Dixon scored 22 points for Flomaton Tuesday in a 60-46 win over Red Level. The Hurricanes held a 13 point lead, 28-15, at the half and maintained their lead despite 22 points from Red Level in the fourth quarter. Flomaton improved to 13-6 with the win.es
Flomaton — Ryheem Dixon 22, Tee Mitchell 10, Ta-Ta Ellis 12, Dalvin Craft 10, Phillip Lloyd 2, Austin Patterson 4.
Flomaton 15 13 13 19-60 Red Level 11 4 12 22-49
GIRLS BASKETBALL
Jay 46 Northview 30
Northview — Laneicia Gomez 2, Shaniquama Jones 2, McMillan 14, Angela Rodriguez 10.
Jay – Jennings 9, Hendricks 11, Mulford 13, Thomas 4, Steadham 8, Moore 2.
Northview 11 5 2 12-30 Jay 6 9 15 16–45
Flomaton 50 Red Level 22
Flomaton was led by Paige Harwell with 15 and Brittany Mallot with 14 in a 50-22 defeat of Red Level in Covington County Tuesday. Flomaton improved to 16-4 with the win.
One More Freezing Night, Rain This Weekend
January 13, 2010
One more freezing night — the 12th in the row — is in our forecast. Then, we will finally have nights without dripping pipes, freeze warnings and all that non-Florida stuff.
Here is your official North Escambia area forecast:
- Wednesday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 25. Calm wind.
- Thursday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 60. Calm wind becoming east around 5 mph.
- Thursday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 35. East wind around 5 mph.
- Friday: A 40 percent chance of showers. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 62. East wind between 5 and 10 mph.
- Friday Night: Showers likely. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 47. East wind around 10 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%.
- Saturday: Showers likely. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 59. Northeast wind between 10 and 15 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%.
- Saturday Night: A 50 percent chance of showers. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 46. North wind between 10 and 15 mph.
- Sunday: A 20 percent chance of showers. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 61.
- Sunday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 38.
- M.L.King Day: Partly sunny, with a high near 61.
- Monday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 37.
- Tuesday: Partly sunny, with a high near 59.
Evers Leads Senate Race Dollars By Large Margin
January 13, 2010
If dollars were votes and today was election day, Greg Evers would win the Florida Senate District 2 race by a landslide. The latest campaign finance reports are in, and Evers has raised more than twice the dollars than the other two candidates in the race combined.
Two House members are hoping to move up the Senate chambers to fill the seat being vacated by Rep. Durell Peaden. With 10 years in the Senate, Peaden is not running again due to term limits. Republican Reps. Greg Evers and Dave Murzin are in the race, as is Walter “Mike” Hill, a Pensacola insurance agent. There could be more candidates in the race by election day; qualifying does not end for several more months.
Evers has raised $217,730.81 to date. Murzin’s campaign war chest has seen $75,938.99 in contributions, and Hill has raised $32,260. The numbers are current as of campaign finance reports due December 31.
But there’s more than raising the most money in a political campaign, Murzin said.
“While money is certainly a factor in any political campaign, having more money than other more qualified candidates is not the deciding factor. Plenty of races both locally and on the state level have been won by hard work and personal interaction with the voters. That is where I am putting my efforts,” Murzin said. “Money buys slick tv ads, fancy pieces of mail and one way communication but I learn more about what is important to my neighbors being at Frans Diner.”
“In these tough economic times, I have been focusing on turning our economy around, getting people back to work and dealing with issues that hurt our small businesses, like unemployment compensation tax increases. I have not had the free time to call people and hit them up for cash,” he said.
As of December 31, Evers had spent $26,586.26 on his campaign. During the last quarter of the year, his largest expenditures were $5,050 on web services, $5,000 to a Tallahassee consultant, $1,005 for campaign shirts and $1,000 to McGuire’s Irish Pub for a fund raising event.
Murzin has spent $24,457.93 so far on his campaign, about one-third of his contributions. His only large expenditures during the last quarter of the year were $2,400 to EMRI for an advertisement and campaign expense reimbursements to himself for $522, $976.91 and $389.25.
Hill’s expenditures during the final three months of 2009 were $24,457.93 including $2,183 to a Tallahassee campaign consultant and $340.80 to Sprint Wireless for a phone.
A state senator in Florida is paid about $30,000 a year.
For Greg Evers’ campaign finance activity report, click here (pdf).
For Dave Murzin’s campaign finance activity report, click here (pdf).
For Mike Hill’s campaign finance activity report, click here (pdf).
NorthEscambia.com graphics, click to enlarge.
EREC Sets All-Time Power Demand Record Due To Cold Weather
January 13, 2010
Due to Monday morning’s lows in the teens, Escambia River Electric Cooperative customers were using the most power ever delivered by the electric utility at one time.
The peak power demand at 7 a.m. Monday climbed to an all-time high of 2,382 megawatts, surpassing the previous record of 2,206 megawatts that had been set just days before on Wednesday, January 6.
EREC had projected their peak winter demand to go no higher than 2,098 megawatts. Five of seven days during the extreme cold snap surpassed that projection.
“The peak budget was set at 2098 because we do not go over that level in a typical winter,” said Sabrina Owens, EREC spokesperson. “The projection is set based on weather data and projected growth for our system.”
“PowerSouth Energy Cooperative can provide the additional capacity we need, but demand is projected for planning purposes,” Owens added.
PowerSouth Energy Cooperative, headquartered in Andalusia, Ala., is a generation and transmission cooperative that provides the wholesale power needs of 20 distribution members, including Escambia River Electric Cooperative.
Power demand totals in this article are courtesy PowerSouth Energy Cooperative.
Kingsfield Resurfacing Project Begins
January 13, 2010
Kingsfield Road will be resurfaced from the CSX railroad crossing east to Chemstrand Road.
While there may be delays, the road will not be closed, according to Sonya Daniel, Escambia County public information manager. The final paving is expected to take a couple of weeks.
The road work will take place between 8:30 a.m. and 4:30 p.m.
The resurfacing project is part of the ECUA water treatment facility construct which started several months ago.
Early Dismissal For Northview
January 13, 2010
The next three days are early release days at Northview High School.
Semester exams will be held each morning for the remainder of the week, and Northview students will be released at 12:10 each afternoon.
Area elementary and middle schools will be open normal hours with no early release days.
Call Him Mr. Personality: Update On Orphaned Donkey
January 13, 2010
The donkey orphaned when his mother was shot by a Cantonment teen back in May continues to do well.
Kyle Mason Driver started an 11 month, 15 day sentence last week for shooting the mother donkey. [Read more...]
Panhandle Equine Rescue volunteer Lindley Paxton Barden took over for JB’s mom, keeping the days-old donkey inside her house, sleeping next to him and caring for him round the clock.
Now Barden has officially adopted JB, and changed his name to Burrito — Spanish for little burro. She provided this update:
Burrito is now eight months old. And although he remains small in stature, he is HUGE in personality! He is in all ways a donkey, as stubborn as they come. The cold weather has really brought out the prankster in him; he will cock his head and look me in the eye, even as he tries to bite a chunk out of my coat sleeve.
He loves breaking the ice in the water buckets, but also enjoys terrorizing his mother! To make (or should I say help) him behave, you have to make him think that acting good is HIS idea . He has taught me more about being wily, yet patient, than any animal I have ever known.
He still lives in the stall-and-paddock area with his bunk-mates, the Cow Boys, but a change for him is coming. I am now double-fencing four acres, to be inhabited by Burrito, Bobbie and Charlie Brown, and the two hogs and three dwarf goats (also PER rescues). The gang will still sleep in their stalls at night, but during the day Burrito will have some new friends and lots more room to run and play!
Pictured top: Burrito the donkey. Pictured inset: Burrito smiles for his appearance on NorthEscambia.com. Pictured bottom. Burrito and Charlie Brown. Submitted photos for NorthEscambia.com, click to enlarge.
H1N1 Vaccines Begin In Escambia, Alabama Public Schools
January 13, 2010
H1N1 vaccinations in Escambia County (Ala.) Schools began Wednesday, and the vaccine has been made available to the general public in Alabama.
The injectable vaccinations for students over age 10 in grades 4-12 will be given to students that have returned their signed permission slips, as well as faculty and staff. The vaccine will be administered on the scheduled in the graphic at the left. For more information, contact your child’s school.
Children under 10 years old need two doses of the vaccine approximately four weeks apart. During January and February those students who were given nasal mist vaccine during December will be offered the second dose. Upcoming school clinics for children under 10 will use the nasal mist vaccine, whether it is their first or second dose. Those children who are getting their first dose will need to get the second dose at their doctor’s office or at the health department.
Alabama Department of Public Health is also offering H1N1 influenza vaccine to the entire community. Previously the vaccine was restricted to those in priority groups at greatest risk of complications from the disease.
“Vaccination is the best way to protect yourself from this potentially serious disease,” Dr. Donald Williamson, state health officer, said. “Vaccine is now available in all county health departments, and all health care providers who have requested it have been sent some portion of their orders. We have removed all restrictions, and everyone is now eligible for this safe and effective vaccine.”
Health care providers may not charge for the vaccine itself but may charge for administering the vaccine. There is no charge for the H1N1 immunization at county health departments.
Fill A Bowl For Manna
January 13, 2010
Fill a Bowl for Manna will be held Saturday to benefit the local food bank that serves clients across the area from locations that include Century and Jay.
The public is invited to select a bowl to fill with soups prepared by some of Pensacola’s most popular eateries. In addition, you can enjoy a silent auction of larger ceramic bowls and entertaining music.
Proceeds from the sale of the bowls as well as silent auction items benefit Manna directly. While filling a bowl with sumptuous soup, you will be helping Manna fill the empty bowls of more than 30,000 people in Northwest Florida.
The more than 500 unique bowls for the event were donated by faculty and students from PJC’s Arts Department and the public who attended the companion “Throw a Bowl for Manna” event co-hosted by PJC on November 13th.
Soups for the evening will be prepared by Apple Market, Bagelheads, Classic City Catering, Dharma Blue, Fish House, Global Grill, Gus at Skopelo’s, Jackson’s, Jerry’s Cajun Cafe, Portabello Market, Scenic Hills Country Club and Seville Quarter.
Fill a Bowl for Manna will take place this Saturday, January 16 at Manna’s main pantry located at 116 E. Gonzalez Street in Pensacola from 1-3PM. Admission of $25 entitles guests to a ceramic bowl keepsake filled with soups by local eateries. Reservations are requested, but walk ins are welcome.
Manna is a non-profit organization that has been fighting hunger in Escambia and Santa Rosa counties since 1983 from pantries in Pensacola, Ensley, Century, Jay, Molino and Milton.
For more information, call (850) 432-2053.
Pictured top: Selecting a handmade bowl at a previous “Fill a Bowl for Manna” event. Pictured inset: One of about 500 unique bowls donated by faculty and students from PJC’s Arts Department and the public who attended the companion “Throw a Bowl for Manna” event co-hosted by PJC. The bowls will be used Saturday night during the “Fill a Bowl” event to benefit Manna. Submitted photo for NorthEscambia.com, click to enlarge.
Dump Truck Driver Runs Red Light, Crashes, Overturns
January 12, 2010
A two-vehicle accident Tuesday afternoon involving a dump truck caused on minor injuries, but did cause traffic delays for motorists in Cantonment.
The accident happened at 12:01 p.m. at the intersection of Highway 29 and Kingsfield Road. The Florida Highway Patrol says Constance Nowlin, 85, of Cantonment, was traveling west on East Kingsfield Road and began to enter the intersection on a green light. That’s when a northbound dump truck driven by Luvon Stallworth, 48, of Pensacola, failed to stop at a red traffic light and collided with Nowlin, the FHP said. The dump truck overturned and spilled a load of sand across the road.
Stallworth was transported to Sacred Heart Hospital with minor injuries. Nowlin received minor injuries but was not transported to the hospital.
Stallworth was charged with failing to obey a traffic signal, according to the FHP.