More than half of the folks in America over the age of 50 suffer with either osteoporosis or low bone mass. That is not good news. The worldwide incidence of hip fracture in men is projected to increase by 310 percent and 240 percent in women by the year 2050 according to the International Osteoporosis Foundation. That increase is just since 1990. That’s the bad news.
When I moved here from Alaska it was plain to see our awesome little town valued fitness and health in an entirely different way. In fact, it was kind of a culture shock!
Sunday afternoon is slowly turning into Sunday evening and the University of West Florida softball team has just wrapped up a tightly played doubleheader against Christian Brothers, the Argos winning the opener 1-0 in eight innings and securing a 2-1 victory in the finale.
Shaun Abbott leans against the railing of the Navarre Beach fishing pier, his pole leaned up against the side of it with a colorful lure dangling from the end of the line high above the sparkling green water of the Gulf of Mexico.
Two men have been arrested for their involvement in a March 23 Navarre shooting that left a man in stable condition after being shot in the face at his home on Shoreview Court.
Florida legislators in the House and Senate are taking a long, hard look at the state’s college and university system. Legislation in both arms of the Capitol could change not only how the state’s schools of higher learning are funded, but how the students are billed and funded, too.
HB 3 in conjunction with Senate SB 2, which passed March 15, would insure that Florida resident undergraduates would pay tuition in a block tuition system.
The deal that seemed too good to be true—being paid at least $100,000 a year by a company to run your money-losing golf course—has turned out to be a pipe dream for the City of Gulf Breeze.
