Man Claims Winning $121K Lottery Ticket Sold In Century
February 24, 2014
A winning $121,183.96 lottery ticket sold in Century has been claimed by an Alabama man.
Glenn Nicholson of Monroeville purchased a winning Fantasy 5 ticket for the February 5 drawing at Becky’s Mini Mart, 9010 N Century Boulevard. Nicholson’s ticket was one of two winning tickets sold for the drawing each worth $121,183.96. The second winning ticket matching all five numbers was sold in Boynton Beach.
February 5’s Fantasy 5 winning numbers were 11-19-25-30-31.
Tate Softball Takes 3 Of 4 In FL-AL Weekend Challenge
February 24, 2014
The Tate Lady Aggies softball team traveled to Panama City over the week to compete in the Florida-Alabama Challenge hosted by Chiles High School.
Tate took three out of four games and compiled a total of 54 runs the entire weekend; their only loss came by one run with a game that lasted well past midnight. The Lady Aggies played against teams from Miami, Tallahassee, and Montverde, FL.
Bridget Dall and Casey McCrackin both hit two home runs; Rachel Wright, Kaylen Rowell, and Tori Perkins all had single shots over the fence. Lauren Brennan (.750) and Casey McCrackin (.600) led the Aggies at the bat the entire weekend.
Tate will play rival West Florida this Wednesday (make-up game) night at Tate than travel to Navarre Friday night for a district game.
Pictured: Tate Florida-Alabama Challenge home run hitters: Rachel Wright, Bridgett Dall (with two homers), Tori Perkins, Kaylen Rowell and Casey McCrackin (with two homers). Submitted photo for NorthEscambia.com, click to enlarge.
FWC: Gun Season Over, But Local Deer Hunting Lasts Through March 2
February 24, 2014
General deer gun season may have ended Sunday in the Panhandle, but if you don’t mind hunting with a primitive weapon, our local Zone D’s late muzzleloading gun season runs a week longer until March 2. This unique late season, which occurs only in the Florida Panhandle, was established to give hunters the chance to hunt the rut, which occurs from mid-January through February in the Panhandle.
A $5 muzzleloading gun permit is required to hunt during this season. On private land, hunters have the choice of using a muzzleloader, bow or crossbow.
On wildlife management areas, this postseason is referred to as the archery/muzzleloading gun season. Hunters can use bows or muzzleloaders but not crossbows, unless they possess a disabled crossbow permit. Hunters who choose to hunt with a bow must have the $5 archery permit, and those using a muzzleloader need the muzzleloading gun permit.
The most common kinds of game to hunt during this season are deer and wild hogs. Only bucks may be taken (even if you use a bow), and one antler must be at least 5 inches in length. If you’re hunting deer, make sure you have the $5 deer permit. On private land, the daily bag limit is two. Bag limits and antler size for deer on WMAs can differ, so please consult the area brochure before you hunt.
Wild hogs aren’t considered game animals on private lands. Because of this, they can be taken year-round by most weapons with no bag or size limits. On most WMAs, there also are no bag or size limits, and hogs are legal to take during most hunting seasons except spring turkey. On selected WMAs, specific bag and size limits do apply, so check the area’s brochure to make sure.
No dogs may be used in the pursuit of deer during this season. However, leashed dogs can be used to track a wounded deer if necessary. And it’s important to note that no turkeys may be taken during this season.
Bows and crossbows must have a minimum draw weight of 35 pounds, and hand-held releases on bows are permitted. Broadheads used in taking deer must have at least two sharpened edges with a minimum width of 7/8 inch.
During this season, you may use only muzzleloaders that take black powder or a non-nitro-cellulose substitute and are fired by wheel lock, flintlock or percussion cap ignition (including 209 primers). You may not use muzzleloaders that require smokeless powder or those with self-contained cartridge ammunition capabilities. For hunting deer, muzzleloaders that fire single bullets must be at least .40-caliber, and those firing two or more balls must be 20-gauge or larger.
You’re allowed to take deer and hogs over feeding stations on private land, but it’s illegal to do that on WMAs.
Twelve of the WMAs in Zone D have a late archery/muzzleloading gun season. If you plan to hunt any of ’em, you must have the $26 management area permit as well. Ten of those areas don’t require a quota permit during this period: Apalachicola, Apalachicola River, Beaverdam Creek, Blackwater, Choctawhatchee River, Econfina Creek, Escambia River, Point Washington, Tate’s Hell and Yellow River WMAs. The two that do require a quota permit are Chipola River and Perdido River WMAs.
You can get all of the licenses and permits you’ll need at any tax collector’s office or retail outlet that sells hunting and fishing supplies, by calling 888-HUNT-FLORIDA or by going online at License.MyFWC.com. And, as a reminder, hunting licenses are now available at the Clerk of the Court Office in the courthouse in Century.
As hunters, we all know that it’s nearly impossible to score every time we’re in the woods. But the thrill of the hunt lies in the appreciation of the woods, watching the wildlife and never knowing when that trophy animal might decide to show itself.
Tony Young is the media relations coordinator for the FWC’s Division of Hunting and Game Management. He can be reached with questions about hunting at Tony.Young@MyFWC.com.
Tara Valinda Ferguson Moore
February 24, 2014
Mrs. Tara Valinda Ferguson Moore, age 40 of Flomaton, passed away Saturday, February 22, 2014. She was a native of Metarie, Louisiana and a long time resident of Escambia County, Alabama. Mrs. Moore was a member of the Flomaton First Baptist Church, a 1991 graduate of T.R. Miller High School, an LPN, former employee of Weaver’s Clothing Store and a substitute teacher for the Escambia County, Alabama School System.
Survivors include her mother, Beverly Ferguson of Brewton; husband, Fed Moore of Flomaton; two sons, Tripp Bates Moore III and Johnathan Ben Moore III, both of Flomaton; two brothers, Eric (Abigail) Ferguson of Cleveland, Tennessee and Kyle (Sara) Ferguson of Thomasville; and father-in-law and mother-in-law, Fred (Betty) Moore of Bratt, Florida.
Visitation will be held Wednesday, February 26, 2014, from 12 p.m. until 2 p.m. at the Brewton First Baptist Church in Brewton.
Memorial services are scheduled for Wednesday afternoon February 26, 2014 at 2 p.m. at the Brewton First Baptist Church with Rev. Dustin Stockstill and Rev. Jack Fitts officiating.
Williams Memorial Chapel Funeral Home is directing.
Russia Tops With Olympics Medals In Sochi; U.S. Is 4th
February 24, 2014
The 22nd Olympic Winter Games have ended. Here are some highlights of the two plus weeks of action.
Only three gold medals were awarded on the final day and two of them went to host Russia. The Russians swept the medals in Sunday’s first event, the men’s 50-kilometer cross-country ski race. Alexander Legkov won it with a time of 1:46.55.2
That was 0.7 of a second faster than teammate Maxim Vylegzhanin (1:46.55.9) and 0.8 better than bronze medalist Ilia Chernousov (1:46.56.0).
Russia won its first-ever gold medal in the four-man bobsled, as driver Alexander Zubkov made it a clean sweep, after earlier in the games winning the two-man event.
Russia unexpectedly ended up on top of the medals table, with 13 gold, 11 silver and nine bronze for a total of 33. At the 2010 Vancouver Olympics the Russians were back in 11th place with three gold, and sixth in total medals won with 15.
International Olympic Committee President Thomas Bach said he was pleased to see the Russians do so well before enthusiastic fans.
“It is not just enough to organize the Games, but you also need a good home team. So they were working hard after the shock they had in Vancouver ,” Bach said. “And I think it is just remarkable the progress that has been made within four years from Vancouver until today, so can we only congratulate the Russian team for this great success.”
Also at his closing news conference, Bach said the response from all the participants – athletes, National Olympic Committees, international sports federations, sponsors and broadcasters – has been overwhelmingly positive.
He added that in speaking to many athletes, after spending four nights in different Olympic villages, he did not hear one complaint.
“They loved the sports facilities, the quality of the Olympic villages,” Bach said. “What impressed (them) the most was the proximity of the Olympic villages and their venues.”
Second to Russia in the gold medal count was Norway with 11. Canada was third with 10, one more than the United States, by successfully defending its men’s ice hockey title with a 3-0 win over Sweden. That was the final sporting event of the Games.
The United States was second behind Russia in total medals with 28, while Norway had 26 and Canada 25.
In all, 26 nations won medals at the Sochi Olympics, the same number as in Vancouver.
Bach said that even though so much attention has been given to the huge cost to stage these Olympics, estimated at $50 billion, Sochi’s operational costs were about the same as Vancouver.
He emphasized that the investment in the region for infrastructure will be here a long time – new roads, railroads, housing, sports venues, winter training facilities and more. Sochi will host a Formula One auto race and 2018 World Cup football games.
“This project was not limited to just building a winter sports center,” Bach said. “It was about the transformation of a whole region into a modern destination for tourists, for conventions and for sports. And it was amazing what happened here.”
Five athletes tested positive for banned substances during the Sochi Games, including Austrian cross-country skier Johannes Duerr on the final day. His expulsion for the red blood cell booster EPO prevented him from competing in Sunday’s 50-kilometer race.
The other four testing positive were a Ukrainian cross-country skier (Marina Lisogor), a German biathlete (Evi Sachenbacher-Stehle), a Latvian ice hockey player (Vitalijs Pavlovs) and an Italian bobsledder (William Frullani). Those four other cases involved minor stimulants that can be found in food supplements. None of the five had won medals.
As for the United States, a number a favorites like two-time Olympic snowboard halfpipe champion Shaun White failed to make the podium, while other underdogs came through. Alan Ashley is the chief of sport performance for the USOC.
“There is always at the Olympics times when you are like going, ‘Oh my gosh, I wish so and so had done better,’ but just as many times there is like a whole new generation of athletes or a new group of athletes that surprise you, and that is the beauty of the Games,” Ashley said.
But the U.S. figure skating team had its worst Olympics showing since 1936 with no medals in men’s, women’s or pairs, and the long track speed skating team had its worst Olympics ever.
“Our job now is to say, OK, what went wrong, what went right?,” said Ashley. “How do we improve so that the next generation, when we go into Pyeongchang (in 2018) that we have corrected some things and moved this forward so that that group of athletes and that group of skaters that goes with us to the next Olympic Games has an even better opportunity to perform?”
The United States did come through with one notable performance in figure skating, as Meryl Davis and Charlie White won the first-ever Olympic gold medal for their country in ice dancing.
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Foggy Night Possible
February 23, 2014
Here is your official North Escambia area forecast:
- Tonight: A 20 percent chance of showers before 9pm. Patchy dense fog after 9pm. Otherwise, cloudy, with a low around 53. Southeast wind around 5 mph becoming calm in the evening.
- Monday: Partly sunny, with a high near 70. North wind 5 to 10 mph.
- Monday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 49. North wind around 5 mph becoming calm.
- Tuesday: A 50 percent chance of showers, mainly after noon. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 69. Calm wind.
- Tuesday Night: Showers likely. Cloudy, with a low around 47. Calm wind becoming northwest around 5 mph after midnight. Chance of precipitation is 70%.
- Wednesday: A 20 percent chance of showers before noon. Partly sunny, with a high near 56. North wind 10 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 30 mph.
- Wednesday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 30. North wind 5 to 10 mph.
- Thursday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 56. Northeast wind around 5 mph becoming west in the afternoon.
- Thursday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 38. Southwest wind around 5 mph becoming calm.
- Friday: A 20 percent chance of showers. Partly sunny, with a high near 61.
- Friday Night: A 40 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 43.
- Saturday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 68.
- Saturday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 47.
- Sunday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 68.
Hundreds Attend Walnut Hill Ruritan Auction
February 23, 2014
Hundreds of people attended the 39th Annual Walnut Hill Ruritan Club Farm Equipment Auction Saturday in Walnut Hill.
Items sold included farm equipment, lawn and garden equipment, household items and more during the event, which is held each year on the last Saturday of February. All proceeds from the auction benefit the Walnut Hill Ruritan Club’s community service projects in the Walnut Hill area.
Pictured: Hundreds attended the annual Walnut Hill Ruritan Club farm equipment auction Saturday in Walnut Hill. NorthEscambia.com photos by Bethany Reynolds, click to enlarge.
Tribal Beat Band Members Receive Superior, Excellent Ratings
February 23, 2014
Several members of the Northview High School Tribal Beat Band received superior and excellent ratings at the Florida Bandmasters Association District 1 Auxiliary Solo and Ensemble MPA event Friday night at Gulf Breeze High School.
Taylor Brook and Maddi Weber received a superior for their trumpet duet, while Brook received a superior for her trumpet solo. Cory Hester received a superior for his saxophone solo. Kylie Brook, Kendrick Walker, Paula Spicer and Abbie Johnson each received an excellent rating.
Pictured: Taylor Brook and Maddi Weber (right) perform their superior-rated trumpet duet before the judges. Submitted photo for NorhtEscambia.com, click to enlarge.
Hospital Lands Top Spot In Chili Cook Off
February 23, 2014
An Atmore Community Hospital team won first place during a chili cook-off in Atmore’s Tom Byrne Park Saturday, while second place went to the L.A. Bikers and third place to the First United Methodist Church.
The “People’s Choice” award for the best chili went to the Greater Mt. Triumph Baptist Church.
Proceeds from the event will benefit the hospital’s efforts to purchase a new X-Ray machine.
NorthEscambia.com photos by Bethany Reynolds, click to enlarge.
Mmmm – Girl Scout Cookie Time
February 23, 2014
Girl Scout Troop 903 from Molino/Cantonment was busy Saturday selling Thin Mints, Peanut Butter Patties and other Girl Scout Cookie favorites at the intersection of Highway 29 and Highway 97 in Cantonment. Submitted photos for NorthEscambia.com, click to enlarge.
