Editing Portal:Current events/2007 August

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*[[August 30]] - [[Frances Hinely]], fiancee of child pornography defendant [[John McNair]], is suspended with pay from her position as technology coordinator at [[Jim Allen Elementary School]].
*[[August 29]] - [[James Ross]], a Junior ROTC instructor and coach at [[Northview High School]] and occasional host of [[WEBY]] program "[[Your Turn]]," is killed in a motorcycle accident.
*[[August 28]] - The [[Escambia County School Board]] votes 4-1 to reject about $2.5 million of state money for teacher bonuses, hoping to find a solution that will better reward teachers based on merit.
*[[August 28]] - Former [[Bellview Middle School]] teacher [[John McNair]] is ordered to remain detained while awaiting his trial on child pornography charges.
*[[August 27]] - [[Leonard Allen Schenk]] is arraigned on federal charges of stealing and selling equipment from [[Hurlburt Field]] with the help of his mother, as well as conspiring to kill a witness for the prosecution.
*[[August 24]] - The [[Harry G. Gowens Memorial Park]] on is dedicated on [[Pensacola Beach]].
*[[August 23]] - [[Escambia County Commission]]ers cancel the planned purchase of a $1.4 million property following disclosures of a relationship between the sellers and [[Escambia County Administrator|County Administrator]] [[George Touart]].
*[[August 21]] - Rinker Materials withdraws a proposal to lease 3.5 acres at the [[Port of Pensacola]] following a 3-2 vote by the [[Enterprise Operations Committee]] to reject the lease, but before it could be considered again by the 10-member [[Pensacola City Council]].
*[[August 21]] - The ''[[Pensacola News Journal]]'' reports an undisclosed business and social relationship between [[Escambia County]] [[Escambia County Administrator|Administrator]] [[George Touart]] and developer [[Neal Nash]], from whose company the county plans to purchase a large tract of land near [[Bauer Road]].
*[[August 20]] - The [[Pensacola City Council]] agrees to review a proposal for a "[[strong mayor]]" government, while the [[Enterprise Operations Committee]] votes 3-2 not to grant an additional industrial lease at the [[Port of Pensacola]].
*[[August 20]] - [[Escambia County School District]] classes begin for the first time since the completion of the [[2006 school closure and consolidation plan|reorganization plan]] that closed [[Woodham High School]] and four other middle schools.
*[[August 18]] - [[Lee Shortt]] dies from apparent [[Wikipedia:decompression sickness|decompression sickness]] while diving at the [[USS Oriskany]] artificial reef.
*[[August 17]] - Disbarred attorney [[Vince Whibbs, Jr.]] is sentenced to four years in state prison for stealing from clients' trust accounts to fund his private investments.
*[[August 17]] - Equipment used in the construction on the [[Interstate 10 bridge]] falls, injuring five [[Tidewater Skanska Flatiron]] workers.
*[[August 16]] - The [[Escambia County Commission]] votes to take over full control of the [[West Florida Public Library]] system, while shifting the [[Escambia County Area Transit]] bus system to the [[City of Pensacola]], which has not yet approved the deal.
*[[August 10]] - Reverend [[Hugh King]]'s attorney, [[Barry Beroset]], argues to have evidence of King's cocaine possession suppressed, claiming the [[Pensacola Police Department|police]] search that led to its discovery was illegal.
*[[August 2]] - The [[Escambia County Commission]] votes 4-0 to purchase a 217-acre property on [[Bauer Road]] from [[Martine's Corporation]], despite business ties (undisclosed at the time) between the seller and [[Escambia County Administrator]] [[George Touart]].
*[[August 2]] - [[Patrick Nobles]] is found guilty of violating the terms of his probation related to the [[August 20]], [[2003]] crash that killed his passenger [[Todd Currie]].
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