Spreading Cheer: IP Gives Back In The Community
January 8, 2012
International Paper, the Cantonment Council on Aging and Heritage Baptist Church joined forces to spread holiday cheer during the Christmas season.
The groups delivered Walmart gift cards, turkeys and hams to area families in need. IP employeees Denise Samuel from the finance team and Andy Martin from pulp safety/training took part in the deliveries.
“My husband and I are in our sixties and are raising the third of the last three grandchildren over the past few years,” said Ken and Judy Mitchell. “ I have a chronic illness and had to quit work in August. My social security starts in January. Your gift given to us by Andy was God’s hand reaching down to help us.”
Each year, the Pensacola Mill provides community neighbors in need with gift cards (this year totaling $750) and delivers turkeys that are either donated by employees or leftover from the annual Lead Team turkey distribution.
“Thank you (International Paper Pensacola Mill employees) for the turkey and gift card. They were a great blessing to me and helped out a lot,” said Jessie Houston.
Submitted photos for NorthEscambia.com, click to enlarge.
Work Underway On Kansas Road
January 8, 2012
An Escambia County crew is working to add material to the shoulders of Kansas Road in Walnut Hill. The repairs are being made to eliminate drop-offs on the edge of the highway and to allow proper drainage along the roadway.
McDavid Senior Named All-Star MVP
January 8, 2012
A local football player was named offensive MVP in an all-star football game Saturday night in Louisiana.
Dak Sims, a senior at Pensacola High School that lives in McDavid, was named Offensive Line MVP for the East team in Max Emfinger’s 8th annual All-American Bowl Game Classic at A.W. Mumford Stadium on the campus of Southern University in Baton Rouge. His PHS teammate, Demarius Travis, was named Defensive Line MVP for the East defense.
Sims’ East team lost to the West team, 21-20.
Emfinger, a former scout for the Dallas Cowboys, puts on the game each each to spotlight players to college recruiters.
Photos: A Great Day To Be On The River
January 8, 2012
Dozens of people took advantage of great weather Saturday morning to hit the Escambia River in Molino for a little fun and fishing.
At Fairgrounds Park and the Molino Boat Ramp, the parking lot was nearly full by late morning with vehicles and boat trailers. The county-owned Molino Boat Ramp and Fairgrounds Park is a 1.5 acre boat ramp and park located at 6698 Fairgrounds Road in Molino. The park includes a boat ramp, dock, picnic tables, portable restroom, security lights and a nature boardwalk.
Pictured: Saturday morning a the Molino Boat Ramp. NorthEscambia.com photos, click to enlarge.
Molino Man Charged With Child Cruelty Over Spanking
January 7, 2012
A Molino man is facing a felony child abuse charge after allegedly spanking his girlfriend’s child too hard.
Mason Jacob Stanley, 21, is charged with cruelty toward a child without great harm. He was released from the Escambia County Jail on $10,000 bond.
A Department of Children and Families investigator told deputies that workers at the Kids Place Learning Center on Pensacola Boulevard had become alarmed at the amount of black and blue marks and the severity of them on the child’s buttocks.
Stanley, the boyfriend of the child’s mother, babysat the child the day prior to the injuries being reported, according to an arrest report. He allegedly spanked the child when he soiled his underwear.
Stanley told deputies that he did spank the child one time after discovering the soiled underwear. He told deputies that he saw red marks on the child’s buttocks “but thought that it was a rash and not a result of him spanking him,” the arrest report states.
The child was taken to the Gulf Coast Kids House for treatment. Stanley is not the child’s father, according to the arrest report.
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Grand Jury Finishes Billboard Tree Cutting, Evers Probe
January 7, 2012
A Tallahassee grand jury looking into how a Panhandle billboard company got permits to cut down 2,094 state-owned trees without paying the usual fees has finished its investigation.
The jury’s findings, however, will remain sealed for now until people involved in the investigation are informed of what the jury found.
The investigation involves how Bill Salter Advertising escaped fees when it got the contract to remove the trees, and was able to avoid other requirements. Part of the investigation included emails to Sen. Greg Evers, R-Baker, then a House member, in which the Bill Salter asked for help on the issue. Evers in turn lobbied then-Secretary of Transportation Stephanie Kopelousos on behalf of the company.
Work Continues On East Pond Street In Century
January 7, 2012
Work will continue next week on East Pond Street in Century, but one lane of traffic will remain open.
The road was scheduled to be closed last week, but a lane of traffic remained open as the town worked on a drainage improvement project between Jefferson Avenue west to Ramar Street near Highway 29.
Century Mayor Freddie McCall said it will be over a week before the equipment is in place to do the work that will completely close East Pond Street.
Ernie Lee Magaha Prefiles For 15th Term
January 7, 2012
Ernie Lee Magaha prefiled Friday to run for a 15th term as Escambia County Clerk of the Court. The 82-year old Magaha, a Republican, was elected to his first term in 1956 and has won ever election since.
Pam Childers, the City of Pensacola’s financial services manager has also prefiled for clerk’s position. The certified public accountant will also run as a Republican.
Girls Weightlifting: Jay Over Northview
January 7, 2012
Jay High School defeated Northview High School in a girl’s weightlifting meet in Jay.
Jay’s Royals finished with 37 points, while Northview’s Chiefs had 32 points.
Weight category winners, including scores with combined bench press and jerk weights, were as follows:
101
- Kasie Braun, Northview, 120
110
- Lakelynn Parker , Northview, 155
129
- Ashlynn Geck , Jay, 175
- Shelby Edwards , Jay, 165
- Tierra Floyd , Northview, 160
139
- Misty Doran , Northview, 210
- Matti Holt , Jay, 140
- Kim Gunn , Jay, 145
154
- Liza Eddings , Jay, 180
- Holley Fugatt , Jay, 180
- Brittany Thompson, Northview, 155
169
- Keyth Grice, Northview, 150
- Sunny Gilmore , Jay, 150
183
- Alisha Grice 145
- Sydney Lowery , Jay, 145
199
- McKenzie Nassar , Northview, 190
- Kaylen Blair, Jay, 160
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- Brianna Hawthorne, Jay, 225
- Cheyenne Mack , Jay, 160
Increasing Rain Chances
January 7, 2012
Here is your official weekend weather forecast for the North Escambia area:
- Tonight: Isolated showers. Patchy dense fog. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, with a low around 53. South wind around 5 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%.
- Sunday: Scattered showers, mainly after noon. Patchy dense fog before 8am. Otherwise, partly sunny, with a high near 74. South wind between 5 and 10 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30%.
- Sunday Night: Scattered showers. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 54. South wind around 5 mph. Chance of precipitation is 40%.
- Monday: Scattered showers. Partly sunny, with a high near 74. Southeast wind between 5 and 10 mph. Chance of precipitation is 40%.
- Monday Night: Scattered showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 57. Southeast wind between 5 and 10 mph. Chance of precipitation is 40%.
- Tuesday: Showers and thunderstorms likely. Cloudy, with a high near 72. Southeast wind between 10 and 15 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph. Chance of precipitation is 70%.
- Tuesday Night: Showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm before midnight, then a slight chance of showers and thunderstorms after midnight. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 52. South wind around 10 mph becoming west. Chance of precipitation is 60%.
- Wednesday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 62. West wind between 10 and 15 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph.
- Wednesday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 40. West wind around 5 mph.
- Thursday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 60.
- Thursday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 34.
- Friday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 57.
- Friday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 34.
- Saturday: Sunny, with a high near 60.