Celebrate Cinco De Mayo in GOOD TASTE
      This Cinco de Mayo, gather the whole family together and enjoy a true Mexican fiesta like Mama Ortega would have thrown over 100 years ago. With mariachi music, dancing, piñatas and traditional homemade Mexican meals, Mama's fiestas were always a favorite with family, friends and especially...
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RE/MAX on the Coast to move to Sea Shell Collections Center
      Sherlyn Waghalter, Broker/Owner of RE/MAX on the Coast, announced Friday that she will be moving her Gulf Breeze office to the Sea Shell Collections Shopping Center by December first of this year. "I am excited to be joining this premiere location in Gulf Breeze. We will have the opportunity to r...
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Pulmonaria provides cool spots of color
BY SUSAN SILVERMAN Pittsburgh Post Gazette
      Exult in the pulmonaria. The colorful spring show of this outstanding herbaceous perennial continues well into June. The species originated in Central Europe, but it was discovered in Russia and Asia. In medieval times it was thought that the spotted leaves resembled diseased lungs.
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Air conditioners keep cool in the shade
BY SAMANTHAN MAZZOTTA King Features Syndicate
      Q: My neighbor told me that I should cut back the trees and bushes around my central air unit because they could damage it. I have always heard that AC units should be well-shaded from the sun to prevent damage, and trees are the best natural shade. What do you say? -- Tracy D., Tampa, Fla.
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Beetles in wood floor will need professional solution
BY DWIGHT BARNETT Scripps Howard News Service
      Q: We have a wood floor in our home that repeatedly has termite mud holes and piles of sawdust showing up. The contractor has replaced some of the wood, but the problem continues. Is there any treatment that will work completely, or does the entire wood floor need to be replaced?
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Shorebird disturbances become a matter of survival
      Many species of Florida's water birds nest right on the beach, including gulls, terns, black skimmers, plovers and oystercatchers. Barrier islands and sandbars are favored nesting sites because they afford these ground-nesting birds protection from land predators. The birds have adapted to the te...
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