First Responders Throw Baby Shower For Widow Of Firefighter, Paramedic
September 16, 2012
Area fire departments and ambulance services held a baby shower Saturday in Century for the widow of one of their own.
Lt. Nathan Berry was a member of the Century Fire Department and the Friendship Fire Department, and he was a paramedic supervisor with Lifeguard EMS in Santa Rosa County and a former paramedic with Atmore Ambulance. Berry, 22, was killed in an off-duty traffic accident south of Jay in June.
Saturday afternoon, a baby shower was held for his widow, Tiffany (Hanks) Berry, formerly of Bratt, unborn son Mason, and 17-month old daughter Anna Claire.
Members of local fire departments, as well as Lifeguard and Atmore ambulance services, and members of the community gave the family gifts and donations to let them know that they are not alone and will not be forgotten.
Pictured top and below: A baby shower was held Saturday at the Century Fire Station for the widow of a firefighter and paramedic. Photos by Melissa Moye for NorthEscambia.com, click to enlarge.
Photo Gallery: Northview NJROTC, Cheerleaders, Band And Dance Team
September 16, 2012
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Jay’s Dobson Win Semper Fi Run, Cantonment Marine Second
September 16, 2012
Matt Dobson of Jay won the 29th Annual Semper Fi 5K Charity Run Saturday morning in Pensacola, edging out Marine David Hanes of Cantonment by five seconds.
Dobson, 43, finished the course, which was in reality a shortened 2.6 miles rather than a standard 3.1 mile 5K, in 13:32, just ahead of Hanes’ 13:37.
Proceeds from the race — about $25,000 — benefited several local charities, including Gulf Coast Kid’s House, Escambia Westgate School, the Miracle League of Pensacola, New Horizons of Northwest Florida, and Boys and Girls Clubs of the Emerald Coast.
For a complete list of run finishers, click here (pdf).
Top North Escambia are finishers, ranked by place, were:
1 - Matt Dobson , Jay – 13:32
2 - David Hanes , Cantonment – 13:37
91 - Jason Beck , Cantonment – 19:31
121 - Michael Leblanc , Cantonment – 20:18
176 - Paul Jones , Cantonment – 20:58
211 - Mark Hornbrook , Cantonment – 21:30
248 - Devan Huston , Cantonment – 22:01
249 - Don Huston , Cantonment – 22:01
261 - Donna Hassebrock , Molino – 22:14
293 - Rayna Phillips , Cantonment – 22:57
305 - Scott Adams , Cantonment – 23:17
379 - Hugh Long , Atmore – 24:30:00
418 - Vincent Joiner , Cantonment – 25:08
455 - David Frederick , Cantonment – 25:46
522 - Shannon Phillips , Cantonment – 27:44
530 - Robert Boyero , Cantonment – 27:56
564 - Rob Bath , Molino – 28:51
565 - Dale Crabtee , Cantonment – 28:51
569 - Lauren Rhodes , Cantonment – 29:00
613 - Frederick Strawitch III , McDavid – 30:36
678 - Ann Jones , Cantonment – 32:50
686 - MacEe Anders , Jay – 33:02:00
754 - Brandy Hendrix , Cantonment – 42:52
755 - Joann Martin , Jay – 43:26:00
759 - Missy Chambers , Cantonment – 46:54
769 - Rodney Rmitchell , Cantonment – 51:45
Births: Amber Magdalene “Maggy” Dunsford, Angie Elaina “Lainey” Dunsford
September 16, 2012
Ashley Dunsford of Byrneville announces the birth of her twin daughters, Amber Magdalene “Maggy” and Angie Elaina “Lainey” Dunsford. They were born September 1, 2012, at Sacred Heart Hospital.
Maggy was seven pounds, six ounces and Lainey was five pounds, 10½ s ounces. Their proud grandfather is Danny Dunsford from Flomaton, and great grandparents Bill and Angie Weaver of Byrneville.
Birth: Bentley Myles Dudney
September 16, 2012
Adam and Monica (Hammac) Dudney, along with big sister Madalyn, are proud to announce the birth of Bentley Myles Dudney.
Bentley was born on May 14, 2012, at Sacred Heart Hospital in Pensacola at 6:07 p.m. He weighed eight pounds, eight ounces and was 21 inches long.
Proud grandparents are Bubba and Robbie Hammac of Bluff Springs and Doug and Denise Dudney of Berrydale.
Deputy’s Foot Run Over
September 15, 2012
An Escambia County Sheriff’s deputy’s foot was run over Friday night as he attempted to take suspects into custody on outstanding warrants.
The incident happened on West State Street in West Pensacola. Three suspects took off after running over the deputy’s foot, with a brief chase ending near West Fairfield Drive.
The deputy, whose name has not been released, was not seriously injured and was able to drive himself to the hospital. Three suspects were taken into custody; their names also have not been released.
Woman Charged With Embezzling Thousands From Doctor
September 15, 2012
A Beulah woman was arrested Friday afternoon on charges that she embezzled tens of thousands of dollars from a local physician.
Ellen Renee Garrett, 55, of 8470 Beulah Road, was charged with one count of grand theft.
Pensacola Police Department detective Cliff Lyster said Garrett was an employee of Gulf Coast Podiatry on North Nine Avenue since 2002 had been embezzling funds from patient cash payments for services they received from Dr. Joseph Kiefer.
Lyster said it was Garrett’s responsibility to post payments to patient accounts. However, an investigation determined she didn’t post payments as she should, nor did she deposit cash into business accounts. Garrett would cover up her activity by fraudulently posting a transaction to reduce balance on patient accounts by the amount of money a patient had paid, Lyster said.
Garrett embezzled $43,739.34 during the past four years, police said. The thefts were discovered during a recent audit of business accounts. The investigation began in June after the Pensacola Police Department was notified about the thefts.
Two Men Cleared In March Murder
September 15, 2012
Charges have been dropped against one man and another his been found not guilty of a March 20 murder off Highway 29.
Frederick Ortiz was shot in the chest and killed during the course of an alleged drug transaction on Hayworth Avenue in the Ensley area.
Bryan Hines, was found not guilty of third degree murder in the Ortiz’s death earlier this week. He was convicted of marijuana possession and is awaiting sentencing.
And Friday, the State Attorney’s Office announced that there is insufficient evidence to proceed in the trial of Rico Roberson. Roberson was charged with first degree murder for the death.
Sweet Revenge: Northview Chiefs Beat The Chipley Tigers
September 15, 2012
Call it sweet revenge.
After a regular season and a state semifinal loss to the Chipley Tigers last season, the Northview Chiefs stormed back in the second half Friday night to beat the Chipley Tigers 50-29.
“It was awesome,” said Northview head coach Sid Wheatley said. “It was great to come back and get a good win tonight.”
After trailing Chipley 14-6 at the half, Northview powered back in the fourth to recover from a 29-29 tie for the win.
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“It’s great to see that when we are down, this team has the character to know that they can come back and fight through some adversity and get the win,” Wheatley said. But Wheatley said his Chiefs –ranked No. 4 in the state in Class 1A — still need some improvement.
“We need to limit some of the big plays defensively; I’m still not satisfied giving up 29 points. We need to tighten up defensively and not let it be a second half deal like it was tonight,” he said. “I thought overall it was a great character win for the this football team.”
For many of the players, students and fans, the win meant a little more than just beating Chipley. The initials KWJ were written in the eye black on the players in a game dedicated to the memory of Kenneth Wade Jernigan, a Northview student killed last school year in a texting and driving accident. Jernigan would have turned 17 on Friday.
Chipley took and early 7-0 lead on a one-yard run with 5:25 in the first and expanded their advantage to 14-0 with 9:39 in the second.
The Chiefs did not get the on the scoreboard until the second on a 33-yard touchdown pass from quarterback Daulton Tullis to LaMikal Kyles. A missed kick, and the Chiefs were still behind at 14-6. Northview set up a 30-yard field goal at the halftime buzzer, but Kevin Vaughan was outside the uprights. Vaughan is also the Chiefs starting quarterback, but he’s still out at QB with a broken wrist.
Neino Robinson set the Chiefs on fire, opening the third quarter with a 79-yard touchdown run. With a good two point conversion from Kyles, the Chiefs and the Tigers were even at 14-14.
The Tigers roared again with 5:07 in the third to take a 22-14 advantage. About a minute later, Kyles made the end zone from four yards out, and the Chiefs made the two point conversion on a Tullis to Daniel toss, 22-22.
Still locked at 22-22 headed into the fourth, Northview took the lead 29-22 with 9-yard run by Brannon Freeman and a kick through the uprights from Vaughan. But Chipley answered with a 65-yard TD run and a kick, 29-29 with 10:2 to go.
The remainder of the fourth was the Northview Chiefs Show, with the Chiefs defensive stopping Chipley dead behind the line of scrimmage multiple times and a forward marching offense.
Robinson returned an interception 60-yards and a good Vaughan kick, 36-29 Chiefs.
The Chiefs wrapped up their win with a 2-yard run from Roderick Woods and a good Vaughan kick, 50-29.
The Northview Chiefs will host South Walton next Friday night at 7:00 in Bratt.
For a game action photo gallery, click here.
For band, dance team, majorette, color guard, cheerleader and NJROTC photos, click here.
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Prep Football Finals
September 15, 2012
Here are final scores from around the North Escambia area Friday tonight:
- Northview 50, Chipley 29 [Read more...]
- Sneads 19, Jay 14 [Read more...]
- West Florida 56, Tate 7 [Read more...]
- Washington 19, Choctaw 17
- Niceville 17, Pine Forest 14
- Catholic 17, PHS 15
- Milton 24, Fort Walton 17
- Flomaton 42, Choctaw County 13 [Read more...]
- ECHS (Atmore) 20, Wilcox Central 0
- Escambia Academy 47, Sparta 7
- T.R. Miller 62, Excel 6
- W.S. Neal 58, Cottage Hill 0