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5k to honor Santos, benefit colon cancer patients

Written by Staff Reporters on February 20, 2014. Posted in News.

Lisa Santos wants participants and attendees at the “Raise Your Voice 5k” on Navarre Beach March 1 to celebrate local residents who are currently battling colon cancer. Her son, Josh Lee Santos, died from colon cancer related complications in November 2012 at the age of 24.

Sharing the Love

Written by Staff Reporters on February 20, 2014. Posted in Faith.

When we think about Valentine’s Day, many think about “love.” For a church in Gulf Breeze, the whole week, Feb. 9 – 15, was about sharing the love of Jesus with organizations, businesses and people throughout the local area.

I bet you think the earth is still flat

Written by Staff Reporters on February 20, 2014. Posted in Letters to the Editor, Opinion.

Publisher Sandy Kemp made a remark in her column on Feb. 6, regarding the movie “An Inconvenient Truth”, and global warming. I suppose she cannot see beyond her own back yard, and certainly chooses to be willfully ignorant regarding what is happening to the planet. I am older than you and remember studying about greenhouse gases in the early 70’s largely caused by carbon emissions of the industrial age.

Gaetzs get it right

Written by Staff Reporters on February 20, 2014. Posted in Editorial, Opinion.

Bills were introduced last week in the Florida Senate and Florida House of Representatives, which would decriminalize the use of cannabidol (CBD), a non-euphoric ingredient found in some marijuana plants, for treatment of children suffering from violent seizures associated with severe epilepsy.

Housing market for 2013 better than state average

Written by Staff Reporters on February 20, 2014. Posted in Business.

Sales of single family homes, as well as condos and townhouses in Santa Rosa and Escambia counties in 2013 outpaced the state’s average, according to a Florida Realtors® report released Feb. 11.

Sea Turtle Conservation Center looks for saltwater

Written by Staff Reporters on February 20, 2014. Posted in Beach.

The Santa Rosa County Commissioners gave their approval Feb. 13 for the Sea Turtle Conservation Center (STCC) to seek state permits to drill a saltwater well near the facility on Navarre Beach. The exact location has yet to be determined.

CVS employees stop pharmacy robbery

Written by Staff Reporters on February 20, 2014. Posted in Crime, News.

A man attempted to rob a Gulf Breeze CVS store Sunday but was stopped by employees, according to a Santa Rosa County Sheriff’s Office arrest report.

Here’s Looking at You Ernest T. Schilling

Written by Staff Reporters on February 13, 2014. Posted in Community.

“I was born in 1922, in San Antonio, Texas, Ernest T. Schilling repeated, when I said he didn’t look that old.

Hurlburt trains against chemical weapons attack

Written by Staff Reporters on February 13, 2014. Posted in Military, News.

Air Force personnel at Hurlburt Field conducted training Thursday based on a simulated chemical weapons attack against a base outside the U.S. Staff Sgt. David Norris said the CBRN– Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear – training is for airmen and civilians that may be deployed to international locations where chemical weapons could be used against them. The training simulated for airmen what they should do before, during and after a chemical weapons attack.

Keep your heart healthy

Written by Staff Reporters on February 13, 2014. Posted in News.

Every year, heart disease accounts for one in every four deaths in the United States. That is about 600,000 people who die from the disease each year.