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Mostly Sunny Weather To Continue

Here is your official North Escambia area forecast:

• Wednesday Night Partly cloudy, with a low around 66. South wind 5 to 10 mph becoming light and variable after midnight.
• Thursday Isolated showers and thunderstorms. Mostly sunny, with a high near 91. Light and variable wind becoming south 5 to 10 mph in the morning. Chance of precipitation is 20%.
• Thursday Night Mostly cloudy, with a low around 70. South wind 5 to 10 mph becoming light west after midnight.
• Friday Isolated showers and thunderstorms. Mostly sunny, with a high near 92. Light and variable wind becoming south 5 to 10 mph in the morning. Chance of precipitation is 20%.
• Friday Night Partly cloudy, with a low around 70. South wind around 5 mph becoming calm after midnight.
• Saturday Isolated showers and thunderstorms. Mostly sunny, with a high near 93. Light and variable wind becoming south 5 to 10 mph in the morning. Chance of precipitation is 20%.
• Saturday Night Partly cloudy, with a low around 71. Southwest wind 5 to 10 mph becoming light west after midnight.
• Sunday Isolated showers and thunderstorms. Mostly sunny, with a high near 94. Chance of precipitation is 20%.
• Sunday Night Partly cloudy, with a low around 72.
• Monday Scattered showers and thunderstorms. Mostly sunny, with a high near 93. Chance of precipitation is 30%.
• Monday Night Mostly cloudy, with a low around 71.
• Tuesday Scattered showers and thunderstorms. Partly sunny, with a high near 93. Chance of precipitation is 30%.

Atmore Stabbing, Finger Amputation Under Investigation

A weekend stabbing is under investigation in Atmore.

The Atmore Police Department said Tuesday that they responded to a fight at the North Main Trailer Park at 1106 North Main. They found 50-year old Ronnie Thomas of Atmore with a cut to his face and stab wound to his upper chest, and 45-year old Willie Banks of Frisco City had an amputated finger. The men  had, officers said, been involved in an altercation.

Thomas and Banks were transported to Atmore Community Hospital by Atmore Ambulance. Thomas was later airlifted to USA Medical Center  in Mobile where he was treated and later released. Banks was  treated and released from Atmore Community Hospital with no other injuries.

Witnesses  told investigators that Thomas and Banks got into an argument which escalated into a fight and the stabbing.

Atmore Police are continuing to investigate the incident. Anyone with information on the stabbing is asked to call Atmore Police Department Investigator Walden at (251) 368-9141.

Fizz, Boom, Read: Summer Reading Starts This Week At The Library

The Fizz, Boom, Read: Summer Reading Program gets underway this week at local library branches and continues through August 9.

Children and teens 6-12 are invited to participate in the West Florida Public Library’s 2014 Fizz, Boom, Read program, which focuses on experimenting with STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics).

The interactive program is a fun way for students to keep their minds sharp throughout the summer months. Join the library for the summer reading game and interactive enrichment programs where there will be prizes for reading books, a chance to take part in science experiments and meet new people.

Century Branch

Weekly on Thursday, 2:30 to 3:30 p.m.

• June 5
• June 12
• June 19
• June 26

Molino Branch

Weekly on Thursday, 6 to 7 p.m.

• June 5
• June 12
• June 19
• June 26

Tryon Branch

Weekly on Tuesday, 11 a.m.

• June 10
• June 17
• June 24

Main Library

Weekly on Wednesday, 3:30 to 4:30 p.m.

• June 11
• June 18
• June 25

Southwest Branch – program to be at Big Lagoon State Park Amphitheater (12301 Gulf Beach Highway)

Weekly on Wednesday, 10:30 to 11:30 a.m.

• June 11
• June 18
• June 25

I-10 To Highway 29 Ramp Closures Planned

The exit ramp from eastbound I-10 to northbound U.S. 29 will be closed today and tomorrow.  Lane closures will be in effect from 10 p.m.to 6 a.m. nightly as crews install guardrails and remove a temporary barrier wall.  Motorists will be directed to use the southbound U.S. 29 off ramp during the temporary closure. Drivers are reminded to use extreme caution when traveling through the work zone.

This work is part of the I-10 resurfacing project, which extends from U.S. 29 to east of Palafox Street. The project also includes the milling and resurfacing of all ramps and ramp shoulders associated with the U.S. 29/I-10 interchange, shoulder widening, guardrail upgrades, crash cushion replacement, removal of portable traffic monitoring sites (PTMS), installation of new signs, pavement markings and sodding. The entire project is slated for completion summer 2014.

During construction drivers will encounter overnight lane restrictions on both I-10 and the U.S. 29/ I-10 interchange. Lane closures on I-10 and intermittent closures or restrictions on the interchange will be limited to 10 p.m. to 6 a.m.

All planned construction activities may be rescheduled in the event of inclement weather.

Bratt Elementary Presents Second, Third, Fourth Grade Awards

Bratt Elementary School recently presented awards to second, third and fourth grade students as follows:

Honor Roll
A’s and B’s all year

• Ethan Bingham
• Olivia Boatwright
• Noah Condrey
• Allyson Jones
• Alexis Moya
• Jacob Spence
• Hunter Johnson
• Raycer Watson
• Gage Eicher
• Scotty Elliot
• Joshlynn Helton
• Carsyn Dortch
• Zykuria Fountain
• Emily Stilwell
• Aden Lashley
• Tyteanna Dubose
• Rabekah Abbott
• Mayson Edwards
• Bryce Hall
• Berklee Hall
• Caitlyn Gibson
• Braeden McGhee
• Bailie Merchant
• Elianna Morales
• JP Gilman
• David Gilley
• Trent Knighten
• Erich Amerson
• Ryan Dove
• Jessica Loftis
• Gabbie Franklin
• Alyssa Moya
• Abbie Buford
• Blaize Parrish
• Casandra Davis
• Tessa Flowers
• Shelby Rice
• Gracie James
• Dallon Rackard
• Lakyn Bodiford
• Anyis Cabral
• Gracie Godwin
• Kara Hawkins
• Travis Nelson
• Addison White
• Jordan Wilson

Academic Achievement Award
A’s all year

Raegan Abbott

• Anna Adams
• Sarah Bailey
• Hayden Baker
• John Bashore
• Luke Bridges
• Emilee Cabral
• Kadence Calvert
• Shelby Cotita
• Emma Gilmore
• Maggie Godwin
• Ava Gurganus
• Zane Gurganus
• Tucker Hall
• Leah Hetrick
• Sarah Hetrick
• Sarah Kennedy Long
• Bryan Romeros
• McKenna Simmons
• Mia Starns
• Aubrey Stuckey
• Bentley Van Pelt
• Clay Wilson

Progress Award
Students who have made the most improvement during the year

• Denise Andrews
• Alexis Barnhill
• Riley Blackwell
• Macie Buford
• Landon Chavers
• Daelyn Fine
• Kohle Harigel
• A.J. Hasty
• JiKeir Hudson
• Brendan Hulley
• Kaleigh Macks
• Mary Grace Rice
• Torian Richardson
• Rachael Sanders
• Mandell Smith
• Vivyan Smith
• Alyssa Stabler
• Rebekah Stilwell
• David Stokes
• Madison Thomas
• So’Lae Trotter
• John Michael Ward

Outstanding Attendance
Students whose absenteeism, tardiness, and/or early checkouts equal no more than five  days.

• Anna Adams
• Sara Amerson
• Haydn Baker
• Lakkyn Bodiford
• Tanner Boone
• Alexandria Brantley
• A.J. Broadhead
• Ana Bryan
• Emilee Cabral
• Ashton Cloud
• Miyhanna Davidson
• Sarius Davis
• Jacob Daw
• Scotty Elliot
• Jamyla Feagin
• Paige Gibbs
• JP Gilman
• Emma Gilmore
• Bryce Hall
• Jakayla Jackson
• Gracie James
• Wyatt Jarvis
• Hunter Johnson
• Trent Knighten
• Gage Lambert
• Aden Lashley
• James Loftis
• Jessica Loftis
• Megan McGhee
• Zion Newton
• Braxton Peebles
• Dallon Rackard
• Bryson Sanders
• Tyondray Sanders
• Arquavian Smith
• Anna Spence
• Jacob Spence
• Alyssa Stabler
• Emily Stilwell
• David Stokes
• Kaylea Townson
• Corbin Turberville
• Raycer Watson
• Tymiriana Wesley

Perfect Attendance
Students who have no absences, tardies, or early checkouts

• Riley Blackwell
• Kyle Blanton
• Jonathan Gibbs
• Bryson Sanders

Outstanding Citizenship Award
Students who best exemplify qualities of good citizenship, work habits, interaction with peers and teachers.

• Anna Adams
• Drew Albritton
• Sarah Bailey
• John Bashore
• Olivia Boatwright
• Lakyn Bodiford
• Aiden Broadhead
• Abbie Buford
• Shelby Cotita
• Emma Gilmore
• Maggie Godwin
• Zane Gurganus
• Tucker Hall
• Leah Hetrick
• Hunter Johnson
• Trent Knighten
• Kennedy Long
• Megan McGhee
• Bentley Van Pelt
• Matthew Pruitt
• Angel Schoonover
• Mia Starns
• Aubrey Stuckey

A.R. Awards

• Anna Adams
• Sarah Bailey
• Andrew Denton
• Tyteanna Dubose
• Mayson Edwards
• Emma Gilmore
• Aden Lashley
• James Loftis
• Alyssa Moya
• Samantha Pope

Art Awards

• Anna Adams
• Drew Albritton
• Sarah Bailey
• Alexis Barnhill
• Abbie Buford
• Macie Buford
• Ashton Cloud
• Nathaniel Crenshaw
• Jacob Daw
• Scotty Elliott
• Tatyanna Findley
• Ava Gurganus
• Kohle Harigel
• Tatum Hasting
• Kara Hawking
• Kennedy Long
• Elianna Morales
• Bentley Van Pelt
• Torian Richardson
• Rachel Sanders
• Kasen Sawyer
• McKenna Simmons
• Jacob Spence
• Emily Stilwell
• Madison Thomas
• Clay Wilson

Music Awards

• Sara Amerson
• Sarah Bailey
• Leah Berry
• Emilee Cabral
• Noah Condrey
• Scotty Elliott
• Paige Gibbs
• Gracie Godwin
• Maggie Godwin
• Zane Gurganus
• Summer Harrell
• Kohle Harrigel
• Kara Hawkins
• Jakayla Jackson
• Drake Jordan
• Jessica Loftis
• Megan McGhee
• Rebecca Peebles
• Bentley Van Pelt
• Caden Peterson
• Bryan Romeros
• Rachael Sanders
• Adrianne Shanks
• John Micheal Ward
• Leonte Wright

P.E. Awards

• Rabekah Abbott
• Reagan Abbott
• Anna Adams
• Drew Albritton
• Sara Amerson
• Emilee Bombee
• AJ Broadhead
• Anastasia Bryan
• Landon Chavers
• Chloe Criswell
• Cassie Davis
• Sarius Davis
• Ryan Dove
• Gage Eicher
• Scotty Elliott
• Emma Gilmore
• Gracie Godwin
• Zane Gurganus
• Tucker Hall
• Kara Hawkins
• Wyatt Jarvis
• Aden Lashley
• Sarah Long
• Bentley Van Pelt
• Shelby Rice
• Carter Sigafoose
• John Michael Ward
• Clay Wilson
• Conner Wolfe

Free Summer Food For Kids, Including Quintette Park Area

As the school year ends, classrooms and playgrounds will empty for the summer — but that will leave many Florida children hungry because they rely on free and reduced-cost school meals for breakfast and lunch.

Food banks, non-profits and community groups are trying to pick up the slack, using federal funding to help deliver up to two meals per day to kids who otherwise might go without.

The state Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services and the non-profit Florida Impact are working together on Summer BreakSpot, a program that provides healthy food to kids at local sites.

There is one such site in the North Escambia area…at the Quintette Community Park at 2490 Quintette Lane. Lunch hours are 10:30 until 11:30 a.m. Monday-Friday. For more information on this site or the program, call Dorothy Lewis at (850) 587-5426.

“The need goes up dramatically in the summer,” said Rebecca Brislain, executive director of the Florida Association of Food Banks.

“We know that the need is there, and we hear that from our partner agencies, that they are running out of food because school is out,” said Rachel Mohler, nutrition director at Second Harvest of the Big Bend food bank in Tallahassee.

The state Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services and the non-profit Florida Impact are working together on Summer BreakSpot, a program that provides healthy food to kids at local sites and reconstructed school buses.

Funding for the 2-year-old Summer BreakSpot program comes from the U.S. Department of Agriculture, funneled through the state agency. Last year, the program served 12 million meals to 300,000 Florida children, and the USDA reimbursed the state $29.5 million for them.

Erin Gillespie, a spokeswoman for the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, said the state and local partners — school districts, non-profits and religious and community groups — are trying to expand the number of locations where kids can get nutritious meals and enrichment activities.

The program has 3,400 locations statewide — typically recreation centers and affordable housing sites — “so that it’s right there where the kids are,” Gillespie said. “A lot of these families don’t have transportation, and they’re not going to drive across town to get a free lunch for the kids.”

The program also targets rural communities, where food worries for children can be common.

To find additional locations in Escambia or Santa Rosa counties:

• Dial 2-1-1
• Text “FoodFL” to 877-877
• Download the “Nutrislice” smartphone app
• Visit www.SummerFoodFlorida.org

More Than $7 Million In SBA Disaster Loans Approved In Florida

The Small Business Administration (SBA) has approved more than $7 million in Disaster Assistance Loans for residents in Florida affected by the severe storms, tornadoes, high winds and flooding that occurred from April 28 through May 6, according to the United Way of Escambia County.

SBA’s disaster declaration was amended making low-interest loans available to more impacted individuals and businesses.

Whether you rent or own your home, own a business, or a small agricultural cooperative located in a declared disaster area, and are the victim of a disaster, you may be eligible for financial assistance from the SBA. The deadline to return SBA applications for physical property is July 7, 2014. The deadline to return applications for economic injury is February 6, 2015.

To access the loan fact sheet, visit United Way of Escambia County’s website at www.unitedwayescambia.org. For more information or questions about the SBA’s Disaster Loan Programs, visit SBA’s website at www.sba.gov/disaster.

Wahoos, Suns Series Tied

For much of the game, Pensacola Blue Wahoos right-hander Mikey O’Brien and Jacksonville Suns Justin Nicolino treated fans to a pitching duel.However, the game ended in heartbreak again for the Wahoos, who lost 3-2, Tuesday at Pensacola Bayfront Stadium in front of 3,954 fans. It was Pensacola’s 15th loss in one- run games this season.

“Definitely things have not been going our way to this point,” said Wahoos manager Delino DeShields, whose team has won eight games by one run. “We had a chance to tie the game. They kept fighting.”

After giving up an unearned run in the first inning, Wahoos O’Brien got in a groove, striking out four batters in a row at one point. He pitched five solid innings, giving up four hits, one walk and striking out six.

“I was attacking the zone,” O’Brien said. “Me and (catcher Chris) Berset were on the same page all night. He was calling a great game.”

Suns lefty Justin Nicolino, the Miami Marlins fourth ranked prospect by Baseball America, has had trouble with the Wahoos in his first two starts against them, giving up four runs in 4.2 innings on April 22 and five runs in 5.1 innings on May 19.

However, he mowed down the Wahoos lineup, starting the game by retiring the first nine batters and pitching to the minimum three batters in five of his first six innings. Nicolino allowed only two runs in seven innings on six hits and one walk.

“He pitched well tonight,” DeShields said. “That was one of his better outings that I’ve seen him pitch at this level.”

Jacksonville tied the five-game series at two games apiece when third baseman Alex Burg doubled to the gap in right center to drive in two runs in the eighth inning to put the Suns ahead for good, 3-2.

Pensacola had taken the lead, 2-1, in the seventh when Travis Mattair led off with a ground-rule double that bounced on one hop over the 400-foot sign in center field and Yorman Rodriguez hit a broken-bat single past the second baseman to score him.

by Tommy Thrall

Photos by Michael Spooneybarger/ Pensacola Blue Wahoos) for NorthEscambia.com, click to enlarge.

Century Looks To Extend Term Of Mayor, Two Council Members For One Additional Year

The Town of Century took the first move Monday night toward extending the term of the mayor and two of five council members for an additional year as part of plan to align the town’s election cycles with the rest of the county and state.

With the current election date cycle, the positions of Mayor Freddie McCall, Council President Ann Brooks and member Annie Savage would be on the ballot in 2015 — when there are no other local elections in the county. The town is looking to extend their term expiration dates from January 2016 to January 2017 and put the three seats on the 2016 ballot, coinciding with other local, state, and national elections, including the presidential election.

The idea is two-fold — it would save the town and county money, and there were likely be an increased number of Century voters casting ballots for the local offices.

During the 2012 presidential election, 764 Century residents cast their vote, compared to 468 in the 2011 Century election for mayor and two council seats.

The move would save an estimated $2,500, according to the Escambia County Supervisor of Elections Office. Spokesperson Sonya Daniel said the elections office would see about half the savings by not paying for extra travel, absentee ballot postage, legal announcements, security and supplies during 2015. The town, she said, would see a savings on poll workers and ballot printing by combining their elections with the regular cycle.

Monday night, the Century Town Council held a first reading of the ordinance that would make the change. The second reading of the ordinance and a final vote will be held during a special council meeting on Friday, June 13 at 3 p.m.

Pictured: Escambia County Supervisor of Elections David Stafford and Century Town Clerk Leslie Gonzalez review final vote totals in 2011 at the Century Town Hall. NorthEscambia.com photo, click to enlarge.

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