The Summation Weekly December 21, 2022

SEAN DIETRICH IS SEAN OF THE SOUTH

by Kelly Oden

and adventures and things like that. They were pretty awful and they stayed awful until I hit 39.

PM: I read that you didn’t really imagine yourself being a writer for a living until you went to college and you had some teachers that encouraged you.

Known affectionately as Sean of the South, Dietrich weaves wit, heart, grit and wisdom throughout his stories about the people and places that make up the small towns and rural spaces of the American South. A prolific writer, Dietrich has written a column a day for more than ten years on his blog, Sean of the South. He also hosts his podcast of the same name, writes for a handful of national and regional publications and performs his unique blend of music and storytelling live on stage at venues throughout the South. Dietrich is also the author of 13 books with multiple new titles in various stages of development.

Dietrich expertly navigates the highs, lows and bittersweet realities of his own life experiences and the experiences and stories of the people he meets along the way, creating vignettes and stories that speak to the heart of the human experience and, in particular, the southern experience.

Pensacola Magazine had the pleasure of speaking with Sean Dietrich about his life, his writing and the strange territory we often refer to as Lower Alabama.

PM: Hi Sean, tell me a little bit about your background. You’re originally from Missouri, correct?

SD: Well, I was born in Missouri. I spent time in Kansas and then in Georgia a little bit. My father was an ironworker, so we kind of moved around.

PM: What are some of the things you enjoyed doing the most as a young boy?

SD: Gosh, what did I love? I loved to read. I loved to fish. I loved music. Music is a huge part of my life. I played piano from the age of eight or nine. I played music in church and I sang in the church choir. I sang with all the old ladies because that’s where my voice register was. I was just kind of a chubby child. Everything I did was funny because chubby kids are funny. I thinned out around 17 or 18 like everyone said I would, but it’s rough when you’re chubby in your early teens. Your self-image is just so fragile.

PM: Did you know back then that you wanted to be a writer? Were you writing as a child?

SD: You know, writing to me it’s not something that you kind of choose to do. It’s more or less something that chooses you. I always liked to write or tell stories orally. I like stories. I’ve been writing since around fifth grade. Back then they were works of fantasy and ridiculous. Lots of westerns

SD: Yeah, I mean, I’d been writing, but it was only for my own entertainment. I never expected anything to happen with it. It wasn’t until I was older that I realized that some people thought I should do it, which meant something to me because you can trust ‘some’ people. So, I explored it. I kept with it and tried to work at it. One of my professors told me to write how I talk, so I began doing that and I’ve been doing it ever since.

PM: What was the first piece you had published?

SD: It was a piece that I wrote about my mother. She was living in a trailer. I bought the trailer for her. I went to New Orleans to get it. It was kind of a humorous piece about my mother—where she lived and all that. That piece was published in The Bitter Southerner

PM: You write a lot about your mother and your father. Your father’s story weaves its way through a lot of your columns and it is the subject of your memoir, May The Circle Be Unbroken. That book chronicles the suicide of your father and then the pilgrimage to spread his ashes out west. Your writing is often deeply personal and often discusses bittersweet or even tragic events. Is it difficult to write that deeply about your own life?

SD: No. It’s not hard, because I have a lot of practice. When I started, it was hard. There was a lot of anxiety and I would have a nervous system response when I would start to write about personal events. I would feel it in my physical being—sweaty palms, increased heart rate, very visceral. Then after purging the pus—the infection of trauma—for however many years, it became a lot easier to talk about. I owned it. This is who I am. This is me. So, by the time I wrote the memoir, May The Circle Be Unbroken, I had a lot of practice. I had written, I think, 2,000 columns by that point. By that time, it was just like another day at work. It was really great because I was freed up to write in a more relaxed frame of mind, which is what I wanted for that. I did not want it to come off as this deeply heavy or unpleasant read. Even though I was going to be talking about unpleasant things, I wanted it to have a very positive, uplifting spin. So, lots of practice, to answer your question.

PM: I imagine writing so personally is probably scary, cathartic and embarrassing all at the same time.

SD: It is, and then you kind of get over it. For years I’ve been telling my story about dropping out of school at colleges and high

schools and theaters, stuff like that. Just telling my life—the worst parts and the most embarrassing parts of my life. I recently told the story at the University of Alabama, which is Beulah Land in my mind, a place I’d always wanted to go. So finally, after all these years, I’m on the University of Alabama stage and I’m telling a story about what a failure I am. It did start out as embarrassing, but after you do it enough, you almost take pride in it and it doesn’t feel nearly as humiliating. It just feels equalizing. It equalizes you with your audience almost. It’s been therapy for me. It’s been good for me.

PM: Many of your stories include other people’s stories and anecdotes from previous conversations. Are you a copious note taker?

SD: I don’t ever take notes. I’ve tried that before and once I take notes, I forget everything that I’ve written because I’m totally disengaged from the conversation. I’m focused on taking the right note and getting it all in. When I just have a conversation, I find that I remember the important parts. If I go back to the car and I feel that I might forget some of the biographical details, I’ll scribble them down. Most of the time I don’t. And the reason I’m not meticulous about this is because I’m not a journalist, so I don’t feel the pressure to get direct quotes verbatim. So, no, I can’t take notes. If I do, I totally lose everything. My mother used to say I had a photographic memory as a child, and I’m just going to pretend that she was right. I don’t believe I do have photographic memory. I do think I have a good recall for unpleasant things.

PM: Do you still do all of your writing on a typewriter?

SD: Sometimes. Not as often, only because we travel so much and I got tired of carrying my typewriter with me. But yeah, for a long time I did that and the reason wasn’t because I’m just a fool, although that is true. Writing on a typewriter forces me to keep the linear thought going and not get interrupted and to accept it once it’s there. And the typewriter is just how I learned to write anyway. So, I feel like it’s important, especially for younger writers, to learn how to write that way—use pen and paper or a typewriter. I don’t feel that a computer is conducive to linear thoughts. I feel like I can tell sometimes when I read someone’s work and it’s very disjointed. It’s almost schizophrenic—there’s

a thought here and a thought there. I can almost guarantee that they copied and pasted as they were going back and forth with editing. So, anyway, I do that to force myself to write linearly. Now, I do it on the computer. I try to use the same method. I’ll dim my screen until it’s black sometimes. I just write. I just ignore all misspellings and I don’t edit it until I’m finished. It forces me to get a story out—to kind of perform the act of the storytelling rather than just typing on a computer.

PM: In your latest book, You Are My Sunshine, you take this really long bike trip with your wife— 300 miles over 3 weeks. What were the one or two key takeaways that you learned about yourself or your marriage on that trip?

SD: That what we live in is not the real world. The real world is out there in the woods. This is all just an interruption. We have built all this to make it feel as though it’s the real cycle. But when you get out there, your objective for daily life becomes very simple—don’t die. And that’s it. That is your only job. Just don’t die. Keep living. That really focuses your priorities.

PM: You write in a very heartfelt, honest and humorous way about your wife and your marriage. You can tell that there’s so much genuine love there between the two of you. What have you learned about marriage? What do you think is the secret to a happy marriage?

SD: Well, I would say that I don’t know because I lucked out. None of this was my doing. I didn’t really select the perfect woman— the perfect woman selected me. So, I’m just kind of living in sunshine accidentally. That’s it. If left to my own devices, I would have truly screwed my life up back then. That I was stymied from my own disasters is remarkable.

PM: Let’s talk about the Florida Panhandle for a minute. I’ve heard you call yourself Northwest Florida white trash, and many people jokingly call the Florida Panhandle lower Alabama (LA). Do you find that to be a fair assessment?

SD: Oh, absolutely. For years, it’s been hard figuring out whether I was Floridian or an Alabaman, because we lived 45 miles from the Alabama line. I’m not really sure whether we’re Floridians with an Alabama accent or we’re Alabamanians with Florida driver’s licenses. So yes, LA is real. Growing up, I never saw FSU or University of Florida bumper

stickers. It was always Auburn.

PM: If you had to make one key observation about how the Florida Panhandle differs from lower Alabama what would it be?

SD: A lot more money. And, I would say they like oysters a whole lot more in the Panhandle. That’s one thing I miss. Where we live now in Birmingham, you can find good oysters, but you’ve really got to look for them. You find that not everyone around you likes oysters. Whereas, in the Panhandle, there’s a consensus that oysters are great— everyone loves oysters. Up north they’re all like, “Oysters, oh my god, they taste like phlegm.”

PM: You performed at the Imogene Theater in Milton recently to benefit Big Brothers, Big Sisters. I think this is your fifth year doing it. What is it that you love about Big Brothers, Big Sisters?

SD: Well, they’re doing God’s work, there’s no doubt. Before I met my wife, she was a big sister and she is the one who first tipped me to that organization. I met the kids. I met these children who have these pretty rough home lives and yet there was this one figure in their lives who could just help them. Then I met some of the Big Brothers and Big Sisters, and listened to their stories and how they stick with these kids to adulthood. It’s just powerful to me. I believe in what they’re doing.

PM: You recently left Florida for the bright lights of Birmingham. What prompted the decision to move there?

SD: Well, we travel all the time, and Birmingham is central to everything. Just this past weekend, in the last few days, I’ve been to four different states. It’s very, very nice not to have to make a drive that’s at least six hours. Because from Florida it was like four to six hours no matter where you went. So, that was a big motivating factor. The other one was we’ve always wanted to live on our own, do our own thing and just try to just do something new because we both were very committed to our family—and especially my wife’s family. So, after my wife’s father passed and her mother passed, we took it as an opportunity to do what most people do during the college age but we never got to do, which is just separate from home and see some of the world. We’re finally living that college kid experience only we’re both middle aged now and we have pretty good health insurance.

Although he wrote a book proclaiming himself to be the “South’s Okayest Writer,” Sean Dietrich is actually a masterful storyteller in the Southern literary tradition.

INTERNATIONAL PAPER’S

PENSACOLA MILL AWARDS $63,000 IN GRANTS TO SUPPORT 21 LOCAL NON-PROFIT PROJECTS

International Paper’s Pensacola Mill has awarded $63,000 in International Paper Foundation grants to 21 local organizations, demonstrating the company’s commitment to education, hunger, health and wellness, disaster relief and initiatives that improve our planet.

“We are pleased to support local organizations in their efforts to make a difference in education, hunger, health and wellness and disaster relief,” said Whitney Fike, International Paper Communications Manager. “These grants help organizations fund new yearly projects and programs that support their critical mission and impact those in need in our own community.”

Local community organizations and their projects awarded grants for 2022:

• Ascension Sacred Heart Foundation – Pediatric Health and Wellness Clinic

• Autism Pensacola – 2023 Kids for Camp Summer Learning Lab Bright Bridge Ministries – Hot, Healthy Meals

Capstone Adaptive Learning and Therapy Centers – Expression through Language

• Children’s Home Society – After School and Summer Learning Gains and Enrichment

• Council on Aging of West Florida –Windmill Generator Kits for Kids

• Covenant Hospice Foundation –My Wish to Terminally Ill Children and Adults

Escambia Search and Rescue –Project Lifesaver International Program

• Feeding the Gulf Coast – Backpack Program: Weekend Meals for Children

• Foodraising Friends – Food in the Home Everyday

• Health and Hope Clinic – Strengthening Clinic Capacity for Care Jim Allen Elementary – B.E.S.T. Books for Reading Lakeview Center – Supporting Youth in Group Homes

• Manna Food Bank – Healthy Kids Initiative

• Pace Band Boosters – Pace Band New Threads

• Pace Center for Girls – Literacy Intervention

• Pensacola Little Theatre – A Face of Arts Education and the Art of Movement ReadyKids! – Ready Readers

Ronald McDonald House of Northwest Florida – Heart to Heart

The Arc Gateway – Big Impacts for Children through Access to Tools and Materials

• Valerie’s House – No Child Grieves Alone, Group Night Activities Grants were determined after careful committee review with local team members. Recommendations are subsequently reviewed by the International Paper Foundation’s grants committee, which then must be confirmed and ratified by the foundation’s board of trustees.

Grants are awarded once a year. Organizations are invited to take an eligibility assessment at www.ipgiving.com to see if their program is eligible to apply for funding. For more information on the Pensacola Mill grant process, contact Whitney Fike, communications manager at 850-968-3076 or whitney.fike@ ipaper.com.

About the International Paper Foundation

The International Paper Foundation is one of the ways International Paper strives to reach our vision to be among the most successful, sustainable and responsible companies in the world. Started in 1952, the foundation annually provides millions in grants to 501(c) (3) nonprofit organizations to address critical needs in the communities where our employees live and work. Funding priority is given to programs related to our signature causes: education, hunger, health & wellness, disaster relief and initiatives that improve our planet. For more information, visit ipgiving.com.

About International Paper International Paper (NYSE: IP) is a leading global supplier of renewable fiberbased products. We produce corrugated packaging products that protect and promote goods, and enable worldwide commerce, and pulp for diapers, tissue and other personal care products that promote health and wellness. Headquartered in Memphis, Tenn., we employ approximately 38,000 colleagues globally. We serve customers worldwide, with manufacturing operations in North America, Latin America, North Africa and Europe. Net sales for 2021 were $19.4 billion. Additional information can be found by visiting InternationalPaper.com.

ESCAMBIA COUNTY OFFICES TO CLOSE FOR CHRISTMAS DEC. 23 AND 26

In observance of Christmas, the following Escambia County offices will be closed Friday, Dec. 23, and Monday, Dec 26, 2022.

Escambia County Board of County Commissioners - all departments including: West Florida Public Libraries (all locations)

• Escambia County Property Appraiser

• Escambia County Tax Collector

• Escambia County Department of Animal Welfare

• Escambia County Supervisor of Elections

• Escambia County Clerk of the Circuit Court & Comptroller Escambia County Extension Office Waste Services Administration

Please note:

• On Friday, Dec. 23, the Clerk’s Official Records, Finance and Clerk to the Board offices will be closed.

All offices at the MC Blanchard

Judicial Building, Theodore Bruno Juvenile Building, Century Courthouse and Public Records Center will be open.

• The Perdido Landfill will be open with regular hours Dec. 23 and 24. The landfill is closed Dec. 25 and 26.

• ECAT bus service will run until 5 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 24. Buses will not run Sunday, Dec. 25. Bus service for Route 59X and fixed route will resume Monday, Dec. 26.

• ECAT Customer Service will be open on Friday, Dec. 23 and Monday, Dec. 26.

• UWF trolleys and express shuttles will not have service Sunday, Dec. 11, 2022 through Saturday, Jan. 7, 2023. UWF service will resume Monday, Jan. 9, 2023.

West Florida Public Libraries will be closed Saturday, Dec. 24. Regular hours will resume Tuesday, Dec. 27.

• The Department of Animal Welfare will be closed to the public Saturday, Dec. 24. Regular hours will resume Tuesday, Dec. 27. For more information, please contact the Escambia County Office of Community and Media Relations at 850-5953476 or email cmr@myescambia.com.

STEP ONE AUTOMOTIVE GROUP RECEIVES FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION COMMISSIONER’S BUSINESS RECOGNITION AWARD

Step One Automotive Group has been named a recipient of the Florida Department of Education’s 2022 Commissioner’s Business Recognition Award. The award recognizes Florida’s business leaders and partners that have shown the most commitment to bringing positive change and implementing bold, innovative approaches to improve the academic performance of students in Florida’s education system and communities. These educational connections help Florida school districts gain a competitive edge in providing enhanced services to the students they serve.

“It is such an honor for us to receive this recognition. At Step One, giving back is in our DNA. Especially when it comes to children and education. Because the truth is one of those children could change the world one day. And if we can help them find that path even in the smallest way then that’s all that matters to us.” said Maureen Bierman, Step One Automotive Group Director of Marketing and Communications.

Each school district is encouraged to nominate a worthy business that provides educational support in areas of civics, literacy, career & technical education, school safety, STEM/ STEAM education, college readiness, and family involvement to students and educators within their community. Step One Automotive Group is recognized along with Lakewood Ranch Rotary Books for Kids in Manatee County and Ocean Bank in Miami-Dade County. Step One Automotive Group is the only Okaloosa County recipient of the award this year.

Step One Automotive Group recently celebrated its first five years in business.

Prioritizing local community initiatives and fostering a service-oriented company culture in its dealerships remain at the forefront of the company’s mission. Step One partners with charitable organizations including the HSU Foundation, Boys & Girls Clubs of the Emerald Coast, Destin Charity Wine Auction Foundation, Saving with Soul Pet Rescue, Emerald Coast Children’s Advocacy Center, local military groups, and many more.

For more information about this year’s winners visit floridaeducationfoundation.org/cbra2020

About Step One Automotive Group Step One Automotive Group is an American company based in Fort Walton Beach, Florida, built on a singular dedication to empowering lives through smarter and easier ways of accessing mobility. Step One Automotive Group owns 20 new car dealerships in Florida, Alabama, and Georgia, representing 17 brands, including Chrysler, Dodge Jeep, Ram Fiat, Volkswagen, Subaru, Kia, Hyundai, Nissan, Genesis, Ford, Buick, GMC, Cadillac, Alfa Romeo, and Maserati. Step One Automotive Group also owns two standalone preowned operations, three wholesale parts operations, and one rental car operation. Out of 18,000 dealerships in the United States, Step One ranks in the top 90 dealer groups in the United States and the top 10 in Florida. Step One employs 787 team members across three states and six cities.

For more information, please visit steponeautomotive.com. Facebook: facebook.com/steponeauto/ Instagram: @steponeautomotivegroup YouTube: youtube.com/c/StepOneAutomotiveGroup

ESCAMBIA COUNTY TO RECEIVE $14.2 MILLION FOR OLF-8 FROM TRIUMPH GULF COAST

On Thursday, Dec. 15, Escambia County was approved for $14.2 million in funding toward OLF-8 in Beulah by Triumph Gulf Coast after a unanimous 7-0 vote by the Triumph board of directors. The funding will go toward the development of roadways, sewage and drainage on the east side of OLF-8.

As part of Phase I of the OLF-8 Commerce Park development, a 1.2 miles north-south roadway will be developed to connect Nine Mile Road and Frank Reeder Road. Additionally, the funding will go toward water/ sewage infrastructure and stormwater site improvements.

“The Triumph Gulf Coast award of $14.2 million in oil spill penalty money for OLF-8 is a huge victory for Escambia County and our citizens,” said Escambia County District 1 Commissioner Jeff Bergosh. “This large award will allow us the ability to construct critical infrastructure on this county-owned property which will facilitate the cultivation of hundreds of high-paying private sector jobs for the citizens we serve. The staff did a great job in putting this winning proposal together, and I appreciate their diligent efforts and attribute all the credit to them for this win. Truly a great day in Escambia County!”

As a result of the funding, 338 jobs are expected to be created with the upcoming projects. With the number of jobs that will be created for the Phase I project and the cost-per-direct job to Triumph Gulf Coast, the Triumph Gulf Coast staff sheet scored the OLF-8 program as an “A.”

“Escambia County is extremely

appreciative to the Triumph Gulf Coast board of directors for their favorable consideration toward OLF-8,” said County Administrator Wes Moreno. “I’d also like to thank our staff for the time and effort they put in to help make this grant possible. We also really appreciate the support of Scott Luth and his team at FloridaWest. We’re excited about the future of OLF-8 and look forward to getting started on Phase I.”

In 2016, Escambia County received OLF-8 as part of a land-swap agreement with the U.S. Navy. The land will be developed into a mixed-use community that will include job-creation industrial sites, dedicated new business attractions and opportunities for existing business expansions. According to Triumph Gulf Coast, the OLF-8 site location is extremely advantageous for advanced manufacturing and supply chain distribution companies looking for close proximity to I-10.

Triumph Gulf Coast, Inc., is a nonprofit corporation organized to oversee the expenditure of 75 percent of all funds recovered by the Florida attorney general for economic damages to the state that resulted from the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill. Triumph Gulf Coast, Inc., is required to administer the distribution of the funds to be used for the recovery, diversification and enhancement of the eight Northwest Florida counties disproportionately affected by the oil spill. Those counties include Escambia, Santa Rosa, Okaloosa, Walton, Bay, Gulf, Franklin and Wakulla.

JIM SAUNDERS NEWS SERVICE OF FLORIDA

TALLAHASSEE — Nearly two years after the controversial measure passed, a federal judge next month will consider the constitutionality of a Florida law that requires conducting surveys on state college and university campuses about “intellectual freedom and viewpoint diversity” and includes other changes that opponents argue violate First Amendment rights.

Chief U.S. District Judge Mark Walker is scheduled to start a trial Jan. 9 in a challenge by the United Faculty of Florida and other plaintiffs to a 2021 law approved by the Republican-controlled Legislature and Gov. Ron DeSantis.

Under the law (HB 233), annual surveys began this spring about “intellectual freedom and viewpoint diversity” at colleges and universities. Also, the law said schools may not “shield” students and faculty members from “ideas and opinions that they may find uncomfortable, unwelcome, disagreeable or offensive.”

In addition, it opens the door to lawsuits based on violations of people’s “expressive rights” at colleges and universities and allows students to record class lectures ”in connection with a complaint to the public institution of higher education where the recording was made, or as evidence in, or in preparation for, a crimi-

nal or civil proceeding.”

In a pre-trial brief, plaintiffs’ attorneys wrote that the “First Amendment’s strong predilection for academic freedom overcomes the state’s interests in HB 233.”

“They (plaintiffs) simply want the freedom to teach as they have before, without fear that discussing their viewpoints, or exercising legitimate (pedagogical) decisions about what to cover in their class — or making decisions about when to shut down a conversation that is unproductive or disruptive to the learning environment — will cause a student to use HB 233’s new, expansive monitoring tools, to report that their institutions are biased or hostile to intellectual freedom in the annual surveys, or report them for violating the anti-shielding provisions, perhaps secretly recording them in the process,” the plaintiffs’ Dec. 8 brief said.

But attorneys for the state argued in a pre-trial brief that the law “does not restrict any speech, is not content-based on its face, and the state’s asserted interest, backed by the legislative record, is similarly content-neutral, unrelated to the suppression of speech.” Defendants in the case are the state university system’s Board of Governors, the State Board of Education and Education Commissioner Manny Diaz Jr.

“After more than a year of litigation, the trial in this case will confirm what has been true from the outset: Plaintiffs

DESANTIS TAKES AIM AT TEACHER UNION DUES

JIM SAUNDERS NEWS SERVICE OF FLORIDA

TALLAHASSEE — Gov. Ron DeSantis has signaled that he will make a priority of passing a long-debated proposal that would prevent teachers from having union dues deducted from their paychecks.

DeSantis supported the proposal Monday during a speech in Orlando, describing it as “paycheck protection legislation.” The Florida Education Association and other teachers unions backed DeSantis’ Democratic challenger, Charlie Crist, in the Nov. 8 election, with Miami-Dade County teachers union leader Karla Hernandez serving as Crist’s running mate.

DeSantis also has battled unions in recent years about issues such as reopening schools during the COVID-19 pandemic. During what was described as a “Freedom Blueprint” speech Monday, he tied the union-dues idea to raising pay for teachers during the 2023 legislative session.

“It’s more of a guarantee that that money is going to actually go to those teachers,” DeSantis said in the speech, posted online by the NTD television network. “It’s not going to be frittered away by interest groups who get involved in the school system. And so I think those will be really, really positive reforms, and we’re looking forward to doing that. And I think we’re going to get big, big support in the Legislature.”

Under such a proposal, teachers would have to pay union dues separately, making it less convenient. DeSantis said the proposal “maximizes freedom to choose, and I think it will be a moreaccurate reflection of who actually wants to be part of this or not.”

The Legislature has considered similar proposals since at least 2011, but they have not passed. A proposal (HB 1197) during the 2022 session was approved by the House but did not make it through the Senate.

The proposals have drawn fierce

opposition from unions and Democrats, as such changes could make it harder for unions to get funded.

“This is a union-busting bill,” then-Rep. Carlos Guillermo Smith, D-Orlando, said during a debate in January.

Past proposals also would have affected some other public-sector unions. The 2022 House bill, however, exempted unions representing law-enforcement officers, correctional officers, correctional probation officers and firefighters. DeSantis did not address other unions in his speech Monday.

While a bill addressing the union issues had not been filed as of Tuesday morning, DeSantis also indicated he supports setting a threshold for unions to represent teachers. That threshold would involve at least 50 percent of teachers being members of the unions.

“If they don’t have a majority of the teachers who are actually signing up to pay dues, it should be decertified,” DeSantis said. “You shouldn’t be able to continue as a zombie organization that doesn’t have the support of the people you are negotiating for.”

DeSantis did not provide details about his proposal for increasing pay during the 2023 session, which will start March 7.

In a somewhat-unusual step. DeSantis became heavily involved in helping elect some conservative school-board members in this year’s elections.

Republican lawmakers during the 2023 session will consider a renewed attempt to hold partisan school-board elections. Sen. Joe Gruters, a Sarasota Republican who doubles as chairman of the state GOP, and Rep. Spencer Roach, R-North Fort Myers, have filed identical measures aimed at moving away from the system of non-partisan races.

If passed by the Legislature, the proposal would need voter approval in 2024 because it would be a constitutional amendment. School-board races are required to be nonpartisan contests under the Constitution.

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have not been injured by HB 233, none of their hypothetical fears have materialized, none of their conspiracy theories are borne out by the evidence, and none of their constitutional rights have been violated,” the state’s brief, also filed Dec. 8, said, “The central fact plaintiffs have successfully established thus far, and the fact they will establish with certainty at trial, is that they vehemently disagree with HB 233 as a matter of policy. … But a policy disagreement does not give rise to a cognizable injury at all, let alone a deprivation of plaintiffs’ constitutional rights at the hands of defendants.”

Walker on Dec. 9 rejected motions by both sides for summary judgments, which, if granted, would have short-circuited the need for a trial.

“As for plaintiffs’ motion for summary judgment, factual disputes and competing inferences abound. … Plaintiffs’ First Amendment claims require this court to engage in a fact-intensive inquiry, which this court is better suited for doing at the bench trial,” Walker wrote in part of the order.

The trial will come amid broader debates about attempts by DeSantis and Republican lawmakers to place additional restrictions on what is taught on college and university campuses and in public schools.

Walker last month issued a preliminary injunction against a 2022 law that restricts the way race-related concepts can be taught in universities. DeSantis dubbed

the law the “Stop Wrongs To Our Kids and Employees Act,” or “Stop WOKE Act.” The state has appealed Walker’s ruling to the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals.

In their pretrial brief, the plaintiffs’ attorneys cited Walker’s ruling in the Stop WOKE case to try to bolster arguments against the 2021 law. Also, for example, they wrote that the annual surveys “put pressure on Florida colleges, universities, and faculty to avoid any speech that could cause them to be reported to defendants as excessively liberal in the annual surveys. Those surveys, moreover, are designed to collect information about speech outside of any useful context in which any actual concerns about problematic bias could be appropriately investigated and addressed.”

But attorneys for the state wrote that the law does not require students and faculty members to participate in the surveys and does not “require anyone to ‘register’ their political beliefs — a central feature of plaintiffs’ claims.”

“(The) survey provisions’ purpose is to move beyond anecdotes to empirically assess freedom of expression and viewpoint diversity on Florida’s public campuses,” the state’s pre-trial brief said. “This is a perfectly legitimate end for the state to pursue. Like a thermometer, the surveys are meant to be a diagnostic tool designed to take the temperature of taxpayer-funded campuses. The survey provisions presuppose no diagnosis, prescribe no course of treatment and predict no future action or consequence.”

HOLIDAY TRAVELERS TO SEE LOWER GAS PRICES

JIM TURNER NEWS SERVICE OF FLORIDA

TALLAHASSEE --- Getting ready to hit the road for the holidays? Here’s some good news: The average price of a gallon of regular unleaded gasoline continues to drop toward $3 in Florida and is lower than a year ago.

With an estimated 5.8 million Floridians expected to take holiday road trips, the AAA auto club reported Monday the average price of a gallon of unleaded stood at $3.03.

With pump prices in several Florida metro regions below $3, Monday’s average was down 12 cents from a week earlier and 20 cents from a year ago.

Average prices in Florida and across the nation have declined for five weeks, and AAA spokesman Mark Jenkins said the downward trend is expected to continue through the end of the year.

“The plunge at the pump is the result of falling oil prices, which have plummeted primarily due to market concerns about a global economic recession,” Jenkins said in a prepared statement. “Lower oil prices lowers the cost of producing gasoline. These low gas prices should hang around through the end of the year, unless oil prices unexpectedly rebound.”

AAA noted the price of crude oil increased 5 percent last week, settling at $74.29 on Friday, after falling from $92.61 on Nov. 4.

“While that could slow the rate of falling prices at the pump, it’s unlikely to be enough to cause a significant increase,” AAA said in a news release.

Nationally, the average price of a gallon of regular unleaded was $3.14 on Monday, down from a $5.02 all-time high in June. Florida hit its all-time high of $4.89 on

STATE PURSUES FIRMS OVER WORKER VERIFICATION

NEWS SERVICE OF FLORIDA STAFF

The state has issued letters to the nonprofit American National Red Cross and five companies seeking affidavits about compliance with a law requiring employers to check the immigration status of new workers. In a news release Friday, the Florida Department of Economic Opportunity said the letters alert “them of their final opportunity to provide documentation showing their company is in

June 13.

Patrick De Haan, head of petroleum analysis with the fuel-savings app GasBuddy, estimated Sunday that Florida should be below $3 by the end of Tuesday, a mark he thinks the U.S. will reach later this week.

The U.S. Department of Energy on Friday announced plans to start repurchasing crude oil for the Strategic Petroleum Reserve. Meanwhile, refineries have been running at near full capacity, increasing the supply.

Forecasts for colder-than-normal winter weather could affect fuel prices. That would drive up demand for diesel fuel used for heating.

The highest average prices in the country continue to be in the western U.S., with Hawaii at $5.11 a gallon Monday, California at $4.38 and Nevada at $4.07, according to AAA.

Across Florida, motorists in the Panhandle continued to enjoy among the lowest prices, with the Crestview-Fort Walton Beach area at $2.78 a gallon, the Pensacola area at $2.83 and Panama City at $2.84.

Other metro areas under $3 a gallon included Daytona Beach, Orlando, TampaSt. Petersburg and The Villages.

The highest prices remained in the West Palm Beach area at $3.27 a gallon, Gainesville at $3.17 and Miami at $3.16.

Meanwhile, the Florida Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles said Monday the Florida Highway Patrol will be “out in force” over the holidays to help motorists and get dangerous drivers off the roads.

The department said Florida had 35,859 crashes in December 2021, with 325 people killed.

compliance with Florida’s E-Verify laws.” In addition to the American National Red Cross, the letters were sent to IntelyCare, Inc.; Prestige Cruise Services, LLC; M.D.L. Property Maintenance, Inc.; Upperline Health, Inc. and ScribeAmerica, LLC. Each has 30 days to respond.

“Failure of a company to provide the affidavit to DEO (the Department of Economic Opportunity) within the time specified will result in the suspension of licenses held by the company,” the news release said. State law requires employers to check the immigration status of new workers by using the federal E-Verify system or what is known as a Form I-9.

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DESANTIS SIGNS INSURANCE, HURRICANE BILLS

JIM TURNER NEWS SERVICE OF FLORIDA

TALLAHASSEE — Anticipating the need for more legislation about the state’s troubled property-insurance system, Gov. Ron DeSantis on Friday signed bills intended to stabilize the insurance industry and provide $751.5 million for people and communities recovering from hurricanes.

DeSantis signed the bills two days after lawmakers finished a special session that focused heavily on property-insurance issues.

During an appearance at The Yucatan Beach Stand in Fort Myers Beach, DeSantis said the insurance bill (SB 2-A) is designed to provide “predictability” for private insurers to do business in Florida. Insurers during the past two years have dropped hundreds of thousands of policies and received approval for large rate increases — and in some cases gone insolvent — because of financial losses.

The retreat from the market by private insurers has led to a flood in policies at the state-backed Citizens Property Insurance Corp. State leaders have long warned that policyholders throughout Florida could get stuck with the tab through what are known as “assessments” if Citizens can’t pay all of its claims after a major hurricane or hurricanes.

“You’ve got to have a solvent private market,” DeSantis said. “You can’t dump everybody on Citizens Property Insurance. It’s not solvent. If you have a major event, they can assess everybody.”

Still, DeSantis warned more work may be needed during the 2023 regular legislative session, which will start March 7.

“We understand it’s a difficult issue,” DeSantis said. “We want to continue working until we get it in as great a shape as possible.”

The 105-page bill includes steps to try to curb lawsuits against insurers, move policies out of Citizens and help provide critical reinsurance to insurers.

Among other things, it eliminates “one-way attorney fees,” which have required insurers to pay the attorney fees of policyholders who successfully file lawsuits. It also bans a practice known as assignment of benefits, which involves policyholders signing over claims to contractors who then pursue payment from insurers.

UTILITY STORM PLANS CHALLENGED

NEWS SERVICE OF FLORIDA STAFF

The state Office of Public Counsel, which represents consumers in utility issues, is going to the Florida Supreme Court in disputes about storm-protection plans approved for four power companies. The office filed notices that are a first step in challenging orders issued by the Florida Public Service Commission that approved plans for a wide range of utility projects, such as increasing the number of underground power lines. The Public Service Commission on Thursday sent the notices to the Supreme Court, according to documents

HOUSE NEWCOMERS PREPARE FOR 2024 RACES

NEWS SERVICE OF FLORIDA STAFF

Three newly elected Florida House members are gearing up to run for second terms in 2024, according to the state Division of Elections website. Rep. John Temple, R-Wildwood, opened a

In addition, it prevents Citizens policyholders from renewing coverage if they receive policy offers from private insurers that are within 20 percent of the cost of the Citizens premiums, and it sets aside $1 billion in tax dollars to help provide reinsurance, which is backup coverage for insurers.

The Republican-controlled Legislature passed the bill largely along party lines, with opponents arguing, in part, that it does not include rate reductions for policyholders. Also, they said it would make it harder for policyholders to win legal disputes with insurers over claims.

House Minority Leader Fentrice Driskell, D-Tampa, issued a statement Friday describing the bill as a “trickle down” plan.

“Republicans in the Legislature prioritized giving insurance companies what they wanted instead of giving hard-working Floridians relief from paying the highest property insurance premiums in the country,” Driskell said.

After the session ended, Insurance Commissioner David Altmaier submitted his resignation to DeSantis after six years as the state’s top insurance regulator. Asked during the event Friday about Altmaier’s departure, DeSantis said the opening is a “great opportunity” for “talented people.”

The other bill (SB 4-A) focuses on spending to help people and communities hammered in recent months by Hurricane Ian and Hurricane Nicole.

The bill includes allocating $350 million to the Florida Division of Emergency Management to match Federal Emergency Management Agency public-assistance grants; $150 million to the Florida Housing Finance Corp. to assist property owners and renters with housing repairs; and $100 million to beach-erosion projects.

The measure also allows homeowners whose properties were uninhabitable for at least 30 days after Ian or Nicole to get refunds and breaks on their property taxes.

State economists last week estimated that the property-tax refunds could top $18.5 million statewide, with the biggest impact in Lee County, where Ian made initial landfall.

DeSantis on Thursday signed a third bill passed during the session. That bill (SB 6-A) provides $500 million to give credits to frequent users of toll roads.

posted on the commission website. The challenges involve plans approved this fall for Florida Power & Light, Duke Energy Florida, Tampa Electric Co. and Florida Public Utilities Co. The plans were tied to a 2019 state law that passed after Hurricane Irma, Hurricane Michael and other storms caused widespread power outages. Utilities file 10-year storm-protection plans with the commission and then are able to seek money from customers annually to carry out the plans. The notices of appeal do not detail arguments that the Office of Public Counsel will make at the Supreme Court. But, for example, the office has argued that FPL did not properly provide a comparison of costs and benefits for its plan.

JIM TURNER NEWS SERVICE OF FLORIDA

TALLAHASSEE --- Florida’s unemployment rate dipped to 2.6 percent in November, after a brief surge in claims following Hurricane Ian.

The November rate was down from 2.7 percent in October, as Gov. Ron DeSantis credited the state’s “resilience in this economy.”

The Florida Department of Economic Opportunity, in a report released Friday, estimated that 280,000 Floridians qualified as unemployed in November, down 5,000 from October and 87,000 from November 2021. The estimated labor force grew by 352,000 over the year to 10.756 million.

“Jobs are being added, unemployment is declining even when we had a near-Category 5 hurricane just a couple months ago,” DeSantis said Friday during an event in Fort Myers Beach. “So, it shows you that we have a lot of resilience in this economy, and we’re doing a lot of things right in the state of Florida.”

The national unemployment rate held at 3.7 percent from October to November, according to the U.S. Department of Labor, which estimated the U.S. economy added 263,000 jobs in November.

Florida’s leisure and hospitality sector continued to show the largest gains in new jobs, up 9,600 jobs from October and 97,000 over the year. The new numbers came even after the Category 4 Hurricane Ian caused at least two Southwest Florida resorts --- Ritz Carlton, Naples and South Seas Island Resort --- to lay off more than 800 people.

Ian made landfall Sept. 28 in Lee and Charlotte counties before crossing the state. Speaking to state senators Wednesday, Amy Baker, coordinator of the Legislature’s Office of Economic & Demographic Research, noted the impact of the storm on the state’s tax revenues in October.

“We saw, for example, the tourism and leisure (tax revenue) category go up. That had a lot to do with evacuations and people having to travel into hotels. So, it was a little bit higher than normal,” Baker said. “Other things were lower than they should have been. … That’s because people are distracted. They’re dealing with the emergency. Businesses, depending on where you are, were closed right after the hurricane. So, it has kind of a negative effect.

COLLEGE ACCREDITATION CHANGES

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NEWS SERVICE OF FLORIDA

The Florida Department of Education is poised to consider updating a rule related to state colleges’ accreditation, after lawmakers this year required colleges and universities to periodically change accrediting organizations. The proposed changes were spurred by a new law (SB 7044) requiring colleges and universities to choose new accreditors at the end of each accreditation cycle, a process that can take as long as 10 years.

Accreditation carries heavy significance for higher-education institutions, as it allows the transfer of credits between

DESANTIS EXPECTS

That’s detectable, particularly on sales tax (collections).”

Baker cautioned that tourism could be affected by lingering inflation, the prospect of a recession and issues such as a heavier reliance on credit cards.

“Partially because this is mild, what we see is that people may still come, but they make different decisions,” Baker said. “I might have come for a week. And maybe now I’m only going to come for five days. Or I might have stayed in a higher-priced hotel. And now I’m looking for something that gives me a better bargain.”

Consumer prices were up 7.1 percent nationally in November from a year earlier. That was down from 7.7 percent in October and a 9.1 percent peak in June.

Florida was one of three states that posted lower unemployment rates in November than October. Florida also had the largest number of job gains at 28,100, followed by Illinois at 17,500 and Massachusetts at 17,300.

Since the start of November, the state has averaged 6,041 first-time unemployment claims a week, according to the U.S. Department of Labor.

Before Hurricane Ian, Florida averaged 6,120 claims a week going back to the start of July, Department of Labor numbers show. In the three weeks after Ian, the weekly average was 11,871.

Among metropolitan statistical areas, the lowest unemployment rate in November was in the Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach areas, at 2.1 percent. The next-lowest rates were in the Panhandle, with the CrestviewFort Walton Beach-Destin area at 2.3 percent and the Panama City area at 2.4 percent.

The Jacksonville area was at 2.5 percent. The Tampa-St. PetersburgClearwater and Pensacola areas were at 2.6 percent, while the Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford region was at 2.7 percent.

As hurricane recovery continued in Southwest Florida, the Naples-Immokalee-Marco Island area’s unemployment rate improved from 2.9 percent in October to 2.7 percent, while the North Port-Sarasota-Bradenton region went from 2.7 percent to 2.6 percent.

The highest rate in November was in the Sebring area at 4.2 percent.

The statewide unemployment rate is seasonally adjusted, while the regional rates are not.

accredited schools and is crucial to schools’ access to federal grant money. The Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges, or SACSCOC, is the accrediting organization for all of Florida’s colleges and universities. But high-profile clashes between the accreditor and state highereducation officials appeared to spur the legislation about periodically changing organizations. A summary of the proposed rule update, published in the Florida Administrative Register, said the changes would “remove specific reference to The Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges (SACSCOC) and replace it with language to reflect institutional accrediting agencies more broadly.”

campaign account this week as a first step in seeking re-election in House District 52 in Sumter and Hernando counties. Meanwhile, Rep. Lindsay Cross, D-St. Petersburg, opened an account to run again in Pinellas County’s House District 60. Also, Rep. Juan Carlos Porras, R-Miami, opened an account to run again in Miami-Dade County’s House District 119.

NEWS SERVICE OF FLORIDA STAFF

Gov. Ron DeSantis said Friday he expects lawmakers during the 2023 regular legislative session to pass a major change in Florida gun laws. The change would allow what supporters call “constitutional carry.” Under current law, people who want to carry guns must get concealed-weapons licenses from the state Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services. Constitutional

carry would allow people to carry guns without the licenses. DeSantis was asked about the issue Friday during an appearance in Lee County, after House Speaker Paul Renner, R-Palm Coast, indicated Thursday that the House would approve constitutional carry. “Basically, this was something that I’ve always supported,” DeSantis said. “The last two years, it was not necessarily a priority for the legislative leadership. But we’ve been talking about it, and he’s (Renner’s) pledged publicly that’s moving forward, and it’ll be something that will be done in the regular session.” The 2023 session will start March 7.

‘CONSTITUTIONAL CARRY’ TO PASS

Legals

Notice of Sale

CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE

I HEREBY CERTIFY that a true and correct copy of the foregoing has been furnished and mailed to:

William Earl Nowlin 102 Katie Road Molino, FL 32577

Paul Jermone Nowlin 3061 Chance Road, Lot B Molino, Florida 32577

Emil Joseph Nowlin 9629 Mapleleaf Drive #10 Pensacola, FL 32514

Legals

WILLIAM EARL NOWLIN, EMIL JOSEPH NOWLIN, PAUL JEROME NOWLIN, STEVEN BLAINE NOWLIN, ALL UNKNOWN HEIRS, CREDITORS, DEVISEES, BENEFICIARIES, GRANTEES, ASSIGNEES, LIENORS, TRUSTEES, AND ALL OTHER PARTIES CLAIMING AN INTEREST BY, THROUGH, UNDER, OR AGAINST HARRY LANGEDALE NOWLIN, DOFIN ALLEN FRITTS, ROBERT WAYNE FRITTS, SUSAN J. SMITH A/K/A SUSAN J. BERRY, UNKNOWN TENANT #1, UNKNOWN TENANT #2, Defendants.

CASE NO. 2022 CA 000452

NOTICE OF SALE

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that PAM CHILDERS, Clerk of the above-named Court, will on the 10th day of January, 2023, at 11:00 a.m., CST at www.escambia.realforeclose.com in accordance with Section 45.031, Florida Statutes, offer for sale and sell at public outcry to the highest and best bidder for cash, the following described real property situate in the County of Escambia, State of Florida, to-wit:

Exhibit A to the Mortgage made on February 20, 2009, by Jane C. Nowling, an unremarried widow (“Borrower”) to Genworth Financial Home Equity Access, Inc., formerly known as Liberty Reverse Mortgage, Inc. (“Lender”). The Property is located in the county of Escambia, state of Florida, described as follows:

Description of Property

Parcel “B”

Commencing at a concrete monument marking the Southwest corner of Section 5, Township 2 North, Range 31 West, Escambia County, Florida; thence Easterly along the South line of said Section for a distance of 986.90 feet to the Point of Beginning. Thence continue Easterly along South line of said Section for a distance of 328.92 feet to a point that is 5.54 feet West of the Southeast corner of the Southwest 1/4 of the Southwest 1/4 of said Section; thence Northerly deflecting 89 degrees 39’47” left for a distance of 1324.41 feet to the North line of the Southwest 1/4 of the Southwest 1/4 of said Section; thence Westerly along the North line of the Southwest 1/4 of the Southwest 1/4 deflecting 90 degrees 21’10” left for a distance of 328.93 feet; thence Southerly deflecting 89 degrees 38’50” left for a distance of 1324.30 feet to the Point of Beginning. All lying and being in Section 5, Township 2 North, Range 31 West, Escambia County, Florida.

Together with and subject to a perpetual easement for Ingress and Egress as described in Official Records Book 600 at page 898 of the Public Records of Escambia County, Florida. pursuant to the Summary Final Judgment of Foreclosure entered in a case pending in said Court, the style of which is listed above.

At the time of sale, the successful high bidder, other than the plaintiff, shall post with the Clerk a deposit equal to five percent (5%) of the final bid. The balance of the final bid shall be paid to the Clerk within twenty-four (24) hours after the sale. The successful high bid shall be exclusive of the Clerk’s registry fee and documentary stamps on the Certificate of Title. In the event of a third party successful bid, the third party successful bidder shall pay, in addition to the bid amount, the Clerk’s registry fee and any and all documentary stamps on the Certificate of Title. 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 60 days after the sale.

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:

Court Administration, ADA Liaison Escambia County 190 Governmental Center, 5th Floor Pensacola, FL 32502 (850) 595-4400, Fax (850) 595-0360 ADA.Escambia@flcourts1.gov

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.

Dated this 8th day of December, 2022. HARPER LAW, P.A. LOUIS E. HARPER III bo@harperlawpa.com Florida Bar No. 97318 2107 Airport Blvd Pensacola, FL 32504

Secondary service address stacie@harperlawpa.com (850) 435-4435 (850) 435-4436 fax Attorney for Plaintiff

Steven Blaine Nowlin 601 Fairground Road Molino, FL 32577

Dofin Allen Fritts 3081 Four Star Farm Road Molino, Florida 32577

Susan Berry a/k/a Susan Smith 11505 Chemstrand Road Pensacola, FL 32514

via U.S. Mail, postage pre-paid, this 8th day of December, 2022; and to Richard H. Turner, III, the Guardian and Attorney Ad Litem, Whibbs Stone Barnett, P.A., 801 W. Romana Street, Unit C Pensacola, Florida 32502, Richard@ whibbslaw.com and Hillary@whibbslaw.com, via the Florida e-filing portal, this 5th day of December, 2022.

LOUIS E. HARPER III 2WR12/14-12/21NOS

Notice to Creditors

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE FIRST JUDICIAL CIRCUIT IN AND FOR SANTA ROSA COUNTY, FLORIDA PROBATE DIVISION IN RE: ESTATE OF DOROTHY MAE WARREN Deceased.

File No. 2022-CP-455 Division

NOTICE TO CREDITORS

The administration of the estate of DOROTHY MAE WARREN, deceased, whose date of death was March 26, 2022, is pending in the Circuit Court for Santa Rosa County, Florida, Probate Division, the address of which is 6865 Caroline Street, Milton, FL 32570. The names and addresses of the Co-Personal Representatives and the CoPersonal 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 December 14, 2022.

Kerry Anne Schultz, Esquire Schultz Law Group, P.L.L.C.

Attorney for Petitioner Florida Bar Number: 563188 2779 Gulf Breeze Parkway Gulf Breeze, FL 32563 Telephone: (850) 754-1600 E-Mail: kaschultz@schultzlawgrp.com

RONALD WARREN, Co-Personal Representative 5365 Harmony Lane Gulf Breeze, FL 32563

SYLVIA DAVIS, Co-Personal Representative 1824 Saint Mary Drive Gulf Breeze, Florida 32563 2WR12/14-12/21NTC

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT IN AND FOR ESCAMBIA COUNTY, FLORIDA PROBATE DIVISION IN RE: ESTATE OF COLLEEN MARIE MCELMURRY, Deceased.

FILE NO.: 2022 CP 001810 DIVISION:

NOTICE TO CREDITORS

The administration of the Estate of Colleen Marie McElmurry, deceased, File Number 2022 CP 001810, 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 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 December 21, 2022.

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

David J. Murray 2615 Garden Drive N Bldg. 3, Unit 311 Lake Worth, Florida 33461

2WR12/21-12/28NTC

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

IN RE: The Estate of Mildred Irene Berry Deceased

Case No.: 2022 CP 001863 Division:

NOTICE TO CREDITORS

The administration of the Estate of Mildred Irene Berry, deceased, is pending in the Circuit Court in and for Escambia County, Florida, Probate Division, the address of which is 190 Governmental Center, Pensacola, Florida 32501. The name and address of the personal representative and the personal representative’s attorney are set forth below.

ALL INTERESTED PERSONS ARE NOTIFIED THAT:

All persons on whom this notice is served who have objections that challenge the validity of the will, the qualifications of the personal representative, venue, or jurisdiction of this Court are required to file their objections with this Court WITHIN THE LATER OF THREE MONTHS AFTER THE DATE OF THE FIRST PUBLICATION OF THIS NOTICE OR THIRTY 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 on whom a copy of this notice is served within three months after the date of the first publication of this notice must file their claims with this Court WITHIN THE LATER OF THREE MONTHS AFTER THE DATE OF THE FIRST PUBLICATION OF THIS NOTICE OR THIRTY DAYS AFTER THE DATE OF SERVICE OF A COPY OF THIS NOTICE ON THEM.

All other creditors of the decedent and persons having claims or demands against the decedent’s estate must file their claims with this Court WITHIN THREE MONTHS AFTER THE DATE OF THE FIRST PUBLICATION OF THIS NOTICE.

ALL CLAIMS, DEMANDS AND OBJECTIONS NOT SO FILED WILL BE FOREVER BARRED.

The date of the first publication of this Notice is on December 14, 2022

Attorney for Personal Representative ARTICE L. McGRAW, ESQUIRE Florida Bar No.: 112267 ArticeLMcGraw@articelmcgraw.com 917 North Twelfth Avenue Pensacola, Florida 32501 (850) 438-4036

Rheala McPadden Personal Representative: 2WR12/14-12/21NTC

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

IN RE: THE ESTATE OF YOSHIE NISHIOKA BECK, Deceased.

File No.: 2022 CP 001900 Division: “U”

NOTICE TO CREDITORS

The administration of the estate of YOSHIE NISHIOKA BECK, deceased, whose date of death was September 26, 2022, 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 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 December 14 , 2022.

Attorney for Personal Representative: JOHN P. KUDER Florida Bar No. 119443 Sellers Skievaski Kuder & Smith LLP 331 E. Romana Street Pensacola, FL 32502 (850) 434-3111 kuder.j@pensacolalawgroup.com bleiler.s@pensacolalawgroup.com

Personal Representative: BETTY H. TIMMS 522 Fort Pickens Road Pensacola Beach, FL 32561 2WR12/14-12/21NTC

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR SANTA ROSA COUNTY, FLORIDA PROBATE DIVISION IN RE: ESTATE OF LINDA SUSAN RIVERS aka LINDA RIVERS, Deceased.

File No. 57-2022-CP-000587 Division

NOTICE TO CREDITORS

The administration of the estate of LINDA SUSAN RIVERS aka LINDA RIVERS, deceased, whose date of death was September 14, 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 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: December 21, 2022.

Signed on this 12th day of December, 2022.

Charles P. Hoskin, Esquire EMMANUEL, SHEPPARD & CONDON Florida Bar No. 364401

Attorney for Personal Representative 30 South Spring Street Pensacola, Florida 32502

Telephone: (850) 433-6581

E-mail: cph@esclaw.com sbryant@esclaw.com mcrooke@esclaw.com

MISTY LYNN SMITH 5752 Loring Drive Milton, Florida 32583 2WR12/21-12/28NTC

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR SANTA ROSA COUNTY, FLORIDA PROBATE DIVISION

IN RE: ESTATE OF Eugene A. Poe Deceased.

File No. 2022-CP-203 Division D

NOTICE TO CREDITORS

The administration of the estate of Eugene A. Poe, deceased, whose date of death was March 9, 2022, is pending in the Circuit Court for Santa Rosa County, Florida, Probate Division, the address of which is 6865 Caroline Street, Milton, Florida 32570-0472. 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 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 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 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 December 14, 2022.

Attorney for Personal Representative: Jack Locklin, Jr. Attorney for Petitioner Florida Bar No. 243167

Locklin, Saba, Locklin & Jones, P.A. 4557 Chumuckla Highway Pace, Florida 32571 Telephone: (850) 995-1102

E-Mail Address: jlocklin@ljslawfirm.com

Personal Representative: Vickie Lea Whitlock 6979 Harvest Way Milton, FL 32570

2WR12/14-12/21NTC

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR SANTA ROSA COUNTY, FLORIDA PROBATE DIVISION

IN RE: ESTATE OF BRETT D. JACQUES, a/k/a BRETT DAVID JACQUES Deceased.

File No. 2022 CP000344 Division Probate

NOTICE TO CREDITORS

The administration of the estate of Brett D. Jacques, a/k/a Brett David Jacques, deceased, whose date of death was December 13, 2021, 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 December 21, 2022.

Attorney for Personal Representative: Raymond B. Palmer

Email Address: ray@rplegal.com Florida Bar No. 42171

Palmer Law Firm

913 Gulf Breeze Parkway, Ste. 41, Harbourtown Village Gulf Breeze, Florida 32561

Personal Representative: Pamela Lynn Stockfish, a/k/a Pamela Stockfish 2586 Turkey Creek Drive Navarre, Florida 32566

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

BELTWAY CAPITAL LLC NOT IN ITS INDIVIDUAL CAPACITY BUT SOLEY AS ADMINISTRATOR OF WESTERN RUN CAPITAL MANAGEMENT TRUST, Plaintiff, vs.

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR ESCAMBIA COUNTY, FLORIDA PROBATE DIVISION

IN RE: ESTATE OF SANDRA ANN TAUS A/K/A SANDRA A. TAUS A/K/A SANDRA SWAN TAUS A/K/A SANDRA S. TAUS A/K/A SANDRA A. SWAN Deceased.

File No. 2022 CP 001915 Division “T”

NOTICE TO CREDITORS

The administration of the estate of Sandra Ann Taus a/k/a Sandra A. Taus a/k/a Sandra Swan Taus a/k/a Sandra S. Taus a/k/a Sandra A. Swan, deceased, whose date of death was September 21, 2022, is pending in the Circuit Court for Escambia County, Florida, Probate Division, the address of which is 190 W Government Street, Pensacola, FL 32502 (Mailing Address: P.O. Box 333, Pensacola, FL 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 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 December 14, 2022.

Attorney for Personal Representative: Louis A. “Trip” Maygarden, III, Attorney Florida Bar Number: 59291 Moorhead Law Group 127 S. Palafox Pl., Ste 200, Pensacola, FL 32502 Phone: (850) 202-8522 Fax: (850) 477-0982 E-Mail: tmaygarden@moorheadlaw.com Secondary E-Mail: eservice@moorheadlaw.com

Personal Representative: Leslie Ann Sullivan 10307 Nightwind Circle Cantonment, Florida 32533 2WR12/14-12/21NTC

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR ESCAMBIA COUNTY, FLORIDA PROBATE DIVISION

IN RE: ESTATE OF DONALD E. NICHOLAS Deceased.

File No. 2022 CP 920 Division U

NOTICE TO CREDITORS

The administration of the estate of Donald E. Nicholas, deceased, whose date of death was February 4, 2021, 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.

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 December 21, 2022.

Attorney for Personal Representative: Jason A. Waddell

Attorney Florida Bar Number: 529362 1108-A North 12th Avenue Pensacola, FL 32501 Telephone: (850) 434-5616 Fax: (850) 434-0971

E-Mail: jaw@waddellandwaddell.com

Secondary E-Mail: jawpara@waddellandwaddell.com

Personal Representative: Terry W. Nicholas 115 Bozeman Paine Circle Madison, MS 39910 2WR12/21-12/28NTC

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR ESCAMBIA COUNTY, FLORIDA PROBATE DIVISION

IN RE: ESTATE OF MARY KATHRYN QUIRK, Deceased

FILE NO: 2022 CP 001921 DIVISION: U

NOTICE TO CREDITORS

The administration of the estate of Mary Kathryn Quirk, deceased, whose date of death was October 24, 2022, is pending in the Circuit Court for Escambia County, Florida, Probate Division, the address of which is 190 West Government Street, Pensacola, FL 32502. The names and addresses of the personal 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 December 21, 2022.

Attorney for Personal Representative: Charles L. Hoffman, Jr. Attorney for Personal Representative Florida Bar Number: 229768

CARVER DARDEN KORETZKY ET AL 151 West Main Street, Suite 200 Pensacola, FL 32502 Telephone: (850) 266-2300 Fax: (850) 266-2301

E-Mail: choffman@carverdarden.com

Secondary E-Mail: bass@carverdarden.com

Personal Representative: Denise Quirk Whitlock 1113 Wild Cedar Court St. Augustine, FL 32804 2WR12/21-12/28NTC

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR ESCAMBIA COUNTY, FLORIDA PROBATE DIVISION

IN RE: ESTATE OF MICHAEL TRAVIS THOMPSON a/k/a MICHAEL T. THOMPSON Deceased.

File No. 2022 CP 001469

Division Probate

NOTICE TO CREDITORS

The administration of the estate of Michael Travis Thompson, deceased, whose date of death was August 14, 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, Florida 32502. The names and addresses of the personal representative and the personal representative’s attorney are set forth below.

All creditors of the decedent and other persons having claims or demands against decedent’s estate on whom a copy of this notice is required to be served must file their claims with this court ON OR BEFORE THE LATER OF 3 MONTHS AFTER THE TIME OF THE FIRST PUBLICATION OF THIS NOTICE OR 30 DAYS AFTER THE DATE OF SERVICE OF A COPY OF THIS NOTICE ON THEM.

All other creditors of the decedent and other persons having claims or demands against decedent’s estate must file their claims with this court WITHIN 3 MONTHS AFTER THE DATE OF THE FIRST PUBLICATION OF THIS NOTICE.

ALL CLAIMS NOT FILED WITHIN THE TIME PERIODS SET FORTH IN FLORIDA STATUTES SECTION 733.702 WILL BE FOREVER BARRED.

NOTWITHSTANDING THE TIME PERIODS SET FORTH ABOVE, ANY CLAIM FILED TWO (2) YEARS OR MORE AFTER THE DECEDENT’S DATE OF DEATH IS BARRED.

The date of first publication of this notice is December 14, 2022.

Attorney for Personal Representative: Raymond B. Palmer Email Address: ray@rplegal.com Florida Bar No. 42171 Palmer Law Firm 913 Gulf Breeze Pkwy Suite 41 Gulf Breeze, Florida 32561

Personal Representative: Michael Thomas Thompson 4640 Pilgrim Trial Molino, Florida 32577

2WR14-12/21NTC

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR ESCAMBIA COUNTY, FLORIDA PROBATE DIVISION

IN RE: ESTATE OF MAUREEN LARSGAARD, Deceased.

File No. 2022 CP 001929 Division: U

NOTICE TO CREDITORS

The administration of the estate of Maureen Larsgaard, deceased, whose date of death was March 16, 2022, 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.

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 December 21, 2022.

Jason A. Waddell

Petitioner and Attorney for Petitioner Florida Bar Number: 529362 Waddell & Waddell, P.A. 1108-A North 12th Avenue Pensacola, FL 32501 Telephone: (850) 434-8500 Fax: (850) 434-0971 E-Mail: jaw@waddellandwaddell.com jawpara@waddellandwaddell.com 2WR12/21-12/28NTC

Notice of Action

IN THE CIRCUIT OF THE FIRST JUDICIAL CIRCUIT, IN AND FOR ESCAMBIA COUNTY, FLORIDA IN RE THE MARRIAGE OF: KHADEIDRA SHOMAN, Petitioner/Wife and

HANI ISSA SHOMAN, Respondent/Husband

Case No, 2022 DR 004408 Div.: YL

NOTICE OF ACTION FOR PUBLICATION

TO: Hani Issa Shoman Address unknown

YOU ARE NOTIFIED that an action for Dissolution of Marriage, including claims for dissolution of marriage, payment of debts, division of real and personal property, and for payments of support, has been filed against you. You are required to serve a copy of your written defenses, if any, to this action on Joel Cohen, Petitioner’s attorney, whose address is 2172 West 9 Mile Road, #154, Pensacola, Florida 32534, on or before 01/23/2023 and file the original with the clerk of this court at M.C. Blanchard Judicial center, 190 Governmental Center, Pensacola, Florida 32502, either before service on Petitioner’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 14th day of December, 2022.

PAM CHILDERS, CLERK AND COMPTROLLER CLERK OF THE CIRCUIT COURT

By: Dominick Brennan Deputy Clerk 4WR12/21-1/11NOA

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT IN AND FOR ESCAMBIA COUNTY, FLORIDA

PENSACOLA HABITAT FOR HUMANITY, INC., Plaintiff, v.

THE UNKNOWN HEIRS, DEVISEES, GRANTEES, AND CREDITORS OF MARY LOUISE SINGLETON and all other persons claiming by, through, under, or against any of the unknown parties; KENNETH HUGHEN; and CITY OF PENSACOLA, a municipality chartered in the State of Florida, Defendants.

Case No.: 2022 CA 002187

AMENDED NOTICE OF ACTION

TO: THE UNKNOWN HEIRS, DEVISEES, GRANTEES, AND CREDITORS OF MARY LOUISE SINGETON, and all other persons claiming by, through, under, or against any of the unknown parties:

YOU ARE NOTIFIED that an action to foreclosure a mortgage on the following real property located in Escambia County, Florida, has been filed against you:

LOT 2, BLOCK 11 OF OLIVE MANOR, ACCORDING TO PLAT THEREOF AS RECORDED IN PLAT BOOK 1, PAGE 7, OF THE PUBLIC RECORDS OF ESCAMBIA COUNTY, FLORIDA.

TOGETHER with all easements, right-ofway(s), strips and gores of land, vaults, streets, ways, alleys, and passages, sewer rights, water rights and powers, minerals, flowers, shrubs, trees, and other emblements now or hereafter located on the land or under or above the same or any part or parcel thereof and all estates, rights, titles, interests, privileges, liberties, tenements, hereditaments and appurtenance, reversions and remainders, whatsoever, in any way belonging, relating or appertaining to the Premises or any part thereof.

You are required to serve a copy of your written defenses, if any, to it on Megan F. Fry, the Plaintiff’s attorney, whose address is P.O. Box 13010, Pensacola, FL 32591-3010, within 30 days after the first publication of this Notice in The Summation Weekly, and file the original with the Clerk of this Court either before service on Plaintiff’s attorney or immediately thereafter; otherwise a default will be entered against you for the relief demanded in the complaint.

DATED on December 5, 2022.

PAM CHILDERS As Clerk of the Court

(Seal of the Court)

BY: Beth Phelps Deputy Clerk 2WR12/14-12/21NOA

Notice of Action for Termination of Parental Rights/Adoption

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE FIRST JUDICIAL CIRCUIT OF THE STATE OF FLORIDA, IN AND FOR ESCAMBIA COUNTY IN THE MATTER OF THE TERMINATION OF PARENTAL RIGHTS FOR THE PROPOSED ADOPTION OF MINOR CHILD DOB: 04/17/2015

CASE NUMBER: 2022 DR 3534 DIVISION: M

Physical Description of Respondent Birth

Mother: Age: 31 Race: Caucasian Hair Color: Dark Blonde Hair

Eye Color: Brown Approximate Height: 5’6” Approximate Weight: 100 lbs. Potential Location: Milton, Florida

No further information or identifying characteristics of the the unknown respondent birth mother are known.

There will be a hearing on the Petition to terminate Parental Rights for the Proposed Adoption on February 7, 2023 at 1:00 P.M. CST before Judge Gary Bergosh at the M.C. Blanchard Judicial Center, 190 West Governmental Center, Pensacola, Florida 32502.

Copies of all court documents in this case, including orders are available at the Clerk of the Circuit Court’s office. You may review these documents upon request. The Court’s primary phone number is 850-595-4400 and the Family Law Division phone number is 850-595-4331.

You must keep the Clerk of the Circuit Court’s office notified of your current address. (You may file a Designation of Current Mailing and E-Mail Address, Florida Supreme Court Approved Family Law Form 12.915.) Future papers in this lawsuit will be mailed or email to the addresses on record at the clerk’s office.

Dated: 12/14/2022

Pam Childers, Clerk & Comptroller Clerk of the Circuit Court

By: Dominick Brennan Deputy Clerk

4WR12/21-1/11NOA

TO: TABATHA PAGE Unknown Address

YOU ARE HEREBY NOTIFIED that a Petition to Terminate Parental Rights has been filed against you. You are required to serve a copy of your written defenses, if any, to Stephanie S. White, Esq. of Berkowitz & White, PLLC, whose address is 101 E. Government Street, Pensacola, Florida 32502, phone number 850-610-4166. File the original with the Clerk of Court at M.C. Blanchard Judicial Building, 190 W. Government Street, Pensacola, Florida 32502, on or before 01/23/2023. If you fail to do so, a default may be entered against you for the relief demanded in the petition.

UNDER SECTION 63.089, FLORIDA STATUTES, FAILURE TO TIMELY FILE A WRITTEN RESPONSE TO THIS NOTICE AND THE PETITION WITH THE COURT AND TO APPEAR AT THIS HEARING CONSTITUTES GROUNDS UPON WHICH THE COURT SHALL END ANY PARENTAL RIGHTS YOU MAY HAVE OR ASSERT REGARDING THE MINOR CHILD.

Minor Child Identification: Date of Birth: 04/17/2015 Place of Birth: Pensacola, Escambia County, Florida

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