Not About The Catch: Pen Wheels Fishing Rodeo Held In North Escambia
May 1, 2011
“I think I got a big one!”
The sounds of excitement were all around Saturday for the 37th annual Pen Wheels Fishing Rodeo in Walnut Hill.
Over the history of the fishing rodeo, it has been held at locations ranging from Ft. Pickens to the Three Mile Bridge in Pensacola. Since 2001, it has been held at Jantz’s Catfish Pond on South Highway 99, just off Highway 97.
Dozens of volunteers stood ready Saturday to help the disabled. They baited hooks, tossed a line and offered words of friendly encouragement.
Dozens of disabled people were registered in Saturday’s fishing rodeo. They were from around the area, including Pensacola and Century. Several residents from the Century Care Center participated. The Pen Wheels Fishing Rodeo is provided to the disabled for free as a project of the Pensacola Fiesta of Five Flags organization. Escambia Grain in Walnut Hill supplies the cold drinks, Escambia River Electric Cooperative supplies the ice, the Walnut Hill Mennonite Youth Group supplies and serves the lunch, and the Masons from Milton volunteer to set up the fishing tackle and help clean the fish.
For a NorthEscambia.com photo gallery from the event, click here.
Pictured: Scenes from the 37th annual Pen Wheels Fishing Rodeo in Walnut Hill Saturday morning. NorthEscambia.com photos, click to enlarge.
Ways You Can Help Tornado Victims Today
May 1, 2011
There are several ways you can help tornado victims today.
Aldersgate United Methodist Church in Molino is collecting cleaning supplies (liquid cleaners, bleach, mops, spray bottles, buckets, sponges, etc.); personal hygiene items (hand and shower soap, toothpaste, toothbrushes, wash cloths, nail clippers, etc.); baby and adult diapers; and gift cards to Dollar General and WalMart. Items can be dropped off a the church on Highway 29 just north of Highway 97. They are not collecting food, bottle water or clothing.
The Flomaton Volunteer Fire Department is collecting items all day their fire station. Click here for more information.
Extreme Graphics in Jay is collecting baby wipes, undergarments, deodorant, toothbrushes, soap and other supplies.
Dry Spring Community Church will accept donations at the Davisville Community Center May 5, 2-7 p.m.; May 6, 10 a.m.-7 p.m.; May 9, 8 a.m.-noon; May 10, 10 a.m.-7p.m. and May 11, 8 a.m.-noon. Non-perishable food items, yard tools, paper products, batteries, baby diapers and wipes, first aid supplies, cleaning supplies, personal hygiene items and blankets will be collected for the First Baptist Church of Amory, Miss. More info? (850) 712-6588 or (850) 982-8878.
Other ways you can help include:
- The American Red Cross is providing relief to people across the hardest-hit states including Alabama. To make a donation to the American Red Cross Disaster Relief, visit its online donation page. You can also call 1-800-RED-CROSS or text “REDCROSS” to 90999 to make a $10 donation.
- The Salvation Army is setting up mobile feed stations to feed thousands in the storm areas. Give online at salvationarmy.com, text “GIVE” to 80888 or call 1-800-SAL-ARMY.
- Alabama Gov. Robert Bently has setup a website that provides donation information through his office of Faith-Based and Community Initiatives.
Pictured top: Items are collected for tornado relief Saturday morning at the Flomaton Fire Station. NorthEscambia.com photo, click to enlarge.
About 800 Graduate From UWF
May 1, 2011
About 800 students graduated from the University of West Florida on Saturday. The following students from Escambia and Santa Rosa County met the 2011 spring semester graduation requirements.
Cantonment
Associate of arts: Danielle Dunn, Ashlee Mobley, Katelyn Williams.
Bachelor’s degree: Hannah Aviles, David Bell, Eric Berggren, Kevin Branch, Amanda Breaux, Thomas Broxton, Kevin Bunch, Audrey Burch, Amanda Byers, Cody Castleberry, Yun-Wei Chang, Virginia Coleman, Michael Curran, Melissa Garcia, Rachel Godwin, Kyle Hall, Tranecia Harris, Rebekah Johansen, Paula-Jean Johnson, Mary Jones, Matthew Kirkland, Christina Kwon, Joseph Lee, Kimberly McCullough, Amanda Palmer, John Pavlus, Steven Perz, Jessica Phelps, Joseph Potts, Cynthia Priggemeier, John Przybylowicz, Kayla Rawson, Jimmy Reaves, Elizabeth Sandberg, Christopher Sherwin, Jennifer Simmons, Joshua Stanton, Amy Ste.croix, Jacqueline Steiner, Jeremy Thompson, Amber Toop, Marisa Vulcano, Kristen Whiddon, Taylor Whittle, Jonathan Wiggins.
Master’s degree: Wayne Abrahamson, Lorraine Henseler, Brandy Ingram, Michael Mills, Catherine Rudd, John Stelzer, Jean Stout.
Doctoral degree: Dana Boddy.
Century
Bachelor’s degree: Oliver Amerson, Tiffany Berry, Stella Harrelson, Amy Underwood.
McDavid
Bachelor’s degree: Kari Johnsen, William Lucas, Amanda Moretz, Adrea Watford.
Molino
Associate of arts: Kimberly Hardin.
Bachelor’s degree: William Gilley, Jeremy Greenwell, Stacey Hardin, Christina Harman, Tiffany Patterson, Kathryn Venettozzi.
Master’s degree: Leilani Mason.
Walnut Hill
Associate of Arts: Keswanna Johnson
Bachelor’s degree: Whitney Phillips.
Pensacola
Associate of Arts: Andrew Adcox, Lauren Bell, Danielle Cavener, Amanda dela Cruz, Anthony Griffin, Jennifer Harrison, Kristy Horner, Kayla Jordan, Justin Lane, Qing Lin, Kaitlin Mitchell, Robert Murphy, Mellissa Murray, Thao Nguyen, Kadija Peart, Ashley Perkins, Javarius Powell, Ilea Roller, William Van horn, Laura Wermers, Tiffany Wilcox.
Bachelor’s degree: Clarence Abercrombie, Erin Abercrombie, Garion Adkins, Bree Agustin, Sandra Akins, Juliette Albesa, Ashley Allen, Jami Allred, Precious Amos, Roseann Amos, Diana Anglero, Laura Arnold, Hillary Asid, Shelley Austin, Jorge Avino, Joshua Baber, Felicia Batzloff, Jeffrey Beacham, Stacy Bennett, Helen Billy, Karri Bisbee, Michael Blake, Brianne Blizzard, David Blum, Vitor Boccardo, Igor Bogunovic, Andrew Bonner, Zachary Bookout, Alicyn Booth, Justina Bowen, Stephanie Bowling, Mary Bradford, Daniel Braun, Titus Brewster, Rose Bridges, Farren Brooks, Stephanie Browning, Latasha Bryant, Renee Burkenpas, Christina Campbell, Elizabeth Carnes, Shaun Carpentier, Jason Case, Derrick Castillo, Kristen Cavener, Yen Chau, Po-Wei Chou, Brandon Clark, Jessica Clark, Sharon Clark, Jarett Coleman, Krystal Coleman, Cydney Colley, Derek Corporon, Kathryn Coseo, Andrya Crossland, Stacy Daniel, Tifany Daniels, Susan Dark, Kristina Davis, Matthew Davis, Natalie Davis, Jason Daw, Brett Deavenport, Nancy Dennis, James Denunzio, Christopher Dewey, Lianne Diehl, Kyle Dilbert, Samuel Dirden, Elana Dodge, Michael Dorsey, Rosella Dozier, Thom Drew, Shane Drye, Jason Dubose, Hypaesha Dunn, Timothy Dyson, Shawn Eckhouse, Kathleen Ehlers, Donald Elder, Michael Ellis, Stephanie Encinas, Meagan Enderson, Jessica Engel, Natalie Esson, Hollie Evans, Nathanial Ferguson, Ashley Ferrell, Emmalee Fournier, Ayla Freeman, Betsy Freeman, Carolyn Fritz, Richette Gaines, Nicholas Garza, Kristen Gibbs, Amy Gibson, Jordan Gilliland, Carolyn Glass, Chris Glenn, Julian Glover, Kimberly Goebel, Thiago Gomes, Jeremy Gorday, Tawnee Gordner, Adrian Gordon, Samone Gould, Gary Graves, Jeremy Gray, Ryan Gray, Cody Greene, Samantha Greenwood, Mary Greer, Megan Griffin, Axel Grissett, Pamela Guzman, Stephen Hafner, Joshua Haggard, John Hahn, Jordan Hall, Kristin Hall, Dale Halstead, Jimmy Hamamoto, Brenda Hamilton, Megan Hansen, Samantha Hansen, Sara Harlow, Christopher Harrington, Sarah Harvell, Capri Harvey, Jonathan Harwood, Ashley Heiser, Shelley Henseler, Stuart Hibyan, Donald Hill, Derek Hodge, Jeffrey Hoffman, Joshua Hogan, Michael Hogan, Christean Hollinger, Timothy Holmes, Michelle Hoover, Ashlee Hudnall, Joseph Jackson, Samir Jaga, Devina James, Michael Jansen, Kelle Kabaci, Amy Karl, James Kelly, Kevin Kelly, Bethany Kelvington, Peter Kennedy, Ashley Kerr, Michael Key, Ryan King, Travis King, Amy Kuhnen, Bruno Kuloba, Catherine Landers, Christy Larsen, Jason Lautier, Jessica Lee, Lauren Lentile, Brittany Lepinay, Courtney Lepinay, Christopher Leuchtman, Charlyne Lewis, Drysanna Lewis, Laura Lloyd, Jessica Locklear, Courtney Loeb, Haley Long, Melissa Lopez, Drew Lovelace, Gary Macmullen, Heather Madden, James Magaha, Racheal Makla, Jacquelyn Manfredo, Faustino Martinez, Samantha Matthews, Wilmer McCants, Shane McClure, Heather McGovern, Richmond McKay, Ricardo McKenzie, Alexia McLendon, Drew Memtsas, Patrick Meza, Emily Milford, Mary Mills, Kendrick Mitchell, Kyla Mucci, Mary Mundy, Yazmine Nanasca, Emily Nash, Lindsey Neese, Soyong Newman, Diane Nguyen, Honey Nguyen, Michelle Nguyen, Tam Nguyen, Cindy Nichols-Harigel, Katie Norenberg, Lauren Novatka, Gabriel Odom, Jessica Oehmsen, Jaqueline Pablo, Gregory Padgett, Aimee Pardini, Jeffrey Parks, Keena Parshotam, Lisa Pate, Monty Pate, Dhara Patel, Patricia Pearce, Lauren Pearcey, Brittany Peck, Valery Peters, Joshua Peterson, Erin Phillips, Johnna Phillips, Nicholas Plombon, Richie Postrano, Liberty Preston, Felicia Qualls, Ana Quesada, Brian Quinn, Regina Ramirez, Trevor Redding, Stephanie Reed, Travis Reed, Marigold Reyes, Jessica Reynolds, Ryan Rietz, Sebastian Rivera, Amanda Robar, Chad Robbins, Sloan Robbins, Logan Roberts, Melissa Rodriguez, Micah Roland, Laura Rondinelli, Jose Rozo, Alice Rush, Benjamin Rush, Robert Rutledge, Alyssa Louise San Luis, Sara Schell, Christopher Schofield, Jennifer Schultz, Kristen Scott, Manoocher Sharifi, Seneca Shelton, Claire Siniard, Meagan Skeen, Christina Smith, Kimberly Smith, Rachel Smith, Shane Sockwell, Katie Soles, Marianne Stchur, Ronald Stephon, Preston Stokes, Angelica Sullivan, Sean Taylor, Keith Teague, Shannon Teefey, Kimberly Thompson, Benjamin Thorn, Brittany Thorsen, Tatum Tirado, Kristen Todd, Adriana Torres, Christie Torres, Jamie Turner, Andreha Upshaw, Luis Uribe, Gregory Uzdevenes, Daniel Valentine, Michael Vasilou, Tuan Vu, Kathryn Walker, Matthew Walker, Adrienne Wallace, Adam Ward, Na keshia Watson, Jonathan Watts, Laurel Watts, Debbie Weathersbee, Corey Weaver, Sean Webster, Ian Werth, Jamie White, Joanna White, Vanessa White, Robert Whitfield, Kasey Wicker, Lakesha Williams, Melissa Williams, Annie Wingett, Christopher Wood, Dan Woodcock, Emily Woodrum, Ginger Woods, Michelle Woolwine, Brittany Worley, Jennifer Wyatt, Bryan Yerks, Joshua Zeller, Shaina Ziggler.
Master’s degree: Glenda Adams, Theresa Agosto, Alice Bancroft, David Beddick, Richard Benjamin, Catherine Bogese, Beate Bolton, Tramaine Breaux, Ryan Broome, Karen Broughton, Tiffany Chen, Ashley Clark, Megan Clarke, Leteja Crenshaw, Robert Cross, Marguerette Cutaio, Laura Dulin, Laquita Extine, Pauline Flores, Kristi Ging, Joy Goetter, Adrian Goss, Veronda Griffin, Julie Grimsley, John Gunther, Brooke Hardy, Ian Harvey, Lydia Henderson, Sunne Heubach, Robert Hill, Samantha Hill, Erica Hilton, Ashley Hogan, Kenny Holmes, Michelle Horton, Patrick Houghton, Tricia Hubbell, Richard Hurst, Shabnam Irwin, Larry James, Terry Johnson, Jolee Josephs, Nathan Kinard, Colby Kinder, Eric Kollar, Matthew Kuza, Adam Leja, Christina Lewis, Kathryn Lewis, Meiga Loho-Noya, Kendra Lukowski, Rhonda Lundy, Marcia Massie, Jennifer Maule, Laura McEntire, Kevin McGlone, Jennifer Melcher, Shanon Menda, Dolor Meyer, Brian Nanney, Concetta Nelson, Shante’ Newton-Meyer, Tuyet Nguyen, Micha Owens, Melissa Padgett, John Pantages, Kate Peabody, Ashley Pennewill, Teri Perkins, James Poindexter, Robert Randolph, Kasi Rhyne, Kelly Richter, Jan Robbins, Sandra Rock, Catherine Romero, Patrick Ryan, Mary Shepherd, John Shiefer, Jessica Simmons, Erika Smith, Jeremy Sparks, Jonathan Sparks, Sabrina Stewart, Stacey Taylor, Travis Tharp, Jose Ugarte, Kathryn Van Dyck, Lindsay Whidden, Joseph Williams, Luminita Williams, Matrice Woods, Thomas Yarbrough, Karen York.
Specialist’s degree: Kathryn Clark, Maureen Cowart, Christopher McFarland, Elizabeth Orfanello, Vicki Yelder.
Doctoral degree: Michelle Gaudette, Pearl Peters.
Pensacola Beach
Bachelor’s degree: Amber Baughn, Michael Studer.
SANTA ROSA COUNTY
Gulf Breeze
Associate of Arts: Jennifer Holder.
Bachelor’s degree: Thomas Cahill, Sarah Clark, Misty Clarke, Kristy Colbert, Heather Delacruz-Stevens, Paula Diehnelt, Philip Elsas, Mary Fossbender, Laura Gincauskas, Robert Griffin, Ashley Hellums, Sean Henderson, Molly Hollingsworth, Adam Horton, Corissa Ipock, Carly Langmaid, Michelle Lawson, Joel Lorenz, Patrick Los, Peter McKinney, Karl McMillen, Kismet Mepham, Kimberly Messer, Kyle Messer, Whitney Morgan, Ava Nelson, Allie Norse, Melissa Oakes, Jarrod Palmer, Meagan Rea, Danza Riatusso, Ashley Rotolo, Jacob Rouden, Steven Scherling, Ryan Schnippert, Rebecca Sheeder, Nicholas Spencer, William Thomas, Robert Uniacke, Matthew Warren, Ashley Weatherall.
Master’s degree: Katelynn Asbell, Jaime Aughtman, Karla Caillouet, Gwendolyn Cobb, Jessica Gillis, Karen Lynch, Patrick Lynch, Connie Painter, Carrie Phelps, Nicholas Smith, Erika Wilhite.
Jay
Bachelor’s degree: Bryan Harper, Natalie Hawsey, Melody Helms, Jill Massey, Lindsey Peacher, Alicia Thrush.
Milton
Associate of Arts: Glenn Grantner.
Bachelor’s degree: Samantha Adams, Ashley Anderson, Michelle Baker, Lacy Barentine, Elizabeth Barragan, Grace Borelli, William Borelli, Alisha Clary, Brooke Coulter, Tanya Cronin, Kristel Davenport, Angela Dees, Monica Denney, Elizabeth Dunn, Maria Dunn, Robert Ebanks, Travis Erickson, Susan Fitzpatrick, Kristen Georgiades, Daniel Goff, Michael Hamel, Alixandra Heckman, Ryan Holtman, Thomas Jenson, Theresa Kemp, Ashley Kirkland, Jillian Marcanio, Julian Mastroni, Madison Maughon, Jowanda McCrabb, Chad McDaniel, Tiffany McWilliams, Darcy Morgan, Chandra Murray, Erika Myers, Rebekah Neely, Jonathan O’Neil, Caitlin Peacher, Richardson Perez, Samuel Peterson, Ali Priest, Carla Salter, Miranda Schulz, Hillary Shouppe, Brian Spotts, Lindsey Stephan, Katrina Stubblefield, Timothy Swager, Rebecca Thomas, Tatyana Weisenbarger, Bret Wilbanks.
Master’s degree: Sara Baggett, Mary Beverly, Amy Cash, Jonathan Creel, Karen Crisco, Christopher Gregory, Audrey Harding, Summer Hargraves, Ashlea Jensen, Erica Mack, William Milam, Dustin Pappas, Carla Quinn, Timothy Rowell, Sheramy Scott, Michael Shouppe, Jean Siebenaler.
Doctoral degree: Regina Lipnick.
Navarre
Associate of Arts: Alisha Malies.
Bachelor’s degree: Jennifer Beaton, Matthew Bogan, Jasmine Brockhum, Jason Burt, Christina Cole, Patrick Crowley, Kayla Davis, Heather English, Michael Esquitin-Preston, Richard Gauthier, Katelynne Grissom, Zachery Haden, Kelly Hagen, Michael Hite, Shasta Hunt, Tomie Leonard, Leslye McClennahan, Brittany McPherson, Joel Moore, Trisha Palpallatoc, Anthony Percy, David Perkins, Stephanie Pfiester, Jessica Pickering, Robert Pickering, Talia Rivas, Patrick Rizzo, Mellie Roberts, Alexandra Rosier, Shaun Sizemore, Chelsea Stewart, Gaby Stockman, Beverly Torres, Brian Vander wilt, Todd Wiegman, Ian Williams
Master’s degree: Caroline Clark, Celena Hayes, Cynthia Hudson, Joanna Scott, Margaret Wallek.
Specialist’s degree: Beth Baker, Angelica Jackson.
Doctoral degree: Amy Bush.
Pace
Associate of Arts: Alexander Dufano, Emily Hawkins, Sylvia Kratz, Sophie Tan.
Bachelor’s degree: Melody Alviola, Lisa Bailey, Ashley Barfield, Amanda Barnhill, Wallace Brown, Alexander Caldwell, Richard Chambers, Amanda Clanton, Brittany Collier, Autumn Dunn, Celeste Dunn, Tonya Errickson, Bonnie Forrest, Matthew Foster, Daryl Freeman, Kenneth Gill, Patricia Gillespie, Matthew Harley, Donald Hartsell, Lindsay Hill, Ryan Holladay, Tara Holstein, Michele Hutson, Elizabeth Isphording, Joseph Jones, Marci Kennison, Nathalie Ledesma, Jona Leonard, Danielle Macdonald, Christopher Mallick, James Martin, Courtney Murphy, Erica Pounds, Amanda Reaser, Jennifer Reid, Daryl Robinson, Heather Robinson, Jessica Rogers, Regina Rutherford, Mark Still, Melanie Sullivan, Carmen Terrell, Brittany Urnick.
Master’s degree: Stefanie Boardman, Eric Cook, Jennifer Cox, Linda Dimaria, Micheal Franklin, Christopher Larimer, Mallory Rogers, Ashley Rudd, Cynthia Simpson, Mary Sumner, Holley Williamson.
Doctoral degree: Brigette Robinson.
Second Mistrial For Billings Murder Suspect Stallworth
May 1, 2011
The second trial of Billings murder suspect Donnie Stallworth of Brewton ended with another mistrial Saturday afternoon.
Stallworth is facing two counts of first degree murder in connection with the shooting deaths of the Beulah couple in July 2009 — one of seven people charged in the double murder. The former Air Force staff sergeant went on trial last month, but a judge declared a mistrial after a jury could not decide his fate during nine hours of deliberations. His second trial this week came to an end Saturday when the jury announced they were deadlocked after two days of deliberations.
Judge Nick Geeker has scheduled a third trial for Stallworth beginning May 23.
Stallworth was accused of being in the home at time of the murders, armed with a gun. The accusations came from two co-defendants, 16-year old Rakeem Florence and 21-year old Fredrick Thorton. Both pleaded not contest to a lessor second degree murder charge in exchange for their testimony.
Residents Come Together To Help Tornado Victims
May 1, 2011
They came from Flomaton. Cantonment. Century. Even Illinois.
Vehicle after vehicle turned into the Flomaton Volunteer Fire Department Saturday to help Alabama tornado victims. Some gave cases of water, some gave handfuls of cash. Others gave what pocket change they could spare. But together, they raised hundreds of dollars and thousands of pounds of supplies for Alabama residents whose lives were ripped apart by the second deadliest tornado outbreak in U.S. history.
“Words cannot express how grateful we are for all that was done today,” Alisa Hart of the Flomaton Volunteer Fire Department said. “We are so proud and honored to be a part of this community.”
“Tuscaloosa was one of the first to help us after Ivan,” Larry White said on WPFL radio. White is an owner of the small station licensed to Century, and he’s also an Escambia County (Ala.) Commissioner. He spent his Saturday under a shade tree in the fire department parking lot broadcasting live, continually reminding those that might be listening to stop by the store and pick up supplies to donate at the Flomaton VFD.
A family from Illinois scanning the radio dial as they passed through town heard White’s plea and stopped to make their donation.
Shoreline Transportation has donated a 53-foot enclosed trailer for the supplies. They will transport the trailer to north Alabama on Monday. In the meantime, items such as water, Gatorade, crackers, cookies, other non-perishable food items, wipes, manual can openers, batteries and battery powered items like flashlights and radios are still being accepted at the Flomaton Volunteer Fire Department . Organizers ask that items be left outside the trailer next to the fire department on Highway 31 near Highway 113. Volunteers are checking for donations regularly through Monday morning and moving items into the trailer.
Pictured: A trailer is loaded with tornado relief supplies Saturday morning at the Flomaton Volunteer Fire Department. NorthEscambia.com photos, click to enlarge.
EREC Holds 70th Annual Meeting Saturday, Elects Trustees, Awards Scholarships
May 1, 2011
Escambia River Electric Cooperative’s 72nd Annual Meeting was held Saturday at Jay High School.
Marshall Diamond and Radford Locklin, Jr. were elected as cooperative trustees from Santa Rosa County and JD Powell was elected as an Escambia County trustee.
EREC also awarded two $4,000 scholarships to a graduating senior with a parent or guardian that is a member of the cooperative. The Escambia County scholarship winner was Michael Lowery from Tate High School, and the Santa Rosa winner was Whitney Walther from Jay High School.
This was EREC’s 14th year to offer scholarships to high school seniors. In the past, those capital credits issued by EREC that were unclaimed had to be turned over to the state. But state legislation now allows such funds to be deposited into a qualified, educational charity fund. The EREC membership voted to use these funds in the form of scholarships for graduating seniors in EREC’s service area.
Click here for a NorthEscambia.com photo gallery from the event.
Pictured top: The EREC 72nd Annual Meeting was held Saturday in Jay. Pictured inset: Caleb Dennis provided entertainment prior to the meeting. Pictured below: Newly elected Escambia County trustee JD Powell (right) greats EREC members at Jay High School. NorthEscambia.com photos, click to enlarge.
Sheriff’s Office, DEA And ECUA Conduct Drug Round Up
May 1, 2011
The Escambia County Sheriff’s Office, the Emerald Coast Utilities Authority and Walgreens joined forces Saturday with the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) for a “Prescription Drug Roundup” at six Walgreens and four Sheriff’s precinct locations including Molino and Century.
The event was a one-day effort between local and federal law enforcement to provide the pubic a site to voluntarily surrender expired, unwanted, unused pharmaceutical controlled substances and other medications for destruction.
ECUA officials said pharmaceuticals are being discovered in our nation’s waters at very low concentrations, and to date, no evidence has been found on human health effects or in the environment. While the sources of these pharmaceuticals may be numerous, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has been studying unused pharmaceutical disposal practices. This study was prompted by the concern that potentially large amounts of pharmaceuticals are being flushed or disposed of down the drain, ultimately ending up in rivers, streams and coastal waters.
“Prescription drug abuse is not uncommon in our society and this is an opportunity for members of our community to get rid of their unwanted drugs before they fall into the hands of someone who may abuse or misuse them,” said Sheriff David Morgan.
Pictured above: Some of the prescription drugs collected Saturday at the Escambia County Sheriff’s Office Century precinct during a roundup. NorthEscambia.com photo, click to enlarge.
Bobbie Cash Frazier
May 1, 2011
Bobbie Cash Frazier, 75, of Flomaton passed away on April 27, 2011, surrounded by famiy and friends
She was a native of West Point, Ga. and a lifetime resident of the Flomaton community where she was a member of Kingdom Hall of Jehovah’s Witness. During her working years, she was a seamstress for Vanity Fair Corporation.
Her parents, Willard and Cora Bowen Cash; a brother, Allen Earl Cash and a sister, Mildred Faye Cash, preceded her in death.
Survivors include her husband, Mr. Clifford Frazier of Flomaton; sons, James T. (Kimberly) Barnhill of Flomaton, David L. (Kathy) Bourgans of Grass Valley, Calif. and Danny O. (Brenda Lee) Bourgans of Antelope, Calif.; daughter, Valerie (Dean) Taylor of Canoe; brothers, Barney (Irene) Cash of Century, Fla., O.D. (Betty) Cash of Flomaton, George (Ann) Cash of Bay Minette, Gene (Aggie) Cash of Franklin, Tenn., Odell (Linda) Cash of Huntsville, William Cash of Mobile and Milford Cash of San Antonio, Texas; sisters, Dorothy McCurdy of Century, Fla., Joyce (Al) Erskin of Chattory, Wash., Shirley (Wayne) Owens of Flomaton, Rebecca Cash of Pensacola, Fla., Linda (Roy) Batie of Brewton and Wanda Cash of Brewton; eight grandchildren; 23 great grandchildren and one great-great grandchild.
A Celebration of Life was held from 1 p.m. until 3 p.m. on Saturday, April 30, 2011 at the Flomaton Community Center.
Local Student Sherrill Receives National Honor
May 1, 2011
The National Society of High School Scholars (NSHSS) has announced that Christian Institute of Arts & Sciences student Margaret Sherill from Walnut Hill has been selected for membership. The Society recognizes top scholars and invites only those students who achieve academic excellence. The announcement was made by NSHSS Founder and Chairman Claes Nobel, a senior member of the family that established the Nobel Prizes.
“On behalf of NSHSS, I am honored to recognize the hard work, sacrifice, and commitment that Margaret has demonstrated to achieve this level of academic excellence,” said Nobel. “Margaret is now a member of a unique community of scholars – a community that represents our very best hope for the future.”
“Our vision is to build a dynamic international organization that connects members with meaningful content, resources, and opportunities,” stated NSHSS President James Lewis. “We aim to help students like Margaret build on their academic successes and enhance the skills and desires to have a positive impact on the global community.”
Photos: Atmore Relay For Life
May 1, 2011
The annual Atmore Relay for Life to benefit the American Cancer Society began Saturday afternoon.
For a NorthEscambia.com photo gallery from the event, click here.
Two other North Escambia area Relay for Life events are coming up in two weeks — the Relay for Life of Greater Escambia and the Century Relay for Life will both be held on May 13.
Pictured top: The Survivor’s Lap begins Saturday afternoon at the Atmore Relay for Life. Picture inset: Red balloons are released during the event. NorthEscambia.com photos, click to enlarge.