Wednesday Storms Blame For Century Sewage Spill
April 12, 2024
The Town of Century reported a small sewage spill due to the severe weather on Wednesday.
The town reported an electrical breaker for side stream lift station at the wastewater treatment was turned off or tripped, “likely caused by severe weather”.
The town reported 100 gallons of untreated sewage was spilled, of which 90 gallons were recovered. Lime was applied to the area, and it was washed down.
Pictured: The Century Wastewater Treatment Plant. NorthEscambia.com file photos, click to enlarge.
Wilcox Silences Wahoos In 6-1 Defeat
April 12, 2024
written by Erik Bremer
The Pensacola Blue Wahoos found hits hard to come by again on Thursday night, dropping their second game in a row to the Montgomery Biscuits by a score of 6-1.
Cole Wilcox (W, 1-0) continued a run of dominant Montgomery pitching, working 5.0 no-hit innings while allowing only an unearned run. Biscuits starters have now allowed only one earned run in 23.0 innings so far this season.
Luis Palacios (L, 0-1) worked on thin margins, allowing a two-run single to Kenny Piper in the first inning and a three-run homer to Dominic Keegan in the third that provided all the offense Montgomery would need. The Pensacola lefty allowed five runs in 5.0 innings in his first start of the season.
Pensacola scratched across a third-inning run thanks to three errors from Biscuits second baseman Willy Vasquez, but didn’t have a hit until Shane Sasaki dropped a bloop double down the right field line in the top of the sixth. Diego Infante added a single in the eighth, but that was all the Blue Wahoos bats could manage.
Montgomery’s Carson Williams capped a 4-for-4 night with a solo homer in the seventh to put the finishing touches on a 6-1 final.
The Blue Wahoos continue their series in Montgomery against the Biscuits on Friday. First pitch from Riverwalk Stadium is scheduled for 6:35.
Tate Boys Tennis Ends Regular Season With Win Over Pace To Head Into Districts Monday
April 12, 2024
The Tate Aggies boys tennis team defeated Pace High 5-2 Thursday afternoon during a Pink Out match for breast cancer awareness. With the win, the boys finished their regular season at 12-2 to head into the district tournament on Monday.
The Aggie girls pushed through injuries this season and are hoping for an overall bid into districts
The district tournament begins Monday at Shoreline Park in Gulf Breeze.
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Larry Jarman
April 12, 2024
Mr. Larry Jarman, age 63, passed away, Wednesday April 10, 2024 in Jay, Florida. He was born on December 31, 1960 in Pensacola, Florida, longtime resident of Cantonment, Florida and currently residing in McDavid, Florida. He was a faithful member of New Life Fellowship Church.
Mr. Jarman was an avid guitarist, enjoyed playing Gospel music at area churches. He enjoyed listening to gospel music and watching westerns, he was also a Florida State fan. He greatest enjoyment in life was spending time with family, especially his grandchildren with had his heart. He was employed by the Escambia County Road Department for the past 13 years.
He is preceded in death by his parents, John Frank (Ruby Faye Little) Jarman; sister, Nell Moss; brother, Wayne Jarman; son Wyndall Black.
He is survived by his loving wife of 40 years, Cara Jarman of McDavid, Florida; two daughters, Dawn (Matt) Carter of Byrneville, Florida, Ariel (Rickey) Foster of Virginia Beach, Virgina; brother, Tommy Jarman of Pensacola, Florida; four sisters, Sheila Hill of Pensacola, Florida, Judy (Mike) Gunn of Cantonment, Florida, Cindy Jarman of New York, and Alice (Lomax) Gunn of Cantonment, Florida; four grandchildren, Emily, Jayden, Evelyn, and Emilia.
Funeral service will be held Saturday, April 13, 2024 at 1:00 PM at Ray’s Chapel Baptist Church with Pastor Levon Caraway officiating.
Burial will follow at Ray’s Chapel Baptist Church Cemetery.
Visitation will be held Saturday, April 13, 2024 from noon until service time at 1 p.m. at Ray’s Chapel Baptist Church.
Pallbearers will be Rickey Foster, Mark Carter, Keith Faulk and Brad Faulk
Petty-Eastside Chapel Funeral Home is in charge of all arrangements.
Ice Flyers Suffer Heartbreaker In Game 1 Playoff Loss
April 12, 2024
by Bill Vilona, Ice Flyers correspondent
The Ice Flyers played the style they wanted, the effort they needed and got exceptional goaltending to be on verge of a stunning, playoff opening upset.
All of this, only to absorb a gut-punch with just 70 seconds left in the first, sudden-death overtime.
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Peoria winger, Cayden Cahill, gained a fortuitous bounce off the boards, leading to a breakaway that he finished with a wrist flick into the net that gave the Rivermen a 3-2 victory in the delayed Game 1 of this quarterfinal series at the Pensacola Bay Center.
The game featured a combined 91 shots on goal and standout play from both teams’ goaltenders the entire game. That made the ending even more difficult for the Ice Flyers for their hopes in this short series.
“We talked before the game that the effort was the most important thing,” said Ice Flyers coach, Gary Graham. “When you go into the playoffs, I’ve always told my playoff teams this: You really want to look yourself in the mirror and know as a man that you gave everything you could.
“And I thought the guys did that (Thursday). The game is about bounces and you need a little bit of luck sometimes. I looked down and was getting ready to make a line change and I looked up and I didn’t see where the puck was at and I see two (Peoria) guys behind every one of ours.
“I’ve never seen that in overtime. They made us pay.”
More rough luck hit the Ice Flyers after Ivan Bondarenko tied the game less than three minutes into the second period. He later got hurt off a check and couldn’t play again.
“He was buzzing,” Graham said. “He was the best player on the ice until he got hurt and we lost him for basically two periods. And that hurt. He’s a big part of our team. But the guys still continued to work hard and gave the effort…
Earlier this week, tall and physical centerman Sean Gulka was hurt in practice.
“It has just been one of these weird couple weeks with guys dropping like flies,” Graham said. “But as long as the guys are giving a 100-percent and they are, we have a chance.”
Both teams left immediately after showering and dressing for an all-night, all Friday morning, 14-plus hour bus trip to Peoria, Illinois where the Ice Flyers will seek to keep their season alive on Saturday night in the second game.
A recap:
FIRST PERIOD
The Rivermen scored the game’s first goal less than three minutes into the game.
Jordan Ernst one-timed a centering pass from Braydon Barker, who set it up from the side boards, past Stephen Mundinger, who wound up stopping 44 Peoria shots in the game.
Two minutes later, the only power play of the period gave the Ice Flyers a tying chance after Chase Spencer was whistled for tripping. Peoria thwarted that opportunity.
The Ice Flyers tied the game when Dale Deon, who began the season with Peoria, rifled a shot through traffic from inside the blue line that got past Nick Latinovich and had the crowd dancing with 5:54 left in the period.
That energy surge was short-lived, however.
Peoria answered just 27 seconds later when Tristan Trudel, son of Rivermen head coach Jean-Guy Trudel, pounced on a loose puck amid traffic and wristed a shot into the net.
The period ended with the Ice Flyers having an 18-9 edge in shots on goal.
SECOND PERIOD
The best scoring chance of the period occurred less than three minutes into play, and Ivan Bondarenko didn’t miss on finishing a 2-on-1 rush.
He took a perfect pass from Mitch Atkins, skated alone on Latinovich and flicked a backhand shot into the upper corner to tie the game.
And that’s how the period ended.
But there were plenty of other opportunities for both teams. Peoria penalties four minutes apart gave the Ice Flyers an edge to take the lead, but it didn’t happen. Peoria then had two power play chances with Mundinger making saves and limiting rebounds.
The period ended after Peoria retiring captain Alec Hagaman was whistled for unsportsmanlike conduct with 1:11 left, leading into a 49-second carry-over on the power play to start the third period.
The Ice Flyers carried a 25-24 edge in shots at the intermission.
THIRD PERIOD
No scoring, but plenty of big saves on both ends. The Rivermen thought they had a scored a go-ahead goal with 5:42 left, but the officials had blown the whistle to stop play and immediately waved off the goal.
After a video review, the officiating crew again signaled no goal.
Peoria then hit a goal post with a shot with 2:49 left.
OVERTIME
There were two sequences of off-setting minor penalties that made for 4-on-4 hockey and then the Ice Flyers had a power play with 3:27 left. They won faceoffs and had some open shots that were either thwarted by Latinovich or missed the mark.
GAME NOTABLES
After the first period, Ice Flyers owner Greg Harris presented a $32,000 check from the team’s foundation to Covenant Care and its “My Wish” initiative. The program provides those with a serious or terminal illness with a special event or activity to boost spirits.
The playoff game occurred exactly 10 years after the Ice Flyers set an SPHL record on this date with a nine-goal barrage in a playoff series opener against the former Columbus (Ga.) Cottonmouths.
The Ice Flyers will head to Peoria’s Carver Arena where the Rivermen compiled a 24-1 home-ice record with three OT losses in the other games. It is the highest home win percentage in SPHL history.
QUOTABLE: Ice Flyers Coach Gary Graham
“It’s a three-game series. They got the first one. We don’t focus on Sunday (potential deciding game), we don’t focus on the next round, you focus on what’s in front of you. You focus on a good first period, getting the team prepared and from there, once the puck drops anything can happen.”
WHAT’S NEXT
SCENARIO: Game 2 of SPHL Quarterfinal Playoffs
WHO: Ice Flyers vs. Peoria Rivermen
WHEN: Saturday, 7:15 p.m.
WHERE: Carver Arena, Peoria, Illinois
Ann Davis Poppy
April 12, 2024
Ann Davis Poppy, age 77, of Pensacola, Florida, passed away on April 6, 2024. Ann was born on February 4, 1947 in Pensacola, Florida to Maurice Alfred Davis and Dolly Connor Davis. She is survived by her daughter, Melissa Storey; and granddaughter, Emma Storey.
Ann was a graduate of Birmingham Southern University and had a career with the IRS before retiring. She was an active member of the First United Methodist Church in Pensacola, Florida.
Ann was known for her love of cats, reading, and gardening. She had many beloved burry friends during the course of her life. She was a Master Gardener with the Escambia County IFAS Extension Office for many years. She enjoyed learning, and in her senior years returned to college to attend courses for the fun of it.
No services are planned at this time. In lieu of flowers, donations in Ann’s name may be made to the Save Our Cars and Kittens Shelter (SOCKS) at http://saveourcatsand kittens.com/donate-shelter.
She will be dearly missed by all who knew and loved her.
Faith Chapel Funeral Home North, 1000 South Highway 29, Cantonment, is entrusted with arrangements.
Mary Carole Sasser
April 12, 2024
Mary Carole Sasser passed away in Pensacola, Florida on April 8, 2024 at the age of 80. She was born on November 7, 1943 in Cartersville, Georgia to her parents, James Fletcher Miller and Ovalyne Katrina Hamilton as the oldest of two daughters.
Carole graduated from North Augusta High School in South Carolina in 1961. At the age of eighteen, Carole met and married her husband Jimmy Sasser on December 23, 1961 as he was beginning his military career in the Army at Fort Benning, Georgia. She was a devoted wife and loving mother of three children and despite being stationed in several foreign countries and in cities across America over a 22-year period, she handled the duties of being a military wife with patience and grace.
Carole is preceded in death by her husband of 62 years, Jimmy Lamar Sasser; father, James Fletcher Miller; mother, Ovalyne Katrina Hamilton; and sister, Ethel Kate Delong.
She is survived by her daughters, Lisa (John) English of Gulf Breeze, Florida, Angela Maria Sasser of Pensacola, Florida; son, Lance (Shannon) Sasser of Panama City Beach, Florida; grandchildren, Ashley L. Spencer, Brooke (Chase) Whitworth and Parker Nelson; great grandchildren, India Jade Whitworth, Richard Chase “Little Man” Whitworth Jr. and Remi Rose Whitworth.
Funeral Services will be held Friday, April 12, 2024 at 11:00 am, at Faith Chapel Funeral Home North. Visitation will be one hour prior at 10:00 AM.
Interment will be in Barrancas National Cemetery, NAS Pensacola.
Faith Chapel Funeral Home North, 1000 South Highway 29, Cantonment, is entrusted with arrangements
Ronnie Joyce, Jr.
April 12, 2024
Ronnie Joyce, Jr. 90, joined his wife, JoAnn in Heaven on April 8, 2024.
Ronnie was a born-again Christian, King James Bible Believer and a member of Charity Baptist Church. He is now in Heaven with Jesus, his wife, JoAnn, his son, Leonard and two of his best friends, Pastor Roy Julian and Wilbur Barry.
He is preceded in death by JoAnn, his wife of 60 years and son, Leonard Joyce.
Ronnie is survived by his daughter, Kimberly Schaaf and his grandchildren, Brandon (Megan) Schaaf, Kayla Schaaf, Cavlin Schaaf and Megan Martin, Brothers-in-law, Wendell (Ruby) Potts, Alvin (Marie) Potts and Haywood (Teresa) Potts.
Visitation will be held from 12 Noon until 1:00 PM on Tuesday, April 16, 2024 at Faith Chapel Funeral Home North. Funeral services will begin at 1:00 PM with Pastor James McGaughey preaching Ronnie’s Going Home Celebration. Burial will take place in Eastern Gate Memorial Gardens. Those honored to serve as pallbearers are Jon Bardin, Steven Barry, Mike Bryant, Dickie Davis, Ronnie Dougles and Kenny Thorpe.
Faith Chapel Funeral Home North, 1000 South Highway 29, Cantonment, is entrusted with arrangements.
Patricia “Patsy” Luverne Amon
April 12, 2024
Patricia “Patsy” Luverne Amon, age 81, of Atmore, AL passed away on April 10, 2024.
Patricia was born in Davisville Florida, to Robert Luverne Smith and Maggie Pearl Comalander Smith. She was a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. Patsy was a big Elvis fan and loved fishing in her early years. She is preceded in death by her parents; her husband, Harry Amon of GA; two daughters, Patricia Bryars Vaughn of Walnut Hill, FL and Rita Bryars of Panama City, FL; one great granddaughter, Kyla Charles and her four sisters, Betty House, Linda Greer, Sherry Powell, and Lanette Smith.
She is survived by three daughters, Jackie (Danny) Gregg of Panama City, FL, Becky Angeles of Walnut Hill, FL, and Cathy Bryars of Repton, AL; one son, Henery (Bill) Pugh of TX; twelve grandchildren; twenty great grandchildren; two sisters, Glenda Morgan of Byrneville, FL and Peggy Johnson of GA and four brothers, Ronald Smith (Wanda) of FL, Roy Smith (Linda) of TX, Roger Smith (Maybelline) of TX, and Ray Smith (Mena) of TX. Funeral services will be held Sunday, April 14, 2024 at 2:00 p.m. at Johnson-Quimby Funeral Home Chapel with Bro. Lewis Johnson officiating. Interment will follow in Godwin Cemetery in Bratt, FL.
Active pallbearers will be Byron Vaughn, Kevin Vaughn, Derek Parker, Derek Angeles, Daniel Gregg, David Gregg and Ryan Gregg.
Visitation will be held Sunday, April 14, 2024 from 1:00 p.m. until service time at 2:00 p.m. at Johnson-Quimby Funeral Home in Atmore, AL.
Johnson-Quimby Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
Escambia County Warns Of Sunpass Text Scam
April 12, 2024
Escambia County has received reports of fraudulent text messages targeting the public from persons claiming to represent SunPass. The messages are requesting prompt payment to avoid fees and contain a link to a fraudulent website in an attempt to collect information.
The county said do not click any links in the fraudulent text messages. These messages are not sent by SunPass or Escambia County.
SunPass does not ask customers via text to make a payment or to take immediate action on their account. Messages from SunPass will come from the following email address or text number:
Email: customerservice@sunpass.com or noreply@sunpass.com
Text: 786727
Escambia County does not send text messages to SunPass or Pensacola Beach Annual Pass holders seeking information or action regarding their account balances or fees owed.