Twenty-Four Teams Start Aggie Classic Action Today
March 17, 2014
The 21st Annual Aggies Classic Baseball Tournament will be played this week, with the championship games slated for the University of West Florida. Four locations will host the pool play: Tate High, Escambia High, Washington High and West Florida High schools.
The Tate Aggies, the host team, will be joined by 23 other teams from as far away as Oklahoma, Texas and Tennessee and five local teams.
“I feel that our tournament is one of the best in the country. It takes a lot of people to put an event of this magnitude on and I am truly thankful for everyone’s assistance,” said Greg Blackmon, Tate Aggies head coach. “The venues for the games have been improved thanks to the University of West Florida. Teams are coming from great distances, as well as our local teams, and I’m looking forward to a great week of competition.”
Tickets for each game are $6 for adults and students and will be available at the gate at each location. Games will be played at all the five local fields Monday through Wednesday. The championship games on Thursday at 4 and 7 p.m. will be played at the University of West Florida.
Here is Monday’s schedule (note that Tate’s game has been moved to 8 p.m.):
ECUA Curbside Recycling: The Proper Way
March 17, 2014
Recycling is one of the best ways to have a positive impact on the community, and recycling is important to the natural environment, according to ECUA.
The ECUA Curbside Recycling Program was launched in January 2009, as part of the regular ECUA residential sanitation service. This simple, voluntary and cost-effective program is being utilized by 65 percent of ECUA customers and continues to grow. A voluntary program assures all participants are willing partners in the recycling process and serves to minimize the contamination of the collected materials, ECUA said.
ECUA’s program uses a convenient single stream recycling system, which means no sorting is required, and commingled recyclables are sorted at a processing facility. Although sorting is not required, it is very important that only recyclable items be placed in the ECUA-provided recycling container to avoid contamination of the recyclables. In some cases, customers will unknowingly introduce unaccepted and/or tainted items into the recycling process. This reduces the value and potential usability of recyclable materials, and jeopardizes the effectiveness of the ECUA Recycling Program.
ECUA Recycling Coordinator Amanda Handrahan offers these tips to successful recycling: “Make sure all items placed in the recycling container are safe, clean and ready for the recycling process. We don’t accept plastic grocery bags, but we do appreciate when you use them to bag small, lightweight items, to keep them contained within the can. Also, it’s important to remove liquids that can damage paper products, and remove leftover food from take-out containers before placing them in the recycling can.” She adds, “This seems basic but in our busy, everyday lives, it’s always good to have a quick reminder of how to best avoid the possibility of contamination.”
Here’s a list of items accepted in the ECUA’s program, and those that are not:
- Glass; any color
- Newspaper & Inserts
- Magazines & Catalogs
- Junk Mail & Envelopes
- Cardboard
- Phone Books
- Office and School Papers (colored paper)
- Brown Paper Bags (grocery)
- Boxboard (cereal, cake & cracker boxes, etc.)
- Pizza Boxes
- Plastic Produce Clamshells
- Plastics No. 1 through 7
- Plastic Milk Jugs; 2-Liters; bottles and containers
- Plastic & Metal Hangers
- Juice Boxes / Bags
- Plastic Cups, Plates, Utensil
- Aluminum Cans & Lids
- Pet Food Cans and Dry Pet Food Bags
- Aluminum Foil Baking Pans
- Balls of Tin Foil; Foil Pie Tins
- Tin and Steel Cans & Lids
- Metal Pots, Pans & Cookie Sheets
- Bubble Wrap
- Cardboard Egg Cartons
Items Not Recyclable Include:
- No Empty Plastic Bags
- No Ice Cream Cartons
- No Waxy/Paper Milk Cartons
- No Styrofoam products
- No Aerosol Cans
- No Garbage or Yard Waste
- No Garden Hoses
- No Window Blinds
Escambia Westgate Holding Run, Walk, Wheel 5K On April 5
March 17, 2014
Escambia Westgate School will host their 2nd Annual Run, Walk, Wheel 5K Fun Run on April 5 at 9 a.m. at the school.
Escambia Westgate School is seeking to raise funds to support the school’s needs, including the goal of building a fully adaptive gymnasium to be used by all of Westgate’s students with severe cognitive and/or physical disabilities. Registration forms are available on the school’s website. To register, please print a form and mail it along with your check to the school.
Registration is $25; $30 the day of race. Breakfast will be provided to all participants. For additional information, please contact Ashley McCombs, (850) 494-5700, extension 231.
Nathan Nall
March 17, 2014
Nathan Nall, 82, of Nokomis, Ala., passed away Sunday, March 16, 2014, at his residence. He owned and operated the Nokomis Trailer Park for many years. He was born in Bratt to the late John Henry and Letitia Conway Nall. He was the State Constable for 16 years in the Nokomis area, served in the U.S. Airforce during 1950-1954, retired from Monsanto 1955-1987, and was a member of the Nokomis Baptist Church. He was a avid fishermen, loved flowers and yard work.
He is preceded in death by his sister, Donnie Ree Nall.
Survivors include his wife of 34 years, Dorothy Albritton Nall of Atmore; two sons, Norman (Jewell) Lambert, Sr. of Perdido, and Stephen (Lucille) Nall of Lebanon, TN; one daughter, Rhonda (Joey) Kelmer of Nokomis, Ala.; four brothers, Felix Nall of Perry, FL, Dewey Nall and Donald Nall, both of Huxford and Narvez Nall of Washington; three sisters, Juanita Williams of Pensacola, Martez Brockman of Virginia, and Jeanette Markham of Connecticut; four grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.
Services will be Thursday, March 20, 2014, at 11 a.m. from Johnson-Quimby Funeral Home Chapel with Pastor George W. Marlowe officiating.
Interment will follow in Sardis Primitive Baptist Cemetery.
Active pallbearers are Norman C. Lambert, Jr., Audie Coleman, Ronnie Coleman, Leroy Knowles, Tim Albritton and Barney Tyree.
Family will receive friends, Wednesday, March 19, 2014, at Johnson-Quimby Funeral Home from 6 p.m. until 8 p.m.
Johnson-Quimby Funeral Home is in charge of all arrangements.
Montez “Stacey” Dreadin
March 17, 2014
Mrs. Montez “Stacey” Dreadin, 76, passed away on Sunday, March 16, 2014, in Flomaton.
Mrs. Dreadin was a native of Range, Alabama and a resident of Flomaton since 1987. Mrs. Dreadin was a former Vanity Fair employee, was a great cook and attended the Atmore Baptist Temple. She is preceded in death by her parents, Mr. & Mrs. Arthur & Nathalee Stacey; one brother, Arthur A. Buck Stacey; and seven sisters, Aline Crutchfield, Sallie Howington, Marjorie Woods, Irene Raines, Cricket Stacey, Alice Gorum and Berba Stacey.
She is survived by her husband, Fairrel Dreadin of Flomaton; two sons, Wayne Burnett of Mobile and Keith (Linda) Dreadin of Dothan, AL; four daughters, Theresea (Johnny) Allen of Flomaton, Linda (David) Hadley of Atmore, Wanda Burnett of Dothan, AL and Kathy (William) Ross of Elgin, Scotland; one sister, Ethel Padgett Long of Flomaton; 11 grandchildren; eleven great-grandchildren and one great-great grandchild.
Funeral services will be Wednesday, March 19, 2014, at 2 p.m. at the Petty-Eastside Chapel Funeral Home with Rev. Doug Odom officiating.
Burial will follow at the Flomaton Cemetery.
Visitation will be Tuesday, March 18, 2014, from 6 p.m. until 8 p.m. at the Petty-Eastside Chapel Funeral Home.
Pallbearers will be Joe Chandler, Alvin Brown, Roy Williams, Kenny Stuckey, Cooper Quinn and Jerry McElhaney.
Petty-Eastside Chapel Funeral Homes is in charge of all arrangements.
James “Jimmy” Slack, Jr.
March 17, 2014
Mr. James “Jimmy” Slack, Jr., 61, passed away on Thursday, March 13, 2014, in Perdido.
Mr. Slack was a native of Austin, Texas and a resident of Perdido forr the past 10 years. Mr. Slack was a religious man, kind-hearted and loved everyone.
He is survived by his six sons, Robert Landrum of Perdido, Michael Slack of Pensacola, Kevin Slack of Poarch, Steven Ray Slack of Pensacola, J.D. Powers of Perdido and Oscar Powers of Perdido; one daughter, Tricia Powers of Perdido; three sisters, Joann Fenton of Atmore, Cindy Landrum of Austin, TX and Claudine Powers of Perdido; 15 grandchildren and one great-grandchild.
Funeral services will be Friday, March 21, 2014, at 12:30 p.m. at the Petty-Eastside Chapel Funeral Home with Rev. Stoney Daw officiating.
Burial will be at 2:30 p.m. at the Alabama State Veteran’s Memorial Cemetery.
Visitation will be Thursday, March 20, 2014, from 6 p.m. until 9 p.m. at the Petty-Eastside Chapel Funeral Home.
Pallbearers will be J.D. Powers, Oscar Powers, Billy Rice, Charles Rice, Cecil Thompson and Calvin Thompson.
Honorary pallbearers will be the military.
Petty-Eastside Chapel Funeral Homes is in charge of all arrangements.
Spring Break Gas Prices Cheaper Than Last Year
March 16, 2014
Spring Break travel will be a little easier on the pocketbook this year for those hitting the highway.
The average cost for a gallon of regular unleaded in the Pensacola area is $3.39, down from $3.62 a year ago. Gas prices in the North Escambia area Saturday ranged from $3.36 in Cantonment to $3.44 in Davisville.
The lowest price in the Pensacola area Saturday night was $3.29 at a Circle K on Mobile Highway.
The national average price at the pump is $3.42 per gallon. This price is six cents more expensive than one week ago and 13 cents more than one month ago; however national prices remain 36 cents per gallon less than the same date last year.
Pictured: A gas delivery in Century. Pictured inset: A gallon of regular unleaded was $3.36 Saturday in Cantonment. NorthEscambia.com photos, click to enlarge.
Ransom Bands, Orchestra Earn Superior Ratings
March 16, 2014
The Ransom Middle School music program has recently earned several superior ratings.
The Ransom Middle School Symphonic and Concert bands received superiors at a band competition last week at Pensacola High School. And the Ransom Middle Orchestra III recently earned an overall superior rating in the annual Music Performance Assessment at Lawton Chiles High School in Tallahassee.
Wearing Gold: The Blue Angels Return To The Skies
March 16, 2014
The Blue Angels — wearing “throwback” gold flight suits — commence their pre-flight walkdown at the first Blue Angel flight demonstration of the 2014 air show season Saturday at Naval Air Facility El Centro, Calif. Throughout the Blue Angels’ history, the gold flight suit has been worn to commemorate special milestones for the Navy and Marine Corps’ premiere flight demonstration squadron. Today, the Blue Angels pilots and officers are wearing the commemorative gold flight suit to celebrate the team’s return to America’s skies. Photo by MC2 Andrea Perez for NorthEscambia.com, click to enlarge.
Weather For the Ducks: Showers And Thunderstorms Continue
March 16, 2014
Here is your official North Escambia area forecast:
- Tonight Showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm. Cloudy, with a low around 55. West wind around 5 mph becoming calm. Chance of precipitation is 70%.
- Monday Showers likely, mainly before 1pm. Cloudy, with a high near 62. Northwest wind 5 to 10 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%.
- Monday Night Cloudy, then gradually becoming partly cloudy, with a low around 39. North wind around 5 mph.
- Tuesday Mostly sunny, with a high near 70. Northwest wind around 5 mph becoming southeast in the afternoon.
- Tuesday Night Mostly clear, with a low around 44. South wind around 5 mph becoming calm after midnight.
- Wednesday Sunny, with a high near 73. Calm wind.
- Wednesday Night Mostly clear, with a low around 47. Calm wind becoming north around 5 mph after midnight.
- Thursday Mostly sunny, with a high near 76. Northeast wind around 5 mph becoming southeast in the afternoon.
- Thursday Night Partly cloudy, with a low around 50.
- Friday Mostly sunny, with a high near 76.
- Friday Night Mostly cloudy, with a low around 54.
- Saturday A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 75.