Golden retrievers key to lifetime dog cancer study
LOS ANGELES (AP) — When Jay Mesinger heard about a study seeking golden retrievers to help fight canine cancer, he immediately signed up 2-year-old Louie.
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Combined forces increase service in state parks
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When the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) acquired additional personnel from the Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) and the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services (DACS) last year, its staff gained new responsibilities. Now, FWC officers patrol all of Florida’s woods and waters, including its state forests and state parks.
Prescribed fires vital tool
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The Florida Department of Environmental Protection’s Florida Park Service is observing Prescribed Fire Awareness Week from Jan. 27-Feb. 2. Prescribed fires mimic naturally occurring fires and can help prevent devastating wildfires. Park staff, guided by detailed plans called prescriptions, conduct prescribed burns as a regular and important part of their land management activities in state parks and trails. Prescribed fire is a safe way to apply a natural process, ensure ecosystem health and reduce wildfire risk. Many state parks and trails will be conducting prescribed burns in the coming months.
Boy Scouts Hurlburt Field
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HURLBURT FIELD, Fla. — The Boy Scouts of America have a longstanding tradition of giving back to the military community, but this time they were able put a face to the Airmen who often receive their donations miles from home.
Dental bus coming to First Baptist
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First Baptist Church Navarre is hosting its annual Dental Bus Clinic from Feb. 25-March 1 at the church.
Gov. Scott touts $2,500 teacher raise
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Gov. Rick Scott’s proposal to raise teachers’ salaries meets skeptical optimism this week around Santa Rosa County.
Out and About
Written by Sandi Kemp on . Posted in Opinion, Out and About.
The Mardi Gras Parade is this Saturday at 1 p.m. and the Navarre Beach Causeway going over to the beach will be shutting down around 12:30 p.m. Last year, they had both lanes coming off of the bridge after the parade. The Navarre Krewe of Jesters float will lead the parade and they are excited to show it off because they won first place Jan. 19 in the Abita Mardi Gras Parade on Okaloosa Island. Krewe of Lafitte from Pensacola will also be joining the parade with their float, “The Sword.”
Women must meet same standards
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I get it. I’m a woman who grew up on a farm doing “man’s” work. I enlisted in the Navy and did a “man’s” work as an aviation structural mechanic. Yet, the standards for physical readiness for me were different than for my male counterparts. Sure, I could carry the same tool box, but in the Navy’s eyes, I could not do as many sit-ups, push-ups and run a 1.5-mile as fast as a man.
Former Headhunter finds bounty in Navarre
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Ricky Lee Phelps, the former lead singer of Grammy-Award winning country band Kentucky Headhunters, said he’s kept a low profile since moving to Navarre in 2001.
Home sales up in Navarre
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Navarre joins the rest of Florida with rising home sells.
“It is picking up. It’s getting busier,” said Linda Evans, a real estate agent with Southern Shores Realty Inc.