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THE 26TH ANNUAL EMERALD COAST BEER FESTIVAL
THE LONGEST RUNNING BEER FESTIVAL ON THE GULF COAST
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by Morgan Cole
he 26th annual Emerald Coast Beer Festival will return to the streets of downtown Pensacola September 8 through September 9. Organized and hosted by the Escambia Bay Homebrewers Club and Seville Quarter, the Emerald Coast Beer Festival has earned its reputation as the longest running beer festival on the Gulf Coast.
“We expect to fill all 65 spots for breweries and brew clubs this year, with the one even coming all the way from Missouri. However, a majority of the breweries at this year’s event have been regular attendees for a number of years,” Escambia Bay Homebrewers club Treasurer Jim Martin said. The Emerald Coast Beer Festival will kick off Thursday, September 8 at Seville Quarter at 7 pm with a fivecourse beer pairing dinner featuring an exclusive assort-
ment of handcrafted beers. On Friday, September 9, the festival kicks into full gear with beer samples and other micro brewed beverages from more than 50 breweries from across the country, highlighting the Southeast and Gulf Coast regions. The festival will also feature a variety of tasty brews and craft beverages from more than a dozen regional homebrew clubs as well as several major regional beer distributors. Attendees will be able to purchase
food from a variety of local food truck vendors and enjoy live music performed across several stages. “Guests can choose from more than 200 different types of beverages to sample at the event, including seltzers, wines, meads and beers,” Martin said. Since the Escambia Bay Homebrewers took over the beer fest in 1999, it has grown from just 200 attendees in its first year to nearly 2,500. The Homebrewers Club started with some craft beer lovers in the spring of 1985, back when the craft brew scene only happened in the garages and basements of enthusiasts. Today, it consists of more than 100 members who craft all types of adult beverages including beer, wine, mead and cider. Since its establishment in 1985, the club has developed connections with other homebrew clubs across the country. “We took over the fest from the Florida Brewers Guild with the original purpose of brewers and homebrewers to get together at the end of the summer and have a good time. At that time there were only a few breweries along the Gulf Coast and when we started hosting the
Guests can choose from more than 200 different types of beverages to sample at the event, including seltzers, wines, meads and beers.”
festival, there were less than 10 breweries present and only two brew clubs. I expect to see more than 60 for this year,” Martin said. Tickets for the 26th annual Emerald Coast Beer Festival are currently on sale and can be purchased online at emeraldcoastbeerfest.com, or at one of the following ticket outlets in Pensacola: A Little Madness Brewery, Gary’s Homebrew Supply, Gulf Coast Brewery, Pensacola Bay Brewery, Seville Quarter, Spahr Brewery and Ye Olde Brothers Brewery. General admission tickets are $30 in advance or $40 the day of the event. A limited number of VIP tickets are also on sale
and include early entry into the VIP room at 5 pm with complimentary hors d’oeuvres and access to an exclusive selection of handcrafted beers. VIP tickets can be purchased in advance from an Escambia Bay Homebrewers Club member for $75. VIP tickets can also be purchased through the festival website or at any local ticket outlet for $80. All ticket holders receive a souvenir festival beer tasting glass. Proceeds from the 2022 Emerald Coast Beer Festival ticket sales benefit Seville Rotary and the Alfred-Washburn Center. For tickets and complete event details, visit emeraldcoastbeerfest.com. •
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This board was established by the Board of County Commissioners through adoption of Escambia County Ordinance No. 2005-38, enacted on August 18, 2005. Upon the legislative sunset of the Escambia County Civil Service Board, effective October 1, 2005, the MSPB was created to provide a fair and equitable mechanism for the expeditious review of appeals and grievances of the classified employees of the county before a non-partisan deliberative body. County Ordinance 2005-38 provides the means for a classified, permanent employee under the jurisdiction of the MSPB to appeal disciplinary actions, and that these employees may file an appeal or grievance for perceived violations of the ordinance or the rules. Presently, the classified employees under the jurisdiction of the Board of County Commissioners, the Sheriff’s Office, the Supervisor of Elections and the Santa Rosa Island Authority are covered under the MSPB. The MSPB is composed of five volunteer members, each selected by the Board of County Commissioners. Each member serves a two-year term. MSPB meetings are typically held once per month but may occasionally meet a
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DISTRICT 5 COMMISSIONER BARRY TO HOST AUG. 15 TOWN HALL District 5 Commissioner Steven Barry will host a town hall Monday, Aug. 15 at 5:30 p.m. at the Walnut Hill Community Center & Ruritan Club, located at 7850 FL-97 in Walnut Hill. This is an open forum event and residents of District 5 are invited and encouraged
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ESTUARY PROGRAM RELEASES COMPREHENSIVE CONSERVATION AND MANAGEMENT PLAN FOR PUBLIC COMMENT The Pensacola & Perdido Bays Estuary Program (PPBEP) is pleased to announce the first ever Comprehensive Conservation and Management Plan (CCMP) for the Pensacola and Perdido Bay Watersheds is now available for review and public comment. PPBEP’s CCMP – A Prescription for Healthy Bays, is intended to serve as a guide for implementing monitoring, research, reporting, restoration, education and outreach, and policy priorities that enhance the community’s quality of life and economic prosperity, while improving the health and sustainability of the Pensacola and Perdido Bay Watersheds. The CCMP recommends priority actions developed in partnership with community stakeholders to address stressors that impair our waters. The identified actions are important steps to restoring our land and water, while maintaining a balance between humans and nature. This ten-year science-based, community-driven guiding document allows stakeholders to work collectively, across jurisdictional boundaries, toward a shared vision for the recovery of our waters. The completion of the CCMP allows PPBEP and its partners to leverage resources and funding opportunities to make this vision a reality. “Environmental stewardship is critical to our quality of life and economy along the Gulf Coast. Having the CCMP in place establishes a blueprint for forming partnerships and leveraging resources to create long-lasting improvements to the health and resilience of our estuaries and communities,” said Robert Bender, Chairman of the Pensacola & Perdido Bays Estuary Program. “The Estuary Program Management Conference and staff have put in an incredible amount of work to produce this draft CCMP. We look forward to sharing this with the community and receiving their comments, which will
be addressed prior to release of the final CCMP in September 2022,” said Matt Posner, Executive Director of the Pensacola & Perdido Bays Estuary Program. The deadline to submit comments is 11:59 p.m. CT on Aug. 28, 2022. The draft CCMP and comment form are available on the Estuary Program’s website at www.ppbep.org/the-plan/ ccmp. The mission of the Pensacola & Perdido Bays Estuary Program is to restore and protect the Pensacola and Perdido Bay watersheds through restoration, education, and unbiased monitoring of the health of our bays, estuaries, and watersheds. The Pensacola and Perdido Bays Estuary Program serves as a trusted source for residents, businesses, industry, and the community on issues relating to preserving, restoring, improving, and maintaining the natural habitat and ecosystem of the bays, estuaries and watersheds of Pensacola and Perdido Bays. PPBEP strives to achieve a healthy and collaborative environment by: 1. Elevating and increasing the importance, awareness and understanding of environmental quality. 2. Employing rigorous, unbiased, and scientifically sound science to inform and guide decisions, policies, and initiatives. 3. Funding programs and projects that protect the environment, increase ecological resilience 4. Building a network of inclusive, multi-stakeholder partnerships that takes into account factors affecting the environment, the economy, and the community-at-large for the benefit of improving the quality of life for all. Dive in at ppbep.org or follow them @ppbepflal on Facebook and @pensacolaandperdidobaysprogram on Instagram.
FDOT: NIGHTTIME LANE CLOSURES AND TRAFFIC PACING PLANNED FOR PENSACOLA BAY BRIDGE Drivers will encounter the following nighttime traffic impacts on and near the Pensacola Bay Bridge (U.S. 98) in Escambia and Santa Rosa counties between 8 p.m. and 5 a.m. • Alternating lane closures and lane shifts Sunday, Aug. 7 through Saturday, Aug. 13 as crews will use lanes on the current bridge as a platform to pour concrete decks for the westbound (Gulf Breeze to Pensacola) structure. • Vehicle pacing operations Tuesday, Aug. 9 through Thursday, Aug. 11 as crews install overhead signage for the new bridge. Vehicle pacing operations, also known as “rolling roadblocks,” are used to create gaps in traffic so that short-duration construction activities can be completed.
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RECREATIONAL MARIJUANA INITIATIVE LAUNCHED
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TALLAHASSEE — Trulieve, the state’s largest medical-marijuana operator, and country-music legends The Bellamy Brothers are backing a proposed constitutional amendment that would allow recreational use of marijuana by people 21 or older. The proposed amendment was filed Monday at the state Division of Elections, with Tallahassee-based Trulieve contributing $5 million to the effort to get the measure on the 2024 ballot. Other multi-state medical marijuana operators also are expected to support the campaign. Florida voters passed a constitutional amendment in 2016 to broadly legalize medical marijuana, and nearly 800,000 patients have been authorized for the treatment. While past recreational-marijuana initiatives in the state have failed, supporters of the new proposal say they’re confident it will satisfy Florida Supreme Court requirements to make it onto the ballot and will gain support from voters. “It’s all about improving access,” Trulieve CEO Kim Rivers told The News Service of Florida in an interview. “We came into this with a mission to provide access to high-quality products that are safe and have an appropriate value proposition to give folks control over their — in the original days — medical journey. I don’t think that changes here. I mean, in effect we are at our core about expanding the opportunity for access to safe legal product, which is what this would allow us to continue to do.” The “Adult Personal Use of Marijuana” proposal would allow people 21 or older “to possess, purchase, or use marijuana products and marijuana accessories for non-medical personal consumption by smoking, ingestion, or otherwise.” The proposed amendment, which was provided to the News Service, also would allow “medical marijuana treatment centers, and other state licensed entities, to acquire, cultivate, process, manufacture, sell and distribute such products and accessories.” The initiative would not authorize people to grow marijuana plants for personal use. The proposal could bust up the state’s current requirement that medical marijuana businesses — called “medical marijuana treatment centers” — conduct all aspects of operations, from cultivation to retailing. Lawmakers established the industry’s “vertical integration” system after the 2016 amendment passed, but critics maintain it makes operations prohibitively expensive for smaller entrepreneurs. If voters sign off on the new proposal, lawmakers still would have final say on how the industry is structured. “Nothing in this amendment prohibits the Legislature from enacting laws that are consistent with this amendment,” the proposal says. Rivers said the nod to the Legislature was intentional and pointed to a requirement that proposed constitutional amendments be limited to single subjects. The Florida Supreme Court reviews proposals to make sure they comply with the requirement. “Any amendment in the state of Florida has to be very careful in terms of single subjects with this court and so I do know, speaking with the lawyers, that there was a very high focus on keeping this really focused around authorizing adult use and then allowing the Legislature to develop policy,” she said. The Smart & Safe Florida political committee, headed by musician David Bellamy, is supporting the proposal, which would need nearly 900,000 petition signatures to make it onto the 2024
ballot. Paperwork for the committee was filed Monday at the Division of Elections. The Bellamy brothers, Florida natives who own a ranch in Pasco County, already joined forces with Trulieve for a line of cannabis products. The musical duo, who are in their 70s, told the News Service that “Florida is ready” for recreational marijuana. “As we travel the country, we see the benefits of adult use and as Florida residents we love the ‘freedom state’ moniker and believe that Florida needs to join the millions of Americans whose adults are free to use cannabis without fear of being incarcerated,” they said in an email response to questions from the News Service. The Florida Supreme Court last year rejected two recreational pot initiatives. One proposal, backed by the political committee Sensible Florida, was framed as regulating marijuana similar to alcohol. But in a 5-2 decision in June 2021, the court ruled that the ballot summary would be misleading to voters. Attorney General Ashley Moody and the Florida Chamber of Commerce were among the opponents of the initiative. The court in April 2021 also rejected a separate recreational-marijuana initiative, backed by the Make It Legal committee, saying for different reasons that the proposal would mislead voters. Rivers said lawyers have scrutinized the court’s rulings when crafting the latest proposal. “Every initiative has provided some level of learning,” she said. “With this initiative, the authors have taken a hard look at the Supreme Court rulings surrounding the previous efforts and taken that into consideration. We believe it’s a very appropriate and narrowly focused amendment that does defer appropriately to the Legislature.” While Trulieve is contributing the seed money for the effort, Rivers said she expects the proposal will draw support from other industry leaders. “While we’re happy to provide investment, we also do believe that there are a lot of folks who are very passionate about this and I expect to have a great engagement across the community,” she said. After the Supreme Court rejected its proposal last year, Sensible Florida filed another initiative for the 2024 ballot that would allow people 21 or older to use marijuana and grow a limited number of marijuana plants. Trulieve contributed $250,000 to the committee, which has collected fewer than 23,000 petition signatures. But it’s expected that supporters of authorizing adult use will galvanize around the amendment filed Monday. With a steadily growing number of medical marijuana patients in the state and attitudes toward pot becoming increasingly favorable, Rivers said she expects a “large grass-roots effort” to drum up support for the adult-use proposal. “One of the interesting aspects here is that we do have (a) medical-cannabis market and we have hundreds of thousands of patients in Florida who are utilizing medical cannabis regularly. So our ability to reach out and to have more direct communication … is a bit unique from a positioning perspective,” she said. The Bellamy brothers also maintain that allowing people to use marijuana will help save money for the state and help people who have been “wrongfully” imprisoned for possession of cannabis. “We see it every day and hear it from everyone we speak with, that the idea of putting adults in jail and ruining their lives for using cannabis is crazy. We have also read the polls and see consistent and strong support for an effort to allow adults to use cannabis,” they said in the email.
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TALLAHASSEE — A federal judge on Monday questioned part of a new Florida law that restricts the way businesses can address race-related concepts in employee training, as he weighed a request to block the measure. The law (HB 7), passed during this year’s legislative session, was a top priority of Gov. Ron DeSantis, who dubbed it the “Stop Wrongs to Our Kids and Employees Act,” or Stop WOKE Act. A group of businesses and a consultant filed a lawsuit in June challenging the measure’s constitutionality. The plaintiffs are an online honeymoonregistry company, a Ben & Jerry’s franchisee and a workplace diversity consulting company and its founder. All of them require or provide training sessions for workers on topics such as diversity, equity and inclusion. Attorneys for the plaintiffs argued that the law violates the First Amendment and are seeking a preliminary injunction to block its enforcement, leading to a hearing Monday before Chief U.S. District Judge Mark Walker. The law lists a series of concepts that would constitute “discrimination” if included in required employee training. For instance, the law targets training exercises that would “compel” an employee to believe that they bear “responsibility for and must feel guilt, anguish, or other forms of psychological distress because of actions, in which the individual played no part, committed in the past” by members of the same race or sex. Walker did not rule Monday, pledging to “move swiftly” on issuing a written order. But during a roughly two-hour hearing, Walker appeared to favor arguments by the plaintiffs’ lawyers that the measure targets speech that DeSantis and state leaders find objectionable. Walker pointed to DeSantis’ Stop WOKE moniker for the law. “We are attacking and going after a particular construct,” Walker said of the law, which the Legislature formally titled as “Individual Freedom.” In a 47-page complaint, the companies and consultant spelled out ways that the law would hurt their businesses, including having to change the ways they conduct training sessions and losing clients. “Though they do not work together, all plaintiffs are deeply committed to addressing racial and structural inequality and historical privileges associated with gender, sexual orientation, and skin color, no matter how upsetting or uncomfortable facing such topics may be,” the complaint said.
FLORIDA RANKS 35TH IN CHILD WELL-BEING NEWS SERVICE OF FLORIDA STAFF Florida ranked 35th of the 50 states in child well-being, lagging on economic issues but doing better in education, in a report released Monday by the Annie E. Casey Foundation. The foundation’s annual Kids Count Data Book report said Florida ranked 42nd in children’s economic well-being, a measurement that takes into account factors such as children living in poverty and children
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DeSantis, Attorney General Ashley Moody and members of the Florida Commission on Human Relations are named as defendants in the lawsuit. John Ohlendorf, an attorney representing the state, argued that the law is intended to protect employees from being “a captive audience” to such training exercises. “The state of Florida does not have a compelling interest in targeting speech because it doesn’t like the content,” Ohlendorf said Monday. “I do think the state of Florida has a compelling interest in preventing employers from forcing employees to listen to speech that suggests one race is inherently superior to another.” Walker pushed back on the state’s arguments and appeared to side with an assertion by the plaintiffs that the law is vague and difficult to understand, based on a standard of person of average intelligence’s comprehension. Walker focused on a part of the law that would label training discriminatory if it led an employee to believe that a person of “one race, color, sex, or national origin cannot and should not attempt to treat others without respect to race, color, sex, or national origin.” “Apparently I’m a person of belowaverage intelligence, because I have no idea what that means,” Walker said. The measure was one of the mostcontentious bills during the 2022 legislative session. A separate federal lawsuit challenges parts of the law dealing with how race-related concepts can be taught in schools. Walker in June declined a request by plaintiffs in the education lawsuit to bar the law from going into effect. Attorneys for the plaintiffs asking Walker to stop enforcement of the business-related part of the measure described a “chilling” effect that it has had on companies since it took effect July 1. Shalini Goel Agarwal, an attorney representing the businesses, argued Monday that DeSantis has shown a pattern of “using the levers of state power” to punish the actions of businesses that he disagrees with. “Our diversity, equity and inclusion trainer (plaintiff) says that so many of her own clients … have said that there is an amazing chilling impact. Because all these companies who, as a standard, do these types of trainings are feeling like, ‘We don’t know if we can do them anymore and we don’t know if we can say anything about it because we’re concerned about kind of a culture of retribution and retaliation that has been exerted against companies in Florida,’” Agarwal told reporters after Monday’s hearing.
whose parents lack secure employment. But it ranked 13th in education, which took into account factors such as fourthgrade reading proficiency and eighthgrade math proficiency. The report also ranked Florida 35th in health issues for children and 32nd for “family and community.” The rankings are based on data collected between Jan. 1, 2016, and Dec. 31, 2020. Massachusetts received the top ranking for child well-being, followed by New Hampshire and Minnesota. New Mexico received the lowest ranking, with Louisiana at 49th and Mississippi at 48th.
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BOARD TARGETS TREATMENTS FOR TRANSGENDER YOUTHS DARA KAM NEWS SERVICE OF FLORIDA TALLAHASSEE — Amid an outcry from the LGBTQ community and harsh criticism from a host of physicians and health-care professionals, the Florida Board of Medicine on Friday advanced a plan that would ban doctors from providing treatments such as puberty blockers and hormone therapy to transgender people under age 18. Friday’s decision came after the Florida Department of Health last month filed a petition asking the medical board to initiate a rule-making process on the contentious issue. The Board of Medicine also moved forward as the state Agency for Health Care Administration plans to prevent the Medicaid program from covering such treatments for gender dysphoria for adolescents and adults. As his political presence on the national stage continues to skyrocket, Gov. Ron DeSantis is among Republican leaders throughout the country targeting transgender treatments for youths. The governor, who is seeking re-election in November, contends that children are prematurely being allowed to pursue treatments that can have harmful lasting effects. But many medical professionals — including numerous medical societies — are blasting the DeSantis administration’s moves, saying the state’s assertions are contrary to established standards. People on both sides of the issue crowded into Friday’s Board of Medicine meeting in Broward County, with supporters of the Department of Health proposal wearing “Let Kids Be Kids” decals. Opponents held a rally before the meeting and pleaded with the board to reject the petition. Addressing the board, Department of Health Secretary Joseph Ladapo acknowledged the “strong feelings about the issue” in the room. But Ladapo, who serves as the state’s surgeon general, argued that current standards of care are a “substantial departure” from “the level of evidence and data surrounding this issue.”
STATE CLOSES ON DUVAL LAND DEAL NEWS SERVICE OF FLORIDA STAFF Florida has closed on a $5.8 million deal to acquire 241 acres along Pumpkin Hill Creek in Duval County, the state Department of Environmental Protection announced Monday. Department Secretary Shawn Hamilton said in a news release that the deal will expand recreational opportunities in the Jacksonville area and “encompasses four known archaeological sites containing evidence of human history dating back 4,000 years.” Gov. Ron DeSantis and the state Cabinet approved the deal with the Trust for Public Land in March. At that time, Cabinet staff members pointed to
DESANTIS COMMITTEE RAKES IN $2.88 MILLION NEWS SERVICE OF FLORIDA STAFF Gov. Ron DeSantis’ political committee raised nearly $2.88 million during the final full week of July, including receiving $2 million from the Republican Governors Association, according to a finance report filed Friday. The Friends of Ron DeSantis committee had about $125 million in cash on hand as of July 29. The committee will play a
“It is very clear that … the effectiveness is completely uncertain,” Ladapo, who said his views on the topic had “evolved,” argued. “I mean, maybe it is effective, but the scientific studies that have been published today do not support that. … Could that change in the future? It’s possible. I think it’s very unlikely considering what I’ve reviewed, but it’s possible.” Quentin Van Meter, a pediatric endocrinologist who served as an expert for the state on the issue, warned the board that an increasing number of children are seeking puberty blockers or other medical interventions. “This is what we are dealing with. We’re dealing with a monumental epidemic of increasing proportions,” said Van Meter, who is an outspoken critic of transgender treatment for young people. “This is a giant experiment on United States children.” Van Meter also said Sweden, Finland and the United Kingdom have halted treatment for transgender youths because “they found that there was far more harm than any benefit in allowing these children to receive any kind of medical intervention.” According to Van Meter, roughly 127,000 children throughout the U.S. are receiving gender-affirming treatment. But Michael Haller, a professor and chief of pediatric endocrinology at the University of Florida, disputed Van Meter’s comments, saying fewer children are receiving gender-affirming hormones or other therapy than the public has been led to believe and that the numbers aren’t growing. Haller and other doctors also have argued that standards of care for trans youths were developed by professional medical societies after years of vigorous scientific debate. Questioning Haller, board Chairman David Diamond noted that other countries have changed their approaches to treatment of gender dysphoria, which the federal government defines clinically as “significant distress that a person may feel when sex or gender assigned at birth is not the same as their identity.”
growing interest in building in the region. “There is a high threat of development in this area, and it has been a challenge to balance the threat of urban development with the natural and cultural resources,” a Cabinet staff report. The site is part of Black Hammock Island. “This property not only offers visitors increased recreational access to hiking, wildlife viewing and fishing, but it also plays a crucial role in creating climate resilience against extreme weather events like hurricanes through protection of marshes and native forests,” Doug Hattaway, senior project manager for Trust for Public Land, said in a prepared statement.
“Do you have any sense what the scientific underpinning may be, why they have modified their opinions, or is it your contention it was not a scientific decision but rather based upon other factors?” Diamond asked. “I think it’s impossible to fully separate the political decision-making from the science,” Haller said. Diamond, an oncologist, pointed to breast-cancer treatments adopted in the 1990s that later were discovered to be harmful. “The bottom line is, just because you think something works, does not mean it works,” the board chairman said. “The point is … we must continuously assess what we’re doing and have the capacity to say maybe what we’re doing is wrong. Maybe our beliefs are wrong. Maybe we can listen to the other person on the other side or accept the newer data and potentially make our position a little bit better, a little more refined, to better seek the truth.” Diamond asked Haller and his UF colleague, Kristin Dayton, if they believed the board should adopt guidelines or rules for gender dysphoria. Dayton, a pediatric endocrinologist who specializes in gender dysphoria, said such a plan would be “redundant” because standards of care already exist. But Haller indicated he didn’t trust the state to advance its own plan. “If the redundancy were such that it was in line with the general practices and data, then I think it would be adequate. But it’s clear that is not the intent of the state,” Heller said. “They have provided you with a recommendation for a rule that is contrary to what almost all reasonable providers of gender-affirming care and gender care in general would say is the standard of care.” If guidelines are finalized, Florida would be the only state in the country where a medical board has barred transgender treatments for adolescents, according to Yale School of Medicine professor Meredithe McNamara. A handful of other states have passed laws blocking the treatment, but McNamara, who specializes in adolescent
EARLY VOTING STARTS IN PRIMARY ELECTIONS NEWS SERVICE OF FLORIDA STAFF In-person early voting for the Aug. 23 primary elections began in 20 Florida counties Monday, while nearly 800,000 voters had cast ballots by mail. Early voting will be available in all counties on Saturday and is required to continue through Aug. 20. Counties could start Monday and also may offer it on Aug. 21. The primary ballot includes races
medicine, told The News Service of Florida this week that she’s “never heard of ” a state medical board prohibiting such care. “Standards of health care don’t come from states, don’t come from governments. They come from clinical research that gets reviewed and vetted and discussed in relevant groups of experts and published and spread widely and adopted by people everywhere,” she said. Many of Friday’s attendees urged the board to accept the health department’s petition, but Kaleb Hobson-Garcia said he made the seven-hour drive from Tallahassee to share his experiences with the panel. “I wasn’t always the 20-year-old man you see standing in front of you. … I used to be an 11-year-old kid who had just changed his name to Kaleb,” he said. Hobson-Garcia, 20, said he and his parents consulted with a doctor for a year before he began medical treatment. He said began taking puberty blockers at age 12, hormone suppressants at age 13 and underwent “top surgery” at age 14. Despite his experiences, Hobson-Garcia said he agrees with current guidelines that recommend a minimum age of 16 for “top” surgery and 18 for “bottom” surgery “The medical treatment I received as a minor was integral to me climbing out of my depression and becoming the happy and healthy person I am today,” HobsonGarcia said. “My identity is not an epidemic. We cannot stand to lose progress towards a happier, healthier future for all Floridians.” Kevin Cairns, an interventional pain specialist who serves as the board’s vice chairman, was the sole member of the board to vote against granting the Department of Health’s petition to begin the rule-making process. Ernie Sauve was among the people who asked the board to move forward with the plan. As someone who speaks Spanish fluently, Sauve said he “could identify” as a Spanish person, but that does not make him Spanish. “Back in my day, women were women. Let children be children. … Let’s get back to reason, to common sense, and to truth,” he said.
for U.S. Senate, governor, two Cabinet seats and numerous congressional and legislative races, in addition to local and judicial races. “Early voting is definitely a trend we are seeing,” said Jefferson County Supervisor of Elections Tyler McNeill, whose rural North Florida county began early voting Monday “We’ve seen it tick up since 2016. That is why we try to provide as many dates as possible.” Meanwhile, as of Monday morning, 791,140 voters had cast ballots by mail. Another 3.28 million vote-bymail ballots had not been returned.
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key financial role as DeSantis runs for a second term in November. In addition to the money from the Republican Governors Association, the committee from July 23 to July 29 received $200,000 from Maryland-based CFG Community Bank and $100,000 from Tampa businessman John Kirtley, according to the new report. The committee also spent about $467,000 during the week, including sending $140,000 to the political committee Jobs and Prosperity for Florida, which is chaired by Lt. Gov. Jeanette Nunez.
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PUBLIC NOTICES Legals Notice of Foreclosure Sale by Clerk of Circuit Court NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE BY CLERK OF CIRCUIT COURT Notice is hereby given that PAM CHILDERS, Clerk of the Circuit Court of Escambia County, Florida, will on August 23, 2022, at 11:00 a.m. CT, via online bid at www.escambia. realforeclose.com in accordance with Chapter 45, Florida Statutes, offer for sale, and sell at public outcry to the highest and best bidder, the following described real and personal property situated in Escambia County, Florida: LOT 12, BLOCK 8, 1ST ADDITION TO WELLES BROWNSVILLE ADDITION, ACCORDING TO THE PLAT THEREOF AS RECORDED IN PLAT BOOK 1, PAGE(S) 41, OF THE PUBLIC RECORDS OF ESCAMBIA COUNTY, FLORIDA. TOGETHER with all revenues thereof and all rights (including riparian rights), privileges, easements, tenements, interests, improvements and appurtenances thereunto belonging or in anyway appertaining, including any after-acquired title and easements and all rights, title and interest now or hereafter owned by Borrower in and to all building and improvements, storm and screen windows and doors, gas, steam, electric, solar and other heating, lighting, ventilating, air-conditioning, refrigerating and cooking apparatus, plumbing, sprinkling, smoke, fire, and intrusion detection devices, and other equipment and fixtures now or hereafter attached or appertaining to said premises of any kind or character and whether permanently or temporarily on the property. pursuant to Final Summary Judgment of Foreclosure in a case pending in said Court, the style of which is PENSACOLA HABITAT FOR HUMANITY, INC., Plaintiff, v. THE UNKNOWN HEIRS, DEVISEES, GRANTEES, AND CREDITORS OF WILLIE HAYES and all other persons claiming by, through, under, or against any of the unknown parties; KESSA DAVIS; TANA DAVIS; TYESHA DAVIS; TWINNA HAYES and VINCENT HAYES, Defendants, and the docket number of which is 2021-CA001601. 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 with the Clerk of the Court no later than the date that the Clerk reports the funds as unclaimed. If you are a person with a disability who needs any accommodation in order to participate in this proceeding, you are entitled at no cost to you, to the provision of certain assistance. Please contact: Sheila Sims, 190 Governmental Center, 5th Floor, Pensacola, FL (850) 595-4400 at least 7 days before your scheduled court appearance, or immediately upon receiving this notification if the time before the scheduled appearance is less than 7 days; if you are hearing or voice impaired, call 711. WITNESS my hand and the official seal of this Honorable Court this 1st day of August 2022. /s/ Megan F. Fry MEGAN F. FRY Florida Bar No. 0058608 Clark Partington 125 East Intendencia St. (32502) P.O. Box 13010 Pensacola, Florida 32591-3010 (850) 434-9200 / Fax (850) 432-7340 Primary email: mfry@clarkpartington.com Secondary emails: ldunlap@clarkpartington.com tcourtney@clarkpartington.com Attorney for Plaintiff 2WR8/3-8/10NOS
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 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 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.
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.
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 August 3, 2022.
The date of first publication of this notice is August 3, 2022. Attorney for Personal Representative Jamy Barreau, Esq. Fla. Bar No.: 1005169 1860 SW Fountainview Blvd, Suite 100 Port St. Lucie, FL 34986 T: 772-236-5204 jamy@blegalfl.com Personal Representative Anthony S. Pressley, III 316 Riviera Dr Slidell, LA 70460 2WR8/3-8/10NTC
IN THE CIRCUIT COURT IN AND FOR ESCAMBIA COUNTY, FLORIDA PROBATE DIVISION IN RE: ESTATE OF PHILLIP EARL MCDONALD, Deceased. Case No. 2022-CP-001206 NOTICE TO CREDITORS The administration of the estate of PHILLIP EARL MCDONALD, deceased, Case Number 2022-CP-001206 is pending in the Circuit Court for Escambia County, Florida, Probate Division, the address of which is Post Office Box 333, Pensacola, FL 32591-0333. The estate is intestate. The names and addresses of the Personal Representatives 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 August 3, 2022. Attorney for Personal Representatives: ROY V. ANDREWS. Florida Bar No. 228291 LINDSAY & ANDREWS 5218 Willing Street Milton, Florida 32570 (850) 623-3200
ALL CLAIMS NOT SO FILED WILL BE FOREVER BARRED.
Cynthia Handy Villarreal 18 Valdarama Drive Laguna Vista, TX 78578 JOSEPH W. C. BOYLES, ESQ. 212 W. Cervantes Street P.O. Box 13464 Pensacola, Florida 32591-3464 Telephone: (850) 433-9225 Attorney for Petitioner(s) Florida Bar #14188 jwcb@boylesandboyleslaw.com jennifer@boylesandboyleslaw.com 2WR8/3-8/10NTC
IN THE CIRCUIT COURT IN AND FOR ESCAMBIA COUNTY, FLORIDA PROBATE DIVISION IN RE: ESTATE OF RUTH LEMOINE ELLIOTT, Deceased. FILE NO.: 2022 CP 001215 DIVISION: NOTICE TO CREDITORS The administration of the Estate of Ruth Lemoine Elliott, deceased, File Number 2022 CP 001215, 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, 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 August 3, 2022. Eric Morrell Bradshaw 9769 Quail Hollow Circle Pensacola, Florida 32514
Personal Representatives: LYDIA J. MCDONALD
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
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Notice to Creditors IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE FIRST JUDICIAL CIRCUIT IN AND FOR ESCAMBIA COUNTY, FLORIDA PROBATE DIVISION IN RE: ESTATE OF LEOLA R. PRESSLEY Deceased. File No.: 2022-CP-001187 NOTICE TO CREDITORS The administration of the estate of Leola R Pressley, deceased, whose date of death was November 1, 2020, 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 IN AND FOR ESCAMBIA COUNTY, FLORIDA PROBATE DIVISION IN RE: ESTATE OF WILLIAM CHESTER HANDY, SR., Deceased. FILE NO.: 2022 CP 001199 DIVISION: ________ NOTICE TO CREDITORS The administration of the estate of William Chester Handy, Sr., deceased, File Number 2022 CP 001199, 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.
IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR SANTA ROSA COUNTY, FLORIDA PROBATE DIVISION IN RE: ESTATE OF LINDA WOODBURY CALLIN Deceased.
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 August 10, 2022. Attorney for Personal Representative: Timothy Weaver, Esq. Florida Bar Number: 988944 Weaver, Weaver, & Collins, P.A. 8285 Navarre Parkway Navarre, Florida 32566 Telephone: (850) 939-5299 Fax: (850) 939-1134 E-Mail: tim@wwcattorneys.com Secondary E-Mail: efiling@wwcattorneys.com Personal Representative: Teresa Schramm 1899 Reserve Blvd #92 Gulf Breeze, Florida 32563 2WR8/10-8/17NTC
IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR SANTA ROSA COUNTY, FLORIDA PROBATE DIVISION IN RE: ESTATE OF KEITH N. JOHNSON Deceased. File No. 2022-CP-000362 NOTICE TO CREDITORS The administration of the estate of KEITH N. JOHNSON, deceased, whose date of death was March 19, 2022, is pending in the Circuit Court for SANTA ROSA County, Florida, Probate Division, the address of which is 6865 Caroline Street, Milton, Florida 32570. 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 August 10, 2022. Attorney for Personal Representative: Sean J. Seely Attorney Florida Bar Number: 106678 Lynchard & Seely, PLLC 1901 Andorra St. Navarre, FL 32566 Telephone: (850) 936-9385 Fax: (850) 936-9578 E-Mail: eservice@seely-law.com Personal Representative: Brian J. Johnson 18714 Martinique Drive Houston, Texas 77058 2WR8/10-8/17NTC
File No. 2022-CP-391 Division D NOTICE TO CREDITORS The administration of the estate of LINDA WOODBURY CALLIN, deceased, whose date of death was December 22, 2021, is pending in the Circuit Court for SANTA ROSA County, Florida, Probate Division, the address of which is 1900 RESERVE BLVD. APT. 5108, GULF BREEZE, FLORIDA 32563. 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 STEPHANIE JO WOOD, Deceased. File No. 2022 CP 1189 Division T NOTICE TO CREDITORS
The administration of the estate of STEPHANIE JO WOOD, deceased, whose date of death was April 23, 2022, 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 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 PERIOD 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: August 10, 2022. Signed on this 11th day of July, 2022. Charles P. Hoskin, Esq. EMMANUEL, SHEPPARD & CONDON Florida Bar No. 364401 30 South Spring Street Post Office Drawer 1271 Pensacola, Florida 32591-1271 E-mail: choskin@esclaw.com adk@esclaw.com Telephone: (850) 433-6581 Facsimile: (850) 434-7163 Attorney for Personal Representative Elaine Hoke Wood Personal Representative 2665 Stallion Road Cantonment, FL 32533 2WR8/10-8/17NTC
IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR ESCAMBIA COUNTY, FLORIDA PROBATE DIVISION IN RE: ESTATE OF JACOB JOSEPH SETTLE, SR., Deceased. File No. 2022 CP 121 Division T NOTICE TO CREDITORS The administration of the estate of JACOB JOSEPH SETTLE, SR., deceased, whose date of death was November 14, 2020, 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 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 PERIOD 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: August 3, 2022. Signed on this 20th day of July, 2022. Charles P. Hoskin, Esq. of Emmanuel, Sheppard & Condon Attorneys for Petitioner Florida Bar No. 364401 30 South Spring Street Pensacola, FL 32591-1271 Telephone: (850) 433-6581 Electronic Mail: cph@esclaw.com adk@esclaw.com mcrooke@esclaw.com Attorney for Personal Representative Kimberley Diane Settle, Personal Representative 748 Cricket Circle Cantonment, FL 32533 2WR8/3-8/10NTC
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PUBLIC NOTICES IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR ESCAMBIA COUNTY, FLORIDA PROBATE DIVISION IN RE: ESTATE OF GEORGE N. BOCK, JR., a/k/a GEORGE NICHOLAS BOCK, JR., Deceased. File No. 2022 CP 1155 Division U
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NOTICE TO CREDITORS The administration of the estate of GEORGE N. BOCK, JR., a/k/a GEORGE NICHOLAS BOCK, JR., deceased, whose date of death was December 25, 2020, 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 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 PERIOD 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: August 3, 2022. Signed on this 13th day of July, 2022. Charles P. Hoskin, Esq. of Emmanuel, Sheppard & Condon Attorneys for Petitioner Florida Bar No. 364401 30 South Spring Street Pensacola, FL 32591-1271 Telephone: (850) 433-6581 Electronic Mail: cph@esclaw.com adk@esclaw.com mcrooke@esclaw.com Attorney for Personal Representative Bedelia D. Bock, Personal Representative 26 Mississippi Circle Pensacola, FL 32505 2WR8/3-8/10NTC
IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR SANTA ROSA COUNTY, FLORIDA PROBATE DIVISION IN RE: ESTATE OF DAWN JACKSON, A/K/A DAWN LEDFORD JACKSON, Deceased. File No. 2022 CP 000076 NOTICE TO CREDITORS The administration of the estate of DAWN JAC KS ON , A/ K / A D AW N L E D F O R D JACKSON, deceased, whose date of death was December 20, 2021, is pending in the Circuit Court for Santa Rosa County, Florida, Probate Division, the mailing address which is P.O. Box 472, Milton, Florida 32572, and whose street address is 6865 Caroline Street, Milton, Florida 32570. 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 August 3, 2022. Attorney for Personal Representatives: /s/ D. Keith Kilpatrick D. Keith Kilpatrick, Esquire KILPATRICK & NEWLIN, P.A. Attorney for Personal Representatives Florida Bar Number: 628131 9218 Navarre Parkway Navarre, Florida 32566
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2WR8/10-8/17LNSM IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR ESCAMBIA COUNTY, FLORIDA PROBATE DIVISION IN RE: ESTATE OF BRENT LYNN PETERSON, Deceased.
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CASE NUMBER: 2022-CP-1274 NOTICE TO CREDITORS The administration of the Estate of BRENT LYNN PETERSON, deceased, whose date of death was April 19, 2022, is pending in the Circuit Court for Escambia County, Florida, Probate Division, the address of which is P.O. Box 333, Pensacola, Florida 32591-0333. 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 the Decedent’s Estate on whom a copy of this notice is required to be served must file their claims with this court WITHIN 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 the 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 SECTION 733.702 OF THE FLORIDA PROBATE CODE 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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The date of first publication of this notice is August 10, 2022. Attorney for Personal Representative: DAN STEWART Florida Bar Number 319392 4519 Hwy. 90,Pace, FL 32571-2043 Telephone: (850) 994-4887; Fax: (850) 994-4541 Personal Representative: KIMBERLY PETERSON 33 Richard Avenue Cambridge, MA 02140 2WR8/10-8/17NTC
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IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE FIRST JUDICIAL CIRCUIT, IN AND FOR SANTA ROSA COUNTY, FLORIDA IN RE THE FORMER MARRIAGE OF: JASON MORGAN, Former Husband, and AMANDA MORGAN, Former Wife. Case No.: 2018 -DR-002047 Division: Family Law NOTICE OF ACTION FOR PUBLICATION TO: Jason Morgan 1527 1st Street W104 Coronado, California 92118 YOU ARE NOTIFIED that an action for Supplemental Petition for Modification, including claims for payments of support and attorney’s fees, has been filed against you. You are required to serve a copy of your written defenses, if any, to this action on David G. Lohr, Esq., of The Virga Law Firm, P.A., Former Wife’s attorney, whose address is 2045 Fountain Professional Court, Suite C, Navarre, Florida 32566, on or before August 22, 2022, and file the original with the clerk of this court at Santa Rosa County Courthouse, 6865 Caroline Street, Milton, Florida 32570, either before service on Former Wife’s attorney or immediately thereafter; otherwise a default will be entered against you for the relief demanded in the petition. WARNING: Rule 12.285, Florida Family Law Rules of Procedure, requires certain automatic disclosure of documents and information. Failure to comply can result in sanctions, including dismissal or striking of pleadings. DATED this 22 day of July 2022. CLERK OF THE CIRCUIT COURT By: Daphne Boles Deputy Clerk 4WR7/27-8/17NOA
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