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SCHOOL SCOOPS: Youth Village registration now open

Nellie Bogar’s Youth Village has opened registration for its summer camp. Space is limited, and spots fill quickly.The Youth Village offers summer field trips, fitness workshops, STEM day at Hurlburt Feld, a student art gallery and a final field trip to Ripley’s Believe It or Not Museum in Panama City.In addition, the Youth Village seeks part-time summer help.For information, visit www.NelliesYouthVillage.org or email Nellie Bogar at njbogar@yahoo.com. [...]
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Okaloosa focuses on beach safety

CRESTVIEW — Okaloosa County officials hope a new public beach safety campaign will help educate visitors about the beach flag warning system, Gulf of Mexico currents and marine life.The initial campaign is planned to run from May 1 through Oct. 31. It will feature a series of 12-foot-by-24-foot digital and vinyl billboards placed along highly-traveled roads, as well as digital messages sent via a geo-fencing program [...]
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Niceville mom desperate for bone marrow donor

NICEVILLE — A 35-year-old mother of four is fighting for her life in a Pensacola hospital, several months after being diagnosed with leukemia.Julie Williams was diagnosed in November after she went to the doctor with what she thought was a sore throat and the blood work came back with the alarming results. Chemotherapy worked initially, but now she needs a bone marrow transplant, according to her best friend Brigette Mathew of Navarre."She's having a hard time [...]
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