Naval Hospital ER Closed, Now Open As Urgent Care
June 1, 2014
The emergency room at Naval Hospital Pensacola is now an urgent care center Center that will be open seven days a week from 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. Emergency services at Naval Hospital Pensacola are no longer available.
The UCC will be available to all TRICARE beneficiaries to include TRICARE Prime enrolled at the hospital, TRICARE Prime Network, TRICARE Standard and TRICARE For Life. Veterans enrolled in the Gulf Coast Veterans Health Care System have not been authorized by the VA to use NHP’s UCC and should contact their VA healthcare team for their urgent care needs.
TRICARE beneficiaries will be able to visit the new UCC for acute care symptoms such as minor lacerations and injuries, fevers, sore throats and cough. For those beneficiaries enrolled with a Medical Home Port Team at NHP or one of the local branch clinics, it is highly recommended for them to contact their Medical Home Port Team during normal hours before visiting the UCC.
The decision to convert the ER into a UCC was based on Navy Medicine’s efforts to align resources to best meet the operational needs of the Navy, reduce healthcare costs and streamline its resources to provide the best care possible to beneficiaries.
Tricare beneficiaries in need of emergency services should visit one of the local Emergency Rooms or call 911. Beneficiaries also have the option of calling the Nurse Advise Line 24 hours a day, seven days a week at 1-800-TRICARE, option 1. The Nurse Advice Line offers professional healthcare advice and can assist beneficiaries with deciding if they should visit an ER, the UCC or schedule an appointment with their Medical Home.
Photos by Petty Officer 1st Class James Stenberg for NorthEscambia.com, click to enlarge.
Sunshine Math Students Shine In Annual Competition
June 1, 2014
The Escambia County Council of Teachers of Mathematics recently held its annual Sunshine Mathematics Competition (Super Stars III) with 600 third, fourth and fifth grade students competing.
Individual competition winners were:
Third grade: First place, Tori Vinson, A. K. Suter Elementary; second place, Kendra Gwaltney, Longleaf Elementary; third place, Nina Burt, Brentwood Elementary.
Fourth grade: First place, Wassim Khabou, Cordova Park Elementary; second place, Mallory Lawrence, Cordova Park Elementary; third place, Isabel Green, A. K. Suter Elementary.
Fifth grade: First place, Kendall Frazee, N. B. Cook Elementary; second place, Louis DiRusso, R. C. Lipscomb Elementary; third place, Amara Schoppmann, Lipscomb.
Team competition winners were:
Third grade: First place, Jim Allen Elementary Team 2, (teacher, Mary J. Holley-Lewis and students Stephen Byrd, Alyssa Leger, Ty Smith, Anna Whetzel); second place, A.K. Suter Team 1, (teacher, Caroline Carithers and students Roman Bassett, Madison Brown, Otis Evans, Tori Vinson); third place, N.B. Cook Team 1, (teacher, Julie Ferrara and students, Grayson Reamsma; Carson Younger; Jamie Turner; Drake Salter).
Fourth grade: First place, Jim Allen Team 1, (teacher, Mary J. Holley-Lewis and students Christian Meadows, Alyssa Daniels, Megan Winterberry, Kaleb Rudd); second place, Cordova Park Team 1, (teacher Jessica Fell and students John Deane, Wassim Khabou, Mallory Lawrence, Abigail Price); third place, Molino Park Elementary Team 1, (teachers Angie Bodiford/Marnie Lowery and students Jaden Lewis, Aden Fennell, Sarah Sconiers, MacKenzie Sims).
Fifth grade: First place, Longleaf Elementary Team 1, (teacher Shannon Cross and students Michael Dixon, Emanuel McDuffie, Madelyn Scott, Kevin Davis); second place, Pine Meadow Elementary Team 1 (teacher Casey McGee and students Emily Stabler, Josiah Keene, Brennen Graham, Jonathon Woodel; third place, A.K. Suter Team 2 (teacher Caroline Carithers and students Anabelle Arnett, Trevor Shaffer, Ameenah Clark, Aiden Tylavsky.
Pictured top: The Bratt Elementary Sunshine Math team. Submitted photo by Joey Hetrick for NorthEscambia.com, click to enlarge.
Seeking Unity, Florida GOP Elects New Leader
June 1, 2014
Florida Republicans on Saturday elected a new leader in a split vote that underscored the challenges Gov. Rick Scott faces from within his own party in his re-election effort.
With a 106-69 vote, GOP activists elected Clay County Realtor Leslie Dougher as chairwoman of the Republican Party of Florida to fill the remainder of the term of outgoing state party chief Lenny Curry.
The quarterly meeting of the state executive committee also provided an opportunity for Republicans to fire up their base and engage in a little Charlie Crist-bashing less than six months before the final ballots are cast in the governor’s race.
Dougher, 50, quickly became the heir-apparent to the leadership post after Curry announced his intention to step down early this month. The Coldwell Banker Realtor from Middleburg readily won the backing of leading Republicans, including state Sen. John Thrasher, a onetime RPOF chairman from St. Augustine who serves as Scott’s campaign chairman and who nominated Dougher Saturday morning.
“We are on the precipice, my friends in the Republican Party, of really making this state, as Gov. Scott loves to say, the best place to live, the best place to work and the best place to raise a family and do business,” Thrasher said. “But we can’t get there … if we let extraordinary issues … get in the way of that objective.”
But in a large white tent outside the Grand Hyatt Tampa Bay, Republicans appeared divided on which direction the party should go, with 40 percent of the 173 committee members throwing their support behind Eric Miller, a 47-year-old military veteran who also once challenged disgraced RPOF former chairman Jim Greer.
Lake County state committeewoman Patricia Sullivan of Mt. Dora nominated Miller, saying later that the choice “would have re-energized a lot of grass-roots activists disillusioned with some of the decisions the party has made,” pointing to controversial Common Core educational standards as an example.
Speaking with reporters after her election, Dougher discounted her margin of victory.
“It just means people have a differing view. Right now it’s all about party unity and bringing it together and supporting our governor and getting him re-elected,” said Dougher, who also holds the position of “chair of chairs,” and is chairwoman of the RPOF “county caucus.”
Scott also downplayed the dissent.
“Oh gosh. People are excited. They’re excited that Leslie Dougher will do a great job. They’re excited that we cut taxes $500 million. We’ve cut taxes 40 times. Excited about all the job openings, the dramatic change in our economy,” Scott told reporters after the meeting. “This is going to be a great election year for Republicans because we’re doing exactly what we talked about in 2010.”
Others were less enthusiastic about Scott’s evolution since taking office.
Scott campaigned on a tea party platform in his first bid for governor four years ago, pledging to bring an “Arizona-style” immigration law to the state and, in his first year in office, vetoing a record $615 million from the budget, which included $305 million of land-buying authority.
But, in an effort to reach out to Hispanic voters who could play a deciding role in November’s election, Scott this legislative session endorsed a measure that will allow undocumented immigrants to pay in-state tuition rates at state colleges and universities.
Republican Liberty Caucus Chairman Bob White of Melbourne said he and his group were among Scott’s earliest supporters and “worked very hard” four years ago but are disappointed in his handling of Common Core and in the sheer size of the state budget.
“It’s not like we’re extremely disappointed. We’re just not satisfied,” said White, who is not a member of the executive committee.
But earlier in the morning, Agriculture Commissioner Adam Putnam warned the party faithful that a Scott loss would allow “Hillary Clinton to have a beachhead in the governor’s mansion in Florida” and enable “John Morgan to control the Supreme Court.” Crist, a former Republican governor running this year as a Democrat, works for Orlando trial lawyer Morgan.
“Raise your hand if you attended a Lincoln Day dinner where Charlie Crist has claimed to be either a Ronald Reagan, Connie Mack or Jeb Bush Republican,” Putnam said. “Even respectable Democrats have to laugh at this guy. But he’s dangerous.”
by Dara Kim, The News Service of Florida
Florida Gov’t Weekly Roundup: Having Their Day In Court
June 1, 2014
Gov. Rick Scott is off campaigning. Lawmakers are back home.
But don’t let the calm in the Capitol fool you. The real action this week took place in the legal system, from a courtroom in downtown Tallahassee to the U.S. Supreme Court.
Republican operatives spent time in Leon County circuit court trying to downplay their roles in drawing new congressional districts in 2012. Meanwhile, the U.S. Supreme Court rejected a key part of Florida’s system of determining whether Death Row inmates should be shielded from execution became of intellectual disabilities.
And just for good measure, Scott called for the Agency for Health Care Administration to launch a legal fight with the federal Department of Veterans Affairs about state inspectors’ failed attempts to check out VA hospitals.
MYSTERY MAPS
Republican legislative leaders have been fond of describing the 2012 redistricting process as the most open and transparent in state history. Maybe that’s true, but you couldn’t tell it from testimony that continued this week before Leon County Circuit Judge Terry Lewis.
GOP operatives and former House Speaker Dean Cannon took the stand in a lawsuit alleging that the Legislature did not follow constitutional anti-gerrymandering requirements when drawing new congressional districts. Spilling out of the testimony were accounts of behind-the-scenes discussions between Republican Party strategists and legislative aides and puzzling questions about how maps were submitted to the Legislature.
Attorneys for the plaintiffs, including voting-rights groups and seven voters, are trying to show that Republican insiders crafted the congressional districts to help elect GOP candidates. If proven, that could violate the 2010 “Fair Districts” constitutional amendments, which were supposed to rein in the redistricting process that has been used in the past to protect incumbents and the party in power.
During testimony Wednesday, Cannon acknowledged being angry when he learned that top aide Kirk Pepper, at one point in the process, gave copies of the Legislature’s maps to GOP consultant Marc Reichelderfer.
“I yelled at him and told him that was stupid,” Cannon told David King, a lawyer representing the plaintiffs. “I said that was really dumb. And he apologized, and he agreed that it was.”
But maybe the most-puzzling issue of the week focused on a map that was purportedly submitted to the Legislature by former Florida State University student Alex Posada. The map included several districts identical to those drawn by Republican Party staff member Frank Terraferma. Lawmakers have publicly praised the “Posada” map as a footprint for their congressional plan.
One problem: Posada said under oath in a deposition that he did not draw the map and did not submit it to the Legislature, according to an attorney for the plaintiffs in the case.
The email address on an account used to submit the map was one Posada “had never seen, never used, never authorized anybody to use to submit those maps under his name,” said attorney Vince Falcone, who took the deposition.
DEATH PENALTY DEFEAT
For more than 35 years, Freddie Lee Hall has faced the possibility of execution for his role in the 1978 murder of a pregnant woman abducted outside a Leesburg grocery store. But questions have long focused on whether Hall is intellectually disabled — or in old-school terms, mentally retarded — and whether that should prevent him from being put to death.
The U.S. Supreme Court this week gave Hall at least a temporary reprieve. Justices, in a 5-4 decision, ruled that Florida’s use of a “rigid” IQ score of 70 in determining whether inmates should be shielded from execution “creates an unacceptable risk that persons with intellectual disability will be executed, and thus is unconstitutional.”
Hall’s attorneys submitted evidence in state courts that he had an IQ of 71, though that number has been disputed by prosecutors.
Writing for the majority, Justice Anthony Kennedy said using the 70 IQ score as a cutoff prevents courts from considering other types of potentially important evidence in determining whether a person is intellectually disabled. That evidence can include such issues as social adaptation, medical history, behavioral records, school reports and family circumstances.
“Intellectual disability is a condition, not a number,” wrote Kennedy, who was joined in the majority by justices Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Stephen Breyer, Sonia Sotomayor and Elena Kagan. “Courts must recognize, as does the medical community, that the IQ test is imprecise. This is not to say that an IQ test score is unhelpful. It is of considerable significance, as the medical community recognizes. But in using these scores to assess a defendant’s eligibility for the death penalty, a state must afford these test scores the same studied skepticism that those who design and use the tests do, and understand that an IQ test score represents a range rather than a fixed number. A state that ignores the inherent imprecision of these tests risks executing a person who suffers from intellectual disability.”
But Justice Samuel Alito, writing in dissent, referred to a 2002 ruling in which the Supreme Court said that executing people with intellectual disabilities was unconstitutional. He said that case, known as Atkins v. Virginia, relied on states to determine how best to identify defendants with intellectual disabilities. Alito also took issue with parts of the majority opinion about looking at a person’s adaptive behavior in making such determinations.
“No consensus exists among states or medical practitioners about what facts are most critical in analyzing that factor, and its measurement relies largely on subjective judgments,” wrote Alito, who was joined in the minority by Chief Justice John Roberts and justices Antonin Scalia and Clarence Thomas. “Florida’s approach avoids the disparities that reliance on such a factor tends to produce. It thus promotes consistency in the application of the death penalty and confidence that it is not being administered haphazardly.”
The decision sends Hall’s case back to Florida courts for further consideration. Hall, now 68, is being held at Union Correctional Institution for the murder of Karol Hurst, who was 21 years old and pregnant when she was abducted by Hall and another man. Hurst, whose body was found in a wooded area of Sumter County, was beaten, shot and sexually assaulted, according to court records.
SCOTT TAKES AIM AT VA
With Florida home to a huge population of veterans and active-duty military, Scott has jumped on the well-documented problems at Veterans Administration hospitals.
And this week, he took another step when he called on the state Agency for Health Care Administration to sue the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs. The goal is for AHCA inspectors to gain access to VA hospitals so they can determine if the health needs of veterans are being met.
State inspectors have tried for more than a month to get into the hospitals to review allegations of problems such as inappropriate scheduling and treatment. The VA has turned them away, basically saying the state has no authority to inspect federal facilities.
While it’s unclear whether the state will have any success legally, the issue, at a minimum, has added to the political squabbling between Scott and Democratic gubernatorial candidate Charlie Crist.
“It’s unfortunate that Rick Scott may be attempting to inject politics (through calling for a lawsuit against the VA) into a tragic situation,” Crist spokesman Kevin Cate said Wednesday
The Republican Party of Florida, meanwhile, has argued that Crist is the one “exploiting” the VA issue, noting that the former governor included a link to his political campaign and a fundraising page when tweeting a message that Veterans Affairs Secretary Eric Shinseki should resign.
Shinseki, in fact, did resign Friday, though there was no indication the move had anything to do with Crist or Scott.
STORY OF THE WEEK: Leon County Circuit Judge Terry Lewis continued hearing testimony in a legal battle about whether Republican legislative leaders violated constitutional requirements when drawing congressional districts in 2012.
QUOTE OF THE WEEK: “The First District has, by preventing consideration of these documents during trial, jeopardized the stability and integrity of our governmental structure and authorized those who interact with the Florida Legislature on a critical matter such as redistricting to operate under a veil of secrecy. This outcome should be most disconcerting to any supporter of our democratic form of government.” — Florida Supreme Court Justice R. Fred Lewis, as the court overturned a 1st District Court of Appeal decision that would have prevented the use of a Republican consultant’s records in the congressional redistricting case.
by Jim Saunders, The News Service of Florida
Bratt Elementary Releases Fourth Nine Weeks Honor Roll
June 1, 2014
The following students were named to the fourth nine weeks honor roll at Bratt Elementary School:
All A’s
- Raegan Abbott
- Anna Adams
- Erich Amerson
- Sarah Bailey
- Hayden Baker
- John Bashore
- Olivia Boatwright
- Luke Bridges
- Conner Byrne
- Emilee Cabral
- Kadence Calvert
- Abby Coker
- Noah Condrey
- Shelby Cotita
- Sophia Cotita
- Colton Criswell
- Callie Davis
- Savannah Doremus
- Carsyn Dortch
- Jacee Dortch
- Mayson Edwards
- Scotty Elliott
- Noah Faulkner
- Aaliyah Fountain
- Makayla Garrett
- Caitlyn Gibson
- Amber Gilman
- Jamison Gilman
- Emma Gilmore
- Maggie Godwin
- Shelby Godwin
- Ava Gurganus
- Zane Gurganus
- Tucker Hall
- Leah Hetrick
- Sarah Hetrick
- Hannah Hughes
- April Johnson
- Hunter Johnson
- Allyson Jones
- Laura Laborde
- Aden Lashley
- Kennedy Long
- Alexis Moya
- Alyssa Moya
- Taviana Parker
- Bentley Van Pelt
- Colby Pugh
- Libby Pugh
- Kenna Redmond
- Ally Richardson
- Bryan Romeos
- Angel Schoonover
- Maggie Scott
- McKenna Simmons
- Jacob Spence
- Mia Starns
- Aubrey Stuckey
- Shelby Ward
- Raycer Watson
- Autumn Williams
- Clay Wilson
All A’s and B’s
- Rabekah Abbott
- Adam Adams
- Luke Amerson
- Maggie Amerson
- Sara Amerson
- Kyiah Bailey
- Leah Berry
- Ethan Bingham
- Riley Blachwell
- Kyle Blanton
- Lakyn Bodiford
- Tanner Boone
- Destiney Bradley
- Allie Brantley
- Aiden Broadhead
- Abbie Buford
- Macie Buford
- Jaquorious Burt
- Anyis Cabral
- Ashlynn Cabral
- Kayla Campbell
- Jakyra Carte
- Landon Chavers
- Tyler Ray Cloud
- CaSandra Davis
- Donavon Davis
- Kylie Davis
- Franki Daw
- Payton Daw
- Ryan Dove
- Gage Eicher
- Lexi Evans
- Khaliah Ewing
- Jacob Findley
- Daelyn Fine
- Tessa Flowers
- Zykuria Fountain
- Gabby Franklin
- Olivia Gibson
- Raleigh Gibson
- David Gilley
- JP Gilman
- Gracie Godwin
- Berklee Hall
- Bryce Hall
- Abbie Hardy
- Kohle Harigel
- Kara Hawkins
- Joshlynn Helton
- Jikeir Hudson
- Cole Hughes
- Brendan Hulley
- Gracie James
- Markavia Johnson
- Derek Kinley
- Justin Kinley
- Trent Knighten
- Gage Lambert
- Taylor Lashley
- Anna Lee
- James Loftis
- Sarah Long
- Travis Lowry
- Blake Macks
- Reid McCall
- Braeden McGhee
- Megan McGhee
- Bailie Merchant
- Michael Merchant
- Adannaya Mondaca
- Elianna Morales
- Kai Morton
- Mary Paige Nassar
- Abigail Nelson
- Travis Nelson
- Jaylon North
- Blaize Parrish
- Caden Peterson
- Madison Peterson
- Dennis Pittman
- Stone Presley
- Matthew Pruitt
- Dallon Rackard
- Ashton Ray
- Shelby Rice
- Torian Richardson
- Paige Ross
- Kasen Sawyer
- Kaylee Sawyer
- Makayla Sells
- Adrianne Shanks
- Madeliln Sheedy
- Carter Sigafoose
- Mandell Smith
- Vivyan Smith
- Zakyla Smith
- Devon Spencer
- Alyssa Stabler
- Eli Stephens
- Emily Stilwell
- Jon Stilwell
- Rebekah Stilwell
- Jaimee Taylor
- Cody Thomas
- Madison Thomas
- So’Lae Trotter
- Leila Turberville
- Halona Walker
- Summer Waters
- Addison White
- Jordan Wilson
- Lane Wilson
- Leonte Wright
- Joshua Zisa
Wahoos Blank Suns 8-0
June 1, 2014
The Pensacola Blue Wahoos scored five runs in the first inning Saturday at Pensacola Bayfront Stadium. The big hit in the first inning came on a three-run home run over the left field fence by Travis Mattair.
While the Wahoos went on to defeat the Jacksonville Suns, 8-0, to break a six-game losing streak, all eyes were on former big league MVP and All-Star Miguel Tejada.
Tejada was playing professional baseball for the first time for the Miami Marlins Double-A affiliate since a 105-game suspension Aug. 17 by Major League Baseball for testing positive for amphetamines. He becomes eligible June 7 to play again in the majors.
The 40-year-old Tejada, who was the 2002 American League Most Valuable and six-time All-Star, hit a bloop single in his first at bat, grounded out to short in an inning-ending double play, struck out and beat out a sharp grounder that Wahoos third baseman Juan Silverio made a backhanded stab on and in his final at bat reached first on a fielder’s choice. In the field, Tejada played third base where he made a nice play on a big hop.
Before getting on the team bus to travel to Pensacola, Tejada introduced himself to every Suns player and shook their hands.
After the game, Tejada could hardly contain his excitement about being back on the field. Suns Manager Andy Barkett gave him the option to come out of the game if he was tired but he chose to stay in.
“I feel great,” said Tejada, who last played in the Southern League in 1997. “I feel 20 again. I’m excited and happy to be here.”
Tejada also said he wants to play at least another season and be a model player for the younger ballplayers coming up.
“I don’t want them to quit. I want them to keep playing,” Tejada said. “They see me out 105 games but I came back. I can help a lot of young guys. I’ve always loved this game and I respect it a lot.”
Jacksonville’s Barkett said Tejada looked “great” at the plate and in the field. Barkett reported that Tejada plans to play, too, in his home country where he’s considered a legend for the
Dominican Republic winter baseball league’s Agulias Cibaenas.
“He said he wants one more year to do things right,” said Barkett, who played with Tejada in 2000 in the Caribbean Series championship. “That’s completely admirable. I hope they young guys see not just a talented player but see the hunger of this guy. We’ve got someone special on our hands as a human being and as a baseball player.”
Tejada, who in 16 big league seasons is a .285 hitter with 307 home runs and 1302 RBI, is a former Southern Leaguer. He spent the 1997 season with the Huntsville Stars, who were affiliated with the Oakland Athletics at the time. In 128 games, Tejada hit .275 with 22 homers and 97 RBI, and he received his first MLB call-up late that season.
Besides Mattair Several Wahoos played well against the Suns Saturday night, including Brodie Greene who was 2-4 and scored two runs; Ross Perez who went 2-3 and drove in two runs; and Juan Silverio who was 2-4 with a home run blast over the leftfield wall.
by Tommy Thrall
Agricultural Conservation Easements Program Applications Due June 6
June 1, 2014
Applications are due June 6 for USDA’s Natural Resources Conservation Service new Agricultural Conservation Easements Program (ACEP), which provides financial assistance for farmers, ranchers and forest landowners to establish conservation easements. The ACEP was created through the 2014 Farm Bill and funds easements for agricultural lands and wetland reserves, combining NRCS’ former Farm and Ranch Lands Protection, Grassland Reserve and Wetlands Reserve programs.
Indian tribes, state and local governments, non-governmental organizations and private landowners can contact their local NRCS office to find out how to apply.
The program is comprised of two types of easements: agricultural and wetlands. Agricultural easements prevent productive working lands from being converted to non-agricultural uses and protect land devoted to food production. Cropland, rangeland, grassland, pastureland and nonindustrial private forestland are eligible. Wetland reserve easements restore and enhance wetlands and improve habitat. Eligible lands include farmed or converted wetlands that can be successfully and cost-effectively restored.
Applications will be rated according to the easement’s potential for protecting and enhancing habitat for migratory birds, fish and other wildlife. Applications are available at local NRCS office and at www.nrcs.usda.gov/GetStarted.
Retired Navy Captain From Molino Honored As ‘Hero Among Us’
May 31, 2014
A Molino man known for his F -14 Tomcat fighter expertise was honored Friday evening as a Hero Among Us.
Dan “Darth” Cain served as a U.S. Marine in Vietnam. Then he went to the University of West Florida, graduated with a degree in marine biology, and became a pilot in the U.S. Navy, where he logged 6,700 hours in various military fighter aircraft, including 4,200 in F-14 Tomcats.
Cain retired from the Navy as a captain in 2004 after 36 years of military service. Cain has been awarded the Legion of Merit, Distinguished Flying Cross, Bronze Star, Purple Heart, Defense Meritorious Service Medal, Meritorious Service Medal with three Gold Stars, and many other honors for his service.
Cain was honored as part of the Heroes Among Us series at the Veterans Memorial Park near Bayfront Parkway and Ninth Avenue in downtown Pensacola.
The series, now in its second year, features veterans of every service and is held on the last Friday of each month from May through October. It is presented by the local Marine Corps League, J. R. Spears Detachment 066. Admission is free, although donations are accepted for the Marines in Distress Fund to help veterans in need.
The “Heroes Among Us” series features people who have compelling tales to tell about military experience and life.
Rain Chances Continue
May 31, 2014
Here is your official North Escambia area forecast:
- Saturday A 50 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 86. East wind 5 to 10 mph.
- Saturday Night A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly before 1am. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 67. South wind around 5 mph becoming calm in the evening.
- Sunday A 50 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Partly sunny, with a high near 89. Northeast wind 5 to 10 mph becoming south in the afternoon.
- Sunday Night A 40 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly before 1am. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 70. Southeast wind around 5 mph becoming east after midnight.
- Monday A 40 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 87. East wind 5 to 10 mph.
- Monday Night A 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 70. South wind around 5 mph.
- Tuesday A 40 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Partly sunny, with a high near 89. East wind 5 to 10 mph becoming south in the afternoon.
- Tuesday Night A 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 70. South wind 5 to 10 mph becoming light after midnight.
- Wednesday A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly sunny, with a high near 91.
- Wednesday Night Mostly clear, with a low around 71.
- Thursday A 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Sunny, with a high near 91.
- Thursday Night Partly cloudy, with a low around 70.
- Friday A 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Partly sunny, with a high near 89.
Escambia County High School Graduation Schedule
May 31, 2014
Here is a schedule of high school graduations in Escambia County:
Saturday, May 31
Northview High School
Monday, June 2 at Pensacola Bay Center
Tate High School, 11 a.m.
West Florida High School, 2:30 p.m.
Pine Forest High School, 6 p.m.
Tuesday, June 3 at Pensacola Bay Center
Escambia High School, 11 a.m.
Pensacola High School, 2:30 p.m.
Booker T. Washington High School, 6 p.m.
Thursday, June 26
Summer School Graduation, PHS, 4 p.m.