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The Alger-Sullivan Historical Society will host its 28th annual heritage festival in the historic district of Century, Florida as part of the 7th Annual Sawmill Day on Saturday, May 5, starting at 8 a.m. Good weather always brings more than fifty classic and custom vehicles to our car show. On the band stand will be all day entertainment from local dance and singing groups like the popular Sawmill Band. This year’s invited exhibits include arrow head makers, antique bottle collections, Alabama potter Matt Brabbon creating pieces on his foot pow...
Escambia County (Ala.) has released the food scores for March 2018. The scores are as follows: Atmore Acapulco’s - 94 All of God’s Children - 98 The Coffee House - 97 Diamond Gas #22 - 95 Discount Beer & Tob. - 93 Gather Restaurant - 90 Hardee’s - 96 Popeye’s - 97 Ramey’s Supermarket Deli - 94 Retail - 95 South AL Vending - 95 Taco Bell - 97 Winn Dixie Deli - 96 Retail - 96 Brewton Arby’s - 97 Chang King Buffet - 94 Circle K #2721571 - 91 David’s Catfish - 96 Exit 69 Truckstop - 97 Happy Kitchen - 90 Murphy Express - 98 Pic N Save - 92 Piz...
The 17th Annual Jay Pro Rodeo will be held at 8:00 p.m., on Friday, April 27 and Saturday, April 28 at the Ted May Arena in Jay, off Highway 4. The 3R Rodeo Company from Jemison, Alabama will entertain the crowd with rodeo action including pro bull riding, saddle broncs, calf and team roping, steer wrestling, and women’s breakaway and barrel racing. For the little ones, there’s the calf scramble, free bounce houses, free face painting, petting zoo, cow patty bingo and more! Be sure and bring your appetite because there will be plenty of foo...
Students from across the region will head to Barber Motorsports Park for the seventh annual Alabama Power education event at 10 a.m. Thursday, April 19, in the Cocina at the Track tent located in the Fan Zone at Barber Motorsports Park, in advance of this weekend’s Honda Indy Grand Prix of Alabama. The education event will include representatives from Alabama Power’s Electric Transportation group and Verizon IndyCar Series. Alabama Power experts will discuss electric transportation and how math and science connect to automotive careers. The...
Travel to Atmore, Alabama for Mayfest 2018 on Saturday, May 5th for a day of fun-filled family activities at Tom Byrne Park. This quaint city park surrounded by tall longleaf pines, oak trees, a central gazebo and walking trail offers the perfect setting for this event. Mayfest 2018 offers something for everyone – arts and crafts, plenty of good food and live entertainment all day from the gazebo stage. This year we are welcoming vendors from Florida to Texas! There will be activities for the kids including children’s rides, rock climbing wal...
The Escambia County Children’s Policy Council is sponsoring and presenting an educational presentation entitled “THE TRUTH ABOUT MARIJUANA” at Flomaton High School Auditorium. The program will begin at 6 pm on April 26, 2018 at the auditorium and last about an hour. The guest speaker will be Mr. Anthony Pollard, a dynamic and informative speaker. The objective of the presentation is to educate and inform students, parents and the general public about dangers of this illegal drug. “ Nationally, marijuana is losing the stigma of being sociall...
The Escambia County Children’s Policy Council held the 4th annual Leadership Symposium Tuesday, April 10 at the John L. Fisher Center in Brewton. Peer helpers from Escambia County, W.S. Neal and T.R. Miller High Schools participated in discussion and activities about the danger of drug use following a presentation by Laurel Oaks Counselor Brent Crosby. Above left, CPC Executive Director Kaurean Reynolds and Family Drug Court Coordinator, Jennifer Blunt, far right, with students....
The Escambia County Public Schools Foundation will recognize this year’s Mira Awards and highlight the “best of the best” graduating seniors in the Creative Arts at 6 p.m., Thursday, April 12 at Booker T. Washington High School, Theodore B.D. Bennett Auditorium. Students from Northview and other Escambia County High Schools will receive a personalized medallion and Congressional certificate. The ceremony is sponsored by Firehouse Subs (9 Mile Road), Navy Federal, and the Bear Family Foundation. From Northview High School, students to be recog...
Isabella Griffin recently participated in the Alabama 4-H Peanut Essay Contest and won by writing a wonderful essay about peanut production and growth based on the contest topic “Peanuts: Grown From the Ground Up!” Griffin was selected as the county contest winner and took home a $50 reward which was provided by Tri-County Peanut of Atmore, AL. As the winner, Isabella’s essay was then sent on to the state-wide contest where it was judged against entries from across the state of Alabama. In the end, Isabella’s essay was selected as the junior...
The 32nd annual Castleberry Strawberry Festival will start at 9 a.m., Saturday April 21 in downtown Castleberry. There will be arts, crafts and fresh strawberries for sale. The full day of live musical entertainment includes Carl Tillery, Tony Kyles, Mark Calloway, The Backwood Boys, Perfect Image and 5:50 Express. Sponsors include Alabama Refrigeration, The Bank of Evergreen, Evergreen Medical Center, Weyerhaeuser, Cannon's Carpets & the Poarch Band of Creek Indians. Everyone is encouraged to bring the family out and enjoy a day of...
The third of four meetings to discuss plans for the recently developed Community Redevelopment Agency (CRA) fund for Century will be from 5:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m., Tuesday, April 17, at Century Business Center’s Building 2, located at 400 East Pond Road. The purpose of this meeting is to review capital improvements projects with Debbie Nickles, Century Town Planner and Peggy Fowler of Peggy Fowler and Associates. The final meeting will be held in the same place, same time, on Thursday, May 24, to finalize capital improvement projects for the t...
Flomaton Elementary School teacher Leslie Wedgeworth submitted a project for flexible seating for her 3rd and 4th grade students through donorschoose.org. requesting 8 bouncy balls with legs and 5 portable floor desktops. Donors, locally and worldwide, provided generous donations within a week to fund the project. Wedgeworth said the class is already planning its next donorschoose.org project. Above, FES third graders celebrate the donation. For more pictures see our Photo Ga...
Please see our C section of our printed paper or click on the link to our PDF version to see the full listing of the Escambia County Alabama delinquent taxes....
Now, it’s time again to lace up your running and walking shoes and enjoy a run in the country woods in the Coon Hill Day 5K and Half Mile Fun Run fundraiser, set to start at 8 a.m., this Saturday, April 7, at Coon Hill Cemetery. The Half Mile Fun Run will start at 9:15 on the same day. Registration is on Friday, April 6th, during packet pick-up, which is Friday, April 6th, from 4:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. at New Bethel Baptist Church in the New York Community, 10995 Chumuckla Highway 10995 in Jay, Florida and at the race site on race day. The fee f...
Pollard-McCall Jr. High School announced their March, 2018 Students of the Month. Students pictured are: Kindergarten (Bell): Skipman Fountain, Kindergarten (Kirkland): Katilyn Hall, First Grade (Parker): Rodrigo Coloa Zepahua, First Grade (Findley): Brenner Wallace, Second Grade (Jackson): Ashley Mixon, Second Grade (Lambeth): Sarah Blackburn, Third Grade: Madelyn Smith, Fourth Grade: Wyatt Booth, Fifth Grade: Bentley Edwards, Sixth Grade: Jay Armstrong, Seventh Grade: Harlie Madry, Eighth...
Candace Lynn Hudson of Mobile attempted to make a u-turn on Highway 31 near Hurricane Park in Flomaton and was struck by a vehicle driven by Jessie L. Hayes of Chapel Hill, Tenn., Monday afternoon that closed both lanes of the highway for a short time. Neither passengers were seriously injured....
At a reception honoring several Flomaton Lions' extended memberships, the club was awarded a several awards and members were recognized for extended membership in the club. Above left, District Vice Governor Claudia Wigglesworth presents Lion Wayne Key with a 10-year membership pin. Above right, Lion President Ruth Harrell receives a club membership challenge award plaque from District Governor Andy Marshall. See next week's edition of the Tri City Ledger for more in-depth co...
The Escambia County (Ala.) Board of Education approved the following personnel recommendations at its Thursday, March 22 meeting. The changes are as follows: Leave of Absence Tashan Streety, 6-hour lunchroom worker at WS Neal Elementary School, leave of absence, effective March 5, 2018 through July 5, 2018; Vicky Williams, 7-hour lunchroom worker at Escambia County Middle School, leave of absence, effective February 26, 2018 through March 31, 2018, tentatively Resignations Patrick Kyles, 4-hour custodian at Rachel Patterson Elementary School,...
Four grants recipients were honored last Thursday night, March 15, at the Atmore Area United Bank Fund dinner at Wind Creek. Above, from left, are grant recipients Foster Kizer and Bub Gideons, Pride of Atmore; Ruth Robinson, Grace Fellowship Unity in the Community; Debbie Bolden and Toya McMillian, Escambia County Middle School; Paul Chason, Atmore Area YMCA. Other grantees of the Atmore Community Foundation not pictured: Atmore Area United Fund and Turtle Point Environmental Science...
Flomaton High School held its prom Saturday, March 10. Seniors Logan Hanks and Shelby Barnes were voted Prom King and Queen....
A single vehicle crash involving a lawnmower at 5:08 p.m., March 15, has claimed the life of a Uriah man. Curtis Eugene Harris, 75, was killed when the Toro lawnmower he was operating was struck by a 2002 Ford F150. Harris was pronounced dead on scene. The driver of the Ford, John Russell Williams, of Uriah, was uninjured in the crash. The crash occurred on AL 21 at the 22.1 mile marker, 12 miles south of Frisco City. Nothing further is available as Alabama State Troopers continue to investigate....
Locals Brittney Campbell of Jay and Derria Kemp of Atmore have been named to Dean's Lists at their respective universities. Brittney Campbell was named to the Deans List at Drake University. This academic honor is achieved by earning a grade-point average of 3.5 or higher during the Fall 2017 semester at Drake. Drake University is a midsize, private university in Des Moines, Iowa, enrolling more than 3,200 undergraduate and 1,700 graduate students from approximately 45 states and 42 countries. Students choose from over 70 majors, minors, and...
U.S. Air Force Airman Mark E. Phillips, son of Kenneth Phillips and Jessica Phillips of Jay, Fla., graduated from basic military training at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, San Antonio, Texas. Phillips is the step-son of Natasha Mercer-Voth and Scott Voth of Colorado Springs, Colo., brother of Dawn Phillips of Fargo, N.D. and husband of Madeleine Phillips. The airman completed an intensive, eight-week program that included training in military discipline and studies, Air Force core values, physical fitness, and basic warfare principles and...
The deadline for applications for the PHD Realty Determination Scholarship for 2018 is Tuesday, April 13. Two scholarships in the amount of $250 will be awarded to qualifying seniors who plan to attend technical school or college full time in the fall. To be eligible, students must attend high school in the counties of Monroe, Escambia or Baldwin, Alabama or Escambia or Santa Rosa, Florida. The student must have a minimum grade point average of 3.0 on a 4.0 scale (or its equivalent) and the endorsement of their guidance counselor. Applications...
Escambia County (Ala.) has released food scores for Jan. 2018. The scores are as follows: Atmore Abundant Life - 97 Anchor Cafe - 95 Burger King - 95 Creek Travel Plaza - 98 David’s Catfish - 93 Dean’s NS Grill - 97 Diamond #6 - 86 Diamond #21 - 99 Fastlane Conv. Store - 89 FB Preschool Minist - 99 Freemanville Head St - 97 Jalisco’s Mexican - 95 Joe’s Grocery - 95 Lil Angels Dev Ctr - 97 Little Caesars - 91 McDonalds (Hwy 21) - 94 Pizza Hut - 95 Walmart Deli - 97 Retail - 99 Warehouse Mkt & Bak- 98 Brewton Main Event - 93 Pizza Pro - 94 Subw...
