Photos: Century Care Center Celebrates Mother’s Day
May 13, 2013
The Century Care Center hosted a Mother’s Day Picnic Sunday. The family picnic included chicken with sides and homemade ice cream. The Flomaton Lions Club provided corsages for all of Century Care Center’s mothers. Submitted photos for NorthEscambia.com, click to enlarge.
Baby Blue: Local Author Holds Book Signing At Molino Library
May 12, 2013
The Molino Branch Library held a book signing with local author Lloyd Albritton Saturday as he autographed new copies of his new book Baby Blue.
Albritton grew up in Nokomis, Fla., and currently lives in Atmore. Both locations are the setting for Albritton’s first novel. Baby Blue is a fictional story of murder and family tragedy in 1951.
The book is available for purchase or download at Amazon.com.
Pictured top: (L-R) Sean Kahalley and Andrew Cross of the Molino Branch Library, and Baby Blue author Lloyd Albritton. Pictured: Albritton held a book signing a the library on Saturday. Submitted photos for NorthEscambia.com, click to enlarge.
Scallan, Ware Graduate From Basic Training
May 12, 2013
Air Force Airman Ryan T. Scallan and Airman Casey T. Ware have graduated from basic military training.
Airman Ryan T. Scallan
Air Force Airman Ryan T. Scallan graduated from basic military training at Lackland Air Force Base, San Antonio, Texas.
The airman completed an intensive, eight-week program that included training in military discipline and studies, Air Force core values, physical fitness, and basic warfare principles and skills.
Airmen who complete basic training earn four credits toward an associate in applied science degree through the Community College of the Air Force.
Scallan is the son of Susan Gray of Pensacola. He is a 2011 graduate of Tate High School in Cantonment.
Airman Casey T. Ware
Air Force Airman Casey T. Ware graduated from basic military training at Lackland Air Force Base, San Antonio, Texas.
The airman completed an intensive, eight-week program that included training in military discipline and studies, Air Force core values, physical fitness, and basic warfare principles and skills.
Airmen who complete basic training earn four credits toward an associate in applied science degree through the Community College of the Air Force.
Ware is the son of Shane and Michelle Ware of North Hwy. 99 McDavid, and grandson of Mason Ware of Cantonment. He is a 2012 graduate of Northview High School, Bratt.
NorthEscambia Readers Share Mom’s Best Advice
May 12, 2013
For Mother’s Day, NorthEscambia.com invited our Facebook fans to answer the question “What’s the best advice your mom ever gave you?”. Responses are below.
Feel free to add a comment to this story to answer the question or just wish your mom a (belated) Happy Mother’s Day.
What’s the best advice your mom ever gave you?
Willene Bryan: My mama (Levonia Wilson, pictured top) was a very special woman. She raised 11 children and when my oldest sister died she left behind two children in which my mama and daddy raised that were just like sisters to me. Needless to say my mom had her hands full. My daddy worked at the Saw Mill. We didn’t have a lot but there sure was love. Mama always made sure our clothes were cleaned and ironed. She said anybody can be clean all you need is soap and water. She had the old wringer type washing machine and plenty of clothes line outside to hang and dry.
Lindsey Sherill: “This too shall pass!” Good or bad, it puts everything in perspective.
Amanda Lee Siler: My mom gave me my best piece of advice once when I was 15 years old. I was sitting in my room heartbroken because my boyfriend of a few years had broken up with me. Even though she had to work the next morning she came into my room and stayed up with me talking. She told me “Amanda, Men are always going to do you wrong. Don’t ever depend on someone else to make you happy. Be your own person and make yourself happy”. She taught me that its OK not to have a boyfriend and be independent. I may not have listened until I was much older, but her advice rang true. My mother taught me to be the author of my own happiness.
Amanda Cotton Nelson: My mom told me when I was a teenager “Nothing good happens after midnight” and as silly as that may seem its held true in many cases.
Chelsea Parham: My mama’s best advice was her telling me that popularity in high school doesn’t matter. She always told me that once all of us graduated and came into the real world that who you were in high school wouldn’t matter and I’ve come to find out that she was right.
Vicki Gandy Baggett: My mom always said, “Do what you can afford.” Her second best piece of advice was, “Marry someone who makes you laugh.” Wow! What some great advice!
Clint Keesler: Do No Marry Her.
Michelle Gibbs: Mom always told me “Please don’t repeat my mistakes!“
Aimee Cabral: When I was upset over something bad happening in my life, my mom would remind me “life isn’t fair and no one said it would be”. That has helped me so much over the past few years when bad things have happened. It seems harsh and strange, but it has helped me through my divorce, my financial struggles, vehicle troubles, and other hardships. It also reminds me that at the end of the day, the only thing that matters is my Jesus. Not my problems then or even my success now. I tell my children this now when they are upset with friends now. I am reminded I am human, not perfect and neither is anyone else.
Yolander Reynolds: Don’t help anyone that’s not willing to help themselves…RIP Mary D.Jones.
Rebekkah Parker: My mother’s favorite quote to me was “If you can’t believe a fool then be a fool.” I can’t count how many times I failed to take her advice but have learned some good wisdom from being a fool. Love and miss my Mother today in Heaven.
Ernestine Gunn: If you can’t say anything good, don’t say nothing at all.
Janice Parham: Life is too short to worry, hold grudges, or try to please everyone. It is YOUR life, live it YOUR way! It took me YEARS to take this advice…She is 100% right! She could also give ANYONE some awesome gardening tips! She is a 27 year breast cancer survivor and has taught us WELL to live for today! I love you, mamma!
Shannon Jones: “Let that be a lesson to you” whenever there was “teachable moment”.
Bonnie Glass: The best advice mama gave me “stop looking so hard for the right person most likely they are standing besides you” she was right. RIP MAMA & KEN.
Julia Harris: Never go to bed mad at the one you love.
Braun Wins 2nd In State FBLA Business Communications Competition
May 12, 2013
Northview High School junior Kasie Braun took second place in the Business Communication competition at the Future Business Leaders of America State Leadership Conference recently in Orlando.
Braun, a member of the school’s Graphic Arts Academy, is now qualified to attend the FBLA National Leadership Conference in Anaheim, CA, this June.
She also won first place in 2011 and in 2012 in the Introduction to Business Communication competition which was only for ninth and tenth graders.
Braun is Northview’s FBLA vice president and also the district vice president for the last two years. During the current school year, she has achieved industry certifications in Photoshop, Flash, and Microsoft Office.
Rotary Academic All-Stars Named From Four Area Schools
May 10, 2013
The Atmore Rotary Club recognized an outstanding group of area high school students as Academic All-Stars Thursday night
The Academic All-Star program is open to students who attend Northview High School, Atmore Christian School, Escambia County High School or Escambia Academy. To be named an Academic All-Star, a student must have maintained at least a B average in every subject for each grading period of the school year, with at least one A for each grading period.
For a photo gallery, click here.
Those who have maintained this status from the 9th through the 12th grades, were honored as Four-Year Academic All-Stars (pictured top). Each senior received a $500 scholarship, while Four-Year Academic All-Stars received a $750 scholarship.
The Randolph B. Luttrell, Sr.Scholarship, valued at $2,000, was presented to La’Derious Ty’Shon Franklin (pictured left), who has a 4.1 GPA at Northview High School. The Mary Joyner Grissett Memorial Scholarship, also for $2,000, was presented to Jazmine McGinnis of Escambia County High School.
The following students were recognized Thursday night as Atmore Rotary Academic All-Stars:
(Four-Year Academic All-Stars are denoted with an asterisk)
ATMORE CHRISTIAN SCHOOL
Ninth Grade
Madelyn Boatwright, Christopher Gehman, Ethan Heller, Nathan Jurjevich.
Tenth Grade
Caleb Hochstetler, Wesley Hostetler, Darren Landis.
Eleventh Grade
Durrell Martin, Travis Smith.
Twelfth Grade
Aimee Jurjevich, Jacinda Stahly*, Narisa Wiggins*, Hannah Ziglar*.
ESCAMBIA ACADEMY
Ninth Grade
Noah Blue, Jay Cieutat, Saige Garrett, Madalynn Grimsley, Todd Lamb, Kajel Patel, Mikayla Spruill.
Tenth Grade
Claire Dawe, Jessica Glick, Baylie Godwin, Garrett Kirk, Auden Lassiter, Erin Rider, Anna Catherine Sasser, Nate Smith, Lindsey Weatherford.
Eleventh Grade
Abigail Akins, Grayson Emmons, Sarah Weatherford.
Twelfth Grade
Caitlyn Bruley*, Brandy Helton, Page Lancaster*
ESCAMBIA COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL
Ninth Grade
Kindric Albert, Jakius Brown, Sky Buitron, Xavier Leslie, Ryan Mancinone, Gerald Norris, Rhykker Powell, Darris Rufus, Daniel Weaver.
Tenth Grade
Rodrick Felder, O’Shea Fountain, Robert Henderson, Lyricia Johnson, Ashleigh Simpkins.
Eleventh Grade
Tristen Boothe, Chantelle Bowens, Y’Netta Craft, Malik Deese, Shafoya Gulley, Chelsea Lawson, Dy’qwan Lee, Dy’ametue Leslie, Alexis Moorer, Annah Nichols, Ashley Prime, Larry Pugh, Matthew Quimby, Alexandria Stallworth, Aisha Stots, Davontae Walker.
Twelfth Grade
Scarlet Martin*, Violet Miller, Markee Segura, Heather Taylor, Bria Willis*.
NORTHVIEW HIGH SCHOOL
Ninth Grade
Kaitlyn Noelle Abbott, Jessica Kathryn Amerson, Christopher Noah Coker, Lawrence CW Douglas, Jacob Dunsford, Abbie Elizabeth Johnson, Trevor Dale Levins, Moriah Renee’ McGahan, Jason Andrew Perritt, Bethany Cheyenne Reynolds, Danielle Chanel Robinson, Savanna Brianne Roux, Jordan Caroline Taylor, David Franklin Thorpe, Harmoni Faith Till, Jensyn Lillian Warner, Haylee Alease Weaver, Madison Page Weber.
Tenth Grade
E’Layzha Rikiah Bates, Annie Lorene Bobo, Joshua Joseph Borelli, Kamryn Denise Brock, Tristan Taylor Brown, Megan Paige Bryan, Kristen Renae Byrd, Kendal Brooke Cobb, Austin Blake Cunningham, Hannah Elizabeth Gibson, Kyndall Lauren Hall, Julie Beth Hester, Adriann Dawn Lee, Jessica Leigh McCullough, Aaron Thomas McDonald, Tristan Hunter Portwood, Mallory Mason Ryan, Samantha Elizabeth Sharpless.
Eleventh Grade
Kasie Lee Braun, Audrey Leigh Byrd, Anna Elizabeth Donald, Anna Elizabeth Fischer, Tamara Maria Green, Courtney Lynn Jones, Courtney Yvonne Solari, Jeremy Logan Stacey, Courtney Alexandra Weaver, Victoria Anne Wright.
Twelfth Grade
Jessica Marie Baldwin, Alison Danielle Bardin, Hannah Elizabeth Fiellin, Jazzlyn Shanece Franklin*, La’Derious Ty’Shon Franklin, Ashton Brooke Gibbs, Justin Lance Halteman, Marcus Trey Johnson, Zachary Sean Johnson*, Ashley Nicole Mooney, Dustin Todd Parker, Winston Riley, Tyler Dewayne Roley, Julia R. Thorpe.
NorthEscambia.com photos, click to enlarge.
Ernest Ward Names Students Of The Month
May 9, 2013
Ernest Ward Middle School has named Students of the Month for April. They are (L-R) Taryn Janes, sixth grade; Fisher Spence, seventh grade; and Elizabeth Wright, eighth grade. Submitted photo for NorthEscambia.com, click to enlarge.
Pensacola Police, Santa Rosa Sheriff’s Office Honor Fallen Officers
May 9, 2013
Thursday morning, the Pensacola Police Department held its annual Law Enforcement Memorial to honor those that have died in the line of duty.
Wednesday, the Santa Rosa County Sheriff’s Office held a Law Enforcement Memorial Service to honor fallen officers from across the state. The ceremony included a 21-gun salute, an Honor Guard flag presentation and a bagpipe performance of Amazing Grace.
Courtesy photo for NorthEscambia.com, click to enlarge.
Hollingshead Honored At Judson College Honors Convocation
May 8, 2013
A local student was honored at Judson College’s recent spring Honors Convocation in Marion, Ala.
Anna Hollingshead of Century was named to “Who’s Who in American Colleges and Universities” and inducted into the Beta Beta Beta Biology Honor Society and the Kappa Delta Epsilon Education Honor Society.
1970 Chevy Chevelle Takes ‘Best Of Show’ At Century’s Sawmill Day
May 7, 2013
A 1970 Chevrolet Chevelle owned by Jerry Dawson was the Best of Show winner in Saturday’s car show at Century’s Sawmill Day.
Other trophy and prize winners were:
- Diane Van Leer, 1955 Chevrolet Bel Air
- Eric Uptegrove, Chevy Corvette Roadster Convertible
- Freddie McCall, 1930 Model A
- Gene Sims, 1965 Mercury Comet
- Gerald Dubose, 1940 Chevrolet
- Jean Yale, Chevrolet SSR
- Joe Pecjak, 1967 International Harvester
- John Henderson, 1947 Ford
- Louis Tharp, 1966 Corvette
- Peggy Lynn, 1966 Mustang
- Ramon Renfro, Mitshubishi
- Will & Rita Adams, 1966 Volkswagen
- Buddy Lynn, 1963 ½ Ford Galaxie, Best Interior
- Joe Linzy, 1958 Ford Hardtop Convertible, Best Paint
- Donnie Carlisle, 1970 Mustang, Best Engine
Fore more photos from the Sawmill Day and Car Show, click here.
Pictured top: Jerry Dawson’s 1970 Chevrolet Chevelle was the Best of Show winner at Saturday’s Century Sawmill Day. NorthEscambia.com photo, click to enlarge.