By Susan Benton One of the most beloved restaurants in Seaside is Great Southern Café. Known for their fresh local seafood and produce, fun loving staff, and a happy hour that is perfect for people watching on the side deck, the chef and owner is Jim Shirley. As a member of the state board of […]
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Struggling happens maybe more times than one wants it to. Life turns into a circus act and one feels like the ringmaster in the spotlight expected to know how to run the show. And somehow, one forgot the act. Running on improvisational skills, one hopes they can provide the security needed to get through the […]
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The Summer is winding down and The HUB is looking forward to cooler weather, football season and the holidays! Football Although the cooler weather may take a while, football season is just around the corner! The HUB will showcase NFL pre-season games throughout the month of August on the Jumbotron and pavilion TVs. Make plans […]
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By Kirk McCarley Years ago, regular television programming on one of the three then available channels was annually preempted, often on a February Sunday evening. Schoolchildren rejoiced over delayed bedtimes. Families settled down in front of mostly black and white TV sets to view the cinematic masterpiece, The Wizard of Oz. A plethora of elements defined […]
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By Rick Moore My hero was the great motorcycle daredevil, Evil Knievel. Even before buying my first motorcycle, I tried to emulate him on a bicycle, as did most kids in my neighborhood. We certainly couldn’t jump cars, buses or the Snake Canyon, but we did jump sidewalk blocks. It may be a bit concerning […]
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Not too long ago one had the occasion to go back to Rogers, Arkansas where one graduated from high school. Yes, it had changed. It was the first time one had been back in quite some time. Moving there after one’s father retired from the Air Force in 1970, the population of Rogers was just a little over 5,000. Today the […]
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By Sean Dietrich Jacob was a foster child. He grew up in the Foster Pinball Machine. Birth to graduation. He was never adopted by a family. He and I weren’t good friends, but we knew each other. I lost track of him at age fifteen. He moved away to a group home. We got in […]
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This summer, ten new sculptures were added to the nation’s first permanent Underwater Museum of Art (UMA) off the coast of Grayton Beach State Park. Recently named by TIME Magazine as one of 100 “World’s Greatest Places,” the UMA is the first presentation of the Cultural Arts Alliance of Walton County (CAA)’s Art In Public […]
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As part of the Art in Public Places, artist Sharon Long will display her work at the Coastal Branch Library for the month of August. Sharon is a local watercolor artist, instructor, and publisher who has lived in the area for 30 years. Her specially designed palette system simplifies the process of creating rich, vivid […]
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By Sue Gambla Jamie Parker is the designer and creator of the life-giving, eco-friendly take anywhere BE. LIVE. DO. GREAT totes. As her nine year old old son Aiden will tell you, Maha Loka is all about LOVE and the GOOD STUFF. Out of the mouth of babes, the truth is always told. Maha Loka […]
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