Park service seeks public input on reducing impact of transportation on Fort Pickens
      Superintendent Jerry Eubanks announced that the National Park Service (NPS) and Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) are conducting an Alternative Transportation Study for the Fort Pickens Area of Gulf Islands National Seashore.
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Summer's swan song
Jamaican Festival and Bath Tub races keep summer fun alive for Labor Day weekend
BY LISA NEWELL Gulf Breeze News lisa@gulfbreezenews.com
      ANYTHING THAT FLOATS BATH TUB RACES 2 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 31 Soundside at Quietwater Boardwalk. $30 per two person teams. Sign up at the Visitor Information Center or Bamboo Willie's. Pensacola Beach dodged the brunt of Tropical Storm Fay, and it's time to party like a Jamaican!
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This week on Pensacola Beach
      Friday, August 29 Free Friday Flicks, dusk at Gulfside Pavilion. To find out the name of the show, call 850-994-9074. Jamaican Festival kicks off with live entertainment and a clown for children's enjoyment. Sounds of Summer, 5:30 p.m. - 7:30 p.m. on the Quietwater Boardwalk. Mystic Springs will perform.
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Believing you are special is the first step toward becoming special
      There is a wonderful story by William R. White, entitled "The Rabbi's Gift," that I first read in one of Scott Peck's books, but since have seen it several times in various versions of the original. It speaks to the subject of the difference in our actions when we see ourselves, or others, as persons of value or potential.
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