May 23, 2013
Affordable pet care at home can prevent expensive vet visits
(Family Features) Dogs and cats provide “parents” so much love and affection. So, it’s only natural that pet parents want to return that love by taking care of all their pet’s health and wellness needs. Fortunately, now top-of-the-line routine care can easily be provided at home using veterinarian-quality pet health products, which will help save money and possibly a trip to the vet.
May 23, 2013
Public can review plans for 13 Florida species
TALLAHASSEE — Mooring buoys near coral reefs are among the recommendations in more than a dozen conservation plans that Florida wildlife officials want the public to review.
May 23, 2013
Delays for vet hospitals in Orlando, elsewhere researched
WASHINGTON — Government auditors recently told a House panel that efforts to build four veterans medical centers are taking on average about three years longer to complete than estimated and costing an additional $366 million per project.
May 23, 2013
CBRNE exercise preps Airmen for quick medical response
HURLBURT FIELD – Hurlburt Airmen from the 1st Special Operations Medical Group, Fire Services, Security Forces and Emergency Management recently participated in a semi-annually conducted Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear and Explosive response training on Hurlburt Field.
May 23, 2013
Whiting Field names sailors of the quarter
Naval Air Station Whiting Field recently announced its Sailors of the Quarter for the second quarter for their fiscal year of 2013.
May 23, 2013
Santa Rosa Medical Center to host skin cancer seminar
Santa Rosa Medical Center will host a luncheon focusing on the causes and risk factors of skin cancer on Thursday, May 23 at 11:30 a.m. on the Santa Rosa Medical Center campus in the education building located directly behind the hospital.
May 23, 2013
“Whooping cough” case confirmed in SRC
The area has its first 2013 case of pertussis, commonly referred to as “whooping cough.”
May 23, 2013
Free Dental X-Rays at NWFSC
Free dental x-rays will be offered through the months of May and June at the Dental Assisting Program at Northwest Florida State College. The program is being offered as a service to the public and will provide practicum experience for NWFSC Dental Radiography students.
May 23, 2013
Chamber, Leaseholder and Resident Association talk beach issues
Jim Taylor, Navarre Beach Leaseholder and Resident Association past president and the chair-elect of the Navarre Beach Chamber of Commerce spoke at the NBLRA meeting on May 18.
May 23, 2013
Shipwreck Rhoda closed for survey, cleanup
The shipwreck “Rhoda,” located approximately 1/2 mile northeast of the old USCG Lifesaving Station on Fort Pickens Road, will be closed to all recreational vessel traffic, fishing and diving through May 24, announced Gulf Islands National Seashore Superintendent Dan Brown.