Northview Celebrates National FFA Week
February 22, 2012
FFA members at Northview High School are celebrating National FFA Week with a variety of events.
Tuesday, the FFA officers and members prepared a homestyle breakfast for teachers, staff and invited guests that support the FFA program. On Monday, students prepared refreshments for bus drivers.
For a photo gallery from the event, click here.
FFA week activites include:
Monday: Bus Driver Refreshment/ FFA T-Shirts
FFA members prepared refreshments for all bus drivers to give to them in the morning as they arrived at school.
Tuesday: Teacher Breakfast
All teachers, staff and invited guests were invited to eat a home cooked breakfast before school started that was prepared by FFA officers and members.
Wednesday: Ag Olympics
All agricultural classes will participate the Ag Olympics program with several events. Members are invited to have a coke float in the Agriculture department during the student’s lunch.
Thursday: Minute To Win It/Ag Style
There will be a workshop put on by the FFA officers/Minute To Win It Ag style.
Friday: Dirty Truck Contest
There will be a Dirty Truck Contest on Friday, along with a game of Don’t Forget the Lyrics in Ag classes.
Saturday: Ruritan Auction
FFA members will assist with the Walnut Hill Ruritan Farm Equipment Auction Saturday as a community service project.
Pictured: FFA members served breakfast Tuesday morning at Northview High School. NorthEscambia.com photos, click to enlarge.
Let The Good Times Roll: Seniors Celebrate Mardi Gras
February 22, 2012
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.
Ruth Steele was named Mardi Gras queen, and John Holsberry was named king.
For more photos from the celebration, click here.
Pictured top: Century Care Center Mardi Gras Queen Ruth Steele and King John Holsberry. Pictured inset: Josephine (Jo Jo) Griffin in her decorated wheelchair. Submitted photos for NorthEscambia.com, click to enlarge.
Let The Good Times Roll — Flomaton Hurricane Style
February 21, 2012
The Flomaton High School Hurricane Band took part in the Gulf Shores Mardi Gras Parade this morning.
For more photos, scroll down the page.
NorthEscambia.com photos by Alisa Hart, click to enlarge.
Northview FBLA Wins Awards At District Conference
February 21, 2012
Northview High School’s FBLA received numerous awards during the Future Business Leaders of America (FBLA) District One District Leadership Conference recently at the University of West Florida.
The Northview High School FBLA received the 2011-2012 Most Active Chapter Award.
Kasie Braun, Elizabeth Wright, and Victoria Wright received the Gloria Cooper Award, which is presented to FBLA members that exemplify the qualities desired in a business leader such as dependability, loyalty and honesty.
Other Northview student winners were:
- Joseph Baldwin , second place in Business Calculations
- Indigo Rodriguez , first place in Business Communication
- Lindsay Hedgepeth , second place in Business Communication
- Deidre Steele , fourth place in Business Communication
- Samantha Sharpless , third place in Business Math
- Elizabeth Wright & Victoria Wright , first place in Business Presentation (team event)
- Rebecca Barnhill , second place in Digital Design & Promotion
- Anna Donald , first place in Digital Video Production
- Tamara Green , first place in FBLA Principles & Procedures
- Taylor Dukes , first place in Future Business Leader
- Casey Godwin , first place in Health Care Administration
- Kasie Braun , first place in Introduction to Business Communication
- Hannah Hinton , second place in Job Interview
- Michael Sepulveda , first place in Networking Concepts
- D. J. Robinson , first place in Technology Concepts
- Christopher Loncar , fifth place in Technology Concepts
Pictured top: Northview High School FBLA members. Pictured below: Northview’s Gloria Cooper Award winners (L-R) Elizabeth Wright, Victoria Wright and Kasie Braun. Submitted photos for NorthEscambia.com, click to enlarge.
Century Resident Hits The Century Mark With 100th Birthday
February 21, 2012
Della Godwin celebrated her 100th birthday on Sunday. The Century Care Center resident celebrated on Friday with a party attended by family and friends. Della danced to the music and enjoyed opening presents to mark the special day.
Della is a longtime resident of the Century area and is the oldest resident at Century Care Center.
Pictured: Della Godwin of Century celebrated her 100th birthday on Sunday. Submitted photos for NorthEscambia.com, click to enlarge.
Ernest Ward Names Students Of The Month
February 20, 2012
February Students of the Month have been named for Ernest Ward Middle School. The are (left to right) Elizabeth Wright, seventh grade; Cheyanne Gray, eighth grade; and Jake White, sixth grade. Submitted photo for NorthEscambia.com, click to enlarge.
Blue Jacket Jamboree Benefits FFA (With Photo Gallery)
February 19, 2012
The Northview High School theater came alive Saturday nigh during the Blue Jacket Jamboree presented by the Northview FFA Alumni featuring the CGMA Country Group of the Year “The Springs”.
For a photo gallery from the event, click here.
The Northview FFA Alumini uses proceeds from the event for scholarships for eligible seniors and transportation for FFA members to state and national conventions.
The Springs have shared the stage with country greats like Alan Jackson, Craig Moran, Toby Keith and Reba McIntire with their high energy brand of Country/Southern Rock.
Nominated along with Steel Magnolia, Sugarland, and Lady Antebellum for the New Music Awards “Country Group of the Year”, The Springs are seen by some as the “next big thing” in country music. The all-male group has also had two Christian country number one songs.
The Blue Jacket Jamboree was sponsored in part by NorthEscambia.com, Cat Country, 98.7 and Your Country 102.7 WXBM.
For a photo gallery from the event, click here.
Pictured top: Kellie Gindl (center) of Barrineau Park plays a cowbell on stage with The Springs’ lead singer Stewart Halcomb (left) and guitarist Steven Pettry Saturday night during the Northview FFA Alumni Blue Jacket Jamboree in Bratt. Pictured inset: Stewart Halcomb of The Springs. Pictured below: The Springs Perform at Northview High School. NorthEscambia.com photos, click to enlarge.
Weekend Gardening: Freshly Delivered Seed Catalogs
February 19, 2012
Seed catalogs are arriving in the mailbox. This is an excellent time to browse and decide what you would like to include in your spring garden.
Vegetables are typically started by either directly sowing the seed into a prepared garden bed or starting the seeds indoors and then transplanting the seedling into the garden. Each method has pros and cons.
There are some vegetables that do not transplant easily. These include bean, corn, cucumber, cantaloupe, mustard, peas, squash, turnips and watermelon. For these difficult-to-transplant plants, it’s best to sow the seed directly into the garden.
Many vegetables, however, can be easily transplanted as seedlings. Starting them indoors offers several advantages
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- For seeds that are expensive, such as many of the newer hybrids, seeding indoors to raise transplants conserves seeds. A higher germination rate and more high-quality plants can be produced under controlled environmental conditions.
- You can avoid adverse weather by starting seeds indoors during cool weather, and then move outdoors, when the weather warms up.
- Earlier harvest is more attainable by using transplants than by direct seeding in the field.
- You get to choose the best seedlings to be planted in the garden.
- Starting seeds indoors in a soilless media helps reduce seedling decay. The disease-free, precise environment of a planting pot is more ideal for seed germination and seedling growth than is the garden soil.
Vegetables that are easily started indoors and transplanted include beets, broccoli, Brussels sprouts, cabbage, cauliflower, chard, collards, endive, lettuce and tomato. Others that can be transplanted but may require some care include carrot, celery, eggplant, kale, kohlrabi, leek, onion, and pepper.
There are a wide variety of containers available for starting seeds for transplants. Just be sure that they are clean and free of disease organisms. Also be sure that your containers drain well. Standing water promotes damping-off diseases.
It is essential that the growing medium be free of diseases, insects, and weed seeds. The medium needs to be loose, well-drained, and fine-textured. The best growing medium will have the best combination of good moisture-holding capacity, good drainage, and high nutrient retention capability.
It is too risky to use outside soil for raising transplants. If soil is contaminated, seedlings may be lost due to disease. Use a commercially prepared seedling mix. It is worth the cost of commercial media to ensure that the seed germination rate is high and that the quality of the seedling is excellent.
It is best to dampen the growing medium thoroughly before sowing seeds. This will ensure good distribution of water throughout the container while minimizing the chance of washing or splashing small seeds away.
Little water is needed before seedlings emerge. Too much water will promote damping-off organisms. Once seedlings emerge, check them for dryness and water as needed. Never allow seedlings to wilt. Once again, be sure there is good drainage so containers never sit in water.
Theresa Friday is the Residential Horticulture Extension Agent for Santa Rosa County.
Boyett Named To Dean’s List At University Of Vermont
February 19, 2012
Madison Boyett of Molino has been named to the Dean’s List at the University of Vermont for the second consecutive semester. Boyett is a 2010 graduate of Pensacola Junior College Adult High and began college in August 2010.
She is the daughter of Lynn and Debbie Boyett, and the granddaughter of Kenneth and Marie Bryan.
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‘Guys And Dolls’ Friday At Flomaton High
February 16, 2012
The Flomaton High School Drama Club will present Damon Runyon’s Guys and Dolls tonight at Friday night at 7:00 in the school auditorium. Tickets are $5.
Nathan Detroit (played by Tyler Dove), the organizer of the oldest permanent floating crap game, bets Sky Masterson (played by Phillip Lloyd) that he can’t make the next girl he sees fall in love with him– Miss Sarah Brown (Victoria Creamer) of the Save-a-Soul Mission. Meanwhile, Nathan’s girlfriend and the main attraction at the Hot Box nightclub — Miss Adelaide (K J Head), only wants to get married. In the end the gamblers and “spunky do-gooders” are thrown together.
“The students have worked really hard on this year’s musical. It’s going to be a great production,” said Flomaton drama teacher Jerry Aaron. “Come and bring all of your friends.”
For more photos from the production, click here.
Pictured top: The gamblers — Joey Macks, Hunter Chavers, Phillip Lloyd, Dan Condrey, Max Wilcox, Brett Gafford, Brett Newton and hanging from the scalfoldling, Jay Harris and Zach Hadley in the Flomaton High School production of Guys and Dolls. Pictured below: The Save-a-Soul Mission Band — Kristen Dixon, Molly Barnett, Jamie Dailey, Alexis Williams, and Victoria Creamer. Submitted photos for NorthEscambia.com, click to enlarge.
