The Summation Weekly January 31, 2018

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Levin gifts $8 million ‘Timeless Tanglewood’ to UWF

Famed trial attorney Fred Levin has gifted his multimillion dollar waterfront home and estate, known as Timeless Tanglewood, to the University of West Florida. The donation also includes much of the renovated home’s contents, including works of art and collector’s items. The donation is valued at more than $8 million, the largest gift by a living donor in the University’s history, the University announced.

“Every gift we receive helps us provide students with access to high-quality, relevant educational opportunities,” said UWF President Martha Saunders. “But every once in a while, a gift like this one from Fred Levin comes along that has the ability to transform what we do. We are most grateful for his trust in us.” The property will provide the opportunity for enhanced learning experiences for students in the global hospitality and tourism management program, UWF said. The property will serve as a venue for meetings and events that support the University’s mission, as well as a place to host visiting dignitaries and academic scholars from around the world for the enhancement of UWF academic programs. The 7,500-square-foot home, located on Bayou Texar, was designed with a European influence marked by a contemporary flair. The lower level boasts a bar area themed after the RMS Titanic, which includes a 1912 Renault

automobile that was the original sister car of one that was aboard the Titanic and is now at the bottom of the Atlantic Ocean. Distinctive commissioned artworks, including pieces by local artist Jeff Bass and bronze sculptures by Michael Boles, will remain with the property, as well as wood paneling and a 21-foot dining room table by master craftsman Vic Cormier, custom-made European Chinaware emblazoned with the Tanglewood logo, and antique Victorian Tiffany silver. The three-bedroom home also features a room dedicated and themed after Irving Berlin, which includes some of his personal crystal stemware and other original, historical artifacts on display. The surrounding grounds showcase seven different design styles and host a collection of award-winning camellias, including a special hybrid named in memory of Mr. Levin’s late wife, Marilyn, who passed away in 2011. Levin has established a longstanding history of generosity toward the University. More than 20 years ago, he gifted an endowed professorship at UWF in honor of his father, Abe Levin, which is now worth more than $400,000. In 2017, he gave $100,000 to support UWF football, as well as $550,000 to establish the Reubin O’Donovan Askew Institute for Multidisciplinary Studies. The Institute will further the University’s leadership in STEAM initiatives: combined applications of science, technology, engineering, art and math. The Institute will also create a hub for students and faculty to work on innovative community projects, better preparing graduates for today’s

ever-changing workforce. “Fred is passionate about the critical role UWF plays in our region and investing in the lives of others,” said Howard Reddy, interim vice president of university advancement. “We thank him for his exceptional vision and generosity.” The property is being dedicated to the University in honor of Levin’s personal friend, law partner and the 37th governor of Florida, Reubin O’Donovan Askew. The University also announced that it renamed the Department of Government the Reubin O’Donovan. Askew Department of Government in recognition of Levin’s continued support. Starting in Fall 2018, the Reubin O’Donovan. Askew Department of Government will provide opportunities for students to receive scholarships as Askew Scholars. “Reubin O’Donovan Askew was one of the finest governors to serve Florida,” said Levin. “He was also one of the founding partners of the Levin law firm and a wonderful friend. It is a privilege for me to honor him in this way and to provide an opportunity for his name and legacy to be remembered in the Pensacola community he loved and supported so much.” Reubin O’Donovan Askew served as the governor of Florida from 1971 to 1979. In 1974, he became the first governor in Florida history to be elected to a second consecutive four-year term. During his two terms as governor, Askew was primarily involved in tax reform, especially in the increase of homestead exemption and passage of the “Sunshine Amendment,” which

called for full financial disclosure by public officials and candidates. In 1955, Askew and David Levin founded the law firm of Levin & Askew. In 1961, David Levin’s younger brother Fred joined the firm. Levin is widely considered one of the most successful trial attorneys in the country and has been a partner at the Levin Papantonio law firm for more than 50 years. He has received more than 25 jury verdicts in excess of $1 million, six of which were in excess of $10 million. He is best known for rewriting Florida’s Medicaid Third Party Recovery Act to allow the state of Florida to recover billions of dollars from the tobacco industry for smoking-related illnesses. He is a member of the Inner Circle of Advocates, an organization limited to 100 members throughout the country, and he has been listed in every edition of the publication, “Best Lawyers in America.” Among his accomplishments, Levin was named the Trial Lawyer of the Year by the National Trial Lawyers for 2015. He was also inducted into the Trial Lawyers Hall of Fame in 2009, which is located at Temple Law School in Philadelphia. Other honors include receiving the Perry Nichols Award in 1994, which is the highest honor bestowed by the Florida Justice Association and is given in recognition for a person’s lifetime achievements in the pursuit of justice. At UWF’s Fall 2017 Commencement, Levin was named an Honorary Doctor of Laws, the highest form of recognition a university can bestow.

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FIRST JUDICIAL CIRCUIT JUDICIAL NOMINATING COMMISSION NOTICE OF CIRCUIT COURT VACANCY The First Judicial Circuit Judicial Nominating Commission announces a vacancy created in the Circuit Court by the resignation of Circuit Judge Edward P. Nickinson, III. Applicants must have been a member of The Florida Bar for the preceding five years, registered voters and must be residents of the territorial jurisdiciton of the court at the time of assuming office. Applications can be downloaded from The Florida Bar’s website: www.floridabar.org PLEASE NOTE REQUIREMENTS: All persons interested in applying must deliver the following: 1. A PDF version of the the completed application and attachments, including the executed FDLE form; with a color photograph either in .jpg or .gif format to: Anita Cantrell Court Administration, 5th Floor MC Blanchard Judicial Center 190 Government Street Pensacola, FL 32501 2. A redacted PDF version of the application and attachments excluding all exempt information under Chapter 119, Florida Statutes and other applicable public records law. 3. The PDF files, executed FDLE form and color photograph either in .jpg or .gif format should be submitted on nine (9) separate flash drives or CD-Rs and should be named so that the applicant’s name and “redacted” or “original” is readily apparent in the name of the folder/file. NOTE TO APPLICANTS: All questions in the application must be answered fully and completely. Applications should include current and accurate contact information for judges, cocounsel, opposing counsel, and references because those individuals will likely be contacted. The deadline for submission of the application is February 20, 2018, by 5:00 PM CST. Incomplete or non-functioning electronic copies of the applications and applications received after the deadline may not be considered. Interviews are tentatively scheduled for Friday, March 23, 2018 and Monday, March 26, 2018. Members of the bench, bar and the public are encouraged to contact members of the Commission concerning applicants for judical positions. A complete listing for each member is available from the Florida Bar’s website, www.floridabar.org, or from Pamela E. Langham, Chair.

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Paul Hamlin Announces Candidacy for Escambia County Court Judge Pensacola attorney Paul Hamlin announced today that he is a candidate for the Escambia County Court Judge Group 2 position. The election is scheduled for August 2018. “I’m overwhelmed by the support. So many friends, my peers and now The Honorable Bill Eddins and The Honorable Bruce Miller have endorsed my candidacy. I am humbled and will continue to adhere to the principles of work hard, follow the rules and be fair to everyone. These principles served me well as a Marine, father, attorney and will continue to do so now as a candidate for Judge,” Hamlin stated on Tuesday. As a United States Marine Corps fighter pilot, Hamlin flew fighter missions from land bases and aircraft carriers around the world in the F4 Phantom and F/A18 Hornet aircraft. As a Graduate of the University of Florida Frederic G. Levin College of Law, Hamlin has been practicing in Escambia County for nearly 20 years. Hamlin said, “I vow to be Fair, Firm and Consistent as your Escambia County Court Judge.” Learn more at: HamlinForJudge.com

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FSASE giving three $1,200 scholarships The Florida State Association of Supervisor of Elections (FSASE) is giving $1,200 scholarships to three qualified college students in the state of Florida. Applicants must meet these requirements and submit an application to the supervisor of elections in the county that you are registered/live in by March 29: • Be a political science, public or business administration or journalism/ mass communications major. • Submit two current letters of recommendation - one from the college or university last attended or graduated from and one from a citizen of good standing in the community. Letters of

recommendation must accompany the application or be received by the deadline. • Submit a resume of your high school and/or college activities as well as what you have done for your community. Each county’s supervisor of elections will review all applications received and select one finalist to be sent to the FSASE Scholarship Committee, along with a written opinion of the applicant. The committee will select three winners from the finalists submitted statewide. Visit www.votesantarosa.com to find the scholarship application and a full list of application requirements or call (850) 983-1900 for more information.

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UWF to host grand opening for Sea3D Additive Manufacturing Laboratory in downtown Pensacola

Pensacola Symphony to Perform Beatles Classics It will be a throwback to the 1960s when the Pensacola Symphony Orchestra and Music Director Peter Rubardt present All You Need is Love: A Beatles Tribute on Feb. 10 at 7:30 p.m. at the Saenger Theatre. Joining the Orchestra for an evening of Beatles favorites will be the tribute group Jim Owen Presents: Classical Mystery Tour, featuring original members of the Broadway sensation “Beatlemania.” The four musicians in Classical Mystery Tour may look and sound just like The Beatles, but this is more than just a rock concert. The program includes more than two dozen Beatles tunes transcribed note-for-note and performed exactly as they were originally recorded. Hear “Penny Lane” with a live trumpet section, experience the beauty of “Yesterday” with an acoustic guitar and string quartet. It’s the best of

The University of West Florida will “Sea3D fills a gap for the state,” said debut its one-of-a-kind Sea3D Addi- Nicole Gislason, director of the Office tive Manufacturing Laboratory on Jan. of Career and Professional Educa26 from 4 to 6 p.m. during a grand tion. “Technical skills in our region, opening and reception event at the in manufacturing specifically, are in facility’s location inside the Museum short supply. The state decided that of Commerce in Historic Pensacola. our proposal to fund a lab, student inSea3D, which provides valuable 3-D terns and training opportunities would printing resources for both the Univer- help to meet some of the needs that the sity and Northwest Florida communi- region has in manufacturing.” ty, was funded by an appropriation of The facility, which will include an $351,000 from the Florida Legislature. optical scanner and 11 3-D printers, “We are very grateful to Governor can accommodate UWF students and Scott and the legislature for the fund- faculty from academic disciplines ining we received to equip this lab,” cluding engineering, art, industrial said UWF President Martha D. Saun- and organizational psychology and ders. “Sea3D represents the first of its business. It will also provide a space kind among our university-community for business leaders and community partnerships. It will connect our stu- members to collaborate with students dents, our community and area busi- on the creation and printing of 3-D nesses and industries in ways that will products, as well as put real-world scibenefit our region.” ence on display for the thousands of The lab’s opening marks the official local K-12 students who visit the Mulaunch of the UWF Innovation Net- seum of Commerce each year. work, which connects physical camA metal 3-D printer and carbon fipus destinations along the Gulf Coast ber 3-D printer will later be integrated of Northwest Florida for innovation, into Sea3D. Sea3D is located inside collaboration, research and engaged the UWF Historic Trust’s Museum of learning to prepare students for the Commerce at 201 E. Zaragoza St. To “Although the 1960s civil rights changing world and workforce of to- learn more, visit uwf.edu/sea3d. movement destroyed most visible morrow. and dramatic signs of racial segregation, institutionalized forms of racism persisted beyond integration in many forms,” said Butler, who earned his master’s and doctorate degrees in history from the University of Mississippi and specializes in 20th century Southern history with an emphasis on the civil rights movement. “This presentation will demonstrate how and why the struggle against racism continued well after the previous decade’s legislative victories.” The co-author of “Victory After The Fall: The Memories of Civil Rights Activist H.K. Matthews, Butler has published essays in the “Journal of Southern History,” the “Florida Historical Quarterly,” “Southern Cultures,” “Popular Music and Society” and the “Journal of Mississippi.” He has also written multiple reviews and encyclopedia entries for various academic journals. “Beyond Integration: • Proven experience in the resolution of civil and The Black Freedom Struggle in Escamcommercial disputes bia County, 1960-2000” is his most recent manuscript. • No cancellation or administrative fees For more information, contact the Pensacola State College Office of Insti• No multiple parties fees tutional Diversity at 850-484-1759. The Beatles – from early Beatles music on through the solo years. 

“This music has been such a part of our lives; it is not too much to say it was both guide and witness to the cultural evolution of the late 20th century,” said Rubardt. “Yet listening to their music is far more than a trip down memory lane. Forty years after the breakup, their entire catalog is still available. It is clear that the band is still relevant, still a force to be reckoned with.” Tickets to All You Need is Love start at $23 and may be purchased online at pensacolasymphony.com, by phone at 850-435-2533 or in person at the Saenger Theatre Box Office, 22 E. Intendencia St., Pensacola, Fla. 32502. Season subscriptions are also available. For more information, visit pensacolasymphony.com or call the Symphony office, 850-435-2533.

Southern History Expert to Discuss Police Brutality, Confederate Imagery on Jan. 31

Michael Butler Jr., will tackle the polarizing issues of “Police Brutality and Confederate Imagery: The Black Freedom Struggle in One Florida County (Escambia)” on Wednesday, Jan. 31, at Pensacola State College. Butler, an associate professor of history at Flagler College, will speak at 7 p.m. in College’s Hagler Auditorium, Building 2, Room 252 on the Pensacola campus. Admission is free to the presentation which examines a number of raciallycharged events that occurred during the 1970s in Escambia County. The event is sponsored by the PSC Black History/ Multicultural Committee.

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Spotlight on Art at Blue Morning Gallery The Spotlight on Art this month is the Adorn Jewelry Show January 28th February 24th. The artists in the show are, Christine Chandler, Dave Williams, Delia Stone, Diane Rennie, Jan Kurtz, Joy Oxley, Karyn Spirson, Mara Viksnins, Martha Desposito, & Melinda Giron. A variety of styles and materials will make this a jewelry show for everyone. Blue Morning Gallery has moved back to its new and former location located at 21 S. Palafox. The gallery

moved from what was formerly the Dollarhide Music location. Blue Morning Gallery has new Sunday hours. The gallery will now be open 11-6 every Sunday. Blue Morning Gallery is located at 21 Palafox Place, downtown Pensacola. Hours are Monday-Wednesday 10am-5pm; Thursday, Friday and Saturday 10:00 am-8:30 pm; and Sunday 11:00-6:00. For information, call 850429-9100 or visit the website at www. bluemorninggallery.com.

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The University of West Florida and IHMC Co-Host The William D. Smart Seminar Series in Chemistry Dramatic scientific discoveries over the past 30 years are now leading to revolutionary new consumer products that promise an improved future. Plastics that are lights and energy producing materials will significantly reduce energy consumption and can even lead to “zero energy” buildings. The printing of metals and other electronic materials in two and three dimensions are already impacting robotics, sensors, futuristic consumer goods, etc. This presentation will attempt to predict the future. A simple introduction underlying science and discoveries that have enabled the field will be presented, as well as emerging discoveries and research that have gone relatively unnoticed. Richard McCullough has a B.S. in chemistry from the University of Texas, Dallas and earned his M.A. and Ph.D. in chemistry at Johns Hopkins University. He did his postdoctoral fellowship at Columbia University. Since 2012, Dr. McCullough has been the Vice Provost for Research, working with the President and Provost to encourage, cultivate, and coordinate high impact academic research across all of Harvard’s schools and affiliated institutions. The Office of the Vice Provost for Research (VPR) has broad responsibility and oversight for the development, review, and implementation of strategies, planning, and policies related to the organization and execution of academic research across the entire university. Dr. McCullough leads a new office of Foundation and Corporate Development and also has oversight over most of the interdisciplinary institutes, centers and initiatives across all of Harvard. He oversees compliance and sponsored research as well. Under Vice Provost McCullough’s

leadership, the Office of the VPR is particularly focused on removing barriers to collaboration, whether in University policies, or financial or administrative systems. He also oversees multiple internal seed funds to promote new interdisciplinary research. Additionally, the Vice Provost for Research works with the President and Provost to foster and encourage entrepreneurship among undergraduates, graduate students, and faculty members. He also helps to lead the development of the new innovation campus. Richard McCullough is Professor of Materials Science and Engineering at Harvard and is a member of numerous professional societies and boards. He has received numerous awards and is an elected fellow to the National Academy of Inventors. Prior to being named Vice Provost for Research at Harvard, Dr. McCullough was the Vice President for Research at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, where he previously served as the Dean of the Mellon College of Science, and Lord Professor and Head of the Department of Chemistry. Dr. McCullough has founded two companies: Liquid X Printed Metals and Plextronics. Details: Professor Richard D. McCullough, Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Harvard University THE TALK: A Look at Future Technologies That Will Change Your Life: Bendable Televisions and Cell Phones, Windows That Are Lights and Energy Sources, and Printed Electronics on Demand February 8, 2018 40 South Alcaniz, Pensacola RECEPTION begins at 5:30pm TALK begins at 6:00pm

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Santa Rosa Island Authority Announces 2018 Bands on the Beach lineup

Pensacola Beach’s popular outdoor summer concert series, Bands on the Beach, is back in April. The free concert series features performers for every musical taste and is held each Tuesday night, from 7-9 p.m., beginning April 3 and running through October 30. Featuring a lineup of regional artists, Bands on the Beach delivers an eclectic musical experience throughout the entire summer. The Santa Rosa Island Authority organizes it. Located at the beautiful Gulfside Pavilion at Casino Beach, overlooking the Gulf of Mexico, spectators are encouraged to bring their own lawn chairs and blankets. Please note: pets and glass are prohibited. Bands on the Beach 2018 Schedule: APRIL: April 3 Modern Eldorados April 10 Crosstown April 17 Not Quite Fab April 24 13th Hourglass MAY: May 1 Twang Gang May 9 True Blue Band May 15 Mass Kunfuzion May 22 Deception May 29 I’magene JUNE: June 5 Tyler Mac

UWF welcomes new chair of Department of Social Work

Port of Pensacola Announces Mexico Service

Ocean carrier World Direct Shipping today (Friday, January 26) announced plans to begin weekly sailings between the Port of Pensacola and the Port of Coatzacoalcos in Mexico’s state of Veracruz. A second port in the northern region of Mexico’s Gulf Coast will be added to the rotation shortly. The first sailing from Coatzacoalcos is scheduled to arrive in Pensacola on February 1st. “We are excited about our addition of Pensacola. With Pensacola and Port Manatee, World Direct Shipping enhances its service network between Mexico and the Southeast United States. Pensacola will be a great complement to our current Port Manatee operations. Most importantly, we will be providing shippers between the U.S. and Mexico additional flexibility in meeting their shipping needs with our proven track record of speed, reliability and personalized care to customers,” said Carlos Diaz, Director of Florida-based World Direct Shipping. “It’s exciting to have this opportunity to open another ocean route between Florida and Mexico.” Calling two ports in the state of Veracruz, gives World Direct Shipping access to Mexico City’s great market and industrial areas, which, according to Diaz, should provide more opportu-

nities for more exports through Port of Pensacola from the Southeast US market. “We are incredibly excited about this new service,” said Pensacola Port Director Amy Miller. “Breaking into the container markets is a big deal for a smaller port like Pensacola. While large-scale container operations may be out of reach for us, we’ve always known that there were smaller, niche container markets out there that made sense,” she added. “Since first becoming acquainted with World Direct Shipping nearly a year ago, port staff, our local stevedoring company Pate Stevedores, and the great folks at World Direct Shipping have worked hard to put together a quality service that we’re confident will grow and thrive here.” The service will be supported by two vessels. One vessel, the M/V Queen B, is 435 ft long, has capacity for 657 twenty-foot equivalent units(TEU’s), and is owned and operated by World Direct Shipping. The second vessel, a chartered vessel, is similar sized and will be included in the rotation until World Direct Shipping takes delivery of their second owned vessel in the fourth quarter of 2018.

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The University of West Florida College of Education and Professional Studies welcomes Dr. Chathapuram “Ram” Ramanathan as the chair of the Department of Social Work. “We are pleased to have Dr. Ramanathan lead the department of social work here at UWF,” said Dr. William Crawley, dean of the UWF College of Education and Professional Studies. “Dr. Ramanathan’s extensive background in social work is sure to take the department to new heights.” With more than 35 years of social work education and practice as a licensed marriage and family therapist and a licensed clinical and macro social worker, Ramanathan brings an array of knowledge and expertise. Most recently, Ramanathan served as the chief executive of Human Service Enterprises in Michigan. “It is exciting to be part of the University of West Florida as it has consistently engaged in innovation, creativity, and collaborative partnerships over the last 50 years,” Ramanathan said. “The faculty of social work and its alumni are engaged in important work contributing to the improvement of human condition in West Florida in particular, as well as across Florida and the nation.” Ramanathan has received many awards and honors, including a tribute from a Michigan legislator and gover-

nor in October 2008, which recognized him as an important Asian American leader. One of his co-authored articles was recognized as “The Best Article of the Year” by the National Human Rights Workers Association. In addition, Ramanathan has served on several agency boards, including Salvation Army and American Citizens for Justice. Ramanathan has had multiple Fulbright Awards, including serving as Fulbright-Nehru Scholar at the National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences. Ramanathan received his Bachelor of Science from Bangalore University in Bangalore, India. He received his Master of Arts in Social Work from the University of Madras in Madras, India. Ramanathan received his Master of Social Work and his interdisciplinary Doctor of Social Work and Human Resource Management at the University of Illinois, Urbana Champaign. The UWF Department of Social Work equips students with the tools to become successful social work practitioners, helping children and families, mental health clients, substance abusers, those in hospitals and hospice services and more. The department offers a bachelor’s degree and master’s degree in social work, as well as undergraduate minors in interdisciplinary aging studies, child welfare, social welfare and substance abuse. “The social work program has a lot of potential with opportunities for advancing social work education in the region, the state of Florida and beyond,” Ramanathan said. “The department faculty and staff are dedicated to enhancing functional abilities of individuals, groups, families, organizations and communities within medical and behavioral settings with special attention to military populations. It is an honor to be affiliated with the faculty of the social work department, College of Education and Professional Studies and the University and be able to contribute to its future.” For more information about the UWF Department of Social Work, visit uwf. edu/socialwork.

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LAWMAKERS LOOK AT REVAMPING TRAUMA SYSTEM By CHRISTINE SEXTON THE NEWS SERVICE FLORIDA

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A House health-care panel on Monday approved a bill that would clear a path for increasing the number of trauma centers in the state’s biggest cities and changing rules that allow hospitals to challenge the designation of new trauma centers. The trauma-center issue has been controversial for years, but the bill (HB 1165), sponsored by Rep. Jay Trumbull, R-Panama City, cleared the House Health Quality Subcommittee unanimously. Though his clients have concerns with the bill, Mark Delegal, a lobbyist and lawyer for the Safety Net Hospital Alliance of Florida, told House members that Trumbull and Senate Health Policy Chairwoman Dana Young, R-Tampa, have worked earnestly on making changes to the current traumacenter designation system. Young is sponsoring a Senate bill on the issue. The Safety Net Hospital Alliance, which includes public, teaching and children’s hospitals, wants to continue to work on the bills, Delegal said. “We don’t wish to see the bill killed here,” Delegal said, “but we have serious concerns with it.” Delegal said members of the Safety

Net Hospital Alliance believe the state needs to manage the trauma centers to ensure quality. To that end, volume of services is important to maintaining quality of care. Delegal noted that the House bill would allow the Department of Health to grant seven trauma-center designations that currently are being litigated or contested and said that some of them could be controversial, including a trauma center at Northside Hospital in St. Petersburg and Kendall Medical Center’s move to operate a pediatric trauma center. The Senate bill would place a moratorium on new trauma-center designations in areas where existing trauma facilities are located, and Delegal suggested that the House take the same approach. The Legislature for the last several years has wrangled with the state’s trauma system and whether to continue with current regulations or to allow a more competitive environment that would increase the number of trauma facilities in the state. The regulation of trauma centers in Florida is governed by laws regulating hospitals as well as rules by the Department of Health. A hospital can receive a designation as a Level I, Level II, pediatric, or provisional trauma center.

Current law caps the number of trauma centers at 44. Under the current rules, the state is divided into 19 “trauma service areas,” and each area is authorized to have least one trauma center. The House bill would change current trauma laws to eliminate the statewide cap and define need based on population. The bill would make clear that there is a minimum need of two level I or level II adult trauma centers where population is greater than 1.25 million, which, for now, would impact trauma service areas in the Tampa Bay and Jacksonville areas. The House bill would allow a minimum of four level I or level II trauma centers in areas where the population is greater than 2.5 million, which would impact the Miami-Dade County and greater Orlando areas. The House bill also would make clear that the department must allocate by rule the number of trauma centers needed for each trauma service area. That was worrisome to Delegal, who suggested that the Legislature should either tightly define or follow the path of the Senate and establish an advisory council and require it to define the need. The Senate bill (SB 1876) would require the Department of Health to create the Florida Trauma System Advisory Council by Oct. 1 and require

it to submit a biennial report, beginning in January 2020 to the governor and the Legislature on whether an increase of the number of trauma centers within each trauma service area is recommended. The House version also would make changes to the trauma-approval process by limiting the facilities that can challenge state decisions. While current law allows any hospital with a trauma center to appeal a state decision, the House bill would limit the challenge process only to hospitals that are located in the same trauma areas or in contiguous trauma areas to applicants. Those changes are not in the Senate proposal. While Delegal encouraged the House to consider some of the options in the Senate bill, Steve Ecenia, a lawyer and lobbyist who represents hospitals owned by the HCA health-care company, suggested the House is taking the better approach than the Senate. Ecenia said the state’s population was just 13 million when the statewide cap of 44 trauma centers was put into law, and more facilities are need as the population approaches 21 million. “It’s important to recognize that access in this state is not where we want it to be,” said Ecenia, whose client operates nine trauma centers.

FSU ROLLS OUT FRATERNITY, SORORITY CHANGES There will be more training and By LLOYD DUNKELBERGER fraternity and sorority leaders and others and six in the spring. THE NEWS SERVICE OF for working with the administration to “They’re not meant to take away the education for sorority and fraternity come up with a series of policy changes, fun and the social aspect of fraternity and members, including mandatory FLORIDA

Florida State University President John Thrasher on Monday partially lifted the suspension of activities by fraternities and sororities on his campus while outlining a series of major changes prompted by the death of a student. Thrasher suspended the fraternities and sororities following the Nov. 3 death of Andrew Coffey, 20, who died from alcohol poisoning after an off-campus fraternity initiation. Thrasher said the tragedy, which also resulted in criminal charges for nine fraternity members, has made “a resounding difference” in how students view some of the questionable activities associated with the Greek organizations. “I regret that (death) more than anything but I will tell you I think it has made a difference,” Thrasher said Monday at a press conference announcing the new policies. “Hazing and alcohol abuse in these contexts that created this particular incident has got to stop.” Thrasher praised the students,

including limits on alcohol use and more supervision for the organizations. “I’ve said all along that in order for there to be real change on campus, students must be part of the solution,” Thrasher said. “Our students are now beginning to fully understand the serious obligation they have to behave responsibly.” Thrasher said the sororities and fraternities, which have about 7,000 members, will now be allowed to recruit new members and engage in philanthropic activities. But an alcohol ban will remain in place for fraternities, sororities and some 700 student organizations as the new policies are implemented. “If they prove to be responsible in implementing these activities, we will allow the fraternities and sororities to hold social events later in the semester,” Thrasher said. Thrasher and Amy Hecht, FSU’s vice president for student affairs, outlined a series of major changes for the fraternities and sororities, including limiting events with alcohol to four in the fall semester

sorority life, but they’re meant to ensure that our students can be successful … that they’re graduating, that they’re having positive experiences through our Greek community,” Hecht said about the new policies. Under the new policy, any events involving alcohol, including tailgating at football games, will require the presence of a police officer or security guard. The induction of new fraternity members will be limited to a six-week period, a 25 percent reduction from the current eight-week cap. In a new requirement, each of the fraternity and sorority chapters will be required to maintain a minimum 2.5 grade-point average. Sorority and fraternity members will also have to perform an average of 10 hours of community service for the fall and spring semesters, another new requirement. All students seeking to join a fraternity or sorority will have to attend an orientation session.

participation by chapter leaders in a training program that will include topics such as “hazing prevention” and “creating a culture of care.” And there will be more supervision of the organizations, with staffing in the Office of Fraternity and Sorority Life increasing to seven members, along with two graduate assistants. Fraternities and sororities with more than 75 members will be required to have at least two local advisors. Faculty and staff members will be added to studentconduct review panels. FSU will also create a public “scorecard” --- which will include information about grade point averages, community-service performance, chapter sizes, awards and highlights --- for each fraternity and sorority. “We do hope that our students will see how important it is to be safe and to hold each other accountable and ensure we are following these policies and procedures,” Hecht said.

JUDGE BACKS STATE IN DISPUTE OVER GAMBLING LEGAL FEES By DARA KAM THE NEWS SERVICE FLORIDA

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The state won’t have pay up to $450,000 to lawyers representing nine cardroom operators in a battle about controversial “designated player” games, according to an order issued Friday. Administrative Law Judge E. Gary Early sided with Florida gambling regulators in the dispute over attorney fees, deciding that a $50,000 statutory cap on fees in disputes with state agencies applies in the aggregate and not by individual party, as the lawyers for the cardroom operators had argued. While the state maintained that attorneys for the gambling operators are only entitled to split $50,000 in fees, Early found the law “is not so clear as to allow for a definitive determination on its face as to whether the statute allows for multiple awards against an agency up to $50,000 when multiple parties have challenged the same proposed rule.” In rejecting the request for the individual fees, Early relied in part on a previous ruling, in a case known as “G.B. v. Agency for Persons with Disabilities.” In that case, the 1st District Court of Appeal upheld an order by Administrative Law Judge R. Bruce McKibben that concluded the statutory cap applied as an aggregate. “Thus, it is concluded that in cases such as this, in which a group of petitioners is acting in a concerted and collective manner to achieve a common result, the total award of fees to the petitioners, and against the agency, is limited to $50,000,”

Early wrote in Friday’s 27-page order. Last year, Early sided with gambling operators in West Palm Beach, Jacksonville, Melbourne, Miami and other parts of the state in a challenge about the designated player games. Early ruled that Florida gambling overseers were wrong to do away with a rule governing designated player games without replacing the regulations. Lawyer John Lockwood, who represents seven of the nine cardrooms that filed the challenge, said Monday he is reviewing the decision and “considering our options.” A 1996 law created the cap on attorney fees in disputes with state agencies and set the maximum at $15,000. In 2008, the law was amended, and the cap was raised to $50,000. The staff analysis of the legislation that established the caps didn’t clarify the issue, Early found. “There is little in the attorney fees section of the 1996 bill analysis that sheds further light on the issue of whether the statutory cap on fees is to be applied per case or per party,” the judge wrote. But an analysis of the 2008 bill, which later became law, provided more insight, according to Early. That analysis noted that the bill raises the cap on attorney fees “that may be awarded against a party” in an administrative law proceeding. “Not only does the 2008 bill analysis suggest that the Legislature understood that an award against a party was to be limited to the capped amount but, as indicated previously, if the attorney’s fee cap could create an open-ended economic impact on state agencies, it is

unlikely that the committee staff would have neglected to perform an analysis of that possibility,” Early wrote. Early also noted that the petitioners were “all in the same boat,” and that their “journeys through the rulemaking and enforcement processes, as well as through the rule challenge proceeding, were substantially similar, and led to a result that would not have varied” depending on the circumstances of any individual cardroom. First launched in 2012, designatedplayer games have become wildly popular among gamblers and are now hosted by most pari-mutuels that operate cardrooms in Florida. The industry argued that doing away with the rule, adopted in 2014, would put an end to games, which bring in $87 million a year. Regulators proposed doing away with the designated-player rule in 2015, insisting that the way the games were being conducted --- and not the games themselves --- violated a state gambling law, which prohibits pari-mutuels from acting as the “bank.” Under Florida law, a “banking game” is defined as one “in which the house is a participant in the game, taking on players, paying winners, and collecting from losers or in which the cardroom establishes a bank against which participants play.” Pari-mutuel cardrooms are allowed to conduct games in which players compete only against each other. The games have also been a key part of a legal battle between the Seminole Tribe and the state. The Seminoles maintained that the manner in which the designated player games were being conducted at

cardrooms violated an agreement with the state that gave the tribe the exclusive rights to operate banked card games at most of its casinos. A federal judge sided with the tribe in the dispute over the games, and Gov. Rick Scott and the Seminoles entered an agreement last year in which gambling regulators promised to “aggressively enforce” the cardrooms. The agreement ends in March. Lawyers representing the gambling operators convinced Early that doing away with the regulation --- a move from the Department of Business and Professional Regulation that came in the midst of the Seminoles’ federal lawsuit --- effectively prohibited the cardrooms from offering the lucrative games. An appeal court in November upheld Early’s decision, paving the way for Lockwood, who represents seven gambling operators, and Christopher Kise, who represents two, to move forward with their request for legal fees, which, they argued, could have maxed out at $450,000. The case law about the statutory cap included a 20-year-old case in which Early was a private lawyer who represented companies in a dispute with state regulators over reimbursements related to a petroleum-contamination site cleanup program. Early was on the winning side in the 1997 decision granting fees to all parties involved in the environmental case. The lawyers never received the fees, however, because an appeals court overturned the underlying ruling in the case.

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SENATORS MOVE FORWARD WITH PLAN TO LIMIT TAXES By JIM TURNER THE NEWS SERVICE FLORIDA

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A proposal that would make it tougher for future state lawmakers to raise taxes advanced Monday through its first Senate panel, though the proposal would not go as far as a tax limit approved by the House. The Senate Finance and Tax Appropriations Subcommittee voted 4-2 along party lines in support of the proposed constitutional amendment, which could go on the November ballot. The proposal (SJR 1742), if ultimately approved, would require three-fifths votes of the House and Senate before taxes could be increased in the future. Currently, a simple majority is needed for most tax hikes. “I do believe it needs to be difficult to raise taxes,” said subcommittee Chairwoman Sen. Kelli Stargel, a Lakeland Republican who is sponsoring the bill. Stargel said that in emergencies, lawmakers would “easily” reach the three-fifths mark. She said after the meeting that, while she couldn’t speak for the rest of the members of the Senate, the House version of the proposal appears “a little too restrictive for the

Constitution.” The House proposal (HJR 7001), approved 80-29 on Thursday, would require two-thirds votes by the House and Senate on tax increases and would also apply to raising fees. Stargel’s bill wouldn’t require supermajority votes when amending or repealing tax exemptions and wouldn’t apply to county, municipal, school-board or special-district taxing authorities. In voting against the Senate proposal Monday, Miami Democrats Daphne Campbell and Jose Javier Rodriguez expressed concerns that the proposal would further shift tax burdens to local governments, leave the state unable to keep up with environmental and educational crises and reduce services for families in need. “The fact that it would be harder to raise revenue, but remain just as easy to carve out special-interest tax breaks, just means that our tax code will continue to become more and more regressive over time,” Rodriguez said. A super-majority requirement isn’t new to the Legislature. For example, a three-fifths margin is required to raise the corporate income tax rate above 5 percent. The tax currently sits at 5.5 percent. Also, bills that cause

state revenue collections to exceed a limit set in the state Constitution must be passed by two-thirds votes of each chamber. The proposed has the backing of Florida Chamber of Commerce, Associated Industries of Florida and Florida TaxWatch. But critics argued that tying the hands of future lawmakers would establish minority-rule legislation. “It sets in place, permanently, a situation in which people --- who take the position in opposition to taxes --have a vote that is approximately oneand-a-half-times as powerful as people who want to provide the services and want the money to do the things they think the state should be doing,” said David Cullen, a lobbyist for the Sierra Club. Rich Templin, a lobbyist for the Florida AFL-CIO, said Stargel’s proposal is more reasonable than the House proposal. But while he’s still opposed, he could see it getting approved if it reaches the November ballot. Proposed constitutional amendments require support from 60 percent of voters to be approved. “This is really a bumper-sticker political issue. It doesn’t convey the

complexities of the revenue problems that we’re dealing with in the state of Florida,” Templin said. “As such, it is really easy to oversimplify. It may be really easy to pass. But at the end of the day, it’s not sound, conservative fiscal economic policy.” The tax measure is expected to be a campaign topic for Gov. Rick Scott and House Speaker Richard Corcoran, who are widely expected to run for other offices later this year: Scott for U.S. Senate; Corcoran for governor. “When I first announced this proposal, Speaker Corcoran joined me to ensure we do all we can to let families and job creators keep more of their hard-earned money,” Scott said in a statement after the House approved its proposal. Corcoran said after the House vote that he was “encouraged” the Senate was taking up a proposal that would “secure and protect” tax cuts lawmakers have made the past seven years. “We should always make it much more difficult to raise taxes than it is to cut them,” Corcoran said in a prepared statement Thursday. Stargel’s proposal needs to get approval from the Appropriations Committee before it could go to the Senate floor.

JUSTICES CONTINUE REJECTING DEATH ROW APPEALS By JIM SAUNDERS THE NEWS SERVICE OF FLORIDA

The Florida Supreme Court opinions started showing up in batches of 10 last week. The opinions were nearly identical, except for the names of the Death Row inmates seeking new sentences and a few details of each case. But the conclusion was the same: No dice. With a batch released Monday, the total number of rejections reached 50. The common thread was that all of the inmates’ sentences were finalized before a June 2002 cutoff date that otherwise could have allowed many of them to be resentenced. The way the Florida Supreme Court released the batches of opinions was highly unusual. But the underlying issues in the 50 cases traced to a January 2016 ruling by the U.S. Supreme Court that the state’s death-penalty sentencing process was unconstitutional because it gave too much power to judges, instead of juries, in deciding whether defendants should be executed. That 2016 ruling effectively halted capital punishment in Florida for more than 18 months, as lawmakers and courts grappled with changes in the system. As part of that, the Florida Supreme Court ruled juries must unanimously agree on critical findings before judges can impose death sentences and must unanimously recommend the death penalty. In the past, juries could recommend death by majority votes. The Florida Supreme Court’s unanimity requirements allowed many Death Row inmates to argue that those

standards should be applied retroactively to their already-decided cases. That has sent cases back to lower courts for resentencing. But there was a catch for people on Death Row for long periods: The Florida Supreme Court made the new sentencing requirements apply to cases since June 2002. That is when the U.S. Supreme Court issued a ruling known as Ring v. Arizona that was a premise for striking down Florida’s death-penalty sentencing system in 2016. Each of the 50 appeals rejected during the past week involved cases decided before the Ring decision --with a couple just missing the cutoff. Perhaps the best example came Monday, when the Supreme Court rejected the appeal of Death Row inmate Gary Ray Bowles in the 1994 murder of Walter Hinton in Jacksonville Beach. Bowles’ sentence became final June 17, 2002 --- a week before the June 24, 2002, Ring decision by the U.S. Supreme Court, according to court documents. In an appeal filed in October, Bowles’ attorney contended that the cutoff date violated constitutional protections against “arbitrary and capricious imposition of the death penalty.” A jury unanimously recommended that Bowles receive the death penalty in the Hinton murder, but Bowles’ attorney, Francis Shea, argued in the appeal that it was unclear whether jurors also unanimously agreed on the critical findings. “(Bowles’) jury made only a recommendation to impose the death penalty, without making any findings of fact as to any of the elements required for a death sentence under Florida law,” Shea wrote.

“This (Supreme) Court cannot reliably infer from the jury’s recommendation whether the jury unanimously found --- or a hypothetical jury in a constitutional proceeding would have unanimously found --- all the other requisite elements for a death sentence. There is a reasonable probability that individual jurors based their overall recommendation for death on a different underlying calculus.” But Attorney General Pam Bondi’s office pointed in an October brief to the Florida Supreme Court’s past rulings on issues related to the Ring decision cutoff date and said Bowles has “demonstrated no cause for this (Supreme) Court to recede from its lengthy case precedent.” In issuing its two-page opinion Monday, the Supreme Court cited precedent in rejecting a resentencing for Bowles, who also has received to life sentences for 1994 murders in Nassau and Volusia counties, according to the Florida Department of Corrections website. A 1999 Florida Times-Union story said Bowles had admitted to killing six gay men in Florida and other states, including Hinton. Along with Bowles, the other Death Row inmates who lost appeals Monday were Michael Bernard Bell in a Duval County case; Paul Alfred Brown in a Hillsborough County case; Mark Allen Davis in a Pinellas County case; Charles Kenneth Foster in a Bay County case; Kevin Don Foster in a Lee County case; Konstantinos X. Fotopoulos in a Volusia County case; Guy R. Gamble in a Lake County case; Brandy Bain Jennings in a Collier County case; and Robert Joe Long in a Hillsborough County case.

and engaged in a pattern of making unwelcome remarks about women’s bodies. Perrin Rogers set off the inquiry into Latvala --who has steadfastly denied any wrongdoing --- by filing a complaint against him with the Senate Rules Committee. The FDLE inquiry was based on Swanson’s findings related to a former lobbyist, who was unnamed in the special master’s report but has since stepped forward and identified herself as Laura McLeod. McLeod is now an aide to state Sen. Lauren Book, D-Plantation. Swanson found that McLeod’s testimony and textmessage exchanges between the senator and the former lobbyist indicated that Latvala may have violated ethics rules as well as “laws prohibiting public corruption” by agreeing to support the lobbyist’s legislative priorities if she would have sex with him or “allowed him to touch her body in a sexual manner.” Swanson recommended that the allegations of the quid pro quo conduct “be immediately referred to law enforcement for further investigation.” The Senate referred Swanson’s report to the Tallahassee Police Department, which then passed it to

the Florida Department of Law Enforcement. Latvala has admitted he had a lengthy relationship with McLeod, including for a brief period while he was married, but has denied any quid pro quo. In an interview with The News Service of Florida on Nov. 9, Latvala insisted he never groped Perrin Rogers or any other women during his time in the Senate but admitted his remarks may have been out of line. “Do I let my mouth overload my good sense every now and then and maybe say, `You’re looking good today? You’ve lost weight? You’re looking hot today?’ Yeah. But I haven’t touched anybody against their will,” he said. Swanson referred to the interview in the 35-page report issued last month. In his letter resigning from the Senate, an unyielding Latvala --- painted as a vindictive bully by witnesses --- insisted that he is innocent and blamed the special master for siding with his accuser. He also complained that Swanson introduced “an entirely new issue into the process that I had no ability to challenge or rebut,” referring to the allegations of quid pro quo. Latvala’s lawyers could not be reached early Friday evening.

FDLE OPENS ‘ACTIVE’ INVESTIGATION OF LATVALA By DARA KAM THE NEWS SERVICE OF FLORIDA

State law-enforcement officials have found probable cause to open a criminal investigation into possible wrongdoing by former Sen. Jack Latvala, a Clearwater Republican who announced his resignation last month amid a probe into allegations of possible public corruption. After conducting a preliminary review, the Florida Department of Law Enforcement has opened an “active investigation,” department spokeswoman Jessica Cary confirmed Friday. Cary would not provide details about the investigation. The state agency launched the review after Senate Special Master Ronald Swanson, a former judge, found that Latvala, a veteran politician who served as Senate budget chairman, may have broken state laws by promising legislative favors in exchange for sex. Latvala announced his resignation Dec. 20, less than a day after Swanson’s report was released. In addition to the quid pro quo allegations, Swanson found probable cause to support allegations that Latvala had repeatedly groped Senate aide Rachel Perrin Rogers

EDUCATION SYSTEM CHALLENGE PUT ON HOLD By NSF STAFF THE NEWS SERVICE OF FLORIDA

The Florida Supreme Court has put on hold a longrunning lawsuit alleging that the state has failed to meet its constitutional duty of providing a highquality system of public schools. Plaintiffs, led by a group called Citizens for Strong Schools, took the case to the Supreme Court this month after the 1st District Court of Appeal rejected their arguments. But the Supreme Court on Friday issued an order placing a stay on the case until 15 days after the

end of the ongoing legislative session. Attorneys for the House and Senate filed a document Jan. 12 citing a state law that requires continuances when members of the Legislature are involved in cases. The Senate president and House speaker are among the defendants in the education case. “Here, of course, the Senate president and House speaker are members of the Florida Legislature, and the statute provides that the continuance should automatically commence upon filing this notice with the (Supreme) Court,” the House and Senate attorneys wrote. The legislative session is scheduled to end March 9. The

lawsuit is rooted in a 1998 constitutional amendment that says it is a “paramount duty of the state to make adequate provision for the education of all children residing within its borders.” The amendment fleshed that out, in part, by saying adequate provision will be made for a “uniform, efficient, safe, secure, and high quality system” of public schools. Citizens for Strong Schools and other plaintiffs contend the state has not me the constitutional requirements, but a Leon County circuit judge and the appeals court have ruled for the state in the case.

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The Summation Weekly PUBLIC NOTICES Legals Notice of Sale IN THE CIRCUIT COURT IN AND FOR SANTA ROSA COUNTY, FLORIDA CIRCUIT CIVIL ROBERT JOHN METTY, SR. and KAREN MARIE METTY, husband and wife, Plaintiffs, VS. STEVEN WAYNE GUNTER and ANJENETTE GUNTER, husband and wife. Defendants. CASE NO.: 2017 CA 000701 NOTICE OF SALE

The administration of the estate of HUBERT ALLEN JOHNSON, deceased, whose date of death was October 17, 2017, and with case number indicated above pending in the Circuit Court for Escambia County, Florida, Probate Division, the address of which is 190 W. Government Street, Pensacola, FL 32502. The name and address of the personal representative and the personal representative’s attorney are set forth below. All creditors of the decedent and other persons having claims or demands against the decedent’s estate of whom a copy of this notice is required to be served must file their claims with this court WITHIN THE LATER OF 3 MONTHS AFTER THE TIME OF THE FIRST PUBLICATION OF THIS NOTICE OR 30 DAYS AFTER THE DATE OF SERVICE OF A COPY OF THIS NOTICE ON THEM. All other creditors of the decedent and other persons having claims against decedent’s estate must file their claims with this court WITHIN 3 MONTHS AFTER THE DATE OF THE FIRST PUBLICATION OF THIS NOTICE.

Pursuant to the Summary Final Judgment of Foreclosure entered in the above-captioned cause pending in the above Court, the undersigned, DONALD C. SPENCER, Clerk of the above Court, will sell to the highest and best bidder for cash at 11:00 a,m. on Santa Rosa County’s Public Auction website: www.santarosa.realforeclose.com in accordance with Chapter 45, Florida Statutes on the 1st day of March, 2018 the following described property as set forth in said Summary Final Judgment, to-wit:

ALL CLAIMS NOT FILED WITHIN THE TIME PERIODS SET FORTH IN SECTION 733.702 OF THE FLORIDA PROBATE CODE WILL BE FOREVER BARRED.

Commencing at the intersection of the East line of Section 23, Township 1 North, Range 29 West, and the South right of way line of Diamond Street; thence Westerly along said right of way line a distance of 339.72 feet for the point of beginning; thence continue along the same course a distance of 100 feet; thence Southerly deflecting 76 degrees 45 minutes to the left a distance of 140 feet, thence Easterly deflecting 103 degrees 15 minutes to the left a distance of 100 feet; thence Northerly 140 feet to the point of beginning; all lying in Section 23, Township 1 North, Range 29 West, Santa Rosa County, Florida.

JENNIFER ROBIN JOHNSON Petitioner P O Box 501 Molino, FL 32577

“In accordance with the AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES ACT, persons needing a special accommodation to participate in this proceeding should contact Brenda VanBrussel not later than seven days prior to the proceeding at the Santa Rosa County Courthouse, 6865 S.W. Caroline Street, Milton, Florida. Telephone (850) 623-3159. Any person claiming an interest in the surplus of the sale, if any, other than the property owner as of the date of the Lis Pendens, must file a claim within 60 days after the sale. DATED this 25th day of January, 2018. JAMES C. TAYLOR, of Taylor & Van Matre, P.A. 4300 Bayou Boulevard, Suite 16 Pensacola, FL 32503 Fla. Bar No. 149445 2WR1/31-2/7NOS

IN THE CIRCUIT CIVIL COURT OF THE FIRST JUDICIAL CIRCUIT OF FLORIDA, IN AND FOR ESCAMBIA COUNTY CIVIL DIVISION U.S. BANK TRUST, N.A., AS TRUSTEE FOR LSF9 MASTER PARTICIPATION TRUST Plaintiff, vs. UNKNOWN HEIRS, DEVISEES, GRANTEES, ASSIGNEES, LIENORS, CREDITORS AND TRUSTEES OF EMMETT O. KNIGHT A/K/A EMMETT KNIGHT, DECEASED, MARCUS KNIGHT, KNOWN HEIR OF EMMETT O. KNIGHT A/K/A EMMETT KNIGHT, DECEASED, KATRINA LEATHERWOOD, KNOWN HEIR OF EMMETT O. KNIGHT A/K/A EMMETT KNIGHT, DECEASED, KATRICE LEATHERWOOD, KNOWN HEIR OF EMMETT O. KNIGHT A/K/A EMMETT KNIGHT, DECEASED, SHANE SANDERS, KNOWN HEIR OF EMMETT O. KNIGHT A/K/A EMMETT KNIGHT, DECEASED, KENDRA KNIGHT, KNOWN HEIR OF EMMETT O. KNIGHT A/K/A EMMETT KNIGHT, DECEASED, THE INDEPENDENT SAVINGS PLAN COMPANY DBA ISPC, UNKNOWN SPOUSE OF MARCUS KNIGHT, STATE OF FLORIDA, DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE, FELICIA G. LEATHERWOOD, UNKNOWN SPOUSE OF KATRINA LEATHERWOOD, UNKNOWN SPOUSE OF KATRICE LEATHERWOOD, UNKNOWN SPOUSE OF SHANE SANDERS, UNKNOWN SPOUSE OF KENDRA KNIGHT, AND UNKNOWN TENANTS/ OWNERS, Defendants. Case No. 2015-CA-002052 Division WD

NOTWITHSTANDING THE TIME PERIODS SET FORTH ABOVE, ANY CLAIM FILED TWO (2) YEARS OR MORE AFTER THE DECEDENT’S DATE OF DEATH IS BARRED. The date of first publication of this notice is January 24, 2017.

H. Frank Winn, Jr., Attorney for Petitioner Florida Bar# 0113430 P O Box 150 322 S. Alcaniz Street Pensacola, FL 32591-0150 Office 850-434-6214 Fax 850-434-6290 h.frankwinn@att.net 2WR1/24-1/31NTC

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT IN AND FOR ESCAMBIA COUNTY, FLORIDA PROBATE DIVISION IN RE: Estate of PATRICK W. BURKE, Deceased. CASE NO.: 2017 CP 001530 DIVISION: C NOTICE TO CREDITORS The Administration of the Estate of PATRICK W. BURKE, deceased, File Number 2017 CP 001530, is pending in the Circuit Court for Escambia County, Florida, Probate Division, the address of which is 190 Governmental Center, Pensacola, FL 32502. The names and addresses of the Personal Representative and the Personal Representative’s Attorney are set forth below. All creditors of the Decedent and other persons having claims or demands against Decedent’s estate, including unmatured, contingent or unliquidated claims, on whom a copy of this notice is served must file their claims with this court WITHIN THE LATER OF 3 MONTHS AFTER THE DATE OF THE FIRST PUBLICATION OF THIS NOTICE OR 30 DAYS AFTER THE DATE OF SERVICE OF A COPY OF THIS NOTICE ON THEM. All other creditors of the Decedent and other persons having claims or demands against Decedent’s Estate, including unmatured, contingent or unliquidated claims, must file their claims with this court WITHIN 3 MONTHS AFTER THE DATE OF THE FIRST PUBLICATION OF THIS NOTICE. ALL CLAIMS NOT SO FILED WILL BE FOREVER BARRED. The First date of publication of this Notice is January 24, 2018. Personal Representative: TARA MARGARET BURKE 2835 Vanness Ave., #54 San Francisco, CA 94109 (415) 571-5654 Attorney for Personal Representative: KARL W. BOYLES, JR., ESQUIRE Attorney at Law 212 Cervantes Street (32501) P.O. Box 13464 Pensacola, FL 32591-3464 (850) 433-9225 FLORIDA BAR #145909 Attorney for Personal Representative kwb@boylesandoyleslaw.com debbie@boylesand boyleslaw.com 2WR1/24-1/31NTC

NOTICE OF SALE Notice is hereby given, pursuant to Final Judgment of Foreclosure for Plaintiff entered in this cause on January 5, 2018, in the Circuit Court of Escambia County, Florida, Pam Childers, Clerk of Circuit Court, Escambia County, Clerk of the Circuit Court, will sell the property situated in Escambia County, Florida described as: LOT 4, BLOCK 10, GRANADA, A SUBDIVISION OF A PORTION OF SECTION 4, TOWNSHIP 2 SOUTH, RANGE 30 WEST, CITY OF PENSACOLA, ESCAMBIA COUNTY, FLORIDA, ACCORDING TO PLAT OF SAID SUBDIVISION RECORDED IN PLAT BOOK 2 AT PAGE 50 OF THE PUBLIC RECORDS OF SAID COUNTY. and commonly known as: 3610 N 9 AVE, PENSACOLA, FL 32503; including the building, appurtenances, and fixtures located therein, at public sale, to the highest and best bidder, for cash, online at www.escambia.realforeclose. com, on February 6, 2018 at 11:00 A.M.. Any persons claiming an interest in the surplus from the sale, if any, other than the property owner as of the date of the lis pendens must file a claim within 60 days after the sale. Dated this 19 day of January, 2018. By: Jennifer M. Scott Attorney for Plaintiff 2WR1/24-1/31NOS

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR ESCAMBIA COUNTY, FLORIDA PROBATE DIVISION IN RE: ESTATE OF ADELL MCNEILL WILLIAMS Deceased. File No.: 2017 CP 1195 Division: T NOTICE TO CREDITORS The administration of the estate of ADELL MCNEILL WILLIAMS, deceased, whose date of death was May 18, 2017, is pending in the Circuit Court for Escambia County, Florida, Probate Division, the address of which is M.C. Blanchard Judicial Building, 190 Governmental Center, Pensacola, FL 32502. The names and addresses of the personal representative and the personal representative’s attorney are set forth below. All creditors of the decedent and other persons having claims or demands against decedent’s estate on whom a copy of this notice is required to be served must file their claims with this court ON OR BEFORE THE LATER OF 3 MONTHS AFTER THE TIME OF THE FIRST PUBLICATION OF THIS NOTICE OR 30 DAYS AFTER THE DATE OF SERVICE OF A COPY OF THIS NOTICE ON THEM.

The date of first publication of this notice is January 24, 2018. Personal Representative: Kevin D. Nelson, on behalf of Regions Bank 70 North Baylen Street Pensacola, FL 32502 Attorney for Personal Representative: Charles P. Hoskin, Esq. EMMANUEL SHEPPARD & CONDON Fla Bar No.: 364401 30 South Spring Street Pensacola, FL 32502 Telephone: (850) 433-6581 Facsimile: (850) 434-7163 Email: cph@esclaw.com adk@esclaw.com 2WR1/24-1/31NTC

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR ESCAMBIA COUNTY, FLORIDA PROBATE DIVISION IN RE: ESTATE OF Flint Ray Given Deceased. File No. 2018-CP-24 Division J NOTICE TO CREDITORS The administration of the estate of Flint Ray Given, deceased, whose date of death was December 10, 2017, is pending in the Circuit Court for Escambia County, Florida, Probate Division, the address of which is 190 Governmental Street, Pensacola, Florida 32502. The names and addresses of the personal representatives and the personal representatives’ attorney are set forth below. All creditors of the decedent and other persons having claims or demands against decedent’s estate on whom a copy of this notice is required to be served must file their claims with this court WITHIN THE LATER OF 3 MONTHS AFTER THE TIME OF THE FIRST PUBLICATION OF THIS NOTICE OR 30 DAYS AFTER THE DATE OF SERVICE OF A COPY OF THIS NOTICE ON THEM. All other creditors of the decedent and other persons having claims or demands against decedent’s estate must file their claims with this court WITHIN 3 MONTHS AFTER THE DATE OF THE FIRST PUBLICATION OF THIS NOTICE. ALL CLAIMS NOT FILED WITHIN THE TIME PERIODS SET FORTH IN SECTION 733.702 OF THE FLORIDA PROBATE CODE WILL BE FOREVER BARRED. NOTWITHSTANDING THE TIME PERIOD SET FORTH ABOVE, ANY CLAIM FILED TWO (2) YEARS OR MORE AFTER THE DECEDENT’S DATE OF DEATH IS BARRED. The date of first publication of this notice is January 31, 2018. Personal Representative: William Christian Shaner 5232 Deer Creek Drive Pace, Florida 32571 Attorney for Personal Representative: Jack Locklin, Jr. E-Mail Address: jlocklin@ljslawfirm.com Florida Bar No. 243167 Locklin, Saba, Locklin & Jones, P.A. 4557 Chumuckla Highway Pace, Florida 32571 Telephone: (850) 995-1102 2WR1/31-2/7NTC

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR SANTA ROSA COUNTY, FLORIDA PROBATE DIVISION IN RE:ESTATE OF ROBERT JOHN BOWMAN, Deceased. Case No.: 2018-CP-026 NOTICE TO CREDITORS (Testate) The administration of the estate of ROBERT JOHN BOWMAN, deceased, File Number 2018-CP-026, is pending in the Circuit Court for Santa Rosa County, Florida, Probate Division, the address of which is P.O. Box 472, Milton, Florida 32572. This estate is intestate. The names and addresses of the personal representative and the personal representative’s attorney are set forth below. All creditors of the decedent and other persons having claims or demands against decedent’s estate, including unmatured, contingent or unliquidated claims, on whom a copy of this notice is served must file their claims with this court WITHIN THE LATER OF 3 MONTHS AFTER THE DATE OF THE FIRST PUBLICATION OF THIS NOTICE OR 30 DAYS AFTER THE DATE OF SERVICE OF A COPY OF THIS NOTICE ON THEM. All other creditors of the decedent and other persons having claims or demands against decedent’s estate, including unmatured, contingent or unliquidated claims, must file their claims with this court WITHIN 3 MONTHS AFTER THE DATE OF THE FIRST PUBLICATION OF THIS NOTICE. ALL CLAIMS NOT SO FILED WILL BE FOREVER BARRED. The date of first publication of this Notice is January 24, 2018. Personal Representative: CAROL BOWMAN RUSSELL Attorney for Personal Representative: HEATHER F. LINDSAY Lindsay & Lindsay, P.A. 5218 Willing Street Milton, Florida 32570 (850) 623-3200 Florida Bar No. 073441 2WR1/24-1/31NTC

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR ESCAMBIA COUNTY, FLORIDA PROBATE DIVISION

Notice to Creditors

All other creditors of the decedent and other persons having claims or demands against decedent’s estate must file their claims with this court WITHIN 3 MONTHS AFTER THE DATE OF THE FIRST PUBLICATION OF THIS NOTICE.

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR ESCAMBIA COUNTY, FLORIDA PROBATE DIVISION

ALL CLAIMS NOT FILED WITHIN THE TIME PERIODS SET FORTH IN FLORIDA STATUTES SECTION 733.702 WILL BE FOREVER BARRED.

File No. 2018-CP-3 Division C

NOTWITHSTANDING THE TIME PERIODS SET FORTH ABOVE, ANY CLAIM FILED TWO (2) YEARS OR MORE AFTER THE DECEDENT’S DATE OF DEATH IS BARRED.

The administration of the estate of Dakota Adam Amerson, deceased, whose date of death was October 24, 2017, is pending in the Circuit Court for Escambia County, Florida, Probate Division, the address of which is 190 Governmental Center, Pensacola, FL 32502. The names and addresses of the personal representatives and the personal representatives’ attorney are set forth below.

IN RE: ESTATE OF HUBERT ALLEN JOHNSON Deceased. File No. 2017-CP-001363 Division: “C” NOTICE TO CREDITORS

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All creditors of the decedent and other persons having claims or demands against decedent’s estate on whom a copy of this notice is required to be served must file their claims with this court ON OR BEFORE THE LATER OF 3 MONTHS AFTER THE TIME OF THE FIRST PUBLICATION OF THIS NOTICE OR 30 DAYS AFTER THE DATE OF SERVICE OF A COPY OF THIS NOTICE ON THEM. All other creditors of the decedent and other persons having claims or demands against decedent’s estate must file their claims with this court WITHIN 3 MONTHS AFTER THE DATE OF THE FIRST PUBLICATION OF THIS NOTICE. ALL CLAIMS NOT FILED WITHIN THE TIME PERIODS SET FORTH IN FLORIDA STATUTES SECTION 733.702 WILL BE FOREVER BARRED. NOTWITHSTANDING THE TIME PERIODS SET FORTH ABOVE, ANY CLAIM FILED TWO (2) YEARS OR MORE AFTER THE DECEDENT’S DATE OF DEATH IS BARRED. The date of first publication of this notice is January 24, 2018.

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Attorney for Personal Representative: R. Hadley Sanders, III, Esq. Florida Bar No.: 744414 Hadley Sanders, P.A. 314 South Baylen St., Suite 112 Pensacola, FL 32502 Phone: (850) 525-7137 Email: rhs@hadleysanderslaw.com 2WR1/31-2/7NTC

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT IN AND FOR ESCAMBIA COUNTY, FLORIDA PROBATE DIVISION IN RE: Estate of SUSAN I. LORD, Decedent. Case No.: 2017-CP-1341 Division: T NOTICE TO CREDITORS

Adam Amerson 2660 Stefani Road Cantonment, Florida 32533

The administration of the Estate of SUSAN I. LORD, deceased, Case Number 2017-CP1341, is pending in the Circuit Court for Escambia County, Florida, Probate Division, the address of which is M. C. Blanchard Judicial Building, 190 Governmental Center, Pensacola, Florida 32502. The name and mailing address of the Personal Representative and the Personal Representative’s attorneys are set forth below.

Attorney for Personal Representatives: Kramer A. Litvak Attorney Florida Bar Number: 965881 LITVAK BEASLEY WILSON & BALL, LLP 226 East Government Street PENSACOLA, FL 32502 Telephone: (850) 432-9818 Fax: (850) 432-9830 E-Mail: kramer@lawpensacola.com

All creditors of Decedent and other persons having claims or demands against Decedent’s estate, including unmatured, contingent, or unliquidated claims, on whom a copy of this notice is served must file their claims with this Court WITHIN THE LATER OF 3 MONTHS AFTER THE DATE OF THE FIRST PUBLICATION OF THIS NOTICE OR 30 DAYS AFTER THE DATE OF SERVICE OF A COPY OF THIS NOTICE ON THEM.

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All other creditors of Decedent and other persons having claims or demands against Decedent’s estate, including unmatured, contingent, or unliquidated claims, must file their claims with this Court WITHIN 3 MONTHS AFTER THE DATE OF THE FIRST PUBLICATION OF THIS NOTICE. ALL CLAIMS NOT SO FILED WILL BE FOREVER BARRED.

Personal Representatives: Laura Ryan Amerson 2660 Stefani Road Cantonment, Florida 32533

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR ESCAMBIA COUNTY, FLORIDA PROBATE DIVISION IN RE: ESTATE OF DAVID JOHN GROENVELD File No. 2017 CP 001455 Division NOTICE TO CREDITORS The administration of the estate of David John Groenveld, deceased, whose date of death was September 3, 2017, is pending in the Circuit Court for Escambia County, Florida, Probate Division, the address of which is 190 W Government St, Pensacola, Florida 32502. The names and addresses of the personal representative and the personal representative’s attorney are set forth below. All creditors of the decedent and other persons having claims or demands against decedent’s estate on whom a copy of this notice is required to be served must file their claims with this court ON OR BEFORE THE LATER OF 3 MONTHS AFTER THE TIME OF THE FIRST PUBLICATION OF THIS NOTICE OR 30 DAYS AFTER THE DATE OF SERVICE OF A COPY OF THIS NOTICE ON THEM. All other creditors of the decedent and other persons having claims or demands against decedent’s estate must file their claims with this court WITHIN 3 MONTHS AFTER THE DATE OF THE FIRST PUBLICATION OF THIS NOTICE. ALL CLAIMS NOT FILED WITHIN THE TIME PERIODS SET FORTH IN FLORIDA STATUTES SECTION 733.702 WILL BE FOREVER BARRED. NOTWITHSTANDING THE TIME PERIODS SET FORTH ABOVE, ANY CLAIM FILED TWO (2) YEARS OR MORE AFTER THE DECEDENT’S DATE OF DEATH IS BARRED. The date of first publication of this notice is January 31, 2018. Personal Representative: Debra R. Horrell, Petitioner Attorney for Personal Representative: William A. Brightwell IV Florida Bar Number: 0111387 The Law Offices of West Florida, P.A. 21 South Tarragona Street, Suite 103 Pensacola, FL 32502 Telephone: (850) 332-0003 Facsimile: (850) 332-0003 Attorney for Petitioner E-mail: william@westfloridalaw.com Secondary E-mail: janette@westfloridalaw.com 2WR1/31-2/7NTC

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR SANTA ROSA COUNTY, FLORIDA PROBATE DIVISION IN RE: ESTATE OF NOAH D. MALONE, Deceased. File No. 2017 CP 000498 NOTICE TO CREDITORS The administration of the estate of Noah D. Malone, deceased, File Number 2017 CP 000498, is pending in the Circuit Court Santa Rosa County, Florida, Probate Division, the address of which is Santa Rosa County Courthouse, 6865 Caroline Street, Milton, Florida 32570. The names and addresses of the personal representative and that personal representative’s attorney are set forth below. All creditors of the decedent and other persons having claims or demands against decedent’s estate on whom a copy of this notice is served within three months after the date of the first publication of this notice must file their claims with the Court WITHIN THE LATER OF THREE MONTHS AFTER THE DATE OF THE FIRST PUBLICATION OF THIS NOTICE OR THIRTY DAYS AFTER THE DATE OF SERVICE OF A COPY OF THIS NOTICE ON THEM.

IN RE: ESTATE OF DAKOTA ADAM AMERSON Deceased.

All other creditors of the decedent and persons having claims or demands against the estate of the decedent must file their claims with this Court WITHIN THREE MONTHS AFTER THE DATE OF THE FIRST PUBLICATION OF THIS NOTICE. ALL CLAIMS AND DEMANDS NOT SO FILED WILL BE FOREVER BARRED.

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The date of the first publication of this Notice is January 31, 2018. Personal Representative: Susan L. Laird 1672 Pondarosa Drive, Gulf Breeze, FL 32563

The date of first publication of this Notice is January 31, 2018. ROSE LORD Personal Representative 235 Willow Street Pensacola, FL 32506 LOIS B. LEPP (FBN 855634) lois@lbl-law.com Secondary Email: eservice@lbl-law.com Lois B. Lepp, P.A. 902 East Gadsen Street Pensacola, FL 32501 (850) 435-1090 Attorney for Personal Representative 2WR1/31-2/7NTC

Notice of Action IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE FIRST JUDICIAL CIRCUIT OF FLORIDA, IN AND FOR ESCAMBIA COUNTY CIVIL DIVISION U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, NOT IN ITS INDIVIDUAL CAPACITY BUT SOLELY AS TRUSTEE FOR THE RMAC TRUST, SERIES 2016-CTT Plaintiff, VS. UNKNOWN HEIRS, DEVISEES, GRANTEES, ASSIGNEES, LIENORS, CREDITORS, TRUSTEES OF JEANNE J. NESBITT A/K/A GENEVIEVE M. NESBITT, DECEASED, MICHELLE N. CARTER, A KNOWN HEIR OF JEANNE J. NESBITT A/K/A GENEVIEVE M. NESBITT, DECEASED, CARL F. NESBITT, A KNOWN HEIR OF JEANNE J. NESBITT A/K/A GENEVIEVE M. NESBITT, DECEASED, et al. Defendants. Case No. 2017 CA 001946 Division wa NOTICE OF ACTION TO: UNKNOWN SPOUSE OF MICHELE T. CARTER LAST KNOWN ADDRESS: UNKNOWN You are notified that an action to foreclose a mortgage on the following property in Escambia County, Florida: LOT SEVEN (7), BLOCK TWENTY-TWO (22), CRESCENT LAKE, UNIT #5, A SUBDIVISION OF A PORTION OF SECTIONS 44 AND 52, TOWNSHIP 1 SOUTH, RANGE 30 WEST, ACCORDING TO PLAT THEREOF RECORDED IN PLAT BOOK 5, PAGE 60, PUBLIC RECORDS OF ESCAMBIA COUNTY, FLORIDA. commonly known as 5509 E SHORE DR, PENSACOLA, FL 32505 has been filed against you and you are required to serve a copy of your written defenses, if any, to it on Jennifer M. Scott of Kass Shuler, P.A., plaintiffs attorney, whose address is P.O. Box 800, Tampa, Florida 33601, (813) 229-0900, on or before March 5, 2018, (or 30 days from the first date of publication, whichever is later) and file the original with the Clerk of this Court either before service on the Plaintiffs attorney or immediately thereafter; otherwise, a default will be entered against you for the relief demanded in the Complaint. Dated: January 23, 2018. Escambia County CLERK OF THE COURT Honorable Pam Childers, Clerk of Circuit Court, 190 Governmental Center Pensacola, Florida 32502 By: Kathy Benoit Deputy Clerk AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES ACT: If you are a person with a disability who needs any accommodation in order to participate in this proceeding, you are entitled, at no cost to you, to the provision of certain assistance. Please contact: Court Administration, ADA Liaison, Escambia County, 190 Governmental Center, 5th Floor, Pensacola, FL 32502, Phone (850) 595-4400, Fax (850) 595-0360, ADA.Escambia@flcourtsl.gov, at least 7 days before your scheduled court appearance, or immediately upon receiving this notification if the time before the scheduled appearance is less than 7 days; if you are hearing or voice impaired, call 711. 2WR1/24-1/31NOA

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Legals

January 31, 2018

The Summation Weekly

PUBLIC NOTICES IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE FIRST JUDICIAL CIRCUIT IN AND FOR SANTA ROSA COUNTY, FLORIDA SEWELL REIT, LLC Plaintiff VS. D.R. OSWALD and KEITH D. OSWALD, if alive, And if dead, their unknown spouses, heirs, devisees, Grantees, judgment creditors, and all other parties Claiming by, through, under, or against either of them; Defendants. Case No.: 2017-CA-000558 NOTICE OF ACTION TO: D.R. OSWALD, together with any unknown spouse, heirs, devisees, grantees, judgment creditors, and all other parties claiming by, through, under, or against him, YOU ARE NOTIFIED that an action to quiet title to real property, more specifically described as Commence at a point on the Easterly R/W line of Marshall Road (50’ R/W) lying N0°37’08”E 1291.77 feet and 889°02’49”W 1202.36 feet from the Southeast corner of Section 25, Township 2 North, Range 28 West, Santa Rosa County, Florida; thence S7°40’E along said Easterly right of way line 100.00 feet to point of beginning; thence Southeasterly along same line 24.32 feet to a point of curvature; said curve having a radius of 666.26 feet and being concave Easterly; thence Southeasterly along the arc of a curve 75.68 feet; thence 882°28145”E 110.72 feet; thence 807°40’00°W 100 feet; thence 882°20’00°W 115.10 feet to the Point of Beginning. Being Lots 4 and 5, Marshall Island Subdivision; an unrecorded subdivision has been filed against you and you are required to serve a copy of your written defenses, if any, to it on Sean J. Seely, Plaintiff s attorney, whose address is 1901 Andorra Street, Navarre, Florida 32501, on or before February 24, 2018, and file the original with the clerk of this court either before service on plaintiffs attorney or immediately thereafter; otherwise a default will be entered against you for the relief demanded in the complaint.

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DOWNTOWN IMPROVEMENT BOARD NOTICE OF COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR February 2018 Please mark your calendars for the following dates and times during the above noted month when meetings are scheduled to be held. Downtown Improvement Board Regular Meetings are held on the 2nd Tuesday of every month Parking & Traffic Committee Regular Meetings are held on the 1st Tuesday of every month

March 16 & 18, 2018

Regular Meetings are held immediately following the DIB Board Meeting first month of each quarter All meetings scheduled during the identified month will be held in the DIB Public Meeting Room Bowden Building 120 Church Street Room #1, Pensacola, FL 32502 unless otherwise indicated. If you need accommodations for any of these meetings, please email elizabeths@downtownpensacola.com with your request to allow us to plan accordingly.

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DATED this 18th day of January, 2018. DONALD C. SPENCER CLERK OF COURT By: Leslie Sparr As Deputy Clerk

MATTHEW L. BAKER, Plaintiff, vs.

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has been filed against you and you are required to serve a copy of you written defenses, if any, to it on Edsel F. Matthews, Jr., Esquire, Plaintiff’s attorney, whose address is 308 South Jefferson Street, Pensacola, FL 32502, on or before February 19, 2018, and file the original with the clerk of this court either before service on Plaintiff’s attorney or immediately thereafter; otherwise a default will be entered against you for the relief demanded in the Complaint.

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YOU ARE NOTIFIED that an action to quiet title on the following real property in Escambia County, Florida: A PORTION OF LOTS 65 AND 66, BLOCK D, OF LAKE CHARLENE SUBDIVISION DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS: BEGINNING AT THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF LOT 40, BLOCK D, LAKE CHARLENE SUBDIVISION AS RECORDED IN PLAT BOOK 9 AT PAGES 53 A THRU D; THENCE NORTH 20?54’03” WEST ALONG THE WEST LINE OF SAID LOT 40 FOR 172.49’ TO THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF SAID LOT 40: THENCE SOUTH 12?21’18’ EAST FOR 118.30’ TO A POINT ON THE SOUTH LINE OF LOT 66 BEING ON A BEARING OF SOUTH 47?32’14” WEST AND A DISTANCE OF 18.90’ FROM THE SOUTHEAST CORNER OF SAID LOT 66; THENCE SOUTH 38?28’30” EAST FOR 58.22’ TO THE POINT OF BEGINNING.

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