Four Uninjured In Quintette Crash
August 16, 2010
There were no injuries in a single vehicle accident Sunday night in the Quintette area. The accident happened about 10 p.m. at the intersection of Quintette Road and Highway 95A. The driver of a car apparently failed to stop at a stop sign on Quintette Road. Four people in the car were uninjured. NorthEscambia.com photo by Kristi Smith, click to enlarge.
Northwest Escambia Football Schedule Released
August 16, 2010
The 2010 Northwest Escambia football schedule has been released.
| September 4th | ||||||||
| At NW Escambia | ||||||||
| Mini-Mites | 11:00 | Milton Black | vs. | NW Escambia | ||||
| Mites | 12:30 | Milton Black | vs. | NW Escambia | ||||
| Midgets | 2:00 | Milton Black | vs. | NW Escambia | ||||
| September 11th | ||||||||
| At NW Escambia | ||||||||
| Mini-Mites | 11:00 | Navarre Black | vs. | NW Escambia | ||||
| Mites | 12:30 | Navarre Black | vs. | NW Escambia | ||||
| Midgets | 2:00 | Navarre Black | vs. | NW Escambia | ||||
| September 18th | ||||||||
| At NW Escambia | ||||||||
| Mini-Mites | 11:00 | Ensley Blue | vs. | NW Escambia | ||||
| Mites | 12:30 | Ensley Blue | vs. | NW Escambia | ||||
| Midgets | 2:00 | Ensley Blue | vs. | NW Escambia | ||||
| September 25th | ||||||||
| At Pace | ||||||||
| Mighty-Mites | 8:00 | East Milton | vs. | Pace | ||||
| Mini-Mites | 9:30 | NW Escambia | vs. | Pace Blue | ||||
| Mini-Mites | 11:00 | East Milton | vs. | Pace Red | ||||
| Mites | 12:30 | NW Escambia | vs. | Pace Blue | ||||
| Mites | 2:00 | East Milton | vs. | Pace Red | ||||
| Midgets | 3:30 | NW Escambia | vs. | Pace Blue | ||||
| Midgets | 5:00 | East Milton | vs. | Pace Red | ||||
| Juniors | 6:30 | East Milton | vs. | Pace | ||||
| October 2nd | ||||||||
| At NW Escambia | ||||||||
| Mini-Mites | 11:00 | Brewton | vs. | NW Escambia | ||||
| Mites | 12:30 | Brewton | vs. | NW Escambia | ||||
| Midgets | 2:00 | Brewton | vs. | NW Escambia | ||||
| October 9th | OFF | |||||||
| October 16th | ||||||||
| At Jay | ||||||||
| Mini-Mites | 11:00 | NW Escambia | vs. | Jay | ||||
| Mites | 12:30 | NW Escambia | vs. | Jay | ||||
| Midgets | 2:00 | NW Escambia | vs. | Jay | ||||
| October 23rd | ||||||||
| At Navarre | ||||||||
| Mini-Mites | 11:00 | NW Escambia | vs. | Navarre Maroon | ||||
| Mites | 12:30 | NW Escambia | vs. | Navarre Maroon | ||||
| Midgets | 2:00 | NW Escambia | vs. | Navarre Maroon | ||||
| October 30th | ||||||||
| At Brent | ||||||||
| Mighty-Mites | 8:00 | Cantonment | vs. | Brent | ||||
| Mini-Mites | 9:30 | NW Escambia | vs. | Brent White | ||||
| Mini-Mites | 11:00 | Cantonment | vs. | Brent Blue | ||||
| Mites | 12:30 | NW Escambia | vs. | Brent White | ||||
| Mites | 2:00 | Cantonment | vs. | Brent Blue | ||||
| Midgets | 3:30 | NW Escambia | vs. | Brent White | ||||
| Midgets | 5:00 | Cantonment | vs. | Brent Blue | ||||
NorthEscambia.com file photo, click to enlarge.
Elementary Students Participate In Fire Dept. Poster Contest
August 16, 2010
Flomaton Fire and Rescue named winners Friday in their second annual poster contest at Flomaton Elementary School.
The halls at Flomaton Elementary were filled with posters reflecting all of the students’ hard work. Members of Flomaton Fire and Rescue were hand and had the hard job of judging and picking the winner. When they were done, there was a two-way tie for the winner.
Hayley Adams and Kristen Coleman had the winning posters. Thanks to a grant from Alabama Association of Volunteer Fire Departments, each students that entered the contest will receive a free T-shirt with the winning designs.
Pictured top: Kristen Coleman (left) and Hayley Adams with their winning poster designs. Submitted photo for NorthEscambia.com, click to enlarge.
More Rain For Tuesday
August 16, 2010
Here is your official North Escambia area forecast:
- Tonight: A 40 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 75. East wind between 5 and 10 mph.
- Tuesday: Showers and thunderstorms likely. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 92. Southeast wind between 5 and 15 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%.
- Tuesday Night: A 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 76. South wind between 5 and 10 mph.
- Wednesday: A 50 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 92. South wind between 5 and 10 mph.
- Wednesday Night: A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 74. South wind around 5 mph.
- Thursday: A 50 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 91. South wind between 5 and 10 mph.
- Thursday Night: A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 76. South wind around 5 mph.
- Friday: A 40 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 91. South wind between 5 and 10 mph.
- Friday Night: A 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 75. South wind around 5 mph.
- Saturday: A 40 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 92.
- Saturday Night: A 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Partly cloudy, with a low around 74.
- Sunday: A 40 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 92.
- Sunday Night: A 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Partly cloudy, with a low around 73.
- Monday: A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 92.
Owe The State Money? Take Advantage Of Amnesty Program
August 16, 2010
Do you owe the State of Florida money? The state is giving you a chance to settle up without penalties and with reduced interest.
Errant or forgetful taxpayers have until Thursday, September 30 to save a little money if they pay their state taxes under an amnesty program courtesy of the Department of Revenue. The program allows taxpayers who owe money to the state as of July 1 a chance to avoid penalties and reduce the interest charges on outstanding tax bills.
“For taxpayers who owe taxes or who may have made a mistake in the past, tax amnesty is a chance to pay taxes owed to the state and save money,” Lisa Echeverri, Executive Director, Florida Department of Revenue, said in a statement.
For more information, click here for the revenue department website. The amnesty program is not available to those who are already in court or have regulatory actions pending.
Samuel A. “Buddy” Graham Jr.
August 15, 2010
Mr. Samuel A. “Buddy” Graham Jr., age 79, of Atmore, Ala., passed away Saturday, August 14, 2010, in a Pensacola hospital. He was born in Bessemer, Ala. to the late Samuel Albert and Anna Ruth Graham Sr. and was a retired Public Relations Representative and salesman for Alabama Farmers Cooperative. He was a 1956 graduate of Auburn University and a lifelong Auburn Tiger fan. He was a member of First Baptist Church of Atmore where he served in many offices and was a lifetime deacon. He served in the U. S. Air Force during the Korean War.
Mr. Graham is survived by his wife of 59 years, Minnie Dean Swindal Graham; two daughters, Anne Sherrill and her husband, Kent, of Walnut Hill, and Gayle Carpenter and her husband, Steve, of Atmore; two sons, David Graham and his wife, Dale, of Kingston Springs, Tenn. and Steve Graham and his wife, Tammy, of Atmore; five granddaughters, Samantha Graham of Kingston Springs, Jessica Repasky and her husband, Larry, of White Bluff, Tenn.; Lindsey Sherrill of Birmingham, Ala. and Kate Sherrill and Meg Sherrill, both of Walnut Hill; four grandsons, Jason Graham of Nashville, Tenn., Christopher Graham of Duluth, Ga., Evan Graham of Atmore and Douglas Sherrill of Walnut Hill and one great grandson, Daniel Graham Repasky of Kingston Springs.
Funeral services will be held Tuesday, August 17, 2010, at 11 a.m. at First Baptist Church with the Rev. Arnold Hendrix Jr. officiating. Interment will follow in Oak Hill Cemetery in Atmore.
The family will receive friends from 10 a.m. until service time Tuesday, August 17 at First Baptist Church.
Pallbearers will be Steve Carpenter, Kent Sherrill, Jason Graham, Christopher Graham, Evan Graham and Douglas Sherrill.
Honorary pallbearers will be First Baptist Church Deacons, Giles Chapman, Jeff Anderson and the entire gentleman from Escambia Drug Store.
In lieu of flowers donations may be made to First Baptist Church.
Eastside Chapel Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
Robert Eugene Hawthorne
August 15, 2010
Mr. Robert Eugene Hawthorne, age 62, passed away Friday, August 13, 2010, in Flomaton. He was a native of Pensacola, a former resident of Jay and a resident of Flomaton for the past 28 years. He was a U.S. Army Veteran of Vietnam.
He was preceded in death by his father, Horace Hawthorne; a son, Ladon Raines Hawthorne; a grandson, Logan Cade Hawthorne; a brother, Roy Hawthorne and a sister, Frances Lail.
Mr. Hawthorne is survived by his wife, Loretta Hawthorne of Flomaton; three sons, Chance and Kim Hawthorne, Camaron and Amanda Hawthorne, and Chris and Kim Griffin, all of Flomaton; his daughter, Amanda and Wesley Patterson of Flomaton; his mother, Louise Allen of Jay; six grandchildren; two brothers, Kenny Wayne and Pam Hawthorne of Flomaton and Larry and Treasa Hawthorne of Evergreen, Ala.; three sisters, Mary Carden of Pace, Linda and Martin Kealer of Pensacola and Sandra and Doyal Moore of Jay and a sister-in-law, Patricia Hawthorne of Daphne, Ala.
Funeral services will be held Sunday, August 15, 2010 at 2 p.m. at Petty-Eastside Chapel Funeral Home with the Rev. Bobby Carnley officiating. Burial will follow at Flomaton Cemetery with military honors.
The family will receive friends Saturday, August 14, 2010 between 6 and 9 p.m. at Petty Eastside Chapel Funeral Home.
Pallbearers will be Chad Robbins, Karl Eilenstein, Michael Lail, Timothy Lail, Chase Murphy, Wayne Hawthorne, Damon Poole and Travis Poole.
Deputies Investigate Mystic Springs Mystery
August 15, 2010
The Escambia County Sheriff’s Department is investigating a Mystic Springs mystery — who is responsible for burning a stolen vehicle from Davisville at an Escambia River boat launch?
Saturday morning, the owner of a gold-colored 2005 Pontiac reported her vehicle stolen from her residence near Highway 164 and Green Village Road, just east of Highway 97. Escambia County Deputy Rudy Brown took the stolen vehicle report before noon.
Shortly before 3:00, just before the end of his shift, Brown was on routine patrol at the Mystic Springs boat ramp on Mystic Springs Road east of Highway 29. That’s when he found the completely burned-out shell of a car near an Escambia River boat launch — about 12 miles from the reported theft location. The fire happened an unknown amount of time prior to the discovery; the vehicle was no longer warm.
Deputies were unable to locate a vehicle identification number (VIN) remaining on the car, even under the hood. The McDavid Station of Escambia Fire Rescue was called to the location to open the vehicle’s hood using a power saw.
After finding what appeared to be traces of gold-colored paint around the burned-out car, deputies contact the woman who had reported her Pontiac missing earlier in the day. After arriving at the Mystic Springs boat ramp, the owner identified the burned vehicle as her own by body damage to the front quarter panel.
No arrests have been made in the incident. An investigation is continuing by the Escambia County Sheriff’s Office. Anyone with information on the theft or arson should call the Sheriff’s Office at (850) 436-9630.
For more photos from the scene, click here.
Pictured: A burned-out car reported stolen Saturday morning was found at the Mystic Springs boat launch Saturday afternoon. NorthEscambia.com photos, click to enlarge.
Summer Fun: Camp Quarternote (With Photo Gallery)
August 15, 2010
Almost five dozen kids spent a week having a little summer “Fun In the Son” at Highland Baptist Church’s Camp Quarternote.
After learning an entire play in just a week, over 50 music camp students performed the play “Fun In the Son” Sunday night at the Molino church.
A cast and crew party followed the play in the church fellowship hall.
For a photo gallery, click here.
Do you have news or photos from your church to share? Email news@northescambia.com
Submitted photos for NorthEscambia.com, click to enlarge.
Valentino Cleared In Political Contribution Case
August 15, 2010
A judge dismissed a misdemeanor campaign solicitation charge against incumbent District 2 Escambia County Commissioner Gene Valentino.
Okaloosa County Judge Jim Ward said Saturday he was dismissing a charge of the solicitation of a political contribution in a building owned by a governmental agency. Valentino was accused of accepting a campaign donation at his county office from Pensacola developer Dan Gilmore on November 5, 2009. If tried and convicted, the commissioner could have faced up to one year in jail and a $1,000 fine.
“We can now get back to the work of the people, without distraction. This event shows that the charges against me were baseless, without merit, and politically motivated. I am grateful for the public’s ongoing and uncompromising support,” Valentino said in a released statement Saturday afternoon.
Valentino is being challenged in the August 24 Republican primary by three others – Florida Rep. Dave Murzin, former Planning Board member Karen Sindel and former embattled County Administrator George Touart.