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When Navarre High School alum Ensign Tyler Barker graduated from the U.S. Naval Academy recently, two of his former JROTC instructors were there to attend the event along with his parents, Brian and Donna Barker.

A bright yellow “Don’t tread on me” flag stood out against a protective blanket of red, white and blue flags and posters, effectively symbolizing the defiant, patriotic atmosphere outside East Hill Church of God in Christ in Pensacola on June 22. It was a scene where hundreds of Americans lined the street, forming a human barrier outside the funeral ceremony for fallen soldier, U.S. Army Staff Sergeant Jesse Lamar Thomas Jr., who died June 10 while serving in Operation Enduring Freedom in Afghanistran. The counter protestors were geared up for the arrival of Westboro Baptist, a Kansas-based group renowned for inflammatory pickets at military funerals.

The Florida Department of Health in Santa Rosa County Immunization Clinics now have new hours of operation.  Immunizations will be offered at the Milton location on Mondays and Thursdays, and at the satellite clinic in Gulf Breeze on Tuesdays. 

Military patients who rely on compounded prescriptions got a big surprise recently when Tri-Care notified them the insurer would no longer cover the customized medications.

TALLAHASSEE — Gov. Rick Scott signed a bill Friday that will close a loophole that allowed dangerously mentally ill people to admit themselves for treatment, then quickly check out and buy a gun.

Water at the Shoreline Dr. Park in Gulf Breeze has joined the Navarre Park location in testing high for bacteria levels, forcing yet another water advisory from the Florida Department of Health in Santa Rosa County.

Escambia County is once again seated at the head of the table as Santa Rosa seems to struggle for a seat at the $1 billion feast BP voluntarily paid in advance for early restoration projects associated with the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill, the largest and most prolonged offshore spill in U.S. History.

Representative Mike Hill is off and running toward the mark as other legislators are taking a collective breather after wrapping up the 2013 session in May.

The Holley-Navarre Fire District is looking for a location for a new fire station that will improve response times in the Holley area. The beginning phase of a possible new station was the topic of discussion at the district’s June 24 board meeting. The commissioners discussed the feasibility of property at the corner of Highway 87 and Bob Tolbert Road being the new location.

Fourth of July celebrations conjure up a familiar image for most of us: Luminescent streams of red, white and blue bursting overhead at dusk. Fireworks have been an integral part of many cultural celebrations around the world and in the U.S. since colonial times. Many historians believe that fireworks first originated in China as early as 200 B.C. Bamboo would be put over a fire which would cause it to explode.