The Summation Weekly - June 14, 2023

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LEAP FOR CHANGE

Helping the community, building relationships and cultivating a better Pensacola community is what each participant of the of the 55-member Leadership Pensacola (LeaP) class of 2023 strives to accomplish.

The LeaP class of 2023 implemented their project, LeaP for Change, which is an initiative that will help provide basic needs including food, hygiene products, clothing, and other necessities to specific local organizations that serve families and children in the Northwest Florida community.

For this initiative, LeaP class members established a Care Closet and School Pantry Program with the hope that the two projects will be sustained upon the current class ending.

The class partnered with C.A. Weis Elementary School to establish the Care Closet, which is available at no cost to students in need of access to basic care including hygiene and personal care, clothing and nutritious foods.

The class also worked with Feeding the Gulf Coast to utilize a multi-tiered approach to address childhood food insecurity through the establishment of their School Pantry Program. Located at the Ebonwood, Brownsville and Wedgewood community centers in Pensacola, the pantries will provide children and families with consistent access to nutritious meals and other non-perishable food items that can be easily consumed at home, as well as other essential necessities.

On May 3, class members gathered at C.A. Weis Elementary School for the official ribbon cutting and to celebrate the completion of this year’s LeaP for Change project.

LeaP is a program of the Pensacola Chamber Foundation that was founded in 1982, with the first class graduating in 1983. The program is designed to help cultivate community leaders and teach them about existing issues in Pensacola communities and about finding solutions.

The Pensacola Chamber established the program to renew the community’s pool of talented leaders. They understood that the future health of any community is linked to committed, educated leaders who must be equipped to make vigorous, well informed and responsible decisions.

Through the 10-month program, participants gain a deeper understanding of the issues facing the local community and acquire the leadership skills and credentials necessary to resolve them.

Each year’s LeaP class is presented with a choice of potential local nonprofits to partner with for specific projects they are trying to accomplish within the community.

Overall, this year’s class project initiatives are projected to have helped more than 800 households—with a total of 500 families at C.A. Weis and 300 through the School Pantry Program.

“The Leadership Pensacola Class of 2023 had the honor of working directly with our local Community Food Pantries to serve our Pensacola community,” 2023 LeaP class member and director of research and development for Andrews Research Foundation, Jessi Truett said.

Each project initiative served to benefit families residing in the 32505 area code, where 23.5 percent of households are reported to live below the poverty threshold. The area is also classified as an urban food desert, meaning a person must travel more than one mile to access a traditional food retailer or grocery store.

In total, LeaP class members collected more than 4,000 items for use in the new pantry and closet, including soap, toothpaste, toothbrushes, socks, underwear, batteries, cleaning supplies, other toiletries and a variety of nonperishable food items.

In addition to reaching more than 800 households through their community service project initiatives, the class also surpassed its initial fundraising goal of $60,000, collecting a total of $67,000 in donations.

“Our group of 55 Pensacola Leaders from varying backgrounds and experiences worked together for a year to build and fill the pantries with the most needed items for our local families. This amazing experience allowed us to open our eyes to our community needs, and our hearts to help fill those needs,” Truett said.

To date, more than 1,900 individuals have completed the Leadership Pensacola program and have acquired the skills, passion and connections to work effectively as community trustees.

For more about Leadership Pensacola and complete details on this year’s class project, visit pensacolachamber.com/leadership-pensacola or leapforchangepensacola.org. ■

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BE “ONE WEEK READY” DURING HURRICANE SEASON

Escambia County is urging residents to remain prepared before, during and after a storm during hurricane season by stocking up on seven days’ worth of supplies, otherwise known as being, “One Week Ready.” Hurricane season begins Thursday, June 1, and will continue until Nov. 30.

“A new resource we want to showcase this year is ‘A Minute with EM’,” said Emergency Manager Travis Tompkins. “This is a one-minute preparedness segment that we produce each week to post to our social media accounts. This is yet another way to share our preparedness message and updates on tropical activity. Remember, it’s not a matter of if we get impacted by a storm, it’s a matter of when.”

“A Minute with EM” can be viewed on all Escambia County Emergency Management social media platforms and the MyEscambia YouTube channel.

Residents are encouraged to follow these steps in preparation for this hurricane season:

• Know Your Zone. Familiarize yourself with evacuation zones and routes. In 2018, Emergency Management released a “Know Your Zone” website for residents to look up their evacuation zone. You can look up your address to see if your home is in evacuation zone A, B, C, D, E or none as well as view the impacts of storm surge in your neighborhood. Knowing your evacuation zone is one of the most important hurricane preparation steps you can take. It is very important that you look up your evacuation zone each year to find out if and when you should evacuate, even if you have looked it up in the past, as zones can change. Most importantly, don’t rely on previous storm experience.

• Know Your Home. Is your home prepared for a hurricane? Your safest place may be at home instead of a shelter. Pack an emergency supply kit. It should contain one week of clothes, nonperishable food, pet food, water and a battery-operated radio and flashlight with extra batteries. Also include a first-aid kit with items such as gloves, adhesive bandages and prescription medications. Please remember “Get One Week Ready.”  Citizens should be equipped to provide for themselves, their families and their pets for at least one week following a major hurricane. During the 2023 Florida Disaster Preparedness Sales Tax Holiday, stock up on qualifying disaster preparedness supplies exempt from tax.

• Know Your Plan. Plan how you will assemble your family and loved ones, and anticipate where you will go for different situations. Get together with your family and agree on the best ways to contact one another in an emergency. Inform out-of-town family and friends of your emergency plans and stay in contact. Plan your evacuation route and destination before an evacuation order is issued. Anticipate where you and your family will go for different situations. Be sure to make preparations for pets and family members who made need special accommodations, such as a wheelchair ramp, oxygen tank or specific medications.

• Stay Informed. Know where to go for trusted sources of information during a hurricane event. Sign up for alerts from your local emergency management office so notifications, including evacuation orders, go directly to your phone and email. Monitor local news for hurricane watches and warnings in your area and follow directions of local officials. Make sure you have a batteryoperated or hand-crank radio available should the power go out. Review and sign up for the different types of information/notifications available directly from Escambia County. Also, ensure your iPhone or Android device has critical alert notifications enabled.

The National Weather Service also provided some steps to follow as your prepare your home for hurricane season:

• Determine Your Risk: Find out today what types of wind and water hazards could happen where you live, and then start preparing how to handle them.

• Develop an Evacuation Plan: The first

thing you need to do is find out if you live in a hurricane evacuation zone. If you do, now is the time to begin planning where you would go and how you would get there. Be sure to account for your pets in your plan.

• Assemble Disaster Supplies: You’re going to need supplies not just to get through the storm but for the potentially lengthy and unpleasant aftermath. Have enough non-perishable food, water and medicine to last each person in your family a minimum of one week. Electricity and water could be out for at least that long. You’ll need extra cash, a battery-powered radio and flashlights. You may need a portable crank or solar-powered USB charger for your cell phones.

• Get an Insurance Checkup: Call your insurance company or agent and ask for an insurance check-up to make sure you have enough homeowners insurance to repair or even replace your home. Don’t forget coverage for your car or boat. Remember, standard homeowners insurance doesn’t cover flooding. Whether you’re a homeowner or renter, you’ll need a separate policy for it, and it’s available through your company, agent or the National Flood Insurance Program at floodsmart.gov. Act now as flood insurance requires a 30-day waiting period.

° FLASH Insurance Guide: If Disaster Strikes, Will You Be Covered?

° Find available coverage at floodsmart.gov

• Strengthen Your Home: If you plan to ride out the storm in your home, make sure it is in good repair and up to local hurricane building code specifications. Many retrofits are not as costly or time consuming as you may think. Have the proper plywood, steel or aluminum panels to board up the windows and doors. Remember, the garage door is the most vulnerable part of the home, so it must be able to withstand the winds.

° FLASH: Strengthen Your Home Protect Your Home from Flooding Video

• Help Your Neighbor: Many Americans rely on their neighbors after a disaster, but there are also many ways you can help your neighbors before a hurricane approaches. Learn about all the different actions you and your neighbors can take to prepare and recover from the hazards associated with hurricanes. Start the conversation now with these Neighbor Helping Neighbor.

° Hurricane Safety Tips and Resources

• Complete A Written Plan: The time to prepare for a hurricane is before the season begins, when you have the time and are not under pressure. If you wait until a hurricane is on your doorstep, the odds are that you will be under duress and will make the wrong decisions. Take the time now to write down your hurricane plan. Know who issues evacuation orders for your area, determine locations on where you will ride out the storm, and start to get your supplies now.  Being prepared before a hurricane threatens makes you resilient to the hurricane impacts of wind and water. It will mean the difference between being a hurricane victim or a hurricane survivor.

° FEMA: Make a Plan

° FLASH: Family Disaster Plan Additional online safety resources:

° Escambia County road closures: myescambia.com/roadissuesmap.

° City of Pensacola road closures: reports.pensacolapolice.com/ SmartWebClient/

° For the latest closures and updates, travelers can access Florida’s 511 service from cell phones, landlines and online at FL511.com.

Escambia County Disaster Guide

More information on what to do before, during and after a storm is available online at MyEscambia.com/BeReady. You can also follow @BeReadyEscambia on Twitter, like Escambia County Emergency Management on Facebook, and follow @EscambiaBeReady on Instagram for the latest news and updates on emergencies impacting our community.

NEARLY 200,000 POUNDS OF FOOD COLLECTED DURING THE 2023  STAMP OUT HUNGER FOOD DRIVE

Thanks to generous community donations and the hard work of local letter carriers, more than 191,000 pounds of food was collected on May 13th during the National Association of Letter Carriers’ 2023 Stamp Out Hunger Food Drive to benefit neighbors in need in Escambia and Santa Rosa counties.

Letter carriers in the two-county area collected 191,261 pounds of food – enough to provide the equivalent of 220,333 healthy meals to neighbors in need! This is the most successful National Association of Letter Carriers’ (NALC) Stamp Out Hunger Food Drive for Escambia and Santa Rosa counties in more than a decade.

“Thanks to the generous support of our community, hundreds of thousands of healthy meals will be provided in the coming months to local children, senior citizens, veterans, families, and individuals who are struggling to put food on the table,” said Dede Flounlacker, Executive Director of Manna Food Pantries.

The donated food will benefit individuals and families struggling with food insecurity served by Manna, Feeding the Gulf Coast, ACTS Ministries, We Care Ministries,

and Warrington Emergency Aid Center.

This was the 31st year for the Stamp Out Hunger food drive. Held annually on the second Saturday in May, Stamp Out Hunger is the largest, national, single-day effort to put food on the table for millions of Americans. Various partners assisted the NALC in the food drive: the United States Postal Service, the National Rural Letter Carriers’ Association (NRLCA), the United Food and Commercial Workers International Union (UFCW), Valpak, United Way, the AFL-CIO, CVS, Kellogg’s and Vericast.

For more information about Manna, please visit MannaHelps.org.

About Manna

Manna’s mission is to offer emergency food assistance, service the food-related needs of vulnerable populations, and engage the entire community in the fight against hunger. A local grassroots organization with no national affiliation or government funding, Manna provided food to 69,095 people last year. Manna operates an emergency food assistance pantry and 17 specialty programs with 22 community partners in Escambia and Santa Rosa counties.

PERDIDO KEY RECORDS FIRST SEA TURTLE NEST OF 2023

Escambia County Sea Turtle Patrol volunteers recorded Perdido Key’s first sea turtle nest of the season early this morning, June 2. After an earlier false crawl in Perdido Key State Park, staff and volunteers believe the same female nested on the county portion of Perdido Key. May and June are the busiest nesting months in Escambia County, so more nests are expected in the coming weeks.

Sea turtles of all sizes face many threats. For nesting females, white lights on the beach may deter them from nesting or cause them to abandon a nesting attempt, also known as a false crawl. Furniture, tents and toys left on the beach overnight create obstacles for nesting turtles and can injure or trap them on the beach.

• Leave Only Footprints! Remove all furniture and toys from the beach when you’re done for the day, including hammocks, tents, canopies, chairs, toys and sports equipment.

• Lights Out! Female turtles prefer dark, quiet beaches for nesting and hatchlings need dark skies to find the Gulf of Mexico. Leave the flashlights and cell phones at home or use a red flashlight when on the beach at night. Turn off beach-facing lights and close windows

and curtains to keep our beaches dark.

• Stow It, Don’t Throw it! Trash and food waste can entangle turtles and other wildlife and attract unwanted predators. Always dispose of trash in the proper receptable and refrain from feeding wildlife.

• If You Dig It, Fill It! Large holes are hazardous to both wildlife and people. Avoid digging large holes and fill in any holes, trenches or moats at the end of your visit.

For more information about sea turtles and other coastal wildlife in Escambia County, check out MyEscambia.com/seaturtles or follow the Escambia County Natural Resources Management Department on Facebook and Instagram.

If you encounter a nesting turtle, turn off all lights and retreat a safe distance away. Dead or injured sea turtles should be reported to Escambia County Marine Resources at (850) 426-1257 or the FWC Wildlife Alert line at 1-888-404-FWCC (3922). All sea turtle work performed by Escambia County was completed under Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission Marine Turtle Permits #032a and #202.

FAMILIESFIRST NETWORK ANNOUNCES NEW PRESIDENT

Cory Borcherding will serve as the new president of FamiliesFirst Network, a child welfare agency serving children in Circuit 1 from Escambia to Walton counties. Cory replaces Mark Jones, who is retiring after more than 40 years of service in the child welfare field.

In his new role, Cory will oversee FamiliesFirst Network’s work serving abused and neglected children in Northwest Florida, with services including case management, adoptive parent recruitment and specialized help for teens and young adults preparing to leave the foster care system. FamiliesFirst Network served more than 2,895 children in its last fiscal year.

Cory has been with FamiliesFirst Network since 2005, when he joined the team as a family services counselor. Since then, he has served in such roles as case manager, unit manager, team manager and assistant director of case management. Most recently, Cory served as director of case management, supervising 130 team members in 12 programs located at six service locations throughout Escambia, Santa Rosa, Okaloosa and Walton counties.

Over the years, Cory has been involved in many new initiatives including the development of in-home non-judicial units, early childhood court and – most recently – the redesign of adoption case management. In

his time with FamiliesFirst Network, Cory has demonstrated executive-level leadership skills through challenges such as contract requirement changes, statute and administrative code changes, pandemic-related impacts, funding obstacles and an increase in the number of children needing services.

Cory’s career began more than two decades ago as an outdoor youth counselor working with at-risk children in a therapeutic wilderness setting. He also worked in a school-day support program and with young men involved with the Department of Juvenile Justice in a juvenile sex offender treatment program. Cory earned a bachelor’s degree from Indiana University in Fort Wayne, Indiana, and a Master of Science in Management and Leadership from Troy State University in Alabama.

About FamiliesFirst Network FamiliesFirst Network provides foster care, adoption and child welfare services in Escambia, Santa Rosa, Okaloosa and Walton counties. The nonprofit’s specialized team is passionate about helping abused and neglected children and their families. FamiliesFirst Network collaborates with partners throughout the state, in Northwest Florida’s four-county area and within our faithbased communities to ensure the safety and well-being of children. Learn more at FamiliesFirstNetwork.org.

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VIRTUAL SCHOOL COURSE COMPLETION SAGS

RYAN DAILEY NEWS SERVICE OF FLORIDA

TALLAHASSEE — Florida Virtual School has put a pause on hiring and is taking other cautious financial measures amid a drop in full-time students completing courses over the past year.

The completion of courses is a key metric for the school, which only gets paid if students finish online classes.

After a significant influx of enrollment in recent years driven by the pivot to online learning during the coronavirus pandemic, the number of students completing courses through the virtual school has dwindled.

“Yes, the drop overall has been because of COVID — the return after COVID — in all of the financials, actually,” Louis Algaze, president and CEO of Florida Virtual School, said during a meeting of the school’s trustees Tuesday.

A quarterly financial report given to the trustees outlined the decrease.

The report showed that full-time students completed 50,624 courses from July 1 through March 31. That represents a decrease of 17,379 courses from the same time period in the prior year, when full-time students completed 68,003 courses.

Florida Virtual School, however, saw an increase in part-time “flex” course completions. According to Florida Virtual School’s website, the flex program provides online instruction to public, private and homeschooled students who “receive their primary schooling through a traditional brick and mortar school.”

The financial report showed 376,444 flex course completions from July 1 through March 31. During the same period a year earlier, the school posted 368,430 flex-course completions.

Meanwhile, Florida Virtual School’s expenditures have outpaced revenue growth within its operating fund, according to the report.

The school reported $233,406,574 in revenue through the end of March — an increase of

PALM BEACH HOUSE RACES HEAT UP

Election battles in 2024 for Palm Beach County House seats continue to take shape.

Wellington Mayor Anne Gerwig, a Republican, opened a campaign account Tuesday to become the fourth candidate in state House District 93, which Rep. Katherine Waldron, D-Wellington, won in 2022, according to the state Division of Elections website. Waldron had raised $6,600 for a re-election bid as of April 30, a finance report shows. Also with

CITIZENS SEES DROP IN NEW LAWSUITS

The state-backed Citizens Property Insurance Corp. saw a decrease in new lawsuits during the first three months of the year — but it still faced more than 19,000 pending cases as of the end of March, according to a newly posted document on its website. Citizens was served with 2,229 lawsuits from January through March, an average of 743 new lawsuits a month. That was down from an average of 943 new lawsuits a month during the same period in 2022, according to the document prepared for a meeting Thursday of the Citizens Board of Governors’ Claims Committee. As of March 31, Citizens had 19,627 pending lawsuits, a 9 percent increase from the same time in 2022.

PASSIDOMO NET WORTH NEARS $11.77M

Senate President Kathleen Passidomo, R-Naples, reported this week that she had a net worth of nearly $11.77 million as of the end of 2022, a slight increase from the year before. Passidomo filed an annual financialdisclosure report that showed a net worth of $11,767,748 as of Dec. 31. State lawmakers and other officials face a July 1 deadline for filing the reports, which include infor-

nearly $4 million from the previous year. But it spent $227,676,941, nearly $13.9 million more than last year.

“What caused more expenditures this year?” trustee John Watret asked during Tuesday’s meeting.

Algaze attributed the boost, in part, to spending on salaries.

The virtual school has avoided cutting staff in anticipation of “slight increases” in course completions in the coming year, he said.

“We did not have a layoff of staff in order to make sure that we maintained the services for students,” Algaze said. “And in (the) projection of the upcoming year, we would have hated to have laid off a lot of staff and then as we project some increases here in the next year, slight increases, to have to have different staff come back on board.”

Algaze also noted that Florida Virtual School has put a “pause” on all hiring, and has not been “backfilling” positions.

“It seems to me you’re overstaffed, though,” trustee Edward Pozzuoli told Algaze.

“We are overstaffed a bit, in the teaching area,” Algaze replied.

Overall, Algaze said, the virtual school is expecting an increase in revenue by June 30, which is the end of the current fiscal year, while expenditures will remain steady.

But Pozzuoli pressed Algaze on the school’s finances, asking whether he had a “plan B” to mitigate the situation.

“Absolutely. Yeah. Again, talking about layoffs is not something that engenders a lot of morale in staff. So, we have plans if needed. We have not backfilled a lot of positions as natural attrition has occurred — as people are going to be retiring here soon, as folks have resigned for whatever reason,” Algaze said.

Florida Virtual School’s revenue is derived primarily from the Florida Education Finance Program, the state’s main funding source for public schools.

open accounts are Republicans Brandon Cabrera and Chris Mitchell. Meanwhile, Boca Raton Democrat Jay Shooster has opened a campaign account to try to unseat Rep. Peggy Gossett-Seidman, R-Highland Beach, in House District 91. Gossett-Seidman, who won the seat in 2022, had raised $11,500 for her re-election bid as of April 30. Also, West Palm Beach Republican Ramon Arte Barber opened an account to challenge Rep. Jervonte Edmonds, D-West Palm Beach, in House District 88. Edmonds, who won a special election in March 2022 and was re-elected in November, had raised $16,286 as of April 30.

“As compared to this same time period last year … Citizens has experienced a significant decrease in new incoming lawsuits by over 20%,” an executive summary said. “Meanwhile, pending suit volume has increased by 9%, as expected, as the backlog of lawsuits continues to move through the court system.” Citizens and other insurers have long blamed lawsuits for driving up insurance costs in the state. Lawmakers in recent years, including during a December special legislative session, have taken a series of steps aimed at curbing lawsuits against the industry. Almost all of the lawsuits filed during the first three months of 2023 involved residential property, with 64 percent of those cases coming from MiamiDade, Broward and Palm Beach counties, the update said.

O CANADA: TOURISTS ‘FLOCKING’ TO FLORIDA

JIM TURNER NEWS SERVICE OF FLORIDA

TALLAHASSEE --- Travel to Florida from Canada has nearly returned to pre-pandemic levels, but visa issues continue to complicate the state’s efforts to draw overseas visitors, according to tourism officials.

The tourism-marketing agency Visit Florida reported Tuesday that the state attracted an estimated 1.44 million Canadians during the first quarter of 2023.

With COVID-19 vaccine restrictions lifted at the Canada-U.S. border, the first-quarter number was up from an estimated 488,000 Canadian visitors in the first quarter of 2022. The state drew 1.446 million Canadians in the first quarter of 2019, the last full year before the COVID-19 pandemic.

During the first quarter of 2020, when the pandemic started to cause massive disruptions in the tourism industry, Florida drew 1.371 million people from Canada.

“Canadian visitation is where we have seen the biggest rebound by far over the last few months,” Brett Laiken, Visit Florida’s senior vice president of marketing, told members of the agency’s Board of Directors during a meeting in St. Johns County. “Basically, we’re back to where it was prior to the pandemic, with Canadians flocking to the state, which is always good to see.”

Canada is traditionally the top international country of origin for visitors to Florida, with the full-year number topping 4 million in 2019.

Meanwhile, Visit Florida President and CEO Dana Young blamed “ridiculous visa wait times that mostly first-time visa applicants are facing” for keeping tourism from several key international markets from approaching prepandemic levels.

As an example, the U.S. Department of

INSANITY ARGUED TO TRY TO PREVENT EXECUTION

A day after the Florida Supreme Court refused to issue a stay of the planned execution of Duane Owen, defense attorneys Tuesday filed a brief that said he should not be put to death because of insanity. The brief, filed at the Supreme Court, came after a North Florida circuit judge on Sunday found Owen sane to be executed. The brief was part of a flurry of efforts by Owen’s attorneys to prevent a June 15 execution for the 1984 murder of a Palm Beach County woman. The brief pointed to the Eighth Amendment, which bars cruel and unusual punishment, and legal precedents that prevent executing people who are not mentally competent. “Owen’s severe mental illness, delusions, and dementia inhibit his ability to rationally understand why the ulti-

STATE TAX COLLECTIONS TOP FORECAST

Florida’s general-revenue tax collections topped expectations by 7.9 percent in April, though economists continue to express concerns about inflation and people digging into their personal savings. The Legislature’s Office of Economic & Demographic Research released a report Friday that showed generalrevenue collections in April totaled $5.26 billion, about $384.8 million more than forecast. General revenue is closely watched, as it plays a key role in funding schools, health programs and prisons. Economists periodically update forecasts during the year, with the most-recent projections issued in March.

State Bureau of Consular Affairs website said Tuesday, the wait time in Bogota, Colombia, for a non-immigrant visa appointment was 801 days. In Mexico City, it was 737 days. In Rio De Janeiro, it was 477 days. People in London had to wait 90 days. In Paris, it was 180 days.

“Peru is 387 days, which compared to the others looks good, but it’s still over a year just to get an interview, and who knows how long it’s gonna take to process that,” Young said.

The backlog has been attributed, at least in part, to staffing shortages at embassies. The Biden administration lifted COVID-19 vaccination requirements for international air travelers on May 11, the same day that a COVID-19 public health emergency ended.

Young said she and other state travel officials recently discussed “unacceptable” wait-time figures with U.S. State Department representatives during the U.S. Travel Association’s IPW trade show in San Antonio, Texas.

“They were great people. They were very pleasant,” Young said. “They were really trying hard. And you know, I certainly appreciate that they’re trying hard. (But) this is not good enough.”

And because Florida is a larger international draw than most other areas, the delays “are disproportionately impacting Florida,” Young said.

Florida drew an estimated 1.8 million overseas visitors in the first three months of this year, a 36 percent increase over 2022 but a decline from the 2.276 million visitors who traveled to the state in the first quarter of 2019.

Overall, Visit Florida estimates the state had a record 37.9 million visitors during the first quarter of 2023. That compared to 35.528 million in the first three months of 2022. Visitors from other states continue to drive tourism growth.

mate punishment is to be imposed upon him,” the brief said. “Owen is precisely the case that the Eighth Amendment seeks to protect.” The Supreme Court on Monday refused to block the execution in a separate appeal dealing with Owen’s competence. The brief filed Tuesday stemmed from a legal rule about holding hearings on whether prisoners would be insane at the time of execution. Sunday’s ruling was issued by a judge in the 8th Judicial Circuit, which includes Florida State Prison, where Owen’s execution would be carried out. Gov. Ron DeSantis on May 9 signed a death warrant for Owen, 62, in the murder of Georgianna Worden, who was bludgeoned with a hammer and sexually assaulted in her Boca Raton home in May 1984, according to the death warrant and court records. Owen also was sentenced to death in the March 1984 murder of 14-year-old Karen Slattery, who was babysitting at a Delray Beach home, according to state and federal court documents. Slattery was stabbed to death.

Corporate income taxes, which came in $277.7 million over the projection for April, accounted for the majority of the gains. Sales tax collections came in at $3.36 billion in April, $96.4 million more than anticipated. The economists noted that Floridians continue to rely on their savings. Also, inflation-driven higher prices result in more sales tax collections. But the report said persistent inflation could eventually suppress revenue collections as “consumers begin to spend more money on non-taxable necessities like food and health care.” The personal-saving rate for Floridians in April was a subpar 4.1 percent. As a benchmark, economists point to the 2018-2019 fiscal year, before the COVID-19 pandemic, when the saving rate stood at 7.9 percent.

mation such as assets, liabilities and income.

Passidomo, an attorney, listed assets including a $4 million home in Naples and about $6.45 million in investment, brokerage and retirement accounts. Her reported net worth at the end of 2021 was $11,733, 534. Also this week, Sen. Ben Albritton, a Wauchula Republican who is slated to succeed Passidomo as Senate president after the 2024 elections, reported a net worth of $2,294,307 as of the end of 2022.

CRIST TAPPED FOR AMBASSADOR POST

After losing a race for governor in November, former U.S. Rep. Charlie Crist, D-Fla., will be nominated for an ambassador position, the White House said Wednesday. President Joe Biden intends to nominate Crist for the post of Representative of the United States of America on the Council of the International Civil Aviation Organization, with the rank of ambassador, according to a White House

announcement. The council is a governing body of the International Civil Aviation Organization, a United Nations agency that works on air-transportation policies and standards. Crist was elected governor in 2006 as a Republican and served one term before unsuccessfully running for U.S. Senate in 2010. He was elected as a Democrat to the U.S. House in 2016 before unsuccessfully challenging Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis last year. The nomination to the aviation post would require U.S. Senate confirmation.

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FLORIDA CONFIRMS ROLE IN MIGRANT FLIGHTS

JIM TURNER NEWS SERVICE OF FLORIDA

TALLAHASSEE --- Describing the relocations as “voluntary,” the state Division of Emergency Management confirmed Tuesday that Florida directed two flights that transported migrants from Texas to California.

Division spokeswoman Alecia Collins also pointed to a more than two-minute video posted on the social-media site Rumble that showed images of people filling out forms, listening to upbeat music in a stretch vehicle, walking across an airport tarmac and celebrating their arrival in California.

“Through verbal and written consent, these volunteers indicated they wanted to go to California,” a news release from the division said. “A contractor was present and ensured they made it safely to a 3rd-party NGO (non-governmental organization). The specific NGO, Catholic Charities, is used and funded by the federal government.”

The video included a translation of a person addressing a group of migrants and asking if “at any point” they felt like they were “treated poorly.” The translated response was, “No. No. They treated us super well.”

The confirmation Tuesday came after days of Florida staying mum, as California Gov. Gavin Newsom and California Attorney General Rob Bonta questioned the legality of flights Friday and Monday that brought South American migrants from El Paso to Sacramento.

In a Twitter post Monday, Newsom attacked Gov. Ron DeSantis as a “small, pathetic man” and brought up the possibility of kidnapping charges.

Newsom, a Democrat, has been critical of DeSantis on immigration and other issues, even traveling in April to New College of Florida, which has been at the forefront of DeSantis efforts to revamp higher education.

DeSantis, a Republican candidate for president who has made opposition to President Joe Biden’s immigration policies a key part of his platform, appeared Tuesday in Wildwood for a bill-signing event but did not discuss the flights or the accusations made by California officials.

Shortly before the Division of Emergency Management issued the news release, DeSantis’ office posted information about the actions of members of the Florida National Guard, the Florida Department of Law Enforcement, the Florida Highway Patrol and the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission who have been sent to Texas to assist with border control.

DeSantis will campaign in Texas over the next three days.

DeSantis spurred a controversy in September when his administration flew 49 migrants from Texas to Martha’s Vineyard in Massachusetts. The Division of Emergency Management news release also listed migrant-relocation efforts by Texas, Arizona, New York City, Denver, Chicago and El Paso.

“From left-leaning mayors in El Paso, Texas, and Denver, Colorado, the relocation of those illegally crossing the United States border is not new,” the release said. “But suddenly, when Florida sends illegal aliens to a sanctuary city, it’s false imprisonment and kidnapping.”

Newsom in a news release Saturday said efforts were underway to ensure that migrants

APPEALS COURT URGED TO REVERSE EDUCATION RULING

“dumped on the doorstep” of a Sacramento church are “treated with respect and dignity.” He also said the California Department of Justice was investigating who paid for the trip and “whether the individuals orchestrating this trip misled anyone with false promises or have violated any criminal laws, including kidnapping.”

Bonta in a separate news release pointed to an investigation and said “state-sanctioned kidnapping is not a public policy choice, it is immoral and disgusting.”

Bonta’s office late Monday confirmed special agents from the California Department of Justice were on the ground with roughly 20 people who had been on a flight Monday.

“The contractor operating the flight that arrived today (Monday) appears to be the same contractor who transported the asylum seekers last week,” Bonta’s office said. “As was the case with the asylum seekers who arrived on Friday, the individuals who arrived today carried documents indicating that their transportation to California involved the state of Florida.”

Florida lawmakers included $12 million in the current year’s state budget for the Department of Transportation to carry out a “program to facilitate the transport of unauthorized aliens from this state.” The DeSantis administration used $615,000 of that money to pay Vertol Systems Company, Inc. to fly migrants Sept. 14 from San Antonio, Texas, to Martha’s Vineyard, with a brief stop in the Northwest Florida community of Crestview.

But with the flights facing a series of legal challenges, the Legislature on Feb. 10 passed a bill that repealed the section of the budget that was used to pay for the flights and created a new program, the Unauthorized Alien Transport Program, in state law. Also, the bill funneled remaining money provided in the budget section back to state coffers, and allocated $10 million to the newly created program — effectively swapping out money.

A legislative staff analysis at the time reported $1.565 million had been spent out of the original $12 million, including the $615,000 for the Massachusetts flights.

A state contract-tracking system showed Tuesday that Vertol has been paid or has received purchase orders totaling $4.415 million.

When the February bill was signed, Division of Emergency Management Director Kevin Guthrie said his agency would spend time reviewing actions of the Department of Transportation in directing the September flights.

The September flights have drawn a potential class-action lawsuit filed in Massachusetts by migrants and the non-profit group Alianza Americas. The lawsuit alleges that the flights violated federal and Massachusetts laws, including violating migrants’ due-process and equal-protection rights.

The lawsuit seeks damages and an injunction to prevent Florida from “inducing immigrants to travel across state lines by fraud and misrepresentation.”

Meanwhile, Florida’s Republicancontrolled Legislature included an additional $12 million for the migrant-transport program in the budget for the 2023-2024 fiscal year, which will start July 1.

TALLAHASSEE — Arguing that the measure has violated speech rights and led to discrimination, attorneys for students, parents and teachers are urging a federal appeals court to revive a challenge to a 2022 Florida law that restricts instruction about gender identity and sexual orientation in schools.

The attorneys filed an 80-page brief last week at the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, contending that U.S. District Judge Allen Winsor erred when he dismissed the challenge to what Republican legislators called the “Parental Rights in Education” law — and opponents labeled the “don’t say gay” bill.

Winsor ruled in February that the plaintiffs had not “alleged sufficient facts” to show they had legal standing to challenge the law (HB 1557).

“Plaintiffs have shown a strident disagreement with the new law, and they have alleged facts to show its very existence causes them deep hurt and disappointment,” the Tallahassee-based Winsor wrote. “But to invoke a federal court’s jurisdiction, they must allege more. Their failure to do so requires dismissal.”

But the brief filed last week at the Atlantabased appeals court sought to show that plaintiffs have suffered harm from the law.

“Simply put, the LGBT individual plaintiffs have personally experienced unequal and lesser treatment at the hands of teachers and officials who now restrict what they can say, read, hear, and wear,” the brief said. “That constitutes injury.”

The law, which has drawn national attention, prevented instruction on gender identity and sexual orientation in kindergarten through third grade and required that such instruction be “age-appropriate … in accordance with state academic standards” in older grades.

The Republican-controlled Legislature and Gov. Ron DeSantis went further this year by approving a bill to broaden the prohibition on instruction about gender identity and sexual orientation to pre-kindergarten through eighth grade.

Winsor’s Feb. 15 ruling to dismiss the lawsuit came after he tossed out an earlier

BASEBALL WAGE BILL TEED UP

A bill that would exempt minor-league baseball players from the state’s voter-approved minimum wage was delivered Monday to Gov. Ron DeSantis. The proposal (SB 892) would incorporate into the state minimumwage law a carve-out for minor-league baseball players that is in the federal Fair Labor Standards Act. Before the House passed the bill last month, sponsor Brad Yeager, R-New Port Richey, warned that without the change, teams could limit access to training facilities or pull players from games to ensure they don’t exceed weekly work-hour limits. “These players need that visibility. They need that opportunity to play and practice to make it to the next level,” Yeager said. But Democrats argued the bill would support “billionaire” major-league team owners. “Many of the baseball players you all have the joy of watching play, this is their way out of poverty,” Rep.

version in September. He allowed the plaintiffs to file a revised case after the September ruling.

Plaintiffs in the appeal are three LGBTQ students and 11 parents and teachers from areas such as Broward, Manatee, MiamiDade, Orange, Pasco and St. Johns counties. Also, the LGBTQ-advocacy group Family Equality is a plaintiff.

The lawsuit alleges violation of First Amendment and equal-protection rights and of a federal law known as Title IX, which bars discrimination based on sex in education programs.

In trying to rebut Winsor’s ruling about a lack of standing, the brief pointed to issues such as teachers changing their curriculums because of the law.

As an example, it said Broward County teacher Scott Berg, a plaintiff who is gay, “no longer asks students to draw their families, out of concern that he might violate the law if students talk about their LGBT families or ask Berg about his own; he no longer speaks out against discriminatory comments in class (for example, when a student derisively calls another’s artwork ‘gay’); he does not keep a picture of him and his husband on his desk, even though other teachers keep photos of their opposite-sex spouses; and he feels unable to respond truthfully to students’ questions about who he travels with and says he went with a ‘friend.’”

As another example of the effects of the law, the brief said a Manatee County highschool student and plaintiff, identified by the initials M.A., “abandoned a proposal he had submitted to his school prior to the enactment of HB 1557 that would have created a committee to help teachers respond to common problems for LGBT students.”

“This group of students, parents, and teachers has suffered three principal forms of injury as a result of the passage of HB 1557: self-censorship, the denial of information and ideas, and subjection to discrimination in education,” the brief said.

As the case plays out at the appeals court, a separate constitutional challenge to the law is pending in federal court in Orlando. U.S. District Judge Wendy Berger on Oct. 20 dismissed that case but, like Winsor, gave the plaintiffs an opportunity to file a revised version.

Susan Valdes, D-Tampa, said during a debate. “We have baseball players from Venezuela, Cuba, Nicaragua, Mexico, and we sit there and watch these young men play ball, and this is their way of helping their families back in their countries.” The federal act includes several minimum-wage exemptions, such as for baseball players, casual babysitters, some seasonal amusement workers and border patrol agents. It requires baseball players to receive an in-season weekly salary equal to the minimum wage for a 40-hour work week. When Congress amended the federal law in 2018, the minor-league minimum was put at $290 a week --- the equivalent of $7.25 an hour --- without overtime eligibility. The federal minimum wage is $7.25 an hour. Florida voters in 2020 backed a constitutional amendment that increases the minimum wage $1 a year until reaching $15 on Sept. 30, 2026. The Florida minimum wage is now $11 an hour and will go to $12 on Sept. 30.

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Notice of Sale

IN THE CIRCUIT CIVIL COURT OF THE FIRST JUDICIAL CIRCUIT OF FLORIDA, IN AND FOR ESCAMBIA COUNTY CIVIL DIVISION

SPECIALIZED LOAN SERVICING

LLC Plaintiff, vs.

EMILY DAVIS LAWRENCE, AS KNOWN HEIR OF THE ESTATE OF CURTIS L. LAWRENCE, III; CURTIS TAYLOR LAWRENCE, AS KNOWN HEIR OF THE ESTATE OF CURTIS

L. LAWRENCE, III; UNKNOWN HEIRS, DEVISEES, GRANTEES, ASSIGNEES, LIENORS, CREDITORS AND TRUSTEES OF THE ESTATE OF CURTIS L. LAWRENCE, III , UNKNOWN SPOUSE OF EMILY DAVIS LAWRENCE; UNKNOWN SPOUSE OF CURTIS TAYLOR LAWRENCE; COASTAL BANK AND TRUST, A DIVISION OF SYNOVUS BANK, AND UNKNOWN TENANTS/ OWNERS, Defendants.

Case No.17-2022-CA-000100

DivisionN-Civil

NOTICE OF SALE

Notice is hereby given, pursuant to Final

Judgment of Foreclosure for Plaintiff entered in this cause on May 31, 2023, 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 12, BLOCK 1, WOODCLIFF UNIT

TWO. A SUBDIVISION OF A PORTION OF SECTION 9, TOWNSHIP 1 SOUTH, RANGE 29 WEST, ESCAMBIA COUNTY, FLORIDA. ACCORDING TO PLAT RECORDED IN PLAT BOOK 7 AT PAGE 2 OF THE PUBLIC RECORDS OF SAID COUNTY. and commonly known as: 4850 WOODCLIFF DR, PENSACOLA, FL 32504; 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 August 1, 2023 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 before the clerk reports the surplus as unclaimed.

Dated this June 5, 2023.

By:/s/ David R. Byars

David R. Byars Attorney for Plaintiff

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Notice to Creditors IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE FIRST JUDICIAL CIRCUIT, IN AND FOR ESCAMBIA COUNTY, FLORIDA PROBATE DIVISION IN RE:Estate of RASA ELENA ANDREWS, Deceased

Case No. 2023-CP- 827

Division “U”

NOTICE TO CREDITORS

The administration of the Estate of RASA ELENA ANDREWS, deceased (the “Decedent”), whose date of death was March 30, 2023, is pending in the Circuit Court of Escambia County, Florida, Probate Division, the address of which is Escambia County Clerk of Court, Attn: Probate Division, 190 W. Government Street, Pensacola, Florida 32502. The names and addresses of the Personal Representative and the Personal Representative’s attorneys are set forth below.

All creditors of the Decedent and other persons having claims or demands against the Decedent’s estate, including unmatured, contingent or unliquidated claims, 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 THREE (3)

MONTHS AFTER THE TIME OF THE FIRST PUBLICATION OF THIS NOTICE OR THIRTY

(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 the Decedent’s estate, including unmatured, contingent or unliquidated claims, must file their claims with this court WITHIN THREE (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 the first publication of this Notice is June 14, 2023.

ATTORNEY FOR PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE: RICHARD N. SHERRILL

Florida Bar No.: 172812

SARA N. MARTIN

Florida Bar No.: 1038638

CLARK PARTINGTON 125 East Intendencia Street Pensacola, FL 32502

P.O. Box 13010 Pensacola, Florida 32591-3010

Telephone: (850) 434-9200

Fax: (850) 208-7100

E-mail: rsherrill@clarkpartington.com

smartin@clarkpartington.com

DAVID FRANK ANDREWS III

9100 Baldridge Road, Apt. No. 10106 Pensacola, Florida 32514

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IN THE CIRCUIT COURT IN AND FOR SANTA ROSA COUNTY, FLORIDA PROBATE DIVISION IN RE: ESTATE OF GRADY WILBUR BABB JR., Deceased.

Case No. 2023-CP-325

NOTICE TO CREDITORS

The administration of the estate of GRADY WILBUR BABB JR., deceased, Case Number 2023-CP-325, is pending in the Circuit Court for Santa Rosa County, Florida, Probate Division, the address of which is Post Office Box 472, Milton, FL 32572. The estate is intestate. The names and addresses of the Petitioner and the Petitioner’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 June 7, 2023.

Attorney for Personal Representative:

/s/ Roy V. Andrews

ROY V. ANDREWS. Florida Bar No. 228291

LINDSAY & ANDREWS

5218 Willing Street Milton, Florida 32570 (850) 623-3200 rva@lal-law.com

Rosebecca Babb, Petitioner 5471 Cottonwood Drive Milton, FL 32570 2WR6/7-6/14NTC IN THE CIRCUIT COURT IN AND FOR ESCAMBIA COUNTY, FLORIDA PROBATE DIVISION IN RE:ESTATE OF PATSY MAE MOULTRIE, DECEASED.

CASE NO. 2023 CP 000795 DIVISION “U” NOTICE TO CREDITORS

The administration of the Estate of Patsy Mae Moultrie, Deceased, Case No.

Attorney for Personal Representative: THOMAS C. STAPLES Fla. Bar No. 169708 STAPLES, ELLIS + ASSOCIATES, P.A.

100 S. Alcaniz Street, First Floor, Suite A Pensacola, Florida 32502

(850) 432-4143

Primary Email: tcs@staplesellislaw.com

Secondary Email: gmilam@staplesellislaw.com efile@staplesellislaw.com

Personal Representative:

KOYZELL MOULTRIE, SR.

1100 E. Maxwell Street Pensacola, Florida 32503

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IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR SANTA ROSA COUNTY, FLORIDA PROBATE DIVISION

IN RE: ESTATE OF SANDRA CHRISTINE DELLA PIETRO Deceased.

File No. 2023-CP-261 Division D NOTICE TO CREDITORS

The administration of the estate of Sandra Christine Della Pietro, deceased, whose date of death was March 1, 2023, is pending in the Circuit Court for Santa Rosa County, Florida, Probate Division, the address of which is 4025 Avalon Blvd., Milton, Florida 32583. 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 June 14, 2023.

Personal Representative: Joseph Kenneth Ellis 15499 Boros Road Elberta, Alabama 36530

Attorney for Personal Representative: Jack Locklin, Jr.

E-mail Addresses: jlocklin@ljslawfirm.com Florida Bar No. 243167 Locklin, Saba, Locklin, & Jones PA 4557 Chumuckla Hwy Pace, Florida 32571 Telephone: (850) 995-1102

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IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR SANTA ROSA COUNTY, FLORIDA PROBATE DIVISION

IN RE: ESTATE OF MILDRED JUANITA WALKER-HOYT Deceased.

File No. 2023-CP-194

Division D

NOTICE TO CREDITORS

The administration of the estate of Mildred

Juanita Walker-Hoyt, deceased, whose date of death was October 25, 2022, is pending in the Circuit Court for Santa Rosa County, Florida, Probate Division, the address of which is 4025 Avalon Blvd., Milton, Florida 32583. 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

Attorney for Personal Representative: Jack Locklin, Jr. E-mail Addresses: jlocklin@ljslawfirm.com, melissa@ljslawfirm.com

Florida Bar No. 243167 Locklin, Saba, Locklin & Jones, PA 4557 Chumuckla Highway Pace, Florida 32571 Telephone: (850) 995-1102

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IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR SANTA ROSA COUNTY, FLORIDA PROBATE DIVISION IN RE: ESTATE OF HOLDEN HAID SMITH Deceased.

File No.: 2023 CP 290

Division: D NOTICE TO CREDITORS

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR ESCAMBIA COUNTY, FLORIDA PROBATE DIVISION IN RE: ESTATE OF MICHAEL ANTHONY HENDERSON, Deceased. File No.: 2023 CP 000600 Division: T NOTICE TO CREDITORS

The administration of the estate of MICHAEL ANTHONY HENDERSON, deceased, whose date of death was December 25, 2022, is pending in the Circuit Court for Escambia County, Florida, Probate Division, the address of which is 190 W. Government Street, Pensacola, FL 32502. The names and addresses of the personal representative and the personal representative’s attorney are set forth below.

TO CREDITORS

administration of the estate of Jane R Brim, deceased, whose date of death was

8, 2023, is pending in the Circuit Court for Santa Rosa County, Florida, Probate Division, the address of which is 4025 Avalon Blvd., Milton, Florida 32583. 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 June 14, 2023.

Personal Representative: Diane S. Brim 6609 Avenida De Galvez Navarre, Florida 32566 Attorney for Personal Representative: Jack Locklin, Jr. E-mail Addresses: jlocklin@ljslawfirm.com Florida Bar No. 243167 Locklin, Saba, Locklin & Jones PA 4557 Chumuckla Hwy Pace, Florida 32571 Telephone: (850) 995-1102 2WR6/14-6/21NTC

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR SANTA ROSA COUNTY, FLORIDA PROBATE DIVISION IN RE: ESTATE OF GEORGE EDWARD STEEL Deceased.

File No. 2023-CP-239 Division D NOTICE TO CREDITORS

The administration of the estate of George Edward Steel, deceased, whose date of death was February 9, 2023, is pending in the Circuit Court for Santa Rosa County, Florida, Probate Division, the address of which is 4025 Avalon Blvd., Milton, Florida 32583. 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 administration of the estate of Holden Haid Smith, whose date of death was September 25, 2021, is pending in the Circuit Court for Santa Rosa County, Florida, Probate Division, the address of which is P.O. Box 472, Milton, FL. 32572. 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 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 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 June 14, 2023.

Attorney for Personal Representative:

Jason R. Mosley

Attorney for Personal Representative

Florida Bar No.: 386650 4655 Woodbine Road Pace, FL 32571

Telephone: (850) 696-1196 jmosley@mosleyestatelaw.com

Personal Representative: Kimberly McCarthy 2WR6/14-6/21NTC

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR SANTA ROSA COUNTY, FLORIDA PROBATE DIVISION

IN RE: ESTATE OF DONALD M. LABONTE Deceased.

File No.: 2023 CP 267

Division: D NOTICE TO CREDITORS

The administration of the estate of Donald M. Labonte, whose date of death was December 20, 2022, is pending in the Circuit Court for Santa Rosa County, Florida, Probate Division, the address of which is P.O. Box 472, Milton, FL. 32572. 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 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 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 June 14, 2023.

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 June 7, 2023. Attorney for Personal Representative:

(Mailing Address: P.O. Box 333, Pensacola, FL 32591-0333). 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 June 14, 2023.

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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 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 June 7, 2023.
2023 CP 000795, is pending in the Circuit Court for Escambia County, Florida, Probate Division, the address of which is 190 Governmental Center, Pensacola, Florida 32502. The names and addresses of the Personal Representative and the Personal Representative’s attorney are as 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 ON OR BEFORE THE LATER OF 3 MONTHS
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Number: 1017893 111 S. De Villiers Street, Suite B Pensacola, FL 32502 Telephone: (850) 741-2999 Fax: (850) 466-0956 E-Mail: lauren@laurenmerrittlaw.com Personal Representative: /s/ Michael Richard Henderson MICHAEL RICHARD HENDERSON 202 Marine Drive Pensacola, Florida 32507 2WR6/7-6/14NTC IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR ESCAMBIA COUNTY, FLORIDA PROBATE DIVISION IN RE: ESTATE OF MARION ADRIAN WEBB A/K/A MARION A. WEBB A/K/A M. A. WEBB Deceased. File No. 2023 CP 000782 Division “U” NOTICE TO CREDITORS The administration of the estate of Marion Adrian Webb a/k/a Marion A. Webb a/k/a M. A. Webb, deceased, whose date of death was December 21, 2022, is pending in the Circuit Court for Escambia County, Florida, Probate Division, the address of which is 190 W Government Street, Pensacola, FL 32502
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Personal Representative: Louis A. “Trip” Maygarden, III, Attorney Florida Bar Number: 59291 Moorhead Law Group 127 S. Palafox Place, Suite 200 Pensacola, Florida 32502 Phone: (850) 202-8522 Fax: (850) 477-0982
tmaygarden@moorheadlaw.com Secondary E-Mail: aswift@moorheadlaw.com Personal Representative: Nancy W. Urquhart 6962 Slash Pine Road
Florida 32526

PUBLIC NOTICES

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR ESCAMBIA COUNTY, FLORIDA PROBATE DIVISION

IN RE: ESTATE OF ALIA VICTORIA WARDELL, Deceased.

File No.: 2023 CP 000621

Division: NOTICE TO CREDITORS

The administration of the estate of ALIA VICTORIA WARDELL, deceased, whose date of death was November 28, 2021, is pending in the Circuit Court for ESCAMBIA County, Florida, Probate Division, the address of which is 190 W. Government Street, 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 June 7, 2023.

Attorney for Personal Representative: /s/ Lauren A. Merritt

LAUREN A. MERRITT

Lauren A. Merritt, P.A.

Florida Bar Number: 1017893

111 S. De Villiers Street, Suite B

Pensacola, FL 32502

Telephone: (850) 741-2999

Fax: (850) 466-0956

E-Mail: lauren@laurenmerrittlaw.com

Personal Representative: /s/ Melania Smith

MELANIA SMITH 7421 Jefferson Avenue Century, Florida 32535 2WR6/7-6/14NTC

Notice of Action IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR THE FIRST JUDICIAL CIRCUIT IN AND FOR ESCAMBIA COUNTY, FLORIDA

FRE INVESTMENTS, INC., a Florida limited liability company, Plantiff, v.

JONNA M. DAUGHTERY A/K/A

JONNA M. DAUGHERTY; E-CAST SETTLEMENT CORPORATION; STATE FARM MUTUALAUTOMOBILE INSURANCE COMPANY; HARVESTERS FEDERAL CREDIT UNION; MONARCH CAPITAL CORPORATION; RICHARD ALVOID, PA; and ESCAMBIA COUNTY, FLORIDA, A POLITICAL SUBDIVISION OF THE STATE OF FLORIDA.

Defendant.

Case No.: 2022 CA 002357

NOTICE OF ACTION

TO: JONNA M. DAUGHTERY,

YOU ARE HEREBY NOTIFIED that an action seeking to quiet title on the following described property in Escambia County, Florida, to-wit:

LTS 15 & 16 & e 6FT OF ALLEY ADJ ON W SIDE BLK 59 BEACH HAVEN PLAT DB 46 P 51 OR 7314 P 145 SEC 54/35 T 2S R 30/31

Property Address: 901 Rentz Avenue, Pensacola, Florida 32507

has been filed against you and you are required to serve a copy of your written defenses, if any, to it on the Plaintiff’s attorney, Louis E. Harper III of Harper Law, P.A., whose address is 2107 Airport Boulevard, Pensacola, Florida 32504, on or before June 26, 2023, and file the original with this Clerk of the above-names court before service on Plaintiff’s attorneys or immediately thereafter; otherwise a default will be entered against you for the relief demanded in the Complaint. WITNESS my hand and the seal of this Court, on this the 15 day of May, 2023.

PAM CHILDERS, Clerk of Court

By Beth Phelps

Deputy Clerk

Conformed copy to:

Louis E. Harper III Harper Law, P.A.

2107 Airport Boulevard Pensacola, FL 32504 bo@harperlawpa.com

4WR5/24-6/14NOA

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR THE FIRST JUDICIAL CIRCUIT IN AND FOR ESCAMBIA COUNTY, FLORIDA

FRE INVESTMENTS, INC., a Florida limited liability company, Plaintiff, V. JONNA M. DAUGHTERY A/K/A JONNA M. DAUGHERTY; E-CAST SETTLEMENT CORPORTION; STATE FARM MUTUAL AUTOMOBILE INSURANCE

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE FIRST JUDICIAL CIRCUIT IN AND FOR ESCAMBIA COUNTY, FLORIDA CIVIL DIVISION

IN RE: FORFEITURE OF:

$7,690 in U.S. Currency

Claimants: Arthur Bernard Sorey

Seized by: Pensacola Police

Department

Case No.: 2023 CA 001852

Division: E-Civil

NOTICE OF ACTION

TO:ARTHUR BERNARD SOREY AND ALL

PERSONS OR ENTITIES HAVING OR CLAIMING TO HAVE ANY RIGHT, TITLE OR INTEREST IN THE PROPERTY HEREIN

DESCRIBED:

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Pensacola Police Department has filed a petition for forfeiture of the above-described property.

The Pensacola Police Department seized the property in Escambia County, Florida on April 2, 2023, and is holding it.

A Complaint for Forfeiture was filed with the Clerk of the Circuit Court on May 4, 2023, and any person seeking to contest this claim must file a responsive pleading with the Clerk of the Court on or before July 5, 2023, and send a copy to the undersigned attorney: Vanessa Moore, Assistant City Attorney 222 W. Main Street Pensacola, Florida 32502 (850) 435-1618 Florida Bar #0963224

Clerk of the above-named court before service on Plaintiff’s attorneys or immediately thereafter; otherwise a default will be entered against you for the relief demanded in the Complaint.

WITNESS my hand and the seal of this Court, on this the 15 day of May, 2023.

PAM CHILDERS, Clerk of Court

By: Beth Phelps Deputy Clerk

Conformed copy to: Louis E. Harper III Harper Law, P.A. 2107 Airport Boulevard Pensacola, FL 32504 bo@harperlawpa.com

4WR5/24-6/14NOA

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR THE FIRST JUDICIAL CIRCUIT IN AND FOR ESCAMBIA COUNTY, FLORIDA FRE INVESTMENTS, INC., a Florida limited liability company, Plaintiff, v.

JEREMY JOSEPH BETCHY; MICHAEL DEMETZ; and ESCAMBIA COUNTY, FLORIDA, A POLITICAL SUBDIVISION OF THE STATE OF FLORIDA. Defendant.

Case No.: 2023-CA-000175

NOTICE OF ACTION

TO: THE ESTATE OF JEREMY JOSEPH BETCHY (DECEASED) AND ANY AND ALL UNKNOWN PARTIES, CREDITORS, LIENORS, OR BENEFICIARIES OF THE ESTATE OF JEREMY JOSEPH BETCHY YOU ARE HEREBY NOTIFIED that an action seeking to quiet title on the following described property in Escambia County, Florida, to-wit:

LTS 27 28 BLK 36 2ND ADDN TO NEW WARRINGTON PB 1 P 35 OR 7800 P 685 CA 213 Property Address 501 South 1st Street, Pensacola, Florida 32507 has been filed against you and you are required to serve a copy of your written defenses,

and CLOTHILDE LINDSEY, if living, or if dead, her unknown heirs, devisees, grantees, creditors and all other parties claiming by, through, under, or against her; MARY ANN LINDSEY WILLIAMS and/or BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., as Trustee(s) of the trust establish pursuant to Item Four of the Last Will and Testament of Clothilde Lindsey; Defendants.

Case No.: 2023 CA 000515

NOTICE OF ACTION

TO DEFENDANTS:

RUTH B. GLANT, if living, or if dead, her unknown heirs, devisees, grantees, creditors and all other parties claiming by, through, under, or against her.

HAZEL M. LINDSEY, if living, or if dead, her unknown heirs, devisees, grantees, creditors and all other parties claiming by, through, under, or against her.

CLOTHILDE LINDSEY, if living, or if dead, her unknown heirs, devisees, grantees, creditors and all other parties claiming by, through, under, or against her.

MARY ANN LINDSEY WILLIAMS, as Trustee of trust established pursuant to Item Four of the Last Will and Testament of Clothilde Lindsey, and/or any Successor Trustee(s) thereof.

YOU ARE HEREBY NOTIFIED that a Complaint has been filed in the above-entitled Court by WOS Properties, LLC, a Florida limited liability company, against the abovereferenced Defendants in an action to quiet title to certain real property situated in Santa Rosa County, Florida, pursuant to Fla. Stat. §95.16, said real property being generally located off Willard Norris Road (the “Property”), and more fully described as:

2WR6/7-6/14NOA

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT IN AND FOR ESCAMBIA COUNTY, FLORIDA SEAGRASS POINT HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION, INC., a Florida notfor-profit corporation, Plaintiff,

v.

COURTNEY LEIGH LAWSON, UNKNOWN SPOUSE OF COURTNEY LEIGH LAWSON, and any UNKNOWN TENANTS Defendants.

CASE NO.: 2022 CA 001655

NOTICE OF ACTION

TO: Courtney Leigh Lawson, whose last known address was 12322 Pinfish Road, Pensacola Florida, 32506:

YOU ARE HEREBY NOTIFIED than an action to foreclose a Claim of Lien for assessments in accordance with Florida Statutes, §720.3085 on the following property:

Lot 7, Block D, Seagrass Point, being a portion of Section 11, Township 3 South, Range 31 West, Escambia County, Florida, according to Plat recorded in Plat Book 19, Page(s) 79 and 79A, of the Public Records of said county. has been filed against you and you are required to serve a copy of your written defenses, if any, on John “Jay” A. Fraiser, Jr., Esquire, Moorhead Law Group, 127 Palafox Place, Suite 200, Pensacola, Florida 32502, (850) 202-8522, within thirty (30) days of the first date of publication of this Notice, or on or before July 17, 2023, and file the original with the Clerk of the above named Court, either before service on Plaintiff’s attorneys or immediately thereafter; otherwise a default will be entered against you for the relief demanded.

WITNESS my hand and the seal of this Court on this the 7th day of June, 2023.

PAM CHILDERS Clerk of the Circuit Court

2WR6/14-6/21NOA

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT IN AND FOR SANTA ROSA COUNTY, FLORIDA

WOS PROPERTIES, LLC, a Florida limited liability company, Plaintiff, v.

THOMAS C. TOLBERT, as Trustee under Trust Agreement dated June 9, 1964, and/or any successor trustee(s) thereof, and any beneficiaries, devisees, grantees, creditors and all other parties claiming by, through, under, or against said trustee(s) and trust;

RUTH B. GLANT, if living, or if dead, her unknown heirs, devisees, grantees, creditors and all other parties claiming by, through, under, or against her (hereinafter “Ruth Parties in Interest”); HAZEL M. LINDSEY, if living, or if dead, her unknown heirs, devisees, grantees, creditors and all other parties claiming by, through, under, or against her;

Begin at the intersection of the Southerly right of way line of S.R. No. 191 (100’ R/W) and the Westerly right of way line of S.R. No. 89 (100’ R/W) in Section 33, Township 2 North, Range 28 West, Santa Rosa County, Florida; thence go South along the said Westerly right of way line of S.R. No. 89 a distance of 200 feet; thence go at an angle to the right of 90 degrees 03 minutes a distance of 300 feet to the point of beginning; thence go at an angle to the right of 89 degrees 57 minutes a distance of 200 feet to a point on the Southerly right of way line of S.R. No. 191; thence go at an angle to the right of 90 degrees 03 minutes along said right of way line a distance of 100.00 feet; thence go at an angle to the right of 89 degrees 57 minutes a distance of 200 feet; thence go at an angle to the right of 90 degrees 03 minutes a distance of 100.00 feet to the point of beginning.

You are notified and required to file your answer, pleadings and written defenses, if any, to said Complaint with the Clerk of the said Court, and to serve a copy thereof upon the Plaintiffs or the Plaintiff’s attorney, Matthew C. Hoffman, Esq. of Carven, Darden, Koretzky, Tessier, Finn, Blossman & Areaux, LLC, 151 West Main Street, Suite 200, Pensacola, Florida, 32502, no later than thirty (30) days after the first publication of this Notice, otherwise a default will be entered against you for the relief sought in the Complaint.

This notice shall be published once each week for four (4) consecutive weeks in a newspaper of general circulation in Santa Rosa County, Florida.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the official seal of said Court at Santa Rosa County, Florida, this 18th day of May, 2023.

DONALD C. SPENCER as Clerk of the Circuit Court of Santa Rosa County , Florida

CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE

I HEREBY CERTIFY that a true and correct copy of the foregoing Notice of Action, along with the First Amended Complaint, Designation of Email Address, Civil Cover Sheet, and Amended Order to Plaintiff Regarding Required Reporting was served upon:

RUTH B. GLANT, if living, or if dead, her unknown heirs, devisees, grantees, creditors and all other parties claiming by, through, under, or against her.

2000 Mallory St. Pensacola, FL 32503

HAZEL M.

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COMPANY; HARVESTERS FEDERAL CREDIT UNION; MONARCH CAPITAL CORPORATION; RICHARD ALVOID, PA; and ESCAMBIA COUNTY, FLORIDA, A POLITICAL SUBDIVISION OF THE STATE OF FLORIDA. Defendant. Case No.: 2022 CA 002357 NOTICE OF ACTION TO: JONNA M. DAUGHTERY, YOU ARE HEREBY NOTIFIED that an action seeking to quiet title on the following described property in Escambia County, Florida, to-wit: LTS 15 & 16 & E 6 FT OF ALLEY ADJ ON W SIDE BLK 59 BEACH HAVEN PLAT DB 46 P 51 OR 7314 P 145 SEC 54/35 T 2S R 30/31 Property Address: 901 Rentz Avenue, Pensacola, Florida 32507 has been filed against you and you are required to serve a copy of your written defenses, if any, to it on the Plaintiff’s attorney, Louis E. Harper III of Harper Law, P.A., whose address is 2107 Airport Boulevard, Pensacola, Florida 32504, on or before June 26, 2023, and file the original with this
if any, to it on the Plaintiff’s attorney, Louis E. Harper III of Harper Law, P.A., whose address is 2107 Airport Boulevard, Pensacola, Florida 32504, on or before June 26, 2023, and file the original with this Clerk of the above-named court before service on Plaintiff’s attorneys or immediately thereafter; otherwise a default will be entered against you for the relief demanded in the Complaint.
my hand and the seal of this Court, on this the 15 day of May, 2023. PAM CHILDERS, Clerk of Court By: Beth Phelps Conformed copy to: Louis E. Harper III Harper Law, P.A. 2107 Airport Boulevard Pensacola, FL 32504 bo@harperlawpa.com 4WR5/24-6/14NOA
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LINDSEY, if living, or if dead, her unknown heirs, devisees, grantees, creditors and all other parties claiming by, through, under, or against her. 1703 East Jackson St. Pensacola, FL 32503 CLOTHILDE LINDSEY, if living, or if dead, her unknown heirs, devisees, grantees, creditors and all other parties claiming by, through, under, or against her. 1703 East Jackson St. Pensacola, FL 32503 MARY ANN LINDSEY WILLIAMS, as Trustee of trust established pursuant to Item Four of the Last Will and Testament of Clothilde Lindsey, and/or any Successor Trustee(s) thereof. 112 Foxfield Drive Madison, AL 35758 DONALD C. SPENCER as Clerk of the Circuit Court of Santa Rosa County , Florida By: Tammy Brown DEPUTY CLERK 4WR6/14-7/5NOA
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