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HAIKU SL AM COUNTING SYLL ABLES AND
February 24, 2021
1 Section, 8 Pages
by Dakota Parks
ASIA SAMSON
CONNECTING COMMUNITY Back in 1980s Chicago at the Green Mill Jazz Club, a group of local poets were trying to get the broader community involved in the tight-knit poetry scene. By fusing together writing, performance, competition and audience participation, slam poetry, or slam events were created. At a slam, random members of the audience judge the poems, and the poet with the highest points at the end wins. In a similar fashion, to bridge the gaps between the literary and poetry community, the West Florida Literary Federation’s newest formed Poet’s Roundtable is hosting a haiku slam. The slam is the brainchild of the Poet’s Roundtable, a collaborative group of local poets consisting of newly appointed poet laureate of Northwest Florida, Katherine NelsonBorn; Charles McCaskill, a finalist for poet laureate and author of three poetry books; and Asia Samson, a prolific spoken word artist and slam poetry coach. Aimed at bringing the community together and celebrating the multiple facets of written and spoken word, the roundtable is working together to promote writing challenges, workshops and new events, like the haiku challenge and slam. “The haiku challenge was born from the Poet’s Roundtable as we discussed how to bring a slam to the community,” Nelson-Born explained. “We wanted a place to encourage new and experienced writers in the same space while bridging the gap that exists between some of the older population in the literary community and some of the powerful younger voices in the poetry community. The haiku is a short but very powerful form of poetry that everyone can relate to. Plus, performing a quick three-line poem is less nerve wracking to people who haven’t performed before, so it lowers the pressure.” Drawing from the Japanese poetry form with a 17-syllable count of fiveseven-five, or the American model championed by Jack Kerouac, the haiku challenge tasked members of the community to write a haiku every day in the month of January based on writing prompts posted to the West Florida Literary Federation’s social media.
Prompts range from your last Google search and first childhood memory to reflecting on nature and historical moments. The challenge served as a prelude to the poetry slam being hosted in February, where participants are invited to share their haikus. Don’t worry—there’s still plenty of time to read the prompts and get involved if you missed the daily prompts in January. “Being limited to how many syllables you can use forces you to get creative,” McCaskill said. “It’s not limited to just haikus, but any writing form that has guidelines can open up possibilities to a writer. It really encourages this creative and intentional use of words. Throw in the performing nature of slam, mixed with the discipline to choose the right words to convey a message, and I’m excited to see how poets step up to the challenge of it all.” Both Nelson-Born and McCaskill accredit Samson to really ushering poetry slams to Pensacola. Touring universities performing spoken word and competing in slam competitions since 2004, Samson began hosting poetry slams in Pensacola and formed a team to attend the regional Southern Fried Poetry competition in 2019. The Pensacola Burn Beautiful slam team took third place at the competition in 2019, bringing Pensacola back to the table after 15 years of being absent from the competition. While many poets embrace the style of slam in their writing, as Samson explained, it’s the judges that really differentiate a poetry slam from a standard open mic.
“The whole purpose of slam is to get the community involved in poetry. They aren’t just listening to poetry anymore—you give them the reigns and let the audience judge the competition,” Samson explained. “In the National poetry scene, they do haiku death matches or slams, so I decided to host one here in Pensacola and everyone loved it. I couldn’t wait to host another one and then COVID happened. So, I’m really excited to see the poetry community come together to show everyone what a haiku slam is and to welcome new people to the world of slam.” Three judges, 17 syllables, sanitized microphones and the social distanced beer garden at Emerald Republic Brewing Co. add up to the perfect haiku slam.
As Samson explained, three random members in the audience will be given color coded batons to judge the winner of rounds while two poets face off on each side of Samson, who will be hosting the slam. As the poets and participants work their way through a bracket competition, the haiku slam champion will be declared at the end of the event. To learn more about the haiku challenge writing prompts and get involved in the challenge and slam, visit the West Florida Literary Federation Facebook page. The haiku slam will take place at Emerald Republic on Saturday, Feb. 27 from 6-9 pm. Come out and enjoy a delicious craft beer, put your thinking caps on and listen to some poetry!
KATHERINE NELSONBORN
CHARLES MCCASKILL
Prompts for the #HaikuChallenge To prep for the February Haiku Slam, each day in January, WFLF Facebook prompts challenged community members to write a Haiku or a short threeline poem based on the weekly theme provided. The poem can be traditional Japanese style with a syllable count of five-seven-five or the American model championed by Jack Kerouac. The third week of January 2021 included the inauguration of the US President, an event surrounded by unprecedented fiery rhetoric and images, which sparked the theme of “fury” as represented by images from nature, history, or Greek mythology.
Week 1 Writing Prompts:
Your year in review (Jan. 1) A pet peeve (Jan. 2) A message to your younger self (Jan. 3) Inspiration from a dream you’ve had (Jan. 4) The last text you sent (Jan. 5) Your last Google search (Jan. 6) Your morning routine (Jan. 7)
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Week 2 Writing Prompts:
Your first smartphone or camera photo (Jan. 8) Your first childhood memory (Jan. 9) Your first heartbreak (Jan. 10) Your first triumph (Jan. 11) Your first road trip (Jan. 12) Your first moment or image sparking political awareness (Jan. 13) Your first or favorite concert (Jan. 14) Your first memory of a famous person or event (Jan. 15)
Week 3 Writing Prompts:
Your response to an image of an approaching storm (Jan. 16) Your image of nature’s fury unleashed (Jan. 17) Your image reflecting a historical figure or event (Jan. 18) Your image of beauty amidst carnage (Jan. 19) Your image projecting calm in the midst of chaos (Jan. 20) Your image of a spirit/ deity/mythological figure (Jan. 21) Your image of the resilience of humankind (Jan. 22)
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Your image of climate change (Jan. 23) Your image of the natural world’s resilience (Jan. 24) Your image from a weekend camping trip (Jan. 23) Your image reflecting a natural wonder of the world (Jan. 24) Your image of a favorite plant/tree/flower (Jan. 25) Your image of a favorite animal/insect/amphibian (Jan. 26) Your image of an extinct species in today’s world (Jan. 27) Your image from hiking/ walking (Jan. 28) Your image contrasting manmade construction with nature (Jan. 29) Your image rendering large something small (Jan. 30) Your image rendering small something large (Jan. 31) The month-long event is free, and participants can present their work in the February Haiku Slam celebrating National Haiku Month, designating the shortest month of the year for the shortest form of poetry. For more information, visit wflf.org, WFLF on Facebook or contact Katherine Nelson-Born at bcs.editor@gmail. com.
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February 24, 2021
FDOT ANNOUNCES PHASED RE-OPENING OF THE PENSACOLA BAY BRIDGE
FDOT: WEST CERVANTES STREET PEDESTRIAN SAFETY PROJECT TO BEGIN IN PENSACOLA
After a recent assessment of the repairs to the Pensacola Bay Bridge, the Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT) has announced its plan to re-open the Pensacola Bay Bridge in phases beginning with restoring two lanes of traffic in March 2021. This phased approach reiterates FDOT’s commitment to reconnecting the impacted communities as expeditiously as possible. “FDOT understands that this has been a tough time for Pensacola and Gulf Breeze residents and has been laser-focused on reconnecting these communities as safely and quickly as possible,” said Florida Department of Transportation Secretary Kevin J. Thibault, P.E. “We will continue to work with the contractor to ensure the final repairs are completed by Memorial Day and at a superior level of quality so it may serve these communities for decades to come.” The first phase will open two lanes of traffic (one in each direction) for the first 4,000 feet on the Pensacola side. The remaining approximate two miles of the bridge will be open to four lanes of traffic (two in each direction). During this initial phase, the speed limit will be temporarily set at 35 mph and emergency refuge areas will be available on the bridge. To quickly clear travel lanes following vehicle incidents, assist drivers in the event of mechanical breakdowns, and keep the bridge free of debris, FDOT’s Road Ranger Service Patrol will be stationed on each end of the bridge from 5 a.m. to 8 p.m. Monday through Friday, and between 7 a.m. and 10 p.m. on weekends and major holidays. At other times, at least one unit will be on-call and available. Law enforcement will also be on sight 24-hours a day on both ends of the bridge to alert drivers about the temporary restrictions. The second phase, which consists of opening the remaining 4,000 feet to four lanes of traffic, will be complete by Memorial Day. The phased approach allows traffic to resume on the bridge in order to provide mobility and connectivity on U.S.
The Florida Department of Transportation will begin a $7 million construction project this month to improve pedestrian safety along a 2.2-mile section of West Cervantes Street, from Dominguez Street to A Street. A Virtual Project Update with maps, drawings and other information is available online at nwflroads.com/projects/443769-1. Planned improvements along West Cervantes Street include constructing seven lighted midblock crosswalks, ADA-compliant ramps, and a wider multi-use path. New traffic signals will be added at four intersections and existing signals will be enhanced with upgraded pedestrian features. Vehicle lane widths will be reduced, and the speed limit will be lowered to 30 mph. A raised center median with a low barrier and designated openings for pedestrians at selected locations will be constructed within the project limits. The project also includes enhanced lighting and landscaping and
98 between Escambia and Santa Rosa counties while FDOT’s contractors continue repair efforts. An animation of the Pensacola Bay Bridge phased opening can be found here. Consistent with the requirements within the construction contract, FDOT will continue to withhold payments of $35,000 per day until four lanes of traffic are restored to the entire southbound span of the Pensacola Bay Bridge. FDOT is regularly reviewing the contractor’s schedule of the entire Pensacola Bay Bridge Project with the anticipated completion date for all improvements currently scheduled for January 2022. A combination of adverse weather and unexpected obstructions on the seabed of Pensacola Bay have impacted the original plan to open four lanes of traffic. Over the course of the repairs, crews demobilized twice in October 2020 for Hurricanes Delta and Zeta as well as experiencing a number of days with high winds and heavy rains. Because crews are working with soil and other hidden features in the earth, unforeseen complications can be encountered. The phased reopening makes weather-related and unforeseen conditions more manageable by removing many of the in-water components from the first phase schedule. Motorists should continue to use all available detour routes, which still includes the Garcon Point Bridge and State Road 87. At this time, tolls on the Garcon Point Bridge have been suspended through Friday, March 12. Commuters can also use the Escambia County Area Transit’s (ECAT) temporary bus route travel between Pensacola and Gulf Breeze free of charge. Details on the detour routes, including graphics, FAQs, and regular updates can be found online at fdot.gov/ PensacolaBay. Members of the public wishing to receive these updates can choose to subscribe by providing their email address on this website as well. For additional real-time updates on the Pensacola Bay Bridge, follow FDOT District Three on social media.
COMMISSION VOTES TO AMEND ESCAMBIA COUNTY’S HOURS TO SELL OR PURCHASE ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES The Escambia County Board of County Commissioners voted 4-0 on Feb. 18 to allow alcohol sales every day except between 2:30 and 6 a.m. The ordinance went into effect on Feb. 18 after filing with the Florida Department of State in Tallahassee. The previous ordinance prohibited retail alcohol sales between 2:30 a.m. and 1 p.m. Sundays. Pensacola Beach and Perdido Key were the exceptions where alcohol sales were allowed on
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Sundays at 7 a.m. Vice Chairman and District 1 Commissioner Jeff Bergosh proposed the ordinance be amended in January to achieve continuity throughout the county. “I’m very pleased my fellow commissioners voted to create uniform regulations for Escambia County alcohol sales hours,” said Bergosh. “Moving forward businesses will be treated equally throughout the county, and I’m glad we could get this right.”
irrigation improvements. In addition, crews will mill and resurface the roadway where median and signal work is performed. The construction activities will require traffic shifts and lane closures that will be limited to 8 p.m. to 6 a.m. The work will be sequenced to allow continuous pedestrian access between signalized intersections on at least one side of West Cervantes Street. The work is estimated for completion in early 2022. Funding for the project is a collaborative effort between the City of Pensacola, Escambia County, and the Florida Department of Transportation. Learn more at Facebook.com/CervantesStreet or Instagram @CervantesStreet. Questions can be emailed to info@cervantesstreet.com. For more information, visit the Florida Department of Transportation District Three on the web at nwflroads.com.
CITY STORMWATER IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS TO REMOVE ESTIMATED 15 TONS OF POLLUTANTS ANNUALLY Through the completion of three stormwater improvement projects by the City of Pensacola, an estimated 15.3 tons of pollutant solids will be removed annually and prevented from discharging into Bayou Texar, enhancing the water quality of the bayou and connected waterways. The City of Pensacola’s Public Works and Facilities Department has recently completed the following projects as part of the city’s ongoing efforts to improve local water quality: • East Cross, Yates, Escambia, and Osceola Outfalls at Bayou Texar Stormwater Treatment Enhancement Project - Estimated 6.1 Tons of Pollutant to be Removed Annually • Scott, Yates, Lakeview and Strong Outfalls to Bayou Texar Stormwater Treatment Enhancement Project Estimated 5.8 Tons of Pollutant to be Removed Annually • Bayou Boulevard, Perry, Blount, and Avery Outfalls at Bayou Texar Stormwater Treatment Enhancement Project - Estimated 3.4 Tons of Pollutant to be Removed Annually These projects provide treatment for several stormwater basins which previously discharged into Bayou Texar with no form of treatment. All of the stormwater treatment units installed through these projects collect stormwater runoff and trap sediment, trash, oils, greases, and other pollutants inside and allow cleaner water to be discharged into Bayou Texar and Pensacola Bay. In addition to providing stormwater treatment, previous issues with standing water along the shoulder of Bayou
Boulevard were addressed through the Bayou Boulevard, Perry, Blount, and Avery Outfalls at Bayou Texar Stormwater Treatment Enhancement Project, making the roadway safer for both motorists and cyclists. “Pensacola has long been a community with a strong connection to our waterways, and it’s so important that we preserve and protect them for future generations,” Mayor Grover Robinson said. “I’m excited that the City of Pensacola is continuing to complete important projects like these to improve our water quality and provide opportunities for residents and visitors to enjoy cleaner, less polluted waterways in Pensacola.” The completion of these projects is an integral part of the city’s ongoing water quality improvement program and will serve many benefits to the environment. In addition to collectively capturing an estimated 15 tons of pollutant solids annually, these projects will help to provide improved recreational experiences for those who use and enjoy local area waterways. “These new treatment units will capture pollutants during rainfall events before they reach the bayou, which greatly benefits the marine estuary environment of the bayou,” City of Pensacola Public Works and Facilities Director Derrik Owens said. “We’re looking forward to future opportunities to implement projects like this to further enhance water quality in Bayou Texar and Pensacola Bay for years to come.”
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PRISON GUARD CHANGES PITCHED FOR ‘SYSTEM IN CRISIS’ DARA KAM NEWS SERVICE OF FLORIDA TALLAHASSEE — Florida Department of Corrections Secretary Mark Inch has been making the rounds in Tallahassee to pitch lawmakers on a plan to spend more than $26 million to shorten prison guards’ regular daily work shifts. Inch sells the switch from 12-hour shifts to 8.5-hour shifts, already in effect at roughly a third of Florida’s state-run prisons, as a panacea for woes plaguing the state corrections system, which houses more than 70,000 inmates and employs more than 24,000 workers. “It’s a system in crisis,” the prisons chief told a Senate budget panel last week. Speaking earlier to a House panel, Inch called the shift-hour reduction “the lynchpin of our efforts to address our agency’s most significant challenges.” The shift-hour reduction will help the department alleviate its high turnover rate, recruit new employees and ensure critical posts are manned, said Inch, a former head of the federal Bureau of Prisons and a retired U.S. Army major general. But a review of the 17 prisons where the hourly shift changes have already been implemented shows that the reduction in the regular daily work schedule hasn’t necessarily given correctional officers more time to spend with their kids, work out at the gym or catch up with friends. The 17 prisons spent nearly $3 million on overtime in December alone, with corrections workers racking up more than 83,000 hours of overtime, according to a monthly report the state corrections agency provided to House and Senate budget committees. Lawmakers last year ordered the shift changes at 17 prisons as part of Florida’s roughly $92.2 billion budget for the fiscal year that began July 1. The “pilot program” was included in budget fine print known as proviso language. The shift changes are the subject of two active lawsuits filed by the Florida Police Benevolent Association, the union that represents correctional officers. The union has
fought against the shift reductions since they were first initiated in 2018 by former Gov. Rick Scott, who is now a U.S. senator. Inch’s proposal this year to expand shifthour reductions has added fuel to the battle between the correctional officers’ union and prison administrators. “The morale is getting badder and badder, and the officers are getting madder and madder,” Jim Baiardi, president of the state corrections chapter of the PBA, told The News Service of Florida. With an annual budget of more than $2.8 billion, Florida’s prison system is the third largest in the country, according to the state agency. But state-run prisons have been plagued by deficits, crumbling facilities and an aging — and hence more costly — inmate population. To try to address the problems, Inch and state lawmakers have approved hiring bonuses, pay increases and retention bonuses for corrections officers who stay on the job for a year or two years. Despite the efforts, the agency spent more than $88 million on overtime during the 2019-2020 fiscal year, an increase of $8 million from the previous year, according to information provided by the Department of Corrections. Inch attributed the December overtime costs at the 17 facilities to an “initial spike” caused by the transition to three, 8.5-hour shifts per day, which was finalized in September. As the prisons were converting to the shorter shifts, the state also changed the way new employees are trained, Inch said in a telephone interview with The News Service of Florida. “But I anticipate the cavalry is coming,” he said. “What we have to, have to, do to make the system work is we have to reduce the amount of first-year attrition.” Inch said that, last year, 42 percent of new employees left the state corrections department within their first year on the job, and 57 percent left by the end of the second year.
COURT REJECTS CHALLENGE TO ARMED SCHOOL ‘GUARDIANS’ JIM SAUNDERS NEWS SERVICE OF FLORIDA TALLAHASSEE — Three years after a mass shooting at Parkland’s Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School led lawmakers to pass a major school-safety bill, an appeals court Thursday rejected a challenge to allowing armed “guardians” on campuses. A three-judge panel of the 1st District Court of Appeal upheld a Duval County circuit judge’s ruling that lawmakers had authorized guardians — who are not lawenforcement officers — to carry guns to bolster school safety. Attorneys for three Duval County students and the League of Women Voters of Florida argued that allowing guardians to be armed violates a state law that has long prohibited people, except law-enforcement officers, from carrying guns on campuses. The appeals court, however, detailed changes the Legislature made in the schoolsafety law that pointed to an intent to create an exception for school guardians from the prohibition on being armed. For example, Judge M. Kemmerly Thomas wrote in an 11-page main opinion that the “Legislature specifically declared school guardians to be acting in a law enforcement capacity when responding to an active assailant emergency.” Also, she cited requirements that the Legislature put into law for guardians, including “many hours of firearms training and possessing a permit to carry a concealed firearm. Perhaps the most persuasive of the requirements is that a school guardian must have ongoing weapons inspections by the sheriff.” Judge Scott Makar joined Thomas and Judge Timothy Osterhaus in the main opinion and wrote a concurring opinion that described a “statutory interpretation conundrum.” But said “a ‘fair reading’ of all the
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relevant statutes in tandem evinces a legislative purpose in favor of allowing school guardians to have firearms on campus.” “It would be anomalous and thwart the legislative purpose for their existence, if certified school guardians with concealed weapons permits and such extensive firearms and related training and certifications, were prohibited from possessing a firearm while on campus attempting to maintain order,” Makar wrote. “It would be akin to prohibiting tradespersons, technicians and other skilled members in the workforce from possessing the tools necessary to do their jobs, a result the Legislature could not have intended. The statutory pieces of the puzzle, when patched together, sharpen the focus of legislative intent and paint a clearer picture: a legislative judgment that school guardians be trained in the use and possession of firearms while performing their duties as first-line protectors of students, teachers and others on school campuses from violent acts.” Allowing armed school guardians, who can be school employees or security guards, was a highly controversial part of the school-safety law passed after the Marjory Stoneman Douglas shooting that killed 17 students and faculty members. Opponents argued that only trained lawenforcement officers should be allowed to carry guns at schools and that allowing armed guardians would not make students safer and could lead to scenarios where gunrelated accidents could happen. Supporters said, however, that the guardian program was needed to ensure that schools would have armed people immediately available to thwart threats in active-shooter cases. The lawsuit was filed in 2018 after Duval County began using “school safety assistants” under the guardian laws.
“This year it’s worse,” he said. Pay raises that went into effect in October haven’t stalled the attrition rate, Inch acknowledged. Part of the blame lies with the compensation for correctional officers, whose base salary is $33,500, Inch tells lawmakers as he makes the rounds. Offering higher pay, county sheriffs or city police departments often lure prison officers away after they’ve completed their training with the Department of Corrections. But Inch said he believes “the initial indicators are very positive” that the shift-hour reductions will help with the agency’s employment issues. “The real extended metrics are going to take months to play out, on violence rates, on attrition rates,” he told the News Service. “In any complex system, there’s always that effects lag.” The union doesn’t agree, however. “If I was running the prison system, I would want the officers to be happy,” Baiardi said, adding that he’s heard from hundreds of officers who are angry about the proposed expansion of 8.5-hour shifts. Gov. Ron DeSantis released a proposed budget last month that called for spending $26.1 million for the shift-hour change at an additional 17 prisons. Lawmakers will consider the proposal as they draw up a spending plan during the annual legislative session that starts March 2. But Baiardi said the money would be better spent giving correctional officers what he called “hazard pay,” after nearly a year of COVID-19 outbreaks throughout the prison system. The state agency has had a staffing problem for two decades, he said. The proposed shift changes have deepened the schism between prison workers and management, Baiardi said. “You know how it’s like Christmas when you open up a present and it’s really great and you’re happy? Then it’s broke or it don’t fit? Yeah, that’s what he did. He took all the joy from them,” he said. Inch’s agency is under scrutiny as lawmakers seek ways to trim state spending after the COVID-19 pandemic reduced expected state tax revenues. The Senate Criminal and Civil Justice Ap-
DESANTIS NAMES BROWN TO RUN DBPR JIM SAUNDERS NEWS SERVICE OF FLORIDA TALLAHASSEE — Longtime state utility regulator Julie Brown was named Thursday by Gov. Ron DeSantis to become secretary of the Florida Department of Business and Professional Regulation, continuing a series of changes in the upper levels of the DeSantis administration. Brown, a lawyer who has served on the Florida Public Service Commission since 2011, will replace Halsey Beshears, who announced last month he was resigning as Department of Business and Professional Regulation secretary because of health reasons. In a prepared statement, DeSantis said he was confident Brown will “do a great job in our continued fight to cut red tape and ease regulation on our businesses and hard-working Floridians.” Beshears helped spearhead efforts of the DeSantis administration to reduce regulations, a direction Brown signaled Thursday that she will continue. “I’m honored to be appointed by Governor DeSantis to this important position, which impacts millions of Floridians,” she said in a statement released by DeSantis’ office. “As secretary, I will work to build on the governor’s foundation to implement meaningful occupational licensing reform, as well with business leaders and business owners during Florida’s economic recovery.” With DeSantis a little more than halfway through his four-year term, the administration is going through something
The Summation Weekly propriations Subcommittee asked Inch to provide data about prison bed capacity and considerations for shutting down facilities. But, appearing before the panel on Wednesday, Inch said the governor’s proposed budget doesn’t recommend any prison closures. The solution to the state’s “complex, open adaptive system” is multi-layered, Inch indicated. “An inmate is not an inmate” and “a bed is not a bed,” said Inch, who holds a bachelor’s degree in biblical archaeology and a master’s degree in cultural geography. “Here’s my problem today: trying to use numbers and discrete equations when the world of people is not an engineering problem,” he said. The corrections agency is expecting an influx of up to 10,000 additional inmates this year, as a result of pending transfers from county jails and criminal cases that were postponed amid the pandemic. “We do not have the available appropriate bed space or sufficient staffing at the appropriate facilities to receive the inmates from the hypothetically closed prison. We have run scenario after scenario. And the answer is consistently no,” he said. But the soft-spoken corrections secretary’s at-times esoteric responses appeared to frustrate subcommittee members. “How do we get from the big idea, dream world, build-a-whole-new-system-that’svery-functional, versus balance the budget this year? Yeah, that’s the question on a time like this,” a skeptical Sen. Dennis Baxley, ROcala, asked Inch. Subcommittee Chairman Keith Perry, RGainesville, also pressed Inch for more concrete answers. The panel is “going to look at consolidation” of prisons, Perry emphasized. “I’m not saying this is going to happen. I’m saying this is an exercise we’re going to go through,” Perry added. “I’m not saying we’re going to recommend or tell you where to close any prisons or tell you what to do in proviso, but we may.” “In the near term, I can’t close a prison,” Inch said, eventually. “To do so would be a significant error in judgment, in my personal opinion. I can’t be any clearer than that.”
of a transition. In addition to Brown replacing Beshears, leadership changes have occurred — or are planned — at the Agency for Health Care Administration, the Department of Children and Families, the Department of Juvenile Justice, the Department of Management Services and the Division of Emergency Management. Also, DeSantis’ chief of staff, Shane Strum, is leaving to become chief executive officer at the North Broward Hospital District, The Department of Business and Professional Regulation oversees industries such as gambling, alcohol and tobacco. The agency also handles licensing and regulation for a wide range of professions, including barbers, cosmetologists and real estate agents. Beshears, a Republican from Monticello, was elected to the Florida House in 2012 and was among DeSantis’ first agency-head selections after the governor was elected in 2018. Brown’s appointment to lead the agency is effective Monday. She was appointed to the Public Service Commission by former Gov. Charlie Crist and was reappointed twice by former Gov. Rick Scott and chaired the regulatory panel from 2016 to 2018. DeSantis’ pick of Brown to run the state agency also will give the governor an opportunity to make an appointment to the five-member commission. DeSantis last year appointed former state Rep. Mike La Rosa, R-St. Cloud, to the commission. La Rosa, who replaced former Commissioner Donald Polmann, began the job last month.
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SUPREME COURT WEIGHS ARGUMENTS IN WATER BATTLE JIM SAUNDERS NEWS SERVICE OF FLORIDA TALLAHASSEE — The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday plunged back into a years-long water battle between Florida and Georgia, at times sounding skeptical of arguments that more water should be directed to Florida in a river system shared by the states. The fight is rooted in a collapse of the iconic oyster industry in Apalachicola Bay at the southern end of the ApalachicolaChattahoochee-Flint river system, which starts in northern Georgia. Florida contends that Georgia farmers use too much water to irrigate crops, causing downstream damage to the Apalachicola River and the Franklin County bay. But during an hour-long hearing Monday, justices pointed to conflicting evidence about whether Georgia’s water use is responsible for damage in the bay and questions about how to balance the interests of the states. Chief Justice John Roberts asked Florida’s attorney, Gregory Garre, how the court should view the case if the record shows that “Georgia contributed to the collapse of the oyster harvest, but not enough to cause that on its own.” Roberts suggested that “a lot of things took a stab at the fishery,” including drought, overharvesting of oysters and Florida’s regulatory policies. “But you can’t say that any one of those things is responsible for killing the fishery,”
Roberts said. “How should we analyze the case from that perspective?” Justice Stephen Breyer and Justice Samuel Alito asked about conflicting evidence and conflicting reports by two special masters who were appointed by the Supreme Court to make recommendations about the case. Georgia has argued that the oyster industry sustained damage because of overharvesting after the 2010 Deepwater Horizon disaster sent oil spreading through the Gulf of Mexico. Breyer said to Garre that one big hurdle for Florida is testimony from experts “that there was overharvesting of the oysters, and that was the major cause. That’s your basic problem.” But Garre said water used in Georgia for irrigation has “skyrocketed,” causing damage in Florida, including increased salinity of water in the bay. Garre said Florida is not arguing that water use in the metropolitan Atlanta area has caused the problems. “Here you have overwhelming evidence of harm,” Garre said. “You have overwhelming evidence of what’s causing that harm.” Craig Primis, an attorney for Georgia, contended that Florida has not proven that Georgia caused the problems in the bay and described overharvesting as a “self-inflicted wound.” “Florida failed to demonstrate that Georgia’s water use caused the oyster collapse,”
ESCAMBIA COUNTY COVID-19 UPDATE #281 UPDATED AT 2:50 PM FEB. 19 For prior updates, visit myescambia.com/ news#coronavirus.
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Vaccination Information for Adults 65 and Older: • Ascension Sacred Heart- Ascension Medical Group Sacred Heart began vaccinations for adults 65 and older on Jan. 6. Monitor the Sacred Heart Facebook page for announcements. They will continue to hold clinics as supply becomes available. • Baptist Health Care- Appointments are now available at Baptist Health Care for COVID-19 vaccinations for individuals age 65 and older, frontline health care workers and individuals deemed by their physician to be extremely vulnerable to COVID-19. Appointments can be made online at http://bit.ly/3pfWxNt. Appointments are limited and new appointments will be added as Baptist receives more vaccine. • Florida Department of Health, Escambia County- FDOH-Escambia will schedule appointments based on supply availability. For the most up-to-date information, follow them on Twitter at @HealthyEscambia and visit EscambiaHealth.com. Escambia County residents who are 65 years and older and healthcare workers should use the statewide preregistration system to sign up for vaccination. Residents can call the toll-free line at 866201-1025 or register online at myvaccine. fl.gov. The TTY number for the deaf and hard of hearing is 833-476-1461. Registrants will be notified when appointments are available in their area. The State has established a help line at 833-959-0217 for those who need to make changes to their original pre-registration. °° This pre-registration system will proactively contact vaccine-eligible individuals to schedule appointments when they are available at health department or emergency management vaccine sites. Appointments are opened based upon the vaccine supply received each week from the State of Florida. Please be aware that when Sharecare calls or texts you to schedule an appointment, they will NOT ask for financial information or social security information. • Florida- Sign up for text message updates about the vaccine and distribution by texting “FLCOVID19” to 888777. After you submit the text message, it will ask you to supply your zip code for local-level updates. Information about the statewide vaccine distribution plan can be found at floridahealthcovid19.gov/covid-19-vaccines-in-florida/. • Gulf Coast Veterans Health Care System- The Gulf Coast Veterans Health Care System’s Joint Ambulatory Care Center in Pensacola and the Biloxi Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Mississippi will offer COVID-19 vaccinations by appointment only from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. based on availability. Veterans interested in receiv-
• Publix - Publix will continue to announce appointment dates. Monitor Publix’s online portal here. • Walmart and Sam’s Club- Walmart and Sam’s Club pharmacies can now accept and administer federal allocations of the COVID-19 vaccine. Walmart and Sam’s Club are working with the federal government to help increase access to COVID-19 vaccines at select pharmacies in 22 states once vaccine doses are available, starting late next week. °° Once a store or club receives allocation, the online scheduler will be available to make appointments at walmart. com/COVIDvaccine and samsclub. com/covid. • Winn-Dixie - View the Winn-Dixie online portal here. BRACE • Be Ready Alliance Coordinating for Emergencies will host its annual Northwest Florida Advanced Citizen Academy on February 19-21, 2021. Located at the Escambia County Public Safety, 6575 North W Street in Pensacola, the admission is FREE but registration is required. To register, applicants should go to https:// www.eventbrite.com/e/northwest-floridaadvanced-citizen-corps-academy-tickets136292264833 • Be Ready Alliance Coordinating for Emergencies is in need of volunteers for the Brownsville COVID-19 vaccine distribution. Smaller weekly vaccination events are planned to take place every Thursday in February. Multiple shifts are available. The weekly COVID-19 vaccine distribution takes place from 8 a.m. to noon every Thursday through Feb. 25. Interested parties can sign up at https://uwwf.galaxydigital.com/need/detail/?need_id=564757. All sessions take place at the Brownsville Community Center, 3200 W. De Soto St. Call 850-739-3983 or visit bereadyalliance.org for details. Community Health Northwest Florida • Community Health Northwest Florida, in solidarity and collaboration with key healthcare partners, local government and pastors, has launched a new campaign, “Don’t Wait, Vaccinate!” This video PSA features respected community leaders delivering CDC facts about the COVID-19 vaccine, in hopes of educating the public and assisting them in making a confident, informed decision about getting the vaccine. Escambia County • Hospital Information totals °° Hospitalizations 107 (current hospitalizations as of 2:30 p.m. Feb. 19, 2021) °° Bed Capacity 1,397 (county SITREP)
Primis said. “Instead, the record shows that Florida allowed oyster fishing at unprecedented levels in the years preceding the collapse.” Florida filed the lawsuit in 2013, though battles about water in the river system date to the 1990s. Florida is seeking what is known as an “equitable apportionment” of water, which could lead to new limits on water used by Georgia farmers. Monday’s hearing came after Special Master Paul Kelly, a New Mexico-based appellate judge, in December 2019 issued an 81-page report that said mismanagement by Florida contributed to the oyster industry’s collapse and that Florida had not adequately shown that Georgia’s water use caused problems in the bay and Apalachicola River. Kelly was appointed special master after a divided Supreme Court overturned a 2017 recommendation by another special master, Ralph Lancaster, who said Florida had not proven its case “by clear and convincing evidence” that imposing a cap on Georgia’s water use would benefit the Apalachicola River. Writing for a 5-4 majority in 2018, Breyer said Lancaster had “applied too strict a standard” in rejecting Florida’s claim. During Monday’s hearing, Alito alluded to the complexity of the details involved in the case. “This is about the most fact-bound case that we have heard in recent memory,” Alito
said to Garre. “And we have two comprehensive reports by two outstanding masters and they are not, to put the point perhaps mildly, not entirely consistent on a number of key points. What do we do with that?” Breyer, at one point, asked whether the states had ever tried to settle the case — though he acknowledged the question was “irrelevant.” “This has been going on for years, and Florida thinks that it wouldn’t cost Georgia much to remedy the situation,” Breyer said. “Maybe Georgia has a different view. But has anybody ever tried to work out that Florida would pay something to Georgia to solve the problem?” Amid the court battle, the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission in December suspended wild oyster harvesting in the bay as part of a $20 million restoration effort. While Primis argued during Monday’s hearing that Florida’s request in the lawsuit would cause economic damage for Georgia farmers, Garre cited the importance of the oyster industry in the Apalachicola area. “It’s hard to imagine New England without lobsters or, say, the Chesapeake without crabs, but in effect that’s the future that Apalachicola now faces when it comes to its oysters and other species,” Garre said.
°° Bed Occupancy 1,128 (county SITREP) °° Beds Available 334 (as of 2:30 p.m. Feb. 19, 2021) °° Total Ventilators 215 (as of 2:30 p.m. Feb. 19, 2021) °° Available Ventilators 142 (as of 2:30 p.m. Feb. 19, 2021) °° Recovered 30,854* (Approximate: total cases prior to last month minus deaths) °° To view the county’s Crude Case-Recovery Risk and a detailed explanation of the formula by which it is calculated, visit the Escambia County COVID-19 dashboard. The current Crude Case-Recovery Risk is 97.98% (as of 2:30 p.m. Feb. 19, 2021) • Rapid testing information °° Appointments are available for Escambia County residents who are 3 months and older and are experiencing COVID-19 symptoms. Patients desiring COVID-19 testing through Ascension Sacred Heart’s locations in Escambia and Santa Rosa counties should pre-register online by visiting: www.getsacredheartcare.com to be pre-screened and scheduled (if eligible) or call Community Health Northwest Florida at 850-390-4276. Rapid testing is offered for symptomatic individuals by appointment only.
calls you to schedule an appointment, they will NOT ask for financial information or social security information. If you have pre-registered, we ask for your patience. The demand is high, and the supply is currently limited. As we received vaccine, we work to schedule appointments as quickly as we can. We encourage residents to take advantage of opportunities offered through other partners to get vaccinated. State Surgeon General Scott Rivkees issued a Public Health Advisory on January 21 prioritizing vaccines for residents of the State of Florida or individuals in Florida for the purpose of providing health care services involving direct contact with patients. FDOH-Escambia highlights recent efforts in providing the COVID-19 vaccinein Escambia County. Florida has launched a COVID-19 Vaccine Report that will be updated daily. As of February 19, 37,719 Escambia County residents have been vaccinated. The Florida Department of Health (the Department) issued a Public Health Advisory recommending the following: all individuals in Florida should wear face coverings in any setting where social distancing is not possible and all individuals should refrain from participation in social or recreational gatherings of more than 10 people. As of 2 p.m., February 19, Escambia County has had 33,047 positive COVID-19cases. This number is expected to change daily due to the return of results from ongoing testing. The best source for up-to-date information regarding confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Florida is the Florida Department of Health website and the associated Data and Surveillance Dashboard and Daily Report. The site is currently updated once daily, at around 3 p.m. ET. The total number of COVID-19 related deaths in Escambia County residents is 607 individuals. The Department releases a list of longterm care facilities in Florida associated with COVID-19 cases with active cases and number of deaths in each facility in order to provide real-time data.
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• Due to inclement weather, this week’s COVID-19 vaccine shipment has been delayed impacting this week’s distribution plan. We are in the process of rescheduling appointments for the week of Feb. 22, 2021. Learn more: https://bit.ly/3u2o88x • Escambia County residents who are 65 years and older and healthcare workers should use the statewide preregistration system to sign up for vaccination. Residents can call the toll-free line at 866-2011025 or preregister online at myvaccine. fl.gov. The TTY number for the deaf and hard of hearing is 833-476-1461. Registrants will be notified when appointments are available in their area. The State has established a help line at 833-959-0217 for those who need to make changes to their original pre-registration. This preregistration system will proactively contact vaccine-eligible individuals to schedule appointments when they are available at health department or emergency management vaccine sites. Appointments are opened based upon the vaccine supply received each week from the State of Florida. Please be aware that when ShareCare
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February 24, 2021
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PUBLIC NOTICES Legals
Notice to Creditors
Notice of Sale
IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR ESCAMBIA COUNTY, FLORIDA PROBATE DIVISION
IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR ESCAMBIA COUNTY, FLORIDA PROBATE DIVISION IN RE: ESTATE OF AUDI J. ANDERSON Deceased. File No. 2019 CP 001136 Division T NOTICE TO CREDITORS The administration of the estate of Audi J. Anderson deceased, whose date of death was September 23, 2017, is pending in the Circuit Court for Escambia County, Florida, Probate Division, the address of which is 190 Government St. 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 23, 2020. Personal Representative: Ross Clayton Evans, Esq. Attorney for Personal Representative: Ross Clayton Evans, Esq. Florida Bar Number: 109084 CBxMU PLLC 3775 US 1 South St. Augustine, FL 32086 Telephone: (904) 357-0078 E-Mail: ross@cbxmu.com 2WR2/10-2/17NTC
IN RE: ESTATE OF EUNICE S. BRISCH Deceased. File No. 2021-CP-164 Division “U” NOTICE TO CREDITORS The administration of the estate of Eunice S. Brisch, deceased, whose date of death was October 26, 2020, is pending in the Circuit Court for Escambia County, Florida, Probate Division, the address of which is 190 W. Government Street, Pensacola, FL 32502 (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 February 10, 2021. Personal Representative: Linda Ann Brisch Reynolds 3430 Gerbaud Place Pensacola, Florida 32503 Attorney for Personal Representative: Charles L. Hoffman, Jr., Attorney Florida Bar Number: 229768 CARVER DARDEN KORETZKY ET AL 151 West Main Street, Suite 200 Pensacola, FL 32502 Phone: (850) 266-2300 Fax: (850) 266-2301 E-Mail: choffman@carverdarden.com Secondary E-Mail: swift@carverdarden.com 2WR2/10-2/17NTC
NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE BY CLERK OF CIRCUIT COURT
IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR ESCAMBIA COUNTY, FLORIDA PROBATE DIVISION
Notice is hereby given that PAM CHILDERS, Clerk of the Circuit Court of Escambia County, Florida, will on March 12, 2021, at 11:00 a.m. CT, via online bid at www.escambia. realforeclose.com in accordance with Chapter 45, Florida Statutes, offer for sale, and sell at public outcry to the highest and best bidder, the following described real and personal property situated in Escambia County, Florida:
IN RE: ESTATE OF CAROLYN I. LECKBAND, Deceased.
The East 95.0’ of Lot 20, Block 112, West King Tract, Escambia County, Florida, according to the Map of the City of Pensacola, copyrighted by Thomas C. Watson in 1903.
TO ALL PERSONS HAVING CLAIMS OR DEMANDS AGAINST THE ABOVE ESTATE:
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. pursuant to the Amended Final Summary Judgment of Foreclosure in a case pending in said Court, the style of which is PENSACOLA HABITAT FOR HUMANITY, INC., Plaintiff, v. DERICK FERGUSON; RAYMOND FERGUSON; THE UNKNOWN HEIRS, DEVISEES, GRANTEES, AND CREDITORS OF SARAH S. FERGUSON and all other persons claiming by, through, under, or against any of the unknown parties; ESCAMBIA COUNTY, FLORIDA; CITY OF PENSACOLA; UNKNOWN OCCUPANT A residing at 1107 North L. St., Pensacola, FL 32501; and UNKNOWN OCCUPANT B residing at 1107 North L. St., Pensacola, FL 32501, Defendants, and the docket number of which is 2020-CA000234. Any person claiming an interest in the surplus from the sale, if any, other than the property owner as of the date of the lis pendens must file a claim with the Clerk of the Court no later than the date that the Clerk reports the funds as unclaimed. If you are a person with a disability who needs any accommodation in order to participate in this proceeding, you are entitled at no cost to you, to the provision of certain assistance. Please contact: Sheila Sims, 190 Governmental Center, 5th Floor, Pensacola, FL (850) 595-4400 at least 7 days before your scheduled court appearance, or immediately upon receiving this notification if the time before the scheduled appearance is less than 7 days; if you are hearing or voice impaired, call 711. WITNESS my hand and the official seal of this Honorable Court this 5th day of February 2021. MEGAN F. FRY Florida Bar No. 0058608 Clark Partington 125 East Intendencia St. (32502) P.O. Box 13010 Pensacola, Florida 32591-3010 (850) 434-9200 / Fax (850) 432-7340 Primary email: mfry@clarkpartington.com Secondary emails: ldunlap@clarkpartington.com tcourtney@clarkpartington.com Attorney for Plaintiff 2WR2/10-2/17NOS
File No. 2020 CP 1490 Division U NOTICE TO CREDITORS
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: February 10, 2021. Signed on this 8th day of February, 2021. Charles P. Hoskin, Personal Representative Charles P. Hoskin, Esq. of EMMANUEL, SHEPPARD & CONDON Florida Bar No. 364401 30 South Spring Street Post Office Drawer 1271 Pensacola, Florida 32591-1271 Telephone: (850) 433-6581 Facsimile: (850) 434-7163 E-mail: cph@esclaw.com adk@esclaw.com lboular@esclaw.com Attorney for Personal Representative 2WR2/10-2/17NTC
IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR ESCAMBIA COUNTY, FLORIDA PROBATE DIVISION IN RE: ESTATE OF GEORGE EMMET WALLER, Deceased. File No. 2021-CP-000117 Division: U NOTICE TO CREDITORS The administration of the estate of George Emmet Waller, deceased, whose date of death was November 17, 2020, is pending in the Circuit Court for Escambia County, Florida, Probate Division, File No. 2021-CP000117, the address of which is 190 Governmental Center, Pensacola, FL. 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 the Court WITHIN THE LATER OF THREE (3) MONTHS AFTER THE TIME OF THE FIRST PUBLICATION OF THIS NOTICE OR THIRTY (30) DAYS AFTER THE DATE OF SERVICE OF A COPY OF THIS NOTICE ON THEM. All other creditors of the decedent and other persons having claims or demands against decedent’s estate must file their claims with this court WITHIN THREE (3) MONTHS AFTER THE DATE OF THE FIRST PUBLICATION OF THIS NOTICE.
You are hereby notified that an Order of Summary Administration has been entered in the estate of CAROLYN I. LECKBAND, deceased, File Number 2020 CP 1490; by 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; that the decedent’s date of death was September 13, 2020; that the total value of the estate is $39,500.00 and that the names and addresses of those to whom it has been assigned by such order are:
ALL CLAIMS NOT FILED WITHIN THE TIME PERIODS SET FORTH IN SECTION 733.702 OF THE FLORIDA PROBATE CODE WILL BE FOREVER BARRED.
Meta Stevenson 3529 Addison Street San Diego, CA 92106
Personal Representative Wendy Gail Waller 5629 Talquin Avenue Pensacola FL 32526
ALL INTERESTED PERSONS ARE NOTIFIED THAT: All creditors of the estate of the decedent and persons having claims or demands against the estate of the decedent other than those for whom provision for full payment was made in the Order of Summary Administration must file their claims with this court WITHIN THE TIME PERIODS SET FORTH IN FLORIDA STATUTES SECTION 733.702. ALL CLAIMS AND DEMANDS NOT SO FILED WILL BE FOREVER BARRED. NOTWITHSTANDING ANY OTHER APPLICABLE TIME PERIOD, 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 February 10, 2021. Person Giving Notice: Meta Stevenson 3529 Addison Street San Diego, CA 92106 Attorney for Person Giving Notice: Charles P. Hoskin, Esq. of EMMANUEL, SHEPPARD & CONDON Attorneys for Petitioner Florida Bar No. 364401 30 South Spring Street Pensacola, FL 32591-1271 Telephone: (850) 433-6581 Electronic Mail: cph@esclaw.com adk@esclaw.com Attorney for Petitioner 2WR2/10-2/17NTC
IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR ESCAMBIA COUNTY, FLORIDA PROBATE DIVISION IN RE: ESTATE OF MARYANN L. RENNER, A/K/A MARYANN LOUISE RENNER, Deceased. File No. 2020 CP 162 Division: U NOTICE TO CREDITORS The administration of the estate of MARYANN L. RENNER, a/k/a MARYANN LOUISE RENNER, deceased, whose date of death was January 1, 2021, 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.
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 THE FIRST PUBLICATION OF THIS NOTICE IS FEBRUARY 17, 2021.
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IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR SANTA ROSA COUNTY, FLORIDA PROBATE DIVISION IN RE: ESTATE OF JOHN NATHAN HENDRICKS, A/K/A JOHN N. HENDRICKS, Deceased. File No. 2020 CP 000556 NOTICE TO CREDITORS The administration of the estate of JOHN NATHAN HENDRICKES, a/k/a JOHN N. HENDRICKS, deceased, whose date of death was September 13, 2020, is pending in the Circuit Court for Escambia County, Florida, Probate Division, the mailing address which is P.O. Box 472, Milton, Florida 32572, and whose street address is 6865 Caroline Street, Milton, Florida 32570. The names and addresses of the personal 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 February 10, 2021.
Personal Representative: CODY NATHAN HENDRICKS 2607 Bob White Circle Navarre, Florida 32566
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.
Attorney for Personal Representative: D. Keith Kilpatrick, Esquire KILPATRICK & NEWLIN, P.A. Attorney for Personal Representative Florida Bar Number: 628131 9218 Navarre Parkway Navarre, Florida 32566 Telephone: (850) 939-7722 Fax: (850) 936-9955 E-mail: keith@kilpatricklawfirm.com
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.
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IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR SANTA ROSA COUNTY, FLORIDA PROBATE DIVISION
ALL CLAIMS NOT FILED WITHIN THE TIME PERIODS SET FORTH IN FLORIDA STATUTES SECTION 733.702 WILL BE FOREVER BARRED. NOTWITHSTANDING THE TIME PERIODS SET FORTH ABOVE, ANY CLAIM FILED TWO (2) YEARS OR MORE AFTER THE DECEDENT’S DATE OF DEATH IS BARRED. The date of first publication of this notice is February 10, 2021.
IN RE: ESTATE OF BROOKE BRODERICK BLANCHARD a/k/a BROOKE BRODERICK Deceased.
Personal Representative: Sandra Edith Keenan 5565 Bradley Street Pensacola, Florida 32526
File No. 2020-CP-420 Division
Attorney for Personal Representative: Amy G. Piedmont Florida Bar Number: 1022243 LITVAK BEASLEY WILSON & BALL, LLP 40 S. Palafox Place, Suite 300 Pensacola, FL 32502 Telephone: (850) 432-9818 Fax: (850) 432-9830 E-Mail: amy@lawpensacola.com Secondary E-Mail: cristy@lawpensacola.com
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YOU ARE NOTIFIED that a Petition for Administration and Petition to Determine Homestead have been filed in this court. You are required to serve a copy of your written defenses, if any, on petitioner’s attorney, whose name and address are: Kerry Anne Schultz, Esq. SCHULTZ LAW GROUP, P.L.L.C. 2779 Gulf Breeze Parkway Gulf Breeze, Florida 32563 E-Mail: kaschultz@schultzlawgrp.com on or before February 11, 2021, and to file the original of the written defenses with the clerk of this court either before service or immediately thereafter. Failure to serve and file written defenses as required may result in a judgment or order for the relief demanded, without further notice. Signed on this 22nd day of January, 2021. DONALD C. SPENCER As Clerk of the Court Santa Rosa County By: Hilda Volturo As Deputy Clerk First publication on February 3, 2021. 4WR2/3-2/24NOA
IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR SANTA ROSA COUNTY, FLORIDA PROBATE DIVISION IN RE: ESTATE OF ROBERT ALLEY LOWELL, Deceased. File No. 2020 CP 000456 Division: NOTICE TO CREDITORS The administration of the estate of Robert Alley Lowell, deceased, whose date of death was 5/19/2020, is pending in the Circuit Court for Santa Rosa County, Florida, Probate Division, File No. 2020 CP 00456, the address of which is 6865 Caroline St., 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 WITHIN THE LATER OF THREE (3) MONTHS AFTER THE TIME OF THE FIRST PUBLICATION OF THIS NOTICE OR THIRTY (30) DAYS AFTER THE DATE OF SERVICE OF A COPY OF THIS NOTICE ON THEM. All other creditors of the decedent and other persons having claims or demands against decedent’s estate must file their claims with this court WITHIN THREE (3) MONTHS AFTER THE DATE OF THE FIRST PUBLICATION OF THIS NOTICE. ALL CLAIMS NOT FILED WITHIN THE TIME PERIODS SET FORTH IN 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 THE FIRST PUBLICATION OF THIS NOTICE IS FEBRUARY 17, 2021. Personal Representative Trista J. Lowell 778 Mullins Rd. Eclectic, AL 36024 Attorney for Personal Representative Belinda B. de Kozan Florida Bar No. 846902 DeMaria, de Kozan & White, PLLC 510 E. Zaragoza St. Pensacola, FL 32502 (850) 202-8519 (850) 438-8860 FAX bbdekozan@demariadekozanwhite.com dlmclin@demariadekozanwhite.com 2WR2/17-2/24NTC
IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR ESCAMBIA COUNTY, FLORIDA PROBATE DIVISION IN RE: ESTATE OF HERMAN KENNETH KEENAN Deceased. File No. 2021 CP 000180 Division “T” NOTICE TO CREDITORS The administration of the estate of Herman Kenneth Keenan, deceased, whose date of death was January 7, 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 ON OR BEFORE THE LATER
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IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE FIRST JUDICIAL CIRCUIT IN AND FOR SANTA ROSA COUNTY, FLORIDA PROBATE DIVISION IN RE: ESTATE OF TERESA ANN TOMEI-KLAMAN, Deceased. CASE NO. 2020 CP 000464 NOTICE TO CREDITORS The administration of the estate of Teresa Ann Tomei-Klaman, deceased, whose date of death was September 24, 2020, is pending in the Circuit Court for Santa Rosa County, Florida, Probate Division, the address of which is Santa Rosa Clerk of the Circuit Court, Probate Department, 6865 Caroline Street, Milton, FL 32570. The names and addresses of the personal representatives and the personal representatives’ attorney are set forth below. All creditors of the decedent and other persons having claims or demands against decedent’s estate on whom a copy of this notice is required to be served, must file their claims with this court ON OR BEFORE THE LATER OF 3 MONTHS AFTER THE TIME OF THE FIRST PUBLICATION OF THIS NOTICE OR 30 DAYS AFTER THE DATE OF SERVICE OF A COPY OF THIS NOTICE ON THEM. All other creditors of the decedent and other persons having claims or demands against decedent’s estate must file their claims with this court WITHIN 3 MONTHS AFTER THE DATE OF THE FIRST PUBLICATION OF THIS NOTICE. ALL CLAIMS NOT FILED WITHIN THE TIME PERIODS SET FORTH IN FLORIDA STATUTES SECTION 733.702 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 February 17, 2021. Personal Representative Cheryl M. Miller 7434 Palmetto Lane Navarre, FL 32566 Attorney for Personal Representative Jennifer J Burton Florida Bar No. 113700 151 Mary Esther Blvd., STE 502A Mary Esther, FL 32569 Telephone: 850-362-0278 2WR2/17-2/24NTC
IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE FIRST JUDICIAL CIRCUIT IN AND FOR ESCAMBIA COUNTY, FLORIDA PROBATE DIVISION IN RE: THE ESTATE OF CHARLES OTIS PUGH, II, Deceased. Case No.: 2020 CP 001346 Division: T NOTICE TO CREDITORS The administration of the estate of Charles Otis Pugh, II, deceased, whose date of death was August 18, 2020, is pending in the Circuit Court for Escambia County, Florida, Probate Division, the address of which is 190 W Government Street, Pensacola, FL 32502. The names and addresses of the personal representative and the personal representative’s attorney are set forth below. 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 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 first date of publication of this notice is February 17, 2021. Tamesha L. Pugh 225 Lakeland Court Pensacola, Florida 32514 Personal Representative
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PUBLIC NOTICES Nancy Lynn Carty Hartjen FL. Bar No. 0050461 7475 Chase Street Navarre, FL 32566 (850) 939-2032 nancy.hartjen@hartjenlaw.com Attorney for the Personal Representative 2WR2/17-2/24NTC
Notice of Action IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE FIRST JUDICIAL CIRCUIT IN AND FOR ESCAMBIA COUNTY, FLORIDA JAMES P. LICHAROWICZ, BARROS Plaintiffs, vs. THE UNKNOWN HEIRS, BENEFICIARIES, GRANTEES, OR DEVISEES OF THE ESTATE OF PETER R. GINDL, SR., and BEVERLY SUE GINDL, OR ANY PARTY THAT MAY CLAIM BY, THROUGH, UNDER, OR AGAINST THEM. Defendants. CASE NO.: 2020 CA 1805 NOTICE OF ACTION TO: THE UNKNOWN HEIRS, BENEFICIARIES, GRANTEES, OR DEVISEES OF THE ESTATE OF PETER R. GINDL, SR., and BEVERLY SUE GINDL AND ALL OTHER PERSONS WHO MAY BE CONCERNED AND ALL PERSONS OR PARTIES CLAIMING BY, THROUGH, UNDER OR AGAINST THEM ANY RIGHT, INTEREST, CLAIM OR DEMAND IN AND TO THE HEREINAFTER DESCRIBED PROPERTY: PARCEL I: Commence at the Northwest Corner of Section 23, Township 2 North, Range 31 West, Escambia County, Florida; thence South 00 degrees 07’ 16” East along the West line of Section 23 for 353.60 feet to the Southerly Right-of-Way line of Barrineau Park Road (Escambia County Road #196, 100’ R/W); thence South 81°58’48” East along said Southerly Right-of-Way line for 163.57 feet; thence South 00°25’18” East for 1207.34 feet; thence North 89°18’18” West for 168.28 feet; thence South 00°07’16” East for 1632.95 feet to the Point of Beginning; thence continue South 00°07’16” East for 530.00 feet; thence South 89°18’18” East for 213.75 feet; thence North 00°07’16” West for 493.04 feet; thence North 89 degrees 52’44” East for 106.27 feet to a point on a circular curve being concave northeasterly and having a radius of 50.00 feet (tangent bearing North 53°15’10”West), said curve being the right-of-way line of a 60 foot wide private road; thence Northwesterly along the arc of said curve and said right-ofway line for 46.37 feet (Delta = 53°07’54”, Chord = 44.72 feet, Chord Bearing = North 26°40’55” West); thence South 89°52’44” West for 300.00 feet to the Point of Beginning. All lying and being in Section 23, Township 2 North, Range 31 West, Escambia County, Florida, and containing 2.70 acres, more or less. Subject to a Gulf Power Company easement. RESTRICTIONS: All lots shall be used solely for family, residential purposes and shall not be used for commercial, trade or business purposes of any kind or character. No animal, livestock or poultry of any kind shall be kept, bred, or maintained on any lot for any commercial purposes. No goats or swine may be maintained on lot at anytime. The foregoing shall not, however, preclude the keeping of the household pets, domesticated animals or a few cows or horses, providing same do not constitute or become a nuisance to the neighborhood. PARCEL II: Commence at the Northwest Corner of Section 23, Township 2 North, Range 31 West, Escambia County, Florida; thence South 00 degrees 07’ 16” East along the West line of Section 23 for 353.60 feet to the Southerly Right-of-Way line of Barrineau Park Road (Escambia County Road #196, 100’ R/W); thence South 81°58’48” East along said Southerly Right-of-Way line for 163.57 feet; thence South 00°25’18” East for 1207.34 feet; thence North 89°18’18” West for 168.28 feet; thence South 00°07’16” East for 1117.48 feet to the Point of Beginning; Thence Continue South 00°07’16” East for 515.47 feet; thence North 89 degrees 52’44” East for 300.00 feet to a point on a circular curve being concave easterly and having a radius of 50.00 feet (tangent bearing = North 00°07’16”West), said curve being the right-of-way line of a culde-sac of 60 foot wide private road; thence Northwesterly along the arc of said curve and said right-of-way line for 71.92 feet (Delta = 82°24’48”, Chord = 65.88 feet, Chord Bearing = North 41°05’08” East); thence North 00°41’42” East for 460.97; thence North 89°18’18” West for 350.00 feet to the Point of Beginning. All lying and being situate in Section 23, Township 2 North, Range 31 West, Escambia County, Florida; containing 4.04 acres, more or less. Subject to a Gulf Power Company easement. RESTRICTIONS: All lots shall be used solely for family, residential purposes and shall not be used for commercial, trade or business purposes of any kind or character. No animal, livestock or poultry of any kind shall be kept, bred, or maintained on any lot for any commercial purposes. No goats or swine may be maintained on lot at anytime. The foregoing shall not, however, preclude the keeping of the household pets, domesticated animals or a few cows or horses, providing same do not constitute or become a nuisance to the neighborhood. YOU ARE NOTIFIED that an action to quiet title, action for declaratory judgment and reformation action to the said wet slip has been filed against you and you are required to serve a copy of your written defenses, if any, to it on Douglas D. Tidwell, Plaintiff’s attorney, whose address is 811 N. Spring Street, Pensacola, FL 32501, on or before MARCH 1, 2021 , and file the original with the clerk of this court either before service on petitioners’ attorney or immediately thereafter; otherwise a default will be entered against you for the relief demanded in the complaint. DATED this 20 day of JANUARY 2021 PAM CHILDERS CLERK & COMPTROLLER CLERK OF COURT By: Beth Phelps As Deputy Clerk BOUGLAS D. TIDWELL, ESQUIRE Florida Bar No.: 115624 dtidwell@emeraldcoasttitle.com Tidwell & Associates, P.A. 811 N. Spring Street Pensacola, Florida 32501 (850) 434-3223 - Phone 4WR1/27-2/17NOA
IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE FIRST JUDICIAL CIRCUIT IN AND FOR ESCAMBIA COUNTY, FLORIDA TONYA GIVENS, Plaintiff, v. OSSIE HOWARD GIVENS; LEON HAROLD GIVENS; THOMAS ELIJAH GIVENS; SUSAN ANN WINTERS; and CARL EVANS MILSTEAD, Defendants. CASE NO.: 2020 CA 1171 NOTICE OF ACTION To: OSSIE HOWARD GIVENS, Defendant: Subject property: COMMENCING AT A POINT ON THE WEST LINE OF THE NE 1/4 OF THE NW 1/4 OF SECTION 18, TOWNSHIP 1 NORTH, RANGE 31 WEST, WHERE THE SAID LINE INTERSECTS THE SOUTH RIGHT OF WAY LINE OF MUSCOGEE ROAD; THENCE NORTHEASTERLY ALONG THE SAID RIGHT OF WAY LINE A DISTANCE OF 173.0 FEET TO THE POINT OF BEGINNING OF THE TRACT TO BE DESCRIBED; THENCE CONTINUING NORTHEASTERLY ALONG THE SAID RIGHT OF WAY LINE A DISTANCE OF 100.0 FEET; THENCE SOUTHEASTERLY AT AN ANGLE OF 90 DEGREES 00 MINUTES A DISTANCE OF 836.54 FEET TO THE SOUTH LINE OF THE NE 1/4 OF THE SW 1/4 OF SECTION 18; THENCE WEST ALONG THE SAID SOUTH LINE A DISTANCE OF 336.96 FEET; THENCE NORTH AT AN INTERIOR ANGLE OF 91 DEGREES 00 MINUTES TO THE LEFT, A DISTANCE OF 752.0 FEET TO THE POINT OF BEGINNING. ALL LYING IN THE COUNTY OF ESCAMBIA, THE STATE OF FLORIDA. YOU ARE NOTIFIED that an action on to Quiet Title for Adverse Possession on the above-described real property has been filed against you and you are required to serve a copy of your written defenses, if any, to it on Benjamin Alexander, Plaintiffs attorney, whose address is 811 N. Spring Street, Pensacola, FL 32501, on or before MARCH 15, 2021 , and file the original with the clerk of this court either before service on petitioners’ attorney or immediately thereafter; otherwise a default will be entered against you for the relief demanded in the complaint. Dated this 2nd day of February, 2021. PAM CHILDERS CLERK OF THE CIRCUIT COURT & COMPTROLLER ESCAMBIA COUNTY By: Beth Phelps As Deputy Clerk BENJAMIN L. ALEXANDER, ESQUIRE Florida Bar No.: 61632 balexander@emeraldcoasttitle.com Tidwell & Associates, P.A. 811 N. Spring Street Pensacola, Florida 32501 (850) 434-3223 -- Phone 4WR2/10-3/3NOA
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A Complaint for Forfeiture was filed with the Clerk of the Circuit Court on February 5, 2021, and any person seeking to contest this claim must file a responsive pleading with the Clerk of the Court on or before March 17, 2021, and send a copy to the undersigned attorney: Vanessa Moore, Esquire 222 W. Main Street Pensacola, Florida 32502 (850) 435-1618 Florida Bar #0963224
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