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The Emerald Coast Exotic Bird Club will begin monthly meetings starting Tuesday, July 14 at 6:30 p.m. The meeting will be held at the Bird House of Montague, 3487 Gulf Breeze Parkway, at Tiger Plaza in Tiger Point. More ... Santa Rosa County Commissioner Gordon Goodin brought his insights, forecasts and opinions to the United Peninsula Association's June meeting. "In the almost seven years I've been on the board, things have really changed, personally and in government as well," Goodin said. More ... Marco Rubio, former Florida House Speaker and a Republican candidate for the United States Senate, will be the guest speaker Wednesday, July 15, at the luncheon meeting of the Gulf Coast Economics Club. The event begins at 11:30 a.m. at New World Landing, 600 South Palafox Street, in Pensacola. More ... V ivian Kalil Trudell happily ignored the searing heat and soupy humidity as she slathered on a coat of fresh brown paint to a walkway railing at her alma mater. "I miss not living here," Trudell, now a resident of Orange County, Calif., said shortly before noon on a sweltering Saturday, June 27. "Any reason to come and visit Florida is good enough for me. More ... Chloe Tyner, a graphic designer with 33 years in the graphics and printing industry, spends about a month each summer serving as a volunteer worker in the Caribbean. Her third and most recent adventure began Tuesday, June 30 and will last through Thursday, Aug. 6. More ... The Pensacola Florida Women's Connection will hold a luncheon Wednesday, July 15 at New World Landing from 11:15 a.m. to 1 p.m. Featured will be Beverly Hornsby of Custom Baskets and Balloons, who will show guests the newest in balloons. Ali Pipkins, a high school student, will sing, and Susan Hines, a teacher and woman's mentoring instructor from Pelham, Ala. More ... The GBHA board met June 17 to receive the Nominating Committee's slate of board nominations. The nominating committee - Alice Lane, Annette Brinkman, Beverly Cleveland, Marion Ginn, David Haddock, Charly Hubbard and June Weiss - met June 2 and was pleased to propose the following slate of officers for the board's consideration: President, Lena Bessinger; President Elect, More ... Santa Rosa County's Whisper Bay/U.S. Highway 98 intersection project is not officially under way, but work related to the project has begun at the old Delchamps shopping center. "What you see is the work being done by Moulton (Properties)," Michael Schmidt, Assistant County Engineer, said of the heavy machinery seen in the area. More ... Joseph Stewart, 27, of Navarre could be spending the next year in jail before he discovers where and how he will spend the rest of his life. Stewart was responsible for a fatal crash on East Bay Boulevard in Navarre on April 1 after sideswiping a car on U.S. Highway 98 in Midway. Stewart was driving without a license, and his blood-alcohol level registered . More ... At the end of World War II, Chester W. Nimitz, then the Chief of Naval Operations, ordered the formation of a flight demonstration team to keep the public interested in naval aviation. The Blue Angels performed their first flight demonstration less than a year later in June 1946 at their home base, Naval Air Station (NAS) Jacksonville, Florida. More ... Q: What is the mission of the Blue Angels? A: The mission of the Blue Angels is to enhance Navy recruiting and credibly represent Navy and Marine Corps aviation to the United States and its Armed Forces to America and other countries as international ambassadors of good will. More ... |
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