Army brat Laurie Adcock, born in Wiesbaden, Germany, daughter of a career 82nd Airborne master sergeant, grew up and joined the Army; she was assigned to 2/55 Air Defense Artillery, Fort Bliss, Texas.
Not really feeling president’s day? Don’t really care or know much about the presidents, except possibly who the current president is or who the former president was? Well, instead of stressing about having a day off for a reason you know nothing about, get out and shop.
PANAMA CITY– Florida Highway Patrol Director Col. David Brierton recently promoted Warren Fast to major and assigned him to lead field operations in the Florida Panhandle, effective Feb. 8. Troop A comprises 10 counties, including Escambia, Santa Rosa, Okaloosa, Walton, Holmes, Washington, Bay, Jackson, Calhoun and Gulf.
HURLBURT FIELD – In the same park that enshrines the memory of the first Air Commandos, 16 Hurlburt airmen set foot on a 450-mile march to honor their fallen brothers during a kickoff ceremony Feb. 3 at the Hurlburt Airpark.
Betrothed couples worried about remembering future anniversaries sometimes choose momentous wedding dates. With that in mind, Santa Rosa County Clerk Donald Spencer is reminding area grooms- and brides-to-be that his office will perform marriage ceremonies on Feb. 14, Valentine’s Day.
Clay Bloodworth is a 14-year-old Gulf Breeze High School freshman and film buff who is gaining a name for himself on the internet as a critic with insightful views. In addition to collecting DVDs and going to see independent films at the Movies 4 at Gulf Breeze theater, Bloodworth regularly posts his critique of films on his You Tube channel and currently has almost 700 subscribers.
Work on State Road 87 between Five Forks Road and the southern boundary of Eglin Air Force Base’s range will continue into the spring after a number of delays pushed construction past its December 2012 target completion date.
Local ceramic artist Jason Stokes will travel to Japan in April to work and study the country’s rich heritage of traditional wood-fired pottery. Stokes, 34, is one of three potters from the Gulf Coast Kiln Walk Society that have been invited to tour the country to spend time and work with Japanese artists who use traditional methods to create ceramics.
Looking across the table at Mattie and Robert Bartlett, I couldn’t resist: “Y’all quite a “pear,” I quipped.
“Yep,” drawled Butler, Ala.,-born Mattie. “Been a pair 52 years, and we had twins, so we’re a pair with a pair.”
