Although at least three Santa Rosa commissioners support exempting beach leaseholders from paying an extra share of the planned $17 million sand replenishment project, the board’s eventual vote will likely hinge on the county’s overall budget needs.
With the last chance of frost behind us, it’s time to begin that beautiful home garden you’ve always dreamed about. In exchange for a small monetary investment and some elbow grease, you can have amazingly fresh vegetables, herbs and fruit. Even for those who have little or no experience, growing your own garden can be a fun and extremely rewarding experience.
The 22 veteran suicides per day epidemic is more realistically 25 says Fort Walton Beach physician Dr. Eddie Zant Jr., who treats many TBI-injured soldiers with hyperbaric oxygen therapy to help heal their concussed brains. Despite studies showing the efficacy of this treatment, the Department of Veterans Affairs does not use HBOT therapy. On Oct. 5, 2012, VA cut its coverage of service dogs assigned to people with mental disabilities such as PTSD, according to the Federal Register.
One wrong click by your child on your unmonitored computer could spell disaster or just an innocent sleepover gone wrong as 16-year-old Shauna Newell of Pensacola learned in 2006. “A mile a minute, that is how fast your child can disappear,” according to the Klaas Kids Foundation’s website. Locally, Brad Dennis works as the director of the Pensacola-based director of KlaasKIDS National Search Center for Missing and Trafficked Children and also runs the Called2Rescue ministry in an effort to activate, educate, empower and mobilize the churches in the fight against human trafficking.
Laurie Gallup, a high-profile member of the watchdog, volunteer Tourist Development Council has resigned, citing frustration with Santa Rosa’s government bureaucracy.
New changes to Social Security taking effective May 1, 2016, will mean 21.3 million Americans will no longer be eligible to collect an estimated $11.4 billion in crucial benefits. If you are currently enrolled in Social Security, or are about to become eligible, this may affect you.
Don’t let anyone tell you nothing can be done for the migraines, brain fog, depression, vertigo, fatigue, insomnia and other symptoms after a TBI injury. Armed with facts, you or a loved one who has been injured can bust through the naysayers and obstructive agencies who tell you just to live with it or not to waste your time.
In a recently released study done by the Program for the International Assessment for Adult Competencies (PIAAC), average scores for literacy were assessed comparatively among 34 developed countries. Scores were based on results received in testing of adults aged 16-65. While scores for literacy in the U.S. were not significantly different than the average PIAAC international scores, countries such as Japan, Finland, the Netherlands, Sweden, Norway, Estonia and Belgium all scored significantly higher than adults in the U.S. As a result, the PIAAC study brings to light the question of whether or not adult literacy is an on-going problem in America.
