Pensacola Opera will open its 42nd season with Mozart’s The Marriage of Figaro on January 24th and 26th, and close with Leoncavallo’s Pagliacci on March 14th and 16th.
“As Pensacola Opera celebrates its 42nd Season, we build upon our momentum from last season with an exciting lineup of operatic performances and events. Our season represents the ultimate opera experience with two vastly different, yet classic offerings–something for everyone. Prepare to immerse yourself in an experience unlike any other,” Pensacola Opera General Director Chandra McKern said.
Pensacola Opera will open its 42nd season with Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s iconic comic opera The Marriage of Figaro on January 24 and 26 at the historic Saenger Theatre in downtown Pensacola. This dazzling production, conducted by Music Director Cody Martin and directed by Artistic Director Corey McKern, brings Mozart’s unforgettable score to life with a stellar cast, lavish sets and costumes newly designed to transport audiences to the elegant world of 18th-century Spain.
Widely regarded as one of the greatest operas ever written, The Marriage of Figaro follows the witty and resourceful servant Figaro, played by Sidney Outlaw and his fiancée Susanna, portrayed by Jan Miller Studio Artist alum Nicole
Heinen, as they outsmart their aristocratic masters, Count and Countess Almaviva. This opera is a delightful whirlwind of mistaken identities, romantic entanglements and social satire. With timeless melodies and unforgettable characters, it’s an evening of comic brilliance and profound humanity.
The production features a talented cast of new and returning singers, including Pensacola native Renée Richardson as the Countess, Joseph Lattanzi as the Count and Jan Miller Studio Artist alum Erin Alford as the young page Cherubino. The role of the scheming Dr. Bartolo is played by Stefano de Peppo, and the cunning Marcellina is performed by Megan Marino. The cast is rounded out by our current Jan Miller Studio Artists, including Rachel Fitzgerald singing the spirited Barbarina, Micah Perry taking on the roles of Basilio and Don Curzio and Joseph O’Shea as the eccentric gardener, Antonio.
Le nozze di Figaro is the ultimate study in human behavior. A nobleman wishes to sleep with his servant's wife on their wedding night. Out of this simple premise, a tale of intrigue and clash of personalities unfolds. Part of the magic of this opera is that Mozart composed a piece based on real human characters. The psychological profile of the characters and the thematic attention musically to each personality keeps modern audiences interested in this amazing piece of musical theater,” Pensacola Opera Artistic Director Corey McKern said.
Pensacola Opera’s The Marriage of Figaro features striking set designs by Steven C. Kemp (courtesy of New Orleans Opera), vibrant costumes newly designed by Glenn Avery Breed with Wardrobe Witchery, wigs and makeup by Brittany Rappise at Makeup Wigstress and dynamic lighting by Connie Smith. The production is led by a talented team, including conductor Cody Martin, director Corey McKern, production stage manager Alayna Powell and technical director Drew McCrary.
The principal cast is met on stage with an amazing group of volunteer singers known as the Pensacola Opera Chorus. Led by Cody Martin, the Opera Chorus acts as the ensemble in the production and plays an essential role in helping bring these stories to life. This season also continues our long-standing relationship with the Pensacola Symphony Orchestra, who brings the beautiful music to life for us from the orchestra pit for each production.
The Marriage of Figaro promises an exhilarating, larger-thanlife opera experience—an evening brimming with passion, humor and sublime music.
Performances of The Marriage of Figaro will be held on January 24 at 7:30 pm and January 26 at 2 pm at the Saenger Theatre in downtown Pensacola.
Pensacola Opera will close its 42nd Season with one of opera’s most emotionally intense and thrilling works, Ruggero Leoncavallo's Pagliacci on March 14 and
16 at the Saenger Theatre. With a powerful cast, dramatic storytelling and an evocative score, this gripping "opera within an opera" is sure to captivate audiences.
Conducted by Principal Guest Conductor Jerome Shannon and directed by Nashville Opera Artistic Director John Hoomes, this production promises an unforgettable theatrical experience.
Pagliacci tells the tragic tale of Canio, the leader of a traveling circus troupe, who must perform while battling heartbreak and jealousy when he discovers that his wife, Nedda, has been unfaithful. The opera’s combination of love, betrayal and violence culminates in one of the most famous and devastating moments in opera—Canio’s anguished cry, "La commedia è finita!" ("The comedy is over!"). With its intense emotional power and soaring melodies, Pagliacci has earned its place as one of the most enduring works in the operatic canon.
The production features a talented Pensacola Opera debut cast, with tenor Ben Gulley as Canio (playing Pagliaccio in the play), a role that requires both vocal and dramatic prowess. Soprano Amber Monroe takes on the role of Nedda (Colombina), baritone Weston Hurt sings the role of Tonio (Taddeo) and baritone Charles Eaton plays Nedda’s young lover, Silvio. Current Jan Miller Studio Artists tenor Micah Perry sings Beppe (Arlecchino), baritone Joseph O’Shea and tenor Greg Watson–30+ production member of the Opera Chorus–act as villagers.
Pagliacci will truly be a celebration of the performing musical arts in our community. Our principal cast is met on stage with an amazing group of volunteer singers known as the Pensacola Opera Chorus. The Pensacola Symphony Orchestra will joins us in the pit for our last mainstage production of the season, led by Jerome Shannon and members of the Pensacola Children’s Chorus fill in our ensemble on stage.
Pensacola Opera’s Pagliacci will be brought to life with stunning visual elements, including set designs by Constantine Kritikos (courtesy of New Orleans Opera) and costumes by Glenn Avery Breed at Wardrobe Witchery. The production crew is led by lighting designer Connie Smith, stage manager Nadine Andrews and hair and makeup designer Brittany V.A. Rappise at Makeup Wigstress.
Pensacola Opera will host performances of Pagliacci on March 14 at 7:30 pm and March 16 at 2 pm at the Saenger Theatre in downtown Pensacola.
Tickets to Pensacola Opera’s 42nd Season productions are on sale now and can be purchased online through ticketmaster.com, by calling (850) 433-6737 or in-person at Pensacola Opera located at 75 S. Tarragona St. in downtown Pensacola. Pensacola Opera is open Monday through Friday from 9 am to 5 pm. For complete show details and information on other upcoming opera events, visit the website pensacolaopera.com.■
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CHNWF COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEMS RESTORED AFTER CYBERATTACK
Two weeks after a Christmas Eve cyberattack forced Community Health Northwest Florida (CHNWF) to shut down its phones, Internet, and server systems, the healthcare organization announced today that its communications systems now are restored and operational.
With Internet and phone connectivity restored, CEO Chandra Smiley said that patients and providers would see operations return to normal very soon.
“When we discovered this intrusion into our systems, we basically had to disconnect our entire operations from the Internet and the world, in order to protect our patient data and privacy from these hackers,” Smiley says. “That made for an eventful Christmas Day, but our team rallied and decided to open all clinics as soon as possible to continue supporting our patients.”
Since Dec. 30, all CHNWF clinic locations have been open and accepting patient visits. During that time, providers used paper charts in absence of online patient
records. Internal communications were handled by text messages and cell phones.
Starting today, all patients should be able to contact their providers at clinic locations to schedule appointments and get prescriptions filled or refilled.
“Our cybersecurity experts, IT team, and service-line managers have been working diligently to get our systems back online, as we continued to see patients and support our community,” Smiley says. “We will keep our temporary hotline open as a backup for any patients who have trouble reaching us.”
About CHNWF
Since 1992, Community Health Northwest Florida has served residents of Escambia and Santa Rosa counties and surrounding areas. Since 2007, it has been the area’s only Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC) as designated by the Department of Health and Human Services, Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA). For more information, visit Community Health Northwest Florida’s web site at healthcarewithinreach.org.
CITY OF PENSACOLA SELECTED FOR U.S. DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION GRANT TO HELP RECONNECT THE EASTSIDE NEIGHBORHOOD
The City of Pensacola has been selected to receive $5 million from a U.S. Department of Transportation grant to complement and further fuel the construction of the Hollice T. Williams Stormwater Park. The grant is from the Reconnecting Communities Pilot Program. The grant will go toward the construction of the Hollice T. Williams Stormwater Park Underdeck and Community Connector Project. This project will remove the "under the highway" urban barrier beneath Interstate 110, thus uniting the Eastside neighborhood adjacent to the project area.
"We have a vision of what the Hollice T. Williams Stormwater Park can become," says Pensacola Mayor D.C. Reeves. "This is the first money we can use to make this more than a stormwater collection system.
SELFLESS
This enables us to connect the surrounding neighborhoods in a transformational way."
The city proposes a 1.7-acre multimodal pathway network, a 9-acre public open space, as well as a multiuse trail and Class I bicycle path to connect North Palafox Street to the park, which will provide direct and safe access for people traveling to jobs, resources, and local destinations.
Community Redevelopment Agency urban design planner Rachel Bennett, transportation planner Caitlin Cerame, environmental coordinator Katherine Kuhn, and senior grant writer Joel Hollon collaborated on the winning grant proposal.
You can find additional information on the Hollice T. Williams Stormwater Park Project at htwpensacola.com.
LOVE FOUNDATION SUPPORTS FOSTER CARE YOUTH AND ADOPTION SUCCESS AT FAMILIESFIRST NETWORK
More local children will find adoptive homes – and more youth aging out of foster care will be connected to the support they need – thanks to FamiliesFirst Network’s $20,000 grant from Selfless Love Foundation.
Selfless Love Foundation has been a vital partner of FamiliesFirst Network since 2020, with a focus on providing prospective and post-adoptive families with tailored support to grow the number of adoptive families –particularly for “difficult to place” children. These funds will be used to help children find their forever homes and provide vital resources for youth transitioning out of the foster care system.
In fiscal year 2024, FamiliesFirst Network provided child welfare, foster care and adoption services for 3,574 children in Escambia, Santa Rosa, Okaloosa and Walton counties – including 350 adoptions finalized, with 84 more achieving permanent guardianship. FamiliesFirst Network was recognized in 2024 with a national Adoption Excellence Award from Children’s Bureau. This tremendous honor reflects the team’s record number of adoptions, coupled with innovative ways to streamline the experience and connect more children with loving, permanent homes.
FamiliesFirst Network’s Young Adult Services program served 105 young adults in 2024, helping foster care youth ages 18 to 21 return to a foster home or a supervised, independent living environment. The program gives young adults living options, life skills development and guidance to help them become self-sufficient adults.
Organizations like Selfless Love Foundation provide much-needed support to these young people aging out of foster care – plus kids of all ages within the child welfare system.
“Words cannot express how grateful we are for the support we receive from Selfless
CITY SEEKS COMMUNITY INPUT ON HOLLICE T. WILLIAMS STORMWATER PARK PROJECT
The City of Pensacola is kicking off the 12-month design and engineering project to reimagine Hollice T. Williams Park and the Long Hollow Stormwater Pond with a Community Event on Thursday, Jan. 23, 2025, from 6:00 to 7:30 p.m. at the E.S. Cobb Community Center, 601 East Mallory Street.
The project will focus on improving the 1.3-mile park area and amenities, expanding and beautifying the stormwater pond, and connecting the park and pond to the surrounding neighborhoods. With input from the neighborhood, the city hopes to create a beautiful, resilient, and interconnected park that celebrates local heritage and supports community gathering for future generations.
January's event is the first of several outreach and engagement events to be held over the next several months to collect ideas, input, and feedback on the park and stormwater pond design and amenities. The event will feature discussions on the history of the land and neighborhood, a project overview and timeline, and a brief survey. The project team spearheading these efforts includes Geosyntec Consultants, Michael Van Valkenburgh & Associates, and Jerry Pate Landscape Design.
Mayor D.C. Reeves, who led this most recent effort to improve the park, says the design and expansion of Hollice T. Williams Park and the Long Hollow Stormwater Pond are a generational opportunity for Pensacola.
"Just a few generations ago, this area under the Interstate was a vibrant neighborhood, which we now know as the 'Lost Neighborhood.' I'm hopeful that this project will
culminate with a park design that is worthy of the people who lived—and live—there, and be an exciting, engaging community space for generations to come," says Reeves.
Over the past 20 years, several efforts have been made to improve the Hollice T. Williams Park area, which was left when hundreds of residents were displaced during the construction of the I-110 overpass in the late 1960s and early 1970s. The current park design effort, following the recent Equitable Development Framework Plan and the City’s new Strategic Plan, will work to involve residents in the planning process and integrate the history of the Lost Neighborhood into the overall park design.
Long Hollow Stormwater Pond, largely hidden from public view, is located adjacent to Hollice T. Williams Park and is one of a series of retention areas that overflowed during the 2014 rainstorm. This contributed to massive flooding in downtown Pensacola and untreated water runoff into Pensacola Bay. The Hollice T. Williams Design and Expansion project aims to address these and other stormwater issues by expanding the Long Hollow Pond and improving flood control throughout the park area.
Ultimately, park planners hope that with community input and feedback, this project will connect neighborhoods and create a space that all Pensacolians can enjoy and be proud of.
To take the public engagement survey and to receive more information about this project and future public engagement events, please visit htwpensacola.com, facebook, or Instagram (HTWPensacola).
LEVIN RINKE REALTY MAKES HISTORY AS PENSACOLA’S FIRST REAL ESTATE BROKERAGE TO REACH $1 BILLION IN SALES
Levin Rinke Realty, the leading real estate firm in the greater Pensacola region, has made history as the first official real estate brokerage in the area to surpass $1 billion in sales in a single year.* The milestone comes with almost a month left in the 2024 calendar year.
“We are incredibly proud of this historic achievement,” said Gordon Miles, President of Levin Rinke Realty. “Reaching $1 billion in sales demonstrates our entire team’s dedication, hard work and expertise. This milestone reflects not only our commitment to providing exceptional service to the community and our agents, but also the trust and confidence our clients have in us.”
estate markets, with almost 15 percent of the market share. Levin Rinke Realty is projected to surpass the next leading firm by more than $400 million in total sales volume for 2024. In the high-end market, the firm leads sales for homes priced at $500,000 and higher by about $347 million. Levin Rinke Realty also commands nearly one-third of the luxury market share of homes sold for $1 million and higher – nearly $200 million more than the next competitor, which holds less than 6 percent.
Individually, Levin Rinke Realty’s Realtors have outperformed the competition, with double the number of agents represented in the top 500 than the next closest competitor.
Love Foundation,” Lynne Whittington, director of quality and program development for FamiliesFirst Network. “As they near aging out of foster care, the youth we serve worry about the uncertainty of their futures. With the help of organizations like Selfless Love Foundation, our specialized team is helping more youth find their forever families and providing essential resources and independent living support to young adults in our care.”
Selfless Love Foundation was founded in 2015 by Ashley and Ed Brown to connect children in foster care with forever families and help youth aging out of foster care gain the skills to thrive in adulthood. As an adopted child, Ashley is personally linked to the mission. Her goal is to give children in foster care the same kind of second chance she was fortunate to receive.
To learn more about adoption and foster care or to make a donation supporting Northwest Florida kids in the child welfare system, visit familiesfirstnetwork.org.
About FamiliesFirst Network
FamiliesFirst Network provides foster care, adoption and child welfare services in Escambia, Santa Rosa, Okaloosa and Walton counties. The nonprofit’s specialized team is passionate about helping abused and neglected children and their families. FamiliesFirst Network collaborates with partners throughout the state, in Northwest Florida’s four-county area and within our faith-based communities to ensure the safety and well-being of children. Learn more at familiesfirstnetwork.org.
About Selfless Love Foundation
Selfless Love Foundation is a 501(c)(3) organization that leverages resources, expertise, and proven solutions to improve the child welfare system, creating opportunities for more foster youth to find their forever families and thrive in adulthood.
Despite fluctuations in the market, Levin Rinke Realty has continued to thrive by focusing on key strategies including targeted marketing and a deep understanding of buyer and seller needs. With about a month of the year still remaining, the firm has dominated in the Escambia and Santa Rosa County real
“Our agents’ relentless pursuit of excellence and top-tier customer service is what has allowed us to lead the market and continue setting new records. We are incredibly proud of their efforts and thankful for the opportunity to serve our community with such a dedicated and talented team,” Miles said.
Gulf Winds Credit Union has always been committed to supporting its communities but this past holiday season the organization aimed to make an even greater impact. The credit union hosted food drives across all of its branches and administrative offices, partnering with local food pantries to ensure neighbors in need were cared for during the season.
Manna Food Pantry (Pensacola, FL), Feeding the Gulf Coast (Theodore, AL), Second Harvest of the Big Bend (Tallahassee, FL) and Wakulla Giving Hands (Crawfordville, FL), received donations collected by Gulf Winds employees and members. Together, the initiative resulted in over 2,000 lbs. of food being collected which will provide over 1,900 meals.
Last year, statistics from the USDA reported that 47.4 million people lived in food-insecure households, with a higher instance across the southeast – the area Gulf Winds serves. Gulf Winds aims to build awareness of these basic essential needs and provide compassionate support and impact to its communities.
“It’s an honor for us to be able to collect food donations through our daily opera -
tions,” said Daniel Souers, President and CEO of Gulf Winds Credit Union. “We are blessed to have employees and members who are so committed to supporting their neighbors and truly thank everyone for helping to build stronger communities in the region we serve.”
Gulf Winds Credit Union remains committed in its mission to give back to the communities it serves and looks forward to continuing this tradition of care and support in the future.
To learn more about Gulf Winds’ giving, visit gogulfwinds.com/foundation. About Gulf Winds: Since 1954, Gulf Winds Credit Union has offered products and services that Move Members Forward . As a full-service financial organization, Gulf Winds provides 13 branch locations, digital banking, nationwide surcharge-free ATMs, and the support of more than 240 knowledgeable employees committed to delivering exceptional service. Gulf Winds is also renowned for its community involvement. Membership is open to anyone that lives, works, worships, or attends school in North Florida, Southern Alabama, and Southern Georgia. Please visit gogulfwinds.com.
STATE TAKES AIM AT CHALLENGE TO SOCIAL MEDIA LAW
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Saying social media is “facing a reckoning,” Florida fired back Monday against a lawsuit challenging a new state law aimed at keeping children off social-media platforms.
Attorney General Ashley Moody’s office filed two documents urging a federal judge to dismiss the lawsuit and to deny a preliminary injunction that social-media industry groups are seeking to block the measure.
The law was one of the highest-profile issues of the 2024 legislative session, with lawmakers saying that addictive social-media platforms harm children. But the Computer & Communications Industry Association and NetChoice, whose members include tech giants such as Google and Meta Platforms, filed the challenge in October, contending the law violates First Amendment rights and that parents should make decisions about children’s social-media use.
The state’s filings Monday raised a series of arguments, including that the industry groups do not have legal standing to challenge the law (HB 3) and that the law’s restrictions do not violate speech rights.
“The statute regulates purely commercial activity — transacting with children while using harmful features to addict them,” the state’s attorneys wrote in opposing a preliminary injunction. “Minors have no First Amendment right to contract for products designed to addict them. HB 3 is also a reasonable, contentneutral time, place, and manner restriction. It regulates only the manner in which children engage with social media.”
But in the lawsuit, attorneys for the industry groups said Florida “cannot begin to show that its draconian access restrictions are necessary to advance any legitimate interest it may assert.”
“Parents already have a wealth of tools at their disposal to limit what online services their minor children use, what they can do on those services, and how often they can use them,” the lawsuit said. “Florida may wish that more Floridians shared its own views about whether minors should use ‘social media platforms.’ But while the state may take many steps to protect minors from harm, including by persuading parents to take advantage of tools to limit their minor children’s access to ‘social media platforms,’ it may not take matters into its own hands and restrict access itself.”
The law, which was spearheaded by thenHouse Speaker Paul Renner, R-Palm Coast, was scheduled to take effect Jan. 1. But Moody agreed in November to delay enforcement until Chief U.S. District Judge Mark Wilson rules on the injunction request. Walker has scheduled a Feb. 28 hearing.
The law, in part, seeks to prevent children under age 16 from opening social-media accounts on certain platforms — though it would allow parents to give consent for 14- and 15-year-olds to have accounts. Children under 14 could not open accounts.
The law does not name social-media platforms that would be affected. But it includes a definition of such platforms, with criteria related to such things as algorithms, “addictive features” and allowing users to view the content or activities of other users.
The lawsuit repeatedly referred to sites such as YouTube and Facebook — while also saying the law would not apply to services such as Disney+.
“While the law purports to address ‘addictive features,’ it does not restrict access to all mediums that employ similar features to engage their audience,” attorneys for the industry groups wrote. “The law leaves services like Disney+, Hulu, and Roblox uncovered, even though many minors spend hours on those services each day, and even though they employ the same so-called ‘addictive features,’ like personalized algorithms, push notifications, and autoplay. The state’s only evident justification for restricting access to Facebook and YouTube while leaving many other mediums for speech untouched is the state’s apparent belief that the covered websites deliver content the state thinks is particularly harmful.”
The state’s motion to dismiss the case, however, argued the law does not trigger “heightened First Amendment scrutiny.”
“The law limits children from having accounts on platforms that traffic in addiction,” the motion said. “It leaves platforms free to present content to children and adults through non-addictive means and free to present material to children who do not hold accounts. That affects only a child’s ability to ‘enter’ certain online businesses — it does not in any way censor children on the internet.”
If social-media companies violate the law they could face penalties up to $50,000 per violation. The law also would open them to lawsuits filed on behalf of minors.
“Social media is facing a reckoning,” the state’s attorneys wrote in opposing a preliminary injunction. “Because of whistleblowers and leaked internal documents, the public has learned that social-media companies for years have deployed features to addict youth with full awareness of the destruction compulsive use has on children’s mental health.”
Meanwhile, a separate pending lawsuit challenges the constitutionality of another part of the law that requires age verification to try to prevent minors from having access to online pornographic sites. That lawsuit was filed by different plaintiffs.
UPDATED: HURRICANE AID SOUGHT FOR FARMERS
JIM TURNER NEWS SERVICE OF FLORIDA
Without a long-awaited update of the federal farm bill, relief won’t be available to all Florida farmers and ranchers faced with nearly $1 billion in damage from three hurricanes that hit the state last year, Agriculture Commissioner Wilton Simpson said Tuesday.
After appearing before the state Senate Agriculture Committee, Simpson told reporters that a continued delay of the farm bill “puts pressure on the entirety of agriculture.”
“Without that farm bill, the people that are suffering the most are your smaller farmers because larger farmers can have capital or can borrow capital to get through a two-year or three-year incompetency of the federal government. Small farmers cannot,” Simpson said. Simpson is requesting about $50 million from state lawmakers to replenish a low-interest or interest-free loan program that agriculture producers have been able to draw from since Hurricane Idalia hit North Florida’s Big Bend region in August 2023.
But while the state loan program will “help people restore structures and vegetation” damaged by storms, Simpson said “it's never going to match what the (federal) farm bill will do in the billions of dollars.”
Expected to be renewed every five years, the farm bill was last fully updated in 2018.
Partial funding, including disaster relief, was extended last month under the federal American Relief Act of 2025.
Most of the law’s money for agriculture disaster aid went to the U.S. Department of Agriculture, where it is expected to be distributed for expenses related to lost revenue from dozens of disasters across the country in 2023 and 2024. Meanwhile, Simpson is also looking toward the state for money to help clear hurricanedamaged forests in North Florida.
Lawmakers on Senate and House panels Tuesday heard from state agencies and local
DESANTIS DEFENDS SPECIAL SESSION, SAYS ‘ACTION’ NEEDED
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Saying “a sense of urgency” exists, Gov. Ron DeSantis pushed back Wednesday against legislative leaders who called his decision to hold a special session on immigration enforcement and other issues “premature.”
With President-elect Donald Trump vowing to crack down on undocumented immigrants after he is inaugurated Monday, DeSantis said Florida won’t approach the issue in a “lackadaisical fashion.” He also said Republicans, who dominate the Legislature, campaigned on addressing illegal immigration.
“Don't say you'll get around to it in a few months. No, we need action, and we need action now,” DeSantis said during an appearance at the Polk County Sheriff's Office in Winter Haven.
DeSantis said the special session, which he called to start Jan. 27, is “about actually getting the policies right and delivering the results that we want to do.”
“So it's certainly not premature,” DeSantis said. “I don't know why you would want to wait months to be able to take action on an issue that is top drawer with voters.”
DeSantis also wants lawmakers to use the special session to address issues such as providing aid to hurricane victims; replenishing money for the My Safe Florida Home hardening program; revamping rules for ballot initiatives; and revising condominium-safety laws. DeSantis has not proposed specific legislation.
In describing DeSantis’ decision as premature Monday, House Speaker Daniel Perez, R-Miami, and Senate President Ben Albritton, R-Wauchula, pointed to the March 4 start of the annual regular legislative session.
In a joint memo, the legislative leaders said they support Trump and “stand ready to follow his lead” on immigration. But the memo said that “at this time, we are not aware of any specific guidance provided to the states about actions state legislatures can take to support forthcoming federal action.”
“It is completely irresponsible to get out ahead of any announcements President Trump will make, especially when uninformed or ill-timed state action could potentially impair or impede the success of
President Trump’s forthcoming efforts to end illegal immigration, close our borders, and protect the sovereignty of our nation,” the memo said.
They added that while DeSantis “discussed fragments of ideas for a special session … he did not release any actual bill language or even meaningful details for legislators and our constituents to consider.”
Perez and Albritton also said “there are ample funds accessible and available to pay for the state’s ongoing disaster response efforts and additional funds do not have to wait until July 1,” which is the start of the 2025-2026 fiscal year.
“Condominium safety and ballot initiatives proposing constitutional amendments are complex subjects and should be considered during the regular session, not a truncated special session,” they added.
DeSantis on Wednesday said he was surprised by the response and that changes are “not premature, but overdue.”
“You're basically saying, after four years of (President Joe) Biden's really, really destructive immigration and border policies, that it's somehow premature for us to act with a new president coming in. Are you kidding me?” DeSantis added. “This is the time to act. We don't have time to wait. And it's never premature to do the right thing.”
DeSantis on Monday said lawmakers need to provide “tens of millions” of dollars to assist local governments with executive orders from Trump that are expected to include deportation directives.
On Wednesday, he said legislation should require local law-enforcement agencies to have “maximum participation” in assisting federal immigration officials. Joining DeSantis in Winter Haven were several lawmakers and county sheriffs, who highlighted crimes committed by undocumented immigrants.
“Illegal immigration doesn't stop at the border,” Brevard County Sheriff Wayne Ivey said. “It filters into every community in this country.”
On Tuesday, Agriculture Commissioner Wilton Simpson rejected arguments that mass deportations would hinder the state’s agriculture industry. He said what is known as the H-2A visa program, which is designed to help bring in foreign workers to perform seasonal and temporary work, “needs to be simplified.”
APPEALS COURT WEIGHS TRANS TREATMENT RESTRICTIONS
JIM SAUNDERS NEWS SERVICE OF FLORIDA
After a district judge found “animus” toward transgender people, a federal appeals court Wednesday heard arguments in a battle about a Florida law and regulations that restrict treatments for people with gender dysphoria.
officials about damage from hurricanes Debby, Helene and Milton.
On Monday, Gov. Ron DeSantis called a special legislative session to begin Jan. 27 and included the need to address “the widespread disruption to the agricultural industry” from the disasters.
DeSantis’ primary focus in calling the special session is to align state immigration policies with executive orders that Presidentelect Donald Trump is expected to announce after his inauguration next week.
House Speaker Daniel Perez, R-Miami, and Senate President Ben Albritton, R-Wauchula, balked at DeSantis calling the special session, describing it as “premature.”
The legislative leaders also said in a memo that “there are ample funds accessible and available to pay for the state’s ongoing disaster response efforts and additional funds do not have to wait until July 1,” which is the start of the state’s 2025-2026 fiscal year.
The University of Florida Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences, or UF/IFAS, projected 104,000 acres of farm and ranch land experienced high-intensity weather conditions in the hurricanes and estimated losses to crops and livestock between $402.3 million and $975.8 million.
During a special session after Idalia, the state agricultural loan program, mostly seen as helping restore structures and vegetation, received $75 million, and timber owners received $37.5 million.
Simpson said strawberry growers in Hillsborough County are expected to have a “robust” crop this year after extensive use of the loan program.
Hurricanes Debby and Helene made landfall in Taylor County and caused widespread damage in rural North Florida. Milton made landfall in Sarasota County before cutting through Central Florida, causing damage in major citrus-growing areas.
A three-judge panel of the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals took up Florida’s appeal of a decision last year by U.S. District Judge Robert Hinkle that the restrictions were unconstitutionally discriminatory.
The restrictions prevented minors from beginning to receive puberty blockers and hormone therapy for treatment of gender dysphoria. Also, they allowed only physicians — not nurse practitioners — to approve hormone therapy for adults and barred the use of telehealth for new prescriptions. Opponents argue the restrictions reduced access to hormone therapy for adults.
Mohammad Jazil, an attorney for the state, disputed that Florida officials showed animus toward transgender people in approving the restrictions. He said the restrictions focus on gender-dysphoria treatments that Gov. Ron DeSantis and other Republican leaders frequently questioned, especially for minors.
“I think it’s wrong to treat gender dysphoria as a proxy for transgender individuals,” Jazil told the appellate panel.
But Adam Unikowsky, an attorney for plaintiffs who challenged the restrictions, said the animus reflected a view by state officials that transgender people should not transition.
“I think it’s expressed in the view a certain class of individuals shouldn’t exist,” Unikowsky said.
Florida and other Republican-led states in recent years have approved numerous laws and regulations focused on transgender people. One of the highest-profile issues has been restricting use of puberty blockers and hormone therapy for minors with gender dysphoria.
The federal government defines gender dysphoria clinically as “significant distress that a person may feel when sex or gender assigned at birth is not the same as their identity.”
The lawsuit challenges a state law passed in 2023 and related regulations approved by Florida medical boards. While Hinkle ruled against the state, a separate three-judge panel of the Atlanta-based appeals court in August issued a stay of Hinkle’s decision. The stay allowed the restrictions to be in effect while the underlying appeal continued.
Among the issues that the judges probed Wednesday were comments that some Republican lawmakers made in 2023 before the restrictions passed. Critics of the treatments for minors, for example, have likened them to mutilation.
Hinkle ruled that such descriptions illustrated animus behind the policies.
“Perhaps all this talk about castration and mutilation is just political hyperbole. But it casts at least some doubt on the assertion that these decision makers’ motivation was sound regulation of medical care in the best interest of transgender patients rather than outright disapproval of transgender identity,” Hinkle wrote. “Any suggestion that animus of this kind did not motivate at least some legislators blinks reality.”
But during Wednesday’s hearing, Jazil argued that Hinkle should have applied what is known as a “presumption of good faith” to the actions of lawmakers. He said, for example, that only a handful of lawmakers made such comments.
Judge Adalberto Jordan asked attorneys from both sides about the good-faith issue. Jordan said a U.S. Supreme Court decision last year in a South Carolina redistricting case made it increasingly difficult to overcome the presumption of good faith.
Appeals courts typically take months to rule in such cases. But Jordan and Judge Andrew Brasher raised questions Wednesday about whether the panel should put the Florida case on hold while the U.S. Supreme Court considers a dispute about a similar Tennessee case.
The Supreme Court heard arguments last month in the Tennessee case and likely will rule in the coming months.
PUBLIC NOTICES
All other creditors of the decedent and other persons having claims or demands against decedent’s estate must file their claims with this court WITHIN 3 MONTHS AFTER THE DATE OF THE FIRST PUBLICATION OF THIS NOTICE.
ALL CLAIMS NOT FILED WITHIN THE TIME PERIODS SET FORTH IN FLORIDA STATUTES SECTION 733.702 WILL BE FOREVER BARRED.
NOTWITHSTANDING THE TIME PERIODS
SET FORTH ABOVE, ANY CLAIM FILED
TWO (2) YEARS OR MORE AFTER THE DECEDENT’S DATE OF DEATH IS BARRED.
The date of first publication of this notice is January 22, 2025.
Attorney for Personal Representatives: Kerry Anne Schultz
Attorney Florida Bar Number: 563188
2777 Gulf Breeze Parkway
GULF BREEZE, FL 32563
Telephone: (850) 754-1600
Fax: (850) 754-1601
E-Mail: kaschultz@schultzlawgrp.com
Secondary E-Mail: angela@schultzlawgrp.com
Personal Representatives:
Kasey Claire Pickett Kirschner
3682 Canyon Ridge Ct Brookhaven, Georgia 30319
Kerry Lynn Pickett
825 Fairfield Drive Marietta, Georgia 30068
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IN THE CIRCUIT COURT IN AND FOR ESCAMBIA COUNTY, FLORIDA PROBATE DIVISION
IN RE: ESTATE OF BETTY JUNE GUINN, Deceased.
FILE NO.: 2024 CP 0001708
DIVISION:
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
The administration of the Estate of Betty June Guinn, deceased, File Number 2024 CP 0001708, is pending in the Circuit Court for Escambia County, Florida, Probate Division, the address of which is 190 Government Street, Pensacola, Florida 32502. The names and addresses of the personal representative and the personal representative’s attorney are set forth below.
All creditors of the decedent and other persons having claims or demands against decedent’s estate, including unmatured, contingent or unliquidated claims, on whom a copy of this notice is served must file their claims with this court WITHIN THE LATER OF 3 MONTHS AFTER THE DATE OF THE FIRST PUBLICATION OF THIS NOTICE OR 30 DAYS AFTER THE DATE OF SERVICE OF A COPY OF THIS NOTICE ON THEM.
All other creditors of the decedent and other persons having claims or demands against decedent’s estate, including unmatured, contingent or unliquidated claims, must file their claims with this court WITHIN 3 MONTHS AFTER THE DATE OF THE FIRST PUBLICATION OF THIS NOTICE.
ALL CLAIMS NOT SO FILED WILL BE FOREVER BARRED.
The date of first publication of this Notice is January 22, 2025.
Carol Ard 898 Williams Ditch Road Cantonment, Florida 32533
JOSEPH W.C. BOYLES, ESQUIRE Attorney at Law 212 W. Cervantes Street (32501) P.O. Box 13464 Pensacola, FL 32591-3464 (850) 433-9225 FLORIDA BAR #14188 Attorney for Personal Representative jwcb@boylesandboyleslaw.com jennifer@boylesandboyleslaw.com 2WR1/22-1/29NTC
IN THE CIRCUIT COURT IN AND FOR ESCAMBIA COUNTY, FLORIDA PROBATE DIVISION
IN RE: ESTATE OF DAPHNE ROBIN WILBOURN, Deceased. FILE NO.: 2024 CP 001797 DIVISION: NOTICE TO CREDITORS
The administration of the Estate of Daphne Robin Wilbourn, deceased, File Number 2024 CP 001797, is pending in the Circuit Court for Escambia County, Florida, Probate Division, the address of which is 190 West Government Street, Pensacola, Florida 32502. The names and addresses of the personal representative and the personal representative’s attorney are set forth below. All creditors of the decedent and other persons having claims or demands against decedent’s estate, including unmatured, contingent or unliquidated claims, on whom a copy of this notice is served must file their claims with this court WITHIN THE LATER OF 3 MONTHS AFTER THE DATE OF THE FIRST PUBLICATION OF THIS NOTICE OR 30 DAYS AFTER THE DATE OF SERVICE OF A COPY OF THIS NOTICE ON THEM.
All other creditors of the decedent and other persons
The date of first publication of this Notice is January 22, 2025.
Israel Royal Mosher 952 East Nine Mile RoadPensacola, Florida 32514
JOSEPH W.C. BOYLES, ESQUIRE Attorney at Law
212 W. Cervantes Street (32501) P.O. Box 13464 Pensacola, FL 32591-3464 (850) 433-9225 FLORIDA BAR #14188 Attorney for Personal Representative jwcb@boylesandboyleslaw.com jennifer@boylesandboyleslaw.com 2WR1/22-1/29NTC
IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR SANTA ROSA COUNTY, FLORIDA PROBATE DIVISION IN RE: ESTATE OF BRUCE CRAIG TURNER Deceased.
File No. 2024-CP-615 Division D NOTICE TO CREDITORS
The administration of the estate of Bruce Craig Turner, deceased, whose date of death was June 11, 2024, is pending in the Circuit Court for Santa Rosa County, Florida, Probate Division, the address of which is 4025 Avalon Blvd., Milton, Florida 32583. The names and addresses of the personal representative and the personal representative’s attorney are set forth below.
All creditors of the decedent and other persons having claims or demands against decedent’s estate on whom a copy of this notice is required to be served must file their claims with this court ON OR BEFORE THE LATER OF 3 MONTHS AFTER THE TIME OF THE FIRST PUBLICATION OF THIS NOTICE OR 30 DAYS AFTER THE DATE OF SERVICE OF A COPY OF THIS NOTICE ON THEM.
All other creditors of the decedent and other persons having claims or demands against decedent’s estate must file their claims with this court WITHIN 3 MONTHS AFTER THE DATE OF THE FIRST PUBLICATION OF THIS NOTICE.
The personal representative has no duty to discover whether any property held at the time of the decedent’s death by the decedent or the decedent’s surviving spouse is property to which the Florida Uniform Disposition of Community Property Rights at Death Act as described in ss. 732.216-732.228, applies, or may apply, unless a written demand is made by a creditor as specified under s. 732.2211, Florida Statutes.
ALL CLAIMS NOT FILED WITHIN THE TIME PERIODS SET FORTH IN FLORIDA STATUTES SECTION 733.702 WILL BE FOREVER BARRED.
NOTWITHSTANDING THE TIME PERIODS SET FORTH ABOVE, ANY CLAIM FILED TWO (2) YEARS OR MORE AFTER THE DECEDENT’S DATE OF DEATH IS BARRED.
The date of first publication of this notice is January 22, 2025.
Personal Representative: Sharon E. Turner 5150 Tuscaloosa Street Milton, Florida 32583
Attorney for Personal Representative: Angela J. Jones E-mail Addresses: ajjones@ljslawfirm.com Florida Bar No. 096441 Locklin, Saba, Locklin & Jones PA 4557 Chumuckla Hwy. Pace, Florida 32571 Telephone: (850) 995-1102
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IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR SANTA ROSA COUNTY, FLORIDA PROBATE DIVISION
IN RE: ESTATE OF ORVILLE W. CRISCO, a/k/a ORVILLE WAYNE CRISCO, a/k/a ORVILLE CRISCO, Deceased.
File No. 2024 CP 00568 NOTICE TO CREDITORS
The administration of the estate of ORVILLE W. CRISCO, also known as ORVILLE WAYNE CRISCO, and also known as ORVILLE CRISCO, deceased, whose date of death was July 28, 2024, is pending in the Circuit Court for Santa Rosa County, Florida, Probate Division, the physical address of which is 4025 Avalon Blvd., Milton, FL 32583, and the mailing address of which is P.O. Box 472, Milton, Florida 32572. The name and address of the Personal Representative and the Personal Representative’s attorney are set forth below.
All creditors of the decedent and other persons having claims or demands against the decedent’s estate on whom a copy of this notice is required to be served must file their claims with this court ON OR BEFORE THE LATER OF THREE (3) MONTHS AFTER THE TIME OF THE FIRST PUBLICATION OF THIS NOTICE OR THIRTY (30) DAYS AFTER THE DATE OF SERVICE OF A COPY OF THIS NOTICE ON THEM.
All other creditors of the decedent and other persons having claims or demands against the decedent’s estate must file their claims with this court WITHIN THREE (3) MONTHS AFTER THE DATE OF THE FIRST PUBLICATION OF THIS NOTICE.
ALL CLAIMS NOT FILED WITHIN THE TIME PERIODS SET FORTH IN FLORIDA STATUTES SECTION 733.702 WILL BE FOREVER BARRED. NOTWITHSTANDING THE TIME PERIODS SET FORTH ABOVE, ANY CLAIM FILED TWO (2) YEARS OR MORE AFTER THE DECEDENT’S DATE OF DEATH IS BARRED.
LEGALS
The date of the first publication of the notice is January 22, 2025.
Attorney for Personal Representative: CHRISTINE R. O’NEIL
Florida Bar No. 0113047
O’Neil Law, PLLC
5601 Shooting Star Ct, Milton, FL 32583
Telephone: 850-266-7552
Primary Email: christine@oneil.law
Secondary Email: info@oneil.law
Personal Representative: RICHARD W. CRISCO
600 Markwood Dr., Oxford, MI 48370
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IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR ESCAMBIA COUNTY, FLORIDA, PROBATE DIVISION
IN RE: ESTATE OF SANDRA MARIE JOHNSON a/k/a SANDRA MARIE MCGOVERN Deceased.
File No. 2024-CP-928
Division U
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
The administration of the estate of Sandra Marie Johnson a/k/a Sandra Marie McGovern, deceased, whose date of death was May 28, 2024, is pending in the Circuit Court for Escambia County, Florida, Probate Division, the address of which is 190 W Government Street, Pensacola, FL 32502. The names and addresses of the personal representatives and the personal representatives’ attorney are set forth below.
All creditors of the decedent and other persons having claims or demands against decedent’s estate on whom a copy of this notice is required to be served must file their claims with this court ON OR BEFORE THE LATER OF 3 MONTHS AFTER THE TIME OF THE FIRST PUBLICATION OF THIS NOTICE OR 30 DAYS AFTER THE DATE OF SERVICE OF A COPY OF THIS NOTICE ON THEM.
All other creditors of the decedent and other persons having claims or demands against decedent’s estate must file their claims with this court WITHIN 3 MONTHS AFTER THE DATE OF THE FIRST PUBLICATION OF THIS NOTICE.
ALL CLAIMS NOT FILED WITHIN THE TIME PERIODS SET FORTH IN FLORIDA STATUTES SECTION 733.702 WILL BE FOREVER BARRED.
NOTWITHSTANDING THE TIME PERIODS SET FORTH ABOVE, ANY CLAIM FILED TWO (2) YEARS OR MORE AFTER THE DECEDENT’S DATE OF DEATH IS BARRED.
A personal representative or curator has no duty to discover whether any property held at the time of the decedent’s death by the decedent or the decedent’s surviving spouse is property to which the Florida Uniform Disposition of Community Property Rights at Death Act as described in sections 732.216732.228, applies, or may apply, unless a written demand is made by a creditor as specified under section 732.2211.
The date of first publication of this notice is January 15, 2024.
Attorney for Personal Representatives:
Kramer A. Litvak
Attorney Florida Bar Number: 965881
40 South Palafox Place, Suite 300 Pensacola, Florida 32502
Personal Representatives: Christine Lee Johnson 12530 Newstead Road Huntersville, NC 28078
Richard Byrd Johnson 643 Greenberry Drive Cantonment, FL 32533
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IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR ESCAMBIA COUNTY, FLORIDA PROBATE DIVISION
IN RE: ESTATE OF WILLONEASE MORRISON Deceased.
File No. 2025-CP-24 Division U
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
The administration of the estate of Willonease Morrison, deceased, whose date of death was October 20, 2024, is pending in the Circuit Court for Escambia County, Florida, Probate Division, the address of which is 190 W. Government Street, Pensacola, Florida 32502. The names and addresses of the personal representatives and the personal representatives’ attorney are set forth below.
All creditors of the decedent and other persons having claims or demands against decedent’s estate on whom a copy of this notice is required to be served must file their claims with this court ON OR BEFORE THE LATER OF 3 MONTHS AFTER THE TIME OF THE FIRST PUBLICATION OF THIS NOTICE OR 30 DAYS AFTER THE DATE OF SERVICE OF A COPY OF THIS NOTICE ON THEM.
The personal representative has no duty to discover whether any property held at the time of the decedent’s death by the decedent or the decedent’s surviving spouse is property to which the Florida Uniform Disposition of Community Property Rights at Death Act as described in ss. 732.216-732.228, Florida Statutes, applies, or may apply, unless a written demand is made by a creditor as specified under s. 732.2211, Florida Statutes.
All other creditors of the decedent and other persons having claims or demands against decedent’s estate must file their claims with this court WITHIN 3 MONTHS AFTER THE DATE OF THE FIRST PUBLICATION OF THIS NOTICE.
ALL CLAIMS NOT FILED WITHIN THE TIME PERIODS SET FORTH IN FLORIDA STATUTES SECTION 733.702 WILL BE FOREVER BARRED.
NOTWITHSTANDING THE TIME PERIODS SET FORTH ABOVE, ANY CLAIM FILED TWO (2) YEARS OR MORE AFTER THE DECEDENT’S DATE OF DEATH IS BARRED.
The date of first publication of this notice is January 15, 2025.
Attorney for Personal Representatives: Kramer A. Litvak
Florida Bar Number: 965881 K. Jake Walters
Florida Bar Number: 1026099
Attorneys for Personal Representatives
Litvak Beasley Wilson & Ball, LLP 40 South Palafox Place, Suite 300 Pensacola, Florida 32502
Telephone: (850) 432-9818
Fax: (850) 432-9830
E-Mail: kramer@lawpensacola.com
Secondary E-Mail: jake@lawpensacola.com
annabelle@lawpensacola.com
Personal Representatives: Craig E. Morrison 6026 Thistledown Drive Pensacola, Florida 32505
Lisa Michele Spears 1928 Southwind Circle Pensacola, Florida 32506
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IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR ESCAMBIA COUNTY, FLORIDA PROBATE DIVISION
IN RE: ESTATE OF ROBERT WILLIAM HOLLENBACH, (aka ROBERT W. HOLLENBACH), Deceased.
File No.: 2025 CP 10 Division: T NOTICE TO CREDITORS
The administration of the estate of Robert William Hollenbach (aka Robert W. Hollenbach), deceased, whose date of death was August 12, 2024, is pending in the Circuit Court for Escambia County, Florida, Probate Division, the address of which is 190 Governmental Center, Pensacola, FL 32502. The names and addresses of the Personal Representative and the Personal Representative’s attorney are set forth below.
All creditors of the decedent and other persons having claims or demands against decedent’s estate on whom a copy of this notice is required to be served must file their claims with this court ON OR BEFORE THE LATER OF 3 MONTHS AFTER THE TIME OF THE FIRST PUBLICATION OF THIS NOTICE OR 30 DAYS AFTER THE DATE OF SERVICE OF A COPY OF THIS NOTICE ON THEM.
The Personal Representative has no duty to discover whether any property held at the time of the decedent’s death by the decedent or the decedent’s surviving spouse is property to which the Florida Uniform Disposition of Community Property Rights at Death Act as described in §§ 732.216-732.228, Florida Statutes, applies, or may apply, unless a written demand is made by a creditor as specified under §732.2211, Florida Statutes.
All other creditors of the decedent and other persons having claims or demands against decedent’s estate must file their claims with this court WITHIN 3 MONTHS AFTER THE DATE OF THE FIRST PUBLICATION OF THIS NOTICE.
ALL CLAIMS NOT FILED WITHIN THE TIME PERIODS SET FORTH IN FLORIDA STATUTES SECTION 733.702 WILL BE FOREVER BARRED.
NOTWITHSTANDING THE TIME PERIODS SET FORTH ABOVE, ANY CLAIM FILED TWO (2) YEARS OR MORE AFTER THE DECEDENT’S DATE OF DEATH IS BARRED.
The date of first publication of this notice is January 15, 2025.
Attorney for Personal Representative: Jason A. Waddell
Attorney Florida Bar Number: 529362 Waddell Law Firm 4317 Spanish Trail Pensacola, FL 32504 Telephone: (850) 434-8500 Fax: (850) 434-0971
E-Mail: jaw@waddell.law
Secondary E-Mail: jawpara@waddell.law
Personal Representative: Devon W. Hollenbach 2644 Tinosa Circle Pensacola, FL 32526
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IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR ESCAMBIA COUNTY, FLORIDA PROBATE DIVISION
IN RE: ESTATE OF NONA EDITH DEBOER, Deceased.
FILE NO: 2024 CP 001817 DIVISION: U NOTICE TO CREDITORS
The administration of the estate of Nona Edith DeBoer, deceased, whose date of death was October 31, 2024, is pending in the Circuit Court for Escambia County, Florida, Probate Division, the address of which is 190 West Government Street, Pensacola, FL 32502. The names and addresses of the personal representatives and the personal representatives’ attorney are set forth below.
All creditors of the decedent and other persons having claims or demands against decedent’s estate on whom a copy of this notice is required to be served must file their claims with this court ON OR BEFORE THE LATER OF 3 MONTHS AFTER THE TIME OF THE FIRST PUBLICATION OF THIS NOTICE OR 30 DAYS AFTER THE DATE OF SERVICE OF A COPY OF THIS NOTICE ON THEM.
All other creditors of the decedent and other persons having claims or demands against decedent’s estate must file their claims with this court WITHIN 3 MONTHS AFTER THE DATE OF THE FIRST PUBLICATION OF THIS NOTICE.
ALL CLAIMS NOT FILED WITHIN THE TIME PERIODS SET FORTH IN FLORIDA STATUTES SECTION 733.702 WILL BE FOREVER BARRED.
NOTWITHSTANDING THE TIME PERIODS SET FORTH ABOVE, ANY CLAIM FILED TWO (2) YEARS OR MORE AFTER THE DECEDENT’S DATE OF DEATH IS BARRED.
The date of first publication of this notice is January 15, 2025.
Personal Representatives: Brett T. DeBoer 6326 Gunter Street Anniston, AL 36206 Tiffany DeBoer Owens 6220 Gunter Street Anniston, AL 36206
Attorney for Estate: Charles L. Hoffman, Jr. Attorney for Personal Representatives Florida Bar Number: 229768 CARVER DARDEN KORETZKY ET AL 151 West Main Street, Suite 200 Pensacola, FL 32502 Telephone: (850) 266-2565 Fax: (850) 266-2301 E-Mail: choffman@carverdarden.com Secondary E-Mail: bass@carverdarden.com 2WR1/15-1/22NTC
IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR ESCAMBIA COUNTY, FLORIDA PROBATE DIVISION
IN RE: ESTATE OF KELLY LYNN ORTEGA, a/k/a KELLY L. ORTEGA Deceased.
File No. 2024-CP-1257
Division U NOTICE TO CREDITORS
The administration of the estate of Kelly Lynn Ortega, a/k/a Kelly L. Ortega, deceased, whose date of death was April 26, 2024, is pending in the Circuit Court for Escambia County, Florida, Probate Division, the address of which is 190 W. Government Street, Pensacola, Florida 32502. The names and addresses of the personal representative and the personal representative’s attorney are set forth below.
All creditors of the decedent and other persons having claims or demands against decedent’s estate on whom a copy of this notice is required to be served must file their claims with this court ON OR BEFORE THE LATER OF 3 MONTHS AFTER THE TIME OF THE FIRST PUBLICATION OF THIS NOTICE OR 30 DAYS AFTER THE DATE OF SERVICE OF A COPY OF THIS NOTICE ON THEM.
All other creditors of the decedent and other persons having claims or demands against decedent’s estate must file their claims with this court WITHIN 3 MONTHS AFTER THE DATE OF THE FIRST PUBLICATION OF THIS NOTICE.
ALL CLAIMS NOT FILED WITHIN THE TIME PERIODS SET FORTH IN FLORIDA STATUTES SECTION 733.702 WILL BE FOREVER BARRED.
NOTWITHSTANDING THE TIME PERIODS SET FORTH ABOVE, ANY CLAIM FILED TWO (2) YEARS OR MORE AFTER THE DECEDENT’S DATE OF DEATH IS BARRED.
The date of first publication of this notice is January 15, 2025.
Attorney for Personal Representative: Kramer A. Litvak, Florida Bar No. 965881 Litvak Beasley Wilson & Ball, LLP
40 S. Palafox Place, Suite 300 Pensacola, FL 32502 Telephone: (850) 432-9818
Personal Representative: Marcos Ramos Ortega 1744 Fox Road Pensacola, Florida 32503 2WR1/15-1/22NTC
IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR ESCAMBIA COUNTY, FLORIDA PROBATE DIVISION
IN RE: ESTATE OF ELOUISE CREEL GOODSON Deceased.
File No.: 2024 CP 1515 Division: U NOTICE TO CREDITORS
An Order of Summary Administration of the estate of Elouise Creel Goodson, deceased, whose date of death was September 3, 2024, was entered on January 3, 2025 in the Circuit Court for Escambia County, Florida, Probate Division, the address of which is
BARRED.
to the highest bidder at public auction at 9:00 A.M. on the first Wednesday in the month of February, which is the 5th day of February 2025. Dated this 19th day of December 2024.
In accordance with the AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES ACT, if you are a person with a disability who needs special accommodation in order to participate in this proceeding you are entitled to the provision of certain assistance. Please contact Emily Hogg not later than seven days prior to the proceeding at Escambia County Government Complex, 221 Palafox Place Ste 110, Pensacola FL 32502. Telephone: 850-595-3793.
PAM CHILDERS CLERK OF THE CIRCUIT COURT ESCAMBIA COUNTY, FLORIDA
By: Emily Hogg Deputy Clerk
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NOTICE OF APPLICATION FOR TAX DEED
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, That JPL INVESTMENTS CORP AND OCEAN BANK holder of Tax Certificate No. 05842, issued the 1st day of June, A.D., 2022 has filed same in my office and has made application for a tax deed to be issued thereon. Said certificate embraces the following described property in the County of Escambia, State of Florida, to wit:
BEG AT SELY COR OF LT 13 SWLY ALG SLY LI OF SD LT 1441 28/100 FT TO POB CONT SAME COURSE 90 FT NLY AT RT ANG
TO POB
23 OF AN UNRECORDED S/D OF LT OR 3869 P 478
14, TOWNSHIP 1 N, RANGE 31 W TAX ACCOUNT NUMBER 113479230 (022578)
The assessment of the said property under the said certificate issued was in the name of STANLEY S LAMBERT
Unless said certificate shall be redeemed according to law, the property described therein will be sold to the highest bidder at public auction at 9:00 A.M. on the first Wednesday in the month of February, which is the 5th day of February 2025.
Dated this 19th day of December 2024.
In accordance with the AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES ACT, if you are a person with a disability who needs special accommodation in order to participate in this proceeding you are entitled to the provision of certain assistance. Please contact Emily Hogg not later than seven days prior to the proceeding at Escambia County Government Complex, 221 Palafox Place Ste 110, Pensacola FL 32502. Telephone: 850595-3793.
PAM CHILDERS
CLERK OF THE CIRCUIT COURT ESCAMBIA COUNTY, FLORIDA
By: Emily Hogg Deputy Clerk 4WR1/1-1/22TD
NOTICE OF APPLICATION FOR TAX DEED
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, That JPL INVESTMENTS CORP AND OCEAN BANK holder of Tax Certificate No. 05092, issued the 1st day of June, A.D., 2022 has filed same in my office and has made application for a tax deed to be issued thereon. Said certificate embraces the following described property in the County of Escambia, State of Florida, to wit:
LT 9 BLK 13 TREASURE HILL PARK S/D PLAT DB 102 P 286 OR 5414 P 704 OR 5603 P 714 SECTION 12, TOWNSHIP 3 S, RANGE 32 W TAX ACCOUNT NUMBER 103315600 (022585)
The assessment of the said property under the said certificate issued was in the name of STANLEY J DOBBIE and AGNES J HICKSON
Unless said certificate shall be redeemed according to law, the property described therein will be sold to the highest bidder at public auction at 9:00 A.M. on the first Wednesday in the month of February, which is the 5th day of February 2025.
Dated this 19th day of December 2024.
In accordance with the AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES ACT, if you are a person with a disability who needs special accommodation in order to participate in this proceeding you are entitled to the provision of certain assistance. Please contact Emily Hogg not later than seven days prior to the proceeding at Escambia County Government Complex, 221 Palafox Place Ste 110, Pensacola FL 32502. Telephone: 850595-3793.
PAM CHILDERS CLERK OF THE CIRCUIT COURT ESCAMBIA COUNTY, FLORIDA
By: Emily Hogg Deputy Clerk
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NOTICE OF APPLICATION FOR TAX DEED
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, That JPL
INVESTMENTS CORP AND OCEAN BANK
holder of Tax Certificate No. 05091, issued the 1st day of June, A.D., 2022 has filed same in my office and has made application for a tax deed to be issued thereon. Said certificate embraces the following described property in the County of Escambia, State of Florida, to wit: LT 8 BLK 13 TREASURE HILL PARK PLAT DB 102 P 286 OR 5414 P 704 OR 5603 P 714
SECTION 12, TOWNSHIP 3 S, RANGE 32 W TAX ACCOUNT NUMBER 103315550 (022586)
The assessment of the said property under the said certificate issued was in the name of STANLEY J DOBBIE and AGNES J HICKSON
Unless said certificate shall be redeemed according to law, the property described therein will be sold to the highest bidder at public auction at 9:00 A.M. on the first Wednesday in the month of February, which is the 5th day of February 2025.
Dated this 19th day of December 2024.
In accordance with the AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES ACT, if you are a person with a disability who needs special accommodation in order to participate in this proceeding you are entitled to the provision of certain assistance. Please contact Emily Hogg not later than seven days prior to the proceeding at Escambia County Government Complex, 221 Palafox Place Ste 110, Pensacola FL 32502. Telephone: 850595-3793.
PAM CHILDERS CLERK OF THE CIRCUIT COURT ESCAMBIA COUNTY, FLORIDA
By: Emily Hogg Deputy Clerk
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NOTICE OF APPLICATION FOR TAX DEED
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, That JPL INVESTMENTS CORP AND OCEAN BANK holder of Tax Certificate No. 04838, issued the 1st day of June, A.D., 2022 has filed same in my office and has made application for a tax deed to be issued thereon. Said certificate embraces the following described property in the County of Escambia, State of Florida, to wit: BEG AT NE COR OF GRANT S 14 DEG E ALG E LI OF GRANT 2706 FT S 76 DEG W 800 FT FOR POB CONTINUE S 76 DEG W 50 FT S 14 DEG E 150
N 76 DEG E 50 FT N 14 DEG W 150 FT TO POB DB 468 P 50 SECTION 37, TOWNSHIP 2 S, RANGE 31 W TAX ACCOUNT NUMBER 101553130 (022590)
The assessment of the said property under the said certificate issued was in the name of WILLIAM S OWEN EST OF
Unless said certificate shall be redeemed according to law, the property described therein will be sold to the highest bidder at public auction at 9:00 A.M. on the first Wednesday in the month of February, which is the 5th day of February 2025.
Dated this 19th day of December 2024.
In accordance with the AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES ACT, if you are a person with a disability who needs special accommodation in order to participate in this proceeding you are entitled to the provision of certain assistance. Please contact Emily Hogg not later than seven days prior to the proceeding at Escambia County Government Complex, 221 Palafox Place Ste 110, Pensacola FL 32502. Telephone: 850595-3793.
PAM CHILDERS CLERK OF THE CIRCUIT COURT ESCAMBIA COUNTY, FLORIDA
By: Emily Hogg Deputy Clerk 4WR1/1-1/22TD
NOTICE OF APPLICATION FOR TAX DEED
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, That JPL INVESTMENTS CORP AND OCEAN BANK holder of Tax Certificate No. 04784, issued the 1st day of June, A.D., 2022 has filed same in my office and has made application for a tax deed to be issued thereon. Said certificate embraces the following described property in the County of Escambia, State of Florida, to wit: LT 1 AND N1/2 OF
2S R 30/31 LESS OR
P 20 RD R/W SECTION 35, TOWNSHIP 2 S, RANGE 31 W TAX ACCOUNT NUMBER 101248000 (022591) The assessment of the said property under the said certificate issued was in the name of JAMES LAVAUGHN AINSWORTH and ADA KATHERINE WARD Unless
By: Emily Hogg Deputy Clerk
4WR1/1-1/22TD
NOTICE OF APPLICATION FOR TAX DEED
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, That JPL INVESTMENTS CORP AND OCEAN BANK holder of Tax Certificate No. 04677, issued the 1st day of June, A.D., 2022 has filed same in my office and has made application for a tax deed to be issued thereon. Said certificate embraces the following described property in the County of Escambia, State of Florida, to wit: LT 1 BLK 48 BEACH HAVEN PLAT DB 46 P 51 OR 8509 P 1036 SEC 54/35 T 2S R 30/31 SECTION 35, TOWNSHIP 2 S, RANGE 31 W TAX ACCOUNT NUMBER 100357000 (022596)
The assessment of the said property under the said certificate issued was in the name of SUSAN HARRIS
Unless said certificate shall be redeemed according to law, the property described therein will be sold to the highest bidder at public auction at 9:00 A.M. on the first Wednesday in the month of February, which is the 5th day of February 2025.
Dated this 19th day of December 2024.
In accordance with the AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES ACT, if you are a person with a disability who needs special accommodation in order to participate in this proceeding you are entitled to the provision of certain assistance. Please contact Emily Hogg not later than seven days prior to the proceeding at Escambia County Government Complex, 221 Palafox Place Ste 110, Pensacola FL 32502. Telephone: 850595-3793.
PAM CHILDERS
CLERK OF THE CIRCUIT COURT ESCAMBIA COUNTY, FLORIDA
By: Emily Hogg Deputy Clerk
4WR1/1-1/22TD
NOTICE OF APPLICATION FOR TAX DEED
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, That JPL INVESTMENTS CORP AND OCEAN BANK holder of Tax Certificate No. 04602, issued the 1st day of June, A.D., 2022 has filed same in my office and has made application for a tax deed to be issued thereon. Said certificate embraces the following described property in the County of Escambia, State of Florida, to wit: LOT 18 BLK C BAYOU GRANDE VILLA PB 8 P 4 OR 7483 P 1537 SEC 33/4 T2/3S R31W SECTION 33, TOWNSHIP 2 S, RANGE 31 W TAX ACCOUNT NUMBER 095015272 (022597)
The assessment of the said property under the said certificate issued was in the name of VENTURE FIDELIS LLC
Unless said certificate shall be redeemed according to law, the property described therein will be sold to the highest bidder at public auction at 9:00 A.M. on the first Wednesday in the month of February, which is the 5th day of February 2025.
Dated this 19th day of December 2024.
In accordance with the AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES ACT, if you are a person with a disability who needs special accommodation in order to participate in this proceeding you are entitled to the provision of certain assistance. Please contact Emily Hogg not later than seven days prior to the proceeding at Escambia County Government Complex, 221 Palafox Place Ste 110, Pensacola FL 32502. Telephone: 850595-3793.
PAM CHILDERS CLERK OF THE CIRCUIT COURT ESCAMBIA COUNTY, FLORIDA
