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UWF: Oriskany divers generate $3.6M to local economy
      Astudy by the University of West Florida (UWF) indicates a $2 million annual economic impact on Escambia County from scuba divers visiting the USS Oriskany, the world's largest artificial reef sunk off Pensacola in 2006. When the impact to Baldwin County, Ala., is added, the economic impact increases to $3.6 million.
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SRIA to discuss tax impact
      Chamber President Jeff Elbert is encouraging all interested parties to attend a special meeting of the Santa Rosa Island Authority (SRIA). The meeting will be Tuesday, Jan. 15 at 3 p.m. in the SRIA board room.
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Surfer's Memorial
      The 18th Annual Surfer's Memorial will be Saturday, Jan. 12 at 4 p.m. at The Break Pensacola Beach.
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Get outside your comfort zone to grow
      One of the things we may think of as we begin to move through this new year, is to consider if our comfort zone is a detriment or a challenge. For many of us, it becomes a detriment for we settle into a pattern that prevents us from moving beyond that level. We become comfortable at habitually accomplishing over and over the same experiences.
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37 years later, a Vietnam memento
      Back when Chuck Steele was flying a gunship over Vietnam, he wanted to preserve the sights and sounds for posterity. Unfortunately, all that was available was a 35 mm camera. "When I was 'getting short' in my tour in Vietnam, I wanted to get a photo of the sights we used in our UH-1E gunships," Steele writes. "They were primitive but effective.
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Hillary's campaign is juicy fodder for comedians
      Well, I hope we don't lose "Billary" in the upcoming states primaries. I need her for material. I had a long dry spell as a comedian when Bill left office and now that she is back in the picture, it has given my career a big boost again.
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