Tallahassee – As cities and counties across the state debate the issue, the Florida Senate on Apr. 16 passed a bill that would prevent local governments from adding fluoride to water supplies.
At the special zoning meeting on March 27, commissioners rejected District 3 Commissioner Rhett Rowell’s proposal to extend the Rural Protection Zone. At the following regular meeting on April 7, Rowell said he was taken aback by the 180 the board had done.
The SMP (Senior Medicare Patrol) program offers volunteers an opportunity to make an important difference in their communities. Volunteers take pride in working to ensure that the Medicare program will be protected for future generations. In 2020, the SMP projects had a total of 5,720 total active team members who conducted 9,870 group outreach and education events, reaching an estimated 425,103 people. In addition, the projects had 249,134 individual interactions with, or on behalf of, a Medicare beneficiary.
For Christians around the world, Easter represents a time of renewal, and a time of remembrance of the death of Jesus and his resurrection. However you choose to celebrate Easter, whether it is in Church or in your backyard hunting for Easter eggs or both, we at Navarre Press wish you a day of renewal. Consider it perhaps a transfiguration of sorts; a shedding of whatever is old and stale and an embrace of new things, habits and ideas. We can all use that in our life, no matter your belief.
My column this week may be considered “religious,” but I’m going to be as factual as possible and even include a historian who was a Jew, but didn’t necessarily believe Jesus was the prophesied messiah.
Tallahassee – An effort to keep students off cell phones throughout the school day passed the Florida House on Apr. 16, though differences remain with a Senate proposal.
Renee Hester led off the fifth inning of last Tuesday’s softball game against Milton with a base hit. She eventually scored on a wild pitch to tie the game and that sparked the Raiders, who grabbed the momentum and didn’t let go.
Tallahassee – Despite vastly divergent approaches with the House on tax cuts amid global economic uncertainty, a Senate leader Apr. 15 said he remains optimistic an agreement can be reached before the end of the legislative session.