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NEW ODDITIES SHOP OPENS IN PENSACOLA

By Nicole Willis

eaturing goth and punk fashion, music and horror merchandise and plenty of oddities, Phantasma is Pensacola’s newest one-stop-shop for everything odd and alternative. Nestled in a small shopping

center at the corner of 9th Avenue and Creighton Road, this quirky new shop is Pensacon CEO Mike Ensley and his wife, Heather’s, latest venture. The couple held the grand opening of Phantasma on October 1 after noticing a lack of oddities and alternative stores in the Pensacola area. “My family and I travel a lot and

we always try to check out those kinds of stores wherever we go because we haven’t had anything like that in Pensacola since the 90s. There used to be a shop called Impulses that was first on the beach and then in University Mall, which is now defunct. They used to have a lot of rock t-shirts, stickers, patches and all that kind of stuff from different music and bands. We’ve combined that kind of stuff with oddities,” Mike explained. “There’s nothing like this between Atlanta or New Orleans, and we’re kind of at that midway point, so we figured what the heck, let’s just try it.” The Ensleys sought out to fill this retail gap and bring a unique oddities shop back to the Pensacola community. In addition to a plethora of oddities and music merchandise, Phantasma also offers a variety of horror merchandise, vintage and new gothic-style clothing, jewelry, accessories and a unique selection of books. The shop is divided into four main sections, with the first section housing a large selection of music memorabilia from various rock and metal bands. The section

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is packed with unique music merchandise, including collectable pins, t-shirts, patches, stickers and more. The next section of the shop is the oddities room, which features some of the shop’s most coveted and obscure items. Lemmie Crews, who is a long-time friend of the Ensleys, has been tasked with the unique job of sourcing each of the weird and wacky items sold in the shop. “Lemmie has many different strange things from Odd Fellows, and he’s got a taxidermy king cobra in there [the oddities room] right now. There’s all kinds of crazy stuff in there—old medical bottles, funerary items—just odd antiques,” Mike said. In addition to searching for rare oddities to carry in the shop, Crews is also open to purchasing unique finds or oddities that people bring into the shop. If you have something that you think may be of interest to Crews or the Phantasma team, individuals are invited to send a message to @phantasmapensacola on Facebook. The back of the shop houses gothic-style clothing and accessories, both vintage and new. From flowy gothic dresses to stunning vintage rosaries, each of the gothic pieces in the shop’s collection were hand-selected by Heather Ensley herself. Even if gothic fashion isn’t your everyday go-to, Phantasma offers a great selection of pieces to help you put together an amazing

cosplay costume. The final room in the shop is what Mike describes as the Edgar Allen Poe-themed “library area.” The library area features a lot of esoteric books that wouldn’t be found at a typical bookstore, such as underground comics, musician biographies and even zines. The shop’s name is just as spooky as some of the items inside. The name, “Phantasma,” stems from the Latin word “phantasm,” meaning a ghost or apparition. Mike explained that the name for the shop came to the team after a brainstorming session. “We were trying to find something that seemed a little spooky, and wasn’t too run of the mill and Phantasma just kind of appealed to us. It’s about ghosts, and we have a little bit of strange stuff in here, so we figured it tied in,” he explained. Whether you’re into creepy relics and oddities, or simply want to pick up a funky new piece for your wardrobe, Phantasma has something fun and quirky that’s sure to be right up your alley. Phantasma is located at 2633 Creighton Rd., Suite B, just across from the Walmart shopping center and is open Tuesday through Saturday from 11 am to 6 pm. To stay updated on Phantasma and what new and interesting things come through the door, follow @phantasmapensacola on Facebook or Instagram. ■

Bryant and the team at Five Flags Speedway have been working throughout the year to prepare for this highly anticipated event. “This event is nearly year-round [work] for us, but the month of November is really hectic and, of course, race week is especially so,” Bryant said. “We employ around 200 people for four days out here, each with a task. Our mission is just to make a good experience for both the competitors and the fans.” Race organizers are expecting and preparing for quite the turnout this year, as attendance has been extremely high and selling out in recent years. Bryant says that he and the team at Five Flags Speedway are preparing for thousands of people being in attendance at one time. “We usually have 10,000 people between the grandstands and the infield watching the Snowball Derby. Over the course of four days—because the preliminary starts on Thursday and the main event is Sunday—we run an excess

of 30,000 people through our gates,” Bryant explained. Tickets for the 56th annual Snowball Derby are on sale now and can be purchased and reserved over the phone by calling the track office at (850) 944-8400. Tickets are also sold at Five Flags Speedway on the event date up until race time. “For this event, we don’t do online ticket sales. I know that sounds antiquated, but over the years, we’ve just gotten so well acquainted with our race fans and so many of them are repeaters that are still doing it the old fashioned way. You can call the track office and order tickets and we’ll hold them for you at will call,” Bryant explained. Parking and shuttle services to and from the track will be available on race day. Five Flags Speedway is located at 7451 Pine Forest Road in Pensacola. For more details, visit 5flagsspeedway.com or facebook. com/5flagsspeedway. ■

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SNOWBALL DERBY PENSACOLA’S FAVORITE STOCK CAR RACE RETURNS By Nicole Willis

rab your sunglasses and a cold beer because the Snowball Derby is here! That’s right, the annual Snowball Derby has returned for its 56th year. This 300-lap, 150-mile super late model stock car race draws the attention of thousands of racers and fans alike to Pensacola for a chance to witness some of the best names in short track racing. Hosted annually at Five Flags Speedway in Pensacola, the Snowball Derby was first held in 1968. The derby was started by Tom Dawson, whose family previously owned Five Flags Speedway during the time of the first derby. Today, the track is owned by the Bryant family who gained ownership in 2007. The Bryant family has a deep-rooted love for racing and the Snowball Derby, as current Five Flags Speedway general manager, Tim Bryant, has also competed in the Snowball Derby several times himself. The family has worked to keep the tradi-

tion of this popular race alive, as it only continues to gain the attention of more racers and fans each year. “It’s very unusual for one [racing event] to go 56 years without interruption,” explained Bryant. “So that’s testament to not just the Bryants, but all of the management teams that were here before us, especially the Dawson family who started the event in 1968. Tom Dawson was the owner and promoter in those days. When we [the Bryant family] took over the track, we actually named the winner’s trophy the ‘Tom Dawson Trophy.’ That has become nationally recognized and we’re pretty proud of that.” Since its inception, the event has grown to include some of the biggest names in NASCAR, such as Kyle Busch and Chase Elliot, who are both two-time winners of the Snowball Derby. Elliot also became the derby’s youngest winner at only 16 years old. The Snowball Derby has become so popular among racing drivers and fans that NASCAR actu-

ally changed the date of its annual Cup Series Award Banquet so that it did not interfere with the schedules of drivers who wanted to compete in the derby. The Snowball Derby draws some of the biggest names in stock car racing including previous Snowball Derby winners Bobby Gill, Darrell Waltrip and Steve Wallace. With names such as these, there is no telling which star drivers will grace the track in 2023. The drivers for this year’s derby have not yet been picked, as entries are still being received. According to Bryant, they typically receive between 250 and 300 race entries each year. The 2023 Snowball Derby is co-presented by longtime partner Bayou Fox Hooters and new partner Safe Locator. Opening night of the 2023 Snowball Derby is November 30 at 7 pm. The derby then continues on Friday and Saturday, with the main event taking place on Sunday. Races start at 7 pm on Thursday, Friday and Saturday with the main race taking place at 1 pm on Sunday.

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FLORIDA BLUE FOUNDATION CELEBRATES SUBSTANTIAL COMMUNITY INVESTMENT IN PANHANDLE The Florida Blue Foundation and numerous area non-profits celebrated the investment over the last year of more than $600,000 in support across the Pensacola region. A series of grants focused on the Panhandle is helping address critical issues such as health equity, chronic health conditions, food security, education, economic stability, mental well-being and more. Addressing 50 area non-profit leadership and board members at a November 7 event at Manna Food Bank, Florida Blue Market President Darnell Smith noted collaboration was the key for success among organizations gathered in the room. “In recent years, as an organization, Florida Blue has taken on a deeper, hyper-local approach to supporting healthy communities by understanding and supporting initiatives that meet the unique and diverse needs of each community we serve,” said Smith. “This same commitment holds true here in Pensacola.” One activity highlighted during the event was the “Fill the Mayflower” activity led by the Manna Food Bank. Fill the Mayflower supports families in need during the holiday season. “We understand the power of collaborations and partnerships which allow us to combine our resources with 24 other partners in our community to provide the healthiest food possible to children and families in need,” said Manna Executive Director DeDe Flounlaker. “Florida Blue’s longstanding support of our mission helps us provide thousands of healthy meals through our main pantry service as well as our 17 specialty programs in Escambia and Santa Rosa counties.”

Other non-profit grantees highlighted at the event included: Health, Wellness and Mental Well-Being Focus • Pace Center for Girls • Covenant Care Foundation • Boys & Girls Club Emerald Coast • United Way of Northwest Florida Education Focus • University of West Florida, Usha Kundu, MD College of Health • Pensacola State College • Children’s Home Society • Escambia County Public School Foundation Food Security Focus • Manna Food Bank • Ascension Sacred Heart Foundation • United Way of Emerald Coast About the Florida Blue Foundation Florida Blue Foundation enables healthy communities by making grants, building coalitions and embracing solutions that create a meaningful impact in our communities. More than 8 million Floridians have received services as a result of our community investments since our founding in 2001. Florida Blue Foundation is committed to improve health equity by impacting food security, advancing mental well-being, growing healthy communities, and addressing health disparities. Florida Blue Foundation is a trade name of the Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Florida Foundation, Inc., an Independent Licensee of the Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association. For more information, please visit FloridaBlueFoundation.com.

OPIOID ABATEMENT FUNDING SURVEY OPEN NOW UNTIL DEC. 20 Escambia County’s Opioid Abatement Funding Advisory Board is seeking public input for uses for funding from the National Opioid Settlement. The public is asked to share their opinion by completing a survey no later than end of day Wednesday, Dec. 20. The survey can be completed online or printed and emailed to homelessness@myescambia.com. Complete the survey online at MyEscambia.com/OpioidAbatementFundingSurvey. Surveys can also be completed and dropped off at the below Escambia County libraries and community centers: • Southwest Library - 12248 Gulf Beach Hwy., Pensacola • Pensacola Library - 239 N. Spring St., Pensacola • Westside Library - 1301 W. Gregory St.. Pensacola • Tryon Library - 1200 Langley Ave., Pensacola • Molino Library - 6450-A Hwy. 95A N., Molino • Century Library - 7991 N. Century Blvd., Molino • Beulah Senior Citizens Center - 7425 Woodside Dr., Pensacola • Felix Miga Sr. Citizens Center - 904 N. 57th Ave., Pensacola • Lexington Terrace Community Center 700 S. Old Corry Field Road, Pensacola • Marie Ella Davis Community Center 16 Raymond St., Pensacola • Mayfair Community Center - 701 S. Madison Dr., Pensacola • Brownsville Community Center (Boys and Girls Club) - 3200 W. Desoto St., Pensacola • Dorrie Miller Community Center - 2819 N. Miller St., Pensacola • Englewood Community Center - 2751 N. “H” St., Pensacola • Marie K. Young-Wedgewood Community Center and Park - 6405 Wagner Road, Pensacola

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Ebonwood Community Center - 3511 W. Scott St., Pensacola • Englewood Neighborhood Center 2749 N. “H” St., Pensacola • Barrineau Park Community Center and Historical Society - 6055 Barrineau Park School Road, Molino • Byrneville Community Center - 1707 County Road 4-A, Century • Carver Park Resource Center - 208 Webb St., Cantonment • Molino Community Center and Historical Museum - 6450-A Hwy. 95A N., Molino • Quintette Community Center - 2490 Quintette Lane, Cantonment • Walnut Hill Community Center and Ruritan Club - 7850 Hwy. 97-N, Walnut Hill Funding is intended to be used for programs that will benefit the community. The four main categories are identified to help address the opioid epidemic: • Criminal justice: Prevention efforts with monitoring drug trafficking, treatment in jail or prison, and, upon release, referral to treatment after release; drug courts that by require services or treatment as a condition of probation; • Harm reduction: Support efforts to prevent or reduce overdose deaths or other opioid-related harms through evidence-based or evidence-informed programs or strategies; • Prevention: Strategies to prevent all levels of substance use, including services for individuals, families, communities and general society; and • Treatment and recovery: Designed to help people stop using substances, remain sober and drug free, improve health and wellness, and strive to reach their full potential. Recovery is a lifelong process. For questions or more information, please email homelessness@myescambia.com.

PENSACOLA BEACH LIFEGUARDS HOSTING TRYOUTS DEC. 9 AND 16 Pensacola Beach Lifeguards will host a tryout on Saturday, Dec. 9 and 16 for individuals looking for a challenging, rewarding and exciting job with a starting pay of $18.35/hour. The tryout will take place at the University of West Florida Aquatic Center, located at 11000 University Parkway, Bldg. 72. Applicants are asked to arrive at least 15 minutes early and to bring all relevant certifications to the tryout event. Position requirements for employment include the following: • Able to swim 600 yards in a pool in 10 minutes or less • Able to run 1.5 miles on a track in 12

minutes or less • Be at least 16 years old • Possess a valid driver’s license Attending and passing a tryout is required to be considered for employment. If you pass the physical tests in the allotted time and meet all of the other requirements, you will be scheduled for an interview. If selected to be hired, you will receive paid training. Training includes but is not limited to, successfully passing 80 hours of open water training and emergency medical training. For more information, please email lifeguards@ myescambia.com or call Water Safety Chief Dave Greenwood at 850-554-4302.

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ESCAMBIA COUNTY ANIMAL WELFARE RESCUES DUCK INJURED BY ARROW For Escambia County Animal Welfare officers, “all in a day’s work” may include tracking down and rescuing an injured duck with an arrow stuck in its wing. That’s exactly what happened on Nov. 16, when Lead Animal Welfare Officer Merideth Roberson responded to a call about a Muscovy Duck that had been hit by an arrow. The injured duck was spotted by several concerned residents in the Wildwood Lakes neighborhood, but she kept her distance from anyone trying to rescue her. Although the arrow appeared to be a toy arrow without a sharp tip, Sgt. Roberson said nearby residents were still concerned for the safety of the duck, along with the safety of other ducks that inhabit the lakes and canals in the neighborhood. Sgt. Roberson was also worried about the duck, which appeared to be less than a year old and was unable to fly due to the injury. “There were multiple residents who stopped me, and they were concerned that it was injured,” Sgt. Roberson said. “They were just concerned about the duck and the safety of the other animals that were there.” After several unsuccessful attempts to catch the elusive duck, a nearby resident let Sgt. Roberson borrow a canoe to assist with the rescue effort. She was finally able to catch the duck, using one arm to hold it while paddling back to shore with her other arm. Escambia County Animal Welfare transported the duck to the Wildlife Sanctuary of

Northwest Florida, where she received appropriate veterinary care including radiographs and an exam. The duck is expected to make a full recovery, and she will be transported to a partner agency for adoption once recovered. Sgt. Roberson said rescues like this are the most fulfilling part of the job since they involve helping animals in need – but it was also rewarding for her personally after working so hard to catch the duck and bring it to safety. “I was very ecstatic that I was able to catch it,” Sgt. Roberson said. “I like a challenge, and I don’t like to be defeated in those challenges, so when I was able to catch it, I was pretty happy for myself – but mostly for the duck. I think the most rewarding part is just the satisfaction that the animal is going to get the help they need.” Escambia County Animal Welfare Director John Robinson said this story is just one of many examples demonstrating how much his team cares about animals’ well-being, whether it’s someone’s pet or an undomesticated animal. “Regardless of the nature of the call, the safety and well-being of animals in our community is always our top priority,” Robinson said. “I appreciate Sgt. Roberson going above and beyond to rescue this duck and bring it to safety, and I’d also like to thank the Wildlife Sanctuary of Northwest Florida for their continued partnership and dedication to animal welfare.”

ESCAMBIA COUNTY EMPLOYEES TEAM UP TO REVAMP HISTORIC DAVISVILLE COMMUNITY CENTER The Davisville Community Center has been well-loved over the years, with a long, rich history in the north end of Escambia County – once used as a school, and now as a community gathering place. As with any 100-year-old building, the Davisville Community Center has started to show its age, with peeling paint, dry rot, and a severely weathered sign welcoming visitors to the building. The Escambia County Facilities Management Department started making a plan to repair the community center, originally requesting a quote from an outside contractor to do the job. But when Maintenance Technician Samantha Mitchell caught wind of the project, she asked her supervisor if she could take the lead on the project and complete the work in-house instead. He agreed, and Mitchell quickly got to work, assembling a team of county staff and coordinating what needed to be done to give the community center a much-needed facelift. After several months of work, the Facilities Management team completed numerous improvements at Davisville, including repainting the building’s entire exterior, rebuilding four front gates, painting and repairing fencing, completely rebuilding the wheelchair ramp, replacing dry rotted siding, and installing new metal skirting to cover the building’s crawl space. They also completed some landscaping improvements, replaced potentially hazardous deck nails with screws, and replaced the community center’s front sign, among other interior and exterior upgrades. For Mitchell, who has only worked at the county for just over a year, it was rewarding to see her first big project come to fruition. Mitchell said it was a team effort that involved multiple county staff members, but she and her coworker Jack Taylor took the lead on the project. “We’re very project oriented, so having a big project like this versus having something that takes a couple hours is exciting to us,” Mitchell said. “It’s an accomplishment, because you can see a difference from where you started. The building has a lot of history, and it’s really cool because most of the stuff there is original, so you get to see the history.” The project began in May 2023 and wrapped up by the end of July 2023, at a total cost of approximately $5,000 for materials and in-house labor. The same work would have cost more than $30,000 for a contractor to complete, meaning Mitchell’s initiative saved Escambia County approximately $25,000. “It’s amazing to see the positive transformation of this historic and beloved building in the Davisville community, and even

better knowing that the work was completed in-house by county staff at a cost savings to Escambia County and our citizens,” District 5 Commissioner and Chairman Steven Barry said. “The Davisville Community Center has long been a popular gathering place for the north end of the county, and I’m excited that we were able to make it an even better facility for the community to continue to enjoy for many years to come.” Facilities Management Deputy Director Robby Freeman, one of Mitchell’s supervisors, said she has hit the ground running since she started working for the county, always taking initiative and looking for new projects to tackle. “She pulled a team together, they went up there, and they saved the county about $25,000 doing that project in-house,” Freeman said. “I’ve never had anybody step up that much to do that, and she’s continued to do that since she’s been here – wanting to take on pretty much anything and everything.” In addition to Samantha Mitchell and Jack Taylor, other Escambia County staff members who worked on the Davisville Community Center improvements include Bill Barrett, Steve Dillard, Harold Hodges, and Glenn Kelly. Mitchell said she’s already received positive feedback from residents and visitors who frequent the community center, which is used for everything from gymnastics and yoga classes to family gatherings and birthday parties. “They were really excited that it went from looking kind of dingy and not very appealing to bright and shiny,” Mitchell said. “It’s a building that’s used quite often and rented out to the public, and it was cool to do something that the community is going to use, and something they can be proud of.” Freeman echoed the public’s positive feedback about the project, also praising Mitchell’s drive to take the initiative and work with her team to get it completed. “It went above and beyond what I expected,” Freeman said. “Just the whole aesthetics, and the whole entire project, came together I think even better than she thought it would. And it made a world of difference up in Davisville. She made a big showing up there, and the people up there absolutely love it. It looks like a brand-new place.” For information about Davisville Community Center rentals, please contact Escambia County Parks and Recreation at 850-475-5220. To learn more about the Escambia County Facilities Management Department, visit the county website.

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TALLAHASSEE — In what could fuel a new round of legislative battles about gender identity, a House Republican on Tuesday filed a bill that would place restrictions on government agencies in the use of personal pronouns. The bill (HB 599), filed by Rep. Ryan Chamberlin, R-Belleview, for the 2024 legislative session, also would restrict workplace training about issues involving sexual orientation and gender identity. Mirroring parts of a law that the Republican-controlled Legislature passed this spring about gender-identity issues in the education system, the bill says it is “the policy of the state that a person’s sex is an immutable biological trait and that it is false to ascribe to a person a pronoun that does not correspond to such person’s sex.” It would prevent state and local government agencies from requiring employees and contractors to refer to other people “using that person’s preferred personal title or pronouns if such personal title or pronouns do not correspond to that person’s sex” as determined at birth. Also, the bill would prevent employees of government agencies and contractors from providing to their employers preferred pronouns that “do not correspond to his or her sex” and would prevent employers from asking workers to provide personal pronouns. Employees or contractors could pursue violations through complaints to the Florida Commission on Human Relations. “It is an unlawful employment practice for an employer to take adverse personnel action against an employee or a contractor because

TOLL CREDITS TOP $42M IN OCTOBER The Florida Department of Transportation on Monday said $42.2 million in credits were issued in October to 1.2 million motorists with SunPass or other Florida transponders through a year-long program that gives breaks to frequent toll-road users. The program, which provides 50 percent credits to motorists who make 35 or more toll-road

BILLS TARGET ATHLETES IN SERIOUS CRIMES Senate and House Republicans on Monday filed legislation that would prevent students from participating on high-school sports teams if they have been sentenced as adults for certain serious crimes. The identical bills (SB 530 and HB 545) would require the Florida High School Athletic Association to adopt bylaws that would bar from competi-

SWIMMING LESSON VOUCHERS PROPOSED Senate and House Republicans on Monday proposed bills that would create a voucher program for young children to receive swimming lessons. Sen. Travis Hutson, R-St. Augustine, and Rep. Demi Busatta Cabrera, R-Coral Gables, filed the bills (SB 544 and HB 581) for consideration during the 2024 legislative session, which will start Jan. 9. The bills would direct the Florida Department

of the employee’s or contractor’s deeply held religious or biology-based beliefs, including a belief in traditional or Biblical views of sexuality and marriage, or the employee’s or contractor’s disagreement with gender ideology, whether those views are expressed by the employee or contractor at or away from the worksite,” the bill says. Along with the personal-pronouns issue, the bill would prevent non-profit organizations or employers that get money from the state from requiring workers to take part in “training, instruction or other activity on sexual orientation, gender identity or gender expression.” Republican lawmakers and Gov. Ron DeSantis have approved a series of controversial laws in recent years targeting issues about gender identity and sexual orientation in schools and health care. Parts of Chamberlin’s bill match almost word for word personal-pronoun restrictions included in an education bill (HB 1069) passed during the 2023 session. The 2024 session will start Jan. 9. Rep. Anna Eskamani, D-Orlando, immediately blasted the proposal Tuesday, in part calling it “highly unconstitutional” and saying it would apply to non-profit organizations such as the LGBTQ-advocacy group Equality Florida. “Florida Republicans just filed legislation that would essentially ban gender pronouns in PRIVATE businesses and prohibit trainings about pronouns in nonprofits too,” Eskamani wrote on X, formerly known as Twitter. “Would basically ban @equalityfl from existing.” — News Service staff writer Ryan Dailey contributed to this report.

trips a month, had provided $385 million in credits since the start of the year. Lawmakers approved the program, which is projected to provide $480 million in credits over the full year, during a special legislative session in December 2022. It is set to expire Dec. 31. Lt. Gov. Jeanette Nunez this month hinted additional toll breaks could be included in Gov. Ron DeSantis’ proposed budget that will be considered during the 2024 legislative session, which will start Jan. 9.

tion students who have been sentenced as adults for homicide, sexual battery or lewd and lascivious offenses. Sen. Nick DiCeglie, R-Indian Rocks Beach, and Rep. Berny Jacques, R-Seminole, filed the proposals for the 2024 legislative session, which will start Jan. 9. “This bill is about accountability and common sense. Any student dangerous enough to commit these serious crimes, and as a result (be) held responsible in the adult system, should not be allowed anywhere near a sports team,” Jacques said in a prepared statement.

of Health to develop a program that would contract with vendors to provide swimming lessons to children ages 4 or younger. The program would be available to families whose incomes are up to 200 percent of the federal poverty level, which, for example, is $60,000 for a family of four this year. The bills say the purpose is to “increase water safety in this state by offering vouchers for swimming lessons at no cost” to the families. The bills do not estimate a cost but say the Department of Health “may seek grants or other public or private funding for the program.”

TALLAHASSEE — As they wage a twofront fight against the Seminole Tribe offering online sports betting statewide, two parimutuel companies are seeking more time to make their case to the U.S. Supreme Court. Lawyers for West Flagler Associates and Bonita-Fort Myers Corp. on Monday asked Chief Justice John Roberts to extend a deadline for filing a petition and said the U.S. Supreme Court case could be affected by a separate sports-betting challenge filed at the Florida Supreme Court. The two cases involve different legal issues and different defendants, but the parimutuel companies are trying to use at least one of the challenges to block sports betting that was included in a 2021 gambling deal between the state and the tribe. West Flagler and Bonita-Fort Myers Corp. want the U.S. Supreme Court to take up a case filed against the U.S. Department of the Interior over whether the sports-betting part of the deal violates a federal law known as the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act, or IGRA, because it authorizes gambling off tribal lands. The Department of the Interior, which oversees Indian gaming, allowed the gambling deal, known as a compact, to move forward. A panel of the U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia backed the department in June. Meanwhile, the companies have filed a case at the Florida Supreme Court contending that allowing the tribe to offer online sports betting statewide violates a 2018 state constitutional amendment that required voter approval of casino gambling. In the request Monday to Roberts, lawyers for West Flagler and Bonita FortMyers Corp. sought to push back a deadline from Dec. 11 to Feb. 9 for filing a petition, at least in part because of the Florida Supreme Court case. “If the Florida Supreme Court rules in applicant’s (the pari-mutuel companies’) favor in connection with the state petition, such ruling will impact the scope of applicants’ petition for a writ of certiorari (the petition for the U.S. Supreme Court to take up the case),” the request said.

LAW ENFORCEMENT COMPLAINTS SHIFT PROPOSED A House Republican on Tuesday proposed giving the state control of investigating complaints against law-enforcement and correctional officers, taking away authority from local officials. Rep. Wyman Duggan, R-Jacksonville, filed the “preemption” bill (HB 601) for consideration during the 2024

CITIZENS TOPS 1.344M POLICIES The state’s Citizens Property Insurance Corp. added nearly 6,000 policies last week and topped 1.344 million overall, according to data posted Monday on its website. Citizens had 1,344,353 policies on Friday, up from 1,338,557 policies a week earlier and 1,332,617 two weeks earlier. The overall policy count, however, could dip this week because of what is known as a “depopulation” program aimed at moving customers

The request also said that “if the Florida Supreme Court denies or fails to rule in applicant’s favor, the important statutory and constitutional issues raised by the circuit opinion (the federal appeals court’s opinion) would certainly remain.” The U.S. Supreme Court on Oct. 25 rejected a request by the pari-mutuel companies to issue a stay of the appeals-court ruling while they prepared a petition. After that decision, the tribe announced Nov. 1 that it would begin allowing sports betting at its casinos in December. It went further Nov. 7 by saying it would also take online sports bets from a limited group of gamblers. The Florida Supreme Court on Friday rejected a request by the pari-mutuel companies to “immediately suspend the sports betting provisions” of a law that carried out the gambling deal. That decision, however, did not resolve the underlying legal issues in the state-court case, which names as defendants Gov. Ron DeSantis and legislative leaders. The deal, signed by Gov. Ron DeSantis and Seminole Tribe of Florida Chairman Marcellus Osceola Jr. and ratified by the Legislature, allowed the Seminoles to add craps and roulette to their Florida casinos and add three casinos on tribal property in Broward County. In exchange, the tribe agreed to pay the state at least $2.5 billion over the first five years and possibly billions of dollars more over the course of the pact. But the key to the legal battles is part of the deal that allows gamblers to place mobile sports wagers anywhere in the state, with bets handled by computer servers on tribal property. The deal said bets “using a mobile app or other electronic device, shall be deemed to be exclusively conducted by the tribe.” The pari-mutuel companies, who say they will be harmed financially by the tribe being able to offer online sports betting, contend that the deal was structured to get around the 2018 constitutional amendment requiring voter approval of casino gambling — an argument they included in Monday’s request to Roberts. West Flagler holds three jai alai licenses, while Bonita-Fort Myers Corp. does business as Bonita Springs Poker Room in Southwest Florida.

legislative session, which will start Jan. 9. “It is the intent of the Legislature that the receipt, processing, and investigation of complaints against law enforcement officers and correctional officers, and the rights and privileges afforded to such officers while under investigation, apply uniformly throughout the state,” the bill says. Under it, local governments could not pass ordinances or rules related to investigating complaints about misconduct by law-enforcement and correctional officers. Also, the bill would bar ordinances or rules about civilian oversight of law-enforcement agencies in investigating misconduct complaints.

from Citizens into the private market. Seven carriers have been approved to assume as many as 202,000 policies from Citizens this week, though the actual number of policies moving into the private market likely will be lower. Citizens reached 1.412 million policies last month, but the total dropped to 1.325 million because of one round of depopulation before starting to increase again. Citizens, which was created as an insurer of last resort, has seen massive growth during the past three years because of financial problems in the private market.

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TALLAHASSEE — Plaintiffs’ attorneys Monday asked a full federal appeals court to take up a dispute about whether 14 current and former Florida lawmakers should have to turn over documents in a challenge to a state law that Gov. Ron DeSantis dubbed the “Stop WOKE Act.” The attorneys representing instructors and a student from six universities are seeking a hearing from the full 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals after a divided three-judge panel last month ordered that subpoenas for the documents be quashed. The underlying challenge to the Stop WOKE Act was filed under a major federal civil-rights law and alleges violation of First Amendment and equal-protection rights. The dispute about the subpoenas involves whether lawmakers are shielded from turning over the documents by what is known as “legislative privilege.” In the petition Monday, the plaintiffs’ attorneys argued that the three-judge panel did not follow U.S. Supreme Court precedents and “established an absolute rule that state legislative privilege never yields in Section 1983 (the civil-rights law) cases no matter the importance of the federal interests presented, the need for legislative discovery or the level of the intrusion, or lack thereof, into the legislative process. “The majority’s categorical rule ignores the Supreme Court’s directive to weigh the important competing interests when assessing claims of privilege,” the petition said. The plaintiffs’ attorney also wrote that a rehearing is “vital so the entire court can determine if such an absolute rule should be imposed upon all lawsuits brought under Section 1983, which serves as the primary vehicle for citizens to vindicate all constitutional rights.” The panel, in a 2-1 decision issued Oct. 30, overturned a ruling by Chief U.S. District Judge Mark Walker. Walker’s ruling in February shielded from disclosure documents such as lawmakers’ communications “with their staff, other members of the Florida Legislature and their staff, and third parties regarding their motivations and mental impressions concerning the formulation” of the law. But he ordered that the lawmakers should provide certain “factually based information” to the plaintiffs. He wrote that “purely factual documents, including bill drafts, bill analyses, white papers, studies, and news reports provided by or to the legislators and their staff members, do not fall within the scope of this privilege.” In the appellate panel’s majority decision, however, Chief Judge William Pryor wrote that it was an “erroneous decision” that legislative privilege does not protect factual documents. Pryor, joined by Judge L. Scott Coogler, wrote that the subpoenas were designed to determine whether lawmakers had a discriminatory motives in passing the controversial law. “By the plaintiffs’ own admission, the subpoenas’ purpose was to uncover the legislators’ motives in passing the law. ‘The privilege applies with full force against requests for information about the motives for legislative votes and legislative enactments,’” the opinion said, partially quoting a legal prec-

edent. “So, the privilege applies with its usual force against the discovery of even the factual documents in the Florida legislators’ possession. The district court abused its discretion when it determined otherwise.” But Judge Jill Pryor, in a 30-page dissent, wrote that the subpoenas were issued amid broader arguments that the law violates federal equal-protection rights. She wrote that such cases “may turn on the subjective motivations of legislators. I would not require plaintiffs put to such proof to litigate these important cases with one hand tied behind their backs.” “Under our existing precedent, they must meet the increasingly difficult task of producing persuasive evidence of legislative intent to discriminate,” Jill Pryor wrote. “And they must do so by focusing on the specific chain of events leading to the enactment of the challenged legislation. The majority opinion adds that — no matter the circumstances — they are not entitled to discovery into ‘legislative acts or the motivation for actual performance of legislative acts.’ In essence, the majority opinion forces a whole category of plaintiffs, tasked with an already difficult standard of proof, to make their cases without the tools ordinarily available to civil litigants.” The 2022 law, known as the “Stop Wrongs To Our Kids and Employees Act,” or “Stop WOKE Act.” seeks to restrict how race-related issues can be addressed in higher education and in workplace training. The law lists a series of race-related concepts and says it would constitute discrimination if students are subjected to instruction that “espouses, promotes, advances, inculcates or compels” them to believe the concepts. As an example, the law labels instruction discriminatory if students are led to believe that they bear “responsibility for, or should be discriminated against or receive adverse treatment because of, actions committed in the past by other members of the same race, color, national origin or sex.” As another example, the law seeks to prohibit instruction that would cause students to “feel guilt, anguish or other forms of psychological distress because of actions, in which the person played no part, committed in the past by other members of the same race, color, national origin or sex.” Walker in November 2022 issued a preliminary injunction against the law, finding that it was unconstitutional. The state has appealed the preliminary injunction to the Atlanta-based appeals court, but parts of the case also have continued before Walker. The preliminary-injunction appeal remains pending. The subpoenas were issued to 13 co-sponsors of the bill — Rep. Melony Bell, R-Fort Meade; Rep. David Borrero, R-Sweetwater; former Rep. Juan Alfonso Fernandez-Barquin, R-Miami-Dade County; Rep. Randy Fine, R-Brevard County; Rep. Randy Maggard, R-Dade City; Rep. Ralph Massullo, R-Lecanto; Rep. Stan McClain, R-Ocala; Rep. Toby Overdorf, R-Palm City; Rep. Bobby Payne, R-Palatka; Rep. Rick Roth, R-West Palm Beach; Rep. Jason Shoaf, R-Port St. Joe; Rep. Tyler Sirois, R-Merritt Island; and Rep. Keith Truenow, R-Tavares — and Rep. Alex Andrade, R-Pensacola.

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TALLAHASSEE — Private aerospace leaders want Florida lawmakers to consider steps to streamline local regulations, expand a pool of workers such as machinists and welders and provide more dock space for the industry at Port Canaveral. Expanded space at Port Canaveral, a major site for cruise ships, could be a key issue. Megan Mitchell, vice president of government relations for Blue Origin, an aerospace company founded by billionaire Jeff Bezos, pointed to future needs as the company’s New Glenn rocket system moves into the regular blastoff rotation. “There is no other location that can support that massive vehicle recovery,” Mitchell told members of the House Regulatory Reform & Economic Development Subcommittee last week. “We look forward to growing further here,” Mitchell added. “But we recognize that possibly, in just a few years, we’re going to need additional support and infrastructure. So, we do request that the committee look at the horizon to ensure that the continued success long into the future is available.” The comments came after Blue Origin in October installed a 375-foot crane at Port Canaveral to eventually handle New Glenn recovery operations. Backing Mitchell, Space Florida President and CEO Rob Long told lawmakers that space at Port Canaveral is “physically limited.” A study is underway to look at the growth of Port Canaveral and other ports to handle the expanding aerospace industry, Long said. Port Canaveral lists among its goals and objectives an ability to “increase cargo handling capabilities and add capacity for more flexibility to accommodate diverse commodities and increased heavy lift and project cargo for expanding commercial space operations,” according to the Florida Ports Council. Port Canaveral, for example, is home to ships used by SpaceX, the company headed by billionaire Elon Musk, and provides a mobile harbor crane to help with recovery and placement on shore of rocket boosters. Meanwhile, Port Canaveral and spaceindustry leaders continue to work on reducing interruptions in launches and cruise operations related to launches requiring exclusion zones where no marine traffic is permitted. In June, the Federal Aviation Administration announced it had reduced the amount of airspace being closed during space launches to limit the impact on commercial aviation across Central Florida. During last week’s House meeting, David Goldman, SpaceX vice president of satellite policy, made other recommendations such as a need for improved launch infrastructure, an expanded pool of workers including machinists and welders and a need to address poten-

tial conflicting local-government rules that could add time to space operations. “We must take steps to address any impediments, regulatory or otherwise, that would slow development,” Goldman said. One regulation-related issue could involve helping space tourism grow in Florida. Florida has seen a return of human flights by SpaceX to the International Space Station. But most of the wealthy people paying for passenger seats on orbital flights by SpaceX and suborbital runs by Blue Origin and Virgin Galactic have gone up in Texas or landed in New Mexico. Mitchell said Blue Origin intends to offer space tourism in Florida. “Our New Glenn vehicle is being designed to be human-rated from initial design,” Mitchell said. “We will be putting humans and doing space tourism and other activities with people.” For the companies, federal regulations provide freedom that allows them to grow and innovate, with Mitchell saying “it’s in our own interest to be safe.” “Obviously, if we want to carry humans and be a flourishing industry, we are importing our own safety certifications within our companies and then working with our federal regulators to make sure any future regulations would not prohibit certain designs and capabilities,” Mitchell said. Goldman added that “right now, we are in a good place on that.” But he said it would be good for governments to continue looking at the issues. “It is really worth thinking about going into the future when it becomes more commonplace, making sure that we thought ahead and that the government is actually ahead of industry on having thought these things through,” Goldman said. During the 2023 legislative session, lawmakers passed a measure to extend liability protections to private aerospace companies if crew members are injured or killed in spaceflights. The new law stemmed from the growth in private launches. Florida previously had provided such liability protections for injuries or deaths of spaceflight participants who were not considered crew members. The 2024 session will start Jan. 9. Rep. Tyler Sirois, a Merritt Island Republican who chairs the House subcommittee, said the space industry has backing from House leaders, at least in part because of the industry’s importance to Florida and “national security implications.” With a SpaceX launch Saturday to deploy 23 Starlink satellites, there have been 63 launches this year from Cape Canaveral and Kennedy Space Center. Lt. Gov. Jeanette Nunez, who chairs the Space Florida Board of Directors, said the number of launches could approach 80 by the end of the year and that more than 100 launches are scheduled for 2024.

‘GREATER FLEXIBILITY’ CONSIDERED IN GATOR HUNTS JIM TURNER NEWS SERVICE OF FLORIDA TALLAHASSEE — A limited number of alligator hunters could get special permits that would expand where they can hunt, under a proposal that state wildlife officials are considering. The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission at a Dec. 5 meeting in Orlando will take up a proposal that would lead to a random draw for five special-use permits that would give alligator hunters “greater flexibility” next season. Under current rules, hunters are restricted during the season to a single area — known as an alligator management unit — and can only hunt during one of the first four weeks of the season. The proposed change would let five people hunt throughout the season in any management unit, on public wetlands where access is allowed or on private land. “The proposed rule amendments are part of a programmatic review of the Alligator Management Program intended to provide greater flexibility and opportunity for alligator hunters,” commission Hunting and Game Management Director George Warthen wrote in a summary. The management units are established each year. A trapping license, harvest permit and two alligator hide validation tags allow people 18 and older to kill up to two alligators during the season, which runs from Aug. 15 to Nov. 1. The proposal would allow people to submit an unlimited number of applications for chances at one of the five special-use permits. Each application would cost $5.

A $250 fee would also be required from Floridians who receive the special-use permits. Non-Floridians would have to pay a fee of $750. Hunters selected for the special permits would still be limited to two alligators The proposal expands on a 2021 directive from the commission to increase opportunities for alligator hunters. In 2022, the commission extended what had largely been night and early morning hunting — between 5 p.m. and 10 a.m. — to 24 hours during the season. The change was intended to help hunters better schedule trips and potentially allow more young and senior hunters to participate. At the time, concerns were raised, in part, that the 24-hour proposal would conflict with other outdoor activities, such as bass fishing and duck hunting and about a potential for meat spoiling from alligators harvested during the hottest part of the day. Commissioners also agreed to allow alligator hunters to use pre-charged pneumatic airbows with tethered lines. Florida has an estimated 1.3 million alligators according to the commission. With 14,756 tags issued in 2022 for the statewide harvest, 7,867 alligators were killed, according to commission statistics. The total was down from 7,955 in 2021. An additional 2,752 alligators were killed in harvests on private land last year, up from 1,866 in 2021. Another 8,256 alligators were killed in nuisance situations, up from 8,178 in 2021.

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PUBLIC NOTICES Legals Notice of Foreclosure Sale IN THE COUNTY COURT IN AND FOR SANTA ROSA COUNTY, FLORIDA

Attorney for Personal Representative: /s/ Jennifer Lee Bushnell Jennifer Lee Bushnell, Esquire Florida Bar No. 617555 Jennifer Lee Bushnell, P.L.L.C. 1507 W. Garden Street Pensacola, FL 32502 850.466.2929 Phone JLB@NWFLattorney.com Attorney for Petitioner

TIGER LAKE OWNERS ASSOCIATION, INC., a Florida not- Personal Representative: for-profit corporation, /s/ Paula Tully Bryant Plaintiff, PAULA TULLY BRYANT Personal Representative v. 2WR11/29-12/6NTC LEONORA TEOLINDA GOMES, et al., Defendants. CASE NO.: 2023 CC 001044 NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE FIRST JUDICIAL CIRCUIT IN AND FOR ESCAMBIA COUNTY, FLORIDA PROBATE DIVISION

Notice is hereby given that Pam Childers, Clerk of the Circuit Court of Santa Rosa County, Florida, shall sell the following IN RE: ESTATE OF described property situated in Santa Rosa CHESTER DURWOOD STANHOPE JR., County, Florida: Deceased. Lot 5, Tiger lake, a subdivision of a portion of section 28, Township 2 South, Range 28 West, File No. 2023-CP-1538 Santa Rosa County, Florida, according to plat Division as recorded in Plat Book G, Page 27, of the NOTICE TO CREDITORS Public records of said County. including the structures and improvements located thereon, if any, at a public sale on the 13th day of December, 2023, at 11:00 a.m. (Central Standard Time), or as soon thereafter as the sale may proceed, to the highest bidder or bidders for cash, except as set forth hereinafter, at www.santarosa. realforeclose.com, in accordance with Chapter 45, Florida Statutes, and the Final Judgment of Foreclosure entered in a case pending in said court, the style of which is LEONORA TEOLINDA GOMES, et al., the case number of which is 2023 CC 001044.

The administration of the estate of CHESTER DURWOOD STANHOPE JR., deceased, whose date of death was May 25, 2023, 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.

The date of first publication of this notice is Attorney for Personal Representative: November 29, 2023. Marcus A. Huff, Esquire Florida Bar No. 91163 Attorney for Personal Representative: Beggs & Lane, RLLP JOHN P. KUDER 501 Commendencia Street Florida Bar No. 119443 Pensacola, Florida 32502Telephone: (850) Sellers Skievaski Kuder & Smith LLP 432-2451 331 E. Romana Street Fax: (850) 469-3331 Pensacola, FL 32502 Primary email: mah@beggslane.com (850) 434-3111 Secondary email: msl@beggslane.com kuder.j@pensacolalawgroup.com bleiler.s@pensacolalawgroup.com Personal Representative: William L. Rogers, III Personal Representative: P.O. Box 842 TRAVIS H. CLIFTON Oxford, MS 38655 3258 Edinburgh Castle Drive Milton, FL 32583 2WR11/22-11/29NTC 2WR11/29-12/6NTC

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT IN AND FOR SANTA ROSA COUNTY, FLORIDA PROBATE DIVISION IN RE: ESTATE OF FRANK PAUL MISH, Deceased. FILE NO.: 2023 CP 000588 DIVISION: NOTICE TO CREDITORS The administration of the Estate of Frank Paul Mish, deceased, File Number November 29, 2023, is pending in the Circuit Court for Santa Rosa County, Florida, Probate Division, the address of which is 4025 Avalon Blvd, Milton, FL 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, 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.

In accordance with the AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES ACT, persons needing a special accommodation to participate in this proceeding should contact the Courthouse not later than seven days prior to the proceeding at (850) 623-3159.

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.

ANY PERSON CLAIMING AN INTEREST IN THE SURPLUS FROM THE SALE, IF ANY, OTHER THAN THE PROPERTY OWNER AS OF THE DATE OF THE LIS PENDENS MUST FILE A CLAIM WITHIN SIXTY (60) DAYS AFTER THE SALE.

Dated November 9, 2023

ALL CLAIMS NOT FILED WITHIN THE ALL CLAIMS NOT SO FILED WILL BE TIME PERIODS SET FORTH IN FLORIDA FOREVER BARRED. STATUTES SECTION 733.702 WILL BE The date of first publication of this Notice is FOREVER BARRED. November 29, 2023. NOTWITHSTANDING THE TIME PERIODS SET FORTH ABOVE, ANY CLAIM FILED Devin Nathaniel Mish TWO (2) YEARS OR MORE AFTER THE 1011 Bushwood Drive DECEDENT’S DATE OF DEATH IS BARRED. Cantonment, FL 32533

Moorhead Law Group, PLLC /s/ Nicholas J. Youtz Nicholas J. Youtz Florida Bar No. 60466 Moorhead Law Group, PLLC 6757 Hwy 98, Suite 102 Santa Rosa Beach, FL 32459 850.608.0091 (Office) 850.660.5340 (Fax) nyoutz@moorheadlaw.com aharris@moorheadlaw.com CAlitigation@moorheadlaw.com Attorneys for Plaintiff 2WR11/22-11/29NOS

Notice to Creditors IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE FIRST JUDICIAL CIRCUIT IN AND FOR ESCAMBIA COUNTY, FLORIDA PROBATE COURT IN RE: ESTATE OF: MARY AETERNA TULLY, a/k/a MARY A. TULLY, Deceased. Case No.: 2023 CP 1355 Division: U NOTICE TO CREDITORS The administration of the Estate of MARY AETERNA TULLY a/k/a MARY A. TULLY deceased, whose date of death was May 30, 2023, File Number 2023 CP 1355, Division U, is pending in the Circuit Court for Escambia County, Florida, Probate Division, the address of which is M.C. Blanchard Judicial Building, 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 has been 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 TIME 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 SO FILED 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.

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IN THE CIRCUIT COURT IN AND FOR SANTA ROSA COUNTY, FLORIDA PROBATE DIVISION IN RE: THE ESTATE OF BRIAN DOUGLAS CLIFTON, Deceased. File No.: 2023 CP 000482 Division: “D” AMENDED NOTICE TO CREDITORS The administration of the estate of BRIAN DOUGLAS CLIFTON, deceased, whose date of death was May 26, 2023, is pending in the Circuit Court for Santa Rosa County, Florida, Probate Division, the address of which is: 4025 Avalon Boulevard, 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.

ALL CLAIMS NOT FILED WITHIN THE The date of first publication of this notice TIME PERIODS SET FORTH IN FLORIDA November 29, 2023. 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.

IN RE: ESTATE OF CARMIE ELIZABETH COFFIELD, Deceased. CASE NO: 2023 CP 001657 NOTICE TO CREDITORS The administration of the estate of CARMIE ELIZABETH COFFIELD, deceased, File No: 2023 CP 1657, is pending in the circuit Court for Escambia County, Florida, Probate Division, the address of which is M.C. Blanchard Judicial Center, 190 Governmental center, 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, on whom a copy of this notice is served must file their claims with this court WITHIN THE LATER OF THREE (3) MONTHS AFTER THE DATE OF THE FIRST PUBLICATION OF THIS NOTICE OR THRITY (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 THREE (3) All other creditors of the decedent and other MONTHS AFTER THE DATE OF THE FIRST persons having claims or demands against PUBLICATION OF THIS NOTICE. decedent’s estate, including unmatured, contingent or unliquidated claims, must ALL CLAIMS NOT FILED WITHIN THE file their claims with this court WITHIN 3 TIME PERIODS SET FORTH IN FLORIDA MONTHS AFTER THE DATE OF THE FIRST STATUTES SECTION 733.702 WILL BE PUBLICATION OF THIS NOTICE. FOREVER BARRED.

The date of first publication of this notice is JOSEPH W.C. BOYLES, ESQUIRE Attorney at Law November 22, 2023. 212 W. Cervantes Street (32501) P.O. Box 13464 Attorney for Personal Representative: Pensacola, FL 32591-3464 Kerry Anne Schultz (850) 433-9225 Attorney FLORIDA BAR #14188 Florida Bar Number: 563188 Attorney for Personal Representative 2779 Gulf Breeze Parkway jwcb@boylesandboyleslaw.com GULF BREEZE, FL 32563 jennifer@boylesandboyleslaw.com Telephone: (850) 754-1600 Fax: (850) 754-1601 2WR11/29-12/6NTC E-Mail: kaschultz@schultzlawgrp.com Secondary E-Mail: angela@schultzlawgrp.com Personal Representative: DAVID PATRICK MCCABE 1181 Crippled Oak Trail Jasper, GA 30143

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT IN AND FOR ESCAMBIA COUNTY, FLORIDA PROBATE DIVISION

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 publication of this Notice is November 29, 2023. T. DAVID MANN FL Bar No. 174737 41 N. Jefferson Street, Ste. 105 P.O. Box 1191 (32591) Pensacola, Florida 32502 Telephone: (850) 435-7700 Fax: (850) 435-7705 Email: davis@davidmannlaw.com Attorney for Personal Representative ROBERT E. COFFIELD 303 Payne Road Pensacola, FL 32507 2WR11/29-12/6NTC

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR SANTA ROSA COUNTY, FLORIDA PROBATE DIVISION IN RE: ESTATE OF RODNEY MARCUM JOHNSON Deceased.

Case No.: 2023CP1585

File No. 2023-CP-000591 Division

The ancillary administration of the estate of NANCY MCLEOD ROGERS, whose date of death was February 15, 2023, is pending in the Circuit Court for Escambia County, Florida, Probate Division, the address of which is 190 Governmental Center, Pensacola, Florida 32502. The name and address of the personal representative and of the personal representative’s attorneys 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 against decedent’s estate must file their claims with this court WITHIN 3 MONTHS AFTER THE DATE OF THE FIRST PUBLICATION OF THIS NOTICE.

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IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR SANTA ROSA COUNTY, FLORIDA PROBATE DIVISION IN RE: ESTATE OF RICHARD DOLPHIN ALEXANDER a/k/a RICHARD D. ALEXANDER Deceased. File No.: 2023CP000533 Division: D NOTICE TO CREDITORS The administration of the estate of RICHARD DOLPHIN ALEXANDER a/k/a RICHARD D. ALEXANDER, deceased, whose date of death was December 31, 2022, 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.

NOTICE TO CREDITORS The administration of the estate of Rodney Marcum Johnson, deceased, whose date of death was June 23, 2023, is pending in the Circuit Court for Santa Rosa County, Florida, Probate Division, the address of which is 4025 Avalon Boulevard, 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 ALL CLAIMS NOT FILED WITHIN THE TIME THIS NOTICE. PERIODS SET FORTH IN SECTION 733.702 OF THE FLORIDA PROBATE CODE WILL BE ALL CLAIMS NOT FILED WITHIN THE FOREVER BARRED. TIME PERIODS SET FORTH IN FLORIDA STATUTES SECTION 733.702 WILL BE NOTWITHSTANDING THE TIME PERIODS FOREVER BARRED. SET FORTH ABOVE, ANY CLAIM FILED TWO (2) YEARS OR MORE AFTER THE NOTWITHSTANDING THE TIME PERIODS DECEDENT’S DATE OF DEATH IS BARRED. SET FORTH ABOVE, ANY CLAIM FILED TWO (2) YEARS OR MORE AFTER THE The date of the first publication of this notice DECEDENT’S DATE OF DEATH IS BARRED. is November 22, 2023. The date of first publication of this notice is November 22, 2023. Personal Representative: Jarrod Marcum Johnson 1038 Hollowcreek Court Miamisburg, Ohio 45342

Attorney for Personal Representative: /s/ Nicholas R. Medley Nicholas R. Medley Attorney for Petitioner FL Bar #: 107194 Medley Law Firm 222 W. Cervantes Street Pensacola, FL 32501 Telephone: (850) 768-0132 Fax: (850) 254-7872 nicholas@medleyelderlaw.com Personal Representative: Larry Morton 6088 Lansing Drive Milton, Florida 32570 2WR11/22-11/29NTC

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR ESCAMBIA COUNTY, FLORIDA PROBATE DIVISION IN RE: ESTATE OF HUBERT PAUL GRIFFIN deceased. FILE NO.: 2023 CP 1666 NOTICE TO CREDITORS

The administration of the estate of HUBERT PAUL GRIFFIN, deceased, whose date of death was September 17, 2021, is pending in the Circuit Court for Escambia County, Florida, Probate Division, the address of which is 190 Governmental Center, Pensacola, Florida 32502. The names and addresses of All creditors of the decedent and other persons the personal representative and the personal having claims or demands against decedent’s representative’s attorney are set forth below. estate on whom a copy of this notice is required to be served must file their claims with this All creditors of the decedent and other persons court ON OR BEFORE THE LATER OF 3 having claims or demands against decedent’s MONTHS AFTER THE TIME OF THE FIRST estate, on whom a copy of this notice is PUBLICATION OF THIS NOTICE OR 30 DAYS required to be served, must file their claims with AFTER THE DATE OF SERVICE OF A COPY this court ON OR BEFORE THE LATER OF 3 MONTHS AFTER THE TIME OF THE FIRST OF THIS NOTICE ON THEM. PUBLICATION OF THIS NOTICE OR 30 DAYS All other creditors of the decedent and other AFTER THE DATE OF SERVICE OF A COPY persons having claims or demands against OF THIS NOTICE ON THEM. decedent’s estate must file their claims with this court WITHIN 3 MONTHS AFTER THE All other creditors of the decedent and other DATE OF THE FIRST PUBLICATION OF persons having claims against decedent’s estate must file their claims with this court THIS NOTICE. WITHIN 3 MONTHS AFTER THE DATE OF ALL CLAIMS NOT FILED WITHIN THE THE FIRST PUBLICATION OF THIS NOTICE. TIME PERIODS SET FORTH IN FLORIDA STATUTES SECTION 733.702 WILL BE ALL CLAIMS NOT FILED WITHIN THE TIME PERIODS SET FORTH IN SECTION 733.702 FOREVER BARRED. OF THE FLORIDA PROBATE CODE WILL BE NOTWITHSTANDING THE TIME PERIODS FOREVER BARRED. SET FORTH ABOVE, ANY CLAIM FILED TWO (2) YEARS OR MORE AFTER THE NOTWITHSTANDING THE TIME PERIODS DECEDENT’S DATE OF DEATH IS BARRED. SET FORTH ABOVE, ANY CLAIM FILED TWO (2) YEARS OR MORE AFTER THE The date of first publication of this notice is DECEDENT’S DATE OF DEATH IS BARRED. November 22, 2023. The date of the first publication of this notice is November 22, 2023. Attorney for Personal Representative: Kathleen K. DeMaria Personal Representative: Attorney JOHN H. ADAMS Florida Bar Number: 503789 Florida Bar No. 13208 DeMaria, de Kozan & White, PLLC Beggs & Lane, RLLP 510 E. Zaragoza Street 501 Commendencia Street Pensacola, FL 32502 Pensacola, FL 32502 Telephone: (850) 434-2761 (850) 432-2451 Fax: (850) 438-8860 Primary Email: jha@beggslane.com E-Mail: kathy@kathleendemaria.com Secondary Email: jnc@beggslane.com Secondary E-Mail: Personal Representative probate@kathleendemaria.com for the Estate of Hubert Paul Griffin Personal Representative: 2WR11/22-11/29NTC Nubia Maradiaga Alexander a/k/a Nubia Maridiata Alexander 50 Joachim Drive #A306 Gulf Breeze, FL 32561 2WR11/22-11/29NTC

IN RE:ESTATE OF NANCY MCLEOD ROGERS Deceased.

NOTICE TO CREDITORS

Attorney for Personal Representative: Daniel Saba E-mail Addresses: dsaba@ljslawfirm.com, dsaba@ljslawfirm.com Florida Bar No. 640141 Locklin, Saba, Locklin & Jones, P.A. 4557 Chumuckla Highway Pace, Florida 32571 Telephone: (850) 995-1102

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR SANTA ROSA COUNTY, FLORIDA PROBATE DIVISION IN RE: ESTATE OF JOYCE A. WATERSON Deceased. File No. 2023-CP-582 Division D NOTICE TO CREDITORS The administration of the estate of Joyce A. Waterson, deceased, whose date of death was September 16, 2023, and whose Social Security Number is available upon request, is pending in the Circuit Court for Santa Rosa County, Florida, Probate Division, the address of which is Clerk of Court, Attn: Probate, P.O. Box 472, Milton, Florida 32572. The names and addresses of the personal representative and the personal representative’s attorney are set forth below.

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR ESCAMBIA COUNTY, FLORIDA PROBATE DIVISION IN RE: ESTATE OF KENNETH RUSSELL MARSHALL, Deceased. File No.: 2023 CP 001615 Division: T NOTICE TO CREDITORS The administration of the estate of KENNETH RUSSELL MARSHALL, deceased, whose date of death was August 3, 2023, is pending in the Circuit Court for Escambia County, Florida, Probate Division, the address of which is M.C. Blanchard Judicial Building, 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 All creditors of the decedent and other PUBLICATION OF THIS NOTICE OR 30 DAYS persons having claims or demands against AFTER THE DATE OF SERVICE OF A COPY decedent’s estate on whom a copy of this OF THIS NOTICE ON THEM. notice is required to be served must file their claims with this court WITHIN THE LATER OF All other creditors of the decedent and other 3 MONTHS AFTER THE TIME OF THE FIRST persons having claims or demands against PUBLICATION OF THIS NOTICE OR 30 DAYS decedent’s estate must file their claims with AFTER THE DATE OF SERVICE OF A COPY this court WITHIN 3 MONTHS AFTER THE DATE OF THE FIRST PUBLICATION OF OF THIS NOTICE ON THEM. THIS NOTICE. All other creditors of the decedent and other persons having claims or demands against ALL CLAIMS NOT FILED WITHIN THE decedent’s estate must file their claims with TIME PERIODS SET FORTH IN FLORIDA this court WITHIN 3 MONTHS AFTER THE STATUTES SECTION 733.702 WILL BE DATE OF THE FIRST PUBLICATION OF FOREVER BARRED. THIS NOTICE. NOTWITHSTANDING THE TIME PERIOD ALL CLAIMS NOT FILED WITHIN THE TIME SET FORTH ABOVE, ANY CLAIM FILED PERIODS SET FORTH IN SECTION 733.702 TWO (2) YEARS OR MORE AFTER THE OF THE FLORIDA PROBATE CODE WILL BE DECEDENT’S DATE OF DEATH IS BARRED. FOREVER BARRED. The date of first publication of this notice is: NOTWITHSTANDING THE TIME PERIODS November 22, 2023. SET FORTH ABOVE, ANY CLAIM FILED TWO (2) YEARS OR MORE AFTER THE Signed on this 30th day of October, 2023. DECEDENT’S DATE OF DEATH IS BARRED. The date of first publication of this notice is Wednesday, November 22, 2023.

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PUBLIC NOTICES Charles P. Hoskin, Esq. Florida Bar No. 364401 EMMANUEL SHEPPARD & CONDON 30 S. Spring Street Pensacola, FL 32502 Telephone: (850) 433-6581 Facsimile: (850) 434-5856 Email: cph@esclaw.com mcrooke@esclaw.com sbryant@esclaw.com Attorney for Personal Representative Marciell Lynn Reichler Personal Representative 3805 W. Blount Street Pensacola, FL 32505 2WR11/22-11/29NTC

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR ESCAMBIA COUNTY, FLORIDA PROBATE DIVISION IN RE: ESTATE OF JOE IVEY JOHNSON, Deceased. File No.: 2023 CP 001651 NOTICE TO CREDITORS

Attorney for Personal Representative: Jason A. Waddell Florida Bar Number: 529362 Waddell & Waddell, P.A. 4317 Spanish Trail Pensacola, FL 32504 Telephone: (850) 434-8500 Fax: (850) 434-0971 E-Mail: jaw@waddellandwaddell.com jawpara@waddellandwaddell.com Personal Representative: Edward L. Mitchell 7389 Chimney Pines Drive Pensacola, Florida 32506 2WR11/29-12/6NTC

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR ESCAMBIA COUNTY, FLORIDA PROBATE DIVISION IN RE: ESTATE OF FENG CHEN Deceased. File No. 2023-CP-1476 Division: U NOTICE TO CREDITORS

The administration of the estate of Feng Chen, deceased, whose date of death was May 30, 2023, and whose Social Security Number is available upon request, is pending in the Circuit Court for Escambia County, Florida, Probate Division, the address of which is Escambia County Clerk of Court, Attn: Probate, P.O. Box 333, Pensacola, Florida 32591-0333. The names and addresses of the personal representative and the personal All creditors of the decedent and other persons representative’s attorney are set forth below. having claims or demands against decedent’s estate on whom a copy of this notice is required All creditors of the decedent and other to be served must file their claims with this persons having claims or demands against court ON OR BEFORE THE LATER OF 3 decedent’s estate on whom a copy of this MONTHS AFTER THE TIME OF THE FIRST notice is required to be served must file their PUBLICATION OF THIS NOTICE OR 30 DAYS claims with this court WITHIN THE LATER OF AFTER THE DATE OF SERVICE OF A COPY 3 MONTHS AFTER THE TIME OF THE FIRST OF THIS NOTICE ON THEM. PUBLICATION OF THIS NOTICE OR 30 DAYS AFTER THE DATE OF SERVICE OF A COPY All other creditors of the decedent and other OF THIS NOTICE ON THEM. persons having claims or demands against decedent’s estate must file their claims with All other creditors of the decedent and other this court WITHIN 3 MONTHS AFTER THE persons having claims or demands against DATE OF THE FIRST PUBLICATION OF decedent’s estate must file their claims with THIS NOTICE. this court WITHIN 3 MONTHS AFTER THE DATE OF THE FIRST PUBLICATION OF ALL CLAIMS NOT FILED WITHIN THE THIS NOTICE. TIME PERIODS SET FORTH IN FLORIDA STATUTES SECTION 733.702 WILL BE ALL CLAIMS NOT FILED WITHIN THE TIME FOREVER BARRED. PERIODS SET FORTH IN SECTION 733.702 OF THE FLORIDA PROBATE CODE WILL BE NOTWITHSTANDING THE TIME PERIODS FOREVER BARRED. SET FORTH ABOVE, ANY CLAIM FILED TWO (2) YEARS OR MORE AFTER THE NOTWITHSTANDING THE TIME PERIODS DECEDENT’S DATE OF DEATH IS BARRED. SET FORTH ABOVE, ANY CLAIM FILED TWO (2) YEARS OR MORE AFTER THE The date of first publication of this notice is DECEDENT’S DATE OF DEATH IS BARRED. November 22, 2023. The date of first publication of this notice is Attorney for Personal Representative: Wednesday, November 29, 2023. /s/ Lauren A. Merritt LAUREN A. MERRITT Attorney for Personal Representative: Lauren A. Merritt, P.A. /s/ Nicholas R. Medley Florida Bar Number: 1017893 Nicholas R. Medley 111 S. De Villiers Street, Suite B Attorney for Personal Representative Pensacola, FL 32502 FL Bar #: 107194 Telephone: (850) 741-2999 Medley Law Firm Fax: (850) 466-0956 222 W. Cervantes Street E-Mail: lauren@laurenmerrittlaw.com Pensacola, FL 32501 Telephone: (850) 607-7890 Personal Representative: Fax: (850) 254-7872 /s/ Nellie Mae Couch nicholas@medleyelderlaw.com NELLIE MAE COUCH 6012 Dallas Ave. Personal Representative: Pensacola, FL 32526 Wenying Li 10767 Blacktail Loop 2WR11/22-11/29NTC Pensacola, FL 32526 2WR11/29-12/6NTC

IN RE: ESTATE OF JAMES H. MITCHELL, SR., Deceased. File No. 2023 CP 1620 Division: U NOTICE TO CREDITORS The administration of the estate of James H. Mitchell, Sr., deceased, whose date of death was September 25, 2023, 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.

BRIAN V. MCAVOY Attorney for Personal Representative Florida Bar No. 0047473 Roetzel & Andress LPA 999 Vanderbilt Beach Road, Suite 401 Naples, Florida 34108 Telephone: (239) 649-6200 Email: bmcavoy@ralaw.com Secondary Email: serve.bmcavoy@ralaw.com ROBERT E. COLETTI Personal Representative 2440 Gordon Drive Naples, Florida 34102

Attorney for Personal Representative: Louis A. Maygarden, III, Attorney Florida Bar Number: 059291 Moorhead Law Group 127 S. Palafox Place, Suite 200 Pensacola, Florida 32502 Phone: (850) 202-8522 Fax: (850) 477-0982 E-Mail: tmaygarden@moorheadlaw.com Secondary E-Mail: aswift@moorheadlaw.com Personal Representative: Christopher W. Ingram 10179 Bowman Avenue Pensacola, Florida 32534 2WR11/22-11/29NTC

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The administration of the estate of JOE IVEY JOHNSON, deceased, whose date of death was June 6, 2023, 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 representative and the personal representative’s attorney are set forth below.

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR ESCAMBIA COUNTY, FLORIDA PROBATE DIVISION

Signed on this 15th day of November, 2023.

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR ESCAMBIA COUNTY, FLORIDA PROBATE DIVISION IN RE: ESTATE OF EVA MARIA COLETTI, aka EVA S. COLETTI Deceased. File No. 2023 CP 001520 NOTICE TO CREDITORS

The administration of the estate of EVA MARIA COLETTI, also known as EVA S. COLETTI, deceased, whose date of death was August 4, 2023, 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 representative and All creditors of the decedent and other persons the personal representative’s attorney are set having claims or demands against decedent’s forth below. estate on whom a copy of this notice is required to be served must file their claims with this All creditors of the decedent and other persons court ON OR BEFORE THE LATER OF 3 having claims or demands against decedent’s MONTHS AFTER THE TIME OF THE FIRST estate, on whom a copy of this notice is PUBLICATION OF THIS NOTICE OR 30 DAYS required to be served, must file their claims with AFTER THE DATE OF SERVICE OF A COPY this court ON OR BEFORE THE LATER OF 3 OF THIS NOTICE ON THEM. MONTHS AFTER THE TIME OF THE FIRST PUBLICATION OF THIS NOTICE OR 30 DAYS All other creditors of the decedent and other AFTER THE DATE OF SERVICE OF A COPY persons having claims or demands against OF THIS NOTICE ON THEM. decedent’s estate must file their claims with this court WITHIN 3 MONTHS AFTER THE All other creditors of the decedent and other DATE OF THE FIRST PUBLICATION OF persons having claims or demands against THIS NOTICE. decedent’s estate must file their claims with this court WITHIN 3 MONTHS AFTER THE ALL CLAIMS NOT FILED WITHIN THE DATE OF THE FIRST PUBLICATION OF TIME PERIODS SET FORTH IN FLORIDA THIS NOTICE. STATUTES SECTION 733.702 WILL BE FOREVER BARRED. ALL CLAIMS NOT FILED WITHIN THE TIME PERIODS SET FORTH IN FLORIDA NOTWITHSTANDING THE TIME PERIODS STATUTES SECTION 733.702 WILL BE SET FORTH ABOVE, ANY CLAIM FILED FOREVER BARRED. TWO (2) YEARS OR MORE AFTER THE DECEDENT’S DATE OF DEATH IS BARRED. NOTWITHSTANDING THE TIME PERIOD SET FORTH ABOVE, ANY CLAIM FILED The date of first publication of this notice is TWO (2) YEARS OR MORE AFTER THE November 29, 2023. DECEDENT’S DATE OF DEATH IS BARRED.

Notice of Action IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR ESCAMBIA COUNTY, FLORIDA PROBATE DIVISION IN RE: ESTATE OF EDDIE CHARLES MORTON, Deceased. File No. 2023 CP 1562 Division: U NOTICE TO CREDITORS The administration of the estate of Eddie Charles Morton, deceased, whose date of death was May 17, 2023, 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.

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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 CASE NO: 23000920CAMXAX DATE OF THE FIRST PUBLICATION OF NOTICE OF ACTION THIS NOTICE.

TO: UNKNOWN SPOUSE, HEIRS, DEVISEE, GRANTEES, ASIGNEES, LIENORS, CREDITORS, TRUSTEES AND ALL OTHER PARTIES CLAIMING AN INTEREST BY, THROUGH, UNDER LOUISE B. NOBLES NOTWITHSTANDING THE TIME PERIODS (DECEASED) OR THROUGH THE ESTATE SET FORTH ABOVE, ANY CLAIM FILED OF LOUISE B. NOBLES at last known TWO (2) YEARS OR MORE AFTER THE address: unknown. DECEDENT’S DATE OF DEATH IS BARRED. MONICA THOMAS at last known address: The date of first publication of this notice is 1507 N. 77th Avenue, Pensacola, FL 325063621. November 29, 2023. ALL CLAIMS NOT FILED WITHIN THE TIME PERIODS SET FORTH IN FLORIDA STATUTES SECTION 733.702 WILL BE FOREVER BARRED.

Attorney for Personal Representative: Jason A. Waddell Florida Bar Number: 529362 Waddell & Waddell, P.A. 4317 Spanish Trail Pensacola, FL 32504 Telephone: (850) 434-8500 Fax: (850) 434-0971 E-Mail: jaw@waddellandwaddell.com jawpara@waddellandwaddell.com Personal Representative: Rebecca Gibbs Morton 5970 Hwy 95A North Molino, Florida 32571 2WR11/29-12/6NTC

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR ESCAMBIA COUNTY, FLORIDA PROBATE DIVISION

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.

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ALL OTHER PERSONS CLAIMING BY, THROUGH, OR UNDER ANY OF THE NAMED DEFENDANT AND ANY OTHER PERSONS CLAIMING AN INTEREST IN THE REAL PROPERTY WHICH IS THE SUBJECT MATTER OF THIS ACTION BY AND THROUGH OR UNDER OR AGAINST THE NAMED DEFENDANTS HEREIN: at last known address: unknown. YOU ARE HEREBY NOTIFIED that an action to foreclose on real and personal property located in Santa Rosa County, Florida: Lot 7, Block B, Summerdale, a subdivision of a portion of Section 10, Township 1 North, Range 29 West, Santa Rosa County, Florida, according to the plat thereof in Plat Book G, Page 59, of the Public Records of said County.

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