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Truck collides with school bus

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Holley Navarre Fire Department firefighters extricated Colton Boney from his 2007 GMC Sierra Pickup truck after it collided with a stationery school bus carrying 15 students home from Navarre High School. Fire Chief Ron Norton held an umbrella to keep the rain from hitting Colton in the face as he was loaded on the gurney for transport to an area hospital. Colton’s passenger, Anthony Paone was listed in the FHP report as having no injuries. However, two students from the bus were transported to area hospitals with minor injuries.

Staff Reports Navarre Press A truck collided with a Santa Rosa County school bus carrying Navarre High School students on County Road 399,

near Bay Club Drive, at 3:55 p.m. April 19, in rainy conditions.

According to the Florida Highway Patrol report, Colton Boney, 17, of Navarre, was driving a 2007 GMC Sierra

Florida Senate hears county concerns

By Yvonne C. Harper Navarre Press Local control of RESTORE Act funds intended for Northwest Florida is safe – for now.

On Tuesday, the Florida Senate Lynchard Appropriations Committee changed an amendment to Senate Bill 1024 that seemed to give a new, state-created nonprofit corporation control of at least some funds BP owes the state for damage caused by the Deepwater Horizon oil spill.

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RESTORE consultant bids reviews

By Yvonne C. Harper Navarre Press Six finalists will vie to be Santa Rosa County’s RESTORE Act consultant, the county commission decided at an April 11 meeting.

Nine companies submitted proposals to advise the county on the Resources and Ecosystem Sustainability, Tourist Opportunity and Revived Economies of the Gulf States Act of 2011. The six finalists are: ARCADIS U.S. Inc.; Atkins; Baskerville-Donovan, Inc.; CH2M HILL; Environmental Consulting and Technology, Inc; and Tetra Tech.

control” of his truck, causing it to “hydroplane and rotate counter-clockwise,”according to the FHP report.

The left side of the truck collided with the front end of the bus before coming to a

stop on the north shoulder of CR 399, facing east.

According to one student, the truck lost control and hit the bus, which was stopped at a stop sign.The bus was hit hard enough to be pushed

from its stationary position.

The bus’“final-rest”location was on Bay Club Drive facing southwest, according to the FHP report.

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Commissioners discuss penny tax to fund courthouse

By Romi White Navarre Press Santa Rosa County commissioners discussed pursuing a local option sales tax to fund a new judicial center at the April 22 commission committee meeting.

“We need to get this ball rolling,”said Commissioner Bob Cole, who had requested the issue be placed on the agenda for discussion. Cole projected the new facility would cost about $32 million. “We’re not gonna add bells and whistles. (We’re) not gonna build a Taj Mahal,”he said.

According to Jayne Bell, county budget director,“based upon

The Santa Rosa Courthouse was built in 1927 and remodeled in the 1960’s. the 2012 Local Government Financial Information Handbook, a 1-cent sales surtax levy could yield Santa Rosa County approximately $13,194,985

By Romi White Navarre Press

One of the world’s largest labor unions is helping Santa Rosa County school bus drivers make their case against Durham School Services’local operation.

The International Brother-

hood of Teamsters, with 1.4 million members in the United States and Canada, hosted a “Workers’ Rights Forum”for bus drivers April 18 at the Bagdad Community Center. Five drivers spoke at the forum to share health and safety concerns with the public and complain about working conditions.

Santa Rosa School Board contracts with Durham to provide student transportation. Durham drivers serving Santa Rosa County voted in February to join Teamsters Local 991 in Mobile, Ala. I support Teamsters,” bus

The Florida House of Representatives unanimously passed Bill 1129, Infants Born Alive, on April 17.

“This is the first bill of the session that passed 119-0,” said Rep. Cary Pigman, R-

Water system manager gets raise

By Yvonne C. Harper Navarre Press

I might not appreciate the relevancy. I wouldn’t understand what it means to be 22 weeks (into a pregnancy) and deliver a viable infant,” Pigman said in explaining why he sponsored legislation that would ensure an infant who

Ken Walker, Holley Navarre Water System general manager, received a raise for the first time in at least 10 years during the HNWS April 16 board meeting.

“There’s something we’ve overlooked in recognizing certain people in the company,”said Will Goulet, HBWS board president.

“I recommend (we) give Ken a 7percent (pay) increase.”

Walker has been the HNWS general manager since July 9, 1995.

Before HNWS, Walker was an inspector/project coordinator with Fabre Engineering.

Goulet said in a subsequent interview that Walker is not only

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Born alive bill passes Florida House Avon Park.

It’s the first bill the freshman representative sponsored, in part because of his experience Pigman as an emergency medical physician.

“If I were not a physician,

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in revenue annually.” requests should be added to A public vote would be nec- the referendum, noting previessary to approve the proposed ous efforts to pass a penny sales tax increase. Cole stipulated See COURTHOUSE 9A that no additional funding

Teamsters host school bus drivers’ forum

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pickup truck westbound on CR 399 (East Bay Boulevard).

The bus was stopped on Bay Club Drive at the stop sign at the intersection of Bay Club and CR 399.

Boney “failed to maintain

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hen USA Today did its city-by-city rollout in 1982, Atlanta was second on the list, and Al Neuharth jetted in for a big news conference.

I'm sure the CEO of Gannett Co., who died last week at his Cocoa Beach home at age 89, had several different modes -big business executive, manager, columnist, flamboyant public figure -- and on that morning, he seemed to revert to his 1960 Miami beat reporter role. Never mind the business side of it, he talked about newspapering the way reporters talk shop.

His paper was going to give the customers what they wanted, in ways they wanted it, Neuharth said. If that meant 10 inches of bullet items instead of ponderous 40-inch think pieces, if it meant color weather maps and big-grid TV listings or more stories about the Grammys and fewer about the nuclear-freeze movement or running editorials side-by-side with rebuttal pieces -- so be it.

Indulgent chuckles echoed from the ivory towers of journalism academia to the executive suites of major papers to the reporters in the back of the campaign bus. We joked about "McPaper" and how USA Today was aiming at Pulitzer's "Best Investigative Paragraph" category. "TV on newsprint," we sneered, a bunch of "charticles," movie star fluff and trend pieces.

And, of course, the cardinal sin in the view of all reporters living paycheck to paycheck: This guy was known for making papers make money.

Give it two years, everybody figured, maybe three.

It'll be 31 next September.

As I was leaving the Atlanta Merchandise Mart that day, vans from the Atlanta Journal were all over downtown. It seemed a little early to be swapping out the morning Atlanta Constitution for the afternoon Journal, but then I noticed they were changing the "rack cards," those promotional posters on the front of the vending machines -- weather-beaten old boxes right next to Neuharth's shiny new sidewalk racks.

The rack cards featured big pictures of the Atlanta papers' star columnists under a headline, "Your Old Friends Are Right Here!" (Translation:You don't want that new paper.)

Well, I thought, we can laugh at this rambunctious upstart; obviously, somebody in management must have been worried.

As several obituaries have noted, Neuharth changed American journalism. He wasn't a press baron like William Randolph Hearst, who 100 years ago shamelessly used his papers to promote some causes or film stars while ordering blackouts on others; he was a businessman who saw an opportunity.

Pretty soon, a whole lot of newspapers started doing color weather maps, increasingly localizing stories and expanding their TV grids. Not that they quit ridiculing USA Today but, in three decades that saw newspapers

closing, there was more than grudging respect for the new one.

Neuharth obits last week noted that the paper lost money for years. But they also pointed out that Neuharth was one of the earliest news executives to realize something else about the changing news landscape -- that you can't cover a large, diverse community with a staff that looks like the cast of "The Front Page."

He held managers accountable, in their paychecks, for hiring women and minority staff. By 1988, the segment of non-white-male reporters and editors in Gannett newsrooms was 47 percent higher than the industry average. Pretty soon, women made up 40 percent of the company's management, technical and sales staff.

It trickled down to the beats, and spread to other papers. When the Tallahassee Democrat was still a Knight-Ridder paper, we were told to upgrade our Rolodexes with some new sources. Don't quote the same four or five guys on different topics, we were told, go develop a range of sources that reflects the community we cover.

Of course we grumbled. We knew how to do our jobs, had been doing it for years. Editors replied, "Oh yeah?You should see how Gannett does it."

A former Nashville reporter who came to Tallahassee told me editors there would go through stories, asking reporters the race and gender of each person in it. Where there was a choice of sources, they'd ask if the reporter had sought a diverse range of people in the story. It wasn't so much doing it that counted, it was making the reporter aware -- making it important.

Capitol reporters don't spend a lot of time with their CEOs, but Neuharth visited Tallahassee when his second wife, Lori Wilson, was a state senator from Brevard County. Sanders Lamont, then the Gannett bureau chief in the Capitol, said Neuharth ordered his employees to treat Wilson just like every other politician in town -- and they did. Lamont said last week he never got any heat from his editors in Cocoa, Fort Myers or Pensacola about covering Wilson.

That was probably during that 1973 session, when the Senate paused in debate one day to recognize a distinguished visitor seated in the public gallery.

Neuharth, already well known in Florida, stood up and waved.

Then, a few minutes later, some senator noticed that guy sitting near him, and they paused again to welcome him.

It was Don Shula, coach of the world champion Miami Dolphins.

Bill Cotterell is a retired reporter who covered government and politics 44 years for United Press International and the Tallahassee Democrat. He can be contacted at billcotterell@gmail.com

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Upcoming meetings in Santa Rosa County: All meetings take place in Navarre unless otherwise noted.

9:00 a.m. - 04/25/2013 Commissioner Regular Santa Rosa County Administrative Center Board Room, 6495 Caroline St., Milton 1:30 p.m. - 04/25/2013 Local Mitigation Meeting Public Services Conference Room, 6051 Old Bagdad Hwy., Milton

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THURSDAY, APRIL 25, 2013

Out and About

By Sandi Kemp, Publisher Santa Rosa Medical Center Fun Fest weekend starts tomorrow, Friday, April 26. You will see a full schedule of events in the middle of this section.

There will be arts and crafts vendors, a children’s area with lot of inflatables and a lot of entertainer including Robert Wayne and Erik Paslay. Navarre Press will have a booth there the entire weekend so if you want to see us, please stop by and if you don’t want to see us, we will always be happy to see you.

Friends of Navarre Library is having their Spring Book Sale from 9 a.m. – 5 p.m. on Friday and Saturday from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.

The Fun Fest 5K and 1 mile fun run will be held on Saturday, April 27 at 8:00 a.m. at the Navarre Beach Park parking lot. This is an un-scored event and there will be prizes for individuals and teams that best exemplify the race theme: “A Toast to Gulf Seafood”. You can register at active.com.

You can bring your toughest landscape, irrigation or turf questions to Ace Hardware this Saturday, April 27th, between 9am and noon when local lawn and landscape expert Skip Orth will be there to answer them! See his ad in this week’s issue for more information.

Miss Navarre High School is at 7 p.m. tomorrow night (Friday) at Navarre High. Twenty contestants will be competing for the Miss Navarre High title.

Wabi Sabi Aveda Salon located in Island Style Plaza closed in March and will open in May under new ownership and a new name. The new owners are former Wabi Sabi employees, Danielle Lambert and Katrina Bundy, and the new name will be “Lux Solis" which is sunshine in Latin.

There will be an opportunity this weekend in a neighboring county to rid your home of potentially dangerous prescription drugs. The service is free and anonymous and no questions will be asked. Uniformed deputies will be present to collect expired, unused, and unwanted prescription drugs for disposal from 10 a.m. and 2 p.m. April 27, this Saturday, at Wal-Mart stores in Crestview, Destin. If you can’t make it to the event, the FDA has some helpful hints for disposing in the household trash.

In case you are wondering why we have so much on Al Neuharth, founder of USA Today in this issue it is because we have a lot of connections to him. USA Today was first printed where our production manager, Dickie Williams, use to work. And, I’m a fan of his mind and gumption and he is a newspaper icon from Florida. Florida is the most competitive state when it comes to the news…as per me, and a lot of other people.

If no medicine take-back program is available in your area, you can also follow these simple steps to dispose of most medicines in the household trash.

• Mix medicines (do NOT crush tablets or capsules) with an unpalatable substance such as kitty litter or used coffee grounds; • Place the mixture in a container such as a sealed plastic bag; and • Throw the container in your household trash.

• Before throwing out your empty pill bottle or other empty medicine packaging, remember to scratch out all information on the prescription label to make it unreadable.

The 5th Annual Sunset Stampede is coming up on May 4th at 6:30 p.m. See their ad in this week’s issue or go to navarresunsetstampede.com for more information.

Quote of the week: The camera makes everyone a tourist in other people's reality, and eventually in one's own. Susan Sontag, New York Review of Books 18 Apr. 1974 US author & critic (1933 - 2004)

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Service is our number one priority Gulf Breeze Automotive is the new shop in town with its opening last month.If you can break it, they can fix it. That’s the promise of Mason and Tracy, owners of Gulf Breeze Automotive. Mason says,“We can fix or diagnose what everybody else can’t; we’re not happy until our customer’s cars are fixed and they are satisfied.”

Mason has been in the auto repair business since he was 15. He spent eight years working as a Saturn specialist and six years as a diesel technician with Ford Motor Company. Most recently he worked in Navarre for Advance Auto Parts as a manager. While there he continued to hone his diagnostic skills and offered the community advice on their needed repairs.

He works with his technician, Tracy, who helped turn their building into a state of the art auto repair shop. They offer full service auto work including tires, brakes, engine, transmission, electrical systems, computer diagnostics, steering, cooling, alternators, water pumps, and more. Mason invested in state-of-the-art equipment to be able to diagnose and repair any vehicle problem that comes through his door. Mason says his specialty is electrical repairs and driveability concerns such as pesky check engine lights, air bag lights, ABS, tire pressure monitoring systems, etc. He knows diesel engines inside and out and is one of the only shops in the area that has the capability of programming originalequipmentmanufacturer (OEM) systems for Chrysler, Ford, GM, Honda, Nissan and BMW. Mason’s main goal at Gulf Breeze Automotive is excellent customer service. He says,“We’re an auto repair shop but we’re really people helping people. If I don’t get any other message out there, it’s that service is our number one priority. We offer great customer service and strive to create happy customers.”Mason also provides a shuttle home or to work within a 5-mile radius of his shop.

Dana is the receptionist at Gulf Breeze Automotive and her husband is in the Reserves with the Air Force. When her husband deploys, Dana says she is responsible for any auto fixes and always struggles with finding an honest repair shop. That’s why she works at Gulf Breeze Automotive.“Mason is honest, I would appreciate that if I was walking through the door”. She went on to say,“We fix cars quickly and at a fair price.

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Financial Focus Jon Kagan, CFP® Certified Financial Planner

Headline for this column here If you are about to retire or change jobs, or if your employer is terminating the company retirement plan, you may be eligible to receive a“lump sum distribution”as defined in the Internal Revenue Code. Such a distribution may be substantial and may represent the cornerstone of your retirement security. So it is important to consider your options carefully before making a decision regarding distributions.

Basically, you are faced with two main options.

Should you take a direct distribution and pay your taxes now? Or should you roll your distribution over into a traditional Individual Retirement Account (IRA)?

If you decide not to roll the distribution over into a traditional IRA, you must pay tax on the distribution in the year you receive it.You will, of course, be able to invest the remainder as you please. The main benefit of paying taxes on your distribution now is that you may be eligible for special tax treatment. If you were born before 1936, you may be eligible for ten-year tax-averaging on your lump sum distribution. Or, if your distribution will include shares of your employer’s stock, a portion of your distribution may be eligible for the new lower capital gains tax treatment. If either of these situations exists, you may be able to pay a lower tax rate than usual on your distribution. If not, your distribution may be taxed at your ordinary income tax rate so you may want to consider your second option.

Your second option is to roll the distribution over into a traditional IRA. This alternative assures that assets will continue to enjoy taxdeferred growth to provide for your retirement. Under current IRS regulations, you need not begin taking distributions from your traditional IRA until you reach age 70 1/2.

Here are some facts to keep in mind when faced with the distribution decision.

• Only 60 days are permitted between the receipt of your lump sum distribution and the date of the roll over.

• All contributions (preand after-tax) and earnings distributed from the employer’s qualified plan may be rolled over.

• Regardless of whether it is deductible, it is still possible to make an annual $5,000 (for 2012) IRA contribution, plus a $1,000 catch-up for those who have attained age 50, to a traditional or Roth IRA account.

• Contributions to the IRA may only be made in cash; but, with a rollover transaction, if non-cash assets are received as part of the distribution, they may be rolled into the IRA (e.g. employer stock or mutual fund shares).

• Distributions may be made from a traditional IRA account at any time after age 59 1/2 free of penalty.

The traditional IRA account provides you with an opportunity to continue building assets during working years through continued tax-deferred compounding.

There will be no tax implications until you begin to take distributions. This continued tax-deferred growth could mean the difference between your living simply or living well during your“golden years.” Of course, before you decide which strategy best meets your objectives, it is a good idea to consult with a Certified Financial Planner or tax advisor.

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THURSDAY, APRIL 25, 2013

Neuharth dies in Florida at 89

USA Today founder dies

By Mike Schneider Associated Press COCOA BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Al Neuharth changed the look of American newspapers when he founded USA Today, filling the newspaper with breezy, easy-to-comprehend articles, attention-grabbing graphics and stories that often didn’t require readers to jump to a different page.

Critics dubbed USA Today “McPaper”when it debuted in 1982, and they accused Neuharth, of dumbing down American journalism with its easy-to-read articles and bright graphics. USA Today became the nation’s most-circulated newspaper in the late 1990s.

The hard-charging founder of USA Today died Friday in Cocoa Beach, Fla. He was 89.

The news was announced by USA Today and by the Newseum, which he also founded.

Jack Marsh, president of the Al Neuharth Media Center and a close friend, confirmed that he passed away Friday afternoon at his home. Marsh said Neuharth fell earlier this week and never quite recovered.

Sections were denoted by different colors.The entire back page of the news section had a colored-weather map of the entire United States.The news section contained a state-bystate roundup of headlines from across the nation. Its eyecatching logo of white lettering on a blue background made it recognizable from a distance.

“Our target was collegeage people who were nonreaders. We thought they were getting enough serious stuff in classes,”Neuharth said in 1995.“We hooked them primarily because it was a colorful newspaper that played up the things they were interested in — sports, entertainment and TV.” USA Today was unlike any newspaper before it when it debuted in 1982. Its style was widely derided but later widely imitated. Many news veterans gave it few chances for survival. Advertisers were at first reluctant to place their money in a newspaper that might compete with local dailies. But circulation grew.

In 1999, USAToday edged past the Wall Street Journal in circulation with 1.75 million daily copies, to take the title of the nation’s biggest newspaper.

“Everybody was skeptical and so was I, but I said you never bet against Neuharth,” the late Washington Post publisher Katharine Graham said

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Allen H. Neuharth, chairman and President of Gannett Newspapers, checks the first issue of USA Today printed on Sept. 12, 1983 in New England. The national newspaper owned by Gannett began its expansion to New England. The paper is printed at the Lawrence Eagle-Tribune at North Andover, Mass. (AP Photo/Sean Kardon) in a 2000 Associated Press interview.

The launch of USA Today was Neuharth’s most visible undertaking during more than 15 years as chairman and CEO of the Gannett Co. During his helm, Gannett became the nation’s largest newspaper company and the company’s annual revenues increased from $200 million to more than $3 billion. Neuharth became CEO of the company in 1973 and chairman in 1979. He retired in 1989.

As Gannett chief, Neuharth loved making the deal. Even more so, the driven media mogul loved toying with and trumping his competitors in deal-making.

In his autobiography,“Confessions of an S.O.B.,”Neuharth made no secret of his hardnosed business tactics, such as taking advantage of a competitor’s conversation he overheard.

He also recounted proudly how he beat out Graham in acquiring newspapers in Wilmington, Del. He said the two were attending a conference together in Hawaii, and he had already learned that Gannett had the winning bid, but he kept silent until he slipped her a note right before the deal was to be announced.

During the mid-1980s, Gannett unsuccessfully attempted to merge with CBS in what would have been the biggest media company at the time.

The deal fell apart, something that Neuharth considered one of his biggest failures.

Neuharth was proud of his record in bringing more minorities and women into Gannett newsrooms and the board of directors. When he became CEO, the company’s board was all white and male.

By the time he retired, the board had four women, two blacks and one Asian. He also pushed Graham to become the first female chairman of the American Newspaper Publishers Association.

“He was a great leader,”said former AP president and CEO Tom Curley, who worked closely with Neuharth for many years.“He certainly was one of the pioneers on moving women and people of color into management positions.

He was a very strong manager who commanded respect, I think, throughout the industry as well as from those who worked with him. His hardscrabble life, poverty in South Dakota and fighting in World War II prepared him for any battles in a competitive arena, and he loved to compete and he loved to win.”

Before joining Gannett, Neuharth rose up through the ranks of Knight Newspapers.

He went from reporter to assistant managing editor at The Miami Herald in the 1950s and then became assistant executive editor at the Detroit Free Press.

Allen H. Neuharth was born March 22, 1924, in Eureka, S.D. His father died when he was 2. He grew up poor but ambitious in Alpena, S.D., and had journalism in his blood from an early start. At age 11, he took his first job as a newspaper carrier and later as a teenager he worked in the composing room of the weekly Alpena Journal. His ambition already was noticeable.

“I wanted to get rich and famous no matter where it was,”Neuharth said in a 1999 Associated Press interview.“I got lucky. Luck is very much a part of it.You have to be at the right place at the right time and pick the right place at the right time.”

After earning a bronze star in World War II and graduating with a journalism degree from the University of South Dakota, Neuharth worked for the AP for two years. He then launched a South Dakota sports weekly tabloid, SoDak Sports, in 1952. It was a spectacular failure, losing $50,000, but it was perhaps the best education Neuharth ever received.

“Everyone should fail in a big way at least once before they’re forty,”he said in his autobiography.“The bigger you fail, the bigger you’re likely to succeed later.”

Neuharth married three times. His first marriage to high school sweetheart Loretta Neuharth lasted 26 years.

They had a son, Dan, and daughter, Jan. He married Lori Wilson, a Florida state senator, in 1973; they divorced in 1982. A decade later, he married Rachel Fornes, a chiropractor. Together, they adopted six children.

After he retired from Gannett, Neuharth continued to write“Plain Talk,”a weekly column for USA Today.

He also founded the The Freedom Forum, a foundation dedicated to free press and free speech that holds journalism conferences, offers fellowships and provides training. It was begun in 1991 as a successor to the Gannett Foundation, the company’s philanthropic arm.

Jim Duff, president and chief executive officer of the Freedom Forum, said,“Al will be remembered for many trailblazing achievements in the newspaper business, but one of his most enduring legacies will be his devotion to educating and training new journalists,” according to the post on the Newseum website.

Duff added,“He taught them the importance of not only a free press but a fair one.”

With his entrepreneurial flair, Neuharth put the Freedom Forum on the map with Newseum, an interactive museum to show visitors how news is covered.The first museum in Arlington,Va., was open from 1997 to 2002. It was replaced by a $450 million facility in Washington that opened in spring 2008.There was also the Newscapade, a $5 million traveling exhibit.

In a June 2007 interview in Advertising Age, Neuharth was asked about the future of printed newspapers amid the upheavals of the news business.

“The only thing we can assume is that consumers of news and information will continue to want more as the world continues to become one global village,”he said.

“The question is how much will be distributed in print, online and on the air. I don’t know how much will be delivered on newsprint. Some will be delivered by means we can’t even think of yet.”

Associated Press Writer Kristi Eaton in Sioux Falls, S.D., contributed to this story.

Business Briefs SRC jobless rate lowest since ‘08 Santa Rosa County’s March 2013 unemployment rate of 6.1 percent is the lowest in almost five years, when the October 2008 rate was also 6.1 percent. The latest numbers are down from 8.4 percent in March 2012 and 6.7 percent in February of this year.

Santa Rosa County ranks 46th out of 67 Florida counties, with only 18 counties in the state having a lower unemployment rate (not seasonally adjusted) for March 2013. Santa Rosa County’s rate continues to be lower than both the national (7.6 percent) and state (7.0) unemployment rates.

In Northwest Florida, only Okaloosa (4.8) had a better unemployment rate than Santa Rosa County. Escambia’s unemployment rate was 6.9 percent for the same period.

Document shredding The Better Business Bureau, Gilmore Services, CatCountry 98.7 FM radio and WEAR-TV3 television will sponsor a free document-shredding event from 11 a.m.-7 p.m. Friday, April 26, at Cordova Mall in Pensacola and Santa Rosa Mall in Mary Esther to help combat identity theft. People may bring up to 50 pounds to be shredded. Documents to be shredded should be removed from binders, but staples and paper clips are acceptable.

Do not tie bags or tape boxes. For additional information on identity theft prevention, go to bbb.org.

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but more importantly, we will continue to focus on getting the students of Santa Rosa to and from school safely.”

The Teamsters union has

organized similar forums in other parts of the country and brought in a six-member panel, including four union representatives from Europe, to listen to the April 18 discussion.

Jud Crane, director of purchasing and contract administration for Santa Rosa schools, who attends monthly safety meetings with Durham employees, said drivers are required to conduct pre-trip and post-trip checks of the buses on a daily basis and document any problems.

“If there is a safety issue, they are not required to drive (a bus),”Crane said.“By Florida law every bus is inspected by state-certified inspectors every 28 days.”

Not all Santa Rosa school bus drivers are employed by Durham. Some drivers were school district employees before the district contracted services through Durham; they remain employed by the school board and are represented by the United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners.

Durham’s contract with the school board is up for renewal and scheduled to be discussed at the board’s meeting tonight, Thursday, April 25.

mer Food World location next to Kmart in Milton, but he proposed reactivating a committee to review potential sites for the courthouse.

Lynchard agreed with reactivating a site search committee and added,“Speaking with people on the south end of the county, they prefer a site on Avalon,”noting what he described as easy access

to Avalon Boulevard from all parts of the county.

Lynchard proposed not taking immediate action due to Commissioner Jim Williamson’s absence. Commissioners will not take any action on the matter at the regular meeting Thursday, April 25, but will instead revisit the issue during next month’s committee meeting.

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driverVera“Missy”NowlingDriggers said before last week’s meeting.“” Nowling-Driggers and others said local Durham managers don’t promptly and properly maintain buses and safety equipment. Some drivers complained of mold in their buses and said the company doesn’t clean the buses and won’t pay the drivers to clean the buses.

“If, as a concerned worker, I took the time to clean the mold and then were to put in an additional-time request to management to get paid for the time it would be denied,”Nowling-Driggers said.

Several drivers questioned local Durham manager Bob Downin’s performance. As an example, they told about Downin’s holding up his middle finger at a meeting with the drivers while referring to himself as“number one.”Drivers said they considered that offensive due another widely known obscene meaning associated with gesture. A few of the drivers said Downin discouraged them from addressing bus-related issues with the school board.

When Navarre Press contacted Downin by phone, he referred questions to the company’s communications firm,

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tax which included other costs proved unsuccessful. Cole also specified the tax should be retired as soon as the designated funding level is reached.

Although Cole has been a proponent of building a

Photo by Romi White

Several Durham School Services bus drivers expressed concern about health, safety and working conditions in Santa Rosa County April 18 at a forum at the Bagdad Community Center organized by the International Brotherhood of Teamsters. Above is the bus barn facility in Milton. Right is a submitted photo showing mold on a school bus. which provided the following statement: “Durham School Services takes the safety of our passengers and employees very seriously. We are disappointed that the Teamsters sought to cast accusations on the safety of our drivers, our equipment and the services we provide through name-calling and use of anecdotal stories with disputed facts. It is unfair judicial center on countyowned land next to the Santa Rosa County Jail in East Milton, on Monday he proposed buying a parcel owned

by The Mitchell Company, Inc., located on Dogwood Drive in Milton. Cole stated the 11.66-acre parcel exceeds the number of acres a previous needs assessment determined would be need-

to the public in Santa Rosa that the union used this tactic to incite concern and fear throughout the community when in fact school buses are the safest way for students to get to school and Durham is a leader in safe transportation. School bus drivers are the most highly trained, tested and scrutinized drivers on the road. We look to our drivers, like the ones in Santa ed for the new facility.

Commissioner Jim Melvin agreed about the need for a new courthouse but disagreed with isolating one property for consideration. Melvin also referenced unsuccessful attempts to pass a penny tax, saying the“voting public had a problem that it did not have a price tag.” Melvin suggested identifying available prop-

Rosa, not only for safe driving but also to complete thorough pre- and post-trip inspections and to report any concerns with bus safety, services or working conditions through the multiple reporting channels we have in place. We will look into the details of the tales told at the meeting erty and specifying building costs to“put all of that before the public just so there’s some definite start and end points and everybody understands what they’re voting for.”

Commissioners Don Salter and Lane Lynchard also agreed a new courthouse is needed. Salter said, the“best location in Santa Rosa is Kmart,”a reference to the for-

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There were 15 students on the bus. Two of the students suffered minor injuries and were transported to area hospitals.

Damages to the truck were $10,000 and damages to the bus were $7,000.

Boney was charged with failure to use due care, and was“charged with the causes of this crash,”according to the FHP report.

Boney posted on Facebook on April 23 that he has three torn muscle groups in the left side of his back and a concussion as a result of the crash.

“I’m sad to say that because of my concussion and the muscle relaxers I’ll be on, I won’t be attending school this week,”Boney posted.“But no matter the injury, you support in the past few days has brought me to tears. Thank you all so much for the best wishes and prayers.”

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is born alive, regardless of how the infant is born, will receive immediate medical care. Rodriquez The bill “provides that (an) infant born alive during or immediately after (an) attempted abortion is entitled to the same rights, powers and privileges as any other child born alive in the course of a natural birth; requires health care practitioners to preserve (the) life and health of such infant born alive, if possible; provides for transport and admittance of (the) infant to (a) hospital; provides certain services for (the) infant; requires (the) health care practitioner or employees who have knowledge of any violations with respect to infants born alive after attempted abortion to report those violations to the Department of Health; provides penalty;

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Holley Navarre Firefighters had to use their extrication equipment to free Colton Boney from the wreckage of his GMC Sierra Truck as his parents and a family friend look on. provides for construction; (and) revises reporting requirements.”

Pigman worked with Rep. José Rodríguez, D-Miami, to ensure the bill’s passage and to ensure no language in the bill could be construed as limiting the right to abortion.

“I worked with Pigman from the first committee stop… He was so amiable to get to the right answer,” said Rodríguez.“These are issues that are thorny and a lot of people came to me and him and said, ‘Lay off this issue, it’s a lightning rod.’ In the end, he was very dedicated in getting the right answer; if you’re trying, you can create good policy that everybody can support.”

Pigman added, “It’s a good example that if you talk to people who are opposed to you and you try to understand…and reflect (on) what are important core values you cannot bend on and things you can bend on, then you can accommodate their concerns,”said Pigman.“We came out with a bill that could be sup-

ported – it was a labor of love.”

While Rodríguez does not think a scenario of an infant surviving an abortion is likely,“If the problem is there, there is a clear protocol on what’s to be done and the consequences for failing to render medical care.”

Gov. Rick Scott praised the House vote in a release issued April 17.

“We must stand up for the most vulnerable in our society and I am pleased the members of the Florida House understand the importance of saving the life of an injured newborn child when they are helplessly left on an operating table,” Scott said in the release.“I applaud the sponsors, Rep. Pigman and Rep. Rodríguez, for their efforts to make sure we protect the rights of these innocent babies. I look forward to signing this bill when it reaches my desk.”

The Senate companion bill, SB1636, passed the Committee on Judiciary on April 15 and was on the Senate Budget Committee

on Appropriations’April 23 agenda.

In related legislative news, the House passed House Bill 759, The Florida Unborn Victims of Violence Act, in a 74-43 vote.

The bill specifies that “if a person commits a crime that causes the death of, or bodily injury to, an unborn child, that person commits a separate offense in addition to that against the mother.”The bill neither requires foreknowledge of a woman’s pregnancy nor does it require intent to cause death or injury to the unborn child.

Scott released a statement upon the bill’s passage reading in part,“The Florida House took a major step in protecting the life of mothers and the unborn.

I consider every life precious and worth protecting, and this bill helps make sure those who kill or harm an unborn baby are held accountable for taking or injuring an innocent life.”

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the general manager of HNWS, he oversees The Club at Hidden Creek golf course and the Fairpoint Regional Utility System (FRUS).

In his presentation to the board members, Goulet said that“Ken and Ric Delp (the General Manager at Midway at that time 1997/8) are accredited with the formulation of FRUS.The Regional Utility Authority assigned SRC (Santa Rosa County) to come up with a plan to provide water to the South end of the county from a source other than the Floridian Aquifer because supply was decreasing.”

“The man’s done a lot of innovative things over the years; he took the water system to the next level,”said Goulet in the follow up interview.“He’s been able to maintain low water rates and water quality.”

Goulet highlighted other achievements of Walker such as hiring a system engineer to reduce the cost of engineering outsourcing; updated the meter reading system; improving employee benAs of April 9, the senate efits and instituting a pay rate companion bill, SB 876, was increase to $10 in 2005.

During the board meeting, in the Judiciary Committee.

Goulet said that when he travels to other locales for water seminars, such as Daytona, other water company operating managers ask him about HNWS’s water filtration system and other aspects of the company. “(It’s) really astounding being from Navarre and people from big cities, like Daytona,Tampa or Orlando ask us about our water filtration system,”said Goulet in the follow up interview.“You turn that tap on and (you) take for granted that you have clean water.We have the cheapest utilities, but it’s the fastest (one) that could make you sick.”

Goulet also noted that during Hurricane Ivan, customers never lost water; Walker has worked toward securing grants and other funding, and works with other entities.

“His (Walker) professional along with his personal reputation are among the highest caliber among all circles of business whether it be utilities, banks, government, etc,”said Goulet during the meeting.

The motion to provide a 7-percent pay raise based on Walker’s base rate of pay was passed by the HNWS board members.

Walker’s base pay rate was not immediately available.

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Continued from page 1A “The Senate Bill 1024 amendment, pending in the Florida Senate, attempts to remove the eight (Northwest Florida) counties and replace them with a quasi-public corporation for RESTORE Act dollars,”Santa Rosa County Commissioner Lane Lynchard, an attorney, said during Monday’s commission meeting.

The federal government approved the RESTORE Act – officially the Resources and Ecosystem Sustainability,Tourist Opportunity and Revived Economies of the Gulf States Act of 2011 – to distribute BP reparations funds to areas that suffered economic and environmental damages because of the 2010 oil rig explosion and subsequent oil spill. The act identifies Bay, Escambia, Franklin, Gulf, Okaloosa, Santa Rosa, Walton and Wakulla counties as“disproportionately impacted”and promises that 75 percent of any payments from BP to Florida will be distributed to those counties. A regional RESTORE Council will determine how the funds should be spent.

But state Sen. Andy Gardiner, R-Orlando, on Friday introduced an amendment to SB 1024, which authorizes funding for the Department of Economic Opportunity. Gardiner introduced the amendment as a courtesy to state Sen. Nancy Detert, R-Venice, who is not an

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The RESTORE Act was passed by Congress and signed by the President in response to the BP Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill of 2010.

Commissioner Lane Lynchard in February recommended hiring a RESTORE consultant to help the county develop a multi-purpose plan for any BP money the county receives.

Each proposal was to detail the services provided, the experiences of the submitter and the fee schedule, and was to have been received by 10 a.m. on April 2.

At its April 11 meeting, the commission approved scheduling interviews with each company beginning at 9 a.m.

May 21.

The following is a summary of each company and respective proposals.

ARCADIS U.S. Inc. ARCADIS is a global company with its U.S. headquarters in Colorado. Listed benefits are: ■ The company has offices in the Gulf region, including Pensacola; ■ Experience with projects in the Gulf region; ■ Experience in managing and executing large projects and programs; ■ Expertise in funds and grants.

“Based on our understanding of the RESTORE Act requirement, the ARCADIS team believes that to successfully develop the county’s multi-year implementation plan will require a robust and transparent process that engages stakeholders and the public in the development plan,”their proposal states in part.

To complete the developed and approved plan, ARCADIS will assist the county in administering the plan by: ■ Refining and finalizing the county’s plan development process; ■ Formulating evaluation criteria; ■ Initial review/feasibility analysis of candidate projects; ■ Analyzing funding sources and availability; ■ Developing a multi-year implementation plan.

ARCADIS will provide a fee schedule during contract negotiations should the firm be selected.

THURSDAY, APRIL 25, 2013 Appropriations Committee member. Detert represents Sarasota County and parts of Charlotte County, which are Detert among 15 counties along the Gulf Coast to which the RESTORE Act also awards funds.

The Gardiner/Detert amendment would establish Triumph Gulf Coast, Inc., a nonprofit organization, to oversee and approve projects using RESTORE money based on specific criteria outlined in the amendment.

Officials from the eight disproportionally impacted counties were fearful the amendment would wrest control of RESTORE funding from the counties and give control to Triumph.

“The plain language of the bill is that any money under the provision cited goes to Triumph,” Lynchard said in an interview Monday.“The RESTORE Act says 75 percent of that funding goes directly to the counties – I don’t see how you can read that and not be concerned that they’re trying to divert those funds from the eight disproportionally affected counties to (the) corporation.”

The Gardiner/Detert amendment said funding for the corporation would come from“75 percent of all funds recovered by the Attorney General for economic damage to the state resulting from the Deepwater

Horizon Disaster”and from “any fund distributed under 33 U.S.C. 1321(t)(1)(C)(i)(I),”– a direct reference to the RESTORE Act as recorded in the United States Code.

However, the original amendment did not affect funds derived from the 25 percent provided by the RESTORE Act to the 15 “non-appropriationally”affected counties – which includes Detert’s district.

A spokesperson for state Sen. President Don Gaetz, RNiceville, said the amendment wouldn’t take money from the eight Northwest Florida counties but would provide a mechanism for distributing funds awarded the state. “(The amendment) creates a 30-year declining endowment…if the funding has to travel to the state before going to local governments,”Katie Betta said Monday.“It’s acknowledging that there are pots of money available through the RESTORE Act and lawsuit from the attorney general that could result in additional funding to counties but (with) the requirement that it goes through the state. It creates a mechanism that the money would be allocated in a transparent manner.”

Lynchard still objected to the amendment’s wording.

“We have developed a multi-year implementation plan to dictate and control how those funds are to be used,” he said.“The language in (SB) 1024 doesn’t even contemplate the county having a seat at the table when it comes to

how the funds are used.”

By the end of the day on April 22, Betta said that the amendment would be amended to address those concerns.

At Tuesday’s meeting, an aide to U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson of Florida told the committee that Nelson was concerned about the amendment. “(Nelson) opposes any effort to direct funds away from the counties,”said Lynn Bannister, Nelson’s state director of outreach. “When he wrote the RESTORE Act, he envisioned counties would apply to federal agencies just like any other grant program. I just want to make it clear that (Nelson) is opposed to the money going anywhere other than the counties.”

The committee eventually passed a second amendment to revise wording in the original amendment.

Sen. Jack Latvala, R-Clearwater, said the second amendment protects all funds addressed by the RESTORE Act. “It’s all the money in the RESTORE Act…there is no state preemption,”he said during the committee’s hearing.

Along with the funding source for Triumph, some officials worried that environmental issues were not under the criteria listed as an appropriate use of funds.

ture of the RESTORE Act, including environmental issues.

“We worked hard to get it passed and Franklin County will benefit from the current structure of the RESTORE Act; we like it the way it is,” she said.“I don’t believe we would qualify for any funding the way it is outlined in SB 1024.

Environmental restoration was the number one priority and, in this (bill), it’s an afterthought. We understand the need for economic development…but is this body willing to trade economic development for environment development?”

Only one line in the Gardiner/Detert amendment allows spending funds for environmental projects, and then only if the expenditure can be tied to the economy.The line requires that a project must“benefit the environment in addition to the economy”to be approved.

Sen. Arthenia Joyner, D-Tampa, asked Detert why there is only one line in the amendment devoted to environment concerns.

“There was only one place in the bill that referenced the environment. There’s a lot of other stuff in the amendment that deals with education and other issues, but I want some comfort that environmental issues will be addressed,”Joyner said.“You feel this one statement is Economic over environmental enough to encompass the Franklin County Commis- environment?” sioner Pinki Jackel stressed the Detert replied that the bill importance of keeping the struc- has to do with economic devel-

opment,“So if the environmental problems affect your community economically, that would be covJoyner ered.”

Joyner told her fellow committee members that she could not support the amendment.

“I too share (residents’ and county officials’) concerns about the process and even whether it’s necessary given federal law has already set out the mechanism of how funds will be distributed… from what I have read and heard, I can’t move forward and vote yes today,”said Joyner.

She was the lone senator, out of 19, who voted against the amendments and, as such, the bill.

In a letter to Gov. Rick Scott after the meeting, Nelson wrote,“As the co-author of the RESTORE Act I can tell you it was the intent of Congress to send these fines directly to the places along the Gulf of Mexico where they’re needed most. If this were to pass through the state Legislature and land on your desk, I’d expect you to veto it if it runs contrary to the intentions of federal law.”

Lynchard, however, said he is pleased with the outcome.

“I’m glad the amendment passed. I think now the amended language in the funding clause protects the county’s allocation under the RESTORE Act,” said Lynchard.

ny with its U.S. headquarters in Tampa, with a local office in Pensacola. Stated experience includes: ■ General engineering consultant, oil spill response consultant for Escambia County; ■ Provided environmental scientists to support the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Gulf Spill Restoration Program; ■ Attended meeting with Gov. Rick Scott and Santa Rosa County commissioners Jim Melvin and Lane Lynchard, as well as other Panhandle commissioners, to request $30 million in tourismrelated marketing assistance from BP; ■ Attended all critical RESTORE Council meetings; ■ Prepared or assisted in the preparation of RESTORE/Natural Resource Damage Assessment funding grant applications for various clients.

“Our service philosophy during this contract will be to work closely with Santa Rosa County administration and staff, respond promptly and fully – serving as an extension of your in-house resources, and add value to the process and products through focused involvement and participation,”reads their proposal in part.

Atkins proposes to: ■ Work only for Santa Rosa County if selected; ■ Rank and prioritize projects; ■ Perform an initial review/feasibility analysis of candidate projects; ■ Develop a list of funding sources for financially leveraging projects; ■ Develop a multi-year implementation plan; ■ Provide quality control.

Atkins did not provide a fee schedule.

■ Developing a multi-year implementation plan as required by the RESTORE Act. BDI proposes to: ■ Offer planning, public administration and governmental affairs to contribute to the comprehensive development services provided through local, state and federal government processes and programs analysis; program/project conceptualization and establishment; funding justification and acquisition; economic development program facilitation; capital improvement feasibility studies; recreational needs assessment and funding assistance; and state agency/legislation coordination and liaison.

■ Produce all required documentation necessary to position the county to receive external funding and obtain proper authorization from state and federal agencies.

■ Provide quality grantwriting and administration to secure funding.

BDI did not provide a fee schedule.

■ Establishment of program standards; ■ Project design; ■ Construction management services.

CH2M HILL will negotiate fees based on submitted qualifications if selected by County.

■ What is the estimated cost?

Tetra Tech also proposes to seek other funding opportunities.

Tetra Tech is prepared to enter into“a mutually agreeable professional services agreement with the county.”

If selected, terms and conditions will be discussed during negotiations.

Baskerville-Donovan, Inc. BDI is headquartered in Pensacola and is “acutely attuned to the specifics of the RESTORE Act, actively involved in the ongoing, evolving RESTORE Act process, and acknowledges the county’s request for assistance” in: ■ Formulating criteria for the evaluation of potential projects; ■ Performing an initial review/feasibility analysis of candidate projects as directed by the Local Restore Council; ■ Determining which of the possible funding sources Atkins North America, Inc. are available for candidate Atkins’is a global compa- projects;

CH2M HILL CH2M HILL is a global company with its U.S. headquarters in Colorado and local offices in Navarre and Pensacola. Stated experience is: ■ Local firm with experience delivering projects for Santa Rosa County; ■ Flexible approach customized to meet the county’s needs for this project; ■ Extensive coastal restoration experience along the Gulf Coast region; ■ Bench strength that can be used at key times during delivery; ■ Capabilities and resources of the country’s number-one program management firm.

CH2M HILL will assist the county in maximizing the receipt of available funds from the RESTORE Act through two phases: multi-year implementation plan development, and restoration program execution.

Phase one: ■ Planning framework development; ■ Initial project evaluation; ■ Multi-year implementation plan completion; ■ Provide additional services such as stakeholder facilitation; project reporting/document controls; grant writing; RESTORE Act funding; permitting feasibility evaluation; and concept design development.

Phase two: ■ Program staffing and chartering;

Environmental Consulting & Technology, Inc. ECT is based in Tallahassee with a local office in Pensacola. ECT recommends“the development of a transparent and open process that allows government officials, oversight committees, and the general public easy access to project development, project selection, project oversight, and ultimately project close-out documentation,” reads their proposal in part.

ECT proposes to meet the county’s request for a consultant who will: ■ Formulate criteria for the evaluation of potential projects; ■ Perform initial reviews and feasibility analyses of candidate projects as directed by the Local Restore Council; ■ Determine which possible funding sources are available for candidate projects; ■ Develop a multi-year implementation plan as required by the RESTORE Act; ■ Interact with other governmental agencies, jurisdiction and funding entities.

ECT plans to meet the county’s objectives by selecting professionals who have “spent decades performing these exact tasks associated with other major environmental restoration efforts,” reads their proposal in part.

The selected professionals will: ■ Recommend an organizational structure and oversight program; ■ Perform day-to-day activities through ECTs’Tallahassee office, assisted by the Gulf Coast staff in Pensacola; ■ Maintain project oversight and technical guidance.

ECT proposes a fee schedule that charges only for personnel hours involved to perform each task authorized by the county, as well as reimbursable expenses for actual expenses plus 15 percent service charge.

Tetra Tech Tetra Tech is headquartered in Pasadena, Cal. with offices in Northwest Florida. In addition to the four services for which the county is seeking a consultant, Tetra Tech recommends conducting pub-

lic input meetings throughout the county to ensure meaningful and broad-based public input, updating the county’s and local RESTORE council’s websites and incorporating social media to keep the public informed.

Stated goals are: ■ Restore and conserve habitat; ■ Restore water quality; ■ Replenish and protect living coastal and marine resources; ■ Enhance community resilience.

Tetra Tech will conduct reviews and analyze proposed/submitted projects to determine feasibility by asking: ■ Does the project serve one or more of the five overreaching goals as outlined by the council?

■ Is it economical and technically feasible?

■ What are the environmental, economic and social benefits attributable to the project?

■ Will it make the community more resilient, and does it comply with federal, state and local laws?

■ Is there public opposition and is the project ready to be implemented?

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County Administrator Hunter Walker said the companies provided proposals for each county commissioner to review. Interviews will be conducted in a called commission meeting beginning at 9 a.m. May 21. Each company will be allotted 30 minutes for the interviews.

“After the presentations, the individual commissioner ranks the firms from 1 to 6 (best to worst),”said Walker.

The rankings will then be tabulated and the results shown.

“The county administrator and county attorney are directed to negotiate a proposed contract with the topranked firm for review and approval by board at the next regular meeting,”Walker said.

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Okaloosa offers prescription drug disposal Staff reports Navarre Press Okaloosa County Sheriffs’ Office and the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) are offering the public its sixth opportunity in three years to prevent pill abuse and theft by ridding their homes of potentially dangerous prescription drugs. The service is free and anonymous. No questions will be asked.

Uniformed deputies will be present to collect expired, unused, and unwanted prescription drugs for disposal from 10 a.m. and 2 p.m.

April 27 at Wal-mart stores in Crestview, Destin, Fort Walton Beach, and Niceville.

According to a news release from Sheriff Larry Ashley,“In its five previous Take Back events, DEA and its partners took in over 2 million pounds—over a thousand tons—of pills. This initiative addresses a vital public safety and public health issue. Medicines that languish in home cabinets are highly susceptible to diversion, misuse, and abuse.

Rates of prescription drug abuse in the U.S. are alarmingly high, as are the number of accidental poisonings

and overdoses due to these drugs. Studies show that a majority of abused prescription drugs are obtained from family and friends, including from the home medicine cabinet. In addition, Americans are now advised that their usual methods for disposing of unused medicines—flushing them down the toilet or throwing them in the trash—both pose potential safety and health hazards.”

The release went on to state that The Secure and Responsible Drug Disposal Act passed

by Congress in 2010 amended the Controlled Substances

Act to allow an“ultimate user” of controlled substance medications to dispose of them by delivering them to entities authorized by the Attorney General to accept them.

The Act also allows the Attorney General to authorize long term care facilities to dispose of their residents’ controlled substances in certain instances.

DEA is drafting regulations to implement the Act. Until new regulations are in place, local law enforcement agencies like Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office and the DEA will continue to hold preSubmitted photo scription drug take-back Last September, Americans turned in 244 tons of prescription events every few months. drugs at over 5,200 sites

STATE Sexual abuse survivor finishes 1,500-mile walk

By Brendan Farrington Associated Press TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Child sexual abuse survivor and victim advocate Lauren Book finished a 1,500-mile walk through Florida on Tuesday, but she still has unfinished work in the Capitol.

Book sprinted to the Old Capitol to cheers as hundreds of supporters in blue shirts walked behind her.

She began her walk 35 days earlier in Key West. Gov. Rick Scott, all three Cabinet members, Senate President Don Gaetz, House Speaker Will Weatherford, many lawmakers and the secretaries for the departments of Children and Families and Juvenile Justice greeted her.

“I’m so impressed with what you’ve accomplished and the awareness you’ve raised,”Scott told Book.

This is the fourth year

book as walked across the state, an event that was 500 miles in 2010 and later expanded to pass through more areas of the state. Book described victims she met along the way who tearfully told the stories of being raped. One was an 18-yearold woman in Perry who had a son from a rape four years earlier, she said.

“This young mother was crying. This young mother was wailing,”Book said.“She shared her story with me. I met her son. We walked. We talked about how important it was for her to not only to walk for herself, and her to not only survive for herself, but for her son. That was a special day.”

Book said she and her team were able to connect the woman to a rape crisis center in the area.

“She made an appointment. She’s getting services,” Book said.“That is why we walk.”

Photo courtesy of Omar Vega

Stacey Kostevicki, from left, Santa Rosa County Sheriff Wendell Hall and Lauren Book pose at the start of the 20-mile Pensacola to Navarre leg of the 1,500 mile “Walk in My Shoes” walk to raise awareness about sexual abuse.

Book, 28, doesn’t just walk to raise awareness — each year she works to pass laws to help victims, prevent abuse and punish offenders. The first bill she

and her father, lobbyist Ron Book, helped pass was when she was 17, a year after she revealed years of abuse at the hands of her nanny.

This year Book is pushing for bills that would raise from 11 to 16 the age at which out-of-court statements child victims make to investigators can be used

at the trials of the people accused of sexually abusing them.

It would help child victims who might be intimated by having to testify in court, Book said.

“We’ve had several cases this year where children who are above the age of 11 just did not have the ability or capacity to testify,”Book said.

She recalled having to testify against her abuser, and how defense attorneys made sure she had a clear line of vision to the woman who raped her.

“It’s hard because you have to face the person who did the worst, the most awful, horrible things to you,” Book said.“It’s very, very difficult. It’s very scary and you feel like you’re on trial. It’s not a process that’s easy for victims so anything we can do to make it easier for victims is an important piece of the puzzle.”

Jay Odom sentenced to 6 months for campaign fraud

By Melissa Nelson-Gabriel Associated Press PENSACOLA, Fla. (AP) — Florida developer Jay Odom was sentenced to six months in federal prison Odom Tuesday for lying about illegal contributions he made in the 2008 presidential primary.

U.S. District Judge Lacey Collier told Odom that his crime went to the heart of the nation’s election system.

Collier said he sentenced Odom to prison and levied a $46,000 fine because of the seriousness of the crime. Collier said he hoped the sentence would also serve as a deterrent to others who might consider tampering with election laws.

Odom’s supporters sat on the front row of the courtroom and some cried as Collier announced his sentence.

Odom, who owns Destin Jet, had faced up to five years in prison and a $250,000 after pleading guilty to making false statements about illegally funneling $23,000 to the campaign of former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee. Prosecutors said he circumvented federal campaign finance laws by repaying 10 associates who each gave a maximum $2,300 donation to Huckabee.

The indictment in the campaign-finance case came

after Odom’s dealings with former Republican Florida House Speaker Ray Sansom over an airplane hangar helped lead to Sansom’s resignation. Samson resigned after allegations surfaced that he used state money to build an airplane hangar for Odom.

Criminal charges in that case were eventually dropped.

Odom apologized in court on Tuesday.

“I’d like to say that I plead guilty because I am guilty and I am and deeply sorry for the pain I’ve caused my family, friends and employees,” he said.

Prosecutors agreed to drop

a charge of violating election laws in exchange for Odom pleading guilty to making false statements in the election case.

Prosecutor Randy Hensel argued on Tuesday that Odom should face prison time in part because of his status in the community and his violation of the public’s trust.

“Those to whom much is given, much should be required,”Hensel said, adding that Odom should be expected to adhere to federal election laws and face consequences for trying to circumvent them.

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Collier, who ordered Odom to report to federal custody before noon on June 10, said he was also concerned that many of the letters he was sent in support of Odom suggested that tinkering with election finance laws was commonplace.

“The letters indicated that it was just one of those things that went on in the system,” Collier said.“I hope and pray that this is not the case.”

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Navarre’s Relay for life had a wet start last Friday evening and a cool and windy end on Saturday. The Relay is expected to exceed the goal of $126,000 by more than $10,000.

Team winners included: Spirit of Relay, Pre Event – RX Express, Spirit of Relay Event – NHS Chorus, Committee’s Choice Award – Catholics for a Cure, Best Campsite Decoration – Walmart, Best Youth Campsite NHS Chorus, Survivor’s Choice Campsite: Twisted Sistas, and Best Food: American Legion with Peppers.

County adds bereavement leave

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Neighborhood upset over county’s requests

By Romi White Navarre Press

for the parcel, which was purchased by commissioners last summer, seeking to: ■ eliminate required perimeter landscaping next to public rights of way; ■ eliminate landscaping buffer requirement; ■ eliminate requirements for parking area’s interior; ■ eliminate protected tree mitigation; ■ allow activities within 25 feet of the front and sides of property.

A variance application to

Property owners near Live Oak Boat Ramp in Holley are Santa Rosa voicing strong opposition to County comSanta Rosa County’s plan to missioners votclear a wooded waterfront ed to include parcel and install a parking bereavement lot bordering the ramp, citleave in its ing safety and other concerns.

H u m a n The Santa Rosa County Resources Pol- Walker Zoning Board on April 11 icy during the April 11 com- considered the county’s applimission meeting. cation for a conditional-use Human Resources Policy permit and related variances also was amended to conform to the Family and Medical leave Act of 1993.

FMLA requires federal agencies to provide federal employees up to 12 work

By Romi White connected through church, weeks of unpaid leave durNavarre Press school and community busiing any 12-month period for nesses like the Navarre Barcertain situations.

Air Force ber Shop where my Dad was FMLA also protects the Maj. Natalie the barber for decades.” employee from losing his or Adams Jolly Jolly’s mother worked at her job during any time off has come a Holley-Navarre Elementary under FMLA. long way. The School – later intermediate DeVann Cook, Human one-time stuschool – and, she said,“was Resources director, recomdent at Holleylike a mother to thousands of mended a complete rewordNavarre Ele- Jolley children, helping them to ing of County Policy 80-10, mentary School, the only ele- make good choices and act Section IX Disability Leave, mentary school in the Navarre responsibly. to conform to FMLA. area in the 1970s, now com“The world needs more com“This change will bring our mands the 42nd Force Sup- munities like ours, where peopolicy in line with the Famiport Squadron at Maxwell- ple share their fish and tomaly and Medical Leave Act. Gunter Air Force Base in toes, as well as their love and Some of our current proceMontgomery, Ala. concern with everyone in the dures and requirements are “I feel extremely blessed to community,”Jolly continued. not allowed under FMLA,” have been raised in the Hol- “The community of Holley in read the letter from Cook to ley-Navarre community,”Jol- particular provided the founHunter Walker, county adminly said.“The families around dation for me to become a high istrator, in requesting the me became like my extend- school teacher and later a milchange. ed family, always looking out itary commander responsible “The FMLA changes from for one another and staying for family programs.” time to time,”said Walker in a subsequent interview.“We followed FMLA; we just hadn’t modified HR (Human Florida Rehabilitation CounResources) rules.” cil and Pensacola’s LuTimothy Cook also recommended May to the University of West adding miscarriage and still Florida Board of Trustees. birth to Policy 80-60 Section Scott announced six X Administrative leave.

Staff Reports appointments and four reap“Bereavement leave does- Navarre Press pointments to the Florida n’t have anything to do with Rehabilitation Council on FMLA,”said Walker.“It’s just Florida Gov. Rick Scott April 12. The FRC was estabrecently appointed Ruth D. lished in 1992 by an amendSee BEREAVEMENT 2B Esser of Gulf Breeze to the ment to the Rehabilitation

allow red clay to construct an impervious retention-pond berm within the Shoreline Protection Zone was withdrawn.

Rob Williamson, appointed to the zoning board by District 2 County Commissioner Bob Cole, angered many audience members when he said,“Realistically, since the board of county commissioners approved the purchase of the property the likelihood that they’re not going to be following through

on this is probably pretty slim.”

That comment drew criticism from speakers who later questioned whether the county should be able to approve its own conditional-use request.

Nancy Kline spoke on behalf of her mother, Ellen Hughes, and other family members who own property in the neighborhood.

“My thought is always before you purchase a property you should look at the situation…to see if there (are)

other requirements that you have to find out if you can get variances for before you start the process of actually investing your money,”Kline said.

“The fact that you all have purchased this and now you’re coming (to the Zoning Board) and wanting variances…and you are in control, it’s almost disturbing to me that you’re having both sides of this vote, and the comment that Mr. Williamson just made.”

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Maj. Natalie Jolly – A success story from Holley

Scott announces appointments

U.S. Air Force file photo

Maj. Natalie Adams Jolly, as a 6-year-old in front of Holley-Navarre Elementary school in 1974.

Jo Ann Timlin, a retired teacher, remembers Natalie well not only as a student but also as a majorette. Timlin, along with fellow educator

Act of 1973. Its mission is to assist Vocational Rehabilitation in planning and developing statewide rehabilitation programs and services and to recommend improvements to programs and services, according to the FRC website.

Esser, 50, is a physician liaison with Baptist Hospital and

Sandy Jernigan, taught baton lessons after school for many years, leading a group called the Holley-Navarre Hawkettes.

succeeds Roberta H.Van Sickle, according to the news release. Her appointment begins July 1 and ends June 30, 2016.

Scott announced May’s appointment on April 15. May, 35, is the community outreach director for the City of Pensacola, director of the Pensacola State College Board of

“She’s a real success story,” Timlin said of young Natalie Adams.“She was a smart kid who always tried to do her best and was sweet to the other kids, who liked her. She was so cute and precious, a little giggle-box.”

Jolly started her career in education, teaching geometry at Pensacola High School.

There she worked with many female veterans who helped inspire her to seek military service. She joined the Air Force in 1998 and worked her way up the chain of command to squadron commander.

Jolly, who has been married for 22 years and has two daughters, will depart in July for a yearlong deployment to Afghanistan in support of Operation Enduring Freedom Governors. He previously worked as assistant director of Student Support Services of UWF. May received his bachelor’s degree from UWF and a master’s of divinity from the Morehouse School of Religion. He succeeds J. Collier Merrill. His term began April 15 and ends Jan. 6, 2018.

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Bereavement

Spring Flinging something else

Continued from page 1B a provision in our HR policy. If some close relative dies, the employee is granted a three-day administrative leave for bereavement. We had ‘child’, but it did not specifically say to include miscarriage.”

The new policy now reads that upon request a threeday paid administrative leave will be granted on the death of “any member of the employee’s immediate and or step family, including miscarriage and stillbirth infant loss. Immediate or step family is defined as the spouse, parents, grandparents, brother, sister, children and grandchildren of both the employee and the spouse.”

In making the recommendation, Cook advised Walker that he reviewed other personnel policies and noted time off after traumatic events is common.

“We had an employee (who lost her baby) and we didn’t have a provision, and we thought it should be added,”said Walker.

By Gary “Mad Dog” Maddock

God bless you, Boston On the day of the Boston Marathon I was overseas. I was working with a group of Italian, French and Turkish guys (only one other American) and the only television in the building always has a soccer game on. I explained that today was Patriots Day in the city of Boston – the third Monday in April. Always a Red Sox home game, and always the Boston Marathon. I told them that today we were going to watch the marathon, not soccer, and I explained why it was the greatest marathon on earth – bar none. They didn’t understand. So I made it simple.

I said that if anyone changed the television station – I would break one of their fingers. That, they understood.

I ran Boston last year, and recently qualified so I can run it again next year. Each year I run a qualifier, so I can go if I want, but this year I decided to sit it out.

But even when I sit it out, I watch it, and I track (online) all my friends who go run. I even track people I don’t know. I did a quick search for runners from Navarre and found Jodi Snodgrass. Never met her, but Boston runners are kind of kin even if they don’t know each other, so I tracked her, as well. (She did great).

It wasn’t until much later that I found out about the bombing.

I wasn’t sure how to feel.

Angry…Sad...Confused…Hollow, mostly. I am a guy who never watches the news, yet I found myself watching every time I had the opportunity to be in front of a television. Even the overseas news channels had 24/7 coverage of the rapidly moving events.

I was amazed at how fast the cowards who did it were identified and located, and I am not ashamed to admit that I was very proud when the first suspect was shot so many times they couldn’t count how many times he was hit. To my foreign friends I said,“That’s what happens when you mess with Boston.”

The following week, it was incredible to see record crowds at the London Marathon – many of them wearing black ribbons in tribute, and many others with shirts that said,“Running for Boston,”or something similar. The message was plain and clear – you can’t scare us.

Like many, I have vowed to be there next year. I wish the directors of the Boston Marathon would double, or quadruple, the normal capacity of the race. Certainly, everyone who was there this year should be allowed to run again without requalifying – whether they finished or not. They all had something special taken from them and they should be allowed to return. But let us all run.

And I hope everyone in Boston comes to watch, because they make it what it is. We are there for them, and they are there for us.

That mutual admiration breeds an air of excitement that can’t be matched.

I hope next year is the biggest Boston Marathon ever. Let it be a statement en masse that shows the world that terror can never break our spirit. God bless you – Boston.

See ya’on the dirt roads!

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Rainy, chilly weather didn’t stop garden enthusiasts from attending the Navarre Garden Club’s Spring Fling on April 19 at the Navarre Conference Center at the Day’s Inn. The annual fundraising event helps the club fund scholarships, community beautification projects and gardening classes and workshops. Attendees included club founder Belle Buckley, Santa Rosa County Administrator Hunter Walker and Sheriff Wendell Hall. Attendees sampled food from 14 local restaurants or businesses. Plants and other items from local vendors were offered for purchase.

County Continued from page 1B Disclosure concerns Kline explained that her 90-year-old mother received a letter in which all the variances were not disclosed and that other property owners received a different letter in which all variances were indicated.

“I disagree that full disclosure was made,”Kline said.

Leslie Statler, a county planner, said,“There’s only one letter that was mailed out.”

After Kline provided copies of two different letters, pointing out one had incorrect contact information, board member Alan Isaacson expressed concern about the discrepancy, suggesting the notification process be redone.

Kline also expressed frustration with what she said was short notice, noting that staff’s updating the website a week earlier with an additional variance request was inadequate because some people may not have access to information on the Internet.

“There are people who can’t read, too,” Board Chairman Paul Carney retorted.“I believe we’ve met all the county rules and regulations with notifications.”

Problems with plan Several residents spoke against the county’s requests, including Randy Smith, who said he has worked in real estate and“obviously homework was not done correctly.” He also expressed concern about how to keep the area clean, suggesting fishcleaning could compound an existing problem with bears in the area.

Other residents expressed concerns about safety for neighborhood children, lighting, nighttime security, and Williamson’s comment that the chances of the requests not being approved are“slim.”

“People may think we’re in the pocket of commissioners,” Carney replied.

“We’re not.”

Several residents asked who wanted the improvements, stating they did not.

“I’m trying to figure out who is trying to push this for

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Plans to clear waterfront property and put in a parking lot next to the Live Oak Boat Ramp in Holley have drawn opposition from neighborhood property owners. Nancy Kline addressed the Santa Rosa County Zoning Board about the issue April 11. the boat ramp,”Smith said as he looked to the audience for anyone supporting the measure.

Marine Advisory Council’s idea County Engineer Roger Blaylock said the idea for purchasing the lot and building a parking lot came from the county’s Marine Advisory Committee. The five-member committee advises the county commission on how to spend boater registration fees, which generate about $70,000 or more annually.

Blaylock said the committee has focused on increasing and improving access to water.

Hunter Walker, county administrator, reported at the April 5, 2011, Marine Advisory Committee meeting that he had talked to Commissioner Jim Melvin briefly about Navarre-area opportunities and “if we were going to choose a ramp location to improve the parking this would be the area to focus on, but we need to be respectful of the neighborhood.”

According to county records, Walker advised the committee on March 6, 2012, that a seller on Live Oak Street had lowered the price of a waterfront parcel. Subsequently, the county commission on May 10, 2012, approved a MAC recom-

mendation to buy that land for additional boat-ramp parking. The county paid $95,000 to buy the 0.32-acre parcel from Lloyd and Billie Orr. Florida Boating Improvement Grant funding for improvements to the property may be available, but the project will not be ready for grant application until the 2014 cycle according to County Grants Coordinator, Sheila Harris.

the same standards that they expect of the citizens. What’s good for the goose is good for the gander.”

Jim Waite disagreed, stating the county also had a right to ask for variances.

Seelman said, “I just don’t think they did research they should have done on the front end.”

Waite replied,“I don’t disagree with that.”

The board approved the conditional use request in a 5-4 vote with Bill Dubois, Carney, Lonnie Hawkins, William Merrill and Waite voting to approve the county’s request. All variance requests were denied, and those decisions are final unless appealed to the county commission. Commissioners are

scheduled to hear the county’s conditional use request at the. rezoning meeting at 6 p.m. tonight, April 25.

Other Navarre Variances Addressed at Meeting Jeff Campbell applied for a variance for 8136 Nevada St. to reduce the east side setback from 5 feet to 1.2 feet. It was a code enforcement case, and a permit was pulled after Campbell was made aware of the setbacks.

"I have a problem with people coming to us after the fact,” Seelman said.

Fellow board member Carol Boston agreed: “It seems that (to) seek forgiveness instead of permission is done.”

The variance was approved in a 5-4 vote with Boston, Carney, Isaacson and Seelman voting to deny the request.

Michael O'Loughlin applied for a variance for 8158Verdura St. to allow an 18.3-foot-tall garage and storage building which would be taller than the 14-foot home he built last year.

O’Loughlin reported it will be below the maximum height allowed for the neighborhood and that neighbors were agreeable with it.The application was approved 9-0.

Ray and Julie Wagner applied for a variance for 1994 Heritage Park Way to reduce the pool setback from 9 feet to 7 feet from the rear property line; approved 9-0.

Judith Harper applied for a variance for 2913 Sandpiper Cove to reduce the rear setback from 50 feet to 35 feet to accommodate a screened porch; approved 9-0.

The next zoning board meeting is scheduled for 6 p.m. May 9 at the County Commissioner's Board Room, located at 6495 Caroline St. in Milton.

Zoning Board frustrations After hearing public comments, board members discussed the controversy, expressing frustration with the matter.

“You know, it does seem like we’re asking for forgiveness instead of permission for all of these variances,” Williamson said.“If this were brought up and it wasn’t owned by Santa Rosa County now and there was this much community dissent, the likelihood that this would pass would probably be pretty slim.”

Williamson recommended the county sell the property but was advised the zoning board did not have that power.

Board Member Bill Seelman added,“To me the whole crux of the issue is simply hav- Neighbors object to county plans for a parking lot next to Live ing the county stand up to Oak Boat Ramp in Holley.

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Community Briefs Library happenings Navarre Library, located at 8484 James M. Harvell Road, will host the following events: ■ Tuesday, May 14 – Classic movie program showing “To Kill a Mockingbird” with Gregory Peck at 2 p.m. in the meeting room.

■ Thursday, April 26 – Friends of Navarre Library spring book sale from 9 a.m.-4 p.m.

■ Friday, April 27 – Friends of Navarre Library spring book sale from 9 a.m.-1 p.m.

■ Wednesday, May 22 – Emerald Coast Hospice will host a community education program from 3:30-4:30 p.m. in the library meeting room. Registered nurse Daina Skinner will present benefits of the hospice program such as grief counseling. It is free and open to the public. For more information, call Skinner at 850-862-1069.

■ Wednesday, June 26 – Emerald Coast Hospice will host a community education program from 3:30-4:30 p.m. in the library meeting room. Registered nurse Daina Skinner will present benefits of the hospice program such as grief counseling. It is free and open to the public. For more information, call Skinner at 850-862-1069. Navarre Library is open from 10 a.m.-6 p.m. MondayWednesday; 9 a.m.-1 p.m. Thursday; 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Friday; and 9 a.m.-1 p.m.

Saturday. Friends of Navarre Library bookstore hours are 10 a.m.-4 p.m.

Monday-Wednesday; 9 a.m.-1 p.m.

Thursday; 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Friday; and 9 a.m.-1 p.m. Saturday.

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1 SOMDG updates policy, affects non-active duty enrollees 1st Special Operation Wing Public Affairs HURLBURT FIELD, Fla. — New changes to the TRICARE enrollment policies in the 1st Special Operations Medical Group at Hurlburt Field, Fla., will affect retirees and their dependents who receive care at the clinic for the remainder of this fiscal year and possibly beyond.

Changes include requests for eligible retirees and their

dependents enrolled in TRICARE Prime at the clinic to voluntarily transfer their enrollment to the 96th Medical Group at Eglin Air Force Base, Fla. Beneficiaries who live greater than a 30minute drive time from Eglin may have the option to choose a network primary care manager.

The voluntary transfer comes in anticipation of an increase in 1st Special Operations Wing personnel as a result of unit relocations from Eglin to Hurlburt Field, and will help maintain the effective and timeliness of health services provided by the clinic’s staff. Voluntary transfer of enrollment will

also help ensure those beneficiaries participating get first choice in health care providers.

“This change in policy is driven by an increase in demand for health care services at the Hurlburt clinic, which has exceeded the resources available,”said Col.Troy Molnar, commander of the 1st SOMDG.“To maintain quality care and timely access for all patients, the clinic must transfer some enrolled beneficiaries to other facilities.”

All TRICARE beneficiaries may continue to use pharmacy, lab, immunizations and radiology services regardless of where their PCM is located. Beneficiaries may also use other military medical treatment facility pharmacies or the TRICARE network and mail order pharmacy services.

For more information about TRICARE enrollment policies contact the TRICARE customer service line at 1-800444-5445.

K-9 deputy talks safety to children

Driver’s safety course The Gulf Breeze Recreation Center will sponsor an AARP Driver’s Safety Course from 9 a.m.-4 p.m. May 10 at 800 Shoreline Drive in Gulf Breeze. Cost is $12 for AARP members and $14 for non-members. A one-hour lunch break is scheduled. To register, call the Northwest Florida Council on Aging receptionist at 850-432-1475.

Military Appreciation Day First Baptist Church of Navarre would like the community to join it from 11 a.m.-3 p.m. May 4 at the Soundside Pavilions on Navarre Beach. for the Third Annual Communitywide Military Appreciation Day. The event is free to all military members and their families (active, reserve, guard and retired) to enjoy food, door prizes and children’s activities.

To make door prize donations or to offer other assistance, call First Baptist Church of Navarre at (850) 939-0323.

Beware charity scams The Better Business Bureau® Wise Giving Alliance offers tips to recognize tragedy-related scams in the aftermath of the Boston Marathon explosions. According to Domains.com, there were more than 125 new Boston-related domain names registered by 7 p.m. April 15 less than six hours after news of the explosions first went public. Take the time to check out a charity to avoid donating to a questionable or poorly managed effort.

■ Registration: Florida law requires charities to register with the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services before they solicit for charitable gifts.

■ Use of Funds: Watch out for vague appeals that don’t identify the intended use of funds. Make sure that collected monies are received and administered by a third party such as a bank, CPA or lawyer.

■ Organizations’ Ages: An established charity is more likely to have the experience to quickly address needs and have a track record that can be evaluated. A newly formed organization may be wellmeaning but will be difficult to check out and may not be well managed.

■ Tax Deductibility: Not all organizations collecting funds are tax exempt as charities under section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code. Contributions that are donor-restricted to help a specific individual/family are not deductible as charitable donations, even if the recipient organization is a charity.

Billy Bowlegs Poker Run The 20th annual Billy Bowlegs Boat Poker Run is scheduled for Saturday, May 11. The event is sponsored by the Emerald Coast Chapter of the American Business Women’s Association and is its annual scholarship fundraiser. For more information, call Shareen Ketchem at 850-863-9082.

Navarre Beach Surf Warriors Military men and women wounded while serving can try surfing at Navarre Beach Surf Warriors, an awareness and morale event for the Hometown Wounded Warriors, beginning at 9 a.m. May 18 at Navarre Beach Park. The organization is asking the community to support the free event by cheering participants. For more information or to donate, email C.J. Stein at surfncj@gmail.com.

Law Enforcement Memorial The Santa Rosa County Sheriff’s Office will honor fallen officers statewide with a Law Enforcement Memorial Service at 9 a.m.

May 8 at the memorial marker on the lawn at the Sheriff’s Office, 5755 East Milton Road, Milton. Sheriff Wendell Hall will act as master of ceremonies; former Florida Supreme Court Associate Chief Justice Kenneth Bell will be the guest speaker.

The public is invited to attend.

Photo by Yvonne C. Harper

Santa Rosa County K-9 Deputy Marshall Holbrook and his K-9 dog, Idgie, addressed the children at Lighthouse Private Christian Academy on April 18.

Holbrook discussed how the children can keep themselves safe by never talking to strangers, never giving out personal information on the Internet and never opening the door if they are home alone, among other safety tips.

Law professionals offer free legal clinic

By Roxanne Baker Navarre Press Luci Smith volunteers as a paralegal to help others navigate the difficult issues of law.

“Not everybody can afford a lawyer,”Smith said. “But I’ve always believed that everybody deserves a fair shot to have their legal needs met.

Our justice system only works when everyone has equal access.”

Those strapped for cash can have that opportunity to talk to an attorney at no cost during the Seventh Annual Free Legal Clinic on Saturday, April 27, at St. Sylvester Church, 6464 Gulf Breeze Pkwy.

Legal Services of North Florida, Inc., Northwest Florida Legal Services, Inc. and the Escambia-Santa Rosa County Bar Association have partnered to host the clinic.

Attorneys will be available for one-on-one consultations and Spanish translators will be available.

There are usually about 15 attorneys who volunteer, said Judy Naler, community outreach coordinator and paralegal with Legal Services of North Florida, Inc. She said each attorney typically specializes in a few different types of law such as government benefits, wills and estates, income tax issues and fair housing. The majority of the individuals who come to the clinic for help usually have questions regarding landlord and tenant matters, consumer matters, oil spill claims and immigration issues.

“I’ve never met a single person who didn’t have a burning question they would like direction on and need the ear of an attorney at least once in their life,”Naler said.

“It’s important to (the attorneys) who are in this area of work to have an opportunity to share their knowledge.

We hope we have a big turnout from outlying areas because volunteers like to be busy.”

Naler said about 40 people show each year for the clinic, which is always sometime near the first week of

May to celebrate Law Week.

This year’s theme is“Realizing the Dream – Equality for All.” Free child I.D. kits also will be distributed so parents can record vital information about their children in case of an

emergency or a kidnapping.

Naler has volunteered with the clinic all seven years and said she has learned it is an essential service to offer to the community.

“I’ve learned that community education regarding

resources available to assist families and individuals is vital especially due to the economic struggles many face today,”Naler said.

This is Smith’s third year volunteering as a paralegal at the clinic. She first started to gain more experience while studying the paralegal field in school, but found the experience so fulfilling that she has returned each year.

“I always have fun and the people are wonderful, and I hope we’re able to help more and more people each year,” Smith said.

For more information, call 850-432-8222.

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The Navarre Beach Chamber of Commerce 2013 Fun Fest kicks-off with title sponsor, Santa Rosa Medical Center. Will end on the 27th with Fireworks.

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Miss Navarre High School will be named. Pageant begins at 7 p.m.

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The Friends of the Navarre Library start their book sale today from 9 a.m. - 5 p.m. and the 27th from 9 a.m. - 1 p.m.

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Bring your tough lawn care questions to Ace Hardware between 9a.m. to noon

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27 Prescriptin drug disposal from 10 a.m. and 2 p.m. at Okaloosa County Wal-Marts.

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Navarre Beach FunFest Run is April 27. Register online at active.com or download a registration form at www.navarrechamber.com. Entry fee is $15 in advance and $20 the day of the event.

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merce. Register online at active.com or download a registration form at navarrechamber.com. Entry fee is $15 in advance and $20 day ‘Let There be Love’ of event. It will start in the April 27:Tickets are avail- Navarre Beach Park parkable for the Gulf Coast ing lot.

Chorale’s presentation of “Let There Be Love’with spe- Michelle Hill Raider Run cial guests The Guffman Trio, May 11: The seventh at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, April annual Michelle Hill Raider 27, at St. Anne Catholic Run and Community Fun Church in Gulf Breeze. Tick- Celebration will start at 7:30 ets are $10 and $5 for stu- a.m. May 11 at Navarre dents, with special prices for Sports Complex, 8840 High groups of 10 or more. For School Boulevard in Navarre. more information, visit gulf- Proceeds will fund scholarcoastchorale.org. ships for Northwest Florida high school seniors. Cost Fun Fest runs is $20 until April 30 and $25 April 27: Registration race day. For more inforhas begun for the Fun Fest mation, call 850-582-2946 5K and 1-Mile Fun Run on or visit Saturday, April 27, spon- eteamz.active.com/Navarsored by the Navarre Beach reRaiderRun. Area Chamber of Com-

Thursdays in the Park May 16: The 2013 season of Thursday’s in the Park, the chamber’s popular summer concert series, begins May 16. Sponsorships are now available.

Cornhole tournaments May 18: The Gulf Coast Cornhole Series, comprised by six qualifying tournaments between April and September at locations from Fort Walton Beach to Perdido Key, ends on Navarre Beach in Oct. 19. Cornhole is a bean-bag-tossing game.

There is a May 18 qualifier at Juana’s Pagoda. Participants can register online at kaboomssc.com or sign up at event locations the day of an event. Cost is $20 per Thursday in the Park concerts team with online registration and $30 per team on the day of event.

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MOMologues are coming April 26: Pensacola Little Theatre’s Studio 400 series presents The MOMologues on April 26-28 and May 24. The MOMologues is a comedy about motherhood in which a cast of four mothers celebrate and laugh through conception, pregnancy, labor and delivery, caring for newborns, adjusting to a second child, discipline, picky eaters, the terrible twos and more. Tickets are $10 for general admission and $17 for café seating. They are available online at PensacolaLittleTheatre.com or by calling 850432-2042.

Car cruising and show May 3-5: The third annual Burning Up the Beaches, a car-cruising and car-show event, comes to the Boardwalk on Okaloosa Island on May 3-5. Admission is free to the public.

Little Black Dress Party May 18: The White-Wilson Community Foundation will hold the fourth annual Little Black Dress Party on Saturday, May 18, at the Emerald Coast Convention Center. The event raises funds and awareness of preventive health and early detection. For more information, visit FWBLittleBlackDressParty.com.

Skip York Poker Run May 18: The Blue Knights Motorcycle Club will host the Deputy Skip York Memorial Emerald Coast Children’s Advocacy Center Poker Run on Saturday, May 18. The event will start at Heritage Cycles, 788 N. Beal Parkway in Fort Walton Beach. Cost is $20 per rider and $25 with a passenger. Ride pins for the first 200 riders. First bike out at 9 a.m., last bike out at 10:30 a.m. For more information, call 850-612-0261 or visit blueknightsflxxv@gmail.com.

Bowlegs bands needed May 30-June 1: Calling all local bands to apply for a spot on the stage at the 58th annual Billy Bowlegs Pirate Festival from May 30June 1 in Fort Walton Beach.

The festival, the second-

THURSDAY, APRIL 25, 2013 largest annual event in Okaloosa County, regularly draws up to 20,000 visitors, and is recognized as one of the top festivals in the Southeast. It’s a threeday celebration of the pirate Capt. Billy Bowlegs, who, legend has it, frequented the waters off the Emerald Coast in the 1700s. Interested bands should submit a press kit with audio files to Rachelle Graves, director of events for the Fort Walton Beach Chamber (RachelleGraves@fwbchamber.org) or deliver it to the chamber at 34 Miracle Strip Parkway, SE, in Fort Walton Beach, before May 10.

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Northwest Florida Ballets announced May 3: The Northwest Florida Ballet will present Lightwire Theater’s productions of “The Ugly Duckling”and“The Tortoise and the Hare” on May 3 at the Mattie Kelly Arts Center in Niceville. Lightwire Theater, a runner-up contestant on the television series “America’s Got Talent,” uses cutting-edge technology, electroluminescent puppetry and dance in their theatrical

productions. Tickets cost $28 for adults and $14 for children and can be ordered by calling 850-664-7787 or going to NFBallet.org online.

Run for the Arts Sinfonia Gulf Coast will sponsor its third annual Bravo! Beat 5K Run/Walk beginning at 8 a.m. Saturday, May 11, at The Village of Baytowne Wharf in Sandestin. Proceeds will benefit Sinfonia Gulf Coast and its mission to present the highest caliber live musical events throughout Northwest Florida in addition to providing music edu-

cation initiatives and guest artists in the schools of Walton and Okaloosa counties.

The run will be followed by a post-race celebration featuring live music by Chris Alvarado, free beer and food, and an awards ceremony officiated by Aimee Shaffer. Sponsorships are available and volunteers are needed. Cost is $25 per person through May 10 and $30 on race day. Cost for participants 17 and younger is $15. Register at www.active.com. For more information, call the Sinfonia office at (850) 2697129 or visit www.SinfoniaGulftCoast.org.

NYSA Game of the Week Teams April 18, 2013

Photos by Richard Mays

#11 Sarah Marker took the mound for Think Pink. #11 Chelsea Kelly winds up to release a special pitch as she secures the mound for Wynn Haven Heat.

#7 Sadie Staton pops the ball into the air... #10 Saber Nelson ensures that # 6 Gabby Ayala is out at first base.

#5 Caliegh Anthony frames the plate for Wynn Haven Heat.

#13 Kaylee Holbrook takes a cut at a high pitch.

#2 Eve Gomonit watches the ball leave the bat and into the ground.

#5 Kate Flanagan, Third base of Think Pink, tries to put the tag on #4 Erin Klingensmith before she reaches third.

#6 Gabby Austria fights off an inside pitch as she plays for a cause.

#7 Krysta White slides past the out stretched glove safely into third.

#10 Saber Nelson tries to out run the arm of catcher #5 Caliegh Anthony.

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Area Concerts

Coming Soon May 9: Collie Buddz with Cris Cab and New Kingston will begin performing at 7:30 p.m. at Vinyl Music Hall in Pensacola May 9: Little River Band will begin performing at 7:30 p.m. at Marina Civic Center in Panama City May 10: Alkaline Trio with Baysie and Off With Their Heads will begin performing at 8:30 p.m. at House of Blues in Orlando May 10: Darius Rucker will begin performing at 7 p.m. at Pensacola Civic Center in Pensacola May 11: Clutch, The Sword and Lionize will begin performing at 8 p.m. at House of Blues in Orlando May 11: Imagine Dragons will begin performing at 7:30 p.m. at St. Augustine Amphitheatre in St. Augustine May 12: Clutch, The Sword and Lionize will begin performing at 8 p.m. at Vinyl Music Hall in Pensacola.

May 14: Clutch, The Sword and Lionize will begin performing at 8 p.m. at House of Blues in New Orleans, LA May 15: Aaron Carter and Nikki Flores will begin performing at 7:30 p.m. at Vinyl Music Hall in Pensacola.

May 16: Aaron Carter will begin performing at 7 p.m. at The Ritz Ybor in Tampa May 17: Gladys Knight will begin performing at 8 p.m. at Beau Rivage Theatre in Biloxi, MS May 17: Crosby, Stills and Nash will begin performing at 8 p.m. at The Florida Theatre in Jacksonville May 17: Alan Jackson will begin performing at 8 p.m. at St. Augustine Amphitheatre in St. Augustine May 18: Damon Johnson - Solo Acoustic will begin performing at 8 p.m. at Workplay in Birmingham, AL May 18: His Holiness Dalai Lama will begin performing at 1 p.m. at Lakefront Arena in New Orleans, LA May 19: Comedian - Amy Schumer will begin performing at 7 p.m. at House of Blues in New Orleans, LA May 20: Ghostface Killah w/Andrian Younge's Venice Dawn will begin performing at 9 p.m. at House of Blues in New Orleans, LA May 25: Crosby, Stills and Nash will begin performing at 8 p.m. at Hard Rock Casino in Biloxi, MS May 25: Sunset Music Festival will begin at noon at Raymond James Stadium in Tampa May 26: Steve Marting and The Steep Canyon Rangers featuring Edie Brickell will begin performing at 7 p.m. at St. Augustine Amphitheatre in St. Augustine May 31: Roseanne Cash with John Leventhanl will begin performing at 8 p.m. at The Florida Theatre in Jacksonville May 31: Down will begin performing at 8:30 p.m. at House of Blues in New Orleans, LA June 1: Gary Allan will begin performing at 8 p.m. at Hard Rock Casino in Biloxi, MS June 1: An Evening with Cesar Millan: Dog Whisperer! will begin performing at 8 p.m. at TimesUnion Center for the Performing Arts in Jacksonville June 6: Amy Grant & Vince Gill will begin performing at 7 p.m. at Alys Robinson Stephens Performing Arts Center in Birmingham, AL June 7: Ron White will begin performing at 7 p.m. at Beau Rivage Theatre in Biloxi, MS June 9: Kevin James will begin performing at 7 p.m. at The Florida Theatre in Jacksonville June 9: Juanes - Loud and Unplugged Tour will begin performing at 8 p.m. at House of Blues in New Orleans, LA June 21: Bret Michaels will begin performing at 8 p.m. at Hard Rock Casino in Biloxi, MS June 21: New Kids On The Block will begin performing at 7:30 p.m. at Amway Center in Orlando June 22: Bill Engvall will begin performing at 7 p.m. at The Florida Theatre in Jacksonville June 28: Juanes - Loud and Unplugged Tour will begin performing at 8 p.m. at Hard Rock Live in Orlando

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Superintendent speaks to leaseholders

By John Richardson Navarre Press

Gulf Islands National Seashore Superintendent Dan Brown updated Navarre Beach Leaseholders and Residents Association members on April 20 about the effects of federal budget cuts on the park, shorebird nesting, the possibility of a ferry serving Fort Pickens and lingering effects of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill.

Sequestration already has impacted GINS, cutting $359,000 of the park’s $7 million budget, Brown said.

The U.S. Department of the Interior, which oversees the National Park Service and its installations, hasn’t increased fees at Gulf Islands National Seashore yet, but Brown said some hikes may be necessary.

Meanwhile, the seashore is trying to cope by cutting expenses.

“We have reduced seasonal hiring and have not filled several full time positions,”Brown said.“Some visitor centers’ hours have been cut. We have also made cuts such as closing the Soundside area at Opal Beach.”

Brown said that contracting with Santa Rosa Island Authority for lifeguard services also is being considered.

Photo by John Richardson

Gulf Islands National Seashore Superintendent Dan Brown relaxes during a chat with Navarre Beach Leaseholders and Residents Association members.

Brown said Fort Pickens’ camping fees have been $20 per night since 1997. GINS has requested the fee be raised to $30 per night. Opal Beach fees have been set at $8 for a week. GINS is considering instituting a $3 daily fee.

Brown started the meet-

ing with a discussion of shorebirds.

“The solitary nesters, snowy plovers and Wilson plovers, have already started nesting in the national seashore,”he said.“We have seen some chicks already. The colonial nesters like the black skim-

mers will be here in the next few weeks.”

Brown said that he lives in Navarre and often travels State Road 399 – better known as Gulf Boulevard in Navarre Beach, J. Earle Bowden Way through the seashore andVia de Luna in Pensacola Beach.

He said he understands the 20-mph-speed limit during the nesting season can be a nuisance for some drivers.

“The speed is set by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service,” he said.“At that speed, a driver will be able to stop if chicks decide to cross the road.”

Brown said that when he arrived at GINS in 2010, there were 155 birds killed on park roads by automobiles. After the speed limit was reduced in 2011, the number killed dropped to 119. Brown said the numbers for 2012 were far less but that may be because Tropical Storm Debbie destroyed many nests.

“We ask people to stay away from the nests,”he continued.“If the mother feels like the nest is threatened, they will fly towards the threat.

The longer she is away from the nest, the more dangerous it becomes. In the heat of summer, an egg in a nest left unattended will bake in five minutes, killing the chick inside.”

Maintaining the beach road to Fort Pickens presents a challenge to the National Park Service, Brown added.

“That road is much lower than the road to Pensacola Beach,”he explained.“The road can only be maintained as long as it is feasible to do

so. Tropical Storm Isaac left eight feet of sand on the road.

It took more than two weeks to remove the sand. The 1.5mile section of the road near the three freshwater ponds is only 15 feet from the gulf.

“We are currently evaluating whether the road can be moved,”Brown said, adding that the public will be invited to comment on the issue when the evaluation is completed.

GINS also is considering a ferry that would go from Pensacola, near the Community Maritime Park, to Fort Pickens. Brown said an additional stop could be added to the boardwalk at Quietwater Beach.

Finally, Brown said oil still is surfacing along the seashore three years after the Deepwater Horizon explosion and oil spill.

“The oil may be (buried) as deep as four feet in places,” he said.“GINS is limited to dig down a maximum of six inches, ensuring that organisms are not destroyed. When oil works to the top and is visible, we call BP and they come out and take care of it.”

Brown closed the meeting by reminding leaseholders and residents that citizens own the park and should do everything possible to protect and preserve it.

Fla. lawmakers discuss oil spill on anniversary

By Karen McAllister Associated Press Florida lawmakers came together Friday to say their battle continues to protect the Gulf of Mexico three years after the Nelson Deepwater Horizon oil spill disaster.

Sen. Bill Nelson, D-Fla., announced that he is cosponsoring leg- Bondi islation that would lift the liability from $75 million for removal costs for an offshore oil spill. He said the current law Putnam limits the ability to collect damages in excess of $75 million, unless there is gross negligence or willful misconduct.

Also on Friday, Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi said she would file a lawsuit against oil company BP over the spill on Saturday, which is the three-year anniversary of the tragedy.

Bondi said in a news release that she planned to file the federal suit in the Panama City division of the Northern District of Florida. It focuses on the economic losses suffered by the State of Florida.

Bondi contends that Florida is entitled to revenues it lost from the spill, including

sales taxes, cigarette surcharges, and beer taxes, among other things.

Florida is also seeking punitive damages under maritime and state common law.

Saturday marks the threeyear anniversary of the explosion of the Deepwater Horizon rig and subsequent well rupture off the coast of Louisiana, killing 11 workers. The oil spill fouled 1,100 miles of beaches and marsh along the coast of Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama and Florida.

After three years of research, Nelson said“we still don’t know what else is out there and haven’t determined how long it will have an effect on the gulf.”

“The fight is just beginning,” he said.“The oil companies can run but they can’t hide.”

Nelson admitted he faces a tough challenge getting his legislation approved.

“The oil industry still reigns supreme, he said.

U.S. Rep. Kathy Castor, DTampa, and several environmental researchers and advocates joined Nelson to say their fight to protect the Gulf remains a priority. Having a clean Gulf, Castor said,“means a healthy, clean economy.”

Castor stressed the need to continue research and restoration efforts.

Robert Hueter, the associate vice president for research at Mote Marine Laboratory, said it will take decades to fully determine the trauma

suffered by sea life in the Gulf.

Hueter has researched the effects of oil on sharks and bluefin tuna the last two years.

Hueter said his research did not find major traces of contamination in the 2,800 fish samples collected near the busted well. That news is good, he said, but other research has shown much higher levels of damage in bottom-dwelling fish.

Also Friday, Florida Agriculture and Consumer Services Commissioner Adam Putnam marked the anniversary by saying in a news release that seafood from the Gulf is safe for consumers to eat.

Putnam said that between August 2010 and March 31, 2013, the department screened 3,090 seafood samples, including 1,828 finfish, 313 shrimp, 375 oysters, 255 crabs, 261 clams and 58 lobsters for possible oil contamination.

Besides tests for oil contamination, samples were screened for the oil dispersant used to break up the oil by cleanup crews during the spill.

Putnam said all findings were well below the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s levels of concern; 96 percent of the seafood samples had no detectable levels of oil or dispersant.

“These tests show that Florida seafood is without a doubt safe to eat. Our shrimp, fish and other products continue to be some of the best quality seafood in the world,”Putnam said.

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Stuttering

By Roxanne Baker Navarre Press

Navarre Library Manager, Susan Cook, holding DVD tutorials.

More than 3 million Americans stutter when they speak, according to the nonprofit Stuttering Foundation.

Although prevalent, the individual causes of stuttering can still be a mystery, said Melissa Goolsby, speech pathologist with Speech and Communication Center of Navarre.

But as with any challenge, she said, knowledge is key.

“Making education and resources readily available is imperative to successful interaction with those that stutter,” Goolsby said.“Education about any difference is the key to acceptance and tolerance.”

That education will be highlighted during the upcoming National Stuttering Awareness Week during the second week in May. Resources can be found locally at Navarre Library.

The Stuttering Foundation donated DVD tutorials to the library to address a variety of needs and present multiple perspectives.

One of those DVDs available is “Stuttering andYour Child: Help for Parents”and is available in both Spanish and English. The film explains to parents how to care for a stuttering young child and how to find help from a speech pathologist.

“Stuttering remains a mystery to most people,”said foundation president Jane Fraser in a news release.

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Speech pathologist Hayden Davis, right, of the Speech and Communication Center of Navarre, works with client Brian Rigsby.

“Watching a young child struggle to Talk for Teens”;“IfYou Stutter: Advice speak can be devastating. This DVD is for Adults”;“Stuttering: Straight Talk designed to reassure parents and famfor Teachers”;“Therapy in Action: The ilies that many preschoolers stutter, that School-Age Child Who Stutters”;“Stutthey can be helped, and how parents tering andYour Child: Help for Parents”; can play a vital role in this process.” and“Stuttering for Kids by Kids”, an The following DVDs are available at animated presentation. There are also the Navarre Library:“Stuttering: Straight numerous print resources and fiction books about stuttering available.

Using that media is more reliable 7 Tips for talking with your child than doing a simple Internet search 1. Speak with your child in an unhurried way, pausing frequently. about stuttering, Navarre librarian Susan 2. Reduce the number of questions you ask your child.

Cook said, adding that it’s important 3. Use your facial expressions and other body language to that libraries offer those fact-checked convey to your child that you are listening to the content of her message and not to how she’s talking. resources provided by speech profes4. Set aside a few minutes at a regular time each day sionals. when you can give your undivided attention to your child.

“Public libraries are geared for dif5. Help all members of the family learn to take turns ferent parts of the community and diftalking and listening.

6. Observe the way you interact with your child. ferent age groups and offer (materials 7. Above all, convey that you accept your child as he is. to satisfy) a variety of needs,”Cook said.

Courtesy of the nonprofit Stuttering Foundation. “People who suffer from this affliction can have free resources.”

‘Duck art’ helps students learn about conservation

By Roxanne Baker Navarre Press Seventeen-year-old Christina Adamyk spent two weeks researching the intricacies of the snow goose. She said she was awed by the beautiful simplicity of the bird and tried to capture the myriad subtlety of colors encompassed by the white feathers.

Adamyk and other Navarre High School students entered their duck paintings in the annual Junior Duck Stamp Contest. Adamyk said she was in“disbelief”when she placed in third because the snow goose is only the third painting she ever has created.

The contest is part of the Federal Junior Duck Stamp Conservation and Design Program, which is designed to teach students about conser-

vation and to learn more about their local waterfowl. Students choose a bird and research about that animal’s habitat, food and appearance and then create a painting.

Sponsored by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, the national first place winner’s artwork is created into the next Federal Junior Duck Stamp and sold for $5 throughout the country. Proceeds from the stamps, about $200,000 annually, are funneled back into the program and also fund conservation education.The stamps can be purchased through the U.S. Postal Service and national wildlife refuges.

There were more than 2,000 entries across Florida this year and, in 2011, more than 27,000 students participated nationally in the contest.

There are four categories

designated by school grade levels from kindergarten to 12th grade, said Becky Wolff, Florida Junior Duck Stamp coordinator. One hundred winners are chosen across the state from four age groups with 25 winners in each category. Each category has three winning spots for first, second and third places and 16 honorable mentions are selected.

“As always they have amazing talent at Navarre High School,”Wolff said.“It’s the teachers and the students that really make the program.”

Navarre High School art teacherYvonne Lang includes the contest in her curriculum each year. She said the lesson is twofold – the students learn about conservation and essential basics of art. She teaches the students how to create layers of feathers, how to notice

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Third place winners Sadie Mayfield and Christina Adamyk. the minute details of anatomy, how to paint a reflection in water and how to blend colors of acrylics.

Thinking about conservation of duck’s habitats also gets the students thinking about other eco-friendly efforts such

as saving electricity, recycling paper and conserving water, Lang said.

“I think it’s real important for the kids to learn about conservation and wildlife and know what kinds of waterfowl we have here (in Florida),”Lang

said. “It makes them more aware and opens their mind to doing the right thing.”

The other Navarre High School students who earned awards were Hayley Moss, first place; Jenni Jagers, second and Sadie Mayfield, third. Megumi Owen, Angelica Tilton, Maranda Hawkins, Dianarra Arceo, Heather Proskovec, Taren Taylor and Olivia Taylor received honorable mentions.

For Adamyk, the contest was just as much about conservation education as it was about artistic skill-building.

“I think nature is being overcome with suburbia and it’s unfair to the animals because we’re taking over their homes,” Adamyk said.“It made me more aware about a lot of pollution and sewage going into the water that pollutes the birds and the eggs.”

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Navarre High School Navy Junior ROTC Cadet Jinah Burman receives a $2,500 scholarship from Lt. Col. Dick Cole of the Doolittle Foundation. Cole is one of four remaining Doolittle Tokyo Raiders who flew bombing missions over Japan on April 18, 1942, during World War II. Cole was the co-pilot of the first aircraft to bomb Tokyo. Twelve aircraft with 80 total crew members flew bombing missions. The foundation provides scholarships to students who plan to pursue degrees in aeronautical engineering or aerospace science.

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By Ty Mayfield Navarre Press Without knowing to look for the man arc welding on the corner the turn is easy to miss. It doesn’t really look like a road, and in all actuality it isn’t. The path forks at the cemetery, cutting through the warren of tombs, flags and headstones.

We creep past shops with old men tending precious fires in small metal cans. Tombstones come right to the edge of the road and when you yield to oncoming traffic you must also yield to the dead.

The last 300 meters must be covered on foot; the path is too narrow for a truck.

When we turn the corner the mosque is revealed. A beautiful wooden door with hand-hammered hardware begs to be pushed open. We knock, wait in the alley and then are called inside. No one arrives here by accident.

The stone courtyard is finished now and slick with snow. Two weeks ago a pit of lime and mortar sat where today neatly paved walkways roll out with precision. We are acknowledged by the workers but left to wander.

We are on time, which is early in Afghanistan. We step through another door and into the inner courtyard which reveals a surprising space where leafless mulberry trees stand guard over an empty pool. Hand carved pillars with striking detail support the tower where a spiral staircase coils into the sky.

Our presence does not go unnoticed and soon the village elder appears. He is dressed in a flowing khaki shirt and pants, plastic clogs with no socks and a turban wrapped neatly around his head, its long tail flowing down his left shoulder. His beard is dense and streaked with grey and his only protection from the snow is woolen vest. He greets us warmly, and invites us to investigate further. In passable Dari I tell him“There has been much work since our last visit and the mosque looks beautiful in the snow.”

A wide smile tears across his face. “Hamdilallah!” He is missing a single tooth. It is only the second time I have ever met him but I feel perfectly at ease in his presence.

We look into the prayer area where workers are sweeping up sawdust and cleaning windows. The view is serene as the mosque accumulates snow and the flecks of brightly painted houses rise on the mountain in the distance. The main prayer hall is almost complete. The care, effort and attention to detail are noticeable and display old world craftsmanship that is warm and personal. It provides character and gives the mosque a sense of place and history that is noticeably absent from the new construction going up in Kabul.

Inevitably we end up drinking tea. An hour passes; the elder rises and for a moment I think that our meeting may have come to an end. My heart sags as he reaches across the table and pours everyone’s tea into an empty cup. I notice his glass is already empty. He pours more tea for everyone, filling his cup last. My heart rises again and I clasp the warm glass in my hands and look out the window at the snow coming down across Kabul.

Two weeks later the Minister of Information and Culture cuts the ribbon and reopens the mosque which has been completely refurbished with the help of the United States. This community once again has a place to gather and pray.

Afghanistan also has a village elder that is thankful for what his government has done with our assistance.

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Doolittle Raiders greet, inspire Air Commandos

by Senior Airman Joe McFadden “Colonel Doolittle was a very 1st Special Operations Wing persuasive individual,”said Cole, who also served as his co-pilot Public Affairs on the lead aircraft.“He was very HURLBURT FIELD, Fla. charming. He treated everyone — Exactly 71 years ago to the with respect and was very polite. day they and their fellow Air- He was a team person, and it men turned the tide of the vibrated throughout all 80 peoU.S. war effort, three World ple.”

Cole also described DoolitWar II legends spoke to dozens of Hurlburt Airmen tle’s dedication to his Airmen at the 319th Special Opera- as a testament to his leadertions Squadron auditorium ship.

“Outside of being in awe April 18.

Lt. Col. Richard Cole, Lt. of him and being able to fly Col. Edward Saylor and Staff with him, we observed the Sgt. David Thatcher all served way he treated his people,” alongside 77 fellow then- he said.“For instance, he U.S. Army Air Corps Airmen would go to an air base and taking off in 16 B-25s in the would not leave the airplane April 18, 1942 bombing over until the crew chief had finJapan known as the Doolit- ished gassing it up and doing the things that needed to be tle Raid.

The raid, designed and led done. He’d make sure the by then-Lt. Col. James Doolit- crew chiefs were taken to tle, served as the first air raid their barracks before he was by the U.S. military in taken to his. It indicated to response to the Dec. 7, 1941 me that he treats his people Japanese attack on Pearl Har- in a very, very polite way.”

Prior to leaving the contibor, while both bolstering the morale of the American nental U.S., the Raiders spent public and instilling doubt a portion of the training for among the Japanese people. the mission at what is now “This is a once-in-a-life- Eglin Air Force Base, Fla., for time opportunity,”said Col. three weeks of intensive trainWilliam Holt, vice com- ing in March 1942. Given the mander of the 1st Special base’s proximity to the water, Operations Wing, before one Airman asked if the three introducing the Raiders.“In had any downtime to enjoy my 22 years in the Air Force, the Emerald Coast.

“We did not receive any I never imagined I’d be standing in front of three Doolit- time off,”Cole said.“We were tle Raiders. Without a doubt, based in quarters and not this is the highest honor I’ve allowed to go off the base.”

The questions then turned had.”

After the three Raiders to how the Raiders personentered the squadron through ally prepared for the misa sword cordon from the sion— an element the team Hurlburt Field Honor Guard, said they had little time to the Air Commandos opened react to but enough resolve the discussion by asking ques- to ultimately see it through.

“When they presented the tions about their memories and impression of the raid’s request for volunteers, we were given no information chief architect.

Cole: Retired U.S. Air Force Lt. Col. Richard Cole, one of the Doolittle Raiders, answers questions from Hurlburt Airmen during a session at the 319th Special Operations Squadron auditorium at Hurlburt Field, Fla., April 18, 2013. Cole served as co-pilot alongside then-Lt. Col. James Doolittle during a bombing raid over Japan April 18, 1942.

(U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Hayden K. Hyatt) ding war effort.

However, the lowed in their footsteps by other than it was a dangerous mission,”Cole said.“We Raiders said many did not serving in the Air Force today.

“I look this gang over, and were practicing takeoffs and know of their reception in their I think we’re in good hands,” so forth. It was very obvious homeland until years later.

“When I came home, the Saylor said.“I want to make we were going to takeoff from a carrier. We thought we were sense that the whole coun- sure we give you guys everybeing transported to some try was gung-ho to get on thing you need to get the job place with a different carri- with the job—it was a pret- done. I’m hopeful.”

Cole, an Ohio native, er so we could takeoff and ty good feeling,”Saylor said.

Shortly after the raid’s com- enlisted in the Army Air Corps go to an island some place in the Pacific and land and pletion, Doolittle, who had in November 1940 and been promoted to brigadier received his pilot’s commisstart fighting the war.”

“When they announced general and received the sion in July 1941. After servover the loudspeaker our tar- Medal of Honor from Pres- ing in the Doolittle Raid, he get was Japan, there was a ident Franklin D. Roosevelt, continued to serve in the Burhuge shock that went all over had the idea for a reunion ma-Indo-China theater as the carrier,”said Thatcher, among all the surviving one of the original Air Commandos. He is the recipient who served as an engineer Raiders, Cole said.

“Each day after the mis- of Distinguished Flying Cross and gunner in the raid.“No one knew where we were sion was over [Doolittle] said with two oak leaf clusters, supposed to go, especially he was going to throw a par- Air Medal with one oak leaf ty like one we’d never been cluster, Bronze Star Medal, the Navy personnel.”

“We all volunteered, and to before,”Cole said.“In 1945, Air Force Commendation I went not knowing what it the first party was at McFad- Medal and Chinese Army, was,”said Saylor, then an den-Deauville Hotel in Mia- Navy, Air Corps Medal, Class engineer.“My feeling was mi. The people who were A, 1st Grade.

Saylor graduated high school that I hope I could do the job able to come came to it. The as well as it needed to be party grew to talking and in Montana and enlisted Dec. done. The responsibility of conversations, and some- 7, 1939. He served both in the the airplane was very heavy body suggested ‘Why don’t United States and overseas on my mind.That’s how I felt we do this every year?’And throughout the war until March about going in - I hope I could then Doolittle said ‘Wait a 1945. He accepted a commisminute, fellas - I’m paying sion as an aircraft maintenance do the job.” officer in October 1947. He is The air raid stormed over out a lot of money here!’”

Eventually, the reunions the recipient of Distinguished the Japanese island of Honshu, with none of the U.S. led to visiting bases and cities Flying Cross, Air Force Comaircraft being gunned down. throughout the country. The mendation Medal and the While heading across the gatherings soon began Chinese Army, Navy, and Air East China Sea, the Raiders awarding out Traffic Safety Corps Medal, Class A, 1st faced harsh conditions both Awards and recognition to Grade.

Thatcher graduated high during the flight and in their deserving Airmen and later crash landings in China and evolved into providing schol- school and enlisted in Decemthe then-Soviet Union, espe- arships for local students ber 1940. After the raid, he cially under the threat of pos- beginning in 1962, Cole said. served in England, Africa and As the session came to a California before being dissible capture by enemy forces.

“I would advise you to be close and the Raiders pre- charged from active duty in prepared as much as possi- pared for their final reunion July 1945. He is the recipient All Three: Retired U.S. Air Force Lt. Col Richard Cole, left, ble for any situation,”Thatch- weekend in Fort Walton Beach, of the Silver Star Medal, DisStaff Sgt. David Thatcher, center, and Lt. Col. Edward Saylor, er said.“We were in a situa- Fla., Saylor concluded by giv- tinguished Flying Cross, Air right, all of the Doolittle Raiders, answer questions from tion we didn’t have any con- ing his endorsement of the Medal with four oak leaf clusHurlburt Field Airmen at the 319th Special Operations Squadron auditorium at Hurlburt Field, Fla., April 18, 2013. trol over. We crash landed on men and women who fol- ters and the Chinese Army, Navy, and Air Corps Medal, a Japanese-occupied island.

The surviving Doolittle Raiders visited Fort Walton Beach, Class A, 1st Grade.

There were no Japanese there Fla., for their reunion tour as part of the 71st anniversary All three Raiders will be of this historic mission. at the time, and the Chinese present for their final reunion (U.S. Air Force Photo/Airman 1st Class Hayden K. Hyatt) Underground who were parade in Fort Walton Beach working on that island helped April 20. For more informaus escape.” tion about the reunion, visNews of the raid’s success it their website at www.doolitquickly reached American tlereunion.com. news outlets, rejuvenating the Hurlburt honors Steorts ment from environmental disasters. Under CAP country’s morale for the budCapt. Brian L. Steorts was presented the Airman’s regulations, members’ help is limited to “passive

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Medal by Maj. Gen. George Williams, vice commander of Air Force Special Operations Command at Hurlburt Field, for an act of heroism. On April 19, 2011, Steorts was leaving Beach Access 1 in Okaloosa County when he was alerted by the cries of a desperate father trying to signal three children who were unable to stay above water in a riptide. Steorts assessed the severity of the situation, entered the water and brought two of the children to safety. At great risk to his own safety he returned to the water to rescue the third child. He then provided basic first aid for exhaustion.

Eglin, Okaloosa team up The Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the Civil Air Patrol Eglin Composite Squadron FLWG 423.

The MOU allows the sheriff’s office to ask to use the volunteer civilian unit to assist with specific duties, such as aerial search-and-rescue missions, relief and disaster assistance, or damage assess-

assistance.”

Airman graduates basic training Air Force Airman David K. Norton recently graduated from basic military training at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, San Antonio, Texas. The airman completed an intensive, eight-week program that included training in Norton military discipline and studies, Air Force core values, physical fitness, and basic warfare principles and skills. Airmen who complete basic training earn four credits toward an associate in applied science degree through the Community College of the Air Force.

Norton is the son of Ron and Lori Norton of Hartington Drive, Navarre. He is a 2011 graduate of Navarre High School.

Saylor: Retired U.S. Air Force Lt. Col Edward Saylor, a surviving member of the Doolittle Raiders, answers questions from Hurlburt Field Airmen at the 319th Special Operations Squadron auditorium at Hurlburt Field, Fla., April 18, 2013. The Doolittle Raid was the April 18, 1942 bombing over mainland Japan in response to the attack on Pearl Harbor.

(U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Hayden K. Hyatt)

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Miami men building a modern ark

The four have crossed paths over the years through their work, but were never especially close until the ark project gave them common cause. Their families have been supportive.

"They told me to follow my dream," Almira said.

The story of Noah's Ark has gripped the imagination of many over the years.

Former astronaut James Irwin, who once walked on the moon, made several expeditions to Mount Ararat in eastern Turkey hoping to find remains of the vessel, before leaving the search to others.

A Dutch man finished his own life-size ark last summer after having a dream 20 years earlier in which the Nether-

lands was flooded by the North Sea.The ark currently serves as a Bible-themed museum.

A Kentucky-based creationist group named Answers in Genesis has raised almost half of the estimated $24.5 million it will take to build an ark as the first phase of Ark Encounter, an attraction that would eventually feature a 510-foot long ark, a petting zoo and a replica of the Tower of Babel.

Almira sees his ark as a place where people of all faiths could pray or meditate, a space where animals could interact with guests, and an after-school program.

"It has nothing to do with any specific religion," he said.

Aguila speaks fervently about the ark as a symbol of humankind's salvation.

"It would be our dream to have the pope come to our inauguration," he said, standing in the shadow of Luyano, the elephant statue they named after a Havana neighborhood. In a way, Luyano is the ark's first animal rescue. It was donated by a local man who ran afoul of neighbors and Miami-Dade County officials by displaying the pachyderm in his front yard.

The ark builders have their own problems with bureaucratic authorities. The county has cited the ark builders for working without permits. Structures on the property include the ark, a wooden shed serving as an office and a metal storage container.

Aguila said they've appealed three $500 citations, but will pay if necessary. He said they intend to follow the law and meet all requirements.

"We just didn't know," he

she says, "Run away."

Stilwell continues, "It baffles me as why we use devices which cause torture and pain on our best friends when they're not needed."

That may be well and good when it comes to puppies and puppy classes, but what do you do with unruly larger dogs?

"It's not a problem," says Stilwell. "I work with them all the time.You don't need a heavy hand. Chuck away those devices, and instead choose trust, which will develop if you are a good teacher."

There are still dog trainers who disagree, including Cesar Millan, who speaks endlessly about dominance and being a pack leader.

These are notions Stilwell tosses off with a single

word: "Rubbish."

She continues, "This (attitude about dog training) shows tremendous human insecurity and weakness.

Dogs don't want higher rank than humans. Dogs aren't out to achieve human domination. It's really very simple. If a dog is "misbehaving" from our perspective, it's because the dog was never taught what to do or how to act, or feels anxious. It's not that the dog is trying to rule the house. I think these outdated theories about dominance are the biggest tragedy in dog training today."

Instead, as she details in her book, Stilwell is all about encouraging and motivating dogs, how dogs develop a trusting relationship with family members, and allowing dogs

By Joey Flechas The Miami Herald MIAMI (AP) — In the beginning, there was the great flood.

Not the one in Genesis that cleansed the world of evil, but the rising waters that swamped the Gulf Coast during Hurricane Katrina.

As survivors and aid workers coped with the death and devastation, animals struggled, too.They foraged for food and wandered in search of a home.

Those images touched something deep inside Rodolfo Almira. He dreamed of creating a refuge for animals facing catastrophe. Then it came to him: "Wouldn't it be nice to do what Noah did?"

And why not right here on the rugged western frontier of Miami-Dade?

It could be a draw for tourists, a haven for God's creatures, a testament to his faith and a place for reflection and learning.

So it came to pass that Almira and three other Hialeah men began building an ark just west of town, doing it from a biblical template, converting cubits — roughly the distance between the elbow and the tip of the middle finger — into modern measurements.

It rises on a five-acre plot surrounded by lakes that got their start as rock quarries, a moonscape where work boots quickly get caked with dust kicked up by the trucks that constitute most of the local traffic.

Six months into their quest, the lowest deck of the threestory wooden ark is nearly complete. Planks of wood jut out near the bow and stern.Wood-

(AP Photo/Miami Herald, Al Diaz) Remigio Perez works in the shed with the Hidden Ark under construction in the background April 3, 2013 in Hialeah, Florida. A group of four friends from Hialeah are building the ark -like Noah's Ark -- just outside of Hialeah. They want to bring in animals to make the ark a small zoo to raise awareness of the environment on Wednesday, April 3, 2013. en beams crisscross overhead.

A donated, life-size elephant statue stands sentry in front of the ark.

Unlike, say, biblical times, you need permits and zoning approval to build such a thing.

Code enforcement has dinged them with some violation notices.

Almira and his friends remain undeterred, committed to finishing the 500-foot-long structure, dubbed "Hidden Ark." High on zeal and short on cash, they estimate it will cost $1.5 million to finish the ambitious project, which they say will include a museum, a shop and a small zoo with goats, pigs, chickens and other small animals, as well as stray dogs and cats.

an appearance by actress Eva Mendes on "Late Night with David Letterman" March 21.

On the show, Mendes said, "All he (her Belgian Malinois) wants to do is to prove his love to me. I'd feel terrible if he hurt a little thing (such as a

By Steve Dale, squirrel), so I use a shock colTribune Media Services lar on him." She added that Steve's website is people "yell" at her for using www.stevedalepetworld.com. He also the collar, so she tested it on hosts the nationally syndicated "Steve Dale's Pet World" and "The Pet herself. After trying the collar Minute." He's also a contributing on her arm, Mendes concededitor to USA Weekend. ed that the shock was more than merely a tingle. Still, she defended the practice.

Stilwell doesn't agree, calling the use of shock collars "lazy training." She added that there's a good reason why Mendes didn't try to wear the collar around her own neck.

"Try wearing one around

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Positive dog training kinder, more effective than abusive methods

Victoria Stilwell calls electronic shock collars abusive.

"If I, say, put a shock collar on a child, people would look at me with horror," says the host of Animal Planet's "It's Me or the Dog." "But dogs feel pain just as we do and have the same emotions we do. I think it's equally as abusive to use shock collars on dogs."

There's been renewed interest in these collars -which give dogs an electronic jolt remotely -- following

Almira, who makes his living installing natural stone in homes and businesses, first approached Reniel Aguila with the idea. Aguila, a truck driver, then pitched it to his friends Manuel Guerra and Osmar Oliva. Oliva, owner of a trucking company, didn't need much convincing before donating $300,000 to start putting hammer to nail.

Despite no formal engineering training, Aguila drew up rough plans based on the instructions God gave to Noah in the Bible.

The men tried to raise money through an Internet-based fundraising campaign, but that hasn't gone particularly well.

Earlier this month, they'd snagged $644. your own neck, and not knowing when that shock is going to come," she says.

"The effect would be enough to drive you crazy, literally.

You can change the electrical energy in the brain. Some dogs' brains get fried because again and again these awful contraptions are used," Stilwell added.

Stilwell, talking by phone, says her most recent book, "Train your Dog Positively" (Ten Speed Press, Berkeley, 2013; $13.99), details why she prefers kinder training methods, which are also more effective.

She's also no fan of choke (chain link) or prong (spikey) collars.

"If you see a trainer using either, or a shock collar, don't think twice about the class,"

said. "We started building without knowing what we needed to do."

The group has since consulted with Doral-based architectural design firm Building Permits Miami.

"I gave them advice because they had violations," said architect Darly Leon, who thinks the permitting process could take six months to a year and construction could take up to two years.

The ark builders cannot be accused of thinking small.They are contemplating expanding beyond the current five acres, either by purchasing adjacent land or moving to a larger lot somewhere nearby.That would mean disassembling the existing hull, moving the lumber and rebuilding.

The four remain optimistic about their vision, which includes setting up cameras to allow Web-streaming from the ark.

Access to the stream would be available through a Hidden Ark membership, which was available for a brief time on the website www.hiddenark.com for $3.99 a month. (Told that raises still more zoning issues, they decided to no longer offer memberships. For now.)

Ultimately, Aguila envisions having people from across the globe join Hidden Ark, of assembling a membership roll so large that it would keep admission to the ark free and still cover the cost of the operation, including an on-site veterinarian and a restaurant.

"This isn't just for the community," he said. "It's for the entire world." to express themselves.

"I am in no way suggesting there shouldn't be rules," she says. "In fact, structure is a good thing. However, the rules don't need to be taught punitively. It's simply unnecessary. Dogs have evolved with us over thousands of years.They have an amazing ability to respond to us, to want to please us." All of which leads Stilwell to add that in some ways dogs may have historically treated people better than we've treated them.

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Nancy and John Daugherty

By Bobby and Nancy Spottswood Navarre Press Nancy and John Daugherty are smart.

When they were teens, they looked to the future: they recognized that a good education was important; they strived to reach higher rungs on the ladder of achievement when they were young adults beginning a work career; and they planned and put away for those inevitable rainy days.

All good stuff, but one thing enabled them to combine their individual talents for the good of the whole – they recognized that both were strong-willed, with the need“to be the boss” in their individual psyches.

Sensitive to the realization that this deeply embedded need could be an obstacle, they learned to compromise…“to an extent…he probably does more than I…,” Nancy admitted as they shared a knowing smile…which, in a way, indicated compromise.

Born in Dayton, Ohio, Nancy brought her Midwest accent and her strong will with her when, after graduating high school in Kettering, Ohio, she enrolled at Miami University in Oxford, Ohio, then worked her way through school operating the dorm switchboard. During summer vacations, she worked as a secretary off campus.

Graduating with a bachelor’s of arts degree in mathematics with a minor in English and certification to teach high school, she discovered, while a student teacher that she didn’t enjoy the discipline part of teaching. “…And I found out that I looked younger than the students I was teaching…I always looked extremely young,”she explained.

Her inherited self-confidence and determination served her well when she met discrimination during an interview with IBM; however, with poise and excellent test scores, she overcame prejudicial attitudes – not so much from IBM, she said, but from individual department managers – and went to work as a systems engineer.

Despite that discrimination, her abilities were recognized and she was promoted to teaching computer programming at the Cincinnati IBM facility –“And that’s when I met John,”she recalled.

“His company in Indianapolis bought a new computer, and they sent him to my classes where I was teaching a computer language called Autocoder and using a 1440 computer,”she said, as if she thought I knew what she was talking about.

Actually, they met, other than teacher and student, at an informal class social, started dating, married in October 1964 and Nancy transferred to IBM in Indianapolis where John worked as a data processing manager with Allied Grocers of Indiana.

Mothers have a way of

bringing kids into conversations, no matter what the subject; Nancy is no different.

“John was going to school at night, so we waited four years to have children,”she said, plucking the thought from cyberspace as she shifted into“mother mode”and named their children: Scott and Mindy in Fishers, Ind., with their children, Jordan, 8, and Brooke, 7; Stephen and Karen live in Indianapolis; they have two grown daughters, Kristen and Amanda Schmidt.

Thinking of Nancy’s independent nature and the adamant inflection tacked on her words, I jokingly asked if she was ever in the military; “No,”she replied.

“Figures,” I mumbled.“You’d probably be a retired general.”

Everybody laughingly agreed.

“I’m glad you understand, but John’s as strongwilled as I am, so it’s been an interesting marriage…we have distinct separate strengths and we recognize that, so most of the time we can defer to the other’s strength…not always, but most of the time, so that helps.”

“What are the strong points?”I wondered.

“Wanting to be the boss, of course,” she semisnapped.“I was raised in a matriarchy, and he was raised in a patriarchy, consequently, our role models were the ones in charge, and when we got married, both were going to be in charge,” she explained.

“We had rocky times but age helps … perspective…figuring what’s important and what’s not helps, and money was never a problem,”she continued.

“We both had good jobs, and I went back to work after each kid, so I was with IBM 28 years; then, as an adjunct (professor), I taught at Indiana University the next 18 years, eight years in business communications,”she continued.

Ironic that John also was in communications before meeting Nancy; he joined the Air Force soon after graduating Arsenal Technical High School in his hometown of Indianapolis. Trained as a communications specialist, he spent 28 months at Incerlik Air Base, Turkey, from which the United States flew U-2 reconnaissance aircraft over Russia.

Leaving the military, he returned to Indianapolis,“rented a room from Mom and

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Dad, started night classes at Indiana University, got a job at Allied Grocers Co., and that’s when I met my lovely wife, Nancy,”he said, a smile crinkling his eyes when he teased, “The only way I could pass her course was to marry her.”

In John, the strength of will – that“go-getter”attitude so obvious in Nancy – rests below the surface of his quiet-spoken straightforwardness.

He graduated Indiana with a business degree – he majored in marketing – and entered into a partnership and formed the company, Computer Management Systems Inc., selling software and midrange computers, which, in turn,

became a direct competitor of IBM…and Nancy.

Computer Management Systems“was a $12-million company when I left,”he said.

After selling his share of that company, he started a partnership in a telecommunications company called DSC, Inc., sold it, became active in the stock market and has been ever since.

“Then I became sort of a mild political activist, writing letters and making phone calls, and then, I read the book‘The Government Racket: Washington Waste from A to Z,’and I was appalled at the wasteful things the government was doing,”he continued.

In 1980, at his own expense, he mailed each newly elected senator and representative – more than 200 of them – a copy of that book.

“Interesting…we got form letters back, just a few sent me a handwritten note…It’s only gotten worse, but maybe we can turn it around,”he sighed, crestfallen.

John spends half the day reading newspapers and the Wall Street Journal and managing their portfolio now, but not long ago, he was filling notes on his bucket list by running in five Boston, NewYork

and Chicago marathons and the Indianapolis relays and climbing Mount Kilimanjaro…but when it comes to golf, he scoffs,“I’m a hacker, not very good.”

Although they’ve traveled extensively, little was business-oriented; family vacations were customary.

“Every Christmas, we let a family member pick where they’d like to go, and we’ve been to Austria, South America, Australia, New Zealand, China…,”John and Nancy remembered.

“We’ve been very fortunate to have been able to do that,” they said in unison.

In 2001, they bought a home in North Fort Myers, however, it was a 44-mile round trip in congested traffic to the beach; Nancy suggested they revisit“the Panhandle,” where they had “snow-birded”before.

“That’s how we came to Navarre where it’s 10K to the beach, 1.8 to the golf course clubhouse, and an 11-hour drive time, not including stops, to Indianapolis,” John explained.

During a snowbird stay on Okaloosa Island, they attended services at First United Methodist Church in Fort Walton, and were so impressed with the welcome they received from clergy and congregation they’ve made that their home church.

“When we told the minister we were snowbirds, he looked at Nancy and said, ‘You’re much too young to be a snowbird,’and of course she fell in love with him right away,” John explained, laughing.

Every Sunday, the Daugherty’s serve as greeters and ushers, and are working with the United Methodist Church Foundation to set up a gift annuities program with the church as beneficiary.

John is active with the Panhandle Tiger Bay Club, both are members of the Holley Navarre Seniors Association, and Nancy volunteers with the Panhandle Butterfly House.

“I looked for a way to give back to the community, and I chose the butterfly house because no one in the entire organization took one dime… (it is) totally 100 percent volunteer,”she said emphatically.

“Another thing that was rewarding to me was being elected to two four-year terms on the Avon Community School System School Board in Indianapolis,”she added.

“That also made me feel as though I was doing something that made a difference.”

Diagnosed with prostate cancer last year, John is optimistic;“I had 43 radiation treatments, and hopefully, I’m a recovering cancer survivor,” he said. Cancer claimed his father and siblings, Mary and Hugh. His sisters Elma and Norma live in California and Indianapolis, respectively.

Nancy’s brother, Carl Christman, lives in Powell, Ohio, where he’s partnered in 50 Taco Bell/Pizza Hut/Long John Silver restaurants.

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Stamp Out Hunger: carriers to collect food

By Yvonne C. Harper Navarre Press Santa Rosa and Escambia counties’ letter carriers will participate in the 21st annual Stamp out Hunger food drive on May 11.

Nonperishable items placed at mailboxes throughout the counties will be collected by the letter carriers and then distributed to local food banks.

“This is the single most important food drive held in the two-county area because it affects so many food providers,”said Dede Flounlacker, Manna Food Pantries executive director.

In Navarre, nonperishable items collected May 11 will be taken to the We Care Ministries of Navarre United Methodist Church.

“We have the biggest food pantry in the area,”said Kathy Kilpatrick, co-coordinator for the We Care food pantry.“We serve the southeast part of the county from Gulf Breeze‘Proper’ (the area within the Gulf Breeze city limits) to Hurlburt Field.”

Items collected in Gulf Breeze will be taken to Acts Ministries of Gulf Breeze.

Food also will be distributed to the Manna Food Pantries, Bay Area Food Bank and Warrington Emergency Aid. “We have the largest network of pantries with five in (the two) counties,”said Flounlacker.

This year’s food drive is critical because last year, there was a drop in the amount of food donated.

“Last year, we collected 157,245 pounds of food (between the two counties).

That was down from the pre-

vious year, 2011, when 221,352 pounds were collected,”said Flounlacker.

Kilpatrick noticed the decrease in Navarre last year when about 6,000 fewer pounds was collected compared to 2011.

“It was a combination of weather last year on the (collection) day, but more than that was the economy affected people donating to the drive,”said Flounlacker.“People who perhaps were able to give food in previous years are now having to seek assistance for food.”

The two counties experienced a 44-percent increase in service demand in 2011 compared to 2010, and experienced an 8.7-percent increase in 2012.

Stamp out Hunger is the nation’s largest single-day food drive, according to a news release, and is the outgrowth of the National Association of Letter Carriers Food Drive program.

“For many years, a number of branches had collected food for the needy as part of their community service effort,” reads the NALC website. The NALC, the U.S. Postal Service and the AFL-CIO Community Service Department teamed up to test a pilot program of holding a food drive in 10 cities in October 1991.

Those efforts were so successful, they took the program nationwide.

The second Saturday in May was selected and the first national food drive in May 1993 resulted in the collection of more than 11 million pounds of food.

“From Alaska to Florida and Maine to Hawaii, letter carriers did double duty – deliver-

Stamp out Hunger

May 11, 2013: Letter carriers will collect food items for the national Stamp out Hunger food drive. Place nonperishable items in a bag, and place the bag next to the mailbox for pickup. Examples of needed items are: peanut butter, canned fruit, pasta nd soups.

ing mail and picking up donations. It just grew and grew from that point,”reads the NALC website.

While carriers pick up the food, it still has to be delivered to the food pantry once it gets to the post office.

Kilpatrick welcomes all community members to volunteer May 11 to carry the food

from the post office to the Good Neighbor Thrift Store, and to help sort the food items.

“We need volunteers to help move, sort and pack at the Good Neighbor Thrift Store (and Navarre Post Office),” said Kilpatrick.

Interested individuals can either meet at 2 p.m. May 11 at the thrift store located at

Military Appreciation Day

9025 Navarre Parkway or the post office located at 1910 Navarre School Road. “(We) all work together to make the drive happen,”said Flounlacker.“For some of the pantries, what they collect from the drive carries them for months. What we would like to ask folks to do is please, even if it’s raining, put a bag

(of nonperishable items) at the mail box.”

Food-drive bags will be delivered to each mailbox before May 11, but any bag can be used, said Flounlacker.

“You do not need a special bag – (you) can put the food in any kind of bag, (just) put food in it and put it by the mail box.”

Staff Reports Navarre Press First Baptist Church Navarre is hosting the third annual community Military Appreciation Day from 11 a.m. - 3 p.m. May 4 at the Soundside pavilions at Navarre Beach.

The free event is open to all active duty, reserve, guard and retired military members and their families.

Door prizes will be given and children’s activities will be offered.

More than 500 people attended last year’s Military Appreciation Day, according to Stephanie

Miller, Ministry Assistant.

Volunteers are needed to help with site set-up and takedown, food preparation and grilling. Interested businesses or individuals can donate door prizes, hot dogs, hot dog buns or bottled water. All donations can be dropped off between 9 a.m.-1 p.m., Monday-Friday at the church office at 9302 Navarre Parkway.

A planning meeting to make signs and plan promotional materials will be held at 6 p.m. April 25 at the church’s fellowship hall.

For more information, or to volunteer, call Deanna Cook at 850-830-7744.

Upcoming Christian concerts

Faith Briefs single or married, are invited to join Coastline Young Adults group at 7 p.m. Tuesday nights in the Coastline Coffeehouse.

■ “The Book” club invites all women to embark on a journey into God’s Story – a chronological reading of the Bible through the year – at 5 p.m. the first Sunday of each Navarre Beachside Church A non-denominational Christian church offers week. For more information, call 850-932contemporary worship every Sunday morn- 8197. ing, rain or shine, at 8:30 a.m. in the summer ■ Mothers of all ages are invited to join MOMS from 10-11:30 a.m. May 2 at the and 9 a.m. in the winter. For more informaCoffeehouse for some play time for the chiltion, call the Rev. John Kerns at 850-939dren and a Bible study for moms. MOMS 1533 or visit www.beachsidechurch.com. meet every other week.

■ Sunday services begin at 8:30 and 10:30 Coastline Calvary Chapel Coastline Calvary Chapel Gulf Breeze will be a.m. Children’s ministry for infants through fifth-graders is available during both services; hosting events as follows: junior and senior high school youth meet dur■ 7 p.m. Tuesdays – The Most Excellent ing the 10:30 a.m. service.

Way (substance-abuse support meeting) is designed for those who battle addiction.

Gulf Breeze United Methodist Church Meetings are held in the Christian Education ■ Prayer Shawl Ministry will be held from Building. Child care is available.

■ Young adults between the ages of 18-30, 5-6:30 p.m., the first and third Sunday of the First Baptist Church Navarre ■ Sunday morning worship services at 8:30, 9:45 and 11:15 a.m. Sunday morning Bible studies for all ages at 8:30, 9:45 and 11:15 a.m.

BBAPTIST I L LCHURCH O RY Sunday School 9:45 am Service 11 am

month at the Fairpoint campus and from 56:30 p.m. Mondays at the Soundside campus.

This ministry welcomes all who like to knit or crochet or would like to learn how to create shawls for the ill, hurt or grieving. Call Catherine at 384-4334 at Fairpoint and Pamela at 939-8929 at Soundside for more information.

■ Malachi: “A Love That Never Lets Go.” A women's Bible study on the book of Malachi and God’s mercy will be presented by Lisa Harper at 9:30 a.m. Tuesdays in Room 2223 on the Soundside Campus. For more info contact Donna at dlockhar2003@yahoo.com.

■ “One In A Million – A Journey To Your Promised Land” will be held at 9:30 a.m.

Wednesdays in Room 2224 on the Soundside Campus. Join this group of mothers with young children in this women’s study by Priscilla Shirer. For more information, contact Kristen at kkeegan@gbumc.org.

■ “Threads in Time” will be held at 6 p.m.

Wednesdays in Room 2206 on the Soundside

Sunday School for all ages 9:40 am

850-939-2849

Navarre Presbyterian Church ■ A low-impact exercise class meets from 89 a.m. Mondays and Wednesdays at Navarre Presbyterian Church, 1870 Lowe Road, Navarre. The class also meets at 8 a.m. Fridays at the Navarre Butterfly House to walk for the hour. The public is invited and everyone is encouraged to participate at their own ability level. For more information, call Mary Smith at 932-5770 or Margie McGaughey at 939-2068.

Holy Trinity Lutheran ELCA

Wednesday prayer meeting 6:30 pm

8162 Stillwater Cove • Navarre, FL 32566 (Located on Highway 87 S)

Campus. Get in touch with your family and its history. For more information, email Wayne at robert.mcgahuey@gmail.com.

■ The Senior Adult Lunch Bunch at 11 a.m. every Wednesday meets at the Fairpoint Campus. The seniors travel each week to a local area restaurant to enjoy a meal. All programs of the church are open to the public.

For more information, call 932-3594, 9161660, or visit gbumc.org.

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St. Augustine of Canterbury Episcopal Church St. Augustine’s Artisans’ Fair – The third annual St. Augustine’s Artisans’ Fair and Fish Fry will be held from 8 a.m.-2 p.m. May 18 at St. Augustine of Canterbury Episcopal Church, 7810 Navarre Parkway. The deadline to reserve a booth is May 11 and early registrant discounts apply until April 29. Booth prices: $40 for outdoor spaces reduced to $30 with an item donated from the display for the “A Splash of Spirit” auction. A $5 discount is offered for those that register and pay before April 29. Indoor spaces, on a first-come basis, are $50. Commercial vendor booths are $80, with a reduced price of $70 with an item donated from the display for “A Splash of Spirit.” A commercial vendor is one who sells an item not made by that person or represents a company or product not made by that person. The “A Splash of Spirit” auction will take place Oct. 12. For more information visit the church office, go to www.staugustinesnavarre.org online or call 850-939-2261.

■ Britt Nicole and Newsboys will perform in the God’s Not Dead tour at 7 p.m. on May 3 at Cottage Hill Baptist Church in Mobile, Ala. ■ Kathy Troccoli – Hope’s Alive tour – will perform at 7 p.m. on May 10 at Wade Baptist Church in Moss Point, Miss.

■ Kathy Troccoli – Hope’s Alive tour – will perform at 7 p.m. on May 11 at Wade Baptist Church in Moss Point, Miss.

■ Building 429 will perform at 7 p.m. on June 30 at the Laguna Christian Retreat Center in Panama City Beach.

■ HighroadIII will perform at the Ladies Conference at 9 a.m. on Aug. 17 at First Baptist Church in Panama City.

For more information on area concerts, visit http://christianconcertalerts.com/.

Navarre United Methodist Church and Preschool

All are Welcome!

Worship Times Early Service: 7:45 a.m. in Hildreth Hall Contemporary: 9:00 a.m.

Traditional: 10:42 a.m.

(850)939-2028 9474 Navarre Parkway • Navarre, FL 32566

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Navarre outlasts Milton for marathon district win

SPORTS Navarre Raiders beat Milton in 13 innings to advance to the District 1-6A semifinals. The Raiders were scheduled to play the winner of Tuesday’s Pace-Washington game.

By Bowden Moorer and Ken Garner Navarre Press Robby Miller’s unassisted double play in the bottom of the 13th inning Monday preserved a 4-3 Navarre High School win, ended Milton’s baseball season and sent the Raiders into the District 16A baseball semifinals.

NHS was scheduled to play the winner of Tuesday’s PaceWashington game on Wednesday at Tate High School, site of the tournament.

Fifth-seeded Navarre scored twice in the top of the 13th inning. Devon Spurling walked, Kevin Jones and Chandler Moorer singled, and back-to-back Milton

errors gave the Raiders (1114) a 4-2 lead. The Panthers scored on a bases-loaded single in by Leon Griffith in the bottom of the inning before, with the bases still loaded, Miller caught C.J. Noble’s attempted squeeze bunt in the air and easily beat the Milton runner breaking for the plate back to third base for the final out.

“That is a marathon of a baseball game,”Navarre coach Bubba Meredith said in a report published after the game.“Good things happen and we just played baseball.

That’s what I kept telling my guys,‘Make plays. Make plays.’

They have a lot of good hitters over there, and luckily we came out on top.”

Jared Gonzalez started for Navarre and pitched eight innings – one more than a regulation complete game in high school – and Jeff Rutledge pitched four innings before Draven Grimes and Payne Walker shared the final frame.

Navarre played well in its final two regular-season games, a 7-4 loss at Pensacola Catholic, the nation’s top-ranked high school baseball team, and a 6-2 home win against the Crestview Bulldogs.

When Robby Miller walked and later scored on a single

by Kevin Jones in the first inning against Catholic on April 15, it was only the second time all year and the first time on their home field that

Woodberry and Warren raise state medals

By John Richardson Navarre Press Raiders T. J. Woodberry and Jay Warren brought home medals from the Florida High School Athletics Association weightlifting championship held Friday, April 19, in Kissimmee.

Woodberry had Navarre’s best finish; he placed fifth with a total of 490 pounds lifted (255 bench press and 235 clean-and-jerked). Xavier Gibson of Fort Walton Warren Woodberry Beach won the division with 550 pounds lifted.

Warren, who has committed to play football for Florida Atlantic University, finished sixth in the 199-pound weight division. He benched 355 pounds and cleaned 295 pounds, giving him 650-pound total. Kyle Sander of Vanguard also managed to lift 650 pounds, but he was awarded fifth place because he weighed less than Warren at weigh-in. Mark Anthony Miranda of Sebring won the division, with a 375-pound bench press and 315pound clean-and-jerk.

Navarre’s Marvin Darby placed 10th in the 238-pound division (345-305 630) and Kody Kelley competed in the 169-pound division but failed to score because he did not have a successful bench press.

the Crusaders had trailed in a game.

Navarre pitcher Draven Grimes made his first start and pitched well, allowing just four hits through the first four innings. The Raiders chances to upset Catholic came apart in the bottom of the fifth inning when Catholic hitters rapped out six hits and scored five runs. They added a run in the sixth to make the final score 7-4.

Navarre 6, Crestview 2 Navarre hosted Crestview for the Raiders’final regularseason game Tuesday, April 16. Prior to the contest, the senior“Diamond Girls”and ballplayers were recognized for their contributions to the

Navarre baseball program.

Senior Payne Walker got the start for the Raiders and was matched against the Bulldogs’ Roman Donofro, one of the top pitchers in the area.

Walker gave up only five hits through six innings and held Crestview scoreless until the sixth.

Robby Miller walked to lead off the fourth inning and moved to second on Kevin Jones’sacrifice bunt. Navarre took a 1-0 lead when Miller scored on Matt Marshall’s base hit. The Raiders added to their lead in the fifth. Kyle Rogers was hit by a pitch to start the inning and scored on an error on a ball hit by Spurling. Another Bulldog error allowed Jones to reach

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safely and Spurling to score.

Andrew Berteau then walked.

Marshall stepped to the plate and came through again by driving in Jones and Berteau to make the score 5-0.

Crestview scored twice in the top of the sixth on two hits and a walk. Navarre got one of those runs back in the bottom of the frame to make the score 6-2.

Jordan Kotowske replaced Walker on the mound in the seventh. After issuing a leadoff walk, Kotowske started a nice 1-6-3 (pitcher-to-shortstop-to-first baseman) double play. Another ground out completed the three-up, threedown inning and the game and gave the Raiders a 6-2 Senior Night victory.

Family connection Photo by Romi White

Navarre High School Jordan Grissom on Tuesday signed a letter of intent to play tennis for the University of Mobile, following in the footsteps of her mother, Joni, who attended the same university on a tennis scholarship when it was called Mobile College. Pictured standing, left to right, are NHS tennis coach Rob Whitley, NHS principal Brian Noack and University of Mobile tennis coach Uwe Tittle; seated, from left, are Joni Grissom, Jordan Grissom and Jordan’s father, Jeff. Noack said he believes Grissom is the first Raider to earn a tennis scholarship.

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Great day for a paddle

Photo by Sandi Kemp

The Second Annual Five Flags Paddleboard Classic took place Saturday at Pensacola Beach.

Five Flags Paddleboard Classic Results

Raider Scoreboard Navarre 6, Crestview 2 April 16 at Navarre Crestview Navarre W – Payne Walker L – Roman Donofro

ONE-MILE: Men Overall – 1. Chris O’Grady, 2. Matt Patrick, 3. Greg Baker 17U – 1. Ty Baker, 2. Cameron Baehr 50-plus – 1. Brent Harris

000 002 0 – 2 5 3 000 141 0 – 6 6 0

ONE-MILE: Women Overall – 1. Stacy Troy, 2. Carol Forsyth, 3. Leah Palmer

Crestview Hitters AB R H RBI BB SO Dakota Dean 3 1 1 0 0 2 Tyler Henderson 3 1 1 0 0 1 Corey Armstrong 2 0 0 0 1 0 Seth Thomason 3 0 1 0 0 0 Austin Armstrong 1 0 0 1 1 0 Justin Rebholz 3 0 1 0 0 1 Tate Sweatt 2 0 1 0 1 0 Hunter Sullivan 2 0 0 0 0 2 Roman Donofro 2 0 0 0 0 0 Justin Abdo 0 0 0 0 0 0 Trent Zellars 0 0 0 0 0 0 Matt Gillis 1 0 0 0 0 0 Drew Graham 1 0 0 0 0 0 Totals 23 2 5 1 3 6 E – Justin Abdo 2, Trent Zellars 2B – Tyler Henderson, Seth Thomason, Tate Sweatt Sac – Austin Armstrong Pitchers Roman Donofro Trent Zellars

IP H R 5.0 5 5 1.0 1 1

Pitchers Payne Walker Jordan Kotowske

IP H R 6.0 5 2 1.0 0 0

Navarre Hitters AB R H RBI BB Jason Frederick 5 0 1 0 1 Devon Spurling 4 2 2 0 1 Robby Miller 5 0 1 0 1 Kevin Jones 5 1 1 2 0 Jared Gonzalez 4 0 1 0 0 Matt Marshall 6 0 0 1 0 Andrew Berteau 5 0 1 1 1 Carson Wells 5 0 1 0 0 Kyle Rogers 6 0 0 0 0 Chandler Moorer 1 0 1 0 0 Jeff Rutledge 0 0 0 0 0 Bryant Watson 1 1 0 0 0 Totals 47 4 9 4 4 E – Robby Miller, Kyle Rogers 2B – Devon Spurling 2 Sac – Kevin Jones, Carson Wells, Jeff Rutledge SB – Jason Frederick Pitchers Jared Gonzalez Jeff Rutledge Draven Grimes Payne Walker

IP 8.0 4.0 .0 1.0

H 8 2 0 2

R 2 0 1 0

ER 2 0 1 0

BB 2 2 2 0

SO 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 5

2–4 92 1 – 3 12 5

SO 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 5

SO 1 1 0 1

IP 5.1 6.2 1.0

H 4 3 2

R 2 0 2

ER 1 0 1

BB 1 2 1

SO 4 0 1

Pettigrew pitched three a wild pitch but was left strandinnings, giving up three hits ed on third when the next two while striking out five.

Raiders struck out.

The Lady Raiders’ softball The Raiders’ finished with a team easily defeated WashingPace 1, Navarre 0 10-6 record in district play and ton in the opening round of the Pettigrew and Taylor Wade of 15-7 overall.

District 1-6A tournament April Pace matched one another 16 at Milton. Two days later, the through seven scoreless innings, Navarre 15, Washington 0 same Navarre High School bats but the Patriots scratched out a that scored 15 runs in two run in the bottom of the eighth Washington 000 – 0 innings against the Wildcats to claim a 1-0 win and end Navarre 132 – 15 were virtually silent against Pace Navarre’s season.

Coffin and Werdann; Pettigrew and as the Raiders lost 1-0 in a pitchPettigrew struck out seven Bobbitt. W – Pettigrew (11-5), 2B – er’s duel.

Pace batters and allowed six hits, Murphy, Evans, HR – Murphy 1 while Wade fanned 12 Raiders Navarre 15, Washington 0 and allowed just two Navarre Pace 1, Navarre 0 The third-seeded Lady hits.

Raiders completely overThe game’s only run came in Navarre 000 000 00 – 0 whelmed sixth-seeded Washthe eighth inning. Pace’s Mal- Choctaw 000 000 01 – 1 Photos by John Richardson ington in the opening round of Allison 'Cat' Pettigrew winds and lory Carpenter singled. When Taylor and Andrews; Pettigrew and the district playoffs.

Chelsea Stoltman bunted, Pet- Bobbitt. L – Pettigrew (11 – 6) delivers against Washington.

Kamber Anderson led off the tigrew threw the ball past Taybottom of the first with a bunt The“mercy”rule was invoked lor covering first base and Carsingle. Jenna Bobbitt followed after the Wildcats batted in the penter moved to third. Payton with a long single to centerfield. third inning.

Carpenter then singled, scorBrooke Murphy then hit a line Anderson had three hits and ing her sister to end the game. drive over the left field fence for Bobbitt, Murphy, Pettigrew and The Raiders had their chances To contribute items for this feature, a three-run home run, her first Taylor each had two. but couldn’t come through at e-mail news@navarrepress.com, of the year.

The Raiders also pulled off the plate. Navarre threatened fax 939-4575 or call 939-8040.

Cat Pettigrew and Callan Tay- the defensive play of the night to score in the second inning lor singled, Shana Pearl walked on a 9-5-4 double play. In the when Pettigrew led off the inning RUNNING to load the bases and Crystal top of the second inning, Wash- with a single, moved to second Fun Fest 5K Evans doubled to drive in two ington’s Abby Morse was hit on a passed ball and advanced The Navarre Beach Area Chamber of Commerce is registering runners for the Fun runs. Anderson, now hitting with a pitch. Taylor Hires sin- to third on a nicely executed Fest 5K and 1-mile Fun Run to be held beright-handed, singled to left. gled to right field and Morse sacrifice bunt by Taylor. Pearl ginning at 8 a.m. April 27 on Navarre Murphy doubled in two more tried to go from first to third on walked, putting runners on first Beach. For more information, go to the runs, giving her five RBI in the the play. But Evans fired a strike and third with only one out, but chamber’s website, www.navarrechamber.com. inning. When the dust cleared, to Sara Wilson at third base, the next two Raiders struck out the Raiders had sent 18 batters who tagged out the runner and to end the inning.

Sunset Stampede to the plate in the first inning, threw to second base, where In the seventh, Taylor led off The Fifth Annual Sunset Stampede is scoring 13 runs on 11 hits. The Taylor applied the tag to the the inning with the Raiders’only scheduled Saturday, May 4, at Navarre Raiders scored two more runs sliding Hires. Pettigrew struck other hit. Pearl laid down a sacBeach. A Kid’s Fun Run will start at 5:30 p.m., with the 5K Walk/Run to follow at 6 in the second inning to take a out the next batter to end the rifice bunt, moving Taylor to secp.m. Cost for the 5K is $30, $5 per child 15-0 lead. ond. She advanced to third on inning. for the Fun Run. For more information, go

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THREE-MILE: Women Recreation Class, overall – 1. Lin Cunningham 12-6 Race Division, overall – 1. Jessica Daleo, 2. Bernadette Leach, 3. M.J. Jancweski

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12-6 Race Division, 50-plus – 1. Rick Talbert, 2. Ron Newby 14-foot Race Division, overall – 1. Kyle Gallagher, w. Pete Buzzelli, 3. Jeff Archer 14-foot Race Division, 50-plus – 1. David Leach, 2. Edward Rudzki, 3. Rick Moore

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The Navarre Vipers U15 boys’ soccer team won its division in the Navarre Beach Shootout this weekend. Pictured are, top row from left, assistant coach Rex Hagood, Roger Ruess, Andy Wentz, Santiago Alvarado, Logan Townsend, Bobby Howell, Malone Doughty, Matson Goodman, Jonah Cruz, Andrew Keegan and head coach Aaron Wentz; bottom row, from left, Connor Chalk, Mario Rodriguez, Tyler Smith, Nate Schroeder, Bailey Bridges, Garrett Hagood and Gareth Greene. Not pictured: Austin Castelin and manager Paul Doughty.

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Class: 2013 Sport: Football, track and field Parents: Ervin and Mina Benton Plans after graduation: Attend a four-year university and study sports medicine.

Favorite school subject: Law studies Favorite sports memory: The opening kickoff return against Columbia.

Who is the person you admire most and why? My dad because he always puts others before himself.

Favorite song: “Pop That” Favorite TV show: “The Boondocks” Favorite movie: “The Avengers” If you could be anyone for a day, who would you be and why?

Thor because he is a beast.

Pensacola Marathon The Pensacola Sports Association is accepting registrations for the Pensacola Marathon, which will be run Sunday, Nov. 10. The 13.1-mile half-marathon and 26.2-mile marathon races begin and end at Veteran's Memorial Park and wind their way through historic neighborhoods and the downtown district, with scenic water views, cliffs, bands, and cheering Pensacolians along the route. The Pensacola Marathon is a certified. Runners can register online at www.marathonpensacola.com, by completing and returning the form printed from the website or in person at Running Wild in Pensacola.

SOCCER Fort Walton YMCA The Fort Walton Family YMCA is registering children ages 3-12 for spring soccer.

Age groups are 3-4, 5-6, 7-9 and 10-12.

Fees are $45 for members and $60 for nonmembers. The season begins in May and lasts through the first two weeks of June. Forms can be picked up at the Fort Walton Family YMCA at 1127 Hospital Road. Coaches and team sponsors always are needed. For more information, call 863-9622.

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Elijah Appel placed 3rd in the long jump and 6th in the triple jump.

Just seven Raiders remain to extend Navarre High School’s track and field season.

Seven Raiders – Nicholas Benton, James Mullin, Elijah Appel, Trent Beck, Dominic Dudai, Tanner Wilcox and Miguel Villanueva – finished among the top four in their events Friday at the Florida High School Athletic Association District 1-3A Track and Field championships at Booker T. Washington High School in Pensacola, qualifying them for today’s Region 1-3A competition at Tallahassee Chiles High School.

No Navarre athlete or team won a district title. Benton, a senior who has committed to play football at Jacksonville University, finished second in both the long jump and triple jump; classmate James Mullin, who will run cross country for Saint Leo College near Tampa, finished third in the 800-meter run and as a member of the 4 x 800 relay team with Beck, Dudai and Wilcox. Appel, who hadn’t competed this season as a jumper before April, finished third in the triple jump (and sixth in the long jump). Miguel Villanueva qualified in the 400, also finishing in third place.

No girls finished in the top four, but Navarre did log five fifth-place finishers: Elle Crouse in the 800, Hannah Gullickson in the 300 hurdles and the Lady Raiders’4 x 100, 4 x 400 and 4 x 800 relay teams.

Pine Forest, easily the area’s most dominant track and field program, swept the team title. The Eagles earned 144 points, almost twice second-place Fort Walton Beach’s total of 74. Navarre’s boys finished third with 67 points. The Pine Forest girls almost tripled second-place Niceville’s point total, 211 to 79. Navarre finished tied for seventh place with 26 points.

The Pine Forest girls also set three new meet records: Johna’Whitaker set new standards in both girls’ hurdle events, finishing in 13.96 seconds in her preliminary heat in the 100-meter hurdles and 44.42 in the 300-meter hurdles; teammate Lamia Miller heaved the shot 43 feet, 9.75 inches.

Pace’s Rachel King set a new meet record in the 3,200-meter run, completing the course in 11 minutes, 19.6 seconds, and Gulf Breeze sprinter Dominique Gaines’ 24.94 time in a preliminary heat set a new meet record in the 200-meter dash.

Two boys’ meet records also fell: Niceville’s Thomas Howell finished the 3200 in 9:34.29 and Florida State University recruit Austin Droogsma of Gulf Breeze broke the shotput record with a distance of 57-3.5.

Athletes and teams who finish in the top four in their regional competitions will advance to the Class 3A state Photos by Dickie Williams championship May 3 at the University of Nick Benton placed 2nd in the long jump and 2nd in the triple jump.

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Miguel Villanueva was 3rd in the 400.

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Tanner Wilcox ran with the 3rd place 4 x 800 relay team.

Trent Beck was on the 3rd place 4 x 800 relay team.

Dominic Dudai ran with the 3rd place 4 x 800 relay team.

GIRLS Team – 1. Pine Forest 211, 2. Niceville 79, 3. Gulf Breeze 75, 4.

Choctawhatchee 63, 5. Fort Walton Beach 61, 6. Pace 48, 7 (tie). Escambia 26, 7 (tie). Navarre 26, 9. Pensacola 25, 10. Crestview 21, 11. Tate 11, 12. Milton 10, 13. Mosley 6, 14. Washington 1.

High jump – 1. Maya Hampton, Pine Forest, 5-0; 6 (tie). Khorri Newton, Navarre, 4-6; 9 (tie) Natasha Page, 4-6; 13 (tie). Shelby Clark 4-4.

Pole vault – 1. Christina Wiggins, Pine Forest, 8-6; 9. Shara Wise, Navarre, 7-0, (10 (tie). Destiny Lawrence, 6-0 Long Jump – 1. Alex Santiago, Gulf Breeze, 16-7; 15. Kiera Foster, Navarre, 14-0; 22 (tie). Shelby Clark, Navarre, 13-5; 25. Rayanne Menezes, Navarre, 12-9; 30. Karly Casey, Navarre, 11-6 Triple jump – 1. Aaliyah Mays, Pine Forest, 36-10; 7. Kiera Foster, Navarre, 31-6; 14. Shelby Clark, Navarre, 27-6.25; 17. Karly Casey, Navarre, 25-7.25.

Discus – 1. Lamia Miller, Pine Forest, 117-10; 19. Haley O’Connell, Navarre, 76-10 Shot put – 1. Lamia Miller, Pine Forest, 43-9.75; 30. Morrigan Webb, Navarre, 22-9.25 4 x 800 – 1. Niceville (Drew Haggerman, Nickie Anderson, Annie Sepa, Marsel Mosley), 10:02.78; 5. Navarre (Elle Crouse, Andraya Mendez, Seira Sanchez Serrano, Taylor Basiger), 10:42.88 100 hurdles – 1. Johna’ Whitaker, Pine Forest, 14.05; 8. Hannah Gullickson, Navarre, 18.74. PRELIMS: 9. Kiera Foster, Navarre, 18.33; 10. Kiante Miller, Navarre, 18.51; 11. Kelsey Belmain, Navarre, 18.68 100 – 1. Brittany Brown, Choctawhatchee, 12.46. PRELIMS: 19. Chelsea Pena, Navarre, 13.98; 22. Rayanne Menezes, Navarre, 14.13; 24. Khorri Newton, Navarre, 14.20; 27. Aaliyah Webb, Navarre, 14.36 4 x 100 – 1. Choctawhatchee (Jordan Coleman, Brittany Washington, Brittany Brown, Justyce Riggs), 49.97; 5. Navarre (Rayanne Menezes, Chelsea Pena, Aaliyah Webb, Taylor Basiger), 53.57 400 – 1. Danielle Davis, Escambia, 58.04. PRELIMS: 12. Aaliyah Proby, Navarre, 1:06.42; 15 (tie). Hunter Moorer, Navarre, 1:07.66; 30. Seira Sanchez Serrano, Navarre, 1:14.26 300 hurdles – 1. Johna Whitaker, Pine Forest, 44.42; 5. Hannah Gullickson, Navarre, 52.65; 8. Kiera Foster, Navarre, 55.50. PRELIMS: 12. Kelsey Belmain, Navarre, 57.35; 18. Shara Wise, Navarre, 1:01.85 800 – 1. Marsel Mosley, Niceville, 2:25.15; 5. Elle Crouse, Navarre, 2:32.59; 24. Seira Sanchez Serrano, Navarre, 2:56.82 200 – 1. Brittany Brown, Choctawhatchee, 25.97. PRELIMS: 20 (tie). Aaliyah Proby, Navarre, 29.24; 22. Chelsea Pena, Navarre, 29.43; 23. Aliayah Webb, Navarre, 29.63 1600 – 1. Emma Rudman, Fort Walton Beach, 5:24.27; 15. Bailey Gardner, Navarre, 6:16.99; 17. Kylie Foster, Navarre, 6:22.11 3200 – 1. Rachel Kling, Pace, 11:19.60; 13. Bailey Gardner, Navarre13:53.30; 14. Andraya Mendez, Navarre, 13:54.27; 16. Kylie Foster, Navarre, 14:06.78 4 x 400 – 1. Pine Forest (Jasmine McCants, Myleka Cole, Sunnie Patch, Johna Whitaker), 4:10.12; 5. Navarre (Aaliyah Proby, Elle Crouse, Hunter Moorer, Taylor Basiger), 4:19.88

BOYS Team – 1. Pine Forest 144, 2. Fort Walton Beach 74, 3. Navarre 67, 4.

Gulf Breeze 61.5, 5. Niceville 50, 6. Choctawhatchee 45, 7. Pensacola 44, 8. Washington 42, 9. Milton 34, 10. Mosley 28, 11. Escambia 24, 12. Tate 22, 13. Crestview 17, 14. Pace 9.5.

High jump – 1. Nat Dixon, Mosley, 6-2; 5. Torrey Williams, Gulf Breeze, 5-10 Long jump – 1. Trebian Suggs, Pine Forest, 22-7; 2. Nicholas Benton, Navarre, 22-1; 6. Elijah Appel, Navarre, 21-0; 29 (tie). Quinton Wiley, 1611 Triple jump – 1. Terrance Sims, Pine Forest, 45-2; 2. Nicholas Benton, Navarre, 44-02; 3. Elijah Appel, Navarre, 42-10 Discus – 1. Austin Droogsma, Gulf Breeze, 162-7; 11. Alex Eastwood, Navarre, 115-1 Shot put – 1. Austin Droogsma, Gulf Breeze, 57-3.5 4 x 800 – 1. Niceville (Tripp Davis, Jake Fiske, Thomas Howell, Jack Massey), 8:21.83; 3. Navarre (James Mullin, Trent Beck, Dominic Dudai, Tanner Wilcox), 8:34.19 110 hurdles – 1. Floyd Garrison, Choctawhatchee, 14.64. PRELIMS: 16.

Taylor Davis, Navarre, 18.63; 18. John McGowan, Navarre, 20.53; 20.

Brandon Frank, Navarre, 20.77; William Kane, Navarre, 20.87 100 – 1. Trebian Suggs, Pine Forest, 10.91. PRELIMS: 9. Alex Wattley, Navarre, 11.52; 29. Nicholas Gill, Navarre, 12.05; 31. Quinton Wylie, Navarre, 12.17 4 x 100 – 1. Pine Forest (Johnny Carr, Aaron Lee, Marcus Reaves, Devaun Seals), 42.97; 7. Navarre (Nicholas Gill, Miguel Villanueva, Elijah Appel, Alex Wattley), 45.14 400 – 1. Jalon Edwards, Escambia, 50.75; 3. Miguel Villanueva, Navarre, 52.09. PRELIMS: 15. Torrey Williams, Gulf Breeze, 54.72; 20. Matthew Privette, Navarre, 55.89; 22. Dominic Dudai, Navarre, 56.09; 32. Jaquil Johnson, Navarre, 59.04 300 hurdles – 1. Terrance Sims, Pine Forest, 40.59. PRELIMS: 14. Taylor Davis, Navarre, 44.76; 23. Justin Thompson, Navarre, 48.44; 28. Brandon Frank, Navarre, 52.05; John McGowan, Navarre, 53.31.

200 – 1. Trebian Suggs, Pine Forest, 22.24. PRELIMS: 9. Miguel Villanueva, Navarre, 23.04; 12. Alex Wattley, Navarre, 23.21; 25. Nicholas Gill, Navarre, 24.03 800 – 1. Nicholas Morken, Niceville, 2:00.37; 3. James Mullin, Navarre, 2:01.45; 4. Tanner Wilcox, Navarre, 2:01.88; 8. Trent Beck, Navarre, 2:08.80; 1600 – 1. Nicholas Morken, Niceville, 4:26.10; 7. Jonah Griego, Navarre, 4:40.55; 17. Christopher Barbee, Navarre, 4:54.72; 26. Mitch Anderson, Navarre, 5:06.31 3200 – 1. Thomas Howell, Niceville, 9:34.29; 6. Tanner Wilcox, 10:22.31; 11. Jonah Griego, Navarre, 10:35.80; 16. Brock Peters, Navarre, 11:16.37; 4 x 400 – 1. Escambia (Kidd Ramos, Airion Wallace, Jarrid Hunter, Felton Jackson), 3:29.95; 6. Navarre (Dominic Dudai, Matthew Privette, Trent Beck, James Mullin), 3:41.31

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Kenseth holds off Kahne to win at Kansas Speedway

By Dave Skretta AP Sports Writer KANSAS CITY, Kan. (AP) — Matt Kenseth knew that he had a front-running car Sunday.

It was simply a matter of getting there.

So when a caution flag came out with several leaders on pit road, and Kenseth found himself leading the pack into the pits, he had a feeling things were going his way.

"That was the key," he would say later.

Kenseth won the race off pit road after taking two tires under caution, and a No. 20 Toyota that had been strong all day slowly pulled away.

Kasey Kahne trimmed into the lead once he moved into second, but Kenseth managed to block every move he tried to make.

Kahne pulled alongside him entering Turn 4 with the white flag flying, but Kenseth pulled back ahead along the front stretch and then cruised to the win at Kansas Speedway.

"When it was in front, we knew it was really fast," Kenseth said after his second straight win at the track.

"And if we could get out there first, we'd be tough to beat."

It was the third straight win from the pole in the Sprint Cup series.

Jimmie Johnson did it two weeks ago at Martinsville, and Kyle Busch did the same last weekend at Texas. The last time three straight winners came from the pole was in 1985, when Bill Elliott and Dale Earnhardt combined to do it at Michigan, Bristol and Darlington.

"The fastest car is supposed to win, right? That's what racing is about," Kenseth said. "I think it's a little bit of a coincidence, the way things worked out."

Points leader Johnson finished third with a car that kept getting better during long, green flag runs. Martin Truex Jr. came home in fourth and Clint Bowyer was fifth.

"Matt's good. He always has been," Johnson said. "He impresses me in his ability to lead the team, make adjustments on the car, and his knowledge of the car, but most importantly, inside the car, and finding a little bit more. The guy can do it."

So can Brad Keselowski, who put a positive spin on an ugly week for Penske Racing.

Matt Kenseth (20) celebrates in Victory Lane after winning the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series auto race at Kansas Speedway in Kansas City, Kan., Sunday, April 21, 2013. (AP Photo/Orlin Wagner) Keselowski picked up some minor damage to the rear of his car early in the race, and fell a lap down when he was slow getting off pit road under caution.

The damage kept getting worse as the laps ticked along, and eventually a huge piece of his rear end ripped off.

The No. 2 team managed to get it fixed up enough, and Keselowski slowly picked off positions in the waning laps to finish a heartening sixth after a frustrating week.

Penske Racing is appealing heavy sanctions handed down by NASCAR after an unapproved rear-end housing was found on its two cars last week at Texas.

The penalties include six-

race suspensions for sevencrew members, including both crew chiefs, $200,000 in fines and 25-point penalties.

The date of the appeal hasn't been set, allowing both teams to arrive in full at Kansas.

"Usually you're not happy unless you win," Keselowski said, "but you know, a day where you can fight through adversity like we did today and get a solid finish, that's kind of is a win."

Joey Logano didn't have the same chipper feeling.

He was struggling to find speed when Busch got in trouble along the wall, shot down to the apron of the track and smacked into his No. 22 Ford in a devastating

head-to-head collision.The wreck knocked both cars out of the race and left debris scattered all over the asphalt.

"What was going through my mind? 'This is going to hurt,'" Logano said. "I was committed to going by him on the bottom at that point and as soon as a committed to it he started heading down the race track. At that point I was just kind of screwed."

Ricky Stenhouse Jr. spent most of the afternoon running at the front, with Kenseth chasing the No. 17 Ford that he drove to victory last year at the newly resurfaced Kansas Speedway.

But Stenhouse was among several leading drivers, including Carl Edwards and Greg Biffle, who were forced to pit under green with about

50 laps to go.They were just getting back onto the track when the rear-bumper on Keselowski's car that had been hanging on by a thread finally came loose.

The metal chattered across the track and brought out a caution.

Kenseth beat Truex in the race off pit road — critical at Kansas, where a second groove didn't start to round into shape until late in the race. Kahne had them both in his sights, but by the time he moved into second place, Kenseth had more than a full second on the field.

"I felt like restarting fourth, I needed to get to third, to second and to first as quickly as I possibly could," Kahne said. "I got by Jimmie and when I got to Truex, I just

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went around him before he could block the move, but by then, Kenseth was already gone."

Kahne, trying for his first win at Kansas, took advantage of some lapped cars to pull within a car-length with about seven laps left, only to slip backward when the traffic thinned out.

He made one last charge with two laps remaining, pulling door-to-door in Turn 4. But he couldn't make the move stick, and Kenseth pulled away over the final lap for the win.

"We had a good car, and everything worked out at the end," Kenseth said. "We were in front for the last pit stop, and that was the key."

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Cities try to keep ospreys from nesting on poles

Construction crews working on an Avalon Boulevard project in March in Milton had to stop working several times because a pair of osprey built a nest on top of a construction crane and had to apply for a permit from the Florida Fish and Wildlife to remove the nest.

By Jim Waymer Florida Today VIERA (AP) — Osprey countermeasures can prove elusive.

After wind blew an osprey nest off a traffic signal arm and onto a parkway last year, Brevard County workers perched a fake owl atop the arm to spook other birds from ever nesting there again.

But the very next spring, a happy osprey couple — maybe the same one — opted to simply nest atop the other traffic light right across the road. So the county recently retired the fake owl and replaced it with a wiry apparatus that makes it a hassle for ospreys or other raptors to land there.

“Having birds on top of the mast arm doesn’t really bode well for our maintenance guys,’said Gil Ramirez, Brevard’s traffic operations manager.

Usually, raptors opt for dead trees. But osprey, owl and other nests also grace traffic signals, power poles and sports field lights countywide. As development encroaches on habitat, or more eagles and other tougher birds bully them out, displaced raptors grab whatever high-up urban surface seems available and safe.

But those man-made structures often prove unsafe.

Osprey carrying heavy fish from the Indian River Lagoon fail to clear cars on U.S. 1 and get hit on their way to nesting platforms installed to keep them off power lines. Or birds burn and people lose power when nests short out those lines.

“We don’t want any sort of shorts that will affect the signal,”Ramirez said.“And we don’t want the wildlife to get electrocuted.”

But the ways for keeping nests away from lights and electric wires are often as touch-and-go as an osprey’s landings.

“Most of these situations, it’s kind of a trial and error thing anyway,”said Ed Hartin, a wildlife biologist at the U.S.

Photo: In this photo provided by the Florida Keys News Bureau, an osprey clutches a fish as it hovers above its nest atop a pole adjacent to the Florida Keys Overseas Highway, Wednesday, March 27, 2013, in Islamorada, Fla. (AP Photo/Florida Keys News Bureau, Andy Newman) Department of Agriculture’s National Wildlife Research Center in Gainesville“Sometimes they’re effective, and sometimes they’re not.

Once the ospreys are done nesting, the county plans to put up a fourth set of the wires to deter future nests.

Ospreys are not on the federal endangered species list.

Like most birds that migrate, however, the species is federally protected under the Migratory Bird Treaty Act. With a state permit, osprey nests can be removed from power poles and other manmade structures, as long as the nest doesn’t have any eggs or young in it. Permits typically require building a replacement nesting platform, though, or structure of comparable or better quality than what’s there.

Florida Power & Light Co. typically builds nesting platforms next to osprey nests to lure the birds away from the power lines and installs special devices on the cross arm to keep the birds from nesting there again.The nests can sometimes trigger outages, and the birds die in electrical fires atop the power poles.

Ospreys have nested in the

lights at Space Coast Stadium for the past several years.

The birds drop twigs — and sometimes worse — as they build nests in the stadium lights.

The county put up nesting platforms to keep the osprey and owls from getting too close to the lights.

Sometimes, they get a bit too close for comfort to the players. In February, Washington Nationals lead-off hitter Denard Span made national quirky news when an osprey dropped its freshly caught fish, which plopped down right beside him and interrupted a spring training practice.The star centerfielder squealed.

“I tell you what, that bird, he definitely didn’t have good hands. He dropped his dinner. He had butter fingers,” Span told the Washington Post at the time.

State workers make good house movers for osprey ST. ANTHONY, Idaho (AP) — Concerns among Idaho Transportation Department officials that moving a 600pound osprey nest from an

82-year-old eastern Idaho bridge could lead to the abandonment of the nest proved unwarranted.

Crews removed the nest April 4 and placed it in storage until Monday. Meanwhile, the ospreys returned from their winter migration looking for their nest. They eventually spotted it being lifted by a work crew to a platform on a 45-foot pole about 100 yards from the bridge.

“The ospreys watched us hoist the nest onto the platform,” said Tim Cramer, a District 6 senior environmental planner.

He said 20 minutes after workers left the site, an osprey landed in the nest to set up housekeeping, and two days later he saw a pair on the nest with the male carrying in sticks.

Experts say generations of the fish-eating birds used the nest for decades when it was on the Del Rio Bridge on U.S. Highway 20 east of St. Anthony. However, the trussthrough-steel bridge is being replaced with a modern concrete span next summer. The bridge crosses the Henry’s Fork of the Snake River, prime hunting territory for osprey.

The Idaho Transportation Department in the past has scheduled maintenance on the bridge only after fledglings have flown off. With the new bridge planned, though, officials decided to move the nest as part of the state agency’s environmental mitigation in accordance with the National Environmental Policy Act. Harassing osprey while on their nest violates federal law, said Idaho Department of Fish and Game spokesman Greg Losinski.

A special crew was called in to move the nest.

“Moving a bird nest not only helped the osprey stay in the area, but also continued to build trust with local citizens that ITD wants to do the right thing,”said Mike Jones, an environmental planner with the transportation department.

Florida Trails Association plans hiking opportunities Staff Reports Navarre Press The Western Gate Chapter of the Florida Trails Association has announced the following activities scheduled in May: ■ Friday, May 3 – Dinner hike, 6 p.m. Meet at the intersection of North Palafox and West Wright streets in Pensacola for a walk to the pier and back, with dinner to follow at an area restaurant. Rusty Diamond, 850-712-7645 or www.meetup.com/ftawesterngate.

■ Saturday, May 4 – Let’s Discover Florida’s State Parks,

10 a.m. Meet at Blackwater River State Park, 7720 Deaton Bridge Road in Holt. Bring bathing suits and a picnic basket. Parking $4. Peggy, 850-9829490 or www.meetup.com/ ftawesterngate.

■ Saturday, May 11 – Hike the Perdido River Trail, 10 a.m.

Meet at Escambia Solid Waste Management, 13009 Beulah Road, Cantonment.Trail is about two miles. Brunch after hike.

Jimmy Moore, 850-598-0593 or www.meetup.com/ftawesterngate.

■ Friday, May 17-Sunday, May 19 – 8 a.m. Friday to 10

p.m. Sunday. Hike in Cheaha State Park, 2141 Bunker Loop, Delta, Ala. Hike all or parts of three trails: Odum (4.7 miles), Chinnabee (6 miles) and Pinhote and maybe visit waterfalls in nearby Talladega National Forest. Tent and RV camping, cabins and a hotel are available for lodging. Participation limited to 20 hikers and Florida Trail Association members will have priority. Helen Wigersma, 850-484-0528 or www.meetup.com/ftawesterngate.

■ Thursday, May 23 – Western Gate Chapter meeting, 6:30 p.m. social, 7 p.m. meeting, First

Christian Church, 6031 Goodrich Drive, Pensacola.

Helen Wigersma, 850-484-0528 or www.meetup.com/ftawesterngate.

According to a news release, the FloridaTrailAssociation develops, maintains, protects and promotes a network of hiking trails throughout the state, including the Florida National ScenicTrail.

Together with its partners the association provides opportunities for the public to hike, engage in outdoor recreation, participate in environmental education and contribute to meaningful volunteer work.

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AREA TIDE REPORT Predicted tides for Navarre Beach beginning April 25 Day High Tide Height Sunrise Moon Time Moon /Low Time Feet Sunset Visible Th 25 High

8:36 AM 1.5 6:09 AM Set 5:52 AM

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10:47 AM 1.8 6:06 AM Set 8:30 AM

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9:48 PM -0.5 7:23 PM Rise 10:46 PM

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11:41 AM 1.8 6:05 AM Set 9:33 AM

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Because tide times are predictions, they are not always accurate. Information provided by saltwatertimes.com.

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Outdoor Briefs Hog hunting on public lands The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission recently announced several opportunities to hunt wild hogs on public lands in northwest Florida.

Still hunters can hunt hogs May 3-5 in the Joe Budd Small Game Area near Tallahassee without having to obtain a quota permit and the hunter quota for hog hunts using dogs has been increased from five to 10. Hunters may use dogs to hunt wild hogs in the Joe Budd area from May 16-19, June 2023, July 18-21, Aug. 15-18; and Sept.

19-22. On the nearby Ochlockonee River SGA, the still hunter quota has been increased from 30 to 50 hunters per hunt, and the hunt area has been expanded to include the area south of Interstate 10. This year’s open hunt dates are May 10-12, June 14-16, July

12-14, Aug. 9-11 and Sept. 13-15.

Hog hunts also are set for the Aucilla SGA in Jefferson County and the Blackwater SGA in Okaloosa and Santa Rosa counties.

The online brochures and hunting rules for Joe Budd, Ochlockonee River, Aucilla and Blackwater SGAs can be viewed or downloaded by going to MyFWC.com/Hunting and selecting “WMA Brochures.”

State red snapper season The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission approved a 44-day recreational red snapper season for Gulf of Mexico state waters at its meeting April 17 in Tallahassee. State waters are from shore to 9 nautical miles into Gulf waters.

This season will start June 1 and end

July 14. It is inconsistent with the current proposed federal season. Federal fishery managers recently passed a rule that grants NOAA Fisheries the authority to shorten the federal recreational red snapper season off states that adopt inconsistent red snapper regulations. The current estimate of the recreational red snapper season is 21 days in federal waters off the Gulf coast of Florida.

While the federal limit for how many pounds of red snapper can be caught has increased, the season length has gotten shorter over the past few years because of more fishing and larger fish, according to federal fishery managers.

The commission chose a longer statewaters season based on reports that the upcoming federal stock assessment would likely show red snapper popula-

day; awards will be presented at 5:30 p.m. Sunday. Cost is $20 for anglers 10 and older; children younger than 10 can participate for free with a registered adult.

Anglers can purchase tickets at Gulf Breeze Bait & Tackle or Hot Spots Bait & Tackle in Gulf Breeze; at Dizzy Lizzy Bait & Tackle, Outcast Bait & Tackle, Optimists Fishing Rodeo The Gulf Breeze Optimists Club will host West Marine on West Barrancas Avenue its 38th annual Fishing Rodeo May 18- and Tight Lines Bait & Tackle in Pensacola; Pensacola Beach Charters on 19 at Shoreline Park South in Gulf Breeze. More than $5,000 in cash and Pensacola Beach; or at Half Hitch Bait and Tackle in Navarre. gift certificates will be awarded as prizes. The “Learn to Fish” Kid’s Fishing The grand prize, $1,000 cash, will awarded by drawing from among the Clinic for children ages 5-15 will start the weekend’s activities beginning at 5 winners from each of the 22 categories p.m. Friday, May 17. The tournament of fish. Each category will have $100, starts at 5 a.m. Saturday, May 18, and $50 and $25 gift certificates for first-, ends at 5 p.m. Sunday, May 19. Weigh second-, and third-place prizes. in is from 2-5 p.m. Saturday and Suntions are doing better than previously thought and reports from anglers that the fishery is improving.

For more on the proposal that was given to the commission, visit MyFWC.com/Commission.

Website: http://myfwc.com/

New FWC commissioner The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission on April 17 welcomed its new commissioner Adrien “Bo” Rivard of Panama City. Gov. Rick Scott appointed Rivard, who earned a bachelor’s degree at the University of Florida and his law degree from Samford University. Since 2002, he has been a partner with the law firm Harrison Rivard Duncan & Buzzett and is a past-president of the Bay County Chamber of Commerce. Rivard succeeds Kathy Barco. His five-year term ends Aug. 1, 2017.

Scott also reappointed Commissioner Ronald M. Bergeron of Fort Lauderdale and Commissioner Richard A. Corbett to five-year terms. All three appointments are subject to confirmation by the Florida Senate.

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May the road lead you to O’Connor’s Business entrepreneur and local chiropractor, Brett Baird, brought a bit of Irish cheer to Navarre by opening O’Connor’s Irish Pub & Grill in the Navarre Publix Shopping Center.

O’Connor’s Irish Pub & Grill has been wellreceived during the first months of operation with events such as a grand opening, St. Patrick's Weekend Celebration (complete with Irish dancing and bagpiping), Final Four Free-Throw Competition and Sunday Morning Brunch with live music, which has cemented O'Connor's Irish Pub & Grill as one of the local's favorite restaurants.

In conjunction with the warm and inviting atmosphere where it is said that "there are no strangers at O'Connor's Irish Pub & Grill – only friends you haven't met yet!", this newly opened, American-based restaurant with an Irish twist prides itself on fresh and homemade menu items with American and Irish locals’favorites such as the Shepherd's pie, Reuben sandwich and Reuben eggrolls, chicken and/or berry salad, Southwestern burger, fish & chips, steaks, prime ribs and kids’menu. Drinking locals’favorites, such as the Irish coffee, beers; Smithwicks, Murphy, Guinness, Harp, Bass and Magners Cider is sure to put an extra skip in your step.

On Memorial Day, O'Connor's Irish Pub & Grill will be creating a "Remembrance Memorial." Honor your loved ones who paid the ultimate sacrifice in defending our country by writing their names on a memorial for only $1 and visiting our MIA remembrance table with all memorial donations benefiting the Wounded Warrior Project.

Starting in June, weekly night festivities are scheduled to take place with activities such as Monday's 75-cent wing specials, Tuesday Ladies Night with $10 all-you-can-drink specials (house wine, well drinks, domestic draft beers) from 6-9 p.m., O' the Hump Happy Hour on Wednesday from 6-9 p.m., and live music from popular local bands on Friday night.

Come out for the food, festivities and fun. Eat a bit, try a cup o' cheer and revel in the luck o' the Irish at O'Connor's Irish Pub & Grill – where Irish eyes are always smiling.

While the dinner rush is popular, O'Connor's Irish Pub & Grill also offers a choice of combo lunch platters with soup, salad and sandwiches from 11 a.m.-3 p.m.

Monday through Friday. The Sunday brunch menu from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. includes locals’favorites such as strawberry waffles, prime rib, omelets, Irish sausage, corn beef hash and a kids’menu accompanied by live easy listening music.

Celebrate Mothers' Day and treat your wife (or mother) to a no-cooking- or –dishes-required meal at O'Connor's Irish Pub and Grill – where every mother receives a flower when walking in the door and every table has a kids’craft that kids can make for their Mother to cherish.

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f you’re looking for a standout dessert for the next family gathering, birthday party or holiday celebration, look no further. Easy to make and fun to eat, Treat Pops offer a new twist on sweet treats and add a pop of color to any occasion.

“There are no rules when it comes to Treat Pops,”said Nancy Siler, vice president of consumer affairs at Wilton.“Kids and adults alike can express their creativity by creating layers of sweetness with cake, icing, sprinkles, edible decorations, fresh fruit and more in a reusable, clear container that lets you see the fun inside.”

Let the ideas pop into your head with these tips: Easy as Pie: Bake your own cake layers in Wilton’s Mini Whoopie Pie pan, or use vanilla wafers if you are short on time. Fill a reusable Treat Pop container by alternating cake, icing and seasonal fruit for an easy stackable sweet treat.

Standing Ovation: Turn the lid upside down and it doubles as a stand so your Treat Pops can be displayed and decorated in a variety of ways – passed on a festive tray, marking each place setting, or perched playfully in a container on a dessert table. Wilton also offers a Treat Pop stand to make your dessert the center of attention.

Rainbow of Color: Personalize Treat Pops for any celebration with colorful icing, and add whimsy with Wilton’s customized labels, decorative pix and toppers.

Universally Fun: Surprise guests with a Treat Pop favor the next time you host; your guests will enjoy the edible takeaway as they push up layers of flavor and fun.

For more treat pop recipe ideas, decorating tips and inspiration, visit www.wilton.com.

Recipes Mixed Berry Treat Pops Whoopie Pie Cakes 1/2 cup sliced raspberries 1/2 cup blueberries 1 package (10 oz.) Wilton Vanilla Whipped Icing Mix, prepared according to package instructions Place one cake in bottom of Treat Pop. Add layer of mixed berries. Pipe a swirl of whipped icing from back edge following the curve of the container, then filling in the center. Continue layering until Treat Pop container is full. Top with berries, if desired.

Makes about 12 Treat Pops Strawberry Shortcake Treat Pops Whoopie Pie Cakes (see below) 1 cup sliced fresh strawberries 1 package (10 oz.) Wilton Vanilla Whipped Icing Mix, prepared according to package instructions Place one cake in bottom of Treat Pop. Add layer of strawberries. Pipe a swirl of whipped icing from back edge following the curve of the container, then filling in the center. Continue layering until Treat Pop container is full. Top with sliced strawberries, if desired.

Makes about 12 Treat Pops

Whoopie Pie Cakes: 3/4 cup all-purpose flour 3/4 teaspoon baking powder 1/8 teaspoon salt 3 tablespoons butter, softened 1/3 cup granulated sugar 1 egg white 3/4 teaspoon Wilton Imitation Clear Vanilla Extract 1/3 cup milk Preheat oven to 350°F. Prepare Mini Whoopie Pie Pan with vegetable pan spray.

In large bowl, stir together flour, baking soda and salt.

In large bowl, beat butter and sugar with electric mixer until light and fluffy. Add egg white and vanilla extract and beat until well combined. Alternately add flour mixture and milk in three additions, beating until just combined. Spoon one tablespoon of batter into each cavity.

Bake 9-11 minutes or until tops of cakes spring back when touched. Cool in pan 3 minutes. Cool completely on cooling grid.

Convenience tip: Substitute vanilla wafer cookies for Whoopie Pie cakes.

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Arrest and incident reports are taken from the information released from the sheriff’s office. Charges or citations reported in the Navarre Press do not imply guilt. Guilt is determined by the courts.

Information on this page is public information. Names on arrest records will not be withheld by request for any reason. Juveniles are named only if the arrest involved a felony offense.

INCIDENT REPORTS Feb. 27 ■ Officers were advised to be on the lookout for two females and one male as a result of a theft of a bearded dragon lizard from a local pet store. The owner told the officer that while he was making his rounds to feed the animals he discovered that a bearded dragon lizard was missing from its container. After confirming with staff they had not sold the lizard he reviewed the store’s video surveillance as the

lizard was in the container that morning. The video showed that at about 12:30 p.m. a white male and two females entered the store.

One of the females left the store but the video showed the male reach into a tank at the back of the store and remove a bearded dragon lizard. The video then showed the male and female move to the food section where the male took two bags of pet food. The subjects left the store with the

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who said he was having an argument with his live-in girlfriend that had started at about 11:30 that morning when he woke up. He said it was his girlfriend’s birthday and she was upset over the death of her father seven years ago. The argument was verbal in nature and he went for a walk outside of the home. When he returned from his walk he started gathering some of Feb. 28 his belonging so that he ■ The Florida Department could go stay with his brothof Children and Families er. He asked the girlfriend was contacted as a result of to return concert tickets she a battery call to Laredo Street. had. She gave him one but While en route to the call, kept the other. The couple dispatch told the respond- began to argue over the ticking officer that a juvenile in ets and the girlfriend called the home had called advis- the boyfriend’s father. The ing that they were being hit boyfriend attempted to and that a second call was retrieve the ticket from the received from an adult girlfriend’s purse, they wresfemale in the home advis- tled for the purse and he said ing that the argument was that she bit him on the right only verbal in nature. The hand. He said she then tore officer made contact with a the concert ticket in half, male outside the residence slapped him in the face and lizard and pet food. The owner and staff confirmed they had never seen the subjects and the owner completed a witness statement. Due to type of material on the top of the lizard container the officer was unable to retrieve latent fingerprints. A copy of the video footage was provided to the officer and as a result the case was turned over for investigation.

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stomped on his laptop. The officer observed blood on the male’s right hand and on inspection found his hand to have small cuts possibly caused by glass. When asked about his injury and if it was caused by glass the boyfriend advised there was broken glass in a bedroom of the home. The officer spoke with the girlfriend regarding the incident. She told the officer she was struggling with her boyfriend for the concert ticket and her boyfriend had choked her. She said she did not lose consciousness, denied slapping the boyfriend in the face or biting him. She admitted to stomping on the boyfriend’s laptop. The officer noted redness around the female’s left collarbone area. The officer observed tiny shards of glass on a bedroom floor and the female said they were remnants from a glass item the boyfriend had broken. The officer spoke with a juvenile in the home who told the officer he or she had briefly witnessed the boyfriend and girlfriend wrestling and had called police. Based on conflicting statements between the couple the officer was unable to determine a primary aggressor in the battery. The couple agreed to separate. The boyfriend collected some of his belongings, left the residence with his brother and told the female he would return in a few months for the remainder of his belonging. As a juvenile observed the incident the officer completed and faxed a Department of Children and Families form for follow-up.

Updated 04/22/2013 Arrests from 04/15/2013 – 04/21/2013 ■ Jonathan Brice Jackson, B/M, age 25, Navarre. Charge: failure to appear.

■ Ray Glynn Boone, W/M, age 48, Navarre. Charges: refuse to submit to DUI test after license suspension; DUI fourth or subsequent offense.

■ Donna Jenelle Williams, W/F, age 26, Navarre. Charges: petit theft, second-degree first offense; possession of opium or derivative with intent to sell, manufacture, deliver, schedule I or II; possession of meth with intent to sell, manufacture, deliver; three counts drug possession with intent to sell, other, schedule III or IV. ■ Samantha Bonita McKenna, W/F, age 15, Navarre. Charges: burglary of unoccupied structure, unarmed; petit theft, firstdegree less than $300.

■ Barbara Jane Cotner, W/F, age 47, Gulf Breeze. Charges: two counts grand theft less than $5,000; dealing in stolen property; fraud – obtain property by impersonation; fraud – swindle, obtain property under $20,000; passing forged/altered instrument.

■ Tiffany Teena Marie Colley, W/F, age 28, Navarre.

Charges: knowingly driving while license suspended/ revoked; two counts – possession of controlled substance without a prescription; possession and/or use of drug equipment.

■ Holly Ann Winston, W/F, age 39, Navarre. Charge: grand theft.

■ Glen Allen Burke, W/M, age 46, Navarre. Charge: DUI with property damage.

■ Patrick Rip Rollins, W/M, age 26, Gulf Breeze. Charge: DUI.

Jane Stieb 1942 – 2013

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1. Calmer 7. Thailand currency 12. Sketched again 13. Continent with North, South and Central 17. Bloodsucking ___ fly 18. Wanting company 19. Agitated state 20. Pull out feathers 21. Auction offering 22. Toys with tails 23. Coastal raptor 24. “Stop that!” (contraction) 25. Arabic for “commander” 26. Small cave 27. Do without 28. Anita Brookner’s “Hotel du ___” 29. Change 30. “Mi chiamano Mimi,” e.g.

31. Lightheaded people? (2 wds) 36. Bringing up the rear 37. Bad end 38. “___ moment” 39. Heirloom location 41. “Minimum” amount 42. ___-bodied 43. Reprimand, with “out” 44. Canine tooth 45. Draft holder 46. “Aladdin” prince 47. Liking 48. 16th letter of the alphabet (pl.)

49. Small colored pieces thrown on festive occasions 51. Missouri feeder 53. Available (2 wds) 54. Passageways between seating areas 55. Incorrect 56. Directs

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1. Small scrap of food left after a meal 2. Least favorable environment for survival 3. Myzogomatic children (2 wds) 4. More chichi 5. Exams 6. Female sheep 7. Fox trotting, e.g. (2 wds) 8. Measure 9. Beginning of a conclusion 10. Arduous journey 11. ___ boom bah!

14. Potato pest (2 wds) 15. ___ friends 16. Begin (2 wds) 20. Concealed 22. Food for sea urchins 24. “Whatcha ___?”

26. Chap 27. Gift tag word 29. Reduced Instruction Set Computer (acronym) 30. ___ vera 32. Detective, at times 33. Swamplike 34. One who engages for service in the armed forces 35. Caught in the act 39. Counting devices with beads 40. Claw 41. Malicious 42. Relaxed and comfortable (2 wds) 44. String bean’s opposite 45. Divided 47. Alarm 50. Handful 51. ___ de deux 52. Cousin of -trix

Jane Stieb died April13, 2013, after a two-year battle with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.

Hospice cared for her the last six weeks and she died in her sleep without pain or suffering.

Stieb is survived by her husband, Pete Stieb; two brothers, Ken and Kirk Martin and their families; her sons, Mike (Teresa) and Killebrew (Sheri) Bailey; her daughters, Kim Bailey, Ann (Reid) Thompson, and Susan (Tracy) Kirksey; and eight grandchildren, all of whom live in Georgia or Tennessee.

A celebration of her life will be held with a visitation between 2 p.m. and 4 p.m. Saturday, May 4, 2013, at Rose Lawn Funeral Home .

The family requests no flowers but charitable contributions can be made to Fisher House that serves family members of military Wounded Warriors. For information, call 850-259-0956.

Arrangements entrusted to Rose Lawn Funeral Home of Gulf Breeze. Mourners may offer condolences, share memories and sign the guestbook at: www.roselawn-fh.com.

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■ Thomas Perry Moore and Sabrina Lin Sanchez ■ Vincent Stephen Marcolini and Meaghan Teresa McKiernan ■ Kenneth David Smith and Jodi Lee Reeves ■ Andre Jerome Wadley and Jessica Nickole Skaggs ■ Troy James Conner and Kamie Renee Foley ■ Bunnie Hodari Jariby Brown III and Barbara Danielle Ore ■ Christopher Joseph Haskins and Lindsey Elizabeth Enzer ■ Brandon James Roche and Katelyn Marie Atkins ■ Michael Devell Pair and Melissa Ann Kellum ■ Johnny Jeff Messer Jr. and Jennifer Lynn Kirchharr ■ Michael Lee Surrett and Jo Lynne Varner ■ Adam Reese Estes and Rebecca Faye Dean ■ Craig Gary McKendree and Cynthia Lou Naylor

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BUILDING PERMITS The following new building permits were issued April 10 – April 17 in south Santa Rosa County.

■ 1300 Shoreline Drive Suite 104, Gulf Breeze, Offices/Banks/Professional Buildings Remodel,0 square feet, contractor -Carl Phillip Nellums, $60,000.

■ 1143 Gulf Breeze Parkway, Gulf Breeze, Retail/Stores/Customer Services Remodel,4,300 square feet, contractor -Lloyd J. Mattair Jr., $33,800.

■ 4317 Gulf Breeze Parkway, Gulf Breeze, Building Sign Install,36 square feet, contractor -Terry Lee Akens, $1,800.

■ 311 Fairpoint Drive, Gulf Breeze, Roofing Remodel,6,000 square feet, contractor -Michael F. Guy, $16,750.

■ 200 Pensacola Beach Road, Gulf Breeze, Multi/Hotel/Motel Remodel,0 square feet, contractor Roger Allen Bontrager, $1,000.

■ 200 Pensacola Beach Road Apt I3, Gulf Breeze, Multi/Hotel/Motel Remodel,0 square feet, contractor -Roger Allen Bontrager, $1,000.

■ 200 Pensacola Beach Road Apt L1, Gulf Breeze, Multi/Hotel/Motel Remodel,0 square feet, contractor -Roger Allen Bontrager, $1,000.

■ 200 Pensacola Beach Road Apt M1, Gulf Breeze, Multi/Hotel/Motel Remodel,0 square feet, contractor -Roger Allen Bontrager, $1,000.

■ 200 Pensacola Beach Road Apt A1, Gulf Breeze, Multi/Hotel/Motel Remodel,0 square feet, contractor -Roger Allen Bontrager, $1,000.

■ 200 Pensacola Beach Road Apt H1, Gulf Breeze, Multi/Hotel/Motel Remodel,0 square feet, contractor -Roger Allen Bontrager, $1,000.

■ 200 Pensacola Beach

Road Apt B1, Gulf Breeze, Multi/Hotel/Motel Remodel,0 square feet, contractor -Roger Allen Bontrager, $1,000.

■ 9466 Navarre Pkwy Unit D, Retail/Stores/Customer Services Remodel,1,125 square feet, contractor -William & Martha Pullum, $600.

■ 1889 Cowen Road, Gulf Breeze, Roofing Install,0 square feet, contractor Robert E. Purdy, $3,960.

■ 2782 Gulf Breeze Parkway, Gulf Breeze, Building Sign Install,27 square feet, contractor -Terry Lee Akens, $1,800.

■ 8491 Navarre Parkway, Ground Sign Install,87 square feet, contractor Anthony Karl Moyer, $5,000.

■ 4809 Soundside Drive Dock 1, Gulf Breeze, Dock/Pier/Seawall Install,0 square feet, contractor Trustee of Tracey Chada, $4,500.

■ 15 N Sunset Boulevard, Gulf Breeze, Roofing Remodel,0 square feet, contractor -Charles W. Batchelor, $2,400.

■ 6424 Starfish Cove, Gulf Breeze, Roofing Remodel,0 square feet, contractor Michael J. Parsons, $6,760.

■ 1892 Alfred Boulevard, Windows/Doors Install,0 square feet, contractor Angela Dawn Weinberg, $1,500.

■ 7520 North Shores Drive, New Single Family,2,306 square feet, contractor -Steven Carl Dougherty, $250,000.

■ 7520 North Shores Drive, Roofing Install,2,306 square feet, contractor Steven Carl Dougherty, $0.00.

■ 1842 Sunrise Drive, Single Family Addition,206 square feet, contractor -Fred D. Genkin, $3,000.

■ 9873 E Concord Circle, New Mobile Home (HUD), 1,152 square feet, contractor -Gerald King, $0.00.

■ 7146 Brinkley Street, Single Family Addition,161

square feet, contractor -Fred D. Genkin, $2,000.

■ 6629 Fern Street, New Single Family,2,241 square feet, contractor -Michael O. Stanley, $100,000.

■ 6629 Fern Street, Roofing Install,2,241 square feet, contractor -Michael O. Stanley, $0.00.

■ 3990 Bay Pointe Drive,Gulf Breeze, Windows/Doors Install,0 square feet, contractor -James S. Smart, $0.00.

■ 1842 Sunrise Drive, Hurricane Shutters Install,0 square feet, contractor James S. Smart, $6,091.

■ 6503 Surfside Cove, Gulf Breeze, Roofing Remodel, 3,400 square feet, contractor -Michael F. Guy, $8,192.

■ 1792 Twin Pine Boulevard, Gulf Breeze, Single Family Addition, 340 square feet, contractor -Paul A. Kasischke, $5,700.

■ 7380 Rexford Street, Pool Install, 0 square feet, contractor -Marc R. Mihalsky, $22,000.

■ 2306 Meadow Mist Court, Pool Install, 0 square feet, contractor -Marc R. Mihalsky, $23,000.

■ 6499 Surfside Cove, Roofing Remodel, 3,500 square feet, contractor Michael F. Guy, $8,480.

■ 1703 Champagne Avenue Acc 1, Gulf Breeze, New Accessory Exempt ,0 square feet, contractor Matthew & Tamara Ritter, $0.00.

■ 207 Norwich Drive, Gulf Breeze, Roofing Remodel, 20 square feet, contractor -John C. Fortner, $900.

■ 7979 Gulf Boulevard Unit 141, Hurricane Shutters Install, 0 square feet, contractor -Herman L.Vanderheyden, $4,890.

■ 1612 Kauai Court Dock 1,Gulf Breeze, Dock/Pier/Seawall Install, 0 square feet, contractor Michael S. O'Daniel Sr., $7,500.

■ 1316 Soundview Trail,

NOTICE OF CHANGE OF LAND USE AND INTENT TO CONSIDER AN ORDINANCE The Santa Rosa County Zoning Board and Board of County Commissioners will conduct public hearings to consider a change of the Land Development Code and Comprehensive Plan. The hearings are scheduled as follows: Zoning Board (to consider and make a recommendation on the proposals): Thursday, May 9, 2013 at 6:00 p.m.

Board of County Commissioners (to consider adoption of the ordinance): Thursday, May 23, 2013 at 6:00 p.m.

Both meetings will be held at the Santa Rosa County Administrative Center in the Board Meeting Room, 6495 Caroline Street, Milton, Florida. At the public hearings, the Local Planning Board and Board of County Commissioners shall consider the ordinances entitled: Ordinance No. 1 AN ORDINANCE RELATING TO SANTA ROSA COUNTY, FLORIDA; AMENDING ORDINANCE 91-24 AS AMENDED; AMENDING ARTICLE ARTICLE 3, ARTICLE 6.05.24.C.2.j, HEART OF NAVARRE OVERLAY DISTRICT PARKING AND LANDSCAPING, ARTICLE 7.01.02 LANDSCAPING GENERAL, ARTICLE 7.01.03 REQUIRED PERIMETER LANDSCAPING ADJACENT TO PUBLIC RIGHTS-OF-WAY, ARTICLE 7.01.04 REQUIRED PARKING AREA INTERIOR LANDSCAPING, ARTICLE 7.01.05 LANDSCAPE BUFFERS, ARTICLE 7.01.06 TREE PROTECTION; PROVIDING FOR CODIFICATION; PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY; AND PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE. Ordinance No. 2 AN ORDINANCE RELATING TO SANTA ROSA COUNTY, FLORIDA; AMENDMENTS TO THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN FUTURE LAND USE ELEMENT AND INFRASTRUCTURE ELEMENT REGARDING WELLHEAD AND WELLFIELD PROTECTION; AMENDING ORDINANCE 2003-25; AMENDING CHAPTER 3, THE FUTURE LAND USE ELEMENT, AMENDING CHAPTER 6 THE INFRASTRUCTURE ELEMENT; PROVIDING FOR CODIFICATION; AND PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE. The agenda and backup documentation will be available via the Meetings & Agendas Page of the County’s website at www.santarosa.fl.gov approximately 1 week prior to each scheduled meeting. Interested parties may appear at the meetings and be heard with respect to this proposed ordinance. All interested parties should take notice that if they decide to appeal any decision made by the Santa Rosa County Board of County Commissioners with respect to any matter coming before said Board at said meeting, it is their individual responsibility to insure that a record of proceedings they are appealing exists and for such purpose they will need to insure that a verbatim record of the proceedings is made, which record shall include the testimony and the evidence upon which their appeal is to be based.

Santa Rosa County adheres to the Americans with Disabilities Act and will make reasonable modifications for access to this meeting upon request. Please call Santa Rosa County Planning, Zoning and Development Division at (850) 9817075 to make a request. For the Hearing-Impaired, 1-800-955-8770 (Voice). Requests must be received at least 48 hours in advance of the meeting in order to provide the requested service.

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Health Briefs Arthritis Walk coming soon The Arthritis Foundation is seeking walkers to participate in the 2013 Arthritis Walk beginning at 9 a.m. Saturday, April 27, at the Community Maritime Park in Pensacola. Registration and check-in starts at 7:30 a.m. The event features three-mile, two-mile and one-mile courses. Participants walk in honor of a friend or family member with arthritis, while those with arthritis wear blue hats to signify their action in taking control of their condition. Because onein-four dogs get “arf”ritis, too, pet owners are invited to bring their leashed dogs to walk with them at the event. For more information, call 850-418-0543 or visit dhawkins@arthritis.org.

Free screenings in Pace The seventh annual Sacred Heart Medical Park at Pace Community Health Fair will be held from 9 a.m.-1 p.m., Saturday, April 27, at the Sacred Heart Medical Park at Pace on U.S. Highway 90 across from Oops Alley. Free health screenings available include blood sugar, total cholesterol, blood pressure, body-fat percentage, grip testing and skin cancer spot checks. For more information, call Tim Gilbert at 850-6982202 or Will Condon at 850-416-1156 Babysitting class offered Children’s Hospital at Sacred Heart will offer a babysitting class from 9 a.m.-3 p.m., Saturday, May 18, in the Dudley Greenhut Auditorium at the Sacred Heart Hospital Conference Center, 5151 N. Ninth Ave., in Pensacola. The class is available for youths ages 11 to 15, and the cost is $30 per person. For more information, call 850-416-7264.

Stop-smoking class offered Sacred Heart Hospital in Pensacola will offer a free, six-week, tobacco-cessation program beginning May 7 and May 9 for people who want to stop smoking or using tobacco. Quit Smoking Now provides structured classes in a supportive, stress-free environment. Step-by-step, tobacco-users will learn how to replace their nicotine habit with healthy alternatives. The two-hour classes will be offered on Tuesday nights from 6-8 p.m. beginning May 7 and Thursday mornings from 10 a.m.-noon beginning May 9. Classes will be held in the Carmel Heights Building on the Sacred Heart Hospital campus. For more information, call 850-416-7764.

Honoring health volunteers Covenant Hospice in Pensacola and Baptist Medical Park Navarre are participating in National Volunteer Week, which ends Saturday, April 27. Covenant Hospice volunteers served 71 percent of all patients cared for in 2012 and met 99 percent of all requests to support patients and families, saving the organization more than $2 million in donated time and mileage. Learn about volunteer opportunities at Baptist Health Care by calling 850-434-4936 or emailing kathy.larsen@bhcpns.org.

Infant immunization National Infant Immunization Week is being observed through April 27 to highlight the importance of protecting infants from vaccine-preventable diseases. Immunizations are available at the Florida Department of Health in Santa Rosa County at no charge for uninsured children through the age of 18. For more information visit www.cdc.gov/vaccines/parents/index.html online.

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Gulf Breeze Apothecary Navarre resident Kathy Dreadin suffered from shingles years ago but couldn’t find the right medication.

Her doctor collaborated with pharmacist Sharon Sims, owner of Gulf Breeze Apothecary, to compound an ideal cream combination made specifically for Dreadin.

Dreadin said she hadn’t realized that creating a custom medicine was even a possibility.

“That made a believer out of me,”Dreadin said.“Today’s world is so impersonal and this gives you the opportunity to have personalized service and to have somebody looking out for you.”

Gulf Breeze Apothecary is a compounding pharmacy and is a member of Professional Compounding Centers of America (PCCA).

Compounding is the preparation of custom medications for patients who need specific ingredients or a dosage that isn’t offered in mainstream medicine.

They are held to the same state regulations and inspections as any other pharmacy.

Unlike a mainstream pharmacy such as CVS or Walgreens, the medicine can be tailored to fit the patient’s exact needs.

“It’s like a recipe, like cooking and chemistry,”Sims said.

There are many reasons why a patient would need a specialized medication, Sims said. Sometimes a particular pill isn’t manufactured anymore, a patient may have an allergy to an ingredient, a patient may experience too many side effects, a dog may need to ingest medication or a child might need the medication in the form of a cream instead of a pill.

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Pharmacist and owner, Sharon Jordan Sims, is an Auburn graduate who was trained and certified at the Professional Compounding Center of America (PCCA) in Houston, Tex. and Vital Care's Enteral/Parenteral Training Center in Meridian, Miss.

Pharmacy Technician, Sage Townsend, is making special pet chews for veterinary medicine.

Sims said the com- ident of Gulf Breeze, Sims pounding philosophy is the grew up helping at the pharreturn to the roots of a phar- macy. macist’s role.

The technicians at Gulf “That’s how pharmacy Breeze Apothecary can make started out,”Sims said.“That the necessary medicine in is what we were and now nearly any agent including everything is commercial lip balm, dog treats, mouthbut we’re coming back wash or eye drops. Sims talks around where we’re mak- with the patient’s physician ing specific things for to find out exactly what the patients. That was our pur- patient needs. pose all along.”

That individualized care Sims was raised with that by a pharmacist is rare, said mindset by her father, who Orie Dalton, a graduate stuco-owned Bokas/Jordan dent interning at the apothePharmacy. As a lifetime res- cary. When clients visit main-

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If patients develop relationships with their pharmacists, she said, the pharmacists would have a greater knowledge of how to compound custom medicine.

“People should really look for that patient-centered care you can obtain here,” Dalton said.“Get to know your pharmacist because that decreases medication errors and they can make recommendations for you.

They’re a wealth of knowledge and a valuable asset.”

Dreadin has that personal relationship with Sims.

Dreadin said the personal touch is important to her because many sectors of the health care system are“compartmentalized” and there is room for error when information is distributed to so many offices. But when she picks up her medication at Gulf Breeze Apothecary, she knows she is getting the very best medication available tailored especially for her.

“You get big-city cuttingedge technology but smalltown customer care,” Dreadin said.“It’s the best of both worlds to me.”

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NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the undersigned, desiring to engage in business under the fictitious name of Northwest Florida Spinning and Mixing at 2378 Heritage Circle in the County of Santa Rosa, in the city of Navarre, Florida 32566 intends to register the said name with the Division of Corporations of the Florida Department of State, Tallahassee, Florida. Dated at Navarre, Florida, this 19th day of April, 2013.

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interested parties should take notice that if they decide to appeal any decision made by the Board of County Commissioners with respect to any matter coming before said Board at said meeting, it is their individual responsibility to insure that a record of the proceeding they are appealing exists and for such purpose they will need to insure that a verbatim record of the proceeding is made, which record shall include the testimony and the evidence upon which their appeal is to be based.

Interested parties may appear at the meeting and be heard with respect to these proposed ordinances. If you are a person with a disability who needs any accommodation in order to participate in a public hearing you are entitled to the provision of certain assistance. Please contact Kathy Jordan at (850) 983-1855 or at 6495 Caroline Street, Milton at least one (1) week prior to the date of the public hearing.

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Legal #2419 ___________________ IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR SANTA ROSA COUNTY, FLORIDA PROBATE DIVISION IN RE: ESTATE OF File No.: 2013-CP-109 HELEN GERALDINE KAISER Division: A Deceased NOTICE TO CREDITORS The administration of the estate of HELEN GERALDINE KAISER, deceased, whose date of death was February 4, 2013, is pending in the Circuit Court for Santa Rosa County, Florida, Probate Division, the address of which is Post Office Box 472, Milton, Florida 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 April 25, 2013.

Personal Representative: Becky Ann Eubank 6526 E. Bay Boulevard Gulf Breeze, Florida 32563 Attorney for Representative:

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Kathleen K. DeMaria Attorney for Personal Representative Florida Bar No. 503789 Smith, Sauer & DeMaria Post Office Box 12446 Pensacola, Florida 32591-2446 Telephone: (850) 434-2761 E m a i l : kkiesdemaria@ssdlawfl.com Patricia.stevens@ssdlawfl.com Legal #2421 ___________________ In accordance with F.S. 101.5612, notice is hereby given that the vote tabulation equipment to be used in the May 14, 2013, Special Primary Election and to be used in Early Voting, for State Representative Dist. 2, will be tested on May 3, 2013, at 9:00 a.m.. The tests will be conducted at the Santa Rosa County Supervisor of Elections’ Office, 6495 Caroline Street, Milton, Florida. These tests will be open to the public.

While in the course of testing, the Santa Rosa County Canvassing Board may hear or conduct other business.

Tappie A. Villane Supervisor of Elections Santa Rosa County, Florida Legal #2422 ___________________

Saturday, May 4th and Sunday, May 5th - 10:00-4:00 Monday, May 6th through Friday, May 10th – 8:00-4:30 Saturday, May 11th – 10:004:00 The Special Primary Election is for the State Representative Dist. 2 and the following precincts will be voting: Pct. 22, Pct. 25 and Pct. 32.

Voting will take place at the main elections office in the Santa Rosa County Administrative Building, Highway 90 (behind McDonalds) in Milton, and the South Santa Rosa Service Center, 5841 Gulf Breeze Parkway (one block east of the Zoo). Each voter should bring their photo and signature identification. If you have any questions please feel free to call the office at 850-983-1900.

Tappie A. Villane Supervisor of Elections Santa Rosa County, Florida Legal #2423 ___________________ IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR SANTA ROSA COUNTY, FLORIDA PROBATE DIVISION IN RE: ESTATE OF File No. 57-2013-CP-000092 JAMES BERNARD CAMPBELL Deceased Division PROBATE NOTICE TO CREDITORS The administration of the estate of James Bernard Campbell, deceased, whose date of death was January 14, 2013, is pending in the Circuit Court for SANTA ROSA County, Florida, Probate Division, the address of which is P.O. Box 472, Milton, FL 32571.

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 April 25, 2013.

Attorney for Personal Representative: P e r s o n a l Representative: R. Lane Lynchard Attorney for Pamela Nebblet Florida Bar Number: 0124087 LYNCHARD & GREENE, PL 1901 Andorra Street Navarre, FL 32566 Telephone: (850) 936-9385 Fax: (850) 936-9578 E-Mail: Lane@LynchardLaw.com Secondary E-Mail: Kelly@lynchardLaw.com Pamela Nebblet 4725 East Farm Road 170 Rogersville, Missouri 65742 Legal #2424 ___________________ Fictitious Name Notice

Legal Notice #2425 ___________________ NOTICE OF INTENT TO CONSIDER AN ORDINANCE The reading and adoption of the following proposed Ordinance by the Board of County Commissioners of Santa Rosa County, is scheduled for 9:30 a.m., May 9, 2013, in the Commissioners meeting room at the County Administrative Complex, located at 6495 Caroline Street, Milton, Florida.

AN ORDINANCE OF THE COUNTY OF SANTA ROSA, FLORIDA AMENDING ORDINANCE 2001 – 03; PROVIDING FOR DEFINITIONS; DISSOLVING THE SANTA ROSA COUNTY UTILITY BOARD; PROVIDING OVERSIGHT REQUIREMENTS FOR UTILITIES; ESTABLISHING PROCEDURES FOR ISSUANCE OF FRANCHISE CERTIFICATES AND FRANCHISE OPERATIONS; ESTABLISHES ANNUAL REPORTING OF COUNTY UTILITIES; REGULATION OF RATES FOR PRIVATE UTILITIES WITHIN THE UNINCORPORATED AREAS OF THE COUNTY; PROVIDING FOR CODIFICATION; AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.

Legal #2426 ___________________ Fictitious Name Notice NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the undersigned, desiring to engage in business under the fictitious name of Southern Affairs at 1114 Mary Fox Court in the County of Santa Rosa, in the city of Gulf Breeze, Florida 32563 intends to register the said name with the Division of Corporations of the Florida Department of State, Tallahassee, Florida. Dated at Navarre, Florida, this 19th day of April, 2013. SMB Partners, LLC, owner or corporation full name.

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