By Lauren Catanese When the world seemingly comes to a halt. When tragedy strikes and we find ourselves on our knees. When the events and experiences that we find ourselves in, bring with them a feeling that time has stopped; we are blocked, complacent, at a standstill. To think that movement is gone and dead, […]
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By Rick Moore Years ago, in downtown Mobile, Alabama, the City Council debated whether or not to allow people to continue feeding the squirrels in parks such as Bienville Square. This had been a tradition for old and young alike for over a half a century. But concerns over human safety, overpopulation of squirrels, and […]
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By Rev. Pete Hyde The night was crystal clear when they crawled into the tent and slipped into sleeping bags for the night. The camp fire had burned down to a mound of glowing red embers. The last of a marshmallow sizzled on a rock next to the fire. Graham crackers and chocolate bar wrappers were now ghostly, ashen forms in the […]
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By Kirk McCarley Ivy Jane demonstrated a noticeable limp in her right rear leg. Ivy is our six year old, active, certified rescue hound. Drawing the short end of the straw with my wife, I was dispatched with Ivy to an appointment with the Vet. Upon arrival, as is the case with many places of […]
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QUESTION: I have been cooped up in my house for so long because of our “new normal” during the pandemic. I limit my trips outside the house to a bare minimum. Only for really urgent trips for food or medicine. But I’m getting a little stir crazy. Do you have any suggestions? ANSWER: I have […]
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Ascension Sacred Heart has initiated the use of a treatment for COVID-19 that takes plasma from people who have recovered from the viral infection and infuses the antibody-rich plasma into very sick patients who are fighting the virus. The treatment, also called convalescent plasma, has shown significant potential for patients. Plasma is a part of […]
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In show business, the show must go on. Leave it to Emerald Coast Theatre Company (ECTC) creative minds to give that notion a healthy twist. Though they are following CDC guidelines and have closed their physical doors at their performance space in Grand Boulevard in Miramar Beach, due to the COVID-19 crisis, ECTC has continued […]
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Editor’s Note: Having been raised in a part of the country that doesn’t experience forest fires like the one which erupted in South Walton just before press time last week, I was at a complete loss to write anything meaningful other than the basic facts which we all know by now. And then, I read […]
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During a time of great uncertainty, Destin Charity Wine Auction Foundation (DCWAF) launched the COVID-19 Relief Community Children’s Fund in an effort to assist those organizations within its network of Northwest Florida children’s charities who were experiencing additional strain on their resources due to the pandemic. The relief fund, which launched April 6, raised over […]
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United Way Emerald Coast and their community partners have been working diligently to provide COVID19 relief funds to assist those in need. Since their phase one grants were issued, community partners were able to provide: 183,000 lbs of food, 3,920 adults served, 55 children served, 139 prescriptions filled, 9 families remained in stable housing, 5 families […]
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