the road to the crown: Meet The Girls (part two)
February 13, 2014
Today, it’s part two of our multi-part series “the road to the crown” as we follow 14 young ladies at Northview High School in their quest for the crown and the title of “Miss NHS 2014″.
Today we introduce you to the second group of contestants. Their biographies, as submitted by the girls, are below along with their photos. You can click any photo below to enlarge. (For the first set of contestants, click here.)
Our series “the road to the crown” will continue tomorrow with biographies and photos of the third set of contestants. The pageant is Saturday night at 7:00, and NorthEscambia.com will have the new Miss Northview High School and all the photos here Sunday morning.
Tickets are available at the Northview High School office.
Madison Brooke Arrington
Madison is 17-years old and a senior at Northview High School. Madison has been a member of the softball team for four years, volleyball team for one year and weightlifting for one year. She has been a Northview cheerleader for three years and is a two-time All-American cheerleader and attended a varsity tour to London. Madison has been a member of the Beta Club for three years, Spanish Club for two years, Rho Kappa for two years, CECF for one year and Glee Club for one year. She was the freshman and sophomore class treasurer and junior and senior class president. She has received the Atmore Rotary Academic All-star award for three years. She has played piano for five years and taken dance classes for 10 years. In her community she is a member of Ray’s Chapel Baptist Church youth group and volunteers time in the nursery.
Her hobbies include scrapbooking, photography, baking, reading, watching Star Wars and spending time with family and friends.
Her future plans are to attend college to become a radiologist and start a family.
Hilery Danielle Scott
Danielle is 18-years old and is a senior at Northview High School. Danielle has been a member of the Fellowship of Christian Athletes for three years, Spanish Club for two years, Science Club for one year, Northview Dance Team for three years, Beta Club for three years and Glee Club for one year. She represented the freshman class on the homecoming court, served as sophomore class secretary, and was first runner up to the 2013 Homecoming queen. She won the talent show as a sophomore and was voted the senior Who’s Who most talented. Danielle has taken voice lessons for three years and piano lessons for seven years. She volunteers time singing for the Red Cross, Relay for Life, Manna Food Drive, Farmer’s Opry, Mayfest, Flomaton Railroad Junction, church events, nursing homes and singing the national anthem for school events. In her community , Danielle volunteers her time at the YMCA each week and is also a frontl ine singer on the praise and worship team at CrossFaith Church and part of the student ministry and Angel Tree ministry.
Her hobbies include singing, playing piano, the ukulele, dancing, creating new make-up looks for herself and others and spending time with family and friends.
Her future plans are to attend the University of West Florida to obtain a degree in music performance so she can continue building God’s Kingdom through music and community. She plans to step out into the unknown with God to see what happens.
Kendal Brooke Cobb
Kendal is 16-years old and is a junior at Northview High School. Kendal was a member of the junior varsity cheerleading team for one year and has been on the varsity cheerleading team for two years. She has been a member of the softball team for three years and the Beta Club for two years. She has been involved in SGA for three years, serving as president for one year, a member of the Fellowship of Christian Athletes for three years, FFA for three years and DCT for one year serving as vice president. She has been on the homecoming court for three years and was chosen as sophomore and junior maid. She has been class vice president for three years and is the junior prom chairperson. Kendal was chosen as second runner-up to Miss NHS 2013. Kendal has received the Atmore Rotary Academic All-star award for two years. In her community, Kendal has played softball for Northwest Escambia for five years and was All-Star for three years. She currently attends Bratt First Baptist church.
Her hobbies include shopping, hunting, playing guitar, singing in the church choir, spending time and fellowshipping with family and friends.
Her future plans are to attend a major university to become a nurse and to also get married and start a family.
Alyssa Brianna Borelli
Alyssa is 14-years old and is a freshman at Northview High School. At Ernest Ward Middle school, Alyssa graduated at the top of her class and was voted most capable academically. She served as vice president of the National Junior Honor Society, was a member of SGA, the Book Club, Drama Team and chorus. Alyssa was also a member of the Ernest Ward track and swim teams. She was crowned Miss EWMS 2013. At Northview she is an honor student and a member of the NJROTC. In her community, Alyssa is a member of Temple Beth El and First Baptist Church of Flomaton.
Her hobbies include arts and crafts, reading, writing, swimming and being with family and friends.
Her future plans are to earn her degree in education to teach art and math.
Morgan Maxine Ward
Morgan is 16-years old and is a junior at Northview High School. Morgan was a member of the junior varsity cheerleading team for two years, serving as captain for one year and has been on the varsity cheerleading team for one year. She has also been a member of the competition cheer team for two years. Morgan has been a member of the junior varsity basketball team for one year. She has competed in the Miss NHS pageant for three years and placed in the top five one year. Morgan received an honorable mention in the NHS talent show. She served on the prom committee for one year. In her community, Morgan has been a member of Youth Leadership Atmore for one year. Recently, she was chosen to participate in a photo shoot for Middleton’s Clothers and Kay Brown.
Her hobbies include cheerleading, cooking, singing and doing human videos.
Her future plans are to attend college to become a pediatrician and to eventually start a family.
NorthEscambia.com photos, click to enlarge.
Scott, Ingram Discuss Florida Economy, Jobs
February 13, 2014
Florida Gov. Rick Scott paid a visit to the office of Rep. Clay Ingram Wednesday to discuss the current legislative session.
Scott said it was “great to meet with Rep. Clay Ingram today to discuss how we can better the lives of families in Pensacola and across Florida”.
“I had a good meeting with Governor Scott that focused on lowering the tax and regulatory burdens on Floridians,” Ingram told NorthEscambia.com “I look forward to working with him and my colleagues in the Legislature to continue to grow our economy and enable Florida businesses to create new jobs.”
Pictured: Gov. Rick Scott met with Rep. Clay Ingram Wednesday in Tallahassee. Photo for NorthEscambia.com, click to enlarge.
FWC Votes To Increase Private Land Turkey Bag Limit
February 13, 2014
The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) at its meeting Wednesday in Tampa voted to increase the daily hunting bag limit of wild turkeys on private lands statewide.
The daily harvest limit per hunter will increase from one bearded turkey or gobbler per day to two on private lands. This is a statewide change and will affect both the fall and spring turkey hunting seasons. Only the daily bag limit will increase; the season limit for turkeys will remain at two birds.
That means hunters may still only take a total of two turkeys during the fall (all fall seasons combined) and another two during the spring season, but what changes is that hunters will have the option and flexibility of getting their season limit of two birds in a single day. However, on wildlife management areas, the daily bag limit on turkeys will remain at one bird.
Because of new rules modifying hunting zones in southern Florida, the new turkey daily bag limit on private lands will not go into effect until the 2014-2015 hunting season, which starts in early August. Because of that, the daily bag limit during the upcoming March-April 2014 spring turkey season will still be one turkey.
Peter D’randy Allen
February 13, 2014
Peter D’randy Allen, 42, of Atmore, formerly of Century, died Thursday, February 6, 2014. Visitation: 5 – 7 p.m. Friday at Jackson-McMurray Funeral Home in Century. Services will be at 1 p.m. Saturday at the Pilgrim Lodge Missionary Baptist Church in Century.
Man Convicted In Local Travel Fraud Scheme
February 13, 2014
Michael Lee Mitchell has been found guilty of grand theft and aggravated white collar crime by an Escambia County jury.
Mitchell, a resident of South Carolina , sent a sales team to Pensacola during July and August 2008 and fraudulently sold travel club memberships under the name of Elite Escapes International to approximately 50 area citizens, obtaining over $84,000.00 from them. Mitchell solicited the public through mail and telephone calls and offered free gifts to attend the sales presentations.
Victims who attended the presentations were promised discounted travel in exchange for their money. But those victims were never provided what they were promised, according to prosecutors.
Mitchell faces up to 45 years in prison when he is sentenced in April.
One Injured In Highway 97 Car, 18-Wheeler Crash
February 12, 2014
A Milton man was seriously injured in a two vehicle crash involving an 18-wheeler and a car Wednesday morning on Highway 97 in Walnut Hill.
According to the Florida Highway Patrol, 34-year old Jason Turner of Milton was southbound in a curve on Highway 97 south of Howell Road when he allowed his 2012 Chrysler 200 to cross the center line and into the path of a northbound 2012 International semi. The semi driver, 23-year old David Creach of Pensacola, saw the vehicle enter the northbound lane veered to right shoulder until its right side was against the tree line.
Turner continued until he struck the two axles of the semi trailer, with his vehicle then rotating across Highway 97, coming to rest partially in the southbound lane. The semi continued in a northerly path until it came to a controlled stop in the wood line on the northbound shoulder of Highway 97.
Turner was transported to Sacred Heart Hospital in serious condition. The driver of the truck sustained minor injuries but was not transported to the hospital.
According to the FHP, Turner was cited for failing to drive within a single lane. Highway 97 was completely shutdown by the 8:12 a.m. wreck, with lane closures continuing until the roadway was completely reopened about 2 p.m.
The Walnut Hill Station of Escambia Fire Rescue, Atmore Ambulance and the Escambia County Sheriff’s Office also responded to the crash.
NorthEscambia.com photos, click to enlarge.
Slight Chance More Rain Tonight; Sunny For Thursday
February 12, 2014
Here is your official North Escambia area forecast:
- Tonight: A 20 percent chance of rain before midnight. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 32. Northwest wind around 10 mph.
- Thursday: Partly sunny, then gradually becoming sunny, with a high near 56. Northwest wind 5 to 10 mph.
- Thursday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 34. Southwest wind around 5 mph becoming calm in the evening.
- Friday: Sunny, with a high near 67. Light west wind becoming southwest 10 to 15 mph in the morning. Winds could gust as high as 20 mph.
- Friday Night: A 20 percent chance of showers before midnight. Partly cloudy, with a low around 40. Southwest wind 10 to 15 mph becoming north after midnight.
- Saturday: Sunny, with a high near 62. North wind around 5 mph becoming south in the afternoon.
- Saturday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 39. South wind around 5 mph becoming calm in the evening.
- Sunday: Sunny, with a high near 70. Calm wind becoming south around 5 mph in the afternoon.
- Sunday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 46. South wind around 5 mph becoming calm in the evening.
- Washington’s Birthday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 72.
- Monday Night: A 20 percent chance of showers. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 51.
- Tuesday: A 20 percent chance of showers. Partly sunny, with a high near 71.
- Tuesday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 48.
- Wednesday: A 20 percent chance of showers. Mostly sunny, with a high near 71.
Burglar Shot In Walnut Hill Enters Plea
February 12, 2014
A burglar shot last summer by a Walnut Hill homeowner has pleaded no contest to the charges against him.
Ricky DeWayne Taylor, now 34, broke into the victim’s home on Rockaway Creek Road and began removing items. The victim unexpectedly returned and caught Taylor and co-defendant Teresa Sunday in the act. Sunday, who was acquainted with the victim, had called him earlier that day to lure him away from the home to meet her at a local pool hall.
The victim held them at gunpoint with a .38 caliber revolver and contacted the Escambia County Sheriff’s Office. As the victim was speaking with dispatchers, Taylor lunged toward him. The homeowner fired a .38 caliber revolver, striking Taylor in the leg and grazing Sunday on the left cheek. Taylor was alert and conscious when he was transferred to LifeFlight to be airlifted to Baptist Hospital in Pensacola. He was charged with burglary, larceny, criminal mischief property damage and battery.
Sunday, age 35 of Century, pleaded guilty to charges of burglary of an unoccupied dwelling and grand theft of a dwelling. In January, she was sentenced by Judge Michael Allen to five years in state prison.
Taylor was also charged with burglary and grand theft on Klondike Road on May 10, 2013. Deputies say he parked his Lincoln Town Car with Alabama plates near a home in the 8000 block of Klondike. He then allegedly took a duffle bag, five extension cords and a five gallon gas can from a barn and placed them outside, according to an arrest report.
The resident walked outside and confronted Taylor near the duffle bag outside of his barn. Taylor ran and the victim gave chase but was unable to keep up. The victim noticed the out of place Lincoln Town Car in the neighborhood and photographed the tag. After the victim returned home, he drove around in an attempt to located the suspect and passed the Lincoln, being driven by the man he chased from his yard.
Deputies were able to trace the Lincoln to Taylor from the tag photo, and the victim positively identified Taylor from a photo lineup.
Taylor will be sentenced next week in both cases by Judge Michael Allen. He remains free on bond until his sentencing.
Pictured: The scene on May17, 2013, at a burglary victim’s home on Rockaway Creek Road in Walnut Hill. NorthEscambia.com file photos, click to enlarge.
Ingram, Hays File Veterans’ Employment Preference Bill
February 12, 2014
Florida Sen. Alan Hays (R-Umatilla) and Rep. Clay Ingram (R-Pensacola) have filed legislation which allows private, non-public employers in Florida to give hiring preference to an honorably discharged veteran, or the spouse of a service-disabled veteran, without violating any state or local equal employment opportunity law.
“I am pleased to sponsor this legislation in the Florida Senate,” said Hays. “This is one small way we may thank our veterans and their families for their sacrifices.”
“We appreciate all that our veterans and their families have sacrificed during their service, and we want to honor them by doing everything we can to help ease their transition into civilian life,” Ingram said. “In addition to encouraging private companies to help our veterans, this legislation also gives employers confidence and an added layer of protection when it comes to their employment decisions.”
“What better way to celebrate freedom and free enterprise than to honor our veterans with a job,” President and CEO of the Florida Chamber of Commerce Mark Wilson said. “Florida’s veterans are dedicated, skilled workers that our country has invested in, and this presents a tremendous opportunity for Florida’s private-sector businesses looking to fill jobs with trained professionals.”
While private employers could potentially offer a preference to veterans under current law, Senate Bill 970 and the companion House Bill 873 explicitly protect non-public businesses from Equal Employment disparate impact claims. Florida follows Washington, Minnesota, Arkansas and North Carolina in providing similar private sector exceptions.
Santa Rosa Schools Set Three Make Up Days Due To Winter Storm
February 12, 2014
The Santa Rosa County School Board has officially set three makeup days to replace the days missed during our late January winter storm.
Santa Rosa County students will now attend class on the President’s Day holiday this upcoming Monday, Feburary 17, along with March 14 and 17 taken from Spring Break.
Escambia County Superintendent Malcolm Thomas previous announced that Escambia students won’t be required to make up the three days – there were extra days already built into the school calendar.