What looks like a day trip of paddling and fishing for veterans who are wounded, injured, or recently returning from combat is in fact something much deeper and long-lasting.
Dozens of badge-clad Girl Scouts held on to pots of colorful flowers to bring some cheer to senior citizens last week. The girls hand-delivered potted plants last Wednesday and visited with the residents at Bay Breeze Nursing and Retirement Center.
Brenda Hamamura issued both a challenge and a promise when setting the 2013 goal for Navarre’s Relay for Life at $126,000. And last week, the community representative with the American Cancer Society and captain of the St. Augustan team had to “pay up” and make good on her promise.
Judie seemed surprised that I was surprised that she wasn’t raised on a ranch when she said she was born in Grand Forks, N.D., but that was because she didn’t know this city boy thought anybody born in cowboy and Indian country grew up ranching.
Residents curious about what Santa Rosa County is purchasing have a new avenue, as Donald C. Spencer, Santa Rosa Clerk of the Circuit Court and Comptroller, recently announced that a monthly vendor check register, dating back to October 2011, is now available for public viewing online.
A social worker described as an advocate, surrogate parent and mentor for youth in foster care, Gulf Breeze’s Caprice Blizzard is the recipient of the Florida Department of Children and Families’ Visionary Award for exceptional efforts on behalf of the department’s clients.
PACE – Magi Linscott, a student at Pace High School and a Students Working Against Tobacco (SWAT) youth advocate, was recently named the winner of the Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids Southern Region Youth Advocate of the Year Award.
