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Real Estate April 10, 2023

Charming Beach Bungalow in St. Joe Beach

117 Gulf Terrace Lane Bring your beach towel and make this fully furnished beach bungalow your permanent vacation destination! Only a year old, this home has impact windows, cement fiber siding, and is in the X flood zone. Enjoy lower insurance bills and spend your money on that golf cart you always wanted. Our beach entry point, at the start of St Joe Beach, allows access to WindMark and Old 98, where you can walk your pup on the beach, or the paved road, and hardly see anyone. This perfect location lets you walk or ride your golf cart to Shipwreck for dinner and a gulf sunset at the local bar or, you can hop in the car and take a short trip to Mexico Beach or downtown Port St Joe in under 10 minutes. Want to stay in? Enjoy your private backyard while soaking in the spa on the lanai. This small cul-de-sac has residents who work together to keep the neighborhood safe and in good condition. No HOA currently but CCR’s are recorded. Owner is a licensed Florida Realtor. CLICK FOR MORE DETAILS     https://beachpropertiesfla.com/feed/  #30atv #30a Read More
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Real Estate April 10, 2023

Stunning Waterfront Home in the Cove

526 Bunkers Cove Road This luxurious bay front home is loaded with recent upgrades with six bedrooms and over 5,600 square feet of living space. Located on the prestigious Bunkers Cove Road in the Historic Cove area of Panama City, this property offers the best of Florida living. From the moment you step inside, you’ll be greeted by a light-filled living area and breathtaking waterfront views. With three bedrooms on the ground floor and three upstairs, this home provides ample space for family and guests. The impressive outdoor space is just as stunning, featuring a waterfront pool and hot tub, outdoor kitchen, bar, and a 300’+ dock. Imagine enjoying an evening cocktail on the deck, watching the sun set over the water, or hosting a poolside barbecue with friends and family. Make it a point to see this stunning home today! CLICK FOR MORE DETAILS     https://beachpropertiesfla.com/feed/  #30atv #30a Read More
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30a News April 10, 2023

WCSO DISPATCHER HELPS RECOVER STRANDED BOATER USING NEW RAPIDDEPLOY VIDEO TECHNOLOGY

https://waltonso.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/dispatcher-heather-mayo.mp4 April 6, 2023 WALTON COUNTY, Fla— A Walton County Sheriff’s Office dispatcher using a new video streaming technology is credited with helping recover a stranded boater in the Choctawhatchee Bay Wednesday afternoon. At around 12:30 pm on April 5th, Walton County Sheriff’s Office received a frantic 911 call from a woman whose husband had fallen overboard while on their boat in the Choctawhatchee Bay. She told dispatchers she was drifting away from his location losing sight of him and she could not get the boat started. Using the RapidDeploy mapping solution, Walton County Sheriff’s Office Dispatcher Heather Mayo initiated a live 911 video stream and was able to help the caller get the boat started. With the enhanced 911 location feature of RapidDeploy, Mayo was able to help the caller retrace her route back to her husband and get him back on board. “This technology is critical in situations where we need to see what the caller is seeing,” said Sheriff Michael Adkinson. “The bay was choppy that afternoon and had we not been able to walk her through this situation, she may not have been able to retrieve her husband from the water.” “Every second matters when it comes to saving lives. Streamlined access to life-saving data can make all the difference. Heather Mayo was calm in a chaotic situation and was able to guide the caller throughout the entire situation.”   https://waltonso.org/news/feed/ Read More

General News April 10, 2023

Semaglutide – Weight Loss Magic

  By Dr. Richard Chern, M.D. If you haven’t heard already there is a new weight loss medication available at a reasonable cost.  semaglutide is a GLP-1 receptor agonist which means it activates the GLP-1 receptor.  Still confused?  It doesn’t matter.  It has several important actions in the body. Semaglutide ultimately helps your body lose weight by improving the regulation of sugar levels and insulin levels in the body.  If this sounds like a medication for diabetes instead of weight loss then you would be correct.  This class of medications was developed to improve diabetes.  Astonishingly, in studies, many of my patients lost significant weight.  In fact, up to 30% of their body weight.  And, much of the weight stayed off after stopping the medication. This medication also slows the stomach.  Food stays in the stomach longer so you feel full longer.  And your stomach gets full faster so you eat less.  These medications help people lose significant weight and you lose weight without feeling hungry! Sounds like magic, right? I have been seeing patients for over 30 years.  I have seen so many weight loss drugs come on and go.  This is the first time I have ever been excited to tell people about a weight loss medication. So how is it possible this medication is available?  Well, this medication was initially Ozempic.  The FDA allows a new medication to have a patent, or monopoly, on the medication for many years.  They say this gives the company enough time... Read More

General News April 10, 2023

Road to Redemption: Jon Lyons – Adventures with Jesus

  By Victoria Ostrosky Remember that scene in The Hobbit where Bilbo Baggins, confused and upset with twelve dwarves who showed up on his doorstep, ate his food, messed up his house and invited him to be their ‘burglar’ on a quest to take back their homeland and treasure?  And Gandalf telling Bilbo that something new would do him good?  Bilbo ends up running out his door the next morning in pursuit of the dwarves and Gandalf who had left without him, shouting joyfully – “I’m going on an adventure!”  When Jon Lyons talks about his relationship with Jesus, he has the same joyful expression.  He says that God is always calling us to another adventure.  “God invites us every day to show up with opportunities to say ‘yes’.” Jon grew up in a Christian home and attended church in a small town.  As a teenager, he drifted away from his Christian roots, began partying and having inappropriate relationships.  For years, he was torn about how he was living.  When he was about 21, he found himself sitting in the back row of a church.  The preacher opened the Bible and began talking about Jesus and Jon’s heart came alive.  “God was gently calling me back.  He didn’t leave me or forsake me.” Jon’s journey back to Jesus took some time.  One night, God asked him to step into a deeper relationship.  Sobbing like a baby, Jon felt the beginnings of a changed life. On one of Jon’s adventures, he... Read More

General News April 10, 2023

Sean of the South: Pepito’s

  By Sean Dietrich It was our place. That’s what it was. I grew up in a little fishing village, nestled in the Florida Panhandle. This was long before the tattoo parlors, before the T-shirt shops, before Whole Foods and Bass Pro. Today our little town is not even a shadow of its former glory. On any given month, Destin is inundated with 8 million tourists wearing thong bikinis. And those are just the men. But once upon a time, we had Pepito’s. It was your quintessential Mexican dive restaurant. It was clean. The staff was friendly. They had ugly orange walls. The joint was always packed. They served good food. The chips were always hot. The salsa was fresh from an actual tin can. They had ice-cold Tecate. You could order a “King Burrito,” and you wouldn’t be hungry again for the next three or four presidential administrations. My first kiss happened outside Pepito’s. It was late. Her name was Teresa. She had red hair and she smelled like Head and Shoulders. Do people name their kids Teresa anymore? As a young man, all my friends went to Pepito’s because it was where you went. We spent entire evenings in those booths, discussing who we were going to grow up to become. For a few bucks, you could fill your belly on queso dip that would turn your bowels into stone. If you had enough cash left over, you could take in a movie across the street. Years later,... Read More

General News April 10, 2023

The Paradoxical Efficiency of the Voice Mailbox

  By Kirk McCarley, “The voice mailbox is full and cannot accept any more messages.  Good-bye.” How does that response from someone else’s phone make you feel?  Admittedly for me there are several initial reactions:  denial, unworthiness, and rejection are a few that come to mind.  After a moment of reframing comes acceptance and a smile or chuckle to go along with, “well, that’s just the way they are.”   No big deal. Or is it? What is yours or my level of availability?  Are you so focused on the punch list of life and work that any interruption to your schedule and expectations represent a severe jolt to the psyche?  Conversely, are you so accessible that check marks are a rarity on your calendar?  Further might you notice that requests for valued work assignments have diminished in frequency?  Or that invitations for social events have waned?  Have you maybe thought you overheard, “you can’t always count on Susan?” Where is the ideal balance? First, is yours an “inviting” spirit?  Do you present yourself as warm and approachable or more distant and standoffish, not necessarily broken down along the lines of intro- or extraversion.  If you’ve had similar experiences as me it’s likely that your circles have included those of a quiet ilk.  Yet about them they may have possessed a certain indefinable something that permeated kindness and invitation.  On the other hand, there can be some that are loud and boisterous, the veritable life of the party.  When it... Read More
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