FAITH BRIEFS
From Special Reports
      First Baptist plans VBS in June The First Baptist Church of Gulf Breeze will hold its annual summer Vacation Bible School on June 9-13 from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. each day. There is no cost, and lunch and snacks will be provided.
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St. Francis has Midsummer tickets
From Staff Reports
      Just a short time away, the fourth annual Midsummer Night Party charity fund-raising event is scheduled for 6 p.m., Saturday, June 7 in Gulf Breeze. Last year's event resulted in more than $14,000 in donations to local charities.
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Local third-graders tops in reading, math
From Staff Reports
      Santa Rosa third-graders posted Florida's best results on the 2008 FCAT reading and mathematics tests, and Gulf Breeze schools topped the county, repeating a trend that began two weeks ago with the writing results.
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     Submitted photo Resort Realty team members (from left) Gary Michaels, Tani Godfrey, Karen Jurkowich, Paula Willets and Mark Lee enjoy a Pensacola Pelicans game on Autism Society Night. Resort Realty was a sponsor for the evening.
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Graduates: Be flexible, discover what you like, then be ambitious
      Editor's note: This week, columnist Betty Archer Allen shifts gears for a special message to our city's high school graduates. Dear graduates: Remember that you are leaving high school and becoming a young adult. The difference between high school kids and adults is that adults take responsibility for themselves.
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Congregation similar to timepiece
Rev. Rory M. Hermann Good Shepherd Lutheran Church
      My wife and I just returned from a short cruise in the Gulf of Mexico. Our ship made two port calls. One of the ports had many jewelry stores and a large watch retailer, the type of watches advertised in fashion magazines and sold by high-end jewelers. I knew the watches were well beyond my price range, but I thought I would ask anyway.
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