GB Hospital volunteers keep things rolling
BY FRANKLIN HAYES Gulf Breeze News franklin@gulfbreezenews.com
      When Wendy Brandon was comforting her terminally ill mother in the hospital nearly 10 years ago, one element of that experience gave her great comfort - the pink shirts of various auxiliary volunteers. "They would pop their head in and ask if we needed anything or if I needed a break," recalls Br...
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Check out line offers sweet glimpse into the past
      Standing in the checkout line last week in the supermarket, I looked longingly at the mostly empty "self checkout" lines. No white hair there!
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GB Presbyterian women honor Ethel Betts on her 100th birthday
      Mrs. Ethel Betts was honored recently by the Gulf Breeze Presbyterian Women. The women presented her with the very first Project Warmth afghan made by the Sunday School Circle. Project Warmth is a nationwide movement encouraging individuals and groups to learn to knit or crochet afghan squares, wh...
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Catching up with singer/actress Julie Andrews
Andrews records post surgery song for new childrens book "The Great American Mousical"
BY PATRICIA SHERIDAN Pittsburgh Post Gazette
      Hollywood's favorite silver-screen soprano, Oscar-winning Julie Andrews, recently received the Life Achievement Award from the Screen Actors Guild. Andrews, 71, who is most often associated with "The Sound of Music" and "Mary Poppins," runs a small publishing company called the Julie Andrews Colle...
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Nearing 90, Brodie continues lifelong passion as a railfan
BY BETTY ARCHER ALLEN Gulf Breeze News betty@gulfbreezenews.com
      Scott Brodie is a railfan. Railfans collect and exchange detailed information about the movements of locomotives and other equipment on the railway network and become very knowledgeable about its operations. "There were five people on a freight train: the engineer, the fireman who shoveled coal, ...
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Heartburn Medication and Hip Fractures
      A recent study reported in The Journal of the American Medical Association has raised eyebrows across the country. The study, which included 145,000 patients in a United Kingdom database, concluded that long-term use of prescription heartburn drugs is associated with an increased risk of hip fractu...
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A super safety bridge play
      The bidding: East South West North 1 [S] 1 NT Pass 3 NT 4 [H] Dble Pass 4 NT Opening lead -- two of hearts. Declarer's first obligation is to make his contract. He must sometimes exercise extreme care to meet this obligation, but when these efforts pay off he has good reason to feel highly grati...
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Driftwood Condos offer hassle-free luxury living
      Driftwood is an upscale town home community, which will be located on a beautiful high bluff in the heart of Gulf Breeze, behind the U.S. Post Office. The new homes will be situated on a 4-acre tract of land.
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