PollThe most recent figures indicate that Santa Rosans are visiting their public library facilities in record breaking numbers. The library recently completed compiling year-end statistics for its first full operating year (Oct. 1, 2006 to Sept. 30, 2007). More ... Felonies 2/18/2008 Manning, Steven Glenn, 22, 1700 block of Shellfish Drive, Navarre, Aggravated Assault 2/19/2008 Lester, Kenton Elihu, 20, 1300 block of Ariola Drive, Pensacola Beach, Failure to Appear 2/20/2008 Miller, Sarah Ann, 17, 2700 block of Summertree Lane, Gulf Breeze, More ... Jace Crooke of Gulf Breeze, Florida and Eva Austin of Seminole, Fla. will be married on May 10 at the Co-Cathedral of St. Thomas More in Tallahassee. The prospective groom is the son of Jimmy and April Crooke, Gulf Breeze. He is a graduate of Gulf Breeze High School and Florida State University. The bride-elect is the daughter of Debbie Austin and Jim and Anne Austin, St. More ... Mrs. Cibula's Gulf Breeze Elementary third grade class (pictured above) donated a Basket of Love to a hospice patient on Feb. 14. More ... Gulf Breeze Optimist Club present Nashville Songwriters Gulf Breeze Optimist Club members will present three Nashville songwriters in concert March 8 at St. Ann Catholic Church in Gulf Breeze. More ... Dale Knee, CEO of Covenant Hospice, was awarded the Professional Leader Of The Year award at the Pensacola Chamber of Commerce Pensacola Area Commitment to Excellence (PACE) award ceremony. Knee's professional career began in the Navy in 1965 as a search and rescue corpsman, and included being a project director for hospital ships, and leadership positions in healthcare after he received his postgraduate studies at the Wharton School of Business. He is a founding member of the UWF Center for Aging Studies. Above, he celebrates with his wife, Terri, and sons Jeff and Matt. At left, long-time Gulf Breeze residents Joyce and Sam Goldenberg congratulate Knee on the recognition. The Goldenbergs were responsible for creating and organizing the annual Covenant Hospice Garage Sale that raised more than $1 million. More ... Three decades have passed since gene therapy pioneer William W. Hauswirth, Ph.D., and his colleagues at the University of Florida (UF) began work on a virus that could safely deliver corrective genes into living animals. It's been six years since a multi-university team used gene therapy to give sight to puppies born with a defect that causes blindness. More ... |
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