Bowfishing becoming more popular in Navarre
Bowfishing is gaining popularity across the Emerald Coast, but yet there is often much confusion about exactly where and how anglers can partake in this sport.
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September marks Ovarian Cancer Awareness Month
Written by Staff Reporters on . Posted in News.
Mention the month of October and the color pink to people and they will almost immediately think of Breast Cancer Awareness Month. What people might be less likely to recognize is that September is National Ovarian Cancer Awareness Month, which dedicates the month to raising awareness and educating women on ovarian cancer, the fifth leading cause of cancer-related death in women.
Strength in muscles, message
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A dynamic group of strong men are coming to share a strong message of faith with families at Hurlburt Air Force Base’s Family Day on October 4. The Strength Team travels the world each year, performing tremendous acts of strength in an effort capture the attention of audiences in hopes of inspiring others with an encouraging message.
UF professors say sabbaticals make them better
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GAINESVILLE — Edith Kaan, whose research into the way people respond to foreign languages normally keeps her busy in a lab in the maze of Turlington Hall’s basement, spent most of the past year traveling abroad courtesy of a sabbatical awarded by the University of Florida.
The Amazing Shake teaches lesson of first impressions
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Local community leaders will help eighth graders at Woodlawn Beach Middle School become more confident and assertive conversationalists through a competition called the Amazing Shake. WBMS algebra teacher Jeffrey Baugus, local organizer of the program, said that his eighth grade students will get a chance to practice their soft business skills and become better conversationalists.
Someone to watch over you
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The responsibilities of a newspaper go much deeper than simply writing stories that entertain and inform. The words public service and watchdog are often tossed around, and rightfully so.
Santa Rosa seeks to become first Safe Community in Southeast
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The Navarre Beach Area Chamber of Commerce voted last Wednesday to be a sponsor for the Safe Communities America designation to help Santa Rosa County gain national recognition as one of the safest places to live in the nation.
Construction gone, auction on
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With the sea of orange barrels gone and the roadwork on Highway 87 complete, Donna Harvell can now get back to what she loves doing best — being an auctioneer.
Some corruption in BP settlement program
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An independent probe led by former FBI Director Louis Freeh found evidence of a plot by lawyers to “corrupt” the BP settlement program but nothing that warranted shutting down payments to victims of the company’s 2010 oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, according to a report issued Friday.
Run for the Reef early registration approaching
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Walkers who are as slow as loggerhead turtles and runners as fast as spotted eagle rays are sought for the Navarre Beach Marine Sanctuary’s “Run for the Reef,” a 5K for adults and 1 mile fun run for kids. Organizers hope the October 13 event will raise more than $6,000 for the group’s artificial snorkeling and diving reefs and related improvements at Navarre Beach Park.“