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An 86-year-old resident of Navarre, Maj. Robert M. Fletcher Sr., has seen more of the world than most people could see in two lifetimes. Fletcher served his county honorably in the United States Air Force for an exciting and adventurous 25 years; years of active duty which included tours in both the Korean and Vietnam wars. He has lived an incredible and fruitful life.

Recently teachers and students from second grade at Vineland Elementary School in Rotonda West, and first grade at Lamarque Elementary School in North Port, decided that instead of exchanging holiday gifts, they would hold a pet food drive for the homeless animals at the Suncoast Humane Society. In other generous and selfless acts of kindness, individuals Elizabeth, Maddie and Jessica collected donations for the animals, in place of accepting birthday gifts from family, friends and neighbors.

New York — Labrador retrievers still reign supreme after a quarter century as America’s most prevalent purebred dog. But French bulldogs are riding their je ne sais quoi toward new heights, and some lesser-known breeds are climbing the popularity ladder, according to American Kennel Club rankings released Monday. Here’s a look at how breeds stack up:

Matt Cushing still remembers the phone call in which he was asked to assist in the search for the Black Hawk helicopter that crashed into the Santa Rosa Sound on a dreary night in early March.

The Western Gate Chapter of the Florida Trail Association has several activities planned for March.

Trail work will be done on the Florida Trail March 3, 17, 24 and 31. Anyone interested in helping can meet at Blackwater River State Park at 8 a.m. For more information, call Ed Williamson at 850-474-5359.

Eglin Air Force Base — As the F-35A Lightning II prepares to fly north in 2020, the Vermont Air National Guard sent an Airman here to become the first National Guardsman to graduate from the Joint Strike Fighter program’s Intelligence Formal Training Unit.

Hurlburt Field, Fla. — Airman 1st Class Jordan Artis, a vehicle management analysis journeyman from the 1st Special Operations Logistics Readiness Squadron, turned his childhood of playing with cars, into a career when he joined the Air Force in 2013. 

If you were told you’ve been doing something wrong your whole life and that it’s damaging your health, would you stress out? What if the thing you’ve been doing wrong is stress itself?

If teenage boys or men in your household are clamoring for protein, you needn’t rush to the meat counter.

Twenty years ago this week the Holley-Navarre Water System building burned including the financial records that were inside. There was an ensuing investigation by the Florida State Fire Marshal, the Florida Department of Law Enforcement, Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms and the Internal Revenue Service. Two main suspects were named, but never charged because of the lack of concrete evidence. The statute of limitations has run out on this unsolved crime.