PollEdward "Ed" Meadows was officially installed as the sixth president of Pensacola Junior College on Sept. 22. Board Chair John O'Connor conducted the traditional swearing in ceremony, and President Emeritus G. Thomas Delaino, fifth president of PJC, participated by presenting Meadows the official presidential medallion. More ... The dancers of Ballet Pensacola visited Oriole Beach Elementary School on Friday, Sept. 25 for two special programs. As a part of Ballet Pensacola's Discover Dance program, dancers performed excerpts from the upcoming "Sleeping Beauty" production, which debuts next month at the Saenger Theatre. More ... John and Joan Burr, longterm residents of Gulf Breeze, celebrated three very personal special occasion s plus a family gathering with one gala event on Saturday, Sept. 12 at their lovely home in Gulf Breeze. The party was held in celebration of the Burrs' 67th wedding anniversary on June 6; Joan's birthday on July 14; and John's birthday on Sept. 13. More ... Mr. and Mrs. Frank (Denise) Novascone of Wichita, Kan., proudly announce the engagement of their daughter, Amanda Marie Novascone of Wichita and formerly of Pensacola Beach, to U.S. Army Capt. Seth Adam Gulsby of Ft. Riley in Manhattan, Kan., and formerly of Pensacola Beach. More ... Following every major flood or hurricane, scam artists try to pawn off flooded vehicles as standard secondhand cars. After the recent flooding in Georgia and other areas of the south and Midwest, damaged vehicles will be popping up at auto auctions, used car dealerships and in classified ads. More ... Lifeguard Ambulance is expanding in Santa Rosa County. Lifeguard's Santa Rosa County Director Jason Kimbrell asked the county commission last week to allow the county's dispatchers to handle transport calls for the ambulance service from outside the county's boundaries. The commissioners agreed. More ... Gulf Power will give customers a free compact fluorescent light bulb (CFL) when they complete a free online Energy Check-Up for their home during October. More ... Gulf Breeze-based Epoch Software, a regional leader in software, systems and logistics engineering, was recognized last week by TEAM Santa Rosa and the Pensacola Bay Area Chamber of Commerce for its outstanding business contributions. More ... Crude futures on the New York Mercantile Exchange fell by $6 per barrel to $66.01 per barrel last week in response to a mixed bag of economic news. More ... Mediacom is offering Solutions for Small Business - a series of free, video Webcasts for small business executives - in collaboration with Bloomberg Television®, Cisco and 11 of the nation's top cable companies. More ... |
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