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The Century Council approved in a 3 to 1 vote Century Mayor Henry Hawkins' recommendation to hire Tammy Parish starting at $9.25 an hour as clerk tech and increase town employee Jolene Tipton's pay to $9.50 an hour at Monday night's meeting. Councilwoman Ann Brooks asked if the job opening had been advertised and where. According to Century Town Clerk Kim Godwin, the job opening had been advertised for two weeks in two newspapers and online, as required for public notice by Florida Statutes....
Escambia County (Ala.) Schools gathered at Escambia COunty High School in atmore last Wednesday, April 3, to participate in Super Fun Day. Students from T.R. Miller High, Brewton Middle and elementary, wsn elementary, middle and high, pollard-mccall elementary, flomaton elementary and high, huxford elementary, escambia county middle and high and rachel patterson elementary schools were cheered on by their peers as they participated in games, relay races, bowling, and ball throw, competing for...
On Saturday, April 6, following a semi pro minor league football game between the Pensacola Jets and T.C. (Tri City) Venom at Anthony Pleasant Park in Century, three shots were fired on the football field by an unknown gunman and two more shots were fired later in the parking lot. Both teams have been suspended from the Amateur to Professional Developmental Football League (APDFL) until further investigation. Shortly after the last touchdown with the Jets winning 33 - 6, one of the T.C. Venom...
Members of Cora Baptist Church and the Jay community are mourning the sudden death of Choir Director Roger Glen Rowell, 64, who died April 3 after he took a fall down a set of stairs at the church. Rowell's wife, Joy, said the death was ruled accidental and that he had been to the doctor that day for his six-month diabetic checkup. She said doctors could not rule out a heart attack, but that there was no way of knowing, since he had not suffered a heart attack in the past. “He always lived in t...
This Friday, Flomaton High School gym will be teeming with students dressed as historical figures, presenting pictures, discussing events and many more aspects of local, state, national and world history as the third annual Flomaton High School History Fair begins at 8 a.m. The event will end around 2 p.m. and is open to public. The project began when FHS government teacher Brett Chancery asked Principal Scott Hammond about putting on a history fair three years ago. When Chancery left the...
A Jay man was arrested for possession of weapon March 25 during a routine traffic stop after law enforcement discovered the man was a convicted felon and had a firearm in the vehicle. Theron Douglas Godwin, 76, Fawndale Drive, was traveling eastbound on Highway 4 in a Chevrolet Silverado when a Santa Rosa County Sheriff's Office deputy traveling westbound noticed a missing passenger tail light and pulled Godwin over, according to a Santa Rosa County Sheriff's Office report. The report said...
The Coon Hill Day 5K Trail 5K Event to Benefit 183-year-old Coon Hill Cemetery will begin at 7:30 a.m., this Saturday, April 13th. Registration the day of the race is $25 and the proceeds used to maintain this historic cemetery. The pioneering settlement in the 1800s named Coon Hill was chosen by a vote over the name Opossum Hill. This was the first town in the area now known as north. At the turn of the century, many folks moved away from the saw mills on the creeks of the Escambia River and th...
Jay Mayor Shon Owens, determined to keep making progress on the Jay Livestock Market, suggested ways to save money by donating his resources and council members agreed Monday night to meet at the site this week to determine how to best utilize the grant money and resources available. “I was able to find an excavator from a company we rent from for about $2,200 total for a week,” said Owens. “I offered up my operators at no charge to spend the few days it would take to out it on the groun...
The Jay council approved Monday night to donate monies to two different non-profit events that benefit local law enforcement and Jay area youth and the use of the town's new bleachers for a non-profit event. Santa Rosa County Sheriff's Deputy Caleb Cook requested a donation from the town for the second annual End of Watch Memorial Run, which commemorates and helps law enforcement officers who have lost their lives in the line of duty and their families with financial assistance. The run will...
At Monday night's meeting, Century Mayor Henry Hawkins gave each council member a copy of a letter and check issued to the Town of Century in the amount of $1,751.70, a repayment of money he spent for potential economic development in October 2018. At an earlier council meeting, Councilwoman Ann Brooks had questioned several charges on the town's bill list made on Oct. 23, including Expedia charges for $107.58 and $560.92, a Frontier airfare of $214.90, a Delta air charge of $366.90, and an...
An early morning crash in Baldwin County has claimed the lives of a Century man and Atmore man and left three others hospitalized. Shortly after 8 a.m. on Saturday, March 30, Alabama State Troopers responded to a two-vehicle crash on Baldwin 87 near Cowpen Creek Road in the Elsanor community. Steve A. Leonard, 57, of Atmore, was driving south on Baldwin 87 when his 2009 Dodge Ram collided head-on with a 2007 Chevrolet Silverado. Leonard was transported to University Hospital in Mobile where he...
At Monday night's meeting, Jay council members discussed the influx of calls from Jay residents who are requesting a recheck of their water meter following a rate increase according to Jay Operations Manager, Eric Seib. Seib said that they have received 10 to 12 customer calls per week asking for a water meter recheck. He said it's the accuracy of the new meters versus the old ones, which allowed some water to slip by, and what used to read 2,000 to 3,000 gallons is now reading 5,000 to 6,000...
The Jay Area Chamber of Commerce voted on next year's officers at its meeting Monday at the library of Jay High School, and approved two donations totaling $650 to help local youth. The Jay Chamber's new president will be Eric Seib, Operations Manager for the Town of Jay and current president Terry Miller will be vice president. Current secretary Gretchen McPherson will continue to hold that position, while former treasurer Megan Ivy, who stepped away earlier this year while pregnant, will...
A Century man is facing 10 felony counts drug and weapon-related charges after law enforcement executing a search warrant discovered drugs, drug paraphernalia, and weapons at the residence. Sim Brown, III, 24, 401 Bonwell St., was arrested March 28 when officers executing a search warrant gained entrance to the residence and found several bags of suspected methamphetamine in bags that fell on the floor when officers placed the suspect on the ground and floating in the toilet bowl of the...
"If I'm going to have a meeting that's not going to include the entire council and I know that there is a possibility of shining a bad light on Century or getting the council in some type of danger, I think we need to bring it to this table and say, 'I would like to attend this meeting on behalf of the council,' and I'd like to make that motion and it needs to be seconded and yes or no, for me to represent this council," is how Century Councilman Luis Gomez described his feeling Monday night...
“We will have another year we will be staying with our old standards and it will be next year before anything will be actually done and then that pushes every other course back another year,” is how Escambia County (Ala.) School Superintendent John Knott predicted Bill SB 119, that just passed through the Senate to abolish any mention of Common Core standards will effect education at the Escambia County (Ala.) School Board meeting last Thursday. The bill was introduced into the Senate last week...
Flomaton High School senior Donte Dixon is now the first African-American in Flomaton Boy Scout Troop 31 to earn Eagle Scout status. Dixon's Eagle Scout ceremony was held Saturday, March 16, 2019, at Next Level of Faith Ministries Church in Flomaton. "It started bringing tears to my eyes, it was a real proud moment," said Dixon. "I could see in Mrs. Jaye Jayes face, and my mom's, how proud they were, they all teared up. I was happy with an accomplishment like that." Dixon said he has always been...
Next to the stage behind the Flomaton Library there is now a Blessing Box, which contains non-perishable food items available to anyone who needs them and free to all. Ricky Hart, pastor at Vision Church on Highway 31 and his wife Stephanie, were in search of a project that would impact more than just their church and its members. That's when she discovered a great idea. "I just wanted to do something for our community," said Stephanie. "I searched for ideas on Pinterest and found the food box...
The Jay council discussed various ways the Jay Livestock Market could benefit from a $150,000 grant from the Florida Department of Economic Opportunity at its Monday, March 18 meeting, although no decision was made, following a visit by the Florida Department of Economic Opportunity Director of USDA Rural Development, who, along with Jay Operations Manager, Eric Seib toured the facility to explore ways to improve the site, as part of the town's five year capital improvement plan. “We've discusse...
A Flomaton area family who thought they'd lost everything in a fire that engulfed their home cried tears of joy when they learned firemen had rescued their dog, Indie, found hiding under a bed in the home. The Flomaton Fire Department responded to a call around 3:20 p.m. on Tuesday, March 19, about a fully-involved structure fire at 4500 Old Foshee Road in Flomaton. Homeowners Glen and Nita Brown were on the way out of town and had left, so the house was vacant. They received a call that their h...
The town of Century lost a beloved member when longtime Century resident and co-founder of the Alger Sullivan Historical Society, Margaret Collier, 92, died Wednesday, March 13, 2019. "Margaret and Mrs. Vivian Jones were the originators of the Alger Sullivan Historical Society (ASHS)," said Century resident and historical society President Jerry Fischer. "They got it started in the Methodist Church, where we held the meetings, starting in 1988. Anyone who was interested in Century could come,...
The town of Century will spend $4,000 to send three town employees to Texas to train for the town's gas billing system following a 3 to 2 split vote at Monday night's council meeting. Century Mayor Hawkins sought the council's approval to send Gas Superintendent Wally Kellette, Billing Clerk Toni Simmons and Kim Godwin to Tyler, Texas for training on April 9 and 10, to receive training that is required to properly utilize the town's gas billing system. Brooks asked why three had to go and...
A Flomaton man sought after by law enforcement following a report of an armed disturbance March 16 faces a felony drug charge following a search of his clothing. Steven Ray Gresham, 36, 5771 Wolf Log Road, was arrested when officers dispatched to an information armed disturbance searched his clothing and found a small plastic baggie containing a clear crystal-like substance and a glass pipe used to ingest narcotics in his pants pockets according to an Escambia County Sheriff's Office report. The...
On Monday, March 18, around 3:35 p.m., the Flomaton Fire and Lambeth Fire Departments responded to the a 911 call involving a tractor trailer and a vehicle in a collision at the 5.16 mile marker. Pamela Dawson McKowen, 60, of Evergreen, fell asleep at the wheel of her 2017 Hyundai Santa Fe, hitting the rear trailer of a 2019 Kenworth 18-wheeler driven by Joseph Ernie Tetter, 61, of Flomaton, for C & C Hauling in Molino. There were no injuries reported and McKowen refused EMS. Although no...
The town of Century will advertise for a new water and wastewater superintendent following current Water and Wastewater Superintendent Alicia Jernigan's resignation, which was discussed at Monday night's meeting. Hawkins recommended to the council moving the assistant water and wastewater superintendent, Heath Burkett, up to fill Jernigan's position and the town will advertise for someone to be assistant. Jernigan said she will work with the new superintendent for two weeks and will gladly...
