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The only candidate to qualify for the District 5 seat on the Escambia County (Ala.) School Board is president of the organization pursuing the possibility of pulling schools located inside the city limits of Atmore out of the county system and forming a new Atmore City School System. Loumeek White, president of Atmore Citizens for Change, issued a release Dec. 30 saying the organization has submitted a formal complaint with the Alabama State Department of Education and the U.S. Department of Edu...
A former East Brewton resident is facing multiple charges after being accused of crashing a stolen vehicle and later hiding in a storage shed outside a residence in the Ridge Road area before being captured after the homeowner fired shots as the suspect ran from the shed. Gary Edelstein, 29, 1986 Edelstein Lane, Westville, Fla., was arrested Jan. 4 and charged with attempting to elude, unlawful possession of drug paraphernalia, receiving stolen property and burglary. He was transported to the...
Two goals were accomplished Tuesday morning with a controlled house burn in Flomaton that eliminated a nuisance property and gave firefighters first hand training on battling a house fire. Firemen from Flomaton, Century, Friendship and Barnett Crossroads, along with a MedStar ambulance crew and Flomaton police participated in the burn at 104 Martin Luther King Drive. "The owner's family contacted Mayor Bondurant and asked if we could burn it," said Flomaton Fire Chief Steve Stanton. "He called...
Flomaton sixth grader and flautist Kylie Wiggins can now add an honor band member feather to her cap after being the only student and sixth-grader from Escambia County (Ala.) to audition and be accepted as a member of two state honor bands last month. Students interested in trying out for Middle School Honor Bands must submit an application and be recommended by the school's band director. A committee at the school decides who will be accepted and sands out notices once the final decisions are m...
Da'Shun Odom was a key piece of the 2018 Flomaton High School football team that captured the school's first state championship. The former Hurricane is about to become a Blue Dragon after signing to continue football at Hutchinson Community College in Hutchinson, Kan. Odom will be leaving Friday to begin spring classes at Hutchinson and will be able to participate in spring training. A separated shoulder during the playoffs of the 2018 championship run forced Odom to sit out a year, even though...
Warrants have been signed for the arrest of an Atmore man following the execution of a search warrant Friday that turned up methampheta- mine, drug paraphernalia, firearms and a stolen road sign. Atmore Police Chief Chuck Brooks said the suspect was not at the residence at the time of the search but that warrants have been issued for his arrest. No arrest had been made as of press time Wednesday. Officers with the Atmore Police Department, Alabama Drug Task Force and the U.S. Marshall's Service...
A Jay man who was a pas- senger in a car pulled over for an expired tag and arrested Dec. 29 for drug possession was arrested on Jan. 4 and faces a new drug possession charge following a traffic stop. Anthony Harold Hopkins, 39, was a passenger in a white Toyota sedan traveling east- bound on Highway 90 near Avalon Boulevard in Milton when an officer observed the driver's failure to dim the high beams as he drove past, according to a Santa Rosa County Sheriff's office report. The officer...
Coffee lovers in the area will be happy to hear that Wind Creek Atmore (WCA) Celebrated groundbreaking for a Starbucks just off the Interstate 65 near the casino Monday. Construction is scheduled to begin in March 2020 with plans for a fall grand opening. The Atmore location is projected to draw an addi- tional 300 cars and 750 cus- tomers daily from I-65 Exit 57. “I see this as a great opportunity to introduce travelers to Wind Creek, the Poarch Creek Indians and the town of Atmore,” said WCA Property Manager Tim Ramer. “Starbucks will pro-...
The town of Century could receive as much as $90,000 from the Capital Trust Agency (CTA) following an approval to issue bonds for three projects at Monday's council meeting. The first of three projects is to refinance for acquisition and expansion of the Lutz Preparatory School in Hillsborough County, Florida for $23 million. If the $23 million is issued, the town of Century would receive the fee of $9,200. The second project is for WFCS Holdings, to acquire nine out of 34 charter schools in...
Escambia County (Ala.) released its food scores for Dec. 1 through Dec. 31, 2019. The scores are as follows: Atmore Brewton Food Mart Catfish Gen/David’s Subway - Hwy 113 East Brewton Brenda Faye’s Buffet - 94 Magnolia Super Foods Food Service - 97 Retail - 97 Flomaton Flomaton High Sch. - 99 Pizza Hut - 91 Subway - 97...
In an effort to provide assistance and support as well as an opportunity for young women and men and their families dealing with pregnancy, the First Baptist Church of Century has sched- uled a Sanctity of Life Rally for 5 p.m., this Sunday, Jan. 12, at the First Baptist Church, located at 550 Church St. in Century. The event's special guest will be registered nurse Sandra White from the Life Options Clinic, the pregnancy Resource Center of Milton, a non-profit volunteer organi- zation which...
Escambia County (Fla.) McDavid Fire Station’s Chief Eric Gilmore, started his new his position as Emergency Manager for Escambia County yesterday, Wednesday, Jan. 8. Gilmore brings more than 15 years of public safety expe- rience to Escambia County. Most recently, Gilmore served as the regional emergency response advisor at the Florida Department of Health, where he trained and advised fire, law enforcement, and EMS officials on disaster response protocol, tactical training and the Incident Command System. Gilmore also served as a planner a...
The Century Chamber of Commerce is gearing up for its second Annual cross-coun- try Classic 5K Run and Walk on Saturday, Jan. 18, 2020. The run will begin at 9 a.m. at Anthony Pleasant Park with a one-mile Fun Run scheduled for 10:15 a.m. Early registration is $20 until Jan. 17 or $25 to sign up the day of the race and the first 50 who register will receive a T-shirt with the names of race sponsors. Registrations can be mailed by Jan. 11 to Century Chamber of Commerce, 7811 N. Century...
Everyone is invited to the next general monthly meet- ing of the Jay Historical Society at 6 p.m., tonight, Thursday, January 9, at the Jay Museum on Highway 4 . The guest speaker will be J.J. Scott, a native of Jay and a 2000 graduate of Jay High School. Scott, who is AIA, LEED, AP BD and C certified, is cur- rently the president and prin- cipal architect of MLD Architects, a 39-year-old firm based in Tallahassee that spe- cializes in roofing, water- proofing, commercial and institutional renovations, and historic preservation. Scott earned a...
When you are pushing for a cause, doesn't it make you cringe when the cause you are pushing for gets slapped in the face and while you won't admit it, you have to take a step backwards and recalculate your strategy? Well, the gun control nuts are scratching their heads after a 71-year old man shot and killed a would-be mass killer inside a Texas church on Dec. 29. I've read multiple reports about the shooting from multiple sources. I came to the conclusion that an armed gunman opened fire...
We give a shout out to Flomaton head foot- ball coach Doug Vickery for his efforts to see that his players have every opportunity to suc- ceed at their next adventure after high school. It's easy to pile high school coaches with praise when they when championships. Everywhere they go people are patting them on the back, probably paying for their coffee in the morning and buying their lunch. People love winners. It's easy to congratu- late winners. As we interviewed Da'Shun Odom this week about him signing a football scholarship with Hutchinson...
The national debt of our country now stands at a staggering $23 trillion. By failing to act, we are placing an unearned and undeserved burden on our children and grandchildren. That is why I voted no when Speaker Pelosi rammed the $1.4 trillion 2020 spending bills through Congress in December. We are spending too much money in the funding bills that Congress passes every year. But, these annual bills that get so much attention are just a part of the problem. Most Americans do not know that around 61 percent of federal spending is on autopilot....
Our presidential primary in the Heart of Dixie is less than two months away. We vote on March 3, 2020. President Donald Trump will be the GOP nominee. It is a foregone conclusion that Trump will carry Alabama in the November General Election. One of the most intriguing revelations will be which Democratic presidential candidate will win the Democratic Primary in Alabama in March. Longtime Democratic kingpin, Joe Reed, who heads the Alabama Democratic Conference will have a lot to say about the outcome. It will be interesting to see how former...
President Trump cutting off the head of the Iranian snake in Iraq is a seismic event that will certainly shake geopolitics in the Middle East; and it’s about time. However, almost all the reporting and everything uttered by Democrats about the American drone strike that killed top Iranian General Qassim Suleimani and some other Iranian proxies is idiotic and plain wrong. The lunatic hyperbole ranges from “it was another unconstitutional act” to Colin Kaepernick calling it racist imperialism and some moronic actress apologizing to Iran and beggi...
The War Between the States (Civil War) had the dual effect of altering the fortunes of men and communities alike. Prior to the war, some rural communities experienced the spring time of their existence only to later find that existence cut short by the advent of war and history. Other small communities prospered for a time after the war due to a variety of reasons and eventually succumbed to other historical, social, and economic effects years later. Still other rural communities were...
As part of a group of ham radio operators that enjoys experimenting with high attitude weather balloons we are now getting ready to try a new adventure, this will involve using special balloons that have been known to stay up for as long as two years and circle the world several times. We have been successful with the high attitude balloons, such as the one we launched at the end of August last year, (2019). Our original intention was to send this balloon up to about 130,000 feet, but the computer models of the upper level wind currents at the...
Betty A. Jones, a Flomaton native, always dreamed of her poems and stories being told in a song. In high school, Betty wrote a song that gave her the idea to be a country music songwriter. A country song has to be written as a story so as to be sung in three minutes or less. Betty wrote her song, but needed a melody writer. She found that melody writer in her friend Joffrey Tullis, another Flomaton native. In the mid 1970's, Betty felt her time was right for making her dream of being a country music songwriter come true. The song was called,...
This time of year, too many crape myrtles are slaugh- tered. Homeowners go wild pruning these trees, possibly damaging and stunting their growth and beauty. Crape myrtles are a popu- lar choice because of the bright bloom colors of red, white, pink or purple. Pruning crape myrtles cor- rectly is essential for these qualities to flourish in the tree. Crape Murder Sadly, the wrong pruning techniques happen most often with crape myrtle trees. That is why many have called this practice crape murder. Gardeners often do not know how to properly...
Fred Anderson, Jr., 69, of Bay Minette, Ala., died. Mr. Anderson was a U.S. Marine. The funeral will be held at 12 p.m., Friday, Jan. 10, at New Hope Baptist Church in the Crossroad community of Bay Minette with Rev. Jimmie Bennett officiating. Burial will be at 1:30 p.m., at Alabama State Veterans Cemetery in Spanish Fort with military honors and Turner Funeral Chapel directing....
Robert John Bolcavitch, Jr., 91, died Saturday, Jan. 4, 2020, following a brief illness. Mr. Bolcavitch was born Aug. 9, 1928, in Eynon, Pa. He served in the U.S. Air Force during World War II and was a retired mechanical engi- neer. He was a member of Saint Robert Bellarmine Catholic Church, where he cooked Boston Butts for the church fall festival. A private graveside service was held Wednesday, Jan. 8, at Oak Hill Cemetery with Father Gordon Milsted offici- ating. Burial followed with Johnson Quimby Funeral Home directing. Mr. Bolcavitch is...
