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Shortly after the public meeting May 21 with the Santa Rosa County commissioners seeking public input regarding future improvements to Fidelis Park, a grant writer for the county contacted Jay Historical Society Presidents Matthew Dobson about the school house. Santa Rosa County requested a letter of support for a grant application to help with funds associated with the 1925 Fidelis School House. Dobson submitted a letter highlighting the historical and architectural design of the old building,...
At the meeting of the Escambia County (Ala.) Board of Education on Thursday, June 13, the board heard a report from on the installation of the video surveillance systems in a system-wide initiative by Technology Coordinator Jamie Burkett. “We're upgrading all of our camera systems,” said Burkett. “We're doing to in phases. We've just gotten the funding, so now we have the ability to do both phases, a system-wide upgrade.” Burkett said the upgrade includes a camera in every classroom, in school h...
“Early Saturday morning in Downtown Pensacola around 1:00 I was hit by a truck, and the guy decided to flee the scene,” stated 22-year-old Max Whitman from Jay, Fla. on social media. “The cops just uncovered a video, but they were unable to get the tag number. The truck should have been damaged on the front left or the left rearview mirror. If anyone has ANY information on the truck or the driver please contact me. This happened on Palafox, near the Vinyl.” Whitman is referring to Saturda...
A Century man was arrested last Thursday and is facing charges of grand theft and fraud following an investigation that revealed he had cashed multiple business checks even though no contractual services were delivered. Donnie Jason Victor, 38, was arrested June 6 and charged with grand theft between $10,000 and $20,000 and misleading solicitation of payments/fraud when an investigation lead authorities to four checks totaling $12,704.18 to build a barn that Victor cashed against Joshua...
A wreck on US Highway 29 and Whirlpool Road Tuesday evening involving a motorcycle and a moped resulted in two Century residents being Life Flighted to the hospital with critical injuries. James Cooko, 45, was traveling north on a Harley Davidson motorcycle in the inside lane on Highway 29 approaching Whirlpool Road, according to a Florida Highway Patrol report. Susan Nichols, 49, was also traveling north in the outside lane of Highway 29 approaching Whirlpool Road. Nichols made an improper...
Anyone who loves to play video games, especially Fortnite, an interactive online video game, is invited to the compete in the 2nd annual Flomaton Lions Club Video Game Tournament from 2 p.m. to 5 p.m., this Saturday, June 15, at Flomaton High School parking lot. Pre-registration at Whataburger in Century or the Tri City Ledger office is $20 and includes a T-shirt. Registration on game day is $25. The grand prize for the overall winner is $100 and a medal. The Flomaton High School Band Boosters...
The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) issued a three-month ultimatum to the Town of Jay to finish any renovations and repairs of the livestock market, according to Jay Operations Manager Eric Seib Monday night. The deadline to finish any repairs of renovations to the structure is Aug. 31, 2019, to be funded with the remainder of a Rural Development $130,000 grant. Town officials have heard estimates that the hog barn roofing project will cost around $35,000 to $40,000. Owens said...
Last May, CPA Robert Hudson asked the Century Council to allow monthly for five months for $5,000 to come from the big trash pick-up and $7,000 to come from the special revenue go into the struggling gas fund, which Mayor Henry Hawkins asked the council Monday night to extend to relieve financial burden until the winter months, although the council took no action on the request. Councilwoman Ann Brooks said she would like to get gas reports from the town's gas superintendent, Walley Kellett,...
Last Friday, May 31, Century area children and adults got to experiment too see how the surface of the moon was made and see real moon rocks and meteorite samples and explore lunar science and cosmic impacts at Century Library thanks to West Florida Public Library's (WFPL) Science, Technology, Engineering, Art and Mathematics (STEAM) event, "NASA Moon Rocks". Funded through the Escambia County Board of County Commissioners and West Florida Public Library system, "A Universe of Stories" is the su...
The Century Council voted Monday to approve to pay $9,000 beyond the $21,000 submitted by auditing firm Warren Averett, allowing Mayor Henry Hawkins to sign an engagement letter to begin the town's annual audit. When Councilwoman Ann Brooks asked why Hawkins had not signed the letter when the deadline for the audit completion is June 30, Hawkins said that the firm advised the $9,000 was for extra trips made to the town. “I've got some issues with that agreement because they went up $9,000 and t...
The 39th annual Alabama Blueberry Festival will be held from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m., Saturday, June 15, at historic downtown Brewton in Jennings Park. The festival features homemade blueberry foods including blueberry ice cream made especially for the festival, blueberry crunch and cobbler and a wide variety of sandwiches. There will be arts and crafts, an antique car show, blueberry bushes and crates of fresh blueberries, blueberry T-shirts, free children's games and activities and live...
The Alger Sullivan Historical Society (ASHS) in Century will host its annual yard this Saturday, June 8, from 8:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. at the corner of 4th Street and Jefferson Avenue, in the historical district. This year will be the biggest sale the society has had, according to ASHS President Jerry Fischer. “We have the estate of our late, beloved longtime member Margaret Collier as well as estate items from another individual,” said Fischer. “This is going to be the biggest sale that we've...
The Jay town council voted Monday night to approve hiring part-time billing clerk April Watson as a full-time employee and one pay raise for town maintenance worker Kevin Herrman with discussion of a raise for Operations Manager Eric Seib in the near future. Water billing clerk Watson has greatly reduced the number of overdue water accounts, with $691 currently outstanding, according to Watson Monday night. She told the council the decision was made to put 90-day overdue water accounts on a...
A Flomaton man who did not pull over when law enforcement initiated a traffic stop due to a possible window tint violation now faces felony fleeing and eluding and drug possession charges. Toney Maurice Harrison, 21, 20960 Old Highway 31, was arrested May 19 when a sheriff's deputy attempting to pull him over activated his emergency lights and sirens and found, according to an Escambia County (Fla.) Sheriff's Office report. The report said the officer observed a gray Nissan Altima traveling...
Although no action was taken, the Century town council heard Town Planner Debbie Nickles' request May 20 to allow her to prepare the Florida Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) 5-year management plan and all documents on property the town is responsible for maintaining for a total of $3,000, if the town chooses to change to reporting every five years instead of annually. The Florida DEP has asked for the town of Century to transition from an annual to a five-year reporting period on...
Members of the Jay council discussed the town’s current policy regarding commercial water tap fees, if any, at its Monday, May 20 meeting, siting the tap that was recently made for a new warehouse in Jay for Golden Cotton Gin. Jay Water Superintendent Alicia Jernigan supervised the gin's tapping of a 6-inch line into the town's 8-inch line. Seib said they could go with the commercial price of a 6-inch line, if that is what they decided. “We didn't charge anything for them to tap into our 8-i...
At Century's council meeting on Monday, May 20, Councilwoman Ann Brooks read portions of letters and emails she received from Warren Averitt, the company that is doing the town audit, as well as penalties and fees assessed for the town on late payroll taxes in the past and the recent months of January, February, March and April of 2019. Brooks said she learned that Toni Simmons is responsible for providing the information from the billing program to Kristina Wood, who is responsible for...
At the May 20 council meeting, Operations Manager Eric Seib gave council members a snapshot budget report, showing the town's mid-year budget numbers. Seib said the Local Option Gas Tax was much higher than what it has been at $23,000 and the franchise tax, which became incorporated this year, is at $24,000. The town was awarded a $600,000 Community Development Block Grant (CDBG), which accounts for most of the $800,000 increase in the budget this year so far, Seib said. The town has received...
In a 2 to 3 split vote Monday night, the Century Town Council did not approve a lease-to-purchase offer made by West Florida Gin to purchase the old helicopter technology building in Century's Industrial Park. West Florida Gin's Robert Godwin and Larry Baxley, operating as North Escambia Warehouse and Storage, LLC, made an offer to purchase the building for $240,000 at $4,000 a month for five years to use for storage of cotton. Council members Luis Gomez, Jr., James Smith and Sandra...
At the Florida Preservation Conference in Pensacola this year, the Fidelis school located on Highway 87 in the town of Jay joined 10 others in a Florida Trust list of 11 historic structures to save. Converted in the mid-1980's to what is now the Fidelis Community Center, the schoolhouse was built in 1925 and had additions in the 1940s through 1960s. The county has considered demolishing the structure to make way for other projects due to a lack of funding to upgrade it and bring it up to code...
Escambia County (Ala.) School Superintendent John Knott told the Board of Education last Thursday that he felt '99.9 percent' sure the W. S. Neal High School graduation could be held in the newly renovated auditorium this Thursday, May 23 at 7 p.m. “The building inspector with the Alabama Building Commission made a full inspection yesterday,” said Knott. “All the items for us to be able to gain entry were up. The handrails are in place and all other safety items were in place.” Knott said th...
A convicted felon from Jay is facing more drug charges and a felony possession weapon charge after law enforcement executed a search warrant on May 14 and located drugs and a loaded weapon inside the residence. Anthony Glenn Brunson, 59, 2351 Camors Road, was alone in his residence when law enforcement arrived to serve a search warrant and discovered a loaded .22 caliber handgun, methamphetamine, marijuana and a digital scale, according to a Santa Rosa County Sheriff's Office report. The report...
Following the recent investigation into the town of Century's financial status, the Council attended a workshop Monday night to look at the town's charter, which has remained unchanged since 1979, on a recommendation by the State Attorney's Office. Among the findings and recommendations of the grand jury for the town of Century following the recent investigation was a recommended forensic financial audit be done for the past five years, that the town seeks assistance of a municipal consulting...
The town of Jay's application for a $300,000 legislative appropriation for the East Highway 4 water project did not pass the budget at the Florida Senate, according to Dewberry Engineering's Crystal Weatherington at Jay's council meeting May 6. The monies were going to be used to extend 6-inch main PVC pipe under Highway 4 eastbound and Darney Lane from the Florida Department Of Transportation stopping point, scheduled to wrap up in August. The project is part of the water infrastructure...
“We've got it covered now,” said T.H. Merritt, vice president of the Rural Radio Preparedness Association (RRPA) and county radio officer for Radio Amateur Civil Emergency Service (RACES). “After much thought, what once was a plan is now a reality.” After some resistance and slow progress, the RRPA is on a mission to make sure rural communities can communicate with each other and the outside world during a crisis of other emergency that degrades or destroys commercial communications. Several...
