Pet Welfare Center adds ward, MSG support
Eglin Air Force Base — A new cat isolation ward at the Pet Welfare Center will keep ill cats awaiting fostering or adoption away from healthy cats, while they’re being treated.
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Chief Master Sgt. Maberry retires
Written by Staff Reporters on . Posted in Military, News.
Chief Master Sgt. Jeff Maberry speaks to friends and family during his retirement ceremony at Hurlburt Field, Fla., Nov. 21, 2014. Chief Maberry retired after 26 years of service, the last of which were as the 1st Special Operations Wing command chief.
Bid proposal slated for health department repairs
Written by Staff Reporters on . Posted in News.
It’s been more than seven months since a state of emergency was declared in Santa Rosa County following floods that damaged homes and destroyed roads.
Sacred Heart offers new treatments for blocked arteries
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Sacred Heart Hospital in Pensacola is offering a new treatment to re-open arteries in the legs that have become narrowed or blocked due to peripheral artery disease (PAD).
Kombucha is growing in popularity – but what is it?
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It starts out looking like a pancake, but it’s actually a complex colony of yeast and bacteria. And when it’s fed with organic black tea and sugar, “it transforms the resulting liquid into a refreshingly sweet and sour, lightly sparkling beverage with a fruity fragrance,” wrote Dr. Thomas L. Stone, in the American Nutrition Association’s Nutrition Digest. This beverage is known as kombucha, and because the process of creating it involves fermentation (similar to making vinegar), it can offer a delicious boost to the good bacteria in your gut.
The season of giving
Written by Staff Reporters on . Posted in Faith.
At this time of the year many local congregations transition from Thanksgiving into a season of giving. Many local churches, such as Navarre United Methodist Church (NUMC), have angel tree programs, providing congregation members the opportunity to help local families in need.
Good Shepherd Lutheran celebrates mission festival
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On Sunday, Nov. 9, Good Shepherd Lutheran Church in Gulf Breeze hosted a mission festival celebrating the end of a six-week mission project to raise funds to buy bricks for a life skills center in Sagubo, Philippines, a rural village located in the mountains approximately 200 miles north of Manila on the island of Luzon.
Unusual partnership created between school district and inmates
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Schools seem like the last place prisoners might be welcomed, but an innovative community program is an exception.
Out and About
Written by Sandi Kemp on . Posted in Opinion, Out and About.
The countdown to Christmas has begun. Once again – it snuck up on me. No matter how much I am determined for Christmas to not catch me unprepared it does – except for the year we went out of town for two weeks during Christmas. I was prepared for that one – especially because the trip itself was the only gift we gave that year.
Area crime just one reason to incorporate
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Incorporation supporters have likened the incorporation wave to the Boston Tea Party—a stand against taxation without representation. They are angered by what they view as bloated and unresponsive county government and want greater control over how their taxes are spent. Proponents argue that the best way to make government responsive to community interests is to make it a community government.