Tate High FBLA Members Place At Districts, Headed To State
February 15, 2013
Fourteen Tate High School Future Business Leaders of America (FBLA) members placed in the recent District I FBLA Competition.
District I is comprised of chapters including Escambia, Santa Rosa and Okaloosa counties. Competition included categories such as written, skilled and performance events. The following students placed in their respective category and are eligible to attend the state competition which will be held in Orlando in April”
- Business Calculations: Jansen White – 1st place
- Website Development: Connor Doten, Chase Green, Keenan Williams – 1st place
- Game Development: Zachary Gravitt and Andrew Stark – 1st place
- Business Decision Making: James Wright – 2nd place
- Game Development: Louis LeDue – 2nd place
- Computer Problem Solving: Darren Gulsby – 2nd place
- Computer Problem Solving: Wesley Sapp – 4th place
- Sports Management: Heath Herndon – 3rd place
- Cyber Security: Hailey McQuaid – 4th place
- Job Interview: Sayra Mauldin – 4th place
- Business Math: Kyle Dibattista – 4th place
The Tate High FBLA advisors are Janice Courson and Gene Seales.
Pictured top: Tate High School FBLA members. Submitted photo for NorthEscambia.com, click to enlarge.
Brent Lane, Cat Country 98.7 Nominated For ACM Awards
February 14, 2013
Cat Country 98.7 has been nominated for Academy of Country Music Association Radio Station of the Year, and Cat Pak Morning Show co-host Brent Lane has nominated for Radio On-Air Personality of the Year.
“We are all very pleased and honored to be listed as a nominee for this prestigious award. I could not be more proud for our staff and our listener family,” said Kevin King, Cat Country 98.7 operations manager. “To be nominated by our peers for ACM Station of the Year is very special.”
“It’s truly an honor to be able to represent Pensacola at the ACM’s in Las Vegas and to be recognized for doing what we love to do,” Lane said.
WYCT — Cat Country 98.7 — was awarded the national Radio Station of the Year from the Academy of Country Music in 2007, 2009 and 2011. Brent Lane with the Cat Pak Morning show won the national personality award from the ACM’s in 2009, and has been nominated four total times for the national award.
The 48th Annual Academy of Country Music Awards will be presented live on the CBS Television Network, Sunday, April 7 at 7 p.m., seen locally on WKRG TV 5.
Let The Good Times Roll: Seniors Celebrate Mardi Gras
February 13, 2013
Residents at the Century Care Center celebrated Mardi Gras Tuesday in grand style with both a parade and a party.
The parade featured lots of throws, including Mardi Gras beads and other trinkets. Residents in Mardi Gras costumes paraded and rolled through the hallways in their wheelchairs to the delight of other residents watching the parade.
Pictured: Celebrating Mardi Gras Tuesday at the Century Care Center. Submitted photos for NorthEscambia.com, click to enlarge.
Learn About Antique Roses At Upcoming Program
February 13, 2013
Master Gardeners will present an upcoming program about antique roses.
During the “Mondays in the Gardens” free gardening program offered at the UF/IFAS West Florida Research and Education Center Gardens, Sally Menk will deliver a presentation, “Antique Roses – Their History and Care” in the shade garden classroom on Monday, February 18th at 10 a.m.
Menk is a Consulting Rosarian for the American Rose Society in Santa Rosa County. In addition, she has been a Santa Rosa Master Gardener for 24 years.
The UF/IFAS WFREC Gardens are located on the Pensacola State College, Milton campus. Visitors can follow the signs on campus to find the gardens.
The gardens are free and open to the public from 8 a.m. until 5 p.m. Monday through Friday. Both self-guided and guided tours are available. Changing seasonal gardens feature a multitude of horticultural displays including shade, formal, children’s and water gardens, bulbs, roses, shrubs, trees and perennials.
For more information please contact Mary Derrick, Residential Horticulture Extension Agent, at (850) 623-3868 between 8:00 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. on weekdays.
Northview Names Students Of The Month
February 12, 2013
Northview High School has named their Students of the Month from January. They are Courtney Peebles and Dustin Parker. Submitted photo for NorthEscambia.com, click to enlarge.
School News: Book Fair At Ernest Ward; Orientations At Northview, EWMS
February 11, 2013
Orientation sessions are planned at Northview High and Ernest Ward Middle schools, and Ernest Ward is holding a book fair this week. Details:
Northview High Orientation
Northview High School will host an orientation for all eighth grade students entering the ninth grade at Northview for the 2013-2014 school year. The orientation agenda will include a variety of useful topics that will help parents and students become more familiar with the registration process, student academic progression, and other requirements. The orientation will begin at 6 p.m. on Monday, February 25th in the Northview theater.
Ernest Ward Book Fair
Ernest Ward Middle School Spring Scholastic Book Fair will be held this week, February 11-15. Students will be allowed to shop during scheduled hours and during their lunches. The Fair will also be available during the Valentine’s Dance Friday evening. Cash only sales. The Book Fairs is also online, click here.
Ernest Ward Middle Orientation
Ernest Ward Middle School will hold an orientation and registration for all students who plan to attend EWMS next school year. The event will be held Thursday, February 21 from 5:30 until 7:00 p.m. in the school gym.
Invitations have already been sent home with sixth and seventh grade EWMS students, along with students from Byrneville, Bratt and Molino Park elementary schools.
The invitation includes a free meal catered by Archie’s Catering Smokehouse for the immediate family of each student who returns the completed form to their homeroom teacher, guidance counselor or the school office by Tuesday, February 12.
During the program, EWMS and staff will be available to answer questions and explain middle school programs, extracurricular activities, and middle school academies. Parents are encouraged to attend the event to complete their child’s registration process for the next school year
Deadline Approaching To Register For Dave Ramsey Financial Program
February 10, 2013
Ray’s Chapel Baptist Church in Bogia will offer classes from Dave Ramsey’s Financial Peace University beginning March 1. The registration deadline in February 15.
The nine-week course includes video classes and group discussion and has changed lives all across the country. More than 1.5 million families have completed the program at their workplace, church, military base, nonprofit organization or community group and are working toward debt freedom and financial peace.
Through common-sense principles and small-group accountability, FPU gives people the tools they need to change their behavior and succeed financially. On average families who complete FPU pay off $5,300 and save $2,700 in the first 90 days; following the class nearly 94 percent of those families budget regularly, according to Ramsey.
“FPU will not only transform the way you handle money, but also your marriage and other areas of your life,” says Ramsey. “This isn’t a boring financial class. We make learning about money fun and easy to understand so people in every situation can benefit from the information.”
Ramsey knows first-hand the pain that financial stress can cause. After creating a net worth of more than a million dollars by age 26, he quickly lost it all. Since then Ramsey has helped families and individuals across the country learn how to get control of their finances and avoid debt so they don’t have to experience the same pain he did.
After purchasing a membership each participant receives a workbook, Dave Ramsey’s Complete Guide to Money, an envelope system and an audio CD library. Participants will also have access to budgeting forms and MP3’s of all the lessons.
Classes at Ray’s Chapel Baptist Church begin March 1 and will meet each Friday at 7 pm. Registration ends February 15. The even is open to the entire community. Childcare is available for a minimal fee.
To register or more information, click here. For additional details, contact Rachel Gilmore at ((850) 572-6465 or brgilmore@frontiernet.net.
Photos: Atmore Mardi Gras Parade
February 10, 2013
The Ladies of Essence held their annual Mardi Gras Parade Saturday afternoon in Atmore with plenty of MoonPies and beads.
For a photo gallery, click here.
Pictured: The annual Mardi Gras Parade Saturday in Atmore. Submitted photos by Ditto Gorme for NorthEscambia.com, click to enlarge.
Escambia Search And Rescue Holds Meet And Greet
February 10, 2013
The volunteers of Escambia Search and Rescue held a meet and greet event Saturday at Tractor Supply Company on Nine Mile Road. ESAR is celebrating its 50th year of service, and the K-9 unit is in it s 19th year.
ESAR trains for and responds to many different types of incidents including lost children, missing hunters, drowning victims, overdue boats, natural disasters, and missing persons with Alzheimer’s, autism or other forms of dementia.
Search volunteers from Northwest Florida and South Alabama are trained in communication, rescue and recovery diving and K-9 searches.
Pictures: ESAR and some of the K-9’s held a meet and greet Saturday at Tractor Supply Company on Nine Mile Road in Pensacola. Courtesy photos for NorthEscambia.com, click to enlarge.
Weekend Gardening: February Tips
February 9, 2013
Here are gardening tips for the month of February from the Santa Rosa Extension Service:
Flowers
- Re-fertilize cool season flowerbeds, using a liquid or granular form of fertilizer. Be careful not to apply excessive amounts and keep granules away from the base of stems.
- Prepare flowerbeds for spring planting by adding and incorporating soil amendments like mushroom compost, manure or homemade compost. Till or spade the bed to incorporate the amendments with the existing soil to a depth of 6 to 8 inches. Allow the prepared bed to lie undisturbed for 3 to 4 weeks before planting. This provides time for some important biological activity to take place, and new plants are less likely to suffer from stem and root rots as a result. Have a soil test done. Sometimes lime is needed. However, a lime application should be made only if the need is revealed by the test.
- Replenish mulch in flowerbeds.
- Prune rose bushes.
Trees and Shrubs
- February is possible the best month for rejuvenation of old, overgrown shrubs. When pruned now, plants have an entire growing season to recover.
- Prune summer flowering deciduous shrubs such as Althea and Hibiscus. Since they flower on current season’s growth, flowering can actually be enhanced by proper pruning
- Do NOT prune the spring flowering shrubs yet. Azaleas, Spiraeas and Forsythia flower during early spring because buds were formed last summer and fall. Pruning in February would therefore remove most of the flower buds.
- Cold damaged trees and shrubs should NOT be pruned until new growth appears. You want to preserve as much healthy plant material as possible.
- Replenish mulch in shrub beds
- Finish planting ornamental and fruit trees.
Fruits and Nuts
- Fertilize established pecan trees. Use a “special pecan fertilizer” that contains zinc. Use 2 lbs. for every year of age of the tree up to a maximum of 55 lbs. Broadcast the fertilizer evenly beneath the tree.
- Fertilize established peach, plum, pear, persimmon, apple and fig. Apply about 1 ½ lbs of a 10-10-10 (or similar) fertilizer for each year of age of the tree until a maximum of 10 to 15 lbs. per tree is reached.
- Blueberries are very sensitive to nitrogen and can be killed easily, particularly when they are young. Fertilize only if your goal is to increase yield or berry size. An annual application of 2 ounces of a special “azalea/camellia” or “special blueberry” type fertilizer per plant in February is ample fertilizer on 2-year-old plants.
- Prune muscadine grapes between mid-February to mid-March. A standard method is to allow 2 to 4 node spurs spaced every 6 inches of cordon. You may notice that pruning cuts bleed, but there is no evidence that this is injurious to the vine.
- Grapes (bunch and muscadine) should be fertilized at the rate of 1 ½ lbs of 10-10-10 for each year of age with a maximum of 5 lbs per plant applied in late February.
- Last call for planting fruit trees! Most fruit trees such as pecans, plums, persimmons, figs, peaches and nectarines are shipped bare roots and should be planted during the dormant season.
- Apply a spray containing horticultural oils emulsion to dormant fruit trees and ornamental shrubs. Follow label directions carefully.
Vegetable Garden
- Several winter vegetables can still be successfully grown by starting them this month. Plant beets, broccoli, cabbage, carrots, cauliflower, celery, Chinese cabbage, collards, endive/escarole, kale, kohlrabi, leek, lettuce, mustard, parsley, English peas, radish and turnips.
- Plant Irish potatoes. Purchase certified seed potatoes rather than using the grocery store kinds. Use 2-ounce seed pieces with eyes and plant them 3 to 4 inches deep.
- Prepare spring vegetable and herb beds for planting by adding and incorporating soil amendments like mushroom compost, manure or homemade compost. Wait 3 to 4 weeks before planting.
Lawns
- Hold off on fertilizing the lawn. It is still too early for an application of nitrogen containing product. Cold temperatures and lack of plant response would likely result in wasted fertilizer. However, your winter weeds would benefit greatly.