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Year In Review North Escambia’s Biggest Stories Of 2010: July, August
December 29, 2010
NorthEscambia.com is looking back at 2010 with our “Year in Review” series. Each day this week, we will review the biggest stories of 2010. Today, we take a look at the biggest stories of July and August.
(For January and February, click here.)
(For March and April, click here.)
(For May and June, click here.)
JULY
Qualifying ended for three seats on the Century Town Council, with Gary Riley reelected with no opposition. Council member Sharon Scott did not run again for her seat.
Retired Northview High School, and former Century, coach Lorenzo Jones was hired as a teacher at Escambia County Middle School in Atmore.
Former Century resident Buck Showalter was named the new manager of the Baltimore Orioles.
Jay Hospital employees and affiliated physicians recognized C. David Smith, M.D., for 30 years of dedicated service.
Community leader Jack Moran of Century passed away in late July. He was 68.
The end of July was hot — with heat indexes at or just above 110 degrees.
Florida House District 1 candidate Ricky Perritt was arrested on drug trafficking charges by the Santa Rosa County Sheriff’s Office.
Accusations were flying between two local candidates over a video that shows one stealing his opponent’s campaign signs. Republican State Congressional District 1 candidate Greg Brown, Jr.and his wife Jennifer were videotaped as they removed campaign signs belonging to opponent Doug Broxson
Rhianna Marie Jones, 30, of California, and Jerry Hover Tinsley, 30, of North Carolina, admitted in federal court that they robbed banks in Flomaton, East Brewton and Florala during a March crime spree.
The Northwest Escambia 11-12 year old softball team ended their season in Fort Myers as the Florida Little League Section 1 Champions.
Tropical Storm Bonnie fizzled south of Pensacola, bringing just a few scattered showers to the Panhandle.
Scott Joseph Thompson was sentenced to life in prison for the murder of Cheryl Cain, the Cantonment woman whose body was found in a Pensacola dumpster in March, 2009.
Construction workers, teachers, bankers, business owners, high school students, ordinary people — over 100 people from all walks of life volunteered their time and skills to make Jennifer Dorriety’s dream of home ownership a reality as an Escambia County Habitat for Humanity Home was dedicated in Nokomis.
For the first time since April, BP stopped the flow of oil in the Gulf of Mexico in mid-July.
An officer-involved shooting in Pensacola claimed the life of Clifton Salter of Cottage Hill.
Northview High School Assistant Principal Michael Sherrill was promoted to assistant principal at Pine Forest High School. Sherri Mims, who was a reading lab teacher at Ernest Ward Middle School, was promoted to assistant principal at Ferry Pass Middle School.
Tens of thousands of people — including many from the North Escambia area — packed the beach in Gulf Shores, Alabama, for a free Jimmy Buffett concert as thousands watched on national television.
In July, Century Town Council member Henry Hawkins has voted against spending $600 so that a $1.1 million grant drainage project could move forward — the second time he had voted against spending a few hundred dollars on the project.
Phillip Arnold, 65, was charged in the murder of Angela Brown, 44, and her unborn child on South Chipper Road.
AUGUST
A Flomaton traffic crash claimed the life of four people — two instantly and two in the following days that died from their injuries.
Royce Ward of Walnut Hill passed away at 78. Ward was a longtime member of the Walnut Hill Ruritan Club and served as the group’s president when the club organized the Walnut Hill Volunteer Fire Department in 1965.
Jay Mayor Kurvin Qualls won re-election by a single vote over challenger Ben Hudson. 72-71.
Sen. Greg Evers, R-Baker, defeated fellow Republican Mike Hill in the August Republican primary for Senate District 2. There was no Democratic candidate, but Evers would face write-in and Tea Party opponent in November.
Deborah Ray (pictured) was named the new assistant principal at Northview High School.
Former Escambia County Sheriff’s Office employee Cathy Lister, 58, was sentenced to 15 years in prison for stealing $1.3 million from the department.
Paul Edward Black, a former Century Correctional Institution sergeant, was sentenced to 40 months in federal prison for possession of child pornography.
The Escambia County School Board approved the daily used of drug dogs in the county’s public schools.
Leslie Gonzalez was hired as the new town clerk in Century.
The first day of school was a hot one at Northview High School after the air conditioning failed.
Molino’s new Dollar General store opened in August with over 12,000 square feet of general merchandise.
Donald Freeman, 49, was found dead next to Highway 29 in McDavid. Foul play was not suspected.
T.R. Miller High School Principal Donald Rotch was killed when his vehicle was hit head-on by a man fleeing Brewton Police in a high-speed chase.
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