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Stan Bellamy – Senior Profile
Written by Staff Reporters on . Posted in News.
“So what would you like to know?” asked Stan Bellamy, one of the residents at The Beacon Assisted Living and Retirement Community in Gulf Breeze. Stan, a retired engineer, relocated with his wife, Leta Bellamy, to Gulf Breeze from Indianapolis, Ind., about 20 year ago in order to enjoy their retirement. After some problems with their health however, they moved to The Beacon and have been doing fairly well there ever since.
FWC in process of reclassifying manatee status
Written by Brian Lester on . Posted in News.
Katie Tripp won’t argue that the manatee population in Florida is at a healthy level.
J-Team setting up missions for success
Written by Staff Reporters on . Posted in Military, News.
Hurlburt Field, Fla. – Military operations require flexibility and they aren’t always in ideal locations. When needed, there is a team of civil engineers who are able to build and tear down small temporary bases in a short period of time for special operations forces in austere locations.
Church programs help people move on after a breakup
Written by Staff Reporters on . Posted in Faith.
Daytona Beach, Fla.— DivorceCare was a godsend for Susan Mitri.
Commissioners’ business acumen in question
Written by Staff Reporters on . Posted in Letters to the Editor, Opinion.
The County Commissioners strike again! Coastal Concessions asked for relief from paying for maintenance, utilities, supplies, trash collection and the employee salary for collecting gate receipts. This will cost approximately $50,000 a month so that means the first 50,000, $1-to-walk or 7,142, $7-to-fish or combination of receipts collected each month will go into Coastal Concessions’ pocket first before any receipts go to the county/taxpayers. Any business would like this benefit at taxpayers’ expense and the commissioners just don’t care.
UWF receives historic $5 million gift
Written by Staff Reporters on . Posted in Community.
The University of West Florida received the largest gift from a living donor in its history on Jan. 19. Longtime supporter Harold E. ‘Hal’ Marcus allocated $5 million to the College of Science and Engineering. The college will be named the Hal Marcus College of Science and Engineering in his honor, marking it the university’s first named college.
County hires new Public Information Officer
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Brandi Whitehurst was approved to be the new public information officer for the county at the Jan. 14 Santa Rosa County Board of Commissioners’ meeting. The PIO is responsible for promoting awareness of the county’s mission, programs, policies and initiatives to residents of the county and the media. Whitehurst’s employment began Jan. 19.
No short-term solutions for recycling
Written by Staff Reporters on . Posted in News.
Santa Rosa County continues to have discussions with Emerald Coast Utilities Authority, to identify an alternative for recycling. ECUA was contracted to accept all recyclables in Santa Rosa County and transport them to a center in Montgomery, Ala. This center abruptly closed in October 2015. ECUA then began transporting recyclables to Tarpon Paper Company in Loxley, Ala. Because it was cost prohibitive, ECUA stopped transporting recyclables to Tarpon in December when they began charging a $12.50 per-ton tipping fee. ECUA is currently in the process of establishing a new processing facility in Escambia County. Santa Rosa County discussions with ECUA concern future agreements as well as looking for all available long-term alternatives.
Santa Rosa area legislators support fracking
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The overthrow of local authority to limit fracking, the controversial method of drilling for oil and natural gas after injecting chemicals underground to fracture rock formations, is being supported by Northwest Florida legislators.