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Area Law Enforcement Partners Receive Maritime Security Training

Area law enforcement officers from four local and state agencies braved bad weather and rough seas in March completing special maritime training. Florida’s Northwest Regional Domestic Security Task Force Waterborne Response Teams came together for the class hosted by the United States Coast Guard Station Destin. The teams were composed of officers from the Okaloosa […]

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Covid One Year Later: Food for Thought Continues Fight Against Food Insecurity

In a year that should have been about celebrating ten years of service to the community, Food For Thought is instead honoring a very different anniversary – one year since the start of the COVID-19 shutdown. “Students left school for Spring Break, and just didn’t return. Since then, we have been operating with modified programs,” […]

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Immanuel Art & Music Festival and Community Yard Sale April 17

Visual artists of all levels will be showing and selling their artwork on the lawn at the Second Immanuel Art & Music Festival from 9am-3pm on Saturday, April 17, 2021. A variety of musical groups and musicians will also be performing throughout the day. The community is also invited to reserve space/sell items or browse […]

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Ana Gonzalez Receives Promotion at Edward Jones

Ana Gonzalez has been promoted to senior branch office administrator at a Santa Rosa Beach branch office of financial services firm Edward Jones. Gonzalez has been with Edward Jones the past 5 years. Shelley Albarado, the local Edward Jones financial advisor, said Gonzalez is very deserving of the promotion. “Ana has demonstrated an outstanding ability […]

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Time to Review Investing in Banks and Financial Services

By Maurice Stouse, Branch Manager and Financial Advisor The Financial Services Sector of the stock market has been the 2nd best performing sector so far this year. A sector of the market consists of similar industries and those which have other things in common such as, in this case, interest rate sensitivity (there are a […]

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Radiant Barrier, Alien Technology?

By Chris Balzer I have been in the home improvement industry for over 17 years and have heard just about all the sales gimmicks and cheeky techniques used by sales people to wow customers.  One slightly stretched story I heard is that radiant barrier technology was developed by NASA from alien technology!  If only radiant […]

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30A Songwriter Radio Artist Spotlight: Blair Woods

By Josette Rhodes, Blair Woods is an American Pop singer/songwriter and actress originally from the Emerald Coast. She found her way into the entertainment industry while living in Los Angeles California. When the world turned upside down Blair moved back home. Unable to quell her innate drive to perform Blair began to livestream her music. […]

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Studio 237 Music School; Meet Violin Teacher Tara Bohlen

“I love violin because it is technically blissful. My mind is engaged, my heart is engaged. It is a total mind, body, and spiritual experience.”  Tara Bohlen began studying violin at age eight. Her desire and curiosity for music/violin has taken her on a life-long journey. In 2001, she earned her Bachelor’s Degree in Music Education from St. […]

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30 A Eats.com Recipe of the Month; Katherine Hepburn’s Brownies

By Susan Benton, “If you obey all the rules, you miss all of the fun.” – Katherine Hepburn Katherine Hepburn, known for her wit and spunk as well as her impeccable acting, also has a brownie recipe of some fame. I began making these brownies about 2003 when my kids were 9 and 10. They […]

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