Ashley Yvette Allen
May 12, 2016
On May 7, 2016, Ashley Yvette Allen, 14, of Pensacola, took the loving hand of Jesus after she lost her life long battle with congenital heart disease, with her parents by her side at Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta at Egleston hospital in Atlanta, GA.
Ashley was born March 6, 2002, in Pensacola, at Sacred Heart Children’s Hospital to her overjoyed parents, Keary and Sheila Allen. Ashley was a seventh grader at Ransom Middle School and was a member of Mended Little Hearts of Pensacola and The American Heart Heroes. She also accompanied her mother as the youngest lead vocalist in the local Southern Revival Band. She loved music and played the guitar, mandolin and piano and touched others with her beautiful voice, songwriting and loving personality. In her short 14 years of life she always maintained a positive attitude, even when her tiny body had to endure lifelong medical care, including seven open heart surgeries.
The love of the Lord shined brightly through Ashley and she was a member of Gonzalez United Methodist Church, but also attended services at Highland Baptist Church, Pinehaven Baptist Church and Plainview Baptist Church. Ashley will be dearly missed by all who came to know her, but her sweet spirit will live on in our hearts forever.
Ashley is preceded in death by her maternal grandparents, Neil and Louise Murdy; her paternal grandparents, Fred and Patsy Allen; her uncle, Carl Murdy; and her beloved dog, Chica.
She is survived by her parents, Keary and Sheila Allen; her uncle, Fred (Paula) Allen; her aunt, Rachel (Greg) Terry; her uncle, Jerry (Elaine) Murdy; her aunt, Sonja Murdy; all of her loving cousins and great aunts and uncles; and her loving BFF LaToya Hoskins.
Visitation will be on Friday, May 13, 2016, from 5 p.m. until 8 p.m. at Faith Chapel Funeral Home North in Cantonment. Services will be on Saturday, May 14, 2016, at 2 p.m. at Faith Chapel Funeral Home North in Cantonment with interment following at Gonzalez United Methodist Church cemetery.
We would like to give special thanks to Dr. Joseph P. Davenport, Mary Nelson, Cindy Demos, PaToya Henderson, Dr. Kummer, Dr. Burkow, Dr. Dorian, Dr. Sacks and the rest of the caring staff at Nemours Children’s Clinic of Pensacola; her pediatrician, Dr. Malcomb White; Dr. Mickler at West FL Eye Institute; and Dr. Kanter and the staff at Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta.
In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to Mended Little Hearts of Pensacola and the Ronald McDonald House of Pensacola.
Faith Chapel Funeral Home North is in charge of arrangements.
Man Charged With Hitting Woman With Vehicle, Trying To Run Over First Responders
May 11, 2016
A Cantonment man has been arrested after running over a woman, fleeing from police and then returning to the scene to try to run over first responders.
David Neil Slocovich, 26, was arrested on multiple charges Wednesday morning after the Escambia County Sheriff’s Office received a report that a woman had been struck by a vehicle in the 400 block of Well Line Road. Witnesses told deputies that they heard the female victim and Slocovich arguing before he put the vehicle into reverse and backed over the woman.
A responding deputy noticed the suspect’s green Lincoln traveling on Highway 29 and began to pursue the vehicle. Slocovich would not stop and drove back to Well Line Road where he tried to run over the EMS personnel and deputies rendering aid to the victim. Everyone got out of the way and there were no additional injuries, deputies said. Slocovich was arrested after he drove the vehicle into the tree line.
He was charged with three counts of aggravated battery on a law enforcement officer, aggravated battery domestic violence, aggravated assault, battery with intent to harm, vehicle theft, driving with a suspended license, and fleeing and eluding law enforcement.
Slocovich was booked into the Escambia County Jail without bond.
The female was transported to a local hospital for treatment. No further information on her condition was made available.
Partnership To Bring Pediatric Services To Cantonment
May 11, 2016
Plans are underway for Escambia County Community Clinics to bring pediatric services to Cantonment.
ECCC will ink a five year lease on seven to eight thousand square feet of space in the former Winn Dixie at 470 Highway 29. Under a partnership discussed Tuesday by the Escambia County Commission, Escambia County will spend up to $250,000 to build out the clinic, along with space for the Healthy Start program.
“There is not currently a pediatrician in District 5 that accepts Medicaid,” District 5 Commissioner Steven Barry said. “I am excited because this is an opportunity to provide for 6,000 pediatric medical visits in a community that drastically needs it.” Projections are for the clinic to provides visits for 6,000 children the first year and about 7,500 the second year.
The $250,000 price tag for the build out will come out of a working reserves fund that still have $564,000 in it, Barry said.
It is anticipated that the Escambia County Commission will approved the partnership with ECCC at their May 19 meeting, with construction work beginning as soon as possible.
Mostly Sunny And Warm
May 11, 2016
Here is your official North Escambia area forecast:
Wednesday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 88. South wind around 5 mph.
Wednesday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 65. South wind 5 to 10 mph becoming west after midnight.
Thursday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 87. Northwest wind around 5 mph becoming south in the afternoon.
Thursday Night: A 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms after 1am. Partly cloudy, with a low around 66. South wind around 5 mph becoming west after midnight.
Friday: A 50 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 84. Northwest wind 5 to 10 mph.
Friday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 61. North wind around 5 mph.
Saturday: Sunny, with a high near 84. North wind around 5 mph.
Saturday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 62.
Sunday: Sunny, with a high near 86.
Sunday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 64.
Monday: A 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Partly sunny, with a high near 83.
Monday Night: A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 68.
Tuesday: A chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 84.
FWC Law Enforcement Report
May 11, 2016
The Florida FWC Division of Law Enforcement reported the following activity during the weekly period ending May 5 in Escambia and Santa Rosa counties.
ESCAMBIA COUNTY
Officers Manning and Allgood were working at the Galvez Boat Ramp, checking daily catches as individuals returned from fishing. One individual pulled his vessel to the dock and started to tie off. Officer Allgood approached the individual and spoke to him. When the individual noticed Officer Allgood, he sped off. Officer Allgood ordered the individual several times to stop, but he did not. Officers Allgood and Manning then checked vehicles with boat trailers in the area until they found one with an empty trailer that matched the vessel description. They called the registered owner who was a relative of the suspect. The relative agreed to call the suspect and convinced him to return to the boat ramp. The suspect returned, was arrested, and transported to the Escambia County Jail for interference with an FWC officer.
While on patrol, Officer McHenry observed a vehicle swerving back and forth hitting the curbing on the roadway. He stopped the vehicle and spoke to the driver. While speaking to the subject, Officer McHenry observed several clues that indicated he was intoxicated. Officer McHenry requested the driver perform field sobriety tasks. The subject started the task but then refused to continue. Officer McHenry arrested and transported the subject to the Escambia County Jail for Driving Under the Influence (DUI). At the jail, the subject provided a breath sample, and results were .335 G/210L, which is four times the legal limit.
Environmental Investigator Nelson received information that a company had been storing construction and demolition debris unlawfully on their property. Contact was made with the owner and together with Investigator Nelson a site inspection was conducted. The owner advised when enough debris is collected it’s then taken for disposal at a permitted facility. The owner was informed this activity is not authorized. The owner was issued a written warning for the unlawful storage of solid waste at an unpermitted solid waste facility.
SANTA ROSA COUNTY
No report submitted.
This report represents some events the FWC handled over the past week; however, it does not include all actions taken by the Division of Law Enforcement. Information provided by FWC.
Northview’s FFA Named One Of Florida’s Finest
May 11, 2016
The Northview High School FFA has been named one of Florida’s Finest FFA chapters.
The selection of Florida’s Finest FFA Chapters is based upon the completion of the National Chapter Award program application. These chapters have excelled in the areas of student, chapter and community development and have worked hard to fulfill the mission of the FFA. Northview’s FFA chapter will represent Florida at the national level in the National Chapter Award Program in Louisville, KY.
The Northview FFA has been recognized as one of the best in the nation for two consecutive years, and their “Fresh From Florida” program was recognized at second place in the state last year. The program was previously honored as the best in Florida for three consecutive years.
Pictured: Students learn about agriculture last March during the Northview High School FFA Fresh from Florida program. NorthEscambia.com photos, click to enlarge.
Pensacola Seeks Court’s Opinion In ECUA, FAA Dispute
May 11, 2016
As the owner of Pensacola International Airport, the City of Pensacola has filed for a declaratory judgement in Federal Court to obtain answers to legal questions between the City of Pensacola, Emerald Coast Utilities Authority, and the Federal Aviation Administration.
The questions stem from FAA regulations requiring all entities using airport property to pay for the use of the property. Should an airport fail to enforce or comply with FAA regulations, the FAA has the authority to levy penalties against that airport that could result in the withholding of grants necessary to maintain and upgrade facilities, the repayment of previous grants, and the assessment of civil penalties.
ECUA operates three water production wells located on Pensacola International Airport property. These wells produce water that is supplied to Escambia County customers for a fee. Given its regulations and actions taken at other airports, the FAA has communicated to Pensacola International Airport that ECUA must pay Pensacola International Airport for the use of the airport property where the three water producing wells are located. In addition, the FAA has communicated to Pensacola International Airport that ECUA also must pay Pensacola International Airport some unspecified percentage of the revenues ECUA derives from the sale of the water being produced from airport proprty and supplied to ECUA customers.
While the property in question was acquired for the Pensacola International Airport and the FAA did not release the property from FAA property transfer restrictions, ECUA contends that it owns or should own the land surrounding two of the three wells located on Pensacola International Airport property and is not required to pay Pensacola International Airport for either the use of the property or the water extracted from the three wells.
The City of Pensacola and ECUA have been working to resolve this issue for some time, but have been unsuccessful in finding a solution. The FAA’s ongoing inquiries regarding the status of the matter and the need to timely resolve the issues now require the City of Pensacola to file for a Declaratory Judgement asking the Federal Court to answer the legal questions pertaining to property ownership and provide guidance to the City on its compliance with Federal law and FAA regulations.
“We haven’t been able to come to an agreement with ECUA on what the City’s obligations are. ECUA believes that it should own the property surrounding the wells and that it is not required to pay for the use of the property or for the fair market value of water extracted. The FAA tells us that, if ECUA doesn’t pay a concession fee, the City could be penalized for revenue diversion. We just want the court to resolve the legal issues and to tell us what our obligations are,” Pensacola Mayor Ashton Hayward said.
Top High School Seniors Recognized At Senior Scholar Banquet
May 11, 2016
The top 213 senior student athletes from Escambia and Santa Rosa counties took part in a dinner and scholarship recognition program Tuesday night at Olive Baptist Church.
Tori Bindi from Gulf Breeze High and Nathan Andreo from Pace won the overall girls and male scholarships. The Pensacola Sports Foundation awarded these two individuals each with a $4,000 scholarship. Other awardees were Callan Taylor from Navarre (University of West Florida Scholarship), Kaci VanVoorhis from Pace and Cortavis Watts from Washington (Gary McAdams Memorial Scholarship), Trace Penton from Tate and Eliza Eligio from Pensacola High (Whataburger Scholarship), Chloe Dawson from Milton (Dr. Alec Kessler Memorial Scholarship), and Jerry Pollard, Pine Forest football coach and athletic director, won the RADM Kenneth L Shugart Jr. Award for his service and dedication to the community, sports, and youth.
Additionally, Pensacola State College awarded each individual sport winner with a scholarship. Newly added this year are scholarships awarded for both men’s and women’s lacrosse.
The individual sport winners are:
- Baseball — Evan Floyd, Pensacola Catholic
- Girls Basketball — Faithe Franklin, West Florida
- Boys Basketball — Bradley Proctor, Gulf Breeze
- Cheerleading — Brooke Vincent, Tate
- Boys Cross Country — Mitchell Brooks, West Florida
- Girls Cross Country — Jennifer Sublett, West Florida
- Football — Michael Sandle, Navarre
- Girls Golf — Abigail Herrmann, Pensacola Catholic
- Boys Golf — Michael Mann, Pensacola Catholic
- Boys Lacrosse — Hayden Broussard, Pensacola Catholic
- Girls Lacrosse — Brianna Sekul, Gulf Breeze
- Boys Soccer — Eric Masterson, Pensacola Catholic
- Girls Soccer — Gabrielle Dosev, Pensacola Catholic
- Softball — Callan Taylor, Navarre
- Boys Swimming — Michael Johnson, Pensacola High
- Girls Swimming — Peyton Parra, Washington
- Boys Tennis — Daniell Sullivan, Pensacola Catholic
- Girls Tennis — Emily Dawson, Washington
- Boys Track — Javen Jackson, West Florida Tech
- Girls Track — Lynn Arthur, West Florida Tech
- Volleyball — Kiley Brady, Pensacola Catholic
- Boys Weightlifting — Adrian Acevedo, Pace
- Girls Weightlifting — Olivia Brahms, Navarre
- Wrestling — Travis Thompson, Pace
The schools nominate their senior athletes for each sport and submit the paperwork to Pensacola Sports. A selection committee made of educators, community leaders, and Pensacola Sports board members reviews the anonymous applications and select the best person’s credentials for each sport. Those are the individual sport winners. Then they select the overall male and female winners from the individual sport winners.
Pictured top: Brooke Vincent of Tate High School, Pensacola Sports cheerleading award winner. Pictured below: TV personality Dan Shugart presents the award named for his father, the RADM Kenneth L Shugart Jr. Award, to Jerry Pollard, Pine Forest football coach and athletic director. Pictured: Northview athletes Moriah McGahan, Bethany Reynolds, Coach Natalie Nall, Haylee Weaver and Savanna Roux at Tuesday night’s Pensacola Sports banquet at Olive Baptist Church. NorthEscambia.com photos, click to enlarge.
Atmore Police Investigate Shooting
May 11, 2016
The Atmore Police Department is investigating a shooting.
The shooting occurred about 8 p.m. last Friday, Atmore Police Chief Chuck Brooks said Tuesday. He said a white male that appeared to be shot in the abdominal area was found in the front yard of a residence on East Craig Street.
The victim was transported by Atmore Ambulance to Atmore Community Hospital and then flown by LifeFlight to Sacred Heart Hospital in Pensacola where he is now listed in stable condition.
The case remains under investigation, and there have been no arrests. Anyone with information on the shooting is asked to call the Atmore Police Department at (251) 368-9141.
Blue Wahoos Win On 11th Inning Homer
May 11, 2016
Pensacola smacked five home runs, including Phillip Ervin’s second blast of the game in the 11th inning that propelled the Blue Wahoos to a 10-9 victory Tuesday over Chattanooga Lookouts at AT&T Park.
Ervin’s two homers were the first multi-homer game of the season for Pensacola and helped him climb into second in the Southern League with five dingers on the year.
Ervin, the MLB.com No. 10 prospect for the Cincinnati Reds, has been on a hitting terror. He now has five home runs and 11 RBIs in the last 12 games. During that time, he has scored in 11 of 12 games for 18 total and now is tied for first place in the Southern League with 24 runs scored on the season.
It was another wild game between Pensacola and Chattanooga. The Blue Wahoos scored 10 runs on 14 hits, while the Lookouts had nine runs on 18 hits. They got 17 hits in the team’s 12-3 win Monday night.
Despite the hot-hitting Chattanooga line up, Jackson Stephens gave up just two earned runs on eight hits and one walk, while striking out three. Stephens had Lookout players on base all night and could have given up far more than two runs but he was able to pitch out of trouble.
Pensacola reliever Carlos Gonzalez picked up the win, his first of the season (1-0), by pitching the last three innings, allowing one hit, one unearned run and striking out four. He lowered his season ERA to 1.69.
Chattanooga sent the game into extra innings in the ninth inning when second baseman Ryan Walker singled and then stole his first base of the year. Walker scored to tie the game, 9-9, on a throwing error by Blue Wahoos catcher Joe Hudson when no one covered second base.
Pensacola pulled back to within a half game of the first place Biloxi Shuckers in the Southern League South Division. The Blue Wahoos are 19-13, while the Shuckers are 19-12, after losing 9-1 to the Jacksonville Suns Tuesday.
Pensacola scored four runs in the top of the fourth inning to go ahead, 4-0. DH Kyle Parker, who was playing in his fourth game, hit a solo homer to right center field to start the inning. It was his first homer of the season for the Blue Wahoos.
Then shortstop Calten Daal, extended his hitting streak to 10 games, with a single to right field that scored third baseman Eric Jagielo for a 2-0 Pensacola lead. Blue Wahoos left fielder Tony Renda followed with a two-out double that scored both first baseman Ray Chang and Daal to put the Blue Wahoos up, 4-0.
Chattanooga then got two runs back in the bottom of the fourth, when shortstop Leonardo Reginatto doubled to left field to score DH Mitch Garver. The second run that made the score, 4-2, came when third baseman T.J. White hit a sacrifice fly to right field that scored Reginatto.
In the top of the fifth inning, center fielder Phillip Ervin hit his fourth home run of the year to left field to give Pensacola a 5-2 lead.
Pensacola went ahead, 8-2, with three more runs in the top of the seventh. Blue Wahoos second baseman Alex Blandino hit his second home run of the year and then right fielder Brandon Dixon drove in two more runs on his third blast of the year.
The Lookouts first baseman D.J. Hicks pulled Chattanooga closer when he singled to centerfield to score center fielder Shannon Wilkerson to make the score, 8-3, in the bottom of the seventh. Garver then doubled in left fielder Travis Harrison and Hicks to pull Chattanooga within 8-5. Reginatto singled to right field to score Garver with the final run of the inning that pulled the Lookouts within, 8-6.
Chattanooga then knotted the score, 8-8, when Daniel Palka hit a sacrifice fly to shortstop Daal that allowed second baseman Ryan Walker to score, 8-7. Hicks then doubled to drive in Wilkerson with the tying run, 8-8.
In the ninth inning, Dixon, who was 2-6, with a run scored and three RBIs, singled to center to score Ervin, making it a short-lived 9-8 game in favor of the Blue Wahoos.
Ervin, who went 2-5, with three runs scored and a walk, belted his second homer Tuesday when he lined a fly ball deep to left field, which ended up giving Pensacola the win.
Pensacola utility man Tony Renda, who played left field Tuesday, went 3-6 with two RBIs and run and stretched his hitting streak to nine games. He’s now hitting .315 for the Blue Wahoos this season, which is sixth best in the league.