The Summation Weekly December 7, 2022

THE GRID ARCADE: NEW ARCADE BAR OPENS IN WEST PENSACOLA

by Nicole Willis

Daniel Demeter is the brain behind this creative new business venture. Deme ter has been restoring and collecting old games for several years and recently decided to share the joy and nostalgia that these games provide with the Pensacola community.

“The primary focus is to bring people back to their younger age where they played arcade games,” Demeter explained. “Then they get to pass that along to their kids, friends, or whoever it is to experience what was early technology.”

The Grid opened its doors this past month at 2414 North Pace Boulevard in Pensacola, which previ ously served as home to a company called Pensacola Automatic Amusement that restored old games and other types of machines. Demeter said that the primary reason for selecting this location for the arcade was because there were already many old games inside of the building that were left behind by the old owners.

Demeter had been restor ing vintage and antique games for several years and has since amassed quite a collection; so, he purchased the building, finished restor ing the existing games in the building and brought in some games from his personal collection as well. It took Demeter about eight

months to prepare the build ing and restore enough games to officially open for business.

Prior to opening The Grid, Demeter worked as a BMW automotive technician and for his father’s vending machine company, where he also repaired machines.

the games featured in the bar, with each of the restored games running the original board sets and technology. Because of this dedication to preserving nostalgia, the restoration process can take quite some time.

“I’m basically the 911 technician when stuff breaks,” Demeter remarked.

“I’ve just always been mechanically inclined and had a strong interest in elec tronics, so I always wanted to repair stuff, take stuff apart and figure out how it works.”

He decided to put the technical skills he gained to good use and eventu ally began restoring old and broken arcade games. Demeter strives to keep the vintage feel alive for each of

“New games are easy— you can just go online or call the distributor and order parts. Old stuff is a completely different story. It takes dozens of hours of research sometimes on these older games to track down parts,” Demeter explained.

The oldest games at The Grid Arcade Bar date back to the early 1970s. Visitors will also find a selection of new games which are vintage-inspired to keep up with the bar’s nostalgic vibe.

“I got two brand new pinball machines, Godzilla and Star Wars Mandalorian. The Godzilla Pinball is actu ally the original Godzilla. It’s got all the video and artwork and stuff from like the early Godzilla films,” Demeter said. “Anything that I get that is new is always going to be a throw back type of thing.”

The theme and décor inside The Grid also reflects this “throwback” style. Demeter describes the bar’s vibe as “a mixture of Tron combined with a futuristic 80s vibe.”

The gaming area features lines of brightly lit LED lights running across the ceiling, and the walls are adorned with a plethora of gaming-themed neon signs nostalgic movie posters. Of course, the flashing lights, bright graphics and unique sounds of the many differ ent arcade games also add to the ambience and throw back vibe. The interior space features minimal, clean design elements that give the space a futuristic touch.

Despite having the word “bar” in the name, The Grid Arcade Bar is open to all ages until 9 pm. Demeter does, however, warn parents of the not so child-friendly game tokens that are used. The tokens are a repro

duction of a World War I brothel token, which depicts an image of an unclothed woman on it that reads, “heads I win tails you lose.” After 9 pm, only adults are allowed to enter the bar.

As for the drinks, The Grid operates like a pack age store, offering guests a selection of more than 50 beers, ranging from ales and sours to seltzers, malt liquors and more. Deme ter is working to hopefully obtain a license to serve draft beverages. Food trucks rotate in and out throughout the week. Guests can also enjoy tasty bites from differ ent food trucks, which typi cally park at the bar one to three times a week.

The Grid Arcade Bar is open Tuesday through Satur day from 4 pm to 12 am, on Sundays from 12 pm to 8 pm and is closed on Mondays. For more details on The Grid Arcade Bar, visit thegri darcadepensacola.com or follow @TheGridArcade Pensacola on Facebook. •

T here is a new business in town, and it combines two beloved activities— playing nostalgic arcade games and drinking tasty beer. The Grid Arcade Bar offers a variety of vintage arcade games, video games and a bar that offers more than 30 different varieties of craft beers and other beverages.

Anything that I get that is new is always going to be a throwback type of thing.”

The primary focus is to bring people back to their younger age where they played arcade games. Then they get to pass that along to their kids, friends, or whoever it is to experience what was early technology.”

Owner of The Grid Arcade Bar, Daniel Demeter & Gab Eden

As the 2022 hurricane season ends, Escambia County continues to urge resi dents to remain weather-prepared during the colder months.

Escambia County encourages resi dents to observe the five Ps of cold weather safety:

• Protect People: Remember to dress in layers and wear a hat and gloves. It is important to try to stay out of the wind and to stay dry. Also, re member to check on young children and elderly family and neighbors who are the most sensitive to cold weather. If the temperature cannot be maintained at home, make tem porary arrangements to stay else where, including with friends and family.

• Protect Pets: If cold weather is in the forecast, be sure to bring out door pets inside or give them a warm shelter to stay in.

• Protect Plants: Cover cold-sensitive plants to protect them from danger ous temperatures.

• Protect Pipes: Cover pipes and al low outdoor faucets to slowly drip to prevent them from freezing and breaking.

Practice Fire Safety: Use safe heat ing sources indoors. Do not use fuelburning devices such as grills; they release carbon monoxide, which is a deadly gas. Also, make sure to use space heaters according to their in structions and be attentive to open flames.

“Hurricane season has officially closed for 2022 and, thankfully, we were not impacted,” said Escambia County Emergency Manager Travis Tompkins. “We did, however, serve our sister counties in south Florida by deploying with our mobile command unit to Tallahassee to help the state of Florida with logistical operations. We now enter our cold weather season that started a little early this year. This time of year it is very important to remem ber the five Ps. Avoid carbon monox

ide poisoning which is prevalent this time of year. Remember to plug space heaters into walls and never into exten sion cords. Don’t use a kitchen stove or camping stove inside of your house for heating. Finally, encourage people you encounter experiencing homelessness to find out where they can stay during cold weather nights. There are numer ous resources in our community that can accommodate every circumstance. Call 211 when temperatures drop to 40 degrees or below to find out where you can seek shelter.”

Escambia County Fire Rescue encourages residents to practice space heater safety and know the potential risks associated with home heating equipment.

Home fires occur more in the winter months than any other time of year. According to the National Fire Protec tion Association, heating equipment is one of the leading causes of home fire deaths and space heaters account for 4 out of 5 home heating fire deaths.

While a joyous time of year, cold weather, holiday decorations and festiv ities can create serious fire dangers. Escambia County Fire Rescue, in collab oration with the Pensacola Fire Depart ment, will launch its annual “Keep the Wreath Green” fire safety campaign today, Dec. 1. Firefighters hope to reduce the number of fires by promot ing simple, life-saving holiday safety tips each day in December.

Escambia County Public Safety is responsible for keeping citizens safe from emergencies and both man-made and natural disasters. Its divisions include Emergency Communica tions, Emergency Management, Emer gency Medical Services, Fire Rescue and Pensacola Beach Lifeguards. For the latest information on emergency management services in Escambia County, residents are encouraged to sign up for emergency alerts on MyEscam bia.com.

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ESCAMBIA COUNTY ANIMAL WELFARE TO PARTICIPATE IN NATIONAL ADOPTION WEEKEND DEC. 9-11

The Escambia County Department of Animal Welfare and Best Friends Animal Society are teaming up for a holiday adoption extravaganza Dec. 9-11. Best Friends Animal Society is a leading animal welfare organization working to save the lives of cats and dogs in America’s shelters. The collab orative weekend-long event encourages people to open up their homes to adopt able animals by choosing to adopt, not buy, their next pet. During the event, the Department of Animal Welfare will waive adoption fees for anyone looking to take home a cat or dog.

Best Friends has partnered with over 600 shelters and rescues for the holiday campaign. The three previous adoption weekends resulted in over 25,000 pets finding loving families. Anyone consid ering adding a new pet to their family can make a difference by choosing to adopt instead buying their pet.

“The Department of Animal Welfare is participating in Best Friends National Adoption Weekend to remind our community that we still have plenty of great animals available for adoption,” said Escambia County Animal Welfare Director John Robinson. “We will wave all adoption fees for the weekend and we hope to find all of our great animals homes for the holidays.”

“There’s no better way to spread holi day cheer this holiday season than to adopt or foster a shelter pet in need,” said Julie Castle, CEO of Best Friends Animal Society. “By adopting a best friend, you’re giving one lucky dog or cat a home as well as creating space for another pet to be rescued. That means you become a lifesaver to two animals in need and there’s no better gift than that.”

National data trends show that 2022 has been a tough year for shelters. Across the country, shelters are struggling with higher intake, while live outcomes, such as adoptions, fosters and rescues are not keeping pace. This has led to a popu

lation imbalance, with more animals in shelters staying for longer periods, and causing increased strain on shelter staff. Additionally, many shelters are facing challenges with staffing short ages, limited hours, decreased volun teers, and reduced adoption events. All this adds up to the current crisis of most U.S. shelters being at or over capacity, resulting in pets being more at risk due to lack of space.

“Our shelter has been beyond capacity for months,” said Robinson. “We under stand that our community is struggling through hardships too, but we also know how supportive this community can be to help when there is an issue.

The Escambia County Department of Animal Welfare needs that help, now more than ever, if we are going to continue the lifesaving work that we have done over the last several years. You can help by adopting, telling others to adopt, fostering or volunteering.”

The Escambia County Animal Welfare and Adoption Center is located at 200 W. Fairfield Drive. Hours of operation are Monday-Friday, 12-5 p.m., and Satur days from 11 a.m.-4 p.m. For more information, visit MyEscambia.com/ animal-welfare. Follow the Escambia County Department of Animal Welfare on Facebook for animal welfare news, adoption events and more.

About the Best Friends Network

The Best Friends Network is comprised of thousands of public and private shel ters, rescue groups, spay/neuter orga nizations and other animal welfare organizations in all 50 states. We are a coalition committed to saving the lives of homeless cats and dogs through collaboration, information-sharing and implementation of proven lifesaving strategies. Our partners support each other and inspire their own communi ties to increase lifesaving of dogs and cats across the country.

DISTRICT 2 MYRTLE GROVE NE NEIGHBORHOOD CLEANUP ON DEC. 9

Escambia County Fire Rescue, in collab oration with the Pensacola Fire Depart ment, will launch its annual “Keep the Wreath Green” fire safety campaign Thursday, Dec. 1. While a joyous time of year, cold weather, holiday decora tions and festivities can create serious fire dangers. Firefighters hope to reduce the number of fires by promoting simple, life-saving holiday safety tips each day in December.

During the month-long campaign, five-foot wreaths will be on display at 21 county fire stations and five city fire stations, as well as Escambia County’s Ernie Lee Magaha Government Build ing downtown, the Escambia County Public Safety Building and Pensacola City Hall. Each time firefighters respond to a residential or commercial structure fire with damage, a green light bulb will be replaced with a red one to remind citi zens of the dangers posed by fires in resi dential homes. In 2021, 19 bulbs were changed to red on county wreaths, while zero bulbs were changed in the city.

According to the National Fire Protec tion Association, electrical distribution or lighting equipment was involved in more than two of every five (44%) of home Christmas tree fires. Two of every five

(39%) home Christmas tree fires started in the living room. One of every five (21%) decoration fires were started in the kitchen.

Almost three of every five (57%) December home decoration fires were started by candles, compared to one of every three (32%) in January to Novem ber. The top three days for home candle fires are Christmas, New Year’s Day and New Year’s Eve.

According to the United States Fire Administration, fires occurring during the winter claim the lives of over 900 people and cause over $2.1 billion in damage. Nationally, cooking is the lead ing cause of home winter fires, with 5-8 p.m. being the most common time for a fire to occur. Additionally, practice space heater safety and know the potential risks associated with home heating equipment.

For information about obtaining a home smoke detector, call Escambia County Fire Rescue at 850-595-HERO (4376) or 850-436-5200 for city of Pensacola residents.

For fire safety tips and other updates from Escambia County Fire Rescue, like and follow Escambia County Fire Rescue on Facebook.

Join in keeping our neighborhoods clean and safe! A neighborhood cleanup for residents in Myrtle Grove - Northeast will take place on Friday, Dec. 9. This is a chance for residents to dispose of items such as old furniture, appliances and household waste free of charge. Yard debris is eligible for removal during this cleanup.

Only residents in the designated cleanup area can participate in the neighborhood cleanup. Please have all items for pickup at the curb by 7 a.m. on the day of the cleanup. Items left at the curb outside of the cleanup area will not be collected.

If you live in the targeted area, you will have received a postcard in the mail with more information.

Items eligible for removal include:

• Household appliances and electronics

• Household junk and debris

• Bicycles and toys

• Old furniture and mattresses

• Barbecue grills

• Household hazardous waste (old paint, motor oil, chemicals, batteries) Tires (limit 10 per household)

Items NOT eligible for removal include:

• Building materials (concrete, bricks, blocks, roofing, drywall or lumber)

Explosives or ammunition

Auto parts Dirt or sod

• Vehicles or vessels

• 55-gallon drums of fluids

Not sure if your item is eligible? Contact Max Rogers, Development Program Manager, at 850-595-3499 or mprogers@myescambia.com for ques tions about the cleanup.

Since 2016, more than 5,312 tons (10,624,000 pounds) of waste have been disposed of through the Community Redevelopment Agen cy’s Safe Neighborhood Program. During neighborhood cleanups, crew members and volunteers visit differ ent neighborhoods in the county to remove a variety of debris and waste free of charge.

Follow Escambia County on Face book and Twitter for updates about neighborhood cleanups and other community events.

JUSTICE FRANCIS TARGETED IN CHALLENGES TO APPEALS COURT CANDIDATES

DARA KAM NEWS SERVICE OF FLORIDA

TALLAHASSEE --- Legal challenges to six candidates seeking to be appointed by Gov. Ron DeSantis to two appellate courts took another twist Friday, after plaintiffs filed requests to disqualify Florida Supreme Court Justice Renatha Francis from the cases.

The challenges, originally filed Nov. 17 at the Supreme Court, contend the candi dates vying for seats on the 5th District Court of Appeal and a newly created 6th District Court of Appeal are ineligible because they live outside the jurisdic tions of those courts.

Justice Jamie Grosshans already has recused herself from the cases and Justices Charles Canady and John Couriel have drawn objections to their participation.

DeSantis tapped Francis to fill a vacancy at the Supreme Court in 2020 but her appointment was embroiled in a legal and political battle. At the time, thenstate Rep. Geraldine Thompson, a Windermere Democrat, asked the court to block Francis’ appointment because she did not at the time meet a 10-year Florida Bar membership requirement for justices.

In a rebuke to DeSantis, the Florida Supreme Court unanimously rejected Francis and ordered the governor to appoint another candidate from a list of nominees. DeSantis selected Grosshans in 2020 and appointed Francis in August, after the 10-year requirement had been satisfied.

In motions filed Friday, plaintiffs argued that Francis’ tangled appointment history could taint her handling of the current challenges.

The court’s decision in Thompson’s lawsuit “had a direct personal effect on Justice Francis because it invalidated her appointment to the Florida Supreme Court,” the motions said.

The plaintiffs have “an objectively reasonable fear that Justice Francis cannot fairly and impartially render a decision in this case,” their lawyers wrote. “The appearance of impropriety that would result from Justice Francis participating in this case is not in the best interest of the administration of justice.”

Supreme Court Chief Justice Carlos Muniz last week appointed Ivan Fernan dez, chief judge of the 3rd District Court of Appeal, to take part after Grosshans recused herself and the objections to Canady and Couriel were filed.

The seven-member Supreme Court’s rules require five justices for quorums to consider cases. If five justices are not available, a temporary associate justice,

such as Fernandez, is appointed.

Judicial nominating commissions reviewed applicants and sent lists of candidates to DeSantis for consideration.

Grosshans recused herself because her husband Josh is a member of the 6th District Court of Appeal Judicial Nomi nating Commission, according to a court filing last week.

Meanwhile, attorneys who filed the chal lenges objected to Canady and Couriel participating because the justices agreed to be references for candidates.

Couriel was a reference for state Rep. Mike Beltran, a Lithia Republican seek ing to be appointed to the 6th District Court of Appeal. Canady was a refer ence for Danielle Brewer, a judge in the 12th Judicial Circuit, and Michael T. McHugh, a judge in the 20th Judicial Circuit, both of whom also are seeking appointments to the 6th District Court of Appeal.

The Legislature this year approved a plan (HB 7027) that added the 6th District Court of Appeal and revised the jurisdictions of the 1st District Court of Appeal, the 2nd District Court of Appeal and the 5th District Court of Appeal. The changes are scheduled to take effect Jan. 1, with DeSantis appointing judges to fill vacant positions.

In one of the challenges, attorneys for Thompson contend that four of 18 candi dates, including Beltran and Brewer, are not eligible for appointment to the 6th District Court of Appeal because they do not live within its jurisdiction. Thomp son also is challenging the eligibility of Leon County Circuit Judge Stephen Everett and Hillsborough County Circuit Judge Jared Smith.

The 6th District Court of Appeal, to be based in Lakeland, will hear cases from the 9th, 10th and 20th judicial circuits — which include Orange, Osceola, Hardee, Highlands, Polk, Charlotte, Collier, Glades, Hendry and Lee counties.

The other case, filed by attorneys for Volusia County resident Whitney Boan, contends that two of 15 candidates for seats on the 5th District Court of Appeal are not eligible. Those candidates are Florida Gaming Control Commission Chairman John MacIver, a Leon County resident, and Palm Beach County Circuit Judge Paige Kilbane.

The redrawn 5th District Court of Appeal, which will be based in Daytona Beach, will hear cases from the 4th, 5th, 7th and 18th judicial circuits — an area that includes Duval, Nassau, Clay, Citrus, Hernando, Lake, Marion, Sumter, St. Johns, Putnam, Flagler, Volusia, Brevard and Seminole counties.

The judicial nominating commissions for the two appeals courts face a Dec. 6 deadline for filing responses in the cases.

RYAN DAILEY NEWS SERVICE OF FLORIDA

TALLAHASSEE --- Last school year marked a more than 10-year low for Florida’s kindergarten and seventhgrade students completing all doses of required immunizations, according to a recent report from the state Depart ment of Health.

About 91.7 percent of kindergarten students in public and private schools statewide completed the immuniza tions required to enter school during the 2021-2022 year, the September report showed. That rate of completion is the lowest since the 2010-2011 school year, when 91.3 percent of students completed all doses of the required vaccines.

Similarly, 94.3 percent of seventhgrade students completed their shots for the last school year, which was the lowest rate since the 2009-2010 academic year. That year, 93.4 percent of seventh-grade students completed all doses.

The required shots — which do not include COVID-19 vaccinations — are designed to protect against diseases including tetanus, diphtheria, measles, mumps, rubella, influenza B, hepatitis B and polio.

“Those are historically all diseases … that have caused, in the past, significant mortality and morbidity in children when these diseases were prevalent and we weren’t vaccinating,” Dr. Kath leen Ryan, a pediatrician and infectious disease specialist at the University of Florida College of Medicine, told The News Service of Florida in an interview.

Because the organisms that cause those diseases “don’t go away” even when most people are vaccinated against them, they can begin to resur face if people are vulnerable to them. As an example, tetanus lives in the soil in people’s backyard, Ryan noted.

“If the immunization rates fall in any one of those areas, we start to see those diseases creep back in,” said Ryan, a clinical associate professor who is co-chief of the college’s Department of Pediatrics.

Most of Florida’s county school districts did not meet a health depart ment goal of 95 percent of kindergar ten students receiving all doses of all vaccines required for school entry, according to the data.

Eighteen of Florida’s 67 county districts, or 27 percent, met or surpassed the 95 percent “coverage goal.”

In nine districts, fewer than 90 percent of kindergarten students completed their shots. Those districts were in Duval, Escambia, Gadsden, Indian River, Orange, Osceola, Palm

Beach, Putnam and Sarasota counties.

For seventh-grade students, 49 of the 67 county districts met or exceeded the 95 percent goal.

Ryan said that a 95 percent thresh old is a common benchmark used by public health officials to reach a high immunization rate.

“If you hit this threshold, of like 95 percent, then you can keep it at bay and you don’t see breakthrough disease. If it trickles down to even 90 percent, you’ll see some breakthrough. This happens everywhere in the world that you see, say, lower immunization rates for measles. The minute that immuniza tion rate starts to drop, you start to see breakthrough cases,” she said.

School immunization rates have been dropping nationwide, Ryan said. The national Centers for Disease Control and Prevention published a “call to action” on the issue.

According to the CDC, vaccina tion coverage among kindergarteners nationwide dropped more than one percent during the 2020-2021 school year.

National and state health offi cials have advised that the COVID-19 pandemic is at least in part to blame for the backward slide in student immuni zation rates.

The pandemic “negatively impacted” Florida’s kindergarten and seventhgrade vaccination and exemption rates, the state Department of Health reported as part of the data.

According to a Sept. 2 memo that corresponded to the report, just shy of 7,000 kindergarten and seventh grade students who enrolled in virtual school programs for the 2021-2022 school year were carved out of the reporting requirement.

“Because these students are exempt from the school-entry and attendance immunization requirement, they are excluded from this report,” said the memo from state epidemiologist Carina Blackmore, which was sent to county health department officers.

The pandemic brought about other shifts and changes in schools. State wide school enrollment also decreased 1.7 percent between the 2019-2020 school year and last school year, the memo said.

Regardless of how heavily the pandemic contributed to the vaccina tion decline, Ryan said pediatricians are “very concerned” whenever a decrease in immunization rates happens.

“This particular drop is a big drop. We’re at our lowest rate in 10 years, so that’s a concern. If we don’t turn that around, or it continues to drop, then we’re concerned that we’ll see these illnesses return,” Ryan said.

DARA KAM NEWS SERVICE OF FLORIDA

TALLAHASSEE --- Accusing Gov. Ron DeSantis of an “attempt to legalize statesponsored harassment,” immigrantadvocacy groups filed a federal lawsuit challenging an “unauthorized alien” relo cation program approved by state lawmak ers earlier this year.

The lawsuit makes a series of allegations, including violations of constitutional dueprocess and equal-protection rights.

The Florida Legislature, at DeSantis’ request, steered $12 million in the state budget to the Department of Transporta tion “for implementing a program to facili tate the transport of unauthorized aliens from this state consistent with federal law.”

The money for the program, which didn’t appear in early versions of the state budget during the 2022 legislative session, was tucked into the appropriations bill while House and Senate leaders were recon ciling differences in their proposed state spending plans. The budget was passed a few days later.

The lawsuit in part maintains that the inclusion of the money for the relocation program in the budget violated the state Constitution. “An appropriations act is not the proper place for the enactment of general public policies on matters other than appropriations,” the 28-page legal complaint said.

The program “should have been scru tinized through the legislative process

HOUSING CHALLENGES LINGER AFTER IAN

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Temporary housing remains an issue for thousands of residents displaced by Hurricane Ian, a deadly Category 4 storm which slammed into Southwest Florida just over two months ago. State and federal disaster officials on Friday said construction of temporary hous ing, delayed by the on-going removal of more than 30 million cubic yards of storm debris strewn across the region, could continue into the summer. “I understand the frustration,” FEMA Federal Coordinating Officer Thomas McCool told reporters during a confer ence call on Friday. “Once we move the debris, you have the infrastruc ture and you might have to put in water and septic and power. So, those issues are being worked out. … And then we have local zoning. Not challenges, but each community may have a different standard that we have to follow.” Once completed, each unit will provide 18

substantive legislation, not slipped into the annual appropriations act,” the plain tiffs’ lawyers wrote.

The plan drew international headlines in September after state transportation offi cials dipped into the fund to pay for char ter flights to transport about 50 migrants from San Antonio, Texas to Martha’s Vine yard in Massachusetts. The planes stopped briefly in North Florida before landing on the island.

DeSantis, who is widely considered a potential 2024 Republican presidential candidate, frequently rails against the Biden administration’s policies and blasts the president for an influx of immigrants at the southern U.S. border.

The lawsuit filed Wednesday in the Middle District of Florida is one of several legal challenges to the flights and the program, including a potential class-action lawsuit filed in Massachusetts on behalf of migrants who say they were tricked into getting on the planes.

Plaintiffs in the latest legal challenge are three nonprofit organizations that support immigrants in Florida: The Florida Immi grant Coalition; Americans for Immigrant Justice, Inc., or AI Justice; and Apopkabased Hope CommUnity Center, Inc. The lawsuit alleges in part that the Flor ida effort unconstitutionally discrimi nates against Black and Hispanic people or “unauthorized aliens” or both.

“Whether located in Texas, Florida, or parts unknown, there is no doubt that the intended targets of the ‘relocation

program’ are people of color arriving from nations south of the U.S./Mexico border,” the complaint said. “Spending $615,000 to transport asylum-seekers from Texas to Massachusetts does not further a legitimate interest, it merely perpetuates xenophobia and hate by targeting Latin American and Caribbean migrants.”

The lawsuit, which names DeSantis and Florida Department of Transportation Secretary Jared Perdue as defendants, also accused DeSantis of having “consistently targeted immigrants of Latin American descent.”

“The discriminatory intention behind this law is clear to see when not read in a vacuum,” the lawsuit said, pointing to recent efforts by Florida lawmakers to target so-called “sanctuary” cities. DeSantis’ spokeswoman Taryn Fenske defended the program.

“The relocation program was funded by interest from federal COVID dollars and lawfully executed under an appropria tion of the Florida state legislature (that, incidentally, had bipartisan support.) This program does not violate federal law. We will continue to defend the state’s actions against these politically motivated, unsound lawsuits,” she said in an email.

The relocation program has forced the advocacy groups to divert resources from other programs to respond to an onslaught of requests for legal and other assistance from people “who are concerned about their and/or family members’ possible transportation out of Florida by state offi

cials,” according to the lawsuit.

The legal challenge also alleges that the state’s relocation program conflicts with complex federal immigration laws and regulations.

“This coordinated national system of tracking and processing noncitizens in proceedings before (the Department of Homeland Services) or the Immigration Court is upended and thrown into chaos when individuals who are required to appear before a federal agency in one location are unable to do so due to state intervention,” the plaintiffs’ lawyers wrote. “Thus, defendants interfere with the regu lar enforcement of immigration law when they transport someone out of Florida.”

The “interference is uniquely egregious” because the state transportation depart ment and its contractors are “ill-equipped to determine” who has the legal authority to remain in the country, the lawsuit said.

“The federal power to determine immi gration policy is well settled and federal governance of immigration and noncitizen status is extensive and complex.”

“Though dressed as a state budget item,” the program “is an effort to backhandedly control national immigration, and, as such, it is unconstitutional,” the complaint said. The plaintiffs’ legal team includes South ern Poverty Law Center attorneys; Massa chusetts-based lawyers George Leontire and Felicia Carboni; and Ronald S. Sulli van Jr., director of Harvard University’s Criminal Justice Institute.

GAS PRICES CONTINUE TO DROP

TURNER NEWS SERVICE OF FLORIDA

months of temporary housing. Hous ing was already an issue for the region prior to Ian making landfall. Many of the nearly 600 sites officials inspected for temporary housing were immedi ately unavailable because of debris or are permanently off limits because they were located within flood zones.

“We cannot put units in coastal high hazard areas,” McCool said. Currently, FEMA is providing travel trailers and manufactured housing for about 500 households in Charlotte County, 150 in Collier County, 120 in DeSoto County, 40 in Hardy County, 200 in Sarasota County and upwards of 2,400 in Lee County. Initially, the federal govern ment was working with about 17,000 displaced families but over time many of those individuals’ situations have changed. Repairs to some individuals’ homes were completed more quickly than they had anticipated, insurance claims were approved or people refused to live in a mobile home or travel trailer.

McCool noted the federal government has dispersed $3.1 billion so far in response to Hurricane Ian.

TALLAHASSEE --- Gas prices in Flor ida continue to slacken amid global jitters over the demand for oil and an increase in output from U.S. oil refineries. According to data posted by the auto club AAA on Monday, the average gallon of gas in Florida was selling for $3.27 --- the lowest since the price was at $3.22 a gallon on Oct. 6, when the state’s month-long gas tax “holiday” began.

The tax break, which lifted 25.3 cents per gallon on fuel, ended Oct. 31.

“Florida gas prices have plunged 30 cents in the past three weeks, due to low oil prices and strong gasoline supplies,” AAA spokesman Mark Jenkins said in a press release on Monday. “The down ward momentum should continue this week. Unless fundamentals change, the state average could drift below $3.20 per gallon by next weekend.”

The highest average continues to be in the West Palm Beach market, at $3.50 per gallon on Sunday. Other highs are in Gainesville, at $3.45 per gallon; Naples, at $3.41 per gallon; and Miami, at $3.36.

gallon a year ago, has been on a slow decline for 25 consecutive days, a day shorter than the length of time the national average has dropped.

The national mark stood at $3.40 a gallon on Monday.

Also, AAA noted that while the U.S. price of crude oil has increased 5 percent over the past week, the cost is 15 percent lower than it was three weeks ago.

The decline is attributed in part to an increase in output from U.S. oil refineries.

AAA credited COVID-19 lockdowns in China, which have resulted in scaled-back consumption, for keeping down global pressure on oil prices.

Another factor is that this year’s Atlantic hurricane season, which ended Nov. 30, had little impact on oil refineries in the Gulf of Mexico.

“Hurricane season 2022 is over. Thankfully, it was quite limited in terms of its impact on oil and refining operations, we could ill afford any downtime, and thankfully we escaped without much at all,” tweeted Patrick De Haan, head of petroleum analy sis with the fuel-savings app GasBuddy.

A spokeswoman for Gov. Ron DeSan tis called “fake news” on reports that Republican lawmakers are working on legislation to scale back a law rushed through earlier this year stripping Walt Disney of its unique self-governing power in Central Florida. “Fake news. @ GovRonDeSantis doesn’t make ‘u-turns,’” DeSantis’ spokeswoman Taryn Fenske tweeted on Friday. Fenske’s post came in response to a tweet by former state Rep. Anthony Sabatini calling it “sad to see weak-kneed GOP politicians get over powered on this.” During a special session initially called to pass a redistricting plan, DeSantis directed lawmakers to add two punitive Disney-related measures after the entertainment company opposed a controversial new law, dubbed by oppo nents as the “don’t say gay” bill, that restricts education about gender iden tity and sexual orientation in public schools. Lawmakers approved a plan to eliminate the Reedy Creek Improvement District, which was created in 1967 and

encompasses 38.5 miles in Osceola and Orange counties, including the “the most magical place on earth.” The district has authority over such issues as land use and traditional functions of government including fire protection and wastewater services. The plan, signed by DeSantis in April, would dissolve the Reedy Creek district and five other districts across the state on June 1, 2023, though it would allow the Legislature to re-establish the districts before then. Financial Times and Reuters on Friday reported that changes in Disney leadership prompted Repub lican lawmakers in Florida to consider modifying the law. Fenske didn’t immedi ately respond when asked if the governor would veto any changes to the law. Her tweet echoed comments DeSantis made in an appearance on FOX News Tuesday. Disney “brought this upon themselves. ... All we did was stand up for what was right,” DeSantis said. “And yes, they’re a big, powerful company, but you know what? We stand up for our folks and I don’t care what a Burbank-based Cali fornia company says about our laws.” DeSantis’ remarks came hours after Walt Disney Company CEO Bob Iger report edly told employees he was “sorry to see us dragged into that battle.”

The lowest averages remain in Northwest Florida, with the Pensacola region at $3.01 a gallon and Panama City at $3.02. Orlando, meanwhile, is at $3.23 a gallon, with Tampa at $3.26 and Jack sonville at $3.27.

The state average, which was $3.30 a

De Haan, who tweeted last week he hoped the national average could dip under $3 a gallon around Christmas, noted Sunday that 11 states have average gas prices below $3.

And while the highest prices remain along the Pacific Coast, the region has experi enced the largest drop in prices over the past few weeks.

JIM

NEWS

NEWS SERVICE OF FLORIDA STAFF

Legals

Legals

Notice of Foreclosure Sale

RUSSELL BAYOU HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION, INC., a Florida notfor-profit corporation, Plaintiff, v.

BOB O. BASORE and GREGORY R. BASORE, Defendants.

CASE NO.: 2021 CA 002170

NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE

Notice is hereby given that Pam Childers, Clerk of the Circuit Court of Escambia County, Florida, shall sell the following described property situated in Escambia County, Florida: Lot 37, Block H, Russell Bayou at Innerarity Island, Phase II, a subdivision of a portion of Section 15, Township 3 South, Range 32 West, Escambia County, Florida, according to plat recorded in Plat Book 17, Page 22 and 22A of the public records of said County.

including the structures and improvements located thereon, if any, at a public sale on the 1ST day of February, 2023, at 11:00 a.m. (Central Standard Time), or as soon thereafter as the sale may proceed, to the highest bidder or bidders for cash, except as set forth hereinafter, at www.escambia. realforeclose.com, in accordance with Chapter 45, Florida Statutes, and the Final Judgment of Foreclosure entered in a case pending in said court, the style of which is RUSSELL BAYOU HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION, INC. a Florida not for profit corporation v. BOB O. BASORE and GREGORY R. BASORE, the case number of which is 2021 CA 002170.

In accordance with the AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES ACT, persons needing a special accommodation to participate in this proceeding should contact the Courthouse not later than seven days prior to the proceeding at (850) 595-4130.

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

Date: November 30, 2022. /s/ John “Jay” A. Fraiser, Jr. John “Jay” A. Fraiser, Jr. Florida Bar No. 110741 Moorhead Law Group 127 Palafox Place, Suite 200 Pensacola, FL 32502 (850) 696-1888 (850) 477-0982 (Fax) jfraiser@moorheadlaw.com CAGroup@moorhead.com Attorneys for Plaintiff 2WR12/7-12/14NOS

Notice to Creditors

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

DIVISION

IN RE: ESTATE OF HELEN VIRGINIA WORD, Deceased.

File No. 2022-CP-1593 Division

NOTICE TO CREDITORS

The administration of the Estate of HELEN VIRGINIA WORD, deceased, whose date of death was August 16, 2021, is pending in the Circuit Court for Escambia County, Florida, Probate Division, the address of which is 190 West Government Street, Pensacola, Florida 32501. 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 November 30, 2022.

Attorney for Personal Representatives: Kerry Anne Schultz Florida Bar Number: 563188 2779 Gulf Breeze Parkway Gulf Breeze, Florida 32563 Telephone: (850) 754-1600 Fax: (850) 754-1601 E-Mail: kaschultz@schultzlawgrp.com

Personal Representatives: DARLENE VIRGINIA SOLVASON 21 E. Field Street Newnan, GA 30263

BYRON DENNIS WORD 2401 Midfield Drive Montgomery, AL 36111 2WR11/30-12/7NTC

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR SANTA ROSA COUNTY, FLORIDA PROBATE

DIVISION

IN RE: ESTATE OF ROD NGUYEN STANLEY, a/k/a ROD N. STANLEY, a/k/a ROD STANLEY, Deceased.

File No. 2022 CP 000334 Division

NOTICE TO CREDITORS

The administration of the estate of ROD NGUYEN STANLEY, a/k/a ROD N. STANLEY, a/k/a ROD STANLEY, deceased, whose date of death was June 16, 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 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 7, 2022

Signed on this 5 day of July, 2022.

Charles P. Hoskin, Esq. Fla. Bar No. 364401

EMMANUEL SHEPPARD AND CONDON 30 South Spring Street Pensacola, FL 32502 Telephone: (850) 433-6581 Telecopier: (850) 434-7163 E-mail: choskin@esclaw.com adk@esclaw.com

Attorneys for Personal Representative

Jenet Whitman Personal Representative 13831 Ivanpah Road Apple Valley, CA 92307 2WR12/7-12/14NTC

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

IN RE: ESTATE OF PATRICIA ANN MOULTON, Deceased.

File No.: 2022 CP 000442 Division: D

NOTICE TO CREDITORS

The administration of the estate of PATRICIA ANN MOULTON, deceased, whose date of death was July 30, 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 December 7, 2022.

Attorney for Personal Representative: /s/ Lauren A. Merritt LAUREN A. MERRITT Lauren A. Merritt, P.A. Florida Bar Number: 1017893 111 S. De Villiers Street, Suite B Pensacola, FL 32502 Telephone: (850) 741-2999 Fax: (850) 466-0956 E-Mail: lauren@laurenmerrittlaw.com

Personal Representative: /s/ Jennifer Lee Adams JENNIFER LEE ADAMS 825 Bayshore Drive Unit 407 Pensacola, Florida 32507 2WR12/7-12/14NTC

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

IN RE: ESTATE OF FRED O. LEHNHARDT Deceased.

File No. 2022-CP-470 Division

NOTICE TO CREDITORS

The administration of the estate of Fred O. Lehnhardt, deceased, whose date of death was June 16, 2022, and whose Social Security Number is available upon request, is pending in the Circuit Court for Santa Rosa County, Florida, Probate Division, the address of which is Clerk of Court, Attn: Probate, P.O. Box 472, Milton, Florida 32572. The names and addresses of the personal representative and the personal representative’s attorney are set forth below.

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 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 Wednesday, November 30, 2022.

Attorney for Personal Representative: /s/ Nicholas R. Medley Nicholas R. Medley Attorney for Petitioner FL Bar #: 107194

Medley Law Firm 222 W. Cervantes Street Pensacola, FL 32501 Telephone: (850) 768-0132 Fax: (850) 254-7872 nicholas@medleyelderlaw.com

Personal Representative: Kurt J. Lehnhardt 410 Eastwood Drive Oxnard, CA 93030 2WR11/30-12/7NTC

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

IN RE: ESTATE OF FAITH GOLDSMITH, Deceased.

CASE NUMBER: 2022-CP-569

NOTICE TO CREDITORS

The administration of the Estate of FAITH GOLDSMITH, 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, FL 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 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.

The date of first publication of this notice is December 7, 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: BEN C. MOYER, SR. 2WR12/7-12/14NTC

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

IN RE: ESTATE OF Ala Dean Lane Deceased.

File No. 2022-CP-411 Division: D

NOTICE TO CREDITORS

The administration of the estate of Ala Dean Lane, deceased, whose date of death was May 4, 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 November 30, 2022.

Attorney for Personal Representative: Angela J. Jones Attorney for Petitioner Florida Bar No. 096441 Locklin, Saba, Locklin & Jones, P.A. 4557 Chumuckla Highway Pace, Florida 32571

Telephone: (850) 995-1102

E-Mail Address: ajjones@ljslawfirm.com

Personal Representative: Danny Carnley 8145 Whiting Field Circle Milton, FL 32570

2WR11/30-12/7NTC

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

IN RE: ESTATE OF GREGORY ALAN PITTMAN Deceased.

File No. 2022 CP 562

NOTICE TO CREDITORS

The administration of the estate of GREGORY ALAN PITTMAN, deceased, whose date of death was on or about August 6, 2022, is pending in the Circuit Court for Santa Rosa County, Florida, Probate Division, the address of which is Santa Rosa County Courthouse, P.O. Box 472, Milton, Florida 32572. The names and addresses of the personal representative and the personal representative’s attorney are set forth below.

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 SO FILED 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 7, 2022.

Attorney for Personal Representative: MICHAEL GIBSON Florida Bar No. 831239 GIBSON & JARVIS, P.A. 5412 Highway 90 Pace, Florida 32571

Telephone: (850) 995-8885 Facsimile: (850) 995-9799 mike.gibson@gibsonandjarvis.com

Personal Representatives: JOHN THOMAS PITTMAN 80 Walnut Ridge Court Covington, GA 30014 2WR12/7-12/14NTC

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR ESCAMBIA COUNTY, FLORIDA PROBATE DIVISION

IN RE: ESTATE OF CHARLES W. CARPER Deceased.

File No. 2022-CP-001738 Division: T

NOTICE TO CREDITORS

The administration of the estate of Charles W. Carper, deceased, whose date of death was May 12, 2022, is pending in the Circuit Court for Escambia County, Florida, Probate Division, the address of which is 190 Governmental Center, Pensacola, Florida. 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 ON OR BEFORE THE LATER OF THREE 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 THREE MONTHS AFTER THE DATE OF THE FIRST PUBLICATION OF THIS NOTICE.

ALL CLAIMS NOT FILED WITHIN THE TIME PERIODS SET FORTH IN § 733.702, FLORIDA STATUTES, WILL BE FOREVER BARRED. NOTHWITHSTANDING THE TIME PERIODS SET FORTH ABOVE, ANY CLAIM FILED TWO YEARS OR MORE AFTER THE DECEDENT’S DATE OF DEATH IS BARRED.

The date of the first publication of this notice is November 30, 2022.

Attorney for Personal Representative: /s William A. Bond William A. Bond Florida Bar No. 0013135

McDonald Fleming Attorneys for Personal Representative 719 S. Palafox Street Pensacola, Florida 32502 (850) 202-8533; (850) 696-1850 (facsimile) wabond@pensacolalaw.com khgodfrey@pensacolalaw.com

Personal Representative: /s Tracye Trivison Tracye Trivison 8702 Salt Grass Drive Pensacola, Florida 32526 2WR11/30-12/7NTC IN

NOTICE TO CREDITORS

The administration of the estate of Ovetter Watson Jenkins, deceased, whose date of death was July 7, 2022, is pending in the Circuit Court for Escambia County, Florida, Probate Division, the address of which is 190 Governmental Center, Pensacola, FL 32501. 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.

IN THE COUNTY COURT IN AND FOR ESCAMBIA COUNTY, FLORIDA

PUBLIC NOTICES

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

ALL CLAIMS NOT FILED WITHIN THE TIME PERIODS SET FORTH IN 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.

The date of first publication of this notice is December 7, 2022.

Attorney for Personal Representative: Jason R. Mosley Attorney for Personal Representative Florida Bar No.: 386650 4655 Woodbine Road Pace, FL 32571 Telephone: (850) 696-1196 jmosley@mosleyestatelaw.com

Personal Representative: Cefice Jenkins, Jr. 2WR12/7-12/14NTC

IN

THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR ESCAMBIA COUNTY, FLORIDA PROBATE DIVISION

IN RE: ESTATE OF Karen Donna Ellis Deceased.

File No. 2022-CP-1399 Division T

NOTICE TO CREDITORS

The administration of the estate of Karen Donna Ellis, deceased, whose date of death was July 31, 2021, is pending in the Circuit Court for Escambia County, Florida, Probate Division, the address of which is 190 Governmental Center, Pensacola, Florida 32502. The names and addresses of 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 November 30, 2022.

Attorney for Personal Representative: Oscar J. Locklin E-Mail Address: oscar@ljslawfirm.com Florida Bar No. 15455 Locklin, Saba, Locklin & Jones, P.A. 4557 Chumuckla Highway Pace, Florida 32571 Telephone: (850) 995-1102

Personal Representative: Susan L. Johnson 6172 Marsh Run Drive Lot 477 Bealeton, VA 22712

2WR11/30-12/7NTC

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR ESCAMBIA COUNTY, FLORIDA PROBATE DIVISION

IN RE: ESTATE OF JULIE HAUENSTEIN-LOPEZ, a/k/a JULIE KATHLEEN HAUENSTEIN Deceased.

File No. 2022 CP 1858 Division U

NOTICE TO CREDITORS

The administration of the estate of JULIE HAUENSTEIN-LOPEZ, a/k/a JULIE KATHLEEN HAUENSTEIN, deceased, whose date of death was September 10, 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: November 30, 2022.

Signed on this 22 day of November, 2022.

Charles P. Hoskin, Esq. EMMANUEL, SHEPPARD & CONDON Florida Bar No. 364401 30 South Spring Street Pensacola, FL 32502 Telephone: (850) 433-6581 Email: cph@esclaw.com jcw@esclaw.com mcrooke@esclaw.com

Attorney for Personal Representative

Leroy B. Lopez, Personal Representative 6680 Fabiano Street Pensacola, FL 32506 2WR11/30-12/7NTC

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR ESCAMBIA COUNTY, FLORIDA PROBATE DIVISION

IN RE: ESTATE OF GLENDA SUE WHITING, Deceased.

File No.: 2022 CP 001608 Division: U

NOTICE TO CREDITORS

The administration of the estate of GLENDA SUE WHITING, deceased, whose date of death was December 23, 2021, is pending in the Circuit Court for Escambia County, Florida, Probate Division, the address of which is 190 W. Government St., 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 November 30, 2022.

Attorney for Personal Representative: /s/ Lauren A. Merritt LAUREN A. MERRITT Lauren A. Merritt, P.A. Florida Bar Number: 1017893 111 S. De Villiers Street, Suite B Pensacola, FL 32502 Telephone: (850) 741-2999 Fax: (850) 466-0956

E-Mail: lauren@laurenmerrittlaw.com

Personal Representative: /s/ Jeremy J. Whiting JEREMY J. WHITING 2703 West Jordan Street Pensacola, Florida 32505 2WR11/30-12/7NTC

Notice of Action

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 EUNICE BARFIELD and all other persons claiming by, through, under, or against any of the unknown parties; ANGELA KELLEY; CHARLES TAYLOR; ESCAMBIA COUNTY, a political subdivision of the State of Florida; and CITY OF PENSACOLA, a municipality chartered in the State of Florida, Defendants.

Case No.: 2022 CA 001312

NOTICE OF ACTION

TO:THE UNKNOWN HEIRS, DEVISEES, GRANTEES, AND CREDITORS OF EUNICE BARFIELD, 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: LOTS 21 AND 22, BLOCK 34, OF WEST KING TRACT, ACCORDING TO THE MAP OF THE CITY OF PENSACOLA, PUBLISHED BY THOMAS C. WATSON IN 1884.

TOGETHER with all easements, rights-of-way, 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 of parcel thereof and all estates, rights, titles, interests, privileges, liberties, tenements, hereditaments and appurtenances, reversions and remainders, whatsoever, in any way belonging, relating or appertaining to the Premises or any or hereafter acquired.

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 November 21, 2022.

PAM CHILDERS

As Clerk of the Court (Seal of the Court) By Beth Phelps Deputy Clerk

Conformed copies to: Megan F. Fry, Esq. Clark Partington P. O. Box 13010 Pensacola, FL 32591-3010 (850) 434-9200 Attorney for Plaintiff 2WR11/30-12/7NOA

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT IN AND FOR ESCAMBIA COUNTY, FLORIDA

GLEN M. WARNER and FLORENCE B. WARNER, Plaintiffs, vs.

BRENDA KICSAK; JANITA C. BISCHOFF; THE UNKNOWN HEIRS, DEVISEES, GRANTEES, AND ASSIGNEES OF JOAN C. RUSSELL, DECEASED, AND ALL OTHER PERSONS CLAIMING BY, THROUGH, UNDER, OR AGAINST ANY OF THE UNKNOWN PARTIES; THE UNKNOWN HEIRS, DEVISEES, GRANTEES, AND ASSIGNEES OF JUNE J. COY, DECEASED, AND ALL OTHER PERSONS CLAIMING BY, THROUGH, UNDER, OR AGAINST ANY OF THE UNKNOWN PARTIES Defendants.

Case No. 2022 CA 001801

NOTICE OF ACTION

TO:THE UNKNOWN HEIRS, DEVISEES, GRANTEES AND OTHER ASSIGNEES OF JOAN C. RUSSELL, DECEASED, AND THE UNKNOWN HEIRS, DEVISEES, GRANTEES AND OTHER ASSIGNEES OF JUNE J. COY, DECEASED, AND ALL OTHER PERSONS CLAIMING BY, THROUGH, UNDER OR AGAINST ANY OF THE UNKNOWN PARTIES:

YOU ARE NOTIFIED that an action to quiet and confirm title to the following real property located in Escambia County, Florida, has been filed against you:

Together with Dry Storage Unit 11, Lost Key Marina Dry Storage Condominium, according to the Declaration of Condominium thereof recorded in Official Records Book 6442, Page 973, Public Records of Escambia County, Florida.

Property Appraiser’s Parcel Identification # 243831-1200-000-011

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 November 15, 2022.

PAM CHILDERS As Clerk of the Court (Seal of the Court)

By: Beth Phelps Deputy Clerk 4WR11/23-12/14NOA

In 1983, he received his law degree from the Florida State University College of Law. Upon graduation from law school, he worked for the elected State Attorney, Curtis Golden, as an assistant state attorney and also played short-stop for the State Attorney’s softball team.

In 1989, Bruce worked as an adjunct professor at then-Pensacola Junior College, and after 6 years as an assistant state attorney, with the last 4 of those years as a felony prosecutor, Bruce decided to go out on his own.

In 1990, Bruce had the good fortune of meeting Ken Ridlehoover, who offered a space in his office building and was willing to share his legal knowledge and a few paying clients. Bruce sincerely appreciated Ken’s generosity and enjoyed getting to know him and his witty sense of humor during the time they shared office space. Bruce later established his space on the 5th floor of the Blount Building, where he practiced for almost 30 years.

Over the course of his career, Bruce has practiced in the areas of criminal defense, family law, business law, probate, and guardianship. In 2002, he became a Florida Bar Board Certified Family Law attorney and has achieved distinction as a CV Peer Review Rated attorney, indicating high legal ability and ethical standards. Bruce has been a member of the Florida Bar, Florida Bar Board Certified Family Law Attorneys, the Federal Bar for the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Florida, a former member of the American Academy of Trial Lawyers, and served on the Escambia/Santa Rosa Bar Ethics Committee and as a traffic court hearing officer for both Escambia and Santa Rosa counties.

Bruce was also an athlete, and part of his weekday routine was playing basketball on the lunch hour with the group at the Downtown Athletic Club and then First Baptist Church. It was on the court he earned the name “Bull” to which he still responds when an old friend with as many knee and ankle injuries as he does hollers out.

In the Pensacola community, Bruce promoted and was a major contributor to the rejuvenation of Northeast Pensacola Football Park, served as past president and vice president of Washington High School Booster Clubs for football, baseball, softball, lacrosse and basketball. He has served on the board of Pensacola Sports, in addition to being co-chairman of the UWF Kick-Off Squad fund-raising committee, which helped bring football to the University

of West Florida.

During his career, Bruce raised four children with his wife, Pam Childers, where his love for sports spilled over into his family life. He spent his evenings teaching each of his four children how to run, catch, throw, swing a bat, hit a golf ball or shoot hoops, which always ended with a late dinner and little time to relax during the week. Bruce is also an avid reader and grammatician, which he passed on to each of his four children. While Bruce’s children did not become college athletes or professional writers, Bruce is immensely proud of each of them. Christa Davis, his oldest daughter, is a local attorney and CPA with Hightower Law Firm, Bruce Childers, III is a software engineer and developer in Austin, Texas, Lauren Childers is a CPA in Tampa, Florida and Brian Childers is currently attending Loyola University New Orleans College of Law. It is with continued family tradition that all of his children attended Florida State University and share the passion for the Seminoles (and the frustration of a bad football season).

Bruce retires in good health and humor as he leaves behind the stress of practicing as a sole practitioner in an ever-changing and demanding profession. He will miss his tenured legal assistant, Karen Baxter, and is grateful for her dedication, support and cheerful attitude she brought to the office each day. In retirement, his hobbies will include retooling his golf game after a recent shoulder replacement, mentoring and spending time with his children, and taking care of his wife, Pam, the love of his life for over 32 years.

Congratulations, Bruce!!

PLEASE JOIN US Friday December 9, 2022, starting at 5pm at Intermissions on South Palafox to celebrate Bruce’s retirement after nearly 40 years of practicing law in Pensacola, Florida.

With all of our love, Pam, Christa, Bruce III, Lauren and Brian

third generation Pensacolian, Bruce Childers graduated from Florida State University with a Bachelor of Arts degree in History and Political Science.