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After discussing the problems that have brought about large losses to the town of Century through the gas department, council members voted approval to require Century Gas Superintendent Wally Kellette to be present at every council meeting until the gas issues are resolved. “It looks like the water and sewer were profitable for January and year to date,” said Councilwoman Ann Brooks. “The gas fund lost $15,225 for the month of January and has lost $57,482 year to date. The garbage fund has a pr...
The U.S. Geological Survey National Earthquake Information Center in Golden, Colo. has confirmed that three earthquakes happened in the Century, Jay and Flomaton areas over a span of six days, between March 7 and March 13. The first earthquake happened at 4:45 p.m., Thursday, March 7, about 7 kilometers east southeast of Century and was a 2.7 magnitude. John Robert Fountain of Pollard said he was home last Wednesday night talking to his wife and watching TV when the first earthquake hit about...
The 2019 Escambia County (Ala.) Steer and Heifer Show last Thursday, March 7, at Perdido River Farms in Atmore showcased the calf-wrangling and showmanship skills of local youth ages 9 to 19 and brought some premium dollars for steers and top awards for both steers and heifers. Cash Griffey of Huxford Elementary took the Grand Champion and County Bred Champion. Reserve Champion went to Colbie English. Supreme Champion Heifer went to Rowdy Rutherford while Reserve Champion Heifer was Maevree...
A Century man pulled over for speeding on Feb. 14 now faces a felony drug charge when law enforcement discovered methamphetamine in a search of the vehicle. Joseph Edward Campbell, 32, 930 Campbell Road, was spotted by law enforcement driving a maroon Ford F-150 60 m.p.h. in a 35 m.p.h. zone in the area of Campbell Road and Fannie Road, according to an Escambia County Sheriff's Office report. When the deputy made contact with Campbell, dispatch informed him that Campbell's driver's license had...
A Jay man was arrested Feb. 14 and one faces two felony counts of drug possession following a narcotics investigation by the Santa Rosa County Narcotics Unit and the U.S. Marshals Task Force. Sam Daniel Bass, 21, 6149 Old Pollard Road, was arrested when law enforcement serving an arrest warrant conducted a search of the residence and discovered a vape pen containing THC oil, rolling papers, marijuana blunts and marijuana; THC wax weighing 26.0 grams found in the closet; a bag containing several...
An Escambia County (Fla.) grand jury looking into affairs in the town of Century, ruled criminal charges are not warranted but noted the town is in a state of financial emergency and among other recommendations, said the town should sell the assets of its utility services, sanitation, natural gas, water and sewer to repay money borrowed from restricted funds. The results addressed the increasing loss of revenue for natural gas, citing an antiquated delivery system that has not been maintained, i...
Pensacola State College in Century has started a student food pantry to serve students from any PSC campus to address food insecurities and shortfalls among its students. "We were awarded a grant from International Paper Company to start a food pantry for students at Century center," said PSC Century Director Paula Byrd. "There is already one on the main campus in Pensacola, and student support services wanted to replicate it up here. It allowed us to stock our first shelves full, and students f...
Jay council approved a donation a totaling $5,000 to be given over four years in monthly payments to the Santa Rosa Chamber of Commerce Monday night to go toward the new facility being built near Milton. Santa Rosa Chamber Executive Director Donna Tucker addressed the council at the January 18 meeting to present Project Welcome Donors for potential sponsors of the new building, pointing out that the Santa Rosa Chamber has always supported the town of Jay. “We started the building project A...
The Jay Council heard updates on ongoing projects the town has in place to upgrade infrastructure and increase economic development at the Jay council Monday night, although no decisions were made. The $625,000 CDBG grant awarded to replace 2.5 miles of PVC water lines is in the environmental review stage, according to Seib's update. According to Dewberry Engineering's Crystal Weatherington, grant writer and administrator Robin Phillips said that the construction on the project cannot start...
The town of Jay approved Jennifer Flowers Lawn Service as the lower of two bids for lawn service in the town at Monday night's council meeting. Two proposals were submitted for landscaping Bray-Hendricks park, gazebo park and Jay cemetery with a minimum of 12 cuts, with the option of any extra cut to be as needed. The lower bid came from Jennifer Flowers Lawn Service for $975 per cut and DeGraaf Landscape bid $1,500 per cut. Seib said he would ask for a cut every two weeks and then as needed...
A Jay man was arrested Feb. 21 and charged with felony molestation of a child less that 12 years old following an investigation by the Santa Rosa County Sheriff's Office. Henry Lee Thompson, 69, 5275 Oil Well Road, was accused of intentionally touching the breast, buttocks and genitals of a 4-year-old girl beginning in 2011 in Jay, according to a Santa Rosa County Sheriff's Office report. A criminal history showed Thompson is a registered sex offender as a result of a conviction out of...
The Escambia County (Ala.) Board of Education approved a bid of more than $700,000 for a video surveillance system at its Thursday, Feb. 21 meeting. In a motion made by Mike Edwards and seconded by Mike Hoomes, the board approved to award bid 2019 to 2023 for a video surveillance system to Information Transport Solutions not to exceed the original bid amount of $731,234.95. “We worked on this for about a year doing preliminary fact-finding to determine what would best meet our needs for a survei...
Take a break from the usual dinner and come have pancakes at the Flomaton Lions Club semi-annual Pancake Supper at 5:30 p.m., Monday, March 4, at the Flomaton Community Center, located at 600 McCurdy St. in Flomaton. Tickets are $5 and can be purchased from any Flomaton Lions Club member or Tri City Ledger. All proceeds benefit the LEO Scholarship Fund. Plates will include three pancakes, two link sausages, syrup and a drink of choice from orange juice, milk or water. Coffee will be available...
Students from kindergarten to eighth grade filled the gym at Pollard-McCall Junior High School Tuesday morning for Paws Crossed Dog Rescue, a pet care program started by former teacher Renee Johnson. Johnson taught school in Escambia County (Ala.) for more than 20 years and discovered she had degenerative disk disease, which led her to the program. “I found out I have degenerating back disease, and with the day in day out of everyday teaching, I wasn't dependable,” said Johnson. “So I retir...
An Atmore man who is a convicted felon since 2008 now faces a felony weapon possession charge last Monday when a traffic stop and subsequent search of the vehicle revealed a gun on the front seat. Antwon Demond Bowens, 36, 104 Gray St., was driving east on Highway 4 in Century with no headlights and was stopped by law enforcement, according to an Escambia County Sheriff's Office report. The report said law enforcement made contact with Bowens at the intersection of Century Boulevard and Front...
Century area residents gathered last Friday, Feb. 15, to join the Arbor Day Celebration and Tornado Remembrance event at the Ag Building located at 6001A Highway 4 in Century. Sponsored by the Escambia County (Fla.) Forest Service, the tree giveaway featured three different kinds of trees to be given while supplies last. Arbor Day is celebrated on different days in different countries. Florida’s official Arbor Day is celebrated on the third Friday in January. “This year, we have dogwoods, red...
The town of Century welcomes new billing clerk Toni Simmons following an interview and a 3-2 split vote approval at Monday night's council meeting. An interview of candidate Simmons by the council was decided on at the Feb. 4 council meeting following Century Mayor Henry Hawkins recommendation to hire Simmons as billing clerk, and raise her pay hourly wage from $9.81 to $12. Councilwoman Ann Brooks said after checking the town charter, the council is only allowed to interview the candidate selec...
U.S. Rep. Matt Gaetz will be in Century and Jay today (Thurs.) hosting an open day event, visiting various venues in each town starting at 11 a.m. The first stop for Gaetz will be at Jay High School where Santa Rosa County School Superintendent Tim Wyrosdick and school administration as he visits classes to meet with students and teachers. Then at 12 p.m., he will be at the Royal Cafe at 5059 S. Alabama St. to host a legislative luncheon with invited officials before stopping at the Terrace at...
The Century council approved several requests submitted by town grant writer and administrator Robin Phillips Monday night on amendments or change orders on houses currently being built in the town using CBDG and tornado emergency funds. Phillips said they received bids on the demolition and reconstruction of a house at 581 Church Street through the CDBG emergency set aside grant money for tornado recovery on Nov. 13. The low bidder was Parker Custom Built Homes in the amount of $160,000 and Phi...
Officers in the Student Government Association at Jay High School got to see first hand how Jay town council conducts a meeting, discusses and makes decisions to approve, disapprove or table items on the agenda at Jay Town Council's Monday night meeting on February 4, in the school's library. "We are trying to become more of a community-driven town that allows us to be more in touch with our school system, so students can see how government works, and those type of things," said Jay Mayor Shon...
Last year, Gov. Kay Ivey initiated her workforce development, job creation and education under her Strong Start, Strong Finish plan. Ivey has a 20/20 plan through the Department of Education to present the big college and career tech emphasis and several Escambia County schools have embraced the program, allowing students to jump start their careers by getting their first taste of working in the field or in a position they may consider making into a career. “Work-based learning gives the o...
Century Mayor Henry Hawkins made a recommendation that the council approve moving town employee Toni Simmons up to billing clerk and increase her pay from $9.80 to $12 and then select an applicant from those that were interviewed for the billing clerk position to fill the front desk position. Councilwoman Ann Brooks made a motion to not follow the recommendation, which was seconded by Councilman Ben Boutwell. Councilman Luis Gomez and Councilwoman Sandra McMurray Jackson voted no, and Boutwell...
Feedback from the first of three meetings on Friday, Jan. 28 in the town Jay resulted in several ideas on how to spend $17,500 awarded to the town for economic development by the Florida Competitive Partnership. As part of this interactive grant with the Department of Economic Opportunity, Jay Operations Manager Eric Seib said department representatives will come out to the town in mid-February and do an inventory of the town's assets, such as the livestock market, historical society, Commerce S...
At the Escambia County (Ala.) Board of Education meeting Jan. 24, Flomaton Elementary School Principal George Brown presented an overview of the art program at the school this year to the school board, allowing 3rd grader Chloe Johnson and 2nd grader Cam Crawford to show board members their portfolios. “When I got to FES, I tried to figure out what we could do to support the academics we have here, and I noticed we did not have art,” said Brown. “Coming from a county that had it at every schoo...
Discussion about the possibility of having mobile food trucks come to Century in the future resulted in the scheduling of a workshop to the discuss details, laws and regulations will be on Monday, March 18 at 5:30 p.m. at Century Town Hall. Council members listened as Town Planner Debbie Nickles presented possible economic opportunities and other benefits. “When Odom's Bar wanted to install permanent food truck so they could cook steaks and stuff, that issue is not addressed in the Land Developm...
