Roughly $80 million in Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT) projects are being added to or advanced in the 2015-2019 Transportation Improvement Plan. The amendments were approved at the June 11 Florida-Alabama Transportation Planning Organization (TPO) meeting in Pensacola, which was attended by about 50 people.
The Florida Association of Counties hosted a FEMA flood mitigation workshop June 17 in Milton. Santa Rosa County staff members attended along with two representatives from Bay County. Attendees received an overview of federal programs aimed to reduce potential flood damages and lower flood insurance premiums and other related information.
The Navarre Beach Leaseholders and Residents Association (NBLRA) discussed several issues at their meeting June 21, and most of them dealt with funding issues on the beach.
Ten-year-old Carlie Jeffries worked hard for her birthday presents. She went from door to door to businesses, took a wagon around door to door in her neighborhood and even asked members of her church and karate group for donations toward her birthday.
Chance Stephens and Jacob Leonard traveled through Navarre June 17 in the middle of a 4,000 mile walk across America to raise money for Tiny Hands International (THI), an organization that works on behalf of young girls who are being taken from Nepal and sold into the sex trade. Stephens, who began his trip in Santa Monica, Calif. on Sept. 9, 2013, now walks with friend Jacob Leonard. Their final destination is Virginia Beach, which they expect to reach by Christmas.
Milt Miller grew up in Detroit where his dad, Denver, worked for 43 years on the Wabash Railroad. His mom, Esther, was housewife, but she worked raising Milt, his older half-brother, Warren Sessler, and sisters, Grace, a retired nurse, and Marilyn, also a housewife.
The long-awaited finalization of the U.S. Department of Treasury guidelines for funds resulting from the 2010 Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill is expected soon, and the Santa Rosa County RESTORE Council is hearing presentations monthly from groups making their case for local RESTORE funding.
The year 2004 might be remembered for Janet Jackson and Justin Timberlake’s Super Bowl scandal, the phrase “that’s hot,” coined by Paris Hilton and George Bush being named Man of the Year by Time magazine.
The Florida Department of Health in Santa Rosa County’s Midway location remains closed until further notice due to severe damage caused by flooding. Plans for a temporary location in the Midway area have been ruled out and extended hours at the Milton facility will be the temporary solution for residents seeking immunizations for their children.
