Photos: Bratt Church Celebrates Youth Sunday, Country And Western Banquet
August 7, 2011
The First Baptist Church of Bratt recently held a Country and Western Banquet to wrap up a Youth Day event.
Over 160 people attended the banquet sponsored by the Youth and College/Career classes at the church. After the meal, the classes performed the play “Summer in Cricket County”.
The banquet followed Youth Day for Sunday school and morning worship. The church’s young people took on various jobs in the church for the day, including teaching Sunday school, leading music, singing the special music, and a message delivered by Lauren McCall.
Minister of Music Tim Hawsey invites other young people to join the group. Call the church at (850) 327-6529 for more information.
Pictured: Scenes from the youth Country and Western Banquet recently at the First Baptist Church of Bratt. Submitted photos by Marcella Wilson for NorthEscambia.com, click to enlarge.
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Heat Continues This Week
August 7, 2011
There’s no real relief from the heat and humidity in sight this week, except for scattered showers and thunderstorms.
Here is your official North Escambia area forecast:
- Sunday…Mostly sunny in the morning becoming mostly cloudy. Scattered showers and thunderstorms. Highs in the mid 90s. Southwest winds 5 to 10 mph. Chance of precipitation 50 percent. Heat index readings 105 to 109.
- Sunday Night…Partly cloudy. Slight chance of showers and thunderstorms in the evening. Lows in the mid 70s. Southwest winds around 5 mph. Chance of precipitation 20 percent.
- Monday…Mostly cloudy. Chance of showers and thunderstorms. Highs in the mid 90s. Southwest winds 5 to 10 mph. Chance of precipitation 50 percent.
- Monday Night…Partly cloudy. Slight chance of showers and thunderstorms. Lows in the upper 70s. Southwest winds 5 to 10 mph. Chance of precipitation 20 percent.
- Tuesday…Mostly cloudy. Chance of showers and thunderstorms. Highs in the mid 90s. Chance of precipitation 40 percent.
- Tuesday Night…Partly cloudy. Slight chance of showers and thunderstorms. Lows in the mid 70s. Chance of precipitation 20 percent.
- Wednesday…Mostly cloudy. Chance of showers and thunderstorms. Highs in the mid 90s. Chance of precipitation 40 percent.
- Wednesday Night…Partly cloudy. Slight chance of showers and thunderstorms. Lows in the lower 70s. Chance of precipitation 20 percent.
- Thursday…Mostly sunny. Chance of showers and thunderstorms. Highs in the upper 90s. Chance of precipitation 40 percent.
- Thursday Night…Partly cloudy. Slight chance of showers and thunderstorms. Lows in the lower 70s. Chance of precipitation 20 percent.
- Friday…Mostly sunny. Chance of showers and thunderstorms. Highs in the upper 90s. Chance of precipitation 30 percent.
- Friday Night…Partly cloudy. Slight chance of showers and thunderstorms. Lows in the lower 70s. Chance of precipitation 20 percent.
- Saturday…Mostly sunny. Chance of showers and thunderstorms. Highs in the mid 90s. Chance of precipitation 30 percent.
Show And Tell: Historical Group To Hold Collector’s Day
August 7, 2011
The Alger-Sullivan Historical Society will hold a “Collector’s Day” next Saturday.
Many collections will be displayed, including coins, bottles, Indian and Civil War artifacts, old tools, stamps and more.
Event admission, museum admission and even the hot dogs are free. The Alger-Sullivan Historical Society “Collector’s Day” will take place Saturday, August 13 from 8 a.m. until 4 p.m. at 610 4th Street in Century (the corner of Jefferson Avenue and 4th Street).
Birth: Gracelyn Savanna Bolen
August 7, 2011
Andrew and Meghan Bolen of Ft. Bragg, North Carolina, along with big brother Gabriel, are proud to announce the birth of their daughter, Gracelyn Savanna Bolen.
Gracelyn came into the world on July 29, 2011, at Wolmack Army Medical Center, Ft. Bragg, North Carolina. She came into this world at 8lbs 2 oz and was 19 inches. Gracie’s father is currently deployed to Baghdad, Iraq.
Paternal grandparents are Rae and Ruth Bolen of Byrneville, Florida.
Mable C. Johnson
August 7, 2011
Mable C. Johnson, 83, of Atmore died Friday, August 05, 2011, at her daughter’ss residence. She was retired from Vanity Fair Mills as a machine operator.
She was born in Escambia County, Florida, on December 11, 1927, to the late Beadit Edward and Annie Belle Singleton Conway.
She is preceded in death by her husband Woodrow Johnson, three sisters and five brothers.
She is survived by two daughters, Woodlou Harville and husband D.L. of Perdido, Alabama, Linda Sue Boutwell and husband, Andy R. of Flomaton; two brothers, Winston Conway and Ray Conway both of Pensacola, three sisters, Leatrece Stacey of McCullough, Joyce Neal of Excel, and Catherine Drew of Atmore, three grandchildren, Allison Cooper and husband, Shawn, Andrea Morse and husband, Justin, Kaci Boutwell; and one great-grandchild, Ryley Cooper.
Services will be Monday August 08, 2011, at 2 p.m. from the Johnson-Quimby Funeral Home Chapel with Bro. Andy R. Boutwell and Bro. Danny L. Harville officiating. Interment will follow in Oak Hill Cemetery.
Family will receive friends, Sunday evening August 07, 2011, at Johnson-Quimby Funeral Home from 6-8 p.m.
Johnson-Quimby Funeral Home in Atmore is in charge of arrangements.
Frontier Experiences Third Internet Outage Of Week
August 6, 2011
Frontier Communications high speed internet customers in Florida and Alabama experienced another outage Saturday morning — the third in less than a week.
The company’s internet customers in Molino, Walnut Hill and Bratt in Florida and Atmore and other locations in Alabama, lost internet service about 11:30 Saturday morning. The service was restored for most, if not all, customers just after 1 p.m.
Attempts to reach a Frontier spokesperson for comment were unsuccessful.
Frontier customers lost both internet and the ability to call outside their local exchange on Wednesday. The phone outage was repaired in about 20 minutes, while the internet was out for several hours and instability continued into the evening.
On Tuesday, Frontier internet customers experienced instability, including the inability to reach many major internet sites such as Google and Facebook.
Former Councilman, Former Censured Mayor And A Newcomer To Challenge Century Incumbents
August 6, 2011
The final field of candidates is set for Century’s October general election, with a former councilman that wants to be mayor, a former mayor that was once fined and reprimanded by the state ethics commission that wants to be a council member, and a political newcomer — all challenging three incumbents.
The following candidates qualified by Friday’s deadline:
Mayor
Freddie McCall
First-term incumbent Mayor Freddie McCall was elected to the town council in 2004 before running for and being elected mayor in 2007.
Henry Hawkins
Henry Hawkins is the only person challenging the incumbent for Century mayor. Hawkins was first elected to the town council in 2006. He ran again for council in 2010, but was defeated 174-144 by political newcomer Jacke Johnston during a 2010 runoff.
Council Seat 1
Ann Brooks
Incumbent Ann Brooks is current president of the Century Town Council. She was was first elected in 2007 to Seat 1 after running unsuccessfully for Seat 4 on the council in 2003 and 2006.
Pamela MacArthur
Seat 1 challenger Pamela MacArthur is a political newcomer who has lived in Century for about 20 years.
Council Seat 2
Annie Savage
Challenger Annie Carter Savage was appointed to the Century Town Council effective August 1 to serve the remainder of the term of Nadine McCaw who passed away on July 7. Last year, Savage ran an unsuccessful campaign for Seat 5, defeated by current council member Sandra McMurray Jackson.
Evelyn Hammond
Seat 2 challenger Evelyn Hammond is no stranger to politics in Century. She served as a council member before being elected mayor in 2004. She ran for mayor again in 2007, but was defeated by current mayor Freddie McCall. In 2009, the Florida Commission on Ethics publicly censured and reprimanded Hammond, finding that she misused her position to retaliate against Century Little League and its president when that organization failed to hire her son as chief umpire. She was also fined $3,000 by the ethics commission. The complaint was filed by current council members Annie Savage and Ann Brooks along with Nolan Wilson.
Funeral Services Set For Christina Sneary, 14-Year Old Murder Victim
August 6, 2011
Funeral services have been scheduled for the 14-year old Molino girl who died hours after being shot Wednesday afternoon.
Funeral services will be held Tuesday for Christina Marine “Nellie” Sneary, who recently completed the eighth grade at Ernest Ward Middle School. The funeral will be at 2 p.m. at the Williams Memorial Chapel Funeral Home in Brewton. Interment will follow at the Dixonville Cemetery in Brewton.
Visitation will be held Monday from 6-8 p.m. at Williams Chapel Funeral Home in Brewton.
Sneary is survived by her mother and father, Mike & Troyce Sneary of Molino; grandparents William and Bessie Brantley of Brooklyn, Ala., Laverna and Michael Leach of Virginia Beach, Virgina, and Gary Sneary of Jackson, Mississippi; brother Sgt. Jason Rendell of Fort Campbell, Kentucky; and two sisters, Brandi Sneary of Milton and Elena Rendell of Pensacola.
Suspicious Nokomis Fire Under Investigation
August 6, 2011
The Escambia County Sheriff’s Office is investigating a suspicious fire Friday night in Nokomis.
The Walnut Hill Station of Escambia Fire Rescue responded about 10 p.m. after a caller reported a log truck trailer on fire on Nokomis Road near Albritton Road.When firefighters arrived on scene, they found the logs on the back of the trailer beginning to burn. The trailer was parked on the shoulder of the road without a truck.
The cause of the fire was not immediately known. There was no major damage and no injuries reported.
Alabama Man Facing Child Sex Abuse Charges
August 6, 2011
An Escambia County, Alabama, man is facing child sex charges as the result of a state investigation.
Micheal Oden, 31, was indicted by an Escambia County (Ala.) grand jury on the charges of first degree sexual abuse and indecent exposure on a child under the age of six.
Following the indictment, Oden was arrested while at work at a Brewton company by the Alabama Bureau of Investigation and the Escambia County (Ala.) Sheriff’s Office. He was booked into the Escambia County Detention Center in Brewton where he was later released on a $250,000 bond.
Further details in the case, which was investigated by the Alabama Bureau of Investigation, have not yet been released.