A tropical answer to prayer?
Beach officials eye the tropics as Alabama prays for rain
BY LISA NEWELL Gulf Breeze News lisa@gulfbreezenews.com
      Alabama Governor Bob Riley implored state residents to pray for rain to alleviate the historic drought much of the state is facing. Based on the weather forecast, they may soon get a tropical answer to those prayers. Santa Rosa Island Authority General Manager Buck Lee said he watches the tropic...
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No stranger to paradise
Dudley named GM at Hilton on Pensacola Beach
      Gina Dudley, who has been with Hilton Garden Inn since its opening five years ago is no stranger to hotel industry experience or paradise. She was born among five children in Oahu, HI where she resided since 1996. However, her first job had nothing to do with check-ins or room service.
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The war at home
      We tend to think that the "war"' is in the Middle East. We have forgotten that "they" attacked us on our own soil with our own airplanes and used our people to kill our people with. We are tired of the war. Congress is voting to end it, cut and run like we did in Viet Nam, and leave Iraq to the wa...
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Breezer wins 'Angels on Beach' contest
      On June 29, Brad Davis, Assistant Manager for Wal- Mart on Creighton Road, pulled ticket number 600 belonging to Carla Ziglioli of Gulf Breeze. Carla won a three-night stay at the Hilton Pensacola Beach for Blue Angels weekend.
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Perception ... or imagination?
      Faye Jones wrote a poem titled "Perceptions", with these words being the first verse: There is many a time You seem to read my mind. But in the end You can't know what I intend.
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ISLANDER OF THE WEEK:
Jeff Elbert
By Tona DeMers
      Name: Jeff Elbert How long have you been on the island? been on the beach my whole life with the exception of a 10 year stint in the Carolinas What do you do? I own Island Style on Pensacola Beach and Navarre What's your favorite hangout?
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