Oh What-A-Night: Eat Out Tonight, Help The Tate Football Program
October 7, 2014
You can eat out tonight and help the Tate High School Quarterback Club.
Whataburger at 2300 South Highway 29 (just south of East Kingsfield Road) will donate 20 percent of their sales from 5-8 p.m. Tuesday to the quarterback club to benefit the Tate Aggie football program. There will also be games and a drawing for a free Whataburger each week for an entire year.
As part of the activities, Whataburger will host a contest between freshmen, junior varsity and varsity to see who can bring the most attendees to the event. The winner will receive a free Whataburger breakfast the following week. Whataburger’s mascot, Whataguy, will also be there to add to the fun.
Tina Vickery-Orso
October 7, 2014
Tina Vickery-Orso was born July 3, 1956, and went to be with our Lord and Savior on October 3, 2014.
Visitation for Tina will be held at Highland Baptist Church, located at 6420 Hwy 95A in Molino, on Saturday, October 11, 2014, from 1o a.m. – 11 a.m. Funeral services will immediately following at 11:00 a.m.
A celebration of life dinner will take place in the fellowship hall following funeral services. Anyone wishing to bring a covered dish please contact Pat Kennedy at (home) 850-587-5152 or (cell) 850-712-4291.
Faith Chapel Funeral Home North is in charge of arrangements.
Leonard “Blue Gill” McCurdy
October 7, 2014
Mr. Leonard ‘Blue Gill’ McCurdy, age 94 of Century, passed away on Monday, October 6, 2014, at Century Health and Rehabilitation Center in Century.
Mr. McCurdy was a native and lifetime member of the Century community where he worked as a truck driver in the transportation business. He was a member of the Church of Christ and was preceded in death by his wife, Lillian Mildred McCurdy; their daughter, Jean Grantham; and granddaughter, Grayton Karleigh Creekbaum.
Survivors include his daughter, Ginger (Charles) Rumbley of Pensacola; two grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.
A memorial service will be held at a later time by Mr. McCurdy’s family.
Flomaton Funeral Home directing.
Stephen “Buck” Hubbard
October 7, 2014
Mr. Stephen “Buck” Hubbard, Jr. 86 of Nokomis (AL) passed away on Saturday, October 4, 2014. Mr. Hubbard was a United States Army veteran and served during the Korean War. He retired from civil service where he worked at Brookley Field in Mobile and Naval Air Station in Pensacola. He was a member of Nokomis Baptist Church. He is preceded in death by his parents, Stephen and Laura Mae Hubbard; sister, Sally Tucker; and his wife, Pauline Brantley Hubbard.
Mr. Hubbard is survived by his sister, Margaret Johnson; his brother, Wayne (Linda) Hubbard all of Nokomis; nieces and nephews, Todd (Samantha) Hubbard, Brayden Hubbard and Taylor Hubbard all of Nokomis, Ralph (Judy) Tucker, Steve Tucker, Stephen Curtis Tucker, Nicholas Tucker, Terri Tucker and Ethan Tucker all of Knoxville, TN.
Funeral Services were held Tuesday, October 7, 2014, from the Johnson-Quimby Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. C.L. Langford and Rev. James Hill officiating.
Burial was in Oak Hill Cemetery with military honors.
Active pallbearers were Todd Hubbard, Brayden Hubbard, Ralph Tucker, Stephen Curtis Tucker, Nicholas Tucker and Michael Hadley.
Johnson-Quimby Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
Man Charged With DCF Bomb Threat
October 6, 2014
A bomb threat Monday afternoon landed a man behind bars.
About 1 p.m., Escambia County Sheriff’s dispatchers received a call of a bomb threat made at the Department of Children & Families building near the intersection of Brent Lane and Palafox Street.
As they responded to the call, deputies observed a man fitting the suspect’s description and apprehended him without incident. The suspect was positively identified as 29-year old Don Peckens.
He was charged with making a bomb threat and disorderly conduct and was booked into the Escambia County Jail with bond set at $16,00o.
Sunny, Warmer Weather
October 6, 2014
Here is your official North Escambia area forecast:
- Tonight Partly cloudy, with a low around 63. South wind 5 to 10 mph becoming light southeast after midnight.
- Tuesday Mostly sunny, with a high near 86. Light and variable wind becoming south 5 to 10 mph in the morning.
- Tuesday Night Partly cloudy, with a low around 63. South wind 5 to 10 mph becoming light southwest after midnight.
- Wednesday Mostly sunny, with a high near 88. Calm wind becoming south around 5 mph in the afternoon.
- Wednesday Night Partly cloudy, with a low around 63. South wind around 5 mph becoming calm in the evening.
- Thursday Mostly sunny, with a high near 88. Light and variable wind becoming south 5 to 10 mph in the morning.
- Thursday Night Partly cloudy, with a low around 63. South wind around 5 mph becoming calm in the evening.
- Friday Mostly sunny, with a high near 87.
- Friday Night A 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 64.
- Saturday A 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Partly sunny, with a high near 85.
- Saturday Night A 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 63.
- Sunday A 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly sunny, with a high near 82.
The Third Wife: Former North Escambia Resident Arrested For Bigamy
October 6, 2014
A former North Escambia resident is accused of bigamy in South Carolina after his second wife in Alabama figured out that he had married a third time.
Deputies in Union County, SC, were contacted in September by a woman in East Brewton, AL, that claimed to be the wife of John Henry Shiffner, Jr.
The the woman told South Carolina deputies that she was married to Shiffner and they lived together in Escambia County AL, but that she had never divorced the 39-year old. Investigators determined that Shiffner had in fact married a woman in South Carolina while still married to his second wife in East Brewton.
Investigators found Shiffner married to his first wife in Escambia County, FL, but had divorced her. He then married his second wife in Alabama and then his third wife in South Carolina with the knowledge that he was not divorced from the second wife, according to his Union County, SC, arrest report.
Investigators said, as far they know, Shiffner has no other wives.
Local Option Sales Tax Meeting Today At Ransom Middle
October 6, 2014
A Local Option Sales Tax (LOST) Town Hall meeting will take place Monday at Ransom Middle School, 1000 West Kingsfield Road, at 5:30 p.m.
Future LOST Town Hall meetings will be held as follows:
- Tuesday, October 7, 5:30 p.m. at Charity Chapel, 5820 Montgomery Ave
- Tuesday, October 14, 5:30 p.m. at Brownsville Community Center, 3100 West DeSoto Street
- Thursday, October 16, 5:30 p.m. at Perdido Bay Community Center, 13660 Innerarity Point Road
- Monday, October 20, 5:30 p.m. at Hillcrest Baptist Church, 800 Nine Mile Road
- Thursday, October 23, 5:30 p.m. at Jim Bailey Middle School, 4110 Bauer Road
- Tuesday, October 28, 6 p.m. at Pensacola Beach Community Church, 918 Panferio Drive
Today Is Voter Registration Deadline For November Election
October 6, 2014
Today is the last day to register to in the upcoming November 4 general election. Florida law mandates that registration books close 29 days before an election.
New registrations must be completed and received in the Supervisor of Elections Office by close of business on Monday, October 6. Office hours will be extended until 6:00 p.m. to accommodate last minute registrants and individuals dropping off completed applications. If mailing an application, it must be postmarked no later than October 6 in order to be effective for the November 4 election. Address and party changes can be made after the books close.
For more information, visit EscambiaVotes.com.
Global Corner: Bratt Elementary Students Take Virtual Trip To Kenya
October 6, 2014
All last week, hundreds of students from Bratt Elementary School took a virtual trip to Kenya, thanks to the Global Corner Learning Center.
The students spent time learning through hands-on activities about the language, arts, culture, geography and more of a unique land half a world away. Each year, The Global Corner teachers take students from their classroom virtually to another country. Through The Global Corner, local students have “visited” Japan, Spain, Egypt, Brazil, Russian, Italy and now Kenya.
The Global Corner “Passport to Kenya” program is scheduled to be at Byrneville Elementary School next week, Molino Park Elementary in November and Jim Allen Elementary in January.
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