Long marriages
      I made it over 20 years with my first wife; her name was Plaintiff. 'Lishous and I are going on five years and I seem to have gotten it right this time. I love it when I hear old married couples answer the question "What is the secret to your long marriage?
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Shhh .... sleepy shorebirds are nesting in the national park
      Each summer the Florida District of Gulf Islands National Seashore (GUIS) hosts several species of ground nesting shorebirds. These include the least tern, snowy plover, Wilson's plover and black skimmers. Snowy and Wilson's plovers are solitary nesters.
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Beach clean up is Saturday
      It's time to "Team Up to Clean Up" Pensacola Beach. Volunteers can join Escambia County Commissioner Grover Robinson, IV, SRIA Chairman Vernon Prather, residents, businesses and organizations in removing trash from Pensacola Beach roadways, rain or shine - from 8:30 a.m. to1 p.m. on Saturday, Apri...
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Students vie in Optimist poster and speech contests
BY MARY CLAUS Special to the News
      Winners of the Pensacola Beach Elementary School's (PBES) "Say No to Drugs, Yes to Love" poster contest sponsored by the Pensacola Beach Optimist Club (PBOC) moved on to the Northwest Florida Zone Optimist Level competition last week and came back with top honors.
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Keeping pace
      The Molly O'Donovan Team placed 6th at the McGuire's Fun Run in March. Pictured above, Molly O'Donovan, Conna O'Donovan, Debbie Roesch, Stephanie Moraes, & Bailey Trzcinski.
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Giddy-up Gala's raffle tickets going fast for April 19 fundraiser
      The Giddy-up Gala, Pensacola Beach Optimist Club's spring fundraiser for Pensacola Beach Elementary School and other youth projects is 6 p.m. April 19, at Flounders. Admission is $50 and rootin' tootin' raffle tickets are $100. Tim Spenser will provide the music, and the barbecue feast is being ro...
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Cowboy Mouth live in concert Saturday
      Cowboy Mouth will be in concert Saturday on Pensacola Beach at Capt'n Fun on the Boardwalk. Attendees must be 21 years of age, and proper dress required. Service charge is $1. Doors open at 6 p.m., show at 9:30 p.m.
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When good dogs go to heaven...
      The local branch of the Military Order of the Purple Heart, chapter 566, is currently working with the 96th Security Forces Squadron, Working Dog unit at Eglin Air Force Base to place a monument for military working dogs at the Air Force Armament Museum. The chapter is looking for generous donation...
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